Joe Sommer

Joseph John Sommer

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 20, 1858 in Covington, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1880
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedStockings/Reds/Spiders 1880-1890

Final Game: October 15, 1890
Died: January 16, 1938 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, KY
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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
1883	24	CIN	AA	0	0	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	1	2			1	26	66	2.000	16.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00

1885	26	BAL	AA	0	0	9.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	42	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1886	27	BAL	AA	0	0	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	14	12	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	30	21	4.250	31.5	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
1887	28	BAL	AA	0	0	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	62	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1890	31	CLV	NL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7		4.000	18.0	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
5 Yrs				0	0	9.64	6	0	5	0	0	1	14.0	33	25	15	1	7	3	0	0	3	84	41	2.857	21.2	0.6	4.5	1.9	0.43
162 Game Avg.				0	0	9.64	68	0	57	0	0	11	159	374	283	170	11	79	34		0	34	952	41	2.857	21.2	0.6	4.5	1.9	0.43

BAL (3 yrs)				0	0	13.50	4	0	4	0	0	1	8.0	22	16	12	0	4	1	0	0	2	51	30	3.250	24.8	0.0	4.5	1.1	0.25
CLV (1 yr)				0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7		4.000	18.0	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
CIN (1 yr)				0	0	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	1	2			1	26	66	2.000	16.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00

AA (4 yrs)				0	0	10.38	5	0	5	0	0	1	13.0	31	22	15	0	5	3	0	0	3	77	37	2.769	21.5	0.0	3.5	2.1	0.60
NL (1 yr)				0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7		4.000	18.0	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00

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
1883	24	CIN	AA	5.0	1	0	6	10.80	5.58	0.74	0.00	99.0	4.79	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.271	.499	$1,200

1885	26	BAL	AA	3.0	2	0	3	9.00	5.57	-0.50	0.00	101.0	6.13	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.458	.499	$
1886	27	BAL	AA	4.0	1	0	12	27.00	5.85	-0.17	0.00	99.0	5.96	-9	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-9	.094	.497	$
1887	28	BAL	AA	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	6.53	-0.23	0.00	95.0	6.42	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.479	.500	$

1890	31	CLV	NL	1.0	1	0	3	27.00	5.71	0.04	0.00	98.0	5.56	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.323	.499	$
5 Seasons				14.0	6	0	25	16.07	5.73	0.09	0.00	99.1	5.58	-16	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-16	.347	.499	$1,200

BAL (3 yrs)				8.0	4	0	16	18.00	5.83	-0.30	0.00	99.2	6.08	-11	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-10	.372	.499	$
CLV (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	3	27.00	5.71	0.04	0.00	98.0	5.56	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.323	.499	$
CIN (1 yr)				5.0	1	0	6	10.80	5.58	0.74	0.00	99.0	4.79	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.271	.499	$1,200

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	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+
1883	24	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	1	2			1	26	66	2.000	16.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	66
1884	25	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	1	2			1	26	66	2.000	16.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00	66
1885	26	6.75	3	3	1	8.0	15	9	6	0	1	2	0	0	2	40	54	2.000	16.9	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.00	54
1886	27	10.50	4	4	1	12.0	29	21	14	0	4	3	0	0	2	70	35	2.750	21.8	0.0	3.0	2.3	0.75	35
1887	28	10.38	5	5	1	13.0	31	22	15	0	5	3	0	0	3	77	37	2.769	21.5	0.0	3.5	2.1	0.60	37
1888	29	10.38	5	5	1	13.0	31	22	15	0	5	3	0	0	3	77	37	2.769	21.5	0.0	3.5	2.1	0.60	37
1889	30	10.38	5	5	1	13.0	31	22	15	0	5	3	0	0	3	77	37	2.769	21.5	0.0	3.5	2.1	0.60	37
1890	31	9.64	6	5	1	14.0	33	25	15	1	7	3	0	0	3	84	41	2.857	21.2	0.6	4.5	1.9	0.43	41

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
1883	24	1	0	1.000	2.70	10.0	12	3	3	0	1	4	0	1.300	10.8	0.9	3.6	4.00	0.0	1

1885	26	0	0		5.14	7.0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2
1886	27	0	0		12.00	6.0	15	9	8	0	3	1	0	3.000	22.5	4.5	1.5	0.33	0.0	1
1887	28	0	0		4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1890	31	0	0		0.00	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	9.0	1
5 Yrs		1	0	1.000	5.54	26.0	31	17	16	1	7	5	0	1.462	10.7		1.7	0.71	0.3	6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1885 AA 1 (2nd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1885 AA 2 (6th) 1886 AA 1 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1885 AA 1 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1885 AA 2 (6th)
1886 AA 1 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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