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Herb Pennock

Herbert Jefferis Pennock (The Squire/Knight Of Kennett Square)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 10, 1894 in Kennett Square, PA
High School: Cedarcroft Boarding School (Kennett Square, PA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1912. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1912
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox/Athletics 1912-1934

Final Game: August 27, 1934
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1948 (94/121 ballots).
   View Herb Pennock Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: January 30, 1948 in New York, NY
Buried: Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #93. David Wells… #94. Don Newcombe… #95. Lefty Gomez… #96. HERB PENNOCK… #97. Jerry Koosman… #98. Wilbur Cooper… #99. Ron Guidry… 

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
1912 18 PHA AL 1 2 .333 4.50 17 2 13 1 0 2 50.0 48 31 25 1 30 38 3 0 2 216 70 1.560 8.6 0.2 5.4 6.8 1.27
1913 19 PHA AL 2 1 .667 5.13 14 3 1 1 0 0 33.1 30 24 19 4 22 17 0 0 1 146 55 1.560 8.1 1.1 5.9 4.6 0.77
1914 20 PHA AL 11 4 .733 2.79 28 14 10 8 3 3 151.2 136 56 47 1 65 90 2 1 8 615 94 1.325 8.1 0.1 3.9 5.3 1.38
1915 21 TOT AL 3 6 .333 6.36 16 9 5 3 1 1 58.0 69 50 41 2 39 31 2 0 2 273 46 1.862 10.7 0.3 6.1 4.8 0.79
1915 21 PHA AL 3 6 .333 5.32 11 8 3 3 1 1 44.0 46 34 26 2 29 24 2 0 2 204 55 1.705 9.4 0.4 5.9 4.9 0.83
1915 21 BOS AL 0 0 9.64 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 23 16 15 0 10 7 0 0 0 69 30 2.357 14.8 0.0 6.4 4.5 0.70
1916 22 BOS AL 0 2 .000 3.04 9 2 6 0 0 1 26.2 23 11 9 0 8 12 1 0 1 103 93 1.163 7.8 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50
1917 23 BOS AL 5 5 .500 3.31 24 5 13 4 1 1 100.2 90 49 37 2 23 35 3 0 0 397 79 1.123 8.0 0.2 2.1 3.1 1.52
1919 25 BOS AL 16 8 .667 2.71 32 26 5 16 5 0 219.0 223 78 66 2 48 70 3 0 7 866 112 1.237 9.2 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.46
1920 26 BOS AL 16 13 .552 3.68 37 31 6 19 4 2 242.1 244 108 99 9 61 68 4 1 2 990 99 1.259 9.1 0.3 2.3 2.5 1.11
1921 27 BOS AL 13 14 .481 4.04 32 31 1 15 1 0 222.2 268 121 100 7 59 91 2 0 0 967 105 1.469 10.8 0.3 2.4 3.7 1.54
1922 28 BOS AL 10 17 .370 4.32 32 26 3 15 1 1 202.0 230 108 97 7 74 59 1 0 7 885 94 1.505 10.2 0.3 3.3 2.6 0.80
1923 29 NYY AL 19 6 .760 3.13 35 27 5 21 1 3 238.1 235 86 83 11 68 93 2 0 1 991 127 1.271 8.9 0.4 2.6 3.5 1.37
1924 30 NYY AL 21 9 .700 2.83 40 34 5 25 4 3 286.1 302 104 90 13 64 101 1 1 4 1201 148 1.278 9.5 0.4 2.0 3.2 1.58 MVP-4
1925 31 NYY AL 16 17 .485 2.96 47 31 11 21 2 2 277.0 267 117 91 11 71 88 2 0 3 1143 144 1.220 8.7 0.4 2.3 2.9 1.24 MVP-21
1926 32 NYY AL 23 11 .676 3.62 40 33 5 19 1 2 266.1 294 133 107 11 43 78 4 0 6 1124 107 1.265 9.9 0.4 1.5 2.6 1.81 MVP-3
1927 33 NYY AL 19 8 .704 3.00 34 26 7 18 1 2 209.2 225 89 70 5 48 51 2 0 0 880 130 1.302 9.7 0.2 2.1 2.2 1.06
1928 34 NYY AL 17 6 .739 2.56 28 24 4 18 5 3 211.0 215 71 60 2 40 53 0 0 3 861 149 1.209 9.2 0.1 1.7 2.3 1.33
1929 35 NYY AL 9 11 .450 4.92 27 23 1 8 1 2 157.1 205 101 86 11 28 49 3 2 2 701 79 1.481 11.7 0.6 1.6 2.8 1.75
1930 36 NYY AL 11 7 .611 4.32 25 19 3 11 1 0 156.1 194 95 75 8 20 46 0 0 4 676 100 1.369 11.2 0.5 1.2 2.6 2.30
1931 37 NYY AL 11 6 .647 4.28 25 25 0 12 1 0 189.1 247 96 90 7 30 65 1 1 3 826 93 1.463 11.7 0.3 1.4 3.1 2.17
1932 38 NYY AL 9 5 .643 4.60 22 21 1 9 1 0 146.2 191 94 75 8 38 54 0 0 4 664 90 1.561 11.7 0.5 2.3 3.3 1.42
1933 39 NYY AL 7 4 .636 5.54 23 5 10 2 1 4 65.0 96 46 40 4 21 22 0 0 4 306 71 1.800 13.3 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.05
1934 40 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 3.05 30 2 20 1 0 1 62.0 68 31 21 2 16 16 0 0 1 265 156 1.355 9.9 0.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
