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Art Houtteman

Arthur Joseph Houtteman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 7, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Detroit Catholic Central HS (Novi, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1945
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Orioles 1945-1957

Final Game: September 22, 1957
Died: May 6, 2003 in Rochester Hills, MI
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, 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
1945 17 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.33 13 0 9 0 0 0 25.1 27 17 15 1 11 9 1 0 0 116 67 1.500 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.2 0.82
1946 18 DET AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 15 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 40 43 1.875 16.9 1.1 0.0 2.3
1947 19 DET AL 7 2 .778 3.42 23 9 9 7 2 0 110.2 106 51 42 6 36 58 1 0 0 469 111 1.283 8.6 0.5 2.9 4.7 1.61
1948 20 DET AL 2 16 .111 4.66 43 20 15 4 0 10 164.1 186 101 85 11 52 74 2 0 3 716 94 1.448 10.2 0.6 2.8 4.1 1.42
1949 21 DET AL 15 10 .600 3.71 34 25 8 13 2 0 203.2 227 101 84 19 59 85 5 0 2 877 112 1.404 10.0 0.8 2.6 3.8 1.44 MVP-22
1950 22 DET AL 19 12 .613 3.54 41 34 6 21 4 4 274.2 257 112 108 29 99 88 8 1 2 1147 132 1.296 8.4 1.0 3.2 2.9 0.89 AS,MVP-24
1952 24 DET AL 8 20 .286 4.36 35 28 5 10 2 1 221.0 218 116 107 19 65 109 5 0 3 945 87 1.281 8.9 0.8 2.6 4.4 1.68
1953 25 TOT AL 9 13 .409 4.61 38 22 15 9 2 4 177.2 200 106 91 15 54 68 9 0 3 773 84 1.430 10.1 0.8 2.7 3.4 1.26
1953 25 DET AL 2 6 .250 5.90 16 9 6 3 1 1 68.2 87 50 45 11 29 28 4 0 2 316 69 1.689 11.4 1.4 3.8 3.7 0.97
1953 25 CLE AL 7 7 .500 3.80 22 13 9 6 1 3 109.0 113 56 46 4 25 40 5 0 1 457 98 1.266 9.3 0.3 2.1 3.3 1.60
1954 26 CLE AL 15 7 .682 3.35 32 25 3 11 1 0 188.0 198 80 70 14 59 68 3 0 1 805 110 1.367 9.5 0.7 2.8 3.3 1.15
1955 27 CLE AL 10 6 .625 3.98 35 12 12 3 1 0 124.1 126 63 55 15 44 1 53 2 0 0 529 101 1.367 9.1 1.1 3.2 3.8 1.20
1956 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 6.56 22 4 5 0 0 1 46.2 60 39 34 5 31 2 19 4 0 1 234 65 1.950 11.6 1.0 6.0 3.7 0.61
1957 29 TOT AL 0 0 13.50 8 1 4 0 0 0 10.2 26 16 16 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 62 29 3.000 21.9 0.8 5.1 5.1 1.00
1957 29 CLE AL 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 61 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00
1957 29 BAL AL 0 0 17.55 5 1 2 0 0 0 6.2 20 13 13 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 42 22 3.450 27.0 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00
12 Yrs 87 91 .489 4.14 325 181 91 78 14 20 1555.0 1646 810 715 136 516 3 639 40 1 15 6713 99 1.390 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.24
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .489 4.14 44 24 12 10 2 3 209 221 109 96 18 69 86 5 0 2 902 99 1.390 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.24
DET (8 yrs) 53 69 .434 4.13 206 126 58 58 11 16 1076.1 1123 556 494 97 351 453 26 1 12 4626 101 1.369 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.29
CLE (5 yrs) 34 22 .607 3.97 114 54 31 20 3 4 472.0 503 241 208 39 162 3 183 14 0 3 2045 97 1.409 9.6 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.13
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 17.55 5 1 2 0 0 0 6.2 20 13 13 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 42 22 3.450 27.0 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00

