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Kirby Higbe

Walter Kirby Higbe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 8, 1915 in Columbia, SC(All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Phillies/Giants/Cubs 1937-1950

Final Game: July 7, 1950
Died: May 6, 1985 in Columbia, SC
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC
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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
1937 22 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 23 79 1.000 7.2 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00
1938 23 CHC NL 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 1 6 4 0 0 1 45 74 1.600 9.0 0.9 5.4 3.6 0.67
1939 24 TOT NL 12 15 .444 4.67 43 28 13 14 1 2 210.0 220 122 109 10 123 95 10 0 7 965 84 1.633 9.4 0.4 5.3 4.1 0.77
1939 24 CHC NL 2 1 .667 3.18 9 2 6 0 0 0 22.2 12 9 8 0 22 16 0 0 0 101 125 1.500 4.8 0.0 8.7 6.4 0.73
1939 24 PHI NL 10 14 .417 4.85 34 26 7 14 1 2 187.1 208 113 101 10 101 79 10 0 7 864 81 1.649 10.0 0.5 4.9 3.8 0.78
1940 25 PHI NL 14 19 .424 3.72 41 36 4 20 1 1 283.0 242 126 117 12 121 137 3 1 9 1194 105 1.283 7.7 0.4 3.8 4.4 1.13 AS,MVP-21
1941 26 BRO NL 22 9 .710 3.14 48 39 7 19 2 3 298.0 244 123 104 17 132 121 6 0 9 1266 118 1.262 7.4 0.5 4.0 3.7 0.92 MVP-7
1942 27 BRO NL 16 11 .593 3.25 38 32 3 13 2 0 221.2 180 89 80 17 106 115 2 0 3 929 101 1.290 7.3 0.7 4.3 4.7 1.08
1943 28 BRO NL 13 10 .565 3.70 35 27 5 8 1 0 185.0 189 81 76 4 95 108 5 0 4 823 90 1.535 9.2 0.2 4.6 5.3 1.14
1946 31 BRO NL 17 8 .680 3.03 42 29 5 11 3 1 210.2 178 82 71 6 107 134 1 0 6 904 112 1.353 7.6 0.3 4.6 5.7 1.25 AS,MVP-15
1947 32 TOT NL 13 17 .433 3.81 50 33 12 10 1 5 240.2 222 117 102 22 122 109 4 0 7 1051 111 1.429 8.3 0.8 4.6 4.1 0.89
1947 32 BRO NL 2 0 1.000 5.17 4 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 9 9 0 12 10 1 0 1 76 81 1.915 10.3 0.0 6.9 5.7 0.83
1947 32 PIT NL 11 17 .393 3.72 46 30 12 10 1 5 225.0 204 108 93 22 110 99 3 0 6 975 114 1.396 8.2 0.9 4.4 4.0 0.90
1948 33 PIT NL 8 7 .533 3.36 56 8 31 3 0 10 158.0 140 75 59 11 83 86 3 1 4 681 121 1.411 8.0 0.6 4.7 4.9 1.04
1949 34 TOT NL 2 2 .500 5.08 44 3 15 0 0 2 95.2 97 66 54 13 53 43 1 0 5 425 80 1.568 9.1 1.2 5.0 4.0 0.81
1949 34 PIT NL 0 2 .000 13.50 7 1 2 0 0 0 15.1 25 24 23 2 12 5 0 0 0 81 32 2.413 14.7 1.2 7.0 2.9 0.42
1949 34 NYG NL 2 0 1.000 3.47 37 2 13 0 0 2 80.1 72 42 31 11 41 38 1 0 5 344 116 1.407 8.1 1.2 4.6 4.3 0.93
1950 35 NYG NL 0 3 .000 4.93 18 1 8 0 0 0 34.2 37 19 19 2 30 17 0 2 6 166 84 1.933 9.6 0.5 7.8 4.4 0.57
12 Yrs 118 101 .539 3.69 418 238 104 98 11 24 1952.1 1763 909 800 116 979 971 35 4 61 8472 102 1.404 8.1 0.5 4.5 4.5 0.99
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .539 3.69 43 25 11 10 1 2 202 183 94 83 12 101 101 4 0 6 878 102 1.404 8.1 0.5 4.5 4.5 0.99
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
BRO (5 yrs) 70 38 .648 3.29 167 130 20 51 8 4 931.0 809 384 340 44 452 488 15 0 23 3998 106 1.354 7.8 0.4 4.4 4.7 1.08
PIT (3 yrs) 19 26 .422 3.95 109 39 45 13 1 15 398.1 369 207 175 35 205 190 6 1 10 1737 106 1.441 8.3 0.8 4.6 4.3 0.93
CHC (3 yrs) 3 1 .750 4.06 12 4 7 0 0 0 37.2 26 18 17 2 29 22 0 0 1 169 99 1.460 6.2 0.5 6.9 5.3 0.76
NYG (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.91 55 3 21 0 0 2 115.0 109 61 50 13 71 55 1 2 11 510 104 1.565 8.5 1.0 5.6 4.3 0.77
PHI (2 yrs) 24 33 .421 4.17 75 62 11 34 2 3 470.1 450 239 218 22 222 216 13 1 16 2058 94 1.429 8.6 0.4 4.2 4.1 0.97

