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Lou North
Louis Alexander North

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 22, 1913
Final Game July 20, 1924
Born June 15, 1891 in Elgin, IL
Died May 15, 1974 in Shelton, CT

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 22 DET AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    6.0   10   11   10   1    9    3   0   0    37       0 15.00  2.90   19 3.167
 1917 26 STL NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   5  0   11.3   14    5    5   1    4    4   0   0    46       0  3.97  2.68   67 1.588
 1920 29 STL NL   3   2  24   6   3   0  10  1   88.0   90   42   32   3   32   37   2   2   369       1  3.27  3.07   94 1.386
 1921 30 STL NL   4   4  40   0   0   0  26  7   86.3   81   39   34   5   32   28   1   4   358       0  3.54  3.63  102 1.309
 1922 31 STL NL  10   3  53  11   4   0  20  4  149.7  164   90   74   4   64   84   6   2   663       1  4.45  3.85   87 1.523
 1923 32 STL NL   3   4  34   3   0   0  17  1   71.7   90   50   41   8   31   24   3   1   331       0  5.15  3.87   75 1.688
 1924 33 TOT NL   1   2  15   4   1   0   2  0   50.0   60   37   32   2   28   19   0   1   227       0  5.76  3.82   66 1.760
         STL NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   0  0   14.7   15   12   11   1    9    8   0   0    64       0  6.75  3.79   56 1.636
         BSN NL   1   2   9   4   1   0   2  0   35.3   45   25   21   1   19   11   0   1   163       0  5.35  3.83   72 1.811
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .568  21  16 172  25   8   0  80 13  463.0  509  274  228  24  200  199  12  10  2031       2  4.43  3.62   82 1.531
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   5  59   8   2   0  27  4  159.7  175   94   78   8   69   68   4   3   701   0   0  4.43  3.62   82 1.531
 Career High     10   4  53  11   4   0  26  7  149.7  164   90   74   8   64   84   6   4   663   0   1  3.27  3.87  102 1.309

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 22 DET AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1917 26 STL NL   5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1920 29 STL NL  26   31    2    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   7  .226  .250  .258   47    8   1           0    
 1921 30 STL NL  40   19    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .158  .200  .158   -3    3   0           0    
 1922 31 STL NL  53   47    5   11   0  1   1    5   0  0   1   3  .234  .250  .340   54   16   2           0    
 1923 32 STL NL  34   22    3    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .182  .217  .182    8    4   0           0    
 1924 33 TOT NL  15   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .154  .154  .154  -16    2   0           0    
         STL NL   6    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   35    1   0           0    
         BSN NL   9    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -39    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      174  137   12   27   1  1   1   10   0  0   4  25  .197  .220  .241   25   33   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        128   11   25   1  1   1    9   0  0   4  23  .197  .220  .241   25   31   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     53   47    5   11   1  1   1    5   0  0   1   7                          16   2   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 22 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0    86| .000  .264| .000  .334| .000  .346| .000  .680|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1917 26 STL NL    3    3    0   0.0    76| .000  .253| .000  .310| .000  .334| .000  .644|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1920 29 STL NL   33   25    2   2.2    89| .226  .274| .250  .328| .258  .364| .508  .692|  47  .259  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1921 30 STL NL   20   16    1   1.7   104| .158  .294| .200  .344| .158  .405| .358  .749|  -3  .136  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1922 31 STL NL   50   38    4   2.8   108| .234  .295| .250  .352| .340  .410| .590  .762|  54  .264  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1923 32 STL NL   23   18    1   1.5   105| .182  .290| .217  .348| .182  .403| .399  .751|   8  .108  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1924 33 TOT NL   13   11    0   0.0   101| .154  .286| .154  .341| .154  .398| .308  .739| -16  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         STL NL    4    3    0   0.0   102| .250  .288| .250  .342| .250  .400| .500  .743|  35  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
         BSN NL    9    8    0   0.0   101| .111  .285| .111  .340| .111  .397| .222  .737| -39  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       144  113    8   1.9   101| .197  .287| .220  .342| .241  .394| .461  .737|  25  .171 -14.7  -1.5     

* 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 ------+
1913 22 DET AL P 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.80 1.50 3.00 1 6.0 1917 26 STL NL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 1.78 3.98 2.87 0 11.3 1920 29 STL NL P 24 2 18 1 0 .952 .957 0.83 1.75 2.05 2.82 6 88.0 1921 30 STL NL P 40 4 11 2 1 .882 .955 0.38 1.52 1.56 2.67 0 86.3 1922 31 STL NL P 53 9 49 1 3 .983 .957 1.09 1.29 3.49 2.38 11 149.7 1923 32 STL NL P 34 3 18 0 2 1.000 .959 0.62 1.34 2.64 2.41 3 71.7 1924 33 TOT NL P 15 2 8 2 0 .833 .962 0.67 1.42 1.80 2.52 4 50.0 STL NL P 6 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.33 1.42 1.22 2.51 0 14.7 BSN NL P 9 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.89 1.42 2.04 2.52 4 35.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 22 DET AL P 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.80 1.50 3.00 1 6.0 1917 26 STL NL P 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 1.78 3.98 2.87 0 11.3 1920 29 STL NL P 24 2 18 1 0 .952 .957 0.83 1.75 2.05 2.82 6 88.0 1921 30 STL NL P 40 4 11 2 1 .882 .955 0.38 1.52 1.56 2.67 0 86.3 1922 31 STL NL P 53 9 49 1 3 .983 .957 1.09 1.29 3.49 2.38 11 149.7 1923 32 STL NL P 34 3 18 0 2 1.000 .959 0.62 1.34 2.64 2.41 3 71.7 1924 33 TOT NL P 15 2 8 2 0 .833 .962 0.67 1.42 1.80 2.52 4 50.0 STL NL P 6 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.33 1.42 1.22 2.51 0 14.7 BSN NL P 9 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.89 1.42 2.04 2.52 4 35.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 172 20 110 7 6 .949 .957 0.76 1.45 2.53 2.56 25 463.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 172 20 110 7 6 .949 .957 0.76 1.45 2.53 2.56 25 463
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 %
1922 NL-.769-1

Games
1921 NL-40-10
1922 NL-53-1

Saves
1921 NL-7-1
1922 NL-4-2

Strikeouts
1922 NL-84-7

Games Finished
1921 NL-26-1
1922 NL-20-3
1923 NL-17-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (322) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1210) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (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 

June 12, 1924: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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