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Johnny Klippstein

John Calvin Klippstein

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: October 17, 1927 in Washington, DC
High School: Montgomery Blair HS (Silver Spring, MD)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1950 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Redlegs/Twins/Dodgers/Phillies/... 1950-1967

Final Game: May 27, 1967 (Age 39)
Died: October 10, 2003 in Elgin, IL
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Huntley, IL
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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 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 96 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 92 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 96 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 9 528 102 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 86 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 5 381 110 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 72 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 1 303 130 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 6 450 168 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 9 295 136 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 88 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 6 197 184 1.401 8.7 0.8 3.9 7.7 1.95
1965 37 MIN AL 9 3 .750 2.24 56 0 25 0 0 5 76.1 59 22 19 8 31 4 59 3 0 4 314 160 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 1 172 107 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 65 1.050 8.1 1.4 1.4 5.4 4.00
18 Yrs 101 118 .461 4.24 711 161 276 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 22 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 87 1.578 9.3 0.8 4.9 4.8 0.98
MIN (3 yrs) 10 8 .556 2.45 115 0 50 0 0 10 161.2 138 49 44 14 71 13 124 6 0 11 683 147 1.293 7.7 0.8 4.0 6.9 1.75
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 93 1.518 8.6 1.3 5.1 6.8 1.34
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
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 1 303 130 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 65 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 1 102 0 0 24 314.1 280 142 126 36 150 17 215 11 0 23 1348 103 1.368 8.0 1.0 4.3 6.2 1.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1950 22 CHC NL 104.2 33 11 69 5.93 4.84 -0.08 0.00 101.6 5.00 -10 -1.0 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .469 .494
1951 23 CHC NL 123.2 35 11 71 5.17 4.46 -0.10 0.00 104.1 4.74 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.6 7 .483 .496
1952 24 CHC NL 202.2 41 25 110 4.88 4.26 0.05 0.00 102.9 4.34 -12 -1.3 1.1 -0.2 0.6 7 .468 .492
1953 25 CHC NL 167.2 48 19 115 6.17 5.07 -0.34 0.00 101.9 5.51 -11 -1.1 1.2 -0.2 0.5 6 .478 .494
1954 26 CHC NL 148.0 36 21 104 6.32 4.68 -0.12 0.00 101.6 4.88 -23 -2.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.9 -8 .437 .486
1955 27 CIN NL 138.0 39 14 66 4.30 4.80 0.24 0.00 104.2 4.74 9 1.0 1.1 -0.1 2.4 21 .525 .506
1956 28 CIN NL 211.0 37 29 103 4.39 4.28 0.10 0.00 104.5 4.36 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 2.4 20 .508 .502
1957 29 CIN NL 146.0 46 18 84 5.18 4.41 0.06 0.00 104.1 4.53 -10 -1.0 1.3 -0.1 0.4 4 .478 .494
1958 30 CIN NL 33.0 12 4 20 5.45 4.62 0.06 0.00 102.7 4.68 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.0 1 .477 .498
1958 30 LAD NL 90.0 45 0 40 4.00 4.48 -0.15 0.00 102.0 4.72 8 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.9 16 .518 .505
1959 31 LAD NL 45.2 28 0 31 6.11 4.62 -0.01 0.00 105.7 4.90 -7 -0.7 1.2 -0.2 -0.4 -1 .476 .496 $16,000
1960 32 CLE AL 74.1 49 0 30 3.63 4.56 0.19 -0.19 96.5 4.04 4 0.4 1.7 0.0 1.1 9 .509 .503
1961 33 WSA AL 71.2 42 1 59 7.41 4.68 0.06 -0.19 97.8 4.33 -24 -2.4 .7 0.3 -1.5 -18 .444 .485
1962 34 CIN NL 108.2 40 7 66 5.47 4.53 -0.06 -0.10 101.0 4.55 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.2 -0.2 0 .470 .493
1963 35 PHI NL 112.0 49 1 28 2.25 3.80 0.13 -0.15 98.4 3.46 14 1.7 1.1 -0.1 2.8 25 .534 .510
1964 36 PHI NL 21.2 11 0 10 4.15 3.86 -0.08 -0.16 102.6 3.87 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .491 .499
1964 36 MIN AL 46.1 33 0 12 2.33 4.09 0.08 -0.16 96.7 3.72 8 0.9 1.7 0.2 1.5 11 .527 .506 $19,500
1965 37 MIN AL 76.1 56 0 22 2.59 3.94 0.40 -0.16 103.4 3.50 8 0.9 1.8 0.2 1.8 13 .516 .506
1966 38 MIN AL 40.0 26 0 15 3.38 3.85 0.37 -0.16 107.8 3.58 1 0.2 1.1 -0.0 0.5 4 .507 .501
1967 39 DET AL 6.2 5 0 4 5.40 3.73 0.38 -0.15 103.6 3.32 -1 -0.2 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .466 .499
18 Seasons 1968.0 711 161 1059 4.84 4.46 0.02 -0.04 102.3 4.50 -65 -5.8 1.3 -0.8 13.3 119 .492 .498 $35,500
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CIN (5 yrs) 636.2 174 72 339 4.79 4.48 0.09 -0.02 103.7 4.53 -12 -1.2 1.2 -0.6 4.9 46 .493 .498
CHC (5 yrs) 746.2 193 87 469 5.65 4.64 -0.12 0.00 102.4 4.87 -63 -6.3 1.0 -0.7 0.8 13 .468 .492
MIN (3 yrs) 162.2 115 0 49 2.71 3.96 0.30 -0.16 102.6 3.58 17 2.0 1.6 0.4 3.8 28 .517 .505 $19,500
LAD (2 yrs) 135.2 73 0 71 4.71 4.53 -0.10 0.00 103.2 4.78 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 1.5 15 .502 .502 $16,000
PHI (2 yrs) 133.2 60 1 38 2.56 3.81 0.10 -0.15 99.1 3.53 13 1.6 1.1 -0.1 2.9 26 .526 .508
WSA (1 yr) 71.2 42 1 59 7.41 4.68 0.06 -0.19 97.8 4.33 -24 -2.4 .7 0.3 -1.5 -18 .444 .485
CLE (1 yr) 74.1 49 0 30 3.63 4.56 0.19 -0.19 96.5 4.04 4 0.4 1.7 0.0 1.1 9 .509 .503
DET (1 yr) 6.2 5 0 4 5.40 3.73 0.38 -0.15 103.6 3.32 -1 -0.2 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .466 .499

