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Howie Fox

Howard Francis Fox

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 1, 1921 in Coburg, OR
School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Signed
by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1944
Teams (by GP): Reds/Orioles/Phillies 1944-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
Died: October 9, 1955 in San Antonio, TX
Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Eugene, OR
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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
1944 23 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 24 CIN NL 8 13 .381 4.93 45 15 17 7 0 0 164.1 169 102 90 6 77 54 6 0 4 730 76 1.497 9.3 0.3 4.2 3.0 0.70
1946 25 CIN NL 0 0 18.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 12 13 10 2 5 1 0 0 1 31 20 3.400 21.6 3.6 9.0 1.8 0.20
1948 27 CIN NL 6 9 .400 4.53 34 24 3 5 0 1 171.0 185 100 86 11 62 63 1 0 4 737 87 1.444 9.7 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.02
1949 28 CIN NL 6 19 .240 3.98 38 30 6 9 0 0 215.0 221 120 95 13 77 60 4 1 2 928 106 1.386 9.3 0.5 3.2 2.5 0.78
1950 29 CIN NL 11 8 .579 4.33 34 22 6 10 1 1 187.0 196 97 90 14 85 64 2 1 0 822 98 1.503 9.4 0.7 4.1 3.1 0.75
1951 30 CIN NL 9 14 .391 3.83 40 30 5 9 4 2 228.0 239 105 97 16 69 57 2 0 2 958 107 1.351 9.4 0.6 2.7 2.3 0.83
1952 31 PHI NL 2 7 .222 5.08 13 11 1 2 0 0 62.0 70 41 35 8 26 16 0 0 1 275 72 1.548 10.2 1.2 3.8 2.3 0.62
1954 33 BAL AL 1 2 .333 3.67 38 0 23 0 0 2 73.2 80 33 30 2 34 27 2 0 3 320 98 1.548 9.8 0.2 4.2 3.3 0.79
9 Yrs 43 72 .374 4.33 248 132 63 42 5 6 1108.1 1174 611 533 72 435 342 17 2 17 4810 93 1.452 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.8 0.79
162 Game Avg. 8 13 .374 4.33 44 24 11 8 1 1 198 210 109 95 13 78 61 3 0 3 861 93 1.452 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.8 0.79
CIN (7 yrs) 40 63 .388 4.33 197 121 39 40 5 4 972.2 1024 537 468 62 375 299 15 2 13 4215 94 1.438 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.8 0.80
PHI (1 yr) 2 7 .222 5.08 13 11 1 2 0 0 62.0 70 41 35 8 26 16 0 0 1 275 72 1.548 10.2 1.2 3.8 2.3 0.62
BAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.67 38 0 23 0 0 2 73.2 80 33 30 2 34 27 2 0 3 320 98 1.548 9.8 0.2 4.2 3.3 0.79
NL (8 yrs) 42 70 .375 4.38 210 132 40 42 5 4 1034.2 1094 578 503 70 401 315 15 2 14 4490 92 1.445 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.7 0.79
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.67 38 0 23 0 0 2 73.2 80 33 30 2 34 27 2 0 3 320 98 1.548 9.8 0.2 4.2 3.3 0.79

