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Ed Heusser

Edward Burlton Heusser (The Wild Elk Of The Wasatch)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 7, 1909 in Salt Lake County, UT(All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1935
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Athletics/Phillies 1935-1948

Final Game: September 14, 1948
Died: March 1, 1956 in Aurora, CO
Buried: Bountiful City Park, Bountiful, UT
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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
1935 26 STL NL 5 5 .500 2.92 33 11 10 2 0 2 123.1 125 50 40 5 27 39 2 1 2 511 141 1.232 9.1 0.4 2.0 2.8 1.44
1936 27 STL NL 7 3 .700 5.43 42 3 14 0 0 3 104.1 130 73 63 6 38 26 4 0 6 473 73 1.610 11.2 0.5 3.3 2.2 0.68
1938 29 PHI NL 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 20 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1940 31 PHA AL 6 13 .316 4.99 41 6 26 2 0 5 110.0 144 84 61 11 42 39 2 0 1 518 89 1.691 11.8 0.9 3.4 3.2 0.93
1943 34 CIN NL 4 3 .571 3.46 26 10 6 2 1 0 91.0 97 40 35 4 23 28 0 0 1 380 97 1.319 9.6 0.4 2.3 2.8 1.22
1944 35 CIN NL 13 11 .542 2.38 30 23 6 17 4 2 192.2 165 59 51 9 42 42 1 0 1 769 147 1.074 7.7 0.4 2.0 2.0 1.00
1945 36 CIN NL 11 16 .407 3.71 31 30 1 18 4 1 223.0 248 105 92 10 60 56 3 0 0 965 101 1.381 10.0 0.4 2.4 2.3 0.93 MVP-21
1946 37 CIN NL 7 14 .333 3.22 29 21 5 9 1 2 167.2 167 68 60 11 39 47 1 0 1 692 104 1.229 9.0 0.6 2.1 2.5 1.21
1948 39 PHI NL 3 2 .600 4.99 33 0 21 0 0 3 74.0 89 46 41 9 28 22 0 0 1 330 79 1.581 10.8 1.1 3.4 2.7 0.79
9 Yrs 56 67 .455 3.69 266 104 90 50 10 18 1087.0 1167 528 446 66 300 299 13 1 13 4644 102 1.350 9.7 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .455 3.69 49 19 17 9 2 3 200 214 97 82 12 55 55 2 0 2 853 102 1.350 9.7 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
CIN (4 yrs) 35 44 .443 3.18 116 84 18 46 10 5 674.1 677 272 238 34 164 173 5 0 3 2806 111 1.247 9.0 0.5 2.2 2.3 1.05
PHI (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 5.28 34 0 22 0 0 3 75.0 91 49 44 10 29 22 0 0 1 336 75 1.600 10.9 1.2 3.5 2.6 0.76
STL (2 yrs) 12 8 .600 4.07 75 14 24 2 0 5 227.2 255 123 103 11 65 65 6 1 8 984 99 1.406 10.1 0.4 2.6 2.6 1.00
PHA (1 yr) 6 13 .316 4.99 41 6 26 2 0 5 110.0 144 84 61 11 42 39 2 0 1 518 89 1.691 11.8 0.9 3.4 3.2 0.93
NL (8 yrs) 50 54 .481 3.55 225 98 64 48 10 13 977.0 1023 444 385 55 258 260 11 1 12 4126 104 1.311 9.4 0.5 2.4 2.4 1.01
AL (1 yr) 6 13 .316 4.99 41 6 26 2 0 5 110.0 144 84 61 11 42 39 2 0 1 518 89 1.691 11.8 0.9 3.4 3.2 0.93

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
1935 26 STL NL 123.1 33 11 50 3.65 4.71 0.09 0.00 102.8 4.75 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.4 27 .544 .509 $
1936 27 STL NL 104.1 42 3 73 6.30 4.65 -0.19 0.00 97.8 4.74 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .458 .489 $
1938 29 PHI NL 1.0 1 0 3 27.00 4.69 -0.39 0.00 100.0 5.08 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .294 .499 $
1940 31 PHA AL 110.0 41 6 84 6.87 5.15 -0.33 0.00 101.8 5.58 -17 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .462 .490 $
1943 34 CIN NL 91.0 26 10 40 3.96 3.91 0.32 0.00 99.4 3.56 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.3 4 .483 .497 $
1944 35 CIN NL 191.1 30 23 59 2.78 4.42 0.56 0.00 96.6 3.73 20 2.3 1.0 -0.1 3.8 38 .578 .514 $
1945 36 CIN NL 223.1 31 30 105 4.23 4.67 0.03 0.00 99.4 4.61 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.5 32 .527 .505 $ MVP-21
1946 37 CIN NL 167.2 29 21 68 3.65 4.07 0.40 0.00 99.2 3.64 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.4 17 .499 .500 $
1948 39 PHI NL 74.0 33 0 46 5.59 4.59 -0.28 0.00 99.8 4.85 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.0 2 .480 .496 $
9 Seasons 1086.0 266 104 528 4.38 4.52 0.13 0.00 99.4 4.36 -5 -0.0 1.0 -0.8 8.4 106 .500 .500 $
CIN (4 yrs) 673.1 116 84 272 3.64 4.35 0.31 0.00 98.6 3.98 24 2.7 1.0 -0.4 8.0 91 .523 .504 $
PHI (2 yrs) 75.0 34 0 49 5.88 4.59 -0.28 0.00 99.8 4.86 -9 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 0 .475 .497 $
STL (2 yrs) 227.2 75 14 123 4.86 4.68 -0.04 0.00 100.5 4.74 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.4 20 .496 .499 $
PHA (1 yr) 110.0 41 6 84 6.87 5.15 -0.33 0.00 101.8 5.58 -17 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .462 .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 39 PHI NL 33 200 305 46 89 5 8 9 4 1 28 22 .292 .351 .449 .801 .292 137 4 0 5 0 4
1 Yr 33 200 305 46 89 5 8 9 4 1 28 22 .292 .351 .449 .801 .292 137 4 0 5 0 4
162 Game Avg. 68 412 628 95 183 10 16 19 8 2 58 45 .292 .351 .449 .801 .292 282 8 0 10 0 8
MLB Averages .266 .335 .335 .670 .284

