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Jim Hearn

James Tolbert Hearn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 11, 1921 in Atlanta, GA
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Phillies 1947-1959

Final Game: May 15, 1959
Died: June 10, 1998 in Boca Grande, FL
Cremated
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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
1947 26 STL NL 12 7 .632 3.22 37 21 9 4 1 1 162.0 151 67 58 9 63 57 1 0 0 681 128 1.321 8.4 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.90
1948 27 STL NL 8 6 .571 4.22 34 13 17 3 0 1 89.2 92 44 42 9 35 27 2 0 2 384 97 1.416 9.2 0.9 3.5 2.7 0.77
1949 28 STL NL 1 3 .250 5.14 17 4 4 0 0 0 42.0 48 27 24 3 23 18 2 0 0 196 81 1.690 10.3 0.6 4.9 3.9 0.78
1950 29 TOT NL 11 4 .733 2.49 22 16 4 11 5 0 134.0 84 44 37 9 44 58 0 0 4 512 166 0.955 5.6 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.32 MVP-23
1950 29 STL NL 0 1 .000 10.00 6 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 12 11 10 1 6 4 0 0 0 45 44 2.000 12.0 1.0 6.0 4.0 0.67
1950 29 NYG NL 11 3 .786 1.94 16 16 0 11 5 0 125.0 72 33 27 8 38 54 0 0 4 467 212 0.880 5.2 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.42
1951 30 NYG NL 17 9 .654 3.62 34 34 0 11 0 0 211.1 204 102 85 21 82 66 2 1 6 902 108 1.353 8.7 0.9 3.5 2.8 0.80
1952 31 NYG NL 14 7 .667 3.78 37 34 2 11 1 1 223.2 208 113 94 16 97 89 5 0 1 962 98 1.364 8.4 0.6 3.9 3.6 0.92 AS
1953 32 NYG NL 9 12 .429 4.53 36 32 2 6 0 0 196.2 206 111 99 22 84 77 3 0 10 871 96 1.475 9.4 1.0 3.8 3.5 0.92
1954 33 NYG NL 8 8 .500 4.15 29 18 3 3 2 1 130.0 137 71 60 10 66 45 2 0 2 580 98 1.562 9.5 0.7 4.6 3.1 0.68
1955 34 NYG NL 14 16 .467 3.73 39 33 3 11 1 0 226.2 225 107 94 27 66 7 86 3 0 3 952 109 1.284 8.9 1.1 2.6 3.4 1.30
1956 35 NYG NL 5 11 .313 3.97 30 19 4 2 0 1 129.1 124 74 57 17 44 4 66 3 0 0 553 95 1.299 8.6 1.2 3.1 4.6 1.50
1957 36 PHI NL 5 1 .833 3.65 36 4 13 1 0 3 74.0 79 35 30 7 18 4 46 2 0 4 313 105 1.311 9.6 0.9 2.2 5.6 2.56
1958 37 PHI NL 5 3 .625 4.17 39 1 11 0 0 0 73.1 88 45 34 6 27 6 33 0 0 2 335 96 1.568 10.8 0.7 3.3 4.1 1.22
1959 38 PHI NL 0 2 .000 5.73 6 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 15 7 7 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 53 73 1.909 12.3 1.6 4.9 0.8 0.17
13 Yrs 109 89 .551 3.81 396 229 73 63 10 8 1703.2 1661 847 721 158 655 22 669 25 1 34 7294 105 1.359 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .551 3.81 43 25 8 7 1 1 185 181 92 78 17 71 73 3 0 4 794 105 1.359 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02
NYG (7 yrs) 78 66 .542 3.74 221 186 14 55 9 3 1242.2 1176 611 516 121 477 11 483 18 1 26 5287 107 1.330 8.5 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.01
STL (4 yrs) 21 17 .553 3.98 94 38 34 7 1 2 302.2 303 149 134 22 127 106 5 0 2 1306 104 1.421 9.0 0.7 3.8 3.2 0.83
PHI (3 yrs) 10 6 .625 4.04 81 5 25 1 0 3 158.1 182 87 71 15 51 11 80 2 0 6 701 98 1.472 10.3 0.9 2.9 4.5 1.57

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 26 STL NL 163.0 37 21 67 3.70 4.62 0.00 0.00 102.3 4.73 18 1.9 1.0 -0.1 3.3 38 .551 .512 $
1948 27 STL NL 89.2 34 13 44 4.42 4.47 -0.05 0.00 103.8 4.69 2 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.1 13 .508 .502 $
1949 28 STL NL 42.0 17 4 27 5.79 4.58 0.12 0.00 102.2 4.56 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .466 .496 $
1950 29 STL NL 9.0 6 0 11 11.00 4.90 0.08 0.00 102.4 4.93 -6 -0.6 .4 0.2 -0.3 -5 .407 .497 $ MVP-23
