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Bob Feller

Robert William Andrew Feller (Rapid Robert or Heater from Van Meter)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, IA
High School: Van Meter HS (Van Meter, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1936 (Age 17)
Team: Indians 1936-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (150/160 ballots).
   View Bob Feller Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: December 15, 2010 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Gates Mills - North Cemetery, Gates Mills, OH
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Manders
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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 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 8 279 155 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 5 651 133 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 113 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 163 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
1942 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 1 300 130 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 151 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 3 894 106 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 126 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 109 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 1 721 104 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 0 580 120 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 0 340 116 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 Yrs 266 162 .621 3.25 570 484 52 279 44 21 3827.0 3271 1557 1384 224 1764 6 2581 60 13 69 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 4 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

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
1936 17 CLE AL 62.0 14 8 29 4.21 5.44 -0.11 0.00 103.1 5.72 10 0.9 1.0 -0.0 1.5 18 .564 .506 $1,800
1937 18 CLE AL 148.2 26 19 68 4.12 5.51 -0.14 0.00 95.6 5.40 21 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.4 39 .579 .513 $14,000
1938 19 CLE AL 277.2 39 36 136 4.41 5.45 -0.07 0.00 97.6 5.39 27 2.6 1.0 -0.1 5.1 64 .566 .516 $17,500 AS
1939 20 CLE AL 296.2 39 35 105 3.19 5.35 -0.04 0.00 97.2 5.23 65 6.6 1.0 -0.2 9.3 102 .669 .541 $20,000 AS,MVP-3
1940 21 CLE AL 320.1 43 37 102 2.87 5.15 0.20 0.00 97.6 4.83 68 7.1 1.0 -0.2 9.9 104 .666 .544 $27,500 AS,MVP-2
1941 22 CLE AL 343.0 44 40 129 3.38 4.85 0.01 0.00 97.0 4.69 48 5.1 1.0 -0.2 8.1 84 .616 .532 $32,500 AS,MVP-3
1945 26 CLE AL 72.0 9 9 21 2.63 4.01 -0.09 0.00 98.2 4.02 11 1.4 -0.0 2.0 16 .661 .509 $10,000
1946 27 CLE AL 371.1 48 42 101 2.45 4.13 -0.01 0.00 93.7 3.88 58 7.2 1.0 -0.3 9.9 87 .649 .544 $37,500 AS,MVP-6
1947 28 CLE AL 299.0 42 37 97 2.92 4.14 0.37 0.00 95.9 3.61 24 2.8 3.1 -0.1 5.1 45 .566 .517 $40,000 AS,MVP-8
1948 29 CLE AL 280.1 44 38 123 3.95 4.64 0.49 0.00 95.0 3.95 -0 -0.0 2.7 -0.1 2.1 23 .499 .500 $40,000 AS,MVP-23
1949 30 CLE AL 211.0 36 28 104 4.44 4.88 0.39 0.00 95.3 4.28 -3 -0.3 2.2 -0.2 1.2 14 .491 .498 $40,000
1950 31 CLE AL 247.0 35 34 105 3.83 5.08 0.16 0.00 95.6 4.71 23 2.3 2.3 -0.1 4.2 48 .565 .514 $37,500 AS
1951 32 CLE AL 249.2 33 32 105 3.79 4.64 0.06 0.00 93.3 4.27 12 1.2 3.6 -0.1 3.2 35 .538 .508 $37,500 MVP-5
1952 33 CLE AL 191.2 30 30 124 5.82 4.01 0.01 0.00 92.6 3.71 -46 -4.4 -0.1 -2.9 -30 .354 .473 $41,250
1953 34 CLE AL 175.2 25 25 78 4.00 4.26 0.21 0.00 97.0 3.93 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.1 13 .489 .498 $32,500
1954 35 CLE AL 140.0 19 19 53 3.41 3.90 0.22 0.00 100.0 3.68 5 0.5 -0.1 1.6 15 .527 .503 $26,250
1955 36 CLE AL 83.0 25 11 43 4.66 4.13 -0.35 0.00 100.3 4.49 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.1 0.4 5 .490 .498 $25,500
1956 37 CLE AL 58.0 19 4 34 5.28 4.61 0.05 0.00 102.6 4.68 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.0 1 .478 .497 $22,500
18 Seasons 3827.0 570 484 1557 3.66 4.72 0.11 0.00 96.2 4.44 313 34.1 1.3 -2.2 65.2 682 .560 .512 $503,800
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards

