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Cliff Chambers

Clifford Day Chambers (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 208 lb.

Born: January 10, 1922 in Portland, OR
High School: Bellingham HS (Bellingham, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Cubs 1948-1953

Final Game: September 22, 1953 (Age 31)
Died: January 21, 2012 in Eagle, ID
Buried: Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise, ID
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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
1948 26 CHC NL 2 9 .182 4.43 29 12 10 3 1 0 103.2 100 57 51 4 48 51 3 0 0 452 88 1.428 8.7 0.3 4.2 4.4 1.06
1949 27 PIT NL 13 7 .650 3.96 34 21 6 10 1 0 177.1 186 89 78 15 58 93 5 0 1 765 106 1.376 9.4 0.8 2.9 4.7 1.60
1950 28 PIT NL 12 15 .444 4.30 37 33 2 11 2 0 249.1 262 138 119 18 92 93 6 1 4 1097 101 1.420 9.5 0.6 3.3 3.4 1.01
1951 29 TOT NL 14 12 .538 4.38 31 26 1 11 2 0 189.0 184 97 92 18 87 64 4 0 4 815 92 1.434 8.8 0.9 4.1 3.0 0.74
1951 29 PIT NL 3 6 .333 5.58 10 10 0 2 1 0 59.2 64 38 37 5 31 19 4 0 2 272 76 1.592 9.7 0.8 4.7 2.9 0.61
1951 29 STL NL 11 6 .647 3.83 21 16 1 9 1 0 129.1 120 59 55 13 56 45 0 0 2 543 104 1.361 8.4 0.9 3.9 3.1 0.80
1952 30 STL NL 4 4 .500 4.12 26 13 4 2 1 1 98.1 110 51 45 8 33 47 2 1 1 428 90 1.454 10.1 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.42
1953 31 STL NL 3 6 .333 4.86 32 8 9 0 0 0 79.2 82 50 43 7 43 26 1 1 3 362 88 1.569 9.3 0.8 4.9 2.9 0.60
6 Yrs 48 53 .475 4.29 189 113 32 37 7 1 897.1 924 482 428 70 361 374 21 3 13 3919 96 1.432 9.3 0.7 3.6 3.8 1.04
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .475 4.29 43 25 7 8 2 0 202 208 109 96 16 81 84 5 1 3 882 96 1.432 9.3 0.7 3.6 3.8 1.04
PIT (3 yrs) 28 28 .500 4.33 81 64 8 23 4 0 486.1 512 265 234 38 181 205 15 1 7 2134 99 1.425 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.8 1.13
STL (3 yrs) 18 16 .529 4.19 79 37 14 11 2 1 307.1 312 160 143 28 132 118 3 2 6 1333 95 1.445 9.1 0.8 3.9 3.5 0.89
CHC (1 yr) 2 9 .182 4.43 29 12 10 3 1 0 103.2 100 57 51 4 48 51 3 0 0 452 88 1.428 8.7 0.3 4.2 4.4 1.06

