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Al Benton

John Alton Benton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 18, 1911 in Noble, OK(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Athletics/RedSox 1934-1952

Final Game: September 21, 1952
Died: April 14, 1968 in Lynwood, CA
Buried: Park Lawn Memorial Park, Bell Gardens, CA
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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
1934 23 PHA AL 7 9 .438 4.88 32 21 5 7 0 1 155.0 145 98 84 7 88 58 2 1 2 682 90 1.503 8.4 0.4 5.1 3.4 0.66
1935 24 PHA AL 3 4 .429 7.70 27 9 7 0 0 0 78.1 110 81 67 7 47 42 1 0 3 388 59 2.004 12.6 0.8 5.4 4.8 0.89
1938 27 DET AL 5 3 .625 3.30 19 10 3 6 0 0 95.1 93 40 35 10 39 33 1 0 3 409 154 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 3.1 0.85
1939 28 DET AL 6 8 .429 4.56 37 16 18 3 0 5 150.0 182 94 76 11 58 67 1 0 5 693 107 1.600 10.9 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
1940 29 DET AL 6 10 .375 4.42 42 0 35 0 0 17 79.1 93 44 39 5 36 50 0 0 2 361 107 1.626 10.6 0.6 4.1 5.7 1.39
1941 30 DET AL 15 6 .714 2.97 38 14 19 7 1 7 157.2 130 63 52 11 65 63 3 0 2 663 153 1.237 7.4 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.97 AS,MVP-19
1942 31 DET AL 7 13 .350 2.90 35 30 4 9 1 2 226.2 210 87 73 9 84 110 0 0 5 954 136 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.3 4.4 1.31 AS
1945 34 DET AL 13 8 .619 2.02 31 27 4 12 5 3 191.2 175 68 43 7 63 76 2 0 3 811 175 1.242 8.2 0.3 3.0 3.6 1.21 MVP-23
1946 35 DET AL 11 7 .611 3.65 28 15 6 6 1 1 140.2 132 69 57 9 58 60 1 0 2 606 101 1.351 8.4 0.6 3.7 3.8 1.03
1947 36 DET AL 6 7 .462 4.40 36 14 12 4 0 7 133.0 147 77 65 11 61 33 1 0 2 590 86 1.564 9.9 0.7 4.1 2.2 0.54
1948 37 DET AL 2 2 .500 5.68 30 0 10 0 0 3 44.1 45 34 28 4 36 18 1 0 1 210 77 1.827 9.1 0.8 7.3 3.7 0.50
1949 38 CLE AL 9 6 .600 2.12 40 11 18 4 2 10 135.2 116 33 32 7 51 41 1 0 3 548 188 1.231 7.7 0.5 3.4 2.7 0.80
1950 39 CLE AL 4 2 .667 3.57 36 0 13 0 0 4 63.0 57 32 25 7 30 26 1 1 3 269 121 1.381 8.1 1.0 4.3 3.7 0.87
1952 41 BOS AL 4 3 .571 2.39 24 0 17 0 0 6 37.2 37 11 10 1 17 20 0 0 0 158 166 1.434 8.8 0.2 4.1 4.8 1.18
14 Yrs 98 88 .527 3.66 455 167 171 58 10 66 1688.1 1672 831 686 106 733 697 15 2 36 7342 115 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .527 3.66 50 18 19 6 1 7 185 183 91 75 12 80 76 2 0 4 803 115 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95
DET (9 yrs) 71 64 .526 3.46 296 126 111 47 8 45 1218.2 1207 576 468 77 500 510 10 0 25 5297 121 1.401 8.9 0.6 3.7 3.8 1.02
PHA (2 yrs) 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74
CLE (2 yrs) 13 8 .619 2.58 76 11 31 4 2 14 198.2 173 65 57 14 81 67 2 1 6 817 159 1.279 7.8 0.6 3.7 3.0 0.83
BOS (1 yr) 4 3 .571 2.39 24 0 17 0 0 6 37.2 37 11 10 1 17 20 0 0 0 158 166 1.434 8.8 0.2 4.1 4.8 1.18

