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Roger Craig

Roger Lee Craig

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 17, 1930 in Durham, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1955
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mets/Reds/Cardinals/Phillies 1955-1966

Final Game: July 10, 1966
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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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 25 BRO NL 5 3 .625 2.78 21 10 4 3 0 2 90.2 81 37 28 8 43 6 48 1 0 3 388 147 1.368 8.0 0.8 4.3 4.8 1.12
1956 26 BRO NL 12 11 .522 3.71 35 32 2 8 2 1 199.0 169 90 82 25 87 5 109 4 1 7 840 108 1.286 7.6 1.1 3.9 4.9 1.25
1957 27 BRO NL 6 9 .400 4.61 32 13 8 1 0 0 111.1 102 58 57 18 47 5 69 2 0 2 465 90 1.338 8.2 1.5 3.8 5.6 1.47
1958 28 LAD NL 2 1 .667 4.50 9 2 1 1 0 0 32.0 30 20 16 3 12 1 16 0 1 3 136 93 1.313 8.4 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.33
1959 29 LAD NL 11 5 .688 2.06 29 17 3 7 4 0 152.2 122 49 35 13 45 3 76 1 0 2 612 205 1.094 7.2 0.8 2.7 4.5 1.69 MVP-13
1960 30 LAD NL 8 3 .727 3.27 21 15 3 6 1 0 115.2 99 48 42 8 43 4 69 3 1 0 478 121 1.228 7.7 0.6 3.3 5.4 1.60
1961 31 LAD NL 5 6 .455 6.15 40 14 7 2 0 2 112.2 130 87 77 22 52 7 63 4 1 7 513 70 1.615 10.4 1.8 4.2 5.0 1.21
1962 32 NYM NL 10 24 .294 4.51 42 33 8 13 0 3 233.1 261 133 117 35 70 3 118 7 2 7 998 92 1.419 10.1 1.4 2.7 4.6 1.69
1963 33 NYM NL 5 22 .185 3.78 46 31 9 14 0 2 236.0 249 117 99 28 58 2 108 6 6 4 1014 92 1.301 9.5 1.1 2.2 4.1 1.86
1964 34 STL NL 7 9 .438 3.25 39 19 12 3 0 5 166.0 180 76 60 16 35 4 84 4 0 2 706 118 1.295 9.8 0.9 1.9 4.6 2.40
1965 35 CIN NL 1 4 .200 3.64 40 0 17 0 0 3 64.1 74 33 26 6 25 7 30 3 0 5 292 104 1.539 10.4 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.20
1966 36 PHI NL 2 1 .667 5.56 14 0 5 0 0 1 22.2 31 15 14 4 5 1 13 0 0 0 103 66 1.588 12.3 1.6 2.0 5.2 2.60
1967 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
12 Yrs 74 98 .430 3.83 368 186 79 58 7 19 1536.1 1528 763 653 186 522 48 803 35 12 42 6545 104 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.54
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .430 3.83 45 23 10 7 1 2 189 188 94 80 23 64 6 99 4 1 5 803 104 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.54
LAD (7 yrs) 49 38 .563 3.73 187 103 28 28 7 5 814.0 733 389 337 97 329 31 450 15 4 24 3432 110 1.305 8.1 1.1 3.6 5.0 1.37
NYM (2 yrs) 15 46 .246 4.14 88 64 17 27 0 5 469.1 510 250 216 63 128 5 226 13 8 11 2012 92 1.359 9.8 1.2 2.5 4.3 1.77
PHI (1 yr) 2 1 .667 5.56 14 0 5 0 0 1 22.2 31 15 14 4 5 1 13 0 0 0 103 66 1.588 12.3 1.6 2.0 5.2 2.60
STL (1 yr) 7 9 .438 3.25 39 19 12 3 0 5 166.0 180 76 60 16 35 4 84 4 0 2 706 118 1.295 9.8 0.9 1.9 4.6 2.40
CIN (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.64 40 0 17 0 0 3 64.1 74 33 26 6 25 7 30 3 0 5 292 104 1.539 10.4 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.20

