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Glen Hobbie

Glen Frederick Hobbie

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 24, 1936 in Witt, IL
High School: Witt HS (Witt, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals 1957-1964

Final Game: July 25, 1964
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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
1955	19	CHW-min	C,AAA	2	8	.200	3.05	17	9					59.0	44	30	20	1	43								1.475	6.7	0.2	6.6			SUP,CHL · NORL,AA
1956	20	CHW-min	D,C	8	4	.667	5.24	34	5					103.0	82	76	60	9	94								1.709	7.2	0.8	8.2			DBQ,DSU · MIDW,NORL
1957	21	CHC-min	AA	15	15	.500	3.92	53	19					179.0	168	99	78	5	98								1.486	8.4	0.3	4.9			MEM · SOUA
1957	21	CHC	NL	0	0		10.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	6	5	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	24	41	2.538	12.5	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60
1958	22	CHC	NL	10	6	.625	3.74	55	16	21	2	1	2	168.1	163	80	70	13	93	8	91	7	0	7	755	106	1.521	8.7	0.7	5.0	4.9	0.98
1959	23	CHC	NL	16	13	.552	3.69	46	33	3	10	3	0	234.0	204	105	96	15	106	1	138	6	0	9	991	106	1.325	7.8	0.6	4.1	5.3	1.30
1960	24	CHC	NL	16	20	.444	3.97	46	36	5	16	4	1	258.2	253	130	114	27	101	7	134	9	0	8	1118	95	1.369	8.8	0.9	3.5	4.7	1.33
1961	25	CHC	NL	7	13	.350	4.26	36	29	4	7	2	2	198.2	207	113	94	26	54	7	103	6	0	4	848	98	1.314	9.4	1.2	2.4	4.7	1.91
1962	26	CHC	NL	5	14	.263	5.22	42	23	12	5	0	0	162.0	198	112	94	18	62	8	87	3	1	5	733	79	1.605	11.0	1.0	3.4	4.8	1.40
1963	27	CHC	NL	7	10	.412	3.92	36	24	5	4	1	0	165.1	172	80	72	17	49	2	94	6	0	9	701	90	1.337	9.4	0.9	2.7	5.1	1.92
1964	28	STL-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.25	9	8		6	1		60.0	46	15	15	3	14	2	38	3	0	0			1.000	6.9	0.4	2.1	5.7	2.71	JCK · IL
1964	28	TOT	NL	1	5	.167	5.65	21	9	4	1	0	1	71.2	80	52	45	8	25	2	32	2	0	0	320	68	1.465	10.0	1.0	3.1	4.0	1.28
1964	28	CHC	NL	0	3	.000	7.90	8	4	0	0	0	0	27.1	39	29	24	4	10	1	14	1	0	0	131	48	1.793	12.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.40
1964	28	STL	NL	1	2	.333	4.26	13	5	4	1	0	1	44.1	41	23	21	4	15	1	18	1	0	0	189	90	1.263	8.3	0.8	3.0	3.7	1.20
1965	29	DET-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.03	29	18		6	2		127.0	143	83	71	10	41	0	72	8	0	2			1.449	10.1	0.7	2.9	5.1	1.76	SYR · IL
8 Yrs				62	81	.434	4.20	284	170	55	45	11	6	1263.0	1283	677	590	124	495	35	682	39	1	43	5490	93	1.408	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.9	1.38
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.434	4.20	43	25	8	7	2	1	189	192	101	88	19	74	5	102	6	0	6	822	93	1.408	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.9	1.38

CHC (8 yrs)				61	79	.436	4.20	271	165	51	44	11	5	1218.2	1242	654	569	120	480	34	664	38	1	43	5301	93	1.413	9.2	0.9	3.5	4.9	1.38
STL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	4.26	13	5	4	1	0	1	44.1	41	23	21	4	15	1	18	1	0	0	189	90	1.263	8.3	0.8	3.0	3.7	1.20

