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Joe Coleman

Joseph Patrick Coleman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 30, 1922 in Medford, MA
High School: Catholic HS (Malden, MA)
School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Tigers 1942-1955

Final Game: September 7, 1955
Died: April 9, 1997 in Fort Myers, FL
Buried: Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, FL
Relatives: Father of Joe Coleman and Grandfather of Casey Coleman
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All-Star

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
1942 19 PHA AL 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 135 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00
1946 23 PHA AL 0 2 .000 5.54 4 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 19 8 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 64 65 2.077 13.2 0.7 5.5 5.5 1.00
1947 24 PHA AL 6 12 .333 4.32 32 21 9 9 2 1 160.1 171 84 77 17 62 65 0 0 0 689 89 1.453 9.6 1.0 3.5 3.6 1.05
1948 25 PHA AL 14 13 .519 4.09 33 29 2 13 3 0 215.2 224 105 98 11 90 86 1 1 6 944 106 1.456 9.3 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.96 AS
1949 26 PHA AL 13 14 .481 3.86 33 30 3 18 1 1 240.1 249 119 103 12 127 109 3 1 3 1063 107 1.564 9.3 0.4 4.8 4.1 0.86
1950 27 PHA AL 0 5 .000 8.50 15 6 7 2 0 0 54.0 74 54 51 9 50 12 0 0 2 278 54 2.296 12.3 1.5 8.3 2.0 0.24
1951 28 PHA AL 1 6 .143 5.98 28 9 8 1 0 1 96.1 117 69 64 12 59 34 3 0 3 452 71 1.827 10.9 1.1 5.5 3.2 0.58
1953 30 PHA AL 3 4 .429 4.00 21 9 9 2 1 0 90.0 85 46 40 8 49 18 1 0 3 388 107 1.489 8.5 0.8 4.9 1.8 0.37
1954 31 BAL AL 13 17 .433 3.50 33 32 0 15 4 0 221.1 184 102 86 16 96 103 3 0 1 912 102 1.265 7.5 0.7 3.9 4.2 1.07 MVP-19
1955 32 TOT AL 2 2 .500 5.59 23 2 15 0 0 3 37.0 41 24 23 6 24 0 9 2 0 1 175 70 1.757 10.0 1.5 5.8 2.2 0.38
1955 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 10.80 6 2 2 0 0 0 11.2 19 15 14 5 10 0 4 1 0 0 66 36 2.486 14.7 3.9 7.7 3.1 0.40
1955 32 DET AL 2 1 .667 3.20 17 0 13 0 0 3 25.1 22 9 9 1 14 0 5 1 0 1 109 123 1.421 7.8 0.4 5.0 1.8 0.36
10 Yrs 52 76 .406 4.38 223 140 55 60 11 6 1134.0 1172 616 552 92 566 0 444 13 2 19 4993 92 1.533 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .406 4.38 42 26 10 11 2 1 212 220 115 103 17 106 83 2 0 4 935 92 1.533 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78
PHA (8 yrs) 37 57 .394 4.55 167 106 40 45 7 3 875.2 947 490 443 70 446 332 8 2 17 3906 92 1.591 9.7 0.7 4.6 3.4 0.74
BAL (2 yrs) 13 18 .419 3.86 39 34 2 15 4 0 233.0 203 117 100 21 106 0 107 4 0 1 978 93 1.326 7.8 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.01
DET (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.20 17 0 13 0 0 3 25.1 22 9 9 1 14 0 5 1 0 1 109 123 1.421 7.8 0.4 5.0 1.8 0.36

