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Gary Bell

Wilbur Gary Bell (Ding Dong)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: November 17, 1936 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Burbank HS (Burbank, TX)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1958
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/WhiteSox/Pilots 1958-1969

Final Game: September 12, 1969
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All-Star

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
1958 21 CLE AL 12 10 .545 3.31 33 23 5 10 0 1 182.0 141 70 67 18 73 0 110 5 0 4 750 112 1.176 7.0 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.51 RoY-3
1959 22 CLE AL 16 11 .593 4.04 44 28 11 12 1 5 234.0 208 107 105 28 105 4 136 5 1 8 1005 92 1.338 8.0 1.1 4.0 5.2 1.30
1960 23 CLE AL 9 10 .474 4.13 28 23 1 6 2 1 154.2 139 78 71 15 82 2 109 7 0 9 674 91 1.429 8.1 0.9 4.8 6.3 1.33 AS
1961 24 CLE AL 12 16 .429 4.10 34 34 0 11 2 0 228.1 214 125 104 32 100 2 163 6 0 3 994 95 1.375 8.4 1.3 3.9 6.4 1.63
1962 25 CLE AL 10 9 .526 4.26 57 6 37 1 0 12 107.2 104 56 51 14 52 8 80 3 1 4 463 91 1.449 8.7 1.2 4.3 6.7 1.54
1963 26 CLE AL 8 5 .615 2.95 58 7 28 0 0 5 119.0 91 48 39 13 52 10 98 4 0 4 502 123 1.202 6.9 1.0 3.9 7.4 1.88
1964 27 CLE AL 8 6 .571 4.33 56 2 28 0 0 4 106.0 106 56 51 15 53 5 89 4 0 6 471 84 1.500 9.0 1.3 4.5 7.6 1.68
1965 28 CLE AL 6 5 .545 3.04 60 0 33 0 0 17 103.2 86 43 35 7 50 10 86 2 0 2 441 115 1.312 7.5 0.6 4.3 7.5 1.72
1966 29 CLE AL 14 15 .483 3.22 40 37 1 12 0 0 254.1 211 102 91 19 79 3 194 4 0 9 1028 107 1.140 7.5 0.7 2.8 6.9 2.46 AS
1967 30 TOT AL 13 13 .500 3.31 38 33 3 9 0 3 226.0 193 98 83 23 71 4 154 5 0 5 932 105 1.168 7.7 0.9 2.8 6.1 2.17
1967 30 CLE AL 1 5 .167 3.71 9 9 0 1 0 0 60.2 50 28 25 7 24 1 39 1 0 1 249 90 1.220 7.4 1.0 3.6 5.8 1.63
1967 30 BOS AL 12 8 .600 3.16 29 24 3 8 0 3 165.1 143 70 58 16 47 3 115 4 0 4 683 112 1.149 7.8 0.9 2.6 6.3 2.45
1968 31 BOS AL 11 11 .500 3.12 35 27 4 9 3 1 199.1 177 82 69 7 68 6 103 5 0 9 827 103 1.229 8.0 0.3 3.1 4.7 1.51 AS
1969 32 TOT AL 2 6 .250 5.31 36 13 12 1 1 2 100.0 124 67 59 16 57 10 56 4 0 7 474 70 1.810 11.2 1.4 5.1 5.0 0.98
1969 32 SEP AL 2 6 .250 4.70 13 11 2 1 1 2 61.1 76 40 32 8 34 8 30 2 0 4 290 77 1.793 11.2 1.2 5.0 4.4 0.88
1969 32 CHW AL 0 0 6.28 23 2 10 0 0 0 38.2 48 27 27 8 23 2 26 2 0 3 184 62 1.836 11.2 1.9 5.4 6.1 1.13
12 Yrs 121 117 .508 3.68 519 233 163 71 9 51 2015.0 1794 932 825 207 842 64 1378 54 2 70 8561 98 1.308 8.0 0.9 3.8 6.2 1.64
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .508 3.68 47 21 15 6 1 5 182 162 84 75 19 76 6 125 5 0 6 774 98 1.308 8.0 0.9 3.8 6.2 1.64
CLE (10 yrs) 96 92 .511 3.71 419 169 144 53 5 45 1550.1 1350 713 639 168 670 45 1104 41 2 50 6577 99 1.303 7.8 1.0 3.9 6.4 1.65
BOS (2 yrs) 23 19 .548 3.13 64 51 7 17 3 4 364.2 320 152 127 23 115 9 218 9 0 13 1510 107 1.193 7.9 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.90
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 6.28 23 2 10 0 0 0 38.2 48 27 27 8 23 2 26 2 0 3 184 62 1.836 11.2 1.9 5.4 6.1 1.13
SEP (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.70 13 11 2 1 1 2 61.1 76 40 32 8 34 8 30 2 0 4 290 77 1.793 11.2 1.2 5.0 4.4 0.88