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
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 Yrs (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*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1950 22 CHC NL 71 33 412 404 69 112 14 3 9 2 4 64 51 .277 .381 .394 .775 .299 159 6 4 11 0 8
1951 23 CHC NL 149 35 396 475 71 125 11 3 10 5 6 53 56 .263 .345 .362 .707 .281 172 11 6 11 0 10
1952 24 CHC NL 164 41 723 787 110 208 26 13 17 12 8 89 110 .264 .344 .395 .739 .289 311 13 6 5 0 7
1953 25 CHC NL 134 48 641 650 115 169 29 4 15 9 5 107 113 .260 .371 .386 .757 .295 251 13 8 7 0 15
1954 26 CHC NL 71 36 622 569 104 155 25 7 13 7 3 96 69 .272 .373 .409 .783 .283 233 10 4 10 14 11
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 11
1956 28 CIN NL 1 37 916 796 103 219 39 8 26 4 7 82 86 .275 .346 .442 .788 .278 352 16 10 18 11 13 7
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 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 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 5
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 6
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 2
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 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 6
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 4
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 7
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 2
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 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 3
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 1
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 0
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 0
18 Yrs 590 711 8071 7421 1059 1915 287 68 203 90 72 978 1158 .258 .348 .397 .745 .280 2947 156 70 132 57 70 107
162 Game Avg. 46 55 629 579 83 149 22 5 16 7 6 76 90 .258 .348 .397 .745 .280 230 12 5 10 4 8
MLB Averages .255 .324 .383 .706 .276
PAu 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
1950 22 CHC NL -11.9 -1.1 422 -0.9 4.7 -5.6 .73 -0.7 -0.6 -5.7 -0.5 0.73 -3.6 2 4 11
1951 23 CHC NL -4.0 -0.4 409 -0.8 6.7 -7.5 1.03 -0.7 -0.0 -13.9 -1.3 1.03 -9.1 5 3 9
1952 24 CHC NL -11.7 -1.2 768 0.5 14.4 -13.9 1.08 -1.5 2.0 -10.3 -1.0 1.10 -18.6 4 3 6
1953 25 CHC NL -12.1 -1.2 673 -2.2 11.3 -13.4 1.07 -1.6 -0.4 -23.4 -2.2 1.07 -19.0 6 4 13
1954 26 CHC NL -19.9 -1.9 643 -2.4 10.5 -12.9 1.08 -2.1 -0.1 -31.9 -3.0 1.08 -23.8 4 3 6
1955 27 CIN NL 9.0 0.9 605 -0.1 9.3 -9.4 .90 0.7 -0.8 1.5 0.1 0.90 7.0 7 6 12
1956 28 CIN NL -1.1 -0.1 930 -0.2 18.0 -18.2 1.15 -0.3 0.1 -6.7 -0.7 1.15 -6.5 3 1 4
1957 29 CIN NL -11.6 -1.2 657 -0.7 12.3 -13.0 1.12 -0.5 -0.1 -11.8 -1.2 1.12 -6.7 8 6 12
1958 30 TOT NL 2.3 0.2 544 0.3 10.8 -10.5 1.12 -0.5 0.8 -0.9 -0.1 1.12 -5.1 20 16 17
1958 30 CIN NL -2.3 -0.2 154 -0.1 2.8 -2.9 1.00 -0.6 0.4 -4.9 -0.5 1.00 -5.8 3 3 2
1958 30 LAD NL 4.6 0.5 390 0.5 8.1 -7.6 1.17 0.0 0.4 4.0 0.4 1.17 0.7 17 13 15
1959 31 LAD NL -6.7 -0.7 220 -1.0 2.5 -3.5 .73 -0.8 -0.6 -12.3 -1.2 0.73 -10.7 9 8 10
1960 32 CLE AL 6.2 0.6 313 2.8 7.8 -5.0 1.30 1.0 1.2 10.7 1.1 1.30 8.4 27 5 17
1961 33 WSA AL -22.3 -2.2 361 -1.2 2.0 -3.2 .40 -2.1 -1.0 -34.3 -3.3 0.40 -27.6 6 4 29
1962 34 CIN NL -6.9 -0.7 512 0.7 7.9 -7.2 .94 -1.3 2.0 -12.1 -1.2 0.94 -17.9 12 8 13
1963 35 PHI NL 16.6 1.8 474 1.6 9.4 -7.8 1.18 1.8 -0.5 22.0 2.5 1.18 16.1 13 8 27
1964 36 TOT MLB 7.5 0.8 306 -0.7 5.3 -6.0 1.06 -0.2 -0.5 8.2 0.9 1.06 -1.7 15 13 15
1964 36 PHI NL -0.6 -0.1 101 -0.0 1.3 -1.4 .80 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.80 -4.3 1 2 7
1964 36 MIN AL 8.1 0.9 205 -0.7 3.9 -4.6 1.19 0.2 -0.8 8.8 0.9 1.19 2.5 14 11 8
