Sheriff Blake

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 17, 1899 in Ansted, WV us

Died: October 31, 1982 in Beckley, WV

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, WV

School: West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)

Debut: June 29, 1920 (Age 20-286d, 5,054th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1937 (Age 38-009d)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: John Frederick Blake

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

102

ERA

4.13

304

195

1620.0

621

WHIP

1.547

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-13 / in Starts: 18-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	60 (32-15-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (31-19-11)

Most Driven In
N McMillan	2
C Beck	1
R Stephenson	1
G Hartnett	1
C Grimm	0
J Butler	0

Most Driven In By
F Maguire	5
K Cuyler	2
W English	1
H Wilson	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	143	4 (3)	Apr 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.92	-0.096	2.22	-0.14%	-1.05	P
2	144	9 (4)	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,13-0	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.556	.556	.556	1.111	9	.12	0.027	.32	0.04%	0.62	P
3	145	14 (4)	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.38	-0.012	1.00	-0.02%	-0.28	P
4	146	18 (3)	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	147	20 (1)	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9						PR
6	148	23 (2)	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9						P
7	149	29 (5)	May 13	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.96	-0.049	3.12	-0.10%	-0.56	P
8	150	41 (11)	May 27	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	1.46	-0.090	5.63	-0.21%	-1.10	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	151	46 (4)	Jun 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.60	-0.015	1.85	-0.03%	-0.18	P
10	152	51 (4)	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.280	.320	.600	9	.88	-0.015	2.34	-0.02%	-0.46	P
11	153	58 (6)	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.241	.241	.276	.517	9	.23	-0.003	.65	0.00%	-0.31	P
12	154	63 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.226	.226	.258	.484	9	1.24	-0.047	4.70	-0.11%	-0.43	P
13	155	68 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.219	.219	.250	.469	9	1.68	-0.042	4.01	-0.06%	-0.42	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	156	72 (3)	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.206	.235	.441	9	.73	-0.036	1.67	-0.05%	-0.41	P
15	157	76 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,16-9	0-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.200	.200	.229	.429	9						P
16	158	78 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.189	.216	.405	9	.93	-0.035	2.61	-0.06%	-0.38	P
17	159	83 (4)	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.171	.195	.366	9	.86	-0.094	1.62	-0.11%	-0.98	P
18	160	88 (4)	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,10-5	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.167	.186	.190	.377	9	.33	-0.022	1.17	-0.05%	0.10	P
19	161	92 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.159	.178	.182	.360	9	1.71	0.133	6.70	0.31%	0.83	P
20	162	96 (3)	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.184	.188	.371	9	1.05	-0.087	3.26	-0.16%	-0.96	P
21	163	101 (4)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	GS-9	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.212	.216	.427	9	.74	0.054	2.25	0.10%	0.42	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	164	107 (5)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.204	.208	.411	9	1.05	-0.053	2.43	-0.07%	-0.44	P
23	165	111 (3)	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.224	.228	.452	9	.60	0.036	1.31	0.05%	0.36	P
24	166	114 (2)	Aug 15	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.237	.241	.479	9	2.94	0.188	5.71	0.22%	0.66	P
25	167	116 (1)	Aug 17	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.226	.230	.455	9	1.35	-0.113	3.27	-0.16%	-0.97	P
26	168	120 (3)	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.219	.222	.441	9	1.91	-0.151	4.19	-0.20%	-1.25	P
27	169	126 (5)	Aug 27	CHC		STL	L,3-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.212	.215	.428	9	1.13	-0.058	8.04	-0.25%	-0.60	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	170	130 (3)	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.191	.203	.206	.409	9	1.02	-0.013	4.49	-0.03%	-0.09	P
29	171	134 (3)	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.200	.203	.403	9	1.35	-0.036	5.22	-0.08%	-0.46	P
30	172	136 (1)	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.205	.208	.414	9	1.04	0.030	3.80	0.07%	0.04	P
31	173	138 (1)	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.205	.208	.414	9						P
32	174	140 (1)	Sep 13	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.221	.224	.444	9	.64	0.000	5.53	0.00%	0.12	P
33	175	144 (3)	Sep 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.232	.235	.466	9	.94	-0.166	2.61	-0.28%	-0.88	P
34	176	148 (3)	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.235	.238	.473	9	1.11	-0.042	.44	-0.01%	-0.45	P
35	177	153 (4)	Sep 29	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.218	.236	.230	.466	9	.38	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
							22-13		96	87	10	19	1	0	0	5	1	0	13	1	6		3		0	1	.218	.236	.230	.466		.87	-0.814	2.66	-1.41%	-9.55

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