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Mike García

Edward Miguel Garcia (The Big Bear)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 17, 1923 in San Gabriel, CA
High School: Visalia HS (Visalia, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1948
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators/WhiteSox 1948-1961

Final Game: September 2, 1961
Died: January 13, 1986 in Fairview Park, OH
Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA
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All-Star

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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 1 718 170 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 2 804 112 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 115 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 140 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 43 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 85 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 84 1.895 10.9 0.5 6.2 6.6 1.08
14 Yrs 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 84 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 85 1.868 11.7 1.0 5.1 4.1 0.80

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
1948 24 CLE AL 2.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.45 0.61 0.00 90.0 3.45 1 0.1 .1 -0.0 0.1 1 .580 .500 $
1949 25 CLE AL 175.2 41 20 51 2.61 4.69 0.38 0.00 96.4 4.16 30 3.2 1.2 -0.1 4.4 46 .578 .520 $ RoY-4
1950 26 CLE AL 184.0 33 29 88 4.30 4.97 0.17 0.00 93.4 4.49 3 0.2 1.5 -0.1 1.5 23 .507 .502 $
1951 27 CLE AL 254.0 47 30 101 3.58 4.56 0.07 0.00 95.1 4.28 18 1.9 2.4 -0.1 3.7 43 .540 .512 $ MVP-22
1952 28 CLE AL 292.1 46 36 93 2.86 4.05 0.01 0.00 91.1 3.69 25 2.9 2.7 -0.1 5.0 51 .564 .518 $ AS,MVP-9
1953 29 CLE AL 271.2 38 35 106 3.51 4.54 0.21 0.00 93.1 4.03 15 1.6 3.4 -0.1 3.5 40 .543 .510 $ AS
1954 30 CLE AL 258.2 45 34 85 2.96 3.98 0.21 0.00 100.3 3.78 24 2.7 2.6 -0.0 4.6 45 .560 .517 $ AS,MVP-19
1955 31 CLE AL 210.2 38 31 101 4.31 4.51 -0.35 0.00 100.7 4.90 12 1.3 1.6 -0.1 2.7 33 .533 .508 $
1956 32 CLE AL 197.2 35 30 93 4.23 4.52 0.04 0.00 103.2 4.62 7 0.7 1.2 -0.1 2.1 27 .521 .504 $
1957 33 CLE AL 211.1 38 27 98 4.17 4.05 -0.30 0.00 100.6 4.38 6 0.6 1.7 -0.1 2.1 23 .517 .504 $
1958 34 CLE AL 8.0 6 1 10 11.25 4.38 -0.09 0.00 105.3 4.70 -6 -0.6 1.4 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .403 .496 $
1959 35 CLE AL 72.0 29 8 39 4.88 4.30 0.39 0.00 97.3 3.81 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .472 .495 $
1960 36 CHW AL 17.2 15 0 9 4.58 4.25 0.31 -0.17 100.0 3.77 -1 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .490 .499 $
1961 37 WSA AL 19.0 16 0 14 6.63 4.63 0.07 -0.19 104.6 4.58 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .474 .497 $
14 Seasons 2174.2 428 281 888 3.68 4.40 0.06 -0.00 96.9 4.20 121 13.3 1.6 -1.1 28.3 322 .531 .506 $
CLE (12 yrs) 2138.0 397 281 865 3.64 4.40 0.06 0.00 96.8 4.20 127 13.9 1.7 -1.0 28.7 324 .535 .507 $
WSA (1 yr) 19.0 16 0 14 6.63 4.63 0.07 -0.19 104.6 4.58 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .474 .497 $
CHW (1 yr) 17.2 15 0 9 4.58 4.25 0.31 -0.17 100.0 3.77 -1 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .490 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 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*

