Sam Jones
Samuel Jones (Toothpick Sam and Sad Sam)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1951
Final Game: October 3, 1964
Died: November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV
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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
1951 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2.08 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 4 2 2 0 5 4 0 0 0 34 183 1.038 4.2 0.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
1952 26 CLE AL 2 3 .400 7.25 14 4 2 0 0 1 36.0 38 30 29 6 37 28 4 0 4 184 46 2.083 9.5 1.5 9.3 7.0 0.76
1955 29 CHC NL 14 20 .412 4.10 36 34 1 12 4 0 241.2 175 118 110 22 185 5 198 14 0 5 1070 101 1.490 6.5 0.8 6.9 7.4 1.07 AS
1956 30 CHC NL 9 14 .391 3.91 33 28 3 8 2 0 188.2 155 93 82 21 115 6 176 8 0 2 832 97 1.431 7.4 1.0 5.5 8.4 1.53
1957 31 STL NL 12 9 .571 3.60 28 27 1 10 2 0 182.2 164 77 73 17 71 1 154 6 0 3 767 110 1.286 8.1 0.8 3.5 7.6 2.17
1958 32 STL NL 14 13 .519 2.88 35 35 0 14 2 0 250.0 204 95 80 23 107 5 225 6 0 7 1041 144 1.244 7.3 0.8 3.9 8.1 2.10
1959 33 SFG NL 21 15 .583 2.83 50 35 12 16 4 4 270.2 232 99 85 18 109 6 209 8 0 5 1148 134 1.260 7.7 0.6 3.6 6.9 1.92 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1960 34 SFG NL 18 14 .563 3.19 39 35 3 13 3 0 234.0 200 112 83 18 91 5 190 4 0 8 978 110 1.244 7.7 0.7 3.5 7.3 2.09
1961 35 SFG NL 8 8 .500 4.49 37 17 10 2 0 1 128.1 134 72 64 12 57 7 105 8 0 7 579 85 1.488 9.4 0.8 4.0 7.4 1.84
1962 36 DET AL 2 4 .333 3.65 30 6 3 1 0 1 81.1 77 39 33 13 35 1 73 2 0 3 351 111 1.377 8.5 1.4 3.9 8.1 2.09
1963 37 STL NL 2 0 1.000 9.00 11 0 5 0 0 2 11.0 15 12 11 0 5 1 8 0 0 1 52 40 1.818 12.3 0.0 4.1 6.5 1.60
1964 38 BAL AL 0 0 2.61 7 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 38 137 0.968 4.4 0.9 4.4 5.2 1.20
12 Seasons 102 101 .502 3.59 322 222 45 76 17 9 1643.1 1403 752 655 151 822 37 1376 60 0 45 7074 108 1.354 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.67
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .502 3.59 40 28 6 10 2 1 205 175 94 82 19 103 172 8 0 6 884 108 1.354 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.67
SFG (3 yrs) 47 37 .560 3.30 126 87 25 31 7 5 633.0 566 283 232 48 257 18 504 20 0 20 2705 112 1.300 8.0 0.7 3.7 7.2 1.96
STL (3 yrs) 28 22 .560 3.33 74 62 6 24 4 2 443.2 383 184 164 40 183 7 387 12 0 11 1860 122 1.276 7.8 0.8 3.7 7.9 2.11
CHC (2 yrs) 23 34 .404 4.02 69 62 4 20 6 0 430.1 330 211 192 43 300 11 374 22 0 7 1902 99 1.464 6.9 0.9 6.3 7.8 1.25
CLE (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 6.25 16 5 3 0 0 1 44.2 42 32 31 6 42 32 4 0 4 218 55 1.881 8.5 1.2 8.5 6.4 0.76
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 2.61 7 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 38 137 0.968 4.4 0.9 4.4 5.2 1.20
DET (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.65 30 6 3 1 0 1 81.1 77 39 33 13 35 1 73 2 0 3 351 111 1.377 8.5 1.4 3.9 8.1 2.09
NL (8 yrs) 98 93 .513 3.51 269 211 35 75 17 7 1507.0 1279 678 588 131 740 36 1265 54 0 38 6467 111 1.340 7.6 0.8 4.4 7.6 1.71
AL (4 yrs) 4 8 .333 4.42 53 11 10 1 0 2 136.1 124 74 67 20 82 1 111 6 0 7 607 86 1.511 8.2 1.3 5.4 7.3 1.35

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1955 CHC NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 13.5 0.50
1959 SFG NL 33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 15 1.875 3.4 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00

