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Ernie Johnson

Ernest Thorwald Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 16, 1924 in Brattleboro, VT
High School: Union HS (Brattleboro, VT)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1950
Teams (by GP): Braves/Orioles 1950-1959

Final Game: September 12, 1959
Died: August 12, 2011 in Cumming, GA
Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, GA
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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
1942	18	ATL-min	A	2	2	.500	2.84	8						38.0	35	14	12		10								1.184	8.3		2.4			HFD · EL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	22	ATL-min	B,A	4	7	.364	3.89	16	7					74.0	75	34	32		26								1.365	9.1		3.2			PAW,HFD · NENL,EL
1947	23	ATL-min	A	9	8	.529	4.37	30						142.0	156	82	69		47								1.430	9.9		3.0			HFD · EL
1948	24	ATL-min	A	12	6	.667	3.74	25	25					166.0	176	80	69		71								1.488	9.5		3.8			HFD · EL
1949	25	ATL-min	A,AAA	15	5	.750	2.22	27						178.0	138	68	44		51								1.062	7.0		2.6			DEN,MLW · WL,AA
1950	26	ATL-min	A	5	1	.833	2.53	7						57.0	53	19	16		17								1.228	8.4		2.7			HFD · EL
1950	26	BSN	NL	2	0	1.000	6.97	16	1	7	0	0	0	20.2	37	21	16	1	13		15	0	0	1	110	56	2.419	16.1	0.4	5.7	6.5	1.15

1951	27	ATL-min	AAA	15	4	.789	2.62	32	23		14	3		196.0	168	62	57		63		133	4	1	2			1.179	7.7		2.9	6.1	2.11	MLW · AA
1952	28	BSN	NL	6	3	.667	4.11	29	10	10	2	1	1	92.0	100	53	42	8	31		45	2	1	2	405	88	1.424	9.8	0.8	3.0	4.4	1.45
1953	29	MLN	NL	4	3	.571	2.67	36	1	10	0	0	0	81.0	79	34	24	4	22		36	3	1	2	331	149	1.247	8.8	0.4	2.4	4.0	1.64
1954	30	MLN	NL	5	2	.714	2.81	40	4	13	1	0	2	99.1	77	34	31	11	34		68	1	1	2	392	134	1.117	7.0	1.0	3.1	6.2	2.00
1955	31	MLN	NL	5	7	.417	3.42	40	2	18	0	0	4	92.0	81	38	35	5	55	8	43	2	0	3	404	110	1.478	7.9	0.5	5.4	4.2	0.78
1956	32	MLN	NL	4	3	.571	3.71	36	0	23	0	0	6	51.0	54	21	21	9	21	2	26	1	0	1	224	94	1.471	9.5	1.6	3.7	4.6	1.24
1957	33	MLN	NL	7	3	.700	3.88	30	0	16	0	0	4	65.0	67	29	28	9	26	5	44	1	0	2	284	91	1.431	9.3	1.2	3.6	6.1	1.69
1958	34	ATL-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.90	12	7		3	1		62.0	52	22	20	5	12	2	39	2	0	0			1.032	7.5	0.7	1.7	5.7	3.25	WCH · AA
1958	34	MLN	NL	3	1	.750	8.10	15	0	6	0	0	1	23.1	35	21	21	4	10	3	13	1	0	1	114	45	1.929	13.5	1.5	3.9	5.0	1.30
1959	35	BAL	AL	4	1	.800	4.11	31	1	16	0	0	1	50.1	57	32	23	6	19	2	29	3	1	2	230	93	1.510	10.2	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.53
9 Yrs				40	23	.635	3.77	273	19	119	3	1	19	574.2	587	283	241	57	231	20	319	14	4	16	2494	99	1.423	9.2	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.38
162 Game Avg.				9	5	.635	3.77	64	4	28	1	0	4	134	137	66	56	13	54		74	3	1	4	581	99	1.423	9.2	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.38

