06/15/1916 | Drafted in the 1916 first-year player draft by the Creepy Hollow Vampires. (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). |
08/09/1916 | Signed a minor league contract with the Creepy Hollow Vampires organization with a signing bonus of $4,880,000. |
09/03/1916 | Suspended 6 games after ejection following a brawl. |
09/28/1916 | Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for one week. |
10/30/1916 | Named the #2 prospect in the CBL |
11/22/1916 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1917 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (70); Movement: 79 (82); Control: 49 (63). |
06/18/1917 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Boston Boomers with 11 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/17/1917 | Injured (heel soreness),day-to-day for 1 day. |
09/11/1917 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 11 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
09/16/1917 | Injured (wrist soreness),day-to-day for 5 days. |
09/23/1917 | Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 5 days. |
10/28/1917 | Wins the 1917 World Series with the Creepy Hollow Vampires. |
11/21/1917 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1918 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 68 (69); Movement: 77 (81); Control: 46 (62). |
02/26/1918 | Injured (sore thumb),day-to-day for 3 days. |
07/01/1918 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Albany Senators with 16 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
07/23/1918 | Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 8 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
08/17/1918 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Boston Boomers with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
11/17/1918 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1919 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 70 (70); Movement: 75 (86); Control: 40 (62). |
04/07/1919 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the St. Louis Wolves with 8 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
04/28/1919 | Suspended 7 games after ejection following a brawl. |
07/23/1919 | Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the St. Louis Wolves with 13 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
08/18/1919 | Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $50,880,000 with the Creepy Hollow Vampires organization. |
10/02/1919 | Strikes out 16 against the Baltimore Nordiques. |
01/01/1920 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 72 (72); Movement: 45 (77); Control: 45 (63). |
03/18/1920 | Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 5 days. |
05/17/1920 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Boston Boomers with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/18/1920 | Injured on 07/17/1920, diagnosed with shoulder inflammation, is day-to-day. |
08/10/1920 | Injured on 08/09/1920, diagnosed with a sprained ankle, is day-to-day. |
09/04/1920 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/14/1920 | Pitches a 10-hit shutout against the New York Knights with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
09/29/1920 | Strikes out 15 against the Baltimore Nordiques. |
01/01/1921 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 64 (68); Movement: 48 (83); Control: 52 (65). |
03/08/1921 | Injured on 03/05/1921, diagnosed with a sprained ankle, will miss 7 weeks. |
05/03/1921 | Injured on 05/01/1921, diagnosed with a sprained ankle, is day-to-day. |
05/04/1921 | Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for 5 days. |
05/20/1921 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Boston Boomers with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
06/19/1921 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Boston Boomers with 21 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/07/1921 | Was selected to the 1921 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
01/01/1922 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 61 (68); Movement: 76 (84); Control: 62 (64). |
05/02/1922 | Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week. |
05/06/1922 | Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week. |
06/18/1922 | Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 2 days. |
06/28/1922 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/03/1922 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Albany Senators with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/07/1922 | Was selected to the 1922 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
09/27/1922 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Albany Senators with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
10/12/1922 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Boston Boomers with 14 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
11/09/1922 | Finished 2nd in 1922 CBL ETH Cy Young Award voting. |
01/01/1923 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 61 (68); Movement: 83 (83); Control: 71 (71). |
05/01/1923 | Wins the CBL ETH Pitcher of the Month Award. |
05/01/1923 | Was traded by the Creepy Hollow Vampires to the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs, along with SP Dallas Keuchel, in exchange for SP Dan Petry, SS Dixon Machado, C Cliff Dapper, C George Hale, and SP Howard Ehmke. |
06/09/1923 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 8 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
06/26/1923 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Creepy Hollow Vampires with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/27/1923 | Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
01/01/1924 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 62 (68); Movement: 79 (83); Control: 67 (67). |
