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George Hemming

George Earl Hemming (Old Wax Figger)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 15, 1868 in Carrollton, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1890
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Orioles/Grooms/Ward'sWonders/Infants/... 1890-1897

Final Game: June 12, 1897
Died: June 3, 1930 in Springfield, MA
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, MA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:08AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #912. Steve Hargan… #913. Kent Mercker… #914. Chick Fraser… #915. GEORGE HEMMING… #916. Dave Veres… #917. Johnny Cueto… #918. Jim Deshaies… 

Standard Pitching

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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 5 0 8 659 103 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 2 0 2 109 59 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 6 550 117 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 11 0 10 923 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 0 188 63 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 30 47 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 0 158 67 1.514 9.3 0.3 4.4 3.1 0.71
1893 24 LOU NL 18 17 .514 5.10 41 32 9 32 1 1 332.0 369 245 188 7 175 79 15 0 9 1541 86 1.639 10.0 0.2 4.7 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 11 0 6 1555 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 9 0 5 1348 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 2 0 1 207 154 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 6 0 4 1150 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 3 0 2 870 102 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 1 298 84 1.567 10.7 0.7 3.4 0.9 0.28
8 Seasons 91 82 .526 4.53 204 168 34 156 7 6 1587.2 1795 1120 800 55 690 362 52 0 40 7184 98 1.565 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 10 0 7 1313 98 1.565 10.2 0.3 3.9 2.1 0.52
LOU (4 yrs) 36 42 .462 4.78 89 76 13 75 2 2 728.1 843 542 387 20 350 164 25 0 15 3345 96 1.638 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 11 0 7 2227 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 6 550 117 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 11 0 10 923 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 2 0 2 109 59 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 30 47 2.000 15.0 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.00
NL (7 yrs) NL 83 77 .519 4.56 182 156 24 144 7 3 1443.2 1653 1011 732 51 612 327 47 0 32 6525 97 1.569 10.3 0.3 3.8 2.0 0.53
PL (1 yr) PL 8 5 .615 4.25 22 12 10 12 0 3 144.0 142 109 68 4 78 35 5 0 8 659 103 1.528 8.9 0.3 4.9 2.2 0.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1890 21 CLE PL 21.0 1 23 19 -1 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1890 21 BWW PL 123.0 11 86 109 -2 1.0 23 2.2 $
1891 22 BRO NL 199.2 22 173 142 -1 1.0 -31 -2.8 $
1892 23 CIN NL 6.0 0 6 4 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
1892 23 LOU NL 35.0 4 25 23 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $
1893 24 LOU NL 332.0 32 248 276 -6 1.0 28 1.4 $
1894 25 LOU NL 294.1 32 213 279 -4 1.0 66 4.3 $
1894 25 BLN NL 45.1 6 22 43 1 1.0 21 1.4 $
1895 26 BLN NL 262.1 31 155 223 11 1.0 68 4.4 $
1896 27 BLN NL 202.0 21 113 156 2 1.0 43 3.1 $
1897 28 LOU NL 67.0 8 59 51 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
8 Seasons 1587.2 168 1123 1325 0 1.0 202 12.3 $
LOU (4 yrs) 728.1 76 545 629 -10 1.0 84 4.6 $
BLN (3 yrs) 509.2 58 290 422 14 1.0 132 8.9 $
BWW (1 yr) 123.0 11 86 109 -2 1.0 23 2.2 $
BRO (1 yr) 199.2 22 173 142 -1 1.0 -31 -2.8 $
CLE (1 yr) 21.0 1 23 19 -1 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
CIN (1 yr) 6.0 0 6 4 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1890 21 TOT PL 22 69 68 6 11 0 1 0 9 3 1 14 .162 .174 .191 .365 -4 13 0 1/O
1890 21 CLE PL 3 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0 /1
1890 21 BWW PL 19 58 57 5 9 0 1 0 8 1 1 11 .158 .172 .193 .365 -5 11 0 1/O
1891 22 BRO NL 27 88 82 11 13 3 2 0 10 2 6 21 .159 .216 .244 .460 34 20 0 1
1892 23 TOT NL 5 18 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .125 .222 .125 .347 9 2 0 /1
1892 23 CIN NL 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 102 1 0 /1
1892 23 LOU NL 4 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .077 .200 .077 .277 -12 1 0 /1
1893 24 LOU NL 45 170 158 17 32 5 2 0 19 0 12 20 .203 .259 .259 .518 43 41 0 1/O
1894 25 TOT NL 42 158 152 24 39 3 8 2 13 2 6 25 .257 .285 .421 .706 72 64 0 0 1/3
1894 25 LOU NL 36 136 131 20 33 2 6 2 10 2 5 20 .252 .279 .405 .684 68 53 0 0 1/3
1894 25 BLN NL 6 22 21 4 6 1 2 0 3 0 1 5 .286 .318 .524 .842 97 11 0 0 /1
1895 26 BLN NL 35 120 117 19 33 10 2 1 16 0 2 12 .282 .294 .427 .721 82 50 0 1 1
1896 27 BLN NL 30 104 97 16 25 6 5 0 11 4 4 7 .258 .294 .423 .717 86 41 1 2 1/O3
1897 28 LOU NL 10 30 28 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 .179 .233 .214 .448 20 6 0 0 /13
8 Seasons 216 757 718 98 160 28 20 3 80 11 35 106 .223 .260 .330 .590 55 237 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 568 539 74 120 21 15 2 60 8 26 80 .223 .260 .330 .590 55 178 1
LOU (4 yrs) 95 351 330 42 71 8 8 2 31 2 21 47 .215 .262 .306 .568 50 101 0 0
