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Dick Coffman

Samuel Richard Coffman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 18, 1906 in Veto, AL
High School: Athens (Athens, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1927
Teams (by GP): Browns/Giants/Bees/Senators/Phillies 1927-1945

Final Game: June 28, 1945
Died: March 24, 1972 in Athens, AL
Buried: Athens City Cemetery, Athens, AL
Relatives: Brother of Slick Coffman
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1926	19	-min	B,A	6	7	.462	6.07	30						132.0	146	107	89		83								1.735	10.0		5.7			QUI,CNG · IIIL,SOUA
1927	20	-min	AA,A	12	5	.706	2.46	28						161.0	165	67	44		57								1.379	9.2		3.2			JER,BIR · IL,SOUA
1927	20	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	3.38	5	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	20	9	6	0	2		5	2	0	0	71	123	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	2.8	2.50
1928	21	SLB	AL	4	5	.444	6.09	29	7	10	3	0	1	85.2	122	68	58	7	37		25	1	0	3	395	69	1.856	12.8	0.7	3.9	2.6	0.68
1929	22	SLB	AL	1	1	.500	5.98	27	3	13	1	1	1	52.2	61	40	35	3	14		11	3	0	0	236	74	1.424	10.4	0.5	2.4	1.9	0.79
1930	23	SLB	AL	8	18	.308	5.14	38	30	5	12	1	1	196.0	250	134	112	14	69		54	5	1	2	892	94	1.628	11.5	0.6	3.2	2.5	0.78
1931	24	SLB	AL	9	13	.409	3.88	32	17	8	11	2	1	169.1	159	81	73	10	51		39	2	0	2	720	119	1.240	8.5	0.5	2.7	2.1	0.76
1932	25	TOT	AL	6	9	.400	4.06	31	15	7	5	1	0	137.1	158	69	62	5	52		31	3	0	0	600	112	1.529	10.4	0.3	3.4	2.0	0.60
1932	25	SLB	AL	5	3	.625	3.10	9	6	3	3	1	0	61.0	66	24	21	3	21		14	2	0	0	263	157	1.426	9.7	0.4	3.1	2.1	0.67
1932	25	WSH	AL	1	6	.143	4.83	22	9	4	2	0	0	76.1	92	45	41	2	31		17	1	0	0	337	89	1.611	10.8	0.2	3.7	2.0	0.55
1933	26	-min	AA	3	10	.231	5.21	17						95.0	134	69	55		38								1.811	12.7		3.6			MLW · AA
1933	26	SLB	AL	3	7	.300	5.89	21	13	5	3	1	1	81.0	114	57	53	9	39		19	2	0	0	393	79	1.889	12.7	1.0	4.3	2.1	0.49
1934	27	SLB	AL	9	10	.474	4.53	40	21	10	6	1	3	173.0	212	112	87	11	59		55	1	0	3	772	109	1.566	11.0	0.6	3.1	2.9	0.93
1935	28	SLB	AL	5	11	.313	6.14	41	18	12	5	0	2	143.2	206	116	98	14	46		34	2	0	2	683	78	1.754	12.9	0.9	2.9	2.1	0.74
1936	29	NYG	NL	7	5	.583	3.90	42	2	24	0	0	7	101.2	119	53	44	7	23		26	2	0	3	437	100	1.397	10.5	0.6	2.0	2.3	1.13
1937	30	NYG	NL	8	3	.727	3.04	42	1	21	0	0	3	80.0	93	36	27	4	31		30	4	0	1	363	129	1.550	10.5	0.5	3.5	3.4	0.97
1938	31	NYG	NL	8	4	.667	3.48	51	3	35	1	1	12	111.1	116	50	43	3	21		21	3	0	1	463	109	1.231	9.4	0.2	1.7	1.7	1.00	MVP-18
1939	32	NYG	NL	1	2	.333	3.08	28	0	20	0	0	3	38.0	50	18	13	1	6		9	3	0	0	172	130	1.474	11.8	0.2	1.4	2.1	1.50
1940	33	BSN	NL	1	5	.167	5.40	31	0	15	0	0	3	48.1	63	33	29	4	11		11	2	0	0	213	69	1.531	11.7	0.7	2.0	2.0	1.00

