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Mort Cooper

Morton Cecil Cooper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 2, 1913 in Atherton, MO
High School: Christman HS (Independence, MO)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1938
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves/Giants/Cubs 1938-1949

Final Game: May 7, 1949
Died: November 17, 1958 in Little Rock, AR
Buried: Salem Cemetery, Independence, MO
Relatives: Brother of Walker Cooper
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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
1938 25 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.04 4 3 1 1 0 1 23.2 17 11 8 1 12 11 1 0 0 102 131 1.225 6.5 0.4 4.6 4.2 0.92
1939 26 STL NL 12 6 .667 3.25 45 26 12 7 2 4 210.2 208 94 76 6 97 130 2 1 4 919 127 1.448 8.9 0.3 4.1 5.6 1.34
1940 27 STL NL 11 12 .478 3.63 38 29 6 16 3 3 230.2 225 103 93 12 86 95 3 2 5 992 109 1.348 8.8 0.5 3.4 3.7 1.10
1941 28 STL NL 13 9 .591 3.91 29 25 2 12 0 0 186.2 175 88 81 15 69 118 3 0 7 800 97 1.307 8.4 0.7 3.3 5.7 1.71 MVP-24
1942 29 STL NL 22 7 .759 1.78 37 35 1 22 10 0 278.2 207 73 55 9 68 152 5 0 5 1100 192 0.987 6.7 0.3 2.2 4.9 2.24 AS,MVP-1
1943 30 STL NL 21 8 .724 2.30 37 32 5 24 6 3 274.0 228 81 70 5 79 141 5 2 4 1109 147 1.120 7.5 0.2 2.6 4.6 1.78 AS,MVP-5
1944 31 STL NL 22 7 .759 2.46 34 33 1 22 7 1 252.1 227 74 69 6 60 97 5 1 0 1023 145 1.137 8.1 0.2 2.1 3.5 1.62 MVP-9
1945 32 TOT NL 9 4 .692 2.92 24 14 9 5 1 1 101.2 97 42 33 5 34 59 2 0 0 426 132 1.289 8.6 0.4 3.0 5.2 1.74
1945 32 STL NL 2 0 1.000 1.52 4 3 0 1 0 0 23.2 20 7 4 1 7 14 1 0 0 97 251 1.141 7.6 0.4 2.7 5.3 2.00
1945 32 BSN NL 7 4 .636 3.35 20 11 9 4 1 1 78.0 77 35 29 4 27 45 1 0 0 329 115 1.333 8.9 0.5 3.1 5.2 1.67
1946 33 BSN NL 13 11 .542 3.12 28 27 1 15 4 1 199.0 181 76 69 16 39 83 0 1 2 805 111 1.106 8.2 0.7 1.8 3.8 2.13 AS
1947 34 TOT NL 3 10 .231 5.40 18 15 1 4 0 0 83.1 99 58 50 8 26 27 2 0 0 369 75 1.500 10.7 0.9 2.8 2.9 1.04
1947 34 BSN NL 2 5 .286 4.05 10 7 1 2 0 0 46.2 48 26 21 1 13 15 2 0 0 198 98 1.307 9.3 0.2 2.5 2.9 1.15
1947 34 NYG NL 1 5 .167 7.12 8 8 0 2 0 0 36.2 51 32 29 7 13 12 0 0 0 171 58 1.745 12.5 1.7 3.2 2.9 0.92
1949 36 CHC NL 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 0.00
11 Yrs 128 75 .631 2.97 295 239 39 128 33 14 1840.2 1666 703 607 84 571 913 28 7 28 7648 124 1.215 8.1 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.60
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .631 2.97 38 30 5 16 4 2 234 212 90 77 11 73 116 4 1 4 974 124 1.215 8.1 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.60
STL (8 yrs) 105 50 .677 2.77 228 186 28 105 28 12 1480.1 1307 531 456 55 478 758 25 6 25 6142 133 1.206 7.9 0.3 2.9 4.6 1.59
BSN (3 yrs) 22 20 .524 3.31 58 45 11 21 5 2 323.2 306 137 119 21 79 143 3 1 2 1332 110 1.189 8.5 0.6 2.2 4.0 1.81
NYG (1 yr) 1 5 .167 7.12 8 8 0 2 0 0 36.2 51 32 29 7 13 12 0 0 0 171 58 1.745 12.5 1.7 3.2 2.9 0.92
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 0.00

