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Pete Alexander

Grover Cleveland Alexander (Old Pete)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 26, 1887 in Elba, NE
High School: St. Paul (St. Paul, NE) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1911
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Cardinals 1911-1930

Final Game: May 28, 1930
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1938 (212/262 ballots).
   View Pete Alexander Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 4, 1950 in St. Paul, NE
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, NE
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:58PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. PETE ALEXANDER… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… #8. Lefty Grove… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1911 24 PHI NL 28 13 .683 2.57 48 37 11 31 7 3 367.0 285 133 105 5 129 227 8 1 4 1440 133 1.128 7.0 0.1 3.2 5.6 1.76 MVP-3
1912 25 PHI NL 19 17 .528 2.81 46 34 10 25 3 3 310.1 289 133 97 11 105 195 6 0 5 1290 128 1.270 8.4 0.3 3.0 5.7 1.86 MVP-22
1913 26 PHI NL 22 8 .733 2.79 47 36 9 23 9 2 306.1 288 106 95 9 75 159 3 0 3 1234 119 1.185 8.5 0.3 2.2 4.7 2.12
1914 27 PHI NL 27 15 .643 2.38 46 39 7 32 6 1 355.0 327 133 94 8 76 214 11 0 1 1459 123 1.135 8.3 0.2 1.9 5.4 2.82 MVP-10
1915 28 PHI NL 31 10 .756 1.22 49 42 7 36 12 3 376.1 253 86 51 3 64 241 10 0 2 1435 225 0.842 6.1 0.1 1.5 5.8 3.77
1916 29 PHI NL 33 12 .733 1.55 48 45 3 38 16 3 389.0 323 90 67 6 50 167 10 0 3 1500 170 0.959 7.5 0.1 1.2 3.9 3.34
1917 30 PHI NL 30 13 .698 1.83 45 44 0 34 8 0 388.0 336 107 79 4 56 200 6 0 1 1529 154 1.010 7.8 0.1 1.3 4.6 3.57
1918 31 CHC NL 2 1 .667 1.73 3 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 19 7 5 0 3 15 1 0 0 98 165 0.846 6.6 0.0 1.0 5.2 5.00
1919 32 CHC NL 16 11 .593 1.72 30 27 3 20 9 1 235.0 180 51 45 3 38 121 0 0 1 906 167 0.928 6.9 0.1 1.5 4.6 3.18
1920 33 CHC NL 27 14 .659 1.91 46 40 6 33 7 5 363.1 335 96 77 8 69 173 1 0 3 1447 168 1.112 8.3 0.2 1.7 4.3 2.51
1921 34 CHC NL 15 13 .536 3.39 31 30 1 21 3 1 252.0 286 110 95 10 33 77 1 0 1 1033 113 1.266 10.2 0.4 1.2 2.8 2.33
1922 35 CHC NL 16 13 .552 3.63 33 31 2 20 1 1 245.2 283 111 99 8 34 48 3 0 4 1014 115 1.290 10.4 0.3 1.2 1.8 1.41
1923 36 CHC NL 22 12 .647 3.19 39 36 2 26 3 2 305.0 308 128 108 17 30 72 0 0 2 1246 125 1.108 9.1 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.40
1924 37 CHC NL 12 5 .706 3.03 21 20 0 12 0 0 169.1 183 82 57 9 25 33 1 0 1 708 129 1.228 9.7 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.32 MVP-22
1925 38 CHC NL 15 11 .577 3.39 32 30 1 20 1 0 236.0 270 106 89 15 29 63 3 0 1 977 128 1.267 10.3 0.6 1.1 2.4 2.17
1926 39 TOT NL 12 10 .545 3.05 30 23 7 15 2 2 200.1 191 83 68 8 31 47 2 0 0 815 129 1.108 8.6 0.4 1.4 2.1 1.52 MVP-19
1926 39 CHC NL 3 3 .500 3.46 7 7 0 4 0 0 52.0 55 26 20 0 7 12 0 0 0 218 112 1.192 9.5 0.0 1.2 2.1 1.71
1926 39 STL NL 9 7 .563 2.91 23 16 7 11 2 2 148.1 136 57 48 8 24 35 2 0 0 597 136 1.079 8.3 0.5 1.5 2.1 1.46
1927 40 STL NL 21 10 .677 2.52 37 30 4 22 2 3 268.0 261 94 75 11 38 48 1 0 1 1082 159 1.116 8.8 0.4 1.3 1.6 1.26 MVP-20
1928 41 STL NL 16 9 .640 3.36 34 31 2 18 1 2 243.2 262 107 91 15 37 59 2 0 3 1009 121 1.227 9.7 0.6 1.4 2.2 1.59
