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Jeff Pfeffer

Edward Joseph Pfeffer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 4, 1888 in Seymour, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1911
Teams (by GP): Robins/Cardinals/Pirates/Superbas/Browns 1911-1924

Final Game: September 26, 1924
Died: August 15, 1972 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1911 23 SLB AL 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 11 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 41 49 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
1913 25 BRO NL 0 1 .000 3.33 5 2 2 1 0 0 24.1 28 16 9 0 13 13 4 0 1 114 100 1.685 10.4 0.0 4.8 4.8 1.00
1914 26 BRO NL 23 12 .657 1.97 43 34 11 27 3 4 315.0 264 99 69 9 91 135 7 2 3 1268 144 1.127 7.5 0.3 2.6 3.9 1.48
1915 27 BRO NL 19 14 .576 2.10 40 34 6 26 6 3 291.2 243 93 68 8 76 84 17 1 4 1177 132 1.094 7.5 0.2 2.3 2.6 1.11
1916 28 BRO NL 25 11 .694 1.92 41 36 3 30 6 1 328.2 274 91 70 5 63 128 17 0 6 1298 139 1.025 7.5 0.1 1.7 3.5 2.03
1917 29 BRO NL 11 15 .423 2.23 30 30 0 24 3 0 266.0 225 84 66 4 66 115 16 0 4 1081 124 1.094 7.6 0.1 2.2 3.9 1.74
1918 30 BRO NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 31 0.556 2.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 0.33
1919 31 BRO NL 17 13 .567 2.66 30 30 0 26 4 0 267.0 270 95 79 7 49 92 12 0 1 1099 112 1.195 9.1 0.2 1.7 3.1 1.88
1920 32 BRO NL 16 9 .640 3.01 30 28 2 20 2 0 215.0 225 81 72 5 45 80 5 0 5 898 106 1.256 9.4 0.2 1.9 3.3 1.78
1921 33 TOT NL 10 8 .556 4.35 24 18 5 9 1 0 130.1 151 70 63 3 37 30 6 0 2 561 86 1.442 10.4 0.2 2.6 2.1 0.81
1921 33 BRO NL 1 5 .167 4.55 6 5 1 2 0 0 31.2 36 19 16 0 9 8 1 0 0 135 88 1.421 10.2 0.0 2.6 2.3 0.89
1921 33 STL NL 9 3 .750 4.29 18 13 4 7 1 0 98.2 115 51 47 3 28 22 5 0 2 426 85 1.449 10.5 0.3 2.6 2.0 0.79
1922 34 STL NL 19 12 .613 3.58 44 32 6 19 1 2 261.1 286 126 104 12 58 83 11 0 4 1124 108 1.316 9.8 0.4 2.0 2.9 1.43
1923 35 STL NL 8 9 .471 4.02 26 18 4 7 1 0 152.1 171 80 68 8 40 32 9 0 1 667 97 1.385 10.1 0.5 2.4 1.9 0.80
1924 36 TOT NL 9 8 .529 4.35 31 16 10 4 0 0 136.2 170 75 66 6 47 39 1 1 3 609 88 1.588 11.2 0.4 3.1 2.6 0.83
1924 36 STL NL 4 5 .444 5.31 16 12 2 3 0 0 78.0 102 52 46 3 30 20 1 1 3 357 72 1.692 11.8 0.3 3.5 2.3 0.67
1924 36 PIT NL 5 3 .625 3.07 15 4 8 1 0 0 58.2 68 23 20 3 17 19 0 0 0 252 126 1.449 10.4 0.5 2.6 2.9 1.12
13 Yrs 158 112 .585 2.77 347 279 51 194 28 10 2407.1 2320 921 742 67 592 836 105 4 34 9968 113 1.210 8.7 0.3 2.2 3.1 1.41
162 Game Avg. 17 12 .585 2.77 38 30 6 21 3 1 261 252 100 81 7 64 91 11 0 4 1083 113 1.210 8.7 0.3 2.2 3.1 1.41
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
BRO (9 yrs) 113 80 .585 2.31 226 200 25 157 25 8 1748.1 1567 578 449 38 415 656 79 3 24 7101 125 1.134 8.1 0.2 2.1 3.4 1.58
STL (4 yrs) 40 29 .580 4.04 104 75 16 36 3 2 590.1 674 309 265 26 156 157 26 1 10 2574 95 1.406 10.3 0.4 2.4 2.4 1.01
PIT (1 yr) 5 3 .625 3.07 15 4 8 1 0 0 58.2 68 23 20 3 17 19 0 0 0 252 126 1.449 10.4 0.5 2.6 2.9 1.12
SLB (1 yr) 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 11 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 41 49 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
NL (12 yrs) 158 112 .585 2.76 345 279 49 194 28 10 2397.1 2309 910 734 67 588 832 105 4 34 9927 114 1.208 8.7 0.3 2.2 3.1 1.42
AL (1 yr) 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 11 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 41 49 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00

