Andy Karl

Anton Andrew Karl

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 8, 1914 in Mount Vernon, NY
School: Manhattan College (New York, NY)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves/RedSox 1943-1947

Final Game: August 20, 1947
Died: April 8, 1989 in La Jolla, CA
Buried: Mission San Luis Rey Cemetery, San Luis Rey, CA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	23	BOS-min	B,A	12	12	.500		38						194.0	201	115			88							1.490	9.3		4.1			RKM,HZL · PIED,NYPL
1938	24	BOS-min	C,B	11	10	.524	4.34	40						203.0	246	133	98		77							1.591	10.9		3.4			CAN,RKM · MATL,PIED
1939	25	BOS-min	A	9	10	.474	3.77	33	17					148.0	168	74	62		54							1.500	10.2		3.3			SCR · EL
1940	26	BOS-min	A	7	8	.467	4.77	34	12					132.0	149	79	70		43							1.455	10.2		2.9			SCR · EL
1941	27	BOS-min	A	6	10	.375	3.31	29						144.0	152	65	53		28							1.250	9.5		1.8			SCR · EL
1942	28	BOS-min	AA	6	13	.316	2.90	39	16	11	5	2		152.0	145	67	49		33	38	3	0	1			1.171	8.6		2.0	2.2	1.15	LOU · AA
1943	29	TOT	MLB	2	3	.400	5.30	20	2	6	0	0	1	52.2	75	33	31	0	24	10	0	1	2	249	64	1.880	12.8	0.0	4.1	1.7	0.42
1943	29	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.46	11	0	5	0	0	1	26.0	31	11	10	0	13	6	0	1	0	117	98	1.692	10.7	0.0	4.5	2.1	0.46
1943	29	PHI	NL	1	2	.333	7.09	9	2	1	0	0	0	26.2	44	22	21	0	11	4	0	0	2	132	48	2.063	14.9	0.0	3.7	1.4	0.36
1944	30	PHI	NL	3	2	.600	2.33	38	0	20	0	0	2	89.0	76	32	23	1	21	26	1	0	1	351	154	1.090	7.7	0.1	2.1	2.6	1.24
1945	31	PHI	NL	8	8	.500	2.99	67	2	41	1	0	15	180.2	175	80	60	7	50	51	3	1	1	761	127	1.245	8.7	0.3	2.5	2.5	1.02	MVP-27
1946	32	PHI	NL	3	7	.300	4.96	39	0	23	0	0	5	65.1	84	37	36	6	22	15	1	0	0	292	69	1.622	11.6	0.8	3.0	2.1	0.68
1947	33	BSN	NL	2	3	.400	3.86	27	0	17	0	0	3	35.0	41	18	15	2	13	5	0	0	0	147	103	1.543	10.5	0.5	3.3	1.3	0.38
5 Yrs				18	23	.439	3.51	191	4	107	1	0	26	422.2	451	200	165	16	130	107	5	2	4	1800	104	1.375	9.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	0.82
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.439	3.51	67	1	37	0	0	9	147	157	70	58	6	45	37	2	1	1	628	104	1.375	9.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	0.82

PHI (4 yrs)				15	19	.441	3.48	153	4	85	1	0	22	361.2	379	171	140	14	104	96	5	1	4	1536	105	1.335	9.4	0.3	2.6	2.4	0.92
BSN (1 yr)				2	3	.400	3.86	27	0	17	0	0	3	35.0	41	18	15	2	13	5	0	0	0	147	103	1.543	10.5	0.5	3.3	1.3	0.38
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.46	11	0	5	0	0	1	26.0	31	11	10	0	13	6	0	1	0	117	98	1.692	10.7	0.0	4.5	2.1	0.46

NL (5 yrs)				17	22	.436	3.52	180	4	102	1	0	25	396.2	420	189	155	16	117	101	5	1	4	1683	105	1.354	9.5	0.4	2.7	2.3	0.86
AL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.46	11	0	5	0	0	1	26.0	31	11	10	0	13	6	0	1	0	117	98	1.692	10.7	0.0	4.5	2.1	0.46

