Red Ames
Leon Kessling Ames
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 2, 1882 in Warren, OH
High School: Warren (Warren, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1903
Final Game: September 25, 1919
Died: October 8, 1936 in Warren, OH
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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
1903 20 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 1.29 2 2 0 2 1 0 14.0 5 2 2 0 8 14 0 0 0 52 259 0.929 3.2 0.0 5.1 9.0 1.75
1904 21 NYG NL 4 6 .400 2.27 16 13 3 11 1 3 115.0 94 44 29 2 38 93 3 0 6 464 120 1.148 7.4 0.2 3.0 7.3 2.45
1905 22 NYG NL 22 8 .733 2.74 34 31 3 21 2 0 262.2 220 113 80 2 105 198 3 0 30 1064 107 1.237 7.5 0.1 3.6 6.8 1.89
1906 23 NYG NL 12 10 .545 2.66 31 25 5 15 1 1 203.1 166 79 60 1 93 156 3 1 7 840 98 1.274 7.3 0.0 4.1 6.9 1.68
1907 24 NYG NL 10 12 .455 2.16 39 26 8 17 2 1 233.1 184 93 56 4 108 146 10 0 20 959 114 1.251 7.1 0.2 4.2 5.6 1.35
1908 25 NYG NL 7 4 .636 1.81 18 15 2 5 0 1 114.1 96 33 23 0 27 81 1 0 2 441 132 1.076 7.6 0.0 2.1 6.4 3.00
1909 26 NYG NL 15 10 .600 2.69 34 26 6 20 2 1 244.0 217 109 73 2 81 156 4 0 13 986 94 1.221 8.0 0.1 3.0 5.8 1.93
1910 27 NYG NL 12 11 .522 2.22 33 23 5 13 3 0 190.1 161 78 47 3 63 94 6 0 9 747 133 1.177 7.6 0.1 3.0 4.4 1.49
1911 28 NYG NL 11 10 .524 2.68 34 23 5 13 1 2 205.0 170 80 61 0 54 118 4 0 8 822 125 1.093 7.5 0.0 2.4 5.2 2.19
1912 29 NYG NL 11 5 .688 2.46 33 22 8 9 2 2 179.0 194 82 49 3 35 83 4 0 9 744 138 1.279 9.8 0.2 1.8 4.2 2.37
1913 30 TOT NL 13 14 .481 2.75 39 29 7 14 1 3 229.0 220 93 70 7 78 110 6 0 12 946 117 1.301 8.6 0.3 3.1 4.3 1.41
1913 30 NYG NL 2 1 .667 2.16 8 5 2 2 0 1 41.2 35 11 10 0 8 30 1 0 3 157 145 1.032 7.6 0.0 1.7 6.5 3.75
1913 30 CIN NL 11 13 .458 2.88 31 24 5 12 1 2 187.1 185 82 60 7 70 80 5 0 9 789 112 1.361 8.9 0.3 3.4 3.8 1.14
1914 31 CIN NL 15 23 .395 2.64 47 36 10 18 3 6 297.0 274 125 87 8 94 128 6 0 12 1241 111 1.239 8.3 0.2 2.8 3.9 1.36
1915 32 TOT NL 11 7 .611 3.23 32 21 6 12 3 2 181.1 175 74 65 3 56 74 0 1 5 750 87 1.274 8.7 0.1 2.8 3.7 1.32
1915 32 CIN NL 2 4 .333 4.50 17 7 5 4 1 1 68.0 82 39 34 2 24 26 0 0 3 293 63 1.559 10.9 0.3 3.2 3.4 1.08
1915 32 STL NL 9 3 .750 2.46 15 14 1 8 2 1 113.1 93 35 31 1 32 48 0 1 2 457 113 1.103 7.4 0.1 2.5 3.8 1.50
1916 33 STL NL 11 16 .407 2.64 45 22 17 10 2 8 228.0 225 100 67 3 57 98 5 0 9 948 100 1.237 8.9 0.1 2.3 3.9 1.72
1917 34 STL NL 15 10 .600 2.71 43 19 17 10 2 3 209.0 189 75 63 2 57 62 3 0 5 847 99 1.177 8.1 0.1 2.5 2.7 1.09
1918 35 STL NL 9 14 .391 2.31 27 25 2 17 0 1 206.2 192 75 53 1 52 68 5 0 5 844 117 1.181 8.4 0.0 2.3 3.0 1.31
1919 36 TOT NL 3 7 .300 5.13 26 9 11 2 0 2 86.0 114 56 49 1 28 23 1 0 4 385 56 1.651 11.9 0.1 2.9 2.4 0.82
1919 36 STL NL 3 5 .375 4.89 23 7 10 1 0 1 70.0 88 44 38 1 25 19 1 0 3 314 57 1.614 11.3 0.1 3.2 2.4 0.76
1919 36 PHI NL 0 2 .000 6.19 3 2 1 1 0 1 16.0 26 12 11 0 3 4 0 0 1 71 52 1.813 14.6 0.0 1.7 2.3 1.33
17 Seasons 183 167 .523 2.63 533 367 115 209 26 36 3198.0 2896 1311 934 42 1034 1702 64 2 156 13080 108 1.229 8.2 0.1 2.9 4.8 1.65
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .523 2.63 40 28 9 16 2 3 242 219 99 71 3 78 129 5 0 12 988 108 1.229 8.2 0.1 2.9 4.8 1.65
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
NYG (11 yrs) 108 77 .584 2.45 282 211 47 128 15 12 1802.2 1542 724 490 17 620 1169 39 1 107 7276 116 1.199 7.7 0.1 3.1 5.8 1.89
STL (5 yrs) 47 48 .495 2.74 153 87 47 46 6 14 827.0 787 329 252 8 223 295 14 1 24 3410 98 1.221 8.6 0.1 2.4 3.2 1.32
CIN (3 yrs) 28 40 .412 2.95 95 67 20 34 5 9 552.1 541 246 181 17 188 234 11 0 24 2323 102 1.320 8.8 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.24
PHI (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.19 3 2 1 1 0 1 16.0 26 12 11 0 3 4 0 0 1 71 52 1.813 14.6 0.0 1.7 2.3 1.33

