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Tommy Bridges
Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 155 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut August 13, 1930
Final Game July 20, 1946
Born December 28, 1906 in Gordonsville, TN
Died April 19, 1968 in Nashville, TN

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1930 23 DET AL   3   2   8   5   2   0   2  0   37.7   28   18   17   4   23   17   0   0   158       0  4.06  4.79  118 1.354
 1931 24 DET AL   8  16  35  23   8   2   8  0  173.0  182  120   96  13  108  105   0   9   809       1  4.99  4.60   92 1.676
 1932 25 DET AL  14  12  34  26  10   4   7  1  201.0  174   95   75  14  119  108   1   6   881       1  3.36  4.70  140 1.458
 1933 26 DET AL  14  12  33  28  17   2   4  2  233.0  192  102   80   8  110  120   6   2   984       1  3.09  4.32  140 1.296
 1934 27 DET AL  22  11  36  35  23   3   1  1  275.0  249  117  112  16  104  151   3   3  1153       0  3.67  4.41  120 1.284 AS
 1935 28 DET AL  21  10  36  34  23   4   1  1  274.3  277  129  107  22  113  163   3   5  1195       1  3.51  4.19  119 1.422 MVP-11,AS
 1936 29 DET AL  23  11  39  38  26   5   1  0  294.7  289  141  118  21  115  175   5   6  1272       1  3.60  4.94  137 1.371 MVP-9,AS
 1937 30 DET AL  15  12  34  31  18   3   2  0  245.3  267  129  111  15   91  138   3   4  1076       1  4.07  4.67  115 1.459 AS
 1938 31 DET AL  13   9  25  20  13   0   4  1  151.0  171   83   77  14   58  101   2   2   665       1  4.59  5.03  110 1.517
 1939 32 DET AL  17   7  29  26  16   2   2  2  198.0  186   87   77  11   61  129   6   4   840       0  3.50  4.90  140 1.247 MVP-22,AS
 1940 33 DET AL  12   9  29  28  12   2   1  0  197.7  171   89   74  11   88  133   0   5   843       0  3.37  4.73  140 1.310 AS
 1941 34 DET AL   9  12  25  22  10   1   2  0  147.7  128   66   56  10   70   90   1   2   630       1  3.41  4.52  132 1.341
 1942 35 DET AL   9   7  23  22  11   2   1  1  174.0  164   66   53   6   61   97   4   5   742       0  2.74  3.95  144 1.293
 1943 36 DET AL  12   7  25  22  11   3   3  0  191.7  159   57   51   9   61  124   0   3   774       0  2.39  3.53  147 1.148
 1945 38 DET AL   1   0   4   1   0   0   2  0   11.0   14    6    4   2    2    6   0   2    48       0  3.27  3.53  108 1.455
 1946 39 DET AL   1   1   9   1   0   0   6  1   21.3   24   16   14   5    8   17   1   1    95       0  5.91  3.64   62 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Yr WL% .584 194 138 424 362 200  33  47 10 2826.3 2675 1321 1122 181 1192 1674  35  59 12165       8  3.57  4.49  126 1.368
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  11  36  31  17   2   4  0  244.3  231  114   97  15  103  144   3   5  1052   0   0  3.57  4.49  126 1.368
 Career High     23  16  39  38  26   5   8  2  294.7  289  141  118  22  119  175   6   9  1272   0   1  2.39  5.03  147 1.148
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 23 DET AL   8   10    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .300  .364  .400   92    4   2           0    
 1931 24 DET AL  35   54    4    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  23  .148  .220  .148   -3    8   5           0    
 1932 25 DET AL  34   67    5   11   1  1   0    4   0  0   7  24  .164  .243  .209   16   14   5           0    
 1933 26 DET AL  33   78    5   16   2  2   0    5   0  0   7  17  .205  .271  .282   45   22   7           0    
 1934 27 DET AL  36   98    7   12   2  0   0   10   0  0   7  25  .122  .181  .143  -16   14   8           0     AS
 1935 28 DET AL  36  109    9   26   5  1   0   10   0  0   6  24  .239  .278  .303   52   33   4           0     MVP-11,AS
 1936 29 DET AL  39  118   10   25   4  1   0   15   0  0   3  26  .212  .231  .263   22   31   6           0     MVP-9,AS
 1937 30 DET AL  34   96    9   23   2  1   0    8   0  0   5  26  .240  .277  .281   40   27   3           0     AS
 1938 31 DET AL  25   54    5    7   1  1   0    3   0  0   6  17  .130  .217  .185   -1   10   4           0    
