
Born: July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, CA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1954.
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Debut: April 17, 1956
Final Game: August 5, 1969
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1984 (316/403 ballots).
Died: July 3, 1993 in Montreal, PQ, CAN
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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||
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| 1956 | 19 | BRO | NL | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.64 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 95 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 413 | 153 | 1.273 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 1.77 | |
| 1957 | 20 | BRO | NL | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.69 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 221.0 | 197 | 76 | 66 | 17 | 61 | 3 | 148 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 911 | 154 | 1.167 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 2.43 | MVP-19 |
| 1958 | 21 | LAD | NL | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.17 | 44 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 211.2 | 214 | 107 | 98 | 21 | 72 | 6 | 131 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 913 | 99 | 1.351 | 9.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.82 | |
| 1959 | 22 | LAD | NL | 17 | 13 | .567 | 3.46 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 270.2 | 237 | 113 | 104 | 26 | 93 | 9 | 242 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1142 | 122 | 1.219 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 2.60 | AS |
| 1960 | 23 | LAD | NL | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.84 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 269.0 | 214 | 93 | 85 | 27 | 72 | 5 | 246 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1083 | 139 | 1.063 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 8.2 | 3.42 | |
| 1961 | 24 | LAD | NL | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.69 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 244.0 | 236 | 111 | 100 | 29 | 83 | 15 | 182 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1047 | 117 | 1.307 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 2.19 | AS |
| 1962 | 25 | LAD | NL | 25 | 9 | .735 | 2.83 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 314.1 | 272 | 122 | 99 | 21 | 78 | 12 | 232 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1289 | 127 | 1.113 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 2.97 | AS,CYA-1,MVP-5 |
| 1963 | 26 | LAD | NL | 19 | 17 | .528 | 2.63 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 315.1 | 287 | 114 | 92 | 25 | 57 | 13 | 251 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1266 | 114 | 1.091 | 8.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 4.40 | AS,MVP-21 |
| 1964 | 27 | LAD | NL | 18 | 16 | .529 | 2.18 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 321.1 | 242 | 91 | 78 | 15 | 68 | 9 | 237 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1264 | 149 | 0.965 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 3.49 | AS |
| 1965 | 28 | LAD | NL | 23 | 12 | .657 | 2.77 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 308.1 | 270 | 113 | 95 | 30 | 66 | 11 | 210 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1262 | 117 | 1.090 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 3.18 | AS,MVP-5 |
| 1966 | 29 | LAD | NL | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.42 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 273.2 | 279 | 114 | 104 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 177 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1135 | 96 | 1.184 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 3.93 | |
| 1967 | 30 | LAD | NL | 13 | 16 | .448 | 2.74 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 282.0 | 269 | 101 | 86 | 19 | 60 | 19 | 196 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1151 | 112 | 1.167 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 3.27 | AS |
| 1968 | 31 | LAD | NL | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.15 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 239.0 | 201 | 68 | 57 | 11 | 56 | 10 | 155 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 954 | 128 | 1.075 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 2.77 | AS |
| 1969 | 32 | LAD | NL | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.45 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62.2 | 71 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 267 | 74 | 1.340 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.85 | |
| 14 Seasons | 209 | 166 | .557 | 2.95 | 518 | 465 | 34 | 167 | 49 | 6 | 3432.0 | 3084 | 1292 | 1124 | 280 | 855 | 123 | 2486 | 154 | 10 | 82 | 14097 | 121 | 1.148 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 2.91 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 14 | 11 | .557 | 2.95 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 213 | 89 | 78 | 19 | 59 | 9 | 172 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 975 | 121 | 1.148 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 2.91 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Rslt | Opp | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
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| 1956 | 19 | BRO | NL | WS | L | NYY | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.500 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | |
| 1959 | 22 | LAD | NL | WS | W | CHW | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.143 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 1.25 |
| 1963 | 26 | LAD | NL | WS | W | NYY | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.444 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 |
| 1965 | 28 | LAD | NL | WS | W | MIN | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1.286 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 11.6 | 5.00 |
| 1966 | 29 | LAD | NL | WS | L | BAL | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1.100 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 2.00 |
| 5 Seasons (5 Series) | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.95 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.2 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 1.210 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 3.00 | ||||||
| 5 WS | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.95 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.2 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 1.210 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 3.00 | ||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
