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Dick Donovan

Richard Edward Donovan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 7, 1927 in Boston, MA
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1950
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Braves/Senators/Tigers 1950-1965

Final Game: June 12, 1965
Died: January 6, 1997 in Weymouth, MA
Buried: Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, MA
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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
1950 22 BSN NL 0 2 .000 8.19 10 3 4 0 0 0 29.2 28 28 27 4 34 9 2 1 1 147 48 2.090 8.5 1.2 10.3 2.7 0.26
1951 23 BSN NL 0 0 5.27 8 2 3 0 0 0 13.2 17 11 8 0 11 4 0 0 0 69 72 2.049 11.2 0.0 7.2 2.6 0.36
1952 24 BSN NL 0 2 .000 5.54 7 2 3 0 0 1 13.0 18 10 8 1 12 6 2 0 0 70 67 2.308 12.5 0.7 8.3 4.2 0.50
1954 26 DET AL 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 32 38 2.333 13.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
1955 27 CHW AL 15 9 .625 3.32 29 24 3 11 5 0 187.0 186 77 69 17 48 5 88 3 1 0 774 118 1.251 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.2 1.83 AS
1956 28 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.64 34 31 2 14 3 0 234.2 212 99 95 22 59 6 120 6 1 5 966 112 1.155 8.1 0.8 2.3 4.6 2.03
1957 29 CHW AL 16 6 .727 2.77 28 28 0 16 2 0 220.2 203 76 68 17 45 8 88 8 2 1 893 135 1.124 8.3 0.7 1.8 3.6 1.96 CYA-2,MVP-13
1958 30 CHW AL 15 14 .517 3.01 34 34 0 16 4 0 248.0 240 92 83 23 53 5 127 7 0 2 1030 122 1.181 8.7 0.8 1.9 4.6 2.40 MVP-25
1959 31 CHW AL 9 10 .474 3.66 31 29 0 5 1 0 179.2 171 84 73 15 58 3 71 5 0 1 768 104 1.275 8.6 0.8 2.9 3.6 1.22
1960 32 CHW AL 6 1 .857 5.38 33 8 7 0 0 3 78.2 87 49 47 13 25 3 30 0 0 2 340 72 1.424 10.0 1.5 2.9 3.4 1.20
1961 33 WSA AL 10 10 .500 2.40 23 22 0 11 2 0 168.2 138 60 45 10 35 3 62 3 0 0 671 163 1.026 7.4 0.5 1.9 3.3 1.77 AS,MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 20 10 .667 3.59 34 34 0 16 5 0 250.2 255 109 100 23 47 5 94 2 1 3 1032 107 1.205 9.2 0.8 1.7 3.4 2.00 AS,MVP-5
1963 35 CLE AL 11 13 .458 4.24 30 30 0 7 3 0 206.0 211 106 97 27 28 5 84 5 0 0 842 86 1.160 9.2 1.2 1.2 3.7 3.00
1964 36 CLE AL 7 9 .438 4.55 30 23 4 5 0 1 158.1 181 86 80 19 29 6 83 2 0 1 671 80 1.326 10.3 1.1 1.6 4.7 2.86
1965 37 CLE AL 1 3 .250 5.96 12 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 32 15 15 6 6 0 12 0 0 2 102 60 1.676 12.7 2.4 2.4 4.8 2.00
15 Yrs 122 99 .552 3.67 345 273 28 101 25 5 2017.1 1988 909 822 198 495 49 880 45 6 18 8407 104 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .552 3.67 38 30 3 11 3 1 222 219 100 90 22 54 97 5 1 2 925 104 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78
CHW (6 yrs) 73 50 .593 3.41 189 154 12 62 15 3 1148.2 1099 477 435 107 288 30 524 29 4 11 4771 113 1.207 8.6 0.8 2.3 4.1 1.82
CLE (4 yrs) 39 35 .527 4.12 106 90 6 28 8 1 637.2 679 316 292 75 110 16 273 9 1 6 2647 90 1.237 9.6 1.1 1.6 3.9 2.48
