Leo Cristante

Dante Leo Cristante

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 10, 1926 in Detroit, MI
High School: Wyandotte HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies 1951-1955

Final Game: September 7, 1955
Died: August 24, 1977 in Dearborn, MI
Buried: Our Lady of Hope Cemetery, Wyandotte, MI
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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
1947	20	PHI-min	B	4	1	.800	1.85	8						39.0	35	14	8		17								1.333	8.1		3.9			TER · IIIL
1948	21	PHI-min	A	11	9	.550	3.65	29	21					170.0	163	80	69		90								1.488	8.6		4.8			UTI · EL
1949	22	PHI-min	A	5	14	.263	5.58	19	19					166.0	192	117	103		82								1.651	10.4		4.4			UTI · EL
1950	23	PHI-min	B	18	5	.783	2.34	26	22					196.0	163	65	51		58								1.128	7.5		2.7			WMT · ISLG
1951	24	PHI-min	AAA	4	8	.333	4.75	24	7		2	0		72.0	76	41	38		27		31	0	0	1			1.431	9.5		3.4	3.9	1.15	BLT · IL
1951	24	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	4.91	10	1	2	0	0	0	22.0	28	13	12	3	9		6	1	0	0	100	80	1.682	11.5	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67

1952	25	CIN-PHI-min	AA,AAA	7	11	.389	3.31	42	13		0	0		185.0	166	83	68		68		2	1	0	0			1.265	8.1		3.3	0.1	0.03	TUL,BLT · TL,IL
1953	26	ATL-min	AA	14	10	.583	3.31	40	20					177.0	175	78	65	13	55								1.299	8.9	0.7	2.8			ATA · SOUA
1954	27	ATL-min	AA	24	7	.774	3.59	38	32					258.0	279	119	103	27	59								1.310	9.7	0.9	2.1			ATA · SOUA
1955	28	DET-min	AAA	0	2	.000		3																									BFL · IL
1955	28	DET	AL	0	1	.000	3.19	20	1	1	0	0	0	36.2	37	15	13	1	14	2	9	0	0	0	159	123	1.391	9.1	0.2	3.4	2.2	0.64
1956	29	LAD-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.36	37	20		7	1		163.0	176	96	79	16	79		61	3	0	3			1.564	9.7	0.9	4.4	3.4	0.77	MTL · IL
1957	30	LAD-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.02	52	0		0	0		107.0	94	29	24	7	30		49	1	0	1			1.159	7.9	0.6	2.5	4.1	1.63	MTL · IL
1958	31	LAD-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.38	35	8		4	1		88.0	94	37	33	5	23	5	37	0	0	1			1.330	9.6	0.5	2.4	3.8	1.61	STP,MTL · AA,IL
1959	32	ATL-LAD-min	AA,AAA	5	9	.357	5.30	30	14		5	1		107.0	139	71	63	14	39	4	47	0	0	2			1.664	11.7	1.2	3.3	4.0	1.21	ATA,STP · SOUA,AA
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	3.84	30	2	3	0	0	0	58.2	65	28	25	4	23	2	15	1	0	0	259	102	1.500	10.0	0.6	3.5	2.3	0.65
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.333	3.84	64	4	6	0	0	0	125	138	60	53	9	49		32	2	0	0	550	102	1.500	10.0	0.6	3.5	2.3	0.65

PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.91	10	1	2	0	0	0	22.0	28	13	12	3	9		6	1	0	0	100	80	1.682	11.5	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67
DET (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.19	20	1	1	0	0	0	36.2	37	15	13	1	14	2	9	0	0	0	159	123	1.391	9.1	0.2	3.4	2.2	0.64

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	24	PHI	NL	22.0	10	1	13	5.32	4.78	-0.01	0.00	93.6	4.48	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.479	.499	$

1955	28	DET	AL	36.2	20	1	15	3.68	4.26	-0.01	0.00	100.5	4.29	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.4	6	.511	.501	$
2 Seasons				58.2	30	2	28	4.30	4.45	-0.01	0.00	97.9	4.36	0	0.0	.8	-0.1	0.4	6	.501	.500	$

