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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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
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
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 Awards
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 IBB 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 LevHi LevMd 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/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% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB 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 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+
1948 27 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 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
1950 29 0 2 .000 3.62 15 2 10 0 0 1 37.1 27 17 15 2 28 16 1 0 1 165 120 1.473 6.5 0.5 6.8 3.9 0.57 120
1951 30 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 81

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
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

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1941 NL  born 1920-07-29 (7th)

                                         

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