BSN (3 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 56 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33
WSA (1 yr) 10 10 .500 2.40 23 22 0 11 2 0 168.2 138 60 45 10 35 3 62 3 0 0 671 163 1.026 7.4 0.5 1.9 3.3 1.77
DET (1 yr) 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 32 38 2.333 13.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
AL (12 yrs) 122 95 .562 3.58 320 266 18 101 25 4 1961.0 1925 860 779 193 438 49 861 41 5 17 8121 107 1.205 8.8 0.9 2.0 4.0 1.97
NL (3 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 56 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 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
1950 22 BSN NL 29.2 10 3 28 8.49 4.69 -0.11 0.00 95.2 4.57 -13 -1.2 .5 0.1 -0.8 -10 .384 .493 $
1951 23 BSN NL 13.2 8 2 11 7.24 4.58 -0.26 0.00 91.0 4.40 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .446 .497 $
1952 24 BSN NL 13.0 7 2 10 6.92 4.70 -0.26 0.00 97.3 4.82 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .455 .498 $
1954 26 DET AL 6.0 2 0 7 10.50 5.18 0.11 0.00 89.5 4.54 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -3 .320 .498 $
1955 27 CHW AL 187.0 29 24 77 3.71 4.59 0.26 0.00 97.6 4.23 9 1.0 1.4 -0.1 2.2 28 .534 .506 $ AS
1956 28 CHW AL 234.2 34 31 99 3.80 4.70 0.09 0.00 97.7 4.50 17 1.7 1.4 -0.1 3.3 40 .551 .511 $
1957 29 CHW AL 220.2 28 28 76 3.10 4.27 0.40 0.00 98.8 3.82 19 2.2 -0.1 3.7 36 .577 .513 $ CYA-2,MVP-13
1958 30 CHW AL 248.0 34 34 92 3.34 4.16 0.23 0.00 99.3 3.90 16 1.8 -0.1 3.5 36 .553 .511 $ MVP-25
1959 31 CHW AL 179.2 31 29 84 4.21 4.45 0.54 0.00 98.8 3.86 -5 -0.6 .6 -0.1 0.7 9 .482 .496 $
1960 32 CHW AL 78.2 33 8 49 5.61 4.27 0.30 -0.07 100.1 3.90 -14 -1.5 1.3 -0.2 -1.1 -8 .456 .491 $
1961 33 WSA AL 168.2 23 22 60 3.20 4.66 0.06 0.07 98.1 4.58 27 3.0 .2 -0.1 4.2 42 .631 .519 $ AS,MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 250.2 34 34 109 3.91 4.44 0.21 0.08 98.1 4.23 12 1.3 -0.1 3.0 32 .538 .508 $ AS,MVP-5
1963 35 CLE AL 206.0 30 30 106 4.63 4.22 -0.09 0.07 99.0 4.33 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.9 11 .483 .497 $
1964 36 CLE AL 158.1 30 23 86 4.89 4.03 -0.38 0.06 98.8 4.42 -6 -0.7 .9 -0.1 0.4 5 .477 .496 $
1965 37 CLE AL 22.2 12 3 15 5.96 3.98 -0.09 -0.02 102.5 4.15 -4 -0.5 1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .459 .497 $
15 Seasons 2017.1 345 273 909 4.06 4.39 0.15 0.02 98.4 4.19 40 5.0 1.1 -1.1 18.9 212 .515 .502 $
CHW (6 yrs) 1148.2 189 154 477 3.74 4.41 0.29 -0.00 98.6 4.06 40 4.6 1.3 -0.8 12.3 142 .525 .505 $
CLE (4 yrs) 637.2 106 90 316 4.46 4.25 -0.04 0.07 98.7 4.30 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.4 3.9 46 .496 .499 $
BSN (3 yrs) 56.1 25 7 49 7.83 4.67 -0.18 0.00 94.6 4.59 -20 -1.9 .7 0.1 -1.3 -14 .424 .496 $
WSA (1 yr) 168.2 23 22 60 3.20 4.66 0.06 0.07 98.1 4.58 27 3.0 .2 -0.1 4.2 42 .631 .519 $
DET (1 yr) 6.0 2 0 7 10.50 5.18 0.11 0.00 89.5 4.54 -4 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.2 -3 .320 .498 $

