Paul Derringer
Samuel Paul Derringer (Duke and Oom Paul)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 17, 1906 in Springfield, KY
High School: Springfield (Springfield, KY)
School: Georgetown College (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1931
Final Game: September 27, 1945
Died: November 17, 1987 in Sarasota, FL
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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
1931 24 STL NL 18 8 .692 3.36 35 23 10 15 4 2 211.2 225 88 79 9 65 134 4 0 6 901 117 1.370 9.6 0.4 2.8 5.7 2.06 MVP-20
1932 25 STL NL 11 14 .440 4.05 39 30 4 14 1 0 233.1 296 133 105 6 67 78 2 0 9 1043 97 1.556 11.4 0.2 2.6 3.0 1.16
1933 26 TOT NL 7 27 .206 3.30 36 33 3 17 2 1 248.0 264 117 91 4 60 89 6 0 7 1045 103 1.306 9.6 0.1 2.2 3.2 1.48
1933 26 STL NL 0 2 .000 4.24 3 2 1 1 0 0 17.0 24 11 8 0 9 3 1 0 1 84 82 1.941 12.7 0.0 4.8 1.6 0.33
1933 26 CIN NL 7 25 .219 3.23 33 31 2 16 2 1 231.0 240 106 83 4 51 86 5 0 6 961 105 1.260 9.4 0.2 2.0 3.4 1.69
1934 27 CIN NL 15 21 .417 3.59 47 31 15 18 1 4 261.0 297 129 104 8 59 122 4 0 7 1128 113 1.364 10.2 0.3 2.0 4.2 2.07
1935 28 CIN NL 22 13 .629 3.51 45 33 9 20 3 2 276.2 295 132 108 13 49 120 4 0 2 1153 113 1.243 9.6 0.4 1.6 3.9 2.45 AS,MVP-17
1936 29 CIN NL 19 19 .500 4.02 51 37 10 13 2 5 282.1 331 147 126 11 42 121 4 2 6 1207 95 1.321 10.6 0.4 1.3 3.9 2.88 MVP-11
1937 30 CIN NL 10 14 .417 4.04 43 26 12 12 1 1 222.2 240 112 100 7 55 94 0 0 0 963 92 1.325 9.7 0.3 2.2 3.8 1.71
1938 31 CIN NL 21 14 .600 2.93 41 37 4 26 4 3 307.0 315 110 100 20 49 132 0 0 1 1263 124 1.186 9.2 0.6 1.4 3.9 2.69 AS,MVP-8
1939 32 CIN NL 25 7 .781 2.93 38 35 1 28 5 0 301.0 321 115 98 15 35 128 3 0 2 1245 131 1.183 9.6 0.4 1.0 3.8 3.66 AS,MVP-3
1940 33 CIN NL 20 12 .625 3.06 37 37 0 26 3 0 296.2 280 110 101 17 48 115 0 0 1 1205 124 1.106 8.5 0.5 1.5 3.5 2.40 AS,MVP-4
1941 34 CIN NL 12 14 .462 3.31 29 28 1 17 2 1 228.1 233 91 84 16 54 76 0 0 2 950 110 1.257 9.2 0.6 2.1 3.0 1.41 AS
1942 35 CIN NL 10 11 .476 3.06 29 27 0 13 1 0 208.2 203 83 71 4 49 68 4 0 0 872 108 1.208 8.8 0.2 2.1 2.9 1.39 AS
1943 36 CHC NL 10 14 .417 3.57 32 22 7 10 2 3 174.0 184 90 69 7 39 75 0 0 3 743 94 1.282 9.5 0.4 2.0 3.9 1.92
1944 37 CHC NL 7 13 .350 4.15 42 16 17 7 0 3 180.0 205 96 83 13 39 69 0 0 2 772 85 1.356 10.3 0.7 2.0 3.5 1.77
1945 38 CHC NL 16 11 .593 3.45 35 30 5 15 1 4 213.2 223 99 82 8 51 86 1 0 2 901 106 1.282 9.4 0.3 2.1 3.6 1.69
15 Seasons 223 212 .513 3.46 579 445 98 251 32 29 3645.0 3912 1652 1401 158 761 1507 32 2 50 15391 108 1.282 9.7 0.4 1.9 3.7 1.98
162 Game Avg. 15 14 .513 3.46 38 30 7 17 2 2 242 260 110 93 10 51 100 2 0 3 1022 108 1.282 9.7 0.4 1.9 3.7 1.98
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
CIN (10 yrs) 161 150 .518 3.36 393 322 54 189 24 17 2615.1 2755 1135 975 115 491 1062 24 2 27 10947 111 1.241 9.5 0.4 1.7 3.7 2.16
STL (3 yrs) 29 24 .547 3.74 77 55 15 30 5 2 462.0 545 232 192 15 141 215 7 0 16 2028 105 1.485 10.6 0.3 2.7 4.2 1.52
CHC (3 yrs) 33 38 .465 3.71 109 68 29 32 3 10 567.2 612 285 234 28 129 230 1 0 7 2416 95 1.305 9.7 0.4 2.0 3.6 1.78

