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Ken Heintzelman

Kenneth Alphonse Heintzelman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 14, 1915 in Peruque, MO
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates 1937-1952

Final Game: August 13, 1952
Died: August 14, 2000 in St. Peters, MO
Buried: All Saints Cemetery, St. Peters, MO
Relatives: Father of Tom Heintzelman
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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
1937 21 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 34 200 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
1938 22 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 51 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1939 23 PIT NL 1 1 .500 5.05 17 2 12 1 1 0 35.2 35 23 20 2 18 18 0 0 2 161 77 1.486 8.8 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1940 24 PIT NL 8 8 .500 4.47 39 16 12 5 2 3 165.0 193 86 82 7 65 71 4 1 7 742 85 1.564 10.5 0.4 3.5 3.9 1.09
1941 25 PIT NL 11 11 .500 3.44 35 24 4 13 2 0 196.0 206 91 75 8 83 81 1 0 4 853 106 1.474 9.5 0.4 3.8 3.7 0.98
1942 26 PIT NL 8 11 .421 4.57 27 18 4 5 3 0 130.0 143 69 66 9 63 39 0 0 3 581 74 1.585 9.9 0.6 4.4 2.7 0.62
1946 30 PIT NL 8 12 .400 3.77 32 24 4 6 2 1 157.2 165 84 66 7 86 57 0 0 4 708 94 1.592 9.4 0.4 4.9 3.3 0.66
1947 31 TOT NL 7 10 .412 4.50 26 20 3 8 0 1 140.0 153 83 70 14 52 57 2 0 3 599 89 1.464 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.7 1.10
1947 31 PIT NL 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 11 9 2 6 2 0 0 0 28 23 3.750 20.3 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33
1947 31 PHI NL 7 10 .412 4.04 24 19 3 8 0 1 136.0 144 72 61 12 46 55 2 0 3 571 99 1.397 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.6 1.20
1948 32 PHI NL 6 11 .353 4.29 27 16 3 5 2 2 130.0 117 66 62 10 45 57 1 0 5 536 91 1.246 8.1 0.7 3.1 3.9 1.27
1949 33 PHI NL 17 10 .630 3.02 33 32 0 15 5 0 250.0 239 96 84 19 93 65 1 0 2 1041 130 1.328 8.6 0.7 3.3 2.3 0.70 MVP-9
1950 34 PHI NL 3 9 .250 4.09 23 17 3 4 1 0 125.1 122 66 57 10 54 39 0 3 2 547 98 1.404 8.8 0.7 3.9 2.8 0.72
1951 35 PHI NL 6 12 .333 4.18 35 12 13 3 0 2 118.1 119 61 55 13 53 55 4 0 1 516 92 1.454 9.1 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.04
1952 36 PHI NL 1 3 .250 3.16 23 1 13 0 0 1 42.2 41 16 15 1 12 20 0 0 0 170 117 1.242 8.6 0.2 2.5 4.2 1.67
13 Yrs 77 98 .440 3.93 319 183 72 66 18 10 1501.2 1540 746 656 100 630 564 14 4 33 6497 96 1.445 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .440 3.93 43 25 10 9 2 1 203 209 101 89 14 85 76 2 1 4 880 96 1.445 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
PIT (8 yrs) 37 43 .463 4.14 154 86 37 31 10 4 699.1 758 369 322 35 327 273 6 1 20 3116 88 1.551 9.8 0.5 4.2 3.5 0.83
PHI (6 yrs) 40 55 .421 3.75 165 97 35 35 8 6 802.1 782 377 334 65 303 291 8 3 13 3381 105 1.352 8.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96

