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Carl Erskine

Carl Daniel Erskine (Oisk)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 13, 1926 in Anderson, IN
High School: Anderson HS (Anderson, IN)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1948
Team: Dodgers 1948-1959

Final Game: June 14, 1959
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All-Star

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 21 BRO NL 6 3 .667 3.23 17 9 4 3 0 0 64.0 51 28 23 5 35 29 1 0 0 263 124 1.344 7.2 0.7 4.9 4.1 0.83
1949 22 BRO NL 8 1 .889 4.63 22 3 8 2 0 0 79.2 68 44 41 6 51 49 2 0 1 348 89 1.494 7.7 0.7 5.8 5.5 0.96
1950 23 BRO NL 7 6 .538 4.72 22 13 4 3 0 1 103.0 109 56 54 15 35 50 1 0 0 441 87 1.398 9.5 1.3 3.1 4.4 1.43
1951 24 BRO NL 16 12 .571 4.46 46 19 18 7 0 4 189.2 206 105 94 23 78 95 2 0 0 829 88 1.497 9.8 1.1 3.7 4.5 1.22
1952 25 BRO NL 14 6 .700 2.70 33 26 3 10 4 2 206.2 167 72 62 17 71 131 2 1 6 836 136 1.152 7.3 0.7 3.1 5.7 1.85
1953 26 BRO NL 20 6 .769 3.54 39 33 4 16 4 3 246.2 213 106 97 21 95 187 3 0 4 1030 121 1.249 7.8 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.97 MVP-9
1954 27 BRO NL 18 15 .545 4.15 38 37 1 12 2 1 260.1 239 128 120 31 92 166 4 0 6 1098 99 1.271 8.3 1.1 3.2 5.7 1.80 AS
1955 28 BRO NL 11 8 .579 3.79 31 29 1 7 2 1 194.2 185 89 82 29 64 3 84 0 0 4 808 108 1.279 8.6 1.3 3.0 3.9 1.31
1956 29 BRO NL 13 11 .542 4.25 31 28 2 8 1 0 186.1 189 92 88 25 57 5 95 1 0 6 790 94 1.320 9.1 1.2 2.8 4.6 1.67
1957 30 BRO NL 5 3 .625 3.55 15 7 3 1 0 0 66.0 62 27 26 8 20 1 26 0 0 4 274 117 1.242 8.5 1.1 2.7 3.5 1.30
1958 31 LAD NL 4 4 .500 5.13 31 9 11 2 1 0 98.1 115 61 56 14 35 3 54 0 0 6 436 81 1.525 10.5 1.3 3.2 4.9 1.54
1959 32 LAD NL 0 3 .000 7.71 10 3 2 0 0 1 23.1 33 22 20 5 13 1 15 0 0 1 117 56 1.971 12.7 1.9 5.0 5.8 1.15
12 Yrs 122 78 .610 4.00 335 216 61 71 14 13 1718.2 1637 830 763 199 646 13 981 16 1 38 7270 101 1.328 8.6 1.0 3.4 5.1 1.52
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .610 4.00 41 27 8 9 2 2 212 202 102 94 25 80 121 2 0 5 897 101 1.328 8.6 1.0 3.4 5.1 1.52

