Lil Stoner

Ulysses Simpson Grant Stoner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 28, 1899 in Bowie, TX
High School: Enid HS (Enid, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1922
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies/Pirates 1922-1931

Final Game: June 10, 1931
Died: June 26, 1966 in Enid, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK
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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
1919	20	OKC	A	12	15	.444		40						224.0	201	92			107							1.375	8.1		4.3			OKC · WL
1920	21	OKC	A	4	13	.235		36						199.0	190	102			86							1.387	8.6		3.9			OKC · WL
1921	22	OKM,OKC	D,A	17	13	.567		45						312.1	295	142			76							1.188	8.5		2.2			OKM,OKC · WA,WL
1922	23	BIR	A	7	6	.538	2.97	15						109.0	113	48	36		35							1.358	9.3		2.9			BIR · SOUA
1922	23	DET	AL	4	4	.500	7.04	17	7	6	2	0	0	62.2	76	53	49	3	35	18	3	0	2	289	55	1.771	10.9	0.4	5.0	2.6	0.51

1923	24	DET-min	A	27	11	.711	2.65	48						302.0	279	114	89		69							1.152	8.3		2.1			FTW · TL
1924	25	DET	AL	11	11	.500	4.72	36	25	7	10	1	0	215.2	271	130	113	13	65	66	5	0	1	959	87	1.558	11.3	0.5	2.7	2.8	1.02
1925	26	DET	AL	10	9	.526	4.26	34	18	11	8	0	1	152.0	166	79	72	6	53	51	9	0	4	665	101	1.441	9.8	0.4	3.1	3.0	0.96
1926	27	DET	AL	7	10	.412	5.47	32	22	5	7	0	0	159.2	179	115	97	11	63	57	3	0	6	705	74	1.516	10.1	0.6	3.6	3.2	0.90
1927	28	DET	AL	10	13	.435	3.98	38	24	12	13	0	5	215.0	251	118	95	9	77	63	3	1	6	946	105	1.526	10.5	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.82
1928	29	DET	AL	5	8	.385	4.35	36	11	16	4	0	4	126.1	151	75	61	16	42	29	3	0	1	569	95	1.528	10.8	1.1	3.0	2.1	0.69
1929	30	DET-min	A	6	4	.600	2.00	11						81.0	61	27	18		25							1.062	6.8		2.8			FTW · TL
1929	30	DET	AL	3	3	.500	5.26	24	3	10	1	0	4	53.0	57	37	31	2	31	12	2	0	3	242	82	1.660	9.7	0.3	5.3	2.0	0.39
1930	31	FTW	A	14	6	.700	3.19	30						186.0	172	78	66		59							1.242	8.3		2.9			FTW · TL
1930	31	PIT	NL	0	0		4.76	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	25	110	1.765	11.1	3.2	4.8	1.6	0.33
1931	32	FTW,NWK	A,AA	10	3	.769	3.28	23	12					129.0	138	58	47		40							1.380	9.6		2.8			FTW,NWK · TL,IL
1931	32	PHI	NL	0	0		6.59	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.2	22	13	10	0	5	2	0	0	0	66	66	1.976	14.5	0.0	3.3	1.3	0.40
1932	33	STL-min	A	5	9	.357	4.66	21	18					112.0	131	75	58		56							1.670	10.5		4.5			FTW,HSN · TL
9 Yrs				50	58	.463	4.76	229	111	72	45	1	14	1003.2	1180	623	531	62	374	299	28	1	24	4466	87	1.548	10.6	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.80
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.463	4.76	46	22	14	9	0	3	201	236	125	106	12	75	60	6	0	5	893	87	1.548	10.6	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.80

DET (7 yrs)				50	58	.463	4.74	217	110	67	45	1	14	984.1	1151	607	518	60	366	296	28	1	23	4375	87	1.541	10.5	0.5	3.3	2.7	0.81
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		4.76	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	25	110	1.765	11.1	3.2	4.8	1.6	0.33
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		6.59	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.2	22	13	10	0	5	2	0	0	0	66	66	1.976	14.5	0.0	3.3	1.3	0.40

AL (7 yrs)				50	58	.463	4.74	217	110	67	45	1	14	984.1	1151	607	518	60	366	296	28	1	23	4375	87	1.541	10.5	0.5	3.3	2.7	0.81
NL (2 yrs)				0	0		6.05	12	1	5	0	0	0	19.1	29	16	13	2	8	3	0	0	1	91	76	1.914	13.5	0.9	3.7	1.4	0.38

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
1922	23	DET	AL	63.2	17	7	53	7.49	4.71	-0.08	0.00	97.2	4.66	-20	-1.8	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-13	.394	.489	$

1924	25	DET	AL	215.1	36	25	130	5.43	4.91	0.08	0.00	97.6	4.71	-19	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	0.0	8	.450	.489	$
1925	26	DET	AL	152.0	34	18	79	4.68	4.92	0.10	0.00	98.6	4.75	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.3	20	.502	.500	$
1926	27	DET	AL	159.2	32	22	115	6.48	4.78	-0.23	0.00	99.7	5.00	-26	-2.5	1.0	-0.1	-1.1	-9	.423	.485	$
1927	28	DET	AL	215.0	38	24	118	4.94	5.11	-0.07	0.00	100.1	5.18	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	2.3	31	.513	.503	$
1928	29	DET	AL	125.1	36	11	75	5.39	4.87	-0.12	0.00	100.9	5.04	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.5	9	.486	.497	$
1929	30	DET	AL	53.0	24	3	37	6.28	4.71	-0.46	0.00	101.0	5.22	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	0	.476	.496	$
1930	31	PIT	NL	5.2	5	0	3	4.76	6.26	-0.09	0.00	99.1	6.30	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	2	.517	.501	$
1931	32	PHI	NL	13.2	7	1	13	8.56	4.75	-0.37	0.00	107.0	5.48	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.435	.497	$
9 Seasons				1003.1	229	111	623	5.59	4.91	-0.07	0.00	99.3	4.95	-75	-7.0	1.0	-0.5	1.4	45	.470	.495	$

