Columbus Vance
Birmingham Black Barons 1927; Birmingham Black Barons 1930; Indianapolis ABCs 1932; Homestead Grays 1932; Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars 1933
Percentile snapshot
1933 season — qualified pitchers
of 100 qualified 1933 pitchers (min 41 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 45.2 | 47.3 | .252 | 0.8 |
| 1930 | 17 | 40 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .250 | .351 | .601 | 60.7 | 58.4 | .274 | -0.6 |
| 1932 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .375 | .667 | 91.1 | 100.3 | .312 | -0.4 |
| 1933 | 17 | 42 | 41 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .317 | .390 | .707 | 90.4 | 92.4 | .318 | 0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 30.7 | 2.35 | 1.109 | 5.58 | 2.87 | 72.2 | 169.7 | 0.8 |
| 1930 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 71 | 35 | 66 | 6 | 102.3 | 6.24 | 1.407 | 5.80 | 4.45 | 97.6 | 73.0 | -0.6 |
| 1932 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 46.3 | 5.83 | 1.813 | 2.72 | 4.81 | 123.3 | 66.8 | -0.4 |
| 1933 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 88 | 42 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 81.7 | 4.63 | 1.420 | 4.96 | 5.00 | 116.0 | 93.1 | 0.8 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932-09-04 | HOM @ IND Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1930-06-15 | BBB @ DTS Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1930-05-21 | BEG @ BBB Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1933-05-20 | BEG @ IND Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1933-06-17 | IND @ TIC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933-07-17 | AKR @ IND Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1930-04-30 | CUB @ BBB Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1930-05-21 | BEG @ BBB Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1930-07-15 | DTS @ BBB Gameday | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 1930-06-20 | BBB @ MEM Gameday | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.