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Ewell Blackwell

Ewell Blackwell (The Whip)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 23, 1922 in Fresno, CA
High School: Bonita HS (Bonita, CA)
School: University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1942
Teams (by GP): Reds/Yankees/Athletics 1942-1955

Final Game: April 18, 1955
Died: October 29, 1996 in Hendersonville, NC
Buried: Shepherd Memorial Park, Hendersonville, NC
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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
1942 19 CIN NL 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 63 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
1946 23 CIN NL 9 13 .409 2.45 33 25 5 10 5 0 194.1 160 62 53 1 79 100 4 0 4 803 137 1.230 7.4 0.0 3.7 4.6 1.27 AS
1947 24 CIN NL 22 8 .733 2.47 33 33 0 23 6 0 273.0 227 91 75 10 95 193 4 1 2 1086 168 1.179 7.5 0.3 3.1 6.4 2.03 AS,MVP-2
1948 25 CIN NL 7 9 .438 4.54 22 20 2 4 1 1 138.2 134 73 70 12 52 114 4 0 1 599 86 1.341 8.7 0.8 3.4 7.4 2.19 AS
1949 26 CIN NL 5 5 .500 4.23 30 4 17 0 0 1 76.2 80 36 36 7 34 55 3 0 1 335 100 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 6.5 1.62 AS
1950 27 CIN NL 17 15 .531 2.97 40 32 7 18 1 4 261.0 203 105 86 12 112 188 13 0 11 1102 143 1.207 7.0 0.4 3.9 6.5 1.68 AS,MVP-11
1951 28 CIN NL 16 15 .516 3.44 38 32 5 11 2 2 232.2 204 110 89 16 97 120 9 1 5 996 119 1.294 7.9 0.6 3.8 4.6 1.24 AS,MVP-19
1952 29 TOT MLB 4 12 .250 4.73 28 19 7 3 0 1 118.0 119 68 62 6 72 55 5 0 2 533 78 1.619 9.1 0.5 5.5 4.2 0.76
1952 29 CIN NL 3 12 .200 5.38 23 17 5 3 0 0 102.0 107 66 61 6 60 48 5 0 2 461 70 1.637 9.4 0.5 5.3 4.2 0.80
1952 29 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 0.56 5 2 2 0 0 1 16.0 12 2 1 0 12 7 0 0 0 72 605 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 3.9 0.58
1953 30 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 3.66 8 4 3 0 0 1 19.2 17 10 8 2 13 11 1 0 0 88 103 1.525 7.8 0.9 5.9 5.0 0.85
1955 32 KCA AL 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 3 3 3 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 18 67 2.000 6.8 2.3 11.3 4.5 0.40
10 Yrs 82 78 .513 3.30 236 169 49 69 15 11 1321.0 1150 562 484 67 562 0 839 44 2 28 5576 120 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .513 3.30 40 28 8 12 3 2 222 193 94 81 11 94 141 7 0 5 936 120 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49
CIN (8 yrs) 79 77 .506 3.32 221 163 42 69 15 8 1281.1 1118 547 472 64 532 819 42 2 28 5398 120 1.288 7.9 0.4 3.7 5.8 1.54
NYY (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 2.27 13 6 5 0 0 2 35.2 29 12 9 2 25 18 1 0 0 160 158 1.514 7.3 0.5 6.3 4.5 0.72
KCA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 1 4.0 3 3 3 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 18 67 2.000 6.8 2.3 11.3 4.5 0.40
NL (8 yrs) 79 77 .506 3.32 221 163 42 69 15 8 1281.1 1118 547 472 64 532 819 42 2 28 5398 120 1.288 7.9 0.4 3.7 5.8 1.54
AL (3 yrs) 3 1 .750 2.72 15 6 7 0 0 3 39.2 32 15 12 3 30 0 20 2 0 0 178 136 1.563 7.3 0.7 6.8 4.5 0.67

