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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

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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
1903 22 PIT NL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 /1
1904 23 TOT NL 17 48 41 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 .122 .163 .122 .285 -11 5 0 5 1
1904 23 PIT NL 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -55 0 0 0 /1
1904 23 BRO NL 13 41 35 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 .143 .167 .143 .310 -3 5 0 5 1
1905 24 BRO NL 33 102 96 4 16 0 0 0 4 2 3 .167 .192 .167 .359 10 16 0 3 1
1906 25 BRO NL 38 111 97 11 18 2 0 0 1 1 11 .186 .269 .206 .475 53 20 0 3 1
1907 26 BRO NL 17 40 34 2 9 1 2 0 6 0 6 .265 .375 .412 .787 155 14 0 0 1
1909 28 BRO NL 19 52 44 3 12 5 0 0 1 1 6 .273 .373 .386 .759 140 17 1 1 1
1910 29 BRO NL 34 76 69 1 14 3 0 0 6 0 5 14 .203 .257 .246 .503 49 17 0 2 1
1911 30 BRO NL 22 35 33 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .121 .121 .121 .242 -31 4 0 2 1
8 Seasons 181 467 416 23 78 11 2 0 23 4 34 21 .188 .251 .224 .474 47 93 1 16
162 Game Avg. 162 418 372 21 70 10 2 0 21 4 30 .188 .251 .224 .474 47 83 1 14
BRO (7 yrs) 176 457 408 23 78 11 2 0 23 4 32 21 .191 .252 .228 .480 49 93 1 16
PIT (2 yrs) 5 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0

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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
1903 PIT NL 22 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.40
1904 TOT NL 23 P 17 32 11 20 1 1 .969 1.82 .938 2.62
1904 PIT NL 23 P 4 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 .933 2.62
1904 BRO NL 23 P 13 26 7 18 1 0 .962 1.92 .938 2.62
1905 BRO NL 24 P 33 68 6 57 5 3 .926 1.91 .944 2.42
1906 BRO NL 25 P 38 60 5 50 5 0 .917 1.45 .950 2.40
1907 BRO NL 26 P 17 25 1 21 3 2 .880 1.29 .952 2.27
1909 BRO NL 28 P 19 34 0 33 1 2 .971 1.74 .938 1.95
1910 BRO NL 29 P 34 53 4 49 0 1 1.000 1.56 .942 1.77
1911 BRO NL 30 P 22 36 1 31 4 1 .889 1.45 .947 1.72
8 Seasons P 181 309 28 262 19 10 .939 1.60 .944 2.16
8 Seasons TOT 181 309 28 262 19 10 .939 1.60 .883 2.16

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 - 18 (840), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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August 1, 1904: Purchased by the Brooklyn Superbas from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December, 1911: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack.

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