Doc Scanlan
William Dennis Scanlan
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 7, 1881 in Syracuse, NY
Schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, Syracuse University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1903
Final Game: September 1, 1911
Died: May 29, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
Relatives: Brother of Frank Scanlan
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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
1903 22 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 36 81 1.222 5.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
1904 23 TOT NL 7 9 .438 2.64 17 15 2 12 3 0 126.0 115 58 37 0 60 50 4 0 1 541 103 1.389 8.2 0.0 4.3 3.6 0.83
1904 23 PIT NL 1 3 .250 4.91 4 3 1 1 0 0 22.0 21 19 12 0 20 10 2 0 0 111 56 1.864 8.6 0.0 8.2 4.1 0.50
1904 23 BRO NL 6 6 .500 2.16 13 12 1 11 3 0 104.0 94 39 25 0 40 40 2 0 1 430 126 1.288 8.1 0.0 3.5 3.5 1.00
1905 24 BRO NL 14 12 .538 2.92 33 28 4 22 2 0 249.2 220 119 81 4 104 135 8 1 4 1042 98 1.298 7.9 0.1 3.7 4.9 1.30
1906 25 BRO NL 18 13 .581 3.19 38 33 4 28 6 2 288.0 230 128 102 5 127 120 6 0 4 1206 79 1.240 7.2 0.2 4.0 3.8 0.94
1907 26 BRO NL 6 8 .429 3.20 17 15 2 10 2 0 107.0 90 50 38 1 61 59 3 0 0 441 73 1.411 7.6 0.1 5.1 5.0 0.97
1909 28 BRO NL 8 7 .533 2.93 19 17 2 12 2 0 141.1 125 53 46 2 65 72 4 0 4 565 88 1.344 8.0 0.1 4.1 4.6 1.11
1910 29 BRO NL 9 11 .450 2.61 34 25 9 14 0 2 217.1 175 76 63 1 116 103 5 0 4 868 116 1.339 7.2 0.0 4.8 4.3 0.89
1911 30 BRO NL 3 10 .231 3.64 22 15 3 3 0 1 113.2 101 67 46 2 69 45 6 0 0 470 91 1.496 8.0 0.2 5.5 3.6 0.65
8 Seasons 65 71 .478 3.00 181 149 26 102 15 5 1252.0 1061 558 417 15 608 584 36 1 17 5169 92 1.333 7.6 0.1 4.4 4.2 0.96
162 Game Avg. 13 15 .478 3.00 37 31 5 21 3 1 258 219 115 86 3 125 120 7 0 4 1065 92 1.333 7.6 0.1 4.4 4.2 0.96
BRO (7 yrs) 64 67 .489 2.96 176 145 25 100 15 5 1221.0 1035 532 401 15 582 574 34 1 17 5022 94 1.324 7.6 0.1 4.3 4.2 0.99
PIT (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 4.65 5 4 1 2 0 0 31.0 26 26 16 0 26 10 2 0 0 147 62 1.677 7.5 0.0 7.5 2.9 0.38

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+
1903 22 0 1 .000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 36 81 1.222 5.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00 81
1904 23 7 10 .412 2.73 18 16 2 13 3 0 135.0 120 65 41 0 66 50 4 0 1 577 101 1.378 8.0 0.0 4.4 3.3 0.76 101
1905 24 21 22 .488 2.85 51 44 6 35 5 0 384.2 340 184 122 4 170 185 12 1 5 1619 99 1.326 8.0 0.1 4.0 4.3 1.09 99
1906 25 39 35 .527 3.00 89 77 10 63 11 2 672.2 570 312 224 9 297 305 18 1 9 2825 90 1.289 7.6 0.1 4.0 4.1 1.03 90
1907 26 45 43 .511 3.02 106 92 12 73 13 2 779.2 660 362 262 10 358 364 21 1 9 3266 88 1.306 7.6 0.1 4.1 4.2 1.02 88
1908 27 45 43 .511 3.02 106 92 12 73 13 2 779.2 660 362 262 10 358 364 21 1 9 3266 88 1.306 7.6 0.1 4.1 4.2 1.02 88
1909 28 53 50 .515 3.01 125 109 14 85 15 2 921.0 785 415 308 12 423 436 25 1 13 3831 88 1.312 7.7 0.1 4.1 4.3 1.03 88
1910 29 62 61 .504 2.93 159 134 23 99 15 4 1138.1 960 491 371 13 539 539 30 1 17 4699 93 1.317 7.6 0.1 4.3 4.3 1.00 93
1911 30 65 71 .478 3.00 181 149 26 102 15 5 1252.0 1061 558 417 15 608 584 36 1 17 5169 92 1.333 7.6 0.1 4.4 4.2 0.96 92

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
1903 22 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 6 7 6 0 7 0 0 1.300 5.4 6.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1904 23 8 5 .615 3.25 122.0 126 49 44 0 66 48 4 1.574 9.3 4.9 3.5 0.73 0.0 17
1905 24 14 12 .538 3.53 242.0 240 106 95 4 113 131 9 1.459 8.9 4.2 4.9 1.16 0.1 33
1906 25 14 17 .452 4.48 279.0 274 154 139 6 151 116 7 1.523 8.8 4.9 3.7 0.77 0.2 38
1907 26 4 6 .400 5.32 93.0 107 61 55 1 73 51 4 1.935 10.4 7.1 4.9 0.70 0.1 17
1909 28 6 7 .462 4.14 126.0 138 64 58 2 72 64 4 1.667 9.9 5.1 4.6 0.89 0.1 19
1910 29 13 9 .591 3.26 199.0 184 80 72 1 122 94 5 1.538 8.3 5.5 4.3 0.77 0.0 34
1911 30 5 6 .455 4.24 104.0 101 54 49 2 69 41 6 1.635 8.7 6.0 3.5 0.59 0.2 22
8 Seasons 64 63 .504 3.97 1175.0 1176 575 518 16 673 545 39 1.574 9.0 4.2 0.81 0.1 181

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.998 (167th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL  7.188 (7th)
1910 NL  7.247 (2nd)
Career  7.627 (44th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1905 NL  4.867 (5th)
1910 NL  4.265 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1906 NL  38 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1906 NL  2 (9th)
1910 NL  2 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1905 NL  135 (9th)
1910 NL  103 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1906 NL  28 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1906 NL  6 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 NL  5 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1905 NL  104 (6th)
1906 NL  127 (1st)
1910 NL  116 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 NL  .041 (3rd)
Career  .108 (40th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1906 NL  102 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 NL  1206 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 22 (997), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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