1950 29 NYG NL 125.0 16 16 33 2.38 4.64 0.40 0.00 97.8 4.15 26 2.9 -0.1 3.9 39 .678 .518 $ MVP-23
1951 30 NYG NL 211.1 34 34 102 4.34 4.43 0.21 0.00 99.5 4.20 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.4 20 .490 .498 $
1952 31 NYG NL 223.2 37 34 113 4.55 4.05 0.12 0.00 99.9 3.93 -15 -1.6 1.9 -0.2 0.3 8 .457 .490 $ AS
1953 32 NYG NL 197.2 36 32 111 5.05 4.84 -0.03 0.00 101.4 4.93 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.6 21 .497 .499 $
1954 33 NYG NL 130.0 29 18 71 4.92 4.59 0.35 0.00 101.4 4.30 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 0.2 6 .471 .495 $
1955 34 NYG NL 226.1 39 33 107 4.25 4.53 0.06 0.00 101.2 4.52 11 1.2 1.4 -0.1 3.1 32 .530 .507 $
1956 35 NYG NL 129.2 30 19 74 5.14 4.37 0.20 0.00 101.3 4.22 -10 -1.1 .7 -0.1 0.0 0 .464 .493 $
1957 36 PHI NL 74.0 36 4 35 4.26 4.30 -0.08 0.00 101.1 4.42 2 0.2 .6 -0.1 0.8 9 .506 .501 $
1958 37 PHI NL 73.1 39 1 45 5.52 4.51 -0.42 0.00 102.5 5.05 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .490 .497 $
1959 38 PHI NL 11.0 6 0 7 5.73 4.23 -0.20 0.00 104.7 4.63 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .476 .499 $
13 Seasons 1705.2 396 229 847 4.47 4.49 0.10 0.00 101.0 4.44 4 0.7 .9 -1.0 15.3 184 .502 .500 $
NYG (7 yrs) 1243.2 221 186 611 4.42 4.48 0.16 0.00 100.4 4.33 -2 0.1 1.1 -0.7 10.5 125 .500 .500 $
STL (4 yrs) 303.2 94 38 149 4.42 4.58 0.00 0.00 102.7 4.70 8 1.0 .9 -0.0 3.9 45 .511 .502 $
PHI (3 yrs) 158.1 81 5 87 4.95 4.39 -0.25 0.00 102.0 4.73 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.2 0.9 13 .496 .499 $

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
1951 30 NYG NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 38 1.500 5.2 0.0 8.3 1.0 0.13
1 WS 1 0 1.000 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 38 1.500 5.2 0.0 8.3 1.0 0.13

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
1952 NYG NL 31

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 27 STL NL 34 116 340 44 92 10 2 9 1 0 35 27 .271 .342 .391 .733 .273 133 2 2 7 0 3
1949 28 STL NL 17 91 165 27 48 4 0 3 1 0 23 18 .291 .384 .370 .754 .313 61 0 2 7 0 0
1950 29 NYG NL 16 358 426 33 72 8 1 8 3 6 38 54 .169 .237 .249 .486 .176 106 16 0 3 0 10
1950 29 STL NL 6 39 36 11 12 3 2 1 0 0 6 4 .333 .429 .611 1.040 .355 22 0 0 3 0 1
1950 29 TOT NL 22 397 462 44 84 11 3 9 3 6 44 58 .182 .253 .277 .530 .190 128 16 0 6 0 11
1951 30 NYG NL 34 748 814 102 204 18 8 21 4 8 82 66 .251 .321 .370 .690 .252 301 18 2 5 0 15
1952 31 NYG NL 37 842 848 113 208 20 9 16 4 7 97 89 .245 .326 .347 .673 .258 294 17 5 12 0 19
1953 32 NYG NL 36 856 774 111 206 32 7 22 7 4 84 77 .266 .340 .411 .751 .273 318 21 3 10 0 14
1954 33 NYG NL 29 550 501 71 137 13 6 10 5 1 66 45 .273 .358 .383 .742 .283 192 17 2 5 3 7
1955 34 NYG NL 39 769 866 107 225 24 2 27 6 3 66 86 .260 .312 .386 .697 .260 334 20 3 9 8 7 12
1956 35 NYG NL 30 509 489 74 124 12 3 17 2 4 44 66 .254 .317 .395 .711 .261 193 12 3 15 4 4 16
1957 36 PHI NL 36 314 289 35 79 16 2 7 6 1 18 46 .273 .319 .415 .735 .304 120 6 2 4 1 4 9
1958 37 PHI NL 39 335 301 45 88 12 6 6 3 2 27 33 .292 .348 .432 .780 .311 130 4 0 5 2 6 7
1959 38 PHI NL 6 53 45 7 15 4 0 2 1 0 6 1 .333 .412 .556 .967 .310 25 1 0 2 0 1 0
12 Yrs 359 5580 5894 780 1510 176 48 149 43 36 592 612 .256 .326 .378 .704 .264 2229 134 24 87 18 22 113
162 Game Avg. 43 669 707 94 181 21 6 18 5 4 71 73 .256 .326 .378 .704 .264 267 16 3 10 2 14
