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Dave Koslo

George Bernard Koslo
born George Bernard Koslowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 31, 1920 in Menasha, WI
High School: Menasha HS (Menasha, WI)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1941
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Orioles 1941-1955

Final Game: April 14, 1955
Died: December 1, 1975 in Menasha, WI
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Menasha, WI
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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
1941 21 NYG NL 1 2 .333 1.90 4 3 0 2 0 0 23.2 17 6 5 0 10 12 0 0 1 94 198 1.141 6.5 0.0 3.8 4.6 1.20
1942 22 NYG NL 3 6 .333 5.08 19 11 2 3 1 0 78.0 79 49 44 7 32 42 1 0 0 344 66 1.423 9.1 0.8 3.7 4.8 1.31
1946 26 NYG NL 14 19 .424 3.63 40 35 5 17 3 1 265.1 251 119 107 15 101 121 5 0 5 1136 95 1.327 8.5 0.5 3.4 4.1 1.20
1947 27 NYG NL 15 10 .600 4.39 39 31 6 10 3 0 217.1 223 118 106 23 82 86 3 0 5 958 93 1.403 9.2 1.0 3.4 3.6 1.05
1948 28 NYG NL 8 10 .444 3.87 35 18 6 5 3 3 149.0 168 69 64 7 62 58 1 0 1 655 103 1.544 10.1 0.4 3.7 3.5 0.94
1949 29 NYG NL 11 14 .440 2.50 38 23 12 15 0 4 212.0 193 72 59 13 43 64 0 0 3 856 160 1.113 8.2 0.6 1.8 2.7 1.49
1950 30 NYG NL 13 15 .464 3.91 40 22 15 7 1 3 186.2 190 89 81 18 68 56 5 0 2 794 105 1.382 9.2 0.9 3.3 2.7 0.82
1951 31 NYG NL 10 9 .526 3.31 39 16 17 5 2 3 149.2 153 68 55 18 45 54 2 0 0 644 119 1.323 9.2 1.1 2.7 3.2 1.20
1952 32 NYG NL 10 7 .588 3.19 41 17 11 8 2 5 166.1 154 66 59 10 47 67 2 0 2 691 116 1.208 8.3 0.5 2.5 3.6 1.43
1953 33 NYG NL 6 12 .333 4.76 37 12 14 2 0 2 111.2 135 70 59 8 36 36 1 1 1 496 91 1.531 10.9 0.6 2.9 2.9 1.00
1954 34 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 3.13 15 1 4 0 0 1 31.2 33 13 11 1 12 10 0 0 1 134 120 1.421 9.4 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.83
1954 34 BAL AL 0 1 .000 3.14 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 7 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 63 117 1.605 12.6 0.6 1.9 1.9 1.00
1954 34 MLN NL 1 1 .500 3.12 12 0 3 0 0 1 17.1 13 6 6 0 9 7 0 0 1 71 123 1.269 6.8 0.0 4.7 3.6 0.78
1955 35 MLN NL 0 1 .000 inf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17
12 Yrs 92 107 .462 3.68 348 189 93 74 15 22 1591.1 1597 740 651 121 538 0 606 20 1 21 6803 105 1.342 9.0 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .462 3.68 44 24 12 9 2 3 202 202 94 82 15 68 77 3 0 3 861 105 1.342 9.0 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13
NYG (10 yrs) 91 104 .467 3.69 332 188 88 74 15 21 1559.2 1563 726 639 119 526 596 20 1 20 6668 105 1.339 9.0 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13
MLN (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 3.63 13 0 4 0 0 1 17.1 14 7 7 1 9 0 7 0 0 1 72 108 1.327 7.3 0.5 4.7 3.6 0.78
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.14 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 7 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 63 117 1.605 12.6 0.6 1.9 1.9 1.00
NL (12 yrs) 92 106 .465 3.69 345 188 92 74 15 22 1577.0 1577 733 646 120 535 0 603 20 1 21 6740 105 1.339 9.0 0.7 3.1 3.4 1.13
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.14 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 7 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 63 117 1.605 12.6 0.6 1.9 1.9 1.00