1929 42 STL NL 9 8 .529 3.89 22 19 3 8 0 0 132.0 149 65 57 10 23 33 1 0 2 562 123 1.303 10.2 0.7 1.6 2.3 1.43
1930 43 PHI NL 0 3 .000 9.14 9 3 2 0 0 0 21.2 40 24 22 5 6 6 0 0 0 109 61 2.123 16.6 2.1 2.5 2.5 1.00
20 Seasons 373 208 .642 2.56 696 600 80 437 90 32 5190.0 4868 1852 1476 165 951 2198 70 1 38 20893 136 1.121 8.4 0.3 1.6 3.8 2.31
162 Game Avg. 20 11 .642 2.56 37 31 4 23 5 2 272 255 97 77 9 50 115 4 0 2 1096 136 1.121 8.4 0.3 1.6 3.8 2.31
Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CHC (9 yrs) 128 83 .607 2.84 242 224 15 159 24 10 1884.1 1919 717 595 70 268 614 10 0 13 7647 131 1.161 9.2 0.3 1.3 2.9 2.29
PHI (8 yrs) 190 91 .676 2.18 338 280 49 219 61 15 2513.2 2141 812 610 51 561 1409 54 1 19 9996 140 1.075 7.7 0.2 2.0 5.0 2.51
STL (4 yrs) 55 34 .618 3.08 116 96 16 59 5 7 792.0 808 323 271 44 122 175 6 0 6 3250 134 1.174 9.2 0.5 1.4 2.0 1.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1911 24 PHI NL 367.0 37 133 209 2 1.0 76 7.8 $ MVP-3
1912 25 PHI NL 310.1 34 133 182 1 1.0 49 5.7 $ MVP-22
1913 26 PHI NL 306.1 36 106 162 0 1.0 56 6.5 $
1914 27 PHI NL 355.0 39 133 173 -13 1.0 40 7.0 $ MVP-10
1915 28 PHI NL 376.1 42 86 174 6 1.0 88 9.8 $
1916 29 PHI NL 389.0 45 90 169 2 1.0 79 9.8 $
1917 30 PHI NL 388.0 44 107 172 1 1.0 65 8.4 $
1918 31 CHC NL 26.0 3 7 12 0 1.0 5 0.6 $
1919 32 CHC NL 235.0 27 51 107 3 1.0 56 6.2 $
1920 33 CHC NL 363.1 40 96 177 -4 1.0 81 10.0 $
1921 34 CHC NL 252.0 29 110 145 0 1.0 35 3.7 $
1922 35 CHC NL 245.2 31 111 155 0 1.0 44 4.4 $
1923 36 CHC NL 305.0 36 128 187 6 1.0 59 5.1 $
1924 37 CHC NL 169.1 20 82 97 2 1.0 15 1.4 $ MVP-22
1925 38 CHC NL 236.0 30 106 153 3 1.0 47 4.2 $
1926 39 CHC NL 52.0 7 26 30 1 1.0 4 0.3 $ MVP-19
1926 39 STL NL 148.1 16 57 86 3 1.0 29 2.7 $ MVP-19
1927 40 STL NL 268.0 30 94 156 7 1.0 62 5.6 $ MVP-20
1928 41 STL NL 243.2 31 106 144 2 1.0 38 3.7 $
1929 42 STL NL 132.0 19 65 91 -1 1.0 26 2.4 $
1930 43 PHI NL 21.2 3 24 16 -1 1.0 -8 -0.4 $
20 Seasons 5190.0 599 1851 2797 20 1.0 946 104.9 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
CHC (9 yrs) 1884.1 223 717 1063 11 1.0 346 35.9 $
PHI (8 yrs) 2513.2 280 812 1257 -2 1.0 445 54.6 $
STL (4 yrs) 792.0 96 322 477 11 1.0 155 14.4 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1915 28 PHI NL WS L BOS 1 1 .500 1.53 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.2 14 3 3 0 4 1 10 0 0 0 69 1.019 7.1 0.0 2.0 5.1 2.50
1926 39 STL NL WS W NYY 2 0 1.000 1.33 3 2 1 2 0 1 20.1 12 4 3 0 4 0 17 0 0 0 76 0.787 5.3 0.0 1.8 7.5 4.25
1928 41 STL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 19.80 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 11 11 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 30 2.800 18.0 5.4 7.2 3.6 0.50
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 2 .600 3.56 7 5 2 4 0 1 43.0 36 18 17 3 12 1 29 0 0 0 175 1.116 7.5 0.6 2.5 6.1 2.42
3 WS 3 2 .600 3.56 7 5 2 4 0 1 43.0 36 18 17 3 12 1 29 0 0 0 175 1.116 7.5 0.6 2.5 6.1 2.42

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1911 24 PHI NL 50 140 138 12 24 5 1 0 9 1 2 27 .174 .186 .225 .410 14 31 0 0 1 MVP-3
1912 25 PHI NL 46 117 102 7 19 4 0 2 13 0 6 14 .186 .231 .284 .516 37 29 0 9 1 MVP-22
1913 26 PHI NL 47 109 103 9 13 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 21 .126 .151 .184 .335 -6 19 0 3 1
1914 27 PHI NL 48 143 137 18 32 3 0 0 7 0 3 12 .234 .255 .255 .511 48 35 1 2 1/O MVP-10
