Happy Townsend

John Townsend

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 9, 1879 in Townsend, DE
High School: Townsend HS (Townsend, DE)
School: Washington College (Chestertown, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1901
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies/Naps 1901-1906

Final Game: September 21, 1906
Died: December 21, 1963 in Wilmington, DE
Buried: Townsend Cemetery, Townsend, DE
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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
1901	22	PHI	NL	9	6	.600	3.45	19	16	2	14	2	0	143.2	118	73	55	3	64	72	5	0	7	599	99	1.267	*7.4*	0.2	4.0	4.5	1.13
1902	23	WSH	AL	8	16	.333	4.45	27	26	1	22	0	0	220.1	233	157	109	12	89	71	13	1	10	960	83	1.461	9.5	0.5	3.6	2.9	0.80
1903	24	WSH	AL	2	11	.154	4.76	20	13	7	10	0	0	126.2	145	85	67	3	48	54	9	0	7	563	66	1.524	10.3	0.2	3.4	3.8	1.13
1904	25	WSH	AL	5	26	.161	3.58	36	34	2	31	2	0	291.1	319	163	116	3	100	143	9	1	19	1252	75	1.438	9.9	0.1	3.1	4.4	1.43
1905	26	WSH	AL	7	16	.304	2.63	34	24	9	22	0	0	263.0	247	117	77	2	84	102	15	0	7	1087	100	1.259	8.5	0.1	2.9	3.5	1.21
1906	27	CLE	AL	3	7	.300	2.91	17	12	5	8	1	0	92.2	92	45	30	1	31	31	6	0	1	388	90	1.327	8.9	0.1	3.0	3.0	1.00
1907	28	CLB	A	7	11	.389		26						188.0	180	95			67							1.314	8.6		3.2			CLB · AA
1908	29	WPT	B	12	10	.545		27																								WPT · TRIS
6 Yrs				34	82	.293	3.59	153	125	26	107	5	0	1137.2	1154	640	454	24	416	473	57	2	51	4849	83	1.380	9.1	0.2	3.3	3.7	1.14
162 Game Avg.				8	20	.293	3.59	37	31	6	26	1	0	278	282	157	111	6	102	116	14	0	12	1186	83	1.380	9.1	0.2	3.3	3.7	1.14

WSH (4 yrs)				22	69	.242	3.68	117	97	19	85	2	0	901.1	944	522	369	20	321	370	46	2	43	3862	81	1.403	9.4	0.2	3.2	3.7	1.15
PHI (1 yr)				9	6	.600	3.45	19	16	2	14	2	0	143.2	118	73	55	3	64	72	5	0	7	599	99	1.267	7.4	0.2	4.0	4.5	1.13
CLE (1 yr)				3	7	.300	2.91	17	12	5	8	1	0	92.2	92	45	30	1	31	31	6	0	1	388	90	1.327	8.9	0.1	3.0	3.0	1.00

AL (5 yrs)				25	76	.248	3.61	134	109	24	93	3	0	994.0	1036	567	399	21	352	401	52	2	44	4250	81	1.396	9.4	0.2	3.2	3.6	1.14
NL (1 yr)				9	6	.600	3.45	19	16	2	14	2	0	143.2	118	73	55	3	64	72	5	0	7	599	99	1.267	7.4	0.2	4.0	4.5	1.13

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
1901	22	PHI	NL	143.2	19	16	73	4.57	4.61	0.18	0.00	102.0	4.52	0	0.0	1.0	-0.2	1.0	12	.502	.500	$
1902	23	WSH	AL	220.1	27	26	157	6.41	4.86	-0.21	0.00	103.0	5.21	-27	-2.5	1.0	-0.3	-0.7	-6	.409	.485	$2,100
1903	24	WSH	AL	126.2	20	13	85	6.04	4.24	-0.13	0.00	105.0	4.59	-18	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-9	.407	.489	$
1904	25	WSH	AL	291.1	36	34	163	5.04	3.65	-0.45	0.00	103.0	4.22	-23	-2.7	1.0	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.426	.484	$
1905	26	WSH	AL	263.0	34	24	117	4.00	3.69	0.01	0.00	99.0	3.64	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	1.1	12	.471	.494	$
1906	27	CLE	AL	92.2	17	12	45	4.37	3.58	0.48	0.00	97.0	3.01	-14	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.412	.491	$
6 Seasons				1137.2	153	125	640	5.06	4.07	-0.10	0.00	101.7	4.26	-90	-9.4	1.0	-1.1	-0.5	0	.438	.490	$2,100

