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Harry Brecheen

Harry David Brecheen (Harry The Cat)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 14, 1914 in Broken Bow, OK
High School: Ada HS (Ada, OK)
School: East Central University (Ada, OK)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Browns 1940-1953

Final Game: September 13, 1953
Died: January 17, 2004 in Bethany, OK
Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK
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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
1940 25 STL NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1943 28 STL NL 9 6 .600 2.26 29 13 12 8 1 4 135.1 98 41 34 4 39 68 3 0 2 527 150 1.012 6.5 0.3 2.6 4.5 1.74
1944 29 STL NL 16 5 .762 2.85 30 22 4 13 3 0 189.1 174 67 60 8 46 88 3 2 3 774 126 1.162 8.3 0.4 2.2 4.2 1.91
1945 30 STL NL 15 4 .789 2.52 24 18 6 13 3 2 157.1 136 48 44 5 44 63 5 0 0 629 150 1.144 7.8 0.3 2.5 3.6 1.43 MVP-12
1946 31 STL NL 15 15 .500 2.49 36 30 3 14 5 3 231.1 212 73 64 8 67 117 4 0 1 954 139 1.206 8.2 0.3 2.6 4.6 1.75 MVP-16
1947 32 STL NL 16 11 .593 3.30 29 28 1 18 1 1 223.1 220 92 82 19 66 89 3 0 3 927 125 1.281 8.9 0.8 2.7 3.6 1.35 AS
1948 33 STL NL 20 7 .741 2.24 33 30 1 21 7 1 233.1 193 62 58 6 49 149 2 1 2 931 182 1.037 7.4 0.2 1.9 5.7 3.04 AS,MVP-5
1949 34 STL NL 14 11 .560 3.35 32 31 1 14 2 1 214.2 207 96 80 18 65 88 7 0 3 906 123 1.267 8.7 0.8 2.7 3.7 1.35
1950 35 STL NL 8 11 .421 3.80 27 23 3 12 2 1 163.1 151 77 69 18 45 80 3 0 2 675 112 1.200 8.3 1.0 2.5 4.4 1.78
1951 36 STL NL 8 4 .667 3.25 24 16 7 5 0 2 138.2 134 54 50 11 54 57 1 1 0 582 122 1.356 8.7 0.7 3.5 3.7 1.06
1952 37 STL NL 7 5 .583 3.32 25 13 5 4 1 2 100.1 82 39 37 12 28 54 3 0 1 408 112 1.096 7.4 1.1 2.5 4.8 1.93
1953 38 SLB AL 5 13 .278 3.07 26 16 7 3 0 1 117.1 122 51 40 7 31 44 3 1 1 494 137 1.304 9.4 0.5 2.4 3.4 1.42
12 Yrs 133 92 .591 2.92 318 240 53 125 25 18 1907.2 1731 701 618 116 536 901 37 5 18 7821 133 1.188 8.2 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.68
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .591 2.92 39 29 6 15 3 2 232 211 85 75 14 65 110 5 1 2 953 133 1.188 8.2 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.68
STL (11 yrs) 128 79 .618 2.91 292 224 46 122 25 17 1790.1 1609 650 578 109 505 857 34 4 17 7327 133 1.181 8.1 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.70
SLB (1 yr) 5 13 .278 3.07 26 16 7 3 0 1 117.1 122 51 40 7 31 44 3 1 1 494 137 1.304 9.4 0.5 2.4 3.4 1.42
NL (11 yrs) 128 79 .618 2.91 292 224 46 122 25 17 1790.1 1609 650 578 109 505 857 34 4 17 7327 133 1.181 8.1 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.70
AL (1 yr) 5 13 .278 3.07 26 16 7 3 0 1 117.1 122 51 40 7 31 44 3 1 1 494 137 1.304 9.4 0.5 2.4 3.4 1.42

