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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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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
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

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 19 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 (1339th)

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 (68th)

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 (141st)

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 (197th)

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
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 (217th)

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 (173rd)

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 (214th)

Hits s c a p y
1917 AL  246 (6th)
1918 AL  275 (2nd)
1919 AL  256 (7th)
1920 AL  316 (3rd)
Career  2897 (142nd)

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 (165th)

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 (84th)

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 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 162 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 110 (81), 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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