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Sam Gray

Samuel David Gray (Sad Sam)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 15, 1897 in Van Alstyne, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1924
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics 1924-1933

Final Game: September 18, 1933
Died: April 16, 1953 in McKinney, TX
Buried: Van Alstyne Cemetery, Van Alstyne, TX
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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
1924 26 PHA AL 8 7 .533 3.98 34 19 9 8 2 2 151.2 169 95 67 5 89 54 6 0 3 707 108 1.701 10.0 0.3 5.3 3.2 0.61
1925 27 PHA AL 16 8 .667 3.27 32 28 4 14 4 3 203.2 199 90 74 11 63 80 3 0 5 851 143 1.286 8.8 0.5 2.8 3.5 1.27
1926 28 PHA AL 11 12 .478 3.64 38 18 7 5 0 0 150.2 164 81 61 9 50 82 4 1 3 657 114 1.420 9.8 0.5 3.0 4.9 1.64
1927 29 PHA AL 9 6 .600 4.59 37 13 13 3 1 3 133.1 153 79 68 4 51 49 4 0 3 587 92 1.530 10.3 0.3 3.4 3.3 0.96
1928 30 SLB AL 20 12 .625 3.19 35 31 4 21 2 3 262.2 256 119 93 11 86 102 1 0 1 1104 132 1.302 8.8 0.4 2.9 3.5 1.19
1929 31 SLB AL 18 15 .545 3.72 43 37 2 23 4 1 305.0 336 142 126 18 96 109 1 0 7 1310 119 1.416 9.9 0.5 2.8 3.2 1.14
1930 32 SLB AL 4 15 .211 6.28 27 24 1 7 0 0 167.2 215 133 117 17 52 51 4 0 2 756 77 1.592 11.5 0.9 2.8 2.7 0.98
1931 33 SLB AL 11 24 .314 5.09 43 37 5 13 0 2 258.0 323 187 146 20 54 88 4 0 4 1158 90 1.461 11.3 0.7 1.9 3.1 1.63
1932 34 SLB AL 7 12 .368 4.53 52 18 18 7 3 4 206.2 250 126 104 9 53 79 1 1 6 919 106 1.466 10.9 0.4 2.3 3.4 1.49
1933 35 SLB AL 7 4 .636 4.10 38 6 21 0 0 4 112.0 131 55 51 7 45 36 1 0 3 490 113 1.571 10.5 0.6 3.6 2.9 0.80
10 Yrs 111 115 .491 4.18 379 231 84 101 16 22 1951.1 2196 1107 907 111 639 730 29 2 37 8539 107 1.453 10.1 0.5 2.9 3.4 1.14
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .491 4.18 42 26 9 11 2 2 218 245 123 101 12 71 81 3 0 4 952 107 1.453 10.1 0.5 2.9 3.4 1.14
SLB (6 yrs) 67 82 .450 4.37 238 153 51 71 9 14 1312.0 1511 762 637 82 386 465 12 1 23 5737 104 1.446 10.4 0.6 2.6 3.2 1.20
PHA (4 yrs) 44 33 .571 3.80 141 78 33 30 7 8 639.1 685 345 270 29 253 265 17 1 14 2802 115 1.467 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.05

