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Otto Hess
Otto C. Hess
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 10, 1878 in Bern, Switzerland (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1902
Final Game: June 13, 1915
Died: February 25, 1926 in Tucson, AZ
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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
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 0 57 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 5 626 153 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 0 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 0 142 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 15 0 4 411 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 46 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 12 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 94 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 69 1.571 10.3 0.0 3.9 3.2 0.83
10 Seasons 70 90 .438 2.98 198 165 30 129 18 5 1418.0 1355 663 469 25 448 580 83 5 38 3531 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 16 1 7 661 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 54 1 30 1065 105 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 17 199 189 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 54 1 30 1065 105 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 17 199 189 29 4 8 2466 90 1.399 9.5 0.3 3.1 3.0 0.95

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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
1902 23 CLE AL 7 16 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -25 1 0 0 /1
1904 25 CLE AL 34 104 100 4 12 2 1 0 5 0 3 .120 .146 .160 .306 -3 16 0 1 1O
1905 26 CLE AL 54 185 173 15 44 8 1 2 13 2 7 .254 .291 .347 .638 101 60 2 3 O1
1906 27 CLE AL 53 157 154 13 31 5 2 0 11 1 2 .201 .212 .260 .471 48 40 0 1 1/O
1907 28 CLE AL 19 37 30 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .133 .278 .133 .411 31 4 2 1 1/O
1908 29 CLE AL 9 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .067 .000 .067 -78 0 0 0 /O1
1912 33 BSN NL 33 100 94 10 23 4 4 0 10 0 0 26 .245 .245 .372 .617 67 35 0 6 1
1913 34 BSN NL 35 94 83 9 26 0 1 2 11 0 7 15 .313 .367 .410 .776 121 34 0 4 1
1914 35 BSN NL 31 50 47 5 11 1 0 1 6 0 1 11 .234 .250 .319 .569 66 15 0 2 1/3
1915 36 BSN NL 5 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 203 3 0 0 /13
10 Seasons 280 763 714 63 154 21 9 5 58 4 27 54 .216 .248 .291 .540 64 208 4 18
162 Game Avg. 162 441 413 36 89 12 5 3 34 2 16 .216 .248 .291 .540 64 120 2 10
CLE (6 yrs) 176 514 485 38 92 15 4 2 30 4 19 .190 .226 .249 .476 50 121 4 6
BSN (4 yrs) 104 249 229 25 62 6 5 3 28 0 8 54 .271 .295 .380 .675 90 87 0 12
AL (6 yrs) 176 514 485 38 92 15 4 2 30 4 19 .190 .226 .249 .476 50 121 4 6
NL (4 yrs) 104 249 229 25 62 6 5 3 28 0 8 54 .271 .295 .380 .675 90 87 0 12

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1902 CLE AL 23 P 7 23 4 16 3 0 .870 2.86 .930 2.66
1904 CLE AL 25 P 21 61 13 45 3 0 .951 2.76 .952 3.01
1904 CLE AL 25 OF 12 18 12 4 2 0 .889 1.33 .956 1.84 7-5-0
1905 CLE AL 26 OF 28 60 52 5 3 2 .950 2.04 .953 1.83 27-0-1
1905 CLE AL 26 P 26 90 22 62 6 0 .933 3.23 .943 2.61
1906 CLE AL 27 P 43 117 25 86 6 4 .949 2.58 .948 2.52
1906 CLE AL 27 OF 5 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.88 0-5-0
1907 CLE AL 28 P 17 34 6 26 2 0 .941 1.88 .947 2.43
1907 CLE AL 28 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.85 2-0-0
1908 CLE AL 29 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 1.80 0-0-4
1908 CLE AL 29 P 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.28
1912 BSN NL 33 P 33 61 11 47 3 3 .951 1.76 .948 1.55
1913 BSN NL 34 P 29 73 11 58 4 2 .945 2.38 .955 1.57
1914 BSN NL 35 P 14 38 3 33 2 2 .947 2.57 .942 1.65
1914 BSN NL 35 1B 5 19 19 0 0 1 1.000 3.80 .989 10.10
1915 BSN NL 36 P 4 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.00 .960 1.68
1915 BSN NL 36 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.20
10 Seasons P 198 506 96 380 30 11 .941 2.40 .947 2.20
5 Seasons OF 51 86 71 10 5 2 .942 1.59 .955 1.84 36-10-5
2 Seasons 1B 6 20 20 0 0 1 1.000 3.33 .990 10.12
10 Seasons TOT 255 612 187 390 35 14 .943 2.26 .893 2.31 36-10-5
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1906 AL--1.834--6th
Career--2.977--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--12--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--.042--3rd
1912 NL--.106--4th
Career--.159--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--15--5th
1912 NL--15--2nd
Career--83--105th

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1906 AL--142--6th

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 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

August 18, 1911: Purchased by the Boston Rustlers from New Orleans (Southern Association).

June 14, 1915: Released by the Boston Braves.

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