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Jack Crimian

John Melvin Crimian

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 17, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Olney HS (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1951
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals/Tigers 1951-1957

Final Game: May 6, 1957
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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
1944	18	PHI-min	D,B	18	16	.529	3.17	41	24					244.0	236	125	86		86								1.320	8.7		3.2			BDF,WMT · PONY,ISLG
1946	20	PHI-min	B	13	4	.765	3.26	29						152.0	138	63	55		56								1.276	8.2		3.3			WMT · ISLG
1947	21	STL-min	A	14	9	.609	2.86	33						173.0	169	67	55		61								1.329	8.8		3.2			OMA · WL
1948	22	STL-min	AAA	9	4	.692	4.65	40			4	1		149.0	181	98	77		64		65	1	0	4			1.644	10.9		3.9	3.9	1.02	CLB · AA
1949	23	STL-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.47	51			7	0		187.0	209	91	72		74		52	6	0	2			1.513	10.1		3.6	2.5	0.70	CLB · AA
1950	24	STL-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.65	43	9		3	0		122.0	127	68	63		47		52	3	1	1			1.426	9.4		3.5	3.8	1.11	CLB · AA
1951	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	6	5	.545	2.56	48	0		0	0		88.0	79	31	25		44		40	1	0	2			1.398	8.1		4.5	4.1	0.91	CLB,HSN · AA,TL
1951	25	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	9.00	11	0	5	0	0	1	17.0	24	17	17	3	8		5	0	0	0	80	45	1.882	12.7	1.6	4.2	2.6	0.63
1952	26	STL-min	AAA	8	3	.727	2.10	56	0		0	0		90.0	72	28	21		37		48	1	1	1			1.211	7.2		3.7	4.8	1.30	ROC · IL
1952	26	STL	NL	0	0		9.72	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	15	9	9	4	4		4	0	0	0	41	40	2.280	16.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.00

1953	27	STL-min	AAA	13	5	.722	2.86	62	1		0	0		104.0	91	40	33	7	43		52	2	0	2			1.288	7.9	0.6	3.7	4.5	1.21	ROC · IL
1954	28	TTO	AAA	9	8	.529	2.34	56	0		0	0		104.0	92	29	27	4	32		66	2	0	3			1.192	8.0	0.3	2.8	5.7	2.06	TTO · IL
1955	29	TTO	AAA	19	6	.760	2.10	40	21		16	4		210.0	175	60	49	11	53		84	0	0	0			1.086	7.5	0.5	2.3	3.6	1.58	TTO · IL
1956	30	KCA	AL	4	8	.333	5.51	54	7	16	0	0	3	129.0	129	87	79	19	49	2	59	5	0	2	556	79	1.380	9.0	1.3	3.4	4.1	1.20
1957	31	TTO	AAA	8	3	.727	4.19	46	3		1	0		129.0	140	63	60	9	56		63	6	1	2			1.519	9.8	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.13	TTO · IL
1957	31	DET	AL	0	1	.000	12.71	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	9	8	8	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	29	33	2.294	14.3	1.6	6.4	1.6	0.25
1958	32	TTO	AAA	15	8	.652	3.57	47	22		12	3		184.0	182	75	73	21	51	13	66	1	0	3			1.266	8.9	1.0	2.5	3.2	1.29	TTO · IL
1959	33	TTO,DAL	AAA	2	3	.400	5.68	22	4		1	0		57.0	71	39	36	8	24	5	32	3	0	0			1.667	11.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.33	TTO,DAL · IL,AA
4 Yrs				5	9	.357	6.36	74	7	25	0	0	4	160.0	177	121	113	27	65	4	69	5	0	2	706	67	1.513	10.0	1.5	3.7	3.9	1.06
162 Game Avg.				4	8	.357	6.36	62	6	21	0	0	3	134	149	102	95	23	55		58	4	0	2	593	67	1.513	10.0	1.5	3.7	3.9	1.06

