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Bob Grim

Robert Anton Grim

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 8, 1930 in New York, NY
High School: Lane HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics/Reds/Cardinals/Indians 1954-1962

Final Game: May 24, 1962
Died: October 23, 1996 in Shawnee, KS
Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, KS
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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	18	NYY-min	C	8	4	.667	3.30	17						109.0	110	62	40		43								1.404	9.1		3.6			BUT · MATL
1949	19	NYY-min	C,B	6	14	.300	5.25	27	20					163.0	187	120	95		114								1.847	10.3		6.3			AMS,NFK · CAML,PIED
1950	20	NYY-min	B	10	14	.417	3.11	29						165.0	142	83	57	6	75								1.315	7.7	0.3	4.1			NFK · PIED
1951	21	NYY-min	A,AA	16	5	.762	2.58	29	24					195.0	170	66	56		84								1.303	7.8		3.9			BNG,BMT · EL,TL
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	24	NYY	AL	20	6	.769	3.26	37	20	8	8	1	0	199.0	175	78	72	9	85		108	3	0	4	825	107	1.307	7.9	0.4	3.8	4.9	1.27	MVP-11,RoY-1
1955	25	NYY	AL	7	5	.583	4.19	26	11	6	1	1	4	92.1	81	49	43	9	42	2	63	3	0	2	396	90	1.332	7.9	0.9	4.1	6.1	1.50
1956	26	NYY	AL	6	1	.857	2.77	26	6	11	1	0	5	74.2	64	27	23	3	31	0	48	2	0	1	309	140	1.272	7.7	0.4	3.7	5.8	1.55
1957	27	NYY	AL	12	8	.600	2.63	46	0	36	0	0	19	72.0	60	22	21	5	36	5	52	0	0	1	299	138	1.333	7.5	0.6	4.5	6.5	1.44	AS,MVP-16
1958	28	TOT	AL	7	7	.500	3.81	37	14	11	5	1	0	130.0	130	64	55	10	51	4	65	4	0	1	560	102	1.392	9.0	0.7	3.5	4.5	1.27
1958	28	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	5.51	11	0	6	0	0	0	16.1	12	10	10	3	10	0	11	1	0	0	70	66	1.347	6.6	1.7	5.5	6.1	1.10
1958	28	KCA	AL	7	6	.538	3.56	26	14	5	5	1	0	113.2	118	54	45	7	41	4	54	3	0	1	490	110	1.399	9.3	0.6	3.2	4.3	1.32
1959	29	KCA	AL	6	10	.375	4.09	40	9	16	3	1	4	125.1	124	69	57	10	57	6	65	3	0	4	548	98	1.444	8.9	0.7	4.1	4.7	1.14
1960	30	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	4.22	44	0	25	0	0	2	53.1	60	28	25	4	20	3	39	0	0	0	239	94	1.500	10.1	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.95
1960	30	TOT	NL	3	2	.600	3.88	41	0	24	0	0	2	51.0	54	25	22	4	19	3	37	0	0	0	225	102	1.431	9.5	0.7	3.4	6.5	1.95
1960	30	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	11.57	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	38	3.000	23.1	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
1960	30	CIN	NL	2	2	.500	4.45	26	0	14	0	0	2	30.1	32	18	15	3	10	2	22	0	0	0	133	87	1.385	9.5	0.9	3.0	6.5	2.20
1960	30	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.05	15	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	22	7	7	1	9	1	15	0	0	0	92	136	1.500	9.6	0.4	3.9	6.5	1.67

1961	31	STL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.38	7	5					32.0	27	13	12	4	5								1.000	7.6	1.1	1.4			SJN,POR · IL,PCL
1962	32	KCA	AL	0	1	.000	6.23	12	0	7	0	0	3	13.0	14	9	9	0	8	2	3	0	0	0	58	69	1.692	9.7	0.0	5.5	2.1	0.38
8 Yrs				61	41	.598	3.61	268	60	120	18	4	37	759.2	708	346	305	50	330	22	443	15	0	13	3234	105	1.366	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.2	1.34
162 Game Avg.				13	9	.598	3.61	56	12	25	4	1	8	157	147	72	63	10	68		92	3	0	3	670	105	1.366	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.2	1.34

