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Sheriff Blake

John Frederick Blake

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 17, 1899 in Ansted, WV
School: West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1920
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Browns/Phillies/Cardinals/Pirates 1920-1937

Final Game: September 26, 1937
Died: October 31, 1982 in Beckley, WV
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1920 20 PIT NL 0 0 8.10 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 14 12 0 6 7 1 0 2 65 41 2.025 14.2 0.0 4.1 4.7 1.17
1924 24 CHC NL 6 6 .500 4.57 29 11 8 4 0 1 106.1 123 58 54 3 44 42 2 0 1 469 85 1.571 10.4 0.3 3.7 3.6 0.95
1925 25 CHC NL 10 18 .357 4.86 36 31 3 14 0 2 231.1 260 144 125 17 114 93 5 0 3 1046 90 1.617 10.1 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82
1926 26 CHC NL 11 12 .478 3.60 39 27 9 11 4 1 197.2 204 91 79 7 92 95 6 0 6 849 108 1.497 9.3 0.3 4.2 4.3 1.03
1927 27 CHC NL 13 14 .481 3.29 32 27 2 13 2 0 224.1 238 101 82 3 82 64 4 0 4 963 119 1.426 9.5 0.1 3.3 2.6 0.78
1928 28 CHC NL 17 11 .607 2.47 34 29 5 16 4 1 240.2 209 80 66 4 101 78 3 0 3 995 157 1.288 7.8 0.1 3.8 2.9 0.77
1929 29 CHC NL 14 13 .519 4.29 35 29 3 13 1 1 218.1 244 122 104 8 103 70 2 0 4 962 107 1.589 10.1 0.3 4.2 2.9 0.68
1930 30 CHC NL 10 14 .417 4.82 34 24 4 7 0 0 186.2 213 127 100 14 99 80 3 0 4 856 101 1.671 10.3 0.7 4.8 3.9 0.81
1931 31 TOT NL 4 9 .308 5.43 30 14 10 1 0 1 121.0 154 83 73 6 61 60 4 0 6 573 76 1.777 11.5 0.4 4.5 4.5 0.98
1931 31 CHC NL 0 4 .000 5.22 16 5 7 0 0 0 50.0 64 34 29 4 26 29 1 0 2 238 75 1.800 11.5 0.7 4.7 5.2 1.12
1931 31 PHI NL 4 5 .444 5.58 14 9 3 1 0 1 71.0 90 49 44 2 35 31 3 0 4 335 77 1.761 11.4 0.3 4.4 3.9 0.89
1937 37 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 5.49 29 3 11 2 0 1 80.1 100 56 49 6 38 32 0 0 2 372 80 1.718 11.2 0.7 4.3 3.6 0.84
1937 37 SLB AL 2 2 .500 7.61 15 1 6 0 0 1 36.2 55 33 31 5 20 12 0 0 1 180 64 2.045 13.5 1.2 4.9 2.9 0.60
1937 37 STL NL 0 3 .000 3.71 14 2 5 2 0 0 43.2 45 23 18 1 18 20 0 0 1 192 107 1.443 9.3 0.2 3.7 4.1 1.11
10 Yrs 87 102 .460 4.13 304 195 60 81 11 8 1620.0 1766 876 744 68 740 621 30 0 35 7150 102 1.547 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.84
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .460 4.13 41 27 8 11 1 1 221 241 119 101 9 101 85 4 0 5 974 102 1.547 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.84
CHC (8 yrs) 81 92 .468 3.95 255 183 41 78 11 6 1455.1 1555 757 639 60 661 551 26 0 27 6378 106 1.523 9.6 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.83
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 8.10 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 14 12 0 6 7 1 0 2 65 41 2.025 14.2 0.0 4.1 4.7 1.17
PHI (1 yr) 4 5 .444 5.58 14 9 3 1 0 1 71.0 90 49 44 2 35 31 3 0 4 335 77 1.761 11.4 0.3 4.4 3.9 0.89
STL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 3.71 14 2 5 2 0 0 43.2 45 23 18 1 18 20 0 0 1 192 107 1.443 9.3 0.2 3.7 4.1 1.11
SLB (1 yr) 2 2 .500 7.61 15 1 6 0 0 1 36.2 55 33 31 5 20 12 0 0 1 180 64 2.045 13.5 1.2 4.9 2.9 0.60
NL (10 yrs) 85 100 .459 4.05 289 194 54 81 11 7 1583.1 1711 843 713 63 720 609 30 0 34 6970 103 1.535 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.85
AL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 7.61 15 1 6 0 0 1 36.2 55 33 31 5 20 12 0 0 1 180 64 2.045 13.5 1.2 4.9 2.9 0.60

