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Bob Gibson

Robert Gibson (Hoot or Gibby)
born Pack Robert Gibson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE
High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)
School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959 (Age 23)
Team: Cardinals 1959-1975

Final Game: September 3, 1975 (Age 39)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1981 (337/401 ballots).
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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
1959 23 STL NL 3 5 .375 3.33 13 9 3 2 1 0 75.2 77 35 28 4 39 2 48 1 0 4 333 127 1.533 9.2 0.5 4.6 5.7 1.23
1960 24 STL NL 3 6 .333 5.61 27 12 3 2 0 0 86.2 97 61 54 7 48 6 69 1 0 3 399 73 1.673 10.1 0.7 5.0 7.2 1.44
1961 25 STL NL 13 12 .520 3.24 35 27 3 10 2 1 211.1 186 91 76 13 119 7 166 6 1 8 916 136 1.443 7.9 0.6 5.1 7.1 1.40
1962 26 STL NL 15 13 .536 2.85 32 30 2 15 5 1 233.2 174 84 74 15 95 9 208 10 0 11 967 151 1.151 6.7 0.6 3.7 8.0 2.19 AS
1963 27 STL NL 18 9 .667 3.39 36 33 2 14 2 0 254.2 224 110 96 19 96 1 204 13 1 6 1088 105 1.257 7.9 0.7 3.4 7.2 2.13
1964 28 STL NL 19 12 .613 3.01 40 36 3 17 2 1 287.1 250 106 96 25 86 9 245 9 0 6 1191 127 1.169 7.8 0.8 2.7 7.7 2.85 MVP-23
1965 29 STL NL 20 12 .625 3.07 38 36 1 20 6 1 299.0 243 110 102 34 103 6 270 11 1 8 1233 126 1.157 7.3 1.0 3.1 8.1 2.62 AS,GG
1966 30 STL NL 21 12 .636 2.44 35 35 0 20 5 0 280.1 210 90 76 20 78 5 225 5 0 12 1119 148 1.027 6.7 0.6 2.5 7.2 2.88 AS,GG
1967 31 STL NL 13 7 .650 2.98 24 24 0 10 2 0 175.1 151 62 58 10 40 3 147 3 1 3 703 110 1.089 7.8 0.5 2.1 7.5 3.68 AS,MVP-22,GG
1968 32 STL NL 22 9 .710 1.12 34 34 0 28 13 0 304.2 198 49 38 11 62 6 268 7 0 4 1161 258 0.853 5.8 0.3 1.8 7.9 4.32 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1,GG
1969 33 STL NL 20 13 .606 2.18 35 35 0 28 4 0 314.0 251 84 76 12 95 7 269 10 2 4 1270 164 1.102 7.2 0.3 2.7 7.7 2.83 AS,MVP-30,GG
1970 34 STL NL 23 7 .767 3.12 34 34 0 23 3 0 294.0 262 111 102 13 88 9 274 4 1 5 1213 133 1.190 8.0 0.4 2.7 8.4 3.11 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4,GG
1971 35 STL NL 16 13 .552 3.04 31 31 0 20 5 0 245.2 215 96 83 14 76 11 185 7 0 10 1026 119 1.185 7.9 0.5 2.8 6.8 2.43 CYA-5,MVP-23,GG
1972 36 STL NL 19 11 .633 2.46 34 34 0 23 4 0 278.0 226 83 76 14 88 11 208 3 2 10 1119 139 1.129 7.3 0.5 2.8 6.7 2.36 AS,CYA-9,GG
1973 37 STL NL 12 10 .545 2.77 25 25 0 13 1 0 195.0 159 71 60 12 57 6 142 3 1 6 790 133 1.108 7.3 0.6 2.6 6.6 2.49 GG
1974 38 STL NL 11 13 .458 3.83 33 33 0 9 1 0 240.0 236 111 102 24 104 14 129 5 3 2 1041 94 1.417 8.9 0.9 3.9 4.8 1.24
1975 39 STL NL 3 10 .231 5.04 22 14 4 1 0 2 109.0 120 66 61 10 62 6 60 4 0 6 499 75 1.670 9.9 0.8 5.1 5.0 0.97
17 Yrs 251 174 .591 2.91 528 482 21 255 56 6 3884.1 3279 1420 1258 257 1336 118 3117 102 13 108 16068 127 1.188 7.6 0.6 3.1 7.2 2.33
162 Game Avg. 17 12 .591 2.91 36 32 1 17 4 0 262 221 96 85 17 90 8 210 7 1 7 1082 127 1.188 7.6 0.6 3.1 7.2 2.33
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1959 23 STL NL 75.2 13 9 35 4.16 4.52 -0.20 0.00 107.8 5.09 7 0.8 .7 -0.1 1.5 16 .560 .505
1960 24 STL NL 86.2 27 12 61 6.33 4.56 0.01 0.02 107.5 4.91 -14 -1.4 .6 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .447 .491
1961 25 STL NL 211.1 35 27 91 3.88 4.57 0.26 0.05 110.0 4.81 21 2.2 1.1 -0.1 4.4 45 .564 .514
1962 26 STL NL 233.2 32 30 84 3.24 4.43 0.34 0.07 106.9 4.45 30 3.3 1.6 -0.1 5.6 56 .604 .521 AS
1963 27 STL NL 254.2 36 33 110 3.89 3.75 0.17 0.05 108.8 3.95 -1 -0.1 2.0 -0.2 2.4 24 .498 .500