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
1958 21 CLE AL 182.0 33 23 70 3.46 4.10 -0.06 0.00 96.8 4.03 12 1.3 1.1 -0.1 2.6 27 .540 .508 $ RoY-3
1959 22 CLE AL 234.0 44 28 107 4.12 4.27 0.39 0.00 98.2 3.81 -6 -0.6 2.0 -0.2 0.9 13 .486 .496 $
1960 23 CLE AL 154.2 28 23 78 4.54 4.46 0.20 0.06 97.3 4.21 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 0.6 8 .483 .497 $ AS
1961 24 CLE AL 228.1 34 34 125 4.93 4.59 0.08 0.08 97.4 4.46 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.5 10 .470 .494 $
1962 25 CLE AL 107.2 57 6 56 4.68 4.46 0.18 -0.13 95.8 3.98 -7 -0.7 2.1 -0.4 -0.3 2 .487 .496 $
1963 26 CLE AL 119.0 58 7 48 3.63 4.04 -0.07 -0.09 100.5 4.03 7 0.8 1.1 -0.2 1.5 16 .513 .505 $
1964 27 CLE AL 106.0 56 2 56 4.75 4.00 -0.33 -0.14 101.1 4.24 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.2 0.1 3 .491 .497 $18,500
1965 28 CLE AL 103.2 60 0 43 3.73 4.00 -0.07 -0.16 100.4 3.93 3 0.3 1.5 -0.1 1.0 11 .505 .502 $21,000
1966 29 CLE AL 254.1 40 37 102 3.61 3.94 -0.04 0.07 100.5 4.08 17 2.1 1.6 -0.1 3.8 34 .552 .513 $ AS
1967 30 CLE AL 60.2 9 9 28 4.15 3.63 -0.11 0.06 101.6 3.86 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .486 .499 $24,000
1967 30 BOS AL 165.1 29 24 70 3.81 3.53 0.23 0.05 105.9 3.55 -2 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.8 8 .490 .498 $
1968 31 BOS AL 199.1 35 27 82 3.70 3.38 0.16 0.04 106.4 3.46 -3 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 1.0 9 .489 .498 $40,000 AS
1969 32 SEP AL 61.1 13 11 40 5.87 4.11 -0.55 0.06 100.9 4.77 -7 -0.7 3.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .443 .495 $40,000
1969 32 CHW AL 38.2 23 2 27 6.28 4.13 -0.11 -0.12 109.5 4.51 -7 -0.8 .6 0.0 -0.5 -4 .465 .495 $
12 Seasons 2015.0 519 233 932 4.16 4.06 0.05 0.00 100.3 4.01 -15 -1.3 1.4 -1.9 11.9 137 .498 .499 $143,500
CLE (10 yrs) 1550.1 419 169 713 4.14 4.20 0.05 -0.01 98.7 4.08 5 0.9 1.4 -1.6 11.0 126 .502 .501 $63,500
BOS (2 yrs) 364.2 64 51 152 3.75 3.45 0.19 0.04 106.2 3.50 -5 -0.7 1.2 -0.2 1.8 17 .490 .498 $40,000
CHW (1 yr) 38.2 23 2 27 6.28 4.13 -0.11 -0.12 109.5 4.51 -7 -0.8 .6 0.0 -0.5 -4 .465 .495 $
SEP (1 yr) 61.1 13 11 40 5.87 4.11 -0.55 0.06 100.9 4.77 -7 -0.7 3.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .443 .495 $40,000