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
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

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
1938 CLE AL 19
1939 CLE AL 20 0 0 0 0.00 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 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 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 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 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 Yrs (5 GP) 2 1 0 1.000 0.73 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*

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
1945 26 CLE AL 9 90 260 21 50 7 6 1 3 0 35 59 .192 .293 .277 .570 .245 72 2 2 3 0 1
1946 27 CLE AL 48 242 1331 101 277 29 6 11 3 0 153 348 .208 .291 .264 .555 .274 351 4 3 25 0 4
1947 28 CLE AL 42 1218 1072 97 230 24 14 17 6 6 127 196 .215 .300 .311 .611 .248 333 30 4 15 0 14
1948 29 CLE AL 44 1186 1057 123 255 42 5 20 6 9 116 164 .241 .317 .347 .665 .269 367 15 2 11 0 12
1949 30 CLE AL 36 888 795 104 198 28 8 18 4 11 84 108 .249 .322 .372 .694 .269 296 20 1 9 0 12
1950 31 CLE AL 35 1055 933 105 230 33 8 20 8 5 103 119 .247 .325 .363 .688 .264 339 19 5 14 0 9
1951 32 CLE AL 33 1061 946 105 239 36 4 22 8 4 95 111 .253 .325 .369 .694 .267 349 25 7 13 0 11
1952 33 CLE AL 30 869 761 124 219 23 7 13 10 8 83 81 .288 .360 .388 .748 .309 295 9 3 22 0 15
1953 34 CLE AL 25 722 651 78 163 32 3 16 3 2 60 60 .250 .317 .382 .699 .256 249 23 3 8 0 4
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 7
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 9
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 2
12 Yrs 365 8504 8865 988 2122 286 69 165 64 57 949 1348 .239 .315 .343 .658 .266 3041 174 34 127 10 6 100
162 Game Avg. 37 858 894 100 214 29 7 17 6 6 96 136 .239 .315 .343 .658 .266 307 18 3 13 1 10
MLB Averages .263 .335 .355 .690 .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
1945 26 CLE AL 7.3 0.8 95 0.4 1.7 -1.3 .93 0.5 -0.1 4.0 0.5 0.93 4.7 0 0 0
1946 27 CLE AL 50.9 5.7 250 1.5 5.0 -3.5 1.09 0.8 0.6 10.9 1.2 1.09 8.1 0 0 0
1947 28 CLE AL 30.4 3.3 1246 4.8 25.6 -20.8 1.14 3.6 0.6 38.5 4.4 1.14 37.8 4 1 0
1948 29 CLE AL 17.2 1.7 1208 2.7 21.6 -18.9 1.02 3.7 -1.1 24.7 2.5 1.02 42.2 5 0 0
1949 30 CLE AL 3.9 0.4 910 0.0 15.5 -15.4 .98 1.3 -1.3 9.6 1.0 0.98 17.3 5 3 0
1950 31 CLE AL 26.0 2.5 1076 3.1 21.2 -18.0 1.06 2.7 0.2 35.0 3.6 1.06 34.0 1 0 0
1951 32 CLE AL 11.3 1.1 1075 2.2 17.4 -15.2 .92 1.6 0.8 22.3 2.4 0.92 19.1 1 0 0
1952 33 CLE AL -37.0 -3.6 891 -3.6 12.9 -16.5 1.01 -1.6 -1.9 -35.7 -3.6 1.01 -21.8 0 0 0
1953 34 CLE AL 3.2 0.3 731 1.3 13.3 -12.0 .97 1.4 -0.1 9.7 1.0 0.97 13.5 0 0 0
1954 35 CLE AL 10.2 1.1 592 1.6 10.8 -9.2 1.02 1.5 0.1 12.0 1.3 1.02 15.3 0 0 0
1955 36 CLE AL 2.0 0.2 348 -0.4 4.9 -5.3 .79 0.4 -0.9 1.4 0.1 0.79 3.2 1 1 12
1956 37 CLE AL -3.8 -0.4 261 -1.0 2.9 -3.9 .71 -0.1 -1.3 -6.1 -0.6 0.71 0.1 3 2 10
18 Yrs 324.7 33.3 8683 12.7 152.8 -140.1 1.00 15.9 -3.2 126.4 13.8 1.00 173.5 20 7 22