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
1942 19 CIN NL 3.0 2 0 4 12.00 4.50 0.27 0.00 103.8 4.39 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .372 .498 $
1946 23 CIN NL 194.1 33 25 62 2.87 4.04 0.36 0.00 98.3 3.61 16 1.9 1.0 -0.1 3.6 36 .558 .512 $ AS
1947 24 CIN NL 273.0 33 33 91 3.00 4.66 -0.27 0.00 101.7 5.01 60 6.8 -0.2 9.1 93 .706 .542 $ AS,MVP-2
1948 25 CIN NL 138.2 22 20 73 4.74 4.48 -0.19 0.00 98.7 4.62 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.1 1.0 14 .490 .499 $ AS
1949 26 CIN NL 76.2 30 4 36 4.23 4.78 -0.05 0.00 104.4 5.04 7 0.7 1.5 0.0 1.5 16 .524 .504 $ AS
1950 27 CIN NL 261.0 40 32 105 3.62 4.81 -0.16 0.00 101.0 5.02 42 4.6 1.8 -0.0 6.9 71 .615 .528 $ AS,MVP-11
1951 28 CIN NL 232.2 38 32 110 4.26 4.65 -0.01 0.00 102.3 4.76 13 1.4 2.1 -0.1 3.4 39 .537 .509 $ AS,MVP-19
1952 29 CIN NL 102.0 23 17 66 5.82 4.41 -0.10 0.00 99.7 4.50 -15 -1.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .433 .491 $
1952 29 NYY AL 16.0 5 2 2 1.13 4.03 0.38 0.00 94.5 3.44 4 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.6 5 .595 .503 $
1953 30 NYY AL 19.2 8 4 10 4.58 4.22 0.22 0.00 101.5 4.06 -1 -0.1 2.4 -0.0 0.0 1 .485 .499 $
1955 32 KCA AL 4.0 2 0 3 6.75 4.97 -0.18 0.00 110.0 5.67 -1 -0.1 1.9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .474 .500 $
10 Seasons 1321.0 236 169 562 3.83 4.55 -0.06 0.00 100.8 4.65 121 13.7 1.5 -0.6 25.1 268 .558 .508 $
CIN (8 yrs) 1281.1 221 163 547 3.84 4.56 -0.07 0.00 100.8 4.67 118 13.4 1.4 -0.5 24.6 262 .561 .510 $
NYY (2 yrs) 35.2 13 6 12 3.03 4.13 0.29 0.00 98.3 3.78 3 0.4 1.9 -0.0 0.6 6 .527 .501 $
KCA (1 yr) 4.0 2 0 3 6.75 4.97 -0.18 0.00 110.0 5.67 -1 -0.1 1.9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .474 .500 $

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
1952 29 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.400 7.2 1.8 5.4 7.2 1.33
1 WS 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.400 7.2 1.8 5.4 7.2 1.33

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
1946 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 12 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1947 CIN NL 24 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1948 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
1949 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1950 CIN NL 27 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1951 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
6 Yrs (6 GP) 1 1 0 1.000 1.32 3 0 0 1 13.2 8 2 2 0 5 0 12 0 0 2 53 0.951 5.3 0.0 3.3 7.9 2.40

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 25 CIN NL 22 208 532 73 134 15 2 12 1 2 52 114 .252 .323 .355 .678 .300 189 1 4 11 0 2
1949 26 CIN NL 30 251 296 36 80 8 3 7 2 1 34 55 .270 .351 .389 .740 .312 115 4 3 3 0 2
1950 27 CIN NL 40 863 963 105 203 28 6 12 15 4 112 188 .211 .301 .290 .591 .250 279 19 13 12 0 21
1951 28 CIN NL 38 732 878 110 204 26 0 16 14 3 97 120 .232 .315 .317 .632 .253 278 10 9 14 0 9
1952 29 TOT MLB 28 477 444 68 119 25 5 6 7 4 72 55 .268 .376 .387 .764 .295 172 10 5 12 0 5
1952 29 CIN NL 23 405 385 66 107 23 5 6 6 4 60 48 .278 .382 .410 .793 .305 158 8 5 11 0 2
1952 29 NYY AL 5 72 59 2 12 2 0 0 1 0 12 7 .203 .338 .237 .575 .231 14 2 0 1 0 3
1953 30 NYY AL 8 88 73 10 17 3 0 2 0 0 13 11 .233 .356 .356 .712 .250 26 3 1 1 0 1
1955 32 KCA AL 2 18 12 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 .222 6 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 168 2637 3198 405 760 105 16 56 39 14 385 545 .238 .326 .333 .659 .271 1065 49 36 53 0 0 40
162 Game Avg. 41 643 779 99 185 26 4 14 10 3 94 133 .238 .326 .333 .659 .271 260 12 9 13 0 10
MLB Averages .259 .333 .352 .685 .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
1948 25 CIN NL -6.7 -0.7 213 -0.5 3.9 -4.3 1.14 -0.2 -0.3 -2.3 -0.2 1.14 -1.6 0 0 1
1949 26 CIN NL 2.0 0.2 269 -0.6 5.0 -5.6 1.15 0.2 -0.7 4.2 0.4 1.11 1.4 10 1 6
1950 27 CIN NL 32.8 3.4 906 2.9 18.2 -15.2 1.17 2.7 -0.2 26.2 2.6 1.16 31.9 3 1 1
1951 28 CIN NL 12.1 1.2 756 1.0 15.1 -14.1 1.20 0.7 0.1 2.2 0.2 1.20 10.0 3 2 0
1952 29 TOT MLB -12.1 -1.1 493 -2.1 8.2 -10.3 1.13 -1.2 -0.7 -12.4 -1.2 1.13 -12.3 3 0 3
1952 29 CIN NL -17.3 -1.7 420 -2.6 6.4 -9.0 1.07 -1.3 -1.1 -16.5 -1.6 1.07 -13.5 1 0 2
1952 29 NYY AL 5.2 0.6 73 0.5 1.8 -1.3 1.48 0.1 0.2 4.1 0.5 1.48 1.2 2 0 1
1953 30 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 89 -0.2 1.7 -2.0 1.10 0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 1.10 0.0 2 0 2
1955 32 KCA AL -0.8 -0.1 18 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 1.99 -0.2 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.99 -1.8 1 1 0
10 Yrs 93.9 10.1 2744 -0.1 52.6 -52.7 1.17 2.2 -2.2 16.1 1.7 1.16 27.6 22 5 13

