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Roxie Lawson

Alfred Voyle Lawson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 13, 1906 in Donnellson, IA
School: Iowa Wesleyan College (Mount Pleasant, IA)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1930
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/Indians 1930-1940

Final Game: September 28, 1940
Died: April 9, 1977 in Stockport, IA
Buried: Dibble Cemetery, Stockport, IA
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1930 24 CLE AL 1 2 .333 6.15 7 4 2 2 0 0 33.2 46 27 23 1 23 10 0 0 1 170 79 2.050 12.3 0.3 6.1 2.7 0.43
1931 25 CLE AL 0 2 .000 7.60 17 3 12 0 0 0 55.2 72 50 47 5 36 20 0 0 1 276 61 1.940 11.6 0.8 5.8 3.2 0.56
1933 27 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.31 4 2 1 0 0 0 16.0 17 16 13 2 17 6 0 0 0 80 60 2.125 9.6 1.1 9.6 3.4 0.35
1935 29 DET AL 3 1 .750 1.58 7 4 3 4 2 2 40.0 34 11 7 3 24 16 0 1 2 172 265 1.450 7.7 0.7 5.4 3.6 0.67
1936 30 DET AL 8 6 .571 5.48 41 8 16 3 0 3 128.0 139 87 78 13 71 34 4 0 3 578 90 1.641 9.8 0.9 5.0 2.4 0.48
1937 31 DET AL 18 7 .720 5.26 37 29 5 15 0 1 217.1 236 141 127 17 115 68 1 1 6 995 89 1.615 9.8 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.59 MVP-19
1938 32 DET AL 8 9 .471 5.46 27 16 8 5 0 1 127.0 154 85 77 13 82 39 0 0 2 610 93 1.858 10.9 0.9 5.8 2.8 0.48
1939 33 TOT AL 4 8 .333 5.28 38 15 15 5 0 0 162.0 188 100 95 11 90 47 2 0 4 743 92 1.716 10.4 0.6 5.0 2.6 0.52
1939 33 DET AL 1 1 .500 4.76 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.1 7 7 6 1 7 4 0 0 0 50 105 1.235 5.6 0.8 5.6 3.2 0.57
1939 33 SLB AL 3 7 .300 5.32 36 14 14 5 0 0 150.2 181 93 89 10 83 43 2 0 4 693 91 1.752 10.8 0.6 5.0 2.6 0.52
1940 34 SLB AL 5 3 .625 5.13 30 2 16 0 0 4 72.0 77 45 41 5 54 18 0 1 1 337 90 1.819 9.6 0.6 6.8 2.3 0.33
9 Yrs 47 39 .547 5.37 208 83 78 34 2 11 851.2 963 562 508 70 512 258 7 3 20 3961 89 1.732 10.2 0.7 5.4 2.7 0.50
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .547 5.37 49 19 18 8 0 3 199 225 131 119 16 120 60 2 1 5 926 89 1.732 10.2 0.7 5.4 2.7 0.50
DET (6 yrs) 38 25 .603 5.14 118 60 34 27 2 7 539.2 587 347 308 49 316 167 5 2 13 2485 93 1.673 9.8 0.8 5.3 2.8 0.53
CLE (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 7.05 24 7 14 2 0 0 89.1 118 77 70 6 59 30 0 0 2 446 67 1.981 11.9 0.6 5.9 3.0 0.51
SLB (2 yrs) 8 10 .444 5.25 66 16 30 5 0 4 222.2 258 138 130 15 137 61 2 1 5 1030 91 1.774 10.4 0.6 5.5 2.5 0.45