NYY (5 yrs)				45	21	.682	3.35	146	37	67	10	2	28	454.1	392	186	169	29	204	7	282	9	0	8	1899	108	1.312	7.8	0.6	4.0	5.6	1.38
KCA (3 yrs)				13	17	.433	3.96	78	23	28	8	2	7	252.0	256	132	111	17	106	12	122	6	0	5	1096	101	1.437	9.1	0.6	3.8	4.4	1.15
STL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.05	15	0	10	0	0	0	20.2	22	7	7	1	9	1	15	0	0	0	92	136	1.500	9.6	0.4	3.9	6.5	1.67
CIN (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.45	26	0	14	0	0	2	30.1	32	18	15	3	10	2	22	0	0	0	133	87	1.385	9.5	0.9	3.0	6.5	2.20
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.57	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	38	3.000	23.1	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00

AL (8 yrs)				58	39	.598	3.59	227	60	96	18	4	35	708.2	654	321	283	46	311	19	406	15	0	13	3009	105	1.362	8.3	0.6	3.9	5.2	1.31
NL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	3.88	41	0	24	0	0	2	51.0	54	25	22	4	19	3	37	0	0	0	225	102	1.431	9.5	0.7	3.4	6.5	1.95

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
1954	24	NYY	AL	199.0	37	20	78	3.53	4.10	0.11	0.00	93.6	3.73	5	0.5	.9	-0.2	1.8	21	.514	.503	$	MVP-11,RoY-1
1955	25	NYY	AL	92.1	26	11	49	4.78	4.41	0.46	0.00	98.6	3.89	-10	-1.0	1.8	-0.3	-0.6	-1	.461	.494	$
1956	26	NYY	AL	74.2	26	6	27	3.25	4.59	0.18	0.00	90.3	3.98	5	0.6	1.8	0.0	1.2	13	.522	.503	$
1957	27	NYY	AL	72.0	46	0	22	2.75	4.26	0.27	0.00	95.8	3.82	9	1.0	2.4	0.6	2.1	15	.521	.506	$	AS,MVP-16
1958	28	NYY	AL	16.1	11	0	10	5.51	4.16	0.34	0.00	90.7	3.47	-4	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.464	.498	$
1958	28	KCA	AL	113.2	26	14	54	4.28	4.21	0.03	0.00	104.5	4.37	1	0.1	.8	-0.1	0.9	11	.505	.501	$
1959	29	KCA	AL	125.1	40	9	69	4.95	4.44	-0.16	0.00	103.6	4.78	-1	-0.2	1.5	-0.2	0.6	9	.496	.499	$
1960	30	CLE	AL	2.1	3	0	3	11.57	4.01	0.32	-0.16	101.1	3.57	-2	-0.2	2.7	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.431	.499	$
1960	30	CIN	NL	30.1	26	0	18	5.34	4.41	0.00	-0.19	99.9	4.22	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.484	.497	$
1960	30	STL	NL	20.2	15	0	7	3.05	4.31	0.01	-0.18	105.4	4.33	3	0.3	.6	-0.1	0.4	5	.521	.502	$

1962	32	KCA	AL	13.0	12	0	9	6.23	4.60	0.00	-0.19	98.5	4.34	-3	-0.3	1.8	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.478	.498	$
8 Seasons				759.2	268	60	346	4.10	4.30	0.11	-0.02	98.0	4.09	-0	0.1	1.5	-0.6	5.3	66	.500	.500	$

NYY (5 yrs)				454.1	146	37	186	3.68	4.27	0.23	0.00	94.3	3.81	5	0.7	1.8	0.2	4.3	46	.505	.501	$
KCA (3 yrs)				252.0	78	23	132	4.71	4.35	-0.07	-0.01	103.8	4.57	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.4	1.2	18	.496	.499	$
STL (1 yr)				20.2	15	0	7	3.05	4.31	0.01	-0.18	105.4	4.33	3	0.3	.6	-0.1	0.4	5	.521	.502	$
CIN (1 yr)				30.1	26	0	18	5.34	4.41	0.00	-0.19	99.9	4.22	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.484	.497	$
CLE (1 yr)				2.1	3	0	3	11.57	4.01	0.32	-0.16	101.1	3.57	-2	-0.2	2.7	-0.2	-0.4	-2	.431	.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
1955	25	NYY	AL	WS	L	BRO	0	1	.000	4.15	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.2	8	4	4	3	5	0	8	0	0	1	36	1.500	8.3	3.1	5.2	8.3	1.60

