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Dick Redding
Richard Redding
(Cannonball)
 
Born: April 15, 1890 in Atlanta, GA
Died: October 31, 1948 - 58 years old in Islip, NY
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 6'1" Wt: 210
Pitching Ratings (?)
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Notes:
- Visit Redding's Managerial Page
- Buried: Long Island National Cemetery; Farmingdale, NY

Comparison

Comparison
Starting Pitchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 José Méndez
1908 - 1924
SP
208.4
  
25.4
15.2
167.7
-
2 Eustaquio Pedroso
1907 - 1924
SP
183.7
  
54.7
5.2
123.9
-
3 Bullet Rogan
1920 - 1933
SP
160.5
  
58.4
6.9
95.3
-
4 Dick Redding
1911 - 1928
SP
150.2
  
8.6
0.2
141.3
-
5 Joe Williams
1907 - 1928
SP
144.8
  
19.6
0.8
124.3
-
6 Rube Foster
1902 - 1917
SP
96.7
  
16.3
0.9
79.4
-
7 Juan Padrón
1915 - 1924
SP
96.4
  
3.4
0.1
93.0
-
8 Frank Wickware
1910 - 1921
SP
96.3
  
3.3
0.2
92.9
-
9 Dicta Johnson
1908 - 1923
SP
89.1
  
2.1
0.0
87.0
-
10 Dick Whitworth
1914 - 1924
SP
86.3
  
5.2
0.0
81.0
-
11 Dizzy Dismukes
1909 - 1924
SP
85.5
  
0.2
0.2
85.1
-
12 Jim Jeffries
1913 - 1928
SP
83.1
  
6.1
3.1
73.8
-
13 Pastor Pareda
1908 - 1917
SP
79.2
  
0.5
0.2
78.4
-
14 Dave Brown
1919 - 1924
SP
78.9
  
1.4
0.0
77.5
-
15 Tom Williams
1916 - 1924
SP
77.8
  
0.3
0.0
77.5
-
16 José Junco
1910 - 1922
SP
73.9
  
2.1
1.3
70.5
-
17 String Bean Williams
1910 - 1924
SP
72.0
  
8.4
0.3
63.3
-
18 Bill Gatewood
1906 - 1923
SP
70.5
  
11.8
0.3
58.4
-
19 Reuben Curry
1920 - 1928
SP
68.1
  
0.1
0.1
67.9
-
20 Nip Winters
1921 - 1928
SP
64.6
  
6.2
0.0
58.4
-
21 Ed Rile
1919 - 1928
SP
63.8
  
17.7
1.2
44.9
-
22 Sam Crawford
1910 - 1928
SP
62.6
  
1.4
0.2
61.0
-
23 Andy Cooper
1920 - 1933
SP
62.4
  
0.7
0.1
61.7
-
24 Harry Buckner
1899 - 1917
SP
62.2
  
20.3
1.4
40.5
-
25 Bill Drake
1916 - 1924
SP
60.6
  
2.0
0.1
58.6
-
26 Bill Holland
1919 - 1933
SP
60.4
  
0.0
0.1
60.3
-
27 Tom Johnson
1911 - 1921
SP
58.4
  
0.8
0.0
57.6
-
28 John Donaldson
1916 - 1924
SP
56.6
  
22.1
8.4
26.0
-
29 Red Ryan
1919 - 1928
SP
55.0
  
0.0
0.1
54.9
-
30 Bill Force
1921 - 1928
SP
53.5
  
5.3
0.6
47.6
-
31 Phil Cockrell
1917 - 1933
SP
50.7
  
5.0
0.4
45.3
-
32 José Leblanc
1913 - 1921
SP
49.9
  
2.9
0.6
46.4
-
33 Walter Ball
1904 - 1921
SP
45.9
  
6.8
1.1
38.0
-
34 Lewis Hampton
1921 - 1924
SP
44.6
  
11.2
0.8
32.6
-
35 Adolfo Luque
1912 - 1917
SP
40.6
  
6.6
1.2
32.8
-
36 Harry Kenyon
1917 - 1928
SP
39.0
  
16.2
3.6
19.1
-
37 José Acosta
1912 - 1917
SP
38.3
  
1.9
0.1
36.3
-
38 Doc Sykes
1913 - 1924
SP
37.3
  
2.0
0.4
35.0
-
39 Bob McClure
1920 - 1928
SP
37.0
  
0.2
0.0
36.9
-
40 Sam Streeter
1921 - 1933
SP
36.6
  
0.4
0.0
36.2
-
41 Harry Salmon
1921 - 1933
SP
32.8
  
0.3
0.2
32.2
-
42 Jack Marshall
1920 - 1928
SP
32.3
  
0.8
0.0
31.6
-
43 Lucas Boada
1919 - 1924
SP
31.4
  
4.6
0.7
26.1
-
44 Tatica Campos
1912 - 1922
SP
30.8
  
9.3
5.7
15.7
-
45 Gerardo Ballesteros
1915 - 1917
SP
30.7
  
1.2
0.1
29.4
-
46 Steel Arm Johnny Taylor
1907 - 1920
SP
28.4
  
0.5
0.1
27.8
-
47 Lee Wade
