Satchel Paige

Positions: Pitcher, Leftfielder and Rightfielder

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

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

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	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1927	20	-6.6	BBB	NNL	Maj	BBB	7	2	.778	2.39	3.40	20	10		5	3	1	98.0	79	37	26		27		93	2		1		1.082	7.3		2.5	8.5	3.44
1928	21	-6.3	BBB	NNL	Maj	BBB	11	4	.733	2.32	3.20	25	15		10	1	4	132.0	113	47	34	2	25		121	3		2	532	1.045	7.7	0.1	1.7	8.3	4.84
1929	22	-4.7	BBB	NNL	Maj	BBB	11	9	.550	3.68	5.04	29	18		14	0	2	185.2	188	104	76		43		189	2		6		1.244	9.1		2.1	9.2	4.40
1930	23	-8.6	Baltimore	BLK	Non		3	1	.750	3.29	3.95	4	4	0	3	1	0	27.1	31	12	10	2	10		22	0		1	120	1.500	10.2	0.7	3.3	7.2	2.20
1930	23	-3.6	BBB	NNL	Maj	BBB	7	2	.778	2.87	3.23	12	8		7	2	1	75.1	52	27	24		9		69	1		2		0.810	6.2		1.1	8.2	7.67
1931	24		2 Teams	BLK	Non		3	1	.750	1.21	1.82	4	3	1	3	0	0	29.2	24	6	4	0	9		24	0		0	122	1.112	7.3	0.0	2.7	7.3	2.67
1931	24	-5.9	Pittsburgh	BLK	Non		2	1	.667	1.31	1.74	3	2	1	2	0	0	20.2	13	4	3	0	6		20	0		0	82	0.919	5.7	0.0	2.6	8.7	3.33
1931	24	-5.9	Homestead	BLK	Non		1	0	1.000	1.00	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	2	1	0	3		4	0		0	40	1.556	11.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
1931	24	-3.0	CCU	NNL	Maj	CCU	1	1	.500	2.13	2.84	5	3	1	2	1	0	25.1	19	8	6	2	4		18	1		0	97	0.908	6.8	0.7	1.4	6.4	4.50
1932	25	-4.5	Pittsburgh	BLK	Non		9	6	.600	2.28	3.31	22	16	6	12	3	3	130.1	100	48	33	1	44		126	3		1	539	1.105	6.9	0.1	3.0	8.7	2.86
1933	26	-1.8	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	4	5	.444	1.94	2.63	12	10		8	0	1	78.2	49	23	17	2	16		77	0		0	300	0.826	5.6	0.2	1.8	8.8	4.81
1934	27	-1.2	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	13	3	.813	1.54	2.22	19	16		15	5	0	145.2	97	36	25	2	30		152	2		0	561	0.872	6.0	0.1	1.9	9.4	5.07
1935	28		2 Teams	BLK	Non		2	0	1.000	0.22	0.88	6	6	0	4	3	0	41.0	22	4	1	0	6		67	1		0	148	0.683	4.8	0.0	1.3	14.7	11.17
1935	28	-3.1	Bismarck	BLK	Non		2	0	1.000	0.33	1.33	3	3	0	3	2	0	27.0	18	4	1	0	5		44	1		0	103	0.852	6.0	0.0	1.7	14.7	8.80
1935	28	-3.1	Kansas City	BLK	Non		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	3	0	1	1	0	14.0	4	0	0	0	1		23	0		0	45	0.357	2.6	0.0	0.6	14.8	23.00
1936	29	1.1	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	8	2	.800	3.64	4.14	11	10		7	2	1	71.2	67	33	29	5	28		72	0		0	303	1.326	8.4	0.6	3.5	9.0	2.57
1937	30	1.2	Santo Domingo	BLK	Non		1	1	.500	3.15	4.05	3	2	0	2	0	0	20.0	23	9	7	2	4	0	18	0	0	0	90	1.350	10.4	0.9	1.8	8.1	4.50

