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Jim Bunning

James Paul David Bunning

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 23, 1931 in Southgate, KY
High School: St. Xavier HS (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1955
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies/Pirates/Dodgers 1955-1971

Final Game: September 3, 1971
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1996.
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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
1955 23 DET AL 3 5 .375 6.35 15 8 3 0 0 1 51.0 59 38 36 8 32 2 37 3 0 1 241 62 1.784 10.4 1.4 5.6 6.5 1.16
1956 24 DET AL 5 1 .833 3.71 15 3 5 0 0 1 53.1 55 24 22 6 28 4 34 0 0 3 245 113 1.556 9.3 1.0 4.7 5.7 1.21
1957 25 DET AL 20 8 .714 2.69 45 30 4 14 1 1 267.1 214 91 80 33 72 5 182 11 1 4 1081 144 1.070 7.2 1.1 2.4 6.1 2.53 AS,MVP-9
1958 26 DET AL 14 12 .538 3.52 35 34 0 10 3 0 219.2 188 96 86 28 79 4 177 10 3 5 923 115 1.215 7.7 1.1 3.2 7.3 2.24
1959 27 DET AL 17 13 .567 3.89 40 35 4 14 1 1 249.2 220 111 108 37 75 0 201 11 1 1 1037 104 1.182 7.9 1.3 2.7 7.2 2.68 AS
1960 28 DET AL 11 14 .440 2.79 36 34 1 10 3 0 252.0 217 92 78 20 64 7 201 11 0 2 1024 143 1.115 7.8 0.7 2.3 7.2 3.14 MVP-24
1961 29 DET AL 17 11 .607 3.19 38 37 1 12 4 1 268.0 232 113 95 25 71 3 194 9 0 2 1110 129 1.131 7.8 0.8 2.4 6.5 2.73 AS
1962 30 DET AL 19 10 .655 3.59 41 35 6 12 2 6 258.0 262 112 103 28 74 3 184 13 0 4 1103 114 1.302 9.1 1.0 2.6 6.4 2.49 AS,MVP-21
1963 31 DET AL 12 13 .480 3.88 39 35 3 6 2 1 248.1 245 119 107 38 69 3 196 5 0 4 1051 97 1.264 8.9 1.4 2.5 7.1 2.84 AS
1964 32 PHI NL 19 8 .704 2.63 41 39 2 13 5 2 284.1 248 99 83 23 46 3 219 14 0 2 1145 132 1.034 7.8 0.7 1.5 6.9 4.76 AS,MVP-13
1965 33 PHI NL 19 9 .679 2.60 39 39 0 15 7 0 291.0 253 92 84 23 62 10 268 12 0 1 1191 132 1.082 7.8 0.7 1.9 8.3 4.32
1966 34 PHI NL 19 14 .576 2.41 43 41 2 16 5 1 314.0 260 91 84 26 55 8 252 19 1 5 1254 150 1.003 7.5 0.7 1.6 7.2 4.58 AS
1967 35 PHI NL 17 15 .531 2.29 40 40 0 16 6 0 302.1 241 94 77 18 73 20 253 13 1 4 1216 149 1.039 7.2 0.5 2.2 7.5 3.47 CYA-2,MVP-22
1968 36 PIT NL 4 14 .222 3.88 27 26 0 3 1 0 160.0 168 75 69 14 48 6 95 8 0 3 684 75 1.350 9.5 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.98
1969 37 TOT NL 13 10 .565 3.69 34 34 0 5 0 0 212.1 212 97 87 15 59 4 157 7 1 4 892 94 1.276 9.0 0.6 2.5 6.7 2.66
1969 37 PIT NL 10 9 .526 3.81 25 25 0 4 0 0 156.0 147 74 66 10 49 4 124 6 1 4 654 92 1.256 8.5 0.6 2.8 7.2 2.53
1969 37 LAD NL 3 1 .750 3.36 9 9 0 1 0 0 56.1 65 23 21 5 10 0 33 1 0 0 238 99 1.331 10.4 0.8 1.6 5.3 3.30
1970 38 PHI NL 10 15 .400 4.11 34 33 0 4 0 0 219.0 233 111 100 19 56 9 147 8 0 1 937 98 1.320 9.6 0.8 2.3 6.0 2.63
1971 39 PHI NL 5 12 .294 5.48 29 16 8 1 0 1 110.0 126 72 67 11 37 7 58 6 0 1 484 65 1.482 10.3 0.9 3.0 4.7 1.57
17 Yrs 224 184 .549 3.27 591 519 39 151 40 16 3760.1 3433 1527 1366 372 1000 98 2855 160 8 47 15618 115 1.179 8.2 0.9 2.4 6.8 2.86
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .549 3.27 36 32 2 9 2 1 230 210 94 84 23 61 6 175 10 0 3 957 115 1.179 8.2 0.9 2.4 6.8 2.86
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
DET (9 yrs) 118 87 .576 3.45 304 251 27 78 16 12 1867.1 1692 796 715 223 564 31 1406 73 5 26 7815 116 1.208 8.2 1.1 2.7 6.8 2.49
PHI (6 yrs) 89 73 .549 2.93 226 208 12 65 23 4 1520.2 1361 559 495 120 329 57 1197 72 2 14 6227 122 1.111 8.1 0.7 1.9 7.1 3.64
PIT (2 yrs) 14 23 .378 3.84 52 51 0 7 1 0 316.0 315 149 135 24 97 10 219 14 1 7 1338 83 1.304 9.0 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.26
LAD (1 yr) 3 1 .750 3.36 9 9 0 1 0 0 56.1 65 23 21 5 10 0 33 1 0 0 238 99 1.331 10.4 0.8 1.6 5.3 3.30
NL (8 yrs) 106 97 .522 3.10 287 268 12 73 24 4 1893.0 1741 731 651 149 436 67 1449 87 3 21 7803 113 1.150 8.3 0.7 2.1 6.9 3.32
