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Clark Griffith

Clark Calvin Griffith (The Old Fox)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 156 lb.

Born: November 20, 1869 in Clear Creek, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1891 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Colts/Orphans/Highlanders/WhiteSox/Browns/... 1891-1914

Final Game: October 7, 1914 (Age 44)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1946. Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
   View Clark Griffith Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: October 27, 1955 in Washington, DC
Buried: Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD
Relatives: Uncle of Sherry Robertson
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #79. Babe Adams… #80. Eddie Rommel… #81. CC Sabathia… #82. CLARK GRIFFITH… #83. Mickey Welch… #84. Old Hoss Radbourn… #85. Chuck Finley… 

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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
1891 21 TOT AA 14 9 .609 3.74 34 21 13 15 0 2 226.1 242 155 94 11 73 88 20 0 9 1008 104 1.392 9.6 0.4 2.9 3.5 1.21
1891 21 STL AA 11 8 .579 3.33 27 17 10 12 0 2 186.1 195 122 69 8 58 68 15 0 8 822 118 1.358 9.4 0.4 2.8 3.3 1.17
1891 21 BOS AA 3 1 .750 5.63 7 4 3 3 0 0 40.0 47 33 25 3 15 20 5 0 1 186 65 1.550 10.6 0.7 3.4 4.5 1.33
1893 23 CHC NL 1 2 .333 5.03 4 2 2 2 0 0 19.2 24 14 11 1 5 9 1 0 0 88 98 1.475 11.0 0.5 2.3 4.1 1.80
1894 24 CHC NL 21 14 .600 4.92 36 30 6 28 0 0 261.1 328 193 143 12 85 71 14 0 5 1180 114 1.580 11.3 0.4 2.9 2.4 0.84
1895 25 CHC NL 26 14 .650 3.93 42 41 1 39 0 0 353.0 434 228 154 11 91 79 22 0 7 1570 130 1.487 11.1 0.3 2.3 2.0 0.87
1896 26 CHC NL 23 11 .676 3.54 36 35 1 35 0 0 317.2 370 189 125 3 70 81 12 0 1 1364 128 1.385 10.5 0.1 2.0 2.3 1.16
1897 27 CHC NL 21 18 .538 3.72 41 38 3 38 1 1 343.2 410 231 142 3 86 102 17 0 11 1500 119 1.443 10.7 0.1 2.3 2.7 1.19
1898 28 CHC NL 24 10 .706 1.88 38 38 0 36 4 0 325.2 305 105 68 1 64 97 20 0 6 1323 192 1.133 8.4 0.0 1.8 2.7 1.52
1899 29 CHC NL 22 14 .611 2.79 38 38 0 35 0 0 319.2 329 163 99 5 65 73 14 2 1 1317 134 1.233 9.3 0.1 1.8 2.1 1.12
1900 30 CHC NL 14 13 .519 3.05 30 30 0 27 4 0 248.0 245 126 84 6 51 61 16 0 5 1018 118 1.194 8.9 0.2 1.9 2.2 1.20
1901 31 CHW AL 24 7 .774 2.67 35 30 5 26 5 1 266.2 275 114 79 4 50 67 4 0 2 1099 131 1.219 9.3 0.1 1.7 2.3 1.34
1902 32 CHW AL 15 9 .625 4.18 28 24 4 20 3 0 213.0 247 117 99 11 47 51 16 0 3 914 80 1.380 10.4 0.5 2.0 2.2 1.09
1903 33 NYY AL 14 11 .560 2.70 25 24 1 22 2 0 213.0 201 92 64 3 33 69 6 0 6 847 115 1.099 8.5 0.1 1.4 2.9 2.09
1904 34 NYY AL 7 5 .583 2.87 16 11 5 8 1 0 100.1 91 40 32 3 16 36 4 0 4 395 96 1.066 8.2 0.3 1.4 3.2 2.25
1905 35 NYY AL 9 6 .600 1.68 25 7 17 4 2 1 101.2 82 30 19 1 15 46 1 0 3 384 174 0.954 7.3 0.1 1.3 4.1 3.07
1906 36 NYY AL 2 2 .500 3.02 17 2 15 1 0 2 59.2 58 30 20 0 15 16 4 1 3 244 99 1.223 8.7 0.0 2.3 2.4 1.07
1907 37 NYY AL 0 0 8.64 4 0 4 0 0 0 8.1 15 16 8 0 6 5 0 0 0 44 34 2.520 16.2 0.0 6.5 5.4 0.83
1909 39 CIN NL 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 11 8 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 31 47 2.167 16.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1912 42 WSH AL 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17
1913 43 WSH AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1914 44 WSH AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
20 Yrs 237 146 .619 3.31 453 372 78 337 22 8 3385.2 3670 1852 1246 76 774 955 171 3 66 14335 121 1.313 9.8 0.2 2.1 2.5 1.23
