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Paul Calvert

Paul Leo Emile Calvert

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 6, 1917 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1942
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators/Tigers 1942-1951

Final Game: May 6, 1951
Died: February 1, 1999 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, CAN
Buried: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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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
1942 24 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1943 25 CLE AL 0 0 4.32 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 6 4 4 0 6 2 1 0 0 37 76 1.440 6.5 0.0 6.5 2.2 0.33
1944 26 CLE AL 1 3 .250 4.56 35 4 15 0 0 0 77.0 89 48 39 4 38 31 0 0 3 353 73 1.649 10.4 0.5 4.4 3.6 0.82
1945 27 CLE AL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 32 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1949 31 WSH AL 6 17 .261 5.43 34 23 9 5 0 1 160.2 175 111 97 11 86 52 2 0 8 735 78 1.624 9.8 0.6 4.8 2.9 0.60
1950 32 DET AL 2 2 .500 6.31 32 0 19 0 0 4 51.1 71 42 36 7 25 14 2 0 3 250 74 1.870 12.4 1.2 4.4 2.5 0.56
1951 33 DET AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs 9 22 .290 5.31 109 27 47 5 0 5 301.2 345 207 178 22 158 102 5 0 14 1394 77 1.667 10.3 0.7 4.7 3.0 0.65
162 Game Avg. 5 11 .290 5.31 55 14 24 3 0 3 151 173 104 89 11 79 51 3 0 7 697 77 1.667 10.3 0.7 4.7 3.0 0.65
CLE (4 yrs) 1 3 .250 4.57 42 4 18 0 0 0 88.2 98 54 45 4 47 36 1 0 3 405 73 1.635 9.9 0.4 4.8 3.7 0.77
DET (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 6.19 33 0 20 0 0 4 52.1 72 42 36 7 25 14 2 0 3 254 76 1.854 12.4 1.2 4.3 2.4 0.56
WSH (1 yr) 6 17 .261 5.43 34 23 9 5 0 1 160.2 175 111 97 11 86 52 2 0 8 735 78 1.624 9.8 0.6 4.8 2.9 0.60

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
1942 24 CLE AL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.77 0.09 0.00 88.0 3.24 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .581 .500 $
1943 25 CLE AL 8.1 5 0 4 4.32 3.74 0.23 0.00 95.9 3.36 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .479 .499 $
1944 26 CLE AL 77.0 35 4 48 5.61 4.03 0.09 0.00 96.9 3.81 -15 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -10 .453 .490 $
1945 27 CLE AL 1.1 1 0 2 13.50 3.78 -0.14 0.00 92.0 3.61 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .355 .499 $
1949 31 WSH AL 160.2 34 23 111 6.22 4.93 -0.35 0.00 102.5 5.41 -14 -1.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 .460 .492 $
1950 32 DET AL 51.1 32 0 42 7.36 5.22 0.24 0.00 98.5 4.91 -14 -1.3 .9 0.0 -0.9 -9 .459 .492 $
1951 33 DET AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.57 -0.06 0.00 102.0 5.75 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .567 .500 $
7 Seasons 301.2 109 27 207 6.18 4.71 -0.11 0.00 100.1 4.84 -45 -4.4 1.0 -0.2 -2.7 -19 .459 .496 $
CLE (4 yrs) 88.2 42 4 54 5.48 3.99 0.10 0.00 96.5 3.76 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -1.4 -11 .456 .497 $
DET (2 yrs) 52.1 33 0 42 7.22 5.23 0.23 0.00 98.6 4.93 -14 -1.2 .8 -0.0 -0.9 -8 .462 .496 $
WSH (1 yr) 160.2 34 23 111 6.22 4.93 -0.35 0.00 102.5 5.41 -14 -1.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 .460 .492 $

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
1949 31 WSH AL 34 735 626 111 175 35 8 11 15 3 86 52 .280 .368 .414 .782 .291 259 15 2 21 0 13
1950 32 DET AL 32 193 218 42 71 8 2 7 4 0 25 14 .326 .400 .477 .877 .325 104 4 2 4 0 3
1951 33 DET AL 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 67 932 848 153 247 44 10 18 19 3 111 66 .291 .376 .430 .806 .300 365 19 4 25 0 16
162 Game Avg. 51 704 641 116 187 33 8 14 14 2 84 50 .291 .376 .430 .806 .300 276 14 3 19 0 12
MLB Averages .260 .333 .340 .673 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1949 31 WSH AL -21.5 -2.0 762 -2.5 12.6 -15.0 1.05 -1.4 -1.0 -29.3 -2.7 1.05 -17.2 3 2 6
1950 32 DET AL -9.7 -0.9 198 0.5 2.0 -1.5 .51 -0.5 1.6 -10.2 -0.9 0.52 -9.0 5 2 17
1951 33 DET AL 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .01 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.01 0.3 0 0 1
7 Yrs -43.4 -4.2 964 -1.9 14.6 -16.5 .94 -1.9 -0.2 -38.9 -3.6 0.94 -25.9 8 4 24

