Ed Summers was born on Friday, December 5, 1884, in Ladoga, Indiana. Summers was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1908, 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 Ed Summers baseball stats page.
"(Ed) Summers saw (Eddie) Cicotte throwing the pitch (knuckleball) and, using his influence, invented the fingertip version that is still common today." - Kirk Robinson in Steve Sparks to the Rescue (September 1, 2000)
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Ed SummersEd Summers 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 |
1908 | 24 | Tigers | 40 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 12 | .667 | 1.64 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 301.0 | 1,195 | 271 | 55 | 112 | 3 | 55 | - | 103 | 5 | 20 | 1 | - |
1909 | 25 | Tigers | 35 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 281.2 | 1,132 | 243 | 70 | 91 | 4 | 52 | - | 107 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - |
1910 | 26 | Tigers | 30 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.53 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 220.1 | 895 | 211 | 62 | 83 | 8 | 60 | - | 82 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - |
1911 | 27 | Tigers | 30 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.66 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 179.1 | 751 | 189 | 73 | 108 | 3 | 51 | - | 65 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - |
1912 | 28 | Tigers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 67 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
5 Years | 138 | 112 | 22 | 68 | 45 | .602 | 2.42 | 79 | 9 | 3 | 999.0 | 4,040 | 930 | 269 | 404 | 19 | 221 | - | 362 | 15 | 46 | 2 | 0 |
Ed SummersEd Summers 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 |
1908 | 24 | Tigers | 40 | 113 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | .124 | .124 | .142 |
1909 | 25 | Tigers | 35 | 94 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | .106 | .143 | .117 |
1910 | 26 | Tigers | 30 | 76 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | .184 | .195 | .276 |
1911 | 27 | Tigers | 30 | 63 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 0 | - | .254 | .288 | .286 |
1912 | 28 | Tigers | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
5 Years | 138 | 352 | 19 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | - | 14 | 0 | 0 | - | .162 | .181 | .196 |
Ed SummersEd Summers Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1908 Tigers | P | 40 | 32 | 903 | 117 | 2.9 | 110 | 20 | 90 | 7 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .940 | 3.29 |
1909 Tigers | P | 35 | 32 | 845 | 106 | 3.0 | 103 | 14 | 89 | 3 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 3.29 |
1910 Tigers | P | 30 | 25 | 661 | 91 | 3.0 | 88 | 14 | 74 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 3.59 |
1911 Tigers | P | 30 | 20 | 538 | 52 | 1.7 | 51 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 2.56 |
1912 Tigers | P | 3 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.24 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 138 | 112 | 2,997 | 372 | 2.7 | 358 | 54 | 304 | 14 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 3.23 | |
5 Years | 138 | 112 | 2,997 | 372 | 2.7 | 358 | 54 | 304 | 14 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 3.23 |
Ed SummersEd Summers 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 |
1908 Tigers | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.6 | 1.87 | 3.08 | 1.64 |
1909 Tigers | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 2.06 | 3.42 | 1.66 |
1910 Tigers | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 38.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 1.37 | 3.35 | 2.45 |
1911 Tigers | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 1.27 | 3.26 | 2.56 |
1912 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.67 | 2.70 | 1.62 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
5 Years | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 176.0 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 1.64 | 3.26 | 1.99 |
Ed SummersEd Summers Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1908 Detroit Tigers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1909 Detroit Tigers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1910 Detroit Tigers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1911 Detroit Tigers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1912 Detroit Tigers | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
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