1945	38	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	5.13	14	0	9	0	0	0	26.1	39	18	15	0	2		2	0	0	0	116	75	1.557	13.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.00
1946	39	-min	D	1	0	1.000		2						13.0	13	8			0								1.000	9.0		0.0			OZA · ALSL
15 Seasons				72	95	.431	4.65	472	132	194	47	8	38	1460.1	1782	894	755	92	463		372	35	1	17	6526	96	1.537	11.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	0.80
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.431	4.65	53	15	22	5	1	4	164	201	101	85	10	52		42	4	0	2	735	96	1.537	11.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	0.80
			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
SLB (8 yrs)				44	68	.393	5.02	237	115	66	44	7	10	962.1	1190	632	537	71	336		251	18	1	12	4354	94	1.586	11.1	0.7	3.1	2.3	0.75
NYG (4 yrs)				24	14	.632	3.45	163	6	100	1	1	25	331.0	378	157	127	15	81		86	12	0	5	1435	113	1.387	10.3	0.4	2.2	2.3	1.06
WSH (2 yrs)				1	7	.125	4.58	27	11	4	2	0	0	92.1	112	54	47	2	33		22	3	0	0	408	94	1.570	10.9	0.2	3.2	2.1	0.67
PHI (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.13	14	0	9	0	0	0	26.1	39	18	15	0	2		2	0	0	0	116	75	1.557	13.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.00
BSN (1 yr)				1	5	.167	5.40	31	0	15	0	0	3	48.1	63	33	29	4	11		11	2	0	0	213	69	1.531	11.7	0.7	2.0	2.0	1.00

AL (9 yrs)			AL	45	75	.375	4.98	264	126	70	46	7	10	1054.2	1302	686	584	73	369		273	21	1	12	4762	94	1.584	11.1	0.6	3.1	2.3	0.74
NL (6 yrs)			NL	27	20	.574	3.79	208	6	124	1	1	28	405.2	480	208	171	19	94		99	14	0	5	1764	102	1.415	10.6	0.4	2.1	2.2	1.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1927	20	WSH	AL	16.0	2	9	10	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
1928	21	SLB	AL	85.2	7	68	52	0	1.0	-16	-1.3	$
1929	22	SLB	AL	52.2	3	40	34	1	1.0	-6	-0.5	$
1930	23	SLB	AL	196.0	30	134	137	0	1.0	3	0.8	$
1931	24	SLB	AL	169.1	17	81	111	-2	1.0	30	3.5	$
1932	25	SLB	AL	61.0	6	24	41	0	1.0	17	1.8	$
1932	25	WSH	AL	76.1	9	45	51	2	1.0	6	0.2	$
1933	26	SLB	AL	81.0	13	57	52	-1	1.0	-5	0.0	$
1934	27	SLB	AL	173.0	21	112	115	-1	1.0	3	1.5	$
1935	28	SLB	AL	143.2	18	116	94	-3	1.0	-22	-1.0	$
1936	29	NYG	NL	101.2	2	53	61	3	1.0	8	0.3	$
1937	30	NYG	NL	80.0	1	36	47	2	1.0	11	0.9	$
1938	31	NYG	NL	111.1	3	50	63	2	1.0	13	1.1	$	MVP-18
1939	32	NYG	NL	38.0	0	18	22	0	1.0	4	0.4	$
1940	33	BSN	NL	48.1	0	33	27	0	1.0	-6	-0.7	$

1945	38	PHI	NL	26.1	0	18	14	-1	1.0	-4	-0.2	$
15 Seasons				1460.1	132	894	931	2	1.0	37	6.9	$

SLB (8 yrs)				962.1	115	632	636	-6	1.0	4	4.8	$
NYG (4 yrs)				331.0	6	157	193	7	1.0	36	2.7	$
WSH (2 yrs)				92.1	11	54	61	2	1.0	7	0.3	$
PHI (1 yr)				26.1	0	18	14	-1	1.0	-4	-0.2	$
BSN (1 yr)				48.1	0	33	27	0	1.0	-6	-0.7	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1936	29	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	32.40	2	0	1.2	5	6	6	1	1	1	1	11	3.600	27.0	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1937	30	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	4.15	2	1	4.1	2	2	2	0	5	0	1	19	1.615	4.2	0.0	10.4	2.1	0.20
2 Seasons (2 Series)							12.00	4	1	6.0	7	8	8	1	6	1	2	30	2.167	10.5	1.5	9.0	3.0	0.33
2 WS							12.00	4	1	6.0	7	8	8	1	6	1	2	30	2.167	10.5	1.5	9.0	3.0	0.33

