Bio
- Debut
- 1931
Bio
- Debut
- 1931
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 579
- W
- 223
- L
- 212
- ERA
- 3.46
- IP
- 3645.0
- K
- 1,507
- BB
- 761
- WHIP
- 1.28
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | STL | 35 | 18 | 8 | 3.36 | 211.2 | 134 | 65 | 1.37 |
| 1932 | STL | 39 | 11 | 14 | 4.05 | 233.1 | 78 | 67 | 1.56 |
| 1933 |  STL/CIN | 36 | 7 | 27 | 3.30 | 248.0 | 89 | 60 | 1.31 |
| 1934 | CIN | 47 | 15 | 21 | 3.59 | 261.0 | 122 | 59 | 1.36 |
| 1935 | CIN | 45 | 22 | 13 | 3.51 | 276.2 | 120 | 49 | 1.24 |
| 1936 | CIN | 51 | 19 | 19 | 4.02 | 282.1 | 121 | 42 | 1.32 |
| 1937 | CIN | 43 | 10 | 14 | 4.04 | 222.2 | 94 | 55 | 1.32 |
| 1938 | CIN | 41 | 21 | 14 | 2.93 | 307.0 | 132 | 49 | 1.19 |
| 1939 | CIN | 38 | 25 | 7 | 2.93 | 301.0 | 128 | 35 | 1.18 |
| 1940 | CIN | 37 | 20 | 12 | 3.06 | 296.2 | 115 | 48 | 1.11 |
| 1941 | CIN | 29 | 12 | 14 | 3.31 | 228.1 | 76 | 54 | 1.26 |
| 1942 | CIN | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3.06 | 208.2 | 68 | 49 | 1.21 |
| 1943 | CHC | 32 | 10 | 14 | 3.57 | 174.0 | 75 | 39 | 1.28 |
| 1944 | CHC | 42 | 7 | 13 | 4.15 | 180.0 | 69 | 39 | 1.36 |
| 1945 | CHC | 35 | 16 | 11 | 3.45 | 213.2 | 86 | 51 | 1.28 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- W
- 2
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 3.53
- IP
- 51.0
- K
- 30
- BB
- 27
- WHIP
- 1.41
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 251
- SHO
- 32
- K/9
- 3.7
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | STL | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | STL | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | STL/CIN | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CIN | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CIN | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CIN | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CIN | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CIN | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CIN | 0 | 28 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CIN | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CIN | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CIN | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CHC | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | CHC | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | CHC | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Paul Derringer's career stats?
Paul Derringer played 15 seasons for the Cardinals, the Reds and the Cubs. He had 223 wins and 1,507 strikeouts with a 3.46 ERA over 3,645.0 innings. His best season was 1939: 25 wins, a 2.93 ERA and 128 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1931 to 1945
Championships ×2
- 1931 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1940 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
All-time career rank
- 233rd in strikeouts (pitching) (1,507)
- 71st in wins (pitching) (223)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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