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Mel Harder

Melvin Leroy Harder (Chief)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 15, 1909 in Beemer, NE
High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1928
Team: Indians 1928-1947

Final Game: September 7, 1947
Died: October 20, 2002 in Chardon, OH
Cremated
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All-Star

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
1928 18 CLE AL 0 2 .000 6.61 23 1 12 0 0 1 49.0 64 42 36 4 32 15 0 0 0 240 63 1.959 11.8 0.7 5.9 2.8 0.47
1929 19 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 5.60 11 0 7 0 0 0 17.2 24 15 11 2 5 4 3 0 0 84 80 1.642 12.2 1.0 2.5 2.0 0.80
1930 20 CLE AL 11 10 .524 4.21 36 19 9 7 0 2 175.1 205 108 82 9 68 45 4 0 5 793 114 1.557 10.5 0.5 3.5 2.3 0.66
1931 21 CLE AL 13 14 .481 4.36 40 24 8 9 0 1 194.0 229 119 94 8 72 63 6 1 3 880 106 1.552 10.6 0.4 3.3 2.9 0.88
1932 22 CLE AL 15 13 .536 3.75 39 32 4 17 1 0 254.2 277 125 106 9 68 90 3 0 1 1106 128 1.355 9.8 0.3 2.4 3.2 1.32
1933 23 CLE AL 15 17 .469 2.95 43 31 10 14 2 4 253.0 254 113 83 10 67 81 3 0 2 1073 152 1.269 9.0 0.4 2.4 2.9 1.21
1934 24 CLE AL 20 12 .625 2.61 44 29 12 17 6 4 255.1 246 97 74 6 81 91 7 0 2 1072 173 1.281 8.7 0.2 2.9 3.2 1.12 AS,MVP-16
1935 25 CLE AL 22 11 .667 3.29 42 35 7 17 4 2 287.1 313 120 105 6 53 95 0 0 1 1206 137 1.274 9.8 0.2 1.7 3.0 1.79 AS,MVP-22
1936 26 CLE AL 15 15 .500 5.17 36 30 6 13 0 1 224.2 294 155 129 13 71 84 6 0 4 1031 100 1.625 11.8 0.5 2.8 3.4 1.18 AS
1937 27 CLE AL 15 12 .556 4.28 38 30 7 13 0 2 233.2 269 127 111 9 86 95 4 0 2 1038 105 1.519 10.4 0.3 3.3 3.7 1.10 AS
1938 28 CLE AL 17 10 .630 3.83 38 29 6 15 2 4 240.0 257 115 102 16 62 102 5 0 1 1026 120 1.329 9.6 0.6 2.3 3.8 1.65 MVP-16
1939 29 CLE AL 15 9 .625 3.50 29 26 3 12 1 1 208.0 213 89 81 15 64 67 3 0 1 877 125 1.332 9.2 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.05
1940 30 CLE AL 12 11 .522 4.06 31 25 2 5 0 0 186.1 200 96 84 16 59 76 5 0 2 797 105 1.390 9.7 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.29
1941 31 CLE AL 5 4 .556 5.24 15 10 1 1 0 1 68.2 76 43 40 8 37 21 2 0 1 317 76 1.646 10.0 1.0 4.8 2.8 0.57
1942 32 CLE AL 13 14 .481 3.44 29 29 0 13 4 0 198.2 179 83 76 8 82 74 3 0 1 842 100 1.314 8.1 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.90
1943 33 CLE AL 8 7 .533 3.06 19 18 0 6 1 0 135.1 126 57 46 7 61 40 1 0 0 571 102 1.382 8.4 0.5 4.1 2.7 0.66
1944 34 CLE AL 12 10 .545 3.71 30 27 0 12 2 0 196.1 211 95 81 5 69 64 3 0 3 843 89 1.426 9.7 0.2 3.2 2.9 0.93
1945 35 CLE AL 3 7 .300 3.67 11 11 0 2 0 0 76.0 93 37 31 3 23 16 0 0 4 335 89 1.526 11.0 0.4 2.7 1.9 0.70
1946 36 CLE AL 5 4 .556 3.41 13 12 1 4 1 0 92.1 85 37 35 4 31 21 0 0 0 382 97 1.256 8.3 0.4 3.0 2.0 0.68
1947 37 CLE AL 6 4 .600 4.50 15 15 0 4 1 0 80.0 91 41 40 3 27 17 1 1 0 348 78 1.475 10.2 0.3 3.0 1.9 0.63
20 Yrs 223 186 .545 3.80 582 433 95 181 25 23 3426.1 3706 1714 1447 161 1118 1161 59 2 33 14861 113 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .545 3.80 39 29 6 12 2 2 230 248 115 97 11 75 78 4 0 2 996 113 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04
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

