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Steve Barber

Stephen David Barber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 22, 1938 in Takoma Park, MD
High School: Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring, MD)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1960
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Angels/Braves/Yankees/Pilots/... 1960-1974

Final Game: July 31, 1974
Died: February 4, 2007 in Henderson, NV
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #485. Jack Sanford… #486. Dick Radatz… #487. George Suggs… #488. STEVE BARBER… #489. Ralph Branca… #490. Darryl Kile… #491. Juan Pizarro… 

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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
1960 22 BAL AL 10 7 .588 3.22 36 27 6 6 1 2 181.2 148 78 65 10 113 1 112 3 0 10 784 118 1.437 7.3 0.5 5.6 5.5 0.99 MVP-20
1961 23 BAL AL 18 12 .600 3.33 37 34 1 14 8 1 248.1 194 102 92 13 130 4 150 2 1 9 1040 116 1.305 7.0 0.5 4.7 5.4 1.15 MVP-14
1962 24 BAL AL 9 6 .600 3.46 28 19 2 5 2 0 140.1 145 66 54 9 61 2 89 1 0 3 625 107 1.468 9.3 0.6 3.9 5.7 1.46
1963 25 BAL AL 20 13 .606 2.75 39 36 1 11 2 0 258.2 253 99 79 12 92 10 180 4 1 3 1096 126 1.334 8.8 0.4 3.2 6.3 1.96 AS
1964 26 BAL AL 9 13 .409 3.84 36 26 2 4 0 1 157.0 144 72 67 15 81 5 118 7 0 7 679 94 1.433 8.3 0.9 4.6 6.8 1.46
1965 27 BAL AL 15 10 .600 2.69 37 32 1 7 2 0 220.2 177 79 66 16 81 5 130 2 0 8 897 130 1.169 7.2 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.60
1966 28 BAL AL 10 5 .667 2.30 25 22 1 5 3 0 133.1 104 38 34 6 49 1 91 3 1 7 537 147 1.148 7.0 0.4 3.3 6.1 1.86 AS
1967 29 TOT AL 10 18 .357 4.07 32 32 0 4 2 0 172.1 150 86 78 9 115 5 118 8 1 14 772 77 1.538 7.8 0.5 6.0 6.2 1.03
1967 29 BAL AL 4 9 .308 4.10 15 15 0 1 1 0 74.2 47 39 34 5 61 2 48 5 1 5 331 78 1.446 5.7 0.6 7.4 5.8 0.79
1967 29 NYY AL 6 9 .400 4.05 17 17 0 3 1 0 97.2 103 47 44 4 54 3 70 3 0 9 441 77 1.608 9.5 0.4 5.0 6.5 1.30
1968 30 NYY AL 6 5 .545 3.23 20 19 0 3 1 0 128.1 127 63 46 7 64 4 87 3 1 5 575 89 1.488 8.9 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.36
1969 31 SEP AL 4 7 .364 4.80 25 16 5 0 0 0 86.1 99 51 46 9 48 2 69 1 0 6 393 76 1.703 10.3 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.44
1970 32 TOT NL 0 2 .000 6.20 10 2 6 0 0 0 20.1 27 16 14 3 11 3 14 1 0 3 97 73 1.869 12.0 1.3 4.9 6.2 1.27
1970 32 CHC NL 0 1 .000 9.53 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 31 50 2.824 15.9 0.0 9.5 4.8 0.50
1970 32 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.91 5 2 2 0 0 0 14.2 17 10 8 3 5 0 11 1 0 2 66 90 1.500 10.4 1.8 3.1 6.8 2.20
1971 33 ATL NL 3 1 .750 4.80 39 3 19 0 0 2 75.0 92 42 40 6 25 2 40 2 0 7 337 78 1.560 11.0 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.60
1972 34 TOT MLB 4 4 .500 2.81 39 3 21 0 0 2 73.2 55 26 23 5 36 11 40 2 1 3 307 112 1.235 6.7 0.6 4.4 4.9 1.11
1972 34 ATL NL 0 0 5.74 5 0 4 0 0 0 15.2 18 10 10 1 6 0 6 1 1 2 71 68 1.532 10.3 0.6 3.4 3.4 1.00
1972 34 CAL AL 4 4 .500 2.02 34 3 17 0 0 2 58.0 37 16 13 4 30 11 34 1 0 1 236 146 1.155 5.7 0.6 4.7 5.3 1.13
1973 35 CAL AL 3 2 .600 3.53 50 1 19 0 0 4 89.1 90 40 35 5 32 3 58 3 0 4 386 100 1.366 9.1 0.5 3.2 5.8 1.81
1974 36 SFG NL 0 1 .000 5.27 13 0 6 0 0 1 13.2 13 12 8 0 12 1 13 0 0 2 66 74 1.829 8.6 0.0 7.9 8.6 1.08
15 Seasons 121 106 .533 3.36 466 272 90 59 21 13 1999.0 1818 870 747 125 950 59 1309 42 6 91 8591 105 1.385 8.2 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .533 3.36 43 25 8 5 2 1 184 168 80 69 12 88 5 121 4 1 8 792 105 1.385 8.2 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
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
BAL (8 yrs) 95 75 .559 3.12 253 211 14 53 19 4 1414.2 1212 573 491 86 668 30 918 27 4 52 5989 115 1.329 7.7 0.5 4.2 5.8 1.37
ATL (3 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.96 49 5 25 0 0 2 105.1 127 62 58 10 36 2 57 4 1 11 474 78 1.547 10.9 0.9 3.1 4.9 1.58
CAL (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 2.93 84 4 36 0 0 6 147.1 127 56 48 9 62 14 92 4 0 5 622 113 1.283 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.6 1.48
NYY (2 yrs) 12 14 .462 3.58 37 36 0 6 2 0 226.0 230 110 90 11 118 7 157 6 1 14 1016 83 1.540 9.2 0.4 4.7 6.3 1.33
SFG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.27 13 0 6 0 0 1 13.2 13 12 8 0 12 1 13 0 0 2 66 74 1.829 8.6 0.0 7.9 8.6 1.08
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.53 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 31 50 2.824 15.9 0.0 9.5 4.8 0.50
SEP (1 yr) 4 7 .364 4.80 25 16 5 0 0 0 86.1 99 51 46 9 48 2 69 1 0 6 393 76 1.703 10.3 0.9 5.0 7.2 1.44
AL (12 yrs) AL 118 102 .536 3.24 399 267 55 59 21 10 1874.1 1668 790 675 115 896 53 1236 38 5 77 8020 108 1.368 8.0 0.6 4.3 5.9 1.38
NL (4 yrs) NL 3 4 .429 5.20 67 5 35 0 0 3 124.2 150 80 72 10 54 6 73 4 1 14 571 75 1.636 10.8 0.7 3.9 5.3 1.35