1964 28 STL NL 287.1 40 36 106 3.32 3.96 0.10 0.06 108.5 4.25 27 3.2 2.8 -0.1 6.0 56 .579 .520 $30,000 MVP-23
1965 29 STL NL 299.0 38 36 110 3.31 3.99 0.18 0.06 107.7 4.17 29 3.4 2.0 -0.1 6.3 56 .591 .521 $40,000 AS,GG
1966 30 STL NL 280.1 35 35 90 2.89 4.19 0.28 0.07 99.0 3.95 30 3.6 -0.2 6.1 58 .603 .522 $50,000 AS,GG
1967 31 STL NL 175.1 24 24 62 3.18 3.76 0.05 0.06 97.9 3.69 8 0.9 -0.1 2.5 25 .539 .506 $60,000 AS,MVP-22,GG
1968 32 STL NL 304.2 34 34 49 1.45 3.35 -0.02 0.05 96.7 3.30 59 8.6 -0.2 11.2 84 .754 .553 $85,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1,GG
1969 33 STL NL 314.0 35 35 84 2.41 4.15 -0.03 0.06 100.1 4.25 61 7.7 -0.2 10.4 91 .721 .548 $125,000 AS,MVP-30,GG
1970 34 STL NL 294.0 34 34 111 3.40 4.51 -0.42 0.07 103.8 5.19 55 6.3 -0.1 8.9 86 .686 .539 $125,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4,GG
1971 35 STL NL 245.2 31 31 96 3.52 3.87 -0.37 0.06 103.6 4.45 23 2.8 -0.1 4.9 46 .591 .517 $150,000 CYA-5,MVP-23,GG
1972 36 STL NL 278.0 34 34 83 2.69 3.81 -0.16 0.06 100.1 4.03 38 4.8 -0.2 7.0 63 .640 .529 $150,000 AS,CYA-9,GG
1973 37 STL NL 195.0 25 25 71 3.28 4.16 0.12 0.13 100.4 4.18 19 2.3 -0.1 3.9 36 .591 .514 $160,000 GG
1974 38 STL NL 240.0 33 33 111 4.16 4.08 0.19 0.13 101.3 4.07 -4 -0.4 -0.1 1.5 17 .487 .497 $160,000
1975 39 STL NL 109.0 22 14 66 5.45 4.14 -0.22 0.05 105.9 4.66 -10 -1.1 1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .450 .493 $175,000
17 Seasons 3884.1 528 482 1420 3.29 4.06 0.03 0.07 103.5 4.24 376 47.0 1.2 -2.0 81.9 753 .589 .517 $1,310,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards

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
1964 28 STL NL WS W NYY 2 1 .667 3.00 3 3 0 2 0 0 27.0 23 11 9 4 8 2 31 2 0 1 113 1.148 7.7 1.3 2.7 10.3 3.88
1967 31 STL NL WS W BOS 3 0 1.000 1.00 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 14 3 3 1 5 0 26 0 0 1 98 0.704 4.7 0.3 1.7 8.7 5.20
1968 32 STL NL WS L DET 2 1 .667 1.67 3 3 0 3 1 0 27.0 18 5 5 1 4 1 35 0 0 0 101 0.815 6.0 0.3 1.3 11.7 8.75
3 Yrs (3 Series) 7 2 .778 1.89 9 9 0 8 2 0 81.0 55 19 17 6 17 3 92 2 0 2 312 0.889 6.1 0.7 1.9 10.2 5.41
3 WS 7 2 .778 1.89 9 9 0 8 2 0 81.0 55 19 17 6 17 3 92 2 0 2 312 0.889 6.1 0.7 1.9 10.2 5.41

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
1962 STL NL 26
1962 STL NL 26 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1965 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1966 STL NL 30
1967 STL NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1968 STL NL 32
1969 STL NL 33 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1970 STL NL 34 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1972 STL NL 36 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs (6 GP) 1 0 0 3.27 1 0 0 1 11.0 11 4 4 0 5 0 10 0 0 0 48 1.455 9.0 0.0 4.1 8.2 2.00

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
1959 23 STL NL 13 333 282 35 77 13 1 4 2 1 39 48 .273 .360 .369 .729 .313 104 9 1 8 3 2 2
1960 24 STL NL 27 399 341 61 97 20 1 7 2 5 48 69 .284 .371 .411 .781 .335 140 9 1 5 4 6 10
1961 25 STL NL 35 916 778 91 186 43 3 13 9 6 119 166 .239 .342 .352 .694 .285 274 22 6 6 7 7 8
1962 26 STL NL 32 967 853 84 174 27 5 15 9 2 95 208 .204 .291 .300 .591 .252 256 23 10 8 1 9 14
1963 27 STL NL 36 1088 962 110 224 32 4 19 21 9 96 204 .233 .309 .334 .643 .275 321 19 13 10 7 1 22
1964 28 STL NL 40 1191 1079 106 250 34 5 25 12 2 86 245 .232 .293 .342 .635 .276 369 16 9 12 5 9 15
1965 29 STL NL 38 1232 1096 110 243 28 2 34 12 3 103 270 .222 .293 .344 .637 .261 377 21 11 14 8 6 13
1966 30 STL NL 35 1117 1016 90 210 25 10 20 9 9 78 225 .207 .265 .310 .575 .245 315 21 5 15 5 5 17
