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Bob Chipman

Robert Howard Chipman (Mr. Chips)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 11, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/Dodgers 1941-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: November 8, 1973 in Huntington, NY
Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY
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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
1941 22 BRO NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 21 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
1942 23 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
1943 24 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
1944 25 TOT NL 12 10 .545 3.65 37 24 7 9 1 2 165.1 185 81 67 10 64 61 0 0 4 731 97 1.506 10.1 0.5 3.5 3.3 0.95
1944 25 BRO NL 3 1 .750 4.21 11 3 3 1 0 0 36.1 38 19 17 1 24 20 0 0 2 170 85 1.706 9.4 0.2 5.9 5.0 0.83
1944 25 CHC NL 9 9 .500 3.49 26 21 4 8 1 2 129.0 147 62 50 9 40 41 0 0 2 561 101 1.450 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.03
1945 26 CHC NL 4 5 .444 3.50 25 10 3 3 1 0 72.0 63 37 28 4 34 29 1 0 1 313 105 1.347 7.9 0.5 4.3 3.6 0.85
1946 27 CHC NL 6 5 .545 3.13 34 10 6 5 3 2 109.1 103 44 38 8 54 42 1 0 1 467 106 1.436 8.5 0.7 4.4 3.5 0.78
1947 28 CHC NL 7 6 .538 3.68 32 17 4 5 1 0 134.2 135 58 55 8 66 51 0 0 1 581 108 1.493 9.0 0.5 4.4 3.4 0.77
1948 29 CHC NL 2 1 .667 3.58 34 3 13 0 0 4 60.1 73 34 24 5 24 16 0 0 1 279 109 1.608 10.9 0.7 3.6 2.4 0.67
1949 30 CHC NL 7 8 .467 3.97 38 11 15 3 1 1 113.1 110 65 50 8 63 46 2 0 3 511 101 1.526 8.7 0.6 5.0 3.7 0.73
1950 31 BSN NL 7 7 .500 4.43 27 12 9 4 0 1 124.0 127 75 61 10 37 40 4 3 0 534 87 1.323 9.2 0.7 2.7 2.9 1.08
1951 32 BSN NL 4 3 .571 4.85 33 0 22 0 0 4 52.0 59 29 28 5 19 17 2 0 2 233 77 1.500 10.2 0.9 3.3 2.9 0.89
1952 33 BSN NL 1 1 .500 2.81 29 0 12 0 0 0 41.2 28 15 13 5 20 16 0 0 1 172 130 1.152 6.0 1.1 4.3 3.5 0.80
12 Yrs 51 46 .526 3.72 293 87 93 29 7 14 880.2 889 438 364 63 386 322 10 3 14 3855 100 1.448 9.1 0.6 3.9 3.3 0.83
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .526 3.72 52 16 17 5 1 3 158 159 78 65 11 69 58 2 1 3 690 100 1.448 9.1 0.6 3.9 3.3 0.83
CHC (6 yrs) 35 34 .507 3.56 189 72 45 24 7 9 618.2 631 300 245 42 281 225 4 0 9 2712 104 1.474 9.2 0.6 4.1 3.3 0.80
BRO (4 yrs) 4 1 .800 3.45 15 3 5 1 0 0 44.1 44 19 17 1 29 24 0 0 2 204 107 1.647 8.9 0.2 5.9 4.9 0.83
BSN (3 yrs) 12 11 .522 4.22 89 12 43 4 0 5 217.2 214 119 102 20 76 73 6 3 3 939 90 1.332 8.8 0.8 3.1 3.0 0.96

