Bennie Daniels
Bennie Daniels Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 193 lb.

Born: June 17, 1932 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Compton (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1957
Final Game: September 18, 1965
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Standard Pitching

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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
1957 25 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 28 296 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 2.6 0.67
1958 26 PIT NL 0 3 .000 5.53 8 5 1 1 0 0 27.2 31 19 17 3 15 1 7 1 0 0 127 70 1.663 10.1 1.0 4.9 2.3 0.47
1959 27 PIT NL 7 9 .438 5.45 34 12 8 0 0 1 100.2 115 69 61 9 39 6 67 2 0 5 452 71 1.530 10.3 0.8 3.5 6.0 1.72
1960 28 PIT NL 1 3 .250 7.81 10 6 0 0 0 0 40.1 52 35 35 4 17 1 16 0 0 2 189 48 1.711 11.6 0.9 3.8 3.6 0.94
1961 29 WSA AL 12 11 .522 3.44 32 28 1 12 1 0 212.0 184 90 81 14 80 8 110 3 1 5 876 114 1.245 7.8 0.6 3.4 4.7 1.38
1962 30 WSA AL 7 16 .304 4.85 44 21 13 3 1 2 161.1 172 98 87 14 68 5 66 2 1 6 700 83 1.488 9.6 0.8 3.8 3.7 0.97
1963 31 WSA AL 5 10 .333 4.38 35 24 3 6 1 1 168.2 163 90 82 19 58 9 88 1 0 5 724 85 1.310 8.7 1.0 3.1 4.7 1.52
1964 32 WSA AL 8 10 .444 3.70 33 24 3 3 2 0 163.0 147 75 67 20 64 8 73 0 0 4 679 100 1.294 8.1 1.1 3.5 4.0 1.14
1965 33 WSA AL 5 13 .278 4.72 33 18 4 1 0 1 116.1 135 75 61 16 39 7 42 0 0 3 513 73 1.496 10.4 1.2 3.0 3.2 1.08
9 Seasons 45 76 .372 4.44 230 139 33 26 5 5 997.0 1004 553 492 99 383 45 471 9 2 30 4288 86 1.391 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.3 1.23
162 Game Avg. 8 14 .372 4.44 42 26 6 5 1 1 184 185 102 91 18 71 8 87 2 0 6 790 86 1.391 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.3 1.23
WSA (5 yrs) 37 60 .381 4.14 177 115 24 25 5 4 821.1 801 428 378 83 309 37 379 6 2 23 3492 92 1.351 8.8 0.9 3.4 4.2 1.23
PIT (4 yrs) 8 16 .333 5.84 53 24 9 1 0 1 175.2 203 125 114 16 74 8 92 3 0 7 796 66 1.577 10.4 0.8 3.8 4.7 1.24
AL (5 yrs) 37 60 .381 4.14 177 115 24 25 5 4 821.1 801 428 378 83 309 37 379 6 2 23 3492 92 1.351 8.8 0.9 3.4 4.2 1.23
NL (4 yrs) 8 16 .333 5.84 53 24 9 1 0 1 175.2 203 125 114 16 74 8 92 3 0 7 796 66 1.577 10.4 0.8 3.8 4.7 1.24