1967 31 STL NL 24 703 654 62 151 22 5 10 3 6 40 147 .231 .278 .326 .603 .283 213 13 3 4 2 3 6
1968 32 STL NL 34 1161 1075 49 198 23 0 11 6 5 62 268 .184 .233 .236 .469 .234 254 18 7 15 2 6 13
1969 33 STL NL 35 1270 1146 84 251 29 7 12 16 8 95 269 .219 .283 .288 .571 .274 330 18 10 12 7 7 10
1970 34 STL NL 34 1211 1105 111 262 27 12 13 17 5 88 274 .237 .293 .319 .612 .301 352 21 4 6 10 9 12
1971 35 STL NL 31 1026 924 96 215 38 7 14 10 3 76 185 .233 .294 .334 .629 .275 309 16 7 12 6 11 15
1972 36 STL NL 34 1117 1010 83 226 24 7 14 16 9 88 208 .224 .286 .303 .589 .267 306 20 3 10 7 11 11
1973 37 STL NL 25 790 711 71 159 27 7 12 9 6 57 142 .224 .281 .332 .613 .260 236 20 3 11 8 6 16
1974 38 STL NL 33 1041 912 111 236 27 4 24 33 6 104 129 .259 .335 .376 .711 .276 343 18 5 11 9 14 10
1975 39 STL NL 22 499 418 66 120 18 3 10 10 3 62 60 .287 .382 .416 .798 .313 174 8 4 12 3 6 2
17 Yrs 528 16061 14362 1420 3279 457 83 257 196 88 1336 3117 .228 .297 .325 .622 .273 4673 292 102 171 94 118 196
162 Game Avg. 36 1081 967 96 221 31 6 17 13 6 90 210 .228 .297 .325 .622 .273 315 20 7 12 6 8 13
MLB Averages .251 .318 .373 .691 .277
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1959 23 STL NL 5.8 0.6 344 0.8 8.2 -7.4 1.38 0.1 0.4 3.4 0.3 1.38 1.1 1 0 3
1960 24 STL NL -13.6 -1.4 408 -2.3 5.8 -8.2 .94 -1.1 -1.3 -15.5 -1.5 0.94 -13.2 2 3 10
1961 25 STL NL 23.1 2.4 948 2.0 17.2 -15.1 1.05 1.0 0.9 16.3 1.6 1.05 8.2 2 4 2
1962 26 STL NL 34.9 3.7 990 4.3 20.2 -15.9 1.13 3.7 0.1 39.3 4.0 1.13 41.7 1 1 0
1963 27 STL NL 5.0 0.5 1128 -0.4 18.0 -18.5 .97 -0.1 -0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.97 -0.7 2 1 0
1964 28 STL NL 25.6 2.8 1220 2.9 23.8 -20.9 1.11 3.1 -0.5 28.8 3.1 1.11 33.0 3 1 0
1965 29 STL NL 26.6 3.0 1264 1.7 23.0 -21.3 1.04 2.3 -0.6 27.4 2.9 1.04 21.1 1 0 1
1966 30 STL NL 34.9 3.9 1154 4.5 20.6 -16.1 1.00 3.3 1.2 36.6 4.1 0.99 32.2 0 0 0
1967 31 STL NL 7.9 0.9 718 1.4 14.2 -12.8 1.10 2.0 -0.8 13.9 1.6 1.10 18.6 0 0 0
1968 32 STL NL 59.6 7.9 1184 8.0 23.8 -15.8 1.12 7.3 -0.1 65.8 9.1 1.12 68.6 0 0 0
1969 33 STL NL 50.0 5.8 1308 7.7 27.8 -20.1 1.19 5.9 0.6 56.7 6.7 1.19 59.4 0 0 0
1970 34 STL NL 33.9 3.6 1246 4.5 25.1 -20.6 1.12 4.9 -0.8 38.6 4.1 1.12 53.5 0 0 0
1971 35 STL NL 14.1 1.6 1055 0.8 16.9 -16.1 .94 1.3 -0.4 12.3 1.3 0.94 13.8 0 0 0
1972 36 STL NL 31.3 3.6 1162 5.2 22.1 -16.9 1.10 4.0 0.7 37.3 4.4 1.10 35.1 0 0 0
1973 37 STL NL 18.3 2.0 819 1.8 13.7 -11.9 .94 2.1 -0.1 20.8 2.3 0.94 22.1 0 0 0
1974 38 STL NL -3.6 -0.4 1090 -1.1 18.9 -20.0 1.07 -1.1 -0.0 0.7 0.1 1.07 -8.2 0 0 0
1975 39 STL NL -13.1 -1.3 519 -2.6 8.5 -11.1 1.11 -1.3 -1.1 -14.1 -1.4 1.11 -14.5 4 1 3
17 Yrs 340.8 39.2 16557 39.0 307.8 -268.8 1.07 37.4 -0.9 365.2 42.3 1.07 371.7 16 11 19
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1959 23 STL NL 13 9 2 5 2 0 1 4 5 .444 0 1 2 1 5 56% 52.7 70 28 11 4 1 4 2.8 2.9 7.6
1960 24 STL NL 27 12 2 6 4 0 2 6 6 .500 1 3 2 0 5 42% 44.3 76 30 25 12 3 6 4.4 4.6 5.6
1961 25 STL NL 35 27 13 11 3 3 5 15 12 .556 0 2 10 2 17 63% 55.7 86 24 12 3 9 10 4.1 3.7 7.2
1962 26 STL NL 32 30 14 13 3 1 5 15 15 .500 0 1 15 5 18 60% 62.4 89 21 13 5 7 6 4.1 4.2 7.6
1963 27 STL NL 36 33 17 9 7 3 0 22 11 .667 1 2 14 2 17 52% 56.8 84 20 26 3 8 6 4.7 5.0 7.5
1964 28 STL NL 40 36 18 11 7 1 5 23 13 .639 2 5 17 2 25 69% 61.2 91 24 12 5 17 6 4.2 3.7 7.8
1965 29 STL NL 38 36 20 12 4 3 4 21 14 .600 1 4 20 6 23 64% 62.3 90 29 11 4 8 2 4.7 4.6 8.2
1966 30 STL NL 35 35 21 12 2 2 5 21 14 .600 0 4 20 5 25 71% 64.6 87 30 16 5 15 6 3.5 3.5 8.0
1967 31 STL NL 24 24 13 7 4 3 3 16 8 .667 2 1 10 2 16 67% 60.5 93 1 17 7 1 8 4.6 4.6 7.3
