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Tommy Byrne

Thomas Joseph Byrne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 31, 1919 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Baltimore City College HS (Baltimore, MD)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1943
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Browns/WhiteSox/Senators 1943-1957

Final Game: September 21, 1957
Died: December 20, 2007 in Wake Forest, NC
Buried: Wake Forest Cemetery, Wake Forest, NC
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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
1943 23 NYY AL 2 1 .667 6.54 11 2 8 0 0 0 31.2 28 26 23 1 35 22 3 0 3 157 50 1.989 8.0 0.3 9.9 6.3 0.63
1946 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 5.79 4 1 3 0 0 0 9.1 7 8 6 1 8 5 1 0 0 45 62 1.607 6.8 1.0 7.7 4.8 0.63
1947 27 NYY AL 0 0 4.15 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 23 93 2.538 10.4 0.0 12.5 4.2 0.33
1948 28 NYY AL 8 5 .615 3.30 31 11 11 5 1 2 133.2 79 55 49 8 101 93 9 0 3 579 124 1.347 5.3 0.5 6.8 6.3 0.92
1949 29 NYY AL 15 7 .682 3.72 32 30 2 12 3 0 196.0 125 84 81 11 179 129 13 1 4 880 109 1.551 5.7 0.5 8.2 5.9 0.72
1950 30 NYY AL 15 9 .625 4.74 31 31 0 10 2 0 203.1 188 115 107 23 160 118 17 2 3 951 91 1.711 8.3 1.0 7.1 5.2 0.74 AS
1951 31 TOT AL 6 11 .353 4.26 28 20 3 7 2 0 143.2 120 73 68 5 150 71 15 0 4 692 102 1.879 7.5 0.3 9.4 4.4 0.47
1951 31 NYY AL 2 1 .667 6.86 9 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 16 17 16 0 36 14 3 0 2 115 57 2.476 6.9 0.0 15.4 6.0 0.39
1951 31 SLB AL 4 10 .286 3.82 19 17 2 7 2 0 122.2 104 56 52 5 114 57 12 0 2 577 116 1.777 7.6 0.4 8.4 4.2 0.50
1952 32 SLB AL 7 14 .333 4.68 29 24 5 14 0 0 196.0 182 117 102 16 112 91 10 1 5 876 83 1.500 8.4 0.7 5.1 4.2 0.81
1953 33 TOT AL 2 5 .286 6.16 12 11 0 2 0 0 49.2 53 35 34 3 48 26 1 0 0 244 65 2.034 9.6 0.5 8.7 4.7 0.54
1953 33 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 10.13 6 6 0 0 0 0 16.0 18 18 18 0 26 4 0 0 0 89 40 2.750 10.1 0.0 14.6 2.3 0.15
1953 33 WSH AL 0 5 .000 4.28 6 5 0 2 0 0 33.2 35 17 16 3 22 22 1 0 0 155 92 1.693 9.4 0.8 5.9 5.9 1.00
1954 34 NYY AL 3 2 .600 2.70 5 5 0 4 1 0 40.0 36 13 12 1 19 24 0 0 0 169 130 1.375 8.1 0.2 4.3 5.4 1.26
1955 35 NYY AL 16 5 .762 3.15 27 22 4 9 3 2 160.0 137 69 56 12 87 3 76 7 0 3 689 120 1.400 7.7 0.7 4.9 4.3 0.87 MVP-14
1956 36 NYY AL 7 3 .700 3.36 37 8 18 1 0 6 109.2 108 50 41 9 72 5 52 2 0 0 493 115 1.641 8.9 0.7 5.9 4.3 0.72
1957 37 NYY AL 4 6 .400 4.36 30 4 16 1 0 2 84.2 70 41 41 8 60 2 57 7 0 3 383 83 1.535 7.4 0.9 6.4 6.1 0.95
13 Yrs 85 69 .552 4.11 281 170 72 65 12 12 1362.0 1138 688 622 98 1037 10 766 85 4 28 6181 97 1.597 7.5 0.6 6.9 5.1 0.74
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .552 4.11 42 26 11 10 2 2 205 172 104 94 15 156 115 13 1 4 932 97 1.597 7.5 0.6 6.9 5.1 0.74
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
NYY (11 yrs) 72 40 .643 3.93 221 118 65 42 10 12 993.2 799 480 434 74 763 10 592 62 3 21 4484 100 1.572 7.2 0.7 6.9 5.4 0.78
SLB (2 yrs) 11 24 .314 4.35 48 41 7 21 2 0 318.2 286 173 154 21 226 148 22 1 7 1453 94 1.607 8.1 0.6 6.4 4.2 0.65
WSH (1 yr) 0 5 .000 4.28 6 5 0 2 0 0 33.2 35 17 16 3 22 22 1 0 0 155 92 1.693 9.4 0.8 5.9 5.9 1.00
CHW (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 10.13 6 6 0 0 0 0 16.0 18 18 18 0 26 4 0 0 0 89 40 2.750 10.1 0.0 14.6 2.3 0.15

