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Roy Face

Elroy Leon Face

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: February 20, 1928 in Stephentown, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1953 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Expos/Tigers 1953-1969

Final Game: August 15, 1969 (Age 41)
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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
1953 25 PIT NL 6 8 .429 6.58 41 13 13 2 0 0 119.0 145 90 87 19 30 56 2 1 3 524 68 1.471 11.0 1.4 2.3 4.2 1.87
1955 27 PIT NL 5 7 .417 3.58 42 10 21 4 0 5 125.2 128 58 50 10 40 4 84 0 0 3 524 114 1.337 9.2 0.7 2.9 6.0 2.10
1956 28 PIT NL 12 13 .480 3.52 68 3 34 0 0 6 135.1 131 57 53 16 42 15 96 1 0 1 569 106 1.278 8.7 1.1 2.8 6.4 2.29
1957 29 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.07 59 1 32 0 0 10 93.2 97 41 32 9 24 5 53 1 0 2 395 124 1.292 9.3 0.9 2.3 5.1 2.21
1958 30 PIT NL 5 2 .714 2.89 57 0 40 0 0 20 84.0 77 30 27 6 22 6 47 0 0 2 341 134 1.179 8.3 0.6 2.4 5.0 2.14 MVP-17
1959 31 PIT NL 18 1 .947 2.70 57 0 47 0 0 10 93.1 91 29 28 5 25 8 69 1 0 4 380 142 1.243 8.8 0.5 2.4 6.7 2.76 AS,MVP-7
1960 32 PIT NL 10 8 .556 2.90 68 0 61 0 0 24 114.2 93 39 37 11 29 9 72 0 0 2 454 130 1.064 7.3 0.9 2.3 5.7 2.48 AS,MVP-12
1961 33 PIT NL 6 12 .333 3.82 62 0 47 0 0 17 92.0 94 44 39 12 10 4 55 1 0 5 373 104 1.130 9.2 1.2 1.0 5.4 5.50 AS
1962 34 PIT NL 8 7 .533 1.88 63 0 57 0 0 28 91.0 74 23 19 7 18 7 45 1 0 0 348 211 1.011 7.3 0.7 1.8 4.5 2.50
1963 35 PIT NL 3 9 .250 3.23 56 0 38 0 0 16 69.2 75 33 25 6 19 11 41 3 0 1 298 102 1.349 9.7 0.8 2.5 5.3 2.16
1964 36 PIT NL 3 3 .500 5.20 55 0 25 0 0 4 79.2 82 48 46 11 27 10 63 1 0 3 343 68 1.368 9.3 1.2 3.1 7.1 2.33
1965 37 PIT NL 5 2 .714 2.66 16 0 12 0 0 0 20.1 20 6 6 1 7 5 19 0 0 2 85 135 1.328 8.9 0.4 3.1 8.4 2.71
1966 38 PIT NL 6 6 .500 2.70 54 0 42 0 0 18 70.0 68 24 21 9 24 5 67 1 0 2 295 133 1.314 8.7 1.2 3.1 8.6 2.79
1967 39 PIT NL 7 5 .583 2.42 61 0 45 0 0 17 74.1 62 23 20 5 22 11 41 0 0 2 298 139 1.130 7.5 0.6 2.7 5.0 1.86
1968 40 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 2.55 45 0 33 0 0 13 53.0 48 17 15 3 8 3 35 2 0 0 211 116 1.057 8.2 0.5 1.4 5.9 4.38
1968 40 PIT NL 2 4 .333 2.60 43 0 33 0 0 13 52.0 46 17 15 3 7 2 34 2 0 0 206 113 1.019 8.0 0.5 1.2 5.9 4.86
1968 40 DET AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1969 41 MON NL 4 2 .667 3.94 44 0 27 0 0 5 59.1 62 29 26 11 15 3 34 0 1 0 253 94 1.298 9.4 1.7 2.3 5.2 2.27
16 Yrs 104 95 .523 3.48 848 27 574 6 0 193 1375.0 1347 591 531 141 362 106 877 14 2 32 5691 109 1.243 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.42
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .523 3.48 66 2 45 0 0 15 107 105 46 41 11 28 68 1 0 2 442 109 1.243 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.42
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
