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Bobo Newsom
Louis Norman Newsom (Buck)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 11, 1907 in Hartsville, SC
High School: Hartsville (Hartsville, SC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1929
Final Game: September 17, 1953
Died: December 7, 1962 in Orlando, FL
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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
1929 21 BRO NL 0 3 .000 10.61 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 15 12 11 0 5 6 0 0 0 47 44 2.143 14.5 0.0 4.8 5.8 1.20
1930 22 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 14 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1932 24 CHC NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1934 26 SLB AL 16 20 .444 4.01 47 32 9 15 2 5 262.1 259 138 117 15 149 135 1 0 5 1159 124 1.555 8.9 0.5 5.1 4.6 0.91
1935 27 TOT AL 11 18 .379 4.52 35 29 5 18 2 3 241.0 276 137 121 11 97 87 4 1 5 1064 97 1.548 10.3 0.4 3.6 3.2 0.90
1935 27 SLB AL 0 6 .000 4.85 7 6 1 1 0 1 42.2 54 29 23 2 13 22 0 0 2 193 98 1.570 11.4 0.4 2.7 4.6 1.69
1935 27 WSH AL 11 12 .478 4.45 28 23 4 17 2 2 198.1 222 108 98 9 84 65 4 1 3 871 97 1.543 10.1 0.4 3.8 2.9 0.77
1936 28 WSH AL 17 15 .531 4.32 43 38 3 24 4 2 285.2 294 160 137 13 146 156 3 1 8 1258 111 1.540 9.3 0.4 4.6 4.9 1.07
1937 29 TOT AL 16 14 .533 4.81 41 37 2 17 1 0 275.1 269 163 147 18 167 166 6 1 6 1247 97 1.584 8.8 0.6 5.5 5.4 0.99
1937 29 WSH AL 3 4 .429 5.85 11 10 0 3 0 0 67.2 76 49 44 4 48 39 3 0 2 321 76 1.833 10.1 0.5 6.4 5.2 0.81
1937 29 BOS AL 13 10 .565 4.46 30 27 2 14 1 0 207.2 193 114 103 14 119 127 3 1 4 926 107 1.502 8.4 0.6 5.2 5.5 1.07
1938 30 SLB AL 20 16 .556 5.08 44 40 3 31 0 1 329.2 334 205 186 30 192 226 5 1 3 1475 98 1.596 9.1 0.8 5.2 6.2 1.18 AS,MVP-5
1939 31 TOT AL 20 11 .645 3.58 41 37 4 24 3 2 291.2 272 126 116 19 126 192 3 0 4 1261 137 1.365 8.4 0.6 3.9 5.9 1.52 AS,MVP-19
1939 31 SLB AL 3 1 .750 4.73 6 6 0 3 0 0 45.2 50 26 24 5 22 28 1 0 0 211 103 1.577 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.5 1.27
