Al Grunwald

Alfred Henry Grunwald (Stretch)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 13, 1930 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1955
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Pirates 1955-1959

Final Game: September 25, 1959
Died: January 18, 2011 in Chatsworth, CA
Buried: Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, CA
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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
1954	24	PIT-min	C,B	9	3	.750	2.89	21	19					140.0	114	66	45	2	83								1.407	7.3	0.1	5.3			BIL,WAC · PION,BSTL
1955	25	MCT	AA					18																									MCT · MEX
1955	25	PIT	NL	0	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	36	91	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29

1956	26	PIT-min	AA,Opn	2	3	.400	5.08	11	1		0	0		39.0	45	6	22	0	23		3	0	0	1			1.744	10.4	0.0	5.3	0.7	0.13	NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1957	27	PIT-OAK-min	AAA,AA	3	3	.500	3.00	15	3		1	0		39.0	29	19	13	1	21		25	1	0	0			1.282	6.7	0.2	4.8	5.8	1.19	CLB,LRK · IL,SOUA
1958	28	OAK-min	AA	3	8	.273	5.62	33	10					125.0	133	83	78	11	78								1.688	9.6	0.8	5.6			LRK · SOUA
1959	29	OAK-min	AA	9	1	.900	2.09	16	11		8	1		99.0	81	30	23	2	47	1	72	2	0	2			1.293	7.4	0.2	4.3	6.5	1.53	SHV · SOUA
1959	29	KCA	AL	0	1	.000	7.94	6	1	3	0	0	1	11.1	18	14	10	1	11	1	9	0	0	0	62	52	2.559	14.3	0.8	8.7	7.1	0.82
1960	30	OAK-min	AA	4	4	.500	5.90	17	9					58.0	59	43	38	7	53								1.931	9.2	1.1	8.2			SHV · SOUA
1961	31	OAK-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.99	29	25					194.0	176	97	86	18	90								1.371	8.2	0.8	4.2			SHV · SOUA
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	6.63	9	1	4	0	0	1	19.0	25	18	14	2	18	1	11	0	0	0	98	63	2.263	11.8	0.9	8.5	5.2	0.61
162 Game Avg.				0	7	.000	6.63	61	7	27	0	0	7	129	170	122	95	14	122	7	75	0	0	0	666	63	2.263	11.8	0.9	8.5	5.2	0.61

PIT (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	36	91	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29
KCA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.94	6	1	3	0	0	1	11.1	18	14	10	1	11	1	9	0	0	0	62	52	2.559	14.3	0.8	8.7	7.1	0.82

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
1955	25	PIT	NL	7.2	3	0	4	4.70	4.36	-0.26	0.00	102.0	4.71	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.1	1	.505	.500	$

1959	29	KCA	AL	11.0	6	1	14	11.45	4.33	-0.18	0.00	99.7	4.50	-8	-0.8	.5	0.1	-0.6	-8	.369	.495	$
2 Seasons				18.2	9	1	18	8.68	4.34	-0.21	0.00	100.6	4.58	-8	-0.8	.6	0.1	-0.5	-7	.414	.498	$

PIT (1 yr)				7.2	3	0	4	4.70	4.36	-0.26	0.00	102.0	4.71	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.1	1	.505	.500	$
KCA (1 yr)				11.0	6	1	14	11.45	4.33	-0.18	0.00	99.7	4.50	-8	-0.8	.5	0.1	-0.6	-8	.369	.495	$

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
1955	25	PIT	NL	3	5	29	4	7	1	1	1	0	0	7	2	.241	.389	.448	.837	.231	13	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	29	KCA	AL	6	62	50	14	18	2	0	1	0	0	11	9	.360	.475	.460	.935	.425	23	2	0	1	0	1	1
2 Yrs				9	67	79	18	25	3	1	2	0	0	18	11	.316	.443	.456	.899	.348	36	2	0	1	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				61	456	537	122	170	20	7	14	0	0	122	75	.316	.443	.456	.899	.348	245	14	0	7	0	7	7
MLB Averages																.258	.327	.392	.720	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1955	25	PIT	NL	-0.1	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.3	0.1	-4.7	-0.4	0.14	-4.8	0	0	1

1959	29	KCA	AL	-5.7	-0.6	62	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	.76	-0.4	0.0	-10.3	-0.9	0.76	-5.4	1	0	4
2 Yrs				-5.8	-0.6	67	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	.71	-0.7	0.2	-15.0	-1.4	0.71	-10.2	1	0	5

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
1959	29	KCA	AL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	17.0	17	17	7	0	1	0	4.0	0.0	3.7
1 Yr				6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	17	17	17	7	0	1	0	4.0	0.0	3.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	2					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
1955	25	PIT	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%		.144	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	7.7

1959	29	KCA	AL	6	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%	6	.761	1	0	4	1	0	4	1	4	2	2	2	0	4.4
2 Yrs				9	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	2	50%		.715	1	0	5	1	0	5	2	4	4	3	2	0	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	25	PIT	NL	36	60%	20.0%	40.0%	140.0%	60.0%	43%		520%	0	0

1959	29	KCA	AL	62	23%	1.6%	14.5%	17.7%	4.8%	17%	1.40	65%	21	2	10%
2 Yrs				98	25%	3.0%	16.4%	26.9%	9.0%	24%	1.50	99%	21	2	10%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	12.8%	9.2%	6.7%	29%	0.99	77%			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
1955	25	PIT	NL	5	7			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31

1959	29	KCA	AL	62	18			1	0	7	1	0	0	1	10	3	3	30%	1	0	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				67	25			2	0	7	1	1	0	2	12	4	3	33%	1	0	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
MLB Averages																		51%							57%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1955	25	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	36	91	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29	91
1956	26	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	36	91	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29	91
1957	27	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	36	91	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29	91
1958	28	0		4.70	3	0	1	0	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	2	36	91	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	2.3	0.29	91
1959	29	1	.000	6.63	9	1	4	1	19.0	25	18	14	2	18	1	11	98	63	2.263	11.8	0.9	8.5	5.2	0.61	63

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1955	25	0	0		4.50	8.0	7	4	4	1	7	2	0	1.750	7.9	7.9	2.3	0.29	1.1	3

1959	29	0	1	.000	9.00	11.0	19	12	11	1	12	9	0	2.818	15.5	9.8	7.4	0.75	0.8	6
2 Yrs		0	1	.000	7.11	19.0	26	16	15	2	19	11	0	2.368	12.3		5.2	0.58	0.9	9

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Name and misspellings: Alfred Al Henry alphonse allen allan alberto alan Stretch Grunwald

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