22 Seasons 241 162 .598 3.60 617 419 135 247 35 33 3571.2 3900 1699 1428 128 916 1227 36 6 65 15096 106 1.348 9.8 0.3 2.3 3.1 1.34
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .598 3.60 40 28 9 16 2 2 234 256 112 94 8 60 81 2 0 4 991 106 1.348 9.8 0.3 2.3 3.1 1.34
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
NYY (11 yrs) 162 90 .643 3.54 346 268 52 164 19 21 2203.1 2471 1032 867 91 471 700 15 4 34 9373 114 1.335 10.1 0.4 1.9 2.9 1.49
BOS (8 yrs) 62 59 .512 3.67 201 124 56 70 12 6 1089.1 1169 522 444 29 299 358 14 1 18 4542 100 1.348 9.7 0.2 2.5 3.0 1.20
PHA (4 yrs) 17 13 .567 3.77 70 27 27 13 4 6 279.0 260 145 117 8 146 169 7 1 13 1181 74 1.455 8.4 0.3 4.7 5.5 1.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1912 18 PHA AL 50.0 2 31 28 1 1.0 -3 -0.6 $
1913 19 PHA AL 33.1 3 24 17 0 1.0 -7 -1.1 $
1914 20 PHA AL 151.2 14 56 71 1 1.0 15 1.3 $
1915 21 PHA AL 44.0 8 34 22 -1 1.0 -12 -1.2 $
1915 21 BOS AL 14.0 1 16 7 0 1.0 -9 -1.1 $
1916 22 BOS AL 26.2 2 11 12 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1917 23 BOS AL 100.2 5 42 46 2 1.0 4 0.0 $
1919 25 BOS AL 219.0 26 78 113 2 1.0 35 3.1 $
1920 26 BOS AL 242.1 31 108 145 4 1.0 37 2.9 $
1921 27 BOS AL 222.2 32 121 144 4 1.0 23 1.6 $
1922 28 BOS AL 202.0 26 108 121 0 1.0 13 1.5 $
1923 29 NYY AL 238.1 27 86 144 7 1.0 58 5.0 $
1924 30 NYY AL 286.1 34 104 180 1 1.0 76 7.0 $ MVP-4
1925 31 NYY AL 277.0 31 117 182 0 1.0 65 5.8 $ MVP-21
1926 32 NYY AL 266.1 33 133 161 -2 1.0 28 2.4 $ MVP-3
1927 33 NYY AL 209.2 26 89 131 4 1.0 42 3.0 $
1928 34 NYY AL 211.0 24 71 128 -2 1.0 57 5.3 $
1929 35 NYY AL 157.1 23 101 101 2 1.0 0 -1.1 $
1930 36 NYY AL 156.1 19 95 109 -3 1.0 14 0.9 $
1931 37 NYY AL 189.1 25 96 124 -1 1.0 28 1.9 $
1932 38 NYY AL 146.2 21 94 98 -1 1.0 4 -0.3 $
1933 39 NYY AL 65.0 5 46 42 -1 1.0 -4 -0.7 $
1934 40 BOS AL 62.0 2 31 41 -1 1.0 10 1.2 $
22 Seasons 3571.2 420 1692 2167 16 1.0 475 36.9 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
NYY (11 yrs) 2203.1 268 1032 1400 4 1.0 368 29.2 $
BOS (8 yrs) 1089.1 125 515 629 11 1.0 114 9.3 $
PHA (4 yrs) 279.0 27 145 138 1 1.0 -7 -1.6 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1914 20 PHA AL WS L BSN 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1923 29 NYY AL WS W NYG 2 0 1.000 3.63 3 2 1 1 0 1 17.1 19 7 7 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 70 1.154 9.9 1.6 0.5 4.2 8.00
1926 32 NYY AL WS L STL 2 0 1.000 1.23 3 2 1 2 0 0 22.0 13 3 3 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 82 0.773 5.3 0.0 1.6 3.3 2.00
1927 33 NYY AL WS W PIT 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
1932 38 NYY AL WS W CHC 0 0 2.25 2 0 2 0 0 2 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00
5 Seasons (5 Series) 5 0 1.000 1.95 10 5 5 4 0 3 55.1 39 12 12 3 8 0 24 0 0 0 210 0.849 6.3 0.5 1.3 3.9 3.00
5 WS 5 0 1.000 1.95 10 5 5 4 0 3 55.1 39 12 12 3 8 0 24 0 0 0 210 0.849 6.3 0.5 1.3 3.9 3.00

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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
1912 18 PHA AL 17 16 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .200 .333 -4 3 0 1 1
1913 19 PHA AL 14 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -8 1 0 0 1
1914 20 PHA AL 28 59 56 7 12 0 2 0 9 0 0 2 11 .214 .241 .286 .527 61 16 0 1 1
1915 21 TOT AL 16 24 24 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .333 .583 77 8 0 0 1
1915 21 PHA AL 11 18 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .278 .278 .333 .611 86 6 0 0 1
1915 21 BOS AL 5 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 51 2 0 0 /1
1916 22 BOS AL 11 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 4 1 0 0 /1
1917 23 BOS AL 24 33 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 7 5 .167 .375 .167 .542 66 4 1 1 1
1919 25 BOS AL 32 89 75 7 13 4 0 0 7 0 6 12 .173 .253 .227 .480 38 17 2 6 1
