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Ray Herbert

Raymond Ernest Herbert

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

Born: December 15, 1929 in Detroit, MI
High School: Central Catholic HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Tigers/Phillies 1950-1966

Final Game: September 17, 1966
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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
1950 20 DET AL 1 2 .333 3.63 8 3 3 1 0 1 22.1 20 11 9 1 12 5 0 0 0 96 131 1.433 8.1 0.4 4.8 2.0 0.42
1951 21 DET AL 4 0 1.000 1.42 5 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 8 2 2 0 9 9 0 0 3 51 301 1.342 5.7 0.0 6.4 6.4 1.00
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 23 DET AL 4 6 .400 5.24 43 3 22 0 0 6 87.2 109 58 51 5 46 37 0 0 6 406 77 1.768 11.2 0.5 4.7 3.8 0.80
1954 24 DET AL 3 6 .333 5.87 42 4 15 0 0 0 84.1 114 64 55 6 50 44 2 0 3 402 64 1.945 12.2 0.6 5.3 4.7 0.88
1955 25 KCA AL 1 8 .111 6.26 23 11 4 2 0 0 87.2 99 65 61 10 40 9 30 1 0 4 396 67 1.586 10.2 1.0 4.1 3.1 0.75
1958 28 KCA AL 8 8 .500 3.50 42 16 8 5 0 3 175.0 161 76 68 20 55 3 108 4 0 4 720 112 1.234 8.3 1.0 2.8 5.6 1.96
1959 29 KCA AL 11 11 .500 4.85 37 26 3 10 2 1 183.2 196 108 99 24 62 4 99 1 0 2 795 83 1.405 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.9 1.60
1960 30 KCA AL 14 15 .483 3.28 37 33 3 14 0 1 252.2 256 106 92 17 72 6 122 7 0 2 1063 122 1.298 9.1 0.6 2.6 4.3 1.69
1961 31 TOT AL 12 12 .500 4.55 34 32 1 5 0 0 221.1 245 125 112 25 66 3 84 2 2 1 967 88 1.405 10.0 1.0 2.7 3.4 1.27
1961 31 KCA AL 3 6 .333 5.38 13 12 0 1 0 0 83.2 103 56 50 10 30 1 34 2 1 0 381 77 1.590 11.1 1.1 3.2 3.7 1.13
1961 31 CHW AL 9 6 .600 4.05 21 20 1 4 0 0 137.2 142 69 62 15 36 2 50 0 1 1 586 97 1.293 9.3 1.0 2.4 3.3 1.39
1962 32 CHW AL 20 9 .690 3.27 35 35 0 12 2 0 236.2 228 90 86 13 74 4 115 1 0 4 984 120 1.276 8.7 0.5 2.8 4.4 1.55 AS,MVP-29
1963 33 CHW AL 13 10 .565 3.24 33 33 0 14 7 0 224.2 230 86 81 12 35 5 105 2 0 2 915 108 1.180 9.2 0.5 1.4 4.2 3.00
1964 34 CHW AL 6 7 .462 3.47 20 19 0 1 1 0 111.2 117 50 43 14 17 2 40 2 0 2 455 100 1.200 9.4 1.1 1.4 3.2 2.35
1965 35 PHI NL 5 8 .385 3.86 25 19 2 4 1 1 130.2 162 60 56 13 19 2 51 1 0 4 550 89 1.385 11.2 0.9 1.3 3.5 2.68
1966 36 PHI NL 2 5 .286 4.29 23 2 9 0 0 2 50.1 55 26 24 7 14 2 15 1 0 1 210 85 1.371 9.8 1.3 2.5 2.7 1.07
14 Yrs 104 107 .493 4.01 407 236 74 68 13 15 1881.1 2000 927 839 167 571 40 864 24 2 38 8010 96 1.367 9.6 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.51
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .493 4.01 43 25 8 7 1 2 199 212 98 89 18 60 91 3 0 4 847 96 1.367 9.6 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.51
KCA (5 yrs) 37 48 .435 4.25 152 98 18 32 2 5 782.2 815 411 370 81 259 23 393 15 1 12 3355 95 1.372 9.4 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.52
