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Hank Behrman

Henry Bernard Behrman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: June 27, 1921 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Cleveland HS (Brooklyn, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1946
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Giants/Pirates 1946-1949

Final Game: September 18, 1949
Died: January 20, 1987 in New York, NY
Buried: Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
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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
1941	20	LAD-min	D	18	10	.643	3.11	37						252.0	226	114	87		118							1.365	8.1		4.2			VDS · GAFL
1942	21	LAD-min	B	14	11	.560	2.92	31						222.0	199	94	72		119							1.432	8.1		4.8			DHM · PIED
1946	25	BRO	NL	11	5	.688	2.93	47	11	12	2	0	4	150.2	138	63	49	3	69	78	2	2	2	655	116	1.374	8.2	0.2	4.1	4.7	1.13
1947	26	TOT	NL	5	5	.500	6.25	50	8	19	0	0	8	116.2	130	90	81	16	65	44	2	0	3	526	67	1.671	10.0	1.2	5.0	3.4	0.68
1947	26	BRO	NL	0	0		9.82	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	4	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	18	46	1.909	7.4	2.5	9.8	4.9	0.50
1947	26	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	9.12	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.2	33	26	25	6	17	11	2	0	0	116	47	2.027	12.0	2.2	6.2	4.0	0.65
1947	26	BRO	NL	5	3	.625	5.30	38	6	15	0	0	8	88.1	94	60	52	9	44	31	0	0	3	392	78	1.562	9.6	0.9	4.5	3.2	0.70
1948	27	LAD-min	AAA	8	2	.800	2.55	14	12		7	2		106.0	87	36	30		41	57	0	0	0			1.208	7.4		3.5	4.8	1.39	MTL · IL
1948	27	BRO	NL	5	4	.556	4.05	34	4	14	2	1	7	91.0	95	51	41	7	42	42	3	0	3	403	99	1.505	9.4	0.7	4.2	4.2	1.00
1949	28	NYG	NL	3	3	.500	4.92	43	4	17	1	1	0	71.1	64	46	39	5	52	25	0	0	5	325	82	1.626	8.1	0.6	6.6	3.2	0.48
1950	29	OLD	AAA	17	8	.680	4.25	62	24		9	1		218.0	194	112	103		138	158	2	10	3			1.523	8.0		5.7	6.5	1.14	OLD · PCL
1951	30	NYY-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	4.88	40	9		0	0		131.0	140	85	71		80	21	0	0	2			1.679	9.6		5.5	1.4	0.26	OKC,OLD,SFR · TL,PCL
1952	31	CHW-min	AAA	7	18	.280	4.05	31	25		13	2		182.0	187	98	82		66	113	3	0	6			1.390	9.2		3.3	5.6	1.71	TOL · AA
1953	32	CHW-min	AAA	6	16	.273	4.87	39	16		4	1		133.0	152	84	72	8	54	88	2	0	2			1.549	10.3	0.5	3.7	6.0	1.63	CHL · AA
4 Yrs				24	17	.585	4.40	174	27	62	5	2	19	429.2	427	250	210	31	228	189	7	2	13	1909	87	1.524	8.9	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.83
162 Game Avg.				8	6	.585	4.40	59	9	21	2	1	6	145	144	85	71	10	77	64	2	1	4	646	87	1.524	8.9	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.83

BRO (3 yrs)				21	12	.636	3.94	121	21	42	4	1	19	333.2	330	178	146	20	159	153	5	2	8	1468	96	1.466	8.9	0.5	4.3	4.1	0.96
NYG (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.92	43	4	17	1	1	0	71.1	64	46	39	5	52	25	0	0	5	325	82	1.626	8.1	0.6	6.6	3.2	0.48
PIT (1 yr)				0	2	.000	9.12	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.2	33	26	25	6	17	11	2	0	0	116	47	2.027	12.0	2.2	6.2	4.0	0.65

