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John
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 235
 
Born: February 11, 1883 in Usa
 
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won PITCHER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1908 25 AA   16 5 .762 26 26 17 9 0 228.0 127 29 2 19 201 1.14 .162 .182 .204 .386  
1909 26 AA   9 9 .500 28 21 11 3 2 190.0 127 39 3 38 135 1.85 .188 .231 .251 .483  
1910 27 AA   2 1 .667 7 2 1 1 1 31.0 17 3 0 12 25 0.87 .160 .246 .198 .444  
1911 28 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 1 10.7 12 2 0 0 2 1.68 .308 .325 .385 .710 1.4
    AAA   1 1 .500 28 0 0 0 4 29.7 14 2 0 8 22 0.61 .140 .204 .140 .344  
    AA   3 3 .500 6 6 4 1 0 44.7 33 16 1 13 27 3.22 .200 .258 .273 .531  
1912 29 BSN NL 16 13 .552 34 31 24 2 0 271.0 277 115 7 71 109 3.82 .267 .325 .344 .669 11.8
1913 30 BSN NL 17 14 .548 37 37 24 4 0 313.7 313 120 5 68 99 3.44 .265 .315 .335 .650 14.5
1914 31 BSN NL 22 17 .564 41 41 31 1 0 350.0 350 137 5 82 128 3.52 .261 .314 .345 .659 17.3
1915 32 BSN NL 11 19 .367 37 37 27 2 0 299.3 318 108 4 59 117 3.25 .271 .318 .342 .660 12.8
1916 33 BSN NL 19 18 .514 41 41 32 3 0 354.3 343 104 4 56 147 2.64 .255 .300 .312 .612 23.1
1917 34 BSN NL 4 9 .308 35 7 7 0 1 90.0 114 48 1 16 36 4.80 .319 .361 .401 .761 0.0
1918 35 BSN NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 1 0 0 0 2.25 .353 .389 .353 .742 0.4
    AAA   6 9 .400 29 16 5 0 3 135.7 156 53 1 31 55 3.52 .287 .326 .366 .692  
1919 36 BSN NL 2 6 .250 11 7 3 0 1 59.3 73 38 0 10 14 5.77 .305 .351 .364 .715 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 22 6 1 0 2 62.7 60 20 0 16 32 2.87 .250 .297 .308 .605  
1920 37 AAA   2 3 .400 33 3 1 0 2 54.0 64 27 4 19 13 4.50 .295 .352 .396 .748  
9 Years Sim 92 96 .489 249 201 148 12 3 1752.3 1806 673 26 362 652 3.46 .268 .318 .340 .658 81.2
4 Years AAA 13 14 .481 112 25 7 0 11 282.0 294 102 5 74 122 3.26 .267 .313 .339 .653  
4 Years AA 30 18 .625 67 55 33 14 3 493.7 304 87 6 82 388 1.59 .176 .213 .229 .442  
8 Years Minors 43 32 .573 179 80 40 14 14 775.6 598 189 11 156 510 2.19 .211 .253 .272 .524  
Season Average 10 10 .500 27 22 16 1 0 194.7 200 74 2 40 72 3.46 .268 .318 .340 .658  
Career Highs 22 19 1.000 41 41 32 4 1 354.3 350 137 7 82 147 5.77 .353 .389 .401 .761  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1073 424 12 233 386   .272 .313 .346 .659
vs LH   733 249 14 129 266   .263 .295 .332 .627
Home 46 49 .484 126 102 80 8 1 925.0 956 357 13 194 364 3.47 .271 .309 .344 .653
Away 46 47 .495 123 99 68 4 2 827.3 850 316 13 168 288 3.44 .265 .302 .335 .637
Mar/Apr 11 4 .733 21 18 13 2 0 147.0 151 46 2 22 81 2.82 .270 .298 .329 .627
May 20 16 .556 49 38 33 1 0 337.3 334 110 1 60 116 2.93 .262 .295 .328 .622
June 14 15 .483 39 32 26 3 1 285.7 287 92 2 62 92 2.90 .263 .302 .316 .618
July 8 22 .267 40 35 22 1 0 297.0 315 140 6 67 117 4.24 .270 .310 .335 .645
August 17 23 .425 49 38 26 2 0 329.0 368 152 7 70 129 4.16 .285 .322 .376 .698
Sep/Oct 22 16 .579 51 40 28 3 2 356.3 351 133 8 81 117 3.36 .260 .302 .346 .647
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1910 27 AA   9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1911 28 BSN NL 9 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0
1912 29 BSN NL 34 98 4 9 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 23 .092 .133 .112 .246 -1.7 0.0
1913 30 BSN NL 37 108 7 9 0 1 0 7 0 0 6 25 .083 .130 .102 .232 -2.2 0.0
1914 31 BSN NL 41 122 8 13 2 0 0 10 0 0 5 42 .107 .146 .123 .269 -0.3 0.0
1915 32 BSN NL 37 105 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 28 .086 .127 .086 .213 -3.5 0.0
1916 33 BSN NL 41 123 5 12 1 0 0 7 0 1 6 36 .098 .140 .106 .245 -2.4 0.0
