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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: 22-12 / in Starts: 18-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	143	4	Apr 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	1	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.81	34	71	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	3.30	0.80%
2	144	9	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,13-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.75	29	85	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.19%
3	145	14	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	9	2	2	4	2	0	0	0.67	3.14	37	59	0	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.45	0.49%
4	146	18	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GS-		4	6.2	6	3	1	4	5	0	0	0.80	3.18	28	55				24					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	147	23	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS-		6	6.0	5	4	2	6	2	1	0	1.13	3.84	30	46				23					0
6	148	29	May 13	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	5-GF	W(4-0)	6	5.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.01	3.57	20		0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.85	0.99%
7	149	41	May 27	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-0)	13	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.84	3.52	33	77	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	3.84	1.07%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
8	150	46	Jun 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-10	GS-4	L(5-1)	4	3.2	9	7	7	3	1	0	0	1.88	3.61	23	13	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.37	-0.52%
9	151	51	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-8	L(5-2)	6	7.0	8	6	5	6	2	1	0	2.38	3.96	35	35	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	3.83	-0.83%
10	152	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-2)	7	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.09	3.93	33	78	0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.30%
11	153	63	Jun 21(1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	2	1	1	5	3	0	0	1.97	3.94	33	77	0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.11	1.36%
12	154	68	Jun 26(1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-3)	4	8.0	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.89	3.89	32	58	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.47	0.40%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	155	72	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	6.0	6	4	2	4	2	0	0	1.96	3.92	27	46	0	0	0	23	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.38	-0.24%
14	156	76	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,16-9		S(1)	2	2.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.92	3.94	9					6					0
15	157	78	Jul 7(1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-5)	2	6.0	11	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.15	3.96	29	32	0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.47	-0.25%
16	158	83	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.14	3.86	33	69	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.28	0.42%
17	159	88	Jul 16	CHC		PHI	W,10-5	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	9	5	2	2	6	0	0	2.13	3.75	41	59	0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	1	4	1.58	0.50%
18	160	92	Jul 21(2)	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.22	3.75	31	48	0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	1	0	4.61	-0.15%
19	161	96	Jul 27	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	5	1	1	6	0	0	0	2.14	3.83	37	67	1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.64	1.24%
20	162	101	Jul 31(1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-8	GS-9	L(10-6)	3	8.2	13	8	8	3	1	0	1	2.50	3.85	42	24	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	2	0	3.59	-0.07%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	163	107	Aug 6(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-6	L(10-7)	5	6.0	8	8	5	5	4	0	1	2.70	3.89	34	29	1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.92	-0.52%
22	164	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.61	3.83	36	71	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.94	0.38%
23	165	114	Aug 15	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	9-GF	W(12-7)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	3.83	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.01%
24	166	116	Aug 17	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(12-8)	1	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.51	3.76	34	74	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	0.39%
25	167	120	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(12-9)	3	7.0	6	2	1	4	2	0	0	2.46	3.78	30	57	0	0	0	25	1	0	1	2	1	1	2.27	0.11%
26	168	126	Aug 27	CHC		STL	L,3-11	GS-6	L(12-10)	5	6.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.58	3.78	25	43	0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	7.54	-0.76%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
27	169	130	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-10)	4	9.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.46	3.75	28	85	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	0	6.18	2.25%
28	170	134	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	7-GF	W(14-10)	2	2.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.43	3.75	11		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.17	1.10%
29	171	136	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.72	28	62	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	0.72%
30	172	138	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	3.72	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	0.08%
31	173	140	Sep 13	CHC		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(15-10)	2	9.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.31	3.72	34	74	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	8.52	1.62%
32	174	144	Sep 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	13	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.33	3.73	37	47	1	1	0	32	0	1	0	4	0	0	2.38	0.21%
33	175	148	Sep 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(16-11)	6	8.0	12	5	5	4	4	2	0	2.45	3.84	38	38	0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	-0.03%
34	176	153	Sep 29	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.43	3.84	38	65	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							22-12		W-L:17-11,Sv:1	3.8	240.2	209	80	65	100	83	4	3	2.43	3.84	995	57	3	7	0	872	28	4	1	29	10	12	3.28	11.23%

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