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
1937 21 PIT NL 9.0 1 1 3 3.00 4.22 0.09 0.00 96.0 3.96 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .608 .501 $
1938 22 PIT NL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.69 0.19 0.00 100.0 4.50 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .404 .499 $
1939 23 PIT NL 35.2 17 2 23 5.80 4.60 -0.15 0.00 99.0 4.70 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .475 .497 $
1940 24 PIT NL 165.0 39 16 86 4.69 4.37 -0.27 0.00 99.8 4.63 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.4 17 .498 .500 $
1941 25 PIT NL 196.0 35 24 91 4.18 4.45 0.06 0.00 101.0 4.43 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.4 27 .519 .504 $
1942 26 PIT NL 130.0 27 18 69 4.78 4.20 -0.15 0.00 103.2 4.49 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.7 7 .487 .498 $
1946 30 PIT NL 158.0 32 24 84 4.78 4.28 -0.24 0.00 102.8 4.64 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.1 14 .491 .498 $
1947 31 PIT NL 4.0 2 1 11 24.75 4.73 -0.22 0.00 104.4 5.16 -9 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -8 .198 .496 $
1947 31 PHI NL 136.0 24 19 72 4.76 4.73 -0.10 0.00 97.1 4.69 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 15 .492 .499 $
1948 32 PHI NL 130.0 27 16 66 4.57 4.59 -0.25 0.00 99.3 4.80 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.5 18 .512 .502 $
1949 33 PHI NL 250.0 33 32 96 3.46 4.73 -0.07 0.00 98.0 4.70 34 3.8 1.5 -0.1 6.0 64 .614 .523 $ MVP-9
1950 34 PHI NL 125.1 23 17 66 4.74 4.76 0.20 0.00 96.1 4.38 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.7 9 .482 .497 $
1951 35 PHI NL 118.0 35 12 61 4.65 4.61 -0.01 0.00 96.6 4.47 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 10 .493 .498 $
1952 36 PHI NL 41.2 23 1 16 3.46 4.18 0.14 0.00 97.2 3.93 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.6 6 .511 .502 $
13 Seasons 1500.2 319 183 746 4.47 4.52 -0.08 0.00 99.3 4.57 18 2.4 1.0 -0.9 15.4 180 .508 .501 $
PIT (8 yrs) 699.2 154 86 369 4.75 4.35 -0.13 0.00 101.4 4.55 -13 -1.1 1.0 -0.4 4.9 57 .493 .499 $
PHI (6 yrs) 801.0 165 97 377 4.24 4.66 -0.04 0.00 97.5 4.59 31 3.5 1.0 -0.5 10.5 124 .521 .504 $

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
1950 34 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 0 1.17 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 2 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.304 4.7 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50
1 WS 0 0 1.17 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 2 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.304 4.7 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50

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 32 PHI NL 27 283 496 66 117 15 4 10 2 1 45 57 .236 .301 .343 .643 .249 170 4 1 5 0 2
1949 33 PHI NL 33 770 950 96 239 33 2 19 7 3 93 65 .252 .319 .351 .669 .254 333 18 1 11 0 9
1950 34 PHI NL 23 522 487 66 122 24 4 10 2 4 54 39 .251 .325 .378 .703 .256 184 7 0 5 0 12
1951 35 PHI NL 35 423 452 61 119 22 3 13 7 1 53 55 .263 .346 .412 .757 .276 186 5 4 13 0 5
1952 36 PHI NL 23 156 155 16 41 4 3 1 4 0 12 20 .265 .317 .348 .666 .299 54 4 0 3 0 0
5 Yrs 141 2154 2540 305 638 98 16 53 22 9 257 236 .251 .321 .365 .686 .260 927 38 6 37 0 28
162 Game Avg. 44 669 789 95 198 30 5 16 7 3 80 73 .251 .321 .365 .686 .260 288 12 2 11 0 9
MLB Averages .263 .335 .342 .677 .280

