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Ed Rondthaler	Nickname: Ol' Methuselah   Bats: Both Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 190   Born: June 6, 1903 in Usa

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1934    1936

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD 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
1922	19	A		17	6	.739	28	28	9	2	0	225.7	225	84	7	47	82	3.35	.258	.296	.351	.646
1923	20	A		16	5	.762	29	29	12	2	0	232.7	167	53	4	26	110	2.05	.195	.219	.262	.481
1924	21	AAA		14	5	.737	23	23	10	2	0	184.3	198	65	5	25	51	3.17	.273	.297	.368	.666
		AA		1	2	.333	6	6	2	0	0	49.0	46	11	1	7	19	2.02	.240	.266	.333	.600
1925	22	AAA		16	9	.640	29	29	7	3	0	214.3	249	92	6	46	75	3.86	.290	.326	.374	.700
1926	23	SLA	AL	17	7	.708	27	27	19	2	0	221.3	249	92	9	27	54	3.74	.283	.302	.394	.696	18.3
		AAA		5	0	1.000	5	5	3	1	0	43.3	38	8	3	2	8	1.66	.230	.240	.321	.561
1927	24	SLA	AL	22	11	.667	39	39	23	1	0	322.0	353	148	17	57	87	4.14	.278	.309	.397	.706	21.3
1928	25	SLA	AL	12	14	.462	31	31	20	1	0	255.7	291	114	15	37	68	4.01	.283	.307	.393	.700	16.6
1929	26	SLA	AL	17	10	.630	31	31	22	2	0	264.3	304	100	13	41	61	3.41	.290	.317	.410	.728	24.0
1930	27	SLA	AL	14	13	.519	37	37	20	1	0	302.0	390	172	27	52	102	5.13	.313	.340	.466	.807	20.1
1931	28	SLA	AL	21	14	.600	41	41	32	1	0	352.3	361	125	8	57	107	3.19	.263	.293	.369	.661	30.2
1932	29	SLA	AL	21	15	.583	41	41	32	4	0	351.7	349	114	18	42	144	2.92	.259	.283	.369	.652	30.9
1933	30	SLA	AL	22	16	.579	41	41	35	4	0	354.0	334	125	19	40	118	3.18	.245	.270	.362	.632	30.3
1934	31	SLA	AL	24	11	.686	39	39	25	0	0	315.0	359	129	20	51	113	3.69	.288	.316	.393	.708	23.6
1935	32	SLA	AL	17	7	.708	32	32	18	0	0	264.3	290	120	18	38	66	4.09	.279	.309	.417	.726	17.6
1936	33	SLA	AL	17	11	.607	33	33	19	1	0	262.3	302	128	14	55	85	4.39	.288	.326	.405	.731	18.2
1937	34	SLA	AL	18	11	.621	38	38	22	0	0	310.3	368	152	34	48	111	4.41	.295	.324	.448	.772	20.6
1938	35	SLA	AL	14	9	.609	34	34	16	0	0	263.3	322	153	28	83	94	5.23	.303	.354	.463	.817	12.6
1939	36	SLA	AL	13	12	.520	31	29	16	1	0	234.7	244	116	26	71	91	4.45	.270	.325	.427	.752	16.9
1940	37	SLA	AL	15	11	.577	33	30	19	0	0	229.7	280	144	33	58	86	5.64	.298	.342	.490	.831	7.9
1941	38	SLA	AL	7	6	.538	27	0	0	0	0	33.7	42	22	3	20	8	5.88	.313	.397	.403	.800	1.8
1942	39	SLA	AL	3	3	.500	26	0	0	0	2	25.0	35	16	4	17	2	5.76	.340	.430	.553	.983	0.2
17 Years Sim				274	181	.602	581	523	338	18	2	4361.6	4873	1970	306	794	1397	4.07	.282	.315	.412	.727	311.1
3 Years AAA				35	14	.714	57	57	20	6	0	442.0	485	165	14	73	134	3.36	.277	.306	.366	.673
1 Years AA				1	2	.333	6	6	2	0	0	49.0	46	11	1	7	19	2.02	.240	.266	.333	.600
2 Years A				33	11	.750	57	57	21	4	0	458.3	392	137	11	73	192	2.69	.227	.258	.307	.565
6 Years Minors				69	27	.719	120	120	43	10	0	949.3	923	313	26	153	345	2.97	.252	.282	.337	.618
Season Average				16	10	.615	34	30	19	1	0	256.6	286	115	18	46	82	4.07	.282	.315	.412	.727
Career Highs				24	16	.708	41	41	35	4	2	354.0	390	172	34	83	144	5.88	.340	.430	.553	.983

