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Jack Coombs

John Wesley Coombs (Colby Jack)

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 18, 1882 in Le Grand, IA
High School: Colburn HS (Waterville, ME)
School: Colby College (Waterville, ME)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1905. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1906 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Robins/Tigers 1906-1920

Final Game: July 18, 1920 (Age 37)
Died: April 15, 1957 in Palestine, TX
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Palestine, TX
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 10:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #313. Kevin Tapani… #314. Guy Hecker… #315. Bill Hands… #316. JACK COOMBS… #317. Jim Bagby… #318. Scott Sanderson… #319. Camilo Pascual… 

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
1906 23 PHA AL 10 10 .500 2.50 23 18 4 13 1 0 173.0 144 65 48 0 68 90 7 0 5 703 109 1.225 7.5 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.32
1907 24 PHA AL 6 9 .400 3.12 23 17 4 10 2 2 132.2 109 58 46 2 64 73 9 0 7 554 83 1.304 7.4 0.1 4.3 5.0 1.14
1908 25 PHA AL 7 5 .583 2.00 26 18 6 10 4 0 153.0 130 63 34 1 64 80 3 0 5 624 127 1.268 7.6 0.1 3.8 4.7 1.25
1909 26 PHA AL 12 11 .522 2.32 30 24 5 18 6 1 205.2 156 63 53 1 73 97 6 0 5 812 105 1.113 6.8 0.0 3.2 4.2 1.33
1910 27 PHA AL 31 9 .775 1.30 45 38 6 35 13 1 353.0 248 74 51 0 115 224 7 0 10 1353 182 1.028 6.3 0.0 2.9 5.7 1.95
1911 28 PHA AL 28 12 .700 3.53 47 40 6 26 1 2 336.2 360 166 132 8 119 185 16 0 12 1422 89 1.423 9.6 0.2 3.2 4.9 1.55 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 21 10 .677 3.29 40 32 7 23 1 2 262.1 227 120 96 5 94 120 10 0 1 1046 94 1.224 7.8 0.2 3.2 4.1 1.28
1913 30 PHA AL 0 0 10.13 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 9 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 23 30 2.063 8.4 0.0 10.1 0.0 0.00
1914 31 PHA AL 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 34 62 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 1.1 0.33
1915 32 BRO NL 15 10 .600 2.58 29 24 3 17 2 0 195.2 166 71 56 1 91 56 16 0 3 837 109 1.313 7.6 0.0 4.2 2.6 0.62
1916 33 BRO NL 13 8 .619 2.66 27 19 8 10 3 0 159.0 136 54 47 3 44 47 2 0 2 635 102 1.132 7.7 0.2 2.5 2.7 1.07
1917 34 BRO NL 7 11 .389 3.96 31 14 15 9 0 0 141.0 147 76 62 7 49 34 8 1 0 600 71 1.390 9.4 0.4 3.1 2.2 0.69
1918 35 BRO NL 8 14 .364 3.81 27 20 4 16 2 0 189.0 191 97 80 10 49 44 2 0 4 792 73 1.270 9.1 0.5 2.3 2.1 0.90
1920 37 DET AL 0 0 3.18 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 24 125 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
14 Yrs 158 110 .590 2.78 354 268 69 187 35 8 2320.0 2034 925 717 38 841 1052 88 1 54 9459 99 1.239 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25
162 Game Avg. 17 12 .590 2.78 39 29 8 20 4 1 254 222 101 78 4 92 115 10 0 6 1034 99 1.239 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.1 1.25
PHA (9 yrs) 115 67 .632 2.60 238 191 38 135 28 8 1629.2 1387 622 470 17 606 870 60 0 45 6571 105 1.223 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.44
BRO (4 yrs) 43 43 .500 3.22 114 77 30 52 7 0 684.2 640 298 245 21 233 181 28 1 9 2864 86 1.275 8.4 0.3 3.1 2.4 0.78
DET (1 yr) 0 0 3.18 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 24 125 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 1.6 0.50
AL (10 yrs) 115 67 .632 2.60 240 191 39 135 28 8 1635.1 1394 627 472 17 608 871 60 0 45 6595 105 1.224 7.7 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.43
NL (4 yrs) 43 43 .500 3.22 114 77 30 52 7 0 684.2 640 298 245 21 233 181 28 1 9 2864 86 1.275 8.4 0.3 3.1 2.4 0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1906 23 PHA AL 173.0 23 18 65 3.38 3.65 -0.05 0.00 101.0 3.74 7 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.5 21 .540 .506
1907 24 PHA AL 132.2 23 17 58 3.93 3.63 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.66 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.7 7 .479 .497
1908 25 PHA AL 153.0 26 18 63 3.71 3.50 -0.19 0.00 107.0 3.95 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8 16 .517 .503
1909 26 PHA AL 205.2 30 24 63 2.76 3.37 0.18 0.00 97.0 3.09 11 1.4 1.0 -0.2 3.2 23 .545 .508
1910 27 PHA AL 353.0 45 38 74 1.89 3.54 0.29 0.00 94.0 3.06 49 6.5 1.0 -0.3 9.7 76 .644 .540
1911 28 PHA AL 336.2 47 40 166 4.44 4.46 -0.02 0.00 95.0 4.25 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.3 2.4 29 .484 .495 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 262.1 40 32 120 4.12 4.35 0.27 0.00 93.0 3.79 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.3 1.6 18 .479 .495
1913 30 PHA AL 5.1 2 2 9 15.19 3.75 0.18 0.00 94.0 3.35 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .220 .497
1914 31 PHA AL 8.0 2 2 4 4.50 3.50 0.11 0.00 95.0 3.22 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 -0 .440 .499
1915 32 BRO NL 195.2 29 24 71 3.27 3.64 0.03 0.00 101.0 3.65 10 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.8 22 .544 .508
1916 33 BRO NL 159.0 27 19 54 3.06 3.53 0.11 0.00 101.6 3.47 7 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.1 18 .533 .505
1917 34 BRO NL 139.0 31 14 76 4.92 3.70 -0.03 0.00 100.9 3.76 -18 -2.1 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -9 .431 .487
1918 35 BRO NL 189.0 27 20 97 4.62 3.76 -0.06 0.00 100.0 3.82 -17 -1.9 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 -4 .429 .488
1920 37 DET AL 5.2 2 0 5 7.94 5.22 -0.20 0.00 96.0 5.20 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .419 .499
14 Seasons 2318.0 354 268 925 3.59 3.80 0.08 0.00 98.2 3.65 23 4.4 1.0 -2.0 24.5 208 .512 .502
PHA (9 yrs) 1629.2 238 191 622 3.44 3.85 0.11 0.00 97.0 3.63 42 6.5 1.0 -1.5 21.3 183 .527 .504
BRO (4 yrs) 682.2 114 77 298 3.93 3.66 0.01 0.00 100.8 3.68 -18 -1.9 1.0 -0.5 3.3 26 .483 .497
DET (1 yr) 5.2 2 0 5 7.94 5.22 -0.20 0.00 96.0 5.20 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .419 .499

