Ralph
Comstock
 
Nickname: Commy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 188
 
Born: November 24, 1890 in Usa, OH, SYLVANIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1920    1921    1922    1924    1925   
Cy Young Award 1922   
Rookie of the Year Award 1919   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 22 WAS AL   8 1 1 1 7 7 7 8 8 8
1914 23 WAS AL   8 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9
1915 24 WAS AL   8 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10
1916 25 WAS AL   8 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10
1917 26 WAS AL   8 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1918 27 WAS AL   8 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1919 28 WAS AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1920 29 WAS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1921 30 WAS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1922 31 WAS AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1923 32 WAS AL $ 3,657,143 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
1924 33 WAS AL $ 3,200,000 9 4 4 4 9 10 9 9 10 9
1925 34 WAS AL $ 3,200,000 9 4 3 4 9 9 9 7 8 8
1926 35 WAS AL $ 3,200,000 8 1 1 1 6 7 6 3 3 3
1927 36 WAS AL $ 3,200,000 6 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,657,143 9 4 4 4 10 10 10 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 22 WAS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1914 23 WAS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1915 24 WAS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 25 WAS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 26 WAS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 27 WAS AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 28 WAS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 29 WAS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 30 WAS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 31 WAS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 32 WAS AL $ 3,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 33 WAS AL $ 3,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 34 WAS AL $ 3,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 35 WAS AL $ 3,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 36 WAS AL $ 3,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,657,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
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
1913 22 AAA   8 9 .471 20 20 8 1 0 148.7 168 74 8 65 88 4.48 .284 .355 .387 .743  
1914 23 AAA   9 8 .529 20 20 8 3 0 159.3 150 67 10 71 105 3.78 .247 .325 .347 .673  
1915 24 AAA   12 5 .706 17 17 9 1 0 136.0 120 36 0 52 84 2.38 .238 .309 .279 .588  
1916 25 AAA   15 10 .600 30 30 12 1 0 223.3 227 84 0 77 149 3.39 .261 .321 .314 .636  
1917 26 AAA   19 7 .731 29 29 14 4 0 244.7 234 72 0 55 181 2.65 .247 .288 .295 .583  
1918 27 AAA   12 3 .800 22 22 9 3 0 179.7 196 64 2 32 133 3.21 .273 .304 .338 .642  
1919 28 WAS AL 22 10 .688 35 34 28 1 0 302.0 325 113 4 46 111 3.37 .276 .304 .349 .654 17.3
1920 29 WAS AL 21 13 .618 35 35 29 2 0 306.7 335 114 2 60 93 3.35 .283 .318 .358 .676 22.2
1921 30 WAS AL 12 10 .545 24 24 18 2 0 197.3 252 93 3 30 59 4.24 .312 .338 .429 .766 12.6
1922 31 WAS AL 23 13 .639 39 39 31 2 0 338.3 335 123 4 59 90 3.27 .262 .294 .355 .649 28.3
1923 32 WAS AL 15 8 .652 31 31 18 0 0 252.7 296 98 4 40 71 3.49 .295 .323 .381 .704 16.5
1924 33 WAS AL 13 18 .419 34 34 18 1 0 266.3 333 138 2 60 63 4.66 .310 .346 .394 .741 7.1
1925 34 WAS AL 15 19 .441 38 38 26 0 0 318.3 378 167 13 85 71 4.72 .299 .342 .407 .749 12.9
1926 35 WAS AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 2 6.7 4 2 2 2 1 2.70 .174 .240 .435 .675 1.3
    A   10 0 1.000 12 12 7 1 0 94.7 90 32 4 23 40 3.04 .256 .302 .339 .641  
1927 36 A   13 6 .684 25 25 11 0 0 181.0 224 74 17 51 99 3.68 .296 .341 .419 .760  