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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
1926	19	-min	A,B	19	22	22		2	1	0	0						.091	.091	.136	.227		3						CNG,QUI · SOUA,IIIL
1927	20	-min	AA,A	28	55	55		8	2	0	0						.145	.145	.182	.327		10						JER,BIR · IL,SOUA
1927	20	WSH	AL	5	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	120	1		0	1			/1
1928	21	SLB	AL	29	26	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.043	.083	.043	.127	-66	1		0	2			1
1929	22	SLB	AL	27	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0			1
1930	23	SLB	AL	38	70	66	4	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.136	.162	.182	.344	-14	12		0	2			1
1931	24	SLB	AL	32	59	51	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	.078	.113	.098	.211	-45	5		0	6			1
1932	25	TOT	AL	31	48	44	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	.068	.146	.136	.282	-27	6		0	0			1
1932	25	SLB	AL	9	25	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.045	.160	.045	.205	-45	1		0	0			/1
1932	25	WSH	AL	22	23	22	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	.091	.130	.227	.358	-9	5		0	0			1
1933	26	-min	AA	17	30	30		8	1	0	0						.267	.267	.300	.567		9						MLW · AA
1933	26	SLB	AL	21	29	27	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.037	.103	.074	.178	-53	2		0	0			1
1934	27	SLB	AL	40	57	51	3	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	23	.216	.231	.235	.466	17	12		0	5			1
1935	28	SLB	AL	41	51	41	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	13	.146	.255	.195	.450	16	8		0	4			1
1936	29	NYG	NL	42	22	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.200	.238	.200	.438	19	4	0	0	1			1
1937	30	NYG	NL	42	19	19	1	7	2	0	0	2	0		0	8	.368	.368	.474	.842	125	9	0	0	0			1
1938	31	NYG	NL	51	28	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	15	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61	2	0	0	0			1	MVP-18
1939	32	NYG	NL	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1940	33	BSN	NL	31	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.083	.154	.083	.237	-31	1	0	0	0			1

1945	38	PHI	NL	14	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	86	1	0	0	0			1
1946	39	-min	D																									OZA · ALSL
15 Seasons				472	443	400	21	51	11	1	0	16	0	0	22	151	.128	.173	.160	.333	-13	64	0	0	21
162 Game Avg.				162	152	137	7	18	4	0	0	5	0		8	52	.128	.173	.160	.333	-13	22		0	7
				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
SLB (8 yrs)				237	324	288	15	33	8	0	0	13	0	0	17	101	.115	.164	.142	.306	-21	41		0	19
NYG (4 yrs)				163	73	71	2	13	2	0	0	2	0		1	33	.183	.194	.211	.406	10	15	0	0	1
WSH (2 yrs)				27	28	25	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	9	.120	.185	.240	.425	10	6		0	1
PHI (1 yr)				14	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	86	1	0	0	0
BSN (1 yr)				31	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.083	.154	.083	.237	-31	1	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				264	352	313	18	36	9	1	0	14	0	0	19	110	.115	.166	.150	.316	-19	47		0	20
NL (6 yrs)				208	91	87	3	15	2	0	0	2	0		3	41	.172	.200	.195	.395	8	17	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1927	20	WSH	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1928	21	SLB	AL	26	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
1929	22	SLB	AL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1930	23	SLB	AL	70	-12	0	0	0	0	5	2	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$	1
1931	24	SLB	AL	59	-12	0	0	0	0	4	2	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$	1
1932	25	SLB	AL	25	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/1
1932	25	WSH	AL	23	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1933	26	SLB	AL	29	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
1934	27	SLB	AL	57	-7	0	0	0	0	4	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1935	28	SLB	AL	51	-6	0	0	0	0	3	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1936	29	NYG	NL	22	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1937	30	NYG	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1938	31	NYG	NL	28	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1	MVP-18
1939	32	NYG	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1940	33	BSN	NL	13	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1

1945	38	PHI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
15 Seasons				443	-71	0	0	0	0	32	15	-24	-2.4	-24	-2.4	0.0	$