1965 37 MIN AL 10.9 1.2 328 1.1 7.0 -5.9 1.17 0.9 0.1 10.2 1.1 1.17 8.5 29 8 19
1966 38 MIN AL 1.9 0.2 179 -0.4 2.2 -2.6 .77 0.2 -0.7 3.7 0.4 0.77 3.5 8 4 14
1967 39 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 27 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .54 -0.1 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.54 -0.3 0 2 3
18 Yrs -55.0 -4.9 8371 -3.6 142.3 -145.9 1.02 -7.8 4.2 -109.4 -9.7 1.02 -107.0 178 106 237
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
1950 22 CHC NL 33 11 1 8 2 0 1 2 9 .182 0 0 3 0 2 18% 38.5 70 22 17 8 5 4 3.9 4.2 4.3
1951 23 CHC NL 35 11 2 6 3 1 2 3 8 .273 1 1 1 1 4 36% 46.6 72 17 17 6 3 7 3.0 4.0 6.4
1952 24 CHC NL 41 25 5 14 6 1 3 9 16 .360 0 4 7 2 11 44% 46.4 87 14 21 8 12 5 3.5 2.9 6.1
1953 25 CHC NL 48 19 8 6 5 1 1 9 9 .500 0 4 5 0 8 42% 46.9 82 22 26 12 11 5 4.6 4.8 5.3
1954 26 CHC NL 36 21 4 9 8 0 1 8 13 .381 2 3 4 0 8 38% 43.1 73 24 28 14 6 10 4.7 3.7 5.5
1955 27 CIN NL 39 14 5 8 1 2 1 5 9 .357 0 1 3 2 5 36% 48.3 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% 48.8 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% 50.2 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% 45.0 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% 29.0 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% 47.0 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% 38.0 38 38 11 5 0 1 2.0 1.8 5.0
12 Yrs 458 161 42 77 42 9 16 64 96 .400 5 22 37 6 65 40% 46 89 14 218 80 71 52 4.1 4.1 5.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.2 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
1950 22 CHC NL 33 22 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12 6 50% .729 2 4 11 1 1 16 7 11 11 4 9 3 7.8
1951 23 CHC NL 35 24 13 4 0 2 2 1 100% 2 0 13 5 38% 1.029 5 3 9 2 3 12 8 9 18 1 12 5 6.7
1952 24 CHC NL 41 16 10 4 0 2 3 0 150% 2 0 13 3 23% 1.081 4 3 6 3 1 9 7 6 11 2 10 3 9.6
1953 25 CHC NL 48 29 21 2 5 5 6 1 120% 6 1 20 2 10% 8 1.070 6 4 13 6 1 17 14 10 18 7 15 8 6.9
1954 26 CHC NL 36 15 9 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 15 8 53% 6 1.084 4 3 6 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 .896 7 6 12 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 1.147 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 1.116 8 6 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% 1.122 20 16 17 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 .998 3 3 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 1.170 17 13 15 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 .725 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 1.299 27 5 17 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 .401 6 4 29 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 .942 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 1.180 13 8 27 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% 1.060 15 13 15 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 .798 1 2 7 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 1.191 14 11 8 7 5 21 20 13 16 11 16 9 4.2
1965 37 MIN AL 56 56 25 9 3 11 5 6 45% 21 7 56 14 25% 8 1.171 29 8 19 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 .769 8 4 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 .540 0 2 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 4.0
18 Yrs 711 550 276 59 41 80 66 19 83% 106 19 446 152 34% 1.021 178 106 237 116 83 330 241 288 311 114 311 114 5.7
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%
1950 22 CHC NL 483 63% 2.2% 12.4% 15.5% 6.3% 23% 1.00 84% 94 6 6%
1951 23 CHC NL 545 65% 2.5% 14.1% 13.4% 6.1% 19% 1.21 103% 103 11 11%
1952 24 CHC NL 887 56% 2.4% 15.2% 12.3% 7.8% 27% 0.95 91% 149 13 9%
1953 25 CHC NL 775 57% 2.3% 17.6% 16.7% 7.5% 28% 0.89 81% 153 13 9%