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
1967 30 BOS AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 5.06 3 1 1 0 0 1 5.1 8 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 1.688 13.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.06 3 1 1 0 0 1 5.1 8 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 1.688 13.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1960 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1960 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.000 18.0 9.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1966 CLE AL 29
1968 BOS AL 31
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 0.0 0.00

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
1958 21 CLE AL 33 725 661 70 141 20 2 18 2 4 73 110 .213 .294 .331 .626 .229 219 13 5 6 5 0 9
1959 22 CLE AL 44 1004 875 107 208 23 4 28 6 2 105 136 .238 .321 .369 .690 .251 323 10 5 13 6 4 4
1960 23 CLE AL 28 673 573 78 139 22 4 15 9 5 82 109 .243 .341 .373 .714 .272 214 15 7 4 7 2 8
1961 24 CLE AL 34 993 875 125 214 26 6 32 12 2 100 163 .245 .324 .398 .722 .265 348 14 6 6 7 2 14
1962 25 CLE AL 57 465 395 56 104 10 1 14 6 4 52 80 .263 .349 .400 .749 .293 158 15 3 8 6 8 4
1963 26 CLE AL 58 500 437 48 91 10 2 13 2 3 52 98 .208 .298 .330 .627 .239 144 8 4 7 1 10 14
1964 27 CLE AL 56 471 407 56 106 19 1 15 2 3 53 89 .260 .349 .423 .772 .297 172 11 4 4 3 5 5
1965 28 CLE AL 60 440 381 43 86 16 1 7 3 1 50 86 .226 .318 .328 .646 .273 125 9 2 7 1 10 6
1966 29 CLE AL 40 1028 927 102 211 38 9 19 10 7 79 194 .228 .289 .350 .639 .267 324 21 4 12 6 3 11
1967 30 BOS AL 29 682 618 70 143 28 3 16 4 3 47 115 .231 .289 .364 .653 .259 225 11 4 10 3 3 13
1967 30 CLE AL 9 249 214 28 50 9 1 7 2 6 24 39 .234 .311 .383 .694 .253 82 2 1 8 2 1 2
1967 30 TOT AL 38 931 832 98 193 37 4 23 6 9 71 154 .232 .295 .369 .664 .258 307 13 5 18 5 4 15
1968 31 BOS AL 35 827 740 82 177 26 7 7 14 4 68 103 .239 .306 .322 .627 .268 238 15 5 9 5 6 12
