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George Sisler

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Full name George Harold Sisler
Born March 24, 1893, Manchester, Ohio
Died March 26, 1973, Richmond Heights, Missouri
Buried at Old Meeting House Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, Missouri (Columbarium by flagpole and benches)
First Game: June 28, 1915; Final Game: September 22, 1930
Managed First Game: April 15, 1924; Managed Final Game: September 26, 1926
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 170
Father of Dave Sisler
Father of Dick Sisler
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939
Won League Award as AL Most Valuable Player (1922)
Ejections as player: 1919 (1), 1921 (1), 1926 (1). Total: 3
Ejections as manager: 1924 (1), 1925 (1), 1926 (1). Total: 3
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1915 STL A Daily Splits 81 274 28 78 10 2 3 29 7 1 27 2 12 0 7 3 10 8 .285 .307 .369 -0.3 1915 STL A 1916 STL A Daily Splits 151 580 83 177 21 11 4 76 40 4 37 5 19 0 16 6 34 27 .305 .355 .400 1.6 1916 STL A 1917 STL A Daily Splits 135 539 60 190 30 9 2 52 30 5 19 3 15 0 9 4 37 18 .353 .390 .453 4.1 1917 STL A 1918 STL A Daily Splits 114 452 69 154 21 9 2 41 40 6 17 5 9 0 13 2 45 17 .341 .400 .440 4.0 1918 STL A 1919 STL A Daily Splits 132 511 96 180 31 15 10 83 27 5 20 5 18 0 14 4 28 15 .352 .390 .530 4.4 1919 STL A 1920 STL A Daily Splits 154 631 137 257 49 18 19 122 46 8 19 2 13 0 14 4 42 17 .407 .449 .632 7.9 1920 STL A 1921 STL A Daily Splits 138 582 125 216 38 18 12 104 34 2 27 5 14 0 18 4 35 11 .371 .411 .560 3.1 1921 STL A 1922 STL A Daily Splits 142 586 134 246 42 18 8 105 49 2 14 3 16 0 12 3 51 19 .420 .467 .594 6.4 1922 STL A 1924 STL A Daily Splits 151 636 94 194 27 10 9 74 31 1 29 3 8 6 0 24 7 19 17 .305 .337 .421 -2.2 1924 STL A 1925 STL A Daily Splits 150 649 100 224 21 15 12 105 27 0 24 0 7 5 0 17 13 11 12 .345 .369 .479 0.3 1925 STL A 1926 STL A Daily Splits 150 613 78 178 21 12 7 74 30 2 30 3 7 9 0 12 17 12 8 .290 .322 .398 -2.9 1926 STL A 1927 STL A Daily Splits 149 614 87 201 32 8 5 97 24 1 15 4 7 12 0 18 21 27 8 .327 .350 .430 0.4 1927 STL A 1928 WAS A Daily Splits 20 49 1 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .245 .255 .265 -0.7 1928 WAS A 1928 BOS N Daily Splits 118 491 71 167 26 4 4 68 30 0 15 2 6 8 0 14 19 11 10 .340 .375 .434 1.2 1928 BOS N 1928 Total 138 540 72 179 27 4 4 70 31 0 17 2 6 9 0 15 19 11 11 .331 .364 .419 0.5 1928 Total 1929 BOS N Daily Splits 154 629 67 205 40 8 2 79 33 0 17 4 6 14 0 23 13 6 7 .326 .356 .424 -0.8 1929 BOS N 1930 BOS N Daily Splits 116 431 54 133 15 7 3 67 23 0 15 2 6 8 0 5 14 7 4 .309 .341 .397 -1.3 1930 BOS N Total NL ( 3 Years) 388 1551 192 505 81 19 9 214 86 0 47 8 18 30 0 42 46 24 21 .326 .358 .420 -0.9 Total NL Total AL (13 Years) 1667 6716 1092 2307 344 145 93 964 386 37 280 40 145 33 0 175 88 351 178 .344 .381 .479 26.1 Total AL Total (15 Years) Splits 2055 8267 1284 2812 425 164 102 1178 472 37 327 48 163 63 0 217 134 375 199 .340 .376 .468 25.2 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1915 STL A Daily Splits 15 8 6 0 3 0 70 62 293 0 26 22 38 0 41 12 1 4 1 9 1 4 9 4 4 2.83 2.88 0.5 1915 STL A 1916 STL A Daily Splits 3 3 3 1 0 0 27 18 98 0 4 3 6 0 12 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1.00 0.33 0.9 1916 STL A 1918 STL A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 1 8 10 41 0 6 4 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4.50 6.00 0.0 1918 STL A 1920 STL A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 - 0.1 1920 STL A 1925 STL A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 - 0.1 1925 STL A 1926 STL A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.1 1926 STL A 1928 BOS N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.0 1928 BOS N Total NL ( 1 Year ) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.0 Total NL Total AL ( 6 Years) 23 12 9 1 7 3 110 91 450 0 36 29 51 1 63 14 2 6 1 14 2 5 14 5 6 2.37 2.50 1.7 Total AL Total ( 7 Years) Splits 24 12 9 1 8 3 111 91 453 0 36 29 52 1 63 14 2 6 1 14 2 5 14 5 6 2.35 2.50 1.7 