Joe Lake

Joseph Henry Lake

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

Born: January 6, 1881 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1908
Teams (by GP): Browns/Highlanders/Tigers 1908-1913

Final Game: August 25, 1913
Died: June 30, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, NY
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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
1907	26	JER	A	25	14	.641		44						344.0	261	112			60							0.933	6.8		1.6			JER · EL
1908	27	NYY	AL	9	22	.290	3.17	38	27	11	19	2	0	269.1	252	157	95	6	77	118	6	0	7	1126	78	1.222	8.4	0.2	2.6	3.9	1.53
1909	28	NYY	AL	14	11	.560	1.88	31	26	5	17	3	1	215.1	180	81	45	2	59	117	5	0	11	863	136	1.110	7.5	0.1	2.5	4.9	1.98
1910	29	SLB	AL	11	17	.393	2.20	35	29	6	24	1	2	261.1	243	116	64	2	77	141	1	1	5	1057	112	1.224	8.4	0.1	2.7	4.9	1.83
1911	30	SLB	AL	10	15	.400	3.30	30	25	5	14	2	0	215.1	245	115	79	3	40	69	4	0	5	914	102	1.324	10.2	0.1	1.7	2.9	1.73
1912	31	TOT	AL	10	18	.357	3.44	37	20	13	15	0	1	219.2	260	135	84	3	55	114	4	0	1	923	96	1.434	10.7	0.1	2.3	4.7	2.07
1912	31	SLB	AL	1	7	.125	4.42	11	6	4	4	0	0	57.0	70	41	28	0	16	28	1	0	0	240	76	1.509	11.1	0.0	2.5	4.4	1.75
1912	31	DET	AL	9	11	.450	3.10	26	14	9	11	0	1	162.2	190	94	56	3	39	86	3	0	1	683	106	1.408	10.5	0.2	2.2	4.8	2.21
1913	32	MNE	AA	5	3	.625		10																								MNE · AA
1913	32	DET	AL	8	7	.533	3.28	28	12	13	6	0	1	137.0	149	67	50	3	24	35	0	0	4	558	89	1.263	9.8	0.2	1.6	2.3	1.46
1914	33	MNE	AA	16	13	.552	3.56	37						273.1	304	132	108		69							1.365	10.0		2.3			MNE · AA
6 Yrs				62	90	.408	2.85	199	139	53	95	8	5	1318.0	1329	671	417	19	332	594	20	1	33	5441	99	1.260	9.1	0.1	2.3	4.1	1.79
162 Game Avg.				12	18	.408	2.85	40	28	11	19	2	1	265	267	135	84	4	67	120	4	0	7	1095	99	1.260	9.1	0.1	2.3	4.1	1.79

SLB (3 yrs)				22	39	.361	2.88	76	60	15	42	3	2	533.2	558	272	171	5	133	238	6	1	10	2211	102	1.295	9.4	0.1	2.2	4.0	1.79
NYY (2 yrs)				23	33	.411	2.60	69	53	16	36	5	1	484.2	432	238	140	8	136	235	11	0	18	1989	96	1.172	8.0	0.1	2.5	4.4	1.73
DET (2 yrs)				17	18	.486	3.18	54	26	22	17	0	2	299.2	339	161	106	6	63	121	3	0	5	1241	98	1.341	10.2	0.2	1.9	3.6	1.92

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
1908	27	NYY	AL	269.1	38	27	157	5.25	3.51	-0.39	0.00	103.0	4.02	-37	-4.2	1.0	-0.2	-2.1	-15	.390	.474	$
1909	28	NYY	AL	215.1	31	26	81	3.39	3.38	-0.21	0.00	103.0	3.70	10	1.3	1.0	-0.2	2.9	25	.542	.508	$
1910	29	SLB	AL	261.1	35	29	116	3.99	3.76	-0.28	0.00	98.0	3.96	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	2.2	22	.504	.501	$
1911	30	SLB	AL	215.1	30	25	115	4.81	4.73	-0.08	0.00	101.0	4.86	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.9	26	.504	.501	$
1912	31	SLB	AL	57.0	11	6	41	6.47	4.57	-0.08	0.00	100.0	4.65	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.403	.493	$
1912	31	DET	AL	162.2	26	14	94	5.20	4.41	-0.05	0.00	98.0	4.37	-14	-1.4	1.0	-0.2	-0.1	3	.447	.491	$
1913	32	DET	AL	137.0	28	12	67	4.40	3.91	-0.15	0.00	99.0	4.02	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.481	.497	$
6 Seasons				1318.0	199	139	671	4.58	3.94	-0.21	0.00	100.5	4.16	-54	-5.6	1.0	-1.3	4.8	63	.472	.495	$

