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Eddie Cicotte
Edward Victor Cicotte (Knuckles)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 19, 1884 in Springwells, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1905
Final Game: September 26, 1920
Died: May 5, 1969 in Detroit, MI
Relatives: Greatuncle of Al Cicotte
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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
1905 21 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.50 3 1 2 1 0 0 18.0 25 8 7 0 5 6 0 0 0 75 78 1.667 12.5 0.0 2.5 3.0 1.20
1908 24 BOS AL 11 12 .478 2.43 39 24 13 17 2 2 207.1 198 73 56 0 59 95 9 0 14 830 101 1.240 8.6 0.0 2.6 4.1 1.61
1909 25 BOS AL 13 5 .722 1.97 27 17 9 10 1 2 159.2 117 58 35 3 56 82 1 0 3 596 126 1.084 6.6 0.2 3.2 4.6 1.46
1910 26 BOS AL 15 11 .577 2.74 36 30 5 20 3 0 250.0 213 94 76 4 86 104 13 0 8 1012 93 1.196 7.7 0.1 3.1 3.7 1.21
1911 27 BOS AL 11 15 .423 2.82 35 25 7 16 1 0 220.0 236 118 69 2 73 106 4 0 4 910 116 1.405 9.7 0.1 3.0 4.3 1.45
1912 28 TOT AL 10 10 .500 3.50 29 24 4 15 1 0 198.0 217 97 77 3 52 90 1 1 5 810 94 1.359 9.9 0.1 2.4 4.1 1.73
1912 28 BOS AL 1 3 .250 5.67 9 6 2 2 0 0 46.0 58 34 29 0 15 20 1 0 2 198 60 1.587 11.3 0.0 2.9 3.9 1.33
1912 28 CHW AL 9 7 .563 2.84 20 18 2 13 1 0 152.0 159 63 48 3 37 70 0 1 3 612 114 1.289 9.4 0.2 2.2 4.1 1.89
1913 29 CHW AL 18 12 .600 1.58 41 30 9 18 3 1 268.0 224 77 47 2 73 121 2 0 5 1058 186 1.108 7.5 0.1 2.5 4.1 1.66
1914 30 CHW AL 11 16 .407 2.04 45 30 11 15 4 3 269.1 220 96 61 0 72 122 3 0 6 1023 131 1.084 7.4 0.0 2.4 4.1 1.69 MVP-27
1915 31 CHW AL 13 12 .520 3.02 39 26 7 15 1 3 223.1 216 89 75 2 48 106 6 2 4 881 99 1.182 8.7 0.1 1.9 4.3 2.21
1916 32 CHW AL 15 7 .682 1.78 44 19 15 11 2 5 187.0 138 56 37 1 70 91 1 0 2 705 155 1.112 6.6 0.0 3.4 4.4 1.30
1917 33 CHW AL 28 12 .700 1.53 49 35 9 29 7 4 346.2 246 76 59 2 70 150 3 2 1 1288 174 0.912 6.4 0.1 1.8 3.9 2.14
1918 34 CHW AL 12 19 .387 2.77 38 30 8 24 1 2 266.0 275 102 82 2 40 104 2 0 2 1057 98 1.184 9.3 0.1 1.4 3.5 2.60
1919 35 CHW AL 29 7 .806 1.82 40 35 5 30 5 1 306.2 256 77 62 5 49 110 2 0 1 1176 175 0.995 7.5 0.1 1.4 3.2 2.24
1920 36 CHW AL 21 10 .677 3.26 37 35 2 28 4 2 303.1 316 128 110 6 74 87 2 0 3 1236 115 1.286 9.4 0.2 2.2 2.6 1.18
14 Seasons 208 149 .583 2.38 502 361 106 249 35 25 3223.1 2897 1149 853 32 827 1374 49 5 58 12657 123 1.155 8.1 0.1 2.3 3.8 1.66
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .583 2.38 40 28 8 20 3 2 254 228 91 67 3 65 108 4 0 5 997 123 1.155 8.1 0.1 2.3 3.8 1.66
CHW (9 yrs) 156 102 .605 2.25 353 258 68 183 28 21 2322.1 2050 764 581 23 533 961 21 5 27 9036 133 1.112 7.9 0.1 2.1 3.7 1.80
BOS (5 yrs) 51 46 .526 2.70 146 102 36 65 7 4 883.0 822 377 265 9 289 407 28 0 31 3546 101 1.258 8.4 0.1 2.9 4.1 1.41
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.50 3 1 2 1 0 0 18.0 25 8 7 0 5 6 0 0 0 75 78 1.667 12.5 0.0 2.5 3.0 1.20

