Hank Borowy
Henry Ludwig Borowy
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 12, 1916 in Bloomfield, NJ
High School: Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NJ)
School: Fordham University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1942
Final Game: September 14, 1951
Died: August 23, 2004 in Brick, NJ
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Standard Pitching

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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 26 NYY AL 15 4 .789 2.52 25 21 2 13 4 1 178.1 157 56 50 6 66 85 0 1 3 747 136 1.250 7.9 0.3 3.3 4.3 1.29 MVP-21
1943 27 NYY AL 14 9 .609 2.82 29 27 1 14 3 0 217.1 195 75 68 11 72 113 2 1 4 896 115 1.229 8.1 0.5 3.0 4.7 1.57
1944 28 NYY AL 17 12 .586 2.64 35 30 4 19 3 2 252.2 224 93 74 15 88 107 0 0 5 1044 133 1.235 8.0 0.5 3.1 3.8 1.22 AS,MVP-31
1945 29 TOT MLB 21 7 .750 2.65 33 32 1 18 2 1 254.2 212 94 75 8 105 82 1 1 7 1060 134 1.245 7.5 0.3 3.7 2.9 0.78 MVP-6
1945 29 NYY AL 10 5 .667 3.13 18 18 0 7 1 0 132.1 107 61 46 6 58 35 1 1 6 553 111 1.247 7.3 0.4 3.9 2.4 0.60
1945 29 CHC NL 11 2 .846 2.13 15 14 1 11 1 1 122.1 105 33 29 2 47 47 0 0 1 507 171 1.243 7.7 0.1 3.5 3.5 1.00
1946 30 CHC NL 12 10 .545 3.76 32 28 4 8 1 0 201.0 220 96 84 9 61 95 1 0 1 881 88 1.398 9.9 0.4 2.7 4.3 1.56
1947 31 CHC NL 8 12 .400 4.38 40 25 11 7 1 2 183.0 190 99 89 19 63 75 1 1 1 784 90 1.383 9.3 0.9 3.1 3.7 1.19
1948 32 CHC NL 5 10 .333 4.89 39 17 12 2 1 1 127.0 156 80 69 9 49 50 0 0 3 564 80 1.614 11.1 0.6 3.5 3.5 1.02
1949 33 PHI NL 12 12 .500 4.19 28 28 0 12 1 0 193.1 188 99 90 19 63 43 0 1 4 796 95 1.298 8.8 0.9 2.9 2.0 0.68
1950 34 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 4.76 27 5 7 1 0 0 64.1 60 38 34 9 29 24 1 0 3 274 95 1.383 8.4 1.3 4.1 3.4 0.83
1950 34 TOT NL 1 3 .250 6.25 14 3 4 0 0 0 31.2 37 23 22 6 13 12 1 0 1 140 69 1.579 10.5 1.7 3.7 3.4 0.92
1950 34 PHI NL 0 0 5.68 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 4 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 25 71 1.421 7.1 0.0 5.7 4.3 0.75
1950 34 PIT NL 1 3 .250 6.39 11 3 4 0 0 0 25.1 32 19 18 6 9 9 1 0 1 115 69 1.618 11.4 2.1 3.2 3.2 1.00
1950 34 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.31 13 2 3 1 0 0 32.2 23 15 12 3 16 12 0 0 2 134 141 1.194 6.3 0.8 4.4 3.3 0.75
1951 35 DET AL 2 2 .500 6.95 26 1 11 0 0 0 45.1 58 39 35 3 27 16 1 0 3 219 60 1.875 11.5 0.6 5.4 3.2 0.59
10 Seasons 108 82 .568 3.50 314 214 53 94 16 7 1717.0 1660 769 668 108 623 690 7 5 34 7265 104 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.11
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 3.50 40 28 7 12 2 1 221 214 99 86 14 80 89 1 1 4 936 104 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.11
CHC (4 yrs) 36 34 .514 3.85 126 84 28 28 4 4 633.1 671 308 271 39 220 267 2 1 6 2736 96 1.407 9.5 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.21
NYY (4 yrs) 56 30 .651 2.74 107 96 7 53 11 3 780.2 683 285 238 38 284 340 3 3 18 3240 124 1.239 7.9 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.20
PHI (2 yrs) 12 12 .500 4.24 31 28 0 12 1 0 199.2 193 103 94 19 67 46 0 1 4 821 94 1.302 8.7 0.9 3.0 2.1 0.69
DET (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 5.42 39 3 14 1 0 0 78.0 81 54 47 6 43 28 1 0 5 353 81 1.590 9.3 0.7 5.0 3.2 0.65
PIT (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.39 11 3 4 0 0 0 25.1 32 19 18 6 9 9 1 0 1 115 69 1.618 11.4 2.1 3.2 3.2 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 49 49 .500 4.02 168 115 32 40 5 4 858.1 896 430 383 64 296 322 3 2 11 3672 94 1.389 9.4 0.7 3.1 3.4 1.09
AL (6 yrs) 59 33 .641 2.99 146 99 21 54 11 3 858.2 764 339 285 44 327 368 4 3 23 3593 117 1.271 8.0 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.13

