Johnny Humphries

John William Humphries

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 23, 1915 in Clifton Forge, VA
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1938
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Phillies 1938-1946

Final Game: July 28, 1946
Died: June 24, 1965 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
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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
1937	22	CLE-min	A1	20	7	.741	3.01	41	26					236.0	196	88	79		77							1.157	7.5		2.9			NOR · SOUA
1938	23	CLE	AL	9	8	.529	5.23	45	6	25	1	0	6	103.1	105	69	60	6	63	56	1	1	1	470	88	1.626	9.1	0.5	5.5	4.9	0.89
1939	24	CLE-min	A1	4	14	.222	5.08	27	14					101.0	116	65	57		58							1.723	10.3		5.2			NOR · SOUA
1939	24	CLE	AL	2	4	.333	8.26	15	1	6	0	0	2	28.1	30	30	26	0	32	12	1	0	0	144	54	2.188	9.5	0.0	10.2	3.8	0.38
1940	25	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	8.29	19	1	4	1	0	1	33.2	35	35	31	5	29	17	2	0	0	166	52	1.901	9.4	1.3	7.8	4.5	0.59
1941	26	CHW	AL	4	2	.667	1.84	14	6	7	4	4	1	73.1	63	18	15	2	22	25	1	0	0	300	224	1.159	7.7	0.2	2.7	3.1	1.14
1942	27	CHW	AL	12	12	.500	2.68	28	28	0	17	2	0	228.1	227	85	68	9	59	71	7	2	0	967	134	1.253	8.9	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.20
1943	28	CHW	AL	11	11	.500	3.30	28	27	1	8	2	0	188.1	198	86	69	7	54	51	6	0	5	811	100	1.338	9.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	0.94
1944	29	CHW	AL	8	10	.444	3.67	30	20	7	8	0	1	169.0	170	75	69	9	57	42	4	1	2	711	93	1.343	9.1	0.5	3.0	2.2	0.74
1945	30	CHW	AL	6	14	.300	4.24	22	21	1	10	1	1	153.0	172	83	72	11	48	33	3	0	3	670	78	1.438	10.1	0.6	2.8	1.9	0.69
1946	31	PHI	NL	0	0		4.01	10	1	4	0	0	0	24.2	24	17	11	1	9	10	1	0	0	103	87	1.338	8.8	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.11
1947	32	BOS-min	AA	0	0			6						9.0	15				0							1.667	15.0		0.0			NOR · SOUA
1948	33	PIT-min	D,AA	3	3	.500	2.31	15						78.0	89	21	20		23							1.436	10.3		2.7			DGS,NOR · GASL,SOUA
9 Yrs				52	63	.452	3.78	211	111	55	49	9	12	1002.0	1024	498	421	50	373	317	26	4	11	4342	97	1.394	9.2	0.4	3.4	2.8	0.85
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.452	3.78	45	23	12	10	2	3	212	216	105	89	11	79	67	5	1	2	917	97	1.394	9.2	0.4	3.4	2.8	0.85

CHW (5 yrs)				41	49	.456	3.25	122	102	16	47	9	3	812.0	830	347	293	38	240	222	21	3	10	3459	107	1.318	9.2	0.4	2.7	2.5	0.93
CLE (3 yrs)				11	14	.440	6.37	79	8	35	2	0	9	165.1	170	134	117	11	124	85	4	1	1	780	71	1.778	9.3	0.6	6.8	4.6	0.69
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		4.01	10	1	4	0	0	0	24.2	24	17	11	1	9	10	1	0	0	103	87	1.338	8.8	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.11

AL (8 yrs)				52	63	.452	3.78	201	110	51	49	9	12	977.1	1000	481	410	49	364	307	25	4	11	4239	97	1.396	9.2	0.5	3.4	2.8	0.84
NL (1 yr)				0	0		4.01	10	1	4	0	0	0	24.2	24	17	11	1	9	10	1	0	0	103	87	1.338	8.8	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.11

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
1938	23	CLE	AL	103.1	45	6	69	6.01	5.55	-0.09	0.00	97.3	5.49	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.3	7	.486	.496	$
1939	24	CLE	AL	28.1	15	1	30	9.53	5.16	-0.05	0.00	93.9	4.89	-15	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-11	.415	.492	$
1940	25	CLE	AL	33.2	19	1	35	9.36	5.19	0.24	0.00	98.2	4.86	-17	-1.5	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-14	.419	.491	$
1941	26	CHW	AL	73.1	14	6	18	2.21	4.69	0.15	0.00	101.6	4.62	19	2.1	1.0	-0.0	2.6	26	.650	.513	$
1942	27	CHW	AL	228.1	28	28	85	3.35	4.30	0.08	0.00	98.3	4.15	19	2.1		-0.2	3.3	36	.576	.513	$
1943	28	CHW	AL	188.1	28	27	86	4.11	3.89	0.08	0.00	100.0	3.80	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.1	5	.471	.495	$
1944	29	CHW	AL	169.0	30	20	75	3.99	4.06	0.05	0.00	98.8	3.96	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.8	10	.497	.499	$
1945	30	CHW	AL	153.0	22	21	83	4.88	3.82	-0.13	0.00	98.1	3.87	-17	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-8	.419	.489	$
1946	31	PHI	NL	24.2	10	1	17	6.20	4.37	-0.22	0.00	99.2	4.56	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.451	.497	$
9 Seasons				1002.0	211	111	498	4.47	4.32	0.03	0.00	98.7	4.24	-30	-2.4	1.0	-0.7	3.5	49	.489	.498	$

