Introduction
Frederick Amos Heimach was born in Camden NJ on January 27, 1902 to Mr. and Mrs. George Amos Heimach. His parents separated while he was quite young and he was raised by his grandparents, Edward and Margaret Heimach. His grandparents had been living in Cramer Hill since the 1880s, and his grandfather was a founding member of Citizens Fire Company No. 1 and served on Camden’s City Council in the years after Stockton became part of Camden.
Fred Heimach was the youngest of three children. When the Census was taken in 1910 the family lived at 945 North 26th Street in Cramer Hill. His grandfather then worked as a painter. The 1920 Census shows the family at 863 North 27th Street, Edward Heimach then working as a painter for one of the ferry companies that served Camden and Philadelphia. Also at home were uncle Albert Heimach and Frances Goos, both, sadly had lost their spouses. The 1920 Census also states that Fred Heimach was then a soldier in the United States Army. The 1930 Census confirms his World War I service. By then he had married and bought a home at 764 North 27th Street, where he lived with wife Esther, daughter Margaret, his mother, an aunt and a niece. Fred Heimach’s family later had an oyster house at North 27th Street and Hayes Avenue.
Known as “Lefty,” he was well-known in the neighborhood and also at Camden High School as a skilled baseball player and as a fine pitcher. He attracted the attention of Connie Mack and after being discharged from his military duties took up professional baseball. After pitching well for the Raleigh Nats of the Piedmont League, he was purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics on September 6, 1920. Just 19 years of age, he made his big league debut before the end of the 1920 major league season. He spent 1921 with the Moline (Iowa) Plowboys of the Illinois-Indian-Iowa (Three-I) League where he played under Earle Mack. The Plowboys won the pennant that year. After making one appearance with the Athletics in 1921, Fred Heimach returned to the big club in 1922 and soon established himself as a good pitcher and a dangerous hitter. A spring training injury cost him most of the 1925 season. Coming back in 1926, he was off to a good start with the Philadelphia Athletics when, on June 15, 1926, he was traded along with Slim Harriss and Baby Doll Jacobson to the Boston Red Sox for Tom Jenkins and Howard Ehmke. The Red Sox were terrible, losing 107 games, while Ehmke helped take the Athletics to the World Series and World Championship in 1929, starting the first and last games of the series.
Fred Heimach played with St. Paul in the American Association in 1927. He started the 1928 season with St. Paul and had won 16 games by mid-July. The New York Yankees, though a team loaded with no less than eight future Hall of Fame players, including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and a future Hall of Famer as its manager, Miller Huggins, were in a close race with the Philadelphia Athletics. The Yankees purchased Fred Heimach’s contract from St. Paul and he was back in the big leagues.
In his first start with the Yankees Fred Heimach threw a four-hit shutout against the Boston Red Sox. He finished the year with a record of two wins and three losses and an earned run average of 3.31 runs per nine innings pitched. The Yankees ultimately won the pennant and the World Series that season.
One day that season while the Yankees were in Philadelphia, his teammate, Babe Ruth, was looking for a place to get a drink—not an easy task for out-of-towners in Prohibition-era Philadelphia. Fred Heimach brought the Babe over the river to Camden and his old Cramer Hill neighborhood. They stopped at Strahle’s Tavern at North 26th Street and River Avenue, where the locals gave the visiting ballplayers an enthusiastic reception. Don Strahle, who’s father was tending bar that night, writes:
In the late 1920’s there was a Cramer Hill neighbor who was a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees, Freddy Heimach. He came into the saloon one night about 10 o’clock when Henry was tending bar, bringing one of his teammates with him, Babe Ruth. There was pandemonium. Ruth wanted to buy everyone drinks, and everyone wanted to buy Ruth drinks.
On September 11, 1928 the Camden County Chamber of Commerce organized a Fred Heimach Day at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, where the Yankees were facing the Athletics. Cramer Hill’s Mathews-Purnell Post #518 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented Fred Heimach with a ring, and other gifts were tendered by his appreciative fans and friends, many of whom were in attendance.