1954 26 CHC NL 693 59% 2.1% 11.1% 15.4% 7.2% 29% 1.03 81% 163 10 6%
1955 27 CIN NL 588 61% 2.2% 11.6% 10.2% 5.6% 28% 0.93 74% 124 13 10%
1956 28 CIN NL 917 62% 2.8% 9.4% 9.0% 8.0% 33% 0.85 76% 174 16 9%
1957 29 CIN NL 643 61% 2.6% 15.4% 10.6% 7.6% 34% 0.76 70% 138 8 6%
1958 30 TOT NL 528 65% 3.2% 18.0% 11.0% 8.0% 36% 0.75 66% 116 13 11%
1958 30 CIN NL 147 54% 3.4% 15.0% 9.5% 8.8% 35% 0.53 71% 32 2 6%
1958 30 LAD NL 381 69% 3.2% 19.2% 11.6% 7.6% 36% 0.86 64% 84 11 13%
1959 31 LAD NL 214 74% 3.7% 14.0% 15.4% 7.5% 33% 0.88 65% 53 7 13%
1960 32 CLE AL 302 59% 2.7% 15.2% 11.6% 3.6% 21% 1.05 68% 57 7 12%
1961 33 WSA AL 338 65% 3.9% 12.1% 12.7% 9.8% 40% 1.20 68% 74 4 5%
1962 34 CIN NL 491 58% 2.7% 13.7% 13.0% 7.1% 31% 1.17 68% 102 8 8%
1963 35 PHI NL 450 60% 0.7% 19.1% 10.2% 4.4% 25% 1.48 68% 88 10 11%
1964 36 TOT MLB 295 70% 3.4% 17.6% 9.5% 6.8% 30% 1.88 66% 54 6 11%
1964 36 PHI NL 98 63% 6.1% 13.3% 8.2% 10.2% 46% 1.89 70% 10 0 0%
1964 36 MIN AL 197 74% 2.0% 19.8% 10.2% 5.1% 23% 1.88 64% 44 6 14%
1965 37 MIN AL 314 67% 2.6% 18.8% 9.9% 4.8% 25% 1.00 66% 53 7 13%
1966 38 MIN AL 172 69% 1.2% 15.1% 11.6% 4.7% 23% 1.53 70% 29 3 10%
1967 39 DET AL 26 85% 3.9% 15.4% 3.9% 15.4% 67% 1.29 77% 3 1 33%
18 Yrs 8661 62% 2.5% 14.4% 12.1% 6.9% 29% 1.00 76% 1727 156 9%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 13.7% 9.1% 6.6% 28% 1.02 77% 11%
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
1950 22 CHC NL 412 112 9 1 19 7 1 7 1 25 12 5 48% 8 6 0 168 2 4 33% 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 71
1951 23 CHC NL 396 125 10 0 9 5 3 4 4 21 13 0 62% 10 2 2 176 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 149
1952 24 CHC NL 723 208 17 0 20 9 5 5 9 58 28 6 48% 7 12 0 269 12 8 60% 10 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 164
1953 25 CHC NL 641 169 15 1 19 7 5 7 5 45 25 8 56% 15 10 3 292 9 5 64% 7 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 17 134
1954 26 CHC NL 622 155 13 1 29 9 4 7 6 59 32 10 54% 11 5 2 250 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 24 71
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 0 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 0 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 3 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 Yrs 8071 1915 203 7 275 129 65 97 97 547 276 74 50% 107 97 20 3189 90 72 56% 80 66 8 4 2 2 9 0 211 590
MLB Averages 51% 59%
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+
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 88 1.550 9.3 0.7 4.6 4.2 0.91 88
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 89 1.548 9.2 0.8 4.7 5.0 1.05 89
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 87 1.578 9.3 0.8 4.9 4.8 0.98 87
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 91 1.508 9.1 0.9 4.5 4.7 1.05 91
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 91 1.510 9.1 0.9 4.5 5.0 1.09 91
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 92 1.494 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.0 1.10 92
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 90 1.506 9.0 1.0 4.6 5.0 1.10 90
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 90 1.514 9.0 1.0 4.6 5.0 1.09 90
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 92 1.490 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.2 1.13 92
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 93 1.486 8.9 0.9 4.5 5.2 1.15 93
1965 37 100 117 .461 4.25 680 161 260 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 4.24 706 161 276 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 4.24 711 161 276 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