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 21 BRO NL 64.0 17 9 28 3.94 4.39 0.11 0.00 102.1 4.37 3 0.3 1.2 -0.0 0.9 10 .518 .502 $
1949 22 BRO NL 79.2 22 3 44 4.97 4.48 0.25 0.00 102.3 4.33 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.1 4 .473 .496 $
1950 23 BRO NL 103.0 22 13 56 4.89 4.78 0.19 0.00 98.6 4.53 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.1 0.5 8 .484 .498 $
1951 24 BRO NL 189.2 46 19 105 4.98 4.40 0.27 0.00 99.0 4.09 -19 -1.9 1.3 -0.3 -0.5 2 .458 .488 $
1952 25 BRO NL 206.2 33 26 72 3.14 4.09 0.10 0.00 98.4 3.92 18 2.1 1.1 -0.1 3.8 39 .563 .513 $
1953 26 BRO NL 246.2 39 33 106 3.87 4.74 0.31 0.00 99.5 4.41 17 1.7 2.7 -0.0 3.9 44 .544 .511 $ MVP-9
1954 27 BRO NL 260.1 38 37 128 4.43 4.60 0.15 0.00 101.3 4.50 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 2.5 31 .508 .502 $ AS
1955 28 BRO NL 194.2 31 29 89 4.11 4.47 0.44 0.00 100.4 4.05 2 0.2 2.3 -0.1 1.9 20 .508 .501 $
1956 29 BRO NL 186.1 31 28 92 4.44 4.29 0.60 0.00 104.0 3.84 -9 -0.9 2.2 -0.1 0.7 7 .471 .494 $
1957 30 BRO NL 66.0 15 7 27 3.68 4.47 0.27 0.00 103.1 4.34 5 0.6 .4 -0.1 1.1 12 .540 .504 $
1958 31 LAD NL 98.1 31 9 61 5.58 4.42 -0.18 0.00 106.2 4.88 -8 -0.8 .4 -0.0 0.1 3 .474 .495 $21,000
1959 32 LAD NL 23.1 10 3 22 8.49 4.64 -0.01 0.00 110.1 5.12 -9 -0.9 .6 0.1 -0.6 -6 .414 .495 $17,000
12 Seasons 1718.2 335 216 830 4.35 4.47 0.25 0.00 101.0 4.26 -4 -0.1 1.1 -1.0 14.4 174 .500 .500 $38,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1949 22 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.400 16.2 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1952 25 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 4.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 12 10 9 1 10 0 10 0 0 1 72 1.222 6.0 0.5 5.0 5.0 1.00
1953 26 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 5.79 3 3 0 1 0 0 14.0 14 9 9 0 9 1 16 2 0 1 67 1.643 9.0 0.0 5.8 10.3 1.78
1955 28 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1956 29 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.200 7.2 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
5 Yrs (5 Series) 2 2 .500 5.83 11 7 2 2 0 0 41.2 36 28 27 2 24 2 31 2 0 2 182 1.440 7.8 0.4 5.2 6.7 1.29
5 WS 2 2 .500 5.83 11 7 2 2 0 0 41.2 36 28 27 2 24 2 31 2 0 2 182 1.440 7.8 0.4 5.2 6.7 1.29

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 BRO NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5

