Victor Eddington "Vic" Aldridge (October 25, 1893, Indian Springs, IN - April 17, 1973, Terre Haute, IN) was a professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants.
Aldridge was a dependable second or third starter throughout most of his career. His finest moment came in 1925 when he pitched two complete game victories against the Washington Senators in the World Series. He was traded to the Giants after the 1927 season and held out for money most of the season, finally arriving out of shape and pitching ineffectively. As a result, he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers after the season, but refused to report and retired instead.
YEAR TEAM AGE W L PCT G GS CG SV GF IP H R ER BB SO ERA RSAA
1917 Cubs 23 6 6 .500 30 6 1 2 13 107 100 52 37 37 44 3.11 -4
1918 Cubs 24 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 2 12.1 11 3 2 6 10 1.46 2
1922 Cubs 28 16 15 .516 36 34 20 0 2 258 287 129 101 56 66 3.52 9
1923 Cubs 29 16 9 .640 30 30 15 0 0 217 209 101 84 67 64 3.48 16
1924 Cubs 30 15 12 .556 32 32 20 0 0 244 261 110 95 80 74 3.50 11
1925 Pirates 31 15 7 .682 30 26 14 0 4 213 218 99 86 74 88 3.63 16
1926 Pirates 32 10 13 .435 30 26 12 1 2 190 204 100 86 73 61 4.07 6
1927 Pirates 33 15 10 .600 35 34 17 1 1 239 248 123 113 74 86 4.26 -10
1928 Giants 34 4 7 .364 22 17 3 2 4 119 133 68 64 45 33 4.84 -12
TOTALS 97 80 .548 248 205 102 6 28 1599.1 1671 785 668 512 526 3.76 34
LG AVERAGE 89 89 .500 102 3 1599.1 1746 836 693 496 504 3.90 0
YEAR TEAM HR H/9 BR/9 SO/9 BB/9 SO/BB SHO WP IBB HBP BFP BK NW NL
1917 Cubs 1 8.41 11.69 3.70 3.11 1.19 1 5 0 2 445 0 5 7
1918 Cubs 0 8.03 12.41 7.30 4.38 1.67 0 1 0 0 48 0 1 0
1922 Cubs 14 10.01 12.38 2.30 1.95 1.18 2 6 0 12 1099 0 17 14
1923 Cubs 17 8.67 11.49 2.65 2.78 0.96 2 1 0 1 915 0 14 11
1924 Cubs 10 9.63 12.84 2.73 2.95 0.93 0 3 0 7 1051 0 15 12
1925 Pirates 15 9.21 12.55 3.72 3.13 1.19 1 4 0 5 907 0 13 9
1926 Pirates 7 9.66 13.31 2.89 3.46 0.84 1 0 0 4 837 0 12 11
1927 Pirates 16 9.34 12.31 3.24 2.79 1.16 1 0 0 5 1028 0 11 14
1928 Giants 7 10.06 13.69 2.50 3.40 0.73 0 4 0 3 522 0 5 6
TOTALS 87 9.40 12.50 2.96 2.88 1.03 8 24 0 39 6852 0 93 84
LG AVERAGE 73 9.83 12.81 2.83 2.79 1.02 10 25 0 35 6898 3
VIC ALDRIDGE LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS
1917 NL
SAVES T7TH 2;
WILD PITCHES T9TH 5
1922 NL
LOSSES T5TH 15;
GAMES STARTED T5TH 34;
COMPLETE GAMES T4TH 20;
INNINGS PITCHED 10TH 258;
HITS 9TH 287;
HOMERUNS T6TH 14;
WALKS/9 IP 10TH 1.95;
SHUTOUTS T7TH 2;
WILD PITCHES T6TH 6;
HIT BY PITCHES T1ST 12;
BATTERS FACED 10TH 1099;
NEUTRAL WINS T9TH 17;
NEUTRAL LOSSES T9TH 14
1923 NL
WINNING PERCENTAGE 7TH .640;
RSAA T8TH 16;
HOMERUNS T1ST 17;
HITS/9 IP 5TH 8.67;
BASERUNNERS/9 IP 4TH 11.49
1924 NL
GAMES STARTED T4TH 32;
COMPLETE GAMES 5TH 20;
INNINGS PITCHED 6TH 244;
HITS 7TH 261;
WALKS T4TH 80;
STRIKEOUTS 7TH 74;
HIT BY PITCHES 5TH 7;
BATTERS FACED 6TH 1051;
NEUTRAL WINS T8TH 15
1925 NL
WINS T9TH 15;
WINNING PERCENTAGE 3RD .682;
WALKS 9TH 74;
STRIKEOUTS 5TH 88;
HOMERUNS T8TH 15;
HITS/9 IP 4TH 9.21;
STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 5TH 3.72;
WILD PITCHES T6TH 4
1926 NL
LOSSES T10TH 13;
WORST ERA 8TH 4.07
1927 NL
GAMES STARTED T4TH 34;
RUNS 9TH 123;
EARNED RUNS T5TH 113;
WALKS 10TH 74;
WORST ERA 8TH 4.26;
HOMERUNS T2ND 16;
STRIKEOUTS/9 IP 10TH 3.24;
NEUTRAL LOSSES T6TH 14
1928 NL
WILD PITCHES T9TH 4
Last updated: 08-22-2005 20:32:35