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Jack Chesbro

John Dwight Chesbro (Happy Jack)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 5, 1874 in North Adams, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1899 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Pirates/RedSox 1899-1909

Final Game: October 2, 1909 (Age 35)
Died: November 6, 1931 in Conway, MA
Buried: Howland Cemetery, Conway, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946. Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #117. Noodles Hahn… #118. Vida Blue… #119. Jamie Moyer… #120. JACK CHESBRO… #121. Luis Tiant… #122. Dutch Leonard… #123. Bobo Newsom… 

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
1899 25 PIT NL 6 9 .400 4.11 19 17 2 15 0 0 149.0 165 99 68 3 59 28 11 0 5 659 93 1.503 10.0 0.2 3.6 1.7 0.47
1900 26 PIT NL 15 13 .536 3.67 32 26 4 20 3 1 215.2 220 123 88 4 79 56 12 0 7 925 99 1.386 9.2 0.2 3.3 2.3 0.71
1901 27 PIT NL 21 10 .677 2.38 36 28 8 26 6 1 287.2 261 104 76 4 52 129 14 0 5 1152 138 1.088 8.2 0.1 1.6 4.0 2.48
1902 28 PIT NL 28 6 .824 2.17 35 33 2 31 8 1 286.1 242 81 69 1 62 136 21 1 3 1139 126 1.062 7.6 0.0 1.9 4.3 2.19
1903 29 NYY AL 21 15 .583 2.77 40 36 4 33 1 0 324.2 300 140 100 7 74 147 9 1 5 1309 112 1.152 8.3 0.2 2.1 4.1 1.99
1904 30 NYY AL 41 12 .774 1.82 55 51 3 48 6 0 454.2 338 128 92 4 88 239 7 0 9 1720 150 0.937 6.7 0.1 1.7 4.7 2.72
1905 31 NYY AL 19 15 .559 2.20 41 38 2 24 3 0 303.1 262 125 74 5 71 156 6 0 7 1193 133 1.098 7.8 0.1 2.1 4.6 2.20
1906 32 NYY AL 23 17 .575 2.96 49 42 7 24 4 1 325.0 314 138 107 2 75 152 10 0 7 1308 100 1.197 8.7 0.1 2.1 4.2 2.03
1907 33 NYY AL 10 10 .500 2.53 30 25 3 17 1 0 206.0 192 83 58 0 46 78 6 0 3 822 111 1.155 8.4 0.0 2.0 3.4 1.70
1908 34 NYY AL 14 20 .412 2.93 45 31 13 20 3 1 288.2 276 134 94 6 67 124 14 0 11 1161 84 1.188 8.6 0.2 2.1 3.9 1.85
1909 35 TOT AL 0 5 .000 6.14 10 5 4 2 0 0 55.2 77 51 38 3 17 20 3 0 0 244 42 1.689 12.4 0.5 2.7 3.2 1.18
1909 35 NYY AL 0 4 .000 6.34 9 4 4 2 0 0 49.2 70 47 35 2 13 17 3 0 0 218 41 1.671 12.7 0.4 2.4 3.1 1.31
1909 35 BOS AL 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 26 62 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75
11 Yrs 198 132 .600 2.68 392 332 52 260 35 5 2896.2 2647 1206 864 39 690 1265 113 2 62 11632 111 1.152 8.2 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.83
162 Game Avg. 19 12 .600 2.68 37 31 5 24 3 0 272 249 113 81 4 65 119 11 0 6 1093 111 1.152 8.2 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.83
NYY (7 yrs) 128 93 .579 2.58 269 227 36 168 18 2 1952.0 1752 795 560 26 434 913 55 1 42 7731 109 1.120 8.1 0.1 2.0 4.2 2.10
PIT (4 yrs) 70 38 .648 2.89 122 104 16 92 17 3 938.2 888 407 301 12 252 349 58 1 20 3875 114 1.214 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.3 1.38
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 26 62 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 0.75
AL (7 yrs) 128 94 .577 2.59 270 228 36 168 18 2 1958.0 1759 799 563 27 438 916 55 1 42 7757 109 1.122 8.1 0.1 2.0 4.2 2.09
NL (4 yrs) 70 38 .648 2.89 122 104 16 92 17 3 938.2 888 407 301 12 252 349 58 1 20 3875 114 1.214 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.3 1.38

