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Ed Killian
Edwin Henry Killian (Twilight Ed)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 12, 1876 in Racine, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1903
Final Game: July 15, 1910
Died: July 18, 1928 in Detroit, MI
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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
1903 26 CLE AL 3 4 .429 2.48 9 8 1 7 3 0 61.2 61 24 17 1 13 18 4 0 0 251 115 1.200 8.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.38
1904 27 DET AL 14 20 .412 2.44 40 34 6 32 4 1 331.2 293 118 90 0 93 124 17 1 6 1364 104 1.164 8.0 0.0 2.5 3.4 1.33
1905 28 DET AL 23 14 .622 2.27 39 37 2 33 8 0 313.1 263 108 79 0 102 110 13 0 4 0 120 1.165 7.6 0.0 2.9 3.2 1.08
1906 29 DET AL 10 6 .625 3.43 21 16 5 14 0 2 149.2 165 71 57 0 54 47 5 0 4 0 81 1.463 9.9 0.0 3.2 2.8 0.87
1907 30 DET AL 25 13 .658 1.78 41 34 7 29 3 1 314.0 286 103 62 2 91 96 13 0 2 1302 146 1.201 8.2 0.1 2.6 2.8 1.05
1908 31 DET AL 12 9 .571 2.99 27 23 4 15 0 1 180.2 170 78 60 3 53 47 8 0 1 736 81 1.234 8.5 0.1 2.6 2.3 0.89
1909 32 DET AL 11 9 .550 1.71 25 19 4 14 3 1 173.1 150 45 33 1 49 54 6 0 4 691 147 1.148 7.8 0.1 2.5 2.8 1.10
1910 33 DET AL 4 3 .571 3.04 11 9 1 5 1 0 74.0 75 38 25 2 27 20 6 0 1 313 86 1.378 9.1 0.2 3.3 2.4 0.74
8 Seasons 102 78 .567 2.38 213 180 30 149 22 6 1598.1 1463 585 423 9 482 516 72 1 22 4657 109 1.217 8.2 0.1 2.7 2.9 1.07
162 Game Avg. 18 13 .567 2.38 37 31 5 26 4 1 277 253 101 73 2 83 89 12 0 4 806 109 1.217 8.2 0.1 2.7 2.9 1.07
DET (7 yrs) 99 74 .572 2.38 204 172 29 142 19 6 1536.2 1402 561 406 8 469 498 68 1 22 4406 109 1.218 8.2 0.0 2.7 2.9 1.06
CLE (1 yr) 3 4 .429 2.48 9 8 1 7 3 0 61.2 61 24 17 1 13 18 4 0 0 251 115 1.200 8.9 0.1 1.9 2.6 1.38

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1907 30 DET AL WS L CHC 0 0 2.25 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1908 31 DET AL WS L CHC 0 0 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 3.429 19.3 0.0 11.6 3.9 0.33
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 5.68 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 5 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 31 1.895 11.4 0.0 5.7 2.8 0.50
2 WS 0 0 5.68 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 5 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 31 1.895 11.4 0.0 5.7 2.8 0.50

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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
1903 26 CLE AL 10 28 28 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 .179 .179 .214 .393 18 6 0 0 /1
1904 27 DET AL 40 133 126 8 18 4 2 0 6 1 5 .143 .176 .206 .382 22 26 0 2 1
1905 28 DET AL 39 127 118 12 32 3 4 0 19 2 2 .271 .283 .364 .648 104 43 0 7 1
1906 29 DET AL 21 58 53 7 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 .170 .200 .208 .408 26 11 0 3 1
1907 30 DET AL 46 130 122 16 39 5 3 0 11 3 4 .320 .346 .410 .756 138 50 1 3 1/O3
1908 31 DET AL 28 73 73 5 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 .137 .137 .178 .315 0 13 0 0 1
1909 32 DET AL 25 67 62 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 .161 .188 .161 .349 8 10 0 3 1
1910 33 DET AL 11 29 27 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .148 .179 .148 .327 -1 4 0 1 1
8 Seasons 220 645 609 56 127 18 9 0 47 6 16 .209 .230 .268 .498 56 163 1 19
162 Game Avg. 162 475 448 41 94 13 7 0 35 4 12 .209 .230 .268 .498 56 120 1 14
DET (7 yrs) 210 617 581 53 122 17 9 0 43 6 16 .210 .232 .270 .503 58 157 1 19
CLE (1 yr) 10 28 28 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 .179 .179 .214 .393 18 6 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1907 30 DET AL WS CHC L 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1908 31 DET AL WS CHC L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1903 CLE AL 26 P 9 24 2 20 2 0 .917 2.44 .950 2.73
1904 DET AL 27 P 40 113 20 85 8 3 .929 2.63 .953 3.01
1905 DET AL 28 P 39 100 14 79 7 3 .930 2.38 .944 2.61
1906 DET AL 29 P 21 42 2 38 2 2 .952 1.90 .948 2.52
1907 DET AL 30 P 42 109 11 94 4 1 .963 2.50 .945 2.43
1907 DET AL 30 OF 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .960 1.85 0-0-2
1907 DET AL 30 1B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 11.00
1908 DET AL 31 P 27 89 15 71 3 0 .966 3.19 .945 2.28
1909 DET AL 32 P 25 61 11 49 1 1 .984 2.40 .939 2.25
1910 DET AL 33 P 11 26 7 19 0 0 1.000 2.36 .938 2.35
8 Seasons P 214 564 82 455 27 10 .952 2.51 .946 2.55
1 Season OF 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .960 1.85 0-0-2
1 Season 1B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 11.00
8 Seasons TOT 217 573 88 458 27 10 .953 2.52 .899 2.58 0-0-2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1907 AL--1.777--2nd
1909 AL--1.713--5th
Career--2.382--26th

Wins s c a p y
1905 AL--23--3rd
1907 AL--25--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1905 AL--.622--8th
1906 AL--.625--6th
1907 AL--.658--7th
Career--.567--235th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Career--1.217--172nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 AL--7.554--10th
Career--8.238--198th

Games Played s c a p y
1904 AL--40--8th
1905 AL--39--9th
1907 AL--41--10th

Saves s c a p y
1904 AL--1--2nd
1905 AL--0--9th
1906 AL--2--3rd
1908 AL--1--10th
1909 AL--1--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1904 AL--331.7--9th
1905 AL--313.3--8th
1907 AL--314.0--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1905 AL--37--5th
1907 AL--34--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1905 AL--33--4th
1907 AL--29--6th
Career--149--230th

Shutouts s c a p y
1903 AL--3--10th
1905 AL--8--1st
Career--22--217th

Home Runs s c a p y
1908 AL--3--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1904 AL--93--4th
1905 AL--102--3rd
1907 AL--91--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1904 AL--293--10th
1905 AL--263--7th
1907 AL--286--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1904 AL--0.00--1st
1905 AL--0.00--1st
Career--.051--6th

Losses s c a p y
1904 AL--20--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1904 AL--17--5th
1905 AL--13--4th
1907 AL--13--8th
Career--72--145th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1904 AL--1364--8th
1907 AL--1302--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1904 AL--6--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1905 AL--120--9th
1907 AL--146--2nd
1909 AL--147--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (832), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (408), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (394), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Lefty Leifield (928)
  7. Ray Collins (925)
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  7. Lefty Leifield (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January, 1904: Traded by the Cleveland Naps with Jesse Stovall to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Lush.

August 2, 1910: Purchased by Toronto (Eastern) from the Detroit Tigers.

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Name and misspellings: Edwin Twilight Ed eddie eddy ep harry Henry Killian

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