1939 31 DET AL 17 10 .630 3.37 35 31 4 21 3 2 246.0 222 100 92 14 104 164 2 0 4 1050 145 1.325 8.1 0.5 3.8 6.0 1.58
1940 32 DET AL 21 5 .808 2.83 36 34 1 20 3 0 264.0 235 110 83 19 100 164 3 2 2 1101 167 1.269 8.0 0.6 3.4 5.6 1.64 AS,MVP-4
1941 33 DET AL 12 20 .375 4.60 43 36 5 12 2 2 250.1 265 140 128 15 118 175 3 0 3 1130 98 1.530 9.5 0.5 4.2 6.3 1.48
1942 34 TOT MLB 13 19 .406 4.73 36 34 1 17 3 0 245.2 264 148 129 6 106 134 4 0 3 1092 76 1.506 9.7 0.2 3.9 4.9 1.26
1942 34 WSH AL 11 17 .393 4.93 30 29 1 15 2 0 213.2 236 135 117 5 92 113 3 0 2 957 74 1.535 9.9 0.2 3.9 4.8 1.23
1942 34 BRO NL 2 2 .500 3.38 6 5 0 2 1 0 32.0 28 13 12 1 14 21 1 0 1 135 96 1.313 7.9 0.3 3.9 5.9 1.50
1943 35 TOT MLB 13 13 .500 4.22 38 27 8 8 1 1 217.1 220 118 102 12 113 123 5 0 3 964 78 1.532 9.1 0.5 4.7 5.1 1.09
1943 35 TOT AL 4 9 .308 5.85 16 15 1 2 0 0 92.1 107 67 60 8 56 48 3 0 0 436 56 1.765 10.4 0.8 5.5 4.7 0.86
1943 35 BRO NL 9 4 .692 3.02 22 12 7 6 1 1 125.0 113 51 42 4 57 75 2 0 3 528 110 1.360 8.1 0.3 4.1 5.4 1.32
1943 35 SLB AL 1 6 .143 7.39 10 9 1 0 0 0 52.1 69 45 43 7 35 37 1 0 0 257 45 1.987 11.9 1.2 6.0 6.4 1.06
1943 35 WSH AL 3 3 .500 3.82 6 6 0 2 0 0 40.0 38 22 17 1 21 11 2 0 0 179 84 1.475 8.6 0.2 4.7 2.5 0.52
1944 36 PHA AL 13 15 .464 2.82 37 33 3 18 2 1 265.0 243 100 83 11 82 142 4 0 8 1095 123 1.226 8.3 0.4 2.8 4.8 1.73 AS
1945 37 PHA AL 8 20 .286 3.29 36 34 1 16 3 0 257.1 255 111 94 12 103 127 3 0 2 1116 104 1.391 8.9 0.4 3.6 4.4 1.23
1946 38 TOT AL 14 13 .519 2.93 34 31 1 17 3 1 236.2 224 90 77 7 90 114 7 0 3 1011 116 1.327 8.5 0.3 3.4 4.3 1.27 MVP-19
1946 38 PHA AL 3 5 .375 3.38 10 9 0 3 1 0 58.2 61 27 22 2 30 32 5 0 0 267 105 1.551 9.4 0.3 4.6 4.9 1.07
1946 38 WSH AL 11 8 .579 2.78 24 22 1 14 2 1 178.0 163 63 55 5 60 82 2 0 3 744 121 1.253 8.2 0.3 3.0 4.1 1.37
1947 39 TOT AL 11 11 .500 3.34 31 28 1 7 2 0 199.1 208 82 74 10 67 82 3 1 1 856 109 1.380 9.4 0.5 3.0 3.7 1.22
1947 39 WSH AL 4 6 .400 4.09 14 13 0 1 0 0 83.2 99 44 38 2 37 40 1 1 1 381 92 1.625 10.6 0.2 4.0 4.3 1.08
1947 39 NYY AL 7 5 .583 2.80 17 15 1 6 2 0 115.2 109 38 36 8 30 42 2 0 0 475 127 1.202 8.5 0.6 2.3 3.3 1.40
