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Sam Leever

Samuel Leever (Deacon or The Goshen Schoolmaster)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 23, 1871 in Goshen, OH
High School: Goshen HS (Goshen, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1898
Team: Pirates 1898-1910

Final Game: September 26, 1910
Died: May 19, 1953 in Goshen, OH
Buried: Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, OH
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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
1898 26 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2.45 5 3 2 2 0 0 33.0 26 10 9 0 5 15 1 0 0 127 147 0.939 7.1 0.0 1.4 4.1 3.00
1899 27 PIT NL 21 23 .477 3.18 51 39 11 35 4 3 379.0 353 191 134 7 122 121 11 1 8 1564 120 1.253 8.4 0.2 2.9 2.9 0.99
1900 28 PIT NL 15 13 .536 2.71 30 29 1 25 3 0 232.2 236 101 70 2 48 84 8 0 10 955 134 1.221 9.1 0.1 1.9 3.2 1.75
1901 29 PIT NL 14 5 .737 2.86 21 20 1 18 2 0 176.0 182 82 56 2 39 82 7 0 5 733 115 1.256 9.3 0.1 2.0 4.2 2.10
1902 30 PIT NL 15 7 .682 2.39 28 26 2 23 4 2 222.0 203 73 59 2 31 86 8 0 3 873 114 1.054 8.2 0.1 1.3 3.5 2.77
1903 31 PIT NL 25 7 .781 2.06 36 34 2 30 7 1 284.1 255 98 65 2 60 90 5 0 6 1135 159 1.108 8.1 0.1 1.9 2.8 1.50
1904 32 PIT NL 18 11 .621 2.17 34 32 2 26 1 0 253.1 224 85 61 2 54 63 5 2 2 1003 126 1.097 8.0 0.1 1.9 2.2 1.17
1905 33 PIT NL 20 5 .800 2.70 33 29 3 20 3 1 229.2 199 94 69 3 54 81 12 1 5 928 111 1.102 7.8 0.1 2.1 3.2 1.50
1906 34 PIT NL 22 7 .759 2.32 36 31 4 25 6 0 260.1 232 84 67 3 48 76 7 0 3 1011 115 1.076 8.0 0.1 1.7 2.6 1.58
1907 35 PIT NL 14 9 .609 1.66 31 24 7 17 5 0 216.2 182 70 40 3 46 65 8 0 1 848 146 1.052 7.6 0.1 1.9 2.7 1.41
1908 36 PIT NL 15 7 .682 2.10 38 20 14 14 4 2 192.2 179 60 45 1 41 28 6 0 3 767 109 1.142 8.4 0.0 1.9 1.3 0.68
1909 37 PIT NL 8 1 .889 2.83 19 4 12 2 0 2 70.0 74 30 22 0 14 23 4 0 0 286 91 1.257 9.5 0.0 1.8 3.0 1.64
1910 38 PIT NL 6 5 .545 2.76 26 8 14 4 0 2 111.0 104 45 34 2 25 33 6 0 0 432 115 1.162 8.4 0.2 2.0 2.7 1.32
13 Yrs 194 100 .660 2.47 388 299 75 241 39 13 2660.2 2449 1023 731 29 587 847 88 4 46 10662 123 1.141 8.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.44
162 Game Avg. 19 10 .660 2.47 38 30 7 24 4 1 263 242 101 72 3 58 84 9 0 5 1055 123 1.141 8.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.44

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
1898 26 PIT NL 33.0 5 3 10 2.73 5.03 0.07 0.00 99.0 4.91 9 0.9 1.0 -0.0 1.2 12 .683 .506 $
1899 27 PIT NL 379.0 51 39 191 4.54 5.22 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.10 35 3.3 1.0 -0.4 6.2 70 .565 .521 $
1900 28 PIT NL 232.2 30 29 101 3.91 5.21 0.28 0.00 98.0 4.83 28 2.8 1.0 -0.2 4.4 48 .592 .517 $
1901 29 PIT NL 176.0 21 20 82 4.19 4.50 0.30 0.00 99.0 4.15 1 0.1 1.0 -0.3 1.2 15 .504 .501 $
1902 30 PIT NL 222.0 28 26 73 2.96 3.77 0.38 0.00 98.0 3.33 11 1.3 1.0 -0.3 2.8 26 .547 .508 $
1903 31 PIT NL 284.1 36 34 98 3.10 4.65 0.31 0.00 100.0 4.35 41 4.4 1.0 -0.3 6.3 65 .621 .527 $
1904 32 PIT NL 253.1 34 32 85 3.02 3.85 0.10 0.00 100.0 3.75 22 2.7 1.0 -0.2 4.5 42 .580 .517 $
1905 33 PIT NL 229.2 33 29 94 3.68 4.06 0.28 0.00 100.0 3.78 3 0.3 1.0 -0.2 2.0 22 .511 .502 $
1906 34 PIT NL 260.1 36 31 84 2.90 3.50 0.15 0.00 101.0 3.38 17 2.1 1.0 -0.2 4.0 34 .560 .513 $
1907 35 PIT NL 216.2 31 24 70 2.91 3.31 -0.07 0.00 98.0 3.31 12 1.6 1.0 -0.2 3.2 25 .552 .510 $
1908 36 PIT NL 192.2 38 20 60 2.80 3.26 0.13 0.00 97.0 3.04 5 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.1 19 .519 .504 $
1909 37 PIT NL 70.0 19 4 30 3.86 3.53 0.29 0.00 99.0 3.21 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 0 .466 .496 $
1910 38 PIT NL 111.0 26 8 45 3.65 4.00 0.07 0.00 104.0 4.09 5 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.3 14 .523 .504 $
13 Seasons 2660.2 388 299 1023 3.46 4.20 0.18 0.00 99.3 3.99 185 20.2 1.0 -2.5 39.0 392 .552 .510 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1903 31 PIT NL WS L BOS 0 2 .000 5.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 13 8 6 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 48 1.600 11.7 0.9 2.7 1.8 0.67
1 WS 0 2 .000 5.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 13 8 6 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 48 1.600 11.7 0.9 2.7 1.8 0.67