1968 32 STL NL 34 34 22 9 3 1 9 24 10 .706 0 3 28 13 32 94% 76.1 97 53 0 0 5 8 3.0 2.9 9.0
1969 33 STL NL 35 35 20 13 2 1 9 21 14 .600 0 1 28 4 30 86% 68.3 100 32 2 0 7 12 3.5 3.5 9.0
1970 34 STL NL 34 34 23 7 4 5 2 24 10 .706 0 3 23 3 22 65% 62.6 96 21 6 1 3 9 4.9 4.8 8.6
1971 35 STL NL 31 31 16 13 2 0 6 17 13 .567 0 1 20 5 23 74% 59.8 94 13 6 2 5 7 4.2 4.3 7.9
1972 36 STL NL 34 34 19 11 4 3 8 21 13 .618 1 2 23 4 27 79% 63.8 84 24 5 2 6 7 3.9 3.8 8.2
1973 37 STL NL 25 25 12 10 3 0 6 13 12 .520 1 2 13 1 19 76% 61.3 80 18 3 3 1 7 4.1 4.2 7.8
1974 38 STL NL 33 33 11 13 9 3 4 18 15 .545 3 4 9 1 19 58% 51.8 87 19 10 3 2 16 4.4 4.2 7.3
1975 39 STL NL 22 14 2 8 4 0 1 4 10 .286 3 1 1 0 5 36% 43.4 70 29 8 5 0 6 3.6 4.1 6.5
17 Yrs 528 482 245 170 67 29 75 285 195 .594 15 40 255 56 328 68% 61 100 1 183 64 98 126 4.1 4.0 7.9
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.5
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

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
1959 23 STL NL 13 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 1.379 1 0 3 0 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 5.5
1960 24 STL NL 27 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 4 27% 7 .939 2 3 10 1 1 13 8 7 6 7 7 2 3.8
1961 25 STL NL 35 8 3 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 4 3 75% 4 1.055 2 4 2 3 0 5 2 6 5 1 6 0 6.4
1962 26 STL NL 32 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 1.129 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 9.0
1963 27 STL NL 36 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 .970 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 8.3
1964 28 STL NL 40 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 5 1 20% 9 1.105 3 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 5.8
1965 29 STL NL 38 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 2 1.039 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 6.5
1975 39 STL NL 22 8 4 1 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 3 2 67% 7 1.112 4 1 3 4 1 3 2 6 5 0 5 0 6.9
8 Yrs 243 46 21 6 4 9 6 3 67% 11 1 35 14 40% 1.071 16 11 19 12 8 26 22 24 23 13 25 3 5.7

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%
1959 23 STL NL 333 50% 1.2% 14.4% 11.7% 5.4% 23% 1.17 70% 77 9 12%
1960 24 STL NL 399 56% 1.8% 17.3% 12.0% 7.0% 29% 1.42 67% 99 9 9%
1961 25 STL NL 916 51% 1.4% 18.1% 13.0% 6.4% 32% 1.34 66% 182 22 12%
1962 26 STL NL 967 58% 1.6% 21.5% 9.8% 4.9% 27% 1.36 65% 183 23 13%
1963 27 STL NL 1088 54% 1.8% 18.8% 8.8% 5.1% 25% 1.06 69% 201 19 9%
1964 28 STL NL 1191 52% 2.1% 20.6% 7.2% 5.4% 26% 0.95 68% 230 16 7%
1965 29 STL NL 1232 50% 2.8% 21.9% 8.4% 5.2% 26% 0.87 65% 236 21 9%
1966 30 STL NL 1119 54% 1.8% 20.1% 7.0% 4.9% 26% 0.90 69% 181 21 12%
1967 31 STL NL 703 58% 1.4% 20.9% 5.7% 5.3% 25% 0.94 71% 135 13 10%
1968 32 STL NL 1161 58% 1.0% 23.1% 5.3% 2.9% 17% 0.85 69% 180 18 10%
1969 33 STL NL 1270 56% 0.9% 21.2% 7.5% 3.8% 19% 0.80 69% 219 18 8%
1970 34 STL NL 1213 57% 1.1% 22.6% 7.3% 4.3% 20% 1.05 68% 220 21 10%
1971 35 STL NL 1026 53% 1.4% 18.0% 7.4% 5.8% 27% 1.15 71% 172 16 9%
1972 36 STL NL 1118 54% 1.3% 18.6% 7.9% 4.0% 20% 0.92 71% 200 20 10%
1973 37 STL NL 790 54% 1.5% 18.0% 7.2% 5.8% 29% 1.15 72% 134 20 15%
1974 38 STL NL 1041 50% 2.3% 12.4% 10.0% 5.3% 23% 0.83 74% 188 18 10%
1975 39 STL NL 499 55% 2.0% 12.0% 12.4% 6.2% 26% 0.78 70% 97 8 8%
