Slim Love

Edward Haughton Love

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 1, 1890 in Love, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1913
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Senators 1913-1920

Final Game: April 18, 1920
Died: November 30, 1942 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, 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
1913	22	SEL,ATA	D,A	13	14	.481		36						217.0	175	76			62							1.092	7.3		2.6			SEL,ATA · CSTL,SOUA
1913	22	WSH	AL	1	0	1.000	1.62	5	1	4	0	0	1	16.2	14	5	3	0	6	5	0	0	1	66	188	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	2.7	0.83

1914	23	LOS	AA	10	9	.526	2.39	37						188.2	158	74	50		81							1.267	7.5		3.9			LOS · PCL
1915	24	LOS	AA	23	15	.605	1.95	59						359.1	259	111	78		138							1.105	6.5		3.5			LOS · PCL
1916	25	NYY	AL	2	0	1.000	4.91	20	1	11	0	0	0	47.2	46	29	26	2	23	21	0	0	1	191	59	1.448	8.7	0.4	4.3	4.0	0.91
1917	26	NYY	AL	6	5	.545	2.35	33	9	18	2	0	1	130.1	115	50	34	0	57	82	1	0	1	516	114	1.320	7.9	0.0	3.9	5.7	1.44
1918	27	NYY	AL	13	12	.520	3.07	38	29	5	13	1	1	228.2	207	92	78	3	116	95	10	1	4	963	91	1.413	8.1	0.1	4.6	3.7	0.82
1919	28	DET	AL	6	4	.600	3.01	22	8	11	4	0	1	89.2	92	40	30	3	40	46	6	0	1	380	107	1.472	9.2	0.3	4.0	4.6	1.15
1920	29	SFR	AA	12	19	.387	2.67	44						290.1	269	116	86		112							1.312	8.3		3.5			SFR · PCL
1920	29	DET	AL	0	0		8.31	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	2	20	49	2.308	12.5	0.0	8.3	4.2	0.50
1921	30	VER	AA	5	14	.263	4.55	37						182.0	172	110	92		72							1.341	8.5		3.6			VER · PCL
1922	31	BMT,DAL,VER	A,AA	15	13	.536	4.00	39	4					225.0	258	138	100		94							1.564	10.3		3.8			BMT,DAL,VER · TL,PCL
1923	32	DAL	A	15	15	.500	3.52	45						238.0	215	120	93		92							1.290	8.1		3.5			DAL · TL
1924	33	DAL	A	15	12	.556	4.03	50						268.0	282	156	120		144							1.590	9.5		4.8			DAL · TL
1925	34	DAL	A	18	12	.600	3.41	46						232.0	219	103	88		78							1.280	8.5		3.0			DAL · TL
1926	35	DAL	A	21	10	.677	3.21	47						280.0	254	118	100		99							1.261	8.2		3.2			DAL · TL
1927	36	DAL	A	17	12	.586	3.82	38						217.0	231	109	92		67							1.373	9.6		2.8			DAL · TL
1928	37	BAL-min	A	4	7	.364	5.16	24						68.0	82	45	39		44							1.853	10.9		5.8			DAL,WFL,SAN · TL
1930	39	BTR	D	4	2	.667	3.43	9						63.0	60	29	24		18							1.238	8.6		2.6			BTR · CSTL
6 Yrs				28	21	.571	3.04	119	48	49	19	1	4	517.1	480	220	175	8	246	251	17	1	10	2136	94	1.403	8.4	0.1	4.3	4.4	1.02
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.571	3.04	48	20	20	8	0	2	211	195	90	71	3	100	102	7	0	4	870	94	1.403	8.4	0.1	4.3	4.4	1.02

NYY (3 yrs)				21	17	.553	3.05	91	39	34	15	1	2	406.2	368	171	138	5	196	198	11	1	6	1670	91	1.387	8.1	0.1	4.3	4.4	1.01
DET (2 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.26	23	8	11	4	0	1	94.0	98	44	34	3	44	48	6	0	3	400	100	1.511	9.4	0.3	4.2	4.6	1.09
WSH (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.62	5	1	4	0	0	1	16.2	14	5	3	0	6	5	0	0	1	66	188	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	2.7	0.83

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
1913	22	WSH	AL	16.2	5	1	5	2.70	3.94	0.36	0.00	101.0	3.62	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.543	.501	$

