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Andy Hansen

Andrew Viggo Hansen (Swede)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 12, 1924 in Lake Worth, FL
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1944
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies 1944-1953

Final Game: September 13, 1953
Died: February 2, 2002 in Lake Worth, FL
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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
1944 19 NYG NL 3 3 .500 6.49 23 4 7 0 0 1 52.2 63 39 38 3 32 15 3 0 3 249 57 1.804 10.8 0.5 5.5 2.6 0.47
1945 20 NYG NL 4 3 .571 4.66 23 13 4 4 0 3 92.2 98 52 48 7 28 37 2 2 2 397 83 1.360 9.5 0.7 2.7 3.6 1.32
1947 22 NYG NL 1 5 .167 4.37 27 9 6 1 0 0 82.1 78 45 40 8 38 18 0 1 2 358 93 1.409 8.5 0.9 4.2 2.0 0.47
1948 23 NYG NL 5 3 .625 2.97 36 9 11 3 0 1 100.0 96 40 33 4 36 27 0 0 1 419 134 1.320 8.6 0.4 3.2 2.4 0.75
1949 24 NYG NL 2 6 .250 4.61 33 2 12 0 0 1 66.1 58 35 34 7 28 26 0 0 6 280 87 1.296 7.9 0.9 3.8 3.5 0.93
1950 25 NYG NL 0 1 .000 5.53 31 1 9 0 0 3 57.0 64 37 35 8 26 19 1 0 1 258 75 1.579 10.1 1.3 4.1 3.0 0.73
1951 26 PHI NL 3 1 .750 2.54 24 0 8 0 0 0 39.0 34 14 11 4 7 11 1 0 1 157 153 1.051 7.8 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.57
1952 27 PHI NL 5 6 .455 3.26 43 0 19 0 0 4 77.1 76 36 28 6 27 18 3 0 1 329 113 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.1 2.1 0.67
1953 28 PHI NL 0 2 .000 4.03 30 1 14 0 0 3 51.1 60 30 23 6 24 17 1 0 0 231 105 1.636 10.5 1.1 4.2 3.0 0.71
9 Yrs 23 30 .434 4.22 270 39 90 8 0 16 618.2 627 328 290 53 246 188 11 3 17 2678 94 1.411 9.1 0.8 3.6 2.7 0.76
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .434 4.22 59 9 20 2 0 4 136 138 72 64 12 54 41 2 1 4 589 94 1.411 9.1 0.8 3.6 2.7 0.76
NYG (6 yrs) 15 21 .417 4.55 173 38 49 8 0 9 451.0 457 248 228 37 188 142 6 3 15 1961 87 1.430 9.1 0.7 3.8 2.8 0.76
PHI (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 3.33 97 1 41 0 0 7 167.2 170 80 62 16 58 46 5 0 2 717 117 1.360 9.1 0.9 3.1 2.5 0.79

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
1944 19 NYG NL 52.2 23 4 39 6.66 4.23 0.01 0.00 99.6 4.20 -14 -1.5 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -9 .436 .491 $
1945 20 NYG NL 92.2 23 13 52 5.05 4.46 -0.02 0.00 101.6 4.55 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.1 4 .474 .496 $
1947 22 NYG NL 82.1 27 9 45 4.92 4.59 0.00 0.00 99.9 4.59 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.4 7 .487 .498 $
1948 23 NYG NL 98.0 36 9 40 3.67 4.42 -0.02 0.00 100.4 4.46 8 0.9 1.3 -0.0 1.8 20 .525 .505 $
1949 24 NYG NL 66.1 33 2 35 4.75 4.79 0.13 0.00 99.9 4.66 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.5 7 .498 .499 $
1950 25 NYG NL 56.0 31 1 37 5.95 4.74 0.49 0.00 99.3 4.22 -10 -1.0 1.2 -0.2 -0.7 -4 .467 .494 $
1951 26 PHI NL 39.0 24 0 14 3.23 4.69 -0.01 0.00 97.3 4.57 6 0.6 .8 -0.1 0.9 10 .526 .504 $
1952 27 PHI NL 77.1 43 0 36 4.19 4.17 0.15 0.00 98.2 3.94 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.2 0.3 6 .495 .499 $
1953 28 PHI NL 51.1 30 1 30 5.26 4.85 0.29 0.00 97.7 4.46 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.1 0.0 2 .486 .497 $
9 Seasons 615.2 270 39 328 4.79 4.52 0.10 0.00 99.6 4.41 -27 -2.6 1.1 -0.8 2.2 42 .490 .498 $
NYG (6 yrs) 448.0 173 38 248 4.98 4.53 0.07 0.00 100.3 4.47 -26 -2.6 1.1 -0.4 1.0 24 .485 .497 $
PHI (3 yrs) 167.2 97 1 80 4.29 4.50 0.16 0.00 97.8 4.25 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.4 1.2 17 .500 .500 $

