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Ted Abernathy

Theodore Wade Abernathy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 6, 1933 in Stanley, NC
High School: Stanley HS (Stanley, NC)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1955
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds/Royals/Indians/Senators/... 1955-1972

Final Game: September 30, 1972
Died: December 16, 2004 in Gastonia, NC
Buried: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, NC
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 22 WSH AL 5 9 .357 5.96 40 14 12 3 2 0 119.1 136 87 79 9 67 1 79 7 0 2 553 66 1.701 10.3 0.7 5.1 6.0 1.18
1956 23 WSH AL 1 3 .250 4.15 5 4 0 2 0 0 30.1 35 16 14 2 10 0 18 1 0 0 132 101 1.484 10.4 0.6 3.0 5.3 1.80
1957 24 WSH AL 2 10 .167 6.78 26 16 4 2 0 0 85.0 100 65 64 9 65 1 50 4 2 1 398 57 1.941 10.6 1.0 6.9 5.3 0.77
1960 27 WSH AL 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 17 37 2.667 12.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1963 30 CLE AL 7 2 .778 2.88 43 0 33 0 0 12 59.1 54 25 19 3 29 6 47 0 0 4 249 127 1.399 8.2 0.5 4.4 7.1 1.62
1964 31 CLE AL 2 6 .250 4.33 53 0 27 0 0 11 72.2 66 40 35 5 46 5 57 2 0 1 321 84 1.541 8.2 0.6 5.7 7.1 1.24
1965 32 CHC NL 4 6 .400 2.57 84 0 62 0 0 31 136.1 113 49 39 7 56 13 104 5 0 6 572 143 1.240 7.5 0.5 3.7 6.9 1.86
1966 33 TOT NL 5 7 .417 4.55 58 0 36 0 0 8 93.0 84 53 47 9 53 11 60 2 0 9 405 82 1.473 8.1 0.9 5.1 5.8 1.13
1966 33 CHC NL 1 3 .250 6.18 20 0 11 0 0 4 27.2 26 19 19 4 17 1 18 2 0 2 124 60 1.554 8.5 1.3 5.5 5.9 1.06
1966 33 ATL NL 4 4 .500 3.86 38 0 25 0 0 4 65.1 58 34 28 5 36 10 42 0 0 7 281 96 1.439 8.0 0.7 5.0 5.8 1.17
1967 34 CIN NL 6 3 .667 1.27 70 0 61 0 0 28 106.1 63 19 15 1 41 5 88 5 0 1 427 299 0.978 5.3 0.1 3.5 7.4 2.15 MVP-20
1968 35 CIN NL 10 7 .588 2.46 78 0 53 0 0 13 135.1 111 43 37 9 55 15 64 4 0 2 562 129 1.227 7.4 0.6 3.7 4.3 1.16
1969 36 CHC NL 4 3 .571 3.16 56 0 20 0 0 3 85.1 75 38 30 8 42 11 55 1 1 5 374 128 1.371 7.9 0.8 4.4 5.8 1.31
1970 37 TOT MLB 10 3 .769 2.60 58 0 37 0 0 14 83.0 65 31 24 3 55 5 59 5 0 3 366 152 1.446 7.0 0.3 6.0 6.4 1.07
1970 37 TOT NL 1 0 1.000 2.63 22 0 6 0 0 2 27.1 24 8 8 0 17 5 10 4 0 1 122 165 1.500 7.9 0.0 5.6 3.3 0.59
1970 37 CHC NL 0 0 2.00 11 0 3 0 0 1 9.0 9 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 40 231 1.556 9.0 0.0 5.0 2.0 0.40
1970 37 STL NL 1 0 1.000 2.95 11 0 3 0 0 1 18.1 15 6 6 0 12 4 8 3 0 1 82 143 1.473 7.4 0.0 5.9 3.9 0.67
1970 37 KCR AL 9 3 .750 2.59 36 0 31 0 0 12 55.2 41 23 16 3 38 0 49 1 0 2 244 145 1.419 6.6 0.5 6.1 7.9 1.29
1971 38 KCR AL 4 6 .400 2.56 63 0 46 0 0 23 81.0 60 28 23 3 50 4 55 6 0 1 348 134 1.358 6.7 0.3 5.6 6.1 1.10
1972 39 KCR AL 3 4 .429 1.70 45 0 25 0 0 5 58.1 44 15 11 2 19 3 28 3 0 0 239 179 1.080 6.8 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.47
14 Yrs 63 69 .477 3.46 681 34 416 7 2 148 1148.1 1010 513 441 70 592 80 765 45 3 35 4963 107 1.395 7.9 0.5 4.6 6.0 1.29
