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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-23 / in Starts: 0-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 12

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	276	7	Apr 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-12	6-7		99	2.0	8	8	7	2	0	0	0	31.50	6.20	16	4	2	0	0	8		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.044	.21	-0.06%	-6.81	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d12
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	277	13	May 9	SLB		WSH	L,1-7	8-GF		9	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	22.50	5.20	11	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	.26	-0.016	.37	-0.01%	-1.81	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
3	278	17	May 14	SLB		DET	W,6-5	4-7	W(1-0)	4	3.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11.74	3.98	13	4	5	3	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.290	1.73	0.26%	2.79	4t --3 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
4	279	22	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	2-6		5	3.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	9.53	3.64	15	7	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.079	1.38	-0.06%	-0.21	2b 1-- 1 out tie	6b -23 0 out a2
5	280	23	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	L(1-1)	0	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	8.36	3.84	14	4	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	2	0	0	1	3.25	-0.025	4.07	-0.02%	0.32	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
6	281	28	May 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-11	3-5		4	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	9.37	4.61	14	3	3	0	1	6		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.136	.28	-0.06%	-3.25	3b 12- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d5
7	282	34	May 31(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.0	3	3	3	6	0	0	0	8.44	5.12	23	7	7	0	3	3	43			0	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.061	.41	0.02%	0.94	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	283	36	Jun 4(1)	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	W(2-1)	3	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.71	5.00	9	4	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.205	.52	0.04%	1.19	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
9	284	39	Jun 6(1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-6		L(2-2)	1	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	8.42	5.38	13												11					0
10	285	42	Jun 10	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.10	5.30	4	3	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.079	.20	0.01%	0.62	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
11	286	45	Jun 13(1)	SLB		NYY	L,9-16	7-7		2	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	8.44	5.41	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.149	.44	-0.02%	-1.03	7t --- 0 out a2	7t 12- 0 out a2
12	287	51	Jun 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5			6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.85	5.36	8												7					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	288	62	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,5-10	3-7		12	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	7.75	5.40	22	7	5	0	0	7		2	2	1	0	0	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	.50	-0.135	.02	0.00%	-1.69	3t 1-3 0 out d2	7t 3 out d6
14	289	65	Jul 5(1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-14	8-GF		1	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	8.07	5.75	12	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-1.81	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d10
15	290	67	Jul 9	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-11	7-7		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.85	5.68	5	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.23	7b -2- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to St. Louis Cardinals
16	291	80	Jul 21(1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG(11)	L(2-3)	11	10.1	7	5	5	7	4	1	0	7.09	5.69	44	15	11	1	3	7	56			0	1	0	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.86	0.267	1.94	0.17%	-0.21	1b start a 1	11b --- 1 out d4
17	292	85	Jul 25(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6			3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.94	5.70	4												3					0
18	293	87	Jul 27	STL		NYG	W,9-8	6-8	BS(1)	1	2.0	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	6.84	5.56	12	5	1	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.22	-0.278	1.90	-0.14%	-1.48	6t -23 1 out a3	8t 12- 1 out tie
19	294	88	Jul 28	STL		NYG	L,4-8	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.58	5.43	8	5	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.033	.48	-0.02%	-0.13	8t 123 0 out d2	9t end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	295	94	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,7-6	7-8		6	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.75	5.40	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.056	.35	-0.02%	-1.56	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 123 1 out d3
21	296	110	Aug 21	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	3-7		16	5.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.48	5.26	19	9	6	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.026	.33	-0.03%	0.52	3b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
22	297	115	Aug 26	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	4-7	BL(2-4)	4	4.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	6.35	5.19	20	11	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	-0.179	4.87	-0.29%	-0.78	4b 12- 0 out a2	7b 3 out d2
23	298	118	Aug 28	STL	@	PHI	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.25	5.18	5	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.25	0.01%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	299	129	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG(8)	L(2-5)	9	8.0	11	8	7	2	4	0	0	6.43	4.93	38	17	6	2	0	9	32			1	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	2	.84	-0.417	.39	-0.12%	-3.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
25	300	134	Sep 12(1)	STL		CIN	L,7-10	8-8		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.40	4.89	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.008	.01	0.00%	-0.67	8t -2- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d6
26	301	138	Sep 15	STL		PHI	T,6-6	9-10		2	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.23	4.93	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.280	.39	0.02%	1.03	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
27	302	142	Sep 18	STL		BSN	L,7-8	10-GF(10)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.15	4.88	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.087	.04	0.00%	1.14	10t -2- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
28	303	144	Sep 20	STL		NYG	L,3-10	6-GF		1	3.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	5.97	4.72	13	5	1	0	0	4		3	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.010	.00	0.00%	2.13	6t 123 1 out d6	9t end d 7
29	304	151	Sep 26(2)	STL		CHC	L,5-8	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.83	4.71	8	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.03	7t --- 0 out d3	8t end d 3
							5-23		W-L:2-5,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.3	80.1	99	57	52	40	32	5	0	5.83	4.71	373	2.15		4%	6%	85	44	21	48%	3	5	1	319	14	3	6	6	0	4	1.06	-0.265	1.03	-0.35%	-12.72

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