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Ned Garver

Ned Franklin Garver

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 25, 1925 in Ney, OH
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/Tigers/Angels 1948-1961

Final Game: June 4, 1961
Relatives: Uncle of Bruce Berenyi
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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
1948 22 SLB AL 7 11 .389 3.41 38 24 7 7 0 5 198.0 200 92 75 14 95 75 1 0 5 848 133 1.490 9.1 0.6 4.3 3.4 0.79
1949 23 SLB AL 12 17 .414 3.98 41 32 5 16 1 3 223.2 245 126 99 14 102 70 3 2 10 1009 114 1.551 9.9 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69
1950 24 SLB AL 13 18 .419 3.39 37 31 4 22 2 0 260.0 264 120 98 18 108 85 4 1 6 1124 146 1.431 9.1 0.6 3.7 2.9 0.79 MVP-24
1951 25 SLB AL 20 12 .625 3.73 33 30 3 24 1 0 246.0 237 114 102 17 96 84 5 0 6 1044 118 1.354 8.7 0.6 3.5 3.1 0.88 AS,MVP-2
1952 26 TOT AL 8 10 .444 3.60 22 22 0 8 2 0 157.2 139 69 63 15 58 63 4 1 1 651 109 1.249 7.9 0.9 3.3 3.6 1.09
1952 26 SLB AL 7 10 .412 3.69 21 21 0 7 2 0 148.2 130 67 61 14 55 60 4 1 1 614 106 1.244 7.9 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.09
1952 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 37 198 1.333 9.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1953 27 DET AL 11 11 .500 4.45 30 26 3 13 0 1 198.1 228 107 98 16 66 69 2 1 4 868 91 1.482 10.3 0.7 3.0 3.1 1.05
1954 28 DET AL 14 11 .560 2.81 35 32 3 16 3 1 246.1 216 93 77 20 62 93 4 0 2 1004 133 1.129 7.9 0.7 2.3 3.4 1.50
1955 29 DET AL 12 16 .429 3.98 33 32 1 16 1 0 230.2 251 115 102 21 67 10 83 5 1 6 992 98 1.379 9.8 0.8 2.6 3.2 1.24
1956 30 DET AL 0 2 .000 4.08 6 3 1 1 0 0 17.2 15 10 8 2 13 0 6 1 0 0 80 104 1.585 7.6 1.0 6.6 3.1 0.46
1957 31 KCA AL 6 13 .316 3.84 24 23 0 6 1 0 145.1 120 72 62 13 55 5 61 5 1 1 608 103 1.204 7.4 0.8 3.4 3.8 1.11
1958 32 KCA AL 12 11 .522 4.03 31 28 3 10 3 1 201.0 192 97 90 24 66 8 72 2 0 2 864 97 1.284 8.6 1.1 3.0 3.2 1.09
1959 33 KCA AL 10 13 .435 3.71 32 30 1 9 2 1 201.1 214 94 83 22 42 0 61 3 0 4 848 108 1.272 9.6 1.0 1.9 2.7 1.45
1960 34 KCA AL 4 9 .308 3.83 28 15 6 5 2 0 122.1 110 57 52 15 35 2 50 2 0 1 510 105 1.185 8.1 1.1 2.6 3.7 1.43
1961 35 LAA AL 0 3 .000 5.59 12 2 3 0 0 0 29.0 40 18 18 2 16 0 9 0 0 1 134 81 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 2.8 0.56
14 Yrs 129 157 .451 3.73 402 330 40 153 18 12 2477.1 2471 1184 1027 213 881 25 881 41 7 49 10584 112 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .451 3.73 37 31 4 14 2 1 230 230 110 95 20 82 82 4 1 5 983 112 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00
DET (5 yrs) 38 40 .487 3.68 105 94 8 47 4 2 702.0 719 327 287 60 211 10 254 12 2 12 2981 106 1.325 9.2 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.20
SLB (5 yrs) 59 68 .465 3.64 170 138 19 76 6 8 1076.1 1076 519 435 77 456 374 17 4 28 4639 124 1.423 9.0 0.6 3.8 3.1 0.82
KCA (4 yrs) 32 46 .410 3.86 115 96 10 30 8 2 670.0 636 320 287 74 198 15 244 12 1 8 2830 103 1.245 8.5 1.0 2.7 3.3 1.23
LAA (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.59 12 2 3 0 0 0 29.0 40 18 18 2 16 0 9 0 0 1 134 81 1.931 12.4 0.6 5.0 2.8 0.56

