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Alex Kellner

Alexander Raymond Kellner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 26, 1924 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Amphitheater HS (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1948
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Redlegs/Cardinals 1948-1959

Final Game: June 23, 1959
Died: May 3, 1996 in Tucson, AZ
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Walt Kellner
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All-Star

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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1948 23 PHA AL 0 0 7.83 13 1 5 0 0 0 23.0 21 20 20 0 16 14 2 0 3 107 56 1.609 8.2 0.0 6.3 5.5 0.88
1949 24 PHA AL 20 12 .625 3.75 38 27 9 19 0 1 245.0 243 120 102 18 129 94 2 3 7 1069 110 1.518 8.9 0.7 4.7 3.5 0.73 AS,MVP-18,RoY-2
1950 25 PHA AL 8 20 .286 5.47 36 29 5 15 0 2 225.1 253 157 137 28 112 85 2 0 8 1023 83 1.620 10.1 1.1 4.5 3.4 0.76
1951 26 PHA AL 11 14 .440 4.46 33 29 3 11 1 2 209.2 218 118 104 20 93 94 4 0 9 909 95 1.483 9.4 0.9 4.0 4.0 1.01
1952 27 PHA AL 12 14 .462 4.36 34 33 1 14 2 0 231.1 223 124 112 21 86 105 4 0 3 990 90 1.336 8.7 0.8 3.3 4.1 1.22
1953 28 PHA AL 11 12 .478 3.93 25 25 0 14 2 0 201.2 210 98 88 8 51 81 4 0 10 849 109 1.294 9.4 0.4 2.3 3.6 1.59
1954 29 PHA AL 6 17 .261 5.39 27 27 0 8 1 0 173.2 204 118 104 16 88 69 6 0 4 793 73 1.681 10.6 0.8 4.6 3.6 0.78
1955 30 KCA AL 11 8 .579 4.20 30 24 3 6 3 0 162.2 164 81 76 18 60 2 75 5 0 3 704 99 1.377 9.1 1.0 3.3 4.1 1.25
1956 31 KCA AL 7 4 .636 4.32 20 17 3 5 0 0 91.2 103 49 44 15 33 3 44 2 0 1 399 101 1.484 10.1 1.5 3.2 4.3 1.33
1957 32 KCA AL 6 5 .545 4.27 28 21 3 3 0 0 132.2 141 65 63 18 41 3 72 2 0 4 559 92 1.372 9.6 1.2 2.8 4.9 1.76
1958 33 TOT MLB 7 5 .583 3.35 25 13 3 4 0 0 115.2 114 48 43 13 28 1 64 3 0 1 467 124 1.228 8.9 1.0 2.2 5.0 2.29
1958 33 KCA AL 0 2 .000 5.88 7 6 0 0 0 0 33.2 40 24 22 5 8 0 22 0 0 0 136 67 1.426 10.7 1.3 2.1 5.9 2.75
1958 33 CIN NL 7 3 .700 2.30 18 7 3 4 0 0 82.0 74 24 21 8 20 1 42 3 0 1 331 183 1.146 8.1 0.9 2.2 4.6 2.10
1959 34 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.16 12 4 2 0 0 0 37.0 31 17 13 9 10 2 19 1 0 0 154 135 1.108 7.5 2.2 2.4 4.6 1.90
12 Yrs 101 112 .474 4.41 321 250 37 99 9 5 1849.1 1925 1015 906 184 747 11 816 37 3 53 8023 95 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.09
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .474 4.41 38 30 4 12 1 1 220 229 121 108 22 89 97 4 0 6 955 95 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.09
KCA (11 yrs) 92 108 .460 4.54 291 239 32 95 9 5 1730.1 1820 974 872 167 717 8 755 33 3 52 7538 92 1.466 9.5 0.9 3.7 3.9 1.05
STL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.16 12 4 2 0 0 0 37.0 31 17 13 9 10 2 19 1 0 0 154 135 1.108 7.5 2.2 2.4 4.6 1.90
CIN (1 yr) 7 3 .700 2.30 18 7 3 4 0 0 82.0 74 24 21 8 20 1 42 3 0 1 331 183 1.146 8.1 0.9 2.2 4.6 2.10
AL (11 yrs) 92 108 .460 4.54 291 239 32 95 9 5 1730.1 1820 974 872 167 717 8 755 33 3 52 7538 92 1.466 9.5 0.9 3.7 3.9 1.05
NL (2 yrs) 9 4 .692 2.57 30 11 5 4 0 0 119.0 105 41 34 17 30 3 61 4 0 1 485 164 1.134 7.9 1.3 2.3 4.6 2.03