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
1945 17 DET AL 25.1 13 0 17 6.04 3.91 0.15 0.00 103.5 3.90 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .450 .496 $
1946 18 DET AL 8.0 1 1 8 9.00 3.81 0.07 0.00 110.0 4.12 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .184 .498 $
1947 19 DET AL 110.2 23 9 51 4.15 4.20 -0.10 0.00 100.5 4.32 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.0 11 .513 .502 $
1948 20 DET AL 164.1 43 20 101 5.53 4.92 -0.12 0.00 102.3 5.16 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.1 0.4 8 .484 .496 $
1949 21 DET AL 203.2 34 25 101 4.46 5.01 0.07 0.00 98.8 4.88 10 1.0 1.3 -0.1 2.3 28 .529 .506 $ MVP-22
1950 22 DET AL 274.2 41 34 112 3.67 5.16 0.20 0.00 100.7 4.99 39 3.9 1.2 -0.1 5.8 68 .595 .524 $ AS,MVP-24
1952 24 DET AL 221.0 35 28 116 4.72 4.33 -0.23 0.00 102.7 4.69 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.2 1.2 18 .494 .499 $
1953 25 DET AL 68.2 16 9 50 6.55 4.62 -0.69 0.00 101.7 5.41 -9 -0.9 1.5 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .445 .495 $
1953 25 CLE AL 109.0 22 13 56 4.62 4.20 0.23 0.00 95.4 3.79 -10 -1.0 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .453 .494 $
1954 26 CLE AL 188.0 32 25 80 3.83 3.98 0.23 0.00 100.1 3.76 -1 -0.1 2.4 -0.1 1.1 14 .495 .499 $
1955 27 CLE AL 124.1 35 12 63 4.56 4.46 -0.35 0.00 101.1 4.87 3 0.3 .9 -0.2 1.1 15 .510 .502 $
1956 28 CLE AL 46.2 22 4 39 7.52 4.81 0.05 0.00 103.6 4.93 -14 -1.3 .6 0.1 -0.8 -9 .440 .492 $
1957 29 CLE AL 4.0 3 0 3 6.75 3.70 -0.29 0.00 103.5 4.13 -1 -0.1 .0 0.1 0.0 -1 .460 .499 $
1957 29 BAL AL 6.2 5 1 13 17.55 4.28 0.51 0.00 96.4 3.64 -10 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -10 .315 .494 $
12 Seasons 1555.0 325 181 810 4.69 4.59 -0.02 0.00 100.7 4.65 -11 -0.8 1.2 -1.0 9.7 132 .498 .500 $
DET (8 yrs) 1076.1 206 126 556 4.65 4.75 -0.05 0.00 101.2 4.86 23 2.4 1.3 -0.7 9.5 122 .512 .502 $
CLE (5 yrs) 472.0 114 54 241 4.60 4.24 0.05 0.00 99.7 4.18 -23 -2.3 1.0 -0.3 1.1 20 .480 .497 $
BAL (1 yr) 6.2 5 1 13 17.55 4.28 0.51 0.00 96.4 3.64 -10 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -10 .315 .494 $

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
1954 26 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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
1950 DET AL 22 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00

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 20 DET AL 43 371 647 101 186 18 6 11 5 1 52 74 .287 .342 .385 .727 .311 249 10 2 15 0 5
1949 21 DET AL 34 558 807 101 227 29 2 19 1 3 59 85 .281 .334 .393 .727 .296 317 19 5 8 0 8
1950 22 DET AL 41 972 1024 112 257 36 3 29 1 7 99 88 .251 .322 .377 .699 .251 386 17 8 17 0 10
1952 24 DET AL 35 794 860 116 218 37 12 19 12 5 65 109 .253 .310 .391 .700 .272 336 9 5 13 0 10
1953 25 TOT AL 38 773 702 106 200 28 3 15 3 2 54 68 .285 .344 .397 .741 .299 279 20 9 8 0 10
1953 25 CLE AL 22 457 420 56 113 17 1 4 2 1 25 40 .269 .318 .343 .661 .290 144 14 5 7 0 7
1953 25 DET AL 16 316 282 50 87 11 2 11 1 1 29 28 .309 .381 .479 .860 .313 135 6 4 1 0 3
1954 26 CLE AL 32 805 726 80 198 33 7 14 5 4 59 68 .273 .328 .395 .724 .284 287 23 3 13 4 14
1955 27 CLE AL 35 531 476 63 126 20 4 15 4 6 44 53 .265 .328 .418 .746 .270 199 16 2 5 3 1 8
1956 28 CLE AL 22 234 189 39 60 15 1 5 5 2 31 19 .317 .417 .487 .903 .325 92 4 4 6 4 2 6
1957 29 TOT AL 8 61 55 16 26 7 2 1 0 1 6 6 .473 .525 .727 1.252 .521 40 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 BAL AL 5 41 38 13 20 6 2 0 0 1 3 3 .526 .561 .789 1.350 .571 30 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 CLE AL 3 20 17 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 .353 .450 .588 1.038 .385 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 288 5099 5486 734 1498 223 40 128 36 31 469 570 .273 .334 .398 .732 .285 2185 119 38 85 11 3 71
162 Game Avg. 43 755 813 109 222 33 6 19 5 5 69 84 .273 .334 .398 .732 .285 324 18 6 13 2 11
MLB Averages .260 .334 .368 .702 .276

