Bibb Falk

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: January 27, 1899 in Austin, TX us

Died: June 8, 1989 in Austin, TX

Buried: Austin Memorial Park, Austin, TX

High School: Stephen F. Austin HS (Austin, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: July 17, 1920 (Age 21-172d, 5,062nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1931 (Age 32-239d)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Bibb August Falk

Nicknames: Jockey

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Relatives: Brother of Chet Falk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.7

4652

1463

.315

655

RBI

784

OBP

.372

SLG

.449

OPS

.821

OPS+

113

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 69 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 11 tying, 21 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	50
CLE	19

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	47
Home	22

Outs
0	33
1	24
2	12

8 Opps
NYY	17
SLB	17
PHA	9
WSH	6
CLE	6
DET	6
BOS	4
CHW	4

49 Pitchers
Elam Vangilder	6
Bullet Joe Bush	4
Bob Shawkey	4
Urban Shocker	3
George Pipgras	2
Dixie Davis	2
Joe Giard	2
Jack Quinn	2
Roy Sherid	2
Red Faber	2
Joe Shaute	2
Jim Bagby	1
Red Oldham	1
General Crowder	1
Slim Harriss	1
George Uhle	1
Jim Lindsey	1
Sad Sam Jones	1
Rube Walberg	1
George Blaeholder	1
George Earnshaw	1
Bump Hadley	1
Hooks Dauss	1
Grady Adkins	1
Bob Hasty	1
Joe Pate	1
Bobby Burke	1
Kyle Graham	1
Harry Courtney	1
Benn Karr	1
Howard Ehmke	1
Curly Ogden	1
Tommy Thomas	1
Rollie Naylor	1
Dave Danforth	1
Ken Holloway	1
Ernie Wingard	1
Sam Gray	1
Fred Heimach	1
Dutch Ruether	1
Walter Johnson	1
Milt Gaston	1
Waite Hoyt	1
Stan Coveleski	1
Augie Johns	1
Bill Piercy	1
Emil Levsen	1
Myles Thomas	1
Red Ruffing	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	16
League Pk II (CLE)	14
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	14
Yankee Stad (NYC)	9
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
GriffithStad (WAS)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2

Where Hit
9	59
7	3
78	2
8	1
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	11
-2-	8
1-3	4
123	3
-23	2
12-	1

111 RBI
RISP	18
0 on	40
1 on	19
2 on	7
3 on	3
Any on	29

Inning
1	4
2	11
3	5
4	9
5	2
6	10
7	8
8	10
9	6
Extra	4

1-3	20
4-6	21
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	6
+1	12
Tied	13
-1	14
-2	8
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	24
Tied	13
Behind	32

