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Adolph James Liska

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 10, 1906 in Dwight, NE
School: University of Nebraska (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1929
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies 1929-1933

Final Game: September 24, 1933
Died: November 30, 1998 in Portland, OR
Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, OR
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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…

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…

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1926	19	-min	A	0	1	.000	3.86	1						7.0	6	4	3		3							1.286	7.7		3.9			LIN · WL
1927	20	-min	D	9	8	.529		19						143.0	144	77			39							1.280	9.1		2.5			BUR · MSVL
1928	21	-min	AA	20	4	.833	3.68	46						225.0	246	118	92		61	82	11		1			1.364	9.8		2.4	3.3	1.34	MNE · AA
1929	22	WSH	AL	3	9	.250	4.77	24	10	11	4	0	0	94.1	87	53	50	1	42	33	3	0	4	405	89	1.367	8.3	0.1	4.0	3.1	0.79
1930	23	WSH	AL	9	7	.563	3.29	32	16	8	7	1	1	150.2	140	69	55	6	71	40	5	0	0	648	140	1.400	8.4	0.4	4.2	2.4	0.56
1931	24	-min	A,AA	1	1	.500	5.88	6						26.0	29	18	17		8							1.423	10.0		2.8			CNG,BLT · SOUA,IL
1931	24	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	69	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
1932	25	MIN-min	AA,A	3	4	.429	5.43	13						53.0	73	41	32		21							1.774	12.4		3.6			MNE,CNG · AA,SOUA
1932	25	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	1.69	8	0	6	0	0	1	26.2	22	5	5	0	10	6	1	0	1	108	265	1.200	7.4	0.0	3.4	2.0	0.60
1933	26	PHI	NL	3	1	.750	4.52	45	1	25	0	0	1	75.2	96	46	38	5	26	23	0	0	1	344	85	1.612	11.4	0.6	3.1	2.7	0.88
1934	27	BOS-STL-min	AA	6	11	.353	4.90	45						180.0	216	124	98		87							1.683	10.8		4.4			SYR,ROC · IL
1935	28	-min	A	11	6	.647		22						137.0	136	77			54							1.387	8.9		3.5			OMA · WL
1936	29	-min	AA	15	12	.556	2.91	43						223.0	217	89	72		68							1.278	8.8		2.7			POR · PCL
1937	30	-min	AA	24	18	.571	3.08	45						319.0	319	126	109		74							1.232	9.0		2.1			POR · PCL
1938	31	-min	AA	16	18	.471	3.69	46	36					278.0	309	135	114		75							1.381	10.0		2.4			POR · PCL
1939	32	-min	AA	20	16	.556	3.35	42	37					285.0	314	128	106		54							1.291	9.9		1.7			POR · PCL
1940	33	-min	AA	9	12	.429	3.36	29	27					190.0	208	100	71		41							1.311	9.9		1.9			POR · PCL
1941	34	-min	AA	18	18	.500	3.71	42	39		30	3		301.0	335	138	124		87	154	4	1	1			1.402	10.0		2.6	4.6	1.77	POR · PCL
1942	35	-min	AA	15	21	.417	3.63	43	38		30	2		322.0	338	154	130		73	164	7	0	5			1.276	9.4		2.0	4.6	2.25	POR · PCL
1943	36	-min	AA	17	11	.607	1.98	32	30		23	7		254.0	243	76	56		31	122	4	0	0			1.079	8.6		1.1	4.3	3.94	POR · PCL
1944	37	-min	AA	18	9	.667	2.48	32	29		19	4		236.0	236	88	65		40	124	3	0	2			1.169	9.0		1.5	4.7	3.10	POR · PCL
1945	38	-min	AA	20	12	.625	2.34	35	32		25	4		273.0	257	92	71		59	127	7	0	5			1.158	8.5		1.9	4.2	2.15	POR · PCL
1946	39	-min	AAA	7	16	.304	3.09	35	25		9	1		195.0	208	96	67		43	87	7	1	1			1.287	9.6		2.0	4.0	2.02	POR · PCL
1947	40	-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.41	36	18		11	1		148.0	155	62	56		35	70	2	0	0			1.284	9.4		2.1	4.3	2.00	POR · PCL
1948	41	-min	AAA	5	10	.333	5.38	22			7	1		107.0	134	69	64		33	47	2	0	1			1.561	11.3		2.8	4.0	1.42	POR · PCL
1949	42	-min	AAA	4	11	.267	3.94	32	11		4	1		137.0	146	75	60		42	44	3	0	2			1.372	9.6		2.8	2.9	1.05	POR · PCL
5 Seasons				17	18	.486	3.87	111	28	51	11	1	3	351.1	354	176	151	12	150	104	9	0	6	1526	112	1.435	9.1	0.3	3.8	2.7	0.69
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.486	3.87	54	14	25	5	0	1	172	173	86	74	6	73	51	4	0	3	747	112	1.435	9.1	0.3	3.8	2.7	0.69