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 22 SLB AL 198.0 38 24 92 4.18 4.91 -0.29 0.00 106.3 5.53 29 3.1 1.2 -0.1 4.4 48 .581 .519 $
1949 23 SLB AL 223.2 41 32 126 5.07 4.87 -0.71 0.00 106.5 5.95 22 2.3 1.4 -0.1 3.8 42 .556 .514 $
1950 24 SLB AL 260.0 37 31 120 4.15 5.00 -0.56 0.00 107.5 5.98 51 5.3 .9 -0.1 7.1 79 .643 .533 $ MVP-24
1951 25 SLB AL 246.0 33 30 114 4.17 4.75 -0.35 0.00 107.0 5.46 34 3.7 1.3 -0.1 5.3 58 .611 .523 $19,500 AS,MVP-2
1952 26 SLB AL 148.2 21 21 67 4.06 4.20 -0.05 0.00 107.8 4.58 8 0.9 -0.1 1.9 21 .544 .506 $25,000
1952 26 DET AL 9.0 1 1 2 2.00 3.77 -0.23 0.00 106.0 4.24 2 0.3 -0.0 0.3 3 .779 .502 $
1953 27 DET AL 198.1 30 26 107 4.86 4.30 -0.69 0.00 102.2 5.10 5 0.5 1.7 -0.1 1.9 23 .518 .503 $
1954 28 DET AL 246.1 35 32 93 3.40 4.18 0.09 0.00 101.8 4.16 21 2.4 3.6 -0.1 4.2 42 .569 .515 $
1955 29 DET AL 230.2 33 32 115 4.49 4.35 -0.01 0.00 98.1 4.28 -8 -0.8 .3 -0.1 0.8 15 .477 .495 $
1956 30 DET AL 17.2 6 3 10 5.09 4.48 -0.06 0.00 96.6 4.38 -2 -0.2 .4 -0.0 0.0 0 .475 .499 $
1957 31 KCA AL 145.1 24 23 72 4.46 4.16 -0.04 0.00 104.1 4.37 -1 -0.1 2.5 -0.1 0.9 11 .497 .500 $
1958 32 KCA AL 201.0 31 28 97 4.34 4.10 0.03 0.00 104.7 4.26 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.2 15 .494 .499 $
1959 33 KCA AL 201.1 32 30 94 4.20 4.29 -0.18 0.00 102.9 4.60 11 1.1 .4 -0.1 2.5 26 .536 .507 $
1960 34 KCA AL 122.1 28 15 57 4.19 4.56 -0.19 0.00 101.5 4.83 9 1.0 .4 -0.2 1.8 19 .537 .506 $
1961 35 LAA AL 29.0 12 2 18 5.59 4.64 0.09 -0.12 109.4 4.84 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 .481 .499 $
14 Seasons 2477.1 402 330 1184 4.30 4.50 -0.26 -0.00 104.3 4.96 179 19.3 1.1 -1.3 36.0 404 .548 .508 $44,500
DET (5 yrs) 702.0 105 94 327 4.19 4.27 -0.17 0.00 100.6 4.47 19 2.3 1.7 -0.3 7.2 83 .522 .503 $
SLB (5 yrs) 1076.1 170 138 519 4.34 4.79 -0.43 0.00 107.0 5.58 144 15.2 1.2 -0.5 22.5 248 .590 .519 $44,500
KCA (4 yrs) 670.0 115 96 320 4.30 4.25 -0.09 0.00 103.5 4.49 18 1.9 .6 -0.5 6.4 72 .517 .503 $
LAA (1 yr) 29.0 12 2 18 5.59 4.64 0.09 -0.12 109.4 4.84 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 .481 .499 $

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
1951 SLB AL 25 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00