PIT (15 yrs) 100 93 .518 3.46 802 27 547 6 0 188 1314.2 1283 562 505 130 346 102 842 14 1 32 5433 110 1.239 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.8 2.43
MON (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.94 44 0 27 0 0 5 59.1 62 29 26 11 15 3 34 0 1 0 253 94 1.298 9.4 1.7 2.3 5.2 2.27
DET (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
NL (16 yrs) 104 95 .523 3.48 846 27 574 6 0 193 1374.0 1345 591 531 141 361 105 876 14 2 32 5686 109 1.242 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.43
AL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1953 25 PIT NL 119.0 41 13 90 6.81 4.98 -0.01 0.00 101.3 5.06 -22 -2.1 .8 -0.0 -0.9 -10 .449 .487
1955 27 PIT NL 125.2 42 10 58 4.15 4.56 -0.24 0.00 101.2 4.85 12 1.3 1.2 -0.0 2.6 23 .530 .508
1956 28 PIT NL 135.1 68 3 57 3.79 4.32 -0.02 0.00 100.0 4.34 10 1.1 1.3 -0.0 2.5 22 .517 .507
1957 29 PIT NL 93.2 59 1 41 3.94 4.52 0.33 0.00 99.1 4.15 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.2 12 .505 .502
1958 30 PIT NL 83.2 57 0 30 3.23 4.43 0.37 0.00 98.9 4.02 8 0.8 1.7 0.1 1.9 16 .515 .505 MVP-17
1959 31 PIT NL 93.1 57 0 29 2.80 4.50 0.02 0.00 98.6 4.42 16 1.7 1.8 0.5 3.2 26 .530 .511 AS,MVP-7
1960 32 PIT NL 114.2 68 0 39 3.06 4.17 0.23 -0.18 101.2 3.81 9 1.0 1.7 0.2 2.5 21 .515 .506 AS,MVP-12
1961 33 PIT NL 92.0 62 0 44 4.30 4.54 -0.05 -0.19 99.6 4.39 0 0.0 1.9 -0.1 0.9 11 .501 .500 AS
1962 34 PIT NL 91.0 63 0 23 2.27 4.40 0.06 -0.18 99.8 4.15 18 2.0 2.3 1.1 4.0 28 .531 .512
1963 35 PIT NL 69.2 56 0 33 4.26 3.75 0.01 -0.16 101.2 3.62 -6 -0.7 1.8 -0.4 -0.3 1 .488 .496
1964 36 PIT NL 79.2 55 0 48 5.42 4.23 -0.13 -0.18 100.2 4.19 -12 -1.3 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .476 .492
1965 37 PIT NL 20.1 16 0 6 2.66 3.81 0.29 -0.16 99.4 3.34 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.3 3 .511 .501
1966 38 PIT NL 70.0 54 0 24 3.09 3.98 0.06 -0.16 100.2 3.76 5 0.5 2.0 0.1 1.4 12 .510 .503
1967 39 PIT NL 74.1 61 0 23 2.78 3.74 -0.02 -0.16 98.6 3.55 5 0.6 1.8 0.1 1.5 13 .510 .504
1968 40 PIT NL 52.0 43 0 17 2.94 3.47 0.35 -0.15 98.3 2.92 -1 -0.1 1.9 -0.1 0.3 4 .498 .499 $30,000
1968 40 DET AL 1.0 2 0 0 0.00 3.74 0.40 -0.16 88.0 2.81 0 0.0 5.1 0.1 0.1 0 .521 .500
1969 41 MON NL 59.1 44 0 29 4.40 4.20 -0.34 -0.18 103.0 4.49 -0 0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.5 6 .500 .500 $30,000
16 Seasons 1374.2 848 27 591 3.87 4.31 0.04 -0.09 100.1 4.19 49 5.5 1.6 1.3 21.3 184 .507 .502 $60,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
PIT (15 yrs) 1314.1 802 27 562 3.85 4.32 0.06 -0.09 100.0 4.17 49 5.5 1.6 1.3 20.6 178 .507 .502 $30,000
MON (1 yr) 59.1 44 0 29 4.40 4.20 -0.34 -0.18 103.0 4.49 -0 0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.5 6 .500 .500 $30,000
DET (1 yr) 1.0 2 0 0 0.00 3.74 0.40 -0.16 88.0 2.81 0 0.0 5.1 0.1 0.1 0 .521 .500

