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Flint Rhem

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: January 24, 1901 in Rhems, SC us

Died: July 30, 1969 in Columbia, SC

Buried: Wood Memorial Park, Greer, SC

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: September 6, 1924 (Age 23-226d, 6,056th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: August 26, 1936 (Age 35-215d)
vs. BSN 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Charles Flint Rhem

Nicknames: Shad

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

105

ERA

4.20

294

230

1725.1

534

WHIP

1.441

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
1924	23	STL	NL	2	2	.500	4.45	6	3	2	3	0	1	32.1	31	18	16	1	17		20	0	0	2	140	86	3.48	1.485	8.6	0.3	4.7	5.6	1.18
1925	24	STL	NL	8	13	.381	4.92	30	24	6	8	1	1	170.0	204	114	93	16	58		66	4	1	4	755	88	3.74	1.541	10.8	0.8	3.1	3.5	1.14
1926	25	STL	NL	20	7	.741	3.21	34	34	0	20	1	0	258.0	241	121	92	12	75		72	1	1	5	1068	122	3.96	1.225	8.4	0.4	2.6	2.5	0.96	MVP-8
1927	26	STL	NL	10	12	.455	4.41	27	26	1	9	2	0	169.1	189	102	83	6	54		51	4	1	1	738	92	3.39	1.435	10.0	0.3	2.9	2.7	0.94
1928	27	STL	NL	11	8	.579	4.14	28	22	4	9	0	3	169.2	199	91	78	13	71	3	47	3	1	1	758	98	4.78	1.591	10.6	0.7	3.8	2.5	0.66

1929	28	STL-min	A	7	2	.778	3.17	15						88.0	73	33	31		37									1.250	7.5		3.8			HSN TL
1930	29	STL	NL	12	8	.600	4.45	26	19	5	9	0	0	139.2	173	90	69	11	37	2	47	3	0	6	626	114	4.07	1.504	11.1	0.7	2.4	3.0	1.27
1931	30	STL	NL	11	10	.524	3.56	33	26	6	10	2	1	207.1	214	100	82	17	60	6	72	3	0	3	882	112	4.42	1.322	9.3	0.7	2.6	3.1	1.20
1932	31	TOT	NL	15	9	.625	3.58	32	26	2	15	1	1	218.2	225	98	87	16	59	2	53	0	0	4	916	121	4.07	1.299	9.3	0.7	2.4	2.2	0.90
1932	31	STL	NL	4	2	.667	3.06	6	6	0	5	1	0	50.0	48	19	17	3	10	0	18	0	0	2	198	130	3.45	1.160	8.6	0.5	1.8	3.2	1.80
1932	31	PHI	NL	11	7	.611	3.74	26	20	2	10	0	1	168.2	177	79	70	13	49	2	35	0	0	2	718	119	4.25	1.340	9.4	0.7	2.6	1.9	0.71
1933	32	PHI	NL	5	14	.263	6.62	28	19	5	3	0	2	125.0	182	109	92	10	33	1	27	2	0	4	582	58	4.35	1.720	13.1	0.7	2.4	1.9	0.82
1934	33	TOT	NL	9	8	.529	3.69	30	21	5	5	1	1	168.1	190	83	69	5	45	7	62	0	0	2	723	104	3.63	1.396	10.2	0.3	2.4	3.3	1.38
1934	33	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	4.60	5	1	1	0	0	1	15.2	26	12	8	0	7	2	6	0	0	0	74	94	3.76	2.106	14.9	0.0	4.0	3.4	0.86
1934	33	BSN	NL	8	8	.500	3.60	25	20	4	5	1	0	152.2	164	71	61	5	38	5	56	0	0	2	649	105	3.62	1.323	9.7	0.3	2.2	3.3	1.47
1935	34	BOS-min	AA	8	6	.571	5.28	21						104.0	133	65	61		29									1.558	11.5		2.5			SYR IL
1935	34	BSN	NL	0	5	.000	5.36	10	6	2	0	0	0	40.1	61	37	24	4	11	2	10	0	0	1	195	71	4.79	1.785	13.6	0.9	2.5	2.2	0.91
1936	35	CIN-min	A1	4	3	.571	5.10	13						47.2	54	34	27		13									1.406	10.2		2.5			NVL SOUA
1936	35	STL	NL	2	1	.667	6.75	10	4	3	0	0	0	26.2	49	26	20	2	9	0	7	0	0	0	133	59	4.78	2.175	16.5	0.7	3.0	2.4	0.78
12 Yrs				105	97	.520	4.20	294	230	41	91	8	10	1725.1	1958	989	805	113	529	23	534	20	4	33	7516	98	4.06	1.441	10.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	1.01
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.520	4.20	38	30	5	12	1	1	224	254	128	104	15	69	3	69	3	1	4	975	98	4.06	1.441	10.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	1.01

STL (10 yrs)				81	63	.563	4.05	205	165	28	73	7	7	1238.2	1374	693	558	81	398	13	406	18	4	24	5372	102	4.03	1.431	10.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	1.02
BSN (2 yrs)				8	13	.381	3.96	35	26	6	5	1	0	193.0	225	108	85	9	49	7	66	0	0	3	844	96	3.87	1.420	10.5	0.4	2.3	3.1	1.35
PHI (2 yrs)				16	21	.432	4.96	54	39	7	13	0	3	293.2	359	188	162	23	82	3	62	2	0	6	1300	84	4.29	1.502	11.0	0.7	2.5	1.9	0.76