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Bill Fischer

William Charles Fischer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 11, 1930 in Wausau, WI
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/Senators/WhiteSox/Twins 1956-1964

Final Game: May 22, 1964 (Age 33)
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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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 25 CHW AL 0 0 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 23 4.200 32.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1957 26 CHW AL 7 8 .467 3.48 33 11 7 3 1 1 124.0 139 50 48 1 35 6 48 3 0 5 525 108 1.403 10.1 0.1 2.5 3.5 1.37
1958 27 TOT AL 4 10 .286 6.34 42 6 18 0 0 2 88.0 113 71 62 13 31 4 42 1 0 4 393 61 1.636 11.6 1.3 3.2 4.3 1.35
1958 27 CHW AL 2 3 .400 6.69 17 3 5 0 0 0 36.1 43 28 27 6 13 1 16 0 0 1 161 55 1.541 10.7 1.5 3.2 4.0 1.23
1958 27 DET AL 2 4 .333 7.63 22 0 13 0 0 2 30.2 46 34 26 6 13 2 16 0 0 3 146 54 1.924 13.5 1.8 3.8 4.7 1.23
1958 27 WSH AL 0 3 .000 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 24 9 9 1 5 1 10 1 0 0 86 101 1.381 10.3 0.4 2.1 4.3 2.00
1959 28 WSH AL 9 11 .450 4.28 34 29 5 6 1 0 187.1 211 98 89 16 43 2 62 4 1 2 814 92 1.356 10.1 0.8 2.1 3.0 1.44
1960 29 TOT AL 8 8 .500 4.30 40 13 11 2 0 0 132.0 135 68 63 13 35 5 55 0 0 3 553 93 1.288 9.2 0.9 2.4 3.8 1.57
1960 29 WSH AL 3 5 .375 4.91 20 7 4 1 0 0 77.0 85 45 42 7 17 2 31 0 0 2 325 82 1.325 9.9 0.8 2.0 3.6 1.82
1960 29 DET AL 5 3 .625 3.44 20 6 7 1 0 0 55.0 50 23 21 6 18 3 24 0 0 1 228 117 1.236 8.2 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.33
1961 30 TOT AL 4 2 .667 4.66 41 1 23 0 0 5 67.2 80 37 35 11 23 2 30 0 0 3 294 89 1.522 10.6 1.5 3.1 4.0 1.30
1961 30 DET AL 3 2 .600 5.01 26 1 13 0 0 3 46.2 54 28 26 10 17 2 18 0 0 2 205 83 1.521 10.4 1.9 3.3 3.5 1.06
1961 30 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 3.86 15 0 10 0 0 2 21.0 26 9 9 1 6 0 12 0 0 1 89 109 1.524 11.1 0.4 2.6 5.1 2.00
1962 31 KCA AL 4 12 .250 3.95 34 16 6 5 0 2 127.2 150 61 56 16 8 2 38 1 0 2 533 107 1.238 10.6 1.1 0.6 2.7 4.75
1963 32 KCA AL 9 6 .600 3.57 45 2 22 0 0 3 95.2 86 44 38 13 29 5 34 3 1 1 398 110 1.202 8.1 1.2 2.7 3.2 1.17
1964 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 7.36 9 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 16 6 6 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 41 52 2.864 19.6 2.5 6.1 2.5 0.40
9 Yrs 45 58 .437 4.34 281 78 95 16 2 13 831.1 936 439 401 85 210 29 313 12 2 20 3563 92 1.379 10.1 0.9 2.3 3.4 1.49
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .437 4.34 53 15 18 3 0 2 157 177 83 76 16 40 5 59 2 0 4 675 92 1.379 10.1 0.9 2.3 3.4 1.49
MIN (4 yrs) 12 20 .375 4.49 66 39 11 7 1 0 292.2 336 158 146 26 70 8 105 5 1 4 1266 88 1.387 10.3 0.8 2.2 3.2 1.50
KCA (3 yrs) 14 18 .438 3.79 94 18 38 5 0 7 244.1 262 114 103 30 43 7 84 4 1 4 1020 108 1.248 9.7 1.1 1.6 3.1 1.95
DET (3 yrs) 10 9 .526 4.96 68 7 33 1 0 5 132.1 150 85 73 22 48 7 58 0 0 6 579 82 1.496 10.2 1.5 3.3 3.9 1.21