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
1931 24 STL NL WS W PHA 0 2 .000 4.26 3 2 1 0 0 0 12.2 14 10 6 1 7 0 14 0 0 1 59 1.658 9.9 0.7 5.0 9.9 2.00
1939 32 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 2.35 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.1 9 4 4 2 3 1 9 0 0 0 58 0.783 5.3 1.2 1.8 5.3 3.00
1940 33 CIN NL WS W DET 2 1 .667 2.79 3 3 0 2 0 0 19.1 17 8 6 0 10 2 6 0 0 0 84 1.397 7.9 0.0 4.7 2.8 0.60
1945 38 CHC NL WS L DET 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 29 2.250 8.4 0.0 11.8 1.7 0.14
4 Seasons (4 Series) 2 4 .333 3.42 11 7 1 3 0 0 52.2 45 26 20 3 27 5 30 0 0 1 230 1.367 7.7 0.5 4.6 5.1 1.11
4 WS 2 4 .333 3.42 11 7 1 3 0 0 52.2 45 26 20 3 27 5 30 0 0 1 230 1.367 7.7 0.5 4.6 5.1 1.11

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1935 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1938 CIN NL 31
1939 CIN NL 32 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1940 CIN NL 33 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1941 CIN NL 34 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1942 CIN NL 35
6 Seasons (4 Appearances) 2 1 0 1.000 1.12 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 31 0.875 6.8 0.0 1.1 6.8 6.00

