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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

Standard Batting

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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
1905 23 CHC NL 15 41 40 4 8 3 0 0 3 2 0 .200 .200 .275 .475 39 11 0 1 1
1906 24 BSN NL 60 172 158 10 31 3 3 1 11 4 5 .196 .253 .272 .525 66 43 7 2 1O
1907 25 BSN NL 21 64 60 1 15 3 0 0 6 0 2 .250 .286 .300 .586 83 18 1 1 1
1908 26 BSN NL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1910 28 CHC NL 14 19 17 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 .176 .222 .353 .575 68 6 0 1 1/O
1911 29 BSN NL 33 52 46 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 5 7 .196 .288 .304 .593 61 14 1 0 1/O3
6 Seasons 147 350 323 20 66 12 4 2 28 6 13 8 .204 .255 .285 .540 64 92 9 5
162 Game Avg. 162 386 356 22 73 13 4 2 31 7 14 .204 .255 .285 .540 64 101 10 6
BSN (4 yrs) 118 290 266 15 55 8 3 2 23 4 12 7 .207 .265 .282 .547 68 75 9 3
CHC (2 yrs) 29 60 57 5 11 4 1 0 5 2 1 1 .193 .207 .298 .505 47 17 0 2

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1905 CHC NL 23 P 15 28 4 24 0 0 1.000 1.87 .939 2.42
1906 BSN NL 24 P 36 108 13 91 4 0 .963 2.89 .947 2.40
1906 BSN NL 24 OF 14 22 19 2 1 1 .955 1.50 .959 1.86 5-3-7
1907 BSN NL 25 P 19 44 4 38 2 0 .955 2.21 .950 2.27
1908 BSN NL 26 P 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 2.12
1910 CHC NL 28 P 13 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 0.77 .940 1.77
1910 CHC NL 28 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.10 0-0-1
1911 BSN NL 29 P 26 33 8 25 0 0 1.000 1.27 .939 1.72
1911 BSN NL 29 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.07 0-3-0
1911 BSN NL 29 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90
6 Seasons P 113 224 29 189 6 0 .973 1.93 .946 2.14
3 Seasons OF 18 25 22 2 1 1 .960 1.33 .960 1.91 5-6-8
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90
6 Seasons TOT 132 249 51 191 7 1 .972 1.83 .919 2.17 5-6-8

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)
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  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 13, 1905: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jack O'Neill to the Boston Beaneaters for Pat Moran.

January 26, 1909: Purchased by Baltimore (Eastern) from the Boston Doves.

September 1, 1909: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Toronto (Eastern) in the 1909 rule 5 draft.

February 25, 1911: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Scotty Ingerton to the Boston Rustlers for Dave Shean.

April 17, 1912: Released by the Boston Braves.

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