Bob Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller (Rapid Robert)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, IA
High School: Van Meter (Van Meter, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1936
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (150/160 ballots).
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Manders
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Standard Pitching

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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
1936 17 CLE AL 5 3 .625 3.34 14 8 5 5 0 1 62.0 52 29 23 1 47 76 4 3 8 279 154 1.597 7.5 0.1 6.8 11.0 1.62
1937 18 CLE AL 9 7 .563 3.39 26 19 4 9 0 1 148.2 116 68 56 4 106 150 2 2 5 651 132 1.493 7.0 0.2 6.4 9.1 1.42
1938 19 CLE AL 17 11 .607 4.08 39 36 3 20 2 1 277.2 225 136 126 13 208 240 7 1 5 1248 114 1.559 7.3 0.4 6.7 7.8 1.15 AS
1939 20 CLE AL 24 9 .727 2.85 39 35 3 24 4 1 296.2 227 105 94 13 142 246 3 1 14 1243 154 1.244 6.9 0.4 4.3 7.5 1.73 AS,MVP-3
1940 21 CLE AL 27 11 .711 2.61 43 37 5 31 4 4 320.1 245 102 93 13 118 261 5 0 8 1304 161 1.133 6.9 0.4 3.3 7.3 2.21 AS,MVP-2
1941 22 CLE AL 25 13 .658 3.15 44 40 4 28 6 2 343.0 284 129 120 15 194 260 5 0 6 1466 125 1.394 7.5 0.4 5.1 6.8 1.34 AS,MVP-3
1945 26 CLE AL 5 3 .625 2.50 9 9 0 7 1 0 72.0 50 21 20 1 35 59 2 0 1 300 131 1.181 6.3 0.1 4.4 7.4 1.69
1946 27 CLE AL 26 15 .634 2.18 48 42 5 36 10 4 371.1 277 101 90 11 153 348 3 0 3 1512 153 1.158 6.7 0.3 3.7 8.4 2.27 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 CLE AL 20 11 .645 2.68 42 37 4 20 5 3 299.0 230 97 89 17 127 196 4 2 7 1218 130 1.194 6.9 0.5 3.8 5.9 1.54 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 CLE AL 19 15 .559 3.56 44 38 3 18 2 3 280.1 255 123 111 20 116 164 2 0 2 1186 114 1.323 8.2 0.6 3.7 5.3 1.41 AS,MVP-23
1949 30 CLE AL 15 14 .517 3.75 36 28 6 15 0 0 211.0 198 104 88 18 84 108 1 1 9 894 106 1.336 8.4 0.8 3.6 4.6 1.29
1950 31 CLE AL 16 11 .593 3.43 35 34 0 16 3 0 247.0 230 105 94 20 103 119 5 0 3 1055 127 1.348 8.4 0.7 3.8 4.3 1.16 AS
1951 32 CLE AL 22 8 .733 3.50 33 32 1 16 4 0 249.2 239 105 97 22 95 111 7 0 2 1061 108 1.338 8.6 0.8 3.4 4.0 1.17 MVP-5
1952 33 CLE AL 9 13 .409 4.74 30 30 0 11 0 0 191.2 219 124 101 13 83 81 3 1 1 869 71 1.576 10.3 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.98
1953 34 CLE AL 10 7 .588 3.59 25 25 0 10 1 0 175.2 163 78 70 16 60 60 3 1 1 721 105 1.269 8.4 0.8 3.1 3.1 1.00
1954 35 CLE AL 13 3 .813 3.09 19 19 0 9 1 0 140.0 127 53 48 13 39 59 3 0 0 580 119 1.186 8.2 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.51
1955 36 CLE AL 4 4 .500 3.47 25 11 4 2 1 0 83.0 71 43 32 7 31 2 25 1 0 0 340 115 1.229 7.7 0.8 3.4 2.7 0.81
1956 37 CLE AL 0 4 .000 4.97 19 4 5 2 0 1 58.0 63 34 32 7 23 4 18 0 1 0 253 85 1.483 9.8 1.1 3.6 2.8 0.78
18 Seasons 266 162 .621 3.25 570 484 52 279 44 21 3827.0 3271 1557 1384 224 1764 6 2581 60 13 75 16180 122 1.316 7.7 0.5 4.1 6.1 1.46
162 Game Avg. 17 10 .621 3.25 37 31 3 18 3 1 247 211 100 89 14 114 167 4 1 5 1044 122 1.316 7.7 0.5 4.1 6.1 1.46
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