1948 40 NYG NL 0 4 .000 4.21 11 4 1 0 0 0 25.2 35 16 12 1 13 9 0 0 1 123 94 1.870 12.3 0.4 4.6 3.2 0.69
1952 44 TOT AL 4 4 .500 3.88 24 5 11 1 0 3 60.1 54 26 26 4 32 27 2 0 2 264 99 1.425 8.1 0.6 4.8 4.0 0.84
1952 44 WSH AL 1 1 .500 4.97 10 0 8 0 0 2 12.2 16 7 7 2 9 5 0 0 0 63 72 1.974 11.4 1.4 6.4 3.6 0.56
1952 44 PHA AL 3 3 .500 3.59 14 5 3 1 0 1 47.2 38 19 19 2 23 22 2 0 2 201 110 1.280 7.2 0.4 4.3 4.2 0.96
1953 45 PHA AL 2 1 .667 4.89 17 2 9 1 0 0 38.2 44 24 21 3 24 16 5 0 0 187 87 1.759 10.2 0.7 5.6 3.7 0.67
20 Seasons 211 222 .487 3.98 600 483 71 246 31 21 3759.1 3769 1908 1664 206 1732 2082 61 7 60 16467 107 1.463 9.0 0.5 4.1 5.0 1.20
162 Game Avg. 13 14 .487 3.98 38 30 4 15 2 1 236 237 120 104 13 109 131 4 0 4 1034 107 1.463 9.0 0.5 4.1 5.0 1.20
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
WSH (8 yrs) 61 66 .480 4.28 166 141 17 76 10 7 1079.2 1144 588 513 41 497 511 18 3 19 4774 95 1.520 9.5 0.3 4.1 4.3 1.03
PHA (5 yrs) 29 44 .397 3.22 114 83 16 39 6 2 667.1 641 281 239 30 262 339 19 0 12 2866 110 1.353 8.6 0.4 3.5 4.6 1.29
SLB (5 yrs) 40 49 .449 4.83 114 93 14 50 2 7 732.2 766 443 393 59 411 448 8 1 10 3295 100 1.606 9.4 0.7 5.0 5.5 1.09
BRO (4 yrs) 11 9 .550 3.45 33 19 9 8 2 1 169.1 158 78 65 5 78 103 3 0 5 724 99 1.394 8.4 0.3 4.1 5.5 1.32
DET (3 yrs) 50 35 .588 3.59 114 101 10 53 8 4 760.1 722 350 303 48 322 503 8 2 9 3281 131 1.373 8.5 0.6 3.8 6.0 1.56
NYG (1 yr) 0 4 .000 4.21 11 4 1 0 0 0 25.2 35 16 12 1 13 9 0 0 1 123 94 1.870 12.3 0.4 4.6 3.2 0.69
BOS (1 yr) 13 10 .565 4.46 30 27 2 14 1 0 207.2 193 114 103 14 119 127 3 1 4 926 107 1.502 8.4 0.6 5.2 5.5 1.07
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NYY (1 yr) 7 5 .583 2.80 17 15 1 6 2 0 115.2 109 38 36 8 30 42 2 0 0 475 127 1.202 8.5 0.6 2.3 3.3 1.40
AL (16 yrs) 200 209 .489 4.01 555 460 60 238 29 20 3563.1 3575 1814 1587 200 1641 1970 58 7 54 15617 107 1.464 9.0 0.5 4.1 5.0 1.20
NL (6 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.54 45 23 11 8 2 1 196.0 194 94 77 6 91 112 3 0 6 850 99 1.454 8.9 0.3 4.2 5.1 1.23

