Johnny Klippstein
John Calvin Klippstein
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC
High School: Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring, MD)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1950
Final Game: May 27, 1967
Died: October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL
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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
1950 22 CHC NL 2 9 .182 5.25 33 11 14 3 0 1 104.2 112 69 61 9 64 51 4 1 6 480 80 1.682 9.6 0.8 5.5 4.4 0.80
1951 23 CHC NL 6 6 .500 4.29 35 11 13 1 1 2 123.2 125 71 59 10 53 56 6 2 2 546 95 1.439 9.1 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06
1952 24 CHC NL 9 14 .391 4.44 41 25 10 7 2 3 202.2 208 110 100 17 89 110 6 0 12 885 87 1.465 9.2 0.8 4.0 4.9 1.24
1953 25 CHC NL 10 11 .476 4.83 48 19 21 5 0 6 167.2 169 115 90 15 107 113 8 0 10 777 91 1.646 9.1 0.8 5.7 6.1 1.06
1954 26 CHC NL 4 11 .267 5.29 36 21 9 4 0 1 148.0 155 104 87 13 96 69 4 1 5 693 79 1.696 9.4 0.8 5.8 4.2 0.72
1955 27 CIN NL 9 10 .474 3.39 39 14 14 3 2 0 138.0 120 66 52 13 60 5 68 4 0 6 588 124 1.304 7.8 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.13
1956 28 CIN NL 12 11 .522 4.09 37 29 3 11 0 1 211.0 219 103 96 26 82 13 86 10 1 0 916 97 1.427 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05
1957 29 CIN NL 8 11 .421 5.05 46 18 9 3 1 3 146.0 146 84 82 17 68 6 99 3 0 5 643 81 1.466 9.0 1.0 4.2 6.1 1.46
1958 30 TOT NL 6 7 .462 4.10 57 4 27 0 0 10 123.0 118 60 56 17 58 9 95 3 0 9 528 101 1.431 8.6 1.2 4.2 7.0 1.64
1958 30 CIN NL 3 2 .600 4.91 12 4 5 0 0 1 33.0 37 20 18 5 14 1 22 1 0 4 147 85 1.545 10.1 1.4 3.8 6.0 1.57
1958 30 LAD NL 3 5 .375 3.80 45 0 22 0 0 9 90.0 81 40 38 12 44 8 73 2 0 5 381 108 1.389 8.1 1.2 4.4 7.3 1.66
1959 31 LAD NL 4 0 1.000 5.91 28 0 10 0 0 2 45.2 48 31 30 8 33 5 30 2 0 2 214 71 1.774 9.5 1.6 6.5 5.9 0.91
1960 32 CLE AL 5 5 .500 2.91 49 0 30 0 0 14 74.1 53 30 24 8 35 3 46 1 0 1 303 129 1.184 6.4 1.0 4.2 5.6 1.31
1961 33 WSA AL 2 2 .500 6.78 42 1 22 0 0 0 71.2 83 59 54 13 43 1 41 4 0 10 336 58 1.758 10.4 1.6 5.4 5.1 0.95
1962 34 CIN NL 7 6 .538 4.47 40 7 16 0 0 4 108.2 113 66 54 13 64 5 67 4 1 8 490 90 1.629 9.4 1.1 5.3 5.5 1.05
1963 35 PHI NL 5 6 .455 1.93 49 1 23 0 0 8 112.0 80 28 24 3 46 9 86 3 0 6 450 169 1.125 6.4 0.2 3.7 6.9 1.87
1964 36 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 2.65 44 0 14 0 0 3 68.0 66 22 20 10 28 8 52 3 0 9 295 134 1.382 8.7 1.3 3.7 6.9 1.86
1964 36 PHI NL 2 1 .667 4.03 11 0 5 0 0 1 22.1 22 10 10 6 8 1 13 2 0 3 98 86 1.343 8.9 2.4 3.2 5.2 1.63
1964 36 MIN AL 0 4 .000 1.97 33 0 9 0 0 2 45.2 44 12 10 4 20 7 39 1 0 6 197 182 1.401 8.7 0.8 3.9 7.7 1.95
1965 37 MIN AL 9 3 .750 2.24 56 0 24 0 0 5 76.1 59 22 19 8 31 4 59 3 0 4 314 159 1.179 7.0 0.9 3.7 7.0 1.90
1966 38 MIN AL 1 1 .500 3.40 26 0 16 0 0 3 39.2 35 15 15 2 20 2 26 2 0 1 172 106 1.387 7.9 0.5 4.5 5.9 1.30
1967 39 DET AL 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 26 60 1.050 8.1 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
