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Lefty Stewart

Walter Cleveland Stewart

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 23, 1900 in Sparta, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1921
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/Indians/Tigers 1921-1935

Final Game: September 29, 1935
Died: September 26, 1974 in Knoxville, TN
Buried: Green Acres Memory Gardens, Crossville, TN
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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
1921 20 DET AL 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
1927 26 SLB AL 8 11 .421 4.28 27 19 6 11 0 1 155.2 187 83 74 8 43 43 2 0 1 675 102 1.478 10.8 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
1928 27 SLB AL 7 9 .438 4.67 29 17 10 7 1 3 142.2 173 81 74 5 32 25 2 0 0 611 90 1.437 10.9 0.3 2.0 1.6 0.78
1929 28 SLB AL 9 6 .600 3.25 23 18 3 8 1 0 149.2 137 67 54 11 49 47 4 0 0 627 136 1.243 8.2 0.7 2.9 2.8 0.96
1930 29 SLB AL 20 12 .625 3.45 35 33 2 23 1 0 271.0 281 119 104 21 70 79 1 0 0 1139 140 1.295 9.3 0.7 2.3 2.6 1.13
1931 30 SLB AL 14 17 .452 4.40 36 33 2 20 1 0 258.0 287 155 126 17 85 89 3 0 1 1135 105 1.442 10.0 0.6 3.0 3.1 1.05 MVP-20
1932 31 SLB AL 15 19 .441 4.61 41 32 6 18 2 1 259.2 269 148 133 22 99 86 3 2 2 1117 104 1.417 9.3 0.8 3.4 3.0 0.87
1933 32 WSH AL 15 6 .714 3.82 34 31 0 11 1 0 230.2 227 116 98 19 60 69 1 0 0 957 109 1.244 8.9 0.7 2.3 2.7 1.15
1934 33 WSH AL 7 11 .389 4.03 24 22 2 7 1 0 152.0 184 74 68 8 36 36 1 0 2 655 107 1.447 10.9 0.5 2.1 2.1 1.00
1935 34 TOT AL 6 7 .462 5.67 25 11 9 2 0 2 93.2 130 77 59 7 19 25 1 1 0 434 80 1.591 12.5 0.7 1.8 2.4 1.32
1935 34 WSH AL 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 8 9 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 18 36 3.750 27.0 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
1935 34 CLE AL 6 6 .500 5.44 24 10 9 2 0 2 91.0 122 68 55 6 17 24 1 1 0 416 83 1.527 12.1 0.6 1.7 2.4 1.41
10 Yrs 101 98 .508 4.19 279 216 43 107 8 8 1722.0 1895 932 802 118 498 503 18 3 6 7402 108 1.390 9.9 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.01
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .508 4.19 38 30 6 15 1 1 237 260 128 110 16 68 69 2 0 1 1017 108 1.390 9.9 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.01
SLB (6 yrs) 73 74 .497 4.11 191 152 29 87 6 5 1236.2 1334 653 565 84 378 369 15 2 4 5304 112 1.384 9.7 0.6 2.8 2.7 0.98
WSH (3 yrs) 22 18 .550 3.97 59 54 2 18 2 0 385.1 419 199 170 28 98 106 2 0 2 1630 107 1.342 9.8 0.7 2.3 2.5 1.08
CLE (1 yr) 6 6 .500 5.44 24 10 9 2 0 2 91.0 122 68 55 6 17 24 1 1 0 416 83 1.527 12.1 0.6 1.7 2.4 1.41
DET (1 yr) 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80