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 22 CHC NL 5.0 1 0 3 5.40 5.07 0.08 0.00 102.0 5.10 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .484 .500 $
1938 23 CHC NL 10.0 2 2 6 5.40 4.14 0.15 0.00 108.9 4.35 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0 .444 .499 $
1939 24 CHC NL 22.2 9 2 9 3.57 4.32 -0.17 0.00 100.5 4.52 2 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .530 .502 $
1939 24 PHI NL 187.1 34 26 113 5.43 4.62 -0.21 0.00 100.7 4.86 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .468 .493 $
1940 25 PHI NL 283.0 41 36 126 4.01 4.50 0.01 0.00 101.8 4.56 18 2.0 1.0 -0.2 4.5 49 .548 .512 $ AS,MVP-21
1941 26 BRO NL 298.0 48 39 123 3.71 4.16 0.36 0.00 101.5 3.86 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 3.3 37 .514 .504 $ MVP-7
1942 27 BRO NL 221.2 38 32 89 3.61 3.70 0.24 0.00 98.6 3.41 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.3 14 .490 .498 $
1943 28 BRO NL 185.0 35 27 81 3.94 3.89 -0.17 0.00 98.4 3.99 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.5 17 .504 .501 $
1946 31 BRO NL 210.2 42 29 82 3.50 3.90 0.07 0.00 99.0 3.80 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.7 28 .519 .505 $15,000 AS,MVP-15
1947 32 BRO NL 15.2 4 3 9 5.17 4.65 0.26 0.00 101.7 4.46 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .467 .499 $17,500
1947 32 PIT NL 225.0 46 30 108 4.32 4.63 -0.16 0.00 103.6 4.96 15 1.5 1.0 -0.1 3.6 43 .534 .510 $
1948 33 PIT NL 157.1 56 8 75 4.29 4.51 0.18 0.00 102.5 4.44 2 0.2 1.2 -0.1 1.7 21 .504 .501 $
1949 34 PIT NL 15.1 7 1 24 14.09 4.34 -0.05 0.00 104.7 4.60 -16 -1.4 1.1 -0.1 -1.3 -14 .305 .492 $
1949 34 NYG NL 80.1 37 2 42 4.71 4.49 0.12 0.00 100.8 4.41 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 0.4 7 .492 .498 $
1950 35 NYG NL 34.2 18 1 19 4.93 4.69 0.46 0.00 99.1 4.19 -3 -0.3 .5 0.0 0.1 1 .486 .498 $
12 Seasons 1951.2 418 238 909 4.19 4.26 0.06 0.00 100.9 4.24 13 2.0 1.0 -1.2 18.5 215 .505 .501 $32,500
BRO (5 yrs) 931.0 167 130 384 3.71 3.95 0.16 0.00 99.6 3.78 10 1.1 1.0 -0.5 8.8 98 .507 .501 $32,500
PIT (3 yrs) 397.2 109 39 207 4.68 4.57 -0.02 0.00 103.2 4.74 1 0.4 1.1 -0.4 4.0 49 .504 .501 $
CHC (3 yrs) 37.2 12 4 18 4.30 4.37 -0.05 0.00 102.9 4.55 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .511 .500 $
NYG (2 yrs) 115.0 55 3 61 4.77 4.55 0.22 0.00 100.3 4.34 -5 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.5 8 .490 .498 $
PHI (2 yrs) 470.1 75 62 239 4.57 4.54 -0.08 0.00 101.4 4.68 7 0.9 1.0 -0.3 4.8 55 .512 .503 $

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
1941 26 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 2.182 14.7 0.0 4.9 2.5 0.50
1 WS 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 2.182 14.7 0.0 4.9 2.5 0.50

