Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > B Listing > Win Ballou Statistics and History

News: Programming Internships @ Sports Reference »post

Photo of Win Ballou

Win Ballou

Noble Winfred Ballou

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 30, 1897 in Mount Morgan, KY
School: Eastern Kentucky University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 1925
Teams (by GP): Browns/Robins/Senators 1925-1929

Final Game: September 15, 1929
Died: January 29, 1963 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Daly City, CA
About biographical information

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

Fan EloRater

Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:16AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1922	24	-min	A,D	12	9	.571	1.32	29						170.0	180	84	25		50							1.353	9.5		2.6			VBG,CNG,PAK · CSTL,SOUA,BLGR
1923	25	-min	A	8	11	.421	4.63	25						177.0	209	118	91		67							1.559	10.6		3.4			CNG · SOUA
1925	27	-min	A	8	11	.421	4.42	31						169.0	190	105	83		74							1.562	10.1		3.9			CNG · SOUA
1925	27	WSH	AL	1	1	.500	4.55	10	1	6	1	0	0	27.2	38	17	14	1	13	13	0	0	1	125	95	1.843	12.4	0.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
1926	28	SLB	AL	11	10	.524	4.79	43	14	22	5	0	2	154.0	186	99	82	12	71	59	4	0	8	704	90	1.669	10.9	0.7	4.1	3.4	0.83
1927	29	SLB	AL	5	6	.455	4.78	21	11	3	4	0	0	90.1	105	56	48	4	46	17	1	0	1	396	91	1.672	10.5	0.4	4.6	1.7	0.37

1929	31	BRO	NL	2	3	.400	6.71	25	2	13	0	0	0	57.2	69	52	43	5	38	20	0	0	2	275	69	1.855	10.8	0.8	5.9	3.1	0.53
1930	32	-min	AA	16	7	.696	3.78	44						238.0	243	108	100		95							1.420	9.2		3.6			LOS · PCL
1931	33	-min	AA	24	13	.649	3.71	48						286.0	309	146	118		89							1.392	9.7		2.8			LOS · PCL
1932	34	CHC-min	AA	18	21	.462	4.37	55						305.0	357	174	148		87							1.456	10.5		2.6			LOS · PCL
1933	35	CHC-min	AA	12	19	.387	3.69	50						217.0	234	129	89		69							1.396	9.7		2.9			LOS · PCL
1934	36	-min	AA	13	12	.520	3.39	50						210.0	216	108	79		64							1.333	9.3		2.7			SFR · PCL
1935	37	-min	AA	18	8	.692	3.27	33						220.0	241	107	80		69							1.409	9.9		2.8			SFR · PCL
1936	38	-min	AA	11	16	.407	4.79	40						220.0	278	136	117		63							1.550	11.4		2.6			SFR · PCL
1937	39	-min	AA	13	12	.520	3.71	43						153.0	165	92	63		55							1.438	9.7		3.2			SFR · PCL
1938	40	-min	AA	10	2	.833	2.41	45	1					86.0	82	38	23		36							1.372	8.6		3.8			SFR · PCL
1939	41	-min	AA	8	7	.533	2.82	44	5					99.0	92	63	31		48							1.414	8.4		4.4			SFR · PCL
1940	42	-min	AA	6	7	.462	3.63	46	0					67.0	77	51	27		25							1.522	10.3		3.4			SFR · PCL
1941	43	DET-min	AA	3	5	.375	3.55	24	0		0	0		38.0	41	28	15		20	16						1.605	9.7		4.7	3.8	0.80	SFR · PCL
1943	45	-min	AA	1	1	.500	6.19	16	0		0	0		16.0	23	15	11		8	2						1.938	12.9		4.5	1.1	0.25	SFR · PCL
1944	46	-min	AA	1	1	.500	4.50	13	0		0	0		14.0	27	10	7		7	5						2.429	17.4		4.5	3.2	0.71	SFR · PCL
4 Seasons				19	20	.487	5.11	99	28	44	10	0	2	329.2	398	224	187	22	168	109	5	0	12	1500	86	1.717	10.9	0.6	4.6	3.0	0.65
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.487	5.11	53	15	24	5	0	1	177	213	120	100	12	90	58	3	0	6	803	86	1.717	10.9	0.6	4.6	3.0	0.65

SLB (2 yrs)				16	16	.500	4.79	64	25	25	9	0	2	244.1	291	155	130	16	117	76	5	0	9	1100	90	1.670	10.7	0.6	4.3	2.8	0.65
WSH (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.55	10	1	6	1	0	0	27.2	38	17	14	1	13	13	0	0	1	125	95	1.843	12.4	0.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
BRO (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.71	25	2	13	0	0	0	57.2	69	52	43	5	38	20	0	0	2	275	69	1.855	10.8	0.8	5.9	3.1	0.53

AL (3 yrs)			AL	17	17	.500	4.76	74	26	31	10	0	2	272.0	329	172	144	17	130	89	5	0	10	1225	91	1.688	10.9	0.6	4.3	2.9	0.68
NL (1 yr)			NL	2	3	.400	6.71	25	2	13	0	0	0	57.2	69	52	43	5	38	20	0	0	2	275	69	1.855	10.8	0.8	5.9	3.1	0.53

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
1925	27	WSH	AL	27.2	1	17	18	1	1.0	1	0.0	$
1926	28	SLB	AL	154.0	14	99	93	-1	1.0	-6	0.2	$
1927	29	SLB	AL	90.1	11	56	56	-1	1.0	0	0.4	$

