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Historical player · 1927–1965 · ★ Hall of Fame 1971

Satchel Paige

B/T R/R · HT 75 · WT 180 · Born 7/7/1906 · From Mobile, AL USA · Debut 1948-07-09 · Final 1965-09-25

Career · batting

460

762

156

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.205 · 0.469

Career · pitching

438

226

1,962.7

W-L

143-89

1,695

ERA

2.77

WHIP

1.11

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Birmingham Black Barons · 1927–1930

#41 on the Barons

↑ 1 L. Birdine

Hits

#35 on the Barons

↑ 3 J. Andrews

↓ 4 J. Hamilton

RBI

#44 on the Barons

↑ 1 P. Bassett

↓ 3 H. Walker

#44 on the Barons

↑ 1 L. Davenport

↓ 1 H. Barnes

Runs

#41 on the Barons

↑ 1 N. Robinson

↓ 3 J. Hamilton

#105 on the Barons

↑ 1 B. Greason

↓ 1 C. Beverly

Career with the Pittsburgh Crawfords · 1932–1936

#26 on the Crawfords

↑ 1 B. Burbage

Hits

#31 on the Crawfords

↑ 1 W. Cannady

↓ 3 L. Ruffin

RBI

#34 on the Crawfords

↑ 1 W. Spencer

↓ 1 S. Streeter

#24 on the Crawfords

↑ 1 B. Burbage

↓ 1 G. Benson

Runs

#32 on the Crawfords

↑ 2 G. Benson

↓ 1 W. Bell

#54 on the Crawfords

↑ 1 J. Andrews

↓ 1 B. Burbage

Career with the Kansas City Monarchs · 1935–1947

Hits

#59 on the Monarchs

↑ 1 G. Baker

↓ 4 G. Orange

RBI

#61 on the Monarchs

↑ 1 C. Harris

↓ 1 V. Rodríguez

#84 on the Monarchs

↑ 1 Betts

Runs

#82 on the Monarchs

↑ 1 V. Barnes

↓ 1 W. Gisentaner

#96 on the Monarchs

↑ 1 J. Arumís

↓ 1 R. Abernathy

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1951–1953

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Hits

#907 on the Browns

↑ 1 P. Carey

↓ 1 L. Vázquez

RBI

#850 on the Browns

↑ 1 G. Archie

↓ 1 W. Young

Runs

#1,017 on the Browns

↑ 1 F. Zupo

↓ 1 J. Adams

#1,047 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Abstein

Career with the Baltimore Black Sox · 1930–1930

Hits

#102 on the Sox

↑ 1 W. Burch

↓ 1 J. Womack

RBI

#99 on the Sox

↑ 1 M. Clark

↓ 1 J. Wheeler

#59 on the Sox

↑ 1 G. Carr

Runs

#101 on the Sox

↑ 1 M. Allen

↓ 1 L. Archer

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1948–1949

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Hits

#1,050 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 E. Young

#935 on the Indians

↑ 1 A. Aber

↓ 1 B. Allen

Career with the Cleveland Cubs · 1931–1931

Hits

#132 on the Cubs

↑ 1 C. Bell

RBI

#104 on the Cubs

↑ 1 T. Brown

Runs

#113 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Barnes

#103 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Anderson

Career with the New York Black Yankees · 1941–1941

Hits

#142 on the Yankees

↑ 1 C. Andrews

#45 on the Yankees

↑ 1 E. Adams

Runs

#122 on the Yankees

↑ 1 B. Cooper

#115 on the Yankees

↑ 1 F. Bankhead

Career with the Memphis Red Sox · 1943–1943

Career with the Kansas City Athletics · 1965–1965

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Career with the Homestead Grays · 1931–1931

#121 on the Grays

↑ 1 F. Blevins

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,726 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 J. Zimmermann

