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Sam Leever
Samuel Leever (Deacon and The Goshen Schoolmaster)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 23, 1871 in Goshen, OH
High School: Goshen (Goshen, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1898
Final Game: September 26, 1910
Died: May 19, 1953 in Goshen, OH
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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
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 0 145 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 0 120 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 10 0 10 0 134 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 0 114 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 0 115 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 99 65 2 60 90 5 0 6 1153 157 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 116 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 1 848 147 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 0 432 114 1.162 8.4 0.2 2.0 2.7 1.32
13 Seasons 194 100 .660 2.47 388 299 75 241 39 13 2660.2 2449 1024 731 29 587 847 90 4 46 6428 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 5 636 123 1.141 8.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.44

Postseason Pitching

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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

Standard Batting

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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
1898 26 PIT NL 5 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 76 3 1 0 /1
1899 27 PIT NL 51 161 146 15 33 6 4 0 18 0 8 .226 .271 .322 .593 62 47 1 6 1
1900 28 PIT NL 30 90 88 9 18 2 2 1 5 1 2 .205 .222 .307 .529 44 27 0 0 1
1901 29 PIT NL 21 79 71 10 13 1 0 0 4 1 5 .183 .247 .197 .444 28 14 1 2 1
1902 30 PIT NL 29 93 90 6 16 3 2 0 8 1 3 .178 .204 .256 .460 39 23 0 0 1/O
1903 31 PIT NL 36 123 115 11 19 0 1 0 12 0 4 .165 .193 .183 .376 6 21 0 4 1
1904 32 PIT NL 34 107 99 12 26 2 2 1 14 0 4 .263 .305 .354 .658 100 35 2 2 1
1905 33 PIT NL 33 94 88 4 9 2 1 0 5 0 4 .102 .141 .148 .289 -15 13 0 2 1
1906 34 PIT NL 36 102 95 9 20 1 1 0 5 0 5 .211 .257 .242 .500 53 23 1 1 1
1907 35 PIT NL 31 81 73 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 4 .151 .195 .151 .345 7 11 0 4 1
1908 36 PIT NL 38 68 61 5 9 0 1 0 3 1 4 .148 .212 .180 .392 26 11 1 2 1
1909 37 PIT NL 19 27 24 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .167 .259 .167 .426 30 4 0 0 1
1910 38 PIT NL 26 35 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .065 .121 .065 .186 -47 2 0 2 1
13 Seasons 389 1074 993 90 183 17 14 2 78 4 49 8 .184 .228 .236 .463 35 234 7 25
162 Game Avg. 162 447 414 37 76 7 6 1 32 2 20 .184 .228 .236 .463 35 97 3 10

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1903 31 PIT NL WS BOS L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1898 PIT NL 26 P 5 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.60 .912 2.24
1899 PIT NL 27 P 51 116 10 100 6 2 .948 2.16 .905 2.24
1900 PIT NL 28 P 30 64 8 52 4 0 .938 2.00 .920 2.17
1901 PIT NL 29 P 21 59 3 54 2 0 .966 2.71 .932 2.39
1902 PIT NL 30 P 28 47 3 42 2 0 .957 1.61 .932 2.41
1902 PIT NL 30 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.90 1-0-0
1903 PIT NL 31 P 36 92 12 76 4 1 .957 2.44 .922 2.43
1904 PIT NL 32 P 34 79 11 67 1 2 .987 2.29 .937 2.62
1905 PIT NL 33 P 33 85 7 70 8 1 .906 2.33 .945 2.42
1906 PIT NL 34 P 36 66 11 52 3 1 .955 1.75 .947 2.40
1907 PIT NL 35 P 31 45 4 39 2 1 .956 1.39 .949 2.27
1908 PIT NL 36 P 38 54 8 44 2 0 .963 1.37 .952 2.13
1909 PIT NL 37 P 19 23 0 23 0 0 1.000 1.21 .935 1.95
1910 PIT NL 38 P 26 38 3 35 0 3 1.000 1.46 .942 1.77
13 Seasons P 388 776 83 659 34 11 .956 1.91 .932 2.28
1 Season OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.90 1-0-0
13 Seasons TOT 389 777 84 659 34 11 .956 1.91 .888 2.28 1-0-0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1900 NL  2.708 (4th)
1901 NL  2.864 (10th)
1903 NL  2.057 (1st)
1907 NL  1.662 (4th)
Career  2.473 (38th)

Wins s c a p y
1903 NL  25 (3rd)
1904 NL  18 (10th)
1905 NL  20 (5th)
1906 NL  22 (4th)
Career  194 (123rd)

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 (19th)

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  1.075 (6th)
1907 NL  1.052 (8th)
Career  1.141 (50th)

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 (214th)

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 (88th)

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  2660.7 (195th)

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  2449 (245th)

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  .077 (1st)
1901 NL  .102 (7th)
1903 NL  .063 (5th)
1904 NL  .071 (10th)
1908 NL  .047 (8th)
Career  .098 (30th)

Losses s c a p y
1899 NL  23 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  134 (9th)

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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  90 (86th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1903 NL  1153 (10th)

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 (82nd)

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

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Black InkPitching - 21 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 128 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 97 (99), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 46 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Ed Reulbach (910)
  6. Jack Chesbro (908) *
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  9. Deacon Phillippe (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Deacon Phillippe (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Deacon Phillippe (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Deacon The Goshen Sam sammy Samuel Schoolmaster Leever

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