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Ice Box Chamberlain

Elton P. Chamberlain (Icebox)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Chamberlain alternated arms during at least one game.
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: November 5, 1867 in Buffalo, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1886
Teams (by GP): Reds/Browns/Colonels/Athletics/Solons/... 1886-1896

Final Game: May 13, 1896
Died: September 22, 1929 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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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
1886 18 LOU AA 0 3 .000 6.61 4 4 0 4 0 0 31.1 39 43 23 0 17 18 0 0 3 153 55 1.787 11.2 0.0 4.9 5.2 1.06
1887 19 LOU AA 18 16 .529 3.79 36 36 0 35 1 0 309.0 340 226 130 8 117 118 14 0 17 1374 116 1.479 9.9 0.2 3.4 3.4 1.01
1888 20 TOT AA 25 11 .694 2.19 38 38 0 34 2 0 308.0 239 157 75 3 86 176 17 0 31 1261 140 1.055 7.0 0.1 2.5 5.1 2.05
1888 20 LOU AA 14 9 .609 2.53 24 24 0 21 1 0 196.0 178 123 55 2 59 119 11 0 20 833 119 1.209 8.2 0.1 2.7 5.5 2.02
1888 20 STL AA 11 2 .846 1.61 14 14 0 13 1 0 112.0 61 34 20 1 27 57 6 0 11 428 199 0.786 4.9 0.1 2.2 4.6 2.11
1889 21 STL AA 32 15 .681 2.97 53 51 2 44 3 1 421.2 376 220 139 18 165 202 17 20 1808 141 1.283 8.0 0.4 3.5 4.3 1.22
1890 22 TOT AA 15 7 .682 2.83 30 26 3 22 6 0 210.0 175 106 66 3 96 128 8 0 15 901 133 1.290 7.5 0.1 4.1 5.5 1.33
1890 22 STL AA 3 1 .750 5.91 5 5 0 3 0 0 35.0 47 37 23 1 26 14 0 0 8 177 74 2.086 12.1 0.3 6.7 3.6 0.54
1890 22 COL AA 12 6 .667 2.21 25 21 3 19 6 0 175.0 128 69 43 2 70 114 8 0 7 724 165 1.131 6.6 0.1 3.6 5.9 1.63
1891 23 PHA AA 22 23 .489 4.22 49 46 3 44 0 0 405.2 397 263 190 10 206 204 12 0 21 1822 89 1.486 8.8 0.2 4.6 4.5 0.99
1892 24 CIN NL 19 23 .452 3.39 52 49 3 43 2 0 406.1 391 230 153 8 170 169 17 0 16 1796 97 1.381 8.7 0.2 3.8 3.7 0.99
1893 25 CIN NL 16 12 .571 3.73 34 27 7 19 1 0 241.0 248 148 100 3 112 59 15 0 15 1088 127 1.494 9.3 0.1 4.2 2.2 0.53
1894 26 CIN NL 10 9 .526 5.77 23 22 1 18 1 0 177.2 220 155 114 10 91 57 12 0 11 835 95 1.750 11.1 0.5 4.6 2.9 0.63
1896 28 CLV NL 0 1 .000 7.36 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.0 21 12 9 0 5 2 1 0 0 59 63 2.364 17.2 0.0 4.1 1.6 0.40
10 Yrs 157 120 .567 3.57 321 301 19 264 16 1 2521.2 2446 1560 999 63 1065 1133 113 0 149 11097 111 1.392 8.7 0.2 3.8 4.0 1.06
162 Game Avg. 17 13 .567 3.57 35 33 2 29 2 0 276 267 171 109 7 116 124 12 0 16 1213 111 1.392 8.7 0.2 3.8 4.0 1.06
LOU (3 yrs) 32 28 .533 3.49 64 64 0 60 2 0 536.1 557 392 208 10 193 255 25 0 40 2360 110 1.398 9.3 0.2 3.2 4.3 1.32
STL (3 yrs) 46 18 .719 2.88 72 70 2 60 4 1 568.2 484 291 182 20 218 273 23 0 39 2413 139 1.234 7.7 0.3 3.5 4.3 1.25
CIN (3 yrs) 45 44 .506 4.00 109 98 11 80 4 0 825.0 859 533 367 21 373 285 44 0 42 3719 105 1.493 9.4 0.2 4.1 3.1 0.76
CLV (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.36 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.0 21 12 9 0 5 2 1 0 0 59 63 2.364 17.2 0.0 4.1 1.6 0.40
COL (1 yr) 12 6 .667 2.21 25 21 3 19 6 0 175.0 128 69 43 2 70 114 8 0 7 724 165 1.131 6.6 0.1 3.6 5.9 1.63
PHA (1 yr) 22 23 .489 4.22 49 46 3 44 0 0 405.2 397 263 190 10 206 204 12 0 21 1822 89 1.486 8.8 0.2 4.6 4.5 0.99
AA (6 yrs) 112 75 .599 3.33 210 201 8 183 12 1 1685.2 1566 1015 623 42 687 846 68 0 107 7319 116 1.337 8.4 0.2 3.7 4.5 1.23
NL (4 yrs) 45 45 .500 4.05 111 100 11 81 4 0 836.0 880 545 376 21 378 287 45 0 42 3778 104 1.505 9.5 0.2 4.1 3.1 0.76

