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Hersh Freeman

Hershell Baskin Freeman (Buster)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 1, 1928 in Gadsden, AL
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1952
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/RedSox/Cubs 1952-1958

Final Game: June 7, 1958
Died: January 17, 2004 in Orlando, FL
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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 23 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 3.29 4 1 1 1 0 0 13.2 13 5 5 1 5 5 1 0 0 56 123 1.317 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.3 1.00
1953 24 BOS AL 1 4 .200 5.54 18 2 7 0 0 0 39.0 50 31 24 2 17 15 0 0 1 179 76 1.718 11.5 0.5 3.9 3.5 0.88
1955 26 TOT MLB 7 4 .636 2.12 54 0 27 0 0 11 93.1 95 31 22 3 31 7 38 2 1 2 392 200 1.350 9.2 0.3 3.0 3.7 1.23
1955 26 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1955 26 CIN NL 7 4 .636 2.16 52 0 27 0 0 11 91.2 94 31 22 3 30 6 37 2 1 2 386 195 1.353 9.2 0.3 2.9 3.6 1.23
1956 27 CIN NL 14 5 .737 3.40 64 0 47 0 0 18 108.2 112 44 41 2 34 11 50 1 1 3 458 116 1.344 9.3 0.2 2.8 4.1 1.47 MVP-13
1957 28 CIN NL 7 2 .778 4.52 52 0 26 0 0 8 83.2 90 49 42 14 14 4 36 3 1 2 353 91 1.243 9.7 1.5 1.5 3.9 2.57
1958 29 TOT NL 0 1 .000 6.53 12 0 3 0 0 0 20.2 27 16 15 3 8 0 14 0 1 1 101 64 1.694 11.8 1.3 3.5 6.1 1.75
1958 29 CIN NL 0 0 3.52 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 3 3 0 5 0 7 0 1 1 32 125 1.174 4.7 0.0 5.9 8.2 1.40
1958 29 CHC NL 0 1 .000 8.31 9 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 23 13 12 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 69 49 2.000 15.9 2.1 2.1 4.8 2.33
6 Yrs 30 16 .652 3.74 204 3 111 1 0 37 359.0 387 176 149 25 109 22 158 7 4 9 1539 110 1.382 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.45
162 Game Avg. 10 5 .652 3.74 67 1 36 0 0 12 118 127 58 49 8 36 52 2 1 3 506 110 1.382 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.45
CIN (4 yrs) 28 11 .718 3.33 171 0 100 0 0 37 291.2 300 127 108 19 83 21 130 6 4 8 1229 122 1.313 9.3 0.6 2.6 4.0 1.57
BOS (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.80 24 3 8 1 0 0 54.1 64 36 29 3 23 1 21 1 0 1 241 87 1.601 10.6 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.91
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 8.31 9 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 23 13 12 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 69 49 2.000 15.9 2.1 2.1 4.8 2.33
NL (4 yrs) 28 12 .700 3.54 180 0 103 0 0 37 304.2 323 140 120 22 86 21 137 6 4 8 1298 115 1.342 9.5 0.6 2.5 4.0 1.59
AL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.80 24 3 8 1 0 0 54.1 64 36 29 3 23 1 21 1 0 1 241 87 1.601 10.6 0.5 3.8 3.5 0.91

