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Bob Gillespie

Robert William Gillespie (Bunch)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 8, 1919 in Columbus, OH
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1944
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/RedSox 1944-1950

Final Game: May 11, 1950
Died: November 4, 2001 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	20	DET-min	C,A1	18	9	.667	3.72	33						230.0	170	120	95		179							1.517	6.7		7.0			HEN,BMT · ETXL,TL
1941	21	DET-min	B,A1	6	15	.286	4.07	26						166.0	140	93	75		125							1.596	7.6		6.8			WSM,BMT · PIED,TL
1942	22	DET-min	A1	11	7	.611	2.98	34						127.0	108	57	42		68							1.386	7.7		4.8			BMT · TL
1944	24	DET-min	AA	8	9	.471	4.26	20	19		9	1		133.0	133	81	63		82	59	4	1	6			1.617	9.0		5.5	4.0	0.72	BFL · IL
1944	24	DET	AL	0	1	.000	6.55	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	7	8	8	0	12	4	0	0	2	49	56	1.727	5.7	0.0	9.8	3.3	0.33

1945	25	DET-min	AA	7	15	.318	5.03	33	22		9	0		161.0	165	117	90		121	54	1	0	9			1.776	9.2		6.8	3.0	0.45	BFL · IL
1946	26	DET-min	AA	14	12	.538	3.21	32	27					216.0	190	92	77		77							1.236	7.9		3.2			DAL · TL
1947	27	CHW	AL	5	8	.385	4.73	25	17	4	1	0	0	118.0	133	71	62	4	53	36	1	0	6	528	77	1.576	10.1	0.3	4.0	2.7	0.68
1948	28	CHW	AL	0	4	.000	5.13	25	6	8	1	0	0	72.0	81	45	41	3	33	19	1	0	3	319	83	1.583	10.1	0.4	4.1	2.4	0.58

1949	29	SAC	AAA	17	13	.567	3.05	39	33		19	0		253.2	252	110	86		118	130	3	0	11			1.459	8.9		4.2	4.6	1.10	SAC · PCL
1950	30	CHW-min	AAA	12	12	.500	3.30	28	28		15	1		210.0	193	93	77		96	102	5	1	7			1.376	8.3		4.1	4.4	1.06	SAC · PCL
1950	30	BOS	AL	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	10	30	4.500	13.5	6.8	27.0	0.0	0.00
1951	31	CHW-min	AAA	9	11	.450	4.24	37	24		8	1		172.0	175	104	81		75	101	3	1	4			1.453	9.2		3.9	5.3	1.35	SAC · PCL
1952	32	REI	B	10	11	.476	4.44	27						144.0	154	89	71	7	44							1.375	9.6	0.4	2.8			REI · CARL
4 Yrs				5	13	.278	5.07	58	23	14	2	0	0	202.1	223	127	114	8	102	59	2	0	11	906	77	1.606	9.9	0.4	4.5	2.6	0.58
162 Game Avg.				4	11	.278	5.07	49	19	12	2	0	0	170	187	107	96	7	86	50	2	0	9	761	77	1.606	9.9	0.4	4.5	2.6	0.58

CHW (2 yrs)				5	12	.294	4.88	50	23	12	2	0	0	190.0	214	116	103	7	86	55	2	0	9	847	79	1.579	10.1	0.3	4.1	2.6	0.64
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	10	30	4.500	13.5	6.8	27.0	0.0	0.00
DET (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.55	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	7	8	8	0	12	4	0	0	2	49	56	1.727	5.7	0.0	9.8	3.3	0.33

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
1944	24	DET	AL	11.0	7	0	8	6.55	4.39	0.04	0.00	102.0	4.43	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.460	.498	$

1947	27	CHW	AL	118.0	25	17	71	5.42	4.00	0.05	0.00	97.6	3.85	-20	-2.0	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-11	.418	.487	$
1948	28	CHW	AL	72.0	25	6	45	5.63	4.95	-0.04	0.00	99.0	4.95	-6	-0.5	.7	-0.0	0.0	1	.478	.497	$

1950	30	BOS	AL	1.1	1	0	3	20.25	5.27	-0.07	0.00	116.0	6.20	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.332	.499	$
4 Seasons				202.1	58	23	127	5.65	4.37	0.02	0.00	98.5	4.29	-30	-3.0	.8	-0.0	-1.6	-14	.448	.495	$

CHW (2 yrs)				190.0	50	23	116	5.49	4.36	0.02	0.00	98.1	4.27	-26	-2.6	.8	-0.1	-1.3	-10	.448	.492	$
BOS (1 yr)				1.1	1	0	3	20.25	5.27	-0.07	0.00	116.0	6.20	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.332	.499	$
DET (1 yr)				11.0	7	0	8	6.55	4.39	0.04	0.00	102.0	4.43	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.460	.498	$

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	ROE
1948	28	CHW	AL	25	187	281	45	81	8	1	3	1	2	33	19	.288	.365	.356	.721	.301	100	6	1	3	0	2