STL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	9.24	16	0	7	0	0	1	25.1	39	26	26	7	12		9	0	0	0	121	43	2.013	13.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	0.75
KCA (1 yr)				4	8	.333	5.51	54	7	16	0	0	3	129.0	129	87	79	19	49	2	59	5	0	2	556	79	1.380	9.0	1.3	3.4	4.1	1.20
DET (1 yr)				0	1	.000	12.71	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	9	8	8	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	29	33	2.294	14.3	1.6	6.4	1.6	0.25

AL (2 yrs)				4	9	.308	5.81	58	7	18	0	0	3	134.2	138	95	87	20	53	4	60	5	0	2	585	74	1.418	9.2	1.3	3.5	4.0	1.13
NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	9.24	16	0	7	0	0	1	25.1	39	26	26	7	12		9	0	0	0	121	43	2.013	13.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	0.75

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
1951	25	STL	NL	17.0	11	0	17	9.00	4.77	0.28	0.00	98.9	4.44	-9	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.7	-7	.423	.495	$
1952	26	STL	NL	8.1	5	0	9	9.72	4.87	0.20	0.00	97.5	4.55	-5	-0.5	.7	0.1	-0.3	-4	.404	.497	$

1956	30	KCA	AL	127.2	54	7	87	6.13	4.94	-0.07	0.00	103.3	5.17	-15	-1.4	.8	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.473	.491	$
1957	31	DET	AL	5.2	4	0	8	12.71	4.21	0.23	0.00	102.1	4.07	-5	-0.5	2.0	-0.3	-0.7	-5	.369	.497	$
4 Seasons				158.2	74	7	121	6.86	4.89	-0.01	0.00	102.5	5.02	-33	-3.3	.9	-0.3	-2.2	-17	.456	.495	$

STL (2 yrs)				25.1	16	0	26	9.24	4.80	0.26	0.00	98.4	4.48	-13	-1.3	.8	0.1	-1.0	-11	.417	.496	$
KCA (1 yr)				127.2	54	7	87	6.13	4.94	-0.07	0.00	103.3	5.17	-15	-1.4	.8	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.473	.491	$
DET (1 yr)				5.2	4	0	8	12.71	4.21	0.23	0.00	102.1	4.07	-5	-0.5	2.0	-0.3	-0.7	-5	.369	.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
1951	25	STL	NL	11	76	71	17	24	5	3	3	0	0	8	5	.338	.405	.620	1.025	.333	44	3	0	1	0		0
1952	26	STL	NL	5	41	36	9	15	1	0	4	0	0	4	4	.417	.475	.778	1.253	.393	28	2	0	1	0		0

1956	30	KCA	AL	54	546	479	87	129	25	5	19	4	5	49	59	.269	.338	.461	.800	.269	221	10	5	8	8	2	8
1957	31	DET	AL	4	29	24	8	9	3	0	1	1	0	4	1	.375	.448	.625	1.073	.348	15	1	0	0	1	2	0
4 Yrs				74	692	610	121	177	34	8	27	5	5	65	69	.290	.358	.505	.863	.287	308	16	5	10	9	4	8
162 Game Avg.				62	581	512	102	149	29	7	23	4	4	55	58	.290	.358	.505	.863	.287	259	13	4	8	8		7
MLB Averages																.259	.331	.385	.716	.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	25	STL	NL	-8.4	-0.8	76	-0.5	0.6	-1.2	.53	-0.7	-0.3	-8.3	-0.8	0.53	-7.3	2	2	6
1952	26	STL	NL	-5.0	-0.5	42	-0.1	0.3	-0.3	.39	-0.5	0.4	-6.4	-0.6	0.39	-5.2	1	1	3

1956	30	KCA	AL	-15.2	-1.5	558	-1.1	6.5	-7.5	.70	-0.6	-1.0	-16.9	-1.6	0.70	-6.8	8	10	27
1957	31	DET	AL	-4.9	-0.5	30	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.25	-0.2	-0.3	-5.7	-0.5	1.25	-2.4	2	1	1
4 Yrs				-33.4	-3.2	706	-2.2	7.8	-10.0	.68	-1.9	-1.4	-37.3	-3.6	0.68	-21.6	13	14	37

