Wild Bill Luhrsen
William Ferdinand Luhrsen
 
 
Born: April 14, 1884 in Buckley, IL
Died: August 15, 1973 - 89 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'9" Wt: 165
(legend)
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Notes:
- Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Albany in 1913

Comparison

Comparison
Starting Pitchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Walter Johnson
1907 - 1927
SP
165.6
Pl
 
13.3
-0.1
152.3
-0.0
2 Pete Alexander
1911 - 1930
SP
120.1
Pl
WW1
 
3.3
-0.2
117.0
0.0
3 Christy Mathewson
1900 - 1916
SP
101.8
Pl
WW1
 
6.8
-0.2
95.3
0.1
4 Eddie Plank
1901 - 1917
SP
89.8
Pl
 
3.4
-0.1
86.5
-0.1
5 Ed Walsh
1904 - 1917
SP
65.5
Pl
 
2.3
-0.1
63.2
-0.1
6 Clark Griffith
1891 - 1914
SP
61.9
Pl
 
4.6
-0.5
57.7
-0.0
7 Stan Coveleski
1912 - 1928
SP
60.2
Pl
 
-5.0
0.0
65.2
0.0
8 Jack Quinn
1909 - 1933
SP
58.1
 
-1.0
0.1
59.1
-0.0
9 Eddie Cicotte
1905 - 1920
SP
58.0
BANg
 
1.2
-0.1
56.9
-0.0
10 Mordecai Brown
1903 - 1916
SP
56.3
Pl
 
1.2
0.1
55.1
0.1
11 Eppa Rixey
1912 - 1933
SP
55.4
Pl
WW1
 
-1.3
-0.1
56.8
0.0
12 Wilbur Cooper
1912 - 1926
SP
53.7
 
4.9
-0.1
49.0
0.0
13 Babe Adams
1906 - 1926
SP
52.0
 
2.5
-0.1
49.5
-0.0
14 Chief Bender
1903 - 1925
SP
49.5
Pl
 
5.6
-0.1
44.0
-0.1
15 Doc White
1901 - 1913
SP
48.5
 
6.4
-1.0
42.6
-0.5
16 Nap Rucker
1907 - 1916
SP
48.0
 
0.2
-0.0
47.9
0.1
17 George Mullin
1902 - 1915
SP
47.7
 
13.4
-0.1
34.3
-0.0
18 Bob Shawkey
1913 - 1927
SP
46.7
WW1
 
0.5
-0.0
46.2
0.0
19 Hippo Vaughn
1908 - 1921
SP
46.3
 
-0.1
-0.1
46.5
-0.0
20 Herb Pennock
1912 - 1934
SP
44.9
Pl
WW1
 
0.8
0.0
44.1
0.0
21 Bill Donovan
1898 - 1918
SP
42.8
 
1.2
-0.6
41.9
-0.3
22 Joe Wood
1908 - 1922
SP
40.4
 
12.1
-3.5
29.7
-2.1
23 Hooks Dauss
1912 - 1926
SP
39.2
 
4.1
-0.0
35.2
0.0
24 Ray Caldwell
1910 - 1921
SP
38.1
WW2
 
6.7
-0.4
31.5
-0.2
25 Jeff Pfeffer
1911 - 1924
SP
38.0
WW1
 
0.2
-0.2
38.1
-0.0
26 Joe Bush
1912 - 1928
SP
37.7
 
6.2
-0.1
31.5
-0.1
27 Ed Reulbach
1905 - 1917
SP
36.5
 
-2.4
-0.1
39.0
0.0
28 Dutch Leonard
1913 - 1925
SP
36.0
WW1
 
-0.4
-0.0
36.4
0.0
29 Russ Ford
1909 - 1915
SP
32.6
 
1.3
