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Urban Shocker

Urban James Shocker
born Urbain Jacques Shockcor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 22, 1890 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1916
Teams (by GP): Browns/Yankees 1916-1928

Final Game: May 30, 1928
Died: September 9, 1928 in Denver, CO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1916 25 NYY AL 4 3 .571 2.62 12 9 3 4 1 0 82.1 67 25 24 2 32 43 6 0 2 329 110 1.202 7.3 0.2 3.5 4.7 1.34
1917 26 NYY AL 8 5 .615 2.61 26 13 6 7 0 1 145.0 124 59 42 5 46 68 0 1 4 561 102 1.172 7.7 0.3 2.9 4.2 1.48
1918 27 SLB AL 6 5 .545 1.81 14 9 5 7 0 2 94.2 69 26 19 0 40 33 1 0 2 377 151 1.151 6.6 0.0 3.8 3.1 0.83
1919 28 SLB AL 13 11 .542 2.69 30 25 5 14 5 0 211.0 193 75 63 6 55 86 4 0 2 850 123 1.175 8.2 0.3 2.3 3.7 1.56
1920 29 SLB AL 20 10 .667 2.71 38 28 10 22 5 5 245.2 224 97 74 10 70 107 4 0 0 978 144 1.197 8.2 0.4 2.6 3.9 1.53
1921 30 SLB AL 27 12 .692 3.55 47 38 8 30 4 4 326.2 345 151 129 21 86 132 6 0 3 1401 127 1.319 9.5 0.6 2.4 3.6 1.53
1922 31 SLB AL 24 17 .585 2.97 48 38 8 29 2 3 348.0 365 141 115 22 57 149 4 2 2 1441 140 1.213 9.4 0.6 1.5 3.9 2.61 MVP-17
1923 32 SLB AL 20 12 .625 3.41 43 35 8 24 3 5 277.1 292 122 105 12 49 109 3 0 2 1154 123 1.230 9.5 0.4 1.6 3.5 2.22 MVP-14
1924 33 SLB AL 16 13 .552 4.20 40 33 3 17 4 1 246.1 270 128 115 11 52 88 3 0 0 1060 108 1.307 9.9 0.4 1.9 3.2 1.69
1925 34 NYY AL 12 12 .500 3.65 41 30 7 15 2 2 244.1 278 108 99 17 58 74 3 0 1 1032 117 1.375 10.2 0.6 2.1 2.7 1.28
1926 35 NYY AL 19 11 .633 3.38 41 32 7 18 0 2 258.1 272 113 97 16 71 59 2 0 1 1108 114 1.328 9.5 0.6 2.5 2.1 0.83
1927 36 NYY AL 18 6 .750 2.84 31 27 1 13 2 0 200.0 207 86 63 8 41 35 1 0 1 839 137 1.240 9.3 0.4 1.8 1.6 0.85
1928 37 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Yrs 187 117 .615 3.17 412 317 72 200 28 25 2681.2 2709 1131 945 130 657 983 37 3 20 11137 124 1.255 9.1 0.4 2.2 3.3 1.50
162 Game Avg. 17 11 .615 3.17 38 30 7 19 3 2 250 253 105 88 12 61 92 3 0 2 1039 124 1.255 9.1 0.4 2.2 3.3 1.50
SLB (7 yrs) 126 80 .612 3.19 260 206 47 143 23 20 1749.2 1758 740 620 82 409 704 25 2 11 7261 127 1.239 9.0 0.4 2.1 3.6 1.72
NYY (6 yrs) 61 37 .622 3.14 152 111 25 57 5 5 932.0 951 391 325 48 248 279 12 1 9 3876 118 1.286 9.2 0.5 2.4 2.7 1.13

