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Larry Jansen

Lawrence Joseph Jansen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 16, 1920 in Verboort, OR
High School: Forest Grove HS (Forest Grove, WA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Teams (by GP): Giants/Redlegs 1947-1956

Final Game: September 25, 1956
Died: October 10, 2009 in Verboort, OR
Buried: Visitation Cemetery, Verboort, OR
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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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1947 26 NYG NL 21 5 .808 3.16 42 30 5 20 1 1 248.0 241 102 87 22 57 104 1 1 2 985 129 1.202 8.7 0.8 2.1 3.8 1.82 MVP-7,RoY-2
1948 27 NYG NL 18 12 .600 3.61 42 36 4 15 4 2 277.0 283 125 111 25 54 126 3 0 0 1137 110 1.217 9.2 0.8 1.8 4.1 2.33 MVP-28
1949 28 NYG NL 15 16 .484 3.85 37 35 0 17 3 0 259.2 271 130 111 36 62 113 2 0 4 1101 104 1.282 9.4 1.2 2.1 3.9 1.82
1950 29 NYG NL 19 13 .594 3.01 40 35 4 21 5 3 275.0 238 106 92 31 55 161 1 0 0 1093 136 1.065 7.8 1.0 1.8 5.3 2.93 AS,MVP-33
1951 30 NYG NL 23 11 .676 3.04 39 34 5 18 3 0 278.2 254 102 94 26 56 145 3 0 3 1133 129 1.112 8.2 0.8 1.8 4.7 2.59 AS,MVP-14
1952 31 NYG NL 11 11 .500 4.09 34 27 5 8 1 2 167.1 183 91 76 16 47 74 6 0 0 716 91 1.375 9.8 0.9 2.5 4.0 1.57
1953 32 NYG NL 11 16 .407 4.14 36 26 3 6 0 1 184.2 185 96 85 24 55 88 2 0 1 786 105 1.300 9.0 1.2 2.7 4.3 1.60
1954 33 NYG NL 2 2 .500 5.98 13 7 3 0 0 0 40.2 57 32 27 5 15 15 1 0 0 189 69 1.770 12.6 1.1 3.3 3.3 1.00
1956 35 CIN NL 2 3 .400 5.19 8 7 1 2 0 1 34.2 39 20 20 5 9 1 16 1 0 0 151 76 1.385 10.1 1.3 2.3 4.2 1.78
9 Yrs 122 89 .578 3.58 291 237 30 107 17 10 1765.2 1751 804 703 190 410 1 842 20 1 10 7291 112 1.224 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.05
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .578 3.58 37 31 4 14 2 1 227 226 104 91 24 53 108 3 0 1 939 112 1.224 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.05
NYG (8 yrs) 120 86 .583 3.55 283 230 29 105 17 9 1731.0 1712 784 683 185 401 826 19 1 10 7140 113 1.221 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.06
CIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.19 8 7 1 2 0 1 34.2 39 20 20 5 9 1 16 1 0 0 151 76 1.385 10.1 1.3 2.3 4.2 1.78

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
1947 26 NYG NL 248.0 42 30 102 3.70 4.57 0.00 0.00 100.6 4.60 23 2.5 1.0 -0.2 4.7 54 .559 .515 $ MVP-7,RoY-2
1948 27 NYG NL 277.0 42 36 125 4.06 4.37 -0.02 0.00 100.1 4.39 9 1.0 1.3 -0.1 3.5 42 .524 .506 $ MVP-28
1949 28 NYG NL 259.2 37 35 130 4.51 4.44 0.13 0.00 99.1 4.27 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.5 24 .480 .495 $
1950 29 NYG NL 274.2 40 35 106 3.47 4.77 0.42 0.00 98.6 4.29 27 2.8 2.2 -0.1 5.2 57 .571 .517 $ AS,MVP-33
1951 30 NYG NL 278.2 39 34 102 3.29 4.44 0.20 0.00 98.0 4.15 27 2.9 1.5 -0.1 5.3 57 .575 .518 $ AS,MVP-14
1952 31 NYG NL 167.1 34 27 91 4.89 4.09 0.12 0.00 99.5 3.95 -17 -1.8 2.3 -0.2 -0.5 -0 .447 .489 $
1953 32 NYG NL 184.2 36 26 96 4.68 4.70 -0.02 0.00 100.9 4.77 3 0.3 1.7 -0.1 1.9 24 .509 .502 $
1954 33 NYG NL 40.2 13 7 32 7.08 4.59 0.37 0.00 99.6 4.20 -13 -1.2 1.5 -0.2 -1.0 -8 .406 .492 $
1956 35 CIN NL 34.2 8 7 20 5.19 4.73 0.10 0.00 97.6 4.51 -2 -0.2 .0 -0.0 0.1 1 .475 .499 $
9 Seasons 1765.1 291 237 804 4.10 4.50 0.13 0.00 99.4 4.35 50 5.6 1.5 -1.1 20.7 250 .519 .504 $
NYG (8 yrs) 1730.2 283 230 784 4.08 4.50 0.13 0.00 99.5 4.34 52 5.8 1.6 -1.1 20.6 249 .521 .504 $
CIN (1 yr) 34.2 8 7 20 5.19 4.73 0.10 0.00 97.6 4.51 -2 -0.2 .0 -0.0 0.1 1 .475 .499 $

