Paul Dean

Paul Dee Dean (Daffy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 14, 1912 in Lucas, AR(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Browns 1934-1943

Final Game: May 31, 1943
Died: March 17, 1981 in Springdale, AR
Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, AR
Relatives: Brother of Dizzy Dean
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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
1931	18	STL-min	C,AA,A	11	6	.647	2.83	33						175.0	157	65	55		92							1.423	8.1		4.7			SPG,CLB,HSN · WA,AA,TL
1932	19	STL-min	AA	7	16	.304		40						212.0	191	119			113							1.434	8.1		4.8			CLB · AA
1933	20	STL-min	AA	22	7	.759	3.15	43						254.0	228	101	89		117							1.358	8.1		4.1			CLB · AA
1934	21	STL	NL	19	11	.633	3.43	39	26	5	16	5	2	233.1	225	96	89	19	52	150	5	1	1	974	123	1.187	8.7	0.7	2.0	*5.8*	2.88	MVP-9
1935	22	STL	NL	19	12	.613	3.37	46	33	10	19	2	5	269.2	261	109	101	16	55	143	9	0	2	1125	122	1.172	8.7	0.5	1.8	4.8	2.60	MVP-21
1936	23	STL	NL	5	5	.500	4.60	17	14	3	5	0	1	92.0	113	57	47	3	20	28	1	1	0	406	86	1.446	11.1	0.3	2.0	2.7	1.40
1937	24	STL	NL	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6						0.00
1938	25	CHW-STL-min	A1	8	16	.333	3.72	29	25					201.0	202	104	83		36							1.184	9.0		1.6			DAL,HSN · TL
1938	25	STL	NL	3	1	.750	2.61	5	4	0	2	1	0	31.0	37	12	9	3	5	14	0	1	0	131	152	1.355	10.7	0.9	1.5	4.1	2.80
1939	26	STL-min	AA	2	2	.500	4.25	7						36.0	51	27	17		8							1.639	12.8		2.0			CLB · AA
1939	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	6.07	16	2	6	0	0	0	43.0	54	30	29	4	10	16	1	0	0	194	68	1.488	11.3	0.8	2.1	3.3	1.60
1940	27	NYG	NL	4	4	.500	3.90	27	7	11	2	0	0	99.1	110	50	43	8	29	32	0	0	1	426	100	1.399	10.0	0.7	2.6	2.9	1.10
1941	28	NYG	NL	0	0		3.18	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	8	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	28	125	1.941	12.7	0.0	4.8	4.8	1.00

1942	29	STL-min	A1	19	8	.704	2.05	30						219.0	182	59	50		26							0.950	7.5		1.1			HSN · TL
1943	30	SLB	AL	0	0		3.38	3	1	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	5	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	58	103	1.425	10.8	0.0	2.0	0.7	0.33
1944	31	CHW-min	A1	5	2	.714	2.84	8	8					57.0	60	26	18		5							1.140	9.5		0.8			LRK · SOUA
1946	33	CHW-min	AA	2	1	.667	6.63	4	4					19.0	29	17	14		4							1.737	13.7		1.9			LRK · SOUA
9 Yrs				50	34	.595	3.75	159	87	37	44	8	8	787.1	825	364	328	53	179	387	17	4	4	3345	109	1.275	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.4	2.16
162 Game Avg.				14	9	.595	3.75	44	24	10	12	2	2	218	228	101	91	15	49	107	5	1	1	925	109	1.275	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.4	2.16

STL (6 yrs)				46	30	.605	3.74	124	79	24	42	8	8	669.0	691	307	278	45	144	351	16	3	3	2833	110	1.248	9.3	0.6	1.9	4.7	2.44
NYG (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	3.86	32	7	13	2	0	0	105.0	118	52	45	8	32	35	0	0	1	454	101	1.429	10.1	0.7	2.7	3.0	1.09
SLB (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	3	1	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	5	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	58	103	1.425	10.8	0.0	2.0	0.7	0.33