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
1940 PHI NL 25
1946 BRO NL 31 0 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 4 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 10 4.500 33.8 6.8 6.8 13.5 2.00

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 33 PIT NL 56 284 587 75 140 13 3 11 2 2 83 86 .239 .336 .327 .663 .263 192 5 3 11 0 2
1949 34 NYG NL 37 144 298 42 72 3 0 11 3 3 41 38 .242 .335 .362 .698 .245 108 2 1 4 0 4
1949 34 PIT NL 7 63 66 24 25 2 1 2 0 0 12 5 .379 .474 .530 1.005 .390 35 0 0 3 0 2
1949 34 TOT NL 44 207 364 66 97 5 1 13 3 3 53 43 .266 .361 .393 .754 .273 143 2 1 7 0 6
1950 35 NYG NL 18 130 129 19 37 6 0 2 1 1 30 17 .287 .421 .380 .801 .318 49 1 0 6 0 0
3 Yrs 118 621 1080 160 274 24 4 26 6 6 166 146 .254 .355 .356 .711 .273 384 8 4 24 0 8
162 Game Avg. 62 325 565 84 143 13 2 14 3 3 87 76 .254 .355 .356 .711 .273 201 4 2 13 0 4
MLB Averages .264 .335 .339 .674 .281

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 33 PIT NL 8.9 0.9 302 1.2 5.7 -4.5 1.12 0.8 0.3 11.0 1.1 1.12 8.8 7 6 5
1949 34 TOT NL -12.3 -1.1 220 -2.4 2.1 -4.5 .78 -1.6 -1.5 -18.8 -1.8 0.77 -14.8 4 6 10
1949 34 PIT NL -14.2 -1.3 63 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 .99 -0.9 -0.1 -10.1 -0.9 0.99 -9.1 2 1 1
1949 34 NYG NL 1.9 0.2 157 -1.5 1.4 -2.9 .69 -0.7 -1.5 -8.7 -0.9 0.69 -5.7 2 5 9
1950 35 NYG NL -1.9 -0.2 147 -0.2 2.1 -2.3 1.02 -0.8 0.6 -5.9 -0.6 1.02 -7.2 1 0 11
12 Yrs 23.4 2.7 669 -1.4 10.0 -11.3 .99 -1.5 0.1 -13.7 -1.2 0.98 -13.2 12 12 26

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
1938 23 CHC NL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0% 44.0 44 44 0 2 4.7 5.0
1939 24 TOT NL 43 28 11 14 3 4 3 12 16 .429 0 0 14 1 10 36% 45.0 82 12 16 5 4.6 6.5
1939 24 CHC NL 9 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 38 26 1 1 8.5 3.2
1939 24 PHI NL 34 26 10 13 3 3 3 11 15 .423 0 0 14 1 10 38% 46.0 82 12 15 4 4.3 6.8
1940 25 PHI NL 41 36 13 19 4 1 10 14 22 .389 0 0 20 1 22 61% 54.4 90 16 22 6 3.4 7.6
1941 26 BRO NL 48 39 21 7 11 4 3 29 9 .763 0 0 19 2 25 64% 55.7 85 23 30 2 5.6 7.3
1942 27 BRO NL 38 32 15 9 8 4 3 20 11 .645 0 0 13 2 17 53% 55.8 83 28 13 12 5.1 6.7
1943 28 BRO NL 35 27 12 8 7 0 2 15 12 .556 0 0 8 1 17 63% 52.6 81 20 13 9 3.9 6.1
1946 31 BRO NL 42 29 15 6 8 2 3 21 8 .724 0 0 11 3 17 59% 56.2 87 23 17 10 4.9 6.6
1947 32 TOT NL 50 33 11 16 6 3 7 13 18 .419 0 0 10 1 16 48% 49.4 81 20 24 4 4.7 6.5
1947 32 BRO NL 4 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0% 41.7 52 28 0 2 9.0 4.3
1947 32 PIT NL 46 30 9 16 5 1 7 10 18 .357 0 0 10 1 16 53% 50.2 81 20 24 2 4.3 6.7
1948 33 PIT NL 56 8 2 3 3 0 2 2 5 .286 1 0 3 0 5 63% 51.4 76 24 7 4 5 2 4.0 4.5 6.7
1949 34 TOT NL 44 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 30.3 51 13 12 7 2 1 5.5 9.0 2.7
1949 34 PIT NL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 13.0 13 13 6 6 0 1 6.0 36.0 0.7
1949 34 NYG NL 37 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 39.0 51 27 6 1 2 0 5.2 4.5 3.7
1950 35 NYG NL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 8 1 1 0 6.0 9.0 1.3
11 Yrs 417 238 100 84 54 18 33 129 104 .554 1 1 98 11 130 55% 52 90 12 27 12 143 53 4.6 5.7 6.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -20 4.5 4.8 6.8
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