1950	30	BOS	AL	1	10	6	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	.333	.600	.833	1.433	.200	5	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				26	197	287	48	83	8	1	4	1	2	37	19	.289	.372	.366	.738	.299	105	6	1	3	0	2
162 Game Avg.				55	419	610	102	176	17	2	9	2	4	79	40	.289	.372	.366	.738	.299	223	13	2	6	0	4
MLB Averages																.261	.335	.343	.679	.278

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	28	CHW	AL	-6.6	-0.6	193	-0.4	1.8	-2.2	.55	-0.1	-0.7	-4.2	-0.4	0.55	-3.2	0	1	5

1950	30	BOS	AL	-1.8	-0.2	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.00	-2.1	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-26.1	-2.6	203	-0.4	1.8	-2.2	.52	-0.1	-0.7	-5.7	-0.5	0.52	-5.3	0	1	6

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
1947	27	CHW	AL	25	17	5	8	4	1	1	7	10	.412	0	0	1	0	7	41%	44.2	79	19			3	12	3.7		5.8
1948	28	CHW	AL	25	6	0	4	2	0	1	0	6	.000	1	0	1	0	1	17%	36.7	59	26	3	2	4	1	2.8	2.8	4.8
2 Yrs				50	23	5	12	6	1	2	7	16	.304	1	0	2	0	8	35%	42	79	19	3	2	7	13	3.5	2.8	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	115	-11					4.4	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1944	24	DET	AL	7	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0														5	2		0	4.7

1947	27	CHW	AL	25	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														6	0		1	7.4
1948	28	CHW	AL	25	19	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%		.549	0	1	5	0	0	8	2	6	12	2	7	2	6.8

1950	30	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	7	.001	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0
4 Yrs				58	35	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%		.521	0	1	6	0	0	9	3	6	24	4	8	3	6.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1944	24	DET	AL	49		0.0%	8.2%	24.5%				65%

1947	27	CHW	AL	528		0.8%	6.8%	10.0%	1.1%	5%		79%
1948	28	CHW	AL	318	60%	1.6%	10.2%	17.7%	6.4%	15%	1.19	139%	41	6	15%

1950	30	BOS	AL	10	60%	10.0%	0.0%	40.0%	10.0%	50%	0.33	50%	2	0	0%
4 Yrs				905	60%	1.0%	7.6%	13.2%	2.5%	9%	1.15	92%	43	6	14%
MLB Averages					49%	1.7%	10.7%	10.9%	4.4%	17%	0.95	89%			10%

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
1944	24	DET	AL		7			0												2

1947	27	CHW	AL		133			4												6
1948	28	CHW	AL	187	81			3	1	5	2	0	0	2	12	6	1	50%	2	3	2	81	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	131

1950	30	BOS	AL	10	2			1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				197	223			8	1	8	3	0	1	2	12	6	1	50%	2	11	2	85	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	131
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1944	24	0	1	.000	6.55	7	0	2	0	11.0	7	8	8	0	12	4	0	2	49	56	1.727	5.7	0.0	9.8	3.3	0.33	56
1945	25	0	1	.000	6.55	7	0	2	0	11.0	7	8	8	0	12	4	0	2	49	56	1.727	5.7	0.0	9.8	3.3	0.33	56
1946	26	0	1	.000	6.55	7	0	2	0	11.0	7	8	8	0	12	4	0	2	49	56	1.727	5.7	0.0	9.8	3.3	0.33	56
1947	27	5	9	.357	4.88	32	17	6	1	129.0	140	79	70	4	65	40	1	8	577	75	1.589	9.8	0.3	4.5	2.8	0.62	75
1948	28	5	13	.278	4.97	57	23	14	2	201.0	221	124	111	7	98	59	2	11	896	78	1.587	9.9	0.3	4.4	2.6	0.60	78
1949	29	5	13	.278	4.97	57	23	14	2	201.0	221	124	111	7	98	59	2	11	896	78	1.587	9.9	0.3	4.4	2.6	0.60	78
1950	30	5	13	.278	5.07	58	23	14	2	202.1	223	127	114	8	102	59	2	11	906	77	1.606	9.9	0.4	4.5	2.6	0.58	77

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
1944	24	0	1	.000	9.00	10.0	8	11	10	0	14	4	0	2.200	7.2	12.6	3.6	0.29	0.0	7

1947	27	4	8	.333	5.48	115.0	144	78	70	4	57	35	1	1.748	11.3	4.5	2.7	0.61	0.3	25
1948	28	3	5	.375	5.00	72.0	82	44	40	3	33	19	1	1.597	10.3	4.1	2.4	0.58	0.4	25

1950	30	0	0		27.00	1.0	2	3	3	1	4	0	0	6.000	18.0	36.0	0.0	0.00	9.0	1
4 Yrs		7	14	.333	5.59	198.0	236	136	123	8	108	58	2	1.737	10.7		2.6	0.54	0.4	58

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