1969 32 CHW AL 23 184 156 27 48 4 0 8 4 1 23 26 .308 .403 .487 .890 .328 76 3 2 3 0 2 2
1969 32 SEP AL 13 290 249 40 76 17 2 8 4 0 34 30 .305 .389 .486 .875 .318 121 5 2 2 3 8 4
1969 32 TOT AL 36 474 405 67 124 21 2 16 8 1 57 56 .306 .394 .486 .881 .321 197 8 4 5 3 10 6
12 Yrs 519 8531 7508 932 1794 268 43 207 80 45 842 1378 .239 .318 .369 .687 .265 2769 152 54 99 55 64 108
162 Game Avg. 47 771 679 84 162 24 4 19 7 4 76 125 .239 .318 .369 .687 .265 250 14 5 9 5 6 10
MLB Averages .250 .316 .376 .692 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 21 CLE AL 10.3 1.1 736 1.2 12.8 -11.5 1.01 2.0 -0.8 15.1 1.6 1.01 19.6 3 2 5
1959 22 CLE AL -3.1 -0.3 1025 1.6 19.1 -17.6 1.09 0.4 1.0 11.4 1.2 1.09 3.4 10 3 3
1960 23 CLE AL -5.3 -0.5 701 0.5 13.5 -12.9 1.11 -0.4 0.9 -2.0 -0.2 1.11 -2.9 1 2 2
1961 24 CLE AL -6.8 -0.7 1014 -0.5 15.8 -16.3 .91 -0.4 -0.2 -8.5 -0.8 0.91 -5.4 0 0 0
1962 25 CLE AL -4.4 -0.4 486 -0.6 11.3 -11.9 1.46 -0.6 0.2 -8.8 -0.9 1.46 -8.1 30 7 13
1963 26 CLE AL 7.3 0.8 515 1.3 10.2 -8.9 1.16 0.8 0.3 6.9 0.7 1.17 9.1 16 7 26
1964 27 CLE AL -8.1 -0.8 487 -1.9 5.9 -7.8 .83 -1.2 -1.0 -12.8 -1.3 0.82 -16.4 11 8 31
1965 28 CLE AL 4.1 0.4 448 -0.4 10.1 -10.4 1.47 0.4 -0.7 2.3 0.2 1.47 3.8 26 12 21
1966 29 CLE AL 6.8 0.7 1064 1.6 20.8 -19.1 1.12 2.1 -0.6 10.4 1.1 1.12 17.5 1 1 1
1967 30 TOT AL 2.5 0.3 951 -0.4 15.3 -15.7 .99 0.7 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.99 -0.0 1 1 3
1967 30 CLE AL -2.3 -0.2 257 0.0 5.4 -5.4 1.28 0.1 -0.1 1.0 0.1 1.28 0.3 0 0 0
1967 30 BOS AL 4.8 0.5 694 -0.4 9.9 -10.4 .89 0.6 -1.0 -2.0 -0.2 0.89 -0.3 1 1 3
1968 31 BOS AL 0.5 0.1 854 -0.4 15.3 -15.7 1.12 0.1 -0.4 1.6 0.2 1.12 3.2 2 4 2
1969 32 TOT AL -16.9 -1.7 493 -2.2 6.2 -8.4 .87 -2.6 0.1 -28.8 -2.8 0.87 -27.7 4 2 16
1969 32 SEP AL -8.8 -0.9 300 -1.1 4.8 -5.9 1.08 -1.8 0.8 -14.6 -1.4 1.08 -17.8 1 0 1
1969 32 CHW AL -8.1 -0.8 193 -1.1 1.3 -2.5 .55 -0.8 -1.2 -14.2 -1.4 0.55 -9.9 3 2 15
12 Yrs -13.2 -1.1 8774 -0.1 156.2 -156.3 1.08 1.3 -1.3 -14.2 -1.1 1.08 -4.0 105 49 123

