George Uhle

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1919-1936)

W–L 200–166
ERA 3.99
WHIP 1.40
SO 1,135
Pitcher PIV 15918.1
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 190 lb
Born
9/18/1898 in Cleveland, OH, USA
Died
2/26/1985 in Lakewood, OH, USA
MLB Debut
1919-04-30
Last Game
1936-09-22

Full name: George Ernest Uhle

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
200 166 513 368 232 21 25 3119.7 3,417 1,384 119 966 1,135 3.99 15918.1

Career ERA 3.99 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1919 CLE AL 10 5 26 12 7 1 0 127.0 129 41 43 50 2.91 3.09 (+6%) 272.4
1920 CLE AL 4 5 27 6 2 0 1 84.7 98 49 29 27 5.21 3.45 (-51%) -1020.3
1921 CLE AL 16 13 41 28 13 2 2 238.0 288 106 63 63 4.01 4.02 (avg) 298.0
1922 CLE AL 22 16 50 40 23 5 3 287.3 328 130 89 82 4.07 4.18 (+3%) 1668.8
1923 CLE AL 26 16 54 44 29 1 5 357.7 378 150 102 109 3.77 4.03 (+6%) 3481.9
1924 CLE AL 9 15 28 25 15 0 1 196.3 238 104 75 57 4.77 4.13 (-16%) -1179.4
1925 CLE AL 13 11 29 26 17 1 0 210.7 218 96 78 68 4.10 4.55 (+10%) 341.8
1926 CLE AL 27 11 39 36 32 3 1 318.3 300 100 118 159 2.83 4.11 (+31%) 4391.0
1927 CLE AL 8 9 25 22 10 1 1 153.3 187 74 59 69 4.34 4.08 (-6%) 1218.2
1928 CLE AL 12 17 31 28 18 2 1 214.3 252 97 48 74 4.07 4.13 (+1%) 2586.0
1929 DET AL 15 11 32 30 23 1 0 249.0 283 113 58 100 4.08 4.60 (+11%) 5685.0
1930 DET AL 12 12 33 29 18 1 3 239.0 239 97 75 117 3.65 4.80 (+24%) 1184.4
1931 DET AL 11 12 29 18 15 2 2 193.0 190 75 49 63 3.50 4.10 (+15%) 584.5
1932 DET AL 6 6 33 15 6 1 5 146.7 152 73 42 51 4.48 4.13 (-9%) -2109.7
1933 DET AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 2 0 1 27.00 — 0.0
1933 NY1 NL 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 13.7 16 12 6 4 7.90 3.86 (-105%) -252.1
1933 NYA AL 6 1 12 6 4 0 0 61.0 63 35 20 26 5.16 3.86 (-34%) -284.0
1934 NYA AL 2 4 10 2 0 0 0 16.3 30 18 7 10 9.92 4.29 (-131%) -562.7
1936 CLE AL 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 12.7 26 12 5 5 8.53 4.59 (-86%) -385.8
Career · 19 seasons 200 166 513 368 232 21 25 3,119.2 3,417 1,384 966 1,135 3.99 — 15,918

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
722 1,360 172 393 60 21 9 187 6 98 112 .289 .339 .384 .722 -912