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .477 3.46 65 3 40 1 0 14 109 96 49 42 7 56 8 73 4 0 3 472 107 1.395 7.9 0.5 4.6 6.0 1.29
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
WSH (4 yrs) 8 22 .267 6.10 73 34 16 7 2 0 237.2 275 172 161 20 146 2 148 12 2 3 1100 65 1.771 10.4 0.8 5.5 5.6 1.01
CHC (4 yrs) 9 12 .429 3.14 171 0 96 0 0 39 258.1 223 108 90 19 120 26 179 9 1 13 1110 123 1.328 7.8 0.7 4.2 6.2 1.49
KCR (3 yrs) 16 13 .552 2.31 144 0 102 0 0 40 195.0 145 66 50 8 107 7 132 10 0 3 831 147 1.292 6.7 0.4 4.9 6.1 1.23
CIN (2 yrs) 16 10 .615 1.94 148 0 114 0 0 41 241.2 174 62 52 10 96 20 152 9 0 3 989 178 1.117 6.5 0.4 3.6 5.7 1.58
CLE (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 3.68 96 0 60 0 0 23 132.0 120 65 54 8 75 11 104 2 0 5 570 99 1.477 8.2 0.5 5.1 7.1 1.39
ATL (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.86 38 0 25 0 0 4 65.1 58 34 28 5 36 10 42 0 0 7 281 96 1.439 8.0 0.7 5.0 5.8 1.17
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.95 11 0 3 0 0 1 18.1 15 6 6 0 12 4 8 3 0 1 82 143 1.473 7.4 0.0 5.9 3.9 0.67
NL (6 yrs) 30 26 .536 2.71 368 0 238 0 0 85 583.2 470 210 176 34 264 60 381 21 1 24 2462 136 1.258 7.2 0.5 4.1 5.9 1.44
AL (9 yrs) 33 43 .434 4.22 313 34 178 7 2 63 564.2 540 303 265 36 328 20 384 24 2 11 2501 87 1.537 8.6 0.6 5.2 6.1 1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1955 22 WSH AL 119.1 40 14 87 6.56 4.71 -0.53 0.00 100.4 5.27 -18 -1.8 .8 -0.1 -1.0 -6 .454 .489 $
1956 23 WSH AL 30.1 5 4 16 4.75 4.25 -0.59 0.00 107.2 5.20 1 0.1 2.9 -0.0 0.3 4 .527 .501 $
1957 24 WSH AL 83.0 26 16 65 7.05 4.23 -0.62 0.00 103.0 4.99 -19 -1.9 .7 -0.0 -1.3 -12 .427 .488 $
1960 27 WSH AL 3.0 2 0 4 12.00 4.99 -0.10 -0.20 105.5 5.15 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.1 -2 .391 .499 $
1963 30 CLE AL 59.1 43 0 25 3.79 4.00 -0.07 -0.17 100.6 3.93 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.5 6 .504 .501 $
1964 31 CLE AL 72.2 53 0 40 4.95 4.07 -0.33 -0.16 100.2 4.24 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 1 .490 .497 $
1965 32 CHC NL 136.1 84 0 49 3.23 4.06 -0.11 -0.17 104.8 4.19 14 1.6 1.5 0.2 3.1 29 .520 .510 $10,500
1966 33 CHC NL 27.2 20 0 19 6.18 4.12 -0.24 -0.17 100.3 4.20 -6 -0.7 1.6 -0.3 -0.7 -3 .465 .496 $
1966 33 ATL NL 65.1 38 0 34 4.68 4.05 -0.07 -0.17 103.7 4.10 -5 -0.6 1.6 -0.3 -0.2 3 .485 .497 $
1967 34 CIN NL 106.1 70 0 19 1.61 3.95 -0.07 -0.17 109.8 4.23 30 3.6 2.0 1.6 6.1 41 .551 .522 $ MVP-20
1968 35 CIN NL 135.1 78 0 43 2.86 3.41 -0.25 -0.15 106.7 3.74 11 1.5 1.3 0.0 2.8 25 .519 .509 $
1969 36 CHC NL 85.1 56 0 38 4.01 4.06 -0.07 -0.17 111.8 4.42 3 0.3 1.3 -0.0 1.1 13 .506 .502 $
1970 37 CHC NL 9.0 11 0 2 2.00 4.66 -0.07 -0.20 109.4 4.97 3 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.5 4 .527 .502 $
1970 37 STL NL 18.1 11 0 6 2.95 4.73 -0.49 -0.20 103.5 5.20 4 0.5 2.1 0.2 0.8 6 .542 .503 $
1970 37 KCR AL 55.2 36 0 23 3.72 4.23 0.01 -0.17 100.6 4.07 3 0.3 2.0 0.0 0.8 8 .508 .502 $36,000
