Chuck Churn
Clarence Nottingham Churn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 1, 1930 in Bridgetown, VA
High School: Northhampton (Eastville, VA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1957
Final Game: September 29, 1959
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Standard Pitching

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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
1957 27 PIT NL 0 0 4.32 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 34 88 1.560 9.7 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00
1958 28 CLE AL 0 0 6.23 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 12 7 6 1 5 0 4 0 1 0 41 59 1.962 12.5 1.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
1959 29 LAD NL 3 2 .600 4.99 14 0 6 0 0 1 30.2 28 17 17 2 10 4 24 1 0 0 125 85 1.239 8.2 0.6 2.9 7.0 2.40
3 Seasons 3 2 .600 5.10 25 0 11 0 0 1 47.2 49 28 27 4 19 5 32 1 1 1 200 80 1.427 9.3 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.68
162 Game Avg. 8 5 .600 5.10 68 0 30 0 0 3 130 133 76 73 11 52 14 87 3 3 3 544 80 1.427 9.3 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.68
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 4.32 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 34 88 1.560 9.7 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00
LAD (1 yr) 3 2 .600 4.99 14 0 6 0 0 1 30.2 28 17 17 2 10 4 24 1 0 0 125 85 1.239 8.2 0.6 2.9 7.0 2.40
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 12 7 6 1 5 0 4 0 1 0 41 59 1.962 12.5 1.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
NL (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.85 19 0 9 0 0 1 39.0 37 21 21 3 14 5 28 1 0 1 159 85 1.308 8.5 0.7 3.2 6.5 2.00
AL (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 12 7 6 1 5 0 4 0 1 0 41 59 1.962 12.5 1.0 5.2 4.2 0.80

Postseason Pitching

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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
1959 29 LAD NL WS W CHW 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7.500 67.5 13.5 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7.500 67.5 13.5 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1957 27 PIT NL 5 34 27 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 .333 .406 .519 .925 .348 14 1 0 2 1 1
1958 28 CLE AL 6 41 35 7 12 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 .343 .425 .457 .882 .367 16 2 0 1 0 0
1959 29 LAD NL 14 125 110 17 28 5 2 2 1 1 10 24 .255 .315 .391 .705 .299 43 2 1 1 3 4
3 Seasons 25 200 172 28 49 8 2 4 3 1 19 32 .285 .352 .424 .776 .321 73 5 1 4 4 5
162 Game Avg. 68 544 468 76 133 22 5 11 8 3 52 87 .285 .352 .424 .776 .321 199 14 3 11 11 14
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1957 27 PIT NL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 9 0.218 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 5.0
1958 28 CLE AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.402 0 2 4 0 1 5 1 5 2 1 2 1 4.3
1959 29 LAD NL 14 14 6 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 18 6 33% 3 0.925 4 5 5 2 3 9 9 5 9 3 9 2 6.6
3 Seasons 25 25 11 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 23 11 48% 0.698 4 8 13 2 4 19 12 13 12 5 12 3 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1957 27 PIT NL 34 29% 2.9% 11.8% 11.8% 8.8% 33% 1.33 68% 7 1 14%
1958 28 CLE AL 41 12% 2.4% 9.8% 12.2% 4.9% 17% 0.91 73% 11 2 18%
1959 29 LAD NL 125 34% 1.6% 19.2% 8.0% 7.2% 32% 1.19 70% 21 2 10%
3 Seasons 200 29% 2.0% 16.0% 9.5% 7.0% 29% 1.16 70% 39 5 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1957 27 PIT NL 34 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 28 CLE AL 41 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 100% 1 0 0 20 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1959 29 LAD NL 125 28 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 9 5 1 56% 1 0 0 43 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Seasons 200 49 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 17 12 1 71% 2 1 0 79 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1957 27 0 0 4.32 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 1 4 1 4 0 0 1 34 88 1.560 9.7 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00 88
1958 28 0 0 5.29 11 0 5 0 0 0 17.0 21 11 10 2 9 1 8 0 1 1 75 71 1.765 11.1 1.1 4.8 4.2 0.89 71
1959 29 3 2 .600 5.10 25 0 11 0 0 1 47.2 49 28 27 4 19 5 32 1 1 1 200 80 1.427 9.3 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.68 80

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1957 27 0 0 6.43 7.0 10 6 5 1 4 3 0 2.000 12.9 5.1 3.9 0.75 1.3 5
1958 28 0 0 7.88 8.0 13 8 7 1 5 4 0 2.250 14.6 5.6 4.5 0.80 1.1 6
1959 29 1 2 .333 4.65 31.0 28 18 16 2 10 24 1 1.226 8.1 2.9 7.0 2.40 0.6 14
3 Seasons 1 2 .333 5.48 46.0 51 32 28 4 19 31 1 1.522 10.0 6.1 1.63 0.8 25

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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