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
1936 17 CLE AL 14 8 5 3 0 0 1 5 3 .625 0 0 5 0 6 75% 60.6 83 26 3 3 7.0 6.8
1937 18 CLE AL 26 19 7 7 5 0 2 10 8 .556 0 0 9 0 11 58% 58.1 89 24 12 4 4.4 7.5
1938 19 CLE AL 39 36 17 10 9 3 0 21 15 .583 0 0 20 2 18 50% 54.1 85 -15 19 6 5.6 7.6
1939 20 CLE AL 39 35 23 9 3 6 5 24 11 .686 0 0 24 4 23 66% 62.5 92 22 16 6 5.8 8.3
1940 21 CLE AL 43 37 26 10 1 5 5 26 11 .703 0 0 31 4 26 70% 64.9 96 22 23 2 4.9 8.5
1941 22 CLE AL 44 40 25 12 3 6 5 26 14 .650 0 0 28 6 24 60% 59.3 92 13 35 3 5.0 8.4
1945 26 CLE AL 9 9 5 3 1 0 2 5 4 .556 0 0 7 1 7 78% 64.2 88 39 0 0 6 2 4.6 1.4 8.0
1946 27 CLE AL 48 42 26 15 1 0 9 26 16 .619 0 0 36 10 36 86% 67.7 93 2 0 0 34 1 3.2 4.2 8.5
1947 28 CLE AL 42 37 20 10 7 1 6 21 16 .568 1 4 20 5 28 76% 61.9 94 13 15 5 23 5 4.1 4.1 7.9
1948 29 CLE AL 44 38 19 14 5 2 2 23 14 .622 0 3 18 2 22 58% 54.9 88 13 21 10 23 6 4.8 4.6 7.3
1949 30 CLE AL 36 28 12 14 2 2 5 13 15 .464 0 3 15 0 15 54% 50.5 82 18 9 7 12 8 4.3 4.7 6.8
1950 31 CLE AL 35 34 16 10 8 2 4 20 13 .606 1 4 16 3 21 62% 54.0 83 21 19 8 13 7 4.8 4.5 7.2
1951 32 CLE AL 33 32 22 7 3 5 1 23 9 .719 1 3 16 4 18 56% 54.8 87 19 14 6 15 7 5.5 5.8 7.8
1952 33 CLE AL 30 30 9 13 8 4 4 13 17 .433 0 6 11 0 11 37% 45.2 79 11 26 11 14 9 5.4 4.9 6.4
1953 34 CLE AL 25 25 10 7 8 0 3 16 9 .640 3 2 10 1 17 68% 52.5 84 20 12 6 3 19 5.3 5.0 7.0
1954 35 CLE AL 19 19 13 3 3 1 1 16 3 .842 0 3 9 1 14 74% 56.0 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% 47.5 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% 37.2 54 24 10 4 0 4 3.3 4.3 6.3
18 Yrs 570 484 258 154 72 37 55 293 188 .609 7 31 279 44 302 62% 57 96 -15 149 64 253 117 4.9 4.7 7.6
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 118 -35 4.5 4.5 6.8
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

