Red Ames Stats

Red Ames was born on Wednesday, August 2, 1882, in Warren, Ohio. Ames was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1903, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Red Ames baseball stats page.
"Personally, we have never seen the twirler with a curve like Leon Ames. (Ed) Reulbach, when right, is a more or less close rival, but Ames is unbeatable." - Baseball Magazine (November 1913, F.C. Lane)

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Red Ames
 
 
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Birth Name:   Leon Kessling Ames
Nickname:   Red
Born On:   08-02-1882  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Warren, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-08-1936 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Warren, Ohio
Cemetery:   Oakwood Cemetery, Warren, Ohio
High School:   Warren High School (Warren, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-14-1903 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-25-1919
Draft:   Not Applicable
Red Ames

Red Ames Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1903 21 Giants 2 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.29 2 1 0 14.0 52 5 2 2 0 8 - 14 0 0 0 -
1904 22 Giants 16 13 3 4 6 .400 2.27 11 1 3 115.0 464 94 29 44 2 38 - 93 6 3 0 -
1905 23 Giants 34 31 3 22 8 .733 2.74 21 2 0 262.2 1,064 220 80 113 2 105 - 198 30 3 0 -
1906 24 Giants 31 25 5 12 10 .545 2.66 15 1 1 203.1 840 166 60 79 1 93 - 156 7 3 1 -
1907 25 Giants 39 26 8 10 12 .455 2.16 17 2 1 233.1 959 184 56 93 4 108 - 146 20 10 0 -
1908 26 Giants 18 15 2 7 4 .636 1.81 5 0 1 114.1 441 96 23 33 0 27 - 81 2 1 0 -
1909 27 Giants 34 26 6 15 10 .600 2.69 20 2 1 244.0 986 217 73 109 2 81 - 156 13 4 0 -
1910 28 Giants 33 23 5 12 11 .522 2.22 13 3 0 190.1 747 161 47 78 3 63 - 94 9 6 0 -
1911 29 Giants 34 23 5 11 10 .524 2.68 13 1 2 205.0 822 170 61 80 0 54 - 118 8 4 0 -
1912 30 Giants 33 22 8 11 5 .688 2.46 9 2 2 179.0 744 194 49 82 3 35 - 83 9 4 0 -
1913 31 Giants 8 5 2 2 1 .667 2.16 2 0 1 41.2 157 35 10 11 0 8 - 30 3 1 0 -
1913 31 Reds 31 24 5 11 13 .458 2.88 12 1 2 187.1 789 185 60 82 7 70 - 80 9 5 0 -
1914 32 Reds 47 36 10 15 23 .395 2.64 18 3 6 297.0 1,241 274 87 125 8 94 - 128 12 6 0 -
1915 33 Reds 17 7 5 2 4 .333 4.50 4 1 1 68.0 293 82 34 39 2 24 - 26 3 0 0 -
1915 33 Cardinals 15 14 1 9 3 .750 2.46 8 2 1 113.1 457 93 31 35 1 32 - 48 2 0 1 -
1916 34 Cardinals 45 22 17 11 16 .407 2.64 10 2 8 228.0 948 225 67 100 3 57 - 98 9 5 0 -
1917 35 Cardinals 43 19 17 15 10 .600 2.71 10 2 3 209.0 847 189 63 75 2 57 - 62 5 3 0 -
1918 36 Cardinals 27 25 2 9 14 .391 2.31 17 0 1 206.2 844 192 53 75 1 52 - 68 5 5 0 -
1919 37 Cardinals 23 7 10 3 5 .375 4.89 1 0 1 70.0 314 88 38 44 1 25 - 19 3 1 0 -
1919 37 Phillies 3 2 1 0 2 .000 6.19 1 0 1 16.0 71 26 11 12 0 3 - 4 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
17 Years 533 367 115 183 167 .523 2.63 209 26 36 3,198.0 13,080 2,896 934 1,311 42 1,034 - 1,702 156 64 2 -
Red Ames