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 21 BRO NL 17 267 225 28 51 6 2 5 1 4 35 29 .227 .333 .338 .671 .241 76 12 1 6 0 3
1949 22 BRO NL 22 348 288 44 68 13 1 6 6 0 51 49 .236 .355 .351 .706 .266 101 7 2 7 0 2
1950 23 BRO NL 22 445 404 56 109 17 5 15 3 3 35 50 .270 .330 .448 .778 .277 181 7 1 5 0 4
1951 24 BRO NL 46 830 736 105 206 28 6 23 3 6 78 95 .280 .350 .428 .778 .296 315 18 2 14 0 7
1952 25 BRO NL 33 836 758 72 167 34 7 17 5 5 71 131 .220 .289 .351 .640 .246 266 13 2 5 0 6
1953 26 BRO NL 39 1030 925 106 213 42 8 21 2 6 95 187 .230 .304 .361 .665 .268 334 18 3 6 0 16
1954 27 BRO NL 38 1098 982 128 239 46 7 31 4 3 92 166 .243 .310 .399 .709 .264 392 19 4 16 4 16
1955 28 BRO NL 31 808 732 89 185 30 6 29 2 8 64 84 .253 .312 .429 .741 .251 314 16 0 10 2 3 9
1956 29 BRO NL 31 790 715 92 189 31 8 25 0 5 57 95 .264 .317 .435 .752 .272 311 11 1 10 7 5 7
1957 30 BRO NL 15 274 250 27 62 10 1 8 3 1 20 26 .248 .301 .392 .693 .248 98 7 0 2 2 1 3
1958 31 LAD NL 31 436 387 61 115 30 3 14 5 2 35 54 .297 .353 .499 .852 .314 193 9 0 11 3 3 6
1959 32 LAD NL 10 117 103 22 33 9 1 5 0 1 13 15 .320 .397 .573 .969 .337 59 1 0 1 0 1 3
12 Yrs 335 7279 6505 830 1637 296 55 199 34 44 646 981 .252 .320 .406 .726 .269 2640 138 16 93 18 13 82
162 Game Avg. 41 898 803 102 202 37 7 25 4 5 80 121 .252 .320 .406 .726 .269 326 17 2 11 2 10
MLB Averages .260 .333 .383 .717 .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
1948 21 BRO NL 4.7 0.5 271 0.5 5.1 -4.6 1.05 0.1 0.4 6.5 0.7 1.05 1.6 2 2 4
1949 22 BRO NL -3.2 -0.3 355 1.2 4.6 -3.4 .71 0.1 1.6 -2.3 -0.2 0.71 -0.5 3 9 7
1950 23 BRO NL -4.6 -0.4 453 -0.8 8.3 -9.1 1.06 -0.2 -0.6 -2.3 -0.2 1.06 -0.8 4 3 2
1951 24 BRO NL -10.8 -1.1 841 -0.8 15.5 -16.4 1.09 -0.6 -0.2 -11.7 -1.2 1.09 -9.8 9 9 9
1952 25 BRO NL 21.7 2.3 862 1.8 15.4 -13.6 1.00 2.0 -0.2 21.8 2.4 1.00 23.4 1 4 1
1953 26 BRO NL 22.3 2.2 1048 3.6 19.3 -15.7 .99 2.7 0.9 30.8 3.1 0.99 34.4 5 1 0
1954 27 BRO NL 2.4 0.2 1115 1.4 22.3 -20.9 1.10 0.5 0.7 5.5 0.5 1.10 9.0 0 0 1
1955 28 BRO NL 8.0 0.8 821 1.6 16.3 -14.7 1.06 0.1 1.4 12.1 1.2 1.06 1.7 2 0 0
1956 29 BRO NL -0.7 -0.1 805 0.1 15.1 -15.0 1.07 0.2 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 1.06 0.1 2 1 0
1957 30 BRO NL 5.2 0.5 284 0.2 4.6 -4.4 .93 0.2 0.1 4.4 0.4 0.93 2.4 0 1 7
1958 31 LAD NL -9.8 -1.0 449 -1.0 5.5 -6.5 .80 -1.6 0.4 -9.4 -0.9 0.80 -14.2 1 4 17
1959 32 LAD NL -8.1 -0.8 118 -0.8 1.0 -1.9 .66 -0.9 -0.3 -9.1 -0.8 0.66 -11.1 0 3 3
12 Yrs 27.2 3.0 7422 7.0 133.0 -126.0 1.01 2.6 4.4 44.2 4.8 1.01 36.2 29 37 51

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
1948 21 BRO NL 17 9 3 2 4 0 0 7 2 .778 0 1 3 0 3 33% 50.2 76 31 9 4 7 1 5.3 5.8 5.7
1949 22 BRO NL 22 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 2 0 1 33% 57.0 79 38 9 2 1 2 8.5 7.4 7.7
1950 23 BRO NL 22 13 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 .538 1 0 3 0 6 46% 47.9 79 16 17 9 9 0 5.5 6.4 6.3
1951 24 BRO NL 46 19 8 6 5 2 2 12 7 .632 0 4 7 0 8 42% 46.2 80 19 22 6 8 4 6.0 5.7 6.0
1952 25 BRO NL 33 26 13 5 8 2 3 19 7 .731 1 5 10 4 17 65% 58.6 91 24 8 3 10 5 4.9 4.3 6.9
1953 26 BRO NL 39 33 19 6 8 6 1 26 7 .788 0 7 16 4 15 45% 56.4 88 15 12 4 13 3 7.0 6.8 7.0
1954 27 BRO NL 38 37 18 15 4 5 3 20 17 .541 2 1 12 2 16 43% 52.8 89 23 20 6 18 5 4.4 4.3 7.0
1955 28 BRO NL 31 29 10 8 11 3 3 14 14 .500 2 5 7 2 16 55% 51.7 91 17 17 7 8 5 4.5 4.4 6.6
1956 29 BRO NL 31 28 11 10 7 3 4 15 13 .536 0 5 8 1 14 50% 50.2 88 20 18 3 8 10 4.3 4.7 6.4
1957 30 BRO NL 15 7 4 3 0 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 1 0 5 71% 56.6 76 36 11 1 1 3 4.1 3.4 6.7
1958 31 LAD NL 31 9 3 3 3 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 2 1 2 22% 45.3 79 24 14 11 1 4 4.9 5.3 6.3
1959 32 LAD NL 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.7 38 27 7 6 2 1 3.3 2.6 2.2
12 Yrs 335 216 97 67 52 24 18 132 83 .614 6 31 71 14 103 48% 52 91 15 164 62 86 43 5.1 5.1 6.6
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.5 4.5 6.5

