Satchel Paige

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL us

Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Debut: 1927 (6,457th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 9, 1948 (Age 42-002d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1965 (Age 59-080d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
View Satchel Paige's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1927 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1948 season)

Full Name: Leroy Robert Paige

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.9

124

ERA

2.73

403

198

1751.2

1501

WHIP

1.101

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	13	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	4	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (3)	Apr 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (3)	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	GF	23	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	17 (2)	May 3 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	21 (3)	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	24 (2)	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	25	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	28 (2)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	29	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	32 (2)	May 24 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-5		18	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	33	May 24 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,8-9	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	34	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	36 (1)	May 27	SLB		CLE	W,5-1	GF	12	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	37	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	43 (3)	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	GF	10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	44	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	47 (2)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	48	Jun 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	50 (1)	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	52 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	GF	16	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	54 (1)	Jun 12	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	57 (2)	Jun 14 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
27	58	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	61 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	62	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4		11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	65 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	66	Jun 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	68 (1)	Jun 25	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	69	Jun 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	72 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	76 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	77	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	79 (1)	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GF	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	85 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	88 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	91 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	94 (2)	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	GF	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	97 (2)	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	L,6-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	101 (3)	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	106 (4)	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	110 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	114 (3)	Aug 12	SLB		DET	L,3-7		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	116 (1)	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,7-8		11	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	120 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	125 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	126	Aug 23 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	127	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	132 (4)	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	GS	24	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	137 (4)	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	139 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-10	GS	22	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	143 (3)	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	146 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	GF	16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
57	151 (4)	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							57gm		117.1	3	12	0	15	1