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Ed
Klepfer		  
Nickname: Big Ed
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 17, 1888 in Usa, PA, SUMMERVILLE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1911 23 SLN NL   5 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8
1912 24 SLN NL   5 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8
1913 25 SLN NL   5 1 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8
1914 26 SLN NL   5 1 1 1 8 8 8 8 8 8
1915 27 SLN NL   5 1 1 1 8 8 8 8 8 8
1916 28 SLN NL   4 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 9 9
1917 29 CHN NL $ 2,000,000 4 1 1 1 8 8 8 8 8 8
1918 30 CHN NL $ 2,000,000 4 1 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8
1919 31 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 1 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8
1920 32 CHN NL $ 300,000 4 1 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7
1921 33 CHN NL $ 350,000 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6
1922 34 CHN NL $ 350,000 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6
1923 35 CHN NL $ 350,000 3 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 9 9
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
1911 23 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 24 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 25 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 26 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 27 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 28 SLN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 29 CHN NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 30 CHN NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 31 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1920 32 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 33 CHN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1922 34 CHN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1923 35 CHN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 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 $ 2,000,000   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
1911 23 AAA   2 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 2 16.3 11 4 1 8 15 2.20 .193 .292 .263 .555  
1912 24 AAA   3 2 .600 32 0 0 0 8 44.3 43 18 5 14 39 3.65 .257 .315 .413 .728  
1913 25 AAA   3 4 .429 37 0 0 0 15 41.0 42 16 0 27 26 3.51 .259 .365 .309 .674  
1914 26 AAA   1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 21.7 18 8 0 9 18 3.32 .231 .310 .321 .631  
1915 27 AAA   1 1 .500 13 0 0 0 0 18.3 24 15 0 13 11 7.36 .320 .420 .440 .860  
1916 28 AAA   2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 3 24.0 20 5 0 8 18 1.88 .222 .286 .278 .563  
1917 29 CHN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 4 2 0 0 1 27.27 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 0 27.7 32 12 0 13 17 3.90 .291 .366 .345 .711  
1918 30 CHN NL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 17.7 20 4 2 3 11 2.04 .267 .304 .360 .664 1.0
1919 31 CHN NL 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 0 27.7 29 14 3 10 6 4.56 .259 .320 .393 .713 0.1
1920 32 CHN NL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 17.3 22 16 1 8 8 8.31 .324 .390 .544 .934 0.0
1921 33 CHN NL 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 0 29.0 38 18 5 7 5 5.59 .309 .351 .480 .831 1.0
1922 34 CHN NL 2 2 .500 32 0 0 0 1 35.0 43 27 9 23 8 6.94 .299 .402 .542 .944 0.0
1923 35 CHN NL 5 3 .625 62 0 0 0 3 89.7 114 50 15 23 16 5.02 .306 .349 .505 .855 5.5
7 Years Sim 7 6 .538 159 0 0 0 4 217.0 270 131 35 74 55 5.43 .300 .356 .486 .842 7.6
7 Years AAA 12 7 .632 135 0 0 0 28 193.3 190 78 6 92 144 3.63 .257 .339 .345 .684  
Season Average 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 31.0 38 18 5 10 7 5.43 .300 .356 .486 .842  
Career Highs 5 3 .625 62 0 0 0 3 89.7 114 50 15 23 16 27.27 .667 .667 .667 1.333  
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   124 59 15 23 34   .286 .322 .457 .780
vs LH   146 72 20 51 21   .313 .380 .512 .892
Home 6 2 .750 82 0 0 0 2 116.3 134 63 19 34 30 4.87 .282 .330 .465 .795
Away 1 4 .200 77 0 0 0 2 100.6 136 68 16 40 25 6.08 .320 .378 .508 .887
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 21.7 23 15 2 10 4 6.24 .264 .340 .425 .765
May 2 0 1.000 29 0 0 0 2 41.6 49 16 4 8 18 3.46 .287 .318 .427 .745
June 1 1 .500 30 0 0 0 1 39.3 50 28 5 19 6 6.41 .305 .377 .463 .840
July 2 4 .333 32 0 0 0 0 45.3 60 27 8 17 12 5.36 .309 .365 .485 .849
August 1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 1 23.0 27 15 5 5 7 5.87 .297 .333 .527 .861
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 32 0 0 0 0 46.0 61 30 11 15 8 5.87 .316 .365 .565 .930
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
1915 27 AAA   1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5  
1917 29 CHN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1918 30 CHN NL 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1919 31 CHN NL 17 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1920 32 CHN NL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1921 33 CHN NL 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1922 34 CHN NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1923 35 CHN NL 62 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 159 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .097 .097 .097 .194 -1.4 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5  
162 Game Average 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .097 .097 .097 .194 -1.4  
Career Highs 62 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.0  
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   24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .083 .083 .083 .167 -1.1
vs LH   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Home 66 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .130 .130 .130 .261 -0.4
Away 36 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
RISP   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
Mar/Apr 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 19 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
June 22 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
July 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
August 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
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    
1917 29 CHN NL P 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1918 30 CHN NL P 15 0 17.7 0 2 1 0 .667 1.02    
1919 31 CHN NL P 17 0 27.7 4 9 0 0 1.000 4.23    
1920 32 CHN NL P 15 0 17.3 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.12    
1921 33 CHN NL P 17 0 29.0 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.79    
1922 34 CHN NL P 32 0 35.0 2 5 1 0 .875 1.80    
1923 35 CHN NL P 62 0 89.7 4 23 4 0 .871 2.71    
Career Totals   159 0 217.0 13 51 6 1 .914 2.65    
Career Highs   62 0 89.7 4 23 4 1 1.000 4.23    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1923-2-62
 Homeruns Allowed
1923-10-15
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1911
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/14/1917 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Had first career hit on 5/8/1919, off Jimmy Zinn (CIN)
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Earned first career win on 7/2/1922
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/21/1923 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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