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Hal Gregg

Harold Dana Gregg (Skeets)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 11, 1921 in Anaheim, CA
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1943
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Giants 1943-1952

Final Game: August 17, 1952
Died: May 13, 1991 in Bishop, CA
Cremated
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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
1943 21 BRO NL 0 3 .000 9.64 5 4 1 0 0 0 18.2 21 21 20 2 21 7 0 0 2 94 35 2.250 10.1 1.0 10.1 3.4 0.33
1944 22 BRO NL 9 16 .360 5.46 39 31 7 6 0 2 197.2 201 142 120 12 137 92 9 0 10 941 65 1.710 9.2 0.5 6.2 4.2 0.67
1945 23 BRO NL 18 13 .581 3.47 42 34 5 13 2 2 254.1 221 116 98 5 120 139 8 0 7 1092 109 1.341 7.8 0.2 4.2 4.9 1.16 MVP-29
1946 24 BRO NL 6 4 .600 2.99 26 16 5 4 1 2 117.1 103 46 39 3 44 54 1 0 2 489 113 1.253 7.9 0.2 3.4 4.1 1.23
1947 25 BRO NL 4 5 .444 5.87 37 16 5 2 1 1 104.1 115 79 68 6 55 59 4 0 1 486 70 1.629 9.9 0.5 4.7 5.1 1.07
1948 26 PIT NL 2 4 .333 4.60 22 8 9 1 0 1 74.1 72 40 38 5 34 25 3 0 0 322 89 1.426 8.7 0.6 4.1 3.0 0.74
1949 27 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.38 8 1 3 0 0 0 18.2 20 10 7 1 8 9 1 0 1 79 127 1.500 9.6 0.5 3.9 4.3 1.13
1950 28 PIT NL 0 1 .000 13.50 5 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 10 10 8 2 7 3 1 0 1 33 34 3.188 16.9 3.4 11.8 5.1 0.43
1952 30 NYG NL 0 1 .000 4.71 16 4 6 1 0 1 36.1 42 22 19 7 17 13 2 0 0 170 79 1.624 10.4 1.7 4.2 3.2 0.76
9 Yrs 40 48 .455 4.54 200 115 42 27 4 9 827.0 805 486 417 43 443 401 29 0 24 3706 82 1.509 8.8 0.5 4.8 4.4 0.91
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .455 4.54 43 25 9 6 1 2 179 174 105 90 9 96 87 6 0 5 800 82 1.509 8.8 0.5 4.8 4.4 0.91
BRO (5 yrs) 37 41 .474 4.48 149 101 23 25 4 7 692.1 661 404 345 28 377 351 22 0 22 3102 82 1.499 8.6 0.4 4.9 4.6 0.93
PIT (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.85 35 10 13 1 0 1 98.1 102 60 53 8 49 37 5 0 2 434 86 1.536 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.4 0.76
NYG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.71 16 4 6 1 0 1 36.1 42 22 19 7 17 13 2 0 0 170 79 1.624 10.4 1.7 4.2 3.2 0.76

