Bernie Boland

Bernard Anthony Boland

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: January 21, 1892 in Rochester, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1915
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns 1915-1921

Final Game: June 17, 1921
Died: September 12, 1973 in Detroit, MI
Buried: St. Hedwig Cemetery, Deerborn Heights, MI
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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
1912	20	AKR	B	10	14	.417		30						180.0	195	109			83							1.544	9.8		4.2			AKR · CENL
1913	21	NVL	A	2	3	.400		6						31.0	40	25			18							1.871	11.6		5.2			NVL · SOUA
1914	22	NVL	A	17	13	.567		38						306.0	234	103			94							1.072	6.9		2.8			NVL · SOUA
1915	23	DET	AL	13	7	.650	3.11	45	18	16	8	1	3	202.2	167	86	70	2	75	72	6	0	3	808	97	1.194	7.4	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.96
1916	24	DET	AL	10	3	.769	3.94	46	9	12	5	1	3	130.1	111	69	57	1	73	59	4	0	3	539	73	1.412	7.7	0.1	5.0	4.1	0.81
1917	25	DET	AL	16	11	.593	2.68	43	28	13	13	3	6	238.0	192	89	71	0	95	89	6	0	0	952	98	1.206	7.3	*0.0*	3.6	3.4	0.94
1918	26	DET	AL	14	10	.583	2.65	29	25	4	14	4	0	204.0	176	69	60	1	67	63	6	0	1	834	100	1.191	7.8	0.0	3.0	2.8	0.94
1919	27	DET	AL	14	16	.467	3.04	35	30	4	18	1	1	242.2	222	93	82	7	80	71	3	0	4	960	105	1.245	8.2	0.3	3.0	2.6	0.89
1920	28	DET	AL	0	2	.000	7.79	4	3	0	1	0	0	17.1	23	18	15	0	14	4	2	0	0	82	49	2.135	11.9	0.0	7.3	2.1	0.29
1921	29	SLB	AL	1	4	.200	9.33	7	6	1	0	0	0	27.0	34	36	28	2	28	6	1	0	0	144	49	2.296	11.3	0.7	9.3	2.0	0.21
7 Yrs				68	53	.562	3.25	209	119	50	59	10	13	1062.0	925	460	383	13	432	364	28	0	11	4319	90	1.278	7.8	0.1	3.7	3.1	0.84
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.562	3.25	43	25	10	12	2	3	220	192	95	79	3	90	75	6	0	2	895	90	1.278	7.8	0.1	3.7	3.1	0.84

DET (6 yrs)				67	49	.578	3.09	202	113	49	59	10	13	1035.0	891	424	355	11	404	358	27	0	11	4175	94	1.251	7.7	0.1	3.5	3.1	0.89
SLB (1 yr)				1	4	.200	9.33	7	6	1	0	0	0	27.0	34	36	28	2	28	6	1	0	0	144	49	2.296	11.3	0.7	9.3	2.0	0.21

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
1915	23	DET	AL	202.2	45	18	86	3.82	3.82	0.06	0.00	103.0	3.87	2	0.2	1.0	-0.2	1.9	21	.505	.501	$
1916	24	DET	AL	130.1	46	9	69	4.76	3.59	-0.03	0.00	101.0	3.65	-16	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-4	.460	.489	$
1917	25	DET	AL	238.0	43	28	89	3.37	3.58	-0.01	0.00	99.0	3.55	4	0.5	1.0	-0.2	2.5	26	.512	.503	$
1918	26	DET	AL	204.0	29	25	69	3.04	3.52	-0.43	0.00	96.9	3.83	17	2.2	1.0	-0.2	3.8	33	.576	.514	$
1919	27	DET	AL	242.2	35	30	93	3.45	4.10	-0.20	0.00	99.9	4.30	21	2.4	1.0	-0.2	4.4	45	.569	.515	$
1920	28	DET	AL	17.1	4	3	18	9.35	5.35	-0.19	0.00	98.7	5.48	-8	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.339	.496	$
1921	29	SLB	AL	27.0	7	6	36	12.00	5.37	-0.13	0.00	105.5	5.80	-19	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.2	-15	.294	.491	$
7 Seasons				1062.0	209	119	460	3.90	3.81	-0.13	0.00	100.0	3.94	2	1.4	1.0	-0.9	10.1	99	.507	.501	$

