Erv Brame

Ervin Beckham Brame

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 12, 1901 in Big Rock, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1928
Team: Pirates 1928-1932

Final Game: September 23, 1932
Died: November 22, 1949 in Hopkinsville, KY
Buried: Powell Cemetery, Lafayette, KY
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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
1925	23	NWK	AA	5	3	.625	4.66	23						87.0	85	63	45		75							1.839	8.8		7.8			NWK · IL
1926	24	REA,JER	AA	9	21	.300	3.11	42						246.0	243	136	85		127							1.504	8.9		4.6			REA,JER · IL
1927	25	JER	AA	18	9	.667	3.11	33						243.0	260	105	84		70							1.358	9.6		2.6			JER · IL
1928	26	INA	AA	4	1	.800	2.29	6						51.0	54	13	13		14	17	0		0			1.333	9.5		2.5	3.0	1.21	INA · AA
1928	26	PIT	NL	7	4	.636	5.08	24	11	7	6	0	0	95.2	110	62	54	5	44	22	1	0	1	436	80	1.610	10.3	0.5	4.1	2.1	0.50
1929	27	PIT	NL	16	11	.593	4.55	37	28	5	19	1	0	229.2	250	123	116	17	71	68	0	0	4	994	106	1.398	9.8	0.7	2.8	2.7	0.96
1930	28	PIT	NL	17	8	.680	4.70	32	28	3	22	0	1	235.2	291	153	123	21	56	55	5	0	2	1045	106	1.472	11.1	0.8	2.1	2.1	0.98
1931	29	PIT	NL	9	13	.409	4.21	26	21	4	15	2	0	179.2	211	102	84	13	45	33	0	1	0	781	91	1.425	10.6	0.7	2.3	1.7	0.73
1932	30	PIT	NL	3	1	.750	7.41	23	3	14	0	0	0	51.0	84	52	42	6	16	10	0	0	2	248	51	1.961	14.8	1.1	2.8	1.8	0.63
1933	31	DET-min	AA	9	7	.563	4.59	31						151.0	178	94	77		39							1.437	10.6		2.3			TTO · IL
1934	32	POR,MIS	AA	10	16	.385	5.30	29						180.0	224	118	106		44							1.489	11.2		2.2			POR,MIS · PCL
1935	33	HOP	D	0	1	.000	3.46	2	2					13.0	17	7	5		1							1.385	11.8		0.7			HOP · KITL
5 Yrs				52	37	.584	4.76	142	91	33	62	3	1	791.2	946	492	419	62	232	188	6	1	9	3504	94	1.488	10.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	0.81
162 Game Avg.				15	11	.584	4.76	41	27	10	18	1	0	231	276	144	122	18	68	55	2	0	3	1023	94	1.488	10.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	0.81

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
1928	26	PIT	NL	95.2	24	11	62	5.83	4.54	0.00	102.5	4.65	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.450	.493	$
1929	27	PIT	NL	229.2	37	28	123	4.82	5.23	0.00	103.3	5.41	14	1.3	1.0	-0.1	3.0	41	.536	.508	$
1930	28	PIT	NL	235.2	32	28	153	5.84	5.75	-0.11	100.7	5.90	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.9	30	.506	.501	$
1931	29	PIT	NL	178.2	26	21	102	5.14	4.45	0.22	98.8	4.18	-18	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.431	.489	$
1932	30	PIT	NL	51.0	23	3	52	9.18	4.55	0.06	97.0	4.36	-27	-2.5	1.0	-0.0	-2.1	-22	.390	.484	$
5 Seasons				790.2	142	91	492	5.60	5.08	0.02	101.0	5.12	-42	-4.0	1.0	-0.4	1.8	44	.472	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1928	26	PIT	NL	436	1.2%	5.1%	10.1%	3.4%	14%	81%
1929	27	PIT	NL	994	1.7%	6.8%	7.1%	4.8%	19%	82%
1930	28	PIT	NL	1045	2.0%	5.3%	5.4%	8.4%	30%	84%
1931	29	PIT	NL	781	1.7%	4.2%	5.8%	4.7%	18%	86%
1932	30	PIT	NL	248	2.4%	4.0%	6.5%			86%
5 Yrs				3504	1.8%	5.4%	6.6%	5.4%	20%	84%
MLB Averages					1.3%	7.9%	8.0%	3.4%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1928	26	7	4	.636	5.08	24	11	7	6	0	0	95.2	110	62	54	5	44	22	1	0	1	436	80	1.610	10.3	0.5	4.1	2.1	0.50	80
1929	27	23	15	.605	4.70	61	39	12	25	1	0	325.1	360	185	170	22	115	90	1	0	5	1430	98	1.460	10.0	0.6	3.2	2.5	0.78	98
1930	28	40	23	.635	4.70	93	67	15	47	1	1	561.0	651	338	293	43	171	145	6	0	7	2475	101	1.465	10.4	0.7	2.7	2.3	0.85	101
1931	29	49	36	.576	4.58	119	88	19	62	3	1	740.2	862	440	377	56	216	178	6	1	7	3256	99	1.455	10.5	0.7	2.6	2.2	0.82	99
1932	30	52	37	.584	4.76	142	91	33	62	3	1	791.2	946	492	419	62	232	188	6	1	9	3504	94	1.488	10.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	0.81	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
1928	26	5	6	.455	4.77	100.0	112	59	53	5	45	23	1	1.570	10.1	4.1	2.1	0.51	0.5	24
1929	27	15	12	.556	3.61	247.0	237	110	99	16	67	73	0	1.231	8.6	2.4	2.7	1.09	0.6	37
1930	28	16	12	.571	3.53	255.0	269	111	100	19	52	60	5	1.259	9.5	1.8	2.1	1.15	0.7	32
1931	29	9	11	.450	4.33	183.0	220	98	88	14	47	34	0	1.459	10.8	2.3	1.7	0.72	0.7	26
1932	30	1	4	.200	7.76	51.0	88	49	44	6	17	10	0	2.059	15.5	3.0	1.8	0.59	1.1	23
5 Yrs		46	45	.505	4.13	836.0	926	427	384	60	228	200	6	1.380	10.0		2.2	0.88	0.6	142

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1929 NL 16 (8th) 1930 NL 17 (4th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1930 NL .680 (4th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1930 NL 2.139 (8th) 1931 NL 2.254 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1929 NL 19 (2nd) 1930 NL 22 (1st)
Home Runs s c a p y 1929 NL 17 (7th) 1930 NL 21 (8th) 1931 NL 13 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1930 NL 291 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1929 NL 116 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1929 NL 4 (8th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1929 NL 994 (10th) 1930 NL 1,045 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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