AL (9 yrs) 118 87 .576 3.45 304 251 27 78 16 12 1867.1 1692 796 715 223 564 31 1406 73 5 26 7815 116 1.208 8.2 1.1 2.7 6.8 2.49

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
1955 23 DET AL 51.0 15 8 38 6.71 4.34 -0.01 0.00 100.0 4.35 -14 -1.3 .9 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .411 .492 $
1956 24 DET AL 53.1 15 3 24 4.05 4.68 -0.06 0.00 99.7 4.72 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .525 .502 $7,500
1957 25 DET AL 266.2 45 30 91 3.07 4.27 0.17 0.00 102.2 4.19 34 4.0 1.8 0.1 6.0 56 .589 .525 $11,500 AS,MVP-9
1958 26 DET AL 219.2 35 34 96 3.93 4.29 0.14 0.00 106.1 4.41 12 1.3 .8 -0.1 2.8 30 .538 .508 $20,000
1959 27 DET AL 249.2 40 35 111 4.00 4.35 0.07 0.00 105.5 4.52 17 1.8 2.4 -0.1 3.5 36 .545 .511 $25,000 AS
1960 28 DET AL 252.0 36 34 92 3.29 4.45 0.04 0.08 103.8 4.65 40 4.6 2.9 -0.1 6.4 60 .627 .528 $ MVP-24
1961 29 DET AL 268.1 38 37 113 3.79 4.44 0.35 0.07 102.9 4.29 17 1.8 2.2 -0.1 3.6 41 .546 .511 $ AS
1962 30 DET AL 258.0 41 35 112 3.91 4.38 -0.10 0.07 102.5 4.66 25 2.8 2.4 -0.1 4.6 46 .567 .517 $ AS,MVP-21
1963 31 DET AL 248.1 39 35 119 4.31 4.08 0.21 0.06 103.5 4.06 -4 -0.4 3.2 -0.2 1.2 14 .489 .497 $ AS
1964 32 PHI NL 284.1 41 39 99 3.13 3.90 -0.07 0.06 97.9 3.95 23 2.7 4.1 -0.1 5.1 55 .566 .517 $ AS,MVP-13
1965 33 PHI NL 291.0 39 39 92 2.85 3.98 -0.23 0.07 97.5 4.17 42 5.2 -0.2 7.6 73 .634 .532 $50,000
1966 34 PHI NL 314.0 43 41 91 2.61 4.08 -0.02 0.07 99.8 4.16 50 6.1 2.2 -0.2 8.7 87 .642 .538 $ AS
1967 35 PHI NL 302.1 40 40 94 2.80 3.79 -0.21 0.06 101.1 4.10 40 5.1 -0.2 7.6 74 .628 .532 $80,000 CYA-2,MVP-22
1968 36 PIT NL 160.0 27 26 75 4.22 3.39 0.37 0.05 96.6 2.96 -25 -2.8 1.5 -0.1 -1.5 -8 .396 .483 $
1969 37 PIT NL 156.0 25 25 74 4.27 3.99 -0.01 0.06 97.1 3.94 -7 -0.8 -0.1 0.5 11 .469 .495 $85,000
1969 37 LAD NL 56.1 9 9 23 3.67 3.83 0.13 0.06 92.1 3.46 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.3 5 .477 .499 $
1970 38 PHI NL 219.0 34 33 111 4.56 4.62 -0.46 0.07 99.6 5.13 11 1.1 .6 -0.1 2.7 36 .534 .507 $
1971 39 PHI NL 110.0 29 16 72 5.89 3.82 0.05 0.00 101.9 3.85 -26 -2.7 1.4 -0.2 -2.1 -15 .405 .483 $
17 Seasons 3760.0 591 519 1527 3.66 4.15 0.01 0.05 101.1 4.24 237 28.6 1.8 -1.9 56.7 599 .548 .510 $279,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
DET (9 yrs) 1867.0 304 251 796 3.84 4.34 0.12 0.04 103.5 4.40 130 14.8 1.8 -0.7 27.8 284 .549 .510 $64,000
PHI (6 yrs) 1520.2 226 208 559 3.31 4.03 -0.17 0.06 99.4 4.23 140 17.6 1.8 -1.0 29.6 309 .578 .518 $130,000
PIT (2 yrs) 316.0 52 51 149 4.24 3.68 0.18 0.05 96.9 3.44 -32 -3.6 1.5 -0.2 -1.0 2 .431 .489 $85,000
LAD (1 yr) 56.1 9 9 23 3.67 3.83 0.13 0.06 92.1 3.46 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.3 5 .477 .499 $

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
1957 DET AL 25 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1959 DET AL 27 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1961 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1961 DET AL 29 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1962 DET AL 30 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1962 DET AL 30
1963 DET AL 31 0 0 1 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1964 PHI NL 32 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1966 PHI NL 34 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
7 Yrs (8 GP) 3 1 1 .500 1.00 0 0 0 0 18.0 7 3 2 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 62 0.444 3.5 0.0 0.5 6.5 13.00

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
1955 23 DET AL 15 241 203 38 59 8 2 8 3 0 32 37 .291 .395 .468 .863 .323 95 3 3 3 0 2 1
1956 24 DET AL 15 240 209 24 55 9 2 6 2 0 28 34 .263 .346 .411 .757 .285 86 2 0 0 3 4 2
1957 25 DET AL 45 1081 980 91 214 30 5 33 8 9 72 182 .218 .277 .360 .638 .234 353 11 11 10 8 5 11
1958 26 DET AL 35 922 822 96 188 34 0 28 6 4 79 177 .229 .303 .372 .675 .258 306 11 10 7 4 4 6