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 20 DET AL -7.6 -0.7 379 -1.3 8.2 -9.5 1.34 -0.0 -0.9 -4.7 -0.4 1.34 -0.6 6 2 3
1949 21 DET AL 7.7 0.8 589 1.8 12.4 -10.6 1.17 0.6 1.0 7.0 0.7 1.17 3.0 3 2 2
1950 22 DET AL 38.0 3.7 996 3.6 17.8 -14.2 .97 3.9 -0.2 37.9 3.7 0.97 41.0 2 1 2
1952 24 DET AL -11.0 -1.1 822 -3.0 13.6 -16.6 1.04 -0.4 -2.5 -16.7 -1.7 1.04 -5.3 3 4 0
1953 25 TOT AL -15.7 -1.5 784 -2.6 11.8 -14.4 .94 -0.9 -1.9 -14.0 -1.3 0.94 -6.9 6 5 4
1953 25 DET AL -13.2 -1.3 322 -1.9 4.7 -6.6 .93 -1.6 -0.5 -15.4 -1.5 0.93 -15.7 2 2 2
1953 25 CLE AL -2.4 -0.2 462 -0.7 7.1 -7.8 .94 0.7 -1.4 1.4 0.2 0.94 8.7 4 3 2
1954 26 CLE AL 6.2 0.6 817 0.4 14.5 -14.1 1.02 -0.3 0.7 5.6 0.6 1.02 -3.1 4 3 0
1955 27 CLE AL 0.1 0.0 541 0.2 9.3 -9.1 .95 -0.4 0.6 -2.5 -0.2 0.95 -3.2 5 6 12
1956 28 CLE AL -12.2 -1.2 242 -1.1 2.2 -3.4 .62 -1.6 -0.2 -21.9 -2.0 0.62 -17.4 2 3 13
1957 29 TOT AL -11.2 -1.0 62 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .41 -0.5 -0.8 -12.4 -1.2 0.41 -10.9 1 0 4
1957 29 CLE AL -1.0 -0.1 20 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 0.0 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.01 -1.6 0 0 1
1957 29 BAL AL -10.1 -0.9 42 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .61 -0.5 -0.4 -11.3 -1.1 0.61 -9.3 1 0 3
12 Yrs -10.5 -0.9 5232 -2.5 90.3 -92.7 1.01 0.5 -2.9 -21.5 -1.9 1.01 -3.3 32 26 40

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
1946 18 DET AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 22.0 22 22 0 1 7.0 8.0
1947 19 DET AL 23 9 6 2 1 1 1 7 2 .778 0 0 7 2 6 67% 62.6 83 37 4 4 5.5 8.4
1948 20 DET AL 43 20 1 14 5 0 4 3 17 .150 1 1 4 0 5 25% 44.9 83 17 16 5 7 8 3.4 3.1 6.4
1949 21 DET AL 34 25 12 8 5 3 3 13 12 .520 0 2 13 2 13 52% 50.8 80 23 13 7 19 3 5.2 4.5 7.7
1950 22 DET AL 41 34 17 12 5 4 3 21 12 .636 1 2 21 4 17 50% 53.5 87 14 12 2 24 4 5.4 4.9 7.8
1952 24 DET AL 35 28 7 18 3 0 7 8 20 .286 0 2 10 2 14 50% 50.4 89 13 19 6 10 8 3.1 3.2 7.0
1953 25 TOT AL 38 22 7 11 4 3 2 8 13 .381 1 4 9 2 7 32% 43.2 83 15 14 8 11 6 4.9 4.4 6.5
1953 25 DET AL 16 9 2 5 2 1 1 2 6 .250 0 2 3 1 3 33% 41.4 83 15 5 4 4 3 3.5 3.1 6.5
1953 25 CLE AL 22 13 5 6 2 2 1 6 7 .462 1 2 6 1 4 31% 44.5 79 18 9 4 7 3 6.0 5.3 6.4
1954 26 CLE AL 32 25 14 5 6 1 2 18 6 .750 1 5 11 1 17 68% 51.9 82 17 23 5 6 10 5.4 5.3 6.7
1955 27 CLE AL 35 12 4 5 3 1 2 7 5 .583 0 2 3 1 6 50% 48.0 76 19 18 4 2 7 3.8 4.1 5.9
1956 28 CLE AL 22 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 61 11 14 6 1 3 4.5 3.9 4.5
1957 29 TOT AL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 33 4 0 0 1 6.8 9.0 2.3
1957 29 BAL AL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 4 0 0 1 6.8 9.0 2.3
11 Yrs 309 181 69 78 34 14 24 88 90 .494 4 20 78 14 85 47% 50 89 11 133 43 84 55 4.6 4.4 7.0
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.6