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
1943 21 BRO NL 18.2 5 4 21 10.13 3.78 -0.18 0.00 100.1 3.97 -13 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -11 .273 .493 $
1944 22 BRO NL 197.1 39 31 142 6.48 4.29 -0.54 0.00 97.4 4.71 -39 -3.8 1.0 -0.1 -2.3 -20 .402 .476 $
1945 23 BRO NL 254.1 42 34 116 4.10 4.35 -0.07 0.00 99.1 4.39 6 0.7 1.0 -0.2 2.6 33 .516 .504 $ MVP-29
1946 24 BRO NL 117.1 26 16 46 3.53 3.86 0.07 0.00 98.5 3.73 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.3 15 .512 .502 $
1947 25 BRO NL 104.1 37 16 79 6.81 4.69 0.27 0.00 101.3 4.48 -28 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -1.7 -15 .428 .484 $
1948 26 PIT NL 74.1 22 8 40 4.84 4.40 0.20 0.00 103.2 4.34 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.0 0.2 4 .480 .497 $
1949 27 PIT NL 18.2 8 1 10 4.82 4.67 -0.04 0.00 101.0 4.76 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.1 2 .498 .500 $
1950 28 PIT NL 5.1 5 1 10 16.88 4.58 -0.10 0.00 105.4 4.94 -7 -0.6 .8 0.0 -0.6 -6 .373 .496 $
1952 30 NYG NL 36.1 16 4 22 5.45 3.99 0.12 0.00 97.3 3.76 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .455 .496 $
9 Seasons 826.2 200 115 486 5.29 4.29 -0.09 0.00 99.3 4.35 -88 -8.4 1.0 -0.5 -1.8 -1 .458 .494 $
BRO (5 yrs) 692.0 149 101 404 5.25 4.29 -0.13 0.00 98.9 4.37 -70 -6.6 1.0 -0.5 -1.1 2 .456 .492 $
PIT (3 yrs) 98.1 35 10 60 5.49 4.46 0.14 0.00 102.9 4.45 -12 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0 .469 .498 $
NYG (1 yr) 36.1 16 4 22 5.45 3.99 0.12 0.00 97.3 3.76 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .455 .496 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1947 25 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.55 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 9 5 5 0 8 0 10 0 0 0 53 1.342 6.4 0.0 5.7 7.1 1.25
1 WS 0 1 .000 3.55 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 9 5 5 0 8 0 10 0 0 0 53 1.342 6.4 0.0 5.7 7.1 1.25

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
1945 BRO NL 23

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 26 PIT NL 22 137 281 40 72 7 2 5 1 0 34 25 .256 .343 .349 .692 .267 98 2 3 4 0 2
1949 27 PIT NL 8 71 72 10 20 1 1 1 1 0 8 9 .278 .358 .361 .719 .306 26 2 1 4 0 2
1950 28 PIT NL 5 30 25 10 10 4 0 2 0 0 7 3 .400 .545 .800 1.345 .400 20 1 1 0 0 0
1952 30 NYG NL 16 152 146 22 42 5 0 7 0 1 17 13 .288 .370 .466 .835 .278 68 3 2 3 0 3
4 Yrs 51 390 524 82 144 17 3 15 2 1 66 50 .275 .363 .405 .768 .281 212 8 7 11 0 7
162 Game Avg. 53 408 548 86 151 18 3 16 2 1 69 52 .275 .363 .405 .768 .281 222 8 7 12 0 7
MLB Averages .259 .333 .345 .678 .277

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 26 PIT NL -2.7 -0.3 140 -0.7 1.9 -2.5 .82 -0.1 -0.7 -3.1 -0.3 0.82 0.0 1 0 3
1949 27 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 73 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 1.30 -0.3 -0.0 -4.0 -0.4 1.30 -3.0 3 0 2
1950 28 PIT NL -5.3 -0.5 31 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .76 -0.6 0.2 -7.4 -0.7 0.76 -6.4 1 0 1
1952 30 NYG NL -4.2 -0.4 155 -1.0 2.2 -3.1 .96 -0.5 -0.5 -3.3 -0.3 0.96 -7.4 3 1 7
9 Yrs -73.0 -6.9 399 -2.3 5.7 -8.0 .96 -1.5 -0.9 -17.8 -1.7 0.96 -16.8 8 1 13