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 32 PHI NL -3.3 -0.3 295 0.3 5.0 -4.7 .95 1.1 -0.7 4.1 0.4 0.98 10.5 2 0 3
1949 33 PHI NL 25.4 2.6 785 5.7 16.6 -10.9 1.14 3.1 1.9 39.2 4.2 1.14 34.7 1 0 0
1950 34 PHI NL -1.4 -0.1 534 -0.2 8.6 -8.8 .94 0.7 -0.9 8.1 0.8 0.94 7.7 1 1 3
1951 35 PHI NL -3.9 -0.4 439 0.5 8.5 -8.0 1.16 -0.0 0.5 3.9 0.4 1.15 1.4 5 5 8
1952 36 PHI NL 3.0 0.3 165 0.4 2.3 -1.9 .80 0.4 0.2 5.6 0.6 0.79 3.1 4 2 14
13 Yrs -17.6 -1.6 2218 6.7 41.0 -34.3 1.05 5.2 1.3 60.8 6.5 1.05 57.4 13 8 28

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
1937 21 PIT NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1 100% 66.0 66 66 0 1 4.5 9.0
1939 23 PIT NL 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 1 1 50% 59.5 83 36 1 1 4.8 6.0
1940 24 PIT NL 39 16 5 6 5 0 3 9 6 .600 0 0 5 2 10 63% 50.6 81 25 7 6 4.6 6.9
1941 25 PIT NL 35 24 10 8 6 2 2 15 9 .625 0 0 13 2 12 50% 51.3 86 28 11 8 4.9 7.0
1942 26 PIT NL 27 18 5 10 3 1 2 6 12 .333 0 0 5 3 7 39% 45.7 82 14 6 8 3.2 6.2
1946 30 PIT NL 32 24 7 11 6 0 4 9 15 .375 0 0 6 2 13 54% 47.7 86 16 4 10 3.8 6.0
1947 31 TOT NL 26 20 6 10 4 0 2 7 13 .350 0 0 8 0 10 50% 47.3 74 19 3 10 4.4 6.5
1947 31 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0% 26.0 26 26 0 0 8.0 2.7
1947 31 PHI NL 24 19 6 10 3 0 2 6 13 .316 0 0 8 0 10 53% 48.4 74 19 3 10 4.2 6.7
1948 32 PHI NL 27 16 5 11 0 0 1 5 11 .313 1 0 5 2 6 38% 51.8 80 22 7 2 2 10 3.5 3.8 6.6
1949 33 PHI NL 33 32 17 9 6 4 5 21 11 .656 0 3 15 5 21 66% 54.1 82 10 10 6 6 12 4.0 3.7 7.7
1950 34 PHI NL 23 17 2 9 6 0 4 4 12 .250 0 3 4 1 11 65% 49.3 79 17 8 3 3 12 4.0 3.1 6.5
1951 35 PHI NL 35 12 3 8 1 1 2 3 9 .250 0 0 3 0 5 42% 49.2 70 27 9 1 0 8 3.0 3.4 6.5
1952 36 PHI NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 53.0 53 53 3 3 0 1 2.0 1.5 6.0
12 Yrs 318 183 62 84 37 8 26 81 100 .448 1 6 66 18 98 54% 50 86 10 37 15 43 87 4.0 3.5 6.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -20 4.5 4.6 6.8

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
1938 22 PIT NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1939 23 PIT NL 17 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 4.7
1940 24 PIT NL 39 23 12 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 6 5 7.1
1941 25 PIT NL 35 11 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 7.9
1942 26 PIT NL 27 9 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 6.1
1946 30 PIT NL 32 8 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 2 5.6
1947 31 TOT NL 26 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 4.7
1947 31 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.0
1947 31 PHI NL 24 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 4.8
1948 32 PHI NL 27 11 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0% .954 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 3 7 3 4 1 6.7
1949 33 PHI NL 33 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.145 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 10.0
1950 34 PHI NL 23 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 3 .938 1 1 3 1 0 4 3 2 3 2 3 0 7.2
1951 35 PHI NL 35 23 13 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 7 0 0% 8 1.158 5 5 8 1 4 13 4 14 11 4 9 9 5.2
1952 36 PHI NL 23 22 13 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 9 1 11% 6 .797 4 2 14 2 3 15 6 14 13 3 12 7 4.9
12 Yrs 318 136 72 15 14 1 10 0 1000% 3 2 26 3 12% 1.047 13 8 28 4 10 35 15 34 76 28 29 29 5.9