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										2703	1084	156	454	841		.275	.307	.397	.705
vs LH										2170	886	150	340	556		.290	.321	.431	.752
Home	144	92	.610	296	265	187	10	1	2289.3	2445	1021	188	430	725	4.01	.273	.306	.413	.719
Away	130	89	.594	285	258	151	8	1	2072.3	2428	949	118	364	672	4.12	.292	.321	.411	.733
Mar/Apr	28	22	.560	58	52	38	1	0	434.7	522	205	31	67	148	4.24	.297	.323	.428	.751
May	52	35	.598	112	100	70	5	1	827.6	909	387	59	158	255	4.21	.279	.312	.413	.725
June	53	30	.639	106	92	59	5	0	771.6	833	335	46	123	250	3.91	.274	.303	.398	.700
July	53	28	.654	106	95	62	2	1	820.0	887	334	58	161	266	3.67	.275	.309	.407	.716
August	44	44	.500	104	101	62	3	0	816.3	994	434	58	159	271	4.79	.301	.333	.435	.767
Sep/Oct	44	22	.667	95	83	48	3	0	691.3	728	275	54	126	207	3.58	.270	.303	.395	.698

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
1926	23	SLA	AL	27	85	8	21	8	0	0	17	0	0	3	14	.247	.275	.341	.616	7.0	0.3
1927	24	SLA	AL	39	120	19	35	7	0	0	11	1	0	6	13	.292	.325	.350	.675	13.8	1.8
1928	25	SLA	AL	31	95	11	33	1	0	0	10	0	0	2	16	.347	.354	.358	.711	11.0	1.2
1929	26	SLA	AL	31	97	13	27	4	1	0	10	0	0	4	18	.278	.307	.340	.647	8.9	0.4
1930	27	SLA	AL	37	111	10	30	4	1	0	20	0	0	1	23	.270	.277	.324	.601	8.8	0.2
1931	28	SLA	AL	41	137	17	41	6	0	0	11	0	0	3	20	.299	.314	.343	.657	13.7	1.9
1932	29	SLA	AL	41	124	11	33	5	0	0	12	0	1	5	19	.266	.305	.306	.612	11.5	1.1
1933	30	SLA	AL	41	130	14	40	4	2	0	14	0	0	2	20	.308	.316	.369	.685	13.6	2.0
1934	31	SLA	AL	39	120	17	27	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	24	.225	.244	.258	.502	5.5	0.0
1935	32	SLA	AL	32	97	9	33	9	1	0	16	0	0	8	20	.340	.396	.454	.850	15.2	4.1
1936	33	SLA	AL	33	98	13	35	3	0	0	4	0	2	5	11	.357	.388	.388	.776	13.1	2.2
1937	34	SLA	AL	38	116	16	34	10	1	1	19	0	0	5	19	.293	.322	.422	.745	14.1	1.9
1938	35	SLA	AL	34	96	12	32	4	0	0	14	1	0	2	18	.333	.340	.375	.715	12.7	2.0
1939	36	SLA	AL	31	84	7	20	6	1	0	7	0	0	6	17	.238	.289	.333	.622	7.8	0.6
1940	37	SLA	AL	33	84	11	16	1	0	0	11	0	0	5	15	.190	.228	.202	.431	4.5	0.0
1941	38	SLA	AL	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.5	0.3
1942	39	SLA	AL	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.5	0.3
17 Years Sim				581	1596	188	459	76	7	1	186	2	3	60	267	.288	.313	.346	.659	162.3	20.3
162 Game Average					445	52	127	21	1	0	51	0	0	16	74	.288	.313	.346	.659	45.2
Career Highs				41	137	19	41	10	2	1	20	1	2	8	24	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	15.2

