Red Ames stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1903
Bio
- Debut
- 1903
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 533
- W
- 183
- L
- 167
- ERA
- 2.63
- IP
- 3198.0
- K
- 1,702
- BB
- 1,034
- WHIP
- 1.23
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | SF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.29 | 14.0 | 14 | 8 | 0.93 |
| 1904 | SF | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2.27 | 115.0 | 93 | 38 | 1.15 |
| 1905 | SF | 34 | 22 | 8 | 2.74 | 262.2 | 198 | 105 | 1.24 |
| 1906 | SF | 31 | 12 | 10 | 2.66 | 203.1 | 156 | 93 | 1.27 |
| 1907 | SF | 39 | 10 | 12 | 2.16 | 233.1 | 146 | 108 | 1.25 |
| 1908 | SF | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1.81 | 114.1 | 81 | 27 | 1.08 |
| 1909 | SF | 34 | 15 | 10 | 2.69 | 244.0 | 156 | 81 | 1.22 |
| 1910 | SF | 33 | 12 | 11 | 2.22 | 190.1 | 94 | 63 | 1.18 |
| 1911 | SF | 34 | 11 | 10 | 2.68 | 205.0 | 118 | 54 | 1.09 |
| 1912 | SF | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2.46 | 179.0 | 83 | 35 | 1.28 |
| 1913 |  SF/CIN | 39 | 13 | 14 | 2.75 | 229.0 | 110 | 78 | 1.30 |
| 1914 | CIN | 47 | 15 | 23 | 2.64 | 297.0 | 128 | 94 | 1.24 |
| 1915 |  CIN/STL | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3.23 | 181.1 | 74 | 56 | 1.27 |
| 1916 | STL | 45 | 11 | 16 | 2.64 | 228.0 | 98 | 57 | 1.24 |
| 1917 | STL | 43 | 15 | 10 | 2.71 | 209.0 | 62 | 57 | 1.18 |
| 1918 | STL | 27 | 9 | 14 | 2.31 | 206.2 | 68 | 52 | 1.18 |
| 1919 |  STL/PHI | 26 | 3 | 7 | 5.13 | 86.0 | 23 | 28 | 1.65 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.45
- IP
- 11.0
- K
- 7
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.18
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 209
- SHO
- 26
- K/9
- 4.8
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | SF | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | SF | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | SF | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | SF | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | SF | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | SF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | SF | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | SF | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | SF | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | SF | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | SF/CIN | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | CIN | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | CIN/STL | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | STL | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | STL | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | STL | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | STL/PHI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Red Ames's career stats?
Red Ames played 17 seasons for the Giants, the Reds and the Cardinals. He had 183 wins and 1,702 strikeouts with a 2.63 ERA over 3,198.0 innings. His best season was 1905: 22 wins, a 2.74 ERA and 198 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1903 to 1919
Championships
- 1905 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
All-time career rank
- 159th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,702)
- 158th in wins (pitching) (183)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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