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Al Orth

Albert Lewis Orth (Smiling Al or The Curveless Wonder)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 5, 1872 in Sedalia, MO
School: DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1895
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Highlanders/Senators 1895-1909

Final Game: September 20, 1909
Died: October 8, 1948 in Lynchburg, VA
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1895 22 PHI NL 8 1 .889 3.89 11 10 1 9 0 1 88.0 103 50 38 0 22 25 2 0 1 382 123 1.420 10.5 0.0 2.3 2.6 1.14
1896 23 PHI NL 15 10 .600 4.41 25 23 2 19 0 0 196.0 244 128 96 10 46 23 3 0 4 856 98 1.480 11.2 0.5 2.1 1.1 0.50
1897 24 PHI NL 14 19 .424 4.62 36 34 2 29 2 0 282.1 349 194 145 12 82 64 6 0 3 1248 90 1.527 11.1 0.4 2.6 2.0 0.78
1898 25 PHI NL 15 13 .536 3.02 32 28 4 25 1 0 250.0 290 131 84 2 53 52 8 0 0 1068 113 1.372 10.4 0.1 1.9 1.9 0.98
1899 26 PHI NL 14 3 .824 2.49 21 15 6 13 3 1 144.2 149 67 40 0 19 35 3 0 1 582 147 1.161 9.3 0.0 1.2 2.2 1.84
1900 27 PHI NL 14 14 .500 3.78 33 30 3 24 2 1 262.0 302 145 110 4 60 68 13 0 0 1121 95 1.382 10.4 0.1 2.1 2.3 1.13
1901 28 PHI NL 20 12 .625 2.27 35 33 2 30 6 1 281.2 250 101 71 3 32 92 8 0 5 1097 150 1.001 8.0 0.1 1.0 2.9 2.88
1902 29 WSH AL 19 18 .514 3.97 38 37 1 36 1 0 324.0 367 181 143 18 40 76 9 0 2 1334 93 1.256 10.2 0.5 1.1 2.1 1.90
1903 30 WSH AL 10 22 .313 4.34 36 32 4 30 2 2 279.2 326 174 135 8 62 88 7 0 7 1193 72 1.387 10.5 0.3 2.0 2.8 1.42
1904 31 TOT AL 14 10 .583 3.41 30 25 5 18 2 0 211.1 210 96 80 2 34 70 6 0 5 848 80 1.155 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.0 2.06
1904 31 WSH AL 3 4 .429 4.76 10 7 3 7 0 0 73.2 88 49 39 2 15 23 3 0 1 314 57 1.398 10.8 0.2 1.8 2.8 1.53
1904 31 NYY AL 11 6 .647 2.68 20 18 2 11 2 0 137.2 122 47 41 0 19 47 3 0 4 534 102 1.024 8.0 0.0 1.2 3.1 2.47
1905 32 NYY AL 18 16 .529 2.86 40 37 3 26 6 0 305.1 273 122 97 8 61 121 7 0 5 1201 102 1.094 8.0 0.2 1.8 3.6 1.98
1906 33 NYY AL 27 17 .614 2.34 45 39 5 36 3 0 338.2 317 115 88 2 66 133 1 1 7 1331 127 1.131 8.4 0.1 1.8 3.5 2.02
1907 34 NYY AL 14 21 .400 2.61 36 33 3 21 2 0 248.2 244 134 72 2 53 78 6 0 2 1001 107 1.194 8.8 0.1 1.9 2.8 1.47
1908 35 NYY AL 2 13 .133 3.42 21 17 3 8 1 0 139.1 134 62 53 4 30 22 4 0 1 560 72 1.177 8.7 0.3 1.9 1.4 0.73
1909 36 NYY AL 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 25 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
15 Yrs 204 189 .519 3.37 440 394 44 324 31 6 3354.2 3564 1704 1256 75 661 948 83 1 43 13837 100 1.259 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.43
162 Game Avg. 17 15 .519 3.37 36 32 4 26 3 0 274 291 139 102 6 54 77 7 0 4 1128 100 1.259 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.43
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
PHI (7 yrs) 100 72 .581 3.49 193 173 20 149 14 4 1504.2 1687 816 584 31 314 359 43 0 14 6354 109 1.330 10.1 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.14
NYY (6 yrs) 72 73 .497 2.72 163 145 16 102 14 0 1172.2 1096 484 355 16 230 402 21 1 19 4642 104 1.131 8.4 0.1 1.8 3.1 1.75
WSH (3 yrs) 32 44 .421 4.21 84 76 8 73 3 2 677.1 781 404 317 28 117 187 19 0 10 2841 79 1.326 10.4 0.4 1.6 2.5 1.60
AL (8 yrs) 104 117 .471 3.27 247 221 24 175 17 2 1850.0 1877 888 672 44 347 589 40 1 29 7483 92 1.202 9.1 0.2 1.7 2.9 1.70
NL (7 yrs) 100 72 .581 3.49 193 173 20 149 14 4 1504.2 1687 816 584 31 314 359 43 0 14 6354 109 1.330 10.1 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.14

