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Roger Wolff
Roger Francis Wolff

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 208 lb.

Debut September 20, 1941
Final Game August 25, 1947
Born April 10, 1911 in Evansville, IL
Died March 23, 1994 in Chester, IL

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 30 PHA AL   0   2   2   2   2   0   0  0   17.0   15    6    6   0    4    2   0   0    69       0  3.18  4.19  132 1.118
 1942 31 PHA AL  12  15  32  25  15   2   7  3  214.3  206   99   79  16   69   94   3   5   912       0  3.32  3.77  114 1.283
 1943 32 PHA AL  10  15  41  26  13   2  14  6  221.0  232   97   87  11   72   91   4   3   937       1  3.54  3.39   96 1.376 MVP-25
 1944 33 WSH AL   4  15  33  21   5   0   5  2  155.0  186  107   86   9   60   73   6   6   715       0  4.99  3.26   65 1.587
 1945 34 WSH AL  20  10  33  29  21   4   4  2  250.0  200   68   59   7   53  108   1   1  1000       0  2.12  3.10  146 1.012 MVP-7
 1946 35 WSH AL   5   8  21  17   6   0   2  0  122.0  115   51   35   8   30   50   5   1   506       0  2.58  3.36  130 1.189
 1947 36 TOT      1   4  20   8   1   0   7  0   46.0   64   40   36   5   28   12   3   0   227       0  7.04  3.97   56 2.000
         CLE AL   0   0   7   2   0   0   3  0   16.0   15    7    7   1   10    5   2   0    72       0  3.94  3.48   88 1.563
         PIT NL   1   4  13   6   1   0   4  0   30.0   49   33   29   4   18    7   1   0   155       0  8.70  4.23   49 2.233
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .430  52  69 182 128  63   8  39 13 1025.3 1018  468  388  56  316  430  22  16  4366       1  3.41  3.41  100 1.301
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  15  39  28  13   1   8  2  224.7  223  102   85  12   69   94   4   3   957   0   0  3.41  3.41  100 1.301
 Career High     20  15  41  29  21   4  14  6  250.0  232  107   87  16   72  108   6   6  1000   0   1  2.12  3.97  146 1.012

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 30 PHA AL   2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200    7    1   0           0   0
 1942 31 PHA AL  32   68    4    6   1  0   0    4   0  1   7  19  .088  .173  .103  -21    7   4           0   3
 1943 32 PHA AL  41   74    4    9   0  0   0    3   0  0   4  17  .122  .167  .122  -15    9   3           0   4 MVP-25
 1944 33 WSH AL  33   55    6   12   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  12  .218  .259  .218   39   12   1           0   3
 1945 34 WSH AL  33   84    2    9   1  0   0    6   0  0   6  20  .107  .167  .119  -14   10   5           0   2 MVP-7
 1946 35 WSH AL  21   39    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   5  14  .103  .205  .103  -10    4   2           0   1
 1947 36 TOT     20   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .000  .077  .000  -78    0   2           0   0
         CLE AL   7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2           0   0
         PIT NL  13    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   6  .000  .100  .000  -72    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      182  337   18   41   2  0   0   16   0  1  26  93  .122  .185  .128   -9   43  17   0   0   0  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        300   16   36   2  0   0   14   0  1  23  83  .122  .185  .128   -9   38  15   0   0   0  12
 Career High     41   84    6   12   1  0   0    6   0  1   7  20                          12   5   0   0   0   4
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 30 PHA AL    5    4    0   0.0   105| .200  .273| .200  .349| .200  .402| .400  .752|   7  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1942 31 PHA AL   79   70    1   0.4    94| .088  .264| .173  .339| .103  .370| .276  .709| -21  .013 -11.1  -1.2   0%
 1943 32 PHA AL   81   72    2   0.8    86| .122  .255| .167  .329| .122  .352| .289  .681| -15  .050 -10.9  -1.2   0%
 1944 33 WSH AL   59   47    3   1.7    88| .218  .263| .259  .329| .218  .359| .477  .689|  39  .175  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1945 34 WSH AL   95   82    2   0.6    82| .107  .252| .167  .323| .119  .343| .286  .665| -14  .037 -11.8  -1.3   0%
 1946 35 WSH AL   46   38    1   0.7    91| .103  .257| .205  .330| .103  .369| .308  .699| -10  .037  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1947 36 TOT      15   14    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .077  .350| .000  .402| .077  .752| -78  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         CLE AL    5    5    0   0.0    94| .000  .259| .000  .338| .000  .372| .000  .711|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL   10    9    0   0.0   108| .000  .278| .100  .353| .000  .412| .100  .765| -72  .000  -2.3  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       380  327    9   0.7    88| .122  .259| .185  .331| .128  .359| .313  .690|  -9  .044 -47.6  -5.2     