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
1938 25 STL NL 23.2 4 3 11 4.18 4.17 -0.11 0.00 102.1 4.37 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .516 .500 $
1939 26 STL NL 210.2 45 26 94 4.02 4.47 0.10 0.00 103.9 4.54 13 1.4 1.0 -0.1 3.0 32 .532 .509 $
1940 27 STL NL 230.2 38 29 103 4.02 4.41 -0.18 0.00 102.0 4.68 17 1.9 1.0 -0.1 4.0 43 .550 .512 $
1941 28 STL NL 186.2 29 25 88 4.24 4.20 0.27 0.00 103.2 4.05 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.3 16 .488 .498 $ MVP-24
1942 29 STL NL 278.2 37 35 73 2.36 3.81 0.12 0.00 103.2 3.81 47 6.1 1.0 -0.1 8.2 69 .664 .538 $ AS,MVP-1
1943 30 STL NL 274.0 37 32 81 2.66 3.95 0.33 0.00 100.0 3.62 29 3.6 1.0 -0.2 5.6 53 .597 .522 $ AS,MVP-5
1944 31 STL NL 252.1 34 33 74 2.64 4.14 0.45 0.00 98.9 3.66 29 3.3 1.0 -0.2 5.2 52 .598 .521 $15,000 MVP-9
1945 32 STL NL 23.2 4 3 7 2.66 4.24 0.12 0.00 99.0 4.08 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .600 .502 $15,000
1945 32 BSN NL 78.0 20 11 35 4.04 4.12 -0.03 0.00 100.9 4.19 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .504 .501 $
1946 33 BSN NL 201.0 28 27 76 3.40 3.97 0.03 0.00 100.7 3.97 13 1.5 1.0 -0.1 3.2 33 .553 .509 $ AS
1947 34 BSN NL 45.1 10 7 26 5.16 4.51 0.01 0.00 97.9 4.40 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.0 2 .460 .498 $
1947 34 NYG NL 36.2 8 8 32 7.85 4.40 0.00 0.00 101.3 4.45 -14 -1.2 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .346 .492 $
1949 36 CHC NL 0.0 1 0 3 104.0 1.8 0.0 $
11 Seasons 1841.1 295 239 703 3.44 4.14 0.15 0.00 101.5 4.05 133 16.4 1.0 -1.1 31.1 309 .554 .508 $30,000
STL (8 yrs) 1480.1 228 186 531 3.23 4.14 0.18 0.00 101.7 4.03 137 16.5 1.0 -0.9 28.1 275 .572 .513 $30,000
BSN (3 yrs) 324.1 58 45 137 3.80 4.08 0.01 0.00 100.4 4.09 9 1.2 1.0 -0.2 3.9 44 .520 .502 $
NYG (1 yr) 36.2 8 8 32 7.85 4.40 0.00 0.00 101.3 4.45 -14 -1.2 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .346 .492 $
CHC (1 yr) 0.0 1 0 3 0.0 $

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
1942 29 STL NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 5.54 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 17 10 8 1 4 0 9 0 0 0 59 1.615 11.8 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.25
1943 30 STL NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 2.81 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 11 5 5 1 3 0 10 0 0 1 62 0.875 6.2 0.6 1.7 5.6 3.33
1944 31 STL NL WS W SLB 1 1 .500 1.13 2 2 0 1 1 0 16.0 9 2 2 1 5 0 16 0 0 0 62 0.875 5.1 0.6 2.8 9.0 3.20
3 Yrs (3 Series) 2 3 .400 3.00 6 6 0 2 1 0 45.0 37 17 15 3 12 0 35 0 0 1 183 1.089 7.4 0.6 2.4 7.0 2.92
3 WS 2 3 .400 3.00 6 6 0 2 1 0 45.0 37 17 15 3 12 0 35 0 0 1 183 1.089 7.4 0.6 2.4 7.0 2.92

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
1942 STL NL 29 1 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 1.333 12.0 6.0 0.0 6.0
1943 STL NL 30 1 0 1 .000 15.43 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 3.9 7.7 3.9 0.50
1945 BSN NL 32
1946 BSN NL 33
4 Yrs (2 GP) 2 0 2 .000 11.81 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 7 7 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 26 1.875 13.5 5.1 3.4 5.1 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
1949 36 CHC NL 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 204 136 204 136 0 0 68 0 0 68 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 1.000 340 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages .262 .334 .333 .667 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1949 36 CHC NL -2.7 -0.2 4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.80 -0.2 0.0 -3.8 -0.3 1.80 -2.3 1 0 0
11 Yrs 147.0 16.6 4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.80 -0.2 0.0 -3.8 -0.3 1.80 -2.3 1 0 0