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 Awards
1916 25 NYY AL 82.1 12 9 25 2.73 3.68 0.15 0.00 102.0 3.60 8 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.7 15 .586 .506 $
1917 26 NYY AL 145.0 26 13 59 3.66 3.69 -0.01 0.00 100.0 3.69 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.2 13 .501 .500 $3,500
1918 27 SLB AL 94.2 14 9 26 2.47 3.68 0.04 0.00 95.8 3.48 10 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.1 17 .596 .508 $
1919 28 SLB AL 211.0 30 25 75 3.20 4.13 -0.08 0.00 100.9 4.24 22 2.7 1.0 -0.2 4.4 44 .589 .516 $
1920 29 SLB AL 245.2 38 28 97 3.55 4.85 0.02 0.00 103.1 4.98 38 4.1 1.0 -0.2 6.0 66 .607 .525 $
1921 30 SLB AL 326.2 47 38 151 4.16 5.18 -0.11 0.00 103.8 5.50 46 4.7 1.0 -0.2 7.3 88 .599 .529 $
1922 31 SLB AL 348.1 48 38 141 3.64 4.68 0.25 0.00 102.8 4.55 37 3.9 1.0 -0.2 6.7 74 .581 .524 $ MVP-17
1923 32 SLB AL 276.2 43 35 122 3.97 4.82 0.03 0.00 105.1 5.04 33 3.5 1.0 -0.1 5.7 64 .580 .521 $ MVP-14
1924 33 SLB AL 246.1 40 33 128 4.68 5.16 -0.03 0.00 104.2 5.40 17 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.7 49 .543 .511 $
1925 34 NYY AL 244.1 41 30 108 3.98 5.41 0.01 0.00 97.2 5.26 34 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.3 65 .582 .521 $
1926 35 NYY AL 257.1 41 32 113 3.95 4.77 -0.11 0.00 96.3 4.70 21 2.2 1.0 -0.1 4.3 50 .553 .514 $
1927 36 NYY AL 200.0 31 27 86 3.87 4.67 0.28 0.00 96.1 4.22 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.4 31 .523 .504 $13,500
1928 37 NYY AL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.73 -0.10 0.00 88.0 4.25 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .600 .501 $
13 Seasons 2680.1 412 317 1131 3.80 4.73 0.03 0.00 101.1 4.75 276 29.2 1.0 -1.6 50.9 577 .571 .514 $17,000
SLB (7 yrs) 1749.1 260 206 740 3.81 4.77 0.03 0.00 103.0 4.89 204 21.8 1.0 -1.1 35.9 402 .584 .519 $
NYY (6 yrs) 931.0 152 111 391 3.78 4.65 0.04 0.00 97.6 4.49 72 7.4 1.0 -0.5 15.0 176 .549 .508 $17,000

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1926 35 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 5.87 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 13 7 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 36 1.696 15.3 2.3 0.0 3.5
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.87 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 13 7 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 36 1.696 15.3 2.3 0.0 3.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 27 SLB AL 377 0.0% 8.8% 10.6% 2.7% 15% 79%
1919 28 SLB AL 865 0.7% 9.9% 6.4% 2.7% 12% 81%
1920 29 SLB AL 1018 1.0% 10.5% 6.9% 4.3% 20% 77%
1921 30 SLB AL 1405 1.5% 9.4% 6.1% 5.5% 22% 80%
1922 31 SLB AL 1445 1.5% 10.3% 3.9% 5.3% 21% 81%
1923 32 SLB AL 1153 1.0% 9.5% 4.3% 4.5% 18% 83%
1924 33 SLB AL 1047 1.1% 8.4% 5.0% 4.0% 16% 83%
1925 34 NYY AL 1033 1.7% 7.2% 5.6% 4.8% 18% 83%
1926 35 NYY AL 1110 1.4% 5.3% 6.4% 4.3% 18% 85%
1927 36 NYY AL 836 1.0% 4.2% 4.9% 3.4% 14% 87%
1928 37 NYY AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
11 Yrs 10296 1.2% 8.5% 5.6% 4.4% 18% 82%
MLB Averages 0.9% 7.4% 7.7% 2.9% 11% 80%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1916 25 4 3 .571 2.62 12 9 3 4 1 0 82.1 67 25 24 2 32 43 6 0 2 329 110 1.202 7.3 0.2 3.5 4.7 1.34 110
1917 26 12 8 .600 2.61 38 22 9 11 1 1 227.1 191 84 66 7 78 111 6 1 6 890 105 1.183 7.6 0.3 3.1 4.4 1.42 105
1918 27 18 13 .581 2.38 52 31 14 18 1 3 322.0 260 110 85 7 118 144 7 1 8 1267 116 1.174 7.3 0.2 3.3 4.0 1.22 116
1919 28 31 24 .564 2.50 82 56 19 32 6 3 533.0 453 185 148 13 173 230 11 1 10 2117 119 1.174 7.6 0.2 2.9 3.9 1.33 119
1920 29 51 34 .600 2.57 120 84 29 54 11 8 778.2 677 282 222 23 243 337 15 1 10 3095 127 1.182 7.8 0.3 2.8 3.9 1.39 127
1921 30 78 46 .629 2.86 167 122 37 84 15 12 1105.1 1022 433 351 44 329 469 21 1 13 4496 127 1.222 8.3 0.4 2.7 3.8 1.43 127
1922 31 102 63 .618 2.89 215 160 45 113 17 15 1453.1 1387 574 466 66 386 618 25 3 15 5937 130 1.220 8.6 0.4 2.4 3.8 1.60 130
1923 32 122 75 .619 2.97 258 195 53 137 20 20 1730.2 1679 696 571 78 435 727 28 3 17 7091 129 1.221 8.7 0.4 2.3 3.8 1.67 129
1924 33 138 88 .611 3.12 298 228 56 154 24 21 1977.0 1949 824 686 89 487 815 31 3 17 8151 125 1.232 8.9 0.4 2.2 3.7 1.67 125
1925 34 150 100 .600 3.18 339 258 63 169 26 23 2221.1 2227 932 785 106 545 889 34 3 18 9183 124 1.248 9.0 0.4 2.2 3.6 1.63 124
1926 35 169 111 .604 3.20 380 290 70 187 26 25 2479.2 2499 1045 882 122 616 948 36 3 19 10291 123 1.256 9.1 0.4 2.2 3.4 1.54 123
1927 36 187 117 .615 3.17 411 317 71 200 28 25 2679.2 2706 1131 945 130 657 983 37 3 20 11130 124 1.255 9.1 0.4 2.2 3.3 1.50 124
1928 37 187 117 .615 3.17 412 317 72 200 28 25 2681.2 2709 1131 945 130 657 983 37 3 20 11137 124 1.255 9.1 0.4 2.2 3.3 1.50 124

