Paul
Derringer
 
Nickname: Duke
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 17, 1906 in Usa, KY, SPRINGFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
Bronze Rookie 1931   
All-Star Selections 1933    1936   
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 24 MON NL $ 300,000 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 4 3
1932 25 MON NL $ 300,000 10 10 10 10 5 6 5 3 4 3
1933 26 MON NL $ 300,000 10 10 10 10 5 6 5 3 3 3
1934 27 MON NL $ 3,221,429 9 9 10 10 4 5 4 3 3 3
1935 28 OAK AL $ 3,221,429 9 9 10 10 4 4 4 3 3 3
1936 29 OAK AL $ 3,500,000 9 9 10 9 3 3 3 3 3 3
1937 30 OAK AL $ 3,500,000 9 9 10 9 3 3 3 3 3 3
1938 31 NYG NL $ 3,500,000 9 9 10 9 3 3 3 3 3 3
1939 32 NYG NL $ 3,500,000 8 9 10 9 3 3 3 3 3 3
1940 33 NYG NL $ 3,500,000 7 9 10 9 2 3 3 3 3 3
1941 34 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 9 10 10 2 3 3 3 3 3
1942 35 NYG NL $ 390,000 6 8 9 9 2 3 3 3 3 3
1943 36 NYG NL $ 390,000 5 8 9 9 2 3 3 3 3 3
1944 37 BSN NL $ 2,000,000 5 7 8 8 2 3 3 3 3 3
1945 38 CIN NL $ 384,098 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 6 8 7 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 4 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1931 24 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1932 25 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1933 26 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 27 MON NL $ 3,221,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 28 OAK AL $ 3,221,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 29 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 30 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 31 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 32 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 33 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 35 NYG NL $ 390,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 36 NYG NL $ 390,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 37 BSN NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1945 38 CIN NL $ 384,098   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1931 24 MON NL 24 14 .632 44 44 26 1 0 365.0 342 130 21 89 194 3.21 .246 .292 .373 .666 27.7
1932 25 MON NL 17 17 .500 40 40 21 0 0 323.7 342 160 24 116 183 4.45 .273 .335 .406 .741 15.2
1933 26 MON NL 16 15 .516 41 41 17 1 0 331.0 332 154 25 124 203 4.19 .261 .327 .387 .714 17.0
1934 27 MON NL 2 3 .400 6 5 3 0 0 41.0 41 19 3 14 21 4.17 .250 .309 .366 .675 2.3
1935 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 2 12.3 13 6 1 4 8 4.38 .271 .327 .396 .723 1.1
  OAK AL 1 3 .250 18 0 0 0 11 20.3 24 11 2 9 12 4.87 .286 .362 .417 .778 2.5
  TOT   1 3 .250 31 0 0 0 13 32.7 37 17 3 13 20 4.68 .280 .349 .409 .758 3.5
    AAA   0 1 .000 16 0 0 0 2 17.3 21 13 2 9 22 6.75 .276 .353 .421 .774  
1936 29 OAK AL 13 8 .619 27 27 7 2 0 206.0 199 92 15 87 118 4.02 .254 .328 .378 .706 14.6
1937 30 OAK AL 2 7 .222 76 0 0 0 7 80.3 75 46 8 43 42 5.15 .249 .341 .382 .723 3.3
1938 31 NYG NL 11 13 .458 32 29 9 3 0 222.0 204 107 19 115 130 4.34 .248 .341 .374 .715 9.4
1939 32 NYG NL 3 4 .429 49 4 1 0 1 79.0 74 42 6 54 39 4.78 .250 .369 .382 .751 2.5
1940 33 NYG NL 3 3 .500 27 1 0 0 1 36.7 41 17 3 20 31 4.17 .287 .376 .406 .781 2.0
1941 34 NYG NL 2 1 .667 25 0 0 0 0 36.0 32 19 2 12 23 4.75 .241 .308 .376 .684 2.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 8 31.0 33 27 5 17 34 7.84 .268 .357 .439 .796  
1942 35 NYG NL 1 4 .200 34 7 0 0 2 69.7 80 42 8 48 32 5.43 .291 .394 .462 .856 1.8
1943 36 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 25 0 0 0 1 37.3 31 10 0 25 19 2.41 .228 .350 .279 .629 4.1
1944 37 BSN NL 2 5 .286 51 4 0 0 2 66.7 66 41 11 53 45 5.54 .251 .377 .452 .829 1.1
1945 38 AA   12 6 .667 22 22 4 3 0 151.7 98 43 11 73 189 2.55 .185 .283 .269 .552  
    A   3 0 1.000 7 7 0 0 0 48.0 22 2 1 19 76 0.38 .135 .225 .190 .415  
14 Years Sim 98 97 .503 508 202 84 7 27 1927.0 1896 896 148 813 1100 4.18 .258 .332 .388 .720 107.0
2 Years AAA 1 1 .500 49 0 0 0 10 48.3 54 40 7 26 56 7.45 .271 .356 .432 .788  
1 Years AA 12 6 .667 22 22 4 3 0 151.7 98 43 11 73 189 2.55 .185 .283 .269 .552  