1959 27 DET AL 40 1037 942 111 220 34 4 37 13 8 75 201 .234 .297 .396 .693 .259 373 12 11 6 3 0 11
1960 28 DET AL 36 1027 923 92 217 43 4 20 11 12 64 201 .235 .291 .355 .646 .278 328 17 11 23 6 7 10
1961 29 DET AL 38 1110 1014 113 232 35 6 25 13 11 71 194 .229 .284 .349 .633 .259 354 18 9 12 4 3 25
1962 30 DET AL 41 1103 1002 112 262 39 2 28 15 8 74 184 .261 .319 .388 .707 .294 389 9 13 8 6 3 9
1963 31 DET AL 39 1051 964 119 245 30 3 38 6 5 69 196 .254 .306 .410 .716 .282 395 9 5 9 4 3 8
1964 32 PHI NL 41 1145 1064 99 248 38 9 23 8 4 46 219 .233 .274 .351 .624 .273 373 20 14 19 2 3 17
1965 33 PHI NL 39 1191 1090 92 253 35 7 23 10 8 62 268 .232 .280 .340 .620 .286 371 13 12 21 5 10 17
1966 34 PHI NL 43 1254 1165 91 260 45 10 26 22 11 55 252 .223 .268 .346 .614 .262 403 14 19 10 5 8 12
1967 35 PHI NL 40 1216 1113 94 241 47 8 18 23 11 73 253 .217 .271 .322 .593 .262 358 16 13 9 8 20 19
1968 36 PIT NL 27 647 617 75 168 27 8 14 10 7 48 95 .272 .332 .410 .742 .302 253 14 8 9 2 6 5
1969 37 TOT NL 34 834 817 97 212 39 10 15 17 9 59 157 .259 .314 .387 .701 .304 316 17 7 6 3 4 12
1969 37 LAD NL 9 238 226 23 65 9 1 5 9 3 10 33 .288 .321 .403 .723 .319 91 7 1 1 0 0 4
1969 37 PIT NL 25 596 591 74 147 30 9 10 8 6 49 124 .249 .311 .381 .692 .298 225 10 6 5 3 4 8
1970 38 PHI NL 34 937 850 111 233 34 12 19 29 7 56 147 .274 .321 .409 .730 .308 348 12 8 12 11 9 9
1971 39 PHI NL 29 484 424 72 126 29 3 11 12 5 37 58 .297 .358 .458 .816 .319 194 12 6 12 5 7 4
17 Yrs 591 15520 14199 1527 3433 556 95 372 208 119 1000 2855 .242 .298 .373 .670 .277 5295 210 160 176 79 98 178
162 Game Avg. 36 951 870 94 210 34 6 23 13 7 61 175 .242 .298 .373 .670 .277 324 13 10 11 5 6 11
MLB Averages .251 .318 .378 .697 .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
1955 23 DET AL -12.9 -1.2 246 -1.5 3.6 -5.1 .99 -0.9 -0.6 -15.3 -1.5 0.99 -10.9 0 4 3
1956 24 DET AL 3.2 0.3 247 1.3 4.5 -3.2 1.02 0.4 1.0 4.7 0.5 1.02 0.1 5 2 4
1957 25 DET AL 33.4 3.6 1103 3.8 21.0 -17.3 1.05 2.3 1.3 34.4 3.7 1.05 27.8 8 3 4
1958 26 DET AL 11.8 1.2 943 0.5 15.0 -14.5 .92 1.1 -0.6 7.6 0.8 0.92 13.3 0 1 0
1959 27 DET AL 9.4 1.0 1058 -0.2 17.9 -18.1 .99 0.6 -0.8 12.5 1.3 0.99 9.0 2 2 1
1960 28 DET AL 31.4 3.3 1055 2.4 20.6 -18.2 1.12 3.6 -1.5 30.9 3.2 1.12 37.1 1 1 0
1961 29 DET AL 24.8 2.6 1136 2.9 21.5 -18.6 1.05 2.7 0.0 25.3 2.6 1.05 31.8 1 0 0
1962 30 DET AL 14.6 1.5 1129 2.6 21.5 -18.9 1.09 1.3 1.2 15.4 1.6 1.09 13.8 5 1 0
1963 31 DET AL -3.0 -0.3 1069 -0.3 19.4 -19.6 1.05 0.1 -0.4 -4.5 -0.5 1.05 -4.1 2 2 0
1964 32 PHI NL 25.3 2.8 1163 3.6 20.3 -16.7 .97 3.2 0.5 33.9 3.8 0.97 31.8 2 0 0
1965 33 PHI NL 30.5 3.4 1213 3.7 23.1 -19.4 1.10 3.5 -0.1 37.8 4.3 1.10 32.9 0 0 0
1966 34 PHI NL 43.1 4.8 1290 5.5 22.0 -16.4 .93 3.8 2.2 49.8 5.6 0.93 44.2 2 0 0
1967 35 PHI NL 34.5 4.0 1254 3.5 23.0 -19.4 1.06 3.5 -0.1 34.6 4.0 1.06 35.2 0 0 0
1968 36 PIT NL -16.1 -1.8 672 -2.0 11.7 -13.7 1.09 -2.8 1.0 -13.9 -1.6 1.10 -24.3 0 1 0
1969 37 TOT NL -4.8 -0.5 924 0.5 17.5 -17.0 1.09 0.4 0.0 -3.3 -0.3 1.10 2.9 0 0 0
1969 37 PIT NL -5.1 -0.5 674 0.3 13.0 -12.6 1.12 0.4 -0.1 -4.4 -0.5 1.12 4.4 0 0 0
1969 37 LAD NL 0.3 0.0 250 0.2 4.5 -4.3 1.04 -0.0 0.2 1.1 0.1 1.04 -1.5 0 0 0
1970 38 PHI NL -1.8 -0.2 973 -0.7 16.4 -17.2 1.04 0.2 -0.9 -3.5 -0.3 1.04 -0.4 0 0 1
1971 39 PHI NL -21.6 -2.2 502 -2.0 8.8 -10.9 1.13 -1.9 0.2 -25.7 -2.6 1.13 -22.4 5 0 7
17 Yrs 201.7 22.3 15977 23.7 287.7 -264.1 1.04 21.0 1.8 220.7 24.5 1.04 217.8 33 17 20
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
1955 23 DET AL 15 8 1 5 2 0 1 2 6 .250 1 0 0 0 3 38% 41.2 59 25 13 0 3 2 3.7 4.6 5.1
1956 24 DET AL 15 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 44.3 52 40 8 2 0 2 6.3 6.4 4.8
1957 25 DET AL 45 30 18 7 5 1 1 20 10 .667 0 3 14 1 19 63% 61.4 92 19 15 5 13 5 4.1 4.1 7.9
1958 26 DET AL 35 34 14 12 8 0 5 16 18 .471 1 5 10 3 19 56% 56.0 97 18 20 5 17 6 4.8 4.8 6.5