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 23 NYG NL 36 220 379 40 96 9 1 4 3 1 36 27 .253 .318 .314 .632 .264 119 2 0 7 0 4
1949 24 NYG NL 33 166 252 35 58 2 3 7 1 0 28 26 .230 .307 .345 .652 .233 87 2 0 4 0 5
1950 25 NYG NL 31 213 225 37 64 7 3 8 1 1 26 19 .284 .361 .449 .810 .283 101 3 1 2 0 3
1951 26 PHI NL 24 121 150 14 34 4 0 4 2 2 7 11 .227 .266 .333 .599 .222 50 2 1 0 0 2
1952 27 PHI NL 43 232 292 36 76 9 3 6 2 1 27 18 .260 .329 .373 .702 .261 109 6 3 7 0 6
1953 28 PHI NL 30 205 205 30 60 10 3 6 0 0 24 17 .293 .370 .459 .828 .297 94 6 1 3 0 7
6 Yrs 197 1157 1503 192 388 41 13 35 9 5 148 118 .258 .327 .373 .700 .261 560 21 6 23 0 27
162 Game Avg. 64 375 487 62 126 13 4 11 3 2 48 38 .258 .327 .373 .700 .261 181 7 2 7 0 9
MLB Averages .261 .335 .353 .688 .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 23 NYG NL 10.0 1.0 225 -0.1 3.5 -3.6 .98 -0.1 0.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.98 -2.0 4 3 1
1949 24 NYG NL -2.8 -0.3 172 -1.1 2.4 -3.5 .85 -0.6 -0.6 -4.6 -0.5 0.85 -5.4 5 4 10
1950 25 NYG NL -7.7 -0.7 216 0.1 3.1 -3.0 .80 -0.3 0.3 -5.6 -0.5 0.80 -4.0 5 7 12
1951 26 PHI NL 5.3 0.5 125 0.2 1.7 -1.5 .72 0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.72 0.1 2 7 10
1952 27 PHI NL 1.7 0.2 241 -1.0 3.5 -4.4 .98 0.1 -1.1 -6.9 -0.7 0.98 -2.6 13 5 18
1953 28 PHI NL -0.6 -0.1 206 0.2 2.5 -2.3 .61 -0.3 0.6 2.2 0.2 0.61 -1.5 5 2 16
9 Yrs -16.2 -1.5 1185 -1.6 16.7 -18.3 .84 -1.2 -0.8 -17.8 -1.8 0.84 -15.4 34 28 67

