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George Earnshaw
George Livingston Earnshaw (Moose)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.
School Swarthmore College

Debut June 3, 1928
Final Game September 26, 1936
Born February 15, 1900 in New York, NY
Died December 1, 1976 in Little Rock, AR

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1928 28 PHA AL   7   7  26  22   7   3   4  1  158.3  143   81   67   7  100  117   1   7   728       0  3.81  4.00  105 1.535
 1929 29 PHA AL  24   8  44  33  13   3   5  1  254.7  233  110   93   8  125  149   5   8  1115       0  3.29  4.24  129 1.406
 1930 30 PHA AL  22  13  49  39  20   3   6  2  296.0  299  162  146  20  139  193   1  10  1299       2  4.44  4.69  106 1.480
 1931 31 PHA AL  21   7  43  30  23   3  11  6  281.7  255  130  115  16   75  152   3   5  1174       0  3.67  4.51  123 1.172 MVP-11
 1932 32 PHA AL  19  13  36  33  21   1   3  0  245.3  262  147  130  28   94  109   4   9  1082       0  4.77  4.52   95 1.451
 1933 33 PHA AL   5  10  21  18   4   0   2  0  117.7  153   93   78   8   58   37   1   3   559       0  5.97  4.28   72 1.793
 1934 34 CHW AL  14  11  33  30  16   2   0  0  227.0  242  128  114  28  104   97   4   6  1019       0  4.52  4.72  104 1.524
 1935 35 TOT      9  14  28  25   6   2   3  0  184.0  201  106   94  16   64   80   0   4   804       0  4.60  4.04   88 1.440
         CHW AL   1   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   18.0   26   19   18   2   11    8   0   1    88       0  9.00  4.63   51 2.056
         BRO NL   8  12  25  22   6   2   3  0  166.0  175   87   76  14   53   72   0   3   716       0  4.12  3.98   97 1.373
 1936 36 TOT NL   6  10  39  19   5   1  11  2  150.7  193  106   96  11   50   68   6   3   685       0  5.73  4.06   71 1.613
         BRO NL   4   9  19  13   4   1   4  1   93.0  113   63   55   7   30   40   3   1   418       0  5.32  4.14   78 1.538
         STL NL   2   1  20   6   1   0   7  1   57.7   80   43   41   4   20   28   3   2   267       0  6.40  3.94   62 1.734
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .577 127  93 319 249 115  18  45 12 1915.3 1981 1063  933 142  809 1002  25  55  8465       2  4.38  4.39  100 1.457
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  11  38  29  13   2   5  1  229.0  237  127  111  17   96  119   2   6  1013   0   0  4.38  4.39  100 1.457
 Career High     24  14  49  39  23   3  11  6  296.0  299  162  146  28  139  193   6  10  1299   0   2  3.29  4.72  129 1.172