1971 38 KCR AL 81.0 63 0 28 3.11 3.99 0.01 -0.17 97.7 3.72 6 0.7 1.7 0.1 1.5 13 .510 .504 $38,000
1972 39 KCR AL 58.1 45 0 15 2.31 3.53 -0.11 -0.15 97.5 3.40 7 0.9 1.7 0.2 1.7 12 .521 .506 $
14 Seasons 1146.1 681 34 513 4.03 4.05 -0.22 -0.13 103.8 4.29 29 4.3 1.5 1.5 15.7 141 .506 .502 $84,500
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
WSH (4 yrs) 235.2 73 34 172 6.57 4.49 -0.56 -0.00 102.3 5.16 -38 -3.8 .8 -0.0 -2.1 -16 .448 .494 $
CHC (4 yrs) 258.1 171 0 108 3.76 4.08 -0.11 -0.17 106.8 4.30 14 1.6 1.5 -0.0 4.0 42 .509 .502 $10,500
KCR (3 yrs) 195.0 144 0 66 3.05 3.92 -0.03 -0.17 98.5 3.72 16 1.9 1.8 0.4 4.0 33 .513 .504 $74,000
CIN (2 yrs) 241.2 148 0 62 2.31 3.65 -0.17 -0.16 108.1 3.96 41 5.1 1.6 1.6 8.9 66 .534 .516 $
CLE (2 yrs) 132.0 96 0 65 4.43 4.04 -0.21 -0.17 100.4 4.10 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.3 0.3 7 .496 .499 $
ATL (1 yr) 65.1 38 0 34 4.68 4.05 -0.07 -0.17 103.7 4.10 -5 -0.6 1.6 -0.3 -0.2 3 .485 .497 $
STL (1 yr) 18.1 11 0 6 2.95 4.73 -0.49 -0.20 103.5 5.20 4 0.5 2.1 0.2 0.8 6 .542 .503 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1955 22 WSH AL 40 553 462 87 136 19 7 9 6 5 67 79 .294 .386 .424 .810 .332 196 10 7 9 8 1 9
1956 23 WSH AL 5 132 120 16 35 5 3 2 3 2 10 18 .292 .348 .433 .782 .327 52 3 1 0 1 0 1
1957 24 WSH AL 26 403 323 65 100 12 10 9 4 3 65 50 .310 .428 .492 .920 .341 159 8 4 8 3 1 0
1960 27 WSH AL 2 17 13 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 .308 .471 .308 .778 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 30 CLE AL 43 248 215 25 54 10 1 3 3 2 29 47 .251 .339 .349 .688 .307 75 3 0 4 1 6 3
1964 31 CLE AL 53 321 267 40 66 4 0 5 3 4 46 57 .247 .360 .318 .678 .295 85 7 2 4 2 5 6
1965 32 CHC NL 84 562 498 49 113 14 0 7 9 6 56 104 .227 .309 .297 .606 .270 148 14 5 8 5 13 14
1966 33 ATL NL 38 253 235 34 58 7 2 5 4 4 36 42 .247 .343 .357 .701 .277 84 3 0 7 3 10 2
1966 33 CHC NL 20 114 102 19 26 11 0 4 0 2 17 18 .255 .372 .480 .852 .275 49 2 2 3 0 1 1
1966 33 TOT NL 58 367 337 53 84 18 2 9 4 6 53 60 .249 .352 .395 .747 .277 133 5 2 10 3 11 3
1967 34 CIN NL 70 426 371 19 63 9 0 1 6 6 41 88 .170 .261 .202 .463 .219 75 9 5 9 1 5 12
1968 35 CIN NL 78 561 485 43 111 17 3 9 3 5 55 64 .229 .308 .332 .640 .243 161 14 4 9 8 15 10
1969 36 CHC NL 56 374 320 38 75 7 2 8 7 2 42 55 .234 .322 .344 .666 .258 110 2 1 8 3 11 8
1970 37 CHC NL 11 40 32 2 9 2 0 0 1 1 5 2 .281 .395 .344 .738 .300 11 0 1 2 0 1 0
1970 37 KCR AL 36 242 195 23 41 3 0 3 6 3 38 49 .210 .342 .272 .614 .266 53 4 1 9 0 0 2
1970 37 STL NL 11 82 61 6 15 2 1 0 0 3 12 8 .246 .385 .311 .696 .273 19 1 3 4 2 4 2
1970 37 TOT NL 22 122 93 8 24 4 1 0 1 4 17 10 .258 .388 .323 .711 .282 30 1 4 6 2 5 2
1970 37 TOT MLB 58 364 288 31 65 7 1 3 7 7 55 59 .226 .357 .288 .645 .272 83 5 5 15 2 5 4
1971 38 KCR AL 63 348 286 28 60 7 0 3 6 5 50 55 .210 .336 .266 .602 .247 76 7 6 3 3 4 4
