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Cy Falkenberg

Frederick Peter Falkenberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 17, 1879 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1903
Teams (by GP): Naps/Senators/Hoosiers/Pepper/Athletics/... 1903-1917

Final Game: July 4, 1917
Died: April 15, 1961 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1903 23 PIT NL 1 5 .167 3.86 10 6 4 3 0 0 56.0 65 43 24 0 32 24 2 0 1 254 85 1.732 10.4 0.0 5.1 3.9 0.75
1905 25 WSH AL 7 2 .778 3.82 12 10 2 6 2 0 75.1 71 41 32 1 31 35 5 0 5 319 69 1.354 8.5 0.1 3.7 4.2 1.13
1906 26 WSH AL 14 20 .412 2.86 40 36 3 30 2 1 298.2 277 136 95 1 108 178 13 0 14 1233 92 1.289 8.3 0.0 3.3 5.4 1.65
1907 27 WSH AL 6 17 .261 2.35 32 24 4 17 1 1 233.2 195 105 61 0 77 108 8 0 12 936 103 1.164 7.5 0.0 3.0 4.2 1.40
1908 28 TOT AL 8 6 .571 2.65 25 15 6 7 1 0 129.0 122 54 38 3 31 51 4 0 8 515 88 1.186 8.5 0.2 2.2 3.6 1.65
1908 28 WSH AL 6 2 .750 1.96 17 8 5 5 1 0 82.2 70 29 18 2 21 34 2 0 4 320 117 1.101 7.6 0.2 2.3 3.7 1.62
1908 28 CLE AL 2 4 .333 3.88 8 7 1 2 0 0 46.1 52 25 20 1 10 17 2 0 4 195 62 1.338 10.1 0.2 1.9 3.3 1.70
1909 29 CLE AL 10 9 .526 2.40 24 18 6 13 2 0 165.0 135 56 44 0 50 82 5 0 6 640 107 1.121 7.4 0.0 2.7 4.5 1.64
1910 30 CLE AL 14 13 .519 2.95 37 29 7 18 3 1 256.2 246 114 84 3 75 107 8 0 8 1027 88 1.251 8.6 0.1 2.6 3.8 1.43
1911 31 CLE AL 8 5 .615 3.29 15 13 2 7 0 1 106.2 117 56 39 0 24 46 3 0 7 442 104 1.322 9.9 0.0 2.0 3.9 1.92
1913 33 CLE AL 23 10 .697 2.22 39 36 2 23 6 0 276.0 238 85 68 2 88 166 5 0 13 1097 136 1.181 7.8 0.1 2.9 5.4 1.89
1914 34 IND FL 25 16 .610 2.22 49 43 5 33 9 3 377.1 332 127 93 5 89 236 5 0 9 1502 155 1.116 7.9 0.1 2.1 5.6 2.65
1915 35 TOT FL 12 14 .462 2.86 32 28 3 19 1 1 220.0 206 93 70 7 59 96 10 0 4 885 102 1.205 8.4 0.3 2.4 3.9 1.63
1915 35 NEW FL 9 11 .450 3.24 25 21 3 14 0 1 172.0 175 78 62 6 47 76 9 0 4 708 89 1.291 9.2 0.3 2.5 4.0 1.62
1915 35 BTT FL 3 3 .500 1.50 7 7 0 5 1 0 48.0 31 15 8 1 12 20 1 0 0 177 204 0.896 5.8 0.2 2.3 3.8 1.67
1917 37 PHA AL 2 6 .250 3.35 15 8 4 4 0 0 80.2 86 53 30 1 26 35 0 0 6 320 82 1.388 9.6 0.1 2.9 3.9 1.35
12 Yrs 130 123 .514 2.68 330 266 48 180 27 8 2275.0 2090 963 678 23 690 1164 68 0 93 9170 106 1.222 8.3 0.1 2.7 4.6 1.69
162 Game Avg. 15 14 .514 2.68 38 30 5 21 3 1 260 238 110 77 3 79 133 8 0 11 1046 106 1.222 8.3 0.1 2.7 4.6 1.69
CLE (5 yrs) 57 41 .582 2.70 123 103 18 63 11 2 850.2 788 336 255 6 247 418 23 0 38 3401 105 1.217 8.3 0.1 2.6 4.4 1.69
WSH (4 yrs) 33 41 .446 2.69 101 78 14 58 6 2 690.1 613 311 206 4 237 355 28 0 35 2808 94 1.231 8.0 0.1 3.1 4.6 1.50
NEW (2 yrs) 34 27 .557 2.54 74 64 8 47 9 4 549.1 507 205 155 11 136 312 14 0 13 2210 128 1.171 8.3 0.2 2.2 5.1 2.29
PIT (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.86 10 6 4 3 0 0 56.0 65 43 24 0 32 24 2 0 1 254 85 1.732 10.4 0.0 5.1 3.9 0.75
BTT (1 yr) 3 3 .500 1.50 7 7 0 5 1 0 48.0 31 15 8 1 12 20 1 0 0 177 204 0.896 5.8 0.2 2.3 3.8 1.67
PHA (1 yr) 2 6 .250 3.35 15 8 4 4 0 0 80.2 86 53 30 1 26 35 0 0 6 320 82 1.388 9.6 0.1 2.9 3.9 1.35
AL (9 yrs) 92 88 .511 2.72 239 189 36 125 17 4 1621.2 1487 700 491 11 510 808 51 0 79 6529 99 1.231 8.3 0.1 2.8 4.5 1.58
FL (2 yrs) 37 30 .552 2.46 81 71 8 52 10 4 597.1 538 220 163 12 148 332 15 0 13 2387 132 1.148 8.1 0.2 2.2 5.0 2.24
NL (1 yr) 1 5 .167 3.86 10 6 4 3 0 0 56.0 65 43 24 0 32 24 2 0 1 254 85 1.732 10.4 0.0 5.1 3.9 0.75

