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Hank Borowy

Henry Ludwig Borowy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 12, 1916 in Bloomfield, NJ
High School: Bloomfield HS (Bloomfield, NJ)
School: Fordham University (New York, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1942
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees/Tigers/Phillies/Pirates 1942-1951

Final Game: September 14, 1951
Died: August 23, 2004 in Brick, NJ
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ
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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 26 NYY AL 15 4 .789 2.52 25 21 2 13 4 1 178.1 157 56 50 6 66 85 0 1 3 747 137 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 94 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 96 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 70 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 75 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 2 134 143 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 Yrs 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 93 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

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 26 NYY AL 178.1 25 21 56 2.83 4.05 0.45 0.00 93.2 3.35 9 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.9 22 .541 .506 $ MVP-21
1943 27 NYY AL 217.1 29 27 75 3.11 3.79 0.19 0.00 97.1 3.50 9 1.0 1.0 -0.2 2.1 22 .535 .506 $
1944 28 NYY AL 252.2 35 30 93 3.31 4.09 0.15 0.00 102.5 4.04 20 2.4 1.0 -0.2 3.7 36 .568 .515 $ AS,MVP-31
1945 29 NYY AL 132.1 18 18 61 4.15 3.84 0.22 0.00 103.6 3.75 -5 -0.6 -0.1 0.1 2 .466 .496 $ MVP-6
1945 29 CHC NL 122.1 15 14 33 2.43 4.55 0.22 0.00 97.8 4.23 24 2.8 1.0 -0.1 3.7 37 .684 .517 $ MVP-6
1946 30 CHC NL 201.0 32 28 96 4.30 3.98 -0.09 0.00 96.8 3.94 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .472 .494 $
1947 31 CHC NL 183.0 40 25 99 4.87 4.79 -0.04 0.00 97.3 4.70 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.2 18 .489 .497 $
1948 32 CHC NL 127.0 39 17 80 5.67 4.51 0.04 0.00 98.9 4.43 -18 -1.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .454 .489 $
1949 33 PHI NL 193.1 28 28 99 4.61 4.48 -0.07 0.00 97.6 4.44 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.3 19 .485 .497 $
1950 34 PHI NL 5.2 3 0 4 6.35 4.43 0.18 0.00 102.2 4.34 -1 -0.1 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .460 .499 $
1950 34 PIT NL 25.0 11 3 19 6.84 5.07 -0.10 0.00 96.9 5.01 -5 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .456 .497 $
1950 34 DET AL 32.2 13 2 15 4.13 4.90 0.19 0.00 104.4 4.91 3 0.3 .9 -0.0 0.5 6 .520 .502 $
1951 35 DET AL 45.2 26 1 39 7.69 4.90 -0.07 0.00 101.4 5.03 -14 -1.3 .9 -0.1 -1.0 -9 .448 .492 $
10 Seasons 1716.1 314 214 769 4.03 4.25 0.11 0.00 98.5 4.08 5 1.3 1.0 -1.1 13.4 161 .504 .501 $
CHC (4 yrs) 633.1 126 84 308 4.38 4.43 0.01 0.00 97.5 4.31 -7 -0.4 1.0 -0.4 5.1 65 .497 .499 $
NYY (4 yrs) 780.2 107 96 285 3.29 3.95 0.24 0.00 99.0 3.68 32 3.8 1.0 -0.5 7.8 83 .536 .506 $
PHI (2 yrs) 199.0 31 28 103 4.66 4.48 -0.06 0.00 97.8 4.44 -5 -0.5 .6 -0.1 1.2 18 .483 .498 $
DET (2 yrs) 78.1 39 3 54 6.20 4.90 0.04 0.00 102.6 4.98 -11 -1.1 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .472 .497 $
PIT (1 yr) 25.0 11 3 19 6.84 5.07 -0.10 0.00 96.9 5.01 -5 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .456 .497 $

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
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 Yrs (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

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
1944 NYY AL 28 1 0 0 0.00 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

