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Marv Grissom

Marvin Edward Grissom

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 31, 1918 in Los Molinos, CA
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1946 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Giants/WhiteSox/Tigers/RedSox/Cardinals 1946-1959

Final Game: June 11, 1959 (Age 41)
Died: September 19, 2005 in Red Bluff, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Lee Grissom and Uncle of Jim Davis
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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
1942 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 28 NYG NL 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 81 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69
1949 31 DET AL 2 4 .333 6.41 27 2 3 0 0 0 39.1 56 32 28 6 34 17 1 0 2 206 65 2.288 12.8 1.4 7.8 3.9 0.50
1952 34 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.74 28 24 1 7 1 0 166.0 156 79 69 6 79 97 3 0 5 715 97 1.416 8.5 0.3 4.3 5.3 1.23
1953 35 TOT MLB 6 8 .429 4.26 34 18 8 4 1 0 143.2 144 74 68 11 61 77 2 0 5 626 100 1.427 9.0 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.26
1953 35 BOS AL 2 6 .250 4.70 13 11 1 1 1 0 59.1 61 34 31 5 30 31 1 0 2 263 89 1.534 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.03
1953 35 NYG NL 4 2 .667 3.95 21 7 7 3 0 0 84.1 83 40 37 6 31 46 1 0 3 363 110 1.352 8.9 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.48
1954 36 NYG NL 10 7 .588 2.35 56 3 36 1 1 19 122.1 100 37 32 13 50 64 7 1 1 512 174 1.226 7.4 1.0 3.7 4.7 1.28 AS,MVP-24
1955 37 NYG NL 5 4 .556 2.92 55 0 32 0 0 8 89.1 76 35 29 6 41 5 49 6 0 1 383 140 1.310 7.7 0.6 4.1 4.9 1.20
1956 38 NYG NL 1 1 .500 1.56 43 2 20 0 0 7 80.2 71 15 14 3 16 3 49 1 0 2 323 243 1.079 7.9 0.3 1.8 5.5 3.06
1957 39 NYG NL 4 4 .500 2.61 55 0 38 0 0 14 82.2 74 36 24 6 23 6 51 2 0 1 338 151 1.173 8.1 0.7 2.5 5.6 2.22
1958 40 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.99 51 0 35 0 0 10 65.1 71 34 29 11 26 7 46 5 0 3 285 97 1.485 9.8 1.5 3.6 6.3 1.77
1959 41 STL NL 0 0 22.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs 47 45 .511 3.41 356 52 176 12 3 58 810.0 771 358 307 65 343 21 459 28 1 23 3484 116 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .511 3.41 59 9 29 2 1 10 135 129 60 51 11 57 77 5 0 4 581 116 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34
SFG (7 yrs) 31 25 .554 2.88 285 15 169 4 1 58 543.1 492 208 174 46 200 21 314 23 1 14 2288 139 1.274 8.1 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
STL (1 yr) 0 0 22.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
BOS (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.70 13 11 1 1 1 0 59.1 61 34 31 5 30 31 1 0 2 263 89 1.534 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.03
DET (1 yr) 2 4 .333 6.41 27 2 3 0 0 0 39.1 56 32 28 6 34 17 1 0 2 206 65 2.288 12.8 1.4 7.8 3.9 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 12 10 .545 3.74 28 24 1 7 1 0 166.0 156 79 69 6 79 97 3 0 5 715 97 1.416 8.5 0.3 4.3 5.3 1.23
NL (8 yrs) 31 25 .554 2.95 288 15 171 4 1 58 545.1 498 213 179 48 200 21 314 23 1 14 2300 136 1.280 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.57
AL (3 yrs) 16 20 .444 4.35 68 37 5 8 2 0 264.2 273 145 128 17 143 145 5 0 9 1184 88 1.572 9.3 0.6 4.9 4.9 1.01