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 RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1911 23 SLB AL 10.0 2 0 11 9.90 4.73 -0.07 0.00 101.0 4.85 -6 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .276 .497 $
1913 25 BRO NL 24.1 5 2 16 5.92 4.18 0.10 0.00 102.0 4.16 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .403 .497 $
1914 26 BRO NL 315.0 43 34 99 2.83 3.81 -0.06 0.00 102.0 3.95 42 5.3 1.0 -0.2 7.4 64 .623 .533 $
1915 27 BRO NL 291.2 40 34 93 2.87 3.64 0.03 0.00 101.0 3.65 28 3.6 1.0 -0.2 5.5 47 .589 .522 $
1916 28 BRO NL 328.2 41 36 91 2.49 3.41 0.11 0.00 102.0 3.36 31 4.2 1.0 -0.2 6.4 54 .603 .526 $
1917 29 BRO NL 266.0 30 30 84 2.84 3.56 -0.03 0.00 102.0 3.66 24 3.2 -0.1 4.9 43 .606 .520 $
1918 30 BRO NL 9.0 1 1 0 0.00 4.07 -0.05 0.00 100.0 4.12 4 0.4 -0.0 0.4 5 .878 .502 $
1919 31 BRO NL 267.0 30 30 95 3.20 3.49 -0.19 0.00 103.1 3.79 19 2.4 -0.2 4.1 35 .581 .515 $
1920 32 BRO NL 215.0 30 28 81 3.39 3.76 0.01 0.00 103.1 3.87 12 1.4 1.0 -0.1 3.0 29 .548 .509 $
1921 33 BRO NL 31.1 6 5 19 5.46 4.59 -0.12 0.00 100.5 4.73 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .460 .499 $
1921 33 STL NL 97.2 18 13 51 4.70 4.30 0.06 0.00 98.5 4.17 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.2 4 .470 .497 $
1922 34 STL NL 261.1 44 32 126 4.34 4.88 -0.42 0.00 96.0 5.09 20 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.9 50 .545 .512 $
1923 35 STL NL 152.1 26 18 80 4.73 4.84 -0.07 0.00 95.0 4.67 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 15 .494 .499 $
1924 36 STL NL 78.0 16 12 52 6.00 4.62 -0.05 0.00 96.1 4.49 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .424 .492 $
1924 36 PIT NL 58.2 15 4 23 3.53 4.48 0.53 0.00 101.6 4.01 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 9 .524 .502 $
13 Seasons 2406.0 347 279 921 3.45 3.93 -0.05 0.00 100.6 3.99 150 19.7 1.0 -1.4 36.3 341 .557 .508 $
BRO (9 yrs) 1748.0 226 200 578 2.98 3.63 -0.02 0.00 102.1 3.73 152 19.8 1.0 -1.1 31.4 274 .587 .514 $
STL (4 yrs) 589.1 104 75 309 4.72 4.74 -0.20 0.00 96.2 4.75 0 0.0 1.0 -0.3 4.5 63 .500 .500 $
PIT (1 yr) 58.2 15 4 23 3.53 4.48 0.53 0.00 101.6 4.01 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 9 .524 .502 $
SLB (1 yr) 10.0 2 0 11 9.90 4.73 -0.07 0.00 101.0 4.85 -6 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .276 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1916 28 BRO NL WS L BOS 0 1 .000 1.69 3 1 2 0 0 1 10.2 7 5 2 0 4 0 5 0 0 2 42 1.031 5.9 0.0 3.4 4.2 1.25
1920 32 BRO NL WS L CLE 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15 2.000 12.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 1.98 4 1 3 0 0 1 13.2 11 6 3 0 6 1 6 0 0 3 57 1.244 7.2 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00
2 WS 0 1 .000 1.98 4 1 3 0 0 1 13.2 11 6 3 0 6 1 6 0 0 3 57 1.244 7.2 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1918 30 BRO NL 31 0.0% 3.2% 9.7% 0.0% 0% 87%
1919 31 BRO NL 1099 0.6% 8.4% 4.5% 4.6% 19% 83%
1920 32 BRO NL 898 0.6% 8.9% 5.0% 4.3% 17% 82%
1921 33 TOT NL 562 0.5% 5.3% 6.6% 82%
1921 33 BRO NL 136 0.0% 5.9% 6.6% 79%
1921 33 STL NL 426 0.7% 5.2% 6.6% 83%
1922 34 STL NL 1126 1.1% 7.4% 5.2% 83%
1923 35 STL NL 667 1.2% 4.8% 6.0% 2.6% 10% 83%
1924 36 TOT NL 609 1.0% 6.4% 7.7% 1.8% 7% 83%
1924 36 STL NL 357 0.8% 5.6% 8.4% 2.2% 8% 83%
1924 36 PIT NL 252 1.2% 7.5% 6.8% 1.2% 4% 83%
7 Yrs 4992 0.8% 7.2% 5.6% 2.3% 9% 83%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.5% 7.5% 2.7% 11% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1911 23 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 11 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 41 49 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00 49
1912 24 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 11 8 0 4 4 0 0 0 41 49 1.500 9.9 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00 49
1913 25 0 1 .000 4.46 7 2 4 1 0 0 34.1 39 27 17 0 17 17 4 0 1 155 76 1.631 10.2 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 76
1914 26 23 13 .639 2.22 50 36 15 28 3 4 349.1 303 126 86 9 108 152 11 2 4 1423 131 1.177 7.8 0.2 2.8 3.9 1.41 131
1915 27 42 27 .609 2.16 90 70 21 54 9 7 641.0 546 219 154 17 184 236 28 3 8 2600 132 1.139 7.7 0.2 2.6 3.3 1.28 132
1916 28 67 38 .638 2.08 131 106 24 84 15 8 969.2 820 310 224 22 247 364 45 3 14 3898 134 1.100 7.6 0.2 2.3 3.4 1.47 134
1917 29 78 53 .595 2.11 161 136 24 108 18 8 1235.2 1045 394 290 26 313 479 61 3 18 4979 132 1.099 7.6 0.2 2.3 3.5 1.53 132
1918 30 79 53 .598 2.10 162 137 24 109 19 8 1244.2 1047 394 290 26 316 480 61 3 18 5010 133 1.095 7.6 0.2 2.3 3.5 1.52 133
1919 31 96 66 .593 2.20 192 167 24 135 23 8 1511.2 1317 489 369 33 365 572 73 3 19 6109 128 1.113 7.8 0.2 2.2 3.4 1.57 128
1920 32 112 75 .599 2.30 222 195 26 155 25 8 1726.2 1542 570 441 38 410 652 78 3 24 7007 125 1.131 8.0 0.2 2.1 3.4 1.59 125
1921 33 122 83 .595 2.44 246 213 31 164 26 8 1857.0 1693 640 504 41 447 682 84 3 26 7568 120 1.152 8.2 0.2 2.2 3.3 1.53 120
1922 34 141 95 .597 2.58 290 245 37 183 27 10 2118.1 1979 766 608 53 505 765 95 3 30 8692 118 1.173 8.4 0.2 2.1 3.3 1.51 118
1923 35 149 104 .589 2.68 316 263 41 190 28 10 2270.2 2150 846 676 61 545 797 104 3 31 9359 116 1.187 8.5 0.2 2.2 3.2 1.46 116
1924 36 158 112 .585 2.77 347 279 51 194 28 10 2407.1 2320 921 742 67 592 836 105 4 34 9968 113 1.210 8.7 0.3 2.2 3.1 1.41 113