WSH (4 yrs)				901.1	117	97	522	5.21	4.04	-0.21	0.00	102.1	4.35	-77	-8.0	1.0	-0.8	-0.8	-5	.432	.488	$2,100
PHI (1 yr)				143.2	19	16	73	4.57	4.61	0.18	0.00	102.0	4.52	0	0.0	1.0	-0.2	1.0	12	.502	.500	$
CLE (1 yr)				92.2	17	12	45	4.37	3.58	0.48	0.00	97.0	3.01	-14	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.412	.491	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1901	22	9	6	.600	3.45	19	16	2	14	2	143.2	118	73	55	3	64	72	5	0	7	599	99	1.267	7.4	0.2	4.0	4.5	1.13	99
1902	23	17	22	.436	4.05	46	42	3	36	2	364.0	351	230	164	15	153	143	18	1	17	1559	88	1.385	8.7	0.4	3.8	3.5	0.93	88
1903	24	19	33	.365	4.24	66	55	10	46	2	490.2	496	315	231	18	201	197	27	1	24	2122	82	1.421	9.1	0.3	3.7	3.6	0.98	82
1904	25	24	59	.289	3.99	102	89	12	77	4	782.0	815	478	347	21	301	340	36	2	43	3374	79	1.427	9.4	0.2	3.5	3.9	1.13	79
1905	26	31	75	.292	3.65	136	113	21	99	4	1045.0	1062	595	424	23	385	442	51	2	50	4461	83	1.385	9.1	0.2	3.3	3.8	1.15	83
1906	27	34	82	.293	3.59	153	125	26	107	5	1137.2	1154	640	454	24	416	473	57	2	51	4849	83	1.380	9.1	0.2	3.3	3.7	1.14	83

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
1901	22	10	7	.588	3.35	161.0	133	67	60	3	72	81	6	1.273	7.4	4.0	4.5	1.13	0.2	19
1902	23	14	14	.500	3.98	253.0	256	124	112	13	98	82	14	1.399	9.1	3.5	2.9	0.84	0.5	27
1903	24	6	9	.400	5.18	139.0	171	89	80	4	57	59	11	1.640	11.1	3.7	3.8	1.04	0.3	20
1904	25	12	17	.414	4.85	269.0	362	161	145	3	113	132	10	1.766	12.1	3.8	4.4	1.17	0.1	36
1905	26	15	12	.556	3.56	248.0	286	109	98	2	97	96	17	1.544	10.4	3.5	3.5	0.99	0.1	34
1906	27	4	5	.444	4.19	86.0	109	44	40	1	37	29	7	1.698	11.4	3.9	3.0	0.78	0.1	17
6 Yrs		61	64	.488	4.17	1156.0	1317	594	535	26	474	479	65	1.549	10.3		3.7	1.01	0.2	153

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 NL 7.392 (1st)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 NL 4.510 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1901 NL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1902 AL 12 (2nd)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1902 AL 89 (7th) 1904 AL 100 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 1904 AL 319 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 AL 0.068 (8th) Career 0.190 (153rd)	Losses s c a p y 1902 AL 16 (9th) 1904 AL 26 (1st) 1905 AL 16 (9th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1902 AL 109 (9th) 1904 AL 116 (2nd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1902 AL 10 (3rd) 1903 AL 7 (5th) 1904 AL 19 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1902 AL 13 (3rd) 1903 AL 9 (9th) 1905 AL 15 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1903 AL 7 (2nd) 1905 AL 9 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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