Red Ames

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 2, 1882 in Warren, OH us

Died: October 8, 1936 in Warren, OH

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Warren, OH

High School: Warren HS (Warren, OH)

Debut: September 14, 1903 (Age 21-043d, 2,565th in major league history)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 0 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 1919 (Age 37-054d)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: Leon Kessling Ames

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.3

183

167

ERA

2.63

533

371

3198.0

1702

WHIP

1.229

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-16 / in Starts: 14-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	36 (16-14-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (18-14-8)

Most Driven In
J Meyers	1
A Wilson	1
A Fletcher	0
H Groh	0
B Herzog	0
T Shafer	0

Most Driven In By
L Doyle	3
B Becker	1
R Murray	0
F Merkle	0

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	242	3 (2)	Apr 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.40	-0.110	3.46	-0.16%	-0.92	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	243	14 (10)	May 3	NYG		PHI	L,6-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	244	16 (1)	May 6	NYG	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.429	.667	1.095	9	.49	0.077	1.79	0.17%	1.10	P
4	245	20 (3)	May 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.400	.556	.956	9	.76	0.058	3.64	0.17%	0.42	P
5	246	23 (2)	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.250	.308	.417	.724	9	.84	-0.049	3.90	-0.14%	-0.49	P
6	247	26 (2)	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.188	.235	.313	.548	9	1.94	-0.162	13.01	-0.65%	-1.67	P
7	248	32 (5)	May 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.250	.286	.350	.636	9	.56	0.093	2.60	0.26%	2.03	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	249	39 (6)	Jun 4	NYG		STL	W,14-9	GS-7	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.318	.375	.455	.830	9	.09	0.015	.37	0.04%	0.74	P
9	250	44 (4)	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.292	.346	.417	.763	9	.83	-0.043	3.88	-0.12%	-0.37	P
10	251	51 (6)	Jun 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.250	.300	.357	.657	9	1.03	-0.111	3.50	-0.23%	-1.10	P
11	252	55 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,14-12	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.290	.345	.635	9	.04	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.11	P
12	253	58 (2)	Jun 26	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.294	.344	.638	9	.72	-0.005	1.50	-0.01%	-0.16	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	254	63 (4)	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.242	.286	.333	.619	9	.60	-0.017	.74	-0.01%	-0.37	P
14	255	66 (2)	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.235	.278	.324	.601	9	.82	-0.030	.68	-0.02%	-0.46	P
15	256	70 (3)	Jul 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.263	.306	.569	9	1.11	-0.057	1.34	-0.04%	-0.47	P
16	257	73 (2)	Jul 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.263	.306	.569	9						P
17	258	78 (4)	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.211	.268	.289	.558	9	.83	-0.063	1.50	-0.07%	-0.81	P
18	259	82 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.286	.308	.593	9	1.61	0.061	3.10	0.07%	0.61	P
19	260	87 (4)	Jul 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	7-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.225	.279	.300	.579	9	1.20	-0.029	1.21	-0.02%	-0.30	P
20	261	89 (1)	Jul 27	NYG		CHC	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.225	.279	.300	.579	9						P
21	262	90	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.225	.279	.300	.579	9						P
22	263	92 (1)	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.340	.349	.689	9	.66	0.135	.98	0.12%	2.47	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	264	97 (4)	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	2-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.283	.340	.348	.688	9	.42	-0.019	.63	-0.02%	-0.29	P
24	265	103 (5)	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,6-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.283	.340	.348	.688	9						P
25	266	113 (9)	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.271	.327	.333	.660	9	.80	-0.042	3.85	-0.12%	-0.35	P
26	267	119 (5)	Aug 30	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.265	.321	.327	.647	9	.42	-0.011	1.71	-0.03%	-0.11	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	268	122 (2)	Sep 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.260	.315	.320	.635	9	.30	-0.008	.76	-0.01%	-0.17	P
28	269	124 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.260	.315	.320	.635	9						P
29	270	126 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.304	.308	.611	9	1.34	-0.086	2.54	-0.10%	-0.64	P
30	271	129 (2)	Sep 7	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	1-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.293	.296	.589	9	.49	-0.025	.32	-0.01%	-0.29	P
31	272	142 (12)	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.232	.283	.286	.569	9	.88	-0.018	.02	0.00%	-0.39	P
32	273	151 (8)	Oct 2	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.224	.274	.276	.550	9	1.01	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
33	274	153 (1)	Oct 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-8	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.224	.274	.276	.550	9						P
							17-16		63	58	6	13	3	0	0	2	4	0	22	0	1		0		1		.224	.274	.276	.550		.83	-0.502	2.58	-0.93%	-2.60

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