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Ron Kline

Ronald Lee Kline

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 9, 1932 in Callery, PA
High School: Callery HS (Callery, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1952
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Senators/Twins/Tigers/Cardinals/... 1952-1970

Final Game: June 13, 1970
Died: June 22, 2002 in Callery, PA
Buried: Brownsdale Cemetery, Brownsdale, PA
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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
1952 20 PIT NL 0 7 .000 5.49 27 11 5 0 0 0 78.2 74 55 48 3 66 27 6 3 4 368 72 1.780 8.5 0.3 7.6 3.1 0.41
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 23 PIT NL 6 13 .316 4.15 36 19 12 2 1 2 136.2 161 78 63 13 53 5 48 5 2 2 611 99 1.566 10.6 0.9 3.5 3.2 0.91
1956 24 PIT NL 14 18 .438 3.38 44 39 2 9 2 2 264.0 263 110 99 26 81 8 125 5 0 10 1102 111 1.303 9.0 0.9 2.8 4.3 1.54
1957 25 PIT NL 9 16 .360 4.04 40 31 2 11 2 0 205.0 214 107 92 27 61 6 88 1 0 2 871 94 1.341 9.4 1.2 2.7 3.9 1.44
1958 26 PIT NL 13 16 .448 3.53 32 32 0 11 2 0 237.1 220 96 93 25 92 14 109 0 0 3 986 110 1.315 8.3 0.9 3.5 4.1 1.18
1959 27 PIT NL 11 13 .458 4.26 33 29 1 7 0 0 186.0 186 95 88 23 70 9 91 2 1 9 796 90 1.376 9.0 1.1 3.4 4.4 1.30
1960 28 STL NL 4 9 .308 6.04 34 17 6 1 0 1 117.2 133 86 79 21 43 5 54 0 0 4 523 67 1.496 10.2 1.6 3.3 4.1 1.26
1961 29 TOT AL 8 9 .471 4.14 36 20 6 3 1 1 161.0 172 87 74 19 61 6 97 1 1 5 701 105 1.447 9.6 1.1 3.4 5.4 1.59
1961 29 LAA AL 3 6 .333 4.90 26 12 5 0 0 1 104.2 119 62 57 16 44 5 70 1 1 2 464 91 1.557 10.2 1.4 3.8 6.0 1.59
1961 29 DET AL 5 3 .625 2.72 10 8 1 3 1 0 56.1 53 25 17 3 17 1 27 0 0 3 237 152 1.243 8.5 0.5 2.7 4.3 1.59
1962 30 DET AL 3 6 .333 4.31 36 4 16 0 0 2 77.1 88 40 37 9 28 2 47 2 0 4 343 95 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 5.5 1.68
1963 31 WSA AL 3 8 .273 2.79 62 1 46 0 0 17 93.2 85 36 29 3 30 7 49 3 0 5 383 135 1.228 8.2 0.3 2.9 4.7 1.63
1964 32 WSA AL 10 7 .588 2.32 61 0 52 0 0 14 81.1 81 29 21 4 21 9 40 2 0 7 344 161 1.254 9.0 0.4 2.3 4.4 1.90
1965 33 WSA AL 7 6 .538 2.63 74 0 58 0 0 29 99.1 106 36 29 7 32 14 52 2 0 1 434 132 1.389 9.6 0.6 2.9 4.7 1.63 MVP-29
1966 34 WSA AL 6 4 .600 2.39 63 0 46 0 0 23 90.1 79 32 24 12 17 7 46 0 0 0 355 146 1.063 7.9 1.2 1.7 4.6 2.71
1967 35 MIN AL 7 1 .875 3.77 54 0 26 0 0 5 71.2 71 33 30 10 15 7 36 1 0 2 294 93 1.200 8.9 1.3 1.9 4.5 2.40
1968 36 PIT NL 12 5 .706 1.68 56 0 31 0 0 7 112.2 94 26 21 3 31 11 48 2 0 0 449 173 1.109 7.5 0.2 2.5 3.8 1.55
1969 37 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 5.19 43 0 25 0 0 4 59.0 77 40 34 8 28 8 29 1 0 1 278 71 1.780 11.7 1.2 4.3 4.4 1.04
1969 37 TOT NL 1 5 .167 5.36 27 0 16 0 0 3 42.0 53 29 25 4 11 5 22 1 0 0 186 67 1.524 11.4 0.9 2.4 4.7 2.00
1969 37 PIT NL 1 3 .250 5.81 20 0 13 0 0 3 31.0 37 23 20 3 5 2 15 1 0 0 134 61 1.355 10.7 0.9 1.5 4.4 3.00
1969 37 SFG NL 0 2 .000 4.09 7 0 3 0 0 0 11.0 16 6 5 1 6 3 7 0 0 0 52 90 2.000 13.1 0.8 4.9 5.7 1.17
1969 37 BOS AL 0 1 .000 4.76 16 0 9 0 0 1 17.0 24 11 9 4 17 3 7 0 0 1 92 83 2.412 12.7 2.1 9.0 3.7 0.41
1970 38 ATL NL 0 0 7.11 5 0 4 0 0 1 6.1 9 5 5 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 30 63 1.737 12.8 5.7 2.8 4.3 1.50
17 Yrs 114 144 .442 3.75 736 203 338 44 8 108 2078.0 2113 991 866 217 731 118 989 33 7 59 8868 102 1.369 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.3 1.35
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .442 3.75 53 15 24 3 1 8 150 153 72 63 16 53 72 2 1 4 642 102 1.369 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.3 1.35
