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John
Deering		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 25, 1879 in Lynn, MA.
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1903 24 NYA AL   9 2 2 2 6 7 6 10 10 10
1904 25 NYA AL   9 2 2 2 6 7 7 10 10 10
1905 26 NYA AL   9 2 3 2 6 7 7 10 10 10
1906 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 2 3 2 6 7 6 10 10 10
1907 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 2 3 2 6 6 6 10 10 10
1908 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 9 2 3 2 6 6 6 9 9 9
1909 30 NYA AL   9 2 3 2 6 7 6 9 9 9
1910 31 NYA AL   9 2 3 2 6 7 6 9 9 9
1911 32 NYA AL   9 2 3 2 6 7 6 9 9 9
1912 33 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 2 6 6 6 9 9 9
1913 34 NYA AL $ 350,000 8 2 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1914 35 NYA AL $ 350,000 8 2 3 2 6 6 6 9 9 9
1915 36 NYA AL $ 350,000 8 2 3 2 5 6 6 9 9 9
1916 37 SLN NL   8 2 3 3 5 6 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 9 2 3 3 6 7 7 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 24 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1904 25 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1905 26 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1906 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 30 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 31 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 32 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 33 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 34 NYA AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 35 NYA AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 36 NYA AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 37 SLN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 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 24 A   19 7 .731 29 29 22 11 0 245.3 136 29 4 43 390 1.06 .159 .199 .212 .411  
1904 25 AA   13 1 .929 15 15 11 6 0 133.3 76 10 2 37 201 0.68 .165 .226 .210 .436  
    A   8 2 .800 13 13 9 3 0 115.0 80 16 1 21 173 1.25 .192 .231 .237 .468  
1905 26 AAA   15 7 .682 27 27 17 8 0 228.7 181 55 8 63 224 2.16 .215 .270 .285 .555  
1906 27 NYA AL 12 15 .444 33 33 25 2 0 284.3 293 95 2 105 98 3.01 .268 .330 .321 .651 15.2
    AAA   1 3 .250 6 6 4 1 0 50.7 40 4 1 13 58 0.71 .215 .266 .269 .535  
1907 28 NYA AL 15 6 .714 22 21 15 3 0 189.7 172 53 3 61 68 2.52 .245 .303 .302 .605 15.2
1908 29 NYA AL 1 1 .500 6 1 1 0 0 16.3 12 4 0 5 8 2.20 .207 .270 .207 .477 1.2
1909 30 AAA   2 2 .500 10 2 2 0 0 24.3 18 5 0 6 24 1.85 .205 .255 .250 .505  
1910 31 AAA   0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 2 13.0 15 5 2 3 15 3.46 .306 .346 .490 .836  
1911 32 AAA   3 1 .750 12 0 0 0 2 12.0 12 4 0 5 9 3.00 .261 .333 .326 .659  
1912 33 NYA AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.0 12 5 0 3 3 6.43 .429 .484 .464 .948 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 11 1 0 0 4 19.7 15 3 0 10 11 1.37 .234 .338 .297 .635  
1913 34 NYA AL 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 3 1 2 2 3.00 .219 .257 .438 .695 1.2
1914 35 NYA AL 0 4 .000 10 2 0 0 0 24.0 31 18 0 14 13 6.75 .307 .391 .376 .768 0.0
1915 36 NYA AL 2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 0 32.3 35 12 1 23 13 3.34 .276 .387 .331 .717 1.5
1916 37 AA   16 4 .800 22 22 10 4 0 182.3 126 38 7 83 181 1.88 .192 .283 .262 .545  
7 Years Sim 32 28 .533 109 57 41 5 0 562.7 562 190 7 213 205 3.04 .262 .327 .319 .646 34.2
6 Years AAA 23 16 .590 78 36 23 9 8 348.3 281 76 11 100 341 1.96 .221 .277 .290 .567  
2 Years AA 29 5 .853 37 37 21 10 0 315.7 202 48 9 120 382 1.37 .181 .260 .241 .501  
2 Years A 27 9 .750 42 42 31 14 0 360.3 216 45 5 64 563 1.12 .169 .209 .220 .430  
10 Years Minors 79 30 .725 157 115 75 33 8 1024.3 699 169 25 284 1286 1.48 .191 .249 .251 .500  
Season Average 4 4 .500 15 8 5 0 0 80.4 80 27 1 30 29 3.04 .262 .327 .319 .646  
Career Highs 15 15 1.000 33 33 25 3 0 284.3 293 95 3 105 98 6.75 .429 .484 .464 .948  
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   315 92 4 89 106   .259 .309 .316 .625
