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Ed Klieman

Edward Frederick Klieman (Specs or Babe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 21, 1918 in Norwood, OH
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Athletics/Senators 1943-1950

Final Game: June 2, 1950
Died: November 15, 1979 in Homosassa, FL
Cremated
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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	19	CIN-min	D	6	9	.400	3.97	20						136.0	149	73	60		40							1.390	9.9		2.6			FMT · OHSL
1938	20	CIN-min	B	11	7	.611	3.88	25						137.0	142	74	59		42							1.343	9.3		2.8			CLM · SALL
1939	21	CIN-min	B	12	12	.500	3.54	34						224.0	236	110	88		83							1.424	9.5		3.3			CLM · SALL
1940	22	CLE-CIN-min	C,B	11	9	.550	5.20	34						187.0	231	124	108		64							1.578	11.1		3.1			CHL,JCK,CLM · MATL,SALL
1941	23	CLE-min	C	16	10	.615	2.23	32						206.0	161	85	51		82							1.180	7.0		3.6			CHL · MATL
1942	24	CLE-min	B	17	7	.708	3.28	35						181.0	184	91	66		60							1.348	9.1		3.0			CDR · IIIL
1943	25	CLE-min	AA	23	11	.676	2.84	45	32		17	2		276.0	245	109	87		103	105	6	0	15			1.261	8.0		3.4	3.4	1.02	BLT · IL
1943	25	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	34	327	1.444	8.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.40
1944	26	CLE	AL	11	13	.458	3.38	47	19	14	5	1	5	178.1	185	73	67	4	70	44	7	0	2	764	98	1.430	9.3	0.2	3.5	2.2	0.63
1945	27	CLE	AL	5	8	.385	3.85	38	12	18	4	1	4	126.1	123	60	54	3	49	33	4	0	4	539	84	1.361	8.8	0.2	3.5	2.4	0.67
1946	28	ATL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	4.13	18	15	1	8	0		109.0	114	56	50		45	49	1	0	2			1.459	9.4		3.7	4.0	1.09	INA · AA
1946	28	CLE	AL	0	0		6.60	9	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	18	13	11	0	10	2	0	0	1	72	51	1.867	10.8	0.0	6.0	1.2	0.20
1947	29	CLE	AL	5	4	.556	3.03	58	0	34	0	0	17	92.0	78	32	31	5	39	21	2	1	0	384	115	1.272	7.6	0.5	3.8	2.1	0.54
1948	30	CLE	AL	3	2	.600	2.60	44	0	18	0	0	4	79.2	62	26	23	3	46	18	2	0	1	330	157	1.356	7.0	0.3	5.2	2.0	0.39
1949	31	TOT	AL	2	0	1.000	4.25	20	0	15	0	0	3	36.0	41	21	17	2	18	10	0	0	0	163	100	1.639	10.3	0.5	4.5	2.5	0.56
1949	31	WSH	AL	0	0		18.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	20	26	3.667	24.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.33
1949	31	CHW	AL	2	0	1.000	3.00	18	0	13	0	0	3	33.0	33	15	11	2	15	9	0	0	0	143	140	1.455	9.0	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.60
1950	32	BAL-min	AAA	0	0		5.33	15	0		0	0		27.0	34	19	16		14	6	1		2			1.778	11.3		4.7	2.0	0.43	BLT · IL
1950	32	PHA	AL	0	0		9.53	5	0	4	0	0	0	5.2	10	6	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	32	50	2.118	15.9	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.00
1951	33	CHW-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.73	32	0		0	0		44.0	47	34	28		23	10	1	2	1			1.591	9.6		4.7	2.0	0.43	SAC · PCL
8 Yrs				26	28	.481	3.49	222	32	106	10	2	33	542.0	525	232	210	17	239	130	17	1	9	2318	101	1.410	8.7	0.3	4.0	2.2	0.54
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.481	3.49	59	9	28	3	1	9	145	141	62	56	5	64	35	5	0	2	621	101	1.410	8.7	0.3	4.0	2.2	0.54