 1939 32 DET AL  29   71   11   14   2  0   0    6   0  0   8  24  .197  .278  .225   27   16   8           0   0 MVP-22,AS
 1940 33 DET AL  29   68    5   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   3  23  .176  .211  .206    5   14   4           0   1 AS
 1941 34 DET AL  25   47    2    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   4  11  .085  .157  .106  -32    5   4           0   1
 1942 35 DET AL  23   63    5    6   1  1   0    2   0  0   5  12  .095  .162  .143  -17    9   1           0   2
 1943 36 DET AL  25   64    4   14   3  0   0    3   0  0   5  14  .219  .275  .266   53   17   4           0   2
 1945 38 DET AL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 39 DET AL   9    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .400  .000   16    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     424 1003   83  181  27  8   0   72   0  0  74 271  .180  .237  .223   19  224  65   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        383   32   69  10  3   0   28   0  0  28 104  .180  .237  .223   19   86  25   0   0   0   2
 Career High     39  118   11   26   5  2   0   15   0  0   8  26                          33   8   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 23 DET AL   13    9    1   3.0   117| .300  .298| .364  .362| .400  .438| .764  .800|  92  .258  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1931 24 DET AL   64   51    2   1.0   110| .148  .290| .220  .358| .148  .415| .368  .772|  -3  .056  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1932 25 DET AL   79   61    3   1.3   114| .164  .290| .243  .361| .209  .426| .452  .788|  16  .080  -8.8  -0.8   0%
 1933 26 DET AL   92   69    6   2.3   108| .205  .283| .271  .355| .282  .408| .553  .763|  45  .214  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 1934 27 DET AL  113   94    3   0.8   112| .122  .288| .181  .362| .143  .415| .324  .777| -16  .037 -17.4  -1.7   0%
 1935 28 DET AL  119   87    9   2.8   109| .239  .284| .278  .356| .303  .410| .581  .766|  52  .251  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1936 29 DET AL  127   99    7   1.9   121| .212  .299| .231  .374| .263  .439| .494  .813|  22  .122 -15.3  -1.4   0%
 1937 30 DET AL  104   76    7   2.4   119| .240  .292| .277  .368| .281  .436| .558  .804|  40  .196  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1938 31 DET AL   64   51    2   1.0   124| .130  .299| .217  .379| .185  .445| .402  .824|  -1  .048  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1939 32 DET AL   87   65    4   1.6   120| .197  .295| .278  .371| .225  .436| .503  .807|  27  .111  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1940 33 DET AL   75   61    3   1.3   119| .176  .290| .211  .364| .206  .439| .417  .804|   5  .080 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 1941 34 DET AL   55   48    1   0.6   115| .085  .287| .157  .365| .106  .423| .263  .789| -32  .020  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1942 35 DET AL   69   60    1   0.4   101| .095  .275| .162  .350| .143  .385| .305  .735| -17  .017 -10.5  -1.1   0%
 1943 36 DET AL   73   56    5   2.4    93| .219  .265| .275  .341| .266  .366| .541  .706|  53  .308  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1945 38 DET AL    3    3    0   0.0    93| .000  .268| .000  .342| .000  .365| .000  .707|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1946 39 DET AL    5    3    0   0.0   100| .000  .271| .400  .346| .000  .389| .400  .735|  16  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     1142  893   54   1.6   113| .180  .288| .237  .362| .223  .420| .460  .782|  19  .114 -126.4 -12.