Hod Lisenbee

Horace Milton Lisenbee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 23, 1898 in Clarksville, TN
School: Rhodes College (Memphis, TN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1927
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Reds/Athletics 1927-1945

Final Game: September 7, 1945
Died: November 14, 1987 in Clarksville, TN
Buried: Liberty Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Clarksville, TN
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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
1924	25	BKH	D	5	5	.500		12						82.0	72	38			25							1.183	7.9		2.7			BKH · CSTL
1925	26	TUP	D	10	5	.667		18						145.0	134	69			47							1.248	8.3		2.9			TUP · TRIS
1926	27	MEM	A	17	9	.654	2.48	38						203.0	177	76	56		69							1.212	7.8		3.1			MEM · SOUA
1927	28	WSH	AL	18	9	.667	3.57	39	34	4	17	4	0	242.0	221	114	96	6	78	105	3	0	0	1018	114	1.236	8.2	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.35	MVP-15
1928	29	MNE	AA	8	6	.571	4.65	26						122.0	149	75	63		27	46	4		1			1.443	11.0		2.0	3.4	1.70	MNE · AA
1928	29	WSH	AL	2	6	.250	6.08	16	9	4	3	0	0	77.0	102	58	52	4	32	13	5	0	1	365	66	1.740	11.9	0.5	3.7	1.5	0.41
1929	30	PFD	A	1	1	.500		2																								PFD · EL
1929	30	BOS	AL	0	0		5.19	5	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	40	85	1.615	10.4	1.0	4.2	2.1	0.50
1930	31	BOS	AL	10	17	.370	4.40	37	31	5	15	0	0	237.1	254	130	116	20	86	47	5	0	0	1028	105	1.433	9.6	0.8	3.3	1.8	0.55
1931	32	BOS	AL	5	12	.294	5.19	41	17	5	6	0	0	164.2	190	108	95	13	49	42	3	0	2	737	83	1.451	10.4	0.7	2.7	2.3	0.86
1932	33	BFL	AA	6	6	.500	5.93	25						88.0	121	68	58		21							1.614	12.4		2.1			BFL · IL
1932	33	BOS	AL	0	4	.000	5.65	19	6	6	3	0	0	73.1	87	55	46	9	25	13	1	0	0	326	79	1.527	10.7	1.1	3.1	1.6	0.52

1933	34	BIR,BFL,JER	A,AA	3	10	.231	4.22	33						143.0	158	81	67		22							1.259	9.9		1.4			BIR,BFL,JER · SOUA,IL
1934	35	BFL	AA	8	9	.471	5.89	48						165.0	229	123	108		46							1.667	12.5		2.5			BFL · IL
1935	36	BFL	AA	9	8	.529	4.66	39						168.0	200	102	87		54							1.512	10.7		2.9			BFL · IL
1936	37	ATL-min	AA	0	1	.000	7.00	14						9.0	14	7	7		3							1.889	14.0		3.0			STP,BFL · AA,IL
1936	37	PHA	AL	1	7	.125	6.20	19	7	10	4	0	0	85.2	115	69	59	9	24	17	0	0	1	387	82	1.623	12.1	0.9	2.5	1.8	0.71

1937	38	PIT-min	AA	8	6	.571	4.93	29	15					137.0	175	86	75		37							1.547	11.5		2.4			MTL · IL
1938	39	STL-PIT-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.75	35	4					91.0	106	63	48		31							1.505	10.5		3.1			INA,ROC,MTL · AA,IL
1939	40	CIN-min	AA	0	5	.000	4.86	26	0					50.0	63	35	27		9							1.440	11.3		1.6			INA · AA
1940	41	SHV	A1	3	5	.375	4.22	18						64.0	60	35	30		14							1.156	8.4		2.0			SHV · TL
1941	42	CHC-min	B	14	10	.583	3.43	31						244.0	241	120	93		44							1.168	8.9		1.6			PTH · PIED
1944	45	CIN-min	AA	15	15	.500	4.06	34	32		24	2		248.0	275	125	112		46	58	3	1	0			1.294	10.0		1.7	2.1	1.26	SYR · IL
1945	46	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	5.49	31	3	17	0	0	1	80.1	97	56	49	12	16	14	2	0	1	350	69	1.407	10.9	1.3	1.8	1.6	0.88
1947	48	CKV	D	6	5	.545	3.66	12						91.0	110	59	37		7							1.286	10.9		0.7			CKV · KITL
1948	49	CKV	D	5	7	.417	5.12	22						116.0	172	91	66		13							1.595	13.3		1.0			CKV · KITL
1949	50	CKV	D	1	7	.125	4.20	13						75.0	94	60	35		15							1.453	11.3		1.8			CKV · KITL
8 Yrs				37	58	.389	4.81	207	107	55	48	4	1	969.0	1076	595	518	74	314	253	19	0	5	4251	90	1.434	10.0	0.7	2.9	2.3	0.81
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.389	4.81	45	23	12	10	1	0	210	233	129	112	16	68	55	4	0	1	921	90	1.434	10.0	0.7	2.9	2.3	0.81

