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Billy Hoeft

William Frederick Hoeft (NUL)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 17, 1932 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh HS (Oshkosh, WI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1952
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles/Cubs/Braves/Giants/... 1952-1966

Final Game: September 25, 1966
Died: March 16, 2010 in Canadian Lakes, MI
Buried: Park View Cemetery, Livonia, MI
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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
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 82 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 6 0 3 909 130 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 71 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 84 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 73 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 67 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 90 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 5 560 190 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 81 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 73 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 0 217 132 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 78 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 81 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 56 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 7.4 1.00
15 Yrs 97 101 .490 3.94 505 200 131 75 17 33 1847.1 1820 883 809 173 685 45 1140 36 1 37 7917 99 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 4 764 99 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 31 1 24 5693 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 70 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 2 397 103 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 73 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 34 1 33 7090 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 93 1.317 8.8 1.0 3.0 6.1 2.03

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
1952 20 DET AL 125.0 34 10 66 4.75 4.54 -0.22 0.00 98.9 4.71 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.2 0.7 10 .496 .499 $
1953 21 DET AL 197.2 29 27 113 5.15 4.71 -0.67 0.00 99.4 5.35 4 0.4 8.1 -0.1 1.8 22 .515 .503 $
1954 22 DET AL 175.0 34 25 93 4.78 4.32 0.09 0.00 97.6 4.13 -13 -1.3 2.0 -0.2 -0.2 2 .461 .492 $
1955 23 DET AL 220.0 32 29 75 3.07 4.49 -0.01 0.00 97.1 4.36 30 3.3 1.3 -0.1 4.8 51 .604 .520 $ AS,MVP-24
1956 24 DET AL 248.0 38 34 127 4.61 4.65 -0.06 0.00 100.1 4.71 1 0.1 .9 -0.2 1.8 26 .503 .501 $
1957 25 DET AL 207.0 34 28 85 3.70 4.44 0.19 0.00 98.6 4.19 12 1.4 .5 -0.1 2.8 29 .541 .509 $
1958 26 DET AL 142.0 36 21 70 4.44 4.22 0.15 0.00 106.9 4.34 -1 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 0.8 10 .496 .499 $
1959 27 DET AL 9.0 2 2 5 5.00 4.33 0.08 0.00 100.2 4.26 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .466 .500 $
1959 27 BOS AL 17.2 5 3 12 6.11 4.06 0.15 0.00 101.7 3.98 -4 -0.4 .6 0.0 -0.3 -3 .420 .498 $
1959 27 BAL AL 41.0 16 3 29 6.37 4.49 0.06 0.00 101.9 4.52 -8 -0.8 .8 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .449 .495 $
1960 28 BAL AL 18.2 19 0 10 4.82 4.66 0.32 -0.19 100.5 4.17 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .493 .499 $
1961 29 BAL AL 138.0 35 12 37 2.41 4.51 0.33 -0.02 98.1 4.08 27 2.9 1.5 0.1 4.1 39 .582 .518 $
1962 30 BAL AL 113.2 57 4 62 4.91 4.39 0.17 -0.13 95.2 3.89 -11 -1.2 1.4 -0.3 -0.6 -2 .479 .493 $19,000
1963 31 SFG NL 24.1 23 0 12 4.44 3.95 -0.24 -0.17 98.5 3.96 -1 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 -0.1 1 .492 .499 $
1964 32 MLN NL 73.1 42 0 35 4.30 4.04 -0.09 -0.17 100.8 3.98 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .491 .498 $
1965 33 CHC NL 51.1 29 2 21 3.68 3.85 -0.11 -0.10 104.6 4.04 2 0.2 1.3 -0.0 0.7 7 .508 .501 $
1966 34 CHC NL 41.0 36 0 28 6.15 4.27 -0.25 -0.17 101.6 4.42 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .475 .494 $
1966 34 SFG NL 3.2 4 0 3 7.36 3.91 0.13 -0.16 97.6 3.53 -2 -0.2 1.9 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .457 .499 $
15 Seasons 1846.1 505 200 883 4.30 4.44 -0.03 -0.03 99.5 4.41 20 2.5 1.3 -1.6 15.2 189 .505 .501 $19,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
DET (8 yrs) 1323.2 239 176 634 4.31 4.49 -0.08 0.00 99.5 4.55 31 3.6 1.6 -0.9 12.5 151 .515 .503 $
BAL (4 yrs) 311.1 127 19 138 3.99 4.47 0.24 -0.07 97.7 4.07 6 0.8 1.2 -0.2 3.0 32 .506 .501 $19,000
SFG (2 yrs) 28.0 27 0 15 4.82 3.94 -0.19 -0.17 98.3 3.90 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0 .487 .499 $
CHC (2 yrs) 92.1 65 2 49 4.78 4.04 -0.17 -0.14 103.3 4.21 -6 -0.7 1.2 -0.1 0.1 4 .489 .498 $
MLN (1 yr) 73.1 42 0 35 4.30 4.04 -0.09 -0.17 100.8 3.98 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .491 .498 $
BOS (1 yr) 17.2 5 3 12 6.11 4.06 0.15 0.00 101.7 3.98 -4 -0.4 .6 0.0 -0.3 -3 .420 .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
1955 DET AL 23

