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Red Embree

Charles Willard Embree

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

Born: August 30, 1917 in El Monte, CA(All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Yankees 1941-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: September 24, 1996 in Eugene, OR
Buried: Crescent City Cemetery, Crescent City, CA
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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
1941 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 3 3 0 3 4 1 0 0 21 64 2.500 15.8 0.0 6.8 9.0 1.33
1942 24 CLE AL 3 4 .429 3.86 19 6 7 2 0 0 63.0 58 31 27 0 31 44 2 0 0 276 90 1.413 8.3 0.0 4.4 6.3 1.42
1944 26 CLE AL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 5 5 0 5 4 0 0 1 17 28 2.100 5.4 0.0 13.5 10.8 0.80
1945 27 CLE AL 4 4 .500 1.93 8 8 0 5 1 0 70.0 56 17 15 3 26 42 0 0 1 292 169 1.171 7.2 0.4 3.3 5.4 1.62
1946 28 CLE AL 8 12 .400 3.47 28 26 1 8 0 0 200.0 170 86 77 15 79 87 2 0 2 844 95 1.245 7.7 0.7 3.6 3.9 1.10
1947 29 CLE AL 8 10 .444 3.15 27 21 2 6 0 0 162.2 137 65 57 13 67 56 1 0 3 670 111 1.254 7.6 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.84
1948 30 NYY AL 5 3 .625 3.76 20 8 6 4 0 0 76.2 77 37 32 6 30 25 1 0 1 329 109 1.396 9.0 0.7 3.5 2.9 0.83
1949 31 SLB AL 3 13 .188 5.37 35 19 8 4 0 1 127.1 146 90 76 13 89 24 3 2 6 602 85 1.846 10.3 0.9 6.3 1.7 0.27
8 Yrs 31 48 .392 3.72 141 90 25 29 1 1 707.0 653 334 292 50 330 286 10 2 14 3051 99 1.390 8.3 0.6 4.2 3.6 0.87
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .392 3.72 42 26 7 9 0 0 208 192 98 86 15 97 84 3 1 4 898 99 1.390 8.3 0.6 4.2 3.6 0.87
CLE (6 yrs) 23 32 .418 3.29 86 63 11 21 1 0 503.0 430 207 184 31 211 237 6 0 7 2120 103 1.274 7.7 0.6 3.8 4.2 1.12
NYY (1 yr) 5 3 .625 3.76 20 8 6 4 0 0 76.2 77 37 32 6 30 25 1 0 1 329 109 1.396 9.0 0.7 3.5 2.9 0.83
SLB (1 yr) 3 13 .188 5.37 35 19 8 4 0 1 127.1 146 90 76 13 89 24 3 2 6 602 85 1.846 10.3 0.9 6.3 1.7 0.27

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
1941 23 CLE AL 4.0 1 1 3 6.75 4.80 0.01 0.00 102.0 4.88 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .420 .500 $
1942 24 CLE AL 63.0 19 6 31 4.43 4.29 0.18 0.00 92.7 3.81 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .474 .497 $
1944 26 CLE AL 3.1 3 1 5 13.50 4.23 0.06 0.00 108.2 4.51 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .388 .498 $
1945 27 CLE AL 70.0 8 8 17 2.19 3.79 -0.10 0.00 97.5 3.80 13 1.7 -0.0 2.0 17 .707 .510 $
1946 28 CLE AL 200.0 28 26 86 3.87 4.24 -0.01 0.00 97.5 4.15 6 0.7 1.0 -0.2 1.9 22 .524 .504 $
1947 29 CLE AL 162.2 27 21 65 3.60 4.10 0.42 0.00 94.3 3.48 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.9 11 .494 .499 $
1948 30 NYY AL 76.2 20 8 37 4.34 4.49 0.08 0.00 97.0 4.28 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.4 6 .497 .500 $
1949 31 SLB AL 127.1 35 19 90 6.36 4.76 -0.73 0.00 106.9 5.86 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.1 0.1 4 .481 .496 $
8 Seasons 707.0 141 90 334 4.25 4.29 -0.02 0.00 98.1 4.26 1 0.5 .9 -0.5 4.7 56 .504 .500 $
CLE (6 yrs) 503.0 86 63 207 3.70 4.14 0.14 0.00 96.0 3.85 8 1.2 1.0 -0.3 4.2 45 .514 .501 $
NYY (1 yr) 76.2 20 8 37 4.34 4.49 0.08 0.00 97.0 4.28 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.4 6 .497 .500 $
SLB (1 yr) 127.1 35 19 90 6.36 4.76 -0.73 0.00 106.9 5.86 -7 -0.7 .9 -0.1 0.1 4 .481 .496 $