17 Yrs 16066 54% 1.6% 19.4% 8.3% 5.0% 24% 0.99 69% 2934 292 10%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 14.6% 8.5% 6.2% 28% 1.09 73% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1959 23 STL NL 333 77 4 0 6 1 3 2 2 26 12 2 46% 2 4 2 150 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1960 24 STL NL 399 97 7 0 17 5 2 3 4 30 13 6 43% 10 3 1 167 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1961 25 STL NL 916 186 13 0 23 6 7 10 3 50 26 5 52% 8 8 9 368 9 6 60% 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 0
1962 26 STL NL 967 174 15 0 15 10 5 12 3 42 18 7 43% 14 11 4 347 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1963 27 STL NL 1088 224 19 0 9 11 8 7 12 44 25 4 57% 22 6 5 425 21 9 70% 18 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1964 28 STL NL 1191 250 25 0 23 11 14 16 9 56 23 10 41% 15 6 7 434 12 2 86% 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1965 29 STL NL 1232 243 34 0 24 17 17 24 10 47 21 9 45% 13 8 6 459 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1966 30 STL NL 1117 210 20 0 7 9 11 10 10 39 19 5 49% 17 12 5 382 9 9 50% 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
1967 31 STL NL 703 151 10 0 3 5 5 4 6 22 13 3 59% 6 3 2 262 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 32 STL NL 1161 198 11 0 18 5 6 7 4 36 11 9 31% 13 4 5 365 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1969 33 STL NL 1270 251 12 0 24 7 5 6 6 54 21 20 39% 10 4 5 463 16 8 67% 14 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1970 34 STL NL 1211 262 13 1 25 3 10 6 7 65 38 12 58% 12 5 6 434 17 5 77% 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 2
1971 35 STL NL 1026 215 14 0 18 6 8 8 6 53 21 12 40% 15 10 6 378 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1972 36 STL NL 1117 226 14 0 19 7 7 6 8 54 29 13 54% 11 10 5 394 16 9 64% 16 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 33 1
1973 37 STL NL 790 159 12 0 8 5 7 2 10 48 25 6 52% 16 6 6 271 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1974 38 STL NL 1041 236 24 0 23 13 11 9 15 52 25 7 48% 10 2 3 390 33 6 85% 30 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1975 39 STL NL 499 120 10 2 21 2 8 5 5 43 16 3 37% 2 6 1 188 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
17 Yrs 16061 3279 257 3 283 123 134 137 120 761 356 133 47% 196 108 78 5877 196 88 69% 183 83 12 3 1 1 0 0 364 5
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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

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+
1959 23 3 5 .375 3.33 13 9 3 2 1 0 75.2 77 35 28 4 39 2 48 1 0 4 333 127 1.533 9.2 0.5 4.6 5.7 1.23 127
1960 24 6 11 .353 4.55 40 21 6 4 1 0 162.1 174 96 82 11 87 8 117 2 0 7 732 91 1.608 9.6 0.6 4.8 6.5 1.34 91
1961 25 19 23 .452 3.81 75 48 9 14 3 1 373.2 360 187 158 24 206 15 283 8 1 15 1648 113 1.515 8.7 0.6 5.0 6.8 1.37 113
1962 26 34 36 .486 3.44 107 78 11 29 8 2 607.1 534 271 232 39 301 24 491 18 1 26 2615 125 1.375 7.9 0.6 4.5 7.3 1.63 125
1963 27 52 45 .536 3.42 143 111 13 43 10 2 862.0 758 381 328 58 397 25 695 31 2 32 3703 119 1.340 7.9 0.6 4.1 7.3 1.75 119
1964 28 71 57 .555 3.32 183 147 16 60 12 3 1149.1 1008 487 424 83 483 34 940 40 2 38 4894 121 1.297 7.9 0.6 3.8 7.4 1.95 121
1965 29 91 69 .569 3.27 221 183 17 80 18 4 1448.1 1251 597 526 117 586 40 1210 51 3 46 6127 122 1.268 7.8 0.7 3.6 7.5 2.06 122
1966 30 112 81 .580 3.13 256 218 17 100 23 4 1728.2 1461 687 602 137 664 45 1435 56 3 58 7246 125 1.229 7.6 0.7 3.5 7.5 2.16 125
1967 31 125 88 .587 3.12 280 242 17 110 25 4 1904.0 1612 749 660 147 704 48 1582 59 4 61 7949 124 1.216 7.6 0.7 3.3 7.5 2.25 124
1968 32 147 97 .602 2.84 314 276 17 138 38 4 2208.2 1810 798 698 158 766 54 1850 66 4 65 9110 131 1.166 7.4 0.6 3.1 7.5 2.42 131