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+
1898 26 1 0 1.000 2.45 5 3 2 2 0 0 33.0 26 10 9 0 5 15 1 0 0 127 147 0.939 7.1 0.0 1.4 4.1 3.00 147
1899 27 22 23 .489 3.12 56 42 13 37 4 3 412.0 379 201 143 7 127 136 12 1 8 1691 122 1.228 8.3 0.2 2.8 3.0 1.07 122
1900 28 37 36 .507 2.97 86 71 14 62 7 3 644.2 615 302 213 9 175 220 20 1 18 2646 126 1.225 8.6 0.1 2.4 3.1 1.26 126
1901 29 51 41 .554 2.95 107 91 15 80 9 3 820.2 797 384 269 11 214 302 27 1 23 3379 123 1.232 8.7 0.1 2.3 3.3 1.41 123
1902 30 66 48 .579 2.83 135 117 17 103 13 5 1042.2 1000 457 328 13 245 388 35 1 26 4252 122 1.194 8.6 0.1 2.1 3.3 1.58 122
1903 31 91 55 .623 2.67 171 151 19 133 20 6 1327.0 1255 555 393 15 305 478 40 1 32 5387 128 1.176 8.5 0.1 2.1 3.2 1.57 128
1904 32 109 66 .623 2.59 205 183 21 159 21 6 1580.1 1479 640 454 17 359 541 45 3 34 6390 128 1.163 8.4 0.1 2.0 3.1 1.51 128
1905 33 129 71 .645 2.60 238 212 24 179 24 7 1810.0 1678 734 523 20 413 622 57 4 39 7318 125 1.155 8.3 0.1 2.1 3.1 1.51 125
1906 34 151 78 .659 2.56 274 243 28 204 30 7 2070.1 1910 818 590 23 461 698 64 4 42 8329 124 1.145 8.3 0.1 2.0 3.0 1.51 124
1907 35 165 87 .655 2.48 305 267 35 221 35 7 2287.0 2092 888 630 26 507 763 72 4 43 9177 126 1.136 8.2 0.1 2.0 3.0 1.50 126
1908 36 180 94 .657 2.45 343 287 49 235 39 9 2479.2 2271 948 675 27 548 791 78 4 46 9944 124 1.137 8.2 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.44 124
1909 37 188 95 .664 2.46 362 291 61 237 39 11 2549.2 2345 978 697 27 562 814 82 4 46 10230 123 1.140 8.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.45 123
1910 38 194 100 .660 2.47 388 299 75 241 39 13 2660.2 2449 1023 731 29 587 847 88 4 46 10662 123 1.141 8.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.44 123

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
1898 26 2 1 .667 2.12 34.0 25 9 8 0 5 16 1 0.882 6.6 1.3 4.2 3.20 0.0 5
1899 27 29 14 .674 2.76 391.0 343 133 120 7 119 125 11 1.182 7.9 2.7 2.9 1.05 0.2 51
1900 28 21 7 .750 2.39 260.0 251 77 69 2 51 94 9 1.162 8.7 1.8 3.3 1.84 0.1 30
1901 29 14 7 .667 2.85 196.0 207 69 62 2 44 91 8 1.281 9.5 2.0 4.2 2.07 0.1 21
1902 30 17 9 .654 2.90 236.0 247 84 76 2 38 91 10 1.208 9.4 1.4 3.5 2.39 0.1 28
1903 31 28 7 .800 1.97 319.0 284 78 70 2 67 101 6 1.100 8.0 1.9 2.8 1.51 0.1 36
1904 32 19 8 .704 2.63 243.0 247 79 71 2 60 60 6 1.263 9.1 2.2 2.2 1.00 0.1 34
1905 33 16 9 .640 3.09 227.0 216 87 78 3 59 80 13 1.211 8.6 2.3 3.2 1.36 0.1 33
1906 34 16 11 .593 3.19 243.0 270 96 86 3 56 71 8 1.342 10.0 2.1 2.6 1.27 0.1 36
1907 35 16 6 .727 2.50 202.0 220 62 56 4 56 61 10 1.366 9.8 2.5 2.7 1.09 0.2 31
1908 36 11 8 .579 3.31 174.0 218 71 64 1 50 25 7 1.540 11.3 2.6 1.3 0.50 0.1 38
1909 37 4 3 .571 3.94 64.0 85 31 28 0 16 21 5 1.578 12.0 2.3 3.0 1.31 0.0 19
1910 38 6 5 .545 3.35 102.0 112 42 38 2 27 30 6 1.363 9.9 2.4 2.6 1.11 0.2 26
13 Yrs 199 95 .677 2.76 2691.0 2725 918 826 30 648 866 100 1.253 9.1 2.9 1.34 0.1 388