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 Awards
1895 22 PHI NL 88.0 11 10 50 5.11 6.45 -0.03 0.00 100.0 6.48 16 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.0 25 .620 .508 $
1896 23 PHI NL 196.0 25 23 128 5.88 5.96 -0.21 0.00 99.0 6.11 10 0.9 1.0 -0.2 2.3 28 .534 .505 $
1897 24 PHI NL 282.1 36 34 194 6.18 5.90 -0.14 0.00 97.0 5.86 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.2 2.0 22 .495 .499 $
1898 25 PHI NL 250.0 32 28 131 4.72 4.91 -0.38 0.00 95.0 5.02 14 1.4 1.0 -0.2 3.3 37 .542 .508 $
1899 26 PHI NL 144.2 21 15 67 4.17 5.17 0.09 0.00 95.0 4.83 15 1.4 1.0 -0.2 2.5 28 .568 .509 $
1900 27 PHI NL 262.0 33 30 145 4.98 5.14 -0.22 0.00 97.0 5.20 12 1.1 1.0 -0.2 3.0 33 .533 .507 $
1901 28 PHI NL 281.2 35 33 101 3.23 4.61 0.19 0.00 102.0 4.50 43 4.7 1.0 -0.4 6.5 65 .635 .529 $
1902 29 WSH AL 324.0 38 37 181 5.03 4.86 -0.21 0.00 103.0 5.22 10 1.0 1.0 -0.4 3.5 41 .527 .506 $3,500
1903 30 WSH AL 279.2 36 32 174 5.60 4.24 -0.13 0.00 105.0 4.59 -27 -2.7 1.0 -0.3 -0.5 -7 .424 .483 $
1904 31 WSH AL 73.2 10 7 49 5.99 3.65 -0.48 0.00 103.0 4.26 -13 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -8 .358 .491 $
1904 31 NYY AL 137.2 20 18 47 3.07 3.50 0.31 0.00 105.0 3.34 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.8 16 .536 .504 $
1905 32 NYY AL 305.1 40 37 122 3.60 3.66 -0.22 0.00 110.0 4.26 25 3.1 1.0 -0.2 5.6 49 .579 .519 $
1906 33 NYY AL 338.2 45 39 115 3.06 3.60 -0.03 0.00 110.0 3.99 36 4.7 1.0 -0.2 7.4 65 .603 .529 $
1907 34 NYY AL 248.2 36 33 134 4.85 3.61 -0.52 0.00 110.0 4.55 -8 -1.0 1.0 -0.2 1.0 13 .474 .494 $
1908 35 NYY AL 139.1 21 17 62 4.00 3.51 -0.41 0.00 103.0 4.04 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1 12 .503 .500 $
1909 36 NYY AL 3.0 1 1 4 12.00 3.38 -0.29 0.00 103.0 3.78 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .250 .498 $
15 Seasons 3354.2 440 394 1704 4.57 4.55 -0.16 0.00 102.8 4.80 134 14.8 1.0 -3.0 40.5 416 .534 .506 $3,500
PHI (7 yrs) 1504.2 193 173 816 4.88 5.33 -0.11 0.00 97.8 5.32 107 10.6 1.0 -1.4 21.6 238 .555 .509 $
NYY (6 yrs) 1172.2 163 145 484 3.71 3.60 -0.19 0.00 108.6 4.11 57 7.4 1.0 -0.9 16.7 152 .545 .508 $
WSH (3 yrs) 677.1 84 76 404 5.37 4.47 -0.21 0.00 103.8 4.86 -30 -3.2 1.0 -0.7 2.2 26 .462 .494 $3,500