BOS (4 yrs)				15	33	.313	4.87	102	54	20	24	0	0	484.0	541	298	262	43	164	104	9	0	2	2131	92	1.457	10.1	0.8	3.0	1.9	0.63
WSH (2 yrs)				20	15	.571	4.18	55	43	8	20	4	0	319.0	323	172	148	10	110	118	8	0	1	1383	97	1.357	9.1	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.07
PHA (1 yr)				1	7	.125	6.20	19	7	10	4	0	0	85.2	115	69	59	9	24	17	0	0	1	387	82	1.623	12.1	0.9	2.5	1.8	0.71
CIN (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.49	31	3	17	0	0	1	80.1	97	56	49	12	16	14	2	0	1	350	69	1.407	10.9	1.3	1.8	1.6	0.88

AL (7 yrs)				36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	0	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80
NL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.49	31	3	17	0	0	1	80.1	97	56	49	12	16	14	2	0	1	350	69	1.407	10.9	1.3	1.8	1.6	0.88

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
1927	28	WSH	AL	242.0	39	34	114	4.24	5.05	0.11	0.00	98.5	4.86	16	1.6	1.0	-0.1	3.6	45	.541	.510	$	MVP-15
1928	29	WSH	AL	77.0	16	9	58	6.78	4.83	0.08	0.00	98.3	4.67	-18	-1.7	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.396	.490	$
1929	30	BOS	AL	9.0	5	0	5	5.00	4.41	-0.03	0.00	100.8	4.48	-1	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.490	.500	$
1930	31	BOS	AL	238.1	37	31	130	4.91	5.67	0.19	0.00	99.2	5.44	13	1.2	1.0	-0.1	3.2	45	.534	.508	$
1931	32	BOS	AL	166.1	41	17	108	5.84	5.64	0.01	0.00	96.2	5.42	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.6	12	.480	.495	$
1932	33	BOS	AL	73.1	19	6	55	6.75	5.87	-0.18	0.00	99.0	5.99	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	0.0	3	.469	.496	$

1936	37	PHA	AL	85.2	19	7	69	7.25	6.26	-0.04	0.00	99.3	6.26	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	2	.457	.495	$

1945	46	CIN	NL	80.1	31	3	56	6.27	4.65	0.03	0.00	98.7	4.56	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.449	.490	$
8 Seasons				972.0	207	107	595	5.51	5.42	0.07	0.00	98.4	5.26	-30	-2.7	1.0	-0.5	5.3	90	.487	.498	$

BOS (4 yrs)				487.0	102	54	298	5.51	5.67	0.07	0.00	98.1	5.50	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.2	3.8	60	.498	.500	$
WSH (2 yrs)				319.0	55	43	172	4.85	4.99	0.10	0.00	98.5	4.82	-2	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	2.6	35	.499	.500	$
PHA (1 yr)				85.2	19	7	69	7.25	6.26	-0.04	0.00	99.3	6.26	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	2	.457	.495	$
CIN (1 yr)				80.1	31	3	56	6.27	4.65	0.03	0.00	98.7	4.56	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.449	.490	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1927	28	WSH	AL	1019	0.6%	10.3%	7.7%	2.9%	13%	78%
1928	29	WSH	AL	365	1.1%	3.6%	8.8%	3.8%	14%	81%
1929	30	BOS	AL	40	2.5%	5.0%	10.0%			78%
1930	31	BOS	AL	1026	2.0%	4.6%	8.4%	5.3%	21%	82%
1931	32	BOS	AL	735	1.8%	5.7%	6.7%	3.0%	12%	84%
1932	33	BOS	AL	326	2.8%	4.0%	7.7%	4.3%	16%	83%