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
1944 19 NYG NL 23 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 38 22 1 2 3.8 4.0
1945 20 NYG NL 23 13 4 3 6 0 1 8 4 .667 0 0 4 0 7 54% 48.6 72 17 7 3 5.1 5.7
1947 22 NYG NL 27 9 1 4 4 0 2 3 6 .333 0 0 1 0 5 56% 48.7 67 28 5 2 3.6 5.4
1948 23 NYG NL 36 9 3 3 3 0 1 6 3 .667 1 1 3 0 4 44% 43.9 73 22 10 2 6 1 6.5 5.9 5.3
1949 24 NYG NL 33 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 37 29 6 1 1 1 6.4 3.0
1950 25 NYG NL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 9 4 0 0 7.0 10.8 4.3
1953 28 PHI NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 7 4 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.0
7 Yrs 203 39 8 15 16 0 4 18 20 .474 1 1 8 0 16 41% 44 73 17 32 11 20 10 4.9 5.6 5.2
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.5 4.6 6.7

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
1944 19 NYG NL 23 19 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 5 6 5.8
1945 20 NYG NL 23 10 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 4 1 5.6
1947 22 NYG NL 27 18 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 3 5.6
1948 23 NYG NL 36 27 11 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 15 13 87% .979 4 3 1 2 2 4 8 0 15 8 3 6 5.6
1949 24 NYG NL 33 31 12 2 5 3 1 2 33% 3 0 22 6 27% .853 5 4 10 3 0 17 12 8 18 7 10 9 5.8
1950 25 NYG NL 31 30 9 0 1 3 3 1 100% 3 0 19 8 42% .801 5 7 12 3 2 19 9 15 16 6 13 9 5.2
1951 26 PHI NL 24 24 8 3 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 6 46% 8 .723 2 7 10 2 1 16 8 11 14 4 10 5 4.9
1952 27 PHI NL 43 43 19 5 6 7 4 3 57% 8 0 23 12 52% 8 .978 13 5 18 9 5 22 13 23 22 11 19 6 5.4
1953 28 PHI NL 30 29 14 0 1 4 3 2 75% 5 1 10 6 60% 9 .608 5 2 16 5 1 18 7 17 14 6 13 5 4.8
9 Yrs 270 231 90 15 15 19 16 9 84% 22 1 102 51 50% .835 34 28 67 24 11 96 57 74 125 55 68 50 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%
1944 19 NYG NL 249 1.2% 6.0% 12.9% 77%
1945 20 NYG NL 397 1.8% 9.3% 7.1% 2.0% 8% 79%
1947 22 NYG NL 358 2.2% 5.0% 10.6% 2.5% 12% 80%
1948 23 NYG NL 421 66% 1.8% 12.3% 16.4% 6.4% 15% 0.77 158% 54 2 4%
1949 24 NYG NL 284 70% 4.2% 15.7% 16.9% 7.2% 21% 0.61 132% 40 2 5%
1950 25 NYG NL 254 63% 3.8% 8.9% 12.2% 8.5% 28% 0.80 93% 41 3 7%
1951 26 PHI NL 158 74% 3.3% 9.1% 5.8% 6.6% 24% 1.03 112% 17 2 12%
1952 27 PHI NL 329 57% 2.6% 7.8% 11.6% 7.8% 24% 0.89 116% 44 6 14%
1953 28 PHI NL 233 60% 2.9% 8.3% 11.7% 9.3% 32% 0.98 89% 50 6 12%
9 Yrs 2683 64% 2.5% 8.7% 11.4% 4.9% 17% 0.84 99% 246 21 9%
MLB Averages 49% 1.9% 11.1% 10.8% 5.1% 19% 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
1944 19 NYG NL 63 3 3
1945 20 NYG NL 98 7 2
1947 22 NYG NL 78 8 2
1948 23 NYG NL 220 96 4 0 6 2 0 1 1 18 11 2 61% 4 1 0 107 3 1 75% 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 201
1949 24 NYG NL 166 58 7 1 13 2 3 3 2 16 8 2 50% 5 6 0 67 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 118
1950 25 NYG NL 213 64 8 0 8 7 0 6 1 13 10 0 77% 3 1 0 83 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41
1951 26 PHI NL 121 34 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 4 2 0 50% 2 1 0 45 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37
1952 27 PHI NL 232 76 6 0 4 2 1 2 1 11 8 1 73% 6 1 0 96 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
1953 28 PHI NL 205 60 6 0 5 2 3 4 1 17 5 2 29% 7 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
9 Yrs 1157 627 53 1 37 19 7 18 8 79 44 7 56% 27 17 0 489 9 5 64% 7 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 12 522
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1944 19 3 3 .500 6.49 23 4 7 0 0 1 52.2 63 39 38 3 32 15 3 0 3 249 57 1.804 10.8 0.5 5.5 2.6 0.47 57
1945 20 7 6 .538 5.33 46 17 11 4 0 4 145.1 161 91 86 10 60 52 5 2 5 646 72 1.521 10.0 0.6 3.7 3.2 0.87 72
1946 21 7 6 .538 5.33 46 17 11 4 0 4 145.1 161 91 86 10 60 52 5 2 5 646 72 1.521 10.0 0.6 3.7 3.2 0.87 72
1947 22 8 11 .421 4.98 73 26 17 5 0 4 227.2 239 136 126 18 98 70 5 3 7 1004 79 1.480 9.4 0.7 3.9 2.8 0.71 79
1948 23 13 14 .481 4.37 109 35 28 8 0 5 327.2 335 176 159 22 134 97 5 3 8 1423 90 1.431 9.2 0.6 3.7 2.7 0.72 90
1949 24 15 20 .429 4.41 142 37 40 8 0 6 394.0 393 211 193 29 162 123 5 3 14 1703 89 1.409 9.0 0.7 3.7 2.8 0.76 89
1950 25 15 21 .417 4.55 173 38 49 8 0 9 451.0 457 248 228 37 188 142 6 3 15 1961 87 1.430 9.1 0.7 3.8 2.8 0.76 87
1951 26 18 22 .450 4.39 197 38 57 8 0 9 490.0 491 262 239 41 195 153 7 3 16 2118 90 1.400 9.0 0.8 3.6 2.8 0.78 90
1952 27 23 28 .451 4.24 240 38 76 8 0 13 567.1 567 298 267 47 222 171 10 3 17 2447 93 1.391 9.0 0.7 3.5 2.7 0.77 93
1953 28 23 30 .434 4.22 270 39 90 8 0 16 618.2 627 328 290 53 246 188 11 3 17 2678 94 1.411 9.1 0.8 3.6 2.7 0.76 94

