Eppa Rixey was born on Sunday, May 3, 1891, in Culpeper, Virginia. Rixey was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 21, 1912, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Eppa Rixey baseball stats page.
"How dumb can the hitters in this league get? I've been doing this for fifteen years. When they're batting with the count two balls and no strikes, or three and one, they're always looking for the fastball and they never get it." - Eppa Rixey (1927)
Eppa Rixey Autograph on a 2009 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts (#1/1)
Eppa RixeyEppa Rixey Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1912 | 21 | Phillies | 23 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 162.0 | 650 | 147 | 45 | 57 | 2 | 54 | - | 59 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - |
1913 | 22 | Phillies | 35 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 155.2 | 659 | 148 | 54 | 67 | 4 | 56 | - | 75 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - |
1914 | 23 | Phillies | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .154 | 4.37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 461 | 124 | 50 | 73 | 0 | 45 | - | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - |
1915 | 24 | Phillies | 29 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 12 | .478 | 2.39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 176.2 | 735 | 163 | 47 | 67 | 2 | 64 | - | 88 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - |
1916 | 25 | Phillies | 38 | 33 | 3 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 1.85 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 287.0 | 1,155 | 239 | 59 | 91 | 2 | 74 | - | 134 | 13 | 7 | 0 | - |
1917 | 26 | Phillies | 39 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 21 | .432 | 2.27 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 281.1 | 1,140 | 249 | 71 | 102 | 1 | 67 | - | 121 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - |
1919 | 28 | Phillies | 23 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.97 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 652 | 160 | 68 | 88 | 4 | 50 | - | 63 | 5 | 3 | 0 | - |
1920 | 29 | Phillies | 41 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 22 | .333 | 3.48 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 284.1 | 1,175 | 288 | 110 | 137 | 5 | 69 | - | 109 | 8 | 4 | 0 | - |
1921 | 30 | Reds | 40 | 36 | 3 | 19 | 18 | .514 | 2.78 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 301.0 | 1,260 | 324 | 93 | 128 | 1 | 66 | - | 76 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - |
1922 | 31 | Reds | 40 | 38 | 2 | 25 | 13 | .658 | 3.53 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 313.1 | 1,303 | 337 | 123 | 146 | 13 | 45 | - | 80 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
1923 | 32 | Reds | 42 | 37 | 4 | 20 | 15 | .571 | 2.80 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 309.0 | 1,294 | 334 | 96 | 124 | 3 | 65 | - | 97 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - |
1924 | 33 | Reds | 35 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.76 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 238.1 | 966 | 219 | 73 | 86 | 3 | 47 | - | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - |
1925 | 34 | Reds | 39 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2.88 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 287.1 | 1,186 | 302 | 92 | 109 | 8 | 47 | - | 69 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - |
1926 | 35 | Reds | 37 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.40 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 233.0 | 959 | 231 | 88 | 104 | 12 | 58 | - | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
1927 | 36 | Reds | 34 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 219.2 | 913 | 240 | 85 | 106 | 3 | 43 | - | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | - |
1928 | 37 | Reds | 43 | 37 | 6 | 19 | 18 | .514 | 3.43 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 291.1 | 1,219 | 317 | 111 | 127 | 4 | 67 | - | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - |
1929 | 38 | Reds | 35 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 201.0 | 875 | 235 | 93 | 102 | 6 | 60 | - | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - |
1930 | 39 | Reds | 32 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164.0 | 735 | 207 | 93 | 103 | 11 | 47 | - | 37 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - |
1931 | 40 | Reds | 22 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126.2 | 542 | 143 | 55 | 71 | 4 | 30 | - | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - |
1932 | 41 | Reds | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.66 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 111.2 | 458 | 108 | 33 | 50 | 3 | 16 | - | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