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
1944 26 CLE AL 35 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 1 25% 44.0 54 38 0 3 4.6 5.3
1949 31 WSH AL 34 23 5 15 3 3 5 8 15 .348 0 2 5 0 9 39% 43.1 69 -8 16 5 6 8 4.3 3.8 6.2
2 Yrs 69 27 6 16 5 3 5 11 16 .407 0 2 5 0 10 37% 43 69 -8 16 5 6 11 4.3 3.8 6.1
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.7 6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1942 24 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1943 25 CLE AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5.0
1944 26 CLE AL 35 31 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 5 5.4
1945 27 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.0
1949 31 WSH AL 34 11 9 1 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 8 5 63% 8 1.051 3 2 6 3 0 8 4 7 7 2 7 2 4.8
1950 32 DET AL 32 32 19 2 2 4 4 0 100% 5 1 14 6 43% .514 5 2 17 6 1 17 9 15 16 8 13 6 4.8
1951 33 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .010 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
7 Yrs 109 82 47 3 6 7 5 2 71% 8 1 22 11 50% .935 8 4 24 9 1 26 13 23 44 14 20 13 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1942 24 CLE AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 28.6% 43%
1943 25 CLE AL 37 0.0% 5.4% 16.2% 76%
1944 26 CLE AL 353 1.1% 8.8% 10.8% 77%
1945 27 CLE AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 75%
1949 31 WSH AL 735 56% 1.5% 7.1% 11.7% 7.4% 31% 1.97 77% 142 15 11%
1950 32 DET AL 249 56% 3.6% 7.3% 13.0% 8.8% 24% 1.95 102% 27 4 15%
1951 33 DET AL 4 50% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.50 100% 0 0
7 Yrs 1393 56% 1.7% 7.6% 11.8% 5.4% 21% 1.95 80% 169 19 11%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 10.4% 10.5% 4.2% 16% 0.94 87% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1942 24 CLE AL 0 0 0
1943 25 CLE AL 6 0 0
1944 26 CLE AL 89 4 3
1945 27 CLE AL 3 0 0
1949 31 WSH AL 735 175 11 0 26 3 8 1 10 69 31 2 45% 13 8 3 282 15 3 83% 12 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 15 0
1950 32 DET AL 193 71 7 0 7 2 4 2 4 8 5 0 63% 3 3 0 83 4 0 100% 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 56
1951 33 DET AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 932 345 22 0 33 5 12 3 14 77 36 2 47% 16 14 3 366 19 3 86% 14 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 15 56
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+
1942 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1943 25 0 0 3.48 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 6 4 4 0 8 4 1 0 0 44 99 1.355 5.2 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50 99
1944 26 1 3 .250 4.43 41 4 18 0 0 0 87.1 95 52 43 4 46 35 1 0 3 397 75 1.615 9.8 0.4 4.7 3.6 0.76 75
1945 27 1 3 .250 4.57 42 4 18 0 0 0 88.2 98 54 45 4 47 36 1 0 3 405 73 1.635 9.9 0.4 4.8 3.7 0.77 73
1946 28 1 3 .250 4.57 42 4 18 0 0 0 88.2 98 54 45 4 47 36 1 0 3 405 73 1.635 9.9 0.4 4.8 3.7 0.77 73
1947 29 1 3 .250 4.57 42 4 18 0 0 0 88.2 98 54 45 4 47 36 1 0 3 405 73 1.635 9.9 0.4 4.8 3.7 0.77 73
1948 30 1 3 .250 4.57 42 4 18 0 0 0 88.2 98 54 45 4 47 36 1 0 3 405 73 1.635 9.9 0.4 4.8 3.7 0.77 73
1949 31 7 20 .259 5.13 76 27 27 5 0 1 249.1 273 165 142 15 133 88 3 0 11 1140 77 1.628 9.9 0.5 4.8 3.2 0.66 77
1950 32 9 22 .290 5.33 108 27 46 5 0 5 300.2 344 207 178 22 158 102 5 0 14 1390 76 1.670 10.3 0.7 4.7 3.1 0.65 76
1951 33 9 22 .290 5.31 109 27 47 5 0 5 301.2 345 207 178 22 158 102 5 0 14 1394 77 1.667 10.3 0.7 4.7 3.0 0.65 77

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
1942 24 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1943 25 0 0 5.63 8.0 7 6 5 0 7 2 1 1.750 7.9 7.9 2.3 0.29 0.0 5
1944 26 3 5 .375 5.45 76.0 99 51 46 4 42 31 0 1.855 11.7 5.0 3.7 0.74 0.5 35
1945 27 0 0 18.00 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1949 31 7 11 .389 5.12 167.0 177 106 95 11 87 54 2 1.581 9.5 4.7 2.9 0.62 0.6 34
1950 32 2 4 .333 5.14 56.0 68 36 32 7 24 15 2 1.643 10.9 3.9 2.4 0.63 1.1 32
1951 33 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
7 Yrs 12 20 .375 5.21 311.0 354 201 180 22 163 105 5 1.662 10.2 3.0 0.64 0.6 109

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL  4 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL  17 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 AL  8 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1944 AL  15 (10th)
1950 AL  19 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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