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Earl
Webb		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 17, 1897 in Bon Air, TN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1925   
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
1925 27 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
1926 28 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
1927 29 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
1928 30 BRO NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 6 5 9 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
1929 31 BRO NL $ 1,135,000   7 7 7 4 6 5 9 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 6 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,135,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
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
1925 27 BRO NL 147 515 89 150 30 5 20 100 1 0 57 43 .291 .360 .485 .846 88.4 20.1
1926 28 BRO NL 104 345 49 85 20 7 7 55 1 0 31 28 .246 .310 .406 .715 42.4 7.4
1927 29 BRO NL 117 317 40 86 13 3 6 39 0 0 34 34 .271 .339 .388 .727 39.8 5.8
1928 30 BRO NL 95 247 37 67 15 6 2 35 1 0 27 20 .271 .343 .405 .748 34.9 6.8
1929 31 BRO NL 90 154 18 47 15 3 4 37 0 0 7 12 .305 .331 .519 .851 23.8 5.0
5 Years Sim 553 1578 233 435 93 24 39 266 3 0 156 137 .276 .340 .439 .779 229.2 45.1
162 Game Average 462 68 127 27 7 11 77 0 0 45 40 .276 .340 .439 .779 67.2  
Career Highs 147 515 89 150 30 7 20 100 1 0 57 43 .305 .360 .519 .851 88.4  
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   1291 209 380 84 21 37 233 3 0 139 103 .294 .361 .478 .839 214.9
vs LH   287 24 55 9 3 2 33 0 0 17 34 .192 .239 .265 .503 16.5
Home 278 764 116 217 47 14 23 132 0 0 70 64 .284 .343 .473 .816 119.3
Away 275 814 117 218 46 10 16 134 3 0 86 73 .268 .336 .408 .744 112.1
RISP   494 0 134 38 7 11 218 0 0 47 45 .271 .329 .443 .772 70.9
Pinch Hitting   139 16 41 9 1 2 36 0 0 11 13 .295 .342 .417 .759 19.2
Close/Late   220 20 57 7 3 5 38 0 0 23 23 .259 .329 .386 .716 28.5
Mar/Apr 68 230 37 58 8 6 4 24 0 0 28 28 .252 .335 .391 .726 30.8
May 110 295 48 80 11 4 8 50 0 0 36 22 .271 .347 .417 .764 43.7
June 98 293 48 87 21 5 11 66 2 0 31 19 .297 .364 .515 .879 52.3
July 110 315 40 75 13 4 6 47 0 0 27 36 .238 .299 .362 .660 34.3
August 86 225 28 56 16 3 6 31 0 0 18 15 .249 .302 .427 .729 28.7
Sep/Oct 81 220 32 79 24 2 4 48 1 0 16 17 .359 .399 .541 .940 41.7
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1925 27 BRO NL LF 135 131 1146.3 251 8 15 0 .945 2.03 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 11 9 82.0 22 1 2 0 .920 2.52 0 0 .000 0  
1926 28 BRO NL RF 83 70 639.0 144 3 10 3 .936 2.07 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 12 11 98.0 103 7 3 9 .973 10.10 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
1927 29 BRO NL RF 44 23 256.0 57 2 6 1 .908 2.07 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 24 24 201.0 52 1 3 0 .946 2.37 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 17 15 137.0 25 2 1 1 .964 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 11 10 84.7 117 7 3 8 .976 13.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1928 30 BRO NL RF 35 33 287.3 72 1 4 1 .948 2.29 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 11 9 78.3 96 10 1 9 .991 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 9 9 67.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.34 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 5 41.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 4.17 0 0 .000 0  
    C 3 0 6.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 31 BRO NL 1B 24 5 78.3 97 9 1 13 .991 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 8 8 55.0 11 1 1 0 .923 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 6 6 46.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 3 24.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 4 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 172 163 1416.0 299 11 18 1 .945 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  RF 179 141 1310.3 310 7 22 5 .935 2.18 0 0 .000 0 4.2
  1B 58 35 339.3 413 33 8 39 .982 11.83 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  CF 32 32 266.0 74 3 3 1 .963 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
  C 7 0 11.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.27 3 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   452 371 3356.6 1101 58 52 47 .957 3.11 3 0 .000 0 8.3
Career Highs   146 140 1228.3 273 16 17 15 .986 5.90 2 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1927 29 BRO NL 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347
1928 30 BRO NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
OPS
1925-10-.846
 Homeruns
1925-9-20
 RBIs
1925-9-100
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  4. Lyman Lamb (928)
  5. Jimmy O'Connell (925)
  6. Harvey Hendrick (925)
  7. Joe Munson (924)
  8. Babe Ganzel (920)
  9. Lu Blue (918)
  10. Ray Grimes (916)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1911
Injured on 7/14/1912 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/27/1913, off Ray Tift (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/18/1913, off Jack Pfiester (WAS)
6/1/1915: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $480,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/3/1915 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/31/1915 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 8 weeks
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $480,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/1/1918 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $480,000 through salary arbitration
5/31/1919: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $520,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/15/1920 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
7/1/1921: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $675,000 per year, for 2 years
Was claimed off waivers by Chicago (A) on 9/29/1922
Released by Chicago (A) on 4/17/1923
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1925
Had first career hit on 4/14/1925, off Vic Keen (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1925, off Milt Gaston (CHN)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/29/1925, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1925, hitting .291 with 20 HR, 100 RBI
 
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