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Doc Scanlan
William Dennis Scanlan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.
Schools Fordham University, Manhattan College, Syracuse University

Debut September 24, 1903
Final Game September 1, 1911
Born March 7, 1881 in Syracuse, NY
Died May 29, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY

Brother of Frank Scanlan

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1903 22 PIT NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    5    7    4   0    6    0   0   0    36       0  4.00  3.23   81 1.222
 1904 23 TOT NL   7   9  17  15  12   3   2  0  126.0  115   58   37   0   60   50   4   1   541       0  2.64  2.73  103 1.389
         PIT NL   1   3   4   3   1   0   1  0   22.0   21   19   12   0   20   10   2   0   111       0  4.91  2.73   56 1.864
         BRO NL   6   6  13  12  11   3   1  0  104.0   94   39   25   0   40   40   2   1   430       0  2.16  2.73  126 1.288
 1905 24 BRO NL  14  12  33  28  22   2   4  0  249.7  220  119   81   4  104  135   8   4  1042       1  2.92  2.87   98 1.298
 1906 25 BRO NL  18  13  38  33  28   6   4  2  288.0  230  128  102   5  127  120   6   4  1206       0  3.19  2.52   79 1.240
 1907 26 BRO NL   6   8  17  15  10   2   2  0  107.0   90   50   38   1   61   59   3   0   441       0  3.20  2.34   73 1.411
 1909 28 BRO NL   8   7  19  17  12   2   2  0  141.3  125   53   46   2   65   72   4   4   565       0  2.93  2.59   88 1.344
 1910 29 BRO NL   9  11  34  25  14   0   9  2  217.3  175   76   63   1  116  103   5   4   868       0  2.61  3.02  116 1.339
 1911 30 BRO NL   3  10  22  15   3   0   3  1  113.7  101   67   46   2   69   45   6   0   470       0  3.64  3.32   91 1.496
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .478  65  71 181 149 102  15  26  5 1252.0 1061  558  417  15  608  584  36  17  5169       1  3.00  2.77   92 1.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  14  37  30  21   3   5  1  257.7  218  114   85   3  125  120   7   3  1065   0   0  3.00  2.77   92 1.333
 Career High     18  13  38  33  28   6   9  2  288.0  230  128  102   5  127  135   8   4  1206   0   1  2.61  3.32  116 1.240