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 23 NYY AL 31.2 11 2 26 7.39 4.06 0.19 0.00 96.9 3.75 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -1.2 -11 .378 .492 $
1946 26 NYY AL 9.1 4 1 8 7.71 3.87 0.32 0.00 94.9 3.37 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .387 .497 $
1947 27 NYY AL 4.1 4 1 2 4.15 3.70 0.16 0.00 105.7 3.75 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .495 .500 $
1948 28 NYY AL 133.2 31 11 55 3.70 4.51 0.06 0.00 96.3 4.29 8 0.9 1.1 -0.1 1.7 21 .528 .505 $
1949 29 NYY AL 196.0 32 30 84 3.86 4.60 0.19 0.00 96.5 4.26 9 0.9 3.0 -0.1 2.2 26 .529 .506 $
1950 30 NYY AL 203.1 31 31 115 5.09 4.95 0.12 0.00 94.3 4.55 -13 -1.2 -0.1 0.2 9 .460 .492 $ AS
1951 31 NYY AL 21.0 9 3 17 7.29 4.63 0.17 0.00 97.8 4.36 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .426 .496 $
1951 31 SLB AL 122.2 19 17 56 4.11 4.89 -0.33 0.00 104.8 5.48 18 1.9 .5 -0.1 2.8 30 .602 .512 $
1952 32 SLB AL 196.0 29 24 117 5.37 4.43 -0.05 0.00 102.1 4.58 -18 -1.9 .2 -0.1 -0.5 -1 .435 .488 $
1953 33 CHW AL 16.0 6 6 18 10.13 3.91 0.23 0.00 104.7 3.85 -11 -1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -10 .335 .494 $
1953 33 WSH AL 33.2 6 5 17 4.54 4.38 0.31 0.00 93.7 3.81 -3 -0.3 1.9 -0.0 -0.1 0 .453 .498 $
1954 34 NYY AL 40.0 5 5 13 2.93 3.89 0.11 0.00 95.2 3.59 3 0.3 -0.0 0.6 6 .569 .502 $
1955 35 NYY AL 160.0 27 22 69 3.88 4.35 0.49 0.00 95.1 3.68 -5 -0.5 2.6 -0.1 0.5 11 .481 .497 $ MVP-14
1956 36 NYY AL 109.2 37 8 50 4.10 4.69 0.19 0.00 92.7 4.17 -0 -0.0 1.8 -0.2 0.7 11 .500 .500 $
1957 37 NYY AL 84.2 30 4 41 4.36 4.26 0.29 0.00 92.8 3.69 -6 -0.6 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 1 .479 .496 $
13 Seasons 1362.0 281 170 688 4.55 4.55 0.13 0.00 97.0 4.30 -43 -4.0 1.4 -1.1 4.8 85 .486 .498 $
NYY (11 yrs) 993.2 221 118 480 4.35 4.54 0.21 0.00 95.1 4.12 -29 -2.8 1.5 -0.9 3.5 65 .488 .498 $
SLB (2 yrs) 318.2 48 41 173 4.89 4.61 -0.16 0.00 103.1 4.92 -0 0.1 .3 -0.2 2.3 29 .501 .500 $
WSH (1 yr) 33.2 6 5 17 4.54 4.38 0.31 0.00 93.7 3.81 -3 -0.3 1.9 -0.0 -0.1 0 .453 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 16.0 6 6 18 10.13 3.91 0.23 0.00 104.7 3.85 -11 -1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -10 .335 .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
1949 29 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 2.7 5.4 2.7 0.50
1955 35 NYY AL WS L BRO 1 1 .500 1.88 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 8 4 3 0 8 1 8 0 0 0 56 1.116 5.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
1956 36 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 27.0 0.0 27.0
1957 37 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 13 0.900 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.7 0.50
4 Yrs (4 Series) 1 1 .500 2.53 6 3 1 1 0 0 21.1 12 8 6 3 12 1 11 2 0 0 85 1.125 5.1 1.3 5.1 4.6 0.92
4 WS 1 1 .500 2.53 6 3 1 1 0 0 21.1 12 8 6 3 12 1 11 2 0 0 85 1.125 5.1 1.3 5.1 4.6 0.92