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
1937 22 CHC NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.0
1939 24 TOT NL 43 15 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 5 7 5.3
1939 24 CHC NL 9 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 7.0
1939 24 PHI NL 34 8 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 5 3.9
1940 25 PHI NL 41 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 5.8
1941 26 BRO NL 48 9 7 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 2 4.4
1942 27 BRO NL 38 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4.2
1943 28 BRO NL 35 8 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 7.4
1946 31 BRO NL 42 13 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 2 4.7
1947 32 TOT NL 50 17 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 9 4 4 4.6
1947 32 BRO NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
1947 32 PIT NL 46 16 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 8 4 4 4.4
1948 33 PIT NL 56 48 31 6 4 6 10 2 167% 7 1 16 8 50% 1.118 7 6 5 7 1 10 9 9 27 8 10 16 6.5
1949 34 TOT NL 44 41 15 2 1 2 2 1 100% 2 0 15 8 53% .782 4 6 10 3 1 16 7 13 27 6 14 14 6.4
1949 34 PIT NL 7 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% .987 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 6 0 4 1 7.3
1949 34 NYG NL 37 35 13 2 0 2 2 1 100% 2 0 11 7 64% .693 2 5 9 2 1 13 5 11 21 6 10 13 6.3
1950 35 NYG NL 18 17 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1.024 1 0 11 0 1 11 2 10 12 3 9 4 5.9
11 Yrs 416 180 104 18 17 8 24 3 300% 9 1 34 17 50% .986 12 12 26 10 3 37 18 32 101 36 33 58 5.9
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

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 22 CHC NL 23 4.4% 8.7% 4.4% 83%
1938 23 CHC NL 45 2.2% 8.9% 13.3% 73%
1939 24 TOT NL 965 1.0% 9.8% 12.8% 3.1% 14% 73%
1939 24 CHC NL 101 0.0% 15.8% 21.8% 59%
1939 24 PHI NL 864 1.2% 9.1% 11.7% 3.5% 14% 75%
1940 25 PHI NL 1194 1.0% 11.5% 10.1% 3.6% 18% 75%
1941 26 BRO NL 1266 1.3% 9.6% 10.4% 3.3% 17% 77%
1942 27 BRO NL 929 1.8% 12.4% 11.4% 2.8% 14% 73%
1943 28 BRO NL 823 0.5% 13.1% 11.5% 1.9% 9% 74%
1946 31 BRO NL 905 0.7% 14.8% 11.8% 1.7% 8% 71%
1947 32 TOT NL 1051 2.1% 10.4% 11.6% 4.1% 19% 74%
1947 32 BRO NL 76 0.0% 13.2% 15.8% 67%
1947 32 PIT NL 975 2.3% 10.2% 11.3% 4.4% 21% 75%
1948 33 PIT NL 684 55% 3.9% 30.3% 29.2% 9.5% 19% 1.08 173% 51 5 10%
1949 34 TOT NL 425 68% 6.3% 20.8% 25.6% 9.2% 20% 1.00 149% 47 2 4%
1949 34 PIT NL 81 63% 3.2% 7.9% 19.1% 7.9% 20% 1.21 94% 20 0 0%
1949 34 NYG NL 344 70% 7.6% 26.4% 28.5% 9.7% 19% 0.93 173% 27 2 7%
1950 35 NYG NL 165 51% 1.5% 13.1% 23.1% 6.2% 22% 1.15 85% 27 1 4%
12 Yrs 8475 58% 1.5% 12.4% 12.5% 3.4% 15% 1.06 80% 125 8 6%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 9.8% 9.8% 3.7% 15% 0.95 84% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 22 CHC NL 4 1 0
1938 23 CHC NL 10 1 1
1939 24 TOT NL 220 10 7
1939 24 CHC NL 12 0 0
1939 24 PHI NL 208 10 7
1940 25 PHI NL 242 12 9
1941 26 BRO NL 244 17 9
1942 27 BRO NL 180 17 3
1943 28 BRO NL 189 4 4
1946 31 BRO NL 178 6 6
1947 32 TOT NL 222 22 7
1947 32 BRO NL 18 0 1
1947 32 PIT NL 204 22 6
1948 33 PIT NL 284 140 11 1 8 1 2 0 3 20 10 1 50% 2 4 8 111 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 400
1949 34 TOT NL 207 97 13 0 8 6 4 7 3 14 9 0 64% 6 5 1 87 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 218
1949 34 PIT NL 63 25 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 7 5 0 71% 2 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
1949 34 NYG NL 144 72 11 0 4 5 3 5 3 7 4 0 57% 4 5 1 55 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 200
1950 35 NYG NL 130 37 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 7 5 0 71% 0 6 1 62 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 35
12 Yrs 621 1763 116 1 20 8 7 9 6 41 24 1 59% 8 61 10 260 6 6 50% 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 33 653
MLB Averages 53% 56%
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

