Sheriff Blake
John Frederick Blake
Born: September 17, 1899
Ansted, WV USA
Deceased: 1982
Beckley, WV USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180
College: West Virginia Wesleyan College
Career: 1920-1937
Minor League Statistics
Sheriff Blake compiled a career record of 87 wins and 102 losses in his 310-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns. He began playing during the 1920 season and last took the field during the 1937 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1920 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
1924 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.57 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 106.3 | 123 | 58 | 54 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 469 |
1925 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 18 | .357 | 4.86 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 231.3 | 260 | 144 | 125 | 17 | 114 | 0 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1046 |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.60 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 197.7 | 204 | 91 | 79 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 849 |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.29 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 224.3 | 238 | 101 | 82 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 963 |
1928 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.47 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 240.7 | 209 | 80 | 66 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 995 |
1929 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4.29 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 218.3 | 244 | 122 | 104 | 8 | 103 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 962 |
1930 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 14 | .417 | 4.82 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 186.7 | 213 | 127 | 100 | 14 | 99 | 0 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 856 |
1931 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.22 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 64 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 238 |
1931 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.58 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 90 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 335 |
1937 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.61 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.7 | 55 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
1937 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.71 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 45 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 192 |
Totals | 87 | 102 | .460 | 4.13 | 304 | 196 | 60 | 81 | 11 | 8 | 1620.0 | 1766 | 876 | 744 | 68 | 740 | 0 | 621 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 7149 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1920 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 29 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .290 | .313 | .355 | .667 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 84 | 79 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .152 | .173 | .165 | .337 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 71 | 65 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .215 | .250 | .215 | .465 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 32 | 88 | 83 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .193 | .202 | .193 | .395 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 97 | 88 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .216 | .233 | .227 | .461 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 38 | 90 | 81 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .173 | .212 | .198 | .409 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .227 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 14 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .240 | .269 | .280 | .549 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 310 | 602 | 558 | 46 | 118 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 91 | .211 | .233 | .224 | .457 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1920 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | |
1924 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.103 | |
1925 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 1.639 | |
1926 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.615 | |
1927 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64 | 4 | 5 | .949 | 2.313 | |
1928 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 1.529 | |
1929 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 1.400 | |
1930 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 1.676 | |
1931 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.063 | |
1931 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.929 | |
1937 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | |
1937 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | |
Totals | 304 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 401 | 13 | 24 | .972 | 1.500 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1929 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1929 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1929 | NL | Chicago Cubs | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
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