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
1928 18 CLE AL 49.0 23 1 42 7.71 4.81 -0.16 0.00 101.8 5.06 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .440 .491 $2,100
1929 19 CLE AL 17.2 11 0 15 7.64 4.71 -0.12 0.00 103.4 5.00 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .456 .497 $
1930 20 CLE AL 175.1 36 19 108 5.54 5.27 -0.22 0.00 103.4 5.68 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.7 25 .506 .501 $
1931 21 CLE AL 193.0 40 24 119 5.55 5.25 -0.22 0.00 103.1 5.63 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.7 25 .502 .500 $
1932 22 CLE AL 254.2 39 32 125 4.42 5.28 -0.03 0.00 106.1 5.64 34 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.4 66 .585 .520 $
1933 23 CLE AL 253.0 43 31 113 4.02 5.13 0.10 0.00 105.0 5.28 33 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.4 65 .577 .520 $
1934 24 CLE AL 255.1 44 29 97 3.42 5.21 0.05 0.00 100.0 5.16 49 4.9 1.0 -0.1 7.0 80 .612 .531 $ AS,MVP-16
1935 25 CLE AL 287.1 42 35 120 3.76 5.15 0.12 0.00 101.8 5.12 44 4.5 1.0 -0.2 6.7 78 .606 .527 $11,000 AS,MVP-22
1936 26 CLE AL 224.2 36 30 155 6.21 5.70 -0.17 0.00 102.4 6.01 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.3 25 .487 .497 $13,500 AS
1937 27 CLE AL 233.2 38 30 127 4.89 5.31 -0.20 0.00 98.6 5.43 13 1.2 1.0 -0.1 3.1 43 .533 .508 $13,500 AS
1938 28 CLE AL 240.0 38 29 115 4.31 5.60 -0.09 0.00 97.3 5.53 30 2.8 1.0 -0.1 4.8 63 .575 .518 $12,000 MVP-16
1939 29 CLE AL 208.0 29 26 89 3.85 5.35 -0.05 0.00 93.9 5.07 27 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.4 54 .592 .517 $
1940 30 CLE AL 186.1 31 25 96 4.64 5.07 0.24 0.00 97.2 4.69 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.2 19 .499 .500 $
1941 31 CLE AL 68.2 15 10 43 5.64 4.95 0.01 0.00 97.8 4.83 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 0 .458 .496 $
1942 32 CLE AL 198.2 29 29 83 3.76 4.32 0.19 0.00 96.8 4.00 4 0.4 -0.1 1.4 18 .515 .503 $
1943 33 CLE AL 135.1 19 18 57 3.79 3.72 0.23 0.00 97.7 3.42 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.0 2 .463 .496 $
1944 34 CLE AL 196.1 30 27 95 4.35 4.05 0.09 0.00 96.6 3.83 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 1 .458 .492 $
1945 35 CLE AL 76.0 11 11 37 4.38 3.73 -0.12 0.00 96.6 3.73 -5 -0.6 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .447 .496 $
1946 36 CLE AL 92.1 13 12 37 3.61 3.98 -0.01 0.00 94.1 3.76 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .513 .501 $
1947 37 CLE AL 80.0 15 15 41 4.61 4.02 0.48 0.00 94.6 3.34 -11 -1.1 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .425 .493 $
20 Seasons 3425.1 582 433 1714 4.50 4.99 0.01 0.00 99.8 4.99 172 17.0 1.0 -2.0 42.2 557 .529 .505 $52,100
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards