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
1936 17 CLE AL 14 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.0
1937 18 CLE AL 26 7 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.0
1938 19 CLE AL 39 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.7
1939 20 CLE AL 39 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.0
1940 21 CLE AL 43 6 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 3.2
1941 22 CLE AL 44 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.5
1946 27 CLE AL 48 6 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1.094 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 6.2
1947 28 CLE AL 42 5 4 0 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 4 0 0% 9 1.139 4 1 0 4 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 5.0
1948 29 CLE AL 44 6 3 0 1 5 3 2 60% 5 0 8 5 63% 8 1.019 5 0 0 5 1 0 4 2 1 4 1 1 2.3
1949 30 CLE AL 36 8 6 3 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 8 53% 7 .981 5 3 0 3 3 2 7 1 5 2 5 0 7.6
1950 31 CLE AL 35 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 6 1.059 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7.0
1951 32 CLE AL 33 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 15 .919 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1955 36 CLE AL 25 14 4 1 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 10 1 10% 4 .790 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 .710 3 2 10 2 1 12 6 9 9 3 9 0 6.5
14 Yrs 487 86 52 8 8 14 21 7 150% 14 0 53 22 42% 1.005 20 7 22 17 5 28 25 25 44 19 29 6 5.0

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%
1936 17 CLE AL 280 0.4% 27.1% 16.8% 2.1% 12% 54%
1937 18 CLE AL 651 0.6% 23.0% 16.3% 1.7% 10% 58%
1938 19 CLE AL 1248 1.0% 19.2% 16.7% 3.1% 17% 62%
1939 20 CLE AL 1243 1.1% 19.8% 11.4% 3.1% 17% 66%
1940 21 CLE AL 1304 1.0% 20.0% 9.1% 4.5% 24% 69%
1941 22 CLE AL 1466 1.0% 17.7% 13.2% 3.8% 19% 67%
1945 26 CLE AL 300 56% 1.1% 65.6% 38.9% 15.6% 28% 0.93 222% 20 2 10%
1946 27 CLE AL 1512 50% 4.6% 143.8% 63.2% 19.0% 17% 0.79 402% 45 4 9%
1947 28 CLE AL 1218 53% 1.4% 16.1% 10.4% 4.5% 24% 0.82 71% 257 30 12%
1948 29 CLE AL 1186 51% 1.7% 13.8% 9.8% 5.7% 26% 0.69 74% 230 15 7%
1949 30 CLE AL 889 50% 2.0% 12.2% 9.5% 6.1% 27% 0.68 75% 179 20 11%
1950 31 CLE AL 1055 58% 1.9% 11.3% 9.8% 5.8% 27% 0.74 75% 218 19 9%
1951 32 CLE AL 1061 52% 2.1% 10.5% 9.0% 5.8% 26% 0.77 77% 220 25 11%
1952 33 CLE AL 869 52% 1.5% 9.3% 9.6% 5.0% 20% 0.79 77% 200 9 5%
1953 34 CLE AL 722 60% 2.2% 8.3% 8.3% 7.1% 31% 1.05 80% 134 23 17%
1954 35 CLE AL 580 65% 2.2% 10.2% 6.7% 5.5% 25% 0.64 80% 106 10 9%
1955 36 CLE AL 340 54% 2.1% 7.4% 9.1% 5.6% 27% 0.70 81% 75 11 15%
1956 37 CLE AL 253 62% 2.8% 7.1% 9.1% 6.3% 25% 0.82 80% 51 6 12%
18 Yrs 16177 55% 1.5% 17.6% 12.0% 5.0% 22% 0.77 77% 1735 174 10%
MLB Averages 50% 1.9% 11.2% 10.7% 5.1% 19% 0.95 90% 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
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 90 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 17% 1 1 0 35 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210
1946 27 CLE AL 242 277 11 0 6 0 2 0 2 14 3 7 21% 4 3 2 93 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1270
1947 28 CLE AL 1218 230 17 1 33 6 11 7 10 64 22 14 34% 14 7 4 431 6 6 50% 5 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 16 0
1948 29 CLE AL 1186 255 20 2 31 11 9 14 6 55 30 2 55% 12 2 2 448 6 9 40% 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1949 30 CLE AL 888 198 18 0 33 4 14 12 6 56 28 9 50% 12 3 0 313 4 11 27% 4 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 1
1950 31 CLE AL 1055 230 20 0 24 17 3 10 10 51 18 11 35% 9 3 0 406 8 5 62% 6 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0
1951 32 CLE AL 1061 239 22 1 28 9 13 8 14 38 18 7 47% 11 2 1 425 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1952 33 CLE AL 869 219 13 0 29 8 5 8 5 54 35 4 65% 15 1 0 354 10 8 56% 9 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
1953 34 CLE AL 722 163 16 0 7 10 6 10 6 23 13 1 57% 4 1 1 256 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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 Yrs 8504 3271 224 4 208 79 76 88 67 417 198 58 47% 100 69 12 3182 64 57 53% 58 54 4 2 2 1 7 0 59 1481
MLB Averages 52% 55%
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+
1936 17 5 3 .625 3.34 14 8 5 5 0 1 62.0 52 29 23 1 47 76 4 3 8 279 155 1.597 7.5 0.1 6.8 11.0 1.62 155
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 62 11301 132 1.301 7.2 0.4 4.5 7.1 1.59 132
1950 31 208 123 .628 3.09 419 363 42 229 37 20 2929.0 2389 1120 1004 146 1433 2227 43 10 65 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 67 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 68 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 69 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 69 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 69 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 69 16180 122 1.316 7.7 0.5 4.1 6.1 1.46 122