1933 | 42 | Reds | 16 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 94.1 | 417 | 118 | 33 | 48 | 1 | 12 | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
21 Years | 692 | 552 | 97 | 266 | 251 | .515 | 3.15 | 290 | 37 | 14 | 4,494.2 | 18,754 | 4,633 | 1,572 | 1,986 | 92 | 1,082 | - | 1,350 | 97 | 76 | 10 | - |
Eppa RixeyEppa Rixey Hitting Stats |
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Yr | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1912 | 21 | Phillies | 23 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 17 | 2 | - | 0 | - | .170 | .200 | .208 |
1913 | 22 | Phillies | 35 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | .191 | .208 | .255 |
1914 | 23 | Phillies | 24 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .038 | .167 | .077 |
1915 | 24 | Phillies | 29 | 55 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | 13 | 5 | - | 1 | - | .164 | .220 | .182 |
1916 | 25 | Phillies | 38 | 97 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | - | 14 | 4 | - | 1 | - | .155 | .180 | .186 |
1917 | 26 | Phillies | 39 | 94 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | .191 | .191 | .213 |
1919 | 28 | Phillies | 23 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | .149 | .184 | .191 |
1920 | 29 | Phillies | 43 | 101 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - | 11 | 3 | - | 2 | - | .248 | .276 | .297 |
1921 | 30 | Reds | 40 | 101 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | 11 | 9 | - | 0 | - | .129 | .178 | .139 |
1922 | 31 | Reds | 40 | 109 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | - | 15 | 11 | - | 1 | - | .193 | .214 | .220 |
1923 | 32 | Reds | 42 | 107 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | - | 9 | 9 | - | 1 | - | .159 | .189 | .168 |
1924 | 33 | Reds | 35 | 84 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | - | 11 | 6 | - | 1 | - | .214 | .258 | .298 |
1925 | 34 | Reds | 39 | 103 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | - | 17 | 5 | - | 1 | - | .214 | .236 | .214 |
1926 | 35 | Reds | 37 | 84 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | - | 8 | 6 | - | 0 | - | .226 | .270 | .226 |
1927 | 36 | Reds | 34 | 81 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | - | 7 | 3 | - | 0 | - | .247 | .274 | .333 |
1928 | 37 | Reds | 43 | 104 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | - | 15 | 3 | - | 0 | - | .173 | .196 | .221 |
1929 | 38 | Reds | 35 | 65 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 5 | - | 0 | - | .231 | .242 | .246 |
1930 | 39 | Reds | 32 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | - | 0 | - | .200 | .214 | .236 |
1931 | 40 | Reds | 22 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | .150 | .190 | .175 |
1932 | 41 | Reds | 25 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .265 | .286 | .294 |
1933 | 42 | Reds | 16 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | 7 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | .257 | .278 | .314 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
21 Years | 694 | 1,522 | 95 | 291 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 49 | - | 220 | 87 | - | 9 | 2 | .191 | .221 | .224 |
Eppa RixeyEppa Rixey Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1912 Phillies | P | 23 | 20 | 486 | 39 | 1.7 | 39 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.17 |
1913 Phillies | P | 35 | 19 | 467 | 40 | 1.1 | 40 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.31 |
1914 Phillies | P | 24 | 15 | 309 | 40 | 1.7 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .850 | 2.97 |
1915 Phillies | P | 29 | 22 | 530 | 58 | 2.0 | 54 | 7 | 47 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .931 | 2.75 |
1916 Phillies | P | 38 | 33 | 861 | 96 | 2.5 | 95 | 5 | 90 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 2.98 |
1917 Phillies | P | 39 | 36 | 844 | 108 | 2.8 | 108 | 15 | 93 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.45 |
1919 Phillies | P | 23 | 18 | 462 | 57 | 2.5 | 56 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 3.27 |
1920 Phillies | P | 41 | 33 | 853 | 107 | 2.6 | 103 | 13 | 90 | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 3.26 |
1921 Reds | P | 40 | 36 | 903 | 103 | 2.6 | 101 | 4 | 97 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 3.02 |
1922 Reds | P | 40 | 38 | 940 | 84 | 2.1 | 82 | 10 | 72 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.36 |
1923 Reds | P | 42 | 37 | 927 | 91 | 2.2 | 90 | 12 | 78 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 2.62 |
1924 Reds | P | 35 | 29 | 715 | 68 | 1.9 | 65 | 7 | 58 | 3 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 2.45 |
1925 Reds | P | 39 | 36 | 862 | 69 | 1.8 | 68 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 2.13 |
