Cal Hogue

Calvin Grey Hogue

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 24, 1927 in Dayton, OH
High School: Roosevelt HS (Dayton, OH)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1952
Team: Pirates 1952-1954

Final Game: April 24, 1954
Died: August 5, 2005 in Kettering, OH
Cremated
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1945	17	BAL-min	D	7	11	.389	4.27	22			11	1		137.0	121	91	65		105	98	3	0	1			1.650	7.9		6.9	6.4	0.93	NWR · OHSL
1946		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1947	19	BAL-min	C	1	1	.500	8.00	2						9.0	7	8	8		17							2.667	7.0		17.0			ABD · NORL
1948	20	PIT-min	C	8	3	.727	3.16	15						91.0	67	45	32		9							0.835	6.6		0.9			UTN · MATL
1949	21	PIT-min	B,A	2	10	.167	3.84	29						129.0	127	90	55		116							1.884	8.9		8.1			WAC,DAV,ALB · BSTL,IIIL,EL
1950	22	PIT-min	A	3	5	.375	4.20	15						75.0	57	39	35	5	86							1.907	6.8	0.6	10.3			CHS · SALL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1952	24	PIT-min	A	10	3	.769	3.21	19	14					126.0	89	49	45	3	77							1.317	6.4	0.2	5.5			CHS · SALL
1952	24	PIT	NL	1	8	.111	4.84	19	12	5	3	0	0	83.2	79	56	45	7	68	34	4	0	1	385	82	1.757	8.5	0.8	7.3	3.7	0.50
1953	25	OKC	AA	7	5	.583	3.41	21	17		6	1		116.0	92	53	44	1	69	98	6	1	8			1.388	7.1	0.1	5.4	7.6	1.42	OKC · TL
1953	25	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	5.21	3	2	0	2	0	0	19.0	19	13	11	4	16	10	1	0	1	93	87	1.842	9.0	1.9	7.6	4.7	0.63
1954	26	PIT-min	AA,Opn	11	7	.611	3.86	22	21		0	0		135.1	116	69	58	12	85	2	0	0	0			1.485	7.7	0.8	5.7	0.1	0.02	NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1954	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	6	1	12	7	0	0	0	52	87	2.091	9.0	0.8	9.8	5.7	0.58
1955	27	PIT-min	A,Opn	8	6	.571	4.41	35	20		0	0		155.0	153	90	76	7	93	10	2	0	7			1.587	8.9	0.4	5.4	0.6	0.11	WPT,HOL · EL,PCL
1956		Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1957	29	PIT-min	AAA	0	1	.000		3																								CLB · IL
3 Yrs				2	10	.167	4.91	25	16	5	5	0	0	113.2	109	75	62	12	96	51	5	0	2	530	83	1.804	8.6	1.0	7.6	4.0	0.53
162 Game Avg.				3	17	.167	4.91	41	27	8	8	0	0	189	181	124	103	20	159	85	8	0	3	879	83	1.804	8.6	1.0	7.6	4.0	0.53

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1952	24	PIT	NL	83.2	19	12	56	6.02	4.32	-0.16	105.0	4.71	-12	-1.3	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.434	.492	$
1953	25	PIT	NL	19.0	3	2	13	6.16	5.56	-0.01	104.6	5.83	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	2	.483	.500	$
1954	26	PIT	NL	11.0	3	2	6	4.91	4.84	-0.20	102.0	5.13	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.511	.500	$
3 Seasons				113.2	25	16	75	5.94	4.58	-0.14	104.7	4.94	-12	-1.3	.8	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.449	.497	$