Career AVG .289 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .339 vs. league average .343 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .384 vs. league average .393 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .722 vs. league average .736 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1919 CLE AL 26 43 7 13 2 1 0 6 0 1 5 .302 — — — — 0.0
1920 CLE AL 27 32 4 11 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 .344 — — — — 0.0
1921 CLE AL 48 94 21 23 2 3 1 18 0 6 9 .245 .286 (-15%) .344 (-16%) .395 (-8%) .739 (-12%) -205.2
1922 CLE AL 56 109 21 29 8 2 0 14 1 13 6 .266 .285 (-7%) .345 (+1%) .397 (-5%) .743 (-2%) -33.8
1923 CLE AL 58 144 23 52 10 3 0 22 2 7 10 .361 .282 (+28%) .344 (+13%) .390 (+21%) .734 (+17%) 413.8
1924 CLE AL 59 107 10 33 6 1 1 19 0 4 8 .308 .283 (+9%) .345 (-2%) .389 (+6%) .734 (+2%) 19.9
1925 CLE AL 55 101 10 29 3 3 0 13 0 7 7 .287 .288 (avg) .349 (-3%) .407 (-8%) .756 (-5%) -97.6
1926 CLE AL 50 132 16 30 3 0 1 11 2 10 12 .227 .279 (-19%) .345 (-17%) .390 (-30%) .735 (-24%) -500.7
1927 CLE AL 43 79 4 21 7 1 0 14 0 5 12 .266 .282 (-6%) .344 (-10%) .392 (-3%) .736 (-6%) -103.8
1928 CLE AL 55 98 9 28 3 2 1 17 0 8 4 .286 .280 (+2%) .342 (-1%) .395 (-2%) .737 (-1%) -26.6
1929 DET AL 40 108 18 37 1 1 0 13 0 6 6 .343 .289 (+18%) .353 (+7%) .415 (-11%) .769 (-3%) -31.9
1930 DET AL 59 117 15 36 4 2 2 21 0 8 13 .308 .293 (+5%) .354 (-1%) .429 (-1%) .784 (-1%) -16.1
1931 DET AL 53 90 8 22 6 0 2 7 0 8 8 .244 .276 (-12%) .338 (-9%) .388 (-3%) .726 (-6%) -92.3
1932 DET AL 38 55 2 10 3 1 0 4 0 6 5 .182 .275 (-34%) .335 (-22%) .391 (-30%) .726 (-26%) -237.6
1933 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1933 NY1 NL 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
1933 NYA AL 12 20 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 .400 — — — — 0.0
1934 NYA AL 10 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 — — — — 0.0
1936 CLE AL 24 21 1 8 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 .381 — — — — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 722 1,360 172 393 60 21 9 187 6 98 112 .289 — — — — -912

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1920 WS CLE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 3 0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1920 WS CLE 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 3 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home373698942205114.315
Away35067279174485.259

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2661656.117986925096153.76
Away2471457.216186894605284.25

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1936-09-22 CLECHWL 101000000
1936-09-11 CLEMINL 100000000
1936-09-07 CLESLAL 100000000
1936-09-06 CLECHWL 100000000
1936-09-03 CLENYYL 000000010
1936-09-01 CLEBOSL 100000000
1936-08-30 CLEBOSL 100000000
1936-08-29 CLEPHAL 100000000
1936-08-27 CLEMINW 000000000
1936-08-26 CLEMINL 101000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1936-09-06 CLECHW — 2.1511010
1936-08-14 CLESLA — 0.2200000
1936-08-06 CLEDET — 1.0655011
1936-08-02 CLENYY — 1.0000120
1936-07-31 CLENYY — 2.1200210
1936-07-25 CLEPHA L 3.1622100
1936-07-10 CLENYY — 2.0544101
1934-05-31 NYYMIN — 3.1654310
1934-05-25 NYYCHW L 2.2666101
1934-05-21 NYYCLE L 1.1755021

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 513 0 175 624 33 42

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1919 CLE P 26 0 10 33 4 1
1920 CLE P 27 0 6 21 0 0
1921 CLE P 41 0 15 46 4 2
1922 CLE P 50 0 16 53 5 5
1923 CLE P 54 0 18 89 2 9
1924 CLE P 28 0 19 42 0 5
1925 CLE P 29 0 12 38 3 2
1926 CLE P 39 0 30 67 7 3
1927 CLE P 25 0 6 31 1 3
1928 CLE P 31 0 10 59 2 4
1929 DET P 32 0 13 39 4 2
1930 DET P 33 0 10 29 1 2
1931 DET P 29 0 3 38 0 1
1932 DET P 33 0 5 25 0 2
1933 DET P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1933 NY1 P 6 0 1 4 0 0
1933 NYA P 12 0 0 9 0 1
1934 NYA P 10 0 1 1 0 0
1936 CLE P 7 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 513

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1926 Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1926 TSN All-Star P
1923 Baseball Magazine All-Star P1

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1923 Most Valuable Player AL 8th 13.0 64 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

George Uhle (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Mel Harder
    223-186, 3.80 ERA
  2. 90
    Tom Zachary
    186-191, 3.73 ERA
  3. 87
    Guy Bush
    176-136, 3.86 ERA
  4. 87
    Murry Dickson
    172-181, 3.66 ERA
  5. 81
    Howard Ehmke
    166-166, 3.75 ERA
  6. 79
    Jim Slaton
    151-158, 4.03 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about George Uhle

What years did George Uhle play?
George Uhle played in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1936.
Was George Uhle a pitcher?
Yes. George Uhle pitched in the major leagues, recording 200 wins and 1135 strikeouts.
How many home runs did George Uhle hit?
George Uhle hit 9 career home runs with 393 hits.