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Eppa Rixey

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Eppa Rixey

Full name Eppa Rixey
Born May 3, 1891, Culpeper, Virginia
Died February 28, 1963, Terrace Park, Ohio
Buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, Ohio (Section 22- Lot 7)
First Game: June 21, 1912; Final Game: August 5, 1933
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 5" Weight: 210
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1963
Ejections: 1920 (1), 1922 (1), 1925 (1), 1929 (1). Total: 4
SABR Biography
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1912 PHI N    Daily Splits   23    53    3    9   2   0   0    1    2       17   0   2   0            0      .170  .200  .208   0.0 1912 PHI N
1913 PHI N    Daily Splits   35    47    3    9   1   1   0    4    1   0i   9   0   3   0   0i  0i   0   0i .191  .208  .255   0.0 1913 PHI N
1914 PHI N    Daily Splits   24    26    2    1   1   0   0    0    4   0i   4   0   0   0   2i  2i   0   0i .038  .167  .077   0.0 1914 PHI N
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits   29    55    3    9   1   0   0    2    3   0i  13   1   5   0   1i  1i   0   0  .164  .220  .182   0.0 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   38    97    6   15   3   0   0    9    2   0i  14   1   4   0i  5i  2i   0   0  .155  .180  .186   0.0 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   39    94    3   18   2   0   0    6    0   0i  13   0   6   0i  5i  4i   0   0i .191  .191  .213   0.0 1917 PHI N
1919 PHI N    Daily Splits   23    47    3    7   2   0   0    2    1   0    5   1   3   0   0   1    0   1  .149  .184  .191   0.0 1919 PHI N
1920 PHI N    Daily Splits   43   101    6   25   0   1   1    8    2   0   11   2   3   0   2   3    0   0  .248  .276  .297   0.0 1920 PHI N
1921 CIN N    Daily Splits   40   101    7   13   1   0   0    4    6   0   11   0   9   0   5   5    0   0  .129  .178  .139   0.0 1921 CIN N
1922 CIN N    Daily Splits   40   109    8   21   3   0   0    9    2   0   15   1  11   0   3   2    1   0  .193  .214  .220   0.0 1922 CIN N
1923 CIN N    Daily Splits   42   107    7   17   1   0   0    7    3   0    9   1   9   0   3   4    0   1  .159  .189  .168   0.0 1923 CIN N
1924 CIN N    Daily Splits   35    84   10   18   4   0   1    7    4   0   11   1   6   0   3   2    0   1  .214  .258  .298   0.0 1924 CIN N
1925 CIN N    Daily Splits   39   103    8   22   0   0   0   11    2   0   17   1   5   0   2   7    1   0  .214  .236  .214   0.0 1925 CIN N
1926 CIN N    Daily Splits   37    84    6   19   0   0   0    8    5   0    8   0   6   0   1   7    0   0  .226  .270  .226   0.0 1926 CIN N
1927 CIN N    Daily Splits   34    81    4   20   5   1   0    9    3   0    7   0   3   0   6   3    0   0  .247  .274  .333   0.0 1927 CIN N
1928 CIN N    Daily Splits   43   104    4   18   2   0   1    8    3   0   15   0   3   0   3   3    0   0  .173  .196  .221   0.0 1928 CIN N
1929 CIN N    Daily Splits   35    65    2   15   1   0   0    1    1   0   13   0   5   0   2   1    0   0  .231  .242  .246   0.0 1929 CIN N
1930 CIN N    Daily Splits   32    55    6   11   2   0   0    5    1   0    8   0   3   0   2   2    0   0  .200  .214  .236   0.0 1930 CIN N
1931 CIN N    Daily Splits   22    40    0    6   1   0   0    3    2   0    6   0   1   0   0   2    0   0  .150  .190  .175   0.0 1931 CIN N
1932 CIN N    Daily Splits   25    34    2    9   1   0   0    1    1   0    7   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .265  .286  .294   0.0 1932 CIN N