DET (4 yrs) 12 14 .462 5.09 98 10 44 1 0 7 207.0 251 135 117 12 117 95 2 0 12 955 79 1.778 10.9 0.5 5.1 4.1 0.81
CHW (4 yrs) 48 32 .600 3.44 109 107 1 31 10 0 710.2 717 295 272 54 162 13 310 5 1 9 2940 108 1.237 9.1 0.7 2.1 3.9 1.91
PHI (2 yrs) 7 13 .350 3.98 48 21 11 4 1 3 181.0 217 86 80 20 33 4 66 2 0 5 760 88 1.381 10.8 1.0 1.6 3.3 2.00
AL (12 yrs) 97 94 .508 4.02 359 215 63 64 12 12 1700.1 1783 841 759 147 538 36 798 22 2 33 7250 97 1.365 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.2 1.48
NL (2 yrs) 7 13 .350 3.98 48 21 11 4 1 3 181.0 217 86 80 20 33 4 66 2 0 5 760 88 1.381 10.8 1.0 1.6 3.3 2.00

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
1950 20 DET AL 22.1 8 3 11 4.43 4.59 0.21 0.00 99.0 4.33 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.1 2 .495 .500 $
1951 21 DET AL 12.2 5 0 2 1.42 4.61 -0.04 0.00 101.2 4.71 5 0.5 2.3 0.3 0.9 6 .599 .503 $
1953 23 DET AL 87.2 43 3 58 5.95 4.52 -0.70 0.00 101.5 5.30 -7 -0.7 1.7 -0.3 -0.3 1 .484 .496 $
1954 24 DET AL 84.1 42 4 64 6.83 4.27 0.10 0.00 102.6 4.28 -24 -2.5 1.2 -0.4 -2.3 -17 .441 .485 $
1955 25 KCA AL 88.0 23 11 65 6.65 4.57 -0.26 0.00 105.5 5.10 -16 -1.6 .6 -0.0 -0.9 -7 .432 .490 $
1958 28 KCA AL 175.0 42 16 76 3.91 4.36 0.03 0.00 103.4 4.49 11 1.3 .9 -0.2 2.4 26 .530 .508 $
1959 29 KCA AL 184.2 37 26 108 5.26 4.31 -0.16 0.00 105.5 4.72 -10 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 0.2 5 .473 .494 $
1960 30 KCA AL 252.2 37 33 106 3.78 4.47 -0.19 0.07 103.1 4.89 33 3.7 2.7 -0.1 5.5 54 .601 .523 $
1961 31 KCA AL 83.2 13 12 56 6.02 4.74 -0.30 0.07 102.6 5.24 -7 -0.7 .3 -0.0 -0.1 1 .449 .496 $
1961 31 CHW AL 137.2 21 20 69 4.51 4.54 -0.00 0.07 97.4 4.49 1 0.1 .2 -0.1 1.0 13 .503 .500 $
1962 32 CHW AL 236.2 35 35 90 3.42 4.36 0.16 0.07 99.6 4.26 25 2.8 -0.1 4.4 44 .580 .517 $ AS,MVP-29
1963 33 CHW AL 224.2 33 33 86 3.45 4.09 0.28 0.07 95.3 3.70 9 1.0 -0.1 2.6 26 .531 .506 $
1964 34 CHW AL 111.2 20 19 50 4.03 3.95 0.67 0.07 96.4 3.22 -9 -0.9 .2 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .454 .494 $26,500
1965 35 PHI NL 130.2 25 19 60 4.13 3.98 -0.29 0.04 95.6 4.12 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.1 1.0 13 .499 .500 $
1966 36 PHI NL 50.1 23 2 26 4.65 4.08 -0.02 -0.12 100.4 4.00 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 2 .479 .497 $
14 Seasons 1882.2 407 236 927 4.43 4.33 -0.02 0.04 100.5 4.42 8 1.6 1.3 -1.5 14.2 168 .504 .501 $26,500
KCA (5 yrs) 784.0 152 98 411 4.72 4.45 -0.16 0.03 104.0 4.82 12 1.8 1.0 -0.5 7.1 78 .512 .502 $
DET (4 yrs) 207.0 98 10 135 5.87 4.43 -0.23 0.00 101.7 4.74 -26 -2.7 1.5 -0.5 -1.6 -7 .472 .496 $
CHW (4 yrs) 710.2 109 107 295 3.74 4.25 0.25 0.07 97.3 3.96 26 3.0 .2 -0.4 7.8 83 .527 .505 $26,500
PHI (2 yrs) 181.0 48 21 86 4.28 4.01 -0.21 -0.00 96.9 4.09 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 0.9 15 .490 .498 $

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
