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Joe Dobson

Joseph Gordon Dobson (Burrhead)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: January 20, 1917 in Durant, OK
High School: Durant HS (Durant, OK)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1939
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox/Indians 1939-1954

Final Game: April 30, 1954
Died: June 23, 1994 in Jacksonville, FL
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
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All-Star

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
1939 22 CLE AL 2 3 .400 5.88 35 3 17 0 0 1 78.0 87 56 51 3 51 27 1 1 3 362 75 1.769 10.0 0.3 5.9 3.1 0.53
1940 23 CLE AL 3 7 .300 4.95 40 7 16 2 1 3 100.0 101 60 55 8 48 57 0 0 7 432 86 1.490 9.1 0.7 4.3 5.1 1.19
1941 24 BOS AL 12 5 .706 4.49 27 18 6 7 1 0 134.1 136 70 67 8 67 69 2 1 3 595 93 1.511 9.1 0.5 4.5 4.6 1.03
1942 25 BOS AL 11 9 .550 3.30 30 23 6 10 3 0 182.2 155 73 67 9 68 72 2 1 1 750 113 1.221 7.6 0.4 3.4 3.5 1.06
1943 26 BOS AL 7 11 .389 3.12 25 20 3 9 3 0 164.1 144 63 57 4 57 63 0 1 4 673 107 1.223 7.9 0.2 3.1 3.5 1.11
1946 29 BOS AL 13 7 .650 3.24 32 24 3 9 1 0 166.2 148 72 60 11 68 91 1 2 4 710 113 1.296 8.0 0.6 3.7 4.9 1.34
1947 30 BOS AL 18 8 .692 2.95 33 31 1 15 1 1 228.2 203 84 75 15 73 110 1 1 11 935 131 1.207 8.0 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.51 MVP-29
1948 31 BOS AL 16 10 .615 3.56 38 32 5 16 5 2 245.1 237 115 97 14 92 116 1 1 6 1044 123 1.341 8.7 0.5 3.4 4.3 1.26 AS,MVP-24
1949 32 BOS AL 14 12 .538 3.85 33 27 5 12 2 2 212.2 219 103 91 12 97 87 2 2 4 923 114 1.486 9.3 0.5 4.1 3.7 0.90
1950 33 BOS AL 15 10 .600 4.18 39 27 9 12 1 4 206.2 217 103 96 15 81 81 0 0 4 882 118 1.442 9.5 0.7 3.5 3.5 1.00
1951 34 CHW AL 7 6 .538 3.62 28 21 3 6 0 3 146.2 136 68 59 17 51 67 0 0 1 609 112 1.275 8.3 1.0 3.1 4.1 1.31
1952 35 CHW AL 14 10 .583 2.51 29 25 3 11 3 1 200.2 164 66 56 11 60 101 0 0 4 805 145 1.116 7.4 0.5 2.7 4.5 1.68
1953 36 CHW AL 5 5 .500 3.67 23 15 6 3 1 1 100.2 96 46 41 10 37 50 0 0 3 425 109 1.321 8.6 0.9 3.3 4.5 1.35
1954 37 BOS AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 70 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
14 Yrs 137 103 .571 3.62 414 273 84 112 22 18 2170.0 2048 981 874 137 851 992 10 10 55 9159 112 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .571 3.62 41 27 8 11 2 2 215 203 97 87 14 84 98 1 1 5 907 112 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17
BOS (9 yrs) 106 72 .596 3.57 259 202 39 90 17 9 1544.0 1464 685 612 88 604 690 9 9 37 6526 115 1.339 8.5 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.14
CHW (3 yrs) 26 21 .553 3.13 80 61 12 20 4 5 448.0 396 180 156 38 148 218 0 0 8 1839 123 1.214 8.0 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.47
CLE (2 yrs) 5 10 .333 5.36 75 10 33 2 1 4 178.0 188 116 106 11 99 84 1 1 10 794 81 1.612 9.5 0.6 5.0 4.2 0.85