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
1946 23 CIN NL 33 25 9 13 3 0 7 12 13 .480 0 0 10 5 18 72% 57.8 84 28 8 9 2.7 7.1
1947 24 CIN NL 33 33 22 8 3 3 3 24 9 .727 0 0 23 6 25 76% 62.6 86 12 17 8 4.5 8.3
1948 25 CIN NL 22 20 7 9 4 1 2 9 11 .450 0 2 4 1 10 50% 51.6 85 18 5 3 7 6 4.3 3.6 6.8
1949 26 CIN NL 30 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 53.0 62 44 1 0 3 1 2.0 2.7 5.5
1950 27 CIN NL 40 32 16 14 2 2 6 17 15 .531 0 1 18 1 22 69% 59.7 86 15 8 5 21 3 4.0 4.0 7.8
1951 28 CIN NL 38 32 14 14 4 5 4 17 15 .531 2 3 11 2 15 47% 53.2 87 25 10 3 18 5 3.8 3.9 6.9
1952 29 TOT MLB 28 19 4 11 4 2 2 5 14 .263 1 1 3 0 5 26% 0.0 72 19 10 5 4 9 3.1 3.0 5.5
1952 29 CIN NL 23 17 3 11 3 1 2 4 13 .235 0 1 3 0 5 29% 43.8 72 19 8 5 4 7 3.0 3.0 5.6
1952 29 NYY AL 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 60.0 60 60 2 0 0 2 4.2 3.0 5.0
1953 30 NYY AL 8 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 51.2 58 38 5 3 0 2 6.0 4.5 4.2
8 Yrs 232 169 75 71 23 14 24 87 82 .515 3 7 69 15 98 58% 56 87 12 39 19 78 43 3.8 3.7 7.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7

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 19 CIN NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.5
1946 23 CIN NL 33 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 6.1
1948 25 CIN NL 22 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.138 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.5
1949 26 CIN NL 30 26 17 4 3 4 1 3 25% 4 0 18 10 56% 1.150 10 1 6 4 6 7 11 6 18 4 12 2 6.3
1950 27 CIN NL 40 8 7 1 1 3 4 1 133% 3 0 7 3 43% 1.167 3 1 1 3 0 2 4 1 5 2 3 1 4.8
1951 28 CIN NL 38 6 5 2 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 9 1.199 3 2 0 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 5.5
1952 29 TOT MLB 28 9 7 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 2 1 50% 1.128 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 5 4 2 4 0 4.2
1952 29 CIN NL 23 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 1.066 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 3.3
1952 29 NYY AL 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 0 0 6 1.476 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 6.0
1953 30 NYY AL 8 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 3 3 100% 9 1.100 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 2.3
1955 32 KCA AL 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 0 0 7 1.992 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
9 Yrs 203 67 49 7 7 14 11 6 79% 16 1 32 17 53% 1.168 22 5 13 17 7 16 19 21 40 10 22 6 5.4