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
1920 20 PIT NL 13.1 6 0 14 9.45 3.71 0.17 0.00 108.1 3.82 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -7 .361 .495 $
1924 24 CHC NL 106.1 29 11 58 4.91 4.73 0.15 0.00 98.2 4.50 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.4 5 .485 .497 $
1925 25 CHC NL 231.1 36 31 144 5.60 5.26 0.18 0.00 103.1 5.23 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.8 16 .475 .494 $
1926 26 CHC NL 197.2 39 27 91 4.14 4.61 0.23 0.00 102.0 4.47 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.3 26 .520 .505 $
1927 27 CHC NL 224.1 32 27 101 4.05 4.46 0.17 0.00 100.0 4.29 6 0.6 1.0 -0.2 2.2 28 .519 .504 $
1928 28 CHC NL 240.2 34 29 80 2.99 4.72 0.32 0.00 97.6 4.29 35 3.8 1.0 -0.1 5.6 59 .613 .524 $
1929 29 CHC NL 218.1 35 29 122 5.03 5.18 0.23 0.00 97.3 4.82 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.1 20 .486 .497 $
1930 30 CHC NL 186.2 34 24 127 6.12 5.63 0.03 0.00 97.9 5.49 -13 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.3 10 .468 .493 $10,000
1931 31 CHC NL 50.0 16 5 34 6.12 4.28 0.01 0.00 100.6 4.30 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .439 .494 $
1931 31 PHI NL 71.0 14 9 49 6.21 4.72 -0.32 0.00 111.1 5.61 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .467 .497 $
1937 37 SLB AL 36.2 15 1 33 8.10 5.36 -0.34 0.00 103.9 5.92 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .447 .495 $
1937 37 STL NL 43.2 14 2 23 4.74 4.63 -0.18 0.00 99.5 4.79 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .502 .500 $
10 Seasons 1620.0 304 195 876 4.87 4.91 0.14 0.00 100.2 4.78 -15 -0.7 1.0 -0.9 11.4 153 .498 .500 $10,000
CHC (8 yrs) 1455.1 255 183 757 4.68 4.92 0.19 0.00 99.6 4.71 7 1.3 1.0 -0.8 12.1 158 .505 .501 $10,000
PIT (1 yr) 13.1 6 0 14 9.45 3.71 0.17 0.00 108.1 3.82 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -7 .361 .495 $
PHI (1 yr) 71.0 14 9 49 6.21 4.72 -0.32 0.00 111.1 5.61 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .467 .497 $
STL (1 yr) 43.2 14 2 23 4.74 4.63 -0.18 0.00 99.5 4.79 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .502 .500 $
SLB (1 yr) 36.2 15 1 33 8.10 5.36 -0.34 0.00 103.9 5.92 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .447 .495 $

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
1929 29 CHC NL WS L PHA 0 1 .000 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
1 WS 0 1 .000 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1920 20 PIT NL 64 0.0% 10.9% 9.4% 77%
1924 24 CHC NL 469 0.6% 9.0% 9.4% 1.9% 7% 78%
1925 25 CHC NL 1046 1.6% 8.9% 10.9% 3.8% 15% 76%
1926 26 CHC NL 853 0.8% 11.1% 10.8% 2.1% 9% 74%
1927 27 CHC NL 963 0.3% 6.7% 8.5% 1.4% 6% 81%
1928 28 CHC NL 995 0.4% 7.8% 10.2% 1.7% 8% 79%
1929 29 CHC NL 965 0.8% 7.3% 10.7% 2.6% 10% 79%
1930 30 CHC NL 856 1.6% 9.4% 11.6% 3.5% 14% 74%
1931 31 TOT NL 573 1.1% 10.5% 10.7% 1.1% 4% 76%
1931 31 CHC NL 238 1.7% 12.2% 10.9% 72%
1931 31 PHI NL 335 0.6% 9.3% 10.5% 0.6% 2% 78%
1937 37 TOT MLB 372 1.6% 8.6% 10.2% 2.4% 9% 76%
1937 37 SLB AL 180 2.8% 6.7% 11.1% 78%
1937 37 STL NL 192 0.5% 10.4% 9.4% 2.1% 9% 75%
10 Yrs 7156 1.0% 8.7% 10.3% 2.2% 9% 77%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.8% 7.9% 3.1% 12% 80%