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
1951 30 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 6.30 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 7 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 41 1.200 7.2 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50
1 WS 0 2 .000 6.30 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 7 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 41 1.200 7.2 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50

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 NYG NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 0.200 1.8 0.0 0.0 10.8
1951 NYG NL 30

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 27 NYG NL 42 424 1077 125 283 29 9 25 3 1 54 126 .263 .300 .376 .676 .279 405 9 3 14 0 4
1949 28 NYG NL 37 697 1032 130 271 18 3 36 2 2 62 113 .263 .306 .391 .696 .266 403 6 2 8 0 9
1950 29 NYG NL 40 864 1028 106 238 32 7 31 1 5 55 161 .232 .271 .367 .638 .248 377 17 1 9 0 13
1951 30 NYG NL 39 999 1063 102 254 32 3 26 6 5 56 145 .239 .279 .348 .627 .256 370 21 3 11 0 23
1952 31 NYG NL 34 581 662 91 183 20 6 16 2 5 47 74 .276 .330 .397 .727 .292 263 12 6 7 0 9
1953 32 NYG NL 36 730 722 96 185 25 4 24 2 2 55 88 .256 .311 .402 .712 .264 290 14 2 7 0 14
1954 33 NYG NL 13 174 171 32 57 8 2 5 2 0 15 15 .333 .384 .491 .875 .338 84 9 1 1 3 4
1956 35 CIN NL 8 151 139 20 39 9 0 5 0 0 9 16 .281 .327 .453 .780 .286 63 2 1 1 1 1 1
8 Yrs 249 4620 5894 702 1510 173 34 168 18 20 353 738 .256 .300 .383 .683 .269 2255 90 19 58 4 1 77
162 Game Avg. 37 689 879 105 225 26 5 25 3 3 53 110 .256 .300 .383 .683 .269 336 13 3 9 1 11
MLB Averages .261 .336 .376 .712 .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 27 NYG NL 11.4 1.2 438 1.2 10.5 -9.4 1.32 0.5 0.4 7.1 0.7 1.31 5.1 1 0 0
1949 28 NYG NL 2.7 0.3 730 -0.3 12.5 -12.7 1.03 1.4 -1.7 3.4 0.3 1.00 19.2 0 1 0
1950 29 NYG NL 33.2 3.4 882 3.8 16.9 -13.1 .97 4.0 -0.1 39.0 4.1 0.97 46.2 2 1 1
1951 30 NYG NL 29.7 3.1 1012 2.1 20.9 -18.7 1.16 3.4 -1.6 33.6 3.6 1.16 38.6 2 0 2
1952 31 NYG NL -9.6 -1.0 596 -1.8 10.5 -12.3 1.06 -0.8 -0.9 -16.9 -1.7 1.08 -10.5 4 0 3
1953 32 NYG NL 4.0 0.4 738 1.0 13.4 -12.4 1.00 0.4 0.6 10.2 1.0 1.00 8.0 5 2 2
1954 33 NYG NL -9.1 -0.9 177 -1.2 2.9 -4.0 1.07 -0.9 -0.2 -9.9 -0.9 1.07 -9.8 2 1 3
1956 35 CIN NL -3.2 -0.3 152 -0.7 2.3 -3.0 .95 -0.3 -0.4 -5.4 -0.5 0.95 -2.4 0 0 0
9 Yrs 83.3 8.6 4725 4.1 89.8 -85.7 1.07 7.8 -4.0 61.2 6.5 1.07 94.3 16 5 11