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| 1956 | 19 | BRO | NL | 26 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .192 | .222 | .346 | .568 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1957 | 20 | BRO | NL | 37 | 83 | 73 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 29 | .123 | .200 | .205 | .405 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | MVP-19 |
| 1958 | 21 | LAD | NL | 47 | 72 | 66 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .227 | .261 | .591 | .852 | 114 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 22 | LAD | NL | 46 | 104 | 91 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | .165 | .198 | .330 | .528 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | AS |
| 1960 | 23 | LAD | NL | 41 | 99 | 83 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | .157 | .211 | .277 | .488 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1961 | 24 | LAD | NL | 40 | 95 | 83 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .193 | .244 | .386 | .630 | 59 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | AS |
| 1962 | 25 | LAD | NL | 43 | 126 | 111 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 29 | .198 | .246 | .252 | .498 | 39 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | AS,CYA-1,MVP-5 |
| 1963 | 26 | LAD | NL | 42 | 114 | 96 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .167 | .241 | .198 | .439 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | AS,MVP-21 |
| 1964 | 27 | LAD | NL | 40 | 128 | 110 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .173 | .202 | .218 | .420 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | AS |
| 1965 | 28 | LAD | NL | 58 | 138 | 130 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .300 | .331 | .508 | .839 | 140 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | AS,MVP-5 |
| 1966 | 29 | LAD | NL | 46 | 111 | 106 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .189 | .211 | .264 | .475 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 30 | LAD | NL | 38 | 101 | 93 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .129 | .172 | .140 | .312 | -6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | AS |
| 1968 | 31 | LAD | NL | 31 | 84 | 79 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .177 | .188 | .190 | .377 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | AS |
| 1969 | 32 | LAD | NL | 12 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .136 | .208 | .182 | .390 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 Seasons | 547 | 1309 | 1169 | 96 | 218 | 26 | 7 | 29 | 113 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 370 | .186 | .228 | .295 | .523 | 45 | 345 | 34 | 5 | 69 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 388 | 346 | 28 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 110 | .186 | .228 | .295 | .523 | 45 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
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| 1959 | 22 | LAD | NL | WS | CHW | W | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | 26 | LAD | NL | WS | NYY | W | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 28 | LAD | NL | WS | MIN | W | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | 29 | LAD | NL | WS | BAL | L | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Seasons (5 Series) | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 WS | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | Awards |
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| 1956 | BRO | NL | 19 | P | 25 | 12 | 99.0 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.55 | 1.12 | .967 | 2.05 | 0.83 | |
| 1957 | BRO | NL | 20 | P | 34 | 29 | 221.0 | 77 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 4 | .974 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.05 | 2.21 | .961 | 2.06 | 0.82 | MVP-19 |
| 1958 | LAD | NL | 21 | P | 44 | 29 | 211.2 | 66 | 15 | 45 | 6 | 10 | .909 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.55 | 1.36 | .958 | 1.97 | 0.77 | |
| 1959 | LAD | NL | 22 | P | 44 | 36 | 270.2 | 69 | 18 | 48 | 3 | 4 | .957 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.19 | 1.50 | .954 | 1.99 | 0.82 | AS |
| 1960 | LAD | NL | 23 | P | 41 | 36 | 269.0 | 81 | 18 | 60 | 3 | 3 | .963 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.61 | 1.90 | .962 | 2.09 | 0.87 | |
| 1961 | LAD | NL | 24 | P | 40 | 37 | 244.0 | 52 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.81 | 1.23 | .960 | 2.18 | 0.88 | AS |
| 1962 | LAD | NL | 25 | P | 43 | 41 | 314.1 | 77 | 10 | 60 | 7 | 5 | .909 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.00 | 1.63 | .951 | 2.07 | 0.82 | AS,CYA-1,MVP-5 |
| 1963 | LAD | NL | 26 | P | 42 | 42 | 315.1 | 85 | 19 | 62 | 4 | 7 | .953 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.31 | 1.93 | .951 | 2.06 | 0.84 | AS,MVP-21 |
| 1964 | LAD | NL | 27 | P | 40 | 40 | 321.1 | 84 | 13 | 68 | 3 | 5 | .964 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.27 | 2.03 | .952 | 2.14 | 0.84 | AS |
| 1965 | LAD | NL | 28 | P | 44 | 42 | 308.1 | 86 | 22 | 55 | 9 | 4 | .895 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.25 | 1.75 | .959 | 2.08 | 0.81 | AS,MVP-5 |
| 1966 | LAD | NL | 29 | P | 40 | 40 | 273.2 | 62 | 10 | 45 | 7 | 1 | .887 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.81 | 1.38 | .950 | 1.96 | 0.74 | |
| 1967 | LAD | NL | 30 | P | 38 | 38 | 282.0 | 80 | 11 | 64 | 5 | 3 | .938 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.39 | 1.97 | .961 | 2.00 | 0.78 | AS |
| 1968 | LAD | NL | 31 | P | 31 | 31 | 239.0 | 70 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 4 | .929 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.45 | 2.10 | .960 | 2.01 | 0.85 | AS |
| 1969 | LAD | NL | 32 | P | 12 | 12 | 62.2 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.01 | 1.17 | .957 | 1.95 | 0.78 | |
| 14 Seasons | P | 518 | 465 | 3432.0 | 933 | 188 | 686 | 59 | 55 | .937 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.29 | 1.69 | .957 | 2.05 | 0.82 | ||||
| 14 Seasons | TOT | 518 | 465 | 3432.0 | 933 | 188 | 686 | 59 | 55 | .937 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.29 | 1.69 | .894 | 2.05 | 0.82 | ||||
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| Black Ink | Pitching - 27 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 40 |
| Gray Ink | Pitching - 200 (42), Average HOFer ≈ 185 |
| Hall of Fame Monitor | Pitching - 134 (53), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Batting - 1 (3892), Average HOFer ≈ 50 Pitching - 42 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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