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
1934 CLE AL 24 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 0.400 1.8 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
1935 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1936 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1937 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 3.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 2 13.0 9 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 50 0.769 6.2 0.0 0.7 3.5 5.00

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%
1928 18 CLE AL 240 1.7% 6.3% 13.3% 72%
1929 19 CLE AL 84 2.4% 4.8% 6.0% 79%
1930 20 CLE AL 791 1.1% 5.7% 8.6% 3.5% 14% 81%
1931 21 CLE AL 878 0.9% 7.2% 8.2% 2.4% 9% 82%
1932 22 CLE AL 1107 0.8% 8.1% 6.1% 3.5% 14% 83%
1933 23 CLE AL 1070 0.9% 7.6% 6.3% 3.0% 13% 83%
1934 24 CLE AL 1076 0.6% 8.5% 7.5% 3.0% 13% 81%
1935 25 CLE AL 1204 0.5% 7.9% 4.4% 2.2% 9% 86%
1936 26 CLE AL 1031 1.3% 8.2% 6.9% 3.5% 12% 82%
1937 27 CLE AL 1039 0.9% 9.1% 8.3% 3.3% 13% 80%
1938 28 CLE AL 1026 1.6% 9.9% 6.0% 4.4% 18% 81%
1939 29 CLE AL 877 1.7% 7.6% 7.3% 3.5% 15% 81%
1940 30 CLE AL 797 2.0% 9.5% 7.4% 2.8% 11% 79%
1941 31 CLE AL 317 2.5% 6.6% 11.7% 2.5% 11% 77%
1942 32 CLE AL 842 1.0% 8.8% 9.7% 2.7% 13% 79%
1943 33 CLE AL 571 1.2% 7.0% 10.7% 2.1% 10% 79%
1944 34 CLE AL 843 0.6% 7.6% 8.2% 1.8% 7% 82%
1945 35 CLE AL 337 0.9% 4.8% 6.8% 1.8% 7% 86%
1946 36 CLE AL 382 1.1% 5.5% 8.1% 2.1% 9% 83%
1947 37 CLE AL 346 0.9% 4.9% 7.8% 2.0% 8% 85%
20 Yrs 14858 1.1% 7.8% 7.5% 2.9% 12% 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.6% 8.5% 3.1% 13% 79%
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+
1928 18 0 2 .000 6.61 23 1 12 0 0 1 49.0 64 42 36 4 32 15 0 0 0 240 63 1.959 11.8 0.7 5.9 2.8 0.47 63
1929 19 1 2 .333 6.35 34 1 19 0 0 1 66.2 88 57 47 6 37 19 3 0 0 324 67 1.875 11.9 0.8 5.0 2.6 0.51 67
1930 20 12 12 .500 4.80 70 20 28 7 0 3 242.0 293 165 129 15 105 64 7 0 5 1117 97 1.645 10.9 0.6 3.9 2.4 0.61 97
1931 21 25 26 .490 4.60 110 44 36 16 0 4 436.0 522 284 223 23 177 127 13 1 8 1997 101 1.603 10.8 0.5 3.7 2.6 0.72 101
1932 22 40 39 .506 4.29 149 76 40 33 1 4 690.2 799 409 329 32 245 217 16 1 9 3103 109 1.512 10.4 0.4 3.2 2.8 0.89 109
1933 23 55 56 .495 3.93 192 107 50 47 3 8 943.2 1053 522 412 42 312 298 19 1 11 4176 118 1.446 10.0 0.4 3.0 2.8 0.96 118
1934 24 75 68 .524 3.65 236 136 62 64 9 12 1199.0 1299 619 486 48 393 389 26 1 13 5248 126 1.411 9.8 0.4 2.9 2.9 0.99 126
1935 25 97 79 .551 3.58 278 171 69 81 13 14 1486.1 1612 739 591 54 446 484 26 1 14 6454 128 1.385 9.8 0.3 2.7 2.9 1.09 128
1936 26 112 94 .544 3.79 314 201 75 94 13 15 1711.0 1906 894 720 67 517 568 32 1 18 7485 123 1.416 10.0 0.4 2.7 3.0 1.10 123
1937 27 127 106 .545 3.85 352 231 82 107 13 17 1944.2 2175 1021 831 76 603 663 36 1 20 8523 121 1.429 10.1 0.4 2.8 3.1 1.10 121
1938 28 144 116 .554 3.84 390 260 88 122 15 21 2184.2 2432 1136 933 92 665 765 41 1 21 9549 121 1.418 10.0 0.4 2.7 3.2 1.15 121
1939 29 159 125 .560 3.81 419 286 91 134 16 22 2392.2 2645 1225 1014 107 729 832 44 1 22 10426 121 1.410 9.9 0.4 2.7 3.1 1.14 121
1940 30 171 136 .557 3.83 450 311 93 139 16 22 2579.0 2845 1321 1098 123 788 908 49 1 24 11223 120 1.409 9.9 0.4 2.7 3.2 1.15 120
1941 31 176 140 .557 3.87 465 321 94 140 16 23 2647.2 2921 1364 1138 131 825 929 51 1 25 11540 118 1.415 9.9 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.13 118
1942 32 189 154 .551 3.84 494 350 94 153 20 23 2846.1 3100 1447 1214 139 907 1003 54 1 26 12382 117 1.408 9.8 0.4 2.9 3.2 1.11 117
1943 33 197 161 .550 3.80 513 368 94 159 21 23 2981.2 3226 1504 1260 146 968 1043 55 1 26 12953 117 1.407 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.08 117
1944 34 209 171 .550 3.80 543 395 94 171 23 23 3178.0 3437 1599 1341 151 1037 1107 58 1 29 13796 115 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.07 115
1945 35 212 178 .544 3.79 554 406 94 173 23 23 3254.0 3530 1636 1372 154 1060 1123 58 1 33 14131 114 1.411 9.8 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.06 114
1946 36 217 182 .544 3.78 567 418 95 177 24 23 3346.1 3615 1673 1407 158 1091 1144 58 1 33 14513 114 1.406 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.1 1.05 114
1947 37 223 186 .545 3.80 582 433 95 181 25 23 3426.1 3706 1714 1447 161 1118 1161 59 2 33 14861 113 1.408 9.7 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.04 113

