Al Javery

Alva William Javery (Beartracks)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: June 5, 1918 in Worcester, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1940
Teams (by GP): Braves/Bees 1940-1946

Final Game: May 8, 1946
Died: August 16, 1977 in Putnam, CT
Buried: St. Roch Cemetery, Oxford, MA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1938	20	ATL-min	D	7	7	.500	4.70	35						138.0	161	84	72		55							1.565	10.5		3.6			LXN · KITL
1939	21	ATL-min	B	5	3	.625	3.43	31						84.0	80	48	32		35							1.369	8.6		3.8			EVN · IIIL
1940	22	BSN	NL	2	4	.333	5.51	29	4	17	1	0	1	83.1	99	62	51	2	36	42	2	2	4	379	67	1.620	10.7	0.2	3.9	4.5	1.17
1941	23	BSN	NL	10	11	.476	4.31	34	23	5	9	1	1	160.2	181	88	77	5	65	54	6	0	2	720	82	1.531	10.1	0.3	3.6	3.0	0.83
1942	24	BSN	NL	12	16	.429	3.03	42	37	2	19	5	0	261.0	251	106	88	8	78	85	3	0	1	1108	109	1.261	8.7	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.09	MVP-31
1943	25	BSN	NL	17	16	.515	3.21	41	35	5	19	5	0	*303.0*	*288*	130	*108*	13	99	134	4	1	2	*1286*	105	1.277	8.6	0.4	2.9	4.0	1.35	AS,MVP-17
1944	26	BSN	NL	10	19	.345	3.54	40	33	5	11	3	3	254.0	248	119	100	12	118	137	2	1	0	1089	108	1.441	8.8	0.4	4.2	4.9	1.16	AS
1945	27	BSN	NL	2	7	.222	6.28	17	14	1	2	1	0	77.1	92	59	54	4	51	18	0	0	1	372	61	1.849	10.7	0.5	5.9	2.1	0.35
1946	28	CHW-OAK-min	AA,AAA	4	7	.364	3.78	25	12					88.0	95	41	37		61	1						1.773	9.7		6.2	0.1	0.02	LRK,TTO · SOUA,IL
1946	28	BSN	NL	0	1	.000	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	18	29	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
7 Yrs				53	74	.417	3.80	205	147	36	61	15	5	1142.2	1164	569	483	44	452	470	17	4	10	4972	93	1.414	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.7	1.04
162 Game Avg.				10	14	.417	3.80	40	28	7	12	3	1	221	225	110	93	9	87	91	3	1	2	961	93	1.414	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.7	1.04

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1940	22	BSN	NL	83.1	29	4	62	6.70	4.41	0.06	96.1	4.18	-23	-2.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.5	-14	.421	.486	$
1941	23	BSN	NL	160.2	34	23	88	4.93	4.36	0.07	96.7	4.15	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	0.0	4	.459	.491	$
1942	24	BSN	NL	261.0	42	37	106	3.66	3.95	0.03	99.4	3.90	9	1.1	1.0	-0.1	3.1	30	.526	.507	$	MVP-31
1943	25	BSN	NL	303.0	41	35	130	3.86	4.09	0.17	99.7	3.91	2	0.2	1.0	-0.2	2.4	28	.505	.501	$	AS,MVP-17
1944	26	BSN	NL	253.0	40	33	119	4.23	4.29	-0.01	105.3	4.53	9	0.9	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.524	.506	$	AS
1945	27	BSN	NL	77.1	17	14	59	6.87	4.49	-0.04	101.5	4.60	-20	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-12	.389	.488	$
1946	28	BSN	NL	3.1	2	1	5	13.50	3.93	0.03	97.3	3.79	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.329	.498	$
7 Seasons				1141.2	205	147	569	4.49	4.19	0.06	100.3	4.14	-41	-3.7	1.0	-0.7	5.2	65	.482	.497	$

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
1943	BSN	NL	25	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
1944	BSN	NL	26

