Billy Hoeft
William Frederick Hoeft
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1952
Final Game: September 25, 1966
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Standard Pitching

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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
1952 20 DET AL 2 7 .222 4.32 34 10 9 1 0 4 125.0 123 66 60 14 63 67 5 0 5 553 88 1.488 8.9 1.0 4.5 4.8 1.06
1953 21 DET AL 9 14 .391 4.83 29 27 2 9 0 2 197.2 223 113 106 24 58 90 4 1 2 863 84 1.422 10.2 1.1 2.6 4.1 1.55
1954 22 DET AL 7 15 .318 4.58 34 25 5 10 4 1 175.0 180 93 89 22 59 114 4 0 3 752 81 1.366 9.3 1.1 3.0 5.9 1.93
1955 23 DET AL 16 7 .696 2.99 32 29 0 17 7 0 220.0 187 75 73 17 75 1 133 3 0 0 906 130 1.191 7.7 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.77 AS,MVP-24
1956 24 DET AL 20 14 .588 4.06 38 34 2 18 4 0 248.0 276 127 112 22 104 12 172 5 0 7 1094 102 1.532 10.0 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.65
1957 25 DET AL 9 11 .450 3.48 34 28 4 10 1 1 207.0 188 85 80 15 69 2 111 5 0 1 870 111 1.242 8.2 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.61
1958 26 DET AL 10 9 .526 4.15 36 21 9 6 0 3 143.0 148 70 66 15 49 3 94 1 0 3 615 97 1.378 9.3 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.92
1959 27 TOT AL 2 5 .286 5.59 23 8 6 0 0 0 67.2 78 46 42 7 31 4 40 2 0 2 306 69 1.611 10.4 0.9 4.1 5.3 1.29
1959 27 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 5 5 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 37 81 1.111 6.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
1959 27 BOS AL 0 3 .000 5.60 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 22 12 11 1 8 1 8 1 0 0 83 72 1.698 11.2 0.5 4.1 4.1 1.00
1959 27 BAL AL 1 1 .500 5.71 16 3 6 0 0 0 41.0 50 29 26 6 19 3 30 0 0 2 186 66 1.683 11.0 1.3 4.2 6.6 1.58
1960 28 BAL AL 2 1 .667 4.34 19 0 8 0 0 0 18.2 18 10 9 2 14 1 14 0 0 0 89 87 1.714 8.7 1.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1961 29 BAL AL 7 4 .636 2.02 35 12 10 3 1 3 138.0 106 37 31 7 55 3 100 1 0 5 560 191 1.167 6.9 0.5 3.6 6.5 1.82
1962 30 BAL AL 4 8 .333 4.59 57 4 27 0 0 7 113.2 103 62 58 7 43 5 73 1 0 2 479 80 1.284 8.2 0.6 3.4 5.8 1.70
1963 31 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 4.44 23 0 9 0 0 4 24.1 26 12 12 5 10 2 8 0 0 1 108 72 1.479 9.6 1.8 3.7 3.0 0.80
1964 32 MLN NL 4 0 1.000 3.80 42 0 14 0 0 4 73.1 76 35 31 9 18 6 47 1 0 1 303 93 1.282 9.3 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.61
1965 33 CHC NL 2 2 .500 2.81 29 2 7 1 0 1 51.1 41 21 16 3 20 2 44 0 0 0 217 131 1.188 7.2 0.5 3.5 7.7 2.20
1966 34 TOT NL 1 4 .200 4.84 40 0 19 0 0 3 44.2 47 31 24 4 17 4 33 1 0 2 199 76 1.433 9.5 0.8 3.4 6.6 1.94
1966 34 CHC NL 1 2 .333 4.61 36 0 18 0 0 3 41.0 43 28 21 4 14 3 30 1 0 2 180 80 1.390 9.4 0.9 3.1 6.6 2.14
1966 34 SFG NL 0 2 .000 7.36 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 19 50 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
15 Seasons 97 101 .490 3.94 505 200 131 75 17 33 1847.1 1820 883 809 173 685 45 1140 33 1 34 7914 98 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .490 3.94 49 19 13 7 2 3 178 176 85 78 17 66 110 3 0 3 763 98 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66
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
DET (8 yrs) 74 78 .487 4.02 239 176 31 71 16 11 1324.2 1331 634 591 129 481 18 783 28 1 21 5690 98 1.368 9.0 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.63
