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Johnny Beazley

John Andrew Beazley (Nig)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 25, 1918 in Nashville, TN
High School: Hume-Fogg HS (Nashville, TN) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1941-1949

Final Game: May 8, 1949
Died: April 21, 1990 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
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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
1941 23 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 37 395 1.444 10.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
1942 24 STL NL 21 6 .778 2.13 43 23 15 13 3 3 215.1 181 67 51 4 73 91 3 0 7 890 160 1.180 7.6 0.2 3.1 3.8 1.25 MVP-13
1946 28 STL NL 7 5 .583 4.46 19 18 0 5 0 0 103.0 109 55 51 6 55 36 4 1 3 460 78 1.592 9.5 0.5 4.8 3.1 0.65
1947 29 BSN NL 2 0 1.000 4.40 9 2 4 2 0 0 28.2 30 15 14 1 19 12 0 0 3 133 91 1.709 9.4 0.3 6.0 3.8 0.63
1948 30 BSN NL 0 1 .000 4.50 3 2 1 0 0 0 16.0 19 13 8 2 7 4 0 0 1 75 88 1.625 10.7 1.1 3.9 2.3 0.57
1949 31 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs 31 12 .721 3.01 76 46 21 21 3 3 374.0 349 151 125 13 157 147 7 1 15 1601 117 1.353 8.4 0.3 3.8 3.5 0.94
162 Game Avg. 17 7 .721 3.01 42 26 12 12 2 2 208 195 84 70 7 88 82 4 1 8 892 117 1.353 8.4 0.3 3.8 3.5 0.94
BSN (3 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.24 13 4 6 2 0 0 46.2 49 28 22 3 26 16 0 0 4 214 95 1.607 9.5 0.6 5.0 3.1 0.62
STL (3 yrs) 29 11 .725 2.83 63 42 15 19 3 3 327.1 300 123 103 10 131 131 7 1 11 1387 122 1.317 8.2 0.3 3.6 3.6 1.00

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
1941 23 STL NL 9.0 1 1 1 1.00 4.57 0.28 0.00 92.0 3.94 3 0.4 -0.0 0.5 4 .876 .502 $
1942 24 STL NL 215.1 43 23 67 2.80 3.66 0.13 0.00 102.5 3.62 21 2.6 1.0 -0.1 4.3 38 .560 .516 $ MVP-13
1946 28 STL NL 103.0 19 18 55 4.81 3.83 0.11 0.00 100.9 3.75 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .432 .492 $
1947 29 BSN NL 28.2 9 2 15 4.71 4.76 0.01 0.00 95.5 4.53 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .492 .500 $
1948 30 BSN NL 16.0 3 2 13 7.31 4.35 0.15 0.00 96.0 4.03 -6 -0.5 .1 0.1 -0.3 -4 .328 .497 $
1949 31 BSN NL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.40 -0.13 0.00 88.0 3.98 1 0.1 .1 -0.0 0.1 1 .596 .501 $
6 Seasons 374.0 76 46 151 3.63 3.85 0.12 0.00 100.9 3.75 7 1.2 .9 -0.2 4.4 40 .515 .501 $
BSN (3 yrs) 46.2 13 4 28 5.40 4.61 0.06 0.00 95.4 4.34 -6 -0.5 .8 0.0 -0.0 -0 .462 .499 $
STL (3 yrs) 327.1 63 42 123 3.38 3.74 0.13 0.00 101.7 3.67 12 1.7 1.0 -0.2 4.4 41 .526 .503 $

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
1942 24 STL NL WS W NYY 2 0 1.000 2.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 17 5 5 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 73 1.111 8.5 1.0 1.5 3.0 2.00
1946 28 STL NL WS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 0 1.000 2.37 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 18 5 5 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 77 1.105 8.5 0.9 1.4 3.3 2.33
2 WS 2 0 1.000 2.37 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 18 5 5 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 77 1.105 8.5 0.9 1.4 3.3 2.33

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 30 BSN NL 3 75 67 13 19 2 1 2 1 0 7 4 .284 .351 .433 .784 .279 29 1 0 1 0 0
1949 31 BSN NL 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 4 81 73 13 19 2 1 2 1 0 7 4 .260 .325 .397 .722 .254 29 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 45 918 827 147 215 23 11 23 11 0 79 45 .260 .325 .397 .722 .254 329 11 0 11 0 0
MLB Averages .259 .331 .329 .660 .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 30 BSN NL -2.7 -0.3 77 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .80 -0.2 -0.5 -5.3 -0.5 0.80 -3.3 0 0 1
1949 31 BSN NL 1.1 0.1 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 .03 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.03 1.6 0 0 1
6 Yrs 18.7 2.3 83 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .75 -0.0 -0.7 -4.3 -0.4 0.75 -1.8 0 0 2