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
1942 19 PHA AL 6.0 1 0 5 7.50 4.37 -0.39 0.00 108.0 5.15 -2 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .350 .499 $
1946 23 PHA AL 13.1 4 2 8 5.40 4.20 -0.27 0.00 100.1 4.47 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .463 .499 $
1947 24 PHA AL 160.1 32 21 84 4.72 4.39 0.25 0.00 103.7 4.29 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.3 5 .477 .495 $
1948 25 PHA AL 215.2 33 29 105 4.38 4.74 0.01 0.00 100.4 4.75 9 0.9 1.2 -0.1 2.3 28 .526 .505 $ AS
1949 26 PHA AL 240.1 33 30 119 4.46 4.86 0.16 0.00 97.6 4.59 4 0.4 3.4 -0.1 1.9 25 .512 .502 $
1950 27 PHA AL 54.0 15 6 54 9.00 5.84 -0.11 0.00 102.2 6.08 -18 -1.5 .3 0.1 -1.0 -12 .397 .490 $
1951 28 PHA AL 95.1 28 9 69 6.51 4.48 0.12 0.00 104.6 4.56 -21 -2.0 .8 -0.0 -1.4 -12 .427 .487 $
1953 30 PHA AL 90.0 21 9 46 4.60 4.67 -0.22 0.00 107.1 5.24 6 0.7 .2 -0.2 1.2 14 .532 .504 $
1954 31 BAL AL 221.1 33 32 102 4.15 4.33 -0.23 0.00 94.7 4.32 4 0.5 5.3 -0.1 2.0 23 .515 .503 $ MVP-19
1955 32 BAL AL 11.2 6 2 15 11.57 4.54 -0.43 0.00 96.6 4.80 -9 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.6 -8 .364 .495 $
1955 32 DET AL 25.1 17 0 9 3.20 4.32 -0.01 0.00 98.0 4.25 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 0.3 5 .517 .502 $
10 Seasons 1133.1 223 140 616 4.89 4.64 0.00 0.00 100.1 4.64 -32 -2.7 .8 -0.5 4.8 68 .488 .498 $
PHA (8 yrs) 875.0 167 106 490 5.04 4.73 0.07 0.00 101.5 4.73 -31 -2.7 .8 -0.4 3.1 48 .484 .498 $
BAL (2 yrs) 233.0 39 34 117 4.52 4.34 -0.24 0.00 94.8 4.35 -4 -0.3 1.4 -0.0 1.4 15 .492 .499 $
DET (1 yr) 25.1 17 0 9 3.20 4.32 -0.01 0.00 98.0 4.25 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 0.3 5 .517 .502 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1948 PHA AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 11 0.667 0.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

