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Hippo Vaughn
James Leslie Vaughn
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 9, 1888 in Weatherford, TX
High School: Weatherford (Weatherford, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1908
Final Game: July 9, 1921
Died: May 29, 1966 in Chicago, IL
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Standard Pitching

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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
1908 20 NYY AL 0 0 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 10 64 2.143 3.9 0.0 15.4 7.7 0.50
1910 22 NYY AL 13 11 .542 1.83 30 25 3 18 5 1 221.2 190 76 45 1 58 107 10 0 7 869 145 1.119 7.7 0.0 2.4 4.3 1.84
1911 23 NYY AL 8 10 .444 4.39 26 18 3 11 0 0 145.2 158 92 71 2 54 74 7 1 4 618 81 1.455 9.8 0.1 3.3 4.6 1.37
1912 24 TOT AL 6 11 .353 3.88 27 18 7 9 1 0 144.0 141 81 62 1 80 95 5 0 11 631 90 1.535 8.8 0.1 5.0 5.9 1.19
1912 24 NYY AL 2 8 .200 5.14 15 10 3 5 1 0 63.0 66 48 36 1 37 46 1 0 3 288 70 1.635 9.4 0.1 5.3 6.6 1.24
1912 24 WSH AL 4 3 .571 2.89 12 8 4 4 0 0 81.0 75 33 26 0 43 49 4 0 8 343 117 1.457 8.3 0.0 4.8 5.4 1.14
1913 25 CHC NL 5 1 .833 1.45 7 6 1 5 2 0 56.0 37 13 9 0 27 36 2 1 2 235 219 1.143 5.9 0.0 4.3 5.8 1.33
1914 26 CHC NL 21 13 .618 2.05 42 35 6 23 4 1 293.2 236 119 67 1 109 165 8 1 13 1209 136 1.175 7.2 0.0 3.3 5.1 1.51
1915 27 CHC NL 20 12 .625 2.87 41 34 6 18 4 1 269.2 240 105 86 4 77 148 11 0 5 1121 97 1.176 8.0 0.1 2.6 4.9 1.92
1916 28 CHC NL 17 15 .531 2.20 44 35 9 21 4 1 294.0 269 94 72 4 67 144 7 0 6 1191 132 1.143 8.2 0.1 2.1 4.4 2.15
1917 29 CHC NL 23 13 .639 2.01 41 38 2 27 5 0 295.2 255 97 66 3 91 195 9 0 2 1216 144 1.170 7.8 0.1 2.8 5.9 2.14
1918 30 CHC NL 22 10 .688 1.74 35 33 2 27 8 0 290.1 216 75 56 4 76 148 7 2 4 1146 161 1.006 6.7 0.1 2.4 4.6 1.95
1919 31 CHC NL 21 14 .600 1.79 38 37 1 25 4 1 306.2 264 83 61 3 62 141 6 0 5 1224 161 1.063 7.7 0.1 1.8 4.1 2.27
1920 32 CHC NL 19 16 .543 2.54 40 38 2 24 4 0 301.0 301 113 85 8 81 131 8 1 3 1255 126 1.269 9.0 0.2 2.4 3.9 1.62
1921 33 CHC NL 3 11 .214 6.01 17 14 2 7 0 0 109.1 153 90 73 8 31 30 5 1 1 500 64 1.683 12.6 0.7 2.6 2.5 0.97
13 Seasons 178 137 .565 2.49 390 331 45 215 41 5 2730.0 2461 1039 754 39 817 1416 85 7 63 11225 120 1.201 8.1 0.1 2.7 4.7 1.73
162 Game Avg. 17 13 .565 2.49 37 31 4 20 4 0 257 232 98 71 4 77 134 8 1 6 1059 120 1.201 8.1 0.1 2.7 4.7 1.73
CHC (9 yrs) 151 105 .590 2.33 305 270 31 177 35 4 2216.1 1971 789 575 35 621 1138 63 6 41 9097 126 1.169 8.0 0.1 2.5 4.6 1.83
NYY (4 yrs) 23 29 .442 3.18 73 53 10 34 6 1 432.2 415 217 153 4 153 229 18 1 14 1785 97 1.313 8.6 0.1 3.2 4.8 1.50
WSH (1 yr) 4 3 .571 2.89 12 8 4 4 0 0 81.0 75 33 26 0 43 49 4 0 8 343 117 1.457 8.3 0.0 4.8 5.4 1.14
NL (9 yrs) 151 105 .590 2.33 305 270 31 177 35 4 2216.1 1971 789 575 35 621 1138 63 6 41 9097 126 1.169 8.0 0.1 2.5 4.6 1.83
AL (4 yrs) 27 32 .458 3.14 85 61 14 38 6 1 513.2 490 250 179 4 196 278 22 1 22 2128 100 1.335 8.6 0.1 3.4 4.9 1.42

