Vic Sorrell

Victor Garland Sorrell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 9, 1901 in Morrisville, NC
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1928
Team: Tigers 1928-1937

Final Game: June 3, 1937
Died: May 4, 1972 in Raleigh, NC
Buried: Raleigh Memorial Park, Raleigh, NC
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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
1926	25	TTO	AA	8	0	1.000	3.08	20						73.0	52	30	25		38							1.233	6.4		4.7			TTO · IL
1927	26	TTO	AA	14	8	.636	3.93	32						190.0	202	96	83		59							1.374	9.6		2.8			TTO · IL
1928	27	DET	AL	8	11	.421	4.79	29	23	4	8	0	0	171.0	182	106	91	9	83	67	5	0	3	769	86	1.550	9.6	0.5	4.4	3.5	0.81
1929	28	DET	AL	14	15	.483	5.18	36	31	3	13	1	1	226.0	270	152	130	15	106	81	2	0	5	1034	83	1.664	10.8	0.6	4.2	3.2	0.76
1930	29	DET	AL	16	11	.593	3.86	35	30	5	14	2	1	233.1	245	116	100	12	106	97	0	0	4	1021	124	1.504	9.5	0.5	4.1	3.7	0.92
1931	30	DET	AL	13	14	.481	4.15	35	32	3	19	1	1	245.0	267	131	113	8	114	99	1	0	2	1098	110	1.555	9.8	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.87
1932	31	DET	AL	14	14	.500	4.03	32	31	1	13	1	0	234.1	234	124	105	11	77	84	3	0	2	999	117	1.327	9.0	0.4	3.0	3.2	1.09
1933	32	DET	AL	11	15	.423	3.79	36	28	5	13	1	1	232.2	233	112	98	18	78	75	2	0	1	999	113	1.337	9.0	0.7	3.0	2.9	0.96
1934	33	DET	AL	6	9	.400	4.79	28	19	7	6	1	2	129.2	146	76	69	13	45	46	3	0	4	569	91	1.473	10.1	0.9	3.1	3.2	1.02
1935	34	DET	AL	4	3	.571	4.03	12	6	2	4	0	0	51.1	65	28	23	2	25	22	2	0	1	235	103	1.753	11.4	0.4	4.4	3.9	0.88
1936	35	DET	AL	6	7	.462	5.28	30	14	10	5	1	3	131.1	153	86	77	9	64	37	2	0	2	596	94	1.652	10.5	0.6	4.4	2.5	0.58
1937	36	DET-min	AA	6	5	.545	5.22	23	9					88.0	112	67	51		28							1.591	11.5		2.9			TOL · AA
1937	36	DET	AL	0	2	.000	9.00	7	2	1	0	0	1	17.0	25	18	17	3	8	11	0	0	1	83	53	1.941	13.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	1.38
1938	37	DET-min	D,AA	10	4	.714	1.29	18						105.0	80	25	15		25							1.000	6.9		2.1			BLD,TOL,BLT · MTNS,AA,IL
1939	38	BLD	D	12	6	.667	3.43	21	16					160.0	169	83	61		37							1.288	9.5		2.1			BLD · MTNS
1940	39	BLD	D	5	1	.833	1.98	6	5					41.0	37	17	9		8							1.098	8.1		1.8			BLD · MTNS
10 Yrs				92	101	.477	4.43	280	216	41	95	8	10	1671.2	1820	949	823	100	706	619	20	0	25	7403	102	1.511	9.8	0.5	3.8	3.3	0.88
162 Game Avg.				13	14	.477	4.43	38	30	6	13	1	1	229	250	130	113	14	97	85	3	0	3	1015	102	1.511	9.8	0.5	3.8	3.3	0.88