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 32 CHC NL 39 124 511 80 156 6 4 9 1 2 49 50 .305 .366 .386 .752 .325 197 1 0 10 0 2
1949 33 PHI NL 28 574 745 99 188 25 4 19 6 5 63 43 .252 .311 .373 .684 .247 278 5 0 8 0 7
1950 34 DET AL 13 64 112 15 23 1 2 3 1 1 16 12 .205 .305 .330 .635 .206 37 0 0 6 0 2
1950 34 PHI NL 3 17 19 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .263 .391 .263 .654 .313 5 0 0 2 0 0
1950 34 PIT NL 11 78 102 19 32 5 1 6 1 0 9 9 .314 .375 .559 .934 .299 57 2 1 2 0 2
1950 34 TOT NL 14 95 121 23 37 5 1 6 1 0 13 12 .306 .378 .512 .890 .301 62 2 1 4 0 2
1950 34 TOT MLB 27 159 233 38 60 6 3 9 2 1 29 24 .258 .342 .425 .767 .255 99 2 1 10 0 4
1951 35 DET AL 26 92 185 39 58 4 1 3 3 0 27 16 .314 .404 .395 .798 .331 73 2 1 6 0 0
4 Yrs 120 949 1674 256 462 41 12 40 12 8 168 133 .276 .343 .386 .729 .281 647 10 2 34 0 13
162 Game Avg. 48 377 666 102 184 16 5 16 5 3 67 53 .276 .343 .386 .729 .281 257 4 1 14 0 5
MLB Averages .260 .333 .340 .673 .277

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 32 CHC NL -15.1 -1.5 129 -0.7 1.6 -2.4 .81 -1.1 0.2 -13.8 -1.4 0.81 -10.2 2 1 1
1949 33 PHI NL -4.5 -0.4 591 0.6 11.0 -10.3 1.02 1.0 -0.4 6.6 0.7 1.02 10.2 0 0 0
1950 34 TOT MLB -1.0 -0.1 166 -0.8 2.1 -2.9 .78 -0.6 -0.4 -3.5 -0.3 0.78 -7.0 2 3 9
1950 34 TOT NL -5.4 -0.5 98 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 .70 -0.4 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.70 -4.4 1 1 5
1950 34 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 18 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .38 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.39 0.5 0 0 2
1950 34 PIT NL -4.6 -0.4 80 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .77 -0.4 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.77 -4.8 1 1 3
1950 34 DET AL 4.3 0.4 68 -0.3 1.1 -1.3 .91 -0.2 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.91 -2.6 1 2 4
1951 35 DET AL -13.5 -1.3 97 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 .73 -0.4 -0.9 -4.7 -0.5 0.73 -4.2 4 3 8
10 Yrs 27.9 3.6 983 -1.9 15.6 -17.4 .92 -1.1 -0.9 -15.4 -1.5 0.92 -11.2 8 7 18

