Tiny Osborne

Earnest Preston Osborne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 9, 1893 in Porterdale, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1922
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Robins 1922-1925

Final Game: September 28, 1925
Died: January 5, 1969 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Riverview Memorial Park, Smyrna, GA
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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
1919	26	AUG	C	8	17	.320		30						195.0	200	108			87							1.472	9.2		4.0			AUG · SALL
1921	28	ATA	A	10	2	.833	2.69	20						107.0	80	40	32		60							1.308	6.7		5.0			ATA · SOUA
1922	29	CHC	NL	9	5	.643	4.50	41	14	15	7	1	3	184.0	183	113	92	7	95	81	12	1	4	814	93	1.511	9.0	0.3	4.6	4.0	0.85
1923	30	CHC	NL	8	15	.348	4.56	37	25	7	8	1	1	179.2	174	117	91	14	89	69	2	1	3	793	88	1.464	8.7	0.7	4.5	3.5	0.78
1924	31	TOT	NL	6	5	.545	5.03	23	13	8	6	0	1	107.1	126	68	60	1	56	54	4	0	0	496	75	1.696	10.6	0.1	4.7	4.5	0.96
1924	31	CHC	NL	0	0		3.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	13	146	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
1924	31	BRO	NL	6	5	.545	5.09	21	13	6	6	0	0	104.1	123	67	59	1	54	52	4	0	0	483	74	1.696	10.6	0.1	4.7	4.5	0.96
1925	32	BRO	NL	8	15	.348	4.94	41	22	14	10	0	1	175.0	210	111	96	9	75	59	4	0	2	791	84	1.629	10.8	0.5	3.9	3.0	0.79
1927	34	NOR	A	9	7	.563	5.08	30						147.0	153	91	83		111							1.796	9.4		6.8			NOR · SOUA
1935	42	JAC	C	1	0	1.000		1						7.0																		JAC · EDXL
4 Yrs				31	40	.437	4.72	142	74	44	31	2	6	646.0	693	409	339	31	315	263	22	2	9	2894	86	1.560	9.7	0.4	4.4	3.7	0.83
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.437	4.72	45	23	14	10	1	2	203	218	129	107	10	99	83	7	1	3	911	86	1.560	9.7	0.4	4.4	3.7	0.83

CHC (3 yrs)				17	20	.459	4.52	80	39	24	15	2	5	366.2	360	231	184	21	186	152	14	2	7	1620	91	1.489	8.8	0.5	4.6	3.7	0.82
BRO (2 yrs)				14	20	.412	4.99	62	35	20	16	0	1	279.1	333	178	155	10	129	111	8	0	2	1274	80	1.654	10.7	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.86

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
1922	29	CHC	NL	184.2	41	14	113	5.51	5.02	0.02	0.00	103.5	5.17	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.6	13	.481	.495	$
1923	30	CHC	NL	179.2	37	25	117	5.86	4.74	0.26	0.00	99.1	4.45	-29	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-10	.427	.483	$
1924	31	CHC	NL	3.0	2	0	1	3.00	4.51	0.12	0.00	94.9	4.17	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.521	.500	$
1924	31	BRO	NL	104.1	21	13	67	5.78	4.37	-0.15	0.00	96.6	4.37	-16	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.428	.491	$
1925	32	BRO	NL	174.2	41	22	111	5.72	5.09	-0.29	0.00	95.2	5.12	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.2	7	.473	.493	$
4 Seasons				646.1	142	74	409	5.70	4.86	-0.02	0.00	98.9	4.82	-65	-6.1	1.0	-0.3	-1.2	5	.457	.493	$

CHC (3 yrs)				367.1	80	39	231	5.66	4.88	0.14	0.00	101.3	4.81	-37	-3.4	1.0	-0.2	-0.7	4	.457	.493	$
BRO (2 yrs)				279.0	62	35	178	5.74	4.82	-0.24	0.00	95.7	4.84	-28	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	1	.458	.492	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1922	29	CHC	NL	819	0.9%	9.9%	11.6%			73%
1923	30	CHC	NL	793	1.8%	8.7%	11.2%	2.8%	13%	76%
1924	31	TOT	NL	496	0.2%	10.9%	11.3%	2.4%	10%	74%
1924	31	CHC	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%			62%
1924	31	BRO	NL	483	0.2%	10.8%	11.2%	2.5%	10%	75%
1925	32	BRO	NL	791	1.1%	7.5%	9.5%	3.3%	12%	79%
4 Yrs				2899	1.1%	9.1%	10.9%	2.1%	9%	75%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.1%	7.8%	2.9%	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+
1922	29	9	5	.643	4.50	41	14	15	7	1	3	184.0	183	113	92	7	95	81	12	1	4	814	93	1.511	9.0	0.3	4.6	4.0	0.85	93
1923	30	17	20	.459	4.53	78	39	22	15	2	4	363.2	357	230	183	21	184	150	14	2	7	1607	90	1.488	8.8	0.5	4.6	3.7	0.82	90
1924	31	23	25	.479	4.64	101	52	30	21	2	5	471.0	483	298	243	22	240	204	18	2	7	2103	87	1.535	9.2	0.4	4.6	3.9	0.85	87
1925	32	31	40	.437	4.72	142	74	44	31	2	6	646.0	693	409	339	31	315	263	22	2	9	2894	86	1.560	9.7	0.4	4.4	3.7	0.83	86

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
1922	29	11	10	.524	3.98	190.0	178	93	84	7	92	83	12	1.421	8.4	4.4	3.9	0.90	0.3	41
1923	30	10	11	.476	4.14	189.0	175	97	87	14	90	73	2	1.402	8.3	4.3	3.5	0.81	0.7	37
1924	31	4	8	.333	5.20	109.0	132	70	63	1	59	55	4	1.752	10.9	4.9	4.5	0.93	0.1	23
1925	32	9	11	.450	4.52	183.0	211	102	92	9	75	62	4	1.563	10.4	3.7	3.0	0.83	0.4	41
4 Yrs		34	40	.459	4.37	671.0	696	362	326	31	316	273	22	1.508	9.3		3.7	0.86	0.4	142

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1922 NL 8.951 (2nd) 1923 NL 8.716 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1922 NL 3.962 (3rd) 1923 NL 3.456 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1925 NL 41 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1922 NL 3 (3rd)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1922 NL 81 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1923 NL 14 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1922 NL 95 (2nd) 1923 NL 89 (5th) 1925 NL 75 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1923 NL 15 (5th) 1925 NL 15 (7th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1922 NL 12 (1st)	Games Finished s c a p y 1922 NL 15 (10th) 1925 NL 14 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Steve Sundra (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Karl Drews (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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