Dick Hyde
Richard Elde Hyde
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 3, 1928 in Hindsboro, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1955
Final Game: August 4, 1961
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Standard Pitching

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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
1955 26 WSH AL 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 88 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1957 28 WSH AL 4 3 .571 4.12 52 2 23 0 0 1 109.1 104 54 50 4 56 7 46 7 0 2 482 94 1.463 8.6 0.3 4.6 3.8 0.82
1958 29 WSH AL 10 3 .769 1.75 53 0 44 0 0 18 103.0 82 26 20 1 35 7 49 2 0 2 416 218 1.136 7.2 0.1 3.1 4.3 1.40 MVP-12
1959 30 WSH AL 2 5 .286 4.97 37 0 20 0 0 4 54.1 56 34 30 5 27 3 29 2 1 1 247 79 1.528 9.3 0.8 4.5 4.8 1.07
1960 31 WSH AL 0 1 .000 4.15 9 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 11 4 4 2 5 1 4 1 0 1 39 95 1.846 11.4 2.1 5.2 4.2 0.80
1961 32 BAL AL 1 2 .333 5.57 15 0 9 0 0 0 21.0 18 14 13 1 13 3 15 1 0 0 96 69 1.476 7.7 0.4 5.6 6.4 1.15
6 Seasons 17 14 .548 3.56 169 2 101 0 0 23 298.1 273 133 118 13 137 22 144 13 1 6 1289 108 1.374 8.2 0.4 4.1 4.3 1.05
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .548 3.56 67 1 40 0 0 9 119 109 53 47 5 54 9 57 5 0 2 513 108 1.374 8.2 0.4 4.1 4.3 1.05
WSH (5 yrs) 16 12 .571 3.41 154 2 92 0 0 23 277.1 255 119 105 12 124 19 129 12 1 6 1193 113 1.367 8.3 0.4 4.0 4.2 1.04
BAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.57 15 0 9 0 0 0 21.0 18 14 13 1 13 3 15 1 0 0 96 69 1.476 7.7 0.4 5.6 6.4 1.15

