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Jesse Flores

Jesse Sandoval Flores

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 2, 1914 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Cubs 1942-1950

Final Game: September 17, 1950
Died: December 17, 1991 in Orange, CA
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Rowland Heights, CA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1938	23	BBE	D	24	6	.800	2.38	33						257.0	215	97	68		75							1.128	7.5		2.6			BBE · AZTX
1939	24	CHC-min	AA	9	9	.500	3.54	30	15					173.0	166	81	68		59							1.301	8.6		3.1			LOS · PCL
1940	25	CHC-min	AA	7	5	.583	4.43	32	16					132.0	131	75	65		67							1.500	8.9		4.6			LOS · PCL
1941	26	CHC-min	AA	12	15	.444	3.23	39	28		14	6		223.0	186	95	80		89	139	3	0	4			1.233	7.5		3.6	5.6	1.56	LOS · PCL
1942	27	CHC-min	AA	14	5	.737	2.63	37	20		14	3		185.0	151	63	54		63	100	1	2	1			1.157	7.3		3.1	4.9	1.59	LOS · PCL
1942	27	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	24	103	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	10.1	3.00
1943	28	PHA	AL	12	14	.462	3.11	31	27	4	13	0	0	231.1	208	88	80	13	70	113	5	0	2	959	109	1.202	8.1	0.5	2.7	4.4	1.61	MVP-27
1944	29	PHA	AL	9	11	.450	3.39	27	25	1	11	2	0	185.2	172	75	70	8	49	65	4	0	2	771	101	1.190	8.3	0.4	2.4	3.2	1.33
1945	30	PHA	AL	7	10	.412	3.43	29	24	4	9	4	1	191.1	180	79	73	6	63	52	4	1	1	800	98	1.270	8.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	0.83
1946	31	PHA	AL	9	7	.563	2.32	29	15	11	8	4	1	155.0	147	51	40	8	38	48	1	1	0	638	151	1.194	8.5	0.5	2.2	2.8	1.26
1947	32	PHA	AL	4	13	.235	3.39	28	20	5	4	0	0	151.1	139	72	57	10	59	41	0	0	0	633	113	1.308	8.3	0.6	3.5	2.4	0.69

1948	33	SDG	AAA	11	19	.367	4.36	41			15	3		225.0	267	125	109		81	111	1	1	4			1.547	10.7		3.2	4.4	1.37	SDG · PCL
1949	34	CLE-min	AAA	21	10	.677	3.04	36	34		25	3		278.2	283	110	94		74	139	0	2	2			1.281	9.1		2.4	4.5	1.88	SDG · PCL
1950	35	CLE	AL	3	3	.500	3.74	28	2	13	1	1	4	53.0	53	24	22	3	25	27	1	0	0	231	116	1.472	9.0	0.5	4.2	4.6	1.08
1951	36	CHW-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.02	34	3		1	0		65.0	63	34	29		27	32	1	0	1			1.385	8.7		3.7	4.4	1.19	SAC · PCL
1952	37	SAC	Opn	10	20	.333	2.78	32	30		14	5		240.0	223	93	74		60	123	2	0	2			1.179	8.4		2.2	4.6	2.05	SAC · PCL
1953	38	SAC,OLD	Opn	8	9	.471	3.94	29	23		11	4		153.0	180	84	67	11	34	47	1	0	0			1.399	10.6	0.6	2.0	2.8	1.38	SAC,OLD · PCL
1954	39	OLD,POR	Opn	3	8	.273	3.67	37	4		1	0		90.2	101	54	37	7	27	34	1	0	0			1.412	10.0	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.26	OLD,POR · PCL
1955	40	NYY-min	C	1	1	.500	3.58	18	5					60.1	81	30	24	3	8							1.475	12.1	0.4	1.2			MOD · CALL
7 Yrs				44	59	.427	3.18	176	113	39	46	11	6	973.0	904	394	344	49	306	352	15	2	5	4056	111	1.244	8.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.15
162 Game Avg.				10	14	.427	3.18	41	27	9	11	3	1	229	213	93	81	12	72	83	4	0	1	954	111	1.244	8.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.15

PHA (5 yrs)				41	55	.427	3.15	144	111	25	45	10	2	914.2	846	365	320	45	279	319	14	2	5	3801	111	1.230	8.3	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.14
CLE (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.74	28	2	13	1	1	4	53.0	53	24	22	3	25	27	1	0	0	231	116	1.472	9.0	0.5	4.2	4.6	1.08
CHC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	24	103	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	10.1	3.00

