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Gene Conley

Donald Eugene Conley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 10, 1930 in Muskogee, OK
High School: Columbia HS (Richland, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1952
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Phillies 1952-1963

Final Game: September 21, 1963
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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
1952 21 BSN NL 0 3 .000 7.82 4 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 23 16 11 4 9 6 2 0 0 72 48 2.526 16.3 2.8 6.4 4.3 0.67
1954 23 MLN NL 14 9 .609 2.96 28 27 1 12 2 0 194.1 171 73 64 17 79 113 7 0 4 814 127 1.286 7.9 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.43 AS,MVP-23,RoY-3
1955 24 MLN NL 11 7 .611 4.16 22 21 1 10 0 0 158.0 152 81 73 23 52 9 107 1 0 2 669 91 1.291 8.7 1.3 3.0 6.1 2.06 AS
1956 25 MLN NL 8 9 .471 3.13 31 19 9 5 1 3 158.1 169 74 55 13 52 10 68 2 0 3 681 111 1.396 9.6 0.7 3.0 3.9 1.31
1957 26 MLN NL 9 9 .500 3.16 35 18 6 6 1 1 148.0 133 63 52 9 64 5 61 2 0 6 629 111 1.331 8.1 0.5 3.9 3.7 0.95
1958 27 MLN NL 0 6 .000 4.88 26 7 12 0 0 2 72.0 89 44 39 8 17 1 53 4 0 2 317 73 1.472 11.1 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.12
1959 28 PHI NL 12 7 .632 3.00 25 22 2 12 3 1 180.0 159 68 60 13 42 6 102 2 0 4 729 136 1.117 8.0 0.7 2.1 5.1 2.43 AS,MVP-22
1960 29 PHI NL 8 14 .364 3.68 29 25 3 9 2 0 183.1 192 85 75 10 42 4 117 2 1 1 771 105 1.276 9.4 0.5 2.1 5.7 2.79
1961 30 BOS AL 11 14 .440 4.91 33 30 3 6 2 1 199.2 229 116 109 33 65 2 113 3 0 0 877 85 1.472 10.3 1.5 2.9 5.1 1.74
1962 31 BOS AL 15 14 .517 3.95 34 33 1 9 2 1 241.2 238 116 106 28 68 5 134 5 0 5 1017 105 1.266 8.9 1.0 2.5 5.0 1.97
1963 32 BOS AL 3 4 .429 6.64 9 9 0 0 0 0 40.2 51 31 30 4 21 0 14 1 1 0 191 57 1.770 11.3 0.9 4.6 3.1 0.67
11 Yrs 91 96 .487 3.82 276 214 39 69 13 9 1588.2 1606 767 674 162 511 42 888 31 2 27 6767 101 1.333 9.1 0.9 2.9 5.0 1.74
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .487 3.82 38 30 5 10 2 1 220 223 106 94 22 71 123 4 0 4 939 101 1.333 9.1 0.9 2.9 5.0 1.74
MLN (6 yrs) 42 43 .494 3.56 146 95 30 33 4 6 743.1 737 351 294 74 273 25 408 18 0 17 3182 102 1.359 8.9 0.9 3.3 4.9 1.49
BOS (3 yrs) 29 32 .475 4.57 76 72 4 15 4 2 482.0 518 263 245 65 154 7 261 9 1 5 2085 90 1.394 9.7 1.2 2.9 4.9 1.69
PHI (2 yrs) 20 21 .488 3.34 54 47 5 21 5 1 363.1 351 153 135 23 84 10 219 4 1 5 1500 119 1.197 8.7 0.6 2.1 5.4 2.61
NL (8 yrs) 62 64 .492 3.49 200 142 35 54 9 7 1106.2 1088 504 429 97 357 35 627 22 1 22 4682 107 1.306 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.1 1.76
AL (3 yrs) 29 32 .475 4.57 76 72 4 15 4 2 482.0 518 263 245 65 154 7 261 9 1 5 2085 90 1.394 9.7 1.2 2.9 4.9 1.69

