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Bill Dietrich

William John Dietrich (Bullfrog)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 29, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Frankford HS (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1933
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics/Senators 1933-1948

Final Game: June 5, 1948
Died: June 20, 1978 in Philadelphia, PA
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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
1933 23 PHA AL 0 1 .000 5.82 8 1 3 0 0 0 17.0 13 11 11 1 19 4 0 0 1 77 75 1.882 6.9 0.5 10.1 2.1 0.21
1934 24 PHA AL 11 12 .478 4.68 39 23 9 14 4 3 207.2 201 121 108 13 114 88 3 0 3 925 93 1.517 8.7 0.6 4.9 3.8 0.77
1935 25 PHA AL 7 13 .350 5.39 43 15 18 8 1 3 185.1 203 128 111 7 101 59 1 1 5 849 84 1.640 9.9 0.3 4.9 2.9 0.58
1936 26 TOT AL 8 11 .421 5.75 40 15 16 6 1 3 162.2 197 116 104 11 82 77 1 0 6 756 89 1.715 10.9 0.6 4.5 4.3 0.94
1936 26 PHA AL 4 6 .400 6.53 21 4 13 0 0 3 71.2 91 55 52 4 40 34 0 0 4 344 77 1.828 11.4 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.85
1936 26 WSH AL 0 1 .000 9.72 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 11 9 0 6 4 0 0 0 44 51 2.280 14.0 0.0 6.5 4.3 0.67
1936 26 CHW AL 4 4 .500 4.68 14 11 1 6 1 0 82.2 93 50 43 7 36 39 1 0 2 368 111 1.560 10.1 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.08
1937 27 CHW AL 8 10 .444 4.90 29 20 6 7 1 1 143.1 162 93 78 15 72 62 0 1 4 653 95 1.633 10.2 0.9 4.5 3.9 0.86
1938 28 CHW AL 2 4 .333 5.44 8 7 1 1 0 0 48.0 49 33 29 7 31 11 0 0 3 224 91 1.667 9.2 1.3 5.8 2.1 0.35
1939 29 CHW AL 7 8 .467 5.22 25 19 4 2 0 0 127.2 134 81 74 15 56 43 2 0 5 560 91 1.488 9.4 1.1 3.9 3.0 0.77
1940 30 CHW AL 10 6 .625 4.03 23 17 3 6 1 0 149.2 154 78 67 10 65 43 0 0 4 652 110 1.463 9.3 0.6 3.9 2.6 0.66
1941 31 CHW AL 5 8 .385 5.35 19 15 4 4 1 0 109.1 114 73 65 7 50 26 4 0 4 497 77 1.500 9.4 0.6 4.1 2.1 0.52
1942 32 CHW AL 6 11 .353 4.89 26 23 2 6 0 0 160.0 173 92 87 16 70 39 5 1 3 712 73 1.519 9.7 0.9 3.9 2.2 0.56
1943 33 CHW AL 12 10 .545 2.80 26 26 0 12 2 0 186.2 180 72 58 4 53 52 2 0 2 782 118 1.248 8.7 0.2 2.6 2.5 0.98
1944 34 CHW AL 16 17 .485 3.62 36 36 0 15 2 0 246.0 269 132 99 15 68 70 2 1 3 1061 94 1.370 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.6 1.03
1945 35 CHW AL 7 10 .412 4.19 18 16 2 6 3 0 122.1 136 61 57 4 36 43 0 0 0 531 79 1.406 10.0 0.3 2.6 3.2 1.19
1946 36 CHW AL 3 3 .500 2.61 11 9 1 3 0 1 62.0 63 21 18 4 24 20 0 0 0 266 131 1.403 9.1 0.6 3.5 2.9 0.83
1947 37 PHA AL 5 2 .714 3.12 11 9 1 2 1 0 60.2 48 24 21 0 40 18 2 0 0 259 123 1.451 7.1 0.0 5.9 2.7 0.45
1948 38 PHA AL 1 2 .333 5.87 4 2 2 0 0 0 15.1 21 10 10 0 9 5 0 0 1 70 75 1.957 12.3 0.0 5.3 2.9 0.56
16 Yrs 108 128 .458 4.48 366 253 72 92 17 11 2003.2 2117 1146 997 129 890 660 22 4 44 8874 92 1.501 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .458 4.48 40 28 8 10 2 1 220 233 126 110 14 98 73 2 0 5 975 92 1.501 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74
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
CHW (11 yrs) 80 91 .468 4.23 235 199 24 68 11 2 1437.2 1527 786 675 104 561 448 16 3 30 6306 94 1.452 9.6 0.7 3.5 2.8 0.80
PHA (6 yrs) 28 36 .438 5.05 126 54 46 24 6 9 557.2 577 349 313 25 323 208 6 1 14 2524 88 1.614 9.3 0.4 5.2 3.4 0.64
WSH (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.72 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 11 9 0 6 4 0 0 0 44 51 2.280 14.0 0.0 6.5 4.3 0.67

