#96 Bill "Plunk" Drake, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Sunday, 10/22/1924 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Drake Plunk 6/8/1895 29 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) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 1.5 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 $ 1,864,286 1924 6 Year(s), 92 Days (1124 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 44 Days (1420 total Days) 8 Year(s) Not eligible Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 6 | 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 | | | | |
7/18 | @PHI | W 13-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
7/22 | PIT | L 5-6 | * | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
7/26 | @CHC | W 5-4 | * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
7/30 | CIN | L 1-6 | * | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | L | | | | |
8/3 | BSN | W 4-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
8/7 | PHI | L 4-5 | * | 8.1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | L | | | | |
8/13 | @CIN | L 3-6 | * | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | L | | | | |
8/17 | @CHC | L 1-5 | * | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | L | | | | |
8/22 | BRO | W 5-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
8/26 | NYN | L 8-17 | * | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 26 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4.16 | 216.1 | 220 | 116 | 100 | 86 | 85 | 18 | 69.2 | 0 | 11 | 42.3 |
Projected | 26 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4.16 | 216.0 | 220 | 116 | 100 | 86 | 85 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.95 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 465 | 134 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 66 | 57 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .357 | .452 | .809 |
vs. RHB | 376 | 86 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 50 | 29 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .283 | .364 | .647 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4.35 | 134.1 | 137 | 72 | 65 | 46 | 46 |
Road | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3.84 | 82.0 | 83 | 44 | 35 | 40 | 39 |
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 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 35.0 | 46 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
May | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 | 36.0 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 16 |
June | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7.13 | 41.2 | 47 | 33 | 33 | 25 | 20 |
July | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.56 | 60.2 | 54 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
August | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.93 | 43.0 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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 |
1924 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4.16 | 216.1 | 220 | 116 | 100 | 19 | 86 | 85 | 18 | 0 | 1.41 | .273 | STL |
Total | 91 | 59 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 4.15 | 514.1 | 541 | 282 | 237 | 30 | 199 | 197 | 41 | 2 | 1.44 | .289 | |
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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 | 20 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .160 | .146 | .306 | STL |
1924 | 26 | 73 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .233 | .291 | .329 | .620 | STL |
Total | 91 | 163 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .172 | .218 | .245 | .464 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 26 | 26 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 60 | 4 | .933 | 216.1 | 2.50 | | | | |
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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... 1/31/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration... Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1924, off Doc Ayers (BSN)... Injured on 8/26/1924 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Saves 1918 - 3 - 9th
| SHO 1923 - 2 - 10th
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