Roy Patterson

Roy Lewis Patterson (Pat, St. Croix or Boy Wonder)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 17, 1876 in Stoddard, WI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1901
Team: WhiteSox 1901-1907

Final Game: September 16, 1907
Died: April 14, 1953 in St. Croix Falls, WI
Buried: St. Croix Falls Cemetery, St. Croix Falls, WI
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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
1900	23	CHI	A	17	8	.680		30	27		22	4		232.0	211	78			53	87						1.138	8.2		2.1	3.4	1.64	CHI · AL
1901	24	CHW	AL	20	15	.571	3.37	41	35	6	30	4	0	312.1	345	164	117	11	62	127	11	1	10	1319	103	1.303	9.9	0.3	1.8	3.7	2.05
1902	25	CHW	AL	19	14	.576	3.06	34	30	4	26	2	0	268.0	262	111	91	5	67	61	3	0	11	1092	110	1.228	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.0	0.91
1903	26	CHW	AL	15	15	.500	2.70	34	30	4	26	2	1	293.0	275	119	88	5	69	89	11	0	4	1191	104	1.174	8.4	0.2	2.1	2.7	1.29
1904	27	CHW	AL	9	9	.500	2.29	22	17	5	14	4	0	165.0	148	52	42	1	24	64	7	0	2	646	108	1.042	8.1	0.1	1.3	3.5	2.67
1905	28	CHW	AL	4	6	.400	1.83	13	9	4	7	0	0	88.2	73	34	18	0	16	29	0	0	1	339	136	1.004	7.4	0.0	1.6	2.9	1.81
1906	29	CHW	AL	10	7	.588	2.09	21	18	2	12	3	1	142.0	119	46	33	1	17	45	4	0	1	537	121	0.958	7.5	0.1	1.1	2.9	2.65
1907	30	CHW	AL	4	6	.400	2.63	19	13	4	4	1	0	96.0	105	42	28	0	18	27	2	0	1	395	92	1.281	9.8	0.0	1.7	2.5	1.50
1908	31	MNE	A	21	13	.618		43						306.0	258	90			49							1.003	7.6		1.4			MNE · AA
1909	32	MNE	A	10	12	.455		29						208.0	168	70			36							0.981	7.3		1.6			MNE · AA
1910	33	MNE	A	21	12	.636		44						318.0	257	113			76							1.047	7.3		2.2			MNE · AA
1911	34	MNE	A	24	10	.706		40						293.0	268	112			48							1.078	8.2		1.5			MNE · AA
1912	35	MNE	AA	21	9	.700		35						282.0	227	91			46							0.968	7.2		1.5			MNE · AA
1913	36	MNE	AA	17	12	.586		37						288.0	267	108			38							1.059	8.3		1.2			MNE · AA
1914	37	MNE	AA	9	9	.500	3.50	21						162.0	170	87	63		42							1.309	9.4		2.3			MNE · AA
1915	38	FMH	C	21	5	.808		27						235.0	199	79			26							0.957	7.6		1.0			FMH · NORL
1916	39	STJ	A	12	11	.522	2.91	26						198.0	190		64		29							1.106	8.6		1.3			STJ · WL
1917	40	MNE	AA	5	3	.625	1.50	8						72.0	63	21	12		9							1.000	7.9		1.1			MNE · AA
1918	41	MNE	AA	5	3	.625	2.30	14						98.0	99	40	25		24							1.255	9.1		2.2			MNE · AA
1919	42	MNE	AA	1	1	.500		4						20.0	23	3			3							1.300	10.4		1.4			MNE · AA
1921	44	WBR	D	8	5	.615		13						105.0	88	53			12							0.952	7.5		1.0			WBR · DAKL
1922	45	WBR	D	3	6	.333		17						75.0	80	45			25							1.400	9.6		3.0			WBR · DAKL
7 Yrs				81	72	.529	2.75	184	152	29	119	16	2	1365.0	1327	568	417	23	273	442	38	1	30	5519	108	1.172	8.7	0.2	1.8	2.9	1.62
162 Game Avg.				16	15	.529	2.75	37	31	6	24	3	0	276	269	115	84	5	55	89	8	0	6	1117	108	1.172	8.7	0.2	1.8	2.9	1.62