CHW (5 yrs)				812.0	122	102	347	3.85	4.10	0.04	0.00	99.0	4.02	13	1.5	1.0	-0.5	5.8	69	.513	.502	$
CLE (3 yrs)				165.1	79	8	134	7.29	5.41	-0.01	0.00	96.9	5.26	-39	-3.4	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-17	.457	.493	$
PHI (1 yr)				24.2	10	1	17	6.20	4.37	-0.22	0.00	99.2	4.56	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.451	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1938	23	CLE	AL	470	1.3%	11.9%	13.4%	2.3%	11%	71%
1939	24	CLE	AL	144	0.0%	8.3%	22.2%			63%
1940	25	CLE	AL	166	3.0%	10.2%	17.5%	3.6%	17%	65%
1941	26	CHW	AL	300	0.7%	8.3%	7.3%	1.7%	8%	82%
1942	27	CHW	AL	967	0.9%	7.3%	6.1%	4.6%	19%	83%
1943	28	CHW	AL	811	0.9%	6.3%	6.7%	2.1%	9%	84%
1944	29	CHW	AL	711	1.3%	5.9%	8.0%	3.1%	13%	82%
1945	30	CHW	AL	669	1.6%	4.9%	7.2%	4.6%	18%	85%
1946	31	PHI	NL	104	1.0%	9.6%	8.7%			80%
9 Yrs				4342	1.2%	7.3%	8.6%	3.1%	13%	81%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.0%	8.9%	2.9%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1938	23	9	8	.529	5.23	45	6	25	1	0	6	103.1	105	69	60	6	63	56	1	1	1	470	88	1.626	9.1	0.5	5.5	4.9	0.89	88
1939	24	11	12	.478	5.88	60	7	31	1	0	8	131.2	135	99	86	6	95	68	2	1	1	614	78	1.747	9.2	0.4	6.5	4.6	0.72	78
1940	25	11	14	.440	6.37	79	8	35	2	0	9	165.1	170	134	117	11	124	85	4	1	1	780	71	1.778	9.3	0.6	6.8	4.6	0.69	71
1941	26	15	16	.484	4.98	93	14	42	6	4	10	238.2	233	152	132	13	146	110	5	1	1	1080	88	1.588	8.8	0.5	5.5	4.1	0.75	88
1942	27	27	28	.491	3.85	121	42	42	23	6	10	467.0	460	237	200	22	205	181	12	3	1	2047	104	1.424	8.9	0.4	4.0	3.5	0.88	104
1943	28	38	39	.494	3.69	149	69	43	31	8	10	655.1	658	323	269	29	259	232	18	3	6	2858	103	1.399	9.0	0.4	3.6	3.2	0.90	103
1944	29	46	49	.484	3.69	179	89	50	39	8	11	824.1	828	398	338	38	316	274	22	4	8	3569	101	1.388	9.0	0.4	3.5	3.0	0.87	101
1945	30	52	63	.452	3.78	201	110	51	49	9	12	977.1	1000	481	410	49	364	307	25	4	11	4239	97	1.396	9.2	0.5	3.4	2.8	0.84	97
1946	31	52	63	.452	3.78	211	111	55	49	9	12	1002.0	1024	498	421	50	373	317	26	4	11	4342	97	1.394	9.2	0.4	3.4	2.8	0.85	97

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
1938	23	5	7	.417	4.46	111.0	103	61	55	6	62	60	1	1.486	8.4	5.0	4.9	0.97	0.5	45
1939	24	1	2	.333	7.76	29.0	30	28	25	0	32	12	1	2.138	9.3	9.9	3.7	0.38	0.0	15
1940	25	1	2	.333	7.50	36.0	35	33	30	5	29	18	2	1.778	8.8	7.3	4.5	0.62	1.3	19
1941	26	7	1	.875	1.80	75.0	64	17	15	2	22	26	1	1.147	7.7	2.6	3.1	1.18	0.2	14
1942	27	17	9	.654	2.91	235.0	247	84	76	10	64	73	8	1.323	9.5	2.5	2.8	1.14	0.4	28
1943	28	10	10	.500	3.99	187.0	223	92	83	8	61	51	7	1.519	10.7	2.9	2.5	0.84	0.4	28
1944	29	8	10	.444	4.28	164.0	185	87	78	10	62	41	4	1.506	10.2	3.4	2.3	0.66	0.5	30
1945	30	6	10	.375	5.27	152.0	196	99	89	13	55	33	3	1.651	11.6	3.3	2.0	0.60	0.8	22
1946	31	1	1	.500	4.88	24.0	26	14	13	1	10	10	1	1.500	9.8	3.8	3.8	1.00	0.4	10
9 Yrs		56	52	.519	4.12	1013.0	1109	515	464	55	397	324	28	1.487	9.9		2.9	0.82	0.5	211

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1942 AL 3.3 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1942 AL 2.68 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1942 AL 1.253 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1942 AL 2.326 (6th) 1943 AL 2.581 (8th)
Games Played s c a p y 1938 AL 45 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1938 AL 6 (2nd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1942 AL 228.3 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1942 AL 28 (10th) 1943 AL 27 (9th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1942 AL 17 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1941 AL 4 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1945 AL 11 (5th)	Hits s c a p y 1942 AL 227 (7th)
Losses s c a p y 1945 AL 14 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1943 AL 5 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1942 AL 7 (2nd) 1943 AL 6 (2nd) 1944 AL 4 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1942 AL 967 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1938 AL 25 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1941 AL 19 (7th) 1942 AL 21 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1941 AL 1.9 (7th) 1942 AL 2.3 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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