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Paul Derringer

Samuel Paul Derringer (Duke or Oom Paul)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 17, 1906 in Springfield, KY
High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, KY)
School: Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1931
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs/Cardinals 1931-1945

Final Game: September 27, 1945
Died: November 17, 1987 in Sarasota, FL
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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
1931 24 STL NL 35 79 72 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 .097 .110 .097 .207 -45 7 0 6 1 MVP-20
1932 25 STL NL 39 79 73 8 13 4 0 0 4 0 2 11 .178 .211 .233 .443 17 17 1 3 1
1933 26 TOT NL 36 85 81 5 14 0 0 0 4 0 1 15 .173 .193 .173 .366 6 14 3 1 2 1
1933 26 STL NL 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1933 26 CIN NL 33 80 76 5 14 0 0 0 4 0 1 14 .184 .205 .184 .389 13 14 3 1 2 1
1934 27 CIN NL 47 98 92 6 18 2 2 0 4 0 3 21 .196 .221 .261 .482 31 24 6 0 3 1
1935 28 CIN NL 45 99 93 3 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 14 .140 .140 .151 .290 -21 14 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-17
1936 29 CIN NL 51 99 90 7 18 2 0 0 7 0 2 15 .200 .217 .222 .440 22 20 0 0 7 1 MVP-11
1937 30 CIN NL 43 82 80 2 16 3 1 0 11 0 0 20 .200 .200 .263 .463 27 21 0 0 2 1
1938 31 CIN NL 41 125 119 8 21 1 0 2 15 0 2 24 .176 .190 .235 .425 17 28 4 0 4 1 AS,MVP-8
1939 32 CIN NL 38 128 110 10 23 3 0 0 17 0 1 11 .209 .216 .236 .453 20 26 6 0 17 1 AS,MVP-3
1940 33 CIN NL 37 112 108 4 18 4 0 0 8 0 0 19 .167 .167 .204 .370 1 22 1 0 4 1 AS,MVP-4
1941 34 CIN NL 29 86 84 2 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 15 .155 .155 .167 .321 -9 14 2 0 2 1 AS
1942 35 CIN NL 29 77 68 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 3 9 .132 .169 .162 .331 -3 11 1 0 6 1 AS
1943 36 CHC NL 32 62 58 4 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 .224 .224 .276 .500 45 16 1 0 4 1
1944 37 CHC NL 42 60 57 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 9 .158 .172 .175 .348 -2 10 0 0 2 1
1945 38 CHC NL 35 84 75 3 15 3 0 0 8 0 0 12 .200 .200 .240 .440 23 18 2 0 9 1
15 Yrs 579 1355 1260 70 220 30 3 2 102 0 16 219 .175 .186 .208 .394 9 262 27 2 77
162 Game Avg. 162 379 353 20 62 8 1 1 29 0 4 61 .175 .186 .208 .394 9 73 1 22
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
CIN (10 yrs) 393 986 920 51 163 19 3 2 83 0 12 162 .177 .189 .211 .400 11 194 24 1 53
STL (3 yrs) 77 163 150 10 20 4 0 0 5 0 3 30 .133 .156 .160 .316 -16 24 0 1 9
CHC (3 yrs) 109 206 190 9 37 7 0 0 14 0 1 27 .195 .199 .232 .431 22 44 3 0 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1931 24 STL NL 35 79 -16 0 0 0 8 -8 -0.8 2 -5 -0.8 .477 .495 -0.8 -0.0 -5 $ 1 MVP-20
1932 25 STL NL 39 79 -9 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1933 26 STL NL 3 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .473 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1933 26 CIN NL 33 80 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1934 27 CIN NL 47 98 -9 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 3 4 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1935 28 CIN NL 45 99 -16 0 0 0 10 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.6 .487 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 $ 1 AS,MVP-17
1936 29 CIN NL 51 99 -10 0 0 0 11 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-11
1937 30 CIN NL 43 82 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $11,000 1
1938 31 CIN NL 41 125 -14 0 0 0 14 1 0.1 4 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1 AS,MVP-8