NL (8 yrs)				50	34	.595	3.76	156	86	37	44	8	8	774.0	809	359	323	53	176	386	16	3	4	3287	109	1.273	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.5	2.19
AL (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	3	1	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	5	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	58	103	1.425	10.8	0.0	2.0	0.7	0.33

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	Awards
1934	21	STL	NL	233.1	39	26	96	3.70	4.77	0.04	0.00	102.8	4.86	29	3.1	1.0	-0.1	4.8	53	.579	.519	$3,000	MVP-9
1935	22	STL	NL	269.2	46	33	109	3.64	4.74	0.09	0.00	101.1	4.70	30	3.1	1.0	-0.2	5.1	59	.568	.519	$	MVP-21
1936	23	STL	NL	92.0	17	14	57	5.58	4.73	-0.19	0.00	95.5	4.70	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	0	.448	.495	$10,000
1937	24	STL	NL	0.0	1	0	3					102.0				1.0	0.0					$
1938	25	STL	NL	31.0	5	4	12	3.48	4.52	-0.12	0.00	100.5	4.66	4	0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.7	7	.594	.503	$
1939	26	STL	NL	43.0	16	2	30	6.28	4.50	0.12	0.00	104.7	4.59	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.451	.495	$
1940	27	NYG	NL	99.1	27	7	50	4.53	4.35	0.12	0.00	99.7	4.22	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.6	8	.488	.498	$
1941	28	NYG	NL	5.2	5	0	2	3.18	4.88	-0.11	0.00	103.7	5.18	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.528	.501	$

1943	30	SLB	AL	13.1	3	1	5	3.38	3.96	-0.27	0.00	99.2	4.20	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.547	.501	$
9 Seasons				787.1	159	87	364	4.16	4.67	0.03	0.00	100.9	4.68	45	5.0	1.0	-0.4	10.9	127	.528	.504	$13,000

STL (6 yrs)				669.0	124	79	307	4.13	4.72	0.02	0.00	101.1	4.75	46	5.0	1.0	-0.4	9.9	116	.536	.506	$13,000
NYG (2 yrs)				105.0	32	7	52	4.46	4.38	0.11	0.00	99.9	4.27	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.8	10	.494	.499	$
SLB (1 yr)				13.1	3	1	5	3.38	3.96	-0.27	0.00	99.2	4.20	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.547	.501	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1934	21	STL	NL	WS	W	DET	2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	15	4	2	0	7	1	11	1	0	0	77	1.222	7.5	0.0	3.5	5.5	1.57
1 WS							2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	15	4	2	0	7	1	11	1	0	0	77	1.222	7.5	0.0	3.5	5.5	1.57

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1934	21	STL	NL	974	2.0%	15.4%	5.3%	4.3%	19%	76%
1935	22	STL	NL	1125	1.4%	12.7%	4.9%	4.8%	21%	79%
1936	23	STL	NL	406	0.7%	6.9%	4.9%	2.7%	10%	85%
1937	24	STL	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%			33%
1938	25	STL	NL	131	2.3%	10.7%	3.8%	4.6%	16%	82%
1939	26	STL	NL	194	2.1%	8.3%	5.2%			79%
1940	27	NYG	NL	426	1.9%	7.5%	6.8%	2.1%	8%	83%
1941	28	NYG	NL	28	0.0%	10.7%	10.7%			79%