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1916 25 4 4 .500 3.65 74.0 76 33 30 2 36 39 7 1.514 9.2 4.4 4.7 1.08 0.2 12
1917 26 8 6 .571 3.70 129.0 142 59 53 6 53 61 0 1.512 9.9 3.7 4.3 1.15 0.4 26
1918 27 9 3 .750 2.50 108.0 98 33 30 0 57 38 1 1.435 8.2 4.8 3.2 0.67 0.0 14
1919 28 16 9 .640 3.04 228.0 230 86 77 7 66 93 5 1.298 9.1 2.6 3.7 1.41 0.3 30
1920 29 19 8 .704 2.62 244.0 224 79 71 10 70 106 4 1.205 8.3 2.6 3.9 1.51 0.4 38
1921 30 26 13 .667 2.86 352.0 330 124 112 20 82 142 6 1.170 8.4 2.1 3.6 1.73 0.5 47
1922 31 27 13 .675 2.69 361.0 362 120 108 22 57 155 4 1.161 9.0 1.4 3.9 2.72 0.5 48
1923 32 20 12 .625 3.03 291.0 289 109 98 12 48 115 3 1.158 8.9 1.5 3.6 2.40 0.4 43
1924 33 17 12 .586 3.39 268.0 259 112 101 11 50 96 3 1.153 8.7 1.7 3.2 1.92 0.4 40
1925 34 16 11 .593 3.30 251.0 274 102 92 17 57 76 3 1.319 9.8 2.0 2.7 1.33 0.6 41
1926 35 17 12 .586 3.31 269.0 282 110 99 17 74 62 2 1.323 9.4 2.5 2.1 0.84 0.6 41
1927 36 16 7 .696 2.74 207.0 212 70 63 8 42 36 1 1.227 9.2 1.8 1.6 0.86 0.3 31
1928 37 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
13 Yrs 195 110 .639 3.02 2784.0 2778 1037 934 132 692 1019 39 1.246 9.0 3.3 1.47 0.4 412

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.5%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1922 AL (17, 8%)
1923 AL (14, 8%)
0.16 Career Shares (804th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1920 AL  6.2 (9th)
1921 AL  8.0 (3rd)
1922 AL  7.0 (4th)
1923 AL  6.0 (7th)
1925 AL  5.9 (7th)
Career  54.9 (193rd)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1919 AL  4.4 (7th)
1920 AL  6.0 (4th)
1921 AL  7.3 (2nd)
1922 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1923 AL  5.7 (1st)
1925 AL  5.3 (4th)
1926 AL  4.3 (5th)
Career  50.9 (75th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1919 AL  2.69 (10th)
1920 AL  2.71 (3rd)
1921 AL  3.55 (9th)
1922 AL  2.97 (5th)
1923 AL  3.41 (9th)
1925 AL  3.65 (10th)
1926 AL  3.38 (7th)
1927 AL  2.84 (3rd)
Career  3.17 (234th)