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
1942 26 NYY AL 25 21 14 4 3 1 1 15 6 .714 0 0 13 4 14 67% 56.3 93 16 3 12 5.7 7.7
1943 27 NYY AL 29 27 13 9 5 2 5 17 10 .630 0 0 14 3 19 70% 57.9 83 19 7 13 4.1 7.9
1944 28 NYY AL 35 30 17 12 1 1 6 18 12 .600 0 0 19 3 22 73% 57.7 81 13 9 8 4.1 8.1
1945 29 TOT MLB 33 32 21 7 4 4 3 24 8 .750 0 0 18 2 21 66% 0.1 80 21 12 12 5.7 7.9
1945 29 NYY AL 18 18 10 5 3 1 1 12 6 .667 0 0 7 1 10 56% 53.4 80 21 5 9 5.4 7.4
1945 29 CHC NL 15 14 11 2 1 3 2 12 2 .857 0 0 11 1 11 79% 61.5 78 36 7 3 6.1 8.7
1946 30 CHC NL 32 28 11 9 8 1 3 16 12 .571 0 0 8 1 15 54% 49.6 75 16 6 13 4.8 6.7
1947 31 CHC NL 40 25 7 11 7 2 5 12 13 .480 0 0 7 1 10 40% 48.3 84 24 12 6 4.1 6.3
1948 32 CHC NL 39 17 4 10 3 1 3 6 11 .353 0 1 2 1 6 35% 41.9 92 16 10 3 5 8 3.3 6.8 5.1
1949 33 PHI NL 28 28 12 12 4 3 4 16 12 .571 0 1 12 1 15 54% 49.8 75 14 14 5 7 13 4.5 5.3 6.9
1950 34 TOT MLB 27 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 .200 0 1 1 0 1 20% 63 30 6 1 1 2 5.0 7.3 5.5
1950 34 TOT NL 14 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 30 3 1 0 2 4.7 4.2 5.3
1950 34 PIT NL 11 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.0 38 30 3 1 0 2 4.7 4.2 5.3
1950 34 DET AL 13 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 51.0 63 39 3 0 1 0 5.5 21.0 5.8
1951 35 DET AL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 50.0 50 50 6 3 1 0 4.5 7.7
10 Yrs 311 214 99 77 38 15 31 126 88 .589 0 3 94 16 124 58% 53 93 13 36 12 63 87 4.6 5.6 7.1
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.7 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
1942 26 NYY AL 25 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 13.3
1943 27 NYY AL 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.5
1944 28 NYY AL 35 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6.4
1945 29 TOT MLB 33 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0
1945 29 CHC NL 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0
1946 30 CHC NL 32 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 9.8
1947 31 CHC NL 40 15 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 4 5 5.1
1948 32 CHC NL 39 22 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 33% .814 2 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 7 6 2 1 5.5
1950 34 TOT MLB 27 22 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 14% .782 2 3 9 0 0 14 7 7 13 3 9 3 4.9
1950 34 TOT NL 14 11 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% .698 1 1 5 0 0 7 2 5 5 2 3 2 4.0
1950 34 PHI NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .376 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 5.7
1950 34 PIT NL 11 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% .768 1 1 3 0 0 5 2 3 3 2 2 2 3.4
1950 34 DET AL 13 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% .907 1 2 4 0 0 7 5 2 8 1 6 1 5.7
1951 35 DET AL 26 25 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 9 47% .725 4 3 8 0 5 11 10 6 11 8 7 4 4.6
9 Yrs 268 100 53 9 5 0 7 0 0 0 42 14 33% .779 8 7 18 0 6 28 21 13 54 23 18 15 5.6

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 26 NYY AL 737 0.8% 11.5% 9.0% 3.1% 15% 78%
1943 27 NYY AL 897 1.2% 12.6% 8.0% 3.3% 15% 76%
1944 28 NYY AL 1044 1.4% 10.3% 8.4% 3.7% 17% 79%
1945 29 TOT MLB 1060 0.8% 7.7% 9.9% 2.5% 12% 80%
1945 29 NYY AL 553 1.1% 6.3% 10.5% 2.2% 11% 80%
1945 29 CHC NL 507 0.4% 9.3% 9.3% 2.8% 13% 80%
1946 30 CHC NL 881 1.0% 10.8% 6.9% 2.5% 10% 80%
1947 31 CHC NL 786 2.4% 9.5% 8.0% 4.2% 17% 79%
1948 32 CHC NL 570 60% 7.3% 40.3% 39.5% 15.3% 12% 1.46 365% 28 1 4%
1949 33 PHI NL 816 60% 3.3% 7.5% 11.0% 8.4% 26% 0.62 119% 105 5 5%
1950 34 TOT MLB 274 58% 5.7% 15.1% 18.2% 11.3% 30% 1.02 126% 34 2 6%
1950 34 TOT NL 140 56% 6.3% 12.6% 13.7% 12.6% 32% 0.93 108% 19 2 11%
1950 34 PHI NL 25 71% 0.0% 17.7% 23.5% 0.0% 0% 0.14 94% 3 0 0%
1950 34 PIT NL 115 53% 7.7% 11.5% 11.5% 15.4% 38% 1.18 112% 16 2 13%
1950 34 DET AL 134 63% 4.7% 18.8% 25.0% 9.4% 26% 1.18 152% 15 0 0%
1951 35 DET AL 219 60% 3.3% 17.4% 29.4% 8.7% 14% 0.93 180% 19 2 11%
10 Yrs 7284 59% 1.7% 10.9% 9.8% 4.2% 16% 0.76 91% 186 10 5%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 10.4% 10.5% 4.2% 16% 0.94 87% 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 26 NYY AL 157 6 3
1943 27 NYY AL 195 11 4
1944 28 NYY AL 224 15 5
1945 29 TOT MLB 212 8 7
1945 29 NYY AL 107 6 6
1945 29 CHC NL 105 2 1
1946 30 CHC NL 220 9 1
1947 31 CHC NL 190 19 1
1948 32 CHC NL 124 156 9 0 4 3 1 3 1 11 5 0 45% 2 3 1 46 1 2 33% 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 446
1949 33 PHI NL 574 188 19 0 7 11 3 7 7 24 10 3 42% 7 4 3 208 6 5 55% 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 242
1950 34 TOT MLB 159 60 9 0 2 1 4 1 4 13 6 0 46% 4 3 0 65 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 115
1950 34 TOT NL 95 37 6 0 1 1 2 0 3 7 4 0 57% 2 1 0 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45
1950 34 PHI NL 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1950 34 PIT NL 78 32 6 0 1 1 2 0 3 7 4 0 57% 2 1 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37
1950 34 DET AL 64 23 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 2 0 33% 2 2 0 28 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 70
1951 35 DET AL 92 58 3 0 6 0 2 1 1 10 6 1 60% 0 3 0 41 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 127
10 Yrs 949 1660 108 0 19 15 10 12 13 58 27 4 47% 13 34 4 360 12 8 60% 11 5 0 2 1 1 3 0 12 930
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+
1942 26 15 4 .789 2.52 25 21 2 13 4 1 178.1 157 56 50 6 66 85 0 1 3 747 137 1.250 7.9 0.3 3.3 4.3 1.29 137
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 128 1.237 8.0 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.35 128
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 120 1.268 8.2 0.4 3.2 3.9 1.23 120
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 114 1.284 8.4 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.22 114
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

