Big Jeff Pfeffer
Francis Xavier Pfeffer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 31, 1882 in Champaign, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1905
Final Game: October 9, 1911
Died: December 19, 1954 in Kankakee, IL
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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
1905 23 CHC NL 4 4 .500 2.50 15 11 4 9 0 0 101.0 84 36 28 2 36 56 4 0 4 390 119 1.188 7.5 0.2 3.2 5.0 1.56
1906 24 BSN NL 13 22 .371 2.95 35 35 0 33 4 0 302.1 270 138 99 4 114 158 16 1 3 1269 91 1.270 8.0 0.1 3.4 4.7 1.39
1907 25 BSN NL 6 8 .429 3.00 19 16 1 12 1 0 144.0 129 62 48 3 61 65 7 0 1 577 85 1.319 8.1 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.07
1908 26 BSN NL 0 0 12.60 4 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 18 16 14 1 8 3 0 0 0 55 19 2.600 16.2 0.9 7.2 2.7 0.38
1910 28 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 3.27 13 1 10 1 0 0 41.1 43 31 15 1 16 11 1 0 1 170 88 1.427 9.4 0.2 3.5 2.4 0.69
1911 29 BSN NL 7 5 .583 4.73 26 6 16 4 1 2 97.0 116 74 51 3 57 24 0 0 1 442 80 1.784 10.8 0.3 5.3 2.2 0.42
6 Seasons 31 39 .443 3.30 112 69 34 59 6 2 695.2 660 357 255 14 292 317 28 1 10 2903 86 1.368 8.5 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.09
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .443 3.30 42 26 13 22 2 1 261 248 134 96 5 110 119 11 0 4 1091 86 1.368 8.5 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.09
BSN (4 yrs) 26 35 .426 3.45 84 57 20 49 6 2 553.1 533 290 212 11 240 250 23 1 5 2343 82 1.397 8.7 0.2 3.9 4.1 1.04
CHC (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 2.72 28 12 14 10 0 0 142.1 127 67 43 3 52 67 5 0 5 560 108 1.258 8.0 0.2 3.3 4.2 1.29

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+
1905 23 4 4 .500 2.50 15 11 4 9 0 0 101.0 84 36 28 2 36 56 4 0 4 390 119 1.188 7.5 0.2 3.2 5.0 1.56 119
1906 24 17 26 .395 2.83 50 46 4 42 4 0 403.1 354 174 127 6 150 214 20 1 7 1659 97 1.250 7.9 0.1 3.3 4.8 1.43 97
1907 25 23 34 .404 2.88 69 62 5 54 5 0 547.1 483 236 175 9 211 279 27 1 8 2236 94 1.268 7.9 0.1 3.5 4.6 1.32 94
1908 26 23 34 .404 3.05 73 62 8 54 5 0 557.1 501 252 189 10 219 282 27 1 8 2291 88 1.292 8.1 0.2 3.5 4.6 1.29 88
1909 27 23 34 .404 3.05 73 62 8 54 5 0 557.1 501 252 189 10 219 282 27 1 8 2291 88 1.292 8.1 0.2 3.5 4.6 1.29 88
1910 28 24 34 .414 3.07 86 63 18 55 5 0 598.2 544 283 204 11 235 293 28 1 9 2461 88 1.301 8.2 0.2 3.5 4.4 1.25 88
1911 29 31 39 .443 3.30 112 69 34 59 6 2 695.2 660 357 255 14 292 317 28 1 10 2903 86 1.368 8.5 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.09 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
1905 23 6 4 .600 3.00 93.0 87 34 31 2 37 52 4 1.333 8.4 3.6 5.0 1.41 0.2 15
1906 24 16 16 .500 3.87 293.0 309 140 126 5 130 153 18 1.498 9.5 4.0 4.7 1.18 0.2 35
1907 25 6 8 .429 4.43 128.0 146 70 63 3 69 58 8 1.680 10.3 4.9 4.1 0.84 0.2 19
1908 26 0 1 .000 19.00 9.0 21 21 19 1 9 3 0 3.333 21.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 1.0 4
1910 28 2 2 .500 4.26 38.0 46 20 18 1 17 10 1 1.658 10.9 4.0 2.4 0.59 0.2 13
1911 29 5 5 .500 4.36 97.0 112 52 47 3 55 24 0 1.722 10.4 5.1 2.2 0.44 0.3 26
6 Seasons 35 36 .493 4.16 658.0 721 337 304 15 317 300 31 1.578 9.9 4.1 0.95 0.2 112

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL--4.703--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1906 NL--302.3--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 NL--158--2nd

Games Started s c a p y
1906 NL--35--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1906 NL--33--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 NL--4--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1906 NL--114--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1906 NL--270--7th

Losses s c a p y
1906 NL--22--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1906 NL--99--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1906 NL--16--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 NL--1269--3rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1911 NL--16--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jack Rowan (980)
  2. George Kahler (980)
  3. George Chalmers (979)
  4. George Ferguson (978)
  5. Ray Keating (977)
  6. George Baumgardner (974)
  7. Marty O'Toole (974)
  8. Jack Sutthoff (971)
  9. Ed Lafitte (969)
  10. Roy Mitchell (969)
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  1. Eric Erickson (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Buster Brown (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Henry Gruber (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Oeschger (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rip Hagerman (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Lafitte (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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