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
1933 23 PHA AL 17.0 8 1 11 5.82 4.94 -0.34 0.00 99.2 5.24 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .485 .499 $
1934 24 PHA AL 207.2 39 23 121 5.24 5.20 0.20 0.00 97.6 4.87 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.9 17 .479 .495 $
1935 25 PHA AL 185.1 43 15 128 6.22 5.39 -0.10 0.00 99.4 5.45 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 0.1 6 .467 .491 $
1936 26 PHA AL 71.2 21 4 55 6.91 6.12 -0.04 0.00 100.1 6.16 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.1 4 .475 .497 $
1936 26 WSH AL 8.1 5 0 11 11.88 6.09 0.15 0.00 88.0 5.23 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .401 .497 $
1936 26 CHW AL 82.2 14 11 50 5.44 5.73 0.19 0.00 103.5 5.73 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.9 14 .515 .501 $
1937 27 CHW AL 143.1 29 20 93 5.84 5.16 0.34 0.00 101.8 4.91 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 3 .453 .492 $
1938 28 CHW AL 48.0 8 7 33 6.19 5.72 0.02 0.00 100.4 5.72 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.1 4 .467 .498 $
1939 29 CHW AL 127.2 25 19 81 5.71 5.48 0.08 0.00 102.2 5.51 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.8 13 .488 .498 $
1940 30 CHW AL 149.2 23 17 78 4.69 5.06 0.22 0.00 100.9 4.88 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.1 17 .508 .501 $
1941 31 CHW AL 109.1 19 15 73 6.01 4.77 0.16 0.00 100.9 4.65 -17 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .416 .490 $
1942 32 CHW AL 160.0 26 23 92 5.18 4.66 0.08 0.00 97.4 4.46 -14 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -2 .445 .491 $
1943 33 CHW AL 186.2 26 26 72 3.47 3.89 0.08 0.00 100.2 3.82 6 0.8 -0.1 1.7 18 .530 .505 $
1944 34 CHW AL 246.0 36 36 132 4.83 4.12 0.05 0.00 99.5 4.04 -22 -2.3 -0.1 -1.0 -6 .436 .486 $
1945 35 CHW AL 122.1 18 16 61 4.49 3.96 -0.12 0.00 99.9 4.08 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.1 2 .468 .496 $
1946 36 CHW AL 62.0 11 9 21 3.05 4.09 0.15 0.00 96.7 3.80 5 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.0 10 .554 .504 $
1947 37 PHA AL 60.2 11 9 24 3.56 4.13 0.25 0.00 104.7 4.06 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 8 .537 .503 $
1948 38 PHA AL 15.1 4 2 10 5.87 5.06 0.01 0.00 97.9 4.94 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .461 .499 $
16 Seasons 2003.2 366 253 1146 5.15 4.82 0.10 0.00 99.9 4.73 -99 -9.2 1.0 -1.3 4.4 97 .475 .497 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CHW (11 yrs) 1437.2 235 199 786 4.92 4.65 0.11 0.00 100.3 4.56 -64 -6.1 1.0 -0.9 3.0 66 .474 .497 $
PHA (6 yrs) 557.2 126 54 349 5.63 5.25 0.05 0.00 99.3 5.15 -30 -2.6 1.0 -0.3 1.8 36 .479 .497 $
WSH (1 yr) 8.1 5 0 11 11.88 6.09 0.15 0.00 88.0 5.23 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .401 .497 $

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
1948 38 PHA AL 4 48 59 10 21 2 0 0 1 2 9 5 .356 .441 .390 .831 .389 23 3 0 2 0 0
1 Yr 4 48 59 10 21 2 0 0 1 2 9 5 .356 .441 .390 .831 .389 23 3 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 45 544 669 113 238 23 0 0 11 23 102 57 .356 .441 .390 .831 .389 261 34 0 23 0 0
MLB Averages .267 .335 .335 .670 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 38 PHA AL -1.9 -0.2 51 0.2 1.1 -0.9 1.32 -0.2 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 1.32 -1.9 1 0 1
16 Yrs -76.8 -7.0 51 0.2 1.1 -0.9 1.32 -0.2 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 1.32 -1.9 1 0 1

