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Danny MacFayden
Daniel Knowles MacFayden (Deacon Danny)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 10, 1905 in North Truro, MA
High School: Somerville (Somerville, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1926
Final Game: September 13, 1943
Died: August 26, 1972 in Brunswick, ME
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1926 21 BOS AL 0 1 .000 4.85 3 1 0 1 0 0 13.0 10 7 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 54 84 1.308 6.9 0.0 4.8 0.7 0.14
1927 22 BOS AL 5 8 .385 4.27 34 16 15 6 1 2 160.1 176 88 76 9 59 42 6 0 0 692 99 1.466 9.9 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.71
1928 23 BOS AL 9 15 .375 4.75 33 28 4 9 0 0 195.0 215 123 103 12 78 61 7 1 1 900 85 1.503 9.9 0.6 3.6 2.8 0.78
1929 24 BOS AL 10 18 .357 3.62 32 26 2 14 4 0 221.0 225 108 89 8 81 61 5 0 2 938 117 1.385 9.2 0.3 3.3 2.5 0.75
1930 25 BOS AL 11 14 .440 4.21 36 33 3 18 1 2 269.1 293 141 126 9 93 76 6 0 2 1169 109 1.433 9.8 0.3 3.1 2.5 0.82
1931 26 BOS AL 16 12 .571 4.02 35 32 2 17 2 0 230.2 263 121 103 4 79 74 7 0 1 1035 105 1.483 10.3 0.2 3.1 2.9 0.94 MVP-20
1932 27 TOT AL 8 15 .348 4.39 29 26 2 15 0 1 199.0 228 124 97 14 70 62 3 0 3 888 97 1.497 10.3 0.6 3.2 2.8 0.89
1932 27 BOS AL 1 10 .091 5.10 12 11 1 6 0 0 77.2 91 55 44 3 33 29 1 0 1 356 90 1.597 10.5 0.3 3.8 3.4 0.88
1932 27 NYY AL 7 5 .583 3.93 17 15 1 9 0 1 121.1 137 69 53 11 37 33 2 0 2 532 104 1.434 10.2 0.8 2.7 2.4 0.89
1933 28 NYY AL 3 2 .600 5.88 25 6 7 2 0 0 90.1 120 62 59 8 37 28 2 0 1 422 66 1.738 12.0 0.8 3.7 2.8 0.76
1934 29 NYY AL 4 3 .571 4.50 22 11 8 4 0 0 96.0 110 57 48 5 31 41 2 1 0 422 91 1.469 10.3 0.5 2.9 3.8 1.32
1935 30 TOT NL 6 15 .286 5.04 35 24 6 8 1 0 187.2 239 118 105 9 47 59 5 0 1 840 76 1.524 11.5 0.4 2.3 2.8 1.26
1935 30 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4.75 7 4 1 1 0 0 36.0 39 22 19 1 13 13 0 0 0 154 84 1.444 9.8 0.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
1935 30 BSN NL 5 13 .278 5.10 28 20 5 7 1 0 151.2 200 96 86 8 34 46 5 0 1 686 74 1.543 11.9 0.5 2.0 2.7 1.35
1936 31 BSN NL 17 13 .567 2.87 37 31 3 21 2 0 266.2 268 97 85 5 66 86 5 0 4 1114 134 1.253 9.0 0.2 2.2 2.9 1.30 MVP-9
1937 32 BSN NL 14 14 .500 2.93 32 32 0 16 2 0 246.0 250 96 80 5 60 70 2 0 0 1015 123 1.260 9.1 0.2 2.2 2.6 1.17
1938 33 BSN NL 14 9 .609 2.95 29 29 0 19 5 0 219.2 208 83 72 6 64 58 5 0 3 924 117 1.238 8.5 0.2 2.6 2.4 0.91
1939 34 BSN NL 8 14 .364 3.90 33 28 3 8 0 2 191.2 221 100 83 11 59 46 4 1 2 846 94 1.461 10.4 0.5 2.8 2.2 0.78
1940 35 PIT NL 5 4 .556 3.55 35 8 13 0 0 2 91.1 112 47 36 5 27 24 4 0 0 409 107 1.522 11.0 0.5 2.7 2.4 0.89
1941 36 WSH AL 0 1 .000 10.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 12 9 8 1 5 3 0 0 0 37 40 2.429 15.4 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60
1943 38 BSN NL 2 1 .667 5.91 10 1 5 0 0 0 21.1 31 14 14 1 9 5 1 0 0 100 57 1.875 13.1 0.4 3.8 2.1 0.56
17 Seasons 132 159 .454 3.96 465 332 76 158 18 9 2706.0 2981 1395 1191 112 872 797 64 3 20 11805 101 1.424 9.9 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.91
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .454 3.96 40 28 6 13 2 1 231 254 119 102 10 74 68 5 0 2 1007 101 1.424 9.9 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.91
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 52 78 .400 4.23 185 147 27 71 8 4 1167.0 1273 643 548 45 430 344 32 1 7 5144 102 1.459 9.8 0.3 3.3 2.7 0.80
BSN (6 yrs) 60 64 .484 3.45 169 141 16 71 10 2 1097.0 1178 486 420 36 292 311 22 1 10 4685 106 1.340 9.7 0.3 2.4 2.6 1.07
NYY (3 yrs) 14 10 .583 4.68 64 32 16 15 0 1 307.2 367 188 160 24 105 102 6 1 3 1376 86 1.534 10.7 0.7 3.1 3.0 0.97
WSH (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 12 9 8 1 5 3 0 0 0 37 40 2.429 15.4 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60
PIT (1 yr) 5 4 .556 3.55 35 8 13 0 0 2 91.1 112 47 36 5 27 24 4 0 0 409 107 1.522 11.0 0.5 2.7 2.4 0.89
CIN (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.75 7 4 1 1 0 0 36.0 39 22 19 1 13 13 0 0 0 154 84 1.444 9.8 0.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
AL (10 yrs) 66 89 .426 4.35 254 179 46 86 8 5 1481.2 1652 840 716 70 540 449 38 2 10 6557 98 1.479 10.0 0.4 3.3 2.7 0.83
NL (7 yrs) 66 70 .485 3.49 211 153 30 72 10 4 1224.1 1329 555 475 42 332 348 26 1 10 5248 106 1.357 9.8 0.3 2.4 2.6 1.05

