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Jack Kralick

John Francis Kralick

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 1, 1935 in Youngstown, OH
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959
Teams (by GP): Indians/Twins/Senators 1959-1967

Final Game: April 23, 1967
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All-Star

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
1959 24 WSH AL 0 0 6.57 6 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 9 9 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 53 62 1.541 9.5 3.6 4.4 5.1 1.17
1960 25 WSH AL 8 6 .571 3.04 35 18 3 7 2 1 151.0 139 54 51 12 45 4 71 4 1 2 627 132 1.219 8.3 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.58
1961 26 MIN AL 13 11 .542 3.61 33 33 0 11 2 0 242.0 257 101 97 21 64 1 137 3 0 4 1023 117 1.326 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.14
1962 27 MIN AL 12 11 .522 3.86 39 37 1 7 1 0 242.2 239 121 104 31 61 2 139 3 0 1 1011 106 1.236 8.9 1.1 2.3 5.2 2.28
1963 28 TOT AL 14 13 .519 3.03 33 32 0 11 4 0 223.0 215 86 75 21 49 2 129 1 0 1 914 120 1.184 8.7 0.8 2.0 5.2 2.63
1963 28 MIN AL 1 4 .200 3.86 5 5 0 1 1 0 25.2 28 16 11 2 8 0 13 1 0 0 111 96 1.403 9.8 0.7 2.8 4.6 1.63
1963 28 CLE AL 13 9 .591 2.92 28 27 0 10 3 0 197.1 187 70 64 19 41 2 116 0 0 1 803 125 1.155 8.5 0.9 1.9 5.3 2.83
1964 29 CLE AL 12 7 .632 3.21 30 29 1 8 3 0 190.2 196 79 68 17 51 8 119 9 0 0 808 113 1.295 9.3 0.8 2.4 5.6 2.33 AS
1965 30 CLE AL 5 11 .313 4.92 30 16 2 1 0 0 86.0 106 58 47 9 21 3 34 2 0 2 387 71 1.477 11.1 0.9 2.2 3.6 1.62
1966 31 CLE AL 3 4 .429 3.82 27 4 8 0 0 0 68.1 69 30 29 9 20 8 31 1 0 3 288 91 1.302 9.1 1.2 2.6 4.1 1.55
1967 32 CLE AL 0 2 .000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 45 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
9 Yrs 67 65 .508 3.56 235 169 17 45 12 1 1218.0 1238 541 482 125 318 28 668 23 1 13 5121 109 1.278 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .508 3.56 40 28 3 8 2 0 205 208 91 81 21 54 5 112 4 0 2 862 109 1.278 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10
MIN (5 yrs) 34 32 .515 3.63 118 93 6 26 6 1 673.2 676 301 272 71 184 7 367 11 1 7 2825 113 1.277 9.0 0.9 2.5 4.9 1.99
CLE (5 yrs) 33 33 .500 3.47 117 76 11 19 6 0 544.1 562 240 210 54 134 21 301 12 0 6 2296 104 1.279 9.3 0.9 2.2 5.0 2.25

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
1959 24 WSH AL 12.1 6 0 9 6.57 4.36 -0.31 0.00 104.2 4.86 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .462 .499 $
1960 25 WSH AL 151.0 35 18 54 3.22 4.43 -0.08 0.03 102.0 4.63 25 2.8 1.4 -0.0 3.9 37 .579 .517 $
1961 26 MIN AL 242.0 33 33 101 3.76 4.63 -0.09 0.08 105.9 5.08 37 4.2 -0.1 5.8 59 .626 .526 $
1962 27 MIN AL 242.2 39 37 121 4.49 4.41 0.17 0.07 103.2 4.45 2 0.2 .2 -0.1 1.9 22 .506 .501 $
1963 28 MIN AL 25.2 5 5 16 5.61 3.74 0.25 0.06 104.4 3.72 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .396 .497 $
1963 28 CLE AL 197.1 28 27 70 3.19 3.92 -0.08 0.06 101.2 4.11 22 2.7 .3 -0.1 4.0 37 .596 .517 $
1964 29 CLE AL 190.2 30 29 79 3.73 4.08 -0.36 0.07 98.5 4.44 18 2.1 .4 -0.1 3.4 31 .569 .513 $ AS
1965 30 CLE AL 86.0 30 16 58 6.07 3.95 -0.10 0.02 100.1 4.08 -19 -2.0 1.3 -0.1 -1.5 -12 .433 .488 $
1966 31 CLE AL 68.1 27 4 30 3.95 3.91 -0.05 -0.09 98.7 3.82 0 0.0 .8 -0.1 0.5 5 .500 .500 $
1967 32 CLE AL 2.0 2 0 3 13.50 3.77 -0.16 -0.15 104.0 3.92 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .387 .499 $18,500
9 Seasons 1218.0 235 169 541 4.00 4.25 -0.07 0.05 102.1 4.47 76 8.9 1.0 -0.8 17.3 173 .538 .506 $18,500
MIN (5 yrs) 673.2 118 93 301 4.02 4.47 0.01 0.06 104.0 4.70 57 6.4 1.0 -0.2 11.2 113 .554 .508 $
CLE (5 yrs) 544.1 117 76 240 3.97 3.98 -0.18 0.04 99.8 4.19 19 2.5 1.0 -0.6 6.1 59 .522 .503 $18,500

