Mike Garcia
Edward Miguel Garcia (The Big Bear)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 17, 1923 in San Gabriel, CA
High School: Visalia (Visalia, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1948
Final Game: September 2, 1961
Died: January 13, 1986 in Fairview Park, OH
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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
1948 24 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1949 25 CLE AL 14 5 .737 2.36 41 20 10 8 5 2 175.2 154 51 46 6 60 94 2 0 1 718 169 1.218 7.9 0.3 3.1 4.8 1.57 RoY-4
1950 26 CLE AL 11 11 .500 3.86 33 29 0 11 0 0 184.0 191 88 79 15 74 76 0 0 2 804 113 1.440 9.3 0.7 3.6 3.7 1.03
1951 27 CLE AL 20 13 .606 3.15 47 30 14 15 1 6 254.0 239 101 89 10 82 118 3 0 6 1066 120 1.264 8.5 0.4 2.9 4.2 1.44 MVP-22
1952 28 CLE AL 22 11 .667 2.37 46 36 8 19 6 4 292.1 284 93 77 9 87 143 7 1 4 1236 141 1.269 8.7 0.3 2.7 4.4 1.64 AS,MVP-9
1953 29 CLE AL 18 9 .667 3.25 38 35 3 21 3 0 271.2 260 106 98 18 81 134 3 0 3 1133 116 1.255 8.6 0.6 2.7 4.4 1.65 AS
1954 30 CLE AL 19 8 .704 2.64 45 34 8 13 5 5 258.2 220 85 76 6 71 129 2 0 1 1053 139 1.125 7.7 0.2 2.5 4.5 1.82 AS,MVP-19
1955 31 CLE AL 11 13 .458 4.02 38 31 7 6 2 3 210.2 230 101 94 17 56 6 120 3 0 2 894 100 1.358 9.8 0.7 2.4 5.1 2.14
1956 32 CLE AL 11 12 .478 3.78 35 30 1 8 4 0 197.2 213 93 83 18 74 5 119 5 0 3 874 111 1.452 9.7 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.61
1957 33 CLE AL 12 8 .600 3.75 38 27 5 9 1 0 211.1 221 98 88 14 73 6 110 6 1 2 915 100 1.391 9.4 0.6 3.1 4.7 1.51
1958 34 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 9.00 6 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 10 8 2 7 0 2 1 0 0 46 41 2.750 16.9 2.3 7.9 2.3 0.29
1959 35 CLE AL 3 6 .333 4.00 29 8 9 1 0 1 72.0 72 39 32 4 31 3 49 0 0 3 310 93 1.431 9.0 0.5 3.9 6.1 1.58
1960 36 CHW AL 0 0 4.58 15 0 3 0 0 2 17.2 23 9 9 2 10 0 8 0 0 3 82 83 1.868 11.7 1.0 5.1 4.1 0.80
1961 37 WSA AL 0 1 .000 4.74 16 0 9 0 0 0 19.0 23 14 10 1 13 3 14 1 0 0 97 82 1.895 10.9 0.5 6.2 6.6 1.08
14 Seasons 142 97 .594 3.27 428 281 77 111 27 23 2174.2 2148 888 789 122 719 23 1117 33 2 30 9237 117 1.318 8.9 0.5 3.0 4.6 1.55
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .594 3.27 41 27 7 11 3 2 209 206 85 76 12 69 107 3 0 3 886 117 1.318 8.9 0.5 3.0 4.6 1.55
CLE (12 yrs) 142 96 .597 3.24 397 281 65 111 27 21 2138.0 2102 865 770 119 696 20 1095 32 2 27 9058 118 1.309 8.8 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.57
WSA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.74 16 0 9 0 0 0 19.0 23 14 10 1 13 3 14 1 0 0 97 82 1.895 10.9 0.5 6.2 6.6 1.08
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 4.58 15 0 3 0 0 2 17.2 23 9 9 2 10 0 8 0 0 3 82 83 1.868 11.7 1.0 5.1 4.1 0.80

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
1954 30 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 1 26 2.000 10.8 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 1 26 2.000 10.8 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00

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
1952 CLE AL 28
1953 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1954 CLE AL 30