1915 28 PHI NL 49 141 130 9 22 3 0 1 8 0 1 6 23 .169 .206 .215 .421 27 28 0 5 1
1916 29 PHI NL 49 146 138 10 33 7 4 0 9 1 0 5 15 .239 .266 .348 .614 84 48 0 3 1
1917 30 PHI NL 47 149 139 17 30 8 2 1 13 1 3 23 .216 .232 .324 .556 67 45 0 7 1
1918 31 CHC NL 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -39 1 0 0 /1
1919 32 CHC NL 30 84 70 6 12 1 0 0 4 0 10 18 .171 .275 .186 .461 40 13 0 4 1
1920 33 CHC NL 46 135 118 9 27 4 1 1 14 0 0 11 26 .229 .295 .305 .600 72 36 0 6 1
1921 34 CHC NL 31 102 95 8 29 3 1 1 14 0 1 2 13 .305 .320 .389 .709 87 37 0 5 1
1922 35 CHC NL 33 95 85 4 15 1 0 0 11 0 0 6 16 .176 .231 .188 .419 8 16 0 4 1
1923 36 CHC NL 39 119 111 10 24 3 1 1 10 0 0 1 11 .216 .223 .288 .512 34 32 0 7 1
1924 37 CHC NL 21 71 65 3 15 2 0 1 10 0 1 2 8 .231 .254 .308 .561 49 20 0 4 1 MVP-22
1925 38 CHC NL 32 89 79 7 19 4 1 2 12 0 2 1 5 .241 .250 .392 .642 60 31 0 9 1
1926 39 TOT NL 30 73 65 2 13 3 0 0 6 0 2 15 .200 .224 .246 .470 25 16 0 6 1 MVP-19
1926 39 CHC NL 7 18 15 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 .467 .467 .600 1.067 183 9 0 3 /1
1926 39 STL NL 23 55 50 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 14 .120 .154 .140 .294 -22 7 0 3 1
1927 40 STL NL 37 102 94 7 23 3 1 0 6 0 5 14 .245 .283 .298 .581 52 28 0 3 1 MVP-20
1928 41 STL NL 34 98 86 13 25 2 0 1 11 0 4 8 .291 .322 .349 .671 73 30 0 8 1
1929 42 STL NL 22 48 41 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 .049 .133 .049 .182 -53 2 1 3 1
1930 43 PHI NL 9 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -12 0 0 0 /1
20 Seasons 703 1977 1810 154 378 60 13 11 163 3 5 77 276 .209 .242 .275 .517 43 497 2 88
162 Game Avg. 162 456 417 35 87 14 3 3 38 1 18 64 .209 .242 .275 .517 43 115 0 20
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CHC (9 yrs) 242 723 648 49 149 20 4 6 78 0 4 33 100 .230 .267 .301 .568 53 195 0 42
PHI (8 yrs) 345 951 891 82 173 34 8 4 63 3 1 30 135 .194 .221 .264 .485 40 235 1 29
STL (4 yrs) 116 303 271 23 56 6 1 1 22 0 14 41 .207 .248 .247 .495 28 67 1 17

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1911 24 PHI NL 140 -17 0 0 0 0 9 4 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $1,500 1 MVP-3
1912 25 PHI NL 117 -9 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,000 1 MVP-22
1913 26 PHI NL 109 -14 0 0 0 0 6 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1914 27 PHI NL 143 -9 0 0 0 0 8 4 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $7,000 1/O MVP-10
1915 28 PHI NL 141 -11 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $7,000 1
1916 29 PHI NL 146 -2 0 0 0 0 7 4 9 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $7,000 1
1917 30 PHI NL 149 -6 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 0.3 4 0.5 -0.2 $12,500 1
1918 31 CHC NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $8,000 /1
1919 32 CHC NL 84 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1920 33 CHC NL 135 -4 0 0 0 0 7 4 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ 1
1921 34 CHC NL 102 -2 0 0 0 0 6 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 1
1922 35 CHC NL 95 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1923 36 CHC NL 119 -11 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1
1924 37 CHC NL 71 -4 -1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-22
