Cy Seymour

James Bentley Seymour

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 9, 1872 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1896
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Orioles/Braves 1896-1913

Final Game: July 17, 1913
Died: September 20, 1919 in New York, NY
Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
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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
1896	23	NYC	A	4	6	.400	1.57	12	11		8	0		86.0	84	56	15		48	57	3		8			1.535	8.8		5.0	6.0	1.19	NYC · ATLL
1896	23	NYG	NL	2	4	.333	6.40	11	8	3	4	0	0	70.1	75	75	50	8	51	33	3	1	6	331	66	1.791	9.6	1.0	6.5	4.2	0.65
1897	24	NYG	NL	18	14	.563	3.27	39	34	5	29	2	1	286.2	257	162	104	4	*168*	*156*	21	2	12	1269	127	1.483	*8.1*	0.1	5.3	*4.9*	0.93
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	1581	110	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	20	4	14	1200	105	1.554	8.3	0.2	5.7	*4.8*	0.84
1900	27	CHI	A	1	1	.500		2	2		1	0		10.0	8	5			9	5						1.700	7.2		8.1	4.5	0.56	CHI · AL
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	273	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	16	39	2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
6 Yrs				61	56	.521	3.73	141	124	15	105	6	1	1038.0	954	632	430	25	659	591	86	8	60	4670	102	1.554	8.3	0.2	5.7	5.1	0.90
162 Game Avg.				16	14	.521	3.73	36	32	4	27	2	0	266	245	162	110	6	169	152	22	2	15	1198	102	1.554	8.3	0.2	5.7	5.1	0.90

NYG (5 yrs)				61	56	.521	3.71	140	124	15	105	6	1	1035.0	950	629	427	25	656	589	86	8	59	4654	102	1.552	8.3	0.2	5.7	5.1	0.90
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	3	2	0	0	1	16	39	2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67

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
1896	23	NYG	NL	70.1	11	8	75	9.60	6.02	-0.04	0.00	96.0	5.82	-28	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-21	.324	.488	$
1897	24	NYG	NL	286.2	39	34	162	5.09	5.82	0.08	0.00	96.0	5.51	21	1.9	1.0	-0.2	4.0	46	.548	.511	$
1898	25	NYG	NL	356.2	45	43	199	5.02	4.92	-0.07	0.00	97.0	4.84	0	0.0	1.0	-0.3	2.8	33	.501	.500	$
1899	26	NYG	NL	268.1	32	32	139	4.66	5.28	-0.12	0.00	97.0	5.23	25	2.4		-0.3	4.4	49	.574	.515	$
1900	27	NYG	NL	53.0	13	7	54	9.17	5.23	-0.27	0.00	97.0	5.34	-21	-1.7	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-17	.366	.489	$

1902	29	CIN	NL	3.0	1	0	3	9.00	3.91	0.12	0.00	107.0	4.06	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.344	.499	$2,800
6 Seasons				1038.0	141	124	632	5.48	5.35	-0.05	0.00	96.7	5.21	-4	0.4	1.0	-0.9	8.4	89	.503	.500	$2,800

NYG (5 yrs)				1035.0	140	124	629	5.47	5.35	-0.05	0.00	96.7	5.22	-3	0.6	1.0	-0.9	8.5	91	.504	.501	$
CIN (1 yr)				3.0	1	0	3	9.00	3.91	0.12	0.00	107.0	4.06	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.344	.499	$2,800

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+
1896	23	2	4	.333	6.40	11	8	3	4	0	0	70.1	75	75	50	8	51	33	3	1	6	331	66	1.791	9.6	1.0	6.5	4.2	0.65	66
1897	24	20	18	.526	3.88	50	42	8	33	2	1	357.0	332	237	154	12	219	189	24	3	18	1600	107	1.543	8.4	0.3	5.5	4.8	0.86	107
1898	25	45	37	.549	3.53	95	85	10	72	6	1	713.2	645	436	280	16	432	428	56	4	37	3181	108	1.509	8.1	0.2	5.4	5.4	0.99	108
1899	26	59	55	.518	3.54	127	117	10	103	6	1	982.0	892	575	386	21	602	570	76	8	51	4381	107	1.521	8.2	0.2	5.5	5.2	0.95	107
1900	27	61	56	.521	3.71	140	124	15	105	6	1	1035.0	950	629	427	25	656	589	86	8	59	4654	102	1.552	8.3	0.2	5.7	5.1	0.90	102
1901	28	61	56	.521	3.71	140	124	15	105	6	1	1035.0	950	629	427	25	656	589	86	8	59	4654	102	1.552	8.3	0.2	5.7	5.1	0.90	102
1902	29	61	56	.521	3.73	141	124	15	105	6	1	1038.0	954	632	430	25	659	591	86	8	60	4670	102	1.554	8.3	0.2	5.7	5.1	0.90	102

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
1896	23	4	5	.444	4.60	90.0	80	51	46	9	54	42	3	1.489	8.0	5.4	4.2	0.78	0.9	11
1897	24	27	11	.711	2.53	349.0	274	109	98	4	179	190	22	1.298	7.1	4.6	4.9	1.06	0.1	39
1898	25	25	15	.625	2.99	367.0	316	136	122	4	215	246	32	1.447	7.7	5.3	6.0	1.14	0.1	45
1899	26	18	12	.600	3.14	278.0	242	108	97	5	167	147	20	1.471	7.8	5.4	4.8	0.88	0.2	32
1900	27	2	4	.333	6.15	60.0	62	46	41	4	58	22	11	2.000	9.3	8.7	3.3	0.38	0.6	13

1902	29	0	0		6.75	4.0	4	3	3	0	3	2	0	1.750	9.0	6.8	4.5	0.67	0.0	1
6 Yrs		76	47	.618	3.19	1148.0	978	453	407	26	676	649	88	1.441	7.7		5.1	0.96	0.2	141

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1905 NL 7.8 (3rd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1897 NL 4.0 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1897 NL 3.27 (8th)
Wins s c a p y 1898 NL 25 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1897 NL 8.069 (1st) 1898 NL 7.898 (6th) 1899 NL 8.285 (4th) Career 8.272 (217th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1897 NL 4.898 (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 156 (1st) 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 168 (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 0.126 (9th) 1898 NL 0.101 (10th) Career 0.217 (188th)	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 (7th) 1898 NL 32 (1st) Career 86 (126th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1898 NL 1,581 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1897 NL 127 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1897 NL 24 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1897 NL 2.1 (9th)
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

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Black Ink	Pitching - 10 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 38 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Blue Moon Odom (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Phil Knell (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Foreman (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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