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Dave Jolly

David Jolly (Gabby)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 14, 1924 in Stony Point, NC
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1953 (Age 28)
Team: Braves 1953-1957

Final Game: September 14, 1957 (Age 32)
Died: May 27, 1963 in Durham, NC
Buried: Stony Point Cemetery, Stony Point, NC
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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
1946	21	MOV	D	5	3	.625	2.76	12						75.0	56	36	23		36								1.227	6.7		4.3			MOV · NCSL
1947	22	MOV	D	14	7	.667	3.31	24						185.0	182	88	68		58								1.297	8.9		2.8			MOV · NCSL
1948	23	CIN-min	A,AA	7	7	.500	3.12	25	6					124.0	114	57	43		71								1.492	8.3		5.2			CLM,TUL · SALL,TL
1949	24	CIN-min	AA	12	7	.632	4.41	37	23					202.0	181	112	99		222								1.995	8.1		9.9			TUL · TL
1950	25	CIN-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.32	32	16		3	0		146.0	162	85	70		76		73	2	0	6			1.630	10.0		4.7	4.5	0.96	SYR · IL
1951	26	CIN-min	AA	9	13	.409	4.17	37	28					220.0	224	126	102		107								1.505	9.2		4.4			TUL · TL
1952	27	NYY-min	AAA	6	1	.857	3.51	40	2		1	0		82.0	64	33	32		61		52	3	0	4			1.524	7.0		6.7	5.7	0.85	KCY · AA
1953	28	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	3.52	24	0	10	0	0	0	38.1	34	16	15	4	27		23	1	0	1	172	113	1.591	8.0	0.9	6.3	5.4	0.85
1954	29	MLN	NL	11	6	.647	2.43	47	1	31	0	0	10	111.1	87	36	30	6	64		62	2	0	2	479	155	1.356	7.0	0.5	5.2	5.0	0.97
1955	30	MLN	NL	2	3	.400	5.71	36	0	13	0	0	1	58.1	58	42	37	6	51	7	23	1	0	4	283	66	1.869	8.9	0.9	7.9	3.5	0.45
1956	31	MLN	NL	2	3	.400	3.74	29	0	18	0	0	7	45.2	39	21	19	7	35	4	20	0	0	2	209	94	1.620	7.7	1.4	6.9	3.9	0.57
1957	32	MLN	NL	1	1	.500	5.02	23	0	10	0	0	1	37.2	37	22	21	4	21	0	27	3	0	3	170	70	1.540	8.8	1.0	5.0	6.5	1.29
1958	33	ATL-min	AAA	10	11	.476	3.89	36	28		2	0		185.0	172	101	80	18	106	11	121	8	1	5			1.503	8.4	0.9	5.2	5.9	1.14	WCH · AA
1959	34	HSN	AAA	11	10	.524	3.89	28	27		8	2		169.0	160	87	73	13	86	5	100	6	1	3			1.456	8.5	0.7	4.6	5.3	1.16	HSN · AA
1960	35	BAL-PHI-CHC-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.61	38	8		0	0		101.0	96	67	63	10	63	2	13	1	0	1			1.574	8.6	0.9	5.6	1.2	0.21	VAN,BFL,HSN · PCL,IL,AA
1961	36	OAK-min	AA,A	2	2	.500	5.18	26	0					40.0	40	28	23	7	27								1.675	9.0	1.6	6.1			MOB,PNO · SOUA,SALL