1920 26 BOS AL 38 94 77 7 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 9 18 .260 .345 .299 .644 74 23 1 7 1
1921 27 BOS AL 32 96 85 9 18 8 0 1 11 0 0 6 10 .212 .272 .341 .613 57 29 1 4 1
1922 28 BOS AL 32 71 65 5 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 9 .138 .188 .185 .373 -2 12 0 2 1
1923 29 NYY AL 35 100 83 11 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 9 8 .193 .272 .229 .501 31 19 0 8 1
1924 30 NYY AL 40 119 101 13 16 2 0 2 9 1 0 7 13 .158 .220 .238 .458 18 24 1 10 1 MVP-4
1925 31 NYY AL 47 110 99 6 20 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 7 .202 .218 .232 .450 15 23 0 9 1 MVP-21
1926 32 NYY AL 40 112 85 8 18 2 0 0 6 0 0 10 8 .212 .302 .235 .537 42 20 1 16 1 MVP-3
1927 33 NYY AL 34 85 69 6 15 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 10 .217 .250 .246 .496 30 17 0 13 1
1928 34 NYY AL 28 84 74 1 15 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 7 .203 .234 .203 .436 16 15 0 7 1
1929 35 NYY AL 27 61 51 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .176 .236 .176 .413 11 9 0 6 1
1930 36 NYY AL 25 65 60 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 12 .183 .234 .183 .418 9 11 0 1 1
1931 37 NYY AL 25 82 66 8 10 2 0 1 6 0 0 9 12 .152 .253 .227 .481 30 15 0 7 1
1932 38 NYY AL 22 65 53 4 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 7 5 .151 .250 .189 .439 17 10 0 5 1
1933 39 NYY AL 23 27 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .238 .238 .238 .476 29 5 0 6 1
1934 40 BOS AL 30 15 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 9 3 0 1 1
22 Seasons 620 1426 1214 108 232 33 4 4 103 1 0 94 178 .191 .253 .235 .488 31 285 7 111
162 Game Avg. 162 373 317 28 61 9 1 1 27 0 25 47 .191 .253 .235 .488 31 74 2 29
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
NYY (11 yrs) 346 910 762 66 143 14 1 3 62 1 0 58 93 .188 .247 .220 .467 23 168 2 88
BOS (8 yrs) 204 413 354 33 69 17 1 1 29 0 0 33 61 .195 .273 .257 .530 44 91 5 21
PHA (4 yrs) 70 103 98 9 20 2 2 0 12 0 0 3 24 .204 .228 .265 .493 49 26 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 18 PHA AL 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1913 19 PHA AL 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1914 20 PHA AL 59 -3 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1915 21 PHA AL 18 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1915 21 BOS AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1916 22 BOS AL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1917 23 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1919 25 BOS AL 89 -6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1920 26 BOS AL 94 -3 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1921 27 BOS AL 96 -6 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1922 28 BOS AL 71 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1923 29 NYY AL 100 -8 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1924 30 NYY AL 119 -13 1 0 0 0 7 4 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-4
1925 31 NYY AL 110 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1 MVP-21
1926 32 NYY AL 112 -7 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1 MVP-3
1927 33 NYY AL 85 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $17,500 1
1928 34 NYY AL 84 -9 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $17,500 1
1929 35 NYY AL 61 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $17,500 1
1930 36 NYY AL 65 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
1931 37 NYY AL 82 -8 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1932 38 NYY AL 65 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1
1933 39 NYY AL 27 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1934 40 BOS AL 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
22 Seasons 1426 -126 1 0 0 0 89 44 8 1.1 8 0.8 0.3 $52,500