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 24 CLE AL 1 9 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 .375 4 0 0 0 0 0
1949 25 CLE AL 41 719 641 51 154 25 3 6 6 8 60 94 .240 .307 .317 .624 .274 203 19 2 16 0 9
1950 26 CLE AL 33 804 719 88 191 18 5 15 1 5 74 76 .266 .334 .367 .701 .280 264 18 0 11 0 10
1951 27 CLE AL 47 1067 971 101 239 38 3 10 9 9 82 118 .246 .307 .322 .629 .272 313 25 3 11 0 20
1952 28 CLE AL 46 1233 1123 93 284 39 2 9 9 9 87 143 .253 .311 .315 .626 .283 354 24 7 18 0 30
1953 29 CLE AL 38 1133 1038 106 260 33 5 18 16 4 81 134 .250 .307 .344 .651 .273 357 32 3 11 0 17
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 13
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 6
1956 32 CLE AL 35 873 783 93 213 26 6 18 10 4 74 119 .272 .338 .390 .728 .301 305 16 5 11 1 5 15
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 13
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 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 5
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 2
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 4
14 Yrs 428 9230 8344 888 2148 287 43 122 99 59 719 1117 .257 .318 .346 .664 .284 2887 209 33 119 18 23 144
162 Game Avg. 41 885 800 85 206 28 4 12 9 6 69 107 .257 .318 .346 .664 .284 277 20 3 11 2 14
MLB Averages .259 .332 .385 .717 .276

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 24 CLE AL 1.1 0.1 9 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .04 -0.0 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.04 0.7 0 0 1
1949 25 CLE AL 34.2 3.5 733 4.4 15.6 -11.2 1.12 3.6 0.3 40.2 4.3 1.12 41.7 6 6 9
1950 26 CLE AL 10.0 1.0 813 -0.1 13.5 -13.5 .99 1.2 -1.3 10.0 1.0 0.99 11.5 2 0 2
1951 27 CLE AL 19.5 2.0 1092 3.6 22.3 -18.7 1.13 3.5 -0.4 25.9 2.7 1.13 32.6 10 2 5
1952 28 CLE AL 32.3 3.5 1265 4.1 26.0 -21.9 1.20 2.4 1.0 35.7 4.1 1.20 31.6 7 2 1
1953 29 CLE AL 18.4 1.9 1157 3.6 25.3 -21.7 1.23 2.9 0.1 30.1 3.3 1.23 29.5 2 1 0
1954 30 CLE AL 30.1 3.2 1072 5.3 23.2 -17.9 1.22 4.7 -0.3 39.7 4.4 1.22 50.5 6 3 2
1955 31 CLE AL 2.2 0.2 909 -0.4 18.4 -18.8 1.16 0.6 -0.9 10.2 1.0 1.16 9.1 3 2 2
1956 32 CLE AL 9.6 1.0 892 0.9 15.9 -15.0 1.04 -0.1 0.9 12.9 1.3 1.04 3.5 2 0 3
1957 33 CLE AL 0.2 0.0 934 0.1 16.2 -16.1 1.02 -0.2 0.3 1.2 0.1 1.02 -1.0 3 4 2
1958 34 CLE AL -5.1 -0.5 48 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 1.10 -0.6 -0.2 -8.3 -0.8 1.10 -6.8 1 2 2
1959 35 CLE AL -3.5 -0.4 328 -0.9 5.1 -6.0 1.00 0.1 -1.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.00 0.2 5 3 12
1960 36 CHW AL -0.9 -0.1 86 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 1.24 -0.7 0.5 -4.7 -0.5 1.24 -7.3 6 3 6
1961 37 WSA AL -2.8 -0.3 105 -1.5 0.9 -2.4 .94 -0.6 -1.0 -9.4 -0.9 0.94 -6.5 5 1 10
14 Yrs 145.4 15.1 9443 18.1 184.6 -166.5 1.13 16.9 -0.9 180.4 19.7 1.13 189.2 58 29 57