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
1934 23 PHA AL 155.0 32 21 98 5.69 5.28 0.20 0.00 94.7 4.81 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 4 .457 .491 $
1935 24 PHA AL 78.1 27 9 81 9.31 5.14 -0.10 0.00 100.3 5.25 -35 -3.0 1.0 -0.1 -2.4 -26 .388 .481 $
1938 27 DET AL 95.1 19 10 40 3.78 5.42 0.04 0.00 105.4 5.67 19 1.8 1.0 -0.1 2.6 32 .596 .511 $
1939 28 DET AL 150.0 37 16 94 5.64 5.14 0.06 0.00 106.6 5.41 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.8 15 .489 .498 $
1940 29 DET AL 79.1 42 0 44 4.99 4.96 -0.19 0.00 106.3 5.48 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .508 .502 $
1941 30 DET AL 157.2 38 14 63 3.60 4.98 -0.24 0.00 108.3 5.66 35 3.7 1.0 -0.1 4.8 50 .598 .523 $ AS,MVP-19
1942 31 DET AL 226.2 35 30 87 3.45 4.44 -0.06 0.00 108.2 4.87 34 4.0 1.0 -0.2 5.1 51 .613 .524 $ AS
1945 34 DET AL 191.2 31 27 68 3.19 3.93 0.14 0.00 104.1 3.95 17 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.0 28 .565 .512 $ MVP-23
1946 35 DET AL 140.2 28 15 69 4.41 4.09 0.05 0.00 103.0 4.16 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.4 7 .484 .497 $
1947 36 DET AL 133.0 36 14 77 5.21 4.11 -0.11 0.00 103.2 4.35 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .464 .492 $
1948 37 DET AL 44.1 30 0 34 6.90 4.77 -0.12 0.00 102.3 5.01 -9 -0.9 .8 0.0 -0.6 -5 .470 .494 $
1949 38 CLE AL 135.2 40 11 33 2.19 4.92 0.40 0.00 94.4 4.27 32 3.3 2.0 0.5 4.9 44 .583 .521 $
1950 39 CLE AL 63.0 36 0 32 4.57 5.41 0.16 0.00 101.1 5.31 5 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 12 .513 .503 $
1952 41 BOS AL 37.2 24 0 11 2.63 4.46 0.08 0.00 104.3 4.57 8 0.9 2.2 0.5 1.7 11 .537 .506 $
14 Seasons 1688.1 455 167 831 4.43 4.71 0.03 0.00 103.3 4.84 72 9.1 1.3 0.2 21.7 231 .520 .504 $
DET (9 yrs) 1218.2 296 126 576 4.25 4.56 -0.03 0.00 105.7 4.86 79 8.8 1.0 -0.7 16.6 187 .530 .506 $
PHA (2 yrs) 233.1 59 30 179 6.90 5.23 0.10 0.00 96.6 4.96 -50 -4.4 1.0 -0.1 -2.5 -22 .425 .486 $
CLE (2 yrs) 198.2 76 11 65 2.94 5.07 0.32 0.00 96.5 4.60 36 3.8 1.7 0.6 5.9 55 .550 .512 $
BOS (1 yr) 37.2 24 0 11 2.63 4.46 0.08 0.00 104.3 4.57 8 0.9 2.2 0.5 1.7 11 .537 .506 $

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
1945 34 DET AL WS W CHC 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 9.6
1 WS 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 9.6

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
1941 DET AL 30
1942 DET AL 31 0 0 0 1.80 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 1.200 7.2 1.8 3.6 1.8 0.50

