Satchel Paige

Q: When was Satchel Paige born?

Satchel Paige was born on July 7, 1906.

Q: Where was Satchel Paige born?

Satchel Paige was born in Mobile, AL .

Q: How tall was Satchel Paige?

Satchel Paige was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Satchel Paige weigh when playing?

Satchel Paige weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Satchel Paige play?

Satchel Paige played 22 seasons.

Q: Is Satchel Paige in the Hall of Fame?

Satchel Paige was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1971.

Q: How many strikeouts did Satchel Paige have?

Satchel Paige had 1,501 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Satchel Paige played for?

Satchel Paige played for 9 teams; the Birmingham Black Barons, Cleveland Cubs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Kansas City Monarchs, New York Black Yankees, Memphis Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics.

Q: How many World Series has Satchel Paige won?

Satchel Paige won 2 World Series.

Q: When did Satchel Paige retire?

Satchel Paige last played in 1965.

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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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
1927	20	BBB	NNL	7	2	.778	2.39	20	10		5	3	1	98.0	79	37	26		27		93	2		1		157		1.082	*7.3*		2.5	*8.5*	*3.44*
1928	21	BBB	NNL	11	4	.733	2.32	25	15		10	1	4	132.0	113	47	34	2	25		121	3		2	532	175	*2.03*	1.045	7.7	0.1	1.7	*8.3*	*4.84*
1929	22	BBB	NNL	11	9	.550	3.68	29	18		14	0	2	185.2	188	104	76		43		*189*	2		6		116		1.244	9.1		2.1	*9.2*	4.40
1930	23	BBB	NNL	7	2	.778	2.87	12	8		7	2	1	75.1	52	27	24		9		69	1		2		166		*0.810*	*6.2*		*1.1*	8.2	*7.67*
1931	24	CCU	NNL	1	1	.500	2.13	5	3	1	2	1	0	25.1	19	8	6	2	4		18	1		0	97	199	3.33	0.908	6.8	0.7	1.4	6.4	4.50

1933	26	PC	NN2	4	5	.444	1.94	12	10		8	0	1	78.2	49	23	17	2	16		77	0		0	300	*221*	*1.88*	*0.826*	*5.6*	0.2	1.8	*8.8*	*4.81*	AS
1934	27	PC	NN2	13	3	.813	1.54	19	16		15	5	0	145.2	97	36	25	2	30		152	2		0	561	269	*1.93*	*0.872*	*6.0*	0.1	1.9	*9.4*	*5.07*	AS

1936	29	PC	NN2	8	2	.800	3.64	11	10		7	2	1	71.2	67	33	29	5	28		72	0		0	303	133	3.38	1.326	8.4	0.6	3.5	*9.0*	2.57	AS

1940	33	KCM	NAL	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	21	83	0.80	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	18.0	3.33
1941	34	TOT	MLB	8	0	1.000	2.06	13	12	1	3	0	0	65.2	52	18	15	0	7	0	56	5	0	2	265	180	1.63	0.898	7.1	0.0	1.0	7.7	8.00	AS
1941	34	KCM	NAL	7	0	1.000	2.06	12	11	1	2	0	0	56.2	47	15	13	0	7	0	48	3	0	2	229	173	1.62	0.953	7.5	0.0	1.1	7.6	6.86
1941	34	NBY	NN2	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	3	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	36	225	1.67	0.556	5.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
1942	35	KCM	NAL	2	5	.286	2.12	11	11		5	0	0	72.1	62	23	17		11		56	1		1		184		1.009	7.7		1.4	7.0	5.09	AS
1943	36	TOT	NAL	10	8	.556	2.91	28	24		3	0	1	123.2	109	52	40	2	31		102	2		0	506	131	2.02	1.132	7.9	0.1	2.3	7.4	3.29	AS
1943	36	KCM	NAL	9	8	.529	3.03	27	23		3	0	1	118.2	109	52	40	2	29		95	2		0	491	126	2.06	1.163	8.3	0.2	2.2	7.2	3.28
1943	36	MRS	NAL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2		7	0		0	15		1.05	0.400	0.0	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
1944	37	KCM	NAL	6	4	.600	1.10	16	16	0	6	3	0	98.1	62	17	12	0	27	3	105	1	0	1	379	313	*1.40*	*0.905*	*5.7*	*0.0*	2.5	*9.6*	*3.89*
1945	38	KCM	NAL	3	4	.429	4.67	9	7	1	1	1	0	44.1	42	29	23	0	15	0	43	0	0	1	184	88	1.78	1.286	8.5	*0.0*	3.0	*8.7*	2.87
1946	39	KCM	NAL	4	0	*1.000*	*1.29*	8	7	1	1	0	0	35.0	24	5	5	0	5	0	32	0	0	1	129	*323*	*1.18*	*0.829*	*6.2*	*0.0*	1.3	8.2	*6.40*
1947	40	KCM	NAL	0	2	.000	2.37	5	4	1	1	0	0	19.0	19	8	5	0	2	0	18	0	0	1	74	206	1.10	1.105	9.0	0.0	0.9	8.5	9.00
1948	41	CLE	AL	6	1	.857	2.48	21	7	5	3	2	1	72.2	61	21	20	2	22	2	43	1	2	1	295	165	2.88	1.142	7.6	0.2	2.7	5.3	1.95
1949	42	CLE	AL	4	7	.364	3.04	31	5	19	1	0	5	83.0	70	29	28	4	33	6	54	1	1	0	348	132	3.07	1.241	7.6	0.4	3.6	5.9	1.64

