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Gene Bearden

Henry Eugene Bearden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 5, 1920 in Lexa, AR
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1947
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Tigers/WhiteSox/Senators 1947-1953

Final Game: September 5, 1953
Died: March 18, 2004 in Alexander City, AL
Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Barton, AR
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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
1947 26 CLE AL 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 10 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1948 27 CLE AL 20 7 .741 2.43 37 29 4 15 6 1 229.2 187 72 62 9 106 80 3 0 5 935 168 1.276 7.3 0.4 4.2 3.1 0.75 MVP-8,RoY-2
1949 28 CLE AL 8 8 .500 5.10 32 19 0 5 0 0 127.0 140 77 72 6 92 41 2 0 11 593 78 1.827 9.9 0.4 6.5 2.9 0.45
1950 29 TOT AL 4 8 .333 4.99 26 12 8 4 0 0 113.2 138 67 63 6 65 30 2 1 5 521 89 1.786 10.9 0.5 5.1 2.4 0.46
1950 29 CLE AL 1 3 .250 6.15 14 3 6 0 0 0 45.1 57 32 31 5 32 10 0 1 3 211 70 1.963 11.3 1.0 6.4 2.0 0.31
1950 29 WSH AL 3 5 .375 4.21 12 9 2 4 0 0 68.1 81 35 32 1 33 20 2 0 2 310 107 1.668 10.7 0.1 4.3 2.6 0.61
1951 30 TOT AL 3 4 .429 4.64 38 5 12 2 1 0 108.2 118 63 56 6 60 39 1 0 5 492 90 1.638 9.8 0.5 5.0 3.2 0.65
1951 30 WSH AL 0 0 16.88 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 28 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
1951 30 DET AL 3 4 .429 4.33 37 4 12 2 1 0 106.0 112 58 51 6 58 38 1 0 5 476 96 1.604 9.5 0.5 4.9 3.2 0.66
1952 31 SLB AL 7 8 .467 4.30 34 16 10 3 0 0 150.2 158 89 72 13 78 45 1 1 10 676 91 1.566 9.4 0.8 4.7 2.7 0.58
1953 32 CHW AL 3 3 .500 2.93 25 3 9 0 0 0 58.1 48 27 19 8 33 24 0 0 3 250 137 1.389 7.4 1.2 5.1 3.7 0.73
7 Yrs 45 38 .542 3.96 193 84 43 29 7 1 788.1 791 398 347 48 435 259 9 2 40 3471 103 1.555 9.0 0.5 5.0 3.0 0.60
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .542 3.96 47 21 11 7 2 0 194 194 98 85 12 107 64 2 0 10 852 103 1.555 9.0 0.5 5.0 3.0 0.60
CLE (4 yrs) 29 18 .617 3.76 84 51 10 20 6 1 402.1 386 184 168 20 231 131 5 1 20 1743 109 1.534 8.6 0.4 5.2 2.9 0.57
WSH (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 4.69 13 10 2 4 0 0 71.0 87 40 37 1 35 21 2 0 2 326 96 1.718 11.0 0.1 4.4 2.7 0.60
SLB (1 yr) 7 8 .467 4.30 34 16 10 3 0 0 150.2 158 89 72 13 78 45 1 1 10 676 91 1.566 9.4 0.8 4.7 2.7 0.58
DET (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.33 37 4 12 2 1 0 106.0 112 58 51 6 58 38 1 0 5 476 96 1.604 9.5 0.5 4.9 3.2 0.66
CHW (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.93 25 3 9 0 0 0 58.1 48 27 19 8 33 24 0 0 3 250 137 1.389 7.4 1.2 5.1 3.7 0.73

