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Bob Buhl

Robert Ray Buhl

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 12, 1928 in Saginaw, MI
High School: Saginaw HS (Saginaw, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs/Phillies 1953-1967

Final Game: April 30, 1967
Died: February 16, 2001 in Titusville, FL
Cremated
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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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 24 MLN NL 13 8 .619 2.97 30 18 5 8 3 0 154.1 133 59 51 9 73 83 3 1 1 648 133 1.335 7.8 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.14
1954 25 MLN NL 2 7 .222 4.00 31 14 8 2 1 3 110.1 117 54 49 5 65 57 2 0 5 505 94 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.6 0.88
1955 26 MLN NL 13 11 .542 3.21 38 27 6 11 1 1 201.2 168 85 72 13 109 5 117 1 0 2 866 117 1.374 7.5 0.6 4.9 5.2 1.07
1956 27 MLN NL 18 8 .692 3.32 38 33 0 13 2 0 216.2 190 96 80 18 105 7 86 2 1 3 924 105 1.362 7.9 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82 MVP-23
1957 28 MLN NL 18 7 .720 2.74 34 31 0 14 2 0 216.2 191 77 66 15 121 4 117 0 0 3 926 128 1.440 7.9 0.6 5.0 4.9 0.97 MVP-14
1958 29 MLN NL 5 2 .714 3.45 11 10 1 3 0 1 73.0 74 33 28 5 30 0 27 1 0 3 319 104 1.425 9.1 0.6 3.7 3.3 0.90
1959 30 MLN NL 15 9 .625 2.86 31 25 2 12 4 0 198.0 181 76 63 19 74 3 105 2 0 4 832 123 1.288 8.2 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.42
1960 31 MLN NL 16 9 .640 3.09 36 33 2 11 2 0 238.2 202 89 82 23 103 7 121 3 2 11 1008 111 1.278 7.6 0.9 3.9 4.6 1.17 AS
1961 32 MLN NL 9 10 .474 4.11 32 28 2 9 1 0 188.1 180 99 86 23 98 4 77 5 0 3 820 89 1.476 8.6 1.1 4.7 3.7 0.79
1962 33 TOT NL 12 14 .462 3.87 35 31 3 8 1 0 214.0 210 113 92 23 98 7 110 6 1 5 931 107 1.439 8.8 1.0 4.1 4.6 1.12
1962 33 MLN NL 0 1 .000 22.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 16 20 5.000 27.0 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.25
1962 33 CHC NL 12 13 .480 3.69 34 30 3 8 1 0 212.0 204 108 87 23 94 6 109 6 1 5 915 112 1.406 8.7 1.0 4.0 4.6 1.16
1963 34 CHC NL 11 14 .440 3.38 37 34 0 6 0 0 226.0 219 96 85 24 62 1 108 3 2 8 920 104 1.243 8.7 1.0 2.5 4.3 1.74
1964 35 CHC NL 15 14 .517 3.83 36 35 1 11 3 0 227.2 208 103 97 22 68 4 107 5 0 9 943 97 1.212 8.2 0.9 2.7 4.2 1.57
1965 36 CHC NL 13 11 .542 4.39 32 31 0 2 0 0 184.1 207 100 90 26 57 4 92 0 0 5 803 84 1.432 10.1 1.3 2.8 4.5 1.61
1966 37 TOT NL 6 8 .429 4.96 33 19 8 1 0 1 134.1 160 78 74 11 40 6 60 4 0 6 585 73 1.489 10.7 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.50
1966 37 CHC NL 0 0 15.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 28 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1966 37 PHI NL 6 8 .429 4.77 32 18 8 1 0 1 132.0 156 74 70 10 39 6 59 4 0 6 573 76 1.477 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.51
1967 38 PHI NL 0 0 12.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 33 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
15 Yrs 166 132 .557 3.55 457 369 38 111 20 6 2587.0 2446 1162 1019 238 1105 52 1268 37 7 68 11045 103 1.373 8.5 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.15