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
1936 17 5 2 .714 2.45 66.0 47 20 18 1 42 81 4 1.348 6.4 5.7 11.0 1.93 0.1 14
1937 18 10 6 .625 3.00 153.0 113 57 51 4 103 154 2 1.412 6.6 6.1 9.1 1.50 0.2 26
1938 19 18 14 .563 3.47 296.0 221 127 114 13 204 256 7 1.436 6.7 6.2 7.8 1.25 0.4 39
1939 20 24 10 .706 2.56 313.0 226 99 89 13 141 259 3 1.173 6.5 4.1 7.4 1.84 0.4 39
1940 21 26 10 .722 2.45 331.0 246 100 90 13 118 270 5 1.100 6.7 3.2 7.3 2.29 0.4 43
1941 22 23 15 .605 3.21 342.0 292 136 122 15 199 259 5 1.436 7.7 5.2 6.8 1.30 0.4 44
1945 26 5 3 .625 3.08 73.0 57 28 25 1 40 60 2 1.329 7.0 4.9 7.4 1.50 0.1 9
1946 27 27 13 .675 2.70 364.0 312 121 109 12 172 341 3 1.330 7.7 4.3 8.4 1.98 0.3 48
1947 28 19 13 .594 3.28 288.0 255 117 105 19 141 189 4 1.375 8.0 4.4 5.9 1.34 0.6 42
1948 29 17 14 .548 3.61 284.0 265 127 114 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 5.81 189.0 246 136 122 15 93 80 3 1.794 11.7 4.4 3.8 0.86 0.7 30
1953 34 9 9 .500 4.13 170.0 176 87 78 17 65 58 3 1.418 9.3 3.4 3.1 0.89 0.9 25
1954 35 9 6 .600 3.36 142.0 136 59 53 14 42 60 3 1.254 8.6 2.7 3.8 1.43 0.9 19
1955 36 5 4 .556 3.58 83.0 73 37 33 7 32 25 1 1.265 7.9 3.5 2.7 0.78 0.8 25
1956 37 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 63 34 31 7 23 18 0 1.458 9.6 3.5 2.7 0.78 1.1 19
18 Yrs 249 171 .593 3.36 3870.0 3423 1606 1443 235 1830 2618 60 1.357 8.0 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 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
1962 BBWAA (93.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1962 by BBWAA