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
1939 22 CLE AL 78.0 35 3 56 6.46 5.47 -0.05 0.00 95.7 5.28 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .473 .494 $
1940 23 CLE AL 100.0 40 7 60 5.40 5.05 0.22 0.00 97.2 4.69 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 2 .480 .495 $
1941 24 BOS AL 134.1 27 18 70 4.69 4.67 -0.12 0.00 100.5 4.82 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.0 14 .504 .501 $
1942 25 BOS AL 182.2 30 23 73 3.60 4.25 0.20 0.00 102.0 4.13 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.0 23 .535 .507 $
1943 26 BOS AL 164.1 25 20 63 3.45 3.97 0.06 0.00 100.9 3.94 8 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.8 19 .540 .506 $
1946 29 BOS AL 166.2 32 24 72 3.89 3.94 0.16 0.00 105.9 4.01 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.3 15 .507 .501 $
1947 30 BOS AL 228.2 33 31 84 3.31 4.06 0.06 0.00 104.3 4.17 23 2.7 1.0 -0.1 4.1 40 .581 .516 $ MVP-29
1948 31 BOS AL 245.1 38 32 115 4.22 4.90 0.17 0.00 102.4 4.83 16 1.7 2.8 -0.1 3.3 39 .544 .510 $ AS,MVP-24
1949 32 BOS AL 212.2 33 27 103 4.36 4.62 0.16 0.00 104.2 4.65 7 0.7 1.4 -0.1 2.1 26 .522 .505 $
1950 33 BOS AL 206.2 39 27 103 4.49 4.90 -0.06 0.00 108.4 5.37 19 1.9 2.1 -0.0 3.4 42 .548 .512 $
1951 34 CHW AL 146.2 28 21 68 4.17 4.61 0.14 0.00 98.4 4.39 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 1.2 17 .510 .502 $
1952 35 CHW AL 200.2 29 25 66 2.96 4.16 0.08 0.00 98.5 4.02 23 2.7 1.5 -0.1 4.0 40 .592 .516 $
1953 36 CHW AL 100.2 23 15 46 4.11 4.13 0.21 0.00 103.1 4.05 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.6 8 .496 .499 $
1954 37 BOS AL 2.2 2 0 2 6.75 4.24 0.06 0.00 117.7 4.92 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .471 .500 $
14 Seasons 2170.0 414 273 981 4.07 4.47 0.10 0.00 102.3 4.47 91 10.4 1.2 -1.1 24.3 284 .525 .505 $
BOS (9 yrs) 1544.0 259 202 685 3.99 4.43 0.09 0.00 103.8 4.51 86 9.3 1.4 -0.8 19.0 217 .536 .506 $
CHW (3 yrs) 448.0 80 61 180 3.62 4.30 0.13 0.00 99.5 4.15 24 2.8 .9 -0.3 5.8 66 .535 .506 $
CLE (2 yrs) 178.0 75 10 116 5.87 5.23 0.10 0.00 96.5 4.95 -19 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 1 .476 .495 $

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
1946 29 BOS AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 1 1 0 0 12.2 4 3 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 48 0.553 2.8 0.0 2.1 7.1 3.33
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 1 1 1 0 0 12.2 4 3 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 48 0.553 2.8 0.0 2.1 7.1 3.33

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1948 BOS AL 31

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 31 BOS AL 38 854 938 115 237 47 4 14 4 5 92 116 .253 .320 .356 .676 .276 334 17 1 13 0 12
1949 32 BOS AL 33 887 815 103 219 39 5 12 6 8 97 87 .269 .348 .373 .721 .289 304 28 2 9 0 11
1950 33 BOS AL 39 744 788 103 217 27 9 15 4 3 81 81 .275 .343 .390 .733 .292 307 26 0 12 0 9
1951 34 CHW AL 28 508 549 68 136 19 3 17 7 1 51 67 .248 .312 .386 .698 .256 212 9 0 8 0 6
1952 35 CHW AL 29 803 735 66 164 20 1 11 6 5 60 101 .223 .282 .298 .580 .246 219 20 0 7 0 10
1953 36 CHW AL 23 424 385 46 96 11 1 10 2 4 37 50 .249 .315 .361 .676 .265 139 12 0 2 0 10
1954 37 BOS AL 2 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 .417 5 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 192 4234 4223 503 1074 163 23 79 29 26 419 503 .254 .322 .360 .682 .273 1520 112 3 51 0 58
162 Game Avg. 39 849 847 101 215 33 5 16 6 5 84 101 .254 .322 .360 .682 .273 305 22 1 10 0 12
MLB Averages .261 .334 .347 .681 .278