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .557 3.55 38 30 3 9 2 0 213 201 96 84 20 91 104 3 1 6 909 103 1.373 8.5 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.15
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
MLN (10 yrs) 109 72 .602 3.27 282 220 26 83 16 5 1599.2 1442 673 582 130 782 31 791 19 4 35 6864 110 1.390 8.1 0.7 4.4 4.5 1.01
CHC (5 yrs) 51 52 .495 3.83 140 131 4 27 4 0 852.1 842 411 363 96 282 15 417 14 3 27 3593 98 1.319 8.9 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.48
PHI (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 4.93 35 18 8 1 0 1 135.0 162 78 74 12 41 6 60 4 0 6 588 73 1.504 10.8 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.46

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
1953 24 MLN NL 154.2 30 18 59 3.43 4.82 0.07 0.00 91.4 4.34 17 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.0 34 .558 .511 $
1954 25 MLN NL 110.1 31 14 54 4.40 4.62 0.10 0.00 94.2 4.26 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.8 11 .495 .499 $
1955 26 MLN NL 201.2 38 27 85 3.79 4.51 0.16 0.00 94.5 4.11 11 1.2 1.1 -0.1 2.9 30 .530 .507 $
1956 27 MLN NL 216.2 38 33 96 3.99 4.18 0.38 0.00 92.6 3.52 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.1 1.2 12 .482 .496 $ MVP-23
1957 28 MLN NL 216.2 34 31 77 3.20 4.18 0.22 0.00 89.3 3.54 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.9 31 .533 .507 $ MVP-14
1958 29 MLN NL 73.0 11 10 33 4.07 4.34 0.47 0.00 92.3 3.58 -4 -0.4 .3 -0.0 0.2 4 .463 .497 $
1959 30 MLN NL 198.0 31 25 76 3.45 4.28 -0.13 0.00 93.6 4.13 13 1.5 .7 -0.2 3.1 36 .547 .509 $
1960 31 MLN NL 238.2 36 33 89 3.36 4.09 -0.07 0.06 95.3 4.02 17 1.9 2.3 -0.1 4.0 42 .554 .512 $ AS
1961 32 MLN NL 188.1 32 28 99 4.73 4.46 0.39 0.06 92.9 3.84 -19 -1.9 .4 -0.0 -0.2 2 .442 .489 $
1962 33 MLN NL 2.0 1 1 5 22.50 5.54 0.24 0.09 94.0 5.06 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .216 .498 $
1962 33 CHC NL 212.0 34 30 108 4.58 4.68 -0.16 0.07 101.9 5.01 8 0.9 .4 -0.1 2.7 34 .526 .506 $
1963 34 CHC NL 226.0 37 34 96 3.82 3.89 0.11 0.06 105.5 4.05 4 0.5 1.7 -0.1 2.3 28 .512 .503 $
1964 35 CHC NL 227.2 36 35 103 4.07 4.09 -0.11 0.07 104.1 4.44 7 0.8 .5 -0.1 2.7 33 .523 .505 $
1965 36 CHC NL 184.1 32 31 100 4.88 4.06 -0.13 0.07 103.3 4.39 -10 -1.1 .2 -0.1 0.4 9 .465 .493 $
1966 37 CHC NL 2.1 1 1 4 15.43 3.99 -0.30 0.07 106.0 4.62 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .261 .499 $
1966 37 PHI NL 132.0 32 18 74 5.05 4.18 -0.02 0.02 98.9 4.17 -15 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.5 1 .451 .490 $
1967 38 PHI NL 2.2 3 0 4 13.50 4.63 -0.27 -0.20 98.0 4.62 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .405 .498 $
15 Seasons 2587.0 457 369 1162 4.04 4.29 0.07 0.03 96.8 4.11 23 3.0 1.1 -1.4 24.7 298 .507 .501 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
MLN (10 yrs) 1600.0 282 220 673 3.79 4.35 0.16 0.02 93.0 3.92 34 4.0 1.2 -0.8 17.6 198 .514 .502 $
CHC (5 yrs) 852.1 140 131 411 4.34 4.18 -0.07 0.06 103.8 4.47 6 0.8 .9 -0.5 7.9 101 .506 .501 $
PHI (2 yrs) 134.2 35 18 78 5.21 4.19 -0.03 0.02 98.9 4.18 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -1 .448 .494 $

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
