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Burleigh Grimes
Burleigh Arland Grimes (Ol' Stubblebeard)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 10, 1916
Final Game September 20, 1934
Born August 18, 1893 in Emerald, WI
Died December 6, 1985 in Clear Lake, WI

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1964.

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1916 22 PIT NL   2   3   6   5   4   0   0  0   45.7   40   19   12   1   10   20   0   1   182       0  2.36  2.67  113 1.095
 1917 23 PIT NL   3  16  37  17   8   1  18  0  194.0  186  101   76   5   70   72   6   5   824       2  3.53  2.84   80 1.320
 1918 24 BRO NL  19   9  40  30  19   7   9  1  270.0  210   94   64   3   76  113   4  11  1078       2  2.13  2.79  131 1.059
 1919 25 BRO NL  10  11  25  21  13   1   4  0  181.3  179   97   70   2   60   82   3   7   791       3  3.47  2.97   85 1.318
 1920 26 BRO NL  23  11  40  33  25   5   6  2  303.7  271  101   75   5   67  131   4   9  1246       0  2.22  3.23  145 1.113
 1921 27 BRO NL  22  13  37  35  30   2   1  0  302.3  313  120   95   6   76  136   5   6  1253       0  2.83  3.89  138 1.287
 1922 28 BRO NL  17  14  36  34  18   1   1  1  259.0  324  157  137  17   84   99   7   6  1153       1  4.76  4.10   86 1.575
 1923 29 BRO NL  21  18  39  38  33   2   1  0  327.0  356  165  130   9  100  119  11   6  1418       0  3.58  3.87  108 1.394
 1924 30 BRO NL  22  13  38  36  30   1   1  1  310.7  351  161  132  15   91  135   6   5  1345       0  3.82  3.75   98 1.423 MVP-15
 1925 31 BRO NL  12  19  33  31  19   0   2  0  246.7  305  164  138  15  102   73   7   8  1129       0  5.04  4.18   83 1.650
 1926 32 BRO NL  12  13  30  29  18   1   1  0  225.3  238  114   93   4   88   64   5   4   996       1  3.71  3.82  103 1.447
 1927 33 NYG NL  19   8  39  34  15   2   4  2  259.7  274  116  102  12   87  102   4   4  1103       0  3.54  3.84  108 1.390 MVP-18
 1928 34 PIT NL  25  14  48  37  28   4   9  3  330.7  311  146  110  11   77   97   9   3  1377       1  2.99  4.06  136 1.173 MVP-3
 1929 35 PIT NL  17   7  33  29  18   2   4  2  232.7  245  108   81  11   70   62   4   0  1004       0  3.13  4.76  152 1.354 MVP-4
 1930 36 TOT NL  16  11  33  28  11   1   5  0  201.3  246  119   91   9   65   73   7   7   896       0  4.07  5.00  123 1.545
         BSN NL   3   5  11   9   1   0   2  0   49.0   72   53   40   4   22   15   3   0   239       0  7.35  4.92   67 1.918
         STL NL  13   6  22  19  10   1   3  0  152.3  174   66   51   5   43   58   4   7   657       0  3.01  5.02  167 1.425
 1931 37 STL NL  17   9  29  28  17   3   1  0  212.3  240   97   86  11   59   67  10   2   914       1  3.65  3.94  108 1.408
 1932 38 CHC NL   6  11  30  18   5   1   6  1  141.3  174   89   75   8   50   36   1   2   642       1  4.78  3.76   79 1.585
 1933 39 TOT NL   3   7  21  10   3   1   7  4   83.3   86   42   35   3   37   16   2   4   363       0  3.78  3.30   87 1.476
         CHC NL   3   6  17   7   3   1   6  3   69.7   71   29   27   2   29   12   1   3   296       0  3.49  3.27   94 1.435
         STL NL   0   1   4   3   0   0   1  1   13.7   15   13    8   1    8    4   1   1    67       0  5.27  3.47   66 1.683
 1934 40 TOT      4   5  22   4   0   0  14  1   53.0   63   38   36   1   26   15   2   2   245       0  6.11  4.12   67 1.679
         TOT NL   3   3  12   4   0   0   5  0   35.0   41   27   25   1   12   10   1   1   160       0  6.43  4.13   64 1.514
         STL NL   2   1   4   0   0   0   2  0    7.7    5    3    3   1    2    1   0   0    30       0  3.52  4.22  120 0.913
         NYY AL   1   2  10   0   0   0   9  1   18.0   22   11   11   0   14    5   1   1    85       0  5.50  4.09   74 2.000
         PIT NL   1   2   8   4   0   0   3  0   27.3   36   24   22   0   10    9   1   1   130       0  7.24  4.10   57 1.683
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 19 Yr WL% .560 270 212 616 497 314  35  94 18 4180.0 4412 2048 1638 148 1295 1512  97  92 17959      12  3.53  3.78  107 1.365
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  12  37  30  19   2   5  1  255.3  269  125  100   9   79   92   5   5  1097   0   0  3.53  3.78  107 1.365
 Career High     25  19  48  38  33   7  18  4  330.7  356  165  138  17  102  136  11  11  1418   0   3  2.13  5.00  152 1.059
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 22 PIT NL   6   17    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      0   6  .176  .176  .176    8    3   1           0    