MLB Averages .260 .333 .379 .713 .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
1948 27 STL NL 0.4 0.0 135 -1.4 2.0 -3.3 1.06 -0.2 -1.1 -6.7 -0.7 1.03 -3.8 2 1 6
1949 28 STL NL -4.2 -0.4 93 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 .76 -0.4 -1.1 -9.9 -0.9 0.76 -4.7 1 1 6
1950 29 TOT NL 24.2 2.7 411 2.5 7.4 -4.9 .89 2.1 0.7 16.5 1.8 0.89 23.0 0 0 2
1950 29 STL NL -5.2 -0.5 43 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .04 -0.4 -1.3 -5.8 -0.5 0.04 -4.5 0 0 2
1950 29 NYG NL 29.4 3.2 368 2.5 7.4 -4.8 .99 2.5 0.1 22.2 2.4 0.99 27.5 0 0 0
1951 30 NYG NL 4.7 0.5 771 -0.0 14.5 -14.6 1.10 -0.2 0.2 1.1 0.1 1.10 -1.5 0 0 0
1952 31 NYG NL -5.2 -0.5 862 -0.3 13.8 -14.1 .99 1.1 -1.4 -10.6 -1.1 0.98 4.1 2 0 0
1953 32 NYG NL -3.7 -0.4 882 0.5 16.4 -15.9 1.07 -0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.07 0.5 1 2 1
1954 33 NYG NL -2.5 -0.2 564 -0.1 9.7 -9.9 1.01 -0.3 0.1 3.2 0.3 1.01 -2.0 2 7 2
1955 34 NYG NL 8.5 0.9 818 1.5 14.9 -13.4 1.02 0.6 0.8 5.5 0.5 1.03 4.4 2 0 0
1956 35 NYG NL -6.6 -0.7 520 -1.1 8.6 -9.7 1.01 -0.7 -0.4 -11.7 -1.2 1.01 -10.4 1 3 5
1957 36 PHI NL 0.8 0.1 327 0.8 4.5 -3.7 .79 0.1 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.79 1.9 2 10 19
1958 37 PHI NL -4.7 -0.5 344 -0.6 5.0 -5.6 .95 -0.8 0.2 -18.9 -1.9 0.95 -12.2 10 7 20
1959 38 PHI NL -1.4 -0.1 55 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .81 -0.3 -0.3 -4.6 -0.4 0.81 -3.5 2 2 1
13 Yrs 25.9 2.9 5782 0.1 98.0 -97.9 1.00 1.2 -1.0 -35.5 -3.3 1.00 -4.3 25 33 62

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 26 STL NL 37 21 9 5 7 2 1 12 8 .600 0 0 4 1 12 57% 52.1 80 28 6 7 5.3 6.3
1948 27 STL NL 34 13 4 4 5 0 0 5 8 .385 1 0 3 0 4 31% 45.5 76 23 5 4 4 8 4.3 7.4 4.6
1949 28 STL NL 17 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 43.0 50 36 8 2 0 4 3.8 3.4 4.5
1950 29 TOT NL 22 16 11 3 2 2 3 13 3 .813 0 1 11 5 12 75% 86 33 2 0 8 5 5.4 4.6 7.8
1950 29 NYG NL 16 16 11 3 2 2 3 13 3 .813 0 1 11 5 12 75% 66.0 86 33 2 0 8 5 5.4 4.6 7.8
1951 30 NYG NL 34 34 17 9 8 1 2 23 11 .676 2 4 11 0 19 56% 50.2 76 23 28 11 16 12 5.7 5.2 6.2
1952 31 NYG NL 37 34 14 7 13 3 2 24 10 .706 0 8 11 1 16 47% 50.2 78 19 22 4 19 9 5.2 5.3 6.3
1953 32 NYG NL 36 32 9 11 12 2 1 15 17 .469 5 3 6 0 13 41% 46.4 78 19 34 15 11 11 5.3 5.3 5.9
1954 33 NYG NL 29 18 7 7 4 1 1 8 10 .444 1 2 3 2 9 50% 48.0 78 23 30 14 6 7 5.5 5.8 6.0
1955 34 NYG NL 39 33 12 15 6 1 6 15 18 .455 3 4 11 1 20 61% 51.3 85 21 26 11 17 6 4.4 3.9 6.6
1956 35 NYG NL 30 19 5 10 4 1 1 7 12 .368 0 3 2 0 7 37% 46.7 80 22 13 2 5 6 3.3 2.9 5.3
1957 36 PHI NL 36 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 25% 43.5 53 33 10 2 0 4 6.8 9.0 5.3
1958 37 PHI NL 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55.0 55 55 19 6 1 0 4.5 5.1 7.7
12 Yrs 384 229 90 74 65 13 18 127 101 .557 12 25 63 10 116 51% 50 86 19 197 71 93 79 5.0 4.9 6.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.5

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 26 STL NL 37 16 9 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 2 5.8
1948 27 STL NL 34 21 17 4 2 2 1 2 50% 2 0 7 5 71% 1.063 2 1 6 2 1 7 4 6 6 4 3 4 4.3
1949 28 STL NL 17 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% .763 1 1 6 1 0 7 2 6 7 1 4 2 5.5
1950 29 TOT NL 22 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .892 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.5
1950 29 STL NL 6 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .039 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.5
