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Buck Becannon

James Melvin Becannon

Positions: Pitcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 22, 1859 in New York, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: October 15, 1884
Teams (by GP): Metropolitans/Giants 1884-1887

Final Game: May 28, 1887
Died: November 5, 1923 in New York, NY
Buried: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 24 NYP AA 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 24 224 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1885 25 NYP AA 2 8 .200 6.25 10 10 0 10 0 0 85.0 108 84 59 5 24 13 5 1 17 394 45 1.553 11.4 0.5 2.5 1.4 0.54
2 Yrs 3 8 .273 5.93 11 11 0 11 0 0 91.0 110 86 60 5 26 15 5 1 17 418 48 1.495 10.9 0.5 2.6 1.5 0.58
162 Game Avg. 9 25 .273 5.93 34 34 0 34 0 0 281 340 266 185 15 80 46 15 3 53 1292 48 1.495 10.9 0.5 2.6 1.5 0.58

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 RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1884 24 NYP AA 6.0 1 1 2 3.00 5.10 0.62 0.00 96.0 4.30 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .608 .501 $
1885 25 NYP AA 85.0 10 10 84 8.89 5.57 -0.25 0.00 87.0 5.07 -36 -2.5 -0.1 -2.2 -32 .252 .485 $
2 Seasons 91.0 11 11 86 8.51 5.54 -0.19 0.00 87.6 5.02 -35 -2.4 -0.1 -2.1 -31 .284 .493 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1884 24 NYP AA WS L PRO 0 1 .000 10.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 9 12 7 0 2 1 1.833 13.5 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
1 WS 0 1 .000 10.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 9 12 7 0 2 1 1.833 13.5 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1884 24 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 24 224 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 224
1885 25 3 8 .273 5.93 11 11 0 11 0 0 91.0 110 86 60 5 26 15 5 1 17 418 48 1.495 10.9 0.5 2.6 1.5 0.58 48

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1884 24 1 0 1.000 0.00 12.0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.250 0.0 2.3 3.0 1.33 0.0 1
1885 25 5 9 .357 5.67 127.0 152 89 80 7 34 19 7 1.465 10.8 2.4 1.3 0.56 0.5 10
2 Yrs 6 9 .400 5.18 139.0 152 89 80 7 37 23 7 1.360 9.8 1.5 0.62 0.5 11

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1885 AA  5 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Name and misspellings: James Buck Melvin Becannon

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