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
1960 22 BAL AL 181.2 27 78 95 6 1.0 17 1.8 $ MVP-20
1961 23 BAL AL 248.1 34 102 135 9 1.1 33 3.6 $ MVP-14
1962 24 BAL AL 140.1 19 66 72 3 1.1 6 0.7 $
1963 25 BAL AL 258.2 36 99 130 4 1.1 31 3.7 $ AS
1964 26 BAL AL 157.0 26 72 76 8 1.1 4 0.4 $
1965 27 BAL AL 220.2 32 79 104 11 1.1 25 3.0 $
1966 28 BAL AL 133.1 22 38 64 2 1.1 26 3.2 $ AS
1967 29 BAL AL 74.2 15 39 33 2 1.1 -6 -0.8 $
1967 29 NYY AL 97.2 17 47 47 -2 1.1 0 0.0 $
1968 30 NYY AL 128.1 19 63 55 0 1.2 -8 -1.2 $
1969 31 SEP AL 86.1 16 51 52 -5 1.1 1 0.0 $
1970 32 CHC NL 5.2 0 6 4 0 1.3 -2 -0.3 $
1970 32 ATL NL 14.2 2 10 10 0 .9 0 -0.1 $
1971 33 ATL NL 75.0 3 42 46 -3 .6 4 0.0 $
1972 34 ATL NL 15.2 0 10 9 0 .1 -1 -0.1 $
1972 34 CAL AL 58.0 3 16 27 0 1.4 11 1.3 $
1973 35 CAL AL 89.1 1 40 50 -3 .9 10 0.5 $
1974 36 SFG NL 13.2 0 12 8 0 .6 -4 -0.4 $
15 Seasons 1999.0 272 870 1017 32 1.1 147 15.3 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
BAL (8 yrs) 1414.2 211 573 709 45 1.1 136 15.6 $
ATL (3 yrs) 105.1 5 62 65 -3 .6 3 -0.2 $
CAL (2 yrs) 147.1 4 56 77 -3 1.1 21 1.8 $
NYY (2 yrs) 226.0 36 110 102 -2 1.2 -8 -1.2 $
SFG (1 yr) 13.2 0 12 8 0 .6 -4 -0.4 $
CHC (1 yr) 5.2 0 6 4 0 1.3 -2 -0.3 $
SEP (1 yr) 86.1 16 51 52 -5 1.1 1 0.0 $