Postseason Pitching

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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
1940 32 DET AL WS L CIN 2 1 .667 1.38 3 3 0 3 1 0 26.0 18 4 4 0 4 1 17 0 0 0 97 0.846 6.2 0.0 1.4 5.9 4.25
1947 39 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 1 .000 19.29 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.429 23.1 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 .500 2.86 5 4 0 3 1 0 28.1 24 9 9 0 6 1 17 0 0 0 110 1.059 7.6 0.0 1.9 5.4 2.83
2 WS 2 2 .500 2.86 5 4 0 3 1 0 28.1 24 9 9 0 6 1 17 0 0 0 110 1.059 7.6 0.0 1.9 5.4 2.83

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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
1929 21 BRO NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1930 22 BRO NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1932 24 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1934 26 SLB AL 50 98 93 6 17 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 10 .183 .200 .204 .404 1 19 0 3 1
1935 27 TOT AL 35 93 84 6 23 2 1 0 10 1 0 3 9 .274 .299 .321 .620 62 27 0 6 1
1935 27 SLB AL 7 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -54 1 0 2 /1
1935 27 WSH AL 28 80 73 6 22 2 1 0 10 1 0 3 9 .301 .329 .356 .685 79 26 0 4 1
1936 28 WSH AL 44 115 108 11 23 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 23 .213 .234 .231 .466 18 25 0 4 1
1937 29 TOT AL 44 107 100 11 22 4 1 1 5 0 0 3 18 .220 .243 .310 .553 37 31 0 4 1
1937 29 WSH AL 13 26 25 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .120 .154 .240 .394 -1 6 0 0 1
1937 29 BOS AL 31 81 75 9 19 4 1 0 4 0 0 2 14 .253 .273 .333 .606 49 25 0 4 1
1938 30 SLB AL 46 139 124 9 31 4 0 0 16 0 0 1 21 .250 .256 .282 .538 35 35 0 14 1 AS,MVP-5
1939 31 TOT AL 41 120 115 6 22 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 18 .191 .198 .217 .416 4 25 6 0 4 1 AS,MVP-19
1939 31 SLB AL 6 18 18 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500 26 5 0 0 0 /1
1939 31 DET AL 35 102 97 6 18 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 16 .186 .194 .206 .400 -0 20 6 0 4 1
1940 32 DET AL 36 112 107 9 23 5 0 0 16 0 0 1 17 .215 .222 .262 .484 21 28 4 0 4 1 AS,MVP-4
1941 33 DET AL 43 96 88 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .102 .132 .102 .234 -40 9 3 1 5 1
1942 34 TOT MLB 36 91 86 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 .140 .140 .163 .302 -15 14 6 0 5 1
1942 34 WSH AL 30 79 75 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .160 .160 .187 .347 -2 14 5 0 4 1
1942 34 BRO NL 6 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 /1
1943 35 TOT MLB 38 78 74 4 18 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 12 .243 .243 .243 .486 42 18 2 0 4 1
1943 35 TOT AL 16 31 30 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .233 .233 .233 .467 37 7 1 0 1 1
1943 35 BRO NL 22 47 44 4 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 11 .250 .250 .250 .500 45 11 1 0 3 1
1943 35 SLB AL 10 16 15 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 5 0 0 1 1
1943 35 WSH AL 6 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .133 .267 -21 2 1 0 0 /1
1944 36 PHA AL 37 97 88 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .114 .114 .136 .250 -29 12 3 0 9 1 AS
1945 37 PHA AL 36 94 86 3 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .163 .172 .174 .347 1 15 0 0 7 1
1946 38 TOT AL 34 92 81 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .148 .148 .160 .309 -12 13 2 0 11 1 MVP-19
1946 38 PHA AL 10 23 19 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .158 .263 -27 3 0 0 4 1
1946 38 WSH AL 24 69 62 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .161 .161 .161 .323 -7 10 2 0 7 1
1947 39 TOT AL 31 74 71 1 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 .155 .155 .183 .338 -6 13 2 0 3 1
1947 39 WSH AL 14 31 29 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .241 .241 .310 .552 55 9 1 0 2 1
1947 39 NYY AL 17 43 42 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .095 .095 .095 .190 -47 4 1 0 1 1
1948 40 NYG NL 11 8 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 132 3 0 0 1 1
1952 44 TOT AL 24 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .118 .118 .118 .235 -36 2 2 0 1 1
1952 44 WSH AL 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1952 44 PHA AL 14 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -27 2 2 0 1 1
1953 45 PHA AL 17 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 1 1
20 Seasons 609 1441 1337 86 253 28 3 1 102 1 1 17 266 .189 .200 .217 .417 10 290 30 1 86 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 383 356 23 67 7 1 0 27 0 5 71 .189 .200 .217 .417 10 77 0 23
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
WSH (8 yrs) 169 417 389 30 79 8 1 1 31 1 0 7 85 .203 .217 .237 .454 22 92 9 0 21
PHA (5 yrs) 114 237 214 8 29 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 52 .136 .140 .154 .294 -16 33 5 0 22
SLB (5 yrs) 119 284 261 15 58 7 0 0 27 0 1 3 33 .222 .231 .249 .480 21 65 0 0 20
BRO (4 yrs) 33 61 57 4 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 .193 .193 .193 .386 11 11 2 0 4 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 114 310 292 18 50 5 1 0 26 0 0 4 53 .171 .185 .195 .380 -4 57 13 1 13
NYG (1 yr) 11 8 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 132 3 0 0 1
BOS (1 yr) 31 81 75 9 19 4 1 0 4 0 0 2 14 .253 .273 .333 .606 49 25 0 4
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 17 43 42 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .095 .095 .095 .190 -47 4 1 0 1
AL (16 yrs) 564 1372 1273 80 239 28 3 1 96 1 1 17 248 .188 .199 .217 .416 9 276 28 1 81
NL (6 yrs) 45 69 64 6 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 18 .219 .219 .219 .438 25 14 2 0 5 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 32 DET AL WS CIN L 3 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 2 0 0
1947 39 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 5 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 2 0 0

