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Al Brazle

Alpha Eugene Brazle (Cotton)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 19, 1913 in Loyal, OK
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1943
Team: Cardinals 1943-1954

Final Game: September 24, 1954
Died: October 24, 1973 in Grand Junction, CO
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Yellow Jacket, CO
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1943 29 STL NL 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 221 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90
1946 32 STL NL 11 10 .524 3.29 37 15 8 6 2 0 153.1 152 69 56 1 55 58 2 0 5 651 105 1.350 8.9 0.1 3.2 3.4 1.05
1947 33 STL NL 14 8 .636 2.84 44 19 11 7 0 4 168.0 186 65 53 7 48 85 2 0 4 713 145 1.393 10.0 0.4 2.6 4.6 1.77
1948 34 STL NL 10 6 .625 3.80 42 23 9 6 2 1 156.1 171 77 66 8 50 55 0 1 2 673 107 1.414 9.8 0.5 2.9 3.2 1.10
1949 35 STL NL 14 8 .636 3.18 39 25 7 9 1 0 206.1 208 85 73 18 61 75 6 0 2 869 130 1.304 9.1 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.23
1950 36 STL NL 11 9 .550 4.10 46 12 20 3 0 6 164.2 188 81 75 12 80 47 4 0 1 732 104 1.628 10.3 0.7 4.4 2.6 0.59
1951 37 STL NL 6 5 .545 3.09 56 8 28 5 0 7 154.1 139 61 53 13 60 66 5 1 1 650 128 1.289 8.1 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10
1952 38 STL NL 12 5 .706 2.72 46 6 32 3 1 16 109.1 75 38 33 6 42 55 1 1 3 433 137 1.070 6.2 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.31 MVP-36
1953 39 STL NL 6 7 .462 4.21 60 0 33 0 0 18 92.0 101 47 43 8 43 57 2 0 0 417 101 1.565 9.9 0.8 4.2 5.6 1.33
1954 40 STL NL 5 4 .556 4.16 58 0 28 0 0 8 84.1 93 48 39 10 24 30 3 0 2 363 99 1.387 9.9 1.1 2.6 3.2 1.25
10 Yrs 97 64 .602 3.31 441 117 178 47 7 60 1376.2 1387 589 506 83 492 554 25 3 22 5853 120 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.13
162 Game Avg. 12 8 .602 3.31 54 14 22 6 1 7 168 169 72 62 10 60 68 3 0 3 713 120 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.6 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
1943 29 STL NL 87.0 13 9 18 1.86 3.93 0.35 0.00 100.0 3.58 17 2.1 1.0 -0.1 2.8 24 .664 .513 $
1946 32 STL NL 154.1 37 15 69 4.02 3.93 0.11 0.00 101.1 3.86 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.1 13 .491 .498 $
1947 33 STL NL 168.0 44 19 65 3.48 4.46 0.00 0.00 100.4 4.48 18 1.9 1.0 -0.1 3.4 39 .542 .511 $
1948 34 STL NL 156.1 42 23 77 4.43 4.47 -0.05 0.00 102.2 4.62 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.7 21 .507 .502 $
1949 35 STL NL 206.1 39 25 85 3.71 4.52 0.11 0.00 101.6 4.48 17 1.8 1.2 -0.1 3.7 42 .547 .511 $
1950 36 STL NL 164.2 46 12 81 4.43 4.79 0.08 0.00 101.3 4.77 7 0.7 1.4 -0.1 2.2 25 .516 .505 $
1951 37 STL NL 154.1 56 8 61 3.56 4.43 0.25 0.00 99.3 4.15 10 1.1 1.1 -0.1 2.4 27 .519 .507 $
1952 38 STL NL 109.1 46 6 38 3.13 3.98 0.18 0.00 98.5 3.74 8 0.8 2.0 0.1 2.0 19 .518 .505 $ MVP-36
1953 39 STL NL 92.1 60 0 47 4.58 4.75 0.04 0.00 99.1 4.67 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.9 12 .503 .501 $
1954 40 STL NL 84.1 58 0 48 5.12 4.59 0.07 0.00 101.7 4.60 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.3 0.0 5 .492 .497 $
10 Seasons 1377.0 441 117 589 3.85 4.40 0.10 0.00 100.7 4.33 74 8.2 1.4 -1.0 20.2 226 .519 .505 $

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
1943 29 STL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.68 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 5 6 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 31 0.955 6.1 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1946 32 STL NL WS W BOS 0 1 .000 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 5 4 1 6 4 4 0 0 0 33 1.950 9.5 1.4 8.1 5.4 0.67
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 2 .000 4.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 11 7 1 8 5 8 0 0 0 64 1.429 7.7 0.6 5.1 5.1 1.00
2 WS 0 2 .000 4.50 2 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 11 7 1 8 5 8 0 0 0 64 1.429 7.7 0.6 5.1 5.1 1.00

