Bob Darnell

Robert Jack Darnell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 6, 1930 in Wewoka, OK
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1954
Team: Dodgers 1954-1956

Final Game: April 29, 1956
Died: January 3, 1995 in Fredericksburg, TX
Buried: West Prong Cemetery, Medina, TX
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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
1953	22	LAD-min	AAA	11	12	.478	3.12	32	31		14	2		228.0	215	104	79	8	131		145	8	2	9			1.518	8.5	0.3	5.2	5.7	1.11	STP · AA
1954	23	LAD-min	AAA	12	9	.571	3.85	28	24		14	2		180.0	174	88	77	12	86		131	4	1	6			1.444	8.7	0.6	4.3	6.6	1.52	STP · AA
1954	23	BRO	NL	0	0		3.14	6	1	1	0	0	0	14.1	15	7	5	2	7		5	0	0	0	62	134	1.535	9.4	1.3	4.4	3.1	0.71

1955	24	LAD-min	AAA	9	9	.500	5.71	31	26		9	0		175.0	206	123	111	21	91	6	101	4	0	7			1.697	10.6	1.1	4.7	5.2	1.11	STP · AA
1956	25	LAD-min	Opn	16	12	.571	3.94	38	26		12	0		214.2	242	114	94	21	57		111	7	0	5			1.393	10.1	0.9	2.4	4.7	1.95	POR · PCL
1956	25	BRO	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5		0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1957	26	LAD-min	Opn,AAA	5	17	.227	4.85	33	24		8	0		172.2	181	110	93	22	68		85	8	0	5			1.442	9.4	1.1	3.5	4.4	1.25	LOS,MTL · PCL,IL
1958	27	LAD-min	AAA	16	13	.552	3.42	33	27		19	1		216.0	207	95	82	18	87	14	106	2	2	8			1.361	8.6	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.22	STP,MTL · AA,IL
1959	28	LAD-STL-min	AAA	4	12	.250	4.01	47	16		5	0		166.0	160	85	74	11	63	9	99	3	1	2			1.343	8.7	0.6	3.4	5.4	1.57	STP,OMA · AA
1960	29	MIN-min	AAA	10	10	.500	4.06	26	24					164.0	183	88	74	15	46								1.396	10.0	0.8	2.5			CHL · AA
1961	30	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		3.60	4	0					5.0	5	2	2	1	3								1.600	9.0	1.8	5.4			SYR · IL
2 Yrs				0	0		2.87	7	1	2	0	0	0	15.2	16	7	5	2	7	0	5	0	0	0	67	150	1.468	9.2	1.1	4.0	2.9	0.71
162 Game Avg.				0	0		2.87	60	9	17	0	0	0	133	136	60	43	17	60		43	0	0	0	570	150	1.468	9.2	1.1	4.0	2.9	0.71

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
1954	23	BRO	NL	14.1	6	1	7	4.40	4.27	0.17	0.00	101.0	4.14	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.494	.500	$

1956	25	BRO	NL	1.1	1	0	0	0.00	3.94	0.70	0.00	112.0	3.62	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.563	.500	$
2 Seasons				15.2	7	1	7	4.02	4.24	0.21	0.00	102.0	4.10	0	0.0	.4	-0.1	0.1	2	.504	.500	$

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
1954	23	BRO	NL	6	62	54	7	15	2	0	2	0	1	7	5	.278	.361	.426	.787	.277	23	2	0	1	0		1

1956	25	BRO	NL	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				7	67	59	7	16	2	0	2	1	1	7	5	.271	.348	.407	.755	.269	24	2	0	1	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				60	570	502	60	136	17	0	17	9	9	60	43	.271	.348	.407	.755	.269	204	17	0	9	0		9
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.391	.723	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	23	BRO	NL	1.1	0.1	63	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.57	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.0	0.57	-0.4	0	1	4

1956	25	BRO	NL	0.7	0.1	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.00	0.7	0	0	1
2 Yrs				1.8	0.2	69	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.53	-0.1	-0.4	0.5	0.1	0.53	0.3	0	1	5

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
1954	23	BRO	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33.0	33	33	4	1	0	1	6.0	13.5	2.0
1 Yr				6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33	33	33	4	1	0	1	6.0	13.5	2.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-2					4.5	4.5	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1954	23	BRO	NL	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	7	.575	0	1	4	0	0	5	1	4	4	0	4	1	7.4

1956	25	BRO	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	8	.003	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0
2 Yrs				7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%		.532	0	1	5	0	0	6	2	4	5	0	5	1	6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	23	BRO	NL	62	65%	3.2%	8.1%	11.3%	6.5%	27%	2.08	76%	20	2	10%

1956	25	BRO	NL	5	100%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		100%	0	0
2 Yrs				67	67%	3.0%	7.5%	10.5%	6.0%	25%	2.42	78%	20	2	10%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.0%	10.0%	6.7%	28%	0.95	79%			10%

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
1954	23	BRO	NL	62	15			2	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	33%	1	0	0	29	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	25	BRO	NL	5	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				67	16			2	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	33%	1	0	0	33	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		51%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1954	23	3.14	6	1	1	14.1	15	7	5	2	7		5	62	134	1.535	9.4	1.3	4.4	3.1	0.71	134
1955	24	3.14	6	1	1	14.1	15	7	5	2	7		5	62	134	1.535	9.4	1.3	4.4	3.1	0.71	134
1956	25	2.87	7	1	2	15.2	16	7	5	2	7	0	5	67	150	1.468	9.2	1.1	4.0	2.9	0.71	150

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1954	23	1	0	1.000	3.21	14.0	15	6	5	2	7	5	0	1.571	9.6	4.5	3.2	0.71	1.3	6

1956	25	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
2 Yrs		1	0	1.000	2.81	16.0	15	6	5	2	7	5	0	1.375	8.4		2.8	0.71	1.1	7

* 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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