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 5.05 107.0 113 67 60 9 65 52 4 1.664 9.5 5.5 4.4 0.80 0.8 33
1951 23 7 7 .500 4.11 127.0 127 64 58 10 54 57 6 1.425 9.0 3.8 4.0 1.06 0.7 35
1952 24 9 13 .409 4.77 202.0 220 119 107 18 94 109 6 1.554 9.8 4.2 4.9 1.16 0.8 41
1953 25 9 10 .474 4.30 176.0 166 93 84 15 105 119 8 1.540 8.5 5.4 6.1 1.13 0.8 48
1954 26 7 10 .412 4.96 156.0 158 96 86 13 98 73 4 1.641 9.1 5.7 4.2 0.74 0.8 36
1955 27 9 6 .600 3.27 143.0 123 58 52 13 62 71 4 1.294 7.7 3.9 4.5 1.15 0.8 39
1956 28 11 12 .478 4.27 211.0 229 111 100 27 86 86 10 1.493 9.8 3.7 3.7 1.00 1.2 37
1957 29 6 10 .375 4.92 150.0 149 91 82 17 69 102 3 1.453 8.9 4.1 6.1 1.48 1.0 46
1958 30 6 7 .462 4.06 124.0 121 62 56 17 59 96 3 1.452 8.8 4.3 7.0 1.63 1.2 57
1959 31 2 3 .400 5.87 46.0 49 33 30 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 7.04 69.0 83 60 54 13 43 39 4 1.826 10.8 5.6 5.1 0.91 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 2.53 103.0 87 32 29 3 50 79 3 1.330 7.6 4.4 6.9 1.58 0.3 49
1964 36 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 69 24 22 10 29 49 3 1.531 9.7 4.1 6.9 1.69 1.4 44
1965 37 6 2 .750 2.63 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 6.00 6.0 6 4 4 1 1 4 0 1.167 9.0 1.5 6.0 4.00 1.5 5
18 Yrs 102 109 .483 4.29 1972.0 1967 1043 940 206 1004 1157 70 1.507 9.0 5.3 1.15 0.9 711
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



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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 (86th)

Saves s c a p y
1953 NL  6 (8th)
1958 NL  10 (4th)
1960 AL  14 (1st)
Career  66 (210th)

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 (205th)

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 (121st)

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 (107th)

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 (202nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1953 NL  21 (8th)
1958 NL  27 (8th)
1960 AL  30 (3rd)
Career  276 (137th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1963 NL  22.01 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1960 AL  2.8 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1963 NL  2.5 (9th)

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)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (568), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1190), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (767), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (179th), 10.7 career WAR/12.2 7yr-peak WAR/11.4 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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