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 Awards
1903 23 PIT NL 56.0 10 6 43 6.91 4.65 0.31 0.00 100.0 4.34 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -11 .364 .492 $
1905 25 WSH AL 75.1 12 10 41 4.90 3.69 0.01 0.00 99.0 3.64 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .409 .493 $
1906 26 WSH AL 298.2 40 36 136 4.10 3.70 -0.32 0.00 98.0 3.93 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 1.9 21 .487 .497 $
1907 27 WSH AL 233.2 32 24 105 4.04 3.71 -0.44 0.00 95.0 3.95 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 1.6 18 .491 .498 $
1908 28 WSH AL 82.2 17 8 29 3.16 3.50 -0.06 0.00 95.0 3.38 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.9 9 .515 .502 $
1908 28 CLE AL 46.1 8 7 25 4.86 3.42 0.22 0.00 99.0 3.17 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .378 .494 $
1909 29 CLE AL 165.0 24 18 56 3.05 3.48 0.16 0.00 104.0 3.45 9 1.2 1.0 -0.2 2.5 21 .550 .507 $
1910 30 CLE AL 256.2 37 29 114 4.00 3.68 0.04 0.00 103.0 3.75 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.2 1.4 16 .484 .496 $
1911 31 CLE AL 106.2 15 13 56 4.73 4.63 0.06 0.00 102.0 4.66 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.8 11 .494 .499 $
1913 33 CLE AL 276.0 39 36 85 2.77 3.91 0.10 0.00 103.0 3.92 37 4.6 1.0 -0.3 6.9 62 .618 .529 $
1914 34 IND FL 377.1 49 43 127 3.03 4.00 -0.07 0.00 107.0 4.36 53 6.4 1.0 -0.2 7.4 70 .631 .540 $7,000
1915 35 NEW FL 172.0 25 21 78 4.08 3.86 -0.12 0.00 95.0 3.78 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 0 .473 .496 $7,000
1915 35 BTT FL 48.0 7 7 15 2.81 3.80 -0.10 0.00 100.0 3.90 6 0.7 -0.0 0.8 7 .602 .504 $
1917 37 PHA AL 80.2 15 8 53 5.91 3.68 -0.21 0.00 102.0 3.97 -18 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -10 .374 .488 $
12 Seasons 2275.0 330 266 963 3.81 3.82 -0.08 0.00 100.9 3.94 37 5.7 1.0 -1.8 20.7 204 .517 .503 $14,000
CLE (5 yrs) 850.2 123 103 336 3.55 3.82 0.09 0.00 102.9 3.83 32 4.2 1.0 -0.8 11.0 105 .534 .505 $
WSH (4 yrs) 690.1 101 78 311 4.05 3.68 -0.29 0.00 96.7 3.84 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.5 3.9 43 .484 .497 $
NEW (2 yrs) 549.1 74 64 205 3.36 3.96 -0.09 0.00 103.2 4.18 47 5.7 1.0 -0.3 7.2 70 .578 .518 $14,000
PIT (1 yr) 56.0 10 6 43 6.91 4.65 0.31 0.00 100.0 4.34 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -11 .364 .492 $
BTT (1 yr) 48.0 7 7 15 2.81 3.80 -0.10 0.00 100.0 3.90 6 0.7 -0.0 0.8 7 .602 .504 $
PHA (1 yr) 80.2 15 8 53 5.91 3.68 -0.21 0.00 102.0 3.97 -18 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -10 .374 .488 $