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
1946 28 NYG NL 18.2 4 3 11 5.30 3.97 0.01 0.00 102.0 4.03 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .429 .498
1949 31 DET AL 39.1 27 2 32 7.32 4.92 0.08 0.00 100.2 4.85 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -8 .461 .494
1952 34 CHW AL 166.0 28 24 79 4.28 4.09 0.08 0.00 101.8 4.08 -4 -0.5 .9 -0.1 0.8 9 .483 .497
1953 35 BOS AL 59.1 13 11 34 5.16 4.61 0.27 0.00 102.0 4.42 -5 -0.5 .1 -0.0 -0.1 0 .459 .497
1953 35 NYG NL 84.1 21 7 40 4.27 4.92 -0.02 0.00 98.5 4.86 6 0.6 1.2 -0.1 1.5 15 .530 .504
1954 36 NYG NL 122.1 56 3 37 2.72 4.62 0.31 0.00 101.0 4.36 23 2.4 1.7 0.5 4.2 35 .543 .515 $12,000 AS,MVP-24
1955 37 NYG NL 89.1 55 0 35 3.53 4.65 0.06 0.00 100.9 4.64 13 1.3 1.4 0.2 2.5 20 .524 .508 $15,000
1956 38 NYG NL 80.2 43 2 15 1.67 4.44 0.19 0.00 101.7 4.32 25 2.8 1.3 0.2 3.9 32 .566 .517
1957 39 NYG NL 82.2 55 0 36 3.92 4.42 -0.08 0.00 102.6 4.62 7 0.8 1.2 -0.0 1.6 15 .514 .505
1958 40 SFG NL 65.1 51 0 34 4.68 4.46 -0.02 0.00 96.7 4.33 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.2 0.3 4 .495 .499
1959 41 STL NL 2.0 3 0 5 22.50 4.74 -0.31 0.00 106.0 5.36 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -4 .380 .498
10 Seasons 810.0 356 52 358 3.98 4.49 0.10 0.00 100.9 4.43 45 5.0 1.4 0.5 13.5 118 .514 .503 $27,000
SFG (7 yrs) 543.1 285 15 208 3.45 4.57 0.09 0.00 100.5 4.50 69 7.4 1.4 0.6 13.8 120 .526 .507 $27,000
STL (1 yr) 2.0 3 0 5 22.50 4.74 -0.31 0.00 106.0 5.36 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -4 .380 .498
BOS (1 yr) 59.1 13 11 34 5.16 4.61 0.27 0.00 102.0 4.42 -5 -0.5 .1 -0.0 -0.1 0 .459 .497
DET (1 yr) 39.1 27 2 32 7.32 4.92 0.08 0.00 100.2 4.85 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -8 .461 .494
CHW (1 yr) 166.0 28 24 79 4.28 4.09 0.08 0.00 101.8 4.08 -4 -0.5 .9 -0.1 0.8 9 .483 .497

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
1954 36 NYG NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 13 1.500 3.4 0.0 10.1 6.8 0.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 13 1.500 3.4 0.0 10.1 6.8 0.67

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
1954 NYG NL 36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5

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
1949 31 DET AL 27 156 164 32 56 5 0 6 2 0 34 17 .341 .457 .482 .939 .355 79 4 1 3 0 2
1952 34 CHW AL 28 715 625 79 156 17 10 6 9 8 79 97 .250 .337 .338 .674 .287 211 17 3 8 0 10
1953 35 TOT MLB 34 594 554 74 144 19 0 11 6 3 61 77 .260 .335 .354 .689 .285 196 8 2 9 0 5
1953 35 BOS AL 13 263 229 34 61 11 0 5 5 3 30 31 .266 .354 .380 .734 .290 87 3 1 3 0 2
1953 35 NYG NL 21 331 325 40 83 8 0 6 1 0 31 46 .255 .322 .335 .658 .282 109 5 1 6 0 3
1954 36 NYG NL 56 472 442 37 100 10 2 13 2 3 50 64 .226 .312 .346 .658 .236 153 7 7 9 4 6
1955 37 NYG NL 55 303 320 35 76 11 5 6 2 5 41 49 .238 .333 .359 .693 .262 115 3 6 13 2 5 5
1956 38 NYG NL 43 296 295 15 71 9 4 3 0 3 16 49 .241 .279 .329 .608 .276 97 2 1 8 3 3 3
1957 39 NYG NL 55 297 307 36 74 8 2 6 2 3 23 51 .241 .297 .339 .636 .271 104 7 2 6 1 6 7
1958 40 SFG NL 51 285 246 34 71 8 5 11 5 2 26 46 .289 .367 .496 .863 .316 122 11 5 8 1 7 5
1959 41 STL NL 3 12 12 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.083 1.583 .400 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 352 3130 2965 347 754 88 28 64 28 27 330 450 .254 .333 .368 .701 .280 1090 59 27 64 11 21 43
162 Game Avg. 60 531 503 59 128 15 5 11 5 5 56 76 .254 .333 .368 .701 .280 185 10 5 11 2 7
MLB Averages .260 .333 .378 .711 .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
1949 31 DET AL -9.9 -1.0 162 -1.8 1.6 -3.3 .73 -1.3 -1.1 -16.6 -1.6 0.73 -16.8 3 2 11
1952 34 CHW AL -2.0 -0.2 736 1.2 14.1 -12.9 1.12 0.9 0.2 1.2 0.1 1.12 8.8 1 1 1
1953 35 TOT MLB 1.6 0.1 609 -0.3 9.1 -9.4 .90 0.7 -1.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.90 9.6 3 6 5
1953 35 BOS AL -3.0 -0.3 274 -0.1 4.3 -4.4 .95 0.1 -0.2 -5.5 -0.5 0.95 -0.7 0 0 1
1953 35 NYG NL 4.5 0.4 335 -0.2 4.8 -5.0 .86 0.6 -0.9 4.4 0.4 0.86 10.3 3 6 4
1954 36 NYG NL 23.1 2.3 481 3.3 13.5 -10.2 1.52 1.4 0.8 30.5 3.1 1.52 18.9 27 11 14
1955 37 NYG NL 10.6 1.1 320 -0.6 7.1 -7.6 1.46 0.3 -0.7 8.7 0.9 1.43 6.4 15 9 19
1956 38 NYG NL 20.4 2.2 301 1.1 5.5 -4.4 1.08 1.2 -0.3 16.1 1.7 1.08 15.6 13 6 19
1957 39 NYG NL 8.0 0.8 303 -0.2 6.0 -6.2 1.11 0.0 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1 1.10 -0.1 15 11 23
1958 40 SFG NL -1.8 -0.2 299 0.8 8.1 -7.3 1.61 -0.9 1.4 -1.6 -0.2 1.61 -8.8 20 14 17
1959 41 STL NL -3.4 -0.3 12 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .22 -0.3 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.22 -3.2 0 0 3
10 Yrs 44.8 4.7 3223 3.4 65.0 -61.5 1.19 2.2 0.7 31.9 3.5 1.19 30.5 97 60 112

