Elmer Riddle
Cincinnati Reds 1939–1945; Cincinnati Reds 1947; Pittsburgh Pirates 1948–1949
Percentile snapshot
1948 season — qualified pitchers
of 73 qualified 1948 pitchers (min 156 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
| 1940 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 15.5 | 11.8 | .209 | 1.1 |
| 1941 | 33 | 83 | 71 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .257 | .282 | .538 | 46.4 | 53.0 | .254 | 5.8 |
| 1942 | 29 | 60 | 58 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .283 | .276 | .559 | 58.6 | 65.3 | .268 | 1.0 |
| 1943 | 36 | 104 | 93 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .235 | .226 | .461 | 25.9 | 35.1 | .225 | 4.8 |
| 1944 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 3.9 | 1.8 | .188 | 0.1 |
| 1945 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 70.5 | 78.9 | .293 | -1.2 |
| 1947 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 12.6 | -17.9 | .215 | -1.2 |
| 1948 | 29 | 74 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 21.2 | 29.6 | .229 | 3.3 |
| 1949 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 | -30.1 | -17.0 | .152 | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | .500 | 0.00 | 2.81 | 72.9 | — | 0.1 |
| 1940 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 33.7 | 1.87 | 1.396 | 2.41 | 3.73 | 98.5 | 202.2 | 1.1 |
| 1941 | 33 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 180 | 54 | 59 | 80 | 8 | 216.7 | 2.24 | 1.103 | 3.32 | 3.19 | 89.5 | 159.1 | 5.8 |
| 1942 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 157 | 65 | 79 | 78 | 7 | 158.3 | 3.69 | 1.491 | 4.43 | 3.45 | 105.8 | 88.2 | 1.0 |
| 1943 | 36 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 235 | 76 | 107 | 69 | 6 | 260.3 | 2.63 | 1.314 | 2.39 | 3.50 | 106.7 | 124.7 | 4.8 |
| 1944 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 26.7 | 4.05 | 1.388 | 2.03 | 3.43 | 99.4 | 85.2 | 0.1 |
| 1945 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 29.7 | 8.19 | 2.225 | 1.52 | 6.78 | 184.4 | 44.9 | -1.2 |
| 1947 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 30.3 | 8.31 | 2.407 | 2.37 | 7.35 | 181.8 | 48.7 | -1.2 |
| 1948 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 184 | 74 | 81 | 63 | 20 | 191.0 | 3.49 | 1.387 | 2.97 | 4.59 | 112.8 | 116.6 | 3.3 |
| 1949 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 44 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 74.3 | 5.33 | 1.695 | 2.91 | 5.44 | 130.7 | 78.1 | -0.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948-07-21 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1942-07-26 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1943-07-02 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1941-08-24 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1943-07-21 | LAD @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-06-21 | LAD @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1948-05-31 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1942-07-16 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1948-06-29 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 8.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 1943-06-06 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 14.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.