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Elmer Riddle
Elmer Ray Riddle
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1939
Final Game: August 3, 1949
Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA
Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle
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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
1939 24 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 CIN NL 1 2 .333 1.87 15 1 12 1 0 2 33.2 30 12 7 0 17 9 0 0 0 142 204 1.396 8.0 0.0 4.5 2.4 0.53
1941 26 CIN NL 19 4 .826 2.24 33 22 4 15 4 1 216.2 180 68 54 8 59 80 5 0 2 884 162 1.103 7.5 0.3 2.5 3.3 1.36 MVP-5
1942 27 CIN NL 7 11 .389 3.69 29 19 5 7 1 0 158.1 157 74 65 7 79 78 4 0 2 700 90 1.491 8.9 0.4 4.5 4.4 0.99
1943 28 CIN NL 21 11 .656 2.63 36 33 3 19 5 3 260.1 235 87 76 6 107 69 2 0 0 1086 127 1.314 8.1 0.2 3.7 2.4 0.64 MVP-7
1944 29 CIN NL 2 2 .500 4.05 4 4 0 2 0 0 26.2 25 12 12 0 12 6 0 0 0 113 86 1.388 8.4 0.0 4.1 2.0 0.50
1945 30 CIN NL 1 4 .200 8.19 12 3 6 0 0 0 29.2 39 27 27 4 27 5 0 0 1 146 46 2.225 11.8 1.2 8.2 1.5 0.19
1947 32 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 8.31 16 3 6 0 0 0 30.1 42 30 28 5 31 8 1 0 0 159 49 2.407 12.5 1.5 9.2 2.4 0.26
1948 33 PIT NL 12 10 .545 3.49 28 27 1 12 3 1 191.0 184 83 74 20 81 63 3 0 9 828 117 1.387 8.7 0.9 3.8 3.0 0.78 AS
1949 34 PIT NL 1 8 .111 5.33 16 12 3 1 0 1 74.1 81 45 44 9 45 24 4 1 0 341 79 1.695 9.8 1.1 5.4 2.9 0.53
10 Seasons 65 52 .556 3.40 190 124 40 57 13 8 1023.0 974 438 387 59 458 342 19 1 14 4406 107 1.400 8.6 0.5 4.0 3.0 0.75
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .556 3.40 41 27 9 12 3 2 222 211 95 84 13 99 74 4 0 3 954 107 1.400 8.6 0.5 4.0 3.0 0.75
CIN (8 yrs) 52 34 .605 3.20 146 85 36 44 10 6 757.2 709 310 269 30 332 255 12 0 5 3237 109 1.374 8.4 0.4 3.9 3.0 0.77
PIT (2 yrs) 13 18 .419 4.00 44 39 4 13 3 2 265.1 265 128 118 29 126 87 7 1 9 1169 103 1.474 9.0 1.0 4.3 3.0 0.69

Postseason Pitching

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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
1940 25 CIN NL WS W DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
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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
1939 24 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 25 CIN NL 15 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 10 1 0 0 0 1
1941 26 CIN NL 33 83 71 10 16 4 0 0 9 0 3 11 .225 .257 .282 .538 51 20 1 0 9 1 MVP-5
1942 27 CIN NL 29 60 58 4 15 1 0 0 5 0 2 12 .259 .283 .276 .559 64 16 0 0 0 1
1943 28 CIN NL 36 104 93 6 18 3 0 0 7 0 5 11 .194 .235 .226 .461 34 21 2 0 6 1 MVP-7
1944 29 CIN NL 4 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 1 /1
1945 30 CIN NL 12 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 77 4 0 0 0 1
1947 32 CIN NL 16 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 -18 0 1 0 1 1
1948 33 PIT NL 29 74 64 6 12 1 0 1 5 1 4 16 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 16 0 0 6 1 AS
1949 34 PIT NL 16 24 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 .136 .174 .136 .310 -16 3 1 0 1 1
10 Seasons 191 382 339 30 69 10 0 1 28 1 0 19 69 .204 .246 .242 .488 38 82 5 0 24 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 324 288 25 59 8 0 1 24 1 16 59 .204 .246 .242 .488 38 70 4 0 20
CIN (8 yrs) 146 284 253 24 54 9 0 0 21 0 0 14 43 .213 .255 .249 .504 45 63 4 0 17 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 45 98 86 6 15 1 0 1 7 1 5 26 .174 .220 .221 .441 18 19 1 0 7
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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 Awards
1939 CIN NL 24 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1940 CIN NL 25 P 15 7 0 7 0 2 1.000 0.47 .957 1.10
1941 CIN NL 26 P 33 50 7 43 0 2 1.000 1.52 .964 1.09 MVP-5
1942 CIN NL 27 P 29 35 7 28 0 3 1.000 1.21 .966 1.17
1943 CIN NL 28 P 36 65 16 48 1 4 .985 1.78 .960 1.16 MVP-7
1944 CIN NL 29 P 4 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.50 .960 1.10
1945 CIN NL 30 P 12 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.67 .962 1.06
1947 CIN NL 32 P 16 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.19 .967 0.91
1948 PIT NL 33 P 28 48 9 37 2 3 .958 1.64 .962 0.91 AS
1949 PIT NL 34 P 16 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 .950 0.91
10 Seasons P 190 236 49 184 3 15 .987 1.23 .962 1.06
10 Seasons TOT 190 236 49 184 3 15 .987 1.23 .949 1.06

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1941-NL-5-28%
1943-NL-7-20%
0.49 Career Shares (437th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 NL--2.243--1st
1943 NL--2.627--8th
1948 NL--3.487--10th

Wins s c a p y
1941 NL--19--3rd
1943 NL--21--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 NL--.826--1st
1943 NL--.656--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 NL--1.103--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL--7.477--5th
1943 NL--8.124--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL--2.451--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL--4.434--6th

Saves s c a p y
1943 NL--3--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1943 NL--260.3--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1943 NL--33--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 NL--15--10th
1943 NL--19--7th
1948 NL--12--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1941 NL--4--5th
1943 NL--5--3rd
1948 NL--3--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL--20--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 NL--79--9th
1943 NL--107--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1943 NL--235--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL--.332--7th
1943 NL--.207--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1943 NL--76--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 NL--9--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 NL--5--5th
1942 NL--4--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1943 NL--1086--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 NL--162--1st
1943 NL--127--9th
1948 NL--117--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1939 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 NL--0--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1939 NL--0--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Spec Shea (954)
  7. Atley Donald (954)
  8. Steve Busby (951)
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  2. Hank Borowy (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hank Borowy (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Urban Shocker (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dolf Luque (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Spec Shea (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Hatten (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Curt Davis (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 10, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds.

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