1962 CHW AL 32 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1950 20 DET AL 8 71 82 11 20 3 1 1 1 0 12 5 .244 .340 .341 .682 .250 28 4 0 2 0 1
1951 21 DET AL 5 51 42 2 8 2 1 0 0 1 9 9 .190 .333 .286 .619 .242 12 1 0 0 0 0
1953 23 DET AL 43 404 351 58 109 16 1 5 3 2 46 37 .311 .390 .405 .795 .337 142 11 0 7 0 4
1954 24 DET AL 42 402 341 64 114 22 2 6 3 3 50 44 .334 .419 .463 .883 .367 158 9 2 6 3 4
1955 25 KCA AL 23 395 339 65 99 10 6 10 1 2 40 30 .292 .362 .445 .807 .291 151 7 1 8 7 9 4
1958 28 KCA AL 42 657 652 76 161 20 2 20 1 3 55 108 .247 .307 .376 .683 .266 245 19 4 8 6 3 10
1959 29 KCA AL 37 785 712 108 196 32 7 24 5 3 62 99 .275 .330 .441 .771 .287 314 16 1 10 10 4 12
1960 30 KCA AL 37 1056 959 106 256 50 7 17 15 2 72 122 .267 .320 .387 .707 .288 371 27 7 16 10 6 12
1961 31 CHW AL 21 586 536 69 142 22 7 15 4 2 36 50 .265 .308 .416 .724 .266 223 9 0 8 6 2 11
1961 31 KCA AL 13 381 340 56 103 20 2 10 3 1 30 34 .303 .360 .462 .822 .311 157 10 2 6 3 1 7
1961 31 TOT AL 34 967 876 125 245 42 9 25 7 3 66 84 .280 .328 .434 .762 .284 380 19 2 14 9 3 18
1962 32 CHW AL 35 984 896 90 228 41 7 13 4 2 74 115 .254 .310 .359 .670 .278 322 27 1 7 6 4 8
1963 33 CHW AL 33 915 867 86 230 27 3 12 4 2 35 105 .265 .295 .345 .640 .291 299 28 2 11 0 5 9
1964 34 CHW AL 20 455 425 50 117 14 2 14 1 3 17 40 .275 .303 .416 .719 .274 177 9 2 6 5 2 3
1965 35 PHI NL 25 550 525 60 162 28 1 13 0 4 19 51 .309 .333 .440 .773 .323 231 20 1 4 1 2 8
1966 36 PHI NL 23 210 188 26 55 8 1 7 1 3 14 15 .293 .341 .457 .799 .286 86 9 1 5 2 2 3
14 Yrs 407 7902 7255 927 2000 315 50 167 46 33 571 864 .276 .328 .402 .730 .292 2916 206 24 104 59 40 96
162 Game Avg. 43 836 767 98 212 33 5 18 5 3 60 91 .276 .328 .402 .730 .292 308 22 3 11 6 10
MLB Averages .256 .325 .385 .709 .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
1950 20 DET AL 2.3 0.2 73 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 1.27 0.1 -0.6 -0.3 -0.0 1.26 1.6 2 0 1
1951 21 DET AL 4.1 0.4 55 0.6 2.2 -1.6 2.11 0.2 0.1 5.1 0.5 2.11 1.7 3 1 1
1953 23 DET AL -11.2 -1.1 418 -1.8 7.3 -9.0 1.24 -0.3 -1.2 -20.7 -2.0 1.24 -8.8 17 8 12
1954 24 DET AL -20.7 -2.1 414 -2.8 5.1 -7.9 .90 -1.8 -1.3 -27.5 -2.7 0.90 -20.5 14 7 16
1955 25 KCA AL -17.6 -1.7 405 -1.6 4.9 -6.5 .84 -0.8 -1.1 -23.1 -2.1 0.84 -12.3 3 0 9
1958 28 KCA AL 8.1 0.8 663 0.7 11.0 -10.3 .92 0.9 -0.2 -0.4 -0.0 0.92 6.1 3 6 14
1959 29 KCA AL -14.3 -1.4 800 -1.7 13.9 -15.5 1.01 -1.1 -0.6 -17.0 -1.6 1.01 -12.9 3 2 5
1960 30 KCA AL 18.9 2.0 1088 1.9 23.2 -21.3 1.23 1.3 0.2 15.8 1.6 1.23 13.2 2 1 1
1961 31 TOT AL -12.0 -1.2 984 -0.5 18.0 -18.5 1.09 -1.0 0.5 -10.9 -1.0 1.09 -13.8 0 0 2
1961 31 KCA AL -10.6 -1.0 387 -0.7 6.9 -7.6 1.06 -1.1 0.4 -12.3 -1.1 1.06 -12.9 0 0 1
1961 31 CHW AL -1.5 -0.2 597 0.2 11.1 -10.9 1.10 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.1 1.10 -0.9 0 0 1
1962 32 CHW AL 20.6 2.1 997 3.2 19.1 -15.9 1.07 2.5 0.5 27.5 2.9 1.07 24.5 0 0 0