BAL (4 yrs) 14 14 .500 3.58 127 19 51 3 1 10 311.1 277 138 124 22 131 12 217 2 0 9 1314 106 1.310 8.0 0.6 3.8 6.3 1.66
SFG (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.82 27 0 10 0 0 4 28.0 30 15 15 5 13 3 11 0 0 1 127 68 1.536 9.6 1.6 4.2 3.5 0.85
CHC (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 3.61 65 2 25 1 0 4 92.1 84 49 37 7 34 5 74 1 0 2 397 102 1.278 8.2 0.7 3.3 7.2 2.18
MLN (1 yr) 4 0 1.000 3.80 42 0 14 0 0 4 73.1 76 35 31 9 18 6 47 1 0 1 303 93 1.282 9.3 1.1 2.2 5.8 2.61
BOS (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.60 5 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 22 12 11 1 8 1 8 1 0 0 83 72 1.698 11.2 0.5 4.1 4.1 1.00
AL (11 yrs) 88 95 .481 3.95 371 198 82 74 17 21 1653.2 1630 784 726 152 620 31 1008 31 1 30 7087 99 1.361 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.63
NL (4 yrs) 9 6 .600 3.86 134 2 49 1 0 12 193.2 190 99 83 21 65 14 132 2 0 4 827 92 1.317 8.8 1.0 3.0 6.1 2.03

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1955 DET AL 23

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 22 DET AL 34 754 678 93 180 36 7 22 6 4 59 114 .265 .326 .437 .763 .289 296 10 4 9 4
1955 23 DET AL 32 906 817 75 187 24 6 17 8 3 75 133 .229 .294 .335 .629 .253 274 18 3 5 6 1
1956 24 DET AL 38 1100 967 127 276 46 10 22 5 6 104 172 .285 .354 .422 .776 .324 408 23 5 12 12 12
1957 25 DET AL 34 869 771 85 188 26 4 15 4 3 69 111 .244 .308 .346 .654 .266 267 22 5 18 6 2
1958 26 DET AL 36 615 553 70 148 18 7 15 1 3 49 94 .268 .326 .407 .733 .297 225 14 1 8 4 3
1959 27 TOT AL 23 306 264 46 78 17 2 7 1 3 31 40 .295 .368 .455 .822 .320 120 7 2 4 5 4
1959 27 BAL AL 16 186 163 29 50 11 2 6 1 2 19 30 .307 .375 .509 .884 .341 83 6 0 2 2 3
1959 27 BOS AL 5 83 69 12 22 5 0 1 0 1 8 8 .319 .383 .435 .817 .333 30 1 1 2 3 1
1959 27 DET AL 2 37 32 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 .188 .297 .219 .516 .200 7 0 1 0 0 0
1960 28 BAL AL 19 89 75 10 18 4 2 2 1 0 14 14 .240 .360 .427 .786 .271 32 0 0 0 0 1
1961 29 BAL AL 35 560 491 37 106 17 2 7 2 3 55 100 .216 .295 .301 .597 .256 148 14 1 11 2 3
1962 30 BAL AL 57 481 425 62 103 20 7 7 4 3 43 73 .242 .310 .372 .682 .274 158 9 1 7 5 5
1963 31 SFG NL 23 108 96 12 26 3 1 5 2 1 10 8 .271 .340 .479 .819 .253 46 0 0 2 0 2
1964 32 MLN NL 42 303 280 35 76 8 2 9 0 3 18 47 .271 .318 .411 .728 .299 115 8 1 4 0 6
1965 33 CHC NL 29 217 191 21 41 10 0 3 3 0 20 44 .215 .285 .314 .599 .259 60 3 0 3 3 2
1966 34 TOT NL 40 199 179 31 47 12 4 4 2 0 17 33 .263 .330 .441 .771 .303 79 0 1 2 0 4
1966 34 CHC NL 36 180 163 28 43 12 3 4 1 0 14 30 .264 .326 .448 .774 .302 73 0 1 2 0 3
1966 34 SFG NL 4 19 16 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 .250 .368 .375 .743 .308 6 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 442 6507 5787 704 1474 241 54 135 39 32 564 983 .255 .321 .385 .706 .284 2228 128 24 85 47 45
162 Game Avg. 50 731 650 79 166 27 6 15 4 4 63 110 .255 .321 .385 .706 .284 250 14 3 10 5
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 22 DET AL 34 25 6 14 5 2 2 8 16 .333 2 2 10 4 8 32% 50 87 23 19 8 9 9 3.3 3.7 6.3
1955 23 DET AL 32 29 16 6 7 3 3 21 8 .724 4 1 17 7 17 59% 60 86 29 20 7 5 10 5.6 5.6 7.5
1956 24 DET AL 38 34 18 14 2 5 3 20 14 .588 0 3 18 4 17 50% 50 83 13 17 8 17 5 5.1 5.2 7.1
1957 25 DET AL 34 28 9 11 8 0 4 11 17 .393 0 5 10 1 17 61% 54 83 20 22 8 10 8 3.5 4.0 6.8
1958 26 DET AL 36 21 9 7 5 1 1 10 11 .476 0 4 6 0 10 48% 51 78 24 26 13 5 9 4.7 5.9 5.6
