Bio
- Debut
- 1905
Bio
- Debut
- 1905
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 218
- W
- 108
- L
- 71
- ERA
- 2.23
- IP
- 1535.1
- K
- 935
- BB
- 551
- WHIP
- 1.16
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | CIN | 42 | 18 | 23 | 2.86 | 318.0 | 173 | 147 | 1.37 |
| 1906 |  CIN/CHC | 31 | 16 | 8 | 2.74 | 226.1 | 127 | 97 | 1.28 |
| 1907 | CHC | 36 | 23 | 7 | 1.68 | 268.1 | 141 | 69 | 1.01 |
| 1908 | CHC | 37 | 15 | 11 | 1.92 | 225.0 | 167 | 78 | 1.08 |
| 1909 | CHC | 38 | 20 | 11 | 1.42 | 285.0 | 205 | 80 | 1.00 |
| 1910 | CHC | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2.68 | 144.2 | 92 | 54 | 1.11 |
| 1913 | CHC | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3.31 | 68.0 | 30 | 26 | 1.46 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 3
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 1.76
- IP
- 51.0
- K
- 35
- BB
- 15
- WHIP
- 1.02
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 133
- SHO
- 30
- K/9
- 5.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | CIN | 0 | 32 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | CIN/CHC | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | CHC | 0 | 26 | 8 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | CHC | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | CHC | 0 | 23 | 9 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | CHC | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | CHC | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Orval Overall's career stats?
Orval Overall played 7 seasons for the Reds and the Cubs. He had 108 wins and 935 strikeouts with a 2.23 ERA over 1,535.1 innings. His best season was 1907: 23 wins, a 1.68 ERA and 141 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1905 to 1913
Championships ×2
- 1907 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
- 1908 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
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