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1910 27 PHA AL WS W CHC 3 0 1.000 3.33 3 3 0 3 0 0 27.0 24 10 10 0 14 0 17 0 0 1 116 1.407 8.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 1.21
1911 28 PHA AL WS W NYG 1 0 1.000 1.35 2 2 0 1 0 0 20.0 11 5 3 0 6 0 16 1 0 0 73 0.850 5.0 0.0 2.7 7.2 2.67
1916 33 BRO NL WS L BOS 1 0 1.000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24 1.263 9.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 0 1.000 2.70 6 6 0 4 0 0 53.1 42 18 16 1 21 0 34 1 0 1 213 1.181 7.1 0.2 3.5 5.7 1.62
3 WS 5 0 1.000 2.70 6 6 0 4 0 0 53.1 42 18 16 1 21 0 34 1 0 1 213 1.181 7.1 0.2 3.5 5.7 1.62

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
1906 23 PHA AL 24 70 67 9 16 2 0 0 3 2 1 15 .239 .261 .269 .530 64 18 1 1 1
1907 24 PHA AL 24 50 48 4 8 0 0 1 4 1 0 15 .167 .167 .229 .396 25 11 0 2 1
1908 25 PHA AL 78 239 220 24 56 9 5 1 23 6 9 34 .255 .287 .355 .642 103 78 1 9 O1/3
1909 26 PHA AL 37 90 83 4 14 4 0 0 10 1 4 23 .169 .216 .217 .433 35 18 1 2 1
1910 27 PHA AL 46 142 132 20 29 3 0 0 9 3 7 23 .220 .270 .242 .512 61 32 2 1 1
1911 28 PHA AL 52 152 141 31 45 6 1 2 23 5 8 19 .319 .356 .418 .774 117 59 0 3 1 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 56 127 110 10 28 2 0 0 13 1 2 14 18 .255 .344 .273 .617 80 30 1 2 1
1913 30 PHA AL 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 194 2 0 0 /1
1914 31 PHA AL 5 12 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 113 4 0 0 /O1
1915 32 BRO NL 29 78 75 8 21 1 1 0 5 0 1 2 17 .280 .299 .320 .619 85 24 0 1 1
1916 33 BRO NL 27 63 61 2 11 2 0 0 3 0 2 10 .180 .206 .213 .419 27 13 0 0 1
1917 34 BRO NL 32 49 44 4 10 0 1 0 2 1 4 9 .227 .292 .273 .564 72 12 0 1 1
1918 35 BRO NL 46 122 113 6 19 3 2 0 3 1 7 5 .168 .223 .230 .453 39 26 1 1 1O9/8
1920 37 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
14 Yrs 460 1199 1110 123 261 34 10 4 100 21 4 59 191 .235 .278 .295 .573 74 327 7 23
162 Game Avg. 162 422 391 43 92 12 4 1 35 7 21 67 .235 .278 .295 .573 74 115 2 8
PHA (9 yrs) 324 885 815 103 200 28 6 4 87 19 3 44 150 .245 .289 .309 .598 82 252 6 20
BRO (4 yrs) 134 312 293 20 61 6 4 0 13 2 1 15 41 .208 .249 .256 .505 54 75 1 3
DET (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 326 887 817 103 200 28 6 4 87 19 3 44 150 .245 .288 .308 .597 82 252 6 20
NL (4 yrs) 134 312 293 20 61 6 4 0 13 2 1 15 41 .208 .249 .256 .505 54 75 1 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1906 23 PHA AL 24 70 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 3 4 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 4 1
1907 24 PHA AL 24 50 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1908 25 PHA AL 78 239 -1 -0 0 3 -2 0 0.0 9 9 0.9 .500 .500 0.5 0.1 6 O1/3
1909 26 PHA AL 37 90 -6 -0 0 0 7 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 1
1910 27 PHA AL 46 142 -6 -0 0 0 10 4 0.4 5 9 0.4 .510 .503 0.5 -0.0 9 1
1911 28 PHA AL 52 152 3 -0 0 0 13 16 1.6 6 21 1.6 .530 .510 1.5 0.0 21 1 MVP-12
1912 29 PHA AL 56 127 -2 -0 0 0 10 8 0.8 5 13 0.8 .515 .505 0.8 0.0 13 1
1913 30 PHA AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .526 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
1914 31 PHA AL 5 12 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 /O1
1915 32 BRO NL 29 78 -2 -0 0 0 6 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 1
1916 33 BRO NL 27 63 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 1
1917 34 BRO NL 32 49 -2 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 2 3 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 3 1
1918 35 BRO NL 46 122 -7 -0 0 -2 7 -2 -0.3 4 2 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.0 -0.3 4 1O9/8