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
1940 25 STL NL 3.1 3 0 1 2.70 4.29 -0.12 0.00 105.4 4.65 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .526 .500 $
1943 28 STL NL 135.1 29 13 41 2.73 4.05 0.31 0.00 100.3 3.75 15 1.9 1.0 -0.1 2.9 27 .564 .511 $
1944 29 STL NL 189.1 30 22 67 3.18 4.27 0.44 0.00 98.6 3.77 13 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.8 30 .547 .509 $
1945 30 STL NL 157.1 24 18 48 2.75 4.67 0.13 0.00 98.4 4.47 29 3.3 1.0 -0.1 4.5 46 .638 .521 $ MVP-12
1946 31 STL NL 231.1 36 30 73 2.84 3.97 0.11 0.00 100.7 3.89 27 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.3 51 .590 .520 $ MVP-16
1947 32 STL NL 223.1 29 28 92 3.71 4.61 0.00 0.00 99.7 4.59 21 2.2 1.0 -0.1 4.2 49 .577 .514 $ AS
1948 33 STL NL 233.1 33 30 62 2.39 4.42 -0.04 0.00 102.1 4.56 56 6.5 1.3 -0.1 8.6 83 .696 .540 $ AS,MVP-5
1949 34 STL NL 214.2 32 31 96 4.02 4.40 0.11 0.00 101.8 4.37 8 0.8 4.7 -0.1 2.7 33 .525 .505 $
1950 35 STL NL 163.1 27 23 77 4.24 4.69 0.07 0.00 101.4 4.68 9 0.9 1.8 -0.1 2.3 27 .534 .506 $
1951 36 STL NL 138.2 24 16 54 3.50 4.28 0.25 0.00 100.4 4.05 8 0.9 2.0 -0.0 2.1 24 .538 .506 $
1952 37 STL NL 100.1 25 13 39 3.50 4.06 0.18 0.00 98.7 3.83 4 0.4 1.6 -0.1 1.3 14 .517 .503 $
1953 38 SLB AL 117.1 26 16 51 3.91 4.80 -0.27 0.00 101.1 5.12 16 1.7 1.6 0.0 2.6 26 .566 .511 $
12 Seasons 1907.2 318 240 701 3.31 4.38 0.11 0.00 100.4 4.29 206 23.4 1.4 -0.9 39.4 410 .574 .512 $
STL (11 yrs) 1790.1 292 224 650 3.27 4.35 0.14 0.00 100.4 4.23 190 21.7 1.3 -0.9 36.8 384 .574 .512 $
SLB (1 yr) 117.1 26 16 51 3.91 4.80 -0.27 0.00 101.1 5.12 16 1.7 1.6 0.0 2.6 26 .566 .511 $

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 28 STL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 2.45 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.2 5 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 17 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
1944 29 STL NL WS W SLB 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 38 1.444 9.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.00
1946 31 STL NL WS W BOS 3 0 1.000 0.45 3 2 1 2 1 0 20.0 14 1 1 0 5 1 11 0 0 0 74 0.950 6.3 0.0 2.3 5.0 2.20
3 Yrs (3 Series) 4 1 .800 0.83 7 3 4 3 1 0 32.2 28 3 3 0 12 3 18 0 0 0 129 1.224 7.7 0.0 3.3 5.0 1.50
3 WS 4 1 .800 0.83 7 3 4 3 1 0 32.2 28 3 3 0 12 3 18 0 0 0 129 1.224 7.7 0.0 3.3 5.0 1.50

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
1947 STL NL 32 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1948 STL NL 33