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1903 22 PIT NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .333  .000   -3    0   0           0    
 1904 23 TOT NL  17   41    2    5   0  0   0    4   0      2      .122  .163  .122  -11    5   5           0    
         PIT NL   4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .143  .000  -55    0   0           0    
         BRO NL  13   35    2    5   0  0   0    4   0      1      .143  .167  .143   -3    5   5           0    
 1905 24 BRO NL  33   96    4   16   0  0   0    4   2      3      .167  .192  .167   10   16   3           0    
 1906 25 BRO NL  38   97   11   18   2  0   0    1   1     11      .186  .269  .206   53   20   3           0    
 1907 26 BRO NL  17   34    2    9   1  2   0    6   0      6      .265  .375  .412  155   14   0           0    
 1909 28 BRO NL  19   44    3   12   5  0   0    1   1      6      .273  .373  .386  140   17   1           1    
 1910 29 BRO NL  34   69    1   14   3  0   0    6   0      5  14  .203  .257  .246   49   17   2           0    
 1911 30 BRO NL  22   33    0    4   0  0   0    1   0      0   7  .121  .121  .121  -31    4   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      181  416   23   78  11  2   0   23   4  0  34  21  .188  .251  .224   47   93  16   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        372   21   70  10  2   0   21   4  0  30  19  .188  .251  .224   47   83  14   0   0   1   0
 Career High     38   97   11   18   5  2   0    6   2  0  11  14                          20   5   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1903 22 PIT NL    3    2    0   0.0    94| .000  .281| .333  .345| .000  .366| .333  .711|  -3  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1904 23 TOT NL   48   41    1   0.6    76| .122  .255| .163  .313| .122  .330| .285  .643| -11  .048  -5.3  -0.6     
         PIT NL    7    6    0   0.0    80| .000  .261| .143  .320| .000  .337| .143  .657| -55  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
         BRO NL   41   35    1   0.8    75| .143  .254| .167  .312| .143  .329| .310  .641|  -3  .063  -4.2  -0.5     
 1905 24 BRO NL  102   83    3   1.0    78| .167  .256| .192  .317| .167  .335| .359  .652|  10  .084 -10.4  -1.2     
 1906 25 BRO NL  111   82    5   1.6    70| .186  .244| .269  .309| .206  .310| .475  .619|  53  .226  -4.7  -0.6     
 1907 26 BRO NL   40   25    5   5.3    69| .265  .243| .375  .308| .412  .309| .787  .616| 155  .730   2.2   0.3     
 1909 28 BRO NL   52   33    6   4.9    74| .273  .248| .373  .315| .386  .319| .759  .634| 140  .682   2.5   0.3     
 1910 29 BRO NL   76   57    4   1.9    85| .203  .259| .257  .333| .246  .344| .503  .677|  49  .228  -4.5  -0.5     
 1911 30 BRO NL   35   31    0   0.0    92| .121  .263| .121  .340| .121  .363| .242  .703| -31  .000  -5.8  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       467  354   24   1.8    77| .188  .252| .251  .318| .224  .329| .475  .647|  47  .238 -26.2  -2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1903 22 PIT NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.90 1 9.0 1904 23 TOT NL P 17 11 20 1 1 .969 .939 1.82 2.62 2.21 3.03 15 126.0 PIT NL P 4 4 2 0 1 1.000 .938 1.50 2.62 2.45 3.03 3 22.0 BRO NL P 13 7 18 1 0 .962 .940 1.92 2.62 2.16 3.03 12 104.0 1905 24 BRO NL P 33 6 57 5 3 .926 .943 1.91 2.42 2.27 2.97 28 249.7 1906 25 BRO NL P 38 5 50 5 0 .917 .948 1.45 2.40 1.72 3.05 33 288.0 1907 26 BRO NL P 17 1 21 3 2 .880 .948 1.29 2.27 1.85 2.97 15 107.0 1909 28 BRO NL P 19 0 33 1 2 .971 .940 1.74 1.95 2.10 2.84 17 141.3 1910 29 BRO NL P 34 4 49 0 1 1.000 .945 1.56 1.77 2.20 2.82 25 217.3 1911 30 BRO NL P 22 1 31 4 1 .889 .944 1.45 1.72 2.53 2.77 15 113.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 22 PIT NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.90 1 9.0 1904 23 TOT NL P 17 11 20 1 1 .969 .939 1.82 2.62 2.21 3.03 15 126.0 PIT NL P 4 4 2 0 1 1.000 .938 1.50 2.62 2.45 3.03 3 22.0 BRO NL P 13 7 18 1 0 .962 .940 1.92 2.62 2.16 3.03 12 104.0 1905 24 BRO NL P 33 6 57 5 3 .926 .943 1.91 2.42 2.27 2.97 28 249.7 1906 25 BRO NL P 38 5 50 5 0 .917 .948 1.45 2.40 1.72 3.05 33 288.0 1907 26 BRO NL P 17 1 21 3 2 .880 .948 1.29 2.27 1.85 2.97 15 107.0 1909 28 BRO NL P 19 0 33 1 2 .971 .940 1.74 1.95 2.10 2.84 17 141.3 1910 29 BRO NL P 34 4 49 0 1 1.000 .945 1.56 1.77 2.20 2.82 25 217.3 1911 30 BRO NL P 22 1 31 4 1 .889 .944 1.45 1.72 2.53 2.77 15 113.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 181 28 262 19 10 .939 .944 1.60 2.16 2.08 2.94 149 1252.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 181 28 262 19 10 .939 .944 1.60 2.16 2.08 2.94 149 1252
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1906 NL-7.19-7
1910 NL-7.25-2
Car-7.63-43

Strikeouts/9IP
1905 NL-4.87-5
1910 NL-4.27-8

Games
1906 NL-38-10

Saves
1906 NL-2-9
1910 NL-2-9

Strikeouts
1905 NL-135-9
1910 NL-103-10

Comp. Games
1906 NL-28-10

Shutouts
1906 NL-6-3

Home Runs Allow.
1906 NL-5-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1905 NL-104-6
1906 NL-127-1
1910 NL-116-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1906 NL-102-3

Batters Faced
1906 NL-1206-9

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (986) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (649) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1120) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 1, 1904: Purchased by the Brooklyn Superbas from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December, 1911: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Stack.


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