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
1941 21 NYG NL 23.2 4 3 6 2.28 4.15 -0.09 0.00 97.6 4.14 5 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .647 .504 $
1942 22 NYG NL 78.0 19 11 49 5.65 3.92 0.15 0.00 101.1 3.81 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .414 .490 $
1946 26 NYG NL 265.0 40 35 119 4.04 4.03 0.01 0.00 101.0 4.06 0 0.1 1.0 -0.2 2.3 28 .501 .500 $
1947 27 NYG NL 217.1 39 31 118 4.89 4.52 0.00 0.00 100.0 4.52 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.9 17 .475 .494 $
1948 28 NYG NL 149.0 35 18 69 4.17 4.28 -0.02 0.00 99.1 4.26 1 0.1 2.1 -0.1 1.5 19 .503 .501 $
1949 29 NYG NL 212.0 38 23 72 3.06 4.61 0.13 0.00 99.2 4.45 32 3.5 1.8 0.1 5.6 58 .593 .522 $
1950 30 NYG NL 186.2 40 22 89 4.29 4.59 0.47 0.00 99.2 4.08 -3 -0.3 2.8 -0.2 1.2 17 .492 .498 $
1951 31 NYG NL 149.2 39 16 68 4.09 4.36 0.22 0.00 99.3 4.11 0 0.0 1.7 -0.1 1.3 17 .501 .500 $
1952 32 NYG NL 166.1 41 17 66 3.57 4.14 0.12 0.00 99.7 4.02 8 0.9 1.4 -0.1 2.4 25 .523 .506 $
1953 33 NYG NL 111.2 37 12 70 5.64 4.91 -0.03 0.00 100.3 4.95 -8 -0.7 1.4 -0.2 0.1 5 .480 .495 $
1954 34 BAL AL 14.1 3 1 7 4.40 5.41 -0.29 0.00 91.5 5.22 1 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.2 3 .550 .501 $
1954 34 MLN NL 17.1 12 0 6 3.12 4.83 0.09 0.00 96.4 4.57 3 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.5 5 .525 .502 $
1955 35 MLN NL 0.0 1 0 1 100.0 2.3 0.0 $
12 Seasons 1591.0 348 189 740 4.19 4.39 0.11 0.00 99.7 4.26 16 2.0 1.7 -0.9 15.8 190 .504 .501 $
NYG (10 yrs) 1559.1 332 188 726 4.19 4.37 0.11 0.00 99.8 4.25 12 1.6 1.7 -0.9 15.1 183 .505 .501 $
MLN (2 yrs) 17.1 13 0 7 3.63 4.91 0.09 0.00 96.4 4.57 3 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.5 5 .485 .502 $
BAL (1 yr) 14.1 3 1 7 4.40 5.41 -0.29 0.00 91.5 5.22 1 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.2 3 .550 .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
1951 31 NYG NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 3.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 12 5 5 0 7 2 6 0 0 1 63 1.267 7.2 0.0 4.2 3.6 0.86
1 WS 1 1 .500 3.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 12 5 5 0 7 2 6 0 0 1 63 1.267 7.2 0.0 4.2 3.6 0.86