1957	27	NYY	AL	WS	L	MLN	0	1	.000	7.71	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	1.286	11.6	3.9	0.0	7.7
2 Yrs (2 Series)							0	2	.000	4.91	5	1	3	0	0	1	11.0	11	6	6	4	5	0	10	0	0	1	46	1.455	9.0	3.3	4.1	8.2	2.00
2 WS							0	2	.000	4.91	5	1	3	0	0	1	11.0	11	6	6	4	5	0	10	0	0	1	46	1.455	9.0	3.3	4.1	8.2	2.00

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
1957	NYY	AL	27	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
1954	24	NYY	AL	37	823	717	78	175	21	8	9	5	7	85	108	.244	.322	.333	.656	.272	239	27	3	8	11		7
1955	25	NYY	AL	26	398	343	49	81	13	3	9	1	3	42	63	.236	.320	.370	.690	.260	127	7	3	4	6	2	5
1956	26	NYY	AL	26	310	273	27	64	7	5	3	2	3	31	48	.234	.316	.330	.646	.274	90	9	2	3	1	0	7
1957	27	NYY	AL	46	299	251	22	60	9	1	5	3	2	36	52	.239	.330	.343	.673	.278	86	11	0	8	4	5	2
1958	28	TOT	AL	37	559	496	64	130	16	3	10	2	3	51	65	.262	.335	.367	.701	.284	182	12	4	6	2	4	7
1958	28	KCA	AL	26	489	438	54	118	15	3	7	2	3	41	54	.269	.335	.365	.700	.293	160	11	3	5	2	4	7
1958	28	NYY	AL	11	70	58	10	12	1	0	3	0	0	10	11	.207	.333	.379	.713	.205	22	1	1	1	0	0	0
1959	29	KCA	AL	40	548	477	69	124	28	4	10	3	7	57	65	.260	.341	.398	.740	.282	190	10	3	9	2	6	13
1960	30	TOT	MLB	44	239	210	28	60	10	2	4	0	1	20	39	.286	.339	.410	.749	.324	86	4	0	3	6	3	4
1960	30	CIN	NL	26	133	117	18	32	3	1	3	0	1	10	22	.274	.321	.393	.714	.302	46	3	0	2	4	2	4
1960	30	CLE	AL	3	14	12	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.538	.667	1.205	.600	8	0	0	1	0	0	0
1960	30	STL	NL	15	92	81	7	22	5	1	1	0	0	9	15	.272	.337	.395	.732	.313	32	1	0	0	2	1	0
1960	30	TOT	NL	41	225	198	25	54	8	2	4	0	1	19	37	.273	.327	.394	.721	.307	78	4	0	2	6	3	4

1962	32	KCA	AL	12	58	48	9	14	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	.292	.393	.354	.747	.311	17	2	0	2	0	2	0
8 Yrs				268	3234	2815	346	708	107	26	50	16	26	330	443	.252	.330	.361	.691	.280	1017	82	15	43	32	22	45
162 Game Avg.				56	670	584	72	147	22	5	10	3	5	68	92	.252	.330	.361	.691	.280	211	17	3	9	7		9
MLB Averages																.258	.327	.392	.720	.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
1954	24	NYY	AL	6.8	0.7	839	2.0	16.2	-14.2	1.10	1.6	0.2	11.2	1.2	1.10	17.3	4	5	7
1955	25	NYY	AL	-4.6	-0.5	404	-0.5	7.8	-8.3	1.20	0.2	-0.6	-5.4	-0.6	1.20	-0.4	8	4	3
1956	26	NYY	AL	9.5	0.9	315	0.8	6.4	-5.6	1.12	0.7	-0.0	5.5	0.6	1.12	6.7	11	2	7
1957	27	NYY	AL	9.0	0.9	303	1.1	10.5	-9.4	1.99	0.3	0.2	9.0	1.0	1.99	5.6	35	4	7
1958	28	TOT	AL	-0.1	-0.0	571	-0.7	9.1	-9.8	.96	0.1	-0.9	-1.6	-0.2	0.96	2.8	3	5	13
1958	28	NYY	AL	-3.0	-0.3	70	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	.61	0.0	-1.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.61	0.4	1	2	6
1958	28	KCA	AL	2.9	0.3	501	0.2	8.6	-8.4	1.00	0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.00	2.4	2	3	7
1959	29	KCA	AL	-2.6	-0.3	563	-1.0	10.4	-11.4	1.15	-0.2	-0.7	-0.7	-0.1	1.15	-6.4	12	8	11
1960	30	TOT	MLB	-1.3	-0.1	241	-1.2	2.5	-3.8	.68	-0.3	-1.5	-9.0	-0.9	0.68	-7.2	12	5	26
1960	30	TOT	NL	0.4	0.0	227	-0.7	2.3	-3.0	.62	-0.1	-1.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.62	-4.1	10	5	25
1960	30	CLE	AL	-1.7	-0.2	14	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.69	-0.2	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.69	-3.1	2	0	1
1960	30	CIN	NL	-2.3	-0.2	135	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.71	-0.0	-0.5	-5.1	-0.5	0.71	-4.2	8	4	14
1960	30	STL	NL	2.7	0.3	92	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.48	-0.0	-0.7	0.6	0.1	0.48	0.1	2	1	11

