Otto Hess
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[edit] Biography
Born on October 10, 1878 in Berne, Switzerland, Otto Hess (Otto C. Hess) played for the Cleveland Broncos, Cleveland Naps and Boston Braves over the course of his 10 year career. Hess broke into the bigs on August 3, 1902 with the Cleveland Broncos, and put up a 1.67 ERA in 151.1 innings pitched in 1904, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Otto Hess's best season was 1906, when he posted a 1.83 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 167 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | CLE | A | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5.98 | 13 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 67 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1904 | CLE | A | 21 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1.67 | 64 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 151.1 | 134 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1905 | CLE | A | 26 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 3.16 | 109 | 97 | 75 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 213.2 | 179 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| 1906 | CLE | A | 43 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 1.83 | 167 | 104 | 68 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 333.2 | 274 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 1907 | CLE | A | 17 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2.89 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 93.1 | 84 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 1908 | CLE | A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | BOS | N | 33 | 31 | 12 | 17 | 3.76 | 80 | 142 | 106 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 270 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 1913 | BOS | N | 29 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 3.83 | 80 | 123 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 218.1 | 231 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3.03 | 24 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 89 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | NL | 80 | 70 | 24 | 41 | 3.68 | 189 | 317 | 235 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 575.1 | 606 | 17 | 199 | 0 | 8 | 29 | |
| Total | AL | 118 | 95 | 46 | 49 | 2.50 | 391 | 346 | 234 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 842.2 | 749 | 8 | 249 | 0 | 30 | 54 | |
| Total | 198 | 165 | 70 | 90 | 2.98 | 580 | 663 | 469 | 129 | 18 | 5 | 1418 | 1355 | 25 | 448 | 0 | 38 | 83 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | CLE | A | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .870 |
| 1904 | CLE | A | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1904 | CLE | A | OF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1905 | CLE | A | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1905 | CLE | A | OF | 28 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1906 | CLE | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 86 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
| 1906 | CLE | A | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1907 | CLE | A | P | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1907 | CLE | A | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1908 | CLE | A | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1908 | CLE | A | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1912 | BOS | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1913 | BOS | N | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .945 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| Total | OF | 51 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .942 | ||
| Total | P | 198 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 380 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 | ||
| Total | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | CLE | A | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .188 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | CLE | A | 34 | 100 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | .120 | .146 | .160 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | CLE | A | 54 | 173 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 13 | .254 | .291 | .347 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | CLE | A | 53 | 154 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 11 | .201 | .212 | .260 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | CLE | A | 19 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .278 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | CLE | A | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .067 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | BOS | N | 33 | 94 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 10 | .245 | .245 | .372 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | BOS | N | 35 | 83 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 11 | .313 | .367 | .410 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | BOS | N | 31 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .234 | .250 | .319 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | BOS | N | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 104 | 229 | 25 | 62 | 3 | 28 | .271 | .295 | .380 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 176 | 485 | 38 | 92 | 2 | 30 | .190 | .226 | .249 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 280 | 714 | 63 | 154 | 5 | 58 | .216 | .248 | .291 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 54 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by New Orleans (Southern Association) to Boston Rustlers (August 18, 1911).
- Released by Boston Braves (June 14, 1915).
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