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
1944 23 CIN NL 2.1 2 0 0 0.00 4.59 0.61 0.00 100.4 4.00 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .559 .501 $
1945 24 CIN NL 164.1 45 15 102 5.59 4.55 0.03 0.00 99.3 4.49 -21 -2.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -4 .453 .487 $
1946 25 CIN NL 5.0 4 0 13 23.40 4.18 0.53 0.00 98.1 3.59 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -10 .262 .494 $
1948 27 CIN NL 170.0 34 24 100 5.29 4.50 -0.23 0.00 99.3 4.69 -12 -1.2 .8 -0.1 0.3 8 .465 .493 $
1949 28 CIN NL 215.0 38 30 120 5.02 4.69 -0.06 0.00 105.2 5.00 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.1 1.8 25 .497 .499 $
1950 29 CIN NL 187.0 34 22 97 4.67 4.68 -0.19 0.00 101.6 4.95 7 0.7 .9 -0.1 2.3 27 .521 .504 $
1951 30 CIN NL 227.2 40 30 105 4.15 4.61 -0.01 0.00 103.5 4.78 16 1.7 1.5 -0.1 3.7 41 .543 .511 $
1952 31 PHI NL 62.0 13 11 41 5.95 4.46 0.15 0.00 97.9 4.22 -12 -1.2 1.8 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .408 .493 $
1954 33 BAL AL 73.2 38 0 33 4.03 4.41 -0.26 0.00 96.9 4.53 4 0.5 1.1 -0.2 0.9 10 .512 .503 $
9 Seasons 1107.0 248 132 611 4.97 4.59 -0.08 0.00 101.5 4.74 -29 -2.6 1.1 -0.7 6.7 93 .490 .498 $
CIN (7 yrs) 971.1 197 121 537 4.98 4.61 -0.08 0.00 102.0 4.79 -21 -1.8 1.1 -0.5 6.5 88 .491 .498 $
PHI (1 yr) 62.0 13 11 41 5.95 4.46 0.15 0.00 97.9 4.22 -12 -1.2 1.8 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .408 .493 $
BAL (1 yr) 73.2 38 0 33 4.03 4.41 -0.26 0.00 96.9 4.53 4 0.5 1.1 -0.2 0.9 10 .512 .503 $

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
1948 27 CIN NL 34 353 667 100 185 14 3 11 5 3 62 63 .277 .340 .357 .697 .293 238 10 1 13 0 7
1949 28 CIN NL 38 682 838 120 221 29 1 13 10 4 77 60 .264 .329 .347 .676 .272 291 19 4 12 0 15
1950 29 CIN NL 34 524 733 97 196 19 3 14 1 2 85 64 .267 .345 .359 .704 .278 263 9 2 8 0 9
1951 30 CIN NL 40 711 878 105 239 33 6 16 8 3 69 57 .272 .327 .378 .705 .277 332 20 2 8 0 7
1952 31 PHI NL 13 260 244 41 70 9 2 8 4 2 26 16 .287 .356 .439 .794 .282 107 8 0 5 0 5
1954 33 BAL AL 38 320 277 33 80 18 4 2 0 3 34 27 .289 .366 .404 .770 .310 112 11 2 3 4 2
6 Yrs 197 2850 3637 496 991 122 19 64 28 17 353 287 .272 .338 .369 .708 .282 1343 77 11 49 4 45
162 Game Avg. 43 617 788 107 215 26 4 14 6 4 76 62 .272 .338 .369 .708 .282 291 17 2 11 1 10
MLB Averages .261 .335 .356 .691 .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
1948 27 CIN NL -12.5 -1.2 368 0.2 6.8 -6.7 1.12 0.4 -0.2 2.0 0.2 1.12 4.4 0 1 3
1949 28 CIN NL 0.1 0.0 708 -1.6 14.4 -16.0 1.28 -0.0 -1.2 -5.8 -0.6 1.28 -3.1 4 0 2
1950 29 CIN NL 0.3 0.0 535 0.9 9.1 -8.2 1.02 0.0 0.8 -0.1 -0.0 1.02 -1.8 1 1 7
1951 30 CIN NL 8.3 0.8 739 -0.5 13.7 -14.2 1.10 0.3 -0.7 3.5 0.4 1.10 4.5 4 2 3
1952 31 PHI NL -10.5 -1.0 277 -1.5 6.3 -7.7 1.44 -0.7 -0.4 -8.5 -0.9 1.47 -7.1 1 1 0
1954 33 BAL AL -0.2 -0.0 328 -0.7 3.9 -4.6 .80 -0.0 -0.9 -7.8 -0.8 0.80 -2.3 10 0 26
9 Yrs -41.6 -4.0 2955 -3.2 54.2 -57.4 1.13 -0.1 -2.8 -16.6 -1.7 1.13 -5.3 20 5 41