Postseason Pitching

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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
1948 29 CLE AL WS W BSN 0 2 .000 5.02 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 10 8 8 3 5 1 7 0 0 0 59 1.047 6.3 1.9 3.1 4.4 1.40
1 WS 0 2 .000 5.02 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 10 8 8 3 5 1 7 0 0 0 59 1.047 6.3 1.9 3.1 4.4 1.40

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1938 CLE AL 19
1939 CLE AL 20 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.545 2.5 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1940 CLE AL 21 0 0 0 4.50 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 10 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1941 CLE AL 22 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1946 CLE AL 27 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1947 CLE AL 28
1948 CLE AL 29
1950 CLE AL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
8 Seasons (5 Appearances) 2 1 0 1.000 0.73 2 3 0 0 1 12.1 5 1 1 0 4 0 13 1 0 0 46 0.730 3.6 0.0 2.9 9.5 3.25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 35 CLE AL 19 580 532 53 127 15 4 13 7 3 39 59 .239 .292 .355 .648 .246 189 10 3 2 4
1955 36 CLE AL 25 340 302 43 71 11 1 7 1 8 31 25 .235 .305 .348 .652 .234 105 11 1 2 4 2
1956 37 CLE AL 19 253 225 34 63 6 3 7 5 1 23 18 .280 .344 .427 .771 .277 96 6 0 3 2 4
3 Seasons 63 1173 1059 130 261 32 8 27 13 12 93 102 .246 .307 .368 .675 .249 390 27 4 7 10 6
162 Game Avg. 44 822 742 91 183 22 6 19 9 8 65 72 .246 .307 .368 .675 .249 273 19 3 5 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 35 CLE AL 19 19 13 3 3 1 1 16 3 .842 0 3 9 1 14 74% 56 89 23 13 2 0 18 5.5 5.5 7.4
1955 36 CLE AL 25 11 3 4 4 0 0 5 6 .455 1 3 2 1 5 45% 47 86 24 10 5 2 7 4.2 4.3 5.5
1956 37 CLE AL 19 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0% 37 54 24 10 4 0 4 3.3 4.3 6.3
3 Seasons 63 34 16 10 8 1 1 21 13 .618 1 6 13 2 19 56% 51 89 23 33 11 2 29 4.8 5.0 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1955 36 CLE AL 25 14 4 1 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 10 1 10% 4 0.803 1 1 12 1 0 13 5 9 10 1 10 2 4.7
1956 37 CLE AL 19 15 5 0 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 15 8 53% 5 0.720 3 2 10 2 1 12 6 9 9 3 9 0 6.5
2 Seasons 44 29 9 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 25 9 36% 0.768 4 3 22 3 1 25 11 18 19 4 19 2 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1936 17 CLE AL
1937 18 CLE AL
1938 19 CLE AL
1939 20 CLE AL
1940 21 CLE AL
1941 22 CLE AL
1945 26 CLE AL
1946 27 CLE AL
1947 28 CLE AL
1948 29 CLE AL
1949 30 CLE AL
1950 31 CLE AL
1951 32 CLE AL
1952 33 CLE AL
1953 34 CLE AL
1954 35 CLE AL 580 35% 2.2% 10.2% 6.7% 5.5% 25% 0.64 80% 106 10 9%
1955 36 CLE AL 340 46% 2.1% 7.4% 9.1% 5.6% 27% 0.70 81% 75 11 15%
1956 37 CLE AL 253 38% 2.8% 7.1% 9.1% 6.3% 25% 0.82 80% 51 6 12%
18 Seasons 1173 39% 19.1% 220.0% 150.4% 5.7% 2% 0.69 80% 232 27 12%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1936 17 CLE AL 52 1 8
1937 18 CLE AL 116 4 5
1938 19 CLE AL 225 13 5
1939 20 CLE AL 227 13 14
1940 21 CLE AL 245 13 8
1941 22 CLE AL 284 15 6
1945 26 CLE AL 50 1 1
1946 27 CLE AL 277 11 3
1947 28 CLE AL 230 17 7
1948 29 CLE AL 255 20 2
1949 30 CLE AL 198 18 9
1950 31 CLE AL 230 20 3
1951 32 CLE AL 239 22 2