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
1957	21	CHC	NL	4.1	2	0	5	10.38	4.92	-0.21	0.00	105.8	5.44	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.387	.499	$
1958	22	CHC	NL	168.1	55	16	80	4.28	4.46	0.03	0.00	99.3	4.40	2	0.2	1.1	-0.2	1.6	21	.504	.501	$
1959	23	CHC	NL	232.0	46	33	105	4.07	4.52	0.24	0.00	98.2	4.21	2	0.2	1.1	-0.2	2.1	29	.504	.501	$
1960	24	CHC	NL	258.2	46	36	130	4.52	4.28	0.00	0.05	100.0	4.32	-6	-0.7	2.0	-0.2	1.5	21	.485	.496	$
1961	25	CHC	NL	198.2	36	29	113	5.12	4.55	-0.47	0.06	104.4	5.30	4	0.4	2.1	-0.1	2.1	26	.511	.502	$
1962	26	CHC	NL	162.0	42	23	112	6.22	4.58	-0.17	0.03	105.1	5.03	-23	-2.3	1.1	-0.1	-0.9	-3	.446	.486	$
1963	27	CHC	NL	165.1	36	24	80	4.35	3.69	0.11	0.02	103.5	3.72	-13	-1.5	1.2	-0.2	-0.1	5	.459	.491	$
1964	28	CHC	NL	27.1	8	4	29	9.55	3.90	-0.13	0.02	109.9	4.45	-16	-1.5	.2	0.1	-1.1	-13	.317	.491	$
1964	28	STL	NL	44.1	13	5	23	4.67	3.90	0.12	0.00	108.3	4.09	-3	-0.4	.7	-0.0	0.0	2	.472	.498	$
8 Seasons				1261.0	284	170	677	4.83	4.33	-0.03	0.03	101.9	4.48	-55	-5.6	1.2	-0.8	5.0	85	.480	.496	$

CHC (8 yrs)				1216.2	271	165	654	4.84	4.35	-0.04	0.03	101.7	4.49	-52	-5.3	1.2	-0.8	5.0	84	.481	.496	$
STL (1 yr)				44.1	13	5	23	4.67	3.90	0.12	0.00	108.3	4.09	-3	-0.4	.7	-0.0	0.0	2	.472	.498	$

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
1957	21	CHC	NL	2	24	18	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	.333	.458	.444	.903	.375	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
1958	22	CHC	NL	55	751	647	80	163	21	5	13	13	2	93	91	.252	.351	.360	.711	.275	233	26	7	7	2	8	18
1959	23	CHC	NL	46	988	863	105	204	34	6	15	30	2	106	138	.236	.322	.342	.664	.264	295	24	6	11	5	1	14
1960	24	CHC	NL	46	1117	988	130	253	36	12	27	24	13	101	134	.256	.329	.399	.727	.271	394	19	9	12	7	7	16
1961	25	CHC	NL	36	848	772	113	207	24	5	26	8	1	54	103	.268	.318	.413	.731	.278	319	22	6	9	7	7	18
1962	26	CHC	NL	42	732	650	112	198	28	5	18	13	6	62	87	.305	.365	.446	.811	.327	290	14	3	13	5	8	9
1963	27	CHC	NL	36	701	637	80	172	23	6	17	6	9	49	94	.270	.327	.405	.732	.293	258	15	6	6	3	2	12
1964	28	TOT	NL	21	320	290	52	80	12	2	8	2	0	25	32	.276	.336	.414	.750	.287	120	5	2	2	1	2	6
1964	28	CHC	NL	8	131	120	29	39	8	2	4	0	0	10	14	.325	.382	.525	.907	.343	63	1	1	0	0	1	2
1964	28	STL	NL	13	189	170	23	41	4	0	4	2	0	15	18	.241	.305	.335	.640	.248	57	4	1	2	1	1	4
8 Yrs				284	5481	4865	677	1283	180	41	124	96	33	495	682	.264	.335	.394	.729	.283	1917	125	39	60	31	35	93
162 Game Avg.				43	821	729	101	192	27	6	19	14	5	74	102	.264	.335	.394	.729	.283	287	19	6	9	5	5	14
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.388	.709	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1957	21	CHC	NL	-2.7	-0.2	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.75	-0.1	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	0.75	-1.7	1	0	1
1958	22	CHC	NL	2.6	0.3	778	-1.3	13.4	-14.7	1.06	-1.0	-0.3	-2.3	-0.2	1.06	-11.7	10	10	17
1959	23	CHC	NL	8.2	0.8	1037	-0.3	18.1	-18.4	1.09	0.6	-0.9	6.2	0.6	1.08	9.3	2	5	6
1960	24	CHC	NL	-6.2	-0.6	1162	-0.9	22.3	-23.2	1.15	-1.5	0.8	-8.4	-0.9	1.15	-18.1	7	1	2
1961	25	CHC	NL	-4.0	-0.4	866	-1.3	16.6	-17.9	1.10	-0.3	-0.9	-7.4	-0.7	1.10	-6.0	4	1	2
1962	26	CHC	NL	-20.2	-2.0	757	-2.8	11.3	-14.1	.98	-1.7	-1.2	-27.3	-2.6	0.98	-21.9	5	2	11
1963	27	CHC	NL	-5.2	-0.6	726	-0.7	12.0	-12.6	.98	-1.0	0.3	-7.7	-0.8	0.98	-11.2	3	4	5
1964	28	TOT	NL	-14.1	-1.4	327	-1.2	4.5	-5.7	.86	-0.8	-0.5	-17.0	-1.6	0.86	-9.1	0	4	8
1964	28	CHC	NL	-12.6	-1.2	134	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	.80	-0.9	-0.3	-13.4	-1.3	0.79	-9.1	0	0	4
1964	28	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	193	-0.2	2.9	-3.1	.90	0.0	-0.3	-3.6	-0.4	0.90	0.0	0	4	4
8 Yrs				-41.5	-4.1	5678	-8.7	98.3	-107.0	1.05	-5.8	-2.4	-66.9	-6.4	1.05	-70.4	32	27	52

