Grover Lowdermilk

Grover Cleveland Lowdermilk (Slim)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 15, 1885 in Sandborn, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1909
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Indians/Tigers/... 1909-1920

Final Game: May 12, 1920
Died: March 31, 1968 in Odin, IL
Buried: Peaceful Valley Cemetery, Odin, IL
Relatives: Brother of Lou Lowdermilk
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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
1907	22	MTT,DEC	D,B	33	11	.750	0.91	45						397.0	190	74	40		118							0.776	4.3		2.7			MTT,DEC · EILL,IIIL
1908	23	DEC	B	12	10	.545		32						217.0	131	85			124							1.175	5.4		5.1			DEC · IIIL
1909	24	DEC	B	5	4	.556		10						78.0	41	16			42							1.064	4.7		4.8			DEC · IIIL
1909	24	STL	NL	0	2	.000	6.21	7	3	2	1	0	0	29.0	28	24	20	0	30	14	3	0	1	129	41	2.000	8.7	0.0	9.3	4.3	0.47

1910	25	SPR	B	25	9	.735		45						334.0	211	101			141							1.054	5.7		3.8			SPR · IIIL
1911	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	7.29	11	2	4	1	1	0	33.1	37	30	27	1	33	15	2	0	2	158	47	2.100	10.0	0.3	8.9	4.1	0.45
1912	27	LOU	AA	17	16	.515		43						270.2	229	128			141							1.367	7.6		4.7			LOU · AA
1912	27	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	9.69	2	1	0	1	0	0	13.0	17	18	14	1	14	8	0	1	3	72	35	2.385	11.8	0.7	9.7	5.5	0.57

1913	28	LOU	AA	20	14	.588		51						304.1	235	104			137							1.222	6.9		4.1			LOU · AA
1914	29	LOU	AA	18	16	.529	2.85	42						284.0	224	110	90		159							1.349	7.1		5.0			LOU · AA
1915	30	TOT	AL	13	18	.419	3.24	45	34	8	14	1	0	250.1	200	126	90	1	157	148	17	0	8	1048	90	1.426	7.2	0.0	5.6	5.3	0.94
1915	30	SLB	AL	9	17	.346	3.12	38	29	7	14	1	0	222.1	183	110	77	1	133	130	16	0	6	931	92	1.421	7.4	0.0	5.4	5.3	0.98
1915	30	DET	AL	4	1	.800	4.18	7	5	1	0	0	0	28.0	17	16	13	0	24	18	1	0	2	117	74	1.464	5.5	0.0	7.7	5.8	0.75
1916	31	POR	AA	1	4	.200	3.82	7						37.2	26	25	16		25							1.354	6.2		6.0			POR · PCL
1916	31	TOT	AL	1	5	.167	3.14	11	9	1	2	0	0	51.2	52	33	18	0	48	28	3	0	4	240	97	1.935	9.1	0.0	8.4	4.9	0.58
1916	31	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4		9.000	0.0	0.0	81.0	0.0	0.00
1916	31	CLE	AL	1	5	.167	3.16	10	9	1	2	0	0	51.1	52	33	18	0	45	28	3	0	4	236	96	1.890	9.1	0.0	7.9	4.9	0.62
1917	32	CLB	AA	25	14	.641	1.70	50						355.0	254	97	67		128							1.076	6.4		3.2			CLB · AA
1917	32	SLB	AL	2	1	.667	1.42	3	2	1	2	1	0	19.0	16	5	3	0	4	9	0	0	0	75	187	1.053	7.6	0.0	1.9	4.3	2.25
1918	33	SLB	AL	2	6	.250	3.15	13	11	1	4	0	0	80.0	74	44	28	1	38	25	3	0	2	341	87	1.400	8.3	0.1	4.3	2.8	0.66
1919	34	TOT	AL	5	5	.500	2.57	27	11	6	5	0	0	108.2	101	46	31	0	47	49	9	0	3	445	126	1.362	8.4	0.0	3.9	4.1	1.04
1919	34	SLB	AL	0	0		0.75	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	6	2	1	0	4	6	5	0	1	43	455	0.833	4.5	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
1919	34	CHW	AL	5	5	.500	2.79	20	11	2	5	0	0	96.2	95	44	30	0	43	43	4	0	2	402	115	1.428	8.8	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
1920	35	MNE	AA	14	12	.538	2.99	31						223.0	337	112	74		151							2.188	13.6		6.1			MNE · AA
1920	35	CHW	AL	0	0		6.75	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	9	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	1	27	60	2.625	15.2	0.0	8.4	0.0	0.00
1921	36	MNE	AA	11	9	.550	4.17	25						166.0	149	107	77		117							1.602	8.1		6.3			MNE · AA
1922	37	CLB	AA	0	2	.000		7						32.0	29	20			27							1.750	8.2		7.6			CLB · AA
9 Yrs				23	39	.371	3.58	122	73	25	30	3	0	590.1	534	330	235	4	376	296	37	1	24	2535	83	1.542	8.1	0.1	5.7	4.5	0.79
162 Game Avg.				8	14	.371	3.58	43	25	9	10	1	0	206	186	115	82	1	131	103	13	0	8	884	83	1.542	8.1	0.1	5.7	4.5	0.79

