Ralph
Price
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 14, 1897 in Australia
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1925    1926    1932   
All-Star Selections 1926    1927   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1921 24 WAS ML   6 5 5 5 11 12 11 12 12 12
1922 25 WAS ML   6 6 6 6 11 12 11 12 12 12
1923 26 WAS ML   6 8 8 8 11 12 12 12 12 12
1924 27 WAS ML $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 11 12 11 11 11 11
1925 28 WAS ML $ 300,000 7 13 13 13 13 14 13 14 14 14
1926 29 WAS ML $ 300,000 7 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13
1927 30 WAS ML $ 300,000 6 18 18 18 13 14 13 13 13 13
1928 31 WAS ML $ 300,000 6 17 17 17 13 14 13 13 13 13
1929 32 WAS ML $ 5,128,571 6 17 17 17 12 14 13 14 14 14
1930 33 WAS ML $ 5,128,571 6 16 16 16 12 14 13 13 13 13
1931 34 WAS ML $ 5,128,571 6 16 16 16 12 14 13 13 13 13
1932 35 WAS ML $ 5,128,571 6 16 16 16 12 14 13 12 12 12
1933 36 BGR KL $ 5,555,552 6 16 15 16 12 14 13 12 12 12
1934 37 BGR KL $ 5,555,552 5 14 14 14 11 12 12 10 10 10
1935 38 PRO KL $ 300,000 5 14 14 14 11 12 12 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 5 5 11 12 11 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,555,552 7 18 18 18 13 14 13 14 14 14
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1921 24 WAS ML     2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1922 25 WAS ML     2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1923 26 WAS ML     2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1924 27 WAS ML $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1925 28 WAS ML $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1926 29 WAS ML $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1927 30 WAS ML $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1928 31 WAS ML $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1929 32 WAS ML $ 5,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1930 33 WAS ML $ 5,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1931 34 WAS ML $ 5,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1932 35 WAS ML $ 5,128,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1933 36 BGR KL $ 5,555,552   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1934 37 BGR KL $ 5,555,552   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1935 38 PRO KL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,555,552   2 2 2 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Golden Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1921 24 AAA   4 4 .500 9 9 1 1 0 64.3 78 32 6 28 49 4.48 .298 .366 .416 .782  
    AA   6 5 .545 14 14 5 1 0 114.7 109 48 8 33 89 3.77 .252 .305 .398 .704  
1922 25 AA   9 5 .643 17 17 9 2 0 139.7 132 42 7 36 119 2.71 .245 .293 .342 .635  
1923 26 AAA   15 7 .682 22 22 11 1 0 177.7 174 71 19 50 177 3.60 .256 .306 .391 .697  
1924 27 WAS ML 1 3 .250 5 5 1 0 0 38.7 50 32 4 18 17 7.45 .325 .392 .519 .912 0.0
    AAA   9 5 .643 18 18 10 5 0 154.0 130 45 11 37 135 2.63 .229 .276 .350 .626  
1925 28 WAS ML 3 1 .750 6 1 0 0 0 17.3 18 8 0 9 5 4.15 .265 .342 .382 .724 1.5
    AAA   12 6 .667 21 21 9 1 0 158.0 134 58 17 44 145 3.30 .228 .282 .376 .659  
1926 29 WAS ML 14 7 .667 26 26 17 2 0 215.0 193 88 25 59 201 3.68 .238 .294 .377 .671 12.5
1927 30 WAS ML 19 9 .679 34 34 21 5 0 285.7 216 97 41 87 286 3.06 .210 .273 .381 .655 24.1
1928 31 WAS ML 21 11 .656 38 38 22 2 0 320.0 245 108 38 97 347 3.04 .208 .275 .359 .634 26.4
1929 32 WAS ML 17 13 .567 38 38 17 2 0 304.0 266 129 42 113 288 3.82 .232 .304 .418 .722 14.0
1930 33 WAS ML 4 14 .222 23 22 7 0 0 169.0 142 80 26 64 178 4.26 .228 .301 .408 .710 2.9
1931 34 WAS ML 8 7 .533 26 26 10 2 0 210.3 170 69 23 66 228 2.95 .219 .285 .372 .657 15.6
1932 35 WAS ML 8 16 .333 29 29 16 2 0 232.7 213 102 34 74 228 3.95 .239 .300 .421 .721 8.8
1933 36 BGR KL 12 21 .364 36 36 11 0 0 272.0 275 156 45 103 286 5.16 .257 .326 .443 .770 3.5
1934 37 BGR KL 8 18 .308 33 33 12 0 0 247.3 251 122 36 118 200 4.44 .262 .345 .428 .773 8.9
1935 38 PRO KL 1 1 .500 7 0 0 0 0 14.7 17 14 4 13 14 8.59 .288 .411 .593 1.004 0.0
    AAA   6 5 .545 12 12 4 2 0 92.0 83 36 7 33 104 3.52 .233 .298 .340 .638  
12 Years Sim 116 121 .489 301 288 134 15 0 2326.6 2056 1005 318 821 2278 3.89 .235 .304 .404 .708 118.0
5 Years AAA 46 27 .630 82 82 35 10 0 646.0 599 242 60 192 610 3.37 .244 .299 .373 .672  