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 25 PHA AL 33 626 833 105 224 28 8 11 4 2 90 86 .269 .341 .361 .702 .289 301 14 1 19 0 5
1949 26 PHA AL 33 774 921 119 249 25 9 12 8 10 127 109 .270 .361 .356 .717 .296 328 16 3 11 0 6
1950 27 PHA AL 15 222 223 54 74 8 1 9 5 1 50 12 .332 .454 .498 .952 .322 111 5 0 5 0 2
1951 28 PHA AL 28 392 383 69 117 14 2 12 2 4 59 34 .305 .402 .446 .849 .312 171 8 3 7 0 3
1953 30 PHA AL 21 387 333 46 85 17 1 8 3 3 49 18 .255 .352 .384 .737 .251 128 12 1 4 0 4
1954 31 BAL AL 33 915 797 102 184 35 11 16 8 14 96 103 .231 .314 .363 .676 .246 289 18 3 14 6 12
1955 32 TOT AL 23 174 142 24 41 4 1 6 3 1 24 9 .289 .394 .458 .852 .271 65 4 2 4 2 0 1
1955 32 BAL AL 6 66 51 15 19 1 0 5 2 0 10 4 .373 .469 .686 1.155 .318 35 0 1 2 2 0 1
1955 32 DET AL 17 108 91 9 22 3 1 1 1 1 14 5 .242 .349 .330 .679 .247 30 4 1 2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 186 3490 3632 519 974 131 33 74 33 35 495 371 .268 .357 .384 .741 .282 1393 77 13 64 8 0 33
162 Game Avg. 42 783 815 116 219 29 7 17 7 8 111 83 .268 .357 .384 .741 .282 313 17 3 14 2 7
MLB Averages .259 .333 .352 .685 .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 25 PHA AL 7.8 0.8 643 -0.1 10.9 -11.0 1.01 0.6 -0.8 4.0 0.4 1.01 7.3 1 0 0
1949 26 PHA AL 6.1 0.6 804 0.8 15.8 -15.1 1.14 0.4 0.3 5.4 0.5 1.14 3.5 2 1 0
1950 27 PHA AL -22.4 -2.0 231 -1.7 1.6 -3.3 .52 -1.7 -1.6 -23.6 -2.1 0.52 -22.3 0 0 5
1951 28 PHA AL -16.4 -1.6 406 -2.5 4.8 -7.3 .84 -2.2 -0.8 -23.6 -2.2 0.84 -23.5 3 4 9
1953 30 PHA AL 2.3 0.2 397 -0.3 4.4 -4.7 .68 -0.1 -0.4 -1.4 -0.1 0.68 -0.3 0 0 11
1954 31 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 940 0.8 20.0 -19.2 1.24 0.6 0.1 -3.3 -0.3 1.24 4.9 1 0 0
1955 32 TOT AL -6.2 -0.6 180 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 .65 -0.7 -0.4 -8.0 -0.7 0.65 -8.2 1 3 17
1955 32 BAL AL -8.9 -0.8 68 -0.6 0.4 -1.1 .59 -0.8 -0.3 -10.7 -1.0 0.59 -9.4 0 1 3
1955 32 DET AL 2.7 0.3 112 -0.0 1.3 -1.3 .69 0.2 -0.2 2.7 0.3 0.69 1.3 1 2 14
10 Yrs -38.8 -3.5 3601 -3.8 59.2 -63.0 .99 -3.1 -0.8 -50.5 -4.5 0.99 -38.5 8 8 42

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
1946 23 PHA AL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.5 37 20 1 1 4.0 3.2
1947 24 PHA AL 32 21 5 12 4 1 2 6 14 .300 0 0 9 2 7 33% 49.0 82 27 6 8 2.9 6.5
1948 25 PHA AL 33 29 14 12 3 3 3 17 12 .586 2 3 13 3 16 55% 49.4 74 11 12 7 7 11 4.6 3.3 7.3
1949 26 PHA AL 33 30 12 14 4 3 5 12 18 .400 2 3 18 1 15 50% 49.5 79 20 11 6 7 10 3.7 2.9 7.8
1950 27 PHA AL 15 6 0 5 1 0 1 1 5 .167 0 1 2 0 1 17% 28.2 43 5 5 2 2 3 4.2 4.8 6.2
1951 28 PHA AL 28 9 1 4 4 1 2 4 5 .444 0 2 1 0 3 33% 36.0 59 28 14 5 4 4 5.2 4.5 3.9
1953 30 PHA AL 21 9 3 4 2 1 0 4 5 .444 1 0 2 1 3 33% 43.6 82 19 7 2 3 3 3.9 4.1 6.6
1954 31 BAL AL 33 32 13 16 3 1 4 14 18 .438 1 0 15 4 18 56% 55.0 86 10 22 10 16 8 3.0 3.1 6.9
1955 32 TOT AL 23 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 38 5 0 0 2 4.5 3.6 2.7
1955 32 BAL AL 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39.0 40 38 0 0 0 2 4.5 3.6 2.7
9 Yrs 205 140 48 70 22 10 17 59 80 .424 6 10 60 11 63 45% 48 86 5 71 32 46 50 3.8 3.3 6.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7