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
1959 31 CHW AL WS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 1 0 0 1 8.1 4 5 5 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 31 0.840 4.3 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 1 0 0 1 8.1 4 5 5 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 31 0.840 4.3 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.67

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
1955 CHW AL 27
1961 WSA AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1961 WSA AL 33
1962 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1962 CLE AL 34
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 2.25 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 1.750 15.8 0.0 0.0 2.3

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
1950 22 BSN NL 10 140 110 28 28 4 0 4 4 0 34 9 .255 .438 .400 .838 .247 44 5 2 1 0 1
1951 23 BSN NL 8 69 57 11 17 5 0 0 0 1 11 4 .298 .412 .386 .798 .321 22 2 0 1 0 2
1952 24 BSN NL 7 70 52 10 18 2 0 1 5 1 12 6 .346 .485 .442 .927 .378 23 1 2 4 0 1
1954 26 DET AL 2 32 25 7 9 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 .360 .438 .640 1.078 .333 16 0 0 0 2 0
1955 27 CHW AL 29 774 712 77 186 18 6 17 2 3 48 88 .261 .310 .375 .685 .278 267 23 3 9 2 5 7
1956 28 CHW AL 34 966 883 99 212 25 7 22 10 1 59 120 .240 .290 .359 .649 .254 317 21 6 12 6 6 12
1957 29 CHW AL 28 894 822 76 203 26 3 17 13 6 45 88 .247 .291 .348 .639 .258 286 24 8 13 5 8 9
1958 30 CHW AL 34 1028 954 92 240 34 2 23 9 2 53 127 .252 .295 .364 .659 .269 347 20 7 12 2 5 15
1959 31 CHW AL 31 768 692 84 171 24 2 15 10 0 58 71 .247 .308 .353 .661 .256 244 12 5 9 4 3 11
1960 32 CHW AL 33 340 307 49 87 9 3 13 7 0 25 30 .283 .333 .459 .793 .276 141 10 0 4 4 3 3
1961 33 WSA AL 23 671 617 60 138 32 6 10 15 5 35 62 .224 .267 .344 .611 .234 212 14 3 13 3 3 14
1962 34 CLE AL 34 1031 968 109 255 41 6 23 7 3 47 94 .263 .298 .389 .687 .271 377 26 2 10 4 5 11
1963 35 CLE AL 30 841 795 106 211 32 4 27 10 3 28 84 .265 .292 .418 .710 .266 332 17 5 7 7 5 9
1964 36 CLE AL 30 670 623 86 181 24 2 19 18 2 29 83 .291 .322 .427 .749 .308 266 15 2 11 5 6 7
1965 37 CLE AL 12 102 96 15 32 6 1 6 4 1 6 12 .333 .373 .604 .977 .333 58 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 345 8396 7713 909 1988 284 43 198 114 28 495 880 .258 .305 .383 .687 .268 2952 191 45 106 44 49 103
162 Game Avg. 38 924 849 100 219 31 5 22 13 3 54 97 .258 .305 .383 .687 .268 325 21 5 12 5 11
MLB Averages .256 .326 .385 .711 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1950 22 BSN NL -13.9 -1.3 146 -1.4 1.4 -2.8 .75 -1.1 -0.7 -12.0 -1.1 0.75 -11.9 0 2 3
1951 23 BSN NL -3.3 -0.3 70 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .92 -0.4 -0.0 -4.0 -0.4 0.92 -4.2 1 2 3
1952 24 BSN NL -3.0 -0.3 74 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 .67 -0.6 0.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.67 -6.0 1 0 4
1954 26 DET AL -3.9 -0.4 32 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 .35 -0.3 -0.1 -5.2 -0.5 0.35 -4.4 0 0 2
1955 27 CHW AL 13.2 1.4 783 2.1 13.4 -11.2 .94 2.1 0.2 21.2 2.2 0.94 24.9 2 1 2
1956 28 CHW AL 16.4 1.6 987 1.0 18.4 -17.5 1.07 2.7 -1.8 20.3 2.1 1.07 34.5 1 1 0
1957 29 CHW AL 24.2 2.6 915 3.2 16.7 -13.6 1.04 2.7 0.4 29.7 3.3 1.04 24.2 0 0 0
1958 30 CHW AL 18.8 2.0 1046 2.1 20.1 -18.0 1.09 2.0 -0.1 21.8 2.4 1.09 25.5 0 0 0
1959 31 CHW AL 2.3 0.2 782 -0.5 15.4 -15.9 1.20 1.3 -1.7 2.4 0.2 1.20 12.8 0 1 1
1960 32 CHW AL -12.0 -1.2 349 -1.4 5.8 -7.2 .97 -1.2 -0.3 -9.5 -0.9 0.97 -10.3 9 4 11
1961 33 WSA AL 25.2 2.7 696 2.0 13.4 -11.3 1.04 2.7 -0.8 23.2 2.5 1.04 28.1 0 0 1
1962 34 CLE AL 9.1 0.9 1050 2.4 18.9 -16.5 .99 1.7 0.7 11.8 1.2 0.99 14.7 0 0 0
1963 35 CLE AL -12.4 -1.3 857 -0.0 16.5 -16.5 1.10 -0.4 0.4 -8.3 -0.9 1.10 -4.0 0 0 0
1964 36 CLE AL -15.2 -1.6 696 -1.2 11.6 -12.9 1.05 -0.7 -0.5 -12.9 -1.3 1.05 -12.6 2 2 2
1965 37 CLE AL -5.0 -0.5 111 -1.2 1.6 -2.8 .86 -1.0 -0.5 -6.2 -0.6 0.86 -9.2 2 4 3
15 Yrs 40.5 4.7 8594 6.1 154.9 -148.8 1.04 9.5 -3.6 65.7 7.5 1.04 102.1 18 17 32