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 23 PHA AL 23.0 13 1 20 7.83 5.47 0.01 0.00 100.4 5.48 -6 -0.6 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .456 .496 $
1949 24 PHA AL 245.0 38 27 120 4.41 4.61 0.16 0.00 98.5 4.39 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.2 1.5 21 .499 .500 $ AS,MVP-18,RoY-2
1950 25 PHA AL 225.1 36 29 157 6.27 5.36 -0.11 0.00 100.0 5.46 -22 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 3 .445 .488 $
1951 26 PHA AL 209.2 33 29 118 5.07 4.69 0.11 0.00 101.8 4.66 -11 -1.1 1.5 -0.2 0.3 10 .467 .493 $
1952 27 PHA AL 231.1 34 33 124 4.82 4.42 -0.10 0.00 104.9 4.75 -3 -0.3 4.8 -0.2 1.2 17 .490 .498 $
1953 28 PHA AL 201.2 25 25 98 4.37 4.71 -0.23 0.00 103.9 5.13 17 1.8 -0.1 3.2 35 .573 .511 $
1954 29 PHA AL 173.2 27 27 118 6.12 4.39 -0.34 0.00 103.8 4.92 -23 -2.3 -0.1 -1.1 -8 .414 .486 $
1955 30 KCA AL 162.1 30 24 81 4.49 4.41 -0.25 0.00 103.8 4.83 5 0.5 .8 -0.1 1.6 21 .516 .503 $
1956 31 KCA AL 91.2 20 17 49 4.81 4.79 -0.07 0.00 100.8 4.90 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.6 9 .501 .500 $
1957 32 KCA AL 132.2 28 21 65 4.41 4.38 -0.03 0.00 102.8 4.54 3 0.3 .5 -0.1 1.2 13 .510 .502 $
1958 33 KCA AL 33.2 7 6 24 6.42 4.06 0.02 0.00 99.0 3.99 -9 -0.9 .3 0.0 -0.6 -6 .375 .495 $
1958 33 CIN NL 82.0 18 7 24 2.63 4.33 0.06 0.00 108.7 4.64 18 2.1 1.3 0.0 2.8 27 .615 .513 $
1959 34 STL NL 37.0 12 4 17 4.14 4.53 -0.19 0.00 104.3 4.93 3 0.3 1.6 -0.0 0.7 7 .527 .502 $
12 Seasons 1849.0 321 250 1015 4.94 4.64 -0.08 0.00 102.4 4.83 -28 -2.1 1.1 -0.9 10.7 146 .493 .499 $
KCA (11 yrs) 1730.0 291 239 974 5.07 4.66 -0.08 0.00 102.1 4.84 -50 -4.5 1.0 -1.0 7.2 112 .484 .497 $
STL (1 yr) 37.0 12 4 17 4.14 4.53 -0.19 0.00 104.3 4.93 3 0.3 1.6 -0.0 0.7 7 .527 .502 $
CIN (1 yr) 82.0 18 7 24 2.63 4.33 0.06 0.00 108.7 4.64 18 2.1 1.3 0.0 2.8 27 .615 .513 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1949 PHA AL 24

