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Ed Linke
Edward Karl Linke (Babe)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 27, 1933
Final Game September 4, 1938
Born November 9, 1911 in Chicago, IL
Died June 21, 1988 in Chicago, IL

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 21 WSH AL   1   0   3   2   0   0   0  0   16.0   15   10    9   0   11    6   0   1    72       0  5.06  4.20   83 1.625
 1934 22 WSH AL   2   2   7   4   2   0   2  0   34.7   38   20   16   1    9    9   0   0   149       0  4.15  4.32  104 1.356
 1935 23 WSH AL  11   7  40  22  10   1   8  3  178.0  211  111   99   6   80   51   1   4   808       0  5.01  4.32   86 1.635
 1936 24 WSH AL   1   5  13   6   1   0   4  0   52.0   73   46   41   4   14   11   0   3   240       0  7.10  4.79   67 1.673
 1937 25 WSH AL   6   1  36   7   0   0  18  3  128.7  158   89   80  11   59   61   4   2   591       1  5.60  4.44   79 1.687
 1938 26 SLB AL   1   7  21   2   0   0  12  0   39.7   60   37   35   6   33   18   0   1   206       0  7.94  4.98   63 2.345
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .500  22  22 120  43  13   1  44  6  449.0  555  313  280  28  206  156   5  11  2066       1  5.61  4.46   80 1.695
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   9  50  17   5   0  18  2  187.0  231  130  116  11   85   65   2   4   861   0   0  5.61  4.46   80 1.695
 Career High     11   7  40  22  10   1  18  3  178.0  211  111   99  11   80   61   4   4   808   0   1  5.01  4.79   86 1.635

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 21 WSH AL   3    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .167  .286  .167   23    1   1           0    
 1934 22 WSH AL   8   11    0    2   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   2  .182  .182  .364   40    4   1           0    
 1935 23 WSH AL  40   68   14   20   4  0   1    9   0  0   7   6  .294  .360  .397   98   27   1           0    
 1936 24 WSH AL  13   15    3    6   2  0   1    4   0  0   4   2  .400  .526  .733  214   11   0           0    
 1937 25 WSH AL  37   46    8   10   0  0   0    2   0  0   5  10  .217  .294  .217   33   10   1           0    
 1938 26 SLB AL  21   10    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   3  .200  .333  .200   37    2   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      122  156   26   41   6  1   2   17   0  0  19  24  .263  .343  .353   80   55   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        207   35   54   8  1   3   23   0  0  25  32  .263  .343  .353   80   73   5   0   0   0   0
 Career High     40   68   14   20   4  1   1    9   0  0   7  10                          27   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 21 WSH AL    8    6    0   0.0   105| .167  .280| .286  .351| .167  .403| .453  .754|  23  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1934 22 WSH AL   12   10    1   2.7   108| .182  .283| .182  .356| .364  .408| .546  .764|  40  .239  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1935 23 WSH AL   76   49   10   5.5   109| .294  .284| .360  .356| .397  .410| .757  .766|  98  .538  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1936 24 WSH AL   19    9    6  17.7   117| .400  .292| .526  .367| .733  .429|1.259  .796| 214  .894   3.1   0.3   0%
 1937 25 WSH AL   52   37    3   2.1   113| .217  .285| .294  .359| .217  .424| .511  .784|  33  .162  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 1938 26 SLB AL   12    8    1   3.3   118| .200  .290| .333  .369| .200  .432| .533  .801|  37  .297  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       179  119   21   4.7   111| .263  .285| .343  .359| .353  .417| .696  .776|  80  .458  -4.4  -0.4   0%

* 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 ------+
1933 21 WSH AL P 3 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 1.67 1.17 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 1934 22 WSH AL P 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.43 1.11 2.59 2.15 4 34.7 1935 23 WSH AL P 40 4 30 2 3 .944 .950 0.85 1.12 1.72 2.15 22 178.0 1936 24 WSH AL P 13 1 17 1 1 .947 .957 1.38 1.04 3.12 1.99 6 52.0 1937 25 WSH AL P 36 1 23 1 1 .960 .952 0.67 1.09 1.68 2.05 7 128.7 1938 26 SLB AL P 21 1 11 1 1 .923 .952 0.57 1.12 2.72 2.11 2 39.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 21 WSH AL P 3 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 1.67 1.17 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 1934 22 WSH AL P 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.43 1.11 2.59 2.15 4 34.7 1935 23 WSH AL P 40 4 30 2 3 .944 .950 0.85 1.12 1.72 2.15 22 178.0 1936 24 WSH AL P 13 1 17 1 1 .947 .957 1.38 1.04 3.12 1.99 6 52.0 1937 25 WSH AL P 36 1 23 1 1 .960 .952 0.67 1.09 1.68 2.05 7 128.7 1938 26 SLB AL P 21 1 11 1 1 .923 .952 0.57 1.12 2.72 2.11 2 39.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 120 12 91 6 6 .945 .953 0.86 1.10 2.06 2.10 43 449.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 120 12 91 6 6 .945 .953 0.86 1.10 2.06 2.10 43 449
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.

Saves
1935 AL-3-8
1937 AL-3-9

Hit Batsmen
1937 AL-4-10

Games Finished
1937 AL-18-7

Youngest Player
1933 AL-21-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 1, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Chief Hogsett.


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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