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Satchel Paige

Leroy Robert Paige

Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL
Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO
(75 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'3"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971
College: Knoxville College (Knoxville, TN)
Buried: Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery (Kansas City, MO)
Played in the Major Leagues
Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1927	BBB	NNC / NNL	20	SP	7	2	.778	22	11	2	5	3	1	108.1	43	31	88	5	29	100	1	2	157	2.58	141
1928	BBB	NNL	21	SP	11	4	.733	25	15	3	10	1	4	132.0	47	35	113	2	25	121	2	3	532	2.39	178
1929	BBB	NNL	22	SP	12	9	.571	29	19	1	14	0	2	192.0	109	81	200	0	43	187	6	0	3	72	3.80	116
1930	BBB / BBS	IND / NNL	23	SP	10	3	.769	16	12	3	10	3	1	101.0	39	32	83	3	19	91	3	0	1	403	2.85	171
1931	MULT	IND / NNL	24	SP	4	2	.667	9	6	2	5	1	0	55.0	14	10	43	2	13	42	0	1	219	1.64	243
1932	PC	IND / NVM	25	SP	10	6	.625	23	17	6	13	3	3	138.1	50	34	106	1	50	141	1	0	3	574	2.21	197
1933	PC	NN2	26	SP	4	6	.400	12	10	0	8	0	1	78.2	23	17	49	2	16	77	0	0	300	1.94	217
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	27	SP	14	3	.824	20	16	1	15	5	0	149.2	36	26	99	2	30	157	0	0	2	574	1.56	276
1935	BIS / KCM	IND	28	SP	2	0	1.000	6	6	0	4	3	0	41.0	4	1	22	0	6	67	0	1	148	0.22	1,699
1936	MULT	MULT	29	SP	9	2	.818	15	13	1	8	2	1	91.2	36	33	77	5	32	99	1	0	0	380	3.24	144
1937	SDS	IND	30	SP	1	1	.500	3	2	0	2	0	0	20.0	9	7	23	2	4	18	0	0	90	3.15	88
1940	KCM / SPA	IND / NAL	33	SP	1	1	.500	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.0	6	4	7	0	4	23	0	0	0	58	2.40	151
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	8	1	.889	15	13	2	3	0	0	71.2	22	19	58	0	10	62	2	0	5	290	2.39	146
1942	MULT	MULT	35	SP	8	6	.571	20	16	4	5	0	2	106.2	37	25	86	1	24	90	0	0	2	440	2.11	176
1943	MULT	MULT	36	SP	11	8	.579	29	25	4	3	0	1	128.1	51	38	113	2	33	107	0	1	2	516	2.66	132
1944	KCM / SAS	NAL / NSA	37	SP	6	5	.545	17	17	0	6	3	0	103.1	23	15	75	0	27	107	1	0	1	406	1.31	243
1945	KCM	NAL	38	SP	4	4	.500	10	8	1	2	1	0	53.1	30	24	48	0	15	48	1	0	0	216	4.05	102
1946	KCM / SPS	MULT	39	SP	6	4	.600	19	14	5	1	0	0	69.0	23	19	65	1	13	68	1	0	0	278	2.48	153
1947	KCM	NAL	40	SP	0	2	.000	5	4	1	1	0	0	19.0	8	5	18	0	2	18	1	0	0	74	2.37	200
19	16			SP	128	69	.650	298	227	36	116	25	16	1674.0	610	456	1373	28	395	1623	20	1	26	5727	2.45	165
162 Game Average					17	9	.650	39	29	5	15	3	2	216.2	79	59	178	4	51	210	3	0	3	742	2.45	165

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
19	Negro Leagues				125	65	.658	285	215	35	114	25	16	1621.0	590	439	1329	27	376	1557	19	1	26	5502	2.44	168
5	vs Major Leagues				3	4	.429	14	13	1	2	0	0	59.0	21	17	46	1	20	68	1	0	0	245	2.59	119

