I also thought you might enjoy seeing the all-time leaders as they stand at the end of Pat's career. Here they are:
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Batting Average AVG
1 O. Charleston* .358
2 T. Cobb .357
3 W. Keeler .350
4 H. Wagner .343
5 M. Suttles* .341
6 B. Terry* .338
7 N. Lajoie .335
8 E. Murphy* .334
9 J. Jackson* .333
10 C. Jamieson* .332
It will be interesting to see if Oscar, who is 32 now and still going strong, will end his career ahead of Cobb. Charleston hit .387 in 1928. Mule Suttles and Bill Terry have recently accumulated enough at bats to qualify here. Pat's .327 ranks him 16th all time, but several of the guys ahead of him, such as the three I mentioned, haven't seen their decline phases yet. If I remember right, Pat was once a .338 career hitter.
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Hits H
1 T. Cobb 3840
2 P. O'Farrell 3668
3 J. Jackson* 3142
4 W. Keeler 3115
5 T. Speaker 3088
6 S. Crawford 3077
7 E. Murphy* 2999
8 J. Beckley 2912
9 H. Wagner 2877
10 G. Beaumont 2849
I didn't realize how fine a career Eddie Murphy has had until the simulation stopped to take me to Philadelphia, where Murph was going for hit #3000. You'll see Eddie on a few other lists, too.
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Home Runs HR
1 B. Ruth* 436
2 O. Charleston* 229
3 P. O'Farrell 209
4 R. Hornsby* 176
5 R. Maranville* 155
6 J. Nealon 150
7 B. Cunningham 140
8 W. Mattick 139
9 R. McKee 138
10 K. Williams* 128
At some point during 1928, Oscar passed Pat for second on this list. Ruth hit another 60 homers in '28, so within a couple of years he'll have 500. Charleston might join him, but nobody else on this list will pass either of them.
Lou Gehrig is working his way up the charts, however. He hit 45 homers in 1928, the most ever hit by a player not named Ruth. His career total is 114, and he won't turn 26 until June 1929.
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Runs Batted In RBI
1 P. O'Farrell 1847
2 J. Jackson* 1613
3 J. Beckley 1568
4 S. Crawford 1551
5 T. Speaker 1538
6 T. Cobb 1501
7 G. Davis 1461
8 J. Nealon 1460
9 B. Ruth* 1436
10 N. Lajoie 1430
Of the several all-time records Pat O'Farrell holds, this one is probably the one he will lose first. It's still a list of the greatest Dead Ball sluggers right now, with the exception of the dude at #9. Babe is just about a lock to push Pat out of the top spot in this category.
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Doubles 2B
1 P. O'Farrell 685
2 T. Speaker 639
3 N. Lajoie 566
4 H. Wagner 529
5 J. Jackson* 515
6 S. Crawford 481
7 J. Beckley 471
8 R. Hornsby* 463
9 G. Davis 452
10 T. Cobb 445
On the other hand, Pat might hold on to this record for a while. Hornsby is 32 now, and while he's a fine ballplayer in this universe (.320 lifetime), he's not the monster he was in real life. In fact, Rogers hit only .271 last season.
In all fairness, Pat doesn't have this record because he was especially terrific at hitting doubles. He only led the league in doubles once. The biggest reason why he has this one is because he played a long, long time.
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Triples 3B
1 P. O'Farrell 325
2 T. Cobb 253
3 S. Crawford 252
4 T. Speaker 246
5 J. Beckley 243
6 F. Clarke 206
7 G. Moriarty 203
8 E. Flick 201
9 H. Wagner 195
10 H. Hooper 191
The fact that the active leader, 36-year-old Eddie Murphy, doesn't have half as many triples as Pat does should tell you something about how safe this record is. O'Farrell hit at least ten three-baggers in all but two of his full seasons in the Show.
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Bases on Balls BB
1 P. O'Farrell 2002
2 T. Shafer* 1511
3 B. Ruth* 1314
4 T. Cobb 1209
5 N. Leibold* 1162
6 A. Bridwell 1154
7 R. Thomas 1132
8 S. Strang 1131
9 D. Bush 1124
10 M. Konnick* 1107
The Babe has a good shot at this record, too. He drew 174 walks in 1928. Gehrig takes his base a lot too, but he isn't on the all-time list yet because he is still so young.
