Harry
Kirsch
 
Nickname: Casey
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 17, 1887 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1923   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1910 22 CHN NL   4 7 7 7 2 4 3 6 7 7
1911 23 CHN NL   4 10 10 10 5 7 6 10 10 10
1912 24 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 6 8 7 10 10 10
1913 25 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 6 7 7 10 10 10
1914 26 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 6 7 7 10 10 10
1915 27 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 6 7 7 10 10 10
1916 28 CHN NL $ 3,120,000 4 10 10 10 6 7 7 10 10 10
1917 29 CHN NL $ 3,120,000 4 9 9 9 5 6 6 9 9 9
1918 30 CHN NL $ 3,205,714 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 9 9 9
1919 31 CHN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 8 9 9 9
1920 32 CHN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 9 9 9
1921 33 CHN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 9 9 9
1922 34 CHN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 8 9 8
1923 35 CHN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8
1924 36 SLN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 8 9 8
1925 37 SLN NL $ 10,000,000 4 9 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 7 7 7 2 4 3 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000 4 10 10 10 7 8 8 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
1910 22 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 23 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 27 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 28 CHN NL $ 3,120,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 29 CHN NL $ 3,120,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 30 CHN NL $ 3,205,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 31 CHN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1920 32 CHN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 33 CHN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1922 34 CHN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1923 35 CHN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1924 36 SLN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1925 37 SLN NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 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
1910 22 A   1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 0 16.7 13 6 3 5 31 3.24 .220 .281 .373 .654  
1911 23 AAA   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 17.7 8 4 3 9 23 2.04 .140 .258 .298 .556  
1912 24 CHN NL 2 12 .143 41 41 0 0 0 162.7 113 50 3 62 146 2.77 .192 .270 .276 .546 11.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 7.3 2 0 0 1 12 0.00 .083 .120 .083 .203  
1913 25 CHN NL 2 18 .100 41 41 0 0 0 154.0 146 70 3 72 148 4.09 .251 .335 .354 .689 6.1
1914 26 CHN NL 4 10 .286 40 40 0 0 0 179.7 142 68 2 66 175 3.41 .218 .291 .328 .619 11.6
1915 27 CHN NL 3 8 .273 39 39 1 0 0 156.7 108 43 3 84 141 2.47 .193 .298 .255 .553 11.1
1916 28 CHN NL 2 11 .154 44 44 0 0 0 157.7 109 55 5 79 145 3.14 .193 .299 .294 .592 8.2
1917 29 CHN NL 3 5 .375 28 28 0 0 0 110.0 70 27 0 44 95 2.21 .175 .261 .234 .496 8.0
1918 30 CHN NL 2 10 .167 27 27 0 0 0 102.7 92 39 8 45 66 3.42 .245 .324 .386 .710 4.1
1919 31 CHN NL 0 10 .000 39 39 0 0 0 142.3 130 64 9 58 104 4.05 .249 .324 .368 .692 4.4
1920 32 CHN NL 1 9 .100 41 41 0 0 0 155.3 128 59 7 59 105 3.42 .223 .297 .329 .627 9.9
1921 33 CHN NL 1 7 .125 25 25 0 0 0 90.0 104 48 7 31 48 4.80 .286 .347 .445 .792 4.6
1922 34 CHN NL 3 6 .333 40 40 0 0 0 147.0 132 71 4 70 76 4.35 .243 .334 .363 .697 9.0
1923 35 CHN NL 2 8 .200 39 39 0 0 0 145.3 142 67 12 52 76 4.15 .253 .319 .386 .705 9.0
1924 36 SLN NL 3 8 .273 36 0 0 0 4 43.3 50 31 4 27 19 6.44 .284 .383 .455 .838 0.0
1925 37 SLN NL 6 5 .545 46 0 0 0 2 62.0 71 41 4 24 29 5.95 .297 .362 .469 .831 2.9
14 Years Sim 34 127 .211 526 444 1 0 6 1808.6 1537 733 71 773 1373 3.65 .229 .311 .340 .651 100.5
2 Years AAA 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 25.0 10 4 3 10 35 1.44 .123 .220 .235 .454  
1 Years A 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 0 16.7 13 6 3 5 31 3.24 .220 .281 .373 .654  
3 Years Minors 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 0 41.7 23 10 6 15 66 2.16 .164 .245 .293 .538  
Season Average 2 9 .182 37 31 0 0 0 129.2 109 52 5 55 98 3.65 .229 .311 .340 .651  
Career Highs 6 18 .545 46 44 1 0 4 179.7 146 71 12 84 175 6.44 .297 .383 .469 .838  
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   581 266 17 241 671   .202 .263 .287 .550
vs LH   956 467 54 532 702   .250 .342 .380 .722
Home 14 66 .175 262 217 0 0 4 899.0 788 380 29 387 689 3.80 .236 .315 .342 .657
Away 20 61 .247 264 227 1 0 2 909.6 749 353 42 386 684 3.49 .223 .303 .338 .641
Mar/Apr 5 13 .278 49 43 1 0 1 176.6 158 78 10 86 134 3.97 .238 .325 .377 .702
May 3 21 .125 95 82 0 0 2 321.6 296 153 11 149 267 4.28 .245 .327 .355 .682
June 6 23 .207 94 82 0 0 3 329.0 269 135 8 161 224 3.69 .224 .316 .324 .640
July 5 27 .156 100 88 0 0 0 352.6 297 129 14 126 277 3.29 .226 .294 .326 .620
August 3 27 .100 91 73 0 0 0 305.0 258 107 15 125 222 3.16 .228 .304 .336 .641
Sep/Oct 12 16 .429 97 76 0 0 0 323.6 259 131 13 126 249 3.64 .219 .294 .339 .633
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
