Satchel Paige

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Full Name: Leroy Robert Paige	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3.5"/180	First Game: July 9, 1948
Birthdate: July 7, 1906	Final Game: September 25, 1965
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: June 8, 1982
Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on July 7, 1906 in Mobile, Alabama, Satchel Paige (Leroy Robert Paige) played for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Paige broke into the bigs on July 9, 1948 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.48 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Satchel Paige's best season was 1952, when he posted a 3.07 ERA, won 12 games, notched 10 saves and struck out 91 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	IB	WP	HBP
1948	CLE	A	21	7	6	1	2.48	45	21	20	3	2	1	72.2	61	2	25	0	1	1
1949	CLE	A	31	5	4	7	3.04	54	29	28	1	0	5	83	70	4	33	0	0	1
1951	STL	A	23	3	3	4	4.79	48	39	33	0	0	5	62	67	6	29	0	1	1
1952	STL	A	46	6	12	10	3.07	91	51	47	3	2	10	138	116	5	57	0	2	3
1953	STL	A	57	4	3	9	3.53	51	51	46	0	0	11	117.1	114	12	39	0	2	1
1965	KC	A	1	1	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			179	26	28	31	3.29	290	191	174	7	4	32	476	429	29	183	0	6	7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	CLE	A	P	21	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	CLE	A	P	31	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	A	P	23	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	STL	A	P	46	0	0	5	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	STL	A	P	57	0	0	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	KC	A	P	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	179	1	3	17	62	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	CLE	A	21	23	0	2	0	0	.087	.087	.087	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
1949	CLE	A	31	16	0	1	0	0	.063	.167	.063	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2
1951	STL	A	23	16	1	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2
1952	STL	A	46	39	0	5	0	2	.128	.150	.128	0	0	1	10	0	4	0	0	1
1953	STL	A	57	29	1	2	0	2	.069	.069	.069	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
1965	KC	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			179	124	2	12	0	4	.097	.118	.097	0	0	3	32	0	8	0	0	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Indians (July 7, 1948).
Released by Cleveland Indians (February 17, 1950).
Signed by St. Louis Browns (July 14, 1951).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (February 2, 1954).
Signed by Kansas City Athletics (September 10, 1965).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (October 15, 1965).

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