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Elam Vangilder

Elam Russell Vangilder

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: April 23, 1896 in Cape Girardeau, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1919
Teams (by GP): Browns/Tigers 1919-1929

Final Game: May 27, 1929
Died: April 30, 1977 in Cape Girardeau, MO
Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO
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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
1919 23 SLB AL 1 0 1.000 2.08 3 1 2 1 0 0 13.0 15 4 3 0 3 6 0 1 1 52 164 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
1920 24 SLB AL 3 8 .273 5.50 24 13 8 4 0 0 104.2 131 83 64 7 40 25 3 1 0 466 71 1.634 11.3 0.6 3.4 2.1 0.63
1921 25 SLB AL 11 12 .478 3.94 31 21 7 10 1 0 180.1 196 98 79 10 67 48 2 0 1 798 114 1.458 9.8 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.72
1922 26 SLB AL 19 13 .594 3.42 43 30 8 19 3 4 245.0 248 109 93 13 48 63 6 0 1 997 122 1.208 9.1 0.5 1.8 2.3 1.31
1923 27 SLB AL 16 17 .485 3.06 41 35 5 20 4 1 282.1 276 129 96 12 120 74 6 0 5 1210 137 1.403 8.8 0.4 3.8 2.4 0.62
1924 28 SLB AL 5 10 .333 5.64 43 18 12 5 0 1 145.1 183 114 91 10 55 49 9 0 2 669 80 1.638 11.3 0.6 3.4 3.0 0.89
1925 29 SLB AL 14 8 .636 4.70 52 16 23 4 1 6 193.1 225 127 101 11 92 61 6 0 4 876 99 1.640 10.5 0.5 4.3 2.8 0.66
1926 30 SLB AL 9 11 .450 5.17 42 19 16 8 1 1 181.0 196 121 104 12 98 40 2 0 1 822 82 1.624 9.7 0.6 4.9 2.0 0.41
1927 31 SLB AL 10 12 .455 4.79 44 23 14 12 3 1 203.0 245 136 108 13 102 62 5 1 5 931 91 1.709 10.9 0.6 4.5 2.7 0.61
1928 32 DET AL 11 10 .524 3.91 38 11 21 7 0 5 156.1 163 82 68 4 68 43 3 0 2 692 105 1.478 9.4 0.2 3.9 2.5 0.63
1929 33 DET AL 0 1 .000 6.35 6 0 4 0 0 0 11.1 16 11 8 1 7 3 0 0 0 55 70 2.029 12.7 0.8 5.6 2.4 0.43
11 Yrs 99 102 .493 4.28 367 187 120 90 13 19 1715.2 1894 1014 815 93 700 474 42 3 22 7568 101 1.512 9.9 0.5 3.7 2.5 0.68
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .493 4.28 45 23 15 11 2 2 211 232 124 100 11 86 58 5 0 3 929 101 1.512 9.9 0.5 3.7 2.5 0.68
SLB (9 yrs) 88 91 .492 4.30 323 176 95 83 13 14 1548.0 1715 921 739 88 625 428 39 3 20 6821 100 1.512 10.0 0.5 3.6 2.5 0.68
DET (2 yrs) 11 11 .500 4.08 44 11 25 7 0 5 167.2 179 93 76 5 75 46 3 0 2 747 102 1.515 9.6 0.3 4.0 2.5 0.61

