Ernie Koob

Ernest Gerald Koob

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 11, 1892 in Keeler, MI
High School: St. Joseph HS (St. Joseph, MI)
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1915. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1915
Team: Browns 1915-1919

Final Game: August 30, 1919
Died: November 12, 1941 in Lemay, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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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
1915	22	SLB	AL	4	5	.444	2.36	28	13	9	6	0	1	133.2	119	50	35	2	50	37	10	0	6	528	122	1.264	8.0	0.1	3.4	2.5	0.74
1916	23	SLB	AL	11	8	.579	2.54	33	20	7	10	2	2	166.2	153	54	47	1	56	26	6	2	1	670	108	1.254	8.3	0.1	3.0	1.4	0.46
1917	24	SLB	AL	6	14	.300	3.91	39	18	10	3	1	1	133.2	139	81	58	1	57	47	6	0	5	559	66	1.466	9.4	0.1	3.8	3.2	0.82

1919	26	SLB	AL	2	4	.333	4.64	25	4	7	0	0	0	66.0	77	37	34	3	23	11	2	0	2	285	71	1.515	10.5	0.4	3.1	1.5	0.48
1920	27	LOU	AA	17	17	.500	4.05	42						251.0	244	131	113		101							1.375	8.7		3.6			LOU · AA
1921	28	LOU	AA	22	9	.710	5.07	50						270.0	313	174	152		119							1.600	10.4		4.0			LOU · AA
1922	29	LOU	AA	12	17	.414	4.80	46						240.0	288	161	128		105							1.638	10.8		3.9			LOU · AA
1923	30	LOU	AA	9	12	.429	4.42	37						216.0	249	124	106		88							1.560	10.4		3.7			LOU · AA
1924	31	LOU	AA	13	12	.520	4.35	41						242.0	290	144	117		94							1.587	10.8		3.5			LOU · AA
1925	32	LOU	AA	9	9	.500	6.00	39						153.0	186	114	102		70							1.673	10.9		4.1			LOU · AA
1926	33	LOU	AA	14	10	.583	4.81	31						187.0	221	113	100		58							1.492	10.6		2.8			LOU · AA
1927	34	LOU	AA	9	10	.474	4.67	29						158.0	188	106	82		58							1.557	10.7		3.3			LOU · AA
1928	35	LOU	AA	7	17	.292	5.49	39						187.0	249	142	114		67	54	8		4			1.690	12.0		3.2	2.6	0.81	LOU · AA
4 Yrs				23	31	.426	3.13	125	55	33	19	3	4	500.0	488	222	174	7	186	121	24	2	14	2042	90	1.348	8.8	0.1	3.3	2.2	0.65
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.426	3.13	47	21	12	7	1	2	189	184	84	66	3	70	46	9	1	5	771	90	1.348	8.8	0.1	3.3	2.2	0.65

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
1915	22	SLB	AL	133.2	28	13	50	3.37	4.06	0.01	0.00	98.0	3.98	10	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.2	22	.540	.507	$
1916	23	SLB	AL	166.2	33	20	54	2.92	3.67	0.14	0.00	97.0	3.43	10	1.2	1.0	-0.1	2.6	24	.537	.507	$
1917	24	SLB	AL	133.2	39	18	81	5.45	3.70	-0.14	0.00	97.0	3.73	-26	-2.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.8	-14	.424	.482	$

1919	26	SLB	AL	66.0	25	4	37	5.05	4.28	-0.09	0.00	101.2	4.42	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1	.477	.496	$
4 Seasons				500.0	125	55	222	4.00	3.86	-0.00	0.00	97.8	3.78	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.4	3.0	34	.491	.498	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1919	26	SLB	AL	287	1.1%	3.8%	8.0%			86%
1 Yr				287	1.1%	3.8%	8.0%			86%
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+
1915	22	4	5	.444	2.36	28	13	9	6	0	1	133.2	119	50	35	2	50	37	10	0	6	528	122	1.264	8.0	0.1	3.4	2.5	0.74	122
1916	23	15	13	.536	2.46	61	33	16	16	2	3	300.1	272	104	82	3	106	63	16	2	7	1198	114	1.259	8.2	0.1	3.2	1.9	0.59	114
1917	24	21	27	.438	2.90	100	51	26	19	3	4	434.0	411	185	140	4	163	110	22	2	12	1757	94	1.323	8.5	0.1	3.4	2.3	0.67	94
1918	25	21	27	.438	2.90	100	51	26	19	3	4	434.0	411	185	140	4	163	110	22	2	12	1757	94	1.323	8.5	0.1	3.4	2.3	0.67	94
1919	26	23	31	.426	3.13	125	55	33	19	3	4	500.0	488	222	174	7	186	121	24	2	14	2042	90	1.348	8.8	0.1	3.3	2.2	0.65	90

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
1915	22	8	5	.615	3.23	117.0	133	47	42	2	56	32	11	1.615	10.2	4.3	2.5	0.57	0.2	28
1916	23	9	7	.563	3.62	149.0	177	67	60	1	65	23	7	1.624	10.7	3.9	1.4	0.35	0.1	33
1917	24	4	8	.333	5.87	115.0	162	83	75	1	66	41	7	1.983	12.7	5.2	3.2	0.62	0.1	39

1919	26	2	5	.286	5.40	70.0	92	47	42	4	27	12	2	1.700	11.8	3.5	1.5	0.44	0.5	25
4 Yrs		23	25	.479	4.37	451.0	564	244	219	8	214	108	27	1.725	11.3		2.2	0.50	0.2	125

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y 1915 AL 6 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1915 AL 10 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1915 AL 6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 AL 10 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Rube Waddell (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Happy Finneran (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Yingling (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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