Satchel Paige
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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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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