1933 CIN N    Daily Splits   16    35    2    9   0   1   0    6    1   0    7   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .257  .278  .314   0.0 1933 CIN N
Total    (21 Years) Splits  694  1522   95  291  33   4   3  111   49   0i 220   9  87   0i 46i 55i   2   3i .191  .221  .224   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1915 PHI N

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1912 PHI N    Daily Splits   23  20  10   3   3   0  162    147   650   2   57   45   54       59  18   8   2   2  11i  4i         10  10   2.50  3.15   2.2 1912 PHI N
1913 PHI N    Daily Splits   35  19   9   1   8   2  155.2  148   659   4   67   54   56   1i  75  24   3   6   1  23i  4i  5i  7i  9   5   3.12  4.68   0.3 1913 PHI N
1914 PHI N    Daily Splits   24  15   2   0   3   0  103    124   461   0   73   50   45   1i  41  17   7   3   2  16i  4i  4i 14i  2  11   4.37  4.33  -1.9 1914 PHI N
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits   29  22  10   2   4   1  176.2  163   735   2   67   47   64   2i  88  18   8   2   0  33i  6i 13i 18i 11  12   2.39  3.50   0.8 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   38  33  20   3   3   0  287    239  1155   2   91   59   74   1i 134  29  13   7   0  29i 10i 16i 26i 22  10   1.85  4.39   2.5 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   39  36  23   4   3   1  281.1  249  1140   1  102   71   67   5i 121  35   6   5   2  33i 11i 10i 29i 16  21   2.27  2.81   1.8 1917 PHI N
1919 PHI N    Daily Splits   23  18  11   1   4   0  154    160   652   4   88   68   50   2   63  23   5   3   0  26   7   8  16   6  12   3.97  3.39  -1.6 1919 PHI N
1920 PHI N    Daily Splits   41  34  25   0   4   2  284.1  288  1175   5  137  110   69   4  109  49   8   4   0  49  14  19  31  11  22   3.48  2.97   0.3 1920 PHI N
1921 CIN N    Daily Splits   40  37  21   2   3   1  301    324  1260   1  128   93   66   3   76  41   6   5   0  42  16  21  24  19  18   2.78  3.95   2.2 1921 CIN N
1922 CIN N    Daily Splits   40  38  26   2   2   0  313.1  337  1303  13  146  123   45   0   80  27   3   4   1  49  17  21  32  25  13   3.53  5.00   1.9 1922 CIN N
1923 CIN N    Daily Splits   42  37  23   3   5   1  309    334  1294   3  124   96   65   8   97  34   6   4   0  45   8  21  22  20  15   2.80  4.54   3.3 1923 CIN N
1924 CIN N    Daily Splits   35  29  15   4   6   1  238.1  219   966   4   86   73   47   4   57  27   3   2   0  37   7  23  22  15  14   2.76  4.31   3.4 1924 CIN N
1925 CIN N    Daily Splits   39  36  22   2   3   1  287.1  302  1186   8  109   92   47   6   69  26   1   7   0  46  14  29  26  21  11   2.88  4.97   4.1 1925 CIN N
1926 CIN N    Daily Splits   37  29  14   3   4   0  233    231   959  12  104   88   58   5   61  28   2   2   0  46  11  23  15  14   8   3.40  5.66   0.7 1926 CIN N
1927 CIN N    Daily Splits   34  29  11   1   5   1  219.2  240   913   3  106   85   43   4   42  32   6   3   0  26   9  21  12  12  10   3.48  5.10   0.9 1927 CIN N
1928 CIN N    Daily Splits   43  37  17   3   6   2  291.1  317  1219   4  127  111   67  12   58  48   2   3   0  56  18  34  23  19  18   3.43  3.84   1.8 1928 CIN N
1929 CIN N    Daily Splits   35  24  11   0   9   1  201    235   875   6  102   93   60   4   37  19   1   3   0  33  14  20  10  10  13   4.16  3.96   1.0 1929 CIN N
1930 CIN N    Daily Splits   32  21   5   0   9   0  164    207   735  11  103   93   47   0   37  29   2   7   0  37   5  16  12   9  13   5.10  4.86  -0.5 1930 CIN N
1931 CIN N    Daily Splits   22  17   4   0   2   0  126.2  143   542   4   71   55   30   0   22  21   3   0   1  29   7  11  18   4   7   3.91  3.94  -0.3 1931 CIN N
