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Ellis Kinder

Ellis Raymond Kinder (Old Folks)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 26, 1914 in Atkins, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1946
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Browns/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1946-1957

Final Game: May 8, 1957
Died: October 16, 1968 in Jackson, TN
Buried: Highland Memorial Gardens, Jackson, TN
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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
1946 31 SLB AL 3 3 .500 3.32 33 7 12 1 0 1 86.2 78 35 32 8 36 59 0 0 1 366 113 1.315 8.1 0.8 3.7 6.1 1.64
1947 32 SLB AL 8 15 .348 4.49 34 26 6 10 2 1 194.1 201 105 97 11 82 110 0 1 1 848 87 1.456 9.3 0.5 3.8 5.1 1.34
1948 33 BOS AL 10 7 .588 3.74 28 22 3 10 1 0 178.0 183 84 74 10 63 53 2 0 2 762 117 1.382 9.3 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.84
1949 34 BOS AL 23 6 .793 3.36 43 30 10 19 6 4 252.0 251 103 94 21 99 138 2 0 1 1085 130 1.389 9.0 0.8 3.5 4.9 1.39 MVP-5
1950 35 BOS AL 14 12 .538 4.26 48 23 15 11 1 9 207.0 212 105 98 23 78 95 1 0 1 903 116 1.401 9.2 1.0 3.4 4.1 1.22
1951 36 BOS AL 11 2 .846 2.55 63 2 41 1 0 14 127.0 108 42 36 8 46 84 0 0 2 526 175 1.213 7.7 0.6 3.3 6.0 1.83 MVP-7
1952 37 BOS AL 5 6 .455 2.58 23 10 8 4 0 4 97.2 85 33 28 11 28 50 1 0 0 400 153 1.157 7.8 1.0 2.6 4.6 1.79
1953 38 BOS AL 10 6 .625 1.85 69 0 51 0 0 27 107.0 84 30 22 8 38 39 2 1 1 441 225 1.140 7.1 0.7 3.2 3.3 1.03 MVP-11
1954 39 BOS AL 8 8 .500 3.62 48 2 34 0 0 15 107.0 106 47 43 7 36 67 0 0 1 457 115 1.327 8.9 0.6 3.0 5.6 1.86
1955 40 BOS AL 5 5 .500 2.84 43 0 38 0 0 18 66.2 57 22 21 4 15 4 31 1 0 1 271 153 1.080 7.7 0.5 2.0 4.2 2.07
1956 41 TOT MLB 5 1 .833 3.09 51 0 36 0 0 9 55.1 56 21 19 5 17 3 23 0 0 0 238 129 1.319 9.1 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.35
1956 41 STL NL 2 0 1.000 3.51 22 0 17 0 0 6 25.2 23 11 10 3 9 3 4 0 0 0 108 108 1.247 8.1 1.1 3.2 1.4 0.44
1956 41 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.73 29 0 19 0 0 3 29.2 33 10 9 2 8 0 19 0 0 0 130 151 1.382 10.0 0.6 2.4 5.8 2.38
1957 42 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
12 Yrs 102 71 .590 3.43 484 122 255 56 10 102 1479.2 1421 627 564 116 539 8 749 9 2 11 6302 125 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39
162 Game Avg. 11 8 .590 3.43 54 14 29 6 1 11 166 159 70 63 13 60 84 1 0 1 707 125 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39
BOS (8 yrs) 86 52 .623 3.28 365 89 200 45 8 91 1142.1 1086 466 416 92 403 4 557 9 1 9 4845 135 1.303 8.6 0.7 3.2 4.4 1.38
SLB (2 yrs) 11 18 .379 4.13 67 33 18 11 2 2 281.0 279 140 129 19 118 169 0 1 2 1214 93 1.413 8.9 0.6 3.8 5.4 1.43
CHW (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 2.64 30 0 20 0 0 3 30.2 33 10 9 2 9 1 19 0 0 0 135 158 1.370 9.7 0.6 2.6 5.6 2.11
STL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.51 22 0 17 0 0 6 25.2 23 11 10 3 9 3 4 0 0 0 108 108 1.247 8.1 1.1 3.2 1.4 0.44
AL (12 yrs) 100 71 .585 3.43 462 122 238 56 10 96 1454.0 1398 616 554 113 530 5 745 9 2 11 6194 125 1.326 8.7 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.41
NL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.51 22 0 17 0 0 6 25.2 23 11 10 3 9 3 4 0 0 0 108 108 1.247 8.1 1.1 3.2 1.4 0.44

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
