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Otto Hess

Otto C. Hess

Positions: Pitcher and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 10, 1878 in Berne, Switzerland (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1902
Teams (by GP): Naps/Braves/Bronchos 1902-1915

Final Game: June 13, 1915
Died: February 25, 1926 in Tucson, AZ
Buried: Fairview Park Cemetery, Fairview Park, OH
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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
1902 23 CLE AL 2 4 .333 5.98 7 4 3 4 0 0 43.2 67 42 29 0 23 13 1 0 1 215 58 2.061 13.8 0.0 4.7 2.7 0.57
1904 25 CLE AL 8 7 .533 1.67 21 16 5 15 4 0 151.1 134 60 28 2 31 64 5 0 5 598 153 1.090 8.0 0.1 1.8 3.8 2.06
1905 26 CLE AL 10 15 .400 3.16 26 25 1 22 4 0 213.2 179 97 75 1 72 109 9 0 18 862 83 1.175 7.5 0.0 3.0 4.6 1.51
1906 27 CLE AL 20 17 .541 1.83 43 36 7 33 7 3 333.2 274 104 68 4 85 167 24 1 2 1316 143 1.076 7.4 0.1 2.3 4.5 1.96
1907 28 CLE AL 6 6 .500 2.89 17 14 2 7 0 1 93.1 84 37 30 1 37 36 12 0 4 395 87 1.296 8.1 0.1 3.6 3.5 0.97
1908 29 CLE AL 0 0 5.14 4 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 11 6 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 28 50 1.714 14.1 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
1912 33 BSN NL 12 17 .414 3.76 33 31 2 21 0 0 254.0 270 142 106 3 90 80 15 2 4 1090 94 1.417 9.6 0.1 3.2 2.8 0.89
1913 34 BSN NL 7 17 .292 3.83 29 27 1 19 2 0 218.1 231 123 93 13 70 80 7 2 2 936 85 1.379 9.5 0.5 2.9 3.3 1.14
1914 35 BSN NL 5 6 .455 3.03 14 11 3 7 1 1 89.0 89 39 30 2 33 24 5 0 0 375 93 1.371 9.0 0.2 3.3 2.4 0.73
1915 36 BSN NL 0 1 .000 3.86 4 1 2 1 0 0 14.0 16 13 6 0 6 5 2 0 2 65 73 1.571 10.3 0.0 3.9 3.2 0.83
10 Yrs 70 90 .438 2.98 198 165 30 129 18 5 1418.0 1355 663 469 26 448 580 80 5 38 5880 98 1.272 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.7 1.29
162 Game Avg. 13 17 .438 2.98 37 31 6 24 3 1 266 254 124 88 5 84 109 15 1 7 1101 98 1.272 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.7 1.29
CLE (6 yrs) 46 49 .484 2.50 118 95 22 81 15 4 842.2 749 346 234 8 249 391 51 1 30 3414 106 1.184 8.0 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57
BSN (4 yrs) 24 41 .369 3.68 80 70 8 48 3 1 575.1 606 317 235 18 199 189 29 4 8 2466 90 1.399 9.5 0.3 3.1 3.0 0.95
AL (6 yrs) 46 49 .484 2.50 118 95 22 81 15 4 842.2 749 346 234 8 249 391 51 1 30 3414 106 1.184 8.0 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57
NL (4 yrs) 24 41 .369 3.68 80 70 8 48 3 1 575.1 606 317 235 18 199 189 29 4 8 2466 90 1.399 9.5 0.3 3.1 3.0 0.95

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
1902 23 CLE AL 43.2 7 4 42 8.66 4.87 0.17 0.00 96.0 4.51 -20 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -16 .283 .491 $
1904 25 CLE AL 151.1 21 16 60 3.57 3.45 0.00 0.00 98.0 3.38 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 9 .491 .499 $
1905 26 CLE AL 213.2 26 25 97 4.09 3.69 0.08 0.00 99.0 3.57 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.5 6 .454 .493 $
1906 27 CLE AL 333.2 43 36 104 2.81 3.58 0.44 0.00 97.0 3.05 10 1.3 1.0 -0.2 4.0 38 .530 .508 $
1907 28 CLE AL 93.1 17 14 37 3.57 3.70 0.33 0.00 98.0 3.30 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.4 5 .482 .498 $
1908 29 CLE AL 7.0 4 0 6 7.71 3.42 0.21 0.00 99.0 3.17 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .399 .498 $
1912 33 BSN NL 254.0 33 31 142 5.03 4.64 -0.31 0.00 104.0 5.14 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 2.1 27 .514 .503 $
1913 34 BSN NL 218.1 29 27 123 5.07 4.14 -0.13 0.00 102.0 4.36 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 1 .437 .489 $
1914 35 BSN NL 89.0 14 11 39 3.94 3.79 0.30 0.00 101.0 3.53 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .473 .498 $
1915 36 BSN NL 14.0 4 1 13 8.36 3.61 0.08 0.00 98.0 3.46 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .313 .495 $
10 Seasons 1418.0 198 165 663 4.21 3.92 0.09 0.00 99.7 3.84 -51 -4.8 1.0 -1.1 5.7 65 .476 .497 $
CLE (6 yrs) 842.2 118 95 346 3.70 3.67 0.24 0.00 97.8 3.35 -28 -2.4 1.0 -0.7 4.4 41 .480 .498 $
BSN (4 yrs) 575.1 80 70 317 4.96 4.29 -0.14 0.00 102.6 4.55 -24 -2.5 1.0 -0.5 1.3 24 .469 .496 $

