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Howie Judson

Howard Kolls Judson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 16, 1926 in Hebron, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed
by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1948
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Redlegs/Reds 1948-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
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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
1948 22 CHW AL 4 5 .444 4.78 40 5 18 1 0 8 107.1 102 60 57 7 56 38 3 1 2 465 89 1.472 8.6 0.6 4.7 3.2 0.68
1949 23 CHW AL 1 14 .067 4.58 26 12 8 3 0 1 108.0 114 65 55 13 70 36 1 1 4 496 91 1.704 9.5 1.1 5.8 3.0 0.51
1950 24 CHW AL 2 3 .400 3.94 46 3 18 1 0 0 112.0 105 53 49 10 63 34 2 0 0 487 114 1.500 8.4 0.8 5.1 2.7 0.54
1951 25 CHW AL 5 6 .455 3.77 27 14 7 3 0 1 121.2 124 67 51 9 55 43 2 1 2 534 107 1.471 9.2 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78
1952 26 CHW AL 0 1 .000 4.24 21 0 8 0 0 1 34.0 30 17 16 4 22 15 0 0 1 153 87 1.529 7.9 1.1 5.8 4.0 0.68
1953 27 CIN NL 0 1 .000 5.59 10 6 3 0 0 0 38.2 58 28 24 8 11 11 0 0 0 183 78 1.784 13.5 1.9 2.6 2.6 1.00
1954 28 CIN NL 5 7 .417 3.95 37 8 10 0 0 3 93.1 86 47 41 9 42 27 3 0 2 397 107 1.371 8.3 0.9 4.1 2.6 0.64
7 Yrs 17 37 .315 4.29 207 48 72 8 0 14 615.0 619 337 293 60 319 204 11 3 11 2715 98 1.525 9.1 0.9 4.7 3.0 0.64
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .315 4.29 55 13 19 2 0 4 164 165 90 78 16 85 54 3 1 3 724 98 1.525 9.1 0.9 4.7 3.0 0.64
CHW (5 yrs) 12 29 .293 4.25 160 34 59 8 0 11 483.0 475 262 228 43 266 166 8 3 9 2135 99 1.534 8.9 0.8 5.0 3.1 0.62
CIN (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.43 47 14 13 0 0 3 132.0 144 75 65 17 53 38 3 0 2 580 96 1.492 9.8 1.2 3.6 2.6 0.72
AL (5 yrs) 12 29 .293 4.25 160 34 59 8 0 11 483.0 475 262 228 43 266 166 8 3 9 2135 99 1.534 8.9 0.8 5.0 3.1 0.62
NL (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.43 47 14 13 0 0 3 132.0 144 75 65 17 53 38 3 0 2 580 96 1.492 9.8 1.2 3.6 2.6 0.72

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 Awards
1948 22 CHW AL 107.1 40 5 60 5.03 5.05 -0.04 0.00 98.9 5.03 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.6 10 .500 .500 $
1949 23 CHW AL 108.0 26 12 65 5.42 5.02 0.15 0.00 98.9 4.81 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.1 -0.1 2 .473 .496 $
1950 24 CHW AL 112.0 46 3 53 4.26 5.23 0.13 0.00 100.7 5.13 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.7 22 .521 .506 $
1951 25 CHW AL 121.2 27 14 67 4.96 4.66 0.15 0.00 100.8 4.54 -6 -0.6 .6 -0.1 0.2 6 .476 .496 $
1952 26 CHW AL 34.0 21 0 17 4.50 4.23 0.08 0.00 101.3 4.20 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.1 0.1 2 .493 .499 $
1953 27 CIN NL 38.2 10 6 28 6.52 5.33 0.31 0.00 99.6 5.00 -6 -0.6 .2 0.0 -0.2 -2 .442 .496 $
1954 28 CIN NL 93.1 37 8 47 4.53 4.64 -0.06 0.00 102.5 4.82 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 1.1 13 .509 .502 $
7 Seasons 615.0 207 48 337 4.93 4.91 0.09 0.00 100.3 4.84 -8 -0.7 1.1 -0.6 3.4 54 .496 .499 $
CHW (5 yrs) 483.0 160 34 262 4.88 4.93 0.10 0.00 100.0 4.82 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.5 2.5 42 .497 .499 $
CIN (2 yrs) 132.0 47 14 75 5.11 4.84 0.05 0.00 101.6 4.87 -3 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.9 12 .495 .499 $