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
1899 25 PIT NL 149.0 19 17 99 5.98 5.22 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.10 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.2 0.2 3 .453 .494
1900 26 PIT NL 215.2 32 26 123 5.13 5.21 0.29 0.00 98.0 4.82 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.3 14 .491 .498
1901 27 PIT NL 287.2 36 28 104 3.25 4.50 0.30 0.00 99.0 4.16 32 3.4 1.0 -0.4 5.3 54 .595 .521 $1,900
1902 28 PIT NL 286.1 35 33 81 2.55 3.77 0.36 0.00 98.0 3.34 28 3.4 1.0 -0.3 5.3 47 .597 .521
1903 29 NYY AL 324.2 40 36 140 3.88 4.08 0.12 0.00 105.0 4.16 16 1.8 1.0 -0.3 4.3 39 .545 .511 $5,000
1904 30 NYY AL 454.2 55 51 128 2.53 3.50 0.28 0.00 105.0 3.38 48 6.3 1.0 -0.4 9.9 80 .615 .539
1905 31 NYY AL 303.1 41 38 125 3.71 3.66 -0.21 0.00 110.0 4.25 21 2.6 1.0 -0.2 5.0 45 .563 .516 $8,000
1906 32 NYY AL 325.0 49 42 138 3.82 3.60 -0.03 0.00 110.0 3.99 7 0.9 1.0 -0.2 3.5 34 .518 .505
1907 33 NYY AL 206.0 30 25 83 3.63 3.61 -0.50 0.00 110.0 4.53 21 2.7 1.0 -0.2 4.3 38 .589 .516
1908 34 NYY AL 288.2 45 31 134 4.18 3.51 -0.38 0.00 103.0 4.01 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.3 1.6 18 .485 .496
1909 35 NYY AL 49.2 9 4 47 8.52 3.38 -0.25 0.00 103.0 3.74 -26 -2.3 1.0 -0.1 -2.0 -22 .240 .486
1909 35 BOS AL 6.0 1 1 4 6.00 3.37 0.07 0.00 102.0 3.37 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .325 .499
11 Seasons 2896.2 392 332 1206 3.75 3.94 0.05 0.00 104.1 4.05 125 16.7 1.0 -2.7 38.6 350 .543 .509 $14,900
NYY (7 yrs) 1952.0 269 227 795 3.67 3.65 -0.07 0.00 106.8 3.97 81 11.2 1.0 -1.6 26.6 232 .542 .510 $13,000
PIT (4 yrs) 938.2 122 104 407 3.90 4.56 0.28 0.00 98.5 4.21 46 5.6 1.0 -1.0 12.1 119 .546 .509 $1,900
BOS (1 yr) 6.0 1 1 4 6.00 3.37 0.07 0.00 102.0 3.37 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .325 .499