1959 27 TOT AL 23 8 2 5 1 0 0 2 6 .250 0 1 0 0 2 25% 46 69 33 12 7 0 5 3.3 3.5 3.9
1959 27 DET AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 49 58 39 4 4 0 2 3.0 4.1 4.5
1959 27 BOS AL 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 44 35 2 0 0 2 3.7 3.6 3.9
1959 27 BAL AL 16 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 48 69 33 6 3 0 1 3.1 2.7 3.4
1961 29 BAL AL 35 12 5 3 4 0 1 7 5 .583 0 2 3 1 8 67% 61 86 40 16 4 5 4 3.8 3.4 7.2
1962 30 BAL AL 57 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 1 25% 42 54 30 19 7 1 1 3.8 2.0 5.4
1965 33 CHC NL 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 54 75 32 12 8 2 0 3.7 3.8 6.5
9 Seasons 318 163 66 63 34 11 14 81 81 .500 6 20 65 17 81 50% 53 87 13 163 70 54 51 4.3 4.6 6.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 22 DET AL 34 9 5 1 1 3 1 2 33% 4 1 6 3 50% 8 1.159 5 2 2 4 1 4 5 4 6 0 8 2 6.2
1955 23 DET AL 32 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.036 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 1.7
1956 24 DET AL 38 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0.996 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 5.8
1957 25 DET AL 34 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.102 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 4 0 4 2 7.7
1958 26 DET AL 36 15 9 1 2 3 3 0 100% 4 0 17 7 41% 7 0.972 5 8 2 4 2 9 9 6 6 6 6 1 4.8
1959 27 TOT AL 23 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 8 67% 0.670 3 4 8 3 1 11 9 6 8 4 8 0 7.3
1959 27 BOS AL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.722 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 9.0
1959 27 BAL AL 16 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 6 60% 8 0.584 3 3 7 3 1 9 8 5 6 4 6 0 7.1
1960 28 BAL AL 19 19 8 2 1 1 0 1 0% 2 0 10 5 50% 8 0.600 5 0 14 2 3 14 7 12 6 8 7 2 2.9
1961 29 BAL AL 35 23 10 2 1 5 3 2 60% 5 0 25 7 28% 7 1.162 8 3 11 7 2 14 13 10 16 5 16 0 6.7
1962 30 BAL AL 57 53 27 4 6 9 7 2 78% 14 5 52 20 38% 8 1.091 17 20 15 16 8 29 32 21 26 16 27 9 5.2
1963 31 SFG NL 23 23 9 2 0 9 4 5 44% 10 1 23 6 26% 9 1.181 12 5 6 10 4 9 14 9 8 13 8 6 3.2
1964 32 MLN NL 42 42 14 4 0 6 4 2 67% 9 2 37 17 46% 8 0.847 9 10 22 11 0 30 22 19 27 12 27 12 5.2
1965 33 CHC NL 29 27 7 1 1 2 1 1 50% 6 2 31 13 42% 8 1.078 8 6 13 8 2 17 17 10 12 8 13 10 4.3
1966 34 TOT NL 40 40 19 1 4 6 3 3 50% 6 0 28 7 25% 0.821 12 9 15 7 5 27 18 21 17 18 20 10 3.4
1966 34 CHC NL 36 36 18 1 2 5 3 2 60% 5 0 25 5 20% 7 0.702 10 8 15 6 4 25 15 20 16 15 18 10 3.4
1966 34 SFG NL 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 5 1.923 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 2.8
13 Seasons 440 279 120 20 17 45 27 18 60% 63 13 245 94 38% 1.027 87 72 112 75 31 171 150 127 138 93 146 56 4.8
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*

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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%
1952 20 DET AL
1953 21 DET AL
1954 22 DET AL 754 75% 2.9% 15.1% 7.8% 8.6% 36% 0.72 72% 132 10 8%
1955 23 DET AL 909 78% 1.9% 14.7% 8.3% 5.2% 25% 0.82 74% 174 18 10%
1956 24 DET AL 1100 78% 2.0% 15.6% 9.5% 7.1% 28% 0.87 71% 248 23 9%
1957 25 DET AL 869 77% 1.7% 12.8% 7.9% 5.2% 24% 0.89 75% 176 22 13%
1958 26 DET AL 615 77% 2.4% 15.3% 8.0% 6.5% 27% 0.83 73% 127 14 11%
1959 27 TOT AL 306 69% 2.3% 13.1% 10.1% 8.5% 33% 1.11 73% 77 7 9%
1959 27 DET AL 37 84% 0.0% 5.4% 10.8% 2.7% 17% 0.56 81% 5 0 0%