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
1950 NYY AL 30

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 28 NYY AL 31 300 460 55 79 9 3 8 1 0 101 93 .172 .332 .257 .588 .198 118 5 9 10 0 2
1949 29 NYY AL 32 657 684 84 125 12 2 11 7 3 179 129 .183 .362 .254 .616 .210 174 12 13 3 0 5
1950 30 NYY AL 31 875 765 115 188 13 4 23 3 4 160 118 .246 .387 .363 .751 .264 278 21 17 7 0 6
1951 31 NYY AL 9 113 74 17 16 4 1 0 1 2 36 14 .216 .487 .297 .784 .267 22 4 3 0 0 1
1951 31 SLB AL 19 445 443 56 104 16 2 5 6 2 114 57 .235 .404 .314 .718 .260 139 12 12 8 0 4
1951 31 TOT AL 28 558 517 73 120 20 3 5 7 4 150 71 .232 .418 .311 .729 .261 161 16 15 8 0 5
1952 32 SLB AL 29 703 736 117 182 26 4 16 6 7 112 91 .247 .354 .359 .713 .264 264 15 10 18 0 12
1953 33 CHW AL 6 89 61 18 18 5 0 0 0 0 26 4 .295 .506 .377 .883 .316 23 1 0 2 0 1
1953 33 TOT AL 12 244 188 35 53 13 3 3 2 1 48 26 .282 .430 .431 .861 .314 81 6 1 7 0 4
1953 33 WSH AL 6 155 127 17 35 8 3 3 2 1 22 22 .276 .387 .457 .843 .314 58 5 1 5 0 3
1954 34 NYY AL 5 168 150 13 36 4 1 1 1 0 19 24 .240 .325 .300 .625 .280 45 4 0 0 0 1
1955 35 NYY AL 27 689 578 69 137 19 4 12 4 7 87 76 .237 .340 .346 .686 .252 200 17 7 10 7 3 9
1956 36 NYY AL 37 492 412 50 108 12 4 9 2 4 72 52 .262 .373 .376 .749 .280 155 15 2 4 2 5 6
1957 37 NYY AL 30 386 312 41 70 8 1 8 7 3 60 57 .224 .361 .333 .694 .250 104 5 7 6 1 2 4
10 Yrs 262 5072 4802 652 1098 136 29 96 40 33 988 737 .229 .368 .329 .698 .252 1580 116 81 73 10 10 54
162 Game Avg. 42 806 763 104 174 22 5 15 6 5 157 117 .229 .368 .329 .698 .252 251 18 13 12 2 9
MLB Averages .260 .333 .360 .693 .276

