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Sheriff Blake
John Frederick Blake

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School West Virginia Wesleyan College

Debut June 29, 1920
Final Game September 26, 1937
Born September 17, 1899 in Ansted, WV
Died October 31, 1982 in Beckley, WV

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1920 20 PIT NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   5  0   13.3   21   14   12   0    6    7   1   2    64       0  8.10  3.23   40 2.025
 1924 24 CHC NL   6   6  29  11   4   0   8  1  106.3  123   58   54   3   44   42   2   1   469       0  4.57  3.90   85 1.571
 1925 25 CHC NL  10  18  36  31  14   0   3  2  231.3  260  144  125  17  114   93   5   3  1046       0  4.86  4.31   89 1.617
 1926 26 CHC NL  11  12  39  27  11   4   9  1  197.7  204   91   79   7   92   95   6   6   849       0  3.60  3.86  107 1.497
 1927 27 CHC NL  13  14  32  27  13   2   2  0  224.3  238  101   82   3   82   64   4   4   963       0  3.29  3.87  118 1.426
 1928 28 CHC NL  17  11  34  29  16   4   5  1  240.7  209   80   66   4  101   78   3   3   995       0  2.47  3.86  156 1.288
 1929 29 CHC NL  14  13  35  30  13   1   3  1  218.3  244  122  104   8  103   70   2   4   962       0  4.29  4.62  108 1.589
 1930 30 CHC NL  10  14  34  24   7   0   4  0  186.7  213  127  100  14   99   80   3   4   856       0  4.82  4.87  101 1.671
 1931 31 TOT NL   4   9  30  14   1   0  10  1  121.0  154   83   73   6   61   60   4   6   573       0  5.43  4.07   75 1.777
         CHC NL   0   4  16   5   0   0   7  0   50.0   64   34   29   4   26   29   1   2   238       0  5.22  3.86   74 1.800
         PHI NL   4   5  14   9   1   0   3  1   71.0   90   49   44   2   35   31   3   4   335       0  5.58  4.21   76 1.761
 1937 37 TOT      2   5  29   3   2   0  11  1   80.3  100   56   49   6   38   32   0   2   372       0  5.49  4.36   79 1.718
         SLB AL   2   2  15   1   0   0   6  1   36.7   55   33   31   5   20   12   0   1   180       0  7.61  4.81   63 2.045
         STL NL   0   3  14   2   2   0   5  0   43.7   45   23   18   1   18   20   0   1   192       0  3.71  3.99  107 1.443
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .460  87 102 304 196  81  11  60  8 1620.0 1766  876  744  68  740  621  30  35  7149       0  4.13  4.18  101 1.547
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  13  41  26  11   1   8  1  220.0  240  119  101   9  100   84   4   4   972   0   0  4.13  4.18  101 1.547
 Career High     17  18  39  31  16   4  11  2  240.7  260  144  125  17  114   95   6   6  1046   0   0  2.47  4.87  156 1.288

