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Jesse Petty
Jesse Lee Petty (The Silver Fox)

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 14, 1921
Final Game September 28, 1930
Born November 23, 1894 in Orr, OK
Died October 23, 1971 in St.Paul, MN

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1921 26 CLE AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    9.0   10    2    2   0    0    0   0   0    35       0  2.00  4.28  214 1.111
 1925 30 BRO NL   9   9  28  22   7   0   4  0  153.0  188   97   83  15   47   39   2   1   682       0  4.88  4.18   86 1.536
 1926 31 BRO NL  17  17  38  33  23   1   5  1  275.7  246  118   87   9   79  101   3   2  1152       0  2.84  3.82  135 1.179
 1927 32 BRO NL  13  18  42  33  19   2   6  1  271.7  263  108   90  13   53  101   4   4  1137       0  2.98  3.95  133 1.163 MVP-23
 1928 33 BRO NL  15  15  40  31  15   2   6  1  234.0  264  119  105  18   56   74   5   2  1004       0  4.04  3.98   99 1.368
 1929 34 PIT NL  11  10  36  25  12   1   5  0  184.3  197  100   76  12   42   58   0   1   783       0  3.71  4.76  128 1.297
 1930 35 TOT NL   2   9  19  10   0   0   4  1   80.7  118   61   51  10   19   34   2   0   376       0  5.69  4.92   87 1.698
         PIT NL   1   6  10   7   0   0   3  1   41.3   67   43   38   8   13   16   2   0   204       0  8.27  4.97   60 1.935
         CHC NL   1   3   9   3   0   0   1  0   39.3   51   18   13   2    6   18   0   0   172       0  2.97  4.87  164 1.449
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .462  67  78 207 154  76   6  32  4 1208.3 1286  605  494  77  296  407  16  10  5169       0  3.68  4.15  113 1.309
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  14  38  29  14   1   6  0  227.3  242  113   93  14   55   76   3   1   973   0   0  3.68  4.15  113 1.309
 Career High     17  18  42  33  23   2   6  1  275.7  264  119  105  18   79  101   5   4  1152   0   0  2.84  4.92  135 1.163

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1921 26 CLE AL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1925 30 BRO NL  28   50    5    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  11  .140  .173  .160  -13    8   3           0    
 1926 31 BRO NL  38   97    6   17   5  0   0    8   1      1  29  .175  .184  .227   10   22   3           0    
 1927 32 BRO NL  42   91    3    9   1  1   0    2   0      1  32  .099  .109  .132  -36   12   1           0     MVP-23
 1928 33 BRO NL  40   81    5    9   1  0   0    4   0      2  27  .111  .133  .123  -32   10   4           0    
 1929 34 PIT NL  36   67    2    7   1  0   0    6   0      1  17  .104  .118  .119  -42    8   1           0    
 1930 35 TOT NL  19   25    2    4   1  0   0    2   0      0   9  .160  .160  .200  -14    5   2           0    
         PIT NL  10   12    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .083  .083  .083  -60    1   1           0    
         CHC NL   9   13    1    3   1  0   0    1   0      0   6  .231  .231  .308   28    4   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      207  413   23   53  10  1   0   24   1  0   7 126  .128  .143  .157  -22   65  14   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        323   18   41   8  1   0   19   1  0   5  99  .128  .143  .157  -22   51  11   0   0   0   0
 Career High     42   97    6   17   5  1   0    8   1  0   2  32                          22   4   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1921 26 CLE AL    2    2    0   0.0   116| .000  .302| .000  .368| .000  .424| .000  .792|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1925 30 BRO NL   55   46    1   0.6   111| .140  .296| .173  .354| .160  .423| .333  .777| -13  .018  -8.5  -0.8   0%
 1926 31 BRO NL  101   83    4   1.3   102| .175  .286| .184  .346| .227  .396| .411  .742|  10  .090 -12.3  -1.2     
 1927 32 BRO NL   93   83    1   0.3   104| .099  .290| .109  .349| .132  .400| .241  .749| -36  .008 -17.9  -1.8     
 1928 33 BRO NL   87   76    1   0.4   108| .111  .289| .133  .354| .123  .411| .256  .764| -32  .008 -15.9  -1.6     
 1929 34 PIT NL   69   61    1   0.4   123| .104  .307| .118  .371| .119  .447| .237  .818| -42  .010 -15.4  -1.4     
 1930 35 TOT NL   27   23    1   1.2   127| .160  .312| .160  .371| .200  .465| .360  .836| -14  .049  -4.7  -0.4     
         PIT NL   13   12    0   0.0   127| .083  .312| .083  .370| .083  .464| .166  .834| -60  .000  -3.2  -0.3     
         CHC NL   14   11    1   2.4   127| .231  .313| .231  .372| .308  .466| .539  .837|  28  .165  -1.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       434  374    9   0.6   110| .128  .294| .143  .355| .157  .416| .300  .770| -22  .023 -75.4  -7.3     

