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Bob
Lawson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 23, 1876 in Brookneal, VA.
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 24 CLE AL $ 2,207,143 10 2 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
1902 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10
1903 26 CLE AL $ 350,000 10 2 3 2 5 5 5 10 10 10
1904 27 CLE AL $ 1,757,143 10 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10
1905 28 CLE AL $ 1,757,143 9 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10
1906 29 CLE AL $ 2,490,000 9 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10
1907 30 CLE AL $ 2,490,000 9 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10
1908 31 CLE AL $ 2,490,000 9 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10
1909 32 CLE AL $ 3,509,000 9 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 33 CLE AL $ 3,509,000 8 1 1 1 3 4 3 10 10 10
1911 34 CLE AL   8 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,509,000 10 2 3 3 5 6 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 24 CLE AL $ 2,207,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1902 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1903 26 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1904 27 CLE AL $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1905 28 CLE AL $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1906 29 CLE AL $ 2,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 30 CLE AL $ 2,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 31 CLE AL $ 2,490,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 32 CLE AL $ 3,509,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 33 CLE AL $ 3,509,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 34 CLE AL     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 $ 3,509,000   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
1901 24 CLE AL 4 5 .444 18 2 2 0 2 41.3 43 13 0 13 6 2.83 .264 .318 .294 .613 3.7
1902 25 CLE AL 2 4 .333 23 0 0 0 2 29.3 32 14 4 14 3 4.30 .288 .362 .450 .813 1.6
1903 26 CLE AL 4 12 .250 29 19 12 1 1 182.7 216 75 1 54 66 3.70 .293 .343 .394 .737 7.6
1904 27 CLE AL 3 7 .300 13 13 3 0 0 100.3 124 52 0 37 18 4.66 .305 .359 .371 .730 1.2
1905 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 23 0 0 0 2 33.7 28 15 0 6 13 4.01 .228 .262 .268 .530 2.6
1906 29 CLE AL 3 3 .500 15 0 0 0 2 18.3 23 9 0 4 4 4.42 .319 .354 .389 .743 1.3
1907 30 CLE AL 2 7 .222 28 0 0 0 3 37.3 50 21 1 29 13 5.06 .338 .444 .399 .842 0.0
1908 31 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 11 2 1 0 1 28.3 32 7 1 10 8 2.22 .291 .347 .345 .693 2.5
1909 32 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 1 13.3 15 11 0 7 4 7.43 .283 .361 .377 .738 0.0
1910 33 CLE AL 0 2 .000 9 2 1 0 1 18.7 21 22 0 22 4 10.61 .273 .434 .325 .759 0.0
1911 34 CLE AL 0 5 .000 9 2 0 0 0 22.0 28 20 0 18 10 8.18 .311 .426 .378 .804 0.0
11 Years Sim 23 47 .329 188 40 19 1 15 525.3 612 259 7 214 149 4.44 .293 .357 .371 .729 20.6
Season Average 2 4 .333 17 3 1 0 1 47.8 55 23 0 19 13 4.44 .293 .357 .371 .729  
Career Highs 4 12 1.000 29 19 12 1 3 182.7 216 75 4 54 66 10.61 .338 .444 .450 .842  
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   353 153 4 107 93   .271 .327 .341 .668
vs LH   259 106 3 107 56   .327 .408 .421 .829
Home 14 21 .400 88 21 10 1 4 270.6 325 132 6 101 67 4.39 .299 .359 .393 .752
Away 9 26 .257 100 19 9 0 11 254.6 287 127 1 113 82 4.49 .285 .357 .348 .705
Mar/Apr 1 5 .167 24 2 0 0 5 44.0 50 17 0 16 10 3.48 .284 .344 .341 .685
May 5 13 .278 43 11 5 0 2 128.6 170 89 1 62 28 6.23 .317 .387 .408 .795
June 5 12 .294 33 11 7 1 2 120.3 131 47 3 45 44 3.52 .277 .340 .357 .697
July 2 7 .222 33 9 4 0 1 102.0 113 55 2 42 30 4.86 .280 .348 .376 .724
August 7 4 .636 30 4 2 0 2 71.3 82 29 1 18 17 3.66 .297 .340 .359 .699
Sep/Oct 3 6 .333 25 3 1 0 3 59.0 66 22 0 31 20 3.36 .292 .377 .345 .723
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
1901 24 CLE AL 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0
1902 25 CLE AL 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1903 26 CLE AL 29 58 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 28 .000 .079 .000 .079 -4.5 0.0
1904 27 CLE AL 13 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .000 .050 .000 .050 -2.9 0.0
1905 28 CLE AL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1907 30 CLE AL 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1908 31 CLE AL 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3 0.0
1909 32 CLE AL 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1910 33 CLE AL 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1911 34 CLE AL 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
10 Years Sim 173 137 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 75 .007 .062 .007 .069 -10.4 0.0
162 Game Average 128 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 70 .007 .062 .007 .069 -9.7  
Career Highs 29 58 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 28 .111 .125 .111 .222 -0.2  
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   79 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 42 .000 .037 .000 .037 -6.7
vs LH   58 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 .017 .095 .017 .112 -3.3
Home 81 72 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 35 .000 .053 .000 .053 -5.4
Away 75 65 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 40 .015 .072 .015 .088 -4.6
RISP   40 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .000 .070 .000 .070 -3.2
Close/Late   17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .056 .000 .056 -1.3
Mar/Apr 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
May 31 38 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 23 .000 .050 .000 .050 -2.8
June 24 35 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .000 .079 .000 .079 -2.3
July 23 29 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .000 .065 .000 .065 -2.4
August 8 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0
Sep/Oct 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7
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    
1901 24 CLE AL P 18 2 41.3 0 6 2 0 .750 1.31    
1902 25 CLE AL P 23 0 29.3 1 9 0 1 1.000 3.07    
1903 26 CLE AL P 29 19 182.7 12 37 4 2 .925 2.41    
1904 27 CLE AL P 13 13 100.3 5 26 5 3 .861 2.78    
1905 28 CLE AL P 23 0 33.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.41    
1906 29 CLE AL P 15 0 18.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.47    
1907 30 CLE AL P 28 0 37.3 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1908 31 CLE AL P 11 2 28.3 1 2 1 0 .750 0.95    
1909 32 CLE AL P 10 0 13.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1910 33 CLE AL P 9 2 18.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1911 34 CLE AL P 9 2 22.0 1 8 1 0 .900 3.68    
Career Totals   188 40 525.3 31 106 13 6 .913 2.35    
Career Highs   29 19 182.7 12 37 5 3 1.000 3.68    
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
1908 31 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1901-9-2
 Shutouts
1903-7-1
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 12th round, 179th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1901
Earned first career win on 8/16/1901
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
7/31/1905: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,490,000 per year, for 3 years
6/28/1908: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,509,000 per year, for 3 years
Had first career hit on 8/26/1908, off Ralph Caldwell (SLA)
Released by Cleveland on 7/26/1911
 
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