1909 - 1920
SP
28.3
  
2.0
0.1
26.2
-
48 Emilio Palmero
1914 - 1917
SP
27.9
  
1.3
0.0
26.5
-
49 George Britt
1917 - 1933
SP
27.7
  
6.3
2.0
19.4
-
50 Roy Roberts
1916 - 1924
SP
27.6
  
0.6
0.1
27.0
-
51 Charles Corbett
1921 - 1924
SP
27.6
  
3.5
0.3
23.9
-
52 Wayne Carr
1920 - 1928
SP
26.3
  
0.0
0.0
26.3
-
53 Joe Strong
1922 - 1933
SP
25.3
  
3.2
0.5
21.6
-
54 Jesse Hubbard
1919 - 1933
SP
24.9
  
7.9
0.3
16.7
-
55 Lefty Harvey
1912 - 1921
SP
24.1
  
0.4
0.8
22.9
-
56 Connie Rector
1920 - 1933
SP
23.7
  
2.8
1.1
19.9
-
57 Luther Farrell
1919 - 1933
SP
23.5
  
7.2
0.2
16.1
-
58 Isidro Fabré
1918 - 1933
SP
23.2
  
5.4
1.7
16.1
-
59 John Finner
1919 - 1924
SP
23.1
  
1.5
0.0
21.6
-
60 Slim Branham
1920 - 1924
SP
23.0
  
0.0
0.0
23.0
-
61 Willis Flournoy
1919 - 1928
SP
22.4
  
0.9
0.0
21.5
-
62 Harold Treadwell
1919 - 1928
SP
22.3
  
1.4
0.1
20.8
-
63 Lico Mederos
1910 - 1920
SP
22.1
  
2.3
1.3
18.5
-
64 Willie Gisentaner
1921 - 1933
SP
22.1
  
3.2
0.1
18.7
-
65 Horace Jenkins
1910 - 1921
SP
21.6
  
7.4
1.8
12.3
-
66 William Ross
1917 - 1924
SP
21.5
  
2.6
0.0
18.8
-
67 Cliff Bell
1921 - 1928
SP
21.5
  
0.1
0.0
21.4
-
68 José Suárez
1916 - 1921
SP
20.5
  
2.4
0.3
17.9
-
69 Ping Gardner
1920 - 1928
SP
20.3
  
0.0
0.0
20.3
-
70 Bill McCall
1922 - 1924
SP
20.2
  
0.8
0.0
19.3
-
71 Oscar Levis
1921 - 1928
SP
19.3
  
2.4
0.2
16.7
-
72 Deacon Meyers
1921 - 1924
SP
18.6
  
0.5
0.0
18.0
-
73 Otis Starks
1917 - 1933
SP
18.4
  
0.3
0.0
18.1
-
74 John Taylor
1920 - 1924
SP
17.8
  
0.0
0.0
17.8
-
75 Juanelo Mirabal
1921 - 1928
SP
16.8
  
0.1
0.1
16.5
-
76 Earl Gurley
1922 - 1928
SP
16.7
  
7.8
1.4
7.5
-
77 Logan Hensley
1922 - 1933
SP
16.7
  
0.8
0.0
15.9
-
78 Ad Lankford
1913 - 1920
SP
16.5
  
2.7
0.1
13.7
-
79 Percy Miller
1921 - 1933
SP
15.0
  
5.1
0.3
9.5
-
80 José Hernández
1916 - 1920
SP
14.9
  
1.8
0.1
13.0
-
81 Charley Wilson
1920 - 1922
SP
14.8
  
0.0
0.0
14.8
-
82 Evelio Calderín
1917 - 1924
SP
14.3
  
0.0
0.3
14.0
-
83 Aubry Owens
1922 - 1924
SP
14.2
  
0.7
0.0
13.5
-
84 Anthony Mahoney
1921 - 1923
SP
12.1
  
0.1
0.0
12.0
-
85 Script Lee
1921 - 1933
SP
11.6
  
0.9
0.0
10.7
-
86 Jimmy Oldham
1920 - 1923
SP
10.7
  
0.5
0.0
10.2
-
87 Shang Johnson
1917 - 1921
SP
9.4
  
0.8
0.0
8.6
-
88 Pedro Dibut
1917 - 1923
SP
9.4
  
0.2
0.0
9.1
-
89 Fred Daniels
1919 - 1924
SP
8.1
  
1.9
0.6
5.6
-
90 Claudio Manela
1921 - 1921
SP
7.9
  
0.0
0.0
7.9
-
91 Gunboat Thompson
1913 - 1920
SP
7.7
  
0.3
0.0
7.3
-
92 Charlie Henry
1922 - 1924
SP
7.6
  
0.0
0.0
7.6
-
93 Henry McLaughlin
1912 - 1919
SP
7.5
  
1.4
0.6
5.5
-
94 Agapito Lázaga
1912 - 1922
SP
7.0
  
0.7
0.7
5.6
-
95 Sapho Bartlett
1910 - 1919
SP
5.9
  
0.7
0.0
5.2
-
96 Romey Fields
1918 - 1924
SP
5.8
  
3.1
0.0
2.7
-
97 Lawrence Simpson
1913 - 1917
SP
5.7
  
0.6
0.1
5.0
-
98 Zack Foreman
1920 - 1921
SP
5.4
  
0.1
0.1
5.2
-
99 Edgar Burch
1914 - 1917
SP
5.2
  
0.1
0.0
5.1
-
100 Faustino Valdés
1916 - 1920
SP
4.9
  
0.1
0.0
4.8
-
                   
  Dick Redding
1911 - 1928
SP
150.2
  
8.6
0.2
141.3
-

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