AL (6 yrs)				44	58	.431	3.18	172	113	38	46	11	6	967.2	899	389	342	48	304	346	15	2	5	4032	111	1.243	8.4	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.14
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	24	103	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	10.1	3.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1942	27	CHC	NL	5.1	4	0	5	8.44	3.49	-0.12	0.00	97.8	3.53	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.423	.498	$
1943	28	PHA	AL	231.1	31	27	88	3.42	3.95	-0.25	0.00	103.3	4.34	23	2.8	1.0	-0.2	4.0	37	.591	.517	$	MVP-27
1944	29	PHA	AL	185.2	27	25	75	3.64	4.13	0.02	0.00	99.6	4.10	9	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.0	21	.540	.507	$
1945	30	PHA	AL	191.1	29	24	79	3.72	4.04	0.03	0.00	99.4	4.00	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.7	18	.526	.505	$
1946	31	PHA	AL	155.0	29	15	51	2.96	4.10	-0.27	0.00	99.4	4.35	24	2.8	1.0	-0.1	3.8	36	.597	.517	$
1947	32	PHA	AL	151.1	28	20	72	4.28	4.05	0.26	0.00	102.5	3.89	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.3	5	.477	.496	$

1950	35	CLE	AL	53.0	28	2	24	4.08	4.90	0.16	0.00	95.1	4.51	2	0.2	1.4	-0.0	0.6	8	.507	.501	$
7 Seasons				973.0	176	113	394	3.64	4.09	-0.05	0.00	100.6	4.16	56	6.7	1.2	-0.6	12.1	123	.538	.506	$

PHA (5 yrs)				914.2	144	111	365	3.59	4.05	-0.06	0.00	100.9	4.14	56	6.8	1.0	-0.6	11.8	117	.547	.508	$
CLE (1 yr)				53.0	28	2	24	4.08	4.90	0.16	0.00	95.1	4.51	2	0.2	1.4	-0.0	0.6	8	.507	.501	$
CHC (1 yr)				5.1	4	0	5	8.44	3.49	-0.12	0.00	97.8	3.53	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.423	.498	$

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	ROE
1950	35	CLE	AL	28	232	204	24	53	10	1	3	2	2	25	27	.260	.343	.363	.706	.287	74	4	1	2	0	3
1 Yr				28	232	204	24	53	10	1	3	2	2	25	27	.260	.343	.363	.706	.287	74	4	1	2	0	3
162 Game Avg.				63	526	462	54	120	23	2	7	5	5	57	61	.260	.343	.363	.706	.287	168	9	2	5	0	7
MLB Averages																.259	.333	.335	.668	.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
1950	35	CLE	AL	4.0	0.4	239	0.8	5.6	-4.8	1.36	0.3	0.3	4.4	0.4	1.36	4.6	11	6	8
7 Yrs				42.0	4.5	239	0.8	5.6	-4.8	1.36	0.3	0.3	4.4	0.4	1.36	4.6	11	6	8

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
1943	28	PHA	AL	31	27	11	12	4	1	7	11	15	.423	0	0	13	0	19	70%	58.1	100	28			2	14	3.2		8.2
1944	29	PHA	AL	27	25	9	11	5	0	5	11	13	.458	0	0	11	2	17	68%	53.9	82	16			5	15	3.8		7.2
1945	30	PHA	AL	29	24	7	8	9	0	2	10	14	.417	0	0	9	4	15	63%	52.3	80	22			7	12	4.1		7.5
1946	31	PHA	AL	29	15	8	7	0	0	3	8	7	.533	0	0	8	4	11	73%	58.2	87	19			5	7	3.6		7.5
1947	32	PHA	AL	28	20	3	13	4	0	5	5	15	.250	0	0	4	0	10	50%	50.0	76	22			4	13	2.5		6.5

1950	35	CLE	AL	28	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	50%	65.5	85	46	11	4	1	1	3.7	5.7	5.8
6 Yrs				172	113	39	51	23	1	22	47	64	.423	0	0	46	11	73	65%	55	100	16	11	4	24	62	3.4	5.7	7.4
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	115	-11					4.3	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1942	27	CHC	NL	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0														2	0		1	4.0
1943	28	PHA	AL	31	4	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0														3	0		1	8.3
1944	29	PHA	AL	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														2	0		0	9.0
1945	30	PHA	AL	29	5	4	0	2	0	1	0		0	0														3	0		0	7.4
1946	31	PHA	AL	29	14	11	1	0	0	1	0		0	0														11	1		0	9.1
1947	32	PHA	AL	28	8	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0														7	0		1	7.8

1950	35	CLE	AL	28	26	13	2	3	4	4	0	100%	5	1	26	11	42%	8	1.359	11	6	8	8	3	15	14	12	17	7	17	5	4.8
7 Yrs				176	63	39	5	8	4	6	0	150%	5	1	26	11	42%		1.359	11	6	8	8	3	15	14	12	45	8	17	8	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1942	27	CHC	NL	24		4.2%	25.0%	8.3%				63%
1943	28	PHA	AL	959		1.4%	11.8%	7.3%	3.3%	15%		77%
1944	29	PHA	AL	771		1.0%	8.4%	6.4%	2.7%	12%		82%
1945	30	PHA	AL	800		0.8%	6.5%	7.9%	2.4%	11%		83%
1946	31	PHA	AL	638		1.3%	7.5%	6.0%	3.3%	14%		84%
1947	32	PHA	AL	633		1.6%	6.5%	9.3%	2.7%	12%		82%