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
1946	25	BRO	NL	150.2	47	11	63	3.76	3.84	0.07	0.00	99.3	3.74	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.499	.500	$
1947	26	BRO	NL	92.0	40	6	64	6.26	4.75	0.27	0.00	101.4	4.54	-18	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.456	.489	$
1947	26	PIT	NL	24.2	10	2	26	9.49	4.81	-0.16	0.00	99.8	4.97	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.385	.493	$
1948	27	BRO	NL	91.0	34	4	51	5.04	4.59	0.13	0.00	101.6	4.53	-5	-0.6	1.7	-0.2	0.1	5	.484	.497	$
1949	28	NYG	NL	71.1	43	4	46	5.80	4.58	0.13	0.00	98.0	4.36	-12	-1.2	.9	-0.0	-0.5	-3	.473	.493	$
4 Seasons				429.2	174	27	250	5.24	4.37	0.12	0.00	100.0	4.25	-48	-4.7	1.1	-0.4	-0.9	1	.473	.494	$

BRO (3 yrs)				333.2	121	21	178	4.80	4.29	0.14	0.00	100.5	4.18	-24	-2.4	1.2	-0.4	0.5	14	.480	.495	$
NYG (1 yr)				71.1	43	4	46	5.80	4.58	0.13	0.00	98.0	4.36	-12	-1.2	.9	-0.0	-0.5	-3	.473	.493	$
PIT (1 yr)				24.2	10	2	26	9.49	4.81	-0.16	0.00	99.8	4.97	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.385	.493	$

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
1947	26	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		7.11	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	9	5	5	0	5	1	3	0	0	1	35	2.211	12.8	0.0	7.1	4.3	0.60
1 WS							0	0		7.11	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	9	5	5	0	5	1	3	0	0	1	35	2.211	12.8	0.0	7.1	4.3	0.60

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
1948	27	BRO	NL	34	404	356	51	95	18	2	7	0	3	42	42	.267	.349	.388	.737	.287	138	10	3	3	0	9
1949	28	NYG	NL	43	215	274	46	64	3	3	5	6	2	52	25	.234	.356	.321	.677	.242	88	1	0	5	0	6
2 Yrs				77	619	630	97	159	21	5	12	6	5	94	67	.252	.352	.359	.711	.267	226	11	3	8	0	15
162 Game Avg.				62	495	504	78	127	17	4	10	5	4	75	54	.252	.352	.359	.711	.267	181	9	2	6	0	12
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.345	.682	.278

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	BRO	NL	-2.4	-0.2	414	-0.9	6.6	-7.5	.93	-0.8	-0.2	-10.5	-1.0	0.93	-11.5	13	8	9
1949	28	NYG	NL	-8.0	-0.8	226	-0.9	2.8	-3.7	.83	-0.3	-0.7	-9.1	-0.9	0.83	-3.6	5	1	14
4 Yrs				-30.2	-2.8	640	-1.8	9.5	-11.3	.89	-1.2	-0.8	-19.6	-1.9	0.89	-15.1	18	9	23

