Red Ames

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 2, 1882 in Warren, OH us

Died: October 8, 1936 in Warren, OH

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Warren, OH

High School: Warren HS (Warren, OH)

Debut: September 14, 1903 (Age 21-043d, 2,564th in MLB history)

Last Game: September 25, 1919 (Age 37-054d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: Leon Kessling Ames

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.0

W

183

L

167

ERA

2.63

G

533

GS

371

SV

IP

3198.0

SO

1702

WHIP

1.229

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1903	20	ILI	B	12	12	.500	2.67	27						229.0	200	106	68		77									1.210	7.9		3.0			ILI NYSL
1903	20	NYG	NL	2	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	2	1	0	14.0	5	2	2	0	8		14	0	0	0	52	270	2.47	0.929	3.2	0.0	5.1	9.0	1.75
1904	21	NYG	NL	4	6	.400	2.27	16	13	3	11	1	3	115.0	94	44	29	2	38		93	3	0	6	464	120	2.10	1.148	7.4	0.2	3.0	7.3	2.45
1905	22	NYG	NL	22	8	.733	2.74	34	31	3	21	2	0	262.2	220	113	80	2	105		198	3	0	30	1064	107	2.35	1.237	7.5	0.1	3.6	6.8	1.89
1906	23	NYG	NL	12	10	.545	2.66	31	25	6	15	1	1	203.1	166	79	60	1	93		156	3	0	7	840	98	2.31	1.274	7.3	0.0	4.1	*6.9*	1.68
1907	24	NYG	NL	10	12	.455	2.16	39	26	8	17	2	1	233.1	184	93	56	4	108		146	10	0	20	959	114	2.67	1.251	7.1	0.2	4.2	5.6	1.35
1908	25	NYG	NL	7	4	.636	1.81	18	15	2	5	0	1	114.1	96	35	23	0	27		81	1	0	2	441	133	1.42	1.076	7.6	0.0	2.1	6.4	3.00
1909	26	NYG	NL	15	10	.600	2.69	34	27	6	20	2	1	244.0	217	109	73	2	81		156	4	0	13	986	94	2.09	1.221	8.0	0.1	3.0	5.8	1.93
1910	27	NYG	NL	12	11	.522	2.22	33	23	5	13	3	0	190.1	161	78	47	3	63		94	6	0	9	747	134	2.63	1.177	7.6	0.1	3.0	4.4	1.49
1911	28	NYG	NL	11	10	.524	2.68	34	23	5	13	1	2	205.0	170	80	61	0	54		118	4	0	8	822	124	2.46	1.093	7.5	*0.0*	2.4	5.2	2.19
1912	29	NYG	NL	11	5	.688	2.46	33	22	8	9	2	2	179.0	194	82	49	3	35		83	4	0	9	744	138	2.80	1.279	9.8	0.2	1.8	4.2	2.37
1913	30	TOT	NL	13	14	.481	2.75	39	29	7	14	1	3	229.0	220	93	70	7	78		110	6	0	12	946	118	3.09	1.301	8.6	0.3	3.1	4.3	1.41
1913	30	NYG	NL	2	1	.667	2.16	8	5	2	2	0	1	41.2	35	11	10	0	8		30	1	0	3	157	147	1.77	1.032	7.6	0.0	1.7	6.5	3.75
1913	30	CIN	NL	11	13	.458	2.88	31	24	5	12	1	2	187.1	185	82	60	7	70		80	5	0	9	789	113	3.39	1.361	8.9	0.3	3.4	3.8	1.14
1914	31	CIN	NL	15	23	.395	2.64	47	37	10	18	4	6	297.0	274	125	87	7	94		128	6	0	12	1241	111	2.89	1.239	8.3	0.2	2.8	3.9	1.36
1915	32	TOT	NL	11	7	.611	3.23	32	21	7	12	3	2	181.1	175	74	65	3	56		74	0	1	5	750	88	2.73	1.274	8.7	0.1	2.8	3.7	1.32
1915	32	CIN	NL	2	4	.333	4.50	17	7	5	4	1	1	68.0	82	39	34	2	24		26	0	0	3	293	65	3.09	1.559	10.9	0.3	3.2	3.4	1.08
1915	32	STL	NL	9	3	.750	2.46	15	14	2	8	2	1	113.1	93	35	31	1	32		48	0	1	2	457	114	2.52	1.103	7.4	0.1	2.5	3.8	1.50
1916	33	STL	NL	11	16	.407	2.64	45	25	18	10	2	8	228.0	225	100	67	3	57		98	5	0	9	948	99	2.44	1.237	8.9	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.72
1917	34	STL	NL	15	10	.600	2.71	43	19	17	10	2	3	209.0	189	75	63	2	57		62	3	0	5	847	99	2.65	1.177	8.1	0.1	2.5	2.7	1.09
1918	35	STL	NL	9	14	.391	2.31	27	25	2	17	0	1	206.2	192	75	53	1	52		68	5	0	5	844	118	2.46	1.181	8.4	0.0	2.3	3.0	1.31
1919	36	TOT	NL	3	7	.300	5.13	26	8	11	2	0	2	86.0	114	56	49	1	28		23	1	0	4	385	57	3.12	1.651	11.9	0.1	2.9	2.4	0.82
1919	36	STL	NL	3	5	.375	4.89	23	6	10	1	0	1	70.0	88	44	38	1	25		19	1	0	3	314	58	3.25	1.614	11.3	0.1	3.2	2.4	0.76
1919	36	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	6.19	3	2	1	1	0	1	16.0	26	12	11	0	3		4	0	0	1	71	53	2.55	1.813	14.6	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.33
1920	37	KCY	AA	16	17	.485	4.34	39						249.0	296	149	120		50									1.390	10.7		1.8			KCY AA
1921	38	KCY	AA	17	15	.531	5.17	36						256.0	321	174	147		78									1.559	11.3		2.7			KCY AA
1922	39	KCY	AA	2	0	1.000	4.00	8						18.0	26	10	8		4									1.667	13.0		2.0			KCY AA
1923	40	DYB	C	2	3	.400	4.40	7						45.0	55	31	22		8									1.400	11.0		1.6			DYB FLOR
17 Yrs				183	167	.523	2.63	533	371	118	209	27	36	3198.0	2896	1313	934	41	1034		1702	64	1	156	13080	108	2.54	1.229	8.2	0.1	2.9	4.8	1.65
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.523	2.63	40	28	9	16	2	3	241	218	99	70	3	78		128	5	0	12	984	108	2.54	1.229	8.2	0.1	2.9	4.8	1.65
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYG (11 yrs)				108	77	.584	2.45	282	212	48	128	15	12	1802.2	1542	726	490	17	620		1169	39	0	107	7276	116	2.35	1.199	7.7	0.1	3.1	5.8	1.89
STL (5 yrs)				47	48	.495	2.74	153	89	49	46	6	14	827.0	787	329	252	8	223		295	14	1	24	3410	99	2.58	1.221	8.6	0.1	2.4	3.2	1.32
CIN (3 yrs)				28	40	.412	2.95	95	68	20	34	6	9	552.1	541	246	181	16	188		234	11	0	24	2323	103	3.08	1.320	8.8	0.3	3.1	3.8	1.24
PHI (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.19	3	2	1	1	0	1	16.0	26	12	11	0	3		4	0	0	1	71	53	2.55	1.813	14.6	0.0	1.7	2.3	1.33

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

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