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Lefty Grove

Robert Moses Grove
last name Groves

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD
High School: Central HS (Lonaconing, MD)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1925
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1925-1941

Final Game: September 28, 1941
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1947 (123/161 ballots).
   View Lefty Grove Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH
Buried: Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, MD
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Hall of Fame

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
1925 25 PHA AL 10 12 .455 4.75 45 18 12 5 0 1 197.0 207 120 104 11 131 116 5 0 9 908 98 1.716 9.5 0.5 6.0 5.3 0.89
1926 26 PHA AL 13 13 .500 2.51 45 33 9 20 1 6 258.0 227 97 72 6 101 194 6 0 5 1072 165 1.271 7.9 0.2 3.5 6.8 1.92 MVP-8
1927 27 PHA AL 20 13 .606 3.19 51 28 18 14 1 9 262.1 251 116 93 6 79 174 2 1 5 1106 132 1.258 8.6 0.2 2.7 6.0 2.20
1928 28 PHA AL 24 8 .750 2.58 39 31 6 24 4 4 261.2 228 93 75 10 64 183 1 0 4 1064 155 1.116 7.8 0.3 2.2 6.3 2.86
1929 29 PHA AL 20 6 .769 2.81 42 37 5 19 2 4 275.1 278 104 86 8 81 170 3 0 8 1168 149 1.304 9.1 0.3 2.6 5.6 2.10
1930 30 PHA AL 28 5 .848 2.54 50 32 17 22 2 9 291.0 273 101 82 8 60 209 5 0 2 1191 185 1.144 8.4 0.2 1.9 6.5 3.48
1931 31 PHA AL 31 4 .886 2.06 41 30 10 27 4 5 288.2 249 84 66 10 62 175 1 0 2 1160 217 1.077 7.8 0.3 1.9 5.5 2.82 MVP-1
1932 32 PHA AL 25 10 .714 2.84 44 30 13 27 4 7 291.2 269 101 92 13 79 188 1 0 0 1207 160 1.193 8.3 0.4 2.4 5.8 2.38 MVP-14
1933 33 PHA AL 24 8 .750 3.20 45 28 16 21 2 6 275.1 280 113 98 12 83 114 4 0 1 1173 134 1.318 9.2 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.37 AS,MVP-5
1934 34 BOS AL 8 8 .500 6.50 22 12 6 5 0 0 109.1 149 84 79 5 32 43 1 0 1 506 73 1.655 12.3 0.4 2.6 3.5 1.34
1935 35 BOS AL 20 12 .625 2.70 35 30 4 23 2 1 273.0 269 105 82 6 65 121 3 0 2 1137 175 1.223 8.9 0.2 2.1 4.0 1.86 AS,MVP-14
1936 36 BOS AL 17 12 .586 2.81 35 30 3 22 6 2 253.1 237 90 79 14 65 130 4 0 0 1049 189 1.192 8.4 0.5 2.3 4.6 2.00 AS,MVP-15
1937 37 BOS AL 17 9 .654 3.02 32 32 0 21 3 0 262.0 269 101 88 9 83 153 1 0 5 1127 159 1.344 9.2 0.3 2.9 5.3 1.84 AS
1938 38 BOS AL 14 4 .778 3.08 24 21 3 12 1 1 163.2 169 65 56 8 52 99 1 0 3 706 160 1.350 9.3 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.90 AS,MVP-21
1939 39 BOS AL 15 4 .789 2.54 23 23 0 17 2 0 191.0 180 63 54 8 58 81 1 0 0 798 185 1.246 8.5 0.4 2.7 3.8 1.40 AS,MVP-15
1940 40 BOS AL 7 6 .538 3.99 22 21 1 9 1 0 153.1 159 73 68 20 50 62 1 0 1 652 112 1.363 9.3 1.2 2.9 3.6 1.24
1941 41 BOS AL 7 7 .500 4.37 21 21 0 10 0 0 134.0 155 84 65 8 42 54 2 0 3 598 95 1.470 10.4 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.29
17 Yrs 300 141 .680 3.06 616 457 123 298 35 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 162 1187 2266 42 1 51 16622 148 1.278 8.8 0.4 2.7 5.2 1.91