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 Awards
1930 24 CLE AL 33.2 7 4 27 7.22 4.97 -0.23 0.00 102.6 5.33 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .414 .496 $
1931 25 CLE AL 55.2 17 3 50 8.08 5.39 -0.22 0.00 102.1 5.72 -15 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -8 .423 .492 $
1933 27 DET AL 16.0 4 2 16 9.00 6.06 0.20 0.00 91.5 5.37 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .360 .497 $
1935 29 DET AL 40.0 7 4 11 2.48 5.11 0.25 0.00 89.5 4.35 8 0.9 1.0 -0.0 1.2 13 .623 .505 $
1936 30 DET AL 128.0 41 8 87 6.12 5.75 0.03 0.00 97.5 5.57 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.4 9 .483 .496 $
1937 31 DET AL 217.1 37 29 141 5.84 5.10 0.03 0.00 101.5 5.14 -18 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 0.2 10 .458 .490 $ MVP-19
1938 32 DET AL 127.0 27 16 85 6.02 5.50 0.04 0.00 106.4 5.80 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.7 13 .486 .498 $
1939 33 DET AL 11.1 2 1 7 5.56 5.18 0.06 0.00 110.0 5.63 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $
1939 33 SLB AL 150.2 36 14 93 5.56 5.16 -0.55 0.00 104.8 5.98 7 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.9 26 .517 .504 $
1940 34 SLB AL 72.0 30 2 45 5.63 5.08 -0.12 0.00 103.5 5.38 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.2 5 .492 .499 $
9 Seasons 851.2 208 83 562 5.94 5.30 -0.09 0.00 101.8 5.49 -46 -3.9 1.0 -0.5 3.2 63 .481 .498 $
DET (6 yrs) 539.2 118 60 347 5.79 5.38 0.06 0.00 100.7 5.36 -28 -2.4 1.0 -0.3 2.2 43 .480 .498 $
CLE (2 yrs) 89.1 24 7 77 7.76 5.23 -0.22 0.00 102.3 5.58 -22 -1.9 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -11 .420 .494 $
SLB (2 yrs) 222.2 66 16 138 5.58 5.13 -0.41 0.00 104.4 5.79 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 2.1 31 .506 .501 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1930 24 CLE AL 171 0.6% 5.9% 13.5% 3.5% 13% 77%
1931 25 CLE AL 275 1.8% 7.3% 13.1% 77%
1933 27 DET AL 80 2.5% 7.5% 21.3% 69%
1935 29 DET AL 172 1.7% 9.3% 14.0% 3.5% 18% 74%
1936 30 DET AL 578 2.3% 5.9% 12.3% 3.3% 14% 77%
1937 31 DET AL 995 1.7% 6.8% 11.6% 4.9% 21% 79%
1938 32 DET AL 610 2.1% 6.4% 13.4% 3.9% 16% 76%
1939 33 TOT AL 743 1.5% 6.3% 12.1% 2.4% 10% 77%
1939 33 DET AL 50 2.0% 8.0% 14.0% 74%
1939 33 SLB AL 693 1.4% 6.2% 12.0% 2.5% 9% 77%
1940 34 SLB AL 337 1.5% 5.3% 16.0% 75%
9 Yrs 3961 1.8% 6.5% 12.9% 3.1% 13% 77%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.6% 8.3% 3.2% 13% 80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1930 24 1 2 .333 6.15 7 4 2 2 0 0 33.2 46 27 23 1 23 10 0 0 1 170 79 2.050 12.3 0.3 6.1 2.7 0.43 79
1931 25 1 4 .200 7.05 24 7 14 2 0 0 89.1 118 77 70 6 59 30 0 0 2 446 67 1.981 11.9 0.6 5.9 3.0 0.51 67
1932 26 1 4 .200 7.05 24 7 14 2 0 0 89.1 118 77 70 6 59 30 0 0 2 446 67 1.981 11.9 0.6 5.9 3.0 0.51 67
1933 27 1 5 .167 7.09 28 9 15 2 0 0 105.1 135 93 83 8 76 36 0 0 2 526 66 2.003 11.5 0.7 6.5 3.1 0.47 66
1934 28 1 5 .167 7.09 28 9 15 2 0 0 105.1 135 93 83 8 76 36 0 0 2 526 66 2.003 11.5 0.7 6.5 3.1 0.47 66
1935 29 4 6 .400 5.57 35 13 18 6 2 2 145.1 169 104 90 11 100 52 0 1 4 698 81 1.851 10.5 0.7 6.2 3.2 0.52 81
1936 30 12 12 .500 5.53 76 21 34 9 2 5 273.1 308 191 168 24 171 86 4 1 7 1276 85 1.752 10.1 0.8 5.6 2.8 0.50 85
1937 31 30 19 .612 5.41 113 50 39 24 2 6 490.2 544 332 295 41 286 154 5 2 13 2271 87 1.692 10.0 0.8 5.2 2.8 0.54 87
1938 32 38 28 .576 5.42 140 66 47 29 2 7 617.2 698 417 372 54 368 193 5 2 15 2881 88 1.726 10.2 0.8 5.4 2.8 0.52 88
1939 33 42 36 .538 5.39 178 81 62 34 2 7 779.2 886 517 467 65 458 240 7 2 19 3624 89 1.724 10.2 0.8 5.3 2.8 0.52 89
1940 34 47 39 .547 5.37 208 83 78 34 2 11 851.2 963 562 508 70 512 258 7 3 20 3961 89 1.732 10.2 0.7 5.4 2.7 0.50 89

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1930 24 2 2 .500 4.50 38.0 43 21 19 1 22 11 0 1.711 10.2 5.2 2.6 0.50 0.2 7
1931 25 2 4 .333 5.81 62.0 68 44 40 5 34 22 0 1.645 9.9 4.9 3.2 0.65 0.7 17
1933 27 0 1 .000 6.35 17.0 17 13 12 2 17 6 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 3.2 0.35 1.1 4
1935 29 3 1 .750 1.54 41.0 35 8 7 3 25 16 0 1.463 7.7 5.5 3.5 0.64 0.7 7
1936 30 6 8 .429 4.33 135.0 130 72 65 12 66 36 4 1.452 8.7 4.4 2.4 0.55 0.8 41
1937 31 12 13 .480 4.25 233.0 224 122 110 16 109 73 1 1.429 8.7 4.2 2.8 0.67 0.6 37
1938 32 7 8 .467 4.06 142.0 144 71 64 12 77 44 0 1.556 9.1 4.9 2.8 0.57 0.8 27
1939 33 9 10 .474 4.24 172.0 178 90 81 10 85 50 2 1.529 9.3 4.4 2.6 0.59 0.5 38
1940 34 4 4 .500 4.32 75.0 74 40 36 5 52 19 0 1.680 8.9 6.2 2.3 0.37 0.6 30
9 Yrs 45 51 .469 4.27 915.0 913 481 434 66 487 277 7 1.530 9.0 2.7 0.57 0.6 208

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 AL (19, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  18 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1937 AL  .720 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL  41 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1936 AL  3 (6th)
1940 AL  4 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1937 AL  15 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1935 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  17 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 AL  115 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  127 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1937 AL  6 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1936 AL  16 (8th)
1939 AL  15 (10th)
1940 AL  16 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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