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
4	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	37	17	.685	88	53	9	36	6	8	506.0	226	168	453	8	106	477	11	0	9	1044	2.99	141
1	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	3	1	.750	4	4	0	3	1	0	27.1	12	11	31	2	10	22	1	0	0	120	3.62	164
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	1	1	.500	5	3	1	2	1	0	25.1	8	6	19	2	4	18	0	1	97	2.13	200
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	37	18	.673	68	55	7	45	10	5	455.0	146	110	332	10	130	462	1	0	5	1820	2.18	208
2	Homestead Grays			SP	2	0	1.000	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	3	1	15	0	3	11	0	0	1	61	0.64	575
2	East All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	0	0	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	25	0.00	0
1	Bismarck			SP	2	0	1.000	3	3	0	3	2	0	27.0	4	1	18	0	5	44	0	1	103	0.33	1,110
9	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	38	25	.603	103	88	14	22	5	3	508.1	172	130	409	3	115	473	6	1	7	2021	2.30	161
1	NNL All Stars II			SP	1	0	1.000	3	3	0	1	0	0	17.0	3	3	8	0	4	24	1	0	65	1.59	167
1	Santo Domingo Stars			RP	1	1	.500	3	2	0	2	0	0	20.0	9	7	23	2	4	18	0	0	90	3.15	88
1	Satchel Paige All Stars			-	0	1	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	3	1	4	0	1	13	0	0	0	37	0.90	389
1	New York Black Yankees			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	2	5	0	0	8	0	0	2	36	2.00	225
3	West All Stars			RP	1	1	.500	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.0	3	2	6	0	4	8	0	0	0	33	2.25	145
1	Memphis Red Sox			RP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	15	0.00	0
2	South All Stars			SP	1	1	.500	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	5	21	0	0	7	0	0	0	53	4.09	49
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			SP	1	3	.250	8	7	1	0	0	0	24.0	11	9	25	1	7	23	0	0	0	107	3.38	104