WSH (3 yrs)				12	17	.414	3.90	58	27	20	11	1	1	249.0	236	125	108	7	114	75	8	0	4	1074	115	1.406	8.5	0.3	4.1	2.7	0.66
PHI (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	3.78	53	1	31	0	0	2	102.1	118	51	43	5	36	29	1	0	2	452	106	1.505	10.4	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.81

AL (3 yrs)			AL	12	17	.414	3.90	58	27	20	11	1	1	249.0	236	125	108	7	114	75	8	0	4	1074	115	1.406	8.5	0.3	4.1	2.7	0.66
NL (2 yrs)			NL	5	1	.833	3.78	53	1	31	0	0	2	102.1	118	51	43	5	36	29	1	0	2	452	106	1.505	10.4	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.81

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
1929	22	WSH	AL	94.1	10	53	60	1	1.0	7	0.6	$
1930	23	WSH	AL	150.2	16	69	105	5	1.0	36	2.8	$
1931	24	WSH	AL	4.0	1	3	3	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1932	25	PHI	NL	26.2	0	5	16	0	1.0	11	1.2	$
1933	26	PHI	NL	75.2	1	46	38	-1	1.0	-8	-0.1	$
5 Seasons				351.1	28	176	222	5	1.0	46	4.5	$

WSH (3 yrs)				249.0	27	125	168	6	1.0	43	3.4	$
PHI (2 yrs)				102.1	1	51	54	-1	1.0	3	1.1	$

