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Clint Hartung

Clinton Clarence Hartung (Floppy or The Hondo Hurricane)

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 10, 1922 in Hondo, TX
High School: Hondo HS (Hondo, TX)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Team: Giants 1947-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: July 8, 2010 in Sinton, TX
Buried: Sinton Cemetery, Sinton, TX
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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
1947 24 NYG NL 9 7 .563 4.57 23 20 1 8 1 0 138.0 140 76 70 15 69 54 2 0 2 608 89 1.514 9.1 1.0 4.5 3.5 0.78
1948 25 NYG NL 8 8 .500 4.75 36 19 7 6 2 1 153.1 146 89 81 15 72 42 5 0 2 655 83 1.422 8.6 0.9 4.2 2.5 0.58
1949 26 NYG NL 9 11 .450 5.00 33 25 7 8 0 0 154.2 156 98 86 17 86 48 4 0 2 693 80 1.565 9.1 1.0 5.0 2.8 0.56
1950 27 NYG NL 3 3 .500 6.61 20 8 8 1 0 0 65.1 87 56 48 10 44 23 2 0 2 315 62 2.005 12.0 1.4 6.1 3.2 0.52
4 Yrs 29 29 .500 5.02 112 72 23 23 3 1 511.1 529 319 285 57 271 167 13 0 8 2271 80 1.565 9.3 1.0 4.8 2.9 0.62
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 5.02 41 27 9 9 1 0 189 196 118 105 21 100 62 5 0 3 839 80 1.565 9.3 1.0 4.8 2.9 0.62

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
1947 24 NYG NL 138.0 23 20 76 4.96 4.56 0.00 0.00 99.7 4.55 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.5 10 .470 .496 $
1948 25 NYG NL 153.1 36 19 89 5.22 4.33 -0.02 0.00 99.2 4.32 -16 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 2 .456 .490 $
1949 26 NYG NL 154.2 33 25 98 5.70 4.61 0.13 0.00 99.2 4.44 -22 -2.1 .6 -0.0 -0.7 -4 .435 .487 $
1950 27 NYG NL 65.1 20 8 56 7.71 4.73 0.49 0.00 101.6 4.31 -24 -2.2 .4 0.2 -1.4 -17 .389 .486 $
4 Seasons 511.1 112 72 319 5.61 4.53 0.10 0.00 99.7 4.42 -69 -6.7 .8 -0.0 -1.8 -8 .441 .490 $

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 25 NYG NL 36 189 575 89 146 13 2 15 1 3 72 42 .254 .342 .362 .704 .253 208 2 5 13 0 1
1949 26 NYG NL 33 420 605 98 156 14 5 17 4 1 86 48 .258 .354 .382 .736 .257 231 7 4 3 0 5
1950 27 NYG NL 20 288 267 56 87 13 5 10 2 2 44 23 .326 .425 .524 .949 .329 140 10 2 2 0 6
3 Yrs 89 897 1447 243 389 40 12 42 7 6 202 113 .269 .363 .400 .763 .269 579 19 11 18 0 12
162 Game Avg. 43 433 698 117 188 19 6 20 3 3 97 54 .269 .363 .400 .763 .269 279 9 5 9 0 6
MLB Averages .261 .338 .365 .703 .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 25 NYG NL -12.1 -1.2 218 -0.7 3.3 -4.0 1.08 -0.4 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 1.02 -5.8 2 0 3
1949 26 NYG NL -17.5 -1.7 453 -0.4 6.9 -7.2 .95 -0.5 0.2 -4.4 -0.4 0.94 -4.8 0 0 3
1950 27 NYG NL -18.9 -1.8 301 -0.7 3.9 -4.6 .78 -1.8 0.8 -19.6 -1.8 0.77 -18.1 1 2 9
4 Yrs -54.2 -5.2 972 -1.8 14.1 -15.8 .93 -2.7 0.8 -27.6 -2.6 0.90 -28.6 3 2 15