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 26 CHC NL 103.2 29 12 57 4.95 4.52 0.03 0.00 97.6 4.38 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.0 0.4 5 .476 .496
1949 27 PIT NL 177.1 34 21 89 4.52 4.47 -0.05 0.00 104.1 4.70 3 0.4 .7 -0.1 2.2 23 .510 .502
1950 28 PIT NL 249.1 37 33 138 4.98 4.79 -0.10 0.00 104.5 5.11 4 0.4 1.8 -0.1 2.9 31 .512 .503
1951 29 PIT NL 59.2 10 10 38 5.73 4.64 -0.15 0.00 98.4 4.72 -7 -0.7 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .434 .496
1951 29 STL NL 129.1 21 16 59 4.11 4.53 0.25 0.00 101.2 4.34 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.6 17 .517 .502
1952 30 STL NL 98.1 26 13 51 4.67 4.04 0.20 0.00 98.1 3.76 -10 -1.1 .6 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .459 .493
1953 31 STL NL 79.2 32 8 50 5.65 4.90 0.05 0.00 98.6 4.78 -7 -0.7 .7 -0.1 0.1 1 .479 .496
6 Seasons 897.1 189 113 482 4.83 4.58 0.02 0.00 101.5 4.63 -19 -1.9 .8 -0.5 7.0 76 .490 .498
PIT (3 yrs) 486.1 81 64 265 4.90 4.66 -0.08 0.00 103.6 4.91 1 0.1 1.0 -0.3 4.9 53 .502 .500
STL (3 yrs) 307.1 79 37 160 4.69 4.47 0.18 0.00 99.6 4.27 -14 -1.4 .7 -0.2 1.7 18 .483 .497
CHC (1 yr) 103.2 29 12 57 4.95 4.52 0.03 0.00 97.6 4.38 -7 -0.7 .8 -0.0 0.4 5 .476 .496

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 26 CHC NL 29 159 394 57 100 6 4 4 1 1 48 51 .254 .339 .320 .659 .283 126 2 3 7 0 1
1949 27 PIT NL 34 438 694 89 186 19 5 15 5 3 58 93 .268 .329 .375 .704 .292 260 7 5 8 0 6
1950 28 PIT NL 37 798 986 138 262 26 7 18 8 2 92 93 .266 .332 .361 .693 .279 356 15 6 12 0 9
1951 29 TOT NL 31 514 710 97 184 18 3 18 8 3 87 64 .259 .343 .369 .712 .264 262 13 4 13 0 9
1951 29 PIT NL 10 182 231 38 64 9 2 5 2 0 31 19 .277 .372 .398 .770 .285 92 4 4 5 0 4
1951 29 STL NL 21 332 479 59 120 9 1 13 6 3 56 45 .251 .329 .355 .684 .254 170 9 0 8 0 5
1952 30 STL NL 26 266 387 51 110 8 2 8 5 0 33 47 .284 .344 .377 .721 .307 146 10 2 6 0 5
1953 31 STL NL 32 291 308 50 82 7 3 7 4 1 43 26 .266 .358 .377 .735 .273 116 4 1 9 0 3
6 Yrs 189 2466 3479 482 924 84 24 70 31 10 361 374 .266 .338 .364 .702 .281 1266 51 21 55 0 33
162 Game Avg. 43 555 783 109 208 19 5 16 7 2 81 84 .266 .338 .364 .702 .281 285 11 5 12 0 7
MLB Averages .262 .338 .376 .714 .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
1948 26 CHC NL -5.9 -0.6 163 -1.0 1.4 -2.3 .67 0.4 -1.8 1.9 0.2 0.67 6.1 1 1 5
1949 27 PIT NL 4.5 0.4 450 0.0 8.2 -8.1 1.03 -0.8 0.8 -2.1 -0.2 1.03 -7.4 1 4 7
1950 28 PIT NL 0.4 0.0 816 0.4 15.7 -15.3 1.14 0.5 -0.1 0.4 0.0 1.14 7.9 2 1 0
1951 29 TOT NL -3.4 -0.3 531 0.7 8.5 -7.8 .97 -0.4 1.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.97 -2.7 2 0 1
1951 29 PIT NL -6.9 -0.7 186 -0.1 2.9 -3.1 .96 -0.4 0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.96 -3.8 0 0 0
1951 29 STL NL 3.5 0.4 345 0.9 5.6 -4.8 .97 0.0 0.9 2.2 0.2 0.97 1.1 2 0 1
1952 30 STL NL -4.6 -0.5 273 -0.0 4.3 -4.4 .93 -0.2 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.92 1.3 1 1 8
1953 31 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 304 -0.7 3.7 -4.4 .79 -0.5 -0.4 -10.0 -1.0 0.78 -6.0 2 3 13
6 Yrs -14.9 -1.4 2537 -0.5 41.9 -42.4 .99 -1.0 0.5 -8.7 -0.8 0.99 -0.8 9 10 34