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
1950 22 BSN NL 10 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 34 25 4 0 0 3 5.0 7.5 4.2
1951 23 BSN NL 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 34 30 7 4 0 2 10.8 22.5 3.2
1952 24 BSN NL 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 43 21 3 1 0 1 1.0 3.0 2.0
1955 27 CHW AL 29 24 13 8 3 2 3 14 10 .583 0 3 11 5 15 63% 54.8 84 21 17 9 5 10 4.3 4.5 7.3
1956 28 CHW AL 34 31 12 10 9 0 2 16 15 .516 1 3 14 3 17 55% 55.8 85 18 21 6 12 9 5.3 4.9 7.5
1957 29 CHW AL 28 28 16 6 6 2 2 19 9 .679 2 5 16 2 20 71% 58.5 86 23 8 6 4 12 4.9 4.5 7.9
1958 30 CHW AL 34 34 15 14 5 1 3 18 16 .529 0 3 16 4 19 56% 56.5 84 24 21 4 12 9 3.3 3.4 7.3
1959 31 CHW AL 31 29 9 10 10 0 4 17 12 .586 3 6 5 1 17 59% 50.6 78 23 35 11 13 9 3.6 3.6 6.0
1960 32 CHW AL 33 8 1 1 6 1 0 3 5 .375 2 4 0 0 1 13% 41.4 56 34 8 2 1 5 4.9 4.9 4.1
1961 33 WSA AL 23 22 10 10 2 1 6 10 12 .455 1 1 11 2 16 73% 59.2 86 26 7 2 6 12 4.0 4.0 7.6
1962 34 CLE AL 34 34 20 10 4 6 3 23 11 .676 0 1 16 5 19 56% 53.2 90 15 16 4 5 6 4.6 4.8 7.4
1963 35 CLE AL 30 30 11 13 6 1 4 16 14 .533 3 6 7 3 16 53% 50.8 92 19 18 10 8 11 4.1 3.2 6.9
1964 36 CLE AL 30 23 7 9 7 2 3 11 12 .478 2 3 5 0 9 39% 49.4 79 25 19 8 7 8 4.6 4.5 6.5
1965 37 CLE AL 12 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 52 30 1 0 0 3 3.1 3.5 4.4
14 Yrs 343 273 115 97 61 17 30 149 123 .548 15 35 101 25 149 55% 53 92 15 185 67 73 100 4.3 4.2 6.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.3 6.5

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
1950 22 BSN NL 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 .748 0 2 3 1 0 5 2 4 5 0 5 1 7.3
1951 23 BSN NL 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20% 8 .917 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 4 2 2 2 2 3.7
1952 24 BSN NL 7 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% 8 .669 1 0 4 1 0 4 2 3 3 0 3 0 5.4
1954 26 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .353 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1955 27 CHW AL 29 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 3 .944 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 4 0 4 0 7.2
1956 28 CHW AL 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 8 1.067 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2.7
1959 31 CHW AL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.200 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 9.5
1960 32 CHW AL 33 25 7 5 0 6 3 3 50% 6 0 20 5 25% 3 .967 9 4 11 7 0 18 10 15 10 3 10 4 5.5
1961 33 WSA AL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.043 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1964 36 CLE AL 30 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 1 9% 8 1.051 2 2 2 2 0 5 6 1 2 4 2 1 3.6
1965 37 CLE AL 12 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 4 .859 2 4 3 0 3 6 4 5 4 4 4 2 3.1
11 Yrs 219 72 28 7 2 9 5 4 56% 12 2 56 13 23% 1.028 18 17 32 14 5 52 29 42 36 15 36 12 5.3