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
1958	22	CHC	NL	55	16	4	5	7	2	1	6	10	.375	2	2	2	1	6	38%	45.0	82	21	32	11	8	2	4.6	5.2	5.6
1959	23	CHC	NL	46	33	16	12	5	5	4	17	16	.515	0	6	10	3	17	52%	52.5	88	20	33	7	19	1	4.7	4.6	6.4
1960	24	CHC	NL	46	36	14	17	5	1	4	15	21	.417	3	3	16	4	17	47%	52.0	85	22	29	11	22	5	4.0	4.0	6.5
1961	25	CHC	NL	36	29	6	13	10	1	4	13	16	.448	4	4	7	2	13	45%	48.8	81	12	21	14	17	4	4.9	4.5	6.5
1962	26	CHC	NL	42	23	5	12	6	1	5	8	15	.348	1	4	5	0	10	43%	44.4	77	16	24	12	8	8	4.1	4.2	5.8
1963	27	CHC	NL	36	24	6	10	8	0	1	11	13	.458	2	2	4	1	11	46%	50.2	86	22	24	8	10	9	3.9	3.5	5.7
1964	28	TOT	NL	21	9	1	5	3	0	1	2	7	.222	1	2	1	0	4	44%	48.4	81	24	15	8	2	3	4.2	2.8	6.0
1964	28	CHC	NL	8	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	.000	0	1	0	0	2	50%	45.0	73	24	8	6	1	2	2.6	2.7	5.5
1964	28	STL	NL	13	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	.400	1	1	1	0	2	40%	51.2	81	31	7	2	1	1	5.5	2.9	6.4
7 Yrs				282	170	52	74	44	10	20	72	98	.424	13	23	45	11	78	46%	49	88	12	178	71	86	32	4.4	4.2	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	116	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	21	CHC	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	1	.752	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	6.5
1958	22	CHC	NL	55	39	21	6	1	4	2	2	50%	6	1	37	19	51%	8	1.056	10	10	17	7	5	27	19	20	21	8	22	12	6.0
1959	23	CHC	NL	46	13	3	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	1	20%	9	1.086	2	5	6	1	3	9	3	10	7	4	9	5	4.5
1960	24	CHC	NL	46	10	5	2	3	3	1	2	33%	3	0	13	5	38%	9	1.149	7	1	2	4	2	4	6	4	7	2	7	2	7.5
1961	25	CHC	NL	36	7	4	1	0	2	2	0	100%	2	0	12	6	50%	7	1.098	4	1	2	2	1	4	7	0	3	3	3	2	4.1
1962	26	CHC	NL	42	19	12	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	13	2	15%	7	.976	5	2	11	1	4	14	7	12	7	4	11	5	4.4
1963	27	CHC	NL	36	12	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	15	4	27%	3	.982	3	4	5	1	1	10	8	4	7	2	8	2	7.3
1964	28	TOT	NL	21	12	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	4	57%		.859	0	4	8	3	0	9	5	7	5	2	6	1	4.4
1964	28	CHC	NL	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	2	.797	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	3	0	4.0
1964	28	STL	NL	13	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	5	3	60%	9	.902	0	4	4	3	0	5	3	5	3	1	3	1	4.6
8 Yrs				284	114	55	10	7	11	6	5	55%	15	3	104	42	40%		1.054	32	27	52	19	17	78	56	58	59	25	68	29	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	21	CHC	NL	24	67%	0.0%	12.5%	20.8%	8.3%	33%	0.43	67%	6	0	0%
1958	22	CHC	NL	756	62%	1.7%	12.1%	12.4%	5.2%	24%	1.53	73%	189	26	14%
1959	23	CHC	NL	991	58%	1.5%	14.0%	10.7%	5.6%	27%	1.24	72%	166	24	14%
1960	24	CHC	NL	1117	52%	2.4%	12.0%	9.0%	6.7%	30%	1.17	75%	203	19	9%
1961	25	CHC	NL	848	59%	3.1%	12.2%	6.4%	6.5%	27%	1.48	77%	147	22	15%
1962	26	CHC	NL	733	57%	2.5%	11.9%	8.5%	7.0%	26%	1.44	75%	141	14	10%
1963	27	CHC	NL	701	57%	2.4%	13.4%	7.0%	6.6%	27%	1.14	75%	148	15	10%
1964	28	TOT	NL	320	54%	2.5%	10.0%	7.8%	6.9%	28%	1.21	78%	62	5	8%
1964	28	CHC	NL	131	51%	3.1%	10.7%	7.6%	10.7%	36%	0.78	78%	23	1	4%
1964	28	STL	NL	189	57%	2.1%	9.5%	7.9%	4.2%	20%	1.56	79%	39	4	10%
8 Yrs				5490	57%	2.3%	12.4%	9.0%	6.3%	27%	1.30	75%	1062	125	12%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	14.1%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.04	74%			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
1957	21	CHC	NL	24	6			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	0	1	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1958	22	CHC	NL	751	163			13	1	30	6	7	4	9	53	25	10	47%	18	7	0	316	13	2	87%	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	12	5
1959	23	CHC	NL	988	204			15	0	10	10	5	6	9	46	26	7	57%	14	9	4	384	30	2	94%	27	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	24	3
1960	24	CHC	NL	1117	253			27	0	18	14	13	15	12	54	29	4	54%	16	8	2	422	24	13	65%	24	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	0
1961	25	CHC	NL	848	207			26	0	13	17	9	15	11	48	20	7	42%	18	4	4	297	8	1	89%	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
1962	26	CHC	NL	732	198			18	0	16	7	11	8	10	37	22	3	59%	9	5	1	287	13	6	68%	11	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	16	1
1963	27	CHC	NL	701	172			17	0	8	10	7	10	7	32	18	3	56%	12	9	1	268	6	9	40%	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1964	28	TOT	NL	320	80			8	0	8	5	3	6	2	13	10	2	77%	6	0	2	130	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
1964	28	CHC	NL	131	39			4	0	3	1	3	3	1	7	6	1	86%	2	0	0	53	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1964	28	STL	NL	189	41			4	0	5	4	0	3	1	6	4	1	67%	4	0	2	77	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8 Yrs				5481	1283			124	1	105	69	55	64	60	286	152	36	53%	93	43	14	2112	96	33	74%	88	29	7	2	1	2	7	0	115	9
MLB Averages																		51%							61%