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
1958 21 CLE AL 33 23 11 8 4 3 3 11 12 .478 2 0 10 0 13 57% 54.7 82 25 12 3 14 3 4.7 5.0 6.8
1959 22 CLE AL 44 28 13 10 5 3 2 16 12 .571 3 1 12 1 14 50% 53.2 83 28 18 10 13 4 4.8 5.0 7.2
1960 23 CLE AL 28 23 9 10 4 2 3 10 13 .435 0 1 6 2 13 57% 52.3 84 15 17 9 10 7 3.9 3.8 6.4
1961 24 CLE AL 34 34 12 16 6 1 4 17 17 .500 3 1 11 2 18 53% 51.4 87 9 21 8 14 10 5.2 5.6 6.7
1962 25 CLE AL 57 6 1 3 2 1 0 3 3 .500 0 2 1 0 0 0% 33.8 47 22 20 8 5 1 4.5 4.9 3.8
1963 26 CLE AL 58 7 1 4 2 0 1 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 3 43% 46.1 79 20 19 6 1 3 2.4 2.1 5.4
1964 27 CLE AL 56 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 37.5 43 32 23 5 0 2 5.5 6.5 5.3
1966 29 CLE AL 40 37 13 15 9 1 6 15 22 .405 1 5 12 0 23 62% 57.3 89 26 20 8 21 6 2.9 2.9 6.8
1967 30 TOT AL 38 33 13 13 7 1 5 19 14 .576 1 5 9 0 21 64% 55.2 85 22 26 10 14 10 4.3 3.9 6.5
1967 30 CLE AL 9 9 1 5 3 0 2 4 5 .444 0 2 1 0 5 56% 54.6 85 30 7 5 1 7 3.3 1.6 6.7
1967 30 BOS AL 29 24 12 8 4 1 3 15 9 .625 1 3 8 0 16 67% 55.4 78 22 19 5 13 3 4.7 4.8 6.5
1968 31 BOS AL 35 27 10 10 7 0 4 14 13 .519 3 4 9 3 17 63% 54.7 86 18 28 13 12 7 3.6 3.2 6.7
1969 32 TOT AL 36 13 2 6 5 0 0 4 9 .308 0 3 1 1 3 23% 40.4 71 22 21 1 5 5 3.8 3.7 5.1
1969 32 SEP AL 13 11 2 6 3 0 0 3 8 .273 0 1 1 1 3 27% 41.7 71 22 14 1 3 5 3.3 3.8 5.3
1969 32 CHW AL 23 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 33.5 37 30 7 0 2 0 6.6 3.4 4.0
11 Yrs 459 233 86 96 51 12 28 112 121 .481 13 23 71 9 126 54% 53 89 9 225 81 109 58 4.1 4.1 6.5
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.4

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
1958 21 CLE AL 33 10 5 1 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 1 25% 7 1.012 3 2 5 2 1 7 2 8 8 0 8 2 7.9
1959 22 CLE AL 44 16 11 3 1 6 5 1 83% 6 0 18 6 33% 9 1.092 10 3 3 6 4 6 9 7 9 3 9 4 6.3
1960 23 CLE AL 28 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 2 40% 6 1.114 1 2 2 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 5.0
1962 25 CLE AL 57 51 37 9 6 19 12 7 63% 19 0 54 23 43% 8 1.460 30 7 13 19 10 22 28 23 27 10 27 14 5.0
1963 26 CLE AL 58 51 28 7 1 6 5 1 83% 8 2 37 9 24% 8 1.164 16 7 26 9 9 33 21 30 25 14 25 19 4.8
1964 27 CLE AL 56 54 28 7 5 4 4 2 100% 5 1 24 7 29% 7 .827 11 8 31 12 7 35 17 37 31 8 33 17 5.3
1965 28 CLE AL 60 60 33 6 5 20 17 4 85% 25 4 43 10 23% 9 1.471 26 12 21 28 10 22 26 34 35 9 38 16 5.2
1966 29 CLE AL 40 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 6 1.125 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 4.0
1967 30 TOT AL 38 5 3 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 3 0 0% .993 1 1 3 3 0 2 2 3 4 1 4 1 6.2
1967 30 BOS AL 29 5 3 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 3 0 0% 4 .887 1 1 3 3 0 2 2 3 4 1 4 1 6.2
1968 31 BOS AL 35 8 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 7 1.119 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 6 8 0 8 2 6.5
1969 32 TOT AL 36 23 12 0 0 2 2 0 100% 3 0 21 8 38% .874 4 2 16 3 2 18 11 12 13 5 14 2 4.3
1969 32 SEP AL 13 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 8 1.079 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1969 32 CHW AL 23 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 8 42% 8 .552 3 2 15 1 2 18 10 11 12 5 13 2 4.4
11 Yrs 476 286 163 35 21 64 51 16 80% 74 8 215 66 31% 1.095 105 49 123 86 46 154 121 165 164 53 171 78 5.2