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
1945 17 DET AL 13 13 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 5.8
1947 19 DET AL 23 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 7.6
1948 20 DET AL 43 23 15 1 2 6 10 1 167% 6 0 17 9 53% 1.337 6 2 3 6 1 4 8 3 14 7 5 4 4.8
1949 21 DET AL 34 9 8 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20% 8 1.174 3 2 2 2 1 4 3 4 4 2 4 0 4.0
1950 22 DET AL 41 7 6 2 0 2 4 0 200% 2 0 4 2 50% 8 .974 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 4 0 4.4
1952 24 DET AL 35 7 5 1 2 2 1 1 50% 3 0 8 4 50% 8 1.044 3 4 0 3 2 2 5 2 7 0 7 0 10.1
1953 25 TOT AL 38 16 15 2 2 4 4 3 100% 6 2 12 3 25% .935 6 5 4 7 1 8 7 9 9 1 10 2 6.7
1953 25 DET AL 16 7 6 0 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 5 3 60% 9 .934 2 2 2 3 0 4 3 4 3 1 4 1 4.3
1953 25 CLE AL 22 9 9 2 1 1 3 1 300% 3 2 7 0 0% 8 .935 4 3 2 4 1 4 4 5 6 0 6 1 8.6
1954 26 CLE AL 32 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 13% 9 1.025 4 3 0 4 2 1 4 3 3 4 4 1 8.9
1955 27 CLE AL 35 23 12 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 11 44% 7 .947 5 6 12 3 1 19 12 11 14 3 15 2 7.0
1956 28 CLE AL 22 18 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 13 87% 8 .624 2 3 13 3 0 15 8 10 11 4 11 0 4.8
1957 29 TOT AL 8 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 1 17% .409 1 0 4 1 0 6 3 4 3 2 3 0 3.6
1957 29 CLE AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .008 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1957 29 BAL AL 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 1 17% 8 .605 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 0 3.3
11 Yrs 324 144 91 18 13 15 20 6 133% 22 4 100 45 45% 1.010 32 26 40 31 9 61 52 49 88 27 63 11 6.0

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%
1945 17 DET AL 116 0.9% 7.8% 9.5% 78%
1946 18 DET AL 40 2.5% 5.0% 0.0% 90%
1947 19 DET AL 469 1.3% 12.4% 7.7% 3.0% 13% 78%
1948 20 DET AL 716 56% 3.0% 20.0% 14.0% 9.4% 19% 1.38 151% 65 10 15%
1949 21 DET AL 879 53% 3.4% 15.2% 10.6% 9.0% 22% 1.33 126% 139 19 14%
1950 22 DET AL 1148 53% 3.0% 9.1% 10.2% 7.0% 27% 1.10 93% 182 17 9%
1952 24 DET AL 943 56% 2.4% 13.7% 8.2% 8.6% 31% 1.03 92% 124 9 7%
1953 25 TOT AL 773 63% 1.9% 8.8% 7.0% 6.0% 23% 0.97 80% 178 20 11%
1953 25 DET AL 316 57% 3.5% 8.9% 9.2% 7.6% 28% 0.92 77% 80 6 8%
1953 25 CLE AL 457 66% 0.9% 8.8% 5.5% 4.8% 20% 0.99 82% 98 14 14%
1954 26 CLE AL 805 60% 1.7% 8.5% 7.3% 6.7% 27% 1.03 81% 159 23 14%
1955 27 CLE AL 531 63% 2.8% 10.0% 8.3% 7.3% 31% 0.93 77% 112 16 14%
1956 28 CLE AL 234 63% 2.1% 8.1% 13.3% 9.0% 35% 0.90 72% 61 4 7%
1957 29 TOT AL 61 72% 1.6% 9.8% 9.8% 16.4% 39% 1.18 79% 20 1 5%
1957 29 CLE AL 20 70% 5.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0% 33% 1.00 65% 8 0 0%
1957 29 BAL AL 41 73% 0.0% 7.3% 7.3% 19.5% 40% 1.29 85% 12 1 8%
12 Yrs 6715 58% 2.4% 11.2% 9.0% 7.1% 25% 1.07 92% 1040 119 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.1% 11.7% 10.7% 5.8% 23% 0.96 86% 11%