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 26 13 7 .650 2.88 181.0 174 64 58 7 73 86 0 1.365 8.7 3.6 4.3 1.18 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 2.94 257.0 230 93 84 9 114 83 1 1.339 8.1 4.0 2.9 0.73 0.3 33
1946 30 10 12 .455 4.50 202.0 247 112 101 10 68 95 1 1.559 11.0 3.0 4.2 1.40 0.4 32
1947 31 9 11 .450 4.55 184.0 199 103 93 20 66 76 1 1.440 9.7 3.2 3.7 1.15 1.0 40
1948 32 5 8 .385 5.30 124.0 164 81 73 9 52 49 0 1.742 11.9 3.8 3.6 0.94 0.7 39
1949 33 9 11 .450 4.50 188.0 196 104 94 20 66 42 0 1.394 9.4 3.2 2.0 0.64 1.0 28
1950 34 3 4 .429 4.23 66.0 59 34 31 9 29 24 1 1.333 8.0 4.0 3.3 0.83 1.2 27
1951 35 1 4 .200 6.56 48.0 59 39 35 3 27 17 1 1.792 11.1 5.1 3.2 0.63 0.6 26
10 Yrs 99 86 .535 3.85 1715.0 1790 813 734 115 672 690 7 1.436 9.4 3.6 1.03 0.6 314

* 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
1944 (P)
1945--not played

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 (631st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1944 AL  3.7 (8th)
1945 NL  3.7 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL  2.52 (5th)
1944 AL  2.64 (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 (228th)

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 (6th)
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  0.303 (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  1,044 (6th)
1946 NL  881 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL  137 (9th)
1944 AL  133 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  21 (10th)
1944 AL  22 (7th)
1945 NL  22 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  2.2 (10th)
1944 AL  2.4 (7th)
1945 NL  2.4 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 62 (410), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (322), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Rip Collins (961)
  2. Steve Blass (960)
  3. Jim Hearn (958)
  4. Tex Carleton (952)
  5. Johnny Morrison (951)
  6. Whit Wyatt (951)
  7. Max Lanier (948)
  8. Bruce Kison (947)
  9. Bob Walk (947)
  10. Eric Show (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Hideo Nomo (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Virgil Trucks (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elmer Riddle (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tex Hughson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Urban Shocker (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tex Hughson (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Virgil Trucks (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Morrison (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Donovan (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Whit Wyatt (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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