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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:38AM
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
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 50 106 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 Seasons 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: 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
1930 24 CLE AL 33.2 4 27 24 -1 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
1931 25 CLE AL 55.2 3 50 37 -1 1.0 -13 -0.9 $
1933 27 DET AL 16.0 2 16 10 0 1.0 -6 -0.6 $
1935 29 DET AL 40.0 4 11 26 1 1.0 15 1.3 $
1936 30 DET AL 128.0 8 87 94 0 1.0 7 0.4 $
1937 31 DET AL 217.1 29 141 149 1 1.0 8 0.8 $ MVP-19
1938 32 DET AL 127.0 16 85 90 0 1.0 5 0.7 $
1939 33 DET AL 11.1 1 7 8 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1939 33 SLB AL 150.2 14 93 103 -6 1.0 10 1.9 $
1940 34 SLB AL 72.0 2 45 47 -1 1.0 2 0.5 $
9 Seasons 851.2 83 562 588 -7 1.0 26 4.0 $
DET (6 yrs) 539.2 60 347 377 2 1.0 30 2.7 $
CLE (2 yrs) 89.1 7 77 61 -2 1.0 -16 -1.1 $
SLB (2 yrs) 222.2 16 138 150 -7 1.0 12 2.4 $

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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
1930 24 CLE AL 7 14 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .091 .231 .091 .322 -16 1 0 1 /1
1931 25 CLE AL 17 15 14 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .200 .286 .486 24 4 1 0 1
1933 27 DET AL 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1935 29 DET AL 7 15 13 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .385 .742 95 5 0 1 /1
1936 30 DET AL 41 47 45 2 10 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 6 .222 .255 .267 .522 29 12 0 0 1
1937 31 DET AL 37 92 81 11 21 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 14 .259 .310 .296 .607 52 24 0 5 1 MVP-19
1938 32 DET AL 27 47 45 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .044 .065 .044 .110 -73 2 0 1 1
1939 33 TOT AL 39 53 47 6 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 .170 .170 .234 .404 1 11 0 0 6 1
1939 33 DET AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
1939 33 SLB AL 37 48 43 6 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 .186 .186 .256 .442 11 11 0 0 5 1
1940 34 SLB AL 30 22 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .045 .045 .045 .091 -77 1 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 209 310 283 26 49 5 3 0 17 0 0 12 57 .173 .209 .212 .421 6 60 0 1 14
162 Game Avg. 162 240 219 20 38 4 2 0 13 0 0 9 44 .173 .209 .212 .421 6 47 1 11
DET (6 yrs) 118 211 193 16 37 4 1 0 15 0 0 10 32 .192 .232 .223 .454 14 43 0 0 8
CLE (2 yrs) 24 29 25 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 12 .120 .214 .200 .414 6 5 1 1
SLB (2 yrs) 67 70 65 7 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 .138 .138 .185 .323 -18 12 0 0 5

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
1930 24 CLE AL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /1
1931 25 CLE AL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1933 27 DET AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1935 29 DET AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /1
1936 30 DET AL 47 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1937 31 DET AL 92 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 MVP-19
1938 32 DET AL 47 -13 0 0 0 0 4 2 -7 -0.6 -7 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1939 33 DET AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1939 33 SLB AL 48 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
1940 34 SLB AL 22 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 310 -43 0 0 0 0 24 10 -10 -0.5 -9 -0.8 0.3 $
DET (6 yrs) 211 -27 0 0 0 0 16 7 -4 -0.2 -4 -0.3 0.1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 29 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $
SLB (2 yrs) 70 -12 0 0 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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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
1930 CLE AL 24 P 7 4 2 33.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.14 1.14 .946 2.19 2.17
1931 CLE AL 25 P 17 3 0 55.2 13 5 7 1 1 .923 1.94 0.71 .954 2.21 2.19
1933 DET AL 27 P 4 2 0 16.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.81 1.25 .960 2.31 2.28
1935 DET AL 29 P 7 4 4 40.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.90 0.57 .948 2.16 2.14
1936 DET AL 30 P 41 8 3 128.0 36 7 28 1 1 .972 2.46 0.85 .956 1.99 1.96
1937 DET AL 31 P 37 29 15 217.1 51 16 33 2 2 .961 2.03 1.32 .954 2.05 2.01 MVP-19
1938 DET AL 32 P 27 16 5 127.0 37 9 26 2 0 .946 2.48 1.30 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 TOT AL 33 P 38 15 5 162.0 35 8 26 1 1 .971 1.89 0.89 .951 1.92 1.89
1939 DET AL 33 P 2 1 0 11.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.38 1.50 .950 1.91 1.90
1939 SLB AL 33 P 36 14 5 150.2 32 8 23 1 1 .969 1.85 0.86 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 SLB AL 34 P 30 2 0 72.0 15 3 12 0 2 1.000 1.88 0.50 .956 2.04 2.01
9 Seasons P 208 83 34 851.2 205 52 145 8 7 .961 2.08 0.95 .953 2.05 2.01
9 Seasons TOT 208 83 34 851.2 205 52 145 8 7 .961 2.08 0.95 .953 2.05 2.01
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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
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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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1937 AL  16 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1940 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1173), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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