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Roxie Lawson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: April 13, 1906 in Donnellson, IA us

Died: April 9, 1977 in Stockport, IA

Buried: Dibble Cemetery, Stockport, IA

School: Iowa Wesleyan College (Mount Pleasant, IA)

Debut: August 3, 1930 (Age 24-112d, 7,115th in major league history)
vs. SLB 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1940 (Age 34-168d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Alfred Voyle Lawson

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1935 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

5.37

208

851.2

258

WHIP

1.732

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 16 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	47
SLB	14
CLE	8

Platoon
vs LHB	37
vs RHB	32

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	33

Outs
0	27
2	22
1	20

8 Opps
NYY	21
WSH	12
BOS	8
CHW	6
DET	6
CLE	6
PHA	6
SLB	4

49 Batters
Bill Dickey	6
Lou Gehrig	4
George Selkirk	3
Jimmie Foxx	3
Moose Solters	3
Ted Williams	2
Tony Lazzeri	2
Hank Greenberg	2
Frankie Hayes	2
Beau Bell	2
Buddy Lewis	2
Pinky Higgins	1
Jackie Hayes	1
Lou Finney	1
Ben Chapman	1
Jim Tabor	1
George Case	1
Joe DiMaggio	1
Eric McNair	1
Tony Piet	1
Charlie Gehringer	1
Smead Jolley	1
Earl Averill	1
Monte Pearson	1
Don Heffner	1
Archie McKain	1
Buddy Myer	1
Al Simmons	1
Cecil Travis	1
Red Rolfe	1
Hal Trosky	1
George McQuinn	1
Odell Hale	1
Rip Radcliff	1
Bob Johnson	1
Rudy York	1
Jimmy Wasdell	1
Eddie Phillips	1
Heinie Manush	1
Dixie Walker	1
Sam West	1
Earle Combs	1
Zeke Bonura	1
John Kroner	1
John Stone	1
Bobby Estalella	1
Wally Moses	1
Tommy Henrich	1
Joe Kuhel	1

8 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	24
Yankee Stad (NYC)	14
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	8
League Pk II (CLE)	7
GriffithStad (WAS)	6
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3

Where Hit
9	31
7	20
89	3
8	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	19
12-	8
-2-	5
--3	4
-23	2
123	1
1-3	1

124 Runs
RISP	21
0 on	28
1 on	28
2 on	12
3 on	1
Any on	41

Inning
1	4
2	7
3	12
4	7
5	7
6	5
7	10
8	11
9	6

1-3	23
4-6	19
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	22
+3	3
+2	9
+1	2
Tied	10
-1	4
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	8