18 Seasons 101 118 .461 4.24 711 161 275 37 6 66 1967.2 1915 1059 927 203 978 70 1158 70 6 97 8656 94 1.470 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .461 4.24 55 13 21 3 0 5 153 149 83 72 16 76 90 5 0 8 675 94 1.470 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18
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
CIN (5 yrs) 39 40 .494 4.27 174 72 47 17 3 9 636.2 635 339 302 74 288 30 342 22 2 23 2784 95 1.450 9.0 1.0 4.1 4.8 1.19
CHC (5 yrs) 31 51 .378 4.79 193 87 67 20 3 13 746.2 769 469 397 64 409 399 28 4 35 3381 86 1.578 9.3 0.8 4.9 4.8 0.98
MIN (3 yrs) 10 8 .556 2.45 115 0 49 0 0 10 161.2 138 49 44 14 71 13 124 6 0 11 683 146 1.293 7.7 0.8 4.0 6.9 1.75
PHI (2 yrs) 7 7 .500 2.28 60 1 28 0 0 9 134.1 102 38 34 9 54 10 99 5 0 9 548 144 1.161 6.8 0.6 3.6 6.6 1.83
LAD (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 4.51 73 0 32 0 0 11 135.2 129 71 68 20 77 13 103 4 0 7 595 92 1.518 8.6 1.3 5.1 6.8 1.34
WSA (1 yr) 2 2 .500 6.78 42 1 22 0 0 0 71.2 83 59 54 13 43 1 41 4 0 10 336 58 1.758 10.4 1.6 5.4 5.1 0.95
CLE (1 yr) 5 5 .500 2.91 49 0 30 0 0 14 74.1 53 30 24 8 35 3 46 1 0 1 303 129 1.184 6.4 1.0 4.2 5.6 1.31
DET (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 26 60 1.050 8.1 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
NL (13 yrs) 84 103 .449 4.36 500 160 174 37 6 42 1653.1 1635 917 801 167 828 53 943 59 6 74 7308 93 1.490 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.1 1.14
AL (6 yrs) 17 15 .531 3.61 211 1 101 0 0 24 314.1 280 142 126 36 150 17 215 11 0 23 1348 102 1.368 8.0 1.0 4.3 6.2 1.43

Postseason Pitching

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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
1959 31 LAD NL WS W CHW 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1965 37 MIN AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 12 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 10.1 1.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 19 1.071 5.8 0.0 3.9 9.6 2.50
2 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 19 1.071 5.8 0.0 3.9 9.6 2.50

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 26 CHC NL 36 693 570 104 155 24 6 13 6 3 96 69 .272 .373 .404 .776 .283 230 10 4 9 14
1955 27 CIN NL 39 588 515 66 120 18 2 13 2 6 60 68 .233 .317 .351 .668 .245 181 13 4 7 2 5
1956 28 CIN NL 37 917 796 103 219 39 8 26 4 7 82 86 .275 .346 .442 .788 .278 352 16 10 18 11 13
1957 29 CIN NL 46 643 559 84 146 28 4 17 7 2 68 99 .261 .342 .417 .759 .288 233 8 3 8 5 6
1958 30 CIN NL 12 147 130 20 37 4 4 5 1 2 14 22 .285 .356 .492 .848 .308 64 2 1 1 1 1
1958 30 LAD NL 45 381 326 40 81 13 4 12 1 4 44 73 .248 .338 .423 .761 .282 138 11 2 5 4 8
1958 30 TOT NL 57 528 456 60 118 17 8 17 2 6 58 95 .259 .343 .443 .786 .289 202 13 3 6 5 9
1959 31 LAD NL 28 214 174 31 48 5 3 8 1 1 33 30 .276 .392 .477 .869 .288 83 7 2 2 3 5
1960 32 CLE AL 49 302 257 30 53 2 1 8 7 3 35 46 .206 .303 .315 .618 .221 81 7 1 8 1 3
1961 33 WSA AL 42 338 280 59 83 15 5 13 10 7 43 41 .296 .393 .525 .918 .304 147 4 4 7 4 1
