Vic Sorrell Stats

Vic Sorrell was born on Tuesday, April 9, 1901, in Morrisville, North Carolina. Sorrell was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1928, with the Detroit Tigers. 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 Vic Sorrell baseball stats page.

"He fouled off two pitches and then ducked away from a curve, which caught the corner. (Ty) Cobb was furious-must have argued for ten minutes." - Vic Sorrell (1928)

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Vic Sorrell
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Victor Garland Sorrell
Nickname:   Lawyer or The Philosopher
Born On:   04-09-1901
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Morrisville, North Carolina
Zodiac:   Aries
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-04-1972
Place of Death Data Died In:   Raleigh, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Raleigh Memorial Park, Raleigh, North Carolina
College:   Wake Forest College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-22-1928 (Age 27)
Last Game:   06-03-1937
Draft:   Not Applicable
Vic Sorrell

Vic Sorrell 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
1928 Tigers 29 23 4 8 11 .421 4.79 8 0 0 171.0 776 182 91 106 9 83 - 67 3 5 0 -
1929 Tigers 36 31 3 14 15 .483 5.18 13 1 1 226.0 1,034 270 130 152 15 106 - 81 5 2 0 -
1930 Tigers 35 30 5 16 11 .593 3.86 14 2 1 233.1 1,021 245 100 116 13 106 - 97 4 0 0 -
1931 Tigers 35 32 3 13 14 .481 4.15 19 1 1 245.0 1,098 267 113 131 8 114 - 99 2 1 0 -
1932 Tigers 32 31 1 14 14 .500 4.03 13 1 0 234.1 999 234 105 124 11 77 - 84 2 3 0 -
1933 Tigers 36 28 5 11 15 .423 3.79 13 1 1 232.2 999 233 98 112 18 78 - 75 1 2 0 -
1934 Tigers 28 19 7 6 9 .400 4.79 6 1 2 129.2 569 146 69 76 13 45 - 46 4 3 0 -
1935 Tigers 12 6 2 4 3 .571 4.03 4 0 0 51.1 235 65 23 28 2 25 - 22 1 2 0 -
1936 Tigers 30 14 10 6 7 .462 5.28 5 1 3 131.1 596 153 77 86 9 64 - 37 2 2 0 -
1937 Tigers 7 2 1 0 2 .000 9.00 0 0 1 17.0 83 25 17 18 3 8 - 11 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
10 Years 280 216 41 92 101 .477 4.43 95 8 10 1,671.2 7,410 1,820 823 949 101 706 - 619 25 20 0 -
Vic Sorrell

Vic Sorrell Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1928 Tigers 29 55 2 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 14 6 - 0 - .109 .109 .145
1929 Tigers 36 83 9 12 1 0 0 0 6 1 - 28 4 - 0 - .145 .155 .157
1930 Tigers 35 80 9 15 3 0 0 0 5 5 - 25 4 - 0 - .188 .235 .225
1931 Tigers 35 88 4 14 1 0 0 0 4 4 - 12 4 - 0 - .159 .196 .170
1932 Tigers 33 76 7 9 0 1 0 0 8 8 - 18 5 - 0 - .118 .202 .145
1933 Tigers 36 74 2 11 1 0 0 0 3 5 - 16 4 - 0 - .149 .203 .162
1934 Tigers 28 37 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 9 3 - 0 - .108 .214 .108
1935 Tigers 12 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1936 Tigers 30 39 1 6 2 0 0 0 1 7 - 13 4 - 0 - .154 .283 .205
1937 Tigers 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 1 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 281 553 35 77 10 1 0 0 28 35 - 144 35 - 0 - .139 .190 .161
Vic Sorrell

Vic Sorrell Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1928 Tigers P 29 23 513 37 1.3 31 3 28 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .838 1.63 -
1929 Tigers P 36 31 678 48 1.3 48 7 41 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.91 -
1930 Tigers P 35 30 700 37 1.1 36 3 33 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.39 -
1931 Tigers P 35 32 735 67 1.9 64 12 52 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.35 -
1932 Tigers P 32 31 703 50 1.6 49 9 40 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.88 -
1933 Tigers P 36 28 698 64 1.8 62 14 48 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.40 -
1934 Tigers P 28 19 389 44 1.6 41 7 34 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .932 2.85 -
1935 Tigers P 12 6 154 14 1.2 14 3 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45 -
1936 Tigers P 30 14 394 40 1.3 40 9 31 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.74 -
1937 Tigers P 7 2 51 5 0.7 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 2.12 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 280 216 5,015 406 1.5 389 68 321 17 17 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.09 --
10 Years 280 216 5,015 406 1.5 389 68 321 17 17 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.09 --
Vic Sorrell

Vic Sorrell Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1928 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.9 55.0 0.81 3.53 4.37
1929 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 13.8 0.76 3.23 4.22
1930 Tigers 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.2 16.0 0.92 3.74 4.09
1931 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 7.3 22.0 0.87 3.64 4.19
1932 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.2 9.5 1.09 3.23 2.96
1933 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.6 24.7 0.96 2.90 3.02
1934 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.1 0.0 1.02 3.19 3.12
1935 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.88 3.86 4.38
1936 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 39.0 0.58 2.54 4.39
1937 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.38 5.82 4.24
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 19.8 0.88 3.33 3.80
Vic Sorrell

Vic Sorrell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1928 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Detroit Tigers 12 Undetermined n/a -
1932 Detroit Tigers 11 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Detroit Tigers 11 Undetermined - -
1934 Detroit Tigers 18 Undetermined - -
1935 Detroit Tigers 18 Undetermined - -
1936 Detroit Tigers 18 Undetermined - -
1937 Detroit Tigers 18 Undetermined - -


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