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
1960 32 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 0 5.23 4 0 3 0 0 3 10.1 9 6 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 1.065 7.8 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.00
1 WS 0 0 5.23 4 0 3 0 0 3 10.1 9 6 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 1.065 7.8 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.00

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
1959 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 16.20 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 10.8 1.00
1959 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 4.5 0.0 9.0
1960 PIT NL 32 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8
1960 PIT NL 32
1961 PIT NL 33 0 0 0 54.00 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1961 PIT NL 33
3 Yrs (4 GP) 0 0 0 9.53 1 0 0 0 5.2 6 6 6 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 24 1.412 9.5 1.6 3.2 11.1 3.50

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
1953 25 PIT NL 41 376 490 90 145 20 5 19 0 1 30 56 .296 .339 .473 .813 .304 232 7 2 2 0 8
1955 27 PIT NL 42 343 475 58 128 16 3 10 4 4 40 84 .269 .324 .379 .703 .306 180 10 0 4 4 4 5
1956 28 PIT NL 68 366 512 57 131 5 1 16 1 1 42 96 .256 .313 .363 .676 .287 186 7 1 13 1 15 3
1957 29 PIT NL 59 376 359 41 97 17 4 9 1 1 24 53 .270 .311 .415 .726 .289 149 7 1 3 8 5 9
1958 30 PIT NL 57 328 316 30 77 8 0 6 2 1 22 47 .244 .293 .326 .619 .270 103 6 0 3 0 6 3
1959 31 PIT NL 57 369 343 29 91 6 3 5 4 4 25 69 .265 .315 .344 .659 .316 118 8 1 9 3 8 4
1960 32 PIT NL 68 457 414 39 93 15 3 11 4 1 29 72 .225 .272 .355 .627 .244 147 8 0 9 5 9 4
1961 33 PIT NL 62 373 352 44 94 7 4 12 0 2 10 55 .267 .287 .412 .699 .285 145 9 1 7 3 4 7
1962 34 PIT NL 63 347 321 23 74 10 1 7 1 1 18 45 .231 .270 .333 .603 .245 107 11 1 4 5 7 3
1963 35 PIT NL 56 281 263 33 75 7 2 6 2 4 19 41 .285 .338 .395 .733 .317 104 7 3 11 2 11 8
1964 36 PIT NL 55 321 305 48 82 14 4 11 0 3 27 63 .269 .324 .449 .774 .300 137 4 1 4 6 10 5
1965 37 PIT NL 16 79 76 6 20 2 2 1 0 0 7 19 .263 .321 .382 .703 .333 29 3 0 1 1 5 0
1966 38 PIT NL 54 273 260 24 68 3 1 9 2 1 24 67 .262 .325 .385 .710 .319 100 7 1 9 1 5 3
1967 39 PIT NL 61 287 270 23 62 7 1 5 2 0 22 41 .230 .286 .319 .604 .252 86 6 0 4 2 11 5
1968 40 DET AL 2 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 .667 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 40 PIT NL 43 172 193 17 46 3 0 3 0 3 7 34 .238 .271 .301 .571 .274 58 3 2 3 1 2 5
1968 40 TOT MLB 45 177 197 17 48 3 0 3 0 3 8 35 .244 .279 .305 .583 .281 60 3 2 3 1 3 5
1969 41 MON NL 44 253 236 29 62 9 1 11 1 1 15 34 .263 .307 .449 .756 .267 106 5 0 2 0 3 5
