Eppa Rixey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Born: May 3, 1891 in Culpeper, VA us

Died: February 28, 1963 in Terrace Park, OH

Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, OH

High School: Charlottesville HS (Charlottesville, VA)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: June 21, 1912 (Age 21-049d, 3,710th in major league history)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1933 (Age 42-094d)
vs. STL 9.0 IP, 10 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1963. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Eppa Rixey's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Eppa Rixey

Nicknames: Jephtha

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.9

266

251

ERA

3.15

692

554

4494.2

1350

WHIP

1.272

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,9-3	GS	35	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	L,1-8	GS	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	12 (2)	Apr 24	CIN		STL	L,2-7	GS	22	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
5	15 (2)	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (3)	May 3	CIN	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	21 (1)	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,11-3	GF	18	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	25 (3)	May 9	CIN		BSN	W,4-1	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	32 (6)	May 17	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	GS	29	6.2	1	2	0	3	0
10	36 (3)	May 21 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	42 (5)	May 26	CIN	@	STL	W,10-7	GS	30	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
12	46 (3)	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	50 (3)	Jun 4	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
14	54 (3)	Jun 9	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	56 (1)	Jun 11	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	58 (1)	Jun 13	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	60 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-10	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	65 (4)	Jun 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
19	70 (4)	Jun 25	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	46	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (2)	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	76 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
22	79 (2)	Jul 8	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	84 (4)	Jul 14	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
24	88 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,11-10	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	94 (5)	Jul 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	97 (2)	Jul 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	101 (3)	Jul 30	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	105 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-13	GS	30	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	108 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-12	GS	19	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
30	110 (1)	Aug 12	CIN		PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	112 (1)	Aug 15	CIN		PHI	W,11-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	114 (1)	Aug 17	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	117 (2)	Aug 20	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	123 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	126 (2)	Aug 30	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	130 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-5	GS	37	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
37	133 (2)	Sep 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	57	13.1	0	6	0	6	0
38	138 (4)	Sep 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS	22	4.1	0	3	0	3	0
39	140 (1)	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	142 (1)	Sep 18	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-2	GS	34	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
41	146 (3)	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	151 (4)	Sep 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
43	153 (1)	Sep 30	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
							43gm		291.0	10	69	1	80	3