Jimmie DeShong

James Brooklyn DeShong

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 30, 1909 in Harrisburg, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1932
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees/Athletics 1932-1939

Final Game: June 10, 1939
Died: October 16, 1993 in Lower Paxton Township, PA
Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
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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
1928	18	FDK	D	2	3	.400		12						57.0	55	33			33	33	1	0	5			1.544	8.7		5.2	5.2	1.00	FDK · BLRI
1929	19	HRB	B	6	5	.545	2.92	19						108.0	109	47	35		44							1.417	9.1		3.7			HRB · NYPL
1930	20	HRB	B					34																								HRB · NYPL
1931	21	JER	AA	9	18	.333	4.84	38						197.0	231	129	106		85							1.604	10.6		3.9			JER · IL
1932	22	SAC	AA	19	6	.760	3.16	30						228.0	217	91	80		82							1.311	8.6		3.2			SAC · PCL
1932	22	PHA	AL	0	0		11.70	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	17	14	13	3	9	5	1	0	1	56	40	2.600	15.3	2.7	8.1	4.5	0.56

1933	23	NYY-min	AA	16	10	.615	3.14	35						269.0	248	108	94		125							1.387	8.3		4.2			NWK · IL
1934	24	NYY	AL	6	7	.462	4.11	31	12	8	6	0	3	133.2	126	71	61	6	56	40	2	0	0	581	100	1.362	8.5	0.4	3.8	2.7	0.71
1935	25	NYY	AL	4	1	.800	3.26	29	3	14	0	0	3	69.0	64	30	25	6	33	30	2	0	1	306	125	1.406	8.3	0.8	4.3	3.9	0.91
1936	26	WSH	AL	18	10	.643	4.63	34	31	3	16	2	2	223.2	255	135	115	11	96	59	3	1	8	1003	102	1.569	10.3	0.4	3.9	2.4	0.61
1937	27	WSH	AL	14	15	.483	4.90	37	34	3	20	0	1	264.1	290	161	144	15	124	86	3	1	3	1179	91	1.566	9.9	0.5	4.2	2.9	0.69
1938	28	WSH	AL	5	8	.385	6.58	31	14	11	1	0	0	131.1	160	104	96	11	83	41	1	0	4	613	69	1.850	11.0	0.8	5.7	2.8	0.49
1939	29	NYY-min	AA	1	1	.500		6						16.0	26				13							2.438	14.6		7.3			NWK · IL
1939	29	WSH	AL	0	3	.000	8.63	7	6	1	1	0	0	40.2	56	45	39	7	31	12	0	0	1	206	50	2.139	12.4	1.5	6.9	2.7	0.39
1940	30	CHC-min	AA	10	15	.400	6.16	35	30					193.0	271	161	132		97							1.907	12.6		4.5			MLW · AA
1941	31	PHI-min	B	2	4	.333	4.07	13						73.0	75	44	33		37							1.534	9.2		4.6			ALN,LNC · ISLG
7 Yrs				47	44	.516	5.08	175	100	43	44	2	9	872.2	968	560	493	59	432	273	12	2	18	3944	87	1.604	10.0	0.6	4.5	2.8	0.63
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.516	5.08	43	25	11	11	0	2	216	239	138	122	15	107	68	3	0	4	975	87	1.604	10.0	0.6	4.5	2.8	0.63

WSH (4 yrs)				37	36	.507	5.37	109	85	18	38	2	3	660.0	761	445	394	44	334	198	7	2	16	3001	85	1.659	10.4	0.6	4.6	2.7	0.59
NYY (2 yrs)				10	8	.556	3.82	60	15	22	6	0	6	202.2	190	101	86	12	89	70	4	0	1	887	107	1.377	8.4	0.5	4.0	3.1	0.79
PHA (1 yr)				0	0		11.70	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	17	14	13	3	9	5	1	0	1	56	40	2.600	15.3	2.7	8.1	4.5	0.56

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	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1932	22	PHA	AL	10.0	6	0	14	12.60	6.28	0.20	0.00	98.4	5.98	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.395	.496	$

1934	24	NYY	AL	133.2	31	12	71	4.78	5.13	0.26	0.00	94.1	4.58	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.8	13	.491	.498	$
1935	25	NYY	AL	69.0	29	3	30	3.91	5.05	0.32	0.00	92.8	4.39	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.9	12	.512	.502	$
1936	26	WSH	AL	223.2	34	31	135	5.43	5.63	0.14	0.00	95.5	5.24	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.3	25	.486	.497	$
1937	27	WSH	AL	264.1	37	34	161	5.48	5.33	0.17	0.00	98.0	5.06	-13	-1.2	1.0	-0.2	0.9	20	.467	.493	$
1938	28	WSH	AL	131.1	31	14	104	7.13	5.40	0.06	0.00	95.0	5.07	-31	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-13	.415	.484	$
1939	29	WSH	AL	40.2	7	6	45	9.96	5.20	0.09	0.00	106.5	5.44	-21	-1.5	1.0	-0.0	-1.2	-15	.283	.491	$
7 Seasons				872.2	175	100	560	5.78	5.37	0.17	0.00	96.3	5.01	-77	-6.4	1.0	-0.5	0.7	36	.464	.494	$