1959 27 DET AL 40 35 17 12 6 6 4 17 18 .486 2 3 14 1 18 51% 56.0 86 20 16 5 21 4 5.0 5.4 7.0
1960 28 DET AL 36 34 11 14 9 3 8 15 19 .441 1 6 10 3 23 68% 59.9 88 21 10 1 15 3 3.1 3.1 7.3
1961 29 DET AL 38 37 17 11 9 1 4 24 13 .649 2 8 12 4 23 62% 57.6 84 14 14 3 16 5 4.8 4.4 7.2
1962 30 DET AL 41 35 19 10 6 4 1 24 11 .686 0 1 12 2 18 51% 53.7 87 22 18 5 18 3 5.2 5.5 7.1
1963 31 DET AL 39 35 12 13 10 2 6 18 17 .514 0 6 6 2 21 60% 53.6 92 18 23 10 17 8 3.6 3.9 6.9
1964 32 PHI NL 41 39 19 8 12 0 4 26 13 .667 4 5 13 5 30 77% 60.8 97 11 20 12 25 6 5.3 4.6 7.2
1965 33 PHI NL 39 39 19 9 11 3 4 25 14 .641 3 7 15 7 25 64% 62.5 92 22 12 4 24 5 4.0 3.9 7.5
1966 34 PHI NL 43 41 18 14 9 1 9 21 20 .512 3 4 16 5 30 73% 63.5 91 25 8 0 33 2 3.9 3.9 7.6
1967 35 PHI NL 40 40 17 15 8 2 11 24 16 .600 2 4 16 6 32 80% 63.9 87 21 10 1 27 5 3.9 3.9 7.6
1968 36 PIT NL 27 26 4 14 8 0 6 9 17 .346 3 1 3 1 13 50% 50.3 84 19 17 6 7 11 3.2 2.9 6.0
1969 37 TOT NL 34 34 13 10 11 1 4 15 19 .441 3 5 5 0 22 65% 53.1 81 22 18 5 18 10 4.1 4.0 6.2
1969 37 PIT NL 25 25 10 9 6 0 4 12 13 .480 3 2 4 0 17 68% 53.7 81 22 14 4 11 9 4.1 3.9 6.2
1969 37 LAD NL 9 9 3 1 5 1 0 3 6 .333 0 3 1 0 5 56% 51.3 68 33 4 1 7 1 3.9 4.2 6.3
1970 38 PHI NL 34 33 10 15 8 4 8 14 19 .424 2 6 4 0 19 58% 50.9 79 8 16 2 8 13 3.7 3.2 6.6
1971 39 PHI NL 29 16 5 10 1 0 1 6 10 .375 0 1 1 0 6 38% 43.1 73 13 12 7 4 6 3.7 2.7 5.2
17 Yrs 591 519 215 180 124 28 77 278 241 .536 27 65 151 40 322 62% 57 97 8 250 73 266 96 4.2 4.1 7.0
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 118 -14 4.1 4.1 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
1955 23 DET AL 15 7 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 5 .990 0 4 3 2 0 5 3 4 2 3 2 0 4.3
1956 24 DET AL 15 12 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 12 3 25% 3 1.016 5 2 4 1 2 9 5 7 11 0 12 2 9.8
1957 25 DET AL 45 15 4 2 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 16 6 38% 5 1.054 8 3 4 2 6 7 10 5 10 4 10 3 5.9
1958 26 DET AL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 .922 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1959 27 DET AL 40 5 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 7 5 71% 9 .987 2 2 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 2.4
1960 28 DET AL 36 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 8 1.119 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1961 29 DET AL 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.047 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1962 30 DET AL 41 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 100% 6 0 8 3 38% 8 1.087 5 1 0 6 0 0 4 2 4 2 4 1 4.0
1963 31 DET AL 39 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 3 2 67% 6 1.051 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 5.8
1964 32 PHI NL 41 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 4 0 0% 9 .973 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2.5
1966 34 PHI NL 43 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 .927 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1968 36 PIT NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.091 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1970 38 PHI NL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.041 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1971 39 PHI NL 29 13 8 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 4 67% 9 1.127 5 0 7 4 1 8 4 9 10 0 10 0 6.2
14 Yrs 478 72 39 9 4 19 16 4 84% 21 1 69 29 42% 1.027 33 17 20 24 11 37 35 37 44 14 45 7 5.8

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%
1955 23 DET AL 241 54% 3.3% 15.4% 13.3% 7.5% 31% 0.68 66% 55 3 5%
1956 24 DET AL 240 59% 2.5% 14.2% 11.7% 7.1% 31% 0.71 72% 51 2 4%
1957 25 DET AL 1081 61% 3.1% 16.8% 6.7% 6.3% 32% 0.59 72% 169 11 7%
1958 26 DET AL 922 55% 3.0% 19.2% 8.6% 6.7% 33% 0.57 67% 173 11 6%
