George Hemming
George Earl Hemming (Old Wax Figger)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 15, 1868 in Carrollton, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1890
Final Game: June 12, 1897
Died: June 3, 1930 in Springfield, MA
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1890 21 TOT PL 8 5 .615 4.25 22 12 10 12 0 3 144.0 142 109 68 4 78 35 3 0 7 540 103 1.528 8.9 0.3 4.9 2.2 0.45
1890 21 CLE PL 0 1 .000 6.86 3 1 2 1 0 0 21.0 25 23 16 1 19 3 0 0 0 0 58 2.095 10.7 0.4 8.1 1.3 0.16
1890 21 BWW PL 8 4 .667 3.80 19 11 8 11 0 3 123.0 117 86 52 3 59 32 3 0 7 540 117 1.431 8.6 0.2 4.3 2.3 0.54
1891 22 BRO NL 8 15 .348 4.96 27 22 5 19 1 1 199.2 231 173 110 11 84 83 0 0 10 0 67 1.578 10.4 0.5 3.8 3.7 0.99
1892 23 TOT NL 2 3 .400 5.05 5 4 1 4 0 0 41.0 46 31 23 2 19 12 0 0 0 0 61 1.585 10.1 0.4 4.2 2.6 0.63
1892 23 CIN NL 0 1 .000 7.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 2.000 15.0 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.00
1892 23 LOU NL 2 2 .500 4.63 4 4 0 4 0 0 35.0 36 25 18 1 17 12 0 0 0 0 66 1.514 9.3 0.3 4.4 3.1 0.71
1893 24 LOU NL 18 17 .514 5.10 41 32 8 32 1 1 332.0 369 248 188 7 176 79 0 0 9 0 86 1.642 10.0 0.2 4.8 2.1 0.45
1894 25 TOT NL 17 19 .472 4.27 41 38 3 36 1 1 339.2 406 235 161 7 159 70 0 0 6 0 121 1.663 10.8 0.2 4.2 1.9 0.44
1894 25 LOU NL 13 19 .406 4.37 35 32 3 32 1 1 294.1 358 213 143 7 133 66 0 0 5 0 117 1.668 10.9 0.2 4.1 2.0 0.50
1894 25 BLN NL 4 0 1.000 3.57 6 6 0 4 0 0 45.1 48 22 18 0 26 4 0 0 1 0 153 1.632 9.5 0.0 5.2 0.8 0.15
1895 26 BLN NL 20 13 .606 4.05 34 31 1 26 1 0 262.1 288 155 118 10 96 43 0 0 4 0 118 1.464 9.9 0.3 3.3 1.5 0.45
1896 27 BLN NL 15 6 .714 4.19 25 21 4 20 3 0 202.0 233 113 94 9 54 33 0 0 2 0 102 1.421 10.4 0.4 2.4 1.5 0.61
1897 28 LOU NL 3 4 .429 5.10 9 8 1 7 0 0 67.0 80 59 38 5 25 7 1 0 1 0 84 1.567 10.7 0.7 3.4 0.9 0.28
8 Seasons 91 82 .526 4.53 204 168 33 156 7 6 1587.2 1795 1123 800 55 691 362 4 0 39 540 98 1.566 10.2 0.3 3.9 2.1 0.52
162 Game Avg. 17 15 .526 4.53 37 31 6 29 1 1 290 328 205 146 10 126 66 1 0 7 99 98 1.566 10.2 0.3 3.9 2.1 0.52
LOU (4 yrs) 36 42 .462 4.78 89 76 12 75 2 2 728.1 843 545 387 20 351 164 1 0 15 0 96 1.639 10.4 0.2 4.3 2.0 0.47
BLN (3 yrs) 39 19 .672 4.06 65 58 5 50 4 0 509.2 569 290 230 19 176 80 0 0 7 0 114 1.462 10.0 0.3 3.1 1.4 0.45
BWW (1 yr) 8 4 .667 3.80 19 11 8 11 0 3 123.0 117 86 52 3 59 32 3 0 7 540 117 1.431 8.6 0.2 4.3 2.3 0.54
BRO (1 yr) 8 15 .348 4.96 27 22 5 19 1 1 199.2 231 173 110 11 84 83 0 0 10 0 67 1.578 10.4 0.5 3.8 3.7 0.99
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.86 3 1 2 1 0 0 21.0 25 23 16 1 19 3 0 0 0 0 58 2.095 10.7 0.4 8.1 1.3 0.16
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 2.000 15.0 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.00
NL (7 yrs) 83 77 .519 4.56 182 156 23 144 7 3 1443.2 1653 1014 732 51 613 327 1 0 32 0 97 1.570 10.3 0.3 3.8 2.0 0.53
PL (1 yr) 8 5 .615 4.25 22 12 10 12 0 3 144.0 142 109 68 4 78 35 3 0 7 540 103 1.528 8.9 0.3 4.9 2.2 0.45