1962 34 CIN NL 40 491 407 66 113 21 1 13 5 2 64 67 .278 .377 .430 .807 .301 175 8 4 11 5 5
1963 35 PHI NL 49 450 392 28 80 15 2 3 5 9 46 86 .204 .291 .276 .567 .252 108 10 3 7 2 9
1964 36 MIN AL 33 197 169 12 44 6 0 4 0 0 20 39 .260 .340 .367 .707 .315 62 6 1 6 1 7
1964 36 PHI NL 11 98 88 10 22 4 0 6 0 0 8 13 .250 .327 .500 .827 .232 44 0 2 0 0 1
1964 36 TOT MLB 44 295 257 22 66 10 0 10 0 0 28 52 .257 .336 .412 .748 .286 106 6 3 6 1 8
1965 37 MIN AL 56 314 272 22 59 5 2 8 8 2 31 59 .217 .302 .338 .640 .246 92 7 3 6 2 4
1966 38 MIN AL 26 172 147 15 35 5 1 2 4 1 20 26 .238 .335 .327 .662 .275 48 3 2 2 1 2
1967 39 DET AL 5 26 24 4 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .269 .542 .811 .250 13 1 0 0 1 0
14 Seasons 554 5971 5106 694 1301 206 44 152 61 49 665 828 .255 .343 .402 .744 .275 2051 113 46 97 57 70
162 Game Avg. 58 626 535 73 136 22 5 16 6 5 70 87 .255 .343 .402 .744 .275 215 12 5 10 6
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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 26 CHC NL 36 21 4 9 8 0 1 8 13 .381 2 3 4 0 8 38% 43 73 24 23 11 6 10 4.7 3.8 5.5
1955 27 CIN NL 39 14 5 8 1 2 1 5 9 .357 0 1 3 2 5 36% 48 84 28 11 3 6 5 4.2 5.3 5.8
1956 28 CIN NL 37 29 10 11 8 3 5 16 13 .552 0 3 11 0 14 48% 49 72 20 22 5 14 7 5.0 5.1 6.8
1957 29 CIN NL 46 18 5 9 4 0 2 7 11 .389 2 1 3 1 8 44% 50 89 29 32 11 8 4 3.8 3.7 5.7
1958 30 TOT NL 57 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 1 25% 60 36 24 4 3 0 3.3 3.0 4.4
1958 30 CIN NL 12 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 1 25% 45 60 36 9 3 3 0 3.3 3.0 4.4
1961 33 WSA AL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 5 0 0 0 3.0 0.0 2.3
1962 34 CIN NL 40 7 1 3 3 0 0 4 3 .571 0 3 0 0 4 57% 47 62 22 19 5 3 4 3.4 2.4 5.5
1963 35 PHI NL 49 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 11 5 0 1 2.0 1.8 5.0
8 Seasons 301 95 26 43 26 6 9 41 54 .432 4 13 21 3 40 42% 47 89 20 132 43 40 31 4.3 4.3 5.9
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 26 CHC NL 36 15 9 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 15 8 53% 6 1.079 4 4 5 2 1 10 8 5 7 5 7 2 6.5
1955 27 CIN NL 39 25 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 40% 5 0.904 7 7 11 0 6 19 11 14 20 2 20 7 6.8
1956 28 CIN NL 37 8 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 4 1.150 3 1 4 1 3 4 2 6 6 2 6 3 5.6
1957 29 CIN NL 46 28 9 3 2 3 3 0 100% 4 1 16 6 38% 8 1.131 8 7 12 5 4 19 9 19 14 6 16 10 4.6
1958 30 TOT NL 57 53 27 5 6 12 10 2 83% 15 2 55 17 31% 1.150 19 19 15 17 8 28 32 21 30 15 31 13 6.0
1958 30 CIN NL 12 8 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 7 4 57% 6 1.017 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 0 5.8
1958 30 LAD NL 45 45 22 3 5 11 9 2 82% 13 2 48 13 27% 9 1.202 17 15 13 14 6 25 28 17 26 12 27 13 6.0
1959 31 LAD NL 28 28 10 4 0 3 2 1 67% 6 1 35 16 46% 4 0.739 9 8 10 7 0 21 18 10 15 7 15 4 4.9
1960 32 CLE AL 49 49 30 5 5 14 14 0 100% 17 3 43 11 26% 8 1.345 27 7 15 17 10 22 21 28 25 12 29 9 4.6