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
1947 26 CLE AL 0.1 1 0 3 81.00 3.59 1.22 0.00 110.0 2.62 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .259 .499 $
1948 27 CLE AL 229.2 37 29 72 2.82 4.54 0.50 0.00 95.2 3.84 26 2.7 2.7 -0.0 4.3 47 .573 .517 $ MVP-8,RoY-2
1949 28 CLE AL 127.0 32 19 77 5.46 4.72 0.43 0.00 96.2 4.13 -19 -1.8 .9 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .444 .489 $
1950 29 CLE AL 45.1 14 3 32 6.35 5.26 0.17 0.00 97.8 4.98 -7 -0.7 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .453 .496 $
1950 29 WSH AL 68.0 12 9 35 4.63 5.51 -0.17 0.00 100.3 5.70 8 0.8 .4 -0.0 1.2 15 .563 .505 $
1951 30 WSH AL 2.2 1 1 5 16.88 5.57 -0.29 0.00 100.0 5.86 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .250 .498 $
1951 30 DET AL 106.0 37 4 58 4.92 4.67 -0.06 0.00 102.4 4.84 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.2 0.4 9 .495 .499 $
1952 31 SLB AL 150.2 34 16 89 5.32 4.27 -0.05 0.00 105.5 4.56 -13 -1.4 .8 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .459 .491 $
1953 32 CHW AL 58.1 25 3 27 4.17 4.84 0.20 0.00 99.2 4.61 3 0.3 1.2 -0.1 0.7 8 .512 .502 $
7 Seasons 788.0 193 84 398 4.55 4.69 0.21 0.00 99.2 4.45 -11 -0.8 1.0 -0.4 4.7 63 .496 .499 $
CLE (4 yrs) 402.1 84 51 184 4.12 4.68 0.44 0.00 95.8 4.06 -3 0.0 1.2 -0.0 3.0 34 .500 .500 $
WSH (2 yrs) 70.2 13 10 40 5.09 5.52 -0.17 0.00 100.2 5.70 4 0.5 .4 -0.0 1.0 12 .539 .502 $
SLB (1 yr) 150.2 34 16 89 5.32 4.27 -0.05 0.00 105.5 4.56 -13 -1.4 .8 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .459 .491 $
DET (1 yr) 106.0 37 4 58 4.92 4.67 -0.06 0.00 102.4 4.84 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.2 0.4 9 .495 .499 $
CHW (1 yr) 58.1 25 3 27 4.17 4.84 0.20 0.00 99.2 4.61 3 0.3 1.2 -0.1 0.7 8 .512 .502 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 27 CLE AL WS W BSN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 1 1 1 10.2 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 36 0.656 5.1 0.0 0.8 3.4 4.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 1 1 1 10.2 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 36 0.656 5.1 0.0 0.8 3.4 4.00

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
1948 27 CLE AL 37 935 816 72 187 26 7 9 5 8 106 80 .229 .320 .311 .631 .245 254 42 3 10 0 13
1949 28 CLE AL 32 591 490 77 140 27 1 6 3 5 92 41 .286 .401 .382 .782 .302 187 21 2 8 0 8
1950 29 TOT AL 26 473 447 67 138 16 6 6 5 5 65 30 .309 .399 .412 .810 .321 184 12 2 7 0 9
1950 29 CLE AL 14 210 174 32 57 6 1 5 0 2 32 10 .328 .432 .460 .892 .327 80 6 0 5 0 3
1950 29 WSH AL 12 263 273 35 81 10 5 1 5 3 33 20 .297 .377 .381 .758 .317 104 6 2 2 0 6
1951 30 TOT AL 38 284 421 63 118 13 2 6 6 2 60 39 .280 .371 .363 .735 .298 153 10 1 9 0 9
1951 30 DET AL 37 268 407 58 112 10 2 6 6 2 58 38 .275 .367 .354 .721 .292 144 10 1 9 0 9
1951 30 WSH AL 1 16 14 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .429 .500 .643 1.143 .462 9 0 0 0 0 0
1952 31 SLB AL 34 543 585 89 158 23 6 13 6 1 78 45 .270 .357 .397 .754 .275 232 15 1 13 0 16
1953 32 CHW AL 25 249 214 27 48 7 0 8 0 2 33 24 .224 .328 .369 .697 .220 79 6 0 2 0 4
6 Yrs 192 3075 2973 395 789 112 22 48 25 23 434 259 .265 .361 .366 .727 .278 1089 106 9 49 0 59
162 Game Avg. 47 758 732 97 194 28 5 12 6 6 107 64 .265 .361 .366 .727 .278 268 26 2 12 0 15
MLB Averages .261 .338 .369 .707 .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
1948 27 CLE AL 42.9 4.4 955 4.6 16.3 -11.8 .88 3.0 2.2 51.4 5.6 0.88 41.7 4 4 0
1949 28 CLE AL -14.3 -1.4 614 -1.6 12.5 -14.1 1.28 -1.2 -0.0 -11.9 -1.2 1.28 -14.0 2 5 6
1950 29 TOT AL -5.8 -0.5 496 -1.4 7.8 -9.2 .98 -0.9 -0.5 -6.3 -0.6 0.99 -8.1 0 3 9
1950 29 CLE AL -8.4 -0.8 221 -0.8 3.2 -4.1 .96 -0.5 -0.4 -5.5 -0.5 0.97 -3.5 0 3 7
1950 29 WSH AL 2.7 0.2 275 -0.6 4.5 -5.1 .99 -0.4 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 1.01 -4.6 0 0 2
1951 30 TOT AL -5.3 -0.5 301 -0.7 4.1 -4.8 .91 -0.8 0.0 -13.2 -1.2 0.91 -9.1 5 4 13
1951 30 WSH AL -3.3 -0.3 16 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .97 -0.2 -0.1 -4.0 -0.3 0.97 -2.7 0 0 0
1951 30 DET AL -2.0 -0.2 285 -0.4 3.9 -4.3 .90 -0.6 0.1 -9.2 -0.9 0.90 -6.4 5 4 13
1952 31 SLB AL -9.2 -0.9 564 -0.4 9.2 -9.5 1.02 -1.0 0.7 -14.7 -1.4 1.02 -11.8 2 2 8
1953 32 CHW AL 4.8 0.5 258 0.1 4.5 -4.4 .97 0.2 -0.1 2.3 0.2 0.97 3.3 7 2 12
7 Yrs 10.5 1.4 3188 0.6 54.4 -53.8 1.01 -0.7 1.4 7.5 1.4 1.01 2.0 20 20 48

