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Lefty York
James Edward York

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 12, 1919
Final Game October 2, 1921
Born November 1, 1892 in West Fork, AR
Died April 9, 1961 in York, PA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1919 26 PHA AL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    4.3   13   13   12   0    5    2   0   0    31       0 24.92  3.41   14 4.154
 1921 28 CHC NL   5   9  40  10   4   1  15  1  139.0  170   82   73   5   63   57   5   4   639       1  4.73  3.82   81 1.676
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .313   5  11  42  12   4   1  15  1  143.3  183   95   85   5   68   59   5   4   670       1  5.34  3.80   71 1.751
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  13  52  15   5   1  18  1  180.3  230  119  107   6   85   74   6   5   843   0   1  5.34  3.80   71 1.751
 Career High      5   9  40  10   4   1  15  1  139.0  170   82   73   5   63   57   5   4   639   0   1  4.73  3.82   81 1.676

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 26 PHA AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1921 28 CHC NL  40   39    2    5   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  12  .128  .171  .154  -13    6   3           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       42   40    2    5   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  13  .125  .167  .150  -16    6   3   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        154    8   19   4  0   0   19   0  0   4  50  .125  .167  .150  -16   23  12   0   0   4   0
 Career High     40   39    2    5   1  0   0    5   0  0   1  12                           6   3   0   0   1   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 26 PHA AL    1    1    0   0.0    96| .000  .277| .000  .344| .000  .373| .000  .717|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1921 28 CHC NL   44   37    1   0.7   107| .128  .298| .171  .348| .154  .410| .325  .759| -13  .033  -6.4  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        45   38    1   0.7   106| .125  .297| .167  .348| .150  .409| .317  .758| -16  .032  -6.7  -0.6     

* 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 ------+
1919 26 PHA AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.75 2.09 2.93 2 4.3 1921 28 CHC NL P 40 1 22 4 0 .852 .954 0.57 1.52 1.49 2.67 10 139.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 26 PHA AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.75 2.09 2.93 2 4.3 1921 28 CHC NL P 40 1 22 4 0 .852 .954 0.57 1.52 1.49 2.67 10 139.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 42 1 23 4 0 .857 .952 0.57 1.53 1.51 2.68 12 143.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 42 1 23 4 0 .857 .952 0.57 1.53 1.51 2.68 12 143
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1921 NL-40-10

Games Finished
1921 NL-15-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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