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 22 SLB AL 38 338 762 92 200 21 4 14 5 2 95 75 .262 .345 .356 .701 .276 271 7 1 6 0 5
1949 23 SLB AL 41 605 885 126 245 22 6 14 6 5 102 70 .277 .354 .363 .716 .288 321 15 3 18 0 13
1950 24 SLB AL 37 650 999 120 264 21 4 18 0 3 108 85 .264 .338 .347 .686 .275 347 16 4 13 0 13
1951 25 SLB AL 33 685 931 114 237 18 3 17 3 8 96 84 .255 .328 .335 .663 .265 312 20 5 12 0 16
1952 26 TOT AL 22 528 588 69 139 15 3 15 6 6 58 63 .236 .309 .349 .658 .243 205 16 4 2 0 7
1952 26 SLB AL 21 491 554 67 130 15 3 14 6 6 55 60 .235 .308 .348 .657 .242 193 16 4 2 0 7
1953 27 DET AL 30 867 785 107 228 37 2 16 9 6 66 69 .290 .347 .404 .751 .303 317 13 2 14 0 3
1954 28 DET AL 35 1003 916 93 216 29 6 20 5 8 62 93 .236 .287 .346 .633 .243 317 23 4 19 2 19
1955 29 DET AL 33 992 899 115 251 41 3 21 5 5 67 83 .279 .330 .402 .731 .286 361 23 5 13 8 10 19
1956 30 DET AL 6 80 64 10 15 1 0 2 1 2 13 6 .234 .367 .344 .711 .228 22 3 1 1 1 0 3
1957 31 KCA AL 24 577 539 72 120 24 4 13 4 2 55 61 .223 .298 .354 .652 .227 191 10 5 3 6 5 9
1958 32 KCA AL 31 818 769 97 192 27 3 24 6 4 66 72 .250 .309 .386 .695 .248 297 18 2 6 4 8 12
1959 33 KCA AL 32 848 794 94 214 36 7 22 6 6 42 61 .270 .308 .416 .724 .269 330 16 3 7 2 0 11
1960 34 KCA AL 28 505 457 57 110 15 1 15 6 0 35 50 .241 .295 .376 .671 .239 172 8 2 9 5 2 8
1961 35 LAA AL 12 134 115 18 40 9 0 2 1 0 16 9 .348 .427 .478 .906 .365 55 3 0 3 0 0 0
14 Yrs 401 8593 9469 1182 2462 316 46 212 63 57 878 878 .260 .325 .370 .695 .268 3506 191 41 126 28 25 138
162 Game Avg. 37 800 882 110 229 29 4 20 6 5 82 82 .260 .325 .370 .695 .268 327 18 4 12 3 13
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 22 SLB AL 20.2 2.0 353 1.2 7.7 -6.5 1.25 1.0 -0.0 13.3 1.3 1.25 11.5 3 4 0
1949 23 SLB AL 8.0 0.8 638 -1.9 10.4 -12.2 1.07 -0.6 -1.1 -12.2 -1.1 1.07 -8.0 4 2 2
1950 24 SLB AL 37.5 3.7 667 1.4 14.5 -13.1 1.21 1.4 -0.2 8.1 0.7 1.21 13.9 1 0 3
1951 25 SLB AL 18.0 1.8 699 0.7 13.2 -12.6 1.08 -0.2 0.8 2.6 0.2 1.08 -0.0 1 0 0
1952 26 TOT AL 6.3 0.7 525 0.1 8.3 -8.2 .93 0.9 -0.9 4.8 0.5 0.93 10.4 0 0 0
1952 26 SLB AL 4.3 0.4 525 0.1 8.3 -8.2 .93 0.9 -0.9 4.8 0.5 0.93 10.4 0 0 0
1953 27 DET AL -6.6 -0.6 892 -0.9 16.8 -17.7 1.12 -0.2 -0.6 -5.5 -0.5 1.12 -0.0 2 1 1
1954 28 DET AL 22.5 2.4 1019 2.4 19.1 -16.8 1.03 2.5 -0.2 23.7 2.6 1.03 23.6 2 0 1
1955 29 DET AL -2.2 -0.2 1012 -0.6 17.5 -18.2 1.06 -0.1 -0.5 -1.3 -0.1 1.06 -1.5 0 0 1
1956 30 DET AL -0.1 -0.0 83 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 1.01 -0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.01 -1.4 0 1 2
1957 31 KCA AL 0.4 0.0 588 -1.3 9.6 -10.9 1.05 0.9 -2.2 -5.6 -0.6 1.05 7.5 1 0 0
1958 32 KCA AL -0.6 -0.1 833 0.4 13.7 -13.3 .95 0.6 -0.1 2.2 0.2 0.95 6.2 1 0 2
1959 33 KCA AL 6.9 0.7 864 -1.0 13.8 -14.8 .94 -0.5 -0.6 1.8 0.2 0.94 -1.6 0 1 1
1960 34 KCA AL 3.2 0.3 519 0.1 6.4 -6.3 .73 0.5 -0.3 1.6 0.2 0.73 5.9 0 2 9
1961 35 LAA AL -2.0 -0.2 140 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .94 -0.5 0.0 -4.3 -0.4 0.94 -5.4 4 1 3
14 Yrs 111.4 11.4 8832 -0.0 154.5 -154.5 1.03 5.5 -5.5 29.5 3.1 1.03 61.0 19 12 25