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
1948 27 CLE AL 37 29 20 6 3 0 2 21 8 .724 0 1 15 6 22 76% 58.2 82 17 27 8 15 8 6.8 7.5 7.7
1949 28 CLE AL 32 19 7 7 5 1 0 11 8 .579 1 2 5 0 7 37% 44.1 89 24 33 11 5 8 4.2 4.6 5.6
1950 29 TOT AL 26 12 3 6 3 0 1 6 6 .500 1 2 4 0 4 33% 40.8 65 20 8 5 3 6 4.3 3.3 6.7
1950 29 CLE AL 14 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 1 1 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 6 3 0 3 5.7 5.4 5.2
1950 29 WSH AL 12 9 3 5 1 0 1 4 5 .444 0 1 4 0 4 44% 44.7 65 20 2 2 3 3 3.8 2.7 7.1
1951 30 TOT AL 38 5 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 2 2 1 2 40% 44.0 78 16 18 3 1 3 5.3 2.8 5.4
1951 30 WSH AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 2 0 0 1 7.0 0.0 2.7
1951 30 DET AL 37 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 2 1 2 50% 48.8 78 16 16 3 1 2 4.9 3.3 6.1
1952 31 SLB AL 34 16 6 7 3 1 3 7 9 .438 0 1 3 0 9 56% 48.4 75 22 23 3 4 7 3.6 3.8 7.0
1953 32 CHW AL 25 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 36.3 50 26 17 3 1 0 8.0 9.0 4.9
6 Yrs 192 84 38 29 17 2 7 48 36 .571 2 8 29 7 45 54% 49 89 16 126 33 29 32 5.2 5.6 6.7
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 111 -11 4.6 4.6 6.6

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
1947 26 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
1948 27 CLE AL 37 8 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 8 1 13% 9 .876 4 4 0 3 1 4 4 4 2 6 2 5 2.4
1949 28 CLE AL 32 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 33% 7 1.278 2 5 6 1 2 10 5 8 5 6 6 2 4.6
1950 29 TOT AL 26 14 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% .978 0 3 9 1 0 12 5 8 10 1 10 1 7.1
1950 29 CLE AL 14 11 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 8 .965 0 3 7 1 0 10 4 7 9 1 9 1 8.1
1950 29 WSH AL 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% .988 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.7
1951 30 TOT AL 38 33 12 1 3 2 0 2 0% 2 0 19 8 42% .907 5 4 13 3 2 18 11 12 19 5 12 2 7.4
1951 30 DET AL 37 33 12 1 3 2 0 2 0% 2 0 19 8 42% .903 5 4 13 3 2 18 11 12 19 5 12 2 7.4
1952 31 SLB AL 34 18 10 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 1.019 2 2 8 2 1 10 3 10 13 2 10 2 6.4
1953 32 CHW AL 25 22 9 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 18 2 11% 5 .973 7 2 12 5 4 13 9 13 14 5 14 3 6.0
7 Yrs 192 109 43 7 9 4 1 3 25% 10 3 68 23 34% 1.005 20 20 48 15 10 67 37 55 63 26 54 15 6.2