 1917 23 PIT NL  42   69    7   16   3  0   0    4   2      2  18  .232  .254  .275   60   19   4           0    
 1918 24 BRO NL  41   90    5   18   2  1   0    4   2      3  14  .200  .226  .244   43   22   6           0    
 1919 25 BRO NL  26   69    8   17   4  0   0   12   1      0  10  .246  .246  .304   64   21   2           0    
 1920 26 BRO NL  43  111    9   34   8  3   0   16   2  2   8  21  .306  .358  .432  123   48   6           1    
 1921 27 BRO NL  37  114   10   27   6  0   1   11   1  1   2  16  .237  .256  .316   48   36   4           1    
 1922 28 BRO NL  36   93   15   22   3  1   0   11   2  0   9  15  .237  .304  .290   54   27   4           0    
 1923 29 BRO NL  40  126   15   30   3  1   0   15   0  0   7  15  .238  .284  .278   50   35   7           1    
 1924 30 BRO NL  40  124   11   37   3  0   0    7   1  1   5  13  .298  .331  .323   78   40   3           1     MVP-15
 1925 31 BRO NL  34   96   12   24   4  1   1   14   0  0   8  25  .250  .308  .344   68   33   2           0    
 1926 32 BRO NL  31   81    4   18   4  0   0    9   2      4   8  .222  .259  .272   43   22   3           0    
 1927 33 NYG NL  39   96   10   18   4  0   0    6   0      5  16  .188  .228  .229   23   22   5           0     MVP-18
 1928 34 PIT NL  48  131   17   42   8  1   0   16   1      4  15  .321  .341  .397   89   52   5           0     MVP-3
 1929 35 PIT NL  33   91   11   26   3  3   0   12   0      4  10  .286  .316  .385   71   35   2           0     MVP-4
 1930 36 TOT NL  34   73   12   18   5  0   0   13   0      6  14  .247  .304  .315   49   23   5           0    
         BSN NL  11   16    3    3   1  0   0    3   0      1   2  .188  .235  .250   19    4   2           0    
         STL NL  23   57    9   15   4  0   0   10   0      5  12  .263  .323  .333   57   19   3           0    
 1931 37 STL NL  29   76    4   14   0  0   0    8   0      1  10  .184  .195  .184    1   14   9           0    
 1932 38 CHC NL  30   44    4   11   1  0   0    5   1      0   9  .250  .267  .273   46   12   5           1    
 1933 39 TOT NL  21   25    2    4   1  0   0    5   0      1   5  .160  .192  .200   12    5   2           0   1
         CHC NL  17   20    1    3   0  0   0    4   0      1   4  .150  .190  .150   -2    3   2           0   1
         STL NL   4    5    1    1   1  0   0    1   0      0   1  .200  .200  .400   64    2   0           0   0
 1934 40 TOT     22    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .111  .111  .111  -41    1   1           0   0
         TOT NL  12    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .143  .143  .143  -24    1   1           0   0
         STL NL   4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   1           0   0
         NYY AL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         PIT NL   8    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .143  .143  .143  -24    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     632 1535  157  380  62 11   2  168  15  4  69 241  .248  .282  .306   58  470  76   0   0   5   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        393   40   97  16  3   1   43   4  1  18  62  .248  .282  .306   58  120  19   0   0   1   0
 Career High     48  131   17   42   8  3   1   16   2  2   9  25                          52   9   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 22 PIT NL   18   15    1   1.8    79| .176  .255| .176  .314| .176  .341| .352  .655|   8  .247  -1.9  -0.2     
 1917 23 PIT NL   75   57    5   2.4    81| .232  .260| .254  .318| .275  .343| .529  .661|  60  .347  -3.4  -0.4     
 1918 24 BRO NL   99   78    5   1.7    80| .200  .261| .226  .319| .244  .337| .470  .656|  43  .223  -6.4  -0.7     
 1919 25 BRO NL   71   54    5   2.5    83| .246  .267| .246  .321| .304  .350| .550  .671|  64  .344  -3.2  -0.4     
 1920 26 BRO NL  126   85   17   5.5    94| .306  .281| .358  .335| .432  .374| .790  .709| 123  .652   3.3   0.4  50%
 1921 27 BRO NL  121   92    9   2.6   110| .237  .303| .256  .354| .316  .417| .572  .771|  48  .263  -8.8  -0.9  50%
 1922 28 BRO NL  106   75    9   3.2   112| .237  .301| .304  .359| .290  .419| .594  .778|  54  .313  -6.3  -0.6 100%
 1923 29 BRO NL  141  103   10   2.6   105| .238  .290| .284  .348| .278  .403| .562  .751|  50  .251  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1924 30 BRO NL  133   91   13   3.8   101| .298  .286| .331  .341| .323  .399| .654  .740|  78  .422  -3.7  -0.4  50%