Ahead	36
Tied	10
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	15
LF	12
RF	10
C	10
2B	9
3B	6
CF	4
P	2
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	16
5th	15
6th	9
2nd	8
3rd	7
7th	4
8th	4
1st	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1930-08-10	Heinie Manush	WSH		CLE	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	1--	2	3	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Rice Scores
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1931-06-20 (2)	Buddy Myer	WSH	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	1	4	10%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1931-07-04 (2)	Charlie Gehringer	DET	@	CLE	ahead 7-3	t 8	0	---	1	2	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1931-07-14 (1)	Ben Chapman	NYY		CLE	ahead 5-1	b 5	0	1--	2	5	7	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Gehrig Scores
5	5	4	2	1931-07-14 (1)	Lou Gehrig	NYY		CLE	ahead 12-2	b 7	1	---	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	5	1	1931-08-12 (1)	Bill Dickey	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 12-1	t 5	1	12-	3	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Gehrig Scores; B. Chapman Scores
7	7	6	2	1931-08-12 (1)	Earle Combs	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 15-1	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	7	1	1931-09-08 (1)	Smead Jolley	CHW	@	CLE	behind 2-3	t 4	2	-23	3	3	9	28%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Blue Scores; B. Sullivan Scores
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1933-09-10 (2)	Lou Gehrig	NYY		DET	ahead 5-1	b 7	2	---	1	4	3
10	10	2	1	1933-09-16 (1)	Joe Kuhel	WSH		DET	ahead 5-0	b 3	0	1--	2	6	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Schulte Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1935-09-07 (1)	Jimmie Foxx	PHA		DET	behind 6-9	b 9	0	---	1	4	3	6%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1935-09-24	Odell Hale	CLE		DET	ahead 12-7	b 8	2	-2-	3	5	5
13	13	3	2	1935-09-24	Eddie Phillips	CLE		DET	ahead 9-7	b 8	0	---	2	8	2
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1936-04-25	Zeke Bonura	CHW		DET	behind 1-6	b 7	2	1-3	3	4	3	14%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Stumpf Scores; M. Haas Scores
15	15	2	2	1936-04-25	Tony Piet	CHW		DET	behind 4-6	b 8	0	---	1	6	4	15%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	3	1	1936-05-06	Bill Dickey	NYY		DET	ahead 6-1	b 5	1	---	1	5	2	2%	97%		Home Run
17	17	4	2	1936-05-06	Monte Pearson	NYY		DET	ahead 9-1	b 5	1	-2-	2	9	1	1%	100%		Home Run; T. Lazzeri Scores
18	18	5	3	1936-05-06	George Selkirk	NYY		DET	ahead 12-1	b 6	2	1--	2	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dickey Scores
19	19	6	1	1936-06-17	John Stone	WSH	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 8	2	---	1	4	7	26%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	7	1	1936-07-17	Tony Lazzeri	NYY		DET	behind 0-1	b 2	2	12-	3	8	4	25%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Dickey Scores; F. Crosetti Scores
21	21	8	2	1936-07-17	Red Rolfe	NYY		DET	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	1--	2	2	5	10%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Powell Scores
22	22	9	3	1936-07-17	Lou Gehrig	NYY		DET	ahead 5-1	b 3	0	1--	2	4	3	6%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. DiMaggio Scores
23	23	10	1	1936-07-18	John Kroner	BOS		DET	behind 4-6	b 9	2	---	1	1	4	4%	6%		Home Run
24	24	11	1	1936-07-21 (2)	Frankie Hayes	PHA	@	DET	behind 4-5	t 5	2	1--	2	7	2
25	25	12	1	1936-07-26	Jimmie Foxx	BOS	@	DET	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	1--	2	4	3	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Cooke Scores/unER
26	26	13	1	1936-09-11	Lou Gehrig	NYY	@	DET	ahead 10-2	t 8	2	12-	3	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Crosetti Scores; J. Saltzgaver Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1937-05-11	Bob Johnson	PHA	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	7	16%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Moses Scores
28	28	2	2	1937-05-11	Wally Moses	PHA	@	DET	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	---	1	3	9	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	3	1	1937-05-28 (2)	Beau Bell	SLB	@	DET	behind 0-7	t 8	2	-2-	2	4	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Vosmik Scores
30	30	4	1	1937-06-12 (1)	Jimmie Foxx	BOS	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 4	1	1--	2	4	3	15%	36%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Cronin Scores
31	31	5	1	1937-06-19	Frankie Hayes	PHA		DET	ahead 4-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	6	1	1937-06-27	George Selkirk	NYY		DET	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	1--	2	6	9	12%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Gehrig Scores
33	33	7	1	1937-07-01	Jackie Hayes	CHW		DET	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	--3	2	6	4	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
34	34	8	1	1937-07-09	Moose Solters	CLE	@	DET	behind 7-10	t 7	0	---	1	5	7	8%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	9	1	1937-07-15	Tony Lazzeri	NYY	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	1--	2	7	4	12%	84%		Home Run; J. Powell Scores