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
1946 28 NYG NL 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45.3 53 32 1 1 3.1 5.6
1949 31 DET AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30.0 34 26 17 3 2 0 6.5 13.5 1.8
1952 34 CHW AL 28 24 12 9 3 4 4 13 10 .565 0 3 7 1 13 54% 52.7 86 23 22 11 5 11 4.2 3.6 6.8
1953 35 TOT MLB 34 18 6 7 5 2 3 9 9 .500 0 1 4 1 8 44% 0.1 82 30 17 7 5 11 5.8 5.2 5.8
1953 35 BOS AL 13 11 2 6 3 0 2 4 7 .364 0 0 1 1 5 45% 50.9 82 32 8 1 1 9 5.0 3.1 5.2
1953 35 NYG NL 21 7 4 1 2 2 1 5 2 .714 0 1 3 0 3 43% 49.7 70 30 9 6 4 2 7.2 8.3 6.6
1954 36 NYG NL 56 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 2 67% 60.3 78 48 7 1 0 2 3.6 2.1 7.1
1956 38 NYG NL 43 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 2 0 0 0 1 50% 53.0 59 47 7 1 0 2 3.0 3.3 5.8
6 Yrs 192 52 19 19 14 6 7 26 25 .510 2 4 12 3 25 48% 51 86 23 70 23 13 27 4.7 4.2 6.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.6

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
1946 28 NYG NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0
1949 31 DET AL 27 25 3 2 3 2 0 2 0% 3 0 11 7 64% .732 3 2 11 4 1 12 5 12 11 9 6 2 4.3
1952 34 CHW AL 28 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 1 1.125 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 2.8
1953 35 TOT MLB 34 16 8 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 20 8 40% .900 3 6 5 1 1 14 9 7 9 3 9 4 7.5
1953 35 BOS AL 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .953 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2.5
1953 35 NYG NL 21 14 7 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 20 8 40% 9 .857 3 6 4 1 1 12 9 5 9 2 9 3 8.2
1954 36 NYG NL 56 53 36 9 7 21 19 4 90% 21 0 50 16 32% 8 1.522 27 11 14 21 12 19 28 24 35 10 34 12 5.7
1955 37 NYG NL 55 55 32 5 4 8 8 5 100% 9 1 31 8 26% 8 1.461 15 9 19 10 8 26 15 29 30 9 26 18 4.9
1956 38 NYG NL 43 41 20 1 1 9 7 3 78% 10 1 31 16 52% 7 1.076 13 6 19 10 7 21 15 23 26 8 25 4 5.0
1957 39 NYG NL 55 55 38 4 4 13 14 2 108% 14 1 34 13 38% 8 1.105 15 11 23 15 7 27 19 30 27 13 25 19 4.5
1958 40 SFG NL 51 51 35 7 5 16 10 5 63% 18 1 45 13 29% 8 1.610 20 14 17 19 6 26 28 23 20 17 21 13 3.8
1959 41 STL NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .222 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2.0
10 Yrs 356 304 176 28 26 70 58 22 83% 76 4 225 84 37% 1.189 97 60 112 80 42 152 120 154 160 71 147 72 4.8

