Al Cicotte

Alva Warren Cicotte (Bozo)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 23, 1929 in Melvindale, MI
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Indians/Yankees/Tigers/Senators/... 1957-1962

Final Game: May 8, 1962
Died: November 29, 1982 in Westland, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
Relatives: Greatnephew of Eddie Cicotte
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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	18	NYY-min	C	7	8	.467	5.49	32						136.0	169	101	83		74								1.787	11.2		4.9			BUT · MATL
1949		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1950	20	NYY-min	B	15	12	.556	2.58	29						234.0	166	85	67	7	137								1.295	6.4	0.3	5.3			NFK · PIED
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	22	NYY-min	AAA,A	8	9	.471	5.13	28	21		1	0		128.0	115	83	73		117		84	2	1	1			1.812	8.1		8.2	5.9	0.72	KCY,BNG · AA,EL
1953	23	NYY-min	AA	4	8	.333	5.17	23	18					94.0	73	58	54	7	102								1.862	7.0	0.7	9.8			BIR · SOUA
1954	24	SAC	Opn	6	15	.286	4.51	34	24		10	1		185.2	166	98	93	11	113		105	1	1	1			1.503	8.0	0.5	5.5	5.1	0.93	SAC · PCL
1955	25	NYY-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	4.65	30	6					62.0	55	37	32	3	47								1.645	8.0	0.4	6.8			BIR,DEN · SOUA,AA
1956	26	NYY-min	AAA	15	12	.556	3.03	33	29		13	1		205.0	151	84	69	15	106		129	6	0	6			1.254	6.6	0.7	4.7	5.7	1.22	RMD · IL
1957	27	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	3.03	20	2	14	0	0	2	65.1	57	25	22	5	30	1	36	1	0	3	275	119	1.332	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.0	1.20
1958	28	DET-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.57	6	6		4	0		49.0	46	15	14	2	18	0	32	0	0	1			1.306	8.4	0.4	3.3	5.9	1.78	CHL · AA
1958	28	TOT	AL	3	4	.429	4.06	22	6	6	0	0	0	71.0	86	37	32	4	29	1	35	0	0	5	315	98	1.620	10.9	0.5	3.7	4.4	1.21
1958	28	WSH	AL	0	3	.000	4.82	8	4	3	0	0	0	28.0	36	18	15	3	14	0	14	0	0	2	130	80	1.786	11.6	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1958	28	DET	AL	3	1	.750	3.56	14	2	3	0	0	0	43.0	50	19	17	1	15	1	21	0	0	3	185	114	1.512	10.5	0.2	3.1	4.4	1.40
1959	29	CLE	AL	3	1	.750	5.32	26	1	12	0	0	1	44.0	46	29	26	4	25	3	23	2	0	0	193	70	1.614	9.4	0.8	5.1	4.7	0.92

1960	30	CLE-min	AAA	16	7	.696	1.79	28	26		12	8		201.0	138	49	40	11	60	4	158	3	0	4			0.985	6.2	0.5	2.7	7.1	2.63	TTO · IL
1961	31	STL	NL	2	6	.250	5.28	29	7	9	0	0	1	75.0	83	47	44	16	34	2	51	2	0	3	333	84	1.560	10.0	1.9	4.1	6.1	1.50
1962	32	HOU-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.08	26	20		8	1		158.0	135	66	54	14	52	6	117	5	0	1			1.184	7.7	0.8	3.0	6.7	2.25	OKC · AA
1962	32	HOU	NL	0	0		3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	106	1.929	15.4	1.9	1.9	7.7	4.00
5 Yrs				10	13	.435	4.36	102	16	42	0	0	4	260.0	280	142	126	30	119	7	149	5	0	11	1138	91	1.535	9.7	1.0	4.1	5.2	1.25
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.435	4.36	59	9	24	0	0	2	150	161	82	73	17	69	4	86	3	0	6	656	91	1.535	9.7	1.0	4.1	5.2	1.25