1952 33 CLE AL 219 13 1
1953 34 CLE AL 163 16 1
1954 35 CLE AL 580 127 13 0 7 8 5 10 3 21 12 2 57% 7 0 0 209 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1955 36 CLE AL 340 71 7 0 3 3 4 3 4 15 7 0 47% 9 0 1 122 1 8 11% 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 37 CLE AL 253 63 7 0 7 3 4 6 1 20 11 1 55% 2 0 1 90 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 Seasons 1173 3271 224 0 17 14 13 19 8 56 30 3 54% 18 75 2 421 13 12 52% 13 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1936 17 5 3 .625 3.34 14 8 5 5 0 1 62.0 52 29 23 1 47 76 4 3 8 279 154 1.597 7.5 0.1 6.8 11.0 1.62 154
1937 18 14 10 .583 3.38 40 27 9 14 0 2 210.2 168 97 79 5 153 226 6 5 13 930 139 1.524 7.2 0.2 6.5 9.7 1.48 139
1938 19 31 21 .596 3.78 79 63 12 34 2 3 488.1 393 233 205 18 361 466 13 6 18 2178 123 1.544 7.2 0.3 6.7 8.6 1.29 123
1939 20 55 30 .647 3.43 118 98 15 58 6 4 785.0 620 338 299 31 503 712 16 7 32 3421 133 1.431 7.1 0.4 5.8 8.2 1.42 133
1940 21 82 41 .667 3.19 161 135 20 89 10 8 1105.1 865 440 392 44 621 973 21 7 40 4725 140 1.344 7.0 0.4 5.1 7.9 1.57 140
1941 22 107 54 .665 3.18 205 175 24 117 16 10 1448.1 1149 569 512 59 815 1233 26 7 46 6191 136 1.356 7.1 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.51 136
1942 23 107 54 .665 3.18 205 175 24 117 16 10 1448.1 1149 569 512 59 815 1233 26 7 46 6191 136 1.356 7.1 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.51 136
1943 24 107 54 .665 3.18 205 175 24 117 16 10 1448.1 1149 569 512 59 815 1233 26 7 46 6191 136 1.356 7.1 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.51 136
1944 25 107 54 .665 3.18 205 175 24 117 16 10 1448.1 1149 569 512 59 815 1233 26 7 46 6191 136 1.356 7.1 0.4 5.1 7.7 1.51 136
1945 26 112 57 .663 3.15 214 184 24 124 17 10 1520.1 1199 590 532 60 850 1292 28 7 47 6491 136 1.348 7.1 0.4 5.0 7.6 1.52 136
1946 27 138 72 .657 2.96 262 226 29 160 27 14 1891.2 1476 691 622 71 1003 1640 31 7 50 8003 138 1.310 7.0 0.3 4.8 7.8 1.64 138
1947 28 158 83 .656 2.92 304 263 33 180 32 17 2190.2 1706 788 711 88 1130 1836 35 9 57 9221 137 1.295 7.0 0.4 4.6 7.5 1.62 137
1948 29 177 98 .644 2.99 348 301 36 198 34 20 2471.0 1961 911 822 108 1246 2000 37 9 59 10407 134 1.298 7.1 0.4 4.5 7.3 1.61 134
1949 30 192 112 .632 3.05 384 329 42 213 34 20 2682.0 2159 1015 910 126 1330 2108 38 10 68 11301 131 1.301 7.2 0.4 4.5 7.1 1.59 131
1950 31 208 123 .628 3.09 419 363 42 229 37 20 2929.0 2389 1120 1004 146 1433 2227 43 10 71 12356 131 1.305 7.3 0.4 4.4 6.8 1.55 131
1951 32 230 131 .637 3.12 452 395 43 245 41 20 3178.2 2628 1225 1101 168 1528 2338 50 10 73 13417 129 1.307 7.4 0.5 4.3 6.6 1.53 129
1952 33 239 144 .624 3.21 482 425 43 256 41 20 3370.1 2847 1349 1202 181 1611 2419 53 11 74 14286 124 1.323 7.6 0.5 4.3 6.5 1.50 124
1953 34 249 151 .623 3.23 507 450 43 266 42 20 3546.0 3010 1427 1272 197 1671 2479 56 12 75 15007 123 1.320 7.6 0.5 4.2 6.3 1.48 123
1954 35 262 154 .630 3.22 526 469 43 275 43 20 3686.0 3137 1480 1320 210 1710 2538 59 12 75 15587 123 1.315 7.7 0.5 4.2 6.2 1.48 123
1955 36 266 158 .627 3.23 551 480 47 277 44 20 3769.0 3208 1523 1352 217 1741 2 2563 60 12 75 15927 123 1.313 7.7 0.5 4.2 6.1 1.47 123
1956 37 266 162 .621 3.25 570 484 52 279 44 21 3827.0 3271 1557 1384 224 1764 6 2581 60 13 75 16180 122 1.316 7.7 0.5 4.1 6.1 1.46 122