1946 31 SLB AL 86.2 33 7 35 3.63 4.26 -0.16 0.00 107.7 4.76 11 1.2 1.0 -0.1 1.8 18 .537 .508 $
1947 32 SLB AL 194.1 34 26 105 4.86 4.28 -0.19 0.00 103.4 4.62 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.8 10 .486 .497 $
1948 33 BOS AL 178.0 28 22 84 4.25 4.47 0.19 0.00 102.7 4.40 3 0.3 1.4 -0.1 1.4 19 .510 .502 $
1949 34 BOS AL 252.0 43 30 103 3.68 4.66 0.15 0.00 103.9 4.69 29 3.0 1.8 -0.0 4.7 51 .570 .519 $ MVP-5
1950 35 BOS AL 207.0 48 23 105 4.57 5.01 -0.06 0.00 106.1 5.38 18 1.7 1.5 -0.0 3.2 40 .536 .511 $
1951 36 BOS AL 127.0 63 2 42 2.98 4.68 0.01 0.00 107.8 5.04 28 3.0 1.9 0.9 4.9 41 .547 .518 $ MVP-7
1952 37 BOS AL 97.2 23 10 33 3.04 4.45 0.08 0.00 108.1 4.73 18 2.1 2.7 0.3 3.1 26 .591 .513 $
1953 38 BOS AL 107.0 69 0 30 2.52 4.51 0.27 0.00 103.2 4.37 22 2.3 2.2 1.3 4.4 32 .534 .514 $ MVP-11
1954 39 BOS AL 107.0 48 2 47 3.95 4.21 0.04 0.00 111.7 4.65 8 0.9 2.3 0.3 2.0 17 .519 .506 $
1955 40 BOS AL 66.2 43 0 22 2.97 4.39 0.26 0.00 107.5 4.44 10 1.1 2.4 0.6 2.2 17 .525 .507 $
1956 41 STL NL 25.2 22 0 11 3.86 4.24 0.24 0.00 99.2 3.97 1 0.1 1.8 -0.0 0.3 3 .504 .501 $
1956 41 CHW AL 29.2 29 0 10 3.03 4.63 0.09 0.00 98.2 4.46 4 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.7 7 .516 .503 $
1957 42 CHW AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.46 0.49 0.00 98.0 3.89 0 0.0 .1 -0.0 0.0 1 .549 .500 $
12 Seasons 1479.2 484 122 627 3.81 4.54 0.05 0.00 105.3 4.72 148 15.8 1.9 3.0 29.5 282 .533 .507 $
BOS (8 yrs) 1142.1 365 89 466 3.67 4.61 0.10 0.00 105.8 4.76 136 14.4 2.1 3.2 25.9 243 .539 .511 $
SLB (2 yrs) 281.0 67 33 140 4.48 4.27 -0.18 0.00 104.7 4.66 6 0.8 1.0 -0.2 2.6 28 .511 .502 $
CHW (2 yrs) 30.2 30 0 10 2.93 4.63 0.10 0.00 98.2 4.44 5 0.5 1.2 -0.0 0.7 8 .517 .502 $
STL (1 yr) 25.2 22 0 11 3.86 4.24 0.24 0.00 99.2 3.97 1 0.1 1.8 -0.0 0.3 3 .504 .501 $

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 33 BOS AL 28 571 687 84 183 25 10 10 7 3 63 53 .266 .330 .376 .705 .277 258 11 2 12 0 7
1949 34 BOS AL 43 950 969 103 251 32 7 21 8 5 99 138 .259 .329 .372 .700 .284 360 21 2 16 0 11
1950 35 BOS AL 48 693 807 105 212 22 2 23 3 3 78 95 .263 .328 .380 .709 .274 307 7 1 17 0 8
1951 36 BOS AL 63 523 469 42 108 21 5 8 5 3 46 84 .230 .299 .348 .647 .265 163 11 0 8 0 6
1952 37 BOS AL 23 400 364 33 85 7 4 11 2 1 28 50 .234 .290 .365 .655 .244 133 5 1 7 0 4
1953 38 BOS AL 69 440 390 30 84 11 5 8 1 0 38 39 .215 .288 .331 .619 .222 129 7 2 10 0 7
1954 39 BOS AL 48 457 407 47 106 23 1 7 0 3 36 67 .260 .318 .373 .692 .295 152 6 0 11 3 4
1955 40 BOS AL 43 271 248 22 57 15 1 4 0 0 15 31 .230 .274 .347 .621 .247 86 4 1 5 2 4 3
1956 41 CHW AL 29 131 119 10 33 6 2 2 1 0 8 19 .277 .318 .412 .730 .310 49 1 0 2 2 0 1
1956 41 STL NL 22 107 93 11 23 2 0 3 1 0 9 4 .247 .308 .366 .673 .227 34 2 0 4 2 3 2
1956 41 TOT MLB 51 238 212 21 56 8 2 5 2 0 17 23 .264 .313 .392 .705 .271 83 3 0 6 4 3 3
1957 42 CHW AL 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
10 Yrs 417 4548 4556 487 1142 164 37 97 28 18 421 580 .251 .315 .367 .681 .269 1671 75 9 93 9 8 54
162 Game Avg. 56 611 612 65 153 22 5 13 4 2 57 78 .251 .315 .367 .681 .269 225 10 1 12 1 7
MLB Averages .260 .334 .372 .706 .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 33 BOS AL 11.8 1.2 589 -0.5 10.4 -10.9 1.03 0.4 -0.8 5.8 0.6 1.04 3.9 1 1 2