1936	37	PHA	AL	387	2.3%	4.4%	6.2%	5.2%	17%	86%

1945	46	CIN	NL	350	3.4%	4.0%	4.6%			87%
8 Yrs				4248	1.7%	6.0%	7.4%	3.6%	14%	82%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.4%	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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1927	28	18	9	.667	3.57	39	34	4	17	4	0	242.0	221	114	96	6	78	105	3	0	1018	114	1.236	8.2	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.35	114
1928	29	20	15	.571	4.18	55	43	8	20	4	0	319.0	323	172	148	10	110	118	8	1	1383	97	1.357	9.1	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.07	97
1929	30	20	15	.571	4.20	60	43	12	20	4	0	327.2	333	177	153	11	114	120	8	1	1423	97	1.364	9.1	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.05	97
1930	31	30	32	.484	4.28	97	74	17	35	4	0	565.0	587	307	269	31	200	167	13	1	2451	100	1.393	9.4	0.5	3.2	2.7	0.84	100
1931	32	35	44	.443	4.49	138	91	22	41	4	0	729.2	777	415	364	44	249	209	16	3	3188	96	1.406	9.6	0.5	3.1	2.6	0.84	96
1932	33	35	48	.422	4.60	157	97	28	44	4	0	803.0	864	470	410	53	274	222	17	3	3514	94	1.417	9.7	0.6	3.1	2.5	0.81	94
1933	34	35	48	.422	4.60	157	97	28	44	4	0	803.0	864	470	410	53	274	222	17	3	3514	94	1.417	9.7	0.6	3.1	2.5	0.81	94
1934	35	35	48	.422	4.60	157	97	28	44	4	0	803.0	864	470	410	53	274	222	17	3	3514	94	1.417	9.7	0.6	3.1	2.5	0.81	94
1935	36	35	48	.422	4.60	157	97	28	44	4	0	803.0	864	470	410	53	274	222	17	3	3514	94	1.417	9.7	0.6	3.1	2.5	0.81	94
1936	37	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1937	38	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1938	39	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1939	40	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1940	41	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1941	42	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1942	43	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1943	44	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1944	45	36	55	.396	4.75	176	104	38	48	4	0	888.2	979	539	469	62	298	239	17	4	3901	92	1.437	9.9	0.6	3.0	2.4	0.80	92
1945	46	37	58	.389	4.81	207	107	55	48	4	1	969.0	1076	595	518	74	314	253	19	5	4251	90	1.434	10.0	0.7	2.9	2.3	0.81	90

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
1927	28	17	11	.607	3.26	254.0	222	102	92	6	78	110	3	1.181	7.9	2.8	3.9	1.41	0.2	39
1928	29	3	5	.375	5.78	81.0	104	58	52	4	33	14	5	1.691	11.6	3.7	1.6	0.42	0.4	16
1929	30	0	1	.000	5.00	9.0	10	6	5	1	4	2	0	1.556	10.0	4.0	2.0	0.50	1.0	5
1930	31	15	12	.556	3.59	251.0	242	111	100	19	82	50	5	1.291	8.7	2.9	1.8	0.61	0.7	37
1931	32	8	11	.421	4.40	178.0	186	97	87	13	48	45	3	1.315	9.4	2.4	2.3	0.94	0.7	41
1932	33	3	5	.375	4.85	78.0	85	47	42	9	24	14	1	1.397	9.8	2.8	1.6	0.58	1.0	19

1936	37	4	6	.400	4.70	92.0	106	53	48	8	22	18	0	1.391	10.4	2.2	1.8	0.82	0.8	19

1945	46	3	6	.333	5.60	82.0	102	57	51	13	17	14	2	1.451	11.2	1.9	1.5	0.82	1.4	31
8 Yrs		53	57	.482	4.19	1025.0	1057	531	477	73	308	267	19	1.332	9.3		2.3	0.87	0.6	207

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1927 AL (15, 8%) 0.08 Career Shares (972nd)	Wins s c a p y 1927 AL 18 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1927 AL .667 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1927 AL 1.236 (7th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1927 AL 8.219 (5th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1927 AL 3.905 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1927 AL 242.0 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1927 AL 105 (4th)
Games Started s c a p y 1927 AL 34 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1927 AL 17 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1927 AL 4 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 20 (2nd) 1945 NL 12 (7th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1930 AL 86 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1927 AL 1.346 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1930 AL 17 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 116 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1930 AL 5 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1927 AL 1,018 (10th) 1930 AL 1,028 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1945 NL 17 (8th)	Oldest s c a p y 1936 AL born 1898-09-23 (7th) 1945 NL born 1898-09-23 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Bill Bevens (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Bernhard (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Sundra (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sam Gibson (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Farrell (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Benn Karr (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Masato Yoshii (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kaiser Wilhelm (824) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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