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 39 PHI NL -8.4 -0.8 207 0.4 2.8 -2.5 .79 -0.6 1.1 -6.4 -0.6 0.81 -7.8 6 1 12
9 Yrs 6.8 1.1 207 0.4 2.8 -2.5 .79 -0.6 1.1 -6.4 -0.6 0.81 -7.8 6 1 12

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
1935 26 STL NL 33 11 3 4 4 0 0 4 7 .364 0 0 2 0 5 45% 46.3 69 21 5 3 4.1 5.8
1936 27 STL NL 42 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 37.7 53 30 3 0 3.3 4.4
1940 31 PHA AL 41 6 2 4 0 1 1 2 4 .333 0 0 2 0 2 33% 35.3 50 24 3 1 6.0 6.1
1943 34 CIN NL 26 10 2 3 5 1 2 5 4 .556 0 0 2 1 6 60% 46.8 70 27 6 3 5.0 5.6
1944 35 CIN NL 30 23 11 11 1 1 7 11 12 .478 0 0 17 4 17 74% 58.5 77 30 5 9 2.8 7.9
1945 36 CIN NL 31 30 11 16 3 1 7 13 17 .433 0 0 18 4 17 57% 49.4 82 10 9 11 3.3 7.4
1946 37 CIN NL 29 21 7 12 2 0 7 7 14 .333 0 0 9 1 14 67% 52.2 73 23 3 14 3.3 7.3
7 Yrs 232 104 37 51 16 4 24 43 60 .417 0 0 50 10 62 60% 50 82 10 34 41 3.6 7.0
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 116 -35 4.6 4.8 6.9

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
1935 26 STL NL 33 22 10 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 3 5 8.2
1936 27 STL NL 42 39 14 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 25 11 14 7.0
1938 29 PHI NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1940 31 PHA AL 41 35 26 4 9 0 5 0 0 0 19 7 8 6.3
1943 34 CIN NL 26 16 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 6.6
1944 35 CIN NL 30 7 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 4.0
1945 36 CIN NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
1946 37 CIN NL 29 8 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 5.8
1948 39 PHI NL 33 33 21 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 5 28% .792 6 1 12 1 3 15 9 10 20 5 11 7 6.7
9 Yrs 266 162 90 19 16 0 18 0 0 0 18 5 28% .792 6 1 12 1 3 15 9 10 95 30 11 37 6.7

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%
1935 26 STL NL 511 1.0% 7.6% 5.3% 1.0% 4% 84%
1936 27 STL NL 474 1.3% 5.5% 8.0% 82%
1938 29 PHI NL 6 16.7% 0.0% 16.7% 67%
1940 31 PHA AL 518 2.1% 7.5% 8.1% 3.7% 13% 81%
1943 34 CIN NL 380 1.1% 7.4% 6.1% 1.8% 7% 84%
1944 35 CIN NL 769 1.2% 5.5% 5.5% 4.6% 21% 86%
1945 36 CIN NL 965 1.0% 5.8% 6.2% 4.4% 17% 85%
1946 37 CIN NL 692 1.6% 6.8% 5.6% 4.2% 17% 84%
1948 39 PHI NL 339 63% 4.5% 11.0% 14.0% 11.0% 25% 0.66 137% 36 4 11%
9 Yrs 4654 63% 1.5% 6.6% 6.6% 3.5% 14% 0.66 86% 36 4 11%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.3% 9.2% 3.2% 13% 0.95 81% 10%