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1933 23 PHA AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 60.0 60 60 0 1 1.0 8.0
1934 24 PHA AL 39 23 10 10 3 1 2 11 11 .500 0 0 14 4 11 48% 49.4 83 14 13 6 4.2 7.5
1935 25 PHA AL 43 15 3 9 3 0 1 3 12 .200 0 0 8 1 4 27% 38.2 78 -7 8 5 4.2 7.1
1936 26 TOT AL 40 15 4 8 3 1 1 5 9 .357 0 0 6 1 4 27% 88 13 7 6 5.5 5.9
1936 26 PHA AL 21 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.8 39 13 1 2 3.5 3.8
1936 26 CHW AL 14 11 4 4 3 1 1 5 5 .500 0 0 6 1 4 36% 44.6 88 13 6 4 6.2 6.7
1937 27 CHW AL 29 20 7 10 3 3 2 9 11 .450 0 0 7 1 7 35% 45.0 90 0 9 8 4.9 6.3
1938 28 CHW AL 8 7 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 .429 0 0 1 0 2 29% 40.9 69 28 3 4 3.7 6.6
1939 29 CHW AL 25 19 6 8 5 2 3 8 11 .421 0 0 2 0 8 42% 45.5 69 15 4 13 4.7 5.8
1940 30 CHW AL 23 17 9 6 2 3 4 10 7 .588 0 0 6 1 10 59% 49.5 79 22 2 9 4.4 7.3
1941 31 CHW AL 19 15 5 7 3 1 3 6 8 .429 0 0 4 1 7 47% 42.9 86 11 4 8 4.2 6.5
1942 32 CHW AL 26 23 6 11 6 2 2 9 14 .391 0 0 6 0 8 35% 43.2 72 10 7 12 3.9 6.4
1943 33 CHW AL 26 26 12 10 4 1 4 14 11 .560 0 0 12 2 16 62% 54.2 80 29 8 14 3.2 7.2
1944 34 CHW AL 36 36 16 17 3 2 4 18 18 .500 0 0 15 2 21 58% 49.1 78 11 20 7 3.7 6.8
1945 35 CHW AL 18 16 7 8 1 2 1 8 8 .500 0 0 6 3 6 38% 48.3 87 12 5 9 4.3 7.1
1946 36 CHW AL 11 9 3 3 3 0 1 6 3 .667 0 0 3 0 4 44% 52.1 77 30 1 6 3.5 6.4
1947 37 PHA AL 11 9 4 2 3 0 0 6 3 .667 0 0 2 1 6 67% 51.1 76 27 3 5 5.1 6.1
1948 38 PHA AL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.5 38 19 2 0 1 1 2.0 0.0 4.8
16 Yrs 361 253 94 116 43 19 30 116 133 .466 0 0 92 17 115 45% 47 90 -7 2 0 95 114 4.2 0.0 6.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 132 -35 4.6 4.8 6.9
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

Reliever Pitching*

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
1933 23 PHA AL 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3.9
1934 24 PHA AL 39 16 9 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 4 3 6.6
1935 25 PHA AL 43 28 18 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 21 3 7 8.4
1936 26 TOT AL 40 25 16 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 18 2 4 8.9
1936 26 PHA AL 21 17 13 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 12 1 4 9.9
1936 26 WSH AL 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5.0
1936 26 CHW AL 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9.3
1937 27 CHW AL 29 9 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 5.7
1938 28 CHW AL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1939 29 CHW AL 25 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 8.7
1940 30 CHW AL 23 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12.5
1941 31 CHW AL 19 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8.5
1942 32 CHW AL 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12.7
1945 35 CHW AL 18 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13.5
1946 36 CHW AL 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.0
1947 37 PHA AL 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9.0
1948 38 PHA AL 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 1.315 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5
14 Yrs 304 113 72 14 12 1 11 1 1100% 1 0 2 1 50% 1.315 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 76 15 2 17 8.2
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

