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Ernie Koob
Ernest Gerald Koob

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
School Western Michigan University

Debut June 23, 1915
Final Game August 30, 1919
Born September 11, 1892 in Keeler, MI
Died November 12, 1941 in Lemay, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1915. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1915 22 SLB AL   4   5  28  13   6   0   9  1  133.7  119   50   35   2   50   37  10   6   528       0  2.36  2.87  122 1.264
 1916 23 SLB AL  11   8  33  20  10   2   7  2  166.7  153   54   47   1   56   26   6   1   670       2  2.54  2.74  108 1.254
 1917 24 SLB AL   6  14  39  18   3   1  10  1  133.7  139   81   58   1   57   47   6   5   560       0  3.91  2.61   67 1.466
 1919 26 SLB AL   2   3  25   4   0   0   7  0   66.0   77   37   34   3   23   11   2   2   285       0  4.64  3.31   71 1.515
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .434  23  30 125  55  19   3  33  4  500.0  488  222  174   7  186  121  24  14  2043       2  3.13  2.82   90 1.348
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  47  20   7   1  12  1  188.7  184   83   65   2   70   45   9   5   771   0   0  3.13  2.82   90 1.348
 Career High     11  14  39  20  10   2  10  2  166.7  153   81   58   3   57   47  10   6   670   0   2  2.36  3.31  122 1.254

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 22 SLB AL  28   37    1    5   0  0   0    1   0      5  16  .135  .238  .135   14    5   2           0    
 1916 23 SLB AL  33   41    4    0   0  0   0    1   0     15  24  .000  .268  .000  -17    0   1           0    
 1917 24 SLB AL  39   35    2    4   0  0   0    0   0      5  17  .114  .225  .114    5    4   3           0    
 1919 26 SLB AL  25   15    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      125  128    7    9   0  0   0    2   0  0  25  64  .070  .222  .070  -11    9   7   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        166    9   12   0  0   0    3   0  0  32  83  .070  .222  .070  -11   12   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High     39   41    4    5   0  0   0    1   0  0  15  24                           5   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 22 SLB AL   44   34    1   0.8    80| .135  .251| .238  .328| .135  .329| .373  .657|  14  .064  -3.8  -0.4     
 1916 23 SLB AL   57   42    0   0.0    79| .000  .251| .268  .324| .000  .328| .268  .652| -17  .000  -4.9  -0.6     
 1917 24 SLB AL   43   34    1   0.8    77| .114  .250| .225  .320| .114  .324| .339  .644|   5  .066  -3.8  -0.4     
 1919 26 SLB AL   16   16    0   0.0    97| .000  .279| .000  .345| .000  .375| .000  .719|-100  .000  -4.1  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       160  126    2   0.4    81| .070  .254| .222  .326| .070  .332| .292  .659| -11  .021 -16.5  -1.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 22 SLB AL P 28 3 32 0 3 1.000 .936 1.25 1.80 2.36 3.01 13 133.7 1916 23 SLB AL P 33 4 36 0 1 1.000 .946 1.21 1.69 2.16 2.95 20 166.7 1917 24 SLB AL P 39 4 44 7 3 .873 .947 1.23 1.83 3.23 3.04 18 133.7 1919 26 SLB AL P 25 2 21 1 2 .958 .947 0.92 1.76 3.14 2.84 4 66.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 22 SLB AL P 28 3 32 0 3 1.000 .936 1.25 1.80 2.36 3.01 13 133.7 1916 23 SLB AL P 33 4 36 0 1 1.000 .946 1.21 1.69 2.16 2.95 20 166.7 1917 24 SLB AL P 39 4 44 7 3 .873 .947 1.23 1.83 3.23 3.04 18 133.7 1919 26 SLB AL P 25 2 21 1 2 .958 .947 0.92 1.76 3.14 2.84 4 66.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 125 13 133 8 9 .948 .944 1.17 1.77 2.63 2.98 55 500.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 125 13 133 8 9 .948 .944 1.17 1.77 2.63 2.98 55 500
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.

Wild Pitches
1915 AL-6-9

Hit Batsmen
1915 AL-10-9

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1823) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

April 29, 1915: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.


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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