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		1101	134	314	52	4	1	133	2	2	43	171	.285	.313	.342	.655	110.3
vs LH		495	54	145	24	3	0	53	0	1	17	96	.293	.314	.354	.667	51.3
Home	282	794	95	239	51	3	0	93	2	1	20	128	.301	.320	.373	.693	85.9
Away	274	802	93	220	25	4	1	93	0	2	40	139	.274	.307	.319	.626	75.7
RISP		444	0	126	29	4	1	172	0	0	18	71	.284	.308	.374	.682	48.1
Close/Late		170	15	42	8	0	0	20	0	0	3	28	.247	.257	.294	.551	11.5
Mar/Apr	54	165	20	55	11	0	0	14	0	0	6	25	.333	.357	.400	.757	21.4
May	102	314	43	96	15	1	0	35	1	0	8	60	.306	.321	.360	.681	33.8
June	92	271	30	79	14	1	0	33	0	0	11	45	.292	.319	.351	.670	28.4
July	95	304	33	82	14	1	0	36	0	0	10	59	.270	.297	.322	.619	26.7
August	101	297	32	78	12	3	0	42	1	2	14	35	.263	.294	.323	.618	26.5
Sep/Oct	88	245	30	69	10	1	1	26	0	1	11	43	.282	.311	.343	.654	24.7

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
1926	23	SLA	AL	P	27	27	221.3	20	34	1	2	.982	2.20
1927	24	SLA	AL	P	39	39	322.0	18	47	7	2	.903	1.82
1928	25	SLA	AL	P	31	31	255.7	21	28	4	0	.925	1.72
1929	26	SLA	AL	P	31	31	264.3	10	39	3	2	.942	1.67
1930	27	SLA	AL	P	37	37	302.0	25	49	3	3	.961	2.21
1931	28	SLA	AL	P	41	41	352.3	21	48	5	6	.932	1.76
1932	29	SLA	AL	P	41	41	351.7	15	50	2	4	.970	1.66
1933	30	SLA	AL	P	41	41	354.0	18	46	7	2	.901	1.63
1934	31	SLA	AL	P	39	39	315.0	24	56	3	6	.964	2.29
1935	32	SLA	AL	P	32	32	264.3	14	39	1	4	.981	1.80
1936	33	SLA	AL	P	33	33	262.3	16	38	2	3	.964	1.85
1937	34	SLA	AL	P	38	38	310.3	22	44	6	0	.917	1.91
1938	35	SLA	AL	P	34	34	263.3	20	26	3	3	.939	1.57
1939	36	SLA	AL	P	31	29	234.7	13	31	4	4	.917	1.69
1940	37	SLA	AL	P	33	30	229.7	15	30	3	2	.938	1.76
1941	38	SLA	AL	P	27	0	33.7	1	4	0	2	1.000	1.34
1942	39	SLA	AL	P	26	0	25.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.44
Career Totals					581	523	4361.6	273	613	54	45	.943	1.83
Career Highs					41	41	354.0	25	56	7	6	1.000	2.29

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1926	23	SLA	AL	1	1	.500	2	2	1	1	0	14.3	20	8	1	2	5	5.02	.328	.349	.475	.825
1935	32	SLA	AL	1	0	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	5.3	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	.190	.190	.190	.381
Career Post-Season Pitching				2	1	.667	4	2	1	1	0	19.7	24	8	1	2	8	3.66	.293	.310	.402	.712