1957 28 MLN NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 21 3.600 16.2 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 21 3.600 16.2 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67

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
1960 MLN NL 31 0 0 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 2.250 13.5 6.8 6.8 6.8 1.00
1960 MLN NL 31

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
1953 24 MLN NL 30 484 578 59 133 16 2 9 3 4 73 83 .230 .320 .311 .631 .255 180 12 3 5 0 7
1954 25 MLN NL 31 432 423 54 117 18 4 5 4 4 65 57 .277 .373 .374 .747 .308 158 10 2 12 3 7
1955 26 MLN NL 38 711 739 85 168 23 6 13 4 6 109 117 .227 .324 .327 .652 .251 242 20 1 9 8 5 14
1956 27 MLN NL 38 871 805 96 190 23 5 18 2 6 105 86 .236 .325 .344 .669 .244 277 23 2 10 3 7 15
1957 28 MLN NL 34 926 794 77 191 23 3 15 4 11 121 117 .241 .338 .334 .672 .263 265 33 0 4 7 4 13
1958 29 MLN NL 11 317 284 33 74 9 7 5 0 0 30 27 .261 .331 .394 .726 .272 112 9 1 1 2 0 6
1959 30 MLN NL 31 832 745 76 181 25 4 19 2 11 74 105 .243 .312 .364 .676 .260 271 16 2 9 2 3 12
1960 31 MLN NL 36 1008 882 89 202 31 6 23 8 9 103 121 .229 .310 .356 .666 .240 314 11 3 13 7 7 12
1961 32 MLN NL 32 805 703 99 180 29 7 23 9 8 98 77 .256 .350 .415 .765 .259 292 20 5 11 3 4 10
1962 33 TOT NL 35 912 810 113 210 30 4 23 5 9 98 110 .259 .340 .391 .731 .272 317 16 6 6 10 7 5
1962 33 CHC NL 34 896 799 108 204 29 3 23 5 9 94 109 .255 .335 .385 .720 .268 308 16 6 6 9 6 5
1962 33 MLN NL 1 16 11 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 .545 .625 .818 1.443 .545 9 0 0 0 1 1 0
1963 34 CHC NL 37 917 843 96 219 27 11 24 7 13 62 108 .260 .311 .403 .715 .273 340 23 3 5 4 1 8
1964 35 CHC NL 36 943 854 103 208 30 8 22 7 9 68 107 .244 .301 .375 .675 .254 320 14 5 8 8 4 5
1965 36 CHC NL 32 803 730 100 207 27 6 26 10 3 57 92 .284 .333 .444 .777 .293 324 14 0 10 6 4 8
1966 37 TOT NL 33 585 534 78 160 26 7 11 4 10 40 60 .300 .351 .436 .787 .319 233 10 4 3 4 6 3
1966 37 CHC NL 1 12 10 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .417 .700 1.117 .333 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
1966 37 PHI NL 32 573 524 74 156 26 7 10 4 10 39 59 .298 .349 .431 .780 .319 226 10 4 3 3 6 3
1967 38 PHI NL 3 15 13 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .462 .533 .923 1.456 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 457 10561 9737 1162 2446 337 80 238 69 103 1105 1268 .251 .328 .376 .703 .266 3657 232 37 106 67 52 125
162 Game Avg. 38 869 802 96 201 28 7 20 6 8 91 104 .251 .328 .376 .703 .266 301 19 3 9 6 10
MLB Averages .254 .321 .384 .705 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1953 24 MLN NL 17.6 1.8 512 0.8 10.3 -9.5 1.17 0.5 0.3 7.1 0.7 1.18 6.2 2 4 5
1954 25 MLN NL -2.5 -0.2 466 0.3 9.6 -9.2 1.24 -0.7 1.0 1.9 0.2 1.24 -8.1 7 3 5
1955 26 MLN NL 11.6 1.2 765 1.8 14.5 -12.7 1.06 1.0 0.7 12.6 1.3 1.07 13.7 5 1 5
1956 27 MLN NL 1.6 0.2 885 1.2 16.9 -15.7 1.11 1.1 -0.0 4.0 0.4 1.11 8.4 2 0 2
1957 28 MLN NL 18.8 2.0 940 2.9 18.7 -15.8 1.13 1.2 1.3 22.3 2.5 1.13 10.7 1 0 2
1958 29 MLN NL -0.1 -0.0 324 0.5 5.9 -5.4 1.02 -0.4 0.9 3.2 0.3 1.02 -2.8 0 0 1
1959 30 MLN NL 14.6 1.5 850 1.1 16.1 -15.0 1.09 1.2 -0.2 19.6 2.2 1.09 13.9 1 2 3
1960 31 MLN NL 11.6 1.2 1043 2.1 19.4 -17.3 1.09 0.4 1.5 16.5 1.8 1.09 3.6 2 0 1
