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Season Age Team Lg WAR 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/BB Awards
1923 24 WSH AL 0.8 4 0 1.000 2.82 11 4 5 2 0 0 44.2 42 16 14 1 17 18 3 0 0 190 135 3.87 1.321 8.5 0.2 3.4 3.6 1.06
1924 25 WSH AL 3.0 11 12 .478 3.09 50 14 31 6 0 15 195.1 190 88 67 3 70 68 9 0 2 836 132 3.46 1.331 8.8 0.1 3.2 3.1 0.97
1925 26 WSH AL 0.7 9 5 .643 3.47 55 0 39 0 0 16 93.1 84 50 36 4 45 53 4 0 0 400 122 3.19 1.382 8.1 0.4 4.3 5.1 1.18
1926 27 WSH AL 3.6 12 7 .632 3.00 64 5 47 3 0 22 138.0 120 55 46 4 66 43 3 0 0 588 129 4.28 1.348 7.8 0.3 4.3 2.8 0.65
1927 28 WSH AL 0.5 10 7 .588 4.64 56 10 30 2 0 8 155.1 177 92 80 4 68 74 3 0 2 694 88 3.26 1.577 10.3 0.2 3.9 4.3 1.09
1928 29 WSH AL 1.8 13 13 .500 3.85 48 11 26 7 1 2 161.1 160 79 69 4 42 3 76 3 0 0 668 104 3.25 1.252 8.9 0.2 2.3 4.2 1.81
1929 30 WSH AL 6.8 19 12 .613 3.06 49 26 21 16 0 9 250.1 233 100 85 6 69 3 121 6 1 2 1027 139 3.04 1.206 8.4 0.2 2.5 4.4 1.75
1930 31 WSH AL 2.6 15 5 .750 4.09 33 22 9 9 2 1 185.0 190 92 84 15 53 2 56 0 0 0 774 113 4.16 1.314 9.2 0.7 2.6 2.7 1.06
1931 32 WSH AL 4.3 16 4 .800 3.45 45 25 14 11 1 8 219.0 211 92 84 13 63 9 88 3 0 3 913 125 4.01 1.251 8.7 0.5 2.6 3.6 1.40 MVP-13
1932 33 WSH AL 2.0 8 4 .667 4.01 54 15 26 8 1 13 197.2 202 98 88 13 72 3 66 2 2 1 846 108 4.10 1.386 9.2 0.6 3.3 3.0 0.92
1933 34 DET AL 5.4 16 11 .593 3.29 37 32 5 15 1 2 238.1 232 98 87 13 61 0 84 1 1 1 990 131 3.69 1.229 8.8 0.5 2.3 3.2 1.38
1934 35 DET AL 0.3 15 5 .750 4.57 38 19 14 6 1 3 155.2 174 92 79 12 48 3 64 0 0 2 683 96 4.29 1.426 10.1 0.7 2.8 3.7 1.33
1935 36 DET AL 0.0 0 1 .000 4.26 5 2 2 1 0 0 19.0 22 11 9 2 9 1 7 0 0 1 89 99 5.23 1.632 10.4 0.9 4.3 3.3 0.78
1936 37 2TM 2LG 0.0 0 2 .000 3.77 6 1 3 0 0 0 14.1 12 8 6 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 61 131 5.41 1.047 7.5 1.3 1.9 2.5 1.33
1936 37 NYG NL -0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.32 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 37 WSH AL 0.2 0 2 .000 3.86 5 1 3 0 0 0 14.0 11 7 6 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 58 126 5.46 1.000 7.1 1.3 1.9 2.6 1.33
14 Yrs 31.7 148 88 .627 3.63 551 186 272 86 7 99 2067.1 2049 971 834 96 686 24 822 38 4 14 8759 116 3.73 1.323 8.9 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.20
162 Game Avg 2.9 14 8 .627 3.63 51 17 25 8 1 9 191 189 90 77 9 63 76 4 0 1 808 116 3.73 1.323 8.9 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.20
WSH (11 Yrs) 26.3 117 71 .622 3.59 470 133 251 64 5 94 1654.0 1620 769 659 69 568 20 667 37 3 10 6994 117 3.67 1.323 8.8 0.4 3.1 3.6 1.17
DET (3 Yrs) 5.7 31 17 .646 3.81 80 53 21 22 2 5 413.0 428 201 175 27 118 4 155 1 1 4 1762 113 3.98 1.322 9.3 0.6 2.6 3.4 1.31
NYG (1 Yr) -0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.32 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AL (14 Yrs) 32.0 148 88 .627 3.63 550 186 272 86 7 99 2067.0 2048 970 834 96 686 24 822 38 4 14 8756 116 3.73 1.323 8.9 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.20
