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Pitching Glossary /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 24 CIN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     7       0  0.00  3.84  inf 0.500
 1940 25 CIN NL   1   2  15   1   1   0  12  2   33.7   30   12    7   0   17    9   0   0   142       0  1.87  3.81  204 1.396
 1941 26 CIN NL  19   4  33  22  15   4   4  1  216.7  180   68   54   8   59   80   5   2   884       0  2.24  3.63  162 1.103 MVP-5
 1942 27 CIN NL   7  11  29  19   7   1   5  0  158.3  157   74   65   7   79   78   4   2   700       0  3.69  3.31   90 1.491
 1943 28 CIN NL  21  11  36  33  19   5   3  3  260.3  235   87   76   6  107   69   2   0  1086       0  2.63  3.34  127 1.314 MVP-7
 1944 29 CIN NL   2   2   4   4   2   0   0  0   26.7   25   12   12   0   12    6   0   0   113       0  4.05  3.50   86 1.388
 1945 30 CIN NL   1   4  12   3   0   0   6  0   29.7   39   27   27   4   27    5   0   1   146       0  8.19  3.76   46 2.225
 1947 32 CIN NL   1   0  16   3   0   0   6  0   30.3   42   30   28   5   31    8   1   0   159       0  8.31  4.11   49 2.407
 1948 33 PIT NL  12  10  28  27  12   3   1  1  191.0  184   83   74  20   81   63   3   9   828       0  3.49  4.07  117 1.387 AS
 1949 34 PIT NL   1   8  16  12   1   0   3  1   74.3   81   45   44   9   45   24   4   0   341       1  5.33  4.20   79 1.695
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .556  65  52 190 124  57  13  40  8 1023.0  974  438  387  59  458  342  19  14  4406       1  3.40  3.65  107 1.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  41  26  12   2   8  1  221.3  210   94   83  12   99   74   4   3   954   0   0  3.40  3.65  107 1.400
 Career High     21  11  36  33  19   5  12  3  260.3  235   87   76  20  107   80   5   9  1086   0   1  2.24  4.20  162 1.103

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

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 25 CIN NL  15    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .143  .250  .143   10    1   0           0   0
 1941 26 CIN NL  33   71   10   16   4  0   0    9   0      3  11  .225  .257  .282   51   20   9           0   1 MVP-5
 1942 27 CIN NL  29   58    4   15   1  0   0    5   0      2  12  .259  .283  .276   64   16   0           0   0
 1943 28 CIN NL  36   93    6   18   3  0   0    7   0      5  11  .194  .235  .226   34   21   6           0   2 MVP-7
 1944 29 CIN NL   4    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .125  .222  .125    1    1   1           0   0
 1945 30 CIN NL  12   11    1    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .273  .273  .364   77    4   0           0   0
 1947 32 CIN NL  16    5    2    0   0  0   0    0   0      2   2  .000  .286  .000  -18    0   1           0   1
 1948 33 PIT NL  29   64    6   12   1  0   1    5   1      4  16  .188  .235  .250   30   16   6           0   0 AS
 1949 34 PIT NL  16   22    0    3   0  0   0    2   0      1  10  .136  .174  .136  -16    3   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     191  339   30   69  10  0   1   28   1  0  19  69  .204  .246  .242   38   82  24   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        288   25   59   8  0   1   24   1  0  16  59  .204  .246  .242   38   70  20   0   0   0   4
 Career High     36   93   10   18   4  0   1    9   1  0   5  16                          21   9   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 25 CIN NL    8    6    0   0.0    99| .143  .273| .250  .338| .143  .393| .393  .730|  10  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1941 26 CIN NL   83   65    5   2.1    95| .225  .267| .257  .338| .282  .376| .539  .714|  51  .217  -4.8  -0.5     
 1942 27 CIN NL   60   43    5   3.1    87| .259  .256| .283  .328| .276  .356| .559  .684|  64  .411  -2.8  -0.3     
 1943 28 CIN NL  104   83    5   1.6    89| .194  .264| .235  .332| .226  .358| .461  .690|  34  .165  -8.0  -0.9     
 1944 29 CIN NL   10    8    0   0.0    91| .125  .263| .222  .330| .125  .370| .347  .699|   1  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1945 30 CIN NL   11    8    1   3.4    95| .273  .271| .273  .340| .364  .374| .637  .714|  77  .390  -0.4   0.0     
 1947 32 CIN NL    8    7    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .286  .348| .000  .404| .286  .752| -18  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1948 33 PIT NL   74   58    4   1.8   104| .188  .271| .235  .346| .250  .401| .485  .747|  30  .164  -6.6  -0.7     
 1949 34 PIT NL   24   21    1   1.3   106| .136  .273| .174  .347| .136  .408| .310  .755| -16  .087  -3.7  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      382  299   21   1.9    94| .204  .266| .246  .337| .242  .375| .488  .712|  38  .190 -28.9  -3.1     