162 Game Avg. 19 9 .680 3.06 39 29 8 19 2 3 250 244 101 85 10 75 144 3 0 3 1053 148 1.278 8.8 0.4 2.7 5.2 1.91
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
PHA (9 yrs) 195 79 .712 2.88 402 267 106 179 20 51 2401.0 2262 929 768 84 740 1523 28 1 36 10049 151 1.250 8.5 0.3 2.8 5.7 2.06
BOS (8 yrs) 105 62 .629 3.34 214 190 17 119 15 4 1539.2 1587 665 571 78 447 743 14 0 15 6573 143 1.321 9.3 0.5 2.6 4.3 1.66

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
1925 25 PHA AL 197.0 45 18 120 5.48 5.36 0.06 0.00 105.3 5.59 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.8 26 .504 .501 $
1926 26 PHA AL 257.0 45 33 97 3.40 4.86 0.05 0.00 103.5 4.98 45 4.8 1.0 -0.1 6.9 74 .607 .530 $ MVP-8
1927 27 PHA AL 262.1 51 28 116 3.98 4.89 0.00 0.00 101.8 4.98 28 2.8 1.0 -0.1 5.0 60 .555 .517 $
1928 28 PHA AL 261.2 39 31 93 3.20 4.76 0.07 0.00 98.6 4.62 41 4.3 1.0 -0.1 6.5 71 .611 .527 $
1929 29 PHA AL 275.0 42 37 104 3.40 4.87 0.07 0.00 99.3 4.77 42 4.3 1.0 -0.1 6.6 74 .602 .526 $20,000
1930 30 PHA AL 291.0 50 32 101 3.12 5.23 0.08 0.00 101.7 5.24 68 6.6 1.0 -0.2 9.0 106 .632 .541 $
1931 31 PHA AL 288.2 41 30 84 2.62 5.01 0.33 0.00 102.8 4.82 69 7.2 1.0 -0.1 9.5 105 .675 .544 $31,000 MVP-1
1932 32 PHA AL 291.2 44 30 101 3.12 5.14 0.17 0.00 101.3 5.04 61 6.2 1.0 -0.1 8.6 98 .641 .538 $25,000 MVP-14
1933 33 PHA AL 275.1 45 28 113 3.69 4.93 -0.38 0.00 101.5 5.39 49 5.1 1.0 -0.1 7.3 84 .613 .531 $25,000 AS,MVP-5
1934 34 BOS AL 109.1 22 12 84 6.91 5.16 -0.22 0.00 104.9 5.64 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .437 .491 $
1935 35 BOS AL 273.0 35 30 105 3.46 5.28 -0.06 0.00 105.0 5.61 66 6.9 1.0 -0.2 9.1 98 .698 .543 $ AS,MVP-14
1936 36 BOS AL 253.1 35 30 90 3.20 6.15 -0.02 0.00 103.0 6.36 88 8.6 1.0 -0.2 10.7 123 .746 .553 $ AS,MVP-15
1937 37 BOS AL 262.0 32 32 101 3.47 5.50 -0.25 0.00 103.2 5.94 71 7.3 -0.2 9.4 104 .729 .545 $ AS
1938 38 BOS AL 163.2 24 21 65 3.57 5.47 0.01 0.00 104.1 5.69 37 3.6 1.0 -0.1 5.0 60 .650 .522 $ AS,MVP-21
1939 39 BOS AL 191.0 23 23 63 2.97 5.33 -0.11 0.00 99.4 5.41 51 5.3 -0.1 6.8 75 .730 .533 $ AS,MVP-15
1940 40 BOS AL 153.1 22 21 73 4.28 4.96 -0.20 0.00 101.1 5.22 15 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.4 30 .567 .509 $
1941 41 BOS AL 134.0 21 21 84 5.64 4.58 -0.13 0.00 102.0 4.80 -13 -1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .440 .492 $
17 Seasons 3939.1 616 457 1594 3.64 5.15 -0.01 0.00 102.2 5.28 702 72.0 1.0 -2.1 103.7 1186 .617 .526 $101,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
PHA (9 yrs) 2399.2 402 267 929 3.48 5.00 0.05 0.00 101.7 5.03 404 41.4 1.0 -1.2 61.2 698 .603 .528 $101,000
BOS (8 yrs) 1539.2 214 190 665 3.89 5.39 -0.12 0.00 102.9 5.66 298 30.6 1.0 -1.0 42.5 488 .643 .524 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1929 29 PHA AL WS W CHC 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 6.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 22 0.632 4.3 0.0 1.4 14.2 10.00
