What years did Bump Hadley play?

Bump Hadley played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1941.

Was Bump Hadley a pitcher?

Yes. Bump Hadley pitched in the major leagues, recording 161 wins and 1318 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bump Hadley hit?

Bump Hadley hit 0 career home runs with 190 hits.

What was Bump Hadley's career batting average?

Bump Hadley batted .189 over his career, with 190 hits in 1,004 at bats.

How many RBI did Bump Hadley have?

Bump Hadley drove in 75 runs in his career.

What was Bump Hadley's career ERA?

Bump Hadley finished with a 4.24 career ERA, going 161-165 with 1,318 strikeouts.

Bump Hadley

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1926-1941)

Bump Hadley was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1941 for 6 teams, including the Washington Senators, a span of 16 seasons. Across 528 career appearances, he went 161-165 with a 4.24 ERA, 1,318 strikeouts, and 25 saves. He also batted .189 with 0 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 161–165

ERA 4.24

WHIP 1.50

SO 1,318

Pitcher PIV -19617.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 190 lb
Born: 7/5/1904 in Lynn, MA, USA
Died: 2/15/1963 in Lynn, MA, USA
MLB Debut: 1926-04-20
Last Game: 1941-09-16

Full name: Irving Darius Hadley

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bump Hadley — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
161	165	528	355	135	14	25	2945.2	2,980	1,389	167	1,442	1,318	4.24	-19617.0

Career ERA 4.24 vs. league average 4.26 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Bump Hadley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1926	WS1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	2	0	12.00	—	0.0
1927	WS1	AL	14	6	30	27	13	0	0	198.2	177	63	86	60	2.85	4.08 (+30%)	160.3
1928	WS1	AL	12	13	33	31	16	3	0	231.2	236	91	100	80	3.54	4.13 (+14%)	653.1
1929	WS1	AL	6	16	37	27	7	1	0	195.1	196	122	85	98	5.62	4.60 (-22%)	1077.7
1930	WS1	AL	15	11	42	34	15	1	2	260.1	242	108	105	162	3.73	4.80 (+22%)	5902.0
1931	WS1	AL	11	10	55	11	2	1	8	179.2	145	61	92	124	3.06	4.10 (+25%)	2327.9
1932	CHA	AL	1	1	3	2	1	0	1	18.2	17	8	8	13	3.86	4.13 (+7%)	-133.5
1932	SLA	AL	13	20	40	33	12	1	1	229.2	244	141	163	132	5.53	4.13 (-34%)	-7310.5
1933	SLA	AL	15	20	45	36	19	2	3	316.2	309	138	141	149	3.92	3.86 (-2%)	-1394.2
1934	SLA	AL	10	16	39	32	7	2	1	213.0	212	103	127	79	4.35	4.29 (-1%)	-4872.6
1935	WS1	AL	10	15	35	32	13	0	0	230.1	268	126	102	77	4.92	4.35 (-13%)	-3288.7
1936	NYA	AL	14	4	31	17	8	1	1	173.2	194	84	89	74	4.35	4.59 (+5%)	-1613.6
1937	NYA	AL	11	8	29	25	6	0	0	178.1	199	105	83	70	5.30	4.34 (-22%)	-3085.8
1938	NYA	AL	9	8	29	17	8	1	1	167.1	165	67	66	61	3.60	4.35 (+17%)	-1101.3
1939	NYA	AL	12	6	26	18	7	1	2	154.0	132	51	85	65	2.98	4.28 (+30%)	-1920.0
1940	NYA	AL	3	5	25	2	0	0	2	80.0	88	51	52	39	5.74	4.21 (-36%)	-905.2
1941	NY1	NL	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	13.0	19	9	9	4	6.23	3.94 (-58%)	-432.3
1941	PHA	AL	4	6	25	9	1	0	3	102.1	131	57	47	31	5.01	3.94 (-27%)	-3680.4
Career · 18 seasons			161	165	528	355	135	14	25	2,945.2	2,980	1,389	1,442	1,318	4.24	—	-19,617

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bump Hadley — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
528	1,004	84	190	29	4	0	75	3	88	187	.189	.255	.226	.481	-5,059

Career AVG .189 vs. league average .278 across their career seasons — 31.9% below league average.