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
1943 21 BRO NL 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.5 45 20 1 3 3.5 4.2
1944 22 BRO NL 39 31 8 16 7 2 3 13 17 .433 0 0 6 0 11 35% 42.2 76 7 16 10 5.1 6.0
1945 23 BRO NL 42 34 17 11 6 1 3 21 13 .618 0 0 13 2 20 59% 52.4 89 10 21 7 4.8 6.8
1946 24 BRO NL 26 16 5 3 8 1 2 8 7 .533 0 0 4 1 9 56% 54.9 86 25 8 5 3.7 6.2
1947 25 BRO NL 37 16 3 5 8 0 0 6 10 .375 0 0 2 1 4 25% 41.4 87 18 8 4 5.0 4.3
1948 26 PIT NL 22 8 2 2 4 1 1 5 3 .625 0 2 1 0 2 25% 44.4 71 24 3 1 1 7 6.3 6.9 5.6
1949 27 PIT NL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 5 0 0 0 6.0 9.0 1.0
1950 28 PIT NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 4 2 0 1 3.0 6.0 2.3
1952 30 NYG NL 16 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 1 0 0 0% 46.8 55 41 12 2 2 2 5.9 3.6 5.3
9 Yrs 200 115 35 43 37 5 9 57 56 .504 0 4 27 4 46 40% 47 89 7 24 5 57 39 4.8 5.5 5.8
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.6 6.8

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
1943 21 BRO NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1944 22 BRO NL 39 8 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4.3
1945 23 BRO NL 42 8 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 3 8.1
1946 24 BRO NL 26 10 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 3 1 5.4
1947 25 BRO NL 37 21 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 3 4 5.1
1948 26 PIT NL 22 14 9 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% .818 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 2 9 0 3 3 6.3
1949 27 PIT NL 8 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 1.304 3 0 2 1 1 3 4 1 4 2 3 1 7.6
1950 28 PIT NL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 8 .758 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2.3
1952 30 NYG NL 16 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 4 1 25% 8 .962 3 1 7 2 3 6 4 7 4 5 3 4 3.5
9 Yrs 200 85 42 5 5 2 9 0 450% 4 1 21 11 52% .958 8 1 13 5 4 14 12 11 43 19 10 17 5.4

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%
1943 21 BRO NL 94 2.1% 7.5% 22.3% 64%
1944 22 BRO NL 941 1.3% 9.8% 14.6% 2.0% 10% 72%
1945 23 BRO NL 1092 0.5% 12.7% 11.0% 1.7% 8% 74%
1946 24 BRO NL 489 0.6% 11.0% 9.0% 1.6% 8% 78%
1947 25 BRO NL 489 1.2% 12.1% 11.3% 1.6% 7% 73%
1948 26 PIT NL 322 53% 3.7% 18.3% 24.8% 10.2% 19% 1.24 183% 24 2 8%
1949 27 PIT NL 85 62% 1.4% 12.7% 11.3% 4.2% 15% 1.17 87% 19 2 11%
1950 28 PIT NL 32 67% 6.7% 10.0% 23.3% 20.0% 60% 0.71 67% 6 1 17%
1952 30 NYG NL 169 61% 4.6% 8.6% 11.2% 7.9% 29% 1.13 83% 32 3 9%
9 Yrs 3713 59% 1.2% 11.5% 12.7% 2.5% 11% 1.15 78% 81 8 10%
MLB Averages 49% 1.7% 10.8% 10.7% 4.6% 18% 0.95 88% 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
1943 21 BRO NL 21 2 2
1944 22 BRO NL 201 12 10
1945 23 BRO NL 221 5 7
1946 24 BRO NL 103 3 2
1947 25 BRO NL 115 6 1
1948 26 PIT NL 137 72 5 0 3 2 1 0 3 6 6 0 100% 2 0 0 55 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
1949 27 PIT NL 71 20 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 5 2 71% 2 1 0 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14
1950 28 PIT NL 30 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1952 30 NYG NL 152 42 7 1 8 3 3 5 1 12 0 2 0% 3 0 0 51 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17
9 Yrs 390 805 43 1 16 7 5 5 7 28 13 4 46% 7 24 0 152 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 218
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1943 21 0 3 .000 9.64 5 4 1 0 0 0 18.2 21 21 20 2 21 7 0 0 2 94 35 2.250 10.1 1.0 10.1 3.4 0.33 35
1944 22 9 19 .321 5.82 44 35 8 6 0 2 216.1 222 163 140 14 158 99 9 0 12 1035 61 1.757 9.2 0.6 6.6 4.1 0.63 61
1945 23 27 32 .458 4.55 86 69 13 19 2 4 470.2 443 279 238 19 278 238 17 0 19 2127 80 1.532 8.5 0.4 5.3 4.6 0.86 80
1946 24 33 36 .478 4.24 112 85 18 23 3 6 588.0 546 325 277 22 322 292 18 0 21 2616 85 1.476 8.4 0.3 4.9 4.5 0.91 85
1947 25 37 41 .474 4.48 149 101 23 25 4 7 692.1 661 404 345 28 377 351 22 0 22 3102 82 1.499 8.6 0.4 4.9 4.6 0.93 82
1948 26 39 45 .464 4.50 171 109 32 26 4 8 766.2 733 444 383 33 411 376 25 0 22 3424 83 1.492 8.6 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.91 83
1949 27 40 46 .465 4.47 179 110 35 26 4 8 785.1 753 454 390 34 419 385 26 0 23 3503 84 1.492 8.6 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.92 84
1950 28 40 47 .460 4.53 184 111 36 26 4 8 790.2 763 464 398 36 426 388 27 0 24 3536 83 1.504 8.7 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.91 83
1951 29 40 47 .460 4.53 184 111 36 26 4 8 790.2 763 464 398 36 426 388 27 0 24 3536 83 1.504 8.7 0.4 4.8 4.4 0.91 83
1952 30 40 48 .455 4.54 200 115 42 27 4 9 827.0 805 486 417 43 443 401 29 0 24 3706 82 1.509 8.8 0.5 4.8 4.4 0.91 82