1963 33 CHW AL 8.8 0.9 927 1.0 15.7 -14.7 .98 2.5 -1.5 17.6 2.0 0.98 24.0 0 0 0
1964 34 CHW AL -0.9 -0.1 461 0.3 8.3 -8.0 1.06 0.4 -0.1 1.5 0.2 1.06 2.3 0 0 1
1965 35 PHI NL -3.9 -0.4 561 -0.2 9.2 -9.5 .97 -0.1 -0.2 -1.3 -0.1 0.97 -4.9 1 2 2
1966 36 PHI NL -3.3 -0.4 214 -1.4 4.2 -5.6 1.22 -0.5 -0.6 -5.4 -0.6 1.22 -3.9 4 7 9
14 Yrs -21.4 -1.8 8060 -2.9 143.6 -146.5 1.06 2.3 -5.1 -39.0 -3.1 1.06 -3.6 52 34 73

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
1950 20 DET AL 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 0 0% 48.3 55 43 3 1 0 2 4.8 2.5 5.4
1953 23 DET AL 43 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 40 26 25 7 3 0 4.7 0.0 3.3
1954 24 DET AL 42 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28.0 30 22 15 3 2 1 4.3 2.8 2.8
1955 25 KCA AL 23 11 1 7 3 0 3 4 7 .364 0 2 2 0 4 36% 47.1 65 26 13 5 4 3 3.8 2.0 6.2
1958 28 KCA AL 42 16 7 7 2 1 4 8 8 .500 0 2 5 0 10 63% 55.8 74 33 24 7 7 2 3.5 2.9 6.9
1959 29 KCA AL 37 26 10 10 6 3 3 13 13 .500 0 3 10 2 10 38% 47.4 85 22 19 7 14 7 4.6 5.0 6.3
1960 30 KCA AL 37 33 14 14 5 3 6 15 18 .455 0 2 14 0 22 67% 54.2 80 26 14 3 15 8 3.5 3.8 7.5
1961 31 TOT AL 34 32 11 12 9 2 4 16 15 .516 6 5 5 0 19 59% 46.7 83 11 23 9 8 13 4.2 4.0 6.8
1961 31 KCA AL 13 12 3 6 3 0 1 4 7 .364 3 2 1 0 6 50% 42.0 63 11 6 3 4 4 3.8 3.7 6.9
1961 31 CHW AL 21 20 8 6 6 2 3 12 8 .600 3 3 4 0 13 65% 49.5 83 27 17 6 4 9 4.5 4.3 6.8
1962 32 CHW AL 35 35 20 9 6 4 3 25 10 .714 1 4 12 2 20 57% 54.1 84 23 25 8 11 11 4.9 4.4 6.8
1963 33 CHW AL 33 33 13 10 10 0 5 17 16 .515 2 8 14 7 20 61% 54.4 90 18 14 7 15 10 4.6 4.2 6.8
1964 34 CHW AL 20 19 6 7 6 1 1 8 11 .421 3 1 1 1 10 53% 50.9 80 19 12 5 5 10 3.7 3.6 5.8
1965 35 PHI NL 25 19 5 8 6 0 2 7 12 .368 2 4 4 1 10 53% 48.9 75 22 17 8 3 9 3.6 3.8 6.2
1966 36 PHI NL 23 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 49.0 65 33 7 1 0 2 3.0 4.9 5.2
13 Yrs 402 236 87 92 57 14 32 116 119 .494 14 34 68 13 126 53% 51 90 11 211 71 87 78 4.2 3.9 6.6
MLB Averages .500 51% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.3 6.4

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
1950 20 DET AL 8 5 3 1 0 1 1 1 100% 1 0 4 2 50% 8 1.270 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 3.6
1951 21 DET AL 5 5 4 4 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 6 2.111 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 0 4 0 7.6
1953 23 DET AL 43 40 22 4 4 9 6 3 67% 11 0 47 18 38% 9 1.236 17 8 12 12 7 21 26 14 23 12 23 8 5.8
1954 24 DET AL 42 38 15 3 3 3 0 3 0% 8 2 41 16 39% 8 .897 14 7 16 8 3 27 20 18 21 10 21 5 5.8
1955 25 KCA AL 23 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 4 .839 3 0 9 0 2 10 5 7 4 4 4 1 5.0
1958 28 KCA AL 42 26 8 1 1 3 3 1 100% 3 0 19 7 37% 5 .917 3 6 14 3 1 19 13 10 18 4 17 8 7.4
1959 29 KCA AL 37 11 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 11 4 36% 8 1.014 3 2 5 1 2 7 6 4 9 1 8 2 5.4