1 Years A 3 0 1.000 7 7 0 0 0 48.0 22 2 1 19 76 0.38 .135 .225 .190 .415  
4 Years Minors 16 7 .696 78 29 4 3 10 248.0 174 85 19 118 321 3.08 .195 .289 .291 .580  
Season Average 7 6 .538 36 14 6 0 1 137.6 135 64 10 58 78 4.18 .258 .332 .388 .720  
Career Highs 24 17 1.000 76 44 26 3 13 365.0 342 160 25 124 203 5.54 .291 .394 .462 .856  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   902 410 65 370 656   .242 .310 .367 .677
vs LH   994 486 83 443 444   .274 .353 .410 .762
Home 48 50 .490 253 97 41 5 12 957.0 921 427 66 382 526 4.02 .254 .325 .384 .709
Away 50 47 .515 255 105 43 2 17 970.0 975 469 82 431 574 4.35 .261 .338 .392 .730
Mar/Apr 20 9 .690 86 31 13 1 5 306.6 303 129 20 131 177 3.79 .260 .335 .395 .729
May 10 17 .370 85 30 15 0 4 304.0 298 142 25 123 167 4.20 .259 .330 .391 .722
June 18 17 .514 97 40 15 2 2 374.0 390 203 30 160 202 4.89 .266 .338 .391 .729
July 19 20 .487 76 35 14 1 7 309.6 288 142 19 127 167 4.13 .246 .320 .372 .692
August 14 14 .500 83 29 10 1 6 292.0 300 132 28 131 181 4.07 .265 .342 .419 .761
Sep/Oct 17 20 .459 81 37 21 3 5 340.6 317 148 26 141 206 3.91 .249 .324 .363 .686
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1931 24 MON NL 44 124 4 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 17 .153 .160 .169 .329 0.9 0.0
1932 25 MON NL 40 114 7 29 1 2 0 13 0 0 0 15 .254 .254 .298 .553 8.5 0.0
1933 26 MON NL 41 117 7 21 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 19 .179 .197 .188 .385 3.9 0.0
1934 27 MON NL 6 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4 0.0
1935 28 MON NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  OAK AL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1936 29 OAK AL 27 72 6 11 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 .153 .149 .181 .329 1.4 0.0
1938 31 NYG NL 32 83 3 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .120 .131 .133 .263 -0.9 0.0
1939 32 NYG NL 50 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
1940 33 NYG NL 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1941 34 NYG NL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1942 35 NYG NL 34 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4 0.0
1943 36 NYG NL 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1944 37 BSN NL 51 7 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .857 1.286 2.1 0.4
13 Years Sim 433 576 33 102 7 2 1 45 0 0 5 89 .177 .183 .201 .384 16.1 0.4
162 Game Average 215 12 38 2 0 0 16 0 0 1 33 .177 .183 .201 .384 6.0  
Career Highs 51 124 7 29 2 2 1 13 0 0 3 20 .429 .429 .857 1.286 8.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   380 24 66 4 1 1 28 0 0 2 58 .174 .177 .197 .374 5.9
vs LH   196 9 36 3 1 0 17 0 0 3 31 .184 .194 .209 .403 4.9
Home 183 262 13 49 3 1 0 25 0 0 3 42 .187 .196 .206 .402 6.3
Away 192 314 20 53 4 1 1 20 0 0 2 47 .169 .172 .197 .369 4.5
RISP   150 0 28 3 1 0 41 0 0 1 25 .187 .187 .220 .407 3.8
Close/Late   41 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .171 .171 .195 .366 0.5
Mar/Apr 65 91 10 28 2 0 0 9 0 0 3 7 .308 .330 .330 .659 9.4
May 47 82 1 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 7 .085 .105 .098 .202 -2.8
June 74 110 8 16 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 19 .145 .144 .182 .326 0.1
July 51 90 4 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 13 .122 .122 .167 .289 -0.9
August 63 91 3 17 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 19 .187 .187 .198 .385 1.6
Sep/Oct 53 112 7 23 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 .205 .204 .223 .427 3.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1931 24 MON NL P 44 44 365.0 26 69 2 7 .979 2.34    
1932 25 MON NL P 40 40 323.7 21 66 2 7 .978 2.42    
1933 26 MON NL P 41 41 331.0 30 68 1 5 .990 2.66    
1934 27 MON NL P 6 5 41.0 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.41    
1935 28 MON NL P 13 0 12.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73    
  OAK AL P 18 0 20.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.89    
  TOT   P 31 0 32.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 .83    
1936 29 OAK AL P 27 27 206.0 20 37 1 2 .983 2.49    
1937 30 OAK AL P 76 0 80.3 2 19 0 1 1.000 2.35    