1959 27 DET AL 1037 58% 3.6% 19.4% 7.2% 7.2% 34% 0.57 68% 201 12 6%
1960 28 DET AL 1027 59% 2.0% 19.6% 6.2% 6.5% 31% 0.76 69% 167 17 10%
1961 29 DET AL 1110 59% 2.3% 17.5% 6.4% 6.0% 28% 0.74 72% 210 18 9%
1962 30 DET AL 1103 54% 2.5% 16.7% 6.7% 6.3% 26% 0.59 72% 185 9 5%
1963 31 DET AL 1051 53% 3.6% 18.7% 6.6% 6.8% 29% 0.67 70% 204 9 4%
1964 32 PHI NL 1145 54% 2.0% 19.1% 4.0% 6.1% 28% 0.65 72% 213 20 9%
1965 33 PHI NL 1191 50% 1.9% 22.5% 5.2% 5.5% 26% 0.81 68% 197 13 7%
1966 34 PHI NL 1254 54% 2.1% 20.1% 4.4% 6.5% 31% 0.88 71% 183 14 8%
1967 35 PHI NL 1216 56% 1.5% 20.8% 6.0% 6.0% 30% 0.71 70% 196 16 8%
1968 36 PIT NL 684 58% 2.2% 14.7% 7.4% 7.6% 29% 1.04 79% 117 14 12%
1969 37 TOT NL 892 60% 1.8% 18.8% 7.1% 7.7% 30% 0.82 78% 146 17 12%
1969 37 PIT NL 654 55% 1.7% 20.8% 8.2% 8.2% 33% 0.68 77% 100 10 10%
1969 37 LAD NL 238 74% 2.1% 13.9% 4.2% 6.3% 23% 1.18 79% 46 7 15%
1970 38 PHI NL 937 60% 2.0% 15.7% 6.0% 6.9% 28% 0.79 74% 163 12 7%
1971 39 PHI NL 484 60% 2.3% 12.0% 7.6% 8.9% 34% 1.30 74% 102 12 12%
17 Yrs 15615 56% 2.4% 18.4% 6.4% 6.6% 30% 0.73 71% 2732 210 8%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 14.6% 8.6% 6.3% 28% 1.06 74% 11%
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
1955 23 DET AL 241 59 8 0 14 3 5 3 5 18 6 3 33% 1 1 1 89 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 24 DET AL 240 55 6 0 10 2 4 5 1 17 10 2 59% 2 3 2 90 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
1957 25 DET AL 1081 214 33 0 13 16 17 23 10 33 17 10 52% 11 4 0 368 8 9 47% 7 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1958 26 DET AL 922 188 28 3 15 10 18 22 6 40 20 5 50% 6 5 2 329 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 17 0
1959 27 DET AL 1037 220 37 1 14 24 13 19 18 39 20 8 51% 11 1 0 383 13 8 62% 12 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
1960 28 DET AL 1027 217 20 1 20 11 9 13 7 37 18 7 49% 10 2 2 348 11 12 48% 9 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1961 29 DET AL 1110 232 25 1 22 13 12 13 12 44 23 9 52% 25 2 4 383 13 11 54% 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
1962 30 DET AL 1103 262 28 0 14 14 14 17 11 39 21 3 54% 9 4 0 417 15 8 65% 12 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
1963 31 DET AL 1051 245 38 0 16 14 24 24 14 30 16 2 53% 8 4 1 389 6 5 55% 5 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0
1964 32 PHI NL 1145 248 23 0 8 13 10 13 10 36 18 2 50% 17 2 3 426 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1965 33 PHI NL 1191 253 23 0 35 9 14 12 11 53 14 13 26% 17 1 5 390 10 8 56% 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1966 34 PHI NL 1254 260 26 0 13 15 11 15 11 39 15 10 38% 12 5 1 407 22 11 67% 20 7 2 2 0 2 2 0 15 0
1967 35 PHI NL 1216 241 18 0 22 11 7 10 8 59 25 12 42% 19 4 1 390 23 11 68% 18 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 21 0
1968 36 PIT NL 647 168 14 0 9 5 9 7 7 18 10 4 56% 5 3 2 245 10 7 59% 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 37
1969 37 TOT NL 834 212 15 0 13 5 10 8 7 40 19 5 48% 12 4 2 296 17 9 65% 16 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 58
1969 37 PIT NL 596 147 10 0 10 2 8 5 5 30 16 5 53% 8 4 1 202 8 6 57% 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 58
1969 37 LAD NL 238 65 5 0 3 3 2 3 2 10 3 0 30% 4 0 1 94 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1970 38 PHI NL 937 233 19 0 25 13 6 11 8 65 32 12 49% 9 1 1 327 29 7 81% 25 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 14 0
1971 39 PHI NL 484 126 11 0 12 5 6 7 4 44 23 2 52% 4 1 2 185 12 5 71% 10 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
17 Yrs 15520 3433 372 6 275 183 189 222 150 651 307 109 47% 178 47 29 5462 208 119 64% 179 102 24 11 5 4 10 0 205 95
MLB Averages 50% 61%
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+
