Paul Derringer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: October 17, 1906 in Springfield, KY us

Died: November 17, 1987 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, KY)

School: Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY)

Debut: April 16, 1931 (Age 24-181d, 7,199th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, Sv

Last Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 38-345d)
vs. CIN 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Samuel Paul Derringer

Nicknames: Duke or Oom Paul

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.0

223

212

ERA

3.46

579

445

3645.0

1507

WHIP

1.282

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-9 / in Starts: 2-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1931	WS g1	Oct 1	STL		PHA	L,2-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	3	7.0	11	6	6	3	9	1	0	7.71	3.71	34	109	74	17	13	12	5	2	1	5	37			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.267	57.93	-8.57%	-2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
2	1931	WS g4	Oct 6	STL	@	PHA	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.75	3.39	3	12	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.010	7.25	0.30%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
3	1931	WS g6	Oct 9	STL		PHA	L,1-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	4.2	3	4	0	4	4	0	0	4.26	3.61	22	84	52	16	10	8	4	4	0	2	50			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.181	93.90	-11.08%	-2.14	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d4
1939 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
4	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	CIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	5	8.1	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.16	1.27	32					12	12	2	3	0	69			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.34	0.111	69.84	3.16%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
5	1939	WS g4	Oct 8	CIN		NYY	L,4-7	GS-7		3	7.0	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2.35	3.70	26					7	15	4	3	0	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.077	16.78	0.28%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
1940 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	1940	WS g1	Oct 2	CIN		DET	L,2-7	GS-2	L(0-1)	4	1.1	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	27.00	3.75	11					3	1	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.361	67.19	-12.62%	-4.92	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d5
7	1940	WS g4	Oct 5	CIN	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	0	5.23	4.06	37					10	12	0	4	5	67			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	2	0	1	1.16	0.408	74.91	17.22%	3.50	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
8	1940	WS g7	Oct 8	CIN		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	7	1	0	3	1	0	0	2.79	3.93	36					13	16	3	4	3	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	0.522	230.56	50.09%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
1945 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
9	1945	WS g4	Oct 6	CHC		DET	L,1-4	4-5		8	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	5.10	9					3	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.043	40.61	-1.60%	-0.12	4t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
10	1945	WS g5	Oct 7	CHC		DET	L,4-8	7-8		0	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.79	8					3	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.006	18.60	-0.29%	-0.02	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d3
11	1945	WS g7	Oct 10	CHC		DET	L,3-9	1-2		2	1.2	2	3	3	5	0	0	0	6.75	6.26	12					2	3	1	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.243	187.78	-26.48%	-3.80	1t 12- 0 out d1	2t 123 2 out d5
											52.2	45	26	20	27	30	3	0	3.42		230																			5

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