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
1921 20 DET AL 9.0 5 0 12 12.00 5.57 -0.50 0.00 102.1 6.20 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .398 .497 $
1927 26 SLB AL 156.2 27 19 83 4.77 4.87 -0.16 0.00 101.8 5.12 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.9 24 .521 .503 $
1928 27 SLB AL 142.2 29 17 81 5.11 4.71 0.01 0.00 102.0 4.79 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.6 11 .481 .497 $
1929 28 SLB AL 149.2 23 18 67 4.03 5.08 0.18 0.00 104.0 5.10 18 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.0 36 .579 .511 $
1930 29 SLB AL 270.0 35 33 119 3.97 5.44 0.00 0.00 103.4 5.62 49 4.8 1.0 -0.1 7.0 84 .637 .530 $
1931 30 SLB AL 259.0 36 33 155 5.39 5.26 -0.16 0.00 103.7 5.62 6 0.5 1.0 -0.1 2.6 38 .515 .503 $ MVP-20
1932 31 SLB AL 259.1 41 32 148 5.14 5.45 -0.07 0.00 105.2 5.81 19 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.9 51 .543 .511 $
1933 32 WSH AL 230.2 34 31 116 4.53 5.05 0.27 0.00 97.6 4.67 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 2.0 31 .503 .501 $
1934 33 WSH AL 152.0 24 22 74 4.38 5.32 0.06 0.00 96.8 5.09 12 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.4 30 .548 .507 $
1935 34 WSH AL 2.2 1 1 9 30.38 4.81 -0.18 0.00 104.0 5.19 -7 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -7 .115 .498 $
1935 34 CLE AL 91.0 24 10 68 6.73 5.39 0.13 0.00 99.3 5.22 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .443 .492 $
10 Seasons 1722.2 279 216 932 4.87 5.21 0.01 0.00 101.9 5.30 76 7.9 1.0 -0.9 22.0 289 .528 .504 $
SLB (6 yrs) 1237.1 191 152 653 4.75 5.21 -0.05 0.00 103.5 5.44 91 8.9 1.0 -0.6 19.0 245 .547 .509 $
WSH (3 yrs) 385.1 59 54 199 4.65 5.15 0.18 0.00 97.3 4.84 5 0.9 1.0 -0.2 4.0 54 .515 .502 $
CLE (1 yr) 91.0 24 10 68 6.73 5.39 0.13 0.00 99.3 5.22 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .443 .492 $
DET (1 yr) 9.0 5 0 12 12.00 5.57 -0.50 0.00 102.1 6.20 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .398 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1933 32 WSH AL WS L NYG 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.000 27.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.000 27.0 4.5 0.0 0.0

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%
1921 20 DET AL 52 0.0% 7.7% 9.6% 77%
1927 26 SLB AL 675 1.2% 6.4% 6.4% 5.0% 18% 82%
1928 27 SLB AL 611 0.8% 4.1% 5.2% 2.1% 8% 87%
1929 28 SLB AL 628 1.8% 7.5% 7.8% 3.5% 16% 79%
1930 29 SLB AL 1139 1.8% 6.9% 6.2% 7.0% 29% 83%
1931 30 SLB AL 1129 1.5% 7.9% 7.5% 5.1% 20% 82%
1932 31 SLB AL 1117 2.0% 7.7% 8.9% 5.6% 23% 80%
1933 32 WSH AL 957 2.0% 7.2% 6.3% 4.0% 17% 83%
1934 33 WSH AL 655 1.2% 5.5% 5.5% 3.2% 11% 86%
1935 34 TOT AL 434 1.6% 5.8% 4.4% 2.5% 9% 86%
1935 34 WSH AL 18 5.6% 5.6% 11.1% 72%
1935 34 CLE AL 416 1.4% 5.8% 4.1% 2.4% 8% 87%
10 Yrs 7397 1.6% 6.8% 6.7% 4.6% 18% 83%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.6% 7.9% 3.1% 12% 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+
1921 20 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 37
1922 21 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 37
1923 22 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 37
1924 23 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 37
1925 24 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 37
1926 25 0 0 12.00 5 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 20 12 12 0 5 4 0 0 0 52 37 2.778 20.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 37
1927 26 8 11 .421 4.70 32 19 9 11 0 2 164.2 207 95 86 8 48 47 2 0 1 727 93 1.549 11.3 0.4 2.6 2.6 0.98 93
1928 27 15 20 .429 4.69 61 36 19 18 1 5 307.1 380 176 160 13 80 72 4 0 1 1338 92 1.497 11.1 0.4 2.3 2.1 0.90 92
1929 28 24 26 .480 4.21 84 54 22 26 2 5 457.0 517 243 214 24 129 119 8 0 1 1965 103 1.414 10.2 0.5 2.5 2.3 0.92 103
1930 29 44 38 .537 3.93 119 87 24 49 3 5 728.0 798 362 318 45 199 198 9 0 1 3104 115 1.370 9.9 0.6 2.5 2.4 1.00 115
1931 30 58 55 .513 4.05 155 120 26 69 4 5 986.0 1085 517 444 62 284 287 12 0 2 4239 112 1.388 9.9 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.01 112
1932 31 73 74 .497 4.17 196 152 32 87 6 6 1245.2 1354 665 577 84 383 373 15 2 4 5356 110 1.394 9.8 0.6 2.8 2.7 0.97 110
1933 32 88 80 .524 4.11 230 183 32 98 7 6 1476.1 1581 781 675 103 443 442 16 2 4 6313 110 1.371 9.6 0.6 2.7 2.7 1.00 110
1934 33 95 91 .511 4.11 254 205 34 105 8 6 1628.1 1765 855 743 111 479 478 17 2 6 6968 110 1.378 9.8 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.00 110
1935 34 101 98 .508 4.19 279 216 43 107 8 8 1722.0 1895 932 802 118 498 503 18 3 6 7402 108 1.390 9.9 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.01 108

