Alex Main
Miles Grant Main
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 13, 1884 in Montrose, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1914
Final Game: June 29, 1918
Died: December 29, 1965 in Royal Oak, MI
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Standard Pitching

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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
1914 30 DET AL 6 6 .500 2.67 32 12 7 5 1 3 138.1 131 51 41 2 59 55 3 0 2 568 105 1.373 8.5 0.1 3.8 3.6 0.93
1915 31 KCP FL 13 14 .481 2.54 35 28 6 18 2 3 230.0 181 88 65 4 75 91 5 0 4 906 116 1.113 7.1 0.2 2.9 3.6 1.21
1918 34 PHI NL 2 2 .500 4.63 8 4 2 1 1 0 35.0 30 20 18 1 16 14 5 0 0 152 64 1.314 7.7 0.3 4.1 3.6 0.88
3 Seasons 21 22 .488 2.77 75 44 15 24 4 6 403.1 342 159 124 7 150 160 13 0 6 1626 105 1.220 7.6 0.2 3.3 3.6 1.07
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .488 2.77 43 25 9 14 2 3 230 195 91 71 4 86 91 7 0 3 929 105 1.220 7.6 0.2 3.3 3.6 1.07
PHI (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.63 8 4 2 1 1 0 35.0 30 20 18 1 16 14 5 0 0 152 64 1.314 7.7 0.3 4.1 3.6 0.88
KCP (1 yr) 13 14 .481 2.54 35 28 6 18 2 3 230.0 181 88 65 4 75 91 5 0 4 906 116 1.113 7.1 0.2 2.9 3.6 1.21
DET (1 yr) 6 6 .500 2.67 32 12 7 5 1 3 138.1 131 51 41 2 59 55 3 0 2 568 105 1.373 8.5 0.1 3.8 3.6 0.93

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1914 30 6 6 .500 2.67 32 12 7 5 1 3 138.1 131 51 41 2 59 55 3 0 2 568 105 1.373 8.5 0.1 3.8 3.6 0.93 105
1915 31 19 20 .487 2.59 67 40 13 23 3 6 368.1 312 139 106 6 134 146 8 0 6 1474 111 1.211 7.6 0.1 3.3 3.6 1.09 111
1916 32 19 20 .487 2.59 67 40 13 23 3 6 368.1 312 139 106 6 134 146 8 0 6 1474 111 1.211 7.6 0.1 3.3 3.6 1.09 111
1917 33 19 20 .487 2.59 67 40 13 23 3 6 368.1 312 139 106 6 134 146 8 0 6 1474 111 1.211 7.6 0.1 3.3 3.6 1.09 111
1918 34 21 22 .488 2.77 75 44 15 24 4 6 403.1 342 159 124 7 150 160 13 0 6 1626 105 1.220 7.6 0.2 3.3 3.6 1.07 105

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
1914 30 7 6 .538 3.60 125.0 141 56 50 2 64 50 3 1.640 10.2 4.6 3.6 0.78 0.1 32
1915 31 14 10 .583 3.29 219.0 201 89 80 4 83 87 6 1.297 8.3 3.4 3.6 1.05 0.2 35
1918 34 1 3 .250 5.36 42.0 40 28 25 1 21 17 7 1.452 8.6 4.5 3.6 0.81 0.2 8
3 Seasons 22 19 .537 3.61 386.0 382 173 155 7 168 154 16 1.425 8.9 3.6 0.92 0.2 75

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1915 FL  1.113 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 FL  7.083 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1914 AL  3 (6th)
1915 FL  3 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  1. Slow Joe Doyle (986)
  2. Fred Olmstead (983)
  3. Ed Klepfer (980)
  4. Doc Watson (977)
  5. Rankin Johnson (976)
  6. Sailor Stroud (976)
  7. Wheezer Dell (975)
  8. Rube Vickers (973)
  9. Charlie Case (972)
  10. Bob Spade (970)
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  1. Frank Miller (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wheezer Dell (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marv Goodwin (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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