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 23 PHA AL 13 102 88 20 21 5 1 0 0 1 16 14 .239 .368 .318 .686 .284 28 0 2 1 0 1
1949 24 PHA AL 38 769 930 120 243 28 5 18 3 3 129 94 .261 .352 .360 .713 .275 335 21 2 8 0 7
1950 25 PHA AL 36 832 899 157 253 36 9 28 5 2 112 85 .281 .362 .435 .797 .286 391 15 2 11 0 13
1951 26 PHA AL 33 737 803 118 218 30 5 20 5 7 93 94 .271 .350 .396 .746 .287 318 25 4 10 0 15
1952 27 PHA AL 34 936 886 124 223 49 11 21 5 4 86 105 .252 .321 .403 .724 .266 357 18 4 13 0 13
1953 28 PHA AL 25 849 781 98 210 30 10 8 6 6 51 81 .269 .317 .364 .681 .292 284 15 4 13 0 9
1954 29 PHA AL 27 778 678 118 204 37 13 16 3 8 88 69 .301 .381 .465 .845 .311 315 16 6 11 11 9
1955 30 KCA AL 30 676 619 81 164 28 4 18 2 0 60 75 .265 .332 .410 .742 .274 254 14 5 14 6 2 12
1956 31 KCA AL 20 399 356 49 103 17 4 15 1 3 33 44 .289 .351 .486 .837 .294 173 9 2 6 2 3 4
1957 32 KCA AL 28 560 508 65 141 20 7 18 1 3 41 72 .278 .331 .451 .782 .291 229 22 2 4 5 3 12
1958 33 CIN NL 18 332 305 24 74 9 0 8 0 2 20 42 .243 .294 .351 .645 .257 107 8 3 1 2 1 2
1958 33 KCA AL 7 147 138 24 40 7 1 5 0 0 8 22 .290 .327 .464 .790 .313 64 3 0 0 1 0 3
1958 33 TOT MLB 25 479 443 48 114 16 1 13 0 2 28 64 .257 .304 .386 .690 .274 171 11 3 1 3 1 5
1959 34 STL NL 12 154 141 17 31 2 0 9 0 0 10 19 .220 .275 .426 .700 .193 60 2 1 1 1 2 5
12 Yrs 321 7271 7132 1015 1925 298 70 184 31 39 747 816 .270 .341 .409 .750 .283 2915 168 37 93 28 11 105
162 Game Avg. 38 866 849 121 229 35 8 22 4 5 89 97 .270 .341 .409 .750 .283 347 20 4 11 3 13
MLB Averages .260 .333 .383 .717 .276

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 23 PHA AL -7.6 -0.7 107 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .37 -0.1 -0.4 -3.6 -0.3 0.37 -0.3 2 0 7
1949 24 PHA AL 8.3 0.8 792 1.5 14.6 -13.1 1.05 -0.2 1.6 8.7 0.9 1.05 -3.1 5 1 3
1950 25 PHA AL -25.1 -2.3 856 0.5 16.3 -15.8 1.07 -1.2 1.7 -13.5 -1.2 1.08 -15.4 2 0 3
1951 26 PHA AL -5.0 -0.5 765 -1.0 13.8 -14.8 1.05 -0.6 -0.4 -7.8 -0.8 1.05 -3.6 2 0 1
1952 27 PHA AL -7.7 -0.8 951 -0.8 17.1 -18.0 1.06 -1.1 0.3 -16.3 -1.6 1.06 -14.9 1 0 0
1953 28 PHA AL 7.8 0.8 873 0.4 15.9 -15.5 1.08 1.8 -1.4 5.3 0.5 1.08 15.3 0 0 0
1954 29 PHA AL -27.1 -2.6 796 -2.7 13.7 -16.4 1.08 -2.9 0.4 -29.9 -2.8 1.08 -28.5 0 0 0
1955 30 KCA AL 1.5 0.2 686 0.8 12.3 -11.5 1.02 -0.4 1.2 -5.4 -0.5 1.02 -4.4 1 3 2
1956 31 KCA AL 0.5 0.0 409 0.4 8.2 -7.9 1.13 -0.7 1.1 -2.0 -0.2 1.13 -7.1 1 0 2
1957 32 KCA AL -2.4 -0.2 579 -0.9 9.9 -10.8 .97 -2.0 1.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.97 -17.9 0 2 4
1958 33 TOT MLB 9.3 1.0 485 0.7 7.7 -7.0 .86 1.0 -0.2 11.5 1.3 0.86 11.7 2 4 6
1958 33 KCA AL -6.6 -0.6 148 -0.9 2.3 -3.2 .94 -0.5 -0.5 -8.6 -0.8 0.94 -5.9 0 0 1
1958 33 CIN NL 16.0 1.7 337 1.6 5.4 -3.8 .82 1.5 0.4 20.1 2.1 0.82 17.5 2 4 5
1959 34 STL NL 3.3 0.3 156 0.1 3.2 -3.0 1.14 -0.0 0.2 3.4 0.3 1.14 -0.8 3 2 3
12 Yrs -44.4 -4.0 7455 -1.2 133.3 -134.5 1.03 -6.4 5.3 -53.6 -4.9 1.04 -69.0 19 12 31