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1933 23 PHA AL 77 1.3% 5.2% 24.7% 65%
1934 24 PHA AL 925 1.4% 9.5% 12.3% 3.6% 16% 74%
1935 25 PHA AL 849 0.8% 7.0% 11.9% 2.9% 12% 79%
1936 26 TOT AL 751 1.5% 10.3% 10.9% 2.8% 11% 76%
1936 26 PHA AL 344 1.2% 9.9% 11.6% 76%
1936 26 WSH AL 44 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 75%
1936 26 CHW AL 363 1.9% 10.7% 9.9% 4.7% 18% 76%
1937 27 CHW AL 656 2.3% 9.5% 11.0% 4.6% 19% 75%
1938 28 CHW AL 224 3.1% 4.9% 13.8% 3.1% 14% 76%
1939 29 CHW AL 560 2.7% 7.7% 10.0% 3.4% 14% 78%
1940 30 CHW AL 652 1.5% 6.6% 10.0% 2.8% 12% 81%
1941 31 CHW AL 494 1.4% 5.3% 10.1% 2.6% 11% 80%
1942 32 CHW AL 712 2.3% 5.5% 9.8% 3.5% 15% 80%
1943 33 CHW AL 784 0.5% 6.6% 6.8% 2.8% 12% 84%
1944 34 CHW AL 1062 1.4% 6.6% 6.4% 3.4% 13% 83%
1945 35 CHW AL 531 0.8% 8.1% 6.8% 1.9% 7% 83%
1946 36 CHW AL 266 1.5% 7.5% 9.0% 3.4% 14% 80%
1947 37 PHA AL 259 0.0% 7.0% 15.4% 0.8% 4% 76%
1948 38 PHA AL 70 48% 0.0% 10.4% 18.8% 4.2% 10% 2.71 113% 11 3 27%
16 Yrs 8872 48% 1.5% 7.5% 10.1% 3.0% 13% 2.71 79% 11 3 27%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.2% 9.1% 3.2% 13% 0.95 81% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1933 23 PHA AL 13 1 1
1934 24 PHA AL 201 13 3
1935 25 PHA AL 203 7 5
1936 26 TOT AL 197 11 6
1936 26 PHA AL 91 4 4
1936 26 WSH AL 13 0 0
1936 26 CHW AL 93 7 2
1937 27 CHW AL 162 15 4
1938 28 CHW AL 49 7 3
1939 29 CHW AL 134 15 5
1940 30 CHW AL 154 10 4
1941 31 CHW AL 114 7 4
1942 32 CHW AL 173 16 3
1943 33 CHW AL 180 4 2
1944 34 CHW AL 269 15 3
1945 35 CHW AL 136 4 0
1946 36 CHW AL 63 4 0
1947 37 PHA AL 48 0 0
1948 38 PHA AL 48 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 27 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
16 Yrs 48 2117 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 44 0 27 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
MLB Averages 53% 56%
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