Fred Heimach returned to the Yankees in 1929 as a starter and reliever, winning 11 games against six losses and saving four. On April 18 of that year, after two cancellations of their season start—their first ever—the Yankees opened against the Red Sox before 40,000 at the Stadium, winning 7–3. Judge Landis presented diamond-studded watches to the New York players in honor of their championship season in 1928. New York Starter George Pipgras allowed just three hits in five 1/3 innings, but walked 9. Fred Heimach came in and pitched three 2/3 innings of hitless ball to preserve the win. In his first at bat against Boston’s Red Ruffing, the newly wed Babe Ruth hit a home run and as he rounded second base, he doffed his cap to his bride Claire in the stands. Lou Gehrig added a home run in the sixth inning, off Milt Gaston. For the first time, the Yankees had numbers on their uniforms, assigned according to the player’s spot in the lineup: Combs, 1, Koenig, 2, Ruth, 3, Gehrig, 4, Meusel, 5, Lazzeri, 6, Durocher, 7, Grabowski, 8. The win went to Pipgras #14, with Heimach #17 picking up the save.
After opening 1930 in the minor leagues with the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association, Fred Heimach returned to the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers in July of 1930. He was with Brooklyn through 1933. A broken ankle and other injuries limited his play to ten appearances. On September 1, 1933 the Dodgers released him. He finished with a record of 62 wins, 69 losses, and an earned run average of 4.46 runs per nine innings pitched. It must be said that save for his two seasons with the New York Yankees, the teams he played for were pretty bad. The 1925 Athletics finished second but still were 8-1/2 games out of first place, the 1931 and 1932 Dodgers finished fourth both years, and all the other teams Fred Heimach played for finished in the bottom half of the leagues they played in.
Besides his pitching, Fred Heimach also made a name for himself with a .385 average as a pinch hitter. He is one of only 20 pitchers to collect 20 hits as a pinch hitter. He also played six games at first base for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1922. Defensively, he also excelled. His fielding skill made him a “fifth infielder,” and when a broken ankle finished him in 1933, he had run up a string of errorless games that went back to 1926, covering 171 chances.
Another interesting event in Fred Heimach’s baseball career occurred in 1922 when he was utilized as a courtesy runner. For a time, a courtesy runner was allowed for a player if that player had been injured and at the moment couldn’t continue. The original player then stayed in the game defensively in the next inning. Most often the courtesy runner was already in the lineup. The last time this happened was in 1949.
On June 9, with the Athletics playing the Tigers in Detroit, Tiger pitcher Syl Johnson hit Jimmy Dykes on the head with a pitched ball in the second inning, which knocked Dykes unconscious. The Athletic third baseman returned to the game after Fred Heimach ran for him, with manager Cobb agreeing to the arrangement.
The following year on May 5 he had the unfortunate luck to be called for a balk at Yankee Stadium. This was the first balk ever called at the then new park.
After bidding adieu to the major leagues in 1933, Fred Heimach returned to the American Association. He returned to the St. Paul Saints for the 1934 season.
By 1936 Fred Heimach had moved to Florida. He operated a barbecue stand. By 1938 he was living in Dade County. That year he divorced his wife Esther and was soon remarried, to Donnie C. Moore.
Fred Heimach died in Fort Myers, Florida at the age of 72 on June 1, 1973, survived by his wife Donnie. She relocated to Arizona, where she passed away in 1983. In 1990 Fred Heimach was elected to the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame.
Portrait
Fred Heimach
Athletics Grab Southpaw
Ironwood, Michigan Daily Globe —
ATHLETICS GRAB SOUTHPAW.
Fred Heimach, pitcher, sold by the Raleigh Piedmont club to the Philadelphia Athletics, is a southpaw and rated one of the best in the Piedmont League, though he has not had luck in winning games because of poor work behind him.
Athletics Release Pitcher
Indianapolis, Indiana Star —
ATHLETICS RELEASE PITCHER.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 5.—Release of Fred Heimach, pitcher, to the Moline club of the Three-I League, was announced today by the Philadelphia American club.
Fritz Heimach Bests Shawkey, Ruth Gets His Second Home Run
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Fritz Heimach Bests Shawkey, Ruth Gets His Second Home Run
Fritz Heimach’s sturdy left arm hewed down the Yanks in the afternoon game and shut his mates off to the fore by the score of 1 to 2, in a contest featuring dueling youngsters from bell to bell. Freed had speed and dandy curve ball. Young Mr. Heimach is a courageous youth and he showed this in the ninth inning.
The celebrated Babe Ruth tied the score for the Yankees in the sixth inning by clonting the ball into the right field stand for his second home run.
Ward in an first at the time and the long clout tied the score. The Athletics went to the front again in the seventh, but in the eight Ward once more tied the score by hitting into left field bleachers.