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 23 PHA AL 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 4 2 0 1 10.0 27.0 0.3
1949 24 PHA AL 38 27 16 10 1 4 2 17 10 .630 0 0 19 0 14 52% 50.0 69 22 13 4 10 4 5.7 5.9 7.7
1950 25 PHA AL 36 29 8 19 2 3 5 8 21 .276 1 1 15 0 11 38% 43.3 73 7 9 3 8 6 3.9 4.0 7.3
1951 26 PHA AL 33 29 11 13 5 2 3 14 15 .483 2 1 11 1 13 45% 47.6 77 15 15 5 7 9 4.7 4.4 6.8
1952 27 PHA AL 34 33 12 14 7 1 6 17 16 .515 2 4 14 2 20 61% 49.8 80 7 16 9 19 8 4.6 4.1 7.0
1953 28 PHA AL 25 25 11 12 2 2 4 12 13 .480 0 2 14 2 14 56% 51.7 86 19 9 5 9 6 3.9 3.9 8.1
1954 29 PHA AL 27 27 6 17 4 1 3 7 19 .269 0 2 8 1 10 37% 42.4 88 7 18 7 8 9 3.1 3.1 6.4
1955 30 KCA AL 30 24 11 7 6 1 1 12 12 .500 1 2 6 3 12 50% 50.1 85 20 17 7 6 14 4.2 5.0 6.2
1956 31 KCA AL 20 17 6 4 7 1 1 9 8 .529 0 4 5 0 6 35% 46.5 73 19 11 5 3 9 3.8 4.3 5.1
1957 32 KCA AL 28 21 6 5 10 1 0 11 10 .524 4 4 3 0 8 38% 47.3 77 11 26 11 2 14 4.3 4.8 5.7
1958 33 TOT MLB 25 13 4 5 4 0 2 5 8 .385 1 1 4 0 6 46% 0.1 76 19 16 9 3 9 3.9 4.3 6.4
1958 33 KCA AL 7 6 0 2 4 0 1 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 1 17% 44.8 57 19 10 4 0 6 3.4 3.7 5.3
1958 33 CIN NL 18 7 4 3 0 0 1 4 3 .571 0 0 4 0 5 71% 61.1 76 31 6 5 3 3 4.4 4.7 7.3
1959 34 STL NL 12 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 2 50% 51.2 59 46 5 1 3 0 4.6 2.5 4.7
12 Yrs 321 250 92 107 51 17 28 115 134 .462 11 23 99 9 116 46% 48 88 7 159 68 78 89 4.3 4.3 6.7
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.5 4.5 6.5