PHI (1 yr)				22.0	10	1	13	5.32	4.78	-0.01	0.00	93.6	4.48	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.479	.499	$
DET (1 yr)				36.2	20	1	15	3.68	4.26	-0.01	0.00	100.5	4.29	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.4	6	.511	.501	$

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	PHI	NL	10	91	88	13	28	8	0	3	0	1	9	6	.318	.388	.511	.899	.316	45	1	1	2	0		1

1955	28	DET	AL	20	160	143	15	37	10	1	1	1	0	14	9	.259	.323	.364	.686	.269	52	4	0	2	1	2	3
2 Yrs				30	251	231	28	65	18	1	4	1	1	23	15	.281	.348	.420	.768	.286	97	5	1	4	1	2	4
162 Game Avg.				64	533	491	60	138	38	2	9	2	2	49	32	.281	.348	.420	.768	.286	206	11	2	9	2		9
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	PHI	NL	-2.2	-0.2	92	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	.82	-0.2	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.82	-1.8	1	1	5

1955	28	DET	AL	2.9	0.3	161	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	.65	0.1	-0.3	4.9	0.5	0.65	1.7	4	2	13
2 Yrs				0.7	0.1	253	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	.71	-0.2	-0.2	4.1	0.4	0.71	-0.1	5	3	18

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	PHI	NL	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	2	2	0	0	9.0	0.0	0.0

1955	28	DET	AL	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28.0	28	28	7	2	1	0	7.0	12.6	4.7
2 Yrs				30	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27	28	26	9	4	1	0	8.0	10.5	2.3
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	PHI	NL	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	3	38%		.820	1	1	5	0	0	7	5	2	5	1	4	1	7.3

1955	28	DET	AL	20	19	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	16	3	19%	3	.653	4	2	13	3	0	16	9	10	11	6	12	1	5.1
2 Yrs				30	28	3	1	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	24	6	25%		.714	5	3	18	3	0	23	14	12	16	7	16	2	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	24	PHI	NL	100	55%	3.3%	6.6%	9.9%	12.1%	39%	0.68	87%	19	1	5%

1955	28	DET	AL	160	67%	0.6%	5.6%	8.8%	7.5%	32%	0.60	84%	28	4	14%
2 Yrs				260	63%	1.6%	6.0%	9.2%	9.2%	35%	0.63	85%	47	5	11%
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	PHI	NL	91	28			3	0	9	3	0	1	2	10	5	1	50%	1	0	0	33	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9

1955	28	DET	AL	160	37			1	0	8	1	0	0	1	15	3	0	20%	3	0	0	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				251	65			4	0	17	4	0	1	3	25	8	1	32%	4	0	0	96	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1951	24	1	1	.500	4.91	10	1	2	22.0	28	13	12	3	9		6	1	100	80	1.682	11.5	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67	80
1952	25	1	1	.500	4.91	10	1	2	22.0	28	13	12	3	9		6	1	100	80	1.682	11.5	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67	80
1953	26	1	1	.500	4.91	10	1	2	22.0	28	13	12	3	9		6	1	100	80	1.682	11.5	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67	80
1954	27	1	1	.500	4.91	10	1	2	22.0	28	13	12	3	9		6	1	100	80	1.682	11.5	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67	80
1955	28	1	2	.333	3.84	30	2	3	58.2	65	28	25	4	23	2	15	1	259	102	1.500	10.0	0.6	3.5	2.3	0.65	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	1	1	.500	5.57	21.0	30	14	13	3	10	6	1	1.905	12.9	4.3	2.6	0.60	1.3	10

1955	28	2	2	.500	3.41	37.0	39	16	14	1	15	9	0	1.459	9.5	3.6	2.2	0.60	0.2	20
2 Yrs		3	3	.500	4.19	58.0	69	30	27	4	25	15	1	1.621	10.7		2.3	0.60	0.6	30

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