vs LH   247 98 3 124 99   .266 .353 .323 .676
Home 14 13 .519 49 25 18 3 0 252.6 264 98 3 105 93 3.49 .271 .342 .329 .671
Away 18 15 .545 60 32 23 2 0 310.0 298 92 4 108 112 2.67 .255 .318 .310 .628
Mar/Apr 4 3 .571 11 5 3 0 0 48.3 41 14 2 12 16 2.61 .238 .288 .308 .596
May 5 2 .714 9 7 4 1 0 60.3 63 25 1 22 25 3.73 .266 .328 .350 .678
June 8 4 .667 25 10 10 1 0 104.3 100 29 0 43 37 2.50 .255 .329 .306 .635
July 4 4 .500 22 9 4 2 0 100.3 102 33 2 41 37 2.96 .261 .331 .312 .643
August 3 5 .375 16 9 6 0 0 86.3 87 31 1 32 30 3.23 .267 .332 .322 .654
Sep/Oct 8 10 .444 26 17 14 1 0 163.0 169 58 1 63 60 3.20 .270 .337 .319 .656
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
1906 27 NYA AL 33 101 6 19 3 0 0 4 3 4 1 56 .188 .194 .218 .412 2.2 0.0
1907 28 NYA AL 22 66 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 47 .030 .043 .030 .074 -4.7 0.0
1908 29 NYA AL 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1909 30 AAA   12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1913 34 NYA AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1914 35 NYA AL 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5 0.0
1915 36 NYA AL 27 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.3
6 Years Sim 105 186 10 24 3 0 0 9 3 5 2 111 .129 .136 .145 .281 -2.9 0.3
1 Years AAA 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 286 15 37 4 0 0 13 4 7 3 171 .129 .136 .145 .281 -4.4  
Career Highs 33 101 6 19 3 0 0 4 3 4 1 56 .400 .400 .400 .800 2.2  
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   137 7 17 3 0 0 5 3 3 2 86 .124 .136 .146 .282 -2.1
vs LH   49 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 25 .143 .137 .143 .280 -1.2
Home 43 79 4 9 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 46 .114 .133 .114 .246 -1.5
Away 53 107 6 15 3 0 0 6 1 4 0 65 .140 .139 .168 .307 -1.8
RISP   32 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 17 .094 .086 .094 .179 -1.3
Close/Late   27 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.8
Mar/Apr 5 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.8
May 9 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .182 .174 .182 .356 0.3
June 22 35 2 5 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 21 .143 .167 .229 .395 0.2
July 20 32 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 .156 .156 .156 .313 0.1
August 11 26 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 11 .192 .185 .192 .377 0.2
Sep/Oct 23 56 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 37 .071 .086 .071 .158 -3.1
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    
1906 27 NYA AL P 33 33 284.3 20 56 1 5 .987 2.41    
1907 28 NYA AL P 22 21 189.7 14 53 3 2 .957 3.18    
1908 29 NYA AL P 6 1 16.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1912 33 NYA AL P 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1913 34 NYA AL P 7 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1914 35 NYA AL P 10 2 24.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1915 36 NYA AL P 27 0 32.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.78    
Career Totals   109 57 562.7 38 124 5 7 .970 2.59    
Career Highs   33 33 284.3 20 56 3 5 1.000 3.18    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1907-10-2.52
 Winning Pct
1907-2-.714
 Shutouts
1907-7-3
 Walks Allowed
1906-3-105
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Nick Cullop (952)
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  3. Curly Ogden (946)
  4. Dick Braggins (944)
  5. Tommy Thomas (943)
  6. Eppa Rixey (943)
  7. Mule Watson (941)
  8. Tom Fisher (941)
  9. Wiley Dunham (941)
  10. George Abrams (938)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 49th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1903
Injured on 5/16/1903 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 5/28/1906, off Norwood Gibson (BOS)
Earned first career win on 5/28/1906
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 3/14/1916 to a minor league contract
Injured on 4/12/1916 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
 
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