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 23 PHA AL 13 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 8 .369 2 0 7 0 1 9 3 7 7 2 8 2 5.7
1949 24 PHA AL 38 11 9 4 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 12 7 58% 1.052 5 1 3 4 2 3 5 4 8 2 7 1 10.2
1950 25 PHA AL 36 7 5 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 1 0 0% 1.071 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 3 0 5.4
1951 26 PHA AL 33 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 2 0 0% 1.046 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 8.8
1952 27 PHA AL 34 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 1.057 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1955 30 KCA AL 30 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 2 1.016 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 5 4 2 4 0 6.8
1956 31 KCA AL 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.130 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 5.0
1957 32 KCA AL 28 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 8 .973 0 2 4 0 0 7 3 4 5 0 6 1 5.1
1958 33 TOT MLB 25 12 3 3 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 4 29% .860 2 4 6 1 0 11 8 4 7 3 8 1 8.2
1958 33 KCA AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .941 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1958 33 CIN NL 18 11 3 3 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 4 29% 3 .824 2 4 5 1 0 10 8 3 6 3 7 1 8.4
1959 34 STL NL 12 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 0 0% 8 1.144 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 5 5 1 5 1 6.9
10 Yrs 269 71 37 9 5 9 5 4 56% 11 1 53 19 36% 1.022 19 12 31 14 9 41 26 38 46 10 45 8 7.1