1930 30 PHA AL WS W STL 2 1 .667 1.42 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 15 5 3 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 76 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 4.7 3.33
1931 31 PHA AL WS L STL 2 1 .667 2.42 3 3 0 2 0 0 26.0 28 7 7 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 107 1.154 9.7 0.0 0.7 5.5 8.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 4 2 .667 1.75 8 5 3 4 0 1 51.1 46 12 10 0 6 0 36 0 0 0 205 1.013 8.1 0.0 1.1 6.3 6.00
3 WS 4 2 .667 1.75 8 5 3 4 0 1 51.1 46 12 10 0 6 0 36 0 0 0 205 1.013 8.1 0.0 1.1 6.3 6.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1933 PHA AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1935 BOS AL 35
1936 BOS AL 36 1 0 1 .000 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1937 BOS AL 37
1938 BOS AL 38 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1939 BOS AL 39
6 Yrs (3 GP) 1 0 1 .000 2.25 2 0 0 1 8.0 10 4 2 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 35 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00

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%
1925 25 PHA AL 903 1.2% 12.9% 14.5% 1.9% 8% 68%
1926 26 PHA AL 1079 0.6% 18.0% 9.4% 3.2% 15% 69%
1927 27 PHA AL 1108 0.5% 15.7% 7.1% 2.8% 12% 74%
1928 28 PHA AL 1059 0.9% 17.3% 6.0% 3.7% 17% 75%
1929 29 PHA AL 1167 0.7% 14.6% 6.9% 2.1% 9% 76%
1930 30 PHA AL 1192 0.7% 17.5% 5.0% 3.8% 17% 75%
1931 31 PHA AL 1160 0.9% 15.1% 5.3% 4.1% 19% 78%
1932 32 PHA AL 1205 1.1% 15.6% 6.6% 5.6% 25% 76%
1933 33 PHA AL 1172 1.0% 9.7% 7.1% 4.1% 17% 81%
1934 34 BOS AL 506 1.0% 8.5% 6.3% 3.6% 12% 83%
1935 35 BOS AL 1137 0.5% 10.6% 5.7% 4.6% 19% 81%
1936 36 BOS AL 1048 1.3% 12.4% 6.2% 5.4% 24% 78%
1937 37 BOS AL 1127 0.8% 13.6% 7.4% 3.7% 16% 77%
1938 38 BOS AL 706 1.1% 14.0% 7.4% 3.8% 16% 76%
1939 39 BOS AL 798 1.0% 10.2% 7.3% 4.8% 21% 80%
1940 40 BOS AL 652 3.1% 9.5% 7.7% 5.4% 22% 78%
1941 41 BOS AL 598 1.3% 9.0% 7.0% 4.9% 19% 80%
17 Yrs 16617 1.0% 13.6% 7.1% 3.9% 17% 76%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.2% 8.3% 3.2% 13% 80%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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+
1925 25 10 12 .455 4.75 45 18 12 5 0 1 197.0 207 120 104 11 131 116 5 0 9 908 98 1.716 9.5 0.5 6.0 5.3 0.89 98
1926 26 23 25 .479 3.48 90 51 21 25 1 7 455.0 434 217 176 17 232 310 11 0 14 1980 126 1.464 8.6 0.3 4.6 6.1 1.34 126
1927 27 43 38 .531 3.38 141 79 39 39 2 16 717.1 685 333 269 23 311 484 13 1 19 3086 128 1.388 8.6 0.3 3.9 6.1 1.56 128
1928 28 67 46 .593 3.16 180 110 45 63 6 20 979.0 913 426 344 33 375 667 14 1 23 4150 134 1.316 8.4 0.3 3.4 6.1 1.78 134
1929 29 87 52 .626 3.09 222 147 50 82 8 24 1254.1 1191 530 430 41 456 837 17 1 31 5318 137 1.313 8.5 0.3 3.3 6.0 1.84 137
1930 30 115 57 .669 2.98 272 179 67 104 10 33 1545.1 1464 631 512 49 516 1046 22 1 33 6509 145 1.281 8.5 0.3 3.0 6.1 2.03 145
1931 31 146 61 .705 2.84 313 209 77 131 14 38 1834.0 1713 715 578 59 578 1221 23 1 35 7669 153 1.249 8.4 0.3 2.8 6.0 2.11 153
1932 32 171 71 .707 2.84 357 239 90 158 18 45 2125.2 1982 816 670 72 657 1409 24 1 35 8876 154 1.241 8.4 0.3 2.8 6.0 2.14 154
