Hal Hudson

Hal Campbell Hudson (Bud or Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 4, 1927 in Grosse Pointe, MI
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1952
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1952-1953

Final Game: September 23, 1953
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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
1944	17	BAL-min	D	4	7	.364	4.22	16						98.0	85	64	46		89								1.776	7.8		8.2			NWR · OHSL
1945	18	BAL-min	D	7	15	.318	5.55	28			10	0		154.0	145	127	95		116		123	21	0	16			1.695	8.5		6.8	7.2	1.06	NWR · OHSL
1946	19	BAL-min	D,C	13	7	.650	4.50	27	5					168.0	139	118	84		153								1.738	7.4		8.2			DOT,GLJ · ALSL,CAML
1947	20	BAL-min	C	16	12	.571	3.11	37						223.0	213	118	77		114								1.466	8.6		4.6			MSK · WA
1948	21	BAL-min	A,AA	4	12	.250	3.56	30	15					124.0	119	67	49		84								1.637	8.6		6.1			ELM,SAN · EL,TL
1949	22	BAL-min	A	16	12	.571	3.45	34	25					201.0	197	105	77		130								1.627	8.8		5.8			ELM · EL
1950	23	BAL-min	AA	10	9	.526	4.30	44	28					182.0	213	97	87		103								1.736	10.5		5.1			SAN · TL
1951	24	BAL-min	AAA	16	5	.762	3.08	39	24		9	3		181.0	155	70	62		85		90	6	1	2			1.326	7.7		4.2	4.5	1.06	TTO · IL
1952	25	BAL-min	AAA	11	8	.579	3.66	35	24		8	1		155.0	136	70	63		62		80	3	0	9			1.277	7.9		3.6	4.6	1.29	TTO · IL
1952	25	TOT	AL	0	0		8.38	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	16	10	9	0	7		4	0	0	1	51	49	2.379	14.9	0.0	6.5	3.7	0.57
1952	25	SLB	AL	0	0		12.71	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	9	8	8	0	6		0	0	0	0	32	33	2.647	14.3	0.0	9.5	0.0	0.00
1952	25	CHW	AL	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	7	2	1	0	1		4	0	0	1	19	179	2.000	15.8	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
1953	26	CHW-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.63	39	22		6	2		161.0	164	81	65	11	77		62	1	0	1			1.497	9.2	0.6	4.3	3.5	0.81	CHL,TTO · AA,IL
1953	26	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1954	27	DET-min	AAA	6	14	.300	4.98	35	15		4	1		121.0	136	82	67	14	55		37	9	0	5			1.579	10.1	1.0	4.1	2.8	0.67	BFL · IL
1955	28	BAL-min	A,AA	3	3	.500	5.19	29	8		2	0		85.0	94	55	49	13	42	0	14	0	0	0			1.600	10.0	1.4	4.4	1.5	0.33	WCH,SAN · WL,TL
1957	30	DET-min	AA	0	0			4																									BIR · SOUA
2 Yrs				0	0		7.84	6	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	16	10	9	0	7		4	0	0	1	52	54	2.226	13.9	0.0	6.1	3.5	0.57
162 Game Avg.				0	0		7.84	68	0	45	0	0	0	117	181	113	102	0	79		45	0	0	11	589	54	2.226	13.9	0.0	6.1	3.5	0.57

CHW (2 yrs)				0	0		1.93	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	7	2	1	0	1		4	0	0	1	20	225	1.714	13.5	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
SLB (1 yr)				0	0		12.71	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	9	8	8	0	6		0	0	0	0	32	33	2.647	14.3	0.0	9.5	0.0	0.00