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%
1948 23 PHA AL 107 41% 0.0% 13.7% 15.7% 5.9% 29% 0.59 73% 20 0 0%
1949 24 PHA AL 1070 31% 2.3% 12.2% 16.8% 6.6% 21% 0.76 106% 166 21 13%
1950 25 PHA AL 1024 34% 3.4% 10.2% 13.5% 8.8% 29% 0.69 94% 170 15 9%
1951 26 PHA AL 910 34% 2.7% 12.8% 12.6% 7.5% 25% 0.97 93% 167 25 15%
1952 27 PHA AL 989 32% 2.2% 11.2% 9.2% 8.7% 36% 0.89 81% 177 18 10%
1953 28 PHA AL 849 25% 0.9% 9.5% 6.0% 5.7% 23% 0.84 82% 159 15 9%
1954 29 PHA AL 794 22% 2.1% 8.9% 11.3% 8.5% 32% 0.89 78% 164 16 10%
1955 30 KCA AL 704 21% 2.7% 11.1% 8.9% 7.4% 31% 0.85 79% 142 14 10%
1956 31 KCA AL 399 20% 3.8% 11.0% 8.3% 9.0% 35% 1.00 75% 72 9 13%
1957 32 KCA AL 560 28% 3.2% 12.9% 7.3% 8.0% 32% 0.98 76% 102 22 22%
1958 33 TOT MLB 479 24% 2.7% 13.4% 5.9% 6.3% 26% 0.90 77% 90 11 12%
1958 33 KCA AL 147 22% 3.4% 15.0% 5.4% 8.8% 33% 0.81 76% 27 3 11%
1958 33 CIN NL 332 26% 2.4% 12.7% 6.0% 5.1% 23% 0.93 77% 63 8 13%
1959 34 STL NL 154 32% 5.8% 12.3% 6.5% 7.1% 36% 0.57 74% 33 2 6%
12 Yrs 8039 28% 2.5% 11.2% 10.3% 7.6% 29% 0.85 85% 1462 168 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.6% 10.7% 6.9% 26% 0.97 86% 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 23 PHA AL 102 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 83% 1 3 0 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
1949 24 PHA AL 769 243 18 0 27 11 2 8 5 42 23 5 55% 7 7 1 309 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 16 301
1950 25 PHA AL 832 253 28 0 15 18 5 10 13 37 29 3 78% 13 8 1 334 5 2 71% 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 192
1951 26 PHA AL 737 218 20 0 13 17 0 12 5 49 26 7 53% 15 9 3 292 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 6 1 15 173
1952 27 PHA AL 936 223 21 2 28 14 7 10 11 52 24 6 46% 13 3 2 334 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 53
1953 28 PHA AL 849 210 8 0 16 8 0 5 3 41 25 2 61% 9 10 2 315 6 6 50% 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1954 29 PHA AL 778 204 16 0 25 12 2 8 6 69 27 3 39% 9 4 1 301 3 8 27% 3 7 0 1 0 0 3 0 20 16
1955 30 KCA AL 676 164 18 0 14 14 2 13 3 29 15 1 52% 12 3 0 269 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 28
1956 31 KCA AL 399 103 15 0 9 11 4 10 5 19 11 2 58% 4 1 0 135 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 0
1957 32 KCA AL 560 141 18 0 2 16 2 10 8 16 11 0 69% 12 4 3 211 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 0
1958 33 TOT MLB 479 114 13 0 6 12 1 9 4 21 9 6 43% 5 1 0 166 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 0
1958 33 KCA AL 147 40 5 0 0 5 0 3 2 10 5 3 50% 3 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1958 33 CIN NL 332 74 8 0 6 7 1 6 2 11 4 3 36% 2 1 0 118 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 0
1959 34 STL NL 154 31 9 0 4 7 2 5 4 9 4 3 44% 5 0 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
12 Yrs 7271 1925 184 2 160 140 27 100 67 390 209 39 54% 105 53 14 2761 31 39 44% 26 36 5 2 0 1 36 3 132 768
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1948 23 0 0 7.83 13 1 5 0 0 0 23.0 21 20 20 0 16 14 2 0 3 107 56 1.609 8.2 0.0 6.3 5.5 0.88 56
1949 24 20 12 .625 4.10 51 28 14 19 0 1 268.0 264 140 122 18 145 108 4 3 10 1176 101 1.526 8.9 0.6 4.9 3.6 0.74 101
1950 25 28 32 .467 4.73 87 57 19 34 0 3 493.1 517 297 259 46 257 193 6 3 18 2199 92 1.569 9.4 0.8 4.7 3.5 0.75 92
1951 26 39 46 .459 4.65 120 86 22 45 1 5 703.0 735 415 363 66 350 287 10 3 27 3108 93 1.543 9.4 0.8 4.5 3.7 0.82 93
1952 27 51 60 .459 4.58 154 119 23 59 3 5 934.1 958 539 475 87 436 392 14 3 30 4098 92 1.492 9.2 0.8 4.2 3.8 0.90 92
1953 28 62 72 .463 4.46 179 144 23 73 5 5 1136.0 1168 637 563 95 487 473 18 3 40 4947 95 1.457 9.3 0.8 3.9 3.7 0.97 95
1954 29 68 89 .433 4.58 206 171 23 81 6 5 1309.2 1372 755 667 111 575 542 24 3 44 5740 91 1.487 9.4 0.8 4.0 3.7 0.94 91
1955 30 79 97 .449 4.54 236 195 26 87 9 5 1472.1 1536 836 743 129 635 2 617 29 3 47 6444 92 1.475 9.4 0.8 3.9 3.8 0.97 92
1956 31 86 101 .460 4.53 256 212 29 92 9 5 1564.0 1639 885 787 144 668 5 661 31 3 48 6843 93 1.475 9.4 0.8 3.8 3.8 0.99 93
1957 32 92 106 .465 4.51 284 233 32 95 9 5 1696.2 1780 950 850 162 709 8 733 33 3 52 7402 93 1.467 9.4 0.9 3.8 3.9 1.03 93
1958 33 99 111 .471 4.43 309 246 35 99 9 5 1812.1 1894 998 893 175 737 9 797 36 3 53 7869 94 1.452 9.4 0.9 3.7 4.0 1.08 94
1959 34 101 112 .474 4.41 321 250 37 99 9 5 1849.1 1925 1015 906 184 747 11 816 37 3 53 8023 95 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.09 95