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1928	27	DET	AL	170.1	29	23	106	5.60	4.94	-0.12	101.9	5.15	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.5	11	.470	.495	$
1929	28	DET	AL	226.0	36	31	152	6.05	4.91	-0.46	101.1	5.42	-16	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	0.4	11	.460	.491	$
1930	29	DET	AL	232.2	35	30	116	4.49	5.71	0.01	102.9	5.86	35	3.3	1.0	-0.1	5.2	65	.595	.521	$
1931	30	DET	AL	245.0	35	32	131	4.81	5.49	-0.13	102.9	5.79	25	2.5	1.0	-0.1	4.5	56	.572	.515	$
1932	31	DET	AL	234.1	32	31	124	4.76	5.18	0.13	104.3	5.27	12	1.2	1.0	-0.1	3.1	42	.537	.507	$
1933	32	DET	AL	232.2	36	28	112	4.33	5.22	0.20	100.3	5.03	15	1.5	1.0	-0.1	3.4	45	.543	.509	$
1934	33	DET	AL	129.2	28	19	76	5.28	4.99	0.16	97.4	4.71	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.3	8	.473	.495	$
1935	34	DET	AL	51.1	12	6	28	4.91	4.98	0.28	92.0	4.32	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.1	3	.475	.498	$
1936	35	DET	AL	131.1	30	14	86	5.89	5.79	0.03	97.5	5.61	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.7	14	.487	.498	$
1937	36	DET	AL	17.0	7	2	18	9.53	5.19	0.03	104.7	5.40	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.405	.496	$
10 Seasons				1670.1	280	216	949	5.11	5.27	-0.02	101.2	5.36	39	4.1	1.0	-0.8	17.7	248	.515	.503	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1928	27	DET	AL	768	1.2%	8.7%	10.8%	3.7%	15%	76%
1929	28	DET	AL	1036	1.5%	7.8%	10.2%	3.9%	15%	77%
1930	29	DET	AL	1020	1.2%	9.5%	10.4%	3.3%	14%	77%
1931	30	DET	AL	1094	0.7%	9.1%	10.4%	3.3%	14%	78%
1932	31	DET	AL	1000	1.1%	8.4%	7.7%	2.8%	12%	81%
1933	32	DET	AL	999	1.8%	7.5%	7.8%	3.2%	14%	80%
1934	33	DET	AL	568	2.3%	8.1%	7.9%	3.5%	14%	80%
1935	34	DET	AL	235	0.9%	9.4%	10.6%	4.3%	15%	77%
1936	35	DET	AL	596	1.5%	6.2%	10.7%	3.2%	12%	80%
1937	36	DET	AL	83	3.6%	13.3%	9.6%			72%
10 Yrs				7399	1.4%	8.4%	9.5%	3.3%	14%	78%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.2%	8.2%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1928	27	8	11	.421	4.79	29	23	4	8	0	0	171.0	182	106	91	9	83	67	5	3	769	86	1.550	9.6	0.5	4.4	3.5	0.81	86
1929	28	22	26	.458	5.01	65	54	7	21	1	1	397.0	452	258	221	24	189	148	7	8	1803	84	1.615	10.2	0.5	4.3	3.4	0.78	84
1930	29	38	37	.507	4.58	100	84	12	35	3	2	630.1	697	374	321	36	295	245	7	12	2824	97	1.574	10.0	0.5	4.2	3.5	0.83	97
1931	30	51	51	.500	4.46	135	116	15	54	4	3	875.1	964	505	434	44	409	344	8	14	3922	100	1.569	9.9	0.5	4.2	3.5	0.84	100
1932	31	65	65	.500	4.37	167	147	16	67	5	3	1109.2	1198	629	539	55	486	428	11	16	4921	103	1.518	9.7	0.4	3.9	3.5	0.88	103
1933	32	76	80	.487	4.27	203	175	21	80	6	4	1342.1	1431	741	637	73	564	503	13	17	5920	105	1.486	9.6	0.5	3.8	3.4	0.89	105
1934	33	82	89	.480	4.32	231	194	28	86	7	6	1472.0	1577	817	706	86	609	549	16	21	6489	104	1.485	9.6	0.5	3.7	3.4	0.90	104
1935	34	86	92	.483	4.31	243	200	30	90	7	6	1523.1	1642	845	729	88	634	571	18	22	6724	104	1.494	9.7	0.5	3.7	3.4	0.90	104
1936	35	92	99	.482	4.38	273	214	40	95	8	9	1654.2	1795	931	806	97	698	608	20	24	7320	103	1.507	9.8	0.5	3.8	3.3	0.87	103
1937	36	92	101	.477	4.43	280	216	41	95	8	10	1671.2	1820	949	823	100	706	619	20	25	7403	102	1.511	9.8	0.5	3.8	3.3	0.88	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
1928	27	9	10	.474	4.37	179.0	183	97	87	9	83	70	5	1.486	9.2	4.2	3.5	0.84	0.5	29
1929	28	11	15	.423	4.50	240.0	267	133	120	15	105	86	2	1.550	10.0	3.9	3.2	0.82	0.6	36
1930	29	17	10	.630	3.05	248.0	230	93	84	11	100	103	0	1.331	8.3	3.6	3.7	1.03	0.4	35
1931	30	17	12	.586	3.33	262.0	253	108	97	8	108	106	1	1.378	8.7	3.7	3.6	0.98	0.3	35
1932	31	16	11	.593	3.19	251.0	221	99	89	10	73	90	3	1.171	7.9	2.6	3.2	1.23	0.4	32
1933	32	16	11	.593	3.30	251.0	233	102	92	18	78	81	2	1.239	8.4	2.8	2.9	1.04	0.6	36
1934	33	7	8	.467	4.27	135.0	145	71	64	13	45	48	3	1.407	9.7	3.0	3.2	1.07	0.9	28
1935	34	2	3	.400	4.06	51.0	67	26	23	2	26	22	2	1.824	11.8	4.6	3.9	0.85	0.4	12
1936	35	7	8	.467	4.11	140.0	142	71	64	8	59	39	2	1.436	9.1	3.8	2.5	0.66	0.5	30
1937	36	0	2	.000	7.50	18.0	24	17	15	3	8	12	0	1.778	12.0	4.0	6.0	1.50	1.5	7
10 Yrs		102	90	.531	3.73	1775.0	1765	817	735	97	685	657	20	1.380	8.9		3.3	0.96	0.5	280

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1930 AL 5.2 (5th) 1931 AL 4.5 (6th) 1932 AL 3.1 (10th) 1933 AL 3.4 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1930 AL 3.86 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1930 AL 16 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1932 AL 1.327 (6th) 1933 AL 1.337 (9th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1932 AL 8.987 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 3.017 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1931 AL 3.637 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1936 AL 3 (6th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1931 AL 99 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1929 AL 31 (10th) 1931 AL 32 (9th) 1932 AL 31 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1931 AL 19 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1930 AL 2 (4th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1933 AL 18 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1929 AL 106 (4th) 1930 AL 106 (2nd) 1931 AL 114 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1929 AL 270 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1931 AL 0.294 (6th) 1932 AL 0.423 (9th)
Losses s c a p y 1929 AL 15 (9th) 1931 AL 14 (10th) 1932 AL 14 (8th) 1933 AL 15 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1929 AL 130 (2nd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1929 AL 5 (10th) 1930 AL 4 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1934 AL 3 (10th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1930 AL 125 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 25 (7th) 1932 AL 16 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1930 AL 2.4 (7th) 1932 AL 1.6 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sheriff Blake (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sheriff Blake (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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