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Al Maul

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: October 9, 1865 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: May 3, 1958 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

Debut: June 20, 1884 (Age 18-255d, 871st in major league history)

Last Game: September 9, 1901 (Age 35-335d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1887 season

Full Name: Albert Joseph Maul

Nicknames: Smiling Al

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.8

W

L

ERA

4.45

G

188

GS

168

SV

IP

1440.2

SO

352

WHIP

1.526

Standard Pitching

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
1884	18	PHK	UA	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	7	4	0	1		7		0	0	36	68	1.90	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	7.9	7.00

1887	21	PHI	NL	4	2	.667	5.54	7	5	2	4	0	0	50.1	72	50	31	2	15		18	2	0	4	238	76	4.09	1.728	12.9	0.4	2.7	3.2	1.20
1888	22	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	6.35	3	1	2	1	0	0	17.0	26	20	12	0	5		12	0	0	2	81	43	2.05	1.824	13.8	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.40
1889	23	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	9.86	6	4	2	4	0	0	42.0	64	53	46	3	28		11	1	0	4	217	38	5.48	2.190	13.7	0.6	6.0	2.4	0.39
1890	24	PBB	PL	16	12	.571	3.94	31	29	2	27	2	0	255.2	279	204	112	14	105		87	12	0	18	1167	99	4.32	1.502	9.8	0.5	3.7	3.1	0.83
1891	25	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	2.31	8	3	5	3	0	1	39.0	44	22	10	0	16		13	3	0	2	180	141	3.33	1.538	10.2	0.0	3.7	3.0	0.81

1893	27	WHS	NL	12	21	.364	5.30	37	33	4	29	1	0	297.0	355	254	175	17	144		72	18	3	11	1396	87	5.14	1.680	10.8	0.5	4.4	2.2	0.50
1894	28	WHS	NL	11	15	.423	5.98	28	26	2	21	0	0	201.2	272	200	134	12	73		34	10	0	7	936	88	5.49	1.711	12.1	0.5	3.3	1.5	0.47
1895	29	WHS	NL	10	5	.667	*2.45*	16	16	0	14	0	0	135.2	136	67	37	5	37		34	3	0	2	569	*197*	4.44	1.275	9.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	0.92
1896	30	WHS	NL	5	2	.714	3.63	8	8	0	7	0	0	62.0	75	50	25	0	20		18	4	0	0	277	122	3.87	1.532	10.9	0.0	2.9	2.6	0.90
1897	31	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	7.45	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	10	8	0	9		2	4	0	0	54	61	6.94	2.276	12.1	0.0	8.4	1.9	0.22
1897	31	WHS	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	11	56	4.82	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1897	31	BLN	NL	0	0		7.04	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	8	6	0	8		2	4	0	0	43	62	7.49	2.217	10.6	0.0	9.4	2.3	0.25
1898	32	BLN	NL	20	7	.741	2.10	28	28	0	26	1	0	239.2	207	74	56	3	49		31	4	0	1	948	172	3.33	1.068	7.8	0.1	1.8	1.2	0.63
1899	33	BRO	NL	2	0	1.000	4.50	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.0	35	19	13	1	6		2	2	0	0	117	88	4.21	1.577	12.1	0.3	2.1	0.7	0.33
1900	34	PHI	NL	2	3	.400	6.16	5	4	1	3	0	0	38.0	53	31	26	2	3		6	2	0	0	166	59	3.59	1.474	12.6	0.5	0.7	1.4	2.00
1901	35	NYG	NL	0	3	.000	11.37	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	39	27	24	1	8		5	2	1	2	103	30	4.66	2.474	18.5	0.5	3.8	2.4	0.63
15 Yrs				84	80	.512	4.45	188	168	20	144	4	1	1440.2	1680	1088	713	60	519		352	67	4	53	6485	96	4.44	1.526	10.5	0.4	3.2	2.2	0.68
162 Game Avg.				16	15	.512	4.45	36	32	4	28	1	0	275	321	208	136	11	99		67	13	1	10	1239	96	4.44	1.526	10.5	0.4	3.2	2.2	0.68
				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
WHS (5 yrs)				38	44	.463	4.81	90	84	6	71	1	0	698.1	842	573	373	34	275		158	35	3	20	3189	101	4.99	1.600	10.9	0.4	3.5	2.0	0.57
PIT (3 yrs)				2	8	.200	6.24	17	8	9	8	0	1	98.0	134	95	68	3	49		36	4	0	8	478	54	4.03	1.867	12.3	0.3	4.5	3.3	0.73
PHI (2 yrs)				6	5	.545	5.81	12	9	3	7	0	0	88.1	125	81	57	4	18		24	4	0	4	404	69	3.88	1.619	12.7	0.4	1.8	2.4	1.33
BLN (2 yrs)				20	7	.741	2.26	30	30	0	26	1	0	247.1	216	82	62	3	57		33	8	0	1	991	161	3.46	1.104	7.9	0.1	2.1	1.2	0.58
NYG (1 yr)				0	3	.000	11.37	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	39	27	24	1	8		5	2	1	2	103	30	4.66	2.474	18.5	0.5	3.8	2.4	0.63
BRO (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	4.50	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.0	35	19	13	1	6		2	2	0	0	117	88	4.21	1.577	12.1	0.3	2.1	0.7	0.33
PBB (1 yr)				16	12	.571	3.94	31	29	2	27	2	0	255.2	279	204	112	14	105		87	12	0	18	1167	99	4.32	1.502	9.8	0.5	3.7	3.1	0.83
PHK (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	7	4	0	1		7		0	0	36	68	1.90	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	7.9	7.00

NL (13 yrs)				68	67	.504	4.56	156	138	18	116	2	1	1177.0	1391	877	597	46	413		258	55	4	35	5282	95	4.48	1.533	10.6	0.4	3.2	2.0	0.62
UA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	7	4	0	1		7		0	0	36	68	1.90	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	7.9	7.00
PL (1 yr)				16	12	.571	3.94	31	29	2	27	2	0	255.2	279	204	112	14	105		87	12	0	18	1167	99	4.32	1.502	9.8	0.5	3.7	3.1	0.83