1961 32 MLN NL -9.6 -0.9 844 -1.4 14.8 -16.2 1.06 -1.5 0.1 -5.2 -0.5 1.05 -15.0 0 1 3
1962 33 TOT NL 2.9 0.4 939 -1.3 17.2 -18.5 1.09 -0.1 -1.1 1.5 0.2 1.09 1.1 0 1 3
1962 33 MLN NL -3.8 -0.3 17 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 1.03 -0.3 -0.0 -5.0 -0.4 1.03 -3.4 0 0 0
1962 33 CHC NL 6.7 0.7 922 -1.0 17.0 -18.0 1.10 0.2 -1.1 6.5 0.6 1.10 4.5 0 1 3
1963 34 CHC NL 4.4 0.5 947 -0.3 15.9 -16.3 .96 -0.6 0.3 4.4 0.5 0.96 -1.9 1 1 1
1964 35 CHC NL 0.5 0.0 975 0.2 17.2 -17.0 1.03 1.1 -0.9 2.5 0.3 1.03 14.0 0 0 1
1965 36 CHC NL -12.8 -1.3 824 -1.7 13.6 -15.3 .98 -2.2 0.5 -18.5 -1.9 0.98 -23.9 0 0 1
1966 37 TOT NL -17.8 -1.8 605 -1.5 11.0 -12.6 1.12 -1.2 -0.2 -19.9 -2.0 1.12 -13.7 5 2 7
1966 37 CHC NL -2.6 -0.2 12 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 1.22 -0.2 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.22 -1.9 0 0 0
1966 37 PHI NL -15.2 -1.6 593 -1.2 10.9 -12.1 1.12 -1.0 -0.0 -17.1 -1.7 1.12 -11.8 5 2 7
1967 38 PHI NL -2.4 -0.2 15 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .92 -0.3 -0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.92 -2.9 0 2 1
15 Yrs 38.3 4.1 10934 4.2 201.2 -196.9 1.08 -0.5 4.4 48.2 5.7 1.08 3.5 26 17 41
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1953 24 MLN NL 30 18 9 6 3 0 0 11 7 .611 0 2 8 3 10 56% 56.6 99 26 16 3 7 7 4.5 4.3 6.8
1954 25 MLN NL 31 14 2 5 7 0 2 5 9 .357 1 4 2 1 5 36% 44.1 79 23 16 7 2 10 4.1 3.3 5.4
1955 26 MLN NL 38 27 12 10 5 1 4 15 12 .556 0 5 11 1 16 59% 53.8 81 25 14 5 13 5 4.6 3.8 6.6
1956 27 MLN NL 38 33 17 8 8 4 2 19 13 .594 1 4 13 2 18 55% 52.7 84 24 21 7 18 6 4.8 4.8 6.4
1957 28 MLN NL 34 31 18 7 6 2 4 22 9 .710 0 3 14 2 21 68% 55.4 85 23 19 4 20 3 5.1 4.9 6.8
1958 29 MLN NL 11 10 5 2 3 1 0 6 4 .600 1 1 3 0 5 50% 50.1 72 23 8 4 5 4 4.7 4.4 7.0
1959 30 MLN NL 31 25 15 8 2 1 2 15 10 .600 1 1 12 4 16 64% 57.1 85 13 16 6 12 5 5.1 4.9 7.5
1960 31 MLN NL 36 33 14 9 10 2 3 20 13 .606 2 2 11 2 20 61% 55.6 80 28 20 2 16 10 4.4 4.5 6.9
1961 32 MLN NL 32 28 9 10 9 3 6 14 13 .519 1 9 9 1 14 50% 48.9 79 24 15 5 8 8 5.1 4.3 6.5
1962 33 TOT NL 35 31 12 14 5 1 3 14 17 .452 3 1 8 1 17 55% 49.4 81 21 28 10 13 7 4.2 4.5 6.7
1962 33 MLN NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 2 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 2.0
1962 33 CHC NL 34 30 12 13 5 1 3 14 16 .467 3 1 8 1 17 57% 50.4 81 23 26 10 13 6 4.2 4.5 6.8
1963 34 CHC NL 37 34 11 14 9 0 7 18 16 .529 4 3 6 0 23 68% 53.4 79 19 21 7 18 7 3.8 3.6 6.5
1964 35 CHC NL 36 35 15 14 6 2 4 17 18 .486 2 4 11 3 21 60% 52.9 85 11 21 9 14 5 4.2 4.0 6.5
1965 36 CHC NL 32 31 13 11 7 4 3 15 16 .484 2 5 2 0 14 45% 47.7 82 24 25 8 10 7 4.2 4.8 5.9
1966 37 TOT NL 33 19 4 6 9 2 2 9 10 .474 1 6 1 0 8 42% 44.9 66 24 19 7 9 6 4.6 4.2 5.6
1966 37 CHC NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 0 0 0 1 9.0 9.0 2.3
1966 37 PHI NL 32 18 4 6 8 2 2 8 10 .444 1 5 1 0 8 44% 45.6 66 24 19 7 9 5 4.3 4.1 5.7
14 Yrs 454 369 156 124 89 23 42 200 167 .545 19 50 111 20 208 56% 52 99 11 259 84 165 90 4.5 4.4 6.5
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4
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

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