Hits

156

#5,226 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Abbott

↓ 1 B. Swihart

RBI

#5,428 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 J. Yepez

#4,792 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Aaron

↓ 1 J. Adduci

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1927	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	21	44	3	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0.273	—	0.364
1928	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	34	70	10	22	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	0.314	—	0.400
1929	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	36	104	9	18	1	1	1	7	0	1	0	0.173	—	0.231
1930	Baltimore Black Sox	IND	5	20	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.200	—	0.250
1930	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	14	29	4	10	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0.345	—	0.379
1931	Cleveland Cubs	NNL	5	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.167	—	0.167
1931	Homestead Grays	IND	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	—	0.000
1932	Pittsburgh Crawfords	IND	23	45	5	11	3	0	1	5	0	2	0	0.244	—	0.378
1933	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	12	27	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.111	—	0.111
1934	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	20	53	4	11	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	0.208	—	0.245
1935	Kansas City Monarchs	IND	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	—	0.000
1936	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	11	32	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.219	—	0.219
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.333	—	0.333
1941	New York Black Yankees	NN2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.333	—	0.333
1941	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	12	27	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0.222	—	0.222
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	13	32	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.156	—	0.156
1943	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	26	46	3	12	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0.261	—	0.283
1943	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1944	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	16	39	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0.179	0.200	0.256
1945	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	11	25	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.360	—	0.440
1946	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	8	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	—	0.200
1947	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	7	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.111	—	0.111
1948	Indians	AL	21	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.087	—	0.087
1949	Indians	AL	31	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.063	—	0.063
1951	Browns	AL	23	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.125	—	0.125
1952	Browns	AL	46	39	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	0.128	—	0.128
1953	Browns	AL	57	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0.069	—	0.069
1965	Athletics	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			460	762	58	156	10	8	2	59	8	16	39	0.205	0.222	0.247

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1927	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	8	2	21	11	1	104.7	85	35	30	100	3.01	1.10
1928	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	11	4	25	15	4	132.0	113	35	25	121	2.39	1.05
1929	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	13	9	31	20	2	202.3	213	97	45	195	4.31	1.28
1930	Baltimore Black Sox	IND	3	1	4	4	0	27.3	31	11	10	22	3.62	1.50
1930	Birmingham Black Barons	NNL	7	2	12	8	1	73.7	52	21	9	69	2.57	0.83
1931	Cleveland Cubs	NNL	1	1	5	3	0	25.3	19	6	4	18	2.13	0.91
1931	Homestead Grays	IND	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	11	1	3	4	1.00	1.56
1932	Pittsburgh Crawfords	IND	9	6	22	16	3	130.3	100	33	44	126	2.28	1.10
1933	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	4	5	12	10	1	78.7	49	17	16	77	1.94	0.83
1934	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	13	3	19	16	0	145.7	97	26	30	152	1.61	0.87
1935	Kansas City Monarchs	IND	0	0	3	3	0	14.0	4	0	1	23	0.00	0.36
1936	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	8	2	11	10	1	71.7	67	30	28	72	3.77	1.33
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	1	0	1	1	0	5.0	3	3	3	10	5.40	1.20
1941	New York Black Yankees	NN2	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	5	2	0	8	2.00	0.56
1941	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	7	0	12	11	0	56.7	47	13	7	48	2.06	0.95
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	5	5	13	12	1	76.3	65	19	17	61	2.24	1.07
1943	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	8	8	26	22	1	114.3	105	37	30	91	2.91	1.18
1943	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	1	0	1	1	0	5.0	0	0	2	7	0.00	0.40
1944	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	6	4	16	16	0	98.3	62	11	27	105	1.01	0.91
1945	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	4	4	10	8	0	53.3	48	24	15	48	4.05	1.18
1946	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	4	0	8	7	0	35.0	24	5	5	32	1.29	0.83
1947	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	0	2	5	4	0	19.0	18	5	2	18	2.37	1.05
1948	Indians	AL	6	1	21	7	1	72.7	61	20	22	43	2.48	1.14
1949	Indians	AL	4	7	31	5	5	83.0	70	28	33	54	3.04	1.24
1951	Browns	AL	3	4	23	3	5	62.0	67	33	29	48	4.79	1.55
1952	Browns	AL	12	10	46	6	10	138.0	116	47	57	91	3.07	1.25
1953	Browns	AL	3	9	57	4	11	117.3	114	46	39	51	3.53	1.30
1965	Athletics	AL	0	0	1	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0.00	0.33
Career			143	89	438	226	47	1,962.7	1,647	605	533	1,695	2.77	1.11

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	438	202	1,489.7	80	418	14	11
OF	6	4	41.7	8	0	2	0
1B	4	1	11.7	11	1	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1971	Negro League			Inducted
1951	BBWAA	1	170	Ballot