#96 Bill "Plunk" Drake, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/26/1923 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Drake Plunk 6/8/1895 28 Negro,Lg,Player 6"0 209
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 350,000 1923 (Arbitration eligible) 5 Year(s), 92 Days (952 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 44 Days (1248 total Days) 7 Year(s) Arbitration eligible Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 7 | 8 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
Talent | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 62 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Talent | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 6 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/14 | @BSN | W 3-0 | * | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
8/18 | @NYN | W 8-7 | * | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | W | | | | |
8/22 | BRO | L 1-16 | * | 6.1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | L | | | | |
8/26 | CHC | L 2-5 | * | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/31 | @PHI | W 4-1 | * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/4 | @PIT | W 5-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/8 | BSN | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | BRO | L 0-7 | * | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/21 | @CIN | W 5-1 | * | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/29 | @CIN | L 5-6 | * | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3.13 | 135.1 | 141 | 66 | 47 | 44 | 39 | 13 | 81.3 | 2 | 12 | 75.0 |
Projected | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3.13 | 135.0 | 141 | 66 | 47 | 44 | 39 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 3 | 0 | .0 | 3.54 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 285 | 85 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .298 | .362 | .379 | .741 |
vs. RHB | 242 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .279 | .326 | .605 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.02 | 57.1 | 71 | 45 | 32 | 28 | 15 |
Road | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.73 | 78.0 | 70 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 24 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
June | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.12 | 34.2 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
July | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 11.1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
August | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.83 | 42.1 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 7 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.05 | 44.0 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1918 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4.29 | 140.2 | 149 | 76 | 67 | 6 | 52 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 1.43 | .308 | STL |
1919 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.13 | 5.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 | .400 | STL |
1920 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.98 | 15.1 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.15 | .356 | STL |
1921 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | .200 | STL |
1923 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3.13 | 135.1 | 141 | 66 | 47 | 4 | 44 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 1.37 | .283 | STL |
Total | 65 | 33 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4.14 | 298.0 | 321 | 166 | 137 | 11 | 113 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 1.46 | .300 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1919, AAA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 |
1920, AAA | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3.87 | 121.0 | 122 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 50 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 1.42 | .313 |
1922, AAA | 30 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3.36 | 233.0 | 230 | 100 | 87 | 16 | 58 | 127 | 13 | 2 | 1.24 | .285 |
1923, AAA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 12.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 | .302 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1918 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1921 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.03 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 3.2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1918 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .163 | .225 | .388 | STL |
1919 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1920 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1921 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1923 | 21 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .160 | .146 | .306 | STL |
Total | 66 | 90 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .122 | .158 | .178 | .336 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 20 | 16 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 43 | 5 | .884 | 135.1 | 2.86 | | | | |
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Drafted in 9th round, 140th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1918... Earned first career win on 4/1/1918... Had first career hit on 6/8/1918, off Lefty Tyler (NYN)... Injured on 6/22/1919 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season... Injured on 8/6/1920 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days... 1/31/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... Injured on 7/14/1923 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
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