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
1936 17 5 2 .714 2.59 66.0 47 21 19 1 42 81 4 1.348 6.4 5.7 11.0 1.93 0.1 14
1937 18 11 6 .647 2.98 154.0 111 57 51 4 101 155 2 1.377 6.5 5.9 9.1 1.53 0.2 26
1938 19 19 14 .576 3.45 297.0 220 127 114 13 203 257 7 1.424 6.7 6.2 7.8 1.27 0.4 39
1939 20 24 10 .706 2.57 312.0 227 99 89 13 142 259 3 1.183 6.5 4.1 7.5 1.82 0.4 39
1940 21 26 10 .722 2.45 331.0 247 100 90 13 119 270 5 1.106 6.7 3.2 7.3 2.27 0.4 43
1941 22 23 15 .605 3.20 343.0 290 136 122 15 198 260 5 1.423 7.6 5.2 6.8 1.31 0.4 44
1945 26 5 3 .625 3.12 72.0 58 28 25 1 41 59 2 1.375 7.3 5.1 7.4 1.44 0.1 9
1946 27 28 12 .700 2.66 366.0 309 120 108 12 171 343 3 1.311 7.6 4.2 8.4 2.01 0.3 48
1947 28 19 13 .594 3.27 289.0 254 117 105 19 140 189 4 1.363 7.9 4.4 5.9 1.35 0.6 42
1948 29 17 14 .548 3.64 284.0 265 128 115 21 121 166 2 1.359 8.4 3.8 5.3 1.37 0.7 44
1949 30 12 11 .522 3.89 213.0 207 102 92 19 88 109 1 1.385 8.7 3.7 4.6 1.24 0.8 36
1950 31 17 11 .607 3.22 254.0 232 101 91 20 104 122 5 1.323 8.2 3.7 4.3 1.17 0.7 35
1951 32 14 13 .519 3.82 250.0 256 118 106 24 102 111 7 1.432 9.2 3.7 4.0 1.09 0.9 33
1952 33 6 14 .300 5.89 188.0 248 137 123 15 94 79 3 1.819 11.9 4.5 3.8 0.84 0.7 30
1953 34 9 10 .474 4.05 171.0 174 86 77 17 64 58 3 1.392 9.2 3.4 3.1 0.91 0.9 25
1954 35 9 6 .600 3.45 141.0 138 60 54 14 42 59 3 1.277 8.8 2.7 3.8 1.40 0.9 19
1955 36 5 4 .556 3.58 83.0 74 37 33 7 32 25 1 1.277 8.0 3.5 2.7 0.78 0.8 25
1956 37 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 64 34 31 7 23 18 0 1.475 9.8 3.5 2.7 0.78 1.1 19
18 Seasons 252 171 .596 3.36 3873.0 3421 1608 1445 235 1827 2620 60 1.355 7.9 6.1 1.43 0.5 570
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1938
1939 *
1940 *
1941 (P)
1946 (P)
1947
1948
1950 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1940-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1940-AL-Triple Crown
1951-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1939-AL-3-46%
1940-AL-2-66%
1941-AL-3-52%
1946-AL-6-31%
1947-AL-8-17%
1948-AL-23-2%
1951-AL-5-35%
2.49 Career Shares (52nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1939 AL--2.852--3rd
1940 AL--2.613--1st
1941 AL--3.149--5th
1946 AL--2.181--3rd
1947 AL--2.679--2nd
1950 AL--3.425--3rd
1951 AL--3.497--10th