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
1944 19 1 4 .200 6.92 52.0 66 44 40 3 34 15 3 1.923 11.4 5.9 2.6 0.44 0.5 23
1945 20 4 6 .400 4.55 95.0 100 53 48 7 29 38 2 1.358 9.5 2.7 3.6 1.31 0.7 23
1947 22 4 5 .444 4.24 85.0 80 44 40 8 39 19 0 1.400 8.5 4.1 2.0 0.49 0.8 27
1948 23 7 4 .636 3.06 100.0 100 38 34 4 38 27 0 1.380 9.0 3.4 2.4 0.71 0.4 36
1949 24 3 4 .429 4.70 67.0 60 39 35 7 29 26 0 1.328 8.1 3.9 3.5 0.90 0.9 33
1950 25 2 4 .333 5.49 59.0 66 40 36 8 27 20 1 1.576 10.1 4.1 3.1 0.74 1.2 31
1951 26 3 1 .750 2.70 40.0 36 13 12 4 7 11 1 1.075 8.1 1.6 2.5 1.57 0.9 24
1952 27 4 4 .500 3.79 76.0 83 36 32 7 29 18 3 1.474 9.8 3.4 2.1 0.62 0.8 43
1953 28 2 3 .400 4.06 51.0 61 26 23 6 24 17 1 1.667 10.8 4.2 3.0 0.71 1.1 30
9 Yrs 30 35 .462 4.32 625.0 652 333 300 54 256 191 11 1.453 9.4 2.8 0.75 0.8 270

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL  43 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1945 NL  3 (9th)
1950 NL  3 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 NL  6 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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