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 31 BOS AL 18.9 1.9 889 0.8 16.6 -15.8 1.08 1.2 -0.4 7.9 0.8 1.09 13.8 4 0 0
1949 32 BOS AL 11.8 1.2 912 1.0 18.8 -17.9 1.17 0.9 -0.1 14.1 1.4 1.17 14.2 2 2 2
1950 33 BOS AL 18.3 1.8 758 2.1 15.2 -13.2 1.07 0.1 1.8 18.1 1.7 1.07 11.5 8 1 2
1951 34 CHW AL 6.5 0.6 518 -0.6 7.4 -8.0 .85 0.2 -1.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.85 3.7 1 0 4
1952 35 CHW AL 24.5 2.7 821 2.5 15.0 -12.4 1.04 3.7 -1.2 25.1 2.8 1.04 38.3 1 2 1
1953 36 CHW AL 4.3 0.4 434 -0.0 7.4 -7.4 .96 0.5 -0.5 1.7 0.2 0.96 6.3 1 3 4
1954 37 BOS AL -0.4 -0.1 14 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .17 -0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.17 -0.1 0 0 2
14 Yrs 111.5 11.8 4346 5.7 80.4 -74.7 1.05 6.6 -1.2 63.6 6.4 1.05 87.8 17 8 15

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
1939 22 CLE AL 35 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 18.0 40 3 1 1 4.3 6.0
1940 23 CLE AL 40 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 0 0 2 1 3 43% 43.6 70 18 4 3 3.5 5.3
1941 24 BOS AL 27 18 10 4 4 2 2 12 5 .706 0 0 7 1 10 56% 50.1 81 16 6 8 6.0 6.2
1942 25 BOS AL 30 23 10 8 5 1 4 12 11 .522 0 0 10 3 14 61% 55.2 81 25 7 6 4.1 7.1
1943 26 BOS AL 25 20 7 10 3 1 4 8 11 .421 0 0 9 3 12 60% 55.1 93 23 7 8 3.8 7.6
1946 29 BOS AL 32 24 11 7 6 2 4 16 7 .696 0 0 9 1 14 58% 53.1 87 24 10 9 5.3 6.1
1947 30 BOS AL 33 31 18 8 5 4 4 18 12 .600 0 0 15 1 20 65% 56.6 83 25 12 10 5.0 7.2
1948 31 BOS AL 38 32 16 8 8 4 1 23 9 .719 1 4 16 5 14 44% 53.3 85 16 15 2 9 10 6.1 6.0 7.5
1949 32 BOS AL 33 27 12 11 4 1 3 13 14 .481 1 5 12 2 15 56% 48.9 82 16 9 3 9 15 4.6 4.3 7.2
1950 33 BOS AL 39 27 13 10 4 3 2 15 12 .556 0 1 12 1 12 44% 48.8 77 18 19 10 11 10 6.4 7.9 7.0
1951 34 CHW AL 28 21 7 6 8 2 3 12 9 .571 1 4 6 0 10 48% 51.0 81 30 11 2 7 8 6.0 5.4 6.3
1952 35 CHW AL 29 25 13 9 3 1 5 15 10 .600 0 2 11 3 19 76% 58.9 88 19 20 5 3 10 3.8 3.9 7.3
1953 36 CHW AL 23 15 5 5 5 2 2 8 6 .571 0 5 3 1 5 33% 52.2 86 36 15 5 5 4 3.7 2.6 6.0
13 Yrs 412 273 123 93 57 23 36 154 114 .575 3 21 112 22 148 54% 52 93 3 89 27 91 102 5.0 5.1 6.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -20 4.4 4.5 6.8