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
1886 18 LOU AA 31.1 4 4 43 12.35 5.63 -0.08 0.00 105.0 6.00 -22 -1.3 -0.0 -1.1 -20 .187 .492 $
1887 19 LOU AA 309.0 36 36 226 6.58 6.53 -0.05 0.00 102.0 6.72 10 0.8 -0.3 1.9 28 .521 .505 $
1888 20 LOU AA 196.0 24 24 123 5.65 5.23 -0.53 0.00 98.0 5.64 1 0.1 -0.3 0.8 11 .506 .501 $
1888 20 STL AA 112.0 14 14 34 2.73 5.11 0.41 0.00 104.0 4.89 28 2.9 -0.1 3.3 33 .705 .518 $
1889 21 STL AA 421.2 53 51 220 4.70 5.96 0.27 0.00 109.0 6.21 79 7.0 1.0 -0.3 8.7 100 .633 .543 $
1890 22 STL AA 35.0 5 5 37 9.51 5.50 0.08 0.00 112.0 6.07 -12 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 -11 .320 .494 $
1890 22 COL AA 175.0 25 21 69 3.55 5.54 0.60 0.00 94.0 4.65 27 2.5 1.0 -0.3 3.2 33 .601 .516 $
1891 23 PHA AA 405.2 49 46 263 5.83 5.87 -0.05 0.00 101.0 5.98 13 1.1 1.0 -0.4 2.8 34 .522 .507 $
1892 24 CIN NL 406.1 52 49 230 5.09 5.11 0.32 0.00 100.0 4.79 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.3 2.6 33 .489 .496 $
1893 25 CIN NL 241.0 34 27 148 5.53 6.64 0.32 0.00 102.0 6.44 28 2.3 1.0 -0.2 4.1 55 .568 .514 $
1894 26 CIN NL 177.2 23 22 155 7.85 7.42 0.09 0.00 103.0 7.55 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.2 1.4 21 .500 .500 $
1896 28 CLV NL 11.0 2 2 12 9.82 6.02 0.28 0.00 104.0 5.96 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .342 .498 $
10 Seasons 2521.2 321 301 1560 5.57 5.91 0.14 0.00 102.2 5.91 141 13.7 1.0 -2.5 26.7 314 .543 .507 $
LOU (3 yrs) 536.1 64 64 392 6.58 6.00 -0.23 0.00 100.7 6.28 -11 -0.4 -0.6 1.6 19 .494 .499 $
STL (3 yrs) 568.2 72 70 291 4.61 5.77 0.28 0.00 108.2 5.94 94 9.0 1.0 -0.5 11.2 122 .625 .519 $
CIN (3 yrs) 825.0 109 98 533 5.81 6.05 0.27 0.00 101.2 5.87 22 1.7 1.0 -0.7 8.1 110 .516 .504 $
CLV (1 yr) 11.0 2 2 12 9.82 6.02 0.28 0.00 104.0 5.96 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .342 .498 $
COL (1 yr) 175.0 25 21 69 3.55 5.54 0.60 0.00 94.0 4.65 27 2.5 1.0 -0.3 3.2 33 .601 .516 $
PHA (1 yr) 405.2 49 46 263 5.83 5.87 -0.05 0.00 101.0 5.98 13 1.1 1.0 -0.4 2.8 34 .522 .507 $