1960 30 KCA AL 37 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 5 1 20% 8 1.230 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 3.5
1961 31 TOT AL 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.085 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1961 31 KCA AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.058 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1961 31 CHW AL 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.103 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1964 34 CHW AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.061 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6.0
1965 35 PHI NL 25 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 4 80% 3 .968 1 2 2 2 0 4 4 2 3 1 3 0 6.8
1966 36 PHI NL 23 21 9 2 4 6 2 4 33% 6 0 9 4 44% 8 1.224 4 7 9 6 1 14 6 15 10 5 12 4 5.7
12 Yrs 339 171 74 17 15 25 15 13 60% 34 4 154 64 42% 1.067 52 34 73 36 20 110 86 80 98 39 99 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%
1950 20 DET AL 96 56% 1.4% 7.0% 16.9% 7.0% 25% 1.88 107% 22 4 18%
1951 21 DET AL 51 55% 0.0% 17.7% 17.7% 5.9% 38% 0.80 65% 16 1 6%
1953 23 DET AL 404 57% 1.2% 9.2% 11.4% 5.5% 20% 1.91 76% 111 11 10%
1954 24 DET AL 402 65% 1.5% 11.0% 12.4% 7.5% 26% 1.66 73% 105 9 9%
1955 25 KCA AL 395 58% 2.5% 7.6% 10.1% 6.6% 26% 1.29 77% 83 7 8%
1958 28 KCA AL 725 61% 3.0% 16.4% 8.4% 6.4% 26% 0.87 81% 128 19 15%
1959 29 KCA AL 795 66% 3.1% 12.6% 7.9% 8.0% 32% 1.14 76% 151 16 11%
1960 30 KCA AL 1064 61% 1.6% 11.6% 6.8% 7.0% 29% 1.24 79% 212 27 13%
1961 31 TOT AL 967 58% 2.6% 8.7% 6.8% 7.9% 31% 1.18 80% 178 19 11%
1961 31 KCA AL 381 59% 2.6% 8.9% 7.9% 8.4% 31% 1.27 78% 79 10 13%
1961 31 CHW AL 586 57% 2.6% 8.5% 6.1% 7.5% 31% 1.13 81% 99 9 9%
1962 32 CHW AL 984 60% 1.3% 11.7% 7.5% 6.2% 27% 1.33 79% 194 27 14%
1963 33 CHW AL 915 55% 1.3% 11.5% 3.8% 4.6% 18% 1.27 82% 179 28 16%
1964 34 CHW AL 455 53% 3.1% 8.8% 3.7% 6.6% 26% 1.19 83% 87 9 10%
1965 35 PHI NL 550 48% 2.4% 9.3% 3.5% 7.6% 26% 1.32 84% 102 20 20%
1966 36 PHI NL 210 57% 3.3% 7.1% 6.7% 7.6% 29% 1.54 80% 57 9 16%
14 Yrs 8013 59% 2.1% 10.9% 7.2% 6.7% 27% 1.26 80% 1625 206 13%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.6% 9.2% 6.6% 28% 1.02 77% 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
1950 20 DET AL 71 20 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 3 1 33% 1 0 0 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
1951 21 DET AL 51 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 25% 0 3 0 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1953 23 DET AL 404 109 5 1 18 2 3 2 3 30 20 3 67% 4 6 3 193 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1954 24 DET AL 402 114 6 0 21 1 5 4 2 37 23 5 62% 4 3 0 184 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
