Red Oldham

John Cyrus Oldham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 176 lb.

Born: July 15, 1893 in Zion, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1914
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Pirates 1914-1926

Final Game: July 8, 1926
Died: January 28, 1961 in Costa Mesa, CA
Cremated
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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	17	YOR	B	2	3	.400		7																								YOR · TRIS
1912	18	TRE	B	17	10	.630		37																								TRE · TRIS
1913	19	TRE	B	20	1	.952		45																								TRE · TRIS
1914	20	PRV	AA	14	7	.667		24						183.0	154	61			54							1.137	7.6		2.7			PRV · IL
1914	20	DET	AL	2	4	.333	3.38	9	7	2	3	0	0	45.1	42	22	17	1	8	23	3	3	0	184	84	1.103	8.3	0.2	1.6	4.6	2.88
1915	21	BFL	AA	3	1	.750		5						44.2	39	10			15							1.209	7.9		3.0			BFL · IL
1915	21	DET	AL	3	0	1.000	2.81	17	2	10	1	0	4	57.2	52	22	18	1	17	17	4	1	1	235	108	1.197	8.1	0.2	2.7	2.7	1.00

1916	22	SFR	AA	10	13	.435	2.89	52						262.0	252	126	84		117							1.408	8.7		4.0			SFR · PCL
1917	23	SFR	AA	18	19	.486	2.88	48						343.2	289	143	110		144							1.260	7.6		3.8			SFR · PCL
1919	25	POR	AA	21	23	.477	2.82	52						370.0	355	155	116		116							1.273	8.6		2.8			POR · PCL
1920	26	DET	AL	8	13	.381	3.85	39	22	10	10	1	1	215.1	248	132	92	5	91	62	6	1	6	918	97	1.574	10.4	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.68
1921	27	DET	AL	11	14	.440	4.24	40	28	9	12	1	1	229.1	258	129	108	11	81	67	6	0	5	1012	101	1.478	10.1	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.83
1922	28	DET	AL	10	13	.435	4.67	43	28	8	9	0	3	212.0	256	130	110	14	59	72	11	0	4	938	83	1.486	10.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.22

1925	31	VER	AA	4	7	.364	4.19	18						73.0	83	43	34		28							1.521	10.2		3.5			VER · PCL
1925	31	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	3.91	11	4	3	3	0	1	53.0	66	27	23	2	18	10	2	0	0	233	114	1.585	11.2	0.3	3.1	1.7	0.56
1926	32	KCY	AA	7	5	.583	3.00	13						93.0	87	38	31		25							1.204	8.4		2.4			KCY · AA
1926	32	PIT	NL	2	2	.500	5.62	17	2	7	0	0	2	41.2	56	27	26	1	18	16	1	0	0	185	70	1.776	12.1	0.2	3.9	3.5	0.89
1927	33	KCY	AA	3	4	.429	7.56	20						81.0	125	77	68		28							1.889	13.9		3.1			KCY · AA
1928	34	MOB,ATA	A	11	10	.524	4.05	38						189.0	211	94	85		52							1.392	10.0		2.5			MOB,ATA · SOUA
1929	35	ATA	A	14	12	.538	3.13	36						230.0	235	107	80		62							1.291	9.2		2.4			ATA · SOUA
1930	36	ATA	A	15	13	.536	4.18	46						239.0	252	124	111		106							1.498	9.5		4.0			ATA · SOUA
1931	37	MOB	A	13	17	.433	3.95	38	33					253.0	283	141	111		77							1.423	10.1		2.7			MOB · SOUA
7 Yrs				39	48	.448	4.15	176	93	49	38	2	12	854.1	978	489	394	35	292	267	33	5	16	3705	93	1.487	10.3	0.4	3.1	2.8	0.91
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.448	4.15	44	24	12	10	1	3	216	247	124	100	9	74	67	8	1	4	937	93	1.487	10.3	0.4	3.1	2.8	0.91

DET (5 yrs)				34	44	.436	4.09	148	87	39	35	2	9	759.2	856	435	345	32	256	241	30	5	16	3287	94	1.464	10.1	0.4	3.0	2.9	0.94
PIT (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	4.66	28	6	10	3	0	3	94.2	122	54	49	3	36	26	3	0	0	418	91	1.669	11.6	0.3	3.4	2.5	0.72

AL (5 yrs)				34	44	.436	4.09	148	87	39	35	2	9	759.2	856	435	345	32	256	241	30	5	16	3287	94	1.464	10.1	0.4	3.0	2.9	0.94
NL (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	4.66	28	6	10	3	0	3	94.2	122	54	49	3	36	26	3	0	0	418	91	1.669	11.6	0.3	3.4	2.5	0.72

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
1914	20	DET	AL	45.1	9	7	22	4.37	3.62	0.08	0.00	102.0	3.61	-3	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.457	.498	$
1915	21	DET	AL	57.2	17	2	22	3.43	3.82	0.07	0.00	103.0	3.86	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.8	8	.520	.502	$

1920	26	DET	AL	215.2	39	22	132	5.51	4.90	-0.19	0.00	99.6	5.06	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.2	0.6	13	.471	.493	$
1921	27	DET	AL	229.1	40	28	129	5.06	5.09	-0.39	0.00	100.7	5.51	10	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.8	39	.524	.506	$
1922	28	DET	AL	211.2	43	28	130	5.53	4.68	-0.08	0.00	95.1	4.52	-23	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0	.450	.487	$