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 22 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 23 79 1.000 7.2 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00 79
1938 23 1 0 1.000 5.40 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.0 14 9 9 2 7 6 0 0 1 68 75 1.400 8.4 1.2 4.2 3.6 0.86 75
1939 24 13 15 .464 4.72 46 30 14 14 1 2 225.0 234 131 118 12 130 101 10 0 8 1033 83 1.618 9.4 0.5 5.2 4.0 0.78 83
1940 25 27 34 .443 4.16 87 66 18 34 2 3 508.0 476 257 235 24 251 238 13 1 17 2227 94 1.431 8.4 0.4 4.4 4.2 0.95 94
1941 26 49 43 .533 3.79 135 105 25 53 4 6 806.0 720 380 339 41 383 359 19 1 26 3493 101 1.368 8.0 0.5 4.3 4.0 0.94 101
1942 27 65 54 .546 3.67 173 137 28 66 6 6 1027.2 900 469 419 58 489 474 21 1 29 4422 101 1.352 7.9 0.5 4.3 4.2 0.97 101
1943 28 78 64 .549 3.67 208 164 33 74 7 6 1212.2 1089 550 495 62 584 582 26 1 33 5245 100 1.380 8.1 0.5 4.3 4.3 1.00 100
1944 29 78 64 .549 3.67 208 164 33 74 7 6 1212.2 1089 550 495 62 584 582 26 1 33 5245 100 1.380 8.1 0.5 4.3 4.3 1.00 100
1945 30 78 64 .549 3.67 208 164 33 74 7 6 1212.2 1089 550 495 62 584 582 26 1 33 5245 100 1.380 8.1 0.5 4.3 4.3 1.00 100
1946 31 95 72 .569 3.58 250 193 38 85 10 7 1423.1 1267 632 566 68 691 716 27 1 39 6149 101 1.376 8.0 0.4 4.4 4.5 1.04 101
1947 32 108 89 .548 3.61 300 226 50 95 11 12 1664.0 1489 749 668 90 813 825 31 1 46 7200 103 1.383 8.1 0.5 4.4 4.5 1.01 103
1948 33 116 96 .547 3.59 356 234 81 98 11 22 1822.0 1629 824 727 101 896 911 34 2 50 7881 104 1.386 8.0 0.5 4.4 4.5 1.02 104
1949 34 118 98 .546 3.67 400 237 96 98 11 24 1917.2 1726 890 781 114 949 954 35 2 55 8306 103 1.395 8.1 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.01 103
1950 35 118 101 .539 3.69 418 238 104 98 11 24 1952.1 1763 909 800 116 979 971 35 4 61 8472 102 1.404 8.1 0.5 4.5 4.5 0.99 102

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
1937 22 0 0 6.00 6.0 5 4 4 1 1 2 0 1.000 7.5 1.5 3.0 2.00 1.5 1
1938 23 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 10 7 6 1 6 4 0 1.455 8.2 4.9 3.3 0.67 0.8 2
1939 24 9 14 .391 4.77 215.0 231 127 114 10 129 97 10 1.674 9.7 5.4 4.1 0.75 0.4 43
1940 25 17 15 .531 3.82 290.0 255 137 123 13 128 140 3 1.321 7.9 4.0 4.3 1.09 0.4 41
1941 26 20 13 .606 3.29 304.0 257 123 111 18 139 124 6 1.303 7.6 4.1 3.7 0.89 0.5 48
1942 27 12 12 .500 3.99 219.0 204 108 97 19 120 114 2 1.479 8.4 4.9 4.7 0.95 0.8 38
1943 28 8 11 .421 4.53 179.0 210 100 90 4 106 105 6 1.765 10.6 5.3 5.3 0.99 0.2 35
1946 31 13 10 .565 3.56 210.0 197 92 83 7 118 133 1 1.500 8.4 5.1 5.7 1.13 0.3 42
1947 32 15 12 .556 3.58 249.0 224 110 99 22 123 113 4 1.394 8.1 4.4 4.1 0.92 0.8 50
1948 33 10 7 .588 3.38 160.0 144 67 60 11 85 87 3 1.431 8.1 4.8 4.9 1.02 0.6 56
1949 34 4 6 .400 5.06 96.0 99 60 54 13 54 43 1 1.594 9.3 5.1 4.0 0.80 1.2 44
1950 35 1 2 .333 4.89 35.0 38 21 19 2 31 17 0 1.971 9.8 8.0 4.4 0.55 0.5 18
12 Yrs 109 103 .514 3.92 1974.0 1874 956 860 121 1040 979 36 1.476 8.5 4.5 0.94 0.6 418

