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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #317. Bob Rush… #318. A.J. Burnett… #319. Charles Nagy… #320. JOE DOBSON… #321. Scott McGregor… #322. Ray Kremer… #323. Cy Falkenberg… 

Standard Pitching

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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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 22 CLE AL 35 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -57 1 0 0 1 1
1940 23 CLE AL 40 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .125 .222 .125 .347 -7 3 0 0 0 1
1941 24 BOS AL 27 54 47 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 14 .149 .216 .213 .428 13 10 2 0 3 1
1942 25 BOS AL 30 78 69 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 17 .145 .192 .159 .351 -2 11 1 1 5 1
1943 26 BOS AL 25 59 52 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .096 .161 .096 .257 -25 5 0 2 3 1
1946 29 BOS AL 32 60 50 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .100 .167 .100 .267 -26 5 0 0 6 1
1947 30 BOS AL 33 91 77 4 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 22 .208 .274 .234 .508 38 18 0 0 7 1 MVP-29
1948 31 BOS AL 38 101 84 9 17 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 27 .202 .280 .262 .541 42 22 2 3 8 1 AS,MVP-24
1949 32 BOS AL 33 83 68 5 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 22 .147 .256 .147 .403 5 10 1 0 5 1
1950 33 BOS AL 39 88 70 6 15 2 0 0 9 0 0 9 23 .214 .313 .243 .555 38 17 0 1 8 1
1951 34 CHW AL 28 53 46 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .065 .065 .087 .152 -59 4 0 0 7 1
1952 35 CHW AL 29 77 63 3 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 20 .190 .239 .190 .429 20 12 0 0 10 1
1953 36 CHW AL 23 31 29 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .069 .100 .103 .203 -46 3 1 0 1 1
1954 37 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Yrs 414 822 697 46 106 7 1 2 35 1 0 54 244 .152 .220 .174 .394 6 121 7 7 64 0
162 Game Avg. 162 322 273 18 41 3 0 1 14 0 0 21 95 .152 .220 .174 .394 6 47 3 3 25
BOS (9 yrs) 259 614 517 41 85 5 1 2 29 1 0 45 174 .164 .241 .190 .430 15 98 6 7 45 0
CHW (3 yrs) 80 161 138 5 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 51 .123 .154 .138 .292 -20 19 1 0 18
CLE (2 yrs) 75 47 42 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .095 .174 .095 .269 -28 4 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 22 CLE AL 35 20 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
1940 23 CLE AL 40 27 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1941 24 BOS AL 27 54 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1942 25 BOS AL 30 78 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1943 26 BOS AL 25 59 -8 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1946 29 BOS AL 32 60 -10 0 0 0 6 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1947 30 BOS AL 33 91 -7 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $ 1 MVP-29
1948 31 BOS AL 38 101 -8 0 -0 0 11 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1 AS,MVP-24
1949 32 BOS AL 33 83 -10 0 1 0 9 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1950 33 BOS AL 39 88 -8 -0 1 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .507 .502 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1
1951 34 CHW AL 28 53 -12 0 0 0 5 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.6 .477 .496 -0.6 0.0 -5 $ 1
1952 35 CHW AL 29 77 -8 -0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1953 36 CHW AL 23 31 -6 0 -0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .485 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1954 37 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
14 Seasons 414 822 -103 1 2 0 86 -15 -1.6 20 6 -1.3 .496 .499 -1.4 0.1 6 $
BOS (9 yrs) 259 614 -68 1 1 0 64 -2 -0.3 15 13 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.3 0.0 13 $
CHW (3 yrs) 80 161 -26 -0 1 0 17 -9 -0.9 4 -4 -0.8 .489 .498 -0.8 0.0 -4 $
CLE (2 yrs) 75 47 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .495 .499 -0.3 0.0 -2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 29 BOS AL WS STL L 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1939 CLE AL 22 P 35 3 0 78.0 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.54 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 CLE AL 23 P 40 7 2 100.0 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.89 0.53 .956 2.04 2.01
1941 BOS AL 24 P 27 18 7 134.1 23 10 13 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.85 .960 2.14 2.11
1942 BOS AL 25 P 30 23 10 182.2 59 17 42 0 2 1.000 2.91 1.97 .957 2.31 2.30
1943 BOS AL 26 P 25 20 9 164.1 32 9 22 1 2 .969 1.70 1.24 .963 2.27 2.30
1946 BOS AL 29 P 32 24 9 166.2 52 18 33 1 1 .981 2.75 1.59 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 BOS AL 30 P 33 31 15 228.2 38 13 25 0 1 1.000 1.50 1.15 .955 1.92 1.90 MVP-29
1948 BOS AL 31 P 38 32 16 245.1 48 10 36 2 3 .958 1.69 1.21 .963 2.02 1.99 4 5 56% 0 AS,MVP-24
1949 BOS AL 32 P 33 27 12 212.2 42 12 30 0 3 1.000 1.78 1.27 .962 2.12 2.09 6 8 57% 46% 0
1950 BOS AL 33 P 39 27 12 206.2 55 8 44 3 4 .945 2.26 1.33 .950 2.03 1.99 4 3 43% 2
1951 CHW AL 34 P 28 21 6 146.2 32 6 25 1 5 .969 1.90 1.11 .953 2.07 2.06 7 1 13% 45% 0
1952 CHW AL 35 P 29 25 11 200.2 34 7 26 1 2 .971 1.48 1.14 .966 2.10 2.10 6 5 45% 45% 0
1953 CHW AL 36 P 23 15 3 100.2 22 6 14 2 0 .909 1.79 0.87 .957 1.95 1.93 2 4 67% 50% 0
1954 BOS AL 37 P 2 0 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 .960 2.02 2.00 0 0 0
14 Seasons P 414 273 112 2170.0 478 126 341 11 24 .977 1.94 1.13 .957 2.07 2.04 29 26 47% 33% 2
14 Seasons TOT 414 273 112 2170.0 478 126 341 11 24 .977 1.94 1.13 .957 2.07 2.04 29 26 47% 33% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1402nd)

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 (218th)

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 (199th)

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  131 (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 (212th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  2.4 (5th)
1948 AL  1.9 (7th)
1950 AL  1.8 (10th)
1952 AL  2.7 (6th)
Career  11.5 (210th)

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 (244th)

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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  10 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1940 AL  40 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1946 AL  18 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1942 AL  1.000 (1st)
1947 AL  1.000 (1st)
1949 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 82 (296), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (584), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (358th), 23.0 career WAR/21.1 7yr-peak WAR/22.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

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  3. Curt Schilling (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Vander Meer (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cy Falkenberg (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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