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
1941 22 BRO NL 5.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.37 0.36 0.00 104.0 3.13 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 2 .715 .501 $
1942 23 BRO NL 1.1 2 0 0 0.00 4.52 0.16 0.00 103.3 4.51 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .540 .500 $
1943 24 BRO NL 1.2 1 0 0 0.00 4.18 -0.16 0.00 96.0 4.17 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .595 .501 $
1944 25 BRO NL 36.1 11 3 19 4.71 4.12 -0.53 0.00 99.6 4.63 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .497 .500 $
1944 25 CHC NL 129.0 26 21 62 4.33 4.37 -0.21 0.00 97.7 4.47 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.2 14 .509 .501 $
1945 26 CHC NL 72.0 25 10 37 4.63 4.52 0.23 0.00 97.9 4.20 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.2 4 .484 .498 $
1946 27 CHC NL 116.1 34 10 44 3.40 4.07 -0.08 0.00 98.1 4.06 9 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.0 20 .529 .506 $
1947 28 CHC NL 134.2 32 17 58 3.88 4.85 -0.04 0.00 97.3 4.75 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.5 29 .541 .508 $
1948 29 CHC NL 60.1 34 3 34 5.07 4.60 0.04 0.00 98.9 4.51 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.1 3 .488 .498 $
1949 30 CHC NL 113.1 38 11 65 5.16 4.65 -0.16 0.00 99.0 4.77 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.5 8 .486 .497 $
1950 31 BSN NL 124.0 27 12 75 5.44 4.62 -0.12 0.00 92.8 4.40 -14 -1.3 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .451 .492 $
1951 32 BSN NL 52.0 33 0 29 5.02 4.31 -0.25 0.00 96.7 4.41 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 -0.1 2 .489 .498 $
1952 33 BSN NL 41.2 29 0 15 3.24 4.47 -0.21 0.00 97.0 4.53 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.0 10 .523 .504 $
12 Seasons 887.2 293 87 438 4.44 4.49 -0.11 0.00 97.3 4.47 2 0.5 1.1 -0.9 7.8 98 .502 .500 $
CHC (6 yrs) 625.2 189 72 300 4.32 4.51 -0.06 0.00 98.1 4.48 10 1.2 1.0 -0.5 6.5 79 .506 .501 $
BRO (4 yrs) 44.1 15 3 19 3.86 4.05 -0.39 0.00 100.1 4.44 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.7 7 .524 .501 $
BSN (3 yrs) 217.2 89 12 119 4.92 4.52 -0.16 0.00 94.5 4.42 -11 -1.0 1.2 -0.4 0.6 12 .489 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1945 26 CHC NL WS L DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00

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 29 CHC NL 34 69 249 34 73 2 1 5 0 0 24 16 .293 .355 .369 .725 .298 92 3 0 6 0 5
1949 30 CHC NL 38 207 445 65 110 14 4 8 0 1 63 46 .247 .343 .351 .694 .261 156 3 2 1 0 5
1950 31 BSN NL 27 444 485 75 127 29 1 10 3 1 37 40 .262 .319 .388 .707 .269 188 11 4 8 0 7
1951 32 BSN NL 33 233 207 29 59 7 2 5 1 2 19 17 .285 .351 .411 .762 .292 85 2 2 5 0 3
1952 33 BSN NL 29 151 148 15 28 2 1 5 1 1 20 16 .189 .286 .318 .603 .181 47 3 0 3 0 4
5 Yrs 161 1104 1534 218 397 54 9 33 5 5 163 135 .259 .333 .370 .703 .266 568 22 8 23 0 24
162 Game Avg. 59 401 558 79 144 20 3 12 2 2 59 49 .259 .333 .370 .703 .266 207 8 3 8 0 9
MLB Averages .259 .333 .341 .673 .276

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 29 CHC NL -0.8 -0.1 70 -0.6 1.1 -1.8 1.35 -0.5 0.1 -7.6 -0.8 1.35 -5.1 1 3 2
1949 30 CHC NL -3.2 -0.3 228 -1.7 2.8 -4.4 .88 -1.3 -0.6 -19.7 -1.9 0.87 -14.6 4 3 8
1950 31 BSN NL -11.0 -1.0 470 0.4 8.2 -7.9 .95 0.1 0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.96 0.1 4 3 6
1951 32 BSN NL -5.8 -0.6 239 0.9 6.6 -5.7 1.48 -0.2 0.8 2.7 0.3 1.48 -3.7 12 3 16
1952 33 BSN NL 4.0 0.4 154 -0.6 2.0 -2.6 .82 0.1 -0.8 0.9 0.1 0.82 1.5 5 3 17
12 Yrs -7.2 -0.6 1161 -1.6 20.8 -22.4 1.05 -1.8 0.3 -26.8 -2.6 1.05 -21.9 26 15 49