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 28 NYY AL 12.1 1.2 307 1.2 4.2 -2.9 .76 1.0 0.6 12.7 1.3 0.76 12.2 3 4 6
1949 29 NYY AL 10.8 1.1 672 1.5 12.8 -11.3 1.16 1.4 -0.2 20.3 2.1 1.16 17.2 1 0 1
1950 30 NYY AL -7.9 -0.7 914 1.4 18.1 -16.6 1.14 0.4 0.8 4.7 0.5 1.16 1.8 0 0 0
1951 31 TOT AL 1.9 0.2 575 -0.8 11.4 -12.1 1.25 -1.8 1.2 -9.6 -0.9 1.25 -19.7 2 2 3
1951 31 NYY AL -6.9 -0.6 117 -0.8 1.5 -2.3 .98 -0.9 0.0 -9.0 -0.9 0.98 -9.3 2 2 2
1951 31 SLB AL 8.8 0.9 458 0.1 9.9 -9.8 1.32 -0.9 1.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.32 -10.3 0 0 1
1952 32 SLB AL -16.4 -1.6 740 -1.4 11.6 -13.0 .97 -1.1 -0.3 -16.6 -1.6 0.97 -17.8 0 0 4
1953 33 TOT AL -10.4 -1.0 249 -1.4 4.2 -5.7 1.09 -1.1 -0.2 -8.2 -0.8 1.09 -11.2 1 0 0
1953 33 CHW AL -9.6 -0.9 90 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 1.08 -0.6 0.1 -6.3 -0.6 1.08 -6.7 0 0 0
1953 33 WSH AL -0.8 -0.1 159 -0.8 2.9 -3.8 1.10 -0.5 -0.3 -1.9 -0.2 1.10 -4.6 1 0 0
1954 34 NYY AL 4.1 0.4 170 0.4 2.9 -2.5 .95 0.6 -0.1 5.3 0.6 0.95 4.1 0 0 0
1955 35 NYY AL 9.0 0.9 702 2.2 13.6 -11.4 1.10 0.8 1.2 10.1 1.1 1.10 6.8 3 1 1
1956 36 NYY AL 5.0 0.5 499 -0.2 9.0 -9.2 1.09 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.0 1.09 0.0 10 9 10
1957 37 NYY AL -5.2 -0.5 399 -0.7 6.3 -7.1 1.06 -0.4 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 1.06 -5.3 11 4 11
13 Yrs -11.0 -0.9 5227 2.1 93.9 -91.8 1.08 -0.3 2.2 15.8 1.9 1.09 -11.9 31 20 36

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 23 NYY AL 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.5 41 30 0 1 4.2 3.7
1946 26 NYY AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 0 1 3.0 0.3
1947 27 NYY AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 0 1 9.0 0.3
1948 28 NYY AL 31 11 6 4 1 2 1 6 5 .545 0 0 5 1 6 55% 55.7 89 32 13 9 2 2 5.6 8.4 7.2
1949 29 NYY AL 32 30 15 6 9 1 2 21 9 .700 3 3 12 3 19 63% 54.7 84 16 21 6 10 11 6.7 6.1 6.5
1950 30 NYY AL 31 31 15 9 7 5 2 19 12 .613 2 0 10 2 12 39% 47.2 85 10 29 14 10 9 6.8 6.6 6.6
1951 31 TOT AL 28 20 4 11 5 1 4 5 15 .250 1 1 7 2 8 40% 47.8 80 22 28 6 5 11 3.4 4.0 6.5
1951 31 NYY AL 9 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.3 43 32 14 4 0 3 5.3 5.4 3.0
1951 31 SLB AL 19 17 4 10 3 1 4 5 12 .294 1 0 7 2 8 47% 49.8 80 22 14 2 5 8 3.0 3.9 7.1
1952 32 SLB AL 29 24 6 14 4 2 5 7 16 .304 1 1 14 0 9 38% 48.2 74 17 9 6 2 14 3.8 4.1 7.5
1953 33 TOT AL 12 11 2 4 5 1 2 6 5 .545 0 2 2 0 3 27% 43.4 71 19 16 9 1 8 5.1 4.5 4.4
1953 33 CHW AL 6 6 2 0 4 1 0 6 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 17% 37.3 55 19 12 9 0 5 7.5 10.5 2.7
1953 33 WSH AL 6 5 0 4 1 0 2 0 5 .000 0 1 2 0 2 40% 50.8 71 38 4 0 1 3 2.4 0.9 6.5
1954 34 NYY AL 5 5 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 .600 0 0 4 1 4 80% 58.6 76 30 0 0 2 1 5.9 6.2 8.0
1955 35 NYY AL 27 22 15 5 2 1 0 15 7 .682 0 1 9 3 14 64% 54.0 85 13 22 9 3 12 5.1 5.2 6.8
1956 36 NYY AL 37 8 1 2 5 0 0 4 4 .500 1 1 1 0 2 25% 39.5 55 27 24 3 1 4 5.5 8.0 4.9
1957 37 NYY AL 30 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 .500 1 1 1 0 1 25% 47.0 70 35 10 4 1 1 3.3 2.7 4.9
13 Yrs 281 170 67 61 42 13 18 90 79 .533 9 10 65 12 78 46% 50 89 10 172 66 37 76 5.3 5.5 6.4
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7
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
1943 23 NYY AL 11 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 8.1
1946 26 NYY AL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 9.0
1947 27 NYY AL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.0
1948 28 NYY AL 31 20 11 2 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 9 2 22% .763 3 4 6 2 2 9 4 9 13 4 10 1 8.1
1949 29 NYY AL 32 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 9 1.159 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2.0
1951 31 TOT AL 28 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 1.253 2 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 4 2 4 1 5.3
1951 31 NYY AL 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 7 .981 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 6.0
1951 31 SLB AL 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.322 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1952 32 SLB AL 29 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .968 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 3 0 10.0
1953 33 TOT AL 12 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 1.089 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1953 33 WSH AL 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.097 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1955 35 NYY AL 27 5 4 1 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 7 4 57% 5 1.097 3 1 1 4 0 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 6.2
1956 36 NYY AL 37 29 18 6 1 2 6 2 300% 8 5 32 8 25% 7 1.090 10 9 10 13 3 13 18 11 19 8 19 4 7.3
1957 37 NYY AL 30 26 16 4 4 3 2 1 67% 4 1 27 9 33% 5 1.060 11 4 11 7 4 15 14 12 18 5 19 2 7.5
11 Yrs 239 111 72 18 8 11 12 6 109% 18 6 82 26 32% 1.076 31 20 36 29 11 47 44 43 70 22 57 11 7.3

