Bob Friend
Robert Bartmess Friend (Warrior)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 24, 1930 in Lafayette, IN
High School: West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN)
School: Purdue University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1951
Final Game: September 24, 1966
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Standard Pitching

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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
1951 20 PIT NL 6 10 .375 4.27 34 22 5 3 1 0 149.2 173 94 71 12 68 41 0 0 1 666 98 1.610 10.4 0.7 4.1 2.5 0.60
1952 21 PIT NL 7 17 .292 4.18 35 23 4 6 1 0 185.0 186 96 86 15 84 75 3 1 7 820 95 1.459 9.0 0.7 4.1 3.6 0.89
1953 22 PIT NL 8 11 .421 4.90 32 24 2 8 0 0 170.2 193 103 93 18 57 66 3 1 2 747 91 1.465 10.2 0.9 3.0 3.5 1.16
1954 23 PIT NL 7 12 .368 5.07 35 20 8 4 2 2 170.1 204 106 96 16 58 73 1 2 1 758 82 1.538 10.8 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26
1955 24 PIT NL 14 9 .609 2.83 44 20 11 9 2 2 200.1 178 80 63 18 52 4 98 2 0 0 813 144 1.148 8.0 0.8 2.3 4.4 1.88 MVP-16
1956 25 PIT NL 17 17 .500 3.46 49 42 7 19 4 3 314.1 310 137 121 25 85 18 166 2 0 5 1315 109 1.257 8.9 0.7 2.4 4.8 1.95 AS,MVP-12
1957 26 PIT NL 14 18 .438 3.38 40 38 1 17 3 0 277.0 273 121 104 28 68 8 143 1 1 3 1148 112 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 4.6 2.10
1958 27 PIT NL 22 14 .611 3.68 38 38 0 16 1 0 274.0 299 120 112 25 61 11 135 4 1 4 1146 105 1.314 9.8 0.8 2.0 4.4 2.21 AS,CYA-3,MVP-6
1959 28 PIT NL 8 19 .296 4.03 35 35 0 7 2 0 234.2 267 129 105 19 52 9 104 7 0 5 1015 96 1.359 10.2 0.7 2.0 4.0 2.00
1960 29 PIT NL 18 12 .600 3.00 38 37 1 16 4 1 275.2 266 97 92 18 45 10 183 0 0 5 1118 125 1.128 8.7 0.6 1.5 6.0 4.07 AS
1961 30 PIT NL 14 19 .424 3.85 41 35 3 10 1 1 236.0 271 119 101 16 45 10 108 3 0 4 1001 104 1.339 10.3 0.6 1.7 4.1 2.40
1962 31 PIT NL 18 14 .563 3.06 39 36 3 13 5 1 261.2 280 99 89 23 53 10 144 2 0 4 1096 129 1.273 9.6 0.8 1.8 5.0 2.72
1963 32 PIT NL 17 16 .515 2.34 39 38 1 12 4 0 268.2 236 87 70 13 44 9 144 5 6 6 1080 140 1.042 7.9 0.4 1.5 4.8 3.27
1964 33 PIT NL 13 18 .419 3.33 35 35 0 13 3 0 240.1 253 98 89 10 50 12 128 4 0 2 1004 105 1.261 9.5 0.4 1.9 4.8 2.56
1965 34 PIT NL 8 12 .400 3.24 34 34 0 8 2 0 222.0 221 89 80 17 47 7 74 8 0 1 917 108 1.207 9.0 0.7 1.9 3.0 1.57
1966 35 TOT MLB 6 12 .333 4.55 34 20 10 2 1 1 130.2 162 77 66 13 25 7 52 1 1 0 570 77 1.431 11.2 0.9 1.7 3.6 2.08
1966 35 NYY AL 1 4 .200 4.84 12 8 2 0 0 0 44.2 61 25 24 2 9 1 22 0 0 0 197 68 1.567 12.3 0.4 1.8 4.4 2.44
1966 35 NYM NL 5 8 .385 4.40 22 12 8 2 1 1 86.0 101 52 42 11 16 6 30 1 1 0 373 82 1.360 10.6 1.2 1.7 3.1 1.88
16 Seasons 197 230 .461 3.58 602 497 56 163 36 11 3611.0 3772 1652 1438 286 894 115 1734 46 13 50 15214 107 1.292 9.4 0.7 2.2 4.3 1.94
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .461 3.58 37 31 3 10 2 1 223 233 102 89 18 55 107 3 1 3 941 107 1.292 9.4 0.7 2.2 4.3 1.94
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
PIT (15 yrs) 191 218 .467 3.55 568 477 46 161 35 10 3480.1 3610 1575 1372 273 869 108 1682 45 12 50 14644 108 1.287 9.3 0.7 2.2 4.3 1.94
