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Elmer
Rieger		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 25, 1889 in Usa, CA, PERRIS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1910 21 PHA AL   6 2 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8
1911 22 PHA AL   6 2 3 2 6 7 7 8 8 8
1912 23 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 8 8
1913 24 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 8
1914 25 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 7 8 8 8 9 8
1915 26 WAS AL $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 8
1916 27 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 8
1917 28 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 9 8
1918 29 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 6 7 7 8 9 8
1919 30 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 6 7 6 7 8 8
1920 31 WAS AL   6 1 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
1921 32 WAS AL   6 2 2 2 6 7 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 1 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 2 3 3 7 8 8 8 9 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
1910 21 PHA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 22 PHA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 23 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 24 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 25 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 26 WAS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 27 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 28 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 29 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 30 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1920 31 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 32 WAS 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 $ 300,000   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
1910 21 AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 2 2 9.00 .250 .357 .333 .690  
    AA   3 1 .750 56 0 0 0 12 39.0 26 10 0 18 56 2.31 .193 .288 .252 .539  
1911 22 AAA   4 1 .800 34 2 1 0 8 47.3 47 12 1 21 29 2.28 .258 .335 .302 .637  
    AA   1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333  
1912 23 AAA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 15.3 19 11 2 9 13 6.46 .317 .406 .483 .889  
1913 24 AAA   2 2 .500 18 3 0 0 0 52.3 55 33 3 41 29 5.68 .276 .400 .357 .757  
1914 25 AAA   1 4 .200 18 5 1 0 0 62.7 58 22 5 34 39 3.16 .242 .336 .342 .677  
1915 26 WAS AL 3 10 .231 49 2 1 0 2 74.0 77 32 3 37 23 3.89 .273 .357 .358 .715 2.1
1916 27 AAA   2 4 .333 23 0 0 0 0 44.7 58 31 2 18 28 6.25 .301 .360 .409 .770  
1917 28 AA   8 15 .348 28 28 12 0 0 209.7 216 88 2 88 183 3.78 .263 .334 .312 .646  
1918 29 AA   17 9 .654 29 29 15 2 0 232.7 212 63 4 89 216 2.44 .241 .310 .306 .617  
1919 30 AAA   0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 0 27.3 47 13 1 16 12 4.28 .385 .457 .467 .924  
1920 31 AA   4 2 .667 6 6 2 1 0 48.0 48 12 2 22 37 2.25 .259 .338 .308 .646  
1921 32 AA   5 2 .714 21 1 1 0 0 60.0 59 15 1 23 30 2.25 .261 .329 .323 .652  
1 Years Sim 3 10 .231 49 2 1 0 2 74.0 77 32 3 37 23 3.89 .273 .357 .358 .715 2.1
7 Years AAA 9 12 .429 120 10 2 0 8 252.6 287 125 14 141 152 4.45 .285 .372 .374 .747  
6 Years AA 38 29 .567 142 64 30 3 12 591.3 562 188 9 240 524 2.86 .249 .322 .307 .628  
13 Years Minors 47 41 .534 262 74 32 3 20 844.0 849 313 23 381 676 3.34 .260 .338 .327 .665  
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   36 13 2 16 13   .243 .317 .338 .655
vs LH   41 19 1 21 10   .306 .400 .381 .781
Home 3 4 .429 31 2 1 0 0 56.0 44 17 0 30 18 2.73 .219 .320 .264 .584
Away 0 6 .000 18 0 0 0 2 18.0 33 15 3 7 5 7.50 .407 .455 .593 1.047
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 2 1 1 0 0 11.0 9 1 0 6 2 0.82 .220 .319 .220 .539
May 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .667 1.000
June 1 2 .333 10 1 0 0 1 22.3 17 10 0 11 11 4.03 .202 .295 .226 .521
July 1 2 .333 13 0 0 0 1 16.3 20 8 2 5 4 4.41 .323 .373 .484 .857
August 0 2 .000 6 0 0 0 0 7.0 10 4 0 7 3 5.14 .345 .472 .379 .852
Sep/Oct 1 3 .250 16 0 0 0 0 16.7 20 9 1 8 3 4.86 .317 .394 .476 .871
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 26 WAS AL 49 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .444 .556 0.7 0.1
1 Years Sim 49 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .444 .556 0.7 0.1
162 Game Average 29 3 3 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 9 .111 .111 .444 .556 2.3  
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   3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 1.2
vs LH   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Home 31 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .667 .833 1.0
Away 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 10 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 1.2
July 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
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    
1915 26 WAS AL P 49 2 74.0 7 18 0 1 1.000 3.04    
Career Totals   49 2 74.0 7 18 0 1 1.000 3.04    
Career Highs   49 2 74.0 7 18 0 1 1.000 3.04    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1915-3-49
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
History
Drafted in 5th round, 73rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1910
Injured on 5/24/1911 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Washington on 2/12/1912 (Going to PHA: CF Beals Becker, 3B Bill Friel. Going to WAS: 1B Hal Chase, P Elmer Rieger)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/10/1915, off Bill Doak (PHA)
Earned first career win on 6/28/1915
Injured on 8/22/1917 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/15/1919 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/16/1920 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
 
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