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%
1946 28 NYG NL 84 1.2% 10.7% 15.5% 68%
1949 31 DET AL 202 51% 3.9% 10.9% 21.8% 7.1% 20% 1.15 90% 45 4 9%
1952 34 CHW AL 715 54% 0.8% 13.6% 11.1% 4.6% 21% 1.03 73% 133 17 13%
1953 35 TOT MLB 625 61% 1.9% 13.0% 10.3% 5.1% 21% 0.81 78% 110 8 7%
1953 35 BOS AL 263 60% 1.9% 11.8% 11.4% 6.1% 26% 0.80 73% 50 3 6%
1953 35 NYG NL 362 62% 1.8% 13.9% 9.4% 4.2% 17% 0.83 82% 60 5 8%
1954 36 NYG NL 512 61% 2.8% 13.6% 10.6% 5.3% 25% 0.91 78% 99 7 7%
1955 37 NYG NL 382 66% 2.0% 16.2% 13.5% 7.3% 29% 0.93 88% 45 3 7%
1956 38 NYG NL 323 63% 1.0% 16.6% 5.4% 5.4% 23% 0.99 83% 50 2 4%
1957 39 NYG NL 339 64% 2.0% 17.2% 7.7% 5.4% 22% 1.47 85% 62 7 11%
1958 40 SFG NL 285 60% 3.9% 16.1% 9.1% 8.4% 34% 1.58 67% 73 11 15%
1959 41 STL NL 12 50% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 50% 1.00 83% 3 0 0%
10 Yrs 3479 60% 2.0% 14.3% 10.7% 5.6% 23% 1.03 78% 620 59 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.2% 11.4% 7.0% 25% 0.97 91% 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
1946 28 NYG NL 17 1 3
1949 31 DET AL 156 56 6 0 9 2 3 3 2 12 4 3 33% 2 2 0 76 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 46
1952 34 CHW AL 715 156 6 0 21 4 2 3 3 41 18 8 44% 10 5 0 262 9 8 53% 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1953 35 TOT MLB 594 144 11 0 16 9 2 5 6 27 17 1 63% 5 5 2 225 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 31
1953 35 BOS AL 263 61 5 0 7 3 2 1 4 14 9 0 64% 2 2 1 102 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1953 35 NYG NL 331 83 6 0 9 6 0 4 2 13 8 1 62% 3 3 1 123 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 31
1954 36 NYG NL 472 100 13 0 22 7 4 5 6 31 7 3 23% 6 1 0 203 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 40
1955 37 NYG NL 303 76 6 0 17 3 2 5 0 16 6 3 38% 5 1 2 114 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 79
1956 38 NYG NL 296 71 3 0 14 1 2 3 0 21 15 4 71% 3 2 0 107 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 27
1957 39 NYG NL 297 74 6 0 15 3 3 5 1 19 12 0 63% 7 1 0 115 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 42
1958 40 SFG NL 285 71 11 0 17 8 3 7 4 21 9 5 43% 5 3 1 133 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1959 41 STL NL 12 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3130 771 65 0 131 38 22 37 23 188 88 27 47% 43 23 5 1239 28 27 51% 25 25 3 0 0 2 2 0 60 265
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1946 28 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 81 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 81
1947 29 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 81 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 81
1948 30 0 2 .000 4.34 4 3 1 0 0 0 18.2 17 11 9 1 13 9 1 0 3 84 81 1.607 8.2 0.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 81
1949 31 2 6 .250 5.74 31 5 4 0 0 0 58.0 73 43 37 7 47 26 2 0 5 290 69 2.069 11.3 1.1 7.3 4.0 0.55 69
1950 32 2 6 .250 5.74 31 5 4 0 0 0 58.0 73 43 37 7 47 26 2 0 5 290 69 2.069 11.3 1.1 7.3 4.0 0.55 69
1951 33 2 6 .250 5.74 31 5 4 0 0 0 58.0 73 43 37 7 47 26 2 0 5 290 69 2.069 11.3 1.1 7.3 4.0 0.55 69
1952 34 14 16 .467 4.26 59 29 5 7 1 0 224.0 229 122 106 13 126 123 5 0 10 1005 88 1.585 9.2 0.5 5.1 4.9 0.98 88
1953 35 20 24 .455 4.26 93 47 13 11 2 0 367.2 373 196 174 24 187 200 7 0 15 1631 93 1.523 9.1 0.6 4.6 4.9 1.07 93
1954 36 30 31 .492 3.78 149 50 49 12 3 19 490.0 473 233 206 37 237 264 14 1 16 2143 105 1.449 8.7 0.7 4.4 4.8 1.11 105
1955 37 35 35 .500 3.65 204 50 81 12 3 27 579.1 549 268 235 43 278 5 313 20 1 17 2526 110 1.428 8.5 0.7 4.3 4.9 1.13 110
1956 38 36 36 .500 3.40 247 52 101 12 3 34 660.0 620 283 249 46 294 8 362 21 1 19 2849 117 1.385 8.5 0.6 4.0 4.9 1.23 117
1957 39 40 40 .500 3.31 302 52 139 12 3 48 742.2 694 319 273 52 317 14 413 23 1 20 3187 120 1.361 8.4 0.6 3.8 5.0 1.30 120
1958 40 47 45 .511 3.36 353 52 174 12 3 58 808.0 765 353 302 63 343 21 459 28 1 23 3472 118 1.371 8.5 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34 118
1959 41 47 45 .511 3.41 356 52 176 12 3 58 810.0 771 358 307 65 343 21 459 28 1 23 3484 116 1.375 8.6 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.34 116

