Erv Dusak

Ervin Frank Dusak (Four Sack)

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1920 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1941-1952

Final Game: June 15, 1952
Died: November 6, 1994 in Glendale Heights, IL
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	19	STL-min	D	2	1	.667	3.71	3						17.0	25	11	7		7							1.882	13.2		3.7			ABY · GAFL
1941	20	STL-min	B	0	0		6.00	1						3.0	7	2	2		1							2.667	21.0		3.0			MOB · SEAL
1948	27	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1949	28	STL-min	AAA	11	8	.579	4.57	25	21		10	0		138.0	116	82	70		104	87	3	0	5			1.594	7.6		6.8	5.7	0.84	ROC · IL
1950	29	STL	NL	0	2	.000	3.72	14	2	9	0	0	1	36.1	27	17	15	2	27	16	1	0	0	161	116	1.486	6.7	0.5	6.7	4.0	0.59
1951	30	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	9.18	8	1	6	0	0	0	16.2	24	18	17	2	16	10	1	0	0	87	46	2.400	13.0	1.1	8.6	5.4	0.63
1951	30	STL	NL	0	0		7.20	5	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	14	8	8	0	7	8	0	0	0	49	57	2.100	12.6	0.0	6.3	7.2	1.14
1951	30	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	12.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	9	2	9	2	1	0	0	38	36	2.850	13.5	2.7	12.2	2.7	0.22
1952	31	PIT-min	Opn	0	1	.000	45.00	2	1		0	0		1.0	5	5	5		0	0	0	0	0			5.000	45.0		0.0	0.0		HOL · PCL
1953	32	PIT-min	AA,Opn	0	1	.000	2.45	6	0		0	0		14.2	20	5	4	0	9	1	0	0	0			1.977	12.3	0.0	5.5	0.6	0.11	NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1954	33	PIT-min	AA	0	0			2																								NOR · SOUA
1955	34	PIT-min	AA	0	2	.000		8																								NOR · SOUA
3 Yrs				0	3	.000	5.33	23	3	16	0	0	1	54.0	51	35	32	4	44	26	2	0	1	252	81	1.759	8.5	0.7	7.3	4.3	0.59
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	5.33	60	8	42	0	0	3	141	133	92	84	10	115	68	5	0	3	659	81	1.759	8.5	0.7	7.3	4.3	0.59

STL (3 yrs)				0	2	.000	4.37	20	2	14	0	0	1	47.1	41	25	23	2	35	24	1	0	1	214	98	1.606	7.8	0.4	6.7	4.6	0.69
PIT (1 yr)				0	1	.000	12.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	9	2	9	2	1	0	0	38	36	2.850	13.5	2.7	12.2	2.7	0.22

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
1948	27	STL	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.13	-0.04	0.00	106.0	4.42	0	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.553	.500	$

1950	29	STL	NL	36.1	14	2	17	4.21	4.54	0.07	0.00	105.1	4.70	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.5	6	.516	.501	$
1951	30	STL	NL	10.1	5	0	8	6.97	4.05	0.24	0.00	101.9	3.88	-4	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.1	-2	.430	.498	$
1951	30	PIT	NL	6.2	3	1	10	13.50	4.44	-0.15	0.00	108.7	5.00	-6	-0.5	.0	0.1	-0.4	-6	.318	.497	$
3 Seasons				54.1	23	3	35	5.80	4.43	0.07	0.00	105.0	4.57	-7	-0.6	.5	0.1	0.1	-1	.473	.499	$