WSH (4 yrs)				660.0	109	85	445	6.07	5.44	0.13	0.00	97.1	5.15	-71	-5.8	1.0	-0.4	-0.5	17	.447	.491	$
NYY (2 yrs)				202.2	60	15	101	4.49	5.10	0.28	0.00	93.7	4.52	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.7	25	.501	.500	$
PHA (1 yr)				10.0	6	0	14	12.60	6.28	0.20	0.00	98.4	5.98	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.395	.496	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1932	22	PHA	AL	56	5.4%	8.9%	16.1%			66%

1934	24	NYY	AL	581	1.0%	6.9%	9.6%	2.1%	10%	81%
1935	25	NYY	AL	306	2.0%	9.8%	10.8%			75%
1936	26	WSH	AL	1002	1.1%	5.9%	9.6%	4.0%	16%	82%
1937	27	WSH	AL	1182	1.3%	7.3%	10.5%	4.5%	18%	79%
1938	28	WSH	AL	613	1.8%	6.7%	13.5%	2.0%	8%	76%
1939	29	WSH	AL	206	3.4%	5.8%	15.1%	3.9%	14%	71%
7 Yrs				3946	1.5%	6.9%	11.0%	3.2%	13%	79%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.6%	8.4%	3.2%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1932	22	0	0		11.70	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	17	14	13	3	9	5	1	0	1	56	40	2.600	15.3	2.7	8.1	4.5	0.56	40
1933	23	0	0		11.70	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	17	14	13	3	9	5	1	0	1	56	40	2.600	15.3	2.7	8.1	4.5	0.56	40
1934	24	6	7	.462	4.64	37	12	11	6	0	3	143.2	143	85	74	9	65	45	3	0	1	637	89	1.448	9.0	0.6	4.1	2.8	0.69	89
1935	25	10	8	.556	4.19	66	15	25	6	0	6	212.2	207	115	99	15	98	75	5	0	2	943	98	1.434	8.8	0.6	4.1	3.2	0.77	98
1936	26	28	18	.609	4.41	100	46	28	22	2	8	436.1	462	250	214	26	194	134	8	1	10	1946	101	1.503	9.5	0.5	4.0	2.8	0.69	101
1937	27	42	33	.560	4.60	137	80	31	42	2	9	700.2	752	411	358	41	318	220	11	2	13	3125	97	1.527	9.7	0.5	4.1	2.8	0.69	97
1938	28	47	41	.534	4.91	168	94	42	43	2	9	832.0	912	515	454	52	401	261	12	2	17	3738	91	1.578	9.9	0.6	4.3	2.8	0.65	91
1939	29	47	44	.516	5.08	175	100	43	44	2	9	872.2	968	560	493	59	432	273	12	2	18	3944	87	1.604	10.0	0.6	4.5	2.8	0.63	87

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
1932	22	0	1	.000	9.82	11.0	16	13	12	3	8	6	1	2.182	13.1	6.5	4.9	0.75	2.5	6

1934	24	8	7	.533	3.83	141.0	129	67	60	6	57	42	2	1.319	8.2	3.6	2.7	0.74	0.4	31
1935	25	5	3	.625	3.04	74.0	66	28	25	6	34	32	2	1.351	8.0	4.1	3.9	0.94	0.7	29
1936	26	14	12	.538	3.76	237.0	242	110	99	10	91	63	3	1.405	9.2	3.5	2.4	0.69	0.4	34
1937	27	14	16	.467	4.37	272.0	283	147	132	15	121	89	3	1.485	9.4	4.0	2.9	0.74	0.5	37
1938	28	5	10	.333	5.89	136.0	158	99	89	11	82	42	1	1.765	10.5	5.4	2.8	0.51	0.7	31
1939	29	1	3	.250	7.74	43.0	56	41	37	7	31	13	0	2.023	11.7	6.5	2.7	0.42	1.5	7
7 Yrs		47	52	.475	4.47	914.0	950	505	454	58	424	287	12	1.503	9.4		2.8	0.68	0.6	175

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1936 AL 18 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1936 AL .643 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1934 AL 3 (9th) 1935 AL 3 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1937 AL 264.3 (4th)
Games Started s c a p y 1936 AL 31 (8th) 1937 AL 34 (3rd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1936 AL 16 (10th) 1937 AL 20 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1936 AL 2 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1936 AL 96 (10th) 1937 AL 124 (2nd)
Hits s c a p y 1937 AL 290 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1936 AL 0.443 (10th) 1937 AL 0.511 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1937 AL 15 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1937 AL 144 (3rd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1936 AL 8 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1937 AL 1,179 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Lil Stoner (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Elarton (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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