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1931 24 18 8 .692 3.36 35 23 10 15 4 2 211.2 225 88 79 9 65 134 4 0 6 901 117 1.370 9.6 0.4 2.8 5.7 2.06 117
1932 25 29 22 .569 3.72 74 53 14 29 5 2 445.0 521 221 184 15 132 212 6 0 15 1944 106 1.467 10.5 0.3 2.7 4.3 1.61 106
1933 26 36 49 .424 3.57 110 86 17 46 7 3 693.0 785 338 275 19 192 301 12 0 22 2989 105 1.410 10.2 0.2 2.5 3.9 1.57 105
1934 27 51 70 .421 3.58 157 117 32 64 8 7 954.0 1082 467 379 27 251 423 16 0 29 4117 107 1.397 10.2 0.3 2.4 4.0 1.69 107
1935 28 73 83 .468 3.56 202 150 41 84 11 9 1230.2 1377 599 487 40 300 543 20 0 31 5270 108 1.363 10.1 0.3 2.2 4.0 1.81 108
1936 29 92 102 .474 3.65 253 187 51 97 13 14 1513.0 1708 746 613 51 342 664 24 2 37 6477 106 1.355 10.2 0.3 2.0 3.9 1.94 106
1937 30 102 116 .468 3.70 296 213 63 109 14 15 1735.2 1948 858 713 58 397 758 24 2 37 7440 104 1.351 10.1 0.3 2.1 3.9 1.91 104
1938 31 123 130 .486 3.58 337 250 67 135 18 18 2042.2 2263 968 813 78 446 890 24 2 38 8703 106 1.326 10.0 0.3 2.0 3.9 2.00 106
1939 32 148 137 .519 3.50 375 285 68 163 23 18 2343.2 2584 1083 911 93 481 1018 27 2 40 9948 109 1.308 9.9 0.4 1.8 3.9 2.12 109
1940 33 168 149 .530 3.45 412 322 68 189 26 18 2640.1 2864 1193 1012 110 529 1133 27 2 41 11153 110 1.285 9.8 0.4 1.8 3.9 2.14 110
1941 34 180 163 .525 3.44 441 350 69 206 28 19 2868.2 3097 1284 1096 126 583 1209 27 2 43 12103 110 1.283 9.7 0.4 1.8 3.8 2.07 110
1942 35 190 174 .522 3.41 470 377 69 219 29 19 3077.1 3300 1367 1167 130 632 1277 31 2 43 12975 110 1.278 9.7 0.4 1.8 3.7 2.02 110
1943 36 200 188 .515 3.42 502 399 76 229 31 22 3251.1 3484 1457 1236 137 671 1352 31 2 46 13718 109 1.278 9.6 0.4 1.9 3.7 2.01 109
1944 37 207 201 .507 3.46 544 415 93 236 31 25 3431.1 3689 1553 1319 150 710 1421 31 2 48 14490 108 1.282 9.7 0.4 1.9 3.7 2.00 108
1945 38 223 212 .513 3.46 579 445 98 251 32 29 3645.0 3912 1652 1401 158 761 1507 32 2 50 15391 108 1.282 9.7 0.4 1.9 3.7 1.98 108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1931 24 13 10 .565 3.36 214.0 230 89 80 9 66 135 4 1.383 9.7 2.8 5.7 2.05 0.4 35
1932 25 13 13 .500 3.94 240.0 300 117 105 6 68 80 2 1.533 11.3 2.6 3.0 1.18 0.2 39
1933 26 14 13 .519 3.82 245.0 286 116 104 4 65 88 6 1.433 10.5 2.4 3.2 1.35 0.1 36
1934 27 17 13 .567 3.38 277.0 306 116 104 8 61 129 4 1.325 9.9 2.0 4.2 2.11 0.3 47
1935 28 18 13 .581 3.40 286.0 302 120 108 13 50 124 4 1.231 9.5 1.6 3.9 2.48 0.4 45
1936 29 16 16 .500 4.03 290.0 343 144 130 11 44 124 4 1.334 10.6 1.4 3.8 2.82 0.3 51
1937 30 12 13 .480 4.19 232.0 258 120 108 8 59 98 0 1.366 10.0 2.3 3.8 1.66 0.3 43
1938 31 21 13 .618 3.15 314.0 341 122 110 22 53 135 0 1.255 9.8 1.5 3.9 2.55 0.6 41
1939 32 21 13 .618 3.05 310.0 341 117 105 16 37 132 3 1.219 9.9 1.1 3.8 3.57 0.5 38
1940 33 21 13 .618 3.18 306.0 298 120 108 18 51 119 0 1.141 8.8 1.5 3.5 2.33 0.5 37
1941 34 14 11 .560 3.59 228.0 247 101 91 17 57 76 0 1.333 9.8 2.3 3.0 1.33 0.7 29
1942 35 13 10 .565 3.61 212.0 228 94 85 4 55 69 4 1.335 9.7 2.3 2.9 1.25 0.2 29
1943 36 9 10 .474 4.14 176.0 205 90 81 8 43 76 0 1.409 10.5 2.2 3.9 1.77 0.4 32
1944 37 9 11 .450 4.55 180.0 220 101 91 14 42 69 0 1.456 11.0 2.1 3.5 1.64 0.7 42
1945 38 13 11 .542 3.65 217.0 236 98 88 8 54 87 1 1.336 9.8 2.2 3.6 1.61 0.3 35
15 Seasons 224 183 .550 3.62 3727.0 4141 1665 1498 166 805 1541 32 1.327 10.0 3.7 1.91 0.4 579

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1935 *
1938
1939 (P)
1940 (P)
1941 *
1942

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 (175th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1938 NL--2.932--3rd
1939 NL--2.930--5th
1940 NL--3.064--7th

Wins s c a p y
1931 NL--18--4th
1935 NL--22--3rd
1936 NL--19--3rd
1938 NL--21--2nd
1939 NL--25--2nd
1940 NL--20--2nd
1945 NL--16--6th
Career--223--70th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1931 NL--.692--1st
1938 NL--.600--10th
1939 NL--.781--1st
1940 NL--.625--6th
1945 NL--.593--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1938 NL--1.186--2nd
1939 NL--1.183--4th
1940 NL--1.106--2nd
1941 NL--1.257--10th
1942 NL--1.208--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL--8.494--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 NL--1.594--4th
1936 NL--1.339--2nd
1938 NL--1.437--2nd
1939 NL--1.047--1st
1940 NL--1.456--1st
1941 NL--2.128--3rd
1942 NL--2.113--4th
1943 NL--2.017--3rd
1944 NL--1.950--5th
1945 NL--2.148--6th
Career--1.879--66th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL--5.698--3rd
1934 NL--4.207--9th
1936 NL--3.857--8th
1939 NL--3.827--10th
1943 NL--3.879--9th
1945 NL--3.623--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1934 NL--47--7th
1935 NL--45--6th
1936 NL--51--1st
1937 NL--43--8th
1944 NL--42--6th
Career--579--203rd

