Claude Passeau Claude William Passeau Bats Right Throws Right Height 6'3 Weight 198 Born April 9, 1909 Waynesboro, MS Died August 30, 2003 Lucedale, MS

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1936 27 NDA  19   8  .704   0  34  34  11   2  237.2  288  116   97   48   70  11  3.67  4.32  118  
 1937 28 NDA   9  10  .474   0  33  33   8   0  231.1  246  112  103   65  128  33  4.01  4.28  107  
 1938 29 NDA   2   7  .222   2  47  12   2   1  118.1  123   63   48   51   73  11  3.65  4.28  117  
 1939 30 NDA  14  13  .519   0  34  34  14   2  252.1  250  109   91   62  118  20  3.25  4.19  129  
 1940 31 NDA  18   9  .667   0  33  33  14   2  233.1  243  117  100   46  121  30  3.86  4.26  110  

 1941 32 NDA  10   7  .588   0  30  30   5   1  189.2  226  113  105   55   91  25  4.98  4.22   85  
 1942 33 NDA  13  12  .520   0  34  34   7   1  227.0  243  117   99   63  112  25  3.93  4.04  103  
 1943 34 NDA  14   9  .609   0  33  31  13   1  218.0  225  108  100   58  110  28  4.13  4.08   99   
 1944 35 NDA  13  10  .565   1  30  29   9   1  198.2  217   96   87   51  128  15  3.94  4.32  110  
 1945 36 NDA  17   6  .739   0  30  30  14   2  217.1  181   73   64   70   98  18  2.65  3.94  149  

 1946 37 NDA   0   0  .000   0   2   0   0   0    1.1    2    1    1    0    1   0  6.75  3.97   59  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons  129  91  .586   3 340 300  97  13 2125.0 2244 1025  895  569 1050 216  3.79  4.19  111
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  13   9  .586   0  35  30  10   1  215.2  228  104   91   58  107  22  3.79 
 Career High  19  12  .739   1  34  34  14   2  252.1  288  117  105   70  128  33  2.65            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1936 NDA PAW   L     0   2  .000   0   2   2   1   0  14.2   12    5    4    3    4   1  2.45
 1943 NDA HAR   W     0   1  .000   0   1   1   0   0   3.0    4    3    3    3    0   2  9.00
 1945 NDA HAR   W     1   0 1.000   0   1   1   0   0   8.0    2    1    1    3    3   0  1.13
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               2-1    1   3  .250   0   4   4   1   0  25.2   18    9    8    9    7   3  2.81
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

ERA 1936-3.67-9 1939-3.25-5 1945-2.65-3

Wins 1936-19-1 1939-14-9 1940-18-3 1942-13-7 1943-14-10 1944-13-8 1945-17-3

Strikeouts 1939-118-5 1940-121-6

Innings Pitched 1936-237.2-8 1937-231.1-4 1939-252.1-3 1940-233.1-5 1942-227.0-3

Complete Games 1936-11-5 1939-14-2 1940-14-3 1942-7-3 1943-13-5 1944-9-1 1945-14-2

Transactions January 1, 1935: Drafted 1st round (1st overall) by North Dallas.

Biography His major league career lasted 13 years and he posted a 162-150 record with a 3.32 ERA. He was on the All-Star team in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1946. In the 1945 World Series, Passeau, playing for the Cubs, pitched a one-hit shutout against Detroit in Game 3. "It was one of the easiest games I ever pitched," Passeau said in an interview with AP in 1997. "I only pitched to 28 batters. Every time I threw the ball, they swung at it. I walked one and had one get a hit." The Cubs lost the series in seven games to the Tigers, but Passeau pitched 16.2 innings in the series and finished with a 2.70 ERA. He also had an RBI. His career included stops with Pittsburgh (1935), the Phillies (1936-39) and the Cubs (1939-47). In November 1935, the Pirates sent Passeau, along with Earl Grace, to the Phillies for Al Todd. In May 1939, Philadelphia traded him to the Cubs for Joe Marty, Ray Harrell and Kirby Higbe. In 1940, he finished 20-13 for the Cubs. In 1942, he was 19-14 with a 2.68 ERA, finishing 10th in the voting for National League MVP. He hit just .192 in his career, but he had 15 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Following his career in baseball, Passeau moved to Lucedale, Miss., with his family and started a farm equipment dealership. He was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1964. Some sources list Passeau as being a member of the 1945 All-Star team. However, the All-Star Game was called off in 1945 because of World War II travel restrictions and Major League Baseball did not name an All-Star team. The Associated Press took a survey of baseball's managers at what would have been the All-Star break -- three of the 16 managers declined to participate -- and published a hypothetical listing of All-Stars that included Passeau.