1925 38 CHC NL 89 -5 -1 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $15,000 1
1926 39 CHC NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ /1 MVP-19
1926 39 STL NL 55 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-19
1927 40 STL NL 102 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $17,500 1 MVP-20
1928 41 STL NL 98 -3 0 0 0 0 7 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $17,500 1
1929 42 STL NL 48 -10 0 0 0 0 4 1 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 1
1930 43 PHI NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
20 Seasons 1977 -141 -3 0 0 0 114 54 24 1.9 24 2.6 -0.7 $95,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (9 yrs) 723 -44 -2 0 0 0 43 19 16 1.7 16 1.6 0.1 $23,000
PHI (8 yrs) 951 -69 -1 0 0 0 49 26 5 -0.1 5 0.7 -0.8 $37,000
STL (4 yrs) 303 -28 0 0 0 0 22 9 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $35,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 28 PHI NL WS BOS L 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
1926 39 STL NL WS NYY W 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1928 41 STL NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 1 0 0 3 0 0
3 WS 7 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 1 0 0 3 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1911 PHI NL 24 P 48 367.0 110 11 95 4 3 .964 2.60 2.21 .943 2.77 2.74 MVP-3
1912 PHI NL 25 P 46 310.1 88 10 75 3 1 .966 2.47 1.85 .948 2.54 2.52 MVP-22
1913 PHI NL 26 P 47 306.1 92 10 82 0 3 1.000 2.70 1.96 .955 2.61 2.60
1914 PHI NL 27 P 46 355.0 123 18 102 3 1 .976 3.04 2.61 .943 2.68 2.66 MVP-10
1914 PHI NL 27 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1-0-0 MVP-10
1915 PHI NL 28 P 49 376.1 145 22 120 3 4 .979 3.40 2.90 .952 2.72 2.71
1916 PHI NL 29 P 48 389.0 120 17 102 1 3 .992 2.75 2.48 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 PHI NL 30 P 45 388.0 133 24 108 1 3 .992 3.06 2.93 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 CHC NL 31 P 3 26.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.77 2.67 .965 2.94 2.93
1919 CHC NL 32 P 30 235.0 91 6 85 0 1 1.000 3.49 3.03 .960 2.93 2.93
1920 CHC NL 33 P 46 363.1 115 8 105 2 2 .983 2.80 2.46 .957 2.80 2.83
1921 CHC NL 34 P 31 252.0 73 11 60 2 4 .973 2.54 2.29 .953 2.67 2.66
1922 CHC NL 35 P 33 245.2 78 9 69 0 5 1.000 2.86 2.36 .957 2.38 2.36
1923 CHC NL 36 P 39 305.0 102 11 90 1 6 .990 2.98 2.59 .958 2.41 2.40
1924 CHC NL 37 P 21 169.1 59 4 53 2 2 .966 3.03 2.71 .965 2.52 2.51 MVP-22
1925 CHC NL 38 P 32 236.0 52 7 45 0 4 1.000 1.98 1.63 .957 2.44 2.41
1926 TOT NL 39 P 30 23 15 200.1 63 3 58 2 1 .968 2.74 2.03 .958 2.57 2.53 MVP-19
1926 CHC NL 39 P 7 7 4 52.0 20 1 19 0 0 1.000 3.46 2.86 .958 2.56 2.53
1926 STL NL 39 P 23 16 11 148.1 43 2 39 2 1 .953 2.49 1.78 .958 2.57 2.53
1927 STL NL 40 P 37 268.0 74 8 66 0 1 1.000 2.49 2.00 .958 2.33 2.31 MVP-20
1928 STL NL 41 P 34 243.2 61 4 57 0 3 1.000 2.25 1.79 .966 2.42 2.41
1929 STL NL 42 P 22 132.0 44 5 38 1 2 .977 2.93 1.95 .964 2.39 2.35
1930 PHI NL 43 P 9 21.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.83 0.22 .965 2.20 2.18
20 Seasons P 696 23 15 5190.0 1633 189 1419 25 49 .985 2.79 2.31 .955 2.62 2.60
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1-0-0
20 Seasons TOT 697 23 15 5190.0 1633 189 1419 25 49 .985 2.79 2.31 .955 2.62 2.60 1-0-0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (24.3%)