16 Yrs 848 5006 5189 591 1347 149 35 141 24 28 362 877 .260 .307 .383 .691 .286 1989 108 14 88 42 106 77
162 Game Avg. 66 389 403 46 105 12 3 11 2 2 28 68 .260 .307 .383 .691 .286 155 8 1 7 3 6
MLB Averages .252 .320 .380 .700 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1953 25 PIT NL -23.2 -2.2 416 -2.4 4.9 -7.4 .84 -1.7 -1.2 -23.4 -2.1 0.78 -15.3 4 4 14
1955 27 PIT NL 6.4 0.6 360 0.2 5.9 -5.7 .95 -1.1 1.3 -7.3 -0.7 0.95 -10.7 8 3 12
1956 28 PIT NL 4.8 0.5 377 0.4 9.6 -9.2 1.52 1.2 -0.9 10.2 1.1 1.52 11.8 18 19 12
1957 29 PIT NL 5.6 0.6 385 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 1.10 -0.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.10 -3.2 21 10 23
1958 30 PIT NL 9.6 1.0 338 1.9 8.3 -6.4 1.39 1.1 0.2 7.0 0.7 1.41 11.2 27 10 18
1959 31 PIT NL 13.4 1.4 386 1.2 11.9 -10.6 1.82 1.3 -0.6 10.2 1.1 1.80 14.7 29 9 17
1960 32 PIT NL 12.3 1.3 467 2.3 12.9 -10.6 1.49 1.9 -0.3 16.9 1.8 1.49 17.0 34 9 25
1961 33 PIT NL 1.7 0.2 383 -1.4 10.2 -11.6 1.59 0.5 -1.4 7.8 0.8 1.59 9.0 28 12 22
1962 34 PIT NL 20.5 2.1 355 3.0 12.5 -9.5 1.79 1.9 -0.3 20.4 2.1 1.78 20.6 41 9 13
1963 35 PIT NL -1.1 -0.1 290 0.1 7.4 -7.3 1.53 -0.4 0.4 1.3 0.1 1.53 -3.6 30 4 20
1964 36 PIT NL -13.0 -1.4 338 -0.9 3.6 -4.5 .69 -0.5 -0.7 -11.5 -1.2 0.68 -9.3 12 10 31
1965 37 PIT NL 2.5 0.3 81 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 1.33 -0.2 0.1 2.5 0.3 1.33 -0.5 3 4 7
1966 38 PIT NL 7.0 0.7 287 0.4 9.0 -8.6 1.85 0.0 0.2 6.3 0.7 1.82 1.5 28 6 17
1967 39 PIT NL 7.7 0.8 298 0.4 8.6 -8.3 1.74 1.0 -0.8 4.3 0.5 1.73 10.2 31 12 17
1968 40 TOT MLB 2.5 0.3 184 -0.3 5.6 -5.9 1.90 0.4 -0.6 4.1 0.5 1.92 3.5 21 2 16
1968 40 PIT NL 2.0 0.2 179 0.5 5.3 -4.8 1.81 0.6 -0.3 6.0 0.7 1.84 4.8 19 2 16
1968 40 DET AL 0.5 0.1 5 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 4.92 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 4.92 -1.3 2 0 0
1969 41 MON NL -1.4 -0.1 259 0.1 4.2 -4.1 .91 -0.5 0.6 -1.9 -0.2 0.91 -6.7 17 6 19
16 Yrs 55.4 5.9 5204 4.7 123.5 -118.8 1.39 4.4 -1.0 47.1 5.3 1.38 50.4 352 129 283
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1953 25 PIT NL 41 13 3 6 4 0 0 4 9 .308 1 3 2 0 4 31% 41.9 71 15 8 3 6 3 3.9 4.0 5.3
1955 27 PIT NL 42 10 4 6 0 0 1 4 6 .400 0 1 4 0 5 50% 52.6 75 18 6 1 7 0 2.8 2.6 7.0
1956 28 PIT NL 68 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45.3 73 25 21 8 2 1 3.7 1.8 5.3
1957 29 PIT NL 59 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 62.0 62 62 16 3 0 1 2.7 3.4 8.0
4 Yrs 210 27 8 13 6 0 1 9 18 .333 1 4 6 0 11 41% 47 75 15 51 15 15 5 3.4 3.4 6.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 52 118 -14 4.2 4.1 6.4