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 37 DET AL 30 94 165 34 45 1 0 4 2 1 36 18 .273 .406 .352 .757 .287 58 1 1 8 0 1
1949 38 CLE AL 40 546 486 33 116 13 0 7 2 1 51 41 .239 .312 .309 .621 .249 150 23 1 9 0 2
1950 39 CLE AL 36 268 234 32 57 7 2 7 0 2 30 26 .244 .332 .380 .712 .249 89 7 1 3 0 5
1952 41 BOS AL 24 158 138 11 37 5 0 1 0 1 17 20 .268 .348 .326 .674 .308 45 2 0 3 0 0
4 Yrs 130 1066 1023 110 255 26 2 19 4 5 134 105 .249 .338 .334 .672 .263 342 33 3 23 0 8
162 Game Avg. 63 514 493 53 123 13 1 9 2 2 65 51 .249 .338 .334 .672 .263 165 16 1 11 0 4
MLB Averages .266 .336 .344 .680 .283

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 37 DET AL -7.4 -0.7 98 0.0 0.8 -0.8 .53 -0.6 0.6 -4.7 -0.5 0.53 -4.3 2 3 8
1949 38 CLE AL 31.3 3.2 551 4.6 13.7 -9.2 1.28 2.9 0.7 38.1 4.0 1.28 33.4 14 8 7
1950 39 CLE AL 3.7 0.4 277 -0.3 5.0 -5.3 1.04 0.1 -0.4 3.1 0.3 1.04 3.8 13 8 14
1952 41 BOS AL 6.3 0.7 160 0.2 4.7 -4.5 1.83 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0.1 1.83 4.0 14 6 3
14 Yrs 83.0 9.1 1086 4.5 24.3 -19.8 1.23 2.8 0.8 37.2 3.9 1.23 36.9 43 25 32

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
1934 23 PHA AL 32 21 6 8 7 2 5 10 10 .500 0 0 7 0 10 48% 46.5 74 24 12 8 5.7 6.2
1935 24 PHA AL 27 9 0 3 6 0 1 5 4 .556 0 0 0 0 1 11% 31.7 49 5 5 2 6.5 4.1
1938 27 DET AL 19 10 5 3 2 0 2 7 3 .700 0 0 6 0 7 70% 52.4 72 22 5 2 5.7 7.6
1939 28 DET AL 37 16 5 5 6 2 2 8 8 .500 0 0 3 0 7 44% 43.4 73 10 6 8 5.4 6.8
1941 30 DET AL 38 14 9 4 1 1 1 10 4 .714 0 0 7 1 9 64% 54.9 76 35 5 3 5.6 7.6
1942 31 DET AL 35 30 7 12 11 1 9 15 15 .500 0 0 9 1 20 67% 55.5 79 28 6 10 3.0 7.2
1945 34 DET AL 31 27 13 7 7 0 3 16 11 .593 0 0 12 5 17 63% 56.2 83 23 17 7 3.9 6.7
1946 35 DET AL 28 15 10 4 1 2 1 11 4 .733 0 0 6 1 9 60% 51.3 81 19 3 5 5.0 7.2
1947 36 DET AL 36 14 5 7 2 0 1 6 8 .429 0 0 4 0 8 57% 45.8 77 18 7 4 4.4 6.5
1949 38 CLE AL 40 11 5 6 0 0 2 5 6 .455 0 0 4 2 7 64% 52.6 76 28 9 1 5 4 3.1 3.8 7.1
10 Yrs 323 167 65 59 43 8 27 93 73 .560 0 0 58 10 95 57% 50 83 5 9 1 71 53 4.6 3.8 6.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 116 -35 4.6 4.6 6.8