1955 25 KCA AL 395 99 10 1 13 6 4 6 4 36 20 3 56% 4 4 1 151 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1958 28 KCA AL 657 161 20 0 8 10 8 8 10 32 14 7 44% 10 4 0 246 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 68
1959 29 KCA AL 785 196 24 0 17 17 7 16 8 38 23 5 61% 12 2 0 293 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 10
1960 30 KCA AL 1056 256 17 0 24 11 6 11 6 51 20 10 39% 12 2 2 407 15 2 88% 12 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 19 8
1961 31 TOT AL 967 245 25 0 15 11 14 8 17 55 31 3 56% 18 1 2 366 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1961 31 KCA AL 381 103 10 0 8 5 5 2 8 25 14 2 56% 7 0 1 163 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 31 CHW AL 586 142 15 0 7 6 9 6 9 30 17 1 57% 11 1 1 203 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1962 32 CHW AL 984 228 13 0 13 12 1 7 6 37 18 4 49% 8 4 2 369 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1963 33 CHW AL 915 230 12 1 17 9 3 4 8 36 21 3 58% 9 2 0 333 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1964 34 CHW AL 455 117 14 0 3 6 8 7 7 17 11 1 65% 3 2 0 164 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 35 PHI NL 550 162 13 0 9 8 5 8 5 21 12 2 57% 8 4 1 197 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 0
1966 36 PHI NL 210 55 7 0 3 7 0 3 4 8 5 0 63% 3 1 0 88 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Yrs 7902 2000 167 3 166 101 64 84 81 411 222 49 54% 96 38 11 3045 46 33 58% 42 30 3 2 1 1 14 1 135 111
MLB Averages 51% 60%

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+
1950 20 1 2 .333 3.63 8 3 3 1 0 1 22.1 20 11 9 1 12 5 0 0 0 96 131 1.433 8.1 0.4 4.8 2.0 0.42 131
1951 21 5 2 .714 2.83 13 3 7 1 0 1 35.0 28 13 11 1 21 14 0 0 3 147 162 1.400 7.2 0.3 5.4 3.6 0.67 162
1952 22 5 2 .714 2.83 13 3 7 1 0 1 35.0 28 13 11 1 21 14 0 0 3 147 162 1.400 7.2 0.3 5.4 3.6 0.67 162
1953 23 9 8 .529 4.55 56 6 29 1 0 7 122.2 137 71 62 6 67 51 0 0 9 553 92 1.663 10.1 0.4 4.9 3.7 0.76 92
1954 24 12 14 .462 5.09 98 10 44 1 0 7 207.0 251 135 117 12 117 95 2 0 12 955 79 1.778 10.9 0.5 5.1 4.1 0.81 79
1955 25 13 22 .371 5.44 121 21 48 3 0 7 294.2 350 200 178 22 157 9 125 3 0 16 1351 75 1.721 10.7 0.7 4.8 3.8 0.80 75
1956 26 13 22 .371 5.44 121 21 48 3 0 7 294.2 350 200 178 22 157 9 125 3 0 16 1351 75 1.721 10.7 0.7 4.8 3.8 0.80 75
1957 27 13 22 .371 5.44 121 21 48 3 0 7 294.2 350 200 178 22 157 9 125 3 0 16 1351 75 1.721 10.7 0.7 4.8 3.8 0.80 75
1958 28 21 30 .412 4.71 163 37 56 8 0 10 469.2 511 276 246 42 212 12 233 7 0 20 2071 85 1.539 9.8 0.8 4.1 4.5 1.10 85
1959 29 32 41 .438 4.75 200 63 59 18 2 11 653.1 707 384 345 66 274 16 332 8 0 22 2866 84 1.502 9.7 0.9 3.8 4.6 1.21 84
1960 30 46 56 .451 4.34 237 96 62 32 2 12 906.0 963 490 437 83 346 22 454 15 0 24 3929 92 1.445 9.6 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.31 92
1961 31 58 68 .460 4.38 271 128 63 37 2 12 1127.1 1208 615 549 108 412 25 538 17 2 25 4896 91 1.437 9.6 0.9 3.3 4.3 1.31 91
