Ed Walsh
Edward Augustine Walsh (Big Ed)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: May 14, 1881 in Plains, PA
School: Fordham University (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1904
Final Game: September 11, 1917
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1946.
Died: May 26, 1959 in Pompano Beach, FL
Relatives: Father of Ed Walsh
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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
1904 23 CHW AL 6 3 .667 2.60 18 8 10 6 1 1 110.2 90 45 32 1 32 57 3 0 5 453 95 1.102 7.3 0.1 2.6 4.6 1.78
1905 24 CHW AL 8 3 .727 2.17 22 13 7 9 1 0 136.2 121 53 33 0 29 71 4 0 7 556 113 1.098 8.0 0.0 1.9 4.7 2.45
1906 25 CHW AL 17 13 .567 1.88 41 31 8 24 10 1 278.1 215 83 58 1 58 171 7 0 11 1100 136 0.981 7.0 0.0 1.9 5.5 2.95
1907 26 CHW AL 24 18 .571 1.60 56 46 10 37 5 4 422.1 341 120 75 3 87 206 8 0 14 1663 151 1.013 7.3 0.1 1.9 4.4 2.37
1908 27 CHW AL 40 15 .727 1.42 66 49 15 42 11 6 464.0 343 112 73 2 56 269 9 2 10 1799 163 0.860 6.7 0.0 1.1 5.2 4.80
1909 28 CHW AL 15 11 .577 1.41 31 28 2 20 8 2 230.1 166 52 36 0 50 127 4 3 4 897 167 0.938 6.5 0.0 2.0 5.0 2.54
1910 29 CHW AL 18 20 .474 1.27 45 36 7 33 7 5 369.2 242 90 52 5 61 258 4 2 6 1386 189 0.820 5.9 0.1 1.5 6.3 4.23
1911 30 CHW AL 27 18 .600 2.22 56 37 19 33 5 4 368.2 327 125 91 4 72 255 7 1 8 1480 146 1.082 8.0 0.1 1.8 6.2 3.54 MVP-2
1912 31 CHW AL 27 17 .614 2.15 62 41 18 32 6 10 393.0 332 125 94 6 94 254 2 5 10 1564 150 1.084 7.6 0.1 2.2 5.8 2.70 MVP-2
1913 32 CHW AL 8 3 .727 2.58 16 14 2 7 1 1 97.2 91 37 28 1 39 34 4 0 7 426 114 1.331 8.4 0.1 3.6 3.1 0.87
1914 33 CHW AL 2 3 .400 2.82 8 5 2 3 1 0 44.2 33 19 14 0 20 15 1 0 1 183 95 1.187 6.6 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75
1915 34 CHW AL 3 0 1.000 1.33 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 19 4 4 0 7 12 0 0 0 107 224 0.963 6.3 0.0 2.3 4.0 1.71
1916 35 CHW AL 0 1 .000 2.70 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 17 102 2.100 10.8 0.0 8.1 8.1 1.00
1917 36 BSN NL 0 1 .000 3.50 4 3 1 1 0 0 18.0 22 9 7 0 9 4 1 1 1 82 73 1.722 11.0 0.0 4.5 2.0 0.44
14 Seasons 195 126 .607 *1.82* 430 315 102 250 57 34 2964.1 2346 877 598 23 617 1736 54 14 84 11713 146 1.000 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.81
162 Game Avg. 18 12 .607 1.82 39 29 9 23 5 3 271 214 80 55 2 56 158 5 1 8 1069 146 1.000 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.81
CHW (13 yrs) 195 125 .609 1.81 426 312 101 249 57 34 2946.1 2324 868 591 23 608 1732 53 13 83 11631 147 0.995 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.85
BSN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.50 4 3 1 1 0 0 18.0 22 9 7 0 9 4 1 1 1 82 73 1.722 11.0 0.0 4.5 2.0 0.44
AL (13 yrs) 195 125 .609 1.81 426 312 101 249 57 34 2946.1 2324 868 591 23 608 1732 53 13 83 11631 147 0.995 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.85
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.50 4 3 1 1 0 0 18.0 22 9 7 0 9 4 1 1 1 82 73 1.722 11.0 0.0 4.5 2.0 0.44

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
1906 25 CHW AL WS W CHC 2 0 1.000 0.60 2 2 0 1 1 0 15.0 7 6 1 0 6 0 17 1 0 2 62 0.867 4.2 0.0 3.6 10.2 2.83
1 WS 2 0 1.000 0.60 2 2 0 1 1 0 15.0 7 6 1 0 6 0 17 1 0 2 62 0.867 4.2 0.0 3.6 10.2 2.83

