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: 22-23 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 23

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	300	10	Apr 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.39	6	1	3	0	0	2		3	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.006	.47	-0.01%	0.76	7b 123 0 out d3	8b end d 5
2	301	11	Apr 27(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	5-5		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.39	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.040	5.13	0.08%	0.42	5b 12- 2 out d1	5b 3 out d1
3	302	13	Apr 30(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-4	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.20	11	3	5	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.073	1.02	0.13%	1.68	7b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end a 5
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
4	303	19	May 4(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-15	4-6	L(0-1)	3	1.1	8	6	5	0	3	0	1	6.75	1.79	13	0	1	0	0	8		1	1	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.565	3.24	-0.84%	-5.95	4b 1-- 2 out a1	6b -2- 0 out d4
5	304	23	May 8	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-8	6-GF	BW(1-1)	3	4.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.06	2.58	16	6	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.72	0.247	5.49	0.30%	0.97	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
6	305	28	May 14	SLB		PHA	W,12-7	7-GF	S(2)	5	2.1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.15	2.78	10	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.035	.41	0.03%	1.53	7t -23 2 out a5	9t end a 5
7	306	30	May 16	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	8-GF(10)	W(2-1)	1	3.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.38	2.58	12	0	6	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.22	0.312	3.94	0.33%	1.42	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
8	307	35	May 21	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	W(3-1)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	2.34	7	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.264	3.64	0.31%	0.95	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
9	308	39	May 25(1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	9-GF	S(3)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	2.34	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	0.158	6.18	0.15%	0.88	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
10	309	43	May 28	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.34	4	1	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.190	1.80	0.11%	0.95	8t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 2
11	310	44	May 30(1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	BW(4-1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.34	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.25	0.004	4.37	0.00%	0.16	9t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end 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
12	311	46	Jun 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.38	2.44	9	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.92	0.073	.96	0.05%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	312	47	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	12-GF(17)	W(5-1)	0	5.2	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.91	2.36	24	8	7	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.09	0.891	3.31	0.57%	3.10	12b 12- 1 out tie	17b end a 1
14	313	49	Jun 7	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.84	2.49	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.026	.67	0.02%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	314	52	Jun 10	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-4	6-GF	S(5)	2	3.2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.64	2.33	13	4	2	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	0.340	1.91	0.19%	1.67	6b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end a 3
16	315	53	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,9-11	7-GF	L(5-2)	0	2.1	6	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.06	2.76	14	3	2	0	1	5		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	-0.898	2.16	-0.52%	-4.78	7b 12- 0 out a5	9b end d 2
17	316	56	Jun 15(1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-3	9-GF	S(6)	3	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	2.78	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.034	.39	0.01%	0.50	9t 1-- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
18	317	60	Jun 19	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	9-GF		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.16	2.85	6	0	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.071	.79	-0.04%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
19	318	61	Jun 20	SLB		WSH	T,5-5	8-17	BS(3)	0	10.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.49	2.63	37	11	13	0	3	5		2	2	1	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.50	1.091	1.92	0.50%	3.71	8t 12- 0 out a2	17t 3 out tie
20	319	64	Jun 22(2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	7-GF	S(7)	1	2.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.55	2.63	9	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.211	1.30	0.08%	0.43	7t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 1
21	320	67	Jun 25	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	9-GF	S(8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	2.59	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.87	0.156	1.62	0.05%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
22	321	69	Jun 27	SLB		DET	W,2-1		S(9)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.41	2.60	6												5			0		0
23	322	71	Jun 29	SLB		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	W(6-2)	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	2.60	5	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.071	.26	-0.02%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
24	323	72	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF(19)	L(6-3)	1	10.2	8	2	2	8	5	0	1	2.25	2.83	48	9	17	4	0	8		0	0	2	1	0	38	3	0	5	0	0	1	2.80	0.409	1.45	0.13%	2.35	9b --- 0 out tie	19b end d 1
25	324	75	Jul 4(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.19	2.83	8	2	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.90	-0.047	.23	-0.01%	0.12	7b -2- 1 out d1	8b end d 2
26	325	78	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,6-8	6-7	HL(6-4)	1	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.58	2.84	6	1	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.289	.18	-0.01%	-1.83	6b 1-3 1 out a2	7b 12- 0 out a1
27	326	81	Jul 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	4-GF(11)	L(6-5)	5	7.2	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.43	2.66	29	7	11	0	4	6		0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.244	.14	0.01%	1.77	4b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
28	327	85	Jul 15(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-GF	L(6-6)	2	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	2.92	2.84	4	1	2	2	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	-0.961	.08	-0.01%	-4.62	9b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end d 1
29	328	89	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	2.87	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.86	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
30	329	93	Jul 22	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	2.84	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.249	.00	0.00%	-0.34	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
31	330	99	Jul 27(2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-9	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.95	2.88	6	1	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.24	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-1.55	9t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
32	331	100	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-6)	0	6.2	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.04	2.87	31	6	10	0	2	9	44			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
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
33	332	104	Aug 1	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	7-GF	S(10)	3	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.95	2.81	8	3	2	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.415	.00	0.00%	1.70	7t 123 2 out a1	9t end a 1
34	333	107	Aug 3(2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	8-GF		1	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.84	8	2	3	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-1.99	8t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 6
35	334	109	Aug 6	SLB		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-6)	2	12.0	7	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.64	2.66	44						95						42			0		0
36	335	117	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	6-GF(12)	BL(8-7)	8	6.1	5	2	1	3	7	0	0	2.56	2.60	27	6	6	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.07	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.13	6b --- 0 out a1	12b end d 1
37	336	120	Aug 17(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4			1	4.2	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.54	2.65	17												17			0		0
38	337	125	Aug 22(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-9	GS-2	L(8-8)	4	1.2	3	6	6	4	2	1	0	2.98	2.84	11	2	1	1	0	2	23			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-3.45	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
39	338	126	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-11	9-GF(11)	BW(9-8)	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.98	2.81	10	2	6	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
40	339	127	Aug 24(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.97	2.79	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	-0.064	.00	0.00%	0.74	10b 123 0 out tie	10b end d 1
41	340	129	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	L(9-9)	1	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.18	2.93	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	-0.376	.00	0.00%	-2.65	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 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
42	341	134	Sep 1(2)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG(5)	W(10-9)	5	5.0	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.12	2.89	19	6	4	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.177	.00	0.00%	1.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
43	342	141	Sep 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-6			8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	2.89	1												1			0		0
44	343	142	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	W,5-4		W(11-9)	1	4.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.16	2.81	15												15			0		0
45	344	148	Sep 20(2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-9)	7	9.0	8	0	0	4	5	0	1	2.95	2.82	39	8	14	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.579	.00	0.00%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
46	345	153	Sep 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-4	L(12-10)	5	3.2	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.07	2.85	18	5	7	1	0	4	37			2	1	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	3	1.39	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1b start a 2	4b -2- 2 out d1
							22-23		W-L:12-10,Sv:10,BSv:5,Hld:1	2.4	138.0	116	51	47	57	91	5	3	3.07	2.85	581	0.73		5%	7%	93	55	44	41%	8	4	1	513	21	4	12	9	0	12	1.86	1.873	1.14	1.59%	5.03

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