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 28 PHA AL  26   57    3   14   2  0   0    6   1  0   1   7  .246  .259  .281   40   16   5           0    
 1929 29 PHA AL  44   87    6   15   2  0   1   10   0  0   2  21  .172  .200  .230    9   20  10           1    
 1930 30 PHA AL  49  114   11   26   8  1   0   10   0  0   5  21  .228  .261  .316   43   36   7           0    
 1931 31 PHA AL  43  114   12   30   7  1   2   13   0  0   5  23  .263  .294  .395   75   45   3           0     MVP-11
 1932 32 PHA AL  36   91   10   26   4  1   0    9   0  0   0  12  .286  .286  .352   62   32  11           0    
 1933 33 PHA AL  21   44    5    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   5  .182  .234  .205   17    9   2           0    
 1934 34 CHW AL  33   79    5   16   3  0   0    6   0  0   3  16  .203  .241  .241   23   19   3           1    
 1935 35 TOT     28   67    5   15   0  1   0    8   0  0   1  12  .224  .235  .254   32   17   2           0   3
         CHW AL   3    7    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   47    2   1           0    
         BRO NL  25   60    4   13   0  1   0    7   0      1  10  .217  .230  .250   30   15   1           0   3
 1936 36 TOT NL  39   51    4   12   2  0   0    6   0      0   8  .235  .235  .275   36   14   1           0   2
         BRO NL  19   33    4    8   2  0   0    2   0      0   5  .242  .242  .303   45   10   1           0   1
         STL NL  20   18    0    4   0  0   0    4   0      0   3  .222  .222  .222   20    4   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      319  704   61  162  29  4   3   70   1  0  20 125  .230  .253  .295   41  208  44   0   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        358   31   82  15  2   2   36   1  0  10  63  .230  .253  .295   41  106  22   0   0   1   3
 Career High     49  114   12   30   8  1   2   13   1  0   5  23                          45  11   0   0   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 28 PHA AL   63   48    4   2.2   111| .246  .292| .259  .358| .281  .415| .540  .773|  40  .200  -5.2  -0.5 100%
 1929 29 PHA AL  100   82    4   1.3   116| .172  .297| .200  .364| .230  .429| .430  .793|   9  .079 -12.6  -1.2   0%
 1930 30 PHA AL  126   95    9   2.5   119| .228  .300| .261  .365| .316  .441| .577  .806|  43  .207 -10.4  -1.0   0%
 1931 31 PHA AL  122   87   13   4.0   113| .263  .294| .294  .362| .395  .420| .689  .782|  75  .406  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1932 32 PHA AL  102   76    9   3.2   114| .286  .290| .286  .361| .352  .426| .638  .788|  62  .302  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 1933 33 PHA AL   49   38    2   1.4   107| .182  .282| .234  .353| .205  .406| .439  .760|  17  .097  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1934 34 CHW AL   86   66    4   1.6   114| .203  .292| .241  .366| .241  .420| .482  .787|  23  .111  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1935 35 TOT      70   57    4   1.9   103| .224  .284| .235  .341| .254  .405| .489  .746|  32  .156  -6.7  -0.7   0%
         CHW AL    8    6    1   4.5   113| .286  .290| .286  .363| .286  .419| .572  .782|  47  .445  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         BRO NL   62   51    3   1.6   102| .217  .283| .230  .338| .250  .403| .480  .741|  30  .120  -6.2  -0.6     
 1936 36 TOT NL   52   42    3   1.9   104| .235  .287| .235  .346| .275  .401| .510  .747|  36  .163  -4.7  -0.5     
         BRO NL   34   27    2   2.0   104| .242  .287| .242  .346| .303  .402| .545  .748|  45  .172  -2.6  -0.3     
         STL NL   18   15    1   1.8   103| .222  .286| .222  .345| .222  .400| .444  .745|  20  .146  -2.1  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       770  591   52   2.4   113| .230  .292| .253  .359| .295  .421| .548  .780|  41  .204 -65.0  -6.3     

* 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 ------+
1928 28 PHA AL P 26 6 27 4 0 .892 .957 1.27 1.37 1.88 2.44 22 158.3 1929 29 PHA AL P 44 12 38 6 1 .893 .958 1.14 1.29 1.77 2.34 33 254.7 1930 30 PHA AL P 49 8 53 5 2 .924 .946 1.24 1.18 1.85 2.20 39 296.0 1931 31 PHA AL P 43 15 52 5 4 .931 .954 1.56 1.19 2.14 2.21 30 281.7 1932 32 PHA AL P 36 7 54 3 3 .953 .958 1.69 1.21 2.24 2.24 33 245.3 1933 33 PHA AL P 21 6 30 0 2 1.000 .960 1.71 1.18 2.75 2.28 18 117.7 1934 34 CHW AL P 33 4 45 4 0 .925 .955 1.48 1.11 1.94 2.14 30 227.0 1935 35 TOT P 28 5 38 1 3 .977 .958 1.54 1.18 2.10 2.29 25 184.0 CHW AL P 3 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 1.33 1.13 2.00 2.15 3 18.0 BRO NL P 25 4 35 0 2 1.000 .958 1.56 1.18 2.11 2.31 22 166.0 1936 36 TOT NL P 39 8 34 2 2 .955 .950 1.08 1.16 2.51 2.32 19 150.7 BRO NL P 19 6 17 1 1 .958 .950 1.21 1.16 2.23 2.32 13 93.0 STL NL P 20 2 17 1 1 .950 .950 0.95 1.16 2.96 2.32 6 57.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 28 PHA AL P 26 6 27 4 0 .892 .957 1.27 1.37 1.88 2.44 22 158.3 1929 29 PHA AL P 44 12 38 6 1 .893 .958 1.14 1.29 1.77 2.34 33 254.7 1930 30 PHA AL P 49 8 53 5 2 .924 .946 1.24 1.18 1.85 2.20 39 296.0 1931 31 PHA AL P 43 15 52 5 4 .931 .954 1.56 1.19 2.14 2.21 30 281.7 1932 32 PHA AL P 36 7 54 3 3 .953 .958 1.69 1.21 2.24 2.24 33 245.3 1933 33 PHA AL P 21 6 30 0 2 1.000 .960 1.71 1.18 2.75 2.28 18 117.7 1934 34 CHW AL P 33 4 45 4 0 .925 .955 1.48 1.11 1.94 2.14 30 227.0 1935 35 TOT P 28 5 38 1 3 .977 .958 1.54 1.18 2.10 2.29 25 184.0 CHW AL P 3 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 1.33 1.13 2.00 2.15 3 18.0 BRO NL P 25 4 35 0 2 1.000 .958 1.56 1.18 2.11 2.31 22 166.0 1936 36 TOT NL P 39 8 34 2 2 .955 .950 1.08 1.16 2.51 2.32 19 150.7 BRO NL P 19 6 17 1 1 .958 .950 1.21 1.16 2.23 2.32 13 93.0 STL NL P 20 2 17 1 1 .950 .950 0.95 1.16 2.96 2.32 6 57.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 319 71 371 30 17 .936 .955 1.39 1.21 2.08 2.26 249 1915.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 319 71 371 30 17 .936 .955 1.39 1.21 2.08 2.26 249 1915
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    PHA CHC     W   2   2   2.63  1  1  0  1  13.2  14   4   6  17 
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   3   3   0.72  2  0  0  2  25    13   2   7  19 
 1931   WS    PHA STL     L   3   3   1.88  1  2  0  2  24    12   5   4  20 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   8   8   1.58  4  3  0  5  62.2  39  11  17  56 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    PHA CHC     W   2   5   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   3   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   5  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    PHA STL     L   3   8   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   8  22   1   0  0  0  0   0   0  11  .000  .000  .000   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)
1931-AL-11-0.15
Car-778-0.15 shares