1969 33 167 110 .603 2.76 349 311 17 166 42 4 2522.2 2061 882 774 170 861 61 2119 76 6 69 10380 134 1.158 7.4 0.6 3.1 7.6 2.46 134
1970 34 190 117 .619 2.80 383 345 17 189 45 4 2816.2 2323 993 876 183 949 70 2393 80 7 74 11593 134 1.162 7.4 0.6 3.0 7.6 2.52 134
1971 35 206 130 .613 2.82 414 376 17 209 50 4 3062.1 2538 1089 959 197 1025 81 2578 87 7 84 12619 133 1.163 7.5 0.6 3.0 7.6 2.52 133
1972 36 225 141 .615 2.79 448 410 17 232 54 4 3340.1 2764 1172 1035 211 1113 92 2786 90 9 94 13738 133 1.161 7.4 0.6 3.0 7.5 2.50 133
1973 37 237 151 .611 2.79 473 435 17 245 55 4 3535.1 2923 1243 1095 223 1170 98 2928 93 10 100 14528 133 1.158 7.4 0.6 3.0 7.5 2.50 133
1974 38 248 164 .602 2.85 506 468 17 254 56 4 3775.1 3159 1354 1197 247 1274 112 3057 98 13 102 15569 130 1.174 7.5 0.6 3.0 7.3 2.40 130
1975 39 251 174 .591 2.91 528 482 21 255 56 6 3884.1 3279 1420 1258 257 1336 118 3117 102 13 108 16068 127 1.188 7.6 0.6 3.1 7.2 2.33 127

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
1959 23 5 3 .625 3.20 76.0 78 30 27 4 40 48 1 1.553 9.2 4.7 5.7 1.20 0.5 13
1960 24 3 6 .333 5.56 89.0 100 61 55 7 49 71 1 1.674 10.1 5.0 7.2 1.45 0.7 27
1961 25 15 9 .625 2.96 216.0 184 79 71 13 118 170 6 1.398 7.7 4.9 7.1 1.44 0.5 35
1962 26 18 7 .720 2.59 233.0 166 74 67 14 91 208 10 1.103 6.4 3.5 8.0 2.29 0.5 32
1963 27 14 13 .519 3.74 248.0 232 114 103 20 99 199 13 1.335 8.4 3.6 7.2 2.01 0.7 36
1964 28 19 12 .613 3.14 281.0 253 109 98 25 87 239 9 1.210 8.1 2.8 7.7 2.75 0.8 40
1965 29 20 12 .625 3.17 290.0 242 113 102 34 103 262 11 1.190 7.5 3.2 8.1 2.54 1.1 38
1966 30 20 10 .667 2.71 272.0 218 91 82 21 81 218 5 1.099 7.2 2.7 7.2 2.69 0.7 35
1967 31 9 9 .500 3.79 164.0 165 77 69 11 44 137 3 1.274 9.1 2.4 7.5 3.11 0.6 24
1968 32 27 4 .871 1.59 283.0 227 56 50 13 71 249 8 1.053 7.2 2.3 7.9 3.51 0.4 34
1969 33 24 9 .727 2.53 299.0 263 93 84 13 100 256 10 1.214 7.9 3.0 7.7 2.56 0.4 35
1970 34 20 12 .625 3.05 289.0 257 109 98 13 86 269 4 1.187 8.0 2.7 8.4 3.13 0.4 34
1971 35 15 11 .577 3.39 239.0 224 100 90 15 79 180 7 1.268 8.4 3.0 6.8 2.28 0.6 31
1972 36 19 11 .633 3.01 272.0 252 101 91 16 98 204 3 1.287 8.3 3.2 6.8 2.08 0.5 34
1973 37 13 7 .650 3.00 189.0 163 70 63 12 58 137 3 1.169 7.8 2.8 6.5 2.36 0.6 25
1974 38 11 14 .440 4.34 228.0 245 122 110 25 108 122 5 1.548 9.7 4.3 4.8 1.13 1.0 33
1975 39 4 7 .364 5.50 103.0 122 70 63 10 63 57 4 1.796 10.7 5.5 5.0 0.90 0.9 22
17 Yrs 256 156 .621 3.16 3771.0 3391 1469 1323 266 1375 3026 103 1.264 8.1 7.2 2.20 0.6 528
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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA (84.0%)
Selected to HOF in 1981 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1962-1
1962-2 *
1965 *
1966
1967 *
1968
1969 *
1970 *
1972 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1964 NL Babe Ruth Award
1964 ML WS MVP
1967 ML WS MVP
1968 NL Cy Young
1968 NL MVP
1968 NL pitching_title
1968 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1970 NL Cy Young
1970 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (23, 1%)
1967 NL (22, 2%)
1968 NL (1, 86%)
1969 NL (30, 1%)
1970 NL (4, 33%)
1971 NL (23, 1%)
1 MVP
1.24 Career Shares (186th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (1, 100%)
1970 NL (1, 98%)
1971 NL (5, 3%)
1972 NL (9, 3%)
2 Cy Youngs
2.04 Career Shares (13th)

Gold Gloves
1965 NL (P)
1966 NL (P)
1967 NL (P)
1968 NL (P)
1969 NL (P)
1970 NL (P)
1971 NL (P)
1972 NL (P)
1973 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1962 NL  6.4 (6th)
1965 NL  7.6 (9th)
1968 NL  11.9 (1st)
1969 NL  11.3 (1st)
1970 NL  10.1 (1st)
1972 NL  7.7 (5th)
Career  89.9 (45th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1961 NL  4.4 (7th)
