Satchel Paige

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL us

Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: 1927 (6,457th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 9, 1948 (Age 42-002d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1965 (Age 59-080d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
View Satchel Paige's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1948 season)

Full Name: Leroy Robert Paige

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.9

124

ERA

2.73

403

198

1751.2

1501

WHIP

1.101

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-20 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 13

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	246	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.49	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.011	.19	0.02%	1.11	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
2	247	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	10	4.1	6	6	6	4	4	2	1	8.53	6.77	24	3	6	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.450	3.91	-0.97%	-3.91	1b start a 3	5b 1-- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	248	14	May 8(1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-7	7-7		7	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	8.59	6.60	6	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.042	1.13	-0.09%	-0.86	7t -2- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
4	249	18	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11	5-6		4	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.27	6.66	7	3	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.061	4.27	-0.11%	-0.13	5b --3 2 out tie	6b 3 out d1
5	250	25	May 22(1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	2-GF(8)	L(0-2)	8	6.2	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.70	4.34	25	5	12	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.114	2.39	0.15%	3.66	2b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 1
6	251	28	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.15	4.30	7	1	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.010	.12	0.01%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
7	252	33	May 29(2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(1-2)	3	11.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.86	3.43	43	15	12	3	0	6	83			1	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	0.745	2.25	0.59%	4.70	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	253	41	Jun 5(2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-3)	6	6.0	7	3	3	4	7	2	0	3.15	3.97	28	3	7	0	0	7	49			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.021	1.40	-0.02%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
9	254	43	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	W,13-11	6-GF	W(2-3)	1	4.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.29	4.15	16	1	8	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.314	1.69	0.23%	1.92	6t 123 0 out d1	9t end a 2
10	255	53	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-4)	10	5.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.53	4.08	23	3	11	2	0	4	44			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.101	2.99	-0.19%	-0.36	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
11	256	55	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.57	4.01	9	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.035	.93	-0.05%	0.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
12	257	63	Jun 29(1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	5-7		8	3.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.92	14	0	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.048	.86	0.08%	1.55	5t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	258	68	Jul 3(1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.28	3.85	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.166	3.31	0.15%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
14	259	69	Jul 3(2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(3-4)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.22	3.88	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.41	0.141	3.95	0.14%	0.52	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
15	260	70	Jul 4(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.10	3.75	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	0.355	5.42	0.50%	1.06	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
16	261	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	8-GF(8)	L(3-5)	1	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.54	3.79	7	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.40	-0.359	6.14	-0.55%	-2.49	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
17	262	79	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	7-GF	S(3)	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.40	3.66	7	1	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.125	2.23	0.24%	1.82	7t 123 2 out a3	9t end a 4
18	263	85	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	8-GF		4	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.30	3.59	6	1	2	0	0	2		2	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.035	4.53	-0.13%	0.45	8t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
19	264	90	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	8-GF	S(4)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.56	6	0	6	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.282	12.24	1.13%	1.41	8b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 2
20	265	92	Jul 29(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.13	3.47	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.037	2.16	0.10%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
21	266	94	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	8-9	BW(4-5)	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.18	3.43	10	3	1	0	0	3		3	3	1	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.14	-0.111	12.83	-0.27%	-1.01	8b 123 0 out a4	9b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	267	98	Aug 4(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	6-6		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.14	3.38	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.050	6.65	0.13%	0.54	6b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
23	268	102	Aug 7(1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.06	3.41	6	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	0.148	6.34	0.44%	1.93	7b -23 1 out d1	8b end d 1
24	269	106	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	9-10		3	2.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.97	3.49	10	1	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	0.282	10.87	0.56%	1.04	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
25	270	113	Aug 17(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-5	GS-7	L(4-6)	5	6.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.22	3.41	28	7	7	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	-0.228	6.47	-0.54%	-1.02	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out d1
26	271	118	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	8-GF		5	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	3.42	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.017	3.02	-0.03%	0.04	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
27	272	119	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	3.40	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.094	2.60	0.17%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	273	120	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	8-GF		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.99	3.35	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.070	4.70	-0.18%	0.11	8t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	274	131	Sep 5(1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	7-GF	S(5)	10	3.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.88	3.26	12	1	4	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.291	2.69	0.26%	1.90	7t 1-3 0 out a3	9t end a 2
30	275	137	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.23	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.035	1.00	0.03%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
31	276	140	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	6-7	BL(4-7)	4	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.04	3.26	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.41	-0.306	.64	-0.05%	-1.92	6b 12- 1 out a1	7b 123 0 out tie
							11-20		W-L:4-7,Sv:5,BSv:2	3.3	83.0	70	29	28	34	54	5	1	3.04	3.26	349	0.58		5%	0%	66	48	28	36%	3	1	0	304	10	2	6	3	0	1	1.36	1.412	3.60	1.75%	15.88

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