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
1938 25 STL NL 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 2 67% 51.3 68 38 0 3 4.2 6.9
1939 26 STL NL 45 26 10 6 10 1 3 14 10 .583 0 0 7 2 15 58% 52.1 80 22 17 5 4.5 6.8
1940 27 STL NL 38 29 10 12 7 0 6 13 15 .464 0 0 16 3 16 55% 51.8 79 20 17 8 4.4 7.4
1941 28 STL NL 29 25 12 9 4 1 2 15 10 .600 0 0 12 0 13 52% 55.2 78 18 11 5 4.1 7.2
1942 29 STL NL 37 35 22 6 7 0 2 26 7 .788 0 0 22 10 28 80% 65.1 91 22 18 7 4.2 7.9
1943 30 STL NL 37 32 20 7 5 1 4 24 8 .750 0 0 24 6 24 75% 62.4 90 25 17 8 4.6 8.4
1944 31 STL NL 34 33 22 7 4 1 2 26 7 .788 0 0 22 7 25 76% 59.2 88 20 14 9 6.2 7.6
1945 32 TOT NL 24 14 6 2 6 1 0 8 5 .615 0 0 5 1 6 43% 52.1 83 28 6 6 6.4 5.9
1945 32 STL NL 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 0 2 67% 56.7 72 39 0 3 6.6 6.6
1945 32 BSN NL 20 11 4 2 5 1 0 5 5 .500 0 0 4 1 4 36% 50.8 83 28 6 3 6.3 5.8
1946 33 BSN NL 28 27 13 11 3 0 2 14 13 .519 0 0 15 4 16 59% 57.1 90 23 5 11 4.3 7.4
1947 34 TOT NL 18 15 2 10 3 1 1 4 11 .267 0 0 4 0 3 20% 41.2 77 17 3 9 3.8 5.1
1947 34 BSN NL 10 7 1 5 1 0 1 2 5 .286 0 0 2 0 3 43% 44.1 77 17 2 4 3.2 5.7
1947 34 NYG NL 8 8 1 5 2 1 0 2 6 .250 0 0 2 0 0 0% 38.6 51 18 1 5 4.2 4.6
10 Yrs 294 239 119 71 49 7 23 146 87 .627 0 0 128 33 148 62% 57 91 17 108 71 4.7 7.3
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 115 -20 4.4 4.8 6.9

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
1938 25 STL NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
1939 26 STL NL 45 19 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 3 5 5.4
1940 27 STL NL 38 9 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 2 2 5.8
1941 28 STL NL 29 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.8
1942 29 STL NL 37 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.0
1943 30 STL NL 37 5 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 4.0
1944 31 STL NL 34 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.0
1945 32 TOT NL 24 10 9 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 2 5.6
1945 32 STL NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.0
1945 32 BSN NL 20 9 9 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 2 4.9
1946 33 BSN NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.0
1947 34 TOT NL 18 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5.3
1947 34 BSN NL 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5.3
1949 36 CHC NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 1.805 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
11 Yrs 287 56 39 9 4 0 14 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1.805 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 36 11 0 13 5.3