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	Pos
1926	19	-min	A																							LIN · WL
1927	20	-min	D	20	46	46		8	0	0	1						.174	.174	.239	.413		11				BUR · MSVL
1928	21	-min	AA	46	77	71	9	12	0	0	0		0				.169	.169	.169	.338		12			6	MNE · AA
1929	22	WSH	AL	24	32	29	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.172	.250	.172	.422	10	5		1	0	1
1930	23	WSH	AL	32	62	52	4	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	6	25	.096	.190	.135	.324	-17	7		0	4	1
1931	24	-min	A,AA	6																						CNG,BLT · SOUA,IL
1931	24	WSH	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1
1932	25	MIN-min	AA,A	12	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0				MNE,CNG · AA,SOUA
1932	25	PHI	NL	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0	/1
1933	26	PHI	NL	47	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61	1	0	0	0	1/O9
1934	27	BOS-STL-min	AA	46	55	55		5	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182		5				SYR,ROC · IL
1935	28	-min	A	23	63	63		12	6	0	0						.190	.190	.286	.476		18				OMA · WL
1936	29	-min	AA	44	77	77		15	5	0	0						.195	.195	.260	.455		20				POR · PCL
1937	30	-min	AA	46	123	123		23	1	0	0						.187	.187	.195	.382		24				POR · PCL
1938	31	-min	AA	46	98	98		13	4	0	0						.133	.133	.173	.306		17				POR · PCL
1939	32	-min	AA	43	102	102		17	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333		17				POR · PCL
1940	33	-min	AA	30	71	71		13	3	0	0						.183	.183	.225	.408		16				POR · PCL
1941	34	-min	AA	42	117	107	10	20	3	0	0	9	0		3	23	.187	.209	.215	.424		23		0	7	POR · PCL
1942	35	-min	AA	43	118	108	5	17	3	0	0	5	0		2	17	.157	.180	.185	.365		20		1	7	POR · PCL
1943	36	-min	AA	32	107	94	6	19	1	0	0	8	1		3	13	.202	.227	.213	.440		20		0	10	POR · PCL
1944	37	-min	AA	32	91	83	3	13	0	0	0	9	0		4	13	.157	.195	.157	.352		13		0	4	POR · PCL
1945	38	-min	AA	35	112	95	9	17	2	0	0	5	0		3	6	.179	.212	.200	.412		19		1	13	POR · PCL
1946	39	-min	AAA	35	67	54	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		3	13	.130	.175	.148	.324		8		0	10	POR · PCL
1947	40	-min	AAA	36	51	43	4	9	0	0	0	2	0		2	6	.209	.244	.209	.454		9		0	6	POR · PCL
1948	41	-min	AAA	22	38	32	1	11	0	0	0	2	0		2	6	.344	.400	.344	.744		11		1	3	POR · PCL
1949	42	-min	AAA	32	49	39	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		6	13	.026	.174	.026	.200		1		1	3	POR · PCL
5 Seasons				113	116	103	6	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	8	41	.107	.179	.126	.305	-20	13	0	1	4
162 Game Avg.				162	166	148	9	16	3	0	0	6	0		11	59	.107	.179	.126	.305	-20	19		1	6

WSH (3 yrs)				58	95	82	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	33	.122	.209	.146	.355	-8	12		1	4
PHI (2 yrs)				55	21	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.048	.048	.048	.095	-75	1	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				58	95	82	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	33	.122	.209	.146	.355	-8	12		1	4
NL (2 yrs)				55	21	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.048	.048	.048	.095	-75	1	0	0	0

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
1929	22	WSH	AL	32	-4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1930	23	WSH	AL	62	-11	0	0	0	0	4	2	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$4,200	1
1931	24	WSH	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1932	25	PHI	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1933	26	PHI	NL	14	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1/O9
5 Seasons				116	-20	0	0	0	0	9	3	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$4,200

WSH (3 yrs)				95	-15	0	0	0	0	7	3	-5	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$4,200
PHI (2 yrs)				21	-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1929	WSH	AL	22	P	24	10	4	94.1	41	7	34	0	0	1.000	3.91	1.71	.958	2.34	2.31
1930	WSH	AL	23	P	32	16	7	150.2	70	14	56	0	4	1.000	4.18	2.19	.946	2.20	2.17
1931	WSH	AL	24	P	2	1	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50	1.00	.955	2.25	2.20
1932	PHI	NL	25	P	8	0	0	26.2	15	2	12	1	0	.933	4.72	1.75	.957	2.30	2.29
1933	PHI	NL	26	P	45	1	0	75.2	38	4	33	1	3	.974	4.40	0.82	.964	2.37	2.33
1933	PHI	NL	26	OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
1933	PHI	NL	26	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
	5 Seasons			P	111	28	11	351.1	166	27	137	2	7	.988	4.20	1.48	.954	2.28	2.27
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
	5 Seasons			TOT	112	28	11	351.1	166	27	137	2	7	.988	4.20	1.46	.954	2.28	2.27

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1933 NL 45 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1930 AL 1 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1930 AL 5 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1933 NL 25 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 21 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1930 AL 1.9 (10th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1933 NL 45 (3rd)	Putouts as P s c a p y 1930 AL 14 (5th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1930 AL 4.18 (1st) 1933 NL 4.40 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1930 AL 2.19 (1st)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1930 AL 1.000 (1st)

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Transactions

September, 1928: Purchased by the Washington Senators from Minneapolis (American Association).

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1930	23	Washington Senators	$4,200	3/13/30 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,200

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