Doc Scanlan

William Dennis Scanlan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 7, 1881 in Syracuse, NY
Schools: Fordham University (New York, NY), Manhattan College (New York, NY), Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1903
Teams (by GP): Superbas/Dodgers/Pirates 1903-1911

Final Game: September 1, 1911
Died: May 29, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
Relatives: Brother of Frank Scanlan
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1902	21	ILI	B					16																								ILI · NYSL
1903	22	ILI	B					38																								ILI · NYSL
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	86	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	57	37	0	60	50	4	0	1	541	104	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	18	12	0	20	10	2	0	0	111	57	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	127	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	99	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	3	441	74	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	89	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 Yrs				65	71	.478	3.00	181	149	26	102	15	5	1252.0	1061	557	417	15	608	584	36	1	20	5169	93	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	93	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	20	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	25	16	0	26	10	2	0	0	147	64	1.677	7.5	0.0	7.5	2.9	0.38

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
1903	22	PIT	NL	9.0	1	1	7	7.00	4.65	0.30	0.00	100.0	4.36	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-2	.294	.499	$
1904	23	PIT	NL	22.0	4	3	18	7.36	3.85	0.11	0.00	100.0	3.75	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-7	.301	.495	$
1904	23	BRO	NL	104.0	13	12	39	3.38	4.01	-0.15	0.00	100.0	4.16	10	1.2	1.0	-0.1	1.9	18	.592	.507	$
1905	24	BRO	NL	249.2	33	28	119	4.29	4.23	-0.51	0.00	96.0	4.55	8	0.9	1.0	-0.2	2.7	29	.527	.506	$
1906	25	BRO	NL	288.0	38	33	128	4.00	3.61	-0.16	0.00	96.0	3.62	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	1.1	10	.473	.494	$
1907	26	BRO	NL	107.0	17	15	50	4.21	3.47	-0.05	0.00	95.0	3.34	-9	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.438	.493	$

1909	28	BRO	NL	141.1	19	17	53	3.38	3.77	-0.26	0.00	100.0	4.03	9	1.2	1.0	-0.2	2.1	21	.563	.507	$
1910	29	BRO	NL	217.1	34	25	76	3.15	4.15	-0.12	0.00	100.0	4.28	27	3.2	1.0	-0.2	4.6	45	.595	.520	$
1911	30	BRO	NL	113.2	22	15	67	5.30	4.55	0.05	0.00	97.0	4.36	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.451	.493	$
8 Seasons				1252.0	181	149	557	4.00	3.96	-0.20	0.00	97.6	4.06	15	2.3	1.0	-1.0	11.1	110	.513	.502	$

BRO (7 yrs)				1221.0	176	145	532	3.92	3.96	-0.21	0.00	97.5	4.07	26	3.3	1.0	-1.0	11.8	119	.519	.503	$
PIT (2 yrs)				31.0	5	4	25	7.26	4.08	0.16	0.00	100.0	3.92	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-9	.299	.497	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	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	86	1.222	5.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	86
1904	23	7	10	.412	2.73	18	16	2	13	3	0	135.0	120	64	41	0	66	50	4	0	1	577	102	1.378	8.0	0.0	4.4	3.3	0.76	102
1905	24	21	22	.488	2.85	51	44	6	35	5	0	384.2	340	183	122	4	170	185	12	1	5	1619	100	1.326	8.0	0.1	4.0	4.3	1.09	100
1906	25	39	35	.527	3.00	89	77	10	63	11	2	672.2	570	311	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	361	262	10	358	364	21	1	12	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	361	262	10	358	364	21	1	12	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	414	308	12	423	436	25	1	16	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	490	371	13	539	539	30	1	20	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	557	417	15	608	584	36	1	20	5169	93	1.333	7.6	0.1	4.4	4.2	0.96	93

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4.50	10.0	6	6	5	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	127	49	44	0	66	48	4	1.582	9.4	4.9	3.5	0.73	0.0	17
1905	24	14	12	.538	3.55	241.0	243	106	95	4	115	130	9	1.485	9.1	4.3	4.9	1.13	0.1	33
1906	25	13	17	.433	4.47	278.0	275	153	138	6	152	116	7	1.536	8.9	4.9	3.8	0.76	0.2	38
1907	26	4	6	.400	5.44	91.0	111	61	55	1	75	50	4	2.044	11.0	7.4	4.9	0.67	0.1	17

1909	28	6	7	.462	4.24	123.0	143	64	58	2	74	63	5	1.764	10.5	5.4	4.6	0.85	0.1	19
1910	29	12	9	.571	3.34	194.0	192	80	72	1	127	92	5	1.644	8.9	5.9	4.3	0.72	0.0	34
1911	30	5	6	.455	4.37	101.0	107	54	49	2	73	40	6	1.782	9.5	6.5	3.6	0.55	0.2	22
8 Yrs		62	63	.496	4.00	1160.0	1204	573	516	16	689	539	40	1.632	9.3		4.2	0.78	0.1	181

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1910 NL 4.7 (10th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1910 NL 4.6 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y Career 3.00 (167th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1906 NL 7.188 (7th) 1910 NL 7.247 (2nd) Career 7.627 (45th)
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 0.041 (3rd) Career 0.108 (40th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1906 NL 102 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1906 NL 1,206 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Hal Dues (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Orval Overall (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ewell Blackwell (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Howard Ehmke (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Moseley (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elmer Knetzer (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elmer Knetzer (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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