1937 BBWAA (62.2%)
1938 BBWAA (80.9%)
Selected to HOF in 1938 by BBWAA

Awards (yr lg award)
1915 NL Triple Crown
1916 NL Triple Crown
1920 NL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (3, 36%)
1912 NL (22, 2%)
1914 NL (10, 14%)
1924 NL (22, 1%)
1926 NL (19, 6%)
1927 NL (20, 4%)
0.63 Career Shares (374th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1911 NL  7.3 (2nd)
1912 NL  5.6 (8th)
1913 NL  5.9 (3rd)
1914 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1915 NL  9.6 (1st)
1916 NL  10.7 (1st)
1917 NL  8.7 (2nd)
1919 NL  6.2 (2nd)
1920 NL  10.6 (1st)
1921 NL  4.4 (7th)
1923 NL  5.2 (6th)
1927 NL  6.0 (6th)
Career  106.8 (21st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1911 NL  7.8 (1st)
1912 NL  5.7 (4th)
1913 NL  6.5 (3rd)
1914 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1915 NL  9.8 (1st)
1916 NL  9.8 (1st)
1917 NL  8.4 (1st)
1919 NL  6.2 (1st)
1920 NL  10.0 (1st)
1921 NL  3.7 (6th)
1922 NL  4.4 (4th)
1923 NL  5.1 (4th)
1925 NL  4.2 (7th)
1926 NL  3.0 (9th)
1927 NL  5.6 (3rd)
Career  104.9 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1911 NL  2.57 (5th)
1914 NL  2.38 (10th)
1915 NL  1.22 (1st)
1916 NL  1.55 (1st)
1917 NL  1.83 (2nd)
1919 NL  1.72 (1st)
1920 NL  1.91 (1st)
1923 NL  3.19 (6th)
1924 NL  3.03 (6th)
1925 NL  3.39 (7th)
1926 NL  3.05 (9th)
1927 NL  2.52 (2nd)
Career  2.56 (50th)

Wins s c a p y
1911 NL  28 (1st)
1912 NL  19 (6th)
1913 NL  22 (4th)
1914 NL  27 (1st)
1915 NL  31 (1st)
1916 NL  33 (1st)
1917 NL  30 (1st)
1920 NL  27 (1st)
1921 NL  15 (10th)
1923 NL  22 (3rd)
1925 NL  15 (9th)
1927 NL  21 (4th)
1928 NL  16 (10th)
Career  373 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1911 NL  .683 (4th)
1913 NL  .733 (3rd)
1914 NL  .643 (7th)
1915 NL  .756 (1st)
1916 NL  .733 (2nd)
1917 NL  .698 (4th)
1920 NL  .659 (2nd)
1923 NL  .647 (6th)
1924 NL  .706 (5th)
1927 NL  .677 (5th)
1928 NL  .640 (9th)
Career  .642 (35th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1911 NL  1.128 (5th)
1913 NL  1.185 (10th)
1914 NL  1.135 (6th)
1915 NL  0.842 (1st)
1916 NL  0.959 (1st)
1917 NL  1.010 (3rd)
1919 NL  0.928 (2nd)
1920 NL  1.112 (4th)
1921 NL  1.266 (7th)
1922 NL  1.290 (6th)
1923 NL  1.108 (1st)
1925 NL  1.267 (5th)
1926 NL  1.108 (1st)
1927 NL  1.116 (1st)
1928 NL  1.227 (5th)
Career  1.121 (34th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 NL  6.989 (1st)
1912 NL  8.381 (10th)
1915 NL  6.051 (1st)
1916 NL  7.473 (10th)
1917 NL  7.794 (10th)
1919 NL  6.894 (1st)
1920 NL  8.298 (6th)
1923 NL  9.089 (9th)
1926 NL  8.581 (6th)
1927 NL  8.765 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  1.927 (5th)
1915 NL  1.531 (4th)
1916 NL  1.157 (2nd)
1917 NL  1.299 (1st)
1919 NL  1.455 (5th)
1920 NL  1.709 (6th)
1921 NL  1.179 (2nd)
1922 NL  1.246 (2nd)
1923 NL  0.885 (1st)
1924 NL  1.329 (2nd)
1925 NL  1.106 (1st)
1926 NL  1.393 (2nd)
1927 NL  1.276 (1st)
1928 NL  1.367 (1st)
Career  1.649 (33rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 NL  5.567 (2nd)
1912 NL  5.655 (1st)
1913 NL  4.671 (5th)
1914 NL  5.425 (2nd)
1915 NL  5.764 (1st)
1917 NL  4.639 (3rd)
1919 NL  4.634 (2nd)
1920 NL  4.285 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1911 NL  48 (3rd)
1912 NL  46 (3rd)
1913 NL  47 (4th)
1914 NL  46 (4th)
1915 NL  49 (2nd)