1949 34 BOS AL 28.8 2.9 970 5.9 19.8 -13.9 1.06 2.9 2.7 39.9 4.0 1.08 37.3 7 3 2
1950 35 BOS AL 16.7 1.6 727 1.5 12.7 -11.2 .99 0.4 1.1 9.1 0.8 1.01 11.0 11 4 7
1951 36 BOS AL 24.7 2.5 532 4.0 14.6 -10.6 1.40 1.9 1.0 28.0 2.7 1.40 21.1 35 7 19
1952 37 BOS AL 13.4 1.4 407 1.5 9.3 -7.8 1.29 1.1 0.0 14.6 1.5 1.29 11.5 10 2 1
1953 38 BOS AL 24.5 2.5 443 3.8 14.3 -10.5 1.78 1.9 0.2 15.7 1.6 1.78 18.0 44 11 13
1954 39 BOS AL 6.0 0.6 460 1.5 12.0 -10.6 1.57 0.8 0.1 3.5 0.3 1.57 5.0 31 6 9
1955 40 BOS AL 11.0 1.1 272 2.5 9.5 -7.0 1.80 1.2 0.2 19.5 1.9 1.80 13.3 28 6 9
1956 41 TOT MLB 6.0 0.6 240 1.2 5.3 -4.0 1.26 0.4 0.5 2.5 0.2 1.26 1.3 20 6 22
1956 41 STL NL 1.1 0.1 108 0.2 2.3 -2.1 1.29 0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.29 0.0 9 2 9
1956 41 CHW AL 4.9 0.5 132 1.0 2.9 -2.0 1.25 0.3 0.5 3.7 0.4 1.25 1.3 11 4 13
1957 42 CHW AL 0.6 0.1 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.07 0.2 0 0 1
12 Yrs 138.1 14.0 4645 21.3 107.8 -86.6 1.28 10.9 5.7 139.2 13.7 1.28 122.5 187 46 85

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
1946 31 SLB AL 33 7 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 .571 0 0 1 0 4 57% 53.3 72 19 5 0 4.3 6.5
1947 32 SLB AL 34 26 8 15 3 0 4 10 16 .385 0 0 10 2 15 58% 50.9 79 11 11 9 2.8 6.9
1948 33 BOS AL 28 22 9 5 8 1 2 12 10 .545 0 0 10 1 12 55% 50.0 82 6 9 4 3 9 6.0 5.9 7.0
1949 34 BOS AL 43 30 21 5 4 8 2 22 7 .759 2 2 19 6 15 50% 53.8 85 16 19 4 18 8 6.8 6.8 7.6
1950 35 BOS AL 48 23 11 9 3 2 1 14 9 .609 0 1 11 1 10 43% 47.3 81 9 12 5 11 7 7.7 6.4 6.9
1951 36 BOS AL 63 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0% 41.0 54 28 9 4 2 0 7.9 10.4 6.7
1952 37 BOS AL 23 10 3 4 3 0 2 5 5 .500 0 1 4 0 8 80% 59.8 73 28 3 0 3 5 2.4 2.6 7.6
1954 39 BOS AL 48 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 45.5 49 42 10 4 0 2 7.0 7.1 6.8
8 Yrs 320 122 57 42 23 13 12 70 51 .579 3 4 56 10 65 53% 51 85 6 62 21 53 40 5.4 6.0 7.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -11 4.5 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
1946 31 SLB AL 33 26 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 3 4 4.8
1947 32 SLB AL 34 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 5.5
1948 33 BOS AL 28 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 50% 1.032 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 5 1 3 0 12.2
1949 34 BOS AL 43 13 10 2 1 6 4 2 67% 6 0 9 1 11% 9 1.063 7 3 2 6 2 4 5 7 7 2 7 0 5.5
1950 35 BOS AL 48 25 15 3 3 8 9 0 113% 8 0 18 9 50% 8 .987 11 4 7 8 7 7 12 10 15 3 14 6 5.8
1951 36 BOS AL 63 61 41 10 1 19 14 3 74% 23 1 85 30 35% 8 1.405 35 7 19 25 9 27 43 18 33 16 34 18 5.6
1952 37 BOS AL 23 13 8 2 2 5 4 1 80% 6 1 18 3 17% 8 1.289 10 2 1 6 5 2 10 3 10 3 10 1 4.9
1953 38 BOS AL 69 69 51 10 6 31 27 8 87% 38 7 84 33 39% 9 1.777 44 11 13 40 9 20 43 26 33 20 35 31 4.7
1954 39 BOS AL 48 46 34 7 8 21 15 6 71% 22 1 62 22 35% 7 1.573 31 6 9 22 14 10 30 16 33 6 33 12 6.1
1955 40 BOS AL 43 43 38 5 5 21 18 3 86% 21 0 50 15 30% 9 1.802 28 6 9 21 10 12 26 17 20 6 21 6 4.7
1956 41 TOT MLB 51 51 36 5 1 10 9 2 90% 12 1 50 13 26% 1.265 20 6 22 13 7 31 28 23 13 20 13 16 3.3
1956 41 STL NL 22 22 17 2 0 8 6 2 75% 8 0 22 7 32% 9 1.288 9 2 9 8 2 12 14 8 6 9 6 4 3.5
1956 41 CHW AL 29 29 19 3 1 2 3 0 150% 4 1 28 6 21% 9 1.246 11 4 13 5 5 19 14 15 7 11 7 12 3.1
1957 42 CHW AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .070 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