1959 27 BOS AL 83 69% 1.2% 9.6% 9.6% 7.2% 27% 1.44 76% 21 1 5%
1959 27 BAL AL 186 66% 3.2% 16.1% 10.2% 10.2% 38% 1.17 69% 51 6 12%
1960 28 BAL AL 89 56% 2.3% 15.7% 15.7% 9.0% 44% 0.59 66% 11 0 0%
1961 29 BAL AL 560 71% 1.3% 17.9% 9.8% 4.6% 25% 0.91 69% 102 14 14%
1962 30 BAL AL 481 63% 1.5% 15.2% 8.9% 7.1% 33% 0.83 73% 96 9 9%
1963 31 SFG NL 108 54% 4.6% 7.4% 9.3% 8.3% 35% 0.68 77% 21 0 0%
1964 32 MLN NL 303 64% 3.0% 15.5% 5.9% 6.3% 25% 1.47 74% 57 8 14%
1965 33 CHC NL 217 60% 1.4% 20.3% 9.2% 6.0% 32% 0.83 68% 55 3 5%
1966 34 TOT NL 199 61% 2.0% 16.6% 8.5% 10.1% 43% 0.61 71% 33 0 0%
1966 34 CHC NL 180 60% 2.2% 16.7% 7.8% 10.6% 44% 0.61 72% 29 0 0%
1966 34 SFG NL 19 74% 0.0% 15.8% 15.8% 5.3% 25% 0.60 68% 4 0 0%
15 Seasons 6510 73% 2.7% 17.5% 10.5% 6.6% 24% 0.86 72% 1309 128 10%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1952 20 DET AL 123 14 5
1953 21 DET AL 223 24 2
1954 22 DET AL 754 180 22 0 9 21 1 12 10 32 16 6 50% 7 3 1 293 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1955 23 DET AL 909 187 17 0 10 13 4 8 9 31 17 4 55% 7 0 2 335 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1956 24 DET AL 1100 276 22 1 31 19 3 15 7 69 33 6 48% 6 7 1 449 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
1957 25 DET AL 869 188 15 0 10 12 3 10 5 35 20 3 57% 12 1 2 350 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1958 26 DET AL 615 148 15 0 17 12 3 9 6 27 14 4 52% 8 3 2 232 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1959 27 TOT AL 306 78 7 1 8 6 1 3 4 30 17 3 57% 4 2 3 134 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1959 27 DET AL 37 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 27 BOS AL 83 22 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 11 8 1 73% 0 0 1 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1959 27 BAL AL 186 50 6 1 5 6 0 3 3 18 8 2 44% 4 2 1 85 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1960 28 BAL AL 89 18 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 5 2 0 40% 2 0 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 29 BAL AL 560 106 7 0 9 6 1 3 4 13 4 4 31% 5 5 1 216 2 3 40% 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1962 30 BAL AL 481 103 7 0 21 5 2 1 6 45 23 5 51% 5 2 2 177 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1963 31 SFG NL 108 26 5 0 4 3 2 1 4 5 1 1 20% 1 1 0 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 32 MLN NL 297 76 9 0 10 4 4 5 3 17 7 4 41% 3 1 1 112 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6
1965 33 CHC NL 217 41 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 12 5 4 42% 4 0 0 101 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 34 TOT NL 195 47 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 15 6 2 40% 5 2 0 67 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1966 34 CHC NL 176 43 4 0 8 2 2 2 2 14 6 2 43% 4 2 0 58 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1966 34 SFG NL 19 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 6500 1820 173 2 149 106 28 70 64 336 165 46 49% 69 34 15 2547 39 32 55% 35 30 4 2 0 0 8 1 113 10
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1952 20 2 7 .222 4.32 34 10 9 1 0 4 125.0 123 66 60 14 63 67 5 0 5 553 88 1.488 8.9 1.0 4.5 4.8 1.06 88
1953 21 11 21 .344 4.63 63 37 11 10 0 6 322.2 346 179 166 38 121 157 9 1 7 1416 86 1.447 9.7 1.1 3.4 4.4 1.30 86
