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Alex Konikowski

Alexander James Konikowski (Whitey)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: June 8, 1928 in Throop, PA
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1948
Team: Giants 1948-1954

Final Game: July 29, 1954
Died: September 28, 1997 in Seymour, CT
Buried: St. Augustine Cemetery, Seymour, CT
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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
1948 20 NYG NL 2 3 .400 7.56 22 1 6 0 0 1 33.1 46 34 28 7 17 9 0 0 0 154 53 1.890 12.4 1.9 4.6 2.4 0.53
1951 23 NYG NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 11.3
1954 26 NYG NL 0 0 7.50 10 0 6 0 0 0 12.0 10 10 10 1 12 6 0 0 2 56 56 1.833 7.5 0.8 9.0 4.5 0.50
3 Yrs 2 3 .400 6.93 35 1 14 0 0 1 49.1 58 44 38 8 29 20 0 0 2 223 59 1.764 10.6 1.5 5.3 3.6 0.69
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .400 6.93 66 2 26 0 0 2 93 110 83 72 15 55 38 0 0 4 421 59 1.764 10.6 1.5 5.3 3.6 0.69

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
1948 20 NYG NL 33.1 22 1 34 9.18 4.64 -0.02 0.00 99.9 4.65 -17 -1.6 1.1 -0.1 -1.4 -13 .425 .490 $
1951 23 NYG NL 4.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.63 0.12 0.00 99.1 4.47 2 0.2 .1 -0.1 0.1 2 .573 .501 $
1954 26 NYG NL 12.0 10 0 10 7.50 4.70 0.31 0.00 99.8 4.38 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.2 -3 .459 .497 $
3 Seasons 49.1 35 1 44 8.03 4.65 0.07 0.00 99.8 4.57 -19 -1.8 .8 -0.1 -1.5 -13 .447 .496 $

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
1951 23 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1948 20 NYG NL 22 52 138 34 46 4 2 7 0 0 17 9 .333 .406 .543 .950 .320 75 0 0 4 0 1
1951 23 NYG NL 3 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 .250 2 1 0 0 0 0
1954 26 NYG NL 10 53 42 10 10 1 0 1 0 0 12 6 .238 .400 .333 .733 .250 14 2 0 2 1 1
3 Yrs 35 118 193 44 58 5 2 8 0 0 29 20 .301 .390 .472 .862 .301 91 3 0 6 1 2
162 Game Avg. 66 223 365 83 110 9 4 15 0 0 55 38 .301 .390 .472 .862 .301 172 6 0 11 2 4
MLB Averages .261 .338 .377 .714 .277

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 20 NYG NL -14.1 -1.4 52 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 .56 -0.3 -0.3 -7.4 -0.7 0.56 -3.7 4 1 4
1951 23 NYG NL 1.9 0.2 13 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .11 0.2 0.0 2.0 0.2 0.11 2.5 0 0 2
1954 26 NYG NL -3.8 -0.4 55 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .37 -0.1 -0.3 -5.9 -0.6 0.37 -2.3 1 1 6
3 Yrs -16.0 -1.5 120 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .43 -0.3 -0.8 -11.3 -1.1 0.43 -3.6 5 2 12

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
1948 20 NYG NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 7.0 7 7 5 4 0 1 1.0 2.7
1 Yr 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 7 7 7 5 4 0 1 1.0 2.7
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 109 -9 4.6 4.5 6.6

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
1948 20 NYG NL 22 21 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 13 10 77% .565 4 1 4 2 2 6 5 5 9 7 3 6 4.4
1951 23 NYG NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1954 26 NYG NL 10 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 .371 1 1 6 0 1 8 2 7 4 2 4 1 3.6
3 Yrs 35 34 14 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 18 12 67% .428 5 2 12 2 3 17 7 15 14 9 8 7 4.1

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%
1948 20 NYG NL 159 77% 13.5% 17.3% 32.7% 25.0% 28% 0.63 235% 16 0 0%
1951 23 NYG NL 13 38% 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.50 62% 3 1 33%
1954 26 NYG NL 57 72% 1.9% 11.3% 22.6% 3.8% 20% 0.47 68% 16 2 13%
3 Yrs 229 70% 6.8% 17.0% 24.6% 12.7% 26% 0.65 141% 35 3 9%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.4% 12.0% 7.0% 25% 0.95 94% 11%

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
1948 20 NYG NL 52 46 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 7 1 78% 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
1951 23 NYG NL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 NYG NL 53 10 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 10 5 0 50% 1 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
3 Yrs 118 58 8 0 13 0 1 1 0 21 12 2 57% 2 2 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 111
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1948 20 2 3 .400 7.56 22 1 6 0 0 1 33.1 46 34 28 7 17 9 0 0 0 154 53 1.890 12.4 1.9 4.6 2.4 0.53 53
1949 21 2 3 .400 7.56 22 1 6 0 0 1 33.1 46 34 28 7 17 9 0 0 0 154 53 1.890 12.4 1.9 4.6 2.4 0.53 53
1950 22 2 3 .400 7.56 22 1 6 0 0 1 33.1 46 34 28 7 17 9 0 0 0 154 53 1.890 12.4 1.9 4.6 2.4 0.53 53
1951 23 2 3 .400 6.75 25 1 8 0 0 1 37.1 48 34 28 7 17 14 0 0 0 167 60 1.741 11.6 1.7 4.1 3.4 0.82 60
1952 24 2 3 .400 6.75 25 1 8 0 0 1 37.1 48 34 28 7 17 14 0 0 0 167 60 1.741 11.6 1.7 4.1 3.4 0.82 60
1953 25 2 3 .400 6.75 25 1 8 0 0 1 37.1 48 34 28 7 17 14 0 0 0 167 60 1.741 11.6 1.7 4.1 3.4 0.82 60
1954 26 2 3 .400 6.93 35 1 14 0 0 1 49.1 58 44 38 8 29 20 0 0 2 223 59 1.764 10.6 1.5 5.3 3.6 0.69 59

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
1948 20 1 2 .333 8.16 32.0 48 32 29 7 18 9 0 2.063 13.5 5.1 2.5 0.50 2.0 22
1951 23 0 0 0.00 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 10.8 0.0 3
1954 26 0 1 .000 8.25 12.0 11 12 11 1 13 6 0 2.000 8.3 9.8 4.5 0.46 0.8 10
3 Yrs 1 3 .250 7.35 49.0 59 44 40 8 31 21 0 1.837 10.8 3.9 0.68 1.5 35

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1948 NL  born 1928-06-08 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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