NL (1 Yr) -0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.32 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Standard Pitching Table
Season Age Team Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1924 25 WSH WS 0 1 .000 1.13 4 1 2 0 0 2 8.0 9 5 1 0 4 0 10 1 0 1 39 1.625 10.1 0.0 4.5 11.3 2.50
1925 26 WSH WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 7.7
1934 35 DET WS 0 0 21.60 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.600 27.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
3 Yrs 0 1 .000 3.75 8 1 4 0 0 3 12.0 17 9 5 0 5 0 12 2 0 1 61 1.833 12.8 0.0 3.8 9.0 2.40
162 Game Avg 0 8 .000 3.75 60 8 30 0 0 23 91 128 68 38 0 38 0 91 15 0 8 461 1.833 12.8 0.0 3.8 9.0 2.40
WSH (2 Yrs) 0 1 .000 0.87 6 1 4 0 0 3 10.1 12 5 1 0 4 0 12 2 0 1 50 1.548 10.5 0.0 3.5 10.5 3.00
DET (1 Yr) 0 0 21.60 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.600 27.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
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Season Age Team Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Awards
1923 24 WSH AL 44.2 11 4 16 3.22 4.41 0.16 0.00 93 3.93 4 0.4 0.27 -0.1 0.8 8 .532 .502
1924 25 WSH AL 195.1 50 14 88 4.05 5.04 0.35 0.00 98 4.58 11 0.9 2.06 0.0 3.0 34 .519 .506
1925 26 WSH AL 93.1 55 0 50 4.82 5.24 0.24 0.00 97 4.82 0 0.0 1.74 -0.2 0.7 11 .500 .500
1926 27 WSH AL 138.0 64 5 55 3.59 4.74 -0.11 0.00 96 4.67 17 1.7 2.16 0.5 3.6 32 .526 .510
1927 28 WSH AL 155.1 56 10 92 5.33 5.09 0.11 0.00 98 4.89 -8 -0.8 1.95 -0.4 0.5 10 .486 .495
1928 29 WSH AL 161.1 48 11 79 4.41 4.75 0.09 0.00 99 4.59 3 0.3 1.80 -0.1 1.8 21 .506 .502
1929 30 WSH AL 250.1 49 26 100 3.60 5.11 0.15 0.00 100 4.97 38 3.9 2.48 0.3 6.8 67 .579 .524
1930 31 WSH AL 185.0 33 22 92 4.48 5.35 0.46 0.00 100 4.91 9 0.8 1.65 -0.1 2.6 32 .523 .505
1931 32 WSH AL 219.0 45 25 92 3.78 4.88 0.19 0.00 98 4.61 20 1.8 2.44 0.1 4.3 46 .541 .511 MVP-13
1932 33 WSH AL 197.2 54 15 98 4.46 5.08 0.31 0.00 96 4.58 3 0.2 1.57 -0.2 2.0 26 .503 .501
1933 34 DET AL 238.1 37 32 98 3.70 5.07 0.19 0.00 100 4.89 31 2.9 2.88 0.0 5.4 59 .580 .518
1934 35 DET AL 155.2 38 19 92 5.32 4.98 0.21 0.00 96 4.57 -13 -1.2 1.51 -0.2 0.3 6 .468 .493
1935 36 DET AL 19.0 5 2 11 5.21 4.80 0.33 0.00 98 4.37 -2 -0.2 0.61 0.0 0.0 0 .468 .499
1936 37 2TM 2LG 14.1 6 1 8 5.02 5.75 0.19 0.00 91 5.06 0 0.0 1.17 -0.2 0.0 2 .499 .500
1936 37 NYG NL 0.1 1 0 1 27.00 5.10 1.13 0.00 102 4.05 -1 -0.1 4.72 -0.2 -0.2 -1 .420 .500
1936 37 WSH AL 14.0 5 1 7 4.50 5.77 0.16 0.00 91 5.08 1 0.1 0.29 0.0 0.2 3 .515 .500
14 Yrs 2067.1 551 186 971 4.23 5.02 0.21 0.00 98 4.72 114 10.7 1.89 -0.6 31.7 356 .519 .506
162 Game Avg 191 51 17 90 4.23 5.02 0.21 0.00 98 4.72 10 1.0 1.89 -0.1 2.9 33 .519 .506
WSH (11 Yrs) 1654.0 470 133 769 4.18 5.02 0.21 0.00 98 4.72 98 9.2 1.90 -0.3 26.3 292 .520 .506
DET (3 Yrs) 413.0 80 53 201 4.38 5.02 0.20 0.00 98 4.74 17 1.6 1.66 -0.2 5.7 65 .520 .505
NYG (1 Yr) 0.1 1 0 1 27.00 5.10 1.13 0.00 102 4.05 -1 -0.1 4.72 -0.2 -0.2 -1 .420 .500
AL (14 Yrs) 2067.0 550 186 970 4.22 5.02 0.21 0.00 98 4.72 115 10.8 1.89 -0.5 32.0 357 .520 .506
NL (1 Yr) 0.1 1 0 1 27.00 5.10 1.13 0.00 102 4.05 -1 -0.1 4.72 -0.2 -0.2 -1 .420 .500