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
1939 22 CLE AL 35 32 17 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 7 3 5.6
1940 23 CLE AL 40 33 16 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 19 4 4 5.7
1941 24 BOS AL 27 9 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 7.3
1942 25 BOS AL 30 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 8.4
1943 26 BOS AL 25 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7.8
1946 29 BOS AL 32 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7.9
1947 30 BOS AL 33 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8.5
1948 31 BOS AL 38 6 5 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 5 1 20% 8 1.080 4 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 3.2
1949 32 BOS AL 33 6 5 2 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 7 2 29% 7 1.175 2 2 2 5 0 1 4 2 6 0 6 0 9.3
1950 33 BOS AL 39 12 9 2 0 3 4 0 133% 5 2 11 4 36% 8 1.065 8 1 2 5 4 2 8 3 7 2 7 3 4.3
1951 34 CHW AL 28 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .847 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 5 6 0 5 1 6.0
1952 35 CHW AL 29 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 9 4 44% 1 1.043 1 2 1 2 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 14.5
1953 36 CHW AL 23 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10 6 60% 9 .958 1 3 4 1 0 7 5 3 4 2 4 1 4.3
1954 37 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .169 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0
14 Yrs 414 141 84 14 10 10 18 2 180% 15 4 42 17 40% 1.047 17 8 15 17 5 18 24 16 90 20 30 15 6.2

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%
1939 22 CLE AL 362 0.8% 7.5% 14.1% 75%
1940 23 CLE AL 432 1.9% 13.2% 11.1% 2.6% 11% 72%
1941 24 BOS AL 595 1.3% 11.6% 11.3% 2.5% 11% 74%
1942 25 BOS AL 750 1.2% 9.6% 9.1% 2.9% 14% 79%
1943 26 BOS AL 673 0.6% 9.4% 8.5% 1.9% 9% 79%
1946 29 BOS AL 701 1.6% 13.0% 9.7% 2.9% 14% 74%
1947 30 BOS AL 935 1.6% 11.8% 7.8% 3.1% 14% 78%
1948 31 BOS AL 1044 56% 1.6% 13.6% 10.8% 7.6% 27% 1.02 95% 160 17 11%
1949 32 BOS AL 923 57% 1.4% 9.8% 10.9% 6.3% 26% 1.04 81% 192 28 15%
1950 33 BOS AL 881 60% 2.0% 10.9% 10.9% 6.9% 24% 1.02 93% 167 26 16%
1951 34 CHW AL 608 58% 3.4% 13.2% 10.0% 7.7% 29% 1.02 92% 92 9 10%
1952 35 CHW AL 803 54% 1.4% 12.6% 7.5% 4.0% 20% 1.04 78% 149 20 13%
1953 36 CHW AL 424 63% 2.4% 11.8% 8.7% 5.2% 23% 1.44 77% 85 12 14%
1954 37 BOS AL 14 64% 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 1.33 86% 2 0 0%
14 Yrs 9145 58% 1.6% 11.4% 9.8% 4.3% 18% 1.06 81% 847 112 13%
MLB Averages 50% 1.7% 10.4% 10.1% 4.4% 18% 0.95 85% 11%