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%
1950 22 BSN NL 147 62% 2.9% 6.4% 24.3% 5.7% 29% 0.97 69% 35 5 14%
1951 23 BSN NL 69 58% 0.0% 5.8% 15.9% 7.3% 29% 1.47 77% 19 2 11%
1952 24 BSN NL 70 63% 1.4% 8.6% 17.1% 4.3% 17% 3.43 64% 23 1 4%
1954 26 DET AL 32 53% 3.1% 6.3% 15.6% 12.5% 44% 0.78 75% 10 0 0%
1955 27 CHW AL 774 56% 2.2% 11.4% 6.2% 5.3% 22% 1.38 79% 141 23 16%
1956 28 CHW AL 966 57% 2.3% 12.4% 6.1% 5.6% 26% 1.13 77% 183 21 11%
1957 29 CHW AL 894 60% 1.9% 9.8% 5.0% 5.2% 23% 1.29 81% 163 24 15%
1958 30 CHW AL 1028 64% 2.2% 12.4% 5.2% 5.7% 25% 1.12 78% 185 20 11%
1959 31 CHW AL 768 61% 2.0% 9.2% 7.6% 5.3% 24% 1.09 79% 151 12 8%
1960 32 CHW AL 340 67% 3.8% 8.8% 7.4% 7.4% 29% 1.44 79% 70 10 14%
1961 33 WSA AL 671 56% 1.5% 9.2% 5.2% 7.2% 35% 1.12 82% 110 14 13%
1962 34 CLE AL 1031 53% 2.2% 9.1% 4.6% 6.8% 28% 1.12 83% 176 26 15%
1963 35 CLE AL 842 55% 3.2% 10.0% 3.3% 7.5% 30% 1.02 82% 151 17 11%
1964 36 CLE AL 670 53% 2.8% 12.4% 4.3% 6.7% 25% 1.23 79% 113 15 13%
1965 37 CLE AL 102 60% 5.9% 11.8% 5.9% 12.8% 41% 1.12 76% 14 1 7%
15 Yrs 8404 58% 2.4% 10.5% 5.9% 6.3% 26% 1.17 80% 1544 191 12%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.4% 9.3% 6.6% 28% 1.01 78% 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
1950 22 BSN NL 140 28 4 0 9 3 2 2 3 7 4 1 57% 1 1 0 59 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
1951 23 BSN NL 69 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 2 0 0 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 24 BSN NL 70 18 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 4 1 57% 1 0 0 36 5 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 DET AL 32 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 27 CHW AL 774 186 17 1 7 8 9 7 10 16 9 1 56% 7 0 1 274 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 28 CHW AL 966 212 22 2 9 14 8 8 14 41 24 4 59% 12 5 2 341 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1957 29 CHW AL 894 203 17 0 9 12 5 8 9 39 18 4 46% 9 1 0 327 13 6 68% 12 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1958 30 CHW AL 1028 240 23 0 14 15 8 11 12 39 17 4 44% 15 2 0 376 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1959 31 CHW AL 768 171 15 0 7 11 4 7 8 31 16 4 52% 11 1 0 291 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1960 32 CHW AL 340 87 13 0 7 10 3 4 9 20 9 2 45% 3 2 0 129 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 33 WSA AL 671 138 10 0 7 4 6 6 4 34 14 5 41% 14 0 4 206 15 5 75% 14 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
1962 34 CLE AL 1031 255 23 0 7 13 10 11 12 50 26 4 52% 11 3 1 359 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1963 35 CLE AL 841 211 27 0 12 17 10 13 14 45 25 2 56% 9 0 0 273 10 3 77% 10 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
1964 36 CLE AL 670 181 19 0 5 10 9 9 10 24 17 1 71% 7 1 3 253 18 2 90% 18 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1965 37 CLE AL 102 32 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 25% 1 2 0 38 4 1 80% 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
15 Yrs 8396 1988 198 3 102 123 76 90 109 365 190 34 52% 103 18 11 3015 114 28 80% 107 23 7 3 0 2 6 0 101 8
MLB Averages 51% 59%