WSH (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.82	8	4	3	0	0	0	28.0	36	18	15	3	14	0	14	0	0	2	130	80	1.786	11.6	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
STL (1 yr)				2	6	.250	5.28	29	7	9	0	0	1	75.0	83	47	44	16	34	2	51	2	0	3	333	84	1.560	10.0	1.9	4.1	6.1	1.50
CLE (1 yr)				3	1	.750	5.32	26	1	12	0	0	1	44.0	46	29	26	4	25	3	23	2	0	0	193	70	1.614	9.4	0.8	5.1	4.7	0.92
NYY (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.03	20	2	14	0	0	2	65.1	57	25	22	5	30	1	36	1	0	3	275	119	1.332	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.0	1.20
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	106	1.929	15.4	1.9	1.9	7.7	4.00
DET (1 yr)				3	1	.750	3.56	14	2	3	0	0	0	43.0	50	19	17	1	15	1	21	0	0	3	185	114	1.512	10.5	0.2	3.1	4.4	1.40

AL (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	3.99	68	9	32	0	0	3	180.1	189	91	80	13	84	5	94	3	0	8	783	95	1.514	9.4	0.6	4.2	4.7	1.12
NL (2 yrs)				2	6	.250	5.20	34	7	10	0	0	1	79.2	91	51	46	17	35	2	55	2	0	3	355	85	1.582	10.3	1.9	4.0	6.2	1.57

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	NYY	AL	65.1	20	2	25	3.44	4.02	0.30	0.00	96.3	3.58	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.5	6	.507	.501	$
1958	28	WSH	AL	28.0	8	4	18	5.79	4.23	-0.45	0.00	104.3	4.88	-3	-0.3	.2	0.0	-0.1	-0	.463	.498	$
1958	28	DET	AL	43.1	14	2	19	3.95	4.10	0.16	0.00	108.8	4.29	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.5	5	.513	.501	$
1959	29	CLE	AL	44.0	26	1	29	5.93	4.27	0.40	0.00	95.2	3.69	-11	-1.1	.9	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.458	.493	$

1961	31	STL	NL	75.0	29	7	47	5.64	4.72	0.27	-0.08	108.1	4.72	-8	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	1	.473	.495	$
1962	32	HOU	NL	4.2	5	0	4	7.71	5.06	-0.57	-0.21	90.0	4.88	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.470	.499	$
5 Seasons				260.1	102	16	142	4.91	4.32	0.19	-0.03	102.3	4.21	-20	-2.0	.9	-0.2	-0.2	4	.481	.498	$

WSH (1 yr)				28.0	8	4	18	5.79	4.23	-0.45	0.00	104.3	4.88	-3	-0.3	.2	0.0	-0.1	-0	.463	.498	$
STL (1 yr)				75.0	29	7	47	5.64	4.72	0.27	-0.08	108.1	4.72	-8	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	1	.473	.495	$
CLE (1 yr)				44.0	26	1	29	5.93	4.27	0.40	0.00	95.2	3.69	-11	-1.1	.9	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.458	.493	$
NYY (1 yr)				65.1	20	2	25	3.44	4.02	0.30	0.00	96.3	3.58	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.5	6	.507	.501	$
HOU (1 yr)				4.2	5	0	4	7.71	5.06	-0.57	-0.21	90.0	4.88	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.470	.499	$
DET (1 yr)				43.1	14	2	19	3.95	4.10	0.16	0.00	108.8	4.29	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.5	5	.513	.501	$

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	NYY	AL	20	274	240	25	57	5	3	5	3	4	30	36	.238	.324	.346	.669	.260	83	8	1	3	1	1	6
1958	28	DET	AL	14	186	164	19	50	10	0	1	0	2	15	21	.305	.355	.384	.739	.336	63	6	0	3	4	1	2
1958	28	TOT	AL	22	316	278	37	86	15	1	4	2	6	29	35	.309	.369	.414	.782	.336	115	8	0	4	5	1	4
1958	28	WSH	AL	8	130	114	18	36	5	1	3	2	4	14	14	.316	.388	.456	.844	.337	52	2	0	1	1	0	2
1959	29	CLE	AL	26	196	157	29	46	11	3	4	1	0	25	23	.293	.388	.478	.866	.313	75	4	2	8	4	3	2

