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Eppa
Rixey		  
Nickname: Jephtha
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 3, 1891 in Usa, VA, CULPEPER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 21 DET AL   9 3 2 2 9 7 7 10 8 9
1913 22 DET AL   9 3 2 2 9 7 8 10 9 9
1914 23 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 2 2 10 8 8 10 9 9
1915 24 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 2 2 9 8 8 10 9 10
1916 25 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 2 2 10 8 9 10 10 10
1917 26 WAS AL   9 3 2 2 10 8 9 10 10 10
1918 27 WAS AL   9 3 2 2 10 8 9 9 9 9
1919 28 WAS AL   8 3 2 2 10 8 8 9 9 9
1920 29 WAS AL   8 3 2 2 9 8 8 9 9 9
1921 30 WAS AL   8 3 2 2 9 7 8 9 9 9
1922 31 WAS AL   8 3 2 2 9 7 8 9 9 9
1923 32 WAS AL   8 2 1 2 9 7 8 9 8 8
1924 33 WAS AL   8 2 1 1 9 7 8 9 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 1 1 9 7 7 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 3 2 2 10 8 9 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
1912 21 DET AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1913 22 DET AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1914 23 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1915 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1916 25 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1917 26 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1918 27 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1919 28 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1920 29 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1921 30 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1922 31 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1923 32 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1924 33 WAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
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
1912 21 AAA   8 19 .296 30 30 10 0 0 214.3 262 124 9 79 138 5.21 .300 .359 .412 .770  
1913 22 AAA   13 14 .481 31 31 13 1 0 235.3 249 100 7 91 133 3.82 .268 .333 .340 .673  
1914 23 DET AL 10 16 .385 32 28 22 0 2 247.3 267 112 9 81 93 4.08 .279 .334 .355 .689 8.2
1915 24 DET AL 12 7 .632 22 22 15 2 0 178.0 171 57 2 64 63 2.88 .251 .316 .317 .633 12.1
    AAA   7 5 .583 12 12 5 0 0 96.3 91 38 1 40 56 3.55 .251 .325 .306 .631  
1916 25 DET AL 17 10 .630 30 30 24 1 0 260.7 294 100 2 59 79 3.45 .284 .321 .346 .667 14.4
1917 26 AAA   13 11 .542 30 30 17 2 0 245.0 276 76 3 78 150 2.79 .281 .334 .343 .677  
1918 27 AAA   15 4 .789 22 22 7 0 0 172.0 194 71 5 43 108 3.72 .278 .319 .348 .667  
1919 28 AAA   12 11 .522 26 26 7 2 0 188.0 258 85 4 49 100 4.07 .326 .365 .402 .767  
1920 29 AAA   5 10 .333 17 17 6 0 0 117.3 183 59 4 35 43 4.53 .351 .392 .443 .835  
1921 30 AAA   11 12 .478 26 26 6 0 0 180.3 255 106 6 72 67 5.29 .338 .396 .428 .824  
1922 31 AAA   5 17 .227 28 28 8 0 0 185.3 290 122 8 71 71 5.92 .347 .398 .447 .845  
1923 32 AAA   5 11 .313 18 18 2 0 0 109.7 186 81 4 36 51 6.65 .371 .413 .478 .891  
1924 33 AAA   5 13 .278 23 23 7 0 0 140.7 220 86 2 44 45 5.50 .358 .401 .447 .848  
3 Years Sim 39 33 .542 84 80 61 3 2 686.0 732 269 13 204 235 3.53 .274 .324 .342 .666 34.6
11 Years AAA 99 127 .438 263 263 88 5 0 1884.3 2464 948 53 638 962 4.53 .313 .365 .397 .762  
Season Average 13 11 .542 28 26 20 1 0 228.7 244 89 4 68 78 3.53 .274 .324 .342 .666  
Career Highs 17 16 .632 32 30 24 2 2 260.7 294 112 9 81 93 4.08 .284 .334 .355 .689  
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   551 199 12 160 161   .284 .339 .354 .693
vs LH   181 70 1 44 74   .247 .289 .311 .600
Home 21 14 .600 41 41 31 2 0 357.3 382 135 8 105 117 3.40 .277 .328 .337 .665
Away 18 19 .486 43 39 30 1 2 328.7 350 134 5 99 118 3.67 .270 .322 .347 .670