1939 32 CIN NL 38 128 -14 0 0 0 14 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 4 $18,000 1 AS,MVP-3
1940 33 CIN NL 37 112 -15 0 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 4 2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 2 $ 1 AS,MVP-4
1941 34 CIN NL 29 86 -12 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.3 3 1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 1 $ 1 AS
1942 35 CIN NL 29 77 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1 AS
1943 36 CHC NL 32 62 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1944 37 CHC NL 42 60 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1945 38 CHC NL 35 84 -9 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
15 Seasons 579 1355 -161 2 0 0 142 -17 -2.0 41 24 -1.9 .497 .499 -1.9 -0.1 24 $29,000
CIN (10 yrs) 393 986 -115 1 0 0 107 -6 -0.8 30 23 -0.8 .498 .500 -0.8 -0.1 23 $29,000
STL (3 yrs) 77 163 -26 0 0 0 17 -9 -0.9 5 -4 -0.9 .488 .498 -0.9 -0.0 -4 $
CHC (3 yrs) 109 206 -20 0 0 0 18 -2 -0.2 6 4 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.0 4 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1931 24 STL NL 79 71 1 0.4 108 .130 .097 .291 .110 .351 .097 .411 .207 .762 -45 .010 -15.3 -1.5 .123 .014 .000
1932 25 STL NL 79 63 3 1.3 107 .210 .178 .289 .211 .342 .233 .418 .443 .761 17 .086 -8.7 -0.9 .333 .082 .055
1933 26 TOT NL 85 72 3 1.1 89 .212 .173 .271 .193 .324 .173 .371 .366 .695 6 .085 -9.9 -1.1 .229 .012 .000
1933 26 STL NL 5 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .281 .000 .335 .000 .385 .000 .720 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1933 26 CIN NL 80 67 3 1.2 89 .226 .184 .271 .205 .323 .184 .370 .389 .693 13 .097 -8.6 -0.9 .246 .013 .000
1934 27 CIN NL 98 83 5 1.6 101 .254 .196 .282 .221 .337 .261 .401 .482 .738 31 .122 -9.3 -0.9 .338 .098 .065
1935 28 CIN NL 99 87 2 0.6 100 .165 .140 .280 .140 .335 .151 .400 .290 .735 -21 .024 -15.6 -1.6 .173 .011 .011
1936 29 CIN NL 99 79 4 1.4 97 .240 .200 .277 .217 .335 .222 .388 .440 .723 22 .094 -9.6 -1.0 .306 .044 .022
1937 30 CIN NL 82 66 4 1.6 97 .267 .200 .274 .200 .335 .263 .388 .463 .723 27 .132 -8.2 -0.8 .328 .063 .063
1938 31 CIN NL 125 106 5 1.3 97 .204 .176 .272 .190 .336 .235 .388 .425 .723 17 .093 -13.9 -1.4 .294 .076 .059 .0
1939 32 CIN NL 128 110 6 1.4 105 .232 .209 .283 .216 .349 .236 .404 .453 .753 20 .109 -12.8 -1.3 .290 .036 .027
1940 33 CIN NL 112 95 4 1.1 99 .202 .167 .273 .167 .338 .204 .393 .370 .730 1 .079 -14.8 -1.5 .242 .037 .037
1941 34 CIN NL 86 75 2 0.7 94 .188 .155 .266 .155 .336 .167 .375 .321 .711 -9 .038 -12.5 -1.3 .192 .012 .012
1942 35 CIN NL 77 66 2 0.8 87 .153 .132 .256 .169 .328 .162 .356 .331 .684 -3 .057 -9.0 -1.0 .233 .074 .029
1943 36 CHC NL 62 50 4 2.2 88 .250 .224 .262 .224 .331 .276 .356 .500 .687 45 .249 -4.2 -0.5 .348 .052 .052
1944 37 CHC NL 60 50 2 1.1 93 .188 .158 .267 .172 .334 .175 .375 .348 .709 -2 .076 -7.8 -0.8 .229 .035 .018
1945 38 CHC NL 84 71 4 1.5 95 .238 .200 .271 .200 .340 .240 .374 .440 .714 23 .129 -8.0 -0.8 .290 .040 .040
15 Yrs 1355 1144 51 1.2 98 .210 .175 .275 .186 .337 .208 .388 .394 .725 9 .083 -159.6 -16.4 .262 .046 .033 .0
162 Game Avg. 379 320 14 1.2 98 .210 .175 .275 .186 .337 .208 .388 .394 .725 9 .083 -159.6 -16.4 .262 .046 .033
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (10 yrs) 986 834 37 1.2 97 .213 .177 .274 .189 .336 .211 .388 .400 .724 11 .083 -114.3 -11.7 .265 .047 .034 .0
STL (3 yrs) 163 139 4 0.8 107 .167 .133 .290 .156 .346 .160 .414 .316 .760 -16 .036 -25.3 -2.5 .215 .047 .027
CHC (3 yrs) 206 171 10 1.6 92 .227 .195 .267 .199 .335 .232 .369 .431 .704 22 .144 -20.0 -2.1 .288 .042 .037