1972 39 KCR AL 45 242 212 15 44 8 1 2 6 2 19 28 .208 .280 .283 .563 .228 60 4 3 5 2 3 9
14 Yrs 681 4918 4197 513 1010 137 30 70 68 55 592 765 .241 .338 .338 .675 .276 1417 91 45 92 42 80 83
162 Game Avg. 65 468 399 49 96 13 3 7 6 5 56 73 .241 .338 .338 .675 .276 135 9 4 9 4 8 8
MLB Averages .251 .318 .377 .695 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1955 22 WSH AL -25.3 -2.4 569 -2.5 7.4 -9.9 .83 -2.2 -0.8 -31.8 -3.1 0.83 -26.4 5 2 17
1956 23 WSH AL 0.1 0.0 138 -0.3 2.6 -2.9 1.09 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 1.09 -1.2 1 0 0
1957 24 WSH AL -24.1 -2.4 416 -2.5 5.6 -8.1 .95 -2.4 -0.2 -30.4 -2.9 0.95 -28.3 2 0 6
1960 27 WSH AL -2.2 -0.2 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .99 -0.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.99 -0.6 0 0 2
1963 30 CLE AL 3.5 0.4 263 0.9 6.1 -5.2 1.28 0.5 0.2 5.0 0.5 1.30 2.2 14 4 23
1964 31 CLE AL -6.2 -0.6 332 -0.8 5.6 -6.4 1.06 -0.1 -0.6 -6.3 -0.7 1.06 -4.0 17 5 31
1965 32 CHC NL 14.3 1.5 584 1.4 14.4 -13.0 1.56 2.0 -1.1 12.8 1.3 1.57 17.1 35 19 27
1966 33 TOT NL -8.3 -0.8 394 -1.1 8.3 -9.4 1.36 -0.1 -0.7 -7.6 -0.8 1.38 -3.5 26 4 23
1966 33 CHC NL -6.3 -0.6 124 -1.1 2.2 -3.3 1.10 -0.5 -0.5 -3.8 -0.4 1.18 -5.6 7 2 8
1966 33 ATL NL -2.0 -0.2 270 0.1 6.1 -6.0 1.47 0.4 -0.4 -3.9 -0.4 1.47 2.0 19 2 15
1967 34 CIN NL 25.9 2.9 440 4.8 14.8 -10.1 1.97 2.8 -0.3 23.4 2.4 1.97 26.2 41 6 22
1968 35 CIN NL 9.9 1.2 573 -0.2 11.7 -11.9 1.27 0.4 -0.6 -1.0 -0.1 1.27 5.8 27 20 28
1969 36 CHC NL 5.9 0.6 386 -0.6 6.2 -6.8 1.06 0.1 -0.7 -3.7 -0.4 1.06 0.5 21 12 22
1970 37 TOT MLB 10.3 1.1 385 1.1 11.6 -10.5 1.92 0.4 0.1 7.4 0.7 1.91 5.6 30 11 17
1970 37 TOT NL 5.4 0.5 130 0.5 3.0 -2.5 1.55 0.2 0.1 5.3 0.5 1.55 2.3 10 4 8
1970 37 CHC NL 2.5 0.2 43 0.3 1.0 -0.7 1.34 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.2 1.34 0.8 4 3 4
1970 37 STL NL 2.9 0.3 87 0.2 2.0 -1.8 1.65 0.2 -0.0 3.7 0.4 1.65 1.5 6 1 4
1970 37 KCR AL 5.0 0.5 255 0.5 8.6 -8.0 2.11 0.2 0.1 2.1 0.2 2.10 3.3 20 7 9
1971 38 KCR AL 7.2 0.8 362 0.3 8.0 -7.7 1.40 0.6 -0.4 11.5 1.3 1.40 7.0 33 4 23
1972 39 KCR AL 7.7 0.9 250 -0.2 5.8 -6.0 1.47 0.7 -0.8 6.4 0.7 1.47 3.3 20 5 19
14 Yrs 18.7 2.8 5110 0.1 108.5 -108.4 1.33 2.4 -2.3 -17.9 -1.2 1.33 3.8 272 92 260
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 22 WSH AL 40 14 4 8 2 0 0 5 9 .357 1 1 3 2 4 29% 42.7 83 21 17 8 9 2 3.4 3.0 5.3
1956 23 WSH AL 5 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 2 0 2 50% 49.8 73 31 0 0 2 1 2.9 2.5 7.5
1957 24 WSH AL 26 16 1 10 5 0 2 5 11 .313 1 3 2 0 5 31% 40.2 68 18 20 3 6 6 3.0 2.8 4.5
3 Yrs 71 34 6 21 7 0 3 11 23 .324 2 4 7 2 11 32% 42 83 18 37 11 17 9 3.2 2.8 5.2
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 118 -14 4.1 4.0 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 22 WSH AL 40 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 7 50% 7 .832 5 2 17 2 2 22 8 18 16 4 16 6 5.2
