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Dick Rudolph

Richard Rudolph (Baldy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 25, 1887 in New York, NY
School: Fordham University (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1910
Teams (by GP): Braves/Giants 1910-1927

Final Game: September 11, 1927
Died: October 20, 1949 in Bronx, NY
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
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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
1910 22 NYG NL 0 1 .000 7.50 3 1 2 1 0 2 12.0 21 11 10 0 2 9 0 0 0 62 41 1.917 15.8 0.0 1.5 6.8 4.50
1911 23 NYG NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 45 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1913 25 BSN NL 14 13 .519 2.92 33 22 10 17 2 0 249.1 258 101 81 4 59 109 2 1 2 1032 112 1.271 9.3 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.85
1914 26 BSN NL 26 10 .722 2.35 42 36 6 31 6 0 336.1 288 105 88 9 61 138 4 0 7 1302 120 1.038 7.7 0.2 1.6 3.7 2.26 MVP-7
1915 27 BSN NL 22 19 .537 2.37 44 43 1 30 3 1 341.1 304 125 90 4 64 147 6 0 6 1362 114 1.078 8.0 0.1 1.7 3.9 2.30
1916 28 BSN NL 19 12 .613 2.16 41 38 3 27 5 3 312.0 266 93 75 7 38 133 3 1 5 1206 113 0.974 7.7 0.2 1.1 3.8 3.50
1917 29 BSN NL 13 14 .481 3.41 31 30 1 22 5 0 242.2 252 104 92 1 54 96 4 0 4 1011 75 1.261 9.3 0.0 2.0 3.6 1.78
1918 30 BSN NL 9 10 .474 2.57 21 20 1 15 3 0 154.0 144 63 44 2 30 48 0 0 1 615 104 1.130 8.4 0.1 1.8 2.8 1.60
1919 31 BSN NL 13 18 .419 2.17 37 32 5 24 2 2 273.2 282 95 66 2 54 76 3 1 11 1121 129 1.228 9.3 0.1 1.8 2.5 1.41
1920 32 BSN NL 4 8 .333 4.04 18 11 5 3 0 0 89.0 104 57 40 4 24 24 4 0 2 394 75 1.438 10.5 0.4 2.4 2.4 1.00
1922 34 BSN NL 0 2 .000 5.06 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.0 22 10 9 2 5 3 0 0 0 74 80 1.688 12.4 1.1 2.8 1.7 0.60
1923 35 BSN NL 1 2 .333 3.72 4 4 0 1 1 0 19.1 27 12 8 0 10 3 1 0 0 93 108 1.914 12.6 0.0 4.7 1.4 0.30
1927 39 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
13 Yrs 121 109 .526 2.66 279 240 36 172 27 8 2049.0 1971 778 605 35 402 786 27 3 39 8286 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96
162 Game Avg. 16 14 .526 2.66 37 31 5 23 4 1 268 258 102 79 5 53 103 4 0 5 1086 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96
BSN (11 yrs) 121 108 .528 2.62 275 239 33 171 27 6 2035.0 1948 765 593 35 400 777 27 3 39 8216 106 1.154 8.6 0.2 1.8 3.4 1.94
NYG (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.71 4 1 3 1 0 2 14.0 23 13 12 0 2 9 0 0 0 70 42 1.786 14.8 0.0 1.3 5.8 4.50

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
1910 22 NYG NL 12.0 3 1 11 8.25 3.95 -0.18 0.00 98.0 4.05 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .324 .497 $
1911 23 NYG NL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.35 0.07 0.00 98.0 4.19 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .399 .499 $
1913 25 BSN NL 249.1 33 22 101 3.65 4.14 -0.13 0.00 102.0 4.36 20 2.3 1.0 -0.2 3.9 40 .568 .514 $2,900
1914 26 BSN NL 336.1 42 36 105 2.81 3.79 0.27 0.00 101.0 3.56 31 3.8 1.0 -0.2 6.1 54 .590 .523 $5,000 MVP-7
1915 27 BSN NL 341.1 44 43 125 3.30 3.61 0.07 0.00 98.0 3.47 9 1.1 1.0 -0.2 3.4 31 .525 .507 $7,500
1916 28 BSN NL 312.0 41 38 93 2.68 3.45 0.20 0.00 93.0 3.02 11 1.5 1.0 -0.2 3.5 33 .535 .509 $8,000
1917 29 BSN NL 242.2 31 30 104 3.86 3.54 -0.07 0.00 94.0 3.39 -13 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .451 .491 $
1918 30 BSN NL 154.2 21 20 63 3.67 3.70 -0.15 0.00 97.2 3.74 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.2 11 .508 .501 $
1919 31 BSN NL 273.1 37 32 95 3.13 3.66 -0.09 0.00 95.6 3.58 15 1.9 1.0 -0.2 3.7 31 .553 .512 $
1920 32 BSN NL 89.0 18 11 57 5.76 4.13 -0.08 0.00 97.4 4.10 -16 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -9 .405 .489 $
1922 34 BSN NL 16.0 3 3 10 5.63 5.18 -0.19 0.00 95.1 5.11 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .467 .499 $
1923 35 BSN NL 19.1 4 4 12 5.59 4.95 -0.28 0.00 97.2 5.08 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .472 .499 $
1927 39 BSN NL 1.1 1 0 0 0.00 4.33 -0.42 0.00 96.0 4.56 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .572 .500 $
13 Seasons 2049.1 279 240 778 3.42 3.74 0.03 0.00 97.3 3.61 50 6.7 1.0 -1.4 20.4 193 .524 .503 $23,400
BSN (11 yrs) 2035.1 275 239 765 3.38 3.74 0.03 0.00 97.3 3.61 56 7.3 1.0 -1.4 20.9 199 .527 .504 $23,400
NYG (2 yrs) 14.0 4 1 13 8.36 4.01 -0.15 0.00 98.0 4.07 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .343 .498 $

