Sheriff Blake stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1920
Bio
- Debut
- 1920
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 304
- W
- 87
- L
- 102
- ERA
- 4.13
- IP
- 1620.0
- K
- 621
- BB
- 740
- WHIP
- 1.55
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | PIT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 13.1 | 7 | 6 | 2.03 |
| 1924 | CHC | 29 | 6 | 6 | 4.57 | 106.1 | 42 | 44 | 1.57 |
| 1925 | CHC | 36 | 10 | 18 | 4.86 | 231.1 | 93 | 114 | 1.62 |
| 1926 | CHC | 39 | 11 | 12 | 3.60 | 197.2 | 95 | 92 | 1.50 |
| 1927 | CHC | 32 | 13 | 14 | 3.29 | 224.1 | 64 | 82 | 1.43 |
| 1928 | CHC | 34 | 17 | 11 | 2.47 | 240.2 | 78 | 101 | 1.29 |
| 1929 | CHC | 35 | 14 | 13 | 4.29 | 218.1 | 70 | 103 | 1.59 |
| 1930 | CHC | 34 | 10 | 14 | 4.82 | 186.2 | 80 | 99 | 1.67 |
| 1931 |  CHC/PHI | 30 | 4 | 9 | 5.43 | 121.0 | 60 | 61 | 1.78 |
| 1937 |  BAL/STL | 29 | 2 | 5 | 5.49 | 80.1 | 32 | 38 | 1.72 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 18.00
- IP
- 1.0
- K
- 1
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 4.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 81
- SHO
- 11
- K/9
- 3.5
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CHC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CHC | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CHC | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CHC | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CHC | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | CHC | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | CHC | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | CHC/PHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | BAL/STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Sheriff Blake's career stats?
Sheriff Blake played 10 seasons for the Pirates and the Cubs. He had 87 wins and 621 strikeouts with a 4.13 ERA over 1,620.0 innings. His best season was 1928: 17 wins, a 2.47 ERA and 78 strikeouts.
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