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Ed Head
Edward Marvin Head

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut July 27, 1940
Final Game August 25, 1946
Born January 25, 1918 in Selma, LA
Died January 31, 1980 in Bastrop, LA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 22 BRO NL   1   2  13   5   2   0   3  0   39.3   40   21   18   0   18   13   0   0   176       0  4.12  4.00   97 1.475
 1942 24 BRO NL  10   6  36  15   5   1  11  4  136.7  118   60   54  11   47   78   3   3   571       0  3.56  3.25   91 1.207
 1943 25 BRO NL   9  10  47  18   7   3  17  6  169.7  166   75   69   8   66   83   0   2   741       0  3.66  3.34   91 1.367
 1944 26 BRO NL   4   3   9   8   5   1   0  0   63.3   54   21   19   2   19   17   0   0   225       0  2.70  3.54  131 1.153
 1946 28 BRO NL   3   2  13   7   3   1   3  1   56.0   56   24   20   3   24   17   0   0   240       0  3.21  3.38  105 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .540  27  23 118  53  22   6  34 11  465.0  434  201  180  24  174  208   3   5  1953       0  3.48  3.40   98 1.308
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  46  21   8   2  13  4  184.7  172   79   71   9   69   82   1   1   776   0   0  3.48  3.40   98 1.308
 Career High     10  10  47  18   7   3  17  6  169.7  166   75   69  11   66   83   3   3   741   0   0  2.70  3.54  131 1.153

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 22 BRO NL  14   11    2    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .182  .182  .182   -2    2   0           0   0
 1942 24 BRO NL  36   39    4   13   1  0   0    6   1      3   9  .333  .381  .359  115   14   4           0   0
 1943 25 BRO NL  47   46    4    7   0  0   0    3   0      1   7  .152  .170  .152   -7    7   9           0   0
 1944 26 BRO NL   9   19    3    5   0  0   0    1   0      2   5  .263  .333  .263   71    5   4           0   0
 1946 28 BRO NL  13   16    2    5   1  0   0    1   0      1   2  .313  .353  .375  106    6   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      119  131   15   32   2  0   0   13   1  0   7  25  .244  .283  .260   56   34  17   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        178   20   44   3  0   0   18   1  0  10  34  .244  .283  .260   56   46  23   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47   46    4   13   1  0   0    6   1  0   3   9                          14   9   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 22 BRO NL   11    9    0   0.0   103| .182  .279| .182  .344| .182  .401| .364  .745|  -2  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1942 24 BRO NL   46   30    5   4.5    88| .333  .258| .381  .330| .359  .359| .740  .689| 115  .575   0.8   0.1     
 1943 25 BRO NL   56   48    1   0.6    89| .152  .265| .170  .333| .152  .359| .322  .692|  -7  .027  -6.5  -0.7     
 1944 26 BRO NL   25   18    2   3.0    92| .263  .266| .333  .332| .263  .373| .596  .705|  71  .348  -0.7  -0.1     
 1946 28 BRO NL   17   11    2   4.9    93| .313  .264| .353  .339| .375  .369| .728  .708| 106  .585   0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       155  116   10   2.3    91| .244  .264| .283  .334| .260  .366| .543  .700|  56  .270  -7.8  -0.9     

* 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 ------+
1940 22 BRO NL P 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.23 1.10 0.69 2.22 5 39.3 1942 24 BRO NL P 36 9 29 3 1 .927 .967 1.06 1.17 2.50 2.35 15 136.7 1943 25 BRO NL P 47 6 40 3 2 .939 .960 0.98 1.16 2.44 2.27 18 169.7 1944 26 BRO NL P 9 4 6 0 0 1.000 .962 1.11 1.09 1.42 2.15 8 63.3 1946 28 BRO NL P 13 2 9 1 1 .917 .957 0.85 1.01 1.77 2.23 7 56.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 22 BRO NL P 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.23 1.10 0.69 2.22 5 39.3 1942 24 BRO NL P 36 9 29 3 1 .927 .967 1.06 1.17 2.50 2.35 15 136.7 1943 25 BRO NL P 47 6 40 3 2 .939 .960 0.98 1.16 2.44 2.27 18 169.7 1944 26 BRO NL P 9 4 6 0 0 1.000 .962 1.11 1.09 1.42 2.15 8 63.3 1946 28 BRO NL P 13 2 9 1 1 .917 .957 0.85 1.01 1.77 2.23 7 56.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 118 21 87 7 4 .939 .963 0.92 1.13 2.09 2.27 53 465.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 118 21 87 7 4 .939 .963 0.92 1.13 2.09 2.27 53 465
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1942 NL-.625-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1943 NL-4.40-6

Games
1943 NL-47-3

Saves
1942 NL-4-6
1943 NL-6-4

Shutouts
1943 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1942 NL-11-9

Games Finished
1943 NL-17-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1389) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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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