Wins s c a p y
1938 AL--17--4th
1939 AL--24--1st
1940 AL--27--1st
1941 AL--25--1st
1946 AL--26--1st
1947 AL--20--1st
1948 AL--19--4th
1949 AL--15--10th
1950 AL--16--8th
1951 AL--22--1st
Career--266--36th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 AL--.607--9th
1939 AL--.727--4th
1940 AL--.711--3rd
1941 AL--.658--6th
1946 AL--.634--8th
1947 AL--.645--8th
1951 AL--.733--1st
1954 AL--.813--2nd
Career--.622--67th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1939 AL--1.244--4th
1940 AL--1.133--1st
1946 AL--1.158--5th
1947 AL--1.194--1st
1948 AL--1.323--10th
1949 AL--1.337--8th
1950 AL--1.348--4th
1953 AL--1.269--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL--7.293--1st
1939 AL--6.887--1st
1940 AL--6.883--1st
1941 AL--7.452--2nd
1946 AL--6.714--2nd
1947 AL--6.923--2nd
1948 AL--8.187--7th
1950 AL--8.381--7th
1953 AL--8.351--9th
Career--7.692--51st

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--3.583--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL--7.779--1st
1939 AL--7.463--1st
1940 AL--7.333--1st
1941 AL--6.822--1st
1946 AL--8.435--2nd
1947 AL--5.900--1st
1948 AL--5.265--2nd
1949 AL--4.607--8th
1950 AL--4.336--8th
Career--6.070--209th

Games Played s c a p y
1938 AL--39--9th
1940 AL--43--1st
1941 AL--44--1st
1946 AL--48--1st
1947 AL--42--6th
1948 AL--44--7th
Career--570--211th

Saves s c a p y
1940 AL--4--8th
1946 AL--4--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1938 AL--277.7--3rd
1939 AL--296.7--1st
1940 AL--320.3--1st
1941 AL--343.0--1st
1946 AL--371.3--1st
1947 AL--299.0--1st
1948 AL--280.3--2nd
1950 AL--247.0--6th
1951 AL--249.7--5th
Career--3827.0--49th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 AL--150--4th
1938 AL--240--1st
1939 AL--246--1st
1940 AL--261--1st
1941 AL--260--1st
1946 AL--348--1st
1947 AL--196--1st
1948 AL--164--1st
1949 AL--108--10th
1950 AL--119--5th
1951 AL--111--9th
Career--2581--26th

