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Fred Baczewski

Frederic John Baczewski (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 15, 1926 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Humboldt (St. Paul, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1953
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Reds/Cubs 1953-1955

Final Game: April 16, 1955
Died: November 14, 1976 in Culver City, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1947	21	-min	D	16	10	.615	2.10	32						240.0	159	73	56		139								1.242	6.0		5.2			ALX · EVAN
1948	22	-min	B,C,AA	16	3	.842	3.08	33						193.0	151	76	66		124								1.425	7.0		5.8			ANN,KIL,SHV · SEAL,LONE,TL
1949	23	-min	AA	7	5	.583	4.34	38	18					141.0	147	78	68		88								1.667	9.4		5.6			SHV · TL
1950	24	CHC-min	A	2	4	.333	2.74	24						105.0	86	43	32	4	46								1.257	7.4	0.3	3.9			DMO · WL
1951	25	CHC-min	AAA	12	10	.545	4.03	37	33		11	3		232.0	206	114	104		121		129	2	0	4			1.409	8.0		4.7	5.0	1.07	LOS · PCL
1952	26	CHC-min	AA,Opn	7	8	.467	3.47	30	16		1	0		140.0	132	59	54		82		27	0	1	3			1.529	8.5		5.3	1.7	0.33	SHV,LOS · TL,PCL
1953	27	TOT	NL	11	4	.733	3.64	33	18	6	10	1	1	148.1	145	65	60	14	58		61	2	0	1	628	120	1.369	8.8	0.8	3.5	3.7	1.05	RoY-6
1953	27	CHC	NL	0	0		6.30	9	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	20	9	7	1	6		3	1	0	0	53	72	2.600	18.0	0.9	5.4	2.7	0.50
1953	27	CIN	NL	11	4	.733	3.45	24	18	4	10	1	1	138.1	125	56	53	13	52		58	1	0	1	575	126	1.280	8.1	0.8	3.4	3.8	1.12
1954	28	CIN	NL	6	6	.500	5.26	29	22	2	4	1	0	130.0	159	82	76	22	53		43	1	0	1	587	80	1.631	11.0	1.5	3.7	3.0	0.81
1955	29	LAD-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.82	26	16		4	1		102.0	116	76	66	15	50	1	46	2	0	2			1.627	10.2	1.3	4.4	4.1	0.92	STP · AA
1955	29	CIN	NL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	32	2.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.0
1956	30	BAL-CIN-min	Opn	4	6	.400	5.26	37	11		2	1		114.2	149	78	67	8	32		48	2	0	3			1.578	11.7	0.6	2.5	3.8	1.50	VAN,SLE · PCL
1957	31	STL-min	AA,AAA	11	15	.423	3.43	37	25		10	4		173.0	172	80	66	11	46	3	81	3	0	4			1.260	8.9	0.6	2.4	4.2	1.76	SHV,ROC · TL,IL
1958	32	STL-min	AA	5	6	.455	3.51	55	4		0	0		95.0	118	47	37	6	27	8	50	2	0	2			1.526	11.2	0.6	2.6	4.7	1.85	HSN · TL
1959	33	-min	AAA	2	7	.222	2.46	68	0		0	0		106.0	104	38	29	1	26	6	46	1	1	0			1.226	8.8	0.1	2.2	3.9	1.77	DAL · AA
1960	34	BAL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.54	21	0					26.0	42	21	16	2	13								2.115	14.5	0.7	4.5			VAN · PCL
1961	35	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		3.60	4	0					5.0	9	2	2	2	1								2.000	16.2	3.6	1.8			VAN · PCL
3 Seasons				17	10	.630	4.45	63	40	8	14	2	1	279.1	306	149	138	38	111	0	104	3	0	2	1220	97	1.493	9.9	1.2	3.6	3.4	0.94
162 Game Avg.				11	7	.630	4.45	42	26	5	9	1	1	184	202	98	91	25	73		69	2	0	1	805	97	1.493	9.9	1.2	3.6	3.4	0.94

CIN (3 yrs)				17	10	.630	4.38	54	40	6	14	2	1	269.1	286	140	131	37	105	0	101	2	0	2	1167	98	1.452	9.6	1.2	3.5	3.4	0.96
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		6.30	9	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	20	9	7	1	6		3	1	0	0	53	72	2.600	18.0	0.9	5.4	2.7	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1953	27	CHC	NL	10.0	0	9	7	0	.6	-2	-0.2	$	RoY-6
1953	27	CIN	NL	138.1	18	56	87	4	1.0	31	3.1	$	RoY-6
1954	28	CIN	NL	130.0	22	82	83	-1	1.0	1	0.1	$
1955	29	CIN	NL	1.0	0	2	1	0	.3	-1	-0.1	$
3 Seasons				279.1	40	149	178	3	1.0	29	2.9	$