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
1888 20 STL AA WS L NYG 2 3 .400 5.32 5 5 0 5 1 0 44.0 52 36 26 3 16 13 1.545 10.6 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.81
1 WS 2 3 .400 5.32 5 5 0 5 1 0 44.0 52 36 26 3 16 13 1.545 10.6 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.81

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+
1886 18 0 3 .000 6.61 4 4 0 4 0 0 31.1 39 43 23 0 17 18 0 0 3 153 55 1.787 11.2 0.0 4.9 5.2 1.06 55
1887 19 18 19 .486 4.05 40 40 0 39 1 0 340.1 379 269 153 8 134 136 14 0 20 1527 107 1.507 10.0 0.2 3.5 3.6 1.01 107
1888 20 43 30 .589 3.17 78 78 0 73 3 0 648.1 618 426 228 11 220 312 31 0 51 2788 118 1.293 8.6 0.2 3.1 4.3 1.42 118
1889 21 75 45 .625 3.09 131 129 2 117 6 1 1070.0 994 646 367 29 385 514 48 0 71 4596 127 1.289 8.4 0.2 3.2 4.3 1.34 127
1890 22 90 52 .634 3.04 161 155 5 139 12 1 1280.0 1169 752 433 32 481 642 56 0 86 5497 128 1.289 8.2 0.2 3.4 4.5 1.33 128
1891 23 112 75 .599 3.33 210 201 8 183 12 1 1685.2 1566 1015 623 42 687 846 68 0 107 7319 116 1.337 8.4 0.2 3.7 4.5 1.23 116
1892 24 131 98 .572 3.34 262 250 11 226 14 1 2092.0 1957 1245 776 50 857 1015 85 0 123 9115 112 1.345 8.4 0.2 3.7 4.4 1.18 112
1893 25 147 110 .572 3.38 296 277 18 245 15 1 2333.0 2205 1393 876 53 969 1074 100 0 138 10203 114 1.360 8.5 0.2 3.7 4.1 1.11 114
1894 26 157 119 .569 3.55 319 299 19 263 16 1 2510.2 2425 1548 990 63 1060 1131 112 0 149 11038 112 1.388 8.7 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.07 112
1895 27 157 119 .569 3.55 319 299 19 263 16 1 2510.2 2425 1548 990 63 1060 1131 112 0 149 11038 112 1.388 8.7 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.07 112
1896 28 157 120 .567 3.57 321 301 19 264 16 1 2521.2 2446 1560 999 63 1065 1133 113 0 149 11097 111 1.392 8.7 0.2 3.8 4.0 1.06 111

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
1886 18 2 2 .500 4.17 41.0 39 21 19 0 17 23 0 1.366 8.6 3.7 5.0 1.35 0.0 4
1887 19 32 11 .744 2.32 388.0 324 111 100 8 111 148 13 1.121 7.5 2.6 3.4 1.33 0.2 36
1888 20 34 7 .829 1.84 372.0 261 84 76 3 94 213 19 0.954 6.3 2.3 5.2 2.27 0.1 38
1889 21 47 10 .825 1.84 522.0 355 119 107 17 156 250 16 0.979 6.1 2.7 4.3 1.60 0.3 53
1890 22 24 8 .750 2.22 292.0 213 80 72 4 117 178 10 1.130 6.6 3.6 5.5 1.52 0.1 30
1891 23 40 22 .645 2.96 562.0 448 206 185 11 232 283 14 1.210 7.2 3.7 4.5 1.22 0.2 49
1892 24 32 16 .667 2.86 441.0 383 156 140 8 167 183 17 1.247 7.8 3.4 3.7 1.10 0.2 52
1893 25 26 9 .743 2.26 323.0 248 90 81 3 112 79 15 1.115 6.9 3.1 2.2 0.71 0.1 34
1894 26 16 10 .615 3.05 239.0 204 90 81 9 84 77 11 1.205 7.7 3.2 2.9 0.92 0.3 23
1896 28 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 21 8 7 0 5 3 1 1.733 12.6 3.0 1.8 0.60 0.0 2
10 Yrs 253 96 .725 2.45 3195.0 2496 965 868 63 1095 1437 116 1.124 7.0 4.0 1.31 0.2 321

