Roxie Lawson
[edit] Biography
Born on April 13, 1906 in Donnellson, Iowa, Roxie Lawson (Alfred Voyle Lawson) played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 9 year career. Lawson broke into the bigs on August 3, 1930 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 7.60 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched in 1931, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Roxie Lawson's best season was 1937, when he won 18 games and struck out 68 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1930
| CLE
| A
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 6.15
| 10
| 27
| 23
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 33.2
| 46
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1931
| CLE
| A
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 7.60
| 20
| 50
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 55.2
| 72
| 5
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7.31
| 6
| 16
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 17
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| DET
| A
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 1.58
| 16
| 11
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 40
| 34
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 41
| 8
| 8
| 6
| 5.48
| 34
| 87
| 78
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 128
| 139
| 13
| 71
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 37
| 29
| 18
| 7
| 5.26
| 68
| 141
| 127
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 217.1
| 236
| 17
| 115
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 27
| 16
| 8
| 9
| 5.46
| 39
| 85
| 77
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 127
| 154
| 13
| 82
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 36
| 14
| 3
| 7
| 5.32
| 43
| 93
| 89
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 150.2
| 181
| 10
| 83
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4.76
| 4
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.1
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| 38
| 15
| 4
| 8
| 5.28
| 47
| 100
| 95
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 162
| 188
| 11
| 90
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 30
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 5.12
| 18
| 45
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 72
| 77
| 5
| 54
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 208
| 83
| 47
| 39
| 5.37
| 258
| 562
| 508
| 34
| 2
| 11
| 851.2
| 963
| 70
| 512
| 0
| 20
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1930
| CLE
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| CLE
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1933
| DET
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| DET
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 26
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 208
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 145
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1930
| CLE
| A
| 7
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .231
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CLE
| A
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .200
| .286
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| DET
| A
| 7
| 13
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .308
| .357
| .385
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 41
| 45
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .222
| .255
| .267
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| DET
| A
| 37
| 81
| 11
| 21
| 0
| 6
| .259
| .310
| .296
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 27
| 45
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .044
| .065
| .044
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 37
| 43
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .186
| .186
| .256
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| 39
| 47
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .170
| .170
| .234
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 30
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .045
| .045
| .045
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 209
| 283
| 26
| 49
| 0
| 17
| .173
| .209
| .212
| 5
| 3
| 12
| 57
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Chet Laabs and Mark Christman to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, Red Kress and Jim Walkup (May 13, 1939).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Brooklyn Dodgers (April 3, 1941).
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