DET (7 yrs)				984.0	217	110	607	5.55	4.90	-0.07	0.00	99.2	4.93	-71	-6.6	1.0	-0.5	1.6	46	.470	.494	$
PIT (1 yr)				5.2	5	0	3	4.76	6.26	-0.09	0.00	99.1	6.30	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	2	.517	.501	$
PHI (1 yr)				13.2	7	1	13	8.56	4.75	-0.37	0.00	107.0	5.48	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.435	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1922	23	DET	AL	294	1.0%	6.1%	11.9%	2.4%	9%	76%

1924	25	DET	AL	960	1.4%	6.9%	6.8%	4.0%	14%	81%
1925	26	DET	AL	667	0.9%	7.7%	8.0%	3.3%	13%	80%
1926	27	DET	AL	705	1.6%	8.1%	8.9%	3.7%	15%	78%
1927	28	DET	AL	946	1.0%	6.7%	8.1%	3.4%	13%	81%
1928	29	DET	AL	569	2.8%	5.1%	7.4%	4.0%	15%	82%
1929	30	DET	AL	242	0.8%	5.0%	12.8%	2.9%	12%	76%
1930	31	PIT	NL	25	8.0%	4.0%	12.0%			76%
1931	32	PHI	NL	66	0.0%	3.0%	7.6%			86%
9 Yrs				4474	1.4%	6.7%	8.4%	3.5%	13%	80%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.4%	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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1922	23	4	4	.500	7.04	17	7	6	2	0	0	62.2	76	53	49	3	35	18	3	0	2	289	55	1.771	10.9	0.4	5.0	2.6	0.51	55
1923	24	4	4	.500	7.04	17	7	6	2	0	0	62.2	76	53	49	3	35	18	3	0	2	289	55	1.771	10.9	0.4	5.0	2.6	0.51	55
1924	25	15	15	.500	5.24	53	32	13	12	1	0	278.1	347	183	162	16	100	84	8	0	3	1248	78	1.606	11.2	0.5	3.2	2.7	0.84	78
1925	26	25	24	.510	4.89	87	50	24	20	1	1	430.1	513	262	234	22	153	135	17	0	7	1913	85	1.548	10.7	0.5	3.2	2.8	0.88	85
1926	27	32	34	.485	5.05	119	72	29	27	1	1	590.0	692	377	331	33	216	192	20	0	13	2618	82	1.539	10.6	0.5	3.3	2.9	0.89	82
1927	28	42	47	.472	4.76	157	96	41	40	1	6	805.0	943	495	426	42	293	255	23	1	19	3564	87	1.535	10.5	0.5	3.3	2.9	0.87	87
1928	29	47	55	.461	4.71	193	107	57	44	1	10	931.1	1094	570	487	58	335	284	26	1	20	4133	88	1.534	10.6	0.6	3.2	2.7	0.85	88
1929	30	50	58	.463	4.74	217	110	67	45	1	14	984.1	1151	607	518	60	366	296	28	1	23	4375	87	1.541	10.5	0.5	3.3	2.7	0.81	87
1930	31	50	58	.463	4.74	222	110	70	45	1	14	990.0	1158	610	521	62	369	297	28	1	24	4400	88	1.542	10.5	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.80	88
1931	32	50	58	.463	4.76	229	111	72	45	1	14	1003.2	1180	623	531	62	374	299	28	1	24	4466	87	1.548	10.6	0.6	3.4	2.7	0.80	87

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
1922	23	1	5	.167	7.38	61.0	79	56	50	3	36	18	3	1.885	11.7	5.3	2.7	0.50	0.4	17

1924	25	11	13	.458	4.42	222.0	273	121	109	13	65	68	5	1.523	11.1	2.6	2.8	1.05	0.5	36
1925	26	9	8	.529	3.74	159.0	163	73	66	6	52	53	9	1.352	9.2	2.9	3.0	1.02	0.3	34
1926	27	7	11	.389	5.27	164.0	182	107	96	11	64	59	3	1.500	10.0	3.5	3.2	0.92	0.6	32
1927	28	13	11	.542	3.58	221.0	247	98	88	9	76	65	3	1.462	10.1	3.1	2.6	0.86	0.4	38
1928	29	7	7	.500	3.90	134.0	151	64	58	16	42	31	3	1.440	10.1	2.8	2.1	0.74	1.1	36
1929	30	3	3	.500	4.66	56.0	56	32	29	2	30	13	2	1.536	9.0	4.8	2.1	0.43	0.3	24
1930	31	0	0		3.00	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	1.5	0.33	3.0	5
1931	32	0	1	.000	5.79	14.0	22	10	9	0	5	2	0	1.929	14.1	3.2	1.3	0.40	0.0	7
9 Yrs		51	59	.464	4.40	1037.0	1179	563	507	62	373	310	28	1.497	10.2		2.7	0.83	0.5	229

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1926 AL 3.213 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1927 AL 5 (7th) 1928 AL 4 (7th) 1929 AL 4 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1924 AL 13 (3rd) 1926 AL 11 (8th) 1928 AL 16 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1924 AL 271 (9th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1924 AL 1.015 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1924 AL 113 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1926 AL 6 (5th) 1927 AL 6 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1925 AL 9 (3rd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1928 AL 16 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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