1956 23 WSH AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 1.086 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1957 24 WSH AL 26 10 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 .954 2 0 6 1 1 8 1 9 3 2 4 1 3.5
1960 27 WSH AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 .990 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.5
1963 30 CLE AL 43 43 33 7 2 14 12 2 86% 14 0 32 7 22% 8 1.279 14 4 23 14 6 23 16 27 21 8 21 14 4.1
1964 31 CLE AL 53 53 27 2 6 11 11 4 100% 12 1 30 9 30% 9 1.060 17 5 31 17 7 29 18 35 22 13 23 17 4.1
1965 32 CHC NL 84 84 62 4 6 38 31 7 82% 40 1 59 18 31% 8 1.562 35 19 27 41 8 33 40 42 48 12 50 37 4.9
1966 33 TOT NL 58 58 36 5 7 16 8 8 50% 16 0 39 15 38% 1.357 26 4 23 19 13 22 22 32 31 13 32 18 4.8
1966 33 CHC NL 20 20 11 1 3 7 4 3 57% 7 0 14 2 14% 7 1.101 7 2 8 8 2 8 8 10 7 6 9 6 4.2
1966 33 ATL NL 38 38 25 4 4 9 4 5 44% 9 0 25 13 52% 8 1.472 19 2 15 11 11 14 14 22 24 7 23 12 5.2
1967 34 CIN NL 70 70 61 6 3 34 28 6 82% 35 1 59 23 39% 8 1.974 41 6 22 35 12 23 38 32 41 15 42 30 4.6
1968 35 CIN NL 78 78 53 10 7 22 13 9 59% 24 2 46 24 52% 8 1.267 27 20 28 25 14 39 29 49 45 13 48 37 5.2
1969 36 CHC NL 56 56 20 4 3 6 3 3 50% 9 3 46 18 39% 8 1.058 21 12 22 11 12 33 28 28 30 17 33 19 4.6
1970 37 TOT MLB 58 58 37 10 3 19 14 5 74% 21 0 55 14 25% 1.918 30 11 17 23 15 20 28 30 26 21 26 19 4.3
1970 37 TOT NL 22 22 6 1 0 4 2 2 50% 5 0 23 5 22% 1.548 10 4 8 6 4 12 12 10 8 11 8 5 3.7
1970 37 CHC NL 11 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 10 3 30% 9 1.336 4 3 4 3 2 6 6 5 2 7 2 2 2.5
1970 37 STL NL 11 11 3 1 0 3 1 2 33% 3 0 13 2 15% 9 1.651 6 1 4 3 2 6 6 5 6 4 6 3 5.0
1970 37 KCR AL 36 36 31 9 3 15 12 3 80% 16 0 32 9 28% 8 2.105 20 7 9 17 11 8 16 20 18 10 18 14 4.6
1971 38 KCR AL 63 63 46 4 6 27 23 4 85% 35 7 58 11 19% 8 1.404 33 4 23 36 5 22 31 32 30 17 31 21 3.9
1972 39 KCR AL 45 45 25 3 4 10 5 5 50% 13 2 54 16 30% 7 1.466 20 5 19 13 10 22 28 17 22 14 22 13 3.9
14 Yrs 681 647 416 57 48 198 148 54 75% 221 17 497 166 33% 1.327 272 92 260 237 106 298 289 352 336 151 349 232 4.5
G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 22 WSH AL 553 60% 1.6% 14.3% 12.1% 6.3% 26% 0.99 69% 129 10 8%
1956 23 WSH AL 132 55% 1.5% 13.6% 7.6% 7.6% 29% 1.96 77% 25 3 12%
1957 24 WSH AL 403 64% 2.2% 12.4% 16.1% 7.7% 31% 1.48 66% 88 8 9%
1960 27 WSH AL 17 59% 0.0% 5.9% 23.5% 0.0% 0% 7.00 71% 2 0 0%
1963 30 CLE AL 249 51% 1.2% 19.0% 11.7% 5.7% 26% 1.56 67% 50 3 6%
1964 31 CLE AL 321 59% 1.6% 17.8% 14.3% 2.8% 14% 1.98 64% 75 7 9%
1965 32 CHC NL 572 58% 1.3% 18.5% 10.0% 3.7% 19% 2.45 70% 115 14 12%
1966 33 TOT NL 405 60% 2.5% 16.4% 14.4% 7.9% 35% 1.67 74% 73 5 7%
1966 33 CHC NL 124 56% 3.5% 15.8% 14.9% 13.2% 58% 2.53 70% 23 2 9%
1966 33 ATL NL 281 62% 2.0% 16.6% 14.2% 5.5% 24% 1.44 75% 50 3 6%
1967 34 CIN NL 426 61% 0.2% 20.7% 9.6% 2.4% 16% 2.98 66% 90 9 10%
1968 35 CIN NL 561 65% 1.6% 11.4% 9.8% 5.2% 26% 2.22 75% 117 14 12%
1969 36 CHC NL 374 68% 2.1% 14.7% 11.2% 4.6% 23% 1.79 70% 83 2 2%