In the ninth, the Jackmen with two out scored their winning run when Francke unsingled, stole second.
Camden Friends Give Heimach Diamond Ring
Danville, Virginia Bee —
The Sporting News has the following to say of Fred Heimach, the former Raleigh pitcher now with the Philadelphia Athletics: “Fred Heimach, the promising Camden southpaw, received a three-carat diamond ring from his Camden friends last Thursday. It was a beautiful gift. About a week earlier Heimach received a gold platinum watch, so he considers himself a son of fortune.”
Heimach Out of Game
Lima, Ohio News —
HEIMACH OUT OF GAME
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia American League baseball team received a severe jolt yesterday when Fred Heimach, one of its leading left hand pitchers, was so badly injured in practice at Fort Myers, Fla., that he may be lost for the season. In chasing a grounder Heimach fell, dislocating his left shoulder and tearing several ligaments.
Connie Mack Is Central Figure in Day’s Moves
Davenport, Iowa Democrat and Leader —
CONNIE MACK IS CENTRAL FIGURE IN DAY’S MOVES
Baby Doll Jacobsen and Fred Heimach Among Those Affected by Trade.
Tri-city fans will be interested in the trade move as two of the figures are well-known here. W. C. Jacobsen, who went from St. Louis to Philadelphia to Boston, is a product of Moline. Last year he was a holdout and for awhile threatened to quit playing. He has been one of the club’s heavy hitters. Fred Heimach was with Moline the Sweats on the Three-I pennant. Earl Mack, son of Connie, was the manager of the club then.
New York, June 16.—The major league player market is closed until August 31.
In the last rush a few deals were made public, but the major transaction did not come from New York Giants, it was engineered by none other than that slim veteran who has become a part of Philadelphia baseball benches—Connie Mack.
Mack’s first move was to obtain — Bill Baby Jacobsen, from the St. Louis Browns for Edmonds (Bing) Miller both players being sold outfielders. Then he shifted arch-son and Pitchers Bryan, Harriss and Fred Heimach, light hander and southpaw, respectively, to Pitcher Howard Ehmke of Boston, formerly of the Detroit mound staff
Hanson Wanted Sheehan for His Syracuse Team
Camden Courier-Post —
HANSON WANTED SHEEHAN FOR HIS SYRACUSE TEAM
But Joe, Released From Cleveland, is Through for Season; Deighan Still Considering Managerial Offer; Hyde Signs With Montreal
By ABE COROTIS
When Vic Hanson, nonpareil of college athletes, asked for and obtained his release from the Cleveland basketball club last month, one of the causes advanced by puzzled fandom was his inability to “get along” with the veteran Cleveland players.
Another was the fact that he sat on the bench in a game or two while Joe got the call to start. This led to the rumor that Hanson and Sheehan, ex-collegians, were enemies.
Nothing could be further from the truth, as a matter of fact. Not only do Vic and Joe deny such allegations, but, by actions, they show them to be false.
The writer sat with Hanson during the first half of the Cleveland-Phillies game at the Arena, when Sheehan started and the Syracuse alumnus did not get into the game until the second half.
It was apparent that bench duty did not appeal to Vic. While he did not voice his feelings, it is only natural that a boy who has occupied the centre of the stage as has Hanson in school should resent being cast out of the spotlight.
Replying to a query about Sheehan, Hanson was lavish in his praise of the Camden athlete, who had just graduated from Villanova College.
“He’s a mighty good basketball player right now,” declared the great Vic, “and he has the makings of one of the best of them all. He is fast, can shoot, knows plenty about the game and is always willing to learn more. I’d like to be in there with him.”
The conversation turned to Hanson’s college career. Then I suddenly asked him if he intended to stick with Cleveland; if he liked professional basketball.
“Oh, I like it all right,” he replied, “but I think I’ll quit. Yes, sir, I’m gonna’ ask for my release tomorrow and run a team of my own in Syracuse.”
That was interesting news, if true. But I thought Hanson was just “letting off steam,” showing his resentment at being out of the game. Why should he quit? Vic was a big drawing card; Cleveland realized it and he was being paid handsomely.
In the light of later developments, however, Hanson was in dead earnestness that night. He showed that he cares more about the game than the money, for in running his own team he is taking a gamble. At Cleveland he was sure of a nice income.