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
1947 26 NYG NL 42 30 20 4 6 2 1 22 8 .733 0 0 20 1 21 70% 57.0 78 23 23 3 6.0 7.7
1948 27 NYG NL 42 36 17 12 7 4 3 22 14 .611 1 2 15 4 19 53% 53.2 91 17 10 6 24 5 5.2 3.8 7.5
1949 28 NYG NL 37 35 15 15 5 2 4 17 17 .500 1 1 17 3 18 51% 52.4 91 16 14 5 17 4 5.2 4.8 7.4
1950 29 NYG NL 40 35 19 13 3 2 7 20 15 .571 0 1 21 5 26 74% 58.7 88 7 6 1 21 5 4.8 5.3 7.7
1951 30 NYG NL 39 34 19 10 5 3 4 21 13 .618 1 4 18 3 22 65% 58.6 82 23 13 2 18 7 4.5 4.3 7.8
1952 31 NYG NL 34 27 10 11 6 2 3 13 14 .481 0 3 8 1 12 44% 48.1 81 23 21 6 11 10 4.4 4.2 5.8
1953 32 NYG NL 36 26 9 15 2 3 6 10 15 .400 0 1 6 0 13 50% 47.1 77 23 16 8 6 10 4.8 4.7 5.9
1954 33 NYG NL 13 7 1 1 5 0 0 2 5 .286 0 4 0 0 1 14% 37.1 49 28 4 2 3 4 4.5 4.3 3.7
1956 35 CIN NL 8 7 2 3 2 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 2 0 3 43% 46.6 70 28 4 0 0 7 6.1 7.6 4.8
9 Yrs 291 237 112 84 41 18 29 131 104 .557 3 17 107 17 135 57% 53 91 7 88 30 123 55 5.0 4.7 7.0
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -11 4.6 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
1947 26 NYG NL 42 12 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 2 3.9
1948 27 NYG NL 42 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0% 1.315 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 4.3
1949 28 NYG NL 37 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.026 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.0
1950 29 NYG NL 40 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 150% 3 1 2 0 0% 8 .966 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3.2
1951 30 NYG NL 39 5 5 4 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.162 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 7.8
1952 31 NYG NL 34 7 5 1 0 3 2 0 67% 3 0 8 0 0% 9 1.062 4 0 3 3 1 3 4 3 4 2 4 2 4.4
1953 32 NYG NL 36 10 3 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 5 42% 3 .995 5 2 2 2 4 3 5 4 7 2 6 3 9.7
1954 33 NYG NL 13 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 9 1.073 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 0 7.5
1956 35 CIN NL 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 .948 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
9 Yrs 291 54 30 10 5 8 10 1 125% 11 2 28 8 29% 1.070 16 5 11 12 7 14 16 17 26 15 20 11 5.7