1970 37 TOT MLB 365 55% 0.8% 16.2% 15.1% 3.0% 17% 2.40 63% 88 5 6%
1970 37 TOT NL 122 58% 0.0% 8.2% 13.9% 4.1% 21% 2.94 70% 29 1 3%
1970 37 CHC NL 40 68% 0.0% 5.0% 12.5% 5.0% 22% 3.00 75% 12 0 0%
1970 37 STL NL 82 54% 0.0% 9.8% 14.6% 3.7% 20% 2.91 67% 17 1 6%
1970 37 KCR AL 243 53% 1.2% 20.3% 15.7% 2.5% 15% 2.14 59% 59 4 7%
1971 38 KCR AL 348 59% 0.9% 15.8% 14.4% 2.9% 17% 1.39 66% 101 7 7%
1972 39 KCR AL 242 61% 0.8% 11.6% 7.9% 4.6% 25% 1.22 76% 56 4 7%
14 Yrs 4968 60% 1.4% 15.6% 12.0% 4.8% 24% 1.79 69% 1092 91 8%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 14.6% 8.6% 6.3% 28% 1.07 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 22 WSH AL 553 136 9 1 14 5 4 2 7 41 27 7 66% 9 2 2 242 6 5 55% 4 4 1 1 1 0 4 0 17 0
1956 23 WSH AL 132 35 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 11 7 2 64% 1 0 1 51 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1957 24 WSH AL 403 100 9 0 12 6 3 6 3 26 19 2 73% 0 1 2 161 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1960 27 WSH AL 17 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 30 CLE AL 248 54 3 0 12 0 3 3 0 27 12 3 44% 3 4 1 105 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 1
1964 31 CLE AL 321 66 5 0 18 0 5 3 2 24 11 5 46% 6 1 2 138 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1965 32 CHC NL 562 113 7 1 25 2 4 3 3 35 19 5 54% 14 6 0 229 9 6 60% 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 10
1966 33 TOT NL 367 84 9 0 11 4 4 4 4 31 16 4 52% 3 9 2 147 4 6 40% 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 23 38
1966 33 CHC NL 114 26 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 8 4 1 50% 1 2 0 51 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 10
1966 33 ATL NL 253 58 5 0 8 2 2 1 3 23 12 3 52% 2 7 2 96 4 4 50% 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 19 28
1967 34 CIN NL 426 63 1 0 18 1 0 0 1 21 8 6 38% 12 1 3 181 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1968 35 CIN NL 561 111 9 0 17 8 1 3 6 36 18 3 50% 10 2 0 223 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1969 36 CHC NL 374 75 8 0 19 5 3 5 3 32 16 2 50% 8 5 0 151 7 2 78% 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1970 37 TOT MLB 364 65 3 0 30 0 3 1 2 35 16 4 46% 4 3 2 159 7 7 50% 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
1970 37 TOT NL 122 24 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 16 7 0 44% 2 1 1 55 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 37 CHC NL 40 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 33% 0 0 0 21 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 37 STL NL 82 15 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 50% 2 1 1 34 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 37 KCR AL 242 41 3 0 19 0 3 1 2 19 9 4 47% 2 2 1 104 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1971 38 KCR AL 348 60 3 0 18 1 2 1 2 33 12 7 36% 4 1 0 162 6 5 55% 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1972 39 KCR AL 242 44 2 0 20 2 0 1 1 31 11 5 35% 9 0 0 94 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Yrs 4918 1010 70 2 222 34 34 33 35 383 192 55 50% 83 35 15 2048 68 55 55% 59 47 7 4 2 4 11 1 133 50