1952 31 NYG NL 37 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 3 100% 2 .988 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 8.7
1953 32 NYG NL 36 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 3 1.069 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 5.5
1954 33 NYG NL 29 11 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 13 2 15% 3 1.007 2 7 2 3 1 7 7 4 7 3 8 0 6.2
1955 34 NYG NL 39 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.025 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 3 3.8
1956 35 NYG NL 30 11 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 20% 1.007 1 3 5 0 0 9 5 4 9 2 7 2 7.9
1957 36 PHI NL 36 32 13 4 0 3 3 0 100% 4 1 27 7 26% 8 .788 2 10 19 6 0 26 18 14 14 13 15 3 4.9
1958 37 PHI NL 39 38 11 4 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 38 22 58% 8 .951 10 7 20 3 4 31 21 17 20 11 20 6 5.2
1959 38 PHI NL 6 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 8 .810 2 2 1 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 4 2 5.5
12 Yrs 346 167 73 19 15 8 8 3 100% 10 1 117 56 48% .985 25 33 62 17 11 99 64 63 84 43 68 26 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%
1947 26 STL NL 681 1.3% 8.4% 9.3% 1.9% 9% 80%
1948 27 STL NL 384 57% 7.8% 23.3% 30.2% 18.1% 23% 1.22 262% 34 2 6%
1949 28 STL NL 197 65% 3.3% 19.8% 25.3% 7.7% 15% 0.77 158% 21 0 0%
1950 29 TOT NL 512 61% 2.3% 14.6% 11.1% 5.8% 27% 1.11 100% 69 16 23%
1950 29 STL NL 45 69% 2.6% 10.3% 15.4% 15.4% 50% 0.55 79% 12 0 0%
1950 29 NYG NL 467 61% 2.2% 15.1% 10.6% 4.8% 24% 1.17 102% 57 16 28%
1951 30 NYG NL 903 63% 2.8% 8.8% 11.0% 6.3% 23% 1.05 97% 153 18 12%
1952 31 NYG NL 962 61% 1.9% 10.6% 11.5% 5.3% 22% 1.26 88% 173 17 10%
1953 32 NYG NL 871 59% 2.6% 9.0% 9.8% 7.1% 30% 1.16 79% 155 21 14%
1954 33 NYG NL 579 63% 1.8% 8.2% 12.0% 5.3% 21% 1.10 82% 115 17 15%
1955 34 NYG NL 952 56% 3.5% 11.2% 8.6% 6.9% 24% 1.31 99% 147 20 14%
1956 35 NYG NL 558 62% 3.3% 13.0% 8.6% 6.3% 26% 1.65 81% 120 12 10%
1957 36 PHI NL 314 56% 2.2% 14.7% 5.7% 8.0% 32% 1.23 75% 62 6 10%
1958 37 PHI NL 335 59% 1.8% 9.9% 8.1% 7.2% 27% 1.13 79% 76 4 5%
1959 38 PHI NL 53 60% 3.8% 1.9% 11.3% 11.3% 40% 1.13 79% 8 1 13%
13 Yrs 7301 60% 2.5% 10.7% 10.5% 6.2% 23% 1.20 91% 1133 134 12%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.3% 10.6% 6.5% 25% 0.97 85% 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 26 STL NL 151 9 0
1948 27 STL NL 116 92 9 0 7 1 2 2 1 16 6 1 38% 3 2 0 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 268
1949 28 STL NL 91 48 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 5 5 0 100% 0 0 1 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 106
1950 29 TOT NL 397 84 9 0 4 5 4 4 5 17 11 2 65% 11 4 0 121 3 6 33% 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 115
1950 29 STL NL 39 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 4 2 67% 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
1950 29 NYG NL 358 72 8 0 3 4 4 4 4 11 7 0 64% 10 4 0 103 3 6 33% 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 109
1951 30 NYG NL 748 204 21 0 26 12 4 7 9 40 21 1 53% 15 6 2 259 4 8 33% 3 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 155
1952 31 NYG NL 842 208 16 3 24 9 4 6 7 55 27 4 49% 19 1 1 292 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 120
1953 32 NYG NL 856 206 22 0 18 12 9 14 7 38 18 9 47% 14 10 2 308 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 15