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
1914 26 BSN NL WS W PHA 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 12 2 1 0 4 0 15 0 0 1 66 0.889 6.0 0.0 2.0 7.5 3.75
1 WS 2 0 1.000 0.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 12 2 1 0 4 0 15 0 0 1 66 0.889 6.0 0.0 2.0 7.5 3.75

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 BSN NL 615 0.3% 7.8% 4.9% 3.3% 14% 84%
1919 31 BSN NL 1125 0.2% 6.8% 4.8% 3.7% 15% 84%
1920 32 BSN NL 394 1.0% 6.1% 6.1% 2.0% 8% 83%
1922 34 BSN NL 74 2.7% 4.1% 6.8% 84%
1923 35 BSN NL 93 0.0% 3.2% 10.8% 2.2% 7% 84%
1927 39 BSN NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 83%
6 Yrs 2307 0.4% 6.7% 5.4% 3.1% 12% 84%
MLB Averages 0.9% 7.4% 7.6% 2.8% 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+
1910 22 0 1 .000 7.50 3 1 2 1 0 2 12.0 21 11 10 0 2 9 0 0 0 62 41 1.917 15.8 0.0 1.5 6.8 4.50 41
1911 23 0 1 .000 7.71 4 1 3 1 0 2 14.0 23 13 12 0 2 9 0 0 0 70 42 1.786 14.8 0.0 1.3 5.8 4.50 42
1912 24 0 1 .000 7.71 4 1 3 1 0 2 14.0 23 13 12 0 2 9 0 0 0 70 42 1.786 14.8 0.0 1.3 5.8 4.50 42
1913 25 14 14 .500 3.18 37 23 13 18 2 2 263.1 281 114 93 4 61 118 2 1 2 1102 103 1.299 9.6 0.1 2.1 4.0 1.93 103
1914 26 40 24 .625 2.72 79 59 19 49 8 2 599.2 569 219 181 13 122 256 6 1 9 2404 111 1.152 8.5 0.2 1.8 3.8 2.10 111
1915 27 62 43 .590 2.59 123 102 20 79 11 3 941.0 873 344 271 17 186 403 12 1 15 3766 112 1.125 8.3 0.2 1.8 3.9 2.17 112
1916 28 81 55 .596 2.49 164 140 23 106 16 6 1253.0 1139 437 346 24 224 536 15 2 20 4972 112 1.088 8.2 0.2 1.6 3.8 2.39 112
1917 29 94 69 .577 2.64 195 170 24 128 21 6 1495.2 1391 541 438 25 278 632 19 2 24 5983 104 1.116 8.4 0.2 1.7 3.8 2.27 104
1918 30 103 79 .566 2.63 216 190 25 143 24 6 1649.2 1535 604 482 27 308 680 19 2 25 6598 104 1.117 8.4 0.1 1.7 3.7 2.21 104
1919 31 116 97 .545 2.56 253 222 30 167 26 8 1923.1 1817 699 548 29 362 756 22 3 36 7719 107 1.133 8.5 0.1 1.7 3.5 2.09 107
1920 32 120 105 .533 2.63 271 233 35 170 26 8 2012.1 1921 756 588 33 386 780 26 3 38 8113 105 1.146 8.6 0.1 1.7 3.5 2.02 105
1921 33 120 105 .533 2.63 271 233 35 170 26 8 2012.1 1921 756 588 33 386 780 26 3 38 8113 105 1.146 8.6 0.1 1.7 3.5 2.02 105
1922 34 120 107 .529 2.65 274 236 35 171 26 8 2028.1 1943 766 597 35 391 783 26 3 38 8187 105 1.151 8.6 0.2 1.7 3.5 2.00 105
1923 35 121 109 .526 2.66 278 240 35 172 27 8 2047.2 1970 778 605 35 401 786 27 3 38 8280 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96 105
1924 36 121 109 .526 2.66 278 240 35 172 27 8 2047.2 1970 778 605 35 401 786 27 3 38 8280 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96 105
1925 37 121 109 .526 2.66 278 240 35 172 27 8 2047.2 1970 778 605 35 401 786 27 3 38 8280 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96 105
1926 38 121 109 .526 2.66 278 240 35 172 27 8 2047.2 1970 778 605 35 401 786 27 3 38 8280 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96 105
1927 39 121 109 .526 2.66 279 240 36 172 27 8 2049.0 1971 778 605 35 402 786 27 3 39 8286 105 1.158 8.7 0.2 1.8 3.5 1.96 105