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
1939 22 CLE AL 87 3 3
1940 23 CLE AL 101 8 7
1941 24 BOS AL 136 8 3
1942 25 BOS AL 155 9 1
1943 26 BOS AL 144 4 4
1946 29 BOS AL 148 11 4
1947 30 BOS AL 203 15 11
1948 31 BOS AL 854 237 14 0 27 9 3 6 6 65 33 7 51% 12 6 0 310 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 190
1949 32 BOS AL 887 219 12 1 33 9 2 3 8 56 21 5 38% 11 4 0 351 6 8 43% 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 36
1950 33 BOS AL 744 217 15 0 11 9 6 11 4 42 22 1 52% 9 4 0 310 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 137
1951 34 CHW AL 508 136 17 0 6 12 3 9 6 19 10 3 53% 6 1 0 182 7 1 88% 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 100
1952 35 CHW AL 803 164 11 0 11 7 4 3 8 25 14 4 56% 10 4 0 278 6 5 55% 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0
1953 36 CHW AL 424 96 10 0 7 8 2 4 6 15 9 1 60% 10 3 1 164 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1954 37 BOS AL 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 4234 2048 137 1 95 54 20 36 38 222 109 21 49% 58 55 1 1601 29 26 53% 26 21 2 4 1 0 9 0 26 463
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1939 22 2 3 .400 5.88 35 3 17 0 0 1 78.0 87 56 51 3 51 27 1 1 3 362 75 1.769 10.0 0.3 5.9 3.1 0.53 75
1940 23 5 10 .333 5.36 75 10 33 2 1 4 178.0 188 116 106 11 99 84 1 1 10 794 81 1.612 9.5 0.6 5.0 4.2 0.85 81
1941 24 17 15 .531 4.99 102 28 39 9 2 4 312.1 324 186 173 19 166 153 3 2 13 1389 85 1.569 9.3 0.5 4.8 4.4 0.92 85
1942 25 28 24 .538 4.36 132 51 45 19 5 4 495.0 479 259 240 28 234 225 5 3 14 2139 93 1.440 8.7 0.5 4.3 4.1 0.96 93
1943 26 35 35 .500 4.05 157 71 48 28 8 4 659.1 623 322 297 32 291 288 5 4 18 2812 96 1.386 8.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 0.99 96
1944 27 35 35 .500 4.05 157 71 48 28 8 4 659.1 623 322 297 32 291 288 5 4 18 2812 96 1.386 8.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 0.99 96
1945 28 35 35 .500 4.05 157 71 48 28 8 4 659.1 623 322 297 32 291 288 5 4 18 2812 96 1.386 8.5 0.4 4.0 3.9 0.99 96
1946 29 48 42 .533 3.89 189 95 51 37 9 4 826.0 771 394 357 43 359 379 6 6 22 3522 99 1.368 8.4 0.5 3.9 4.1 1.06 99
1947 30 66 50 .569 3.69 222 126 52 52 10 5 1054.2 974 478 432 58 432 489 7 7 33 4457 104 1.333 8.3 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.13 104
1948 31 82 60 .577 3.66 260 158 57 68 15 7 1300.0 1211 593 529 72 524 605 8 8 39 5501 108 1.335 8.4 0.5 3.6 4.2 1.15 108
1949 32 96 72 .571 3.69 293 185 62 80 17 9 1512.2 1430 696 620 84 621 692 10 10 43 6424 109 1.356 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.1 1.11 109
1950 33 111 82 .575 3.75 332 212 71 92 18 13 1719.1 1647 799 716 99 702 773 10 10 47 7306 110 1.366 8.6 0.5 3.7 4.0 1.10 110
1951 34 118 88 .573 3.74 360 233 74 98 18 16 1866.0 1783 867 775 116 753 840 10 10 48 7915 110 1.359 8.6 0.6 3.6 4.1 1.12 110
1952 35 132 98 .574 3.62 389 258 77 109 21 17 2066.2 1947 933 831 127 813 941 10 10 52 8720 112 1.335 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.16 112
1953 36 137 103 .571 3.62 412 273 83 112 22 18 2167.1 2043 979 872 137 850 991 10 10 55 9145 112 1.335 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 112
1954 37 137 103 .571 3.62 414 273 84 112 22 18 2170.0 2048 981 874 137 851 992 10 10 55 9159 112 1.336 8.5 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 112

