SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  View Sports-Reference.com's new Olympic Section
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Big Jeff Pfeffer

Big Jeff Pfeffer
Francis Xavier Pfeffer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut April 15, 1905
Final Game October 9, 1911
Born March 31, 1882 in Champaign, IL
Died December 19, 1954 in Kankakee, IL

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $5 per year.

  

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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1905 23 CHC NL   4   4  15  11   9   0   4  0  101.0   84   36   28   2   36   56   4   4   390       0  2.50  2.96  119 1.188
 1906 24 BSN NL  13  22  35  35  33   4   0  0  302.3  270  138   99   4  114  158  16   3  1269       1  2.95  2.68   91 1.270
 1907 25 BSN NL   6   8  19  16  12   1   1  0  144.0  129   62   48   3   61   65   7   1   577       0  3.00  2.54   85 1.319
 1908 26 BSN NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0   10.0   18   16   14   1    8    3   0   0    55       0 12.60  2.39   19 2.600
 1910 28 CHC NL   1   0  13   1   1   0  10  0   41.3   43   31   15   1   16   11   1   1   170       0  3.27  2.87   88 1.427
 1911 29 BSN NL   7   5  26   6   4   1  16  2   97.0  116   74   51   3   57   24   0   1   442       0  4.73  3.76   80 1.784
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .443  31  39 112  69  59   6  34  2  695.7  660  357  255  14  292  317  28  10  2903       1  3.30  2.85   86 1.368
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  14  42  25  22   2  12  0  261.3  247  134   95   5  109  119  10   3  1090   0   0  3.30  2.85   86 1.368
 Career High     13  22  35  35  33   4  16  2  302.3  270  138   99   4  114  158  16   4  1269   0   1  2.50  3.76  119 1.188

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 23 CHC NL  15   40    4    8   3  0   0    3   2      0      .200  .200  .275   39   11   1           0    
 1906 24 BSN NL  60  158   10   31   3  3   1   11   4      5      .196  .253  .272   66   43   2           7    
 1907 25 BSN NL  21   60    1   15   3  0   0    6   0      2      .250  .286  .300   83   18   1           1    
 1908 26 BSN NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1910 28 CHC NL  14   17    1    3   1  1   0    2   0      1   1  .176  .222  .353   68    6   1           0    
 1911 29 BSN NL  33   46    4    9   2  0   1    6   0      5   7  .196  .288  .304   61   14   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      147  323   20   66  12  4   2   28   6  0  13   8  .204  .255  .285   64   92   5   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        356   22   73  13  4   2   31   7  0  14   9  .204  .255  .285   64  101   6   0   0  10   0
 Career High     60  158   10   31   3  3   1   11   4  0   5   7                          43   2   0   0   7   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 23 CHC NL   41   33    2   1.6    87| .200  .269| .200  .332| .275  .351| .475  .683|  39  .192  -3.1  -0.4     
 1906 24 BSN NL  172  129    9   1.8    74| .196  .249| .253  .316| .272  .318| .525  .633|  66  .272  -6.8  -0.8     
 1907 25 BSN NL   64   46    5   2.9    75| .250  .252| .286  .318| .300  .320| .586  .639|  83  .469  -1.2  -0.1     
 1908 26 BSN NL    2    2    0   0.0    70| .000  .244| .000  .306| .000  .315| .000  .621|-100  .000  -0.4  -0.1     
 1910 28 CHC NL   19   15    1   1.8    87| .176  .262| .222  .336| .353  .347| .575  .683|  68  .213  -0.9  -0.1     
 1911 29 BSN NL   52   37    4   2.9   101| .196  .276| .288  .355| .304  .381| .592  .736|  61  .358  -2.5  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       350  262   21   2.1    80| .204  .257| .255  .325| .285  .333| .540  .658|  64  .304 -15.0  -1.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 23 CHC NL P 15 4 24 0 0 1.000 .943 1.87 2.42 2.50 2.97 11 101.0 1906 24 BSN NL P 36 13 91 4 0 .963 .948 2.89 2.40 3.10 3.05 35 302.3 OF 14 19 2 1 1 .955 .959 1.50 1.86 5 3 7 1907 25 BSN NL P 19 4 38 2 0 .955 .950 2.21 2.27 2.62 2.97 16 144.0 1908 26 BSN NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.12 0.90 2.97 0 10.0 1910 28 CHC NL P 13 0 10 0 0 1.000 .943 0.77 1.77 2.18 2.81 1 41.3 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1911 29 BSN NL P 26 8 25 0 0 1.000 .943 1.27 1.72 3.06 2.77 6 97.0 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.07 0 3 0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 29 BSN NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90 1906 24 BSN NL OF 14 19 2 1 1 .955 .959 1.50 1.86 5 3 7 1910 28 CHC NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1911 29 BSN NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.07 0 3 0 1905 23 CHC NL P 15 4 24 0 0 1.000 .943 1.87 2.42 2.50 2.97 11 101.0 1906 24 BSN NL P 36 13 91 4 0 .963 .948 2.89 2.40 3.10 3.05 35 302.3 1907 25 BSN NL P 19 4 38 2 0 .955 .950 2.21 2.27 2.62 2.97 16 144.0 1908 26 BSN NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.12 0.90 2.97 0 10.0 1910 28 CHC NL P 13 0 10 0 0 1.000 .943 0.77 1.77 2.18 2.81 1 41.3 1911 29 BSN NL P 26 8 25 0 0 1.000 .943 1.27 1.72 3.06 2.77 6 97.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 113 29 189 6 0 .973 .947 1.93 2.14 69 695.7 OF 18 22 2 1 1 .960 .960 1.33 1.91 5 6 8 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 132 51 191 7 1 .972 .948 1.83 2.17
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.

Strikeouts/9IP
1906 NL-4.70-6

Innings
1906 NL-302.3-7

Strikeouts
1906 NL-158-2

Games Started
1906 NL-35-7

Comp. Games
1906 NL-33-2

Home Runs Allow.
1906 NL-4-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1906 NL-114-3

Hits Allowed
1906 NL-270-7

Losses
1906 NL-22-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1906 NL-99-4

Hit Batsmen
1906 NL-16-2

Batters Faced
1906 NL-1269-3

Games Finished
1911 NL-16-3

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1437) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1067) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Jack Rowan (980)
  2. George Kahler (980)
  3. George Chalmers (979)
  4. George Ferguson (978)
  5. Ray Keating (977)
  6. George Baumgardner (974)
  7. Marty O'Toole (974)
  8. Jack Sutthoff (971)
  9. Ed Lafitte (969)
  10. Roy Mitchell (969)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Eric Erickson (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Buster Brown (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Henry Gruber (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Oeschger (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rip Hagerman (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Lafitte (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 13, 1905: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jack O'Neill to the Boston Beaneaters for Pat Moran.

February 25, 1911: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Scotty Ingerton to the Boston Rustlers for Dave Shean.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
View Big Jeff Pfeffer's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Big Jeff Pfeffer    

Viewed 11443 times through July 24, 2008.
Name and misspellings: Big Francis frank Jeff Xavier Pfeffer

Pages Updated through July 23,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Big Jeff Pfeffer
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through July 23, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.