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
1953 25 PIT NL 41 28 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 53% .839 4 4 14 1 2 19 7 15 11 6 9 5 5.4
1955 27 PIT NL 42 32 21 1 1 3 5 0 167% 5 2 19 9 47% 7 .951 8 3 12 5 2 18 9 16 19 7 15 3 5.3
1956 28 PIT NL 68 65 34 11 12 9 6 5 67% 12 2 30 8 27% 1.525 18 19 12 14 11 24 17 32 43 14 32 26 5.5
1957 29 PIT NL 59 58 32 4 6 12 10 3 83% 14 2 47 20 43% 8 1.101 21 10 23 15 7 32 24 30 26 14 26 22 4.4
1958 30 PIT NL 57 57 40 5 2 23 20 3 87% 29 4 60 24 40% 8 1.390 27 10 18 30 8 18 32 24 29 16 29 15 4.4
1959 31 PIT NL 57 57 47 18 1 19 10 9 53% 21 1 36 19 53% 8 1.819 29 9 17 22 11 22 20 35 30 7 30 15 4.9
1960 32 PIT NL 68 68 61 10 8 29 24 5 83% 31 1 46 13 28% 8 1.488 34 9 25 32 14 22 27 41 41 8 42 21 5.1
1961 33 PIT NL 62 62 47 6 12 27 17 10 63% 27 0 41 13 32% 8 1.593 28 12 22 28 8 26 24 38 32 9 36 15 4.5
1962 34 PIT NL 63 63 57 8 7 35 28 7 80% 38 2 64 25 39% 8 1.790 41 9 13 39 9 15 36 27 31 16 31 24 4.3
1963 35 PIT NL 56 56 38 3 9 20 16 4 80% 20 0 42 5 12% 9 1.527 30 4 20 20 11 23 23 31 21 14 24 13 3.7
1964 36 PIT NL 55 55 25 3 3 5 4 1 80% 6 1 37 14 38% 7 .694 12 10 31 7 7 39 21 32 30 11 30 15 4.3
1965 37 PIT NL 16 16 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 9 1.326 3 4 7 0 3 11 4 10 3 3 3 1 3.8
1966 38 PIT NL 54 54 42 6 6 20 18 4 90% 22 2 48 14 29% 8 1.851 28 6 17 22 13 16 27 24 20 14 23 13 3.9
1967 39 PIT NL 61 61 45 7 5 22 17 5 77% 26 3 48 21 44% 9 1.744 31 12 17 26 15 19 29 31 23 21 23 22 3.7
1968 40 TOT MLB 45 45 33 2 4 17 13 4 76% 18 1 27 7 26% 1.900 21 2 16 18 9 13 14 26 13 13 13 12 3.5
1968 40 PIT NL 43 43 33 2 4 15 13 2 87% 16 1 23 4 17% 9 1.812 19 2 16 16 9 13 12 26 13 11 13 11 3.6
1968 40 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0% 2 0 4 3 75% 8 4.922 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1.5
1969 41 MON NL 44 44 27 4 2 6 5 1 83% 6 0 63 19 30% 7 .911 17 6 19 6 7 31 26 18 22 9 24 10 4.0
16 Yrs 848 821 574 96 82 247 193 61 78% 275 21 631 221 35% 1.391 352 129 283 285 137 348 340 430 394 182 390 232 4.4
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