162 Game Avg. 20 12 .619 3.31 37 31 6 28 2 1 279 302 153 103 6 64 79 14 0 5 1182 121 1.313 9.8 0.2 2.1 2.5 1.23
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
CHC (8 yrs) 152 96 .613 3.40 265 252 13 240 9 1 2188.2 2445 1249 826 42 517 573 116 2 36 9360 129 1.353 10.1 0.2 2.1 2.4 1.11
NYY (5 yrs) 32 24 .571 2.66 87 44 42 35 5 3 483.0 447 208 143 7 85 172 15 1 16 1914 112 1.101 8.3 0.1 1.6 3.2 2.02
WSH (3 yrs) 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 115 1.500 13.5 4.5 0.0 4.5
CHW (2 yrs) 39 16 .709 3.34 63 54 9 46 8 1 479.2 522 231 178 15 97 118 20 0 5 2013 103 1.290 9.8 0.3 1.8 2.2 1.22
STL (1 yr) 11 8 .579 3.33 27 17 10 12 0 2 186.1 195 122 69 8 58 68 15 0 8 822 118 1.358 9.4 0.4 2.8 3.3 1.17
BOS (1 yr) 3 1 .750 5.63 7 4 3 3 0 0 40.0 47 33 25 3 15 20 5 0 1 186 65 1.550 10.6 0.7 3.4 4.5 1.33
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 11 8 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 31 47 2.167 16.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
AL (10 yrs) 71 40 .640 3.00 153 98 52 81 13 5 964.2 972 440 322 23 182 291 35 1 21 3936 107 1.196 9.1 0.2 1.7 2.7 1.60
NL (9 yrs) 152 97 .610 3.40 266 253 13 241 9 1 2194.2 2456 1257 830 42 519 576 116 2 36 9391 129 1.356 10.1 0.2 2.1 2.4 1.11
AA (1 yr) 14 9 .609 3.74 34 21 13 15 0 2 226.1 242 155 94 11 73 88 20 0 9 1008 104 1.392 9.6 0.4 2.9 3.5 1.21

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1891 21 STL AA 186.1 27 17 122 5.89 5.70 0.19 0.00 108.0 5.96 2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 1.2 17 .507 .501
1891 21 BOS AA 40.0 7 4 33 7.43 5.63 0.22 0.00 99.0 5.36 -9 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .400 .496
1893 23 CHC NL 19.2 4 2 14 6.41 6.58 -0.18 0.00 104.0 7.03 2 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .531 .501
1894 24 CHC NL 261.1 36 30 193 6.65 7.35 -0.25 0.00 106.0 8.06 48 3.7 1.0 -0.2 5.9 83 .601 .523
1895 25 CHC NL 353.0 42 41 228 5.81 6.59 -0.07 0.00 107.0 7.12 62 5.1 1.0 -0.3 8.1 101 .622 .532
1896 26 CHC NL 317.2 36 35 189 5.35 6.02 0.06 0.00 104.0 6.20 38 3.3 1.0 -0.3 6.0 71 .591 .520
1897 27 CHC NL 343.2 41 38 231 6.05 5.87 -0.22 0.00 104.0 6.32 19 1.6 1.0 -0.3 4.6 54 .540 .510
1898 28 CHC NL 325.2 38 38 105 2.90 4.91 0.14 0.00 99.0 4.72 74 7.9 -0.3 10.6 100 .707 .549
1899 29 CHC NL 319.2 38 38 163 4.59 5.23 0.25 0.00 97.0 4.83 17 1.6 -0.3 4.4 45 .543 .510
1900 30 CHC NL 248.0 30 30 126 4.57 5.34 -0.06 0.00 98.0 5.29 24 2.3 -0.2 4.5 48 .577 .514 $2,500
1901 31 CHW AL 266.2 35 30 114 3.85 5.26 0.21 0.00 95.0 4.80 33 3.2 1.0 -0.2 5.7 60 .590 .519 $4,000
1902 32 CHW AL 213.0 28 24 117 4.94 4.89 0.28 0.00 95.0 4.38 -12 -1.1 1.0 -0.2 0.7 10 .459 .493
1903 33 NYY AL 213.0 25 24 92 3.89 4.08 0.12 0.00 105.0 4.16 10 1.1 1.0 -0.2 3.0 26 .546 .507
1904 34 NYY AL 100.1 16 11 40 3.59 3.50 0.31 0.00 104.0 3.31 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 5 .486 .499
1905 35 NYY AL 101.2 25 7 30 2.66 3.66 -0.21 0.00 110.0 4.25 19 2.4 1.0 -0.1 3.3 26 .595 .515
1906 36 NYY AL 59.2 17 2 30 4.53 3.60 -0.03 0.00 110.0 3.99 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.2 1 .477 .498
1907 37 NYY AL 8.1 4 0 16 17.28 3.61 -0.59 0.00 110.0 4.62 -12 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -11 .243 .494
1909 39 CIN NL 6.0 1 1 8 12.00 3.63 0.02 0.00 100.0 3.61 -6 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .126 .498
1912 42 WSH AL 0.0 1 0 1 101.0 1.0 0.0
1913 43 WSH AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.94 0.42 0.00 101.0 3.56 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 0 .548 .500