CHW (3 yrs) 9 11 .450 4.39 53 14 13 3 1 1 162.0 188 82 79 7 49 7 66 3 0 6 698 86 1.463 10.4 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.35

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
1956 25 CHW AL 1.2 3 0 4 21.60 5.24 0.15 0.00 110.0 5.61 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .408 .498
1957 26 CHW AL 124.0 33 11 50 3.63 4.01 0.42 0.00 101.9 3.66 1 0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.1 10 .503 .501
1958 27 CHW AL 36.1 17 3 28 6.94 4.25 0.24 0.00 100.1 4.01 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.2 -1.0 -9 .429 .493
1958 27 DET AL 30.2 22 0 34 9.98 4.26 0.17 0.00 110.1 4.51 -19 -1.9 1.4 -0.5 -2.1 -16 .414 .488
1958 27 WSH AL 21.0 3 3 9 3.86 4.25 -0.42 0.00 102.2 4.77 2 0.2 -0.0 0.4 4 .583 .502
1959 28 WSH AL 187.1 34 29 98 4.71 4.40 -0.41 0.00 102.5 4.93 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.1 20 .520 .504
1960 29 WSH AL 77.0 20 7 45 5.26 4.35 -0.08 -0.03 102.4 4.51 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.1 0.0 -0 .471 .496
1960 29 DET AL 55.0 20 6 23 3.76 4.55 0.05 -0.01 101.2 4.56 5 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.0 9 .529 .504
1961 30 DET AL 46.1 26 1 28 5.44 4.54 0.39 -0.17 101.7 4.05 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.2 -0.5 -3 .473 .496
1961 30 KCA AL 21.0 15 0 9 3.86 4.57 -0.27 -0.19 105.4 4.90 3 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.5 4 .517 .502
1962 31 KCA AL 127.2 34 16 61 4.30 4.45 0.01 0.04 104.4 4.68 7 0.7 1.2 -0.1 1.8 16 .522 .505
1963 32 KCA AL 95.2 45 2 44 4.14 4.12 -0.08 -0.15 109.1 4.43 4 0.5 1.1 -0.2 1.1 10 .511 .503
1964 33 MIN AL 7.1 9 0 6 7.36 3.97 0.13 -0.16 101.4 3.74 -3 -0.3 2.9 -0.3 -0.6 -2 .466 .498
9 Seasons 831.0 281 78 439 4.75 4.32 -0.02 -0.03 103.6 4.46 -20 -1.9 1.3 -1.5 3.7 39 .493 .499
MIN (4 yrs) 292.2 66 39 158 4.86 4.37 -0.31 -0.01 102.4 4.78 -0 0.0 1.6 -0.5 2.0 21 .500 .500
KCA (3 yrs) 244.1 94 18 114 4.20 4.33 -0.05 -0.06 106.3 4.60 14 1.5 1.2 -0.2 3.4 30 .516 .503
DET (3 yrs) 132.0 68 7 85 5.80 4.48 0.20 -0.06 103.5 4.37 -20 -2.0 1.4 -0.6 -1.5 -10 .471 .496
CHW (3 yrs) 162.0 53 14 82 4.56 4.08 0.38 0.00 101.6 3.76 -14 -1.4 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 -2 .474 .497

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
1956 25 CHW AL 3 12 11 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .545 .583 .818 1.402 .667 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 CHW AL 33 525 477 50 139 21 5 1 3 3 35 48 .291 .342 .363 .704 .320 173 24 3 7 3 6 7
1958 27 TOT AL 42 393 345 71 113 11 3 13 5 7 31 42 .328 .381 .490 .870 .340 169 12 1 12 4 4 5
1958 27 CHW AL 17 161 143 28 43 2 2 6 0 2 13 16 .301 .357 .469 .825 .303 67 3 0 4 1 1 2
1958 27 DET AL 22 146 127 34 46 6 0 6 4 3 13 16 .362 .415 .551 .967 .374 70 3 0 4 2 2 2
1958 27 WSH AL 3 86 75 9 24 3 1 1 1 2 5 10 .320 .366 .427 .793 .354 32 6 1 4 1 1 1
1959 28 WSH AL 34 813 750 98 211 29 6 16 13 4 43 62 .281 .321 .400 .721 .287 300 13 4 9 7 2 18