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%
1947 26 NYG NL 1017 2.2% 10.2% 5.6% 4.1% 17% 81%
1948 27 NYG NL 1148 62% 5.9% 29.7% 12.7% 14.9% 22% 0.97 218% 71 9 13%
1949 28 NYG NL 1104 57% 5.2% 16.2% 8.9% 8.2% 21% 0.85 127% 102 6 6%
1950 29 NYG NL 1093 63% 3.6% 18.6% 6.4% 8.1% 29% 1.09 97% 162 17 10%
1951 30 NYG NL 1133 57% 2.6% 14.5% 5.6% 6.1% 24% 1.05 89% 188 21 11%
1952 31 NYG NL 721 53% 2.8% 12.7% 8.1% 7.2% 23% 0.81 98% 99 12 12%
1953 32 NYG NL 786 55% 3.3% 12.1% 7.5% 7.3% 29% 0.86 84% 146 14 10%
1954 33 NYG NL 191 63% 2.9% 8.6% 8.6% 8.6% 26% 1.23 89% 40 9 23%
1956 35 CIN NL 151 65% 3.3% 10.6% 6.0% 9.3% 36% 0.89 79% 29 2 7%
9 Yrs 7344 58% 3.4% 14.9% 7.3% 7.4% 24% 0.96 103% 837 90 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 12.1% 11.3% 6.5% 24% 0.95 89% 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
1947 26 NYG NL 241 22 2
1948 27 NYG NL 424 283 25 0 7 6 4 4 6 22 10 3 45% 4 0 0 150 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 724
1949 28 NYG NL 697 271 36 2 19 18 11 12 17 23 13 4 57% 9 4 1 219 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 407
1950 29 NYG NL 864 238 31 0 3 19 7 10 16 33 17 3 52% 13 0 1 289 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 229
1951 30 NYG NL 999 254 26 0 18 14 9 16 7 49 23 0 47% 23 3 0 341 6 5 55% 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 134
1952 31 NYG NL 581 183 16 0 16 11 4 8 7 35 12 6 34% 9 0 1 191 2 5 29% 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 140
1953 32 NYG NL 730 185 24 0 21 13 10 13 10 40 20 7 50% 14 1 0 262 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 56
1954 33 NYG NL 174 57 5 1 4 3 2 2 3 8 7 0 88% 4 0 1 81 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17
1956 35 CIN NL 151 39 5 0 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 100% 1 0 1 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 4620 1751 190 3 89 86 50 68 68 212 104 23 49% 77 10 5 1593 18 20 47% 16 19 2 0 0 1 5 0 17 1707
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+
1947 26 21 5 .808 3.16 42 30 5 20 1 1 248.0 241 102 87 22 57 104 1 1 2 985 129 1.202 8.7 0.8 2.1 3.8 1.82 129
1948 27 39 17 .696 3.39 84 66 9 35 5 3 525.0 524 227 198 47 111 230 4 1 2 2122 118 1.210 9.0 0.8 1.9 3.9 2.07 118
1949 28 54 33 .621 3.54 121 101 9 52 8 3 784.2 795 357 309 83 173 343 6 1 6 3223 113 1.234 9.1 1.0 2.0 3.9 1.98 113
1950 29 73 46 .613 3.41 161 136 13 73 13 6 1059.2 1033 463 401 114 228 504 7 1 6 4316 118 1.190 8.8 1.0 1.9 4.3 2.21 118
1951 30 96 57 .627 3.33 200 170 18 91 16 6 1338.1 1287 565 495 140 284 649 10 1 9 5449 121 1.174 8.7 0.9 1.9 4.4 2.29 121
1952 31 107 68 .611 3.41 234 197 23 99 17 8 1505.2 1470 656 571 156 331 723 16 1 9 6165 117 1.196 8.8 0.9 2.0 4.3 2.18 117
1953 32 118 84 .584 3.49 270 223 26 105 17 9 1690.1 1655 752 656 180 386 811 18 1 10 6951 115 1.207 8.8 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.10 115
1954 33 120 86 .583 3.55 283 230 29 105 17 9 1731.0 1712 784 683 185 401 826 19 1 10 7140 113 1.221 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.06 113
1955 34 120 86 .583 3.55 283 230 29 105 17 9 1731.0 1712 784 683 185 401 826 19 1 10 7140 113 1.221 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.06 113
1956 35 122 89 .578 3.58 291 237 30 107 17 10 1765.2 1751 804 703 190 410 1 842 20 1 10 7291 112 1.224 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.05 112

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
1947 26 15 11 .577 3.29 241.0 247 98 88 23 58 101 1 1.266 9.2 2.2 3.8 1.74 0.9 42
1948 27 16 14 .533 3.76 278.0 295 129 116 26 56 126 3 1.263 9.6 1.8 4.1 2.25 0.8 42
1949 28 15 14 .517 3.82 266.0 279 126 113 37 64 116 2 1.289 9.4 2.2 3.9 1.81 1.3 37
1950 29 20 11 .645 2.96 280.0 244 102 92 32 56 164 1 1.071 7.8 1.8 5.3 2.93 1.0 40
1951 30 19 12 .613 3.11 284.0 264 109 98 27 58 148 3 1.134 8.4 1.8 4.7 2.55 0.9 39
1952 31 8 10 .444 4.66 164.0 198 94 85 17 51 73 6 1.518 10.9 2.8 4.0 1.43 0.9 34
1953 32 11 10 .524 3.80 192.0 184 90 81 24 55 91 2 1.245 8.6 2.6 4.3 1.65 1.1 36
1954 33 1 3 .250 6.15 41.0 59 31 28 5 16 15 1 1.829 13.0 3.5 3.3 0.94 1.1 13
1956 35 1 3 .250 5.25 36.0 40 23 21 5 9 17 1 1.361 10.0 2.3 4.3 1.89 1.3 8
9 Yrs 106 88 .546 3.65 1782.0 1810 802 722 196 423 851 20 1.253 9.1 4.3 2.01 1.0 291