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1911 23 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 12 9 8 0 4 4 0 1.778 12.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 0.0 2
1913 25 1 1 .500 3.75 24.0 29 11 10 0 13 13 4 1.750 10.9 4.9 4.9 1.00 0.0 5
1914 26 24 9 .727 2.39 305.0 292 90 81 10 101 131 8 1.289 8.6 3.0 3.9 1.30 0.3 43
1915 27 21 10 .677 2.73 280.0 277 94 85 9 87 81 19 1.300 8.9 2.8 2.6 0.93 0.3 40
1916 28 24 10 .706 2.63 312.0 319 101 91 6 73 122 20 1.256 9.2 2.1 3.5 1.67 0.2 41
1917 29 18 10 .643 2.94 257.0 259 93 84 5 76 111 18 1.304 9.1 2.7 3.9 1.46 0.2 30
1918 30 1 0 1.000 0.00 12.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.333 0.0 3.0 0.8 0.25 0.0 1
1919 31 18 13 .581 3.44 285.0 341 121 109 9 62 98 15 1.414 10.8 2.0 3.1 1.58 0.3 30
1920 32 13 10 .565 3.49 214.0 248 92 83 6 50 80 6 1.393 10.4 2.1 3.4 1.60 0.3 30
1921 33 6 8 .429 4.57 130.0 158 73 66 3 39 30 6 1.515 10.9 2.7 2.1 0.77 0.2 24
1922 34 17 13 .567 3.38 272.0 290 113 102 12 59 86 11 1.283 9.6 2.0 2.8 1.46 0.4 44
1923 35 9 8 .529 3.79 159.0 174 74 67 8 41 33 9 1.352 9.8 2.3 1.9 0.80 0.5 26
1924 36 7 8 .467 4.50 138.0 178 77 69 6 49 39 1 1.645 11.6 3.2 2.5 0.80 0.4 31
13 Yrs 159 101 .612 3.21 2397.0 2577 948 855 74 658 829 117 1.350 9.7 3.1 1.26 0.3 347