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
1948 22 SLB AL 38 24 6 11 7 0 4 8 15 .348 0 2 7 0 14 58% 47.4 74 24 6 2 12 9 4.0 3.0 6.6
1949 23 SLB AL 41 32 9 17 6 1 5 11 21 .344 1 0 16 1 13 41% 46.8 76 18 11 5 16 9 4.0 4.4 6.4
1950 24 SLB AL 37 31 12 16 3 1 6 12 19 .387 1 2 22 2 17 55% 51.6 82 13 6 3 11 9 4.1 4.2 8.2
1951 25 SLB AL 33 30 18 11 1 3 3 19 11 .633 0 0 24 1 18 60% 52.5 78 12 3 1 9 9 5.0 4.6 7.9
1952 26 TOT AL 22 22 8 10 4 1 3 9 13 .409 1 3 8 2 12 55% 53.4 84 13 8 2 3 11 3.3 3.4 7.2
1952 26 SLB AL 21 21 7 10 4 1 3 8 13 .381 1 3 7 2 11 52% 53.0 84 13 8 2 3 10 3.3 3.4 7.1
1952 26 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1 100% 61.0 61 61 0 1 4.5 9.0
1953 27 DET AL 30 26 10 11 5 3 4 11 13 .458 1 2 13 0 11 42% 46.5 84 7 18 7 7 13 4.2 4.5 7.4
1954 28 DET AL 35 32 14 11 7 1 4 17 15 .531 1 4 16 3 21 66% 56.9 84 16 10 6 12 9 4.4 4.3 7.5
1955 29 DET AL 33 32 12 16 4 0 4 13 19 .406 2 2 16 1 18 56% 49.7 83 16 10 5 7 10 4.8 5.4 7.2
1956 30 DET AL 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 51.3 58 42 3 3 0 3 3.7 1.7 5.3
1957 31 KCA AL 24 23 6 13 4 1 6 9 14 .391 1 1 6 1 13 57% 52.5 87 23 23 7 1 18 3.8 4.3 6.3
1958 32 KCA AL 31 28 12 11 5 4 3 13 15 .464 1 2 10 3 12 43% 50.6 83 19 20 11 4 16 4.5 4.4 7.1
1959 33 KCA AL 32 30 10 13 7 4 7 14 16 .467 2 4 9 2 16 53% 50.2 81 22 14 3 7 15 4.7 5.0 6.7
1960 34 KCA AL 28 15 4 9 2 0 3 5 10 .333 0 1 5 2 8 53% 53.8 80 27 8 5 0 9 2.9 2.9 5.8
1961 35 LAA AL 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.5 46 35 7 3 0 1 1.5 2.3 3.8
14 Yrs 402 330 121 153 56 19 53 142 185 .434 11 23 153 18 174 53% 51 87 7 147 63 89 141 4.2 4.4 7.1
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 22 SLB AL 38 14 7 1 0 3 5 1 167% 4 0 6 1 17% 1.254 3 4 0 6 0 1 5 2 10 2 6 3 8.5
1949 23 SLB AL 41 9 5 3 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 7 3 43% 9 1.074 4 2 2 5 0 3 3 5 4 3 3 2 5.8
1950 24 SLB AL 37 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.209 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 2 2 2 0 3.7
1951 25 SLB AL 33 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 1.076 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 9.3
1953 27 DET AL 30 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 0 0 9 1.125 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 5.3
1954 28 DET AL 35 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 5 3 60% 7 1.035 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 5.0
1955 29 DET AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.061 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1956 30 DET AL 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.015 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.7
1957 31 KCA AL 24 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.046 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1958 32 KCA AL 31 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 .951 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.0
1959 33 KCA AL 32 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% 5 .938 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.5
1960 34 KCA AL 28 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 5 .728 0 2 9 0 0 13 6 7 10 2 11 1 8.1
1961 35 LAA AL 12 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 4 50% 8 .941 4 1 3 2 1 7 4 6 6 3 7 2 6.4
13 Yrs 380 72 40 8 4 14 12 5 86% 17 1 42 24 57% 1.039 19 12 25 21 4 35 23 37 41 17 36 10 6.3