1960 29 TOT AL 40 555 509 68 135 21 1 13 7 0 35 55 .265 .310 .387 .697 .274 197 18 0 6 5 5 11
1960 29 DET AL 20 230 207 23 50 7 0 6 4 0 18 24 .242 .298 .362 .661 .244 75 5 0 2 3 3 5
1960 29 WSH AL 20 325 302 45 85 14 1 7 3 0 17 31 .281 .318 .404 .722 .293 122 13 0 4 2 2 6
1961 30 TOT AL 41 291 266 37 80 12 3 11 4 1 23 30 .301 .355 .492 .848 .305 131 8 0 4 1 2 2
1961 30 DET AL 26 205 185 28 54 5 1 10 3 0 17 18 .292 .351 .492 .843 .280 91 4 0 3 0 2 2
1961 30 KCA AL 15 86 81 9 26 7 2 1 1 1 6 12 .321 .364 .494 .857 .362 40 4 0 1 1 0 0
1962 31 KCA AL 34 517 512 61 150 23 7 16 6 0 8 38 .293 .302 .459 .761 .289 235 7 1 7 5 2 5
1963 32 KCA AL 45 397 355 44 86 10 4 13 9 0 29 34 .242 .302 .403 .705 .234 143 10 3 7 4 5 8
1964 33 MIN AL 9 41 34 6 16 0 1 2 0 2 5 2 .471 .525 .706 1.231 .452 24 0 0 1 1 3 0
9 Yrs 281 3544 3259 439 936 128 31 85 47 17 210 313 .287 .330 .424 .754 .294 1381 92 12 53 30 29 56
162 Game Avg. 53 671 617 83 177 24 6 16 9 3 40 59 .287 .330 .424 .754 .294 262 17 2 10 6 5 11
MLB Averages .255 .322 .388 .711 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1956 25 CHW AL -2.9 -0.3 12 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .25 -0.2 -0.2 -3.6 -0.3 0.25 -3.0 0 0 3
1957 26 CHW AL 5.4 0.6 535 1.3 10.5 -9.3 1.14 0.6 0.5 10.1 1.1 1.14 6.2 6 7 9
1958 27 TOT AL -24.3 -2.4 411 -1.9 6.9 -8.8 1.12 -1.3 -0.5 -23.0 -2.3 1.12 -22.0 12 3 18
1958 27 CHW AL -11.4 -1.1 166 -0.9 2.9 -3.8 1.08 -0.5 -0.3 -11.9 -1.2 1.08 -8.3 4 3 6
1958 27 DET AL -13.4 -1.3 156 -0.9 2.2 -3.1 1.19 -0.5 -0.2 -11.9 -1.2 1.19 -12.5 8 0 12
1958 27 WSH AL 0.5 0.0 89 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 1.08 -0.2 0.0 0.9 0.1 1.08 -1.2 0 0 0
1959 28 WSH AL -5.4 -0.5 839 -0.3 14.8 -15.1 1.03 -0.9 0.6 -6.6 -0.7 1.03 -8.3 1 0 3
1960 29 TOT AL -2.5 -0.2 569 -0.4 9.7 -10.1 1.03 0.0 -0.4 -5.0 -0.5 1.03 -2.5 6 8 11
1960 29 WSH AL -6.3 -0.6 333 0.2 5.6 -5.4 .96 0.1 0.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.96 -1.7 2 4 5
1960 29 DET AL 3.8 0.4 236 -0.6 4.1 -4.7 1.12 -0.0 -0.5 0.1 0.0 1.12 -0.8 4 4 6
1961 30 TOT AL -2.4 -0.2 305 -0.9 4.5 -5.5 .86 -0.7 -0.4 -2.7 -0.3 0.86 -7.0 12 6 19
1961 30 DET AL -3.8 -0.4 212 0.1 3.1 -3.0 .85 -0.4 0.5 1.4 0.1 0.85 -6.3 7 5 12
1961 30 KCA AL 1.4 0.1 93 -1.0 1.4 -2.4 .90 -0.3 -0.8 -4.0 -0.4 0.90 -0.7 5 1 7
1962 31 KCA AL 4.4 0.4 529 0.3 9.0 -8.7 .94 0.2 0.2 2.9 0.3 0.94 -2.9 5 2 8
1963 32 KCA AL 3.0 0.3 412 0.6 7.4 -6.8 1.04 -0.4 1.0 1.3 0.1 1.03 -8.5 13 9 19
1964 33 MIN AL -2.6 -0.3 44 -1.1 1.0 -2.1 1.82 -1.0 0.3 -6.7 -0.7 1.82 -8.7 5 3 1
9 Yrs -27.2 -2.7 3656 -2.7 63.9 -66.5 1.04 -3.6 1.1 -33.2 -3.2 1.04 -56.6 60 38 91

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
1957 26 CHW AL 33 11 4 4 3 0 2 6 5 .545 1 1 3 1 7 64% 51.5 78 30 17 9 2 4 3.6 3.2 6.3
1958 27 TOT AL 42 6 0 5 1 0 2 0 6 .000 0 0 0 0 2 33% 55 25 15 10 1 4 2.0 2.3 4.8
1958 27 CHW AL 17 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.3 29 25 8 5 1 2 3.3 5.6 2.6
1958 27 WSH AL 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 2 67% 50.7 55 48 0 0 0 2 0.7 0.9 7.0
