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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-17 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 2

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	177	1	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	8-8		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.79	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.02%
2	178	3	Apr 18	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	0.00	4.09	36	73	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.26%
3	179	6	Apr 23	CHC		STL	L,6-9	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.1	11	7	7	2	4	0	0	3.63	3.43	33	30	1	0	0	31	4	3	0	1	0	0	2.37	-0.36%
4	180	9	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.28	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	13.02	0.43%
5	181	12	Apr 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	L(1-2)	2	8.1	9	5	3	5	5	0	0	3.38	3.32	38	49	1	1	0	30	2	1	1	1	2	0	4.39	-1.78%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
6	182	16	May 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(1-3)	5	8.1	4	2	0	4	7	0	0	2.57	3.14	32	74	0	1	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	2	4.93	0.38%
7	183	21	May 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-6	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	2.57	3.17	27	59	0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.96	0.25%
8	184	26	May 17	CHC		CIN	W,9-3	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	6	3	1	1	3	0	0	2.29	3.05	33	69	1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	2	1	2.41	0.67%
9	185	31	May 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-5)	5	7.0	7	4	3	6	0	1	0	2.48	3.55	33	43	0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	1	6.27	-0.23%
10	186	35	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	GS-8	L(2-6)	3	7.0	12	6	5	0	1	0	0	2.91	3.44	32	32	0	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	0	6.36	-1.00%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	187	40	Jun 2	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-7)	5	7.0	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.13	3.29	28	46	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	-0.06%
12	188	46	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	GS-7	L(2-8)	5	6.2	10	5	0	3	2	1	0	2.86	3.48	31	43	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.68	-0.52%
13	189	51	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	8-8	H(1)	6	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.48	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.98	-0.01%
14	190	54	Jun 18	CHC		STL	W,13-6	GS-7	W(3-8)	2	6.1	9	5	5	5	2	2	0	3.16	3.86	32	32	1	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	1	4.11	-0.75%
15	191	59	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	GS-6	L(3-9)	3	5.2	10	5	5	5	2	0	0	3.46	3.91	31	26	1	0	0	25	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.91	-0.91%
16	192	64	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,10-7	GS-7	W(4-9)	6	6.0	7	7	6	5	2	1	0	3.80	4.09	31	29	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	1	3.54	-0.31%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
17	193	70	Jul 4(2)	CHC		CIN	W,10-5	CG	W(5-9)	4	9.0	11	5	4	6	3	0	0	3.82	4.10	43	44	0	1	0	34	3	1	0	0	1	2	4.06	0.03%
18	194	77	Jul 11(2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,12-16	GS-1	L(5-10)	6	0.2	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.22	4.10	9	20	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.89	-1.30%
19	195	81	Jul 15(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-8	W(6-10)	3	7.2	10	6	6	6	2	1	1	4.41	4.27	39	31	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	-0.05%
20	196	86	Jul 20(2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.16	4.23	38	69	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	1	6.22	1.44%
21	197	90	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.28	4.24	29	45	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.64	-0.90%
22	198	96	Jul 30	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-10)	4	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	4.00	4.25	33	72	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	3	1	1	4.90	1.32%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
23	199	101	Aug 4	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.00	4.18	39	53	0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.12	0.56%
24	200	105	Aug 10	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(10-10)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.88	4.13	26	63	0	2	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.50%
25	201	110	Aug 15(2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(10-11)	4	8.0	9	5	5	5	2	0	0	3.97	4.13	34	41	0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.13%
26	202	117	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-7	GS-4		6	3.2	12	6	6	0	3	0	0	4.20	4.07	22	16	0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.07%
27	203	120	Aug 25(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.18	4.05	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
28	204	123	Aug 27	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(11-11)	1	9.0	6	1	1	3	1	1	0	4.02	4.10	32	69	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.10	0.03%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	205	129	Sep 1	CHC		STL	W,10-3	CG	W(12-11)	4	9.0	10	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.97	4.03	37	57	0	1	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.04	0.00%
30	206	134	Sep 7(1)	CHC		BSN	W,13-6	CG	W(13-11)	5	9.0	10	6	6	7	1	0	0	4.06	4.07	43	37	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	1	1	.00	0.00%
31	207	140	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	GS-8	L(13-12)	5	7.0	10	7	7	7	1	0	0	4.23	4.12	35	23	2	1	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	208	143	Sep 17(1)	CHC		BRO	L,7-8	9-GF	BS(1)	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.23	4.13	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	209	145	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	GS-4	L(13-13)	0	4.0	10	6	6	4	1	0	0	4.41	4.16	25	15	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	210	152	Oct 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	W(14-13)	13	9.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.39	4.10	37	56	2	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
35	211	156	Oct 6	CHC		PIT	L,3-8			3	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	4.37	4.09	13					12					0
							18-17		W-L:14-13,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.8	218.1	244	122	106	103	70	8	3	4.37	4.09	966	45	10	13	0	842	34	11	5	27	11	16	3.20	-2.50%

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