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
1946	25	BRO	NL	47	11	5	4	2	2	1	7	4	.636	0	0	2	0	5	45%	47.0	72	26			5	5	5.3		6.3
1947	26	TOT	NL	50	8	4	1	3	0	0	6	2	.750	0	0	0	0	4	50%	43.4	60	26			5	2	7.4		6.0
1947	26	BRO	NL	40	6	4	0	2	0	0	6	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	4	67%	48.7	60	34			5	0	8.0		6.2
1947	26	PIT	NL	10	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.5	29	26			0	2	5.7		5.3
1948	27	BRO	NL	34	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	.500	0	0	2	1	3	75%	54.5	70	40	19	7	2	1	5.8	6.5	7.4
1949	28	NYG	NL	43	4	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	.500	1	0	1	1	2	50%	51.5	74	38	15	8	2	1	4.6	4.2	4.8
4 Yrs				174	27	12	8	7	2	3	17	10	.630	1	0	5	2	14	52%	48	74	26	34	15	14	9	5.9	5.7	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.4	4.8	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
1946	25	BRO	NL	47	36	12	6	1	0	4	0		0	0														25	7		4	6.8
1947	26	TOT	NL	50	42	19	1	4	0	8	0		0	0														24	11		11	4.9
1947	26	BRO	NL	40	34	16	1	3	0	8	0		0	0														20	9		10	4.9
1947	26	PIT	NL	10	8	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0														4	2		1	5.3
1948	27	BRO	NL	34	30	14	3	2	10	7	3	70%	12	2	37	19	51%	8	.930	13	8	9	15	2	13	22	8	18	7	19	9	6.1
1949	28	NYG	NL	43	39	17	2	2	0	0	0		3	2	15	7	47%		.830	5	1	14	3	1	16	9	11	14	12	8	10	4.0
4 Yrs				174	147	62	12	9	10	19	3	190%	15	4	52	26	50%		.895	18	9	23	18	3	29	31	19	81	37	27	34	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1946	25	BRO	NL	655		0.5%	11.9%	10.5%	0.9%	4%		75%
1947	26	TOT	NL	528		3.0%	8.3%	12.3%				74%
1947	26	BRO	NL	410		2.4%	8.1%	11.7%				76%
1947	26	PIT	NL	118		5.1%	9.3%	14.4%				68%
1948	27	BRO	NL	404	63%	1.7%	10.4%	10.4%	6.7%	28%	0.94	76%	91	10	11%
1949	28	NYG	NL	331	60%	2.3%	11.6%	24.2%	5.1%	17%	0.70	113%	46	1	2%
4 Yrs				1918	62%	1.7%	10.5%	12.7%	2.4%	10%	0.85	80%	137	11	8%
MLB Averages					48%	1.9%	11.7%	11.9%	4.7%	17%	0.95	94%			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
1946	25	BRO	NL		138			3												2
1947	26	TOT	NL		130			16												3
1947	26	BRO	NL		97			10												3
1947	26	PIT	NL		33			6												0
1948	27	BRO	NL	404	95			7	0	11	2	5	4	3	33	18	4	55%	9	3	1	183	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	5	0
1949	28	NYG	NL	215	64			5	1	7	1	3	2	2	9	6	1	67%	6	5	0	93	6	2	75%	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	116
4 Yrs				619	427			31	1	18	3	8	6	5	42	24	5	57%	15	13	1	276	6	5	55%	5	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	9	116
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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1946	25	11	5	.688	2.93	47	11	12	2	0	4	150.2	138	63	49	3	69	78	2	2	2	655	116	1.374	8.2	0.2	4.1	4.7	1.13	116
1947	26	16	10	.615	4.38	97	19	31	2	0	12	267.1	268	153	130	19	134	122	4	2	5	1181	85	1.504	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.1	0.91	85
1948	27	21	14	.600	4.29	131	23	45	4	1	19	358.1	363	204	171	26	176	164	7	2	8	1584	89	1.504	9.1	0.7	4.4	4.1	0.93	89
1949	28	24	17	.585	4.40	174	27	62	5	2	19	429.2	427	250	210	31	228	189	7	2	13	1909	87	1.524	8.9	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.83	87

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
1946	25	9	7	.563	3.46	151.0	153	64	58	3	76	78	2	1.517	9.1	4.5	4.6	1.03	0.2	47
1947	26	3	9	.250	6.28	116.0	133	90	81	16	66	44	2	1.716	10.3	5.1	3.4	0.67	1.2	50
1948	27	5	5	.500	4.11	92.0	98	47	42	7	43	43	3	1.533	9.6	4.2	4.2	1.00	0.7	34
1949	28	3	5	.375	4.93	73.0	66	44	40	5	54	25	0	1.644	8.1	6.7	3.1	0.46	0.6	43
4 Yrs		20	26	.435	4.60	432.0	450	245	221	31	239	190	7	1.595	9.4		4.0	0.80	0.6	174

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1946 NL .688 (2nd)	Games Played s c a p y 1946 NL 47 (2nd) 1947 NL 50 (2nd) 1949 NL 43 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1946 NL 4 (6th) 1947 NL 8 (4th) 1948 NL 7 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1949 NL 5 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1947 NL 19 (5th) 1949 NL 17 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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