Slick Castleman

Clydell Castleman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 8, 1913 in Donelson, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1934
Team: Giants 1934-1939

Final Game: July 4, 1939
Died: March 2, 1998 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, TN
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1932	18	NVL	A	1	4	.200	3.69	25						78.0	88	53	32		30							1.513	10.2		3.5			NVL · SOUA
1933	19	NYY-min	B,A	10	9	.526	0.97	35						167.0	140	73	18		43							1.096	7.5		2.3			DHM,NVL · PIED,SOUA
1934	20	MTL	AA	4	5	.444	3.84	11						68.0	70	31	29		27							1.426	9.3		3.6			MTL · IL
1934	20	NYG	NL	1	0	1.000	5.40	7	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	18	11	10	1	10	5	0	0	2	77	73	1.680	9.7	0.5	5.4	2.7	0.50
1935	21	NYG	NL	15	6	.714	4.09	29	25	2	9	1	0	173.2	186	93	79	14	64	64	1	1	7	772	94	1.440	9.6	0.7	3.3	3.3	1.00
1936	22	NYG	NL	4	7	.364	5.64	29	12	9	2	1	1	111.2	148	80	70	6	56	54	5	0	4	529	69	1.827	11.9	0.5	4.5	4.4	0.96
1937	23	NYG	NL	11	6	.647	3.31	23	23	0	10	2	0	160.1	148	66	59	19	33	78	0	1	2	639	117	1.129	8.3	1.1	1.9	4.4	2.36
1938	24	NYG	NL	4	5	.444	4.17	21	14	5	4	0	0	90.2	108	55	42	4	37	18	3	0	0	411	91	1.599	10.7	0.4	3.7	1.8	0.49
1939	25	NYG	NL	1	2	.333	4.54	12	4	3	0	0	0	33.2	36	18	17	1	23	6	0	0	2	152	88	1.752	9.6	0.3	6.1	1.6	0.26
1940	26	SFG-min	AA	9	4	.692	3.64	19	14					89.0	98	39	36		18							1.303	9.9		1.8			JER · IL
6 Yrs				36	26	.581	4.25	121	78	23	25	4	1	586.2	644	323	277	45	223	225	9	2	17	2580	91	1.478	9.9	0.7	3.4	3.5	1.01
162 Game Avg.				12	9	.581	4.25	41	27	8	9	1	0	200	220	110	95	15	76	77	3	1	6	882	91	1.478	9.9	0.7	3.4	3.5	1.01

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1934	20	NYG	NL	16.2	7	0	11	5.94	4.88	0.39	96.3	4.32	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.457	.498	$
1935	21	NYG	NL	173.2	29	25	93	4.82	4.80	0.20	95.9	4.42	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.4	10	.470	.495	$
1936	22	NYG	NL	111.2	29	12	80	6.45	4.67	0.43	99.6	4.22	-28	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.8	-16	.411	.484	$
1937	23	NYG	NL	160.1	23	23	66	3.70	4.57	0.32	97.2	4.13	8	0.8		-0.1	2.0	23	.536	.505	$
1938	24	NYG	NL	89.2	21	14	55	5.52	4.54	0.25	99.0	4.25	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.442	.492	$
1939	25	NYG	NL	33.2	12	4	18	4.81	4.31	0.14	99.0	4.13	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.480	.498	$
6 Seasons				585.2	121	78	323	4.96	4.65	0.28	97.6	4.26	-47	-4.4	1.0	-0.3	-0.1	11	.464	.495	$

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
1936	22	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		2.08	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	18	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50
1 WS							0	0		2.08	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	18	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1934	20	NYG	NL	77	1.3%	6.5%	13.0%			77%
1935	21	NYG	NL	762	1.8%	8.4%	8.4%	3.2%	13%	80%
1936	22	NYG	NL	529	1.1%	10.2%	10.6%	1.7%	6%	75%
1937	23	NYG	NL	639	3.0%	12.2%	5.2%	4.1%	18%	78%
1938	24	NYG	NL	411	1.0%	4.4%	9.0%	2.4%	9%	83%
1939	25	NYG	NL	152	0.7%	4.0%	15.1%			78%
6 Yrs				2570	1.8%	8.8%	8.7%	2.7%	11%	79%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.8%	8.6%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1934	20	1	0	1.000	5.40	7	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	18	11	10	1	10	5	0	0	2	77	73	1.680	9.7	0.5	5.4	2.7	0.50	73
1935	21	16	6	.727	4.21	36	25	6	9	1	0	190.1	204	104	89	15	74	69	1	1	9	849	92	1.461	9.6	0.7	3.5	3.3	0.93	92
1936	22	20	13	.606	4.74	65	37	15	11	2	1	302.0	352	184	159	21	130	123	6	1	13	1378	82	1.596	10.5	0.6	3.9	3.7	0.95	82
1937	23	31	19	.620	4.24	88	60	15	21	4	1	462.1	500	250	218	40	163	201	6	2	15	2017	92	1.434	9.7	0.8	3.2	3.9	1.23	92
1938	24	35	24	.593	4.23	109	74	20	25	4	1	553.0	608	305	260	44	200	219	9	2	15	2428	91	1.461	9.9	0.7	3.3	3.6	1.10	91
1939	25	36	26	.581	4.25	121	78	23	25	4	1	586.2	644	323	277	45	223	225	9	2	17	2580	91	1.478	9.9	0.7	3.4	3.5	1.01	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1934	20	0	1	.000	5.29	17.0	19	11	10	1	11	5	0	1.765	10.1	5.8	2.6	0.45	0.5	7
1935	21	10	10	.500	3.96	184.0	193	90	81	15	66	68	1	1.408	9.4	3.2	3.3	1.03	0.7	29
1936	22	4	8	.333	5.65	113.0	152	79	71	6	58	54	5	1.858	12.1	4.6	4.3	0.93	0.5	29
1937	23	10	7	.588	3.47	161.0	155	69	62	20	35	78	0	1.180	8.7	2.0	4.4	2.23	1.1	23
1938	24	5	5	.500	4.35	93.0	115	50	45	4	39	18	3	1.656	11.1	3.8	1.7	0.46	0.4	21
1939	25	1	2	.333	4.64	33.0	37	19	17	1	24	6	0	1.848	10.1	6.5	1.6	0.25	0.3	12
6 Yrs		30	33	.476	4.28	601.0	671	318	286	47	233	229	9	1.504	10.0		3.4	0.98	0.7	121

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1935 NL .714 (3rd) 1937 NL .647 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1937 NL 1.129 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 8.308 (6th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 1.852 (5th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1937 NL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 19 (3rd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1937 NL 2.364 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1935 NL 7 (5th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1936 NL 5 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1934 NL born 1913-09-08 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Jim Bagby (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jaret Wright (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Mulder (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Lyons (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roy Halladay (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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