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%
1938 25 STL NL 102 1.0% 10.8% 11.8% 2.9% 18% 74%
1939 26 STL NL 919 0.7% 14.2% 10.6% 1.6% 7% 72%
1940 27 STL NL 992 1.2% 9.6% 8.7% 3.0% 13% 79%
1941 28 STL NL 793 1.9% 14.9% 8.7% 4.4% 20% 73%
1942 29 STL NL 1099 0.8% 13.8% 6.2% 2.3% 12% 77%
1943 30 STL NL 1109 0.5% 12.7% 7.1% 3.1% 15% 78%
1944 31 STL NL 1023 0.6% 9.5% 5.9% 3.5% 16% 83%
1945 32 TOT NL 426 1.2% 13.9% 8.0% 2.6% 11% 76%
1945 32 STL NL 97 1.0% 14.4% 7.2% 2.1% 10% 75%
1945 32 BSN NL 329 1.2% 13.7% 8.2% 2.7% 12% 76%
1946 33 BSN NL 810 2.0% 10.3% 4.8% 4.2% 19% 82%
1947 34 TOT NL 370 2.2% 7.3% 7.0% 3.8% 14% 82%
1947 34 BSN NL 199 0.5% 7.5% 6.5% 2.0% 8% 82%
1947 34 NYG NL 171 4.1% 7.0% 7.6% 5.9% 20% 81%
1949 36 CHC NL 3 33% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 50% 33% 1 0 0%
11 Yrs 7646 33% 1.1% 11.9% 7.5% 3.1% 14% 78% 1 0 0%
MLB Averages 48% 1.5% 9.7% 9.7% 3.4% 14% 0.95 83% 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
1938 25 STL NL 17 1 0
1939 26 STL NL 208 6 4
1940 27 STL NL 225 12 5
1941 28 STL NL 175 15 7
1942 29 STL NL 207 9 5
1943 30 STL NL 228 5 4
1944 31 STL NL 227 6 0
1945 32 TOT NL 97 5 0
1945 32 STL NL 20 1 0
1945 32 BSN NL 77 4 0
1946 33 BSN NL 181 16 2
1947 34 TOT NL 99 8 0
1947 34 BSN NL 48 1 0
1947 34 NYG NL 51 7 0
1949 36 CHC NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Yrs 3 1666 84 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 100% 0 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1938 25 2 1 .667 3.04 4 3 1 1 0 1 23.2 17 11 8 1 12 11 1 0 0 102 131 1.225 6.5 0.4 4.6 4.2 0.92 131
1939 26 14 7 .667 3.23 49 29 13 8 2 5 234.1 225 105 84 7 109 141 3 1 4 1021 127 1.425 8.6 0.3 4.2 5.4 1.29 127
1940 27 25 19 .568 3.43 87 58 19 24 5 8 465.0 450 208 177 19 195 236 6 3 9 2013 118 1.387 8.7 0.4 3.8 4.6 1.21 118
1941 28 38 28 .576 3.56 116 83 21 36 5 8 651.2 625 296 258 34 264 354 9 3 16 2813 111 1.364 8.6 0.5 3.6 4.9 1.34 111
1942 29 60 35 .632 3.03 153 118 22 58 15 8 930.1 832 369 313 43 332 506 14 3 21 3913 126 1.251 8.0 0.4 3.2 4.9 1.52 126
1943 30 81 43 .653 2.86 190 150 27 82 21 11 1204.1 1060 450 383 48 411 647 19 5 25 5022 129 1.221 7.9 0.4 3.1 4.8 1.57 129
1944 31 103 50 .673 2.79 224 183 28 104 28 12 1456.2 1287 524 452 54 471 744 24 6 25 6045 132 1.207 8.0 0.3 2.9 4.6 1.58 132
1945 32 112 54 .675 2.80 248 197 37 109 29 13 1558.1 1384 566 485 59 505 803 26 6 25 6471 132 1.212 8.0 0.3 2.9 4.6 1.59 132
1946 33 125 65 .658 2.84 276 224 38 124 33 14 1757.1 1565 642 554 75 544 886 26 7 27 7276 129 1.200 8.0 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.63 129
1947 34 128 75 .631 2.95 294 239 39 128 33 14 1840.2 1664 700 604 83 570 913 28 7 27 7645 125 1.214 8.1 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.60 125
1948 35 128 75 .631 2.95 294 239 39 128 33 14 1840.2 1664 700 604 83 570 913 28 7 27 7645 125 1.214 8.1 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.60 125
1949 36 128 75 .631 2.97 295 239 39 128 33 14 1840.2 1666 703 607 84 571 913 28 7 28 7648 124 1.215 8.1 0.4 2.8 4.5 1.60 124

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
1938 25 1 1 .500 2.88 25.0 18 9 8 1 13 12 1 1.240 6.5 4.7 4.3 0.92 0.4 4
1939 26 15 9 .625 3.14 218.0 213 84 76 6 99 134 2 1.431 8.8 4.1 5.5 1.35 0.2 45
1940 27 14 12 .538 3.58 239.0 234 106 95 12 89 99 3 1.351 8.8 3.4 3.7 1.11 0.5 38
1941 28 10 11 .476 4.01 191.0 182 94 85 16 72 121 3 1.330 8.6 3.4 5.7 1.68 0.8 29
1942 29 25 6 .806 2.02 285.0 229 71 64 10 75 155 6 1.067 7.2 2.4 4.9 2.07 0.3 37
1943 30 20 10 .667 2.72 271.0 252 91 82 6 87 140 6 1.251 8.4 2.9 4.6 1.61 0.2 37
1944 31 19 8 .704 2.69 251.0 241 83 75 6 64 96 5 1.215 8.6 2.3 3.4 1.50 0.2 34
1945 32 7 4 .636 3.00 102.0 101 38 34 5 35 59 2 1.333 8.9 3.1 5.2 1.69 0.4 24
1946 33 12 10 .545 3.60 200.0 199 89 80 18 43 83 0 1.210 9.0 1.9 3.7 1.93 0.8 28
1947 34 3 6 .333 5.40 85.0 102 57 51 8 27 28 2 1.518 10.8 2.9 3.0 1.04 0.8 18
10 Yrs 126 77 .621 3.13 1867.0 1771 722 650 88 604 927 30 1.272 8.5 4.5 1.53 0.4 294