1962	32	KCA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	59	-0.4	1.2	-1.5	1.32	0.1	-0.4	-4.8	-0.5	1.32	0.1	6	1	5
8 Yrs				14.4	1.5	3295	0.0	64.1	-64.1	1.15	2.6	-2.5	4.1	0.6	1.15	18.7	91	34	79

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
1954	24	NYY	AL	37	20	12	6	2	2	1	14	6	.700	0	2	8	1	12	60%	54.0	80	31	21	5	6	7	5.8	5.6	7.5
1955	25	NYY	AL	26	11	4	2	5	2	0	6	5	.545	0	4	1	1	4	36%	47.6	79	25	15	3	3	5	5.5	5.5	5.3
1956	26	NYY	AL	26	6	3	1	2	1	1	5	1	.833	0	2	1	0	3	50%	54.3	83	35	15	3	1	2	5.8	5.0	6.1

1958	28	TOT	AL	37	14	7	5	2	2	0	8	6	.571	1	1	5	1	6	43%		77	26	24	12	6	7	3.8	3.9	6.4
1958	28	KCA	AL	26	14	7	5	2	2	0	8	6	.571	1	1	5	1	6	43%	50.6	77	26	17	9	6	7	3.8	3.9	6.4
1959	29	KCA	AL	40	9	4	4	1	1	2	5	4	.556	0	1	3	1	6	67%	51.9	87	26	18	8	1	3	5.9	6.3	6.7
5 Yrs				155	60	30	18	12	8	4	38	22	.633	1	10	18	4	31	52%	52	87	25	86	28	17	24	5.3	5.2	6.6
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-14					4.4	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1954	24	NYY	AL	37	17	8	8	0	1	0	0	0%	1	0	6	2	33%	8	1.103	4	5	7	3	7	7	4	13	14	0	14	1	8.8
1955	25	NYY	AL	26	15	6	3	3	6	4	2	67%	7	1	15	5	33%	8	1.199	8	4	3	9	4	2	7	8	13	0	14	2	6.8
1956	26	NYY	AL	26	20	11	3	0	2	5	2	250%	6	4	24	14	58%	6	1.116	11	2	7	11	1	8	11	9	11	4	12	4	5.7
1957	27	NYY	AL	46	46	36	12	8	26	19	7	73%	27	1	37	16	43%	9	1.989	35	4	7	28	13	5	19	27	24	6	25	7	4.7
1958	28	TOT	AL	37	23	11	0	2	2	0	2	0%	3	0	13	5	38%		.956	3	5	13	4	1	18	9	14	12	6	13	5	5.3
1958	28	NYY	AL	11	11	6	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	0	4	1	25%	8	.614	1	2	6	3	0	8	3	8	6	2	7	1	4.5
1958	28	KCA	AL	26	12	5	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	9	4	44%	8	1.005	2	3	7	1	1	10	6	6	6	4	6	4	6.2
1959	29	KCA	AL	40	31	16	2	6	8	4	3	50%	8	0	29	4	14%	8	1.146	12	8	11	8	4	19	17	14	18	7	20	3	6.3
1960	30	TOT	MLB	44	44	25	3	3	3	2	1	67%	7	2	28	12	43%		.679	12	5	26	10	7	27	15	29	18	11	19	14	3.6
1960	30	TOT	NL	41	41	24	3	2	3	2	1	67%	7	2	23	8	35%		.616	10	5	25	9	5	27	13	28	17	9	18	14	3.7
1960	30	CLE	AL	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	5	4	80%	7	1.694	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	2.3
1960	30	CIN	NL	26	26	14	2	2	2	2	0	100%	6	2	18	4	22%	8	.707	8	4	14	7	4	15	10	16	11	6	12	11	3.5
1960	30	STL	NL	15	15	10	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	4	80%	6	.484	2	1	11	2	1	12	3	12	6	3	6	3	4.1

