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Cliff Fannin

Clifford Bryson Fannin (Mule)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 13, 1924 in Louisa, KY
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1945
Team: Browns 1945-1952

Final Game: September 27, 1952
Died: December 11, 1966 in Sandusky, OH
Buried: Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery, Sylvania, OH
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:34AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
1945 21 SLB AL 0 0 2.61 5 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 8 3 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 41 142 1.258 7.0 0.0 4.4 4.4 1.00
1946 22 SLB AL 5 2 .714 3.01 27 7 11 4 1 2 86.2 76 37 29 4 42 52 1 1 2 373 125 1.362 7.9 0.4 4.4 5.4 1.24
1947 23 SLB AL 6 8 .429 3.58 26 18 6 6 2 1 145.2 134 70 58 10 77 77 1 0 2 637 109 1.449 8.3 0.6 4.8 4.8 1.00
1948 24 SLB AL 10 14 .417 4.17 34 29 3 10 3 1 213.2 198 106 99 14 104 102 1 0 3 921 109 1.413 8.3 0.6 4.4 4.3 0.98 MVP-32
1949 25 SLB AL 8 14 .364 6.17 30 25 2 5 0 1 143.0 177 106 98 15 93 57 0 1 2 680 74 1.888 11.1 0.9 5.9 3.6 0.61
1950 26 SLB AL 5 9 .357 6.53 25 16 8 3 0 1 102.0 116 82 74 18 58 42 0 0 1 475 76 1.706 10.2 1.6 5.1 3.7 0.72
1951 27 SLB AL 0 2 .000 6.46 7 1 5 0 0 0 15.1 20 16 11 7 5 11 0 0 0 70 70 1.630 11.7 4.1 2.9 6.5 2.20
1952 28 SLB AL 0 2 .000 12.67 10 2 2 0 0 0 16.1 34 25 23 5 9 6 0 0 2 85 31 2.633 18.7 2.8 5.0 3.3 0.67
8 Seasons 34 51 .400 4.85 164 98 39 28 6 6 733.0 763 445 395 73 393 352 3 2 12 3282 90 1.577 9.4 0.9 4.8 4.3 0.90
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .400 4.85 43 25 10 7 2 2 190 198 115 103 19 102 91 1 1 3 852 90 1.577 9.4 0.9 4.8 4.3 0.90

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1945 21 SLB AL 10.1 0 3 5 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1946 22 SLB AL 86.2 7 37 46 -1 1.0 9 1.4 $
1947 23 SLB AL 145.2 18 70 79 -2 1.0 9 1.6 $
1948 24 SLB AL 213.2 29 106 132 -5 1.0 26 3.7 $ MVP-32
1949 25 SLB AL 143.0 25 106 88 -8 1.0 -18 -0.2 $
1950 26 SLB AL 102.0 16 82 68 -5 1.0 -14 -0.3 $
1951 27 SLB AL 15.1 1 16 9 0 1.0 -7 -0.5 $
1952 28 SLB AL 16.1 2 25 9 0 1.0 -16 -1.6 $
8 Seasons 733.0 98 445 436 -21 1.0 -9 4.3 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1945 21 SLB AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 22 SLB AL 27 32 31 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .161 .188 .161 .349 -4 5 1 0 0 1
1947 23 SLB AL 26 52 46 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .196 .229 .217 .447 23 10 3 0 4 1
1948 24 SLB AL 48 83 65 12 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 4 .169 .299 .169 .468 25 11 3 1 6 1 MVP-32
1949 25 SLB AL 37 58 55 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .164 .193 .182 .375 -3 10 0 0 1 1
1950 26 SLB AL 33 34 34 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .206 .382 -4 7 0 0 0 1
1951 27 SLB AL 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0 /1
1952 28 SLB AL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 45 0 1 0 0 1
8 Seasons 195 266 237 30 41 3 0 0 14 0 0 17 36 .173 .231 .186 .417 11 44 8 1 11
162 Game Avg. 162 221 197 25 34 2 0 0 12 0 0 14 30 .173 .231 .186 .417 11 37 7 1 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1945 21 SLB AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1946 22 SLB AL 32 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1947 23 SLB AL 52 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1948 24 SLB AL 83 -7 1 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1 MVP-32
1949 25 SLB AL 58 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1950 26 SLB AL 34 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 27 SLB AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1952 28 SLB AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 266 -29 1 0 0 0 20 7 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1945 SLB AL 21 P 5 0 0 10.1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.87 0.20 .960 2.26 2.24
1946 SLB AL 22 P 27 7 4 86.2 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.66 0.59 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 SLB AL 23 P 26 18 6 145.2 35 10 23 2 1 .943 2.04 1.27 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 SLB AL 24 P 34 29 10 213.2 36 10 24 2 3 .944 1.43 1.00 .963 2.02 1.99 MVP-32
1949 SLB AL 25 P 30 25 5 143.0 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.63 .962 2.12 2.09
1950 SLB AL 26 P 25 16 3 102.0 22 3 17 2 2 .909 1.76 0.80 .950 2.03 1.99 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 27 P 7 1 0 15.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.57 .952 2.05 2.06 0 1 100% 1
1952 SLB AL 28 P 10 2 0 16.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.55 0.10 .970 2.09 2.10 1 2 67% 0
8 Seasons P 164 98 28 733.0 134 32 96 6 8 .955 1.57 0.78 .957 2.03 2.01 1 3 75% 1
8 Seasons TOT 164 98 28 733.0 134 32 96 6 8 .955 1.57 0.78 .957 2.03 2.01 1 3 75% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (32, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1948 AL  3.7 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  8.340 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  4.296 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL  102 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  14 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  104 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL  14 (9th)
1949 AL  14 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  99 (8th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1946 AL  1.000 (1st)
1949 AL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1924-05-13 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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