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Ryne Duren
Rinold George Duren Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 25, 1954
Final Game August 18, 1965
Born February 22, 1929 in Cazenovia, WI

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 25 BAL AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    3    3    2   0    1    2   0   0    11       0  9.00  3.57   40 2.000
 1957 28 KCA AL   0   3  14   6   0   0   2  1   42.7   37   26   25   4   30   37   2   5   193   1   0  5.27  3.94   75 1.570
 1958 29 NYY AL   6   4  44   1   0   0  33 20   75.7   40   20   17   4   43   87   7   2   307   1   0  2.02  3.54  175 1.097 MVP-22,RoY-2,AS
 1959 30 NYY AL   3   6  41   0   0   0  29 14   76.7   49   18   16   6   43   96   3   4   322   2   0  1.88  3.63  193 1.200 AS
 1960 31 NYY AL   3   4  42   1   0   0  17  9   49.0   27   29   27   3   49   67   7   4   229   1   0  4.96  3.56   72 1.551
 1961 32 TOT AL   6  13  44  14   1   1  11  2  104.0   89   73   60  15   79  115   3   7   481   1   0  5.19  4.47   86 1.615 AS
         NYY AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    2    3    3   2    4    7   0   0    21   0   0  5.40  3.74   69 1.200
         LAA AL   6  12  40  14   1   1   9  2   99.0   87   70   57  13   75  108   3   7   460   1   0  5.18  4.51   87 1.636
 1962 33 LAA AL   2   9  42   3   0   0  16  8   71.3   53   38   35   1   57   74   6   4   327   2   1  4.42  3.85   87 1.542
 1963 34 PHI NL   6   2  33   7   1   0  15  2   87.3   65   33   32   6   52   84   5   4   372   1   1  3.30  3.26   99 1.340
 1964 35 TOT NL   0   2  28   0   0   0  11  1   46.7   46   20   16   1   16   44   4   4   205   1   1  3.09  3.60  117 1.329
         PHI NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    3    2   0    1    5   1   0    17   0   0  6.00  3.47   58 2.000
         CIN NL   0   2  26   0   0   0  10  1   43.7   41   17   14   1   15   39   3   4   188   1   1  2.89  3.61  125 1.282
 1965 36 TOT      1   1  22   0   0   0  11  0   34.0   34   24   21   0   22   24   4   4   154   5   0  5.56  3.46   62 1.647
         PHI NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   3  0   11.0   10    7    4   0    4    6   1   1    44   1   0  3.27  3.47  106 1.273
         WSA AL   1   1  16   0   0   0   8  0   23.0   24   17   17   0   18   18   3   3   110   4   0  6.65  3.46   52 1.826
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .380  27  44 311  32   2   1 145 57  589.3  443  284  251  40  392  630  41  38  2601  15   3  3.83  3.74   98 1.417
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   8  61   6   0   0  28 11  116.7   87   56   49   7   77  124   8   7   515   2   0  3.83  3.74   98 1.417
 Career High      6  13  44  14   1   1  33 20  104.0   89   73   60  15   79  115   7   7   481   5   1  1.88  4.47  193 1.097
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 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 / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 28 KCA AL  14   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .071  .071  .071  -61    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1958 29 NYY AL  44   13    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   8  .077  .294  .077   10    1   4   0   0   1   0 MVP-22,RoY-2,AS
 1959 30 NYY AL  41   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8  .000  .176  .000  -46    0   3   0   0   1   1 AS
 1960 31 NYY AL  42    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1
 1961 32 TOT AL  44   25    2    1   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  15  .040  .143  .040  -50    1   1   0   0   0   0 AS
         LAA AL  40   25    2    1   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  15  .040  .143  .040  -50    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1962 33 LAA AL  42   15    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .067  .067  .133  -47    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1963 34 PHI NL  34   21    4    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  11  .143  .250  .143   17    3   0   0   0   2   0
 1964 35 TOT NL  28    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .167  .000  -49    0   0   0   0   1   0
         CIN NL  26    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .167  .000  -49    0   0   0   0   1   0
 1965 36 TOT     22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     312  114    8    7   1  0   0    5   0  0   9  66  .061  .164  .070  -33    8  10   0   0   5   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         59    4    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   5  34  .061  .164  .070  -33    4   5   0   0   3   2
 Career High     44   25    4    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  15                           3   4   0   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 28 KCA AL   14   14    0   0.0   100| .071  .264| .071  .336| .071  .399| .142  .735| -61  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1958 29 NYY AL   21   16    1   1.7    95| .077  .257| .294  .325| .077  .390| .371  .715|  10  .151  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1959 30 NYY AL   20   18    0   0.0    95| .000  .256| .176  .326| .000  .391| .176  .717| -46  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1960 31 NYY AL    7    8    0   0.0    96| .000  .256| .000  .329| .000  .392| .000  .721|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1961 32 TOT AL   29   25    0   0.0   113| .040  .276| .143  .353| .040  .430| .183  .783| -50  .000  -5.8  -0.6   0%