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
1949 25 CLE AL 41 20 11 4 5 0 2 14 6 .700 1 3 8 5 14 70% 58.0 87 29 22 8 9 6 3.7 3.6 6.9
1950 26 CLE AL 33 29 11 11 7 1 5 15 14 .517 0 2 11 0 16 55% 50.2 80 15 24 6 13 7 5.5 6.1 6.3
1951 27 CLE AL 47 30 17 11 2 3 6 18 12 .600 0 0 15 1 20 67% 55.6 90 22 17 5 18 6 4.3 4.4 7.6
1952 28 CLE AL 46 36 21 9 6 2 4 26 10 .722 1 3 19 6 26 72% 58.3 85 26 14 6 27 4 4.5 4.3 7.7
1953 29 CLE AL 38 35 18 8 9 1 3 24 10 .706 3 5 21 3 22 63% 55.9 83 22 14 7 21 6 4.6 4.3 7.6
1954 30 CLE AL 45 34 19 8 7 1 3 21 12 .636 1 5 13 5 24 71% 57.9 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% 50.9 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% 50.8 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% 52.5 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% 38.0 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 1 1 1 0 2 25% 45.9 77 25 12 7 2 5 5.9 3.2 5.0
11 Yrs 396 281 130 84 67 13 36 173 106 .620 11 30 111 27 171 61% 54 90 15 218 80 149 65 4.6 4.4 6.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -9 4.5 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
1948 24 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .039 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1949 25 CLE AL 41 21 10 3 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 19 8 42% 5 1.117 6 6 9 4 2 15 12 9 10 6 10 5 5.5
1950 26 CLE AL 33 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 3 60% 7 .991 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 1 0.5
1951 27 CLE AL 47 17 14 3 2 9 6 3 67% 9 0 19 7 37% 9 1.133 10 2 5 10 3 4 9 8 7 4 7 5 4.8
1952 28 CLE AL 46 10 8 1 2 6 4 2 67% 6 0 14 7 50% 8 1.200 7 2 1 6 3 1 6 4 6 4 6 0 5.0
1953 29 CLE AL 38 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 7 4 57% 8 1.227 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 5.0
1954 30 CLE AL 45 11 8 0 0 7 5 1 71% 7 0 9 0 0% 8 1.220 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 1.163 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 1.037 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 1.019 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 1.095 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 1.005 5 3 12 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 1.240 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 .940 5 1 10 3 2 11 6 10 6 6 6 3 3.6
14 Yrs 428 147 77 12 13 44 23 20 52% 48 4 124 60 48% 1.126 58 29 57 54 18 75 64 83 71 42 71 31 4.6

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%
1948 24 CLE AL 9 33% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 1.50 89% 0 0
1949 25 CLE AL 719 51% 0.8% 13.1% 8.3% 4.7% 22% 1.35 75% 147 19 13%
1950 26 CLE AL 804 59% 1.9% 9.5% 9.2% 4.7% 20% 1.03 78% 187 18 10%
1951 27 CLE AL 1067 53% 0.9% 11.1% 7.7% 4.8% 21% 1.17 79% 216 25 12%
1952 28 CLE AL 1235 50% 0.7% 11.6% 7.1% 4.1% 18% 1.11 79% 246 24 10%
1953 29 CLE AL 1133 57% 1.6% 11.8% 7.2% 4.9% 22% 1.07 78% 232 32 14%
1954 30 CLE AL 1051 61% 0.6% 12.3% 6.8% 3.9% 19% 1.02 79% 202 16 8%
1955 31 CLE AL 894 59% 1.9% 13.4% 6.3% 5.5% 21% 0.77 77% 187 26 14%
1956 32 CLE AL 874 57% 2.1% 13.6% 8.5% 5.7% 24% 1.18 74% 177 16 9%
1957 33 CLE AL 912 68% 1.5% 12.1% 8.0% 5.4% 22% 1.05 77% 193 25 13%
1958 34 CLE AL 46 76% 4.4% 4.4% 15.2% 10.9% 33% 0.83 74% 10 1 10%
1959 35 CLE AL 310 63% 1.3% 15.8% 10.0% 5.2% 22% 0.78 71% 49 3 6%
1960 36 CHW AL 82 70% 2.4% 9.8% 12.2% 8.5% 30% 1.65 71% 23 4 17%
1961 37 WSA AL 97 66% 1.0% 14.4% 13.4% 5.2% 22% 1.33 69% 24 0 0%
14 Yrs 9233 58% 1.3% 12.1% 7.8% 4.9% 21% 1.06 77% 1893 209 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.8% 10.4% 6.8% 27% 0.98 84% 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
1948 24 CLE AL 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 25 CLE AL 719 154 6 0 16 1 4 2 3 38 14 8 37% 9 1 0 278 6 8 43% 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1950 26 CLE AL 804 191 15 0 21 12 3 7 8 42 21 3 50% 10 2 1 331 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1951 27 CLE AL 1067 239 10 0 26 4 6 5 5 76 36 8 47% 20 6 0 400 9 9 50% 9 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
1952 28 CLE AL 1233 284 9 1 46 5 4 5 4 60 29 8 48% 30 4 1 478 9 9 50% 9 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 9 2
1953 29 CLE AL 1133 260 18 0 17 6 12 10 8 45 21 4 47% 17 3 1 438 16 4 80% 16 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
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 0 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 1 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 Yrs 9230 2148 122 2 216 67 54 61 60 486 232 58 48% 144 30 14 3602 99 59 63% 91 53 6 2 2 4 8 2 81 3
MLB Averages 52% 57%