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%
1953 25 PIT NL 524 60% 5.1% 14.9% 8.0% 11.7% 30% 0.63 110% 82 7 9%
1955 27 PIT NL 523 59% 2.9% 24.5% 11.7% 8.5% 23% 0.89 112% 80 10 13%
1956 28 PIT NL 568 57% 4.4% 26.2% 11.5% 6.0% 17% 0.99 110% 80 7 9%
1957 29 PIT NL 395 61% 2.4% 14.1% 6.4% 8.0% 31% 1.10 81% 75 7 9%
1958 30 PIT NL 341 60% 1.8% 14.3% 6.7% 4.3% 18% 1.05 80% 71 6 8%
1959 31 PIT NL 381 55% 1.4% 18.7% 6.8% 3.8% 15% 0.98 74% 103 8 8%
1960 32 PIT NL 457 54% 2.4% 15.8% 6.4% 6.4% 31% 1.00 74% 87 8 9%
1961 33 PIT NL 373 60% 3.2% 14.8% 2.7% 6.2% 25% 1.07 77% 86 9 10%
1962 34 PIT NL 349 63% 2.0% 13.0% 5.2% 5.2% 24% 0.76 79% 79 11 14%
1963 35 PIT NL 298 62% 2.1% 14.6% 6.8% 5.3% 20% 1.22 78% 76 7 9%
1964 36 PIT NL 343 63% 3.4% 19.6% 8.4% 9.0% 35% 1.28 74% 55 4 7%
1965 37 PIT NL 85 66% 1.3% 24.1% 8.9% 6.3% 25% 1.53 72% 18 3 17%
1966 38 PIT NL 295 60% 3.3% 24.5% 8.8% 4.8% 19% 1.16 68% 67 7 10%
1967 39 PIT NL 298 61% 1.7% 14.3% 7.7% 4.5% 21% 0.78 79% 74 6 8%
1968 40 TOT MLB 211 61% 1.7% 19.8% 4.5% 3.4% 13% 0.87 90% 40 3 8%
1968 40 PIT NL 206 61% 1.7% 19.8% 4.1% 3.5% 13% 0.88 91% 38 3 8%
1968 40 DET AL 5 60% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 60% 2 0 0%
1969 41 MON NL 253 59% 4.4% 13.4% 5.9% 8.3% 34% 1.04 75% 41 5 12%
16 Yrs 5694 60% 2.8% 17.5% 7.2% 6.5% 24% 0.97 84% 1114 108 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.2% 8.7% 6.4% 28% 1.04 75% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1953 25 PIT NL 376 145 19 0 10 9 6 8 7 26 22 2 85% 8 3 0 144 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 148
1955 27 PIT NL 343 128 10 0 9 7 2 4 5 24 15 4 63% 5 3 2 142 4 4 50% 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 180
1956 28 PIT NL 366 131 16 0 7 5 3 5 3 11 6 1 55% 3 1 2 139 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 202
1957 29 PIT NL 376 97 9 0 8 4 5 2 7 35 20 4 57% 9 2 0 151 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 19
1958 30 PIT NL 328 77 6 0 17 4 2 3 3 25 12 7 48% 3 2 2 131 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13
1959 31 PIT NL 369 91 5 0 14 2 3 4 1 30 16 4 53% 4 4 0 163 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 12
1960 32 PIT NL 457 93 11 0 12 6 5 2 9 25 11 2 44% 4 2 1 174 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1961 33 PIT NL 373 94 12 0 5 4 8 4 8 26 16 1 62% 7 5 1 145 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1962 34 PIT NL 347 74 7 0 5 2 5 2 5 17 12 0 71% 3 0 1 158 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2
1963 35 PIT NL 281 75 6 0 14 3 3 1 5 20 6 2 30% 8 1 0 133 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17
1964 36 PIT NL 321 82 11 2 13 5 6 6 5 32 16 5 50% 5 3 0 106 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 22
1965 37 PIT NL 79 20 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 11 3 4 27% 0 2 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
1966 38 PIT NL 273 68 9 0 12 3 6 2 7 11 2 1 18% 3 2 0 130 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22
1967 39 PIT NL 287 62 5 2 10 3 2 3 2 26 9 4 35% 5 2 1 131 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 11
1968 40 TOT MLB 177 48 3 0 7 1 1 2 0 10 5 1 50% 5 0 0 57 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 34
1968 40 PIT NL 172 46 3 0 6 1 1 2 0 9 5 1 56% 5 0 0 53 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 34
1968 40 DET AL 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 41 MON NL 253 62 11 2 24 6 5 11 0 17 7 2 41% 5 0 1 86 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 Yrs 5006 1347 141 6 174 65 62 60 67 346 178 44 51% 77 32 11 2019 24 28 46% 20 27 3 0 1 1 10 1 110 688
MLB Averages 50% 60%
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

