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Sheriff Blake

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 17, 1899 in Ansted, WV us

Died: October 31, 1982 in Beckley, WV

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV

School: West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)

Debut: June 29, 1920 (Age 20-286d, 5,054th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1937 (Age 38-009d)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: John Frederick Blake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

102

ERA

4.13

304

195

1620.0

621

WHIP

1.547

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-22 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 4

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	72	1	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-GF(10)	BL(0-1)	99	2.1	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.46	11		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.11	-0.66%
2	73	5	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.2	8	8	6	3	4	1	1	12.60	6.63	20	15	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.10	-0.75%
3	74	9	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	T,5-5	10-GF(11)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	9.00	5.46	8		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.55	0.45%
4	75	12	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.88	5.53	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.10%
5	76	16	Apr 30	CHC		STL	W,10-9	GS-7		3	6.2	12	9	7	5	2	1	0	8.59	6.03	37	15	0	0	0	30	3	1	0	1	1	1	2.81	-0.99%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
6	77	19	May 6	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.62	5.84	4		0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.14%
7	78	24	May 11	CHC		BRO	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	6.0	10	5	4	0	3	0	0	7.89	4.78	27	37	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.26	-0.66%
8	79	28	May 17	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	8-GF	W(1-3)	5	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.43	4.94	6		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	0.16%
9	80	34	May 24	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(2-3)	6	9.0	12	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.63	4.19	35	63	0	3	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	1.09%
10	81	38	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-9	GS-6		4	5.1	9	4	4	3	3	0	1	5.79	4.18	29	34	0	0	0	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	5.05	-0.50%
11	82	41	May 31(2)	CHC		STL	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.68	4.24	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.34	0.31%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	83	43	Jun 2	CHC		STL	L,6-14	GS-2		1	1.2	3	6	6	3	3	1	1	6.81	4.67	12	25	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.06	-1.02%
13	84	45	Jun 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	7.08	4.90	5		1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.10%
14	85	48	Jun 9	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	GS-1	L(2-4)	4	0.0	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	7.97	5.12	5	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	-0.55%
15	86	49	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.78	5.07	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.00%
16	87	51	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.42	4.98	9		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.01%
17	88	52	Jun 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.09	4.89	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.06%
18	89	55	Jun 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(3-4)	2	9.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	0	6.09	4.71	36	74	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	0.74%
19	90	59	Jun 20(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(3-5)	3	8.0	10	5	5	4	3	0	0	6.03	4.59	35	41	1	0	0	29	3	1	0	1	2	0	2.05	-0.16%
20	91	66	Jun 27(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-5)	6	9.0	1	0	0	4	10	0	0	5.27	4.28	32	91	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	.89	0.30%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	92	71	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,1-6	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	3.0	3	4	3	5	0	0	1	5.42	4.48	17	34	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.98	-0.40%
22	93	77	Jul 6(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	1	0	1	4.84	4.44	33	77	0	1	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.24	0.83%
23	94	82	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	L(5-7)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.56	4.37	35	68	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	4.68	0.41%
24	95	87	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	GS-9	L(5-8)	5	8.0	9	5	3	6	3	0	0	4.47	4.38	35	45	0	3	0	28	2	1	0	2	1	0	4.85	-0.54%
25	96	91	Jul 22	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	GS-7	L(5-9)	4	7.0	5	4	2	3	5	0	0	4.35	4.28	30	57	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.33%
26	97	95	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	7-8		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.29	4.23	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.16%
27	98	97	Jul 28	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-7		2	7.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.19	4.13	29	53	0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	0.07%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	99	101	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	3	3	2	0	0	4.20	4.12	27	41	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.15%
29	100	106	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-7		3	6.1	3	1	0	4	1	0	0	4.00	4.14	26	62	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.80	0.02%
30	101	111	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	W(6-9)	7	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.87	4.03	35	69	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.19	0.89%
31	102	116	Aug 19	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(7-9)	4	9.0	10	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.69	3.88	35	69	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.79	0.42%
32	103	121	Aug 24(2)	CHC		PHI	W,9-0	SHO	W(8-9)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.48	3.83	33	74	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	.22	0.06%
33	104	127	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	GS-5	L(8-10)	5	4.1	6	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.55	3.87	23	36	1	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.18%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
34	105	130	Sep 2(2)	CHC		STL	L,1-9	GS-5	L(8-11)	2	5.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	0	3.72	3.89	23	39	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.13%
35	106	136	Sep 6(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7	L(8-12)	3	7.0	13	7	7	4	2	0	1	3.93	3.92	36	21	0	2	0	30	3	2	1	0	0	0	.67	-0.20%
36	107	140	Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	6-7		3	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.94	3.92	11		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.02%
37	108	142	Sep 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(9-12)	2	9.0	7	1	1	4	3	1	0	3.79	3.98	37	68	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.13%
38	109	148	Sep 18(2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.62	3.96	33	77	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	110	153	Sep 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS-6	W(11-12)	6	6.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.55	3.94	22	62	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							16-22		W-L:11-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	197.2	204	91	78	92	96	6	6	3.55	3.94	853	51	5	17	2	733	30	7	1	19	7	8	2.54	-1.26%

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