1954 33 NYG NL 550 137 10 0 19 6 4 6 4 25 10 3 40% 7 2 2 215 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 29
1955 34 NYG NL 769 225 27 0 11 14 8 10 12 29 17 5 59% 12 3 0 281 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 183
1956 35 NYG NL 509 124 17 3 13 11 4 6 9 35 20 2 57% 16 0 3 199 2 4 33% 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 49
1957 36 PHI NL 314 79 7 0 9 5 1 3 3 17 14 0 82% 9 4 1 128 6 1 86% 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1958 37 PHI NL 335 88 6 0 12 4 2 4 2 31 21 3 68% 7 2 1 143 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 38 PHI NL 53 15 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 100% 0 0 1 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 Yrs 5580 1661 158 7 148 82 44 64 62 311 173 30 56% 113 34 14 2052 43 36 54% 35 34 5 1 3 1 9 2 77 1040
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+
1947 26 12 7 .632 3.22 37 21 9 4 1 1 162.0 151 67 58 9 63 57 1 0 0 681 128 1.321 8.4 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.90 128
1948 27 20 13 .606 3.58 71 34 26 7 1 2 251.2 243 111 100 18 98 84 3 0 2 1065 115 1.355 8.7 0.6 3.5 3.0 0.86 115
1949 28 21 16 .568 3.80 88 38 30 7 1 2 293.2 291 138 124 21 121 102 5 0 2 1261 108 1.403 8.9 0.6 3.7 3.1 0.84 108
1950 29 32 20 .615 3.39 110 54 34 18 6 2 427.2 375 182 161 30 165 160 5 0 6 1773 122 1.263 7.9 0.6 3.5 3.4 0.97 122
1951 30 49 29 .628 3.46 144 88 34 29 6 2 639.0 579 284 246 51 247 226 7 1 12 2675 117 1.293 8.2 0.7 3.5 3.2 0.92 117
1952 31 63 36 .636 3.55 181 122 36 40 7 3 862.2 787 397 340 67 344 315 12 1 13 3637 112 1.311 8.2 0.7 3.6 3.3 0.92 112
1953 32 72 48 .600 3.73 217 154 38 46 7 3 1059.1 993 508 439 89 428 392 15 1 23 4508 108 1.341 8.4 0.8 3.6 3.3 0.92 108
1954 33 80 56 .588 3.78 246 172 41 49 9 4 1189.1 1130 579 499 99 494 437 17 1 25 5088 107 1.365 8.6 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.88 107
1955 34 94 72 .566 3.77 285 205 44 60 10 4 1416.0 1355 686 593 126 560 7 523 20 1 28 6040 107 1.352 8.6 0.8 3.6 3.3 0.93 107
1956 35 99 83 .544 3.79 315 224 48 62 10 5 1545.1 1479 760 650 143 604 11 589 23 1 28 6593 106 1.348 8.6 0.8 3.5 3.4 0.98 106
1957 36 104 84 .553 3.78 351 228 61 63 10 8 1619.1 1558 795 680 150 622 15 635 25 1 32 6906 106 1.346 8.7 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02 106
1958 37 109 87 .556 3.80 390 229 72 63 10 8 1692.2 1646 840 714 156 649 21 668 25 1 34 7241 106 1.356 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03 106
1959 38 109 89 .551 3.81 396 229 73 63 10 8 1703.2 1661 847 721 158 655 22 669 25 1 34 7294 105 1.359 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02 105

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 26 11 7 .611 3.18 164.0 155 64 58 9 65 58 1 1.341 8.5 3.6 3.2 0.89 0.5 37
1948 27 4 5 .444 4.35 89.0 95 48 43 9 36 27 2 1.472 9.6 3.6 2.7 0.75 0.9 34
1949 28 2 2 .500 4.91 44.0 48 27 24 3 23 19 2 1.614 9.8 4.7 3.9 0.83 0.6 17
1950 29 10 4 .714 2.47 135.0 86 41 37 9 45 58 0 0.970 5.7 3.0 3.9 1.29 0.6 22
1951 30 12 11 .522 3.72 213.0 212 98 88 22 85 66 2 1.394 9.0 3.6 2.8 0.78 0.9 34
1952 31 11 13 .458 4.24 223.0 225 117 105 17 105 89 5 1.480 9.1 4.2 3.6 0.85 0.7 37
1953 32 10 12 .455 4.19 204.0 206 106 95 22 84 80 3 1.422 9.1 3.7 3.5 0.95 1.0 36
1954 33 7 7 .500 4.13 133.0 142 68 61 10 68 46 2 1.579 9.6 4.6 3.1 0.68 0.7 29
1955 34 13 12 .520 3.67 233.0 232 106 95 28 68 88 3 1.288 9.0 2.6 3.4 1.29 1.1 39