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
1943	29	BOS	AL	26.0	11	0	11	3.81	3.63	0.07	0.00	101.7	3.63	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$
1943	29	PHI	NL	27.0	9	2	22	7.33	3.76	-0.29	0.00	99.0	4.01	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-8	.386	.494	$
1944	30	PHI	NL	88.0	38	0	32	3.27	4.45	-0.01	0.00	98.4	4.39	11	1.2	1.0	-0.1	1.9	19	.532	.508	$
1945	31	PHI	NL	178.2	67	2	80	4.03	4.53	-0.49	0.00	100.5	5.04	19	2.0	1.0	-0.1	3.4	38	.530	.512	$	MVP-27
1946	32	PHI	NL	64.1	39	0	37	5.18	4.03	-0.26	0.00	100.8	4.32	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	0	.482	.496	$
1947	33	BSN	NL	35.0	27	0	18	4.63	4.76	0.01	0.00	98.9	4.69	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.3	4	.500	.500	$
5 Seasons				419.0	191	4	200	4.30	4.35	-0.26	0.00	99.9	4.61	13	1.5	1.0	-0.3	4.8	55	.508	.501	$

PHI (4 yrs)				358.0	153	4	171	4.30	4.36	-0.31	0.00	99.9	4.67	14	1.5	1.0	-0.2	4.4	50	.510	.502	$
BSN (1 yr)				35.0	27	0	18	4.63	4.76	0.01	0.00	98.9	4.69	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.3	4	.500	.500	$
BOS (1 yr)				26.0	11	0	11	3.81	3.63	0.07	0.00	101.7	3.63	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1943	29	TOT	MLB	249	0.0%	4.0%	9.6%			82%
1943	29	BOS	AL	117	0.0%	5.1%	11.1%			80%
1943	29	PHI	NL	132	0.0%	3.0%	8.3%			84%
1944	30	PHI	NL	351	0.3%	7.4%	6.0%			83%
1945	31	PHI	NL	761	0.9%	6.7%	6.6%	1.2%	5%	83%
1946	32	PHI	NL	293	2.1%	5.1%	7.5%			83%
1947	33	BSN	NL	152	1.3%	3.3%	8.6%			83%
5 Yrs				1806	0.9%	5.9%	7.2%	0.5%	2%	83%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.2%	8.9%	2.7%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1943	29	2	3	.400	5.30	20	2	6	0	1	52.2	75	33	31	0	24	10	0	1	2	249	64	1.880	12.8	0.0	4.1	1.7	0.42	64
1944	30	5	5	.500	3.43	58	2	26	0	3	141.2	151	65	54	1	45	36	1	1	3	600	103	1.384	9.6	0.1	2.9	2.3	0.80	103
1945	31	13	13	.500	3.18	125	4	67	1	18	322.1	326	145	114	8	95	87	4	2	4	1361	116	1.306	9.1	0.2	2.7	2.4	0.92	116
1946	32	16	20	.444	3.48	164	4	90	1	23	387.2	410	182	150	14	117	102	5	2	4	1653	104	1.359	9.5	0.3	2.7	2.4	0.87	104
1947	33	18	23	.439	3.51	191	4	107	1	26	422.2	451	200	165	16	130	107	5	2	4	1800	104	1.375	9.6	0.3	2.8	2.3	0.82	104

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
1943	29	1	4	.200	6.66	50.0	83	41	37	0	27	10	0	2.200	14.9	4.9	1.8	0.37	0.0	20
1944	30	6	3	.667	2.59	87.0	81	28	25	1	22	25	1	1.184	8.4	2.3	2.6	1.14	0.1	38
1945	31	13	7	.650	3.00	186.0	182	69	62	7	52	53	3	1.258	8.8	2.5	2.6	1.02	0.3	67
1946	32	2	4	.333	6.10	62.0	93	47	42	7	24	14	1	1.887	13.5	3.5	2.0	0.58	1.0	39
1947	33	1	2	.333	4.50	32.0	43	18	16	2	14	5	0	1.781	12.1	3.9	1.4	0.36	0.6	27
5 Yrs		23	20	.535	3.93	417.0	482	203	182	17	139	107	5	1.489	10.4		2.3	0.77	0.4	191

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1945 NL (27, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1945 NL 3.4 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1945 NL 2.99 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1945 NL 1.245 (8th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 NL 8.718 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 NL 2.491 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1945 NL 67 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1945 NL 15 (1st) 1946 NL 5 (2nd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 NL 0.349 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1944 NL 20 (4th) 1945 NL 41 (2nd) 1946 NL 23 (3rd) 1947 NL 17 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1945 NL 127 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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