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%
1942 19 CIN NL 16 0.0% 6.3% 18.8% 75%
1946 23 CIN NL 803 0.1% 12.5% 9.8% 0.9% 4% 75%
1947 24 CIN NL 1117 0.9% 17.3% 8.5% 3.2% 16% 72%
1948 25 CIN NL 599 57% 5.8% 54.8% 25.0% 13.9% 22% 1.04 195% 36 1 3%
1949 26 CIN NL 335 57% 2.8% 21.9% 13.6% 7.2% 23% 0.94 93% 58 4 7%
1950 27 CIN NL 1101 60% 1.4% 21.8% 13.0% 5.3% 23% 1.28 88% 178 19 11%
1951 28 CIN NL 997 58% 2.2% 16.4% 13.3% 5.7% 21% 0.99 101% 155 10 6%
1952 29 TOT MLB 533 58% 1.3% 11.5% 15.1% 7.6% 30% 1.18 80% 113 10 9%
1952 29 CIN NL 461 58% 1.5% 11.9% 14.8% 8.4% 32% 1.11 82% 90 8 9%
1952 29 NYY AL 72 63% 0.0% 9.7% 16.7% 2.8% 17% 1.67 72% 23 2 9%
1953 30 NYY AL 88 64% 2.3% 12.5% 14.8% 5.7% 29% 0.60 68% 17 3 18%
1955 32 KCA AL 18 72% 5.6% 11.1% 27.8% 5.6% 33% 0.67 50% 8 2 25%
10 Yrs 5607 59% 1.5% 18.4% 12.3% 4.8% 19% 1.09 88% 565 49 9%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.8% 10.4% 4.9% 19% 0.95 86% 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
1942 19 CIN NL 3 0 2
1946 23 CIN NL 160 1 4
1947 24 CIN NL 227 10 2
1948 25 CIN NL 208 134 12 0 7 3 3 4 2 9 4 2 44% 2 1 0 73 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 391
1949 26 CIN NL 251 80 7 0 11 0 5 2 3 22 10 1 45% 2 1 1 99 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 84
1950 27 CIN NL 863 203 12 1 29 7 3 6 4 51 29 3 57% 21 11 2 335 15 4 79% 14 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 238
1951 28 CIN NL 732 204 16 0 9 6 6 5 7 33 16 3 48% 9 5 3 312 14 3 82% 10 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 265
1952 29 TOT MLB 477 119 6 0 8 2 2 0 4 32 14 6 44% 5 2 0 206 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 56
1952 29 CIN NL 405 107 6 0 4 2 2 0 4 28 12 6 43% 2 2 0 173 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 56
1952 29 NYY AL 72 12 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 3 0 0 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 30 NYY AL 88 17 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 32 KCA AL 18 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 2637 1150 67 2 65 18 22 19 21 148 74 15 50% 40 28 6 1074 39 14 74% 33 14 5 0 1 0 6 0 32 1034
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1942 19 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 63 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 63
1943 20 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 63 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 63
1944 21 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 63 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 63
1945 22 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 16 63 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 63
1946 23 9 13 .409 2.51 35 25 6 10 5 0 197.1 163 66 55 1 82 101 4 0 6 819 134 1.242 7.4 0.0 3.7 4.6 1.23 134
1947 24 31 21 .596 2.49 68 58 6 33 11 0 470.1 390 157 130 11 177 294 8 1 8 1905 154 1.206 7.5 0.2 3.4 5.6 1.66 154
1948 25 38 30 .559 2.96 90 78 8 37 12 1 609.0 524 230 200 23 229 408 12 1 9 2504 130 1.236 7.7 0.3 3.4 6.0 1.78 130
1949 26 43 35 .551 3.10 120 82 25 37 12 2 685.2 604 266 236 30 263 463 15 1 10 2839 126 1.264 7.9 0.4 3.5 6.1 1.76 126
1950 27 60 50 .545 3.06 160 114 32 55 13 6 946.2 807 371 322 42 375 651 28 1 21 3941 130 1.249 7.7 0.4 3.6 6.2 1.74 130
1951 28 76 65 .539 3.14 198 146 37 66 15 8 1179.1 1011 481 411 58 472 771 37 2 26 4937 128 1.257 7.7 0.4 3.6 5.9 1.63 128
1952 29 80 77 .510 3.28 226 165 44 69 15 9 1297.1 1130 549 473 64 544 826 42 2 28 5470 121 1.290 7.8 0.4 3.8 5.7 1.52 121
1953 30 82 77 .516 3.29 234 169 47 69 15 10 1317.0 1147 559 481 66 557 837 43 2 28 5558 121 1.294 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.50 121
1954 31 82 77 .516 3.29 234 169 47 69 15 10 1317.0 1147 559 481 66 557 837 43 2 28 5558 121 1.294 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.50 121
1955 32 82 78 .513 3.30 236 169 49 69 15 11 1321.0 1150 562 484 67 562 0 839 44 2 28 5576 120 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49 120

