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Elmer Steele
	Elmer Rae Steele


	Born: May 17, 1886 in Poughkeepsie, NY
	Died: March 9, 1966 - 79 years old
	Bats: B	Throws: R	Ht: 5'11"	Wt: 200

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Comparison

Starting Pitchers				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	DQ	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Cy Young	1890 - 1911	SP	168.5	Pl			-1.5	-0.3	170.3	0.0
2	Walter Johnson	1907 - 1927	SP	165.6	Pl			13.3	-0.1	152.3	-0.0
3	Christy Mathewson	1900 - 1916	SP	101.8	Pl		WW1	6.8	-0.2	95.3	0.1
4	Eddie Plank	1901 - 1917	SP	89.8	Pl			3.4	-0.1	86.5	-0.1
5	Ed Walsh	1904 - 1917	SP	65.5	Pl			2.3	-0.1	63.2	-0.1
6	Vic Willis	1898 - 1910	SP	63.5	Pl			-3.5	-0.2	67.1	-0.0
7	Clark Griffith	1891 - 1914	SP	61.9	Pl			4.6	-0.5	57.7	-0.0
8	Rube Waddell	1897 - 1910	SP	58.5	Pl			-2.4	-0.1	61.0	-0.0
9	Eddie Cicotte	1905 - 1920	SP	58.0		BANg		1.2	-0.1	56.9	-0.0
10	Jack Powell	1897 - 1912	SP	56.8				0.9	-0.1	56.0	-0.0
11	Mordecai Brown	1903 - 1916	SP	56.3	Pl			1.2	0.1	55.1	0.1
12	Babe Adams	1906 - 1926	SP	52.0				2.5	-0.1	49.5	-0.0
13	Chief Bender	1903 - 1925	SP	49.5	Pl			5.6	-0.1	44.0	-0.1
14	Jesse Tannehill	1894 - 1911	SP	48.7				7.7	-0.6	41.1	-0.5
15	Doc White	1901 - 1913	SP	48.5				6.4	-1.0	42.6	-0.5
16	Nap Rucker	1907 - 1916	SP	48.0				0.2	-0.0	47.9	0.1
17	George Mullin	1902 - 1915	SP	47.7				13.4	-0.1	34.3	-0.0
18	Hippo Vaughn	1908 - 1921	SP	46.3				-0.1	-0.1	46.5	-0.0
19	Addie Joss	1902 - 1910	SP	43.7	Pl			-2.1	-0.1	45.9	-0.0
20	Bill Donovan	1898 - 1918	SP	42.8				1.2	-0.6	41.9	-0.3
21	Sam Leever	1898 - 1910	SP	41.3				-0.4	0.0	41.8	0.1
22	Kid Gleason	1888 - 1912	SP	40.5				12.1	-1.8	31.5	1.4
23	Joe Wood	1908 - 1922	SP	40.4				12.1	-3.5	29.7	-2.1
24	Ed Reulbach	1905 - 1917	SP	36.5				-2.4	-0.1	39.0	0.0
25	Deacon Phillippe	1899 - 1911	SP	34.2				-0.2	-0.0	34.4	0.1
26	Harry Howell	1898 - 1910	SP	33.9				3.2	-1.0	31.8	0.1
27	Slim Sallee	1908 - 1921	SP	32.5				-1.0	-0.1	33.6	0.1
28	Rube Marquard	1908 - 1925	SP	31.9	Pl		WWB	-2.2	-0.1	34.2	0.0
29	Bob Ewing	1902 - 1912	SP	31.2				0.7	-0.1	30.5	0.0
30	Jack Coombs	1906 - 1920	SP	28.9				4.2	-0.2	24.5	-0.4
31	Hooks Wiltse	1904 - 1915	SP	28.7				2.5	-0.0	26.3	0.0
32	Ed Killian	1903 - 1910	SP	26.8				1.5	0.1	25.1	-0.1
33	Earl Moore	1901 - 1914	SP	26.1				-4.4	-0.0	30.5	0.0
34	Nixey Callahan	1894 - 1913	SP	26.0				11.9	-4.1	15.8	-2.4
35	Red Ames	1903 - 1919	SP	23.9				-4.1	-0.1	28.1	0.0
36	Orval Overall	1905 - 1913	SP	23.3				0.7	0.0	22.6	0.0
37	Frank Smith	1904 - 1915	SP	22.5				4.7	-0.0	17.7	-0.0
38	George Suggs	1908 - 1915	SP	22.2				1.8	0.1	20.4	0.1
39	Barney Pelty	1903 - 1912	SP	21.8				-2.1	-0.1	24.0	-0.0
40	Lefty Leifield	1905 - 1920	SP	21.5				0.1	-0.0	21.4	0.1
41	Doc Crandall	1908 - 1918	SP	21.0				9.0	-0.4	12.5	0.1
42	Cy Falkenberg	1903 - 1917	SP	20.8				-2.4	0.0	23.1	-0.0
43	Tully Sparks	1897 - 1910	SP	20.7				-4.6	0.0	25.3	0.1
44	George McQuillan	1907 - 1918	SP	19.2				-2.2	-0.0	21.5	0.0
45	Jack Warhop	1908 - 1915	SP	17.1				-0.8	-0.1	18.0	-0.1
46	Tom Hughes	1900 - 1913	SP	16.8				1.8	-0.1	15.0	-0.1
47	Harry Coveleski	1907 - 1918	SP	16.0				-0.3	-0.0	16.3	-0.0