1950	35	CLE	AL	232	56%	1.3%	11.6%	10.8%	6.0%	26%	0.49	75%	47	4	9%
7 Yrs				4057	56%	1.2%	8.7%	7.5%	3.1%	14%	0.49	81%	47	4	9%
MLB Averages					49%	1.6%	10.3%	10.4%	3.9%	15%	0.95	87%			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
1942	27	CHC	NL		5			1												0
1943	28	PHA	AL		208			13												2
1944	29	PHA	AL		172			8												2
1945	30	PHA	AL		180			6												1
1946	31	PHA	AL		147			8												0
1947	32	PHA	AL		139			10												0

1950	35	CLE	AL	232	53			3	0	8	2	1	1	2	14	9	1	64%	3	0	0	112	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				232	904			49	0	8	2	1	1	2	14	9	1	64%	3	5	0	112	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1942	27	0	1	.000	3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	24	103	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	10.1	3.00	103
1943	28	12	15	.444	3.12	35	27	5	13	0	0	236.2	213	93	82	14	72	119	5	0	2	983	109	1.204	8.1	0.5	2.7	4.5	1.65	109
1944	29	21	26	.447	3.24	62	52	6	24	2	0	422.1	385	168	152	22	121	184	9	0	4	1754	106	1.198	8.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52	106
1945	30	28	36	.438	3.30	91	76	10	33	6	1	613.2	565	247	225	28	184	236	13	1	5	2554	103	1.221	8.3	0.4	2.7	3.5	1.28	103
1946	31	37	43	.463	3.10	120	91	21	41	10	2	768.2	712	298	265	36	222	284	14	2	5	3192	110	1.215	8.3	0.4	2.6	3.3	1.28	110
1947	32	41	56	.423	3.15	148	111	26	45	10	2	920.0	851	370	322	46	281	325	14	2	5	3825	111	1.230	8.3	0.5	2.7	3.2	1.16	111
1948	33	41	56	.423	3.15	148	111	26	45	10	2	920.0	851	370	322	46	281	325	14	2	5	3825	111	1.230	8.3	0.5	2.7	3.2	1.16	111
1949	34	41	56	.423	3.15	148	111	26	45	10	2	920.0	851	370	322	46	281	325	14	2	5	3825	111	1.230	8.3	0.5	2.7	3.2	1.16	111
1950	35	44	59	.427	3.18	176	113	39	46	11	6	973.0	904	394	344	49	306	352	15	2	5	4056	111	1.244	8.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.15	111

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
1942	27	0	0		3.00	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	6	0	1.333	9.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	1.5	4
1943	28	14	11	.560	3.57	232.0	229	102	92	14	77	113	6	1.319	8.9	3.0	4.4	1.47	0.5	31
1944	29	10	10	.500	3.80	187.0	187	88	79	9	53	66	4	1.283	9.0	2.6	3.2	1.25	0.4	27
1945	30	10	11	.476	4.19	189.0	203	98	88	7	71	51	5	1.450	9.7	3.4	2.4	0.72	0.3	29
1946	31	12	5	.706	2.61	155.0	160	50	45	9	41	48	1	1.297	9.3	2.4	2.8	1.17	0.5	29
1947	32	9	7	.563	3.68	149.0	147	68	61	11	62	40	0	1.403	8.9	3.7	2.4	0.65	0.7	28

1950	35	3	2	.600	3.67	54.0	54	24	22	3	25	27	1	1.463	9.0	4.2	4.5	1.08	0.5	28
7 Yrs		58	46	.558	3.60	972.0	986	432	389	54	331	351	17	1.355	9.1		3.3	1.06	0.5	176

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (27, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1943 AL 4.0 (6th) 1946 AL 3.8 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1946 AL 2.32 (5th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1944 AL 1.190 (6th) 1946 AL 1.194 (7th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1944 AL 2.375 (10th) 1946 AL 2.207 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 AL 4.396 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1950 AL 4 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1943 AL 231.3 (6th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1943 AL 113 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 1943 AL 27 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1945 AL 4 (4th) 1946 AL 4 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1943 AL 13 (5th)
Hits s c a p y 1943 AL 208 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1943 AL 1.614 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1943 AL 14 (6th) 1947 AL 13 (9th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1943 AL 80 (6th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 AL 5 (6th) 1944 AL 4 (6th) 1945 AL 4 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1943 AL 959 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1946 AL 151 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1946 AL 19 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1946 AL 2.0 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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