06/15/1919 | Drafted in the 1919 first-year player draft by the New Hampshire Pineapples. (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). |
07/01/1919 | Signed a minor league contract with the New Hampshire Pineapples organization with a signing bonus of $3,660,000. |
07/31/1919 | Injured (neck stiffness),day-to-day for 1 day. |
08/20/1919 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 2 days. |
09/26/1919 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the New York Knights with 10 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/01/1919 | Wins the CBL ETH Rookie of the Month Award. |
10/29/1919 | Was traded by the New Hampshire Pineapples to the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs in exchange for SP Earl Moore, SP Steve Baker, 2B Bill Stein, SP Bill Bayne, and 1B Vance Law. |
01/01/1920 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 36 (82); Movement: 54 (54); Control: 39 (68). |
11/18/1920 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1921 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 73 (93); Movement: 35 (45); Control: 42 (64). |
04/23/1921 | Strikes out 18 against the Minneapolis Crawdads. |
05/08/1921 | Strikes out 18 against the Belle Fourche Senators. |
05/18/1921 | Strikes out 15 against the Bloomingburg Jungle Cats. |
06/04/1921 | Strikes out 19 against the Peapack & Gladstone Poison Toads. |
06/09/1921 | Strikes out 17 against the Cedar Grove Renegades. |
06/22/1921 | Strikes out 15 against the Lacoochee Funky Knuckles. |
07/10/1921 | Was selected to the 1921 Token Baseball All-Star Game. |
07/31/1921 | Was traded by the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs to the Baltimore Nordiques, along with RF Dixie Walker, SP Dave Boswell, RP Felipe Rivero, and LF Garret Anderson, in exchange for SP Carl Hubbell and SP Jim Palmer. |
08/19/1921 | Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 13 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
09/27/1921 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Albany Senators with 11 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
10/23/1921 | Was traded by the Baltimore Nordiques to the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks in exchange for 3B Homer Ezzell, SP Hod Eller, SS Oswaldo Navarro, SP Dave Davenport, and 1B Ryan Raburn. |
11/15/1921 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1922 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 69 (78); Movement: 39 (45); Control: 40 (65). |
04/23/1922 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Creepy Hollow Vampires with 11 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
05/06/1922 | Injured on 05/04/1922, diagnosed with a sore wrist, is day-to-day. |
11/19/1922 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1923 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 73 (79); Movement: 43 (46); Control: 47 (67). |
04/28/1923 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Beacontown Beavers with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/07/1923 | Was selected to the 1923 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
11/07/1923 | Wins the 1923 CBL BTC Great Glove Award at P. |
11/20/1923 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,500,000. |
01/01/1924 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 76 (79); Movement: 40 (43); Control: 53 (63). |
05/26/1924 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Hoboken Zephyrs with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/25/1924 | Strikes out 15 against the Kansas City Regents. |
11/17/1924 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $9,375,000. |
01/01/1925 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 72 (76); Movement: 45 (46); Control: 59 (59). |
09/01/1925 | Wins the CBL BTC Pitcher of the Month Award. |
09/20/1925 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Capital Congressmen with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/27/1925 | Was traded by the Los Angeles Thunder Ducks to the San Francisco Owls, along with SP Charles Nagy, LF Enos Slaughter, 3B Matt Williams, and RF Brian Jordan, in exchange for SS Alex Rodriguez. |
11/17/1925 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $11,550,000. |
01/01/1926 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 70 (76); Movement: 43 (44); Control: 66 (66). |
04/27/1926 | Strikes out 16 against the Hoboken Zephyrs. |
06/07/1926 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Plattsville Millstones with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/01/1926 | Was traded by the San Francisco Owls to the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs in exchange for RP Hod Eller, RP Bill Bonham, SP Renie Martin, and 1B Kila Ka'aihue. |
10/04/1926 | Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $80,100,000 with the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs organization. |
01/01/1927 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 73 (74); Movement: 36 (38); Control: 70 (70). |
10/28/1927 | Was traded by the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs to the Stoolbend Turtleheads, along with 1B Bruce Bochte, SS Ivy Olson, C Hank Severeid, and SS Whitey Wietelmann, in exchange for 3B Edgar Martinez and RP Dan Griner. |
01/01/1928 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 74 (76); Movement: 39 (44); Control: 65 (65). |