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%
1958 21 CLE AL 750 58% 2.5% 15.2% 10.1% 5.5% 28% 0.56 74% 134 13 10%
1959 22 CLE AL 1004 54% 2.8% 13.6% 10.5% 5.5% 26% 0.79 71% 187 10 5%
1960 23 CLE AL 673 58% 2.2% 16.2% 12.2% 6.1% 30% 0.77 68% 150 15 10%
1961 24 CLE AL 994 55% 3.2% 16.4% 10.1% 6.5% 30% 0.72 69% 199 14 7%
1962 25 CLE AL 465 58% 3.0% 17.2% 11.2% 5.4% 24% 1.08 66% 117 15 13%
1963 26 CLE AL 501 65% 2.6% 19.6% 10.4% 5.0% 28% 1.02 65% 101 8 8%
1964 27 CLE AL 471 56% 3.2% 18.9% 11.3% 7.4% 33% 1.12 65% 87 11 13%
1965 28 CLE AL 441 58% 1.6% 19.6% 11.4% 5.5% 28% 0.97 66% 104 9 9%
1966 29 CLE AL 1028 56% 1.9% 18.9% 7.7% 6.4% 31% 0.86 70% 151 21 14%
1967 30 TOT AL 931 55% 2.5% 16.5% 7.6% 6.9% 33% 0.85 71% 155 13 8%
1967 30 CLE AL 249 52% 2.8% 15.7% 9.6% 6.8% 34% 0.80 68% 49 2 4%
1967 30 BOS AL 682 56% 2.4% 16.9% 6.9% 6.9% 33% 0.87 72% 106 11 10%
1968 31 BOS AL 827 55% 0.9% 12.5% 8.2% 4.8% 23% 1.17 77% 151 15 10%
1969 32 TOT AL 474 57% 3.4% 11.8% 12.0% 8.2% 32% 0.98 71% 101 8 8%
1969 32 SEP AL 290 52% 2.8% 10.3% 11.7% 9.3% 36% 1.05 74% 55 5 9%
1969 32 CHW AL 184 63% 4.4% 14.1% 12.5% 6.5% 25% 0.87 66% 46 3 7%
12 Yrs 8559 56% 2.4% 16.2% 9.9% 6.1% 29% 0.86 70% 1637 152 9%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 14.9% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.07 73% 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
1958 21 CLE AL 725 141 18 0 11 9 8 11 6 26 20 2 77% 9 4 1 254 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 25
1959 22 CLE AL 1004 208 28 0 17 16 12 14 14 28 17 3 61% 4 8 2 388 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0
1960 23 CLE AL 673 139 15 1 19 8 7 6 9 32 14 7 44% 8 9 0 269 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 19 0
1961 24 CLE AL 993 214 32 0 24 15 17 17 15 55 23 11 42% 14 3 2 367 12 2 86% 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
1962 25 CLE AL 465 104 14 0 30 8 6 8 6 49 23 6 47% 4 4 3 183 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 0
1963 26 CLE AL 500 91 13 2 21 8 5 5 8 32 7 6 22% 14 4 4 183 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 1
1964 27 CLE AL 471 106 15 0 4 8 7 7 8 15 11 0 73% 5 6 1 194 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1965 28 CLE AL 440 86 7 0 27 6 1 3 4 24 10 5 42% 6 2 1 175 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
1966 29 CLE AL 1028 211 19 1 17 12 7 10 9 40 16 5 40% 11 9 3 324 10 7 59% 9 6 1 1 0 0 6 1 18 0
1967 30 TOT AL 931 193 23 0 14 12 11 16 7 33 18 5 55% 15 5 2 317 6 9 40% 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 21 0
1967 30 CLE AL 249 50 7 0 2 4 3 5 2 9 4 1 44% 2 1 1 93 2 6 25% 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1967 30 BOS AL 682 143 16 0 12 8 8 11 5 24 14 4 58% 13 4 1 224 4 3 57% 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 0
1968 31 BOS AL 827 177 7 0 10 5 2 3 4 43 24 4 56% 12 9 0 308 14 4 78% 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1969 32 TOT AL 474 124 16 1 22 8 8 9 7 35 18 2 51% 6 7 0 189 8 1 89% 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1969 32 SEP AL 290 76 8 0 14 3 5 3 5 19 8 2 42% 4 4 0 110 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1969 32 CHW AL 184 48 8 1 8 5 3 6 2 16 10 0 63% 2 3 0 79 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
12 Yrs 8531 1794 207 5 216 115 91 109 97 412 201 56 49% 108 70 19 3151 80 45 64% 75 37 4 4 1 4 15 1 197 28
MLB Averages 50% 62%