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%
1937 21 PIT NL 34 0.0% 11.8% 8.8% 2.9% 17% 74%
1938 22 PIT NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 33.3% 56%
1939 23 PIT NL 161 1.2% 11.2% 11.2% 1.2% 6% 75%
1940 24 PIT NL 742 0.9% 9.6% 8.8% 1.4% 5% 79%
1941 25 PIT NL 853 0.9% 9.5% 9.7% 3.6% 15% 78%
1942 26 PIT NL 581 1.6% 6.7% 10.8% 2.4% 10% 79%
1946 30 PIT NL 708 1.0% 8.1% 12.2% 2.1% 9% 77%
1947 31 TOT NL 610 2.3% 9.3% 8.5% 3.6% 14% 79%
1947 31 PIT NL 28 7.1% 7.1% 21.4% 64%
1947 31 PHI NL 582 2.1% 9.5% 7.9% 3.4% 14% 80%
1948 32 PHI NL 547 30% 3.5% 20.1% 15.9% 10.3% 25% 0.72 152% 48 4 8%
1949 33 PHI NL 1055 20% 2.5% 8.4% 12.1% 7.0% 23% 0.77 112% 138 18 13%
1950 34 PHI NL 546 24% 1.9% 7.5% 10.3% 7.3% 31% 0.59 84% 93 7 8%
1951 35 PHI NL 518 22% 3.1% 13.0% 12.5% 9.0% 32% 0.56 91% 89 5 6%
1952 36 PHI NL 170 42% 0.6% 12.8% 7.7% 5.1% 20% 0.92 86% 36 4 11%
13 Yrs 6534 24% 1.7% 9.6% 10.8% 4.4% 17% 0.68 88% 404 38 9%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 10.1% 10.0% 4.0% 16% 0.95 84% 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
1937 21 PIT NL 6 0 0
1938 22 PIT NL 1 0 0
1939 23 PIT NL 35 2 2
1940 24 PIT NL 193 7 7
1941 25 PIT NL 206 8 4
1942 26 PIT NL 143 9 3
1946 30 PIT NL 165 7 4
1947 31 TOT NL 153 14 3
1947 31 PIT NL 9 2 0
1947 31 PHI NL 144 12 3
1948 32 PHI NL 283 117 10 0 7 2 2 4 0 13 4 1 31% 2 5 0 95 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 264
1949 33 PHI NL 770 239 19 0 18 10 0 6 4 32 13 4 41% 9 2 2 285 7 3 70% 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 285
1950 34 PHI NL 522 122 10 0 6 9 1 6 4 18 13 0 72% 12 2 0 196 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 24
1951 35 PHI NL 423 119 13 0 16 8 1 6 3 27 13 3 48% 5 1 2 163 7 1 88% 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 95
1952 36 PHI NL 156 41 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 11 7 1 64% 0 0 1 71 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
13 Yrs 2154 1540 100 0 48 29 5 23 11 101 50 9 50% 28 33 5 810 22 9 71% 17 7 3 1 2 1 4 0 19 682
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+
1937 21 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 34 200 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 200
1938 22 1 0 1.000 3.27 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 7 5 4 0 6 5 1 0 0 43 125 1.182 5.7 0.0 4.9 4.1 0.83 125
1939 23 2 1 .667 4.63 19 3 13 2 1 0 46.2 42 28 24 2 24 23 1 0 2 204 85 1.414 8.1 0.4 4.6 4.4 0.96 85
1940 24 10 9 .526 4.51 58 19 25 7 3 3 211.2 235 114 106 9 89 94 5 1 9 946 85 1.531 10.0 0.4 3.8 4.0 1.06 85
1941 25 21 20 .512 4.00 93 43 29 20 5 3 407.2 441 205 181 17 172 175 6 1 13 1799 94 1.504 9.7 0.4 3.8 3.9 1.02 94
1942 26 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 89 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 89
1943 27 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 89 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 89
1944 28 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 89 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 89
1945 29 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 89 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 89
1946 30 37 43 .463 4.05 152 85 37 31 10 4 695.1 749 358 313 33 321 271 6 1 20 3088 90 1.539 9.7 0.4 4.2 3.5 0.84 90
1947 31 44 53 .454 4.13 178 105 40 39 10 5 835.1 902 441 383 47 373 328 8 1 23 3687 90 1.526 9.7 0.5 4.0 3.5 0.88 90
1948 32 50 64 .439 4.15 205 121 43 44 12 7 965.1 1019 507 445 57 418 385 9 1 28 4223 90 1.489 9.5 0.5 3.9 3.6 0.92 90
1949 33 67 74 .475 3.92 238 153 43 59 17 7 1215.1 1258 603 529 76 511 450 10 1 30 5264 96 1.456 9.3 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.88 96
1950 34 70 83 .458 3.93 261 170 46 63 18 7 1340.2 1380 669 586 86 565 489 10 4 32 5811 96 1.451 9.3 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87 96
1951 35 76 95 .444 3.95 296 182 59 66 18 9 1459.0 1499 730 641 99 618 544 14 4 33 6327 96 1.451 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.88 96
1952 36 77 98 .440 3.93 319 183 72 66 18 10 1501.2 1540 746 656 100 630 564 14 4 33 6497 96 1.445 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90 96