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 20 PIT NL   6    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   42    1   0           0    
 1924 24 CHC NL  29   31    5    9   0  1   0    3   0  1   1   1  .290  .313  .355   78   11   1           0    
 1925 25 CHC NL  36   79    4   12   1  0   0    7   0  0   2  21  .152  .173  .165  -14   13   3           0    
 1926 26 CHC NL  39   65    2   14   0  0   0    4   0      2   9  .215  .250  .215   26   14   3           1    
 1927 27 CHC NL  32   83    2   16   0  0   0    3   0      1  10  .193  .202  .193    6   16   4           0    
 1928 28 CHC NL  35   88   10   19   1  0   0    5   0      1  13  .216  .233  .227   21   20   7           1    
 1929 29 CHC NL  38   81   11   14   2  0   0    4   0      4  10  .173  .212  .198    2   16   5           0    
 1930 30 CHC NL  36   66    5   15   0  0   0    2   0      2  14  .227  .250  .227   16   15   3           0    
 1931 31 TOT NL  30   41    6   14   1  0   0    2   0      1   9  .341  .357  .366   90   15   0           0    
         CHC NL  16   16    4    8   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .500  .500  .500  167    8   0           0    
         PHI NL  14   25    2    6   1  0   0    1   0      1   7  .240  .269  .280   43    7   0           0    
 1937 37 TOT     29   20    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .200  .200  .200    4    4   2           0   0
         SLB AL  15   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .100  .100  .100  -49    1   1           0    
         STL NL  14   10    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .300  .300  .300   62    3   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     310  558   46  118   5  1   0   30   0  1  14  91  .211  .233  .224   18  125  28   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        292   24   62   3  1   0   16   0  1   7  48  .211  .233  .224   18   65  15   0   0   1   0
 Career High     39   88   11   19   2  1   0    7   0  1   4  21                          20   7   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 20 PIT NL    4    3    0   0.0    93| .250  .280| .250  .334| .250  .372| .500  .706|  42  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1924 24 CHC NL   33   24    3   3.4   105| .290  .291| .313  .347| .355  .406| .668  .752|  78  .364  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1925 25 CHC NL   84   70    2   0.8   116| .152  .303| .173  .361| .165  .432| .338  .793| -14  .030 -14.0  -1.3   0%
 1926 26 CHC NL   71   54    3   1.5   104| .215  .288| .250  .349| .215  .400| .465  .748|  26  .115  -7.0  -0.7     
 1927 27 CHC NL   88   71    3   1.1   104| .193  .290| .202  .349| .193  .400| .395  .749|   6  .072 -11.3  -1.1     
 1928 28 CHC NL   97   76    4   1.4   108| .216  .289| .233  .354| .227  .411| .460  .764|  21  .096 -10.3  -1.0     
 1929 29 CHC NL   90   72    3   1.1   121| .173  .304| .212  .368| .198  .443| .410  .812|   2  .051 -12.8  -1.2     
 1930 30 CHC NL   71   54    4   2.0   127| .227  .313| .250  .372| .227  .466| .477  .837|  16  .119  -9.2  -0.8     
 1931 31 TOT NL   42   27    6   5.9   108| .341  .292| .357  .352| .366  .412| .723  .764|  90  .613  -0.7  -0.1     
         CHC NL   16    8    4  13.3   105| .500  .288| .500  .347| .500  .406|1.000  .753| 167  .875   1.4   0.1     
         PHI NL   26   19    2   2.8   110| .240  .295| .269  .355| .280  .416| .549  .771|  43  .287  -2.1  -0.2     
 1937 37 TOT      22   18    1   1.5   110| .200  .286| .200  .355| .200  .416| .400  .771|   4  .100  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         SLB AL   11   10    0   0.0   117| .100  .290| .100  .365| .100  .432| .200  .797| -49  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         STL NL   11    8    1   3.3   103| .300  .282| .300  .344| .300  .400| .600  .745|  62  .366  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      602  469   29   1.6   112| .211  .296| .233  .357| .224  .422| .457  .779|  18  .117 -69.6  -6.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1920 20 PIT NL   P    6      1    2    0    1 1.000  .968  0.50  1.75  2.03  2.84    0   13.3
 1924 24 CHC NL   P   29      2   30    0    0 1.000  .964  1.10  1.42  2.71  2.52   11  106.3
 1925 25 CHC NL   P   36      7   52    2    6  .967  .956  1.64  1.35  2.30  2.44   31  231.3
 1926 26 CHC NL   P   39      9   54    1    1  .984  .957  1.62  1.39  2.87  2.57   27  197.7
 1927 27 CHC NL   P   32     10   64    4    5  .949  .959  2.31  1.29  2.97  2.33   27  224.3
 1928 28 CHC NL   P   34      4   48    3    3  .945  .967  1.53  1.27  1.94  2.42   29  240.7
 1929 29 CHC NL   P   35      6   43    2    1  .961  .965  1.40  1.23  2.02  2.39   30  218.3
 1930 30 CHC NL   P   34      7   50    1    4  .983  .964  1.68  1.10  2.75  2.21   24  186.7
 1931 31 TOT NL   P   30      6   38    0    3 1.000  .959  1.47  1.20  3.27  2.22   14  121.0
         CHC NL   P   16      1   16    0    1 1.000  .960  1.06  1.20  3.06  2.21    5   50.0
         PHI NL   P   14      5   22    0    2 1.000  .957  1.93  1.20  3.42  2.22    9   71.0
 1937 37 TOT      P   29      3   20    0    0 1.000  .954  0.79  1.14  2.57  2.24    3   80.4
         SLB AL   P   15      2    8    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.09  2.45  2.06    1   36.7
         STL NL   P   14      1   12    0    0 1.000  .956  0.93  1.20  2.68  2.39    2   43.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1920 20 PIT NL   P    6      1    2    0    1 1.000  .968  0.50  1.75  2.03  2.84    0   13.3
 1924 24 CHC NL   P   29      2   30    0    0 1.000  .964  1.10  1.42  2.71  2.52   11  106.3
 1925 25 CHC NL   P   36      7   52    2    6  .967  .956  1.64  1.35  2.30  2.44   31  231.3
 1926 26 CHC NL   P   39      9   54    1    1  .984  .957  1.62  1.39  2.87  2.57   27  197.7
 1927 27 CHC NL   P   32     10   64    4    5  .949  .959  2.31  1.29  2.97  2.33   27  224.3
 1928 28 CHC NL   P   34      4   48    3    3  .945  .967  1.53  1.27  1.94  2.42   29  240.7
 1929 29 CHC NL   P   35      6   43    2    1  .961  .965  1.40  1.23  2.02  2.39   30  218.3
 1930 30 CHC NL   P   34      7   50    1    4  .983  .964  1.68  1.10  2.75  2.21   24  186.7
 1931 31 TOT NL   P   30      6   38    0    3 1.000  .959  1.47  1.20  3.27  2.22   14  121.0
         CHC NL   P   16      1   16    0    1 1.000  .960  1.06  1.20  3.06  2.21    5   50.0
         PHI NL   P   14      5   22    0    2 1.000  .957  1.93  1.20  3.42  2.22    9   71.0
 1937 37 TOT      P   29      3   20    0    0 1.000  .954  0.79  1.14  2.57  2.24    3   80.4
         SLB AL   P   15      2    8    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.09  2.45  2.06    1   36.7
         STL NL   P   14      1   12    0    0 1.000  .956  0.93  1.20  2.68  2.39    2   43.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 304     55  401   13   24  .972  .961  1.50  1.28  2.53  2.39  196 1620.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       304     55  401   13   24  .972  .961  1.50  1.28  2.53  2.39  196   1620