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
1952 20 DET AL 34 506 474 66 123 24 2 14 3 2 63 67 .259 .352 .407 .760 .277 193 8 5 12 0 6
1953 21 DET AL 29 863 788 113 223 36 9 24 3 5 58 90 .283 .335 .443 .778 .295 349 13 4 13 0 16
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 7
1955 23 DET AL 32 909 817 75 187 24 6 17 8 3 75 133 .229 .296 .335 .632 .253 274 18 6 5 6 1 7
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 6
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 12
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 8
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 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 4
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 0
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 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 2
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 5
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 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 1
1964 32 MLN NL 42 299 280 35 76 8 2 9 0 3 18 47 .271 .318 .411 .728 .299 115 8 1 4 0 6 3
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 4
1966 34 TOT NL 40 198 179 31 47 13 4 4 4 0 17 33 .263 .330 .447 .777 .303 80 0 1 2 0 4 5
1966 34 CHC NL 36 179 163 28 43 13 3 4 3 0 14 30 .264 .326 .454 .780 .302 74 0 1 2 0 3 4
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 1
15 Yrs 505 7874 7049 883 1820 302 65 173 47 39 685 1140 .258 .325 .393 .718 .285 2771 149 36 110 47 45 91
162 Game Avg. 49 759 680 85 176 29 6 17 5 4 66 110 .258 .325 .393 .718 .285 267 14 3 11 5 9
MLB Averages .255 .323 .385 .708 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 20 DET AL -6.1 -0.6 516 0.2 9.5 -9.3 1.14 -0.6 0.7 -3.9 -0.4 1.14 -8.7 8 5 9
1953 21 DET AL -13.4 -1.3 874 -1.8 16.3 -18.1 1.11 -1.4 -0.3 -13.7 -1.3 1.11 -11.0 2 0 0
1954 22 DET AL -13.0 -1.3 766 -1.4 14.7 -16.1 1.14 -1.7 0.5 -12.8 -1.3 1.14 -15.3 5 2 2
1955 23 DET AL 25.9 2.7 923 3.7 17.0 -13.4 1.03 3.4 0.1 35.2 3.8 1.03 32.8 2 0 1
1956 24 DET AL 2.5 0.2 1120 1.2 19.1 -17.9 .99 0.4 0.8 5.5 0.5 0.99 0.7 1 2 1
1957 25 DET AL 10.6 1.1 879 -0.3 16.2 -16.5 1.08 1.1 -1.4 13.8 1.4 1.08 13.6 0 2 3
1958 26 DET AL -0.1 -0.0 623 0.3 10.2 -9.9 .96 -0.2 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.96 0.3 5 8 2
1959 27 TOT AL -11.6 -1.1 314 -1.5 3.2 -4.7 .66 -0.9 -1.4 -13.6 -1.3 0.66 -10.0 3 4 8
1959 27 DET AL -0.4 -0.0 38 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .98 0.2 -0.1 1.1 0.1 0.98 2.3 0 0 0
1959 27 BOS AL -2.6 -0.3 85 -0.7 0.7 -1.3 .71 -0.4 -0.5 -4.8 -0.5 0.71 -4.3 0 1 1
1959 27 BAL AL -8.5 -0.8 191 -1.0 1.8 -2.8 .57 -0.7 -1.1 -9.9 -1.0 0.57 -8.0 3 3 7
1960 28 BAL AL -0.9 -0.1 90 -0.3 0.9 -1.1 .57 -0.1 -0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.57 -2.8 5 0 14
1961 29 BAL AL 28.8 3.0 570 1.8 11.7 -9.9 1.15 2.6 -1.0 31.5 3.4 1.15 31.6 7 4 11
1962 30 BAL AL -10.6 -1.0 493 -1.1 8.5 -9.6 1.06 0.3 -1.3 -6.6 -0.7 1.06 1.5 17 17 17
1963 31 SFG NL -2.4 -0.3 112 -0.7 1.9 -2.6 1.09 -0.4 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 1.09 -4.1 12 3 7
1964 32 MLN NL -1.8 -0.2 308 -0.4 4.2 -4.6 .78 -0.3 -0.1 -7.1 -0.7 0.78 -4.2 9 10 23
1965 33 CHC NL 3.8 0.4 220 -0.1 3.9 -4.0 1.04 0.1 -0.2 2.5 0.3 1.04 3.5 8 6 12
1966 34 TOT NL -6.9 -0.7 205 -1.6 2.1 -3.8 .78 -1.0 -1.1 -10.7 -1.1 0.78 -6.4 11 9 16
1966 34 CHC NL -5.8 -0.6 185 -0.8 1.7 -2.6 .65 -0.7 -0.6 -8.9 -0.9 0.65 -5.3 9 8 16