NYM (1 yr) 5 8 .385 4.40 22 12 8 2 1 1 86.0 101 52 42 11 16 6 30 1 1 0 373 82 1.360 10.6 1.2 1.7 3.1 1.88
NYY (1 yr) 1 4 .200 4.84 12 8 2 0 0 0 44.2 61 25 24 2 9 1 22 0 0 0 197 68 1.567 12.3 0.4 1.8 4.4 2.44
NL (16 yrs) 196 226 .464 3.57 590 489 54 163 36 11 3566.1 3711 1627 1414 284 885 114 1712 46 13 50 15017 107 1.289 9.4 0.7 2.2 4.3 1.93
AL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 4.84 12 8 2 0 0 0 44.2 61 25 24 2 9 1 22 0 0 0 197 68 1.567 12.3 0.4 1.8 4.4 2.44

Postseason Pitching

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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
1960 29 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 2 .000 13.50 3 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 10 9 0 3 0 7 2 0 0 35 2.667 19.5 0.0 4.5 10.5 2.33
1 WS 0 2 .000 13.50 3 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 10 9 0 3 0 7 2 0 0 35 2.667 19.5 0.0 4.5 10.5 2.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1956 PIT NL 25 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1958 PIT NL 27 0 0 1 .000 3.86 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
1960 PIT NL 29 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 12 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1960 PIT NL 29
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 2 2 1 .667 1.08 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 8 2 1 0 3 1 5 0 1 1 37 1.320 8.6 0.0 3.2 5.4 1.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 23 PIT NL 35 758 674 106 204 19 4 16 14 6 58 73 .303 .355 .414 .769 .317 279 9 1 17 8
1955 24 PIT NL 44 811 733 80 178 16 7 18 9 2 52 98 .243 .292 .357 .649 .256 262 22 2 16 8 4
1956 25 PIT NL 49 1313 1200 137 310 27 3 25 2 2 85 166 .258 .307 .348 .655 .281 418 25 2 19 7 18
1957 26 PIT NL 40 1151 1064 121 273 38 6 28 3 3 68 143 .257 .301 .383 .683 .273 407 24 1 13 5 8
1958 27 PIT NL 38 1146 1069 120 299 43 5 25 8 2 61 135 .280 .320 .399 .719 .300 427 35 4 7 5 11
1959 28 PIT NL 35 1015 943 129 267 48 12 19 10 5 52 104 .283 .324 .420 .744 .301 396 18 7 8 5 9
1960 29 PIT NL 38 1115 1058 97 266 29 14 18 6 2 45 183 .251 .280 .356 .637 .287 377 25 0 6 6 10
1961 30 PIT NL 41 1002 938 119 271 52 11 16 8 2 45 108 .289 .321 .419 .740 .311 393 27 3 9 7 10
1962 31 PIT NL 39 1094 1026 99 280 30 5 23 12 6 53 144 .273 .309 .379 .688 .298 389 30 2 10 3 10
1963 32 PIT NL 39 1080 1011 87 236 28 9 13 13 5 44 144 .233 .267 .318 .585 .259 321 29 5 13 7 9
1964 33 PIT NL 35 1007 938 98 253 44 6 10 9 6 50 128 .270 .308 .361 .670 .302 339 26 4 11 4 12
1965 34 PIT NL 34 917 849 89 221 20 9 17 12 7 47 74 .260 .304 .365 .669 .268 310 23 8 10 3 7
1966 35 TOT MLB 34 570 535 77 162 18 7 13 13 9 25 52 .303 .334 .436 .769 .316 233 9 1 7 2 7
1966 35 NYM NL 22 373 350 52 101 11 2 11 9 4 16 30 .289 .321 .426 .746 .290 149 9 1 5 1 6
1966 35 NYY AL 12 197 185 25 61 7 5 2 4 5 9 22 .330 .359 .454 .813 .364 84 0 0 2 1 1
13 Seasons 501 12979 12038 1359 3220 412 98 241 119 57 685 1552 .267 .307 .378 .685 .289 4551 302 40 146 70 115
162 Game Avg. 37 950 881 99 236 30 7 18 9 4 50 114 .267 .307 .378 .685 .289 333 22 3 11 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 23 PIT NL 35 20 6 11 3 2 2 7 13 .350 0 1 4 2 9 45% 40 82 9 9 1 7 8 4.4 6.1 6.3
