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Don Liddle
Donald Eugene Liddle

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 17, 1953
Final Game September 19, 1956
Born May 25, 1925 in Mount Carmel, IL
Died June 5, 2000 in Mount Carmel, IL

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1953 28 MLN NL   7   6  31  15   4   0   9  2  128.7  119   54   44   6   55   63   2   3   543       0  3.08  3.94  128 1.352
 1954 29 NYG NL   9   4  28  19   4   3   4  0  126.7  100   48   43   5   55   44   3   2   521       0  3.06  4.07  133 1.224
 1955 30 NYG NL  10   4  33  13   4   0   9  1  106.3   97   54   50  18   61   56   4   0   467   7   0  4.23  4.04   95 1.486
 1956 31 TOT NL   2   4  25   7   1   0   8  1   66.0   81   47   41  13   32   35   1   4   306   8   0  5.59  3.77   67 1.712
         NYG NL   1   2  11   5   1   0   2  1   41.3   45   22   18   5   14   21   1   1   184   3   0  3.92  3.77   96 1.427
         STL NL   1   2  14   2   0   0   6  0   24.7   36   25   23   8   18   14   0   3   122   5   0  8.39  3.77   45 2.189
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .609  28  18 117  54  13   3  30  4  427.7  397  203  178  42  203  198  10   9  1837  15   0  3.75  3.98  106 1.403
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   7  46  21   5   1  11  1  170.0  157   80   70  16   80   78   3   3   730   5   0  3.75  3.98  106 1.403
 Career High     10   6  33  19   4   3   9  2  128.7  119   54   50  18   61   63   4   4   543   8   0  3.06  4.07  133 1.224

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 28 MLN NL  31   34    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   9  .088  .162  .088  -31    3   4           0   0
 1954 29 NYG NL  29   37    3    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   8  12  .189  .333  .189   41    7   2   0       0   0
 1955 30 NYG NL  33   27    2    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   6   6  .185  .343  .185   45    5   2   1   0   1   2
 1956 31 TOT NL  26   14    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .143  .200  .143   -5    2   3   0   0   0   0
         NYG NL  11   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .167  .231  .167   10    2   3   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  15    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      119  112    9   17   0  0   0    5   0  0  18  29  .152  .273  .152   16   17  11   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        152   12   23   0  0   0    7   0  0  25  39  .152  .273  .152   16   23  15   1   0   1   3
 Career High     33   37    3    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   8  12                           7   4   1   0   1   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 28 MLN NL   41   35    0   0.0   105| .088  .267| .162  .337| .088  .416| .250  .753| -31  .000  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1954 29 NYG NL   47   32    2   1.7   110| .189  .275| .333  .347| .189  .426| .522  .772|  41  .128  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1955 30 NYG NL   37   27    2   2.0   106| .185  .267| .343  .338| .185  .422| .528  .760|  45  .172  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1956 31 TOT NL   18   15    1   1.8   102| .143  .263| .200  .330| .143  .415| .343  .745|  -5  .156  -2.1  -0.3   0%
         NYG NL   16   13    1   2.1   102| .167  .263| .231  .330| .167  .415| .398  .745|  10  .195  -1.5  -0.2   0%
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   103| .000  .264| .000  .331| .000  .417| .000  .748|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       143  109    5   1.2   107| .152  .269| .273  .340| .152  .420| .425  .760|  16  .077 -13.3  -1.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 ------+
1953 28 MLN NL P 31 5 20 2 2 .926 .954 0.81 0.87 1.75 2.06 15 128.7 1954 29 NYG NL P 28 6 19 1 1 .962 .962 0.89 0.87 1.78 2.07 19 126.7 1955 30 NYG NL P 33 5 15 1 0 .952 .948 0.61 0.83 1.69 2.04 13 106.3 1956 31 TOT NL P 25 7 10 1 1 .944 .966 0.68 0.83 2.32 2.05 7 66.0 NYG NL P 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 .965 1.00 0.83 2.40 2.05 5 41.3 STL NL P 14 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 0.43 0.83 2.19 2.04 2 24.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 28 MLN NL P 31 5 20 2 2 .926 .954 0.81 0.87 1.75 2.06 15 128.7 1954 29 NYG NL P 28 6 19 1 1 .962 .962 0.89 0.87 1.78 2.07 19 126.7 1955 30 NYG NL P 33 5 15 1 0 .952 .948 0.61 0.83 1.69 2.04 13 106.3 1956 31 TOT NL P 25 7 10 1 1 .944 .966 0.68 0.83 2.32 2.05 7 66.0 NYG NL P 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 .965 1.00 0.83 2.40 2.05 5 41.3 STL NL P 14 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 0.43 0.83 2.19 2.04 2 24.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 117 23 64 5 4 .946 .957 0.74 0.85 1.83 2.06 54 427.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 117 23 64 5 4 .946 .957 0.74 0.85 1.83 2.05 54 428
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   2   1   1.29  1  0  0  0   7     5   1   1   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   2   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.
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 %
1954 NL-.692-7
1955 NL-.714-3

Shutouts
1954 NL-3-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1636) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1065) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

February 1, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Johnny Antonelli, Billy Klaus, Ebba St. Claire, and $50,000 to the New York Giants for Bobby Thomson and Sam Calderone.

June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Giants with Alvin Dark, Ray Katt, and Whitey Lockman to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, and Bill Sarni. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.


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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