SLB (4 yrs)				13	24	.351	2.94	61	42	13	20	2	0	333.1	279	161	109	2	179	170	24	0	9	1390	97	1.374	7.5	0.1	4.8	4.6	0.95
STL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	6.79	18	5	6	2	1	0	62.1	65	54	47	1	63	29	5	0	3	287	44	2.053	9.4	0.1	9.1	4.2	0.46
DET (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	4.13	8	5	1	0	0	0	28.1	17	16	13	0	27	18	1	0	2	121	76	1.553	5.4	0.0	8.6	5.7	0.67
CHW (2 yrs)				5	5	.500	3.00	23	11	4	5	0	0	102.0	104	48	34	0	48	43	4	0	3	429	108	1.490	9.2	0.0	4.2	3.8	0.90
CLE (1 yr)				1	5	.167	3.16	10	9	1	2	0	0	51.1	52	33	18	0	45	28	3	0	4	236	96	1.890	9.1	0.0	7.9	4.9	0.62
CHC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.69	2	1	0	1	0	0	13.0	17	18	14	1	14	8	0	1	3	72	35	2.385	11.8	0.7	9.7	5.5	0.57

AL (6 yrs)				23	35	.397	3.04	102	67	19	27	2	0	515.0	452	258	174	2	299	259	32	0	18	2176	97	1.458	7.9	0.0	5.2	4.5	0.87
NL (3 yrs)				0	4	.000	7.29	20	6	6	3	1	0	75.1	82	72	61	2	77	37	5	1	6	359	42	2.111	9.8	0.2	9.2	4.4	0.48

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
1909	24	STL	NL	29.0	7	3	24	7.45	3.64	-0.36	0.00	97.0	3.88	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.331	.493	$

1911	26	STL	NL	33.1	11	2	30	8.10	4.44	0.28	0.00	99.0	4.12	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-12	.377	.492	$
1912	27	CHC	NL	13.0	2	1	18	12.46	4.57	0.27	0.00	97.0	4.17	-12	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-11	.142	.496	$

1915	30	SLB	AL	222.1	38	29	110	4.45	4.06	0.01	0.00	98.0	3.98	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.2	0.6	10	.468	.493	$
1915	30	DET	AL	28.0	7	5	16	5.14	3.82	0.05	0.00	103.0	3.88	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.441	.497	$
1916	31	DET	AL	0.1	1	0	0	0.00	3.59	-0.03	0.00	101.0	3.65	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.517	.500	$
1916	31	CLE	AL	51.1	10	9	33	5.79	3.63	0.04	0.00	106.0	3.81	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.380	.493	$
1917	32	SLB	AL	19.0	3	2	5	2.37	3.70	-0.14	0.00	97.0	3.72	3	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.5	5	.625	.502	$
1918	33	SLB	AL	80.0	13	11	44	4.95	3.54	0.04	0.00	100.7	3.52	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-7	.390	.491	$
1919	34	SLB	AL	12.0	7	0	2	1.50	4.51	-0.06	0.00	104.5	4.78	4	0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.6	5	.571	.503	$
1919	34	CHW	AL	96.2	20	11	44	4.10	3.79	0.08	0.00	101.1	3.76	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.3	5	.475	.497	$
1920	35	CHW	AL	5.1	3	0	4	6.75	5.30	0.09	0.00	102.1	5.32	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.472	.499	$
9 Seasons				590.1	122	73	330	5.03	3.92	0.02	0.00	99.9	3.89	-75	-7.2	1.0	-0.5	-2.5	-22	.441	.496	$