12 Yrs 484 362 255 45 29 121 102 25 84% 137 11 380 128 34% 1.281 187 46 85 143 63 116 199 123 189 82 170 94 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%
1946 31 SLB AL 366 2.2% 16.1% 9.8% 2.5% 12% 70%
1947 32 SLB AL 848 1.3% 13.0% 9.7% 2.8% 12% 75%
1948 33 BOS AL 764 53% 1.8% 9.3% 11.0% 7.9% 25% 0.73 109% 123 11 9%
1949 34 BOS AL 1086 56% 2.2% 14.5% 10.4% 6.3% 24% 0.66 85% 199 21 11%
1950 35 BOS AL 903 58% 3.3% 13.7% 11.3% 6.8% 22% 0.69 99% 163 7 4%
1951 36 BOS AL 523 60% 1.5% 16.1% 8.8% 6.5% 32% 0.70 72% 108 11 10%
1952 37 BOS AL 400 51% 2.8% 12.5% 7.0% 5.5% 26% 0.68 76% 68 5 7%
1953 38 BOS AL 440 58% 1.8% 8.9% 8.6% 5.5% 29% 0.71 78% 91 7 8%
1954 39 BOS AL 457 60% 1.5% 14.7% 7.9% 6.8% 29% 0.62 74% 102 6 6%
1955 40 BOS AL 271 65% 1.5% 11.4% 5.5% 7.4% 35% 0.50 79% 65 4 6%
1956 41 TOT MLB 238 65% 2.1% 9.7% 7.1% 6.3% 27% 0.66 79% 55 3 5%
1956 41 STL NL 107 64% 2.8% 3.7% 8.4% 4.7% 22% 0.70 82% 25 2 8%
1956 41 CHW AL 131 66% 1.5% 14.5% 6.1% 7.6% 30% 0.61 76% 30 1 3%
1957 42 CHW AL 5 40% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 60% 1 0 0%
12 Yrs 6301 58% 2.0% 13.0% 9.4% 5.7% 23% 0.67 83% 975 75 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 12.0% 10.9% 6.1% 23% 0.96 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
1946 31 SLB AL 78 8 1
1947 32 SLB AL 201 11 1
1948 33 BOS AL 571 183 10 0 15 2 5 3 4 47 20 6 43% 7 2 1 224 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 193
1949 34 BOS AL 950 251 21 0 15 14 2 14 2 43 17 0 40% 11 1 0 389 8 5 62% 5 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 136
1950 35 BOS AL 693 212 23 0 22 9 10 10 9 42 24 3 57% 8 1 1 292 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 210
1951 36 BOS AL 523 108 8 0 30 4 4 5 3 41 17 5 41% 6 2 0 214 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1952 37 BOS AL 400 85 11 0 8 6 5 5 6 20 11 1 55% 4 0 0 145 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1953 38 BOS AL 440 84 8 0 33 3 5 4 4 38 18 3 47% 7 1 0 167 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1954 39 BOS AL 457 106 7 1 23 5 2 3 4 28 16 4 57% 4 1 0 208 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1955 40 BOS AL 271 57 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 26 9 5 35% 3 1 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 41 TOT MLB 238 56 5 0 11 3 2 2 3 13 6 2 46% 3 0 0 115 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 41 STL NL 107 23 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 5 3 0 60% 2 0 0 59 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 41 CHW AL 131 33 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 8 3 2 38% 1 0 0 56 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 42 CHW AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 4548 1421 116 1 168 49 36 48 37 298 138 29 46% 54 11 2 1888 28 18 61% 23 14 5 3 0 1 4 0 26 539
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1946 31 3 3 .500 3.32 33 7 12 1 0 1 86.2 78 35 32 8 36 59 0 0 1 366 113 1.315 8.1 0.8 3.7 6.1 1.64 113
1947 32 11 18 .379 4.13 67 33 18 11 2 2 281.0 279 140 129 19 118 169 0 1 2 1214 93 1.413 8.9 0.6 3.8 5.4 1.43 93
1948 33 21 25 .457 3.98 95 55 21 21 3 2 459.0 462 224 203 29 181 222 2 1 4 1976 102 1.401 9.1 0.6 3.5 4.4 1.23 102
1949 34 44 31 .587 3.76 138 85 31 40 9 6 711.0 713 327 297 50 280 360 4 1 5 3061 111 1.397 9.0 0.6 3.5 4.6 1.29 111