1916 NL  48 (2nd)
1917 NL  45 (4th)
1920 NL  46 (2nd)
Career  696 (96th)

Saves s c a p y
1911 NL  3 (8th)
1912 NL  3 (5th)
1915 NL  3 (5th)
1916 NL  3 (5th)
1920 NL  5 (2nd)
1926 NL  2 (9th)
1927 NL  3 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1911 NL  367.0 (1st)
1912 NL  310.3 (1st)
1913 NL  306.3 (3rd)
1914 NL  355.0 (1st)
1915 NL  376.3 (1st)
1916 NL  389.0 (1st)
1917 NL  388.0 (1st)
1920 NL  363.3 (1st)
1921 NL  252.0 (10th)
1923 NL  305.0 (4th)
1925 NL  236.0 (10th)
1927 NL  268.0 (7th)
1928 NL  243.7 (10th)
Career  5,190.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1911 NL  227 (2nd)
1912 NL  195 (1st)
1913 NL  159 (3rd)
1914 NL  214 (1st)
1915 NL  241 (1st)
1916 NL  167 (1st)
1917 NL  200 (1st)
1919 NL  121 (3rd)
1920 NL  173 (1st)
Career  2,198 (53rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1911 NL  37 (2nd)
1912 NL  34 (7th)
1913 NL  36 (3rd)
1914 NL  39 (3rd)
1915 NL  42 (2nd)
1916 NL  45 (1st)
1917 NL  44 (1st)
1920 NL  40 (1st)
1923 NL  36 (6th)
1925 NL  30 (10th)
1928 NL  31 (8th)
Career  600 (22nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1911 NL  31 (1st)
1912 NL  25 (3rd)
1913 NL  23 (5th)
1914 NL  32 (1st)
1915 NL  36 (1st)
1916 NL  38 (1st)
1917 NL  34 (1st)
1919 NL  20 (9th)
1920 NL  33 (1st)
1921 NL  21 (4th)
1922 NL  20 (4th)
1923 NL  26 (4th)
1925 NL  20 (6th)
1927 NL  22 (4th)
1928 NL  18 (6th)
Career  437 (13th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1911 NL  7 (1st)
1912 NL  3 (7th)
1913 NL  9 (1st)
1914 NL  6 (3rd)
1915 NL  12 (1st)
1916 NL  16 (1st)
1917 NL  8 (1st)
1919 NL  9 (1st)
1920 NL  7 (2nd)
1921 NL  3 (1st)
1923 NL  3 (4th)
1926 NL  2 (10th)
1927 NL  2 (5th)
Career  90 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  11 (1st)
1913 NL  9 (7th)
1914 NL  8 (7th)
1916 NL  6 (8th)
1920 NL  8 (5th)
1923 NL  17 (1st)
1928 NL  15 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1911 NL  129 (3rd)
1912 NL  105 (8th)
Career  951 (130th)

Hits s c a p y
1911 NL  285 (5th)
1912 NL  289 (5th)
1913 NL  288 (3rd)
1914 NL  327 (1st)
1915 NL  253 (5th)
1916 NL  323 (1st)
1917 NL  336 (1st)
1920 NL  335 (1st)
1921 NL  286 (9th)
1923 NL  308 (5th)
1925 NL  270 (7th)
1927 NL  261 (10th)
1928 NL  262 (7th)
Career  4,868 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1911 NL  1.760 (8th)
1912 NL  1.857 (7th)
1913 NL  2.120 (6th)
1914 NL  2.816 (2nd)
1915 NL  3.766 (1st)
1916 NL  3.340 (2nd)
1917 NL  3.571 (1st)
1919 NL  3.184 (2nd)
1920 NL  2.507 (3rd)
1921 NL  2.333 (2nd)
1922 NL  1.412 (8th)
1923 NL  2.400 (1st)
1925 NL  2.172 (2nd)
1926 NL  1.516 (6th)
1928 NL  1.595 (4th)
Career  2.311 (144th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 NL  0.123 (7th)
1915 NL  0.072 (7th)
1922 NL  0.293 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1912 NL  17 (8th)
Career  208 (38th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1911 NL  105 (4th)
1912 NL  97 (8th)
1913 NL  95 (6th)
1914 NL  94 (2nd)
1917 NL  79 (8th)
1923 NL  108 (7th)
Career  1,476 (42nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 NL  11 (5th)
1915 NL  10 (8th)
1916 NL  10 (4th)
Career  70 (197th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1911 NL  1,440 (1st)
1912 NL  1,290 (2nd)
1913 NL  1,234 (3rd)
1914 NL  1,459 (1st)
1915 NL  1,435 (1st)
1916 NL  1,500 (1st)
1917 NL  1,529 (1st)