MLN (8 yrs)				36	22	.621	3.74	242	18	103	3	1	18	524.1	530	251	218	51	212	18	290	11	3	14	2264	99	1.415	9.1	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.37
BAL (1 yr)				4	1	.800	4.11	31	1	16	0	0	1	50.1	57	32	23	6	19	2	29	3	1	2	230	93	1.510	10.2	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.53

NL (8 yrs)				36	22	.621	3.74	242	18	103	3	1	18	524.1	530	251	218	51	212	18	290	11	3	14	2264	99	1.415	9.1	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.37
AL (1 yr)				4	1	.800	4.11	31	1	16	0	0	1	50.1	57	32	23	6	19	2	29	3	1	2	230	93	1.510	10.2	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.53

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
1950	26	BSN	NL	20.2	16	1	21	9.15	4.50	-0.13	0.00	97.2	4.50	-11	-1.0	.7	0.1	-0.7	-8	.437	.494	$

1952	28	BSN	NL	92.0	29	10	53	5.18	4.21	-0.23	0.00	97.4	4.32	-9	-0.9	.6	-0.0	-0.1	1	.468	.494	$
1953	29	MLN	NL	81.0	36	1	34	3.78	5.14	0.08	0.00	91.3	4.62	8	0.8	.9	-0.2	1.4	17	.523	.505	$
1954	30	MLN	NL	99.1	40	4	34	3.08	4.64	0.08	0.00	90.9	4.15	12	1.3	.8	-0.3	1.9	23	.532	.508	$
1955	31	MLN	NL	92.0	40	2	38	3.72	4.45	0.17	0.00	93.8	4.01	5	0.5	1.6	0.0	1.4	13	.512	.503	$
1956	32	MLN	NL	51.0	36	0	21	3.71	4.24	0.38	0.00	94.5	3.64	1	0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.5	5	.502	.500	$
1957	33	MLN	NL	65.0	30	0	29	4.02	4.13	0.22	0.00	94.1	3.68	-2	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.493	.499	$
1958	34	MLN	NL	23.1	15	0	21	8.10	4.36	0.50	0.00	93.7	3.62	-12	-1.1	1.4	-0.3	-1.2	-9	.423	.493	$
1959	35	BAL	AL	50.1	31	1	32	5.72	4.56	0.07	0.00	100.4	4.51	-6	-0.7	.7	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.479	.496	$
9 Seasons				574.2	273	19	283	4.43	4.49	0.10	0.00	94.3	4.15	-13	-1.3	1.1	-0.8	3.2	44	.495	.499	$

MLN (8 yrs)				524.1	242	18	251	4.31	4.49	0.10	0.00	93.7	4.11	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.8	3.5	46	.497	.500	$
BAL (1 yr)				50.1	31	1	32	5.72	4.56	0.07	0.00	100.4	4.51	-6	-0.7	.7	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.479	.496	$

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
1957	33	MLN	NL	WS	W	NYY	0	1	.000	1.29	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	24	0.429	2.6	1.3	1.3	10.3	8.00
1 WS							0	1	.000	1.29	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	24	0.429	2.6	1.3	1.3	10.3	8.00

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
1950	26	BSN	NL	16	76	94	21	37	4	2	1	0	0	13	15	.394	.467	.511	.978	.462	48	2	0	3	0		3

