Socks Seibold
[edit] Biography
Born on May 31, 1896 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Socks Seibold (Harry Seibold) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Seibold broke into the bigs on September 18, 1915 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.94 ERA in 160 innings pitched in 1917, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Socks Seibold's best season was 1930, when he posted a 4.12 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 70 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 4.15
| 5
| 12
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 21.2
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 15
| 4
| 16
| 3.94
| 55
| 86
| 70
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 160
| 141
| 1
| 85
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 5.32
| 19
| 34
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 45.2
| 58
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 27
| 12
| 17
| 4.73
| 54
| 119
| 108
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 205.2
| 228
| 17
| 80
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1930
| BOS
| N
| 36
| 33
| 15
| 16
| 4.12
| 70
| 135
| 115
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 251
| 288
| 16
| 85
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1931
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 29
| 10
| 18
| 4.67
| 50
| 122
| 107
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 206.1
| 226
| 12
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1932
| BOS
| N
| 28
| 20
| 3
| 10
| 4.68
| 33
| 91
| 71
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 136.2
| 173
| 12
| 41
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1933
| BOS
| N
| 11
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 3.68
| 10
| 18
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 36.2
| 43
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 141
| 114
| 41
| 65
| 4.48
| 217
| 485
| 416
| 53
| 6
| 4
| 836.1
| 958
| 57
| 285
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 50
| 21
| 7
| 21
| 4.24
| 79
| 132
| 107
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 227.1
| 221
| 3
| 120
| 0
| 9
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 191
| 135
| 48
| 86
| 4.43
| 296
| 617
| 523
| 64
| 8
| 5
| 1063.2
| 1179
| 60
| 405
| 0
| 15
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1915
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 41
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| BOS
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 38
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1931
| BOS
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 44
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| BOS
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 35
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| BOS
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 191
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 229
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1915
| PHI
| A
| 10
| 26
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .115
| .233
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 59
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .220
| .281
| .271
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 15
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 70
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 9
| .286
| .342
| .314
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| BOS
| N
| 36
| 90
| 6
| 19
| 1
| 5
| .211
| .260
| .267
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 70
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .129
| .141
| .129
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BOS
| N
| 28
| 46
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .152
| .188
| .152
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| BOS
| N
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .273
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 141
| 285
| 17
| 56
| 1
| 18
| .196
| .242
| .221
| 4
| 0
| 17
| 23
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 66
| 110
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 9
| .182
| .244
| .227
| 3
| 1
| 8
| 20
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 395
| 27
| 76
| 1
| 27
| .192
| .242
| .223
| 7
| 1
| 25
| 43
| 1
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham and $200000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Rogers Hornsby (November 7, 1928).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Albany (International) (June 16, 1933).
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