1926 Reds | P | 37 | 29 | 699 | 56 | 1.5 | 55 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.12 |
1927 Reds | P | 34 | 29 | 659 | 55 | 1.6 | 54 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.21 |
1928 Reds | P | 43 | 37 | 874 | 80 | 1.9 | 79 | 10 | 69 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 2.44 |
1929 Reds | P | 35 | 24 | 603 | 49 | 1.4 | 49 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.19 |
1930 Reds | P | 32 | 21 | 492 | 41 | 1.3 | 41 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
1931 Reds | P | 22 | 17 | 380 | 49 | 2.2 | 49 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.48 |
1932 Reds | P | 25 | 11 | 335 | 34 | 1.4 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 2.66 |
1933 Reds | P | 16 | 12 | 283 | 32 | 2.0 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 2.96 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 692 | 552 | 13,484 | 1,356 | 2.0 | 1,326 | 131 | 1,195 | 30 | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 2.66 | |
21 Years | 692 | 552 | 13,484 | 1,356 | 2.0 | 1,326 | 131 | 1,195 | 30 | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 2.66 |
Eppa RixeyEppa Rixey Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1912 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.1 | 53.0 | 1.09 | 3.28 | 3.00 |
1913 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 1.34 | 4.34 | 3.24 |
1914 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.91 | 3.58 | 3.93 |
1915 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.2 | 27.5 | 1.38 | 4.48 | 3.26 |
1916 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.9 | 10.8 | 1.81 | 4.20 | 2.32 |
1917 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.2 | 15.7 | 1.81 | 3.87 | 2.14 |
1919 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 9.4 | 23.5 | 1.26 | 3.68 | 2.92 |
1920 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 101.0 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 1.58 | 3.45 | 2.18 |
1921 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 9.2 | 25.3 | 1.15 | 2.27 | 1.97 |
1922 Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 1.78 | 2.30 | 1.29 |
1923 Reds | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 11.9 | 15.3 | 1.49 | 2.83 | 1.89 |
1924 Reds | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 84.0 | 7.6 | 12.0 | 1.21 | 2.15 | 1.77 |
1925 Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 1.47 | 2.16 | 1.47 |
1926 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.05 | 2.36 | 2.24 |
1927 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 0.98 | 1.72 | 1.76 |
1928 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 104.0 | 6.9 | 13.0 | 0.87 | 1.79 | 2.07 |
1929 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.0 | 65.0 | 0.62 | 1.66 | 2.69 |
1930 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.9 | 11.0 | 0.79 | 2.03 | 2.58 |
1931 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 0.73 | 1.56 | 2.13 |
1932 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.9 | 34.0 | 0.88 | 1.13 | 1.29 |
1933 Reds | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 0.83 | 0.95 | 1.14 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
21 Years | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 507.3 | 6.9 | 13.7 | 1.25 | 2.70 | 2.17 |
Eppa RixeyEppa Rixey Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team [Click for Roster] | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1912 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1913 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1914 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1915 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1916 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1917 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | $4,500.00 | n/a | - |
1919 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | $8,250.00 | n/a | - |
1920 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1921 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1922 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1923 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1924 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | $12,000.00 | n/a | - |
1925 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1926 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1927 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1928 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1929 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1930 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1931 Cincinnati Reds | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1932 Cincinnati Reds | 18 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1933 Cincinnati Reds | 18 | Undetermined | - | - |
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