Hippo Vaughn

Full Name: James Leslie Vaughn	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/215	First Game: June 19, 1908
Birthdate: April 9, 1888	Final Game: July 9, 1921
Birthplace: Weatherford, Texas	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: May 29, 1966
Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on April 9, 1888 in Weatherford, Texas, Hippo Vaughn (James Leslie Vaughn) played for the New York Highlanders, Washington Senators and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 13 year career. Vaughn broke into the bigs on June 19, 1908 with the New York Highlanders, and put up a 1.83 ERA in 221.2 innings pitched in 1910, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hippo Vaughn's best season was 1917, when he posted a 2.01 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 195 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1908	NY	A	2	0	0	0	3.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	4	0	0
1910	NY	A	30	25	13	11	1.83	107	76	45	18	5	1	221.2	190	1	58	7	10
1911	NY	A	26	18	8	10	4.39	74	92	71	11	0	0	145.2	158	2	54	4	7
1912	WAS	A	12	8	4	3	2.89	49	33	26	4	0	0	81	75	0	43	8	4
1912	NY	A	15	10	2	8	5.14	46	48	36	5	1	0	63	66	1	37	3	1
1912	TOT	A	27	18	6	11	3.88	95	81	62	9	1	0	144	141	1	80	11	5
1913	CHI	N	7	6	5	1	1.45	36	13	9	5	2	0	56	37	0	27	2	2
1914	CHI	N	42	35	21	13	2.05	165	119	67	23	4	1	293.2	236	1	109	13	8
1915	CHI	N	41	34	20	12	2.87	148	105	86	18	4	1	269.2	240	4	77	5	11
1916	CHI	N	44	35	17	15	2.20	144	94	72	21	4	1	294	269	4	67	6	7
1917	CHI	N	41	38	23	13	2.01	195	97	66	27	5	0	295.2	255	3	91	2	9
1918	CHI	N	35	33	22	10	1.74	148	75	56	27	8	0	290.1	216	4	76	4	7
1919	CHI	N	38	37	21	14	1.79	141	83	61	25	4	1	306.2	264	3	62	5	6
1920	CHI	N	40	38	19	16	2.54	131	113	85	24	4	0	301	301	8	81	3	8
1921	CHI	N	17	14	3	11	6.01	30	90	73	7	0	0	109.1	153	8	31	1	5
Total	NL		305	270	151	105	2.33	1138	789	575	177	35	4	2216.1	1971	35	621	41	63
Total	AL		85	61	27	32	3.14	278	250	179	38	6	1	513.2	490	4	196	22	22
Total			390	331	178	137	2.49	1416	1039	754	215	41	5	2730	2461	39	817	63	85

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1908	NY	A	P	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1910	NY	A	P	30	0	0	5	73	8	2	.907
1911	NY	A	P	26	0	0	9	41	4	1	.926
1912	WAS	A	P	12	0	0	1	31	1	0	.970
1912	NY	A	P	15	0	0	4	22	3	0	.897
1912	TOT	A	P	27	0	0	5	53	4	0	.935
1913	CHI	N	P	7	0	0	3	13	2	1	.889
1914	CHI	N	P	42	0	0	11	75	13	1	.869
1915	CHI	N	P	41	0	0	5	70	8	1	.904
1916	CHI	N	P	44	0	0	6	82	4	0	.957
1917	CHI	N	P	41	0	0	14	89	7	2	.936
1918	CHI	N	P	35	0	0	14	73	3	2	.967
1919	CHI	N	P	38	0	0	10	74	9	3	.903
1920	CHI	N	P	40	0	0	9	71	10	4	.889
1921	CHI	N	P	17	14	109.1	1	24	2	0	.926
Total			P	390	14	109.1	92	740	74	17	.918

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1908	NY	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910	NY	A	30	75	6	10	0	4	.133	.207	.147	1	0	7	0	0	0	1
1911	NY	A	26	49	4	7	0	3	.143	.276	.163	1	0	9	0	0	2	1
1912	WAS	A	12	30	2	6	0	1	.200	.200	.267	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912	NY	A	15	21	3	2	0	0	.095	.136	.095	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1912	TOT	A	27	51	5	8	0	1	.157	.173	.196	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1913	CHI	N	7	21	3	4	0	1	.190	.190	.190	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
1914	CHI	N	42	97	10	14	1	3	.144	.186	.227	3	1	5	33	0	4	2
1915	CHI	N	43	86	8	14	0	9	.163	.242	.198	3	0	7	27	2	2	3
1916	CHI	N	44	104	4	14	0	7	.135	.159	.163	1	1	3	46	0	5	0
1917	CHI	N	41	100	7	16	0	6	.160	.229	.200	2	1	9	33	0	2	1
1918	CHI	N	35	96	13	23	0	8	.240	.284	.313	3	2	6	21	0	4	4
1919	CHI	N	38	98	5	17	0	2	.173	.236	.214	4	0	8	27	0	1	0
1920	CHI	N	40	102	14	22	1	12	.216	.298	.294	3	1	12	23	0	2	0
1921	CHI	N	17	41	2	10	1	5	.244	.279	.366	2	0	2	12	0	1	0
Total	NL		307	745	66	134	3	53	.180	.235	.236	21	6	52	229	2	21	10
Total	AL		85	176	15	25	0	8	.142	.218	.165	4	0	16	0	1	2	2
Total			392	921	81	159	3	61	.173	.232	.223	25	6	68	229	3	23	12

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Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from New York Highlanders (June 24, 1912).
Traded by Washington Senators with Tilly Walker to Kansas City (American Association) in exchange for Bert Gallia and Duke Kenworthy (August 23, 1912).
Traded by Kansas City (American Association) to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Lew Richie (August 9, 1913).

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