06/15/1924 | Drafted in the 1924 first-year player draft by the Tampico Stogies. (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). |
07/01/1924 | Signed a minor league contract with the Tampico Stogies organization with a signing bonus of $8,800,000. |
09/18/1924 | Strikes out 18 against the Plano Valiants. |
10/01/1924 | Strikes out 16 against the Peapack & Gladstone Poison Toads. |
10/10/1924 | Wins the 1924 Token Baseball World Series with the Winston-Salem Conquest! |
10/27/1924 | Named the #4 prospect in the CBL |
01/01/1925 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 63 (84); Movement: 40 (57); Control: 35 (65). |
04/01/1925 | Named the #16 prospect in the CBL |
06/30/1925 | Named the #13 prospect in the CBL |
07/31/1925 | Was traded by the Tampico Stogies to the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs, along with SP Alex Wood, in exchange for SP Dallas Keuchel, C Raudy Read, 2B Rod Gilbreath, 1B Jim Davenport, and RP Felipe Rivero. |
01/01/1926 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 91 (94); Movement: 42 (56); Control: 40 (64). |
04/13/1926 | Strikes out 16 against the Belle Fourche Senators. |
04/29/1926 | Strikes out 19 against the Garland Cougars. |
05/01/1926 | Wins the NFT South Pitcher of the Month Award. |
05/10/1926 | Strikes out 17 against the Cedar Grove Renegades. |
05/15/1926 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Minneapolis Crawdads with 13 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
05/20/1926 | Injured (sore thumb),day-to-day for 2 days. |
06/21/1926 | Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 3 days. |
06/26/1926 | Strikes out 17 against the Garland Cougars. |
07/08/1926 | Strikes out 22 against the Cedar Grove Renegades. |
07/11/1926 | Was selected to the 1926 Token Baseball All-Star Game. |
08/11/1926 | Strikes out 17 against the Belle Fourche Senators. |
08/21/1926 | Strikes out 20 against the Chula Vista Flying Squirrels. |
09/23/1926 | Strikes out 17 against the Cedar Grove Renegades. |
10/28/1926 | Wins the 1926 NFT South Pitcher of the Year Award. |
11/20/1926 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1927 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 87 (87); Movement: 38 (62); Control: 49 (65). |
11/11/1927 | Was traded by the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs to the Creepy Hollow Vampires, along with 1B Adrian Gonzalez and RF Fielder Jones, in exchange for 2B Pete Rose. |
11/20/1927 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
01/01/1928 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 84 (84); Movement: 36 (66); Control: 39 (65). |
06/09/1928 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
11/05/1928 | Wins the 1928 CBL ETH Great Glove Award at P. |
11/20/1928 | Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $510,000. |
11/20/1928 | Was traded by the Creepy Hollow Vampires to the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs, along with 3B Bert Campaneris, in exchange for SS Placido Polanco, CF Greg Golson, 1B Albert Pujols, and CF Ed Freed. |
01/01/1929 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 84 (88); Movement: 44 (74); Control: 40 (63). |
11/20/1929 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $850,000. |
01/01/1930 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (82); Movement: 50 (53); Control: 45 (60). |
04/26/1930 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the St. Louis Wolves with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
07/07/1930 | Was selected to the 1930 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
10/28/1930 | Wins the 1930 World Series with the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs. |
11/19/1930 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,750,000. |
01/01/1931 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 76 (81); Movement: 52 (52); Control: 41 (62). |
09/01/1931 | Wins the CBL ETH Pitcher of the Month Award. |
11/22/1931 | Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $12,500,000. |
01/01/1932 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 74 (80); Movement: 62 (62); Control: 47 (64). |
06/02/1932 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Baltimore Nordiques with 11 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
06/08/1932 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Mudville Nine with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/10/1932 | Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $128,000,000 with the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs organization. |
10/31/1932 | Wins the 1932 World Series with the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs. |
01/01/1933 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 74 (74); Movement: 59 (59); Control: 64 (64). |
06/05/1933 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
