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Al Corwin

Elmer Nathan Corwin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 3, 1926 in Newburgh, NY
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1951
Team: Giants 1951-1955

Final Game: May 29, 1955
Died: October 23, 2003 in Geneva, IL
Buried: River Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Batavia, IL
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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	21	SFG-min	C	26	9	.743	3.54	40						280.0	260	149	110		156								1.486	8.4		5.0			REN · SUSE
1949	22	SFG-min	B	15	11	.577	3.03	31						220.0	207	112	74		97								1.382	8.5		4.0			TRE · ISLG
1950	23	SFG-min	A,AAA	9	18	.333	4.52	38	0		0	0		201.0	221	131	101	7	113		2	0		0			1.662	9.9	0.3	5.1	0.1	0.02	JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1951	24	SFG-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.47	21	8		4	1		91.0	64	30	25		51		51	2	1	2			1.264	6.3		5.0	5.0	1.00	OTT · IL
1951	24	NYG	NL	5	1	.833	3.66	15	8	3	3	1	1	59.0	49	27	24	7	21		30	0	0	0	244	108	1.186	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.6	1.43
1952	25	SFG-min	AAA	8	11	.421	5.04	26	25		7	1		159.0	166	98	89		111		133	4	1	7			1.742	9.4		6.3	7.5	1.20	MNE · AA
1952	25	NYG	NL	6	1	.857	2.66	21	7	5	1	0	2	67.2	58	23	20	5	36		36	0	0	1	288	140	1.389	7.7	0.7	4.8	4.8	1.00
1953	26	NYG	NL	6	4	.600	4.98	48	7	16	2	1	2	106.2	122	65	59	17	68		49	3	1	1	495	87	1.781	10.3	1.4	5.7	4.1	0.72
1954	27	SFG-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.33	12	12		5	1		92.0	86	38	34	6	25		54	2	0	0			1.207	8.4	0.6	2.4	5.3	2.16	MNE · AA
1954	27	NYG	NL	1	3	.250	4.02	20	0	5	0	0	0	31.1	35	19	14	4	14		14	0	0	0	138	102	1.564	10.1	1.1	4.0	4.0	1.00
1955	28	SFG-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.41	30	21		5	0		138.0	163	101	83	21	72	2	64	1	0	5			1.703	10.6	1.4	4.7	4.2	0.89	MNE · AA
1955	28	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	4.01	13	0	4	0	0	0	24.2	25	11	11	3	17	2	13	0	0	0	116	103	1.703	9.1	1.1	6.2	4.7	0.76
1956	29	SFG-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.50	26	17		5	1		120.0	115	66	60	11	51	9	51	3	0	4			1.383	8.6	0.8	3.8	3.8	1.00	MNE · AA
1957	30	SFG-min	AAA	4	9	.308	5.72	22	19		5	0		107.0	113	76	68	16	48	4	52	0	0	5			1.505	9.5	1.3	4.0	4.4	1.08	LOU,MNE · AA
1958	31	DET-BAL-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.16	29	25		8	1		174.0	175	70	61	5	71	7	82	2	0	8			1.414	9.1	0.3	3.7	4.2	1.15	CHL,LOU · AA
1959	32	DAL	AAA	10	12	.455	3.63	29	28		5	2		181.0	193	84	73	10	59	7	76	1	0	6			1.392	9.6	0.5	2.9	3.8	1.29	DAL · AA
1960	33	BAL-OAK-min	AAA	0	3	.000	3.41	9	5					29.0	31	16	11	1	10								1.414	9.6	0.3	3.1			VAN,DFW · PCL,AA
5 Yrs				18	10	.643	3.98	117	22	33	6	2	5	289.1	289	145	128	36	156	2	142	3	1	2	1281	102	1.538	9.0	1.1	4.9	4.4	0.91
162 Game Avg.				9	5	.643	3.98	57	11	16	3	1	2	142	141	71	63	18	76		69	1	0	1	627	102	1.538	9.0	1.1	4.9	4.4	0.91