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1926 21 BOS AL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 76 1 0 0 /1
1927 22 BOS AL 37 57 46 3 13 1 1 1 6 1 1 5 14 .283 .365 .413 .778 103 19 1 5 1
1928 23 BOS AL 35 71 63 5 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 7 32 .143 .229 .206 .435 17 13 0 1 1/O
1929 24 BOS AL 32 80 74 6 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .176 .197 .203 .400 4 15 0 4 1
1930 25 BOS AL 36 107 92 11 13 4 1 0 8 0 0 7 32 .141 .202 .207 .409 6 19 0 8 1
1931 26 BOS AL 35 90 81 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 28 .123 .155 .148 .303 -18 12 0 6 1 MVP-20
1932 27 TOT AL 29 80 74 7 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 29 .108 .132 .162 .294 -23 12 0 4 1
1932 27 BOS AL 12 27 25 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .120 .120 .160 .280 -28 4 0 2 1
1932 27 NYY AL 17 53 49 7 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .102 .137 .163 .301 -21 8 0 2 1
1933 28 NYY AL 25 36 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .029 .057 .029 .087 -76 1 0 1 1
1934 29 NYY AL 22 40 39 2 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 .103 .103 .179 .282 -26 7 0 1 1
1935 30 TOT NL 35 63 62 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 19 .145 .145 .194 .339 -7 12 0 0 1 1
1935 30 CIN NL 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0 0 /1
1935 30 BSN NL 28 52 51 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 15 .157 .157 .216 .373 3 11 0 0 1 1
1936 31 BSN NL 37 97 83 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 6 33 .096 .157 .108 .266 -25 9 2 0 8 1 MVP-9
1937 32 BSN NL 32 95 83 7 13 0 0 0 6 0 4 30 .157 .195 .157 .352 1 13 1 0 8 1
1938 33 BSN NL 29 80 77 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 19 .117 .128 .130 .258 -26 10 1 0 2 1
1939 34 BSN NL 33 74 67 6 12 1 0 0 6 0 2 19 .179 .203 .194 .397 10 13 2 0 5 1
1940 35 PIT NL 35 30 28 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .179 .207 .179 .385 8 5 1 0 1 1
1941 36 WSH AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1943 38 BSN NL 10 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 1 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 470 1007 910 66 129 22 4 1 47 1 1 41 309 .142 .180 .178 .358 -3 162 7 1 55 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 347 314 23 44 8 1 0 16 0 14 107 .142 .180 .178 .358 -3 56 0 19
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 190 435 384 29 62 12 3 1 24 1 1 24 142 .161 .213 .216 .429 13 83 1 26
BSN (6 yrs) 169 402 365 24 51 6 0 0 16 0 13 117 .140 .169 .156 .325 -8 57 6 0 24
NYY (3 yrs) 64 129 122 11 10 4 1 0 6 0 0 3 44 .082 .104 .131 .235 -38 16 0 4
WSH (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 35 30 28 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .179 .207 .179 .385 8 5 1 0 1
CIN (1 yr) 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 259 564 506 40 72 16 4 1 30 1 1 27 186 .142 .187 .196 .383 1 99 0 1 30 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 211 443 404 26 57 6 0 0 17 0 14 123 .141 .170 .156 .326 -8 63 7 0 25