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
PIT (8 yrs) 66 91 .420 3.77 288 161 66 40 7 14 1251.1 1249 590 524 123 459 55 551 22 6 30 5317 100 1.365 9.0 0.9 3.3 4.0 1.20
WSA (4 yrs) 26 25 .510 2.54 260 1 202 0 0 83 364.2 351 133 103 26 100 37 187 7 0 13 1516 142 1.237 8.7 0.6 2.5 4.6 1.87
DET (2 yrs) 8 9 .471 3.64 46 12 17 3 1 2 133.2 141 65 54 12 45 3 74 2 0 7 580 113 1.392 9.5 0.8 3.0 5.0 1.64
MIN (1 yr) 7 1 .875 3.77 54 0 26 0 0 5 71.2 71 33 30 10 15 7 36 1 0 2 294 93 1.200 8.9 1.3 1.9 4.5 2.40
SFG (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.09 7 0 3 0 0 0 11.0 16 6 5 1 6 3 7 0 0 0 52 90 2.000 13.1 0.8 4.9 5.7 1.17
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 7.11 5 0 4 0 0 1 6.1 9 5 5 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 30 63 1.737 12.8 5.7 2.8 4.3 1.50
STL (1 yr) 4 9 .308 6.04 34 17 6 1 0 1 117.2 133 86 79 21 43 5 54 0 0 4 523 67 1.496 10.2 1.6 3.3 4.1 1.26
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.76 16 0 9 0 0 1 17.0 24 11 9 4 17 3 7 0 0 1 92 83 2.412 12.7 2.1 9.0 3.7 0.41
LAA (1 yr) 3 6 .333 4.90 26 12 5 0 0 1 104.2 119 62 57 16 44 5 70 1 1 2 464 91 1.557 10.2 1.4 3.8 6.0 1.59
NL (10 yrs) 70 102 .407 3.98 334 178 79 41 7 16 1386.1 1407 687 613 149 510 63 615 22 6 34 5922 95 1.383 9.1 1.0 3.3 4.0 1.21
AL (8 yrs) 44 42 .512 3.29 402 25 259 3 1 92 691.2 706 304 253 68 221 55 374 11 1 25 2946 117 1.340 9.2 0.9 2.9 4.9 1.69

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
1952 20 PIT NL 78.2 27 11 55 6.29 4.33 -0.17 0.00 106.6 4.79 -13 -1.4 .6 0.0 -0.6 -5 .450 .492 $
1955 23 PIT NL 136.2 36 19 78 5.14 4.80 -0.28 0.00 100.5 5.10 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 1.4 15 .506 .501 $
1956 24 PIT NL 264.0 44 39 110 3.75 4.29 -0.02 0.00 99.3 4.28 21 2.4 .8 -0.1 4.6 43 .554 .515 $
1957 25 PIT NL 205.0 40 31 107 4.70 4.42 0.34 0.00 98.8 4.03 -13 -1.4 .9 -0.1 0.4 7 .466 .492 $
1958 26 PIT NL 237.1 32 32 96 3.64 4.37 0.37 0.00 98.5 3.94 8 0.8 -0.1 2.8 34 .526 .505 $
1959 27 PIT NL 186.0 33 29 95 4.60 4.51 0.02 0.00 97.3 4.37 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 0.9 16 .481 .496 $
1960 28 STL NL 117.2 34 17 86 6.58 4.46 0.01 -0.00 107.3 4.77 -24 -2.4 1.1 -0.1 -1.5 -11 .428 .485 $
1961 29 LAA AL 104.2 26 12 62 5.33 4.64 0.08 -0.00 111.2 5.07 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.5 7 .491 .499 $
1961 29 DET AL 56.1 10 8 25 3.99 4.53 0.39 0.06 101.9 4.28 2 0.2 1.9 -0.0 0.6 7 .523 .501 $
1962 30 DET AL 77.1 36 4 40 4.66 4.47 -0.10 -0.11 102.4 4.57 0 0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.5 7 .501 .500 $
1963 31 WSA AL 93.2 62 1 36 3.46 4.13 -0.12 -0.17 103.9 4.24 9 1.0 1.8 0.2 2.0 16 .517 .506 $
1964 32 WSA AL 81.1 61 0 29 3.21 4.14 0.12 -0.17 103.5 3.99 8 0.9 1.9 0.2 1.7 14 .515 .506 $
1965 33 WSA AL 99.1 74 0 36 3.26 3.93 -0.31 -0.16 100.1 4.09 10 1.1 1.6 0.1 2.0 17 .515 .507 $ MVP-29
1966 34 WSA AL 90.1 63 0 32 3.19 3.97 0.25 -0.16 101.5 3.61 6 0.7 1.7 0.1 1.5 12 .510 .504 $
1967 35 MIN AL 71.2 54 0 33 4.14 3.68 -0.18 -0.15 107.7 4.00 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.4 4 .500 .500 $35,000
1968 36 PIT NL 112.2 56 0 26 2.08 3.39 0.36 -0.15 97.5 2.81 8 1.0 1.5 0.1 2.1 19 .517 .506 $
1969 37 PIT NL 31.0 20 0 23 6.68 4.01 -0.01 -0.17 99.1 3.81 -10 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .446 .493 $
1969 37 SFG NL 11.0 7 0 6 4.91 4.50 -0.10 -0.19 99.7 4.40 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 0.0 1 .488 .499 $
1969 37 BOS AL 17.0 16 0 11 5.82 4.37 -0.02 -0.18 102.7 4.32 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .481 .498 $40,000