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1955 26 WSH AL 3 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 .333 2 0 0 1 0 1
1957 28 WSH AL 52 482 399 54 104 15 5 4 6 3 56 46 .261 .356 .353 .709 .281 141 14 7 13 7 7
1958 29 WSH AL 53 412 368 26 82 5 6 1 1 7 35 49 .223 .291 .277 .568 .252 102 9 2 3 4 7
1959 30 WSH AL 37 247 208 34 56 8 0 5 2 3 27 29 .269 .354 .380 .734 .288 79 4 2 7 3 3
1960 31 WSH AL 9 39 31 4 11 0 1 2 0 1 5 4 .355 .459 .613 1.072 .360 19 1 1 2 0 1
1961 32 BAL AL 15 95 78 14 18 3 2 1 3 0 13 15 .231 .348 .359 .707 .274 28 3 1 3 0 3
6 Seasons 169 1284 1091 133 273 31 14 13 12 14 137 144 .250 .337 .340 .677 .274 371 31 13 29 14 22
162 Game Avg. 67 511 434 53 109 12 6 5 5 6 54 57 .250 .337 .340 .677 .274 148 12 5 12 6 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1957 28 WSH AL 52 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 2 100% 50 51 48 11 3 0 1 3.6 4.2 6.5
1 Season 52 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 2 100% 50 51 48 11 3 0 1 3.6 4.2 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1955 26 WSH AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0.393 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 2.0
1957 28 WSH AL 52 50 23 4 3 4 1 3 25% 4 0 34 16 47% 7 0.873 11 11 26 5 6 38 18 31 34 4 35 12 5.8
1958 29 WSH AL 53 53 44 10 3 23 18 4 78% 23 0 33 9 27% 9 1.443 26 11 16 26 7 20 20 33 28 5 29 10 5.8
1959 30 WSH AL 37 37 20 2 5 9 4 4 44% 11 2 23 8 35% 8 1.059 15 9 12 13 5 19 13 24 20 10 21 5 4.4
1960 31 WSH AL 9 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 40% 8 1.150 3 3 3 2 1 6 3 6 1 3 2 0 2.9
1961 32 BAL AL 15 15 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 8 0.559 1 2 12 1 1 13 4 11 8 4 8 2 4.2
6 Seasons 169 167 101 17 14 36 23 11 64% 40 4 105 39 37% 1.074 56 37 70 47 20 99 60 106 91 28 95 29 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1955 26 WSH AL 9 22% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 4.00 67% 4 0 0%
1957 28 WSH AL 482 40% 0.8% 9.5% 11.6% 5.0% 23% 1.31 74% 119 14 12%
1958 29 WSH AL 412 38% 0.2% 11.9% 8.5% 2.9% 15% 1.45 78% 92 9 10%
1959 30 WSH AL 247 41% 2.0% 11.7% 10.9% 5.3% 23% 2.24 72% 47 4 9%
1960 31 WSH AL 39 31% 5.1% 10.3% 12.8% 7.7% 27% 5.67 64% 6 1 17%
1961 32 BAL AL 95 35% 1.1% 15.8% 13.7% 6.3% 33% 1.82 65% 22 3 14%
6 Seasons 1284 39% 1.0% 11.2% 10.7% 4.5% 21% 1.58 74% 290 31 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1955 26 WSH AL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 WSH AL 477 104 4 0 23 2 2 3 1 38 21 3 55% 5 2 0 213 6 3 67% 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 5
1958 29 WSH AL 412 82 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 27 13 2 48% 5 2 0 160 1 7 13% 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 0
1959 30 WSH AL 247 56 5 0 9 3 2 4 1 20 11 1 55% 7 1 0 103 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
1960 31 WSH AL 39 11 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 32 BAL AL 95 18 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 25% 3 0 0 45 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1279 273 13 0 49 7 6 9 4 93 49 6 53% 20 6 0 541 12 14 46% 8 10 3 1 1 3 2 0 26 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1955 26 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 88 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 88
1956 27 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 88 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 88
1957 28 4 3 .571 4.12 55 2 24 0 0 1 111.1 106 55 51 4 57 8 47 7 0 2 491 94 1.464 8.6 0.3 4.6 3.8 0.82 94
1958 29 14 6 .700 2.98 108 2 68 0 0 19 214.1 188 81 71 5 92 15 96 9 0 4 907 129 1.306 7.9 0.2 3.9 4.0 1.04 129
1959 30 16 11 .593 3.38 145 2 88 0 0 23 268.2 244 115 101 10 119 18 125 11 1 5 1154 114 1.351 8.2 0.3 4.0 4.2 1.05 114
1960 31 16 12 .571 3.41 154 2 92 0 0 23 277.1 255 119 105 12 124 19 129 12 1 6 1193 113 1.367 8.3 0.4 4.0 4.2 1.04 113
1961 32 17 14 .548 3.56 169 2 101 0 0 23 298.1 273 133 118 13 137 22 144 13 1 6 1289 108 1.374 8.2 0.4 4.1 4.3 1.05 108

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 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
1955 26 0 0 4.50 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 3
1957 28 5 7 .417 4.42 110.0 110 60 54 4 59 46 7 1.536 9.0 4.8 3.8 0.78 0.3 52
1958 29 9 2 .818 1.92 103.0 87 24 22 1 37 49 2 1.204 7.6 3.2 4.3 1.32 0.1 53
1959 30 2 4 .333 4.98 56.0 59 34 31 5 28 30 2 1.554 9.5 4.5 4.8 1.07 0.8 37
1960 31 0 0 4.50 8.0 11 4 4 2 5 4 1 2.000 12.4 5.6 4.5 0.80 2.3 9
1961 32 1 1 .500 5.57 21.0 19 14 13 1 14 15 1 1.571 8.1 6.0 6.4 1.07 0.4 15
6 Seasons 17 14 .548 3.75 300.0 288 137 125 13 144 145 13 1.440 8.6 4.4 1.01 0.4 169

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 AL (12, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (957th)

Games Played s c a p y
1957 AL  52 (2nd)
1958 AL  53 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1958 AL  18 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 AL  7 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 AL  23 (9th)
1958 AL  44 (1st)
1959 AL  20 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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