Incidentally, Hanson sought Sheehan’s services for his team, but Joe preferred to remain with Cleveland.
“If anything goes wrong here, just let me know,” Hanson told him. “and I’ll have a job for you.”
Last week Cleveland signed Elmer Ripley, and simultaneously Sheehan was given his release. Joe seriously considered joining Hanson’s Syracuse club, but at the last minute he changed his mind.
“I guess I’ve had enough basketball for this season,” is the way he put it. “I’m going to get a job and go to work.”
Neil Can’t Make Up Mind
Another well known basketball star has been in public print recently. Singularly enough, it is he who recommended Sheehan to Cleveland.
Neil Deighan, a member of that great Camden Eastern League club of bygone days, who was with the Phillies in the American League last year, has been offered a position as playing manager for the Hagerstown (Md.) club in the Blue Ridge League. The husky Collingswood athlete formerly managed Madisonville in the Kitty League, and in his heyday ranked as one of the greatest catchers outside the major. Last year he gave up playing for the less strenuous duties of an umpire.
Neil showed me several telegrams from Hagerstown, and the financial inducements were unusually good for a club of that class. But Deighan is undecided.
“I don’t like managing a ball club,” is the way he puts it. “And, besides, I have family ties here. I don’t seem able to decide what to do. I haven’t answered yet.”
One thing, if Neil does decide to accept the offer, he will carry with him to Hagerstown the good wishes of hundreds of local players and fans.
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Hyde Signs Contract
Joe Hyde, another local baseball and basketball star, has returned his contract, signed, to the Montreal Club in the International League. Hyde, who like Deighan, formerly played with Camden in the Eastern League and is now with Immaculate Conception’s court combination, caught for Jersey City in the International two years ago. He left the club and was barred from organized baseball.
When Montreal purchased Jersey City’s franchise, efforts were made to have him reinstated, and they were successful. Whereupon a contract was offered Hyde, and he accepted.
Seibold Reinstated, Too
Harry “Sox” Seibold, former Athletics twirler, who, after being blacklisted, pitched for Lou Schaub’s Camden club, is back in organized baseball, too.
Seibold, who lives in Riverside, has joined Portland in the Pacific Coast League, the same club on which Freddy Heimach, Camden southpaw, pitches.
Former Saint Hurler Joins Major Class
Bismarck, North Dakota Tribune —
FORMER SAINT HURLER JOINS MAJOR CLASS
Yankees Fail to Pull Away, However, as Athletics Paste Washington
EHMKE ALLOWS 3 HITS
Pittsburgh Wins Eighth Straight, Copping 24 in Last 31 Contests
(By The Associated Press)
Back in the big leagues after a year’s penance in the minors, Fred-dy Heimach, big left-hander from Camden, N.J., has come to the rescue of the perishing Yankees. Purchased from St. Paul of the American Association, Heimach joins the rest of the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox pitched the chain over the Red Sox yesterday in his first start on the come-back trail. He pitched a brilliant
Heimach Is Comeback
leagues with the Athletics in 1920 but did not become a regular season hit in the big show in the 1921 when he scored 4 victories against 12 defeats defeat in 1924 when he scored three in the second of the season the following year found hits a St. Louis with the as a result of the caught the eye of Huggins when the pitchers were in he needed and why manager recently decided to
700 Camdenites Off for Heimach Day
Camden Courier-Post —
The vanguard of the 700 Camdenites who entrained at the P.R.R. ferries for New York, where they will pay homage to Camden Freddy Heimach, former local sandman. The is now pitching for the Yankees. Upper photo shows, left to right, Betty Miller and Rose Goldberg, both of Camden, and Mrs. F.R. Berger, of West Collingwood, en route to the “Heimach Day.” Lower photo shows some of the throng of admirers about to board the special.
The Camden County Chamber of Commerce organized a Fred Heimach Day at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, where the Yankees were facing the Athletics. Cramer Hill’s Mathews-Purnell Post #518 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented Fred Heimach with a ring, and other gifts were tendered by his appreciative fans and friends, many of whom were in attendance.