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 21 BRO NL 17 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 17% 9 1.055 2 2 4 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 3 1 4.6
1949 22 BRO NL 22 19 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 38% 3 .709 3 9 7 2 4 13 10 9 14 4 14 3 8.9
1950 23 BRO NL 22 9 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 6 75% 7 1.060 4 3 2 1 3 5 6 3 5 2 5 2 6.9
1951 24 BRO NL 46 27 18 8 6 5 4 1 80% 5 0 17 5 29% 8 1.090 9 9 9 9 4 14 7 20 19 1 19 5 8.4
1952 25 BRO NL 33 7 3 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 8 7 88% 1 .998 1 4 1 3 1 3 4 3 5 1 5 1 11.3
1953 26 BRO NL 39 6 4 1 0 5 3 2 60% 5 0 6 1 17% 6 .994 5 1 0 5 1 0 2 4 5 1 5 1 8.3
1954 27 BRO NL 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.098 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4.0
1955 28 BRO NL 31 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 2 1 50% 7 1.056 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
1956 29 BRO NL 31 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1.065 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 8.3
1957 30 BRO NL 15 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 .925 0 1 7 1 0 7 3 5 6 2 6 0 7.1
1958 31 LAD NL 31 22 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 9 47% 8 .802 1 4 17 0 0 22 8 14 11 5 12 4 5.7
1959 32 LAD NL 10 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 4 44% 2 .662 0 3 3 2 0 5 5 2 6 0 6 0 7.1
12 Yrs 335 119 61 25 11 17 13 4 76% 18 0 99 42 42% 1.009 29 37 51 28 15 76 53 66 79 18 80 19 7.5