SLB (4 yrs)				333.1	61	42	161	4.35	3.93	0.00	0.00	98.8	3.88	-17	-1.8	1.0	-0.3	0.9	13	.471	.497	$
STL (2 yrs)				62.1	18	5	54	7.80	4.07	-0.02	0.00	98.1	4.01	-26	-2.5	1.0	-0.1	-2.1	-21	.359	.492	$
DET (2 yrs)				28.1	8	5	16	5.08	3.81	0.05	0.00	103.0	3.87	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.451	.499	$
CHW (2 yrs)				102.0	23	11	48	4.24	3.87	0.08	0.00	101.2	3.84	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.3	5	.475	.498	$
CLE (1 yr)				51.1	10	9	33	5.79	3.63	0.04	0.00	106.0	3.81	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.380	.493	$
CHC (1 yr)				13.0	2	1	18	12.46	4.57	0.27	0.00	97.0	4.17	-12	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-11	.142	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1919	34	CHW	AL	WS	L	CIN	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	33	SLB	AL	345	0.3%	7.3%	11.0%	1.7%	8%	77%
1919	34	TOT	AL	460	0.0%	10.7%	10.2%	1.5%	7%	74%
1919	34	SLB	AL	44	0.0%	13.6%	9.1%			64%
1919	34	CHW	AL	416	0.0%	10.3%	10.3%	1.7%	7%	75%
1920	35	CHW	AL	27	0.0%	0.0%	18.5%			81%
3 Yrs				832	0.1%	8.9%	10.8%	1.6%	7%	75%
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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1909	24	0	2	.000	6.21	7	3	2	1	0	29.0	28	24	20	0	30	14	3	0	1	129	41	2.000	8.7	0.0	9.3	4.3	0.47	41
1910	25	0	2	.000	6.21	7	3	2	1	0	29.0	28	24	20	0	30	14	3	0	1	129	41	2.000	8.7	0.0	9.3	4.3	0.47	41
1911	26	0	3	.000	6.79	18	5	6	2	1	62.1	65	54	47	1	63	29	5	0	3	287	44	2.053	9.4	0.1	9.1	4.2	0.46	44
1912	27	0	4	.000	7.29	20	6	6	3	1	75.1	82	72	61	2	77	37	5	1	6	359	42	2.111	9.8	0.2	9.2	4.4	0.48	42
1913	28	0	4	.000	7.29	20	6	6	3	1	75.1	82	72	61	2	77	37	5	1	6	359	42	2.111	9.8	0.2	9.2	4.4	0.48	42
1914	29	0	4	.000	7.29	20	6	6	3	1	75.1	82	72	61	2	77	37	5	1	6	359	42	2.111	9.8	0.2	9.2	4.4	0.48	42
1915	30	13	22	.371	4.17	65	40	14	17	2	325.2	282	198	151	3	234	185	22	1	14	1407	71	1.584	7.8	0.1	6.5	5.1	0.79	71
1916	31	14	27	.341	4.03	76	49	15	19	2	377.1	334	231	169	3	282	213	25	1	18	1647	73	1.633	8.0	0.1	6.7	5.1	0.76	73
1917	32	16	28	.364	3.91	79	51	16	21	3	396.1	350	236	172	3	286	222	25	1	18	1722	75	1.605	7.9	0.1	6.5	5.0	0.78	75
1918	33	18	34	.346	3.78	92	62	17	25	3	476.1	424	280	200	4	324	247	28	1	20	2063	77	1.570	8.0	0.1	6.1	4.7	0.76	77
1919	34	23	39	.371	3.55	119	73	23	30	3	585.0	525	326	231	4	371	296	37	1	23	2508	84	1.532	8.1	0.1	5.7	4.6	0.80	84
1920	35	23	39	.371	3.58	122	73	25	30	3	590.1	534	330	235	4	376	296	37	1	24	2535	83	1.542	8.1	0.1	5.7	4.5	0.79	83

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
1909	24	0	2	.000	11.14	21.0	33	29	26	0	35	10	4	3.238	14.1	15.0	4.3	0.29	0.0	7

1911	26	1	2	.333	9.00	29.0	39	32	29	1	35	13	2	2.552	12.1	10.9	4.0	0.37	0.3	11
1912	27	0	1	.000	9.00	14.0	18	16	14	1	15	9	0	2.357	11.6	9.6	5.8	0.60	0.6	2

1915	30	12	13	.480	4.20	227.0	222	118	106	1	174	134	19	1.744	8.8	6.9	5.3	0.77	0.0	45
1916	31	2	2	.500	4.20	45.0	58	23	21	0	54	24	3	2.489	11.6	10.8	4.8	0.44	0.0	11
1917	32	2	0	1.000	2.00	18.0	19	4	4	0	5	9	0	1.333	9.5	2.5	4.5	1.80	0.0	3
1918	33	5	5	.500	4.35	91.0	105	49	44	1	54	28	4	1.747	10.4	5.3	2.8	0.52	0.1	13
1919	34	7	5	.583	3.22	109.0	121	43	39	0	56	49	11	1.624	10.0	4.6	4.0	0.88	0.0	27
1920	35	0	0		7.20	5.0	9	4	4	0	5	0	0	2.800	16.2	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	3
9 Yrs		29	30	.492	4.62	559.0	624	318	287	4	433	276	43	1.891	10.0		4.4	0.64	0.1	122

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 AL 7.190 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 AL 5.321 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1915 AL 45 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1915 AL 148 (6th)
Games Started s c a p y 1915 AL 34 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1915 AL 157 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 AL 0.036 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1915 AL 18 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1915 AL 90 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1915 AL 8 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1915 AL 17 (3rd) 1919 AL 9 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1915 AL 1,048 (9th)
Oldest s c a p y 1920 AL born 1885-01-15 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Russ Bauers (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Russ Bauers (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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