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
1924 26 PHA AL 151.2 34 19 95 5.64 5.20 -0.11 0.00 101.9 5.40 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.7 14 .485 .497 $
1925 27 PHA AL 203.2 32 28 90 3.98 5.16 0.06 0.00 105.1 5.36 31 3.0 1.0 -0.1 4.7 56 .595 .519 $
1926 28 PHA AL 150.2 38 18 81 4.84 4.75 0.06 0.00 101.7 4.77 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1 16 .497 .499 $
1927 29 PHA AL 133.1 37 13 79 5.33 5.05 0.00 0.00 102.6 5.18 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.9 13 .493 .498 $
1928 30 SLB AL 262.2 35 31 119 4.08 4.71 0.01 0.00 103.3 4.86 22 2.3 1.0 -0.1 4.4 52 .565 .514 $
1929 31 SLB AL 304.1 43 37 142 4.20 5.18 0.18 0.00 103.8 5.18 34 3.4 1.0 -0.1 5.9 69 .579 .521 $
1930 32 SLB AL 166.2 27 24 133 7.18 5.58 0.00 0.00 104.9 5.85 -25 -2.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -3 .421 .487 $
1931 33 SLB AL 258.0 43 37 187 6.52 5.17 -0.17 0.00 104.6 5.59 -28 -2.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 4 .441 .484 $
1932 34 SLB AL 206.2 52 18 126 5.49 5.43 -0.07 0.00 105.6 5.81 7 0.6 1.0 -0.1 2.4 33 .512 .504 $
1933 35 SLB AL 112.0 38 6 55 4.42 5.12 -0.12 0.00 106.3 5.57 13 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.2 27 .534 .508 $
10 Seasons 1949.2 379 231 1107 5.11 5.13 -0.00 0.00 104.0 5.34 43 5.1 1.0 -0.9 21.1 282 .513 .503 $
SLB (6 yrs) 1310.1 238 153 762 5.23 5.17 -0.01 0.00 104.5 5.41 22 2.9 1.0 -0.6 13.7 183 .512 .503 $
PHA (4 yrs) 639.1 141 78 345 4.86 5.05 0.01 0.00 103.0 5.19 21 2.1 1.0 -0.3 7.4 99 .515 .503 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1924 26 PHA AL 708 0.7% 7.6% 12.6% 1.1% 5% 76%
1925 27 PHA AL 862 1.3% 9.3% 7.3% 3.5% 15% 79%
1926 28 PHA AL 657 1.4% 12.5% 7.6% 2.7% 11% 76%
1927 29 PHA AL 586 0.7% 8.4% 8.7% 1.7% 7% 79%
1928 30 SLB AL 1104 1.0% 9.2% 7.8% 3.8% 16% 79%
1929 31 SLB AL 1309 1.4% 8.3% 7.3% 5.0% 20% 80%
1930 32 SLB AL 756 2.3% 6.8% 6.9% 4.8% 17% 81%
1931 33 SLB AL 1152 1.7% 7.6% 4.7% 3.4% 12% 85%
1932 34 SLB AL 919 1.0% 8.6% 5.8% 2.9% 11% 83%
1933 35 SLB AL 488 1.4% 7.4% 9.2% 80%
10 Yrs 8541 1.3% 8.6% 7.5% 3.2% 13% 80%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.5% 7.9% 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1924 26 8 7 .533 3.98 34 19 9 8 2 2 151.2 169 95 67 5 89 54 6 0 3 707 108 1.701 10.0 0.3 5.3 3.2 0.61 108
1925 27 24 15 .615 3.57 66 47 13 22 6 5 355.1 368 185 141 16 152 134 9 0 8 1558 126 1.463 9.3 0.4 3.8 3.4 0.88 126
1926 28 35 27 .565 3.59 104 65 20 27 6 5 506.0 532 266 202 25 202 216 13 1 11 2215 122 1.451 9.5 0.4 3.6 3.8 1.07 122
1927 29 44 33 .571 3.80 141 78 33 30 7 8 639.1 685 345 270 29 253 265 17 1 14 2802 115 1.467 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.05 115
1928 30 64 45 .587 3.62 176 109 37 51 9 11 902.0 941 464 363 40 339 367 18 1 15 3906 119 1.419 9.4 0.4 3.4 3.7 1.08 119
1929 31 82 60 .577 3.65 219 146 39 74 13 12 1207.0 1277 606 489 58 435 476 19 1 22 5216 119 1.418 9.5 0.4 3.2 3.5 1.09 119
1930 32 86 75 .534 3.97 246 170 40 81 13 12 1374.2 1492 739 606 75 487 527 23 1 24 5972 111 1.440 9.8 0.5 3.2 3.5 1.08 111
1931 33 97 99 .495 4.15 289 207 45 94 13 14 1632.2 1815 926 752 95 541 615 27 1 28 7130 107 1.443 10.0 0.5 3.0 3.4 1.14 107
1932 34 104 111 .484 4.19 341 225 63 101 16 18 1839.1 2065 1052 856 104 594 694 28 2 34 8049 107 1.446 10.1 0.5 2.9 3.4 1.17 107
1933 35 111 115 .491 4.18 379 231 84 101 16 22 1951.1 2196 1107 907 111 639 730 29 2 37 8539 107 1.453 10.1 0.5 2.9 3.4 1.14 107