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1951	24	NYG	NL	59.0	15	8	27	4.12	4.27	0.19	100.9	4.11	-0	-0.0	1.5	-0.0	0.5	6	.500	.500	$
1952	25	NYG	NL	67.2	21	7	23	3.06	4.37	0.11	98.3	4.19	9	1.0	1.3	-0.0	1.6	15	.546	.506	$
1953	26	NYG	NL	106.2	48	7	65	5.48	4.93	-0.03	99.7	4.94	-6	-0.5	.7	-0.1	0.4	6	.489	.497	$
1954	27	NYG	NL	31.1	20	0	19	5.46	4.55	0.33	100.4	4.23	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.479	.497	$
1955	28	NYG	NL	24.2	13	0	11	4.01	4.68	0.06	98.5	4.54	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.4	4	.515	.501	$
5 Seasons				289.1	117	22	145	4.51	4.60	0.10	99.6	4.49	1	0.2	.9	-0.3	2.7	32	.502	.500	$

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
1951	24	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4

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
1951	24	NYG	NL	15	244	221	27	49	6	2	7	0	2	21	30	.222	.289	.362	.651	.228	80	3	0	2	0		3
1952	25	NYG	NL	21	255	247	23	58	4	2	5	2	3	36	36	.235	.332	.328	.660	.257	81	3	0	5	0		2
1953	26	NYG	NL	48	493	421	65	122	17	5	17	2	3	68	49	.290	.392	.475	.867	.296	200	10	3	3	0		2
1954	27	NYG	NL	20	137	118	19	35	5	1	4	4	2	14	14	.297	.363	.458	.821	.301	54	3	0	2	3		0
1955	28	NYG	NL	13	87	95	11	25	0	0	3	0	0	17	13	.263	.372	.358	.730	.275	34	2	0	3	1	2	1
5 Yrs				117	1216	1102	145	289	32	10	36	8	10	156	142	.262	.354	.407	.762	.273	449	21	3	15	4	2	8
162 Game Avg.				57	595	539	71	141	16	5	18	4	5	76	69	.262	.354	.407	.762	.273	220	10	1	7	2		4
MLB Averages																.259	.333	.382	.715	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1951	24	NYG	NL	2.0	0.2	247	1.2	4.7	-3.5	1.00	0.8	0.4	2.7	0.3	1.00	7.6	2	0	5
1952	25	NYG	NL	7.8	0.8	263	0.6	5.1	-4.5	1.09	0.7	-0.2	7.1	0.7	1.09	7.7	4	2	8
1953	26	NYG	NL	-6.7	-0.6	501	-0.5	5.6	-6.1	.66	-1.1	0.3	-8.4	-0.8	0.66	-12.8	5	11	23
1954	27	NYG	NL	-1.1	-0.1	143	-0.4	1.7	-2.2	.72	-0.1	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.72	-2.3	4	7	8
1955	28	NYG	NL	1.0	0.1	88	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.50	0.1	0.1	3.1	0.3	0.50	1.2	1	2	8
5 Yrs				3.0	0.4	1242	1.0	17.8	-16.8	.81	0.4	0.8	4.6	0.5	0.81	1.4	16	22	52

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
1951	24	NYG	NL	15	8	4	1	3	0	0	6	2	.750	1	1	3	1	4	50%	53.0	80	36	8	3	4	2	5.0	4.9	6.1
1952	25	NYG	NL	21	7	3	1	3	1	0	6	1	.857	1	1	1	0	3	43%	50.6	56	44	15	4	5	0	5.2	4.4	5.4
1953	26	NYG	NL	48	7	2	2	3	0	0	3	4	.429	0	1	2	1	2	29%	45.4	73	29	36	9	4	2	5.4	6.8	5.0
3 Yrs				84	22	9	4	9	1	0	15	7	.682	2	3	6	2	9	41%	50	80	29	59	16	13	4	5.2	5.3	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.4	6.6

