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: 9-20 / in Starts: 7-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 6

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	246	3	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	5	4	4	6	0	1	0	4.50	7.01	32	17	4	0	1	5	50			0	2	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.32	-0.180	3.70	-0.30%	0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	247	8	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	GS-2		7	1.2	6	5	5	2	1	1	0	8.38	8.10	13	1	3	1	1	6	22			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.317	3.08	-0.45%	-4.11	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	248	14	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5		L(0-2)	8	4.1	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	6.43	5.99	17												16					0
4	249	24	May 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-9	1-6		15	5.1	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	5.12	4.74	24	7	2	0	1	8		2	2	0	2	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	.09	-0.029	.22	-0.04%	0.04	1b -23 2 out d6	6b 3 out d6
5	250	27	May 24	CHC		PIT	L,7-10	7-GF		4	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.43	4.70	12	6	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.56	0.025	1.01	0.03%	1.55	7t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
6	251	32	May 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	7.0	8	3	1	2	4	0	0	3.68	4.26	33	17	3	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.085	2.12	-0.11%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	252	38	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	W,9-8	GS-6		5	6.0	10	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.58	4.44	29	10	4	0	0	10	29			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.335	3.92	-0.58%	-2.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
8	253	50	Jun 15	CHC		BSN	L,3-9	5-7		11	2.2	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	4.26	4.40	13	7	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	-0.048	1.15	-0.09%	-0.70	5t --- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d5
9	254	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	8-GF	L(0-4)	4	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.35	4.38	7	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	-0.254	7.24	-0.45%	-0.29	8b 1-- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
10	255	65	Jun 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,10-11	1-3		8	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.29	4.38	10	5	2	1	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.090	2.26	-0.17%	-0.95	1b 12- 1 out d2	3b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	256	67	Jul 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-11	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	4.60	4.81	7	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.002	.02	0.00%	-1.45	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
12	257	74	Jul 7(2)	CHC		STL	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.73	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.034	4.58	0.10%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
13	258	75	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4.40	4.78	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
14	259	78	Jul 11(2)	CHC	@	PIT	T,5-5	GS-3		2	2.0	6	4	3	0	2	0	0	4.79	4.63	13	2	3	1	0	6	32			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.376	3.77	-0.66%	-4.00	1b start a 2	3b 12- 0 out d2
15	260	80	Jul 12(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,13-17	6-8		0	2.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.33	4.63	15	3	0	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.100	1.84	-0.30%	-3.57	6b --- 0 out d2	8b -2- 0 out d6
16	261	87	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	L,6-10	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.22	4.60	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies
17	262	91	Jul 24(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-10	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.15	4.64	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.71	8b -2- 1 out d10	8b end d10
18	263	95	Jul 27	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-6	W(1-4)	2	5.2	7	3	3	5	6	0	2	5.11	4.65	30	11	2	1	0	4	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.69	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	264	100	Aug 2(1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-2	GS-9	W(2-4)	5	8.1	11	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.73	4.44	38	16	3	0	0	11	55			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.63	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out a3
20	265	105	Aug 6	PHI		NYG	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-4)	3	8.1	13	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.68	4.41	39	17	7	1	2	12	38			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
21	266	107	Aug 8	PHI		NYG	L,3-9	8-8		1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.74	4.43	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.43	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.45	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
22	267	110	Aug 12(1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-7	2-10	L(3-5)	3	8.1	10	7	7	6	5	0	0	5.03	4.40	41	11	10	0	0	9		0	0	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-2.05	2t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 1 out d4
23	268	116	Aug 17(1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	8.0	7	4	2	2	2	0	0	4.78	4.31	32	13	8	2	1	7	56			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.103	.00	0.00%	0.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
24	269	121	Aug 22(1)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	GS-2	L(3-7)	4	1.2	4	5	5	2	0	1	1	5.18	4.53	12	2	3	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.405	.00	0.00%	-4.37	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d3
25	270	126	Aug 26(2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	GS-8		3	8.0	7	6	4	4	0	0	0	5.13	4.54	36	15	10	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-1.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	271	132	Sep 5(2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(4-7)	9	7.1	11	4	4	3	2	0	0	5.11	4.49	36	17	3	1	0	11	39			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
27	272	138	Sep 8(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(4-8)	2	8.0	7	4	4	3	5	0	0	5.07	4.39	32	6	11	3	2	7	54			2	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	273	145	Sep 14(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	GS-3	L(4-9)	5	2.0	9	8	8	1	0	1	0	5.60	4.50	16	3	5	1	2	7	5			2	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-6.86	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out d7
29	274	147	Sep 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.51	4.42	8	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.06	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
30	275	148	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-3	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.41	4.38	7	5	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.28	8b 1-3 0 out a6	9b end a 5
							9-20		W-L:4-9,Sv:2	3.7	121.1	154	83	73	61	61	6	4	5.41	4.38	574	2.18		4%	4%	142	39	10	50%	6	7	0	501	22	5	2	8	0	8	.98	-2.837	.97	-3.03%	-26.12

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