Eppa Rixey Stats

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

Eppa Rixey Autograph on a 2009 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts (#1/1)
Eppa Rixey Autograph on a 2009 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts (#1/1)

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Birth Name:
Eppa Rixey
Nickname:
Jephtha
Born On:
05-03-1891  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:
Culpeper, Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:
02-28-1963 ( 500 Oldest Living )
Place of Death Data Died In:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery:
Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford, Ohio Click For Grave Photo
High School:
Charlottesville High School (Charlottesville, VA)
College:
University of Virginia
Batting Stances Chart Bats:
Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:
Left
Player Height Chart Height:
6-05
Player Weight Chart Weight:
210
First Game:
06-21-1912 (Age 21)
Last Game:
08-05-1933
Draft:
Not Applicable
Eppa Rixey

Eppa Rixey Pitching Stats
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 -
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 Rixey

Eppa Rixey Hitting Stats
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
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 Rixey

Eppa Rixey Fielding Stats
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
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 Rixey

Eppa Rixey Miscellaneous Stats
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
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 Rixey

Eppa Rixey Miscellaneous Items of Interest
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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