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+
1950 22 0 2 .000 8.19 10 3 4 0 0 0 29.2 28 28 27 4 34 9 2 1 1 147 48 2.090 8.5 1.2 10.3 2.7 0.26 48
1951 23 0 2 .000 7.27 18 5 7 0 0 0 43.1 45 39 35 4 45 13 2 1 1 216 53 2.077 9.3 0.8 9.3 2.7 0.29 53
1952 24 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 56 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33 56
1953 25 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 56 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33 56
1954 26 0 4 .000 7.22 27 7 10 0 0 1 62.1 72 56 50 6 62 21 4 1 1 318 53 2.150 10.4 0.9 9.0 3.0 0.34 53
1955 27 15 13 .536 4.30 56 31 13 11 5 1 249.1 258 133 119 23 110 5 109 7 2 1 1092 91 1.476 9.3 0.8 4.0 3.9 0.99 91
1956 28 27 23 .540 3.98 90 62 15 25 8 1 484.0 470 232 214 45 169 11 229 13 3 6 2058 100 1.320 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.3 1.36 100
1957 29 43 29 .597 3.60 118 90 15 41 10 1 704.2 673 308 282 62 214 19 317 21 5 7 2951 109 1.259 8.6 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.48 109
1958 30 58 43 .574 3.45 152 124 15 57 14 1 952.2 913 400 365 85 267 24 444 28 5 9 3981 112 1.239 8.6 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.66 112
1959 31 67 53 .558 3.48 183 153 15 62 15 1 1132.1 1084 484 438 100 325 27 515 33 5 10 4749 110 1.244 8.6 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.58 110
1960 32 73 54 .575 3.60 216 161 22 62 15 4 1211.0 1171 533 485 113 350 30 545 33 5 12 5089 107 1.256 8.7 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.56 107
1961 33 83 64 .565 3.46 239 183 22 73 17 4 1379.2 1309 593 530 123 385 33 607 36 5 12 5760 111 1.228 8.5 0.8 2.5 4.0 1.58 111
1962 34 103 74 .582 3.48 273 217 22 89 22 4 1630.1 1564 702 630 146 432 38 701 38 6 15 6792 111 1.224 8.6 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.62 111
1963 35 114 87 .567 3.56 303 247 22 96 25 4 1836.1 1775 808 727 173 460 43 785 43 6 15 7634 107 1.217 8.7 0.8 2.3 3.8 1.71 107
1964 36 121 96 .558 3.64 333 270 26 101 25 5 1994.2 1956 894 807 192 489 49 868 45 6 16 8305 105 1.226 8.8 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78 105
1965 37 122 99 .552 3.67 345 273 28 101 25 5 2017.1 1988 909 822 198 495 49 880 45 6 18 8407 104 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78 104

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
1950 22 1 2 .333 8.69 29.0 29 31 28 4 35 9 2 2.207 9.0 10.9 2.8 0.26 1.2 10
1951 23 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 18 10 9 0 12 4 0 2.143 11.6 7.7 2.6 0.33 0.0 8
1952 24 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 20 10 9 1 13 6 2 2.538 13.8 9.0 4.2 0.46 0.7 7
1954 26 0 0 10.50 6.0 9 8 7 1 5 2 0 2.333 13.5 7.5 3.0 0.40 1.5 2
1955 27 11 9 .550 3.47 187.0 195 80 72 18 50 88 3 1.310 9.4 2.4 4.2 1.76 0.9 29
1956 28 14 12 .538 3.62 241.0 219 108 97 23 61 123 6 1.162 8.2 2.3 4.6 2.02 0.9 34
1957 29 15 9 .625 3.05 221.0 219 83 75 18 49 88 9 1.213 8.9 2.0 3.6 1.80 0.7 28
1958 30 15 12 .556 3.42 250.0 262 106 95 25 58 128 8 1.280 9.4 2.1 4.6 2.21 0.9 34
1959 31 10 10 .500 3.79 185.0 181 87 78 16 61 73 5 1.308 8.8 3.0 3.6 1.20 0.8 31
1960 32 3 5 .375 5.63 80.0 92 56 50 14 26 31 0 1.475 10.4 2.9 3.5 1.19 1.6 33
1961 33 13 5 .722 2.45 165.0 139 50 45 10 35 61 3 1.055 7.6 1.9 3.3 1.74 0.5 23
1962 34 13 13 .500 3.85 241.0 259 114 103 23 48 90 2 1.274 9.7 1.8 3.4 1.88 0.9 34
1963 35 8 13 .381 4.82 196.0 219 117 105 28 29 80 5 1.265 10.1 1.3 3.7 2.76 1.3 30
1964 36 6 10 .375 5.26 149.0 188 97 87 20 30 78 2 1.463 11.4 1.8 4.7 2.60 1.2 30
1965 37 0 2 .000 6.86 21.0 33 18 16 6 6 11 0 1.857 14.1 2.6 4.7 1.83 2.6 12
15 Yrs 109 104 .512 3.95 1998.0 2082 975 876 207 518 872 47 1.301 9.4 3.9 1.68 0.9 345

