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, 2,557th in MLB history)

Last Game: September 25, 1919 (Age 37-054d)
vs. BRO 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

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

24.4

W

183

L

167

ERA

2.63

G

533

GS

371

SV

IP

3198.0

SO

1702

WHIP

1.229

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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	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	134	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	95	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	135	2.62	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
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	117	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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W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

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