Edward Tilden Siever was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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. He played seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers

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 (1901–02, 1906–08) and St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (-1904

1948 in baseball

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). Born in Goddard, Kansas

Goddard, Kansas

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, Siever had four good seasons and one phenomenal season in his brief major league career. In , Siever posted an American League

American League

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-leading 1.91 ERA

Earned run average

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 despite having a 8-11 won-loss record. Siever'a Adjusted ERA+

Adjusted ERA+

Adjusted ERA+, often simply abbreviated to ERA+ or ERA plus, is a pitching statistic in baseball. It adjusts a pitcher's earned run average according to the pitcher's ballpark and the ERA of the pitcher's league...

 of 191 for the years is the second-best (after Hal Newhouser

Hal Newhouser

Harold "Prince Hal" Newhouser was an American pitcher for Major League Baseball who played 17 seasons from 1939 to 1955, mostly with the Detroit Tigers of the American League...

) in Tigers franchise history for a pitcher with more than 150 innings pitched. (See Detroit Tigers award winners and league leaders) Siever won fewer games in 1902 than he did any other full season he played. Overall for his career, Siever had a 83-83 record with a 2.60 ERA, and pitched in the 1907 World Series

1907 World Series

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See also

• Best pitching seasons by a Detroit Tiger
• List of Major League Baseball ERA champions

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