1914 44 WSH AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.65 0.20 0.00 103.0 3.56 0 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 0 .551 .500
20 Seasons 3385.2 453 372 1852 4.92 5.46 0.04 0.00 102.1 5.55 305 28.7 1.0 -3.0 57.7 630 .562 .509 $6,500
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CHC (8 yrs) 2188.2 265 252 1249 5.14 5.89 -0.02 0.00 102.3 6.07 284 25.6 1.0 -1.9 44.4 506 .597 .520 $2,500
NYY (5 yrs) 483.0 87 44 208 3.88 3.80 0.06 0.00 106.5 3.99 12 1.9 1.0 -0.4 6.3 47 .522 .502
WSH (3 yrs) 2.0 3 0 1 4.50 3.80 0.31 0.00 102.0 3.56 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .366 .500
CHW (2 yrs) 479.2 63 54 231 4.33 5.09 0.24 0.00 95.0 4.61 21 2.0 1.0 -0.4 6.5 70 .532 .506 $4,000
STL (1 yr) 186.1 27 17 122 5.89 5.70 0.19 0.00 108.0 5.96 2 0.2 1.0 -0.2 1.2 17 .507 .501
BOS (1 yr) 40.0 7 4 33 7.43 5.63 0.22 0.00 99.0 5.36 -9 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .400 .496
CIN (1 yr) 6.0 1 1 8 12.00 3.63 0.02 0.00 100.0 3.61 -6 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .126 .498

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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
1891 21 TOT AA 37 117 100 17 16 2 1 2 11 3 14 20 .160 .282 .260 .542 51 26 3 1/O
1891 21 STL AA 27 87 77 11 12 1 0 1 8 2 8 15 .156 .253 .208 .461 28 16 2 1
1891 21 BOS AA 10 30 23 6 4 1 1 1 3 1 6 5 .174 .367 .435 .801 128 10 1 /1O
1893 23 CHC NL 4 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 -5 2 0 /1
1894 24 CHC NL 46 165 142 27 33 5 4 0 15 6 23 9 .232 .339 .324 .663 57 46 0 0 1/O6
1895 25 CHC NL 43 163 144 20 46 3 0 1 27 2 16 9 .319 .391 .361 .752 89 52 1 2 1/O
1896 26 CHC NL 38 146 135 22 36 5 2 1 16 3 9 7 .267 .313 .356 .668 73 48 0 2 1
1897 27 CHC NL 46 183 162 27 38 8 4 0 21 2 18 8 .235 .311 .333 .644 67 54 0 3 1/O635
1898 28 CHC NL 38 137 122 15 20 2 3 0 15 1 13 6 .164 .244 .230 .474 36 28 0 2 1
1899 29 CHC NL 39 140 120 15 31 5 0 0 14 2 14 9 .258 .346 .300 .646 79 36 2 4 1/6
1900 30 CHC NL 30 104 95 16 24 4 1 1 7 2 8 7 .253 .311 .347 .658 84 33 0 1 1
1901 31 CHW AL 35 115 89 21 27 3 1 2 14 0 23 5 .303 .446 .427 .873 145 38 0 3 1
1902 32 CHW AL 35 102 92 11 20 3 0 0 8 0 7 4 .217 .273 .250 .523 48 23 0 3 1/O
1903 33 NYY AL 25 83 69 5 11 4 0 1 7 1 11 13 .159 .284 .261 .545 60 18 1 2 1
1904 34 NYY AL 16 47 42 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 4 13 .143 .217 .190 .408 27 8 0 1 1
1905 35 NYY AL 26 37 32 2 7 1 1 0 5 0 3 11 .219 .286 .313 .598 81 10 0 2 1/O
1906 36 NYY AL 17 23 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .111 .238 .111 .349 6 2 0 2 1
1907 37 NYY AL 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1909 39 CIN NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1910 40 CIN NL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 42 WSH AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /41
1913 43 WSH AL 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 766 2 0 0 /O1
1914 44 WSH AL 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 783 2 0 0 /1
21 Yrs 485 1580 1380 202 321 49 17 8 166 22 1 166 126 .233 .318 .310 .628 70 428 7 27
162 Game Avg. 162 528 461 67 107 16 6 3 55 7 55 42 .233 .318 .310 .628 70 143 2
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
CHC (8 yrs) 284 1049 931 143 230 32 14 3 117 18 101 56 .247 .323 .321 .644 68 299 3 14
NYY (5 yrs) 89 192 163 9 26 7 1 1 14 1 21 41 .160 .259 .233 .493 48 38 1 7
WSH (3 yrs) 3 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 477 4 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 70 217 181 32 47 6 1 2 22 0 30 9 .260 .365 .337 .702 98 61 0 6