1962 NL  5.6 (5th)
1964 NL  6.0 (5th)
1965 NL  6.3 (6th)
1966 NL  6.1 (5th)
1968 NL  11.2 (1st)
1969 NL  10.4 (1st)
1970 NL  8.9 (1st)
1971 NL  4.9 (7th)
1972 NL  7.0 (2nd)
Career  81.9 (25th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 NL  3.24 (5th)
1962 NL  2.85 (5th)
1966 NL  2.44 (5th)
1968 NL  1.12 (1st)
1969 NL  2.18 (3rd)
1970 NL  3.12 (4th)
1972 NL  2.46 (5th)
1973 NL  2.77 (6th)
Career  2.91 (140th)

Wins s c a p y
1963 NL  18 (7th)
1964 NL  19 (4th)
1965 NL  20 (6th)
1966 NL  21 (3rd)
1968 NL  22 (2nd)
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1970 NL  23 (1st)
1972 NL  19 (5th)
Career  251 (46th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1963 NL  .667 (9th)
1964 NL  .613 (10th)
1966 NL  .636 (7th)
1967 NL  .650 (6th)
1968 NL  .710 (3rd)
1970 NL  .767 (2nd)
Career  .591 (145th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1962 NL  1.151 (7th)
1966 NL  1.027 (4th)
1967 NL  1.089 (8th)
1968 NL  0.853 (1st)
1969 NL  1.102 (7th)
1970 NL  1.190 (6th)
1972 NL  1.129 (9th)
1973 NL  1.108 (4th)
Career  1.188 (116th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL  7.921 (3rd)
1962 NL  6.702 (2nd)
1964 NL  7.831 (9th)
1965 NL  7.314 (5th)
1966 NL  6.742 (3rd)
1968 NL  5.849 (1st)
1969 NL  7.194 (7th)
1970 NL  8.020 (7th)
1972 NL  7.317 (3rd)
1973 NL  7.339 (8th)
Career  7.597 (41st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  2.053 (10th)
1968 NL  1.832 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL  7.069 (3rd)
1962 NL  8.011 (3rd)
1963 NL  7.209 (6th)
1964 NL  7.674 (4th)
1965 NL  8.127 (5th)
1966 NL  7.224 (7th)
1967 NL  7.546 (5th)
1968 NL  7.917 (2nd)
1969 NL  7.710 (8th)
1970 NL  8.388 (2nd)
1971 NL  6.778 (6th)
1972 NL  6.734 (8th)
1973 NL  6.554 (9th)
Career  7.222 (88th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1963 NL  254.7 (9th)
1964 NL  287.3 (3rd)
1965 NL  299.0 (3rd)
1966 NL  280.3 (4th)
1968 NL  304.7 (3rd)
1969 NL  314.0 (4th)
1970 NL  294.0 (3rd)
1972 NL  278.0 (4th)
Career  3,884.3 (46th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL  166 (5th)
1962 NL  208 (3rd)
1963 NL  204 (5th)
1964 NL  245 (2nd)
1965 NL  270 (3rd)
1966 NL  225 (4th)
1968 NL  268 (1st)
1969 NL  269 (2nd)
1970 NL  274 (2nd)
1971 NL  185 (6th)
1972 NL  208 (3rd)
Career  3,117 (14th)

Games Started s c a p y
1964 NL  36 (5th)
1968 NL  34 (10th)
1972 NL  34 (8th)
Career  482 (59th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1962 NL  15 (8th)
1963 NL  14 (6th)
1964 NL  17 (4th)
1965 NL  20 (3rd)
1966 NL  20 (3rd)
1968 NL  28 (2nd)
1969 NL  28 (1st)
1970 NL  23 (2nd)
1971 NL  20 (3rd)
1972 NL  23 (2nd)
1973 NL  13 (7th)
Career  255 (73rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 NL  5 (1st)
1965 NL  6 (6th)
1966 NL  5 (1st)
1968 NL  13 (1st)
1969 NL  4 (8th)
1970 NL  3 (6th)
1971 NL  5 (1st)
1972 NL  4 (6th)
Career  56 (13th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 NL  25 (3rd)
1965 NL  34 (1st)
1974 NL  24 (1st)
Career  257 (94th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL  119 (1st)
1962 NL  95 (5th)
1963 NL  96 (2nd)
1964 NL  86 (2nd)
1965 NL  103 (6th)
1966 NL  78 (5th)
1969 NL  95 (6th)
1972 NL  88 (5th)
1974 NL  104 (6th)
Career  1,336 (27th)

Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  224 (9th)
1964 NL  250 (5th)
1965 NL  243 (8th)
1969 NL  251 (7th)
1970 NL  262 (9th)
1972 NL  226 (9th)
Career  3,279 (95th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  2.849 (10th)
1967 NL  3.675 (2nd)
1968 NL  4.323 (2nd)
1969 NL  2.832 (7th)
1970 NL  3.114 (3rd)