1920 37 DET AL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .481 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
14 Seasons 460 1199 -35 -2 0 1 68 32 3.4 42 75 4.4 .507 .502 4.2 -0.2 74
PHA (9 yrs) 324 885 -19 -2 0 3 46 29 3.0 33 62 4.0 .509 .502 3.6 0.1 59
BRO (4 yrs) 134 312 -15 -0 0 -2 21 4 0.4 10 13 0.4 .503 .501 0.7 -0.3 15
DET (1 yr) 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .481 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1910 27 PHA AL WS CHC W 3 13 13 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .385 .385 .462 .846 6 1 0 0 0 0
1911 28 PHA AL WS NYG W 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1916 33 BRO NL WS BOS L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 6 24 24 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .375 .708 9 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 6 24 24 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .375 .708 9 1 0 0 0 0

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
1906 PHA AL 23 P 23 173.0 60 16 42 2 4 .967 3.02 2.52 .948 3.22 3.17
1907 PHA AL 24 P 23 132.2 47 9 37 1 2 .979 3.12 2.00 .946 3.28 3.25
1908 PHA AL 25 OF 47 99 92 6 1 3 .990 2.09 .954 1.84 1-11-35
1908 PHA AL 25 P 26 153.0 58 13 42 3 1 .948 3.24 2.12 .946 3.20 3.19
1908 PHA AL 25 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.40
1909 PHA AL 26 P 30 205.2 74 12 60 2 2 .973 3.15 2.40 .942 3.19 3.15
1910 PHA AL 27 P 45 353.0 97 19 77 1 2 .990 2.45 2.13 .942 3.29 3.28
1911 PHA AL 28 P 47 336.2 104 24 71 9 3 .913 2.54 2.02 .938 2.88 2.85 MVP-12
1912 PHA AL 29 P 40 262.1 82 16 66 0 4 1.000 2.81 2.05 .940 2.96 2.90
1913 PHA AL 30 P 2 5.1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69 0.50 .940 3.04 3.00
1914 PHA AL 31 OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .955 2.00 0-2-0
1914 PHA AL 31 P 2 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.50 .940 2.92 2.95
1915 BRO NL 32 P 29 195.2 49 17 31 1 2 .980 2.21 1.66 .952 2.72 2.71
1916 BRO NL 33 P 27 19 10 159.0 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.81 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 BRO NL 34 P 31 14 9 141.0 35 8 26 1 1 .971 2.17 1.10 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 BRO NL 35 P 27 21 16 189.0 52 9 41 2 0 .962 2.38 1.85 .965 2.93 2.94
1918 BRO NL 35 OF 13 10 9 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0.85 .962 2.26 0-3-11
1918 BRO NL 35 RF 10 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 .962 1.86
1918 BRO NL 35 CF 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 .960 2.70
1920 DET AL 37 P 2 0 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70
14 Seasons P 354 54 35 2320.0 684 151 510 23 22 .966 2.56 1.87 .946 3.02 2.99
3 Seasons OF 62 10 9 115 107 6 2 3 .983 1.82 .955 1.93 1-18-56
1 Season (incomplete) RF 10 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 .962 1.86
1 Season (incomplete) CF 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 .960 2.70
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11.40
14 Seasons TOT 417 64 44 2320.0 799 258 516 25 25 .969 2.56 1.86 .948 3.02 2.85 1-18-56
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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 ( 1.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 1.0%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (12, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (951st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1910 AL  10.1 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1910 AL  9.7 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 AL  1.30 (2nd)
Career  2.78 (98th)