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
NYY (11 yrs) 910 -91 0 0 0 0 61 28 -2 0.2 -2 -0.2 0.4 $52,500
BOS (8 yrs) 413 -28 0 0 0 0 22 12 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $
PHA (4 yrs) 103 -7 1 0 0 0 6 4 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $

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
1914 20 PHA AL WS BSN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1923 29 NYY AL WS NYG W 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 1 1 0 0 0
1926 32 NYY AL WS STL L 3 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429 2 0 0 1 0 0
1927 33 NYY AL WS PIT W 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 38 NYY AL WS CHC W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 10 21 19 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .053 .100 .105 .205 2 1 1 1 0 0
5 WS 10 21 19 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .053 .100 .105 .205 2 1 1 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1912 PHA AL 18 P 17 50.0 18 2 15 1 0 .944 3.06 1.00 .940 2.95 2.90
1913 PHA AL 19 P 14 33.1 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.43 0.64 .938 3.00 2.98
1914 PHA AL 20 P 28 151.2 49 9 37 3 1 .939 2.73 1.64 .936 2.96 2.93
1915 TOT AL 21 P 16 58.0 19 2 15 2 1 .895 2.64 1.06 .937 3.01 3.00
1915 PHA AL 21 P 11 44.0 17 1 15 1 1 .941 3.27 1.45 .937 3.01 3.00
1915 BOS AL 21 P 5 14.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.64 0.20 .935 3.02 3.00
1916 BOS AL 22 P 9 26.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.36 0.78 .946 2.97 2.96
1917 BOS AL 23 P 24 100.2 33 1 30 2 2 .939 2.77 1.29 .947 3.04 3.05
1919 BOS AL 25 P 32 219.0 60 13 45 2 5 .967 2.38 1.81 .948 2.83 2.83
1920 BOS AL 26 P 37 242.1 60 6 53 1 1 .983 2.19 1.59 .949 2.70 2.68
1921 BOS AL 27 P 32 222.2 72 11 59 2 3 .972 2.83 2.19 .956 2.70 2.68
1922 BOS AL 28 P 32 202.0 65 8 56 1 1 .985 2.85 2.00 .963 2.60 2.59
1923 NYY AL 29 P 35 238.1 71 4 66 1 4 .986 2.64 2.00 .959 2.72 2.70
1924 NYY AL 30 P 40 286.1 71 10 61 0 5 1.000 2.23 1.78 .959 2.53 2.49 MVP-4
1925 NYY AL 31 P 47 277.0 65 7 54 4 3 .938 1.98 1.30 .960 2.66 2.64 MVP-21
1926 NYY AL 32 P 40 266.1 76 2 73 1 6 .987 2.53 1.88 .957 2.66 2.63 MVP-3
1927 NYY AL 33 P 34 209.2 50 4 45 1 2 .980 2.10 1.44 .959 2.62 2.59
1928 NYY AL 34 P 28 211.0 65 5 59 1 3 .985 2.73 2.29 .957 2.44 2.42
1929 NYY AL 35 P 27 157.1 35 4 31 0 2 1.000 2.00 1.30 .958 2.34 2.31
1930 NYY AL 36 P 25 156.1 30 3 26 1 1 .967 1.67 1.16 .946 2.20 2.17
1931 NYY AL 37 P 25 189.1 39 1 37 1 4 .974 1.81 1.52 .954 2.21 2.19
1932 NYY AL 38 P 22 146.2 34 4 29 1 1 .971 2.02 1.50 .958 2.24 2.23
1933 NYY AL 39 P 23 65.0 15 2 12 1 1 .933 1.94 0.61 .960 2.28 2.27
1934 BOS AL 40 P 30 62.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.16 0.27 .956 2.13 2.11
22 Seasons P 617 3571.2 951 101 824 26 46 .973 2.33 1.50 .954 2.60 2.58
22 Seasons TOT 617 3571.2 951 101 824 26 46 .973 2.33 1.50 .954 2.60 2.58
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 7.5%)
1938 BBWAA (14.1%)
1939 BBWAA (14.6%)
1942 BBWAA (30.9%)
1945 BBWAA (18.2%)
1946 Final Ballot ( 6.1%)
1946 Nominating Vote (20.3%)
1947 BBWAA (53.4%)
1948 BBWAA (77.7%)
Selected to HOF in 1948 by BBWAA

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1924 AL (4, 38%)
1925 AL (21, 6%)
1926 AL (3, 50%)
0.94 Career Shares (260th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1924 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1925 AL  5.6 (7th)
1928 AL  5.2 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1923 AL  5.0 (2nd)
1924 AL  7.0 (1st)
1925 AL  5.8 (2nd)
1928 AL  5.3 (3rd)
Career  36.9 (160th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1923 AL  3.13 (7th)
1924 AL  2.83 (3rd)
1925 AL  2.96 (2nd)
1927 AL  3.00 (8th)
1928 AL  2.56 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1923 AL  19 (6th)