1950 35 58 43 .574 3.87 186 108 46 51 10 15 918.0 925 432 395 73 358 455 5 1 6 3964 112 1.398 9.1 0.7 3.5 4.5 1.27 112
1951 36 69 45 .605 3.71 249 110 87 52 10 29 1045.0 1033 474 431 81 404 539 5 1 8 4490 117 1.375 8.9 0.7 3.5 4.6 1.33 117
1952 37 74 51 .592 3.62 272 120 95 56 10 33 1142.2 1118 507 459 92 432 589 6 1 8 4890 120 1.356 8.8 0.7 3.4 4.6 1.36 120
1953 38 84 57 .596 3.46 341 120 146 56 10 60 1249.2 1202 537 481 100 470 628 8 2 9 5331 124 1.338 8.7 0.7 3.4 4.5 1.34 124
1954 39 92 65 .586 3.48 389 122 180 56 10 75 1356.2 1308 584 524 107 506 695 8 2 10 5788 124 1.337 8.7 0.7 3.4 4.6 1.37 124
1955 40 97 70 .581 3.45 432 122 218 56 10 93 1423.1 1365 606 545 111 521 4 726 9 2 11 6059 125 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39 125
1956 41 102 71 .590 3.43 483 122 254 56 10 102 1478.2 1421 627 564 116 538 7 749 9 2 11 6297 125 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39 125
1957 42 102 71 .590 3.43 484 122 255 56 10 102 1479.2 1421 627 564 116 539 8 749 9 2 11 6302 125 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39 125

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
1946 31 5 4 .556 3.48 88.0 82 38 34 8 38 60 0 1.364 8.4 3.9 6.1 1.58 0.8 33
1947 32 9 12 .429 4.75 195.0 211 114 103 12 86 110 0 1.523 9.7 4.0 5.1 1.28 0.6 34
1948 33 11 9 .550 3.51 182.0 184 79 71 10 63 54 2 1.357 9.1 3.1 2.7 0.86 0.5 28
1949 34 18 11 .621 3.10 261.0 250 100 90 21 99 143 2 1.337 8.6 3.4 4.9 1.44 0.7 43
1950 35 14 10 .583 3.35 223.0 200 92 83 22 74 102 1 1.229 8.1 3.0 4.1 1.38 0.9 48
1951 36 10 4 .714 2.30 133.0 107 38 34 8 46 88 0 1.150 7.2 3.1 6.0 1.91 0.5 63
1952 37 8 3 .727 2.61 100.0 88 32 29 11 29 51 1 1.170 7.9 2.6 4.6 1.76 1.0 23
1953 38 10 2 .833 1.78 111.0 86 24 22 8 39 41 2 1.126 7.0 3.2 3.3 1.05 0.6 69
1954 39 7 5 .583 3.49 111.0 108 48 43 7 37 70 0 1.306 8.8 3.0 5.7 1.89 0.6 48
1955 40 5 2 .714 2.57 70.0 57 22 20 4 15 33 1 1.029 7.3 1.9 4.2 2.20 0.5 43
1956 41 4 2 .667 3.16 57.0 59 22 20 5 18 24 0 1.351 9.3 2.8 3.8 1.33 0.8 51
1957 42 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
12 Yrs 101 64 .612 3.23 1532.0 1432 609 549 116 545 776 9 1.290 8.4 4.6 1.42 0.7 484

* 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

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 1.5%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1949 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (5, 36%)
1951 AL (7, 20%)
1953 AL (11, 12%)
0.68 Career Shares (350th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.6 (10th)
1953 AL  4.8 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.7 (6th)
1950 AL  3.2 (9th)
1951 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1953 AL  4.4 (3rd)
Career  29.5 (239th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 AL  3.36 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  23 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 AL  .793 (1st)
Career  .590 (150th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1950 AL  1.401 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  3.185 (7th)
1949 AL  3.536 (9th)
1950 AL  3.391 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  5.094 (5th)
1949 AL  4.929 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  43 (6th)
1950 AL  48 (2nd)
1951 AL  63 (1st)
1953 AL  69 (1st)
1954 AL  48 (2nd)
