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Alex Main
Miles Grant Main

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 18, 1914
Final Game June 29, 1918
Born May 13, 1884 in Montrose, MI
Died December 29, 1965 in Royal Oak, MI

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1914 30 DET AL   6   6  32  12   5   1   7  3  138.3  131   51   41   2   59   55   3   2   568       0  2.67  2.79  105 1.373
 1915 31 KCP FL  13  14  35  28  18   2   6  3  230.0  181   88   65   4   75   91   5   4   906       0  2.54  2.94  116 1.113
 1918 34 PHI NL   2   2   8   4   1   1   2  0   35.0   30   20   18   1   16   14   5   0   152       0  4.63  2.98   64 1.314
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .488  21  22  75  44  24   4  15  6  403.3  342  159  124   7  150  160  13   6  1626       0  2.77  2.89  105 1.220
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  42  25  13   2   8  3  230.3  195   90   70   4   85   91   7   3   929   0   0  2.77  2.89  105 1.220
 Career High     13  14  35  28  18   2   7  3  230.0  181   88   65   4   75   91   5   4   906   0   0  2.54  2.94  116 1.113

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 30 DET AL  32   40    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  1   3  15  .100  .163  .100  -22    4   0           0    
 1915 31 KCP FL  36   76    5   15   4  0   0    5   1      4  19  .197  .238  .250   45   19   3           0    
 1918 34 PHI NL   9   11    0    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   2  .091  .091  .182  -20    2   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       77  127    6   20   5  0   0    5   1  1   7  36  .157  .201  .197   19   25   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        267   13   42  11  0   0   11   2  2  15  76  .157  .201  .197   19   53   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   76    5   15   4  0   0    5   1  1   4  19                          19   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 30 DET AL   43   37    1   0.7    85| .100  .260| .163  .334| .100  .340| .263  .674| -22  .059  -6.1  -0.7   0%
 1915 31 KCP FL   83   64    5   2.1    84| .197  .258| .238  .325| .250  .347| .488  .672|  45  .268  -4.7  -0.5     
 1918 34 PHI NL   12   11    0   0.0    85| .091  .269| .091  .328| .182  .347| .273  .675| -20  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       138  112    6   1.4    84| .157  .260| .201  .328| .197  .345| .398  .673|  19  .164 -12.4  -1.4     

* 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 ------+
1914 30 DET AL P 32 6 60 4 5 .943 .936 2.06 1.74 4.30 2.96 12 138.3 1915 31 KCP FL P 35 8 86 5 3 .949 .956 2.69 1.97 3.68 3.08 28 230.0 1918 34 PHI NL P 8 1 10 0 1 1.000 .965 1.38 2.02 2.83 2.93 4 35.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 30 DET AL P 32 6 60 4 5 .943 .936 2.06 1.74 4.30 2.96 12 138.3 1915 31 KCP FL P 35 8 86 5 3 .949 .956 2.69 1.97 3.68 3.08 28 230.0 1918 34 PHI NL P 8 1 10 0 1 1.000 .965 1.38 2.02 2.83 2.93 4 35.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 75 15 156 9 9 .950 .949 2.28 1.88 3.82 3.03 44 403.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 75 15 156 9 9 .950 .949 2.28 1.88 3.82 3.03 44 403
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.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1915 FL-1.113-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1915 FL-7.08-2

Saves
1914 AL-3-6
1915 FL-3-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1576) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (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 

January 4, 1915: Jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Packers.


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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