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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
1960 22 BAL AL 36 63 54 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 32 .056 .136 .056 .191 -46 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 MVP-20
1961 23 BAL AL 37 95 80 6 13 1 0 2 6 0 0 5 42 .163 .221 .250 .471 28 20 0 1 9 0 0 1 MVP-14
1962 24 BAL AL 28 50 42 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .071 .133 .071 .205 -41 3 0 1 5 0 0 1
1963 25 BAL AL 39 96 87 3 12 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 38 .138 .176 .195 .371 6 17 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1964 26 BAL AL 36 52 47 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 4 24 .149 .216 .213 .428 20 10 1 0 1 0 0 1
1965 27 BAL AL 37 76 65 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 43 .077 .129 .138 .267 -24 9 0 0 6 1 0 1
1966 28 BAL AL 25 51 44 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 .068 .068 .068 .136 -60 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 AS
1967 29 TOT AL 32 57 51 2 7 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 31 .137 .185 .196 .381 14 10 1 0 3 0 0 1
1967 29 BAL AL 15 25 22 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .091 .167 .091 .258 -22 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 29 NYY AL 17 32 29 2 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 17 .172 .200 .276 .476 43 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 30 NYY AL 20 47 39 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 23 .051 .178 .051 .229 -26 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 31 SEP AL 25 27 25 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 .200 .231 .280 .511 45 7 0 0 1 0 0 1
1970 32 TOT NL 10 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 32 CHC NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 32 ATL NL 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 33 ATL NL 39 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .154 .214 .154 .368 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 34 TOT MLB 39 17 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .167 .333 .167 .500 51 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1972 34 CAL AL 34 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .143 .400 .143 .543 71 1 0 0 2 0 0 1/1
1972 34 ATL NL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1973 35 CAL AL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 36 SFG NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 466 649 563 24 65 5 2 5 27 0 1 38 320 .115 .174 .158 .332 -5 89 2 2 45 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 226 196 8 23 2 1 2 9 0 0 13 111 .115 .174 .158 .332 -5 31 1 1 16 0 0
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
BAL (8 yrs) 253 508 441 17 48 4 0 5 22 0 1 26 247 .109 .162 .152 .314 -11 67 2 2 38 1 0
ATL (3 yrs) 49 23 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .182 .217 .182 .399 10 4 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 84 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .143 .400 .143 .543 71 1 0 0 2 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 37 79 68 3 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 40 .103 .187 .147 .334 3 10 0 0 4 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEP (1 yr) 25 27 25 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 .200 .231 .280 .511 45 7 0 0 1 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 399 626 541 24 61 5 2 5 27 0 1 37 306 .113 .172 .157 .329 -6 85 2 2 45 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 67 23 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .182 .217 .182 .399 10 4 0 0 0 0 0