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 25 BRO NL 90.2 21 10 37 3.67 4.71 0.43 0.00 100.4 4.29 8 0.8 1.1 -0.0 1.6 16 .540 .505 $
1956 26 BRO NL 199.0 35 32 90 4.07 4.27 0.56 0.00 104.2 3.86 -0 -0.0 1.7 -0.1 1.7 16 .499 .500 $
1957 27 BRO NL 111.1 32 13 58 4.69 4.34 0.24 0.00 107.3 4.40 -3 -0.3 .6 -0.1 0.7 8 .492 .498 $
1958 28 LAD NL 32.0 9 2 20 5.63 4.37 -0.17 0.00 105.8 4.80 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 1 .466 .498 $
1959 29 LAD NL 152.2 29 17 49 2.89 4.47 -0.01 0.00 105.0 4.70 30 3.4 1.6 0.1 4.8 47 .616 .521 $10,000 MVP-13
1960 30 LAD NL 115.2 21 15 48 3.73 4.06 0.23 0.04 107.7 4.17 5 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.6 18 .529 .504 $17,000
1961 31 LAD NL 112.2 40 14 87 6.95 4.59 -0.25 -0.04 106.6 5.12 -23 -2.3 1.0 -0.1 -1.3 -10 .443 .486 $
1962 32 NYM NL 233.1 42 33 133 5.13 4.72 -0.49 0.07 103.1 5.44 6 0.7 2.6 -0.1 2.7 35 .516 .504 $
1963 33 NYM NL 236.0 46 31 117 4.46 3.86 -0.49 0.04 103.1 4.53 -0 -0.0 .7 -0.2 2.0 25 .500 .500 $
1964 34 STL NL 166.0 39 19 76 4.12 4.02 0.12 0.01 108.9 4.25 1 0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.4 19 .502 .500 $
1965 35 CIN NL 64.1 40 0 33 4.62 3.99 -0.19 -0.17 105.1 4.22 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.1 4 .492 .498 $
1966 36 PHI NL 22.2 14 0 15 5.96 4.06 -0.02 -0.17 102.2 4.00 -5 -0.6 1.5 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .460 .497 $
12 Seasons 1536.1 368 186 763 4.47 4.29 -0.03 0.01 104.9 4.55 13 1.8 1.2 -1.1 14.7 177 .505 .501 $27,000
LAD (7 yrs) 814.0 187 103 389 4.30 4.38 0.21 -0.00 105.2 4.40 14 1.9 1.1 -0.3 9.0 96 .510 .502 $27,000
NYM (2 yrs) 469.1 88 64 250 4.79 4.29 -0.49 0.05 103.1 4.98 6 0.7 1.4 -0.2 4.7 60 .508 .502 $
PHI (1 yr) 22.2 14 0 15 5.96 4.06 -0.02 -0.17 102.2 4.00 -5 -0.6 1.5 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .460 .497 $
STL (1 yr) 166.0 39 19 76 4.12 4.02 0.12 0.01 108.9 4.25 1 0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.4 19 .502 .500 $
CIN (1 yr) 64.1 40 0 33 4.62 3.99 -0.19 -0.17 105.1 4.22 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.1 4 .492 .498 $

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
1955 25 BRO NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.500 6.0 1.5 7.5 6.0 0.80
1956 26 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 12.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 29 2.167 15.0 4.5 4.5 6.0 1.33
1959 29 LAD NL WS W CHW 0 1 .000 8.68 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 15 9 9 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 46 2.143 14.5 1.9 4.8 7.7 1.60
1964 34 STL NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 19 1.000 3.6 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
4 Yrs (4 Series) 2 2 .500 6.49 7 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 31 19 19 6 16 2 25 0 0 1 122 1.785 10.6 2.1 5.5 8.5 1.56
4 WS 2 2 .500 6.49 7 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 31 19 19 6 16 2 25 0 0 1 122 1.785 10.6 2.1 5.5 8.5 1.56