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 25 TOT NL 37 24 10 7 7 2 3 14 10 .583 0 0 9 1 12 50% 47.6 79 20 10 10 5.7 6.1
1944 25 BRO NL 11 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 1 33% 38.0 56 20 1 2 7.8 7.4
1944 25 CHC NL 26 21 9 7 5 2 3 12 9 .571 0 0 8 1 11 52% 49.0 79 25 9 8 5.3 5.9
1945 26 CHC NL 25 10 4 4 2 0 0 5 5 .500 0 0 3 1 5 50% 52.2 78 29 3 7 4.4 5.3
1946 27 CHC NL 34 10 5 4 1 0 2 5 4 .556 0 0 5 3 8 80% 58.2 77 34 4 4 3.2 7.3
1947 28 CHC NL 32 17 6 6 5 0 2 7 10 .412 0 0 5 1 9 53% 48.8 85 31 4 6 3.6 6.0
1948 29 CHC NL 34 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 36 26 9 1 1 1 5.9 0.9
1949 30 CHC NL 38 11 4 6 1 1 1 5 6 .455 0 0 3 1 4 36% 46.4 80 28 11 4 1 7 4.1 4.0 5.5
1950 31 BSN NL 27 12 5 6 1 2 2 5 7 .417 0 1 4 0 6 50% 45.2 74 17 5 2 7 3 4.0 4.2 6.9
7 Yrs 227 87 34 34 19 5 10 43 43 .500 0 1 29 7 44 51% 49 85 17 25 7 30 38 4.4 4.1 6.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.6 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
1941 22 BRO NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.0
1942 23 BRO NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0
1943 24 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.0
1944 25 TOT NL 37 13 7 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 4 4.4
1944 25 BRO NL 11 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 5.3
1944 25 CHC NL 26 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 3.0
1945 26 CHC NL 25 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 1 3.8
1946 27 CHC NL 34 24 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 6 3 5.5
1947 28 CHC NL 32 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 3 6.6
1948 29 CHC NL 34 31 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 1 11% 1.347 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 18 8 4 4 5.6
1949 30 CHC NL 38 27 15 3 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 5 63% .883 4 3 8 1 4 10 4 11 17 5 12 3 5.9
1950 31 BSN NL 27 15 9 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 1 13% 7 .951 4 3 6 1 2 10 4 9 12 2 10 1 8.3
1951 32 BSN NL 33 33 22 4 3 7 4 3 57% 10 2 36 6 17% 8 1.479 12 3 16 10 3 20 15 18 16 5 17 7 4.7
1952 33 BSN NL 29 29 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 40% 8 .816 5 3 17 0 6 20 10 16 9 6 9 5 4.3
12 Yrs 293 206 93 17 12 9 14 3 156% 12 2 81 21 26% 1.056 26 15 49 13 16 64 36 57 110 46 52 31 5.4

