Ralph Works Stats

Ralph Works was born on Friday, March 16, 1888, in Payson, Illinois. Works was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1909, 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 Ralph Works baseball stats page.

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Ralph Works



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Birth Name:   Ralph Talmadge Works
Nickname:   Judge
Born On:   03-16-1888  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Payson, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-08-1941 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Pasadena, California
Cemetery:   Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   05-01-1909 (Age 21)
Last Game:   04-28-1913
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Ralph Works Pitching Stats

1909 21 Tigers 16 4 10 4 1 .800 1.97 4 0 2 64.0 257 62 14 19 0 17 - 31 2 2 0 -
1910 22 Tigers 18 10 8 3 6 .333 3.57 5 0 1 85.2 354 73 34 47 1 39 - 36 1 4 0 -
1911 23 Tigers 30 15 10 11 5 .688 3.87 9 3 0 167.1 719 173 72 93 3 67 - 68 7 6 0 -
1912 24 Tigers 27 16 10 5 10 .333 4.24 9 1 1 157.0 682 185 74 101 1 66 - 64 9 7 0 -
1912 24 Reds 3 1 1 1 1 .500 2.79 1 0 0 9.2 36 4 3 5 0 5 - 5 1 1 0 -
1913 25 Reds 5 2 2 0 1 .000 7.80 0 0 0 15.0 76 15 13 14 0 8 - 4 0 3 0 -
5 Years 99 48 41 24 24 .500 3.79 28 4 4 498.2 2,124 512 210 279 5 202 - 208 20 23 0 -

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Ralph Works Hitting Stats

1909 21 Tigers 16 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - .059 .059 .059
1910 22 Tigers 18 30 3 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 - 0 - .267 .267 .333
1911 23 Tigers 30 61 2 9 1 0 0 0 3 2 - - 0 - 0 - .148 .175 .164
1912 24 Tigers 27 56 3 8 1 0 0 0 4 1 - - 3 - 0 - .143 .158 .161
1912 24 Reds 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - .200 .200 .200
1913 25 Reds 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - .167 .167 .167
5 Years 99 175 10 28 4 0 0 0 9 3 0 2 4 0 0 - .160 .174 .183

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Ralph Works Fielding Stats

1909 Tigers P 16 4 192 20 1.3 18 2 16 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.53
1910 Tigers P 18 10 257 35 1.9 30 4 26 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 3.15
1911 Tigers P 30 15 502 35 1.2 31 3 28 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .886 1.67
1912 Tigers P 27 16 471 59 2.2 53 2 51 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .898 3.04
1912 Reds P 3 1 29 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.93
1913 Reds P 5 2 45 6 1.2 6 0 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
P Totals 99 48 1,496 156 1.6 139 11 128 17 3 n/a n/a n/a .891 2.51
5 Years 99 48 1,496 156 1.6 139 11 128 17 3 n/a n/a n/a .891 2.51

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Ralph Works Miscellaneous Stats

1909 Tigers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.82 4.36 2.39
1910 Tigers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 30.0 0.92 3.78 4.10
1911 Tigers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 20.3 1.01 3.66 3.60
1912 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14.0 0.97 3.67 3.78
1912 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 1.00 4.66 4.66
1913 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.50 2.40 4.80
5 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 87.5 19.4 1.03 3.75 3.65

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Ralph Works Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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 -
1912 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a -

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