1959 28 WSH AL 34 29 9 10 10 2 2 15 14 .517 2 8 6 1 15 52% 48.1 85 17 12 2 8 8 4.7 3.5 6.1
1960 29 TOT AL 40 13 6 7 0 3 3 6 7 .462 0 0 2 0 6 46% 48.2 78 23 14 3 5 5 3.9 4.4 6.3
1960 29 WSH AL 20 7 2 5 0 2 3 2 5 .286 0 0 1 0 3 43% 48.3 78 30 5 2 2 3 2.8 3.4 6.4
1960 29 DET AL 20 6 4 2 0 1 0 4 2 .667 0 0 1 0 3 50% 48.0 71 23 9 1 3 2 5.3 5.8 6.2
1961 30 TOT AL 41 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 8 3 1 0 4.0 6.8 4.3
1961 30 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 3 3 1 0 4.0 6.8 4.3
1962 31 KCA AL 34 16 3 12 1 0 7 4 12 .250 1 0 5 0 11 69% 50.1 71 21 8 5 6 3 3.2 3.2 6.8
1963 32 KCA AL 45 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0% 38.5 41 36 11 6 1 1 7.5 6.3 4.5
7 Yrs 232 78 22 39 17 5 16 32 46 .410 5 10 16 2 41 53% 48 85 17 73 33 24 25 4.0 3.6 6.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 116 -14 4.3 4.2 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
1956 25 CHW AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 .252 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.7
1957 26 CHW AL 33 22 7 3 4 1 1 0 100% 1 0 24 11 46% 9 1.140 6 7 9 1 6 15 12 10 12 5 13 7 7.5
1958 27 TOT AL 42 36 18 4 5 4 2 2 50% 6 2 22 8 36% 1.120 12 3 18 7 7 22 10 26 17 3 18 10 4.9
1958 27 CHW AL 17 14 5 2 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 8 6 75% 7 1.081 4 3 6 4 2 8 4 10 9 1 10 3 6.1
1958 27 DET AL 22 22 13 2 4 3 2 1 67% 3 0 14 2 14% 9 1.188 8 0 12 3 5 14 6 16 8 2 8 7 4.2
1959 28 WSH AL 34 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.033 1 0 3 0 1 4 1 4 3 0 3 0 5.6
1960 29 TOT AL 40 27 11 2 1 3 0 3 0% 4 0 24 8 33% 1.030 6 8 11 5 2 20 13 14 15 6 16 8 5.5
1960 29 WSH AL 20 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 3 27% 4 .964 2 4 5 2 1 10 5 8 9 2 10 3 7.4
1960 29 DET AL 20 14 7 1 1 3 0 3 0% 3 0 13 5 38% 8 1.124 4 4 6 3 1 10 8 6 6 4 6 5 3.8
1961 30 TOT AL 41 40 23 4 1 8 5 3 63% 9 0 26 8 31% .864 12 6 19 10 5 25 15 25 24 7 24 14 4.7
1961 30 DET AL 26 25 13 3 1 3 3 0 100% 4 0 17 1 6% 8 .848 7 5 12 5 4 16 10 15 16 5 16 8 5.0
1961 30 KCA AL 15 15 10 1 0 5 2 3 40% 5 0 9 7 78% 8 .901 5 1 7 5 1 9 5 10 8 2 8 6 4.2
1962 31 KCA AL 34 18 6 1 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 16 6 38% 7 .939 5 2 8 5 0 10 8 7 6 6 5 4 3.2
1963 32 KCA AL 45 43 22 9 6 5 3 2 60% 5 0 25 6 24% 7 1.038 13 9 19 9 7 27 14 29 29 2 30 11 6.0
1964 33 MIN AL 9 9 2 0 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 12 5 42% 9 1.818 5 3 1 3 3 3 7 2 2 5 3 3 2.4
9 Yrs 278 203 95 23 19 26 13 13 50% 32 4 153 54 35% 1.036 60 38 91 40 31 129 81 119 108 36 112 57 5.2

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%
1956 25 CHW AL 12 83% 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 16.7% 33% 0.50 75% 2 0 0%
1957 26 CHW AL 525 71% 0.2% 9.1% 6.7% 5.1% 19% 1.56 82% 123 24 20%
1958 27 TOT AL 393 63% 3.3% 10.7% 7.9% 6.9% 24% 1.63 75% 91 12 13%
1958 27 CHW AL 161 65% 3.7% 9.9% 8.1% 6.2% 23% 1.90 76% 36 3 8%
1958 27 DET AL 146 55% 4.1% 11.0% 8.9% 8.2% 26% 1.32 73% 36 3 8%
1958 27 WSH AL 86 74% 1.2% 11.6% 5.8% 5.8% 21% 1.68 76% 19 6 32%
