Virgil Jester

Virgil Milton Jester

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: July 23, 1927 in Denver, CO
High School: North HS (Denver, CO)
School: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1952
Team: Braves 1952-1953

Final Game: April 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
1947	19	ATL-min	C	2	9	.182	5.97	20						104.0	153	102	69		27								1.731	13.2		2.3			LVN · WA
1948	20	ATL-min	B	11	6	.647	3.08	42						120.0	122	56	41		46								1.400	9.2		3.4			EVN · IIIL
1949	21	ATL-min	A	9	5	.643	3.90	50						127.0	141	76	55		45								1.465	10.0		3.2			DEN · WL
1950	22	ATL-min	A	10	8	.556	3.70	59						163.0	152	80	67	13	63								1.319	8.4	0.7	3.5			DEN · WL
1951	23	ATL-min	AAA	13	6	.684	3.21	47	1		0	0		115.0	107	47	41		38		49	0	3	2			1.261	8.4		3.0	3.8	1.29	MLW · AA
1952	24	ATL-min	AAA	10	5	.667	4.50	19	9		4	0		84.0	91	43	42		32		28	2	2	2			1.464	9.8		3.4	3.0	0.88	MLW · AA
1952	24	BSN	NL	3	5	.375	3.33	19	8	5	4	1	0	73.0	80	31	27	5	23		25	1	1	0	312	109	1.411	9.9	0.6	2.8	3.1	1.09
1953	25	ATL-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.73	29	17		7	2		135.0	157	75	71	20	34		59	1	1	0			1.415	10.5	1.3	2.3	3.9	1.74	TOL · AA
1953	25	MLN	NL	0	0		22.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	5	5	1	4		0	0	0	0	14	21	4.000	18.0	4.5	18.0	0.0	0.00
1954	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	3	9	.250	5.32	35	10					88.0	114	60	52	17	26								1.591	11.7	1.7	2.7			ATA,TOL · SOUA,AA
1959	31	DEN	AAA	3	2	.600	4.22	14	3		0	0		49.0	60	23	23	4	11	1	23	4	0	0			1.449	11.0	0.7	2.0	4.2	2.09	DEN · AA
2 Yrs				3	5	.375	3.84	21	8	6	4	1	0	75.0	84	36	32	6	27		25	1	1	0	326	96	1.480	10.1	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.93
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.375	3.84	49	19	14	9	2	0	176	197	84	75	14	63		59	2	2	0	764	96	1.480	10.1	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.93

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
1952	24	BSN	NL	73.0	19	8	31	3.82	4.07	-0.23	98.2	4.22	3	0.4	.6	-0.1	1.0	11	.519	.502	$
1953	25	MLN	NL	2.0	2	0	5	22.50	4.54	0.10	102.3	4.54	-4	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.3	-4	.333	.498	$
2 Seasons				75.0	21	8	36	4.32	4.08	-0.22	98.3	4.23	-1	0.0	.6	-0.0	0.7	7	.502	.500	$

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	24	BSN	NL	19	311	286	31	80	13	1	5	3	0	23	25	.280	.335	.385	.720	.293	110	5	1	5	0	1
1953	25	MLN	NL	2	6	10	5	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	.400	.571	.700	1.271	.333	7	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				21	317	296	36	84	13	1	6	4	0	27	25	.284	.346	.395	.741	.294	117	5	1	5	0	1
162 Game Avg.				49	743	694	84	197	30	2	14	9	0	63	59	.284	.346	.395	.741	.294	274	12	2	12	0	2
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	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	24	BSN	NL	2.6	0.3	317	0.2	5.4	-5.3	1.02	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	1.02	-1.4	1	2	7
1953	25	MLN	NL	-4.0	-0.4	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.34	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.34	-0.9	0	0	1
2 Yrs				-1.3	-0.1	324	0.1	5.4	-5.3	1.01	-0.1	0.3	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-2.3	1	2	8

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
1952	24	BSN	NL	19	8	3	4	1	0	3	3	5	.375	1	0	4	1	6	75%	50.8	83	15	3	2	2	6	3.2	4.1	7.3
1 Yr				19	8	3	4	1	0	3	3	5	.375	1	0	4	1	6	75%	51	83	15	3	2	2	6	3.2	4.1	7.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	106	-6					4.4	4.4	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1952	24	BSN	NL	19	11	5	1	5	5	100%	7	1.022	1	2	7	1	9	2	8	5	2	5	2	4.1
1953	25	MLN	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0			.343	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
2 Yrs				21	13	6	1	5	5	100%		1.009	1	2	8	1	10	2	9	5	2	5	2	3.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	24	BSN	NL	315	62%	1.6%	8.0%	7.4%	6.1%	24%	0.70	82%	53	5	9%
1953	25	MLN	NL	14	67%	16.7%	0.0%	66.7%	16.7%	25%	0.50	150%	1	0	0%
2 Yrs				329	62%	1.9%	7.9%	8.5%	6.3%	24%	0.70	84%	54	5	9%
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	24	BSN	NL	311	80			5	0	4	3	2	3	2	9	5	1	56%	1	0	1	128	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4
1953	25	MLN	NL	6	4			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
2 Yrs				317	84			6	0	4	3	2	3	2	9	5	1	56%	1	0	1	131	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12
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	24	3	5	.375	3.33	19	8	5	4	1	0	73.0	80	31	27	5	23		25	1	1	0	312	109	1.411	9.9	0.6	2.8	3.1	1.09	109
1953	25	3	5	.375	3.84	21	8	6	4	1	0	75.0	84	36	32	6	27		25	1	1	0	326	96	1.480	10.1	0.7	3.2	3.0	0.93	96

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
1952	24	4	3	.571	3.80	71.0	87	33	30	5	25	24	1	1.577	11.0	3.2	3.0	0.96	0.6	19
1953	25	0	0		22.50	2.0	4	6	5	1	4	0	0	4.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	4.5	2
2 Yrs		4	3	.571	4.32	73.0	91	39	35	6	29	24	1	1.644	11.2		3.0	0.83	0.7	21

* 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.

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