1953 24 MLN NL 30 12 5 4 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 2 25% 3 1.168 2 4 5 2 2 7 5 6 8 1 7 1 7.9
1954 25 MLN NL 31 17 8 0 2 4 3 1 75% 5 1 13 3 23% 8 1.238 7 3 5 6 2 7 7 8 13 3 12 3 6.2
1955 26 MLN NL 38 11 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 1 25% 6 1.061 5 1 5 3 2 6 3 8 8 0 8 5 6.6
1956 27 MLN NL 38 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 6 1.114 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3.6
1957 28 MLN NL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.132 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 7.0
1958 29 MLN NL 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 1.020 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1959 30 MLN NL 31 6 2 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 1 0 0% 7 1.090 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 5 3 1 3 1 5.5
1960 31 MLN NL 36 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.090 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 9.3
1961 32 MLN NL 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1.060 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 0 5.0
1962 33 TOT NL 35 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.094 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 5.3
1962 33 CHC NL 34 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 1.095 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 5.3
1963 34 CHC NL 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 .960 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.7
1964 35 CHC NL 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.030 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1965 36 CHC NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .977 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6.0
1966 37 TOT NL 33 14 8 2 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 1.117 5 2 7 1 3 10 4 10 7 5 7 2 6.1
1966 37 PHI NL 32 14 8 2 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 9 1.115 5 2 7 1 3 10 4 10 7 5 7 2 6.1
1967 38 PHI NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 5 .918 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2.7
15 Yrs 455 88 38 10 8 10 6 5 60% 15 4 52 16 31% 1.075 26 17 41 18 13 53 29 55 57 17 57 17 6.1
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

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%
1953 24 MLN NL 659 59% 1.9% 17.2% 15.1% 5.6% 20% 1.02 100% 118 12 10%
1954 25 MLN NL 505 62% 1.2% 13.2% 15.1% 6.3% 23% 1.42 84% 96 10 10%
1955 26 MLN NL 866 62% 1.8% 16.5% 15.3% 5.9% 25% 1.15 87% 147 20 14%
1956 27 MLN NL 925 62% 2.1% 9.9% 12.1% 5.3% 24% 1.09 81% 180 23 13%
1957 28 MLN NL 926 58% 1.6% 12.6% 13.1% 4.4% 22% 1.20 72% 220 33 15%
1958 29 MLN NL 318 61% 1.6% 8.5% 9.5% 6.6% 28% 1.32 80% 69 9 13%
1959 30 MLN NL 832 55% 2.3% 12.6% 8.9% 5.8% 27% 1.38 75% 151 16 11%
1960 31 MLN NL 1008 52% 2.3% 12.0% 10.2% 6.0% 30% 1.10 74% 177 11 6%
1961 32 MLN NL 820 57% 2.9% 9.6% 12.2% 7.3% 33% 1.25 75% 165 20 12%
1962 33 TOT NL 930 58% 2.5% 12.1% 10.8% 6.3% 27% 0.98 75% 177 16 9%
1962 33 MLN NL 16 75% 0.0% 6.3% 25.0% 12.5% 33% 0.25 69% 6 0 0%
1962 33 CHC NL 914 57% 2.6% 12.2% 10.5% 6.1% 27% 1.00 75% 171 16 9%
1963 34 CHC NL 917 55% 2.6% 11.8% 6.8% 6.8% 28% 1.04 78% 160 23 14%