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
1952 21 BSN NL 12.2 4 3 16 11.37 4.46 -0.27 0.00 98.1 4.64 -9 -0.8 .0 0.0 -0.7 -8 .293 .495 $
1954 23 MLN NL 194.1 28 27 73 3.38 4.64 0.09 0.00 96.6 4.39 23 2.5 1.3 -0.1 4.1 44 .588 .515 $ AS,MVP-23,RoY-3
1955 24 MLN NL 158.0 22 21 81 4.61 4.53 0.16 0.00 94.9 4.15 -5 -0.5 2.3 -0.1 0.8 9 .476 .497 $ AS
1956 25 MLN NL 158.1 31 19 74 4.21 4.12 0.40 0.00 92.9 3.46 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.1 0.3 3 .467 .494 $
1957 26 MLN NL 148.0 35 18 63 3.83 4.22 0.24 0.00 91.1 3.63 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.0 12 .494 .499 $
1958 27 MLN NL 72.0 26 7 44 5.50 4.43 0.44 0.00 87.9 3.51 -16 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .438 .490 $
1959 28 PHI NL 180.0 25 22 68 3.40 4.52 -0.16 0.00 102.7 4.80 27 3.1 1.6 -0.1 4.6 48 .622 .519 $ AS,MVP-22
1960 29 PHI NL 183.1 29 25 85 4.17 4.31 -0.22 0.06 103.1 4.74 11 1.2 1.1 -0.1 2.8 31 .543 .508 $
1961 30 BOS AL 200.0 33 30 116 5.22 4.61 0.09 0.07 103.5 4.76 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 0.5 9 .473 .494 $
1962 31 BOS AL 241.2 34 33 116 4.32 4.46 0.25 0.08 104.2 4.46 7 0.7 5.0 -0.1 2.4 27 .522 .505 $
1963 32 BOS AL 40.2 9 9 31 6.86 4.09 0.19 0.07 102.9 4.09 -12 -1.2 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .368 .493 $
11 Seasons 1589.0 276 214 767 4.34 4.43 0.12 0.03 98.8 4.30 4 1.2 1.2 -0.8 13.9 157 .504 .501 $
MLN (6 yrs) 743.1 146 95 351 4.25 4.40 0.23 0.00 93.5 3.91 -20 -1.7 1.1 -0.4 4.5 53 .488 .498 $
BOS (3 yrs) 482.1 76 72 263 4.91 4.49 0.18 0.07 103.8 4.55 -14 -1.3 2.2 -0.3 2.0 27 .482 .497 $
PHI (2 yrs) 363.1 54 47 153 3.79 4.41 -0.19 0.03 102.9 4.77 38 4.3 1.3 -0.2 7.4 78 .580 .513 $

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
1957 26 MLN NL WS W NYY 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00

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
1954 MLN NL 23 0 0 1 .000 81.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12.000 81.0 27.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1955 MLN NL 24 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1959 PHI NL 28
1959 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
3 Yrs (3 GP) 0 1 1 .500 8.10 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 3 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 15 1.500 8.1 2.7 5.4 13.5 2.50