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 33 STL NL 33 243 866 62 193 25 4 6 0 0 49 149 .223 .266 .282 .548 .263 244 2 2 11 0 5
1949 34 STL NL 32 454 824 96 207 11 4 18 3 3 65 88 .251 .311 .340 .651 .263 280 9 7 12 0 12
1950 35 STL NL 27 376 622 77 151 14 4 18 2 1 45 80 .243 .297 .365 .662 .254 227 7 3 7 0 4
1951 36 STL NL 24 460 524 54 134 13 4 11 1 1 54 57 .256 .326 .359 .685 .270 188 11 1 4 0 4
1952 37 STL NL 25 318 368 39 82 8 2 12 2 0 28 54 .223 .283 .353 .636 .232 130 7 3 9 0 2
1953 38 SLB AL 26 381 453 51 122 15 2 7 4 4 31 44 .269 .320 .358 .678 .286 162 6 3 7 0 6
6 Yrs 167 2232 3657 379 889 86 20 72 12 9 272 472 .243 .299 .337 .636 .262 1231 42 19 50 0 33
162 Game Avg. 38 513 840 87 204 20 5 17 3 2 62 108 .243 .299 .337 .636 .262 283 10 4 11 0 8
MLB Averages .260 .333 .345 .678 .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 33 STL NL 48.1 5.2 243 1.4 4.0 -2.6 .85 1.9 -0.3 15.7 1.6 0.85 22.0 1 0 0
1949 34 STL NL 16.6 1.7 465 1.8 9.3 -7.6 1.14 1.6 -0.0 14.4 1.4 1.14 19.1 1 0 0
1950 35 STL NL 9.0 0.9 385 -1.5 7.5 -9.0 1.10 0.3 -1.7 -3.6 -0.3 1.13 3.1 3 0 1
1951 36 STL NL 12.3 1.3 478 1.1 10.2 -9.1 1.22 0.5 0.4 10.3 1.1 1.23 6.0 3 1 1
1952 37 STL NL 5.6 0.6 321 0.9 5.8 -4.9 1.04 0.9 -0.0 9.6 1.0 1.04 8.8 4 1 2
1953 38 SLB AL 12.0 1.2 391 0.5 7.6 -7.1 1.13 1.3 -0.8 9.0 0.9 1.13 13.2 5 1 2
12 Yrs 208.4 22.2 2283 4.3 44.5 -40.2 1.10 6.5 -2.7 55.4 5.7 1.11 72.1 17 3 6

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 28 STL NL 29 13 5 5 3 0 2 6 6 .500 0 0 8 1 8 62% 57.0 76 22 5 7 4.1 6.6
1944 29 STL NL 30 22 13 5 4 3 3 16 5 .762 0 0 13 3 16 73% 59.0 80 28 8 9 5.5 7.4
1945 30 STL NL 24 18 13 3 2 1 1 15 3 .833 0 0 13 3 13 72% 60.8 81 20 0 7 4.4 7.7
1946 31 STL NL 36 30 15 14 1 1 6 16 14 .533 0 0 14 5 21 70% 58.9 82 25 8 12 3.2 7.6
1947 32 STL NL 29 28 16 11 1 1 0 16 12 .571 0 0 18 1 15 54% 54.4 83 19 5 15 5.2 7.9
1948 33 STL NL 33 30 20 7 3 2 4 21 8 .724 0 0 21 7 23 77% 62.8 93 24 0 0 2 12 4.8 6.5 7.6
1949 34 STL NL 32 31 14 11 6 1 2 17 13 .567 0 2 14 2 19 61% 52.8 86 20 7 2 5 16 4.4 4.1 6.9
1950 35 STL NL 27 23 8 9 6 0 3 12 11 .522 1 3 12 2 13 57% 54.7 104 26 8 4 2 15 4.7 3.4 6.8
1951 36 STL NL 24 16 6 4 6 3 2 10 6 .625 2 4 5 0 8 50% 51.5 73 36 11 5 1 12 4.4 4.1 7.3
1952 37 STL NL 25 13 5 4 4 0 1 7 6 .538 1 1 4 1 7 54% 53.8 82 24 4 2 1 10 4.7 4.2 6.1
1953 38 SLB AL 26 16 3 10 3 1 5 3 13 .188 2 1 3 0 8 50% 49.8 74 30 10 4 1 10 1.9 2.3 5.9
11 Yrs 315 240 118 83 39 13 29 139 97 .589 6 11 125 25 151 63% 56 104 19 40 17 38 125 4.3 3.9 7.2
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -20 4.4 4.6 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
1940 25 STL NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.3
1943 28 STL NL 29 16 12 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 2 3 9.2
1944 29 STL NL 30 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 9.6
1945 30 STL NL 24 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 9.7
1946 31 STL NL 36 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 2.3
1947 32 STL NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
1948 33 STL NL 33 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 50% .853 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 4.7
1949 34 STL NL 32 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.136 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1950 35 STL NL 27 4 3 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 5 2 40% 9 1.102 3 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 4.5
1951 36 STL NL 24 8 7 2 0 2 2 1 100% 2 0 8 4 50% 1.224 3 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 6 1 3 2 8.4
1952 37 STL NL 25 12 5 2 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 7 1 14% 1.038 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 4 3 3 5.3
1953 38 SLB AL 26 10 7 2 3 1 1 1 100% 1 0 8 2 25% 8 1.134 5 1 2 1 4 3 5 3 7 1 7 1 6.8
12 Yrs 318 78 53 15 9 7 18 3 257% 7 0 32 10 31% 1.103 17 3 6 10 8 8 17 9 53 18 16 15 7.0