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   2   0  13.50  0  1  0  0   1.1   4   2   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   2   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1927 NL-3.29-10
1928 NL-2.47-2

Wins
1928 NL-17-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1928 NL-7.82-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1925 NL-3.62-7
1926 NL-4.33-4
1928 NL-2.92-9
1930 NL-3.86-7

Games
1925 NL-36-9
1926 NL-39-10

Saves
1925 NL-2-8

Strikeouts
1925 NL-93-3
1926 NL-95-7
1928 NL-78-9

Games Started
1925 NL-31-6
1929 NL-30-7

Comp. Games
1928 NL-16-9

Shutouts
1926 NL-4-2
1927 NL-2-5
1928 NL-4-1

Home Runs Allow.
1925 NL-17-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1925 NL-114-2
1926 NL-92-1
1927 NL-82-4
1928 NL-101-4
1929 NL-103-3
1930 NL-99-2

Hits Allowed
1925 NL-260-10

Losses
1925 NL-18-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1925 NL-125-3

Wild Pitches
1926 NL-6-4
1927 NL-4-7
1929 NL-4-8
1931 NL-6-4

Hit Batsmen
1926 NL-6-8

Batters Faced
1925 NL-1046-9

Adjusted ERA+
1928 NL-156-2

Oldest Player
1937 AL-37-7
1937 NL-37-10

Youngest Player
1920 NL-20-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 38 (629) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
July 27, 1931: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.
January 23, 1937: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.
July 15, 1937: Released by the St. Louis Browns.
July 17, 1937: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 7, 1937: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1927 NL-3.29-10 1928 NL-2.47-2	Wins 1928 NL-17-9	Hits Allowed/9IP 1928 NL-7.82-2	Strikeouts/9IP 1925 NL-3.62-7 1926 NL-4.33-4 1928 NL-2.92-9 1930 NL-3.86-7	Games 1925 NL-36-9 1926 NL-39-10	Saves 1925 NL-2-8
Strikeouts 1925 NL-93-3 1926 NL-95-7 1928 NL-78-9	Games Started 1925 NL-31-6 1929 NL-30-7	Comp. Games 1928 NL-16-9	Shutouts 1926 NL-4-2 1927 NL-2-5 1928 NL-4-1	Home Runs Allow. 1925 NL-17-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1925 NL-114-2 1926 NL-92-1 1927 NL-82-4 1928 NL-101-4 1929 NL-103-3 1930 NL-99-2
Hits Allowed 1925 NL-260-10	Losses 1925 NL-18-2	Earned Runs Allow. 1925 NL-125-3	Wild Pitches 1926 NL-6-4 1927 NL-4-7 1929 NL-4-8 1931 NL-6-4	Hit Batsmen 1926 NL-6-8	Batters Faced 1925 NL-1046-9
Adjusted ERA+ 1928 NL-156-2	Oldest Player 1937 AL-37-7 1937 NL-37-10	Youngest Player 1920 NL-20-7