Ellis Kinder
Ellis Raymond Kinder (Old Folks)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 26, 1914 in Atkins, AR (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1946
Final Game: May 8, 1957
Died: October 16, 1968 in Jackson, TN
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 366 112 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 1 903 115 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 9 46 84 0 0 2 526 174 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 0 400 152 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 1 441 227 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 1 457 114 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 5 15 4 31 1 0 1 275 152 1.080 7.7 0.7 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 0 238 128 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 Seasons 102 71 .590 3.43 484 122 255 56 10 102 1479.2 1421 627 564 118 539 8 749 9 2 11 6306 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 1 708 125 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 94 403 4 557 9 1 9 4849 134 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 0 135 155 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 616 554 115 530 5 745 9 2 11 6198 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 39 BOS AL 48 455 405 47 106 23 1 7 0 3 36 67 .262 .320 .375 .695 .296 152 6 0 11 3
1955 40 BOS AL 43 271 248 22 57 15 1 5 0 0 15 31 .230 .274 .359 .633 .243 89 4 1 5 2 4
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
1956 41 STL NL 22 108 93 11 23 2 0 3 1 0 9 4 .247 .308 .366 .673 .227 34 2 0 4 2 3
1956 41 TOT MLB 51 239 212 21 56 8 2 5 2 0 17 23 .264 .313 .392 .705 .271 83 3 0 6 4 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
4 Seasons 143 970 868 90 219 46 4 17 2 3 69 121 .252 .305 .373 .678 .273 324 13 1 23 9 8
162 Game Avg. 67 455 407 42 103 22 2 8 1 1 32 57 .252 .305 .373 .678 .273 152 6 0 11 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 39 BOS AL 48 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 46 49 42 7 2 0 2 7.0 7.1 6.8
1 Season 48 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 46 49 42 7 2 0 2 7.0 7.1 6.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 39 BOS AL 48 46 34 7 8 20 15 6 75% 20 0 57 22 39% 8 1.541 29 9 6 20 14 10 28 16 33 6 32 12 6.1
1955 40 BOS AL 43 43 38 5 5 21 18 3 86% 21 0 50 15 30% 9 1.836 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% 1.297 20 7 21 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 1.335 9 3 8 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 1.266 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 0.106 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
4 Seasons 143 141 109 17 14 51 42 11 82% 53 1 157 50 32% 1.556 77 22 37 54 31 54 82 57 66 32 66 34 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1947 32 SLB AL
1948 33 BOS AL
1949 34 BOS AL
1950 35 BOS AL
1951 36 BOS AL
1952 37 BOS AL
1953 38 BOS AL
1954 39 BOS AL 455 39% 1.5% 14.7% 7.9% 6.8% 29% 0.61 73% 99 6 6%
1955 40 BOS AL 271 35% 1.9% 11.4% 5.5% 7.8% 37% 0.50 79% 65 4 6%
1956 41 TOT MLB 238 35% 2.1% 9.6% 7.1% 6.3% 27% 0.66 79% 55 3 5%
1956 41 STL NL 107 36% 2.8% 3.7% 8.3% 4.6% 22% 0.70 81% 25 2 8%
1956 41 CHW AL 131 34% 1.5% 14.5% 6.1% 7.6% 30% 0.61 76% 30 1 3%
1957 42 CHW AL 5 60% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.00 60% 1 0 0%
12 Seasons 969 37% 12.2% 77.2% 55.6% 6.9% 5% 0.59 76% 220 13 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 183 10 2
1949 34 BOS AL 251 21 1
1950 35 BOS AL 212 23 1
1951 36 BOS AL 108 9 2
1952 37 BOS AL 85 11 0
1953 38 BOS AL 84 8 1
1954 39 BOS AL 446 106 7 1 21 5 1 3 3 28 16 4 57% 4 1 0 204 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 9
1955 40 BOS AL 271 57 5 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 Seasons 960 1421 118 1 43 11 4 7 8 67 31 11 46% 11 11 0 453 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 9
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 1 366 112 1.315 8.1 0.8 3.7 6.1 1.64 112
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 82 404 539 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 93 432 589 6 1 8 4890 119 1.356 8.8 0.7 3.4 4.6 1.36 119
1953 38 84 57 .596 3.46 341 120 146 56 10 60 1249.2 1202 537 481 101 470 628 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 584 524 108 506 695 8 2 10 5788 123 1.337 8.7 0.7 3.4 4.6 1.37 123
1955 40 97 70 .581 3.45 432 122 218 56 10 93 1423.1 1365 606 545 113 521 4 726 9 2 11 6063 124 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39 124
1956 41 102 71 .590 3.43 483 122 254 56 10 102 1478.2 1421 627 564 118 538 7 749 9 2 11 6301 124 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39 124
1957 42 102 71 .590 3.43 484 122 255 56 10 102 1479.2 1421 627 564 118 539 8 749 9 2 11 6306 125 1.325 8.6 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.39 125

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
1946 31 5 4 .556 3.62 87.0 84 39 35 9 39 59 0 1.414 8.7 4.0 6.1 1.51 0.9 33
1947 32 9 12 .429 4.71 195.0 210 113 102 11 86 110 0 1.518 9.7 4.0 5.1 1.28 0.5 34
1948 33 11 9 .550 3.49 183.0 183 79 71 10 63 54 2 1.344 9.0 3.1 2.7 0.86 0.5 28
1949 34 18 11 .621 3.07 261.0 250 99 89 21 99 143 2 1.337 8.6 3.4 4.9 1.44 0.7 43
1950 35 14 10 .583 3.41 222.0 203 93 84 22 75 102 1 1.252 8.2 3.0 4.1 1.36 0.9 48
1951 36 11 3 .786 2.23 133.0 107 37 33 9 46 88 0 1.150 7.2 3.1 6.0 1.91 0.6 63
1952 37 8 3 .727 2.61 100.0 89 32 29 12 29 51 1 1.180 8.0 2.6 4.6 1.76 1.1 23
1953 38 10 2 .833 1.78 111.0 87 24 22 8 39 40 2 1.135 7.1 3.2 3.2 1.03 0.6 69
1954 39 7 5 .583 3.41 111.0 108 47 42 7 37 70 0 1.306 8.8 3.0 5.7 1.89 0.6 48
1955 40 5 2 .714 2.54 71.0 58 22 20 5 15 33 1 1.028 7.4 1.9 4.2 2.20 0.6 43
1956 41 4 2 .667 3.00 57.0 59 21 19 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 Seasons 102 63 .618 3.21 1532.0 1438 606 546 119 547 774 9 1.296 8.4 4.5 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (334th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 AL--3.357--9th

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL--23--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 AL--.793--1st
Career--.590--147th

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--114th

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--1.341--10th
1949 AL--1.394--3rd
1950 AL--1.218--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL--.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--1085--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--154th

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

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 NL--born 1914-07-26--1st
1956 AL--born 1914-07-26--1st
1957 AL--born 1914-07-26--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 43 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (572), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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