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	ROE
1952	24	PIT	NL	19	242	306	56	79	10	0	7	3	5	68	34	.258	.399	.359	.759	.272	110	7	4	7	0	6
1953	25	PIT	NL	3	52	76	13	19	1	1	4	3	0	16	10	.250	.387	.447	.834	.242	34	2	1	0	0	1
1954	26	PIT	NL	3	52	39	6	11	2	1	1	0	2	12	7	.282	.442	.462	.904	.313	18	1	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				25	346	421	75	109	13	2	12	6	7	96	51	.259	.402	.385	.786	.270	162	10	5	7	1	7
162 Game Avg.				41	574	698	124	181	22	3	20	10	12	159	85	.259	.402	.385	.786	.270	269	17	8	12	2	12
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.381	.713	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1952	24	PIT	NL	-9.4	-0.9	253	-0.7	4.2	-4.9	1.11	-1.5	0.9	-18.4	-1.8	1.11	-14.7	2
1953	25	PIT	NL	-1.6	-0.2	56	-0.4	0.6	-1.1	.80	-0.4	-0.2	-3.5	-0.3	0.80	-4.6	1
1954	26	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	54	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.80	-0.2	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.79	-2.3	1
3 Yrs				-11.4	-1.1	363	-1.2	5.5	-6.7	1.01	-2.1	0.9	-22.9	-2.2	1.01	-21.6	4

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
1952	24	PIT	NL	19	12	1	8	3	0	2	2	10	.167	1	1	3	0	5	42%	45.2	72	-6	5	2	6	2	3.0	2.5	6.3
1953	25	PIT	NL	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	2	0	1	50%	51.0	56	46	0	0	0	1	5.3	4.5	8.5
1954	26	PIT	NL	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.5	42	31	6	2	1	0	3.5	7.0	4.0
3 Yrs				25	16	2	10	4	0	2	4	12	.250	1	1	5	0	6	38%	45	72	-6	11	4	7	3	3.3	3.4	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	109	-6					4.4	4.4	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1952	24	PIT	NL	19	7	5	3	3	100%		1.107	2	2	1	1	4	1	1	1	3.7
1953	25	PIT	NL	3	1	0	0	0		3	.796	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1954	26	PIT	NL	3	1	0	0	0		5	.795	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0
3 Yrs				25	9	5	3	3	100%		1.013	4	4	1	3	6	1	3	1	4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	24	PIT	NL	385	53%	2.9%	14.1%	28.1%	7.0%	22%	0.76	110%	58	7	12%
1953	25	PIT	NL	93	60%	7.7%	19.2%	30.8%	11.5%	32%	1.08	119%	9	2	22%
1954	26	PIT	NL	52	60%	1.9%	13.5%	23.1%	7.7%	36%	0.67	62%	15	1	7%
3 Yrs				530	55%	3.5%	14.7%	27.8%	7.8%	25%	0.78	104%	82	10	12%
MLB Averages					51%	2.2%	11.8%	10.2%	6.6%	26%	0.96	83%			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
1952	24	PIT	NL	242	79			7	0	16	3	3	1	5	23	8	1	35%	6	1	0	97	3	5	38%	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	143
1953	25	PIT	NL	52	19			4	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	19	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	41
1954	26	PIT	NL	52	11			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	24	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				346	109			12	0	19	5	4	2	7	26	9	1	35%	7	2	0	140	6	7	46%	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	184
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1952	24	1	8	.111	4.84	19	12	5	3	83.2	79	56	45	7	68	34	4	1	385	82	1.757	8.5	0.8	7.3	3.7	0.50	82
1953	25	2	9	.182	4.91	22	14	5	5	102.2	98	69	56	11	84	44	5	2	478	83	1.773	8.6	1.0	7.4	3.9	0.52	83
1954	26	2	10	.167	4.91	25	16	5	5	113.2	109	75	62	12	96	51	5	2	530	83	1.804	8.6	1.0	7.6	4.0	0.53	83

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1952	24	3	6	.333	5.16	82.0	82	52	47	7	71	33	4	1.866	9.0	7.8	3.6	0.46	0.8	19
1953	25	1	1	.500	4.50	20.0	19	11	10	4	16	11	1	1.750	8.6	7.2	5.0	0.69	1.8	3
1954	26	0	1	.000	4.91	11.0	11	7	6	1	12	7	0	2.091	9.0	9.8	5.7	0.58	0.8	3
3 Yrs		4	8	.333	5.02	113.0	112	70	63	12	99	51	5	1.867	8.9		4.1	0.52	1.0	25

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