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
1945 24 CIN NL 45 15 4 11 0 0 4 4 11 .267 0 0 7 0 8 53% 43.7 71 13 10 3 4.1 6.4
1948 27 CIN NL 34 24 6 9 9 0 3 10 14 .417 1 2 5 0 11 46% 44.9 73 19 7 4 8 11 4.1 3.5 6.2
1949 28 CIN NL 38 30 5 19 6 0 8 7 23 .233 1 4 9 0 17 57% 47.2 72 20 14 9 11 8 3.7 3.4 6.7
1950 29 CIN NL 34 22 11 8 3 4 4 12 10 .545 1 0 10 1 12 55% 48.0 74 16 13 2 10 6 4.2 4.8 7.2
1951 30 CIN NL 40 30 8 13 9 1 5 11 18 .379 2 3 9 4 14 47% 48.8 80 23 15 5 16 8 3.4 3.1 6.9
1952 31 PHI NL 13 11 2 5 4 0 1 5 6 .455 2 1 2 0 5 45% 45.0 64 20 11 5 4 6 4.8 3.6 5.2
6 Yrs 204 132 36 65 31 5 25 49 82 .374 7 10 42 5 67 51% 47 80 13 60 25 59 42 3.9 3.6 6.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7

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
1944 23 CIN NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.5
1945 24 CIN NL 45 30 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 6 6.8
1946 25 CIN NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.8
1948 27 CIN NL 34 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.120 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 4 7 1 3 3 6.7
1949 28 CIN NL 38 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 1.280 4 0 2 0 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 5.1
1950 29 CIN NL 34 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 1.016 1 1 7 2 0 7 4 5 10 2 8 2 7.3
1951 30 CIN NL 40 10 5 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 5 4 80% 7 1.100 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 5 8 2 7 0 6.4
1952 31 PHI NL 13 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 6 1.440 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 6.5
1954 33 BAL AL 38 38 23 1 2 4 2 2 50% 5 1 28 15 54% 8 .804 10 0 26 5 5 28 15 23 21 6 21 7 5.8
9 Yrs 248 116 63 7 7 8 6 3 75% 9 1 45 23 51% 1.128 20 5 41 11 11 46 26 42 68 18 42 20 6.2

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%
1944 23 CIN NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1945 24 CIN NL 730 0.8% 7.4% 10.6% 2.2% 10% 78%
1946 25 CIN NL 31 6.5% 3.2% 16.1% 74%
1948 27 CIN NL 744 62% 3.1% 17.9% 17.6% 7.9% 15% 1.53 168% 74 10 14%
1949 28 CIN NL 931 64% 1.9% 8.8% 11.3% 6.3% 20% 1.26 112% 145 19 13%
1950 29 CIN NL 827 58% 2.7% 12.2% 16.2% 6.9% 18% 1.10 125% 122 9 7%
1951 30 CIN NL 958 60% 2.3% 8.0% 9.7% 7.7% 23% 1.50 113% 139 20 14%
1952 31 PHI NL 275 67% 3.1% 6.2% 10.0% 7.3% 27% 1.20 85% 52 8 15%
1954 33 BAL AL 320 62% 0.6% 8.4% 10.6% 7.5% 30% 1.53 79% 61 11 18%
9 Yrs 4825 62% 2.0% 9.5% 12.0% 6.1% 19% 1.34 108% 593 77 13%
MLB Averages 50% 1.9% 11.1% 10.7% 5.2% 20% 0.95 88% 11%

