Ed Head

Edward Marvin Head

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

Born: January 25, 1918 in Selma, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1940
Team: Dodgers 1940-1946

Final Game: August 25, 1946
Died: January 31, 1980 in Bastrop, LA
Buried: Sardis Cemetery, West Monroe, LA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1939	21	OAK-min	D	19	8	.704	2.60	34						232.0	184	79	67		47							0.996	7.1		1.8			ABB · EVAN
1940	22	LAD-min	A	12	7	.632	2.56	21	20					179.0	148	62	51		64							1.184	7.4		3.2			ELM · EL
1940	22	BRO	NL	1	2	.333	4.12	13	5	3	2	0	0	39.1	40	21	18	0	18	13	0	0	0	176	99	1.475	9.2	0.0	4.1	3.0	0.72

1941	23	LAD-min	AA	18	8	.692	3.40	32			16	3		209.0	184	94	79		92	149	0	0	2			1.321	7.9		4.0	6.4	1.62	MTL · IL
1942	24	BRO	NL	10	6	.625	3.56	36	15	11	5	1	4	136.2	118	60	54	11	47	78	3	0	3	571	93	1.207	7.8	0.7	3.1	5.1	1.66
1943	25	BRO	NL	9	10	.474	3.66	47	18	17	7	3	6	169.2	166	75	69	8	66	83	0	0	2	741	91	1.367	8.8	0.4	3.5	4.4	1.26
1944	26	BRO	NL	4	3	.571	2.70	9	8	0	5	1	0	63.1	54	21	19	2	19	17	0	0	0	255	132	1.153	7.7	0.3	2.7	2.4	0.89

1946	28	BRO	NL	3	2	.600	3.21	13	7	3	3	1	1	56.0	56	24	20	3	24	17	0	0	0	240	106	1.429	9.0	0.5	3.9	2.7	0.71
1947	29	LAD-min	AAA,AA	3	6	.333	5.52	17			0	0		93.0	111	67	57		43	19	0	0	1			1.656	10.7		4.2	1.8	0.44	STP,FTW · AA,TL
5 Yrs				27	23	.540	3.48	118	53	34	22	6	11	465.0	434	201	180	24	174	208	3	0	5	1983	98	1.308	8.4	0.5	3.4	4.0	1.20
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.540	3.48	47	21	14	9	2	4	185	173	80	72	10	69	83	1	0	2	789	98	1.308	8.4	0.5	3.4	4.0	1.20

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
1940	22	BRO	NL	39.1	13	5	21	4.81	4.57	-0.07	0.00	105.2	4.88	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.503	.500	$

1942	24	BRO	NL	137.0	36	15	60	3.94	3.90	0.25	0.00	98.6	3.61	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.487	.497	$
1943	25	BRO	NL	169.2	47	18	75	3.98	3.83	-0.18	0.00	99.0	3.97	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.500	.500	$
1944	26	BRO	NL	63.1	9	8	21	2.98	4.01	-0.53	0.00	97.1	4.41	10	1.2	1.0	-0.0	1.7	16	.632	.507	$

1946	28	BRO	NL	56.0	13	7	24	3.86	3.88	0.07	0.00	98.0	3.74	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.493	.499	$
5 Seasons				465.1	118	53	201	3.89	3.95	-0.06	0.00	99.0	3.97	6	0.7	1.0	-0.3	4.4	47	.506	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1940	22	BRO	NL	176	0.0%	7.4%	10.2%	1.7%	8%	80%

1942	24	BRO	NL	570	1.9%	13.7%	8.3%	2.6%	13%	74%
1943	25	BRO	NL	741	1.1%	11.2%	8.9%	2.0%	9%	77%
1944	26	BRO	NL	255	0.8%	6.7%	7.5%	1.6%	7%	84%

1946	28	BRO	NL	240	1.3%	7.1%	10.0%	3.8%	16%	79%
5 Yrs				1982	1.2%	10.5%	8.8%	2.3%	11%	77%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1940	22	1	2	.333	4.12	13	5	3	2	0	0	39.1	40	21	18	0	18	13	0	0	176	99	1.475	9.2	0.0	4.1	3.0	0.72	99
1941	23	1	2	.333	4.12	13	5	3	2	0	0	39.1	40	21	18	0	18	13	0	0	176	99	1.475	9.2	0.0	4.1	3.0	0.72	99
1942	24	11	8	.579	3.68	49	20	14	7	1	4	176.0	158	81	72	11	65	91	3	3	747	94	1.267	8.1	0.6	3.3	4.7	1.40	94
1943	25	20	18	.526	3.67	96	38	31	14	4	10	345.2	324	156	141	19	131	174	3	5	1488	93	1.316	8.4	0.5	3.4	4.5	1.33	93
1944	26	24	21	.533	3.52	105	46	31	19	5	10	409.0	378	177	160	21	150	191	3	5	1743	97	1.291	8.3	0.5	3.3	4.2	1.27	97
1945	27	24	21	.533	3.52	105	46	31	19	5	10	409.0	378	177	160	21	150	191	3	5	1743	97	1.291	8.3	0.5	3.3	4.2	1.27	97
1946	28	27	23	.540	3.48	118	53	34	22	6	11	465.0	434	201	180	24	174	208	3	5	1983	98	1.308	8.4	0.5	3.4	4.0	1.20	98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1940	22	2	2	.500	3.86	42.0	41	20	18	0	18	14	0	1.405	8.8	3.9	3.0	0.78	0.0	13

1942	24	7	8	.467	4.30	138.0	134	73	66	12	53	79	3	1.355	8.7	3.5	5.2	1.49	0.8	36
1943	25	9	10	.474	4.24	172.0	184	90	81	9	73	84	0	1.494	9.6	3.8	4.4	1.15	0.5	47
1944	26	4	2	.667	3.00	63.0	57	23	21	2	20	17	0	1.222	8.1	2.9	2.4	0.85	0.3	9

1946	28	3	3	.500	3.83	54.0	62	26	23	3	27	16	0	1.648	10.3	4.5	2.7	0.59	0.5	13
5 Yrs		25	25	.500	4.01	469.0	478	232	209	26	191	210	3	1.426	9.2		4.0	1.10	0.5	118

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1942 NL .625 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 NL 4.403 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1943 NL 47 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1942 NL 4 (6th) 1943 NL 6 (4th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1943 NL 3 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1942 NL 11 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1943 NL 17 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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