1962 32 78 77 .503 4.19 306 163 63 49 4 12 1364.0 1436 705 635 121 486 29 653 18 2 29 5880 95 1.409 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.34 95
1963 33 91 87 .511 4.06 339 196 63 63 11 12 1588.2 1666 791 716 133 521 34 758 20 2 31 6795 97 1.377 9.4 0.8 3.0 4.3 1.45 97
1964 34 97 94 .508 4.02 359 215 63 64 12 12 1700.1 1783 841 759 147 538 36 798 22 2 33 7250 97 1.365 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.2 1.48 97
1965 35 102 102 .500 4.01 384 234 65 68 13 13 1831.0 1945 901 815 160 557 38 849 23 2 37 7800 96 1.366 9.6 0.8 2.7 4.2 1.52 96
1966 36 104 107 .493 4.01 407 236 74 68 13 15 1881.1 2000 927 839 167 571 40 864 24 2 38 8010 96 1.367 9.6 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.51 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
1950 20 1 1 .500 3.13 23.0 19 9 8 1 11 5 0 1.304 7.4 4.3 2.0 0.45 0.4 8
1951 21 1 0 1.000 1.50 12.0 8 2 2 0 9 9 0 1.417 6.0 6.8 6.8 1.00 0.0 5
1953 23 3 6 .333 5.32 88.0 113 58 52 5 48 37 0 1.830 11.6 4.9 3.8 0.77 0.5 43
1954 24 2 6 .250 6.67 81.0 122 67 60 6 54 42 2 2.173 13.6 6.0 4.7 0.78 0.7 42
1955 25 3 7 .300 6.10 90.0 101 68 61 10 41 31 1 1.578 10.1 4.1 3.1 0.76 1.0 23
1958 28 10 9 .526 3.78 174.0 170 81 73 21 58 107 4 1.310 8.8 3.0 5.5 1.84 1.1 42
1959 29 8 12 .400 4.84 188.0 202 112 101 25 64 101 1 1.415 9.7 3.1 4.8 1.58 1.2 37
1960 30 17 11 .607 3.29 257.0 266 104 94 18 75 124 7 1.327 9.3 2.6 4.3 1.65 0.6 37
1961 31 11 13 .458 4.52 219.0 242 122 110 25 65 83 2 1.402 9.9 2.7 3.4 1.28 1.0 34
1962 32 14 11 .560 3.41 227.0 228 96 86 13 74 110 1 1.330 9.0 2.9 4.4 1.49 0.5 35
1963 33 12 11 .522 3.94 210.0 245 102 92 13 37 98 2 1.343 10.5 1.6 4.2 2.65 0.6 33
1964 34 5 6 .455 4.28 103.0 124 54 49 15 18 37 2 1.379 10.8 1.6 3.2 2.06 1.3 20
1965 35 5 8 .385 4.81 118.0 171 70 63 14 20 46 1 1.619 13.0 1.5 3.5 2.30 1.1 25
1966 36 2 3 .400 5.09 46.0 57 29 26 7 15 14 1 1.565 11.2 2.9 2.7 0.93 1.4 23
14 Yrs 94 104 .475 4.30 1836.0 2068 974 877 173 589 844 24 1.447 10.1 4.1 1.43 0.8 407

* 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

All-Star Games
1962-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 AL (29, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.6 (4th)
1962 AL  5.0 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1960 AL  5.5 (2nd)
1962 AL  4.4 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1960 AL  3.28 (8th)
1962 AL  3.27 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  14 (7th)
1962 AL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1962 AL  .690 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  2.565 (8th)
1963 AL  1.402 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  5.554 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL  43 (6th)
1954 AL  42 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 AL  252.7 (4th)