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
1946 28 0 1 .000 5.50 18.0 19 12 11 1 15 9 1 1.889 9.5 7.5 4.5 0.60 0.5 4
1949 31 1 3 .250 6.30 40.0 58 31 28 6 35 17 1 2.325 13.1 7.9 3.8 0.49 1.4 27
1952 34 8 10 .444 4.23 164.0 168 86 77 6 85 96 3 1.543 9.2 4.7 5.3 1.13 0.3 28
1953 35 8 8 .500 4.01 148.0 145 73 66 11 61 79 2 1.392 8.8 3.7 4.8 1.30 0.7 34
1954 36 10 3 .769 2.38 125.0 104 37 33 14 52 66 7 1.248 7.5 3.7 4.8 1.27 1.0 56
1955 37 7 3 .700 2.93 92.0 79 33 30 6 43 50 6 1.326 7.7 4.2 4.9 1.16 0.6 55
1956 38 8 1 .889 1.67 81.0 76 17 15 3 17 49 1 1.148 8.4 1.9 5.4 2.88 0.3 43
1957 39 6 3 .667 2.71 83.0 77 28 25 6 24 51 2 1.217 8.3 2.6 5.5 2.13 0.7 55
1958 40 3 4 .429 4.36 64.0 76 34 31 12 28 45 5 1.625 10.7 3.9 6.3 1.61 1.7 51
1959 41 0 0 11.25 4.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3
10 Yrs 51 36 .586 3.53 819.0 802 357 321 65 360 462 28 1.419 8.8 5.1 1.28 0.7 356

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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
1966 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1954 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1954 NL (24, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 NL  4.2 (10th)
1956 NL  3.9 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  5.259 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL  56 (5th)
1955 NL  55 (4th)
1957 NL  55 (4th)
1958 NL  51 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1954 NL  19 (3rd)
1955 NL  8 (5th)
1956 NL  7 (7th)
1957 NL  14 (2nd)
1958 NL  10 (4th)
Career  58 (240th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  0.325 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 AL  5 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL  7 (2nd)
1955 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 NL  36 (4th)
1955 NL  32 (2nd)
1956 NL  20 (10th)
1957 NL  38 (2nd)
1958 NL  35 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  23 (7th)
1956 NL  20 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  2.3 (8th)
1956 NL  2.2 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1954 NL  30.52 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.3 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 NL  1.3 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.1 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1956 NL  born 1918-03-31 (10th)
1957 NL  born 1918-03-31 (6th)
1958 NL  born 1918-03-31 (4th)
1959 NL  born 1918-03-31 (4th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (129th), 12.6 career WAR/13.9 7yr-peak WAR/13.3 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. George Culver (968)
  2. Pete Mikkelsen (966)
  3. Jim Brosnan (965)
  4. Rick Camp (964)
  5. Ray Narleski (958)
  6. Fritz Dorish (956)
  7. Ed Roebuck (956)
  8. Don Elston (955)
  9. Jack Baldschun (955)
  10. Enrique Romo (954)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Willie Ramsdell (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tom Filer (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Ontiveros (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Ontiveros (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Vicente Romo (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Vicente Romo (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Art Fowler (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Art Fowler (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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