48	Howie Camnitz	1904 - 1915	SP	15.1				-3.6	0.0	18.7	0.1
49	Lew Richie	1906 - 1913	SP	14.2				-1.2	-0.0	15.5	0.0
50	Doc Scanlan	1903 - 1911	SP	13.0				0.9	0.0	12.2	0.0
51	Ed Willett	1906 - 1915	SP	12.4				1.6	0.0	10.8	-0.0
52	Buster Brown	1905 - 1913	SP	12.2				0.2	-0.0	12.1	0.1
53	Art Fromme	1906 - 1915	SP	11.4				-1.1	-0.0	12.6	0.0
54	Ed Karger	1906 - 1911	SP	11.3				2.4	-0.0	8.9	0.0
55	Tom Hughes	1906 - 1918	SP	11.0				-0.6	-0.1	11.6	0.0
56	Jean Dubuc	1908 - 1919	SP	10.7		BANg		3.7	-0.1	7.1	-0.1
57	Cy Morgan	1903 - 1913	SP	10.4				-3.4	-0.0	13.8	-0.0
58	Ed Summers	1908 - 1912	SP	10.3				-1.1	-0.0	11.3	-0.0
59	Nick Altrock	1898 - 1933	SP	10.2				0.5	-0.1	9.7	-0.0
60	Charlie Smith	1902 - 1914	SP	9.6				-1.2	-0.0	10.8	-0.0
61	Johnny Lush	1904 - 1910	SP	9.5				5.4	-2.3	5.8	-0.6
62	Frank Corridon	1904 - 1910	SP	9.0				-0.1	0.0	9.1	0.0
63	Harry McIntire	1905 - 1913	SP	8.8				2.9	-0.2	6.1	-0.0
64	Nick Maddox	1907 - 1910	SP	8.4				1.8	0.0	6.6	0.0
65	Jack Pfiester	1903 - 1911	SP	8.3				-2.8	0.0	11.1	0.1
66	Harry Krause	1908 - 1912	SP	8.3				0.1	-0.0	8.2	-0.0
67	Andy Coakley	1902 - 1911	SP	8.3				-2.6	-0.0	10.9	0.0
68	Irv Young	1905 - 1911	SP	8.3				-2.9	-0.0	11.2	0.0
69	George Bell	1907 - 1911	SP	8.0				-0.8	0.0	8.8	0.0
70	Otto Hess	1902 - 1915	SP	7.9			Sp-Am	1.0	-0.6	7.1	-0.3
71	Joe Lake	1908 - 1913	SP	7.2				1.0	-0.1	6.2	-0.1
72	Bugs Raymond	1904 - 1911	SP	7.0				-0.3	0.0	7.3	0.0
73	Jimmy Dygert	1905 - 1910	SP	6.8				-1.4	-0.0	8.2	-0.0
74	Cy Barger	1906 - 1915	SP	6.5				1.1	-0.1	5.5	-0.0
75	Heinie Berger	1907 - 1910	SP	6.3				-0.8	-0.0	7.2	-0.0
76	Patsy Flaherty	1899 - 1911	SP	5.7			WW1	1.4	-0.5	4.7	-0.1
77	Charley Hall	1906 - 1918	SP	5.4				0.9	-0.2	4.7	-0.0
78	Bobby Keefe	1907 - 1912	SP	5.2				-0.7	-0.0	5.9	-0.0
79	Frank Arellanes	1908 - 1910	SP	5.2				0.0	-0.1	5.2	-0.0
80	Al Mattern	1908 - 1912	SP	5.1				-1.1	0.0	6.1	0.0
81	Fred Beebe	1906 - 1916	SP	4.9				-1.2	0.0	6.1	0.0
82	Elmer Steele	1907 - 1911	SP	4.6				-0.8	-0.0	5.4	-0.0
83	Slow Joe Doyle	1906 - 1910	SP	4.2				0.1	0.0	4.2	0.0
84	Doc Reisling	1904 - 1910	SP	4.0				0.4	-0.0	3.6	-0.0
85	Rube Kroh	1906 - 1912	SP	4.0				-0.1	0.0	4.1	0.0
86	Bill Burns	1908 - 1912	SP	3.7		BANg		0.6	-0.0	3.1	-0.0
87	Bill Foxen	1908 - 1911	SP	3.3				-0.1	0.0	3.4	0.0
88	Jack Rowan	1906 - 1914	SP	3.3				-0.2	0.0	3.4	0.0
89	George Ferguson	1906 - 1911	SP	3.2				0.4	0.0	2.8	0.0
90	Marty O'Toole	1908 - 1914	SP	3.1				0.1	-0.0	3.0	0.0
91	Big Jeff Pfeffer	1905 - 1911	SP	2.9				1.2	-0.3	1.9	-0.1
92	Rube Manning	1907 - 1910	SP	2.5				0.2	-0.0	2.4	0.0
93	Lew Brockett	1907 - 1911	SP	2.3				0.8	0.0	1.6	0.0
94	Fred Olmstead	1908 - 1911	SP	1.9				-0.2	-0.0	2.2	0.0
95	Kaiser Wilhelm	1903 - 1921	SP	1.7			WW1	-1.4	0.1	3.1	0.1
96	Lew Moren	1903 - 1910	SP	1.4				-0.9	0.0	2.3	0.0
97	Bob Spade	1907 - 1910	SP	1.4				0.9	0.0	0.6	0.0
98	Roy Castleton	1907 - 1910	SP	0.7				-0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
99	Bill Grahame	1908 - 1910	SP	0.6				-0.4	-0.0	1.1	-0.0
100	King Brady	1905 - 1912	SP	0.4				-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0

	Elmer Steele	1907 - 1911	SP	4.6				-0.8	-0.0	5.4	-0.0

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com