1962	32	KCA	AL	12	12	7	0	1	6	3	3	50%	6	0	10	8	80%	8	1.316	6	1	5	6	1	5	6	6	4	3	4	3	3.3
8 Yrs				268	208	120	31	23	54	37	20	69%	65	8	162	66	41%		1.152	91	34	79	79	38	91	88	120	114	37	121	39	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	24	NYY	AL	823	59%	1.1%	13.1%	10.3%	4.6%	22%	1.05	74%	194	27	14%
1955	25	NYY	AL	398	57%	2.3%	15.8%	10.6%	6.3%	31%	0.95	70%	76	7	9%
1956	26	NYY	AL	310	57%	1.0%	15.5%	10.0%	4.8%	23%	0.95	72%	80	9	11%
1957	27	NYY	AL	299	59%	1.7%	17.4%	12.0%	5.0%	25%	1.27	66%	74	11	15%
1958	28	TOT	AL	559	63%	1.8%	11.6%	9.1%	5.2%	22%	0.93	76%	107	12	11%
1958	28	NYY	AL	70	64%	4.3%	15.7%	14.3%	5.7%	33%	1.00	63%	14	1	7%
1958	28	KCA	AL	489	63%	1.4%	11.0%	8.4%	5.1%	21%	0.92	78%	93	11	12%
1959	29	KCA	AL	548	65%	1.8%	11.9%	10.4%	7.7%	34%	0.80	74%	133	10	8%
1960	30	TOT	MLB	239	68%	1.7%	16.3%	8.4%	6.7%	27%	1.11	72%	52	4	8%
1960	30	TOT	NL	225	68%	1.8%	16.4%	8.4%	6.2%	26%	1.13	72%	49	4	8%
1960	30	CLE	AL	14	64%	0.0%	14.3%	7.1%	14.3%	33%	0.67	71%	3	0	0%
1960	30	CIN	NL	133	73%	2.3%	16.5%	7.5%	5.3%	22%	0.89	72%	31	3	10%
1960	30	STL	NL	92	62%	1.1%	16.3%	9.8%	7.6%	32%	1.61	73%	18	1	6%