Sac. Hits
1932 AL-11-9

ERA
1929 AL-3.29-4
1931 AL-3.67-7

Wins
1929 AL-24-1
1930 AL-22-3
1931 AL-21-3
1932 AL-19-6

Won-Loss %
1929 AL-.750-3
1930 AL-.629-10
1931 AL-.750-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1931 AL-1.172-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1928 AL-8.13-3
1929 AL-8.23-1
1931 AL-8.15-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1931 AL-2.40-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1928 AL-6.65-1
1929 AL-5.27-2
1930 AL-5.87-3
1931 AL-4.86-7
1932 AL-4.00-9
1934 AL-3.85-9

Games
1929 AL-44-2
1930 AL-49-2

Saves
1931 AL-6-5

Innings
1929 AL-254.7-8
1930 AL-296.0-3
1931 AL-281.7-3

Strikeouts
1928 AL-117-5
1929 AL-149-2
1930 AL-193-2
1931 AL-152-2
1932 AL-109-6
1934 AL-97-7

Games Started
1929 AL-33-4
1930 AL-39-1
1932 AL-33-6

Comp. Games
1930 AL-20-6
1931 AL-23-3
1932 AL-21-4
1934 AL-16-10

Shutouts
1928 AL-3-6
1929 AL-3-5
1930 AL-3-1
1931 AL-3-2
1934 AL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1930 AL-20-2
1931 AL-16-6
1932 AL-28-1
1934 AL-28-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1928 AL-100-3
1929 AL-125-1
1930 AL-139-1
1934 AL-104-6

Hits Allowed
1930 AL-299-3
1932 AL-262-10

SO to Walk
1929 AL-1.19-6
1930 AL-1.39-9
1931 AL-2.03-3
1932 AL-1.16-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1930 AL-146-1
1932 AL-130-5
1934 AL-114-6

Wild Pitches
1928 AL-7-1
1929 AL-8-3
1930 AL-10-3
1931 AL-5-3
1932 AL-9-1
1934 AL-6-4

Hit Batsmen
1929 AL-5-8
1932 AL-4-9
1934 AL-4-6
1936 NL-6-6

Batters Faced
1929 AL-1115-6
1930 AL-1299-1
1931 AL-1174-4

Adjusted ERA+
1929 AL-129-5
1931 AL-123-8

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 8 (286) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 95 (218) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (800) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 57.0 (213) (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 

December 12, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Johnny Pasek to the Chicago White Sox for Charlie Berry and $20,000.

May 15, 1935: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox.

July 15, 1936: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Eddie Morgan (October 1, 1936) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade.


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