Ray Caldwell

Raymond Benjamin Caldwell (Rube, Sum or Slim)

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

Born: April 26, 1888 in Croydon, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1910
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Highlanders/Indians/RedSox 1910-1921

Final Game: September 29, 1921
Died: August 17, 1967 in Salamanca, NY
Buried: Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1910	22	MKE	C	18	14	.563		31						191.0	210				75							1.492	9.9		3.5			MKE · OHPA
1910	22	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	3.72	6	2	2	1	0	1	19.1	19	8	8	1	9	17	0	0	0	82	73	1.448	8.8	0.5	4.2	7.9	1.89
1911	23	NYY	AL	14	14	.500	3.35	41	26	13	19	1	1	255.0	240	115	95	7	79	145	13	1	6	1015	107	1.251	8.5	0.2	2.8	5.1	1.84
1912	24	NYY	AL	8	16	.333	4.47	30	26	3	13	3	0	183.1	196	111	91	1	67	95	6	1	6	781	81	1.435	9.6	0.0	3.3	4.7	1.42
1913	25	NYY	AL	9	8	.529	2.41	27	16	9	15	2	1	164.1	131	59	44	5	60	87	9	0	1	661	124	1.162	7.2	0.3	3.3	4.8	1.45
1914	26	NYY	AL	18	9	.667	1.94	31	23	7	22	5	0	213.0	153	53	46	5	51	92	4	0	1	800	142	0.958	6.5	0.2	2.2	3.9	1.80
1915	27	NYY	AL	19	16	.543	2.89	36	35	1	31	3	0	305.0	266	115	98	6	107	130	5	0	4	1201	102	1.223	7.8	0.2	3.2	3.8	1.22
1916	28	NYY	AL	5	12	.294	2.99	21	18	1	14	1	0	165.2	142	62	55	6	65	76	8	0	3	658	97	1.249	7.7	0.3	3.5	4.1	1.17
1917	29	NYY	AL	13	16	.448	2.86	32	29	3	21	1	0	236.0	199	92	75	8	76	102	6	0	0	931	93	1.165	7.6	0.3	2.9	3.9	1.34
1918	30	NYY	AL	9	8	.529	3.06	24	21	3	14	1	1	176.2	173	69	60	2	62	59	1	0	1	741	92	1.330	8.8	0.1	3.2	3.0	0.95
1919	31	TOT	AL	12	5	.706	3.11	24	18	5	10	2	0	139.0	125	62	48	2	50	47	5	0	3	567	102	1.259	8.1	0.1	3.2	3.0	0.94
1919	31	BOS	AL	7	4	.636	3.96	18	12	5	6	1	0	86.1	92	49	38	1	31	23	3	0	2	364	77	1.425	9.6	0.1	3.2	2.4	0.74
1919	31	CLE	AL	5	1	.833	1.71	6	6	0	4	1	0	52.2	33	13	10	1	19	24	2	0	1	203	198	0.987	5.6	0.2	3.2	4.1	1.26
1920	32	CLE	AL	20	10	.667	3.86	34	33	0	20	1	0	237.2	286	135	102	9	63	80	4	0	1	1010	99	1.468	10.8	0.3	2.4	3.0	1.27
1921	33	CLE	AL	6	6	.500	4.90	37	12	18	4	1	4	147.0	159	91	80	7	49	76	2	0	3	644	88	1.415	9.7	0.4	3.0	4.7	1.55
1922	34	KCY	AA	22	12	.647	3.59	38	33					263.0	269	127	105		62							1.259	9.2		2.1			KCY · AA
1923	35	KCY	AA	16	10	.615	4.39	40	28					238.0	273	130	116		73							1.454	10.3		2.8			KCY · AA
1924	36	KCY	AA	9	14	.391	3.95	31	26					198.0	210	103	87		44							1.283	9.5		2.0			KCY · AA
1925	37	LRK	A	11	12	.478	4.10	29	25					193.1	209	108	88		43							1.303	9.7		2.0			LRK · SOUA
1926	38	LRK	A	13	22	.371	3.41	41	35					298.0	325	142	113		55							1.275	9.8		1.7			LRK · SOUA
1927	39	LRK,MLW	A,AA	11	23	.324	5.16	42	32					251.0	313	166	144		61							1.490	11.2		2.2			LRK,MLW · SOUA,AA
1928	40	MEM	A	10	7	.588	4.93	24	21					146.0	180	96	80		34							1.466	11.1		2.1			MEM · SOUA
1929	41	BIR,AKR	A,B	6	6	.500	3.70	17	7					114.1	126	55	47		19	20						1.268	9.9		1.5	1.6	1.05	BIR,AKR · SOUA,CENL
1930	42	BIR	A	20	12	.625	4.43	36	33					250.0	272	138	123		58							1.320	9.8		2.1			BIR · SOUA
1931	43	BIR	A	19	7	.731	3.45	30	29					248.0	260	113	95		36							1.194	9.4		1.3			BIR · SOUA
1932	44	BIR	A	2	0	1.000	3.00	3	3					21.0	17	8	7		4							1.000	7.3		1.7			BIR · SOUA
1933	45	KEK,BIR,CHR	B,A	2	8	.200	4.50	15	7					70.0	83	47	35		13							1.371	10.7		1.7			KEK,BIR,CHR · MSVL,SOUA,PIED
12 Yrs				134	120	.528	3.22	343	259	65	184	21	8	2242.0	2089	972	802	59	738	1006	63	2	29	9091	100	1.261	8.4	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.36
162 Game Avg.				15	14	.528	3.22	39	29	7	21	2	1	253	236	110	91	7	83	114	7	0	3	1027	100	1.261	8.4	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.36