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
1937 21 0 0 2.00 9.0 6 2 2 0 3 4 1 1.000 6.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 0.0 1
1938 22 0 0 18.00 2.0 1 4 4 0 3 1 0 2.000 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 1
1939 23 2 2 .500 4.97 38.0 37 23 21 2 19 19 0 1.474 8.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.5 17
1940 24 7 11 .389 4.71 168.0 205 98 88 7 69 72 4 1.631 11.0 3.7 3.9 1.04 0.4 39
1941 25 11 10 .524 3.78 193.0 218 90 81 8 88 80 1 1.585 10.2 4.1 3.7 0.91 0.4 35
1942 26 5 9 .357 5.37 129.0 159 86 77 10 70 39 0 1.775 11.1 4.9 2.7 0.56 0.7 27
1946 30 8 9 .471 4.35 155.0 180 83 75 8 94 56 0 1.768 10.5 5.5 3.3 0.60 0.5 32
1947 31 6 9 .400 4.73 137.0 158 80 72 14 54 56 2 1.547 10.4 3.5 3.7 1.04 0.9 26
1948 32 6 8 .429 4.50 130.0 122 72 65 10 47 57 1 1.300 8.4 3.3 3.9 1.21 0.7 27
1949 33 16 11 .593 3.23 245.0 249 98 88 20 97 64 1 1.412 9.1 3.6 2.4 0.66 0.7 33
1950 34 7 7 .500 4.08 130.0 126 66 59 10 56 40 0 1.400 8.7 3.9 2.8 0.71 0.7 23
1951 35 6 7 .462 4.46 117.0 125 64 58 14 56 54 4 1.547 9.6 4.3 4.2 0.96 1.1 35
1952 36 2 2 .500 3.83 40.0 44 19 17 1 13 19 0 1.425 9.9 2.9 4.3 1.46 0.2 23
13 Yrs 76 85 .472 4.26 1493.0 1630 785 707 104 669 561 14 1.540 9.8 3.4 0.84 0.6 319

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (9, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.8 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1949 NL  6.0 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL  3.02 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  17 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 NL  .630 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  3.873 (9th)
1941 NL  3.719 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1940 NL  3 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 NL  250.0 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 NL  32 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL  15 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 NL  3 (8th)
1949 NL  5 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  19 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  83 (6th)
1946 NL  86 (8th)
1949 NL  93 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  239 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  0.382 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL  12 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 NL  7 (4th)
1946 NL  4 (9th)
1948 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 NL  1,041 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL  130 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  25 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  2.6 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  39.15 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.7 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.1 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  4.2 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1952 NL  born 1915-10-14 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1937 NL  born 1915-10-14 (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 - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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