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
1944 23 CIN NL 2 0 0
1945 24 CIN NL 169 6 4
1946 25 CIN NL 12 2 1
1948 27 CIN NL 353 185 11 1 9 3 1 2 2 20 12 0 60% 7 4 0 133 5 3 63% 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 391
1949 28 CIN NL 682 221 13 0 18 5 5 4 6 40 20 1 50% 15 2 2 274 10 4 71% 8 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 249
1950 29 CIN NL 524 196 14 0 16 1 8 4 5 38 23 2 61% 9 0 2 218 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 303
1951 30 CIN NL 711 239 16 0 4 10 3 6 7 22 16 1 73% 7 2 1 282 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 247
1952 31 PHI NL 260 70 8 0 5 4 4 4 4 3 1 0 33% 5 1 0 101 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
1954 33 BAL AL 320 80 2 0 18 0 2 0 2 31 17 3 55% 2 3 1 118 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
9 Yrs 2850 1174 72 1 70 23 23 20 26 154 89 7 58% 45 17 6 1126 28 17 62% 25 12 1 2 2 2 8 0 33 1205
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1944 23 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 24 8 13 .381 4.86 47 15 18 7 0 0 166.2 171 102 90 6 77 54 6 0 4 739 78 1.488 9.2 0.3 4.2 2.9 0.70 78
1946 25 8 13 .381 5.24 51 15 19 7 0 0 171.2 183 115 100 8 82 55 6 0 5 770 72 1.544 9.6 0.4 4.3 2.9 0.67 72
1947 26 8 13 .381 5.24 51 15 19 7 0 0 171.2 183 115 100 8 82 55 6 0 5 770 72 1.544 9.6 0.4 4.3 2.9 0.67 72
1948 27 14 22 .389 4.89 85 39 22 12 0 1 342.2 368 215 186 19 144 118 7 0 9 1507 79 1.494 9.7 0.5 3.8 3.1 0.82 79
1949 28 20 41 .328 4.53 123 69 28 21 0 1 557.2 589 335 281 32 221 178 11 1 11 2435 88 1.452 9.5 0.5 3.6 2.9 0.81 88
1950 29 31 49 .388 4.48 157 91 34 31 1 2 744.2 785 432 371 46 306 242 13 2 11 3257 90 1.465 9.5 0.6 3.7 2.9 0.79 90
1951 30 40 63 .388 4.33 197 121 39 40 5 4 972.2 1024 537 468 62 375 299 15 2 13 4215 94 1.438 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.8 0.80 94
1952 31 42 70 .375 4.38 210 132 40 42 5 4 1034.2 1094 578 503 70 401 315 15 2 14 4490 92 1.445 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.7 0.79 92
1953 32 42 70 .375 4.38 210 132 40 42 5 4 1034.2 1094 578 503 70 401 315 15 2 14 4490 92 1.445 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.7 0.79 92
1954 33 43 72 .374 4.33 248 132 63 42 5 6 1108.1 1174 611 533 72 435 342 17 2 17 4810 93 1.452 9.5 0.6 3.5 2.8 0.79 93

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
1944 23 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
1945 24 7 11 .389 5.10 166.0 177 104 94 6 81 55 6 1.554 9.6 4.4 3.0 0.68 0.3 45
1946 25 0 0 21.60 5.0 13 13 12 2 5 1 0 3.600 23.4 9.0 1.8 0.20 3.6 4
1948 27 7 11 .389 4.82 170.0 194 101 91 12 65 63 1 1.524 10.3 3.4 3.3 0.97 0.6 34
1949 28 13 11 .542 3.76 220.0 222 102 92 13 77 61 4 1.359 9.1 3.2 2.5 0.79 0.5 38
1950 29 10 11 .476 4.15 191.0 198 98 88 14 86 65 2 1.487 9.3 4.1 3.1 0.76 0.7 34
1951 30 13 12 .520 3.86 226.0 244 108 97 16 70 57 2 1.389 9.7 2.8 2.3 0.81 0.6 40
1952 31 2 4 .333 5.75 61.0 76 43 39 9 28 16 0 1.705 11.2 4.1 2.4 0.57 1.3 13
1954 33 3 4 .429 4.43 69.0 88 38 34 2 37 25 2 1.812 11.5 4.8 3.3 0.68 0.3 38
9 Yrs 55 64 .462 4.43 1111.0 1212 607 547 74 449 343 17 1.495 9.8 2.8 0.76 0.6 248

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1951 NL  3.7 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  2.724 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 NL  45 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 NL  4 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  239 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  0.329 (8th)
1949 NL  0.544 (7th)
1950 NL  0.674 (9th)
1951 NL  0.632 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1945 NL  13 (7th)
1949 NL  19 (1st)
1951 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  90 (7th)
1948 NL  86 (10th)
1949 NL  95 (9th)
1951 NL  97 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 NL  4 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1945 NL  17 (8th)
1954 AL  23 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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