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 21 BRO NL 267 64% 1.9% 10.9% 13.1% 4.9% 26% 0.89 72% 70 12 17%
1949 22 BRO NL 348 68% 1.7% 14.1% 14.7% 5.8% 29% 0.83 67% 81 7 9%
1950 23 BRO NL 445 56% 3.4% 11.2% 7.9% 8.3% 34% 1.19 76% 78 7 9%
1951 24 BRO NL 830 55% 2.8% 11.5% 9.4% 6.9% 28% 0.90 74% 191 18 9%
1952 25 BRO NL 836 52% 2.0% 15.7% 8.5% 6.9% 35% 0.96 73% 142 13 9%
1953 26 BRO NL 1030 55% 2.0% 18.2% 9.2% 6.9% 33% 0.96 70% 203 18 9%
1954 27 BRO NL 1098 60% 2.8% 15.1% 8.4% 7.7% 35% 0.97 72% 204 19 9%
1955 28 BRO NL 808 64% 3.6% 10.4% 7.9% 8.0% 35% 0.85 77% 140 16 11%
1956 29 BRO NL 790 61% 3.2% 12.0% 7.2% 8.1% 34% 1.01 76% 161 11 7%
1957 30 BRO NL 274 58% 2.9% 9.5% 7.3% 6.9% 31% 1.02 80% 43 7 16%
1958 31 LAD NL 436 66% 3.2% 12.4% 8.0% 10.8% 41% 1.21 74% 82 9 11%
1959 32 LAD NL 117 73% 4.3% 12.8% 11.1% 12.8% 46% 1.25 71% 20 1 5%
12 Yrs 7279 59% 2.7% 13.5% 8.9% 7.6% 34% 0.97 73% 1415 138 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.6% 10.7% 6.9% 26% 0.97 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 21 BRO NL 267 51 5 0 6 5 0 3 2 16 8 1 50% 3 0 0 107 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1949 22 BRO NL 348 68 6 0 10 4 2 3 3 22 9 2 41% 2 1 0 154 6 0 100% 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1950 23 BRO NL 445 109 15 1 4 12 3 4 11 18 11 1 61% 4 0 1 166 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1951 24 BRO NL 830 206 23 0 27 16 7 14 9 49 22 3 45% 7 0 1 321 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1952 25 BRO NL 836 167 17 0 12 12 5 10 7 42 17 10 40% 6 6 4 286 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 15 0
1953 26 BRO NL 1030 213 21 2 32 13 8 14 7 57 27 11 47% 16 4 1 367 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
1954 27 BRO NL 1098 239 31 1 17 20 11 17 14 45 20 4 44% 16 6 0 402 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 14 0
1955 28 BRO NL 808 185 29 0 13 18 11 12 17 33 12 2 36% 9 4 0 274 2 8 20% 2 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 8 0
1956 29 BRO NL 790 189 25 1 7 20 5 13 12 39 23 0 59% 7 6 2 288 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1957 30 BRO NL 274 62 8 0 3 4 4 6 2 9 5 1 56% 3 4 0 95 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
1958 31 LAD NL 436 115 14 0 14 12 2 10 4 30 16 4 53% 6 6 0 157 5 2 71% 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
1959 32 LAD NL 117 33 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 3 3 0 100% 3 1 0 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Yrs 7279 1637 199 5 151 139 60 108 91 363 173 39 48% 82 38 9 2664 34 44 44% 31 39 2 1 1 4 23 1 90 0
MLB Averages 52% 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 21 6 3 .667 3.23 17 9 4 3 0 0 64.0 51 28 23 5 35 29 1 0 0 263 124 1.344 7.2 0.7 4.9 4.1 0.83 124
1949 22 14 4 .778 4.01 39 12 12 5 0 0 143.2 119 72 64 11 86 78 3 0 1 611 102 1.427 7.5 0.7 5.4 4.9 0.91 102
1950 23 21 10 .677 4.31 61 25 16 8 0 1 246.2 228 128 118 26 121 128 4 0 1 1052 95 1.415 8.3 0.9 4.4 4.7 1.06 95
1951 24 37 22 .627 4.37 107 44 34 15 0 5 436.1 434 233 212 49 199 223 6 0 1 1881 92 1.451 9.0 1.0 4.1 4.6 1.12 92
1952 25 51 28 .646 3.84 140 70 37 25 4 7 643.0 601 305 274 66 270 354 8 1 7 2717 102 1.355 8.4 0.9 3.8 5.0 1.31 102
1953 26 71 34 .676 3.75 179 103 41 41 8 10 889.2 814 411 371 87 365 541 11 1 11 3747 107 1.325 8.2 0.9 3.7 5.5 1.48 107
1954 27 89 49 .645 3.84 217 140 42 53 10 11 1150.0 1053 539 491 118 457 707 15 1 17 4845 105 1.313 8.2 0.9 3.6 5.5 1.55 105
1955 28 100 57 .637 3.84 248 169 43 60 12 12 1344.2 1238 628 573 147 521 3 791 15 1 21 5653 105 1.308 8.3 1.0 3.5 5.3 1.52 105
1956 29 113 68 .624 3.89 279 197 45 68 13 12 1531.0 1427 720 661 172 578 8 886 16 1 27 6443 104 1.310 8.4 1.0 3.4 5.2 1.53 104
1957 30 118 71 .624 3.87 294 204 48 69 13 12 1597.0 1489 747 687 180 598 9 912 16 1 31 6717 104 1.307 8.4 1.0 3.4 5.1 1.53 104
1958 31 122 75 .619 3.94 325 213 59 71 14 12 1695.1 1604 808 743 194 633 12 966 16 1 37 7153 103 1.320 8.5 1.0 3.4 5.1 1.53 103
1959 32 122 78 .610 4.00 335 216 61 71 14 13 1718.2 1637 830 763 199 646 13 981 16 1 38 7270 101 1.328 8.6 1.0 3.4 5.1 1.52 101

