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Walt Craddock

Walter Anderson Craddock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 176 lb.

Born: March 25, 1932 in Pax, WV
School: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1955
Team: Athletics 1955-1958

Final Game: September 28, 1958
Died: July 6, 1980 in Parma Heights, OH
Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, WV
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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
1955 23 KCA AL 0 2 .000 7.80 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 18 14 13 3 10 0 9 0 0 0 73 55 1.867 10.8 1.8 6.0 5.4 0.90
1956 24 KCA AL 0 2 .000 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 9 7 7 1 10 0 8 0 0 2 45 67 2.036 8.7 1.0 9.6 7.7 0.80
1958 26 KCA AL 0 3 .000 5.89 23 1 13 0 0 0 36.2 41 25 24 4 20 0 22 1 0 0 168 67 1.664 10.1 1.0 4.9 5.4 1.10
3 Yrs 0 7 .000 6.49 29 5 13 0 0 0 61.0 68 46 44 8 40 0 39 1 0 2 286 63 1.770 10.0 1.2 5.9 5.8 0.98
162 Game Avg. 0 14 .000 6.49 58 10 26 0 0 0 122 136 92 88 16 80 0 78 2 0 4 572 63 1.770 10.0 1.2 5.9 5.8 0.98

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
1955 23 KCA AL 15.0 4 2 14 8.40 4.50 -0.25 0.00 97.1 4.62 -6 -0.6 1.4 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .354 .496 $
1956 24 KCA AL 9.1 2 2 7 6.75 4.52 -0.06 0.00 105.3 4.82 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .404 .499 $
1958 26 KCA AL 37.2 23 1 25 5.97 4.29 0.03 0.00 100.0 4.26 -7 -0.8 .3 0.2 -0.3 -4 .467 .495 $
3 Seasons 62.0 29 5 46 6.68 4.38 -0.05 0.00 100.1 4.43 -16 -1.5 .4 0.1 -0.9 -10 .447 .497 $

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
1955 23 KCA AL 4 69 56 14 18 4 0 3 0 0 10 9 .321 .424 .554 .978 .341 31 1 0 3 0 0 1
1956 24 KCA AL 2 45 34 7 9 2 0 1 0 1 10 8 .265 .432 .412 .844 .320 14 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 26 KCA AL 23 167 145 25 41 5 4 4 1 2 20 22 .283 .369 .455 .824 .306 66 3 1 3 2 0 2
3 Yrs 29 281 235 46 68 11 4 8 1 3 40 39 .289 .392 .472 .864 .316 111 5 1 7 2 0 3
162 Game Avg. 58 562 470 92 136 22 8 16 2 6 80 78 .289 .392 .472 .864 .316 222 10 2 14 4 0 6
MLB Averages .258 .328 .392 .720 .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
1955 23 KCA AL -5.3 -0.5 70 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 .94 -0.2 -0.1 -8.1 -0.7 0.94 -5.7 1 0 1
1956 24 KCA AL -1.9 -0.2 47 -0.3 0.8 -1.2 1.18 -0.2 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.18 -2.1 0 0 0
1958 26 KCA AL -6.8 -0.7 172 -0.8 0.6 -1.3 .34 -0.6 -1.6 -7.6 -0.8 0.34 -4.2 1 2 16
3 Yrs -14.0 -1.4 289 -1.3 2.6 -3.9 .62 -1.0 -1.1 -18.5 -1.7 0.62 -12.0 2 2 17

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
1955 23 KCA AL 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 2 100% 55.5 56 55 2 2 0 2 2.0 0.0 6.5
1956 24 KCA AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 50 36 4 0 0 2 1.0 1.0 4.7
1958 26 KCA AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 2 0 1 0 3.0 0.0 2.0
3 Yrs 29 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 4 .200 0 1 0 0 2 40% 45 56 29 8 2 1 4 1.8 0.4 4.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.4 6.4

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
1955 23 KCA AL 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 3 .942 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3.0
1958 26 KCA AL 23 22 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 8 .337 1 2 16 0 2 19 3 18 13 3 13 1 4.9
2 Yrs 27 24 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% .514 2 2 17 1 2 20 5 18 14 4 14 2 4.7

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%
1955 23 KCA AL 69 28% 4.4% 13.0% 14.5% 10.1% 39% 1.27 64% 12 1 8%
1956 24 KCA AL 45 22% 2.2% 17.8% 22.2% 6.7% 33% 0.90 56% 14 1 7%
1958 26 KCA AL 171 28% 2.4% 13.2% 12.0% 7.8% 32% 0.87 72% 29 3 10%
3 Yrs 285 27% 2.9% 13.9% 14.2% 8.2% 34% 0.96 68% 55 5 9%
MLB Averages 52% 2.5% 12.7% 9.4% 6.7% 28% 0.98 77% 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
1955 23 KCA AL 69 18 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 33% 1 0 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 24 KCA AL 45 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 2 0 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 26 KCA AL 167 41 4 0 5 3 0 1 2 7 3 0 43% 2 0 2 61 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4
3 Yrs 281 68 8 0 6 6 1 4 3 12 5 1 42% 3 2 3 116 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 4
MLB Averages 51% 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+
1955 23 0 2 .000 7.80 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 18 14 13 3 10 0 9 0 0 0 73 55 1.867 10.8 1.8 6.0 5.4 0.90 55
1956 24 0 4 .000 7.40 6 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 27 21 20 4 20 0 17 0 0 2 118 59 1.932 10.0 1.5 7.4 6.3 0.85 59
1957 25 0 4 .000 7.40 6 4 0 0 0 0 24.1 27 21 20 4 20 0 17 0 0 2 118 59 1.932 10.0 1.5 7.4 6.3 0.85 59
1958 26 0 7 .000 6.49 29 5 13 0 0 0 61.0 68 46 44 8 40 0 39 1 0 2 286 63 1.770 10.0 1.2 5.9 5.8 0.98 63

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
1955 23 0 1 .000 7.31 16.0 18 14 13 3 10 10 0 1.750 10.1 5.6 5.6 1.00 1.7 4
1956 24 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 9 7 6 1 10 8 0 2.111 9.0 10.0 8.0 0.80 1.0 2
1958 26 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 43 28 25 4 21 22 1 1.730 10.5 5.1 5.4 1.05 1.0 23
3 Yrs 1 5 .167 6.39 62.0 70 49 44 8 41 40 1 1.790 10.2 5.8 0.98 1.2 29

* 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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