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1903 NL  5.8 (6th)
1904 NL  5.3 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1899 NL  6.2 (9th)
1900 NL  4.4 (6th)
1903 NL  6.3 (4th)
1904 NL  4.5 (8th)
1906 NL  4.0 (10th)
Career  39.0 (151st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1900 NL  2.71 (4th)
1901 NL  2.86 (10th)
1903 NL  2.06 (1st)
1907 NL  1.66 (4th)
Career  2.47 (39th)

Wins s c a p y
1903 NL  25 (3rd)
1904 NL  18 (10th)
1905 NL  20 (5th)
1906 NL  22 (4th)
Career  194 (124th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1900 NL  .536 (9th)
1901 NL  .737 (1st)
1902 NL  .682 (6th)
1903 NL  .781 (1st)
1904 NL  .621 (10th)
1905 NL  .800 (1st)
1906 NL  .759 (3rd)
1907 NL  .609 (10th)
1908 NL  .682 (5th)
Career  .660 (18th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1899 NL  1.253 (10th)
1900 NL  1.221 (6th)
1902 NL  1.054 (4th)
1903 NL  1.108 (3rd)
1904 NL  1.097 (9th)
1905 NL  1.102 (8th)
1906 NL  1.076 (6th)
1907 NL  1.052 (8th)
Career  1.141 (51st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  8.383 (5th)
1900 NL  9.129 (8th)
1903 NL  8.072 (4th)
Career  8.284 (222nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  1.857 (5th)
1902 NL  1.257 (5th)
1903 NL  1.899 (5th)
1904 NL  1.918 (8th)
1905 NL  2.116 (7th)
1906 NL  1.659 (2nd)
1907 NL  1.911 (7th)
1908 NL  1.915 (7th)
Career  1.986 (87th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1899 NL  2.873 (8th)
1900 NL  3.249 (5th)
1901 NL  4.193 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1899 NL  51 (1st)
1903 NL  36 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1899 NL  3 (1st)
1902 NL  2 (2nd)
1905 NL  1 (7th)
1908 NL  2 (6th)
1909 NL  2 (9th)
1910 NL  2 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1899 NL  379.0 (1st)
1903 NL  284.3 (10th)
Career  2,660.7 (196th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1899 NL  121 (3rd)
1900 NL  84 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1899 NL  39 (5th)
1903 NL  34 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1899 NL  35 (7th)
1903 NL  30 (8th)
Career  241 (94th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1899 NL  4 (2nd)
1900 NL  3 (5th)
1901 NL  2 (10th)
1902 NL  4 (7th)
1903 NL  7 (1st)
1906 NL  6 (3rd)
1907 NL  5 (8th)
Career  39 (51st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1899 NL  122 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1899 NL  353 (10th)
Career  2,449 (249th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1900 NL  1.750 (4th)
1902 NL  2.774 (3rd)
1903 NL  1.500 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  0.077 (1st)
1901 NL  0.102 (7th)
1903 NL  0.063 (5th)
1904 NL  0.071 (10th)
1908 NL  0.047 (8th)
Career  0.098 (31st)

Losses s c a p y
1899 NL  23 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  134 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1899 NL  8 (10th)
1900 NL  10 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  88 (118th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1899 NL  1,564 (3rd)
Career  10,662 (233rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1899 NL  11 (1st)
1908 NL  14 (2nd)
1909 NL  12 (9th)
1910 NL  14 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1900 NL  134 (4th)
1903 NL  157 (1st)
1907 NL  147 (7th)
Career  123 (87th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  25 (5th)
1902 NL  14 (9th)
1903 NL  37 (3rd)
1904 NL  18 (8th)
1906 NL  14 (9th)
1907 NL  14 (10th)
Career  177 (104th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1900 NL  2.3 (5th)
1902 NL  1.5 (9th)
1903 NL  3.8 (3rd)
1904 NL  1.9 (8th)
1906 NL  1.6 (9th)
1907 NL  1.7 (10th)
Career  18.3 (102nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1908 NL  born 1871-12-23 (8th)
1909 NL  born 1871-12-23 (6th)
1910 NL  born 1871-12-23 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 21 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 128 (136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 97 (100), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 46 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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