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
1952 21 BSN NL 4 72 58 16 23 2 2 4 1 1 9 6 .397 .493 .707 1.200 .396 41 0 2 3 0 1
1954 23 MLN NL 28 775 713 73 171 21 2 17 8 5 79 113 .240 .320 .346 .666 .262 247 16 7 11 4 6
1955 24 MLN NL 22 535 598 81 152 15 1 23 6 6 52 107 .254 .313 .398 .710 .273 238 8 1 13 5 9 9
1956 25 MLN NL 31 571 612 74 169 17 3 13 4 3 52 68 .276 .333 .377 .711 .292 231 15 2 12 3 10 6
1957 26 MLN NL 35 629 546 63 133 20 2 9 15 8 64 61 .244 .323 .337 .660 .258 184 13 2 12 5 5 10
1958 27 MLN NL 26 314 289 44 89 11 4 8 6 6 17 53 .308 .353 .457 .809 .352 132 5 4 5 2 1 7
1959 28 PHI NL 25 732 681 68 159 32 5 13 9 3 42 102 .233 .278 .352 .631 .256 240 14 2 3 4 6 10
1960 29 PHI NL 29 772 708 85 192 35 6 10 16 6 42 117 .271 .310 .380 .690 .308 269 8 2 11 9 4 13
1961 30 BOS AL 33 870 797 116 229 33 8 33 11 5 65 113 .287 .343 .473 .816 .300 377 16 3 10 2 2 5
1962 31 BOS AL 34 1020 932 116 238 37 3 28 18 2 68 134 .255 .307 .392 .699 .270 365 20 5 7 8 5 12
1963 32 BOS AL 9 191 167 31 51 9 1 4 3 0 21 14 .305 .386 .443 .829 .315 74 3 1 2 0 0 2
11 Yrs 276 6481 6101 767 1606 232 37 162 97 45 511 888 .263 .321 .393 .714 .284 2398 118 31 89 42 42 81
162 Game Avg. 38 899 847 106 223 32 5 22 13 6 71 123 .263 .321 .393 .714 .284 333 16 4 12 6 11
MLB Averages .257 .326 .388 .714 .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
1952 21 BSN NL -7.4 -0.7 75 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 .94 -1.1 0.1 -10.5 -1.0 0.94 -10.7 0 0 1
1954 23 MLN NL 18.2 1.9 800 2.3 17.0 -14.7 1.22 1.6 0.3 25.8 2.8 1.21 19.8 0 1 0
1955 24 MLN NL -6.6 -0.6 581 -0.4 11.5 -11.9 1.19 -0.9 0.6 -8.5 -0.9 1.17 -11.0 1 0 0
1956 25 MLN NL 1.3 0.1 581 -0.3 10.1 -10.4 1.04 0.1 -0.3 1.2 0.1 1.04 1.4 1 3 5
1957 26 MLN NL 3.9 0.4 656 1.1 11.9 -10.8 1.09 0.9 0.1 3.7 0.4 1.09 5.0 6 4 7
1958 27 MLN NL -12.2 -1.2 333 -0.9 5.9 -6.8 1.10 -0.8 -0.0 -11.9 -1.2 1.10 -9.7 7 1 11
1959 28 PHI NL 21.3 2.2 753 2.3 13.6 -11.3 .97 2.3 0.0 21.2 2.2 0.97 26.7 1 1 1
1960 29 PHI NL 3.9 0.4 797 0.4 13.5 -13.1 1.01 1.0 -0.6 3.4 0.3 1.01 9.3 1 1 2
1961 30 BOS AL -12.9 -1.3 897 -1.6 14.9 -16.5 .95 -2.2 0.5 -12.4 -1.2 0.95 -22.8 1 1 1
1962 31 BOS AL 6.1 0.6 1051 0.9 17.8 -16.9 .97 0.9 0.0 9.2 0.9 0.97 8.3 1 0 0
1963 32 BOS AL -11.1 -1.1 197 -0.7 2.8 -3.6 .96 -0.9 0.1 -12.2 -1.2 0.96 -9.7 0 0 0
11 Yrs 4.3 0.8 6721 2.2 119.9 -117.8 1.04 1.0 1.1 8.9 1.4 1.04 6.6 19 12 28

