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Joe Edelen

Benny Joe Edelen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 16, 1955 in Durant, OK
High School: Gracemont HS (Gracemont, OK)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1981
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals 1981-1982

Final Game: May 15, 1982
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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
1981 25 TOT NL 2 0 1.000 5.70 18 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 34 19 19 3 3 1 15 1 1 1 125 64 1.233 10.2 0.9 0.9 4.5 5.00
1981 25 STL NL 1 0 1.000 9.35 13 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 29 18 18 2 3 1 10 1 1 1 85 39 1.846 15.1 1.0 1.6 5.2 3.33
1981 25 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 0.71 5 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 40 518 0.395 3.6 0.7 0.0 3.6
1982 26 CIN NL 0 0 8.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 22 15 15 2 8 3 11 0 0 0 74 43 1.957 12.9 1.2 4.7 6.5 1.38
2 Yrs 2 0 1.000 6.75 27 0 8 0 0 0 45.1 56 34 34 5 11 4 26 1 1 1 199 55 1.478 11.1 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.36
162 Game Avg. 5 0 1.000 6.75 68 0 20 0 0 0 114 141 86 86 13 28 10 65 3 3 3 501 55 1.478 11.1 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.36
CIN (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 5.14 14 0 4 0 0 0 28.0 27 16 16 3 8 3 16 0 0 0 114 73 1.250 8.7 1.0 2.6 5.1 2.00
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 9.35 13 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 29 18 18 2 3 1 10 1 1 1 85 39 1.846 15.1 1.0 1.6 5.2 3.33

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
1981 25 STL NL 17.1 13 0 18 9.35 3.99 0.35 -0.30 104.2 3.48 -12 -1.2 .6 0.2 -0.8 -10 .406 .492 $
1981 25 CIN NL 12.2 5 0 1 0.71 3.98 -0.02 -0.30 96.9 3.58 4 0.5 .8 -0.1 0.5 5 .596 .503 $
1982 26 CIN NL 15.1 9 0 15 8.80 4.14 -0.38 -0.32 101.5 4.26 -8 -0.8 .8 0.0 -0.6 -6 .409 .495 $
2 Seasons 45.1 27 0 34 6.75 4.04 0.00 -0.31 101.2 3.77 -16 -1.6 .7 0.2 -0.9 -12 .442 .497 $
CIN (2 yrs) 28.0 14 0 16 5.14 4.07 -0.21 -0.31 99.4 3.96 -4 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .476 .499 $
STL (1 yr) 17.1 13 0 18 9.35 3.99 0.35 -0.30 104.2 3.48 -12 -1.2 .6 0.2 -0.8 -10 .406 .492 $

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
1981 25 TOT NL 18 125 118 19 34 4 1 3 1 0 3 15 .288 .309 .415 .724 .307 49 3 1 2 1 1 1
1981 25 CIN NL 5 40 39 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .128 .128 .231 .359 .121 9 2 0 1 0 0 0
1981 25 STL NL 13 85 79 18 29 3 1 2 1 0 3 10 .367 .393 .506 .899 .397 40 1 1 1 1 1 1
1982 26 CIN NL 9 74 64 15 22 6 1 2 0 1 8 11 .344 .411 .563 .973 .385 36 1 0 1 1 3 0
2 Yrs 27 199 182 34 56 10 2 5 1 1 11 26 .308 .347 .467 .814 .333 85 4 1 3 2 4 1
162 Game Avg. 68 501 458 86 141 25 5 13 3 3 28 65 .308 .347 .467 .814 .333 214 10 3 8 5 10 3
MLB Averages .259 .322 .381 .703 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 25 TOT NL -5.7 -0.5 128 0.1 1.2 -1.1 .55 0.1 0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.55 -1.9 3 0 13
1981 25 STL NL -9.8 -1.0 88 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 .57 -0.5 0.0 -11.5 -1.2 0.57 -7.0 2 0 10
1981 25 CIN NL 4.2 0.5 40 0.4 0.4 -0.0 .50 0.6 0.2 6.8 0.8 0.50 5.1 1 0 3
1982 26 CIN NL -7.6 -0.8 75 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .40 -0.5 -0.2 -8.8 -0.9 0.40 -7.4 2 1 6
2 Yrs -13.2 -1.3 203 -0.2 1.5 -1.7 .49 -0.4 0.1 -13.6 -1.2 0.49 -9.3 5 1 19

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
1981 25 TOT NL 18 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% .549 3 0 13 4 2 12 7 11 10 5 11 2 5.0
1981 25 STL NL 13 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 8 .573 2 0 10 3 2 8 4 9 6 4 7 1 4.0
1981 25 CIN NL 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 .499 1 0 3 1 0 4 3 2 4 1 4 1 7.6
1982 26 CIN NL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 3 .398 2 1 6 0 1 8 5 4 6 3 6 2 5.1
2 Yrs 27 27 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 12 48% .493 5 1 19 4 3 20 12 15 16 8 17 4 5.0

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%
1981 25 TOT NL 125 58% 2.4% 12.0% 2.4% 6.4% 24% 1.55 81% 24 3 13%
1981 25 STL NL 85 66% 2.4% 11.8% 3.5% 7.1% 21% 1.21 80% 17 1 6%
1981 25 CIN NL 40 43% 2.5% 12.5% 0.0% 5.0% 40% 2.20 83% 7 2 29%
1982 26 CIN NL 74 61% 2.7% 14.9% 10.8% 12.2% 41% 1.13 70% 15 1 7%
2 Yrs 199 59% 2.5% 13.1% 5.5% 8.5% 30% 1.40 77% 39 4 10%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.9% 8.3% 6.4% 28% 1.11 75% 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
1981 25 TOT NL 125 34 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 8 4 1 50% 1 1 0 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1981 25 STL NL 85 29 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1981 25 CIN NL 40 5 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 CIN NL 74 22 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 6 5 0 83% 0 0 0 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Yrs 199 56 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 14 9 1 64% 1 1 0 71 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1981 25 2 0 1.000 5.70 18 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 34 19 19 3 3 1 15 1 1 1 125 64 1.233 10.2 0.9 0.9 4.5 5.00 64
1982 26 2 0 1.000 6.75 27 0 8 0 0 0 45.1 56 34 34 5 11 4 26 1 1 1 199 55 1.478 11.1 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.36 55

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
1981 25 1 3 .250 6.70 43.0 54 36 32 5 5 21 2 1.372 11.3 1.0 4.4 4.20 1.0 18
1982 26 0 1 .000 9.60 15.0 22 18 16 2 8 11 0 2.000 13.2 4.8 6.6 1.38 1.2 9
2 Yrs 1 4 .200 7.45 58.0 76 54 48 7 13 32 2 1.534 11.8 5.0 2.46 1.1 27

* 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.

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