1924 AL  21 (2nd)
1925 AL  16 (8th)
1926 AL  23 (2nd)
1927 AL  19 (4th)
1928 AL  17 (8th)
Career  241 (54th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1919 AL  .667 (5th)
1923 AL  .760 (1st)
1924 AL  .700 (2nd)
1926 AL  .676 (2nd)
1927 AL  .704 (4th)
1928 AL  .739 (4th)
1930 AL  .611 (9th)
1931 AL  .647 (6th)
Career  .598 (124th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1920 AL  1.259 (6th)
1923 AL  1.271 (5th)
1924 AL  1.278 (5th)
1925 AL  1.220 (1st)
1926 AL  1.265 (1st)
1928 AL  1.209 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 AL  8.874 (8th)
1925 AL  8.675 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 AL  1.973 (6th)
1920 AL  2.266 (7th)
1924 AL  2.012 (4th)
1925 AL  2.307 (5th)
1926 AL  1.453 (1st)
1927 AL  2.060 (6th)
1928 AL  1.706 (3rd)
1929 AL  1.602 (2nd)
1930 AL  1.151 (1st)
1931 AL  1.426 (1st)
Career  2.308 (202nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1921 AL  3.678 (6th)
1923 AL  3.512 (10th)
1924 AL  3.175 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL  47 (5th)
1926 AL  40 (9th)
Career  617 (170th)

Saves s c a p y
1912 AL  2 (6th)
1914 AL  3 (5th)
1920 AL  2 (7th)
1928 AL  3 (10th)
1933 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1924 AL  286.3 (3rd)
1925 AL  277.0 (1st)
1926 AL  266.3 (3rd)
Career  3,571.7 (64th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL  93 (9th)
1924 AL  101 (4th)
1925 AL  88 (6th)
1926 AL  78 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1924 AL  34 (4th)
1925 AL  31 (7th)
1926 AL  33 (4th)
Career  419 (101st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1923 AL  21 (6th)
1924 AL  25 (3rd)
1925 AL  21 (3rd)
1926 AL  19 (5th)
1927 AL  18 (5th)
Career  247 (83rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1919 AL  5 (2nd)
1920 AL  4 (4th)
1924 AL  4 (3rd)
1925 AL  2 (8th)
1928 AL  5 (1st)
1930 AL  1 (10th)
Career  35 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1913 AL  4 (10th)
1920 AL  9 (10th)
1923 AL  11 (8th)
1924 AL  13 (3rd)
1925 AL  11 (10th)
1926 AL  11 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  916 (146th)

Hits s c a p y
1924 AL  302 (4th)
1925 AL  267 (8th)
1926 AL  294 (2nd)
Career  3,900 (45th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1919 AL  1.458 (9th)
1921 AL  1.542 (3rd)
1923 AL  1.368 (6th)
1924 AL  1.578 (3rd)
1925 AL  1.239 (4th)
1926 AL  1.814 (2nd)
1928 AL  1.325 (10th)
1929 AL  1.750 (3rd)
1930 AL  2.300 (2nd)
1931 AL  2.167 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 AL  0.082 (3rd)
1921 AL  0.283 (10th)
1927 AL  0.215 (10th)
1928 AL  0.085 (1st)
1931 AL  0.333 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1922 AL  17 (3rd)
1925 AL  17 (5th)
Career  162 (115th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1926 AL  107 (2nd)
Career  1,428 (54th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1914 AL  8 (8th)
1919 AL  7 (5th)
1922 AL  7 (1st)
1924 AL  4 (9th)
1926 AL  6 (5th)
1930 AL  4 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1924 AL  1,201 (4th)
1925 AL  1,143 (2nd)
1926 AL  1,124 (3rd)
Career  15,096 (64th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1912 AL  13 (4th)
1917 AL  13 (10th)
1934 AL  20 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1923 AL  127 (4th)
1924 AL  148 (3rd)
1925 AL  144 (2nd)
1927 AL  130 (10th)
1928 AL  149 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1923 AL  28 (1st)
1924 AL  45 (1st)
1925 AL  38 (2nd)
1928 AL  31 (3rd)
Career  105 (237th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1923 AL  2.9 (1st)
1924 AL  4.5 (1st)
1925 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1928 AL  3.2 (3rd)
Career  10.8 (240th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1925 AL  47 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1926 AL  73 (3rd)
