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Satchel Paige

Leroy Robert Paige

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians/Athletics 1948-1965

Final Game: September 25, 1965
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Negro League Committee as Player in 1971.
   View Satchel Paige Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
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Hall of Fame

Standard Batting

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
1948 41 CLE AL 21 25 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .087 .087 .087 .174 -53 2 0 0 2 1
1949 42 CLE AL 31 18 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .063 .167 .063 .229 -38 1 2 0 0 1
1951 44 SLB AL 23 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 2 2 0 1 1
1952 45 SLB AL 46 44 39 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .128 .150 .128 .278 -23 5 1 0 4 1 AS,MVP-17
1953 46 SLB AL 57 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .069 .069 .069 .138 -63 2 0 0 1 1 AS
1965 58 KCA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 179 135 124 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 32 .097 .118 .097 .215 -41 12 5 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 122 112 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 29 .097 .118 .097 .215 -41 11 5 0 7
SLB (3 yrs) 126 91 84 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .107 .118 .107 .225 -39 9 3 0 6
CLE (2 yrs) 52 43 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .077 .122 .077 .199 -46 3 2 0 2
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1948 41 CLE AL 21 25 -5 -0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1949 42 CLE AL 31 18 -3 -0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1951 44 SLB AL 23 17 -3 -0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1952 45 SLB AL 46 44 -7 -0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1 AS,MVP-17
1953 46 SLB AL 57 30 -7 -0 0 0 3 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .494 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1 AS
1965 58 KCA AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
6 Seasons 179 135 -26 -1 0 0 15 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -1.3 .493 .499 -1.3 0.0 -8 $
SLB (3 yrs) 126 91 -17 -0 0 0 10 -7 -0.8 3 -5 -0.8 .494 .498 -0.8 0.0 -5 $
CLE (2 yrs) 52 43 -9 -0 -0 0 5 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .491 .499 -0.5 0.0 -4 $
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .488 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1948 41 CLE AL 25 23 0 0.0 103 .111 .087 .269 .087 .354 .087 .389 .174 .743 -53 .000 -5.1 -0.5 .095 .000 .000
1949 42 CLE AL 18 17 0 0.0 105 .083 .063 .268 .167 .360 .063 .390 .229 .750 -38 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .176 .125 .000
1951 44 SLB AL 17 17 0 0.0 105 .154 .125 .271 .125 .353 .125 .398 .250 .750 -33 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .125 .000 .000
1952 45 SLB AL 44 39 1 0.7 98 .172 .128 .263 .150 .343 .128 .383 .278 .726 -23 .036 -6.7 -0.7 .171 .026 .000
1953 46 SLB AL 30 28 0 0.0 104 .100 .069 .272 .069 .349 .069 .400 .138 .749 -63 .000 -6.8 -0.7 .074 .000 .000
1965 58 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .250 .000 .319 .000 .382 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 135 125 1 0.2 102 .130 .097 .268 .118 .350 .097 .391 .215 .741 -41 .004 -25.2 -2.6 .128 .024 .000
162 Game Avg. 122 113 1 0.2 102 .130 .097 .268 .118 .350 .097 .391 .215 .741 -41 .004 -25.2 -2.6 .128 .024 .000
SLB (3 yrs) 91 84 1 0.3 101 .145 .107 .267 .118 .347 .107 .392 .225 .738 -39 .008 -16.6 -1.7 .128 .012 .000
CLE (2 yrs) 43 40 0 0.0 104 .100 .077 .269 .122 .357 .077 .390 .199 .746 -46 .000 -8.4 -0.8 .132 .051 .000
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .250 .000 .319 .000 .382 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1948 41 CLE AL WS BSN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 SLB AL 45 DNP
1953 SLB AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 41 CLE AL 25 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.6 2.40 72%
1949 42 CLE AL 18 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.0 2.25 67%
1951 44 SLB AL 17 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.3 76%
1952 45 SLB AL 44 0.0% 22.7% 2.3% 0.0% 0% 10.00 3.9 19.5 6.00 66%
1953 46 SLB AL 30 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.2 14.5 4.00 67%
1965 58 KCA AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
6 Yrs 135 0.0% 23.7% 2.2% 0.0% 0% 10.67 3.9 31.0 3.88 68%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.5% 9.0% 6.5% 29% 1.38 7.1 40.7 8.3 1.02 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1948 41 CLE AL -5.1 -0.5 25 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .85 -0.4 -0.1 -5.4 -0.5 0.99 -5.2 0
1949 42 CLE AL -3.3 -0.3 18 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .99 -0.3 -0.0 -4.5 -0.4 0.93 -3.9 0
1951 44 SLB AL -3.1 -0.3 9 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.16 -0.2 0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.04 -1.8 0
1952 45 SLB AL -6.7 -0.7 33 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 1.31 -0.3 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.86 -3.6 0
1953 46 SLB AL -6.8 -0.7 30 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 1.02 -0.6 0.0 -5.1 -0.5 0.85 -6.7 0
1965 58 KCA AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .71 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
6 Yrs -25.2 -2.6 116 -1.7 1.0 -2.7 1.07 -1.8 0.2 -19.6 -2.0 0.91 -21.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 41 CLE AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 42 CLE AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1951 44 SLB AL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1952 45 SLB AL 1 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 46 SLB AL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 58 KCA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 13% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 41 CLE AL 25 28% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1949 42 CLE AL 18 61% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 1 25% 10 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1951 44 SLB AL 17 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1952 45 SLB AL 44 24% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 1 17% 5 1 20% 16 2 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 46 SLB AL 30 30% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 14 2 14% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1965 58 KCA AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 135 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 21 5 24% 22 4 18% 68 4 6% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
MLB Averages 50% 83% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 41 21 25 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .087 .087 .087 .174 -53 2 0 0 2
1949 42 52 43 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .077 .122 .077 .199 -46 3 2 0 2
1950 43 52 43 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .077 .122 .077 .199 -46 3 2 0 2
1951 44 75 60 55 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .091 .123 .091 .214 -42 5 4 0 3
1952 45 121 104 94 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 22 .106 .134 .106 .240 -34 10 5 0 7
1953 46 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1954 47 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1955 48 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1956 49 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1957 50 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1958 51 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1959 52 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1960 53 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1961 54 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1962 55 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1963 56 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1964 57 178 134 123 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 12 5 0 8
1965 58 179 135 124 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 32 .097 .118 .097 .215 -41 12 5 0 8 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 41 22 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1949 42 32 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .105 .000 .105 0 31
1951 44 24 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
1952 45 48 47 42 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 .143 .163 .143 .306 1 46
1953 46 60 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 57
1965 58 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
6 Yrs 187 142 131 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 32 .046 .067 .046 .113 1 179
162 Game Avg. 162 123 113 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 28 .046 .067 .046 .113 1 179

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1971 Negro League (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1971
by Negro League Committee

All-Star Games
1952
1953 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (17, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 AL  born 1906-07-07 (3rd)
1949 AL  born 1906-07-07 (1st)
1951 AL  born 1906-07-07 (1st)
1952 AL  born 1906-07-07 (1st)
1953 AL  born 1906-07-07 (1st)
1965 AL  born 1906-07-07 (1st)

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