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1940	22	BSN	NL	379	0.5%	11.1%	9.5%	1.3%	5%	77%
1941	23	BSN	NL	725	0.7%	7.5%	9.0%	2.9%	12%	81%
1942	24	BSN	NL	1108	0.7%	7.7%	7.0%	3.2%	14%	82%
1943	25	BSN	NL	1290	1.0%	10.4%	7.7%	3.0%	14%	79%
1944	26	BSN	NL	1089	1.1%	12.6%	10.8%	2.1%	9%	73%
1945	27	BSN	NL	372	1.1%	4.8%	13.7%	2.7%	11%	77%
1946	28	BSN	NL	18	0.0%	0.0%	27.8%			67%
7 Yrs				4981	0.9%	9.4%	9.1%	2.7%	11%	78%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	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+
1940	22	2	4	.333	5.51	29	4	17	1	0	1	83.1	99	62	51	2	36	42	2	2	4	379	67	1.620	10.7	0.2	3.9	4.5	1.17	67
1941	23	12	15	.444	4.72	63	27	22	10	1	2	244.0	280	150	128	7	101	96	8	2	6	1099	76	1.561	10.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	0.95	76
1942	24	24	31	.436	3.85	105	64	24	29	6	2	505.0	531	256	216	15	179	181	11	2	7	2207	90	1.406	9.5	0.3	3.2	3.2	1.01	90
1943	25	41	47	.466	3.61	146	99	29	48	11	2	808.0	819	386	324	28	278	315	15	3	9	3493	95	1.358	9.1	0.3	3.1	3.5	1.13	95
1944	26	51	66	.436	3.59	186	132	34	59	14	5	1062.0	1067	505	424	40	396	452	17	4	9	4582	98	1.378	9.0	0.3	3.4	3.8	1.14	98
1945	27	53	73	.421	3.78	203	146	35	61	15	5	1139.1	1159	564	478	44	447	470	17	4	10	4954	94	1.410	9.2	0.3	3.5	3.7	1.05	94
1946	28	53	74	.417	3.80	205	147	36	61	15	5	1142.2	1164	569	483	44	452	470	17	4	10	4972	93	1.414	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.7	1.04	93

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
1940	22	3	6	.333	6.18	83.0	108	63	57	2	39	42	2	1.771	11.7	4.2	4.6	1.08	0.2	29
1941	23	7	10	.412	4.87	159.0	195	96	86	5	70	53	6	1.667	11.0	4.0	3.0	0.76	0.3	34
1942	24	16	13	.552	3.55	266.0	283	117	105	9	88	87	3	1.395	9.6	3.0	2.9	0.99	0.3	42
1943	25	18	15	.545	3.73	304.0	319	140	126	14	110	134	4	1.411	9.4	3.3	4.0	1.22	0.4	41
1944	26	15	12	.556	3.66	251.0	255	113	102	12	121	135	2	1.498	9.1	4.3	4.8	1.12	0.4	40
1945	27	2	6	.250	6.30	80.0	96	62	56	4	53	19	0	1.863	10.8	6.0	2.1	0.36	0.5	17
1946	28	0	0		27.00	2.0	6	7	6	0	6	0	0	6.000	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
7 Yrs		61	62	.496	4.23	1145.0	1262	598	538	46	487	470	17	1.528	9.9		3.7	0.97	0.4	205

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1943 * 1944	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1942 NL (31, 1%) 1943 NL (17, 4%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1942 NL 3.1 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1943 NL 17 (5th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 NL 3.980 (8th) 1944 NL 4.854 (2nd)	Games Played s c a p y 1942 NL 42 (5th) 1943 NL 41 (7th) 1944 NL 40 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1944 NL 3 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1942 NL 261.0 (5th) 1943 NL 303.0 (1st) 1944 NL 254.0 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1942 NL 85 (10th) 1943 NL 134 (3rd) 1944 NL 137 (3rd)	Games Started s c a p y 1942 NL 37 (1st) 1943 NL 35 (2nd) 1944 NL 33 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1942 NL 19 (6th) 1943 NL 19 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1942 NL 5 (2nd) 1943 NL 5 (3rd) 1944 NL 3 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1943 NL 13 (2nd) 1944 NL 12 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1942 NL 78 (10th) 1943 NL 99 (4th) 1944 NL 118 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 1942 NL 251 (4th) 1943 NL 288 (1st) 1944 NL 248 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1943 NL 1.354 (7th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1941 NL 0.280 (2nd) 1942 NL 0.276 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1942 NL 16 (5th) 1943 NL 16 (4th) 1944 NL 19 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1942 NL 88 (4th) 1943 NL 108 (1st) 1944 NL 100 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 NL 6 (2nd) 1943 NL 4 (9th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1942 NL 1,108 (4th) 1943 NL 1,286 (1st) 1944 NL 1,089 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1940 NL 17 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 41 (614), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Bob Rush (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Kline (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elmer Myers (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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