1910 22 A   9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1912 24 CHN NL 41 46 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .022 .063 .022 .084 -3.0 0.0
1913 25 CHN NL 41 40 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .075 .119 .125 .244 -0.8 0.0
1914 26 CHN NL 40 54 4 5 0 0 2 10 0 0 2 29 .093 .125 .204 .329 0.6 0.0
1915 27 CHN NL 39 42 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 22 .071 .114 .095 .209 -1.5 0.0
1916 28 CHN NL 44 44 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 20 .068 .128 .091 .219 -0.8 0.0
1917 29 CHN NL 28 30 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 .100 .129 .200 .329 0.3 0.0
1918 30 CHN NL 27 28 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .143 .172 .179 .351 0.3 0.0
1919 31 CHN NL 39 35 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .143 .167 .200 .367 0.1 0.0
1920 32 CHN NL 41 39 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .051 .051 .051 .103 -2.4 0.0
1921 33 CHN NL 25 24 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .042 .042 .083 .125 -1.3 0.0
1922 34 CHN NL 40 42 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .119 .159 .143 .302 -0.4 0.0
1923 35 CHN NL 39 43 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 .070 .091 .070 .161 -2.1 0.0
1924 36 SLN NL 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1925 37 SLN NL 46 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
14 Years Sim 526 478 27 39 10 1 2 28 1 0 17 209 .082 .113 .119 .232 -11.3 0.0
1 Years A 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
162 Game Average 147 8 12 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 64 .082 .113 .119 .232 -3.5  
Career Highs 46 54 4 5 2 1 2 10 1 0 3 29 .167 .172 .204 .367 0.6  
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   375 18 30 9 1 0 17 0 0 10 164 .080 .104 .109 .213 -12.2
vs LH   103 9 9 1 0 2 11 1 0 7 45 .087 .145 .155 .301 0.1
Home 262 187 12 17 2 0 1 14 0 0 8 87 .091 .128 .118 .246 -3.7
Away 264 291 15 22 8 1 1 14 1 0 9 122 .076 .103 .120 .224 -8.3
RISP   131 0 12 0 0 2 28 0 0 9 58 .092 .150 .137 .287 -0.5
Close/Late   1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7
Mar/Apr 43 44 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .023 .085 .023 .108 -2.6
May 87 86 8 5 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 37 .058 .090 .093 .183 -3.5
June 89 90 4 12 2 0 0 7 1 0 4 43 .133 .170 .156 .326 0.5
July 98 92 2 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 37 .087 .116 .152 .268 -1.4
August 86 80 5 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 32 .113 .123 .150 .273 -1.3
Sep/Oct 85 86 5 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 40 .047 .079 .093 .172 -3.7
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    
1912 24 CHN NL P 41 41 162.7 10 37 6 2 .887 2.60    
1913 25 CHN NL P 41 41 154.0 9 23 1 1 .970 1.87    
1914 26 CHN NL P 40 40 179.7 6 26 1 2 .970 1.60    
1915 27 CHN NL P 39 39 156.7 9 33 2 4 .955 2.41    
1916 28 CHN NL P 44 44 157.7 7 28 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1917 29 CHN NL P 28 28 110.0 6 27 2 2 .943 2.70    
1918 30 CHN NL P 27 27 102.7 4 24 0 3 1.000 2.45    
1919 31 CHN NL P 39 39 142.3 7 37 1 2 .978 2.78    
1920 32 CHN NL P 41 41 155.3 13 28 2 0 .953 2.38    
1921 33 CHN NL P 25 25 90.0 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.50    
1922 34 CHN NL P 40 40 147.0 16 32 1 1 .980 2.94    
1923 35 CHN NL P 39 39 145.3 18 44 3 2 .954 3.84    
1924 36 SLN NL P 36 0 43.3 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.28    
1925 37 SLN NL P 46 0 62.0 4 17 1 1 .955 3.05    
Career Totals   526 444 1808.6 118 383 20 22 .962 2.49    
Career Highs   46 44 179.7 18 44 6 4 1.000 3.84    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1912-6-2.77
Losses
1913-7-18
Saves
1924-9-4
1925-10-2
Games Pitched
1912-9-41
1913-7-41
1916-2-44
1919-4-39
1920-5-41
1922-7-40
1925-3-46
CAR-12-526
Games Started
1912-7-41
1913-5-41
1914-8-40
1916-1-44
1919-2-39
1920-1-41
1922-4-40
1923-7-39
CAR-20-444
Homeruns Allowed
1918-7-8
1919-5-9
Strikeouts
1913-8-148
1914-9-175
CAR-42-1373
Walks Allowed
CAR-45-773
Hits per 9IP
1912-1-6.3
1914-2-7.1
CAR-8-7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
1912-1-8.1
1914-2-8.8
CAR-2-6.8
WHiP
1912-3-1.08
1914-9-1.16
OAVG
1912-1-.192
1914-3-.218
CAR-6-.229
OOBP
1912-1-.270
1914-9-.291
OSLG
1912-2-.276
OOPS
1912-1-.546
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1910
Earned first career win on 9/8/1912
Had first career hit on 9/16/1912, off Dick Rudolph (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/13/1914, off George Mogridge (NY1)
Pitched NO-HITTER against Cincinnati on 4/27/1915, striking out 9
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,120,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,120,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/3/1917 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 8 weeks
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,205,714 through salary arbitration
9/14/1918: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $10,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 7/30/1921 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1923
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/19/1924 to a 3-year deal worth $10,000,000 per year