Postseason Pitching

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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
1905 22 NYG NL WS W PHA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1911 28 NYG NL WS L PHA 0 1 .000 2.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 5 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 33 0.875 6.8 0.0 1.1 6.8 6.00
1912 29 NYG NL WS L BOS 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 2.45 4 1 2 0 0 0 11.0 10 6 3 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 48 1.182 8.2 0.0 2.5 5.7 2.33
3 WS 0 1 .000 2.45 4 1 2 0 0 0 11.0 10 6 3 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 48 1.182 8.2 0.0 2.5 5.7 2.33

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1903 20 2 0 1.000 1.29 2 2 0 2 1 0 14.0 5 2 2 0 8 14 0 0 0 52 259 0.929 3.2 0.0 5.1 9.0 1.75 259
1904 21 6 6 .500 2.16 18 15 3 13 2 3 129.0 99 46 31 2 46 107 3 0 6 516 129 1.124 6.9 0.1 3.2 7.5 2.33 129
1905 22 28 14 .667 2.55 52 46 6 34 4 3 391.2 319 159 111 4 151 305 6 0 36 1580 113 1.200 7.3 0.1 3.5 7.0 2.02 113
1906 23 40 24 .625 2.59 83 71 11 49 5 4 595.0 485 238 171 5 244 461 9 1 43 2420 108 1.225 7.3 0.1 3.7 7.0 1.89 108
1907 24 50 36 .581 2.47 122 97 19 66 7 5 828.1 669 331 227 9 352 607 19 1 63 3379 109 1.233 7.3 0.1 3.8 6.6 1.72 109
1908 25 57 40 .588 2.39 140 112 21 71 7 6 942.2 765 364 250 9 379 688 20 1 65 3820 111 1.214 7.3 0.1 3.6 6.6 1.82 111
1909 26 72 50 .590 2.45 174 138 27 91 9 7 1186.2 982 473 323 11 460 844 24 1 78 4806 108 1.215 7.4 0.1 3.5 6.4 1.83 108
1910 27 84 61 .579 2.42 207 161 32 104 12 7 1377.0 1143 551 370 14 523 938 30 1 87 5553 111 1.210 7.5 0.1 3.4 6.1 1.79 111
1911 28 95 71 .572 2.45 241 184 37 117 13 9 1582.0 1313 631 431 14 577 1056 34 1 95 6375 113 1.195 7.5 0.1 3.3 6.0 1.83 113
1912 29 106 76 .582 2.45 274 206 45 126 15 11 1761.0 1507 713 480 17 612 1139 38 1 104 7119 115 1.203 7.7 0.1 3.1 5.8 1.86 115
1913 30 119 90 .569 2.49 313 235 52 140 16 14 1990.0 1727 806 550 24 690 1249 44 1 116 8065 116 1.215 7.8 0.1 3.1 5.6 1.81 116
1914 31 134 113 .543 2.51 360 271 62 158 19 20 2287.0 2001 931 637 32 784 1377 50 1 128 9306 115 1.218 7.9 0.1 3.1 5.4 1.76 115
1915 32 145 120 .547 2.56 392 292 68 170 22 22 2468.1 2176 1005 702 35 840 1451 50 2 133 10056 112 1.222 7.9 0.1 3.1 5.3 1.73 112