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1904 23 6 3 .667 2.60 18 8 10 6 1 1 110.2 90 45 32 1 32 57 3 0 5 453 95 1.102 7.3 0.1 2.6 4.6 1.78 95
1905 24 14 6 .700 2.37 40 21 17 15 2 1 247.1 211 98 65 1 61 128 7 0 12 1009 104 1.100 7.7 0.0 2.2 4.7 2.10 104
1906 25 31 19 .620 2.11 81 52 25 39 12 2 525.2 426 181 123 2 119 299 14 0 23 2109 119 1.037 7.3 0.0 2.0 5.1 2.51 119
1907 26 55 37 .598 1.88 137 98 35 76 17 6 948.0 767 301 198 5 206 505 22 0 37 3772 131 1.026 7.3 0.0 2.0 4.8 2.45 131
1908 27 95 52 .646 1.73 203 147 50 118 28 12 1412.0 1110 413 271 7 262 774 31 2 47 5571 140 0.972 7.1 0.0 1.7 4.9 2.95 140
1909 28 110 63 .636 1.68 234 175 52 138 36 14 1642.1 1276 465 307 7 312 901 35 5 51 6468 143 0.967 7.0 0.0 1.7 4.9 2.89 143
1910 29 128 83 .607 1.61 279 211 59 171 43 19 2012.0 1518 555 359 12 373 1159 39 7 57 7854 150 0.940 6.8 0.1 1.7 5.2 3.11 150
1911 30 155 101 .605 1.70 335 248 78 204 48 23 2380.2 1845 680 450 16 445 1414 46 8 65 9334 149 0.962 7.0 0.1 1.7 5.3 3.18 149
1912 31 182 118 .607 1.77 397 289 96 236 54 33 2773.2 2177 805 544 22 539 1668 48 13 75 10898 149 0.979 7.1 0.1 1.7 5.4 3.09 149
1913 32 190 121 .611 1.79 413 303 98 243 55 34 2871.1 2268 842 572 23 578 1702 52 13 82 11324 147 0.991 7.1 0.1 1.8 5.3 2.94 147
1914 33 192 124 .608 1.81 421 308 100 246 56 34 2916.0 2301 861 586 23 598 1717 53 13 83 11507 146 0.994 7.1 0.1 1.8 5.3 2.87 146
1915 34 195 124 .611 1.80 424 311 100 249 57 34 2943.0 2320 865 590 23 605 1729 53 13 83 11614 147 0.994 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.86 147
1916 35 195 125 .609 1.81 426 312 101 249 57 34 2946.1 2324 868 591 23 608 1732 53 13 83 11631 147 0.995 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.85 147
1917 36 195 126 .607 1.82 430 315 102 250 57 34 2964.1 2346 877 598 23 617 1736 54 14 84 11713 146 1.000 7.1 0.1 1.9 5.3 2.81 146

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 23 6 5 .545 3.65 106.0 106 48 43 1 38 55 4 1.358 9.0 3.2 4.7 1.45 0.1 18
1905 24 9 5 .643 3.02 134.0 144 50 45 0 35 70 5 1.336 9.7 2.4 4.7 2.00 0.0 22
1906 25 21 9 .700 2.49 278.0 254 86 77 1 69 171 8 1.162 8.2 2.2 5.5 2.48 0.0 41
1907 26 35 10 .778 2.18 412.0 401 111 100 4 102 201 9 1.221 8.8 2.2 4.4 1.97 0.1 56
1908 27 41 10 .804 1.98 460.0 411 112 101 2 67 267 11 1.039 8.0 1.3 5.2 3.99 0.0 66
1909 28 19 5 .792 2.05 224.0 201 57 51 0 61 124 5 1.170 8.1 2.5 5.0 2.03 0.0 31
1910 29 33 6 .846 1.73 358.0 281 77 69 6 71 250 5 0.983 7.1 1.8 6.3 3.52 0.2 45
1911 30 32 10 .762 2.26 379.0 339 106 95 4 75 262 7 1.092 8.1 1.8 6.2 3.49 0.1 56
1912 31 32 11 .744 2.30 395.0 348 112 101 6 99 255 2 1.132 7.9 2.3 5.8 2.58 0.1 62
1913 32 7 4 .636 3.00 99.0 102 37 33 1 44 34 4 1.475 9.3 4.0 3.1 0.77 0.1 16
1914 33 2 2 .500 3.77 43.0 37 20 18 0 22 14 1 1.372 7.7 4.6 2.9 0.64 0.0 8
1915 34 3 0 1.000 1.61 28.0 21 6 5 0 8 12 0 1.036 6.8 2.6 3.9 1.50 0.0 3
1916 35 0 0 2.25 4.0 4 1 1 0 3 4 0 1.750 9.0 6.8 9.0 1.33 0.0 2
1917 36 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 26 11 10 0 11 4 1 2.313 14.6 6.2 2.3 0.36 0.0 4
14 Seasons 240 78 .755 *2.30* 2936.0 2675 834 749 25 705 1723 62 1.151 8.2 5.3 2.44 0.1 430