Red Ames Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1903 21 Giants 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1904 22 Giants 16 40 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 - - 0 - 0 - .125 .186 .150
1905 23 Giants 34 97 6 14 0 3 0 0 7 4 - - 6 - 0 - .144 .178 .206
1906 24 Giants 31 61 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 - - 1 - 0 - .066 .174 .066
1907 25 Giants 39 69 5 12 0 0 1 0 5 7 - - 4 - 0 - .174 .250 .217
1908 26 Giants 18 36 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 - - 4 - 0 - .194 .216 .194
1909 27 Giants 34 81 5 6 1 0 0 0 6 5 - - 3 - 0 - .074 .128 .086
1910 28 Giants 33 62 1 11 1 0 1 0 6 1 - 21 2 - 0 - .177 .190 .242
1911 29 Giants 34 64 2 6 0 1 0 0 5 5 - 12 3 - 0 - .094 .159 .125
1912 30 Giants 33 58 6 13 3 0 0 0 3 4 - 23 1 - 0 - .224 .274 .276
1913 31 Giants 8 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 1 - 0 - .154 .154 .154
1913 31 Reds 31 59 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 22 4 - 0 - .102 .117 .102
1914 32 Reds 47 94 6 12 1 0 1 0 6 2 - 33 5 - 0 - .128 .146 .170
1915 33 Reds 17 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 0 - 0 - .050 .136 .050
1915 33 Cardinals 15 35 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 17 3 - 0 - .114 .162 .114
1916 34 Cardinals 45 68 3 12 0 1 0 0 1 3 - 19 2 - 0 - .176 .211 .206
1917 35 Cardinals 43 64 3 12 1 2 0 0 7 6 - 23 3 - 0 - .188 .257 .266
1918 36 Cardinals 27 64 1 10 1 0 0 0 4 7 - 14 4 - 0 - .156 .239 .172
1919 37 Cardinals 23 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 1 - 0 - .222 .222 .222
1919 37 Phillies 3 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .400 .400 .600
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 533 1,014 52 143 10 7 3 0 63 61 - 204 47 - 0 - .141 .190 .174
Red Ames

Red Ames Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1903 Giants P 2 2 42 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1904 Giants P 16 13 345 35 2.2 31 5 26 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .886 2.43
1905 Giants P 34 31 788 86 2.5 81 12 69 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .942 2.78
1906 Giants P 31 25 610 81 2.6 76 10 66 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .938 3.36
1907 Giants P 39 26 700 95 2.4 87 11 76 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .916 3.36
1908 Giants P 18 15 343 40 2.2 37 5 32 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .925 2.91
1909 Giants P 34 26 732 119 3.5 110 11 99 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .924 4.06
1910 Giants P 33 23 571 87 2.6 79 11 68 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .908 3.74
1911 Giants P 34 23 615 83 2.4 76 7 69 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .916 3.34
1912 Giants P 33 22 537 60 1.8 59 6 53 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.97
1913 Giants P 8 5 125 18 2.3 18 0 18 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.89
1913 Reds P 31 24 562 52 1.7 51 2 49 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.45
1914 Reds P 47 36 891 116 2.5 107 8 99 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .922 3.24
1915 Reds P 17 7 204 28 1.6 27 5 22 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 3.57
1915 Cardinals P 15 14 340 40 2.7 39 0 39 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 3.10
1916 Cardinals P 45 22 684 65 1.4 59 3 56 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .908 2.33
1917 Cardinals P 43 19 627 89 2.1 87 4 83 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.75
1918 Cardinals P 27 25 620 66 2.4 63 6 57 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.74
1919 Cardinals P 23 7 210 14 0.6 13 1 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.67
1919 Phillies P 3 2 48 7 2.3 7 0 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.94
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 533 367 9,594 1,181 2.2 1,107 107 1,000 74 25 n/a n/a n/a .937 3.12
17 Years 533 367 9,594 1,181 2.2 1,107 107 1,000 74 25 n/a n/a n/a .937 3.12
Red Ames

Red Ames Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1903 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 6.0 1.75 9.00 5.14
1904 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.3 2.45 7.28 2.97
1905 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.9 1.89 6.78 3.60
1906 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.68 6.90 4.12
1907 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 69.0 0.0 13.8 1.35 5.63 4.17
1908 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 18.0 3.00 6.38 2.13
1909 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 13.5 1.93 5.75 2.99
1910 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 62.0 3.0 10.3 1.49 4.44 2.98
1911 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 12.8 2.19 5.18 2.37
1912 Giants 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 19.3 2.37 4.17 1.76
1913 Giants 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 13.0 3.75 6.48 1.73
1913 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 29.5 1.14 3.84 3.36
1914 Reds 1 - - 0 0 n/a 94.0 2.8 15.7 1.36 3.88 2.85
1915 Reds 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 0.0 1.08 3.44 3.18
1915 Cardinals 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.1 17.5 1.50 3.81 2.54
1916 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.6 68.0 1.72 3.87 2.25
1917 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 9.1 1.09 2.67 2.45
1918 Cardinals 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 16.0 1.31 2.96 2.26
1919 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 18.0 0.76 2.44 3.21
1919 Phillies 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.33 2.25 1.69
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 5 1 .833 0 0 n/a 338.0 5.0 16.1 1.65 4.79 2.91
Red Ames

Red Ames Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1903 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1906 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1907 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1912 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1913 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 St. Louis Cardinals n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Philadelphia Phillies n/a $5,940.00 n/a -




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