1955 24 PIT NL 44 20 9 8 3 0 3 12 8 .600 0 2 9 2 13 65% 55 93 27 15 3 11 6 4.1 3.7 7.0
1956 25 PIT NL 49 42 17 17 8 2 3 21 19 .525 1 4 19 4 20 48% 54 90 21 6 4 34 4 4.0 4.3 7.2
1957 26 PIT NL 40 38 14 17 7 0 7 17 21 .447 2 4 17 3 24 63% 55 86 21 6 1 26 5 3.7 3.2 7.3
1958 27 PIT NL 38 38 22 14 2 6 6 24 14 .632 0 3 16 1 23 61% 52 78 20 17 3 25 4 4.7 4.7 7.2
1959 28 PIT NL 35 35 8 19 8 0 6 14 21 .400 3 4 7 2 19 54% 49 82 20 21 11 15 9 3.9 3.6 6.7
1960 29 PIT NL 38 37 18 12 7 1 8 21 16 .568 2 4 16 4 29 78% 59 89 21 12 6 18 8 4.5 4.4 7.4
1961 30 PIT NL 41 35 13 18 4 1 7 16 19 .457 0 3 10 1 20 57% 49 81 16 23 8 17 5 3.7 3.9 6.3
1962 31 PIT NL 39 36 18 14 4 1 4 21 15 .583 2 3 13 5 23 64% 54 83 10 26 4 16 5 4.3 4.2 7.2
1963 32 PIT NL 39 38 16 16 6 0 10 19 19 .500 3 4 12 4 31 82% 59 89 25 16 7 26 4 3.4 3.2 7.0
1964 33 PIT NL 35 35 13 18 4 0 9 15 20 .429 0 3 13 3 24 69% 54 76 23 13 2 17 7 3.3 3.0 6.9
1965 34 PIT NL 34 34 8 12 14 1 7 18 15 .545 1 9 8 2 19 56% 53 84 23 19 9 15 11 3.6 2.7 6.5
1966 35 TOT MLB 34 20 5 8 7 0 2 9 11 .450 2 4 2 1 8 40% 46 79 23 19 4 4 9 4.0 4.1 5.2
1966 35 NYY AL 12 8 1 4 3 0 1 3 5 .375 1 2 0 0 3 38% 45 63 26 11 2 2 4 2.7 2.6 4.7
1966 35 NYM NL 22 12 4 4 4 0 1 6 6 .500 1 2 2 1 5 42% 46 79 23 8 2 2 5 4.9 5.0 5.6
13 Seasons 501 428 167 184 77 14 74 214 211 .504 16 48 146 34 262 61% 53 93 9 202 63 231 85 4.0 3.8 6.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 23 PIT NL 35 15 8 1 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 6 2 33% 0.946 1 1 6 1 0 7 4 4 12 1 6 1 8.9
1955 24 PIT NL 44 24 11 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 2 14% 1.075 4 4 6 2 4 8 8 6 14 3 13 2 7.5
1956 25 PIT NL 49 7 7 0 0 2 3 0 150% 2 0 3 0 0% 1.120 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 3 5 0 3 6 4.7
1957 26 PIT NL 40 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 5 100% 7 1.064 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1.5
1960 29 PIT NL 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 10 0.949 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2.0
1961 30 PIT NL 41 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 3 2 67% 6 1.057 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 5 0 5 0 7.3
1962 31 PIT NL 39 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.017 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 3.0
1963 32 PIT NL 39 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.064 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1966 35 TOT MLB 34 14 10 1 4 2 1 1 50% 2 0 9 0 0% 1.127 4 4 6 2 2 10 5 9 7 5 8 2 5.6
1966 35 NYY AL 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.006 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.3
1966 35 NYM NL 22 10 8 1 4 2 1 1 50% 2 0 9 0 0% 8 1.191 4 3 3 2 2 6 5 5 4 5 5 2 5.8
9 Seasons 359 73 45 9 8 9 11 2 122% 10 1 41 12 29% 1.043 18 12 24 12 9 33 24 30 43 12 35 15 6.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1951 20 PIT NL
1952 21 PIT NL
1953 22 PIT NL
1954 23 PIT NL 758 40% 2.1% 9.6% 7.7% 5.2% 19% 1.09 78% 112 9 8%
1955 24 PIT NL 812 39% 2.2% 12.1% 6.4% 5.1% 23% 1.98 77% 125 22 18%