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1926 BOS AL 21 P 3 7 1 6 0 2 1.000 2.33 .957 1.40
1927 BOS AL 22 P 34 41 3 35 3 0 .927 1.12 .961 1.40
1928 BOS AL 23 P 33 50 8 40 2 1 .960 1.45 .956 1.37
1928 BOS AL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1929 BOS AL 24 P 32 69 6 60 3 2 .957 2.06 .958 1.29
1930 BOS AL 25 P 36 80 17 60 3 4 .963 2.14 .945 1.18
1931 BOS AL 26 P 35 69 12 56 1 5 .986 1.94 .952 1.19 MVP-20
1932 TOT AL 27 P 29 53 11 35 7 4 .868 1.59 .962 1.21
1932 BOS AL 27 P 12 23 4 17 2 3 .913 1.75 .961 1.21
1932 NYY AL 27 P 17 30 7 18 5 1 .833 1.47 .963 1.21
1933 NYY AL 28 P 25 25 4 19 2 2 .920 0.92 .960 1.18
1934 NYY AL 29 P 22 19 3 15 1 1 .947 0.82 .958 1.11
1935 TOT NL 30 P 35 67 8 55 4 2 .940 1.80 .960 1.18
1935 CIN NL 30 P 7 18 3 13 2 1 .889 2.29 .961 1.19
1935 BSN NL 30 P 28 49 5 42 2 1 .959 1.68 .959 1.18
1936 BSN NL 31 P 37 88 9 75 4 5 .955 2.27 .950 1.16 MVP-9
1937 BSN NL 32 P 32 79 13 62 4 3 .949 2.34 .958 1.20
1938 BSN NL 33 P 29 53 11 41 1 2 .981 1.79 .964 1.13
1939 BSN NL 34 P 33 59 9 47 3 2 .949 1.70 .961 1.09
1940 PIT NL 35 P 35 25 2 22 1 2 .960 0.69 .964 1.10
1941 WSH AL 36 P 5 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.60 .967 1.16
1943 BSN NL 38 P 10 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 1.16
17 Seasons P 465 792 118 635 39 38 .951 1.62 .957 1.20
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
17 Seasons TOT 466 792 118 635 39 38 .951 1.62 .907 1.20 1-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-AL-20-2%
1936-NL-9-15%
0.17 Career Shares (772nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1929 AL--3.624--10th
1936 NL--2.869--2nd
1937 NL--2.927--7th
1938 NL--2.950--4th

Wins s c a p y
1931 AL--16--7th
1936 NL--17--7th
1937 NL--14--10th
1938 NL--14--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1936 NL--.567--9th
1938 NL--.609--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1936 NL--1.252--7th
1938 NL--1.238--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 AL--9.163--9th
1936 NL--9.045--6th
1938 NL--8.522--4th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 NL--2.228--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1930 AL--269.3--8th
1936 NL--266.7--5th
1937 NL--246.0--9th
Career--2706.0--186th

Games Started s c a p y
1930 AL--33--7th
1931 AL--32--9th
1936 NL--31--8th
1937 NL--32--8th
Career--332--213th

Complete Games s c a p y
1930 AL--18--8th
1931 AL--17--9th
1936 NL--21--4th
1937 NL--16--10th
1938 NL--19--4th
Career--158--204th

Shutouts s c a p y
1929 AL--4--1st
1930 AL--1--10th
1931 AL--2--3rd
1936 NL--2--10th
1937 NL--2--10th
1938 NL--5--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 AL--12--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1930 AL--93--8th
Career--872--171st

Hits s c a p y
1930 AL--293--5th
1935 NL--239--10th
1936 NL--268--7th
1937 NL--250--10th
Career--2981--129th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 AL--.326--10th
1930 AL--.301--6th
1931 AL--.156--1st
1936 NL--.169--1st
1937 NL--.183--5th
1938 NL--.246--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1928 AL--15--8th
1929 AL--18--4th
1932 AL--15--5th
1935 NL--15--4th
1936 NL--13--9th
1937 NL--14--10th
1939 NL--14--8th
Career--159--122nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1928 AL--103--7th
1930 AL--126--3rd
1935 NL--105--8th
Career--1191--123rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1928 AL--7--6th
1929 AL--5--8th
1930 AL--6--4th
1931 AL--7--2nd
1936 NL--5--9th
1938 NL--5--10th
Career--64--206th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1930 AL--1169--7th
1936 NL--1114--7th
1937 NL--1015--10th
Career--11805--139th

Games Finished s c a p y
1927 AL--15--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1936 NL--134--2nd
1937 NL--123--10th
1938 NL--117--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1926 AL--born 1905-06-10--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 75 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1932: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Ivy Andrews, Hank Johnson and $50,000.

November 22, 1934: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.

June 2, 1935: Returned to the New York Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds following previous purchase.

June 4, 1935: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the New York Yankees.

December 8, 1939: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Swift and cash.

October 8, 1940: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 5, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

May 15, 1941: Released by the Washington Senators.

July 1, 1943: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

April 1, 1944: Released by the Boston Braves.

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