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
1955 29 CHC NL 36 1070 848 118 175 20 3 22 9 6 185 198 .206 .355 .315 .669 .241 267 13 14 15 8 5
1956 30 CHC NL 33 833 701 93 155 15 4 21 6 1 115 176 .221 .336 .344 .680 .264 241 8 8 6 3 6
1957 31 STL NL 28 767 685 77 164 28 5 17 2 5 71 154 .239 .315 .369 .685 .285 253 19 6 3 2 1
1958 32 STL NL 35 1041 914 95 204 32 8 23 12 7 107 225 .223 .307 .351 .658 .269 321 15 6 8 6 5
1959 33 SFG NL 50 1148 1018 99 232 35 8 18 10 9 109 209 .228 .306 .331 .637 .269 337 16 8 9 4 6
1960 34 SFG NL 39 978 868 112 200 27 8 18 13 7 91 190 .230 .305 .342 .648 .275 297 14 4 12 3 5
1961 35 SFG NL 37 579 507 72 134 13 4 12 8 2 57 105 .264 .347 .377 .723 .311 191 9 8 5 2 7
1962 36 DET AL 30 350 302 39 77 7 0 13 4 3 35 73 .255 .331 .407 .739 .290 123 5 2 6 5 1
1963 37 STL NL 11 52 47 12 15 1 2 0 1 1 5 8 .319 .385 .426 .810 .385 20 1 0 0 0 1
1964 38 BAL AL 7 38 33 3 5 1 0 1 1 0 5 6 .152 .263 .273 .536 .154 9 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 306 6856 5923 720 1361 179 42 145 66 41 780 1344 .230 .323 .348 .671 .272 2059 101 56 64 33 37
162 Game Avg. 40 891 770 94 177 23 5 19 9 5 101 175 .230 .323 .348 .671 .272 268 13 7 8 4
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
1955 29 CHC NL 36 34 13 19 2 1 5 14 20 .412 3 0 12 4 17 50% 54 86 27 29 17 16 7 3.4 3.8 6.9
1956 30 CHC NL 33 28 8 14 6 1 4 11 16 .407 2 0 8 2 13 46% 54 81 16 12 6 7 13 4.2 5.5 6.5
1957 31 STL NL 28 27 11 9 7 1 1 16 11 .593 2 2 10 2 15 56% 56 92 26 21 6 5 8 4.4 4.6 6.7
1958 32 STL NL 35 35 14 13 8 1 5 17 18 .486 3 3 14 2 24 69% 60 88 29 25 6 12 4 3.9 4.1 7.1
1959 33 SFG NL 50 35 17 13 5 2 7 20 15 .571 0 6 16 4 23 66% 58 93 25 15 4 26 2 4.4 4.6 7.1
1960 34 SFG NL 39 35 16 13 6 3 3 19 15 .559 2 3 13 3 18 51% 56 91 24 23 9 14 7 4.3 4.4 6.6
1961 35 SFG NL 37 17 6 7 4 1 1 9 8 .529 2 2 2 0 7 41% 46 75 14 39 13 4 9 4.7 4.9 5.2
1962 36 DET AL 30 6 1 3 2 0 1 1 5 .167 1 1 1 0 2 33% 51 79 29 9 5 2 3 2.9 2.6 6.5
8 Seasons 288 217 86 91 40 10 27 107 108 .498 15 17 76 17 119 55% 55 93 14 173 66 86 53 4.1 4.4 6.7
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
1955 29 CHC NL 36 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 4 1.235 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.5
1956 30 CHC NL 33 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.019 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4.2
1957 31 STL NL 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.076 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1959 33 SFG NL 50 15 12 4 2 8 4 3 50% 8 0 10 4 40% 8 1.099 10 3 2 8 4 3 6 9 8 4 8 4 4.3
1960 34 SFG NL 39 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 40% 7 1.069 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 3.0
1961 35 SFG NL 37 20 10 2 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 17 8 47% 8 1.037 8 3 9 4 3 13 10 10 9 6 9 3 5.9
1962 36 DET AL 30 24 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 27 12 44% 5 1.031 3 7 14 2 1 21 13 11 14 3 16 6 5.3
1963 37 STL NL 11 11 5 2 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 5 0 0% 8 1.455 5 1 5 3 4 4 4 7 4 6 4 2 3.0
1964 38 BAL AL 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.246 0 3 4 0 0 7 1 6 3 0 3 0 4.4
9 Seasons 271 89 42 14 6 15 8 6 53% 17 0 68 27 40% 1.088 33 17 36 20 16 50 38 48 44 22 45 16 4.9