1970 38 ATL NL 6.1 5 0 5 7.11 4.54 -0.09 -0.19 107.7 4.78 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .465 .499 $
17 Seasons 2078.0 736 203 991 4.29 4.29 0.07 -0.05 101.3 4.23 -0 0.7 1.4 -0.6 17.9 193 .501 .500 $75,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
PIT (8 yrs) 1251.1 288 161 590 4.24 4.33 0.12 -0.02 99.2 4.17 -4 -0.0 1.2 -0.5 10.7 121 .500 .500 $
WSA (4 yrs) 364.2 260 1 133 3.28 4.04 -0.03 -0.16 102.2 3.99 33 3.7 1.7 0.6 7.2 59 .514 .506 $
DET (2 yrs) 133.2 46 12 65 4.38 4.49 0.10 -0.04 102.2 4.45 2 0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.1 14 .506 .501 $
MIN (1 yr) 71.2 54 0 33 4.14 3.68 -0.18 -0.15 107.7 4.00 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.4 4 .500 .500 $35,000
SFG (1 yr) 11.0 7 0 6 4.91 4.50 -0.10 -0.19 99.7 4.40 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 0.0 1 .488 .499 $
ATL (1 yr) 6.1 5 0 5 7.11 4.54 -0.09 -0.19 107.7 4.78 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .465 .499 $
STL (1 yr) 117.2 34 17 86 6.58 4.46 0.01 -0.00 107.3 4.77 -24 -2.4 1.1 -0.1 -1.5 -11 .428 .485 $
BOS (1 yr) 17.0 16 0 11 5.82 4.37 -0.02 -0.18 102.7 4.32 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .481 .498 $40,000
LAA (1 yr) 104.2 26 12 62 5.33 4.64 0.08 -0.00 111.2 5.07 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.5 7 .491 .499 $

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
1952 20 PIT NL 27 238 292 55 74 9 3 3 2 0 66 27 .253 .401 .336 .737 .271 98 10 6 4 0 5
1955 23 PIT NL 36 451 539 78 161 27 5 13 9 6 53 48 .299 .364 .440 .803 .306 237 15 5 7 5 5 10
1956 24 PIT NL 44 849 1000 110 263 28 7 26 3 8 81 125 .263 .319 .383 .702 .277 383 19 5 9 7 8 8
1957 25 PIT NL 40 794 797 107 214 29 3 27 3 3 61 88 .269 .319 .414 .733 .272 330 16 1 5 6 6 11
1958 26 PIT NL 32 983 872 96 220 35 5 25 3 4 92 109 .252 .321 .390 .711 .261 340 26 0 13 9 14 7
1959 27 PIT NL 33 796 707 95 186 32 9 23 7 8 70 91 .263 .329 .431 .760 .272 305 16 2 11 6 9 6
1960 28 STL NL 34 524 470 86 133 31 3 21 5 5 43 54 .283 .340 .496 .836 .281 233 8 0 7 4 5 11
1961 29 TOT AL 36 701 629 87 172 25 5 19 6 6 61 97 .273 .336 .420 .756 .295 264 14 1 5 5 6 12
1961 29 DET AL 10 237 216 25 53 6 3 3 2 2 17 27 .245 .297 .343 .639 .265 74 3 0 1 3 1 5
1961 29 LAA AL 26 464 413 62 119 19 2 16 4 4 44 70 .288 .357 .460 .817 .313 190 11 1 4 2 5 7
1962 30 DET AL 36 345 312 40 88 10 3 9 1 3 28 47 .282 .345 .420 .765 .309 131 7 2 3 0 2 5
1963 31 WSA AL 62 382 341 36 85 12 6 3 5 4 30 49 .249 .312 .346 .658 .280 118 12 3 4 4 7 5
1964 32 WSA AL 61 344 309 29 81 15 2 4 6 2 21 40 .262 .310 .362 .673 .287 112 8 2 9 3 9 7
1965 33 WSA AL 74 434 386 36 106 20 3 7 5 1 32 52 .275 .329 .396 .726 .298 153 7 2 9 5 14 7
1966 34 WSA AL 63 355 333 32 79 4 2 12 1 4 17 46 .237 .274 .369 .644 .244 123 8 0 5 0 7 4
1967 35 MIN AL 54 294 272 33 71 11 3 10 4 2 15 36 .261 .302 .434 .736 .270 118 5 1 6 0 7 3
1968 36 PIT NL 56 391 401 26 94 9 6 3 3 4 31 48 .234 .291 .309 .600 .258 124 13 2 12 3 11 6
1969 37 TOT MLB 43 272 242 40 77 8 1 8 3 2 28 29 .318 .388 .459 .847 .333 111 3 1 5 2 8 3
1969 37 BOS AL 16 92 73 11 24 1 0 4 0 0 17 7 .329 .451 .507 .957 .317 37 1 0 1 1 3 1
1969 37 PIT NL 20 128 125 23 37 4 1 3 3 1 5 15 .296 .326 .416 .742 .315 52 0 1 2 1 2 1
1969 37 SFG NL 7 52 44 6 16 3 0 1 0 1 6 7 .364 .440 .500 .940 .417 22 2 0 2 0 3 1
1969 37 TOT NL 27 180 169 29 53 7 1 4 3 2 11 22 .314 .357 .438 .795 .340 74 2 1 4 1 5 2
1970 38 ATL NL 5 30 28 5 9 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 .321 .367 .786 1.152 .238 22 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Yrs 736 8183 7930 991 2113 306 66 217 67 62 731 989 .266 .329 .404 .732 .280 3202 188 33 114 59 118 111