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 30 CLE AL 45 1051 958 85 220 31 4 6 12 5 71 129 .230 .282 .289 .571 .258 277 16 2 13 7
1955 31 CLE AL 38 894 826 101 230 24 8 17 4 2 56 120 .278 .326 .389 .714 .308 321 26 3 7 2 6
1956 32 CLE AL 35 874 783 93 213 26 6 18 10 4 74 119 .272 .338 .390 .728 .301 305 16 5 11 1 5
1957 33 CLE AL 38 912 818 98 221 31 4 14 10 5 73 110 .270 .332 .369 .701 .296 302 25 6 9 6 6
1958 34 CLE AL 6 46 38 10 15 3 0 2 2 0 7 2 .395 .500 .632 1.132 .382 24 1 1 0 0 0
1959 35 CLE AL 29 310 272 39 72 10 2 4 11 8 31 49 .265 .340 .360 .700 .311 98 3 0 7 0 3
1960 36 CHW AL 15 82 68 9 23 5 0 2 1 0 10 8 .338 .423 .500 .923 .362 34 4 0 4 0 0
1961 37 WSA AL 16 97 80 14 23 3 1 1 8 0 13 14 .288 .385 .388 .773 .328 31 0 1 1 2 3
8 Seasons 222 4266 3843 449 1017 133 25 64 58 24 335 551 .265 .325 .362 .687 .294 1392 91 18 52 18 23
162 Game Avg. 43 822 740 86 196 26 5 12 11 5 65 106 .265 .325 .362 .687 .294 268 18 3 10 3
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 30 CLE AL 45 34 19 8 7 1 3 21 12 .636 1 5 13 5 24 71% 58 90 27 20 5 22 6 3.6 3.9 7.1
1955 31 CLE AL 38 31 11 11 9 3 7 20 11 .645 2 6 6 2 17 55% 51 79 16 30 16 13 10 4.6 3.5 6.5
1956 32 CLE AL 35 30 11 11 8 1 1 17 13 .567 1 2 8 4 15 50% 51 88 25 30 11 13 7 5.1 4.5 6.2
1957 33 CLE AL 38 27 11 8 8 1 3 13 14 .481 1 3 9 1 15 56% 53 79 16 26 6 11 7 4.9 5.0 7.1
1958 34 CLE AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 9 3 0 1 5.0 9.0 1.0
1959 35 CLE AL 29 8 0 3 5 0 2 5 3 .625 0 1 1 0 2 25% 46 77 25 12 7 2 5 5.9 3.2 5.0
6 Seasons 191 131 52 41 38 6 16 76 54 .585 5 17 37 12 73 56% 53 90 16 127 48 61 36 4.6 4.2 6.6
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 30 CLE AL 45 11 8 0 0 7 5 1 71% 7 0 9 0 0% 8 1.233 6 3 2 7 0 4 5 6 8 1 8 4 4.9
1955 31 CLE AL 38 7 7 0 2 4 3 1 75% 4 0 5 2 40% 8 1.168 3 2 2 4 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 3.6
1956 32 CLE AL 35 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.040 2 0 3 0 2 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 6.6
1957 33 CLE AL 38 11 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 4 1.028 3 4 2 2 2 7 4 7 6 2 6 3 5.6
1958 34 CLE AL 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 3 100% 5 1.111 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 4.2
1959 35 CLE AL 29 21 9 3 3 3 1 2 33% 3 0 14 7 50% 6 1.027 5 4 11 4 3 14 6 15 13 3 13 2 4.5
1960 36 CHW AL 15 15 3 0 0 5 2 3 40% 8 3 13 9 69% 8 1.266 6 3 6 9 0 6 7 8 6 6 6 3 3.5
1961 37 WSA AL 16 16 9 0 1 3 0 3 0% 3 0 10 8 80% 8 0.948 5 2 9 3 2 11 6 10 6 6 6 3 3.6
8 Seasons 222 91 42 5 7 24 11 12 46% 28 4 60 31 52% 1.114 31 20 37 31 10 50 31 60 46 23 46 19 4.4

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%
1948 24 CLE AL
1949 25 CLE AL
1950 26 CLE AL
1951 27 CLE AL
1952 28 CLE AL
1953 29 CLE AL
1954 30 CLE AL 1051 39% 0.6% 12.3% 6.8% 3.9% 19% 1.02 79% 202 16 8%
1955 31 CLE AL 894 41% 1.9% 13.4% 6.3% 5.5% 21% 0.77 77% 187 26 14%
1956 32 CLE AL 874 43% 2.1% 13.6% 8.5% 5.7% 24% 1.18 74% 177 16 9%
1957 33 CLE AL 912 32% 1.5% 12.1% 8.0% 5.4% 22% 1.05 77% 193 25 13%
1958 34 CLE AL 46 24% 4.4% 4.4% 15.2% 10.9% 33% 0.83 74% 10 1 10%
1959 35 CLE AL 310 37% 1.3% 15.8% 10.0% 5.2% 22% 0.78 71% 49 3 6%
1960 36 CHW AL 82 30% 2.4% 9.8% 12.2% 8.5% 30% 1.65 71% 23 4 17%
1961 37 WSA AL 97 34% 1.0% 14.4% 13.4% 5.2% 22% 1.33 69% 24 0 0%
14 Seasons 4266 38% 2.9% 26.2% 16.9% 5.2% 10% 0.99 76% 865 91 11%
MLB Averages