1938 31 NYG NL P 32 29 222.0 26 35 3 5 .953 2.47    
1939 32 NYG NL P 49 4 79.0 3 20 0 4 1.000 2.62    
    SS 1 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
1940 33 NYG NL P 27 1 36.7 2 11 0 2 1.000 3.19    
1941 34 NYG NL P 25 0 36.0 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.50    
1942 35 NYG NL P 34 7 69.7 6 16 1 1 .957 2.84    
1943 36 NYG NL P 25 0 37.3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.48    
1944 37 BSN NL P 51 4 66.7 6 13 2 1 .905 2.57    
  P 508 202 1927.0 149 373 13 39 .976 2.44    
  SS 1 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
Career Totals   509 202 1931.6 149 374 13 39 .976 2.44    
Career Highs   76 44 365.0 30 69 3 7 1.000 3.19    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1932 25 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 19 13 3 5 9 7.31 .292 .343 .523 .866
1933 26 MON NL 2 3 .400 5 5 4 1 0 42.7 43 16 3 12 20 3.38 .265 .316 .389 .705
1934 27 MON NL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 2 6.7 10 4 0 2 2 5.41 .345 .387 .345 .732
1938 31 NYG NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 24 9 2 7 4 5.93 .407 .470 .610 1.080
1939 32 NYG NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 5 2 3 0 19.31 .400 .538 1.200 1.738
1940 33 NYG NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 1 0 4 0 3.86 .143 .455 .143 .597
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 6 .333 18 9 4 1 2 83.6 101 48 10 33 35 5.16 .304 .367 .470 .837
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 25 MON NL 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1933 26 MON NL 5 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .133 .188 .133 .321
1938 31 NYG NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 23 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .130 .167 .130 .297
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1931-4-3.21
1936-7-4.02
Wins
1931-4-24
1932-7-17
1933-9-16
Losses
1932-4-17
Winning Pct
1931-8-.632
1936-8-.619
Saves
1935-5-11
1937-9-7
Games Pitched
1937-2-76
1944-10-51
Games Started
1931-7-44
1932-9-40
1933-10-41
Complete Games
1931-3-26
1932-3-21
1933-6-17
Shutouts
1933-9-1
1936-4-2
1938-2-3
Innings Pitched
1931-4-365.0
1932-8-323.7
1933-3-331.0
Homeruns Allowed
1932-3-24
1933-3-25
Strikeouts
1931-2-194
1932-1-183
1933-2-203
Walks Allowed
1932-5-116
1933-3-124
1938-6-115
Hits per 9IP
1931-4-8.4
1932-9-9.5
1933-7-9.0
1936-4-8.7
1938-4-8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP
1931-2-4.8
1932-2-5.1
1933-3-5.5
1936-3-5.2
1938-4-5.3
WHiP
1931-5-1.18
OAVG
1931-4-.246
1932-10-.273
1933-8-.261
1936-4-.254
1938-5-.248
OOBP
1931-7-.292
OOPS
1931-8-.666
1936-10-.706
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 87    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Montreal in 1931
Earned first career win on 4/1/1931
Had first career hit on 4/5/1931, off Carl Hubbell (SDP)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1931, going 6-1, 1.77
Won Bronze Rookie in 1931, going 24-14, 3.21 ERA
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/4/1934 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 6/16/1935 (Going to MON: 1B Del Bissonette, RF Ben Chapman. Going to OAK: 1B Harvey Hendrick, P Paul Derringer, P Jack Wilson)
6/16/1935: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1936, winning 2 games with a 1.53 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1936, going 5-0, 2.97
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Injured on 7/22/1936 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1936 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Traded from Oakland to New York (G) on 2/1/1938 (Going to NYG: P Paul Derringer, 2B Red Barkley. Going to OAK: RF Paul Waner)
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (G)
9/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $390,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Hit first career homerun on 7/28/1944, off Ralph Branca (STL)
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/10/1945 to a 2-year deal worth $384,098 per year
Injured on 6/1/1945 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days