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
1924 26 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 167 69 62 5 88 57 6 1.584 9.3 4.9 3.2 0.65 0.3 34
1925 27 16 7 .696 2.64 215.0 188 70 63 10 60 84 3 1.153 7.9 2.5 3.5 1.40 0.4 32
1926 28 10 7 .588 3.30 158.0 164 64 58 9 50 86 4 1.354 9.3 2.8 4.9 1.72 0.5 38
1927 29 7 8 .467 4.07 137.0 150 69 62 4 50 50 4 1.460 9.9 3.3 3.3 1.00 0.3 37
1928 30 20 10 .667 2.86 274.0 254 97 87 11 85 106 1 1.237 8.3 2.8 3.5 1.25 0.4 35
1929 31 21 14 .600 3.17 321.0 328 126 113 18 94 115 1 1.315 9.2 2.6 3.2 1.22 0.5 43
1930 32 8 12 .400 4.85 180.0 201 108 97 16 49 55 4 1.389 10.1 2.5 2.8 1.12 0.8 27
1931 33 15 16 .484 3.98 283.0 306 139 125 19 51 97 4 1.261 9.7 1.6 3.1 1.90 0.6 43
1932 34 14 11 .560 3.39 228.0 233 96 86 8 49 87 1 1.237 9.2 1.9 3.4 1.78 0.3 52
1933 35 8 5 .615 3.38 117.0 126 49 44 7 43 38 1 1.444 9.7 3.3 2.9 0.88 0.5 38
10 Yrs 129 97 .571 3.46 2074.0 2117 887 797 107 619 775 29 1.319 9.2 3.4 1.25 0.5 379

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1929 AL  5.8 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1925 AL  4.7 (9th)
1928 AL  4.4 (7th)
1929 AL  5.9 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 AL  3.27 (7th)
1928 AL  3.19 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1925 AL  16 (8th)
1928 AL  20 (5th)
1929 AL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1925 AL  .667 (7th)
1928 AL  .625 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1925 AL  1.286 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  8.794 (5th)
1928 AL  8.772 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  2.784 (9th)
1931 AL  1.884 (2nd)
1932 AL  2.308 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  3.535 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 AL  43 (3rd)
1932 AL  52 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1925 AL  3 (8th)
1928 AL  3 (10th)
1932 AL  4 (9th)
1933 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1928 AL  262.7 (5th)
1929 AL  305.0 (1st)
1931 AL  258.0 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 AL  82 (7th)
1928 AL  102 (9th)
1929 AL  109 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1928 AL  31 (4th)
1929 AL  37 (1st)
1931 AL  37 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1928 AL  21 (5th)
1929 AL  23 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1924 AL  2 (10th)
1925 AL  4 (2nd)
1929 AL  4 (1st)
1932 AL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 AL  11 (10th)
1929 AL  18 (4th)
1930 AL  17 (6th)
1931 AL  20 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 AL  89 (4th)
1928 AL  86 (10th)
1929 AL  96 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1928 AL  256 (8th)
1929 AL  336 (1st)
1931 AL  323 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1925 AL  1.270 (3rd)
1929 AL  1.135 (10th)
1931 AL  1.630 (5th)
1932 AL  1.491 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL  0.392 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1929 AL  15 (9th)
1930 AL  15 (8th)
1931 AL  24 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  126 (3rd)
1930 AL  117 (8th)
1931 AL  146 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1925 AL  5 (4th)
1929 AL  7 (6th)
1931 AL  4 (5th)
1932 AL  6 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1928 AL  1,104 (5th)
1929 AL  1,310 (1st)
1931 AL  1,158 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1932 AL  18 (7th)
1933 AL  21 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1925 AL  143 (3rd)
1928 AL  132 (6th)
1929 AL  119 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1925 AL  29 (7th)
1928 AL  25 (6th)
1929 AL  26 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1925 AL  2.8 (6th)
1928 AL  2.5 (6th)
1929 AL  2.5 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 82 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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