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 23 NYY AL 157 0.6% 14.0% 22.3% 57%
1946 26 NYY AL 45 2.2% 11.1% 17.8% 67%
1947 27 NYY AL 23 0.0% 8.7% 26.1% 65%
1948 28 NYY AL 580 39% 2.7% 31.0% 33.7% 6.7% 25% 0.45 120% 63 5 8%
1949 29 NYY AL 879 31% 1.7% 19.6% 27.3% 3.8% 20% 0.58 83% 175 12 7%
1950 30 NYY AL 949 29% 2.6% 13.5% 18.3% 4.6% 21% 0.59 71% 233 21 9%
1951 31 TOT AL 690 32% 0.9% 12.7% 26.9% 5.0% 23% 0.56 79% 170 16 9%
1951 31 NYY AL 113 31% 0.0% 12.4% 31.9% 4.4% 31% 0.62 53% 35 4 11%
1951 31 SLB AL 577 33% 1.1% 12.8% 25.6% 5.2% 22% 0.55 86% 135 12 9%
1952 32 SLB AL 876 30% 2.3% 12.9% 15.9% 6.5% 25% 0.77 89% 169 15 9%
1953 33 TOT AL 244 26% 1.2% 10.7% 19.7% 7.8% 36% 0.85 65% 63 6 10%
1953 33 CHW AL 89 28% 0.0% 4.5% 29.2% 5.6% 28% 0.68 64% 29 1 3%
1953 33 WSH AL 155 25% 1.9% 14.2% 14.2% 9.0% 40% 0.95 66% 34 5 15%
1954 34 NYY AL 169 19% 0.6% 14.3% 11.3% 3.6% 17% 0.47 74% 31 4 13%
1955 35 NYY AL 689 22% 1.7% 11.0% 12.6% 5.1% 26% 0.63 72% 152 17 11%
1956 36 NYY AL 492 29% 1.8% 10.6% 14.6% 5.1% 23% 0.91 72% 104 15 14%
1957 37 NYY AL 386 29% 2.1% 14.8% 15.5% 4.4% 24% 0.94 64% 92 5 5%
13 Yrs 6179 29% 1.9% 14.5% 19.6% 4.9% 23% 0.66 78% 1252 116 9%
MLB Averages 50% 2.0% 11.2% 10.4% 5.3% 21% 0.96 85% 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
1943 23 NYY AL 28 1 3
1946 26 NYY AL 7 1 0
1947 27 NYY AL 5 0 0
1948 28 NYY AL 300 79 8 0 13 2 3 2 3 18 8 3 44% 2 3 1 111 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 280
1949 29 NYY AL 657 125 11 0 26 3 2 2 3 30 13 7 43% 5 4 1 287 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 222
1950 30 NYY AL 875 188 23 2 34 14 6 10 10 40 19 6 48% 6 3 1 393 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 74
1951 31 TOT AL 558 120 5 0 40 4 1 2 3 46 18 7 39% 5 4 2 257 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 132
1951 31 NYY AL 113 16 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 15 7 2 47% 1 2 1 56 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1951 31 SLB AL 445 104 5 0 31 4 1 2 3 31 11 5 35% 4 2 1 201 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 132
1952 32 SLB AL 703 182 16 0 17 11 3 10 4 44 20 8 45% 12 5 2 301 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 173
1953 33 TOT AL 244 53 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 16 6 4 38% 4 0 1 118 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1953 33 CHW AL 89 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 57% 1 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1953 33 WSH AL 155 35 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 9 2 4 22% 3 0 1 69 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 34 NYY AL 168 36 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 71 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 35 NYY AL 689 137 12 1 21 10 2 5 7 38 18 4 47% 9 3 0 265 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1956 36 NYY AL 492 108 9 1 16 8 1 6 3 27 13 1 48% 6 0 1 199 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 37 NYY AL 386 70 8 0 19 5 3 5 3 17 9 4 53% 4 3 0 180 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
13 Yrs 5072 1138 98 4 192 60 22 44 38 278 126 44 45% 54 28 9 2182 40 33 55% 38 28 2 5 0 0 4 0 54 882
MLB Averages 52% 55%
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+
1943 23 2 1 .667 6.54 11 2 8 0 0 0 31.2 28 26 23 1 35 22 3 0 3 157 50 1.989 8.0 0.3 9.9 6.3 0.63 50
1944 24 2 1 .667 6.54 11 2 8 0 0 0 31.2 28 26 23 1 35 22 3 0 3 157 50 1.989 8.0 0.3 9.9 6.3 0.63 50
1945 25 2 1 .667 6.54 11 2 8 0 0 0 31.2 28 26 23 1 35 22 3 0 3 157 50 1.989 8.0 0.3 9.9 6.3 0.63 50
1946 26 2 2 .500 6.37 15 3 11 0 0 0 41.0 35 34 29 2 43 27 4 0 3 202 53 1.902 7.7 0.4 9.4 5.9 0.63 53
1947 27 2 2 .500 6.15 19 4 13 0 0 0 45.1 40 36 31 2 49 29 4 0 3 225 55 1.963 7.9 0.4 9.7 5.8 0.59 55
1948 28 10 7 .588 4.02 50 15 24 5 1 2 179.0 119 91 80 10 150 122 13 0 6 804 97 1.503 6.0 0.5 7.5 6.1 0.81 97
1949 29 25 14 .641 3.86 82 45 26 17 4 2 375.0 244 175 161 21 329 251 26 1 10 1684 103 1.528 5.9 0.5 7.9 6.0 0.76 103
1950 30 40 23 .635 4.17 113 76 26 27 6 2 578.1 432 290 268 44 489 369 43 3 13 2635 98 1.593 6.7 0.7 7.6 5.7 0.75 98
1951 31 46 34 .575 4.19 141 96 29 34 8 2 722.0 552 363 336 49 639 440 58 3 17 3327 99 1.650 6.9 0.6 8.0 5.5 0.69 99
1952 32 53 48 .525 4.29 170 120 34 48 8 2 918.0 734 480 438 65 751 531 68 4 22 4203 95 1.618 7.2 0.6 7.4 5.2 0.71 95
1953 33 55 53 .509 4.39 182 131 34 50 8 2 967.2 787 515 472 68 799 557 69 4 22 4447 93 1.639 7.3 0.6 7.4 5.2 0.70 93
1954 34 58 55 .513 4.32 187 136 34 54 9 2 1007.2 823 528 484 69 818 581 69 4 22 4616 94 1.629 7.4 0.6 7.3 5.2 0.71 94
1955 35 74 60 .552 4.16 214 158 38 63 12 4 1167.2 960 597 540 81 905 3 657 76 4 25 5305 97 1.597 7.4 0.6 7.0 5.1 0.73 97
1956 36 81 63 .563 4.09 251 166 56 64 12 10 1277.1 1068 647 581 90 977 8 709 78 4 25 5798 98 1.601 7.5 0.6 6.9 5.0 0.73 98
1957 37 85 69 .552 4.11 281 170 72 65 12 12 1362.0 1138 688 622 98 1037 10 766 85 4 28 6181 97 1.597 7.5 0.6 6.9 5.1 0.74 97