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 34 STL NL 42 266 611 77 171 21 1 8 2 1 50 55 .280 .334 .357 .691 .297 218 8 0 14 0 8
1949 35 STL NL 39 377 797 85 208 12 0 18 2 0 61 75 .261 .318 .344 .662 .270 274 7 6 12 0 6
1950 36 STL NL 46 520 638 81 188 21 1 12 4 3 80 47 .295 .377 .387 .764 .304 247 24 4 11 0 12
1951 37 STL NL 56 410 566 61 139 12 0 13 7 3 60 66 .246 .323 .336 .659 .259 190 7 5 17 0 3
1952 38 STL NL 46 278 380 38 75 6 0 6 0 1 42 55 .197 .279 .261 .539 .216 99 10 1 10 0 2
1953 39 STL NL 60 334 362 47 101 6 2 8 2 0 43 57 .279 .359 .373 .732 .313 135 7 2 11 0 6
1954 40 STL NL 58 324 320 48 93 9 2 10 2 1 24 30 .291 .342 .425 .767 .292 136 17 3 9 4 6
7 Yrs 347 2509 3674 437 975 87 6 75 19 9 360 385 .265 .334 .354 .688 .280 1299 80 21 84 4 43
162 Game Avg. 56 405 593 71 157 14 1 12 3 1 58 62 .265 .334 .354 .688 .280 210 13 3 14 1 7
MLB Averages .260 .334 .352 .686 .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 34 STL NL 4.0 0.4 278 0.7 5.0 -4.4 1.05 -0.1 0.8 -3.9 -0.4 1.07 -2.5 3 4 3
1949 35 STL NL 21.0 2.1 382 1.6 8.0 -6.5 1.16 0.6 0.7 10.2 1.0 1.16 7.0 5 2 5
1950 36 STL NL 4.9 0.5 548 2.2 12.0 -9.8 1.18 -0.5 2.4 2.0 0.2 1.19 -8.6 9 6 8
1951 37 STL NL 14.6 1.5 429 0.7 6.2 -5.5 .87 0.4 0.4 3.2 0.3 0.87 4.5 12 5 19
1952 38 STL NL 11.8 1.2 300 2.8 9.2 -6.4 1.66 1.8 -0.2 11.5 1.2 1.67 18.2 18 2 5
1953 39 STL NL 1.3 0.1 351 1.2 9.4 -8.1 1.55 0.5 0.3 11.4 1.1 1.55 6.3 20 9 15
1954 40 STL NL -2.0 -0.2 336 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 1.23 -0.5 0.4 -3.1 -0.3 1.23 -3.6 24 8 17
10 Yrs 96.7 10.2 2624 9.1 57.0 -47.9 1.22 2.2 5.2 31.3 3.2 1.23 21.2 91 36 72

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
1943 29 STL NL 13 9 7 2 0 0 2 7 2 .778 0 0 8 1 9 100% 63.7 83 47 1 5 4.4 8.8
1946 32 STL NL 37 15 6 7 2 2 2 7 8 .467 0 0 6 2 8 53% 51.5 81 23 5 4 4.9 6.8
1947 33 STL NL 44 19 10 7 2 1 1 11 8 .579 0 0 7 0 10 53% 53.0 84 33 7 8 5.4 6.8
1948 34 STL NL 42 23 7 6 10 2 2 11 12 .478 0 2 6 2 9 39% 49.1 78 28 15 4 11 8 4.5 6.0 5.4
1949 35 STL NL 39 25 11 8 6 3 4 17 8 .680 0 1 9 1 14 56% 51.7 79 27 7 3 7 11 5.7 6.1 7.0
1950 36 STL NL 46 12 6 5 1 1 0 7 5 .583 0 0 3 0 5 42% 44.0 71 25 22 11 6 3 4.6 6.6 6.7
1951 37 STL NL 56 8 4 3 1 0 2 4 4 .500 0 0 5 0 6 75% 57.9 82 23 13 3 5 0 3.6 3.6 8.0
1952 38 STL NL 46 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 .667 0 0 3 1 4 67% 62.2 81 29 6 4 2 3 3.8 4.4 7.9
8 Yrs 323 117 55 40 22 9 13 68 49 .581 0 3 47 7 65 56% 52 84 23 63 25 44 42 4.9 5.6 6.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.5 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
1943 29 STL NL 13 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.0
1946 32 STL NL 37 22 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 4 7.0
1947 33 STL NL 44 25 11 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 9 6 4.6
1948 34 STL NL 42 19 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 7 47% 1.050 3 4 3 1 3 6 7 3 6 10 4 7 5.0
1949 35 STL NL 39 14 7 3 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 7 1.164 5 2 5 2 3 7 3 9 8 1 7 4 6.7
1950 36 STL NL 46 34 20 5 4 4 6 0 150% 6 2 23 6 26% 1.181 9 6 8 7 4 12 14 9 19 8 16 6 7.5
1951 37 STL NL 56 48 28 2 2 5 7 0 140% 7 0 35 13 37% .867 12 5 19 7 3 27 20 17 29 10 22 17 5.7
1952 38 STL NL 46 40 32 8 3 17 16 4 94% 17 0 27 12 44% 1.659 18 2 5 17 2 6 15 10 17 12 13 14 4.7
1953 39 STL NL 60 60 33 6 7 19 18 5 95% 26 5 39 9 23% 1.553 20 9 15 26 4 14 20 24 34 14 30 23 4.5
1954 40 STL NL 58 58 28 5 4 13 8 6 62% 17 2 59 24 41% 9 1.233 24 8 17 19 6 24 27 22 26 19 25 18 4.4
10 Yrs 441 324 178 42 24 59 60 16 102% 76 10 202 73 36% 1.222 91 36 72 79 25 96 106 94 169 89 117 99 5.3