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1903 23 1 5 .167 3.86 10 6 4 3 0 0 56.0 65 43 24 0 32 24 2 0 1 254 85 1.732 10.4 0.0 5.1 3.9 0.75 85
1904 24 1 5 .167 3.86 10 6 4 3 0 0 56.0 65 43 24 0 32 24 2 0 1 254 85 1.732 10.4 0.0 5.1 3.9 0.75 85
1905 25 8 7 .533 3.84 22 16 6 9 2 0 131.1 136 84 56 1 63 59 7 0 6 573 76 1.515 9.3 0.1 4.3 4.0 0.94 76
1906 26 22 27 .449 3.16 62 52 9 39 4 1 430.0 413 220 151 2 171 237 20 0 20 1806 86 1.358 8.6 0.0 3.6 5.0 1.39 86
1907 27 28 44 .389 2.87 94 76 13 56 5 2 663.2 608 325 212 2 248 345 28 0 32 2742 91 1.290 8.2 0.0 3.4 4.7 1.39 91
1908 28 36 50 .419 2.84 119 91 19 63 6 2 792.2 730 379 250 5 279 396 32 0 40 3257 91 1.273 8.3 0.1 3.2 4.5 1.42 91
1909 29 46 59 .438 2.76 143 109 25 76 8 2 957.2 865 435 294 5 329 478 37 0 46 3897 93 1.247 8.1 0.0 3.1 4.5 1.45 93
1910 30 60 72 .455 2.80 180 138 32 94 11 3 1214.1 1111 549 378 8 404 585 45 0 54 4924 92 1.248 8.2 0.1 3.0 4.3 1.45 92
1911 31 68 77 .469 2.84 195 151 34 101 11 4 1321.0 1228 605 417 8 428 631 48 0 61 5366 93 1.254 8.4 0.1 2.9 4.3 1.47 93
1912 32 68 77 .469 2.84 195 151 34 101 11 4 1321.0 1228 605 417 8 428 631 48 0 61 5366 93 1.254 8.4 0.1 2.9 4.3 1.47 93
1913 33 91 87 .511 2.73 234 187 36 124 17 4 1597.0 1466 690 485 10 516 797 53 0 74 6463 99 1.241 8.3 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.54 99
1914 34 116 103 .530 2.63 283 230 41 157 26 7 1974.1 1798 817 578 15 605 1033 58 0 83 7965 108 1.217 8.2 0.1 2.8 4.7 1.71 108
1915 35 128 117 .522 2.66 315 258 44 176 27 8 2194.1 2004 910 648 22 664 1129 68 0 87 8850 107 1.216 8.2 0.1 2.7 4.6 1.70 107
1916 36 128 117 .522 2.66 315 258 44 176 27 8 2194.1 2004 910 648 22 664 1129 68 0 87 8850 107 1.216 8.2 0.1 2.7 4.6 1.70 107
1917 37 130 123 .514 2.68 330 266 48 180 27 8 2275.0 2090 963 678 23 690 1164 68 0 93 9170 106 1.222 8.3 0.1 2.7 4.6 1.69 106