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
1948 22 CHW AL 40 161 401 60 102 1 4 7 0 1 56 38 .254 .350 .329 .679 .267 132 4 3 6 0 1
1949 23 CHW AL 26 267 416 65 114 10 2 13 0 0 70 36 .274 .380 .401 .781 .275 167 7 1 9 0 2
1950 24 CHW AL 46 285 415 53 105 8 2 10 1 2 63 34 .253 .354 .354 .708 .256 147 11 2 7 0 2
1951 25 CHW AL 27 441 470 67 124 19 1 9 1 3 55 43 .264 .343 .366 .709 .275 172 10 2 8 0 11
1952 26 CHW AL 21 154 123 17 30 4 1 4 3 1 22 15 .244 .359 .390 .749 .250 48 2 0 8 0 3
1953 27 CIN NL 10 183 171 28 58 12 1 8 2 1 11 11 .339 .379 .561 .941 .329 96 2 0 1 0 4
1954 28 CIN NL 37 396 339 47 86 15 2 9 1 4 42 27 .254 .335 .389 .724 .248 132 11 3 6 7 6
7 Yrs 207 1887 2335 337 619 69 13 60 8 12 319 204 .265 .355 .383 .738 .269 894 47 11 45 7 29
162 Game Avg. 55 503 623 90 165 18 3 16 2 3 85 54 .265 .355 .383 .738 .269 238 13 3 12 2 8
MLB Averages .261 .338 .377 .714 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 22 CHW AL -4.6 -0.4 164 0.9 3.2 -2.3 1.02 -0.6 1.5 -3.4 -0.3 1.02 -7.8 7 3 5
1949 23 CHW AL -6.2 -0.6 296 -1.7 5.4 -7.1 1.23 -0.8 -0.6 -9.9 -0.9 1.20 -6.3 3 2 3
1950 24 CHW AL 8.0 0.8 294 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 .69 0.4 -1.2 5.9 0.6 0.68 6.1 4 8 15
1951 25 CHW AL -0.4 -0.0 448 -0.7 5.8 -6.6 .78 -0.7 -0.2 -7.9 -0.8 0.78 -8.7 0 2 8
1952 26 CHW AL -1.6 -0.2 160 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 .64 -0.4 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.64 -2.8 5 2 13
1953 27 CIN NL -5.6 -0.5 188 -0.9 3.5 -4.4 1.08 -1.3 0.5 -9.5 -0.9 1.08 -12.9 0 0 3
1954 28 CIN NL 2.3 0.2 408 -0.3 6.7 -7.0 .99 -0.4 0.1 -2.5 -0.2 1.00 -0.8 10 7 12
7 Yrs -8.1 -0.8 1958 -3.6 29.2 -32.8 .91 -3.8 -0.2 -28.3 -2.7 0.91 -33.3 29 24 59