Mar/Apr 4 2 .667 7 7 5 0 0 59.7 68 24 0 25 21 3.62 .296 .365 .348 .713
May 3 7 .300 12 12 10 0 0 103.7 120 51 4 30 38 4.43 .291 .339 .388 .728
June 10 4 .714 15 15 11 0 0 129.7 137 46 1 40 46 3.19 .272 .325 .337 .663
July 10 7 .588 17 17 15 3 0 147.0 152 59 4 43 53 3.61 .269 .321 .336 .657
August 7 8 .467 18 18 11 0 0 154.7 166 63 3 42 40 3.67 .277 .324 .336 .660
Sep/Oct 5 5 .500 15 11 9 0 2 91.3 89 26 1 24 37 2.56 .245 .292 .311 .603
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
1912 21 AAA   1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
1914 23 DET AL 32 91 6 15 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 17 .165 .165 .176 .341 -0.5 0.0
1915 24 DET AL 22 63 3 13 1 1 0 12 0 0 1 11 .206 .212 .254 .466 3.6 0.0
1916 25 DET AL 30 97 12 18 1 0 0 14 0 0 3 11 .186 .210 .196 .406 2.9 0.0
3 Years Sim 84 251 21 46 3 1 0 29 0 2 4 39 .183 .195 .203 .398 6.0 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 484 40 88 5 1 0 55 0 3 7 75 .183 .195 .203 .398 11.6  
Career Highs 32 97 12 18 1 1 0 14 0 2 3 17 .206 .212 .254 .466 3.6  
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   163 13 26 2 1 0 21 0 0 4 29 .160 .178 .184 .362 2.2
vs LH   88 8 20 1 0 0 8 0 2 0 10 .227 .227 .239 .466 3.1
Home 41 128 11 25 2 0 0 14 0 2 1 18 .195 .198 .211 .409 2.8
Away 43 123 10 21 1 1 0 15 0 0 3 21 .171 .190 .195 .386 2.5
RISP   75 0 14 0 1 0 28 0 0 1 16 .187 .192 .213 .406 2.0
Close/Late   20 3 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .350 .600 1.6
Mar/Apr 7 22 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 .273 .304 .273 .577 1.5
May 12 39 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.2
June 15 52 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 10 .115 .115 .115 .231 -1.7
July 17 57 6 15 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 .263 .263 .298 .561 3.9
August 18 52 4 9 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 7 .173 .200 .212 .412 1.6
Sep/Oct 11 29 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .138 .161 .172 .334 0.2
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    
1914 23 DET AL P 32 28 247.3 20 70 3 6 .968 3.27    
1915 24 DET AL P 22 22 178.0 17 49 2 0 .971 3.34    
1916 25 DET AL P 30 30 260.7 22 55 2 2 .975 2.66    
Career Totals   84 80 686.0 59 174 7 8 .971 3.06    
Career Highs   32 30 260.7 22 70 3 6 .975 3.34    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1914-6-16
 Winning Pct
1915-7-.632
1916-7-.630
 Hits Allowed
1916-10-294
 Homeruns Allowed
1914-8-9
 Walks per 9IP
1916-10-2.0
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Ed Doheny (978)
  2. Ted Radcliffe (972)
  3. Tommy Thomas (971)
  4. Larry Hesterfer (960)
  5. Cy Young (955)
  6. George Abrams (953)
  7. Dolf Luque (944)
  8. Bill Bernhard (944)
  9. Mike O'Neill (943)
  10. John Deering (943)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Detroit in 1912
Injured on 5/22/1913 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 3/14/1914 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/16/1914, off Carl Druhot (SLA)
Earned first career win on 4/21/1914
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/1915, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Injured on 9/20/1915 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Washington on 2/16/1917 (Going to DET: RF Tris Speaker. Going to WAS: 3B Joe Gedeon, P Eppa Rixey)
Injured on 6/19/1918 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/2/1920 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 7/22/1923 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Injured on 7/16/1924 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1924 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
 
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