1916 33 156 136 .534 2.57 437 314 85 180 24 30 2696.1 2401 1105 769 38 897 1549 55 2 142 11004 111 1.223 8.0 0.1 3.0 5.2 1.73 111
1917 34 171 146 .539 2.58 480 333 102 190 26 33 2905.1 2590 1180 832 40 954 1611 58 2 147 11851 110 1.220 8.0 0.1 3.0 5.0 1.69 110
1918 35 180 160 .529 2.56 507 358 104 207 26 34 3112.0 2782 1255 885 41 1006 1679 63 2 152 12695 111 1.217 8.0 0.1 2.9 4.9 1.67 111
1919 36 183 167 .523 2.63 533 367 115 209 26 36 3198.0 2896 1311 934 42 1034 1702 64 2 156 13080 108 1.229 8.2 0.1 2.9 4.8 1.65 108

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1903 20 1 0 1.000 1.12 16.0 5 2 2 0 8 16 0 0.813 2.8 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 2
1904 21 8 4 .667 2.73 112.0 102 38 34 2 41 91 3 1.277 8.2 3.3 7.3 2.22 0.2 16
1905 22 17 11 .607 3.26 254.0 235 102 92 2 112 191 3 1.366 8.3 4.0 6.8 1.71 0.1 34
1906 23 11 10 .524 3.66 194.0 192 88 79 1 108 149 3 1.546 8.9 5.0 6.9 1.38 0.0 31
1907 24 15 9 .625 3.18 218.0 217 86 77 5 127 136 12 1.578 9.0 5.2 5.6 1.07 0.2 39
1908 25 8 3 .727 2.66 105.0 110 34 31 0 31 74 1 1.343 9.4 2.7 6.3 2.39 0.0 18
1909 26 13 12 .520 3.69 229.0 246 104 94 2 92 146 5 1.476 9.7 3.6 5.7 1.59 0.1 34
1910 27 13 6 .684 2.78 178.0 173 61 55 3 68 88 6 1.354 8.7 3.4 4.4 1.29 0.2 33
1911 28 15 7 .682 2.80 206.0 175 71 64 0 56 119 4 1.121 7.6 2.4 5.2 2.13 0.0 34
1912 29 15 5 .750 2.41 183.0 198 54 49 3 36 85 4 1.279 9.7 1.8 4.2 2.36 0.1 33
1913 30 15 9 .625 3.16 222.0 233 87 78 7 83 107 6 1.423 9.4 3.4 4.3 1.29 0.3 39
1914 31 20 12 .625 3.03 294.0 297 110 99 9 102 127 7 1.357 9.1 3.1 3.9 1.25 0.3 47
1915 32 9 10 .474 4.21 173.0 196 90 81 3 63 71 0 1.497 10.2 3.3 3.7 1.13 0.2 32
1916 33 13 11 .542 3.69 217.0 261 99 89 3 66 93 6 1.507 10.8 2.7 3.9 1.41 0.1 45
1917 34 11 10 .524 3.77 198.0 218 92 83 2 66 59 3 1.434 9.9 3.0 2.7 0.89 0.1 43
1918 35 16 10 .615 3.11 243.0 269 93 84 1 73 80 7 1.407 10.0 2.7 3.0 1.10 0.0 27
1919 36 2 7 .222 7.08 89.0 143 78 70 1 35 24 1 2.000 14.5 3.5 2.4 0.69 0.1 26
17 Seasons 202 136 .598 3.34 3131.0 3270 1289 1161 44 1167 1656 71 1.417 9.4 4.8 1.42 0.1 533
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 NL--2.222--4th
1911 NL--2.678--10th
1912 NL--2.464--5th
1918 NL--2.308--7th
Career--2.629--60th