Postseason Batting

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
1931 24 STL NL WS PHA W 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1939 32 CIN NL WS NYY L 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 1 0 0 0 0
1940 33 CIN NL WS DET W 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 38 CHC NL WS DET L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 11 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 1 0 1 0 0
4 WS 11 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 1 1 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 CIN NL 31 DNP
1939 CIN NL 32 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CIN NL 33 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CIN NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CIN NL 35 DNP
6 Yrs (4 GP) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1931 24 STL NL 79 0.0% 22.8% 1.3% 0.0% 0% 18.00 4.0 72.0 68%
1932 25 STL NL 79 0.0% 13.9% 2.5% 5.1% 31% 5.50 6.6 18.3 78%
1933 26 TOT NL 85 0.0% 17.7% 1.2% 0.0% 0% 15.00 5.4 20.3 78%
1933 26 STL NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 80%
1933 26 CIN NL 80 0.0% 17.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0% 14.00 5.4 19.0 78%
1934 27 CIN NL 98 0.0% 21.4% 3.1% 4.1% 22% 7.00 4.4 23.0 72%
1935 28 CIN NL 99 0.0% 14.1% 0.0% 1.0% 8% 6.6 13.3 80%
1936 29 CIN NL 99 0.0% 15.2% 2.0% 2.0% 11% 7.50 6.0 12.9 76%
1937 30 CIN NL 82 0.0% 24.4% 0.0% 4.9% 25% 4.0 7.3 73%
1938 31 CIN NL 125 1.6% 19.2% 1.6% 2.4% 14% 12.00 5.0 59.5 7.9 74%
1939 32 CIN NL 128 0.0% 8.6% 0.8% 2.3% 13% 11.00 10.0 6.5 77%
1940 33 CIN NL 112 0.0% 17.0% 0.0% 3.6% 22% 5.7 13.5 79%
1941 34 CIN NL 86 0.0% 17.4% 0.0% 1.2% 8% 5.6 14.0 80%
1942 35 CIN NL 77 0.0% 11.7% 3.9% 2.6% 22% 3.00 7.6 17.0 77%
1943 36 CHC NL 62 0.0% 9.7% 0.0% 4.8% 23% 9.7 29.0 84%
1944 37 CHC NL 60 0.0% 15.0% 1.7% 1.7% 11% 9.00 6.3 14.3 80%
1945 38 CHC NL 84 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 3.6% 20% 6.3 9.4 75%
15 Yrs 1355 0.2% 16.2% 1.2% 2.6% 16% 13.69 5.8 630.0 12.4 77%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.5% 6.5% 27% 1.02 10.3 68.4 8.1 79%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1931 24 35 79 72 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 .097 .110 .097 .207 -45 7 0 6
1932 25 74 158 145 10 20 4 0 0 5 0 3 29 .138 .161 .166 .327 -14 24 1 9
1933 26 110 243 226 15 34 4 0 0 9 0 4 44 .150 .172 .168 .341 -7 38 3 2 11
1934 27 157 341 318 21 52 6 2 0 13 0 7 65 .164 .187 .195 .382 4 62 9 2 14
1935 28 202 440 411 24 65 7 2 0 20 0 7 79 .158 .176 .185 .361 -2 76 10 2 20
1936 29 253 539 501 31 83 9 2 0 27 0 9 94 .166 .184 .192 .375 3 96 10 2 27
1937 30 296 621 581 33 99 12 3 0 38 0 9 114 .170 .186 .201 .387 6 117 10 2 29
1938 31 337 746 700 41 120 13 3 2 53 0 11 138 .171 .187 .207 .394 8 145 14 2 33
1939 32 375 874 810 51 143 16 3 2 70 0 12 149 .177 .191 .211 .402 10 171 20 2 50
1940 33 412 986 918 55 161 20 3 2 78 0 12 168 .175 .188 .210 .398 9 193 21 2 54
1941 34 441 1072 1002 57 174 21 3 2 84 0 12 183 .174 .185 .207 .392 7 207 23 2 56
1942 35 470 1149 1070 61 183 23 3 2 88 0 15 192 .171 .184 .204 .388 7 218 24 2 62
1943 36 502 1211 1128 65 196 26 3 2 90 0 15 198 .174 .186 .207 .393 8 234 25 2 66
1944 37 544 1271 1185 67 205 27 3 2 94 0 16 207 .173 .185 .206 .391 8 244 25 2 68
1945 38 579 1355 1260 70 220 30 3 2 102 0 16 219 .175 .186 .208 .394 9 262 27 2 77