1956 25 PIT NL 1313 40% 1.9% 12.6% 6.5% 4.2% 18% 1.42 77% 185 25 14%
1957 26 PIT NL 1151 39% 2.4% 12.4% 5.9% 6.3% 26% 1.29 78% 166 24 14%
1958 27 PIT NL 1146 44% 2.2% 11.8% 5.3% 6.4% 24% 1.23 80% 209 35 17%
1959 28 PIT NL 1015 49% 1.9% 10.3% 5.1% 7.8% 30% 1.30 81% 185 18 10%
1960 29 PIT NL 1115 50% 1.6% 16.4% 4.0% 5.5% 23% 1.50 77% 193 25 13%
1961 30 PIT NL 1002 48% 1.6% 10.8% 4.5% 7.9% 29% 1.61 82% 183 27 15%
1962 31 PIT NL 1095 47% 2.1% 13.2% 4.8% 5.3% 21% 1.51 79% 195 30 15%
1963 32 PIT NL 1080 46% 1.2% 13.3% 4.1% 4.6% 21% 1.42 80% 179 29 16%
1964 33 PIT NL 1007 47% 1.0% 12.7% 5.0% 6.0% 24% 2.01 80% 166 26 16%
1965 34 PIT NL 917 51% 1.9% 8.1% 5.1% 5.0% 21% 1.28 83% 156 23 15%
1966 35 TOT MLB 570 48% 2.3% 9.1% 4.4% 6.7% 24% 1.53 83% 120 9 8%
1966 35 NYY AL 197 44% 1.0% 11.2% 4.6% 7.1% 23% 1.17 82% 38 0 0%
1966 35 NYM NL 373 50% 3.0% 8.0% 4.3% 6.4% 24% 1.75 83% 82 9 11%
16 Seasons 12981 46% 2.2% 13.4% 6.9% 5.8% 20% 1.45 79% 2174 302 14%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1951 20 PIT NL 173 12 1
1952 21 PIT NL 186 15 7
1953 22 PIT NL 193 18 2
1954 23 PIT NL 495 204 16 0 10 7 8 5 10 33 23 2 70% 9 1 0 205 14 6 70% 11 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 263
1955 24 PIT NL 604 178 18 0 10 5 7 5 7 24 15 0 63% 13 0 1 231 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 208
1956 25 PIT NL 783 310 25 0 20 8 8 5 11 39 23 3 59% 16 5 0 319 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 530
1957 26 PIT NL 882 273 28 0 19 16 7 10 13 45 26 3 58% 21 3 2 307 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 269
1958 27 PIT NL 1032 299 25 0 11 15 9 10 14 34 19 2 56% 15 4 2 400 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 114
1959 28 PIT NL 979 267 19 0 15 6 13 6 13 53 25 8 47% 21 5 1 381 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 36
1960 29 PIT NL 1105 266 18 0 7 10 8 8 10 48 28 3 58% 13 5 2 378 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 10
1961 30 PIT NL 992 271 16 0 12 12 4 7 9 63 37 4 59% 14 4 2 372 8 2 80% 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 12 10
1962 31 PIT NL 1074 280 23 0 6 12 11 12 11 31 12 5 39% 17 4 2 402 12 6 67% 11 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 21
1963 32 PIT NL 1080 236 13 1 10 6 7 9 4 48 25 5 52% 28 6 0 383 13 5 72% 11 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 23 0
1964 33 PIT NL 952 253 10 0 19 3 4 1 6 51 23 4 45% 15 2 0 350 9 6 60% 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 55
1965 34 PIT NL 863 221 17 0 9 8 6 7 7 35 17 1 49% 17 1 0 306 12 7 63% 12 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 54
1966 35 TOT MLB 570 162 13 0 8 9 4 8 5 36 20 3 56% 15 0 0 215 13 9 59% 12 7 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 0
1966 35 NYY AL 197 61 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 11 7 0 64% 1 0 0 74 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 35 NYM NL 373 101 11 0 8 7 4 6 5 25 13 3 52% 14 0 0 141 9 4 69% 8 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0
16 Seasons 11411 3772 286 1 156 117 96 93 120 540 293 43 54% 214 50 12 4249 119 57 68% 108 51 10 3 1 3 20 1 125 1570
