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Don Kaiser

Clyde Donald Kaiser (Tiger)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 3, 1935 in Byng, OK
High School: Byng HS (Byng, OK)
School: East Central University (Ada, OK)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1955 (Age 20)
Team: Cubs 1955-1957

Final Game: September 24, 1957 (Age 22)
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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
1955 20 CHC NL 0 0 5.40 11 0 6 0 0 0 18.1 20 11 11 2 5 0 11 1 0 1 79 78 1.364 9.8 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.20
1956 21 CHC NL 4 9 .308 3.59 27 22 2 5 1 0 150.1 144 69 60 15 52 8 74 1 0 3 640 106 1.304 8.6 0.9 3.1 4.4 1.42
1957 22 CHC NL 2 6 .250 5.00 20 13 4 1 0 0 72.0 91 48 40 4 28 3 23 0 0 2 321 78 1.653 11.4 0.5 3.5 2.9 0.82
3 Yrs 6 15 .286 4.15 58 35 12 6 1 0 240.2 255 128 111 21 85 11 108 2 0 6 1040 93 1.413 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.27
162 Game Avg. 4 11 .286 4.15 42 26 9 4 1 0 176 186 94 81 15 62 8 79 1 0 4 760 93 1.413 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.27

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 RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1955 20 CHC NL 18.1 11 0 11 5.40 4.84 0.28 0.00 99.4 4.54 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.1 0 .487 .499
1956 21 CHC NL 150.1 27 22 69 4.13 4.32 0.26 0.00 102.6 4.16 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 1.8 15 .512 .502
1957 22 CHC NL 72.0 20 13 48 6.00 4.37 -0.21 0.00 103.0 4.71 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .450 .494
3 Seasons 240.2 58 35 128 4.79 4.37 0.12 0.00 102.5 4.36 -8 -0.8 .5 -0.1 1.6 13 .486 .498

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
1955 20 CHC NL 11 64 73 11 20 2 0 2 0 1 5 11 .274 .329 .384 .713 .300 28 1 1 0 0 0 1
1956 21 CHC NL 27 575 580 69 144 23 4 15 5 7 52 74 .248 .309 .379 .689 .261 220 10 1 3 4 8 11
1957 22 CHC NL 20 277 289 48 91 15 1 4 1 2 28 23 .315 .371 .415 .786 .327 120 12 0 1 4 3 6
3 Yrs 58 916 942 128 255 40 5 21 6 10 85 108 .271 .330 .391 .720 .285 368 23 2 4 8 11 18
162 Game Avg. 42 670 689 94 186 29 4 15 4 7 62 79 .271 .330 .391 .720 .285 269 17 1 3 6 8 13
MLB Averages .258 .329 .392 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1955 20 CHC NL -1.8 -0.2 67 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .05 -0.2 0.6 -0.3 -0.0 0.05 1.7 0 0 5
1956 21 CHC NL 3.4 0.4 607 -0.6 10.1 -10.6 .96 0.4 -1.0 3.3 0.3 0.96 5.7 0 0 3
1957 22 CHC NL -10.2 -1.0 301 -1.2 4.7 -5.8 .98 -0.9 -0.3 -13.2 -1.3 0.99 -11.6 2 0 2
3 Yrs -8.5 -0.8 975 -1.7 14.8 -16.5 .91 -0.8 -1.1 -10.2 -1.0 0.91 -4.1 2 0 10

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
1956 21 CHC NL 27 22 4 9 9 0 4 6 16 .273 1 5 5 1 13 59% 51.5 80 20 10 2 2 9 3.1 3.3 6.5
1957 22 CHC NL 20 13 2 6 5 0 1 4 9 .308 1 2 1 0 4 31% 42.4 69 26 8 3 3 7 3.6 3.6 4.5
2 Yrs 47 35 6 15 14 0 5 10 25 .286 2 7 6 1 17 49% 48 80 20 18 5 5 16 3.3 3.4 5.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.4 6.4

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
1955 20 CHC NL 11 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 .055 0 0 5 0 0 9 3 6 6 2 5 0 5.0
1956 21 CHC NL 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 4.8
1957 22 CHC NL 20 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% .979 2 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 5 2 3 3 5.6
3 Yrs 58 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% .905 2 0 10 1 1 15 5 12 14 4 9 3 5.1

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%
1955 20 CHC NL 79 70% 3.1% 17.2% 7.8% 6.3% 20% 1.00 94% 10 1 10%
1956 21 CHC NL 640 59% 2.6% 12.9% 9.0% 7.3% 29% 1.03 86% 109 10 9%
1957 22 CHC NL 322 61% 1.4% 8.3% 10.1% 7.2% 22% 1.98 96% 65 12 18%
3 Yrs 1041 61% 2.3% 11.8% 9.3% 7.2% 26% 1.24 90% 184 23 13%
MLB Averages 52% 2.5% 12.6% 9.6% 6.7% 28% 0.97 78% 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
1955 20 CHC NL 64 20 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 1 1 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15
1956 21 CHC NL 575 144 15 0 10 7 6 3 10 35 12 7 34% 11 3 2 203 5 7 42% 5 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 65
1957 22 CHC NL 277 91 4 1 6 4 0 2 2 16 11 1 69% 6 2 1 125 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 45
3 Yrs 916 255 21 1 16 12 7 6 13 52 23 9 44% 18 6 4 352 6 10 38% 6 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 125
MLB Averages 51% 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+
1955 20 0 0 5.40 11 0 6 0 0 0 18.1 20 11 11 2 5 0 11 1 0 1 79 78 1.364 9.8 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.20 78
1956 21 4 9 .308 3.79 38 22 8 5 1 0 168.2 164 80 71 17 57 8 85 2 0 4 719 102 1.310 8.8 0.9 3.0 4.5 1.49 102
1957 22 6 15 .286 4.15 58 35 12 6 1 0 240.2 255 128 111 21 85 11 108 2 0 6 1040 93 1.413 9.5 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.27 93

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
1955 20 1 1 .500 5.68 19.0 21 13 12 2 5 11 1 1.368 9.9 2.4 5.2 2.20 0.9 11
1956 21 9 8 .529 3.74 154.0 152 71 64 16 55 76 1 1.344 8.9 3.2 4.4 1.38 0.9 27
1957 22 2 5 .286 5.40 70.0 96 47 42 4 30 22 0 1.800 12.3 3.9 2.8 0.73 0.5 20
3 Yrs 12 14 .462 4.37 243.0 269 131 118 22 90 109 2 1.477 10.0 4.0 1.21 0.8 58

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Youngest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1935-02-03 (10th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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