NYY (9 yrs)				96	99	.492	3.00	248	196	42	150	17	4	1718.1	1519	684	572	41	576	803	52	2	22	6870	101	1.219	8.0	0.2	3.0	4.2	1.39
CLE (3 yrs)				31	17	.646	3.95	77	51	18	28	3	4	437.1	478	239	192	17	131	180	8	0	5	1857	100	1.393	9.8	0.3	2.7	3.7	1.37
BOS (1 yr)				7	4	.636	3.96	18	12	5	6	1	0	86.1	92	49	38	1	31	23	3	0	2	364	77	1.425	9.6	0.1	3.2	2.4	0.74

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
1910	22	NYY	AL	19.1	6	2	8	3.72	3.59	-0.02	0.00	105.0	3.80	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.506	.500	$
1911	23	NYY	AL	255.0	41	26	115	4.06	4.63	-0.10	0.00	107.0	5.06	28	3.0	1.0	-0.2	5.2	57	.574	.519	$1,500
1912	24	NYY	AL	183.1	30	26	111	5.45	4.48	-0.58	0.00	108.0	5.47	2	0.2	1.0	-0.2	1.6	21	.505	.501	$
1913	25	NYY	AL	164.1	27	16	59	3.23	4.00	-0.16	0.00	102.0	4.24	20	2.4	1.0	-0.2	3.7	34	.588	.515	$2,400
1914	26	NYY	AL	213.0	31	23	53	2.24	3.69	0.11	0.00	101.0	3.61	35	4.6	1.0	-0.1	6.3	52	.649	.528	$8,000
1915	27	NYY	AL	305.0	36	35	115	3.39	3.99	0.13	0.00	100.0	3.86	17	2.0	1.0	-0.3	4.4	45	.556	.512	$8,000
1916	28	NYY	AL	165.2	21	18	62	3.37	3.68	0.15	0.00	102.0	3.60	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.9	19	.526	.503	$8,000
1917	29	NYY	AL	236.0	32	29	92	3.51	3.69	-0.01	0.00	100.0	3.69	4	0.5	1.0	-0.2	2.5	26	.517	.503	$8,000
1918	30	NYY	AL	176.2	24	21	69	3.52	3.56	0.15	0.00	103.0	3.51	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.3	13	.496	.499	$
1919	31	BOS	AL	88.1	18	12	49	4.99	3.97	0.12	0.00	97.9	3.77	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.426	.492	$
1919	31	CLE	AL	52.2	6	6	13	2.22	3.80	-0.01	0.00	104.3	3.98	10	1.2		-0.0	1.6	15	.704	.508	$
1920	32	CLE	AL	236.2	34	33	135	5.13	4.55	0.17	0.00	101.4	4.44	-19	-1.8	1.0	-0.2	0.0	8	.446	.489	$
1921	33	CLE	AL	148.2	37	12	91	5.51	5.08	-0.09	0.00	100.0	5.17	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.6	12	.483	.496	$
12 Seasons				2244.2	343	259	972	3.90	4.11	-0.00	0.00	102.3	4.21	81	10.7	1.0	-1.9	28.7	300	.531	.505	$35,900