0.0
31.3
-0.0
30 Slim Sallee
1908 - 1921
SP
32.5
 
-1.0
-0.1
33.6
0.1
31 Rube Marquard
1908 - 1925
SP
31.9
Pl
WWB
 
-2.2
-0.1
34.2
0.0
32 Claude Hendrix
1911 - 1920
SP
31.4
 
6.4
0.0
25.0
0.1
33 Jim Bagby
1912 - 1923
SP
30.2
 
1.3
0.0
28.9
0.0
34 Jack Coombs
1906 - 1920
SP
28.9
 
4.2
-0.2
24.5
-0.4
35 George Mogridge
1911 - 1927
SP
28.9
 
-1.0
-0.0
29.9
-0.0
36 Hooks Wiltse
1904 - 1915
SP
28.7
 
2.5
-0.0
26.3
0.0
37 Lefty Tyler
1910 - 1921
SP
27.9
 
4.7
-0.1
23.3
-0.0
38 Reb Russell
1913 - 1923
SP
26.9
 
5.4
-0.7
21.6
-0.6
39 Sherry Smith
1911 - 1927
SP
26.3
 
2.6
-0.1
23.7
-0.0
40 Earl Moore
1901 - 1914
SP
26.1
 
-4.4
-0.0
30.5
0.0
41 Jim Scott
1909 - 1917
SP
26.1
WW1
 
-2.6
-0.1
28.7
-0.1
42 Nixey Callahan
1894 - 1913
SP
26.0
 
11.9
-4.1
15.8
-2.4
43 Fred Toney
1911 - 1923
SP
25.1
 
-2.5
-0.1
27.7
-0.0
44 Clarence Mitchell
1911 - 1932
SP
24.8
 
5.1
-1.0
20.3
-0.5
45 Dick Rudolph
1910 - 1927
SP
24.8
 
2.0
-0.1
22.8
0.0
46 Red Ames
1903 - 1919
SP
23.9
 
-4.1
-0.1
28.1
0.0
47 Ray Collins
1909 - 1915
SP
23.9
 
0.8
-0.1
23.1
-0.0
48 Carl Weilman
1912 - 1920
SP
23.8
 
-0.6
-0.1
24.4
-0.0
49 Vean Gregg
1911 - 1925
SP
23.6
 
-1.2
-0.0
24.8
-0.0
50 Bill Doak
1912 - 1929
SP
23.4
 
-5.8
-0.1
29.2
-0.1
51 Orval Overall
1905 - 1913
SP
23.3
 
0.7
0.0
22.6
0.0
52 Earl Hamilton
1911 - 1924
SP
23.0
WW1
 
-0.8
-0.1
23.8
-0.1
53 Jeff Tesreau
1912 - 1918
SP
23.0
WW1
 
2.0
-0.0
21.1
0.0
54 Frank Smith
1904 - 1915
SP
22.5
 
4.7
-0.0
17.7
-0.0
55 George Suggs
1908 - 1915
SP
22.2
 
1.8
0.1
20.4
0.1
56 Lefty Leifield
1905 - 1920
SP
21.5
 
0.1
-0.0
21.4
0.1
57 Ray Fisher
1910 - 1920
SP
21.3
WW1
 
-0.6
-0.1
21.9
-0.0
58 Doc Crandall
1908 - 1918
SP
21.0
 
9.0
-0.4
12.5
0.1
59 Cy Falkenberg
1903 - 1917
SP
20.8
 
-2.4
0.0
23.1
-0.0
60 George McQuillan
1907 - 1918
SP
19.2
 
-2.2
-0.0
21.5
0.0
61 Larry Cheney
1911 - 1919
SP
18.4
 
0.8
-0.1
17.7
0.0
62 Joe Benz
1911 - 1919
SP
18.0
 
-2.7
-0.0
20.7
-0.0
63 Jim Shaw
1913 - 1921
SP
17.9
 
-1.4
-0.0
19.4
0.0
64 Jack Warhop
1908 - 1915
SP
17.1
 
-0.8
-0.1
18.0
-0.1
65 Tom Hughes
1900 - 1913
SP
16.8
 
1.8
-0.1
15.0
-0.1
66 Harry Coveleski