2 Years AA 15 10 .600 31 31 14 3 0 254.3 241 90 15 69 208 3.18 .248 .298 .367 .665  
7 Years Minors 61 37 .622 113 113 49 13 0 900.3 840 332 75 261 818 3.32 .245 .299 .371 .670  
Season Average 9 10 .474 25 24 11 1 0 193.9 171 83 26 68 189 3.89 .235 .304 .404 .708  
Career Highs 21 21 .750 38 38 22 5 0 320.0 275 156 45 118 347 8.59 .325 .411 .593 1.004  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1266 629 194 491 1337   .237 .301 .407 .707
vs LH   790 376 124 330 941   .231 .299 .401 .700
Home 64 58 .525 155 146 61 7 0 1218.0 1031 500 153 454 1199 3.69 .227 .297 .382 .679
Away 52 63 .452 146 142 73 8 1 1108.6 1025 505 165 367 1079 4.10 .243 .303 .428 .732
Mar/Apr 21 20 .512 47 46 21 2 0 368.0 332 176 50 148 323 4.30 .239 .312 .412 .724
May 23 27 .460 63 63 31 6 0 515.6 413 202 70 166 506 3.53 .216 .279 .375 .654
June 18 25 .419 53 53 28 4 0 422.3 393 191 73 138 438 4.07 .244 .304 .435 .738
July 25 24 .510 63 63 27 2 0 498.3 431 212 62 172 526 3.83 .232 .298 .402 .699
August 25 22 .532 66 55 24 1 0 457.0 430 194 54 172 411 3.82 .245 .313 .405 .718
Sep/Oct 4 3 .571 9 8 7 1 1 65.3 57 30 9 25 74 4.13 .228 .298 .412 .710
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Bat or Golden Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1924 27 WAS ML 5 12 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .417 .724 1.2 0.0
1925 28 WAS ML 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
    AAA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1926 29 WAS ML 26 72 6 6 0 1 1 5 0 0 4 12 .083 .132 .153 .284 -0.3 0.0
1927 30 WAS ML 34 105 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 38 .076 .093 .095 .188 -3.3 0.0
1928 31 WAS ML 38 113 5 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 26 .124 .168 .150 .319 0.5 0.0
1929 32 WAS ML 38 106 4 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 39 .075 .114 .123 .237 -2.3 0.0
1930 33 WAS ML 23 54 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 17 .093 .089 .093 .182 -2.0 0.0
1931 34 WAS ML 26 68 8 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .147 .159 .176 .336 0.2 0.0
1932 35 WAS ML 29 76 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 29 .079 .125 .092 .217 -1.8 0.0
9 Years Sim 225 612 37 61 12 1 2 26 0 1 21 189 .100 .131 .132 .263 -7.8 0.0
1 Years AAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 440 26 43 8 0 1 18 0 0 15 136 .100 .131 .132 .263 -5.6  
Career Highs 38 113 8 14 3 1 1 8 0 1 6 39 .250 .308 .417 .724 1.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   455 26 44 7 1 2 23 0 1 12 135 .097 .122 .130 .252 -9.7
vs LH   157 11 17 5 0 0 3 0 0 9 54 .108 .157 .140 .297 -0.8
Home 114 306 21 29 5 0 1 15 0 0 11 102 .095 .125 .121 .246 -6.3
Away 110 306 16 32 7 1 1 11 0 1 10 87 .105 .137 .144 .280 -4.2
RISP   120 0 12 2 0 0 23 0 0 7 34 .100 .143 .117 .260 -1.5
Close/Late   63 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .127 .138 .127 .265 -0.9
Mar/Apr 35 94 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 .085 .140 .106 .246 -2.1
May 51 144 10 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 5 44 .097 .132 .132 .264 -2.4
June 41 114 6 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 32 .105 .127 .132 .259 -2.1
July 48 128 6 13 3 0 0 8 0 1 3 47 .102 .120 .125 .245 -3.2
August 43 114 6 14 2 1 1 6 0 0 4 31 .123 .151 .184 .335 0.7
Sep/Oct 6 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .000 .053 .000 .053 -1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1924 27 WAS ML P 5 5 38.7 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.86    
1925 28 WAS ML P 6 1 17.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.64    
1926 29 WAS ML P 26 26 215.0 9 30 1 5 .975 1.63    
1927 30 WAS ML P 34 34 285.7 16 43 0 3 1.000 1.86    
1928 31 WAS ML P 38 38 320.0 23 39 2 4 .969 1.74    
1929 32 WAS ML P 38 38 304.0 16 26 0 2 1.000 1.24    
1930 33 WAS ML P 23 22 169.0 6 17 1 0 .958 1.22    
1931 34 WAS ML P 26 26 210.3 9 28 0 1 1.000 1.58    
1932 35 WAS ML P 29 29 232.7 9 20 1 0 .967 1.12    
1933 36 BGR KL P 36 36 272.0 15 15 1 1 .968 0.99    
1934 37 BGR KL P 33 33 247.3 10 25 2 3 .946 1.27    
1935 38 PRO KL P 7 0 14.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.23    
Career Totals   301 288 2326.6 120 253 8 20 .979 1.44    