1964 35 CHC NL 943 58% 2.3% 11.4% 7.2% 6.4% 29% 1.13 78% 132 14 11%
1965 36 CHC NL 803 51% 3.2% 11.5% 7.1% 7.4% 29% 1.22 77% 131 14 11%
1966 37 TOT NL 585 64% 1.9% 10.3% 6.8% 7.5% 28% 0.92 80% 116 10 9%
1966 37 CHC NL 12 67% 8.3% 8.3% 8.3% 8.3% 25% 1.00 75% 4 0 0%
1966 37 PHI NL 573 64% 1.8% 10.3% 6.8% 7.5% 28% 0.92 80% 112 10 9%
1967 38 PHI NL 15 73% 13.3% 6.7% 13.3% 13.3% 33% 1.33 67% 6 1 17%
15 Yrs 11052 58% 2.3% 12.0% 10.5% 6.2% 27% 1.14 79% 2045 232 11%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.0% 8.8% 6.5% 28% 1.03 75% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1953 24 MLN NL 484 133 9 0 13 4 4 5 3 22 15 2 68% 7 1 1 204 3 4 43% 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 175
1954 25 MLN NL 432 117 5 0 16 3 2 2 3 20 7 2 35% 7 5 3 203 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 73
1955 26 MLN NL 711 168 13 0 15 4 9 4 9 37 17 8 46% 14 2 2 273 4 6 40% 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 155
1956 27 MLN NL 871 190 18 0 16 6 9 4 11 33 17 0 52% 15 3 0 321 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 54
1957 28 MLN NL 926 191 15 0 23 9 6 4 11 49 25 4 51% 13 3 0 381 4 11 27% 3 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
1958 29 MLN NL 317 74 5 0 7 2 3 2 3 15 3 1 20% 6 3 1 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1
1959 30 MLN NL 832 181 19 1 14 8 11 9 10 25 17 2 68% 12 4 0 302 2 11 15% 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1960 31 MLN NL 1008 202 23 1 12 15 8 10 13 40 24 4 60% 12 11 4 366 8 9 47% 8 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 28 0
1961 32 MLN NL 805 180 23 1 6 15 8 15 8 29 18 2 62% 10 3 1 330 9 8 53% 9 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 10 15
1962 33 TOT NL 912 210 23 0 17 10 10 10 10 38 20 5 53% 5 5 8 336 5 9 36% 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 18
1962 33 MLN NL 16 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 33 CHC NL 896 204 23 0 14 10 10 10 10 34 18 5 53% 5 5 7 329 5 9 36% 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 18
1963 34 CHC NL 917 219 24 0 6 17 7 12 12 34 18 4 53% 8 8 2 303 7 13 35% 6 11 1 1 0 1 2 1 18 0
1964 35 CHC NL 943 208 22 0 12 13 9 13 9 38 22 4 58% 5 9 3 300 7 9 44% 7 7 0 1 0 1 5 3 24 0
1965 36 CHC NL 803 207 26 1 11 14 12 12 14 34 18 6 53% 8 5 1 289 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1966 37 TOT NL 585 160 11 0 12 10 1 4 7 35 17 7 49% 3 6 2 225 4 10 29% 4 8 0 1 0 1 3 3 17 0
1966 37 CHC NL 12 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 37 PHI NL 573 156 10 0 12 9 1 4 6 35 17 7 49% 3 6 2 220 4 10 29% 4 8 0 1 0 1 3 3 15 0
1967 38 PHI NL 15 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 10561 2446 238 4 182 132 99 106 125 450 239 51 53% 125 68 28 3964 69 103 40% 64 91 5 6 0 6 18 8 213 491
MLB Averages 51% 60%
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

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+
1953 24 13 8 .619 2.97 30 18 5 8 3 0 154.1 133 59 51 9 73 83 3 1 1 648 133 1.335 7.8 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.14 133
1954 25 15 15 .500 3.40 61 32 13 10 4 3 264.2 250 113 100 14 138 140 5 1 6 1153 114 1.466 8.5 0.5 4.7 4.8 1.01 114
