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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	-min	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	-min	B	6	5	.545	2.92	19						108.0	109	47	35		44							1.417	9.1		3.7			HRB · NYPL
1930	20	-min	B					34																								HRB · NYPL
1931	21	-min	AA	9	18	.333	4.84	38						197.0	231	129	106		85							1.604	10.6		3.9			JER · IL
1932	22	-min	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

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	104	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	51	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 Seasons				47	44	.516	5.08	175	100	43	44	2	9	872.2	968	560	493	59	432	273	12	2	18	3944	88	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	88	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1932	22	PHA	AL	10.0	0	14	7	0	1.0	-7	-0.7	$

1934	24	NYY	AL	133.2	12	71	89	3	1.0	18	0.7	$
1935	25	NYY	AL	69.0	3	30	45	2	1.0	15	1.0	$
1936	26	WSH	AL	223.2	31	135	165	2	1.0	30	1.8	$
1937	27	WSH	AL	264.1	34	161	182	3	1.0	21	1.0	$
1938	28	WSH	AL	131.1	14	104	93	1	1.0	-11	-1.6	$
1939	29	WSH	AL	40.2	6	45	28	0	1.0	-17	-1.9	$
7 Seasons				872.2	100	560	609	11	1.0	49	0.3	$

WSH (4 yrs)				660.0	85	445	468	6	1.0	23	-0.7	$
NYY (2 yrs)				202.2	15	101	134	5	1.0	33	1.7	$
PHA (1 yr)				10.0	0	14	7	0	1.0	-7	-0.7	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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	Pos
1928	18	-min	D	14	28	26	2	6	0	0	0		0		1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516		6		1	0	FDK · BLRI
1929	19	-min	B	26	49	49		8	1	0	0						.163	.163	.184	.347		9				HRB · NYPL
1930	20	-min	B	43	83	83		19	1	1	0						.229	.229	.265	.494		22				HRB · NYPL
1931	21	-min	AA	42	64	64		14	2	0	0						.219	.219	.250	.469		16				JER · IL
1932	22	-min	AA	32	84	84		22	0	0	1						.262	.262	.298	.560		25				SAC · PCL
1932	22	PHA	AL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1

1934	24	NYY	AL	31	54	42	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	.190	.320	.190	.510	38	8		1	4	1
1935	25	NYY	AL	29	18	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.071	.188	.071	.259	-29	1		0	2	1
1936	26	WSH	AL	35	97	79	15	15	1	1	0	9	1	0	10	8	.190	.281	.228	.509	30	18		0	8	1
1937	27	WSH	AL	37	108	94	9	19	1	1	0	8	0	0	10	16	.202	.279	.234	.513	33	22		0	4	1
1938	28	WSH	AL	31	48	46	5	12	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	4	.261	.277	.348	.624	60	16		0	1	1
1939	29	NYY-min	AA	6																						NWK · IL
1939	29	WSH	AL	7	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.200	.294	.200	.494	33	3	1	0	0	/1
1940	30	CHC-min	AA	36	64	64		13	2	1	0						.203	.203	.266	.469		17				MLW · AA
1941	31	PHI-min	B	23	47	47		6	0	1	0						.128	.128	.170	.298		8				LNC,ALN · ISLG
7 Seasons				176	345	293	35	58	2	4	0	25	1	0	32	41	.198	.279	.232	.511	33	68	1	1	19
162 Game Avg.				162	318	270	32	53	2	4	0	23	1	0	29	38	.198	.279	.232	.511	33	63		1	17

WSH (4 yrs)				110	270	234	30	49	2	4	0	25	1	0	23	29	.209	.280	.252	.532	37	59	1	0	13
NYY (2 yrs)				60	72	56	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	.161	.288	.161	.449	21	9		1	6
PHA (1 yr)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1932	22	PHA	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1934	24	NYY	AL	54	-4	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1935	25	NYY	AL	18	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1936	26	WSH	AL	97	-10	1	0	0	0	8	3	2	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	1
1937	27	WSH	AL	108	-10	0	0	0	0	8	3	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	1
1938	28	WSH	AL	48	-3	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1939	29	WSH	AL	17	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
7 Seasons				345	-33	1	0	0	0	26	12	6	0.8	6	0.6	0.2	$

WSH (4 yrs)				270	-25	1	0	0	0	21	9	6	0.8	6	0.6	0.2	$
NYY (2 yrs)				72	-7	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
PHA (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1932	PHA	AL	22	P	6	0	0	10.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.70	0.50	.957	2.25	2.23
1934	NYY	AL	24	P	31	12	6	133.2	33	4	28	1	0	.970	2.15	1.03	.956	2.14	2.11
1935	NYY	AL	25	P	29	3	0	69.0	27	4	22	1	0	.963	3.39	0.90	.949	2.15	2.14
1936	WSH	AL	26	P	34	31	16	223.2	40	4	34	2	6	.950	1.53	1.12	.956	1.99	1.96
1937	WSH	AL	27	P	37	34	20	264.1	69	15	52	2	2	.971	2.28	1.81	.954	2.05	2.01
1938	WSH	AL	28	P	31	14	1	131.1	37	8	26	3	4	.919	2.33	1.10	.952	2.11	2.06
1939	WSH	AL	29	P	7	6	1	40.2	16	1	14	1	0	.938	3.32	2.14	.951	1.93	1.89
	7 Seasons			P	175	100	44	872.2	225	36	179	10	12	.956	2.22	1.23	.954	2.06	2.05
	7 Seasons			TOT	175	100	44	872.2	225	36	179	10	12	.956	2.22	1.23	.954	2.06	2.05

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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)	Putouts as P s c a p y 1937 AL 15 (2nd)	Assists as P s c a p y 1937 AL 52 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1935 AL 3.39 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1937 AL 1.81 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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

Transactions

May 20, 1932: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with cash to Sacramento (PCL) for Tony Freitas.
January 17, 1936: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jesse Hill to the Washington Senators for Bump Hadley and Roy Johnson.
June 20, 1939: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Washington Senators.

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