Ed Linke

Edward Karl Linke (Babe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 9, 1911 in Chicago, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1933
Teams (by GP): Senators/Browns 1933-1938

Final Game: September 4, 1938
Died: June 21, 1988 in Chicago, IL
Buried: St. Luke Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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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
1931	19	MLW	AA	0	0			3						3.0	5				3							2.667	15.0		9.0			MLW · AA
1932	20	DAV	D	19	9	.679		30						240.0	208	91			65							1.138	7.8		2.4			DAV · MSVL
1933	21	MIN-min	A	11	11	.500	4.90	38						158.0	198	105	86		73							1.715	11.3		4.2			CNG · SOUA
1933	21	WSH	AL	1	0	1.000	5.06	3	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	15	10	9	0	11	6	0	0	1	72	84	1.625	8.4	0.0	6.2	3.4	0.55
1934	22	MIN-min	A	9	5	.643	1.90	18						128.0	97	34	27		30							0.992	6.8		2.1			CNG · SOUA
1934	22	WSH	AL	2	2	.500	4.15	7	4	2	2	0	0	34.2	38	20	16	1	9	9	0	0	0	149	105	1.356	9.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	1.00
1935	23	WSH	AL	11	7	.611	5.01	40	22	8	10	1	3	178.0	211	111	99	6	80	51	1	0	4	808	87	1.635	10.7	0.3	4.0	2.6	0.64
1936	24	MIN-min	A1	9	8	.529	3.24	18						130.2	144	58	47		28							1.316	9.9		1.9			CNG · SOUA
1936	24	WSH	AL	1	5	.167	7.10	13	6	4	1	0	0	52.0	73	46	41	4	14	11	0	0	3	240	67	1.673	12.6	0.7	2.4	1.9	0.79
1937	25	WSH	AL	6	1	.857	5.60	36	7	18	0	0	3	128.2	158	89	80	11	59	61	4	1	2	591	80	1.687	11.1	0.8	4.1	4.3	1.03
1938	26	SLB	AL	1	7	.125	7.94	21	2	12	0	0	0	39.2	60	37	35	6	33	18	0	0	1	206	63	2.345	13.6	1.4	7.5	4.1	0.55
1939	27	BAL-min	A1,AA	5	10	.333	3.33	26	12					116.1	153	47	43		44							1.693	11.8		3.4			SAN,BLT,SDG · TL,IL,PCL
6 Yrs				22	22	.500	5.61	120	43	44	13	1	6	449.0	555	313	280	28	206	156	5	1	11	2066	80	1.695	11.1	0.6	4.1	3.1	0.76
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.500	5.61	50	18	18	5	0	3	187	232	131	117	12	86	65	2	0	5	862	80	1.695	11.1	0.6	4.1	3.1	0.76

WSH (5 yrs)				21	15	.583	5.39	99	41	32	13	1	6	409.1	495	276	245	22	173	138	5	1	10	1860	82	1.632	10.9	0.5	3.8	3.0	0.80
SLB (1 yr)				1	7	.125	7.94	21	2	12	0	0	0	39.2	60	37	35	6	33	18	0	0	1	206	63	2.345	13.6	1.4	7.5	4.1	0.55

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
1933	21	WSH	AL	16.0	3	2	10	5.63	4.52	0.26	0.00	106.3	4.53	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.435	.499	$
1934	22	WSH	AL	34.2	7	4	20	5.19	4.90	0.06	0.00	104.0	5.03	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	4	.491	.500	$
1935	23	WSH	AL	178.0	40	22	111	5.61	5.14	-0.13	0.00	99.7	5.26	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.8	14	.484	.496	$
1936	24	WSH	AL	52.0	13	6	46	7.96	5.88	0.15	0.00	92.1	5.27	-16	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-9	.403	.492	$
1937	25	WSH	AL	128.2	36	7	89	6.23	5.21	0.17	0.00	98.3	4.96	-19	-1.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-2	.454	.490	$
1938	26	SLB	AL	39.2	21	2	37	8.39	5.73	-0.41	0.00	100.6	6.17	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.458	.495	$
6 Seasons				449.0	120	43	313	6.27	5.26	-0.01	0.00	99.1	5.21	-54	-4.7	1.0	-0.3	-1.0	2	.461	.495	$

WSH (5 yrs)				409.1	99	41	276	6.07	5.21	0.03	0.00	98.9	5.12	-44	-3.8	1.0	-0.3	-0.5	7	.462	.495	$
SLB (1 yr)				39.2	21	2	37	8.39	5.73	-0.41	0.00	100.6	6.17	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.458	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1933	21	WSH	AL	72	0.0%	8.3%	15.3%			75%
1934	22	WSH	AL	148	0.7%	6.1%	6.1%	5.4%	21%	85%
1935	23	WSH	AL	810	0.7%	6.3%	9.9%	2.4%	9%	81%
1936	24	WSH	AL	240	1.7%	4.6%	5.8%	3.3%	11%	86%
1937	25	WSH	AL	591	1.9%	10.3%	10.0%			76%
1938	26	SLB	AL	206	2.9%	8.7%	16.0%			70%
6 Yrs				2067	1.4%	7.6%	10.0%	1.7%	6%	79%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.6%	8.4%	3.1%	13%	80%

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+
1933	21	1	0	1.000	5.06	3	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	15	10	9	0	11	6	0	0	1	72	84	1.625	8.4	0.0	6.2	3.4	0.55	84
1934	22	3	2	.600	4.44	10	6	2	2	0	0	50.2	53	30	25	1	20	15	0	0	1	221	97	1.441	9.4	0.2	3.6	2.7	0.75	97
1935	23	14	9	.609	4.88	50	28	10	12	1	3	228.2	264	141	124	7	100	66	1	0	5	1029	89	1.592	10.4	0.3	3.9	2.6	0.66	89
1936	24	15	14	.517	5.29	63	34	14	13	1	3	280.2	337	187	165	11	114	77	1	0	8	1269	83	1.607	10.8	0.4	3.7	2.5	0.68	83
1937	25	21	15	.583	5.39	99	41	32	13	1	6	409.1	495	276	245	22	173	138	5	1	10	1860	82	1.632	10.9	0.5	3.8	3.0	0.80	82
1938	26	22	22	.500	5.61	120	43	44	13	1	6	449.0	555	313	280	28	206	156	5	1	11	2066	80	1.695	11.1	0.6	4.1	3.1	0.76	80

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
1933	21	0	1	.000	4.24	17.0	15	9	8	0	11	6	0	1.529	7.9	5.8	3.2	0.55	0.0	3
1934	22	2	2	.500	3.65	37.0	38	17	15	1	9	10	0	1.270	9.2	2.2	2.4	1.11	0.2	7
1935	23	9	11	.450	4.50	188.0	212	104	94	6	80	54	1	1.553	10.1	3.8	2.6	0.68	0.3	40
1936	24	2	4	.333	5.79	56.0	70	40	36	4	13	12	0	1.482	11.3	2.1	1.9	0.92	0.6	13
1937	25	5	9	.357	4.94	133.0	154	81	73	11	58	63	4	1.594	10.4	3.9	4.3	1.09	0.7	36
1938	26	1	3	.250	6.28	43.0	57	33	30	6	31	20	0	2.047	11.9	6.5	4.2	0.65	1.3	21
6 Yrs		19	30	.388	4.86	474.0	546	284	256	28	202	165	5	1.578	10.4		3.1	0.82	0.5	120

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1935 AL 3 (8th) 1937 AL 3 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1935 AL 0.303 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1937 AL 4 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1937 AL 18 (7th)
Youngest s c a p y 1933 AL born 1911-11-09 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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