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 22 SLB AL 864 59% 4.1% 22.2% 28.1% 11.5% 20% 0.97 199% 67 7 10%
1949 23 SLB AL 1008 53% 2.3% 11.6% 16.9% 6.9% 17% 0.91 132% 130 15 12%
1950 24 SLB AL 1124 59% 2.8% 13.1% 16.6% 6.6% 16% 1.14 138% 127 16 13%
1951 25 SLB AL 1044 52% 2.5% 12.3% 14.0% 5.6% 16% 1.11 121% 142 20 14%
1952 26 TOT AL 652 59% 2.8% 11.9% 11.0% 6.3% 24% 1.05 97% 86 16 19%
1952 26 SLB AL 615 59% 2.9% 12.2% 11.2% 6.5% 25% 1.05 98% 86 16 19%
1952 26 DET AL 37 2.7% 8.1% 8.1% 81%
1953 27 DET AL 867 61% 1.9% 8.0% 7.6% 6.3% 24% 1.02 81% 156 13 8%
1954 28 DET AL 1003 60% 2.0% 9.3% 6.2% 5.5% 26% 1.02 80% 182 23 13%
1955 29 DET AL 992 57% 2.1% 8.4% 6.8% 6.6% 26% 0.89 81% 218 23 11%
1956 30 DET AL 80 61% 2.5% 7.5% 16.3% 3.8% 20% 1.05 71% 20 3 15%
1957 31 KCA AL 608 58% 2.3% 10.6% 9.5% 7.1% 34% 0.82 82% 105 10 10%
1958 32 KCA AL 848 61% 2.9% 8.8% 8.1% 6.6% 28% 0.94 83% 123 18 15%
1959 33 KCA AL 848 61% 2.6% 7.2% 5.0% 7.7% 30% 0.92 84% 147 16 11%
1960 34 KCA AL 507 62% 3.0% 9.9% 6.9% 6.1% 28% 1.13 79% 87 8 9%
1961 35 LAA AL 134 64% 1.5% 6.7% 11.9% 8.2% 28% 1.09 78% 27 3 11%
14 Yrs 10579 59% 2.5% 10.2% 10.2% 6.7% 23% 0.99 98% 1617 191 12%
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 22 SLB AL 338 200 14 0 11 1 2 3 0 22 7 2 32% 5 5 0 140 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 526
1949 23 SLB AL 605 245 14 0 16 3 2 1 4 41 24 1 59% 13 10 0 258 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 403
1950 24 SLB AL 650 264 18 2 26 9 4 5 8 38 13 3 34% 13 6 0 242 0 3 0% 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 474
1951 25 SLB AL 685 237 17 1 14 8 5 3 10 35 20 3 57% 16 6 1 268 3 8 27% 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 359
1952 26 TOT AL 491 139 15 1 13 7 3 5 5 26 14 2 54% 7 1 1 158 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 161
1952 26 SLB AL 491 130 14 1 13 7 3 5 5 26 14 2 54% 7 1 1 158 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 124
1952 26 DET AL 9 1 0
1953 27 DET AL 867 228 16 0 16 11 5 15 1 46 25 2 54% 3 4 3 347 9 6 60% 9 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 10 0
1954 28 DET AL 1003 216 20 1 13 12 8 11 9 35 17 8 49% 19 2 1 357 5 8 38% 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 0
1955 29 DET AL 992 251 21 2 32 7 14 12 9 62 36 4 58% 19 6 0 391 5 5 50% 5 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 19 0
1956 30 DET AL 80 15 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 6 2 0 33% 3 0 0 35 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 31 KCA AL 577 120 13 0 11 8 3 5 6 29 15 3 52% 9 1 2 195 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 31
1958 32 KCA AL 818 192 24 0 10 17 5 13 9 33 15 1 45% 12 2 3 272 6 4 60% 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 12 30
1959 33 KCA AL 848 214 22 1 5 10 12 12 10 31 19 5 61% 11 4 0 315 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1960 34 KCA AL 505 110 15 0 11 9 6 7 8 26 19 1 73% 8 1 3 167 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 2
1961 35 LAA AL 134 40 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 1 62 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
14 Yrs 8593 2471 213 8 181 103 72 94 81 434 229 35 53% 138 49 15 3207 63 57 53% 59 44 3 10 1 3 18 0 111 1949
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 22 7 11 .389 3.41 38 24 7 7 0 5 198.0 200 92 75 14 95 75 1 0 5 848 133 1.490 9.1 0.6 4.3 3.4 0.79 133
1949 23 19 28 .404 3.71 79 56 12 23 1 8 421.2 445 218 174 28 197 145 4 2 15 1857 122 1.523 9.5 0.6 4.2 3.1 0.74 122
1950 24 32 46 .410 3.59 116 87 16 45 3 8 681.2 709 338 272 46 305 230 8 3 21 2981 131 1.488 9.4 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.75 131
1951 25 52 58 .473 3.63 149 117 19 69 4 8 927.2 946 452 374 63 401 314 13 3 27 4025 127 1.452 9.2 0.6 3.9 3.0 0.78 127
1952 26 60 68 .469 3.62 171 139 19 77 6 8 1085.1 1085 521 437 78 459 377 17 4 28 4676 125 1.423 9.0 0.6 3.8 3.1 0.82 125
1953 27 71 79 .473 3.75 201 165 22 90 6 9 1283.2 1313 628 535 94 525 446 19 5 32 5544 119 1.432 9.2 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.85 119
1954 28 85 90 .486 3.60 236 197 25 106 9 10 1530.0 1529 721 612 114 587 539 23 5 34 6548 120 1.383 9.0 0.7 3.5 3.2 0.92 120
1955 29 97 106 .478 3.65 269 229 26 122 10 10 1760.2 1780 836 714 135 654 10 622 28 6 40 7540 117 1.382 9.1 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.95 117
1956 30 97 108 .473 3.65 275 232 27 123 10 10 1778.1 1795 846 722 137 667 10 628 29 6 40 7620 117 1.384 9.1 0.7 3.4 3.2 0.94 117
1957 31 103 121 .460 3.67 299 255 27 129 11 10 1923.2 1915 918 784 150 722 15 689 34 7 41 8228 116 1.371 9.0 0.7 3.4 3.2 0.95 116
1958 32 115 132 .466 3.70 330 283 30 139 14 11 2124.2 2107 1015 874 174 788 23 761 36 7 43 9092 114 1.363 8.9 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.97 114
1959 33 125 145 .463 3.70 362 313 31 148 16 12 2326.0 2321 1109 957 196 830 23 822 39 7 47 9940 113 1.355 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.2 0.99 113
1960 34 129 154 .456 3.71 390 328 37 153 18 12 2448.1 2431 1166 1009 211 865 25 872 41 7 48 10450 113 1.346 8.9 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.01 113
1961 35 129 157 .451 3.73 402 330 40 153 18 12 2477.1 2471 1184 1027 213 881 25 881 41 7 49 10584 112 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.2 1.00 112