MLB Averages 50% 61%
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 22 5 9 .357 5.96 40 14 12 3 2 0 119.1 136 87 79 9 67 1 79 7 0 2 553 66 1.701 10.3 0.7 5.1 6.0 1.18 66
1956 23 6 12 .333 5.59 45 18 12 5 2 0 149.2 171 103 93 11 77 1 97 8 0 2 685 71 1.657 10.3 0.7 4.6 5.8 1.26 71
1957 24 8 22 .267 6.02 71 34 16 7 2 0 234.2 271 168 157 20 142 2 147 12 2 3 1083 66 1.760 10.4 0.8 5.4 5.6 1.04 66
1958 25 8 22 .267 6.02 71 34 16 7 2 0 234.2 271 168 157 20 142 2 147 12 2 3 1083 66 1.760 10.4 0.8 5.4 5.6 1.04 66
1959 26 8 22 .267 6.02 71 34 16 7 2 0 234.2 271 168 157 20 142 2 147 12 2 3 1083 66 1.760 10.4 0.8 5.4 5.6 1.04 66
1960 27 8 22 .267 6.10 73 34 16 7 2 0 237.2 275 172 161 20 146 2 148 12 2 3 1100 65 1.771 10.4 0.8 5.5 5.6 1.01 65
1961 28 8 22 .267 6.10 73 34 16 7 2 0 237.2 275 172 161 20 146 2 148 12 2 3 1100 65 1.771 10.4 0.8 5.5 5.6 1.01 65
1962 29 8 22 .267 6.10 73 34 16 7 2 0 237.2 275 172 161 20 146 2 148 12 2 3 1100 65 1.771 10.4 0.8 5.5 5.6 1.01 65
1963 30 15 24 .385 5.45 116 34 49 7 2 12 297.0 329 197 180 23 175 8 195 12 2 7 1349 71 1.697 10.0 0.7 5.3 5.9 1.11 71
1964 31 17 30 .362 5.23 169 34 76 7 2 23 369.2 395 237 215 28 221 13 252 14 2 8 1670 74 1.666 9.6 0.7 5.4 6.1 1.14 74
1965 32 21 36 .368 4.52 253 34 138 7 2 54 506.0 508 286 254 35 277 26 356 19 2 14 2242 84 1.551 9.0 0.6 4.9 6.3 1.29 84
1966 33 26 43 .377 4.52 311 34 174 7 2 62 599.0 592 339 301 44 330 37 416 21 2 23 2647 84 1.539 8.9 0.7 5.0 6.3 1.26 84
1967 34 32 46 .410 4.03 381 34 235 7 2 90 705.1 655 358 316 45 371 42 504 26 2 24 3074 94 1.455 8.4 0.6 4.7 6.4 1.36 94
1968 35 42 53 .442 3.78 459 34 288 7 2 103 840.2 766 401 353 54 426 57 568 30 2 26 3636 98 1.418 8.2 0.6 4.6 6.1 1.33 98
1969 36 46 56 .451 3.72 515 34 308 7 2 106 926.0 841 439 383 62 468 68 623 31 3 31 4010 100 1.414 8.2 0.6 4.5 6.1 1.33 100
1970 37 56 59 .487 3.63 573 34 345 7 2 120 1009.0 906 470 407 65 523 73 682 36 3 34 4376 103 1.416 8.1 0.6 4.7 6.1 1.30 103
1971 38 60 65 .480 3.55 636 34 391 7 2 143 1090.0 966 498 430 68 573 77 737 42 3 35 4724 105 1.412 8.0 0.6 4.7 6.1 1.29 105
1972 39 63 69 .477 3.46 681 34 416 7 2 148 1148.1 1010 513 441 70 592 80 765 45 3 35 4963 107 1.395 7.9 0.5 4.6 6.0 1.29 107

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 22 4 9 .308 6.23 120.0 142 92 83 9 70 79 7 1.767 10.7 5.3 5.9 1.13 0.7 40
1956 23 1 2 .333 4.06 31.0 35 16 14 2 10 18 1 1.452 10.2 2.9 5.2 1.80 0.6 5
1957 24 2 6 .250 7.76 80.0 106 77 69 10 69 47 4 2.188 11.9 7.8 5.3 0.68 1.1 26
1960 27 0 0 12.00 3.0 4 4 4 0 4 1 0 2.667 12.0 12.0 3.0 0.25 0.0 2
1963 30 4 2 .667 3.33 54.0 56 22 20 3 30 43 0 1.593 9.3 5.0 7.2 1.43 0.5 43
1964 31 3 4 .429 5.10 67.0 68 42 38 5 47 53 2 1.716 9.1 6.3 7.1 1.13 0.7 53