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 21 3 3 .500 3.34 62.0 53 26 23 5 36 28 1 1.435 7.7 5.2 4.1 0.78 0.7 17
1949 22 3 5 .375 4.67 79.0 69 46 41 6 52 49 2 1.532 7.9 5.9 5.6 0.94 0.7 22
1950 23 5 6 .455 4.67 104.0 112 60 54 15 36 50 1 1.423 9.7 3.1 4.3 1.39 1.3 22
1951 24 8 12 .400 4.69 188.0 214 109 98 24 81 94 2 1.569 10.2 3.9 4.5 1.16 1.1 46
1952 25 14 8 .636 3.07 205.0 181 78 70 18 77 130 2 1.259 7.9 3.4 5.7 1.69 0.8 33
1953 26 16 12 .571 3.34 253.0 213 104 94 21 95 192 3 1.217 7.6 3.4 6.8 2.02 0.7 39
1954 27 15 15 .500 4.03 270.0 246 134 121 32 95 172 4 1.263 8.2 3.2 5.7 1.81 1.1 38
1955 28 11 10 .524 3.84 197.0 192 93 84 30 66 85 0 1.310 8.8 3.0 3.9 1.29 1.4 31
1956 29 10 11 .476 4.31 190.0 196 101 91 26 59 97 1 1.342 9.3 2.8 4.6 1.64 1.2 31
1957 30 4 3 .571 3.44 68.0 63 29 26 8 20 27 0 1.221 8.3 2.6 3.6 1.35 1.1 15
1958 31 4 7 .364 4.94 102.0 118 62 56 14 36 56 0 1.510 10.4 3.2 4.9 1.56 1.2 31
1959 32 1 1 .500 6.84 25.0 33 21 19 5 13 16 0 1.840 11.9 4.7 5.8 1.23 1.8 10
12 Yrs 94 93 .503 4.01 1743.0 1690 863 777 204 666 996 16 1.352 8.7 5.1 1.50 1.1 335

* 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 3.2%)
1969 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1974 BBWAA ( 3.0%)

All-Star Games
1954 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1953 NL (9, 16%)
0.16 Career Shares (804th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1953 NL  3.9 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL  2.70 (6th)
1953 NL  3.54 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1951 NL  16 (10th)
1952 NL  14 (9th)
1953 NL  20 (3rd)
1954 NL  18 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1952 NL  .700 (5th)
1953 NL  .769 (1st)
1955 NL  .579 (8th)
Career  .610 (91st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 NL  1.152 (4th)
1953 NL  1.249 (5th)
1954 NL  1.271 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  7.273 (3rd)
1953 NL  7.772 (5th)
1954 NL  8.263 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  4.508 (9th)
1952 NL  5.705 (5th)
1953 NL  6.823 (2nd)
1954 NL  5.739 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 NL  46 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1951 NL  4 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 NL  246.7 (4th)
1954 NL  260.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL  131 (6th)
1953 NL  187 (2nd)
1954 NL  166 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1953 NL  33 (2nd)
1954 NL  37 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL  16 (5th)
1954 NL  12 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 NL  4 (7th)
1953 NL  4 (4th)
1955 NL  2 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  23 (7th)
1954 NL  31 (2nd)
1955 NL  29 (4th)
1956 NL  25 (10th)
Career  199 (210th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  95 (5th)
1954 NL  92 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  213 (9th)
1954 NL  239 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  1.845 (10th)
1953 NL  1.968 (5th)
1954 NL  1.804 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  0.766 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1954 NL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  97 (8th)
1954 NL  120 (1st)
1956 NL  88 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 NL  6 (6th)
1953 NL  4 (10th)
1954 NL  6 (4th)
1956 NL  6 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 NL  1,030 (4th)
1954 NL  1,098 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 NL  18 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL  136 (6th)
1953 NL  121 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  22 (8th)
1953 NL  22 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  2.3 (8th)
1953 NL  2.2 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 NL  21.76 (10th)
1953 NL  30.76 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 NL  3.6 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.0 (7th)
1953 NL  2.7 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.4 (10th)
1953 NL  3.1 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 70 (353), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 48 (285), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Matt Morris (942)
  2. Bruce Kison (938)
  3. Jack McDowell (938)
  4. Rip Collins (937)
  5. Bob Walk (936)
  6. Tom Browning (934)
  7. Josh Beckett (933)
  8. Pat Malone (933)
  9. Storm Davis (931)
  10. Doc Medich (930)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Julian Tavarez (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Orth (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Clark Griffith (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy Loes (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Schoolboy Rowe (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dennis Martinez (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Storm Davis (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Freddy Garcia (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack McDowell (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bartolo Colon (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Pat Hentgen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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