162 Game Avg. 53 593 574 72 153 22 5 16 5 4 53 72 .266 .329 .404 .732 .280 232 14 2 8 4 8
MLB Averages .252 .320 .380 .700 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 20 PIT NL -12.4 -1.2 248 -1.8 3.2 -5.0 .95 -1.5 -0.4 -13.8 -1.3 0.95 -13.7 1 1 8
1955 23 PIT NL -3.8 -0.4 516 -0.1 9.0 -9.1 .95 -0.8 0.7 -3.1 -0.3 0.98 -7.8 4 1 11
1956 24 PIT NL 13.0 1.4 893 1.5 16.1 -14.6 1.00 0.4 1.1 11.9 1.2 1.01 7.4 1 1 3
1957 25 PIT NL -7.1 -0.7 809 -0.1 14.8 -14.9 1.08 -0.5 0.4 -2.1 -0.2 1.08 -2.8 2 1 5
1958 26 PIT NL 13.2 1.4 1002 1.8 20.8 -19.0 1.19 1.5 -0.0 20.0 2.1 1.19 16.9 0 0 0
1959 27 PIT NL -6.1 -0.6 821 -0.7 15.8 -16.5 1.14 -0.7 0.1 -3.5 -0.4 1.14 -5.3 2 0 2
1960 28 STL NL -21.8 -2.2 538 -1.8 7.8 -9.6 .88 -2.0 -0.1 -30.0 -2.8 0.88 -22.8 6 3 8
1961 29 TOT AL 3.4 0.4 721 -0.1 13.2 -13.3 1.04 -0.5 0.4 -4.1 -0.4 1.04 -5.5 5 5 6
1961 29 LAA AL -2.8 -0.3 477 -0.5 9.3 -9.8 1.09 -1.1 0.7 -6.2 -0.6 1.09 -11.7 4 5 5
1961 29 DET AL 6.3 0.6 244 0.4 3.9 -3.4 .93 0.7 -0.2 2.2 0.2 0.93 6.2 1 0 1
1962 30 DET AL -1.3 -0.1 355 -1.2 5.7 -6.8 .99 -0.7 -0.5 -2.9 -0.3 0.99 -8.0 8 8 15
1963 31 WSA AL 8.3 0.9 399 1.1 10.0 -8.9 1.48 1.0 -0.2 3.5 0.4 1.48 6.1 29 3 28
1964 32 WSA AL 10.0 1.1 358 0.2 9.6 -9.4 1.61 0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.61 2.2 28 11 20
1965 33 WSA AL 8.1 0.9 441 -0.1 11.9 -12.0 1.72 0.2 -0.2 -5.1 -0.5 1.72 -0.1 32 15 24
1966 34 WSA AL 8.8 1.0 362 3.0 9.6 -6.6 1.43 1.5 0.7 10.4 1.1 1.43 9.9 31 9 22
1967 35 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 303 0.6 4.9 -4.2 .89 0.1 0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0.89 -1.8 10 17 27
1968 36 PIT NL 15.0 1.8 410 0.6 8.6 -8.0 1.24 1.2 -0.7 4.3 0.5 1.25 6.6 21 9 21
1969 37 TOT MLB -10.7 -1.1 286 -2.1 3.8 -5.9 .91 -1.4 -0.9 -13.6 -1.4 0.90 -16.5 15 1 24
1969 37 TOT NL -8.8 -0.9 191 -1.1 3.3 -4.4 1.09 -0.6 -0.4 -8.5 -0.9 1.07 -9.5 10 1 15
1969 37 PIT NL -8.2 -0.8 138 -0.3 2.5 -2.9 1.01 -0.3 -0.1 -4.7 -0.5 0.99 -6.4 7 1 12
1969 37 SFG NL -0.7 -0.1 53 -0.8 0.8 -1.5 1.28 -0.4 -0.2 -3.7 -0.4 1.28 -3.1 3 0 3
1969 37 BOS AL -1.8 -0.2 95 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 .57 -0.8 -0.9 -5.1 -0.5 0.57 -7.0 5 0 9
1970 38 ATL NL -1.5 -0.1 32 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1.09 -0.3 0.0 -4.0 -0.4 1.09 -2.7 2 1 2
17 Yrs 13.4 1.9 8494 0.7 165.4 -164.6 1.14 -2.2 2.8 -33.6 -2.8 1.15 -38.1 197 86 226
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1952 20 PIT NL 27 11 0 6 5 0 1 3 8 .273 2 0 0 0 2 18% 39.5 57 6 16 9 4 6 3.1 3.9 4.7
1955 23 PIT NL 36 19 4 13 2 0 2 4 15 .211 0 2 2 1 6 32% 41.9 74 24 9 2 9 4 2.8 2.3 5.4
1956 24 PIT NL 44 39 14 18 7 0 8 16 23 .410 1 4 9 2 23 59% 52.5 77 15 7 1 29 3 3.5 3.4 6.6
1957 25 PIT NL 40 31 9 15 7 0 5 12 19 .387 1 5 11 2 14 45% 49.1 77 22 29 14 16 8 3.4 2.9 6.1
1958 26 PIT NL 32 32 13 16 3 1 6 16 16 .500 0 3 11 2 20 63% 53.8 90 25 19 8 11 8 3.1 3.1 7.4
1959 27 PIT NL 33 29 10 13 6 1 2 15 14 .517 1 5 7 0 13 45% 48.8 84 21 17 6 6 12 4.3 3.9 6.1
1960 28 STL NL 34 17 3 7 7 1 0 5 12 .294 0 5 1 0 5 29% 44.2 68 21 18 4 6 5 3.4 2.7 4.9
1961 29 TOT AL 36 20 7 6 7 0 1 10 10 .500 2 3 3 1 10 50% 49.6 80 24 13 3 8 4 4.3 4.0 6.4
1961 29 LAA AL 26 12 2 3 7 0 0 5 7 .417 2 3 0 0 4 33% 45.8 71 24 7 3 7 1 4.2 3.5 6.2
1961 29 DET AL 10 8 5 3 0 0 1 5 3 .625 0 0 3 1 6 75% 55.2 80 24 6 0 1 3 4.4 4.5 6.7
1962 30 DET AL 36 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 3 75% 46.5 58 28 23 8 3 1 1.3 0.8 5.8
1963 31 WSA AL 62 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 52.0 52 52 4 2 1 0 3.0 0.0 3.0
10 Yrs 380 203 60 97 46 3 27 81 122 .399 7 29 44 8 96 47% 49 90 6 155 57 93 51 3.5 3.2 6.2