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1926	23	SLA	AL	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500
1935	32	SLA	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Post-Season Batting				4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1926-9-3.74 1929-4-3.41 1931-3-3.19 1932-2-2.92 1933-9-3.18 ERA+ 1926-7-118 1929-4-144 1931-3-135 1932-2-146 1933-9-127 Wins 1926-8-17 1927-2-22 1929-10-17 1931-2-21 1932-3-21 1933-5-22 1934-5-24 1936-10-17 Losses 1933-10-16 Winning Pct 1926-3-.708 1927-1-.667 1929-8-.630 1931-5-.600 1932-9-.583 1934-6-.686 1935-3-.708 1937-6-.621 1938-8-.609 Games Pitched 1931-9-41 1932-6-41 1933-4-41 Games Started 1927-9-39 1931-1-41 1932-1-41 1933-1-41 1934-6-39 Complete Games 1927-7-23 1929-10-22 1930-9-20 1931-3-32 1932-2-32 1933-2-35 1934-10-25 1937-9-22 Shutouts 1926-9-2 1929-5-2 1932-2-4 1933-3-4 1939-8-1 Innings Pitched 1927-8-322.0 1931-2-352.3 1932-2-351.7 1933-2-354.0 1934-8-315.0 1937-10-310.3 Hits Allowed 1927-5-353 1930-2-390 1931-5-361 1932-5-349 1933-7-334 1934-4-359 1937-4-368 1938-10-322 Homeruns Allowed 1927-6-17 1930-7-27 1932-6-18 1933-5-19 1934-8-20 1937-2-34 1938-4-28 1939-6-26 1940-4-33 Strikeouts 1932-5-144 1933-4-118 Walks per 9IP 1926-1-1.1 1927-5-1.6 1928-2-1.3 1929-1-1.4 1930-7-1.5 1931-6-1.5 1932-2-1.1 1933-1-1.0 1934-3-1.5 1935-2-1.3 1936-9-1.9 1937-5-1.4 Hits per 9IP 1931-8-9.2 1932-8-8.9 1933-7-8.5 Strikeouts per 9IP 1932-8-3.7 Strikeout to Walk Ratio 1926-1-2 1927-7-1.5 1928-7-1.8 1930-9-2 1932-1-3.4 1933-2-3 1934-5-2.2 1935-8-1.7 1937-4-2.3 WHiP 1926-6-1.25 1927-8-1.27 1928-9-1.28 1929-7-1.31 1931-3-1.19 1932-3-1.11 1933-2-1.06 1934-10-1.30 1935-9-1.24 OAVG 1931-7-.263 1932-7-.259 1933-7-.245 OOBP 1926-3-.302 1927-7-.309 1928-7-.307 1929-10-.317 1931-3-.293 1932-3-.283 1933-1-.270 1934-7-.316 1935-9-.309 OSLG 1932-10-.369 OOPS 1929-10-.728 1931-6-.661 1932-5-.652 1933-7-.632 DICE 1926-3-3.43 1928-9-3.68 1931-10-3.22 1932-7-3.26 1933-10-3.46 1934-10-3.68 BABIP 1931-3-0.281 1932-10-0.279 1933-4-0.257 1939-6-0.277 Win Shares 1927-9-21.5 1929-8-24 1930-10-20.6 1931-2-30.1 1932-3-30.4 1933-4-30.8 1934-9-24.3

Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 61)    Gray Ink Test: 166    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 276)    Hall of Fame Standards: 95    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 117)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1922

Had first career hit (double) on 5/4/1926, off Andrew Wiggins (DET)

Earned first career win on 5/13/1926

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1927, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA

Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1930, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 5/30/1931

Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1932, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1932, going 4-1, 1.48

Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1933, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA

Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game

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