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1915 STL A Daily Splits 1B 38 33 32 307.2 357 18 4 20 1 .989 1915 STL A OF 29 26 23 225.1 51 2 3 0 0 .946 6 8 15 1915 STL A P 15 8 6 70 5 18 0 1 0 0 6 8 1 1.000 1915 STL A RF 15 14 11 107.1 15 1 3 0 0 .842 1915 STL A CF 8 6 6 62 16 1 1 0 0 .944 1915 STL A LF 6 6 6 56 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 1916 STL A Daily Splits 1B 140 139 137 1263.2 1510 83 24 85 1 .985 1916 STL A P 3 3 3 27 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 1916 STL A OF 3 2 2 24 6 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 1 1916 STL A 3B 2 2 1 11.1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1916 STL A CF 2 2 2 23 6 1 0 1 0 1.000 1916 STL A RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1917 STL A Daily Splits 1B 133 133 132 1186.1 1384 101 22 97 0 .985 1917 STL A 2B 3 2 2 20.1 2 5 2 0 0 .778 1918 STL A Daily Splits 1B 114 113 112 1024 1244 95 13 65 0 .990 1918 STL A P 2 1 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1.000 1919 STL A Daily Splits 1B 131 131 128 1166.1 1249 120 13 64 2 .991 1920 STL A Daily Splits 1B 154 154 153 1370 1477 140 16 95 0 .990 1920 STL A P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1921 STL A Daily Splits 1B 138 138 136 1225.1 1267 108 10 99 1 .993 1922 STL A Daily Splits 1B 141 141 140 1268 1293 125 17 119 0 .988 1924 STL A Daily Splits 1B 151 151 149 1330 1326 112 23 115 1 .984 1925 STL A Daily Splits 1B 150 150 148 1334.1 1343 131 26 120 0 .983 1925 STL A P 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1926 STL A Daily Splits 1B 149 149 146 1307.2 1467 87 21 141 0 .987 1926 STL A P 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1927 STL A Daily Splits 1B 149 149 147 1298.1 1374 131 24 138 1 .984 1928 WAS A Daily Splits OF 5 4 3 44.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 1928 WAS A LF 5 4 3 44.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 1928 WAS A 1B 5 4 3 34 45 0 0 3 0 1.000 1928 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 118 118 117 1061 1188 86 15 100 0 .988 1928 BOS N P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1928 Total 1B 123 122 120 1095 1233 86 15 103 0 .989 1929 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 154 154 154 1352.2 1398 111 28 131 0 .982 1930 BOS N Daily Splits 1B 107 104 99 928 915 81 13 103 0 .987 Total (15 Years) Splits 1B 1972 1961 1933 17457.1 18837 1529 269 1495 7 .987 Total ( 3 Years) OF 37 32 28 293.2 65 3 3 2 0 .958 11 10 16 Total ( 7 Years) P 24 12 9 111 8 32 0 1 0 1 13 12 2 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) RF 16 14 11 108.1 15 1 3 0 0 .842 Total ( 2 Years) LF 11 10 9 100.1 20 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) CF 10 8 8 85 22 2 1 1 0 .960 Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 3 2 2 20.1 2 5 2 0 0 .778 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 2 2 1 11.1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1924 STL A 153 74 78 .487 769 807 4 1925 STL A 154 82 71 .536 900 906 3 1926 STL A 155 62 92 .403 682 845 7 Total ( 3 Years) 462 218 241 .475 2351 2558 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 1959 PIT N Hitting 4- 9 9-27 1960 PIT N Hitting 4-12 10-13 1961 PIT N Hitting 4-11 10- 1 1962 PIT N Hitting 4-10 9-30 Total ( 4 Years)

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 7- 4-1919(1) BOX STL A George Moriarty Call at 1B 7-23-1921 BOX STL A George Hildebrand Call at 1B (Struck umpire) 9-19-1926 BOX STL A Pants Rowland Called third strike

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 6-21-1924(1) BOX STL A Ducky Holmes Balls and strikes 9-10-1925(1) BOX STL A Pants Rowland Balls and strikes 8-31-1926 BOX STL A Pants Rowland Fair/foul call

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by St. Louis Browns (June, 1915).

Sold by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators for $25000 (December 14, 1927).

Sold by Washington Senators to Boston Braves for $7500 (May 27, 1928).

Sold by Boston Braves to St. Louis Cardinals (December 13, 1930).

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