* 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
1955
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-1 *
1962-2

Awards (yr lg award)
1962 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 AL (13, 6%)
1958 AL (25, 0%)
1961 AL (17, 2%)
1962 AL (5, 23%)
0.31 Career Shares (598th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 ML (2, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.7 (3rd)
1958 AL  3.5 (9th)
1961 AL  4.2 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  3.32 (10th)
1957 AL  2.77 (6th)
1958 AL  3.01 (8th)
1961 AL  2.40 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  15 (9th)
1957 AL  16 (3rd)
1958 AL  15 (5th)
1962 AL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 AL  .625 (5th)
1957 AL  .727 (1st)
1962 AL  .667 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL  1.251 (7th)
1956 AL  1.155 (1st)
1957 AL  1.124 (3rd)
1958 AL  1.181 (7th)
1961 AL  1.026 (1st)
1962 AL  1.205 (7th)
Career  1.231 (213th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  7.364 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  2.310 (2nd)
1956 AL  2.263 (2nd)
1957 AL  1.835 (2nd)
1958 AL  1.923 (1st)
1961 AL  1.868 (3rd)
1962 AL  1.688 (1st)
1963 AL  1.223 (1st)
Career  2.208 (161st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 AL  220.7 (10th)
1958 AL  248.0 (3rd)
1962 AL  250.7 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1958 AL  34 (2nd)
1962 AL  34 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 AL  11 (10th)
1957 AL  16 (1st)
1958 AL  16 (5th)
1961 AL  11 (9th)
1962 AL  16 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 AL  5 (5th)
1956 AL  3 (7th)
1957 AL  2 (7th)
1958 AL  4 (3rd)
1962 AL  5 (1st)
1963 AL  3 (8th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  22 (10th)
1958 AL  23 (10th)
1963 AL  27 (10th)
Career  198 (215th)

Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  240 (3rd)
1962 AL  255 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  1.833 (4th)
1956 AL  2.034 (3rd)
1957 AL  1.956 (6th)
1958 AL  2.396 (3rd)
1963 AL  3.000 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  0.751 (9th)
1961 AL  0.534 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1958 AL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  95 (10th)
1962 AL  100 (6th)
1963 AL  97 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (10th)
1957 AL  8 (5th)
1958 AL  7 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 AL  1,030 (3rd)
1962 AL  1,032 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL  118 (10th)
1957 AL  135 (5th)
1958 AL  122 (6th)
1961 AL  163 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  24 (4th)
1958 AL  19 (7th)
1961 AL  25 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  2.6 (4th)
1958 AL  2.0 (7th)
1961 AL  2.7 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 AL  21.17 (8th)
1957 AL  29.71 (3rd)
1958 AL  21.84 (5th)
1961 AL  23.19 (9th)
Career  65.68 (250th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.2 (6th)
1958 AL  2.1 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.1 (6th)
1956 AL  2.7 (6th)
1957 AL  2.7 (4th)
1958 AL  2.0 (8th)
1961 AL  2.7 (6th)
Career  9.5 (158th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.2 (8th)
1957 AL  3.3 (4th)
1958 AL  2.4 (5th)
1961 AL  2.5 (9th)
Career  7.5 (230th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1927-12-07 (10th)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 16 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 84 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 40 (341), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. John Smiley (948)
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  7. Hank Wyse (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Larry Jansen (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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