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Paul Derringer played 15 major-league seasons (1931-1945) as a P (579). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 25 | SLN | 35 | 72 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .097 | .207 | -42 |
| 1932 | 26 | SLN | 39 | 73 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .178 | .443 | 23 |
| 1933 | 27 | SLN|CIN | 36 | 81 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .173 | .366 | 8 |
| 1934 | 28 | CIN | 47 | 92 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .196 | .482 | 33 |
| 1935 | 29 | CIN | 45 | 93 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .140 | .290 | -19 |
| 1936 | 30 | CIN | 51 | 90 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .200 | .440 | 22 |
| 1937 | 31 | CIN | 43 | 80 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .200 | .463 | 29 |
| 1938 | 32 | CIN | 41 | 119 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .176 | .425 | 20 |
| 1939 | 33 | CIN | 38 | 110 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .209 | .453 | 26 |
| 1940 | 34 | CIN | 37 | 108 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .167 | .370 | 5 |
| 1941 | 35 | CIN | 29 | 84 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .155 | .321 | -6 |
| 1942 | 36 | CIN | 29 | 68 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .132 | .331 | 0 |
| 1943 | 37 | CHN | 32 | 58 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .224 | .500 | 49 |
| 1944 | 38 | CHN | 42 | 57 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .158 | .348 | 1 |
| 1945 | 39 | CHN | 35 | 75 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .200 | .440 | 26 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 25 | SLN | 35 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 211.2 | 134 | 65 | 3.36 | 115 |
| 1932 | 26 | SLN | 39 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 233.1 | 78 | 67 | 4.05 | 96 |
| 1933 | 27 | SLN|CIN | 36 | 33 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 248 | 89 | 60 | 3.30 | 101 |
| 1934 | 28 | CIN | 47 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 261 | 122 | 59 | 3.59 | 113 |
| 1935 | 29 | CIN | 45 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 276.2 | 120 | 49 | 3.51 | 114 |
| 1936 | 30 | CIN | 51 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 282.1 | 121 | 42 | 4.02 | 100 |
| 1937 | 31 | CIN | 43 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 222.2 | 94 | 55 | 4.04 | 97 |
| 1938 | 32 | CIN | 41 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 307 | 132 | 49 | 2.93 | 129 |
| 1939 | 33 | CIN | 38 | 35 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 301 | 128 | 35 | 2.93 | 134 |
| 1940 | 34 | CIN | 37 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 296.2 | 115 | 48 | 3.06 | 126 |
| 1941 | 35 | CIN | 29 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 228.1 | 76 | 54 | 3.31 | 110 |
| 1942 | 36 | CIN | 29 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 208.2 | 68 | 49 | 3.06 | 108 |
| 1943 | 37 | CHN | 32 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 174 | 75 | 39 | 3.57 | 95 |
| 1944 | 38 | CHN | 42 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 180 | 69 | 39 | 4.15 | 87 |
| 1945 | 39 | CHN | 35 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 213.2 | 86 | 51 | 3.45 | 110 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | P | 35 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| 1932 | P | 39 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 0 |
| 1933 | P | 36 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
| 1934 | P | 47 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 2 |
| 1935 | P | 45 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 1 | 5 |
| 1936 | P | 51 | 0 | 19 | 53 | 2 | 5 |
| 1937 | P | 43 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 4 | 3 |
| 1938 | P | 41 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 3 |
| 1939 | P | 38 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 3 | 1 |
| 1940 | P | 37 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 1 |
| 1941 | P | 29 | 0 | 16 | 42 | 1 | 2 |
| 1942 | P | 29 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 1943 | P | 32 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 1944 | P | 42 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 3 |
| 1945 | P | 35 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Paul Derringer won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1931 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (NL), TSN All-Star 1940 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1940, 1939, 1938, 1936, 1935, 1931.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 3 / 80 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 4 / 80 | 0 |
| 1936 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 6 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 70 / 336 | 0 |
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 174 / 336 | 2 |
| 1940 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 121 / 336 | 1 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.