MLB Averages .500 53% 52 118 -14 4.2 4.1 6.4

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
1952 20 PIT NL 27 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% .949 1 1 8 0 1 10 2 9 6 2 3 3 5.1
1955 23 PIT NL 36 17 12 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 14 2 14% 8 .953 4 1 11 2 1 14 7 10 10 2 10 2 5.9
1956 24 PIT NL 44 5 2 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 0 0 5 .998 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 5 3 2 3 3 4.8
1957 25 PIT NL 40 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 6 1.081 2 1 5 1 1 6 3 5 5 2 4 3 4.9
1959 27 PIT NL 33 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.143 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 3 2 6.8
1960 28 STL NL 34 17 6 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 10 3 30% 4 .878 6 3 8 2 3 12 6 11 11 2 11 2 6.0
1961 29 TOT AL 36 16 6 1 3 3 1 2 33% 3 0 11 7 64% 1.039 5 5 6 4 3 9 6 10 11 3 11 1 6.1
1961 29 LAA AL 26 14 5 1 3 3 1 2 33% 3 0 10 6 60% 3 1.094 4 5 5 4 2 8 5 9 10 2 10 1 6.4
1961 29 DET AL 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 .930 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1962 30 DET AL 36 32 16 3 3 4 2 2 50% 5 1 20 5 25% 7 .992 8 8 15 8 3 21 12 20 17 8 19 6 5.1
1963 31 WSA AL 62 61 46 3 8 22 17 5 77% 22 0 52 20 38% 8 1.479 29 3 28 22 11 28 30 31 28 13 29 14 4.5
1964 32 WSA AL 61 61 52 10 7 17 14 5 82% 17 0 43 22 51% 8 1.606 28 11 20 19 15 27 20 41 25 15 26 15 4.0
1965 33 WSA AL 74 74 58 7 6 37 29 8 78% 39 1 41 20 49% 8 1.719 32 15 24 40 12 22 27 47 35 17 38 21 4.0
1966 34 WSA AL 63 63 46 6 4 26 23 3 88% 26 0 33 10 30% 8 1.428 31 9 22 26 11 26 24 39 34 13 34 17 4.3
1967 35 MIN AL 54 54 26 7 1 8 5 3 63% 9 1 43 15 35% 7 .888 10 17 27 10 6 38 23 31 22 15 23 12 4.0
1968 36 PIT NL 56 56 31 12 5 10 7 5 70% 10 0 36 21 58% 9 1.235 21 9 21 13 11 27 20 31 38 6 35 9 6.0
1969 37 TOT MLB 43 43 25 1 6 9 4 5 44% 10 0 19 6 32% .914 15 1 24 10 5 28 10 33 19 10 22 6 4.1
1969 37 TOT NL 27 27 16 1 5 7 3 4 43% 7 0 12 3 25% 1.092 10 1 15 7 3 17 7 20 15 4 17 4 4.7
1969 37 PIT NL 20 20 13 1 3 5 3 2 60% 5 0 7 0 0% 8 1.015 7 1 12 5 3 12 4 16 10 4 11 3 4.7
1969 37 SFG NL 7 7 3 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 5 3 60% 6 1.281 3 0 3 2 0 5 3 4 5 0 6 1 4.7
1969 37 BOS AL 16 16 9 0 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 7 3 43% 8 .567 5 0 9 3 2 11 3 13 4 6 5 2 3.2
1970 38 ATL NL 5 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 3 100% 8 1.090 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 0 3 1 3.8
16 Yrs 704 533 338 54 47 143 108 39 76% 150 5 334 135 40% 1.139 197 86 226 161 86 275 191 331 269 110 274 117 4.6
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

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%
1952 20 PIT NL 368 66% 1.3% 11.3% 27.7% 6.3% 20% 1.31 110% 53 10 19%
1955 23 PIT NL 610 63% 2.9% 10.6% 11.8% 10.0% 28% 1.46 107% 85 15 18%
1956 24 PIT NL 1103 56% 3.1% 14.7% 9.5% 7.2% 23% 1.02 101% 147 19 13%
1957 25 PIT NL 870 59% 3.4% 11.1% 7.7% 7.4% 28% 0.85 87% 137 16 12%
1958 26 PIT NL 986 55% 2.5% 11.1% 9.4% 6.6% 30% 0.99 76% 180 26 14%
1959 27 PIT NL 796 56% 2.9% 11.4% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.94 75% 134 16 12%
1960 28 STL NL 524 56% 4.0% 10.3% 8.2% 10.5% 41% 0.95 76% 89 8 9%
1961 29 TOT AL 701 60% 2.7% 13.8% 8.7% 7.0% 29% 1.08 74% 141 14 10%
1961 29 LAA AL 464 63% 3.5% 15.1% 9.5% 8.0% 31% 1.46 71% 95 11 12%
1961 29 DET AL 237 55% 1.3% 11.4% 7.2% 5.1% 23% 0.64 80% 46 3 7%
1962 30 DET AL 345 63% 2.6% 13.6% 8.1% 6.4% 25% 1.24 74% 80 7 9%
1963 31 WSA AL 382 58% 0.8% 12.8% 7.9% 5.5% 25% 1.25 77% 84 12 14%