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 28 NYG NL 35 191 588 69 168 5 3 7 3 2 62 58 .286 .355 .340 .695 .308 200 6 1 12 0 4
1949 29 NYG NL 38 461 808 72 193 18 4 13 2 1 43 64 .239 .277 .319 .597 .246 258 13 0 6 0 8
1950 30 NYG NL 40 514 711 89 190 14 5 18 2 2 68 56 .267 .335 .377 .712 .270 268 16 5 12 0 10
1951 31 NYG NL 39 629 590 68 153 14 2 18 4 5 45 54 .259 .314 .381 .695 .261 225 11 2 6 0 17
1952 32 NYG NL 41 545 637 66 154 24 3 10 6 4 47 67 .242 .296 .336 .632 .257 214 18 2 5 0 13
1953 33 NYG NL 37 486 456 70 135 13 10 8 1 2 36 36 .296 .349 .421 .770 .308 192 12 1 3 0 9
1954 34 TOT MLB 15 131 116 13 33 8 1 1 1 0 12 10 .284 .346 .397 .743 .299 46 5 0 3 2 2
1954 34 BAL AL 3 62 59 7 20 4 1 1 0 0 3 3 .339 .371 .492 .862 .345 29 3 0 0 0 2
1954 34 MLN NL 12 69 57 6 13 4 0 0 1 0 9 7 .228 .324 .298 .622 .250 17 2 0 3 2 0
1955 35 MLN NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 246 2958 3907 448 1027 96 28 76 19 16 313 345 .263 .319 .360 .679 .273 1407 81 11 47 2 0 63
162 Game Avg. 47 567 748 86 197 18 5 15 4 3 60 66 .263 .319 .360 .679 .273 270 16 2 9 0 12
MLB Averages .260 .333 .350 .683 .276

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 28 NYG NL 3.3 0.3 197 -0.9 3.5 -4.3 1.27 -0.4 -0.3 -2.6 -0.3 1.27 -4.1 6 3 1
1949 29 NYG NL 33.4 3.5 487 2.5 9.5 -7.0 1.05 1.9 0.5 25.0 2.6 1.07 21.7 3 3 5
1950 30 NYG NL 5.6 0.6 540 0.5 12.2 -11.7 1.28 0.1 0.3 4.4 0.4 1.28 1.3 10 2 3
1951 31 NYG NL 7.9 0.8 643 -0.3 12.9 -13.3 1.21 -0.0 -0.3 2.6 0.3 1.21 -0.7 12 3 5
1952 32 NYG NL 9.8 1.0 559 2.6 11.3 -8.7 1.11 1.4 0.9 24.9 2.7 1.11 14.4 11 3 8
1953 33 NYG NL -6.5 -0.6 491 -0.7 9.2 -9.9 1.06 -0.2 -0.5 -9.7 -0.9 1.06 -2.3 9 6 9
1954 34 TOT MLB 2.2 0.2 135 0.6 2.4 -1.9 1.05 0.2 0.3 3.6 0.4 1.07 1.7 6 2 5
1954 34 BAL AL 0.3 0.0 62 0.1 0.6 -0.5 .46 -0.1 0.3 -0.0 -0.0 0.45 -0.9 0 1 1
1954 34 MLN NL 1.9 0.2 73 0.4 1.9 -1.4 1.58 0.3 -0.0 3.7 0.4 1.58 2.7 6 1 4
1955 35 MLN NL -0.8 -0.1 1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 2.26 -0.2 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 2.26 -1.2 1 0 0
12 Yrs 37.9 4.0 3053 3.9 61.1 -57.2 1.15 2.9 0.5 47.1 5.1 1.15 30.8 58 22 36

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
1941 21 NYG NL 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 2 0 2 67% 63.0 77 48 0 1 2.0 7.7
1942 22 NYG NL 19 11 3 6 2 0 2 4 7 .364 0 0 3 1 5 45% 47.8 82 18 2 6 3.6 5.3
1946 26 NYG NL 40 35 14 18 3 1 7 15 20 .429 0 0 17 3 20 57% 53.1 81 16 24 6 3.5 7.3
1947 27 NYG NL 39 31 13 9 9 1 1 19 12 .613 0 0 10 3 13 42% 47.4 82 20 20 7 6.3 6.4
1948 28 NYG NL 35 18 5 8 5 1 4 7 10 .412 0 1 5 3 8 44% 48.8 83 25 12 5 5 10 3.8 4.5 6.0
1949 29 NYG NL 38 23 10 13 0 1 6 10 13 .435 0 0 15 0 15 65% 55.3 73 22 5 4 13 5 3.5 4.4 7.5
1950 30 NYG NL 40 22 8 11 3 3 4 9 13 .409 0 2 7 1 9 41% 45.5 84 20 13 5 13 7 4.8 3.6 6.6
1951 31 NYG NL 39 16 7 4 5 2 1 11 5 .688 2 2 5 2 8 50% 50.6 84 28 13 2 6 6 5.8 6.1 6.9
1952 32 NYG NL 41 17 8 6 3 2 1 9 8 .529 0 1 8 2 9 53% 51.7 76 11 11 8 7 6 5.1 4.3 6.9
1953 33 NYG NL 37 12 3 8 1 1 3 4 8 .333 0 0 2 0 5 42% 42.6 62 26 17 7 4 6 4.2 3.5 5.4
1954 34 TOT MLB 15 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55 55 2 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 8.0
1954 34 BAL AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55.0 55 55 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 8.0
11 Yrs 335 189 72 86 31 12 31 89 99 .473 2 6 74 15 95 50% 50 84 11 71 31 94 61 4.5 4.4 6.7
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.5 6.8