1961	31	STL	NL	29	333	293	47	83	13	2	16	5	4	34	51	.283	.362	.505	.867	.296	148	6	2	4	0	2	3
1962	32	HOU	NL	5	22	21	4	8	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	.381	.409	.571	.981	.438	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				102	1141	989	142	280	45	9	30	12	14	119	149	.283	.360	.438	.798	.305	433	26	5	19	10	7	15
162 Game Avg.				59	658	570	82	161	26	5	17	7	8	69	86	.283	.360	.438	.798	.305	250	15	3	11	6	4	9
MLB Averages																.257	.325	.393	.718	.278

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	NYY	AL	4.3	0.4	284	-0.4	1.9	-2.3	.42	-0.0	-1.0	5.0	0.5	0.42	2.6	1	3	13
1958	28	TOT	AL	-1.2	-0.1	332	-1.0	3.8	-4.8	.76	-0.5	-0.8	-3.4	-0.3	0.76	-4.5	4	4	6
1958	28	WSH	AL	-3.5	-0.4	138	-0.8	1.1	-1.9	.57	-0.6	-0.8	-4.9	-0.5	0.57	-5.6	0	0	3
1958	28	DET	AL	2.3	0.2	194	-0.2	2.8	-3.0	.90	0.0	-0.3	1.5	0.1	0.90	1.1	4	4	3
1959	29	CLE	AL	-7.8	-0.8	200	-0.6	2.1	-2.7	.70	-0.9	-0.0	-13.7	-1.4	0.70	-7.7	6	3	14

1961	31	STL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	344	-2.1	4.2	-6.3	.79	-1.3	-1.4	-9.4	-0.9	0.79	-14.1	7	5	10
1962	32	HOU	NL	-0.7	-0.1	24	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.74	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.74	-1.3	1	1	3
5 Yrs				-10.5	-1.0	1184	-4.3	12.2	-16.5	.68	-2.9	-3.5	-22.8	-2.2	0.68	-25.1	19	16	46

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
1957	27	NYY	AL	20	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.0	39	39	7	2	1	1	2.0	0.0	3.5
1958	28	TOT	AL	22	6	1	3	2	1	0	2	4	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	40.0	49	32	16	8	2	3	3.7	4.2	4.7
1958	28	WSH	AL	8	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.8	44	36	4	1	2	2	2.5	3.0	3.9
1958	28	DET	AL	14	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	40.5	49	32	12	7	0	1	6.1	5.5	6.2
1959	29	CLE	AL	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	33.0	33	33	9	1	0	1	9.0	0.0	2.7

1961	31	STL	NL	29	7	0	3	4	0	0	1	6	.143	2	3	0	0	2	29%	39.0	70	10	9	4	2	4	3.6	2.5	4.6
4 Yrs				97	16	1	8	7	1	0	4	12	.250	2	5	0	0	2	13%	39	70	10	41	15	5	9	3.7	2.9	4.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	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	NYY	AL	20	18	14	2	0	2	2	0	100%	2	0	9	3	33%	7	.418	1	3	13	2	1	15	7	11	13	2	14	1	9.7
1958	28	TOT	AL	22	16	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	27	9	33%		.764	4	4	6	1	1	14	12	4	11	1	12	2	8.1
1958	28	WSH	AL	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	2	29%	3	.573	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	3	1	9.3
1958	28	DET	AL	14	12	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	20	7	35%	3	.898	4	4	3	1	1	10	9	3	8	1	9	1	7.8
1959	29	CLE	AL	26	25	12	3	1	2	1	0	50%	3	0	16	10	63%	7	.696	6	3	14	4	1	20	7	18	13	3	13	1	5.0