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
1945 17 DET AL 27 1 0
1946 18 DET AL 15 1 0
1947 19 DET AL 106 6 0
1948 20 DET AL 371 186 11 0 5 4 1 3 2 25 15 3 60% 5 3 1 136 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 345
1949 21 DET AL 558 227 19 0 9 5 5 3 7 36 19 4 53% 8 2 0 246 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 321
1950 22 DET AL 972 257 29 2 20 15 8 15 8 34 15 2 44% 10 2 0 360 1 7 13% 1 7 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 176
1952 24 DET AL 794 218 19 0 7 6 8 7 7 50 29 3 58% 10 3 2 275 12 5 71% 10 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 5 149
1953 25 TOT AL 773 200 15 0 17 6 9 11 4 41 25 1 61% 10 3 1 324 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1953 25 DET AL 316 87 11 0 8 3 8 9 2 12 7 0 58% 3 2 1 142 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1953 25 CLE AL 457 113 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 29 18 1 62% 7 1 0 182 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1954 26 CLE AL 805 198 14 0 15 7 7 9 5 53 19 5 36% 14 1 1 299 5 4 56% 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1955 27 CLE AL 531 126 15 0 9 13 2 8 7 25 14 2 56% 8 0 1 217 4 6 40% 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1956 28 CLE AL 234 60 5 0 13 5 0 4 1 28 16 2 57% 6 1 0 105 5 2 71% 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 0
1957 29 TOT AL 61 26 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 67% 0 0 1 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 29 CLE AL 20 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 BAL AL 41 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 1 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Yrs 5099 1646 136 2 96 62 40 60 42 295 154 23 52% 71 15 7 1999 36 31 54% 30 29 4 0 2 2 14 0 32 991
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1945 17 0 2 .000 5.33 13 0 9 0 0 0 25.1 27 17 15 1 11 9 1 0 0 116 67 1.500 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.2 0.82 67
1946 18 0 3 .000 6.21 14 1 9 0 0 0 33.1 42 25 23 2 11 11 1 0 0 156 59 1.590 11.3 0.5 3.0 3.0 1.00 59
1947 19 7 5 .583 4.06 37 10 18 7 2 0 144.0 148 76 65 8 47 69 2 0 0 625 93 1.354 9.3 0.5 2.9 4.3 1.47 93
1948 20 9 21 .300 4.38 80 30 33 11 2 10 308.1 334 177 150 19 99 143 4 0 3 1341 93 1.404 9.7 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.44 93
1949 21 24 31 .436 4.11 114 55 41 24 4 10 512.0 561 278 234 38 158 228 9 0 5 2218 100 1.404 9.9 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.44 100
1950 22 43 43 .500 3.91 155 89 47 45 8 14 786.2 818 390 342 67 257 316 17 1 7 3365 110 1.367 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.6 1.23 110
1951 23 43 43 .500 3.91 155 89 47 45 8 14 786.2 818 390 342 67 257 316 17 1 7 3365 110 1.367 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.6 1.23 110
1952 24 51 63 .447 4.01 190 117 52 55 10 15 1007.2 1036 506 449 86 322 425 22 1 10 4310 105 1.348 9.3 0.8 2.9 3.8 1.32 105
1953 25 60 76 .441 4.10 228 139 67 64 12 19 1185.1 1236 612 540 101 376 493 31 1 13 5083 101 1.360 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.31 101
1954 26 75 83 .475 4.00 260 164 70 75 13 19 1373.1 1434 692 610 115 435 561 34 1 14 5888 102 1.361 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.29 102
1955 27 85 89 .489 4.00 295 176 82 78 14 19 1497.2 1560 755 665 130 479 1 614 36 1 14 6417 102 1.361 9.4 0.8 2.9 3.7 1.28 102
1956 28 87 91 .489 4.07 317 180 87 78 14 20 1544.1 1620 794 699 135 510 3 633 40 1 15 6651 100 1.379 9.4 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.24 100
1957 29 87 91 .489 4.14 325 181 91 78 14 20 1555.0 1646 810 715 136 516 3 639 40 1 15 6713 99 1.390 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.7 1.24 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
1945 17 1 2 .333 5.67 27.0 29 19 17 1 12 10 1 1.519 9.7 4.0 3.3 0.83 0.3 13
1946 18 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 0 9 8 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 1
1947 19 6 6 .500 3.70 112.0 113 51 46 6 38 59 1 1.348 9.1 3.1 4.7 1.55 0.5 23
1948 20 8 10 .444 4.37 169.0 186 91 82 11 52 76 2 1.408 9.9 2.8 4.0 1.46 0.6 43
1949 21 12 10 .545 3.65 207.0 232 93 84 19 60 86 5 1.411 10.1 2.6 3.7 1.43 0.8 34
1950 22 19 12 .613 3.10 282.0 248 108 97 28 96 90 8 1.220 7.9 3.1 2.9 0.94 0.9 41
1952 24 11 14 .440 4.54 228.0 231 128 115 20 69 112 5 1.316 9.1 2.7 4.4 1.62 0.8 35
1953 25 7 12 .368 5.01 176.0 212 109 98 16 57 67 10 1.528 10.8 2.9 3.4 1.18 0.8 38
1954 26 11 9 .550 3.75 187.0 214 87 78 15 64 68 3 1.487 10.3 3.1 3.3 1.06 0.7 32
1955 27 6 7 .462 4.10 125.0 131 63 57 16 46 53 2 1.416 9.4 3.3 3.8 1.15 1.2 35
1956 28 2 3 .400 6.06 49.0 61 37 33 5 32 20 4 1.898 11.2 5.9 3.7 0.63 0.9 22
1957 29 0 1 .000 16.20 10.0 29 20 18 1 7 5 0 3.600 26.1 6.3 4.5 0.71 0.9 8
12 Yrs 83 87 .488 4.16 1586.0 1686 815 733 138 533 650 41 1.399 9.6 3.7 1.22 0.8 325