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
1948 24 CLE AL 3 0 0
1949 25 CLE AL 154 6 1
1950 26 CLE AL 191 15 2
1951 27 CLE AL 239 10 6
1952 28 CLE AL 284 9 4
1953 29 CLE AL 260 18 3
1954 30 CLE AL 1051 220 6 0 16 2 4 3 3 53 25 8 47% 13 1 0 392 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1955 31 CLE AL 894 230 17 0 20 8 9 11 6 42 24 4 57% 6 2 5 350 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
1956 32 CLE AL 873 213 18 1 10 10 8 6 12 35 14 7 40% 15 3 1 355 10 4 71% 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 1
1957 33 CLE AL 912 221 14 0 21 11 3 7 7 53 25 6 47% 13 2 5 365 10 5 67% 8 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 17 0
1958 34 CLE AL 46 15 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 7 4 0 57% 0 0 0 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 CLE AL 310 72 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 15 6 1 40% 5 3 0 111 11 8 58% 9 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1960 36 CHW AL 82 23 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 9 6 0 67% 2 3 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1961 37 WSA AL 97 23 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 11 7 1 64% 4 0 0 49 8 0 100% 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
14 Seasons 4265 2148 122 1 90 39 25 32 32 225 111 27 49% 58 30 11 1674 58 24 71% 51 23 5 0 2 1 9 1 53 1
MLB Averages

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+
1948 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1949 25 14 5 .737 2.33 42 20 10 8 5 2 177.2 157 51 46 6 60 95 2 0 1 727 171 1.221 8.0 0.3 3.0 4.8 1.58 171
1950 26 25 16 .610 3.11 75 49 10 19 5 2 361.2 348 139 125 21 134 171 2 0 3 1531 134 1.333 8.7 0.5 3.3 4.3 1.28 134
1951 27 45 29 .608 3.13 122 79 24 34 6 8 615.2 587 240 214 31 216 289 5 0 9 2597 128 1.304 8.6 0.5 3.2 4.2 1.34 128
1952 28 67 40 .626 2.88 168 115 32 53 12 12 908.0 871 333 291 40 303 432 12 1 13 3833 132 1.293 8.6 0.4 3.0 4.3 1.43 132
1953 29 85 49 .634 2.97 206 150 35 74 15 12 1179.2 1131 439 389 58 384 566 15 1 16 4966 128 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.3 1.47 128
1954 30 104 57 .646 2.91 251 184 43 87 20 17 1438.1 1351 524 465 64 455 695 17 1 17 6019 130 1.256 8.5 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.53 130
1955 31 115 70 .622 3.05 289 215 50 93 22 20 1649.0 1581 625 559 81 511 6 815 20 1 19 6913 125 1.269 8.6 0.4 2.8 4.4 1.59 125
1956 32 126 82 .606 3.13 324 245 51 101 26 20 1846.2 1794 718 642 99 585 11 934 25 1 22 7787 123 1.288 8.7 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.60 123
1957 33 138 90 .605 3.19 362 272 56 110 27 20 2058.0 2015 816 730 113 658 17 1044 31 2 24 8702 120 1.299 8.8 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.59 120
1958 34 139 90 .607 3.21 368 273 56 110 27 20 2066.0 2030 826 738 115 665 17 1046 32 2 24 8748 119 1.304 8.8 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.57 119
1959 35 142 96 .597 3.24 397 281 65 111 27 21 2138.0 2102 865 770 119 696 20 1095 32 2 27 9058 118 1.309 8.8 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.57 118
1960 36 142 96 .597 3.25 412 281 68 111 27 23 2155.2 2125 874 779 121 706 20 1103 32 2 30 9140 118 1.313 8.9 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.56 118
1961 37 142 97 .594 3.27 428 281 77 111 27 23 2174.2 2148 888 789 122 719 23 1117 33 2 30 9237 117 1.318 8.9 0.5 3.0 4.6 1.55 117