Saves s c a p y
1936 NL--5--7th
1943 NL--3--10th
1944 NL--3--6th
1945 NL--4--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1934 NL--261.0--9th
1935 NL--276.7--3rd
1936 NL--282.3--4th
1938 NL--307.0--1st
1939 NL--301.0--2nd
1940 NL--296.7--2nd
1941 NL--228.3--9th
Career--3645.0--58th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1931 NL--134--4th
1933 NL--89--10th
1934 NL--122--5th
1935 NL--120--6th
1936 NL--121--5th
1938 NL--132--2nd
1939 NL--128--4th
1940 NL--115--5th
1945 NL--86--8th
Career--1507--166th

Games Started s c a p y
1933 NL--33--6th
1934 NL--31--10th
1935 NL--33--3rd
1936 NL--37--1st
1938 NL--37--1st
1939 NL--35--4th
1940 NL--37--1st
1941 NL--28--9th
1945 NL--30--6th
Career--445--79th

Complete Games s c a p y
1934 NL--18--6th
1935 NL--20--4th
1938 NL--26--1st
1939 NL--28--2nd
1940 NL--26--2nd
1941 NL--17--9th
1945 NL--15--7th
Career--251--77th

Shutouts s c a p y
1931 NL--4--2nd
1935 NL--3--6th
1936 NL--2--10th
1938 NL--4--3rd
1939 NL--5--2nd
1940 NL--3--7th
Career--32--99th

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL--20--2nd
1939 NL--15--6th
1940 NL--17--5th
1941 NL--16--4th
1944 NL--13--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 NL--67--9th

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL--296--2nd
1933 NL--264--4th
1934 NL--297--4th
1935 NL--295--3rd
1936 NL--331--1st
1938 NL--315--1st
1939 NL--321--1st
1940 NL--280--2nd
1941 NL--233--5th
1945 NL--223--7th
Career--3912--44th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1931 NL--2.062--4th
1933 NL--1.483--10th
1934 NL--2.068--6th
1935 NL--2.449--6th
1936 NL--2.881--2nd
1938 NL--2.694--2nd
1939 NL--3.657--1st
1940 NL--2.396--2nd
1942 NL--1.388--8th
1943 NL--1.923--1st
1944 NL--1.769--5th
1945 NL--1.686--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 NL--.231--2nd
1933 NL--.145--1st
1934 NL--.276--4th
1935 NL--.423--10th
1936 NL--.351--8th
1937 NL--.283--9th
1942 NL--.173--4th
1945 NL--.337--9th

Losses s c a p y
1932 NL--14--8th
1933 NL--27--1st
1934 NL--21--2nd
1935 NL--13--9th
1936 NL--19--3rd
1937 NL--14--10th
1938 NL--14--7th
1941 NL--14--5th
1943 NL--14--9th
Career--212--33rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1932 NL--105--6th
1933 NL--91--7th
1934 NL--104--8th
1935 NL--108--4th
1936 NL--126--1st
1937 NL--100--8th
1938 NL--100--9th
1939 NL--98--9th
1940 NL--101--5th
1941 NL--84--9th
Career--1401--57th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1931 NL--6--4th
1932 NL--9--1st
1933 NL--7--4th
1934 NL--7--5th
1936 NL--6--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 NL--6--6th
1942 NL--4--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 NL--1043--9th
1934 NL--1128--8th
1935 NL--1153--3rd
1936 NL--1207--3rd
1938 NL--1263--1st
1939 NL--1245--2nd
1940 NL--1205--2nd
1941 NL--950--9th
1945 NL--901--10th
Career--15391--52nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1944 NL--17--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1938 NL--124--5th
1939 NL--131--5th
1940 NL--124--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 131 (40), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 96 (99), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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