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
1952 23 BOS AL 13.2 4 1 5 3.29 3.82 0.08 0.00 111.0 4.14 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.2 2 .535 .501 $
1953 24 BOS AL 39.0 18 2 31 7.15 4.39 0.30 0.00 103.7 4.24 -13 -1.3 1.5 -0.3 -1.2 -9 .430 .492 $
1955 26 BOS AL 1.2 2 0 0 0.00 3.89 0.19 0.00 116.7 4.31 1 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.1 1 .542 .501 $
1955 26 CIN NL 91.2 52 0 31 3.04 4.75 0.26 0.00 103.0 4.63 18 1.9 1.4 0.3 3.1 26 .536 .512 $
1956 27 CIN NL 109.0 64 0 44 3.63 4.27 0.10 0.00 103.1 4.30 10 1.1 1.7 0.2 2.4 20 .518 .507 $ MVP-13
1957 28 CIN NL 83.2 52 0 49 5.27 4.37 0.06 0.00 105.0 4.52 -6 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 0.0 2 .487 .496 $
1958 29 CIN NL 7.2 3 0 3 3.52 4.74 0.05 0.00 104.5 4.91 1 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.2 2 .543 .501 $
1958 29 CHC NL 13.0 9 0 13 9.00 4.60 0.04 0.00 97.6 4.45 -7 -0.7 1.5 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .428 .496 $
6 Seasons 359.1 204 3 176 4.41 4.43 0.15 0.00 103.8 4.44 6 0.8 1.4 -0.1 4.1 39 .504 .501 $
CIN (4 yrs) 292.0 171 0 127 3.91 4.46 0.14 0.00 103.7 4.48 23 2.5 1.4 0.3 5.7 50 .515 .504 $
BOS (3 yrs) 54.1 24 3 36 5.96 4.23 0.25 0.00 105.9 4.22 -11 -1.0 1.4 -0.3 -0.9 -6 .457 .498 $
CHC (1 yr) 13.0 9 0 13 9.00 4.60 0.04 0.00 97.6 4.45 -7 -0.7 1.5 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .428 .496 $

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
1952 23 BOS AL 4 56 50 5 13 0 0 1 0 2 5 5 .260 .339 .320 .659 .273 16 0 1 0 0 0
1953 24 BOS AL 18 179 158 31 50 5 3 2 2 2 17 15 .316 .383 .424 .807 .340 67 4 0 4 0 4
1955 26 BOS AL 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 .250 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
1955 26 CIN NL 52 386 341 31 94 14 3 3 1 1 30 37 .276 .334 .361 .695 .298 123 14 2 10 4 6 5
1955 26 TOT MLB 54 392 346 31 95 14 3 3 1 1 31 38 .275 .334 .358 .693 .298 124 15 2 10 4 7 5
1956 27 CIN NL 64 459 409 44 112 17 6 2 5 1 34 50 .274 .329 .359 .688 .306 147 10 1 11 3 11 2
1957 28 CIN NL 52 353 325 49 90 9 3 14 3 1 14 36 .277 .308 .452 .761 .271 147 1 3 6 5 4 1
1958 29 CHC NL 9 67 63 13 23 4 0 3 0 0 3 7 .365 .394 .571 .965 .377 36 1 0 1 0 0 2
1958 29 CIN NL 3 32 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .154 .281 .154 .435 .200 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
1958 29 TOT NL 12 99 89 16 27 4 0 3 0 0 8 14 .303 .357 .449 .807 .329 40 1 0 1 1 0 2
6 Yrs 204 1538 1377 176 387 49 15 25 11 7 109 158 .281 .334 .393 .727 .300 541 31 7 32 13 22 14
162 Game Avg. 67 505 452 58 127 16 5 8 4 2 36 52 .281 .334 .393 .727 .300 178 10 2 11 4 5
MLB Averages .259 .330 .387 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 23 BOS AL 1.4 0.1 58 0.0 0.9 -0.9 1.03 0.1 -0.0 1.1 0.1 1.03 1.1 1 0 2
1953 24 BOS AL -7.1 -0.7 184 -0.4 2.9 -3.2 1.02 -0.3 -0.1 -8.1 -0.8 1.02 -4.9 7 2 6
1955 26 TOT MLB 18.4 1.9 400 1.4 8.7 -7.3 1.21 0.9 0.2 22.3 2.2 1.21 11.6 25 5 23
1955 26 BOS AL 0.9 0.1 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.86 0.0 -0.1 1.1 0.1 1.86 0.6 1 0 1
1955 26 CIN NL 17.6 1.8 394 1.5 8.6 -7.1 1.20 0.9 0.4 21.2 2.1 1.20 11.0 24 5 22
1956 27 CIN NL 7.8 0.8 468 1.0 12.0 -11.0 1.54 0.8 -0.1 9.2 0.9 1.54 9.7 33 10 21
1957 28 CIN NL -4.6 -0.5 361 -0.1 5.5 -5.7 .88 -0.5 0.4 -11.8 -1.2 0.88 -2.7 15 11 24
1958 29 TOT NL -5.2 -0.5 101 -1.3 0.7 -2.0 .73 -0.5 -1.3 -10.6 -1.0 0.72 -6.3 2 1 9
1958 29 CIN NL 0.8 0.1 34 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .33 0.3 -0.0 1.6 0.2 0.33 2.4 0 0 3
1958 29 CHC NL -6.0 -0.6 67 -1.3 0.6 -1.9 .91 -0.7 -0.8 -12.3 -1.2 0.91 -8.8 2 1 6
6 Yrs 10.6 1.1 1572 0.7 30.8 -30.1 1.17 0.5 0.1 2.0 0.3 1.17 8.3 83 29 85