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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
1899 25 PIT NL 19 63 58 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 .155 .197 .155 .352 -3 9 0 2 1
1900 26 PIT NL 32 91 85 10 15 4 1 0 9 1 6 17 .176 .231 .247 .478 32 21 0 0 1/O
1901 27 PIT NL 36 124 116 9 25 5 1 1 8 0 3 31 .216 .242 .302 .543 54 35 1 4 1
1902 28 PIT NL 35 119 112 11 20 3 1 0 8 1 3 28 .179 .200 .223 .423 29 25 0 4 1
1903 29 NYY AL 40 129 124 8 23 4 0 2 9 0 2 29 .185 .198 .266 .465 35 33 0 3 1
1904 30 NYY AL 56 181 174 17 41 9 3 1 17 1 4 43 .236 .253 .339 .592 82 59 0 3 1
1905 31 NYY AL 41 116 112 6 21 6 3 0 10 2 2 32 .188 .202 .295 .496 50 33 0 2 1
1906 32 NYY AL 49 126 125 10 26 2 1 1 4 0 1 34 .208 .214 .264 .478 43 33 0 0 1
1907 33 NYY AL 30 76 76 1 15 2 2 0 4 0 0 19 .197 .197 .276 .474 46 21 0 0 1
1908 34 NYY AL 45 106 102 8 18 2 1 0 6 0 0 23 .176 .184 .216 .400 30 22 1 3 1/3
1909 35 TOT AL 10 20 19 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 .211 .250 .211 .461 45 4 0 0 1
1909 35 NYY AL 9 18 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 .176 .222 .176 .399 25 3 0 0 /1
1909 35 BOS AL 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 212 1 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 393 1151 1103 85 217 37 13 5 82 5 25 267 .197 .216 .267 .483 44 295 2 21
162 Game Avg. 162 474 455 35 89 15 5 2 34 2 10 110 .197 .216 .267 .483 44 122 1 9
NYY (7 yrs) 270 752 730 51 147 25 10 4 53 3 10 184 .201 .213 .279 .493 50 204 1 11
PIT (4 yrs) 122 397 371 33 69 12 3 1 28 2 15 83 .186 .220 .243 .462 32 90 1 10
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 212 1 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 271 754 732 52 148 25 10 4 54 3 10 184 .202 .214 .280 .494 51 205 1 11
NL (4 yrs) 122 397 371 33 69 12 3 1 28 2 15 83 .186 .220 .243 .462 32 90 1 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1899 25 PIT NL 19 63 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 1
1900 26 PIT NL 32 91 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 1/O
1901 27 PIT NL 36 124 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 5 $1,900 1
1902 28 PIT NL 35 119 -10 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 2 1
1903 29 NYY AL 40 129 -10 0 0 0 10 0 -0.0 4 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 5 $5,000 1
1904 30 NYY AL 56 181 -4 0 0 0 12 7 0.8 6 13 0.8 .515 .505 0.8 -0.0 13 1
1905 31 NYY AL 41 116 -7 0 0 0 9 1 0.2 4 5 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $8,000 1
1906 32 NYY AL 49 126 -9 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 4 1
1907 33 NYY AL 30 76 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 1
1908 34 NYY AL 45 106 -8 0 0 0 7 -0 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 3 1/3
1909 35 NYY AL 9 18 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 /1
1909 35 BOS AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .548 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
11 Seasons 393 1151 -80 1 0 0 82 3 0.3 37 39 0.4 .501 .500 0.4 -0.1 40 $14,900
NYY (7 yrs) 270 752 -45 1 0 0 52 8 0.9 25 33 0.9 .504 .501 0.9 -0.0 33 $13,000
PIT (4 yrs) 122 397 -36 1 0 0 30 -6 -0.6 11 6 -0.6 .496 .499 -0.6 -0.0 6 $1,900
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .548 .500 0.1 0.0 1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1899 PIT NL 25 P 19 149.0 34 5 26 3 0 .912 1.87 1.63 .910 2.68 2.56
1900 PIT NL 26 P 32 215.2 55 4 44 7 3 .873 2.00 1.50 .921 2.67 2.59
1900 PIT NL 26 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1901 PIT NL 27 P 36 287.2 74 12 57 5 2 .932 2.16 1.92 .934 2.75 2.72
1902 PIT NL 28 P 35 286.1 75 11 60 4 2 .947 2.23 2.03 .933 2.72 2.68
1903 NYY AL 29 P 40 324.2 118 13 103 2 2 .983 3.22 2.90 .948 3.19 3.13
1904 NYY AL 30 P 55 454.2 202 24 166 12 7 .941 3.76 3.45 .952 3.45 3.39
1905 NYY AL 31 P 41 303.1 115 11 97 7 5 .939 3.20 2.63 .942 3.25 3.21
1906 NYY AL 32 P 49 325.0 111 11 95 5 3 .955 2.94 2.16 .948 3.22 3.17
1907 NYY AL 33 P 30 206.0 79 3 71 5 2 .937 3.23 2.47 .946 3.28 3.25
1908 NYY AL 34 P 45 288.2 109 7 96 6 2 .945 3.21 2.29 .946 3.20 3.19
1908 NYY AL 34 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.40
1909 TOT AL 35 P 10 55.2 23 2 21 0 0 1.000 3.72 2.30 .942 3.19 3.16
1909 NYY AL 35 P 9 49.2 22 1 21 0 0 1.000 3.99 2.44 .942 3.19 3.16
1909 BOS AL 35 P 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.00 .940 3.15 3.20
11 Seasons P 392 2896.2 995 103 836 56 28 .944 2.92 2.40 .943 3.09 3.05
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.40
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
11 Seasons TOT 394 2896.2 995 103 836 56 28 .944 2.92 2.38 .943 3.09 3.07 0-0-1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1939 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1902 NL  5.1 (8th)
1904 AL  10.7 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1901 NL  5.3 (9th)
1902 NL  5.3 (6th)
1903 AL  4.3 (8th)
1904 AL  9.9 (2nd)
1905 AL  5.0 (9th)
1907 AL  4.3 (9th)
Career  38.6 (155th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 NL  2.38 (5th)
1902 NL  2.17 (9th)
1904 AL  1.82 (4th)
1905 AL  2.20 (10th)
Career  2.68 (75th)

Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  21 (5th)
1902 NL  28 (1st)
1903 AL  21 (3rd)
1904 AL  41 (1st)
1905 AL  19 (9th)
1906 AL  23 (2nd)
Career  198 (113th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1900 NL  .536 (9th)
1901 NL  .677 (2nd)
1902 NL  .824 (1st)
1903 AL  .583 (9th)
1904 AL  .774 (1st)
Career  .600 (118th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.088 (3rd)
1902 NL  1.062 (6th)
1904 AL  0.937 (2nd)
Career  1.152 (66th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  9.181 (10th)
1901 NL  8.166 (5th)
1902 NL  7.607 (5th)
1904 AL  6.691 (1st)
Career  8.224 (197th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.627 (7th)
Career  2.144 (137th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1902 NL  4.275 (6th)
1904 AL  4.731 (8th)
1905 AL  4.629 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1902 NL  35 (9th)
1903 AL  40 (3rd)
1904 AL  55 (1st)
1905 AL  41 (5th)
1906 AL  49 (1st)
1908 AL  45 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1900 NL  1 (3rd)
1901 NL  1 (6th)
1902 NL  1 (5th)
1908 AL  1 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1902 NL  286.3 (8th)
1903 AL  324.7 (3rd)
1904 AL  454.7 (1st)
1906 AL  325.0 (4th)
1908 AL  288.7 (10th)
Career  2,896.7 (149th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1902 NL  136 (7th)
1903 AL  147 (9th)
1904 AL  239 (2nd)
1905 AL  156 (7th)
1906 AL  152 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1902 NL  33 (7th)
1903 AL  36 (3rd)
1904 AL  51 (1st)
1905 AL  38 (3rd)
1906 AL  42 (1st)
Career  332 (225th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1902 NL  31 (6th)
1903 AL  33 (4th)
1904 AL  48 (1st)
Career  260 (69th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1900 NL  3 (5th)
1901 NL  6 (1st)
1902 NL  8 (1st)
1904 AL  6 (6th)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  7 (6th)
1905 AL  5 (8th)
1908 AL  6 (2nd)
1909 AL  3 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1903 AL  74 (5th)
1904 AL  88 (7th)
1906 AL  75 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1903 AL  300 (5th)
1904 AL  338 (4th)
1905 AL  262 (8th)
1906 AL  314 (3rd)
1908 AL  276 (4th)
Career  2,647 (196th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  2.481 (6th)
1902 NL  2.194 (8th)
1904 AL  2.716 (5th)
1905 AL  2.197 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1902 NL  0.031 (5th)
1907 AL  0.000 (1st)
Career  0.121 (57th)

Losses s c a p y
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1908 AL  20 (2nd)
Career  132 (246th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  100 (4th)
1904 AL  92 (10th)
1906 AL  107 (1st)
1908 AL  94 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1904 AL  9 (6th)
1906 AL  7 (8th)
1908 AL  11 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1901 NL  14 (6th)
1902 NL  21 (1st)
1903 AL  9 (9th)
1906 AL  10 (7th)
1908 AL  14 (4th)
Career  113 (57th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1903 AL  1,309 (4th)
1904 AL  1,720 (1st)
1905 AL  1,193 (10th)
1906 AL  1,308 (4th)
1908 AL  1,161 (8th)
Career  11,632 (172nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1901 NL  8 (2nd)
1903 AL  4 (10th)
1906 AL  7 (9th)
1908 AL  13 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 NL  138 (5th)
1902 NL  126 (10th)
1904 AL  150 (3rd)
1905 AL  133 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1901 NL  31 (5th)
1902 NL  25 (4th)
1904 AL  44 (1st)
1905 AL  15 (10th)
Career  97 (249th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  3.2 (5th)
1902 NL  2.8 (4th)
1904 AL  5.2 (1st)
1905 AL  1.7 (10th)
Career  11.2 (223rd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1903 AL  40 (3rd)
1904 AL  55 (1st)
1905 AL  41 (5th)
1906 AL  49 (1st)
1908 AL  45 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1903 AL  103 (5th)
1904 AL  166 (1st)
Career  836 (53rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1904 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  56 (78th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
Career  2.40 (70th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1903 AL  .983 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 133 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 100 (96), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 40 (73), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (127th), 39.0 career WAR/38.5 7yr-peak WAR/38.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
190127Pittsburgh Pirates$1,900Contract at HOFIncl $100 bonus for winning more than 1/2 starts
190329New York Highlanders$5,00011/1/02 Sporting Life
190531New York Highlanders$8,0002/11/05 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,900
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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