Buddy Napier

Skelton Leroy Napier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 18, 1889 in Byromville, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1912
Teams (by GP): Reds/Browns/Cubs 1912-1921

Final Game: July 16, 1921
Died: March 29, 1968 in Hutchins, TX
Buried: Hutchins Cemetery, Hutchins, TX
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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
1911	21	BVL	D	17	9	.654		35						242.0	173	55			48							0.913	6.4		1.8			BVL · SWTX
1912	22	SLB	AL	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	0	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00

1913	23	HSN,MTG	B,A	9	11	.450		25						190.1	166	69			48							1.124	7.8		2.3			HSN,MTG · TL,SOUA
1914	24	HSN	B	18	12	.600		36						275.0	225	97			80							1.109	7.4		2.6			HSN · TL
1915	25	HSN	B	7	18	.280		32						231.1	222	83			55							1.197	8.6		2.1			HSN · TL
1916	26	SHV,BMT,HSN	B	14	10	.583		29						236.0	292				74							1.551	11.1		2.8			SHV,BMT,HSN · TL
1917	27	SHV	B	12	19	.387	2.74	46						358.0	255		109		140							1.103	6.4		3.5			SHV · TL
1918	28	SHV	B	11	7	.611		28						153.0	124				41							1.078	7.3		2.4			SHV · TL
1918	28	CHC	NL	0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	10	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	32	55	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50

1920	30	SHV	B	11	11	.500	2.40	32						225.0	188	78	60		30							0.969	7.5		1.2			SHV · TL
1920	30	CIN	NL	4	2	.667	1.29	9	5	4	5	1	0	49.0	47	12	7	0	7	17	1	0	0	196	239	1.102	8.6	0.0	1.3	3.1	2.43
1921	31	ATA	A	8	7	.533	2.75	17						118.0	102	41	36		36							1.169	7.8		2.7			ATA · SOUA
1921	31	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	5.56	22	6	12	1	0	1	56.2	72	38	35	2	13	14	0	0	1	244	64	1.500	11.4	0.3	2.1	2.2	1.08
1922	32	ATA	A	11	19	.367	3.47	39						241.0	265	130	93		68							1.382	9.9		2.5			ATA · SOUA
1923	33	STP	AA	3	6	.333	4.67	25						104.0	117	60	54		42							1.529	10.1		3.6			STP · AA
1924	34	STP,OMA	AA,A	1	4	.200		18						42.0	59				17							1.810	12.6		3.6			STP,OMA · AA,WL
4 Yrs				5	6	.455	3.92	39	13	20	6	1	1	137.2	162	75	60	2	29	43	4	0	2	584	85	1.387	10.6	0.1	1.9	2.8	1.48
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.455	3.92	51	17	26	8	1	1	180	212	98	78	3	38	56	5	0	3	764	85	1.387	10.6	0.1	1.9	2.8	1.48

CIN (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	3.58	31	11	16	6	1	1	105.2	119	50	42	2	20	31	1	0	1	440	93	1.315	10.1	0.2	1.7	2.6	1.55
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	10	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	32	55	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
SLB (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	0	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00

NL (3 yrs)				4	4	.500	3.69	32	11	17	6	1	1	112.1	129	54	46	2	24	33	1	0	1	472	90	1.362	10.3	0.2	1.9	2.6	1.38
AL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	0	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00

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
1912	22	SLB	AL	25.1	7	2	21	7.46	4.57	-0.09	0.00	100.0	4.66	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.396	.495	$

1918	28	CHC	NL	6.2	1	0	4	5.40	3.55	0.00	0.00	100.0	3.55	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.356	.499	$

1920	30	CIN	NL	49.0	9	5	12	2.20	3.69	0.15	0.00	96.3	3.40	7	0.8	1.0	-0.0	1.2	11	.591	.505	$
1921	31	CIN	NL	55.2	22	6	38	6.14	4.76	0.01	0.00	96.4	4.57	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.457	.494	$
4 Seasons				136.2	39	13	75	4.94	4.28	0.04	0.00	97.2	4.12	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	.474	.498	$

CIN (2 yrs)				104.2	31	11	50	4.30	4.26	0.08	0.00	96.3	4.02	-3	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.7	6	.496	.500	$
CHC (1 yr)				6.2	1	0	4	5.40	3.55	0.00	0.00	100.0	3.55	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.356	.499	$
SLB (1 yr)				25.1	7	2	21	7.46	4.57	-0.09	0.00	100.0	4.66	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.396	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	28	CHC	NL	32	0.0%	6.3%	12.5%			81%

1920	30	CIN	NL	196	0.0%	8.7%	3.6%	3.1%	13%	86%
1921	31	CIN	NL	245	0.8%	5.7%	5.3%			83%
3 Yrs				473	0.4%	7.0%	5.1%	1.3%	5%	84%
MLB Averages					0.6%	7.7%	7.3%	2.7%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	22	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	68
1913	23	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	68
1914	24	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	68
1915	25	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	68
1916	26	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	68
1917	27	1	2	.333	4.97	7	2	3	0	0	0	25.1	33	21	14	0	5	10	3	1	112	68	1.500	11.7	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	68
1918	28	1	2	.333	5.06	8	2	4	0	0	0	32.0	43	25	18	0	9	12	3	1	144	65	1.625	12.1	0.0	2.5	3.4	1.33	65
1919	29	1	2	.333	5.06	8	2	4	0	0	0	32.0	43	25	18	0	9	12	3	1	144	65	1.625	12.1	0.0	2.5	3.4	1.33	65
1920	30	5	4	.556	2.78	17	7	8	5	1	0	81.0	90	37	25	0	16	29	4	1	340	114	1.309	10.0	0.0	1.8	3.2	1.81	114
1921	31	5	6	.455	3.92	39	13	20	6	1	1	137.2	162	75	60	2	29	43	4	2	584	85	1.387	10.6	0.1	1.9	2.8	1.48	85

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1912	22	1	1	.500	5.40	25.0	34	17	15	0	5	10	3	1.560	12.2	1.8	3.6	2.00	0.0	7

1918	28	0	0		9.00	7.0	14	8	7	0	6	2	0	2.857	18.0	7.7	2.6	0.33	0.0	1

1920	30	4	1	.800	1.50	48.0	53	9	8	0	8	17	1	1.271	9.9	1.5	3.2	2.13	0.0	9
1921	31	2	4	.333	6.11	56.0	77	42	38	2	14	14	0	1.625	12.4	2.3	2.3	1.00	0.3	22
4 Yrs		7	6	.538	4.50	136.0	178	76	68	2	33	43	4	1.551	11.8		2.8	1.30	0.1	39

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