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 23 1 2 .333 7.84 31.0 31 30 27 1 39 21 3 2.258 9.0 11.3 6.1 0.54 0.3 11
1946 26 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 8 9 8 1 9 5 1 1.700 7.2 8.1 4.5 0.56 0.9 4
1947 27 0 0 4.50 4.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 0 2.750 11.3 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 4
1948 28 9 6 .600 3.38 136.0 82 57 51 8 105 95 9 1.375 5.4 6.9 6.3 0.90 0.5 31
1949 29 11 10 .524 3.77 198.0 129 92 83 11 185 130 13 1.586 5.9 8.4 5.9 0.70 0.5 32
1950 30 10 13 .435 4.50 208.0 190 116 104 23 162 121 17 1.692 8.2 7.0 5.2 0.75 1.0 31
1951 31 8 8 .500 4.04 147.0 121 73 66 5 151 73 15 1.850 7.4 9.2 4.5 0.48 0.3 28
1952 32 9 13 .409 4.77 200.0 190 118 106 17 117 93 10 1.535 8.6 5.3 4.2 0.79 0.8 29
1953 33 1 4 .200 6.61 49.0 56 40 36 3 51 26 1 2.184 10.3 9.4 4.8 0.51 0.6 12
1954 34 2 2 .500 3.46 39.0 40 17 15 1 21 23 0 1.564 9.2 4.8 5.3 1.10 0.2 5
1955 35 10 7 .588 3.50 157.0 147 68 61 13 93 75 8 1.529 8.4 5.3 4.3 0.81 0.7 27
1956 36 6 5 .545 3.67 108.0 114 49 44 10 76 51 2 1.759 9.5 6.3 4.3 0.67 0.8 37
1957 37 3 6 .333 5.04 84.0 77 52 47 9 66 57 8 1.702 8.3 7.1 6.1 0.86 1.0 30
13 Yrs 70 77 .476 4.27 1371.0 1190 723 650 102 1081 772 87 1.656 7.8 5.1 0.71 0.7 281