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 25 BRO NL 21 388 341 37 81 10 6 8 2 0 43 48 .238 .323 .372 .695 .254 127 10 1 1 2 6 8
1956 26 BRO NL 35 840 732 90 169 29 3 25 7 6 87 109 .231 .313 .381 .694 .238 279 14 4 9 8 5 12
1957 27 BRO NL 32 465 410 58 102 23 3 18 4 7 47 69 .249 .328 .451 .779 .258 185 9 2 4 2 5 3
1958 28 LAD NL 9 136 124 20 30 2 0 3 2 0 12 16 .242 .309 .331 .639 .257 41 3 0 0 0 1 4
1959 29 LAD NL 29 612 563 49 122 12 2 13 2 3 45 76 .217 .275 .314 .590 .229 177 18 1 2 1 3 11
1960 30 LAD NL 21 478 430 48 99 13 4 8 1 5 43 69 .230 .304 .335 .639 .257 144 7 3 1 1 4 6
1961 31 LAD NL 40 513 451 87 130 21 2 22 3 4 52 63 .288 .365 .490 .855 .293 221 13 4 3 3 7 9
1962 32 NYM NL 42 998 906 133 261 32 9 35 12 7 70 118 .288 .342 .459 .801 .298 416 26 7 9 6 3 15
1963 33 NYM NL 46 1014 931 117 249 27 9 28 7 7 58 108 .267 .312 .406 .718 .275 378 16 6 10 8 2 20
1964 34 STL NL 39 706 651 76 180 34 6 16 5 3 35 84 .276 .316 .421 .736 .295 274 17 4 12 4 4 13
1965 35 CIN NL 40 292 256 33 74 9 0 6 3 1 25 30 .289 .355 .395 .750 .305 101 7 3 5 3 7 7
1966 36 PHI NL 14 103 95 15 31 5 0 4 2 0 5 13 .326 .353 .505 .858 .338 48 3 0 1 2 1 2
12 Yrs 368 6545 5890 763 1528 217 44 186 50 43 522 803 .259 .321 .406 .727 .272 2391 143 35 57 40 48 110
162 Game Avg. 45 803 723 94 188 27 5 23 6 5 64 99 .259 .321 .406 .727 .272 293 18 4 7 5 6 14
MLB Averages .254 .321 .386 .706 .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
1955 25 BRO NL 10.8 1.1 395 0.8 6.9 -6.1 .97 0.0 0.8 11.9 1.2 0.97 4.2 4 1 6
1956 26 BRO NL 8.3 0.9 859 -0.1 14.0 -14.1 .96 -0.1 0.0 9.1 0.9 0.96 -0.3 2 0 1
1957 27 BRO NL -2.6 -0.3 479 -0.2 8.1 -8.3 .94 -0.7 0.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.94 -5.3 2 5 11
1958 28 LAD NL -2.1 -0.2 142 -0.0 2.3 -2.3 .93 0.0 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 0.93 1.5 2 2 2
1959 29 LAD NL 30.4 3.3 621 2.4 12.0 -9.7 1.05 2.8 -0.5 26.7 2.7 1.05 28.9 4 3 5
1960 30 LAD NL 8.3 0.9 488 2.1 9.1 -7.0 1.03 2.0 0.0 10.0 1.0 1.03 18.2 2 1 3
1961 31 LAD NL -21.2 -2.0 529 -2.0 8.2 -10.2 .95 -2.2 0.1 -26.1 -2.4 0.95 -27.1 3 7 16
1962 32 NYM NL -8.6 -0.8 1043 -3.1 19.2 -22.3 1.09 -2.3 -0.5 -16.9 -1.6 1.09 -23.5 9 0 0
1963 33 NYM NL -8.7 -0.9 1043 -2.4 17.9 -20.4 1.05 -2.4 0.0 -18.2 -1.9 1.05 -25.5 2 2 10
1964 34 STL NL 6.8 0.7 720 -0.8 13.6 -14.4 1.09 -0.3 -0.4 0.5 0.1 1.09 -1.7 8 3 9
1965 35 CIN NL -0.5 -0.1 304 -1.8 3.7 -5.6 .95 -0.5 -1.4 -11.3 -1.1 0.95 -6.6 12 4 24
1966 36 PHI NL -4.5 -0.5 106 -0.4 1.8 -2.2 .98 -0.6 0.2 -4.8 -0.5 0.98 -4.5 6 2 5
12 Yrs 16.4 2.0 6729 -5.5 116.9 -122.4 1.02 -4.2 -1.2 -23.1 -2.0 1.02 -41.7 56 30 92