DET (6 yrs)				1035.0	202	113	424	3.69	3.77	-0.13	0.00	99.8	3.89	21	2.9	1.0	-0.9	11.3	114	.514	.503	$
SLB (1 yr)				27.0	7	6	36	12.00	5.37	-0.13	0.00	105.5	5.80	-19	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.2	-15	.294	.491	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	26	DET	AL	838	0.1%	7.5%	8.0%	2.3%	11%	82%
1919	27	DET	AL	993	0.7%	7.2%	8.1%	3.6%	16%	80%
1920	28	DET	AL	88	0.0%	4.6%	15.9%	4.6%	17%	70%
1921	29	SLB	AL	145	1.4%	4.1%	19.3%			70%
4 Yrs				2064	0.5%	7.0%	9.2%	2.9%	13%	80%
MLB Averages					0.6%	7.7%	7.3%	2.7%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1915	23	13	7	.650	3.11	45	18	16	8	1	3	202.2	167	86	70	2	75	72	6	3	808	97	1.194	7.4	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.96	97
1916	24	23	10	.697	3.43	91	27	28	13	2	6	333.0	278	155	127	3	148	131	10	6	1347	86	1.279	7.5	0.1	4.0	3.5	0.89	86
1917	25	39	21	.650	3.12	134	55	41	26	5	12	571.0	470	244	198	3	243	220	16	6	2299	91	1.249	7.4	0.0	3.8	3.5	0.91	91
1918	26	53	31	.631	3.00	163	80	45	40	9	12	775.0	646	313	258	4	310	283	22	7	3133	93	1.234	7.5	0.0	3.6	3.3	0.91	93
1919	27	67	47	.588	3.01	198	110	49	58	10	13	1017.2	868	406	340	11	390	354	25	11	4093	96	1.236	7.7	0.1	3.4	3.1	0.91	96
1920	28	67	49	.578	3.09	202	113	49	59	10	13	1035.0	891	424	355	11	404	358	27	11	4175	94	1.251	7.7	0.1	3.5	3.1	0.89	94
1921	29	68	53	.562	3.25	209	119	50	59	10	13	1062.0	925	460	383	13	432	364	28	11	4319	90	1.278	7.8	0.1	3.7	3.1	0.84	90

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
1915	23	11	10	.524	3.70	192.0	181	88	79	2	81	68	7	1.365	8.5	3.8	3.2	0.84	0.1	45
1916	24	4	8	.333	5.56	115.0	126	79	71	1	83	52	5	1.817	9.9	6.5	4.1	0.63	0.1	46
1917	25	13	11	.542	3.77	217.0	221	101	91	0	109	81	7	1.521	9.2	4.5	3.4	0.74	0.0	43
1918	26	14	12	.538	3.75	235.0	254	109	98	1	97	72	9	1.494	9.7	3.7	2.8	0.74	0.0	29
1919	27	14	13	.519	3.79	247.0	268	116	104	8	97	72	4	1.478	9.8	3.5	2.6	0.74	0.3	35
1920	28	0	1	.000	9.00	15.0	24	17	15	0	15	3	2	2.600	14.4	9.0	1.8	0.20	0.0	4
1921	29	1	2	.333	6.97	31.0	32	27	24	2	26	7	1	1.871	9.3	7.5	2.0	0.27	0.6	7
7 Yrs		57	57	.500	4.12	1052.0	1106	537	482	14	508	355	35	1.534	9.5		3.0	0.70	0.1	209

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1918 AL 3.8 (7th) 1919 AL 4.4 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1917 AL 16 (10th) 1918 AL 14 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1915 AL .650 (8th) 1917 AL .593 (10th) 1918 AL .583 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1918 AL 1.191 (10th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 AL 7.416 (8th) 1917 AL 7.261 (6th) 1918 AL 7.765 (9th) Career 7.839 (77th)	Games Played s c a p y 1915 AL 45 (8th) 1916 AL 46 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1915 AL 3 (8th) 1916 AL 3 (8th) 1917 AL 6 (3rd) 1919 AL 1 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1918 AL 4 (5th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1919 AL 7 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1917 AL 95 (8th) 1919 AL 80 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1917 AL 0.000 (1st) 1918 AL 0.044 (9th) Career 0.110 (43rd)	Losses s c a p y 1919 AL 16 (6th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1919 AL 82 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1915 AL 16 (4th) 1917 AL 13 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 38 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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