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Elmer
Bliss		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 9, 1875 in Penfield, PA.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1903    1904   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1903 28 CIN NL $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 8 9 8 10 10 10
1904 29 CIN NL $ 300,000 5 2 3 3 10 10 10 10 10 10
1905 30 CIN NL $ 300,000 5 2 3 2 10 10 10 10 10 10
1906 31 CIN NL $ 300,000 5 2 3 2 10 10 10 10 10 10
1907 32 CIN NL $ 520,000 5 2 3 2 10 10 10 10 10 10
1908 33 CIN NL $ 3,821,429 5 2 3 3 9 10 10 10 10 10
1909 34 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 6 2 3 2 9 10 10 10 10 10
1910 35 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 6 2 3 2 9 10 9 9 9 9
1911 36 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 5 1 1 1 9 10 9 8 8 8
1912 37 CIN NL $ 6,000,000 5 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1903 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1904 29 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1905 30 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1906 31 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 32 CIN NL $ 520,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 33 CIN NL $ 3,821,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 34 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 35 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 36 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 37 CIN NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1903 28 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 4 33.7 27 15 1 7 11 4.01 .221 .280 .344 .625 3.5
1904 29 CIN NL 4 2 .667 12 0 0 0 4 12.7 19 7 0 3 5 4.98 .365 .411 .500 .911 1.4
1905 30 CIN NL 3 3 .500 11 0 0 0 3 12.0 18 7 1 3 4 5.25 .346 .382 .577 .959 0.8
1906 31 CIN NL 3 2 .600 8 0 0 0 2 10.3 9 1 0 5 3 0.87 .243 .349 .324 .673 2.4
1907 32 CIN NL 17 9 .654 31 31 4 2 0 202.7 202 55 0 23 73 2.44 .262 .283 .316 .599 14.7
1908 33 CIN NL 15 14 .517 34 34 21 3 0 283.7 264 101 5 38 119 3.20 .243 .272 .310 .582 15.5
1909 34 CIN NL 12 19 .387 35 35 22 1 0 295.3 301 97 3 62 86 2.96 .268 .310 .337 .647 16.9
1910 35 CIN NL 16 9 .640 31 31 18 1 0 262.7 218 71 0 53 99 2.43 .221 .266 .282 .548 19.7
1911 36 CIN NL 12 10 .545 25 25 11 1 0 198.3 206 82 2 55 80 3.72 .266 .319 .328 .648 10.6
1912 37 CIN NL 5 6 .455 24 14 5 1 0 122.7 142 49 11 46 30 3.60 .287 .349 .416 .765 5.6
10 Years Sim 88 74 .543 242 170 81 9 13 1434.0 1406 485 23 295 510 3.04 .256 .297 .329 .626 91.1
Season Average 8 7 .533 24 17 8 0 1 143.4 140 48 2 29 51 3.04 .256 .297 .329 .626  
Career Highs 17 19 1.000 35 35 22 3 4 295.3 301 101 11 62 119 5.25 .365 .411 .577 .959  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   613 217 11 111 322   .234 .265 .309 .573
vs LH   793 268 12 184 188   .276 .319 .347 .666
Home 44 33 .571 115 82 33 4 0 701.0 689 230 11 157 256 2.95 .256 .297 .329 .626
Away 44 41 .518 127 88 48 5 13 733.0 717 255 12 138 254 3.13 .255 .290 .329 .619
Mar/Apr 12 9 .571 29 22 10 2 1 182.3 188 57 4 35 66 2.81 .263 .297 .347 .644
May 16 14 .533 45 35 16 1 1 287.6 254 84 4 67 87 2.63 .233 .278 .285 .562
June 16 12 .571 40 32 12 1 2 262.0 241 82 6 51 95 2.82 .243 .280 .329 .610
July 17 18 .486 44 32 16 0 3 249.0 269 108 5 62 80 3.90 .275 .319 .360 .679
August 10 10 .500 44 24 14 2 6 220.6 235 87 3 39 87 3.55 .276 .308 .345 .653
Sep/Oct 17 11 .607 40 25 14 3 0 232.3 219 67 1 41 95 2.60 .250 .284 .316 .600
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1903 28 CIN NL 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
1907 32 CIN NL 31 65 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 40 .031 .074 .031 .104 -4.5 0.0
1908 33 CIN NL 34 106 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 60 .057 .065 .057 .121 -6.3 0.0
1909 34 CIN NL 35 104 6 11 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 48 .106 .123 .154 .276 -1.3 0.0
1910 35 CIN NL 31 96 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 60 .063 .072 .073 .145 -5.4 0.0
1911 36 CIN NL 25 74 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 34 .054 .066 .081 .147 -3.9 0.0
1912 37 CIN NL 24 46 5 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 17 .152 .170 .152 .322 0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 211 491 23 36 1 2 1 27 0 1 10 259 .073 .091 .090 .181 -20.8 0.0
162 Game Average 376 17 27 0 1 0 20 0 0 7 198 .073 .091 .090 .181 -15.9  