5 Yrs				16	14	.533	3.77	159	1	82	0	0	19	291.1	255	137	122	27	198	11	155	7	0	12	1313	99	1.555	7.9	0.8	6.1	4.8	0.78
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.533	3.77	68	0	35	0	0	8	124	108	58	52	11	84		66	3	0	5	558	99	1.555	7.9	0.8	6.1	4.8	0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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%
1953	28	MLN	NL	38.0	24	0	16	3.79	4.70	0.07	94.2	4.36	3	0.3	.7	-0.1	0.6	7	.511	.502
1954	29	MLN	NL	111.1	47	1	36	2.91	4.70	0.09	94.5	4.36	18	1.9	2.1	0.7	3.8	30	.541	.512
1955	30	MLN	NL	58.0	36	0	42	6.52	4.72	0.18	93.6	4.25	-14	-1.4	1.1	-0.1	-0.8	-8	.463	.492
1956	31	MLN	NL	45.2	29	0	21	4.14	4.32	0.37	91.6	3.62	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.2	2	.493	.499
1957	32	MLN	NL	37.2	23	0	22	5.26	4.19	0.22	92.3	3.66	-6	-0.7	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.471	.496
5 Seasons				290.2	159	1	137	4.24	4.58	0.17	93.5	4.13	-1	-0.0	1.3	0.5	3.6	27	.500	.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	IBB	ROE
1953	28	MLN	NL	24	128	142	16	34	4	2	4	1	1	27	23	.239	.365	.380	.745	.261	54	1	1	2	0		1
1954	29	MLN	NL	47	428	403	36	87	6	6	6	2	2	64	62	.216	.321	.305	.627	.237	123	8	2	3	7		5
1955	30	MLN	NL	36	224	225	42	58	4	3	6	1	3	51	23	.258	.396	.382	.778	.264	86	3	1	5	1	7	8
1956	31	MLN	NL	29	205	171	21	39	6	1	7	0	0	35	20	.228	.356	.398	.753	.219	68	4	0	1	2	4	3
1957	32	MLN	NL	23	170	140	22	37	8	2	4	3	0	21	27	.264	.367	.436	.803	.297	61	3	3	4	2	0	1
5 Yrs				159	1155	1081	137	255	28	14	27	7	6	198	155	.236	.354	.363	.717	.250	392	19	7	15	12	11	18
162 Game Avg.				68	491	459	58	108	12	6	11	3	3	84	66	.236	.354	.363	.717	.250	167	8	3	6	5		8
MLB Averages																.260	.331	.391	.722	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	28	MLN	NL	2.6	0.2	131	-0.2	1.1	-1.2	.51	-0.4	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	0.51	-6.6	2	2	14
1954	29	MLN	NL	16.9	1.7	443	2.1	12.2	-10.0	1.65	1.9	-0.6	19.7	2.1	1.65	16.3	23	9	11
1955	30	MLN	NL	-13.5	-1.3	248	-0.7	4.6	-5.3	1.05	-0.4	-0.2	-7.0	-0.7	1.13	-6.5	10	6	16
1956	31	MLN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	209	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	.99	-0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.98	-4.2	9	5	13
1957	32	MLN	NL	-6.1	-0.6	177	-0.9	1.1	-2.1	.49	-0.5	-1.4	-2.8	-0.3	0.49	-5.1	4	1	18
5 Yrs				-1.1	-0.1	1208	0.1	22.1	-22.0	1.12	0.3	-0.2	5.5	0.6	1.13	-6.1	48	23	72