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
1910 22 0 1 .000 8.31 13.0 23 13 12 0 2 10 0 1.923 15.9 1.4 6.9 5.00 0.0 3
1911 23 0 0 9.00 3.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1913 25 16 11 .593 3.26 246.0 276 99 89 4 63 108 2 1.378 10.1 2.3 4.0 1.71 0.1 33
1914 26 23 12 .657 2.93 320.0 319 116 104 10 68 131 4 1.209 9.0 1.9 3.7 1.93 0.3 42
1915 27 22 14 .611 3.19 327.0 352 129 116 5 74 141 7 1.303 9.7 2.0 3.9 1.91 0.1 44
1916 28 19 13 .594 3.33 292.0 325 120 108 9 46 125 4 1.271 10.0 1.4 3.9 2.72 0.3 41
1917 29 10 15 .400 5.06 226.0 302 141 127 1 65 89 5 1.624 12.0 2.6 3.5 1.37 0.0 31
1918 30 10 9 .526 3.64 178.0 207 80 72 3 43 55 0 1.404 10.5 2.2 2.8 1.28 0.2 21
1919 31 20 11 .645 3.03 285.0 367 107 96 3 70 79 4 1.533 11.6 2.2 2.5 1.13 0.1 37
1920 32 4 5 .444 5.01 88.0 118 54 49 5 27 24 5 1.648 12.1 2.8 2.5 0.89 0.5 18
1922 34 0 1 .000 4.76 17.0 22 10 9 2 5 3 0 1.588 11.6 2.6 1.6 0.60 1.1 3
1923 35 1 1 .500 3.60 20.0 28 9 8 0 10 3 1 1.900 12.6 4.5 1.4 0.30 0.0 4
1927 39 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
13 Yrs 125 93 .573 3.54 2017.0 2339 881 793 42 474 768 32 1.395 10.4 3.4 1.62 0.2 279

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1914 NL (7, 22%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1913 NL  4.5 (9th)
1914 NL  5.9 (5th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1913 NL  3.9 (10th)
1914 NL  6.1 (4th)
1915 NL  3.4 (9th)
1916 NL  3.5 (9th)
1919 NL  3.7 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 NL  2.35 (7th)
1916 NL  2.16 (9th)
1919 NL  2.17 (9th)
Career  2.66 (67th)

Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  26 (2nd)
1915 NL  22 (2nd)
1916 NL  19 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1914 NL  .722 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 NL  1.038 (2nd)
1915 NL  1.078 (6th)
1916 NL  0.974 (2nd)
1918 NL  1.130 (10th)
Career  1.158 (73rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  7.707 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  1.632 (4th)
1915 NL  1.688 (5th)
1916 NL  1.096 (1st)
1918 NL  1.753 (8th)
Career  1.766 (47th)

Games Played s c a p y
1915 NL  44 (7th)
1916 NL  41 (9th)
1919 NL  37 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1910 NL  2 (9th)
1916 NL  3 (5th)
1919 NL  2 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 NL  336.3 (2nd)
1915 NL  341.3 (2nd)
1916 NL  312.0 (3rd)
1919 NL  273.7 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 NL  138 (7th)
1915 NL  147 (6th)
1916 NL  133 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1914 NL  36 (7th)
1915 NL  43 (1st)
1916 NL  38 (2nd)
1919 NL  32 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1914 NL  31 (2nd)
1915 NL  30 (2nd)
1916 NL  27 (3rd)
1917 NL  22 (10th)
1919 NL  24 (4th)
Career  172 (185th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1914 NL  6 (3rd)
1916 NL  5 (4th)
1917 NL  5 (5th)
1918 NL  3 (9th)
Career  27 (145th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  9 (3rd)
1916 NL  7 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1913 NL  258 (9th)
1914 NL  288 (4th)
1915 NL  304 (1st)
1916 NL  266 (4th)
1917 NL  252 (10th)
1919 NL  282 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1913 NL  1.848 (10th)
1914 NL  2.262 (4th)
1915 NL  2.297 (7th)
1916 NL  3.500 (1st)
1918 NL  1.600 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1913 NL  0.144 (6th)
1917 NL  0.037 (3rd)
1919 NL  0.066 (5th)
Career  0.154 (103rd)

Losses s c a p y
1915 NL  19 (1st)
1919 NL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  88 (6th)
1915 NL  90 (1st)
1916 NL  75 (8th)
1917 NL  92 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1914 NL  7 (9th)
1915 NL  6 (10th)
1919 NL  11 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 NL  1,302 (4th)
1915 NL  1,362 (2nd)
1916 NL  1,206 (5th)
1919 NL  1,121 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 NL  121 (8th)
1919 NL  130 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  24 (4th)
1915 NL  9 (10th)
1916 NL  13 (8th)
1919 NL  15 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  2.7 (4th)
1915 NL  1.1 (10th)
1916 NL  1.6 (8th)
1919 NL  1.8 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1927 NL  born 1887-08-25 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 91 (248), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 46 (295), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (261), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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