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Batting Against Pitching Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg IP BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip HR% K% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 Awards
1923 24 WSH AL 44.2 .259 .339 .333 .672 .285 0.5 9.5 8.9 0.5 0.0% 5.75
1924 25 WSH AL 195.1 .264 .333 .348 .681 .284 0.4 8.1 8.4 4.5 13.0% 22.93
1925 26 WSH AL 93.1 .246 .339 .349 .688 .280 1.0 13.3 11.3 2.0 6.8% 1.36
1926 27 WSH AL 138.0 .242 .329 .323 .651 .253 0.7 7.3 11.2 2.5 2.9% 14.00
1927 28 WSH AL 155.1 .296 .363 .421 .785 .324 0.6 10.7 9.8 0.9 0.9% -6.46
1928 29 WSH AL 161.1 .268 .314 .379 .694 .296 0.6 11.4 6.3 0.2 -1.0% 0.25
1929 30 WSH AL 250.1 .252 .303 .347 .650 .278 0.6 11.8 6.7 4.4 0.5% 49.43
1930 31 WSH AL 185.0 .268 .316 .421 .736 .271 1.9 7.2 6.8 3.3 8.4% 23.65
1931 32 WSH AL 219.0 .251 .306 .367 .672 .268 1.4 9.6 6.9 3.2 5.8% 25.73 MVP-13
1932 33 WSH AL 197.2 .268 .334 .393 .727 .280 1.5 7.8 8.5 2.0 -0.3% 18.79
1933 34 DET AL 238.1 .256 .303 .367 .670 .270 1.3 8.5 6.2 2.8 1.4% 33.60
1934 35 DET AL 155.2 .277 .328 .424 .752 .293 1.8 9.4 7.0 -0.2 -1.4% -1.57
1935 36 DET AL 19.0 .289 .365 .408 .773 .299 2.2 7.9 10.1 0.0 -0.1% -0.96
1936 37 2TM 2LG 14.1 .218 .271 .400 .671 .204 3.3 6.6 4.9 -0.6 -1.1% 0.07
1936 37 NYG NL 0.1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.9% -1.17
1936 37 WSH AL 14.0 .208 .263 .377 .641 .191 3.4 6.9 5.2 -0.1 -0.1% 1.25
14 Yrs 2067.1 .262 .322 .376 .699 .280 1.1 9.4 7.8 25.5 35.9% 186.56
MLB Average .354 .429 .397 .826 .343
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Batting Against Pitching Ratios Batted Ball Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg IP BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip HR% K% BB% LD% GB% FB% GB/FB WPA cWPA RE24 Awards
1924 25 WSH WS 8.0 .273 .359 .303 .662 .375 0.0 25.6 10.3 8.3 54.2 29.2 1.44 -0.1 -13.4% -1.76
1925 26 WSH WS 2.1 .300 .364 .300 .664 .375 0.0 18.2 0.0 0.0 12.5 50.0 0.20 0.3 9.3% 0.62
1934 35 DET WS 1.2 .556 .600 .667 1.267 .556 0.0 0.0 9.1 10.0 20.0 30.0 0.50 -0.1 -3.3% -1.39
3 Yrs 12.0 .327 .400 .365 .765 .415 0.0 19.7 8.2 7.1 38.1 33.3 0.89 0.0 -7.5% -2.53
MLB Average .570 .645 .367 1.013 .843 1.0 12.7 7.4 10.2 41.8 25.1 0.95