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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 Awards
1929 BRO NL 21 P 3 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.67 .950 1.23
1930 BRO NL 22 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1932 CHC NL 24 P 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.20
1934 SLB AL 26 P 47 64 13 49 2 1 .969 1.32 .955 1.11
1935 TOT AL 27 P 35 45 6 37 2 4 .956 1.23 .949 1.12
1935 SLB AL 27 P 7 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.43 .950 1.11
1935 WSH AL 27 P 28 35 6 27 2 4 .943 1.18 .949 1.12
1936 WSH AL 28 P 43 62 11 50 1 5 .984 1.42 .955 1.04
1937 TOT AL 29 P 41 55 11 41 3 1 .945 1.27 .955 1.09
1937 WSH AL 29 P 11 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.36 .953 1.09
1937 BOS AL 29 P 30 40 8 29 3 0 .925 1.23 .955 1.09
1938 SLB AL 30 P 44 51 11 38 2 1 .961 1.11 .951 1.12 AS,MVP-5
1939 TOT AL 31 P 41 54 12 39 3 1 .944 1.24 .952 0.98 AS,MVP-19
1939 SLB AL 31 P 6 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.67 .950 0.98
1939 DET AL 31 P 35 44 8 33 3 1 .932 1.17 .952 0.98
1940 DET AL 32 P 36 38 3 32 3 3 .921 0.97 .958 1.05 AS,MVP-4
1941 DET AL 33 P 43 43 5 36 2 2 .953 0.95 .960 1.16
1942 TOT MLB 34 P 36 45 6 34 5 3 .889 1.11 .962 1.28
1942 WSH AL 34 P 30 41 5 31 5 3 .878 1.20 .961 1.30
1942 BRO NL 34 P 6 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.67 .975 1.17
1943 TOT MLB 35 P 38 39 5 34 0 4 1.000 1.03 .962 1.21
1943 TOT AL 35 P 16 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 1.27
1943 BRO NL 35 P 22 27 2 25 0 4 1.000 1.23 .959 1.16
1943 SLB AL 35 P 10 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.60 .967 1.27
1943 WSH AL 35 P 6 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 1.27
1944 PHA AL 36 P 37 48 3 45 0 0 1.000 1.30 .958 1.14 AS
1945 PHA AL 37 P 36 42 12 28 2 1 .952 1.11 .955 1.28
1946 TOT AL 38 P 34 29 4 25 0 1 1.000 0.85 .948 1.01 MVP-19
1946 PHA AL 38 P 10 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.80 .950 1.01
1946 WSH AL 38 P 24 21 3 18 0 0 1.000 0.88 .948 1.01
1947 TOT AL 39 P 31 25 5 18 2 1 .920 0.74 .956 0.95
1947 WSH AL 39 P 14 10 2 6 2 0 .800 0.57 .960 0.95
1947 NYY AL 39 P 17 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 0.88 .953 0.95
1948 NYG NL 40 P 11 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.45 .967 0.91
1952 TOT AL 44 P 24 17 3 14 0 1 1.000 0.71 .965 1.03
1952 WSH AL 44 P 10 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 1.03
1952 PHA AL 44 P 14 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.86 .967 1.03
1953 PHA AL 45 P 17 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.47 .950 0.88
20 Seasons P 600 674 112 534 28 32 .958 1.08 .956 1.10
20 Seasons TOT 600 674 112 534 28 32 .958 1.08 .914 1.10
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 2.2%)
1962 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1964 BBWAA ( 8.5%)
1964 Run Off ( 0.5%)
1966 BBWAA ( 8.3%)
1967 BBWAA ( 6.5%)
1967 Run Off ( 2.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1969 BBWAA ( 9.4%)
1970 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1971 BBWAA ( 4.7%)
1972 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1973 BBWAA ( 8.7%)

All-Star Games
1938
1939
1940 *
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 AL (5, 33%)
1939 AL (19, 3%)
1940 AL (4, 36%)
1946 AL (19, 2%)
0.74 Career Shares (318th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1936 AL  4.316 (10th)
1939 AL  3.579 (10th)
1940 AL  2.830 (2nd)
1944 AL  2.819 (9th)
1946 AL  2.928 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1934 AL  16 (7th)
1936 AL  17 (9th)
1937 AL  16 (6th)
1938 AL  20 (2nd)
1939 AL  20 (3rd)
1940 AL  21 (2nd)
1946 AL  14 (9th)
Career  211 (90th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 AL  .808 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1939 AL  1.365 (10th)
1940 AL  1.269 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  8.886 (10th)
1936 AL  9.263 (9th)
1937 AL  8.793 (8th)
1938 AL  9.118 (10th)
1939 AL  8.393 (7th)
1940 AL  8.011 (5th)
1944 AL  8.253 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  3.025 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  4.632 (6th)
1936 AL  4.915 (4th)
1937 AL  5.426 (3rd)
1938 AL  6.170 (2nd)
1939 AL  5.925 (2nd)
1940 AL  5.591 (4th)
1941 AL  6.292 (2nd)
1942 AL  4.760 (4th)
1944 AL  4.823 (5th)
1945 AL  4.442 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 AL  47 (2nd)
1936 AL  43 (3rd)
1937 AL  41 (3rd)
1938 AL  44 (2nd)
1939 AL  41 (5th)
1941 AL  43 (2nd)
1945 AL  36 (9th)
1946 AL  34 (10th)
Career  600 (180th)