10/28/1933 | Was traded by the Grizzly Gulch No Soxs to the Mudville Nine, along with 3B Henry Peploski, 2B Robert Andino, 3B Chase Headley, and RP Larry Dierker, in exchange for RP John Axford, 3B Steve Garvey, and $750,000. |
01/01/1934 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 77 (77); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 66 (66). |
04/22/1934 | Strikes out 16 against the Capital Congressmen. |
05/24/1934 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/07/1934 | Was selected to the 1934 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
08/29/1934 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the St. Louis Wolves with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
01/01/1935 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 79 (79); Movement: 46 (46); Control: 67 (67). |
04/07/1935 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the New Hampshire Pineapples with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
04/17/1935 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Baltimore Nordiques with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
05/23/1935 | Strikes out 16 against the Boston Boomers. |
06/27/1935 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the New York Knights with 15 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
07/02/1935 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the St. Louis Wolves with 10 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
07/07/1935 | Was selected to the 1935 Crypto Baseball League All-Star Game. |
08/26/1935 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Crawdads with 14 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/31/1935 | Collects his 2000th career Crypto Baseball League strikeout! |
09/07/1935 | Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Tampico Stogies with 11 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/31/1935 | Exercised his contract opt-out. |
11/13/1935 | Finished 2nd in 1935 CBL ETH Cy Young Award voting. |
11/23/1935 | Became a free agent. |
12/05/1935 | Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $128,000,000 with the Hoboken Zephyrs organization. |
01/01/1936 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 79 (79); Movement: 47 (47); Control: 64 (64). |
04/11/1936 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Crawdads with 10 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
06/18/1936 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Bay City Bluebirds with 15 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
06/28/1936 | Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for one week. |
09/12/1936 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Myrtle Beach Mermen with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/24/1936 | Injured on 09/22/1936, diagnosed with a forearm strain, will miss 2 months. |
01/01/1937 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 77 (77); Movement: 46 (46); Control: 65 (65). |
04/06/1937 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Stoolbend Turtleheads with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1928 | 34 | 10 | 1934 | 35 | 3 | 1935 | 34 | 5 | 1936 | 34 | 4 | | Year | W | Rank | 1930 | 21 | 2 | 1931 | 15 | 10 | 1932 | 19 | 4 | 1935 | 20 | 3 | 1936 | 17 | 9 | | Year | L | Rank | 1928 | 16 | 6 | 1934 | 16 | 3 | | Year | Win. % | Rank | 1930 | .750 | 3 | 1931 | .714 | 4 | 1932 | .704 | 5 | 1935 | .667 | 8 | | Year | HLD | Rank | 1927 | 4 | 2 | 1929 | 3 | 1 | |
Year | IP | Rank | 1934 | 274.0 | 7 | 1935 | 286.2 | 1 | | Year | BF | Rank | 1928 | 1142 | 8 | 1934 | 1151 | 6 | 1935 | 1139 | 4 | | | Year | BB | Rank | 1928 | 98 | 2 | 1930 | 77 | 6 | 1931 | 79 | 9 | | Year | K | Rank | 1928 | 273 | 5 | 1930 | 250 | 9 | 1931 | 282 | 2 | 1932 | 281 | 4 | 1933 | 244 | 9 | 1934 | 257 | 8 | 1935 | 291 | 2 | 1936 | 275 | 7 | |
Year | WP | Rank | 1930 | 10 | 4 | 1934 | 8 | 10 | | Year | ERA | Rank | 1931 | 3.88 | 8 | 1932 | 3.21 | 6 | 1935 | 2.70 | 2 | 1936 | 3.41 | 10 | | Year | BABIP | Rank | 1935 | .263 | 1 | | Year | WHIP | Rank | 1932 | 1.14 | 9 | 1935 | 0.99 | 3 | | Year | K/BB | Rank | 1935 | 4.77 | 7 | |
Year | RA/9 | Rank | 1932 | 10.52 | 7 | 1935 | 9.07 | 2 | 1936 | 10.56 | 10 | | Year | HR/9 | Rank | 1932 | 0.84 | 9 | 1933 | 0.80 | 7 | 1935 | 0.85 | 5 | | Year | H/9 | Rank | 1931 | 8.61 | 8 | 1932 | 7.87 | 4 | 1935 | 7.03 | 3 | | Year | K/9 | Rank | 1928 | 9.44 | 5 | 1930 | 9.11 | 4 | 1931 | 10.42 | 2 | 1932 | 9.79 | 2 | 1933 | 8.84 | 10 | | Year | QS | Rank | 1931 | 20 | 4 | 1932 | 25 | 2 | 1935 | 27 | 1 | 1936 | 24 | 3 | |
Year | QSP | Rank | 1930 | .562 | 10 | 1931 | .625 | 4 | 1932 | .758 | 1 | 1935 | .794 | 2 | 1936 | .706 | 3 | | | Year | CGP | Rank | 1935 | .588 | 1 | | Year | SHO | Rank | 1932 | 2 | 7 | 1934 | 2 | 8 | 1935 | 6 | 1 | 1936 | 3 | 6 | | Year | GB% | Rank | 1933 | 0.54 | 6 | 1935 | 0.56 | 2 | 1936 | 0.54 | 7 | |
Year | WAR | Rank | 1931 | 5.2 | 9 | 1932 | 7.1 | 7 | 1933 | 6.0 | 6 | 1935 | 8.1 | 3 | | | | | |