STL (3 yrs)				47.2	20	2	25	4.72	4.42	0.10	0.00	104.4	4.51	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	0.5	4	.496	.500	$
PIT (1 yr)				6.2	3	1	10	13.50	4.44	-0.15	0.00	108.7	5.00	-6	-0.5	.0	0.1	-0.4	-6	.318	.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	ROE
1950	29	STL	NL	14	65	128	17	27	1	1	2	1	1	27	16	.211	.353	.281	.634	.227	36	0	1	5	0	2
1951	30	PIT	NL	3	38	28	10	10	2	0	2	0	0	9	2	.357	.526	.643	1.169	.333	18	1	1	0	0	0
1951	30	STL	NL	5	45	42	8	14	1	1	0	3	1	7	8	.333	.429	.405	.833	.412	17	2	0	0	0	0
1951	30	TOT	NL	8	83	70	18	24	3	1	2	3	1	16	10	.343	.471	.500	.971	.379	35	3	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				22	148	198	35	51	4	2	4	4	2	43	26	.258	.395	.359	.754	.280	71	3	2	5	0	2
162 Game Avg.				60	403	539	95	139	11	5	11	11	5	117	71	.258	.395	.359	.754	.280	193	8	5	14	0	5
MLB Averages																.259	.333	.341	.673	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1950	29	STL	NL	2.3	0.2	71	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	.33	-0.1	-0.3	-1.6	-0.2	0.31	-1.1	4
1951	30	TOT	NL	-8.3	-0.8	88	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.22	-0.4	-1.1	-9.6	-0.9	0.21	-7.6	5
1951	30	STL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	50	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.04	-0.0	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.05	-3.0	4
1951	30	PIT	NL	-5.3	-0.5	38	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.43	-0.4	-0.3	-6.9	-0.6	0.43	-4.5	1
3 Yrs				-5.3	-0.5	159	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.26	-0.6	-1.3	-11.2	-1.0	0.26	-8.6	9

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
1950	29	STL	NL	14	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	50.5	58	43	3	0	2	0	3.4	0.0	6.2
1951	30	TOT	NL	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		30	30	2	0	0	1	4.0	3.0	3.7
1951	30	PIT	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.0	30	30	2	0	0	1	4.0	3.0	3.7
2 Yrs				17	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	1	33%	44	58	30	5	0	2	1	3.6	1.5	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	115	-11					4.4	4.6	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1948	27	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														0	0	0	0	3.0

1950	29	STL	NL	14	12	9	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	0	0%		.326	0	0	4	1	0	5	2	4	8	3	4	1	6.0
1951	30	TOT	NL	8	7	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		.223	0	0	5	0	0	6	1	5	4	1	4	2	5.7
1951	30	STL	NL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		.044	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	3	1	3	2	6.2
1951	30	PIT	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.434	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5
3 Yrs				23	20	16	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	0	0%		.268	0	0	9	1	0	11	3	9	12	4	8	3	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	27	STL	NL	4		0.0%	0.0%	25.0%				75%

1950	29	STL	NL	161	75%	3.1%	24.6%	41.5%	6.2%	15%	0.65	169%	17	0	0%
1951	30	TOT	NL	87	65%	2.4%	12.1%	19.3%	7.2%	25%	0.85	70%	22	3	14%
1951	30	STL	NL	49	67%	0.0%	17.8%	15.6%	4.4%	14%	1.71	76%	13	2	15%
1951	30	PIT	NL	38	63%	5.3%	5.3%	23.7%	10.5%	40%	0.38	63%	9	1	11%
3 Yrs				252	70%	2.6%	17.1%	29.0%	6.6%	20%	0.75	113%	39	3	8%
MLB Averages					49%	1.7%	10.4%	10.4%	4.3%	17%	0.95	86%			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
1948	27	STL	NL		0			0												1

1950	29	STL	NL	65	27			2	0	3	1	1	2	0	6	5	0	83%	2	0	1	28	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	96
1951	30	TOT	NL	83	24			2	1	5	2	0	2	0	12	4	1	33%	0	0	0	35	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1951	30	STL	NL	45	14			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	50%	0	0	0	20	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1951	30	PIT	NL	38	10			2	1	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0%	0	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				148	51			4	1	8	3	1	4	0	18	9	1	50%	2	1	1	63	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1948	27	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1949	28	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1950	29	2	.000	3.62	15	2	10	1	37.1	27	17	15	2	28	16	1	1	165	120	1.473	6.5	0.5	6.8	3.9	0.57	120
1951	30	3	.000	5.33	23	3	16	1	54.0	51	35	32	4	44	26	2	1	252	81	1.759	8.5	0.7	7.3	4.3	0.59	81

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1948	27	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1950	29	2	2	.500	3.32	38.0	27	16	14	2	27	17	1	1.421	6.4	6.4	4.0	0.63	0.5	14
1951	30	0	1	.000	9.56	16.0	24	19	17	2	16	10	1	2.500	13.5	9.0	5.6	0.63	1.1	8
3 Yrs		2	3	.400	5.07	55.0	51	35	31	4	44	27	2	1.727	8.3		4.4	0.61	0.7	23

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