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
1952	25	SLB	AL	5.2	3	0	8	12.71	4.31	-0.07	0.00	93.0	4.07	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.331	.497	$
1952	25	CHW	AL	4.0	2	0	2	4.50	4.15	0.08	0.00	93.8	3.82	-0	-0.0	.2	0.0	0.0	0	.483	.500	$
1953	26	CHW	AL	0.2	1	0	0	0.00	5.26	0.08	0.00	100.0	5.18	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.541	.500	$
2 Seasons				10.1	6	0	10	8.71	4.31	-0.00	0.00	93.8	4.05	-5	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.3	-4	.417	.499	$

CHW (2 yrs)				4.2	3	0	2	3.86	4.31	0.08	0.00	94.7	4.01	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	0	.502	.500	$
SLB (1 yr)				5.2	3	0	8	12.71	4.31	-0.07	0.00	93.0	4.07	-5	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.331	.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	25	CHW	AL	2	19	18	2	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	.389	.421	.500	.921	.500	9	0	0	0	0	1
1952	25	SLB	AL	3	33	26	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	6	0	.346	.469	.500	.969	.346	13	0	0	1	0	1
1952	25	TOT	AL	5	52	44	10	16	4	1	0	0	1	7	4	.364	.451	.500	.951	.400	22	0	0	1	0	2
1953	26	CHW	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				6	53	45	10	16	4	1	0	0	1	7	4	.356	.442	.489	.931	.390	22	1	0	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				68	601	510	113	181	45	11	0	0	11	79	45	.356	.442	.489	.931	.390	249	11	0	11	0	23
MLB Averages																.258	.331	.378	.709	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1952	25	TOT	AL	-4.2	-0.4	54	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.26	-0.4	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.27	-4.3	1	3
1952	25	SLB	AL	-4.6	-0.4	33	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.22	-0.3	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	0.22	-3.6	1	2
1952	25	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	21	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.33	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.33	-0.7	0	1
1953	26	CHW	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.10	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.10	0.5	0	1
2 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	55	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.26	-0.4	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.26	-3.8	1	4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1952	25	TOT	AL	5	5	3	3	1	33%		.263	1	3	5	2	3	3	1	4	5.8
1952	25	SLB	AL	3	3	2	3	1	33%	3	.225	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	3	5.7
1952	25	CHW	AL	2	2	1	0	0		4	.330	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	6.0
1953	26	CHW	AL	1	1	1	2	0	0%	9	.100	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.0
2 Yrs				6	6	4	5	1	20%		.260	1	4	6	3	3	3	2	4	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	25	TOT	AL	52	29%	0.0%	7.7%	13.5%	9.6%	31%	0.53	77%	18	0	0%
1952	25	SLB	AL	33	30%	0.0%	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	33%	0.21	79%	12	0	0%
1952	25	CHW	AL	19	26%	0.0%	21.1%	5.3%	10.5%	29%	5.00	74%	6	0	0%
1953	26	CHW	AL	1	100%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			100%	1	1	100%
2 Yrs				53	30%	0.0%	7.6%	13.2%	9.4%	31%	0.67	77%	19	1	5%
MLB Averages					50%	2.2%	12.1%	10.3%	6.7%	26%	0.96	85%			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
1952	25	TOT	AL	52	16			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10	4	1	40%	2	1	0	27	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1952	25	SLB	AL	33	9			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	43%	1	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	25	CHW	AL	19	7			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	1	1	0	7	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1953	26	CHW	AL	1	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				53	16			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10	4	1	40%	2	1	0	28	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
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+
1952	25	0	0		8.38	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	16	10	9	0	7		4	0	0	1	51	49	2.379	14.9	0.0	6.5	3.7	0.57	49
1953	26	0	0		7.84	6	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	16	10	9	0	7		4	0	0	1	52	54	2.226	13.9	0.0	6.1	3.5	0.57	54

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1952	25	1	.000	8.10	10.0	17	10	9	7	4	2.400	15.3	6.3	3.6	0.57	0.0	5
1953	26	0			0.0	0	0	0	0	0							1
2 Yrs		1	.000	8.10	10.0	17	10	9	7	4	2.400	15.3		3.6	0.57	0.0	6

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