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
1941 21 NYG NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0
1942 22 NYG NL 19 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 7.4
1946 26 NYG NL 40 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 5.6
1947 27 NYG NL 39 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 6.8
1948 28 NYG NL 35 17 6 3 2 4 3 1 75% 5 1 19 6 32% 1.271 6 3 1 6 0 4 9 1 12 2 7 5 7.4
1949 29 NYG NL 38 15 12 1 1 4 4 1 100% 4 0 12 4 33% 1.050 3 3 5 4 1 6 7 4 10 1 7 5 7.7
1950 30 NYG NL 40 18 15 5 4 7 3 4 43% 7 0 25 9 36% 8 1.276 10 2 3 7 2 6 12 3 10 6 9 6 6.9
1951 31 NYG NL 39 23 17 3 5 3 3 1 100% 4 1 20 6 30% 7 1.207 12 3 5 4 8 8 11 9 16 4 14 2 5.2
1952 32 NYG NL 41 24 11 2 1 5 5 0 100% 6 1 27 2 7% 8 1.107 11 3 8 6 5 12 15 8 14 6 14 6 6.1
1953 33 NYG NL 37 25 14 3 4 4 2 2 50% 4 0 20 7 35% 8 1.063 9 6 9 5 6 13 10 14 13 6 12 5 5.6
1954 34 TOT MLB 15 14 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 15 2 13% 1.046 6 2 5 3 2 8 8 5 9 5 9 4 5.1
1954 34 BAL AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 .455 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 9.5
1954 34 MLN NL 12 12 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 12 2 17% 7 1.577 6 1 4 3 2 6 7 4 7 5 7 4 4.3
1955 35 MLN NL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.260 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
12 Yrs 348 159 93 20 21 29 22 10 76% 33 4 138 36 26% 1.150 58 22 36 35 25 57 72 45 99 34 72 37 6.2