1920 NL  1,447 (1st)
1923 NL  1,246 (7th)
1927 NL  1,082 (9th)
Career  20,893 (13th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1911 NL  133 (5th)
1912 NL  128 (9th)
1914 NL  123 (7th)
1915 NL  225 (1st)
1916 NL  170 (1st)
1917 NL  154 (2nd)
1919 NL  167 (1st)
1920 NL  168 (1st)
1921 NL  113 (10th)
1923 NL  125 (5th)
1924 NL  129 (6th)
1925 NL  128 (7th)
1926 NL  129 (8th)
1927 NL  159 (2nd)
Career  136 (23rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1911 NL  36 (3rd)
1912 NL  26 (5th)
1913 NL  24 (5th)
1914 NL  20 (6th)
1915 NL  57 (1st)
1916 NL  46 (1st)
1917 NL  39 (1st)
1919 NL  33 (2nd)
1920 NL  51 (1st)
1921 NL  14 (10th)
1922 NL  19 (7th)
1923 NL  29 (3rd)
1925 NL  25 (6th)
1926 NL  19 (7th)
1927 NL  41 (1st)
Career  518 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1911 NL  3.8 (3rd)
1912 NL  2.6 (5th)
1913 NL  2.6 (5th)
1914 NL  2.2 (6th)
1915 NL  6.9 (1st)
1916 NL  5.7 (1st)
1917 NL  4.7 (1st)
1919 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1920 NL  5.9 (1st)
1921 NL  1.5 (10th)
1922 NL  1.9 (7th)
1923 NL  2.9 (3rd)
1925 NL  2.5 (6th)
1926 NL  1.9 (7th)
1927 NL  4.3 (1st)
Career  57.3 (6th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1911 NL  48 (3rd)
1912 NL  46 (3rd)
1913 NL  47 (4th)
1914 NL  46 (4th)
1915 NL  49 (2nd)
1916 NL  48 (2nd)
1917 NL  45 (4th)
1920 NL  46 (2nd)
Career  696 (96th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1914 NL  18 (1st)
1915 NL  22 (1st)
1916 NL  17 (1st)
1917 NL  24 (1st)

Assists as P s c a p y
1911 NL  95 (3rd)
1913 NL  82 (4th)
1914 NL  102 (2nd)
1915 NL  120 (1st)
1916 NL  102 (2nd)
1917 NL  108 (1st)
1919 NL  85 (2nd)
1920 NL  105 (1st)
1922 NL  69 (5th)
1923 NL  90 (2nd)
1927 NL  66 (3rd)
Career  1,419 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1915 NL  3.40 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1914 NL  2.61 (2nd)
1915 NL  2.90 (2nd)
1916 NL  2.48 (3rd)
1917 NL  2.93 (1st)
1919 NL  3.03 (2nd)
1922 NL  2.36 (3rd)
1923 NL  2.59 (2nd)
Career  2.31 (84th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1913 NL  1.000 (1st)
1919 NL  1.000 (1st)
1920 NL  .983 (5th)
1922 NL  1.000 (1st)
1925 NL  1.000 (1st)
1927 NL  1.000 (1st)
1928 NL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .985 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1922 NL  born 1887-02-26 (10th)
1923 NL  born 1887-02-26 (9th)
1924 NL  born 1887-02-26 (6th)
1925 NL  born 1887-02-26 (4th)
1926 NL  born 1887-02-26 (4th)
1927 NL  born 1887-02-26 (3rd)
1928 NL  born 1887-02-26 (2nd)
1929 NL  born 1887-02-26 (2nd)
1930 NL  born 1887-02-26 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 126 (2), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 339 (5), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 257 (9), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 77 (4), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Christy Mathewson (905) *
  2. Kid Nichols (890) *
  3. Eddie Plank (852) *
  4. Tim Keefe (850) *
  5. Warren Spahn (831) *
  6. Greg Maddux (826)
  7. John Clarkson (825) *
  8. Old Hoss Radbourn (820) *
  9. Mickey Welch (802) *