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+
1957	21	0	0		10.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	6	5	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	24	41	2.538	12.5	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60	41
1958	22	10	6	.625	3.91	57	16	22	2	1	2	172.2	169	85	75	13	98	8	94	7	0	8	779	101	1.546	8.8	0.7	5.1	4.9	0.96	101
1959	23	26	19	.578	3.78	103	49	25	12	4	2	406.2	373	190	171	28	204	9	232	13	0	17	1770	104	1.419	8.3	0.6	4.5	5.1	1.14	104
1960	24	42	39	.519	3.86	149	85	30	28	8	3	665.1	626	320	285	55	305	16	366	22	0	25	2888	100	1.399	8.5	0.7	4.1	5.0	1.20	100
1961	25	49	52	.485	3.95	185	114	34	35	10	5	864.0	833	433	379	81	359	23	469	28	0	29	3736	100	1.380	8.7	0.8	3.7	4.9	1.31	100
1962	26	54	66	.450	4.15	227	137	46	40	10	5	1026.0	1031	545	473	99	421	31	556	31	1	34	4469	96	1.415	9.0	0.9	3.7	4.9	1.32	96
1963	27	61	76	.445	4.12	263	161	51	44	11	5	1191.1	1203	625	545	116	470	33	650	37	1	43	5170	95	1.404	9.1	0.9	3.6	4.9	1.38	95
1964	28	62	81	.434	4.20	284	170	55	45	11	6	1263.0	1283	677	590	124	495	35	682	39	1	43	5490	93	1.408	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.9	1.38	93

