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Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert Paige

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 9, 1948
Final Game September 25, 1965
Born July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL
Died June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 41 CLE AL   6   1  21   7   3   2   5  1   72.7   61   21   20   2   22   43   1   1   298       2  2.48  4.07  164 1.142
 1949 42 CLE AL   4   7  31   5   1   0  19  5   83.0   70   29   28   4   33   54   1   0   348       1  3.04  3.99  131 1.241
 1951 44 SLB AL   3   4  23   3   0   0  16  5   62.0   67   39   33   6   29   48   1   1   278       1  4.79  4.37   91 1.548
 1952 45 SLB AL  12  10  46   6   3   2  35 10  138.0  116   51   47   5   57   91   3   2   582       0  3.07  3.90  127 1.254 MVP-17,AS
 1953 46 SLB AL   3   9  57   4   0   0  34 11  117.3  114   51   46  12   39   51   1   2   489       1  3.53  4.20  119 1.304 AS
 1965 58 KCA AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    3.0    1    0    0   0    0    1   0   0    10   0   0  0.00  3.49  inf 0.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .475  28  31 179  26   7   4 109 32  476.0  429  191  174  29  180  288   7   6  2005   0   5  3.29  4.07  124 1.279
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  59   8   2   1  36 10  157.7  142   63   57   9   59   95   2   1   665   0   1  3.29  4.07  124 1.279
 Career High     12  10  57   7   3   2  35 11  138.0  116   51   47  12   57   91   3   2   582   0   2  2.48  4.37  164 1.142

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 41 CLE AL  21   23    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .087  .087  .087  -53    2   2           0   0
 1949 42 CLE AL  31   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .063  .167  .063  -38    1   0           0   2
 1951 44 SLB AL  23   16    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .125  .125  .125  -33    2   1           0   2
 1952 45 SLB AL  46   39    0    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  10  .128  .150  .128  -23    5   4           0   1 MVP-17,AS
 1953 46 SLB AL  57   29    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   9  .069  .069  .069  -63    2   1           0   0 AS
 1965 58 KCA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      179  124    2   12   0  0   0    4   0  0   3  32  .097  .118  .097  -42   12   8   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        112    2   11   0  0   0    4   0  0   3  29  .097  .118  .097  -42   11   7   0   0   0   5
 Career High     57   39    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  10                           5   4   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 41 CLE AL   25   23    0   0.0   104| .087  .270| .087  .355| .087  .391| .174  .746| -53  .000  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1949 42 CLE AL   18   17    0   0.0   105| .063  .268| .167  .360| .063  .390| .230  .750| -38  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1951 44 SLB AL   17   17    0   0.0   105| .125  .271| .125  .353| .125  .397| .250  .750| -33  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1952 45 SLB AL   44   39    1   0.7    99| .128  .264| .150  .344| .128  .385| .278  .729| -23  .036  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1953 46 SLB AL   30   28    0   0.0   104| .069  .272| .069  .348| .069  .400| .138  .749| -63  .000  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1965 58 KCA AL    1    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .250| .000  .319| .000  .382| .000  .701|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       135  125    1   0.2   102| .097  .268| .118  .350| .097  .392| .215  .742| -42  .004 -25.3  -2.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 41 CLE AL P 21 2 12 0 0 1.000 .966 0.67 0.91 1.73 2.02 7 72.7 1949 42 CLE AL P 31 5 10 0 0 1.000 .962 0.48 1.01 1.63 2.13 5 83.0 1951 44 SLB AL P 23 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.30 0.99 1.02 2.08 3 62.0 1952 45 SLB AL P 46 5 23 0 2 1.000 .966 0.61 1.03 1.83 2.10 6 138.0 AS 1953 46 SLB AL P 57 3 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.26 0.88 1.15 1.95 4 117.3 AS 1965 58 KCA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.10 1 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 41 CLE AL P 21 2 12 0 0 1.000 .966 0.67 0.91 1.73 2.02 7 72.7 1949 42 CLE AL P 31 5 10 0 0 1.000 .962 0.48 1.01 1.63 2.13 5 83.0 1951 44 SLB AL P 23 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.30 0.99 1.02 2.08 3 62.0 1952 45 SLB AL P 46 5 23 0 2 1.000 .966 0.61 1.03 1.83 2.10 6 138.0 1953 46 SLB AL P 57 3 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.26 0.88 1.15 1.95 4 117.3 1965 58 KCA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.10 1 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 179 17 62 0 3 1.000 .962 0.44 0.96 1.49 2.05 26 476.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 179 17 62 0 3 1.000 .962 0.44 0.96 1.49 2.05 26 476
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1952   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   SLB AL      0  0  0   1     3   2   2   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1952   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   SLB AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1952
1953 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-AL-17-0.04
Car-1148-0.04 shares

Games
1952 AL-46-2
1953 AL-57-4

Saves
1949 AL-5-4
1951 AL-5-6
1952 AL-10-2
1953 AL-11-4

Shutouts
1948 AL-2-9

Games Finished
1949 AL-19-6
1952 AL-35-1
1953 AL-34-4

Oldest Player
1948 AL-41-3
1949 AL-42-1
1951 AL-44-1
1952 AL-45-1
1953 AL-46-1
1965 AL-58-1

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1211) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1082) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 7, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

February 17, 1950: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

July 14, 1951: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

February 2, 1954: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

September 10, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Athletics.

October 15, 1965: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.


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