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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
1923 24 WSH AL 16 .174 -25 .182 .000 0.0 18.8 0.0 -0.1 0.0% -1.86 66.7 100.0 1
1924 25 WSH AL 69 .157 -51 .170 .034 0.0 17.4 0.0 -1.3 -4.4% -12.50 60.0 50.0 1
1925 26 WSH AL 23 .313 55 .278 .000 0.0 4.3 8.7 0.0 0.2% 2.34 42.9 100.0 25.0 1
1926 27 WSH AL 37 .187 -16 .240 .029 0.0 24.3 2.7 -0.2 -0.1% -2.14 42.9 50.0 1
1927 28 WSH AL 43 .127 -53 .147 .000 0.0 16.3 2.3 -0.7 -0.5% -7.87 33.3 33.3 1
1928 29 WSH AL 51 .125 -62 .119 .022 0.0 7.8 0.0 -0.8 -0.3% -9.24 16.7 50.0 1
1929 30 WSH AL 92 .267 40 .284 .062 0.0 15.2 5.4 -1.0 -0.1% -6.94 36.0 0.0 25.0 1
1930 31 WSH AL 81 .347 91 .364 .055 0.0 8.6 4.9 0.5 1.2% 3.65 32.1 22.2 1
1931 32 WSH AL 86 .248 29 .277 .073 1.2 18.6 1.2 -0.7 -0.7% -6.75 31.6 100.0 50.0 1 MVP-13
1932 33 WSH AL 68 .185 -6 .204 .045 0.0 17.6 2.9 -0.8 -0.9% -9.10 38.5 28.6 1
1933 34 DET AL 94 .133 -45 .157 .044 0.0 21.3 1.1 -1.4 -1.0% -16.38 50.0 14.3 1
1934 35 DET AL 61 .277 46 .235 .073 0.0 6.6 6.6 -0.3 -0.9% -1.44 41.2 37.5 1
1935 36 DET AL 6 .286 58 .200 .000 0.0 0.0 16.7 -0.1 -0.1% -0.30 0.0 0.0 /1
1936 37 2TM 2LG 4 -0.029 -228 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1% -0.91 /1
1936 37 NYG NL 1 -0.046 -150 .000 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0% -0.25 /1
1936 37 WSH AL 3 -0.021 -261 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.1% -0.66 /1
14 Yrs 731 .215 5 .228 .045 0.1 15.2 3.0 -7.0 -7.8% -69.45 38.1 66.7 32.8 1
MLB Average .342 100 .293 .115 1.2 6.2 8.0 36.2 55.7 49.5
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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 Pos Awards
1924 25 WSH WS 2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -4.1% -0.54 /1
1925 26 WSH WS 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4% -0.23 /1
1934 35 DET WS 0 /1
3 Yrs 3 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -4.5% -0.77 /1
MLB Average .261 .094 1.0 8.9 7.4

