Earl Webb was born on Friday, September 17, 1897, in White County, Tennessee. Webb was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 13, 1925, 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 Earl Webb baseball stats page.
"I don't know what we (the 1931 Boston Red Sox) would have done, or where we would be now without Earl Webb. He was the only regular on the club to hit over .300 and the only man on the team to drive in over one hundred runs. When Webb is hitting, his bat will meet anything that comes over the player; whether it is a slow ball or fast, a curve, or a sinker." - Boston Red Sox Manager / Former Player Shano Collins (Bloodgood, Clifford. Baseball Magazine: A Big League Cast-Off Who Broke a Record. 14 April 1932. Page 11.)
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Earl WebbEarl Webb Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Earl WebbEarl Webb Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1925 | 28 | Giants | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | .000 | .250 | .000 |
1927 | 30 | Cubs | 102 | 332 | 58 | 100 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 52 | 48 | - | 31 | 14 | - | 1 | - | .301 | .391 | .506 |
1928 | 31 | Cubs | 62 | 140 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 14 | - | 17 | 5 | - | 0 | - | .250 | .318 | .407 |
1930 | 33 | Red Sox | 127 | 449 | 61 | 145 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 66 | 44 | - | 56 | 12 | - | 1 | - | .323 | .385 | .523 |
1931 | 34 | Red Sox | 151 | 589 | 96 | 196 | 67 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 70 | - | 51 | 1 | - | 0 | - | .333 | .404 | .528 |
1932 | 35 | Red Sox | 52 | 192 | 23 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 25 | - | 15 | 2 | - | 0 | - | .281 | .364 | .417 |
1932 | 35 | Tigers | 88 | 338 | 49 | 97 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 39 | - | 18 | 1 | - | 0 | - | .287 | .361 | .417 |
1933 | 36 | Tigers | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .273 | .429 | .273 |
1933 | 36 | White Sox | 58 | 107 | 16 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | - | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | .290 | .382 | .364 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
7 Years | 650 | 2,161 | 326 | 661 | 155 | 25 | 56 | 0 | 333 | 260 | - | 202 | 37 | 0 | 2 | - | .306 | .381 | .478 |
Earl WebbEarl Webb Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1927 Cubs | LF | 8 | 7 | 189 | 16 | 2.0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 2.14 |
1927 Cubs | RF | 78 | 77 | 2,112 | 2,177 | 27.9 | 2,170 | 2,156 | 14 | 7 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .997 | 27.74 |
1928 Cubs | RF | 31 | 30 | 702 | 70 | 2.3 | 69 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 2.65 |
1930 Red Sox | RF | 116 | 116 | 2,865 | 217 | 1.9 | 208 | 200 | 8 | 9 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 1.96 |
1931 Red Sox | RF | 151 | 151 | 450 | 307 | 2.0 | 291 | 270 | 21 | 16 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .948 | 17.46 |
1932 Red Sox | 1B | 2 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 8.44 |
1932 Red Sox | RF | 50 | 50 | 1,299 | 84 | 1.7 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 1.68 |
1932 Tigers | RF | 85 | 85 | 2,205 | 179 | 2.1 | 171 | 163 | 8 | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 2.09 |
1933 White Sox | LF | 5 | 0 | - | 7 | 1.4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1933 White Sox | RF | 11 | 7 | 180 | 16 | 1.5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.40 |
1933 Tigers | RF | 2 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.47 |
1933 White Sox | 1B | 10 | 10 | 258 | 118 | 11.8 | 111 | 108 | 3 | 7 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 11.62 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
RF Totals | 524 | 518 | 9,870 | 3,051 | 5.8 | 3,007 | 2,943 | 64 | 44 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 8.23 | |
LF Totals | 13 | 7 | 189 | 23 | 1.8 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 3.14 | |
1B Totals | 12 | 12 | 306 | 134 | 11.2 | 126 | 122 | 4 | 8 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .940 | 11.12 | |
6 Years | 549 | 537 | 10,365 | 3,208 | 5.8 | 3,155 | 3,087 | 68 | 53 | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 8.22 |
Earl WebbEarl Webb Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1925 Giants | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1927 Cubs | 3 | - | - | 16 | 0 | n/a | 23.7 | 10.7 | 6.4 | - | - | - |
1928 Cubs | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 | n/a | 46.7 | 8.2 | 6.1 | - | - | - |
1930 Red Sox | 2 | 1 | .667 | 11 | 0 | n/a | 28.1 | 8.0 | 6.8 | - | - | - |
1931 Red Sox | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 42.1 | 11.5 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1932 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 38.4 | 12.8 | 7.1 | - | - | - |
1932 Tigers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 112.7 | 18.8 | 6.6 | - | - | - |
1933 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | - | - | - |
1933 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 33 | 0 | n/a | 107.0 | 8.2 | 13.4 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
7 Years | 8 | 4 | .667 | 102 | 0 | n/a | 38.6 | 10.7 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
Earl WebbEarl Webb Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1925 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1927 Chicago Cubs | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1928 Chicago Cubs | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1930 Boston Red Sox | n/a | $6,000.00 | n/a | - |
1931 Boston Red Sox | 15 | $7,000.00 | n/a | - |
1932 Boston Red Sox | 15 | $7,000.00 | n/a | - |
1932 Detroit Tigers | 4 | " " | n/a | - |
1933 Detroit Tigers | 4 | $5,500.00 | - | - |
1933 Chicago White Sox | 34 | " " | - | - |
Earl Webb Stats by Baseball Almanac |
William Earl Webb was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Giants (1925), Chicago Cubs (1927–1928), Boston Red Sox (1930–1932), Detroit Tigers (1932–1933), and Chicago White Sox (1933). Earl did not attend high school, and explained why in The Sporting News, saying, "I could think of no work as thrilling as laboring in the coal mines, and during my school days I idled away my time, waiting until I would be big enough to go down in the ground. I was eldest of nine children and at the age of eleven I quit school and went down into the Ravenscroft mine to labor ten hours a day, at five cents an hour, as a trapper, a boy who looks after the doors and switches."
On Webb's thirty-second birthday, September 17, 1931, Earl hit a double in Game One of a doubleheader, during the bottom of the first inning, off Sarge Connally, tying the Major League Baseball record for most doubles in a season, set originally by George Burns in 1926. In Game Two of the twin-bill, in the bottom of the ninth inning, Webb doubled off Pete Appleton, setting the all-time / still-standing record!
On September 24, 1931, The Sporting News wrote, "Webb topped off a checkered baseball career by placing his name in the record books with a mark that is likely to stand for some time to come" — and they were correct, his sixty-seven doubles (hit across 151 games) in 1931, were the most in baseball history, a single season record that has yet to be broken. [Doubles Records]
Earl Webb | 1985 Woolworth's Baseball Card (#37) | Baseball Almanac Collection
Did you know that when Earl Webb took his position in right field, in Yankee Stadium, on April 14, 1931, in his Boston Red Sox uniform, on Opening Day, he wore uniform #15, the first Red Sox player to ever use that number in history?
It was the first year (1931) that Boston ballplayers wore uniform numbers, making every player around the horn that day part of Red Sox history; P: Wilcy Moore (#31), C: Charlie Berry (#9), 1B: Bill Sweeney (#1), 2B: Bobby Reeves (#2), 3B: Jack Rothrock (#3), SS: Rabbit Warstler (#4), LF: Russ Scarritt (#12), CF: Tom Oliver (#14), and RF: Earl Webb (#15)
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