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
1948 24 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 1
1949 25 14 5 .737 2.45 176.0 159 53 48 6 62 94 2 1.256 8.1 3.2 4.8 1.52 0.3 41
1950 26 12 9 .571 3.58 191.0 193 84 76 15 75 79 0 1.403 9.1 3.5 3.7 1.05 0.7 33
1951 27 16 12 .571 3.42 258.0 256 109 98 11 88 120 3 1.333 8.9 3.1 4.2 1.36 0.4 47
1952 28 21 11 .656 2.90 289.0 319 103 93 10 98 141 8 1.443 9.9 3.1 4.4 1.44 0.3 46
1953 29 17 13 .567 3.57 272.0 279 120 108 19 87 134 3 1.346 9.2 2.9 4.4 1.54 0.6 38
1954 30 19 10 .655 2.92 262.0 237 94 85 6 76 131 2 1.195 8.1 2.6 4.5 1.72 0.2 45
1955 31 11 12 .478 4.14 211.0 239 108 97 18 58 120 3 1.408 10.2 2.5 5.1 2.07 0.8 38
1956 32 12 10 .545 3.60 205.0 218 91 82 18 76 123 5 1.434 9.6 3.3 5.4 1.62 0.8 35
1957 33 11 12 .478 4.10 213.0 239 108 97 15 79 111 6 1.493 10.1 3.3 4.7 1.41 0.6 38
1958 34 0 0 11.57 7.0 17 10 9 2 8 2 1 3.571 21.9 10.3 2.6 0.25 2.6 6
1959 35 3 4 .429 4.44 71.0 77 39 35 4 33 48 0 1.549 9.8 4.2 6.1 1.45 0.5 29
1960 36 0 1 .000 4.76 17.0 24 10 9 2 10 8 0 2.000 12.7 5.3 4.2 0.80 1.1 15
1961 37 1 1 .500 4.50 20.0 23 11 10 1 13 15 1 1.800 10.4 5.9 6.8 1.15 0.5 16
14 Seasons 137 100 .578 3.47 2195.0 2280 940 847 127 763 1128 34 1.386 9.3 4.6 1.48 0.5 428

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952
1953 *
1954

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1951-AL-22-3%
1952-AL-9-15%
1954-AL-19-2%
0.20 Career Shares (720th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 AL--2.357--1st
1951 AL--3.154--6th
1952 AL--2.371--2nd
1953 AL--3.247--8th
1954 AL--2.644--1st

Wins s c a p y
1951 AL--20--4th
1952 AL--22--3rd
1953 AL--18--5th
1954 AL--19--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 AL--.737--4th
1951 AL--.606--10th
1952 AL--.667--4th
1953 AL--.667--6th
1954 AL--.704--7th
Career--.594--131st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 AL--1.218--3rd
1951 AL--1.264--6th
1952 AL--1.269--10th
1953 AL--1.255--7th
1954 AL--1.125--1st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--7.890--7th
1954 AL--7.655--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--3.074--4th
1951 AL--2.906--5th
1952 AL--2.678--5th
1953 AL--2.683--6th
1954 AL--2.470--5th
1955 AL--2.392--3rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--4.816--5th
1951 AL--4.181--8th
1953 AL--4.439--10th
1955 AL--5.127--6th
1956 AL--5.418--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--41--8th
1951 AL--47--3rd
1952 AL--46--2nd
1954 AL--45--7th

Saves s c a p y
1951 AL--6--5th
1954 AL--5--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1951 AL--254.0--4th
1952 AL--292.3--2nd
1953 AL--271.7--2nd
1954 AL--258.7--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 AL--118--7th
1952 AL--143--5th
1953 AL--134--5th
1954 AL--129--7th
1955 AL--120--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1951 AL--30--6th
1952 AL--36--1st
1953 AL--35--3rd
1954 AL--34--3rd
1955 AL--31--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1951 AL--15--10th
1952 AL--19--4th
1953 AL--21--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL--5--3rd
1952 AL--6--1st
1953 AL--3--9th
1954 AL--5--1st
1956 AL--4--2nd
Career--27--146th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--18--8th

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--239--2nd
1952 AL--284--1st
1953 AL--260--3rd
1954 AL--220--7th
1955 AL--230--4th
1956 AL--213--10th
1957 AL--221--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--1.567--1st
1951 AL--1.439--4th
1952 AL--1.644--6th
1953 AL--1.654--3rd
1954 AL--1.817--4th
1955 AL--2.143--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--.307--2nd
1951 AL--.354--1st
1952 AL--.277--2nd
1953 AL--.596--8th
1954 AL--.209--1st
1957 AL--.596--5th

Losses s c a p y
1951 AL--13--7th
1955 AL--13--6th
1956 AL--12--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--98--6th
1955 AL--94--3rd
1957 AL--88--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 AL--6--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 AL--7--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1951 AL--1066--4th
1952 AL--1236--2nd
1953 AL--1133--2nd
1954 AL--1053--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 AL--169--1st
1951 AL--120--8th
1952 AL--141--5th
1953 AL--116--10th
1954 AL--139--1st
Career--117--157th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 125 (141), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 48 (277), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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