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Sheriff Blake
John Frederick Blake
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 17, 1899 in Ansted, WV
School: West Virginia Wesleyan College (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1920
Final Game: September 26, 1937
Died: October 31, 1982 in Beckley, WV
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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
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 64 40 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 89 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 6 849 107 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 4 963 118 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 3 995 156 1.288 7.8 0.1 3.8 2.9 0.77
1929 29 CHC NL 14 13 .519 4.29 35 30 3 13 1 1 218.1 244 122 104 8 103 70 2 0 4 962 108 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 75 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 74 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 76 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 79 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 63 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 Seasons 87 102 .460 4.13 304 196 60 81 11 8 1620.0 1766 876 744 68 740 621 30 0 35 7149 101 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 1 220 240 119 101 9 101 84 4 0 5 972 101 1.547 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.84
CHC (8 yrs) 81 92 .468 3.95 255 184 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 64 40 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 76 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 63 2.045 13.5 1.2 4.9 2.9 0.60
NL (10 yrs) 85 100 .459 4.05 289 195 54 81 11 7 1583.1 1711 843 713 63 720 609 30 0 34 6969 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 63 2.045 13.5 1.2 4.9 2.9 0.60

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
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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1920 20 PIT NL 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0 /1
1924 24 CHC NL 29 33 31 5 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 .290 .313 .355 .667 78 11 0 1 1
1925 25 CHC NL 36 84 79 4 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 21 .152 .173 .165 .337 -14 13 0 3 1
1926 26 CHC NL 39 71 65 2 14 0 0 0 4 0 2 9 .215 .250 .215 .465 25 14 1 3 1
1927 27 CHC NL 32 88 83 2 16 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 .193 .202 .193 .395 6 16 0 4 1
1928 28 CHC NL 35 97 88 10 19 1 0 0 5 0 1 13 .216 .233 .227 .461 21 20 1 7 1
1929 29 CHC NL 38 90 81 11 14 2 0 0 4 0 4 10 .173 .212 .198 .409 2 16 0 5 1
1930 30 CHC NL 36 71 66 5 15 0 0 0 2 0 2 14 .227 .250 .227 .477 16 15 0 3 1
1931 31 TOT NL 30 42 41 6 14 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 .341 .357 .366 .723 90 15 0 0 1
1931 31 CHC NL 16 16 16 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 8 0 0 1
1931 31 PHI NL 14 26 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .240 .269 .280 .549 43 7 0 0 1
1937 37 TOT MLB 29 22 20 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 4 0 0 2 1
1937 37 SLB AL 15 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -49 1 0 1 1
1937 37 STL NL 14 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 62 3 0 0 1 1
10 Seasons 310 602 558 46 118 5 1 0 30 0 1 14 91 .211 .233 .224 .457 18 125 0 2 28
162 Game Avg. 162 315 292 24 62 3 1 0 16 0 7 48 .211 .233 .224 .457 18 65 1 15
CHC (8 yrs) 261 550 509 43 107 4 1 0 29 0 1 13 80 .210 .233 .222 .455 18 113 2 26
PIT (1 yr) 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 14 26 25 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .240 .269 .280 .549 43 7 0 0
STL (1 yr) 14 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 62 3 0 0 1
SLB (1 yr) 15 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -49 1 0 1
NL (10 yrs) 295 591 548 46 117 5 1 0 30 0 1 14 88 .214 .236 .226 .462 20 124 0 2 27
AL (1 yr) 15 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -49 1 0 1

Postseason Batting

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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
1929 29 CHC NL WS PHA L 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1920 PIT NL 20 P 6 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.50 .967 1.75
1924 CHC NL 24 P 29 32 2 30 0 0 1.000 1.10 .962 1.42
1925 CHC NL 25 P 36 61 7 52 2 6 .967 1.64 .956 1.35
1926 CHC NL 26 P 39 64 9 54 1 1 .984 1.62 .956 1.39
1927 CHC NL 27 P 32 78 10 64 4 5 .949 2.31 .959 1.29
1928 CHC NL 28 P 34 55 4 48 3 3 .945 1.53 .967 1.27
1929 CHC NL 29 P 35 51 6 43 2 1 .961 1.40 .965 1.23
1930 CHC NL 30 P 34 58 7 50 1 4 .983 1.68 .964 1.10
1931 TOT NL 31 P 30 44 6 38 0 3 1.000 1.47 .957 1.20
1931 CHC NL 31 P 16 17 1 16 0 1 1.000 1.06 .959 1.20
1931 PHI NL 31 P 14 27 5 22 0 2 1.000 1.93 .956 1.20
1937 TOT MLB 37 P 29 23 3 20 0 0 1.000 0.79 .952 1.14
1937 SLB AL 37 P 15 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 1.09
1937 STL NL 37 P 14 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 0.93 .954 1.20
10 Seasons P 304 469 55 401 13 24 .972 1.50 .960 1.28
10 Seasons TOT 304 469 55 401 13 24 .972 1.50 .932 1.28

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1927 NL  3.290 (10th)
1928 NL  2.468 (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  30 (7th)

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  .120 (2nd)
1928 NL  .150 (2nd)
1929 NL  .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  1046 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1928 NL  156 (2nd)

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 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jack Kramer (965)
  2. Vic Sorrell (960)
  3. Art Houtteman (954)
  4. Paul Foytack (954)
  5. Steve Hargan (949)
  6. Bob Porterfield (947)
  7. Steve Trout (947)
  8. Andy Hawkins (945)
  9. Jim Wilson (945)
  10. Bill Wight (944)
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  2. Denny Galehouse (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Gott (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Kramer (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dick Fowler (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lynn McGlothen (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Kramer (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Andy Hawkins (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fritz Ostermueller (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Watty Clark (974)
  6. Al Hollingsworth (973)
  7. Mel Parnell (971)
  8. Art Houtteman (970)
  9. Nap Rucker (970)
  10. Al Smith (968)
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  1. Alex Kellner (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Hollingsworth (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 27, 1931: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

January 23, 1937: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

July 15, 1937: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

July 17, 1937: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 7, 1937: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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