1961	31	STL	NL	29	22	9	2	3	3	1	2	33%	5	1	19	9	47%	8	.794	7	5	10	6	3	13	12	10	12	7	14	3	5.8
1962	32	HOU	NL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	50%	6	.743	1	1	3	1	0	4	1	4	1	1	1	1	2.8
5 Yrs				102	86	42	9	5	7	4	2	57%	11	1	73	32	44%		.678	19	16	46	14	6	66	39	47	50	14	54	8	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	27	NYY	AL	275	69%	1.8%	13.1%	11.0%	4.7%	23%	1.32	73%	55	8	15%
1958	28	TOT	AL	316	60%	1.3%	11.1%	9.2%	6.3%	23%	1.10	77%	73	8	11%
1958	28	WSH	AL	130	60%	2.3%	10.8%	10.8%	6.9%	25%	0.94	75%	26	2	8%
1958	28	DET	AL	186	61%	0.5%	11.3%	8.1%	5.9%	22%	1.21	78%	47	6	13%
1959	29	CLE	AL	196	63%	2.0%	11.7%	12.8%	9.2%	39%	0.94	68%	46	4	9%

1961	31	STL	NL	333	65%	4.8%	15.3%	10.2%	9.3%	37%	1.37	68%	63	6	10%
1962	32	HOU	NL	22	59%	4.6%	18.2%	4.6%	9.1%	25%	0.50	73%	6	0	0%
5 Yrs				1142	64%	2.6%	13.1%	10.4%	7.4%	30%	1.18	72%	243	26	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.5%	8.8%	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
1957	27	NYY	AL	274	57			5	1	8	3	2	1	4	17	7	4	41%	6	3	1	108	3	4	43%	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
1958	28	TOT	AL	316	86			4	0	14	4	0	2	2	21	12	4	57%	4	5	2	137	2	6	25%	1	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	13	0
1958	28	WSH	AL	130	36			3	0	5	3	0	1	2	8	6	0	75%	2	2	0	56	2	4	33%	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1958	28	DET	AL	186	50			1	0	9	1	0	1	0	13	6	4	46%	2	3	2	81	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0
1959	29	CLE	AL	196	46			4	0	11	3	1	3	1	17	12	0	71%	2	0	1	78	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0

1961	31	STL	NL	333	83			16	0	7	8	8	8	8	18	11	3	61%	3	3	0	138	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1962	32	HOU	NL	22	8			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1141	280			30	1	40	18	12	15	15	73	42	11	58%	15	11	4	471	12	14	46%	10	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	29	1
MLB Averages																		52%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1957	27	2	2	.500	3.03	20	2	14	2	65.1	57	25	22	5	30	1	36	1	3	275	119	1.332	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.0	1.20	119
1958	28	5	6	.455	3.56	42	8	20	2	136.1	143	62	54	9	59	2	71	1	8	590	107	1.482	9.4	0.6	3.9	4.7	1.20	107
1959	29	8	7	.533	3.99	68	9	32	3	180.1	189	91	80	13	84	5	94	3	8	783	95	1.514	9.4	0.6	4.2	4.7	1.12	95
1960	30	8	7	.533	3.99	68	9	32	3	180.1	189	91	80	13	84	5	94	3	8	783	95	1.514	9.4	0.6	4.2	4.7	1.12	95
1961	31	10	13	.435	4.37	97	16	41	4	255.1	272	138	124	29	118	7	145	5	11	1116	91	1.527	9.6	1.0	4.2	5.1	1.23	91
1962	32	10	13	.435	4.36	102	16	42	4	260.0	280	142	126	30	119	7	149	5	11	1138	91	1.535	9.7	1.0	4.1	5.2	1.25	91

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	4	3	.571	3.52	64.0	63	28	25	6	33	35	1	1.500	8.9	4.6	4.9	1.06	0.8	20
1958	28	3	4	.429	4.43	69.0	91	38	34	4	31	34	0	1.768	11.9	4.0	4.4	1.10	0.5	22
1959	29	1	3	.250	6.15	41.0	49	31	28	4	27	22	2	1.854	10.8	5.9	4.8	0.81	0.9	26

1961	31	3	5	.375	4.79	77.0	82	46	41	16	34	52	2	1.506	9.6	4.0	6.1	1.53	1.9	29
1962	32	0	0		4.50	4.0	8	2	2	1	1	4	0	2.250	18.0	2.3	9.0	4.00	2.3	5
5 Yrs		11	15	.423	4.59	255.0	293	145	130	31	126	147	5	1.643	10.3		5.2	1.17	1.1	102

* 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.

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