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Paul Derringer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: October 17, 1906 in Springfield, KY us

Died: November 17, 1987 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, KY)

School: Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY)

Debut: April 16, 1931 (Age 24-181d, 7,199th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, Sv

Last Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 38-345d)
vs. CIN 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Samuel Paul Derringer

Nicknames: Duke or Oom Paul

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.0

223

212

ERA

3.46

579

445

3645.0

1507

WHIP

1.282

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-13 / in Starts: 15-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 4

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	6.00	3.14	15	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	0.070	1.87	0.13%	-0.59	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
2	2	4	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	2.54	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	0.160	21.59	0.33%	0.78	9b 123 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
3	3	8	Apr 26	STL		PIT	L,0-1	8-GF		7	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.38	1.64	7	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.097	3.53	0.22%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	14	May 3	STL		CHC	W,5-4		W(1-0)	6	4.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.93	2.28	16												14					0
5	5	19	May 16	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	7-7		12	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	2.31	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.020	4.20	0.07%	0.43	7b 12- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
6	6	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	2.28	11	2	3	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.047	3.73	0.12%	1.01	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
7	7	24	May 23	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	8-GF(10)	W(2-0)	3	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.23	2.86	11	7	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	0.424	10.64	1.06%	1.41	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
8	8	27	May 26	STL		PIT	W,11-9	8-GF	BW(3-0)	2	1.2	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	2.76	3.63	14	4	4	1	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.09	-0.462	10.09	-1.33%	-4.53	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
9	9	33	May 31(1)	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	11	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.55	3.37	41	24	1	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	39	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	0.288	5.22	0.80%	-0.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	10	40	Jun 6	STL		BRO	W,8-6	GS-8	W(5-0)	5	8.0	12	6	6	0	4	1	0	4.32	3.47	35	13	9	0	1	9	38			0	1	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.186	4.30	-0.61%	-1.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
11	11	44	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,4-13	GS-6	L(5-1)	3	5.1	12	8	8	4	2	1	1	5.59	4.04	31	7	5	0	0	12	10			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.444	7.27	-1.48%	-4.03	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d3
12	12	48	Jun 14(1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	11	1	0	5.10	3.75	39						65						37	3	0			0
13	13	55	Jun 21(1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	GS-6	L(6-2)	6	6.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	0	5.53	3.68	28	7	7	1	0	9	31			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.440	7.28	-1.43%	-3.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
14	14	60	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.74	3.57	32	13	12	1	1	6	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.809	9.32	2.73%	4.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	15	66	Jun 30	STL	@	NYG	W,11-10	GS-6	W(8-2)	4	6.0	11	8	8	1	1	2	0	5.37	3.92	31	13	5	1	0	11	18			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	-0.517	8.88	-2.41%	-5.03	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	68	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.22	3.84	8	1	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.073	4.95	0.34%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
17	17	73	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(8-3)	2	9.1	7	2	2	6	3	0	0	4.84	3.91	40	20	4	0	0	7	63			0	1	0	33	2	1	3	0	0	0	2.16	-0.005	14.78	-0.02%	1.57	1b start a 1	10b 123 1 out d1
18	18	78	Jul 9(2)	STL		CIN	W,9-1	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.45	3.84	32	12	8	2	2	5	74			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.198	3.30	0.69%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
19	19	81	Jul 12(1)	STL		CHC	L,5-7	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	3.81	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.051	2.38	0.22%	1.06	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	20	82	Jul 12(2)	STL		CHC	W,17-13	5-GF	BW(10-3)	-1	5.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.41	3.68	22	8	0	0	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	21	5	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.059	6.00	0.27%	-0.71	5t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
21	21	85	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,3-10	GS-4	L(10-4)	2	3.2	10	7	7	2	2	0	1	4.88	3.71	23	4	5	1	1	9	13			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.323	6.23	-1.28%	-5.50	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d7
22	22	90	Jul 19(2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	11	0	1	4.56	3.54	36	15	0	0	0	7	78			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.275	12.00	1.34%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
23	23	96	Jul 26(2)	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	W(12-4)	6	9.0	11	4	4	3	5	0	0	4.51	3.50	38						51						33	1	2			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	102	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	W(13-4)	6	9.0	10	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.33	3.59	38	16	8	1	0	7	60			0	1	1	35	4	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.241	4.81	0.97%	2.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
25	25	108	Aug 9	STL		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	L(13-5)	6	8.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	1	4.14	3.57	27	13	0	0	0	3	80			0	0	1	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.324	3.94	0.86%	3.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
26	26	112	Aug 14	STL	@	BRO	W,9-3	GS-6		4	6.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.16	3.54	29	8	5	0	1	10	42			0	0	0	27	0	3	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.082	2.80	-0.12%	0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
27	27	116	Aug 17(2)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(13-6)	2	8.0	13	7	5	2	3	1	0	4.24	3.60	39	14	7	0	2	13	33			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	-0.649	2.88	-0.70%	-3.04	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	28	122	Aug 23(2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(14-6)	5	11.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.95	3.53	37	12	12	0	0	5	91			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.59	1.012	2.42	0.93%	5.39	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
29	29	128	Aug 30(1)	STL		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-6)	6	9.0	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	3.74	3.43	34	15	1	0	0	6	83			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.362	.13	0.04%	4.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	30	135	Sep 7(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-6)	7	9.0	8	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.55	3.34	32	10	10	2	2	3	78			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.65	0.818	.70	0.21%	4.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	31	140	Sep 13(1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(17-6)	5	9.0	6	2	0	3	9	0	0	3.38	3.28	37						77						34	3	0			0
32	32	146	Sep 17	STL		NYG	L,2-7	GS-5	L(17-7)	3	5.0	6	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.52	3.39	23	5	10	1	3	5	32			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-2.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
33	33	148	Sep 19	STL		NYG	L,6-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.50	3.39	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
34	34	151	Sep 22	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	L(17-8)	2	9.0	9	6	3	5	5	0	0	3.48	3.40	41	12	10	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
35	35	153	Sep 27(1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(18-8)	4	9.0	12	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.38	3.40	42	20	6	0	0	10	57			1	0	0	39	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.15	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
							22-13		W-L:18-8,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.6	210.2	225	88	79	65	134	9	4	3.38	3.40	901	2.04		3%	4%	177	54	8	38%	6	9	2	821	32	7	5	17	0	12	1.22	1.806	4.91	1.92%	11.93

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