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Runs Scored R
1 P. O'Farrell 2466
2 T. Cobb 2103
3 T. Shafer* 1784
4 W. Keeler 1764
5 E. Murphy* 1651
6 T. Speaker 1617
7 J. Beckley 1597
8 H. Hooper 1586
9 S. Crawford 1568
10 B. Herzog 1567
That's right, almost 2500 runs scored. The Babe will catch him if he scores an average of 108 runs a season every year until he's 42. The only guy who's come close to that pace was, well...Pat O'Farrell.
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Stolen Bases SB
1 P. O'Farrell 1439
2 T. Cobb 1180
3 T. Shafer* 1107
4 E. Murphy* 1006
5 S. Piez* 952
6 B. Herzog 834
7 G. Moriarty 814
8 T. Speaker 675
9 J. Lelivelt 670
10 H. Wagner 658
Who is this O'Farrell guy, and what is he doing at the top of all these lists?
Nobody is stealing bases like they used to anymore. In the season when he turned 41 years old, Pat was second in the American League in steals, behind another oldtimer, Murphy. Unless there's a resurgence of speed sometime in the future, and somebody catches the wave and rides it for a couple of decades, nobody will touch Pat's record here.
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Earned Run Avg. ERA
1 R. Waddell 2.33
2 M. Brown 2.43
3 C. Mathewson 2.64
4 J. McGinnity 2.68
5 D. Phillippe 2.70
6 J. Tannehill 2.70
7 C. Young 2.73
8 S. Leever 2.78
9 D. White 2.82
10 B. Burns 2.82
None of the 25 pitchers on the all-time list were active in 1928. A pitcher had to have an ERA better than 3.02 to make it.
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Wins W
1 C. Young 441
2 C. Mathewson 340
3 R. Hitt 337
4 P. Perritt* 331
5 A. Joss 325
6 W. Johnson 313
7 J. Wood* 309
8 R. Marquard 306
9 D. Mason 305
10 C. Rose 295
Pol Perritt won 27 games in 1928, and turned 36 in August. It's not inconceivable that he could win over 400, and even challenge Young's all time mark.
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Strikeouts K
1 W. Johnson 4179
2 J. Wood* 3555
3 R. Hitt 3312
4 P. Perritt* 3245
5 G. Alexander 2996
6 C. Mathewson 2769
7 D. Mason 2757
8 H. Moran 2622
9 B. Otey 2421
10 C. Young 2335
I've always wondered what kind of career Smoky Joe Wood might have had if he hadn't hurt his arm. Now, thanks to Pat's universe, I have a pretty good idea.
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Saves SV
B. Sincock 106
2 D. McArthur* 96
3 H. Benn* 95
4 F. Scanlan 85
5 H. Ritter* 67
5 A. Huenke* 67
7 H. Suter 57
8 R. Ledbetter* 53
9 B. Wright* 50
10 R. Works 48
Who are THESE guys? The only ones who made any kind of impression on me during the simulation are Bert Sincock and Ralph Works. Sincock pitched for the Reds while they were playing against Boston in the World Series all those years, and Works was with the Tigers while they were battling Pat and the boys for the American League pennant.
One day, things will change, and there will be a type of pitcher called a Closer...
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Complete Games CG
1 C. Young 641
2 A. Joss 558
3 C. Mathewson 473
4 G. Mullin 457
4 C. Rose 457
6 R. Hitt 453
7 J. Powell 446
8 W. Johnson 421
9 D. Mason 420
10 E. Walsh 406
Joe Wood, Pol Perritt and Hal Schwenk (!) are the only active pitchers on this list as 1928 comes to a close.
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Shutouts ShO
1 C. Young 62
2 P. Perritt* 61
3 C. Mathewson 58
4 A. Joss 56
5 B. Burns 49
6 D. Mason 48
6 M. Brown 48
8 R. Waddell 42
9 J. Chesbro 41
9 J. Tannehill 41
You know, the idea that Pol Perritt might end his career as the greatest pitcher of all time isn't quite as crazy as it sounds. At the very least, he'll be on the short list.