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+
1958 21 12 10 .545 3.31 33 23 5 10 0 1 182.0 141 70 67 18 73 0 110 5 0 4 750 112 1.176 7.0 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.51 112
1959 22 28 21 .571 3.72 77 51 16 22 1 6 416.0 349 177 172 46 178 4 246 10 1 12 1755 100 1.267 7.6 1.0 3.9 5.3 1.38 100
1960 23 37 31 .544 3.83 105 74 17 28 3 7 570.2 488 255 243 61 260 6 355 17 1 21 2429 97 1.311 7.7 1.0 4.1 5.6 1.37 97
1961 24 49 47 .510 3.91 139 108 17 39 5 7 799.0 702 380 347 93 360 8 518 23 1 24 3423 97 1.329 7.9 1.0 4.1 5.8 1.44 97
1962 25 59 56 .513 3.95 196 114 54 40 5 19 906.2 806 436 398 107 412 16 598 26 2 28 3886 96 1.343 8.0 1.1 4.1 5.9 1.45 96
1963 26 67 61 .523 3.83 254 121 82 40 5 24 1025.2 897 484 437 120 464 26 696 30 2 32 4388 98 1.327 7.9 1.1 4.1 6.1 1.50 98
1964 27 75 67 .528 3.88 310 123 110 40 5 28 1131.2 1003 540 488 135 517 31 785 34 2 38 4859 97 1.343 8.0 1.1 4.1 6.2 1.52 97
1965 28 81 72 .529 3.81 370 123 143 40 5 45 1235.1 1089 583 523 142 567 41 871 36 2 40 5300 98 1.341 7.9 1.0 4.1 6.3 1.54 98
1966 29 95 87 .522 3.71 410 160 144 52 5 45 1489.2 1300 685 614 161 646 44 1065 40 2 49 6328 99 1.306 7.9 1.0 3.9 6.4 1.65 99
1967 30 108 100 .519 3.66 448 193 147 61 5 48 1715.2 1493 783 697 184 717 48 1219 45 2 54 7260 100 1.288 7.8 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70 100
1968 31 119 111 .517 3.60 483 220 151 70 8 49 1915.0 1670 865 766 191 785 54 1322 50 2 63 8087 100 1.282 7.8 0.9 3.7 6.2 1.68 100
1969 32 121 117 .508 3.68 519 233 163 71 9 51 2015.0 1794 932 825 207 842 64 1378 54 2 70 8561 98 1.308 8.0 0.9 3.8 6.2 1.64 98