Career Highs   38 38 320.0 23 43 2 5 1.000 3.64    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1925 28 WAS ML 2 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 3 1 0 0 8 1.17 .120 .120 .240 .360
1928 31 WAS ML 1 1 .500 2 2 2 1 0 17.0 10 3 2 7 22 1.59 .167 .254 .317 .570
1929 32 WAS ML 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0.00 .500 .600 .500 1.100
1931 34 WAS ML 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 9 3 2 6 21 1.50 .150 .227 .283 .511
1932 35 WAS ML 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 12 6 1 2 10 7.71 .387 .424 .581 1.005
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 11 5 4 1 1 50.7 36 13 5 16 62 2.31 .200 .265 .344 .610
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1925 28 WAS ML 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 31 WAS ML 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1931 34 WAS ML 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250
1932 35 WAS ML 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 10 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .118 .118 .118 .235
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1926-9-3.68
1927-4-3.06
1928-5-3.04
1929-10-3.82
1931-9-2.95
CAR-44-3.89
Wins
1926-10-14
1927-3-19
1928-5-21
1929-6-17
CAR-40-116
Losses
1929-9-13
1930-9-14
1932-4-16
1933-2-21
1934-2-18
CAR-31-121
Winning Pct
1926-3-.667
1927-2-.679
1928-6-.656
1929-8-.567
Games Pitched
1928-7-38
1929-8-38
1933-8-36
CAR-46-301
Games Started
1927-8-34
1928-2-38
1929-2-38
1933-5-36
CAR-28-288
Complete Games
1927-7-21
Shutouts
1926-5-2
1927-1-5
1928-8-2
1929-6-2
1931-8-2
1932-7-2
CAR-41-15
Innings Pitched
1927-7-285.7
1928-2-320.0
1929-5-304.0
CAR-32-2326.6
Hits Allowed
1929-7-266
1933-8-275
CAR-32-2056
Homeruns Allowed
1927-2-41
1928-5-38
1929-5-42
1931-10-23
1932-7-34
1933-1-45
1934-4-36
CAR-12-318
Strikeouts
1926-6-201
1927-3-286
1928-2-347
1929-4-288
1933-5-286
CAR-23-2278
Walks Allowed
1927-5-87
1928-5-97
1929-3-113
1932-9-74
1933-5-103
1934-2-118
CAR-20-821
Walks per 9IP
1926-10-2.5
Hits per 9IP
1926-7-8.1
1927-2-6.8
1928-3-6.9
1929-9-7.9
1930-7-7.6
1931-7-7.3
CAR-28-8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
1926-4-8.4
1927-3-9.0
1928-2-9.8
1929-6-8.5
1930-7-9.5
1931-4-9.8
1932-8-8.8
1933-5-9.5
1934-10-7.3
CAR-22-8.8
WHiP
1926-6-1.17
1927-3-1.06
1928-4-1.07
1929-10-1.25
1931-7-1.12
CAR-39-1.24
OAVG
1926-7-.238
1927-2-.210
1928-3-.208
1929-8-.232
1930-9-.228
1931-7-.219
CAR-28-.235
OOBP
1926-5-.294
1927-3-.273
1928-5-.275
1929-10-.304
1930-10-.301
1931-7-.285
CAR-36-.304
OSLG
1926-9-.377
1927-8-.381
1928-7-.359
OOPS
1926-7-.671
1927-8-.655
1928-5-.634
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 124    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 190)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 62)
 
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  1. Bruce Hayden (990)
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History
Drafted in 38th round, 456th overall pick, by Washington in 1921
Injured on 6/29/1922 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/19/1923 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/22/1924, off Steven Vercher (RCK)
Earned first career win on 4/22/1924
Injured on 7/1/1925 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Won World Championship with Washington in 1925
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1926, going 6-0, 1.50
Was selected to the 1926 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 8/19/1926, off Aaron Scroggins (PHI)
Won World Championship with Washington in 1926
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1927, going 5-1, 1.72
Was selected to the 1927 Allstar game
Injured on 8/1/1927 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Struck out 16 batters against Rockville on 9/2/1928
1/31/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/17/1930 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Struck out 15 batters against Rockville on 6/19/1930
Injured on 7/12/1930 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/16/1931 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,128,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Washington in 1932
Signed as a free agent by Bangor on 2/11/1933 to a 2-year deal worth $5,555,552 per year
Signed as a free agent by Providence on 6/1/1935 to a minor league deal