 1925 31 BRO NL  106   74   10   3.6   111| .250  .296| .308  .354| .344  .423| .652  .777|  68  .345  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 1926 32 BRO NL   88   66    6   2.4   102| .222  .286| .259  .346| .272  .396| .531  .742|  43  .242  -6.4  -0.6     
 1927 33 NYG NL  106   83    5   1.6   104| .188  .290| .228  .349| .229  .400| .457  .749|  23  .129 -10.6  -1.1     
 1928 34 PIT NL  140   94   18   5.2   112| .321  .295| .341  .361| .397  .419| .738  .780|  89  .530  -2.4  -0.2     
 1929 35 PIT NL   97   67   11   4.4   123| .286  .307| .316  .371| .385  .447| .701  .818|  71  .398  -4.7  -0.4     
 1930 36 TOT NL   84   60    7   3.1   128| .247  .314| .304  .373| .315  .467| .619  .840|  49  .237  -6.0  -0.5     
         BSN NL   19   15    1   1.8   124| .188  .308| .235  .366| .250  .458| .485  .824|  19  .100  -2.1  -0.2     
         STL NL   65   45    6   3.5   129| .263  .316| .323  .374| .333  .470| .656  .844|  57  .284  -3.9  -0.3     
 1931 37 STL NL   86   71    3   1.1   107| .184  .290| .195  .349| .184  .410| .379  .759|   1  .070 -11.1  -1.1     
 1932 38 CHC NL   50   38    3   2.1   103| .250  .283| .267  .336| .273  .410| .540  .745|  46  .190  -3.4  -0.3     
 1933 39 TOT NL   28   24    1   1.1    92| .160  .275| .192  .328| .200  .377| .392  .705|  12  .085  -2.9  -0.3     
         CHC NL   23   20    1   1.3    91| .150  .274| .190  .327| .150  .375| .340  .702|  -2  .116  -2.7  -0.3     
         STL NL    5    4    0   0.0    95| .200  .280| .200  .333| .400  .383| .600  .717|  64  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1934 40 TOT      10    9    0   0.0   106| .111  .287| .111  .347| .111  .409| .222  .756| -41  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         TOT NL    8    7    0   0.0   106| .143  .290| .143  .345| .143  .412| .286  .757| -24  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
         STL NL    1    1    0            |           |           |           |           |            -0.0   0.0     
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   106| .000  .279| .000  .352| .000  .402| .000  .754|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL    7    6    0   0.0   106| .143  .290| .143  .345| .143  .412| .286  .757| -24  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     1685 1236  138   3.0   104| .248  .288| .282  .346| .306  .401| .588  .747|  58  .318 -93.3  -9.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1916 22 PIT NL   P    6      1   16    3    1  .850  .960  2.83  1.63  3.35  2.68    5   45.7
 1917 23 PIT NL   P   37      9   62    6    3  .922  .961  1.92  1.78  3.29  2.85   17  194.0
 1918 24 BRO NL   P   40     12   94    5    1  .955  .965  2.65  2.03  3.54  2.93   30  269.7
 1919 25 BRO NL   P   25     12   50    3    3  .954  .960  2.48  1.89  3.08  2.93   21  181.3
 1920 26 BRO NL   P   40     17   95    7    2  .941  .957  2.80  1.75  3.32  2.82   33  303.7
 1921 27 BRO NL   P   37     17   89    2    5  .981  .953  2.86  1.52  3.16  2.67   35  302.3
 1922 28 BRO NL   P   36     12   79    6    2  .938  .957  2.53  1.29  3.16  2.38   34  259.0
 1923 29 BRO NL   P   39     16  101   10    6  .921  .958  3.00  1.34  3.22  2.41   38  327.0
 1924 30 BRO NL   P   38     25   91    4    5  .967  .965  3.05  1.42  3.36  2.52   36  310.7
 1925 31 BRO NL   P   33     18   92    7   11  .940  .957  3.33  1.35  4.01  2.44   31  246.7
 1926 32 BRO NL   P   30      4   72    3    1  .962  .958  2.53  1.39  3.04  2.57   29  225.3
 1927 33 NYG NL   P   39     16   71    0    9 1.000  .958  2.23  1.29  3.02  2.33   34  259.7
 1928 34 PIT NL   P   48      9  106    4    6  .966  .966  2.40  1.27  3.13  2.42   37  330.7
 1929 35 PIT NL   P   33     10   65    3    5  .962  .964  2.27  1.23  2.90  2.39   29  232.7
 1930 36 TOT NL   P   33      8   47    1    4  .982  .963  1.67  1.10  2.46  2.21   28  201.3
         BSN NL   P   11      3   10    1    1  .929  .963  1.18  1.10  2.39  2.20    9   49.0
         STL NL   P   22      5   37    0    3 1.000  .963  1.91  1.10  2.48  2.21   19  152.3
 1931 37 STL NL   P   29     16   57    4    3  .948  .959  2.52  1.20  3.09  2.22   28  212.3
 1932 38 CHC NL   P   30     12   33    2    4  .957  .957  1.50  1.21  2.87  2.29   18  141.3
 1933 39 TOT NL   P   21      6   16    1    2  .957  .965  1.05  1.28  2.37  2.36   10   83.4
         CHC NL   P   17      6   16    0    2 1.000  .965  1.29  1.28  2.84  2.36    7   69.7
         STL NL   P    4      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.27  0.00  2.36    3   13.7
 1934 40 TOT      P   22      5   16    0    1 1.000  .959  0.95  1.12  3.57  2.22    4   53.0