1961 33 WSA AL 42 41 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 79% 8 0.429 6 6 28 1 4 36 14 27 20 4 20 8 5.1
1962 34 CIN NL 40 33 16 6 3 5 4 1 80% 5 0 13 4 31% 5 0.959 12 8 13 6 10 17 7 26 21 5 23 1 6.4
1963 35 PHI NL 49 48 23 5 5 10 8 2 80% 11 1 35 8 23% 8 1.272 15 10 23 12 8 28 21 27 29 8 30 8 6.7
1964 36 TOT MLB 44 44 14 2 5 6 3 3 50% 8 2 47 13 28% 1.135 15 15 13 10 6 28 23 21 22 14 22 10 4.6
1964 36 PHI NL 11 11 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 2 40% 5 0.860 1 3 6 3 1 7 3 8 6 3 6 1 5.9
1964 36 MIN AL 33 33 9 0 4 5 2 3 40% 7 2 42 11 26% 9 1.272 14 12 7 7 5 21 20 13 16 11 16 9 4.2
1965 37 MIN AL 56 56 24 9 3 11 5 6 45% 21 7 56 14 25% 8 1.232 28 11 17 21 13 22 29 27 26 17 28 16 4.1
1966 38 MIN AL 26 26 16 1 1 4 3 1 75% 5 1 17 5 29% 8 0.847 9 3 14 5 3 18 8 18 16 1 16 3 4.6
1967 39 DET AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 5 0.579 0 2 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 4.0
14 Seasons 554 459 217 48 35 71 54 17 76% 95 18 388 136 35% 1.055 162 108 183 104 77 276 205 252 253 100 265 95 5.3
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*

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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%
1950 22 CHC NL
1951 23 CHC NL
1952 24 CHC NL
1953 25 CHC NL
1954 26 CHC NL 693 40% 1.9% 10.0% 13.9% 6.2% 28% 1.03 72% 152 10 7%
1955 27 CIN NL 588 39% 2.2% 11.6% 10.2% 5.6% 28% 0.93 74% 124 13 10%
1956 28 CIN NL 917 38% 2.8% 9.4% 8.9% 8.0% 33% 0.85 76% 174 16 9%
1957 29 CIN NL 643 39% 2.6% 15.4% 10.6% 7.6% 34% 0.76 70% 138 8 6%
1958 30 TOT NL 528 35% 3.2% 18.0% 11.0% 8.0% 36% 0.75 66% 116 13 11%
1958 30 CIN NL 147 46% 3.4% 15.0% 9.5% 8.8% 35% 0.53 71% 32 2 6%
1958 30 LAD NL 381 31% 3.2% 19.2% 11.6% 7.6% 36% 0.86 64% 84 11 13%
1959 31 LAD NL 214 26% 3.7% 14.0% 15.4% 7.5% 33% 0.88 65% 53 7 13%
1960 32 CLE AL 302 41% 2.7% 15.2% 11.6% 3.6% 21% 1.05 68% 57 7 12%
1961 33 WSA AL 338 36% 3.9% 12.1% 12.7% 9.8% 40% 1.20 68% 74 4 5%
1962 34 CIN NL 491 42% 2.7% 13.7% 13.0% 7.1% 31% 1.17 68% 102 8 8%
1963 35 PHI NL 450 40% 0.7% 19.1% 10.2% 4.4% 25% 1.48 68% 88 10 11%
1964 36 TOT MLB 295 30% 3.4% 17.6% 9.5% 6.8% 30% 1.88 66% 54 6 11%
1964 36 PHI NL 98 37% 6.1% 13.3% 8.2% 10.2% 46% 1.89 70% 10 0 0%
1964 36 MIN AL 197 26% 2.0% 19.8% 10.2% 5.1% 23% 1.88 64% 44 6 14%
1965 37 MIN AL 314 33% 2.6% 18.8% 9.9% 4.8% 25% 1.00 66% 53 7 13%
1966 38 MIN AL 172 31% 1.2% 15.1% 11.6% 4.7% 23% 1.53 70% 29 3 10%
1967 39 DET AL 26 15% 3.9% 15.4% 3.9% 15.4% 67% 1.29 77% 3 1 33%
18 Seasons 5971 37% 3.4% 19.4% 16.4% 6.7% 21% 1.00 70% 1217 113 9%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1950 22 CHC NL 112 9 6
1951 23 CHC NL 125 10 2
1952 24 CHC NL 208 17 12
1953 25 CHC NL 169 15 10
1954 26 CHC NL 597 155 13 1 26 9 4 7 6 53 30 8 57% 11 5 2 238 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 24 96
1955 27 CIN NL 588 120 13 1 21 10 3 9 4 26 17 3 65% 11 6 2 232 2 6 25% 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
1956 28 CIN NL 916 219 26 0 18 15 11 12 14 55 27 5 49% 7 0 0 349 4 7 36% 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 1