Games Started s c a p y
1938 AL--36--3rd
1939 AL--35--2nd
1940 AL--37--1st
1941 AL--40--1st
1946 AL--42--1st
1947 AL--37--1st
1948 AL--38--1st
1950 AL--34--2nd
1951 AL--32--4th
1952 AL--30--9th
Career--484--53rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1938 AL--20--3rd
1939 AL--24--1st
1940 AL--31--1st
1941 AL--28--2nd
1946 AL--36--1st
1947 AL--20--5th
1948 AL--18--3rd
1950 AL--16--7th
1951 AL--16--7th
Career--279--53rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1938 AL--2--5th
1939 AL--4--2nd
1940 AL--4--1st
1941 AL--6--1st
1946 AL--10--1st
1947 AL--5--1st
1948 AL--2--9th
1950 AL--3--2nd
1951 AL--4--2nd
Career--44--35th

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL--15--10th
1947 AL--17--2nd
1948 AL--20--2nd
1949 AL--18--8th
1950 AL--20--9th
1951 AL--22--1st
Career--224--143rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 AL--106--9th
1938 AL--208--1st
1939 AL--142--1st
1940 AL--118--3rd
1941 AL--194--1st
1946 AL--153--1st
1947 AL--127--2nd
1948 AL--116--6th
1951 AL--95--8th
Career--1764--5th

Hits s c a p y
1938 AL--225--10th
1939 AL--227--9th
1940 AL--245--6th
1941 AL--284--1st
1946 AL--277--1st
1947 AL--230--5th
1948 AL--255--1st
1951 AL--239--2nd
1952 AL--219--10th
Career--3271--94th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1939 AL--1.732--3rd
1940 AL--2.212--1st
1941 AL--1.340--5th
1946 AL--2.275--3rd
1947 AL--1.543--4th
1948 AL--1.414--6th
1949 AL--1.286--5th
1950 AL--1.155--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL--.421--4th
1939 AL--.394--6th
1940 AL--.365--1st
1941 AL--.394--7th
1946 AL--.267--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1946 AL--15--4th
1948 AL--15--6th
1949 AL--14--7th
1952 AL--13--9th
Career--162--113th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1938 AL--126--3rd
1941 AL--120--3rd
1946 AL--90--2nd
1947 AL--89--9th
1948 AL--111--6th
1951 AL--97--6th
1952 AL--101--5th
Career--1384--60th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 AL--8--6th
1937 AL--5--8th
1938 AL--5--10th
1939 AL--14--1st
1940 AL--8--5th
1941 AL--6--10th
1947 AL--7--4th
1949 AL--9--6th
Career--75--187th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 AL--7--4th
1939 AL--3--10th
1940 AL--5--3rd
1941 AL--5--3rd
1947 AL--4--5th
1951 AL--7--5th
Career--60--239th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1938 AL--1248--3rd
1939 AL--1243--2nd
1940 AL--1304--1st
1941 AL--1466--1st
1946 AL--1512--1st
1947 AL--1218--1st
1948 AL--1186--2nd
1950 AL--1055--7th
1951 AL--1061--5th
Career--16180--41st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1939 AL--154--3rd
1940 AL--161--2nd
1941 AL--125--7th
1946 AL--153--5th
1947 AL--130--6th
1950 AL--127--5th
Career--122--93rd

Oldest s c a p y
1956 AL--born 1918-11-03--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1936 AL--born 1918-11-03--1st
1937 AL--born 1918-11-03--1st
1938 AL--born 1918-11-03--2nd
1939 AL--born 1918-11-03--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 85 (3), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 160 (19), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 176 (27), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 51 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Palmer (889) *
  2. Amos Rusie (887) *
  3. Bob Gibson (871) *
  4. Jack Morris (855)
  5. Luis Tiant (840)
  6. Mike Mussina (818)
  7. Red Ruffing (812) *
  8. Early Wynn (809) *
  9. Jim Bunning (807) *
  10. Burleigh Grimes (804) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Larry Dierker (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Silver King (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elton Chamberlain (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Elton Chamberlain (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Elton Chamberlain (897)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Denny McLain (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dwight Gooden (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dwight Gooden (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hal Newhouser (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hal Newhouser (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hal Newhouser (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Palmer (866) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Steve Carlton (857) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Steve Carlton (866) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jim Palmer (870) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jim Palmer (885) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jim Palmer (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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