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Bert Cole
Albert George Cole

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 19, 1921
Final Game September 18, 1927
Born July 1, 1896 in San Francisco, CA
Died May 30, 1975 in San Mateo, CA

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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 24 DET AL   7   4  20  11   7   1   9  1  109.7  134   66   52   3   36   22   4   0   494       1  4.27  4.28  100 1.550
 1922 25 DET AL   1   6  23   5   2   1  12  0   79.3  105   60   43   4   39   21   1   1   383       1  4.88  3.87   79 1.815
 1923 26 DET AL  13   5  52  13   6   1  26  5  163.0  183   95   75   9   61   32   5   0   733       0  4.14  3.86   93 1.497
 1924 27 DET AL   3   9  28  11   2   1  11  2  109.3  135   69   57   4   35   16   4   2   482       0  4.69  4.10   87 1.555
 1925 28 TOT AL   3   4  27   4   1   0  12  2   77.7   99   60   52   3   40   16   2   2   358       0  6.03  4.37   73 1.790
         DET AL   2   3  14   2   1   0   7  1   33.7   44   27   22   2   15    7   1   2   157       0  5.88  4.30   73 1.752
         CLE AL   1   1  13   2   0   0   5  1   44.0   55   33   30   1   25    9   1   0   201       0  6.14  4.43   72 1.818
 1927 30 CHW AL   1   4  27   2   0   0  13  0   66.7   79   43   35   3   19   12   3   1   292       0  4.73  4.05   86 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .467  28  32 177  46  18   4  83 10  605.7  735  393  314  26  230  119  19   6  2742       2  4.67  4.07   87 1.593
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  53  14   5   1  25  3  184.7  224  119   95   7   70   36   5   1   836   0   0  4.67  4.07   87 1.593
 Career High     13   9  52  13   7   1  26  5  163.0  183   95   75   9   61   32   5   2   733   0   1  4.14  4.37  100 1.470

* 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 24 DET AL  30   46   12   13   2  3   0    8   0  0   1   4  .283  .298  .457   91   21   3           0    
 1922 25 DET AL  27   25    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   9  .160  .222  .160    2    4   0           0    
 1923 26 DET AL  58   55    7   14   1  1   1    6   1  0   0  12  .255  .268  .364   66   20   1           1    
 1924 27 DET AL  33   37    4   10   0  0   0    2   0  1   4   6  .270  .357  .270   64   10   2           1    
 1925 28 TOT AL  27   24    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   4   4  .208  .321  .208   36    5   0           0    
         DET AL  14   11    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .273  .333  .273   56    3   0           0    
         CLE AL  13   13    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .154  .313  .154   21    2   0           0    
 1927 30 CHW AL  27   18    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .167  -13    3   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      202  205   29   49   3  4   1   18   1  1  11  36  .239  .284  .307   54   63   8   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        164   23   39   2  3   1   14   1  1   9  29  .239  .284  .307   54   51   6   0   0   2   0
 Career High     58   55   12   14   2  3   1    8   1  1   4  12                          21   3   0   0   1   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 24 DET AL   50   36    6   4.5   113| .283  .298| .298  .364| .457  .419| .755  .783|  91  .441  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1922 25 DET AL   27   21    1   1.3   107| .160  .289| .222  .354| .160  .406| .382  .760|   2  .083  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1923 26 DET AL   57   42    5   3.2   106| .255  .287| .268  .357| .364  .397| .632  .755|  66  .331  -3.2  -0.3 100%
 1924 27 DET AL   44   30    3   2.7   111| .270  .297| .357  .366| .270  .407| .627  .773|  64  .248  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1925 28 TOT AL   28   19    2   2.8   116| .208  .300| .321  .370| .208  .420| .529  .790|  36  .251  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         DET AL   12    8    1   3.3   115| .273  .298| .333  .368| .273  .418| .606  .787|  56  .315  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         CLE AL   16   11    1   2.4   116| .154  .301| .313  .371| .154  .422| .467  .793|  21  .204  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1927 30 CHW AL   20   17    1   1.6   109| .167  .290| .167  .358| .167  .408| .334  .766| -13  .113  -3.0  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       226  165   18   2.9   110| .239  .293| .284  .362| .307  .409| .591  .770|  54  .280 -15.1  -1.5  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1921 24 DET AL P 20 3 28 0 0 1.000 .957 1.55 1.56 2.54 2.70 11 109.7 1922 25 DET AL P 23 6 21 2 1 .931 .964 1.17 1.48 3.06 2.60 5 79.3 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 0 1 0 1923 26 DET AL P 52 9 37 1 1 .979 .958 0.88 1.49 2.54 2.72 13 163.0 1924 27 DET AL P 28 11 28 1 0 .975 .958 1.39 1.32 3.21 2.53 11 109.3 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.25 0 2 0 1925 28 TOT AL P 27 6 22 2 0 .933 .962 1.04 1.40 3.24 2.66 4 77.7 DET AL P 14 3 12 1 0 .938 .962 1.07 1.40 4.01 2.67 2 33.7 CLE AL P 13 3 10 1 0 .929 .963 1.00 1.40 2.66 2.66 2 44.0 1927 30 CHW AL P 27 1 27 2 1 .933 .959 1.04 1.40 3.78 2.62 2 66.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1922 25 DET AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.20 0 1 0 1924 27 DET AL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.25 0 2 0 1921 24 DET AL P 20 3 28 0 0 1.000 .957 1.55 1.56 2.54 2.70 11 109.7 1922 25 DET AL P 23 6 21 2 1 .931 .964 1.17 1.48 3.06 2.60 5 79.3 1923 26 DET AL P 52 9 37 1 1 .979 .958 0.88 1.49 2.54 2.72 13 163.0 1924 27 DET AL P 28 11 28 1 0 .975 .958 1.39 1.32 3.21 2.53 11 109.3 1925 28 TOT AL P 27 6 22 2 0 .933 .962 1.04 1.40 3.24 2.66 4 77.7 DET AL P 14 3 12 1 0 .938 .962 1.07 1.40 4.01 2.67 2 33.7 CLE AL P 13 3 10 1 0 .929 .963 1.00 1.40 2.66 2.66 2 44.0 1927 30 CHW AL P 27 1 27 2 1 .933 .959 1.04 1.40 3.78 2.62 2 66.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 177 36 163 8 3 .961 .959 1.12 1.44 46 605.7 OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 2.23 0 3 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 180 41 163 8 3 .962 .960 1.13 1.46
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.

Won-Loss %
1923 AL-.722-3

Games
1923 AL-52-3

Saves
1923 AL-5-4

Games Finished
1923 AL-26-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1898) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1598) (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 

November 17, 1920: Traded by the San Francisco (PCL) to the Detroit Tigers for Babe Ellison.

July, 1925: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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