1962 AL  236.7 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 AL  122 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1960 AL  33 (7th)
1962 AL  35 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1960 AL  14 (2nd)
1962 AL  12 (5th)
1963 AL  14 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1963 AL  7 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  24 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1960 AL  256 (3rd)
1961 AL  245 (6th)
1962 AL  228 (10th)
1963 AL  230 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  1.964 (10th)
1960 AL  1.694 (9th)
1963 AL  3.000 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 AL  0.606 (4th)
1962 AL  0.494 (1st)
1963 AL  0.481 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1960 AL  15 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  99 (6th)
1960 AL  92 (6th)
1961 AL  112 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 AL  7 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1960 AL  1,063 (4th)
1962 AL  984 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 AL  22 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1960 AL  122 (4th)
1962 AL  120 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  19 (3rd)
1962 AL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  2.0 (3rd)
1962 AL  2.1 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1960 AL  15.82 (10th)
1962 AL  27.52 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 AL  1.9 (10th)
1962 AL  3.2 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1962 AL  2.5 (6th)
1963 AL  2.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1962 AL  2.9 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1950 AL  born 1929-12-15 (5th)
1951 AL  born 1929-12-15 (8th)

                           

† 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 - 47 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Reggie Cleveland (979)
  2. Kirk McCaskill (961)
  3. Jack Scott (959)
  4. Mike LaCoss (958)
  5. Rick Mahler (957)
  6. Ismael Valdez (955)
  7. Sam Gray (955)
  8. Fred Frankhouse (954)
  9. Denny Galehouse (951)
  10. Nels Potter (950)
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  3. George Murray (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jason Davis (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Welch (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Russ Kemmerer (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Bowman (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joe Haynes (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mike LaCoss (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike LaCoss (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Denny Galehouse (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Rick Mahler (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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