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
1943 21 0 1 .000 12.71 17.0 23 27 24 2 23 6 0 2.706 12.2 12.2 3.2 0.26 1.1 5
1944 22 7 15 .318 5.88 202.0 215 147 132 13 147 94 10 1.792 9.6 6.5 4.2 0.64 0.6 39
1945 23 16 12 .571 3.58 259.0 231 114 103 5 125 142 8 1.375 8.0 4.3 4.9 1.14 0.2 42
1946 24 7 5 .583 3.60 115.0 115 51 46 3 49 53 1 1.426 9.0 3.8 4.1 1.08 0.2 26
1947 25 4 8 .333 5.56 110.0 118 76 68 6 56 62 4 1.582 9.7 4.6 5.1 1.11 0.5 37
1948 26 3 5 .375 4.56 75.0 74 42 38 5 35 25 3 1.453 8.9 4.2 3.0 0.71 0.6 22
1949 27 1 0 1.000 3.71 17.0 21 8 7 1 8 8 1 1.706 11.1 4.2 4.2 1.00 0.5 8
1950 28 0 0 14.40 5.0 10 9 8 2 7 3 1 3.400 18.0 12.6 5.4 0.43 3.6 5
1952 30 1 3 .250 5.35 37.0 46 24 22 8 19 13 2 1.757 11.2 4.6 3.2 0.68 1.9 16
9 Yrs 39 49 .443 4.82 837.0 853 498 448 45 469 406 30 1.579 9.2 4.4 0.87 0.5 200

* 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
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  18 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  7.820 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  4.189 (8th)
1945 NL  4.919 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 NL  42 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 NL  254.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  92 (7th)
1945 NL  139 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 NL  31 (9th)
1945 NL  34 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  12 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  137 (1st)
1945 NL  120 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  221 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  0.177 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1944 NL  16 (5th)
1945 NL  13 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  120 (1st)
1945 NL  98 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1944 NL  10 (1st)
1945 NL  7 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  9 (1st)
1945 NL  8 (2nd)
1947 NL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 NL  1,092 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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