1933 33 195 79 .712 2.88 402 267 106 179 20 51 2401.0 2262 929 768 84 740 1523 28 1 36 10049 151 1.250 8.5 0.3 2.8 5.7 2.06 151
1934 34 203 87 .700 3.04 424 279 112 184 20 51 2510.1 2411 1013 847 89 772 1566 29 1 37 10555 144 1.268 8.6 0.3 2.8 5.6 2.03 144
1935 35 223 99 .693 3.00 459 309 116 207 22 52 2783.1 2680 1118 929 95 837 1687 32 1 39 11692 147 1.264 8.7 0.3 2.7 5.5 2.02 147
1936 36 240 111 .684 2.99 494 339 119 229 28 54 3036.2 2917 1208 1008 109 902 1817 36 1 39 12741 150 1.258 8.6 0.3 2.7 5.4 2.01 150
1937 37 257 120 .682 2.99 526 371 119 250 31 54 3298.2 3186 1309 1096 118 985 1970 37 1 44 13868 151 1.264 8.7 0.3 2.7 5.4 2.00 151
1938 38 271 124 .686 2.99 550 392 122 262 32 55 3462.1 3355 1374 1152 126 1037 2069 38 1 47 14574 151 1.269 8.7 0.3 2.7 5.4 2.00 151
1939 39 286 128 .691 2.97 573 415 122 279 34 55 3653.1 3535 1437 1206 134 1095 2150 39 1 47 15372 153 1.267 8.7 0.3 2.7 5.3 1.96 153
1940 40 293 134 .686 3.01 595 436 123 288 35 55 3806.2 3694 1510 1274 154 1145 2212 40 1 48 16024 151 1.271 8.7 0.4 2.7 5.2 1.93 151
1941 41 300 141 .680 3.06 616 457 123 298 35 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 162 1187 2266 42 1 51 16622 148 1.278 8.8 0.4 2.7 5.2 1.91 148

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
1925 25 12 11 .522 3.75 211.0 195 98 88 10 123 124 5 1.507 8.3 5.2 5.3 1.01 0.4 45
1926 26 21 8 .724 2.34 265.0 227 77 69 6 101 199 6 1.238 7.7 3.4 6.8 1.97 0.2 45
1927 27 20 10 .667 2.76 277.0 246 94 85 6 77 184 2 1.166 8.0 2.5 6.0 2.39 0.2 51
1928 28 22 8 .733 2.44 273.0 233 82 74 10 65 191 1 1.092 7.7 2.1 6.3 2.94 0.3 39
1929 29 23 9 .719 2.50 292.0 278 90 81 8 81 180 3 1.229 8.6 2.5 5.5 2.22 0.2 42
1930 30 27 7 .794 1.99 312.0 257 77 69 8 56 224 5 1.003 7.4 1.6 6.5 4.00 0.2 50
1931 31 28 5 .848 1.72 304.0 239 64 58 10 60 184 1 0.984 7.1 1.8 5.4 3.07 0.3 41
1932 32 25 9 .735 2.34 311.0 259 90 81 13 76 201 1 1.077 7.5 2.2 5.8 2.64 0.4 44
1933 33 21 11 .656 2.82 294.0 280 102 92 12 83 122 4 1.235 8.6 2.5 3.7 1.47 0.4 45
1934 34 5 8 .385 5.10 120.0 142 76 68 5 30 47 1 1.433 10.7 2.3 3.5 1.57 0.4 22
1935 35 25 7 .781 2.17 294.0 258 79 71 6 62 130 3 1.088 7.9 1.9 4.0 2.10 0.2 35
1936 36 24 6 .800 2.04 273.0 214 69 62 13 59 140 4 1.000 7.1 1.9 4.6 2.37 0.4 35
1937 37 23 8 .742 2.38 280.0 252 82 74 8 78 163 1 1.179 8.1 2.5 5.2 2.09 0.3 32
1938 38 14 5 .737 2.41 179.0 160 53 48 8 49 108 1 1.168 8.0 2.5 5.4 2.20 0.4 24
1939 39 17 5 .773 2.13 203.0 173 53 48 8 56 86 1 1.128 7.7 2.5 3.8 1.54 0.4 23
1940 40 10 7 .588 3.51 159.0 155 69 62 19 49 64 1 1.283 8.8 2.8 3.6 1.31 1.1 22
1941 41 7 8 .467 4.02 141.0 155 70 63 8 42 57 2 1.397 9.9 2.7 3.6 1.36 0.5 21
17 Yrs 324 132 .711 2.56 4188.0 3723 1325 1193 158 1147 2404 42 1.163 8.0 5.2 2.10 0.3 616
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1945 BBWAA (11.3%)
1946 Final Ballot (23.2%)
1946 Nominating Vote (35.1%)
1947 BBWAA (76.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