SLB (8 yrs)				324	-56	0	0	0	0	23	11	-22	-2.1	-22	-2.2	0.1	$
NYG (4 yrs)				73	-9	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
WSH (2 yrs)				28	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
BSN (1 yr)				13	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1936	29	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0
1937	30	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 WS							4	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

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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	Awards
1927	WSH	AL	20	P	5	2	0	16.0	7	3	4	0	0	1.000	3.94	1.40	.959	2.64	2.60
1928	SLB	AL	21	P	29	7	3	85.2	26	4	21	1	1	.962	2.63	0.86	.957	2.44	2.42
1929	SLB	AL	22	P	27	3	1	52.2	15	3	12	0	0	1.000	2.56	0.56	.958	2.34	2.31
1930	SLB	AL	23	P	38	30	12	196.0	49	6	43	0	0	1.000	2.25	1.29	.946	2.20	2.17
1931	SLB	AL	24	P	32	17	11	169.1	40	15	24	1	1	.975	2.07	1.22	.954	2.21	2.19
1932	TOT	AL	25	P	31	15	5	137.1	30	11	19	0	1	1.000	1.97	0.97	.958	2.24	2.23
1932	SLB	AL	25	P	9	6	3	61.0	14	7	7	0	0	1.000	2.07	1.56	.958	2.24	2.23
1932	WSH	AL	25	P	22	9	2	76.1	16	4	12	0	1	1.000	1.89	0.73	.958	2.24	2.23
1933	SLB	AL	26	P	21	13	3	81.0	25	5	19	1	0	.960	2.67	1.14	.960	2.28	2.27
1934	SLB	AL	27	P	40	21	6	173.0	47	7	36	4	1	.915	2.24	1.08	.956	2.14	2.11
1935	SLB	AL	28	P	41	18	5	143.2	37	5	27	5	0	.865	2.00	0.78	.949	2.15	2.14
1936	NYG	NL	29	P	42	2	0	101.2	38	11	26	1	1	.974	3.28	0.88	.950	2.32	2.31
1937	NYG	NL	30	P	42	1	0	80.0	23	2	20	1	2	.957	2.48	0.52	.958	2.38	2.36
1938	NYG	NL	31	P	51	3	1	111.1	24	3	18	3	1	.875	1.70	0.41	.964	2.21	2.19	MVP-18
1939	NYG	NL	32	P	28	0	0	38.0	11	3	6	2	0	.818	2.13	0.32	.960	2.18	2.16
1940	BSN	NL	33	P	31	0	0	48.1	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	2.05	0.35	.962	2.22	2.22
1945	PHI	NL	38	P	14	0	0	26.1	11	0	11	0	2	1.000	3.76	0.79	.963	2.19	2.17
	15 Seasons			P	472	132	47	1460.1	394	82	293	19	10	.952	2.31	0.79	.955	2.24	2.23
	15 Seasons			TOT	472	132	47	1460.1	394	82	293	19	10	.952	2.31	0.79	.955	2.24	2.23
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1938 NL (18, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1931 AL 3.5 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1931 AL 1.240 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1931 AL 8.451 (6th)
Games Played s c a p y 1938 NL 51 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1934 AL 3 (9th) 1936 NL 7 (4th) 1937 NL 3 (8th) 1938 NL 12 (1st) 1940 NL 3 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1930 AL 1 (10th) 1931 AL 2 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1930 AL 18 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 112 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1930 AL 5 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1936 NL 24 (1st) 1937 NL 21 (3rd) 1938 NL 35 (1st) 1939 NL 20 (4th) Career 194 (250th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1931 AL 119 (10th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1938 NL 51 (1st)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1934 AL 4 (4th) 1935 AL 5 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1936 NL 3.28 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1929 AL 1.000 (1st) 1930 AL 1.000 (1st) 1932 AL 1.000 (1st) 1940 NL 1.000 (1st)
Youngest s c a p y 1927 AL born 1906-12-18 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rich Gossage (975) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank McDonald (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Carrithers (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Kline (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Heimach (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Magee (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gordon Rhodes (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Spillner (920) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Klippstein (924) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Klippstein (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Klippstein (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ricky Bones (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Klippstein (921) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Caster (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 19, 1927: Traded by the Washington Senators with Earl McNeely to the St. Louis Browns for Milt Gaston and Sad Sam Jones.
June 9, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Carl Fischer.
December 13, 1932: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Carl Fischer.
November 14, 1935: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Browns.
June 30, 1945: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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