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
1917 33 CHW AL WS W NYG 1 1 .500 1.57 3 2 0 2 0 0 23.0 23 5 4 0 2 1 13 0 0 0 95 1.087 9.0 0.0 0.8 5.1 6.50
1919 35 CHW AL WS L CIN 1 2 .333 2.91 3 3 0 2 0 0 21.2 19 9 7 0 5 0 7 1 0 0 87 1.108 7.9 0.0 2.1 2.9 1.40
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 3 .400 2.22 6 5 0 4 0 0 44.2 42 14 11 0 7 1 20 1 0 0 182 1.097 8.5 0.0 1.4 4.0 2.86
2 WS 2 3 .400 2.22 6 5 0 4 0 0 44.2 42 14 11 0 7 1 20 1 0 0 182 1.097 8.5 0.0 1.4 4.0 2.86
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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
1905 21 DET AL 3 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 171 3 0 0 /1
1908 24 BOS AL 40 75 72 10 17 2 1 0 6 1 3 .236 .267 .292 .558 79 21 0 0 1
1909 25 BOS AL 27 61 51 4 12 0 0 0 1 2 7 .235 .328 .235 .563 77 12 0 3 1
1910 26 BOS AL 36 98 85 9 12 3 0 0 4 0 8 .141 .223 .176 .400 24 15 1 4 1
1911 27 BOS AL 35 84 71 7 10 1 0 0 3 0 8 .141 .228 .155 .383 8 11 0 5 1
1912 28 TOT AL 29 75 66 11 15 2 0 0 4 0 6 .227 .292 .258 .549 58 17 0 3 1
1912 28 BOS AL 9 17 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 .154 .353 .154 .507 43 2 0 0 /1
1912 28 CHW AL 20 58 53 10 13 2 0 0 3 0 2 .245 .273 .283 .556 61 15 0 3 1
1913 29 CHW AL 41 99 91 7 13 2 0 0 2 0 4 16 .143 .179 .165 .344 1 15 0 4 1
1914 30 CHW AL 45 95 86 5 14 2 0 0 4 0 3 18 .163 .191 .186 .377 14 16 0 6 1 MVP-27
1915 31 CHW AL 40 84 67 10 14 1 0 0 4 0 7 16 .209 .284 .224 .508 50 15 0 10 1
1916 32 CHW AL 44 70 57 6 12 2 0 0 4 0 4 16 .211 .274 .246 .520 56 14 1 8 1
1917 33 CHW AL 49 133 112 6 20 2 0 0 8 1 12 23 .179 .264 .196 .460 39 22 1 8 1
1918 34 CHW AL 38 99 86 6 14 5 1 0 4 0 12 12 .163 .265 .244 .509 53 21 0 1 1
1919 35 CHW AL 40 119 99 5 20 0 1 0 8 0 9 18 .202 .269 .222 .491 38 22 0 11 1
1920 36 CHW AL 37 121 112 10 22 2 0 0 6 2 0 5 10 .196 .231 .214 .445 18 24 0 4 1
14 Seasons 504 1220 1062 97 198 24 3 0 58 6 0 88 129 .186 .251 .215 .465 37 228 3 67
162 Game Avg. 162 392 341 31 64 8 1 0 19 2 28 .186 .251 .215 .465 37 73 1 22
CHW (9 yrs) 354 878 763 65 142 18 2 0 43 3 0 58 129 .186 .245 .215 .460 34 164 2 55
BOS (5 yrs) 147 335 292 31 53 6 1 0 15 3 30 .182 .260 .209 .469 43 61 1 12
DET (1 yr) 3 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 171 3 0 0

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
1917 33 CHW AL WS NYG W 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 35 CHW AL WS CIN L 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0 0 0 0 0
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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
1905 DET AL 21 P 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .933 2.60
1908 BOS AL 24 P 39 85 12 65 8 0 .906 1.97 .948 2.28
1909 BOS AL 25 P 27 63 4 50 9 2 .857 2.00 .948 2.25
1910 BOS AL 26 P 36 113 9 98 6 1 .947 2.97 .942 2.35
1911 BOS AL 27 P 35 80 11 62 7 2 .913 2.09 .940 1.89
1912 TOT AL 28 P 29 84 10 69 5 6 .940 2.72 .940 1.95
1912 BOS AL 28 P 9 21 3 16 2 2 .905 2.11 .943 1.96
1912 CHW AL 28 P 20 63 7 53 3 4 .952 3.00 .940 1.95
1913 CHW AL 29 P 41 122 10 109 3 9 .975 2.90 .934 1.83
1914 CHW AL 30 P 45 124 8 110 6 4 .952 2.62 .935 1.74 MVP-27
1915 CHW AL 31 P 39 76 5 68 3 2 .961 1.87 .936 1.80
1916 CHW AL 32 P 44 70 9 55 6 4 .914 1.45 .947 1.69
1917 CHW AL 33 P 49 113 14 94 5 2 .956 2.20 .947 1.83
1918 CHW AL 34 P 38 84 9 71 4 0 .952 2.11 .952 1.85
1919 CHW AL 35 P 40 80 13 64 3 1 .963 1.93 .948 1.76
1920 CHW AL 36 P 37 99 13 81 5 3 .949 2.54 .948 1.66
14 Seasons P 502 1196 128 998 70 36 .941 2.24 .943 1.90
14 Seasons TOT 502 1196 128 998 70 36 .941 2.24 .884 1.90