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%
1943 29 STL NL 352 0.0% 7.4% 8.2% 2.3% 11% 84%
1946 32 STL NL 653 0.2% 8.9% 8.4% 1.2% 5% 80%
1947 33 STL NL 717 1.0% 11.9% 6.7% 2.5% 10% 79%
1948 34 STL NL 675 26% 3.0% 20.7% 18.8% 11.3% 18% 2.10 206% 61 8 13%
1949 35 STL NL 876 26% 4.8% 19.9% 16.2% 8.0% 14% 1.47 187% 62 7 11%
1950 36 STL NL 733 25% 2.3% 9.0% 15.4% 6.5% 18% 2.03 111% 141 24 17%
1951 37 STL NL 649 30% 3.2% 16.1% 14.6% 6.1% 18% 0.96 119% 97 7 7%
1952 38 STL NL 433 29% 2.2% 19.8% 15.1% 4.3% 16% 1.34 115% 63 10 16%
1953 39 STL NL 418 33% 2.4% 17.1% 12.9% 4.8% 16% 1.11 89% 79 7 9%
1954 40 STL NL 361 32% 3.1% 9.3% 7.4% 6.5% 23% 1.43 88% 69 17 25%
10 Yrs 5867 28% 2.0% 13.1% 11.6% 4.8% 15% 1.44 109% 572 80 14%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.9% 10.6% 5.0% 19% 0.95 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
1943 29 STL NL 74 0 2
1946 32 STL NL 152 1 5
1947 33 STL NL 186 7 4
1948 34 STL NL 266 171 8 0 8 1 1 1 1 24 13 3 54% 8 2 0 116 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 409
1949 35 STL NL 377 208 18 0 8 10 1 2 9 16 7 2 44% 6 2 0 132 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 499
1950 36 STL NL 520 188 12 0 26 9 0 2 7 44 13 1 30% 12 1 2 238 4 3 57% 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 213
1951 37 STL NL 410 139 13 0 15 8 2 2 8 32 17 2 53% 3 1 0 170 7 3 70% 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 239
1952 38 STL NL 278 75 6 0 11 3 0 2 1 24 10 5 42% 2 3 0 98 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 155
1953 39 STL NL 334 101 8 1 17 4 2 3 3 19 5 4 26% 6 0 0 151 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 84
1954 40 STL NL 324 93 10 0 12 5 5 6 4 26 18 0 69% 6 2 1 127 2 1 67% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 37
10 Yrs 2509 1387 83 1 97 40 11 18 33 185 83 17 45% 43 22 3 1032 19 9 68% 15 4 2 4 2 1 2 0 22 1636
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1943 29 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 221 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90 221
1944 30 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 221 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90 221
1945 31 8 2 .800 1.53 13 9 2 8 1 0 88.0 74 18 15 0 29 26 0 0 2 352 221 1.170 7.6 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.90 221
1946 32 19 12 .613 2.65 50 24 10 14 3 0 241.1 226 87 71 1 84 84 2 0 7 1003 130 1.285 8.4 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.00 130
1947 33 33 20 .623 2.73 94 43 21 21 3 4 409.1 412 152 124 8 132 169 4 0 11 1716 136 1.329 9.1 0.2 2.9 3.7 1.28 136
1948 34 43 26 .623 3.02 136 66 30 27 5 5 565.2 583 229 190 16 182 224 4 1 13 2389 126 1.352 9.3 0.3 2.9 3.6 1.23 126
1949 35 57 34 .626 3.07 175 91 37 36 6 5 772.0 791 314 263 34 243 299 10 1 15 3258 127 1.339 9.2 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.23 127
1950 36 68 43 .613 3.25 221 103 57 39 6 11 936.2 979 395 338 46 323 346 14 1 16 3990 122 1.390 9.4 0.4 3.1 3.3 1.07 122
1951 37 74 48 .607 3.23 277 111 85 44 6 18 1091.0 1118 456 391 59 383 412 19 2 17 4640 123 1.376 9.2 0.5 3.2 3.4 1.08 123
1952 38 86 53 .619 3.18 323 117 117 47 7 34 1200.1 1193 494 424 65 425 467 20 3 20 5073 124 1.348 8.9 0.5 3.2 3.5 1.10 124
1953 39 92 60 .605 3.25 383 117 150 47 7 52 1292.1 1294 541 467 73 468 524 22 3 20 5490 122 1.363 9.0 0.5 3.3 3.6 1.12 122
1954 40 97 64 .602 3.31 441 117 178 47 7 60 1376.2 1387 589 506 83 492 554 25 3 22 5853 120 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.13 120