STL (1 yr) 27 87 77 11 12 1 0 1 8 2 8 15 .156 .253 .208 .461 28 16 2
BOS (1 yr) 10 30 23 6 4 1 1 1 3 1 6 5 .174 .367 .435 .801 128 10 1
AL (10 yrs) 162 412 347 41 75 15 2 3 38 1 1 51 50 .216 .318 .297 .615 79 103 1 13
NL (10 yrs) 286 1051 933 144 230 32 14 3 117 18 101 56 .247 .322 .320 .643 68 299 3 14
AA (1 yr) 37 117 100 17 16 2 1 2 11 3 14 20 .160 .282 .260 .542 51 26 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1891 21 STL AA 27 87 -9 -0 0 0 7 -3 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1891 21 BOS AA 10 30 1 -0 0 0 2 3 0.2 1 3 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 /1O
1893 23 CHC NL 4 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .478 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
1894 24 CHC NL 46 165 -12 -0 0 -3 13 -2 -0.2 6 3 -0.2 .496 .499 0.1 -0.2 6 1/O6
1895 25 CHC NL 43 163 -1 -0 0 0 11 9 0.7 6 15 0.7 .516 .504 0.7 -0.0 15 1/O
1896 26 CHC NL 38 146 -6 -0 0 0 11 4 0.3 5 9 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 9 1
1897 27 CHC NL 46 183 -9 -0 0 -1 14 4 0.4 6 11 0.4 .508 .502 0.5 -0.1 12 1/O635
1898 28 CHC NL 38 137 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 5 3 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 3 1
1899 29 CHC NL 39 140 -2 -0 0 -1 11 7 0.6 5 12 0.6 .516 .504 0.7 -0.1 13 1/6
1900 30 CHC NL 30 104 -2 -0 0 0 8 6 0.5 4 9 0.5 .517 .503 0.5 0.0 9 $2,500 1
1901 31 CHW AL 35 115 8 0 0 0 8 17 1.5 4 21 1.5 .542 .509 1.5 0.0 21 $4,000 1
1902 32 CHW AL 35 102 -6 0 0 0 7 2 0.1 4 5 0.1 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 1/O
1903 33 NYY AL 25 83 -3 -0 0 0 6 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .514 .502 0.3 -0.0 6 1
1904 34 NYY AL 16 47 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1905 35 NYY AL 26 37 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 1/O
1906 36 NYY AL 17 23 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1907 37 NYY AL 5 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .493 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1909 39 CIN NL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .469 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1910 40 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0
1912 42 WSH AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .475 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /41
1913 43 WSH AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .578 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /O1
1914 44 WSH AL 1 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .554 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
21 Seasons 485 1580 -60 -1 0 -5 114 48 4.1 53 102 4.1 .509 .501 4.6 -0.5 107 $6,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (8 yrs) 284 1049 -45 -1 0 -5 77 25 2.1 36 61 2.1 .508 .502 2.6 -0.4 66 $2,500
NYY (5 yrs) 89 192 -10 0 0 0 14 4 0.4 7 10 0.4 .504 .500 0.4 -0.0 10
WSH (3 yrs) 3 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .535 .500 0.1 0.0 1
CIN (2 yrs) 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .485 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
CHW (2 yrs) 70 217 2 1 0 0 15 18 1.6 8 26 1.6 .523 .505 1.6 -0.0 26 $4,000
STL (1 yr) 27 87 -9 -0 0 0 7 -3 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1
BOS (1 yr) 10 30 1 -0 0 0 2 3 0.2 1 3 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 -0.0 3

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1891 TOT AA 21 P 34 226.1 66 10 50 6 1 .909 2.39 1.76 .908 2.55 2.46
1891 STL AA 21 P 27 186.1 57 8 45 4 1 .930 2.56 1.96 .908 2.55 2.46
1891 BOS AA 21 P 7 40.0 9 2 5 2 0 .778 1.58 1.00 .908 2.54 2.46