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
1941 23 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1 100% 64.0 64 64 0 1 3.0 9.0
1942 24 STL NL 43 23 15 3 5 0 2 18 5 .783 0 0 13 3 19 83% 58.7 87 24 14 6 4.9 7.8
1946 28 STL NL 19 18 7 5 6 4 3 11 7 .611 0 0 5 0 7 39% 46.0 73 24 1 10 4.8 5.6
1947 29 BSN NL 9 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 1 50% 51.5 56 47 0 2 9.6 9.0
1948 30 BSN NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44.5 51 38 2 1 0 1 5.5 2.0 5.2
5 Yrs 75 46 25 9 12 5 5 32 14 .696 0 1 21 3 28 61% 53 87 24 2 1 15 20 5.0 2.0 6.9
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 115 -11 4.3 4.8 6.9

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
1942 24 STL NL 43 20 15 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 12 2 3 5.5
1946 28 STL NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1947 29 BSN NL 9 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4.6
1948 30 BSN NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .804 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0
1949 31 BSN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .032 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
5 Yrs 75 30 21 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 100% .747 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 19 2 2 3 5.7

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%
1941 23 STL NL 37 0.0% 10.8% 8.1% 2.7% 10% 81%
1942 24 STL NL 890 0.5% 10.2% 8.2% 2.0% 10% 79%
1946 28 STL NL 460 1.3% 7.8% 12.0% 2.0% 8% 77%
1947 29 BSN NL 133 0.8% 9.0% 14.3% 3.0% 13% 71%
1948 30 BSN NL 75 67% 2.7% 5.3% 9.3% 6.7% 26% 0.80 81% 14 1 7%
1949 31 BSN NL 6 83% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.20 100% 0 0
6 Yrs 1601 68% 0.8% 9.2% 9.8% 2.3% 11% 0.70 78% 14 1 7%
MLB Averages 48% 1.4% 10.0% 10.1% 3.5% 14% 0.95 85% 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
1941 23 STL NL 10 0 1
1942 24 STL NL 181 4 7
1946 28 STL NL 109 6 3
1947 29 BSN NL 30 1 3
1948 30 BSN NL 75 19 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1949 31 BSN NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 81 349 13 0 1 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 75% 0 15 0 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1941 23 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 37 395 1.444 10.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 395
1942 24 22 6 .786 2.09 44 24 15 14 3 3 224.1 191 68 52 4 76 95 3 0 8 927 165 1.190 7.7 0.2 3.0 3.8 1.25 165
1943 25 22 6 .786 2.09 44 24 15 14 3 3 224.1 191 68 52 4 76 95 3 0 8 927 165 1.190 7.7 0.2 3.0 3.8 1.25 165
1944 26 22 6 .786 2.09 44 24 15 14 3 3 224.1 191 68 52 4 76 95 3 0 8 927 165 1.190 7.7 0.2 3.0 3.8 1.25 165
1945 27 22 6 .786 2.09 44 24 15 14 3 3 224.1 191 68 52 4 76 95 3 0 8 927 165 1.190 7.7 0.2 3.0 3.8 1.25 165
1946 28 29 11 .725 2.83 63 42 15 19 3 3 327.1 300 123 103 10 131 131 7 1 11 1387 122 1.317 8.2 0.3 3.6 3.6 1.00 122
1947 29 31 11 .738 2.96 72 44 19 21 3 3 356.0 330 138 117 11 150 143 7 1 14 1520 118 1.348 8.3 0.3 3.8 3.6 0.95 118
1948 30 31 12 .721 3.02 75 46 20 21 3 3 372.0 349 151 125 13 157 147 7 1 15 1595 116 1.360 8.4 0.3 3.8 3.6 0.94 116
1949 31 31 12 .721 3.01 76 46 21 21 3 3 374.0 349 151 125 13 157 147 7 1 15 1601 117 1.353 8.4 0.3 3.8 3.5 0.94 117

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
1941 23 0 0 1.13 8.0 10 1 1 0 3 4 0 1.625 11.3 3.4 4.5 1.33 0.0 1
1942 24 17 7 .708 2.42 219.0 200 66 59 4 81 93 3 1.283 8.2 3.3 3.8 1.15 0.2 43
1946 28 4 6 .400 5.36 99.0 120 66 59 7 61 34 4 1.828 10.9 5.5 3.1 0.56 0.6 19
1947 29 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 32 17 15 1 20 12 0 1.793 9.9 6.2 3.7 0.60 0.3 9
1948 30 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 20 9 8 2 7 4 0 1.588 10.6 3.7 2.1 0.57 1.1 3
1949 31 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
6 Yrs 22 16 .579 3.42 374.0 382 159 142 14 172 147 7 1.481 9.2 3.5 0.85 0.3 76

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (13, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1942 NL  4.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 NL  2.13 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1942 NL  21 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1942 NL  .778 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 NL  1.180 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  7.565 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  3.803 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 NL  43 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1942 NL  3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 NL  91 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 NL  3 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 NL  1.247 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  0.167 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 NL  7 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  4 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 NL  162 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1942 NL  28 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1942 NL  3.1 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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