1957 29 CIN NL 643 146 17 1 9 13 4 8 9 33 20 4 61% 6 5 0 251 7 2 78% 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1958 30 TOT NL 528 118 17 0 23 12 5 11 6 39 14 9 36% 6 9 1 198 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1958 30 CIN NL 147 37 5 0 0 3 2 4 1 6 2 2 33% 1 4 1 58 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1958 30 LAD NL 381 81 12 0 23 9 3 7 5 33 12 7 36% 5 5 0 140 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1959 31 LAD NL 214 48 8 0 11 7 1 4 4 23 12 3 52% 2 2 0 93 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1960 32 CLE AL 302 53 8 0 18 4 4 5 3 21 9 1 43% 3 1 0 109 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 33 WSA AL 338 83 13 1 18 6 7 3 10 31 16 5 52% 6 10 2 135 10 7 59% 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1962 34 CIN NL 491 113 13 0 12 6 7 6 7 31 20 1 65% 4 8 2 198 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0
1963 35 PHI NL 450 80 3 0 13 3 0 2 1 23 9 4 39% 7 6 4 165 5 9 36% 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
1964 36 TOT MLB 295 66 10 0 19 7 3 3 7 22 7 3 32% 3 9 2 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1964 36 PHI NL 98 22 6 0 4 4 2 0 6 2 0 0 0% 1 3 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1964 36 MIN AL 197 44 4 0 15 3 1 3 1 20 7 3 35% 2 6 2 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1965 37 MIN AL 314 59 8 1 11 7 1 3 5 22 11 5 50% 1 4 0 109 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
1966 38 MIN AL 172 35 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 9 3 2 33% 0 1 0 71 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 39 DET AL 26 6 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 25% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Seasons 5874 1915 203 5 205 101 51 74 78 392 196 53 50% 67 97 15 2272 61 49 55% 57 44 4 3 0 2 15 0 171 97
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1950 22 2 9 .182 5.25 33 11 14 3 0 1 104.2 112 69 61 9 64 51 4 1 6 480 80 1.682 9.6 0.8 5.5 4.4 0.80 80
1951 23 8 15 .348 4.73 68 22 27 4 1 3 228.1 237 140 120 19 117 107 10 3 8 1026 87 1.550 9.3 0.7 4.6 4.2 0.91 87
1952 24 17 29 .370 4.59 109 47 37 11 3 6 431.0 445 250 220 36 206 217 16 3 20 1911 87 1.510 9.3 0.8 4.3 4.5 1.05 87
1953 25 27 40 .403 4.66 157 66 58 16 3 12 598.2 614 365 310 51 313 330 24 3 30 2688 88 1.548 9.2 0.8 4.7 5.0 1.05 88
1954 26 31 51 .378 4.79 193 87 67 20 3 13 746.2 769 469 397 64 409 399 28 4 35 3381 86 1.578 9.3 0.8 4.9 4.8 0.98 86
1955 27 40 61 .396 4.57 232 101 81 23 5 13 884.2 889 535 449 77 469 5 467 32 4 41 3969 91 1.535 9.0 0.8 4.8 4.8 1.00 91
1956 28 52 72 .419 4.48 269 130 84 34 5 14 1095.2 1108 638 545 103 551 18 553 42 5 41 4885 92 1.514 9.1 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 92
1957 29 60 83 .420 4.54 315 148 93 37 6 17 1241.2 1254 722 627 120 619 24 652 45 5 46 5528 90 1.508 9.1 0.9 4.5 4.7 1.05 90
1958 30 66 90 .423 4.50 372 152 120 37 6 27 1364.2 1372 782 683 137 677 33 747 48 5 55 6056 91 1.501 9.0 0.9 4.5 4.9 1.10 91