1916	25	NYY	AL	47.2	20	1	29	5.48	3.68	0.15	0.00	102.0	3.60	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.443	.493	$
1917	26	NYY	AL	130.1	33	9	50	3.45	3.69	-0.01	0.00	100.0	3.69	3	0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.5	15	.512	.502	$
1918	27	NYY	AL	228.2	38	29	92	3.62	3.64	0.14	0.00	101.2	3.54	-3	-0.4	1.0	-0.2	1.5	14	.491	.498	$
1919	28	DET	AL	89.2	22	8	40	4.01	4.07	-0.20	0.00	100.0	4.27	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.9	11	.509	.501	$
1920	29	DET	AL	4.1	1	0	4	8.31	5.47	-0.17	0.00	102.0	5.75	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.387	.499	$
6 Seasons				517.1	119	48	220	3.83	3.75	0.05	0.00	100.8	3.73	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.4	3.5	37	.493	.499	$

NYY (3 yrs)				406.2	91	39	171	3.78	3.66	0.09	0.00	100.9	3.60	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.3	2.3	24	.488	.498	$
DET (2 yrs)				94.0	23	8	44	4.21	4.14	-0.20	0.00	100.1	4.34	0	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.8	10	.503	.500	$
WSH (1 yr)				16.2	5	1	5	2.70	3.94	0.36	0.00	101.0	3.62	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.543	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	27	NYY	AL	970	0.3%	9.8%	12.0%	2.6%	12%	74%
1919	28	DET	AL	384	0.8%	12.0%	10.4%	2.1%	9%	74%
1920	29	DET	AL	20	0.0%	10.0%	20.0%			70%
3 Yrs				1374	0.4%	10.4%	11.6%	2.4%	11%	74%
MLB Averages					0.5%	7.9%	7.3%	2.9%	12%	81%

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+
1913	22	1	0	1.000	1.62	5	1	4	0	0	1	16.2	14	5	3	0	6	5	0	0	1	66	188	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	2.7	0.83	188
1914	23	1	0	1.000	1.62	5	1	4	0	0	1	16.2	14	5	3	0	6	5	0	0	1	66	188	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	2.7	0.83	188
1915	24	1	0	1.000	1.62	5	1	4	0	0	1	16.2	14	5	3	0	6	5	0	0	1	66	188	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	2.7	0.83	188
1916	25	3	0	1.000	4.06	25	2	15	0	0	1	64.1	60	34	29	2	29	26	0	0	2	257	73	1.383	8.4	0.3	4.1	3.6	0.90	73
1917	26	9	5	.643	2.91	58	11	33	2	0	2	194.2	175	84	63	2	86	108	1	0	3	773	95	1.341	8.1	0.1	4.0	5.0	1.26	95
1918	27	22	17	.564	3.00	96	40	38	15	1	3	423.1	382	176	141	5	202	203	11	1	7	1736	93	1.380	8.1	0.1	4.3	4.3	1.01	93
1919	28	28	21	.571	3.00	118	48	49	19	1	4	513.0	474	216	171	8	242	249	17	1	8	2116	95	1.396	8.3	0.1	4.2	4.4	1.03	95
1920	29	28	21	.571	3.04	119	48	49	19	1	4	517.1	480	220	175	8	246	251	17	1	10	2136	94	1.403	8.4	0.1	4.3	4.4	1.02	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1913	22	1	0	1.000	2.40	15.0	16	4	4	0	7	5	0	1.533	9.6	4.2	3.0	0.71	0.0	5

1916	25	1	3	.250	7.20	40.0	52	36	32	2	26	18	0	1.950	11.7	5.9	4.1	0.69	0.5	20
1917	26	7	5	.583	3.35	113.0	131	47	42	0	65	71	1	1.735	10.4	5.2	5.7	1.09	0.0	33
1918	27	13	15	.464	4.22	254.0	289	132	119	4	162	106	14	1.776	10.2	5.7	3.8	0.65	0.1	38
1919	28	5	5	.500	3.76	91.0	111	42	38	4	48	47	7	1.747	11.0	4.7	4.6	0.98	0.4	22
1920	29	0	0		12.00	3.0	7	4	4	0	5	1	0	4.000	21.0	15.0	3.0	0.20	0.0	1
6 Yrs		27	28	.491	4.17	516.0	606	265	239	10	313	248	22	1.781	10.6		4.3	0.79	0.2	119

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1918 AL 3.739 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1918 AL 38 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1919 AL 1 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1918 AL 95 (7th)
Games Started s c a p y 1918 AL 29 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1918 AL 3 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1918 AL 116 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1918 AL 78 (5th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1918 AL 10 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1917 AL 18 (4th) 1919 AL 11 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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