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 25 BRO NL 21 10 5 2 3 1 2 7 3 .700 0 1 3 0 6 60% 54.2 76 40 10 6 6 2 6.5 6.2 6.8
1956 26 BRO NL 35 32 12 9 11 0 3 18 14 .563 3 7 8 2 20 63% 52.9 86 23 30 12 15 7 4.8 4.2 6.1
1957 27 BRO NL 32 13 2 7 4 0 2 4 9 .308 0 3 1 0 6 46% 49.0 70 25 12 5 4 7 3.1 2.9 5.6
1958 28 LAD NL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 2 100% 66.0 66 66 4 1 1 1 5.8 6.2 8.3
1959 29 LAD NL 29 17 9 5 3 1 3 11 6 .647 0 3 7 4 11 65% 59.9 84 28 9 6 10 3 4.2 3.7 7.0
1960 30 LAD NL 21 15 7 3 5 2 2 11 4 .733 1 4 6 1 8 53% 55.6 83 22 12 6 4 4 5.4 5.0 6.8
1961 31 LAD NL 40 14 3 5 6 0 1 7 7 .500 1 5 2 0 4 29% 39.8 76 20 25 9 7 4 5.1 5.2 4.6
1962 32 NYM NL 42 33 6 22 5 1 8 7 26 .212 2 1 13 0 16 48% 47.4 73 24 13 6 18 8 3.8 3.8 6.8
1963 33 NYM NL 46 31 5 21 5 1 12 8 23 .258 0 2 14 0 20 65% 52.0 72 11 14 4 17 7 2.3 2.0 7.0
1964 34 STL NL 39 19 5 8 6 1 4 9 10 .474 1 4 3 0 11 58% 51.5 72 22 17 4 6 7 3.5 3.0 6.6
10 Yrs 314 186 56 82 48 7 37 84 102 .452 8 30 58 7 104 56% 51 86 11 146 59 88 50 4.0 3.7 6.5
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.2 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 25 BRO NL 21 11 4 0 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 2 1 50% 5 .968 4 1 6 2 3 6 2 9 8 1 8 0 6.1
1956 26 BRO NL 35 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 .961 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 5.0
1957 27 BRO NL 32 19 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 8 .944 2 5 11 0 2 17 4 15 10 0 11 3 6.1
1958 28 LAD NL 9 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 3 38% 3 .927 2 2 2 2 0 5 4 3 5 1 5 0 6.6
1959 29 LAD NL 29 12 3 2 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 15 9 60% 1 1.047 4 3 5 3 2 7 8 4 8 4 8 3 8.4
1960 30 LAD NL 21 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1.029 2 1 3 0 2 4 1 5 3 0 3 1 6.8
1961 31 LAD NL 40 26 7 2 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 23 8 35% 8 .952 3 7 16 4 0 22 12 14 14 8 14 2 5.6
1962 32 NYM NL 42 9 8 4 2 4 3 1 75% 5 0 6 3 50% 9 1.093 9 0 0 5 4 0 3 6 2 4 2 2 3.4
1963 33 NYM NL 46 15 9 0 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 5 2 40% 8 1.049 2 2 10 4 1 10 4 11 7 3 7 3 4.0
1964 34 STL NL 39 20 12 2 1 5 5 0 100% 8 3 14 5 36% 8 1.091 8 3 9 9 2 9 9 11 10 2 12 2 6.2
1965 35 CIN NL 40 40 17 1 4 7 3 4 43% 9 2 35 13 37% 6 .951 12 4 24 10 4 26 16 24 19 10 20 14 4.8
1966 36 PHI NL 14 14 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 8 3 38% 7 .984 6 2 5 4 3 7 5 9 7 4 7 2 4.9
12 Yrs 368 182 79 18 16 29 19 11 66% 40 10 127 50 39% 1.020 56 30 92 44 24 114 68 114 94 37 98 32 5.5

