Ed Cole

Edward William Cole
born Edward William Kisleauskas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 22, 1909 in Wilkes-Barre, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1938
Team: Browns 1938-1939

Final Game: September 24, 1939
Died: July 28, 1999 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, TN
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1931	22	JHN	C	1	2	.333		5						34.0																		JHN · MATL
1933	24	WKB	A	2	1	.667		10						23.0	28	20			19							2.043	11.0		7.4			WKB · NYPL
1934	25	PHI-min	A	18	13	.581	4.75	36						250.0	288	155	132		109							1.588	10.4		3.9			HZL · NYPL
1935	26	GAL	A	15	19	.441	3.20	38	33					264.0	253	126	94		88							1.292	8.6		3.0			GAL · TL
1936	27	GAL	A1	9	11	.450	3.33	25	19					165.0	162	89	61		59							1.339	8.8		3.2			GAL · TL
1937	28	GAL	A1	18	18	.500	2.85	42	37					313.0	266	119	99		95							1.153	7.6		2.7			GAL · TL
1938	29	SLB	AL	1	5	.167	5.18	36	6	21	1	0	3	88.2	116	69	51	8	48	26	5	1	1	432	97	1.850	11.8	0.8	4.9	2.6	0.54
1939	30	BAL-min	A1	16	10	.615	2.70	33	27					257.0	239	97	77		70							1.202	8.4		2.5			SAN · TL
1939	30	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	7.11	6	0	5	0	0	0	6.1	8	7	5	1	6	5	0	0	0	34	72	2.211	11.4	1.4	8.5	7.1	0.83
1940	31	BAL-min	A1,AA	8	17	.320	3.93	34	8					206.0	227	99	90		66							1.422	9.9		2.9			SAN,TOL · TL,AA
1941	32	SLE	AA	11	6	.647	3.00	22	16		9	1		123.0	124	54	41		43	40	5	0	3			1.358	9.1		3.1	2.9	0.93	SLE · PCL
1946	37	BAL-min	AA	13	9	.591	2.81	30	20					189.0	179	79	59		51							1.217	8.5		2.4			SAN · TL
1947	38	BAL-min	A,AA	5	11	.313	5.67	37						127.0	156	94	80		46							1.591	11.1		3.3			ELM,SAN · EL,TL
1948	39	BAL-min	B	18	10	.643	4.32	41	30					250.0	277	137	120		78							1.420	10.0		2.8			WFL · BSTL
1949	40	BAL-min	B	16	10	.615	4.29	32						214.0	255	128	102		77							1.551	10.7		3.2			WFL · BSTL
1950	41	BAL-min	D,B	12	10	.545	3.71	31	14					182.0	186	108	75	8	41							1.247	9.2	0.4	2.0			CHK,WFL,GNE · SOSL,BSTL
1951	42	PTA	B	4	12	.250	4.88	19						129.0	167	103	70		41							1.612	11.7		2.9			PTA · GULF
2 Yrs				1	7	.125	5.31	42	6	26	1	0	3	95.0	124	76	56	9	54	31	5	1	1	466	94	1.874	11.7	0.9	5.1	2.9	0.57
162 Game Avg.				1	10	.125	5.31	60	9	37	1	0	4	135	176	108	79	13	77	44	7	1	1	660	94	1.874	11.7	0.9	5.1	2.9	0.57

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1938	29	SLB	AL	88.2	36	6	69	7.00	5.57	-0.43	102.9	6.17	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	0.0	3	.478	.495	$
1939	30	SLB	AL	6.1	6	0	7	9.95	5.31	-0.51	108.4	6.31	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.461	.499	$
2 Seasons				95.0	42	6	76	7.20	5.55	-0.43	103.2	6.18	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	1	.475	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1938	29	SLB	AL	432	1.9%	6.0%	11.1%	2.6%	10%	78%
1939	30	SLB	AL	34	2.9%	14.7%	17.7%			59%
2 Yrs				466	1.9%	6.7%	11.6%	2.4%	9%	77%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.8%	8.9%	3.2%	13%	78%

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+
1938	29	1	5	.167	5.18	36	6	21	1	0	3	88.2	116	69	51	8	48		26	5	1	1	432	97	1.850	11.8	0.8	4.9	2.6	0.54	97
1939	30	1	7	.125	5.31	42	6	26	1	0	3	95.0	124	76	56	9	54		31	5	1	1	466	94	1.874	11.7	0.9	5.1	2.9	0.57	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1938	29	5	5	.500	3.91	99.0	110	48	43	8	46	29	5	1.576	10.0	4.2	2.6	0.63	0.7	36
1939	30	0	0		4.50	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	6	0	1.500	7.9	5.6	6.8	1.20	1.1	6
2 Yrs		5	5	.500	3.95	107.0	117	52	47	9	51	35	5	1.570	9.8		2.9	0.69	0.8	42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1938 AL 3 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1938 AL 5 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1938 AL 21 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1938 AL 3 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 AL 5 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1938 AL 21 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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