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%
1947 26 CLE AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 75%
1948 27 CLE AL 935 31% 1.0% 8.6% 11.3% 4.5% 23% 1.64 78% 181 42 23%
1949 28 CLE AL 591 35% 1.0% 6.9% 15.6% 5.8% 24% 1.45 75% 138 21 15%
1950 29 TOT AL 521 36% 1.3% 6.3% 13.7% 5.9% 20% 1.03 87% 110 12 11%
1950 29 CLE AL 211 42% 2.4% 4.8% 15.2% 5.7% 21% 0.92 76% 61 6 10%
1950 29 WSH AL 310 32% 0.4% 7.6% 12.6% 6.1% 20% 1.13 96% 49 6 12%
1951 30 TOT AL 490 36% 2.1% 13.7% 21.1% 7.4% 18% 1.08 132% 84 10 12%
1951 30 WSH AL 16 25% 0.0% 6.3% 12.5% 18.8% 50% 0.40 81% 5 0 0%
1951 30 DET AL 474 37% 2.2% 14.2% 21.6% 6.7% 16% 1.13 135% 79 10 13%
1952 31 SLB AL 677 32% 2.4% 8.3% 14.4% 7.7% 27% 1.23 97% 94 15 16%
1953 32 CHW AL 249 40% 3.2% 9.6% 13.3% 6.0% 31% 0.96 73% 46 6 13%
7 Yrs 3467 34% 1.6% 8.4% 14.1% 5.9% 23% 1.31 87% 653 106 16%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 12.1% 11.9% 6.3% 23% 0.95 93% 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
1947 26 CLE AL 2 0 1
1948 27 CLE AL 935 187 9 0 12 9 0 6 3 32 17 3 53% 13 5 2 356 5 8 38% 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 0
1949 28 CLE AL 591 140 6 0 17 3 3 2 4 39 23 7 59% 8 11 2 255 3 5 38% 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 0
1950 29 TOT AL 473 138 6 0 23 3 3 1 5 29 15 1 52% 9 5 2 203 5 5 50% 4 3 1 1 0 1 4 1 10 48
1950 29 CLE AL 210 57 5 0 13 3 2 1 4 17 8 1 47% 3 3 0 92 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 1
1950 29 WSH AL 263 81 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 12 7 0 58% 6 2 2 111 5 3 63% 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 47
1951 30 TOT AL 284 118 6 0 18 0 2 1 1 33 15 8 45% 9 5 1 127 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 206
1951 30 WSH AL 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 30 DET AL 268 112 6 0 18 0 2 1 1 32 14 8 44% 9 5 1 118 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 206
1952 31 SLB AL 543 158 13 0 13 5 3 4 4 24 14 0 58% 16 10 1 206 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 10 134
1953 32 CHW AL 249 48 8 0 7 7 1 8 0 9 1 0 11% 4 3 0 88 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
7 Yrs 3075 791 48 0 90 27 12 22 17 166 85 19 51% 59 40 8 1235 25 23 52% 19 20 6 2 0 1 17 1 66 388
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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 26 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 10 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00 10
1948 27 20 7 .741 2.54 38 29 4 15 6 1 230.0 189 75 65 9 107 80 3 0 6 939 160 1.287 7.4 0.4 4.2 3.1 0.75 160
1949 28 28 15 .651 3.45 70 48 4 20 6 1 357.0 329 152 137 15 199 121 5 0 17 1532 117 1.479 8.3 0.4 5.0 3.1 0.61 117
1950 29 32 23 .582 3.82 96 60 12 24 6 1 470.2 467 219 200 21 264 151 7 1 22 2053 108 1.553 8.9 0.4 5.0 2.9 0.57 108
1951 30 35 27 .565 3.98 134 65 24 26 7 1 579.1 585 282 256 27 324 190 8 1 27 2545 104 1.569 9.1 0.4 5.0 3.0 0.59 104
1952 31 42 35 .545 4.04 168 81 34 29 7 1 730.0 743 371 328 40 402 235 9 2 37 3221 101 1.568 9.2 0.5 5.0 2.9 0.58 101
1953 32 45 38 .542 3.96 193 84 43 29 7 1 788.1 791 398 347 48 435 259 9 2 40 3471 103 1.555 9.0 0.5 5.0 3.0 0.60 103

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
1947 26 0 0 inf 0.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0.00 1
1948 27 17 7 .708 2.58 223.0 194 71 64 9 110 78 3 1.363 7.8 4.4 3.1 0.71 0.4 37
1949 28 5 8 .385 5.40 125.0 146 83 75 6 96 40 2 1.936 10.5 6.9 2.9 0.42 0.4 32
1950 29 5 7 .417 4.78 113.0 138 67 60 6 65 30 2 1.796 11.0 5.2 2.4 0.46 0.5 26
1951 30 5 7 .417 4.42 112.0 120 61 55 6 61 40 1 1.616 9.6 4.9 3.2 0.66 0.5 38
1952 31 8 9 .471 4.41 153.0 165 83 75 14 81 46 1 1.608 9.7 4.8 2.7 0.57 0.8 34
1953 32 4 2 .667 2.90 59.0 50 21 19 8 34 24 0 1.424 7.6 5.2 3.7 0.71 1.2 25
7 Yrs 44 40 .524 4.02 785.0 815 389 351 49 448 258 9 1.609 9.3 3.0 0.58 0.6 193

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (8, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1948 AL  4.3 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL  2.43 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 AL  .741 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1948 AL  1.276 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  7.328 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1948 AL  229.7 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1948 AL  15 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  106 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  0.353 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (10th)
1949 AL  11 (1st)
1950 AL  5 (9th)
1951 AL  5 (7th)
1952 AL  10 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL  168 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  43 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  4.4 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 AL  51.42 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  4.6 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  3.0 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1948 AL  5.6 (2nd)


† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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