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+
1953 25 6 8 .429 6.58 41 13 13 2 0 0 119.0 145 90 87 19 30 56 2 1 3 524 68 1.471 11.0 1.4 2.3 4.2 1.87 68
1954 26 6 8 .429 6.58 41 13 13 2 0 0 119.0 145 90 87 19 30 56 2 1 3 524 68 1.471 11.0 1.4 2.3 4.2 1.87 68
1955 27 11 15 .423 5.04 83 23 34 6 0 5 244.2 273 148 137 29 70 4 140 2 1 6 1048 85 1.402 10.0 1.1 2.6 5.1 2.00 85
1956 28 23 28 .451 4.50 151 26 68 6 0 11 380.0 404 205 190 45 112 19 236 3 1 7 1617 91 1.358 9.6 1.1 2.7 5.6 2.11 91
1957 29 27 34 .443 4.22 210 27 100 6 0 21 473.2 501 246 222 54 136 24 289 4 1 9 2012 96 1.345 9.5 1.0 2.6 5.5 2.13 96
1958 30 32 36 .471 4.02 267 27 140 6 0 41 557.2 578 276 249 60 158 30 336 4 1 11 2353 100 1.320 9.3 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.13 100
1959 31 50 37 .575 3.83 324 27 187 6 0 51 651.0 669 305 277 65 183 38 405 5 1 15 2733 104 1.309 9.2 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.21 104
1960 32 60 45 .571 3.69 392 27 248 6 0 75 765.2 762 344 314 76 212 47 477 5 1 17 3187 107 1.272 9.0 0.9 2.5 5.6 2.25 107
1961 33 66 57 .537 3.70 454 27 295 6 0 92 857.2 856 388 353 88 222 51 532 6 1 22 3560 107 1.257 9.0 0.9 2.3 5.6 2.40 107
1962 34 74 64 .536 3.53 517 27 352 6 0 120 948.2 930 411 372 95 240 58 577 7 1 22 3908 112 1.233 8.8 0.9 2.3 5.5 2.40 112
1963 35 77 73 .513 3.51 573 27 390 6 0 136 1018.1 1005 444 397 101 259 69 618 10 1 23 4206 112 1.241 8.9 0.9 2.3 5.5 2.39 112
1964 36 80 76 .513 3.63 628 27 415 6 0 140 1098.0 1087 492 443 112 286 79 681 11 1 26 4549 107 1.250 8.9 0.9 2.3 5.6 2.38 107
1965 37 85 78 .521 3.61 644 27 427 6 0 140 1118.1 1107 498 449 113 293 84 700 11 1 28 4634 107 1.252 8.9 0.9 2.4 5.6 2.39 107
1966 38 91 84 .520 3.56 698 27 469 6 0 158 1188.1 1175 522 470 122 317 89 767 12 1 30 4929 108 1.256 8.9 0.9 2.4 5.8 2.42 108
1967 39 98 89 .524 3.49 759 27 514 6 0 175 1262.2 1237 545 490 127 339 100 808 12 1 32 5227 110 1.248 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.8 2.38 110
1968 40 100 93 .518 3.45 804 27 547 6 0 188 1315.2 1285 562 505 130 347 103 843 14 1 32 5438 110 1.240 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.8 2.43 110
1969 41 104 95 .523 3.48 848 27 574 6 0 193 1375.0 1347 591 531 141 362 106 877 14 2 32 5691 109 1.243 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.42 109