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1914 NL  7.3 (3rd)
1915 NL  6.0 (4th)
1916 NL  7.2 (2nd)
1922 NL  4.3 (10th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1914 NL  7.4 (3rd)
1915 NL  5.5 (4th)
1916 NL  6.4 (2nd)
1917 NL  4.9 (4th)
1919 NL  4.1 (5th)
1922 NL  3.9 (6th)
Career  36.3 (170th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 NL  1.97 (3rd)
1915 NL  2.10 (4th)
1916 NL  1.92 (5th)
1917 NL  2.23 (10th)
Career  2.77 (95th)

Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  23 (6th)
1915 NL  19 (6th)
1916 NL  25 (2nd)
1919 NL  17 (7th)
1922 NL  19 (4th)
Career  158 (223rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1914 NL  .657 (5th)
1916 NL  .694 (3rd)
1920 NL  .640 (4th)
1922 NL  .613 (7th)
Career  .585 (165th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 NL  1.127 (5th)
1915 NL  1.094 (8th)
1916 NL  1.025 (5th)
1922 NL  1.316 (9th)
Career  1.210 (154th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  7.543 (8th)
1915 NL  7.498 (10th)
1917 NL  7.613 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 NL  1.725 (6th)
1919 NL  1.652 (8th)
Career  2.213 (164th)

Games Played s c a p y
1914 NL  43 (10th)
1916 NL  41 (9th)
1922 NL  44 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1914 NL  4 (4th)
1915 NL  3 (5th)
1922 NL  2 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 NL  315.0 (6th)
1915 NL  291.7 (5th)
1916 NL  328.7 (2nd)
1919 NL  267.0 (6th)
1922 NL  261.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 NL  135 (8th)
1916 NL  128 (9th)
1917 NL  115 (10th)
1919 NL  92 (7th)
1922 NL  83 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1915 NL  34 (7th)
1916 NL  36 (5th)
1919 NL  30 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1914 NL  27 (5th)
1915 NL  26 (3rd)
1916 NL  30 (2nd)
1917 NL  24 (6th)
1919 NL  26 (2nd)
1922 NL  19 (8th)
Career  194 (147th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1915 NL  6 (4th)
1916 NL  6 (2nd)
1919 NL  4 (5th)
Career  28 (134th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  9 (3rd)
1915 NL  8 (3rd)
1919 NL  7 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  91 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1914 NL  264 (6th)
1915 NL  243 (7th)
1916 NL  274 (2nd)
1919 NL  270 (2nd)
1922 NL  286 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  1.484 (10th)
1916 NL  2.032 (9th)
1919 NL  1.878 (8th)
1920 NL  1.778 (7th)
1922 NL  1.431 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  0.251 (231st)

Losses s c a p y
1917 NL  15 (10th)
1919 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1919 NL  79 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1916 NL  6 (10th)
1920 NL  5 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1915 NL  17 (2nd)
1916 NL  17 (1st)
1917 NL  16 (1st)
1919 NL  12 (3rd)
1922 NL  11 (3rd)
1923 NL  9 (6th)
Career  105 (70th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 NL  1,268 (7th)
1915 NL  1,177 (5th)
1916 NL  1,298 (2nd)
1919 NL  1,099 (5th)
1922 NL  1,124 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 NL  144 (3rd)
1915 NL  132 (4th)
1916 NL  139 (5th)
1917 NL  125 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  29 (2nd)
1915 NL  21 (4th)
1916 NL  27 (2nd)
1917 NL  17 (6th)
Career  104 (232nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  3.3 (2nd)
1915 NL  2.4 (4th)
1916 NL  3.3 (2nd)
1917 NL  2.0 (6th)
Career  12.4 (188th)

Oldest s c a p y
1924 NL  born 1888-03-04 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 123 (148), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 64 (193), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 29 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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