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1895 22 8 1 .889 3.89 11 10 1 9 0 1 88.0 103 50 38 0 22 25 2 0 1 382 123 1.420 10.5 0.0 2.3 2.6 1.14 123
1896 23 23 11 .676 4.25 36 33 3 28 0 1 284.0 347 178 134 10 68 48 5 0 5 1238 105 1.461 11.0 0.3 2.2 1.5 0.71 105
1897 24 37 30 .552 4.43 72 67 5 57 2 1 566.1 696 372 279 22 150 112 11 0 8 2486 98 1.494 11.1 0.3 2.4 1.8 0.75 98
1898 25 52 43 .547 4.00 104 95 9 82 3 1 816.1 986 503 363 24 203 164 19 0 8 3554 101 1.457 10.9 0.3 2.2 1.8 0.81 101
1899 26 66 46 .589 3.77 125 110 15 95 6 2 961.0 1135 570 403 24 222 199 22 0 9 4136 106 1.412 10.6 0.2 2.1 1.9 0.90 106
1900 27 80 60 .571 3.78 158 140 18 119 8 3 1223.0 1437 715 513 28 282 267 35 0 9 5257 103 1.406 10.6 0.2 2.1 2.0 0.95 103
1901 28 100 72 .581 3.49 193 173 20 149 14 4 1504.2 1687 816 584 31 314 359 43 0 14 6354 109 1.330 10.1 0.2 1.9 2.1 1.14 109
1902 29 119 90 .569 3.58 231 210 21 185 15 4 1828.2 2054 997 727 49 354 435 52 0 16 7688 106 1.317 10.1 0.2 1.7 2.1 1.23 106
1903 30 129 112 .535 3.68 267 242 25 215 17 6 2108.1 2380 1171 862 57 416 523 59 0 23 8881 100 1.326 10.2 0.2 1.8 2.2 1.26 100
1904 31 143 122 .540 3.65 297 267 30 233 19 6 2319.2 2590 1267 942 59 450 593 65 0 28 9729 99 1.311 10.0 0.2 1.7 2.3 1.32 99
1905 32 161 138 .538 3.56 337 304 33 259 25 6 2625.0 2863 1389 1039 67 511 714 72 0 33 10930 99 1.285 9.8 0.2 1.8 2.4 1.40 99
1906 33 188 155 .548 3.42 382 343 38 295 28 6 2963.2 3180 1504 1127 69 577 847 73 1 40 12261 101 1.268 9.7 0.2 1.8 2.6 1.47 101
1907 34 202 176 .534 3.36 418 376 41 316 30 6 3212.1 3424 1638 1199 71 630 925 79 1 42 13262 102 1.262 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.6 1.47 102
1908 35 204 189 .519 3.36 439 393 44 324 31 6 3351.2 3558 1700 1252 75 660 947 83 1 43 13822 100 1.258 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.43 100
1909 36 204 189 .519 3.37 440 394 44 324 31 6 3354.2 3564 1704 1256 75 661 948 83 1 43 13837 100 1.259 9.6 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.43 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1895 22 9 3 .750 2.47 113.0 103 34 31 0 22 32 2 1.106 8.2 1.8 2.5 1.45 0.0 11
1896 23 17 10 .630 3.16 248.0 257 97 87 11 48 29 3 1.230 9.3 1.7 1.1 0.60 0.4 25
1897 24 21 17 .553 3.52 345.0 369 150 135 13 87 78 6 1.322 9.6 2.3 2.0 0.90 0.3 36
1898 25 18 10 .643 2.93 255.0 296 92 83 2 54 53 8 1.373 10.4 1.9 1.9 0.98 0.1 32
1899 26 12 4 .750 2.33 147.0 148 42 38 0 19 36 3 1.136 9.1 1.2 2.2 1.89 0.0 21
1900 27 19 13 .594 3.38 293.0 322 122 110 4 64 76 14 1.317 9.9 2.0 2.3 1.19 0.1 33
1901 28 27 8 .771 2.17 315.0 279 84 76 3 36 103 9 1.000 8.0 1.0 2.9 2.86 0.1 35
1902 29 23 18 .561 3.58 370.0 403 163 147 20 44 87 10 1.208 9.8 1.1 2.1 1.98 0.5 38
1903 30 14 20 .412 4.70 308.0 385 179 161 9 73 97 8 1.487 11.3 2.1 2.8 1.33 0.3 36
1904 31 9 12 .429 4.50 198.0 237 110 99 2 38 65 7 1.389 10.8 1.7 3.0 1.71 0.1 30
1905 32 19 13 .594 3.41 296.0 300 124 112 9 67 117 8 1.240 9.1 2.0 3.6 1.75 0.3 40
1906 33 24 12 .667 2.80 328.0 351 113 102 2 73 129 1 1.293 9.6 2.0 3.5 1.77 0.1 45
1907 34 16 10 .615 3.11 240.0 268 92 83 2 58 75 7 1.358 10.1 2.2 2.8 1.29 0.1 36
1908 35 6 8 .429 4.81 129.0 156 77 69 5 35 20 5 1.481 10.9 2.4 1.4 0.57 0.3 21
1909 36 0 0 15.00 3.0 7 6 5 0 1 1 0 2.667 21.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 1
15 Yrs 234 158 .597 3.36 3588.0 3881 1485 1338 82 719 998 91 1.282 9.7 2.5 1.39 0.2 440