* 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 ------+
1941 30 PHA AL P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.15 1.59 2.12 2 17.0 1942 31 PHA AL P 32 17 38 2 5 .965 .957 1.72 1.30 2.31 2.31 25 214.3 1943 32 PHA AL P 41 12 30 1 0 .977 .963 1.02 1.27 1.71 2.27 26 221.0 1944 33 WSH AL P 33 8 37 0 2 1.000 .959 1.36 1.14 2.61 2.09 21 155.0 1945 34 WSH AL P 33 6 45 1 2 .981 .955 1.55 1.28 1.84 2.24 29 250.0 1946 35 WSH AL P 21 9 17 1 0 .963 .952 1.24 1.01 1.92 2.01 17 122.0 1947 36 TOT P 20 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.60 0.92 2.35 2.05 8 46.0 CLE AL P 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 1.00 0.94 3.94 1.91 2 16.0 PIT NL P 13 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.38 0.91 1.50 2.13 6 30.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 30 PHA AL P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.15 1.59 2.12 2 17.0 1942 31 PHA AL P 32 17 38 2 5 .965 .957 1.72 1.30 2.31 2.31 25 214.3 1943 32 PHA AL P 41 12 30 1 0 .977 .963 1.02 1.27 1.71 2.27 26 221.0 1944 33 WSH AL P 33 8 37 0 2 1.000 .959 1.36 1.14 2.61 2.09 21 155.0 1945 34 WSH AL P 33 6 45 1 2 .981 .955 1.55 1.28 1.84 2.24 29 250.0 1946 35 WSH AL P 21 9 17 1 0 .963 .952 1.24 1.01 1.92 2.01 17 122.0 1947 36 TOT P 20 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.60 0.92 2.35 2.05 8 46.0 CLE AL P 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 1.00 0.94 3.94 1.91 2 16.0 PIT NL P 13 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.38 0.91 1.50 2.13 6 30.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 182 57 177 5 10 .979 .958 1.29 1.18 2.05 2.20 128 1025.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 182 57 177 5 10 .979 .958 1.29 1.18 2.05 2.20 128 1025
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1943-AL-25-0.01
1945-AL-7-0.23
Car-659-0.24 shares

ERA
1945 AL-2.12-3

Wins
1945 AL-20-3

Won-Loss %
1945 AL-.667-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1945 AL-1.012-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
1945 AL-7.20-2

Bases on Balls/9IP
1942 AL-2.90-9
1945 AL-1.91-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1942 AL-3.95-9
1944 AL-4.24-8

Games
1943 AL-41-3

Saves
1942 AL-3-10
1943 AL-6-6

Innings
1943 AL-221.0-10
1945 AL-250.0-6

Strikeouts
1942 AL-94-8
1945 AL-108-5

Games Started
1945 AL-29-9

Comp. Games
1945 AL-21-3

Shutouts
1945 AL-4-4

Home Runs Allow.
1942 AL-16-3
1943 AL-11-8

Hits Allowed
1943 AL-232-4

SO to Walk
1942 AL-1.36-7
1945 AL-2.04-2

Losses
1942 AL-15-6
1943 AL-15-4
1944 AL-15-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1943 AL-87-4
1944 AL-86-6

Wild Pitches
1942 AL-5-6
1944 AL-6-5

Hit Batsmen
1943 AL-4-10
1944 AL-6-4
1946 AL-5-2

Batters Faced
1943 AL-937-9
1945 AL-1000-10

Adjusted ERA+
1945 AL-146-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 42 (577) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (888) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1070) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

December 13, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Washington Senators for Bobo Newsom.

March 4, 1947: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for George Case.

June 14, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians.


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