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
1942 19 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 4 1 0 2.667 12.0 12.0 3.0 0.25 0.0 2
1946 23 13 8 .619 2.98 190.0 178 70 63 1 88 98 4 1.400 8.4 4.2 4.6 1.11 0.0 33
1947 24 21 8 .724 2.52 268.0 231 83 75 10 97 189 4 1.224 7.8 3.3 6.3 1.95 0.3 33
1948 25 6 9 .400 4.66 143.0 140 82 74 13 54 117 4 1.357 8.8 3.4 7.4 2.17 0.8 22
1949 26 4 4 .500 4.09 77.0 80 39 35 7 34 55 3 1.481 9.4 4.0 6.4 1.62 0.8 30
1950 27 20 10 .667 2.73 274.0 204 92 83 12 113 197 13 1.157 6.7 3.7 6.5 1.74 0.4 40
1951 28 15 11 .577 3.35 239.0 208 99 89 16 99 123 9 1.285 7.8 3.7 4.6 1.24 0.6 38
1952 29 4 8 .333 5.40 115.0 129 77 69 7 78 54 5 1.800 10.1 6.1 4.2 0.69 0.5 28
1953 30 1 1 .500 4.05 20.0 18 10 9 2 14 11 1 1.600 8.1 6.3 5.0 0.79 0.9 8
1955 32 0 0 9.00 3.0 3 3 3 1 5 2 1 2.667 9.0 15.0 6.0 0.40 3.0 2
10 Yrs 84 59 .587 3.40 1332.0 1195 558 503 69 586 847 44 1.337 8.1 5.7 1.45 0.5 236

* 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

Hall of Fame
1968 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1969 BBWAA ( 3.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 4.7%)

All-Star Games
1946 *
1947 (P)
1948 *
1949 *
1950 *
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 NL (2, 52%)
1950 NL (11, 12%)
1951 NL (19, 2%)
0.66 Career Shares (361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1947 NL  8.3 (2nd)
1950 NL  6.7 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1946 NL  3.6 (8th)
1947 NL  9.1 (1st)
1950 NL  6.9 (2nd)
1951 NL  3.4 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 NL  2.45 (4th)
1947 NL  2.47 (2nd)
1950 NL  2.97 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  22 (1st)
1950 NL  17 (9th)
1951 NL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL  .733 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1946 NL  1.230 (8th)
1947 NL  1.179 (2nd)
1950 NL  1.207 (4th)
1951 NL  1.294 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  7.410 (3rd)
1947 NL  7.484 (2nd)
1950 NL  7.000 (1st)
1951 NL  7.891 (3rd)
Career  7.835 (76th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  4.631 (3rd)
1947 NL  6.363 (1st)
1950 NL  6.483 (1st)
1951 NL  4.642 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  4 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 NL  273.0 (3rd)
1950 NL  261.0 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  100 (7th)
1947 NL  193 (1st)
1948 NL  114 (7th)
1950 NL  188 (2nd)
1951 NL  120 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1947 NL  33 (4th)
1950 NL  32 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 NL  23 (1st)
1950 NL  18 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (1st)
1947 NL  6 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 NL  95 (4th)
1950 NL  112 (3rd)
1951 NL  97 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  227 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  1.266 (8th)
1947 NL  2.032 (1st)
1950 NL  1.679 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  0.046 (1st)
1947 NL  0.330 (1st)
1950 NL  0.414 (2nd)
1951 NL  0.619 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (9th)
1950 NL  15 (8th)
1951 NL  15 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 NL  4 (9th)
1950 NL  11 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  4 (8th)
1947 NL  4 (6th)
1948 NL  4 (7th)
1950 NL  13 (1st)
1951 NL  9 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 NL  1,086 (4th)
1950 NL  1,102 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 NL  17 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 NL  138 (5th)
1947 NL  168 (2nd)
1950 NL  143 (2nd)
Career  120 (115th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  20 (4th)
1947 NL  48 (2nd)
1950 NL  33 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  2.3 (5th)
1947 NL  5.1 (2nd)
1950 NL  3.4 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  26.24 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.9 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.7 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.6 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1942 NL  born 1922-10-23 (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 - 13 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 72 (344), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 38 (355), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Lee Viau (958)
  2. Ernie Broglio (957)
  3. Doc McJames (955)
  4. Jean Dubuc (954)
  5. Bob Moose (946)
  6. Pat Jarvis (944)
  7. Jack Harshman (943)
  8. Art Fromme (942)
  9. Elmer Knetzer (942)
  10. Cliff Melton (942)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ben Tincup (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Hargan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Hargan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dock Ellis (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dock Ellis (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dock Ellis (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jean Dubuc (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Lonborg (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eric Show (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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