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%
1951 25 CLE AL
1952 26 CLE AL
1955 29 CHC NL 1070 39% 2.1% 18.5% 17.3% 4.2% 26% 0.85 59% 166 13 8%
1956 30 CHC NL 833 41% 2.5% 21.1% 13.8% 4.8% 26% 0.86 61% 97 8 8%
1957 31 STL NL 767 47% 2.2% 20.1% 9.3% 6.5% 31% 1.04 67% 144 19 13%
1958 32 STL NL 1041 48% 2.2% 21.6% 10.3% 6.1% 31% 0.96 65% 200 15 8%
1959 33 SFG NL 1148 51% 1.6% 18.2% 9.5% 5.3% 26% 0.86 69% 236 16 7%
1960 34 SFG NL 978 50% 1.8% 19.4% 9.3% 5.4% 27% 0.93 68% 186 14 8%
1961 35 SFG NL 579 48% 2.1% 18.1% 9.8% 5.0% 22% 0.92 68% 132 9 7%
1962 36 DET AL 350 45% 3.7% 20.9% 10.0% 5.7% 26% 0.84 63% 79 5 6%
1963 37 STL NL 52 19% 0.0% 15.4% 9.6% 5.8% 20% 1.00 75% 13 1 8%
1964 38 BAL AL 38 32% 2.6% 15.8% 13.2% 5.3% 40% 0.60 68% 6 1 17%
12 Seasons 6856 46% 2.2% 20.1% 12.0% 5.3% 26% 0.91 65% 1259 101 8%
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
1951 25 CLE AL 4 0 0
1952 26 CLE AL 38 6 4
1955 29 CHC NL 779 175 22 1 21 11 7 7 11 39 17 12 44% 7 5 3 301 9 6 60% 8 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 13 291
1956 30 CHC NL 531 155 21 0 16 9 9 11 7 18 7 1 39% 8 2 0 194 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 302
1957 31 STL NL 767 164 17 1 13 5 12 6 11 28 11 5 39% 7 3 0 281 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1958 32 STL NL 1041 204 23 0 24 14 9 11 12 48 17 13 35% 10 7 3 379 12 7 63% 11 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 0
1959 33 SFG NL 1148 232 18 0 20 5 13 10 8 53 23 10 43% 18 5 4 461 10 9 53% 10 8 0 1 0 0 4 0 17 0
1960 34 SFG NL 978 200 18 2 22 5 13 6 12 67 34 15 51% 15 8 2 333 13 7 65% 13 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 0
1961 35 SFG NL 579 134 12 0 15 1 11 6 6 31 13 5 42% 12 7 2 232 8 2 80% 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 14 0
1962 36 DET AL 350 77 13 1 7 4 9 7 6 17 13 3 76% 3 3 3 157 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1963 37 STL NL 52 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 1 1 2 29 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 38 BAL AL 38 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 6263 1403 151 5 138 55 83 64 74 304 136 65 45% 81 45 19 2380 66 41 62% 62 40 3 1 1 0 17 1 106 593
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+
1951 25 0 1 .000 2.08 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 4 2 2 0 5 4 0 0 0 34 183 1.038 4.2 0.0 5.2 4.2 0.80 183
1952 26 2 4 .333 6.25 16 5 3 0 0 1 44.2 42 32 31 6 42 32 4 0 4 218 55 1.881 8.5 1.2 8.5 6.4 0.76 55
1953 27 2 4 .333 6.25 16 5 3 0 0 1 44.2 42 32 31 6 42 32 4 0 4 218 55 1.881 8.5 1.2 8.5 6.4 0.76 55
1954 28 2 4 .333 6.25 16 5 3 0 0 1 44.2 42 32 31 6 42 32 4 0 4 218 55 1.881 8.5 1.2 8.5 6.4 0.76 55
1955 29 16 24 .400 4.43 52 39 4 12 4 1 286.1 217 150 141 28 227 5 230 18 0 9 1288 91 1.551 6.8 0.9 7.1 7.2 1.01 91
1956 30 25 38 .397 4.23 85 67 7 20 6 1 475.0 372 243 223 49 342 11 406 26 0 11 2120 93 1.503 7.0 0.9 6.5 7.7 1.19 93
1957 31 37 47 .440 4.05 113 94 8 30 8 1 657.2 536 320 296 66 413 12 560 32 0 14 2887 97 1.443 7.3 0.9 5.7 7.7 1.36 97
1958 32 51 60 .459 3.73 148 129 8 44 10 1 907.2 740 415 376 89 520 17 785 38 0 21 3928 107 1.388 7.3 0.9 5.2 7.8 1.51 107
1959 33 72 75 .490 3.52 198 164 20 60 14 5 1178.1 972 514 461 107 629 23 994 46 0 26 5076 112 1.359 7.4 0.8 4.8 7.6 1.58 112
1960 34 90 89 .503 3.47 237 199 23 73 17 5 1412.1 1172 626 544 125 720 28 1184 50 0 34 6054 112 1.340 7.5 0.8 4.6 7.5 1.64 112
1961 35 98 97 .503 3.55 274 216 33 75 17 6 1540.2 1306 698 608 137 777 35 1289 58 0 41 6633 109 1.352 7.6 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.66 109
1962 36 100 101 .498 3.56 304 222 36 76 17 7 1622.0 1383 737 641 150 812 36 1362 60 0 44 6984 109 1.353 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.6 1.68 109
1963 37 102 101 .502 3.59 315 222 41 76 17 9 1633.0 1398 749 652 150 817 37 1370 60 0 45 7036 108 1.356 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.6 1.68 108
1964 38 102 101 .502 3.59 322 222 45 76 17 9 1643.1 1403 752 655 151 822 37 1376 60 0 45 7074 108 1.354 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.67 108

