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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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1941-1952

Final Game: June 15, 1952 (Age 31)
Died: November 6, 1994 in Glendale Heights, IL
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
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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
1941 20 STL NL 6 16 14 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 2 0 0 0 /O879
1942 21 STL NL 12 30 27 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 3 7 .185 .267 .296 .563 59 8 1 0 0 /O795
1946 25 STL NL 100 313 275 38 66 9 1 9 42 7 33 63 .240 .321 .378 .700 95 104 6 0 5 O75/84
1947 26 STL NL 111 383 328 56 93 7 3 6 28 1 50 34 .284 .378 .378 .756 98 124 5 0 5 O987/5
1948 27 STL NL 114 365 311 60 65 9 2 6 19 3 49 55 .209 .317 .309 .625 66 96 2 0 5 O849/5716
1949 28 STL NL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 29 STL NL 23 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .167 .250 -37 2 0 0 0 1/8O
1951 30 TOT NL 26 44 41 7 13 3 0 2 8 0 0 3 12 .317 .364 .537 .900 137 22 0 0 0 8/14579
1951 30 STL NL 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 540 4 0 0 0 /1
1951 30 PIT NL 21 42 39 6 12 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 11 .308 .357 .462 .819 117 18 0 0 0 O8/14579
1952 31 PIT NL 20 29 27 1 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .222 .276 .333 .609 67 9 2 0 0 O/879
9 Yrs 413 1192 1035 168 251 32 6 24 106 12 0 142 188 .243 .334 .355 .688 84 367 16 0 15
162 Game Avg. 162 468 406 66 98 13 2 9 42 5 56 74 .243 .334 .355 .688 84 144 6 0 6
STL (8 yrs) 372 1121 969 161 233 29 6 22 96 12 0 137 169 .240 .335 .351 .685 84 340 14 0 15
PIT (2 yrs) 41 71 66 7 18 3 0 2 10 0 0 5 19 .273 .324 .409 .733 97 27 2 0 0

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
1941 20 STL NL 6 16 -2 0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .485 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 /O879
1942 21 STL NL 12 30 -2 0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 /O795
1946 25 STL NL 100 313 -3 0 0 2 -3 -4 -0.5 11 7 0.6 .495 .497 0.4 -0.2 5 O75/84
1947 26 STL NL 111 383 1 0 0 4 -3 1 0.2 13 15 1.5 .501 .501 1.1 0.1 11 O987/5
1948 27 STL NL 114 365 -15 0 0 -4 1 -17 -1.9 13 -5 -0.6 .484 .489 -0.1 -0.3 -1 O849/5716
1949 28 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0
1950 29 STL NL 23 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 1/8O
1951 30 STL NL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .527 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
1951 30 PIT NL 21 42 1 -0 0 -2 1 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .498 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 O8/14579
1952 31 PIT NL 20 29 -1 0 -0 -3 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .476 .497 0.0 -0.4 -0 O/879
9 Seasons 413 1192 -22 1 0 -1 -4 -26 -2.9 42 15 1.2 .493 .498 1.5 -0.8 16
STL (8 yrs) 372 1121 -22 1 0 4 -5 -21 -2.3 39 18 1.5 .494 .498 1.2 -0.2 14
PIT (2 yrs) 41 71 -1 0 -0 -5 1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .487 .498 0.3 -0.6 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 25 STL NL WS BOS W 4 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0

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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
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

