Cy Seymour
James Bentley Seymour
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 9, 1872 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1896
Final Game: July 17, 1913
Died: September 20, 1919 in New York, NY
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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
1896 23 NYG NL 2 4 .333 6.40 11 8 3 4 0 0 70.1 75 75 50 8 51 33 0 1 6 0 65 1.791 9.6 1.0 6.5 4.2 0.65
1897 24 NYG NL 18 14 .563 3.37 38 33 5 28 2 1 277.2 254 161 104 4 164 149 21 2 12 0 123 1.505 8.2 0.1 5.3 4.8 0.91
1898 25 NYG NL 25 19 .568 3.18 45 43 2 39 4 0 356.2 313 199 126 4 213 239 32 1 19 0 109 1.475 7.9 0.1 5.4 6.0 1.12
1899 26 NYG NL 14 18 .438 3.56 32 32 0 31 0 0 268.1 247 139 106 5 170 142 21 4 14 0 105 1.554 8.3 0.2 5.7 4.8 0.84
1900 27 NYG NL 2 1 .667 6.96 13 7 5 2 0 0 53.0 58 54 41 4 54 19 10 0 8 0 52 2.113 9.8 0.7 9.2 3.2 0.35
1902 29 CIN NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 33 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
6 Seasons 61 56 .521 3.76 140 123 15 104 6 1 1029.0 951 631 430 25 655 584 84 8 60 0 100 1.561 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89
162 Game Avg. 16 14 .521 3.76 36 32 4 27 2 0 266 246 163 111 6 169 151 22 2 16 0 100 1.561 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89
NYG (5 yrs) 61 56 .521 3.75 139 123 15 104 6 1 1026.0 947 628 427 25 652 582 84 8 59 0 101 1.558 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 33 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67

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+
1896 23 2 4 .333 6.40 11 8 3 4 0 0 70.1 75 75 50 8 51 33 0 1 6 0 65 1.791 9.6 1.0 6.5 4.2 0.65 65
1897 24 20 18 .526 3.98 49 41 8 32 2 1 348.0 329 236 154 12 215 182 21 3 18 0 104 1.563 8.5 0.3 5.6 4.7 0.85 104
1898 25 45 37 .549 3.58 94 84 10 71 6 1 704.2 642 435 280 16 428 421 53 4 37 0 106 1.518 8.2 0.2 5.5 5.4 0.98 106
1899 26 59 55 .518 3.57 126 116 10 102 6 1 973.0 889 574 386 21 598 563 74 8 51 0 106 1.528 8.2 0.2 5.5 5.2 0.94 106
1900 27 61 56 .521 3.75 139 123 15 104 6 1 1026.0 947 628 427 25 652 582 84 8 59 0 101 1.558 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89 101
1901 28 61 56 .521 3.75 139 123 15 104 6 1 1026.0 947 628 427 25 652 582 84 8 59 0 101 1.558 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89 101
1902 29 61 56 .521 3.76 140 123 15 104 6 1 1029.0 951 631 430 25 655 584 84 8 60 0 100 1.561 8.3 0.2 5.7 5.1 0.89 100

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
1896 23 0.00 0.0 0 51 46 0 0 0 0 11
1897 24 0.00 0.0 0 109 98 0 0 0 0 38
1898 25 0.00 0.0 0 137 123 0 0 0 0 45
1899 26 0.00 0.0 0 108 97 0 0 0 0 32
1900 27 0.00 0.0 0 46 41 0 0 0 0 13
1902 29 0.00 0.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 0.00 0.0 0 455 409 0 0 0 0 140

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1897 NL  3.371 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1898 NL  25 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL  8.233 (1st)
1898 NL  7.898 (6th)
1899 NL  8.285 (4th)
Career  8.318 (235th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL  4.830 (1st)
1898 NL  6.031 (1st)
1899 NL  4.763 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1898 NL  45 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1897 NL  1 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1898 NL  356.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1897 NL  149 (2nd)
1898 NL  239 (1st)
1899 NL  142 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1898 NL  43 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1898 NL  39 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1897 NL  2 (3rd)
1898 NL  4 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1897 NL  164 (1st)
1898 NL  213 (1st)
1899 NL  170 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1898 NL  1.122 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1897 NL  .130 (9th)
1898 NL  .101 (10th)
Career  .219 (192nd)

Losses s c a p y
1899 NL  18 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1897 NL  12 (9th)
1898 NL  19 (1st)
1899 NL  14 (4th)
1900 NL  8 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1897 NL  21 (9th)
1898 NL  32 (1st)
Career  84 (102nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1897 NL  123 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1909 NL  born 1872-12-09 (9th)
1910 NL  born 1872-12-09 (8th)
1913 NL  born 1872-12-09 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Kid Madden (933)
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