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+
1902 23 2 4 .333 5.98 7 4 3 4 0 0 43.2 67 42 29 0 23 13 1 0 1 215 58 2.061 13.8 0.0 4.7 2.7 0.57 58
1903 24 2 4 .333 5.98 7 4 3 4 0 0 43.2 67 42 29 0 23 13 1 0 1 215 58 2.061 13.8 0.0 4.7 2.7 0.57 58
1904 25 10 11 .476 2.63 28 20 8 19 4 0 195.0 201 102 57 2 54 77 6 0 6 813 105 1.308 9.3 0.1 2.5 3.6 1.43 105
1905 26 20 26 .435 2.91 54 45 9 41 8 0 408.2 380 199 132 3 126 186 15 0 24 1675 93 1.238 8.4 0.1 2.8 4.1 1.48 93
1906 27 40 43 .482 2.42 97 81 16 74 15 3 742.1 654 303 200 7 211 353 39 1 26 2991 110 1.165 7.9 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.67 110
1907 28 46 49 .484 2.48 114 95 18 81 15 4 835.2 738 340 230 8 248 389 51 1 30 3386 107 1.180 7.9 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57 107
1908 29 46 49 .484 2.50 118 95 22 81 15 4 842.2 749 346 234 8 249 391 51 1 30 3414 106 1.184 8.0 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57 106
1909 30 46 49 .484 2.50 118 95 22 81 15 4 842.2 749 346 234 8 249 391 51 1 30 3414 106 1.184 8.0 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57 106
1910 31 46 49 .484 2.50 118 95 22 81 15 4 842.2 749 346 234 8 249 391 51 1 30 3414 106 1.184 8.0 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57 106
1911 32 46 49 .484 2.50 118 95 22 81 15 4 842.2 749 346 234 8 249 391 51 1 30 3414 106 1.184 8.0 0.1 2.7 4.2 1.57 106
1912 33 58 66 .468 2.79 151 126 24 102 15 4 1096.2 1019 488 340 11 339 471 66 3 34 4504 102 1.238 8.4 0.1 2.8 3.9 1.39 102
1913 34 65 83 .439 2.96 180 153 25 121 17 4 1315.0 1250 611 433 24 409 551 73 5 36 5440 98 1.262 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.8 1.35 98
1914 35 70 89 .440 2.97 194 164 28 128 18 5 1404.0 1339 650 463 26 442 575 78 5 36 5815 98 1.269 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.7 1.30 98
1915 36 70 90 .438 2.98 198 165 30 129 18 5 1418.0 1355 663 469 26 448 580 80 5 38 5880 98 1.272 8.6 0.2 2.8 3.7 1.29 98

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
1902 23 2 3 .400 5.76 50.0 76 36 32 0 26 15 1 2.040 13.7 4.7 2.7 0.58 0.0 7
1904 25 11 4 .733 2.38 140.0 156 41 37 2 36 59 6 1.371 10.0 2.3 3.8 1.64 0.1 21
1905 26 10 12 .455 4.28 202.0 207 107 96 1 83 103 10 1.436 9.2 3.7 4.6 1.24 0.0 26
1906 27 24 10 .706 2.55 314.0 323 99 89 5 100 157 28 1.347 9.3 2.9 4.5 1.57 0.1 43
1907 28 4 5 .444 4.03 87.0 98 43 39 1 43 34 14 1.621 10.1 4.4 3.5 0.79 0.1 17
1908 29 0 0 10.80 5.0 13 7 6 0 1 1 0 2.800 23.4 1.8 1.8 1.00 0.0 4
1912 33 15 13 .536 3.64 257.0 275 116 104 3 92 81 15 1.428 9.6 3.2 2.8 0.88 0.1 33
1913 34 11 13 .458 4.25 216.0 247 113 102 14 75 79 7 1.491 10.3 3.1 3.3 1.05 0.6 29
1914 35 5 4 .556 3.84 82.0 99 39 35 2 37 22 6 1.659 10.9 4.1 2.4 0.59 0.2 14
1915 36 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 18 9 8 0 7 5 2 1.923 12.5 4.8 3.5 0.71 0.0 4
10 Yrs 82 65 .558 3.61 1366.0 1512 610 548 28 500 556 89 1.473 10.0 3.7 1.11 0.2 198

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1906 AL  1.83 (6th)
Career  2.98 (164th)

Wins s c a p y
1906 AL  20 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1906 AL  1.076 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 AL  7.540 (9th)
1906 AL  7.391 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL  4.505 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1906 AL  43 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1906 AL  3 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1906 AL  333.7 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 AL  167 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1906 AL  36 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1906 AL  33 (3rd)
1913 NL  19 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1905 AL  4 (7th)
1906 AL  7 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 AL  4 (10th)
1913 NL  13 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1906 AL  85 (6th)
1912 NL  90 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1906 AL  274 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 AL  0.042 (3rd)
1912 NL  0.106 (4th)
Career  0.165 (111th)

Losses s c a p y
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1912 NL  17 (8th)
1913 NL  17 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  106 (3rd)
1913 NL  93 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1905 AL  18 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1906 AL  24 (1st)
1907 AL  12 (7th)
1912 NL  15 (2nd)
Career  80 (149th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 AL  1,316 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1904 AL  5 (7th)
1906 AL  7 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1906 AL  143 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1906 AL  26 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1906 AL  3.0 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1914 NL  born 1878-10-10 (10th)
1915 NL  born 1878-10-10 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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