Chubby Dean

Alfred Lovell Dean

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Pitcher and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: August 24, 1915 in Mount Airy, NC
High School: Oak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1936
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1936-1943

Final Game: September 5, 1943
Died: December 21, 1970 in Riverside, NJ
Buried: St. Peter Cemetery, Riverside, NJ
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	21	PHA	AL	1	0	1.000	4.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	7	4	4	0	6	4	0	0	0	40	122	1.444	7.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.67
1938	22	PHA	AL	2	1	.667	3.52	6	1	4	0	0	0	23.0	22	10	9	3	15	3	0	1	1	103	138	1.609	8.6	1.2	5.9	1.2	0.20
1939	23	PHA	AL	5	8	.385	5.25	54	1	38	0	0	7	116.2	132	93	68	8	80	39	0	0	2	556	89	1.817	10.2	0.6	6.2	3.0	0.49
1940	24	PHA	AL	6	13	.316	6.61	30	19	8	8	1	1	159.1	220	136	117	21	63	38	0	0	5	754	67	1.776	12.4	1.2	3.6	2.1	0.60
1941	25	TOT	AL	3	8	.273	5.44	26	15	8	4	0	0	129.0	147	84	78	12	59	36	0	0	3	572	76	1.597	10.3	0.8	4.1	2.5	0.61
1941	25	PHA	AL	2	4	.333	6.19	18	7	8	2	0	0	75.2	90	53	52	9	35	22	0	0	0	345	68	1.652	10.7	1.1	4.2	2.6	0.63
1941	25	CLE	AL	1	4	.200	4.39	8	8	0	2	0	0	53.1	57	31	26	3	24	14	0	0	3	227	90	1.519	9.6	0.5	4.1	2.4	0.58
1942	26	CLE	AL	8	11	.421	3.81	27	22	4	8	0	1	172.2	170	83	73	7	66	46	0	0	2	733	91	1.367	8.9	0.4	3.4	2.4	0.70
1943	27	CLE	AL	5	5	.500	4.50	17	9	3	3	0	0	76.0	83	46	38	1	34	29	1	0	0	336	69	1.539	9.8	0.1	4.0	3.4	0.85
1946	30	SFG-min	D,AAA	12	8	.600	4.75	25			0	0		161.0	205	112	85		45	0	0	0	0			1.553	11.5		2.5	0.0	0.00	MTA,MNE · BLRI,AA
7 Yrs				30	46	.395	5.08	162	68	66	23	1	9	685.2	781	456	387	52	323	195	1	1	13	3094	80	1.610	10.3	0.7	4.2	2.6	0.60
162 Game Avg.				9	14	.395	5.08	48	20	20	7	0	3	203	231	135	114	15	95	58	0	0	4	915	80	1.610	10.3	0.7	4.2	2.6	0.60

PHA (5 yrs)				16	26	.381	5.86	110	29	59	10	1	8	383.2	471	296	250	41	199	106	0	1	8	1798	77	1.746	11.0	1.0	4.7	2.5	0.53
CLE (3 yrs)				14	20	.412	4.08	52	39	7	13	0	1	302.0	310	160	137	11	124	89	1	0	5	1296	85	1.437	9.2	0.3	3.7	2.7	0.72

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
1937	21	PHA	AL	9.0	2	1	4	4.00	5.22	-0.01	0.00	104.0	5.45	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.568	.501	$
1938	22	PHA	AL	23.0	6	1	10	3.91	5.60	-0.37	0.00	100.1	5.98	5	0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.7	8	.580	.503	$
1939	23	PHA	AL	116.2	54	1	93	7.17	5.44	-0.45	0.00	100.4	5.91	-17	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.472	.491	$
1940	24	PHA	AL	159.1	30	19	136	7.68	5.13	-0.34	0.00	101.7	5.56	-39	-3.4	1.0	-0.1	-2.3	-22	.387	.479	$
1941	25	PHA	AL	75.2	18	7	53	6.30	4.99	-0.05	0.00	99.0	4.99	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-4	.439	.493	$
1941	25	CLE	AL	53.1	8	8	31	5.23	4.68	0.01	0.00	99.0	4.62	-4	-0.4		-0.0	0.0	1	.453	.498	$
1942	26	CLE	AL	172.2	27	22	83	4.33	4.65	0.20	0.00	91.9	4.09	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.3	7	.478	.496	$
1943	27	CLE	AL	76.0	17	9	46	5.45	3.88	0.24	0.00	91.1	3.32	-18	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-13	.387	.488	$
7 Seasons				685.2	162	68	456	5.99	4.89	-0.10	0.00	97.3	4.88	-89	-8.3	1.0	-0.5	-3.7	-23	.449	.494	$