1966 34 SFG NL -1.1 -0.1 20 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 1.97 -0.2 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2 1.97 -1.1 2 1 0
15 Yrs 5.0 0.8 8013 -2.0 139.4 -141.4 1.03 1.4 -3.3 12.6 1.8 1.03 21.6 95 72 126
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1952 20 DET AL 34 10 2 5 3 0 2 3 7 .300 2 0 1 0 5 50% 49.4 64 27 23 9 3 4 4.2 3.5 7.1
1953 21 DET AL 29 27 9 14 4 2 2 11 16 .407 2 1 9 0 11 41% 46.6 84 15 15 5 6 12 4.5 4.5 7.2
1954 22 DET AL 34 25 6 14 5 2 2 8 16 .333 2 2 10 4 8 32% 49.7 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% 59.5 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% 50.3 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% 54.2 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% 50.8 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% 45.5 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% 48.5 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% 41.0 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% 48.0 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% 60.6 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% 41.5 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% 53.5 75 32 12 8 2 0 3.7 3.8 6.5
11 Yrs 381 200 77 82 41 13 18 95 104 .477 10 21 75 17 97 49% 52 87 13 201 84 63 67 4.4 4.5 6.7
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1952 20 DET AL 34 24 9 0 2 5 4 1 80% 7 2 26 8 31% 5 1.138 8 5 9 8 2 12 14 8 15 3 15 2 6.7
1953 21 DET AL 29 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 0 0% 8 1.107 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.0
1954 22 DET AL 34 9 5 1 1 3 1 2 33% 4 1 6 3 50% 8 1.142 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 1.026 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 .990 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 1.083 0 2 3 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 .962 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% .656 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 .709 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 .567 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 .569 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 1.149 7 4 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 1.063 17 17 17 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 1.092 12 3 7 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 39 19 49% 8 .784 9 10 23 11 1 30 23 19 27 12 28 12 5.2
1965 33 CHC NL 29 27 7 1 1 2 1 1 50% 6 2 31 13 42% 8 1.042 8 6 12 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 30 9 30% .778 11 9 16 7 5 28 19 21 17 18 20 10 3.4
1966 34 CHC NL 36 36 18 1 2 5 3 2 60% 5 0 27 7 26% 7 .651 9 8 16 6 4 26 16 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 1.972 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 2.8
15 Yrs 503 305 131 20 19 52 33 19 63% 72 15 281 106 38% 1.027 95 72 126 85 34 184 168 135 154 97 163 58 4.9
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%
1952 20 DET AL 551 33% 2.8% 13.2% 12.5% 7.9% 33% 0.79 78% 117 8 7%
1953 21 DET AL 863 28% 2.8% 10.4% 6.7% 8.0% 31% 0.67 78% 166 13 8%
1954 22 DET AL 754 25% 2.9% 15.1% 7.8% 8.6% 36% 0.72 72% 132 10 8%
1955 23 DET AL 909 22% 1.9% 14.6% 8.3% 5.2% 25% 0.82 74% 174 18 10%
1956 24 DET AL 1100 22% 2.0% 15.6% 9.5% 7.1% 28% 0.87 71% 248 23 9%