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1933 23 0 1 .000 5.82 8 1 3 0 0 0 17.0 13 11 11 1 19 4 0 0 1 77 75 1.882 6.9 0.5 10.1 2.1 0.21 75
1934 24 11 13 .458 4.77 47 24 12 14 4 3 224.2 214 132 119 14 133 92 3 0 4 1002 92 1.545 8.6 0.6 5.3 3.7 0.69 92
1935 25 18 26 .409 5.05 90 39 30 22 5 6 410.0 417 260 230 21 234 151 4 1 9 1851 88 1.588 9.2 0.5 5.1 3.3 0.65 88
1936 26 26 37 .413 5.25 130 54 46 28 6 9 572.2 614 376 334 32 316 228 5 1 15 2607 88 1.624 9.6 0.5 5.0 3.6 0.72 88
1937 27 34 47 .420 5.18 159 74 52 35 7 10 716.0 776 469 412 47 388 290 5 2 19 3260 90 1.626 9.8 0.6 4.9 3.6 0.75 90
1938 28 36 51 .414 5.20 167 81 53 36 7 10 764.0 825 502 441 54 419 301 5 2 22 3484 90 1.628 9.7 0.6 4.9 3.5 0.72 90
1939 29 43 59 .422 5.20 192 100 57 38 7 10 891.2 959 583 515 69 475 344 7 2 27 4044 90 1.608 9.7 0.7 4.8 3.5 0.72 90
1940 30 53 65 .449 5.03 215 117 60 44 8 10 1041.1 1113 661 582 79 540 387 7 2 31 4696 92 1.587 9.6 0.7 4.7 3.3 0.72 92
1941 31 58 73 .443 5.06 234 132 64 48 9 10 1150.2 1227 734 647 86 590 413 11 2 35 5193 91 1.579 9.6 0.7 4.6 3.2 0.70 91
1942 32 64 84 .432 5.04 260 155 66 54 9 10 1310.2 1400 826 734 102 660 452 16 3 38 5905 89 1.572 9.6 0.7 4.5 3.1 0.68 89
1943 33 76 94 .447 4.76 286 181 66 66 11 10 1497.1 1580 898 792 106 713 504 18 3 40 6687 91 1.531 9.5 0.6 4.3 3.0 0.71 91
1944 34 92 111 .453 4.60 322 217 66 81 13 10 1743.1 1849 1030 891 121 781 574 20 4 43 7748 91 1.509 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74 91
1945 35 99 121 .450 4.57 340 233 68 87 16 10 1865.2 1985 1091 948 125 817 617 20 4 43 8279 90 1.502 9.6 0.6 3.9 3.0 0.76 90
1946 36 102 124 .451 4.51 351 242 69 90 16 11 1927.2 2048 1112 966 129 841 637 20 4 43 8545 91 1.499 9.6 0.6 3.9 3.0 0.76 91
1947 37 107 126 .459 4.47 362 251 70 92 17 11 1988.1 2096 1136 987 129 881 655 22 4 43 8804 92 1.497 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74 92
1948 38 108 128 .458 4.48 366 253 72 92 17 11 2003.2 2117 1146 997 129 890 660 22 4 44 8874 92 1.501 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1933 23 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 13 11 10 1 19 4 0 1.882 6.9 10.1 2.1 0.21 0.5 8
1934 24 12 12 .500 4.15 219.0 200 112 101 13 113 93 3 1.429 8.2 4.6 3.8 0.82 0.5 39
1935 25 10 12 .455 4.55 200.0 199 112 101 7 99 64 1 1.490 9.0 4.5 2.9 0.65 0.3 43
1936 26 9 10 .474 4.25 178.0 181 93 84 10 75 84 1 1.438 9.2 3.8 4.2 1.12 0.5 40
1937 27 8 8 .500 4.11 151.0 155 77 69 14 69 65 0 1.483 9.2 4.1 3.9 0.94 0.8 29
1938 28 3 3 .500 4.17 54.0 46 28 25 7 29 12 0 1.389 7.7 4.8 2.0 0.41 1.2 8
1939 29 7 8 .467 4.27 135.0 128 71 64 14 53 46 2 1.341 8.5 3.5 3.1 0.87 0.9 25
1940 30 9 8 .529 3.60 155.0 151 69 62 10 64 45 0 1.387 8.8 3.7 2.6 0.70 0.6 23
1941 31 5 7 .417 4.97 116.0 115 71 64 7 50 28 4 1.422 8.9 3.9 2.2 0.56 0.5 19
1942 32 6 11 .353 5.39 162.0 188 108 97 17 76 39 5 1.630 10.4 4.2 2.2 0.51 0.9 26
1943 33 12 8 .600 3.37 187.0 202 78 70 4 59 52 2 1.396 9.7 2.8 2.5 0.88 0.2 26
1944 34 13 14 .481 4.13 246.0 294 126 113 16 74 70 2 1.496 10.8 2.7 2.6 0.95 0.6 36
1945 35 5 8 .385 5.16 122.0 155 78 70 5 41 43 0 1.607 11.4 3.0 3.2 1.05 0.4 18
1946 36 4 2 .667 3.15 60.0 70 23 21 4 27 19 0 1.617 10.5 4.1 2.9 0.70 0.6 11
1947 37 3 3 .500 3.57 58.0 51 26 23 0 42 17 2 1.603 7.9 6.5 2.6 0.40 0.0 11
1948 38 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 21 10 9 0 9 5 0 2.143 13.5 5.8 3.2 0.56 0.0 4
16 Yrs 106 116 .477 4.27 2074.0 2169 1093 983 129 899 686 22 1.479 9.4 3.0 0.76 0.6 366

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 AL  .625 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  8.711 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL  2.555 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  3.814 (10th)
1936 AL  4.260 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1935 AL  43 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (9th)
1935 AL  3 (8th)
1936 AL  3 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL  246.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL  36 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1934 AL  4 (4th)
1945 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  16 (3rd)
1944 AL  15 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  114 (5th)
1935 AL  101 (8th)
Career  890 (162nd)

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  269 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  0.340 (7th)
1943 AL  0.193 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1935 AL  13 (8th)
1944 AL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  111 (9th)
1942 AL  87 (10th)
1944 AL  99 (1st)
Career  997 (236th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1935 AL  5 (10th)
1939 AL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (10th)
1941 AL  4 (7th)
1942 AL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL  1,061 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1935 AL  18 (9th)
1936 AL  16 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 AL  born 1910-03-29 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Vern Kennedy (949)
  2. George Blaeholder (942)
  3. Ray Benge (940)
  4. Walt Terrell (938)
  5. Denny Galehouse (937)
  6. Herm Wehmeier (934)
  7. Sid Hudson (932)
  8. Chuck Stobbs (932)
  9. Alex Kellner (928)
  10. Tommy Thomas (928)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kirby Higbe (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Ortega (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Harris (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Sullivan (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Sullivan (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Sullivan (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Sullivan (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Sullivan (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alex Ferguson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Omar Olivares (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Alex Kellner (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ray Benge (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ray Benge (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Vern Kennedy (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Vern Kennedy (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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