1964 32 WSA AL 344 59% 1.2% 11.6% 6.1% 6.1% 26% 0.90 78% 70 8 11%
1965 33 WSA AL 434 57% 1.6% 12.0% 7.4% 6.9% 28% 0.92 77% 75 7 9%
1966 34 WSA AL 355 65% 3.4% 13.0% 4.8% 5.1% 23% 0.94 77% 60 8 13%
1967 35 MIN AL 294 64% 3.4% 12.2% 5.1% 8.2% 34% 0.79 77% 49 5 10%
1968 36 PIT NL 449 64% 0.8% 12.3% 7.9% 4.6% 19% 1.22 90% 68 13 19%
1969 37 TOT MLB 278 63% 2.9% 10.7% 10.3% 6.3% 22% 0.96 76% 62 3 5%
1969 37 TOT NL 186 63% 2.2% 12.2% 6.1% 6.7% 23% 0.98 80% 38 2 5%
1969 37 PIT NL 134 62% 2.3% 11.7% 3.9% 6.3% 22% 0.78 84% 24 0 0%
1969 37 SFG NL 52 65% 1.9% 13.5% 11.5% 7.7% 25% 2.00 69% 14 2 14%
1969 37 BOS AL 92 62% 4.4% 7.6% 18.5% 5.4% 21% 0.91 68% 24 1 4%
1970 38 ATL NL 30 73% 13.3% 10.0% 6.7% 16.7% 56% 0.45 70% 3 1 33%
17 Yrs 8869 59% 2.7% 12.1% 8.9% 7.2% 28% 1.01 83% 1517 188 12%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.2% 8.8% 6.4% 28% 1.05 75% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1952 20 PIT NL 238 74 3 0 8 2 0 1 1 12 9 2 75% 5 4 0 108 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 130
1955 23 PIT NL 451 161 13 0 7 1 7 1 7 24 15 0 63% 10 2 1 187 9 6 60% 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 159
1956 24 PIT NL 849 263 26 0 10 11 12 5 18 39 17 2 44% 8 10 4 293 3 8 27% 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 24 254
1957 25 PIT NL 794 214 27 0 10 14 13 12 15 29 18 3 62% 11 2 1 276 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 76
1958 26 PIT NL 983 220 25 1 20 12 13 11 14 45 18 6 40% 7 3 1 341 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 3
1959 27 PIT NL 796 186 23 0 10 10 13 8 15 50 27 4 54% 6 9 0 278 7 8 47% 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1960 28 STL NL 524 133 21 2 9 12 9 12 9 24 16 2 67% 11 4 1 197 5 5 50% 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
1961 29 TOT AL 701 172 19 1 12 11 8 14 5 41 19 8 46% 12 5 1 277 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
1961 29 LAA AL 464 119 16 1 11 8 8 12 4 25 10 6 40% 7 2 0 194 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
1961 29 DET AL 237 53 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 16 9 2 56% 5 3 1 83 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1962 30 DET AL 345 88 9 0 7 5 4 2 7 22 9 3 41% 5 4 2 134 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1963 31 WSA AL 382 85 3 0 20 3 0 2 1 41 24 4 59% 5 5 1 148 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1964 32 WSA AL 344 81 4 0 20 1 3 4 0 27 15 2 56% 7 7 1 131 6 2 75% 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 0
1965 33 WSA AL 434 106 7 1 22 6 1 6 1 30 17 2 57% 7 1 1 168 5 1 83% 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1966 34 WSA AL 355 79 12 0 4 4 8 8 4 14 8 0 57% 4 0 1 135 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 35 MIN AL 294 71 10 0 9 6 4 4 6 25 12 4 48% 3 2 1 113 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 36 PIT NL 391 94 3 0 11 2 1 1 2 29 15 3 52% 6 0 0 138 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 58
1969 37 TOT MLB 272 77 8 0 9 4 4 4 4 24 12 2 50% 3 1 2 109 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 6
1969 37 TOT NL 180 53 4 0 3 1 3 1 3 17 9 2 53% 2 0 0 69 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
1969 37 PIT NL 128 37 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 12 7 0 58% 1 0 0 45 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
1969 37 SFG NL 52 16 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 2 40% 1 0 0 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 37 BOS AL 92 24 4 0 6 3 1 3 1 7 3 0 43% 1 1 2 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 38 ATL NL 30 9 4 1 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Yrs 8183 2113 217 6 189 107 101 96 112 476 251 47 53% 111 59 18 3047 67 62 52% 62 59 2 1 3 2 10 0 180 686