Selected to HOF in 1947 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1933 *
1935
1936 (P)
1937
1938 *
1939

Awards (yr lg award)
1930 AL Triple Crown
1931 AL MVP
1931 AL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 AL (8, 19%)
1931 AL (1, 98%)
1932 AL (14, 10%)
1933 AL (5, 44%)
1935 AL (14, 10%)
1936 AL (15, 6%)
1938 AL (21, 2%)
1939 AL (15, 5%)
1 MVP
1.94 Career Shares (95th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1926 AL  6.0 (5th)
1928 AL  6.6 (5th)
1929 AL  6.7 (7th)
1930 AL  9.0 (3rd)
1931 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1932 AL  8.4 (2nd)
1933 AL  6.3 (6th)
1935 AL  8.4 (2nd)
1936 AL  10.1 (1st)
1937 AL  9.0 (1st)
1939 AL  6.6 (5th)
Career  97.4 (27th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1926 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1927 AL  5.0 (5th)
1928 AL  6.5 (1st)
1929 AL  6.6 (2nd)
1930 AL  9.0 (1st)
1931 AL  9.5 (1st)
1932 AL  8.6 (1st)
1933 AL  7.3 (1st)
1935 AL  9.1 (1st)
1936 AL  10.7 (1st)
1937 AL  9.4 (1st)
1938 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1939 AL  6.8 (3rd)
Career  103.7 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1926 AL  2.51 (1st)
1927 AL  3.19 (9th)
1928 AL  2.58 (3rd)
1929 AL  2.81 (1st)
1930 AL  2.54 (1st)
1931 AL  2.06 (1st)
1932 AL  2.84 (1st)
1933 AL  3.20 (4th)
1935 AL  2.70 (1st)
1936 AL  2.81 (1st)
1937 AL  3.02 (5th)
1938 AL  3.08 (1st)
1939 AL  2.54 (1st)
Career  3.06 (180th)

Wins s c a p y
1927 AL  20 (3rd)
1928 AL  24 (1st)
1929 AL  20 (3rd)
1930 AL  28 (1st)
1931 AL  31 (1st)
1932 AL  25 (2nd)
1933 AL  24 (1st)
1935 AL  20 (4th)
1936 AL  17 (9th)
1937 AL  17 (4th)
1939 AL  15 (6th)
Career  300 (23rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1928 AL  .750 (3rd)
1929 AL  .769 (1st)
1930 AL  .848 (1st)
1931 AL  .886 (1st)
1932 AL  .714 (4th)
1933 AL  .750 (1st)
1935 AL  .625 (9th)
1937 AL  .654 (7th)
1938 AL  .778 (1st)
1939 AL  .789 (2nd)
Career  .680 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1926 AL  1.271 (2nd)
1927 AL  1.258 (9th)
1928 AL  1.116 (2nd)
1929 AL  1.304 (4th)
1930 AL  1.144 (1st)
1931 AL  1.077 (1st)
1932 AL  1.193 (1st)
1933 AL  1.318 (7th)
1935 AL  1.223 (1st)
1936 AL  1.192 (1st)
1937 AL  1.344 (7th)
1938 AL  1.350 (7th)
1939 AL  1.246 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  7.919 (1st)
1927 AL  8.611 (9th)
1928 AL  7.842 (2nd)
1929 AL  9.087 (7th)
1930 AL  8.443 (2nd)
1931 AL  7.763 (3rd)
1932 AL  8.301 (4th)
1935 AL  8.868 (5th)
1936 AL  8.420 (2nd)
1939 AL  8.482 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 AL  2.201 (9th)
1930 AL  1.856 (3rd)
1931 AL  1.933 (3rd)
1932 AL  2.438 (5th)
1933 AL  2.713 (7th)
1935 AL  2.143 (2nd)
1936 AL  2.309 (2nd)
1937 AL  2.851 (8th)
1938 AL  2.860 (8th)
1939 AL  2.733 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL  5.300 (1st)
1926 AL  6.767 (1st)
1927 AL  5.970 (1st)
1928 AL  6.294 (2nd)
1929 AL  5.557 (1st)
1930 AL  6.464 (1st)
1931 AL  5.456 (4th)
1932 AL  5.801 (3rd)
1935 AL  3.989 (8th)
1936 AL  4.618 (6th)