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1953 25 4 9 .308 5.93 123.0 143 90 81 19 30 58 2 1.407 10.5 2.2 4.2 1.93 1.4 41
1955 27 8 6 .571 3.64 126.0 132 57 51 10 41 84 0 1.373 9.4 2.9 6.0 2.05 0.7 42
1956 28 8 7 .533 3.84 136.0 141 64 58 17 45 96 1 1.368 9.3 3.0 6.4 2.13 1.1 68
1957 29 6 4 .600 3.22 95.0 102 38 34 9 25 54 1 1.337 9.7 2.4 5.1 2.16 0.9 59
1958 30 6 3 .667 3.07 85.0 82 32 29 6 23 47 0 1.235 8.7 2.4 5.0 2.04 0.6 57
1959 31 6 4 .600 3.07 91.0 97 34 31 5 27 67 1 1.363 9.6 2.7 6.6 2.48 0.5 57
1960 32 7 5 .583 3.13 115.0 99 44 40 12 31 72 0 1.130 7.7 2.4 5.6 2.32 0.9 68
1961 33 5 5 .500 3.83 94.0 98 44 40 13 10 56 1 1.149 9.4 1.0 5.4 5.60 1.2 62
1962 34 7 2 .778 1.91 85.0 73 20 18 7 18 42 1 1.071 7.7 1.9 4.4 2.33 0.7 63
1963 35 3 4 .429 4.08 64.0 81 32 29 6 21 38 3 1.594 11.4 3.0 5.3 1.81 0.8 56
1964 36 2 6 .250 6.04 76.0 86 57 51 12 28 60 1 1.500 10.2 3.3 7.1 2.14 1.4 55
1965 37 1 1 .500 3.32 19.0 21 8 7 1 7 17 0 1.474 9.9 3.3 8.1 2.43 0.5 16
1966 38 4 3 .571 3.14 66.0 71 26 23 9 25 63 1 1.455 9.7 3.4 8.6 2.52 1.2 54
1967 39 4 3 .571 3.00 69.0 67 26 23 5 24 38 0 1.319 8.7 3.1 5.0 1.58 0.7 61
1968 40 3 2 .600 3.75 48.0 55 22 20 3 9 32 2 1.333 10.3 1.7 6.0 3.56 0.6 45
1969 41 3 3 .500 4.34 58.0 64 31 28 11 15 33 0 1.362 9.9 2.3 5.1 2.20 1.7 44
16 Yrs 77 67 .535 3.75 1350.0 1412 625 563 145 379 857 14 1.327 9.4 5.7 2.26 1.0 848

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1976 BBWAA ( 5.9%)
1977 BBWAA ( 8.6%)
1978 BBWAA ( 7.1%)
1979 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1980 BBWAA ( 5.5%)
1981 BBWAA ( 5.7%)
1982 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1983 BBWAA ( 8.6%)
1984 BBWAA (16.1%)
1985 BBWAA (15.7%)
1986 BBWAA (17.4%)
1987 BBWAA (18.9%)
1988 BBWAA (18.5%)
1989 BBWAA (10.5%)
1990 BBWAA (11.3%)

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 NL (17, 2%)
1959 NL (7, 20%)
1960 NL (12, 14%)
0.36 Career Shares (551st)

Wins s c a p y
1959 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 NL  .947 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  2.370 (223rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL  68 (1st)
1957 NL  59 (2nd)
1958 NL  57 (2nd)
1959 NL  57 (6th)
1960 NL  68 (1st)
1961 NL  62 (3rd)
1962 NL  63 (4th)
1963 NL  56 (6th)
1967 NL  61 (4th)
Career  848 (36th)

Saves s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (8th)
1957 NL  10 (5th)
1958 NL  20 (1st)
1959 NL  10 (5th)
1960 NL  24 (2nd)
1961 NL  17 (1st)
1962 NL  28 (1st)
1963 NL  16 (3rd)
1966 NL  18 (2nd)
1967 NL  17 (2nd)
1968 NL  13 (5th)
Career  193 (45th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.423 (115th)

Losses s c a p y
1956 NL  13 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL  21 (7th)
1956 NL  34 (5th)
1957 NL  32 (4th)
1958 NL  40 (1st)
1959 NL  47 (3rd)
1960 NL  61 (1st)
1961 NL  47 (1st)
1962 NL  57 (1st)
1963 NL  38 (5th)
1966 NL  42 (3rd)
1967 NL  45 (3rd)
1968 NL  33 (9th)
Career  574 (20th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  20 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1962 NL  2.1 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1960 NL  16.88 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 NL  2.3 (10th)
1962 NL  3.0 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1960 NL  1.9 (9th)
1962 NL  1.9 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1960 NL  1.8 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 NL  born 1928-02-20 (8th)
1966 NL  born 1928-02-20 (3rd)
1967 NL  born 1928-02-20 (3rd)
1968 NL  born 1928-02-20 (3rd)
1968 AL  born 1928-02-20 (2nd)
1969 NL  born 1928-02-20 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 14 (162), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 49 (529), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 56 (232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (752), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (52nd), 20.9 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  11. Bill Campbell (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Campbell (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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