Al Epperly

Albert Paul Epperly (Tub or Pard)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: May 7, 1918 in Glidden, IA
High School: Glidden HS (Glidden, IA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1938
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers 1938-1950

Final Game: July 7, 1950
Died: April 14, 2003 in McFarland, WI
Buried: Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA
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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
1936	18	BOS-min	D	13	8	.619	4.41	38						196.0	204	139	96		132							1.714	9.4		6.1			EAU · NORL
1937	19	CHC-min	B	14	6	.700		28						183.0	132	67			71							1.109	6.5		3.5			MOL · IIIL
1938	20	INA	AA	4	6	.400	4.92	18	13					86.0	92	59	47		36							1.488	9.6		3.8			INA · AA
1938	20	CHC	NL	2	0	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	0	0	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	0	0	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67

1939	21	CHC-min	AA	3	5	.375	7.97	30	3					70.0	87	64	62		48							1.929	11.2		6.2			MLW,LOS · AA,PCL
1940	22	SFR	AA	11	16	.407	3.93	34	31					204.0	241	111	89		83							1.588	10.6		3.7			SFR · PCL
1941	23	DET-min	AA	5	7	.417	4.25	33	14		7	0		146.0	167	81	69		46	44	1	0	4			1.459	10.3		2.8	2.7	0.96	SFR · PCL
1942	24	SFR	AA	7	10	.412	4.22	34	12		6	0		130.0	177	82	61		42	38	1	1	0			1.685	12.3		2.9	2.6	0.90	SFR · PCL
1943	25	SFR	AA	16	5	.762	3.47	26	19		13	4		166.0	175	73	64		45	60	1	0	5			1.325	9.5		2.4	3.3	1.33	SFR · PCL
1946	28	CHW-min	AAA	7	10	.412	2.83	22	19	3	10	1		140.0	144	63	44		40	61	0	0	4			1.314	9.3		2.6	3.9	1.53	MLW · AA
1947	29	ATL-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.58	30	23	7	11	1		176.0	179	78	70		51	75	1	0	1			1.307	9.2		2.6	3.8	1.47	MLW · AA
1948	30	ATL-min	AAA	14	8	.636	4.34	29			14	2		197.0	223	111	95		60	67	3	0	2			1.437	10.2		2.7	3.1	1.12	MLW · AA
1949	31	ATL-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.38	25			15	2		184.0	197	81	69		34	56	4	0	4			1.255	9.6		1.7	2.7	1.65	MLW · AA
1950	32	LAD-min	AAA	8	6	.571	2.02	49	1		1	0		98.0	72	28	22		31	39	0	3	2			1.051	6.6		2.8	3.6	1.26	MTL · IL
1950	32	BRO	NL	0	0		5.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	8	5	1	5	3	0	0	0	44	85	2.111	14.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
1951	33	LAD-min	AAA	15	4	.789	3.65	39	1		0	0		79.0	73	36	32		25	36	3	0	1			1.241	8.3		2.8	4.1	1.44	STP,MTL · AA,IL
1952	34	LAD-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.62	57	0		0	0		72.0	78	33	29		22	18	1	0	1			1.389	9.8		2.8	2.2	0.82	STP · AA
1953	35	LAD-min	AAA	5	2	.714		34																								MTL,STP · IL,AA
1954	36	BAL-min	AA,AAA	3	13	.188	4.85	47	6		1	1		52.0	59	29	28	2	11	27	4	0	2			1.346	10.2	0.3	1.9	4.7	2.45	SAN,RMD · TL,IL
2 Yrs				2	0	1.000	4.00	14	4	5	1	0	0	36.0	42	19	16	2	20	13	0	0	3	166	99	1.722	10.5	0.5	5.0	3.3	0.65
162 Game Avg.				8	0	1.000	4.00	53	15	19	4	0	0	136	159	72	60	8	76	49	0	0	11	627	99	1.722	10.5	0.5	5.0	3.3	0.65

BRO (1 yr)				0	0		5.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	8	5	1	5	3	0	0	0	44	85	2.111	14.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
CHC (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	0	0	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	0	0	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67

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
1938	20	CHC	NL	27.0	9	4	11	3.67	4.02	0.16	0.00	103.2	3.99	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.513	.501	$

1950	32	BRO	NL	9.0	5	0	8	8.00	4.72	0.22	0.00	97.3	4.38	-4	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-3	.432	.498	$
2 Seasons				36.0	14	4	19	4.75	4.20	0.17	0.00	101.7	4.09	-2	-0.2	.7	0.1	0.1	1	.484	.499	$

BRO (1 yr)				9.0	5	0	8	8.00	4.72	0.22	0.00	97.3	4.38	-4	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-3	.432	.498	$
CHC (1 yr)				27.0	9	4	11	3.67	4.02	0.16	0.00	103.2	3.99	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.513	.501	$

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	32	BRO	NL	5	44	37	8	14	4	1	1	1	0	5	3	.378	.452	.622	1.074	.394	23	0	0	2	0	1
1 Yr				5	44	37	8	14	4	1	1	1	0	5	3	.378	.452	.622	1.074	.394	23	0	0	2	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	598	503	109	190	54	14	14	14	0	68	41	.378	.452	.622	1.074	.394	313	0	0	27	0	14
MLB Averages																.263	.335	.338	.672	.280

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	32	BRO	NL	-1.8	-0.2	45	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.48	-0.3	0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.48	-2.7	0	1	4
2 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	45	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.48	-0.3	0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.48	-2.7	0	1	4

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1938	20	CHC	NL	9	4	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	1.000	0	1	0	1	25%	45.2	66	31	1	3	12.0		3.9
1 Yr				9	4	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	1.000	0	1	0	1	25%	45	66	31	1	3	12.0		3.9
MLB Averages													.500					52%	50	115	-20			4.5	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1938	20	CHC	NL	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														4	1		0	6.8

1950	32	BRO	NL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	.481	0	1	4	0	0	5	1	4	3	0	4	0	5.4
2 Yrs				14	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%		.481	0	1	4	0	0	5	1	4	7	1	4	0	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1938	20	CHC	NL	122		0.8%	8.2%	12.3%	1.6%	7%		78%

1950	32	BRO	NL	44	55%	2.3%	6.8%	11.4%	13.6%	43%	0.60	75%	7	0	0%
2 Yrs				166	55%	1.2%	7.8%	12.1%	4.8%	19%	0.60	77%	7	0	0%
MLB Averages					49%	1.6%	9.9%	9.9%	3.7%	15%	0.95	84%			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
1938	20	CHC	NL		28			1												3

1950	32	BRO	NL	44	14			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				44	42			2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	3	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1938	20	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1939	21	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1940	22	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1941	23	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1942	24	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1943	25	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1944	26	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1945	27	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1946	28	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1947	29	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1948	30	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1949	31	2	1.000	3.67	9	4	3	1	27.0	28	11	11	1	15	10	3	122	106	1.593	9.3	0.3	5.0	3.3	0.67	106
1950	32	2	1.000	4.00	14	4	5	1	36.0	42	19	16	2	20	13	3	166	99	1.722	10.5	0.5	5.0	3.3	0.65	99

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
1938	20	2	1	.667	3.54	28.0	29	12	11	1	16	10	0	1.607	9.3	5.1	3.2	0.63	0.3	9

1950	32	0	1	.000	5.00	9.0	14	6	5	1	5	3	0	2.111	14.0	5.0	3.0	0.60	1.0	5
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	3.89	37.0	43	18	16	2	21	13	0	1.730	10.5		3.2	0.62	0.5	14

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