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%
1940 25 STL NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 57%
1943 28 STL NL 527 0.8% 12.9% 7.4% 2.1% 11% 77%
1944 29 STL NL 774 1.0% 11.4% 5.9% 2.3% 10% 80%
1945 30 STL NL 629 0.8% 10.0% 7.0% 3.0% 14% 80%
1946 31 STL NL 954 0.8% 12.3% 7.0% 2.9% 13% 78%
1947 32 STL NL 932 2.0% 9.6% 7.1% 5.5% 23% 80%
1948 33 STL NL 929 23% 2.5% 61.3% 20.2% 14.4% 18% 0.72 293% 33 2 6%
1949 34 STL NL 908 26% 4.0% 19.4% 14.3% 7.3% 16% 1.22 158% 86 9 10%
1950 35 STL NL 676 26% 4.8% 21.3% 12.0% 9.6% 24% 1.20 139% 61 7 11%
1951 36 STL NL 583 25% 2.4% 12.4% 11.7% 6.1% 21% 1.06 99% 89 11 12%
1952 37 STL NL 408 28% 3.8% 17.0% 8.8% 6.9% 27% 1.21 95% 53 7 13%
1953 38 SLB AL 494 29% 1.8% 11.6% 8.1% 6.3% 20% 1.13 106% 64 6 9%
12 Yrs 7828 26% 1.9% 14.9% 8.8% 5.0% 18% 1.10 101% 386 42 11%
MLB Averages 49% 1.7% 10.5% 10.2% 4.4% 17% 0.95 85% 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
1940 25 STL NL 2 0 0
1943 28 STL NL 98 4 2
1944 29 STL NL 174 8 3
1945 30 STL NL 136 5 0
1946 31 STL NL 212 8 1
1947 32 STL NL 220 19 3
1948 33 STL NL 243 193 6 0 1 3 0 3 0 6 2 0 33% 5 2 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 686
1949 34 STL NL 454 207 18 0 13 7 0 2 5 15 5 2 33% 12 3 0 158 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 454
1950 35 STL NL 376 151 18 1 9 12 1 3 10 24 16 3 67% 4 2 0 120 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300
1951 36 STL NL 460 134 11 0 14 9 2 4 7 24 10 4 42% 4 0 0 166 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 123
1952 37 STL NL 318 82 12 0 10 8 1 1 8 13 6 3 46% 2 1 0 107 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90
1953 38 SLB AL 381 122 7 0 8 5 0 3 2 22 10 5 45% 6 1 0 123 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 113
12 Yrs 2232 1731 116 1 55 44 4 16 32 104 49 17 47% 33 18 0 756 12 9 57% 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1766
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+
1940 25 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1941 26 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1942 27 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1943 28 9 6 .600 2.21 32 13 15 8 1 4 138.2 100 42 34 4 41 72 3 0 2 541 154 1.017 6.5 0.3 2.7 4.7 1.76 154
1944 29 25 11 .694 2.58 62 35 19 21 4 4 328.0 274 109 94 12 87 160 6 2 5 1315 136 1.101 7.5 0.3 2.4 4.4 1.84 136
1945 30 40 15 .727 2.56 86 53 25 34 7 6 485.1 410 157 138 17 131 223 11 2 5 1944 140 1.115 7.6 0.3 2.4 4.1 1.70 140
1946 31 55 30 .647 2.54 122 83 28 48 12 9 716.2 622 230 202 25 198 340 15 2 6 2898 140 1.144 7.8 0.3 2.5 4.3 1.72 140
1947 32 71 41 .634 2.72 151 111 29 66 13 10 940.0 842 322 284 44 264 429 18 2 9 3825 135 1.177 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.1 1.63 135
1948 33 91 48 .655 2.62 184 141 30 87 20 11 1173.1 1035 384 342 50 313 578 20 3 11 4756 143 1.149 7.9 0.4 2.4 4.4 1.85 143
1949 34 105 59 .640 2.74 216 172 31 101 22 12 1388.0 1242 480 422 68 378 666 27 3 14 5662 140 1.167 8.1 0.4 2.5 4.3 1.76 140
1950 35 113 70 .617 2.85 243 195 34 113 24 13 1551.1 1393 557 491 86 423 746 30 3 16 6337 136 1.171 8.1 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.76 136
1951 36 121 74 .621 2.88 267 211 41 118 24 15 1690.0 1527 611 541 97 477 803 31 4 16 6919 135 1.186 8.1 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.68 135
1952 37 128 79 .618 2.91 292 224 46 122 25 17 1790.1 1609 650 578 109 505 857 34 4 17 7327 133 1.181 8.1 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.70 133
1953 38 133 92 .591 2.92 318 240 53 125 25 18 1907.2 1731 701 618 116 536 901 37 5 18 7821 133 1.188 8.2 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.68 133

