Sunday, October 18, 2015

The Roaring 20s Best: Marberry Has All The Marbles!

Firpo Marberry was great as a starter and reliever. Next to Walter Johnson, there was no one better on the Nats during the mid-20s. Sadly, many of those years he started to many games for consideration on my list. However, he was so far ahead of his time, it's almost scary to think what was made of him back in Firpo's time. He started five games in 1926, but came hopping in to help Washington 59 times that season. Johnson and Marberry: The Big Train And the Caboose!

One thing to note. It is unknown just how many games he blew, or how many times he held the other team in check. So Firpo's stats are incomplete. Mace Brown, the previous entry, had much of the same problems. So it is not known. Still, to not include them would be to deny us baseball history.

Stat Set 1


Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
Marberry 1926 64 47 0.734 138 12 7
Brown 1938 51 32 0.627 132.2 15 9
Beggs 1940 37 27 0.730 76.2 12 3
Murphy 1941 35 31 0.886 77.1 8 3
Page 1949 60 48 0.800 135.1 13 8
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
Konstanty 1950 74 62 0.838 152.0 16 7
Wilhelm 1952 71 32 0.451 159.1 15 3
Kinder 1953 69 52 0.754 107.0 10 6
Freeman 1956 64 47 0.734 108.2 14 5
Hyde 1958 53 44 0.830 103.0 10 3
Duren 1959 41 29 0.707 76.2 3 6
Face 1959 57 47 0.825 93.1 18 1
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
McDaniel 1960 63 47 0.746 104.1 12 4
Arroyo 1961 65 54 0.831 119.0 15 5
Radatz 1963 66 58 0.879 131.1 15 6
Perranoski 1963 69 47 0.681 129.0 16 3
Miller 1965 67 55 0.821 112.1 14 7
Regan 1966 65 48 0.738 116.2 14 1
Wood 1968 88 46 0.523 159.0 13 12
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
Hiller 1973 65 60 0.923 125.1 10 5
Marshall 1974 106 83 0.783 208.1 15 12
Gossage 1975 62 49 0.790 141.2 9 8
Lyle 1977 72 60 0.833 137.0 13 5
Stanley 1978 52 35 0.673 141.2 15 2
Tekulve 1979 94 67 0.713 134.1 10 8
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
Fingers 1981 47 41 0.872 78.0 6 3
Hernandez 1984 80 68 0.850 140.1 9 3
Lamp 1985 53 11 0.208 105.2 11 0
Eichhorn 1986 69 38 0.551 157.0 14 6
Henke 1987 72 62 0.861 94.0 0 6
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
Eckersley 1990 63 61 0.968 73.1 4 2
Wetteland 1993 70 58 0.829 85.1 9 3
Hoffman 1998 66 61 0.924 73.0 4 2
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L
Rhodes 2001 71 16 0.225 68.0 8 0
Rivera 2008 64 60 0.938 70.2 6 5
Chapman 2012 68 52 0.765 71.2 5 5
Davis 2014 70 11 0.157 72.0 9 2
Pitcher Year GP GF GF% IP W L

Stat Set 2


Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
Marberry 1926 22 ???? ???? ???? 3.00 43 2.80 1.348 3.1
Brown 1938 5 ???? ???? ???? 3.80 55 3.70 1.500 0.4
Beggs 1940 7 4 0.636 0 2.00 25 2.90 1.161 2.2
Murphy 1941 15 7 0.682 0 1.98 29 3.40 1.397 2.2
Page 1949 27 11 0.711 0 2.59 99 6.60 1.315 4.2
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
Konstanty 1950 22 4 0.846 0 2.66 56 3.32 1.039 4.7
Wilhelm 1952 11 1 0.917 1 2.43 108 6.11 1.155 2.7
Kinder 1953 27 8 0.771 4 1.85 39 3.30 1.140 4.5
Freeman 1956 18 3 0.857 2 3.40 50 4.10 1.344 2.6
Hyde 1958 18 5 0.783 0 1.75 49 4.30 1.136 4.9
Duren 1959 14 7 0.667 1 1.88 96 11.30 1.200 3.8
Face 1959 10 9 0.526 1 2.70 69 6.67 1.243 3.2
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
McDaniel 1960 26 6 0.813 1 1.29 95 8.21 0.863 6.0
Arroyo 1961 29 10 0.744 1 2.19 87 6.58 1.109 3.3
Radatz 1963 25 3 0.893 0 1.97 162 11.00 1.096 5.7
Perranoski 1963 21 8 0.724 0 1.67 75 5.23 1.202 4.5
Miller 1965 24 1 0.960 1 1.89 104 7.80 0.997 4.3
Regan 1966 21 7 0.750 1 1.62 88 6.82 0.934 5.0
Wood 1968 16 5 0.762 7 1.87 74 4.20 1.006 5.4
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
Hiller 1973 38 0 1.000 0 1.44 124 8.92 1.021 8.1
Marshall 1974 21 12 0.636 9 2.42 143 6.18 1.186 3.1
Gossage 1975 26 5 0.839 1 1.84 130 8.30 1.193 8.2
Lyle 1977 26 8 0.765 1 2.17 68 4.50 1.197 3.7
Stanley 1978 10 5 0.667 1 2.60 38 2.20 1.242 4.1
Tekulve 1979 31 6 0.838 8 2.79 75 5.00 1.176 3.2
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
Fingers 1981 28 6 0.824 0 1.04 61 7.00 0.872 4.2
Hernandez 1984 32 1 0.970 0 1.92 112 7.19 0.941 4.8
Lamp 1985 2 5 0.286 8 3.32 68 5.80 1.164 1.3
Eichhorn 1986 10 4 0.714 7 1.72 166 9.52 0.955 7.4
Henke 1987 34 8 0.810 1 2.49 128 12.30 0.926 3.3
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
Eckersley 1990 48 2 0.960 0 0.61 73 8.96 0.614 3.3
Wetteland 1993 43 1 0.977 0 1.37 113 11.95 1.008 4.2
Hoffman 1998 53 1 0.981 0 1.48 86 10.60 0.849 4.1
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR
Rhodes 2001 3 4 0.429 31 1.72 83 11.00 0.853 2.5
Rivera 2008 39 1 0.975 0 1.40 77 9.80 0.665 4.3
Chapman 2012 38 5 0.884 6 1.51 122 15.32 0.809 3.6
Davis 2014 3 0 1.000 33 1.00 109 13.60 0.847 3.7
Pitcher Year S BS S% H ERA K K/9 WHIP WAR


Notes

Marberry appeared as a starter five times.

Stanley appeared as a starter three times.

Brown, McDaniel and Wood appeared as a starter two times.

Beggs appeared once as a starter.



I've decided to include the starter stuff under all stats because it helps to show how effective the pitcher actually was. Today's relievers do not have that luxury, but they also generally get to pitch more. Give and take, baseball history.

References

Firpo Marberry Pitching Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com (Baseball-Reference.com)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marbefi01-pitch.shtml

SABR (Firpo Marberry) http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d7ce09aa

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