Ed Klepfer

Edward Lloyd Klepfer (Big Ed)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 17, 1888 in Summerville, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1911
Teams (by GP): Indians/Yankees/WhiteSox/Highlanders 1911-1919

Final Game: September 5, 1919
Died: August 9, 1950 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa, OK
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1911	23	NYY	AL	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	22	59	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00

1912	24	ROC	AA	13	9	.591		37						200.0	201	86			73							1.370	9.0		3.3			ROC · IL
1913	25	VEN	AA	4	7	.364	2.59	19	13					111.1	102	38	32		27							1.159	8.2		2.2			VEN · PCL
1913	25	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	7.66	8	1	7	0	0	0	24.2	38	22	21	2	12	10	2	0	0	115	40	2.027	13.9	0.7	4.4	3.6	0.83

1914	26	VEN	AA	23	15	.605	2.19	49						378.1	341	120	92		92							1.144	8.1		2.2			VEN · PCL
1915	27	TOT	AL	2	6	.250	2.26	11	9	2	3	0	0	55.2	58	29	14	0	16	16	0	0	1	229	136	1.329	9.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
1915	27	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	2.84	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.2	11	4	4	0	5	3	0	0	1	52	108	1.263	7.8	0.0	3.6	2.1	0.60
1915	27	CLE	AL	1	6	.143	2.09	8	7	1	2	0	0	43.0	47	25	10	0	11	13	0	0	0	177	147	1.349	9.8	0.0	2.3	2.7	1.18
1916	28	CLE	AL	6	6	.500	2.52	31	13	12	4	1	2	143.0	136	52	40	0	46	62	4	1	4	569	119	1.273	8.6	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.35
1917	29	CLE	AL	14	4	*.778*	2.37	41	27	9	9	0	1	213.0	208	84	56	0	55	66	0	0	5	843	120	1.235	8.8	*0.0*	2.3	2.8	1.20

1919	31	CLE	AL	0	0		7.36	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	12	14	6	1	6	7	0	0	0	38	48	2.455	14.7	1.2	7.4	8.6	1.17
6 Yrs				22	17	.564	2.81	98	50	34	16	1	3	447.2	457	204	140	3	137	165	6	1	10	1816	105	1.327	9.2	0.1	2.8	3.3	1.20
162 Game Avg.				10	8	.564	2.81	45	23	16	7	0	1	206	210	94	64	1	63	76	3	0	5	834	105	1.327	9.2	0.1	2.8	3.3	1.20

CLE (4 yrs)				21	16	.568	2.48	85	47	24	15	1	3	406.1	403	175	112	1	118	148	4	1	9	1627	118	1.282	8.9	0.0	2.6	3.3	1.25
NYY (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.53	10	1	9	0	0	0	28.2	43	25	24	2	14	14	2	0	0	137	42	1.988	13.5	0.6	4.4	4.4	1.00
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.84	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.2	11	4	4	0	5	3	0	0	1	52	108	1.263	7.8	0.0	3.6	2.1	0.60

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
1911	23	NYY	AL	4.0	2	0	3	6.75	4.63	-0.13	0.00	107.0	5.09	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.463	.500	$

1913	25	NYY	AL	24.2	8	1	22	8.03	4.00	-0.19	0.00	102.0	4.27	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-8	.373	.494	$

1915	27	CHW	AL	12.2	3	2	4	2.84	3.87	0.10	0.00	101.0	3.81	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.556	.501	$
1915	27	CLE	AL	43.0	8	7	25	5.23	4.03	-0.11	0.00	104.0	4.30	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.442	.497	$
1916	28	CLE	AL	143.0	31	13	52	3.27	3.63	0.04	0.00	106.0	3.81	9	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.3	21	.535	.507	$
1917	29	CLE	AL	213.0	41	27	84	3.55	3.64	0.24	0.00	106.0	3.60	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.9	20	.502	.501	$

1919	31	CLE	AL	7.1	5	0	14	17.18	4.19	-0.01	0.00	101.6	4.27	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-10	.308	.494	$
6 Seasons				447.2	98	50	204	4.10	3.72	0.11	0.00	105.4	3.80	-15	-1.2	1.0	-0.3	2.7	26	.488	.499	$

CLE (4 yrs)				406.1	85	47	175	3.88	3.69	0.13	0.00	105.7	3.76	-5	-0.2	1.0	-0.3	3.2	31	.497	.500	$
NYY (2 yrs)				28.2	10	1	25	7.85	4.08	-0.18	0.00	102.7	4.39	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-8	.391	.497	$
CHW (1 yr)				12.2	3	2	4	2.84	3.87	0.10	0.00	101.0	3.81	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.556	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1919	31	CLE	AL	39	2.6%	18.0%	15.4%			62%
1 Yr				39	2.6%	18.0%	15.4%			62%
MLB Averages					0.4%	8.0%	7.3%	2.7%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1911	23	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	22	59	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	59
1912	24	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	22	59	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	59
1913	25	0	1	.000	7.53	10	1	9	0	0	0	28.2	43	25	24	2	14	14	2	0	0	137	42	1.988	13.5	0.6	4.4	4.4	1.00	42
1914	26	0	1	.000	7.53	10	1	9	0	0	0	28.2	43	25	24	2	14	14	2	0	0	137	42	1.988	13.5	0.6	4.4	4.4	1.00	42
1915	27	2	7	.222	4.06	21	10	11	3	0	0	84.1	101	54	38	2	30	30	2	0	1	366	77	1.553	10.8	0.2	3.2	3.2	1.00	77
1916	28	8	13	.381	3.09	52	23	23	7	1	2	227.1	237	106	78	2	76	92	6	1	5	935	99	1.377	9.4	0.1	3.0	3.6	1.21	99
1917	29	22	17	.564	2.74	93	50	32	16	1	3	440.1	445	190	134	2	131	158	6	1	10	1778	107	1.308	9.1	0.0	2.7	3.2	1.21	107
1918	30	22	17	.564	2.74	93	50	32	16	1	3	440.1	445	190	134	2	131	158	6	1	10	1778	107	1.308	9.1	0.0	2.7	3.2	1.21	107
1919	31	22	17	.564	2.81	98	50	34	16	1	3	447.2	457	204	140	3	137	165	6	1	10	1816	105	1.327	9.2	0.1	2.8	3.3	1.20	105

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1911	23	0	0		5.40	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	5	0	1.400	9.0	3.6	9.0	2.50	0.0	2

1913	25	0	2	.000	10.29	21.0	42	27	24	2	13	9	2	2.619	18.0	5.6	3.9	0.69	0.9	8

1915	27	3	2	.600	2.72	53.0	63	18	16	0	17	15	0	1.509	10.7	2.9	2.5	0.88	0.0	11
1916	28	8	6	.571	3.28	129.0	150	52	47	0	51	56	4	1.558	10.5	3.6	3.9	1.10	0.0	31
1917	29	13	8	.619	3.11	194.0	231	74	67	0	61	60	0	1.505	10.7	2.8	2.8	0.98	0.0	41

1919	31	0	0		7.88	8.0	14	8	7	1	7	7	0	2.625	15.8	7.9	7.9	1.00	1.1	5
6 Yrs		24	18	.571	3.60	410.0	505	182	164	3	151	152	6	1.600	11.1		3.3	1.01	0.1	98

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1917 AL .778 (1st)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1917 AL 2.324 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1917 AL 0.000 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1917 AL .778 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL 2.324 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL 0.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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