1955 26 28 26 .519 3.32 99 59 19 21 5 4 466.1 418 198 172 27 247 5 257 6 1 8 2019 115 1.426 8.1 0.5 4.8 5.0 1.04 115
1956 27 46 34 .575 3.32 137 92 19 34 7 4 683.0 608 294 252 45 352 12 343 8 2 11 2943 112 1.406 8.0 0.6 4.6 4.5 0.97 112
1957 28 64 41 .610 3.18 171 123 19 48 9 4 899.2 799 371 318 60 473 16 460 8 2 14 3869 115 1.414 8.0 0.6 4.7 4.6 0.97 115
1958 29 69 43 .616 3.20 182 133 20 51 9 5 972.2 873 404 346 65 503 16 487 9 2 17 4188 114 1.415 8.1 0.6 4.7 4.5 0.97 114
1959 30 84 52 .618 3.14 213 158 22 63 13 5 1170.2 1054 480 409 84 577 19 592 11 2 21 5020 116 1.393 8.1 0.6 4.4 4.6 1.03 116
1960 31 100 61 .621 3.14 249 191 24 74 15 5 1409.1 1256 569 491 107 680 26 713 14 4 32 6028 115 1.374 8.0 0.7 4.3 4.6 1.05 115
1961 32 109 71 .606 3.25 281 219 26 83 16 5 1597.2 1436 668 577 130 778 30 790 19 4 35 6848 111 1.386 8.1 0.7 4.4 4.5 1.02 111
1962 33 121 85 .587 3.32 316 250 29 91 17 5 1811.2 1646 781 669 153 876 37 900 25 5 40 7779 110 1.392 8.2 0.8 4.4 4.5 1.03 110
1963 34 132 99 .571 3.33 353 284 29 97 17 5 2037.2 1865 877 754 177 938 38 1008 28 7 48 8699 110 1.376 8.2 0.8 4.1 4.5 1.07 110
1964 35 147 113 .565 3.38 389 319 30 108 20 5 2265.1 2073 980 851 199 1006 42 1115 33 7 57 9642 108 1.359 8.2 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.11 108
1965 36 160 124 .563 3.46 421 350 30 110 20 5 2449.2 2280 1080 941 225 1063 46 1207 33 7 62 10445 106 1.365 8.4 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.14 106
1966 37 166 132 .557 3.54 454 369 38 111 20 6 2584.0 2440 1158 1015 236 1103 52 1267 37 7 68 11030 104 1.371 8.5 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.15 104
1967 38 166 132 .557 3.55 457 369 38 111 20 6 2587.0 2446 1162 1019 238 1105 52 1268 37 7 68 11045 103 1.373 8.5 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.15 103

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
1953 24 10 6 .625 3.14 152.0 138 59 53 9 76 82 3 1.408 8.2 4.5 4.9 1.08 0.5 30
1954 25 5 7 .417 4.38 111.0 126 60 54 5 70 57 2 1.766 10.2 5.7 4.6 0.81 0.4 31
1955 26 12 10 .545 3.53 204.0 181 89 80 14 117 118 1 1.461 8.0 5.2 5.2 1.01 0.6 38
1956 27 12 11 .522 3.99 212.0 211 104 94 20 117 84 2 1.547 9.0 5.0 3.6 0.72 0.8 38
1957 28 13 10 .565 3.33 208.0 211 86 77 17 134 112 0 1.659 9.1 5.8 4.8 0.84 0.7 34
1958 29 4 4 .500 4.07 73.0 82 37 33 6 33 27 1 1.575 10.1 4.1 3.3 0.82 0.7 11
1959 30 12 9 .571 3.42 195.0 201 82 74 21 82 103 2 1.451 9.3 3.8 4.8 1.26 1.0 31
1960 31 14 12 .538 3.72 237.0 226 109 98 26 115 120 3 1.439 8.6 4.4 4.6 1.04 1.0 36
1961 32 8 12 .400 4.74 184.0 195 108 97 25 106 75 5 1.636 9.5 5.2 3.7 0.71 1.2 32
1962 33 12 11 .522 3.70 209.0 203 96 86 22 95 107 6 1.426 8.7 4.1 4.6 1.13 0.9 35
1963 34 12 11 .522 3.98 208.0 228 102 92 25 65 99 3 1.409 9.9 2.8 4.3 1.52 1.1 37
1964 35 11 13 .458 4.17 218.0 213 112 101 23 70 103 5 1.298 8.8 2.9 4.3 1.47 0.9 36
1965 36 8 11 .421 4.86 176.0 212 106 95 27 58 88 0 1.534 10.8 3.0 4.5 1.52 1.4 32
1966 37 4 9 .308 5.81 124.0 166 89 80 11 42 56 4 1.677 12.0 3.0 4.1 1.33 0.8 33
1967 38 0 0 22.50 2.0 6 6 5 2 2 1 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 4.5 0.50 9.0 3
15 Yrs 137 136 .502 4.01 2513.0 2599 1245 1119 253 1182 1232 37 1.505 9.3 4.4 1.04 0.9 457

* 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
1960-1 *