CLE (6 yrs)				24	28	.462	3.36	197	32	87	10	2	30	500.1	474	205	187	15	219	120	15	1	8	2123	103	1.385	8.5	0.3	3.9	2.2	0.55
WSH (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	20	26	3.667	24.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.33
PHA (1 yr)				0	0		9.53	5	0	4	0	0	0	5.2	10	6	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	32	50	2.118	15.9	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.00
CHW (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	3.00	18	0	13	0	0	3	33.0	33	15	11	2	15	9	0	0	0	143	140	1.455	9.0	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.60

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
1943	25	CLE	AL	9.0	1	1	1	1.00	3.47	0.20	0.00	102.0	3.33	2	0.3		-0.0	0.4	3	.814	.502	$
1944	26	CLE	AL	178.1	47	19	73	3.68	4.12	0.09	0.00	96.2	3.88	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.509	.503	$
1945	27	CLE	AL	126.1	38	12	60	4.27	4.02	-0.11	0.00	97.1	4.01	-3	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.490	.498	$
1946	28	CLE	AL	15.0	9	0	13	7.80	4.35	-0.02	0.00	92.5	4.04	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.427	.496	$
1947	29	CLE	AL	92.0	58	0	32	3.13	4.16	0.44	0.00	92.9	3.46	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	1.0	11	.507	.503	$
1948	30	CLE	AL	79.2	44	0	26	2.94	4.85	0.51	0.00	98.4	4.26	12	1.2	1.4	0.1	1.9	19	.527	.507	$
1949	31	WSH	AL	3.0	2	0	6	18.00	4.94	-0.50	0.00	99.6	5.43	-4	-0.4	.0	0.2	-0.2	-4	.324	.498	$
1949	31	CHW	AL	33.0	18	0	15	4.09	4.85	0.16	0.00	98.6	4.62	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.4	5	.511	.501	$
1950	32	PHA	AL	5.2	5	0	6	9.53	5.30	-0.16	0.00	95.7	5.22	-3	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498	$
8 Seasons				542.0	222	32	232	3.85	4.27	0.16	0.00	96.3	3.96	7	0.9	1.1	0.1	4.3	45	.504	.501	$

CLE (6 yrs)				500.1	197	32	205	3.69	4.21	0.17	0.00	96.2	3.89	12	1.3	1.1	-0.1	4.3	46	.507	.501	$
WSH (1 yr)				3.0	2	0	6	18.00	4.94	-0.50	0.00	99.6	5.43	-4	-0.4	.0	0.2	-0.2	-4	.324	.498	$
PHA (1 yr)				5.2	5	0	6	9.53	5.30	-0.16	0.00	95.7	5.22	-3	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498	$
CHW (1 yr)				33.0	18	0	15	4.09	4.85	0.16	0.00	98.6	4.62	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.4	5	.511	.501	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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
1948	30	CLE	AL	WS	W	BSN	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3						0.00
1 WS							0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3						0.00

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	ROE
1948	30	CLE	AL	44	330	271	26	62	15	2	3	3	3	46	18	.229	.345	.332	.677	.236	90	11	2	11	0	3
1949	31	TOT	AL	20	112	137	21	41	6	1	2	0	1	18	10	.299	.381	.401	.782	.312	55	1	0	8	0	2
1949	31	CHW	AL	18	92	121	15	33	4	1	2	0	1	15	9	.273	.353	.372	.725	.282	45	1	0	7	0	2
1949	31	WSH	AL	2	20	16	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	.500	.579	.625	1.204	.533	10	0	0	1	0	0
1950	32	PHA	AL	5	31	27	6	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.370	.452	.444	.896	.370	12	1	2	0	0	1
3 Yrs				69	473	435	53	113	23	3	5	3	4	66	28	.260	.362	.361	.723	.269	157	13	4	19	0	6
162 Game Avg.				68	466	429	52	111	23	3	5	3	4	65	28	.260	.362	.361	.723	.269	155	13	4	19	0	6
MLB Averages																.260	.334	.338	.672	.278