Career OBP .255 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — 25.4% below league average.

Career SLG .226 vs. league average .395 across their career seasons — 42.8% below league average.

Career OPS .481 vs. league average .738 across their career seasons — 34.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Bump Hadley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1926	WS1	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	WS1	AL	30	70	8	19	3	0	10	0	2	11	.271	.282 (-4%)	.344 (-15%)	.392 (-20%)	.736 (-18%)	-207.0
1928	WS1	AL	33	81	12	17	3	1	7	1	7	13	.210	.280 (-25%)	.342 (-20%)	.395 (-31%)	.737 (-26%)	-347.6
1929	WS1	AL	37	62	6	6	0	0	2	0	7	15	.097	.289 (-67%)	.353 (-47%)	.415 (-77%)	.769 (-63%)	-656.0
1930	WS1	AL	42	93	8	21	5	1	7	1	7	20	.226	.293 (-23%)	.354 (-21%)	.429 (-30%)	.784 (-26%)	-419.3
1931	WS1	AL	55	54	2	9	1	0	5	0	4	11	.167	.276 (-40%)	.338 (-34%)	.388 (-52%)	.726 (-44%)	-373.8
1932	CHA	AL	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	SLA	AL	40	78	4	22	3	1	6	0	8	14	.282	.275 (+3%)	.335 (+4%)	.391 (-12%)	.726 (-4%)	0.0
1933	SLA	AL	45	109	3	17	2	0	8	0	8	17	.156	.270 (-42%)	.329 (-35%)	.377 (-54%)	.707 (-45%)	-760.6
1934	SLA	AL	39	64	2	13	1	0	5	0	3	10	.203	.278 (-27%)	.340 (-30%)	.392 (-44%)	.733 (-38%)	-386.1
1935	WS1	AL	35	77	5	15	4	0	12	0	9	9	.195	.279 (-30%)	.342 (-16%)	.399 (-38%)	.742 (-28%)	-338.4
1936	NYA	AL	31	68	14	16	2	0	1	0	3	12	.235	.283 (-17%)	.349 (-23%)	.404 (-34%)	.753 (-29%)	-331.6
1937	NYA	AL	29	65	7	11	0	1	4	0	11	12	.169	.276 (-39%)	.342 (-15%)	.398 (-50%)	.740 (-34%)	-338.5
1938	NYA	AL	29	54	3	5	0	0	4	0	11	15	.093	.272 (-66%)	.341 (-28%)	.392 (-76%)	.734 (-54%)	-451.1
1939	NYA	AL	26	62	3	11	2	0	3	1	4	12	.177	.274 (-35%)	.342 (-34%)	.393 (-47%)	.735 (-41%)	-409.6
1940	NYA	AL	25	27	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	5	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	NY1	NL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	PHA	AL	25	31	4	4	1	0	1	0	3	8	.129	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			528	1,004	84	190	29	4	75	3	88	187	.189	—	—	—	—	-5,020

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bump Hadley — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bump Hadley — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1939	WS	NYA	1	3	0	.000
1937	WS	NYA	1	0	0	.000
1936	WS	NYA	1	2	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bump Hadley — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	3	2	0	17.1	23	8	4	4	4.15

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bump Hadley — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1939	WS	NYA	1	0	1	0	8.0	7	2	3	2	2.25
1937	WS	NYA	0	1	1	1	1.1	6	5	0	0	33.75
1936	WS	NYA	1	0	1	1	8.0	10	1	1	2	1.12

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bump Hadley — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	262	498	41	97	0	36	.195
Away	266	506	43	93	0	41	.184