1943	30	SLB	AL	58	0.0%	1.7%	5.2%			91%
9 Yrs				3345	1.6%	11.6%	5.4%	3.7%	15%	80%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.9%	8.7%	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+
1934	21	19	11	.633	3.43	39	26	5	16	5	2	233.1	225	96	89	19	52	150	5	1	1	974	123	1.187	8.7	0.7	2.0	5.8	2.88	123
1935	22	38	23	.623	3.40	85	59	15	35	7	7	503.0	486	205	190	35	107	293	14	1	3	2099	122	1.179	8.7	0.6	1.9	5.2	2.74	122
1936	23	43	28	.606	3.58	102	73	18	40	7	8	595.0	599	262	237	38	127	321	15	2	3	2505	115	1.220	9.1	0.6	1.9	4.9	2.53	115
1937	24	43	28	.606	3.63	103	73	18	40	7	8	595.0	600	265	240	38	129	321	15	2	3	2508	114	1.225	9.1	0.6	2.0	4.9	2.49	114
1938	25	46	29	.613	3.58	108	77	18	42	8	8	626.0	637	277	249	41	134	335	15	3	3	2639	115	1.232	9.2	0.6	1.9	4.8	2.50	115
1939	26	46	30	.605	3.74	124	79	24	42	8	8	669.0	691	307	278	45	144	351	16	3	3	2833	110	1.248	9.3	0.6	1.9	4.7	2.44	110
1940	27	50	34	.595	3.76	151	86	35	44	8	8	768.1	801	357	321	53	173	383	16	3	4	3259	109	1.268	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.5	2.21	109
1941	28	50	34	.595	3.76	156	86	37	44	8	8	774.0	809	359	323	53	176	386	16	3	4	3287	109	1.273	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.5	2.19	109
1942	29	50	34	.595	3.76	156	86	37	44	8	8	774.0	809	359	323	53	176	386	16	3	4	3287	109	1.273	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.5	2.19	109
1943	30	50	34	.595	3.75	159	87	37	44	8	8	787.1	825	364	328	53	179	387	17	4	4	3345	109	1.275	9.4	0.6	2.0	4.4	2.16	109

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
1934	21	17	10	.630	3.10	250.0	229	96	86	19	53	161	5	1.128	8.2	1.9	5.8	3.04	0.7	39
1935	22	19	12	.613	3.09	285.0	264	109	98	16	56	151	9	1.123	8.3	1.8	4.8	2.70	0.5	46
1936	23	5	5	.500	4.41	96.0	115	52	47	3	20	29	1	1.406	10.8	1.9	2.7	1.45	0.3	17

1938	25	2	1	.667	2.53	32.0	39	10	9	3	5	14	0	1.375	11.0	1.4	3.9	2.80	0.8	5
1939	26	2	3	.400	5.67	46.0	55	32	29	4	10	17	1	1.413	10.8	2.0	3.3	1.70	0.8	16
1940	27	5	6	.455	4.05	100.0	116	50	45	8	31	32	0	1.470	10.4	2.8	2.9	1.03	0.7	27
1941	28	0	0		3.00	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	3	0	1.833	12.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	5

1943	30	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	18	7	6	0	3	1	1	1.615	12.5	2.1	0.7	0.33	0.0	3
8 Yrs		50	38	.568	3.50	828.0	844	358	322	53	181	408	17	1.238	9.2		4.4	2.25	0.6	158

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1934 NL (9, 20%) 1935 NL (21, 2%) 0.22 Career Shares (708th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1934 NL 5.0 (9th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1934 NL 4.8 (5th) 1935 NL 5.1 (4th)	Wins s c a p y 1934 NL 19 (5th) 1935 NL 19 (6th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1934 NL .633 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1934 NL 1.187 (4th) 1935 NL 1.172 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1934 NL 8.679 (5th) 1935 NL 8.711 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1934 NL 2.006 (9th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1934 NL 5.786 (1st) 1935 NL 4.773 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1935 NL 46 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1935 NL 5 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1935 NL 269.7 (4th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1934 NL 150 (3rd) 1935 NL 143 (3rd)	Games Started s c a p y 1935 NL 33 (3rd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1934 NL 16 (9th) 1935 NL 19 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1934 NL 5 (2nd)
Home Runs s c a p y 1934 NL 19 (2nd) 1935 NL 16 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1935 NL 261 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1934 NL 2.885 (2nd) 1935 NL 2.600 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1935 NL 101 (10th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1934 NL 5 (8th) 1935 NL 9 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1935 NL 1,125 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1934 NL 123 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1934 NL 23 (6th) 1935 NL 26 (7th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1934 NL 2.3 (6th) 1935 NL 2.6 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 38 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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