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
1952 21 BSN NL 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.3 30 23 3 1 1 2 2.7 2.1 3.9
1954 23 MLN NL 28 27 13 9 5 2 4 17 10 .630 1 2 12 2 18 67% 56.3 87 24 18 8 5 7 4.2 4.5 7.0
1955 24 MLN NL 22 21 11 6 4 4 1 14 7 .667 1 2 10 0 8 38% 53.2 90 18 8 3 4 6 5.1 5.1 7.5
1956 25 MLN NL 31 19 7 7 5 1 1 9 10 .474 0 4 5 1 10 53% 51.3 72 35 15 2 10 3 4.0 3.7 6.5
1957 26 MLN NL 35 18 5 8 5 0 2 6 11 .353 3 2 6 1 9 50% 50.4 77 15 23 5 6 3 3.8 3.8 5.9
1958 27 MLN NL 26 7 0 3 4 0 0 2 5 .286 2 3 0 0 2 29% 43.7 62 26 13 4 4 2 4.1 3.7 4.7
1959 28 PHI NL 25 22 12 7 3 1 3 13 9 .591 1 1 12 3 15 68% 57.2 84 12 7 3 10 5 5.6 5.5 7.6
1960 29 PHI NL 29 25 7 14 4 0 8 9 16 .360 1 2 9 2 17 68% 53.7 86 23 18 8 9 7 3.4 3.1 7.2
1961 30 BOS AL 33 30 11 13 6 3 2 14 15 .483 1 4 6 2 12 40% 46.8 83 15 24 9 7 8 4.4 4.2 6.5
1962 31 BOS AL 34 33 15 14 4 7 8 16 17 .485 0 3 9 2 19 58% 52.5 83 14 27 12 10 9 4.7 4.6 7.3
1963 32 BOS AL 9 9 3 4 2 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 0 0 2 22% 39.4 60 24 12 4 0 8 5.7 6.5 4.5
11 Yrs 276 214 84 88 42 19 29 105 107 .495 10 24 69 13 112 52% 51 90 12 168 59 66 60 4.4 4.4 6.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.3 6.5

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
1952 21 BSN NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .943 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1954 23 MLN NL 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.215 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1955 24 MLN NL 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.187 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1956 25 MLN NL 31 12 9 1 2 1 3 0 300% 3 2 8 2 25% 8 1.039 1 3 5 4 0 6 6 4 10 1 8 0 8.8
1957 26 MLN NL 35 17 6 4 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 12 7 58% 8 1.094 6 4 7 3 4 10 7 10 13 0 13 1 7.4
1958 27 MLN NL 26 19 12 0 3 3 2 0 67% 3 0 13 6 46% 8 1.104 7 1 11 6 2 11 6 13 12 3 13 2 6.2
1959 28 PHI NL 25 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 1 .969 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 13.3
1960 29 PHI NL 29 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.008 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 3.3
1961 30 BOS AL 33 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 .946 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 5.0
1962 31 BOS AL 34 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 .971 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
10 Yrs 267 62 39 7 8 9 9 1 100% 12 3 39 16 41% 1.045 19 12 28 16 9 35 23 37 42 6 41 3 7.0

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%
1952 21 BSN NL 72 67% 5.6% 8.3% 12.5% 11.1% 35% 0.63 67% 19 0 0%
1954 23 MLN NL 814 57% 2.2% 14.6% 10.2% 5.2% 23% 1.00 76% 140 16 11%
1955 24 MLN NL 669 60% 4.3% 20.0% 9.7% 7.3% 26% 0.91 88% 115 8 7%
1956 25 MLN NL 681 57% 2.3% 11.9% 9.1% 5.8% 20% 0.95 94% 127 15 12%
1957 26 MLN NL 629 63% 1.4% 9.7% 10.2% 4.9% 23% 1.08 76% 132 13 10%
1958 27 MLN NL 317 63% 2.6% 16.9% 5.4% 7.3% 26% 1.01 73% 66 5 8%
1959 28 PHI NL 732 55% 1.8% 13.9% 5.7% 6.8% 31% 1.10 78% 109 14 13%
1960 29 PHI NL 772 52% 1.3% 15.2% 5.4% 6.6% 27% 0.81 76% 145 8 6%
1961 30 BOS AL 877 63% 3.8% 13.0% 7.5% 8.5% 32% 0.78 75% 150 16 11%
1962 31 BOS AL 1020 58% 2.8% 13.1% 6.7% 6.7% 29% 1.06 76% 162 20 12%
1963 32 BOS AL 191 55% 2.1% 7.3% 11.0% 7.3% 28% 1.08 78% 34 3 9%
11 Yrs 6774 59% 2.5% 13.7% 7.9% 6.7% 27% 0.96 79% 1199 118 10%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 13.2% 9.2% 6.6% 28% 1.00 77% 10%