1965 32 9 5 .643 2.84 130.0 116 46 41 7 57 99 5 1.331 8.0 3.9 6.9 1.74 0.5 84
1966 33 3 6 .333 5.11 88.0 86 56 50 9 54 57 2 1.591 8.8 5.5 5.8 1.06 0.9 58
1967 34 10 1 .909 1.27 106.0 63 17 15 1 41 88 5 0.981 5.3 3.5 7.5 2.15 0.1 70
1968 35 8 5 .615 3.24 125.0 121 50 45 10 60 59 4 1.448 8.7 4.3 4.2 0.98 0.7 78
1969 36 6 3 .667 3.14 86.0 74 33 30 8 41 55 1 1.337 7.7 4.3 5.8 1.34 0.8 56
1970 37 5 3 .625 2.70 80.0 65 27 24 3 55 57 5 1.500 7.3 6.2 6.4 1.04 0.3 58
1971 38 5 3 .625 3.24 75.0 65 30 27 3 54 51 6 1.587 7.8 6.5 6.1 0.94 0.4 63
1972 39 4 2 .667 2.37 57.0 53 17 15 2 23 27 4 1.333 8.4 3.6 4.3 1.17 0.3 45
14 Yrs 64 51 .557 3.88 1102.0 1054 529 475 72 615 734 46 1.515 8.6 6.0 1.19 0.6 681

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (20, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1967 NL  5.9 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1967 NL  6.1 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.916 (97th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  5.996 (244th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 NL  84 (1st)
1967 NL  70 (1st)
1968 NL  78 (1st)
1971 AL  63 (4th)
Career  681 (113th)

Saves s c a p y
1963 AL  12 (9th)
1964 AL  11 (10th)
1965 NL  31 (1st)
1967 NL  28 (1st)
1968 NL  13 (5th)
1971 AL  23 (2nd)
Career  148 (74th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 NL  9 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1963 AL  33 (7th)
1965 NL  62 (1st)
1966 NL  36 (7th)
1967 NL  61 (1st)
1968 NL  53 (2nd)
1971 AL  46 (2nd)
Career  416 (56th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  26 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1967 NL  2.9 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 NL  23.36 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1967 NL  4.8 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1967 NL  2.8 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1967 NL  2.4 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1933-03-06 (2nd)
1970 NL  born 1933-03-06 (9th)
1971 AL  born 1933-03-06 (2nd)
1972 AL  born 1933-03-06 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bill Campbell (931)
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  8. Darold Knowles (923)
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  10. Bob Miller (918)
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  4. Ryan Vogelsong (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Murray (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Julio Santana (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Scanlan (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed Farmer (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Heathcliff Slocumb (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Don Elston (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tim Worrell (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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