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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
1957	21	0	0		9.00	5.0	6	6	5	0	5	3	0	2.200	10.8	9.0	5.4	0.60	0.0	2
1958	22	10	9	.526	3.87	172.0	172	82	74	14	98	93	7	1.570	9.0	5.1	4.9	0.95	0.7	55
1959	23	13	13	.500	3.92	234.0	215	113	102	16	112	138	6	1.397	8.3	4.3	5.3	1.23	0.6	46
1960	24	13	15	.464	4.29	260.0	270	138	124	29	108	135	10	1.454	9.3	3.7	4.7	1.25	1.0	46
1961	25	11	11	.500	4.08	205.0	211	103	93	27	55	106	6	1.298	9.3	2.4	4.7	1.93	1.2	36
1962	26	7	10	.412	4.98	159.0	192	98	88	17	60	86	3	1.585	10.9	3.4	4.9	1.43	1.0	42
1963	27	7	10	.412	4.53	155.0	179	87	78	18	51	88	6	1.484	10.4	3.0	5.1	1.73	1.0	36
1964	28	2	5	.286	5.83	71.0	81	51	46	8	25	32	2	1.493	10.3	3.2	4.1	1.28	1.0	21
8 Yrs		63	73	.463	4.35	1261.0	1326	678	610	129	514	681	40	1.459	9.5		4.9	1.32	0.9	284

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1959 NL 16 (8th) 1960 NL 16 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1958 NL .625 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1959 NL 7.846 (3rd)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1961 NL 2.446 (9th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1959 NL 5.308 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1958 NL 55 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1960 NL 258.7 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1959 NL 138 (10th)
Games Started s c a p y 1959 NL 33 (10th) 1960 NL 36 (3rd)	Complete Games s c a p y 1960 NL 16 (4th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1959 NL 3 (8th) 1960 NL 4 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1960 NL 27 (3rd) 1961 NL 26 (10th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1958 NL 93 (4th) 1959 NL 106 (2nd) 1960 NL 101 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 1960 NL 253 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1958 NL 0.695 (4th) 1959 NL 0.577 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1959 NL 13 (8th) 1960 NL 20 (1st) 1961 NL 13 (7th) 1962 NL 14 (10th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1959 NL 96 (9th) 1960 NL 114 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1958 NL 7 (6th) 1959 NL 9 (2nd) 1960 NL 8 (7th) 1963 NL 9 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1958 NL 7 (4th) 1959 NL 6 (9th) 1960 NL 9 (2nd) 1961 NL 6 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1960 NL 1,118 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Bob Miller (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bart Johnson (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ted Blankenship (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bump Hadley (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Clancy (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Clancy (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Cardwell (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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