  10. Pud Galvin (762) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim Hardin (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carl Lundgren (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom Seaton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lon Warneke (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Smoky Joe Wood (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Old Hoss Radbourn (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Old Hoss Radbourn (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Juan Marichal (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Juan Marichal (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Juan Marichal (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Juan Marichal (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Greg Maddux (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Eddie Plank (887) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Eddie Plank (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Eddie Plank (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Eddie Plank (912) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Eddie Plank (899) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Eddie Plank (874) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Warren Spahn (853) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Warren Spahn (847) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Christy Mathewson (979) *
  2. Early Wynn (971) *
  3. Steve Carlton (966) *
  4. Ted Lyons (957) *
  5. Eddie Plank (955) *
  6. Warren Spahn (952) *
  7. Bob Gibson (947) *
  8. Chief Bender (946) *
  9. Sad Sam Jones (944)
  10. Bill Hutchinson (943)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Eddie Rommel (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Carlton (990) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dwight Gooden (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Walsh (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Walsh (988) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Walsh (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Carlton (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Carlton (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Carlton (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Carlton (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Carlton (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Carlton (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Steve Carlton (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Early Wynn (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Early Wynn (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Early Wynn (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
191124Philadelphia Phillies$1,5004/25/51 TSN
191225Philadelphia Phillies$2,0004/25/51 TSN
191427Philadelphia Phillies$7,0002/1/17 TSN3 years at $6K per, plus 1K for 25 wins; BJHA $10K
191528Philadelphia Phillies$7,0002/1/17 TSN3 years at $6,000 per, + 1K for 25 wins. BJHA $10K
191629Philadelphia Phillies$7,0002/1/17 TSN3 years at $6,000 per, plus 1K for 25 wins
191730Philadelphia Phillies$12,5003/31/17 SL
191831Chicago Cubs$8,000Bill James Historical Abstract
192538Chicago Cubs$15,0002/19/25 TSN
192740St. Louis Cardinals$17,5004/25/51 TSN
192841St. Louis Cardinals$17,5004/25/51 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$95,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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