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
1939 22 3 6 .333 5.33 81.0 86 53 48 3 50 28 1 1.679 9.6 5.6 3.1 0.56 0.3 35
1940 23 5 6 .455 4.72 101.0 101 59 53 8 48 58 0 1.475 9.0 4.3 5.2 1.21 0.7 40
1941 24 7 8 .467 4.27 137.0 137 72 65 8 67 71 2 1.489 9.0 4.4 4.7 1.06 0.5 27
1942 25 11 9 .550 3.52 184.0 166 80 72 10 73 73 2 1.299 8.1 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.5 30
1943 26 9 8 .529 3.72 162.0 160 74 67 4 63 62 0 1.377 8.9 3.5 3.4 0.98 0.2 25
1946 29 10 8 .556 3.49 170.0 158 73 66 12 73 93 1 1.359 8.4 3.9 4.9 1.27 0.6 32
1947 30 15 10 .600 3.19 226.0 214 89 80 16 77 109 1 1.288 8.5 3.1 4.3 1.42 0.6 33
1948 31 17 11 .607 3.30 254.0 237 103 93 14 92 120 1 1.295 8.4 3.3 4.3 1.30 0.5 38
1949 32 13 11 .542 3.58 216.0 218 96 86 12 97 88 2 1.458 9.1 4.0 3.7 0.91 0.5 33
1950 33 13 10 .565 3.46 213.0 205 91 82 14 77 84 0 1.324 8.7 3.3 3.5 1.09 0.6 39
1951 34 9 7 .563 3.68 149.0 141 68 61 18 53 68 0 1.302 8.5 3.2 4.1 1.28 1.1 28
1952 35 15 7 .682 2.84 200.0 177 70 63 12 65 100 0 1.210 8.0 2.9 4.5 1.54 0.5 29
1953 36 6 5 .545 3.79 102.0 100 48 43 10 39 50 0 1.363 8.8 3.4 4.4 1.28 0.9 23
1954 37 0 0 6.00 3.0 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.333 18.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 2
14 Yrs 133 106 .556 3.61 2198.0 2106 978 881 141 875 1005 10 1.356 8.6 4.1 1.15 0.6 414

* 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

All-Star Games
1948

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (29, 1%)
1948 AL (24, 1%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1947 AL  4.4 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1947 AL  4.1 (6th)
1948 AL  3.3 (9th)
1950 AL  3.4 (7th)
1952 AL  4.0 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL  2.95 (6th)
1948 AL  3.56 (10th)
1952 AL  2.51 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  18 (4th)
1948 AL  16 (8th)
1950 AL  15 (10th)
1952 AL  14 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 AL  .706 (4th)
1946 AL  .650 (6th)
1947 AL  .692 (4th)
1948 AL  .615 (10th)
Career  .571 (219th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 AL  1.221 (6th)
1947 AL  1.207 (2nd)
1952 AL  1.116 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  7.637 (3rd)
1946 AL  7.992 (8th)
1947 AL  7.990 (7th)
1952 AL  7.356 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  2.873 (5th)
1948 AL  3.375 (10th)
1952 AL  2.691 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  4.914 (9th)
1947 AL  4.329 (10th)
1948 AL  4.255 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  40 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 AL  228.7 (8th)
1948 AL  245.3 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL  110 (9th)
1948 AL  116 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1947 AL  31 (4th)
1948 AL  32 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 AL  15 (9th)
1948 AL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL  3 (9th)
1943 AL  3 (5th)
1948 AL  5 (4th)
1952 AL  3 (8th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  15 (9th)
1948 AL  14 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  851 (197th)

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  237 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  1.507 (5th)
1948 AL  1.261 (8th)
1952 AL  1.683 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL  0.219 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 AL  7 (8th)
1943 AL  4 (9th)
1946 AL  4 (10th)
1947 AL  11 (1st)
1948 AL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 AL  935 (10th)
1948 AL  1,044 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1939 AL  17 (8th)
1940 AL  16 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 AL  132 (4th)
1948 AL  123 (9th)
1950 AL  118 (9th)
1952 AL  145 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  23 (5th)
1948 AL  19 (7th)
1950 AL  18 (10th)
1952 AL  25 (6th)
Career  109 (214th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  2.5 (5th)
1948 AL  1.9 (7th)
1950 AL  1.8 (10th)
1952 AL  2.7 (6th)
Career  11.5 (211th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  18.06 (9th)
1952 AL  25.13 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 AL  2.1 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.7 (4th)
Career  6.6 (246th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 AL  2.8 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 82 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jack Sanford (962)
  2. Rip Sewell (940)
  3. Pat Malone (940)
  4. Jack Billingham (940)
  5. Mike Garcia (939)
  6. Howie Pollet (938)
  7. Dan Petry (936)
  8. Joaquin Andujar (935)
  9. Dutch Ruether (933)
  10. Dennis Leonard (931)
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  1. Lowell Palmer (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Carrithers (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Haynes (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harry Feldman (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Frankhouse (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Busby (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sam Gray (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tex Carleton (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack Billingham (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack Billingham (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jack Billingham (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack Billingham (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jack Sanford (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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