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	30	CLE	AL	13.7	1.4	340	0.1	5.6	-5.4	1.01	0.7	-0.6	14.7	1.5	1.01	11.5	16	9	18
1949	31	TOT	AL	-0.7	-0.0	113	0.1	2.4	-2.3	1.40	-0.0	0.1	-5.7	-0.5	1.40	-3.0	7	0	6
1949	31	WSH	AL	-4.0	-0.4	20	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.1	-0.3	-4.5	-0.4	0.02	-4.1	0	0	1
1949	31	CHW	AL	3.3	0.3	93	0.2	2.4	-2.2	1.70	0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.70	1.1	7	0	5
1950	32	PHA	AL	-2.7	-0.2	32	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.18	-0.0	0.0	-1.6	-0.1	0.18	-1.7	1	0	1
8 Yrs				7.4	0.9	485	0.3	8.1	-7.8	1.05	0.7	-0.5	7.4	0.8	1.05	6.8	24	9	25

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	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1943	25	CLE	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	64.0	64	64	0	1	0.0		9.0
1944	26	CLE	AL	47	19	6	10	3	0	3	7	12	.368	0	0	5	1	11	58%	48.3	77	14	11	6	5.1		6.6
1945	27	CLE	AL	38	12	4	5	3	0	2	5	6	.455	0	0	4	1	8	67%	51.9	77	18	7	2	2.8		7.0
3 Yrs				86	32	10	16	6	0	6	12	19	.387	0	0	10	2	20	63%	50	77	14	18	9	4.0		6.8
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	115	-11			4.4	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1944	26	CLE	AL	47	28	14	5	3	0	5	0		0	0														16	6		8	5.6
1945	27	CLE	AL	38	26	18	1	3	0	4	0		0	0														15	6		6	4.9
1946	28	CLE	AL	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														5	2		1	5.0
1947	29	CLE	AL	58	58	34	5	4	0	17	0		0	0														24	23		22	4.8
1948	30	CLE	AL	44	44	18	3	2	7	4	3	57%	10	3	46	19	41%	7	1.013	16	9	18	12	6	26	22	22	27	9	28	18	5.4
1949	31	TOT	AL	20	20	15	2	0	2	3	1	150%	3	1	11	5	45%		1.401	7	0	6	3	3	8	5	9	9	4	6	2	5.4
1949	31	WSH	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.023	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5
1949	31	CHW	AL	18	18	13	2	0	2	3	1	150%	3	1	11	5	45%		1.700	7	0	5	3	3	6	5	7	8	4	5	2	5.5
1950	32	PHA	AL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	8	.183	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	2	1	3	0	3.4
7 Yrs				221	190	106	16	12	9	33	4	367%	13	4	60	24	40%		1.050	24	9	25	15	9	39	28	35	98	51	37	57	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1943	25	CLE	AL	34		0.0%	5.9%	14.7%	11.8%	50%		76%
1944	26	CLE	AL	764		0.5%	5.8%	9.2%	0.7%	3%		82%
1945	27	CLE	AL	539		0.6%	6.1%	9.1%	1.1%	5%		81%
1946	28	CLE	AL	72		0.0%	2.8%	13.9%				83%
1947	29	CLE	AL	384		1.3%	5.5%	10.2%				81%
1948	30	CLE	AL	330	57%	0.9%	5.5%	13.9%	6.1%	32%	1.08	76%	69	11	16%
1949	31	TOT	AL	163	57%	1.8%	8.9%	16.1%	8.0%	22%	0.85	112%	27	1	4%
1949	31	WSH	AL	20	60%	0.0%	5.0%	15.0%	10.0%	25%	1.00	75%	7	0	0%
1949	31	CHW	AL	143	57%	2.2%	9.8%	16.3%	7.6%	21%	0.83	120%	20	1	5%
1950	32	PHA	AL	31	68%	0.0%	0.0%	6.5%	6.5%	20%	0.70	87%	4	1	25%
8 Yrs				2317	58%	0.8%	5.7%	10.6%	2.0%	9%	1.00	82%	100	13	13%
MLB Averages					49%	1.6%	10.5%	10.6%	4.1%	16%	0.95	88%			10%