         TOT NL   P   12      4    9    0    1 1.000  .963  1.08  1.12  3.34  2.26    4   35.0
         STL NL   P    4      1    2    0    1 1.000  .968  0.75  1.12  3.51  2.22    0    7.7
         NYY AL   P   10      1    7    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  1.11  4.00  2.15    0   18.0
         PIT NL   P    8      3    7    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  1.12  3.30  2.27    4   27.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1916 22 PIT NL   P    6      1   16    3    1  .850  .960  2.83  1.63  3.35  2.68    5   45.7
 1917 23 PIT NL   P   37      9   62    6    3  .922  .961  1.92  1.78  3.29  2.85   17  194.0
 1918 24 BRO NL   P   40     12   94    5    1  .955  .965  2.65  2.03  3.54  2.93   30  269.7
 1919 25 BRO NL   P   25     12   50    3    3  .954  .960  2.48  1.89  3.08  2.93   21  181.3
 1920 26 BRO NL   P   40     17   95    7    2  .941  .957  2.80  1.75  3.32  2.82   33  303.7
 1921 27 BRO NL   P   37     17   89    2    5  .981  .953  2.86  1.52  3.16  2.67   35  302.3
 1922 28 BRO NL   P   36     12   79    6    2  .938  .957  2.53  1.29  3.16  2.38   34  259.0
 1923 29 BRO NL   P   39     16  101   10    6  .921  .958  3.00  1.34  3.22  2.41   38  327.0
 1924 30 BRO NL   P   38     25   91    4    5  .967  .965  3.05  1.42  3.36  2.52   36  310.7
 1925 31 BRO NL   P   33     18   92    7   11  .940  .957  3.33  1.35  4.01  2.44   31  246.7
 1926 32 BRO NL   P   30      4   72    3    1  .962  .958  2.53  1.39  3.04  2.57   29  225.3
 1927 33 NYG NL   P   39     16   71    0    9 1.000  .958  2.23  1.29  3.02  2.33   34  259.7
 1928 34 PIT NL   P   48      9  106    4    6  .966  .966  2.40  1.27  3.13  2.42   37  330.7
 1929 35 PIT NL   P   33     10   65    3    5  .962  .964  2.27  1.23  2.90  2.39   29  232.7
 1930 36 TOT NL   P   33      8   47    1    4  .982  .963  1.67  1.10  2.46  2.21   28  201.3
         BSN NL   P   11      3   10    1    1  .929  .963  1.18  1.10  2.39  2.20    9   49.0
         STL NL   P   22      5   37    0    3 1.000  .963  1.91  1.10  2.48  2.21   19  152.3
 1931 37 STL NL   P   29     16   57    4    3  .948  .959  2.52  1.20  3.09  2.22   28  212.3
 1932 38 CHC NL   P   30     12   33    2    4  .957  .957  1.50  1.21  2.87  2.29   18  141.3
 1933 39 TOT NL   P   21      6   16    1    2  .957  .965  1.05  1.28  2.37  2.36   10   83.4
         CHC NL   P   17      6   16    0    2 1.000  .965  1.29  1.28  2.84  2.36    7   69.7
         STL NL   P    4      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.27  0.00  2.36    3   13.7
 1934 40 TOT      P   22      5   16    0    1 1.000  .959  0.95  1.12  3.57  2.22    4   53.0
         TOT NL   P   12      4    9    0    1 1.000  .963  1.08  1.12  3.34  2.26    4   35.0
         STL NL   P    4      1    2    0    1 1.000  .968  0.75  1.12  3.51  2.22    0    7.7
         NYY AL   P   10      1    7    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  1.11  4.00  2.15    0   18.0
         PIT NL   P    8      3    7    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  1.12  3.30  2.27    4   27.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 616    225 1252   71   74  .954  .960  2.40  1.43  3.18  2.52  497 4179.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       616    225 1252   71   74  .954  .960  2.40  1.43  3.18  2.52  497   4180
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    BRO CLE     L   3   3   4.19  1  2  0  1  19.1  23   9   9   4 
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   2   2   3.71  0  2  0  2  17    10   7   6  13 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   2   2   2.04  2  0  0  1  17.2   9   4   9  11 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   2   0  23.62  0  0  0  0   2.2   7   7   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        1-3   9   7   4.29  3  4  0  4  56.2  49  27  26  28 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    BRO CLE     L   3   6   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   2   5   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1  .400  .400  .400   0  0   1   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   2   7   0   2  0  0  0   2   0   2  .286  .286  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        1-3   9  19   1   6  0  0  0   2   0   4  .316  .316  .316   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-15-0.06
1927-NL-18-0.05
1928-NL-3-0.66
1929-NL-4-0.44
Car-188-1.21 shares

