Sheriff Blake

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Full Name: John Frederick Blake	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: June 29, 1920
Birthdate: September 17, 1899	Final Game: September 26, 1937
Birthplace: Ansted, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: October 31, 1982
Deathplace: Beckley, West Virginia
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on September 17, 1899 in Ansted, West Virginia, Sheriff Blake (John Frederick Blake) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 10 year career. Blake broke into the bigs on June 29, 1920 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.57 ERA in 106.1 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sheriff Blake's best season was 1928, when he posted a 2.47 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 78 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
1920	PIT	N	6	0	0	0	8.10	7	14	12	0	0	0	13.1	21	0	6	0	2	1
1924	CHI	N	29	11	6	6	4.57	42	58	54	4	0	1	106.1	123	3	44	0	1	2
1925	CHI	N	36	31	10	18	4.86	93	144	125	14	0	2	231.1	260	17	114	0	3	5
1926	CHI	N	39	27	11	12	3.60	95	91	79	11	4	1	197.2	204	7	92	0	6	6
1927	CHI	N	32	27	13	14	3.29	64	101	82	13	2	0	224.1	238	3	82	0	4	4
1928	CHI	N	34	29	17	11	2.47	78	80	66	16	4	1	240.2	209	4	101	0	3	3
1929	CHI	N	35	29	14	13	4.29	70	122	104	13	1	1	218.1	244	8	103	0	4	2
1930	CHI	N	34	24	10	14	4.82	80	127	100	7	0	0	186.2	213	14	99	0	4	3
1931	PHI	N	14	9	4	5	5.58	31	49	44	1	0	1	71	90	2	35	0	4	3
1931	CHI	N	16	5	0	4	5.22	29	34	29	0	0	0	50	64	4	26	0	2	1
1931	TOT	N	30	14	4	9	5.43	60	83	73	1	0	1	121	154	6	61	0	6	4
1937	STL	N	14	2	0	3	3.71	20	23	18	2	0	0	43.2	45	1	18	0	1	0
1937	STL	A	15	1	2	2	7.61	12	33	31	0	0	1	36.2	55	5	20	0	1	0
1937	Total		29	3	2	5	5.49	32	56	49	2	0	1	80.1	100	6	38	0	2	0
Total	NL		289	194	85	100	4.05	609	843	713	81	11	7	1583.1	1711	63	720	0	34	30
Total	AL		15	1	2	2	7.61	12	33	31	0	0	1	36.2	55	5	20	0	1	0
Total			304	195	87	102	4.13	621	876	744	81	11	8	1620	1766	68	740	0	35	30

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1920	PIT	N	P	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1924	CHI	N	P	29	0	0	2	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1925	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	7	52	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1926	CHI	N	P	39	0	0	9	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1927	CHI	N	P	32	0	0	10	64	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1928	CHI	N	P	34	0	0	4	48	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1929	CHI	N	P	35	0	0	6	43	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1930	CHI	N	P	34	0	0	7	50	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1931	PHI	N	P	14	0	0	5	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	CHI	N	P	16	0	0	1	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	TOT	N	P	30	0	0	6	38	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	STL	N	P	14	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	STL	A	P	15	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	Total		P	29	0	0	3	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	304	0	0	55	401	13	24	0	0	0	0	0	.972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1920	PIT	N	6	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924	CHI	N	29	31	5	9	0	3	.290	.313	.355	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1925	CHI	N	36	79	4	12	0	7	.152	.173	.165	1	0	2	21	0	3	0	0	0
1926	CHI	N	39	65	2	14	0	4	.215	.250	.215	0	0	2	9	1	3	0	0	0
1927	CHI	N	32	83	2	16	0	3	.193	.202	.193	0	0	1	10	0	4	0	0	0
1928	CHI	N	35	88	10	19	0	5	.216	.233	.227	1	0	1	13	1	7	0	0	0
1929	CHI	N	38	81	11	14	0	4	.173	.212	.198	2	0	4	10	0	5	0	0	0
1930	CHI	N	36	66	5	15	0	2	.227	.250	.227	0	0	2	14	0	3	0	0	0
1931	PHI	N	14	25	2	6	0	1	.240	.269	.280	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
1931	CHI	N	16	16	4	8	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1931	TOT	N	30	41	6	14	0	2	.341	.357	.366	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
1937	STL	N	14	10	1	3	0	0	.300	.300	.300	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1937	STL	A	15	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1937	Total		29	20	1	4	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		295	548	46	117	0	30	.214	.236	.226	5	1	14	88	2	27	0	0	0
Total	AL		15	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Total			310	558	46	118	0	30	.211	.233	.224	5	1	14	91	2	28	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Chicago Cubs (July 27, 1931).
Signed by St. Louis Browns (January 23, 1937).
Released by St. Louis Browns (July 15, 1937).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (July 17, 1937).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 7, 1937).

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