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Ed Heusser
Edward Burlton Heusser (The Wild Elk Of The Wasatch)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 25, 1935
Final Game September 14, 1948
Born May 7, 1909 in Salt Lake County, UT
Died March 1, 1956 in Aurora, CO

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 26 STL NL   5   5  33  11   2   0  10  2  123.3  125   50   40   5   27   39   2   2   511       1  2.92  4.10  140 1.232
 1936 27 STL NL   7   3  42   3   0   0  14  3  104.3  130   73   63   6   38   26   4   6   473       0  5.43  3.94   72 1.610
 1938 29 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    3    3   1    1    0   0   0     6       0 27.00  4.01   15 3.000
 1940 31 PHA AL   6  13  41   6   2   0  26  5  110.0  144   84   61  11   42   39   2   1   518       0  4.99  4.42   89 1.691
 1943 34 CIN NL   4   3  26  10   2   1   6  0   91.0   97   40   35   4   23   28   0   1   380       0  3.46  3.34   96 1.319
 1944 35 CIN NL  13  11  30  23  17   4   6  2  192.7  165   59   51   9   42   42   1   1   769       0  2.38  3.50  147 1.074
 1945 36 CIN NL  11  16  31  30  18   4   1  1  223.0  248  105   92  10   60   56   3   0   965       0  3.71  3.76  101 1.381 MVP-21
 1946 37 CIN NL   7  14  29  21   9   1   5  2  167.7  167   68   60  11   39   47   1   1   692       0  3.22  3.34  104 1.229
 1948 39 PHI NL   3   2  33   0   0   0  21  3   74.0   89   46   41   9   28   22   0   1   330       0  4.99  3.95   79 1.581
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .455  56  67 266 104  50  10  90 18 1087.0 1167  528  446  66  300  299  13  13  4644       1  3.69  3.75  102 1.350
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  48  19   9   1  16  3  199.7  214   97   81  12   55   54   2   2   853   0   0  3.69  3.75  102 1.350
 Career High     13  16  42  30  18   4  26  5  223.0  248  105   92  11   60   56   4   6   965   0   1  2.38  4.42  147 1.074

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 26 STL NL  33   34    1    4   0  1   0    2   0      1  10  .118  .143  .176  -16    6   1           0   1
 1936 27 STL NL  42   26    4    7   0  1   1    4   0      3  12  .269  .345  .462  115   12   0           0   0
 1940 31 PHA AL  41   30    4    5   0  0   1    4   0  0   5  12  .167  .286  .267   45    8   1           0   0
 1943 34 CIN NL  26   27    0    5   0  0   0    2   0      0   5  .185  .185  .185    8    5   1           0   1
 1944 35 CIN NL  30   69    4   15   3  0   0    3   0      0  17  .217  .217  .261   37   18   1           0   0
 1945 36 CIN NL  31   77   10   19   2  1   1    7   0      3  19  .247  .275  .338   71   26   5           0   1 MVP-21
 1946 37 CIN NL  29   53    8   11   3  0   0    1   0      3  11  .208  .250  .264   48   14   4           0   1
 1948 39 PHI NL  33   19    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   5  .158  .158  .158  -14    3   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      266  335   32   69   8  3   3   24   0  0  15  91  .206  .240  .275   43   92  13   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        204   19   42   5  2   2   15   0  0   9  55  .206  .240  .275   43   56   8   0   0   0   2
 Career High     42   77   10   19   3  1   1    7   0  0   5  19                          26   5   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 26 STL NL   36   32    1   0.8   107| .118  .290| .143  .346| .176  .414| .319  .760| -16  .041  -5.9  -0.6     
 1936 27 STL NL   29   19    4   5.7   103| .269  .286| .345  .345| .462  .400| .807  .745| 115  .585   0.4   0.0     
 1940 31 PHA AL   36   26    2   2.0   109| .167  .277| .286  .349| .267  .420| .553  .769|  45  .164  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1943 34 CIN NL   28   24    1   1.1    89| .185  .264| .185  .332| .185  .358| .370  .690|   8  .091  -3.3  -0.4     
 1944 35 CIN NL   70   55    4   2.0    91| .217  .263| .217  .330| .261  .370| .478  .699|  37  .197  -5.9  -0.6     
 1945 36 CIN NL   85   64    7   2.9    95| .247  .271| .275  .340| .338  .374| .613  .714|  71  .333  -3.4  -0.4     
 1946 37 CIN NL   60   47    4   2.3    89| .208  .258| .250  .332| .264  .361| .514  .693|  48  .260  -3.6  -0.4     
 1948 39 PHI NL   19   16    0   0.0   100| .158  .267| .158  .341| .158  .394| .316  .735| -14  .000  -3.0  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       363  283   23   2.2    96| .206  .270| .240  .338| .275  .381| .515  .719|  43  .220 -27.3  -2.9     

