Slim Sallee Notable

b. February 3, 1885 · St. Louis Cardinals 1908–1916, New York Giants 1916–1918, 1920–1921, Cincinnati Reds 1919–1920

Slim Sallee played for three clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1908 and closing with the New York Giants in 1921.

He went 174 and 143 with a 2.56 earned run average, pitching 2,821 innings in 476 games. He struck out 836, completed 189 of his 307 starts and threw 25 shutouts. Across 476 games he batted .171, with 158 hits and 57 runs. He finished with 2 home runs, 12 doubles and 2 stolen bases.

He led the league in saves three times between 1912 and 1917, topping out at 6.

He was born in Higginsport, OH, USA on February 3, 1885, and died on March 22, 1950. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1908	STL	25	41	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	22	0	.049
1909	STL	32	71	5	8	2	0	0	3	5	23	0	.113
1910	STL	18	37	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	.108
1911	STL	36	89	5	15	0	1	0	9	3	28	0	.169
1912	STL	48	103	9	14	2	1	0	0	6	32	0	.136
1913	STL	50	95	7	20	3	0	2	5	1	15	1	.211
1914	STL	46	91	6	21	1	0	0	3	3	17	0	.231
1915	STL	46	92	0	11	0	0	0	5	6	27	0	.120
1916	NYG/STL	31	53	3	12	1	0	0	1	3	13	0	.226
1917	NYG	34	77	7	17	0	0	0	11	2	12	0	.221
1918	NYG	18	41	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	.122
1919	CIN	29	74	5	14	2	2	0	7	6	20	1	.189
1920	CIN/NYG	26	38	1	7	0	0	0	4	3	8	0	.184
1921	NYG	37	22	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.364
Career	—	476	924	57	158	12	4	2	52	46	233	2	.171

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1908	STL	3	8	25	12	0	128.2	144	45	36	39	3.15
1909	STL	10	11	32	27	0	219.0	223	59	59	55	2.42
1910	STL	7	8	18	13	2	115.0	112	38	24	46	2.97
1911	STL	15	9	36	30	3	245.0	234	75	64	74	2.76
1912	STL	16	17	48	32	6	294.0	289	85	72	108	2.60
1913	STL	19	15	50	31	5	276.0	257	83	60	106	2.71
1914	STL	18	17	46	30	6	282.1	252	66	72	105	2.10
1915	STL	13	17	46	33	3	275.1	245	87	57	91	2.84
1916	NYG/STL	14	9	31	18	1	181.2	171	44	33	63	2.18
1917	NYG	18	7	34	24	4	215.2	199	52	34	54	2.17
1918	NYG	8	8	18	16	2	132.0	122	33	12	33	2.25
1919	CIN	21	7	29	28	0	227.2	221	52	20	24	2.06
1920	CIN/NYG	6	6	26	13	2	133.0	145	46	16	15	3.11
1921	NYG	6	4	37	0	2	96.1	115	39	14	23	3.64
Career	—	174	143	476	307	36	2821.2	2729	804	573	836	2.56

On this day & linked events

1885

Born February 3, 1885

Higginsport, OH, USA

1950

Died March 22, 1950

1908

Major-league debut: Slim Sallee

Slim Sallee made a major-league debut on April 16, 1908.

1921

Final major-league game: Slim Sallee

Slim Sallee played a final major-league game on September 20, 1921.

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