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 22 14 8 .636 3.12 199.0 196 77 69 14 93 75 1 1.452 8.9 4.2 3.4 0.81 0.6 38
1949 23 15 11 .577 3.46 237.0 240 101 91 14 100 74 3 1.435 9.1 3.8 2.8 0.74 0.5 41
1950 24 20 10 .667 2.73 274.0 248 92 83 17 101 90 4 1.274 8.1 3.3 3.0 0.89 0.6 37
1951 25 16 12 .571 3.40 254.0 235 107 96 17 95 87 5 1.299 8.3 3.4 3.1 0.92 0.6 33
1952 26 9 8 .529 3.73 157.0 145 72 65 16 61 63 4 1.312 8.3 3.5 3.6 1.03 0.9 22
1953 27 10 12 .455 4.50 200.0 236 111 100 17 68 70 2 1.520 10.6 3.1 3.2 1.03 0.8 30
1954 28 17 10 .630 3.07 249.0 231 94 85 21 66 94 4 1.193 8.3 2.4 3.4 1.42 0.8 35
1955 29 12 13 .480 4.17 233.0 264 120 108 22 70 84 5 1.433 10.2 2.7 3.2 1.20 0.8 33
1956 30 1 1 .500 4.00 18.0 15 9 8 2 13 6 1 1.556 7.5 6.5 3.0 0.46 1.0 6
1957 31 8 8 .500 3.90 150.0 126 72 65 14 58 63 5 1.227 7.6 3.5 3.8 1.09 0.8 24
1958 32 11 12 .478 4.13 209.0 203 107 96 25 70 75 2 1.306 8.7 3.0 3.2 1.07 1.1 31
1959 33 12 10 .545 3.71 206.0 221 94 85 23 43 63 3 1.282 9.7 1.9 2.8 1.47 1.0 32
1960 34 7 7 .500 3.73 128.0 114 59 53 16 36 52 2 1.172 8.0 2.5 3.7 1.44 1.1 28
1961 35 1 2 .333 5.33 27.0 37 18 16 2 15 8 0 1.926 12.3 5.0 2.7 0.53 0.7 12
14 Yrs 153 124 .552 3.61 2541.0 2511 1133 1020 220 889 904 41 1.338 8.9 3.2 1.02 0.8 402

