Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Joe
Lake		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 6, 1881 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1914    1915    1916    1917   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1908 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 10 4 5 4 7 8 7 8 8 8
1909 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1910 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7
1911 30 BSN NL $ 350,000 10 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 7
1912 31 BSN NL $ 350,000 10 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 7
1913 32 BSN NL $ 350,000 10 3 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 7
1914 33 SLN NL $ 300,000 10 3 4 4 8 8 8 7 8 8
1915 34 SLN NL $ 1,750,000 10 3 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 8
1916 35 SLN NL $ 1,750,000 10 3 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1917 36 SLN NL $ 1,750,000 9 3 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1918 37 WAS AL $ 600,000 9 3 4 3 8 8 8 6 7 6
1919 38 WAS AL   9 2 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 2 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000 10 4 5 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
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
1908 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1909 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1910 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1911 30 BSN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1912 31 BSN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1913 32 BSN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1914 33 SLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1915 34 SLN NL $ 1,750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1916 35 SLN NL $ 1,750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1917 36 SLN NL $ 1,750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1918 37 WAS AL $ 600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
1919 38 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 8 8 8
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
1908 27 BSN NL 8 5 .615 18 16 12 1 0 140.3 143 51 4 43 86 3.27 .265 .317 .334 .651 6.6
1911 30 BSN NL 4 6 .400 23 0 0 0 1 38.7 49 17 4 14 18 3.96 .310 .370 .418 .788 2.2
1912 31 BSN NL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 13.3 13 3 0 6 6 2.03 .250 .322 .250 .572 1.2
1913 32 BSN NL 0 1 .000 7 1 0 0 0 10.7 23 14 4 6 7 11.82 .434 .483 .736 1.219 0.0
1914 33 SLN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 12 9 0 5 2 14.31 .429 .515 .679 1.194 0.0
    AAA   21 8 .724 30 30 16 3 0 249.7 205 80 20 88 196 2.88 .223 .291 .327 .618  
1915 34 SLN NL 6 2 .750 25 3 3 0 11 59.3 43 11 1 26 22 1.67 .201 .286 .257 .543 10.5
1916 35 SLN NL 1 4 .200 24 3 1 0 12 45.7 54 27 3 23 16 5.32 .292 .370 .427 .797 0.6
1917 36 SLN NL 4 4 .500 14 7 5 0 0 63.7 66 36 3 26 21 5.09 .278 .346 .371 .717 0.0
1918 37 WAS AL 4 10 .286 23 11 7 0 1 108.0 110 49 1 29 31 4.08 .263 .313 .325 .637 4.2
1919 38 AAA   2 5 .286 24 0 0 0 9 29.0 40 14 1 9 19 4.34 .331 .377 .421 .798  
9 Years Sim 27 33 .450 144 42 28 1 25 485.3 513 217 20 178 209 4.02 .272 .334 .358 .692 25.3
2 Years AAA 23 13 .639 54 30 16 3 9 278.7 245 94 21 97 215 3.04 .236 .301 .338 .639  
Season Average 3 3 .500 16 4 3 0 2 53.9 57 24 2 19 23 4.02 .272 .334 .358 .692  
Career Highs 8 10 .750 25 16 12 1 12 140.3 143 51 4 43 86 14.31 .434 .515 .736 1.219  
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   241 111 10 78 121   .256 .313 .338 .650
vs LH   272 106 10 100 88   .288 .357 .379 .735
Home 18 18 .500 72 29 18 0 5 305.6 334 151 9 116 137 4.45 .279 .342 .360 .703
Away 9 15 .375 72 13 10 1 21 179.6 179 66 11 62 72 3.31 .261 .322 .354 .676
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 19 4 2 0 5 56.0 57 24 3 22 31 3.86 .270 .339 .370 .709
May 6 7 .462 30 9 8 1 6 103.3 93 32 2 34 52 2.79 .234 .295 .297 .592
June 6 7 .462 23 12 8 0 3 109.3 120 53 4 41 46 4.36 .286 .349 .367 .716
July 5 4 .556 21 5 4 0 1 67.6 66 21 2 19 22 2.79 .254 .305 .304 .609
August 3 8 .273 27 5 3 0 4 73.7 87 36 3 23 32 4.40 .289 .340 .379 .718
Sep/Oct 4 6 .400 24 7 3 0 7 75.3 90 51 6 39 26 6.09 .304 .385 .446 .831
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
1908 27 BSN NL 18 47 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .085 .140 .128 .268 -0.7 0.0
1911 30 BSN NL 23 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.1
1912 31 BSN NL 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1913 32 BSN NL 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833 0.8 0.2
1914 33 SLN NL 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3
1915 34 SLN NL 25 14 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .357 .357 .357 .714 1.4 0.3
1916 35 SLN NL 24 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .300 .273 .300 .573 1.2 0.1
1917 36 SLN NL 14 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .095 .095 .095 .190 -0.7 0.0
1918 37 WAS AL 23 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .033 .033 .033 .067 -1.9 0.0
9 Years Sim 144 138 8 20 2 0 0 8 1 0 3 18 .145 .161 .159 .320 0.9 1.0
162 Game Average 155 9 22 2 0 0 9 1 0 3 20 .145 .161 .159 .320 1.1  
Career Highs 25 47 2 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 10 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.4  
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   97 5 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 14 .144 .152 .165 .316 0.0
vs LH   41 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .146 .182 .146 .328 0.3
Home 72 92 7 14 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 11 .152 .160 .174 .333 0.5
Away 69 46 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .130 .163 .130 .294 -0.2
RISP   30 0 5 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 .167 .156 .200 .356 0.3
Close/Late   10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2
Mar/Apr 7 17 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .176 .222 .235 .458 0.7
May 22 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .107 .138 .107 .245 -0.6
June 14 33 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .118 .121 .239 -0.8
July 15 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 .211 .211 .211 .421 0.7
August 19 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .150 .150 .300 -0.1
Sep/Oct 22 21 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .190 .174 .190 .364 0.4
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    
1908 27 BSN NL P 18 16 140.3 5 26 0 1 1.000 1.99    
1911 30 BSN NL P 23 0 38.7 2 5 1 1 .875 1.63    
1912 31 BSN NL P 9 0 13.3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.68    
1913 32 BSN NL P 7 1 10.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.53    
1914 33 SLN NL P 1 1 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1915 34 SLN NL P 25 3 59.3 3 8 2 0 .846 1.67    
1916 35 SLN NL P 24 3 45.7 3 11 1 1 .933 2.76    
1917 36 SLN NL P 14 7 63.7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.99    
1918 37 WAS AL P 23 11 108.0 2 22 1 2 .960 2.00    
Career Totals   144 42 485.3 17 82 6 6 .943 1.84    
Career Highs   25 16 140.3 5 26 2 2 1.000 2.76    
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
1915 34 SLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .400 .400 .400 .800
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .400 .400 .400 .800
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1915-1-11
1916-1-12
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Amos Rusie (982)
  2. Del Mason (979)
  3. Vic Aldridge (976)
  4. Lou Schettler (974)
  5. Dummy Leitner (974)
  6. Bill Magee (972)
  7. Joe Benz (972)
  8. George Winter (970)
  9. Bill Phyle (970)
  10. Dale Gear (970)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1908
Had first career hit (double) on 4/17/1908, off Bob Rhoads (BRO)
Earned first career win on 4/17/1908
10/14/1914: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1915
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1916
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1917
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/23/1918 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Injured on 7/18/1918 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/15/1919 to a minor league contract
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.