Fritz Ackley

Florian Frederick Ackley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: April 10, 1937 in Hayward, WI
High School: Hayward HS (Hayward, WI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Team: WhiteSox 1963-1964

Final Game: May 9, 1964
Died: May 22, 2002 in Duluth, MN
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Hayward, WI
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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	17	CHW-min	D	2	3	.400	4.24	11	5					51.0	48	27	24	5	33								1.588	8.5	0.9	5.8			DBQ · MSOH
1955	18	CHW-min	D,C	16	4	.800	3.73	23	22					159.1	136	79	66	10	78								1.343	7.7	0.6	4.4			DBQ,SUP · MSOH,NORL
1956	19	CHW-min	B,A	1	5	.167	5.45	22	7					66.0	68	53	40	9	36								1.576	9.3	1.2	4.9			WLO,CSP · IIIL,WL
1957	20	CHW-min	B	4	6	.400	4.19	34	5					118.0	107	78	55	9	78								1.568	8.2	0.7	5.9			DAV · IIIL
1958	21	CHW-min	C	5	14	.263	3.50	35	16					157.0	149	85	61	3	88								1.510	8.5	0.2	5.0			DSU · NORL
1959	22	CHW-min	B	4	5	.444	4.50	12	11					94.0	99	59	47	9	51								1.596	9.5	0.9	4.9			LIN · IIIL
1961	24	CHW-min	B	2	6	.250	5.42	26	8					83.0	68	57	50	9	55								1.482	7.4	1.0	6.0			LIN · IIIL
1962	25	CHW-min	A	13	6	.684	4.37	36	13		3	0		142.0	135	88	69	19	83	8	109	7	0	12			1.535	8.6	1.2	5.3	6.9	1.31	SAV · SALL
1963	26	CHW-min	AAA	18	5	.783	2.76	31	27					196.0	168	70	60	13	78		138						1.255	7.7	0.6	3.6	6.3	1.77	INA · IL
1963	26	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	2.08	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	7	4	3	2	7	0	11	0	0	1	51	173	1.077	4.8	1.4	4.8	7.6	1.57
1964	27	STL-CHW-min	AAA	7	7	.500	4.10	19	19		4	1		101.0	89	53	46	8	59	4	83	2	0	8			1.465	7.9	0.7	5.3	7.4	1.41	JCK,INA · IL,PCL
1964	27	CHW	AL	0	0		8.53	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.1	10	6	6	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	33	43	2.211	14.2	2.8	5.7	8.5	1.50
1965	28	STL-min	AAA	8	11	.421	3.92	41	22		6	1		163.0	178	86	71	15	71	4	101	4	0	12			1.528	9.8	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.42	JCK · IL
1966	29	STL-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.98	27	26		6	0		174.0	180	90	77	12	77	4	109	5	0	5			1.477	9.3	0.6	4.0	5.6	1.42	TUL · PCL
1967	30	PIT-STL-min	AAA	3	12	.200	4.46	36	15		4	1		121.0	137	75	60	6	58	5	69	1	0	6			1.612	10.2	0.4	4.3	5.1	1.19	CLB,TUL · IL,PCL
2 Yrs				1	0	1.000	4.19	5	4	1	0	0	0	19.1	17	10	9	4	11	0	17	0	0	1	84	87	1.448	7.9	1.9	5.1	7.9	1.55
162 Game Avg.				8	0	1.000	4.19	38	30	8	0	0	0	146	128	76	68	30	83	0	128	0	0	8	635	87	1.448	7.9	1.9	5.1	7.9	1.55

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
1963	26	CHW	AL	13.0	2	2	4	2.77	3.84	0.20	0.06	98.9	3.66	1	0.2		-0.0	0.3	2	.586	.501	$
1964	27	CHW	AL	6.1	3	2	6	8.53	4.33	0.64	0.04	89.0	3.32	-4	-0.4	.1	0.0	-0.3	-3	.380	.498	$7,500
2 Seasons				19.1	5	4	10	4.66	4.00	0.34	0.05	95.6	3.55	-2	-0.2	.1	0.0	0.0	-1	.462	.499	$7,500

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
1963	26	CHW	AL	2	51	42	4	7	0	0	2	0	0	7	11	.167	.280	.310	.590	.167	13	0	0	1	1	0	1
1964	27	CHW	AL	3	33	29	6	10	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	.345	.424	.586	1.010	.381	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				5	84	71	10	17	1	0	4	0	0	11	17	.239	.337	.423	.760	.255	30	0	0	1	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				38	635	536	76	128	8	0	30	0	0	83	128	.239	.337	.423	.760	.255	227	0	0	8	8	0	8
MLB Averages																.248	.311	.375	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1963	26	CHW	AL	2.0	0.2	53	0.1	0.9	-0.8	1.00	0.1	0.0	1.9	0.2	1.00	1.4	0
1964	27	CHW	AL	-3.2	-0.3	33	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.01	-0.2	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4	1.01	-2.7	1
2 Yrs				-1.2	-0.1	86	-0.5	1.3	-1.7	1.00	-0.1	-0.3	-2.6	-0.2	1.00	-1.3	1

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
1963	26	CHW	AL	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	2	100%	62.5	72	53	0	0	0	2	5.3	3.0	6.5
1964	27	CHW	AL	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	2	0	0	0	0%	38.5	42	35	3	0	0	2	6.8	4.5	2.7
2 Yrs				5	4	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	.750	0	3	0	0	2	50%	50	72	35	3	0	0	4	6.0	3.4	4.6
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1964	27	CHW	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	1.015	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1 Yr				3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			1.015	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	26	CHW	AL	51	59%	3.9%	21.6%	13.7%	3.9%	29%	1.89	59%	6	0	0%
1964	27	CHW	AL	33	76%	6.1%	18.2%	12.1%	9.1%	30%	2.25	64%	9	0	0%
2 Yrs				84	65%	4.8%	20.2%	13.1%	6.0%	29%	2.00	61%	15	0	0%
MLB Averages					48%	2.2%	15.5%	7.9%	6.3%	28%	1.08	73%			10%

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
1963	26	CHW	AL	51	7			2	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
1964	27	CHW	AL	33	10			2	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				84	17			4	0	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	0	100%	1	1	0	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

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+
1963	26	1	0	1.000	2.08	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	7	4	3	2	7	0	11	0	0	1	51	173	1.077	4.8	1.4	4.8	7.6	1.57	173
1964	27	1	0	1.000	4.19	5	4	1	0	0	0	19.1	17	10	9	4	11	0	17	0	0	1	84	87	1.448	7.9	1.9	5.1	7.9	1.55	87

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1963	26	1	1.000	2.25	12.0	7	3	3	2	7	10	1.167	5.3	5.3	7.5	1.43	1.5	2
1964	27	0		10.50	6.0	11	8	7	2	4	6	2.500	16.5	6.0	9.0	1.50	3.0	3
2 Yrs		1	1.000	5.00	18.0	18	11	10	4	11	16	1.611	9.0		8.0	1.45	2.0	5

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