Postseason Pitching

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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
1942 26 NYY AL WS L STL 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
1943 27 NYY AL WS W STL 1 0 1.000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 2 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 31 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1945 29 CHC NL WS L DET 2 2 .500 4.00 4 3 1 1 1 0 18.0 21 8 8 0 6 0 8 1 0 0 78 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 2 .600 4.97 6 5 1 1 1 0 29.0 33 16 16 0 12 2 13 1 0 0 127 1.552 10.2 0.0 3.7 4.0 1.08
3 WS 3 2 .600 4.97 6 5 1 1 1 0 29.0 33 16 16 0 12 2 13 1 0 0 127 1.552 10.2 0.0 3.7 4.0 1.08

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1944 NYY AL 28 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1945 NYY AL 29

Cumulative Pitching

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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 26 15 4 .789 2.52 25 21 2 13 4 1 178.1 157 56 50 6 66 85 0 1 3 747 136 1.250 7.9 0.3 3.3 4.3 1.29 136
1943 27 29 13 .690 2.68 54 48 3 27 7 1 395.2 352 131 118 17 138 198 2 2 7 1643 124 1.238 8.0 0.4 3.1 4.5 1.43 124
1944 28 46 25 .648 2.67 89 78 7 46 10 3 648.1 576 224 192 32 226 305 2 2 12 2687 127 1.237 8.0 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.35 127
1945 29 67 32 .677 2.66 122 110 8 64 12 4 903.0 788 318 267 40 331 387 3 3 19 3747 129 1.239 7.9 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.17 129
1946 30 79 42 .653 2.86 154 138 12 72 13 4 1104.0 1008 414 351 49 392 482 4 3 20 4628 119 1.268 8.2 0.4 3.2 3.9 1.23 119
1947 31 87 54 .617 3.08 194 163 23 79 14 6 1287.0 1198 513 440 68 455 557 5 4 21 5412 113 1.284 8.4 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.22 113
1948 32 92 64 .590 3.24 233 180 35 81 15 7 1414.0 1354 593 509 77 504 607 5 4 24 5976 109 1.314 8.6 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.20 109
1949 33 104 76 .578 3.35 261 208 35 93 16 7 1607.1 1542 692 599 96 567 650 5 5 28 6772 107 1.312 8.6 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.15 107
1950 34 106 80 .570 3.41 288 213 42 94 16 7 1671.2 1602 730 633 105 596 674 6 5 31 7046 106 1.315 8.6 0.6 3.2 3.6 1.13 106
1951 35 108 82 .568 3.50 314 214 53 94 16 7 1717.0 1660 769 668 108 623 690 7 5 34 7265 104 1.330 8.7 0.6 3.3 3.6 1.11 104

Neutralized Pitching

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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 26 13 7 .650 2.93 181.0 175 66 59 7 74 86 0 1.376 8.7 3.7 4.3 1.16 0.3 25
1943 27 13 10 .565 3.51 213.0 221 92 83 12 82 111 2 1.423 9.3 3.5 4.7 1.35 0.5 29
1944 28 18 9 .667 2.93 252.0 241 91 82 16 95 107 0 1.333 8.6 3.4 3.8 1.13 0.6 35
1945 29 18 10 .643 2.94 257.0 229 93 84 9 113 83 1 1.331 8.0 4.0 2.9 0.73 0.3 33
1946 30 10 12 .455 4.52 201.0 248 112 101 10 69 95 1 1.577 11.1 3.1 4.3 1.38 0.4 32
1947 31 9 11 .450 4.55 184.0 199 103 93 20 66 75 1 1.440 9.7 3.2 3.7 1.14 1.0 40
1948 32 5 8 .385 5.26 125.0 163 81 73 9 51 49 0 1.712 11.7 3.7 3.5 0.96 0.6 39
1949 33 10 11 .476 4.36 190.0 193 102 92 20 65 42 0 1.358 9.1 3.1 2.0 0.65 0.9 28
1950 34 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 59 34 31 9 29 25 1 1.333 8.0 4.0 3.4 0.86 1.2 27
1951 35 1 4 .200 6.70 47.0 60 39 35 3 28 17 1 1.872 11.5 5.4 3.3 0.61 0.6 26
10 Seasons 100 86 .538 3.84 1716.0 1788 813 733 115 672 690 7 1.434 9.4 3.6 1.03 0.6 314

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1944 (P)
1945

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1945-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1942-AL-21-2%
1944-AL-31-1%
1945-NL-6-25%
0.28 Career Shares (611th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL--2.523--5th
1944 AL--2.636--8th

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL--15--6th
1943 AL--14--10th
1944 AL--17--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1942 AL--.789--2nd
1944 AL--.586--9th
Career--.568--225th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 AL--1.250--9th
1949 NL--1.298--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--7.923--7th
1944 AL--7.979--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--2.731--9th
1947 NL--3.098--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--4.290--7th
1943 AL--4.679--6th
1946 NL--4.254--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL--252.7--5th
1946 NL--201.0--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1943 AL--113--8th
1944 AL--107--8th
1946 NL--95--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1943 AL--27--9th
1944 AL--30--8th
1946 NL--28--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1943 AL--14--10th
1944 AL--19--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL--4--2nd
1943 AL--3--5th
1944 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 AL--11--8th
1944 AL--15--2nd
1947 NL--19--7th
1949 NL--19--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL--88--5th

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL--224--8th
1946 NL--220--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL--1.288--9th
1943 AL--1.569--6th
1946 NL--1.557--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL--.303--10th

Losses s c a p y
1947 NL--12--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 NL--84--2nd
1947 NL--89--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1943 AL--4--9th
1944 AL--5--8th
1945 AL--6--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL--1044--6th
1946 NL--881--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL--136--10th
1944 AL--133--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 62 (400), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (314), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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