Leroy R (Satchel) Paige was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1971 along with David Bancroft, Jacob Beckley, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Joseph Kelley, Rube Marquard and George Weiss. Paige was RHP with six seasons MLB experience pitching with the Cleveland Indians (1948-1949), St Louis Browns (1951-1953) and Kansas City Athletics (1965). For his MLB career he was 28-31 with a 3.29 ERA, 288 K, 1.28 WHIP, 32 SV, 7 complete games, 4 shut outs in 476.0 IP over 179 games. His best season was 1952 when he was 12-10 with a 3.07 ERA, 91 K, 1.25 WHIP, 10 SV, 3 complete games, 2 shut outs in 138.0 IP over 46 games with 6 starts.
Paige was the first player selected by the Negro League Committee for inclusion into the Hall of Fame. He was 41 when he made his debut in the MLB. In the Negro Leagues he played for the Birmingham Black Barons (1927-1929), Baltimore Black Sox (1930), Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931-1936), Trujillo Stars (1937) and Kansas City Monarchs (1940-1947). While incomplete the stats show in league he was 103-61 with a 2.02 ERA, 1231 K, 0.95 WHIP. On a barnstorming tour in 1934 Paige claimed he won 104 of the 105 exhibition games he pitched in.
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