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
1948 26 CHC NL 29 12 2 7 3 0 2 3 9 .250 0 1 3 1 4 33% 44.8 79 22 8 4 5 6 3.3 6.4 5.3
1949 27 PIT NL 34 21 12 7 2 4 2 14 7 .667 0 1 10 1 10 48% 52.2 84 24 6 1 6 6 4.9 4.6 7.0
1950 28 PIT NL 37 33 11 13 9 2 5 15 17 .469 0 5 11 2 15 45% 48.9 93 20 19 11 12 8 4.5 4.0 6.9
1951 29 TOT NL 31 26 13 10 3 3 2 14 12 .538 0 1 11 2 12 46% 49.6 83 18 13 4 4 8 4.8 5.7 6.8
1951 29 PIT NL 10 10 3 6 1 0 1 3 7 .300 0 0 2 1 4 40% 43.1 83 18 3 1 2 4 3.2 3.8 6.0
1951 29 STL NL 21 16 10 4 2 3 1 11 5 .688 0 1 9 1 8 50% 53.6 80 24 10 3 2 4 5.9 6.9 7.4
1952 30 STL NL 26 13 4 4 5 0 0 9 4 .692 1 0 2 1 6 46% 46.0 80 26 8 5 4 5 4.3 5.7 5.2
1953 31 STL NL 32 8 1 4 3 1 2 2 5 .286 1 2 0 0 3 38% 45.2 52 38 19 11 3 4 3.6 2.5 3.9
6 Yrs 189 113 43 45 25 10 13 57 54 .514 2 10 37 7 50 44% 49 93 18 73 36 34 37 4.4 4.6 6.3
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 106 -9 4.6 4.6 6.6

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 26 CHC NL 29 17 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% .670 1 1 5 1 0 7 3 5 11 2 7 1 7.1
1949 27 PIT NL 34 13 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 2 22% 8 1.032 1 4 7 1 1 10 6 6 7 5 8 1 6.8
1950 28 PIT NL 37 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 1.137 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 4 0 3 1 16.5
1951 29 TOT NL 31 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% .966 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 7.0
1951 29 STL NL 21 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% .968 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 7.0
1952 30 STL NL 26 13 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 1 14% 6 .931 1 1 8 2 0 9 5 6 9 2 7 3 7.1
1953 31 STL NL 32 24 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57% .790 2 3 13 1 1 16 7 11 17 3 13 2 6.1
6 Yrs 179 76 32 5 8 2 1 1 50% 3 1 47 19 40% .992 9 10 34 6 4 45 26 29 51 13 40 8 7.2