* 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

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 1.0%)

All-Star Games
1950 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (22, 1%)
1950 AL (24, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.5 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1950 AL  5.8 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1950 AL  3.54 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (10th)
1950 AL  19 (3rd)
1954 AL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1950 AL  .613 (10th)
1954 AL  .682 (9th)
1955 AL  .625 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1950 AL  1.296 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  8.421 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  2.848 (5th)
1949 AL  2.607 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.244 (5th)
1952 AL  2.647 (4th)
1953 AL  2.736 (8th)
1954 AL  2.825 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL  43 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1948 AL  10 (3rd)
1950 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1950 AL  274.7 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1950 AL  34 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 AL  21 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 AL  4 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (4th)
1950 AL  29 (1st)
1952 AL  19 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  227 (10th)
1950 AL  257 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  1.423 (5th)
1949 AL  1.441 (2nd)
1952 AL  1.677 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL  16 (4th)
1952 AL  20 (1st)
1953 AL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  108 (8th)
1952 AL  107 (2nd)
1953 AL  91 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 AL  5 (7th)
1950 AL  8 (3rd)
1953 AL  9 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1950 AL  1,147 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1950 AL  132 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  38 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  3.7 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  37.94 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  1.8 (9th)
1950 AL  3.6 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.9 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.7 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1927-08-07 (1st)
1946 AL  born 1927-08-07 (1st)
1947 AL  born 1927-08-07 (7th)
1948 AL  born 1927-08-07 (9th)


† 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 - 53 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ray Scarborough (964)
  2. Steve Trout (964)
  3. Nels Potter (964)
  4. Cal McLish (963)
  5. Bob Porterfield (961)
  6. Hugh McQuillan (960)
  7. Jim Wilson (960)
  8. Lynn McGlothen (959)
  9. Jim Colborn (959)
  10. Paul Foytack (957)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim Brillheart (961)  2 3 4 C
  2. Ralph Branca (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jersey Bakley (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mel Harder (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Haddock (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Friend (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Friend (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willis Hudlin (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Bagby (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Vern Law (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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