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1927	BBB	NNC / NNL	20	SP	108.1	1.08	1.32	63.7%	43.1%	18.5%	26.1%	3.45	1.65	3.2%	1.9%
1928	BBB	NNL	21	SP	132.0	1.05	1.35	22.7%	10.2%	4.7%	6.4%	4.84	1.59	0.4%	1.1%
1929	BBB	NNL	22	SP	192.0	1.27	1.43	259.7%	331.7%	59.7%	249.9%	4.35	1.33	0.0%	0.7%
1930	BBB / BBS	IND / NNL	23	SP	101.0	1.01	1.46	22.6%	11.2%	4.7%	7.9%	4.79	1.48	0.7%	1.3%
1931	MULT	IND / NNL	24	SP	55.0	1.02	1.35	19.2%	11.2%	5.9%	7.6%	3.23	1.45	0.9%	0.9%
1932	PC	IND / NVM	25	SP	138.1	1.13	1.41	24.6%	14.6%	8.7%	8.6%	2.82	1.72	0.2%	1.0%
1933	PC	NN2	26	SP	78.2	0.83	1.34	25.7%	12.7%	5.3%	6.7%	4.81	1.89	0.7%	1.0%
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	27	SP	149.2	0.86	1.35	27.4%	22.5%	5.2%	6.0%	5.23	1.84	0.3%	0.5%
1935	BIS / KCM	IND	28	SP	41.0	0.68	1.19	45.3%	18.7%	4.1%	5.8%	11.17	3.22	0.0%	2.2%
1936	MULT	MULT	29	SP	91.2	1.19	1.44	26.1%	17.7%	8.4%	7.9%	3.09	1.72	1.3%	0.7%
1937	SDS	IND	30	SP	20.0	1.35	1.07	20.0%	20.9%	4.4%	5.6%	4.50	3.71	2.2%	1.0%
1940	KCM / SPA	IND / NAL	33	SP	15.0	0.73	1.36	39.7%	19.0%	6.9%	10.8%	5.75	1.77	0.0%	0.8%
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	71.2	0.95	1.25	21.4%	20.4%	3.4%	7.8%	6.20	2.12	0.0%	0.8%
1942	MULT	MULT	35	SP	106.2	1.03	1.37	20.5%	18.7%	5.5%	8.5%	3.75	1.89	0.2%	0.5%
1943	MULT	MULT	36	SP	128.1	1.14	1.28	20.7%	17.0%	6.4%	6.0%	3.24	1.96	0.4%	0.7%
1944	KCM / SAS	NAL / NSA	37	SP	103.1	0.99	1.25	26.4%	19.8%	6.7%	4.9%	3.96	2.19	0.0%	0.2%
1945	KCM	NAL	38	SP	53.1	1.18	1.34	22.2%	12.7%	6.9%	7.9%	3.20	1.61	0.0%	0.7%
1946	KCM / SPS	MULT	39	SP	69.0	1.13	1.35	24.5%	16.6%	4.7%	8.3%	5.23	1.98	0.4%	1.4%
1947	KCM	NAL	40	SP	19.0	1.05	1.54	24.3%	12.0%	2.7%	9.4%	9.00	1.28	0.0%	0.9%
19	16			SP	1674.0	1.06	1.35	28.3%	18.9%	6.9%	11.5%	4.11	1.79	0.5%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
19	Negro Leagues				1621.0	1.05	1.36	28.3%	18.7%	6.8%	11.6%	4.14	1.76	0.5%	0.9%
5	vs Major Leagues				59.0	1.12	1.23	27.8%	22.1%	8.2%	7.8%	3.40	2.94	0.4%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
4	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	506.0	1.10	1.38	45.7%	39.6%	10.2%	27.9%	4.50	1.50	0.8%	1.2%
1	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	27.1	1.50	1.58	18.3%	10.2%	8.3%	8.1%	2.20	1.25	1.7%	1.5%
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	25.1	0.91	1.45	18.6%	11.6%	4.1%	8.7%	4.50	1.33	2.1%	1.0%
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	455.0	1.02	1.39	25.4%	13.0%	7.1%	8.0%	3.55	1.66	0.5%	1.0%
2	Homestead Grays			SP	14.0	1.29	1.37	18.0%	14.1%	4.9%	8.1%	3.67	1.72	0.0%	0.6%
2	East All Stars			RP	7.0	0.57	0.90	32.0%	22.9%	0.0%	5.4%	0.00	5.40	0.0%	0.0%
1	Bismarck			SP	27.0	0.85	1.18	42.7%	19.1%	4.9%	5.9%	8.80	3.23	0.0%	2.3%
9	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	508.1	1.03	1.31	23.4%	13.9%	5.7%	7.9%	4.11	1.79	0.1%	0.7%
1	NNL All Stars II			SP	17.0	0.71	1.12	36.9%	28.1%	6.2%	8.1%	6.00	3.47	0.0%	0.7%
1	Santo Domingo Stars			RP	20.0	1.35	1.07	20.0%	20.9%	4.4%	5.6%	4.50	3.71	2.2%	1.0%
1	Satchel Paige All Stars			-	10.0	0.50	1.38	35.1%	24.2%	2.7%	13.1%	13.00	1.85	0.0%	1.1%
1	New York Black Yankees			SP	9.0	0.56	1.43	22.2%	11.6%	0.0%	8.2%	0.00	1.41	0.0%	1.1%
3	West All Stars			RP	8.0	1.25	1.19	24.2%	17.6%	12.1%	8.2%	2.00	2.52	0.0%	0.9%
1	Memphis Red Sox			RP	5.0	0.40	1.30	46.7%	11.8%	13.3%	7.3%	3.50	1.61	0.0%	0.5%
2	South All Stars			SP	11.0	1.91	1.13	13.2%	27.3%	0.0%	2.8%	0.00	9.98	0.0%	0.0%
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			SP	24.0	1.33	1.27	21.5%	18.3%	6.5%	7.4%	3.29	2.47	0.9%	1.6%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1927	BBB	NNC / NNL	20	SP	22	157	146	43	88	3	1	5	2	29	100	2	5	2	.603	.672	.740	1.412
1928	BBB	NNL	21	SP	25	532	494	47	113	12	3	2	7	25	121	3	10	6	.229	.270	.277	.547
1929	BBB	NNL	22	SP	29	72	66	109	200	1	3	0	4	43	187	0	3	3	0	2	3.030	2.196	3.136	5.333
1930	BBB / BBS	IND / NNL	23	SP	16	403	374	39	83	13	6	3	7	19	91	1	9	7	.222	.261	.313	.574
1931	MULT	IND / NNL	24	SP	9	219	200	14	43	4	2	2	1	13	42	1	5	3	.215	.266	.285	.551
1932	PC	IND / NVM	25	SP	23	574	506	50	106	18	4	1	11	1	50	141	3	15	9	.209	.284	.267	.551
1933	PC	NN2	26	SP	12	300	280	23	49	12	2	2	3	16	77	0	3	1	.175	.220	.254	.473
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	27	SP	20	574	534	36	99	22	5	2	7	1	30	157	0	2	8	8	.185	.231	.257	.488
1935	BIS / KCM	IND	28	SP	6	148	140	4	22	5	1	0	11	6	67	1	1	2	.157	.197	.207	.404
1936	MULT	MULT	29	SP	15	380	343	36	77	12	5	5	3	0	32	99	0	0	5	4	.224	.291	.332	.623
1937	SDS	IND	30	SP	3	90	85	9	23	3	1	2	8	4	18	0	1	1	.271	.303	.400	.703
1940	KCM / SPA	IND / NAL	33	SP	3	58	54	6	7	3	0	0	1	4	23	0	0	0	0	.130	.190	.185	.375
1941	MULT	MULT	34	SP	15	290	270	22	58	6	3	0	4	1	10	62	0	5	5	4	.215	.256	.259	.515
1942	MULT	MULT	35	SP	20	440	407	37	86	12	4	1	6	0	24	90	2	2	7	0	4	.211	.259	.268	.526
1943	MULT	MULT	36	SP	29	516	476	51	113	12	5	2	2	33	107	1	2	5	0	.237	.290	.296	.586
1944	KCM / SAS	NAL / NSA	37	SP	17	406	373	23	75	16	4	0	7	27	107	3	1	5	0	5	.201	.257	.265	.522
1945	KCM	NAL	38	SP	10	216	197	30	48	7	6	0	2	15	48	0	0	4	1	5	.244	.296	.340	.636
1946	KCM / SPS	MULT	39	SP	19	278	263	23	65	11	1	1	3	13	68	0	0	2	4	.247	.283	.308	.591
1947	KCM	NAL	40	SP	5	74	71	8	18	3	2	0	0	2	18	0	0	1	2	.254	.274	.352	.626
19	16			SP	298	5727	5279	610	1373	175	58	28	89	3	395	1623	6	26	94	1	69	.260	.315	.331	.646

