Bill Bevens

Floyd Clifford Bevens

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 21, 1916 in Hubbard, OR (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1944
Team: Yankees 1944-1947

Final Game: September 27, 1947
Died: October 26, 1991 in Salem, OR
Buried: Restlawn Memory Gardens, Salem, OR
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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
1937	20	ELP	D	16	12	.571	3.05	32						242.0	232	120	82		96							1.355	8.6		3.6			ELP · AZTX
1938	21	NYY-min	B	14	12	.538	3.65	41						212.0	209	117	86		76							1.344	8.9		3.2			WEN · WINT
1939	22	NYY-min	B	14	9	.609	4.01	39						211.0	185	112	94		113							1.412	7.9		4.8			WEN · WINT
1940	23	NYY-min	A	14	12	.538	3.30	34	25					202.0	168	95	74		128							1.465	7.5		5.7			BNG · EL
1941	24	DET-NYY-min	B,A	6	12	.333	4.68	35						179.0	183	113	93		52							1.313	9.2		2.6			AUG,BNG · SALL,EL
1942	25	HOL,SLE	AA	4	11	.267	4.43	31	16		5	1		126.0	125	74	62		84	65	5	0	5			1.659	8.9		6.0	4.6	0.77	HOL,SLE · PCL
1943	26	NYY-min	AA	7	8	.467	3.08	34	19	12	7	2		149.0	145	63	51		82	87	4	0	3			1.523	8.8		5.0	5.3	1.06	KCY · AA
1944	27	NYY-min	AA	12	6	.667	2.96	19	18		12	3		149.0	119	56	49		65	85	0	0	2			1.235	7.2		3.9	5.1	1.31	NWK · IL
1944	27	NYY	AL	4	1	.800	2.68	8	5	3	3	0	0	43.2	44	18	13	4	13	16	1	0	1	180	132	1.305	9.1	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.23
1945	28	NYY	AL	13	9	.591	3.67	29	25	2	14	2	0	184.0	174	83	75	12	68	76	1	0	3	773	95	1.315	8.5	0.6	3.3	3.7	1.12
1946	29	NYY	AL	16	13	.552	2.23	31	31	0	18	3	0	249.2	213	73	62	11	78	120	1	0	0	1014	154	1.166	7.7	0.4	2.8	4.3	1.54
1947	30	NYY	AL	7	13	.350	3.82	28	23	3	11	1	0	165.0	167	79	70	13	77	77	1	1	0	725	92	1.479	9.1	0.7	4.2	4.2	1.00
1948	31	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	2	1		0	0		8.0	9	2	2		6	0	0	0	0			1.875	10.1		6.8	0.0	0.00	NWK · IL
1949	32	STL-min	AAA,AA	1	2	.333	4.00	6	2		1	0		27.0	36	19	12		12	3	0	0	0			1.778	12.0		4.0	1.0	0.25	SLE,HSN · PCL,TL
1950	33	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	3	8	.273	7.48	30			2	0		77.0	93	73	64		71	16	4	10	4			2.130	10.9		8.3	1.9	0.23	SAC,SDG · PCL
1951	34	SLM	B	20	12	.625	3.08	32						263.0	247	113	90	7	103							1.331	8.5	0.2	3.5			SLM · WINT
1952	35	SFR	Opn	6	12	.333	4.47	33	22		3	0		155.0	159	86	77		79	64	2	0	2			1.535	9.2		4.6	3.7	0.81	SFR · PCL
4 Yrs				40	36	.526	3.08	96	84	8	46	6	0	642.1	598	253	220	40	236	289	4	1	4	2692	113	1.298	8.4	0.6	3.3	4.0	1.22
162 Game Avg.				15	14	.526	3.08	36	32	3	17	2	0	243	226	96	83	15	89	109	2	0	2	1017	113	1.298	8.4	0.6	3.3	4.0	1.22

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1944	27	NYY	AL	43.2	8	5	18	3.71	4.09	0.15	100.8	3.97	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.517	.501	$
1945	28	NYY	AL	184.0	29	25	83	4.06	3.75	0.21	104.6	3.70	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.2	4	.474	.495	$
1946	29	NYY	AL	249.2	31	31	73	2.63	3.98	0.31	98.7	3.62	27	3.3		-0.2	4.8	47	.605	.520	$
1947	30	NYY	AL	165.0	28	23	79	4.31	4.15	0.15	95.1	3.80	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.2	4	.467	.494	$
4 Seasons				642.1	96	84	253	3.54	3.97	0.23	99.6	3.71	13	1.7	1.0	-0.4	5.6	58	.518	.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
1947	30	NYY	AL	WS	W	BRO	0	1	.000	2.38	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.1	3	3	3	0	11	1	7	0	0	1	48	1.235	2.4	0.0	8.7	5.6	0.64
1 WS							0	1	.000	2.38	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.1	3	3	3	0	11	1	7	0	0	1	48	1.235	2.4	0.0	8.7	5.6	0.64

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1944	27	NYY	AL	180	2.2%	8.9%	7.2%	3.3%	14%	78%
1945	28	NYY	AL	773	1.6%	9.8%	8.8%	3.4%	15%	77%
1946	29	NYY	AL	1014	1.1%	11.8%	7.7%	2.5%	12%	78%
1947	30	NYY	AL	724	1.8%	10.6%	10.6%	3.2%	14%	75%
4 Yrs				2691	1.5%	10.7%	8.8%	3.0%	13%	77%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.0%	2.7%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1944	27	4	1	.800	2.68	8	5	3	3	0	43.2	44	18	13	4	13	16	1	0	1	180	132	1.305	9.1	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.23	132
1945	28	17	10	.630	3.48	37	30	5	17	2	227.2	218	101	88	16	81	92	2	0	4	953	100	1.313	8.6	0.6	3.2	3.6	1.14	100
1946	29	33	23	.589	2.83	68	61	5	35	5	477.1	431	174	150	27	159	212	3	0	4	1967	122	1.236	8.1	0.5	3.0	4.0	1.33	122
1947	30	40	36	.526	3.08	96	84	8	46	6	642.1	598	253	220	40	236	289	4	1	4	2692	113	1.298	8.4	0.6	3.3	4.0	1.22	113

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
1944	27	2	2	.500	3.21	42.0	48	17	15	4	14	15	1	1.476	10.3	3.0	3.2	1.07	0.9	8
1945	28	9	11	.450	4.35	182.0	194	98	88	13	76	75	1	1.484	9.6	3.8	3.7	0.99	0.6	29
1946	29	19	8	.704	2.63	246.0	235	80	72	12	86	118	1	1.305	8.6	3.1	4.3	1.37	0.4	31
1947	30	7	10	.412	4.58	161.0	184	91	82	14	85	75	1	1.671	10.3	4.8	4.2	0.88	0.8	28
4 Yrs		37	31	.544	3.67	631.0	661	286	257	43	261	283	4	1.461	9.4		4.0	1.08	0.6	96

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1946 AL 4.8 (6th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1946 AL 2.23 (4th)	Wins s c a p y 1946 AL 16 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1945 AL .591 (9th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1946 AL 1.166 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1946 AL 7.678 (5th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1946 AL 2.812 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1946 AL 249.7 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1946 AL 120 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1946 AL 31 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1946 AL 18 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1946 AL 3 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1945 AL 12 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1946 AL 0.397 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1946 AL 13 (9th) 1947 AL 13 (9th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1946 AL 1,014 (7th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1946 AL 154 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1946 AL 34 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1946 AL 3.8 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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