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
1947 24 NYG NL 23 20 9 7 4 2 2 11 9 .550 0 0 8 1 10 50% 48.4 80 24 7 7 4.9 6.6
1948 25 NYG NL 36 19 6 6 7 1 3 10 9 .526 0 0 6 2 9 47% 49.6 83 27 12 9 11 4 5.6 6.0 5.7
1949 26 NYG NL 33 25 8 11 6 1 3 11 14 .440 1 1 8 0 10 40% 44.6 78 21 11 5 9 7 5.3 6.0 5.6
1950 27 NYG NL 20 8 2 3 3 1 0 4 4 .500 1 0 1 0 3 38% 40.4 54 27 13 4 3 5 5.1 4.4 4.6
4 Yrs 112 72 25 27 20 5 8 36 36 .500 2 1 23 3 32 44% 47 83 21 36 18 30 23 5.2 5.6 5.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 111 -11 4.6 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
1947 24 NYG NL 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7.0
1948 25 NYG NL 36 17 7 2 2 1 1 1 100% 2 1 4 1 25% 1.077 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 3 12 3 5 2 7.9
1949 26 NYG NL 33 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% .952 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 2 3 5.6
1950 27 NYG NL 20 12 8 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 1 17% 6 .776 1 2 9 1 0 11 3 9 9 2 9 2 7.2
4 Yrs 112 40 23 4 2 2 1 2 50% 3 1 12 3 25% .922 3 2 15 3 0 18 6 15 26 6 16 8 7.2

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%
1947 24 NYG NL 609 2.5% 8.9% 11.3% 4.1% 18% 76%
1948 25 NYG NL 668 61% 7.9% 22.2% 38.1% 15.9% 21% 0.67 274% 45 2 4%
1949 26 NYG NL 699 58% 4.1% 11.4% 20.5% 8.6% 23% 1.59 129% 86 7 8%
1950 27 NYG NL 315 63% 3.5% 8.0% 15.3% 9.7% 32% 1.31 81% 67 10 15%
4 Yrs 2291 60% 3.8% 11.1% 18.0% 7.9% 23% 1.25 117% 198 19 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 12.2% 12.3% 6.2% 22% 0.95 95% 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
1947 24 NYG NL 140 15 2
1948 25 NYG NL 189 146 15 0 4 3 2 2 3 12 6 0 50% 1 2 0 81 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 479
1949 26 NYG NL 420 156 17 0 9 5 2 2 5 26 15 2 58% 5 2 0 169 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 279
1950 27 NYG NL 288 87 10 1 7 4 5 2 7 23 8 4 35% 6 2 2 115 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 27
4 Yrs 897 529 57 1 20 12 9 6 15 61 29 6 48% 12 8 2 365 7 6 54% 7 4 0 0 0 0 9 1 8 785
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+
1947 24 9 7 .563 4.57 23 20 1 8 1 0 138.0 140 76 70 15 69 54 2 0 2 608 89 1.514 9.1 1.0 4.5 3.5 0.78 89
1948 25 17 15 .531 4.66 59 39 8 14 3 1 291.1 286 165 151 30 141 96 7 0 4 1263 86 1.466 8.8 0.9 4.4 3.0 0.68 86
1949 26 26 26 .500 4.78 92 64 15 22 3 1 446.0 442 263 237 47 227 144 11 0 6 1956 84 1.500 8.9 0.9 4.6 2.9 0.63 84
1950 27 29 29 .500 5.02 112 72 23 23 3 1 511.1 529 319 285 57 271 167 13 0 8 2271 80 1.565 9.3 1.0 4.8 2.9 0.62 80

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
1947 24 6 9 .400 4.60 139.0 144 79 71 15 71 55 2 1.547 9.3 4.6 3.6 0.77 1.0 23
1948 25 6 10 .375 5.01 151.0 152 93 84 16 75 41 5 1.503 9.1 4.5 2.4 0.55 1.0 36
1949 26 7 10 .412 5.02 156.0 160 97 87 17 88 48 4 1.590 9.2 5.1 2.8 0.55 1.0 33
1950 27 2 5 .286 6.75 64.0 89 53 48 10 45 23 2 2.094 12.5 6.3 3.2 0.51 1.4 20
4 Yrs 21 34 .382 5.12 510.0 545 322 290 58 279 167 13 1.616 9.6 2.9 0.60 1.0 112

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  86 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 NL  5 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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