BLN (3 yrs) 71 246 235 39 64 17 9 1 30 4 7 24 .272 .296 .434 .730 85 102 1 3
BWW (1 yr) 19 58 57 5 9 0 1 0 8 1 1 11 .158 .172 .193 .365 -5 11 0
BRO (1 yr) 27 88 82 11 13 3 2 0 10 2 6 21 .159 .216 .244 .460 34 20 0
CLE (1 yr) 3 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 102 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 194 688 650 92 149 28 19 3 71 8 34 92 .229 .269 .345 .613 61 224 1 3
PL (1 yr) 22 69 68 6 11 0 1 0 9 3 1 14 .162 .174 .191 .365 -4 13 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1890 21 CLE PL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
1890 21 BWW PL 58 -11 0 0 0 0 2 1 -8 -0.5 -8 -0.6 0.1 $ 1/O
1891 22 BRO NL 88 -9 0 0 0 0 3 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
1892 23 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1892 23 LOU NL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
1893 24 LOU NL 170 -15 -1 0 0 0 5 5 -6 -0.2 -6 -0.5 0.3 $ 1/O
1894 25 LOU NL 136 -10 0 0 0 0 5 4 -1 0.2 -1 -0.1 0.3 $ 1/3
1894 25 BLN NL 22 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1895 26 BLN NL 120 -5 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 1
1896 27 BLN NL 104 -3 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 1/O3
1897 28 LOU NL 30 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /13
8 Seasons 757 -61 0 0 0 0 23 22 -16 -0.1 -16 -1.3 1.2 $
LOU (4 yrs) 351 -30 -1 0 0 0 11 10 -10 -0.2 -10 -0.9 0.7 $
BLN (3 yrs) 246 -9 1 0 0 0 7 8 7 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $
BWW (1 yr) 58 -11 0 0 0 0 2 1 -8 -0.5 -8 -0.6 0.1 $
BRO (1 yr) 88 -9 0 0 0 0 3 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $
CLE (1 yr) 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1890 TOT PL 21 P 22 144.0 49 4 42 3 1 .939 2.88 2.09 .912 2.80 2.72
1890 CLE PL 21 P 3 21.0 11 1 9 1 0 .909 4.29 3.33 .912 2.79 2.73
1890 BWW PL 21 P 19 123.0 38 3 33 2 1 .947 2.63 1.89 .912 2.80 2.72
1890 BWW PL 21 OF 1 3 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00 .903 2.10 0-0-1
1891 BRO NL 22 P 27 199.2 59 9 44 6 1 .898 2.39 1.96 .915 2.29 2.25
1892 TOT NL 23 P 5 41.0 14 3 10 1 1 .929 2.85 2.60 .901 2.48 2.40
1892 CIN NL 23 P 1 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 2.00 .900 2.55 2.40
1892 LOU NL 23 P 4 35.0 12 3 8 1 1 .917 2.83 2.75 .901 2.47 2.40
1893 LOU NL 24 P 41 332.0 106 19 80 7 2 .934 2.68 2.41 .913 2.50 2.45
1893 LOU NL 24 OF 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .915 2.17 0-0-4
1894 TOT NL 25 P 41 339.2 79 19 55 5 1 .937 1.96 1.80 .912 2.18 2.09
1894 LOU NL 25 P 35 294.1 68 18 46 4 1 .941 1.96 1.83 .912 2.18 2.09
1894 LOU NL 25 1B 1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 .976 9.80
1894 BLN NL 25 P 6 45.1 11 1 9 1 0 .909 1.99 1.67 .912 2.18 2.08
1895 BLN NL 26 P 34 262.1 57 7 46 4 2 .930 1.82 1.56 .918 2.52 2.42
1896 BLN NL 27 P 25 202.0 51 11 37 3 2 .941 2.14 1.92 .916 2.72 2.62
1896 BLN NL 27 OF 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .932 2.15 1-0-1
1896 BLN NL 27 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 10.50
1897 LOU NL 28 P 9 67.0 27 9 16 2 0 .926 3.36 2.78 .920 2.54 2.44
1897 LOU NL 28 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.20
8 Seasons P 204 1587.2 442 81 330 31 10 .930 2.33 2.01 .914 2.46 2.39
3 Seasons OF 7 13 9 1 3 0 .769 1.43 .918 2.16 1-0-6
3 Seasons 1B 3 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 .977 10.17
8 Seasons TOT 214 1587.2 465 100 331 34 10 .927 2.33 2.01 .916 2.46 2.50 1-0-6
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1894 NL  5.7 (7th)
1895 NL  4.4 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1894 NL  4.27 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1890 PL  .615 (7th)
1896 NL  .714 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 PL  8.875 (4th)
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  175 (5th)
1894 NL  159 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1891 NL  0.988 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1894 NL  0.186 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1894 NL  19 (10th)

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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1893 NL  15 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1890 PL  10 (1st)
1891 NL  5 (8th)
1893 NL  9 (2nd)

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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1894 NL  34 (7th)
1895 NL  26 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1894 NL  2.7 (7th)

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 - 33 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Duke Esper (933)
  7. Sloppy Thurston (925)
  8. Jack Kramer (924)
  9. Frank Foreman (922)
  10. Rick Helling (921)
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  5. Herm Wehmeier (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Duke Esper (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Duke Esper (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Dizzy Dean (965) *
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  7. Jean Dubuc (964)
  8. Sherry Smith (963)
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  2. Tim Keefe (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Duke Esper (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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