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
1951 25 1 0 1.000 2.00 9.0 4 2 2 0 5 4 0 1.000 4.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 0.0 2
1952 26 0 3 .000 9.26 34.0 43 39 35 7 42 26 5 2.500 11.4 11.1 6.9 0.62 1.9 14
1955 29 13 14 .481 4.01 247.0 181 122 110 23 191 202 14 1.506 6.6 7.0 7.4 1.06 0.8 36
1956 30 10 11 .476 4.15 191.0 166 98 88 22 123 178 9 1.513 7.8 5.8 8.4 1.45 1.0 33
1957 31 11 9 .550 3.67 184.0 171 83 75 18 74 155 6 1.332 8.4 3.6 7.6 2.09 0.9 28
1958 32 18 10 .643 2.85 256.0 211 90 81 24 111 230 6 1.258 7.4 3.9 8.1 2.07 0.8 35
1959 33 19 11 .633 3.04 275.0 250 103 93 19 117 212 9 1.335 8.2 3.8 6.9 1.81 0.6 50
1960 34 13 12 .520 3.76 232.0 222 108 97 20 101 188 4 1.392 8.6 3.9 7.3 1.86 0.8 39
1961 35 6 8 .429 4.78 130.0 144 77 69 13 61 106 9 1.577 10.0 4.2 7.3 1.74 0.9 37
1962 36 4 4 .500 3.65 79.0 77 36 32 13 35 71 2 1.418 8.8 4.0 8.1 2.03 1.5 30
1963 37 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 16 13 12 0 5 7 0 2.100 14.4 4.5 6.3 1.40 0.0 11
1964 38 1 0 1.000 3.00 9.0 5 3 3 1 5 5 0 1.111 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 1.0 7
12 Seasons 96 83 .536 3.79 1656.0 1490 774 697 160 870 1384 64 1.425 8.1 7.5 1.59 0.9 322

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 *
1959-2 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1959-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-NL-5-39%
0.39 Career Shares (501st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-ML--2--12%
0.12 Career Shares (162nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 NL--2.880--2nd
1959 NL--2.826--1st
1960 NL--3.192--10th

Wins s c a p y
1955 NL--14--5th
1958 NL--14--7th
1959 NL--21--1st
1960 NL--18--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL--.571--10th
1959 NL--.583--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 NL--1.244--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--6.517--1st
1956 NL--7.394--3rd
1957 NL--8.080--9th
1958 NL--7.344--1st
1959 NL--7.714--2nd
1960 NL--7.692--6th
Career--7.684--49th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--7.374--1st
1956 NL--8.396--1st
1957 NL--7.588--1st
1958 NL--8.100--1st
1959 NL--6.950--2nd
1960 NL--7.308--5th
Career--7.536--48th

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL--50--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 NL--241.7--4th
1958 NL--250.0--5th
1959 NL--270.7--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL--198--1st
1956 NL--176--1st
1957 NL--154--4th
1958 NL--225--1st
1959 NL--209--2nd
1960 NL--190--3rd
Career--1376--215th

Games Started s c a p y
1955 NL--34--2nd
1958 NL--35--4th
1959 NL--35--7th
1960 NL--35--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL--12--8th
1958 NL--14--6th
1959 NL--16--7th
1960 NL--13--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL--4--2nd
1956 NL--2--10th
1957 NL--2--10th
1958 NL--2--6th
1959 NL--4--1st
1960 NL--3--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--185--1st
1956 NL--115--1st
1957 NL--71--8th
1958 NL--107--1st
1959 NL--109--1st
1960 NL--91--6th
Career--822--219th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 NL--2.169--6th
1958 NL--2.103--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--.819--4th
1959 NL--.599--4th

Losses s c a p y
1955 NL--20--1st
1956 NL--14--6th
1958 NL--13--7th
1959 NL--15--5th
1960 NL--14--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--110--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 NL--5--8th
1958 NL--7--6th
1960 NL--8--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL--14--1st
1956 NL--8--3rd
1957 NL--6--10th
1958 NL--6--7th
1959 NL--8--4th
1961 NL--8--3rd
Career--60--239th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 NL--1070--2nd
1958 NL--1041--5th
1959 NL--1148--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 NL--144--2nd
1959 NL--134--2nd

Oldest s c a p y
1963 NL--born 1925-12-14--10th
1964 AL--born 1925-12-14--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (81), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 68 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (464), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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