George Baumgardner

George Washington Baumgardner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: July 22, 1891 in Barboursville, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1912
Team: Browns 1912-1916

Final Game: May 15, 1916
Died: December 13, 1970 in Barboursville, WV
Buried: Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, WV
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Standard Pitching

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
1912	20	SLB	AL	11	13	.458	3.38	30	27	3	18	2	0	218.1	222	101	82	1	79	102	11	0	2	901	99	1.379	9.2	0.0	3.3	4.2	1.29
1913	21	SLB	AL	10	20	.333	3.13	38	31	7	23	2	1	253.1	267	119	88	6	84	78	10	0	2	1028	94	1.386	9.5	0.2	3.0	2.8	0.93
1914	22	SLB	AL	16	14	.533	2.79	45	18	23	9	3	1	183.2	152	72	57	3	84	93	8	0	7	755	97	1.285	7.4	0.1	4.1	4.6	1.11
1915	23	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	4.43	7	1	4	1	0	0	22.1	29	15	11	0	11	6	0	0	0	92	66	1.791	11.7	0.0	4.4	2.4	0.55
1916	24	LRK	A	2	1	.667		5						23.0	28				6							1.478	11.0		2.3			LRK · SOUA
1916	24	SLB	AL	1	0	1.000	7.88	4	2	1	0	0	0	8.0	12	8	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	38	37	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	4.5	0.80
1917	25	LRK	A	3	5	.375		15						70.0	64	40			26							1.286	8.2		3.3			LRK · SOUA
5 Yrs				38	49	.437	3.22	124	79	38	51	7	2	685.2	682	315	245	10	263	283	29	0	11	2814	94	1.378	9.0	0.1	3.5	3.7	1.08
162 Game Avg.				13	16	.437	3.22	42	26	13	17	2	1	230	228	106	82	3	88	95	10	0	4	943	94	1.378	9.0	0.1	3.5	3.7	1.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1912	20	SLB	AL	218.1	30	27	101	4.16	4.57	-0.08	100.0	4.65	13	1.4	1.0	-0.2	3.2	36	.547	.509	$
1913	21	SLB	AL	253.1	38	31	119	4.23	4.00	-0.02	100.0	4.02	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.3	1.6	19	.489	.497	$
1914	22	SLB	AL	183.2	45	18	72	3.53	3.71	-0.10	99.0	3.77	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	2.4	21	.519	.505	$
1915	23	SLB	AL	22.1	7	1	15	6.04	4.06	0.01	98.0	3.98	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.424	.497	$
1916	24	SLB	AL	8.0	4	2	8	9.00	3.67	0.14	97.0	3.42	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.369	.497	$
5 Seasons				685.2	124	79	315	4.13	4.10	-0.06	99.6	4.15	6	0.8	1.0	-0.7	6.4	69	.506	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	20	11	13	.458	3.38	30	27	3	18	2	0	218.1	222	101	82	1	79	102	11	2	901	99	1.379	9.2	0.0	3.3	4.2	1.29	99
1913	21	21	33	.389	3.24	68	58	10	41	4	1	471.2	489	220	170	7	163	180	21	4	1929	96	1.382	9.3	0.1	3.1	3.4	1.10	96
1914	22	37	47	.440	3.12	113	76	33	50	7	2	655.1	641	292	227	10	247	273	29	11	2684	97	1.355	8.8	0.1	3.4	3.7	1.11	97
1915	23	37	49	.430	3.16	120	77	37	51	7	2	677.2	670	307	238	10	258	279	29	11	2776	95	1.369	8.9	0.1	3.4	3.7	1.08	95
1916	24	38	49	.437	3.22	124	79	38	51	7	2	685.2	682	315	245	10	263	283	29	11	2814	94	1.378	9.0	0.1	3.5	3.7	1.08	94

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1912	20	12	10	.545	3.78	205.0	232	96	86	1	83	96	11	1.537	10.2	3.6	4.2	1.16	0.0	30
1913	21	12	13	.480	4.14	226.0	298	116	104	7	94	70	11	1.735	11.9	3.7	2.8	0.74	0.3	38
1914	22	9	9	.500	3.85	166.0	172	79	71	3	95	84	9	1.608	9.3	5.2	4.6	0.88	0.2	45
1915	23	0	1	.000	6.88	17.0	32	14	13	0	12	5	0	2.588	16.9	6.4	2.6	0.42	0.0	7
1916	24	0	0		13.50	6.0	14	10	9	0	6	3	0	3.333	21.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	0.0	4
5 Yrs		33	33	.500	4.11	620.0	748	315	283	11	290	258	31	1.674	10.9		3.7	0.89	0.2	124

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1914 AL 16 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 AL 7.448 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1914 AL 45 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1913 AL 253.3 (10th)
Games Started s c a p y 1913 AL 31 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1913 AL 23 (4th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1912 AL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1913 AL 6 (4th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1914 AL 84 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1913 AL 267 (1st)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 AL 0.041 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1913 AL 20 (2nd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1913 AL 88 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1912 AL 11 (7th) 1913 AL 10 (8th) 1914 AL 8 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1913 AL 1,028 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1914 AL 23 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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George Kahler (977)
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Jack Rowan (976)
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Ed Lafitte (971)
Lou Fette (971)
Gene Krapp (969)
Nate Andrews (969)
Ray Keating (967)
Oscar Jones (967)

Most Similar by Ages

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Dennis Blair (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray Keating (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Stivetts (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pol Perritt (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Kahler (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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