1959 28 WSH AL 813 63% 2.0% 7.6% 5.3% 6.3% 24% 1.23 84% 169 13 8%
1960 29 TOT AL 555 70% 2.3% 9.9% 6.3% 6.3% 26% 1.25 80% 109 18 17%
1960 29 WSH AL 325 68% 2.2% 9.5% 5.2% 6.8% 26% 1.40 82% 61 13 21%
1960 29 DET AL 230 73% 2.6% 10.4% 7.8% 5.7% 26% 1.07 78% 48 5 10%
1961 30 TOT AL 295 65% 3.8% 10.3% 7.9% 8.9% 33% 1.69 78% 58 8 14%
1961 30 DET AL 205 62% 4.9% 8.8% 8.3% 7.8% 30% 1.64 77% 37 4 11%
1961 30 KCA AL 90 72% 1.2% 14.0% 7.0% 11.6% 39% 1.81 80% 21 4 19%
1962 31 KCA AL 533 56% 3.1% 7.4% 1.6% 8.9% 31% 1.10 90% 88 7 8%
1963 32 KCA AL 398 58% 3.3% 8.6% 7.3% 6.8% 31% 0.98 79% 68 10 15%
1964 33 MIN AL 41 61% 4.9% 4.9% 12.2% 7.3% 19% 1.57 76% 9 0 0%
9 Yrs 3565 64% 2.4% 8.8% 5.9% 6.9% 26% 1.29 82% 717 92 13%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 13.9% 8.7% 6.6% 29% 1.03 74% 10%

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
1956 25 CHW AL 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 CHW AL 525 139 1 0 16 1 0 1 0 31 16 2 52% 7 5 0 225 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 27 TOT AL 393 113 13 1 12 6 7 8 5 31 19 2 61% 5 4 1 162 5 7 42% 4 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
1958 27 CHW AL 161 43 6 0 5 4 2 2 4 15 9 1 60% 2 1 1 58 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1958 27 DET AL 146 46 6 1 6 1 5 5 1 12 7 1 58% 2 3 0 68 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1958 27 WSH AL 86 24 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 36 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 28 WSH AL 813 211 16 0 7 15 1 8 8 37 21 4 57% 18 2 5 330 13 4 76% 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1960 29 TOT AL 555 135 13 0 10 9 4 8 5 32 20 1 63% 11 3 1 198 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1960 29 WSH AL 325 85 7 0 5 5 2 4 3 16 13 0 81% 6 2 1 113 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1960 29 DET AL 230 50 6 0 5 4 2 4 2 16 7 1 44% 5 1 0 85 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 30 TOT AL 291 80 11 1 5 6 5 5 6 18 7 6 39% 2 3 0 122 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
1961 30 DET AL 205 54 10 1 3 6 4 4 6 8 3 3 38% 2 2 0 88 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 30 KCA AL 86 26 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 4 3 40% 0 1 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1962 31 KCA AL 517 150 16 0 3 9 7 8 8 29 14 2 48% 5 2 2 187 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 16
1963 32 KCA AL 397 86 13 0 11 6 7 4 9 26 14 3 54% 8 1 1 136 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
1964 33 MIN AL 41 16 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 50% 0 0 1 23 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 3544 936 85 2 66 54 31 43 42 208 113 20 54% 56 20 11 1390 47 17 73% 45 15 1 2 1 0 3 0 80 21
MLB Averages 51% 61%

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+
1956 25 0 0 21.60 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 23 4.200 32.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00 23