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
1928 18 2 3 .400 5.88 52.0 64 38 34 4 32 16 0 1.846 11.1 5.5 2.8 0.50 0.7 23
1929 19 1 1 .500 4.26 19.0 23 10 9 2 5 4 3 1.474 10.9 2.4 1.9 0.80 0.9 11
1930 20 13 8 .619 3.20 191.0 192 76 68 8 64 49 4 1.340 9.0 3.0 2.3 0.77 0.4 36
1931 21 13 10 .565 3.43 210.0 216 89 80 8 68 68 6 1.352 9.3 2.9 2.9 1.00 0.3 40
1932 22 21 10 .677 2.83 280.0 258 98 88 8 63 99 3 1.146 8.3 2.0 3.2 1.57 0.3 39
1933 23 22 8 .733 2.45 275.0 249 83 75 10 66 88 3 1.145 8.1 2.2 2.9 1.33 0.3 43
1934 24 22 7 .759 2.26 267.0 240 74 67 6 79 95 7 1.195 8.1 2.7 3.2 1.20 0.2 44
1935 25 22 11 .667 2.82 306.0 308 107 96 6 52 101 0 1.176 9.1 1.5 3.0 1.94 0.2 42
1936 26 14 13 .519 3.77 246.0 269 114 103 12 65 92 5 1.358 9.8 2.4 3.4 1.42 0.4 36
1937 27 14 13 .519 3.70 243.0 261 111 100 9 83 99 4 1.416 9.7 3.1 3.7 1.19 0.3 38
1938 28 17 11 .607 3.27 256.0 252 103 93 16 61 109 5 1.223 8.9 2.1 3.8 1.79 0.6 38
1939 29 14 9 .609 3.18 215.0 212 84 76 15 64 69 3 1.284 8.9 2.7 2.9 1.08 0.6 29
1940 30 11 10 .524 3.79 190.0 200 89 80 16 59 77 5 1.363 9.5 2.8 3.6 1.31 0.8 31
1941 31 3 4 .429 5.27 70.0 78 46 41 8 38 22 2 1.657 10.0 4.9 2.8 0.58 1.0 15
1942 32 11 11 .500 4.01 200.0 199 99 89 9 91 74 3 1.450 9.0 4.1 3.3 0.81 0.4 29
1943 33 7 7 .500 4.15 128.0 146 66 59 8 71 38 1 1.695 10.3 5.0 2.7 0.54 0.6 19
1944 34 9 12 .429 4.52 189.0 234 106 95 6 77 62 3 1.646 11.1 3.7 3.0 0.81 0.3 30
1945 35 3 5 .375 4.74 74.0 107 43 39 3 26 16 0 1.797 13.0 3.2 1.9 0.62 0.4 11
1946 36 4 5 .444 4.20 90.0 95 47 42 4 35 20 0 1.444 9.5 3.5 2.0 0.57 0.4 13
1947 37 3 5 .375 5.49 77.0 100 52 47 3 30 16 1 1.688 11.7 3.5 1.9 0.53 0.4 15
20 Yrs 226 163 .581 3.47 3578.0 3703 1535 1381 161 1129 1214 58 1.350 9.3 3.1 1.08 0.4 582
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
1949 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 4.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.5%)
1962 BBWAA ( 4.4%)
1964 BBWAA (25.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 7.0%)
1966 BBWAA (11.3%)
1967 BBWAA (17.8%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.6%)