* 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
1950

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (14, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  3.15 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (10th)
1950 AL  15 (10th)
1955 AL  16 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 AL  .682 (6th)
1950 AL  .625 (9th)
1955 AL  .762 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  5.740 (1st)
1950 AL  8.321 (6th)
1955 AL  7.706 (8th)
Career  7.520 (38th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  5.924 (1st)
1950 AL  5.223 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL  93 (10th)
1949 AL  129 (5th)
1950 AL  118 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL  30 (10th)
1950 AL  31 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 AL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL  3 (8th)
1950 AL  2 (7th)
1951 AL  2 (10th)
1955 AL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  23 (4th)
1952 AL  16 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  179 (1st)
1950 AL  160 (1st)
1951 AL  150 (1st)
1952 AL  112 (2nd)
1955 AL  87 (9th)
Career  1,037 (98th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  0.505 (9th)
1955 AL  0.675 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  107 (10th)
1952 AL  102 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 AL  4 (10th)
1952 AL  5 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  9 (1st)
1949 AL  13 (1st)
1950 AL  17 (1st)
1951 AL  15 (1st)
1952 AL  10 (1st)
1955 AL  7 (7th)
1957 AL  7 (7th)
Career  85 (129th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL  120 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  20.31 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  1.2 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 AL  1.4 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.1 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 AL  born 1919-12-31 (10th)

                                         

† 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 - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 54 (472), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mickey McDermott (925)
  2. Paul Foytack (913)
  3. Ralph Branca (911)
  4. Dennis Rasmussen (908)
  5. Blue Moon Odom (905)
  6. Oral Hildebrand (901)
  7. Tom Brewer (901)
  8. Ken Brett (901)
  9. Cal Eldred (898)
  10. Bob Turley (897)
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  1. Mike Madden (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duster Mails (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kazuhisa Ishii (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gene Bearden (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Roy Parmelee (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fritz Ostermueller (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Krueger (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dixie Davis (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fritz Ostermueller (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fritz Ostermueller (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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