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1951 20 6 10 .375 4.27 34 22 5 3 1 0 149.2 173 94 71 12 68 41 0 0 1 666 98 1.610 10.4 0.7 4.1 2.5 0.60 98
1952 21 13 27 .325 4.22 69 45 9 9 2 0 334.2 359 190 157 27 152 116 3 1 8 1486 97 1.527 9.7 0.7 4.1 3.1 0.76 97
1953 22 21 38 .356 4.45 101 69 11 17 2 0 505.1 552 293 250 45 209 182 6 2 10 2233 95 1.506 9.8 0.8 3.7 3.2 0.87 95
1954 23 28 50 .359 4.61 136 89 19 21 4 2 675.2 756 399 346 61 267 255 7 4 11 2991 91 1.514 10.1 0.8 3.6 3.4 0.96 91
1955 24 42 59 .416 4.20 180 109 30 30 6 4 876.0 934 479 409 79 319 4 353 9 4 11 3804 99 1.430 9.6 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.11 99
1956 25 59 76 .437 4.01 229 151 37 49 10 7 1190.1 1244 616 530 104 404 22 519 11 4 16 5119 101 1.384 9.4 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.28 101
1957 26 73 94 .437 3.89 269 189 38 66 13 7 1467.1 1517 737 634 132 472 30 662 12 5 19 6267 103 1.356 9.3 0.8 2.9 4.1 1.40 103
1958 27 95 108 .468 3.86 307 227 38 82 14 7 1741.1 1816 857 746 157 533 41 797 16 6 23 7413 104 1.349 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.50 104
1959 28 103 127 .448 3.88 342 262 38 89 16 7 1976.0 2083 986 851 176 585 50 901 23 6 28 8428 103 1.350 9.5 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.54 103
1960 29 121 139 .465 3.77 380 299 39 105 20 8 2251.2 2349 1083 943 194 630 60 1084 23 6 33 9546 105 1.323 9.4 0.8 2.5 4.3 1.72 105
1961 30 135 158 .461 3.78 421 334 42 115 21 9 2487.2 2620 1202 1044 210 675 70 1192 26 6 37 10547 105 1.325 9.5 0.8 2.4 4.3 1.77 105
1962 31 153 172 .471 3.71 460 370 45 128 26 10 2749.1 2900 1301 1133 233 728 80 1336 28 6 41 11643 107 1.320 9.5 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.84 107
1963 32 170 188 .475 3.59 499 408 46 140 30 10 3018.0 3136 1388 1203 246 772 89 1480 33 12 47 12723 109 1.295 9.4 0.7 2.3 4.4 1.92 109
1964 33 183 206 .470 3.57 534 443 46 153 33 10 3258.1 3389 1486 1292 256 822 101 1608 37 12 49 13727 108 1.292 9.4 0.7 2.3 4.4 1.96 108
1965 34 191 218 .467 3.55 568 477 46 161 35 10 3480.1 3610 1575 1372 273 869 108 1682 45 12 50 14644 108 1.287 9.3 0.7 2.2 4.3 1.94 108
1966 35 197 230 .461 3.58 602 497 56 163 36 11 3611.0 3772 1652 1438 286 894 115 1734 46 13 50 15214 107 1.292 9.4 0.7 2.2 4.3 1.94 107

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1951 20 8 8 .500 4.11 151.0 172 77 69 12 68 41 0 1.589 10.3 4.1 2.4 0.60 0.7 34
1952 21 10 11 .476 4.22 190.0 195 99 89 16 88 77 3 1.489 9.2 4.2 3.6 0.88 0.8 35
1953 22 8 11 .421 4.40 176.0 190 96 86 18 56 68 3 1.398 9.7 2.9 3.5 1.21 0.9 32
1954 23 8 11 .421 4.86 176.0 209 106 95 16 59 75 1 1.523 10.7 3.0 3.8 1.27 0.8 35
1955 24 15 7 .682 2.81 205.0 184 71 64 19 54 100 2 1.161 8.1 2.4 4.4 1.85 0.8 44
1956 25 18 17 .514 3.76 316.0 332 147 132 27 91 167 2 1.339 9.5 2.6 4.8 1.84 0.8 49
1957 26 16 14 .533 3.61 279.0 291 124 112 30 72 144 1 1.301 9.4 2.3 4.6 2.00 1.0 40
1958 27 15 15 .500 3.99 273.0 318 134 121 27 65 135 4 1.403 10.5 2.1 4.5 2.08 0.9 38
1959 28 12 14 .462 4.22 239.0 283 124 112 20 55 106 7 1.414 10.7 2.1 4.0 1.93 0.8 35
1960 29 18 12 .600 3.23 279.0 284 111 100 19 48 185 0 1.190 9.2 1.5 6.0 3.85 0.6 38
1961 30 13 13 .500 3.93 238.0 281 116 104 17 47 109 3 1.378 10.6 1.8 4.1 2.32 0.6 41