1955 23 3 5 .375 6.35 15 8 3 0 0 1 51.0 59 38 36 8 32 2 37 3 0 1 241 62 1.784 10.4 1.4 5.6 6.5 1.16 62
1956 24 8 6 .571 5.00 30 11 8 0 0 2 104.1 114 62 58 14 60 6 71 3 0 4 486 81 1.668 9.8 1.2 5.2 6.1 1.18 81
1957 25 28 14 .667 3.34 75 41 12 14 1 3 371.2 328 153 138 47 132 11 253 14 1 8 1567 117 1.238 7.9 1.1 3.2 6.1 1.92 117
1958 26 42 26 .618 3.41 110 75 12 24 4 3 591.1 516 249 224 75 211 15 430 24 4 13 2490 116 1.229 7.9 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.04 116
1959 27 59 39 .602 3.55 150 110 16 38 5 4 841.0 736 360 332 112 286 15 631 35 5 14 3527 112 1.215 7.9 1.2 3.1 6.8 2.21 112
1960 28 70 53 .569 3.38 186 144 17 48 8 4 1093.0 953 452 410 132 350 22 832 46 5 16 4551 118 1.192 7.8 1.1 2.9 6.9 2.38 118
1961 29 87 64 .576 3.34 224 181 18 60 12 5 1361.0 1185 565 505 157 421 25 1026 55 5 18 5661 120 1.180 7.8 1.0 2.8 6.8 2.44 120
1962 30 106 74 .589 3.38 265 216 24 72 14 11 1619.0 1447 677 608 185 495 28 1210 68 5 22 6764 119 1.200 8.0 1.0 2.8 6.7 2.44 119
1963 31 118 87 .576 3.45 304 251 27 78 16 12 1867.1 1692 796 715 223 564 31 1406 73 5 26 7815 116 1.208 8.2 1.1 2.7 6.8 2.49 116
1964 32 137 95 .591 3.34 345 290 29 91 21 14 2151.2 1940 895 798 246 610 34 1625 87 5 28 8960 118 1.185 8.1 1.0 2.6 6.8 2.66 118
1965 33 156 104 .600 3.25 384 329 29 106 28 14 2442.2 2193 987 882 269 672 44 1893 99 5 29 10151 119 1.173 8.1 1.0 2.5 7.0 2.82 119
1966 34 175 118 .597 3.15 427 370 31 122 33 15 2756.2 2453 1078 966 295 727 52 2145 118 6 34 11405 122 1.154 8.0 1.0 2.4 7.0 2.95 122
1967 35 192 133 .591 3.07 467 410 31 138 39 15 3059.0 2694 1172 1043 313 800 72 2398 131 7 38 12621 124 1.142 7.9 0.9 2.4 7.1 3.00 124
1968 36 196 147 .571 3.11 494 436 31 141 40 15 3219.0 2862 1247 1112 327 848 78 2493 139 7 41 13305 121 1.153 8.0 0.9 2.4 7.0 2.94 121
1969 37 209 157 .571 3.14 528 470 31 146 40 15 3431.1 3074 1344 1199 342 907 82 2650 146 8 45 14197 119 1.160 8.1 0.9 2.4 7.0 2.92 119
1970 38 219 172 .560 3.20 562 503 31 150 40 15 3650.1 3307 1455 1299 361 963 91 2797 154 8 46 15134 117 1.170 8.2 0.9 2.4 6.9 2.90 117
1971 39 224 184 .549 3.27 591 519 39 151 40 16 3760.1 3433 1527 1366 372 1000 98 2855 160 8 47 15618 115 1.179 8.2 0.9 2.4 6.8 2.86 115

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
1955 23 1 4 .200 6.71 51.0 62 42 38 8 34 37 3 1.882 10.9 6.0 6.5 1.09 1.4 15
1956 24 4 2 .667 3.32 57.0 56 23 21 6 29 36 0 1.491 8.8 4.6 5.7 1.24 0.9 15
1957 25 20 10 .667 2.84 273.0 228 96 86 35 77 186 12 1.117 7.5 2.5 6.1 2.42 1.2 45
1958 26 14 11 .560 3.54 226.0 196 99 89 29 82 182 10 1.230 7.8 3.3 7.2 2.22 1.2 35
1959 27 15 13 .536 3.82 257.0 225 121 109 38 77 207 11 1.175 7.9 2.7 7.2 2.69 1.3 40
1960 28 19 9 .679 2.79 258.0 226 89 80 21 67 206 11 1.136 7.9 2.3 7.2 3.07 0.7 36
1961 29 18 11 .621 3.06 268.0 227 101 91 24 69 194 9 1.104 7.6 2.3 6.5 2.81 0.8 38
1962 30 16 12 .571 3.56 253.0 258 111 100 28 73 180 13 1.308 9.2 2.6 6.4 2.47 1.0 41
1963 31 12 14 .462 4.18 241.0 251 124 112 39 71 190 5 1.336 9.4 2.7 7.1 2.68 1.5 39
1964 32 19 11 .633 3.07 273.0 263 103 93 24 49 210 15 1.143 8.7 1.6 6.9 4.29 0.8 41
1965 33 20 11 .645 3.02 280.0 267 104 94 24 65 258 13 1.186 8.6 2.1 8.3 3.97 0.8 39
1966 34 23 10 .697 2.71 302.0 270 101 91 27 57 243 20 1.083 8.0 1.7 7.2 4.26 0.8 43
1967 35 22 10 .688 2.74 289.0 258 98 88 19 78 242 14 1.163 8.0 2.4 7.5 3.10 0.6 40
1968 36 5 10 .333 5.81 141.0 192 101 91 16 55 84 9 1.752 12.3 3.5 5.4 1.53 1.0 27
1969 37 10 12 .455 4.48 199.0 226 110 99 16 63 147 7 1.452 10.2 2.8 6.6 2.33 0.7 34
1970 38 11 12 .478 4.16 214.0 232 110 99 19 56 143 8 1.346 9.8 2.4 6.0 2.55 0.8 34
1971 39 3 8 .273 6.62 102.0 133 83 75 12 39 54 6 1.686 11.7 3.4 4.8 1.38 1.1 29
17 Yrs 232 170 .577 3.56 3684.0 3570 1616 1456 385 1041 2799 166 1.252 8.7 6.8 2.69 0.9 591
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

* 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
1977 BBWAA (38.1%)