1954 22 18 36 .333 4.61 97 62 16 20 4 7 497.2 526 272 255 60 180 271 13 1 10 2168 84 1.419 9.5 1.1 3.3 4.9 1.51 84
1955 23 34 43 .442 4.11 129 91 16 37 11 7 717.2 713 347 328 77 255 1 404 16 1 10 3074 94 1.349 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.58 94
1956 24 54 57 .486 4.10 167 125 18 55 15 7 965.2 989 474 440 99 359 13 576 21 1 17 4168 96 1.396 9.2 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.60 96
1957 25 63 68 .481 3.99 201 153 22 65 16 8 1172.2 1177 559 520 114 428 15 687 26 1 18 5038 99 1.369 9.0 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.61 99
1958 26 73 77 .487 4.01 237 174 31 71 16 11 1315.2 1325 629 586 129 477 18 781 27 1 21 5653 98 1.370 9.1 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.64 98
1959 27 75 82 .478 4.09 260 182 37 71 16 11 1383.1 1403 675 628 136 508 22 821 29 1 23 5959 97 1.381 9.1 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.62 97
1960 28 77 83 .481 4.09 279 182 45 71 16 11 1402.0 1421 685 637 138 522 23 835 29 1 23 6048 96 1.386 9.1 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.60 96
1961 29 84 87 .491 3.90 314 194 55 74 17 14 1540.0 1527 722 668 145 577 26 935 30 1 28 6608 101 1.366 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.62 101
1962 30 88 95 .481 3.95 371 198 82 74 17 21 1653.2 1630 784 726 152 620 31 1008 31 1 30 7087 99 1.361 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.5 1.63 99
1963 31 90 95 .486 3.96 394 198 91 74 17 25 1678.0 1656 796 738 157 630 33 1016 31 1 31 7195 99 1.362 8.9 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.61 99
1964 32 94 95 .497 3.95 436 198 105 74 17 29 1751.1 1732 831 769 166 648 39 1063 32 1 32 7498 98 1.359 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.64 98
1965 33 96 97 .497 3.92 465 200 112 75 17 30 1802.2 1773 852 785 169 668 41 1107 32 1 32 7715 99 1.354 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.66 99
1966 34 97 101 .490 3.94 505 200 131 75 17 33 1847.1 1820 883 809 173 685 45 1140 33 1 34 7914 98 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1952 20 5 8 .385 4.68 125.0 131 72 65 15 67 67 5 1.584 9.4 4.8 4.8 1.00 1.1 34
1953 21 9 13 .409 4.77 202.0 231 119 107 25 60 92 4 1.441 10.3 2.7 4.1 1.53 1.1 29
1954 22 7 12 .368 5.04 175.0 194 109 98 24 64 114 4 1.474 10.0 3.3 5.9 1.78 1.2 34
1955 23 15 9 .625 3.12 222.0 198 86 77 18 79 134 3 1.248 8.0 3.2 5.4 1.70 0.7 32
1956 24 14 13 .519 3.98 251.0 280 123 111 22 106 174 5 1.538 10.0 3.8 6.2 1.64 0.8 38
1957 25 12 11 .522 3.65 212.0 201 96 86 16 74 114 5 1.297 8.5 3.1 4.8 1.54 0.7 34
1958 26 7 9 .438 4.22 145.0 155 76 68 16 51 95 1 1.421 9.6 3.2 5.9 1.86 1.0 36
1959 27 2 5 .286 5.82 68.0 82 49 44 7 33 40 2 1.691 10.9 4.4 5.3 1.21 0.9 23
1960 28 1 1 .500 4.74 19.0 20 11 10 2 16 14 0 1.895 9.5 7.6 6.6 0.88 0.9 19
1961 29 11 3 .786 2.18 132.0 107 36 32 7 56 96 1 1.235 7.3 3.8 6.5 1.71 0.5 35
1962 30 4 8 .333 5.20 109.0 107 70 63 7 45 70 1 1.394 8.8 3.7 5.8 1.56 0.6 57
1963 31 1 1 .500 5.48 23.0 29 16 14 6 11 8 0 1.739 11.3 4.3 3.1 0.73 2.3 23
1964 32 3 4 .429 4.50 68.0 80 38 34 9 19 44 1 1.456 10.6 2.5 5.8 2.32 1.2 42
1965 33 3 2 .600 2.82 51.0 42 18 16 3 20 44 0 1.216 7.4 3.5 7.8 2.20 0.5 29
1966 34 1 3 .250 5.11 44.0 49 28 25 4 18 32 1 1.523 10.0 3.7 6.5 1.78 0.8 40
15 Seasons 95 102 .482 4.14 1846.0 1906 947 850 181 719 1138 33 1.422 9.3 5.5 1.58 0.9 505

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-AL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL--2.986--6th