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 25 BRO NL 388 62% 2.1% 12.4% 11.1% 6.2% 30% 1.11 74% 80 10 13%
1956 26 BRO NL 840 58% 3.0% 13.0% 10.4% 6.8% 34% 1.01 72% 158 14 9%
1957 27 BRO NL 465 62% 3.9% 14.8% 10.1% 9.5% 43% 1.01 70% 90 9 10%
1958 28 LAD NL 136 67% 2.2% 11.8% 8.8% 3.7% 17% 0.82 77% 32 3 9%
1959 29 LAD NL 612 59% 2.1% 12.4% 7.4% 4.4% 22% 1.28 78% 118 18 15%
1960 30 LAD NL 478 55% 1.7% 14.4% 9.0% 5.2% 25% 1.21 74% 73 7 10%
1961 31 LAD NL 513 65% 4.3% 12.3% 10.1% 8.8% 35% 1.12 72% 114 13 11%
1962 32 NYM NL 998 54% 3.5% 11.8% 7.0% 7.6% 29% 1.22 76% 185 26 14%
1963 33 NYM NL 1014 52% 2.8% 10.7% 5.7% 6.3% 26% 1.70 79% 182 16 9%
1964 34 STL NL 706 61% 2.3% 11.9% 5.0% 7.9% 31% 1.44 79% 133 17 13%
1965 35 CIN NL 292 65% 2.1% 10.3% 8.6% 5.1% 20% 1.57 76% 72 7 10%
1966 36 PHI NL 103 69% 3.9% 12.6% 4.9% 8.7% 29% 1.62 78% 15 3 20%
12 Yrs 6545 58% 2.8% 12.3% 8.0% 6.8% 29% 1.26 75% 1252 143 11%
MLB Averages 49% 2.4% 14.2% 8.7% 6.5% 29% 1.04 74% 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 25 BRO NL 388 81 8 0 6 4 4 5 3 18 7 1 39% 8 3 1 153 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 26 BRO NL 840 169 25 1 14 12 13 14 11 40 22 6 55% 12 7 0 298 7 6 54% 5 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 20 0
1957 27 BRO NL 465 102 18 1 6 12 6 9 9 27 13 3 48% 3 2 0 167 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
1958 28 LAD NL 136 30 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 12 10 0 83% 4 3 0 52 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1959 29 LAD NL 612 122 13 1 10 7 6 9 4 31 16 2 52% 11 2 2 209 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0
1960 30 LAD NL 478 99 8 0 10 6 2 4 4 21 12 2 57% 6 0 0 145 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1961 31 LAD NL 513 130 22 0 19 14 8 14 8 41 26 1 63% 9 7 0 192 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 0
1962 32 NYM NL 998 261 35 0 15 17 18 13 22 52 26 7 50% 15 7 1 363 12 7 63% 11 6 1 0 0 1 12 1 18 0
1963 33 NYM NL 1014 249 28 0 14 17 11 17 11 60 27 6 45% 20 4 0 363 7 7 50% 5 7 1 0 1 0 4 0 21 0
1964 34 STL NL 706 180 16 0 10 12 4 10 6 39 20 4 51% 13 2 1 271 5 3 63% 3 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 10 0
1965 35 CIN NL 292 74 6 0 13 4 2 4 2 28 17 2 61% 7 5 1 123 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1966 36 PHI NL 103 31 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 9 5 0 56% 2 0 1 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
12 Yrs 6545 1528 186 3 124 111 75 105 81 378 201 34 53% 110 42 7 2374 50 43 54% 40 39 9 1 1 3 30 2 132 0
MLB Averages 51% 61%

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 25 5 3 .625 2.78 21 10 4 3 0 2 90.2 81 37 28 8 43 6 48 1 0 3 388 147 1.368 8.0 0.8 4.3 4.8 1.12 147
1956 26 17 14 .548 3.42 56 42 6 11 2 3 289.2 250 127 110 33 130 11 157 5 1 10 1228 118 1.312 7.8 1.0 4.0 4.9 1.21 118
1957 27 23 23 .500 3.75 88 55 14 12 2 3 401.0 352 185 167 51 177 16 226 7 1 12 1693 108 1.319 7.9 1.1 4.0 5.1 1.28 108
1958 28 25 24 .510 3.80 97 57 15 13 2 3 433.0 382 205 183 54 189 17 242 7 2 15 1829 107 1.319 7.9 1.1 3.9 5.0 1.28 107
1959 29 36 29 .554 3.35 126 74 18 20 6 3 585.2 504 254 218 67 234 20 318 8 2 17 2441 123 1.260 7.7 1.0 3.6 4.9 1.36 123
1960 30 44 32 .579 3.34 147 89 21 26 7 3 701.1 603 302 260 75 277 24 387 11 3 17 2919 123 1.255 7.7 1.0 3.6 5.0 1.40 123
1961 31 49 38 .563 3.73 187 103 28 28 7 5 814.0 733 389 337 97 329 31 450 15 4 24 3432 110 1.305 8.1 1.1 3.6 5.0 1.37 110
1962 32 59 62 .488 3.90 229 136 36 41 7 8 1047.1 994 522 454 132 399 34 568 22 6 31 4430 106 1.330 8.5 1.1 3.4 4.9 1.42 106
1963 33 64 84 .432 3.88 275 167 45 55 7 10 1283.1 1243 639 553 160 457 36 676 28 12 35 5444 103 1.325 8.7 1.1 3.2 4.7 1.48 103
1964 34 71 93 .433 3.81 314 186 57 58 7 15 1449.1 1423 715 613 176 492 40 760 32 12 37 6150 105 1.321 8.8 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.54 105
1965 35 72 97 .426 3.80 354 186 74 58 7 18 1513.2 1497 748 639 182 517 47 790 35 12 42 6442 105 1.331 8.9 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.53 105
1966 36 74 98 .430 3.83 368 186 79 58 7 19 1536.1 1528 763 653 186 522 48 803 35 12 42 6545 104 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.54 104