Pitching — Home / Away

Bump Hadley — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	262	1534.0	1459	630	699	747	3.70
Away	266	1411.0	1520	754	749	572	4.81

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bump Hadley — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1941-09-16	PHA	SLA	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-09-01	PHA	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
1941-08-30	PHA	BOS	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
1941-08-26	PHA	DET	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-08-23	PHA	SLA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-08-09	PHA	NYY	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-08-04	PHA	BOS	L	2	0	2	1	1	1	0
1941-08-03	PHA	CLE	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-07-30	PHA	CHW	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-07-25	PHA	DET	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bump Hadley — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1941-09-16	PHA	SLA	—	6.0	6	2	2	2	1	0
1941-09-01	PHA	NYY	—	4.0	6	3	1	3	3	0
1941-08-30	PHA	BOS	—	5.0	7	6	6	4	4	2
1941-08-26	PHA	DET	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-08-23	PHA	SLA	L	2.0	7	5	5	0	1	1
1941-08-09	PHA	NYY	—	2.0	5	5	2	3	0	1
1941-08-04	PHA	BOS	L	6.0	9	5	5	7	2	1
1941-08-03	PHA	CLE	—	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0
1941-07-30	PHA	CHW	W	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0
1941-07-25	PHA	DET	SV	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bump Hadley — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	528	0	140	573	28	30

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bump Hadley — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1926	WS1	P	1	0	0	0	0
1927	WS1	P	30	9	50	2	0
1928	WS1	P	33	8	52	2	2
1929	WS1	P	37	9	41	2	3
1930	WS1	P	42	9	43	2	2
1931	WS1	P	55	6	39	1	5
1932	CHA	P	3	3	3	0	0
1932	SLA	P	40	12	26	2	0
1933	SLA	P	45	12	51	2	0
1934	SLA	P	39	9	40	2	1
1935	WS1	P	35	13	47	3	3
1936	NYA	P	31	13	32	0	4
1937	NYA	P	29	7	37	4	3
1938	NYA	P	29	17	40	0	3
1939	NYA	P	26	8	35	4	4
1940	NYA	P	25	2	16	0	0
1941	NY1	P	3	2	1	0	0
1941	PHA	P	25	1	20	2	0

Career Games by Position

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Bump Hadley Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	528

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Bump Hadley: the record in brief

Bump Hadley's major league career runs from a debut on April 20, 1926 to a final game on September 16, 1941. The season rows list, in order, the Washington Senators (1926 to 1935), the Chicago White Sox (1932), the St. Louis Browns (1932 to 1934), the New York Yankees (1936 through 1940), the New York Giants (1941), and the Philadelphia Athletics (1941). Hadley played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on July 5, 1904, in Lynn, MA, USA and a listed size of 5'11" and 190 pounds. Hadley died on February 15, 1963, in Lynn, MA, USA. Bump Hadley was the playing name; the full given name is Irving Darius.

Across 528 games (355 starts), Hadley recorded 161 wins against 165 losses with a 4.24 ERA. The totals include 1,318 strikeouts, 135 complete games, 14 shutouts, and 25 saves. Hadley's 4.24 ERA was close to the 4.26 league figure for those seasons. 1930 brought Hadley a season-high 15 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bump Hadley

What years did Bump Hadley play?: Bump Hadley played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1941.
Was Bump Hadley a pitcher?: Yes. Bump Hadley pitched in the major leagues, recording 161 wins and 1318 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bump Hadley hit?: Bump Hadley hit 0 career home runs with 190 hits.
What was Bump Hadley's career batting average?: Bump Hadley batted .189 over his career, with 190 hits in 1,004 at bats.
How many RBI did Bump Hadley have?: Bump Hadley drove in 75 runs in his career.
What was Bump Hadley's career ERA?: Bump Hadley finished with a 4.24 career ERA, going 161-165 with 1,318 strikeouts.