         LAA AL   29   25    0   0.0   113| .040  .276| .143  .353| .040  .430| .183  .783| -50  .000  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1962 33 LAA AL   16   15    0   0.0   100| .067  .259| .067  .331| .133  .404| .200  .735| -47  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1963 34 PHI NL   24   18    1   1.5    88| .143  .253| .250  .315| .143  .378| .393  .693|  17  .148  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1964 35 TOT NL    6    5    0   0.0    96| .000  .267| .167  .325| .000  .396| .167  .721| -49  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL    6    5    0   0.0    96| .000  .267| .167  .325| .000  .396| .167  .721| -49  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1965 36 TOT       1    1    0   0.0    92| .000  .256| .000  .319| .000  .387| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0    92| .000  .256| .000  .319| .000  .387| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      138  120    2   0.4    99| .061  .262| .164  .332| .070  .400| .234  .732| -33  .015 -21.3  -2.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 25 BAL AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1957 28 KCA AL P 14 3 8 0 0 1.000 .965 0.79 0.86 2.32 1.98 6 42.7 1958 29 NYY AL P 44 1 11 1 2 .923 .960 0.27 0.82 1.43 1.95 1 75.7 AS 1959 30 NYY AL P 41 1 9 0 2 1.000 .952 0.24 0.85 1.17 2.05 0 76.7 AS 1960 31 NYY AL P 42 2 9 0 0 1.000 .965 0.26 0.78 2.02 1.97 1 49.0 1961 32 TOT AL P 44 6 6 2 0 .857 .952 0.27 0.83 1.04 2.04 14 104.0 AS NYY AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 LAA AL P 40 6 6 2 0 .857 .952 0.30 0.83 1.09 2.05 14 99.0 1962 33 LAA AL P 42 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 0.19 0.79 1.01 2.08 3 71.3 1963 34 PHI NL P 33 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.84 1.03 2.06 7 87.3 1964 35 TOT NL P 28 1 4 2 0 .714 .962 0.18 0.84 0.96 2.14 0 46.7 PHI NL P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 CIN NL P 26 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.19 0.84 1.03 2.14 0 43.7 1965 36 TOT P 22 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.77 1.59 2.04 0 34.0 PHI NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.82 2.45 2.05 0 11.0 WSA AL P 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.19 0.75 1.17 2.03 0 23.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 25 BAL AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1957 28 KCA AL P 14 3 8 0 0 1.000 .965 0.79 0.86 2.32 1.98 6 42.7 1958 29 NYY AL P 44 1 11 1 2 .923 .960 0.27 0.82 1.43 1.95 1 75.7 1959 30 NYY AL P 41 1 9 0 2 1.000 .952 0.24 0.85 1.17 2.05 0 76.7 1960 31 NYY AL P 42 2 9 0 0 1.000 .965 0.26 0.78 2.02 1.97 1 49.0 1961 32 TOT AL P 44 6 6 2 0 .857 .952 0.27 0.83 1.04 2.04 14 104.0 NYY AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 1.98 0 5.0 LAA AL P 40 6 6 2 0 .857 .952 0.30 0.83 1.09 2.05 14 99.0 1962 33 LAA AL P 42 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 0.19 0.79 1.01 2.08 3 71.3 1963 34 PHI NL P 33 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.84 1.03 2.06 7 87.3 1964 35 TOT NL P 28 1 4 2 0 .714 .962 0.18 0.84 0.96 2.14 0 46.7 PHI NL P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 CIN NL P 26 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.19 0.84 1.03 2.14 0 43.7 1965 36 TOT P 22 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.77 1.59 2.04 0 34.0 PHI NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.82 2.45 2.05 0 11.0 WSA AL P 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.19 0.75 1.17 2.03 0 23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 311 17 68 6 4 .934 .957 0.27 0.82 1.30 2.04 32 589.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 311 17 68 6 4 .934 .957 0.27 0.82 1.30 2.04 32 589
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   3   0   1.93  1  1  1  0   9.1   7   2   6  14 
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   2   0   2.25  0  0  0  0   4     2   1   1   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   5   0   2.02  1  1  1  0  13.1   9   3   7  19 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1960   WS    NYY PIT     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   5   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   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
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1958   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-1 NYY AL      0  0  0   3     1   0   0   1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1959-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 LAA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-1 NYY AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 LAA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/4      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   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
1958
1959-1 *
1959-2
1961-1

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-AL-22-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
1958 AL-44-9

Saves
1958 AL-20-1
1959 AL-14-2
1960 AL-9-7
1962 AL-8-9

Wild Pitches
1957 AL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1958 AL-7-7
1960 AL-7-6

Games Finished
1958 AL-33-3
1959 AL-29-4

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (574) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

September 21, 1956: Sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics to complete an earlier deal made on September 17, 1956. The Baltimore Orioles sent a player to be named later and Jim Pisoni to the Kansas City Athletics for players to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Ryne Duren (September 21, 1956) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Art Ceccarelli (October 11, 1956) and Al Pilarcik (October 11, 1956) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

June 15, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Jim Pisoni and Harry Simpson to the New York Yankees for Billy Martin, Ralph Terry, Woodie Held, and Bob Martyn.

May 8, 1961: Traded by the New York Yankees with Johnny James and Lee Thomas to the Los Angeles Angels for Tex Clevenger and Bob Cerv.

March 14, 1963: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Los Angeles Angels.

May 13, 1964: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 13, 1965: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

April 13, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 8, 1965: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 8, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

August 24, 1965: Released by the Washington Senators.


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