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1901 NL  7.1 (5th)
1905 AL  5.6 (9th)
1906 AL  8.4 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1901 NL  6.5 (4th)
1905 AL  5.6 (6th)
1906 AL  7.4 (1st)
Career  40.5 (132nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 NL  2.27 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  20 (6th)
1902 AL  19 (7th)
1906 AL  27 (1st)
Career  204 (102nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1899 NL  .824 (1st)
1901 NL  .625 (7th)
1904 AL  .583 (8th)
1906 AL  .614 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 NL  1.001 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1901 NL  7.988 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1896 NL  2.112 (7th)
1898 NL  1.908 (9th)
1900 NL  2.061 (9th)
1901 NL  1.023 (1st)
1902 AL  1.111 (1st)
1904 AL  1.448 (6th)
1905 AL  1.798 (6th)
1906 AL  1.754 (9th)
1907 AL  1.918 (10th)
Career  1.773 (48th)

Games Played s c a p y
1902 AL  38 (4th)
1905 AL  40 (7th)
1906 AL  45 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1899 NL  1 (7th)
1900 NL  1 (3rd)
1901 NL  1 (6th)
1903 AL  2 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1902 AL  324.0 (4th)
1905 AL  305.3 (10th)
1906 AL  338.7 (1st)
Career  3,354.7 (86th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 AL  133 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1902 AL  37 (4th)
1905 AL  37 (5th)
1906 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  394 (129th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1902 AL  36 (3rd)
1906 AL  36 (1st)
Career  324 (31st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1897 NL  2 (3rd)
1899 NL  3 (10th)
1900 NL  2 (10th)
1901 NL  6 (1st)
1905 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  31 (103rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1896 NL  10 (10th)
1897 NL  12 (3rd)
1902 AL  18 (1st)
1903 AL  8 (4th)
1905 AL  8 (2nd)
1908 AL  4 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1902 AL  367 (2nd)
1903 AL  326 (2nd)
1905 AL  273 (6th)
1906 AL  317 (1st)
Career  3,564 (61st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1900 NL  1.133 (10th)
1901 NL  2.875 (3rd)
1902 AL  1.900 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1898 NL  0.072 (9th)
1900 NL  0.137 (7th)
1901 NL  0.096 (6th)
Career  0.201 (166th)

Losses s c a p y
1897 NL  19 (8th)
1902 AL  18 (3rd)
1903 AL  22 (2nd)
1905 AL  16 (9th)
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1907 AL  21 (1st)
Career  189 (56th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1897 NL  145 (8th)
1902 AL  143 (2nd)
1903 AL  135 (1st)
1905 AL  97 (3rd)
1906 AL  88 (7th)
Career  1,256 (98th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1903 AL  7 (5th)
1906 AL  7 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  83 (136th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1902 AL  1,334 (5th)
1905 AL  1,201 (9th)
1906 AL  1,331 (2nd)
Career  13,837 (90th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1899 NL  6 (5th)
1903 AL  4 (10th)
1904 AL  5 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 NL  150 (3rd)
1906 AL  127 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1901 NL  34 (2nd)
1906 AL  24 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1901 NL  3.5 (2nd)
1906 AL  2.7 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1909 AL  born 1872-09-05 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 88 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (272), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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