1978 BBWAA (47.8%)
1979 BBWAA (34.0%)
1980 BBWAA (46.0%)
1981 BBWAA (40.9%)
1982 BBWAA (33.3%)
1983 BBWAA (36.9%)
1984 BBWAA (49.9%)
1985 BBWAA (54.2%)
1986 BBWAA (65.6%)
1987 BBWAA (70.0%)
1988 BBWAA (74.2%)
1989 BBWAA (63.3%)
1990 BBWAA (57.9%)
1991 BBWAA (63.7%)
1996 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1996
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1957 (P)
1959-1 *
1961-1 *
1961-2 (P)
1962-1 (P)
1962-2
1963 *
1964 *
1966 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 AL (9, 14%)
1960 AL (24, 1%)
1962 AL (21, 3%)
1964 NL (13, 8%)
1967 NL (22, 2%)
0.28 Career Shares (631st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (2, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (219th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1957 AL  6.7 (4th)
1960 AL  6.2 (2nd)
1962 AL  5.1 (8th)
1965 NL  7.9 (5th)
1966 NL  8.7 (4th)
1967 NL  7.8 (4th)
Career  55.8 (182nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 AL  6.0 (2nd)
1959 AL  3.5 (10th)
1960 AL  6.4 (1st)
1962 AL  4.6 (6th)
1964 NL  5.1 (9th)
1965 NL  7.6 (3rd)
1966 NL  8.7 (3rd)
1967 NL  7.6 (1st)
Career  56.7 (58th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 AL  2.69 (3rd)
1960 AL  2.79 (2nd)
1961 AL  3.19 (8th)
1964 NL  2.63 (5th)
1965 NL  2.60 (5th)
1966 NL  2.41 (4th)
1967 NL  2.29 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  20 (1st)
1958 AL  14 (8th)
1959 AL  17 (4th)
1961 AL  17 (4th)
1962 AL  19 (5th)
1964 NL  19 (4th)
1965 NL  19 (8th)
1966 NL  19 (6th)
1967 NL  17 (3rd)
Career  224 (68th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 AL  .714 (3rd)
1962 AL  .655 (8th)
1964 NL  .704 (4th)
1965 NL  .679 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 AL  1.070 (2nd)
1958 AL  1.215 (9th)
1959 AL  1.182 (9th)
1960 AL  1.115 (2nd)
1961 AL  1.131 (4th)
1964 NL  1.034 (4th)
1965 NL  1.082 (4th)
1966 NL  1.003 (3rd)
1967 NL  1.039 (2nd)
Career  1.179 (99th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  7.205 (2nd)
1958 AL  7.703 (7th)
1959 AL  7.931 (10th)
1960 AL  7.750 (4th)
1964 NL  7.850 (10th)
1965 NL  7.825 (9th)
1966 NL  7.452 (7th)
1967 NL  7.174 (7th)
Career  8.217 (191st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  2.424 (5th)
1960 AL  2.286 (6th)
1961 AL  2.384 (8th)
1964 NL  1.456 (1st)
1965 NL  1.918 (8th)
1966 NL  1.576 (5th)
1970 NL  2.301 (10th)
Career  2.393 (237th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  6.127 (4th)
1958 AL  7.252 (2nd)
1959 AL  7.246 (2nd)
1960 AL  7.179 (1st)
1961 AL  6.515 (6th)
1962 AL  6.419 (8th)
1963 AL  7.103 (5th)
1964 NL  6.932 (9th)
1965 NL  8.289 (4th)
1966 NL  7.223 (8th)
1967 NL  7.531 (6th)
Career  6.833 (119th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  591 (201st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 AL  267.3 (1st)
1959 AL  249.7 (2nd)
1960 AL  252.0 (5th)
1961 AL  268.0 (3rd)
1962 AL  258.0 (3rd)
1963 AL  248.3 (8th)
1964 NL  284.3 (4th)
1965 NL  291.0 (6th)
1966 NL  314.0 (2nd)
1967 NL  302.3 (1st)
Career  3,760.3 (54th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL  182 (2nd)
1958 AL  177 (2nd)
1959 AL  201 (1st)
1960 AL  201 (1st)
1961 AL  194 (3rd)
1962 AL  184 (2nd)
1963 AL  196 (2nd)
1964 NL  219 (5th)
1965 NL  268 (4th)
1966 NL  252 (2nd)
1967 NL  253 (1st)
Career  2,855 (17th)

Games Started s c a p y
1957 AL  30 (7th)
1958 AL  34 (2nd)
1959 AL  35 (3rd)
1960 AL  34 (6th)
1961 AL  37 (2nd)
1962 AL  35 (4th)
1963 AL  35 (6th)
1964 NL  39 (2nd)
1965 NL  39 (5th)
1966 NL  41 (1st)
1967 NL  40 (1st)
Career  519 (39th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (4th)
1959 AL  14 (4th)
1960 AL  10 (9th)
1961 AL  12 (4th)
1962 AL  12 (5th)
1964 NL  13 (9th)
1965 NL  15 (6th)
1966 NL  16 (5th)
1967 NL  16 (5th)
Career  151 (225th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 AL  3 (6th)
1960 AL  3 (4th)
