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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Superbas/Dodgers/Pirates 1903-1911

Final Game: September 1, 1911 (Age 30)
Died: May 29, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
Relatives: Brother of Frank Scanlan
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 6:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #967. Al Demaree… #968. Dave Wickersham… #969. Curt Leskanic… #970. DOC SCANLAN… #971. Joey Hamilton… #972. Ed Willett… #973. Milt Gaston… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 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 (v2.2): 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
1903 22 PIT NL 9.0 1 1 7 7.00 4.65 0.30 0.00 99.0 4.31 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .293 .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 .299 .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 2.0 17 .589 .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 3.0 28 .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 1.3 9 .472 .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 -0.2 -3 .437 .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 2.3 20 .563 .507
1910 29 BRO NL 217.1 34 25 76 3.15 4.15 -0.12 0.00 100.0 4.28 26 3.2 1.0 -0.2 4.8 44 .593 .520
1911 30 BRO NL 113.2 22 15 67 5.30 4.55 0.05 0.00 98.0 4.41 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -2 .453 .494
8 Seasons 1252.0 181 149 557 4.00 3.96 -0.20 0.00 97.7 4.07 14 2.3 1.0 -1.0 12.2 104 .512 .502
BRO (7 yrs) 1221.0 176 145 532 3.92 3.96 -0.21 0.00 97.6 4.07 25 3.3 1.0 -1.0 13.0 112 .519 .503
PIT (2 yrs) 31.0 5 4 25 7.26 4.08 0.16 0.00 99.7 3.91 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .298 .497

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
1903 22 PIT NL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -4 0 0 0 /1
1904 23 TOT NL 17 48 41 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 .122 .163 .122 .285 -11 5 0 5 1
1904 23 PIT NL 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -55 0 0 0 /1
1904 23 BRO NL 13 41 35 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 .143 .167 .143 .310 -3 5 0 5 1
1905 24 BRO NL 33 102 96 4 16 0 0 0 4 2 3 17 .167 .192 .167 .359 11 16 0 3 1
1906 25 BRO NL 38 111 97 11 18 2 0 0 1 1 11 21 .186 .269 .206 .475 53 20 0 3 1
1907 26 BRO NL 17 40 34 2 9 1 2 0 6 0 6 7 .265 .375 .412 .787 155 14 0 0 1
1909 28 BRO NL 19 52 44 3 12 5 0 0 1 1 6 8 .273 .373 .386 .759 139 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 Yrs 181 467 416 23 78 11 2 0 23 4 34 81 .188 .251 .224 .474 47 93 1 16
162 Game Avg. 162 418 372 21 70 10 2 0 21 4 30 72 .188 .251 .224 .474 47 83 1 14
BRO (7 yrs) 176 457 408 23 78 11 2 0 23 4 32 80 .191 .252 .228 .480 49 93 1 16
PIT (2 yrs) 5 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1903 22 PIT NL 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1904 23 PIT NL 4 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .485 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
1904 23 BRO NL 13 41 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .484 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1
1905 24 BRO NL 33 102 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.3 3 1 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 1 1
1906 25 BRO NL 38 111 -5 -0 0 0 7 3 0.3 4 6 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 -0.0 6 1
1907 26 BRO NL 17 40 2 0 0 0 3 5 0.6 1 6 0.6 .533 .503 0.6 -0.0 6 1
1909 28 BRO NL 19 52 2 -0 0 0 4 6 0.7 2 8 0.7 .536 .504 0.7 0.0 8 1
1910 29 BRO NL 34 76 -5 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 1
1911 30 BRO NL 22 35 -6 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 1
8 Seasons 181 467 -27 0 0 0 33 7 0.8 15 21 0.8 .505 .501 0.9 0.0 22
BRO (7 yrs) 176 457 -25 0 0 0 32 7 0.9 15 22 0.9 .505 .501 0.9 0.0 22
PIT (2 yrs) 5 10 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1903 PIT NL 22 P 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.00 .920 2.90 2.80
1904 TOT NL 23 P 17 126.0 32 11 20 1 1 .969 2.21 1.82 .940 3.03 2.95
1904 PIT NL 23 P 4 22.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.45 1.50 .940 3.03 2.95
1904 BRO NL 23 P 13 104.0 26 7 18 1 0 .962 2.16 1.92 .940 3.03 2.95
1905 BRO NL 24 P 33 249.2 68 6 57 5 3 .926 2.27 1.91 .943 2.97 2.93
1906 BRO NL 25 P 38 288.0 60 5 50 5 0 .917 1.72 1.45 .948 3.05 2.99
1907 BRO NL 26 P 17 107.0 25 1 21 3 2 .880 1.85 1.29 .950 2.97 2.89
1909 BRO NL 28 P 19 141.1 34 0 33 1 2 .971 2.10 1.74 .940 2.83 2.84
1910 BRO NL 29 P 34 217.1 53 4 49 0 1 1.000 2.19 1.56 .945 2.82 2.80
1911 BRO NL 30 P 22 113.2 36 1 31 4 1 .889 2.53 1.45 .943 2.77 2.74
8 Seasons P 181 1252.0 309 28 262 19 10 .939 2.08 1.60 .944 2.93 2.88
8 Seasons TOT 181 1252.0 309 28 262 19 10 .939 2.08 1.60 .944 2.93 2.88
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1910 NL  4.9 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1910 NL  4.8 (6th)

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 (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  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)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1910 NL  1.5 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1910 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (1023), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1215), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (689), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (706th), 13.1 career WAR/14.2 7yr-peak WAR/13.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Earl Moseley (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Elmer Knetzer (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Elmer Knetzer (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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