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+
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 1 727 172 1.221 8.0 0.3 3.0 4.8 1.58 172
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 127 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.3 1.47 127
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 129 1.256 8.5 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.53 129
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 124 1.269 8.6 0.4 2.8 4.4 1.59 124
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

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
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 2.47 175.0 161 53 48 6 63 93 2 1.280 8.3 3.2 4.8 1.48 0.3 41
1950 26 11 10 .524 3.63 191.0 193 86 77 15 75 79 0 1.403 9.1 3.5 3.7 1.05 0.7 33
1951 27 16 12 .571 3.38 258.0 256 108 97 11 88 120 3 1.333 8.9 3.1 4.2 1.36 0.4 47
1952 28 21 11 .656 2.90 289.0 320 103 93 10 98 141 8 1.446 10.0 3.1 4.4 1.44 0.3 46
1953 29 16 14 .533 3.62 271.0 280 121 109 19 87 134 3 1.354 9.3 2.9 4.5 1.54 0.6 38
1954 30 19 10 .655 2.93 261.0 238 94 85 6 77 130 2 1.207 8.2 2.7 4.5 1.69 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 3.54 206.0 216 90 81 18 75 124 5 1.413 9.4 3.3 5.4 1.65 0.8 35
1957 33 11 12 .478 4.14 213.0 239 109 98 15 79 111 6 1.493 10.1 3.3 4.7 1.41 0.6 38
1958 34 0 0 10.13 8.0 16 10 9 2 7 2 1 2.875 18.0 7.9 2.3 0.29 2.3 6
1959 35 3 4 .429 4.44 71.0 77 39 35 4 33 49 0 1.549 9.8 4.2 6.2 1.48 0.5 29
1960 36 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 24 11 10 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 Yrs 135 102 .570 3.48 2194.0 2282 943 849 127 763 1128 34 1.388 9.4 4.6 1.48 0.5 428

* 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

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 (738th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 AL  4.9 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.4 (7th)
1951 AL  3.7 (7th)
1952 AL  5.0 (4th)
1953 AL  3.5 (6th)
1954 AL  4.6 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 AL  2.36 (1st)
1951 AL  3.15 (6th)
1952 AL  2.37 (2nd)
1953 AL  3.25 (8th)
1954 AL  2.64 (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 (135th)

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 (145th)

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  0.307 (2nd)
1951 AL  0.354 (1st)
1952 AL  0.277 (2nd)
1953 AL  0.596 (8th)
1954 AL  0.209 (1st)
1957 AL  0.596 (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  1,066 (4th)
1952 AL  1,236 (2nd)
1953 AL  1,133 (2nd)
1954 AL  1,053 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 AL  170 (1st)
1951 AL  120 (8th)
1952 AL  141 (5th)
1953 AL  116 (10th)
1954 AL  138 (2nd)
Career  117 (162nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  34 (4th)
1951 AL  20 (9th)
1952 AL  32 (4th)
1953 AL  18 (8th)
1954 AL  30 (2nd)
Career  145 (137th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  3.5 (4th)
1951 AL  2.0 (9th)
1952 AL  3.5 (4th)
1953 AL  1.9 (8th)
1954 AL  3.2 (2nd)
Career  15.1 (131st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  40.24 (3rd)
1951 AL  25.92 (5th)
1952 AL  35.71 (4th)
1953 AL  30.10 (4th)
1954 AL  39.69 (1st)
Career  180.40 (52nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.4 (5th)
1951 AL  3.6 (5th)
1952 AL  4.1 (5th)
1953 AL  3.6 (3rd)
1954 AL  5.3 (1st)
Career  18.1 (72nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 AL  3.6 (4th)
1951 AL  3.5 (2nd)
1952 AL  2.4 (6th)
1953 AL  2.9 (3rd)
1954 AL  4.7 (1st)
Career  16.9 (57th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1951 AL  2.7 (4th)
1952 AL  4.1 (4th)
1953 AL  3.3 (4th)
1954 AL  4.4 (1st)
Career  19.7 (55th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 125 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 48 (285), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Joe Dobson (939)
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  5. Pat Malone (937)
  6. Dutch Ruether (930)
  7. Jack Billingham (930)
  8. Larry Dierker (930)
  9. Dock Ellis (928)
  10. Johnny Sain (928)
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  1. Larry Pape (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Joe Horlen (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Cheney (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Orel Hershiser (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Doc Crandall (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dock Ellis (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lew Burdette (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Urban Shocker (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Charlie Root (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Charlie Root (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jack Billingham (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Dobson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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