Satchel Paige

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL us

Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: 1927 (6,457th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 9, 1948 (Age 42-002d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1965 (Age 59-080d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
View Satchel Paige's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1948 season)

Full Name: Leroy Robert Paige

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.9

124

ERA

2.73

403

198

1751.2

1501

WHIP

1.101

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-8 / in Starts: 5-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 4

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	225	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	5-6		99	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.76	7	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.054	2.90	0.17%	1.03	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
2	226	75	Jul 15(2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	6-GF	BW(1-0)	5	3.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.38	4.07	13	0	8	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.011	10.59	0.05%	0.14	6b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 3
3	227	79	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.84	3.71	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.018	1.36	0.06%	0.52	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
4	228	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	8-10		0	2.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.16	3.96	11	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.77	0.072	16.55	0.26%	0.03	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 0 out tie
5	229	83	Jul 21(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	3.62	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.011	1.03	0.05%	0.53	6b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
6	230	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	3.11	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.095	7.82	0.44%	1.05	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
7	231	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	2.03	4.48	9	0	6	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.033	1.32	-0.13%	0.12	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
8	232	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	4-8	BL(1-1)	4	4.2	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.00	4.09	18	6	6	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.008	9.21	-0.03%	0.76	4t -2- 1 out a1	8t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	233	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	GS-7	W(2-1)	3	7.0	7	3	3	4	6	0	0	2.52	3.72	30	2	11	0	0	7	53			0	1	1	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.072	5.89	0.22%	0.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
10	234	98	Aug 8(1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	8-9	W(3-1)	4	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.66	6	0	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.147	11.83	0.66%	0.70	8t --- 0 out tie	9t -2- 2 out a2
11	235	102	Aug 11(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.15	3.47	10	1	4	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.201	10.16	0.79%	0.54	7b -23 1 out a4	9b end a 2
12	236	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-1)	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	3.25	33	9	18	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.587	6.45	2.28%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
13	237	112	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.33	3.01	30	7	14	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.753	9.40	3.48%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	238	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS-3		3	2.1	5	3	3	0	2	0	1	1.81	2.98	13	1	4	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.259	10.52	-1.68%	-2.29	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out tie
15	239	120	Aug 27(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	2.94	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
16	240	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	W(6-1)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.66	2.79	33	9	11	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.31	0.158	2.12	0.65%	3.65	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	241	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-5		4	4.1	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	1.97	2.73	21	2	8	0	0	9	35			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.185	9.66	-0.81%	-0.84	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d1
18	242	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	7-8	H(1)	3	1.0	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.22	2.88	7	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	-0.122	10.15	-0.28%	-0.87	7t 1-3 1 out a3	8t 123 1 out a2
19	243	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	8-9		0	1.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.30	2.94	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	-0.201	12.07	-0.52%	-0.41	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
20	244	137	Sep 12(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	GS-5		2	4.0	5	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.55	2.84	19	1	5	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.128	7.59	-0.52%	-1.28	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out a3
21	245	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	2.88	7	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.048	4.00	0.29%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							13-8		W-L:6-1,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.4	72.2	61	21	20	22	43	2	1	2.48	2.88	295	0.41		2%	0%	61	58	7	43%	1	1	1	267	12	2	2	4	0	1	1.16	1.292	7.50	5.41%	14.81

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