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 23 0 2 .000 7.50 24.0 21 22 20 0 16 15 2 1.542 7.9 6.0 5.6 0.94 0.0 13
1949 24 14 13 .519 3.78 245.0 249 114 103 18 132 94 2 1.555 9.1 4.8 3.5 0.71 0.7 38
1950 25 10 16 .385 4.84 236.0 249 141 127 28 110 89 2 1.521 9.5 4.2 3.4 0.81 1.1 36
1951 26 11 12 .478 4.27 213.0 220 112 101 20 94 95 4 1.474 9.3 4.0 4.0 1.01 0.8 33
1952 27 12 14 .462 4.37 237.0 231 128 115 22 89 108 4 1.350 8.8 3.4 4.1 1.21 0.8 34
1953 28 12 11 .522 3.70 207.0 211 94 85 8 51 83 4 1.266 9.2 2.2 3.6 1.63 0.3 25
1954 29 6 13 .316 5.70 172.0 214 121 109 17 92 68 6 1.779 11.2 4.8 3.6 0.74 0.9 27
1955 30 9 9 .500 4.07 168.0 167 84 76 18 61 77 5 1.357 8.9 3.3 4.1 1.26 1.0 30
1956 31 5 5 .500 4.06 93.0 103 47 42 15 33 45 2 1.462 10.0 3.2 4.4 1.36 1.5 20
1957 32 6 8 .429 4.60 131.0 149 74 67 19 43 71 2 1.466 10.2 3.0 4.9 1.65 1.3 28
1958 33 7 5 .583 3.50 113.0 118 49 44 13 29 63 3 1.301 9.4 2.3 5.0 2.17 1.0 25
1959 34 3 1 .750 2.93 40.0 31 14 13 9 10 20 1 1.025 7.0 2.3 4.5 2.00 2.0 12
12 Yrs 95 109 .466 4.32 1879.0 1963 1000 902 187 760 828 37 1.449 9.4 4.0 1.09 0.9 321

* 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

All-Star Games
1949

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (18, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.2 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  20 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1953 AL  1.294 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  2.276 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  4.035 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 AL  245.0 (7th)
1952 AL  231.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 AL  94 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1951 AL  29 (8th)
1952 AL  33 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (5th)
1950 AL  15 (8th)
1952 AL  14 (10th)
1953 AL  14 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 AL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  18 (8th)
1950 AL  28 (2nd)
1951 AL  20 (4th)
1952 AL  21 (2nd)
1954 AL  16 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  129 (5th)
1950 AL  112 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  243 (8th)
1950 AL  253 (6th)
1951 AL  218 (9th)
1952 AL  223 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  1.588 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  0.357 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1950 AL  20 (1st)
1951 AL  14 (1st)
1952 AL  14 (6th)
1953 AL  12 (9th)
1954 AL  17 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  102 (6th)
1950 AL  137 (1st)
1951 AL  104 (2nd)
1952 AL  112 (1st)
1954 AL  104 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 AL  7 (8th)
1950 AL  8 (2nd)
1951 AL  9 (1st)
1953 AL  10 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL  6 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 AL  1,069 (7th)
1950 AL  1,023 (10th)
1952 AL  990 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  16 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  1.7 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 NL  20.11 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 NL  1.5 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1958 NL  2.1 (10th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Vic Sorrell (949)
  2. Bill Hallahan (948)
  3. Duke Esper (947)
  4. Walt Terrell (946)
  5. Doug Davis (945)
  6. Richard Dotson (944)
  7. Jack Kramer (943)
  8. Chuck Stobbs (939)
  9. Joe Shaute (935)
  10. Elam Vangilder (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Darrell Jackson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Danny Friend (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Brandt (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Randy Lerch (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Randy Lerch (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Danny MacFayden (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Phil Knell (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Abbott (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack Kramer (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Walt Terrell (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Doug Davis (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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