1962 31 17 11 .607 3.12 254.0 279 98 88 23 53 140 2 1.307 9.9 1.9 5.0 2.64 0.8 39
1963 32 19 9 .679 2.84 257.0 255 90 81 14 48 138 5 1.179 8.9 1.7 4.8 2.88 0.5 39
1964 33 13 12 .520 3.91 228.0 265 110 99 10 52 121 4 1.390 10.5 2.1 4.8 2.33 0.4 35
1965 34 12 11 .522 3.81 208.0 231 98 88 18 49 69 8 1.346 10.0 2.1 3.0 1.41 0.8 34
1966 35 5 8 .385 5.37 124.0 172 82 74 14 27 49 1 1.605 12.5 2.0 3.6 1.81 1.0 34
16 Seasons 207 184 .529 3.79 3593.0 3941 1683 1514 300 932 1724 46 1.356 9.9 4.3 1.85 0.8 602

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956 (P)
1958 *
1960-1 (P)
1960-2

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-NL-16-3%
1956-NL-12-11%
1958-NL-6-28%
0.43 Career Shares (471st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-ML--3--19%
0.19 Career Shares (147th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 NL--2.830--1st
1957 NL--3.379--7th
1960 NL--3.004--5th
1962 NL--3.061--9th
1963 NL--2.345--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1955 NL--14--5th
1956 NL--17--8th
1958 NL--22--1st
1960 NL--18--5th
1961 NL--14--10th
1962 NL--18--7th
1963 NL--17--9th
Career--197--113th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 NL--.609--6th
1958 NL--.611--5th
1960 NL--.600--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 NL--1.148--3rd
1957 NL--1.231--9th
1958 NL--1.314--9th
1960 NL--1.128--3rd
1963 NL--1.042--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--7.997--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--2.336--4th
1957 NL--2.209--10th
1958 NL--2.004--6th
1959 NL--1.994--7th
1960 NL--1.469--4th
1961 NL--1.716--2nd
1962 NL--1.823--2nd
1963 NL--1.474--1st
1964 NL--1.872--9th
1965 NL--1.905--7th
Career--2.228--166th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL--4.753--9th
1960 NL--5.975--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL--49--7th
Career--602--177th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1956 NL--314.3--1st
1957 NL--277.0--1st
1958 NL--274.0--3rd
1959 NL--234.7--10th
1960 NL--275.7--2nd
1961 NL--236.0--10th
1962 NL--261.7--9th
1963 NL--268.7--7th
1964 NL--240.3--10th
Career--3611.0--61st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 NL--166--3rd
1957 NL--143--6th
1958 NL--135--5th
1960 NL--183--5th
Career--1734--96th

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL--42--1st
1957 NL--38--1st
1958 NL--38--1st
1959 NL--35--7th
1960 NL--37--2nd
1961 NL--35--4th
1962 NL--36--8th
1963 NL--38--5th
1964 NL--35--7th
Career--497--46th

Complete Games s c a p y
1956 NL--19--3rd
1957 NL--17--2nd
1958 NL--16--5th
1960 NL--16--4th
1962 NL--13--9th
1964 NL--13--9th
Career--163--193rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL--2--7th
1956 NL--4--4th
1957 NL--3--5th
1960 NL--4--3rd
1962 NL--5--1st
1963 NL--4--10th
1964 NL--3--10th
Career--36--63rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL--25--10th
1957 NL--28--3rd
1958 NL--25--7th
Career--286--60th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL--84--9th
1956 NL--85--6th
1957 NL--68--10th
Career--894--155th

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL--310--2nd