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
1934 23 PHA AL 32 11 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 2 6.7
1935 24 PHA AL 27 18 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 1 6.9
1938 27 DET AL 19 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 6.6
1939 28 DET AL 37 21 18 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 12 5 2 5.9
1940 29 DET AL 42 42 35 6 10 0 17 0 0 0 22 10 4 5.7
1941 30 DET AL 38 24 19 6 2 0 7 0 0 0 12 6 3 6.4
1942 31 DET AL 35 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 6.8
1945 34 DET AL 31 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 8.0
1946 35 DET AL 28 13 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 0 7.5
1947 36 DET AL 36 22 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 13 6 4 5.6
1948 37 DET AL 30 30 10 2 2 1 3 0 300% 3 2 7 3 43% .530 2 3 8 3 0 11 5 9 15 4 7 8 4.4
1949 38 CLE AL 40 29 18 4 0 11 10 1 91% 12 1 37 13 35% 6 1.281 14 8 7 12 5 12 19 10 14 7 14 6 6.0
1950 39 CLE AL 36 36 13 4 2 8 4 4 50% 11 2 59 22 37% 8 1.045 13 8 14 13 3 20 26 10 21 10 22 11 5.3
1952 41 BOS AL 24 24 17 4 3 9 6 3 67% 13 2 22 10 45% 9 1.830 14 6 3 14 5 5 12 12 12 6 12 6 4.7
14 Yrs 455 288 171 33 29 29 66 8 228% 39 7 125 48 38% 1.237 43 25 32 42 13 48 62 41 162 63 55 48 5.8