PHA (5 yrs)				383.2	110	29	296	6.94	5.22	-0.31	0.00	100.7	5.58	-61	-5.4	1.0	-0.2	-2.5	-18	.451	.493	$
CLE (3 yrs)				302.0	52	39	160	4.77	4.46	0.18	0.00	93.0	3.99	-28	-2.9	1.0	-0.2	-1.2	-5	.444	.494	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1937	21	PHA	AL	40	0.0%	10.0%	15.0%			70%
1938	22	PHA	AL	103	2.9%	2.9%	14.6%			80%
1939	23	PHA	AL	556	1.4%	7.0%	14.4%			74%
1940	24	PHA	AL	754	2.8%	5.0%	8.4%	5.0%	17%	82%
1941	25	TOT	AL	572	2.1%	6.3%	10.3%	3.5%	14%	80%
1941	25	PHA	AL	345	2.6%	6.4%	10.1%	3.2%	12%	80%
1941	25	CLE	AL	227	1.3%	6.2%	10.6%	4.0%	16%	82%
1942	26	CLE	AL	733	1.0%	6.3%	9.0%	3.1%	14%	82%
1943	27	CLE	AL	336	0.3%	8.6%	10.1%	1.5%	6%	79%
7 Yrs				3094	1.7%	6.3%	10.4%	2.8%	11%	80%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.0%	8.9%	3.1%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1937	21	1	0	1.000	4.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	7	4	4	0	6	4	0	0	0	40	122	1.444	7.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	0.67	122
1938	22	3	1	.750	3.66	8	2	5	0	0	0	32.0	29	14	13	3	21	7	0	1	1	143	133	1.563	8.2	0.8	5.9	2.0	0.33	133
1939	23	8	9	.471	4.90	62	3	43	0	0	7	148.2	161	107	81	11	101	46	0	1	3	699	96	1.762	9.7	0.7	6.1	2.8	0.46	96
1940	24	14	22	.389	5.79	92	22	51	8	1	8	308.0	381	243	198	32	164	84	0	1	8	1453	79	1.769	11.1	0.9	4.8	2.5	0.51	79
1941	25	17	30	.362	5.68	118	37	59	12	1	8	437.0	528	327	276	44	223	120	0	1	11	2025	78	1.719	10.9	0.9	4.6	2.5	0.54	78
1942	26	25	41	.379	5.15	145	59	63	20	1	9	609.2	698	410	349	51	289	166	0	1	13	2758	81	1.619	10.3	0.8	4.3	2.5	0.57	81
1943	27	30	46	.395	5.08	162	68	66	23	1	9	685.2	781	456	387	52	323	195	1	1	13	3094	80	1.610	10.3	0.7	4.2	2.6	0.60	80

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
1937	21	1	0	1.000	2.70	10.0	6	3	3	0	5	5	0	1.100	5.4	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	2
1938	22	1	1	.500	3.00	24.0	22	9	8	3	15	3	0	1.542	8.3	5.6	1.1	0.20	1.1	6
1939	23	6	8	.429	4.25	127.0	127	67	60	8	77	42	0	1.606	9.0	5.5	3.0	0.55	0.6	54
1940	24	6	12	.333	5.72	170.0	216	120	108	21	62	41	0	1.635	11.4	3.3	2.2	0.66	1.1	30
1941	25	5	9	.357	5.41	128.0	149	86	77	12	60	36	0	1.633	10.5	4.2	2.5	0.60	0.8	26
1942	26	8	11	.421	4.47	171.0	189	94	85	8	73	46	0	1.532	9.9	3.8	2.4	0.63	0.4	27
1943	27	2	6	.250	6.00	72.0	96	53	48	1	39	28	1	1.875	12.0	4.9	3.5	0.72	0.1	17
7 Yrs		29	47	.382	4.99	702.0	805	432	389	53	331	201	1	1.618	10.3		2.6	0.61	0.7	162

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1939 AL 54 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1939 AL 7 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1940 AL 21 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1940 AL 13 (10th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1940 AL 117 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1939 AL 38 (2nd)	Youngest s c a p y 1936 AL born 1915-08-24 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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