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Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG WP SB CS CS% lgCS% Pick Awards
1923 24 WSH AL P 11 4 2 45.0 12 1 10 1 0 .917 .959 2.20 2.72 1.00 2.70 0 3 2 40.0 0
1924 25 WSH AL P 50 14 6 195.0 49 8 39 2 3 .959 .959 2.17 2.53 0.94 2.49 2 15 6 28.6 44.8 0
1925 26 WSH AL P 55 0 0 93.0 32 6 26 0 1 1.000 .960 3.10 2.66 0.58 2.64 0 4 7 63.6 0
1926 27 WSH AL P 64 5 3 138.0 38 5 31 2 2 .947 .957 2.35 2.66 0.56 2.63 0 4 5 55.6 44.7 1
1927 28 WSH AL P 56 10 2 155.0 34 9 25 0 4 1.000 .959 1.97 2.62 0.61 2.59 2 5 6 54.5 0
1928 29 WSH AL P 48 11 7 161.0 36 8 27 1 2 .972 .957 1.96 2.45 0.73 2.42 0 4 6 60.0 1
1929 30 WSH AL P 49 26 16 250.0 50 15 35 0 1 1.000 .958 1.80 2.34 1.02 2.31 2 7 16 69.6 44.8 1
1930 31 WSH AL P 33 22 9 185.0 41 7 33 1 2 .976 .946 1.95 2.20 1.21 2.17 0 4 6 60.0 41.4 2
1931 32 WSH AL P 45 25 11 219.0 40 3 36 1 4 .975 .954 1.60 2.21 0.87 2.19 3 5 4 44.4 41.6 0 MVP-13
1932 33 WSH AL P 54 15 8 198.0 55 9 45 1 5 .982 .958 2.45 2.24 1.00 2.23 1 6 5 45.5 43.5 1
1933 34 DET AL P 37 32 15 238.0 52 11 37 4 3 .923 .960 1.82 2.28 1.30 2.27 1 8 3 27.3 47.2 0
1934 35 DET AL P 38 19 6 156.0 32 10 20 2 2 .938 .956 1.73 2.14 0.79 2.11 2 4 4 50.0 37.5 0
1935 36 DET AL P 5 2 1 19.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .950 1.42 2.13 0.60 2.14 1 0 1 100.0 43.0 0
1936 37 2TM 2LG P 6 1 0 14.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 .954 1.93 1.99 0.50 2.02 0 2 0 0.0 37.0 0
1936 37 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .950 0.00 2.30 0 0 0 0
1936 37 WSH AL P 5 1 0 14.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 .955 1.93 1.99 0.60 1.96 0 2 0 0.0 37.0 0
14 Yrs 551 186 86 2066.0 479 92 370 17 29 .965 .957 2.01 2.37 0.84 2.40 14 71 71 50.0 32.2 6
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Standard Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G SB CS Awards
1924 25 WSH WS P 4 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0.50 0 0
1925 26 WSH WS P 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0
1934 35 DET WS P 2 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.50 0 0
3 Yrs 8 1 12.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.25 0.38 0 0

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When was Firpo Marberry born?

Firpo Marberry was born on November 30, 1898.

Where was Firpo Marberry born?

Firpo Marberry was born in Streetman, TX.

How tall was Firpo Marberry?

Firpo Marberry was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Firpo Marberry weigh when playing?

Firpo Marberry weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Firpo Marberry play?

Firpo Marberry played 14 seasons.

Is Firpo Marberry in the Hall of Fame?

Firpo Marberry has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Firpo Marberry play?

Firpo Marberry was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Firpo Marberry have?

Firpo Marberry had 822 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Firpo Marberry played for?

Firpo Marberry played for 3 teams; the Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers and New York Giants.

How many World Series has Firpo Marberry won?

Firpo Marberry won 1 World Series.

When did Firpo Marberry retire?

Firpo Marberry last played in 1936.

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