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
1958 21 11 9 .550 3.71 182.0 153 83 75 20 79 110 5 1.275 7.6 3.9 5.4 1.39 1.0 33
1959 22 12 14 .462 4.42 236.0 224 129 116 30 113 137 5 1.428 8.5 4.3 5.2 1.21 1.1 44
1960 23 7 10 .412 4.53 155.0 149 87 78 16 88 109 8 1.529 8.7 5.1 6.3 1.24 0.9 28
1961 24 11 13 .458 4.16 225.0 214 116 104 32 100 160 6 1.396 8.6 4.0 6.4 1.60 1.3 34
1962 25 5 6 .455 4.63 101.0 105 58 52 14 52 75 3 1.554 9.4 4.6 6.7 1.44 1.2 57
1963 26 7 5 .583 3.23 117.0 94 47 42 13 54 96 4 1.265 7.2 4.2 7.4 1.78 1.0 58
1964 27 4 7 .364 5.04 100.0 110 62 56 16 55 84 4 1.650 9.9 5.0 7.6 1.53 1.4 56
1965 28 6 4 .600 3.58 98.0 91 43 39 7 53 82 2 1.469 8.4 4.9 7.5 1.55 0.6 60
1966 29 13 13 .500 3.92 239.0 227 116 104 20 85 183 4 1.305 8.5 3.2 6.9 2.15 0.8 40
1967 30 12 12 .500 3.83 216.0 204 102 92 24 75 147 5 1.292 8.5 3.1 6.1 1.96 1.0 38
1968 31 10 10 .500 4.06 184.0 195 92 83 8 75 95 6 1.467 9.5 3.7 4.6 1.27 0.4 35
1969 32 3 7 .300 5.87 95.0 127 69 62 16 58 53 4 1.947 12.0 5.5 5.0 0.91 1.5 36
12 Yrs 101 110 .479 4.17 1948.0 1893 1004 903 216 887 1331 56 1.427 8.7 6.1 1.50 1.0 519

* 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

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1966
1968

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1966 AL  3.8 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1959 AL  16 (8th)
1966 AL  14 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 AL  1.176 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  6.973 (2nd)
1960 AL  8.088 (9th)
Career  8.013 (120th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  5.440 (10th)
1959 AL  5.231 (10th)
1960 AL  6.343 (2nd)
1961 AL  6.425 (7th)
1966 AL  6.865 (5th)
Career  6.155 (211th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL  44 (7th)
1962 AL  57 (3rd)
1963 AL  58 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1962 AL  12 (5th)
1965 AL  17 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 AL  234.0 (6th)
1966 AL  254.3 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL  136 (7th)
1961 AL  163 (7th)
1966 AL  194 (5th)
Career  1,378 (226th)

Games Started s c a p y
1961 AL  34 (7th)
1966 AL  37 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1959 AL  12 (8th)
1961 AL  11 (9th)
1966 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  28 (4th)
1961 AL  32 (3rd)
1967 AL  23 (4th)
Career  207 (191st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 AL  105 (3rd)
1961 AL  100 (7th)
1966 AL  79 (8th)
Career  842 (205th)

Hits s c a p y
1966 AL  211 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  2.456 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL  0.672 (10th)
1968 AL  0.316 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1961 AL  16 (6th)
1966 AL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  105 (4th)
1961 AL  104 (7th)
1966 AL  91 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1959 AL  8 (5th)
1960 AL  9 (3rd)
1966 AL  9 (8th)
1968 AL  9 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1959 AL  1,005 (4th)
1966 AL  1,028 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1962 AL  37 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 AL  15.06 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 AL  2.0 (9th)
1966 AL  2.1 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1958 AL  1.6 (10th)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 48 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Don Robinson (944)
  2. Stan Williams (927)
  3. Dick Drago (925)
  4. Diego Segui (908)
  5. Bobby Shantz (903)
  6. Shane Rawley (901)
  7. Dick Tidrow (899)
  8. Al Benton (898)
  9. Miguel Batista (897)
  10. Syl Johnson (896)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mike Fornieles (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Trevor Cahill (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark Gubicza (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Gubicza (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Stan Williams (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Stan Williams (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lindy McDaniel (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lindy McDaniel (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lindy McDaniel (893)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Gordon (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Gordon (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tom Gordon (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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