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 25 7 3 .700 2.71 93.0 83 31 28 8 44 49 1 1.366 8.0 4.3 4.7 1.11 0.8 21
1956 26 12 10 .545 3.72 203.0 175 93 84 26 90 111 4 1.305 7.8 4.0 4.9 1.23 1.2 35
1957 27 5 7 .417 4.62 111.0 104 63 57 18 48 69 2 1.369 8.4 3.9 5.6 1.44 1.5 32
1958 28 1 2 .333 4.64 33.0 31 19 17 3 12 17 0 1.303 8.5 3.3 4.6 1.42 0.8 9
1959 29 14 3 .824 2.02 156.0 124 39 35 13 46 78 1 1.090 7.2 2.7 4.5 1.70 0.8 29
1960 30 7 5 .583 3.41 116.0 103 49 44 8 45 69 3 1.276 8.0 3.5 5.4 1.53 0.6 21
1961 31 4 8 .333 5.82 116.0 131 83 75 22 52 65 4 1.578 10.2 4.0 5.0 1.25 1.7 40
1962 32 11 13 .458 4.44 223.0 253 122 110 34 68 113 7 1.439 10.2 2.7 4.6 1.66 1.4 42
1963 33 11 14 .440 4.34 228.0 262 122 110 29 61 104 6 1.417 10.3 2.4 4.1 1.70 1.1 46
1964 34 10 7 .588 3.39 162.0 182 68 61 16 35 82 4 1.340 10.1 1.9 4.6 2.34 0.9 39
1965 35 3 3 .500 3.71 63.0 74 29 26 6 25 29 3 1.571 10.6 3.6 4.1 1.16 0.9 40
1966 36 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 32 17 15 4 5 13 0 1.682 13.1 2.0 5.3 2.60 1.6 14
12 Yrs 86 76 .531 3.90 1526.0 1554 735 662 187 531 799 35 1.366 9.2 4.7 1.50 1.1 368

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (13, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1959 NL  4.8 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 NL  .688 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL  7.643 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL  4.930 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL  32 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1962 NL  13 (9th)
1963 NL  14 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 NL  2 (10th)
1959 NL  4 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  25 (10th)
1962 NL  35 (2nd)
1963 NL  28 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  87 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  261 (7th)
1963 NL  249 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL  24 (1st)
1963 NL  22 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  117 (3rd)
1963 NL  99 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1959 NL  30 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1959 NL  3.3 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 NL  26.74 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1959 NL  2.4 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1959 NL  2.8 (2nd)
1960 NL  2.0 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1959 NL  2.7 (6th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), 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. John Buzhardt (960)
  2. Lew Krausse (954)
  3. Bill Voiselle (947)
  4. Ken Heintzelman (946)
  5. Larry McWilliams (946)
  6. Vern Ruhle (944)
  7. Rick Langford (944)
  8. Steve Hargan (943)
  9. Jim Colborn (942)
  10. Al Hollingsworth (942)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Stan Coveleski (988) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pat Rapp (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Tsitouris (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Woodson (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Sanford (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Don Schwall (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rick Mahler (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hal Carlson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jakie May (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jakie May (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Smith (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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