Wins s c a p y
1920 AL  20 (8th)
1921 AL  27 (1st)
1922 AL  24 (3rd)
1923 AL  20 (4th)
1924 AL  16 (10th)
1926 AL  19 (3rd)
1927 AL  18 (7th)
Career  187 (144th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1920 AL  .667 (6th)
1921 AL  .692 (2nd)
1923 AL  .625 (7th)
1926 AL  .633 (4th)
1927 AL  .750 (2nd)
Career  .615 (79th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1919 AL  1.175 (7th)
1920 AL  1.197 (2nd)
1921 AL  1.319 (4th)
1922 AL  1.213 (3rd)
1923 AL  1.230 (2nd)
1924 AL  1.307 (9th)
1925 AL  1.375 (8th)
1926 AL  1.328 (9th)
1927 AL  1.240 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1920 AL  8.206 (2nd)
1921 AL  9.505 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1919 AL  2.346 (9th)
1921 AL  2.369 (9th)
1922 AL  1.474 (1st)
1923 AL  1.590 (1st)
1924 AL  1.900 (3rd)
1925 AL  2.136 (3rd)
1926 AL  2.474 (6th)
1927 AL  1.845 (2nd)
Career  2.205 (158th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1920 AL  3.920 (4th)
1921 AL  3.637 (8th)
1922 AL  3.853 (4th)
1923 AL  3.537 (8th)
1924 AL  3.215 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL  47 (2nd)
1922 AL  48 (3rd)
1926 AL  41 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1918 AL  2 (9th)
1920 AL  5 (1st)
1921 AL  4 (3rd)
1922 AL  3 (7th)
1923 AL  5 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1921 AL  326.7 (3rd)
1922 AL  348.0 (2nd)
1923 AL  277.3 (6th)
1924 AL  246.3 (10th)
1925 AL  244.3 (8th)
1926 AL  258.3 (5th)
Career  2,681.7 (192nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 AL  107 (5th)
1921 AL  132 (2nd)
1922 AL  149 (1st)
1923 AL  109 (5th)
1924 AL  88 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1921 AL  38 (3rd)
1922 AL  38 (2nd)
1923 AL  35 (6th)
1924 AL  33 (7th)
1925 AL  30 (10th)
1926 AL  32 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1920 AL  22 (8th)
1921 AL  30 (2nd)
1922 AL  29 (2nd)
1923 AL  24 (3rd)
1924 AL  17 (10th)
1926 AL  18 (6th)
Career  200 (136th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1919 AL  5 (2nd)
1920 AL  5 (2nd)
1921 AL  4 (2nd)
1923 AL  3 (4th)
1924 AL  4 (3rd)
1925 AL  2 (8th)
1927 AL  2 (10th)
Career  28 (134th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 AL  5 (4th)
1920 AL  10 (7th)
1921 AL  21 (1st)
1922 AL  22 (1st)
1923 AL  12 (4th)
1924 AL  11 (5th)
1925 AL  17 (3rd)
1926 AL  16 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1921 AL  86 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1921 AL  345 (2nd)
1922 AL  365 (1st)
1923 AL  292 (6th)
1924 AL  270 (10th)
1925 AL  278 (6th)
1926 AL  272 (3rd)
Career  2,709 (179th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1919 AL  1.564 (7th)
1920 AL  1.529 (4th)
1921 AL  1.535 (4th)
1922 AL  2.614 (1st)
1923 AL  2.225 (1st)
1924 AL  1.692 (2nd)
1925 AL  1.276 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1922 AL  17 (3rd)
1924 AL  13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1921 AL  129 (3rd)
1922 AL  115 (4th)
1923 AL  105 (8th)
1924 AL  115 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1921 AL  1,401 (1st)
1922 AL  1,441 (2nd)
1923 AL  1,154 (7th)
1926 AL  1,108 (4th)
Career  11,137 (201st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1919 AL  123 (8th)
1920 AL  144 (3rd)
1921 AL  127 (7th)
1922 AL  140 (3rd)
1923 AL  123 (8th)
1927 AL  137 (6th)
Career  124 (80th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1920 AL  30 (4th)
1921 AL  34 (5th)
1922 AL  42 (2nd)
1923 AL  25 (5th)
1926 AL  16 (9th)
1927 AL  21 (9th)
Career  233 (56th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1920 AL  3.1 (4th)
1921 AL  3.3 (5th)
1922 AL  4.3 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.5 (5th)
1926 AL  1.5 (9th)
1927 AL  2.0 (8th)
Career  23.5 (60th)

Oldest s c a p y
1928 AL  born 1890-09-22 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 176 (63), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 65 (190), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (119), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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