1932 CIN N    Daily Splits   25  11   6   2   9   0  111.2  108   458   3   50   33   16   0   14  13   3   4   1  16   5   5  13   5   5   2.66  3.27   1.1 1932 CIN N
1933 CIN N    Daily Splits   16  12   5   1   4   0   94.1  118   417   1   48   33   12   0   10   9   1   0   0  17   4   5  16   6   3   3.15  4.75   0.2 1933 CIN N
Total    (21 Years) Splits  692 554 290  37  99  14 4494.2 4633 18754  93 1986 1572 1082  62 1350 567  97  76  10 699 195 325 386i266 251   3.15  4.19  24.2 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    6.2    4    27   2    3    3    2   0    2   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   1   0   1   4.05     - 1915 PHI N

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1912 PHI N Daily Splits   P   23   20   10   162       4   35    0    2   0    0    7i   0      1.000
1913 PHI N Daily Splits   P   35   19    9   156.1     1   39    0    1   0    0   19   15    0i1.000
1914 PHI N Daily Splits   P   24   15    2   102.2     5   29    6    4   0    1   18   13    0i .850
1915 PHI N Daily Splits   P   29   22   10   176.1     7   47    4    3   0    4   21   15    5i .931
1916 PHI N Daily Splits   P   38   33   20   287       5   90    1    4   0    3   33i  12    7i .990
1917 PHI N Daily Splits   P   39   36   22   280.2    15   93    0    3   0    2   18   24    4i1.000
1919 PHI N Daily Splits   P   23   18   11   154       5   51    1    3   0    2   19   19    2  .982
1920 PHI N Daily Splits   P   41   34   25   284.1    13   90    4    4   0    8   24   19    2  .963
1921 CIN N Daily Splits   P   40   37   21   300.2     4   97    2    4   0    3   22   14    5  .981
1922 CIN N Daily Splits   P   40   38   26   312.1    10   72    2    3   0    1    8   11    1  .976
1923 CIN N Daily Splits   P   42   37   23   309      12   78    1    4   0    2   13   21    1  .989
1924 CIN N Daily Splits   P   35   29   15   238.1     7   58    3    4   0    3   12    9    1  .956
1925 CIN N Daily Splits   P   39   36   22   287.1     4   64    1    3   0    1   17   12    0  .986
1926 CIN N Daily Splits   P   37   29   14   233       3   52    1    3   0    2   10    8    2  .982
1927 CIN N Daily Splits   P   34   29   11   220       4   50    1    1   0    1   10   12    2  .982
1928 CIN N Daily Splits   P   43   37   17   290.2    10   69    1    3   0    2   19   14    1  .988
1929 CIN N Daily Splits   P   35   24   11   201       6   43    0    1   0    1   11   10    1 1.000
1930 CIN N Daily Splits   P   32   21    5   164       7   34    0    1   0    0    7    2    1 1.000
1931 CIN N Daily Splits   P   22   17    4   127.1     4   45    0    2   0    0    5    9    1 1.000
1932 CIN N Daily Splits   P   25   11    6   111.2     4   29    1    1   0    2    6    8    1  .971
1933 CIN N Daily Splits   P   16   12    5    94.1     1   30    1    2   0    1    1    2    0  .969
Total (21 Years) Splits   P  692  554  289  4493     131 1195   30   56   0   39  300i 249   37i .978
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1915 PHI N Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     6.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-21-1920     BOX  PHI N  Barry McCormick     Threw ball into stands
 9-18-1922     BOX  CIN N  Ernie Quigley       Bench jockeying
 8-30-1925(1)  BOX  CIN N  Ernie Quigley       Balls and strikes
 7- 9-1929     BOX  CIN N  Edward McLaughlin   Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (June 6, 1912).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Jimmy Ring and
Greasy Neale (November 22, 1920).
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