* 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

All-Star Games
1950 *
1951

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 NL (7, 27%)
1948 NL (28, 1%)
1950 NL (33, 1%)
1951 NL (14, 8%)
0.37 Career Shares (534th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1947 NL  4.7 (5th)
1948 NL  3.5 (9th)
1950 NL  5.2 (3rd)
1951 NL  5.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 NL  3.16 (9th)
1950 NL  3.01 (3rd)
1951 NL  3.04 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  21 (2nd)
1948 NL  18 (3rd)
1949 NL  15 (8th)
1950 NL  19 (4th)
1951 NL  23 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL  .808 (1st)
1948 NL  .600 (10th)
1951 NL  .676 (4th)
Career  .578 (189th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 NL  1.202 (5th)
1948 NL  1.217 (5th)
1949 NL  1.282 (9th)
1950 NL  1.065 (1st)
1951 NL  1.112 (3rd)
1953 NL  1.300 (8th)
Career  1.224 (193rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  7.789 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  2.069 (1st)
1948 NL  1.755 (2nd)
1949 NL  2.149 (4th)
1950 NL  1.800 (2nd)
1951 NL  1.809 (2nd)
1952 NL  2.528 (10th)
Career  2.090 (116th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  4.094 (9th)
1950 NL  5.269 (5th)
1951 NL  4.683 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 NL  42 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 NL  248.0 (5th)
1948 NL  277.0 (2nd)
1949 NL  259.7 (3rd)
1950 NL  275.0 (5th)
1951 NL  278.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL  104 (8th)
1948 NL  126 (4th)
1949 NL  113 (3rd)
1950 NL  161 (3rd)
1951 NL  145 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1947 NL  30 (9th)
1948 NL  36 (2nd)
1949 NL  35 (5th)
1950 NL  35 (5th)
1951 NL  34 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 NL  20 (4th)
1948 NL  15 (6th)
1949 NL  17 (4th)
1950 NL  21 (4th)
1951 NL  18 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 NL  4 (2nd)
1949 NL  3 (8th)
1950 NL  5 (1st)
1951 NL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  22 (2nd)
1948 NL  25 (2nd)
1949 NL  36 (1st)
1950 NL  31 (4th)
1951 NL  26 (5th)
1953 NL  24 (10th)
Career  190 (240th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL  241 (4th)
1948 NL  283 (2nd)
1949 NL  271 (4th)
1951 NL  254 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 NL  1.825 (2nd)
1948 NL  2.333 (3rd)
1949 NL  1.823 (6th)
1950 NL  2.927 (1st)
1951 NL  2.589 (1st)
Career  2.054 (248th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 NL  16 (5th)
1953 NL  16 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  87 (8th)
1948 NL  111 (2nd)
1949 NL  111 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL  6 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 NL  985 (6th)
1948 NL  1,137 (2nd)
1949 NL  1,101 (3rd)
1950 NL  1,093 (9th)
1951 NL  1,133 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL  129 (9th)
1950 NL  136 (4th)
1951 NL  129 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  24 (5th)
1950 NL  33 (2nd)
1951 NL  30 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  2.5 (5th)
1950 NL  3.4 (2nd)
1951 NL  3.1 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  39.02 (3rd)
1951 NL  33.60 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.8 (3rd)
1951 NL  2.1 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.4 (9th)
1950 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1951 NL  3.4 (4th)
Career  7.8 (206th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  4.1 (3rd)
1951 NL  3.6 (4th)

             

† 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 - 10 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 113 (178), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (313), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Lawrence Joseph Larry lary Jansen

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