1929	31	BRO	NL	57.2	1	52	40	-1	1.0	-12	-1.1	$
4 Seasons				329.2	27	224	207	-2	1.0	-17	-0.5	$

SLB (2 yrs)				244.1	25	155	149	-2	1.0	-6	0.6	$
WSH (1 yr)				27.2	1	17	18	1	1.0	1	0.0	$
BRO (1 yr)				57.2	1	52	40	-1	1.0	-12	-1.1	$

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
1925	27	WSH	AL	WS	L	PIT	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.600	0.0	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.600	0.0	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1922	24	-min	A,D	12	34	34		5	2	0	0						.147	.147	.206	.353		7			VBG,CNG,PAK · CSTL,SOUA,BLGR
1923	25	-min	A	26	66	66		18	3	1	0						.273	.273	.348	.621		23			CNG · SOUA
1925	27	-min	A	31	58	58		11	3	1	0						.190	.190	.276	.466		16			CNG · SOUA
1925	27	WSH	AL	10	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	7	2	0	0	1
1926	28	SLB	AL	43	51	42	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	18	.048	.149	.119	.268	-31	5	0	4	1
1927	29	SLB	AL	21	30	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.036	.069	.071	.140	-64	2	0	1	1

1929	31	BRO	NL	25	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.063	.063	.063	.125	-69	1	0	0	1
1930	32	-min	AA	44	83	83		13	1	0	1						.157	.157	.205	.361		17			LOS · PCL
1931	33	-min	AA	48	107	107		21	2	1	0						.196	.196	.234	.430		25			LOS · PCL
1932	34	CHC-min	AA	55	102	102		7	1	0	1						.069	.069	.108	.176		11			LOS · PCL
1933	35	CHC-min	AA	50	73	73		10	1	0	0						.137	.137	.151	.288		11			LOS · PCL
1934	36	-min	AA	50	68	68		10	1	0	0						.147	.147	.162	.309		11			SFR · PCL
1935	37	-min	AA	33	72	72		13	0	0	0						.181	.181	.181	.361		13			SFR · PCL
1936	38	-min	AA	40	75	75		15	2	0	0						.200	.200	.227	.427		17			SFR · PCL
1937	39	-min	AA	43	50	50		6	2	0	0						.120	.120	.160	.280		8			SFR · PCL
1938	40	-min	AA	45	18	18		3	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333		3			SFR · PCL
1939	41	-min	AA	44	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087		1			SFR · PCL
1940	42	-min	AA	45	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0			SFR · PCL
1941	43	DET-min	AA	25	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250		1	0	1	SFR · PCL
1943	45	-min	AA	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	SFR · PCL
1944	46	-min	AA	13	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000		0			SFR · PCL
4 Seasons				99	104	93	6	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	6	36	.054	.111	.108	.219	-44	10	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	170	152	10	8	3	0	2	3	0		10	59	.054	.111	.108	.219	-44	16	0	8

SLB (2 yrs)				64	81	70	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	6	26	.043	.118	.100	.218	-44	7	0	5
WSH (1 yr)				10	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	7	2	0	0
BRO (1 yr)				25	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.063	.063	.063	.125	-69	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				74	88	77	5	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	6	29	.052	.120	.117	.237	-39	9	0	5
NL (1 yr)				25	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.063	.063	.063	.125	-69	1	0	0

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
1925	27	WSH	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1926	28	SLB	AL	51	-9	0	0	0	0	3	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	1
1927	29	SLB	AL	30	-7	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	1

1929	31	BRO	NL	16	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	1
4 Seasons				104	-22	0	0	0	0	7	3	-12	-1.1	-12	-1.2	0.1	$

SLB (2 yrs)				81	-16	0	0	0	0	5	3	-8	-0.8	-8	-0.8	0.0	$
WSH (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
BRO (1 yr)				16	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$

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
1925	27	WSH	AL	WS	PIT	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1925	WSH	AL	27	P	10	1	1	27.2	10	0	8	2	1	.800	2.60	0.80	.960	2.67	2.64
1926	SLB	AL	28	P	43	14	5	154.0	62	8	50	4	4	.935	3.39	1.35	.957	2.66	2.63
1927	SLB	AL	29	P	21	11	4	90.1	29	7	20	2	1	.931	2.69	1.29	.959	2.62	2.59
1929	BRO	NL	31	P	25	2	0	57.2	27	5	21	1	1	.963	4.06	1.04	.964	2.39	2.35
	4 Seasons			P	99	28	10	329.2	128	20	99	9	7	.930	3.25	1.20	.959	2.60	2.55
	4 Seasons			TOT	99	28	10	329.2	128	20	99	9	7	.930	3.25	1.20	.959	2.60	2.55

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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1926 AL 3.448 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1926 AL 43 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1926 AL 12 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1926 AL 8 (1st)
Games Finished s c a p y 1926 AL 22 (5th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1926 AL 43 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Ken Gables (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
D.J. Carrasco (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Manny Aybar (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

February, 1926: Traded by the Washington Senators with Tom Zachary to the St. Louis Browns for Bullet Joe Bush and Jack Tobin.
October 3, 1928: Drafted by the Brooklyn Robins from Milwaukee (American Association) in the 1928 rule 5 draft.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Win Ballou

Viewed 3,435 times through February 11, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Noble Win Winfred Ballou

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.