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Earl Caldwell

Earl Welton Caldwell (Teach)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 9, 1905 in Sparks, TX(All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1928
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/RedSox/Phillies 1928-1948

Final Game: September 15, 1948
Died: September 15, 1981 in Mission, TX
Buried: Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, TX
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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
1928 23 PHI NL 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35
1935 30 SLB AL 3 2 .600 3.68 6 5 1 2 1 0 36.2 34 16 15 2 17 5 0 0 0 157 131 1.391 8.3 0.5 4.2 1.2 0.29
1936 31 SLB AL 7 16 .304 6.00 41 25 9 10 2 2 189.0 252 146 126 15 83 59 15 1 3 900 89 1.772 12.0 0.7 4.0 2.8 0.71
1937 32 SLB AL 0 0 6.83 9 2 1 0 0 0 29.0 39 22 22 3 13 8 2 0 0 138 72 1.793 12.1 0.9 4.0 2.5 0.62
1945 40 CHW AL 6 7 .462 3.59 27 11 15 5 1 4 105.1 108 50 42 8 37 45 3 0 0 455 92 1.377 9.2 0.7 3.2 3.8 1.22
1946 41 CHW AL 13 4 .765 2.08 39 0 37 0 0 8 90.2 60 28 21 2 29 42 1 0 5 359 164 0.982 6.0 0.2 2.9 4.2 1.45 MVP-14
1947 42 CHW AL 1 4 .200 3.64 40 0 30 0 0 8 54.1 53 23 22 4 30 22 1 0 0 239 100 1.528 8.8 0.7 5.0 3.6 0.73
1948 43 TOT AL 2 6 .250 6.75 33 1 19 0 0 3 48.0 64 39 36 5 33 15 3 0 0 231 64 2.021 12.0 0.9 6.2 2.8 0.45
1948 43 CHW AL 1 5 .167 5.31 25 1 16 0 0 3 39.0 53 25 23 3 22 10 2 0 0 185 81 1.923 12.2 0.7 5.1 2.3 0.45
1948 43 BOS AL 1 1 .500 13.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 11 14 13 2 11 5 1 0 0 46 35 2.444 11.0 2.0 11.0 5.0 0.45
8 Yrs 33 43 .434 4.69 200 49 112 18 5 25 587.2 656 347 306 44 259 202 25 2 8 2633 92 1.557 10.0 0.7 4.0 3.1 0.78
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .434 4.69 55 13 31 5 1 7 160 179 95 84 12 71 55 7 1 2 719 92 1.557 10.0 0.7 4.0 3.1 0.78
CHW (4 yrs) 21 20 .512 3.36 131 12 98 5 1 23 289.1 274 126 108 17 118 119 7 0 5 1238 105 1.355 8.5 0.5 3.7 3.7 1.01
SLB (3 yrs) 10 18 .357 5.76 56 32 11 12 3 2 254.2 325 184 163 20 113 72 17 1 3 1195 91 1.720 11.5 0.7 4.0 2.5 0.64
PHI (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35
BOS (1 yr) 1 1 .500 13.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 11 14 13 2 11 5 1 0 0 46 35 2.444 11.0 2.0 11.0 5.0 0.45
AL (7 yrs) 32 39 .451 4.62 195 44 112 17 4 25 553.0 610 324 284 39 242 196 25 1 8 2479 94 1.541 9.9 0.6 3.9 3.2 0.81
NL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35

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
1928 23 PHI NL 34.2 5 5 23 5.97 4.72 -0.32 0.00 118.0 5.95 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .500 .500 $
1935 30 SLB AL 36.2 6 5 16 3.93 5.35 -0.24 0.00 97.4 5.45 6 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.9 11 .606 .504 $
1936 31 SLB AL 189.0 41 25 146 6.95 5.76 -0.40 0.00 105.6 6.50 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.7 16 .479 .495 $
1937 32 SLB AL 29.0 9 2 22 6.83 5.57 -0.34 0.00 101.7 6.00 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .472 .498 $
1945 40 CHW AL 105.1 27 11 50 4.27 3.97 -0.12 0.00 97.7 4.00 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.2 3 .488 .498 $
1946 41 CHW AL 90.2 39 0 28 2.78 4.28 0.14 0.00 96.6 4.00 12 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.0 19 .536 .509 $ MVP-14
1947 42 CHW AL 54.1 40 0 23 3.81 4.38 0.05 0.00 97.9 4.24 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.7 7 .508 .502 $
1948 43 CHW AL 39.0 25 1 25 5.77 5.23 -0.04 0.00 99.3 5.24 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 -0.1 1 .491 .499 $
1948 43 BOS AL 9.0 8 0 14 14.00 4.65 0.16 0.00 100.3 4.50 -10 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .392 .495 $
8 Seasons 587.2 200 49 347 5.31 4.93 -0.18 0.00 101.6 5.22 -6 -0.2 1.1 -0.6 3.8 53 .499 .500 $
CHW (4 yrs) 289.1 131 12 126 3.92 4.31 0.00 0.00 97.6 4.21 10 1.1 1.1 -0.3 2.8 31 .509 .502 $
SLB (3 yrs) 254.2 56 32 184 6.50 5.68 -0.37 0.00 104.0 6.29 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 1.6 28 .492 .499 $
PHI (1 yr) 34.2 5 5 23 5.97 4.72 -0.32 0.00 118.0 5.95 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .500 .500 $
BOS (1 yr) 9.0 8 0 14 14.00 4.65 0.16 0.00 100.3 4.50 -10 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 -0.9 -9 .392 .495 $