* 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

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1951 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (24, 2%)
1951 AL (2, 47%)
0.49 Career Shares (453rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1948 AL  5.1 (10th)
1950 AL  7.9 (1st)
1951 AL  6.5 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1948 AL  4.4 (4th)
1949 AL  3.8 (9th)
1950 AL  7.1 (1st)
1951 AL  5.3 (1st)
1954 AL  4.2 (6th)
Career  36.0 (172nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL  3.41 (6th)
1950 AL  3.39 (2nd)
1954 AL  2.81 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  20 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 AL  .625 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 AL  1.249 (8th)
1954 AL  1.129 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  7.935 (10th)
1954 AL  7.892 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL  2.265 (4th)
1955 AL  2.614 (4th)
1959 AL  1.878 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  41 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (6th)
1949 AL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1950 AL  260.0 (3rd)
1951 AL  246.0 (6th)
1954 AL  246.3 (8th)
1955 AL  230.7 (6th)
Career  2,477.3 (249th)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL  32 (6th)
1950 AL  31 (6th)
1951 AL  30 (6th)
1954 AL  32 (7th)
1955 AL  32 (4th)
1959 AL  30 (9th)
Career  330 (230th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 AL  22 (1st)
1951 AL  24 (1st)
1953 AL  13 (8th)
1954 AL  16 (5th)
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
Career  153 (221st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 AL  2 (7th)
1954 AL  3 (10th)
1958 AL  3 (6th)
1960 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  14 (10th)
1952 AL  15 (8th)
1954 AL  20 (6th)
1955 AL  21 (4th)
1958 AL  24 (8th)
Career  213 (176th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  108 (10th)
1951 AL  96 (7th)
Career  881 (171st)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  245 (7th)
1950 AL  264 (3rd)
1951 AL  237 (4th)
1953 AL  228 (7th)
1954 AL  216 (8th)
1955 AL  251 (1st)
1959 AL  214 (10th)
Career  2,471 (237th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 AL  1.500 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  0.623 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL  17 (1st)
1950 AL  18 (3rd)
1951 AL  12 (9th)
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
1957 AL  13 (7th)
1959 AL  13 (5th)
Career  157 (131st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  99 (9th)
1951 AL  102 (5th)
1953 AL  98 (6th)
1955 AL  102 (1st)
1958 AL  90 (6th)
Career  1,027 (207th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (10th)
1949 AL  10 (2nd)
1950 AL  6 (7th)
1951 AL  6 (3rd)
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 AL  1,009 (10th)
1950 AL  1,124 (3rd)
1951 AL  1,044 (6th)
1954 AL  1,004 (9th)
1955 AL  992 (5th)
Career  10,584 (241st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL  133 (6th)
1950 AL  146 (1st)
1951 AL  118 (9th)
1954 AL  133 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  20 (6th)
1950 AL  37 (2nd)
1954 AL  23 (6th)
Career  109 (212th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  2.0 (6th)
1950 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1954 AL  2.4 (6th)
Career  11.2 (223rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 AL  23.72 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  1.2 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  1.4 (9th)
1954 AL  2.5 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1954 AL  2.6 (7th)

                           

† 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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 68 (369), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Rush (958)
  2. Danny MacFayden (957)
  3. Ed Brandt (944)
  4. Jimmy Ring (942)
  5. Red Ehret (930)
  6. Win Mercer (926)
  7. Bob Groom (916)
  8. Kid Gleason (916)
  9. Thornton Lee (916)
  10. Steve Renko (915)
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  1. Al Jurisich (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tommy Hughes (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ted Breitenstein (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Rijo (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Rush (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Bagby (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jimmy Ring (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmy Ring (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Early Wynn (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Sudhoff (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jimmy Ring (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Rush (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bob Rush (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Danny MacFayden (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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