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%
1934 23 PHA AL 682 1.0% 8.5% 12.9% 1.6% 8% 76%
1935 24 PHA AL 388 1.8% 10.8% 12.1% 74%
1938 27 DET AL 409 2.4% 8.1% 9.5% 4.9% 22% 77%
1939 28 DET AL 693 1.6% 9.7% 8.4% 2.2% 8% 78%
1940 29 DET AL 361 1.4% 13.9% 10.0% 72%
1941 30 DET AL 663 1.7% 9.5% 9.8% 2.7% 14% 77%
1942 31 DET AL 954 0.9% 11.5% 8.8% 2.2% 10% 77%
1945 34 DET AL 812 0.9% 9.4% 7.8% 1.9% 9% 79%
1946 35 DET AL 606 1.5% 9.9% 9.6% 2.3% 11% 78%
1947 36 DET AL 590 1.9% 5.6% 10.3% 2.5% 10% 79%
1948 37 DET AL 210 64% 4.3% 19.2% 38.3% 5.3% 11% 0.73 152% 20 1 5%
1949 38 CLE AL 546 52% 1.3% 7.5% 9.3% 3.7% 17% 1.10 80% 122 23 19%
1950 39 CLE AL 268 59% 2.6% 9.7% 11.2% 6.0% 28% 1.03 75% 68 7 10%
1952 41 BOS AL 158 53% 0.6% 12.7% 10.8% 3.8% 16% 0.96 74% 42 2 5%
14 Yrs 7340 55% 1.5% 9.7% 10.2% 2.4% 11% 1.03 78% 252 33 13%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 9.8% 9.7% 3.9% 15% 0.95 83% 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
1934 23 PHA AL 145 7 2
1935 24 PHA AL 110 7 3
1938 27 DET AL 93 10 3
1939 28 DET AL 182 11 5
1940 29 DET AL 93 5 2
1941 30 DET AL 130 11 2
1942 31 DET AL 210 9 5
1945 34 DET AL 175 7 3
1946 35 DET AL 132 9 2
1947 36 DET AL 147 11 2
1948 37 DET AL 94 45 4 0 5 2 0 1 1 6 4 0 67% 1 1 0 46 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 116
1949 38 CLE AL 546 116 7 0 20 2 5 3 4 37 14 1 38% 2 3 0 217 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1950 39 CLE AL 268 57 7 2 25 6 1 1 6 27 15 4 56% 5 3 1 107 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1952 41 BOS AL 158 37 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 12 5 0 42% 0 0 0 69 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 1066 1672 106 2 58 11 6 5 12 82 38 5 46% 8 36 1 439 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 116
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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1934 23 7 9 .438 4.88 32 21 5 7 0 1 155.0 145 98 84 7 88 58 2 1 2 682 90 1.503 8.4 0.4 5.1 3.4 0.66 90
1935 24 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74 76
1936 25 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74 76
1937 26 10 13 .435 5.82 59 30 12 7 0 1 233.1 255 179 151 14 135 100 3 1 5 1070 76 1.671 9.8 0.5 5.2 3.9 0.74 76
1938 27 15 16 .484 5.09 78 40 15 13 0 1 328.2 348 219 186 24 174 133 4 1 8 1479 91 1.588 9.5 0.7 4.8 3.6 0.76 91
1939 28 21 24 .467 4.93 115 56 33 16 0 6 478.2 530 313 262 35 232 200 5 1 13 2172 95 1.592 10.0 0.7 4.4 3.8 0.86 95
1940 29 27 34 .443 4.85 157 56 68 16 0 23 558.0 623 357 301 40 268 250 5 1 15 2533 97 1.597 10.0 0.6 4.3 4.0 0.93 97
1941 30 42 40 .512 4.44 195 70 87 23 1 30 715.2 753 420 353 51 333 313 8 1 17 3196 105 1.517 9.5 0.6 4.2 3.9 0.94 105
1942 31 49 53 .480 4.07 230 100 91 32 2 32 942.1 963 507 426 60 417 423 8 1 22 4150 111 1.464 9.2 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.01 111
1943 32 49 53 .480 4.07 230 100 91 32 2 32 942.1 963 507 426 60 417 423 8 1 22 4150 111 1.464 9.2 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.01 111
1944 33 49 53 .480 4.07 230 100 91 32 2 32 942.1 963 507 426 60 417 423 8 1 22 4150 111 1.464 9.2 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.01 111
1945 34 62 61 .504 3.72 261 127 95 44 7 35 1134.0 1138 575 469 67 480 499 10 1 25 4961 116 1.427 9.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.04 116
1946 35 73 68 .518 3.71 289 142 101 50 8 36 1274.2 1270 644 526 76 538 559 11 1 27 5567 115 1.418 9.0 0.5 3.8 3.9 1.04 115
1947 36 79 75 .513 3.78 325 156 113 54 8 43 1407.2 1417 721 591 87 599 592 12 1 29 6157 112 1.432 9.1 0.6 3.8 3.8 0.99 112
1948 37 81 77 .513 3.84 355 156 123 54 8 46 1452.0 1462 755 619 91 635 610 13 1 30 6367 110 1.444 9.1 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.96 110
1949 38 90 83 .520 3.69 395 167 141 58 10 56 1587.2 1578 788 651 98 686 651 14 1 33 6915 114 1.426 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 114
1950 39 94 85 .525 3.69 431 167 154 58 10 60 1650.2 1635 820 676 105 716 677 15 2 36 7184 114 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 114
1951 40 94 85 .525 3.69 431 167 154 58 10 60 1650.2 1635 820 676 105 716 677 15 2 36 7184 114 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 114
1952 41 98 88 .527 3.66 455 167 171 58 10 66 1688.1 1672 831 686 106 733 697 15 2 36 7342 115 1.424 8.9 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.95 115