1917 34 BSN NL 35 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.2 0.0
1919 36 BSN NL 11 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .050 .136 .100 .236 -0.4 0.0
8 Years Sim 245 601 35 56 4 2 0 34 0 1 31 170 .093 .139 .106 .246 -9.9 0.0
1 Years AA 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
162 Game Average 397 23 37 2 1 0 22 0 0 20 112 .093 .139 .106 .246 -6.5  
Career Highs 41 123 8 13 2 1 0 10 0 1 6 42 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   486 26 43 3 2 0 26 0 1 27 142 .088 .139 .103 .242 -10.4
vs LH   115 9 13 1 0 0 8 0 0 4 28 .113 .142 .122 .263 -1.7
Home 124 309 17 31 3 2 0 22 0 0 11 93 .100 .130 .123 .253 -5.7
Away 121 292 18 25 1 0 0 12 0 1 20 77 .086 .149 .089 .238 -6.4
RISP   150 0 17 2 1 0 33 0 0 12 46 .113 .174 .140 .314 0.8
Close/Late   65 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 .092 .169 .092 .261 -0.6
Mar/Apr 21 52 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 17 .096 .145 .096 .242 -1.0
May 45 119 7 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 35 .084 .128 .092 .220 -3.9
June 39 93 1 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 26 .075 .147 .097 .244 -1.5
July 35 98 1 9 1 1 0 9 0 0 4 30 .092 .133 .122 .256 -1.9
August 43 112 9 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 32 .089 .120 .107 .227 -3.0
Sep/Oct 46 127 12 15 0 0 0 9 0 0 7 30 .118 .163 .118 .281 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1911 28 BSN NL P 9 0 10.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84    
1912 29 BSN NL P 34 31 271.0 24 71 0 2 1.000 3.15    
1913 30 BSN NL P 37 37 313.7 21 67 2 6 .978 2.53    
1914 31 BSN NL P 41 41 350.0 20 69 4 1 .957 2.29    
1915 32 BSN NL P 37 37 299.3 15 61 5 6 .938 2.29    
1916 33 BSN NL P 41 41 354.3 20 90 8 6 .932 2.79    
1917 34 BSN NL P 35 7 90.0 4 27 0 2 1.000 3.10    
1918 35 BSN NL P 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1919 36 BSN NL P 11 7 59.3 3 15 1 2 .947 2.73    
Career Totals   249 201 1752.3 108 401 20 25 .962 2.61    
Career Highs   41 41 354.3 24 90 8 6 1.000 3.15    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1914-2-22
 Losses
1914-6-17
1915-3-19
 Games Pitched
1914-4-41
 Games Started
1914-2-41
 Complete Games
1914-4-31
1915-6-27
 Shutouts
1912-10-2
1913-6-4
Innings Pitched
1913-10-313.7
1914-4-350.0
 Hits Allowed
1913-9-313
1914-2-350
1915-3-318
 Homeruns Allowed
1912-9-7
 Walks per 9IP
1914-10-2.1
1915-10-1.8
CAR-34-1.9
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 282)
 
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  1. William Barclay (954)
  2. Ridley Yearwood (949)
  3. Dan Simmons (944)
  4. Steven Killian (944)
  5. Danny Murphy (937)
  6. Roy Ballantyne (936)
  7. Gifford Gaylord (932)
  8. Herb Woodburn (923)
  9. Michael Van Wyck (923)
  10. Cal Falco (923)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Gene Jones (992)
  2. Roone Sweeney (988)
  3. Frank Funke (984)
  4. John Torkelson (983)
  5. Dell Yates (982)
  6. Charlie Searing (982)
  7. Johnny Proper (982)
  8. Danny Murphy (981)
  9. Norm Farley (980)
  10. Joshua Biddle (978)
History
Released by New York (A) on 5/1/1909
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 5/8/1909
Earned first career win on 8/21/1911
Had first career hit on 9/18/1911, off Jim Joy (NY1)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1912, winning 2 games with a 0.47 ERA
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1912
Injured on 4/11/1913 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 3/7/1914 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1914, going 4-0, 1.50
 
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