8 Years Sim 121 91 .571 243 235 168 8 2 1988.3 2258 848 34 382 559 3.84 .289 .322 .380 .702 118.1
6 Years AAA 75 42 .641 138 138 60 13 0 1091.6 1095 397 20 352 740 3.27 .258 .315 .325 .640  
2 Years A 23 6 .793 37 37 18 1 0 275.7 314 106 21 74 139 3.46 .284 .329 .394 .722  
8 Years Minors 98 48 .671 175 175 78 14 0 1367.3 1409 503 41 426 879 3.31 .264 .318 .339 .657  
Season Average 15 11 .577 30 29 21 1 0 248.5 282 106 4 47 69 3.84 .289 .322 .380 .702  
Career Highs 23 19 .688 39 39 31 2 2 338.3 378 167 13 85 111 4.72 .312 .346 .435 .766  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1076 418 12 173 332   .275 .306 .357 .663
vs LH   1182 430 22 209 227   .303 .339 .402 .741
Home 61 53 .535 126 124 103 6 0 1085.7 1231 478 10 220 299 3.96 .289 .324 .373 .696
Away 60 38 .612 117 111 65 2 2 902.6 1027 370 24 162 260 3.69 .290 .321 .388 .709
Mar/Apr 10 10 .500 25 24 14 1 0 202.0 228 97 3 47 56 4.32 .290 .330 .393 .723
May 19 19 .500 51 45 30 1 2 372.0 424 162 9 64 95 3.92 .289 .319 .368 .687
June 30 15 .667 46 46 35 3 0 399.7 471 165 4 67 107 3.72 .294 .323 .378 .700
July 24 20 .545 47 47 33 1 0 399.3 460 172 5 88 114 3.88 .297 .335 .392 .727
August 20 18 .526 42 42 35 1 0 353.7 376 141 6 70 107 3.59 .274 .310 .368 .678
Sep/Oct 18 9 .667 32 31 30 2 0 261.7 299 111 7 46 80 3.82 .289 .319 .385 .704
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
1919 28 WAS AL 35 108 14 17 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 26 .157 .162 .176 .338 1.1 0.0
1920 29 WAS AL 35 116 13 17 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 25 .147 .168 .172 .340 1.3 0.0
1921 30 WAS AL 24 72 4 10 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 12 .139 .162 .167 .329 0.1 0.0
1922 31 WAS AL 39 119 11 15 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 15 .126 .148 .168 .316 -0.2 0.0
1923 32 WAS AL 31 96 6 13 5 1 0 17 0 0 1 16 .135 .144 .208 .353 -0.8 0.0
1924 33 WAS AL 34 97 1 12 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 23 .124 .124 .134 .258 -1.9 0.0
1925 34 WAS AL 38 107 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 13 .103 .119 .103 .222 -2.7 0.0
7 Years Sim 236 715 54 95 14 3 0 61 0 2 12 130 .133 .147 .161 .308 -3.0 0.0
162 Game Average 490 37 65 9 2 0 41 0 1 8 89 .133 .147 .161 .308 -2.1  
Career Highs 39 119 14 17 5 1 0 17 0 1 3 26 .157 .168 .208 .353 1.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   510 35 68 11 0 0 44 0 2 9 94 .133 .148 .155 .303 -3.6
vs LH   205 19 27 3 3 0 17 0 0 3 36 .132 .144 .176 .319 -0.3
Home 125 378 25 48 6 2 0 34 0 0 8 64 .127 .145 .153 .298 -2.6
Away 111 337 29 47 8 1 0 27 0 2 4 66 .139 .149 .169 .318 -1.3
RISP   225 0 30 7 2 0 58 0 0 4 40 .133 .147 .182 .329 0.3
Close/Late   83 7 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .108 .108 .108 .217 -2.6
Mar/Apr 24 71 4 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .127 .139 .169 .308 -0.5
May 45 134 6 17 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 19 .127 .146 .127 .273 -2.0
June 46 148 12 21 3 2 0 18 0 1 1 27 .142 .148 .189 .337 0.1
July 47 142 9 19 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 29 .134 .140 .162 .302 -1.0
August 42 125 9 14 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 22 .112 .132 .128 .260 -2.2
Sep/Oct 32 95 14 15 4 0 0 13 0 0 3 18 .158 .182 .200 .382 1.7
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    
1919 28 WAS AL P 35 34 302.0 29 75 3 4 .972 3.10    
1920 29 WAS AL P 35 35 306.7 24 66 5 4 .947 2.64    
1921 30 WAS AL P 24 24 197.3 16 44 4 1 .938 2.74    
1922 31 WAS AL P 39 39 338.3 26 72 4 2 .961 2.61    
1923 32 WAS AL P 31 31 252.7 23 55 7 3 .918 2.78    
1924 33 WAS AL P 34 34 266.3 23 57 5 4 .941 2.70    
1925 34 WAS AL P 38 38 318.3 26 80 4 3 .964 3.00    
1926 35 WAS AL P 7 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
Career Totals   243 235 1988.3 168 450 32 21 .951 2.80    
Career Highs   39 39 338.3 29 80 7 4 1.000 3.10    
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