1937 AL  5.256 (4th)
1938 AL  5.444 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL  45 (8th)
1926 AL  45 (3rd)
1927 AL  51 (3rd)
1928 AL  39 (9th)
1929 AL  42 (5th)
1930 AL  50 (1st)
1932 AL  44 (8th)
1933 AL  45 (5th)
Career  616 (174th)

Saves s c a p y
1926 AL  6 (3rd)
1927 AL  9 (3rd)
1928 AL  4 (7th)
1929 AL  4 (5th)
1930 AL  9 (1st)
1931 AL  5 (6th)
1932 AL  7 (3rd)
1933 AL  6 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 AL  258.0 (6th)
1927 AL  262.3 (4th)
1928 AL  261.7 (6th)
1929 AL  275.3 (3rd)
1930 AL  291.0 (4th)
1931 AL  288.7 (2nd)
1932 AL  291.7 (2nd)
1933 AL  275.3 (3rd)
1935 AL  273.0 (6th)
1936 AL  253.3 (6th)
1937 AL  262.0 (5th)
Career  3,940.7 (44th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 AL  116 (1st)
1926 AL  194 (1st)
1927 AL  174 (1st)
1928 AL  183 (1st)
1929 AL  170 (1st)
1930 AL  209 (1st)
1931 AL  175 (1st)
1932 AL  188 (2nd)
1933 AL  114 (6th)
1935 AL  121 (4th)
1936 AL  130 (4th)
1937 AL  153 (3rd)
Career  2,266 (48th)

Games Started s c a p y
1926 AL  33 (4th)
1928 AL  31 (4th)
1929 AL  37 (1st)
1930 AL  32 (10th)
1935 AL  30 (8th)
1937 AL  32 (6th)
Career  457 (77th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1926 AL  20 (4th)
1927 AL  14 (9th)
1928 AL  24 (2nd)
1929 AL  19 (8th)
1930 AL  22 (5th)
1931 AL  27 (1st)
1932 AL  27 (1st)
1933 AL  21 (1st)
1935 AL  23 (2nd)
1936 AL  22 (5th)
1937 AL  21 (4th)
1939 AL  17 (5th)
Career  298 (42nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1928 AL  4 (2nd)
1929 AL  2 (10th)
1930 AL  2 (4th)
1931 AL  4 (1st)
1932 AL  4 (1st)
1933 AL  2 (4th)
1935 AL  2 (9th)
1936 AL  6 (1st)
1937 AL  3 (6th)
1939 AL  2 (4th)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1940 AL  20 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 AL  131 (1st)
1926 AL  101 (4th)
Career  1,187 (56th)

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  278 (5th)
1930 AL  273 (8th)
1932 AL  269 (7th)
1933 AL  280 (4th)
1935 AL  269 (7th)
1937 AL  269 (3rd)
Career  3,849 (47th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  1.921 (1st)
1927 AL  2.203 (2nd)
1928 AL  2.859 (1st)
1929 AL  2.099 (1st)
1930 AL  3.483 (1st)
1931 AL  2.823 (1st)
1932 AL  2.380 (1st)
1933 AL  1.374 (4th)
1935 AL  1.862 (3rd)
1936 AL  2.000 (1st)
1937 AL  1.843 (4th)
1938 AL  1.904 (1st)
1939 AL  1.397 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  0.209 (9th)
1927 AL  0.206 (9th)
1929 AL  0.262 (4th)
1930 AL  0.247 (3rd)
1931 AL  0.312 (7th)
1932 AL  0.401 (6th)
1935 AL  0.198 (2nd)
1937 AL  0.309 (2nd)
1938 AL  0.440 (5th)
1939 AL  0.377 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  141 (198th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Career  1,339 (69th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1925 AL  9 (1st)
1926 AL  5 (7th)
1927 AL  5 (8th)
1928 AL  4 (7th)
1929 AL  8 (3rd)
1937 AL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 AL  6 (7th)
1930 AL  5 (6th)
1933 AL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1926 AL  1,072 (8th)