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
1942 19 PHA AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18.0
1946 23 PHA AL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10.5
1947 24 PHA AL 32 11 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 2 6.3
1948 25 PHA AL 33 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.012 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 3.8
1949 26 PHA AL 33 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 1.136 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 7.3
1950 27 PHA AL 15 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% .520 0 0 5 0 0 7 1 6 6 1 4 1 5.6
1951 28 PHA AL 28 19 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 12 71% .841 3 4 9 0 1 15 8 8 16 0 13 5 9.5
1953 30 PHA AL 21 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 8 .679 0 0 11 0 0 12 4 8 8 0 8 3 7.7
1954 31 BAL AL 33 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 7 1.239 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2.0
1955 32 TOT AL 23 21 15 2 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 10 3 30% .655 1 3 17 4 1 16 5 16 10 4 10 2 4.5
1955 32 BAL AL 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 .589 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.8
1955 32 DET AL 17 17 13 2 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 5 0 0% 8 .695 1 2 14 4 1 12 3 14 8 3 8 2 4.5
10 Yrs 223 83 55 4 6 5 6 1 120% 5 0 45 18 40% .994 8 8 42 6 4 51 22 39 53 9 39 18 6.8

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%
1942 19 PHA AL 28 0.0% 0.0% 3.6% 93%
1946 23 PHA AL 64 1.6% 12.5% 12.5% 72%
1947 24 PHA AL 689 2.5% 9.4% 9.0% 4.5% 18% 78%
1948 25 PHA AL 943 49% 1.8% 13.7% 14.4% 7.5% 21% 0.89 118% 132 14 11%
1949 26 PHA AL 1062 52% 1.6% 14.1% 16.4% 5.9% 19% 0.66 103% 162 16 10%
1950 27 PHA AL 278 53% 4.1% 5.4% 22.5% 8.1% 24% 0.71 91% 71 5 7%
1951 28 PHA AL 452 59% 3.1% 8.7% 15.1% 7.1% 24% 0.94 86% 99 8 8%
1953 30 PHA AL 387 66% 2.1% 4.7% 12.7% 6.7% 31% 1.04 79% 97 12 12%
1954 31 BAL AL 915 59% 1.8% 11.3% 10.5% 6.8% 34% 0.80 75% 191 18 9%
1955 32 TOT AL 174 61% 3.5% 5.2% 13.8% 6.3% 27% 1.06 74% 46 4 9%
1955 32 BAL AL 66 74% 7.6% 6.1% 15.2% 9.1% 32% 1.21 67% 20 0 0%
1955 32 DET AL 108 54% 0.9% 4.6% 13.0% 4.6% 23% 1.00 79% 26 4 15%
10 Yrs 4992 56% 2.2% 10.4% 13.3% 6.3% 23% 0.83 89% 798 77 10%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.8% 10.4% 4.9% 19% 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
1942 19 PHA AL 8 0 0
1946 23 PHA AL 19 1 0
1947 24 PHA AL 171 17 0
1948 25 PHA AL 626 224 11 0 14 2 3 2 3 29 18 4 62% 5 6 0 265 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 317
1949 26 PHA AL 774 249 12 0 30 4 5 3 6 45 19 5 42% 6 3 0 305 8 10 44% 8 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 288
1950 27 PHA AL 222 74 9 1 14 4 4 3 5 30 15 0 50% 2 2 0 107 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56
1951 28 PHA AL 392 117 12 0 27 4 6 6 4 28 16 3 57% 3 3 1 171 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 60
1953 30 PHA AL 387 85 8 0 11 4 4 7 1 17 10 0 59% 4 3 0 161 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
1954 31 BAL AL 915 184 16 0 24 7 9 6 10 54 22 9 41% 12 1 0 323 8 14 36% 8 10 0 3 0 1 6 0 8 0
1955 32 TOT AL 174 41 6 0 6 4 2 1 5 8 3 1 38% 1 1 0 83 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 32 BAL AL 66 19 5 0 5 4 1 1 4 4 3 1 75% 1 0 0 35 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 32 DET AL 108 22 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0% 0 1 0 48 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Yrs 3490 1172 92 1 126 29 33 28 34 211 103 22 49% 33 19 1 1415 33 35 49% 33 27 0 6 0 1 9 0 33 721
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1942 19 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 135 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 135
1943 20 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 135 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 135
1944 21 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 135 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 135
1945 22 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 135 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 135
1946 23 0 3 .000 4.74 5 2 2 0 0 0 19.0 27 13 10 1 9 8 0 0 0 92 79 1.895 12.8 0.5 4.3 3.8 0.89 79
1947 24 6 15 .286 4.37 37 23 11 9 2 1 179.1 198 97 87 18 71 73 0 0 0 781 87 1.500 9.9 0.9 3.6 3.7 1.03 87
1948 25 20 28 .417 4.22 70 52 13 22 5 1 395.0 422 202 185 29 161 159 1 1 6 1725 97 1.476 9.6 0.7 3.7 3.6 0.99 97
1949 26 33 42 .440 4.08 103 82 16 40 6 2 635.1 671 321 288 41 288 268 4 2 9 2788 101 1.509 9.5 0.6 4.1 3.8 0.93 101
1950 27 33 47 .413 4.43 118 88 23 42 6 2 689.1 745 375 339 50 338 280 4 2 11 3066 94 1.571 9.7 0.7 4.4 3.7 0.83 94
1951 28 34 53 .391 4.62 146 97 31 43 6 3 785.2 862 444 403 62 397 314 7 2 14 3518 90 1.602 9.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 90
1952 29 34 53 .391 4.62 146 97 31 43 6 3 785.2 862 444 403 62 397 314 7 2 14 3518 90 1.602 9.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 90
1953 30 37 57 .394 4.55 167 106 40 45 7 3 875.2 947 490 443 70 446 332 8 2 17 3906 92 1.591 9.7 0.7 4.6 3.4 0.74 92
1954 31 50 74 .403 4.34 200 138 40 60 11 3 1097.0 1131 592 529 86 542 435 11 2 18 4818 93 1.525 9.3 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.80 93
1955 32 52 76 .406 4.38 223 140 55 60 11 6 1134.0 1172 616 552 92 566 0 444 13 2 19 4993 92 1.533 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 92