Wins s c a p y
1905 NL--22--3rd
Career--183--152nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1905 NL--.733--3rd
1912 NL--.688--5th
1915 NL--.611--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1910 NL--1.177--8th
1911 NL--1.093--2nd
Career--1.229--199th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL--7.538--7th
1906 NL--7.348--8th
1907 NL--7.097--7th
1910 NL--7.613--5th
1911 NL--7.463--4th
Career--8.150--160th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 NL--2.371--9th
1912 NL--1.760--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL--6.784--1st
1906 NL--6.905--1st
1907 NL--5.631--1st
1909 NL--5.754--3rd
1910 NL--4.445--5th
1911 NL--5.181--4th
1912 NL--4.173--10th
1913 NL--4.323--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1907 NL--39--7th
1914 NL--47--3rd
1916 NL--45--3rd
1917 NL--43--6th

Saves s c a p y
1904 NL--3--2nd
1907 NL--1--8th
1912 NL--2--10th
1913 NL--3--5th
1914 NL--6--1st
1916 NL--8--1st
1917 NL--3--2nd
1919 NL--2--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 NL--297.0--9th
Career--3198.0--102nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1905 NL--198--2nd
1906 NL--156--3rd
1907 NL--146--3rd
1909 NL--156--5th
1911 NL--118--10th
1913 NL--110--10th
1914 NL--128--9th
Career--1702--108th

Games Started s c a p y
1914 NL--36--6th
Career--367--163rd

Complete Games s c a p y
Career--209--123rd

Shutouts s c a p y
Career--26--161st

Home Runs s c a p y
1907 NL--4--9th
1914 NL--8--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1905 NL--105--5th
1906 NL--93--9th
1907 NL--108--3rd
1914 NL--94--7th
Career--1034--98th

Hits s c a p y
1914 NL--274--5th
Career--2896--143rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1905 NL--1.886--8th
1906 NL--1.677--9th
1909 NL--1.926--7th
1911 NL--2.185--6th
1912 NL--2.371--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL--.069--6th
1906 NL--.044--8th
1911 NL--0.00--1st
1912 NL--.151--10th
1916 NL--.118--8th
1917 NL--.086--8th
1918 NL--.044--3rd
Career--.118--51st

Losses s c a p y
1914 NL--23--1st
1916 NL--16--5th
1918 NL--14--7th
Career--167--94th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1909 NL--73--10th
1914 NL--87--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1905 NL--30--1st
1906 NL--7--8th
1907 NL--20--1st
1909 NL--13--2nd
1910 NL--9--2nd
1911 NL--8--5th
1912 NL--9--5th
1913 NL--12--2nd
1914 NL--12--3rd
1916 NL--9--4th
1917 NL--5--9th
1918 NL--5--5th
Career--156--21st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career--64--206th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 NL--1241--9th
Career--13080--100th

Games Finished s c a p y
1907 NL--8--8th
1916 NL--17--3rd
1917 NL--17--3rd
1919 NL--11--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 NL--133--5th
1911 NL--125--10th
1912 NL--138--6th
1918 NL--117--8th

Oldest s c a p y
1918 NL--born 1882-08-02--9th
1919 NL--born 1882-08-02--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1903 NL--born 1882-08-02--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 64 (212), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 51 (246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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