Saves s c a p y
1934 AL  5 (3rd)
1935 AL  3 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1934 AL  262.3 (4th)
1935 AL  241.0 (9th)
1936 AL  285.7 (3rd)
1937 AL  275.3 (3rd)
1938 AL  329.7 (1st)
1939 AL  291.7 (2nd)
1940 AL  264.0 (4th)
1941 AL  250.3 (5th)
1944 AL  265.0 (3rd)
1945 AL  257.3 (3rd)
1946 AL  236.7 (8th)
Career  3759.3 (55th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1934 AL  135 (6th)
1936 AL  156 (3rd)
1937 AL  166 (2nd)
1938 AL  226 (2nd)
1939 AL  192 (2nd)
1940 AL  164 (2nd)
1941 AL  175 (2nd)
1942 AL  113 (1st)
1944 AL  142 (3rd)
1945 AL  127 (3rd)
1946 AL  114 (10th)
Career  2082 (57th)

Games Started s c a p y
1934 AL  32 (5th)
1935 AL  29 (10th)
1936 AL  38 (1st)
1937 AL  37 (1st)
1938 AL  40 (1st)
1939 AL  37 (1st)
1940 AL  34 (4th)
1941 AL  36 (2nd)
1942 AL  29 (7th)
1944 AL  33 (4th)
1945 AL  34 (2nd)
1946 AL  31 (7th)
1947 AL  28 (10th)
Career  483 (56th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1935 AL  18 (9th)
1936 AL  24 (4th)
1937 AL  17 (9th)
1938 AL  31 (1st)
1939 AL  24 (1st)
1940 AL  20 (4th)
1944 AL  18 (7th)
1946 AL  17 (9th)
Career  246 (84th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1934 AL  2 (8th)
1935 AL  2 (9th)
1936 AL  4 (3rd)
1939 AL  3 (3rd)
1940 AL  3 (4th)
1941 AL  2 (10th)
1945 AL  3 (9th)
1946 AL  3 (8th)
Career  31 (103rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  18 (7th)
1938 AL  30 (1st)
1939 AL  19 (5th)
1940 AL  19 (8th)
1941 AL  15 (10th)
1944 AL  11 (10th)
1945 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  206 (181st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  149 (1st)
1935 AL  97 (10th)
1936 AL  146 (2nd)
1937 AL  167 (1st)
1938 AL  192 (2nd)
1939 AL  126 (3rd)
1940 AL  100 (4th)
1941 AL  118 (3rd)
1942 AL  92 (6th)
1944 AL  82 (10th)
1945 AL  103 (4th)
1946 AL  90 (8th)
Career  1732 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  259 (3rd)
1935 AL  276 (5th)
1936 AL  294 (2nd)
1937 AL  269 (3rd)
1938 AL  334 (1st)
1939 AL  272 (2nd)
1940 AL  235 (9th)
1941 AL  265 (4th)
1942 AL  236 (6th)
1944 AL  243 (4th)
1945 AL  255 (2nd)
1946 AL  224 (6th)
Career  3769 (49th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1938 AL  1.177 (8th)
1939 AL  1.524 (4th)
1940 AL  1.640 (3rd)
1941 AL  1.483 (3rd)
1944 AL  1.732 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  .410 (8th)
1942 AL  .211 (4th)
1946 AL  .266 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1934 AL  20 (1st)
1935 AL  18 (1st)
1936 AL  15 (8th)
1938 AL  16 (2nd)
1941 AL  20 (1st)
1942 AL  17 (3rd)
1944 AL  15 (3rd)
1945 AL  20 (1st)
1946 AL  13 (9th)
Career  222 (26th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1934 AL  117 (4th)
1935 AL  121 (5th)
1936 AL  137 (5th)
1937 AL  147 (2nd)
1938 AL  186 (1st)
1939 AL  116 (4th)
1941 AL  128 (2nd)
1942 AL  117 (1st)
1944 AL  83 (7th)
1945 AL  94 (1st)
1946 AL  77 (9th)
Career  1664 (24th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1934 AL  5 (9th)
1935 AL  5 (10th)
1936 AL  8 (6th)
1937 AL  6 (5th)
1944 AL  8 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  4 (6th)
1937 AL  6 (2nd)
1938 AL  5 (7th)
1939 AL  3 (10th)
1940 AL  3 (10th)
1944 AL  4 (6th)
1946 AL  7 (1st)
Career  61 (232nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1934 AL  1159 (1st)
1935 AL  1064 (7th)
1936 AL  1258 (3rd)
1937 AL  1247 (2nd)
1938 AL  1475 (1st)
1939 AL  1261 (1st)
1940 AL  1101 (6th)
1941 AL  1130 (3rd)
1942 AL  957 (8th)
1944 AL  1095 (3rd)
1945 AL  1116 (2nd)
1946 AL  1011 (8th)
Career  16467 (40th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1934 AL  124 (9th)
1939 AL  137 (7th)
1940 AL  167 (1st)
1944 AL  123 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  14 (3rd)
1946 AL  11 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1947 AL  born 1907-08-11 (8th)
1948 NL  born 1907-08-11 (4th)
1952 AL  born 1907-08-11 (2nd)
1953 AL  born 1907-08-11 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 195 (46), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 69 (168), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Joe Niekro (857)
  4. Adonis Terry (849)
  5. Earl Whitehill (843)
  6. Jerry Koosman (843)
  7. Bob Friend (841)
  8. Red Ruffing (838) *
  9. Jerry Reuss (838)
  10. Gus Weyhing (833)