Postseason Pitching

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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
1918 30 CHC NL WS L BOS 1 2 .333 1.00 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 17 3 3 0 5 1 17 1 0 0 97 0.815 5.7 0.0 1.7 5.7 3.40
1 WS 1 2 .333 1.00 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 17 3 3 0 5 1 17 1 0 0 97 0.815 5.7 0.0 1.7 5.7 3.40

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1908 20 NYY AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1910 22 NYY AL 30 82 75 6 10 1 0 0 4 1 7 .133 .207 .147 .354 8 11 0 0 1
1911 23 NYY AL 26 60 49 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 9 .143 .276 .163 .439 21 8 0 2 1
1912 24 TOT AL 27 52 51 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 .157 .173 .196 .369 4 10 1 0 1
1912 24 NYY AL 15 22 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .136 .095 .232 -35 2 1 0 1
1912 24 WSH AL 12 30 30 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467 32 8 0 0 1
1913 25 CHC NL 7 21 21 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .190 .190 .190 .381 9 4 0 0 /1
1914 26 CHC NL 42 106 97 10 14 3 1 1 3 2 5 33 .144 .186 .227 .413 23 22 0 4 1
1915 27 CHC NL 43 97 86 8 14 3 0 0 9 3 2 7 27 .163 .242 .198 .440 34 17 2 2 1
1916 28 CHC NL 44 112 104 4 14 1 1 0 7 0 3 46 .135 .159 .163 .322 -5 17 0 5 1
1917 29 CHC NL 41 111 100 7 16 2 1 0 6 1 9 33 .160 .229 .200 .429 28 20 0 2 1
1918 30 CHC NL 35 106 96 13 23 3 2 0 8 4 6 21 .240 .284 .313 .597 80 30 0 4 1
1919 31 CHC NL 38 107 98 5 17 4 0 0 2 0 8 27 .173 .236 .214 .450 35 21 0 1 1
1920 32 CHC NL 40 116 102 14 22 3 1 1 12 0 0 12 23 .216 .298 .294 .592 69 30 0 2 1
1921 33 CHC NL 17 44 41 2 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 12 .244 .279 .366 .645 69 15 0 1 1
13 Seasons 392 1015 921 81 159 25 6 3 61 12 2 68 229 .173 .232 .223 .454 33 205 3 23
162 Game Avg. 162 419 381 33 66 10 2 1 25 5 28 .173 .232 .223 .454 33 85 1 10
CHC (9 yrs) 307 820 745 66 134 21 6 3 53 10 2 52 229 .180 .235 .236 .472 39 176 2 21
NYY (4 yrs) 73 165 146 13 19 2 0 0 7 2 16 .130 .221 .144 .365 6 21 1 2
WSH (1 yr) 12 30 30 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467 32 8 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 307 820 745 66 134 21 6 3 53 10 2 52 229 .180 .235 .236 .472 39 176 2 21
AL (4 yrs) 85 195 176 15 25 4 0 0 8 2 16 .142 .218 .165 .382 11 29 1 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1918 30 CHC NL WS BOS L 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1908 NYY AL 20 P 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.30
1910 NYY AL 22 P 30 86 5 73 8 2 .907 2.60 .944 2.35
1911 NYY AL 23 P 26 54 9 41 4 1 .926 1.92 .939 1.89
1912 TOT AL 24 P 27 62 5 53 4 0 .935 2.15 .940 1.95
1912 NYY AL 24 P 15 29 4 22 3 0 .897 1.73 .941 1.95
1912 WSH AL 24 P 12 33 1 31 1 0 .970 2.67 .939 1.95
1913 CHC NL 25 P 7 18 3 13 2 1 .889 2.29 .956 1.57
1914 CHC NL 26 P 42 99 11 75 13 1 .869 2.05 .947 1.65
1915 CHC NL 27 P 41 83 5 70 8 1 .904 1.83 .954 1.68
1916 CHC NL 28 P 44 92 6 82 4 0 .957 2.00 .959 1.63
1917 CHC NL 29 P 41 110 14 89 7 2 .936 2.51 .962 1.78
1918 CHC NL 30 P 35 90 14 73 3 2 .967 2.49 .964 2.03
1919 CHC NL 31 P 38 93 10 74 9 3 .903 2.21 .962 1.89
1920 CHC NL 32 P 40 90 9 71 10 4 .889 2.00 .960 1.75
1921 CHC NL 33 P 17 27 1 24 2 0 .926 1.47 .956 1.52
13 Seasons P 390 906 92 740 74 17 .918 2.13 .955 1.82
13 Seasons TOT 390 906 92 740 74 17 .918 2.13 .873 1.82

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
1918 NL Triple Crown

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 AL  1.827 (9th)
1914 NL  2.053 (4th)
1917 NL  2.009 (5th)
1918 NL  1.736 (1st)
1919 NL  1.790 (2nd)
1920 NL  2.542 (8th)
Career  2.486 (40th)

Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  21 (7th)
1915 NL  20 (5th)
1916 NL  17 (9th)
1917 NL  23 (3rd)
1918 NL  22 (1st)
1919 NL  21 (2nd)
1920 NL  19 (8th)
Career  178 (157th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1914 NL  .618 (9th)
1915 NL  .625 (5th)
1917 NL  .639 (7th)
1918 NL  .688 (4th)
Career  .565 (246th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1918 NL  1.006 (1st)
Career  1.201 (132nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  7.233 (6th)
1917 NL  7.762 (8th)
1918 NL  6.696 (1st)
1919 NL  7.748 (10th)
Career  8.113 (149th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 NL  5.057 (4th)
1915 NL  4.939 (6th)
1916 NL  4.408 (10th)
1917 NL  5.936 (1st)
1918 NL  4.588 (1st)
1919 NL  4.138 (4th)
1920 NL  3.917 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1915 NL  41 (10th)
1916 NL  44 (5th)
1917 NL  41 (10th)
1918 NL  35 (4th)
1919 NL  38 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1910 AL  1 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 NL  293.7 (10th)
1916 NL  294.0 (6th)
1917 NL  295.7 (5th)
1918 NL  290.3 (1st)
1919 NL  306.7 (1st)
1920 NL  301.0 (5th)
Career  2730.0 (176th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 NL  165 (3rd)
1915 NL  148 (5th)
1916 NL  144 (5th)
1917 NL  195 (2nd)
1918 NL  148 (1st)
1919 NL  141 (1st)
1920 NL  131 (2nd)
Career  1416 (198th)

Games Started s c a p y
1914 NL  35 (8th)
1915 NL  34 (7th)
1916 NL  35 (7th)
1917 NL  38 (4th)
1918 NL  33 (1st)
1919 NL  37 (1st)
1920 NL  38 (2nd)
Career  331 (218th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1914 NL  23 (8th)
1915 NL  18 (9th)
1916 NL  21 (7th)
1917 NL  27 (3rd)
1918 NL  27 (2nd)
1919 NL  25 (3rd)
1920 NL  24 (5th)
Career  215 (117th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1910 AL  5 (5th)
1914 NL  4 (9th)
1915 NL  4 (8th)
1916 NL  4 (8th)
1917 NL  5 (5th)
1918 NL  8 (1st)
1919 NL  4 (5th)
1920 NL  4 (7th)
Career  41 (41st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  4 (8th)
1920 NL  8 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  109 (4th)
1915 NL  77 (10th)
1916 NL  67 (10th)
1917 NL  91 (2nd)
1918 NL  76 (3rd)
1919 NL  62 (8th)
1920 NL  81 (7th)
Career  817 (224th)

Hits s c a p y
1915 NL  240 (9th)
1916 NL  269 (3rd)
1917 NL  255 (8th)
1918 NL  216 (8th)
1919 NL  264 (3rd)
1920 NL  301 (5th)
Career  2461 (237th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  1.514 (9th)
1915 NL  1.922 (10th)
1916 NL  2.149 (7th)
1917 NL  2.143 (4th)
1918 NL  1.947 (2nd)
1919 NL  2.274 (6th)
1920 NL  1.617 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 AL  .041 (8th)
1914 NL  .031 (2nd)
1916 NL  .122 (9th)
1917 NL  .091 (9th)
1919 NL  .088 (7th)
Career  .129 (70th)

Losses s c a p y
1916 NL  15 (7th)
1919 NL  14 (4th)
1920 NL  16 (6th)
Career  137 (215th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1915 NL  86 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1912 AL  11 (2nd)
1914 NL  13 (2nd)
1916 NL  6 (10th)
1918 NL  4 (9th)
1919 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1910 AL  10 (9th)
1915 NL  11 (6th)
1917 NL  9 (3rd)
1918 NL  7 (7th)
1920 NL  8 (7th)
Career  85 (98th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 NL  1209 (10th)
1915 NL  1121 (9th)
1916 NL  1191 (6th)
1917 NL  1216 (4th)
1918 NL  1146 (2nd)
1919 NL  1224 (1st)
1920 NL  1255 (4th)
Career  11225 (166th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 AL  145 (9th)
1914 NL  136 (4th)
1916 NL  132 (7th)
1917 NL  144 (3rd)
1918 NL  161 (1st)
1919 NL  161 (2nd)
1920 NL  126 (5th)
Career  120 (116th)

Youngest s c a p y
1908 AL  born 1888-04-09 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 155 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 90 (120), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 36 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

May 26, 1908: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from Hot Springs (Arkansas State).

June 24, 1912: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the New York Highlanders.

August 23, 1912: Traded by the Washington Senators with Tilly Walker to Kansas City (American Association) for Bert Gallia and Bill Kenworthy.

August 9, 1913: Traded by Kansas City (American Association) to the Chicago Cubs for Lew Richie.

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