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
1943 29 7 2 .778 1.80 85.0 81 19 17 0 32 25 0 1.329 8.6 3.4 2.6 0.78 0.0 13
1946 32 8 8 .500 3.90 150.0 168 72 65 1 61 57 2 1.527 10.1 3.7 3.4 0.93 0.1 37
1947 33 12 6 .667 2.84 168.0 190 59 53 7 49 85 2 1.423 10.2 2.6 4.6 1.73 0.4 44
1948 34 9 8 .529 3.79 159.0 176 74 67 8 51 56 0 1.428 10.0 2.9 3.2 1.10 0.5 42
1949 35 14 9 .609 3.16 208.0 211 81 73 18 62 75 6 1.313 9.1 2.7 3.2 1.21 0.8 39
1950 36 9 9 .500 3.95 164.0 189 80 72 12 80 47 4 1.640 10.4 4.4 2.6 0.59 0.7 46
1951 37 10 7 .588 3.14 155.0 143 60 54 13 62 66 5 1.323 8.3 3.6 3.8 1.06 0.8 56
1952 38 8 4 .667 3.06 109.0 81 41 37 6 45 55 1 1.156 6.7 3.7 4.5 1.22 0.5 46
1953 39 5 5 .500 3.98 95.0 102 47 42 8 43 59 2 1.526 9.7 4.1 5.6 1.37 0.8 60
1954 40 4 5 .444 4.19 86.0 96 44 40 10 25 31 3 1.407 10.0 2.6 3.2 1.24 1.0 58
10 Yrs 86 63 .577 3.39 1379.0 1437 577 520 83 510 556 25 1.412 9.4 3.6 1.09 0.5 441

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (36, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 NL  2.84 (5th)
1949 NL  3.18 (9th)
1951 NL  3.09 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL  .636 (6th)
1948 NL  .625 (6th)
1949 NL  .636 (8th)
1952 NL  .706 (4th)
Career  .602 (109th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1951 NL  1.289 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  8.106 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  2.571 (5th)
1948 NL  2.879 (8th)
1949 NL  2.661 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  4.554 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1947 NL  44 (8th)
1948 NL  42 (9th)
1950 NL  46 (5th)
1951 NL  56 (5th)
1952 NL  46 (6th)
1953 NL  60 (2nd)
1954 NL  58 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1947 NL  4 (9th)
1950 NL  6 (5th)
1951 NL  7 (4th)
1952 NL  16 (1st)
1953 NL  18 (1st)
1954 NL  8 (6th)
Career  60 (226th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 NL  1.771 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  0.375 (4th)
1948 NL  0.461 (7th)
1950 NL  0.656 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 NL  20 (4th)
1951 NL  28 (5th)
1952 NL  32 (5th)
1953 NL  33 (2nd)
1954 NL  28 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL  145 (5th)
1949 NL  131 (5th)
1951 NL  128 (4th)
Career  120 (118th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  18 (10th)
1947 NL  22 (7th)
1949 NL  21 (9th)
1951 NL  15 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1943 NL  2.1 (9th)
1947 NL  2.2 (7th)
1949 NL  2.1 (9th)
1951 NL  1.5 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.6 (10th)
1950 NL  2.2 (9th)
1952 NL  2.8 (7th)
Career  9.1 (222nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  1.8 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1913-10-19 (8th)
1951 NL  born 1913-10-19 (4th)
1952 NL  born 1913-10-19 (2nd)
1953 NL  born 1913-10-19 (2nd)
1954 NL  born 1913-10-19 (1st)


† 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 - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 57 (447), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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