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
1941 STL NL 20 OF 4 3 3 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 2.30
1941 STL NL 20 CF 2 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 .980 2.65
1941 STL NL 20 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1941 STL NL 20 RF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.00
1942 STL NL 21 OF 8 5 4 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .981 2.34
1942 STL NL 21 LF 5 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 .983 2.32
1942 STL NL 21 RF 3 3 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .981 2.07
1942 STL NL 21 3B 1 1 1 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 5.00 .940 3.20
1946 STL NL 25 OF 77 61 55 152 139 12 1 1 .993 1.96 .977 2.38
1946 STL NL 25 LF 74 60 55 148 135 12 1 1 .993 1.99 .975 2.25
1946 STL NL 25 3B 11 7 7 26 6 19 1 3 .962 2.27 .952 3.08
1946 STL NL 25 CF 4 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 .980 2.82
1946 STL NL 25 2B 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 .970 5.55
1947 STL NL 26 OF 89 74 57 197 178 13 6 2 .970 2.15 .977 2.42
1947 STL NL 26 RF 47 32 25 81 75 5 1 1 .988 1.70 .978 2.11
1947 STL NL 26 CF 28 26 20 76 69 4 3 1 .961 2.61 .977 2.79
1947 STL NL 26 LF 22 16 12 37 32 3 2 0 .946 1.59 .976 2.31
1947 STL NL 26 3B 7 4 4 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.00 .947 3.06
1948 STL NL 27 OF 68 43 36 132 128 3 1 2 .992 1.93 .978 2.39
1948 STL NL 27 CF 57 43 36 123 119 3 1 1 .992 2.14 .984 2.77
1948 STL NL 27 2B 29 24 20 122 56 63 3 11 .975 4.10 .971 5.40
1948 STL NL 27 RF 11 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 .976 2.00
1948 STL NL 27 3B 9 7 5 19 6 12 1 0 .947 2.00 .941 3.10
1948 STL NL 27 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1948 STL NL 27 P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1948 STL NL 27 SS 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .960 5.00
1950 STL NL 29 P 14 2 0 36.1 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.98 0.57 .961 2.13 2.10 1 1 50% 42% 0
1950 STL NL 29 CF 2 0 0 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2.50 .980 2.70 2.75
1950 STL NL 29 OF 2 0 0 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2.50 .978 2.34 2.30
1951 TOT NL 30 P 8 1 0 16.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.38 .963 2.16 2.14 3 1 25% 43% 0
1951 STL NL 30 P 5 0 0 10.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.60 .963 2.16 2.14 3 1 25% 43% 0
1951 PIT NL 30 OF 12 8 4 65.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.92 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 PIT NL 30 CF 10 8 4 58.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0.90 .983 2.89 2.87
1951 PIT NL 30 P 3 1 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.13 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 30 2B 2 1 1 14.0 4 2 1 1 1 .750 1.93 1.50 .975 5.72 5.70
1951 PIT NL 30 3B 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.38 3.35
1951 PIT NL 30 LF 1 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.34 2.30
1951 PIT NL 30 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1952 PIT NL 31 OF 11 4 3 39.2 11 7 2 2 1 .818 2.04 0.82 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 PIT NL 31 CF 3 2 1 17.0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 2.12 1.33 .984 2.75 2.73
1952 PIT NL 31 LF 3 0 0 4.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.67 .980 2.12 2.00
1952 PIT NL 31 RF 3 2 2 18.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 1.33 .980 2.05 2.03
8 Seasons OF 271 198 162 109.2 538 498 30 10 6 .981 2.05 1.95 .977 2.38 2.39
7 Seasons LF 107 78 69 9.2 193 175 15 3 1 .984 1.86 1.78 .975 2.23 2.26
7 Seasons CF 106 82 63 80.0 230 217 8 5 3 .978 2.02 2.12 .981 2.85 2.78
6 Seasons RF 66 38 30 20.0 105 97 6 2 1 .981 1.80 1.56 .978 2.07 2.08
3 Seasons 2B 33 25 21 14.0 128 59 65 4 13 .969 1.93 3.76 .971 5.72 5.43
5 Seasons 3B 30 19 17 4.0 64 15 47 2 5 .969 0.00 2.07 .947 3.38 3.10
3 Seasons P 23 3 0 54.0 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.83 0.48 .962 2.13 2.11 4 2 33% 42% 0
1 Season SS 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .960 5.00
9 Seasons TOT 358 245 200 181.2 744 574 154 16 25 .978 1.93 2.03 .973 2.59 2.72 4 2 33% 42% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  63 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1946 NL  7.9 (8th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  74 (3rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  12 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  1 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  1 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  13 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1946 NL  .993 (4th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2219), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (377th), 1.2 career WAR/2.3 7yr-peak WAR/1.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

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