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Don Carlsen

Donald Herbert Carlsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 15, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1948
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs 1948-1952

Final Game: May 24, 1952
Died: September 22, 2002 in Denver, CO
Cremated
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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
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1948 21 CHC NL 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 15 7.000 45.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1951 24 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.19 7 6 0 2 0 0 43.0 50 22 20 4 14 20 1 0 2 189 101 1.488 10.5 0.8 2.9 4.2 1.43
1952 25 PIT NL 0 1 .000 10.80 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 20 13 12 1 5 2 0 0 1 53 38 2.500 18.0 0.9 4.5 1.8 0.40
3 Yrs 2 4 .333 6.00 13 7 1 2 0 0 54.0 75 39 36 5 21 23 1 0 3 252 70 1.778 12.5 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10
162 Game Avg. 7 14 .333 6.00 44 24 3 7 0 0 184 255 133 122 17 71 78 3 0 10 857 70 1.778 12.5 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10
PIT (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.43 12 7 1 2 0 0 53.0 70 35 32 5 19 22 1 0 3 242 77 1.679 11.9 0.8 3.2 3.7 1.16
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 15 7.000 45.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50

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
1948 21 CHC NL 1.0 1 0 4 36.00 4.04 0.07 0.00 98.0 3.89 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .231 .498 $
1951 24 PIT NL 43.0 7 6 22 4.60 4.33 -0.15 0.00 105.0 4.70 0 0.0 1.7 -0.0 0.4 5 .507 .500 $
1952 25 PIT NL 10.0 5 1 13 11.70 4.52 -0.22 0.00 109.9 5.20 -7 -0.7 .4 0.1 -0.5 -6 .362 .496 $
3 Seasons 54.0 13 7 39 6.50 4.36 -0.15 0.00 105.8 4.78 -10 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.4 -4 .430 .498 $
PIT (2 yrs) 53.0 12 7 35 5.94 4.37 -0.16 0.00 105.9 4.80 -7 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.1 -1 .447 .498 $
CHC (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 4 36.00 4.04 0.07 0.00 98.0 3.89 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .231 .498 $

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
1951 24 PIT NL 7 110 171 22 50 3 1 4 2 0 14 20 .292 .349 .392 .741 .313 67 1 1 3 0 2
1952 25 PIT NL 5 24 48 13 20 1 1 1 0 0 5 2 .417 .472 .542 1.013 .422 26 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 12 134 219 35 70 4 2 5 2 0 19 22 .320 .377 .425 .801 .339 93 2 1 3 0 2
162 Game Avg. 43 480 784 125 251 14 7 18 7 0 68 79 .320 .377 .425 .801 .339 333 7 4 11 0 7
MLB Averages .261 .339 .372 .710 .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
1951 24 PIT NL 0.5 0.0 114 0.7 3.2 -2.5 1.60 0.1 0.3 4.1 0.4 1.60 1.3 1 0 0
1952 25 PIT NL -6.7 -0.6 24 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .17 -0.2 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.17 -2.1 0 0 3
3 Yrs -9.4 -0.9 138 0.6 3.3 -2.7 1.35 -0.0 0.5 1.2 0.1 1.35 -0.8 1 0 3

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
1951 24 PIT NL 7 6 2 3 1 0 1 2 4 .333 0 1 2 0 3 50% 50.8 77 15 1 0 2 3 3.1 3.0 7.2
1952 25 PIT NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 2 1 0 1 0.0 5.0
2 Yrs 12 7 2 4 1 0 1 2 5 .286 0 1 2 0 3 43% 48 77 15 3 1 2 4 2.6 3.0 6.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 104 -9 4.6 4.6 6.7

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
1948 21 CHC NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1951 24 PIT NL 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.599 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1952 25 PIT NL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% .175 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 0 3.8
3 Yrs 13 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 1.344 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 2 3 0 3.0

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%
1948 21 CHC NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 70%
1951 24 PIT NL 189 68% 3.6% 18.2% 12.7% 7.3% 16% 0.58 134% 23 1 4%
1952 25 PIT NL 53 67% 4.2% 8.3% 20.8% 12.5% 15% 0.88 188% 9 1 11%
3 Yrs 252 68% 3.5% 16.0% 14.6% 7.6% 15% 0.63 138% 32 2 6%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 12.8% 12.9% 7.1% 24% 0.95 100% 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
1948 21 CHC NL 5 0 0
1951 24 PIT NL 110 50 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 3 2 50% 2 2 0 50 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 79
1952 25 PIT NL 24 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
3 Yrs 134 75 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 9 5 2 56% 2 3 0 65 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 108
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+
1948 21 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 15 7.000 45.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 15
1949 22 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 15 7.000 45.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 15
1950 23 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 15 7.000 45.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 15
1951 24 2 3 .400 4.91 8 6 0 2 0 0 44.0 55 26 24 4 16 21 1 0 2 199 87 1.614 11.3 0.8 3.3 4.3 1.31 87
1952 25 2 4 .333 6.00 13 7 1 2 0 0 54.0 75 39 36 5 21 23 1 0 3 252 70 1.778 12.5 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10 70

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
1948 21 0 0 36.00 1.0 5 4 4 0 2 1 0 7.000 45.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 0.0 1
1951 24 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 51 22 20 4 14 20 1 1.512 10.7 2.9 4.2 1.43 0.8 7
1952 25 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 21 13 12 1 5 2 0 2.600 18.9 4.5 1.8 0.40 0.9 5
3 Yrs 2 3 .400 6.00 54.0 77 39 36 5 21 23 1 1.815 12.8 3.8 1.10 0.8 13

* 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.

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