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
1952 21 BSN NL 72 23 4 0 2 3 1 1 3 4 4 0 100% 1 0 0 35 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 23 MLN NL 775 171 17 0 17 8 9 1 16 34 13 7 38% 6 4 3 272 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 39
1955 24 MLN NL 535 152 23 0 7 12 9 4 17 24 10 6 42% 9 2 1 212 6 6 50% 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 134
1956 25 MLN NL 571 169 13 0 29 6 6 5 7 38 8 7 21% 6 3 0 203 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 110
1957 26 MLN NL 629 133 9 0 8 5 4 4 5 32 19 1 59% 10 6 1 255 15 8 65% 11 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 13 0
1958 27 MLN NL 314 89 8 0 7 3 5 4 4 20 11 2 55% 7 2 0 119 6 6 50% 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 3
1959 28 PHI NL 732 159 13 0 6 8 5 4 9 30 16 2 53% 10 4 5 250 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1960 29 PHI NL 772 192 10 1 10 7 3 5 5 45 26 6 58% 13 1 1 284 16 6 73% 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1961 30 BOS AL 870 229 33 1 10 17 16 20 13 35 18 4 51% 5 0 2 330 11 5 69% 10 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
1962 31 BOS AL 1020 238 28 0 14 19 9 16 12 47 20 7 43% 12 5 4 345 18 2 90% 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1963 32 BOS AL 191 51 4 0 6 2 2 2 2 10 6 1 60% 2 0 0 72 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
11 Yrs 6481 1606 162 2 116 90 69 66 93 319 151 43 47% 81 27 17 2377 97 45 68% 83 41 13 4 1 0 11 1 106 293
MLB Averages 51% 59%

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+
1952 21 0 3 .000 7.82 4 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 23 16 11 4 9 6 2 0 0 72 48 2.526 16.3 2.8 6.4 4.3 0.67 48
1953 22 0 3 .000 7.82 4 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 23 16 11 4 9 6 2 0 0 72 48 2.526 16.3 2.8 6.4 4.3 0.67 48
1954 23 14 12 .538 3.26 32 30 2 12 2 0 207.0 194 89 75 21 88 119 9 0 4 886 115 1.362 8.4 0.9 3.8 5.2 1.35 115
1955 24 25 19 .568 3.65 54 51 3 22 2 0 365.0 346 170 148 44 140 9 226 10 0 6 1555 103 1.332 8.5 1.1 3.5 5.6 1.61 103
1956 25 33 28 .541 3.49 85 70 12 27 3 3 523.1 515 244 203 57 192 19 294 12 0 9 2236 105 1.351 8.9 1.0 3.3 5.1 1.53 105
1957 26 42 37 .532 3.42 120 88 18 33 4 4 671.1 648 307 255 66 256 24 355 14 0 15 2865 106 1.347 8.7 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.39 106
1958 27 42 43 .494 3.56 146 95 30 33 4 6 743.1 737 351 294 74 273 25 408 18 0 17 3182 102 1.359 8.9 0.9 3.3 4.9 1.49 102
1959 28 54 50 .519 3.45 171 117 32 45 7 7 923.1 896 419 354 87 315 31 510 20 0 21 3911 108 1.312 8.7 0.8 3.1 5.0 1.62 108
1960 29 62 64 .492 3.49 200 142 35 54 9 7 1106.2 1088 504 429 97 357 35 627 22 1 22 4682 107 1.306 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.1 1.76 107
1961 30 73 78 .483 3.71 233 172 38 60 11 8 1306.1 1317 620 538 130 422 37 740 25 1 22 5559 103 1.331 9.1 0.9 2.9 5.1 1.75 103
1962 31 88 92 .489 3.74 267 205 39 69 13 9 1548.0 1555 736 644 158 490 42 874 30 1 27 6576 103 1.321 9.0 0.9 2.8 5.1 1.78 103
1963 32 91 96 .487 3.82 276 214 39 69 13 9 1588.2 1606 767 674 162 511 42 888 31 2 27 6767 101 1.333 9.1 0.9 2.9 5.0 1.74 101