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%
1941 21 NYG NL 94 0.0% 12.8% 10.6% 3.2% 18% 77%
1942 22 NYG NL 344 2.0% 12.2% 9.3% 3.5% 15% 74%
1946 26 NYG NL 1140 1.3% 10.6% 8.9% 3.3% 15% 77%
1947 27 NYG NL 951 2.4% 9.0% 8.6% 3.4% 14% 78%
1948 28 NYG NL 661 23% 3.7% 30.4% 32.5% 7.9% 9% 0.96 274% 62 6 10%
1949 29 NYG NL 857 25% 2.8% 13.9% 9.3% 7.6% 18% 0.95 159% 89 13 15%
1950 30 NYG NL 796 25% 3.5% 10.9% 13.2% 7.2% 20% 0.98 124% 123 16 13%
1951 31 NYG NL 643 28% 2.9% 8.6% 7.2% 5.4% 22% 0.96 82% 128 11 9%
1952 32 NYG NL 692 38% 1.8% 12.3% 8.6% 6.8% 24% 1.08 103% 107 18 17%
1953 33 NYG NL 496 37% 1.7% 7.4% 7.4% 6.4% 23% 0.97 85% 101 12 12%
1954 34 TOT MLB 133 34% 0.8% 7.6% 9.2% 7.6% 30% 1.11 82% 28 5 18%
1954 34 BAL AL 62 31% 1.6% 4.8% 4.8% 9.7% 30% 1.24 89% 13 3 23%
1954 34 MLN NL 71 36% 0.0% 10.1% 13.0% 5.8% 31% 1.00 75% 15 2 13%
1955 35 MLN NL 1 100% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100% 0% 0 0
12 Yrs 6808 30% 2.2% 11.0% 9.8% 5.2% 18% 0.99 99% 638 81 13%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.7% 10.3% 4.8% 19% 0.95 85% 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
1941 21 NYG NL 17 0 1
1942 22 NYG NL 79 7 0
1946 26 NYG NL 251 15 5
1947 27 NYG NL 223 23 5
1948 28 NYG NL 191 168 7 0 18 1 0 0 1 29 16 4 55% 4 1 0 82 3 2 60% 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 470
1949 29 NYG NL 461 193 13 0 10 5 0 2 3 22 12 2 55% 8 3 0 183 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 396
1950 30 NYG NL 514 190 18 2 14 13 2 8 7 34 17 0 50% 10 2 1 204 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 282
1951 31 NYG NL 629 153 18 0 15 14 4 12 6 25 15 4 60% 17 0 0 244 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
1952 32 NYG NL 545 154 10 0 9 4 3 5 2 26 14 2 54% 13 2 0 224 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 147
1953 33 NYG NL 486 135 8 1 12 5 3 2 6 29 15 1 52% 9 1 0 187 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
1954 34 TOT MLB 131 33 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 10 5 2 50% 2 1 0 55 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2
1954 34 BAL AL 62 20 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 2 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 34 MLN NL 69 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 43% 0 1 0 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2
1955 35 MLN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 2958 1597 121 3 82 43 13 30 26 175 94 15 54% 63 21 1 1179 19 16 54% 17 16 1 0 1 0 9 0 19 1321
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1941 21 1 2 .333 1.90 4 3 0 2 0 0 23.2 17 6 5 0 10 12 0 0 1 94 198 1.141 6.5 0.0 3.8 4.6 1.20 198
1942 22 4 8 .333 4.34 23 14 2 5 1 0 101.2 96 55 49 7 42 54 1 0 1 438 80 1.357 8.5 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.29 80
1943 23 4 8 .333 4.34 23 14 2 5 1 0 101.2 96 55 49 7 42 54 1 0 1 438 80 1.357 8.5 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.29 80
1944 24 4 8 .333 4.34 23 14 2 5 1 0 101.2 96 55 49 7 42 54 1 0 1 438 80 1.357 8.5 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.29 80
1945 25 4 8 .333 4.34 23 14 2 5 1 0 101.2 96 55 49 7 42 54 1 0 1 438 80 1.357 8.5 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.29 80
1946 26 18 27 .400 3.83 63 49 7 22 4 1 367.0 347 174 156 22 143 175 6 0 6 1574 90 1.335 8.5 0.5 3.5 4.3 1.22 90
1947 27 33 37 .471 4.04 102 80 13 32 7 1 584.1 570 292 262 45 225 261 9 0 11 2532 91 1.361 8.8 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16 91
1948 28 41 47 .466 4.00 137 98 19 37 10 4 733.1 738 361 326 52 287 319 10 0 12 3187 94 1.398 9.1 0.6 3.5 3.9 1.11 94
1949 29 52 61 .460 3.67 175 121 31 52 10 8 945.1 931 433 385 65 330 383 10 0 15 4043 104 1.334 8.9 0.6 3.1 3.6 1.16 104
1950 30 65 76 .461 3.70 215 143 46 59 11 11 1132.0 1121 522 466 83 398 439 15 0 17 4837 104 1.342 8.9 0.7 3.2 3.5 1.10 104
1951 31 75 85 .469 3.66 254 159 63 64 13 14 1281.2 1274 590 521 101 443 493 17 0 17 5481 106 1.340 8.9 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.11 106
1952 32 85 92 .480 3.60 295 176 74 72 15 19 1448.0 1428 656 580 111 490 560 19 0 19 6172 107 1.325 8.9 0.7 3.0 3.5 1.14 107
1953 33 91 104 .467 3.69 332 188 88 74 15 21 1559.2 1563 726 639 119 526 596 20 1 20 6668 105 1.339 9.0 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13 105
1954 34 92 106 .465 3.68 347 189 92 74 15 22 1591.1 1596 739 650 120 538 606 20 1 21 6802 105 1.341 9.0 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13 105
1955 35 92 107 .462 3.68 348 189 93 74 15 22 1591.1 1597 740 651 121 538 0 606 20 1 21 6803 105 1.342 9.0 0.7 3.0 3.4 1.13 105