1957 NL--273--1st
1958 NL--299--1st
1959 NL--267--4th
1960 NL--266--3rd
1961 NL--271--2nd
1962 NL--280--2nd
1963 NL--236--8th
1964 NL--253--4th
Career--3772--48th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--1.885--6th
1956 NL--1.953--9th
1957 NL--2.103--7th
1958 NL--2.213--6th
1960 NL--4.067--1st
1961 NL--2.400--7th
1962 NL--2.717--7th
1963 NL--3.273--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--.809--3rd
1956 NL--.716--3rd
1959 NL--.729--7th
1960 NL--.588--4th
1961 NL--.610--3rd
1963 NL--.436--5th
1964 NL--.375--4th
1965 NL--.689--9th

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL--17--3rd
1956 NL--17--3rd
1957 NL--18--2nd
1958 NL--14--3rd
1959 NL--19--1st
1961 NL--19--1st
1962 NL--14--10th
1963 NL--16--8th
1964 NL--18--3rd
Career--230--20th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--96--9th
1956 NL--121--2nd
1957 NL--104--3rd
1958 NL--112--1st
1959 NL--105--4th
1961 NL--101--6th
Career--1438--47th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 NL--7--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 NL--7--7th
1965 NL--8--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 NL--1315--1st
1957 NL--1148--1st
1958 NL--1146--2nd
1959 NL--1015--9th
1960 NL--1118--2nd
1962 NL--1096--8th
1963 NL--1080--8th
1964 NL--1004--9th
Career--15214--53rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 NL--144--1st
1960 NL--125--7th
1962 NL--129--6th
1963 NL--140--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1951 NL--born 1930-11-24--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 14 (101), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 100 (92), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (250), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Claude Osteen (908)
  2. Larry Jackson (899)
  3. Curt Simmons (894)
  4. Paul Derringer (892)
  5. Rick Reuschel (887)
  6. Rick Wise (887)
  7. Doyle Alexander (884)
  8. Joe Niekro (873)
  9. Jerry Reuss (869)
  10. Adonis Terry (868)
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  1. Denny McLain (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Doc McJames (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Serad (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chick Fraser (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Fisher (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Art Houtteman (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Art Houtteman (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willis Hudlin (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pedro Ramos (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Ellsworth (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Ruffing (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Red Ruffing (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Rick Wise (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Larry French (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Claude Osteen (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Claude Osteen (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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