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
1948 30 NYY AL 20 98 295 37 77 9 1 6 0 0 30 25 .261 .331 .359 .691 .269 106 1 1 3 0 3
1949 31 SLB AL 35 369 497 90 146 14 3 13 4 1 89 24 .294 .404 .412 .817 .289 205 12 3 13 0 4
2 Yrs 55 467 792 127 223 23 4 19 4 1 119 49 .282 .378 .393 .771 .282 311 13 4 16 0 7
162 Game Avg. 46 387 657 105 185 19 3 16 3 1 99 41 .282 .378 .393 .771 .282 258 11 3 13 0 6
MLB Averages .259 .331 .329 .660 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 30 NYY AL 2.4 0.2 104 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .73 -0.1 -0.5 -4.4 -0.4 0.70 -0.8 0 0 5
1949 31 SLB AL -11.8 -1.1 381 -0.0 7.0 -7.0 1.12 -0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 1.12 -2.3 1 1 3
8 Yrs -1.1 0.2 485 -0.5 8.0 -8.5 1.03 -0.3 -0.2 -3.5 -0.4 1.03 -3.1 1 1 8

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
1941 23 CLE AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 0 1 4.0 4.0
1942 24 CLE AL 19 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 0 0 2 0 3 50% 54.5 76 31 3 2 2.5 6.1
1944 26 CLE AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 0 1 1.0 1.0
1945 27 CLE AL 8 8 4 4 0 0 3 4 4 .500 0 0 5 1 7 88% 65.5 81 33 1 5 3.9 8.8
1946 28 CLE AL 28 26 7 12 7 2 7 8 16 .333 0 0 8 0 15 58% 55.1 85 17 9 12 3.8 7.5
1947 29 CLE AL 27 21 6 10 5 0 6 8 12 .400 0 0 6 0 14 67% 52.0 77 22 4 12 4.6 6.8
1948 30 NYY AL 20 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 3 .625 0 1 4 0 4 50% 49.9 70 31 5 0 1 4 6.3 15.8 6.5
1949 31 SLB AL 35 19 3 12 4 0 3 4 15 .211 1 1 4 0 6 32% 39.9 72 22 18 10 7 7 4.5 3.6 5.2
8 Yrs 141 90 26 45 19 3 20 31 56 .356 1 2 29 1 49 54% 51 85 17 23 10 25 44 4.2 4.3 6.7
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 115 -11 4.3 4.8 6.9

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
1942 24 CLE AL 19 13 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 6.2
1944 26 CLE AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.5
1946 28 CLE AL 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9.0
1947 29 CLE AL 27 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 9.5
1948 30 NYY AL 20 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% .726 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 7 2 4 1 6.2
1949 31 SLB AL 35 16 8 0 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 1.119 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 9 2 4 3 5.2
6 Yrs 132 51 25 5 3 1 1 1 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 1.037 1 1 8 1 1 9 5 6 31 7 8 6 6.3

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%
1941 23 CLE AL 21 0.0% 19.1% 14.3% 57%
1942 24 CLE AL 276 0.0% 15.9% 11.2% 0.7% 3% 71%
1944 26 CLE AL 17 0.0% 23.5% 29.4% 47%
1945 27 CLE AL 292 1.0% 14.4% 8.9% 3.1% 16% 74%
1946 28 CLE AL 841 1.8% 10.3% 9.4% 3.0% 15% 77%
1947 29 CLE AL 670 1.9% 8.4% 10.0% 3.0% 15% 77%
1948 30 NYY AL 329 60% 6.1% 25.5% 30.6% 16.3% 21% 0.71 269% 24 1 4%
1949 31 SLB AL 602 50% 3.5% 6.5% 24.1% 8.1% 21% 0.87 125% 76 12 16%
8 Yrs 3048 52% 1.9% 11.1% 12.8% 4.0% 16% 0.83 90% 100 13 13%
MLB Averages 48% 1.4% 10.0% 10.1% 3.5% 14% 0.95 85% 10%