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
1940 25 0 0 0.00 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 1.000 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 3
1943 28 10 4 .714 2.73 132.0 109 44 40 4 43 66 3 1.152 7.4 2.9 4.5 1.53 0.3 29
1944 29 12 8 .600 3.14 189.0 186 73 66 9 49 88 3 1.243 8.9 2.3 4.2 1.80 0.4 30
1945 30 12 5 .706 2.67 155.0 142 51 46 5 46 62 5 1.213 8.2 2.7 3.6 1.35 0.3 24
1946 31 16 9 .640 2.91 229.0 233 82 74 9 74 116 4 1.341 9.2 2.9 4.6 1.57 0.4 36
1947 32 14 10 .583 3.29 224.0 225 91 82 19 68 89 3 1.308 9.0 2.7 3.6 1.31 0.8 29
1948 33 20 6 .769 2.21 240.0 199 66 59 6 51 153 2 1.042 7.5 1.9 5.7 3.00 0.2 33
1949 34 14 10 .583 3.29 219.0 210 89 80 18 66 90 7 1.260 8.6 2.7 3.7 1.36 0.7 32
1950 35 10 8 .556 3.59 168.0 152 74 67 18 45 82 3 1.173 8.1 2.4 4.4 1.82 1.0 27
1951 36 9 6 .600 3.44 136.0 139 58 52 11 56 56 1 1.434 9.2 3.7 3.7 1.00 0.7 24
1952 37 6 5 .545 3.62 102.0 88 46 41 13 30 55 3 1.157 7.8 2.6 4.9 1.83 1.1 25
1953 38 8 5 .615 2.95 119.0 124 43 39 7 32 45 3 1.311 9.4 2.4 3.4 1.41 0.5 26
12 Yrs 131 76 .633 3.03 1917.0 1809 717 646 119 562 906 37 1.237 8.5 4.3 1.61 0.6 318

* 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
1960 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1968 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1973 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1947 *
1948

