Chuck Churn

Clarence Nottingham Churn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 1, 1930 in Bridgetown, VA
High School: Northhampton HS (Eastville, VA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1957
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Indians/Pirates 1957-1959

Final Game: September 29, 1959
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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
1949	19	PIT-min	C	7	12	.368	6.31	33						194.0	237	162	136		125								1.866	11.0		5.8			UTN · MATL
1950	20	PIT-min	C	16	11	.593	3.71	41						194.0	182	101	80	13	59								1.242	8.4	0.6	2.7			HUT · WA
1951	21	PIT-min	A	1	1	.500	2.25	6						20.0	17		5		14								1.550	7.6		6.3			CHS · SALL
1953	23	PIT-min	A,AA	6	7	.462	1.97	25	8					96.0	119	33	21	3	41								1.667	11.2	0.3	3.8			CHS,NOR · SALL,SOUA
1954	24	PIT-min	A,AA	11	3	.786	4.70	45	9					132.0	160	84	69	7	62								1.682	10.9	0.5	4.2			DEN,NOR · WL,SOUA
1955	25	PIT-min	AA	13	8	.619	3.45	63	14					188.0	187	81	72	13	99								1.521	9.0	0.6	4.7			NOR · SOUA
1956	26	PIT-min	AA,Opn	9	8	.529	3.55	57	10		0	0		182.1	167	87	72	14	81		3	0	0	1			1.360	8.2	0.7	4.0	0.1	0.04	NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1957	27	PIT-min	Opn	9	7	.563	2.78	67	1		0	0		136.0	126	61	42	10	43		64	4	0	3			1.243	8.3	0.7	2.8	4.2	1.49	HOL · PCL
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	92	1.560	9.7	1.1	4.3	4.3	1.00
1958	28	CIN-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.65	38	18		7	2		153.0	162	76	62	10	46		64	2	0	2			1.359	9.5	0.6	2.7	3.8	1.39	SLE · PCL
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	62	1.962	12.5	1.0	5.2	4.2	0.80
1959	29	CIN-LAD-min	AAA	12	4	.750	3.34	34	20		12	3		170.0	165	70	63	11	29		83	0	0	1			1.141	8.7	0.6	1.5	4.4	2.86	SLE,SPO · PCL
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	86	1.239	8.2	0.6	2.9	7.0	2.40
1960	30	LAD-min	AAA	13	7	.650	3.96	57	5					159.0	184	79	70	16	53								1.491	10.4	0.9	3.0			SPO · PCL
1961	31	LAD-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.78	32	0					67.0	74	50	43	9	25								1.478	9.9	1.2	3.4			OMA · AA
1962	32	HOU-PIT-min	AAA	0	0		6.87	26	0		0	0		38.0	53	35	29	4	20	1	29	1	0	0			1.921	12.6	0.9	4.7	6.9	1.45	OKC,CLB · AA,IL
1963	33	HOU-min	A	3	1	.750	0.60	12	0					30.0	15	2	2	2	6								0.700	4.5	0.6	1.8			MOU · GAFL
1964	34	HOU-min	A	0	0		3.27	7	0					11.0	11	5	4	1	1								1.091	9.0	0.8	0.8			MOD · CALL
1965	35	HOU-min	A	0	0		0.00	3	0					3.0	0	0	0	0	0								0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0			SBY · WCRS
1966	36	HOU-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	1					4.0	3	0	0	0	0								0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0			DHM · CARL
1967	37	HOU-min	A	0	0		2.25	1	0					4.0	5	1	1	0	2		0						1.750	11.2	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	AVL · CARL
3 Yrs				3	2	.600	5.10	25	0	11	0	0	1	47.2	49	28	27	4	19	5	32	1	1	1	200	81	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	81	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	92	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	86	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	62	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	87	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	62	1.962	12.5	1.0	5.2	4.2	0.80

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
1957	27	PIT	NL	8.1	5	0	4	4.32	4.14	0.30	0.00	107.3	4.11	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.498	.500	$
1958	28	CLE	AL	8.2	6	0	7	7.27	4.08	-0.08	0.00	101.4	4.21	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.449	.498	$
1959	29	LAD	NL	30.2	14	0	17	4.99	4.47	-0.01	0.00	105.2	4.71	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.491	.499	$
3 Seasons				47.2	25	0	28	5.29	4.34	0.03	0.00	104.9	4.52	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.482	.499	$

PIT (1 yr)				8.1	5	0	4	4.32	4.14	0.30	0.00	107.3	4.11	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.498	.500	$
LAD (1 yr)				30.2	14	0	17	4.99	4.47	-0.01	0.00	105.2	4.71	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.491	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				8.2	6	0	7	7.27	4.08	-0.08	0.00	101.4	4.21	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.449	.498	$

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
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*

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
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	0
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	1
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	1
3 Yrs				25	200	172	28	49	8	2	4	3	1	19	32	.285	.352	.424	.776	.321	73	5	1	4	4	5	2
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	5
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.392	.716	.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
1957	27	PIT	NL	-0.1	-0.0	36	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.21	-0.1	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.21	-1.0	0	1	4
1958	28	CLE	AL	-2.4	-0.2	43	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.36	-0.3	-0.5	-3.7	-0.4	0.36	-2.8	0	1	5
1959	29	LAD	NL	-1.4	-0.1	127	0.1	2.0	-1.9	.90	0.5	-0.4	2.4	0.2	0.90	5.9	4	3	7
3 Yrs				-3.9	-0.4	206	-0.2	2.2	-2.4	.67	0.1	-0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.67	2.2	4	5	16

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	27	PIT	NL	5	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	9	.214	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	2	2	100%	5	.357	0	1	5	0	1	5	1	5	2	1	2	1	4.3
1959	29	LAD	NL	14	14	6	3	2	1	1	100%	2	1	18	6	33%	3	.903	4	3	7	2	3	9	9	5	9	3	9	2	6.6
3 Yrs				25	25	11	3	2	1	1	100%	2	1	23	11	48%		.674	4	5	16	2	4	19	12	13	12	5	12	3	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	27	PIT	NL	34	71%	2.9%	11.8%	11.8%	8.8%	33%	1.33	68%	7	1	14%
1958	28	CLE	AL	41	88%	2.4%	9.8%	12.2%	4.9%	17%	0.91	73%	11	2	18%
1959	29	LAD	NL	125	66%	1.6%	19.2%	8.0%	7.2%	32%	1.19	70%	21	2	10%
3 Yrs				200	72%	2.0%	16.0%	9.5%	7.0%	29%	1.16	70%	39	5	13%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.1%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.01	75%			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
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 Yrs				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																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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	3	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	4	1	4	0	0	1	34	92	1.560	9.7	1.1	4.3	4.3	1.00	92
1958	28	0	0		5.29	11	5	0	17.0	21	11	10	2	9	1	8	0	1	1	75	74	1.765	11.1	1.1	4.8	4.2	0.89	74
1959	29	3	2	.600	5.10	25	11	1	47.2	49	28	27	4	19	5	32	1	1	1	200	81	1.427	9.3	0.8	3.6	6.0	1.68	81

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
1957	27	0	0		6.43	7.0	10	6	5	1	4	4	0	2.000	12.9	5.1	5.1	1.00	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	5.10	30.0	29	19	17	2	10	24	1	1.300	8.7	3.0	7.2	2.40	0.6	14
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	5.80	45.0	52	33	29	4	19	32	1	1.578	10.4		6.4	1.68	0.8	25

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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