Wins s c a p y
1955 AL--16--6th
1956 AL--20--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 AL--.696--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL--1.191--3rd
1957 AL--1.242--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL--7.650--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--2.641--5th
1955 AL--3.068--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--5.863--4th
1955 AL--5.441--5th
1956 AL--6.242--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL--57--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 AL--220.0--9th
1956 AL--248.0--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL--114--10th
1955 AL--133--5th
1956 AL--172--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1956 AL--34--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 AL--17--2nd
1956 AL--18--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 AL--4--3rd
1955 AL--7--1st
1956 AL--4--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--24--2nd
1954 AL--22--3rd
1956 AL--22--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--104--7th

Hits s c a p y
1953 AL--223--8th
1956 AL--276--2nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 AL--1.552--6th
1954 AL--1.932--1st
1955 AL--1.773--5th
1956 AL--1.654--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL--.696--9th
1957 AL--.652--10th

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL--14--4th
1954 AL--15--6th
1956 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--106--4th
1954 AL--89--7th
1956 AL--112--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 AL--5--4th
1956 AL--7--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 AL--906--10th
1956 AL--1094--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1962 AL--27--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL--130--6th

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL--born 1932-05-17--5th
1953 AL--born 1932-05-17--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 35 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (792), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. John Curtis (951)
  2. Shane Rawley (948)
  3. Billy O'Dell (928)
  4. Dennis Lamp (921)
  5. Don Robinson (921)
  6. Bobby Shantz (915)
  7. Miguel Batista (910)
  8. Moe Drabowsky (908)
  9. Jakie May (907)
  10. Dick Drago (905)
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  1. Johnny Antonelli (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Oliver Perez (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lefty Tyler (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Falcone (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jerry Reuss (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike McCormick (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike McCormick (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Underwood (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Underwood (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Underwood (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Underwood (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lloyd Brown (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Nuxhall (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Shane Rawley (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Kenny Rogers (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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