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
1942 19 0 0 2.57 7.0 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.286 10.3 1.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1946 23 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 21 10 9 1 9 8 0 2.500 15.8 6.8 6.0 0.89 0.8 4
1947 24 7 10 .412 4.76 157.0 180 92 83 18 65 64 0 1.561 10.3 3.7 3.7 0.98 1.0 32
1948 25 12 12 .500 3.82 224.0 225 106 95 11 90 89 1 1.406 9.0 3.6 3.6 0.99 0.4 33
1949 26 13 13 .500 3.90 240.0 256 116 104 12 131 109 3 1.613 9.6 4.9 4.1 0.83 0.5 33
1950 27 1 5 .167 7.42 57.0 72 52 47 9 49 13 0 2.123 11.4 7.7 2.1 0.27 1.4 15
1951 28 3 7 .300 5.79 98.0 119 70 63 12 60 34 3 1.827 10.9 5.5 3.1 0.57 1.1 28
1953 30 5 5 .500 3.80 90.0 85 42 38 8 49 18 1 1.489 8.5 4.9 1.8 0.37 0.8 21
1954 31 11 12 .478 4.16 214.0 202 110 99 18 105 100 3 1.435 8.5 4.4 4.2 0.95 0.8 33
1955 32 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 44 28 25 6 26 9 2 1.892 10.7 6.3 2.2 0.35 1.5 23
10 Yrs 53 68 .438 4.48 1136.0 1212 628 565 95 585 444 13 1.582 9.6 3.5 0.76 0.8 223

* 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

All-Star Games
1948 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 AL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL  7.482 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 AL  240.3 (9th)
1954 AL  221.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 AL  109 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL  30 (10th)
1954 AL  32 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 AL  18 (7th)
1954 AL  15 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL  3 (5th)
1954 AL  4 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  17 (2nd)
1954 AL  16 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  127 (6th)
1954 AL  96 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  249 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  0.459 (8th)
1949 AL  0.449 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL  14 (7th)
1954 AL  17 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  103 (4th)
1954 AL  86 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL  944 (10th)
1949 AL  1,063 (8th)
1954 AL  912 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1942 AL  born 1922-07-30 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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