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Luis Aloma

Luis (Barba) Aloma (Witto)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 19, 1923 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1950
Team: WhiteSox 1950-1953

Final Game: August 30, 1953
Died: April 7, 1997 in Park Ridge, IL
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1944	21	MIN-min	A1,D	8	7	.533	4.68	26	8					127.0	143	97	66		68							1.661	10.1		4.8			CNG,KPT · SOUA,APPY
1945	22	MIN-min	A1	14	9	.609	3.17	31	29					213.0	214	106	75	0	67							1.319	9.0	0.0	2.8			CNG · SOUA
1946	23	MIN-min	AA	16	11	.593	3.56	36	27					210.0	203	99	83		74							1.319	8.7		3.2			CNG · SOUA
1947	24	MIN-min	B,AA	10	11	.476	4.75	33						178.0	214	101	94		74							1.618	10.8		3.7			CHR,CNG · TRIS,SOUA
1948	25	MIN-min	C	19	6	.760	1.77	28						208.0	143	51	41		59							0.971	6.2		2.6			HAV · FLIN
1949	26	DET-min	AAA	10	9	.526	4.60	38	22		7	1		180.0	177	99	92		94	115	2	0	4			1.506	8.8		4.7	5.8	1.22	BFL · IL
1950	27	CHW	AL	7	2	.778	3.80	42	0	21	0	0	4	87.2	77	44	37	6	53	49	1	1	3	388	119	1.483	7.9	0.6	5.4	5.0	0.92
1951	28	CHW	AL	6	0	1.000	1.82	25	1	11	1	1	3	69.1	52	14	14	3	24	25	2	0	0	273	223	1.096	6.8	0.4	3.1	3.2	1.04
1952	29	CHW	AL	3	1	.750	4.28	25	0	15	0	0	6	40.0	42	20	19	5	11	18	1	0	0	167	86	1.325	9.5	1.1	2.5	4.1	1.64
1953	30	CHW	AL	2	0	1.000	4.70	24	0	8	0	0	2	38.1	41	20	20	7	23	23	0	1	2	173	86	1.670	9.6	1.6	5.4	5.4	1.00
1954	31	CHW-min	AA	6	7	.462	4.25	31	14					110.0	116	60	52	13	37							1.391	9.5	1.1	3.0			MEM · SOUA
4 Yrs				18	3	.857	3.44	116	1	55	1	1	15	235.1	212	98	90	21	111	115	4	2	5	1001	121	1.373	8.1	0.8	4.2	4.4	1.04
162 Game Avg.				10	2	.857	3.44	67	1	32	1	1	9	137	123	57	52	12	65	67	2	1	3	582	121	1.373	8.1	0.8	4.2	4.4	1.04

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	27	CHW	AL	87.1	42	0	44	4.53	5.19	0.12	100.7	5.10	5	0.5	.9	-0.1	1.0	14	.511	.503	$
1951	28	CHW	AL	69.1	25	1	14	1.82	4.72	0.14	99.6	4.57	21	2.2	1.5	0.4	3.1	28	.589	.514	$
1952	29	CHW	AL	40.0	25	0	20	4.50	4.39	0.08	99.1	4.27	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.1	0.1	2	.495	.499	$
1953	30	CHW	AL	38.1	24	0	20	4.70	4.48	0.20	102.9	4.41	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.494	.499	$
4 Seasons				235.0	116	1	98	3.75	4.80	0.13	100.4	4.69	23	2.4	1.1	0.1	4.3	47	.521	.504	$

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	ROE
1950	27	CHW	AL	42	304	330	44	77	11	4	6	4	1	53	49	.233	.341	.345	.687	.258	114	3	1	5	0	4
1951	28	CHW	AL	25	264	242	14	52	8	1	3	2	0	24	25	.215	.291	.293	.584	.229	71	9	2	4	0	1
1952	29	CHW	AL	25	169	151	20	42	9	2	5	2	1	11	18	.278	.331	.464	.795	.289	70	3	1	6	0	1
1953	30	CHW	AL	24	173	145	20	41	9	0	7	4	1	23	23	.283	.381	.490	.871	.296	71	4	0	5	0	1
4 Yrs				116	910	868	98	212	37	7	21	12	3	111	115	.244	.333	.376	.708	.261	326	19	4	20	0	7
162 Game Avg.				67	529	504	57	123	22	4	12	7	2	65	67	.244	.333	.376	.708	.261	189	11	2	12	0	4
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.380	.717	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	27	CHW	AL	5.9	0.6	315	-0.5	3.0	-3.6	.65	-0.5	-0.3	3.0	0.3	0.64	0.1	4	9	14
1951	28	CHW	AL	18.4	1.9	267	3.3	5.5	-2.2	.95	1.9	1.5	24.3	2.6	0.95	21.0	9	4	9
1952	29	CHW	AL	-2.0	-0.2	174	-0.3	2.9	-3.2	1.09	0.4	-0.7	-1.6	-0.2	1.09	-1.0	9	7	8
1953	30	CHW	AL	-1.5	-0.2	182	0.1	2.4	-2.2	.83	-0.3	0.5	1.5	0.1	0.83	-6.8	7	3	13
4 Yrs				20.8	2.1	938	2.6	13.8	-11.2	.85	1.5	1.6	27.2	2.8	0.85	13.3	29	23	44

