Satchel Paige

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL us

Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: 1927 (6,457th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 9, 1948 (Age 42-002d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1965 (Age 59-080d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
View Satchel Paige's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1948 season)

Full Name: Leroy Robert Paige

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.9

124

ERA

2.73

403

198

1751.2

1501

WHIP

1.101

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-13 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 7

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	277	84	Jul 18	SLB		WSH	L,1-7	GS-	L(0-1)	99	8.0	11	5	4	4	3	0	0	4.50	3.23	39						41						35			0		0
2	278	88	Jul 22(1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	6.2	8	8	8	5	5	1	0	7.36	4.12	33	10	5	0	1	8	26			2	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-4.73	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d8
3	279	91	Jul 26	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.04	4.04	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.123	.00	0.00%	0.70	9b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
4	280	94	Jul 29(2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-6	7-GF	BW(1-2)	2	2.2	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	6.50	3.87	12	4	3	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.72	0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.30	7b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
5	281	95	Jul 31	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-6	5-8	W(2-2)	1	3.1	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	6.33	3.89	19	5	6	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	2.15	0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.31	5b 1-- 0 out a2	8b 12- 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	282	98	Aug 2(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-11	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	7.33	4.41	12	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-2.86	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 5
7	283	106	Aug 9	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3		S(2)	6	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	6.49	4.11	12												10			0		0
8	284	110	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	L,4-9	8-GF		5	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.35	4.10	9	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.94	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
9	285	113	Aug 18	SLB		DET	W,20-9	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.93	4.00	9	0	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.07	8t --- 0 out a11	9t end a11
10	286	118	Aug 23	SLB		BOS	L,3-9	5-6		4	2.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5.57	3.78	9	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.07	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d6
11	287	122	Aug 26(2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9			2	4.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	5.94	4.13	20												16			0		0
12	288	124	Aug 29	SLB		NYY	L,2-15	5-GF		2	4.1	7	5	5	1	3	2	0	6.42	4.52	20	4	5	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.003	.00	0.00%	-2.42	5t 12- 2 out d8	9t end d13
13	289	125	Aug 31	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.26	4.50	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b 12- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	290	128	Sep 3(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6			2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.07	4.34	5												5			0		0
15	291	130	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	9-GF		2	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.14	4.32	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
16	292	134	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	8-GF	L(2-3)	2	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.11	4.17	7	2	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.177	.00	0.00%	0.08	8t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
17	293	136	Sep 11(2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-3	6-GF	S(5)	1	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.69	3.97	11	4	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.200	.00	0.00%	1.98	6b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
18	294	138	Sep 14	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.58	3.96	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	295	139	Sep 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	S(6)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.37	3.83	6	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	0.375	.00	0.00%	1.14	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	296	141	Sep 16(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.26	3.76	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
21	297	145	Sep 20	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	W(3-3)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.98	3.57	11	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.433	.00	0.00%	1.52	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
22	298	147	Sep 23	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS-3		2	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.88	3.50	12	2	4	2	0	3	50			1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.73	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.52	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
23	299	152	Sep 28(2)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4		L(3-4)	4	3.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.79	3.64	13												11			0		0
							10-13		W-L:3-4,Sv:6,BSv:1	2.3	62.0	67	39	33	29	48	6	1	4.79	3.64	278	0.98		8%	4%	41	39	10	20%	5	0	0	243	5	2	0	4	0	2	1.00	0.802	.00	0.00%	-5.38

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