1925	31	PIT	NL	53.0	11	4	27	4.58	5.06	0.18	0.00	104.8	5.11	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.7	9	.527	.502	$
1926	32	PIT	NL	39.2	17	2	27	6.13	4.59	0.16	0.00	106.2	4.71	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.464	.496	$
7 Seasons				852.1	176	93	489	5.16	4.75	-0.14	0.00	99.8	4.88	-28	-2.7	1.0	-0.5	4.2	67	.485	.498	$

DET (5 yrs)				759.2	148	87	435	5.15	4.74	-0.18	0.00	99.1	4.87	-25	-2.4	1.0	-0.5	3.8	61	.484	.497	$
PIT (2 yrs)				92.2	28	6	54	5.24	4.86	0.17	0.00	105.4	4.94	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	6	.488	.499	$

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
1925	31	PIT	NL	WS	W	WSH	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1920	26	DET	AL	956	0.5%	6.5%	9.5%	2.9%	11%	80%
1921	27	DET	AL	1015	1.1%	6.6%	8.0%	3.4%	13%	81%
1922	28	DET	AL	936	1.5%	7.7%	6.3%	3.1%	11%	80%

1925	31	PIT	NL	233	0.9%	4.3%	7.7%	3.4%	12%	85%
1926	32	PIT	NL	185	0.5%	8.7%	9.7%			75%
5 Yrs				3325	1.0%	6.8%	8.0%	3.0%	11%	80%
MLB Averages					0.9%	7.4%	7.6%	2.8%	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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1914	20	2	4	.333	3.38	9	7	2	3	0	0	45.1	42	22	17	1	8	23	3	3	0	184	84	1.103	8.3	0.2	1.6	4.6	2.88	84
1915	21	5	4	.556	3.06	26	9	12	4	0	4	103.0	94	44	35	2	25	40	7	4	1	419	96	1.155	8.2	0.2	2.2	3.5	1.60	96
1916	22	5	4	.556	3.06	26	9	12	4	0	4	103.0	94	44	35	2	25	40	7	4	1	419	96	1.155	8.2	0.2	2.2	3.5	1.60	96
1917	23	5	4	.556	3.06	26	9	12	4	0	4	103.0	94	44	35	2	25	40	7	4	1	419	96	1.155	8.2	0.2	2.2	3.5	1.60	96
1918	24	5	4	.556	3.06	26	9	12	4	0	4	103.0	94	44	35	2	25	40	7	4	1	419	96	1.155	8.2	0.2	2.2	3.5	1.60	96
1919	25	5	4	.556	3.06	26	9	12	4	0	4	103.0	94	44	35	2	25	40	7	4	1	419	96	1.155	8.2	0.2	2.2	3.5	1.60	96
1920	26	13	17	.433	3.59	65	31	22	14	1	5	318.1	342	176	127	7	116	102	13	5	7	1337	97	1.439	9.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	0.88	97
1921	27	24	31	.436	3.86	105	59	31	26	2	6	547.2	600	305	235	18	197	169	19	5	12	2349	99	1.455	9.9	0.3	3.2	2.8	0.86	99
1922	28	34	44	.436	4.09	148	87	39	35	2	9	759.2	856	435	345	32	256	241	30	5	16	3287	94	1.464	10.1	0.4	3.0	2.9	0.94	94
1923	29	34	44	.436	4.09	148	87	39	35	2	9	759.2	856	435	345	32	256	241	30	5	16	3287	94	1.464	10.1	0.4	3.0	2.9	0.94	94
1924	30	34	44	.436	4.09	148	87	39	35	2	9	759.2	856	435	345	32	256	241	30	5	16	3287	94	1.464	10.1	0.4	3.0	2.9	0.94	94
1925	31	37	46	.446	4.08	159	91	42	38	2	10	812.2	922	462	368	34	274	251	32	5	16	3520	95	1.472	10.2	0.4	3.0	2.8	0.92	95
1926	32	39	48	.448	4.15	176	93	49	38	2	12	854.1	978	489	394	35	292	267	33	5	16	3705	93	1.487	10.3	0.4	3.1	2.8	0.91	93

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
1914	20	2	2	.500	4.40	43.0	47	23	21	1	9	22	3	1.302	9.8	1.9	4.6	2.44	0.2	9
1915	21	3	3	.500	3.44	55.0	57	23	21	1	19	16	4	1.382	9.3	3.1	2.6	0.84	0.2	17

1920	26	11	11	.500	4.06	204.0	255	102	92	5	94	59	6	1.711	11.3	4.1	2.6	0.63	0.2	39
1921	27	14	12	.538	3.63	243.0	252	109	98	11	79	71	6	1.362	9.3	2.9	2.6	0.90	0.4	40
1922	28	10	13	.435	4.65	215.0	263	123	111	14	61	73	11	1.507	11.0	2.6	3.1	1.20	0.6	43

1925	31	4	2	.667	3.27	55.0	64	22	20	2	17	10	2	1.473	10.5	2.8	1.6	0.59	0.3	11
1926	32	1	3	.250	6.00	39.0	57	29	26	1	18	15	1	1.923	13.2	4.2	3.5	0.83	0.2	17
7 Yrs		45	46	.495	4.10	854.0	995	431	389	35	297	266	33	1.513	10.5		2.8	0.90	0.4	176

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1922 AL 43 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1915 AL 4 (2nd) 1922 AL 3 (7th) 1926 NL 2 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1922 AL 14 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1920 AL 91 (5th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1922 AL 1.220 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1920 AL 0.209 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1922 AL 110 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1920 AL 6 (9th) 1921 AL 5 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1922 AL 11 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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