Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert Paige
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , 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
Final Game: September 25, 1965
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Negro League Committee as Player in 1971.
Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO
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Standard Pitching

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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
1948 41 CLE AL 6 1 .857 2.48 21 7 5 3 2 1 72.2 61 21 20 2 22 43 1 2 1 298 164 1.142 7.6 0.2 2.7 5.3 1.95
1949 42 CLE AL 4 7 .364 3.04 31 5 19 1 0 5 83.0 70 29 28 4 33 54 1 1 0 348 131 1.241 7.6 0.4 3.6 5.9 1.64
1951 44 SLB AL 3 4 .429 4.79 23 3 16 0 0 5 62.0 67 39 33 6 29 48 1 1 1 278 91 1.548 9.7 0.9 4.2 7.0 1.66
1952 45 SLB AL 12 10 .545 3.07 46 6 35 3 2 10 138.0 116 51 47 5 57 91 3 0 2 582 127 1.254 7.6 0.3 3.7 5.9 1.60 AS,MVP-17
1953 46 SLB AL 3 9 .250 3.53 57 4 34 0 0 11 117.1 114 51 46 12 39 51 1 1 2 489 119 1.304 8.7 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.31 AS
1965 58 KCA AL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
6 Seasons 28 31 .475 3.29 179 26 109 7 4 32 476.0 429 191 174 29 180 0 288 7 5 6 2005 124 1.279 8.1 0.5 3.4 5.4 1.60
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .475 3.29 59 9 36 2 1 11 158 142 63 58 10 60 96 2 2 2 665 124 1.279 8.1 0.5 3.4 5.4 1.60
SLB (3 yrs) 18 23 .439 3.57 126 13 85 3 2 26 317.1 297 141 126 23 125 190 5 2 5 1349 115 1.330 8.4 0.7 3.5 5.4 1.52
CLE (2 yrs) 10 8 .556 2.78 52 12 24 4 2 6 155.2 131 50 48 6 55 97 2 3 1 646 145 1.195 7.6 0.3 3.2 5.6 1.76
KCA (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0

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
1948 41 CLE AL WS W BSN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1952 SLB AL 45
1953 SLB AL 46 0 0 0 18.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 58 KCA AL 1 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .200 .300 .111 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .200 .300 .111 2 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 34 340 340 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 34 .100 .100 .200 .300 .111 68 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1965 58 KCA AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 58 58 58 0 0 0 1 2.0 4.5 3.0
1 Season 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 58 58 58 0 0 0 1 2.0 4.5 3.0
MLB Averages

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1948 41 CLE AL
1949 42 CLE AL
1951 44 SLB AL
1952 45 SLB AL
1953 46 SLB AL
1965 58 KCA AL 10 50% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 100% 0.40 90% 0 0
6 Seasons 10 50% 290.0% 2880.0% 1800.0% 10.0% 0% 0.40 90% 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1948 41 CLE AL 61 2 1
1949 42 CLE AL 70 4 0
1951 44 SLB AL 67 6 1
1952 45 SLB AL 116 5 2
1953 46 SLB AL 114 12 2
1965 58 KCA AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 10 429 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1948 41 6 1 .857 2.48 21 7 5 3 2 1 72.2 61 21 20 2 22 43 1 2 1 298 164 1.142 7.6 0.2 2.7 5.3 1.95 164
1949 42 10 8 .556 2.78 52 12 24 4 2 6 155.2 131 50 48 6 55 97 2 3 1 646 145 1.195 7.6 0.3 3.2 5.6 1.76 145
1950 43 10 8 .556 2.78 52 12 24 4 2 6 155.2 131 50 48 6 55 97 2 3 1 646 145 1.195 7.6 0.3 3.2 5.6 1.76 145
1951 44 13 12 .520 3.35 75 15 40 4 2 11 217.2 198 89 81 12 84 145 3 4 2 924 123 1.296 8.2 0.5 3.5 6.0 1.73 123
1952 45 25 22 .532 3.24 121 21 75 7 4 21 355.2 314 140 128 17 141 236 6 4 4 1506 125 1.279 7.9 0.4 3.6 6.0 1.67 125
1953 46 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1954 47 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1955 48 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1956 49 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1957 50 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1958 51 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1959 52 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1960 53 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1961 54 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1962 55 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1963 56 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1964 57 28 31 .475 3.31 178 25 109 7 4 32 473.0 428 191 174 29 180 287 7 5 6 1995 123 1.285 8.1 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.59 123
1965 58 28 31 .475 3.29 179 26 109 7 4 32 476.0 429 191 174 29 180 0 288 7 5 6 2005 124 1.279 8.1 0.5 3.4 5.4 1.60 124

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
1948 41 6 2 .750 2.40 75.0 63 22 20 2 23 44 1 1.147 7.6 2.8 5.3 1.91 0.2 21
1949 42 6 3 .667 3.07 85.0 73 32 29 4 34 55 1 1.259 7.7 3.6 5.8 1.62 0.4 31
1951 44 3 4 .429 4.29 65.0 67 34 31 6 29 50 1 1.477 9.3 4.0 6.9 1.72 0.8 23
1952 45 9 6 .600 3.11 142.0 121 54 49 5 59 94 3 1.268 7.7 3.7 6.0 1.59 0.3 46
1953 46 7 6 .538 3.51 118.0 116 51 46 12 40 51 1 1.322 8.8 3.1 3.9 1.28 0.9 57
1965 58 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 1
6 Seasons 31 21 .596 3.23 488.0 440 193 175 29 185 295 7 1.281 8.1 5.4 1.59 0.5 179

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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 NL

All-Star Games
1952
1953 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (17, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL  46 (2nd)
1953 AL  57 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 AL  5 (4th)
1951 AL  5 (6th)
1952 AL  10 (2nd)
1953 AL  11 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL  2 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (6th)
1952 AL  35 (1st)
1953 AL  34 (4th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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