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
1919 23 SLB AL 13.0 3 1 4 2.77 4.55 -0.08 0.00 99.7 4.61 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .601 .502 $
1920 24 SLB AL 104.2 24 13 83 7.14 4.74 0.03 0.00 101.0 4.77 -28 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -1.7 -16 .394 .484 $
1921 25 SLB AL 180.1 31 21 98 4.89 5.15 -0.12 0.00 104.1 5.49 11 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.5 34 .533 .506 $
1922 26 SLB AL 244.1 43 30 109 4.02 4.66 0.26 0.00 103.6 4.56 16 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.6 42 .539 .510 $
1923 27 SLB AL 282.1 41 35 129 4.11 4.84 0.03 0.00 104.7 5.04 29 3.1 1.0 -0.1 5.3 61 .575 .519 $
1924 28 SLB AL 145.1 43 18 114 7.06 4.96 -0.03 0.00 106.9 5.33 -29 -2.7 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -11 .438 .483 $
1925 29 SLB AL 193.1 52 16 127 5.91 5.08 -0.12 0.00 106.7 5.55 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.9 16 .485 .495 $
1926 30 SLB AL 181.0 42 19 121 6.02 4.74 -0.10 0.00 105.6 5.11 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 2 .458 .489 $
1927 31 SLB AL 203.0 44 23 136 6.03 4.98 -0.16 0.00 104.4 5.37 -16 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 0.2 9 .466 .491 $
1928 32 DET AL 158.0 38 11 82 4.67 4.99 -0.12 0.00 101.3 5.17 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.2 27 .522 .505 $
1929 33 DET AL 11.1 6 0 11 8.74 4.94 -0.48 0.00 103.6 5.62 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .440 .498 $
11 Seasons 1716.2 367 187 1014 5.32 4.90 -0.03 0.00 104.4 5.14 -37 -2.7 1.0 -0.9 11.4 164 .493 .498 $
SLB (9 yrs) 1547.1 323 176 921 5.36 4.89 -0.02 0.00 104.7 5.14 -41 -3.2 1.0 -0.8 9.5 140 .490 .498 $
DET (2 yrs) 169.1 44 11 93 4.94 4.99 -0.14 0.00 101.5 5.20 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.9 24 .511 .501 $

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%
1919 23 SLB AL 52 0.0% 11.5% 5.8% 0.0% 0% 83%
1920 24 SLB AL 475 1.5% 5.3% 8.4% 2.1% 8% 82%
1921 25 SLB AL 792 1.3% 6.1% 8.5% 3.4% 14% 80%
1922 26 SLB AL 1000 1.3% 6.3% 4.8% 4.3% 17% 84%
1923 27 SLB AL 1210 1.0% 6.1% 9.9% 3.7% 16% 79%
1924 28 SLB AL 670 1.5% 7.3% 8.2% 2.4% 9% 77%
1925 29 SLB AL 876 1.3% 7.0% 10.5% 1.5% 6% 76%
1926 30 SLB AL 822 1.5% 4.9% 11.9% 2.7% 11% 77%
1927 31 SLB AL 931 1.4% 6.7% 11.0% 3.3% 13% 77%
1928 32 DET AL 697 0.6% 6.2% 9.8% 2.2% 9% 80%
1929 33 DET AL 55 1.8% 5.5% 12.7% 76%
11 Yrs 7580 1.2% 6.3% 9.2% 2.9% 12% 79%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.3% 7.7% 2.9% 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+
1919 23 1 0 1.000 2.08 3 1 2 1 0 0 13.0 15 4 3 0 3 6 0 1 1 52 164 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00 164
1920 24 4 8 .333 5.12 27 14 10 5 0 0 117.2 146 87 67 7 43 31 3 2 1 518 75 1.606 11.2 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.72 75
1921 25 15 20 .429 4.41 58 35 17 15 1 0 298.0 342 185 146 17 110 79 5 2 2 1316 96 1.517 10.3 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.72 96
1922 26 34 33 .507 3.96 101 65 25 34 4 4 543.0 590 294 239 30 158 142 11 2 3 2313 106 1.378 9.8 0.5 2.6 2.4 0.90 106
1923 27 50 50 .500 3.65 142 100 30 54 8 5 825.1 866 423 335 42 278 216 17 2 8 3523 115 1.386 9.4 0.5 3.0 2.4 0.78 115
1924 28 55 60 .478 3.95 185 118 42 59 8 6 970.2 1049 537 426 52 333 265 26 2 10 4192 108 1.424 9.7 0.5 3.1 2.5 0.80 108
1925 29 69 68 .504 4.07 237 134 65 63 9 12 1164.0 1274 664 527 63 425 326 32 2 14 5068 106 1.460 9.9 0.5 3.3 2.5 0.77 106
1926 30 78 79 .497 4.22 279 153 81 71 10 13 1345.0 1470 785 631 75 523 366 34 2 15 5890 102 1.482 9.8 0.5 3.5 2.4 0.70 102
1927 31 88 91 .492 4.30 323 176 95 83 13 14 1548.0 1715 921 739 88 625 428 39 3 20 6821 100 1.512 10.0 0.5 3.6 2.5 0.68 100
1928 32 99 101 .495 4.26 361 187 116 90 13 19 1704.1 1878 1003 807 92 693 471 42 3 22 7513 101 1.509 9.9 0.5 3.7 2.5 0.68 101
1929 33 99 102 .493 4.28 367 187 120 90 13 19 1715.2 1894 1014 815 93 700 474 42 3 22 7568 101 1.512 9.9 0.5 3.7 2.5 0.68 101