1891 BOS AA 21 OF 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .907 1.87 2-0-1
1893 CHC NL 23 P 4 19.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.66 2.00 .912 2.52 2.45
1894 CHC NL 24 P 36 261.1 69 20 45 4 1 .942 2.24 1.81 .912 2.18 2.09
1894 CHC NL 24 OF 7 11 7 1 3 0 .727 1.14 .915 2.29 0-3-4
1894 CHC NL 24 SS 1 3 0 0 3 0 .000 0.00 .897 5.70
1895 CHC NL 25 P 42 353.0 117 27 81 9 2 .923 2.75 2.57 .918 2.52 2.42
1895 CHC NL 25 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 2.20 0-0-1
1896 CHC NL 26 P 36 317.2 108 20 79 9 3 .917 2.80 2.75 .916 2.72 2.62
1897 CHC NL 27 P 41 343.2 114 23 85 6 3 .947 2.83 2.63 .920 2.54 2.44
1897 CHC NL 27 OF 2 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 .935 2.10 1-1-0
1897 CHC NL 27 SS 2 14 5 8 1 1 .929 6.50 .907 5.75
1897 CHC NL 27 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.20
1897 CHC NL 27 3B 1 9 3 3 3 0 .667 6.00 .892 3.40
1898 CHC NL 28 P 38 325.2 105 18 82 5 2 .952 2.76 2.63 .918 2.65 2.55
1899 CHC NL 29 P 38 319.2 135 17 109 9 3 .933 3.55 3.32 .910 2.68 2.56
1899 CHC NL 29 SS 1 4 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 .910 5.60
1900 CHC NL 30 P 30 248.0 72 9 57 6 0 .917 2.40 2.20 .921 2.67 2.59
1901 CHW AL 31 P 35 266.2 92 9 78 5 3 .946 2.94 2.49 .930 2.99 2.90
1902 CHW AL 32 P 28 213.0 65 10 55 0 1 1.000 2.75 2.32 .928 3.10 3.03
1902 CHW AL 32 OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .943 2.07 2-0-1
1903 NYY AL 33 P 25 213.0 59 8 50 1 1 .983 2.45 2.32 .948 3.19 3.13
1904 NYY AL 34 P 16 100.1 37 3 32 2 0 .946 3.14 2.19 .952 3.44 3.39
1905 NYY AL 35 P 25 101.2 25 1 23 1 0 .960 2.12 0.96 .942 3.25 3.21
1905 NYY AL 35 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1906 NYY AL 36 P 17 59.2 24 1 23 0 2 1.000 3.62 1.41 .948 3.23 3.17
1907 NYY AL 37 P 4 8.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 4.32 1.00 .946 3.24 3.25
1909 CIN NL 39 P 1 6.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 7.50 5.00 .940 2.85 2.80
1912 WSH AL 42 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .945 4.90
1912 WSH AL 42 P 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1913 WSH AL 43 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-0
1913 WSH AL 43 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1914 WSH AL 44 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
20 Seasons P 453 3385.2 1106 179 863 64 22 .942 2.77 2.30 .922 2.74 2.68
7 Seasons OF 18 20 13 2 5 0 .750 0.83 .920 2.12 6-4-7
3 Seasons SS 4 21 6 9 6 1 .714 3.75 .906 5.70
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.20
1 Season 3B 1 9 3 3 3 0 .667 6.00 .892 3.40
1 Season 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .945 4.90
21 Seasons TOT 478 3385.2 1158 201 879 78 23 .933 2.77 2.26 .921 2.74 2.71 6-4-7
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1939 BBWAA ( 7.3%)
1942 BBWAA (30.5%)
1945 BBWAA (43.7%)
1946 Final Ballot (31.2%)
1946 Nominating Vote (36.1%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

Awards (yr lg award)
1898 NL pitching_title

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1895 NL  8.8 (4th)
1898 NL  10.5 (2nd)
1900 NL  5.0 (10th)
1901 AL  7.2 (3rd)
Career  61.9 (160th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1894 NL  5.9 (9th)
1895 NL  8.1 (6th)
1896 NL  6.0 (9th)
1897 NL  4.6 (8th)
1898 NL  10.7 (2nd)
1900 NL  4.5 (8th)
1901 AL  5.7 (4th)
Career  57.7 (64th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1898 NL  1.88 (1st)
1899 NL  2.79 (7th)
1900 NL  3.05 (9th)
1901 AL  2.67 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1895 NL  26 (4th)