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
1943	25	CLE	AL		8			0												0
1944	26	CLE	AL		185			4												2
1945	27	CLE	AL		123			3												4
1946	28	CLE	AL		18			0												1
1947	29	CLE	AL		78			5												0
1948	30	CLE	AL	330	62			3	0	17	1	2	0	3	23	15	0	65%	3	1	1	121	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	0
1949	31	TOT	AL	112	41			2	0	5	0	1	1	0	11	7	1	64%	2	0	0	52	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
1949	31	WSH	AL	20	8			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	67%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	31	CHW	AL	92	33			2	0	4	0	1	1	0	8	5	0	63%	2	0	0	39	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
1950	32	PHA	AL	31	10			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	1	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8 Yrs				473	525			17	0	24	1	3	1	3	35	23	1	66%	6	9	2	186	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	51
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1943	25	0	1	.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	34	327	1.444	8.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	0.40	327
1944	26	11	14	.440	3.27	48	20	14	6	1	5	187.1	193	74	68	4	75	46	7	0	2	798	101	1.431	9.3	0.2	3.6	2.2	0.61	101
1945	27	16	22	.421	3.50	86	32	32	10	2	9	313.2	316	134	122	7	124	79	11	0	6	1337	94	1.403	9.1	0.2	3.6	2.3	0.64	94
1946	28	16	22	.421	3.64	95	32	35	10	2	9	328.2	334	147	133	7	134	81	11	0	7	1409	90	1.424	9.1	0.2	3.7	2.2	0.60	90
1947	29	21	26	.447	3.51	153	32	69	10	2	26	420.2	412	179	164	12	173	102	13	1	7	1793	95	1.391	8.8	0.3	3.7	2.2	0.59	95
1948	30	24	28	.462	3.36	197	32	87	10	2	30	500.1	474	205	187	15	219	120	15	1	8	2123	103	1.385	8.5	0.3	3.9	2.2	0.55	103
1949	31	26	28	.481	3.42	217	32	102	10	2	33	536.1	515	226	204	17	237	130	15	1	8	2286	102	1.402	8.6	0.3	4.0	2.2	0.55	102
1950	32	26	28	.481	3.49	222	32	106	10	2	33	542.0	525	232	210	17	239	130	17	1	9	2318	101	1.410	8.7	0.3	4.0	2.2	0.54	101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1943	25	0	0		1.29	7.0	10	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.286	12.9	7.7	1.3	0.17	0.0	1
1944	26	8	10	.444	4.21	169.0	206	88	79	4	78	42	8	1.680	11.0	4.2	2.2	0.54	0.2	47
1945	27	5	8	.385	5.02	122.0	142	76	68	3	57	32	5	1.631	10.5	4.2	2.4	0.56	0.2	38
1946	28	0	1	.000	7.80	15.0	20	14	13	0	11	2	0	2.067	12.0	6.6	1.2	0.18	0.0	9
1947	29	5	4	.556	3.64	89.0	86	40	36	6	43	20	2	1.449	8.7	4.3	2.0	0.47	0.6	58
1948	30	5	3	.625	2.81	77.0	64	27	24	3	47	17	2	1.442	7.5	5.5	2.0	0.36	0.4	44
1949	31	2	2	.500	4.14	37.0	42	19	17	2	18	10	0	1.622	10.2	4.4	2.4	0.56	0.5	20
1950	32	0	0		9.00	6.0	10	7	6	0	2	0	2	2.000	15.0	3.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	5
8 Yrs		25	28	.472	4.21	522.0	580	272	244	18	262	124	19	1.613	10.0		2.1	0.47	0.3	222

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1944 AL 47 (4th) 1945 AL 38 (6th) 1947 AL 58 (1st) 1948 AL 44 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1944 AL 5 (7th) 1945 AL 4 (3rd) 1947 AL 17 (1st) 1949 AL 3 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1944 AL 0.202 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1944 AL 7 (3rd) 1945 AL 4 (10th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1945 AL 18 (5th) 1947 AL 34 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Clay Hensley (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Earley (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Earley (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ira Hutchinson (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Harris (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Dawley (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Zuverink (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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