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1948 22 CHW AL 40 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 5 .000 0 1 1 0 1 20% 36.2 53 6 3 1 4 1 4.1 63.0 5.4
1949 23 CHW AL 26 12 1 10 1 0 4 1 11 .083 0 0 3 0 5 42% 43.4 63 21 8 2 2 6 2.8 2.3 6.5
1950 24 CHW AL 46 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0% 38.7 48 31 10 2 3 0 4.8 31.5 5.6
1951 25 CHW AL 27 14 5 5 4 0 2 6 8 .429 1 3 3 0 7 50% 44.9 64 22 14 5 3 9 4.7 5.5 6.2
1953 27 CIN NL 10 6 0 1 5 0 0 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 1 17% 37.8 53 25 4 0 1 4 6.7 7.9 5.6
1954 28 CIN NL 37 8 4 4 0 1 1 4 4 .500 0 1 0 0 4 50% 45.9 66 22 14 3 3 4 5.0 4.6 5.7
6 Yrs 186 48 10 25 13 1 8 15 33 .313 2 6 8 0 18 38% 43 66 6 53 13 16 24 4.5 5.5 6.0
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 109 -9 4.6 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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
1948 22 CHW AL 40 35 18 4 2 8 8 1 100% 10 2 16 7 44% 1.018 7 3 5 10 1 4 9 6 21 7 9 3 6.9
1949 23 CHW AL 26 14 8 0 4 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 1.228 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 6 9 1 5 0 6.4
1950 24 CHW AL 46 43 18 2 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 24 9 38% .685 4 8 15 2 4 23 14 15 26 5 16 8 6.7
1951 25 CHW AL 27 13 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 80% 6 .780 0 2 8 0 0 10 2 8 9 0 9 4 7.9
1952 26 CHW AL 21 21 8 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 13 3 23% 8 .639 5 2 13 2 3 16 7 14 12 5 12 1 4.9
1953 27 CIN NL 10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 1.083 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 3.8
1954 28 CIN NL 37 29 10 1 3 4 3 1 75% 5 1 27 12 44% 8 .991 10 7 12 6 3 20 15 14 15 8 15 6 4.9
7 Yrs 207 159 72 7 12 16 14 4 88% 20 4 93 40 43% .912 29 24 59 23 13 80 51 65 93 26 67 23 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1948 22 CHW AL 466 53% 4.4% 23.6% 34.8% 7.5% 12% 0.78 221% 46 4 9%
1949 23 CHW AL 496 59% 4.9% 13.5% 26.2% 9.4% 22% 1.39 137% 58 7 12%
1950 24 CHW AL 487 59% 3.5% 11.9% 22.1% 7.0% 19% 1.01 130% 68 11 16%
1951 25 CHW AL 535 59% 2.0% 9.8% 12.5% 6.6% 23% 1.07 95% 93 10 11%
1952 26 CHW AL 154 58% 2.6% 9.7% 14.3% 5.8% 30% 1.26 68% 36 2 6%
1953 27 CIN NL 183 60% 4.4% 6.0% 6.0% 11.5% 36% 0.76 83% 34 2 6%
1954 28 CIN NL 397 62% 2.3% 6.8% 10.6% 6.6% 30% 0.91 78% 90 11 12%
7 Yrs 2718 59% 3.2% 10.8% 16.9% 7.5% 23% 1.01 110% 425 47 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.4% 12.0% 7.0% 25% 0.95 94% 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
1948 22 CHW AL 161 102 7 0 6 2 2 4 0 14 8 1 57% 1 2 1 82 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 305
1949 23 CHW AL 267 114 13 0 9 2 5 4 3 19 9 0 47% 2 4 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 229
1950 24 CHW AL 285 105 10 0 20 3 2 3 2 20 8 0 40% 2 0 0 117 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202
1951 25 CHW AL 441 124 9 0 11 4 3 2 5 15 12 0 80% 11 2 1 185 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 94
1952 26 CHW AL 154 30 4 0 5 2 2 2 2 10 4 2 40% 3 1 1 64 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1953 27 CIN NL 183 58 8 0 4 5 3 5 3 12 7 0 58% 4 0 0 78 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0
1954 28 CIN NL 396 86 9 1 12 4 5 5 4 25 14 0 56% 6 2 1 162 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 1
7 Yrs 1887 619 60 1 67 22 22 25 19 115 62 3 54% 29 11 4 797 8 12 40% 7 9 1 3 0 0 7 0 24 831
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1948 22 4 5 .444 4.78 40 5 18 1 0 8 107.1 102 60 57 7 56 38 3 1 2 465 89 1.472 8.6 0.6 4.7 3.2 0.68 89
1949 23 5 19 .208 4.68 66 17 26 4 0 9 215.1 216 125 112 20 126 74 4 2 6 961 90 1.588 9.0 0.8 5.3 3.1 0.59 90
1950 24 7 22 .241 4.43 112 20 44 5 0 9 327.1 321 178 161 30 189 108 6 2 6 1448 97 1.558 8.8 0.8 5.2 3.0 0.57 97
1951 25 12 28 .300 4.25 139 34 51 8 0 10 449.0 445 245 212 39 244 151 8 3 8 1982 100 1.535 8.9 0.8 4.9 3.0 0.62 100
1952 26 12 29 .293 4.25 160 34 59 8 0 11 483.0 475 262 228 43 266 166 8 3 9 2135 99 1.534 8.9 0.8 5.0 3.1 0.62 99
1953 27 12 30 .286 4.35 170 40 62 8 0 11 521.2 533 290 252 51 277 177 8 3 9 2318 97 1.553 9.2 0.9 4.8 3.1 0.64 97
1954 28 17 37 .315 4.29 207 48 72 8 0 14 615.0 619 337 293 60 319 204 11 3 11 2715 98 1.525 9.1 0.9 4.7 3.0 0.64 98

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1948 22 5 6 .455 4.71 107.0 104 62 56 7 57 38 3 1.505 8.7 4.8 3.2 0.67 0.6 40
1949 23 5 7 .417 4.54 109.0 117 61 55 13 72 36 1 1.734 9.7 5.9 3.0 0.50 1.1 26
1950 24 7 5 .583 3.63 114.0 104 51 46 10 62 35 2 1.456 8.2 4.9 2.8 0.56 0.8 46
1951 25 7 6 .538 3.74 125.0 128 58 52 9 57 44 2 1.480 9.2 4.1 3.2 0.77 0.6 27
1952 26 1 2 .333 4.76 34.0 33 20 18 4 24 15 0 1.676 8.7 6.4 4.0 0.63 1.1 21
1953 27 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 58 26 23 8 11 11 0 1.725 13.1 2.5 2.5 1.00 1.8 10
1954 28 5 5 .500 3.79 95.0 88 44 40 9 43 27 3 1.379 8.3 4.1 2.6 0.63 0.9 37
7 Yrs 31 34 .477 4.18 624.0 632 322 290 60 326 206 11 1.535 9.1 3.0 0.63 0.9 207

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL  46 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1948 AL  8 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL  14 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 AL  18 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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