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1957 25 PIT NL 1 28 24 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 .208 .296 .292 .588 .227 7 1 0 1 0 0
1958 26 PIT NL 8 127 107 19 31 3 0 3 1 0 15 7 .290 .379 .402 .781 .286 43 4 1 3 1 1
1959 27 PIT NL 34 447 397 69 115 21 3 9 6 2 39 67 .290 .354 .426 .779 .327 169 9 2 6 3 6
1960 28 PIT NL 10 188 167 35 52 7 4 4 2 0 17 16 .311 .371 .473 .844 .322 79 3 0 2 2 1
1961 29 WSA AL 32 876 775 90 184 28 11 14 8 7 80 110 .237 .309 .356 .665 .258 276 24 3 11 7 8
1962 30 WSA AL 44 700 614 98 172 31 7 14 6 7 68 66 .280 .351 .422 .773 .293 259 15 2 10 6 5
1963 31 WSA AL 35 724 653 90 163 19 4 19 8 4 58 88 .250 .310 .378 .688 .262 247 13 1 8 4 9
1964 32 WSA AL 33 679 601 75 147 19 1 20 5 4 64 73 .245 .314 .379 .694 .247 228 24 0 8 6 8
1965 33 WSA AL 33 513 465 75 135 14 2 16 2 3 39 42 .290 .343 .432 .775 .290 201 17 0 6 3 7
9 Seasons 230 4282 3803 553 1004 144 32 99 38 27 383 471 .264 .330 .397 .727 .277 1509 110 9 55 32 45
162 Game Avg. 42 789 701 102 185 27 6 18 7 5 71 87 .264 .330 .397 .727 .277 278 20 2 10 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1957 25 PIT NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 60 60 60 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 7.0
1958 26 PIT NL 8 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 5 .000 0 1 1 0 2 40% 44 63 29 5 4 1 4 2.3 2.0 4.4
1959 27 PIT NL 34 12 3 6 3 1 1 5 7 .417 0 2 0 0 3 25% 45 74 23 27 12 4 7 3.6 3.9 4.5
1960 28 PIT NL 10 6 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 .500 0 2 0 0 1 17% 39 68 25 8 4 0 6 5.3 5.8 4.8
1961 29 WSA AL 32 28 12 10 6 3 7 14 14 .500 2 3 12 1 16 57% 55 79 28 22 10 7 11 4.4 4.3 7.3
1962 30 WSA AL 44 21 4 13 4 0 2 5 16 .238 1 2 3 1 6 29% 43 80 23 27 10 7 11 3.5 3.5 5.6
1963 31 WSA AL 35 24 5 10 9 0 3 10 14 .417 1 6 6 1 12 50% 50 85 26 28 12 3 10 3.8 3.7 6.5
1964 32 WSA AL 33 24 7 10 7 3 2 10 14 .417 1 3 3 2 9 38% 51 80 26 24 16 5 10 3.4 3.4 6.1
1965 33 WSA AL 33 18 3 12 3 0 3 4 14 .222 0 1 1 0 7 39% 45 74 24 20 6 8 9 2.8 3.5 5.0
9 Seasons 230 139 35 68 36 8 21 51 88 .367 5 20 26 5 57 41% 48 85 23 161 74 35 69 3.6 3.8 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1958 26 PIT NL 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.863 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 5.7
1959 27 PIT NL 34 22 8 4 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 14 3 21% 8 1.092 8 1 12 1 6 14 9 12 13 3 13 3 6.4
1960 28 PIT NL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0.812 0 2 2 0 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 8.8
1961 29 WSA AL 32 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.126 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 6.3
1962 30 WSA AL 44 23 13 3 3 4 2 2 50% 4 0 27 6 22% 8 1.075 11 7 5 5 6 12 14 9 17 5 17 3 5.7
1963 31 WSA AL 35 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 2 18% 7 0.983 4 2 5 2 1 8 6 5 4 4 6 5 3.4
1964 32 WSA AL 33 9 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.113 1 1 7 1 0 8 1 8 7 1 7 0 5.8
1965 33 WSA AL 33 15 4 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 3 25% 6 0.981 3 4 8 1 2 12 7 8 8 2 9 1 5.3
8 Seasons 229 91 33 10 8 8 5 3 63% 9 1 70 15 21% 1.048 28 17 45 10 17 63 40 50 57 17 60 13 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1957 25 PIT NL 28 54% 0.0% 7.1% 10.7% 7.1% 40% 2.80 79% 3 1 33%
1958 26 PIT NL 127 40% 2.4% 5.5% 11.8% 4.7% 19% 1.71 77% 30 4 13%
1959 27 PIT NL 447 41% 2.0% 15.0% 8.7% 7.4% 29% 1.34 72% 80 9 11%
1960 28 PIT NL 189 50% 2.1% 8.5% 9.0% 8.0% 29% 1.97 79% 36 3 8%
1961 29 WSA AL 876 42% 1.6% 12.6% 9.1% 6.1% 29% 1.77 75% 155 24 15%
1962 30 WSA AL 700 46% 2.0% 9.4% 9.7% 7.4% 30% 1.96 77% 113 15 13%
1963 31 WSA AL 724 44% 2.6% 12.2% 8.0% 5.8% 26% 1.80 76% 126 13 10%
1964 32 WSA AL 679 49% 3.0% 10.8% 9.4% 5.9% 27% 1.94 76% 121 24 20%
1965 33 WSA AL 513 42% 3.1% 8.2% 7.6% 6.2% 24% 1.88 80% 109 17 16%
9 Seasons 4283 44% 2.3% 11.0% 8.9% 6.4% 27% 1.81 76% 773 110 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1957 25 PIT NL 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1958 26 PIT NL 127 31 3 0 7 2 1 0 3 12 6 2 50% 1 0 1 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1959 27 PIT NL 411 115 9 0 9 3 6 4 5 23 11 3 48% 6 5 3 153 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 36
1960 28 PIT NL 189 52 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 14 10 1 71% 3 2 2 69 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 29 WSA AL 876 184 14 0 11 10 4 7 7 46 25 6 54% 11 5 5 290 8 7 53% 8 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0
1962 30 WSA AL 700 172 14 0 14 8 6 6 8 37 22 3 59% 10 6 1 262 6 7 46% 5 7 0 0 1 0 3 0 19 0
1963 31 WSA AL 724 163 19 0 14 9 10 8 11 41 22 5 54% 16 5 2 250 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1964 32 WSA AL 679 147 20 0 10 9 11 9 11 27 13 4 48% 10 4 1 232 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1965 33 WSA AL 513 135 16 0 17 9 7 8 8 38 20 4 53% 17 3 1 182 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
9 Seasons 4247 1004 99 0 90 52 47 43 56 238 129 28 54% 74 30 16 1499 38 27 58% 36 27 1 0 1 0 15 0 99 36
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1957 25 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 28 296 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 2.6 0.67 296
1958 26 0 4 .000 4.67 9 6 1 1 0 0 34.2 36 21 18 3 18 1 9 1 0 0 155 83 1.558 9.3 0.8 4.7 2.3 0.50 83
1959 27 7 13 .350 5.25 43 18 9 1 0 1 135.1 151 90 79 12 57 7 76 3 0 5 607 74 1.537 10.0 0.8 3.8 5.1 1.33 74
1960 28 8 16 .333 5.84 53 24 9 1 0 1 175.2 203 125 114 16 74 8 92 3 0 7 796 66 1.577 10.4 0.8 3.8 4.7 1.24 66
1961 29 20 27 .426 4.53 85 52 10 13 1 1 387.2 387 215 195 30 154 16 202 6 1 12 1672 86 1.396 9.0 0.7 3.6 4.7 1.31 86
1962 30 27 43 .386 4.62 129 73 23 16 2 3 549.0 559 313 282 44 222 21 268 8 2 18 2372 85 1.423 9.2 0.7 3.6 4.4 1.21 85
1963 31 32 53 .376 4.56 164 97 26 22 3 4 717.2 722 403 364 63 280 30 356 9 2 23 3096 85 1.396 9.1 0.8 3.5 4.5 1.27 85
1964 32 40 63 .388 4.40 197 121 29 25 5 4 880.2 869 478 431 83 344 38 429 9 2 27 3775 87 1.377 8.9 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.25 87
1965 33 45 76 .372 4.44 230 139 33 26 5 5 997.0 1004 553 492 99 383 45 471 9 2 30 4288 86 1.391 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.3 1.23 86