Career  824 (54th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1925 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1928 AL  2.29 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1924 AL  1.000 (1st)
1929 AL  1.000 (1st)
1934 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .973 (52nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1931 AL  born 1894-02-10 (8th)
1932 AL  born 1894-02-10 (5th)
1933 AL  born 1894-02-10 (5th)
1934 AL  born 1894-02-10 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1912 AL  born 1894-02-10 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 13 (168), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 153 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 92 (115), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 36 (96), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Waite Hoyt (928) *
  2. Freddie Fitzsimmons (894)
  3. Jesse Haines (892) *
  4. Carl Hubbell (888) *
  5. Clark Griffith (887) *
  6. Charlie Root (882)
  7. Mel Harder (881)
  8. Hooks Dauss (880)
  9. David Wells (877)
  10. Wilbur Cooper (869)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Billy McCool (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sandy Koufax (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Hampton (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Smiley (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Knepper (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Shantz (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Guy Bush (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Trout (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim O'Toole (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Lee (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Sherdel (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Eddie Rommel (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Eddie Rommel (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Lon Warneke (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Warren Spahn (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Stan Coveleski (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Clark Griffith (906) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Waite Hoyt (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Clark Griffith (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Red Faber (893) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Carl Hubbell (984) *
  2. Waite Hoyt (978) *
  3. Eppa Rixey (978) *
  4. Bobo Newsom (976)
  5. Larry French (976)
  6. Bump Hadley (975)
  7. Claude Osteen (974)
  8. Earl Whitehill (972)
  9. Jack Quinn (971)
  10. Deacon Phillippe (971)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Pete Alexander (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ray Sadecki (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Carlton (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Rommel (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bump Hadley (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bump Hadley (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bump Hadley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carl Hubbell (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carl Hubbell (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carl Hubbell (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carl Hubbell (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carl Hubbell (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192733New York Yankees$17,5005/23/27 AL letter
192834New York Yankees$17,5005/23/27 AL letter
192935New York Yankees$17,5005/23/27 AL letter
Career to date (may be incomplete)$52,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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