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 pitching_title
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 (54th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1938 AL  5.2 (9th)
1939 AL  9.8 (1st)
1940 AL  9.8 (1st)
1941 AL  8.1 (4th)
1946 AL  9.6 (2nd)
1947 AL  5.4 (7th)
Career  63.6 (143rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1938 AL  5.1 (4th)
1939 AL  9.3 (1st)
1940 AL  9.9 (1st)
1941 AL  8.1 (2nd)
1946 AL  10.0 (1st)
1947 AL  5.1 (4th)
1950 AL  4.3 (4th)
Career  65.2 (42nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1939 AL  2.85 (3rd)
1940 AL  2.61 (1st)
1941 AL  3.15 (5th)
1946 AL  2.18 (3rd)
1947 AL  2.68 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.43 (3rd)
1951 AL  3.50 (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 (37th)

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  .621 (71st)

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  1.336 (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  6.884 (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 (52nd)

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 (229th)

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 (230th)

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  3,827.0 (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  2,581 (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 (54th)

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 (52nd)

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 (159th)

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  1,764 (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  3,271 (97th)

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  0.421 (4th)
1939 AL  0.394 (6th)
1940 AL  0.365 (1st)
1941 AL  0.394 (7th)
1946 AL  0.267 (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 (115th)

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  1,384 (61st)

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)

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)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1938 AL  1,248 (3rd)
1939 AL  1,243 (2nd)
1940 AL  1,304 (1st)
1941 AL  1,466 (1st)
1946 AL  1,512 (1st)
1947 AL  1,218 (1st)
1948 AL  1,186 (2nd)
1950 AL  1,055 (7th)
1951 AL  1,061 (5th)
Career  16,180 (48th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1939 AL  154 (3rd)
1940 AL  163 (2nd)
1941 AL  125 (7th)
1946 AL  151 (6th)
1947 AL  130 (5th)
1950 AL  126 (5th)
Career  122 (98th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  17 (10th)
1938 AL  21 (9th)
1939 AL  55 (1st)
1940 AL  63 (1st)
1941 AL  36 (2nd)
1946 AL  51 (2nd)
1947 AL  30 (1st)
1948 AL  17 (8th)
1950 AL  26 (5th)
Career  325 (24th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  1.6 (10th)
1938 AL  1.9 (9th)
1939 AL  5.4 (1st)
1940 AL  6.4 (1st)
1941 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1946 AL  5.7 (2nd)
1947 AL  3.3 (1st)
1948 AL  1.7 (8th)
1950 AL  2.5 (5th)
Career  33.3 (25th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1946 AL  10.90 (8th)
1947 AL  38.46 (1st)
1948 AL  24.73 (5th)
1950 AL  35.03 (2nd)
1951 AL  22.31 (10th)
Career  126.39 (109th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1946 AL  1.5 (6th)
1947 AL  4.8 (1st)
1948 AL  2.7 (3rd)
1950 AL  3.1 (4th)
Career  12.7 (136th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1946 AL  0.8 (10th)
1947 AL  3.6 (1st)
1948 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1950 AL  2.7 (4th)
Career  15.9 (67th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1946 AL  1.2 (7th)
1947 AL  4.4 (1st)
1948 AL  2.5 (5th)
1950 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1951 AL  2.4 (10th)
Career  13.8 (104th)

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

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

             

† 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 - 98 (8), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 232 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 180 (28), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 51 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (42nd), 63.6 career WAR/51.8 7yr-peak WAR/57.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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