Nelson Chittum

Nelson Boyd Chittum

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 25, 1933 in Harrisonburg, VA
High School: Elizabethtown HS (Elizabethtown, VA)
School: Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1958
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals 1958-1960

Final Game: May 4, 1960
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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
1956	23	STL-min	C	23	7	.767	3.62	37	32					266.0	249	122	107	16	97								1.301	8.4	0.5	3.3			FRE · CALL
1957	24	STL-min	AA	16	12	.571	3.38	37	31		14	3		234.0	223	98	88	13	72	9	145	4	2	1			1.261	8.6	0.5	2.8	5.6	2.01	HSN · TL
1958	25	STL-min	AAA	12	8	.600	2.84	28	23		10	3		171.0	172	57	54	8	37	5	93	2	0	6			1.222	9.1	0.4	1.9	4.9	2.51	OMA · AA
1958	25	STL	NL	0	1	.000	6.44	13	2	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	21	21	5	7	0	13	1	1	2	127	65	1.295	9.5	1.5	2.1	4.0	1.86
1959	26	BOS-min	AAA	11	5	.688	3.64	25	14		8	0		131.0	131	60	53	7	35	9	65	1	0	6			1.267	9.0	0.5	2.4	4.5	1.86	MNE · AA
1959	26	BOS	AL	3	0	1.000	1.19	21	0	13	0	0	0	30.1	29	9	4	0	11	2	12	0	1	0	124	343	1.319	8.6	0.0	3.3	3.6	1.09
1960	27	LAD-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.28	48	22		9	2		162.0	172	89	77	11	51	9	68	8	0	5			1.377	9.6	0.6	2.8	3.8	1.33	MTL · IL
1960	27	BOS	AL	0	0		4.32	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	8	4	4	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	40	97	1.680	8.6	0.0	6.5	5.4	0.83
1961	28	LAD-min	AAA	12	9	.571	4.18	46	24					211.0	237	115	98	20	56								1.389	10.1	0.9	2.4			OMA · AA
1962	29	LAD-min	AAA	1	14	.067	4.47	38	22		3	0		151.0	175	93	75	12	53	6	61	4	0	0			1.510	10.4	0.7	3.2	3.6	1.15	OMA,SPO · AA,PCL
1963	30	BAL-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.18	28	28					195.0	180	77	69	24	41		82						1.133	8.3	1.1	1.9	3.8	2.00	ROC · IL
1964	31	BAL-min	AAA	11	11	.500	3.35	30	22		9	3		161.0	161	74	60	13	49	9	77	5	0	3			1.304	9.0	0.7	2.7	4.3	1.57	ROC · IL
3 Yrs				3	1	.750	3.84	40	2	17	0	0	0	68.0	68	34	29	5	24	3	30	1	2	2	291	108	1.353	9.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	1.25
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.750	3.84	65	3	28	0	0	0	110	110	55	47	8	39	5	49	2	3	3	471	108	1.353	9.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	1.25

BOS (2 yrs)				3	0	1.000	1.86	27	0	14	0	0	0	38.2	37	13	8	0	17	3	17	0	1	0	164	220	1.397	8.6	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.44	13	2	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	21	21	5	7	0	13	1	1	2	127	65	1.295	9.5	1.5	2.1	4.0	1.86

AL (2 yrs)				3	0	1.000	1.86	27	0	14	0	0	0	38.2	37	13	8	0	17	3	17	0	1	0	164	220	1.397	8.6	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.00
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.44	13	2	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	21	21	5	7	0	13	1	1	2	127	65	1.295	9.5	1.5	2.1	4.0	1.86

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
1958	25	STL	NL	29.1	13	2	21	6.44	4.48	0.03	0.00	106.8	4.74	-6	-0.6	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.456	.497	$
1959	26	BOS	AL	30.1	21	0	9	2.67	4.30	0.13	0.00	103.6	4.32	6	0.6	.9	-0.1	0.8	8	.530	.504	$
1960	27	BOS	AL	8.1	6	0	4	4.32	4.56	-0.33	-0.19	103.7	4.88	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.510	.500	$
3 Seasons				68.0	40	2	34	4.50	4.41	0.03	-0.02	105.0	4.57	1	0.1	.8	-0.1	0.7	7	.503	.500	$

BOS (2 yrs)				38.2	27	0	13	3.03	4.36	0.03	-0.04	103.6	4.44	6	0.7	.9	-0.1	0.9	9	.526	.502	$
STL (1 yr)				29.1	13	2	21	6.44	4.48	0.03	0.00	106.8	4.74	-6	-0.6	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.456	.497	$