1957 25 DET AL 869 23% 1.7% 12.8% 7.9% 5.2% 24% 0.89 75% 176 22 13%
1958 26 DET AL 615 23% 2.4% 15.3% 8.0% 6.5% 27% 0.83 73% 127 14 11%
1959 27 TOT AL 306 31% 2.3% 13.1% 10.1% 8.5% 33% 1.11 73% 77 7 9%
1959 27 DET AL 37 16% 0.0% 5.4% 10.8% 2.7% 17% 0.56 81% 5 0 0%
1959 27 BOS AL 83 31% 1.2% 9.6% 9.6% 7.2% 27% 1.44 76% 21 1 5%
1959 27 BAL AL 186 34% 3.2% 16.1% 10.2% 10.2% 38% 1.17 69% 51 6 12%
1960 28 BAL AL 89 44% 2.3% 15.7% 15.7% 9.0% 44% 0.59 66% 11 0 0%
1961 29 BAL AL 560 29% 1.3% 17.9% 9.8% 4.6% 25% 0.91 69% 102 14 14%
1962 30 BAL AL 481 37% 1.5% 15.2% 8.9% 7.1% 33% 0.83 73% 96 9 9%
1963 31 SFG NL 108 46% 4.6% 7.4% 9.3% 8.3% 35% 0.68 77% 21 0 0%
1964 32 MLN NL 303 36% 3.0% 15.7% 6.0% 6.4% 25% 1.47 75% 57 8 14%
1965 33 CHC NL 217 40% 1.4% 20.3% 9.2% 6.0% 32% 0.83 68% 55 3 5%
1966 34 TOT NL 199 39% 2.0% 16.7% 8.6% 10.6% 45% 0.61 72% 33 0 0%
1966 34 CHC NL 180 40% 2.2% 16.8% 7.8% 11.2% 47% 0.61 72% 29 0 0%
1966 34 SFG NL 19 26% 0.0% 15.8% 15.8% 5.3% 25% 0.60 68% 4 0 0%
15 Yrs 7924 28% 2.2% 14.5% 8.7% 6.9% 30% 0.83 73% 1592 149 9%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.8% 8.9% 6.6% 28% 1.02 76% 11%
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
1952 20 DET AL 506 123 14 0 27 10 3 4 9 40 18 6 45% 6 5 0 197 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 45
1953 21 DET AL 863 223 24 0 17 22 2 13 11 38 19 4 50% 16 2 1 328 3 5 38% 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
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 0 0 9 0
1955 23 DET AL 909 187 17 0 10 13 4 8 9 31 17 4 55% 7 3 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 299 76 9 0 10 4 5 5 4 17 7 4 41% 3 1 1 113 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
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 198 47 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 17 7 2 41% 5 2 0 68 4 0 100% 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
1966 34 CHC NL 179 43 4 0 8 2 2 2 2 16 7 2 44% 4 2 0 59 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
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 Yrs 7874 1820 173 2 193 138 34 87 85 416 203 56 49% 91 37 16 3074 47 39 55% 41 36 4 3 2 0 3 0 122 50
MLB Averages 51% 60%
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+
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 85 1.447 9.7 1.1 3.4 4.4 1.30 85
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 19 1 13 3077 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 24 1 20 4171 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 29 1 21 5041 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 30 1 24 5656 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 32 1 26 5962 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 32 1 26 6051 97 1.386 9.1 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.60 97
1961 29 84 87 .491 3.90 314 194 55 74 17 14 1540.0 1527 722 668 145 577 26 935 33 1 31 6611 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 34 1 33 7090 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 34 1 34 7198 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 35 1 35 7501 99 1.359 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.5 1.64 99
1965 33 96 97 .497 3.92 465 200 112 75 17 30 1802.2 1773 852 785 169 668 41 1107 35 1 35 7718 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 36 1 37 7917 99 1.356 8.9 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.66 99