04/28/1924 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
05/05/1924 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Mudville Nine with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/02/1924 | Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/02/1924 | Collects his 2000th career Crypto Baseball League strikeout! |
07/07/1924 | Was selected to the 1924 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
07/31/1924 | Was traded by the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs to the Stoolbend Turtleheads, along with 3B Albert Pujols, LF Luis Gonzalez, 2B Buddy Myer, and RP Bill Doak, in exchange for RF Tris Speaker. |
08/16/1924 | Strikes out 15 against the Beacontown Beavers. |
11/19/1924 | Became a free agent. |
12/04/1924 | Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $99,000,000 with the Plattsville Millstones organization. |
01/01/1925 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 63 (63); Movement: 59 (59); Control: 64 (64). |
06/24/1925 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the San Francisco Owls with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/04/1925 | Pitches a NO-HITTER against the Bay City Bluebirds with 9 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
07/07/1925 | Was selected to the 1925 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
09/25/1925 | Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
01/01/1926 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 64 (64); Movement: 76 (76); Control: 65 (65). |
03/04/1926 | Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 5 days. |
06/20/1926 | Collects his 2500th career Crypto Baseball League strikeout! |
09/01/1926 | Wins the CBL BTC Pitcher of the Month Award. |
09/04/1926 | Strikes out 16 against the Kansas City Regents. |
01/01/1927 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 58 (58); Movement: 80 (80); Control: 65 (65). |
07/07/1927 | Was selected to the 1927 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
07/24/1927 | Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 3 days. |
09/04/1927 | Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for one week. |
01/01/1928 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 58 (58); Movement: 64 (64); Control: 67 (67). |
06/19/1928 | Collects his 3000th career Crypto Baseball League strikeout! |
07/17/1928 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Mudville Nine with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
11/27/1928 | Was traded by the Plattsville Millstones to the Albany Senators in exchange for 2B Swede Risberg and RP Jess Dobernic. |
01/01/1929 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 59 (59); Movement: 57 (57); Control: 68 (68). |
04/03/1929 | Strikes out 15 against the New Hampshire Pineapples. |
04/09/1929 | Suspended 8 games after ejection following a brawl. |
07/23/1929 | Injured (neck stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days. |
08/08/1929 | Earns his 200th career Crypto Baseball League victory! |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1917 | 35 | 2 | 1918 | 35 | 3 | 1919 | 35 | 3 | 1920 | 35 | 2 | 1922 | 35 | 1 | 1923 | 34 | 8 | 1925 | 35 | 4 | 1926 | 37 | 1 | 1928 | 34 | 10 | 1929 | 34 | 9 | | Year | W | Rank | 1917 | 19 | 4 | 1922 | 18 | 4 | 1923 | 17 | 4 | 1925 | 16 | 10 | 1926 | 18 | 4 | | Year | L | Rank | 1919 | 14 | 10 | 1920 | 15 | 8 | 1925 | 15 | 10 | 1928 | 16 | 7 | | Year | Win. % | Rank | 1917 | .655 | 6 | 1924 | .778 | 1 | | Year | IP | Rank | 1917 | 276.1 | 3 | 1918 | 279.2 | 4 | 1919 | 279.2 | 3 | 1920 | 267.0 | 10 | 1922 | 279.0 | 2 | 1923 | 270.2 | 6 | 1925 | 282.0 | 5 | 1926 | 303.0 | 1 | |
Year | BF | Rank | 1917 | 1164 | 4 | 1918 | 1191 | 3 | 1919 | 1188 | 3 | 1920 | 1126 | 9 | 1922 | 1176 | 1 | 1923 | 1129 | 9 | 1925 | 1175 | 4 | 1926 | 1262 | 1 | 1929 | 1123 | 8 | | Year | HRA | Rank | 1920 | 32 | 10 | 1921 | 31 | 10 | 1929 | 41 | 2 | | Year | BB | Rank | 1917 | 82 | 7 | 1918 | 80 | 4 | 1919 | 100 | 1 | 1920 | 81 | 6 | | Year | K | Rank | 1917 | 274 | 6 | 1918 | 282 | 7 | 1919 | 254 | 10 | 1920 | 273 | 9 | 1926 | 298 | 4 | | Year | WP | Rank | 1925 | 10 | 5 | 1929 | 10 | 8 | |
Year | ERA | Rank | 1917 | 3.58 | 6 | 1922 | 3.48 | 7 | 1923 | 3.56 | 9 | 1924 | 2.49 | 1 | 1925 | 3.45 | 7 | 1926 | 3.53 | 8 | | Year | BABIP | Rank | 1921 | .293 | 7 | 1924 | .282 | 4 | | Year | WHIP | Rank | 1921 | 1.16 | 10 | 1924 | 0.99 | 1 | 1926 | 1.18 | 9 | | Year | K/BB | Rank | 1924 | 6.19 | 1 | 1926 | 4.97 | 3 | | Year | RA/9 | Rank | 1924 | 9.08 | 1 | |
Year | HR/9 | Rank | 1917 | 1.04 | 10 | 1918 | 0.80 | 3 | 1919 | 0.48 | 2 | 1922 | 0.45 | 1 | 1923 | 0.67 | 4 | 1924 | 0.61 | 3 | 1925 | 0.83 | 10 | | Year | H/9 | Rank | 1917 | 8.44 | 8 | 1919 | 7.92 | 7 | 1921 | 8.01 | 7 | 1924 | 7.56 | 2 | | Year | BB/9 | Rank | 1922 | 1.94 | 9 | 1923 | 1.70 | 7 | 1924 | 1.37 | 1 | 1926 | 1.78 | 5 | | Year | K/9 | Rank | 1917 | 8.92 | 7 | 1918 | 9.08 | 9 | 1921 | 9.76 | 8 | | Year | QS | Rank | 1917 | 20 | 3 | 1919 | 20 | 10 | 1923 | 19 | 7 | 1925 | 22 | 3 | 1926 | 22 | 3 | |
Year | QSP | Rank | 1917 | .571 | 10 | 1921 | .593 | 10 | 1924 | .773 | 2 | 1925 | .629 | 8 | 1926 | .595 | 10 | | Year | CG | Rank | 1917 | 15 | 6 | 1918 | 13 | 7 | 1919 | 17 | 4 | 1920 | 16 | 6 | 1921 | 15 | 8 | 1922 | 23 | 1 | 1925 | 16 | 4 | 1926 | 15 | 8 | | Year | CGP | Rank | 1917 | .429 | 9 | 1919 | .486 | 5 | 1920 | .457 | 8 | 1921 | .556 | 2 | 1922 | .657 | 1 | 1924 | .455 | 7 | 1925 | .457 | 7 | | Year | SHO | Rank | 1918 | 3 | 3 | 1919 | 2 | 10 | 1920 | 3 | 7 | 1921 | 2 | 9 | 1922 | 3 | 5 | 1923 | 3 | 4 | 1924 | 3 | 5 | 1925 | 2 | 8 | | Year | GB% | Rank | 1919 | 0.51 | 10 | 1923 | 0.55 | 5 | 1927 | 0.53 | 6 | 1929 | 0.54 | 5 | |
Year | WAR | Rank | 1917 | 4.2 | 7 | 1918 | 5.7 | 5 | 1919 | 5.6 | 7 | 1922 | 7.5 | 2 | 1923 | 6.3 | 8 | 1924 | 5.5 | 5 | 1925 | 5.5 | 7 | 1926 | 5.7 | 3 | | | | | |