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
1954	29	MLN	NL	47	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	77.0	77	77	11	4	0	1	0.8	1.0	10.0
1 Yr				47	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	77	77	77	11	4	0	1	0.8	1.0	10.0
MLB Averages													.500						49%	51	118	-2					4.5	4.4	6.4

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
1953	28	MLN	NL	24	24	10	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	19	12	63%		.510	2	2	14	0	1	17	10	8	14	6	11	0	4.8
1954	29	MLN	NL	47	46	31	11	6	16	10	6	63%	17	1	42	17	40%	8	1.654	23	9	11	20	10	13	20	23	34	7	32	9	6.6
1955	30	MLN	NL	36	36	13	2	3	3	1	2	33%	5	2	22	7	32%	8	1.054	10	6	16	6	7	20	13	20	20	11	18	4	4.8
1956	31	MLN	NL	29	29	18	2	3	9	7	3	78%	9	0	20	5	25%	8	.987	9	5	13	10	2	16	11	17	18	5	18	4	4.7
1957	32	MLN	NL	23	23	10	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	7	2	29%	8	.493	4	1	18	2	3	18	4	19	11	2	11	3	4.9
5 Yrs				159	158	82	16	14	29	19	11	66%	33	4	110	43	39%		1.122	48	23	72	38	23	84	58	87	97	31	90	20	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	28	MLN	NL	172	66%	3.1%	18.0%	21.1%	7.8%	29%	0.59	90%	22	1	5%
1954	29	MLN	NL	479	58%	1.4%	14.5%	15.0%	4.2%	21%	0.94	80%	88	8	9%
1955	30	MLN	NL	283	60%	2.7%	10.3%	22.8%	5.8%	22%	0.86	88%	60	3	5%
1956	31	MLN	NL	209	62%	3.4%	9.8%	17.1%	6.8%	36%	0.59	71%	40	4	10%
1957	32	MLN	NL	170	66%	2.4%	15.9%	12.4%	8.2%	38%	0.61	65%	39	3	8%
5 Yrs				1313	61%	2.3%	13.4%	17.1%	6.0%	27%	0.76	79%	249	19	8%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.1%	9.8%	6.7%	28%	0.96	80%			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
1953	28	MLN	NL	128	34			4	1	6	3	1	0	4	10	6	1	60%	1	1	0	60	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	44
1954	29	MLN	NL	428	87			6	0	22	2	3	0	5	24	12	0	50%	5	2	0	164	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	51
1955	30	MLN	NL	224	58			6	0	13	2	3	2	3	20	11	0	55%	8	4	0	109	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	59
1956	31	MLN	NL	205	39			7	1	14	1	6	2	5	15	7	0	47%	3	2	1	81	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
1957	32	MLN	NL	170	37			4	0	9	3	1	2	2	18	7	3	39%	1	3	1	69	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
5 Yrs				1155	255			27	2	64	11	14	6	19	87	43	4	49%	18	12	2	483	7	6	54%	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	26	158
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1953	28	0	1	.000	3.52	24	0	10	0	38.1	34	16	15	4	27		23	1	1	172	113	1.591	8.0	0.9	6.3	5.4	0.85	113
1954	29	11	7	.611	2.71	71	1	41	10	149.2	121	52	45	10	91		85	3	3	651	141	1.416	7.3	0.6	5.5	5.1	0.93	141
1955	30	13	10	.565	3.55	107	1	54	11	208.0	179	94	82	16	142	7	108	4	7	934	107	1.543	7.7	0.7	6.1	4.7	0.76	107
1956	31	15	13	.536	3.58	136	1	72	18	253.2	218	115	101	23	177	11	128	4	9	1143	105	1.557	7.7	0.8	6.3	4.5	0.72	105
1957	32	16	14	.533	3.77	159	1	82	19	291.1	255	137	122	27	198	11	155	7	12	1313	99	1.555	7.9	0.8	6.1	4.8	0.78	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
1953	28	2	2	.500	3.79	38.0	36	18	16	4	29	23	1	1.711	8.5	6.9	5.4	0.79	0.9	24
1954	29	8	4	.667	2.63	113.0	94	37	33	6	69	63	2	1.442	7.5	5.5	5.0	0.91	0.5	47
1955	30	2	4	.333	6.00	60.0	62	44	40	6	55	24	1	1.950	9.3	8.3	3.6	0.44	0.9	36
1956	31	2	3	.400	4.40	45.0	43	24	22	8	39	20	0	1.822	8.6	7.8	4.0	0.51	1.6	29
1957	32	1	3	.250	6.08	37.0	41	28	25	4	23	27	3	1.730	10.0	5.6	6.6	1.17	1.0	23
5 Yrs		15	16	.484	4.18	293.0	276	151	136	28	215	157	7	1.676	8.5		4.8	0.73	0.9	159

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1954 NL .647 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1954 NL 47 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1954 NL 10 (4th) 1956 NL 7 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1954 NL 31 (5th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1954 NL 19.69 (10th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1954 NL 1.9 (6th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1954 NL 2.1 (10th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (665th), 4.2 career WAR/4.2 7yr-peak WAR/4.2 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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