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 23 DET AL P 8 0 7 1 0 .875 .946 0.88 1.18 1.67 2.20 5 37.7 1931 24 DET AL P 35 5 27 2 0 .941 .955 0.91 1.19 1.66 2.21 23 173.0 1932 25 DET AL P 34 5 34 2 1 .951 .958 1.15 1.21 1.75 2.24 26 201.0 1933 26 DET AL P 33 9 49 3 5 .951 .960 1.76 1.18 2.24 2.28 28 233.0 1934 27 DET AL P 36 6 42 2 2 .960 .956 1.33 1.11 1.57 2.14 35 275.0 AS 1935 28 DET AL P 36 15 39 2 4 .964 .949 1.50 1.12 1.77 2.15 34 274.3 AS 1936 29 DET AL P 39 19 51 2 3 .972 .956 1.79 1.04 2.14 1.99 38 294.7 AS 1937 30 DET AL P 34 14 46 1 2 .984 .954 1.76 1.09 2.20 2.05 31 245.3 AS 1938 31 DET AL P 25 8 19 2 0 .931 .951 1.08 1.12 1.61 2.11 20 151.0 1939 32 DET AL P 29 8 28 3 2 .923 .950 1.24 0.98 1.64 1.92 26 198.0 AS 1940 33 DET AL P 29 4 30 2 0 .944 .955 1.17 1.05 1.55 2.04 28 197.7 AS 1941 34 DET AL P 25 15 30 1 1 .978 .959 1.80 1.16 2.74 2.14 22 147.7 1942 35 DET AL P 23 15 32 1 2 .979 .957 2.04 1.30 2.43 2.31 22 174.0 1943 36 DET AL P 25 18 28 0 1 1.000 .962 1.84 1.27 2.16 2.27 22 191.7 1945 38 DET AL P 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 1.27 4.91 2.21 1 11.0 1946 39 DET AL P 9 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.44 1.01 1.69 2.03 1 21.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 23 DET AL P 8 0 7 1 0 .875 .946 0.88 1.18 1.67 2.20 5 37.7 1931 24 DET AL P 35 5 27 2 0 .941 .955 0.91 1.19 1.66 2.21 23 173.0 1932 25 DET AL P 34 5 34 2 1 .951 .958 1.15 1.21 1.75 2.24 26 201.0 1933 26 DET AL P 33 9 49 3 5 .951 .960 1.76 1.18 2.24 2.28 28 233.0 1934 27 DET AL P 36 6 42 2 2 .960 .956 1.33 1.11 1.57 2.14 35 275.0 1935 28 DET AL P 36 15 39 2 4 .964 .949 1.50 1.12 1.77 2.15 34 274.3 1936 29 DET AL P 39 19 51 2 3 .972 .956 1.79 1.04 2.14 1.99 38 294.7 1937 30 DET AL P 34 14 46 1 2 .984 .954 1.76 1.09 2.20 2.05 31 245.3 1938 31 DET AL P 25 8 19 2 0 .931 .951 1.08 1.12 1.61 2.11 20 151.0 1939 32 DET AL P 29 8 28 3 2 .923 .950 1.24 0.98 1.64 1.92 26 198.0 1940 33 DET AL P 29 4 30 2 0 .944 .955 1.17 1.05 1.55 2.04 28 197.7 1941 34 DET AL P 25 15 30 1 1 .978 .959 1.80 1.16 2.74 2.14 22 147.7 1942 35 DET AL P 23 15 32 1 2 .979 .957 2.04 1.30 2.43 2.31 22 174.0 1943 36 DET AL P 25 18 28 0 1 1.000 .962 1.84 1.27 2.16 2.27 22 191.7 1945 38 DET AL P 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 1.27 4.91 2.21 1 11.0 1946 39 DET AL P 9 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.44 1.01 1.69 2.03 1 21.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 424 144 469 24 23 .962 .956 1.45 1.13 1.95 2.14 362 2826.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 424 144 469 24 23 .962 .956 1.45 1.13 1.95 2.14 362 2826
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   3   2   3.63  1  1  0  1  17.1  21   7   1  12 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   2   2   2.50  2  0  0  2  18    18   5   4   9 
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   1   1   3.00  1  0  0  1   9    10   3   1   5 
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   1   0  16.20  0  0  0  0   1.2   3   3   3   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2   7   5   3.52  4  1  0  4  46    52  18   9  27 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   3   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   4  .143  .250  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   2   8   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   3  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2   7  18   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   8  .111  .158  .111   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1934   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1935   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1936   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   DET AL      0  0  0   3     7   3   3   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0 
 1939   DET AL      1  0  0   2.1   2   0   0   1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1940   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/6      0  1  0  0   5.1   9   3   3   1   3  0   0  0   0  0  2  0  0   5.06 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1934   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1935   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1936   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1939   DET AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1940   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/6      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1934
1935
1936
1937 *
1939 *
1940