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1931 24 37 83 76 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 .105 .117 .105 .222 1 35
1932 25 41 82 76 7 13 4 0 0 4 0 2 11 .171 .203 .224 .426 3 39
1933 26 38 90 86 6 16 0 0 0 5 0 1 16 .186 .205 .186 .391 3 36
1934 27 50 104 98 6 19 2 2 0 4 0 3 22 .194 .218 .255 .473 5 47
1935 28 47 104 98 3 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 15 .143 .143 .153 .296 2 45
1936 29 53 102 93 7 18 2 0 0 7 0 2 16 .194 .211 .215 .426 4 51
1937 30 45 85 83 2 16 3 1 0 11 0 0 21 .193 .193 .253 .446 4 43
1938 31 43 131 125 8 21 1 0 2 15 0 2 25 .168 .181 .224 .405 5 41
1939 32 40 134 115 9 23 3 0 0 16 0 1 12 .200 .207 .226 .433 5 38
1940 33 39 119 115 5 20 4 0 0 9 0 0 20 .174 .174 .209 .383 4 37
1941 34 30 89 87 2 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 16 .149 .149 .161 .310 2 29
1942 35 31 81 72 5 10 2 0 0 5 0 3 10 .139 .173 .167 .340 2 29
1943 36 33 65 61 5 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 .230 .230 .279 .508 4 32
1944 37 44 63 60 2 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 9 .167 .180 .183 .364 2 42
1945 38 37 89 80 3 17 3 0 0 9 0 0 13 .213 .213 .250 .463 4 35
15 Yrs 608 1421 1325 73 232 30 3 2 107 0 16 231 .175 .186 .207 .393 50 579
162 Game Avg. 162 379 353 19 62 8 1 1 29 0 4 62 .175 .186 .207 .393 13 579

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1958 BBWAA ( 5.6%)
1960 BBWAA ( 3.0%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 NL (20, 4%)
1935 NL (17, 5%)
1936 NL (11, 8%)
1938 NL (8, 21%)
1939 NL (3, 52%)
1940 NL (4, 36%)
1.26 Career Shares (180th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1938 NL  5.3 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1939 NL  17 (10th)

                                         

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