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
1952 21 0 1 .000 9.00 13.0 25 14 13 4 10 6 2 2.692 17.3 6.9 4.2 0.60 2.8 4
1954 23 12 9 .571 3.31 193.0 185 79 71 18 85 112 8 1.399 8.6 4.0 5.2 1.32 0.8 28
1955 24 7 10 .412 4.53 161.0 164 90 81 25 56 109 1 1.366 9.2 3.1 6.1 1.95 1.4 22
1956 25 9 8 .529 3.77 155.0 188 72 65 14 58 66 2 1.587 10.9 3.4 3.8 1.14 0.8 31
1957 26 8 8 .500 3.76 146.0 147 68 61 10 71 60 2 1.493 9.1 4.4 3.7 0.85 0.6 35
1958 27 2 5 .286 5.91 70.0 99 51 46 9 19 52 4 1.686 12.7 2.4 6.7 2.74 1.2 26
1959 28 13 7 .650 2.98 184.0 164 68 61 13 43 104 2 1.125 8.0 2.1 5.1 2.42 0.6 25
1960 29 10 10 .500 3.82 186.0 202 88 79 11 44 119 2 1.323 9.8 2.1 5.8 2.70 0.5 29
1961 30 9 12 .429 4.73 196.0 223 114 103 32 63 111 3 1.459 10.2 2.9 5.1 1.76 1.5 33
1962 31 13 13 .500 3.87 237.0 233 113 102 27 67 132 5 1.266 8.8 2.5 5.0 1.97 1.0 34
1963 32 1 3 .250 7.15 39.0 52 34 31 4 21 13 1 1.872 12.0 4.8 3.0 0.62 0.9 9
11 Yrs 84 86 .494 4.06 1580.0 1682 791 713 167 537 884 32 1.404 9.6 5.0 1.65 1.0 276

* 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
1954 *
1955 *
1959-1
1959-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (23, 1%)
1959 NL (22, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 NL  4.1 (8th)
1959 NL  4.6 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1954 NL  2.96 (5th)
1956 NL  3.13 (6th)
1959 NL  3.00 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  14 (9th)
1962 AL  15 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 NL  .611 (5th)
1959 NL  .632 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1954 NL  1.286 (9th)
1959 NL  1.117 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL  7.919 (3rd)
1959 NL  7.950 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 NL  2.100 (9th)
1960 NL  2.062 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL  5.233 (5th)
1955 NL  6.095 (4th)
1960 NL  5.744 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1962 AL  241.7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 NL  113 (9th)
1955 NL  107 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1962 AL  33 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1954 NL  12 (7th)
1959 NL  12 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 NL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL  33 (2nd)
1962 AL  28 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 NL  79 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 AL  238 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 NL  1.430 (10th)
1955 NL  2.058 (4th)
1959 NL  2.429 (6th)
1960 NL  2.786 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL  0.787 (9th)
1956 NL  0.739 (4th)
1959 NL  0.650 (6th)
1960 NL  0.491 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1960 NL  14 (6th)
1961 AL  14 (10th)
1962 AL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 AL  109 (5th)
1962 AL  106 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL  7 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1962 AL  1,017 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1954 NL  127 (6th)
1956 NL  111 (9th)
1959 NL  137 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  18 (10th)
1959 NL  21 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  1.9 (10th)
1959 NL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 NL  25.78 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 NL  2.3 (10th)
1959 NL  2.3 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1954 NL  1.6 (9th)
1959 NL  2.3 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1954 NL  2.8 (7th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 51 (502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Colborn (970)
  2. Hugh McQuillan (969)
  3. Carl Morton (964)
  4. Bob Porterfield (963)
  5. Lynn McGlothen (962)
  6. Chris Bosio (961)
  7. Cal McLish (960)
  8. Nels Potter (957)
  9. Hal Brown (957)
  10. John Montefusco (955)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. George Chalmers (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack McDowell (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Doug Drabek (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Rhoden (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Stafford (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Bouton (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joaquin Andujar (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Marty Pattin (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hugh McQuillan (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tommy Thomas (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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