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935 *
1936 *
1937 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 AL (16, 5%)
1935 AL (22, 2%)
1938 AL (16, 4%)
0.11 Career Shares (885th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1932 AL  5.3 (10th)
1933 AL  5.2 (9th)
1934 AL  6.7 (5th)
1935 AL  6.5 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1932 AL  5.4 (5th)
1933 AL  5.4 (3rd)
1934 AL  7.0 (2nd)
1935 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1938 AL  4.8 (4th)
1939 AL  4.4 (6th)
Career  42.2 (120th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 AL  3.75 (10th)
1933 AL  2.95 (1st)
1934 AL  2.61 (2nd)
1935 AL  3.29 (5th)
1938 AL  3.83 (9th)
1939 AL  3.50 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1933 AL  15 (7th)
1934 AL  20 (4th)
1935 AL  22 (2nd)
1937 AL  15 (8th)
1938 AL  17 (4th)
1939 AL  15 (6th)
Career  223 (70th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 AL  .625 (8th)
1935 AL  .667 (5th)
1938 AL  .630 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1932 AL  1.355 (8th)
1933 AL  1.269 (3rd)
1934 AL  1.281 (3rd)
1935 AL  1.274 (6th)
1938 AL  1.329 (4th)
1939 AL  1.332 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  8.671 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL  2.403 (4th)
1933 AL  2.383 (4th)
1934 AL  2.855 (7th)
1935 AL  1.660 (1st)
1936 AL  2.844 (6th)
1938 AL  2.325 (2nd)
1939 AL  2.769 (6th)
1940 AL  2.850 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL  43 (8th)
1934 AL  44 (5th)
1935 AL  42 (9th)
1937 AL  38 (8th)
Career  582 (212th)

