Red Ames

Full Name: Leon Kessling Ames	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/185	First Game: September 14, 1903
Birthdate: August 2, 1882	Final Game: September 25, 1919
Birthplace: Warren, Ohio	MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: October 8, 1936
Deathplace: Warren, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on August 2, 1882 in Warren, Ohio, Red Ames (Leon Kessling Ames) played for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 17 year career. Ames broke into the bigs on September 14, 1903 with the New York Giants, and put up a 2.27 ERA in 115 innings pitched in 1904, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Red Ames's best season was 1905, when he posted a 2.74 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 198 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1903	NY	N	2	2	2	0	1.29	14	2	2	2	1	0	14	5	0	8	0	0
1904	NY	N	16	13	4	6	2.27	93	44	29	11	1	3	115	94	2	38	6	3
1905	NY	N	34	31	22	8	2.74	198	113	80	21	2	0	262.2	220	2	105	30	3
1906	NY	N	31	25	12	10	2.66	156	79	60	15	1	1	203.1	166	1	93	7	3
1907	NY	N	39	26	10	12	2.16	146	93	56	17	2	1	233.1	184	4	108	20	10
1908	NY	N	18	15	7	4	1.81	81	33	23	5	0	1	114.1	96	0	27	2	1
1909	NY	N	34	27	15	10	2.69	156	109	73	20	2	1	244	217	2	81	13	4
1910	NY	N	33	23	12	11	2.22	94	78	47	13	3	0	190.1	161	3	63	9	6
1911	NY	N	34	23	11	10	2.68	118	80	61	13	1	2	205	170	0	54	8	4
1912	NY	N	33	22	11	5	2.46	83	82	49	9	2	2	179	194	3	35	9	4
1913	NY	N	8	5	2	1	2.16	30	11	10	2	0	1	41.2	35	0	8	3	1
1913	CIN	N	31	24	11	13	2.88	80	82	60	12	1	2	187.1	185	7	70	9	5
1913	TOT	N	39	29	13	14	2.75	110	93	70	14	1	3	229	220	7	78	12	6
1914	CIN	N	47	37	15	23	2.64	128	125	87	18	3	6	297	274	8	94	12	6
1915	STL	N	15	14	9	3	2.46	48	35	31	8	2	1	113.1	93	1	32	2	0
1915	CIN	N	17	7	2	4	4.50	26	39	34	4	1	1	68	82	2	24	3	0
1915	TOT	N	32	21	11	7	3.23	74	74	65	12	3	2	181.1	175	3	56	5	0
1916	STL	N	45	25	11	16	2.64	98	100	67	10	2	8	228	225	3	57	9	5
1917	STL	N	43	19	15	10	2.71	62	75	63	10	2	3	209	189	2	57	5	3
1918	STL	N	27	25	9	14	2.31	68	75	53	17	0	1	206.2	192	1	52	5	5
1919	STL	N	23	6	3	5	4.89	19	44	38	1	0	1	70	88	1	25	3	1
1919	PHI	N	3	2	0	2	6.19	4	12	11	1	0	1	16	26	0	3	1	0
1919	TOT	N	26	8	3	7	5.13	23	56	49	2	0	2	86	114	1	28	4	1
Total			533	371	183	167	2.63	1702	1311	934	209	26	36	3198	2896	42	1034	156	64

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1903	NY	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1904	NY	N	P	16	0	0	5	26	4	1	0	0	0	.886
1905	NY	N	P	34	0	0	12	69	5	1	0	0	0	.942
1906	NY	N	P	31	0	0	10	66	5	0	0	0	0	.938
1907	NY	N	P	39	0	0	11	76	8	0	0	0	0	.916
1908	NY	N	P	18	0	0	5	32	3	4	0	0	0	.925
1909	NY	N	P	34	0	0	11	99	9	1	0	0	0	.924
1910	NY	N	P	33	0	0	11	68	8	4	0	0	0	.908
1911	NY	N	P	34	23	205	7	69	7	0	2	28	13	.916
1912	NY	N	P	33	0	0	6	53	1	3	0	0	0	.983
1913	NY	N	P	8	0	0	0	18	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1913	CIN	N	P	31	0	0	2	49	1	0	0	0	0	.981
1913	TOT	N	P	39	0	0	2	67	1	2	0	0	0	.986
1914	CIN	N	P	47	0	0	8	99	9	3	0	0	0	.922
1915	STL	N	P	15	0	0	0	39	1	1	0	0	0	.975
1915	CIN	N	P	17	0	0	5	22	1	0	0	0	0	.964
1915	TOT	N	P	32	0	0	5	61	2	1	0	0	0	.971
1916	STL	N	P	45	0	0	3	56	6	0	0	0	0	.908
1917	STL	N	P	43	0	0	4	83	2	4	0	0	0	.978
1918	STL	N	P	27	0	0	6	57	3	1	0	0	0	.955
1919	STL	N	P	23	0	0	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	.929
1919	PHI	N	P	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1919	TOT	N	P	26	0	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			P	533	23	205	107	1000	74	25	2	28	13	.937

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB
1903	NY	N	2	6	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1904	NY	N	16	40	3	5	0	3	.125	.186	.150	1	0	3	0	0	0
1905	NY	N	34	97	6	14	0	7	.144	.178	.206	0	3	4	0	6	0
1906	NY	N	31	61	2	4	0	0	.066	.174	.066	0	0	8	0	1	0
1907	NY	N	39	69	5	12	1	5	.174	.250	.217	0	0	7	0	4	0
1908	NY	N	18	36	5	7	0	2	.194	.216	.194	0	0	1	0	4	0
1909	NY	N	34	81	5	6	0	6	.074	.128	.086	1	0	5	0	3	0
1910	NY	N	33	62	1	11	1	6	.177	.190	.242	1	0	1	21	2	0
1911	NY	N	34	64	2	6	0	5	.094	.159	.125	0	1	5	12	3	0
1912	NY	N	33	58	6	13	0	3	.224	.274	.276	3	0	4	23	1	1
1913	NY	N	8	13	1	2	0	1	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	5	1	1
1913	CIN	N	31	59	2	6	0	2	.102	.117	.102	0	0	1	22	4	0
1913	TOT	N	39	72	3	8	0	3	.111	.123	.111	0	0	1	27	5	1
1914	CIN	N	47	94	6	12	1	6	.128	.146	.170	1	0	2	33	5	1
1915	STL	N	15	35	0	4	0	2	.114	.162	.114	0	0	2	17	3	0
1915	CIN	N	17	20	1	1	0	0	.050	.136	.050	0	0	2	7	0	1
1915	TOT	N	32	55	1	5	0	2	.091	.153	.091	0	0	4	24	3	1
1916	STL	N	45	68	3	12	0	1	.176	.211	.206	0	1	3	19	2	0
1917	STL	N	43	64	3	12	0	7	.188	.257	.266	1	2	6	23	3	0
1918	STL	N	27	64	1	10	0	4	.156	.239	.172	1	0	7	14	4	1
1919	STL	N	23	18	0	4	0	1	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	7	1	0
1919	PHI	N	3	5	0	2	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1	0	0	1	0	0
1919	TOT	N	26	23	0	6	0	2	.261	.261	.304	1	0	0	8	1	0
Total			533	1014	52	143	3	63	.141	.190	.174	10	7	61	204	47	5

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Giants with Heinie Groh, Josh Devore and $20000 to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Art Fromme (May 22, 1913).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals (July 24, 1915).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies (September 5, 1919).
Returned to St. Louis Cardinals (October, 1919).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (April 8, 1920).

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