09/29/1928 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Capital Congressmen with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
01/01/1929 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 71 (71); Movement: 39 (39); Control: 65 (65). |
07/07/1929 | Was selected to the 1929 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
07/19/1929 | Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Bay City Bluebirds with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/30/1929 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Beacontown Beavers with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
10/30/1929 | Declined his contract option. |
11/12/1929 | Finished 3rd in 1929 CBL BTC Cy Young Award voting. |
11/22/1929 | Became a free agent. |
12/07/1929 | Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $81,000,000 with the Tampico Stogies organization. |
01/01/1930 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 69 (69); Movement: 38 (38); Control: 59 (59). |
05/13/1930 | Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for 3 days. |
05/16/1930 | Collects his 2000th career Crypto Baseball League strikeout! |
07/05/1930 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the New York Knights with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/07/1930 | Was selected to the 1930 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
01/01/1931 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 71 (71); Movement: 34 (34); Control: 51 (51). |
08/04/1931 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/29/1931 | Pitches a PERFECT GAME against the Bay City Bluebirds, striking out 7 hitters! |
01/01/1932 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 73 (73); Movement: 37 (37); Control: 51 (51). |
04/07/1932 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Creepy Hollow Vampires with 13 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
04/27/1932 | Collects his 2500th career Crypto Baseball League strikeout! |
05/08/1932 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
05/13/1932 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
05/28/1932 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 2 days. |
06/12/1932 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Beacontown Beavers with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/12/1932 | Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 4 days. |
07/17/1932 | Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Hoboken Zephyrs with 10 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
09/24/1932 | Injured on 09/19/1932, diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff, will miss 7-8 months. |
01/01/1933 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 66 (66); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 53 (53). |
05/25/1933 | Injured (finger blister),day-to-day for 2 days. |
07/05/1933 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
08/18/1933 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 2 days. |
08/23/1933 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/14/1933 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week. |
09/19/1933 | Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week. |
10/28/1933 | Tampico Stogies voided the team option year for a buyout of $4,000,000. |
11/20/1933 | Became a free agent. |
12/24/1933 | Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,160,000 with the Stoolbend Turtleheads organization. |
01/01/1934 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 43 (43); Movement: 43 (43); Control: 49 (49). |
10/30/1934 | Released by the Stoolbend Turtleheads. |
12/06/1934 | Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Pittsburgh Crawdads organization. |
01/01/1935 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 44 (44); Movement: 44 (44); Control: 45 (45). |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1928 | 35 | 1 | 1930 | 35 | 3 | 1931 | 36 | 1 | | Year | W | Rank | 1924 | 17 | 10 | 1929 | 18 | 6 | | Year | L | Rank | 1928 | 16 | 7 | 1931 | 15 | 9 | 1932 | 18 | 3 | | Year | Win. % | Rank | 1924 | .739 | 5 | 1925 | .652 | 6 | 1929 | .750 | 3 | | |
Year | IP | Rank | 1928 | 280.1 | 3 | 1929 | 285.0 | 5 | 1930 | 271.0 | 9 | | Year | BF | Rank | 1928 | 1146 | 9 | 1929 | 1165 | 8 | 1930 | 1156 | 6 | | Year | HRA | Rank | 1928 | 50 | 1 | 1930 | 43 | 1 | 1931 | 42 | 4 | | Year | K | Rank | 1928 | 282 | 10 | 1929 | 287 | 6 | 1930 | 267 | 3 | 1931 | 250 | 8 | 1932 | 255 | 10 | | Year | WP | Rank | 1930 | 9 | 6 | 1931 | 12 | 1 | 1932 | 10 | 7 | |
Year | ERA | Rank | 1923 | 3.50 | 10 | 1929 | 3.03 | 4 | | Year | BABIP | Rank | 1925 | .292 | 10 | 1928 | .278 | 3 | | Year | WHIP | Rank | 1924 | 1.19 | 10 | 1928 | 1.13 | 5 | | Year | K/BB | Rank | 1928 | 4.48 | 9 | 1929 | 4.63 | 8 | 1930 | 4.53 | 5 | 1931 | 3.85 | 10 | | Year | RA/9 | Rank | 1925 | 10.68 | 10 | 1928 | 10.43 | 3 | |
Year | HR/9 | Rank | 1929 | 0.79 | 4 | | Year | H/9 | Rank | 1924 | 8.21 | 7 | 1925 | 8.26 | 10 | 1928 | 8.15 | 9 | | Year | BB/9 | Rank | 1928 | 2.02 | 10 | 1930 | 1.96 | 8 | | Year | K/9 | Rank | 1924 | 9.60 | 4 | 1930 | 8.87 | 8 | 1931 | 9.01 | 9 | 1932 | 9.59 | 4 | | Year | QS | Rank | 1924 | 20 | 4 | 1925 | 22 | 3 | 1928 | 19 | 6 | 1929 | 22 | 5 | 1930 | 19 | 9 | |
Year | QSP | Rank | 1924 | .625 | 6 | 1925 | .688 | 2 | 1929 | .647 | 8 | | | Year | SHO | Rank | 1921 | 2 | 9 | 1931 | 2 | 8 | 1932 | 4 | 2 | | | |