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 43 TOT AL 33 97 190 39 64 3 0 5 2 2 33 15 .337 .442 .432 .874 .347 82 2 3 5 0 0
1948 43 BOS AL 8 38 33 14 11 1 0 2 2 1 11 5 .333 .511 .545 1.057 .346 18 1 1 2 0 0
1948 43 CHW AL 25 59 157 25 53 2 0 3 0 1 22 10 .338 .425 .408 .833 .347 64 1 2 3 0 0
1 Yr 33 97 190 39 64 3 0 5 2 2 33 15 .337 .442 .432 .874 .347 82 2 3 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 66 194 380 78 128 6 0 10 4 4 66 30 .337 .442 .432 .874 .347 164 4 6 10 0 0
MLB Averages .271 .338 .340 .678 .288

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 43 TOT AL -12.2 -1.1 103 -1.3 2.7 -4.0 1.86 -0.7 0.0 -11.2 -1.0 1.85 -6.6 8 0 7
1948 43 CHW AL -4.2 -0.4 61 -1.0 1.8 -2.7 2.05 -0.3 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 2.05 -2.5 5 0 3
1948 43 BOS AL -8.1 -0.7 42 -0.4 0.9 -1.2 1.55 -0.4 0.2 -7.4 -0.7 1.55 -4.1 3 0 4
8 Yrs -19.6 -1.6 103 -1.3 2.7 -4.0 1.85 -0.7 0.0 -11.2 -1.0 1.85 -6.6 8 0 7

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
1928 23 PHI NL 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 1 1 1 20% 37.8 74 11 1 1 2.3 6.9
1935 30 SLB AL 6 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 2 1 3 60% 51.4 78 15 2 2 3.6 6.9
1936 31 SLB AL 41 25 7 14 4 0 2 9 15 .375 0 0 10 2 9 36% 39.4 79 12 14 7 5.0 6.2
1937 32 SLB AL 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 32 26 0 2 5.8 2.5
1945 40 CHW AL 27 11 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 .636 0 0 5 1 7 64% 51.5 77 23 4 3 4.1 7.5
1948 43 TOT AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20 20 8 6 1 0 2.0 18.0 0.3
1948 43 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20.0 20 20 4 3 1 0 2.0 18.0 0.3
6 Yrs 113 49 16 25 8 1 3 21 27 .438 0 0 18 5 20 41% 42 79 11 4 3 22 15 4.3 18.0 6.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 132 -35 4.7 4.8 6.9

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
1935 30 SLB AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.0
1936 31 SLB AL 41 16 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 2 6.4
1937 32 SLB AL 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 10.3
1945 40 CHW AL 27 16 15 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 7 5 3 4.2
1946 41 CHW AL 39 39 37 13 4 0 8 0 0 0 26 3 7 7.0
1947 42 CHW AL 40 40 30 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 15 11 6 4.1
1948 43 TOT AL 33 32 19 2 5 4 3 2 75% 6 1 19 6 32% 1.856 8 0 7 6 2 8 11 5 14 9 4 6 4.5
1948 43 CHW AL 25 24 16 1 4 4 3 2 75% 5 0 8 4 50% 2.051 5 0 3 5 0 4 5 4 11 5 1 6 4.8
1948 43 BOS AL 8 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 18% 6 1.554 3 0 4 1 2 4 6 1 3 4 3 0 3.4
7 Yrs 195 151 112 17 18 4 25 2 625% 6 1 19 6 32% 1.856 8 0 7 6 2 8 11 5 80 29 4 25 5.5

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%
1928 23 PHI NL 154 3.3% 3.9% 11.0% 4.6% 15% 79%
1935 30 SLB AL 157 1.3% 3.2% 10.8% 1.9% 9% 84%
1936 31 SLB AL 900 1.7% 6.6% 9.2% 4.9% 18% 80%
1937 32 SLB AL 138 2.2% 5.8% 9.4% 81%
1945 40 CHW AL 455 1.8% 9.9% 8.1% 4.6% 19% 78%
1946 41 CHW AL 359 0.6% 11.7% 8.1% 78%
1947 42 CHW AL 239 1.7% 9.2% 12.6% 74%
1948 43 TOT AL 231 61% 5.2% 15.5% 34.0% 8.3% 13% 0.84 175% 33 2 6%
1948 43 CHW AL 184 61% 5.1% 17.0% 37.3% 8.5% 9% 0.67 244% 22 1 5%
1948 43 BOS AL 47 61% 5.3% 13.2% 29.0% 7.9% 27% 1.29 68% 11 1 9%
8 Yrs 2633 61% 1.8% 8.1% 10.4% 3.3% 13% 0.84 83% 33 2 6%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 8.9% 8.8% 3.2% 13% 0.95 81% 10%