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
1941 23 CLE AL 7 0 0
1942 24 CLE AL 58 0 0
1944 26 CLE AL 2 0 1
1945 27 CLE AL 56 3 1
1946 28 CLE AL 170 15 2
1947 29 CLE AL 137 13 3
1948 30 NYY AL 98 77 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 9 5 1 56% 3 1 1 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 231
1949 31 SLB AL 369 146 13 0 15 4 2 4 2 23 13 2 57% 4 6 0 143 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 233
8 Yrs 467 653 50 0 20 5 2 4 3 32 18 3 56% 7 14 1 185 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 464
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+
1941 23 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 3 3 0 3 4 1 0 0 21 64 2.500 15.8 0.0 6.8 9.0 1.33 64
1942 24 3 5 .375 4.03 20 7 7 2 0 0 67.0 65 34 30 0 34 48 3 0 0 297 87 1.478 8.7 0.0 4.6 6.4 1.41 87
1943 25 3 5 .375 4.03 20 7 7 2 0 0 67.0 65 34 30 0 34 48 3 0 0 297 87 1.478 8.7 0.0 4.6 6.4 1.41 87
1944 26 3 6 .333 4.48 23 8 8 2 0 0 70.1 67 39 35 0 39 52 3 0 1 314 79 1.507 8.6 0.0 5.0 6.7 1.33 79
1945 27 7 10 .412 3.21 31 16 8 7 1 0 140.1 123 56 50 3 65 94 3 0 2 606 106 1.340 7.9 0.2 4.2 6.0 1.45 106
1946 28 15 22 .405 3.36 59 42 9 15 1 0 340.1 293 142 127 18 144 181 5 0 4 1450 99 1.284 7.7 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.26 99
1947 29 23 32 .418 3.29 86 63 11 21 1 0 503.0 430 207 184 31 211 237 6 0 7 2120 103 1.274 7.7 0.6 3.8 4.2 1.12 103
1948 30 28 35 .444 3.35 106 71 17 25 1 0 579.2 507 244 216 37 241 262 7 0 8 2449 104 1.290 7.9 0.6 3.7 4.1 1.09 104
1949 31 31 48 .392 3.72 141 90 25 29 1 1 707.0 653 334 292 50 330 286 10 2 14 3051 99 1.390 8.3 0.6 4.2 3.6 0.87 99

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
1941 23 0 0 9.00 3.0 8 3 3 0 3 3 1 3.667 24.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1942 24 3 4 .429 4.36 64.0 64 34 31 0 34 45 2 1.531 9.0 4.8 6.3 1.32 0.0 19
1944 26 0 0 11.25 4.0 2 6 5 0 5 4 0 1.750 4.5 11.3 9.0 0.80 0.0 3
1945 27 5 2 .714 2.38 72.0 64 21 19 3 30 43 0 1.306 8.0 3.8 5.4 1.43 0.4 8
1946 28 10 12 .455 4.23 200.0 192 104 94 17 89 87 2 1.405 8.6 4.0 3.9 0.98 0.8 28
1947 29 9 8 .529 3.87 156.0 152 74 67 14 74 54 1 1.449 8.8 4.3 3.1 0.73 0.8 27
1948 30 4 4 .500 3.69 78.0 79 36 32 6 31 25 1 1.410 9.1 3.6 2.9 0.81 0.7 20
1949 31 6 8 .429 4.77 132.0 143 78 70 13 87 25 3 1.742 9.8 5.9 1.7 0.29 0.9 35
8 Yrs 37 38 .493 4.07 709.0 704 356 321 53 353 286 10 1.491 8.9 3.6 0.81 0.7 141

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL  3.15 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 AL  1.254 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  7.650 (4th)
1947 AL  7.580 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  77 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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