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
1952 20 6 7 .462 4.61 125.0 130 71 64 15 67 67 5 1.576 9.4 4.8 4.8 1.00 1.1 34
1953 21 9 13 .409 4.86 202.0 231 121 109 25 60 92 4 1.441 10.3 2.7 4.1 1.53 1.1 29
1954 22 7 12 .368 5.04 175.0 193 109 98 24 63 114 4 1.463 9.9 3.2 5.9 1.81 1.2 34
1955 23 15 9 .625 3.11 223.0 197 86 77 18 79 135 6 1.238 8.0 3.2 5.4 1.71 0.7 32
1956 24 13 14 .481 4.00 250.0 281 123 111 22 106 174 5 1.548 10.1 3.8 6.3 1.64 0.8 38
1957 25 12 11 .522 3.65 212.0 200 96 86 16 73 114 5 1.288 8.5 3.1 4.8 1.56 0.7 34
1958 26 8 8 .500 4.19 146.0 154 76 68 16 51 96 1 1.404 9.5 3.1 5.9 1.88 1.0 36
1959 27 2 5 .286 5.96 68.0 82 50 45 7 33 40 2 1.691 10.9 4.4 5.3 1.21 0.9 23
1960 28 1 1 .500 4.05 20.0 19 10 9 2 15 15 0 1.700 8.6 6.8 6.8 1.00 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 5.12 109.0 107 69 62 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 28 16 14 5 11 8 0 1.696 11.0 4.3 3.1 0.73 2.0 23
1964 32 3 4 .429 4.50 68.0 79 38 34 9 19 44 1 1.441 10.5 2.5 5.8 2.32 1.2 42
1965 33 3 2 .600 3.00 51.0 42 19 17 3 20 44 0 1.216 7.4 3.5 7.8 2.20 0.5 29
1966 34 2 2 .500 5.11 44.0 48 28 25 4 17 33 1 1.477 9.8 3.5 6.8 1.94 0.8 40
15 Yrs 97 100 .492 4.14 1848.0 1898 948 851 180 715 1142 36 1.414 9.2 5.6 1.60 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 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
1955

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1955 AL  5.2 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1955 AL  4.8 (4th)
1957 AL  2.8 (8th)
1961 AL  4.1 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  2.99 (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  0.696 (9th)
1957 AL  0.652 (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  909 (9th)
1956 AL  1,094 (6th)

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

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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  26 (6th)
1961 AL  29 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  2.7 (6th)
1961 AL  3.0 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 AL  35.24 (3rd)
1961 AL  31.49 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.7 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.4 (2nd)
1961 AL  2.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1961 AL  3.4 (3rd)

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

             

† 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 - 48 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  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
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