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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+
1890 21 8 5 .615 4.25 22 12 10 12 0 3 144.0 142 109 68 4 78 35 3 0 7 540 103 1.528 8.9 0.3 4.9 2.2 0.45 103
1891 22 16 20 .444 4.66 49 34 15 31 1 4 343.2 373 282 178 15 162 118 3 0 17 540 81 1.557 9.8 0.4 4.2 3.1 0.73 81
1892 23 18 23 .439 4.70 54 38 16 35 1 4 384.2 419 313 201 17 181 130 3 0 17 540 78 1.560 9.8 0.4 4.2 3.0 0.72 78
1893 24 36 40 .474 4.89 95 70 24 67 2 5 716.2 788 561 389 24 357 209 3 0 26 540 82 1.598 9.9 0.3 4.5 2.6 0.59 82
1894 25 53 59 .473 4.69 136 108 27 103 3 6 1056.1 1194 796 550 31 516 279 3 0 32 540 93 1.619 10.2 0.3 4.4 2.4 0.54 93
1895 26 73 72 .503 4.56 170 139 28 129 4 6 1318.2 1482 951 668 41 612 322 3 0 36 540 98 1.588 10.1 0.3 4.2 2.2 0.53 98
1896 27 88 78 .530 4.51 195 160 32 149 7 6 1520.2 1715 1064 762 50 666 355 3 0 38 540 98 1.566 10.2 0.3 3.9 2.1 0.53 98
1897 28 91 82 .526 4.53 204 168 33 156 7 6 1587.2 1795 1123 800 55 691 362 4 0 39 540 98 1.566 10.2 0.3 3.9 2.1 0.52 98

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

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
1890 21 11 6 .647 3.02 155.0 125 58 52 4 69 38 3 1.252 7.3 4.0 2.2 0.55 0.2 22
1891 22 0.00 0.0 0 114 103 0 0 0 0 27
1892 23 0.00 0.0 0 24 22 0 0 0 0 5
1893 24 0.00 0.0 0 184 166 0 0 0 0 41
1894 25 0.00 0.0 0 137 123 0 0 0 0 41
1895 26 0.00 0.0 0 107 96 0 0 0 0 34
1896 27 0.00 0.0 0 97 87 0 0 0 0 25
1897 28 0.00 0.0 0 38 34 0 0 0 0 9
8 Seasons 11 6 .647 39.66 155.0 125 759 683 4 69 38 3 1.252 7.3 2.2 0.55 0.2 204

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1894 NL  4.266 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1896 NL  .714 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 PL  8.875 (3rd)
1894 NL  10.758 (9th)
1895 NL  9.881 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1891 NL  3.741 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1890 PL  3 (1st)
1891 NL  1 (5th)
1893 NL  1 (6th)
1894 NL  1 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1894 NL  36 (7th)
Career  156 (211th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1893 NL  1 (9th)
1894 NL  1 (7th)
1896 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 NL  11 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1893 NL  176 (5th)
1894 NL  159 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1891 NL  .988 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1894 NL  .186 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1894 NL  19 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1893 NL  188 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1890 PL  10 (1st)
1891 NL  5 (8th)
1893 NL  8 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1894 NL  121 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1890 PL  born 1868-12-15 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. George Haddock (952)
  2. Al Maul (951)
  3. Vic Sorrell (946)
  4. Oral Hildebrand (941)
  5. Tom Brewer (938)
  6. Jason Marquis (933)
  7. Duke Esper (932)
  8. Sloppy Thurston (925)
  9. Jack Kramer (924)
  10. Frank Foreman (922)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Bill MacDonald (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Boots Poffenberger (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Conway (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sidney Ponson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Herm Wehmeier (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chick Fraser (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Duke Esper (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brickyard Kennedy (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: George Hemming    

Viewed 10,975 times through January 6, 2010.
Name and misspellings: Old George Wax Earl Figger gearge George goerge Hemming

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.