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
1934 23 8 9 .471 4.33 162.0 143 87 78 7 87 60 2 1.420 7.9 4.8 3.3 0.69 0.4 32
1935 24 3 6 .333 6.28 86.0 107 67 60 7 46 46 1 1.779 11.2 4.8 4.8 1.00 0.7 27
1938 27 8 3 .727 2.53 103.0 86 32 29 9 36 36 1 1.184 7.5 3.1 3.1 1.00 0.8 19
1939 28 10 8 .556 3.50 167.0 173 72 65 10 55 74 1 1.365 9.3 3.0 4.0 1.35 0.5 37
1940 29 5 4 .556 3.49 85.0 88 37 33 5 34 54 0 1.435 9.3 3.6 5.7 1.59 0.5 42
1941 30 13 5 .722 2.48 167.0 124 51 46 10 62 67 3 1.114 6.7 3.3 3.6 1.08 0.5 38
1942 31 17 9 .654 2.83 235.0 218 82 74 9 87 114 0 1.298 8.3 3.3 4.4 1.31 0.3 35
1945 34 17 5 .773 2.22 199.0 192 54 49 8 69 79 2 1.312 8.7 3.1 3.6 1.14 0.4 31
1946 35 8 7 .533 3.90 143.0 140 69 62 10 62 61 1 1.413 8.8 3.9 3.8 0.98 0.6 28
1947 36 6 8 .429 4.85 130.0 156 78 70 12 65 32 1 1.700 10.8 4.5 2.2 0.49 0.8 36
1948 37 2 3 .400 5.28 46.0 45 30 27 4 36 19 1 1.761 8.8 7.0 3.7 0.53 0.8 30
1949 38 11 3 .786 2.23 133.0 121 37 33 7 53 40 1 1.308 8.2 3.6 2.7 0.75 0.5 40
1950 39 4 3 .571 3.52 64.0 58 28 25 7 31 26 1 1.391 8.2 4.4 3.7 0.84 1.0 36
1952 41 3 1 .750 2.75 36.0 39 12 11 1 18 19 0 1.583 9.8 4.5 4.8 1.06 0.3 24
14 Yrs 115 74 .608 3.39 1756.0 1690 736 662 106 741 727 15 1.384 8.7 3.7 0.98 0.5 455

* 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
1941
1942 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 AL (19, 2%)
1945 AL (23, 2%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1941 AL  4.8 (3rd)
1942 AL  5.1 (2nd)
1945 AL  3.0 (8th)
1949 AL  4.9 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 AL  2.97 (2nd)
1945 AL  2.02 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  15 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 AL  .714 (2nd)
1945 AL  .619 (7th)
1946 AL  .611 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 AL  1.237 (2nd)
1945 AL  1.242 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  8.419 (6th)
1941 AL  7.421 (1st)
1945 AL  8.217 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  4.368 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  42 (2nd)
1941 AL  38 (5th)
1942 AL  35 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1939 AL  5 (6th)
1940 AL  17 (1st)
1941 AL  7 (2nd)
1945 AL  3 (8th)
1947 AL  7 (7th)
1949 AL  10 (2nd)
1950 AL  4 (8th)
1952 AL  6 (4th)
Career  66 (205th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1942 AL  226.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL  110 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1942 AL  30 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 AL  5 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  1.310 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1939 AL  5 (8th)
1942 AL  5 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1942 AL  954 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1939 AL  18 (7th)
1940 AL  35 (2nd)
1941 AL  19 (7th)
1949 AL  18 (7th)
1952 AL  17 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1941 AL  154 (2nd)
1942 AL  136 (10th)
1945 AL  175 (2nd)
Career  115 (206th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  24 (4th)
1942 AL  24 (6th)
1945 AL  24 (4th)
1949 AL  31 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1941 AL  2.5 (4th)
1942 AL  2.6 (6th)
1945 AL  2.7 (4th)
1949 AL  3.2 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  38.15 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.6 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.9 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.0 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 AL  born 1911-03-18 (5th)
1950 AL  born 1911-03-18 (3rd)
1952 AL  born 1911-03-18 (3rd)

             

† 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 - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 63 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dick Tidrow (940)
  2. Stan Williams (935)
  3. Don Larsen (928)
  4. Moe Drabowsky (923)
  5. Ellis Kinder (921)
  6. Bobby Bolin (918)
  7. Kelvim Escobar (918)
  8. Dick Drago (916)
  9. Don Robinson (916)
  10. Phil Regan (915)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Whitrock (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rob Bell (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jerry Casale (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vic Sorrell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Johnson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Sisler (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Bibby (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Bouton (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Danforth (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cal McLish (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fritz Ostermueller (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Hearn (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ellis Kinder (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ellis Kinder (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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