NYY (9 yrs)				1718.1	248	196	684	3.58	3.98	-0.03	0.00	102.8	4.13	110	13.2	1.0	-1.5	27.1	269	.553	.509	$35,900
CLE (3 yrs)				438.0	77	51	239	4.91	4.64	0.06	0.00	101.3	4.63	-16	-1.2	1.0	-0.3	2.2	35	.484	.497	$
BOS (1 yr)				88.1	18	12	49	4.99	3.97	0.12	0.00	97.9	3.77	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.426	.492	$

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
1920	32	CLE	AL	WS	W	BRO	0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	1	.000	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	30	NYY	AL	746	0.3%	7.9%	8.3%	3.6%	16%	81%
1919	31	TOT	AL	580	0.3%	8.1%	8.6%	1.9%	9%	80%
1919	31	BOS	AL	371	0.3%	6.2%	8.4%	1.9%	8%	82%
1919	31	CLE	AL	209	0.5%	11.5%	9.1%	1.9%	12%	75%
1920	32	CLE	AL	1035	0.9%	7.7%	6.1%	4.8%	18%	82%
1921	33	CLE	AL	650	1.1%	11.7%	7.5%	1.9%	8%	77%
4 Yrs				3011	0.7%	8.7%	7.4%	3.3%	14%	80%
MLB Averages					0.6%	7.7%	7.3%	2.7%	11%	81%

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+
1910	22	1	0	1.000	3.72	6	2	2	1	0	1	19.1	19	8	8	1	9	17	0	0	0	82	73	1.448	8.8	0.5	4.2	7.9	1.89	73
1911	23	15	14	.517	3.38	47	28	15	20	1	2	274.1	259	123	103	8	88	162	13	1	6	1097	104	1.265	8.5	0.3	2.9	5.3	1.84	104
1912	24	23	30	.434	3.82	77	54	18	33	4	2	457.2	455	234	194	9	155	257	19	2	12	1878	93	1.333	8.9	0.2	3.0	5.1	1.66	93
1913	25	32	38	.457	3.44	104	70	27	48	6	3	622.0	586	293	238	14	215	344	28	2	13	2539	99	1.288	8.5	0.2	3.1	5.0	1.60	99
1914	26	50	47	.515	3.06	135	93	34	70	11	3	835.0	739	346	284	19	266	436	32	2	14	3339	106	1.204	8.0	0.2	2.9	4.7	1.64	106
1915	27	69	63	.523	3.02	171	128	35	101	14	3	1140.0	1005	461	382	25	373	566	37	2	18	4540	105	1.209	7.9	0.2	2.9	4.5	1.52	105
1916	28	74	75	.497	3.01	192	146	36	115	15	3	1305.2	1147	523	437	31	438	642	45	2	21	5198	104	1.214	7.9	0.2	3.0	4.4	1.47	104
1917	29	87	91	.489	2.99	224	175	39	136	16	3	1541.2	1346	615	512	39	514	744	51	2	21	6129	102	1.206	7.9	0.2	3.0	4.3	1.45	102
1918	30	96	99	.492	3.00	248	196	42	150	17	4	1718.1	1519	684	572	41	576	803	52	2	22	6870	101	1.219	8.0	0.2	3.0	4.2	1.39	101
1919	31	108	104	.509	3.00	272	214	47	160	19	4	1857.1	1644	746	620	43	626	850	57	2	25	7437	101	1.222	8.0	0.2	3.0	4.1	1.36	101
1920	32	128	114	.529	3.10	306	247	47	180	20	4	2095.0	1930	881	722	52	689	930	61	2	26	8447	101	1.250	8.3	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.35	101
1921	33	134	120	.528	3.22	343	259	65	184	21	8	2242.0	2089	972	802	59	738	1006	63	2	29	9091	100	1.261	8.4	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.36	100