1896 NL  23 (9th)
1897 NL  21 (7th)
1898 NL  24 (10th)
1899 NL  22 (10th)
1901 AL  24 (3rd)
Career  237 (59th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1891 AA  .609 (4th)
1895 NL  .650 (6th)
1896 NL  .676 (6th)
1898 NL  .706 (5th)
1901 AL  .774 (1st)
1902 AL  .625 (6th)
Career  .619 (77th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1894 NL  1.580 (10th)
1898 NL  1.133 (3rd)
1899 NL  1.233 (9th)
1900 NL  1.194 (5th)
1901 AL  1.219 (3rd)
1903 AL  1.099 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1898 NL  8.429 (9th)
1900 NL  8.891 (7th)
1901 AL  9.281 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1891 AA  2.903 (5th)
1895 NL  2.320 (6th)
1896 NL  1.983 (5th)
1897 NL  2.252 (9th)
1898 NL  1.769 (5th)
1899 NL  1.830 (7th)
1900 NL  1.851 (4th)
1901 AL  1.688 (4th)
1902 AL  1.986 (7th)
1903 AL  1.394 (8th)
Career  2.058 (106th)

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL  42 (9th)
1897 NL  41 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1891 AA  2 (2nd)
1897 NL  1 (8th)
1901 AL  1 (2nd)
1905 AL  1 (2nd)
1906 AL  2 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1895 NL  353.0 (6th)
1897 NL  343.7 (3rd)
Career  3,385.7 (83rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1897 NL  102 (6th)
1898 NL  97 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1895 NL  41 (5th)
1897 NL  38 (9th)
1899 NL  38 (7th)
Career  372 (161st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1895 NL  39 (5th)
1896 NL  35 (9th)
1897 NL  38 (1st)
1898 NL  36 (9th)
1899 NL  35 (7th)
Career  337 (28th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1898 NL  4 (6th)
1900 NL  4 (1st)
1901 AL  5 (1st)
1902 AL  3 (5th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 AA  11 (7th)
1895 NL  11 (10th)
1902 AL  11 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1895 NL  434 (4th)
1897 NL  410 (3rd)
Career  3,670 (53rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1891 AA  1.206 (8th)
1894 NL  0.835 (6th)
1896 NL  1.157 (3rd)
1897 NL  1.186 (9th)
1898 NL  1.516 (4th)
1899 NL  1.123 (8th)
1900 NL  1.196 (8th)
1901 AL  1.340 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1896 NL  0.085 (5th)
1897 NL  0.079 (3rd)
1898 NL  0.028 (2nd)
1901 AL  0.135 (6th)
Career  0.202 (171st)

Losses s c a p y
Career  146 (173rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1895 NL  154 (10th)
Career  1,246 (102nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1897 NL  11 (10th)
1903 AL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1891 AA  20 (7th)
1894 NL  14 (10th)
1895 NL  22 (2nd)
1897 NL  17 (10th)
1898 NL  20 (8th)
1900 NL  16 (9th)
1902 AL  16 (2nd)
Career  171 (11th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1895 NL  1,570 (6th)
1897 NL  1,500 (4th)
Career  14,335 (78th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1891 AA  13 (1st)
1901 AL  5 (8th)
1902 AL  4 (8th)
1904 AL  5 (7th)
1905 AL  17 (1st)
1906 AL  15 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1895 NL  130 (9th)
1896 NL  128 (8th)
1898 NL  192 (1st)
1899 NL  134 (10th)
1901 AL  131 (4th)
Career  121 (104th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1895 NL  41 (6th)
1896 NL  31 (10th)
1898 NL  60 (2nd)
1899 NL  27 (10th)
1901 AL  27 (3rd)
Career  241 (53rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1895 NL  3.5 (6th)
1896 NL  2.7 (10th)
1898 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1899 NL  2.5 (10th)
1901 AL  2.6 (3rd)