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
1941 21 2 0 1.000 1.88 24.0 17 6 5 0 10 12 0 1.125 6.4 3.8 4.5 1.20 0.0 4
1942 22 3 5 .375 5.85 80.0 88 58 52 8 36 43 1 1.550 9.9 4.1 4.8 1.19 0.9 19
1946 26 14 15 .483 4.21 265.0 276 138 124 16 111 121 5 1.460 9.4 3.8 4.1 1.09 0.5 40
1947 27 12 13 .480 4.22 228.0 229 119 107 24 84 90 3 1.373 9.0 3.3 3.6 1.07 0.9 39
1948 28 8 8 .500 4.07 148.0 176 74 67 7 65 57 1 1.628 10.7 4.0 3.5 0.88 0.4 35
1949 29 16 7 .696 2.50 216.0 198 67 60 13 44 65 0 1.120 8.3 1.8 2.7 1.48 0.5 38
1950 30 10 10 .500 3.90 187.0 194 90 81 18 69 56 5 1.406 9.3 3.3 2.7 0.81 0.9 40
1951 31 10 7 .588 3.33 154.0 159 63 57 19 47 55 2 1.338 9.3 2.7 3.2 1.17 1.1 39
1952 32 10 8 .556 3.54 168.0 166 73 66 11 51 68 2 1.292 8.9 2.7 3.6 1.33 0.6 41
1953 33 5 7 .417 4.42 114.0 135 62 56 8 36 37 1 1.500 10.7 2.8 2.9 1.03 0.6 37
1954 34 2 1 .667 3.48 31.0 36 13 12 1 13 10 0 1.581 10.5 3.8 2.9 0.77 0.3 15
11 Yrs 92 81 .532 3.83 1615.0 1674 763 687 125 566 614 20 1.387 9.3 3.4 1.08 0.7 347

* 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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.6 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1949 NL  5.6 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL  2.50 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1947 NL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL  .600 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 NL  1.113 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  8.193 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  1.826 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  4.104 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  40 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 NL  4 (9th)
1950 NL  3 (10th)
1952 NL  5 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 NL  265.3 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  121 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 NL  35 (1st)
1947 NL  31 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 NL  17 (3rd)
1949 NL  15 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (6th)
1947 NL  3 (6th)
1948 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  15 (2nd)
1947 NL  23 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  101 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  251 (1st)
1947 NL  223 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  1.488 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  0.552 (8th)
1952 NL  0.541 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL  19 (1st)
1949 NL  14 (8th)
1950 NL  15 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  107 (1st)
1947 NL  106 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (3rd)
1947 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 NL  1,136 (1st)
1947 NL  958 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL  160 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  33 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  3.5 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  24.96 (5th)
1952 NL  24.85 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.5 (7th)
1952 NL  2.6 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.9 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.6 (5th)
1952 NL  2.7 (5th)

                                         

† 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 - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Al Smith (961)
  2. Bob Porterfield (955)
  3. Clyde Wright (955)
  4. Max Butcher (950)
  5. Nels Potter (947)
  6. Lloyd Brown (947)
  7. Denny Lemaster (947)
  8. Frank Sullivan (944)
  9. Gene Conley (943)
  10. Johnny Schmitz (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Sykes (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tim Lollar (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Cain (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tim Lollar (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wayne Garland (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Paul Minner (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Schmitz (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Shantz (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Clyde Wright (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Buddy Black (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Porterfield (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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