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Eppa Rixey
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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Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
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
i - incomplete 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
i - incomplete 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
i - incomplete 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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