1907 - 1918
SP
16.0
 
-0.3
-0.0
16.3
-0.0
67 Al Mamaux
1913 - 1924
SP
15.2
 
0.3
-0.1
14.9
-0.0
68 Howie Camnitz
1904 - 1915
SP
15.1
 
-3.6
0.0
18.7
0.1
69 Rube Benton
1910 - 1925
SP
15.0
WW1
 
-2.0
-0.1
17.1
-0.0
70 Willie Mitchell
1909 - 1919
SP
14.6
WW1
 
-2.9
-0.1
17.5
-0.0
71 Dixie Davis
1912 - 1926
SP
14.3
WW1
 
-0.9
0.0
15.2
0.0
72 Lew Richie
1906 - 1913
SP
14.2
 
-1.2
-0.0
15.5
0.0
73 Erskine Mayer
1912 - 1919
SP
13.9
 
0.8
-0.1
13.2
0.0
74 Doc Ayers
1913 - 1921
SP
13.6
 
-1.1
-0.0
14.7
0.0
75 Bob Harmon
1909 - 1918
SP
12.7
 
0.6
-0.1
12.2
0.0
76 Phil Douglas
1912 - 1922
SP
12.6
BAN
 
-2.1
-0.1
14.8
-0.0
77 Lefty Williams
1913 - 1920
SP
12.5
BANg
WW1
 
-0.8
0.0
13.3
0.0
78 Ed Willett
1906 - 1915
SP
12.4
 
1.6
0.0
10.8
-0.0
79 Buster Brown
1905 - 1913
SP
12.2
 
0.2
-0.0
12.1
0.1
80 Rube Foster
1913 - 1917
SP
12.2
 
1.2
-0.1
11.0
-0.0
81 Bob Groom
1909 - 1918
SP
12.0
 
-4.0
0.0
16.1
-0.0
82 Harry Harper
1913 - 1923
SP
11.9
 
-2.1
0.0
14.0
0.0
83 Tom Seaton
1912 - 1917
SP
11.5
 
0.1
0.1
11.4
0.0
84 Art Fromme
1906 - 1915
SP
11.4
 
-1.1
-0.0
12.6
0.0
85 Tom Hughes
1906 - 1918
SP
11.0
 
-0.6
-0.1
11.6
0.0
86 Jean Dubuc
1908 - 1919
SP
10.7
BANg
 
3.7
-0.1
7.1
-0.1
87 Cy Morgan
1903 - 1913
SP
10.4
 
-3.4
-0.0
13.8
-0.0
88 Pat Ragan
1909 - 1923
SP
10.3
 
-1.9
-0.1
12.3
0.0
89 George McConnell
1909 - 1916
SP
10.2
 
1.1
-0.0
9.1
-0.0
90 Nick Altrock
1898 - 1933
SP
10.2
 
0.5
-0.1
9.7
-0.0
91 Gene Packard
1912 - 1919
SP
9.9
 
1.0
0.0
8.9
-0.0
92 Joe Boehling
1912 - 1920
SP
9.7
 
1.1
-0.1
8.7
-0.0
93 Charlie Smith
1902 - 1914
SP
9.6
 
-1.2
-0.0
10.8
-0.0
94 Frank Miller
1913 - 1923
SP
9.5
 
-2.4
-0.0
11.9
-0.0
95 Ernie Shore
1912 - 1920
SP
9.2
WW1
 
-2.0
-0.0
11.2
0.0
96 Dave Danforth
1911 - 1925
SP
9.2
 
-0.7
0.0
9.8
0.0
97 Bill James
1913 - 1919
SP
9.0
WW1
 
0.5
-0.0
8.6
-0.0
98 Fred Blanding
1910 - 1914
SP
8.8
 
0.7
-0.0
8.1
-0.0
99 Harry McIntire
1905 - 1913
SP
8.8
 
2.9
-0.2
6.1
-0.0
100 Hank Robinson
1911 - 1918
SP
8.8
 
-0.4
-0.0
9.2
-0.0
 
  Wild Bill Luhrsen
1913 - 1913
SP
0.3
 
-0.2
0.0
0.5
0.0
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