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (12, 9%)
1946 NL (16, 4%)
1948 NL (5, 18%)
0.31 Career Shares (598th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1946 NL  4.9 (8th)
1948 NL  8.3 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1945 NL  4.5 (5th)
1946 NL  5.3 (4th)
1947 NL  4.2 (6th)
1948 NL  8.6 (1st)
Career  39.4 (144th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 NL  2.85 (7th)
1945 NL  2.52 (3rd)
1946 NL  2.49 (5th)
1948 NL  2.24 (1st)
Career  2.92 (141st)

Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  16 (8th)
1945 NL  15 (8th)
1946 NL  15 (4th)
1947 NL  16 (8th)
1948 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1944 NL  .762 (2nd)
1945 NL  .789 (1st)
1948 NL  .741 (2nd)
Career  .591 (143rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.162 (7th)
1945 NL  1.144 (2nd)
1946 NL  1.206 (6th)
1947 NL  1.281 (8th)
1948 NL  1.037 (1st)
1949 NL  1.267 (8th)
1950 NL  1.200 (3rd)
Career  1.188 (117th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  8.271 (9th)
1945 NL  7.780 (2nd)
1948 NL  7.444 (3rd)
1950 NL  8.320 (7th)
Career  8.166 (170th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  2.607 (7th)
1947 NL  2.660 (7th)
1948 NL  1.890 (4th)
1950 NL  2.480 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  4.183 (9th)
1945 NL  3.604 (10th)
1946 NL  4.552 (4th)
1948 NL  5.747 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1943 NL  4 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 NL  231.3 (4th)
1948 NL  233.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  88 (10th)
1946 NL  117 (5th)
1948 NL  149 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 NL  30 (5th)
1948 NL  30 (6th)
1949 NL  31 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1947 NL  18 (6th)
1948 NL  21 (2nd)
1949 NL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL  3 (8th)
1945 NL  3 (6th)
1946 NL  5 (1st)
1948 NL  7 (1st)
1950 NL  2 (9th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  19 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  212 (5th)
1947 NL  220 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  1.913 (3rd)
1945 NL  1.432 (6th)
1946 NL  1.746 (3rd)
1947 NL  1.349 (10th)
1948 NL  3.041 (1st)
1949 NL  1.354 (10th)
1950 NL  1.778 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  0.286 (5th)
1946 NL  0.311 (6th)
1948 NL  0.231 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL  15 (2nd)
1953 AL  13 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 NL  5 (9th)
1946 NL  4 (8th)
1949 NL  7 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 NL  954 (4th)
1948 NL  931 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 NL  126 (8th)
1945 NL  150 (2nd)
1946 NL  139 (4th)
1948 NL  182 (1st)
1949 NL  124 (10th)
Career  133 (26th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  24 (6th)
1946 NL  25 (3rd)
1947 NL  21 (8th)
1948 NL  48 (1st)
Career  207 (74th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  2.5 (5th)
1946 NL  2.8 (3rd)
1947 NL  2.1 (8th)
1948 NL  5.3 (1st)
Career  22.0 (70th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  15.72 (5th)
1949 NL  14.40 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.4 (9th)
1949 NL  1.8 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.9 (5th)
1949 NL  1.6 (8th)
Career  6.5 (248th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1948 NL  1.6 (5th)
1949 NL  1.4 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1914-10-14 (10th)
1951 NL  born 1914-10-14 (6th)
1952 NL  born 1914-10-14 (3rd)
1953 AL  born 1914-10-14 (6th)

                                         

† 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 - 98 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 67 (176), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mort Cooper (945)
  2. Howie Camnitz (945)
  3. Preacher Roe (942)
  4. Hooks Wiltse (938)
  5. Jim Bagby (935)
  6. Denny McLain (935)
  7. Noodles Hahn (931)
  8. Fred Toney (930)
  9. Lefty Leifield (928)
  10. Max Lanier (927)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Homer Hillebrand (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ted Wilks (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jake Weimer (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jake Weimer (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Max Lanier (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Babe Ruth (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Max Lanier (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Max Lanier (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Tudor (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Preacher Roe (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Preacher Roe (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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