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
1935 26 STL NL 125 5 2
1936 27 STL NL 130 6 6
1938 29 PHI NL 2 1 0
1940 31 PHA AL 144 11 1
1943 34 CIN NL 97 4 1
1944 35 CIN NL 165 9 1
1945 36 CIN NL 248 10 0
1946 37 CIN NL 167 11 1
1948 39 PHI NL 200 89 9 0 8 3 2 1 4 23 13 3 57% 4 1 0 67 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
9 Yrs 200 1167 66 0 8 3 2 1 4 23 13 3 57% 4 13 0 67 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
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+
1935 26 5 5 .500 2.92 33 11 10 2 0 2 123.1 125 50 40 5 27 39 2 1 2 511 141 1.232 9.1 0.4 2.0 2.8 1.44 141
1936 27 12 8 .600 4.07 75 14 24 2 0 5 227.2 255 123 103 11 65 65 6 1 8 984 99 1.406 10.1 0.4 2.6 2.6 1.00 99
1937 28 12 8 .600 4.07 75 14 24 2 0 5 227.2 255 123 103 11 65 65 6 1 8 984 99 1.406 10.1 0.4 2.6 2.6 1.00 99
1938 29 12 8 .600 4.17 76 14 25 2 0 5 228.2 257 126 106 12 66 65 6 1 8 990 97 1.413 10.1 0.5 2.6 2.6 0.98 97
1939 30 12 8 .600 4.17 76 14 25 2 0 5 228.2 257 126 106 12 66 65 6 1 8 990 97 1.413 10.1 0.5 2.6 2.6 0.98 97
1940 31 18 21 .462 4.44 117 20 51 4 0 10 338.2 401 210 167 23 108 104 8 1 9 1508 94 1.503 10.7 0.6 2.9 2.8 0.96 94
1941 32 18 21 .462 4.44 117 20 51 4 0 10 338.2 401 210 167 23 108 104 8 1 9 1508 94 1.503 10.7 0.6 2.9 2.8 0.96 94
1942 33 18 21 .462 4.44 117 20 51 4 0 10 338.2 401 210 167 23 108 104 8 1 9 1508 94 1.503 10.7 0.6 2.9 2.8 0.96 94
1943 34 22 24 .478 4.23 143 30 57 6 1 10 429.2 498 250 202 27 131 132 8 1 10 1888 95 1.464 10.4 0.6 2.7 2.8 1.01 95
1944 35 35 35 .500 3.66 173 53 63 23 5 12 622.1 663 309 253 36 173 174 9 1 11 2657 105 1.343 9.6 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.01 105
1945 36 46 51 .474 3.67 204 83 64 41 9 13 845.1 911 414 345 46 233 230 12 1 11 3622 104 1.353 9.7 0.5 2.5 2.4 0.99 104
1946 37 53 65 .449 3.60 233 104 69 50 10 15 1013.0 1078 482 405 57 272 277 13 1 12 4314 104 1.333 9.6 0.5 2.4 2.5 1.02 104
1947 38 53 65 .449 3.60 233 104 69 50 10 15 1013.0 1078 482 405 57 272 277 13 1 12 4314 104 1.333 9.6 0.5 2.4 2.5 1.02 104
1948 39 56 67 .455 3.69 266 104 90 50 10 18 1087.0 1167 528 446 66 300 299 13 1 13 4644 102 1.350 9.7 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00 102

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
1935 26 10 4 .714 2.74 128.0 126 43 39 5 27 40 2 1.195 8.9 1.9 2.8 1.48 0.4 33
1936 27 4 7 .364 5.35 106.0 133 70 63 6 39 26 4 1.623 11.3 3.3 2.2 0.67 0.5 42
1938 29 0 0 36.00 1.0 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 9.0 1
1940 31 6 7 .462 4.24 119.0 141 62 56 11 41 42 2 1.529 10.7 3.1 3.2 1.02 0.8 41
1943 34 4 5 .444 4.19 88.0 107 46 41 4 25 27 0 1.500 10.9 2.6 2.8 1.08 0.4 26
1944 35 15 6 .714 2.67 192.0 177 63 57 10 45 42 1 1.156 8.3 2.1 2.0 0.93 0.5 30
1945 36 13 12 .520 3.79 228.0 259 107 96 10 63 57 3 1.412 10.2 2.5 2.3 0.90 0.4 31
1946 37 9 9 .500 3.95 164.0 187 80 72 12 44 46 1 1.409 10.3 2.4 2.5 1.05 0.7 29
1948 39 3 5 .375 5.23 74.0 94 48 43 10 30 22 0 1.676 11.4 3.6 2.7 0.73 1.2 33
9 Yrs 64 55 .538 3.85 1100.0 1226 523 471 69 315 302 13 1.401 10.0 2.5 0.96 0.6 266

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 NL  2.38 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.074 (2nd)
1946 NL  1.229 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  7.708 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.962 (6th)
1945 NL  2.422 (8th)
1946 NL  2.093 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 AL  41 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1936 NL  3 (9th)
1940 AL  5 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 NL  223.0 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1945 NL  30 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  17 (8th)
1945 NL  18 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL  4 (6th)
1945 NL  4 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  11 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  248 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1940 AL  13 (10th)
1945 NL  16 (2nd)
1946 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  92 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 NL  6 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 NL  965 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1940 AL  26 (4th)
1948 NL  21 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 NL  147 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  26 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  2.8 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 NL  born 1909-05-07 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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