ERA
1918 NL-2.13-4
1920 NL-2.22-3
1921 NL-2.83-5
1928 NL-2.99-8
1929 NL-3.13-2
1930 NL-4.07-6

Wins
1918 NL-19-3
1920 NL-23-3
1921 NL-22-1
1922 NL-17-8
1923 NL-21-4
1924 NL-22-2
1927 NL-19-5
1928 NL-25-1
1929 NL-17-7
1930 NL-16-9
1931 NL-17-7
Car-270-33

Won-Loss %
1918 NL-.679-5
1920 NL-.676-1
1921 NL-.629-5
1927 NL-.704-3
1928 NL-.641-8
1929 NL-.708-3
1931 NL-.654-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1918 NL-1.059-5
1920 NL-1.113-5
1921 NL-1.287-10
1928 NL-1.173-2
1929 NL-1.354-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1918 NL-7.00-2
1920 NL-8.03-3
1921 NL-9.32-6
1928 NL-8.46-7
1929 NL-9.48-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1928 NL-2.10-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1918 NL-3.77-3
1919 NL-4.07-5
1920 NL-3.88-7
1921 NL-4.05-1
1922 NL-3.44-8
1923 NL-3.28-7
1924 NL-3.91-2
1927 NL-3.54-7

Games
1918 NL-40-1
1924 NL-38-5
1928 NL-48-1

Saves
1928 NL-3-5
1933 NL-4-5

Innings
1918 NL-270.0-4
1920 NL-303.7-3
1921 NL-302.3-3
1922 NL-259.0-9
1923 NL-327.0-1
1924 NL-310.7-1
1925 NL-246.7-7
1927 NL-259.7-9
1928 NL-330.7-1
1929 NL-232.7-9
Car-4180.0-36