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
1952 23 BOS AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 77.0 77 77 3 0 0 1 3.4 3.4 9.0
1953 24 BOS AL 18 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44.0 53 35 8 4 0 1 1.0 0.8 5.7
2 Yrs 22 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 2 67% 55 77 35 11 4 0 2 1.7 1.9 6.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 6.5

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
1952 23 BOS AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 1.033 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 0 4.7
1953 24 BOS AL 18 16 7 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 15 4 27% 9 1.018 7 2 6 4 3 9 6 10 8 4 9 5 5.2
1955 26 TOT MLB 54 54 27 7 4 12 11 4 92% 14 2 45 11 24% 1.212 25 5 23 16 14 24 24 30 31 8 31 15 5.2
1955 26 BOS AL 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 6 1.858 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.5
1955 26 CIN NL 52 52 27 7 4 11 11 3 100% 13 2 40 9 23% 7 1.202 24 5 22 15 14 23 22 30 31 7 31 15 5.3
1956 27 CIN NL 64 64 47 14 5 21 18 4 86% 25 2 42 14 33% 8 1.543 33 10 21 28 12 24 22 42 34 11 36 21 5.1
1957 28 CIN NL 52 52 26 7 2 12 8 4 67% 15 1 32 15 47% 8 .884 15 11 24 16 6 30 19 33 29 13 29 12 4.8
1958 29 TOT NL 12 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 6 100% .726 2 1 9 2 0 10 4 8 7 4 7 2 5.2
1958 29 CIN NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .332 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 7.7
1958 29 CHC NL 9 9 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 6 100% 9 .914 2 1 6 2 0 7 4 5 5 3 5 2 4.3
6 Yrs 204 201 111 29 14 47 37 14 79% 57 6 143 50 35% 1.175 83 29 85 66 35 100 76 125 111 41 115 55 5.1

