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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 (St. Joseph, MI)
School: Western Michigan University
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:33AM
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… 

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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
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 67 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
4 Seasons 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: 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
1915 22 SLB AL 133.2 13 50 67 0 1.0 17 1.9 $
1916 23 SLB AL 166.2 20 54 77 2 1.0 23 2.4 $
1917 24 SLB AL 133.2 18 81 61 -1 1.0 -20 -2.5 $
1919 26 SLB AL 66.0 4 37 34 0 1.0 -3 -0.1 $
4 Seasons 500.0 55 222 239 1 1.0 17 1.7 $

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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
1915 22 SLB AL 28 44 37 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 16 .135 .238 .135 .373 14 5 0 2 1
1916 23 SLB AL 33 57 41 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 24 .000 .268 .000 .268 -17 0 0 1 1
1917 24 SLB AL 39 43 35 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 .114 .225 .114 .339 5 4 0 3 1
1919 26 SLB AL 25 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 1
4 Seasons 125 160 128 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 64 .070 .222 .070 .293 -11 9 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 207 166 9 12 0 0 0 3 0 32 83 .070 .222 .070 .293 -11 12 0 9

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
1915 22 SLB AL 44 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1916 23 SLB AL 57 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1917 24 SLB AL 43 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1919 26 SLB AL 16 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
4 Seasons 160 -18 0 0 0 0 8 5 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $

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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
1915 SLB AL 22 P 28 133.2 35 3 32 0 3 1.000 2.36 1.25 .937 3.01 3.00
1916 SLB AL 23 P 33 166.2 40 4 36 0 1 1.000 2.16 1.21 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 SLB AL 24 P 39 133.2 55 4 44 7 3 .873 3.23 1.23 .947 3.04 3.05
1919 SLB AL 26 P 25 4 0 66.0 24 2 21 1 2 .958 3.14 0.92 .948 2.84 2.83
4 Seasons P 125 4 0 500.0 154 13 133 8 9 .948 2.63 1.17 .944 2.98 2.97
4 Seasons TOT 125 4 0 500.0 154 13 133 8 9 .948 2.63 1.17 .944 2.98 2.97
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

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

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

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1915 AL  1.000 (1st)
1916 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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