1952	28	BSN	NL	29	401	371	53	100	12	3	8	6	4	31	45	.270	.329	.383	.712	.289	142	4	2	2	0		8
1953	29	MLN	NL	36	292	301	34	79	8	2	4	5	1	22	36	.262	.319	.342	.661	.287	103	12	3	7	0		2
1954	30	MLN	NL	40	360	354	34	77	10	0	11	3	3	34	68	.218	.287	.339	.626	.239	120	5	1	5	1		2
1955	31	MLN	NL	40	335	338	38	81	8	2	5	1	2	55	43	.240	.348	.320	.667	.260	108	7	2	7	2	8	5
1956	32	MLN	NL	36	188	200	21	54	7	1	9	2	1	21	26	.270	.341	.450	.791	.271	90	2	1	1	1	2	0
1957	33	MLN	NL	30	283	252	29	67	5	1	9	3	0	26	44	.266	.336	.401	.737	.290	101	5	1	3	1	5	2
1958	34	MLN	NL	15	107	98	21	35	9	1	4	1	1	10	13	.357	.418	.592	1.010	.378	58	0	1	4	1	3	0
1959	35	BAL	AL	31	230	199	32	57	7	2	6	3	1	19	29	.286	.353	.432	.785	.305	86	4	3	6	3	2	5
9 Yrs				273	2272	2207	283	587	70	14	57	24	13	231	319	.266	.338	.388	.726	.288	856	41	14	38	9	20	27
162 Game Avg.				64	529	514	66	137	16	3	13	6	3	54	74	.266	.338	.388	.726	.288	199	10	3	9	2		6
MLB Averages																.259	.331	.387	.718	.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
1950	26	BSN	NL	-8.8	-0.8	79	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.66	-0.7	-0.3	-7.3	-0.7	0.65	-7.1	2	1	7

1952	28	BSN	NL	-7.1	-0.7	414	-1.4	5.6	-6.9	.89	-1.2	-0.4	-13.3	-1.4	0.90	-7.0	3	3	12
1953	29	MLN	NL	9.4	0.9	308	-0.3	3.9	-4.2	.75	0.2	-0.6	2.1	0.2	0.75	4.4	6	10	13
1954	30	MLN	NL	11.9	1.2	367	0.2	4.0	-3.9	.63	1.4	-1.2	9.1	1.0	0.63	14.3	3	11	17
1955	31	MLN	NL	4.6	0.5	376	1.3	8.1	-6.8	1.27	0.5	0.5	4.5	0.5	1.30	7.0	13	11	13
1956	32	MLN	NL	0.1	0.0	191	-0.0	3.1	-3.2	.93	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	-0.1	0.93	-8.6	12	8	11
1957	33	MLN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	288	1.1	5.7	-4.6	1.16	0.3	0.6	-1.7	-0.2	1.16	-1.3	11	9	10
1958	34	MLN	NL	-11.9	-1.2	118	-1.0	1.6	-2.6	.97	-0.9	-0.2	-11.1	-1.1	0.94	-13.1	6	3	6
1959	35	BAL	AL	-4.3	-0.4	237	-0.8	1.7	-2.5	.50	-0.9	-0.8	-11.4	-1.1	0.50	-10.2	5	3	18
9 Yrs				-7.8	-0.7	2378	-1.6	34.4	-36.1	.89	-2.0	0.1	-30.4	-3.0	0.89	-21.6	61	59	107

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
1950	26	BSN	NL	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	3	1	0	1	16.9	12.0	3.0

1952	28	BSN	NL	29	10	4	3	3	1	0	5	4	.556	0	1	2	1	3	30%	49.2	78	23	18	4	5	3	6.2	7.0	5.5
1953	29	MLN	NL	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	7	3	1	0	1.0	0.0	4.0
1954	30	MLN	NL	40	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.500	1	2	1	0	2	50%	54.0	73	28	4	0	1	1	6.0	5.9	5.3
1955	31	MLN	NL	40	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	45.5	56	35	8	3	0	1	4.0	4.5	6.0

1959	35	BAL	AL	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44.0	44	44	8	3	1	0	2.0	9.0	1.0
6 Yrs				192	19	5	7	7	1	0	8	10	.444	1	4	3	1	5	26%	48	78	23	48	14	8	6	6.0	6.5	5.1
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	26	BSN	NL	16	15	7	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	9	5	56%	8	.660	2	1	7	1	1	8	5	5	5	5	4	0	3.5