1959 31 70 90 .438 4.55 400 152 130 37 6 29 1410.1 1420 813 713 145 710 38 777 50 5 57 6270 90 1.510 9.1 0.9 4.5 5.0 1.09 90
1960 32 75 95 .441 4.47 449 152 160 37 6 43 1484.2 1473 843 737 153 745 41 823 51 5 58 6573 91 1.494 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.0 1.10 91
1961 33 77 97 .443 4.57 491 153 182 37 6 43 1556.1 1556 902 791 166 788 42 864 55 5 68 6909 89 1.506 9.0 1.0 4.6 5.0 1.10 89
1962 34 84 103 .449 4.57 531 160 198 37 6 47 1665.0 1669 968 845 179 852 47 931 59 6 76 7399 89 1.514 9.0 1.0 4.6 5.0 1.09 89
1963 35 89 109 .449 4.40 580 161 221 37 6 55 1777.0 1749 996 869 182 898 56 1017 62 6 82 7849 91 1.490 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.2 1.13 91
1964 36 91 114 .444 4.34 624 161 235 37 6 58 1845.0 1815 1018 889 192 926 64 1069 65 6 91 8144 92 1.486 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.2 1.15 92
1965 37 100 117 .461 4.25 680 161 259 37 6 63 1921.1 1874 1040 908 200 957 68 1128 68 6 95 8458 94 1.473 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18 94
1966 38 101 118 .461 4.24 706 161 275 37 6 66 1961.0 1909 1055 923 202 977 70 1154 70 6 96 8630 94 1.472 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18 94
1967 39 101 118 .461 4.24 711 161 275 37 6 66 1967.2 1915 1059 927 203 978 70 1158 70 6 97 8656 94 1.470 8.8 0.9 4.5 5.3 1.18 94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1950 22 4 7 .364 5.09 106.0 114 67 60 9 65 52 4 1.689 9.7 5.5 4.4 0.80 0.8 33
1951 23 7 7 .500 4.21 126.0 128 66 59 10 54 57 6 1.444 9.1 3.9 4.1 1.06 0.7 35
1952 24 9 13 .409 4.77 202.0 220 119 107 18 94 110 6 1.554 9.8 4.2 4.9 1.17 0.8 41
1953 25 9 10 .474 4.40 174.0 169 94 85 15 107 117 8 1.586 8.7 5.5 6.1 1.09 0.8 48
1954 26 7 10 .412 4.96 156.0 159 96 86 13 98 73 4 1.647 9.2 5.7 4.2 0.74 0.8 36
1955 27 9 6 .600 3.27 143.0 124 58 52 13 62 70 4 1.301 7.8 3.9 4.4 1.13 0.8 39
1956 28 11 12 .478 4.22 211.0 228 110 99 27 85 86 10 1.483 9.7 3.6 3.7 1.01 1.2 37
1957 29 6 10 .375 4.92 150.0 150 91 82 17 70 102 3 1.467 9.0 4.2 6.1 1.46 1.0 46
1958 30 6 7 .462 4.17 123.0 122 63 57 18 60 95 3 1.480 8.9 4.4 7.0 1.58 1.3 57
1959 31 2 3 .400 5.67 46.0 49 32 29 8 34 30 2 1.804 9.6 6.7 5.9 0.88 1.6 28
1960 32 5 3 .625 3.16 74.0 57 29 26 9 38 46 1 1.284 6.9 4.6 5.6 1.21 1.1 49
1961 33 2 5 .286 7.15 68.0 84 60 54 13 44 39 4 1.882 11.1 5.8 5.2 0.89 1.7 42
1962 34 5 6 .455 4.50 104.0 111 58 52 13 63 64 4 1.673 9.6 5.5 5.5 1.02 1.1 40
1963 35 8 3 .727 2.42 104.0 86 31 28 3 49 80 3 1.298 7.4 4.2 6.9 1.63 0.3 49
1964 36 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 70 24 22 11 30 49 3 1.563 9.8 4.2 6.9 1.63 1.5 44
1965 37 6 2 .750 2.62 72.0 62 23 21 8 33 56 3 1.319 7.8 4.1 7.0 1.70 1.0 56
1966 38 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 37 19 17 2 21 25 2 1.526 8.8 5.0 5.9 1.19 0.5 26
1967 39 0 0 7.50 6.0 7 6 5 1 1 4 0 1.333 10.5 1.5 6.0 4.00 1.5 5
18 Seasons 102 109 .483 4.31 1967.0 1977 1046 941 208 1008 1155 70 1.518 9.0 5.3 1.15 1.0 711