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1914-AL-27-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1913 AL--1.578--2nd
1914 AL--2.038--5th
1916 AL--1.781--2nd
1917 AL--1.532--1st
1919 AL--1.820--2nd
Career--2.382--25th

Wins s c a p y
1913 AL--18--8th
1917 AL--28--1st
1919 AL--29--1st
1920 AL--21--6th
Career--208--98th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1909 AL--.722--2nd
1916 AL--.682--2nd
1917 AL--.700--4th
1919 AL--.806--1st
1920 AL--.677--5th
Career--.583--172nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1913 AL--1.108--5th
1914 AL--1.084--7th
1916 AL--1.112--8th
1917 AL--.912--1st
1918 AL--1.184--9th
1919 AL--.995--2nd
1920 AL--1.286--9th
Career--1.155--67th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 AL--6.595--4th
1913 AL--7.522--10th
1914 AL--7.352--6th
1916 AL--6.642--3rd
1917 AL--6.387--2nd
1919 AL--7.513--4th
Career--8.089--140th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1912 AL--2.364--10th
1913 AL--2.452--10th
1915 AL--1.934--5th
1917 AL--1.817--3rd
1918 AL--1.353--1st
1919 AL--1.438--1st
1920 AL--2.196--4th
Career--2.309--196th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL--4.380--10th
1917 AL--3.894--10th
1918 AL--3.519--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1910 AL--36--10th
1913 AL--41--10th
1914 AL--45--5th
1917 AL--49--2nd
1918 AL--38--8th
1919 AL--40--7th

Saves s c a p y
1905 AL--0--9th
1908 AL--2--4th
1909 AL--2--3rd
1914 AL--3--6th
1915 AL--3--8th
1916 AL--5--4th
1917 AL--4--5th
1918 AL--2--9th
1919 AL--1--10th
1920 AL--2--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1913 AL--268.0--6th
1914 AL--269.3--9th
1917 AL--346.7--1st
1918 AL--266.0--7th
1919 AL--306.7--1st
1920 AL--303.3--5th
Career--3223.3--98th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 AL--122--10th
1917 AL--150--2nd
1918 AL--104--6th
1919 AL--110--7th
Career--1374--209th

Games Started s c a p y
1910 AL--30--9th
1913 AL--30--10th
1917 AL--35--6th
1918 AL--30--7th
1919 AL--35--3rd
1920 AL--35--7th
Career--361--171st

Complete Games s c a p y
1917 AL--29--3rd
1918 AL--24--6th
1919 AL--30--1st
1920 AL--28--2nd
Career--249--81st

Shutouts s c a p y
1913 AL--3--9th
1917 AL--7--4th
1919 AL--5--2nd
1920 AL--4--4th
Career--35--71st

Home Runs s c a p y
1909 AL--3--5th
1910 AL--4--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1910 AL--86--5th
Career--827--212th

Hits s c a p y
1917 AL--246--6th
1918 AL--275--2nd
1919 AL--256--7th
1920 AL--316--3rd
Career--2897--140th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1913 AL--1.658--9th
1915 AL--2.208--4th
1917 AL--2.143--2nd
1918 AL--2.600--1st
1919 AL--2.245--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 AL--0.00--1st
1911 AL--.082--9th
1914 AL--0.00--1st
1916 AL--.048--9th
1917 AL--.052--10th
1919 AL--.147--9th
1920 AL--.178--4th
Career--.089--20th

Losses s c a p y
1911 AL--15--6th
1914 AL--16--7th
1918 AL--19--1st
Career--149--163rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1910 AL--76--5th
1918 AL--82--3rd
1920 AL--110--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1908 AL--14--1st
1910 AL--8--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1910 AL--13--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1910 AL--1012--10th
1913 AL--1058--10th
1917 AL--1288--2nd
1918 AL--1057--7th
1919 AL--1176--2nd
1920 AL--1236--5th
Career--12657--108th

Games Finished s c a p y
1908 AL--13--4th
1909 AL--9--10th
1916 AL--15--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1913 AL--186--2nd
1914 AL--131--5th
1916 AL--155--2nd
1917 AL--174--1st
1919 AL--175--2nd
Career--123--83rd

Oldest s c a p y
1920 AL--born 1884-06-19--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1905 AL--born 1884-06-19--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 165 (81), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 110 (80), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 42 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1908 Season: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from Lincoln (Western) for $2,500.

July 9, 1912: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Red Sox.

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