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
1951	28	CHW	AL	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	100%	79.0	79	79	3	0	1	0	9.0	9.0	9.0
1 Yr				25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	100%	79	79	79	3	0	1	0	9.0	9.0	9.0
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	106	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

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
1950	27	CHW	AL	42	42	21	7	2	3	4	1	133%	4	1	33	15	45%		.648	4	9	14	6	0	22	16	12	28	2	21	8	6.2
1951	28	CHW	AL	25	24	11	5	0	2	3	0	150%	2	0	27	6	22%	4	.947	9	4	9	3	5	14	14	8	18	4	17	2	7.5
1952	29	CHW	AL	25	25	15	3	1	8	6	2	75%	9	0	25	8	32%	8	1.089	9	7	8	9	3	13	14	11	14	6	16	0	4.8
1953	30	CHW	AL	24	24	8	2	0	1	2	0	200%	2	1	23	6	26%	7	.828	7	3	13	6	0	18	11	13	12	6	14	1	4.8
4 Yrs				116	115	55	17	3	14	15	3	107%	17	2	108	35	32%		.851	29	23	44	24	8	67	55	44	72	18	68	11	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	27	CHW	AL	389	64%	2.0%	16.1%	17.4%	6.9%	27%	0.83	90%	69	3	4%
1951	28	CHW	AL	272	58%	1.1%	9.5%	9.1%	4.6%	23%	0.74	81%	50	9	18%
1952	29	CHW	AL	169	57%	3.0%	10.7%	6.5%	9.5%	38%	0.80	76%	34	3	9%
1953	30	CHW	AL	173	68%	4.1%	13.3%	13.3%	9.3%	39%	0.96	66%	37	4	11%
4 Yrs				1003	62%	2.3%	12.6%	12.2%	7.1%	31%	0.81	80%	190	19	10%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.9%	11.1%	6.8%	26%	0.95	88%			11%

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
1950	27	CHW	AL	304	77			6	0	24	5	1	4	2	28	15	1	54%	4	3	0	132	4	1	80%	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	85
1951	28	CHW	AL	264	52			3	1	10	3	0	2	1	13	5	0	38%	1	0	1	112	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
1952	29	CHW	AL	169	42			5	0	9	5	0	0	5	18	6	1	33%	1	0	1	65	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1953	30	CHW	AL	173	41			7	0	7	4	3	4	3	17	6	3	35%	1	2	0	76	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
4 Yrs				910	212			21	1	50	17	4	10	11	76	32	5	42%	7	5	2	385	12	3	80%	10	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	12	93
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	27	7	2	.778	3.80	42	0	21	0	0	4	87.2	77	44	37	6	53	49	1	1	3	388	119	1.483	7.9	0.6	5.4	5.0	0.92	119
1951	28	13	2	.867	2.92	67	1	32	1	1	7	157.0	129	58	51	9	77	74	3	1	3	661	147	1.312	7.4	0.5	4.4	4.2	0.96	147
1952	29	16	3	.842	3.20	92	1	47	1	1	13	197.0	171	78	70	14	88	92	4	1	3	828	131	1.315	7.8	0.6	4.0	4.2	1.05	131
1953	30	18	3	.857	3.44	116	1	55	1	1	15	235.1	212	98	90	21	111	115	4	2	5	1001	121	1.373	8.1	0.8	4.2	4.4	1.04	121

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1950	27	6	4	.600	3.33	92.0	76	38	34	6	52	52	1	1.391	7.4	5.1	5.1	1.00	0.6	42
1951	28	6	1	.857	1.83	69.0	53	16	14	3	24	25	2	1.116	6.9	3.1	3.3	1.04	0.4	25
1952	29	2	2	.500	4.85	39.0	45	23	21	5	12	18	1	1.462	10.4	2.8	4.2	1.50	1.2	25
1953	30	2	2	.500	4.97	38.0	43	23	21	7	24	23	0	1.763	10.2	5.7	5.4	0.96	1.7	24
4 Yrs		16	9	.640	3.40	238.0	217	100	90	21	112	118	4	1.382	8.2		4.5	1.05	0.8	116

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1950 AL 42 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1950 AL 4 (8th) 1952 AL 6 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1950 AL 21 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1951 AL 18 (10th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1951 AL 1.9 (10th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1951 AL 24.30 (9th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1951 AL 3.3 (6th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1951 AL 1.9 (8th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1951 AL 2.6 (9th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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