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 26 CHC NL 452 28% 2.5% 32.1% 30.2% 8.8% 14% 0.94 213% 27 2 7%
1949 27 PIT NL 766 24% 3.4% 21.2% 13.2% 8.9% 21% 0.90 134% 89 7 8%
1950 28 PIT NL 1097 21% 2.3% 11.7% 11.5% 6.4% 20% 0.85 110% 155 15 10%
1951 29 TOT NL 815 22% 3.5% 12.5% 16.9% 7.6% 21% 0.71 122% 113 13 12%
1951 29 PIT NL 272 20% 2.8% 10.4% 17.0% 8.8% 25% 0.65 114% 38 4 11%
1951 29 STL NL 543 23% 3.9% 13.6% 16.9% 6.9% 19% 0.74 127% 75 9 12%
1952 30 STL NL 428 30% 3.0% 17.7% 12.4% 6.8% 16% 1.04 125% 58 10 17%
1953 31 STL NL 361 33% 2.4% 8.9% 14.8% 5.8% 21% 1.17 95% 66 4 6%
6 Yrs 3919 24% 2.8% 15.2% 14.6% 7.2% 19% 0.88 123% 508 51 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 12.5% 12.2% 7.0% 24% 0.95 95% 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 26 CHC NL 159 100 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 17 11 1 65% 1 0 1 55 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 293
1949 27 PIT NL 438 186 15 0 8 9 2 4 7 20 9 4 45% 6 1 0 183 5 3 63% 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 328
1950 28 PIT NL 798 262 18 0 16 8 4 9 3 38 26 4 68% 9 4 0 306 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 299
1951 29 TOT NL 514 184 18 0 11 9 2 5 6 29 19 2 66% 9 4 0 215 8 3 73% 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 301
1951 29 PIT NL 182 64 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 12 7 1 58% 4 2 0 82 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 90
1951 29 STL NL 332 120 13 0 8 7 2 4 5 17 12 1 71% 5 2 0 133 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 211
1952 30 STL NL 266 110 8 0 9 5 0 4 1 15 7 0 47% 5 1 1 101 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 162
1953 31 STL NL 291 82 7 1 12 4 3 4 3 21 12 5 57% 3 3 0 117 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 70
6 Yrs 2466 924 70 1 61 35 11 26 20 140 84 16 60% 33 13 2 977 31 10 76% 26 5 4 1 1 4 1 0 23 1453
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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 26 2 9 .182 4.43 29 12 10 3 1 0 103.2 100 57 51 4 48 51 3 0 0 452 88 1.428 8.7 0.3 4.2 4.4 1.06 88
1949 27 15 16 .484 4.13 63 33 16 13 2 0 281.0 286 146 129 19 106 144 8 0 1 1217 99 1.395 9.2 0.6 3.4 4.6 1.36 99
1950 28 27 31 .466 4.21 100 66 18 24 4 0 530.1 548 284 248 37 198 237 14 1 5 2314 100 1.407 9.3 0.6 3.4 4.0 1.20 100
1951 29 41 43 .488 4.25 131 92 19 35 6 0 719.1 732 381 340 55 285 301 18 1 9 3129 98 1.414 9.2 0.7 3.6 3.8 1.06 98
1952 30 45 47 .489 4.24 157 105 23 37 7 1 817.2 842 432 385 63 318 348 20 2 10 3557 97 1.419 9.3 0.7 3.5 3.8 1.09 97
1953 31 48 53 .475 4.29 189 113 32 37 7 1 897.1 924 482 428 70 361 374 21 3 13 3919 96 1.432 9.3 0.7 3.6 3.8 1.04 96

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 26 5 6 .455 4.63 105.0 105 60 54 4 50 51 3 1.476 9.0 4.3 4.4 1.02 0.3 29
1949 27 11 9 .550 3.71 182.0 186 83 75 15 58 95 5 1.341 9.2 2.9 4.7 1.64 0.7 34
1950 28 15 14 .517 3.83 263.0 260 124 112 18 91 98 6 1.335 8.9 3.1 3.4 1.08 0.6 37
1951 29 9 11 .450 4.45 188.0 189 103 93 18 89 64 4 1.479 9.0 4.3 3.1 0.72 0.9 31
1952 30 4 6 .400 4.64 97.0 119 56 50 9 36 46 2 1.598 11.0 3.3 4.3 1.28 0.8 26
1953 31 4 5 .444 4.55 83.0 83 47 42 7 44 27 1 1.530 9.0 4.8 2.9 0.61 0.8 32
6 Yrs 48 51 .485 4.18 918.0 942 473 426 71 368 381 21 1.427 9.2 3.7 1.04 0.7 189

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 NL  .650 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  4.720 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1950 NL  249.3 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1950 NL  33 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL  2 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 NL  92 (7th)
1951 NL  87 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 NL  262 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  1.603 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  0.650 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1950 NL  15 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  119 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 NL  5 (10th)
1950 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1950 NL  1,097 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1639), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (959th), 8.4 career WAR/8.4 7yr-peak WAR/8.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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