Photograph
Camden Courier-Post —
From Left: unknown Yankee – Philip G. Wilson – Herb Pennock – Elmer Graw – Fred Heimach – Jefferson J. Flanagan – Congressman Charles A. Wolverton (speaking to Heimach, in straw hat) – Loyal D. Odhner (in uniform) – Francis B. Wallen (white hat) – Lewis K. Marr
George A. Heimach Dies; Father of Ball Player
Camden Courier-Post —
GEORGE A. HEIMACH DIES; FATHER OF BALL PLAYER
George Amos Heimach, father of Fred A. Heimach, major league baseball player, died Friday, a victim of pneumonia, in Sacramento, Cal., according to word received here Saturday night. The deceased was widely known in this city and was the son of Edward A. Heimach, former councilman of the Twelfth ward, who was with him when he died.
Heimach, who was 51, was employed as a printer in Philadelphia more than 25 years ago and moved to Omaha, Neb., from where he later took up his residence in Wynona, Minn. He gained notice as a golfer in Omaha, participating in several links tourneys there. His son has been a southpaw pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees in the American League, St. Paul and Toledo in the American Association and now is a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ hurling staff in the National circuit.
Mrs. Edward A. Heimach, mother of the deceased, makes her home with her grandson and his wife at 764 North Twenty-seventh street, this city.
Major League Record
Pitching
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
1920 19 Pha AL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 13 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 25 1 14.40 4.01 28 2.800
1921 20 Pha AL 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 32 0 0.00 4.45 inf 0.889
1922 21 Pha AL 7 11 37 19 7 0 11 1 171.7 220 117 96 18 63 47 3 3 784 0 5.03 4.23 84 1.649
1923 22 Pha AL 6 12 40 19 10 0 13 0 208.3 238 120 100 14 69 63 6 3 922 1 4.32 4.10 95 1.474
1924 23 Pha AL 14 12 40 26 10 0 9 0 198.0 243 122 104 2 60 60 4 0 893 2 4.73 4.27 90 1.530
1925 24 Pha AL 0 1 10 0 0 0 4 0 20.3 24 10 9 2 9 6 1 1 89 0 3.98 4.65 117 1.623
1926 25 TOT AL 3 9 33 14 6 0 11 0 133.7 147 86 74 6 47 25 0 1 575 0 4.98 4.09 82 1.451
Pha AL 1 0 13 1 0 0 7 0 31.7 28 14 10 1 5 8 0 0 125 0 2.84 4.18 147 1.042
Bos AL 2 9 20 13 6 0 4 0 102.0 119 72 64 5 42 17 0 1 450 0 5.65 4.06 72 1.578
1928 27 Nyy AL 2 3 13 9 5 0 3 0 68.0 66 30 25 3 16 25 1 1 311 0 3.31 3.76 113 1.206
1929 28 Nyy AL 11 6 35 10 3 3 15 4 134.7 141 72 60 4 29 26 3 3 565 0 4.01 3.86 96 1.262
1930 29 Bro NL 0 2 9 0 0 0 5 1 7.3 14 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 39 0 4.91 4.92 100 2.318
1931 30 Bro NL 9 7 31 10 7 1 15 1 135.3 145 66 52 6 23 43 1 1 565 0 3.46 3.82 111 1.241
1932 31 Bro NL 9 4 36 15 7 0 15 0 167.7 203 85 74 7 28 30 6 1 726 0 3.97 3.80 96 1.378
1933 32 Bro NL 0 1 10 3 0 0 3 0 29.7 49 33 33 2 11 7 2 0 148 0 10.01 3.20 32 2.022
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
13 Yr WL% .473 62 69 296 127 56 5 104 7 1288.7 1510 755 639 64 360 334 27 14 5674 4 4.46 4.03 90 1.451
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
162 Game Avg 9 11 47 20 9 0 16 1 207.0 242 121 102 10 57 53 4 2 912 0 0 4.46 4.03 90 1.451
Career High 14 12 40 26 10 3 15 4 208.3 243 122 104 18 69 63 6 3 922 0 2 3.31 4.27 113 1.206
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
1920 19 Pha AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1921 20 Pha AL 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 28 1 0 0
1922 21 Pha AL 37 60 6 15 3 1 0 7 1 0 5 12 .250 .308 .333 65 20 3 0