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1901	24	CHW	AL	312.1	41	35	164	4.73	5.26	0.21	95.0	4.80	8	0.7	1.0	-0.2	3.4	39	.518	.505	$
1902	25	CHW	AL	268.0	34	30	111	3.73	4.89	0.26	94.0	4.35	21	2.1	1.0	-0.3	4.2	46	.563	.513	$
1903	26	CHW	AL	293.0	34	30	119	3.66	4.15	0.01	95.0	3.94	14	1.6	1.0	-0.3	3.9	35	.548	.510	$
1904	27	CHW	AL	165.0	22	17	52	2.84	3.50	0.47	95.0	2.87	2	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.6	14	.514	.502	$
1905	28	CHW	AL	88.2	13	9	34	3.45	3.66	0.46	93.0	2.97	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.3	3	.464	.497	$
1906	29	CHW	AL	142.0	21	18	46	2.92	3.66	0.30	94.0	3.15	4	0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.7	16	.525	.503	$
1907	30	CHW	AL	96.0	19	13	42	3.94	3.65	0.30	94.0	3.15	-8	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.450	.494	$
7 Seasons				1365.0	184	152	568	3.75	4.35	0.24	94.5	3.89	38	3.9	1.0	-1.2	14.9	153	.521	.503	$

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+
1901	24	20	15	.571	3.37	41	35	6	30	4	0	312.1	345	164	117	11	62	127	11	1	10	1319	103	1.303	9.9	0.3	1.8	3.7	2.05	103
1902	25	39	29	.574	3.23	75	65	10	56	6	0	580.1	607	275	208	16	129	188	14	1	21	2411	106	1.268	9.4	0.2	2.0	2.9	1.46	106
1903	26	54	44	.551	3.05	109	95	14	82	8	1	873.1	882	394	296	21	198	277	25	1	25	3602	106	1.237	9.1	0.2	2.0	2.9	1.40	106
1904	27	63	53	.543	2.93	131	112	19	96	12	1	1038.1	1030	446	338	22	222	341	32	1	27	4248	106	1.206	8.9	0.2	1.9	3.0	1.54	106
1905	28	67	59	.532	2.84	144	121	23	103	12	1	1127.0	1103	480	356	22	238	370	32	1	28	4587	107	1.190	8.8	0.2	1.9	3.0	1.55	107
1906	29	77	66	.538	2.76	165	139	25	115	15	2	1269.0	1222	526	389	23	255	415	36	1	29	5124	109	1.164	8.7	0.2	1.8	2.9	1.63	109
1907	30	81	72	.529	2.75	184	152	29	119	16	2	1365.0	1327	568	417	23	273	442	38	1	30	5519	108	1.172	8.7	0.2	1.8	2.9	1.62	108

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
1901	24	26	14	.650	2.94	367.0	380	133	120	12	68	149	12	1.221	9.3	1.7	3.7	2.19	0.3	41
1902	25	21	12	.636	3.09	300.0	302	114	103	6	77	68	3	1.263	9.1	2.3	2.0	0.88	0.2	34
1903	26	21	14	.600	3.30	316.0	341	129	116	6	86	96	14	1.351	9.7	2.4	2.7	1.12	0.2	34
1904	27	9	7	.563	3.38	152.0	174	63	57	1	28	59	8	1.329	10.3	1.7	3.5	2.11	0.1	22
1905	28	6	3	.667	2.57	84.0	87	27	24	0	19	27	0	1.262	9.3	2.0	2.9	1.42	0.0	13
1906	29	9	5	.643	3.02	134.0	143	50	45	1	20	42	5	1.216	9.6	1.3	2.8	2.10	0.1	21
1907	30	5	4	.556	3.84	89.0	125	42	38	0	21	25	2	1.640	12.6	2.1	2.5	1.19	0.0	19
7 Yrs		97	59	.622	3.14	1442.0	1552	558	503	26	319	466	44	1.298	9.7		2.9	1.46	0.2	184

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 2.75 (90th)	Wins s c a p y 1901 AL 20 (6th) 1902 AL 19 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1901 AL .571 (10th) 1902 AL .576 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1901 AL 1.303 (8th) 1902 AL 1.228 (10th) 1904 AL 1.042 (8th) Career 1.172 (90th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 AL 1.787 (7th) 1904 AL 1.309 (3rd) Career 1.800 (52nd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 AL 3.660 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1901 AL 41 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 1903 AL 1 (6th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1901 AL 312.3 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1901 AL 127 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1901 AL 35 (6th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1901 AL 30 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1901 AL 4 (3rd) 1902 AL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1901 AL 11 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1903 AL 69 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1901 AL 345 (4th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1901 AL 2.048 (2nd) 1904 AL 2.667 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1904 AL 0.055 (10th) Career 0.152 (100th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1901 AL 117 (10th) 1903 AL 88 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1901 AL 10 (5th) 1902 AL 11 (2nd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1903 AL 11 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1901 AL 1,319 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1901 AL 6 (5th) 1902 AL 4 (8th) 1903 AL 4 (10th) 1904 AL 5 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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