MLB Averages 50% 61%
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

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+
1952 20 0 7 .000 5.49 27 11 5 0 0 0 78.2 74 55 48 3 66 27 6 3 4 368 72 1.780 8.5 0.3 7.6 3.1 0.41 72
1953 21 0 7 .000 5.49 27 11 5 0 0 0 78.2 74 55 48 3 66 27 6 3 4 368 72 1.780 8.5 0.3 7.6 3.1 0.41 72
1954 22 0 7 .000 5.49 27 11 5 0 0 0 78.2 74 55 48 3 66 27 6 3 4 368 72 1.780 8.5 0.3 7.6 3.1 0.41 72
1955 23 6 20 .231 4.64 63 30 17 2 1 2 215.1 235 133 111 16 119 5 75 11 5 6 979 87 1.644 9.8 0.7 5.0 3.1 0.63 87
1956 24 20 38 .345 3.94 107 69 19 11 3 4 479.1 498 243 210 42 200 13 200 16 5 16 2081 98 1.456 9.4 0.8 3.8 3.8 1.00 98
1957 25 29 54 .349 3.97 147 100 21 22 5 4 684.1 712 350 302 69 261 19 288 17 5 18 2952 97 1.422 9.4 0.9 3.4 3.8 1.10 97
1958 26 42 70 .375 3.86 179 132 21 33 7 4 921.2 932 446 395 94 353 33 397 17 5 21 3938 100 1.394 9.1 0.9 3.4 3.9 1.12 100
1959 27 53 83 .390 3.92 212 161 22 40 7 4 1107.2 1118 541 483 117 423 42 488 19 6 30 4734 98 1.391 9.1 1.0 3.4 4.0 1.15 98
1960 28 57 92 .383 4.13 246 178 28 41 7 5 1225.1 1251 627 562 138 466 47 542 19 6 34 5257 94 1.401 9.2 1.0 3.4 4.0 1.16 94
1961 29 65 101 .392 4.13 282 198 34 44 8 6 1386.1 1423 714 636 157 527 53 639 20 7 39 5958 95 1.407 9.2 1.0 3.4 4.1 1.21 95
1962 30 68 107 .389 4.14 318 202 50 44 8 8 1463.2 1511 754 673 166 555 55 686 22 7 43 6301 95 1.412 9.3 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.24 95
1963 31 71 115 .382 4.06 380 203 96 44 8 25 1557.1 1596 790 702 169 585 62 735 25 7 48 6684 97 1.400 9.2 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.26 97
1964 32 81 122 .399 3.97 441 203 148 44 8 39 1638.2 1677 819 723 173 606 71 775 27 7 55 7028 99 1.393 9.2 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.28 99
1965 33 88 128 .407 3.89 515 203 206 44 8 68 1738.0 1783 855 752 180 638 85 827 29 7 56 7462 100 1.393 9.2 0.9 3.3 4.3 1.30 100
1966 34 94 132 .416 3.82 578 203 252 44 8 91 1828.1 1862 887 776 192 655 92 873 29 7 56 7817 102 1.377 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.3 1.33 102
1967 35 101 133 .432 3.82 632 203 278 44 8 96 1900.0 1933 920 806 202 670 99 909 30 7 58 8111 101 1.370 9.2 1.0 3.2 4.3 1.36 101
1968 36 113 138 .450 3.70 688 203 309 44 8 103 2012.2 2027 946 827 205 701 110 957 32 7 58 8560 103 1.355 9.1 0.9 3.1 4.3 1.37 103
1969 37 114 144 .442 3.74 731 203 334 44 8 107 2071.2 2104 986 861 213 729 118 986 33 7 59 8838 102 1.367 9.1 0.9 3.2 4.3 1.35 102
1970 38 114 144 .442 3.75 736 203 338 44 8 108 2078.0 2113 991 866 217 731 118 989 33 7 59 8868 102 1.369 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.3 1.35 102

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
1952 20 3 5 .375 5.77 78.0 77 56 50 3 69 27 6 1.872 8.9 8.0 3.1 0.39 0.3 27
1955 23 7 8 .467 4.14 139.0 166 71 64 13 55 49 5 1.590 10.7 3.6 3.2 0.89 0.8 36
1956 24 15 13 .536 3.74 260.0 281 120 108 28 87 123 5 1.415 9.7 3.0 4.3 1.41 1.0 44
1957 25 10 12 .455 4.33 206.0 227 110 99 29 65 88 1 1.417 9.9 2.8 3.8 1.35 1.3 40
1958 26 13 13 .500 3.87 235.0 235 112 101 27 98 108 0 1.417 9.0 3.8 4.1 1.10 1.0 32
1959 27 9 11 .450 4.60 186.0 197 106 95 24 74 91 2 1.457 9.5 3.6 4.4 1.23 1.2 33
1960 28 4 9 .308 5.90 122.0 137 89 80 22 44 56 0 1.484 10.1 3.2 4.1 1.27 1.6 34
1961 29 9 8 .529 3.79 159.0 164 74 67 18 58 96 1 1.396 9.3 3.3 5.4 1.66 1.0 36
1962 30 4 4 .500 4.32 75.0 87 40 36 9 28 46 2 1.533 10.4 3.4 5.5 1.64 1.1 36