Strikeouts
1918 NL-113-3
1920 NL-131-2
1921 NL-136-1
1922 NL-99-5
1923 NL-119-3
1924 NL-135-2
1927 NL-102-4
1928 NL-97-4

Games Started
1918 NL-30-4
1920 NL-33-9
1921 NL-35-5
1922 NL-34-5
1923 NL-38-1
1924 NL-36-1
1925 NL-31-6
1926 NL-29-9
1927 NL-34-4
1928 NL-37-1
1929 NL-29-10
Car-497-46

Comp. Games
1918 NL-19-7
1920 NL-25-3
1921 NL-30-1
1922 NL-18-10
1923 NL-33-1
1924 NL-30-1
1925 NL-19-9
1926 NL-18-6
1928 NL-28-1
1929 NL-18-8
1931 NL-17-10
Car-314-33

Shutouts
1918 NL-7-2
1920 NL-5-3
1921 NL-2-9
1923 NL-2-10
1927 NL-2-5
1928 NL-4-1
1929 NL-2-7
1931 NL-3-5
Car-35-71

Home Runs Allow.
1918 NL-3-10
1922 NL-17-2
1924 NL-15-3
1925 NL-15-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1918 NL-76-3
1919 NL-60-9
1921 NL-76-5
1922 NL-84-7
1923 NL-100-3
1924 NL-91-2
1925 NL-102-3
1926 NL-88-4
1927 NL-87-3
Car-1295-35

Hits Allowed
1920 NL-271-10
1921 NL-313-4
1922 NL-324-3
1923 NL-356-1
1924 NL-351-1
1925 NL-305-3
1927 NL-274-7
1928 NL-311-2
Car-4412-22

SO to Walk
1920 NL-1.96-5
1921 NL-1.79-4
1924 NL-1.48-9
1928 NL-1.26-9

Losses
1917 NL-16-8
1922 NL-14-10
1923 NL-18-2
1925 NL-19-1
1926 NL-13-10
1928 NL-14-10
Car-212-33

Earned Runs Allow.
1922 NL-137-1
1923 NL-130-2
1924 NL-132-1
1925 NL-138-1
1927 NL-102-9
1928 NL-110-5
Car-1638-29

Wild Pitches
1917 NL-5-9
1918 NL-11-2
1919 NL-7-4
1920 NL-9-2
1921 NL-6-4
1922 NL-6-6
1923 NL-6-5
1924 NL-5-4
1925 NL-8-2
1926 NL-4-8
1927 NL-4-7
1930 NL-7-4

Hit Batsmen
1922 NL-7-9
1923 NL-11-1
1924 NL-6-6
1925 NL-7-4
1928 NL-9-2
1930 NL-7-3
1931 NL-10-1
Car-97-68

Batters Faced
1918 NL-1078-3
1920 NL-1246-6
1921 NL-1253-4
1922 NL-1153-5
1923 NL-1418-1
1924 NL-1345-1
1925 NL-1129-5
1926 NL-996-7
1927 NL-1103-8
1928 NL-1377-1
1929 NL-1004-9
Car-17959-29

Games Finished
1917 NL-18-2
1918 NL-9-9

Adjusted ERA+
1918 NL-131-5
1920 NL-145-3
1921 NL-138-4
1928 NL-136-8
1929 NL-152-1
1930 NL-123-4

Oldest Player
1932 NL-38-10
1933 NL-39-8
1934 AL-40-5
1934 NL-40-4

      

Black Ink: Pitching - 38 (39) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 213 (32) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 38.0 (78) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 115.0 (74) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 5, 1916: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Birmingham (Southern Association).

January 9, 1918: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Mamaux and Chuck Ward to the Brooklyn Robins for Casey Stengel and George Cutshaw.

January 9, 1927: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Brooklyn Robins to the New York Giants. The New York Giants sent Jack Scott and Fresco Thompson to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to the New York Giants. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to the Brooklyn Robins.

February 11, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vic Aldridge.

April 9, 1930: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Boston Braves for Percy Jones and cash.

June 16, 1930: Traded by the Boston Braves to the St. Louis Cardinals for Fred Frankhouse and Bill Sherdel.

December, 1931: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bud Teachout and Hack Wilson.

July 30, 1933: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

July 31, 1933: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 15, 1934: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 28, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 31, 1934: Released by the New York Yankees.

August 8, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 11, 1934: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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