1961 AL  4 (3rd)
1964 NL  5 (2nd)
1965 NL  7 (3rd)
1966 NL  5 (1st)
1967 NL  6 (1st)
Career  40 (44th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  33 (2nd)
1958 AL  28 (4th)
1959 AL  37 (1st)
1962 AL  28 (5th)
1963 AL  38 (1st)
1964 NL  23 (5th)
1965 NL  23 (10th)
1966 NL  26 (7th)
Career  372 (21st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  79 (6th)
1967 NL  73 (8th)
Career  1,000 (112th)

Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  214 (9th)
1959 AL  220 (6th)
1960 AL  217 (9th)
1962 AL  262 (1st)
1963 AL  245 (4th)
1964 NL  248 (6th)
1965 NL  253 (4th)
1966 NL  260 (3rd)
1967 NL  241 (5th)
Career  3,433 (73rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  2.528 (3rd)
1958 AL  2.241 (5th)
1959 AL  2.680 (3rd)
1960 AL  3.141 (1st)
1961 AL  2.732 (2nd)
1962 AL  2.487 (5th)
1963 AL  2.841 (8th)
1964 NL  4.761 (1st)
1965 NL  4.323 (3rd)
1966 NL  4.582 (3rd)
1967 NL  3.466 (3rd)
1969 NL  2.661 (9th)
1970 NL  2.625 (5th)
Career  2.855 (54th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  0.714 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1958 AL  12 (9th)
1959 AL  13 (5th)
1960 AL  14 (7th)
1966 NL  14 (8th)
1967 NL  15 (5th)
1970 NL  15 (7th)
Career  184 (62nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  86 (10th)
1959 AL  108 (2nd)
1962 AL  103 (5th)
1963 AL  107 (3rd)
Career  1,366 (65th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 AL  11 (2nd)
1958 AL  10 (2nd)
1959 AL  11 (2nd)
1960 AL  11 (3rd)
1961 AL  9 (4th)
1962 AL  13 (2nd)
1964 NL  14 (1st)
1965 NL  12 (1st)
1966 NL  19 (1st)
1967 NL  13 (1st)
1968 NL  8 (6th)
1970 NL  8 (8th)
Career  160 (13th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 AL  1,081 (2nd)
1959 AL  1,037 (2nd)
1960 AL  1,024 (5th)
1961 AL  1,110 (4th)
1962 AL  1,103 (3rd)
1963 AL  1,051 (6th)
1964 NL  1,145 (5th)
1965 NL  1,191 (5th)
1966 NL  1,254 (2nd)
1967 NL  1,216 (1st)
Career  15,618 (56th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 AL  144 (3rd)
1960 AL  143 (1st)
1961 AL  129 (5th)
1964 NL  132 (7th)
1965 NL  134 (6th)
1966 NL  148 (4th)
1967 NL  149 (2nd)
Career  115 (218th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  33 (2nd)
1960 AL  31 (1st)
1961 AL  25 (5th)
1964 NL  25 (6th)
1965 NL  31 (4th)
1966 NL  43 (3rd)
1967 NL  35 (1st)
Career  203 (79th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1960 AL  3.3 (1st)
1961 AL  2.6 (5th)
1964 NL  2.8 (6th)
1965 NL  3.4 (5th)
1966 NL  4.8 (3rd)
1967 NL  4.0 (1st)
Career  22.4 (65th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 AL  34.41 (2nd)
1960 AL  30.87 (1st)
1961 AL  25.31 (6th)
1964 NL  33.93 (5th)
1965 NL  37.81 (3rd)
1966 NL  49.84 (3rd)
1967 NL  34.58 (1st)
Career  220.75 (42nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.8 (2nd)
1960 AL  2.4 (5th)
1961 AL  2.9 (5th)
1964 NL  3.6 (7th)
1965 NL  3.7 (6th)
1966 NL  5.5 (3rd)
1967 NL  3.5 (4th)
Career  23.7 (46th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.3 (6th)
1960 AL  3.6 (1st)
1961 AL  2.7 (5th)
1964 NL  3.2 (8th)
1965 NL  3.5 (5th)
1966 NL  3.8 (3rd)
1967 NL  3.5 (1st)
Career  21.0 (45th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1960 AL  3.2 (1st)
1961 AL  2.6 (7th)
1964 NL  3.8 (5th)
1965 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1966 NL  5.7 (3rd)
1967 NL  4.0 (1st)
Career  24.5 (43rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1969 NL  born 1931-10-23 (9th)
1970 NL  born 1931-10-23 (6th)
1971 NL  born 1931-10-23 (5th)


† 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 - 28 (57), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 216 (30), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 98 (98), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 42 (63), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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