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
1956	30	KCA	AL	54	7	2	5	0	0	0	2	5	.286	0	0	0	0	2	29%	46.9	64	29	20	14	4	3	4.6	4.8	6.0
1 Yr				54	7	2	5	0	0	0	2	5	.286	0	0	0	0	2	29%	47	64	29	20	14	4	3	4.6	4.8	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.4	6.5

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	25	STL	NL	11	11	5	1	0	1	1	1	100%	2	1	10	4	40%	5	.533	2	2	6	2	1	7	6	4	6	4	6	3	4.6
1952	26	STL	NL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	2	.393	1	1	3	0	1	4	3	2	3	1	4	0	5.0

1956	30	KCA	AL	54	47	16	2	3	2	3	0	150%	3	1	54	21	39%	7	.696	8	10	27	4	4	38	30	16	34	6	36	9	5.5
1957	31	DET	AL	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	5	1.252	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	4.3
4 Yrs				74	67	25	3	4	3	4	1	133%	5	2	69	28	41%		.683	13	14	37	6	8	51	40	25	45	12	48	13	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	25	STL	NL	80	70%	4.0%	6.6%	10.5%	14.5%	46%	1.05	83%	17	3	18%
1952	26	STL	NL	41	80%	9.8%	9.8%	9.8%	12.2%	33%	1.50	68%	10	2	20%

1956	30	KCA	AL	549	63%	3.5%	10.8%	9.0%	9.0%	38%	0.81	75%	102	10	10%
1957	31	DET	AL	29	66%	3.5%	3.5%	13.8%	13.8%	44%	0.78	79%	4	1	25%
4 Yrs				699	65%	3.9%	10.0%	9.4%	10.0%	39%	0.86	76%	133	16	12%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	12.1%	10.1%	6.7%	27%	0.96	82%			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	25	STL	NL	76	24			3	1	5	3	0	0	3	9	2	2	22%	0	0	0	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1952	26	STL	NL	41	15			4	0	0	2	2	1	3	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	30	KCA	AL	546	129			19	0	25	15	4	11	8	44	24	0	55%	8	2	1	208	4	5	44%	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	3
1957	31	DET	AL	29	9			1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				692	177			27	2	31	20	7	13	14	58	30	2	52%	8	2	1	271	5	5	50%	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	13	7
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1951	25	1	0	1.000	9.00	11	0	5	1	17.0	24	17	17	3	8		5	0	0	80	45	1.882	12.7	1.6	4.2	2.6	0.63	45
1952	26	1	0	1.000	9.24	16	0	7	1	25.1	39	26	26	7	12		9	0	0	121	43	2.013	13.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	0.75	43
1953	27	1	0	1.000	9.24	16	0	7	1	25.1	39	26	26	7	12		9	0	0	121	43	2.013	13.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	0.75	43
1954	28	1	0	1.000	9.24	16	0	7	1	25.1	39	26	26	7	12		9	0	0	121	43	2.013	13.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	0.75	43
1955	29	1	0	1.000	9.24	16	0	7	1	25.1	39	26	26	7	12		9	0	0	121	43	2.013	13.9	2.5	4.3	3.2	0.75	43
1956	30	5	8	.385	6.12	70	7	23	4	154.1	168	113	105	26	61	2	68	5	2	677	70	1.484	9.8	1.5	3.6	4.0	1.11	70
1957	31	5	9	.357	6.36	74	7	25	4	160.0	177	121	113	27	65	4	69	5	2	706	67	1.513	10.0	1.5	3.7	3.9	1.06	67

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	25	0	1	.000	9.00	17.0	25	19	17	3	8	5	0	1.941	13.2	4.2	2.6	0.63	1.6	11
1952	26	0	0		11.25	8.0	16	11	10	4	4	4	0	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	4.5	5

1956	30	5	9	.357	5.08	133.0	129	83	75	19	49	61	5	1.338	8.7	3.3	4.1	1.24	1.3	54
1957	31	0	0		12.00	6.0	9	9	8	1	4	1	0	2.167	13.5	6.0	1.5	0.25	1.5	4
4 Yrs		5	10	.333	6.04	164.0	179	122	110	27	65	71	5	1.488	9.8		3.9	1.09	1.5	74

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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