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	57
RF	9
PH	3

OrderPos
5th	39
6th	18
4th	6
3rd	3
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1921-05-01	CHW		CLE	Stan Coveleski	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.099	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1921-05-22	CHW		WSH	Harry Courtney	behind 0-2	b 6	1	123	4	5	7	0.391	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Mulligan Scores; E. Collins Scores; H. Hooper Scores
3	3	3	1	1921-07-21	CHW		PHA	Rollie Naylor	tied 1-1	b 14	0	---	1	5	7	0.351	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1921-07-30 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	Slim Harriss	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	5	7	0.150	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Strunk Scores
5	5	5	1	1921-09-14	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	ahead 4-1	t 3	0	-2-	2	5	7	0.075	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Sheely Scores
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1922-04-21	CHW	@	SLB	Dave Danforth	behind 0-2	t 7	2	---	1	6	7	0.105	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1922-05-07	CHW	@	DET	Red Oldham	ahead 7-4	t 9	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.024	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Hooper Scores
8	8	3	1	1922-05-31	CHW	@	CLE	Jim Lindsey	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.100	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	4	2	1922-05-31	CHW	@	CLE	Jim Bagby	ahead 6-4	t 8	1	1--	2	5	7	0.100	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mostil Scores
10	10	5	1	1922-06-01	CHW	@	SLB	Dixie Davis	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	7	0.183	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	6	1	1922-06-02	CHW	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	behind 2-11	t 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	7	1	1922-06-07	CHW		NYY	Bullet Joe Bush	behind 5-9	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.044	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	8	1	1922-07-01	CHW		DET	Hooks Dauss	behind 0-1	b 1	2	123	4	6	7	0.307	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Collins Scores; H. Hooper Scores; J. Mostil Scores
14	14	9	1	1922-07-29	CHW		NYY	Bullet Joe Bush	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	7	0.159	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Strunk Scores
15	15	10	1	1922-08-16	CHW	@	BOS	Benn Karr	behind 2-5	t 9	1	---	1	6	7	0.023	4%		Home Run (CF-RF)
16	16	11	1	1922-08-19	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.101	46%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
17	17	12	1	1922-08-28 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	Bob Hasty	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	1	6	7	0.118	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1923-06-12	CHW	@	BOS	Howard Ehmke	behind 1-10	t 7	0	-2-	2	6	7	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Sheely Scores
19	19	2	1	1923-06-15	CHW	@	WSH	Walter Johnson	behind 3-7	t 7	1	1-3	3	9	PH	0.162	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Kamm Scores; R. Schalk Scores
20	20	3	1	1923-06-25	CHW	@	DET	Ken Holloway	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1	6	7	0.119	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1923-07-03	CHW	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.100	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1923-07-13	CHW		NYY	Bullet Joe Bush	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	6	7	0.198	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1924-05-13	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1--	2	6	7	0.172	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Sheely Scores
24	24	2	2	1924-05-13	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Shawkey	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	-2-	2	6	7	0.153	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Sheely Scores
25	25	3	1	1924-06-10	CHW		BOS	Bill Piercy	tied 2-2	b 13	0	---	1	5	7	0.354	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	4	1	1924-06-21 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	behind 0-1	t 4	1	-2-	2	5	7	0.180	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Sheely Scores
27	27	5	1	1924-07-11	CHW	@	NYY	Bullet Joe Bush	behind 1-3	t 3	2	123	4	5	7	0.344	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball); H. Hooper Scores; E. Collins Scores; E. Sheely Scores
28	28	6	1	1924-08-09 (1)	CHW		WSH	Curly Ogden	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.104	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1925-04-19	CHW	@	SLB	Dixie Davis	behind 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7
30	30	2	1	1925-04-20	CHW	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	5	7	0.151	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Collins Scores; E. Sheely Scores
31	31	3	1	1925-07-02	CHW	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	behind 4-18	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	4	1	1925-09-05	CHW	@	SLB	Joe Giard	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1--	2	5	7	0.193	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Sheely Scores
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1926-04-22	CHW	@	SLB	Joe Giard	behind 2-4	t 6	1	1--	2	5	7	0.230	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Sheely Scores
34	34	2	1	1926-05-24	CHW	@	DET	Augie Johns	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	1	5	7	0.121	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	3	1	1926-06-24	CHW		CLE	Emil Levsen	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	-23	3	5	7	0.203	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mostil Scores; E. Sheely Scores
36	36	4	1	1926-07-01	CHW	@	SLB	Ernie Wingard	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.091	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	1926-07-03	CHW	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	ahead 6-2	t 9	0	1--	2	4	7	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Collins Scores
38	38	6	1	1926-07-10	CHW	@	PHA	Joe Pate	behind 10-11	t 8	2	1-3	3	4	7	0.563	83%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Hunnefield Scores; E. Collins Scores
39	39	7	1	1926-07-12	CHW	@	PHA	Sam Gray	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.117	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	8	1	1926-08-11	CHW	@	CLE	Joe Shaute	ahead 5-2	t 13	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.031	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Sheely Scores
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1927-04-15	CHW	@	CLE	Joe Shaute	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.098	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	1927-05-21	CHW		PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 3-5	b 6	1	---	1	6	7	0.131	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	3	1	1927-06-08	CHW	@	NYY	Dutch Ruether	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.100	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	4	1	1927-06-10	CHW	@	NYY	Urban Shocker	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	---	1	5	7	0.138	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	5	1	1927-07-01	CHW	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	0.095	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
46	46	6	1	1927-07-02	CHW	@	SLB	Milt Gaston	tied 5-5	t 10	0	---	1	3	7	0.322	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	7	1	1927-07-03	CHW	@	SLB	Elam Vangilder	ahead 10-2	t 8	1	1--	2	3	7
48	48	8	1	1927-07-22	CHW		NYY	Myles Thomas	ahead 5-1	b 7	0	1--	2	5	7	0.020	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Barrett Scores
49	49	9	1	1927-08-02 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	Jack Quinn	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.155	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1928-07-18	CHW	@	NYY	Waite Hoyt	behind 3-6	t 8	0	1-3	3	6	7	0.282	50%		Home Run; A. Metzler Scores; W. Kamm Scores/unER
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1929-05-30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	Red Faber	behind 1-3	t 9	1	---	1	6	7	0.057	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	2	1	1929-06-10	CLE	@	WSH	Bump Hadley	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	9	0.159	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Sewell Scores
53	53	3	1	1929-06-24	CLE	@	SLB	General Crowder	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	3	5	9	0.178	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Averill Scores; L. Fonseca Scores
54	54	4	1	1929-07-04 (1)	CLE		CHW	Red Faber	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.073	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	5	1	1929-07-05	CLE		CHW	Grady Adkins	behind 6-9	b 7	0	-2-	2	5	9	0.169	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Fonseca Scores
56	56	6	1	1929-07-07 (1)	CLE		BOS	Red Ruffing	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.121	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
57	57	7	1	1929-07-13	CLE		WSH	Sad Sam Jones	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.096	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
58	58	8	1	1929-07-16	CLE		PHA	Jack Quinn	behind 3-4	b 7	1	---	1	5	7	0.218	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	9	1	1929-07-19 (2)	CLE		NYY	George Pipgras	ahead 3-1	b 3	2	1--	2	5	7	0.133	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Fonseca Scores
60	60	10	1	1929-07-28	CLE	@	WSH	Bobby Burke	behind 3-4	t 4	1	---	1	5	7	0.117	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	11	1	1929-08-02	CLE	@	NYY	Fred Heimach	behind 6-8	t 9	1	-23	3	5	7	0.574	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Averill Scores/unER; L. Fonseca Scores
62	62	12	1	1929-08-08	CLE		DET	Kyle Graham	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.283	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
63	63	13	1	1929-09-01	CLE	@	CHW	Tommy Thomas	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	0.068	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1930-06-27	CLE	@	NYY	George Pipgras	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.085	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	2	1	1930-07-20	CLE		NYY	Roy Sherid	behind 5-8	b 6	0	1--	2	8	PH	0.181	43%		Home Run; G. Myatt Scores
66	66	3	1	1930-08-13	CLE	@	PHA	George Earnshaw	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	7	0.119	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	4	1	1930-08-22	CLE	@	NYY	Roy Sherid	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	1	6	7	0.100	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1931-04-28	CLE		SLB	George Blaeholder	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.068	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	2	1	1931-08-09	CLE		DET	George Uhle	behind 7-9	b 8	2	---	1	9	PH	0.112	22%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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