36	36	10	2	1937-07-15	Tommy Henrich	NYY	@	DET	ahead 5-0	t 2	1	1--	2	2	9	6%	93%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
37	37	11	1	1937-07-29	Bill Dickey	NYY		DET	tied 6-6	b 9	2	---	1	5	2	46%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (CF-RF)
38	38	12	1	1937-08-12 (1)	Rip Radcliff	CHW	@	DET	behind 3-7	t 7	1	12-	3	4	7	18%	28%		Home Run; M. Kreevich Scores; D. Walker Scores
39	39	13	1	1937-08-17	Dixie Walker	CHW		DET	behind 1-7	b 3	1	12-	3	3	9	12%	23%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Rigney Scores; J. Hayes Scores
40	40	14	1	1937-08-26	Eric McNair	BOS	@	DET	behind 2-5	t 7	1	12-	3	6	4	29%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Foxx Scores; P. Higgins Scores
41	41	15	1	1937-09-09	Moose Solters	CLE	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	9%	59%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	16	2	1937-09-09	Moose Solters	CLE	@	DET	ahead 4-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	5	7	14%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Trosky Scores
43	43	17	1	1937-09-16	Jimmy Wasdell	WSH		DET	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	--3	2	5	3	6%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stone Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1938-05-12	Cecil Travis	WSH		DET	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	6	7%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	2	1	1938-06-17 (2)	Sam West	WSH	@	DET	behind 0-4	t 9	1	1--	2	2	8	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stone Scores
46	46	3	2	1938-06-17 (2)	Buddy Lewis	WSH	@	DET	behind 2-4	t 9	1	---	1	3	5	6%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1938-06-25	Bill Dickey	NYY	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	9%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	5	2	1938-06-25	Joe DiMaggio	NYY	@	DET	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	1--	2	4	8	16%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Henrich Scores
49	49	6	1	1938-07-14	Pinky Higgins	BOS		DET	ahead 6-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	5	1%	100%		Home Run
50	50	7	1	1938-07-20	Al Simmons	WSH		DET	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	7	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	8	1	1938-08-20	Beau Bell	SLB	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	7%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	9	2	1938-08-20	Don Heffner	SLB	@	DET	behind 1-5	t 5	2	--3	2	8	4	11%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores
53	53	10	3	1938-08-20	George McQuinn	SLB	@	DET	behind 3-5	t 6	1	---	1	2	3	11%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	11	1	1938-08-24 (2)	Lou Finney	PHA		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	--3	2	2	3	9%	72%		Home Run; W. Moses Scores
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1939-05-04	Ted Williams	BOS	@	DET	behind 0-4	t 4	1	1--	2	5	9	12%	27%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Cronin Scores/unER
56	56	2	1	1939-05-14 (1)	Archie McKain	DET	@	SLB	ahead 10-4	t 8	0	---	1	9	1	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	3	2	1939-05-14 (1)	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	SLB	ahead 11-4	t 8	2	1--	2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. McCosky Scores/unER; H. Greenberg Scores/unER
58	58	4	1	1939-05-29	Rudy York	DET		SLB	behind 1-3	b 3	2	12-	3	5	2	27%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Walker Scores; C. Gehringer Scores
59	59	5	1	1939-06-06	Bobby Estalella	WSH	@	SLB	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	9%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	6	1	1939-07-07	Earl Averill	DET	@	SLB	behind 4-8	t 9	0	1--	2	3	7	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Cullenbine Scores
61	61	7	1	1939-07-26	Bill Dickey	NYY		SLB	ahead 13-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	2	0%	100%		Home Run
62	62	8	1	1939-08-19	Hank Greenberg	DET	@	SLB	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	123	4	5	3	11%	97%		Home Run; B. McCoy Scores; E. Averill Scores; R. York Scores
63	63	9	1	1939-09-10 (2)	Hal Trosky	CLE	@	SLB	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	9%	59%		Home Run
64	64	10	1	1939-09-16	Buddy Lewis	WSH		SLB	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	2	5
65	65	11	1	1939-09-20	Ted Williams	BOS		SLB	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2	3	9
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1940-06-02 (2)	Bill Dickey	NYY		SLB	ahead 6-0	b 2	1	12-	3	5	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Keller Scores; J. DiMaggio Scores
67	67	2	2	1940-06-02 (2)	George Selkirk	NYY		SLB	ahead 10-1	b 7	2	---	1	6	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	3	1	1940-06-23 (1)	George Case	WSH	@	SLB	behind 2-4	t 4	1	-23	3	1	8	21%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gelbert Scores; R. Ferrell Scores
69	69	4	1	1940-07-28 (2)	Jim Tabor	BOS	@	SLB	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	6	5	8%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Finney Scores

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