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-AL-2-55%
1912-AL-2-47%
1.02 Career Shares (227th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1906 AL--1.875--7th
1907 AL--1.598--1st
1908 AL--1.416--3rd
1909 AL--1.407--2nd
1910 AL--1.266--1st
1911 AL--2.222--6th
1912 AL--2.153--3rd
Career--1.816--1st

Wins s c a p y
1907 AL--24--5th
1908 AL--40--1st
1910 AL--18--6th
1911 AL--27--2nd
1912 AL--27--3rd
Career--195--121st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1908 AL--.727--1st
1909 AL--.577--10th
1911 AL--.600--10th
Career--.607--90th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1906 AL--.981--4th
1907 AL--1.013--5th
1908 AL--.860--2nd
1909 AL--.938--1st
1910 AL--.820--1st
1911 AL--1.082--2nd
1912 AL--1.084--3rd
Career--1.00--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL--6.952--3rd
1907 AL--7.267--3rd
1908 AL--6.653--3rd
1909 AL--6.486--3rd
1910 AL--5.892--2nd
1911 AL--7.983--6th
1912 AL--7.603--4th
Career--7.123--12th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1907 AL--1.854--9th
1908 AL--1.086--3rd
1909 AL--1.954--10th
1910 AL--1.485--1st
1911 AL--1.758--3rd
1912 AL--2.153--8th
Career--1.873--64th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL--5.529--3rd
1907 AL--4.390--5th
1908 AL--5.218--6th
1909 AL--4.962--7th
1910 AL--6.281--3rd
1911 AL--6.225--2nd
1912 AL--5.817--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1906 AL--41--6th
1907 AL--56--1st
1908 AL--66--1st
1910 AL--45--1st
1911 AL--56--1st
1912 AL--62--1st

Saves s c a p y
1904 AL--1--2nd
1906 AL--1--10th
1907 AL--4--1st
1908 AL--6--1st
1909 AL--2--3rd
1910 AL--5--1st
1911 AL--4--1st
1912 AL--10--1st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1907 AL--422.3--1st
1908 AL--464.0--1st
1910 AL--369.7--2nd
1911 AL--368.7--1st
1912 AL--393.0--1st
Career--2964.3--135th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 AL--171--3rd
1907 AL--206--2nd
1908 AL--269--1st
1909 AL--127--10th
1910 AL--258--2nd
1911 AL--255--1st
1912 AL--254--3rd
Career--1736--94th

Games Started s c a p y
1907 AL--46--1st
1908 AL--49--1st
1910 AL--36--3rd
1911 AL--37--2nd
1912 AL--41--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1907 AL--37--1st
1908 AL--42--1st
1910 AL--33--3rd
1911 AL--33--2nd
1912 AL--32--3rd
Career--250--79th

Shutouts s c a p y
1906 AL--10--1st
1907 AL--5--6th
1908 AL--11--1st
1909 AL--8--1st
1910 AL--7--4th
1911 AL--5--3rd
1912 AL--6--3rd
Career--57--11th

Home Runs s c a p y
1907 AL--3--6th
1910 AL--5--6th
1912 AL--6--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1907 AL--87--5th
1912 AL--94--4th

Hits s c a p y
1907 AL--341--2nd
1908 AL--343--1st
1910 AL--242--7th
1911 AL--327--2nd
1912 AL--332--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1906 AL--2.948--3rd
1907 AL--2.368--5th
1908 AL--4.804--1st
1909 AL--2.540--4th
1910 AL--4.230--1st
1911 AL--3.542--1st
1912 AL--2.702--4th
Career--2.814--48th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 AL--.032--4th
1908 AL--.039--10th
1909 AL--0.00--1st
Career--.070--10th

Losses s c a p y
1907 AL--18--5th
1910 AL--20--1st
1911 AL--18--2nd
1912 AL--17--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1907 AL--75--8th
1908 AL--73--8th
1911 AL--91--6th
1912 AL--94--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1906 AL--11--2nd
1907 AL--14--1st
1908 AL--10--8th
1911 AL--8--7th
1912 AL--10--5th
Career--84--142nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 AL--1100--6th
1907 AL--1663--1st
1908 AL--1799--1st
1910 AL--1386--3rd
1911 AL--1480--1st
1912 AL--1564--1st
Career--11713--142nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1904 AL--10--1st
1905 AL--7--8th
1906 AL--8--7th
1907 AL--10--4th
1908 AL--15--2nd
1911 AL--19--1st
1912 AL--18--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1906 AL--136--7th
1907 AL--151--1st
1908 AL--163--3rd
1909 AL--167--2nd
1910 AL--189--1st
1911 AL--146--7th
1912 AL--150--3rd
Career--146--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1917 NL--born 1881-05-14--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 54 (11), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 115 (65), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 141 (45), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 52 (31), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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