Career  22.3 (67th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1895 NL  27 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1899 NL  109 (2nd)
Career  863 (42nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
Career  64 (58th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1899 NL  3.55 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1897 NL  2.63 (5th)
1899 NL  3.32 (2nd)
Career  2.30 (85th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1902 AL  1.000 (1st)
1903 AL  .983 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1907 AL  born 1869-11-20 (10th)
1907 AL  born 1869-11-20 (10th)
1909 NL  born 1869-11-20 (3rd)
1909 NL  born 1869-11-20 (3rd)
1910 NL  born 1869-11-20 (2nd)
1910 NL  born 1869-11-20 (2nd)
1912 AL  born 1869-11-20 (5th)
1912 AL  born 1869-11-20 (5th)
1913 AL  born 1869-11-20 (2nd)
1913 AL  born 1869-11-20 (2nd)
1914 AL  born 1869-11-20 (1st)
1914 AL  born 1869-11-20 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 132 (128), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 90 (122), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2935), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 39 (77), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (52nd), 61.9 career WAR/48.5 7yr-peak WAR/55.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jesse Haines (890) *
  6. Carl Mays (889)
  7. Carl Hubbell (888) *
  8. Herb Pennock (887) *
  9. Juan Marichal (881) *
  10. Silver King (881)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  3. Al Orth (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Elden Auker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Elden Auker (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Stein (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Nig Cuppy (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Nig Cuppy (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Nig Cuppy (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Nig Cuppy (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Lon Warneke (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lon Warneke (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Lon Warneke (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Joe McGinnity (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Joe McGinnity (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Freddie Fitzsimmons (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jesse Haines (891) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Jesse Haines (889) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Jack Quinn (871)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Jim Field (951)
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  4. Nig Cuppy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Wilbur Cooper (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Wilbur Cooper (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charlie Carr (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charlie Carr (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Burleigh Grimes (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ted Lyons (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ted Lyons (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ted Lyons (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  17. Ted Lyons (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
190030Chicago Orphans$2,500Never Just a Game 144
190131Chicago White Sox$4,0005/20/01 Dayton Herald, per 1995 BRJ 24Also 4/13/01 SL
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,500
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