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 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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  4.885 (10th)
1953 NL  6.066 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL  48 (7th)
1958 NL  57 (2nd)
1960 AL  49 (6th)
Career  711 (80th)

Saves s c a p y
1953 NL  6 (8th)
1958 NL  10 (4th)
1960 AL  14 (1st)
Career  66 (192nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL  113 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL  2 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  26 (6th)
Career  203 (187th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  89 (7th)
1953 NL  107 (3rd)
1954 NL  96 (4th)
1956 NL  82 (7th)
1957 NL  68 (10th)
Career  978 (117th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  208 (10th)
1956 NL  219 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  100 (4th)
1956 NL  96 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL  6 (5th)
1952 NL  12 (1st)
1953 NL  10 (2nd)
1954 NL  5 (7th)
1955 NL  6 (2nd)
1957 NL  5 (9th)
1958 NL  9 (2nd)
1961 AL  10 (1st)
Career  97 (85th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL  6 (6th)
1952 NL  6 (4th)
1953 NL  8 (3rd)
1956 NL  10 (1st)
Career  70 (159th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 NL  21 (8th)
1958 NL  27 (8th)
1960 AL  30 (3rd)
Career  275 (128th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1927-10-17 (7th)
1966 AL  born 1927-10-17 (4th)
1967 AL  born 1927-10-17 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Diego Segui (921)
  2. Miguel Batista (914)
  3. Moe Drabowsky (892)
  4. Don Robinson (891)
  5. Ron Kline (888)
  6. Gary Bell (885)
  7. Dennis Lamp (883)
  8. Dick Tidrow (883)
  9. Dick Drago (881)
  10. Shane Rawley (879)
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  1. Lee Stine (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Al Javery (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Walt Masterson (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gene Nelson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Anderson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John D'Acquisto (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Bonham (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Spillner (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dan Spillner (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ryan Dempster (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dan Spillner (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dan Spillner (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Moe Drabowsky (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Moe Drabowsky (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Moe Drabowsky (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Diego Segui (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Miguel Batista (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Diego Segui (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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