1923 22 Pha AL 63 118 14 30 4 1 1 11 0 0 4 18 .254 .279 .331 59 39 5 0
1924 23 Pha AL 58 90 14 29 3 2 0 12 1 0 3 8 .322 .344 .400 91 36 3 0
1925 24 Pha AL 15 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 -18 1 0 0
1926 25 TOT AL 40 54 2 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 13 .259 .298 .278 52 15 1 0
Pha AL 14 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .200 -25 2 0 0
Bos AL 26 44 2 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .295 .340 .295 69 13 1 0
1928 27 Nyy AL 18 30 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .167 .219 .167 4 5 1 0
1929 28 Nyy AL 36 49 5 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 12 .184 .231 .286 36 14 0 0
1930 29 Bro NL 13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 22 1 0 0
1931 30 Bro NL 39 61 3 12 0 1 0 5 0 4 7 .197 .246 .230 29 14 0 0
1932 31 Bro NL 37 55 9 9 2 0 1 4 0 4 18 .164 .220 .255 28 14 3 0
1933 32 Bro NL 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 16 2 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
13 Seasons 368 542 58 128 15 5 3 49 2 0 28 98 .236 .274 .299 50 162 16 0 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
162 Game Avg 239 26 56 7 2 1 22 1 0 12 43 .236 .274 .299 50 71 7 0 0 0 0
Career High 63 118 14 30 4 2 1 12 1 0 5 18 39 5 0 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg PA Outs rc rc/g air ba *lgba obp *lgobp slg *lgslg ops *lgops *ops+ owp *btrns BtWin SB%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
1920 19 Pha AL 1 1 0 0.0 107| .000 .292| .000 .357| .000 .402| .000 .759|-100 .000 -0.3 0.0 0%
1921 20 Pha AL 4 3 0 0.0 114| .250 .300| .250 .366| .250 .421| .500 .786| 28 .000 -0.4 0.0 0%
1922 21 Pha AL 68 48 6 3.4 112| .250 .297| .308 .362| .333 .417| .641 .779| 65 .346 -3.2 -0.3 100%
1923 22 Pha AL 127 93 11 3.2 109| .254 .291| .279 .361| .331 .403| .610 .764| 59 .328 -7.7 -0.8 0%
1924 23 Pha AL 96 64 13 5.4 113| .322 .299| .344 .369| .400 .411| .744 .780| 91 .547 -1.8 -0.2 100%
1925 24 Pha AL 6 5 0 0.0 121| .167 .308| .167 .380| .167 .432| .334 .812| -18 .000 -1.1 -0.1 0%
1926 25 TOT AL 58 41 4 2.6 108| .259 .288| .298 .359| .278 .404| .576 .764| 52 .254 -3.9 -0.4 0%
Pha AL 10 9 0 0.0 115| .100 .297| .100 .370| .200 .417| .300 .787| -25 .000 -1.9 -0.2 0%
Bos AL 48 32 4 3.3 107| .295 .286| .340 .357| .295 .401| .635 .759| 69 .348 -2.0 -0.2 0%
1928 27 Nyy AL 33 26 1 1.0 106| .167 .285| .219 .350| .167 .405| .386 .754| 4 .058 -4.2 -0.4 0%
1929 28 Nyy AL 52 40 3 2.0 107| .184 .284| .231 .350| .286 .410| .517 .760| 36 .159 -4.8 -0.5 0%
1930 29 Bro NL 4 3 0 0.0 126| .250 .310| .250 .369| .250 .462| .500 .831| 22 .000 -0.5 0.0
1931 30 Bro NL 65 49 3 1.6 102| .197 .284| .246 .343| .230 .401| .476 .744| 29 .130 -6.3 -0.6
1932 31 Bro NL 62 49 3 1.6 102| .164 .282| .220 .334| .255 .408| .475 .742| 28 .128 -5.6 -0.6
1933 32 Bro NL 10 9 0 0.0 88| .200 .269| .200 .322| .200 .369| .400 .690| 16 .000 -1.1 -0.1
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
13 Seasons 586 431 44 2.7 108| .236 .290| .274 .355| .299 .407| .573 .763| 50 .266 -41.0 -4.0
* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding
Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RFg lgRFg RF9 lgRF9 GS Inn
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1920 19 Pha AL P 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 1.70 10.80 2.70 1 5.0
1921 20 Pha AL P 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 1.60 6.00 2.70 1 9.0
1922 21 Pha AL P 37 7 46 3 4 .946 .964 1.43 1.48 2.78 2.60 19 171.7
