Sheriff Blake Stats

Sheriff Blake was born on Sunday, September 17, 1899, in Ansted, West Virginia. Blake was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 29, 1920, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sheriff Blake baseball stats page.
"I've experimented with the knuckle ball, but I very seldom use it and I haven't what I'd call a good slow ball, either. Yes, I guess I'm a curve ball pitcher, all right." - Sheriff Blake in Baseball Magazine (1928)

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Sheriff Blake
 
 
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Birth Name:   John Frederick Blake
Nickname:   Sheriff
Born On:   09-17-1899
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ansted, West Virginia
Zodiac:   Virgo
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-31-1982
Place of Death Data Died In:   Beckley, West Virginia
Cemetery:   Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley, West Virginia
College:   West Virginia Wesleyan College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   06-29-1920 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-26-1937
Draft:   Not Applicable
Sheriff Blake

Sheriff Blake Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1920 Pirates 6 0 5 0 0 .000 8.10 0 0 0 13.1 64 21 12 14 0 6 - 7 2 1 0 -
1924 Cubs 29 11 8 6 6 .500 4.57 4 0 1 106.1 469 123 54 58 3 44 - 42 1 2 0 -
1925 Cubs 36 31 3 10 18 .357 4.86 14 0 2 231.1 1,046 260 125 144 17 114 - 93 3 5 0 -
1926 Cubs 39 27 9 11 12 .478 3.60 11 4 1 197.2 849 204 79 91 7 92 - 95 6 6 0 -
1927 Cubs 32 27 2 13 14 .481 3.29 13 2 0 224.1 963 238 82 101 3 82 - 64 4 4 0 -
1928 Cubs 34 29 5 17 11 .607 2.47 16 4 1 240.2 995 209 66 80 4 101 - 78 3 3 0 -
1929 Cubs 35 30 3 14 13 .519 4.29 13 1 1 218.1 962 244 104 122 8 103 - 70 4 2 0 -
1930 Cubs 34 24 4 10 14 .417 4.82 7 0 0 186.2 856 213 100 127 14 99 - 80 4 3 0 -
1931 Cubs 16 5 7 0 4 .000 5.22 0 0 0 50.0 238 64 29 34 4 26 - 29 2 1 0 -
1931 Phillies 14 9 3 4 5 .444 5.58 1 0 1 71.0 335 90 44 49 2 35 - 31 4 3 0 -
1937 Browns 15 1 6 2 2 .500 7.61 0 0 1 36.2 180 55 31 33 5 20 - 12 1 0 0 -
1937 Cardinals 14 2 5 0 3 .000 3.71 2 0 0 43.2 192 45 18 23 1 18 - 20 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 304 196 60 87 102 .460 4.13 81 11 8 1,620.0 7,149 1,766 744 876 68 740 - 621 35 30 0 -
Sheriff Blake

Sheriff Blake Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1920 Pirates 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .250 .250 .250
1924 Cubs 29 31 5 9 0 1 0 0 3 1 - 1 1 - 0 - .290 .313 .355
1925 Cubs 36 79 4 12 1 0 0 0 7 2 - 21 3 - 0 - .152 .173 .165
1926 Cubs 39 65 2 14 0 0 0 0 4 2 - 9 3 - 1 - .215 .250 .215
1927 Cubs 32 83 2 16 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 10 4 - 0 - .193 .202 .193
1928 Cubs 35 88 10 19 1 0 0 0 5 1 - 13 7 - 1 - .216 .233 .227
1929 Cubs 38 81 11 14 2 0 0 0 4 4 - 10 5 - 0 - .173 .212 .198
1930 Cubs 36 66 5 15 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 14 3 - 0 - .227 .250 .227
1931 Cubs 16 16 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 0 - 0 - .500 .500 .500
1931 Phillies 14 25 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 0 - 0 - .240 .269 .280
1937 Browns 15 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 1 - 0 - .100 .100 .100
1937 Cardinals 14 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 .300 .300 .300
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 310 558 46 118 5 1 0 0 30 14 - 91 28 - 2 0 .211 .233 .224
Sheriff Blake

Sheriff Blake Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1920 Pirates P 6 0 40 3 0.5 3 1 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.03 -
1924 Cubs P 29 11 319 32 1.1 32 2 30 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.71 -
1925 Cubs P 36 31 694 61 1.7 59 7 52 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.30 -
1926 Cubs P 39 27 593 64 1.6 63 9 54 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.87 -
1927 Cubs P 32 27 673 78 2.4 74 10 64 4 5 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.97 -
1928 Cubs P 34 29 722 55 1.6 52 4 48 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .945 1.94 -
1929 Cubs P 35 30 655 51 1.5 49 6 43 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.02 -
1930 Cubs P 34 24 560 58 1.7 57 7 50 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.75 -
1931 Cubs P 16 5 150 17 1.1 17 1 16 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.06 -
1931 Phillies P 14 9 213 27 1.9 27 5 22 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.42 -
1937 Browns P 15 1 110 10 0.7 10 2 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45 -
1937 Cardinals P 14 2 131 13 0.9 13 1 12 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.68 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 304 196 4,860 469 1.5 456 55 401 13 24 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.53 --
10 Years 304 196 4,860 469 1.5 456 55 401 13 24 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.53 --
Sheriff Blake

Sheriff Blake Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1920 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.17 4.73 4.05
1924 Cubs 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 31.0 10.3 0.95 3.55 3.72
1925 Cubs 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 11.3 0.82 3.62 4.44
1926 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 7.2 16.3 1.03 4.33 4.19
1927 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 8.3 27.7 0.78 2.57 3.29
1928 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 6.8 17.6 0.77 2.92 3.78
1929 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 8.1 20.3 0.68 2.89 4.25
1930 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.7 33.0 0.81 3.86 4.77
1931 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 8.0 16.0 1.12 5.22 4.68
1931 Phillies 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.6 25.0 0.89 3.93 4.44
1937 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.60 2.95 4.91
1937 Cardinals 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 10.0 0.0 1.11 4.12 3.71
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 6.1 18.6 0.84 3.45 4.11
Sheriff Blake

Sheriff Blake Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1920 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1930 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a -
1937 St. Louis Browns 14 Undetermined - -
1937 St. Louis Cardinals 27 Undetermined - -




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