Saves s c a p y
1933 AL  4 (8th)
1934 AL  4 (4th)
1938 AL  4 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1932 AL  254.7 (10th)
1933 AL  253.0 (6th)
1934 AL  255.3 (6th)
1935 AL  287.3 (2nd)
1937 AL  233.7 (9th)
1938 AL  240.0 (6th)
Career  3,426.3 (80th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1934 AL  91 (10th)
1935 AL  95 (9th)
1938 AL  102 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1932 AL  32 (7th)
1933 AL  31 (7th)
1935 AL  35 (2nd)
1937 AL  30 (10th)
1938 AL  29 (8th)
1942 AL  29 (7th)
Career  433 (88th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1934 AL  17 (7th)
1938 AL  15 (10th)
Career  181 (169th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1933 AL  2 (4th)
1934 AL  6 (1st)
1935 AL  4 (2nd)
1938 AL  2 (5th)
1942 AL  4 (2nd)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL  16 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  1,118 (72nd)

Hits s c a p y
1932 AL  277 (6th)
1933 AL  254 (7th)
1935 AL  313 (3rd)
1936 AL  294 (2nd)
1937 AL  269 (3rd)
1938 AL  257 (4th)
Career  3,706 (52nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 AL  1.324 (7th)
1933 AL  1.209 (9th)
1935 AL  1.793 (4th)
1936 AL  1.183 (6th)
1937 AL  1.105 (10th)
1938 AL  1.645 (2nd)
1940 AL  1.288 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 AL  0.371 (10th)
1932 AL  0.318 (2nd)
1933 AL  0.356 (9th)
1934 AL  0.212 (3rd)
1935 AL  0.188 (1st)
1937 AL  0.347 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1931 AL  14 (10th)
1933 AL  17 (4th)
1936 AL  15 (8th)
1942 AL  14 (9th)
Career  186 (58th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  129 (8th)
1944 AL  81 (9th)
Career  1,447 (47th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1930 AL  5 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL  6 (4th)
1934 AL  7 (2nd)
1936 AL  6 (3rd)
1937 AL  4 (10th)
1938 AL  5 (7th)
1939 AL  3 (10th)
1940 AL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 AL  1,106 (10th)
1933 AL  1,073 (6th)
1934 AL  1,072 (7th)
1935 AL  1,206 (3rd)
1936 AL  1,031 (9th)
1937 AL  1,038 (9th)
1938 AL  1,026 (7th)
Career  14,861 (68th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 AL  128 (8th)
1933 AL  154 (1st)
1934 AL  173 (2nd)
1935 AL  138 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1932 AL  28 (5th)
1933 AL  36 (1st)
1934 AL  49 (2nd)
1935 AL  40 (2nd)
1938 AL  24 (7th)
Career  170 (108th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1932 AL  2.6 (5th)
1933 AL  3.6 (1st)
1934 AL  4.8 (2nd)
1935 AL  3.9 (2nd)
1938 AL  2.2 (7th)
1939 AL  2.3 (10th)
Career  16.5 (117th)

Youngest s c a p y
1928 AL  born 1909-10-15 (1st)
1929 AL  born 1909-10-15 (2nd)
1930 AL  born 1909-10-15 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 133 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 51 (261), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Hooks Dauss (942)
  2. Jerry Reuss (920)
  3. Waite Hoyt (915) *
  4. George Uhle (914)
  5. Jim Perry (909)
  6. Doyle Alexander (903)
  7. Joe Niekro (902)
  8. Jesse Haines (901) *
  9. Sad Sam Jones (896)
  10. Earl Whitehill (895)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Carl Scheib (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pedro Ramos (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Stobbs (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kid Madden (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kid Gleason (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Waite Hoyt (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Waite Hoyt (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Uhle (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank Dwyer (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. George Uhle (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. George Uhle (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. George Uhle (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. George Uhle (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. George Uhle (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. George Uhle (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Hooks Dauss (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Hooks Dauss (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Ted Lyons (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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