1956 35 7 7 .500 4.23 132.0 132 69 62 18 47 67 3 1.356 9.0 3.2 4.6 1.43 1.2 30
1957 36 4 4 .500 3.89 74.0 83 36 32 7 19 46 2 1.378 10.1 2.3 5.6 2.42 0.9 36
1958 37 4 4 .500 4.09 77.0 92 39 35 6 28 35 0 1.558 10.8 3.3 4.1 1.25 0.7 39
1959 38 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 15 8 7 2 6 1 0 1.909 12.3 4.9 0.8 0.17 1.6 6
13 Yrs 95 89 .516 3.86 1732.0 1723 827 742 162 679 680 25 1.387 9.0 3.5 1.00 0.8 396

* 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1967 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 NL (23, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1955 NL  3.1 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1951 NL  17 (9th)
1952 NL  14 (9th)
1955 NL  14 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL  .632 (9th)
1951 NL  .654 (6th)
1952 NL  .667 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  8.389 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  2.621 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL  223.7 (10th)
1955 NL  226.7 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1951 NL  34 (6th)
1952 NL  34 (3rd)
1953 NL  32 (5th)
1955 NL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL  5 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  21 (8th)
1955 NL  27 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  97 (3rd)
1953 NL  84 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  208 (10th)
1955 NL  225 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  0.500 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1955 NL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  94 (8th)
1953 NL  99 (6th)
1955 NL  94 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 NL  6 (10th)
1953 NL  10 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL  962 (9th)
1955 NL  952 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1948 NL  17 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL  128 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  24 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1950 NL  2.7 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.5 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.1 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (650), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Whit Wyatt (966)
  2. Rip Collins (961)
  3. Hank Borowy (958)
  4. Fred Frankhouse (958)
  5. Bruce Kison (955)
  6. Bob Walk (951)
  7. Jim Bibby (949)
  8. Eric Show (948)
  9. Storm Davis (948)
  10. Steve Stone (947)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Norwood Gibson (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ron Herbel (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mace Brown (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Murry Dickson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jack Sanford (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Charlie Lea (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Red Munger (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Red Munger (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Russ Meyer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Bibby (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Whit Wyatt (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Whit Wyatt (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jim Bibby (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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