1927 AL  1,106 (5th)
1928 AL  1,064 (8th)
1929 AL  1,168 (3rd)
1930 AL  1,191 (4th)
1931 AL  1,160 (5th)
1932 AL  1,207 (3rd)
1933 AL  1,173 (3rd)
1935 AL  1,137 (6th)
1936 AL  1,049 (6th)
1937 AL  1,127 (5th)
Career  16,622 (43rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1927 AL  18 (6th)
1930 AL  17 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1926 AL  167 (1st)
1927 AL  132 (8th)
1928 AL  155 (2nd)
1929 AL  151 (1st)
1930 AL  185 (1st)
1931 AL  220 (1st)
1932 AL  160 (1st)
1933 AL  134 (3rd)
1935 AL  175 (1st)
1936 AL  190 (1st)
1937 AL  158 (4th)
1938 AL  160 (1st)
1939 AL  185 (1st)
Career  148 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1926 AL  42 (2nd)
1927 AL  28 (6th)
1928 AL  40 (1st)
1929 AL  43 (1st)
1930 AL  68 (1st)
1931 AL  74 (1st)
1932 AL  57 (1st)
1933 AL  34 (2nd)
1935 AL  54 (1st)
1936 AL  68 (1st)
1937 AL  50 (2nd)
1938 AL  33 (3rd)
1939 AL  45 (2nd)
Career  618 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1926 AL  4.2 (2nd)
1927 AL  2.7 (6th)
1928 AL  4.1 (1st)
1929 AL  4.3 (1st)
1930 AL  6.5 (1st)
1931 AL  7.6 (1st)
1932 AL  5.7 (1st)
1933 AL  3.3 (2nd)
1935 AL  5.4 (1st)
1936 AL  6.6 (1st)
1937 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1938 AL  3.2 (2nd)
1939 AL  4.6 (2nd)
Career  61.7 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1900-03-06 (9th)
1938 AL  born 1900-03-06 (4th)
1939 AL  born 1900-03-06 (3rd)
1940 AL  born 1900-03-06 (1st)
1941 AL  born 1900-03-06 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 111 (3), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 319 (8), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 232 (15), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 62 (14), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Feller (804) *
  6. Whitey Ford (803) *
  7. Old Hoss Radbourn (797) *
  8. Mickey Welch (791) *
  9. Tom Glavine (790)
  10. Juan Marichal (789) *
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  3. Chuck Finley (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Doug Rau (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Warren Spahn (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Warren Spahn (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Whitey Ford (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Whitey Ford (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Whitey Ford (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Whitey Ford (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Whitey Ford (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Whitey Ford (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Warren Spahn (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Warren Spahn (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Warren Spahn (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Warren Spahn (869) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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