1952	28	BSN	NL	29	19	10	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	9	5	56%	5	.891	3	3	12	2	0	16	4	14	12	2	13	1	5.8
1953	29	MLN	NL	36	35	10	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	28	9	32%		.751	6	10	13	2	2	25	15	14	25	4	22	2	6.6
1954	30	MLN	NL	40	36	13	4	1	0	2	0		0	0	17	8	47%	8	.627	3	11	17	0	3	28	12	19	25	5	23	8	6.5
1955	31	MLN	NL	40	38	18	5	5	3	4	1	133%	7	3	31	11	35%	7	1.272	13	11	13	8	7	22	16	21	22	9	22	6	6.3
1956	32	MLN	NL	36	36	23	4	3	5	6	1	120%	5	0	22	7	32%	8	.933	12	8	11	5	9	18	11	21	14	9	12	7	4.3
1957	33	MLN	NL	30	30	16	7	3	4	4	0	100%	4	0	22	9	41%	8	1.159	11	9	10	9	6	15	12	18	17	5	19	1	6.5
1958	34	MLN	NL	15	15	6	3	1	3	1	2	33%	3	0	8	2	25%	7	.969	6	3	6	3	4	8	5	10	7	5	8	1	4.7
1959	35	BAL	AL	31	30	16	4	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	12	6	50%	7	.499	5	3	18	3	3	24	7	23	19	2	19	5	4.9
9 Yrs				273	254	119	35	16	18	19	5	106%	23	4	158	62	39%		.880	61	59	107	33	35	164	87	145	146	46	142	31	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	26	BSN	NL	110	63%	1.3%	19.7%	17.1%	9.2%	19%	1.82	103%	22	2	9%

1952	28	BSN	NL	406	58%	2.0%	11.2%	7.7%	5.7%	23%	1.16	79%	84	4	5%
1953	29	MLN	NL	333	60%	1.4%	12.3%	7.5%	4.8%	18%	1.43	89%	65	12	18%
1954	30	MLN	NL	395	66%	3.1%	18.9%	9.4%	5.8%	27%	0.75	77%	70	5	7%
1955	31	MLN	NL	404	63%	1.5%	12.8%	16.4%	4.5%	19%	0.95	87%	79	7	9%
1956	32	MLN	NL	224	61%	4.8%	13.8%	11.2%	9.0%	32%	0.78	88%	36	2	6%
1957	33	MLN	NL	283	63%	3.2%	15.6%	9.2%	5.3%	22%	1.19	71%	65	5	8%
1958	34	MLN	NL	114	64%	3.7%	12.2%	9.4%	13.1%	40%	1.00	77%	20	0	0%
1959	35	BAL	AL	230	71%	2.6%	12.6%	8.3%	6.5%	26%	1.05	73%	48	4	8%
9 Yrs				2499	63%	2.5%	14.0%	10.2%	6.2%	24%	1.04	81%	489	41	8%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.4%	10.0%	6.7%	27%	0.97	81%			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
1950	26	BSN	NL	76	37			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	12	5	2	42%	3	1	0	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	34

1952	28	BSN	NL	401	100			8	0	8	3	5	4	4	21	15	1	71%	8	2	1	160	6	4	60%	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5
1953	29	MLN	NL	292	79			4	0	13	4	0	0	4	27	14	4	52%	2	2	2	113	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	41
1954	30	MLN	NL	360	77			11	0	8	6	4	5	5	18	7	3	39%	2	2	1	135	3	3	50%	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	35
1955	31	MLN	NL	335	81			5	0	19	3	2	3	2	23	10	2	43%	5	3	0	144	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	69
1956	32	MLN	NL	188	54			9	0	8	6	2	1	7	13	5	1	38%	0	1	0	76	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	36
1957	33	MLN	NL	283	67			9	0	7	4	5	0	9	16	8	3	50%	2	2	0	113	3	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
1958	34	MLN	NL	107	35			4	0	1	3	1	2	2	12	7	1	58%	0	1	0	47	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7
1959	35	BAL	AL	230	57			6	0	5	5	1	2	4	13	8	2	62%	5	2	0	91	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
9 Yrs				2272	587			57	0	71	35	20	17	38	155	79	19	51%	27	16	4	922	24	13	65%	18	12	4	0	2	1	8	0	35	227
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