1951	44	SLB	AL	3	4	.429	4.79	23	3	16	0	0	6	62.0	67	39	33	6	29	2	48	1	1	1	278	93	3.64	1.548	9.7	0.9	4.2	7.0	1.66
1952	45	SLB	AL	12	10	.545	3.07	46	6	35	3	2	10	138.0	116	51	47	5	57	13	91	3	0	2	582	127	2.85	1.254	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.9	1.60	AS,MVP-17
1953	46	SLB	AL	3	9	.250	3.53	57	4	34	0	0	11	117.1	114	51	46	12	39	7	51	1	1	2	489	119	4.08	1.304	8.7	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.31	AS

1956	49	PHI-min	AAA	11	4	.733	1.86	37	10		2	2		111.0	101	29	23	4	28		79	2	0	0				1.162	8.2	0.3	2.3	6.4	2.82	MIA IL
1957	50	PHI-min	AAA	10	8	.556	2.42	40	8		5	1		119.0	98	35	32	15	11		76	0	0	1				0.916	7.4	1.1	0.8	5.7	6.91	MIA IL
1958	51	PHI-min	AAA	10	10	.500	2.95	28	15		7	1		110.0	94	44	36	8	15	5	40	1	0	1				0.991	7.7	0.7	1.2	3.3	2.67	MIA IL
1961	54	STL-min	AAA	0	0		2.88	5	5					25.0	28	12	8	1	5				0					1.320	10.1	0.4	1.8			POR PCL
1965	58	KCA	AL	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10		1.85	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
1966	59	CIN-min	A	0	0		9.00	1	1		0	0		2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		PNS CARL
22 Yrs				124	82	.602	2.73	403	198	114	96	22	44	1751.2	1466	661	531	44	463	33	1501	27	5	24	5353	150	2.19	1.101	7.5	0.2	2.4	7.7	3.24
162 Game Avg.				14	9	.602	2.73	46	22	13	11	2	5	198	166	75	60	5	52	4	170	3	1	3	606	150	2.19	1.101	7.5	0.2	2.4	7.7	3.24
				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
KCM (8 yrs)				32	23	.582	2.36	89	80	4	20	4	1	449.1	368	152	118	2	99	3	407	7	0	7	1507	162	1.38	1.039	7.4	0.0	2.0	8.2	4.11
BBB (4 yrs)				36	17	.679	2.93	86	51		36	6	8	491.0	432	215	160	2	104		472	8		11	532	143	0.55	1.092	7.9	0.0	1.9	8.7	4.54
PC (3 yrs)				25	10	.714	2.16	42	36		30	7	2	296.0	213	92	71	9	74		301	2		0	1164	202	2.27	0.970	6.5	0.3	2.3	9.2	4.07
SLB (3 yrs)				18	23	.439	3.57	126	13	85	3	2	27	317.1	297	141	126	23	125	22	190	5	2	5	1349	115	3.46	1.330	8.4	0.7	3.5	5.4	1.52
CLE (2 yrs)				10	8	.556	2.78	52	12	24	4	2	6	155.2	131	50	48	6	55	8	97	2	3	1	643	146	2.98	1.195	7.6	0.3	3.2	5.6	1.76
MRS (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2		7	0		0	15		1.05	0.400	0.0	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
NBY (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	3	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	36	225	1.67	0.556	5.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
KCA (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10		1.85	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
CCU (1 yr)				1	1	.500	2.13	5	3	1	2	1	0	25.1	19	8	6	2	4		18	1		0	97	199	3.33	0.908	6.8	0.7	1.4	6.4	4.50

NAL (8 yrs)				33	23	.589	2.34	90	81	4	20	4	1	454.1	368	152	118	2	101	3	414	7	0	7	1522	164	1.37	1.032	7.3	0.0	2.0	8.2	4.10
AL (6 yrs)				28	31	.475	3.29	179	26	109	7	4	33	476.0	429	191	174	29	180	30	288	7	5	6	2002	124	3.29	1.279	8.1	0.5	3.4	5.4	1.60
NNL (5 yrs)				37	18	.673	2.89	91	54	1	38	7	8	516.1	451	223	166	4	108		490	9		11	629	145	0.68	1.083	7.9	0.1	1.9	8.5	4.54
NN2 (4 yrs)				26	10	.722	2.15	43	37	0	31	7	2	305.0	218	95	73	9	74	0	309	4	0	0	1200	203	2.25	0.957	6.4	0.3	2.2	9.1	4.18

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Satchel Paige born?

Satchel Paige was born on July 7, 1906.

Where was Satchel Paige born?

Satchel Paige was born in Mobile, AL.

How tall was Satchel Paige?

Satchel Paige was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Satchel Paige weigh when playing?

Satchel Paige weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Satchel Paige play?

Satchel Paige played 22 seasons.

Is Satchel Paige in the Hall of Fame?

Satchel Paige was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1971.

What position did Satchel Paige play?

Satchel Paige was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Satchel Paige have?

Satchel Paige had 1,501 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Satchel Paige played for?

Satchel Paige played for 9 teams; the Birmingham Black Barons, Cleveland Cubs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Kansas City Monarchs, New York Black Yankees, Memphis Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics.

How many World Series has Satchel Paige won?

Satchel Paige won 2 World Series.

When did Satchel Paige retire?

Satchel Paige last played in 1965.

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