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
1928 23 PHI NL 46 5 0
1935 30 SLB AL 34 2 0
1936 31 SLB AL 252 15 3
1937 32 SLB AL 39 3 0
1945 40 CHW AL 108 8 0
1946 41 CHW AL 60 2 5
1947 42 CHW AL 53 4 0
1948 43 TOT AL 97 64 5 2 10 1 2 2 1 8 3 2 38% 0 0 0 53 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 134
1948 43 CHW AL 59 53 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 33 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125
1948 43 BOS AL 38 11 2 2 7 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 0% 0 0 0 20 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
8 Yrs 97 656 44 2 10 1 2 2 1 8 3 2 38% 0 8 0 53 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 134
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1928 23 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1929 24 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1930 25 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1931 26 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1932 27 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1933 28 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1934 29 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 77 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35 77
1935 30 4 6 .400 4.67 11 10 1 3 2 0 71.1 80 39 37 7 34 11 0 1 0 311 99 1.598 10.1 0.9 4.3 1.4 0.32 99
1936 31 11 22 .333 5.64 52 35 10 13 4 2 260.1 332 185 163 22 117 70 15 2 3 1211 91 1.725 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 91
1937 32 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1938 33 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1939 34 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1940 35 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1941 36 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1942 37 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1943 38 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1944 39 11 22 .333 5.75 61 37 11 13 4 2 289.1 371 207 185 25 130 78 17 2 3 1349 89 1.732 11.5 0.8 4.0 2.4 0.60 89
1945 40 17 29 .370 5.18 88 48 26 18 5 6 394.2 479 257 227 33 167 123 20 2 3 1804 90 1.637 10.9 0.8 3.8 2.8 0.74 90
1946 41 30 33 .476 4.60 127 48 63 18 5 14 485.1 539 285 248 35 196 165 21 2 8 2163 96 1.514 10.0 0.6 3.6 3.1 0.84 96
1947 42 31 37 .456 4.50 167 48 93 18 5 22 539.2 592 308 270 39 226 187 22 2 8 2402 96 1.516 9.9 0.7 3.8 3.1 0.83 96
1948 43 33 43 .434 4.69 200 49 112 18 5 25 587.2 656 347 306 44 259 202 25 2 8 2633 92 1.557 10.0 0.7 4.0 3.1 0.78 92

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
1928 23 1 2 .333 5.45 33.0 45 22 20 5 17 6 0 1.879 12.3 4.6 1.6 0.35 1.4 5
1935 30 3 1 .750 3.00 39.0 33 14 13 2 16 5 0 1.256 7.6 3.7 1.2 0.31 0.5 6
1936 31 11 12 .478 4.18 209.0 226 108 97 13 74 65 13 1.435 9.7 3.2 2.8 0.88 0.6 41
1937 32 1 2 .333 5.23 31.0 36 20 18 3 12 9 2 1.548 10.5 3.5 2.6 0.75 0.9 9
1945 40 5 6 .455 4.37 105.0 123 57 51 9 42 45 3 1.571 10.5 3.6 3.9 1.07 0.8 27
1946 41 7 3 .700 2.45 92.0 67 28 25 2 32 42 1 1.076 6.6 3.1 4.1 1.31 0.2 39
1947 42 2 3 .400 4.33 52.0 58 28 25 4 33 21 1 1.750 10.0 5.7 3.6 0.64 0.7 40
1948 43 1 4 .200 6.85 46.0 65 39 35 5 34 14 3 2.152 12.7 6.7 2.7 0.41 1.0 33
8 Yrs 31 33 .484 4.21 607.0 653 316 284 43 260 207 23 1.504 9.7 3.1 0.80 0.6 200

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 AL (14, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1946 AL  .765 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL  41 (8th)
1946 AL  39 (4th)
1947 AL  40 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1945 AL  4 (3rd)
1946 AL  8 (2nd)
1947 AL  8 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1936 AL  2 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1936 AL  16 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  126 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 AL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 AL  15 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1945 AL  15 (8th)
1946 AL  37 (1st)
1947 AL  30 (4th)
1948 AL  19 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1905-04-09 (10th)
1946 AL  born 1905-04-09 (5th)
1947 AL  born 1905-04-09 (1st)
1948 AL  born 1905-04-09 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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