* 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 ------+
1921 26 CLE AL P 4 0 7 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 1.55 7.00 2.70 0 9.0 1925 30 BRO NL P 28 6 30 5 1 .878 .957 1.29 1.35 2.12 2.44 22 153.0 1926 31 BRO NL P 38 8 51 7 0 .894 .958 1.55 1.39 1.93 2.57 33 275.7 1927 32 BRO NL P 42 7 47 6 3 .900 .957 1.29 1.29 1.79 2.33 33 271.7 1928 33 BRO NL P 40 4 34 1 4 .974 .967 0.95 1.27 1.46 2.42 31 234.0 1929 34 PIT NL P 36 1 36 1 0 .974 .964 1.03 1.23 1.81 2.39 25 184.3 1930 35 TOT NL P 19 0 16 0 1 1.000 .964 0.84 1.10 1.79 2.21 10 80.6 PIT NL P 10 0 8 0 1 1.000 .964 0.80 1.10 1.74 2.20 7 41.3 CHC NL P 9 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.89 1.10 1.83 2.22 3 39.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 26 CLE AL P 4 0 7 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 1.55 7.00 2.70 0 9.0 1925 30 BRO NL P 28 6 30 5 1 .878 .957 1.29 1.35 2.12 2.44 22 153.0 1926 31 BRO NL P 38 8 51 7 0 .894 .958 1.55 1.39 1.93 2.57 33 275.7 1927 32 BRO NL P 42 7 47 6 3 .900 .957 1.29 1.29 1.79 2.33 33 271.7 1928 33 BRO NL P 40 4 34 1 4 .974 .967 0.95 1.27 1.46 2.42 31 234.0 1929 34 PIT NL P 36 1 36 1 0 .974 .964 1.03 1.23 1.81 2.39 25 184.3 1930 35 TOT NL P 19 0 16 0 1 1.000 .964 0.84 1.10 1.79 2.21 10 80.6 PIT NL P 10 0 8 0 1 1.000 .964 0.80 1.10 1.74 2.20 7 41.3 CHC NL P 9 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.89 1.10 1.83 2.22 3 39.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 207 26 221 20 9 .925 .960 1.19 1.29 1.84 2.42 154 1208.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 207 26 221 20 9 .925 .960 1.19 1.29 1.84 2.42 154 1208
An Important note about our fielding stats

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)
1927-NL-23-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

ERA
1926 NL-2.84-3
1927 NL-2.98-5
1929 NL-3.71-9

Wins
1926 NL-17-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1926 NL-1.179-3
1927 NL-1.163-5
1929 NL-1.297-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1926 NL-8.03-1
1927 NL-8.71-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1927 NL-1.76-6
1928 NL-2.15-6
1929 NL-2.05-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1926 NL-3.30-9
1927 NL-3.35-9

Games
1927 NL-42-7
1928 NL-40-9

Innings
1926 NL-275.7-3
1927 NL-271.7-6

Strikeouts
1926 NL-101-5
1927 NL-101-5

Games Started
1926 NL-33-4
1927 NL-33-6
1928 NL-31-7

Comp. Games
1926 NL-23-2
1927 NL-19-7

Shutouts
1927 NL-2-5
1928 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1925 NL-15-8
1927 NL-13-9
1928 NL-18-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1926 NL-79-9

Hits Allowed
1926 NL-246-7
1927 NL-263-9
1928 NL-264-5

SO to Walk
1926 NL-1.28-9
1927 NL-1.91-2
1928 NL-1.32-6
1929 NL-1.38-7

Losses
1926 NL-17-1
1927 NL-18-2
1928 NL-15-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1928 NL-105-7

Wild Pitches
1927 NL-4-7

Batters Faced
1926 NL-1152-3
1927 NL-1137-5

Adjusted ERA+
1926 NL-135-4
1927 NL-133-5
1929 NL-128-6

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 51 (486) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 11, 1928: Traded by the Brooklyn Robins with Harry Riconda to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Glenn Wright.

August 24, 1930: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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