1962	32	KCA	AL	58	62%	0.0%	5.2%	13.8%	5.2%	21%	2.18	78%	23	2	9%
8 Yrs				3234	61%	1.6%	13.7%	10.2%	5.7%	26%	0.99	73%	739	82	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.1%	9.2%	6.7%	29%	1.00	76%			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
1954	24	NYY	AL	823	175			9	1	13	3	6	3	6	45	24	3	53%	7	4	1	324	5	7	42%	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1955	25	NYY	AL	398	81			9	0	16	6	3	4	5	26	12	3	46%	5	2	1	136	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1956	26	NYY	AL	310	64			3	0	12	1	2	3	0	28	15	3	54%	7	1	0	125	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1957	27	NYY	AL	299	60			5	0	23	3	2	2	3	34	14	3	41%	2	1	0	111	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1958	28	TOT	AL	559	130			10	0	9	5	5	9	1	15	8	0	53%	7	1	5	221	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1958	28	NYY	AL	70	12			3	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	28	KCA	AL	489	118			7	0	8	4	3	6	1	13	8	0	62%	7	1	5	196	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1959	29	KCA	AL	548	124			10	0	16	7	3	7	3	25	12	4	48%	13	4	3	241	3	7	30%	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1960	30	TOT	MLB	239	60			4	0	6	2	2	3	1	21	15	5	71%	4	0	1	100	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
1960	30	TOT	NL	225	54			4	0	5	2	2	3	1	20	14	5	70%	4	0	1	92	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
1960	30	CLE	AL	14	6			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	30	CIN	NL	133	32			3	0	4	1	2	3	0	12	10	2	83%	4	0	1	55	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
1960	30	STL	NL	92	22			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	4	3	50%	0	0	0	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1962	32	KCA	AL	58	14			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	75%	0	0	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3234	708			50	1	101	27	23	31	19	202	106	21	52%	45	13	11	1283	16	26	38%	15	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	67	0
MLB Averages																		52%							59%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1954	24	20	6	.769	3.26	37	20	8	8	1	0	199.0	175	78	72	9	85		108	3	4	825	107	1.307	7.9	0.4	3.8	4.9	1.27	107
1955	25	27	11	.711	3.55	63	31	14	9	2	4	291.1	256	127	115	18	127	2	171	6	6	1221	100	1.315	7.9	0.6	3.9	5.3	1.35	100
1956	26	33	12	.733	3.39	89	37	25	10	2	9	366.0	320	154	138	21	158	2	219	8	7	1530	107	1.306	7.9	0.5	3.9	5.4	1.39	107
1957	27	45	20	.692	3.27	135	37	61	10	2	28	438.0	380	176	159	26	194	7	271	8	8	1829	111	1.311	7.8	0.5	4.0	5.6	1.40	111
1958	28	52	27	.658	3.39	172	51	72	15	3	28	568.0	510	240	214	36	245	11	336	12	9	2389	109	1.329	8.1	0.6	3.9	5.3	1.37	109
1959	29	58	37	.611	3.52	212	60	88	18	4	32	693.1	634	309	271	46	302	17	401	15	13	2937	107	1.350	8.2	0.6	3.9	5.2	1.33	107
1960	30	61	40	.604	3.57	256	60	113	18	4	34	746.2	694	337	296	50	322	20	440	15	13	3176	106	1.361	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.3	1.37	106
1961	31	61	40	.604	3.57	256	60	113	18	4	34	746.2	694	337	296	50	322	20	440	15	13	3176	106	1.361	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.3	1.37	106
1962	32	61	41	.598	3.61	268	60	120	18	4	37	759.2	708	346	305	50	330	22	443	15	13	3234	105	1.366	8.4	0.6	3.9	5.2	1.34	105

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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
1954	24	10	11	.476	4.03	190.0	195	94	85	10	95	103	3	1.526	9.2	4.5	4.9	1.08	0.5	37
1955	25	4	6	.400	4.55	93.0	87	52	47	10	45	63	3	1.419	8.4	4.4	6.1	1.40	1.0	26
1956	26	5	3	.625	2.92	74.0	67	27	24	3	32	48	2	1.338	8.1	3.9	5.8	1.50	0.4	26
1957	27	4	3	.571	3.09	70.0	66	27	24	6	40	50	0	1.514	8.5	5.1	6.4	1.25	0.8	46
1958	28	7	7	.500	4.08	130.0	138	66	59	11	54	65	4	1.477	9.6	3.7	4.5	1.20	0.8	37
1959	29	7	7	.500	4.08	128.0	128	64	58	10	59	66	3	1.461	9.0	4.1	4.6	1.12	0.7	40
1960	30	3	3	.500	4.25	55.0	63	29	26	4	21	40	0	1.527	10.3	3.4	6.5	1.90	0.7	44

1962	32	0	1	.000	5.54	13.0	13	9	8	0	7	3	0	1.538	9.0	4.8	2.1	0.43	0.0	12
8 Yrs		40	41	.494	3.96	753.0	757	368	331	54	353	438	15	1.474	9.0		5.2	1.24	0.6	268

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1957 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1954 AL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1954 AL (11, 7%) 1957 AL (16, 3%) 0.10 Career Shares (916th)	Wins s c a p y 1954 AL 20 (3rd)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1954 AL .769 (3rd) Career .598 (123rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 AL 7.915 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 AL 4.884 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1957 AL 46 (8th)
Saves s c a p y 1956 AL 5 (8th) 1957 AL 19 (1st)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 AL 0.407 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1957 AL 36 (2nd)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1954 AL 1.6 (10th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 19 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Paul Derringer (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Brown (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Reed (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Firpo Marberry (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clem Labine (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Firpo Marberry (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clem Labine (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mace Brown (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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