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%
1952 23 BOS AL 56 54% 1.8% 8.9% 8.9% 1.8% 8% 0.94 79% 13 0 0%
1953 24 BOS AL 179 68% 1.1% 8.4% 9.5% 5.6% 20% 0.94 79% 37 4 11%
1955 26 TOT MLB 393 65% 0.8% 9.7% 7.9% 5.1% 21% 1.15 79% 97 15 15%
1955 26 BOS AL 6 67% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 67% 3 1 33%
1955 26 CIN NL 387 65% 0.8% 9.6% 7.8% 5.2% 21% 1.11 79% 94 14 15%
1956 27 CIN NL 459 60% 0.4% 10.9% 7.4% 5.5% 22% 0.90 78% 112 10 9%
1957 28 CIN NL 353 63% 4.0% 10.2% 4.0% 7.4% 29% 0.60 79% 62 1 2%
1958 29 TOT NL 99 61% 3.0% 14.1% 8.1% 7.1% 26% 0.96 74% 24 1 4%
1958 29 CIN NL 32 63% 0.0% 21.9% 15.6% 0.0% 0% 1.29 63% 7 0 0%
1958 29 CHC NL 67 60% 4.5% 10.5% 4.5% 10.5% 30% 0.82 79% 17 1 6%
6 Yrs 1539 62% 1.6% 10.3% 7.1% 5.8% 23% 0.88 78% 345 31 9%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.3% 9.7% 6.7% 28% 0.97 80% 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
1952 23 BOS AL 56 13 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 18 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 24 BOS AL 179 50 2 0 13 1 0 1 0 17 10 3 59% 4 1 0 73 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 26 TOT MLB 392 95 3 0 20 0 3 1 2 36 13 2 36% 5 2 1 169 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1955 26 BOS AL 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 26 CIN NL 386 94 3 0 18 0 3 1 2 34 12 2 35% 5 2 1 165 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1956 27 CIN NL 459 112 2 0 16 1 1 2 0 29 17 3 59% 2 3 0 197 5 1 83% 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1957 28 CIN NL 353 90 14 0 12 6 8 9 5 22 10 4 45% 1 2 0 124 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 29 TOT NL 99 27 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 6 5 0 83% 2 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 29 CIN NL 32 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 29 CHC NL 67 23 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 5 4 0 80% 2 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1538 387 25 0 68 11 13 15 9 112 56 12 50% 14 9 1 618 11 7 61% 8 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 29 1
MLB Averages 51% 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+
1952 23 1 0 1.000 3.29 4 1 1 1 0 0 13.2 13 5 5 1 5 5 1 0 0 56 123 1.317 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.3 1.00 123
1953 24 2 4 .333 4.96 22 3 8 1 0 0 52.2 63 36 29 3 22 20 1 0 1 235 84 1.614 10.8 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.91 84
1954 25 2 4 .333 4.96 22 3 8 1 0 0 52.2 63 36 29 3 22 20 1 0 1 235 84 1.614 10.8 0.5 3.8 3.4 0.91 84
1955 26 9 8 .529 3.14 76 3 35 1 0 11 146.0 158 67 51 6 53 7 58 3 1 3 627 134 1.445 9.7 0.4 3.3 3.6 1.09 134
1956 27 23 13 .639 3.25 140 3 82 1 0 29 254.2 270 111 92 8 87 18 108 4 2 6 1085 126 1.402 9.5 0.3 3.1 3.8 1.24 126
1957 28 30 15 .667 3.56 192 3 108 1 0 37 338.1 360 160 134 22 101 22 144 7 3 8 1438 115 1.363 9.6 0.6 2.7 3.8 1.43 115
1958 29 30 16 .652 3.74 204 3 111 1 0 37 359.0 387 176 149 25 109 22 158 7 4 9 1539 110 1.382 9.7 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.45 110

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
1952 23 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 13 6 5 1 5 5 1 1.385 9.0 3.5 3.5 1.00 0.7 4
1953 24 1 3 .250 5.40 40.0 51 27 24 2 17 15 0 1.700 11.5 3.8 3.4 0.88 0.5 18
1955 26 8 2 .800 2.11 94.0 97 24 22 3 32 38 2 1.372 9.3 3.1 3.6 1.19 0.3 54
1956 27 7 5 .583 3.58 108.0 117 48 43 2 36 50 1 1.417 9.8 3.0 4.2 1.39 0.2 64
1957 28 4 5 .444 4.34 87.0 92 47 42 14 14 37 3 1.218 9.5 1.4 3.8 2.64 1.4 52
1958 29 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 28 17 15 3 8 16 0 1.565 11.0 3.1 6.3 2.00 1.2 12
6 Yrs 22 16 .579 3.72 365.0 398 169 151 25 112 161 7 1.397 9.8 4.0 1.44 0.6 204

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (13, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1955 NL  3.1 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1956 NL  14 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 NL  .737 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  52 (5th)
1956 NL  64 (2nd)
1957 NL  52 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1955 NL  11 (3rd)
1956 NL  18 (2nd)
1957 NL  8 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL  27 (4th)
1956 NL  47 (1st)
1957 NL  26 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  18 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1955 NL  1.8 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 NL  21.22 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 NL  2.1 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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