* 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

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.9%)

All-Star Games
1942 (P)
1943 (P)
1945--not played
1946

Awards (yr lg award)
1942 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (24, 2%)
1942 NL (1, 78%)
1943 NL (5, 39%)
1944 NL (9, 19%)
1 MVP
1.38 Career Shares (161st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 NL  8.1 (1st)
1943 NL  5.4 (6th)
1944 NL  5.4 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1940 NL  4.0 (10th)
1942 NL  8.2 (1st)
1943 NL  5.6 (1st)
1944 NL  5.2 (4th)
1946 NL  3.2 (10th)
Career  31.1 (222nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1939 NL  3.25 (7th)
1942 NL  1.78 (1st)
1943 NL  2.30 (2nd)
1944 NL  2.46 (3rd)
Career  2.97 (159th)

Wins s c a p y
1942 NL  22 (1st)
1943 NL  21 (1st)
1944 NL  22 (2nd)
1946 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1939 NL  .667 (6th)
1941 NL  .591 (9th)
1942 NL  .759 (4th)
1943 NL  .724 (3rd)
1944 NL  .759 (3rd)
Career  .631 (55th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 NL  0.987 (1st)
1943 NL  1.120 (2nd)
1944 NL  1.137 (5th)
1946 NL  1.106 (1st)
Career  1.215 (174th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  8.886 (7th)
1942 NL  6.685 (1st)
1943 NL  7.489 (3rd)
1944 NL  8.096 (7th)
1946 NL  8.186 (10th)
Career  8.146 (163rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  2.196 (5th)
1946 NL  1.764 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  5.554 (1st)
1941 NL  5.689 (2nd)
1942 NL  4.909 (3rd)
1943 NL  4.631 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 NL  45 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1939 NL  4 (7th)
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1943 NL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1942 NL  278.7 (2nd)
1943 NL  274.0 (4th)
1944 NL  252.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 NL  130 (3rd)
1940 NL  95 (9th)
1941 NL  118 (5th)
1942 NL  152 (2nd)
1943 NL  141 (2nd)
1944 NL  97 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1942 NL  35 (2nd)
1943 NL  32 (7th)
1944 NL  33 (5th)
1946 NL  27 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1942 NL  22 (3rd)
1943 NL  24 (2nd)
1944 NL  22 (5th)
1946 NL  15 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 NL  2 (8th)
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1942 NL  10 (1st)
1943 NL  6 (2nd)
1944 NL  7 (1st)
1946 NL  4 (3rd)
Career  33 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  15 (5th)
1946 NL  16 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 NL  97 (3rd)
1940 NL  86 (9th)
1943 NL  79 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1942 NL  207 (10th)
1943 NL  228 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  1.710 (3rd)
1942 NL  2.235 (1st)
1943 NL  1.785 (4th)
1944 NL  1.617 (6th)
1946 NL  2.128 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  0.256 (1st)
1943 NL  0.164 (4th)
1944 NL  0.214 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  93 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 NL  5 (6th)
1941 NL  7 (4th)
1942 NL  5 (4th)
1943 NL  4 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 NL  5 (5th)
1943 NL  5 (3rd)
1944 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1942 NL  1,100 (5th)
1943 NL  1,109 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1939 NL  127 (6th)
1942 NL  194 (1st)
1943 NL  148 (2nd)
1944 NL  145 (3rd)
Career  124 (81st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  17 (10th)
1942 NL  47 (1st)
1943 NL  34 (1st)
1944 NL  35 (2nd)
Career  146 (136th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  1.7 (10th)
1942 NL  5.5 (1st)
1943 NL  3.8 (1st)
1944 NL  3.8 (2nd)
Career  16.5 (118th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 18 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 122 (154), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 90 (122), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 30 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Sal Maglie (951)
  2. Harry Brecheen (945)
  3. John Tudor (936)
  4. Jim Bagby (932)
  5. Denny McLain (930)
  6. Jeff Tesreau (930)
  7. Preacher Roe (930)
  8. Dizzy Dean (926) *
  9. Howie Camnitz (921)
  10. Mel Parnell (920)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mel Queen (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kelly Downs (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Junior Thompson (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ferdie Schupp (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hank Borowy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Urban Shocker (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Orel Hershiser (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sam Leever (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Orel Hershiser (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harry Brecheen (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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