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+
1950	26	2	0	1.000	6.97	16	1	7	0	0	0	20.2	37	21	16	1	13		15	0	0	1	110	56	2.419	16.1	0.4	5.7	6.5	1.15	56
1951	27	2	0	1.000	6.97	16	1	7	0	0	0	20.2	37	21	16	1	13		15	0	0	1	110	56	2.419	16.1	0.4	5.7	6.5	1.15	56
1952	28	8	3	.727	4.63	45	11	17	2	1	1	112.2	137	74	58	9	44		60	2	1	3	515	80	1.607	10.9	0.7	3.5	4.8	1.36	80
1953	29	12	6	.667	3.81	81	12	27	2	1	1	193.2	216	108	82	13	66		96	5	2	5	846	100	1.456	10.0	0.6	3.1	4.5	1.45	100
1954	30	17	8	.680	3.47	121	16	40	3	1	3	293.0	293	142	113	24	100		164	6	3	7	1238	109	1.341	9.0	0.7	3.1	5.0	1.64	109
1955	31	22	15	.595	3.46	161	18	58	3	1	7	385.0	374	180	148	29	155	8	207	8	3	10	1642	109	1.374	8.7	0.7	3.6	4.8	1.34	109
1956	32	26	18	.591	3.49	197	18	81	3	1	13	436.0	428	201	169	38	176	10	233	9	3	11	1866	108	1.385	8.8	0.8	3.6	4.8	1.32	108
1957	33	33	21	.611	3.54	227	18	97	3	1	17	501.0	495	230	197	47	202	15	277	10	3	13	2150	105	1.391	8.9	0.8	3.6	5.0	1.37	105
1958	34	36	22	.621	3.74	242	18	103	3	1	18	524.1	530	251	218	51	212	18	290	11	3	14	2264	99	1.415	9.1	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.37	99
1959	35	40	23	.635	3.77	273	19	119	3	1	19	574.2	587	283	241	57	231	20	319	14	4	16	2494	99	1.423	9.2	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.38	99

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
1950	26	0	2	.000	7.29	21.0	39	19	17	1	14	15	0	2.524	16.7	6.0	6.4	1.07	0.4	16

1952	28	4	6	.400	4.65	93.0	109	53	48	9	34	45	2	1.538	10.5	3.3	4.4	1.32	0.9	29
1953	29	5	3	.625	2.88	78.0	83	28	25	4	23	35	3	1.359	9.6	2.7	4.0	1.52	0.5	36
1954	30	6	4	.600	3.15	97.0	83	38	34	12	37	66	1	1.237	7.7	3.4	6.1	1.78	1.1	40
1955	31	5	5	.500	3.72	92.0	87	42	38	5	59	43	2	1.587	8.5	5.8	4.2	0.73	0.5	40
1956	32	2	3	.400	4.50	50.0	60	28	25	10	23	25	1	1.660	10.8	4.1	4.5	1.09	1.8	36
1957	33	3	4	.429	4.64	64.0	74	37	33	10	29	44	1	1.609	10.4	4.1	6.2	1.52	1.4	30
1958	34	0	2	.000	9.78	23.0	39	28	25	4	11	13	1	2.174	15.3	4.3	5.1	1.18	1.6	15
1959	35	2	3	.400	4.33	52.0	60	28	25	6	20	30	3	1.538	10.4	3.5	5.2	1.50	1.0	31
9 Yrs		27	32	.458	4.26	570.0	634	301	270	61	250	316	14	1.551	10.0		5.0	1.26	1.0	273

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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