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-11-0.14
1936-AL-9-0.31
1939-AL-22-0.02
Car-445-0.47 shares

ERA
1932 AL-3.36-5
1933 AL-3.09-2
1934 AL-3.67-9
1935 AL-3.51-6
1936 AL-3.60-4
1937 AL-4.07-10
1939 AL-3.50-7
1940 AL-3.37-9
1942 AL-2.74-9
1943 AL-2.39-4

Wins
1934 AL-22-3
1935 AL-21-3
1936 AL-23-1
1937 AL-15-8
1939 AL-17-5

Won-Loss %
1934 AL-.667-7
1935 AL-.677-4
1936 AL-.676-5
1939 AL-.708-8
1943 AL-.632-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1933 AL-1.296-5
1934 AL-1.284-4
1936 AL-1.371-6
1939 AL-1.247-6
1940 AL-1.310-9
1943 AL-1.148-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1932 AL-7.79-3
1933 AL-7.42-1
1934 AL-8.15-3
1936 AL-8.83-5
1939 AL-8.45-9
1940 AL-7.79-4
1943 AL-7.47-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1939 AL-2.77-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1931 AL-5.46-3
1932 AL-4.84-6
1933 AL-4.64-4
1934 AL-4.94-5
1935 AL-5.35-2
1936 AL-5.35-2
1937 AL-5.06-5
1939 AL-5.86-3
1940 AL-6.06-2
1942 AL-5.02-2
1943 AL-5.82-3

Innings
1933 AL-233.0-10
1934 AL-275.0-2
1935 AL-274.3-5
1936 AL-294.7-2
1937 AL-245.3-8

Strikeouts
1931 AL-105-9
1932 AL-108-8
1933 AL-120-4
1934 AL-151-2
1935 AL-163-1
1936 AL-175-1
1937 AL-138-5
1938 AL-101-10
1939 AL-129-3
1940 AL-133-4
1942 AL-97-7
1943 AL-124-4

Games Started
1934 AL-35-1
1935 AL-34-3
1936 AL-38-1
1937 AL-31-8

Comp. Games
1933 AL-17-5
1934 AL-23-2
1935 AL-23-2
1936 AL-26-2
1937 AL-18-8
1939 AL-16-6

Shutouts
1931 AL-2-3
1932 AL-4-1
1933 AL-2-4
1934 AL-3-5
1935 AL-4-2
1936 AL-5-2
1937 AL-3-6
1939 AL-2-4
1940 AL-2-9
1943 AL-3-5
Car-33-87

Home Runs Allow.
1931 AL-13-10
1934 AL-16-5
1935 AL-22-1
1936 AL-21-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1931 AL-108-6
1932 AL-119-2
1933 AL-110-3
1934 AL-104-6
1935 AL-113-2
1936 AL-115-6
1940 AL-88-9
Car-1192-53

Hits Allowed
1934 AL-249-8
1935 AL-277-4
1936 AL-289-4
1937 AL-267-6

SO to Walk
1934 AL-1.45-4
1935 AL-1.44-6
1936 AL-1.52-4
1937 AL-1.52-5
1939 AL-2.11-2
1940 AL-1.51-8
1942 AL-1.59-5
1943 AL-2.03-3

Losses
1931 AL-16-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1934 AL-112-8

Wild Pitches
1931 AL-9-1
1932 AL-6-4
1935 AL-5-10
1942 AL-5-6

Hit Batsmen
1933 AL-6-1
1934 AL-3-10
1936 AL-5-7
1939 AL-6-2
1942 AL-4-8

Batters Faced
1934 AL-1153-2
1935 AL-1195-4
1936 AL-1272-2
1937 AL-1076-7

Adjusted ERA+
1932 AL-140-2
1933 AL-140-2
1934 AL-120-10
1935 AL-119-10
1936 AL-137-3
1937 AL-115-10
1939 AL-140-6
1940 AL-140-4
1942 AL-144-6
1943 AL-147-2
Car-126-55

Black Ink: Pitching - 17 (119) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 180 (55) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 29.0 (153) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 81.0 (138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 15, 1945: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

Before 1946 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

September 14, 1946: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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