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1888 AA  4.2 (8th)
1889 AA  8.7 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1887 AA  1.9 (10th)
1888 AA  4.1 (5th)
1889 AA  8.7 (1st)
1893 NL  4.1 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1887 AA  3.79 (8th)
1888 AA  2.19 (5th)
1889 AA  2.97 (5th)
1890 AA  2.83 (4th)
1893 NL  3.73 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1888 AA  25 (7th)
1889 AA  32 (3rd)
1891 AA  22 (7th)
Career  157 (230th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1887 AA  .529 (10th)
1888 AA  .694 (2nd)
1889 AA  .681 (3rd)
1890 AA  .682 (2nd)
Career  .567 (241st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1888 AA  1.055 (8th)
1889 AA  1.283 (8th)
1890 AA  1.290 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1888 AA  6.984 (5th)
1889 AA  8.025 (6th)
1890 AA  7.500 (4th)
1891 AA  8.808 (9th)
1893 NL  9.261 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  3.437 (7th)
1888 AA  5.143 (3rd)
1890 AA  5.486 (4th)
1891 AA  4.526 (5th)
1894 NL  2.887 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1889 AA  53 (6th)
1891 AA  49 (7th)
1892 NL  52 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1889 AA  1 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1889 AA  421.7 (6th)
1891 AA  405.7 (6th)
1892 NL  406.3 (10th)
Career  2,521.7 (234th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1888 AA  176 (8th)
1889 AA  202 (4th)
1891 AA  204 (5th)
1892 NL  169 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1889 AA  51 (5th)
1891 AA  46 (7th)
1892 NL  49 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1889 AA  44 (7th)
1891 AA  44 (5th)
Career  264 (64th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1887 AA  1 (10th)
1889 AA  3 (6th)
1890 AA  6 (1st)
1893 NL  1 (9th)
1894 NL  1 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1889 AA  18 (2nd)
1891 AA  10 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1889 AA  165 (3rd)
1891 AA  206 (3rd)
1892 NL  170 (8th)
Career  1,065 (87th)

Hits s c a p y
1889 AA  376 (10th)
1891 AA  397 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1888 AA  0.088 (5th)
1890 AA  0.129 (10th)
1893 NL  0.112 (3rd)
Career  0.225 (198th)

Losses s c a p y
1891 AA  23 (4th)
1892 NL  23 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1891 AA  190 (2nd)
1892 NL  153 (7th)
Career  999 (233rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1888 AA  31 (8th)
1891 AA  21 (7th)
1892 NL  16 (10th)
1893 NL  15 (6th)
Career  149 (36th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 AA  17 (9th)
1892 NL  17 (8th)
1893 NL  15 (9th)
Career  113 (57th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1889 AA  1,808 (7th)
1891 AA  1,822 (6th)
1892 NL  1,796 (10th)
Career  11,097 (204th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1890 AA  3 (9th)
1893 NL  7 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1887 AA  116 (9th)
1888 AA  143 (5th)
1889 AA  143 (3rd)
1890 AA  132 (5th)
1893 NL  129 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1887 AA  14 (9th)
1888 AA  23 (8th)
1889 AA  56 (1st)
1890 AA  21 (9th)
1893 NL  26 (8th)
Career  116 (194th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1887 AA  1.2 (9th)
1888 AA  2.3 (7th)
1889 AA  4.9 (1st)
1890 AA  2.0 (8th)
1893 NL  2.2 (8th)
Career  10.6 (241st)

Youngest s c a p y
1886 AA  born 1867-11-05 (4th)
1887 AA  born 1867-11-05 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 97 (223), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 71 (165), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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