* 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
1940
1946 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (21, 3%)
1941 NL (7, 19%)
1946 NL (15, 5%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1940 NL  4.5 (4th)
1947 NL  3.6 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 NL  3.36 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  14 (10th)
1941 NL  22 (1st)
1942 NL  16 (7th)
1946 NL  17 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 NL  .710 (2nd)
1946 NL  .680 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  7.696 (2nd)
1941 NL  7.369 (4th)
1942 NL  7.308 (3rd)
1946 NL  7.604 (4th)
1947 NL  8.302 (7th)
1948 NL  7.975 (7th)
Career  8.127 (157th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  4.071 (7th)
1940 NL  4.357 (5th)
1941 NL  3.654 (10th)
1942 NL  4.669 (4th)
1943 NL  5.254 (2nd)
1946 NL  5.725 (1st)
1947 NL  4.076 (10th)
1948 NL  4.899 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 NL  43 (7th)
1940 NL  41 (6th)
1941 NL  48 (1st)
1946 NL  42 (5th)
1947 NL  50 (2nd)
1948 NL  56 (3rd)
1949 NL  44 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1941 NL  3 (9th)
1947 NL  5 (5th)
1948 NL  10 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1940 NL  283.0 (3rd)
1941 NL  298.0 (2nd)
1942 NL  221.7 (10th)
1946 NL  210.7 (7th)
1947 NL  240.7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 NL  95 (8th)
1940 NL  137 (1st)
1941 NL  121 (4th)
1942 NL  115 (3rd)
1943 NL  108 (5th)
1946 NL  134 (2nd)
1947 NL  109 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1940 NL  36 (2nd)
1941 NL  39 (1st)
1942 NL  32 (8th)
1946 NL  29 (7th)
1947 NL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1939 NL  14 (8th)
1940 NL  20 (4th)
1941 NL  19 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  17 (3rd)
1942 NL  17 (2nd)
1947 NL  22 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 NL  123 (1st)
1940 NL  121 (1st)
1941 NL  132 (1st)
1942 NL  106 (2nd)
1943 NL  95 (5th)
1946 NL  107 (3rd)
1947 NL  122 (1st)
Career  979 (117th)

Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  242 (6th)
1941 NL  244 (4th)
1947 NL  222 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  1.252 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  0.429 (10th)
1940 NL  0.382 (7th)
1943 NL  0.195 (6th)
1946 NL  0.256 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1939 NL  15 (5th)
1940 NL  19 (2nd)
1947 NL  17 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  109 (3rd)
1940 NL  117 (2nd)
1941 NL  104 (1st)
1943 NL  76 (10th)
1946 NL  71 (7th)
1947 NL  102 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1939 NL  7 (4th)
1940 NL  9 (1st)
1941 NL  9 (1st)
1943 NL  4 (6th)
1946 NL  6 (1st)
1947 NL  7 (2nd)
1949 NL  5 (6th)
1950 NL  6 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 NL  10 (3rd)
1941 NL  6 (2nd)
1943 NL  5 (3rd)
1947 NL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1939 NL  965 (10th)
1940 NL  1,194 (3rd)
1941 NL  1,266 (1st)
1946 NL  904 (7th)
1947 NL  1,051 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1948 NL  31 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 NL  121 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  18 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  1.9 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 109 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Van Mungo (930)
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  5. Tony Cloninger (929)
  6. Storm Davis (927)
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  8. Bruce Kison (926)
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  10. Steve Gromek (926)
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  3. Mike Norris (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Tommy Bridges (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tex Carleton (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Hill (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Allie Reynolds (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Dobson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Barber (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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