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Firpo Marberry

Firpo Marberry

1923–1936  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 190 lb  ·  b. 1898 Streetman, TX

Career 148–88 · 3.63 ERA · 822 SO · 2067.1 IP · 551 G · 128 H · 1 HR · 65 RBI · .192 AVG

Seasons leading his league
8
6 best in baseball 2 league only
21 Top-5 finishes
6 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1929 Best season

Spanning 1924–1933, peaking at 3 titles in 1929.

Team records #7 Twins career SV #8 Twins career W
Led in Saves for 3 straight seasons (1924–1926) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 693rd League titles 8
  • 388th Best in baseball 6
  • 1,441st Top-5 finishes 21

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Saves 5 1st 3 yrs (1924–1926) 1924 15 1925 15 1926 22 1929 11 1932 13 1927 #3 1931 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 2 1st — 1929 AL 1.21 1933 AL 1.23
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1929 1.000
Pitcher Putouts — #3 — 1929 #3
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1929 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1933 1 WHIP 1.23
1932 1 SV 13
1929 3 SV 11 WHIP 1.21 P FPCT 1.000
1926 1 SV 22
1925 1 SV 15
1924 1 SV 15

Pitching

  led the league   14 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1923 WS1 AL 4 0 2.82 11 4 0 44.2 42 14 1 17 18 1.32
1924 WS1 AL 11 12 3.09 50 15 15 195.1 190 67 3 70 68 1.33
1925 WS1 AL 9 5 3.47 55 0 15 93.1 84 36 4 45 53 1.38
1926 WS1 AL 12 7 3.00 64 5 22 138.0 120 46 4 66 43 1.35
1927 WS1 AL 10 7 4.64 56 10 9 155.1 177 80 4 68 74 1.58
1928 WS1 AL 13 13 3.85 48 11 3 161.1 160 69 4 42 76 1.25
1929 WS1 AL 19 12 3.06 49 26 11 250.1 233 85 6 69 121 1.21
1930 WS1 AL 15 5 4.09 33 22 1 185.0 190 84 15 53 56 1.31
1931 WS1 AL 16 4 3.45 45 25 7 219.0 211 84 13 63 88 1.25
1932 WS1 AL 8 4 4.01 54 15 13 197.2 202 88 13 72 66 1.39
1933 DET AL 16 11 3.29 37 32 2 238.1 232 87 13 61 84 1.23
1934 DET AL 15 5 4.57 38 19 3 155.2 174 79 12 48 64 1.43
1935 DET AL 0 1 4.26 5 2 0 19.0 22 9 2 9 7 1.63
1936 WS1 +1 AL 0 2 3.77 6 1 0 14.1 12 6 2 3 4 1.05
Career — — 148 88 3.63 551 187 101 2067.1 2,049 834 96 686 822 1.32

Batting

14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 WS1 AL 11 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 .200 .143 .343
1924 WS1 AL 50 59 6 8 0 1 0 1 0 12 0 .136 .164 .169 .333
1925 WS1 AL 55 19 3 5 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 .263 .333 .263 .596
1926 WS1 AL 64 34 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 9 0 .176 .200 .206 .406
1927 WS1 AL 56 41 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 .122 .143 .122 .265
1928 WS1 AL 48 46 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 4 0 .109 .128 .130 .258
1929 WS1 AL 49 81 9 19 3 1 0 11 5 14 0 .235 .287 .296 .584
1930 WS1 AL 33 73 9 24 4 0 0 14 4 7 0 .329 .364 .384 .747
1931 WS1 AL 45 82 7 19 3 0 1 8 1 16 1 .232 .241 .305 .546
1932 WS1 AL 54 66 5 11 1 1 0 7 2 12 0 .167 .191 .212 .403
1933 DET AL 37 90 6 11 4 0 0 3 1 20 0 .122 .132 .167 .299
1934 DET AL 38 55 7 12 4 0 0 9 4 4 0 .218 .283 .291 .574
1935 DET AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
1936 WS1 +1 AL 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 551 668 60 128 21 3 1 65 22 111 2 .192 .224 .237 .461

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1923 WS1 AL P 11 — — 1 10 1 0 12 .917 1.00
1924 WS1 AL P 50 — — 8 39 2 3 49 .959 0.94
1925 WS1 AL P 55 — — 6 26 0 1 32 1.000 0.58
1926 WS1 AL P 64 — — 5 31 2 2 38 .947 0.56
1927 WS1 AL P 56 — — 9 25 0 4 34 1.000 0.61
1928 WS1 AL P 48 — — 8 27 1 2 36 .972 0.73
1929 WS1 AL P 49 — — 15 35 0 1 50 1.000 1.02
1930 WS1 AL P 33 — — 7 33 1 2 41 .976 1.21
1931 WS1 AL P 45 — — 3 36 1 4 40 .975 0.87
1932 WS1 AL P 54 — — 9 45 1 5 55 .982 1.00
1933 DET AL P 37 — — 11 37 4 3 52 .923 1.30
1934 DET AL P 38 — — 10 20 2 2 32 .938 0.79
1935 DET AL P 5 — — 0 3 0 0 3 1.000 0.60
1936 WS1 AL P 6 — — 0 3 2 0 5 .600 0.50
Career — — P 551 — — 92 370 17 29 479 .965 0.84