1973 NL  2.491 (5th)
Career  2.333 (145th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL  0.554 (1st)
1962 NL  0.578 (4th)
1966 NL  0.642 (6th)
1967 NL  0.513 (10th)
1968 NL  0.325 (5th)
1969 NL  0.344 (2nd)
1970 NL  0.398 (2nd)
1971 NL  0.513 (9th)
1972 NL  0.453 (6th)
1973 NL  0.554 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
Career  174 (84th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  96 (4th)
1964 NL  96 (8th)
1965 NL  102 (4th)
1974 NL  102 (7th)
Career  1,258 (95th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 NL  8 (10th)
1962 NL  11 (6th)
1966 NL  12 (4th)
1971 NL  10 (7th)
1972 NL  10 (6th)
Career  108 (83rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 NL  6 (5th)
1962 NL  10 (6th)
1963 NL  13 (2nd)
1964 NL  9 (5th)
1965 NL  11 (5th)
1968 NL  7 (10th)
1969 NL  10 (4th)
1971 NL  7 (5th)
Career  102 (78th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1963 NL  1,088 (7th)
1964 NL  1,191 (3rd)
1965 NL  1,233 (3rd)
1966 NL  1,119 (7th)
1968 NL  1,161 (3rd)
1969 NL  1,270 (4th)
1970 NL  1,213 (4th)
1972 NL  1,119 (4th)
Career  16,068 (52nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1961 NL  136 (2nd)
1962 NL  151 (1st)
1964 NL  127 (10th)
1965 NL  126 (8th)
1966 NL  148 (5th)
1968 NL  258 (1st)
1969 NL  164 (4th)
1970 NL  133 (4th)
1972 NL  139 (5th)
1973 NL  133 (6th)
Career  127 (52nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1961 NL  23 (2nd)
1962 NL  35 (2nd)
1964 NL  26 (5th)
1965 NL  27 (6th)
1966 NL  35 (4th)
1968 NL  60 (1st)
1969 NL  50 (1st)
1970 NL  34 (3rd)
1972 NL  31 (3rd)
Career  341 (19th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1961 NL  2.4 (2nd)
1962 NL  3.7 (2nd)
1964 NL  2.8 (5th)
1965 NL  3.0 (6th)
1966 NL  3.9 (4th)
1968 NL  7.9 (1st)
1969 NL  5.8 (1st)
1970 NL  3.6 (3rd)
1972 NL  3.6 (3rd)
Career  39.2 (13th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1961 NL  16.31 (9th)
1962 NL  39.32 (1st)
1964 NL  28.80 (7th)
1965 NL  27.37 (7th)
1966 NL  36.61 (4th)
1968 NL  65.80 (1st)
1969 NL  56.72 (1st)
1970 NL  38.61 (2nd)
1972 NL  37.31 (3rd)
Career  365.21 (11th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1961 NL  2.0 (7th)
1962 NL  4.3 (2nd)
1964 NL  2.9 (9th)
1966 NL  4.5 (4th)
1968 NL  8.0 (1st)
1969 NL  7.7 (1st)
1970 NL  4.5 (1st)
1972 NL  5.2 (3rd)
Career  39.0 (11th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1962 NL  3.7 (4th)
1964 NL  3.1 (9th)
1965 NL  2.3 (10th)
1966 NL  3.3 (4th)
1967 NL  2.0 (10th)
1968 NL  7.3 (1st)
1969 NL  5.9 (2nd)
1970 NL  4.9 (2nd)
1972 NL  4.0 (3rd)
1973 NL  2.1 (10th)
Career  37.4 (14th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1961 NL  1.6 (9th)
1962 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1964 NL  3.1 (8th)
1965 NL  2.9 (8th)
1966 NL  4.1 (4th)
1968 NL  9.1 (1st)
1969 NL  6.7 (1st)
1970 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1972 NL  4.4 (3rd)
Career  42.3 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1973 NL  born 1935-11-09 (7th)
1973 NL  born 1935-11-09 (7th)
1974 NL  born 1935-11-09 (4th)
1974 NL  born 1935-11-09 (4th)
1975 NL  born 1935-11-09 (1st)
1975 NL  born 1935-11-09 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 20 (97), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 207 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 222 (18), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 54 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (14th), 89.9 career WAR/61.6 7yr-peak WAR/75.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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