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: 19-38 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 32

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	346	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	7-GF	S(1)	99	2.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.75	4.84	13	3	5	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.124	3.76	0.20%	-0.05	7b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 2
2	347	4	Apr 18(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	8-8		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.40	4.69	5	1	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.193	3.68	-0.32%	-1.44	8b 123 1 out tie	8b 3 out d3
3	348	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	11-GF(11)	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.21	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.040	1.64	0.08%	0.49	11b --- 0 out a3	11b end a 3
4	349	10	Apr 26(1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	6-7		6	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	6.75	4.66	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.016	1.11	-0.03%	-0.83	6t --- 2 out a5	7t 12- 2 out a4
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
5	350	14	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	4-GF		4	5.1	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.22	5.03	23	8	7	2	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.146	2.04	0.20%	2.05	4t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end d 2
6	351	17	May 3(2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	7-7		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.91	4.96	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.210	3.13	-0.24%	-1.40	7t -2- 0 out tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
7	352	21	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	9-9		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.89	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.033	2.87	0.04%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out d1	9t 3 out d1
8	353	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	7-GF(8)	L(0-1)	3	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.73	5.37	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.138	2.08	-0.16%	0.03	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
9	354	25	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.20	5.26	6	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	.80	0.072	1.34	0.07%	1.00	7b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
10	355	28	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.20	5.46	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	-0.010	8.06	-0.01%	-0.13	9b --3 2 out tie	9b 1-3 2 out tie
11	356	29	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(0-2)	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.24	5.12	7	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.180	1.77	-0.15%	0.04	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
12	357	32	May 24(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5	3-7		4	4.2	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.74	5.13	18	5	7	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.137	.26	-0.07%	-0.17	3b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d4
13	358	33	May 24(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,8-9	8-GF(8)		-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	5.06	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.002	.14	0.00%	0.55	8b 123 1 out d3	8b end d 4
14	359	34	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	8-GF		0	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.80	4.96	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.027	.44	-0.01%	-0.05	8t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 2
15	360	36	May 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	6-GF	S(3)	1	3.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.29	4.42	12	3	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.133	.27	0.03%	2.45	6t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
16	361	37	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	4.30	7	3	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.127	.58	0.03%	0.40	8t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
17	362	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	9-9	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	4.19	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	-0.223	1.85	-0.06%	-0.33	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b 3 out tie
18	363	39	May 30(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	4.24	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.196	1.30	0.05%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
19	364	43	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	6-GF	W(1-2)	2	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	4.02	10	4	5	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.346	.92	0.14%	1.85	6t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 2
20	365	44	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(1-3)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.80	3.87	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	-0.297	1.47	-0.13%	-0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
21	366	47	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	6-7		2	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.90	6	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.51	-0.014	.22	0.00%	-0.05	6t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d4
22	367	48	Jun 7(1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9	7-7		0	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.41	4.32	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.83	-0.269	.58	-0.05%	-3.50	7t 1-3 2 out d1	7t 3 out d5
23	368	50	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	4.36	5	1	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.76	0.039	.09	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
24	369	52	Jun 10(2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	5-GF		0	4.1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.98	3.99	16	5	5	0	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.250	.07	0.01%	2.48	5t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
25	370	54	Jun 12	SLB		PHA	L,3-5			1	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.84	3.97	9												7			0		0
26	371	57	Jun 14(2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-3			1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.91	3.87	8												8			0		0
27	372	58	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	3.78	6	2	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.181	.01	0.00%	0.98	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
28	373	61	Jun 18(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.76	3.82	5	1	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.46	7b 12- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
29	374	62	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	5-7		0	2.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.87	11	5	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.03	5b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
30	375	65	Jun 21(2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	3.85	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	0.188	.00	0.00%	0.91	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
31	376	66	Jun 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	S(8)	1	3.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.74	12	3	3	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.96	0.167	.00	0.00%	-0.55	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
32	377	68	Jun 25	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-1	7-GF	S(9)	1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.93	3.67	9	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.43	0.260	.00	0.00%	1.48	7b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
33	378	69	Jun 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	7-GF	BL(1-4)	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.13	3.69	11	2	4	1	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	-0.578	.00	0.00%	-1.09	7b -2- 2 out a1	9b end d 1
34	379	72	Jun 28(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.69	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	-0.371	.01	0.00%	-0.87	9b --3 2 out tie	9b end d 1
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
35	380	76	Jul 4(2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	3.67	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
36	381	77	Jul 5(1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.98	3.57	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
37	382	79	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	7-GF(11)	L(1-5)	0	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.16	3.68	22	8	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	21	3	1	0	0	0	1	2.01	-0.648	.00	0.00%	-0.46	7t --- 0 out d2	11t end d 1
38	383	85	Jul 12(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	7-GF(8)	L(1-6)	5	1.1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.23	3.73	8	0	2	0	0	1		3	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.86	-0.119	.00	0.00%	0.25	7b 123 2 out tie	8b end d 1
39	384	88	Jul 16(2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	9-GF		3	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.44	3.87	5	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
40	385	91	Jul 19(1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	8-GF	S(10)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.84	4	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.191	.00	0.00%	0.62	8t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
41	386	94	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	8-GF(14)	L(1-7)	3	7.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.42	3.68	29	8	9	1	0	10		0	0	1	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.345	.00	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out tie	14t end d 3
42	387	97	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	L,6-7	8-9	BL(1-8)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.67	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	-0.385	.00	0.00%	-1.12	8t --- 0 out a1	9t -2- 0 out tie
43	388	101	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.67	3.65	5	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-1.49	8b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
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
44	389	106	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.65	2	0	1	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.67	8b -2- 2 out d3	8b end d 4
45	390	110	Aug 9(1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	8-GF	W(2-8)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.56	3.66	7	1	4	0	3	1		1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	0.208	.00	0.00%	1.35	8b 1-- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
46	391	114	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7	8-8	BS(4)	2	0.2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.64	3.72	6	0	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-1.27	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 123 2 out tie
47	392	116	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,7-8	8-9		1	1.2	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.68	3.78	11	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.76	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 2 out d2
48	393	120	Aug 18(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-9)	3	7.0	5	2	1	1	3	0	1	3.50	3.69	28	8	10	0	0	5	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.058	.00	0.00%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
49	394	125	Aug 23(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	6-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	3.71	3	1	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.057	.00	0.00%	1.32	6b 123 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
50	395	126	Aug 23(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	3-3		-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	3.69	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.32	3b -2- 2 out d6	3b 3 out d6
51	396	127	Aug 27(1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	9-9		3	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.52	3.69	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-1.10	9t --- 0 out tie	9t -23 2 out d1
52	397	132	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	GS-6		3	5.2	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.59	3.86	24	2	12	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d1
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
53	398	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.85	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
54	399	139	Sep 7(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	GS-5		0	4.2	7	7	3	0	2	3	0	3.65	4.12	22	7	6	0	1	7	32			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.582	.00	0.00%	-4.68	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d2
55	400	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	7-7		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	4.11	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.07	7b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
56	401	146	Sep 16(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	6-GF	S(11)	3	3.2	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.59	4.12	16	3	8	0	2	3		3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.275	.00	0.00%	0.98	6b 123 1 out a3	9b end a 2
57	402	151	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-8	W(3-9)	5	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.61	4.08	25	8	7	1	0	4	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.43	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a3
							19-38		W-L:3-9,Sv:11,BSv:4	1.8	117.1	114	52	47	39	51	12	1	3.61	4.08	490	0.84		4%	6%	106	51	55	35%	9	1	0	443	20	6	7	11	0	4	1.39	-1.882	.48	-0.37%	1.83

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