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Dolly Gray
Samuel David Gray (Sad Sam)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 15, 1897 in Van Alstyne, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1924
Final Game: September 18, 1933
Died: April 16, 1953 in McKinney, TX
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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
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 3 710 107 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 5 851 142 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 3 657 115 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 78 68 4 51 49 4 0 3 586 93 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 1133 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 0 167.2 215 143 117 17 52 51 4 0 2 756 78 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 91 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 6 919 107 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 Seasons 111 115 .491 4.18 379 231 84 101 16 22 1951.1 2196 1116 907 111 639 730 29 2 37 8570 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 2 218 245 124 101 12 71 81 3 0 4 955 107 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 772 637 82 386 465 12 1 23 5766 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 8 639.1 685 344 270 29 253 265 17 1 14 2804 115 1.467 9.6 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.05

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 26 PHA AL 34 58 57 1 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 11 .175 .190 .228 .418 7 13 0 0 1
1925 27 PHA AL 32 76 67 4 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 17 .179 .257 .194 .451 12 13 1 2 1
1926 28 PHA AL 38 61 51 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 .216 .286 .275 .560 43 14 0 5 1
1927 29 PHA AL 37 48 42 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .190 .244 .190 .435 11 8 0 3 1
1928 30 SLB AL 35 109 101 6 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 24 .188 .219 .248 .467 21 25 0 4 1
1929 31 SLB AL 43 118 103 8 19 4 1 0 13 0 0 6 18 .184 .229 .243 .472 20 25 0 9 1
1930 32 SLB AL 27 57 54 3 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 17 .204 .232 .259 .491 23 14 0 1 1
1931 33 SLB AL 43 92 79 9 14 0 0 1 6 0 0 8 16 .177 .253 .215 .468 23 17 0 5 1
1932 34 SLB AL 52 66 62 2 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .210 .246 .258 .504 28 16 0 1 1
1933 35 SLB AL 38 36 32 4 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 .219 .286 .344 .629 62 11 0 1 1
10 Seasons 379 721 648 49 124 20 3 2 49 1 0 41 146 .191 .241 .241 .481 23 156 1 31
162 Game Avg. 162 308 277 21 53 9 1 1 21 0 0 18 62 .191 .241 .241 .481 23 67 0 13
SLB (6 yrs) 238 478 431 32 83 15 2 2 36 1 0 26 97 .193 .239 .251 .489 25 108 0 21
PHA (4 yrs) 141 243 217 17 41 5 1 0 13 0 0 15 49 .189 .245 .221 .466 18 48 1 10

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1924 PHA AL 26 P 34 37 5 31 1 2 .973 1.06 .959 1.32
1925 PHA AL 27 P 32 48 8 37 3 1 .938 1.41 .960 1.40
1926 PHA AL 28 P 38 41 5 29 7 2 .829 0.89 .963 1.39
1927 PHA AL 29 P 37 43 8 32 3 2 .930 1.08 .960 1.40
1928 SLB AL 30 P 35 89 20 67 2 6 .978 2.49 .956 1.37
1929 SLB AL 31 P 43 73 9 61 3 4 .959 1.63 .958 1.29
1930 SLB AL 32 P 27 41 3 33 5 2 .878 1.33 .949 1.18
1931 SLB AL 33 P 43 68 11 49 8 0 .882 1.40 .957 1.19
1932 SLB AL 34 P 52 52 9 39 4 1 .923 0.92 .960 1.21
1933 SLB AL 35 P 38 26 3 21 2 2 .923 0.63 .962 1.18
10 Seasons P 379 518 81 399 38 22 .927 1.27 .958 1.29
10 Seasons TOT 379 518 81 399 38 22 .927 1.27 .885 1.29

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 AL  3.270 (7th)
1928 AL  3.187 (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
1925 AL  11 (10th)
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  .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  1133 (5th)
1929 AL  1310 (1st)
1931 AL  1158 (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  142 (3rd)
1928 AL  132 (6th)
1929 AL  119 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 82 (288), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (761), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Denny Galehouse (960)
  2. Hal Carlson (958)
  3. Ray Herbert (955)
  4. Tommy Thomas (953)
  5. Kirk McCaskill (950)
  6. Walt Terrell (950)
  7. Richard Dotson (948)
  8. Elam Vangilder (945)
  9. Fritz Ostermueller (944)
  10. Reggie Cleveland (941)
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  2. Sam Gibson (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kelly Downs (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Broaca (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Red Munger (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Dobson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alvin Crowder (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Kramer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tommy Thomas (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tommy Thomas (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Pat Malone (984)
  8. Ray Kolp (984)
  9. Firpo Marberry (984)
  10. Mort Cooper (983)
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  1. Eddie Smith (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Rudolph (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rube Walberg (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 13, 1927: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bing Miller.

April 13, 1934: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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