* 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 ------+
1935 26 STL NL P 33 7 20 1 3 .964 .957 0.82 1.18 1.97 2.31 11 123.3 1936 27 STL NL P 42 2 24 4 2 .867 .949 0.62 1.16 2.24 2.32 3 104.3 1938 29 PHI NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1940 31 PHA AL P 41 9 21 1 1 .968 .955 0.73 1.05 2.45 2.04 6 110.0 1943 34 CIN NL P 26 6 14 0 1 1.000 .962 0.77 1.16 1.98 2.27 10 91.0 1944 35 CIN NL P 30 11 33 1 1 .978 .961 1.47 1.09 2.06 2.14 23 192.7 1945 36 CIN NL P 31 9 45 1 2 .982 .963 1.74 1.06 2.18 2.18 30 223.0 1946 37 CIN NL P 29 7 26 3 3 .917 .959 1.14 1.01 1.77 2.24 21 167.7 1948 39 PHI NL P 33 5 15 1 0 .952 .962 0.61 0.91 2.43 2.10 0 74.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 26 STL NL P 33 7 20 1 3 .964 .957 0.82 1.18 1.97 2.31 11 123.3 1936 27 STL NL P 42 2 24 4 2 .867 .949 0.62 1.16 2.24 2.32 3 104.3 1938 29 PHI NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1940 31 PHA AL P 41 9 21 1 1 .968 .955 0.73 1.05 2.45 2.04 6 110.0 1943 34 CIN NL P 26 6 14 0 1 1.000 .962 0.77 1.16 1.98 2.27 10 91.0 1944 35 CIN NL P 30 11 33 1 1 .978 .961 1.47 1.09 2.06 2.14 23 192.7 1945 36 CIN NL P 31 9 45 1 2 .982 .963 1.74 1.06 2.18 2.18 30 223.0 1946 37 CIN NL P 29 7 26 3 3 .917 .959 1.14 1.01 1.77 2.24 21 167.7 1948 39 PHI NL P 33 5 15 1 0 .952 .962 0.61 0.91 2.43 2.10 0 74.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 266 56 198 12 13 .955 .959 0.95 1.08 2.10 2.20 104 1087.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 266 56 198 12 13 .955 .959 0.95 1.08 2.10 2.20 104 1087
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-NL-21-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

ERA
1944 NL-2.38-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1944 NL-1.074-2
1946 NL-1.229-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1944 NL-7.71-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1944 NL-1.96-6
1945 NL-2.42-8
1946 NL-2.09-4

Games
1940 AL-41-3

Saves
1936 NL-3-9
1940 AL-5-4

Innings
1945 NL-223.0-8

Games Started
1945 NL-30-6

Comp. Games
1944 NL-17-8
1945 NL-18-4

Shutouts
1944 NL-4-6
1945 NL-4-2

Home Runs Allow.
1946 NL-11-9

Hits Allowed
1945 NL-248-4

Losses
1940 AL-13-10
1945 NL-16-2
1946 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1945 NL-92-5

Wild Pitches
1936 NL-6-10

Batters Faced
1945 NL-965-6

Games Finished
1940 AL-26-4
1948 NL-21-6

Adjusted ERA+
1944 NL-147-1

Oldest Player
1948 NL-39-9

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1459) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 3, 1940: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Atlanta (Southern Association) for Lum Harris.

October 13, 1941: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1941 minor league draft.

December 4, 1946: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Augie Galan.

March 29, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Brooklyn Dodgers.


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