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
1960 22 BAL AL 63 -12 0 0 1 0 5 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-20
1961 23 BAL AL 95 -9 0 1 0 0 8 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1 MVP-14
1962 24 BAL AL 50 -8 0 0 0 0 4 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1963 25 BAL AL 96 -11 -1 0 0 0 8 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 1 AS
1964 26 BAL AL 52 -5 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1965 27 BAL AL 76 -11 0 1 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $23,000 1
1966 28 BAL AL 51 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1 AS
1967 29 BAL AL 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1967 29 NYY AL 32 -2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $32,500 1
1968 30 NYY AL 47 -6 0 1 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $37,500 1
1969 31 SEP AL 27 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1970 32 ATL NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1971 33 ATL NL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1972 34 ATL NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/1
1972 34 CAL AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1/1
13 Seasons 649 -81 -1 4 1 0 51 16 -10 -1.7 -10 -1.0 -0.7 $93,000
BAL (8 yrs) 508 -68 -1 2 1 0 42 13 -11 -1.7 -11 -1.1 -0.6 $23,000
ATL (3 yrs) 23 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
NYY (2 yrs) 79 -8 0 2 0 0 5 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $70,000
CAL (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
SEP (1 yr) 27 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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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% PO Awards
1960 BAL AL 22 P 36 181.2 36 4 30 2 5 .944 1.68 0.94 .967 1.96 1.95 MVP-20
1961 BAL AL 23 P 37 248.1 77 13 60 4 8 .948 2.65 1.97 .954 2.05 2.02 MVP-14
1962 BAL AL 24 P 28 140.1 44 16 26 2 1 .955 2.69 1.50 .958 2.08 2.07
1963 BAL AL 25 P 39 258.2 66 19 43 4 8 .939 2.16 1.59 .955 1.99 2.00 AS
1964 BAL AL 26 P 36 157.0 50 11 37 2 3 .960 2.75 1.33 .957 1.90 1.89
1965 BAL AL 27 P 37 220.2 65 12 47 6 1 .908 2.41 1.59 .951 2.04 2.03
1966 BAL AL 28 P 25 133.1 37 5 30 2 1 .946 2.36 1.40 .952 1.99 1.98 AS
1967 TOT AL 29 P 32 32 4 172.4 42 11 25 6 1 .857 1.88 1.13 .957 1.96 1.96 15 9 38% 0
1967 BAL AL 29 P 15 15 1 74.2 23 6 13 4 1 .826 2.29 1.27 .957 1.96 1.96 4 2 33% 0
1967 NYY AL 29 P 17 17 3 97.2 19 5 12 2 0 .895 1.57 1.00 .957 1.96 1.96 11 7 39% 0
1968 NYY AL 30 P 20 128.1 30 2 24 4 1 .867 1.82 1.30 .957 1.89 1.88
1969 SEP AL 31 P 25 86.1 18 3 13 2 2 .889 1.67 0.64 .951 1.88 1.88
1970 TOT NL 32 P 10 2 0 20.4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 0.20 .950 1.86 1.84 0 1 100% 0
1970 CHC NL 32 P 5 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 1.84 0 1 100% 0
1970 ATL NL 32 P 5 2 0 14.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.40 .950 1.84 1.84 0 0 0
1971 ATL NL 33 P 39 75.0 18 4 13 1 0 .944 2.04 0.44 .954 1.90 1.90
1972 TOT MLB 34 P 39 73.2 17 3 12 2 0 .882 1.83 0.38 .950 1.84 1.84
1972 CAL AL 34 P 34 58.0 10 1 7 2 0 .800 1.24 0.24 .950 1.86 1.85
1972 ATL NL 34 P 5 15.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.02 1.40 .950 1.78 1.78
1973 CAL AL 35 P 50 89.1 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.26 .951 1.86 1.85
1974 SFG NL 36 P 13 13.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .940 1.91 1.88
15 Seasons P 466 34 4 1999.0 516 106 372 38 31 .926 2.15 1.03 .955 1.97 1.94 15 10 40% 0
15 Seasons TOT 466 34 4 1999.0 516 106 372 38 31 .926 2.15 1.03 .955 1.97 1.94 15 10 40% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1963
1966

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (20, 2%)
1961 AL (14, 2%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1963 AL  3.7 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1960 AL  3.22 (6th)
1963 AL  2.75 (8th)
1965 AL  2.69 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1961 AL  18 (3rd)
1963 AL  20 (4th)
1965 AL  15 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  7.332 (3rd)
1961 AL  7.031 (3rd)
1965 AL  7.219 (7th)
Career  8.185 (178th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  5.549 (6th)
1963 AL  6.263 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL  50 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 AL  248.3 (6th)
1963 AL  258.7 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL  150 (10th)
1963 AL  180 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1961 AL  34 (7th)
1963 AL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 AL  14 (3rd)
1963 AL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (1st)
1966 AL  3 (7th)
Career  21 (230th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 AL  113 (1st)
1961 AL  130 (2nd)
1963 AL  92 (3rd)
1964 AL  81 (8th)
1967 AL  115 (2nd)
Career  950 (131st)

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL  253 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  0.495 (1st)
1961 AL  0.471 (2nd)
1963 AL  0.418 (4th)
1965 AL  0.653 (10th)
1967 AL  0.470 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1964 AL  13 (9th)
1967 AL  18 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1960 AL  10 (1st)
1961 AL  9 (4th)
1967 AL  14 (2nd)
Career  91 (132nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (9th)
1967 AL  8 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 AL  1,040 (6th)
1963 AL  1,096 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1960 AL  118 (5th)
1963 AL  126 (9th)
1965 AL  130 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  17 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1966 AL  1.9 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1966 AL  18.68 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1961 AL  2.4 (10th)
1966 AL  2.1 (10th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1961 AL  60 (1st)
1963 AL  43 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1961 AL  4 (4th)
1963 AL  4 (5th)
1965 AL  6 (1st)
1967 AL  6 (2nd)
1968 AL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1964 AL  2.75 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1961 AL  1.97 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1973 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (480), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (594), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  15. Al Downing (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196527Baltimore Orioles$23,0002/20/65 TSN
196729New York Yankees$32,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196830New York Yankees$37,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$93,000
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