1957 26 7 8 .467 3.72 36 11 8 3 1 1 125.2 145 54 52 1 36 6 50 3 0 5 537 101 1.440 10.4 0.1 2.6 3.6 1.39 101
1958 27 11 18 .379 4.80 78 17 26 3 1 3 213.2 258 125 114 14 67 10 92 4 0 9 930 80 1.521 10.9 0.6 2.8 3.9 1.37 80
1959 28 20 29 .408 4.56 112 46 31 9 2 3 401.0 469 223 203 30 110 12 154 8 1 11 1744 85 1.444 10.5 0.7 2.5 3.5 1.40 85
1960 29 28 37 .431 4.49 152 59 42 11 2 3 533.0 604 291 266 43 145 17 209 8 1 14 2297 87 1.405 10.2 0.7 2.4 3.5 1.44 87
1961 30 32 39 .451 4.51 193 60 65 11 2 8 600.2 684 328 301 54 168 19 239 8 1 17 2591 87 1.418 10.2 0.8 2.5 3.6 1.42 87
1962 31 36 51 .414 4.41 227 76 71 16 2 10 728.1 834 389 357 70 176 21 277 9 1 19 3124 90 1.387 10.3 0.9 2.2 3.4 1.57 90
1963 32 45 57 .441 4.31 272 78 93 16 2 13 824.0 920 433 395 83 205 26 311 12 2 20 3522 92 1.365 10.0 0.9 2.2 3.4 1.52 92
1964 33 45 58 .437 4.34 281 78 95 16 2 13 831.1 936 439 401 85 210 29 313 12 2 20 3563 92 1.379 10.1 0.9 2.3 3.4 1.49 92

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
1956 25 0 0 18.00 2.0 6 4 4 0 1 2 0 3.500 27.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 3
1957 26 7 6 .538 3.98 120.0 150 59 53 1 38 47 3 1.567 11.3 2.9 3.5 1.24 0.1 33
1958 27 2 7 .222 7.01 86.0 120 74 67 14 33 41 1 1.779 12.6 3.5 4.3 1.24 1.5 42
1959 28 10 11 .476 4.27 194.0 220 102 92 17 45 64 4 1.366 10.2 2.1 3.0 1.42 0.8 34
1960 29 6 8 .429 4.33 135.0 141 72 65 14 37 56 0 1.319 9.4 2.5 3.7 1.51 0.9 40
1961 30 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 79 38 34 11 23 28 0 1.594 11.1 3.2 3.9 1.22 1.5 41
1962 31 7 7 .500 3.79 126.0 145 59 53 15 8 38 1 1.214 10.4 0.6 2.7 4.75 1.1 34
1963 32 5 5 .500 3.68 93.0 86 42 38 13 29 33 3 1.237 8.3 2.8 3.2 1.14 1.3 45
1964 33 0 0 7.71 7.0 16 7 6 2 5 2 0 3.000 20.6 6.4 2.6 0.40 2.6 9
9 Yrs 40 48 .455 4.48 827.0 963 457 412 87 219 311 12 1.429 10.5 3.4 1.42 0.9 281

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  2.066 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  5 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2494), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1412), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (502nd), 3.6 career WAR/7.8 7yr-peak WAR/5.7 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ed Lynch (959)
  2. Jim Owens (959)
  3. Bob Anderson (957)
  4. Erv Palica (956)
  5. Duke Maas (956)
  6. Jack Lamabe (956)
  7. Rosy Ryan (955)
  8. Bob Miller (953)
  9. Ed Rakow (951)
  10. Darren Dreifort (951)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Ferrick (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jose Bautista (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kameron Loe (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Presko (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Fraser (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Fraser (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Owens (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ryan Franklin (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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