1960-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (23, 2%)
1957 NL (14, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1960 NL  4.0 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL  2.97 (3rd)
1955 NL  3.21 (3rd)
1956 NL  3.32 (9th)
1957 NL  2.74 (4th)
1959 NL  2.86 (3rd)
1960 NL  3.09 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1955 NL  13 (9th)
1956 NL  18 (7th)
1957 NL  18 (3rd)
1959 NL  15 (9th)
1960 NL  16 (9th)
Career  166 (195th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 NL  .619 (10th)
1956 NL  .692 (4th)
1957 NL  .720 (1st)
1959 NL  .625 (6th)
1960 NL  .640 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  7.756 (4th)
1955 NL  7.498 (2nd)
1956 NL  7.892 (8th)
1957 NL  7.934 (4th)
1959 NL  8.227 (8th)
1960 NL  7.617 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  5.222 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 NL  238.7 (10th)
Career  2,587.0 (215th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL  117 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL  33 (8th)
1957 NL  31 (10th)
1960 NL  33 (9th)
1963 NL  34 (9th)
1964 NL  35 (7th)
Career  369 (163rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL  11 (10th)
1956 NL  13 (8th)
1957 NL  14 (5th)
1959 NL  12 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 NL  3 (6th)
1956 NL  2 (10th)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1959 NL  4 (1st)
1964 NL  3 (10th)
Career  20 (244th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 NL  23 (10th)
1963 NL  24 (7th)
1964 NL  22 (9th)
1965 NL  26 (5th)
Career  238 (125th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  73 (10th)
1955 NL  109 (2nd)
1956 NL  105 (2nd)
1957 NL  121 (2nd)
1960 NL  103 (1st)
1961 NL  98 (4th)
1962 NL  98 (3rd)
Career  1,105 (74th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  0.525 (4th)
1955 NL  0.580 (1st)
1956 NL  0.748 (5th)
1957 NL  0.623 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL  14 (10th)
1964 NL  14 (10th)
Career  132 (246th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  85 (9th)
1964 NL  97 (7th)
Career  1,019 (212th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 NL  5 (7th)
1960 NL  11 (3rd)
1964 NL  9 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 NL  924 (10th)
1957 NL  926 (10th)
1960 NL  1,008 (10th)
Career  11,045 (207th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL  133 (4th)
1955 NL  117 (8th)
1957 NL  128 (5th)
1959 NL  124 (8th)
1960 NL  111 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  18 (10th)
1957 NL  19 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1953 NL  1.8 (10th)
1957 NL  2.0 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 NL  22.30 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 NL  1.8 (8th)
1957 NL  2.9 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 NL  2.5 (5th)
1960 NL  1.8 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL  born 1928-08-12 (6th)
1967 NL  born 1928-08-12 (4th)

             

† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 96 (225), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (363), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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