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
1919 23 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 18 4 4 0 4 6 0 1.692 12.5 2.8 4.2 1.50 0.0 3
1920 24 4 7 .364 5.23 105.0 131 68 61 7 40 25 3 1.629 11.2 3.4 2.1 0.63 0.6 24
1921 25 13 8 .619 3.18 195.0 188 77 69 10 64 52 2 1.292 8.7 3.0 2.4 0.81 0.5 31
1922 26 16 11 .593 3.21 247.0 247 98 88 13 48 64 6 1.194 9.0 1.7 2.3 1.33 0.5 43
1923 27 22 10 .688 2.74 292.0 273 99 89 12 119 76 6 1.342 8.4 3.7 2.3 0.64 0.4 41
1924 28 7 10 .412 4.65 155.0 176 89 80 10 53 52 9 1.477 10.2 3.1 3.0 0.98 0.6 43
1925 29 12 10 .545 3.71 206.0 212 94 85 10 87 65 6 1.451 9.3 3.8 2.8 0.75 0.4 52
1926 30 9 12 .429 4.52 191.0 193 107 96 12 96 42 2 1.513 9.1 4.5 2.0 0.44 0.6 42
1927 31 11 12 .478 4.14 211.0 237 108 97 13 99 64 5 1.592 10.1 4.2 2.7 0.65 0.6 44
1928 32 10 8 .556 3.55 165.0 163 72 65 4 68 45 3 1.400 8.9 3.7 2.5 0.66 0.2 38
1929 33 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 16 8 7 1 7 3 0 1.917 12.0 5.3 2.3 0.43 0.8 6
11 Yrs 105 89 .541 3.72 1792.0 1854 824 741 92 685 494 42 1.417 9.3 2.5 0.72 0.5 367

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1922 AL  5.3 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1923 AL  5.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1923 AL  3.06 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1922 AL  19 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1922 AL  .594 (10th)
1925 AL  .636 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1922 AL  1.208 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1922 AL  9.110 (10th)
1923 AL  8.798 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1922 AL  1.763 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1922 AL  43 (7th)
1924 AL  43 (8th)
1925 AL  52 (3rd)
1926 AL  42 (7th)
1927 AL  44 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1922 AL  4 (4th)
1925 AL  6 (5th)
1928 AL  5 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1923 AL  282.3 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1923 AL  35 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1923 AL  20 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1922 AL  3 (7th)
1923 AL  4 (2nd)
1927 AL  3 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1923 AL  12 (4th)
1924 AL  10 (7th)
1926 AL  12 (6th)
1927 AL  13 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1923 AL  120 (1st)
1925 AL  92 (8th)
1926 AL  98 (7th)
1927 AL  102 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1923 AL  276 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1922 AL  1.313 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 AL  0.230 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1923 AL  17 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1926 AL  104 (7th)
1927 AL  108 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1923 AL  5 (8th)
1927 AL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1924 AL  9 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1923 AL  1,210 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1925 AL  23 (4th)
1927 AL  14 (10th)
1928 AL  21 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1922 AL  122 (9th)
1923 AL  137 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1922 AL  20 (8th)
1923 AL  28 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1922 AL  2.0 (8th)
1923 AL  2.9 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 43 (591), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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