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
1957 25 0 0 1.50 6.0 6 1 1 0 4 2 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 1
1958 26 1 2 .333 5.79 28.0 33 20 18 3 16 7 1 1.750 10.6 5.1 2.3 0.44 1.0 8
1959 27 4 7 .364 5.74 102.0 123 72 65 10 42 68 2 1.618 10.9 3.7 6.0 1.62 0.9 34
1960 28 1 3 .250 8.34 41.0 56 42 38 4 18 16 0 1.805 12.3 4.0 3.5 0.89 0.9 10
1961 29 12 10 .545 3.59 203.0 184 90 81 14 80 105 3 1.300 8.2 3.5 4.7 1.31 0.6 32
1962 30 7 10 .412 4.97 154.0 170 94 85 14 67 63 2 1.539 9.9 3.9 3.7 0.94 0.8 44
1963 31 7 11 .389 4.72 164.0 170 96 86 20 60 86 1 1.402 9.3 3.3 4.7 1.43 1.1 35
1964 32 8 8 .500 4.18 153.0 151 79 71 21 66 69 0 1.418 8.9 3.9 4.1 1.05 1.2 33
1965 33 4 8 .333 5.61 109.0 144 76 68 17 42 39 0 1.706 11.9 3.5 3.2 0.93 1.4 33
9 Seasons 44 59 .427 4.81 960.0 1037 570 513 103 395 455 9 1.492 9.7 4.3 1.15 1.0 230

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 AL  12 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  .594 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL  16 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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