Elmer Stricklett

Elmer Griffin Stricklett (Spitball)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 140 lb.

Born: August 29, 1876 in Glasco, KS
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1904
Teams (by GP): Superbas/WhiteSox 1904-1907

Final Game: September 24, 1907
Died: June 7, 1964 in Santa Cruz, CA
Cremated
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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
1898	21	DAL	C	6	1	.857		7	7		7	0							13	24			5								1.85	DAL · TL
1899	22	RKI	B	14	1	.933		15	14		13																					RKI · WA
1900	23	WHE,TOL	B	13	8	.619		23	21		18	0																				WHE,TOL · ISLG
1901	24	SAC	N/A	27	22	.551		48																								SAC · CALL
1902	25	NWK	A	3	6	.333		11																								NWK · EL
1903	26	SEE,LOA	A	24	8	.750		36							293	124		8	44													SEE,LOA · PNAL
1904	27	MLW	A	20	11	.645		40						267.0	258	121			49							1.150	8.7		1.7			MLW · AA
1904	27	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	10.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	10	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	34	26	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
1905	28	BRO	NL	9	18	.333	3.34	33	28	5	25	1	1	237.1	259	143	88	0	71	77	14	0	6	1002	86	1.390	9.8	*0.0*	2.7	2.9	1.08
1906	29	BRO	NL	14	18	.438	2.72	41	35	5	28	5	5	291.2	273	128	88	2	77	88	5	2	3	1160	93	1.200	8.4	0.1	2.4	2.7	1.14
1907	30	BRO	NL	12	14	.462	2.27	29	26	3	25	4	0	229.2	211	85	58	1	65	69	8	0	3	902	103	1.202	8.3	0.0	2.5	2.7	1.06
4 Yrs				35	51	.407	2.84	104	90	13	78	10	6	765.2	755	366	242	3	215	237	27	2	12	3098	91	1.267	8.9	0.0	2.5	2.8	1.10
162 Game Avg.				12	18	.407	2.84	36	32	5	27	4	2	268	265	128	85	1	75	83	9	1	4	1086	91	1.267	8.9	0.0	2.5	2.8	1.10

BRO (3 yrs)				35	50	.412	2.78	103	89	13	78	10	6	758.2	743	356	234	3	213	234	27	2	12	3064	93	1.260	8.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	1.10
CHW (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	10	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	34	26	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50

NL (3 yrs)				35	50	.412	2.78	103	89	13	78	10	6	758.2	743	356	234	3	213	234	27	2	12	3064	93	1.260	8.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	1.10
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	10	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	34	26	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50

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
1904	27	CHW	AL	7.0	1	1	10	12.86	3.50	0.58	0.00	95.0	2.77	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-7	.076	.497	$
1905	28	BRO	NL	237.1	33	28	143	5.42	4.23	-0.58	0.00	96.0	4.61	-21	-2.2	1.0	-0.2	-0.4	-1	.435	.487	$
1906	29	BRO	NL	291.2	41	35	128	3.95	3.61	-0.17	0.00	96.0	3.63	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.2	1.3	12	.480	.495	$
1907	30	BRO	NL	229.2	29	26	85	3.33	3.47	-0.05	0.00	95.0	3.35	3	0.4	1.0	-0.2	2.0	17	.514	.503	$
4 Seasons				765.2	104	90	366	4.30	3.76	-0.25	0.00	95.7	3.84	-32	-3.0	1.0	-0.6	2.5	21	.471	.495	$

BRO (3 yrs)				758.2	103	89	356	4.22	3.76	-0.26	0.00	95.7	3.85	-24	-2.6	1.0	-0.6	2.9	29	.475	.495	$
CHW (1 yr)				7.0	1	1	10	12.86	3.50	0.58	0.00	95.0	2.77	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-7	.076	.497	$

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	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1904	27	0	1	.000	10.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	10	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	34	26	2.000	15.4	2.6	3.9	1.50	26
1905	28	9	19	.321	3.54	34	29	5	25	1	1	244.1	271	153	96	0	73	80	14	0	6	1036	81	1.408	10.0	2.7	2.9	1.10	81
1906	29	23	37	.383	3.09	75	64	10	53	6	6	536.0	544	281	184	2	150	168	19	2	9	2196	87	1.295	9.1	2.5	2.8	1.12	87
1907	30	35	51	.407	2.84	104	90	13	78	10	6	765.2	755	366	242	3	215	237	27	2	12	3098	91	1.267	8.9	2.5	2.8	1.10	91

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
1904	27	0	0		16.50	6.0	14	12	11	0	2	3	0	2.667	21.0	3.0	4.5	1.50	0.0	1
1905	28	11	13	.458	4.18	222.0	287	114	103	0	79	72	16	1.649	11.6	3.2	2.9	0.91	0.0	33
1906	29	14	15	.483	4.04	265.0	326	132	119	2	92	80	6	1.577	11.1	3.1	2.7	0.87	0.1	41
1907	30	12	10	.545	3.74	200.0	260	92	83	1	80	60	10	1.700	11.7	3.6	2.7	0.75	0.0	29
4 Yrs		37	38	.493	4.10	693.0	887	350	316	3	253	215	32	1.645	11.5		2.8	0.85	0.0	104

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1906 NL 41 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 1905 NL 1 (7th) 1906 NL 5 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1906 NL 291.7 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1906 NL 35 (8th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1906 NL 28 (10th) 1907 NL 25 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1906 NL 5 (10th) 1907 NL 4 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1906 NL 273 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 NL 0.000 (1st) 1906 NL 0.062 (10th) 1907 NL 0.039 (8th)
Losses s c a p y 1905 NL 18 (9th) 1906 NL 18 (9th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1906 NL 88 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1905 NL 14 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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