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
19	Negro Leagues				285	5502	5076	590	1329	165	55	27	89	3	376	1557	6	26	91	1	67	.262	.316	.332	.648
5	vs Major Leagues				14	245	222	21	46	10	3	1	0	0	20	68	0	0	3	3	.207	.273	.293	.566

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
4	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	88	1044	975	226	453	26	10	8	19	106	477	0	9	22	0	14	.465	.521	.536	1.058
1	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	4	120	105	12	31	3	3	2	1	10	22	0	5	3	.295	.357	.438	.795
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	5	97	92	8	19	2	1	2	1	4	18	1	0	1	.207	.247	.315	.563
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	68	1820	1650	146	332	63	15	10	24	2	130	462	5	34	22	.201	.262	.276	.537
2	Homestead Grays			SP	2	61	55	3	15	2	0	0	0	3	11	0	1	2	1	.273	.322	.309	.631
2	East All Stars			RP	2	25	25	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	.160	.160	.160	.320
1	Bismarck			SP	3	103	96	4	18	3	1	0	9	5	44	1	1	2	.188	.235	.240	.475
9	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	103	2021	1873	172	409	59	23	3	23	0	115	473	4	7	26	1	20	.218	.266	.279	.545
1	NNL All Stars II			SP	3	65	61	3	8	2	2	0	0	4	24	0	0	0	.131	.185	.230	.414
1	Santo Domingo Stars			RP	3	90	85	9	23	3	1	2	8	4	18	0	1	1	.271	.303	.400	.703
1	Satchel Paige All Stars			-	2	37	36	3	4	2	0	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	.111	.135	.167	.302
1	New York Black Yankees			SP	1	36	34	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	1	.147	.194	.206	.400
3	West All Stars			RP	3	33	28	3	6	1	0	0	3	1	4	8	2	0	1	2	.214	.313	.250	.563
1	Memphis Red Sox			RP	1	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133
2	South All Stars			SP	2	53	53	7	21	4	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.396	.396	.509	.906
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			SP	8	107	98	11	25	5	0	1	0	7	23	0	0	2	1	.255	.305	.337	.641

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