1963 31 6 3 .667 3.10 87.0 87 33 30 3 31 46 3 1.356 9.0 3.2 4.8 1.48 0.3 62
1964 32 6 2 .750 2.54 78.0 83 24 22 4 22 39 2 1.346 9.6 2.5 4.5 1.77 0.5 61
1965 33 6 4 .600 3.13 95.0 112 37 33 7 34 50 2 1.537 10.6 3.2 4.7 1.47 0.7 74
1966 34 6 3 .667 2.86 85.0 84 30 27 13 18 43 0 1.200 8.9 1.9 4.6 2.39 1.4 63
1967 35 3 4 .429 4.43 67.0 75 37 33 11 16 34 1 1.358 10.1 2.1 4.6 2.13 1.5 54
1968 36 8 3 .727 2.50 101.0 107 31 28 3 35 43 2 1.406 9.5 3.1 3.8 1.23 0.3 56
1969 37 2 4 .333 5.95 56.0 80 41 37 8 29 28 1 1.946 12.9 4.7 4.5 0.97 1.3 43
1970 38 0 0 7.50 6.0 9 6 5 4 2 3 0 1.833 13.5 3.0 4.5 1.50 6.0 5
17 Yrs 111 106 .512 4.05 2035.0 2208 1017 915 226 765 970 33 1.461 9.8 4.3 1.27 1.0 736
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

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1965 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1956 NL  4.6 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 NL  3.53 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1956 NL  14 (10th)
1958 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 NL  .706 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 NL  1.315 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  8.343 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1963 AL  62 (6th)
1964 AL  61 (8th)
1965 AL  74 (2nd)
1966 AL  63 (5th)
1968 NL  56 (6th)
Career  736 (69th)

Saves s c a p y
1963 AL  17 (7th)
1964 AL  14 (7th)
1965 AL  29 (1st)
1966 AL  23 (2nd)
Career  108 (113th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1956 NL  264.0 (5th)
1958 NL  237.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 NL  125 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL  39 (2nd)
1957 NL  31 (10th)
1958 NL  32 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1958 NL  11 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 NL  2 (10th)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  26 (6th)
1957 NL  27 (6th)
1958 NL  25 (7th)
Career  217 (168th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  81 (9th)
1958 NL  92 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL  263 (3rd)
1957 NL  214 (9th)
1958 NL  220 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1955 NL  13 (10th)
1956 NL  18 (1st)
1957 NL  16 (4th)
1958 NL  16 (1st)
1959 NL  13 (8th)
Career  144 (182nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  99 (4th)
1957 NL  92 (9th)
1958 NL  93 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL  10 (1st)
1959 NL  9 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL  6 (4th)
1955 NL  5 (9th)
1956 NL  5 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 NL  1,102 (4th)
1958 NL  986 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1963 AL  46 (4th)
1964 AL  52 (4th)
1965 AL  58 (2nd)
1966 AL  46 (3rd)
Career  338 (84th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1956 NL  112 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1958 NL  19.97 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 NL  1.5 (9th)
1966 AL  3.0 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 NL  1.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1958 NL  2.1 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1969 AL  born 1932-03-09 (6th)
1969 NL  born 1932-03-09 (10th)
1970 NL  born 1932-03-09 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 NL  born 1932-03-09 (8th)

                           

† 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 - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 52 (493), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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