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%
1941 22 BRO NL 21 0.0% 14.3% 4.8% 81%
1942 23 BRO NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 50%
1943 24 BRO NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 28.6% 71%
1944 25 TOT NL 731 1.4% 8.3% 8.8% 2.3% 9% 79%
1944 25 BRO NL 170 0.6% 11.8% 14.1% 2.9% 13% 71%
1944 25 CHC NL 561 1.6% 7.3% 7.1% 2.1% 8% 81%
1945 26 CHC NL 313 1.3% 9.3% 10.9% 2.6% 13% 77%
1946 27 CHC NL 493 1.6% 8.5% 11.0% 2.4% 12% 77%
1947 28 CHC NL 582 1.4% 8.8% 11.3% 2.6% 11% 78%
1948 29 CHC NL 279 38% 7.3% 23.2% 34.8% 11.6% 11% 1.46 330% 26 3 12%
1949 30 CHC NL 511 31% 3.9% 22.2% 30.4% 12.6% 24% 0.69 189% 50 3 6%
1950 31 BSN NL 534 27% 2.3% 9.0% 8.3% 9.0% 32% 0.84 98% 80 11 14%
1951 32 BSN NL 233 37% 2.2% 7.3% 8.2% 6.0% 24% 0.76 79% 51 2 4%
1952 33 BSN NL 172 58% 3.3% 10.6% 13.3% 5.3% 29% 1.29 84% 28 3 11%
12 Yrs 3882 35% 1.9% 9.9% 11.9% 4.5% 17% 0.88 93% 235 22 9%
MLB Averages 49% 1.7% 10.4% 10.4% 4.3% 17% 0.95 86% 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
1941 22 BRO NL 3 0 0
1942 23 BRO NL 1 0 0
1943 24 BRO NL 2 0 0
1944 25 TOT NL 185 10 4
1944 25 BRO NL 38 1 2
1944 25 CHC NL 147 9 2
1945 26 CHC NL 63 4 1
1946 27 CHC NL 103 8 1
1947 28 CHC NL 135 8 1
1948 29 CHC NL 69 73 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 67% 5 1 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 210
1949 30 CHC NL 207 110 8 0 10 2 1 2 1 17 9 1 53% 5 3 2 87 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 304
1950 31 BSN NL 444 127 10 0 4 7 2 2 7 23 16 3 70% 7 0 0 172 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 90
1951 32 BSN NL 233 59 5 0 12 5 0 1 4 16 5 1 31% 3 2 0 101 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1952 33 BSN NL 151 28 5 0 9 2 2 2 2 12 7 0 58% 4 1 1 51 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
12 Yrs 1104 889 63 0 42 16 5 7 14 74 41 6 55% 24 14 3 445 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 625
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+
1941 22 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 21 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
1942 23 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 27 1.105 5.7 0.0 4.3 5.7 1.33
1943 24 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 6 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 34 1.375 6.8 0.0 5.6 4.5 0.80
1944 25 13 10 .565 3.48 41 24 9 9 1 2 173.1 191 81 67 10 69 65 0 0 4 765 102 1.500 9.9 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.94 102
1945 26 17 15 .531 3.49 66 34 12 12 2 2 245.1 254 118 95 14 103 94 1 0 5 1078 103 1.455 9.3 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.91 103
1946 27 23 20 .535 3.38 100 44 18 17 5 4 354.2 357 162 133 22 157 136 2 0 6 1545 104 1.449 9.1 0.6 4.0 3.5 0.87 104
1947 28 30 26 .536 3.46 132 61 22 22 6 4 489.1 492 220 188 30 223 187 2 0 7 2126 105 1.461 9.0 0.6 4.1 3.4 0.84 105
1948 29 32 27 .542 3.47 166 64 35 22 6 8 549.2 565 254 212 35 247 203 2 0 8 2405 105 1.477 9.3 0.6 4.0 3.3 0.82 105
1949 30 39 35 .527 3.56 204 75 50 25 7 9 663.0 675 319 262 43 310 249 4 0 11 2916 105 1.486 9.2 0.6 4.2 3.4 0.80 105
1950 31 46 42 .523 3.69 231 87 59 29 7 10 787.0 802 394 323 53 347 289 8 3 11 3450 101 1.460 9.2 0.6 4.0 3.3 0.83 101
1951 32 50 45 .526 3.77 264 87 81 29 7 14 839.0 861 423 351 58 366 306 10 3 13 3683 99 1.462 9.2 0.6 3.9 3.3 0.84 99
1952 33 51 46 .526 3.72 293 87 93 29 7 14 880.2 889 438 364 63 386 322 10 3 14 3855 100 1.448 9.1 0.6 3.9 3.3 0.83 100

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
1941 22 0 0 0.00 6.0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.833 6.0 1.5 4.5 3.00 0.0 1
1942 23 0 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 0.0 2
1943 24 0 0 0.00 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.000 18.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1944 25 9 9 .500 4.06 164.0 198 82 74 11 68 61 0 1.622 10.9 3.7 3.3 0.90 0.6 37
1945 26 4 4 .500 3.65 74.0 67 33 30 4 36 30 1 1.392 8.1 4.4 3.6 0.83 0.5 25
1946 27 5 6 .455 4.02 103.0 116 51 46 9 61 40 1 1.718 10.1 5.3 3.5 0.66 0.8 34
1947 28 7 7 .500 3.89 132.0 141 63 57 8 69 50 0 1.591 9.6 4.7 3.4 0.72 0.5 32
1948 29 4 3 .571 3.57 63.0 77 28 25 5 25 17 0 1.619 11.0 3.6 2.4 0.68 0.7 34
1949 30 6 6 .500 3.92 117.0 114 57 51 8 65 47 2 1.530 8.8 5.0 3.6 0.72 0.6 38
1950 31 6 8 .429 4.61 127.0 134 72 65 11 39 41 4 1.362 9.5 2.8 2.9 1.05 0.8 27
1951 32 2 3 .400 5.37 52.0 63 34 31 5 20 17 2 1.596 10.9 3.5 2.9 0.85 0.9 33
1952 33 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 31 17 15 6 22 16 0 1.262 6.6 4.7 3.4 0.73 1.3 29
12 Yrs 45 48 .484 4.02 882.0 948 437 394 67 410 323 10 1.540 9.7 3.3 0.79 0.7 293

* 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

Saves s c a p y
1948 NL  4 (7th)
1951 NL  4 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 NL  22 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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