Career Highs 35 106 6 11 1 1 1 7 0 1 3 60 .152 1.000 .154 1.000 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   332 19 26 1 2 1 18 0 1 9 175 .078 .102 .102 .204 -11.4
vs LH   159 4 10 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 84 .063 .069 .063 .132 -9.0
Home 89 229 11 17 1 2 1 16 0 1 1 128 .074 .078 .109 .187 -9.6
Away 109 262 12 19 0 0 0 11 0 0 9 131 .073 .103 .073 .175 -10.8
RISP   145 0 14 1 1 1 27 0 0 6 72 .097 .131 .138 .269 -1.8
Close/Late   61 4 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 31 .082 .081 .148 .228 -1.7
Mar/Apr 22 64 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 37 .063 .063 .063 .125 -3.8
May 35 101 8 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 49 .069 .087 .079 .166 -4.6
June 38 93 6 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 48 .075 .104 .108 .212 -2.8
July 33 85 3 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 43 .082 .132 .082 .214 -2.3
August 28 75 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 43 .053 .053 .080 .133 -4.3
Sep/Oct 29 73 3 7 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 39 .096 .096 .123 .219 -2.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1903 28 CIN NL P 31 0 33.7 0 10 0 0 1.000 2.67    
1904 29 CIN NL P 12 0 12.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.55    
1905 30 CIN NL P 11 0 12.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1906 31 CIN NL P 8 0 10.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.36    
1907 32 CIN NL P 31 31 202.7 11 46 4 5 .934 2.53    
1908 33 CIN NL P 34 34 283.7 18 49 5 3 .931 2.13    
1909 34 CIN NL P 35 35 295.3 21 72 3 3 .969 2.83    
1910 35 CIN NL P 31 31 262.7 17 63 6 3 .930 2.74    
1911 36 CIN NL P 25 25 198.3 10 44 5 3 .915 2.45    
1912 37 CIN NL P 24 14 122.7 11 27 2 0 .950 2.79    
Career Totals   242 170 1434.0 91 321 25 17 .943 2.59    
Career Highs   35 35 295.3 21 72 6 5 1.000 4.36    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1903 28 CIN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .100 .100 .200 .300
1906 31 CIN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
1907 32 CIN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 15.7 24 11 1 1 3 6.32 .364 .373 .439 .813
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 5 2 1 0 0 19.0 26 11 1 1 5 5.21 .329 .338 .405 .743
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1907 32 CIN NL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1907-5-2.44
1910-6-2.43
CAR-12-3.04
 Wins
1907-10-17
1908-10-15
 Losses
1909-5-19
 Winning Pct
1907-5-.654
1910-8-.640
 Saves
1903-7-4
1904-8-4
1905-9-3
 Shutouts
1908-9-3
Hits Allowed
1909-10-301
 Homeruns Allowed
1908-9-5
1912-6-11
 Walks per 9IP
1907-2-1.0
1908-3-1.2
1909-8-1.9
CAR-44-1.9
 Hits per 9IP
1910-7-7.5
 WHiP
1907-6-1.11
1908-7-1.06
1910-4-1.03
CAR-19-1.19
 OAVG
1910-6-.221
OOBP
1907-7-.283
1908-6-.272
1910-4-.266
CAR-17-.297
 OSLG
1910-6-.282
1911-9-.328
CAR-24-.329
 OOPS
1908-10-.582
1910-5-.548
CAR-22-.626
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Al Orth (950)
  2. Win Kellum (949)
  3. Frank Corridon (937)
  4. Jake Thielman (936)
  5. John Terry (930)
  6. Norwood Gibson (930)
  7. Jim Lyle (927)
  8. Rube Kisinger (925)
  9. Chet Brewer (925)
  10. Jim Buchanan (918)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ray Collins (992)
  2. Red Ames (991)
  3. Ben Demott (990)
  4. Ray Fisher (984)
  5. Ambrose Puttmann (983)
  6. Beany Jacobson (983)
  7. Fred Toney (980)
  8. Jakie May (980)
  9. John Frill (977)
  10. John Terry (976)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1903
Earned first career win on 4/30/1903
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1903
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1904
2/11/1907: Gets a new one-year contract worth $520,000 through salary arbitration
Had first career hit on 8/10/1907, off Win Mercer (BSN)
1/10/1908: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,821,429 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1908, going 3-1, 1.51
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1908, going 5-0, 1.53
7/28/1908: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1909, off Buster Brown (BRO)
Injured on 8/9/1911 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
3/2/1912: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
Released by Cincinnati on 3/12/1913
 
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