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+
1920 20 0 0 8.10 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 14 12 0 6 7 1 0 2 65 41 2.025 14.2 0.0 4.1 4.7 1.17 41
1921 21 0 0 8.10 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 14 12 0 6 7 1 0 2 65 41 2.025 14.2 0.0 4.1 4.7 1.17 41
1922 22 0 0 8.10 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 14 12 0 6 7 1 0 2 65 41 2.025 14.2 0.0 4.1 4.7 1.17 41
1923 23 0 0 8.10 6 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 21 14 12 0 6 7 1 0 2 65 41 2.025 14.2 0.0 4.1 4.7 1.17 41
1924 24 6 6 .500 4.96 35 11 13 4 0 1 119.2 144 72 66 3 50 49 3 0 3 534 77 1.621 10.8 0.2 3.8 3.7 0.98 77
1925 25 16 24 .400 4.90 71 42 16 18 0 3 351.0 404 216 191 20 164 142 8 0 6 1580 85 1.618 10.4 0.5 4.2 3.6 0.87 85
1926 26 27 36 .429 4.43 110 69 25 29 4 4 548.2 608 307 270 27 256 237 14 0 12 2429 92 1.575 10.0 0.4 4.2 3.9 0.93 92
1927 27 40 50 .444 4.10 142 96 27 42 6 4 773.0 846 408 352 30 338 301 18 0 16 3392 98 1.532 9.8 0.3 3.9 3.5 0.89 98
1928 28 57 61 .483 3.71 176 125 32 58 10 5 1013.2 1055 488 418 34 439 379 21 0 19 4387 107 1.474 9.4 0.3 3.9 3.4 0.86 107
1929 29 71 74 .490 3.81 211 154 35 71 11 6 1232.0 1299 610 522 42 542 449 23 0 23 5349 107 1.494 9.5 0.3 4.0 3.3 0.83 107
1930 30 81 88 .479 3.95 245 178 39 78 11 6 1418.2 1512 737 622 56 641 529 26 0 27 6205 106 1.518 9.6 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.83 106
1931 31 85 97 .467 4.06 275 192 49 79 11 7 1539.2 1666 820 695 62 702 589 30 0 33 6778 103 1.538 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.84 103
1932 32 85 97 .467 4.06 275 192 49 79 11 7 1539.2 1666 820 695 62 702 589 30 0 33 6778 103 1.538 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.84 103
1933 33 85 97 .467 4.06 275 192 49 79 11 7 1539.2 1666 820 695 62 702 589 30 0 33 6778 103 1.538 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.84 103
1934 34 85 97 .467 4.06 275 192 49 79 11 7 1539.2 1666 820 695 62 702 589 30 0 33 6778 103 1.538 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.84 103
1935 35 85 97 .467 4.06 275 192 49 79 11 7 1539.2 1666 820 695 62 702 589 30 0 33 6778 103 1.538 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.84 103
1936 36 85 97 .467 4.06 275 192 49 79 11 7 1539.2 1666 820 695 62 702 589 30 0 33 6778 103 1.538 9.7 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.84 103
1937 37 87 102 .460 4.13 304 195 60 81 11 8 1620.0 1766 876 744 68 740 621 30 0 35 7150 102 1.547 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.84 102

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
1920 20 0 1 .000 9.75 12.0 23 14 13 0 7 6 1 2.500 17.3 5.3 4.5 0.86 0.0 6
1924 24 5 6 .455 4.67 106.0 128 61 55 3 46 42 2 1.642 10.9 3.9 3.6 0.91 0.3 29
1925 25 13 14 .481 4.13 246.0 254 126 113 17 111 99 5 1.484 9.3 4.1 3.6 0.89 0.6 36
1926 26 11 10 .524 3.68 193.0 209 88 79 7 94 93 6 1.570 9.7 4.4 4.3 0.99 0.3 39
1927 27 15 10 .600 3.29 227.0 245 92 83 3 84 65 4 1.449 9.7 3.3 2.6 0.77 0.1 32
1928 28 19 7 .731 2.50 241.0 216 74 67 4 104 78 3 1.328 8.1 3.9 2.9 0.75 0.1 34
1929 29 13 11 .542 3.74 224.0 237 103 93 8 100 72 2 1.504 9.5 4.0 2.9 0.72 0.3 35
1930 30 12 10 .545 3.72 201.0 198 92 83 13 92 86 3 1.443 8.9 4.1 3.9 0.93 0.6 34
1931 31 5 8 .385 5.14 126.0 156 80 72 6 62 62 4 1.730 11.1 4.4 4.4 1.00 0.4 30
1937 37 4 5 .444 4.76 85.0 98 50 45 6 37 34 0 1.588 10.4 3.9 3.6 0.92 0.6 29
10 Yrs 97 82 .542 3.81 1661.0 1764 780 703 67 737 637 30 1.506 9.6 3.5 0.86 0.4 304

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1928 NL  5.6 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1928 NL  5.6 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1927 NL  3.29 (10th)
1928 NL  2.47 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1928 NL  17 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 NL  7.816 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 NL  3.618 (7th)
1926 NL  4.326 (4th)
1928 NL  2.917 (9th)
1930 NL  3.857 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 NL  36 (9th)
1926 NL  39 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1925 NL  2 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 NL  93 (3rd)
1926 NL  95 (7th)
1928 NL  78 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1925 NL  31 (6th)
1929 NL  29 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1928 NL  16 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1926 NL  4 (2nd)
1927 NL  2 (5th)
1928 NL  4 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 NL  17 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 NL  114 (2nd)
1926 NL  92 (1st)
1927 NL  82 (4th)
1928 NL  101 (4th)
1929 NL  103 (3rd)
1930 NL  99 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1925 NL  260 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 NL  0.120 (2nd)
1928 NL  0.150 (2nd)
1929 NL  0.330 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1925 NL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1925 NL  125 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1926 NL  6 (4th)
1927 NL  4 (7th)
1929 NL  4 (8th)
1931 NL  6 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 NL  6 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1925 NL  1,046 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1928 NL  157 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1928 NL  38 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1928 NL  4.0 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1899-09-17 (7th)
1937 NL  born 1899-09-17 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1920 NL  born 1899-09-17 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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