Wins s c a p y
1910 AL  31 (1st)
1911 AL  28 (1st)
1912 AL  21 (6th)
Career  158 (224th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1910 AL  .775 (3rd)
1911 AL  .700 (4th)
1912 AL  .677 (5th)
1915 NL  .600 (7th)
1916 NL  .619 (10th)
Career  .590 (153rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1910 AL  1.028 (6th)
Career  1.239 (238th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 AL  6.827 (6th)
1910 AL  6.323 (3rd)
1912 AL  7.788 (6th)
Career  7.891 (91st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  4.682 (6th)
1910 AL  5.711 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1910 AL  45 (1st)
1911 AL  47 (2nd)
1912 AL  40 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1907 AL  2 (9th)
1909 AL  1 (9th)
1910 AL  1 (9th)
1911 AL  2 (6th)
1912 AL  2 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1910 AL  353.0 (3rd)
1911 AL  336.7 (2nd)
1912 AL  262.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1910 AL  224 (3rd)
1911 AL  185 (4th)
1912 AL  120 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1910 AL  38 (2nd)
1911 AL  40 (1st)
1912 AL  32 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1910 AL  35 (2nd)
1911 AL  26 (3rd)
1912 AL  23 (9th)
Career  187 (157th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1909 AL  6 (4th)
1910 AL  13 (1st)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  8 (2nd)
1912 AL  5 (5th)
1917 NL  7 (2nd)
1918 NL  10 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL  73 (10th)
1910 AL  115 (2nd)
1911 AL  119 (2nd)
1912 AL  94 (4th)
1915 NL  91 (5th)
Career  841 (208th)

Hits s c a p y
1910 AL  248 (3rd)
1911 AL  360 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1910 AL  1.948 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  0.000 (1st)
1910 AL  0.000 (1st)
1915 NL  0.046 (2nd)
Career  0.147 (93rd)

Losses s c a p y
1918 NL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  132 (1st)
1912 AL  96 (4th)
1918 NL  80 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1907 AL  7 (8th)
1910 AL  10 (3rd)
1911 AL  12 (3rd)
1918 NL  4 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 AL  16 (2nd)
1912 AL  10 (9th)
1915 NL  16 (3rd)
1917 NL  8 (6th)
Career  88 (118th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1910 AL  1,353 (3rd)
1911 AL  1,422 (2nd)
1912 AL  1,046 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1917 NL  15 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 AL  182 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1910 AL  45 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1910 AL  5.3 (1st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1910 AL  45 (1st)
1911 AL  47 (2nd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1910 AL  19 (5th)
1911 AL  24 (2nd)
1912 AL  16 (3rd)
1915 NL  17 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1911 AL  9 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1910 AL  .990 (1st)
1912 AL  1.000 (1st)
1916 NL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1918 NL  born 1882-11-18 (10th)
1920 AL  born 1882-11-18 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 87 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 95 (108), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (144), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (278th), 28.9 career WAR/28.4 7yr-peak WAR/28.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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  1. Ben Tincup (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Willett (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charley Hall (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Art Fromme (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Orval Overall (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jeff Tesreau (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jeff Tesreau (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Tesreau (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike Garcia (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Red Faber (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Faber (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Red Faber (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Red Faber (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Virgil Trucks (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. John Harkins (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pop Dillon (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Caldwell (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Burleigh Grimes (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Burleigh Grimes (975) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Burleigh Grimes (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Burleigh Grimes (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ted Lyons (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ted Lyons (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Zachary (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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