MLB / Players

Ernie Padgett

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 155 lb

BornMarch 1, 1899 · Philadelphia, PA, USA

MLB debutOctober 3, 1923

Final gameJuly 30, 1927

Seasons5 (1923–1927)

Boston Braves 1923–1925; Cleveland Indians 1926–1927

Percentile snapshot

1924 season — qualified batters

138

70.7

548

66.1

502

70.1

34.5

128

56.3

67.2

79.9

17.2

RBI

47.1

70.1

3.4

22.4

17.2

.255

15.5

OBP

.310

14.4

SLG

.347

21.3

OPS

.657

19.5

wRC+

77.5

OPS+

78.4

20.1

wOBA

.306

15.5

sWAR

0.5

24.1

of 175 qualified 1924 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.1

64.4

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
1923	4	13	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	44.7	33.5	.259	0.0
1924	138	548	502	42	128	25	9	1	46	37	56	4	9	.255	.310	.347	.657	77.5	78.4	.306	0.5
1925	86	274	256	31	78	9	7	0	29	14	14	3	5	.305	.341	.395	.735	92.5	93.5	.335	0.8
1926	36	70	62	7	13	0	1	0	6	8	3	1	0	.210	.300	.242	.542	44.3	42.4	.273	-0.2
1927	7	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	42.5	48.3	.267	0.0

Career totals

271

912

838

223

RBI

.2661

OBP

.3182

SLG

.3508

OPS

.6690

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	RBI	TB
1925-07-07	STL @ ATL Gameday	4	1	3	0	2	1	7
1925-07-06	ATL @ LAD Gameday	5	2	4	2	0	2	6
1924-05-24	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	1	3	1	1	1	6
1924-06-13	CHC @ ATL Gameday	4	0	3	3	0	1	6
1924-09-06	LAD @ ATL Gameday	4	0	3	1	1	0	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1923-04-17	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-18	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-19	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-19	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-20	SF @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.