1955 AL  43 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 AL  4 (5th)
1950 AL  9 (4th)
1951 AL  14 (1st)
1953 AL  27 (1st)
1954 AL  15 (2nd)
1955 AL  18 (2nd)
Career  102 (120th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 AL  252.0 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL  110 (9th)
1949 AL  138 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL  30 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL  6 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  21 (2nd)
1950 AL  23 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  251 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  1.342 (10th)
1949 AL  1.394 (3rd)
1950 AL  1.218 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  0.506 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1947 AL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  97 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 AL  1,085 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 AL  41 (1st)
1953 AL  51 (1st)
1954 AL  34 (2nd)
1955 AL  38 (1st)
1956 AL  19 (10th)
Career  255 (162nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 AL  130 (6th)
Career  125 (71st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  29 (6th)
1951 AL  25 (5th)
1953 AL  24 (5th)
Career  138 (144th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.9 (7th)
1951 AL  2.5 (6th)
1953 AL  2.5 (6th)
Career  13.9 (157th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  39.93 (4th)
1951 AL  28.04 (3rd)
1955 AL  19.47 (9th)
Career  139.21 (90th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.9 (2nd)
1951 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1953 AL  3.8 (2nd)
1955 AL  2.5 (8th)
Career  21.3 (58th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 AL  2.9 (6th)
1951 AL  1.9 (10th)
Career  10.9 (133rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  4.0 (5th)
1951 AL  2.7 (5th)
Career  13.8 (105th)

Oldest s c a p y
1951 AL  born 1914-07-26 (9th)
1952 AL  born 1914-07-26 (8th)
1953 AL  born 1914-07-26 (5th)
1954 AL  born 1914-07-26 (2nd)
1955 AL  born 1914-07-26 (1st)
1956 AL  born 1914-07-26 (1st)
1956 NL  born 1914-07-26 (1st)
1957 AL  born 1914-07-26 (1st)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (453), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Phil Regan (935)
  2. Bobby Bolin (926)
  3. Al Brazle (923)
  4. Eddie Fisher (922)
  5. Al Benton (921)
  6. Don Mossi (919)
  7. Dick Hall (917)
  8. Turk Farrell (912)
  9. Dave Giusti (912)
  10. Dick Tidrow (911)
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  1. Joe Dawson (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Yank Terry (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rip Sewell (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Weaver (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Red Munger (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Red Munger (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Brazle (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Brazle (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Brazle (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Benton (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Don McMahon (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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