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
1921 20 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 19 11 10 0 5 5 0 2.400 17.1 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 5
1927 26 9 8 .529 3.69 161.0 180 73 66 8 41 44 2 1.373 10.1 2.3 2.5 1.07 0.4 27
1928 27 7 9 .438 4.32 146.0 172 78 70 5 32 26 2 1.397 10.6 2.0 1.6 0.81 0.3 29
1929 28 12 5 .706 2.77 159.0 134 54 49 11 48 50 4 1.145 7.6 2.7 2.8 1.04 0.6 23
1930 29 22 10 .688 2.67 290.0 261 96 86 20 65 85 1 1.124 8.1 2.0 2.6 1.31 0.6 35
1931 30 17 13 .567 3.51 277.0 272 120 108 16 81 95 3 1.274 8.8 2.6 3.1 1.17 0.5 36
1932 31 17 13 .567 3.59 276.0 251 122 110 21 92 92 3 1.243 8.2 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.7 41
1933 32 14 12 .538 3.53 242.0 231 106 95 19 61 72 1 1.207 8.6 2.3 2.7 1.18 0.7 34
1934 33 9 8 .529 3.69 156.0 183 71 64 8 36 37 1 1.404 10.6 2.1 2.1 1.03 0.5 24
1935 34 5 6 .455 4.67 104.0 128 60 54 7 19 28 1 1.413 11.1 1.6 2.4 1.47 0.6 25
10 Yrs 112 85 .569 3.52 1821.0 1831 791 712 115 480 534 18 1.269 9.0 2.6 1.11 0.6 279

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (20, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1930 AL  7.5 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1930 AL  7.0 (3rd)
1932 AL  3.9 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1930 AL  3.45 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1930 AL  20 (5th)
1933 AL  15 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1930 AL  .625 (8th)
1933 AL  .714 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1930 AL  1.295 (2nd)
1933 AL  1.244 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 AL  8.857 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1927 AL  2.486 (8th)
1930 AL  2.325 (7th)
1933 AL  2.341 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1928 AL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1930 AL  271.0 (7th)
1931 AL  258.0 (7th)
1932 AL  259.7 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1930 AL  33 (7th)
1931 AL  33 (7th)
1932 AL  32 (7th)
1933 AL  31 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1930 AL  23 (4th)
1931 AL  20 (5th)
1932 AL  18 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1930 AL  1 (10th)
1932 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1930 AL  21 (1st)
1931 AL  17 (3rd)
1932 AL  22 (5th)
1933 AL  19 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 AL  99 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1930 AL  281 (6th)
1931 AL  287 (6th)
1932 AL  269 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1931 AL  17 (4th)
1932 AL  19 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1931 AL  126 (6th)
1932 AL  133 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1930 AL  1,139 (8th)
1931 AL  1,135 (9th)
1932 AL  1,117 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1930 AL  140 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1930 AL  42 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1930 AL  4.0 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1921 AL  born 1900-09-23 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 50 (517), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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