1923 22 Pha AL P 40 14 54 4 2 .944 .959 1.70 1.49 2.94 2.72 19 208.3
1B 6 54 2 2 1 .966 .989 9.33 10.22
1924 23 Pha AL P 40 11 57 2 1 .971 .959 1.70 1.32 3.09 2.53 26 198.0
1925 24 Pha AL P 10 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.70 1.40 3.10 2.66 0 20.3
1926 25 TOT AL P 33 8 58 4 3 .943 .957 2.00 1.39 4.44 2.66 14 133.7
Pha AL P 13 5 14 0 0 1.000 .955 1.46 1.39 5.39 2.67 1 31.7
Bos AL P 20 3 44 4 3 .922 .957 2.35 1.39 4.15 2.66 13 102.0
1928 27 Nyy AL P 13 0 16 0 2 1.000 .958 1.23 1.37 2.12 2.44 9 68.0
1929 28 Nyy AL P 35 6 37 0 1 1.000 .958 1.23 1.29 2.87 2.34 10 134.7
1930 29 Bro NL P 9 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 0.33 1.10 3.70 2.22 0 7.3
1931 30 Bro NL P 31 8 44 0 3 1.000 .959 1.68 1.20 3.46 2.22 10 135.3
1932 31 Bro NL P 36 10 41 0 1 1.000 .957 1.42 1.21 2.74 2.29 15 167.7
1933 32 Bro NL P 10 0 6 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 1.28 1.82 2.36 3 29.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1923 22 Pha AL 1B 6 54 2 2 1 .966 .989 9.33 10.22
1920 19 Pha AL P 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 1.70 10.80 2.70 1 5.0
1921 20 Pha AL P 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 1.60 6.00 2.70 1 9.0
1922 21 Pha AL P 37 7 46 3 4 .946 .964 1.43 1.48 2.78 2.60 19 171.7
1923 22 Pha AL P 40 14 54 4 2 .944 .959 1.70 1.49 2.94 2.72 19 208.3
1924 23 Pha AL P 40 11 57 2 1 .971 .959 1.70 1.32 3.09 2.53 26 198.0
1925 24 Pha AL P 10 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.70 1.40 3.10 2.66 0 20.3
1926 25 TOT AL P 33 8 58 4 3 .943 .957 2.00 1.39 4.44 2.66 14 133.7
Pha AL P 13 5 14 0 0 1.000 .955 1.46 1.39 5.39 2.67 1 31.7
Bos AL P 20 3 44 4 3 .922 .957 2.35 1.39 4.15 2.66 13 102.0
1928 27 Nyy AL P 13 0 16 0 2 1.000 .958 1.23 1.37 2.12 2.44 9 68.0
1929 28 Nyy AL P 35 6 37 0 1 1.000 .958 1.23 1.29 2.87 2.34 10 134.7
1930 29 Bro NL P 9 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 0.33 1.10 3.70 2.22 0 7.3
1931 30 Bro NL P 31 8 44 0 3 1.000 .959 1.68 1.20 3.46 2.22 10 135.3
1932 31 Bro NL P 36 10 41 0 1 1.000 .957 1.42 1.21 2.74 2.29 15 167.7
1933 32 Bro NL P 10 0 6 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 1.28 1.82 2.36 3 29.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
Position Total P* 296 67 378 13 20 .972 .959 1.50 1.34 127 1288.7
1B 6 54 2 2 1 .966 .989 9.33 10.22
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
Overall Total 302 121 380 15 21 .971 .962 1.66 1.52
An important note about our fielding stats — Leaderboard glossary (Baseball Reference)
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards
Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank.
Leaderboard Appearances
| Award ↕ | Title ↕ | Value ↕ | Rank ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Won-Loss % | 1929 AL | .647 | 5th |
| Won-Loss % | 1932 NL | .692 | 2nd |
| Bases on Balls/9IP | 1932 NL | 1.50 | 6th |
| Saves | 1929 AL | 4 | 5th |
| Shutouts | 1929 AL | 3 | 5th |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1922 AL | 18 | 5th |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1923 AL | 14 | 2nd |
| SO to Walk | 1924 AL | 1.00 | 9th |
| Earned Runs Allowed | 1924 AL | 104 | 10th |
| Hit Batsmen | 1932 NL | 6 | 3rd |
| Games Finished | 1923 AL | 13 | 9th |
| Games Finished | 1929 AL | 15 | 6th |
| Games Finished | 1931 NL | 15 | 7th |
| Games Finished | 1932 NL | 15 | 10th |
| Youngest Player | 1920 AL | 19 | 3rd |
| Youngest Player | 1921 AL | 20 | 4th |
| Youngest Player | 1922 AL | 21 | 8th |
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