1919 28 WAS AL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 22 12 1 5 4 6.35 .301 .346 .479 .826
1920 29 WAS AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 18 5 0 2 5 2.65 .273 .294 .303 .597
1921 30 WAS AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 21 3 1 3 2 1.50 .309 .338 .397 .735
1922 31 WAS AL 0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 15 7 0 3 2 3.71 .246 .281 .361 .642
1923 32 WAS AL 2 2 .500 4 4 2 1 0 31.0 44 21 0 7 8 6.10 .331 .364 .414 .778
1924 33 WAS AL 2 0 1.000 3 1 0 0 0 10.7 10 1 0 1 1 0.84 .256 .275 .282 .557
1925 34 WAS AL 0 1 .000 3 1 1 0 0 9.7 12 6 1 0 3 5.59 .324 .324 .514 .838
Career Post-Season Pitching 8 6 .571 18 14 9 1 0 120.3 142 55 3 21 25 4.11 .298 .327 .396 .724
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
1919 28 WAS AL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1920 29 WAS AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
1921 30 WAS AL 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1922 31 WAS AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1923 32 WAS AL 4 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .273 .455
1924 33 WAS AL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1925 34 WAS AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 18 42 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .143 .163 .167 .329
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1920-7-3.35
1921-9-4.24
1922-2-3.27
1923-6-3.49
Wins
1919-4-22
1920-7-21
1922-1-23
Losses
1924-4-18
1925-3-19
Winning Pct
1919-4-.688
1920-8-.618
1921-10-.545
1922-5-.639
1923-4-.652
CAR-35-.571
Games Pitched
1919-9-35
1922-10-39
Games Started
1919-10-34
1922-3-39
1925-10-38
Complete Games
1919-6-28
1920-9-29
1922-1-31
1925-6-26
Shutouts
1920-7-2
1921-4-2
1922-2-2
Innings Pitched
1919-10-302.0
1922-2-338.3
1925-7-318.3
Hits Allowed
1919-6-325
1920-10-335
1922-10-335
1924-8-333
1925-2-378
Walks per 9IP
1919-6-1.4
1920-7-1.8
1921-1-1.4
1922-4-1.6
1923-2-1.4
1924-9-2.0
CAR-27-1.7
Hits per 9IP
1922-3-8.9
WHiP
1920-8-1.29
1922-2-1.16
1923-10-1.33
OAVG
1922-6-.262
OOBP
1919-10-.304
1920-9-.318
1922-2-.294
OSLG
1922-7-.355
OOPS
1920-10-.676
1922-3-.649
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 82    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Washington in 1913
Injured on 7/18/1913 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/18/1914 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/27/1914 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/23/1916 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/19/1916 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/26/1918 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/25/1919
Had first career hit on 5/12/1919, off Erskine Mayer (DET)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1919, going 22-10, 3.37 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/1920, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1920, going 4-1, 0.82
Won Player of the Week award on 7/4/1920, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won World Series with Washington in 1920
Injured on 4/23/1921 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 7/23/1921 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1922, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won World Series with Washington in 1922
Won Cy Young Award in 1922, going 23-13, 3.27 ERA
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,657,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/11/1923 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Series with Washington in 1924
Won World Series with Washington in 1925
Injured on 8/4/1926 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 8 weeks
7/1/1927: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Injured on 7/5/1927 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/15/1927 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days