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
1951	24	NYG	NL	15	7	3	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	5	0	0%	7	.998	2	0	5	1	1	5	2	5	3	3	3	1	4.3
1952	25	NYG	NL	21	14	5	3	0	3	2	1	67%	4	1	15	6	40%	8	1.086	4	2	8	4	1	9	8	6	9	3	9	6	6.4
1953	26	NYG	NL	48	41	16	4	2	2	2	0	100%	2	0	32	13	41%	8	.661	5	11	23	3	2	34	17	22	20	9	23	11	5.2
1954	27	NYG	NL	20	20	5	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	24	6	25%	3	.724	4	7	8	0	3	17	12	8	11	2	13	2	4.7
1955	28	NYG	NL	13	13	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	11	2	18%	5	.505	1	2	8	0	0	11	5	6	7	1	6	1	5.7
5 Yrs				117	95	33	9	6	6	5	1	83%	7	1	87	27	31%		.814	16	22	52	8	7	76	44	47	50	18	54	21	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	24	NYG	NL	244	57%	2.9%	12.3%	8.6%	6.2%	31%	0.40	75%	35	3	9%
1952	25	NYG	NL	288	66%	2.0%	14.1%	14.1%	4.3%	19%	0.52	81%	48	3	6%
1953	26	NYG	NL	496	63%	3.5%	9.9%	13.8%	7.9%	32%	0.64	72%	113	10	9%
1954	27	NYG	NL	137	72%	2.9%	10.2%	10.2%	7.3%	29%	0.93	75%	35	3	9%
1955	28	NYG	NL	116	68%	3.5%	14.9%	19.5%	3.5%	12%	0.57	92%	21	2	10%
5 Yrs				1281	64%	3.0%	11.7%	12.8%	6.4%	27%	0.58	76%	252	21	8%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.8%	10.4%	6.7%	26%	0.95	84%			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
1951	24	NYG	NL	244	49			7	0	5	3	4	5	2	4	1	1	25%	3	0	1	76	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1952	25	NYG	NL	255	58			5	0	8	3	2	5	0	9	4	0	44%	2	1	0	89	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	33
1953	26	NYG	NL	493	122			17	2	21	8	8	5	11	34	18	0	53%	2	1	0	200	2	3	40%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3
1954	27	NYG	NL	137	35			4	0	9	2	2	1	3	11	6	0	55%	0	0	0	60	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1955	28	NYG	NL	87	25			3	0	8	2	0	2	0	5	2	0	40%	1	0	0	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	29
5 Yrs				1216	289			36	2	51	18	16	18	16	63	31	1	49%	8	2	1	461	8	10	44%	8	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	65
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+
1951	24	5	1	.833	3.66	15	8	3	3	1	1	59.0	49	27	24	7	21		30	0	0	0	244	108	1.186	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.6	1.43	108
1952	25	11	2	.846	3.13	36	15	8	4	1	3	126.2	107	50	44	12	57		66	0	0	1	532	122	1.295	7.6	0.9	4.1	4.7	1.16	122
1953	26	17	6	.739	3.97	84	22	24	6	2	5	233.1	229	115	103	29	125		115	3	1	2	1027	102	1.517	8.8	1.1	4.8	4.4	0.92	102
1954	27	18	9	.667	3.98	104	22	29	6	2	5	264.2	264	134	117	33	139		129	3	1	2	1165	102	1.523	9.0	1.1	4.7	4.4	0.93	102
1955	28	18	10	.643	3.98	117	22	33	6	2	5	289.1	289	145	128	36	156	2	142	3	1	2	1281	102	1.538	9.0	1.1	4.9	4.4	0.91	102

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
1951	24	3	3	.500	3.75	60.0	51	28	25	7	22	31	0	1.217	7.7	3.3	4.7	1.41	1.1	15
1952	25	5	2	.714	3.00	66.0	63	24	22	5	39	35	0	1.545	8.6	5.3	4.8	0.90	0.7	21
1953	26	5	6	.455	4.79	107.0	122	63	57	17	68	49	3	1.776	10.3	5.7	4.1	0.72	1.4	48
1954	27	1	2	.333	3.94	32.0	36	16	14	4	14	14	0	1.563	10.1	3.9	3.9	1.00	1.1	20
1955	28	1	1	.500	3.81	26.0	26	12	11	3	18	14	0	1.692	9.0	6.2	4.8	0.78	1.0	13
5 Yrs		15	14	.517	3.99	291.0	298	143	129	36	161	143	3	1.577	9.2		4.4	0.89	1.1	117

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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