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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:32AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
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
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
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 1 229 137 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 52 109 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 Seasons 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 52 109 1.263 7.8 0.0 3.6 2.1 0.60

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
1911 23 NYY AL 4.0 0 3 2 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $
1913 25 NYY AL 24.2 1 22 12 0 1.0 -10 -1.0 $
1915 27 CHW AL 12.2 2 4 6 0 1.0 2 0.3 $
1915 27 CLE AL 43.0 7 25 22 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
1916 28 CLE AL 143.0 13 52 66 0 1.0 14 2.0 $
1917 29 CLE AL 213.0 27 84 97 4 1.0 13 1.6 $
1919 31 CLE AL 7.1 0 14 4 0 1.0 -10 -1.1 $
6 Seasons 447.2 50 204 209 4 1.0 5 1.6 $
CLE (4 yrs) 406.1 47 175 189 4 1.0 14 2.3 $
NYY (2 yrs) 28.2 1 25 14 0 1.0 -11 -1.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 12.2 2 4 6 0 1.0 2 0.3 $

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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
1911 23 NYY AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1913 25 NYY AL 8 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .167 .375 .167 .542 60 1 1 0 /1
1915 27 TOT AL 11 18 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .133 .235 .133 .369 9 2 0 1 1
1915 27 CHW AL 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 /1
1915 27 CLE AL 8 14 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .167 .231 .167 .397 18 2 0 1 /1
1916 28 CLE AL 31 45 40 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .025 .093 .025 .118 -65 1 0 2 1
1917 29 CLE AL 41 72 62 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 22 .032 .104 .032 .137 -59 2 0 5 1
1919 31 CLE AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 98 145 125 7 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 11 47 .048 .131 .048 .179 -47 6 1 8
162 Game Avg. 162 240 207 12 10 0 0 0 7 0 18 78 .048 .131 .048 .179 -47 10 2 13
CLE (4 yrs) 85 132 115 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 40 .043 .113 .043 .156 -54 5 0 8
NYY (2 yrs) 10 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .143 .333 .143 .476 39 1 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 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
1911 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1913 25 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1915 27 CHW AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1915 27 CLE AL 14 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1916 28 CLE AL 45 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1917 29 CLE AL 72 -12 0 0 0 0 3 2 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ 1
1919 31 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
6 Seasons 145 -22 0 0 0 0 6 4 -12 -1.6 -12 -1.3 -0.3 $
CLE (4 yrs) 132 -21 0 0 0 0 6 4 -11 -1.5 -11 -1.2 -0.3 $
NYY (2 yrs) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CHW (1 yr) 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1911 NYY AL 23 P 2 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .940 2.92 2.85
1913 NYY AL 25 P 8 24.2 9 0 8 1 1 .889 2.92 1.00 .938 3.03 2.98
1915 TOT AL 27 P 11 55.2 22 0 20 2 1 .909 3.23 1.82 .937 3.01 3.00
1915 CHW AL 27 P 3 12.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.13 1.00 .937 2.98 3.00
1915 CLE AL 27 P 8 43.0 19 0 17 2 1 .895 3.56 2.13 .937 3.01 3.00
1916 CLE AL 28 P 31 143.0 49 12 36 1 1 .980 3.02 1.55 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 CLE AL 29 P 41 213.0 74 6 60 8 3 .892 2.79 1.61 .947 3.04 3.05
1919 CLE AL 31 P 5 0 0 7.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.40 .950 2.82 2.84
6 Seasons P 98 0 0 447.2 158 18 128 12 6 .924 2.94 1.49 .944 3.00 2.99
6 Seasons TOT 98 0 0 447.2 158 18 128 12 6 .924 2.94 1.49 .944 3.00 2.99
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1917 AL  8 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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