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1939 24 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.10  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1940 25 CIN NL   P   15      0    7    0    2 1.000  .959  0.47  1.10  1.87  2.22    1   33.7
 1941 26 CIN NL   P   33      7   43    0    2 1.000  .965  1.52  1.09  2.08  2.23   22  216.7
 1942 27 CIN NL   P   29      7   28    0    3 1.000  .967  1.21  1.17  1.99  2.35   19  158.3
 1943 28 CIN NL   P   36     16   48    1    4  .985  .961  1.78  1.16  2.21  2.27   33  260.3
 1944 29 CIN NL   P    4      2    8    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.10  3.37  2.12    4   26.7
 1945 30 CIN NL   P   12      1    7    0    1 1.000  .964  0.67  1.06  2.42  2.18    3   29.7
 1947 32 CIN NL   P   16      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.19  0.91  0.89  2.11    3   30.3
 1948 33 PIT NL   P   28      9   37    2    3  .958  .962  1.64  0.91  2.17  2.11   27  191.0 AS
 1949 34 PIT NL   P   16      6    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.62  0.91  1.21  2.03   12   74.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1939 24 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.10  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1940 25 CIN NL   P   15      0    7    0    2 1.000  .959  0.47  1.10  1.87  2.22    1   33.7
 1941 26 CIN NL   P   33      7   43    0    2 1.000  .965  1.52  1.09  2.08  2.23   22  216.7
 1942 27 CIN NL   P   29      7   28    0    3 1.000  .967  1.21  1.17  1.99  2.35   19  158.3
 1943 28 CIN NL   P   36     16   48    1    4  .985  .961  1.78  1.16  2.21  2.27   33  260.3
 1944 29 CIN NL   P    4      2    8    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.10  3.37  2.12    4   26.7
 1945 30 CIN NL   P   12      1    7    0    1 1.000  .964  0.67  1.06  2.42  2.18    3   29.7
 1947 32 CIN NL   P   16      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.19  0.91  0.89  2.11    3   30.3
 1948 33 PIT NL   P   28      9   37    2    3  .958  .962  1.64  0.91  2.17  2.11   27  191.0
 1949 34 PIT NL   P   16      6    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.62  0.91  1.21  2.03   12   74.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 190     49  184    3   15  .987  .963  1.23  1.06  2.05  2.21  124 1023.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       190     49  184    3   15  .987  .963  1.23  1.06  2.05  2.21  124   1023

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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.

All-Star
1948

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-5-0.29
1943-NL-7-0.20
Car-437-0.49 shares

ERA
1941 NL-2.24-1
1943 NL-2.63-8
1948 NL-3.49-10

Wins
1941 NL-19-3
1943 NL-21-1

Won-Loss %
1941 NL-.826-1
1943 NL-.656-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1941 NL-1.103-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1941 NL-7.48-5
1943 NL-8.12-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1941 NL-2.45-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1942 NL-4.43-6

Saves
1943 NL-3-10

Innings
1943 NL-260.3-6

Games Started
1943 NL-33-5

Comp. Games
1941 NL-15-10
1943 NL-19-7
1948 NL-12-9

Shutouts
1941 NL-4-5
1943 NL-5-3
1948 NL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1948 NL-20-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1942 NL-79-9
1943 NL-107-3

Hits Allowed
1943 NL-235-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1943 NL-76-10

Wild Pitches
1948 NL-9-2

Hit Batsmen
1941 NL-5-5
1942 NL-4-10

Batters Faced
1943 NL-1086-6

Adjusted ERA+
1941 NL-162-1
1943 NL-127-9
1948 NL-117-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 11 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 48 (516) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (555) (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
December 10, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Elmer Riddle's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1948	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1941-NL-5-0.29 1943-NL-7-0.20 Car-437-0.49 shares	ERA 1941 NL-2.24-1 1943 NL-2.63-8 1948 NL-3.49-10	Wins 1941 NL-19-3 1943 NL-21-1	Won-Loss % 1941 NL-.826-1 1943 NL-.656-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1941 NL-1.103-3
Hits Allowed/9IP 1941 NL-7.48-5 1943 NL-8.12-7	Bases on Balls/9IP 1941 NL-2.45-9	Strikeouts/9IP 1942 NL-4.43-6	Saves 1943 NL-3-10	Innings 1943 NL-260.3-6	Games Started 1943 NL-33-5
Comp. Games 1941 NL-15-10 1943 NL-19-7 1948 NL-12-9	Shutouts 1941 NL-4-5 1943 NL-5-3 1948 NL-3-6	Home Runs Allow. 1948 NL-20-6	Bases On Balls Allow. 1942 NL-79-9 1943 NL-107-3	Hits Allowed 1943 NL-235-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1943 NL-76-10
Wild Pitches 1948 NL-9-2	Hit Batsmen 1941 NL-5-5 1942 NL-4-10	Batters Faced 1943 NL-1086-6	Adjusted ERA+ 1941 NL-162-1 1943 NL-127-9 1948 NL-117-9