CIN (3 yrs)				269.1	40	140	171	3	1.0	31	3.1	$
CHC (1 yr)				10.0	0	9	7	0	.6	-2	-0.2	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1947	21	-min	D	46	97	97		18	2	2	1						.186	.186	.278	.464		27						ALX · EVAN
1948	22	-min	B,C,AA	31	70	70		15	3	2	0						.214	.214	.314	.529		22						ANN,KIL,SHV · SEAL,LONE,TL
1949	23	-min	AA	42	50	50		7	1	0	0						.140	.140	.160	.300		8						SHV · TL
1950	24	CHC-min	A	24	33	33		4	1	1	0						.121	.121	.212	.333		7						DMO · WL
1951	25	CHC-min	AAA	37	89	76	6	11	3	0	0	5	0		8	32	.145	.226	.184	.410		14		0	5			LOS · PCL
1952	26	CHC-min	AA,Opn	34	43	42	2	6	1	1	0	0	0		1	5	.143	.163	.214	.377		9		0	0			SHV,LOS · TL,PCL
1953	27	TOT	NL	33	52	47	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	15	.191	.208	.255	.464	20	12	0	0	4			1	RoY-6
1953	27	CHC	NL	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	160	1	0	0	1			/1
1953	27	CIN	NL	24	49	45	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	14	.178	.196	.244	.440	14	11	0	0	3			1
1954	28	CIN	NL	29	49	42	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.071	.093	.071	.164	-57	3	1	0	6	0		1
1955	29	LAD-min	AAA	27	36	34	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	14	.118	.167	.118	.284		4	0	0	0	0		STP · AA
1955	29	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	30	BAL-CIN-min	Opn	40	36	30	1	7	0	0	0	3	0		3	16	.233	.303	.233	.536		7	0	0	3	0		VAN,SLE · PCL
1957	31	STL-min	AA,AAA	42	75	65	6	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	26	.108	.205	.108	.313		7		0	2	0		SHV,ROC · TL,IL
1958	32	STL-min	AA	56	33	29	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.138	.219	.138	.357		4		0	1	0		HSN · TL
1959	33	-min	AAA	68	26	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	10	.182	.208	.182	.390		4		0	2	1	0	DAL · AA
1960	34	BAL-min	AAA	21	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750		2						VAN · PCL
1961	35	ATL-min	AAA	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						VAN · PCL
3 Seasons				63	101	89	5	12	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	34	.135	.154	.169	.322	-16	15	1	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	260	229	13	31	0	0	3	5	0	0	5	87	.135	.154	.169	.322	-16	39	3	0	26

CIN (3 yrs)				54	98	87	5	11	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	33	.126	.146	.161	.307	-20	14	1	0	9	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	160	1	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1953	27	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1	RoY-6
1953	27	CIN	NL	49	-6	0	-1	1	0	4	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1	RoY-6
1954	28	CIN	NL	49	-9	0	-1	0	0	4	2	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
2 Seasons				101	-15	0	-2	1	0	8	4	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

CIN (2 yrs)				98	-15	0	-2	1	0	8	4	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$
CHC (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1953	TOT	NL	27	P	33	18	10	148.1	22	5	13	4	2	.818	1.09	0.55	.956	2.06	2.02	2	0	0%	RoY-6
1953	CHC	NL	27	P	9	0	0	10.0	3	1	1	1	1	.667	1.80	0.22	.957	2.07	2.02	0	0
1953	CIN	NL	27	P	24	18	10	138.1	19	4	12	3	1	.842	1.04	0.67	.956	2.06	2.02	2	0	0%
1954	CIN	NL	28	P	29	22	4	130.0	29	12	16	1	1	.966	1.94	0.97	.960	2.07	2.06	2	1	33%
1955	CIN	NL	29	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00	0	0
	3 Seasons			P	63	40	14	279.1	51	17	29	5	3	.902	1.48	0.73	.958	2.07	2.04	4	1	20%
	3 Seasons			TOT	63	40	14	279.1	51	17	29	5	3	.902	1.48	0.73	.958	2.07	2.04	4	1	20%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y 1953 NL 10 (10th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1953 NL 1.9 (9th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1953 NL 1.4 (10th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1953 NL 4 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL 10 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 NL 1.9 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 NL 1.4 (10th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1953 NL 4 (3rd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

October 13, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Shreveport (Texas) for $30000 plus a player to be named.
June 12, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Kelly to the Cincinnati Reds for Bubba Church.

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