1940	33	7.5	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	1	0	1.000	5.40	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	21	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	18.0	3.33
1941	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NBY	8	0	1.000	2.06	2.47	13	12	1	3	0	0	65.2	52	18	15	0	7	0	56	5	0	2	265	0.898	7.1	0.0	1.0	7.7	8.00
1941	34	6.1	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	7	0	1.000	2.06	2.38	12	11	1	2	0	0	56.2	47	15	13	0	7	0	48	3	0	2	229	0.953	7.5	0.0	1.1	7.6	6.86
1941	34	4.9	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	1	0	1.000	2.00	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	3	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	36	0.556	5.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
1942	35	5.5	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	2	5	.286	2.12	2.86	11	11		5	0	0	72.1	62	23	17		11		56	1		1		1.009	7.7		1.4	7.0	5.09
1943	36		2 Teams	NAL	Maj	KCM-MRS	10	8	.556	2.91	3.78	28	24		3	0	1	123.2	109	52	40	2	31		102	2		0	506	1.132	7.9	0.1	2.3	7.4	3.29
1943	36	5.0	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	9	8	.529	3.03	3.94	27	23		3	0	1	118.2	109	52	40	2	29		95	2		0	491	1.163	8.3	0.2	2.2	7.2	3.28
1943	36	5.0	MRS	NAL	Maj	MRS	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2		7	0		0	15	0.400	0.0	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
1944	37	5.9	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	6	4	.600	1.10	1.56	16	16	0	6	3	0	98.1	62	17	12	0	27	3	105	1	0	1	379	0.905	5.7	0.0	2.5	9.6	3.89
1945	38	8.0	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	3	4	.429	4.67	5.89	9	7	1	1	1	0	44.1	42	29	23	0	15	0	43	0	0	1	184	1.286	8.5	0.0	3.0	8.7	2.87
1946	39	9.5	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	4	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	8	7	1	1	0	0	35.0	24	5	5	0	5	0	32	0	0	1	129	0.829	6.2	0.0	1.3	8.2	6.40
1947	40	10.2	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	0	2	.000	2.37	3.79	5	4	1	1	0	0	19.0	19	8	5	0	2	0	18	0	0	1	74	1.105	9.0	0.0	0.9	8.5	9.00
1948	41	12.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	6	1	.857	2.48	2.60	21	7	5	3	2	1	72.2	61	21	20	2	22	2	43	1	2	1	295	1.142	7.6	0.2	2.7	5.3	1.95
1949	42	13.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	7	.364	3.04	3.14	31	5	19	1	0	5	83.0	70	29	28	4	33	6	54	1	1	0	348	1.241	7.6	0.4	3.6	5.9	1.64
1950	43	15.8	Minot	MDAK	Ind		0	0				2	2		0
1951	44	14.8	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	3	4	.429	4.79	5.66	23	3	16	0	0	6	62.0	67	39	33	6	29	2	48	1	1	1	278	1.548	9.7	0.9	4.2	7.0	1.66
1952	45	14.9	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	12	10	.545	3.07	3.33	46	6	35	3	2	10	138.0	116	51	47	5	57	13	91	3	0	2	582	1.254	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.9	1.60
1953	46	16.1	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	3	9	.250	3.53	3.91	57	4	34	0	0	11	117.1	114	51	46	12	39	7	51	1	1	2	489	1.304	8.7	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.31

1956	49	20.9	Miami	IL	AAA	PHI	11	4	.733	1.86	2.35	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
1957	50	21.9	Miami	IL	AAA	PHI	10	8	.556	2.42	2.65	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
1958	51	24.0	Miami	IL	AAA	PHI	10	10	.500	2.95	3.60	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

1961	54	27.9	Portland	PCL	AAA	STL	0	0		2.88	4.32	5	5					25.0	28	12	8	1	5				0			1.320	10.1	0.4	1.8

1965	58	30.9	KCA	AL	Maj	KCA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
1966	59	36.9	Peninsula	CARL	A	CIN	0	0		9.00	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
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (22 seasons)					Majors		124	82	.602	2.73	3.40	403	198	114	96	22	44	1751.2	1466	661	531	44	463	33	1501	27	5	24	5353	1.101	7.5		2.4	7.7	3.24
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		31	22	.585	2.48	2.99	111	39		14	4		367.0	326	122	101	28	59	5	195	3	0	2		1.049	8.0	0.7	1.4
Black Baseball (5 seasons)					Black Baseball		18	9	.667	1.99	2.86	39	31	7	24	7	3	248.1	200	79	55	5	73	0	257	4	0	2	1019	1.099	7.2	0.2	2.6	9.3	3.52
Other (1 season)					Other		0	0				2	2		0
All Levels (31 Seasons)							173	113	.605			555	270	121	134	33	47	2367.0	1992	862	687	77	595	38	1953	34	5	28	6372

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		31	22	.585	2.44	2.96	110	38		14	4		365.0	321	120	99	28	59	5	195	3	0	2		1.041	7.9	0.7	1.5
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		9.00	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