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  2. Marino Pieretti (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alex Ferguson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Wilson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Alex Kellner (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Ruthven (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Petry (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Darryl Kile (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bump Hadley (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bump Hadley (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bump Hadley (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mike Torrez (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Curt Simmons (863)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Sam Jones (864)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Sam Jones (872)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Charlie Hough (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Charlie Hough (887)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  2. Tom Glavine (982)
  3. Jesse Haines (981) *
  4. Larry French (980)
  5. Eppa Rixey (979) *
  6. Herb Pennock (976) *
  7. Bump Hadley (975)
  8. Joe McGinnity (974) *
  9. Paul Derringer (973)
  10. Eddie Cicotte (972)
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  2. Van Mungo (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Van Mungo (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Carl Hubbell (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carl Hubbell (991) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carl Hubbell (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Carl Hubbell (990) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carl Hubbell (989) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carl Hubbell (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Eppa Rixey (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carl Hubbell (988) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack Quinn (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jack Quinn (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September, 1929: Sent from Macon (South Atlantic) to the Brooklyn Robins in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April, 1931: Purchased by Kansas City (American Association) from the Brooklyn Robins. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September 30, 1931: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Little Rock (Southern Association) in the 1931 rule 5 draft.

October 2, 1933: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago Cubs in the 1933 rule 5 draft.

May 21, 1935: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns for $40,000.

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Washington Senators with Ben Chapman to the Boston Red Sox for Mel Almada, Rick Ferrell and Wes Ferrell.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Red Kress and Buster Mills to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik.

May 13, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Red Kress and Jim Walkup to the Detroit Tigers for Mark Christman, George Gill, Bob Harris, Vern Kennedy, Chet Laabs and Roxie Lawson.

March 31, 1942: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers for $40,000.

August 30, 1942: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Washington Senators for $25,000.

July 15, 1943: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Archie McKain and Fritz Ostermueller.

August 31, 1943: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns.

December 13, 1943: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Roger Wolff.

June 3, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 5, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

July 11, 1947: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Washington Senators.

February 6, 1948: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 12, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

June 19, 1948: Released by the New York Giants.

April 14, 1949: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

June 16, 1952: Released by the Washington Senators.

June 16, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

November 19, 1953: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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