Lou North
[edit] Biography
Born on June 15, 1891 in Elgin, Illinois, Lou North (Louis Alexander North) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves over the course of his 7 year career. North broke into the bigs on August 22, 1913 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.27 ERA in 88 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lou North's best season was 1922, when he posted a 4.45 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 84 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1913
| DET
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15.00
| 3
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.97
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| STL
| N
| 24
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 3.27
| 37
| 42
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 88
| 90
| 3
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| 40
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 3.54
| 28
| 39
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 86.1
| 81
| 5
| 32
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| 53
| 10
| 10
| 3
| 4.45
| 84
| 90
| 74
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 149.2
| 164
| 4
| 64
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1923
| STL
| N
| 34
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 5.15
| 24
| 50
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 71.2
| 90
| 8
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1924
| STL
| N
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6.75
| 8
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.2
| 15
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| BOS
| N
| 9
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 5.35
| 11
| 25
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 35.1
| 45
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 15
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 5.76
| 19
| 37
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 60
| 2
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 171
| 24
| 21
| 15
| 4.29
| 196
| 263
| 218
| 8
| 0
| 13
| 457
| 499
| 23
| 191
| 0
| 10
| 12
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15.00
| 3
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 172
| 25
| 21
| 16
| 4.43
| 199
| 274
| 228
| 8
| 0
| 13
| 463
| 509
| 24
| 200
| 0
| 10
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1913
| DET
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1920
| STL
| N
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 86
| 4
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| P
| 53
| 10
| 151.2
| 9
| 49
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| .983
|
| 1923
| STL
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| STL
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1924
| BOS
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 172
| 10
| 237.2
| 20
| 110
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 1
| .949
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1913
| DET
| A
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| STL
| N
| 26
| 31
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .226
| .250
| .258
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| STL
| N
| 40
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .158
| .200
| .158
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| STL
| N
| 53
| 47
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 5
| .234
| .250
| .340
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| STL
| N
| 34
| 22
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .182
| .217
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| STL
| N
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| BOS
| N
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| TOT
| N
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 173
| 135
| 12
| 27
| 1
| 10
| .200
| .223
| .244
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 174
| 137
| 12
| 27
| 1
| 10
| .197
| .220
| .241
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves (June 12, 1924).
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