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1903 23 3 3 .500 3.63 62.0 72 28 25 0 35 26 2 1.726 10.5 5.1 3.8 0.74 0.0 10
1905 25 3 4 .429 5.20 71.0 82 46 41 1 36 33 6 1.662 10.4 4.6 4.2 0.92 0.1 12
1906 26 15 16 .484 4.00 279.0 326 138 124 1 127 166 15 1.624 10.5 4.1 5.4 1.31 0.0 40
1907 27 14 10 .583 3.39 218.0 231 91 82 0 91 101 9 1.477 9.5 3.8 4.2 1.11 0.0 32
1908 28 6 6 .500 4.03 116.0 146 58 52 4 37 46 5 1.578 11.3 2.9 3.6 1.24 0.3 25
1909 29 9 7 .563 3.44 149.0 157 63 57 0 58 74 6 1.443 9.5 3.5 4.5 1.28 0.0 24
1910 30 13 12 .520 3.97 231.0 275 113 102 3 84 96 9 1.554 10.7 3.3 3.7 1.14 0.1 37
1911 31 7 4 .636 3.31 106.0 120 43 39 0 25 46 3 1.368 10.2 2.1 3.9 1.84 0.0 15
1913 33 20 9 .690 2.67 263.0 262 87 78 2 97 158 6 1.365 9.0 3.3 5.4 1.63 0.1 39
1914 34 30 11 .732 2.37 372.0 346 109 98 5 93 233 5 1.180 8.4 2.3 5.6 2.51 0.1 49
1915 35 11 11 .500 3.88 204.0 235 98 88 8 67 89 11 1.480 10.4 3.0 3.9 1.33 0.4 32
1917 37 3 4 .429 4.83 69.0 97 41 37 1 29 30 0 1.826 12.7 3.8 3.9 1.03 0.1 15
12 Yrs 134 97 .580 3.46 2140.0 2349 915 823 25 779 1098 77 1.462 9.9 4.6 1.41 0.1 330

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1913 AL  6.5 (9th)
1914 FL  7.2 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1913 AL  6.9 (5th)
1914 FL  7.4 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1913 AL  2.22 (8th)
1914 FL  2.22 (4th)
Career  2.68 (74th)

Wins s c a p y
1913 AL  23 (2nd)
1914 FL  25 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1913 AL  .697 (6th)
1914 FL  .610 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1913 AL  1.181 (10th)
1914 FL  1.116 (4th)
Career  1.222 (188th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 FL  7.919 (9th)
Career  8.268 (214th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 FL  2.123 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  5.364 (4th)
1907 AL  4.160 (9th)
1913 AL  5.413 (4th)
1914 FL  5.629 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1906 AL  40 (7th)
1910 AL  37 (7th)
1914 FL  49 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1910 AL  1 (9th)
1914 FL  3 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1906 AL  298.7 (6th)
1910 AL  256.7 (9th)
1913 AL  276.0 (5th)
1914 FL  377.3 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 AL  178 (2nd)
1913 AL  166 (2nd)
1914 FL  236 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
1906 AL  36 (4th)
1913 AL  36 (2nd)
1914 FL  43 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1906 AL  30 (5th)
1913 AL  23 (4th)
1914 FL  33 (2nd)
Career  180 (172nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1913 AL  6 (4th)
1914 FL  9 (1st)
Career  27 (145th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1908 AL  3 (7th)
1915 FL  7 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1906 AL  108 (1st)
1913 AL  88 (7th)
1914 FL  89 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1906 AL  277 (6th)
1910 AL  246 (4th)
1914 FL  332 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1913 AL  1.886 (6th)
1914 FL  2.652 (2nd)
1915 FL  1.627 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  0.030 (3rd)
1907 AL  0.000 (1st)
1909 AL  0.000 (1st)
1913 AL  0.065 (10th)
1914 FL  0.119 (3rd)
Career  0.091 (21st)

Losses s c a p y
1906 AL  20 (3rd)
1907 AL  17 (6th)
1910 AL  13 (9th)
1914 FL  16 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1906 AL  95 (4th)
1910 AL  84 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1906 AL  14 (1st)
1907 AL  12 (2nd)
1908 AL  8 (9th)
1910 AL  8 (7th)
1913 AL  13 (1st)
1914 FL  9 (3rd)
1917 AL  6 (9th)
Career  93 (123rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1906 AL  13 (5th)
1915 FL  10 (3rd)
Career  68 (211th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 AL  1,233 (6th)
1910 AL  1,027 (8th)
1913 AL  1,097 (5th)
1914 FL  1,502 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1913 AL  136 (7th)
1914 FL  156 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1913 AL  27 (5th)
1914 FL  46 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1913 AL  3.0 (5th)
1914 FL  5.1 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1917 AL  born 1879-12-17 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 70 (353), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 41 (332), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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