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1910	22	1	1	.500	4.50	18.0	21	10	9	1	10	16	0	1.722	10.5	5.0	8.0	1.60	0.5	6
1911	23	16	11	.593	3.29	246.0	239	100	90	7	79	140	13	1.293	8.7	2.9	5.1	1.77	0.3	41
1912	24	9	11	.450	4.35	182.0	197	98	88	1	67	94	6	1.451	9.7	3.3	4.6	1.40	0.0	30
1913	25	11	6	.647	2.91	158.0	144	57	51	5	66	84	10	1.329	8.2	3.8	4.8	1.27	0.3	27
1914	26	15	6	.714	2.62	196.0	172	63	57	6	57	85	4	1.168	7.9	2.6	3.9	1.49	0.3	31
1915	27	17	14	.548	3.71	279.0	294	128	115	7	118	119	6	1.477	9.5	3.8	3.8	1.01	0.2	36
1916	28	8	8	.500	4.10	147.0	160	74	67	7	73	67	9	1.585	9.8	4.5	4.1	0.92	0.4	21
1917	29	12	11	.522	3.93	215.0	227	104	94	9	87	93	7	1.460	9.5	3.6	3.9	1.07	0.4	32
1918	30	11	11	.500	4.04	205.0	242	102	92	3	87	68	1	1.605	10.6	3.8	3.0	0.78	0.1	24
1919	31	8	8	.500	3.82	146.0	152	69	62	2	61	49	6	1.459	9.4	3.8	3.0	0.80	0.1	24
1920	32	14	12	.538	3.78	236.0	288	110	99	9	63	79	4	1.487	11.0	2.4	3.0	1.25	0.3	34
1921	33	8	9	.471	4.18	157.0	156	81	73	7	48	81	2	1.299	8.9	2.8	4.6	1.69	0.4	37
12 Yrs		130	108	.546	3.69	2185.0	2292	996	897	64	816	975	68	1.422	9.4		4.0	1.19	0.3	343

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1911 AL 6.0 (10th) 1914 AL 6.5 (6th) 1915 AL 5.4 (8th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1911 AL 5.2 (7th) 1914 AL 6.3 (4th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1914 AL 1.94 (4th)	Wins s c a p y 1914 AL 18 (6th) 1915 AL 19 (6th) 1920 AL 20 (8th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1914 AL .667 (4th) 1919 AL .706 (2nd) 1920 AL .667 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1913 AL 1.162 (9th) 1914 AL 0.958 (2nd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1913 AL 7.174 (6th) 1914 AL 6.465 (2nd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 AL 2.155 (9th) 1920 AL 2.386 (8th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1911 AL 5.118 (10th) 1913 AL 4.765 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1911 AL 41 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1910 AL 1 (9th) 1921 AL 4 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1911 AL 255.0 (7th) 1915 AL 305.0 (4th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1911 AL 145 (7th) 1915 AL 130 (9th) 1917 AL 102 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 1915 AL 35 (3rd) 1920 AL 33 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1911 AL 19 (10th) 1914 AL 22 (3rd) 1915 AL 31 (2nd) 1917 AL 21 (9th) Career 184 (164th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1912 AL 3 (6th) 1914 AL 5 (5th) 1915 AL 3 (8th) Career 21 (230th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1911 AL 7 (4th) 1913 AL 5 (9th) 1914 AL 5 (3rd) 1915 AL 6 (3rd) 1916 AL 6 (3rd) 1917 AL 8 (1st) 1920 AL 9 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1911 AL 79 (7th) 1915 AL 107 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1911 AL 240 (10th) 1915 AL 266 (2nd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1911 AL 1.835 (10th) 1914 AL 1.804 (10th) 1917 AL 1.342 (8th) 1920 AL 1.270 (7th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1912 AL 0.049 (6th) Career 0.237 (218th)	Losses s c a p y 1911 AL 14 (9th) 1912 AL 16 (10th) 1915 AL 16 (6th) 1917 AL 16 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1911 AL 95 (4th) 1912 AL 91 (7th) 1915 AL 98 (3rd) 1917 AL 75 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1911 AL 13 (6th) 1913 AL 9 (10th) 1916 AL 8 (7th) Career 63 (249th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1911 AL 1,015 (9th) 1915 AL 1,201 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1911 AL 13 (4th) 1921 AL 18 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1913 AL 124 (10th) 1914 AL 142 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1914 AL 23 (3rd)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1914 AL 2.6 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 71 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 26 (503), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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