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
1958	25	STL	NL	13	127	117	21	31	8	1	5	1	1	7	13	.265	.310	.479	.788	.260	56	0	1	1	1	0	2
1959	26	BOS	AL	21	125	109	9	29	4	0	0	0	3	11	12	.266	.331	.303	.633	.296	33	4	0	4	1	2	2
1960	27	BOS	AL	6	40	33	4	8	3	0	0	0	1	6	5	.242	.359	.333	.692	.286	11	1	0	1	0	1	3
3 Yrs				40	292	259	34	68	15	1	5	1	5	24	30	.263	.325	.386	.711	.279	100	5	1	6	2	3	7
162 Game Avg.				65	473	419	55	110	24	2	8	2	8	39	49	.263	.325	.386	.711	.279	162	8	2	10	3	5	11
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.715	.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
1958	25	STL	NL	-5.9	-0.6	132	-0.5	1.1	-1.6	.52	-0.4	-0.6	-8.2	-0.8	0.52	-4.4	1	2	8
1959	26	BOS	AL	7.4	0.8	130	0.2	2.1	-1.9	.96	0.2	-0.0	2.1	0.2	0.96	3.1	6	5	10
1960	27	BOS	AL	0.1	0.0	41	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.69	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.69	-1.1	1	0	4
3 Yrs				1.7	0.2	303	-0.4	3.4	-3.8	.73	-0.3	-0.2	-5.9	-0.5	0.73	-2.3	8	7	22

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
1958	25	STL	NL	13	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	29.5	41	18	4	1	1	1	6.5	12.0	3.0
1 Yr				13	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30	41	18	4	1	1	1	6.5	12.0	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	111	4					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	25	STL	NL	13	11	3	0	1	1	4	2	50%	6	.518	1	2	8	1	0	10	2	9	10	1	10	0	6.4
1959	26	BOS	AL	21	21	13	3	2	2	15	8	53%	8	.956	6	5	10	2	2	17	7	14	9	4	10	4	4.3
1960	27	BOS	AL	6	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	50%	8	.690	1	0	4	0	1	5	1	5	3	2	3	2	4.2
3 Yrs				40	38	17	3	3	3	21	11	52%		.729	8	7	22	3	3	32	10	28	22	7	23	6	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	25	STL	NL	127	65%	3.9%	10.2%	5.5%	11.0%	45%	0.85	79%	17	0	0%
1959	26	BOS	AL	125	65%	0.0%	9.6%	8.8%	3.2%	14%	1.42	78%	30	4	13%
1960	27	BOS	AL	40	63%	0.0%	12.5%	15.0%	7.5%	38%	1.11	70%	11	1	9%
3 Yrs				292	64%	1.7%	10.3%	8.2%	7.2%	31%	1.10	77%	58	5	9%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	13.3%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.02	74%			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
1958	25	STL	NL	127	31			5	0	1	4	1	4	1	5	3	0	60%	2	2	0	40	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1959	26	BOS	AL	125	29			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	2	0	2	60	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1960	27	BOS	AL	40	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	3	0	0	20	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				292	68			5	0	4	4	1	4	1	11	7	1	64%	7	2	2	120	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		51%							59%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1958	25	0	1	.000	6.44	13	2	3	29.1	31	21	21	5	7	0	13	1	1	2	127	65	1.295	9.5	1.5	2.1	4.0	1.86	65
1959	26	3	1	.750	3.77	34	2	16	59.2	60	30	25	5	18	2	25	1	2	2	251	110	1.307	9.1	0.8	2.7	3.8	1.39	110
1960	27	3	1	.750	3.84	40	2	17	68.0	68	34	29	5	24	3	30	1	2	2	291	108	1.353	9.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	1.25	108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1958	25	1	2	.333	5.91	32.0	31	23	21	5	7	14	1	1.188	8.7	2.0	3.9	2.00	1.4	13
1959	26	3	0	1.000	1.20	30.0	29	4	4	0	11	12	0	1.333	8.7	3.3	3.6	1.09	0.0	21
1960	27	1	0	1.000	4.00	9.0	8	4	4	0	6	6	0	1.556	8.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	0.0	6
3 Yrs		5	2	.714	3.68	71.0	68	31	29	5	24	32	1	1.296	8.6		4.1	1.33	0.6	40

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