Dave Jolly
David Jolly (Gabby)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 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
Final Game: September 14, 1957
Died: May 27, 1963 in Durham, NC
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 1 172 112 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 2 479 154 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 93 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
5 Seasons 16 14 .533 3.77 159 1 82 0 0 19 291.1 255 137 122 27 198 11 155 7 0 12 1313 98 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 98 1.555 7.9 0.8 6.1 4.8 0.78

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 29 MLN NL 47 479 403 36 87 6 6 6 2 2 64 62 .216 .321 .305 .627 .237 123 8 2 3 7
1955 30 MLN NL 36 283 225 42 58 3 2 6 1 2 51 23 .258 .396 .369 .765 .264 83 1 1 5 1 7
1956 31 MLN NL 29 209 171 21 39 5 0 7 0 0 35 20 .228 .356 .380 .736 .219 65 3 0 1 2 4
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
4 Seasons 135 1141 939 121 221 22 10 23 6 4 171 132 .235 .353 .354 .706 .249 332 15 6 13 12 11
162 Game Avg. 68 571 470 61 111 11 5 12 3 2 86 66 .235 .353 .354 .706 .249 166 8 3 7 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 29 MLN NL 47 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77 77 77 8 4 0 1 0.8 1.0 10.0
1 Season 47 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77 77 77 8 4 0 1 0.8 1.0 10.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 29 MLN NL 47 46 31 11 6 12 10 4 83% 13 1 39 17 44% 8 1.680 23 7 9 17 10 12 19 20 34 7 28 9 6.6
1955 30 MLN NL 36 36 13 2 3 3 1 2 33% 5 2 16 5 31% 8 0.985 7 6 13 5 4 18 10 17 20 11 17 4 4.8
1956 31 MLN NL 29 29 18 2 3 7 7 2 100% 7 0 20 5 25% 8 0.978 8 3 11 8 0 15 11 12 18 5 15 4 4.7
1957 32 MLN NL 23 23 10 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 2 29% 8 0.518 4 1 18 2 3 18 4 19 11 2 11 3 4.9
4 Seasons 135 134 72 16 13 23 19 8 83% 27 4 82 29 35% 1.194 42 17 51 32 17 63 44 68 83 25 71 20 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1953 28 MLN NL
1954 29 MLN NL 479 40% 1.3% 12.9% 13.4% 3.8% 21% 0.93 71% 83 8 10%
1955 30 MLN NL 283 39% 2.1% 8.1% 18.0% 3.9% 19% 0.79 70% 54 1 2%
1956 31 MLN NL 209 37% 3.4% 9.6% 16.8% 5.7% 31% 0.61 70% 34 3 9%
1957 32 MLN NL 170 34% 2.4% 15.9% 12.4% 8.2% 38% 0.61 65% 39 3 8%
5 Seasons 1141 38% 2.4% 13.6% 17.4% 4.8% 22% 0.78 70% 210 15 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 34 4 1
1954 29 MLN NL 398 87 6 0 20 2 3 0 5 22 11 0 50% 5 2 0 153 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 81
1955 30 MLN NL 204 58 6 0 11 2 3 2 3 17 10 0 59% 7 4 0 97 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 79
1956 31 MLN NL 165 39 7 1 13 1 3 2 2 12 5 0 42% 2 2 1 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 44
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 Seasons 937 255 27 1 53 8 10 6 12 69 33 3 48% 15 12 2 387 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 204
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1953 28 0 1 .000 3.52 24 0 10 0 0 0 38.1 34 16 15 4 27 23 1 0 1 172 112 1.591 8.0 0.9 6.3 5.4 0.85 112
1954 29 11 7 .611 2.71 71 1 41 0 0 10 149.2 121 52 45 10 91 85 3 0 3 651 140 1.416 7.3 0.6 5.5 5.1 0.93 140
1955 30 13 10 .565 3.55 107 1 54 0 0 11 208.0 179 94 82 16 142 7 108 4 0 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 0 0 18 253.2 218 115 101 23 177 11 128 4 0 9 1143 104 1.557 7.7 0.8 6.3 4.5 0.72 104
1957 32 16 14 .533 3.77 159 1 82 0 0 19 291.1 255 137 122 27 198 11 155 7 0 12 1313 98 1.555 7.9 0.8 6.1 4.8 0.78 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
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 6.15 60.0 63 46 41 7 55 24 1 1.967 9.5 8.3 3.6 0.44 1.1 36
1956 31 2 3 .400 4.40 45.0 44 24 22 8 39 20 0 1.844 8.8 7.8 4.0 0.51 1.6 29
1957 32 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 41 28 25 4 23 26 3 1.730 10.0 5.6 6.3 1.13 1.0 23
5 Seasons 15 16 .484 4.21 293.0 278 153 137 29 215 156 7 1.683 8.5 4.8 0.73 0.9 159

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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