Sheriff Blake

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 17, 1899 in Ansted, WV us

Died: October 31, 1982 in Beckley, WV

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV

School: West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)

Debut: June 29, 1920 (Age 20-286d, 5,054th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1937 (Age 38-009d)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: John Frederick Blake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

102

ERA

4.13

304

195

1620.0

621

WHIP

1.547

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-18 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	58 (30-20-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (30-18-11)

Most Driven In
Z Taylor	2
C Grimm	1
R Stephenson	1
E Grace	0

Most Driven In By
R Hornsby	3
K Cuyler	2
C Heathcote	1
W English	1
C Beck	1
G Hartnett	1
N McMillan	1
J Moore	0

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	178	1	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	179	3 (1)	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.28	0.023	.68	0.03%	0.22	P
3	180	6 (2)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,6-9	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.05	-0.005	3.10	-0.01%	-0.16	P
4	181	9 (2)	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
5	182	12 (2)	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.05	-0.078	3.07	-0.14%	-0.75	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
6	183	16 (3)	May 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.96	-0.166	6.44	-0.33%	-1.10	P
7	184	21 (4)	May 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.01	-0.058	4.23	-0.15%	-0.56	P
8	185	26 (4)	May 17	CHC		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.61	-0.017	2.54	-0.04%	-0.48	P
9	186	31 (4)	May 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.15	-0.142	6.90	-0.51%	-1.26	P
10	187	35 (3)	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.17	-0.123	5.29	-0.34%	-1.21	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
11	188	40 (4)	Jun 2	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.103	.103	.207	9	1.04	-0.055	4.24	-0.14%	-0.48	P
12	189	46 (5)	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.097	.097	.097	.194	9	.56	-0.002	2.15	-0.01%	0.13	P
13	190	51 (4)	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.097	.097	.097	.194	2						P
14	191	54 (2)	Jun 18	CHC		STL	W,13-6	GS-7	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.147	.147	.147	.294	9	1.27	0.235	6.21	0.69%	2.37	P
15	192	59 (4)	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.139	.139	.278	9	1.03	-0.058	6.18	-0.21%	-0.55	P
16	193	60	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	L,7-8	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.139	.139	.278	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
17	194	64 (3)	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,10-7	GS-7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.175	.132	.307	9	.26	-0.016	1.42	-0.05%	-0.09	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
18	195	67 (2)	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.175	.132	.307	9	3.36	0.048	17.44	0.15%	0.08	PR
19	196	70 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,10-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.125	.167	.125	.292	9	.69	-0.046	3.47	-0.14%	-1.03	P
20	197	77 (6)	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,12-16	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.167	.125	.292	9						P
21	198	81 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.116	.156	.116	.272	9	.34	-0.031	1.64	-0.09%	-0.97	P
22	199	86 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.163	.109	.272	9	.55	0.041	3.14	0.14%	0.11	P
23	200	90 (3)	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.154	.102	.256	9	1.83	-0.143	11.28	-0.53%	-1.17	P
24	201	96 (5)	Jul 30	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.164	.115	.279	9	.59	0.027	3.03	0.08%	0.27	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
25	202	101 (4)	Aug 4	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.169	.125	.294	9	1.00	-0.053	3.86	-0.12%	-0.76	P
26	203	105 (3)	Aug 10	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.180	.138	.318	9	.76	0.028	2.47	0.05%	0.16	P
27	204	110 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.131	.172	.131	.303	9	1.18	-0.096	2.14	-0.10%	-0.89	P
28	205	117 (6)	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-7	GS-4	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.197	.175	.372	9	.42	0.048	.26	0.02%	1.56	P
29	206	119 (1)	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-6	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.197	.175	.372	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
30	207	120	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.197	.175	.372	9						P
31	208	123 (2)	Aug 27	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.156	.206	.172	.378	9	1.14	-0.003	.09	0.00%	-0.04	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
32	209	129 (5)	Sep 1	CHC		STL	W,10-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.164	.211	.179	.390	9	.54	-0.006	.03	0.00%	-0.18	P
33	210	134 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,13-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.181	.391	9	.49	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.21	P
34	211	140 (5)	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.215	.200	.415	9	1.30	0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
35	212	143 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,7-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.215	.200	.415	9						P
36	213	145 (1)	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.213	.197	.410	9	.44	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
37	214	152 (6)	Oct 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.200	.414	9	.95	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
38	215	156 (3)	Oct 6	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.173	.212	.198	.409	9						P
							20-18		90	81	11	14	2	0	0	4	4	0	10	0	5		2		0	0	.173	.212	.198	.409		.90	-0.798	3.09	-1.73%	-8.72

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