SLB (3 yrs)				533.2	76	60	272	4.59	4.24	-0.18	0.00	99.4	4.40	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.5	3.5	43	.489	.498	$
NYY (2 yrs)				484.2	69	53	238	4.42	3.46	-0.31	0.00	103.0	3.88	-27	-2.9	1.0	-0.5	0.8	10	.458	.491	$
DET (2 yrs)				299.2	54	26	161	4.84	4.18	-0.10	0.00	98.5	4.21	-19	-1.9	1.0	-0.3	0.5	10	.464	.494	$

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+
1908	27	9	22	.290	3.17	38	27	11	19	2	0	269.1	252	157	95	6	77	118	6	0	7	1126	78	1.222	8.4	0.2	2.6	3.9	1.53	78
1909	28	23	33	.411	2.60	69	53	16	36	5	1	484.2	432	238	140	8	136	235	11	0	18	1989	96	1.172	8.0	0.1	2.5	4.4	1.73	96
1910	29	34	50	.405	2.46	104	82	22	60	6	3	746.0	675	354	204	10	213	376	12	1	23	3046	101	1.190	8.1	0.1	2.6	4.5	1.77	101
1911	30	44	65	.404	2.65	134	107	27	74	8	3	961.1	920	469	283	13	253	445	16	1	28	3960	102	1.220	8.6	0.1	2.4	4.2	1.76	102
1912	31	54	83	.394	2.80	171	127	40	89	8	4	1181.0	1180	604	367	16	308	559	20	1	29	4883	100	1.260	9.0	0.1	2.3	4.3	1.81	100
1913	32	62	90	.408	2.85	199	139	53	95	8	5	1318.0	1329	671	417	19	332	594	20	1	33	5441	99	1.260	9.1	0.1	2.3	4.1	1.79	99

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
1908	27	13	15	.464	4.26	260.0	292	137	123	7	89	114	7	1.465	10.1	3.1	3.9	1.28	0.2	38
1909	28	16	6	.727	2.53	206.0	210	64	58	2	69	112	6	1.354	9.2	3.0	4.9	1.62	0.1	31
1910	29	16	10	.615	3.02	241.0	278	90	81	2	88	130	1	1.519	10.4	3.3	4.9	1.48	0.1	35
1911	30	14	10	.583	3.22	221.0	252	88	79	3	41	71	4	1.326	10.3	1.7	2.9	1.73	0.1	30
1912	31	12	11	.522	3.81	210.0	274	99	89	3	58	109	4	1.581	11.7	2.5	4.7	1.88	0.1	37
1913	32	7	7	.500	4.12	131.0	168	67	60	3	27	33	0	1.489	11.5	1.9	2.3	1.22	0.2	28
6 Yrs		78	59	.569	3.48	1269.0	1474	545	490	20	372	569	22	1.455	10.5		4.0	1.53	0.1	199

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1909 AL 1.88 (10th) Career 2.85 (116th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1911 AL 1.672 (2nd) 1912 AL 2.253 (9th) Career 2.267 (188th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1909 AL 4.890 (9th) 1910 AL 4.856 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1909 AL 1 (9th) 1910 AL 2 (3rd)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1910 AL 261.3 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1910 AL 141 (7th) 1912 AL 114 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1910 AL 24 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1911 AL 2 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1908 AL 6 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1908 AL 77 (6th) 1910 AL 77 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1908 AL 252 (8th) 1910 AL 243 (6th) 1911 AL 245 (8th) 1912 AL 260 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1912 AL 2.073 (6th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y Career 0.130 (73rd)	Losses s c a p y 1908 AL 22 (1st) 1910 AL 17 (5th) 1911 AL 15 (6th) 1912 AL 18 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1908 AL 95 (2nd) 1911 AL 79 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1908 AL 7 (10th) 1909 AL 11 (3rd)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1908 AL 1,126 (10th) 1910 AL 1,057 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1908 AL 11 (6th) 1912 AL 13 (4th) 1913 AL 13 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1909 AL 134 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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