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1964 CLE AL 29

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
1959 24 WSH AL 6 53 45 9 13 1 1 5 0 0 6 7 .289 .373 .689 1.061 .242 31 2 0 2 0 0 0
1960 25 WSH AL 35 627 567 54 139 23 5 12 0 2 45 71 .245 .304 .367 .671 .261 208 22 4 9 2 4 13
1961 26 MIN AL 33 1023 937 101 257 44 4 21 8 3 64 137 .274 .321 .397 .718 .301 372 22 3 13 6 1 9
1962 27 MIN AL 39 1011 928 121 239 39 8 31 6 3 61 139 .258 .302 .417 .719 .270 387 25 3 8 11 2 15
1963 28 CLE AL 28 804 751 70 187 29 1 19 3 1 41 116 .249 .286 .366 .652 .271 275 17 0 7 5 2 10
1963 28 MIN AL 5 111 100 16 28 2 0 2 0 0 8 13 .280 .339 .360 .699 .306 36 2 1 2 0 0 2
1963 28 TOT AL 33 915 851 86 215 31 1 21 3 1 49 129 .253 .292 .365 .658 .275 311 19 1 9 5 2 12
1964 29 CLE AL 30 809 736 79 196 35 5 17 6 2 51 119 .266 .319 .397 .716 .295 292 16 9 7 6 8 6
1965 30 CLE AL 30 387 356 58 106 17 1 9 3 2 21 34 .298 .338 .427 .765 .307 152 5 2 5 3 3 8
1966 31 CLE AL 27 288 257 30 69 13 0 9 5 3 20 31 .268 .319 .424 .743 .271 109 6 1 6 4 8 4
1967 32 CLE AL 2 10 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .444 .944 .500 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 235 5123 4686 541 1238 203 25 125 31 16 318 668 .264 .312 .398 .710 .283 1866 118 23 59 37 28 67
162 Game Avg. 40 862 789 91 208 34 4 21 5 3 54 112 .264 .312 .398 .710 .283 314 20 4 10 6 5 11
MLB Averages .251 .316 .380 .696 .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
1959 24 WSH AL -2.8 -0.3 53 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 .17 -0.3 -0.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.17 -2.1 0 2 4
1960 25 WSH AL 16.8 1.8 634 0.8 11.9 -11.1 1.05 1.3 -0.5 18.6 1.9 1.05 17.0 4 5 8
1961 26 MIN AL 20.8 2.1 1044 2.6 20.7 -18.1 1.09 1.6 0.8 30.9 3.1 1.09 21.7 0 0 0
1962 27 MIN AL 4.4 0.4 1024 0.4 19.0 -18.6 1.01 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 1.01 2.7 0 0 2
1963 28 TOT AL 14.6 1.6 920 1.8 17.2 -15.4 1.05 1.5 0.2 14.7 1.6 1.05 16.5 0 0 1
1963 28 MIN AL -2.0 -0.2 112 -0.4 1.4 -1.7 .81 0.0 -0.5 -2.2 -0.2 0.81 0.5 0 0 0
1963 28 CLE AL 16.6 1.8 808 2.2 15.9 -13.7 1.08 1.5 0.5 17.0 1.9 1.08 16.0 0 0 1
1964 29 CLE AL 7.1 0.8 819 1.9 15.9 -14.0 1.11 0.2 1.5 6.0 0.6 1.11 3.7 0 0 1
1965 30 CLE AL -15.2 -1.6 395 -2.5 6.1 -8.7 1.03 -1.1 -1.4 -18.8 -1.9 1.03 -12.3 5 4 5
1966 31 CLE AL -1.5 -0.2 301 -0.3 3.9 -4.3 .78 -0.7 0.3 -1.5 -0.2 0.78 -7.8 5 3 15
1967 32 CLE AL -1.4 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 2.61 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 2.61 -0.7 2 0 0
9 Yrs 42.8 4.5 5200 4.5 95.2 -90.7 1.04 2.6 1.7 48.3 5.1 1.04 38.7 16 14 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
1960 25 WSH AL 35 18 6 6 6 0 2 10 8 .556 2 3 7 2 12 67% 56.0 83 23 12 5 9 6 3.8 3.2 6.8
1961 26 MIN AL 33 33 13 11 9 5 4 18 14 .563 2 4 11 2 18 55% 53.2 82 21 18 9 7 9 4.4 4.2 7.3
1962 27 MIN AL 39 37 12 11 14 1 3 19 18 .514 7 6 7 1 21 57% 51.6 89 23 30 9 17 6 4.5 4.4 6.5
1963 28 TOT AL 33 32 14 13 5 1 4 17 15 .531 1 3 11 4 19 59% 56.6 96 26 21 5 9 15 3.8 4.1 6.9
1963 28 MIN AL 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 1 1 1 20% 47.6 85 26 5 3 2 2 1.6 2.1 5.1
1963 28 CLE AL 28 27 13 9 5 1 4 16 11 .593 1 3 10 3 18 67% 58.3 96 27 16 2 7 13 4.2 4.4 7.2
1964 29 CLE AL 30 29 12 7 10 1 1 16 13 .552 0 5 8 3 17 59% 54.3 92 26 23 6 5 11 4.1 3.8 6.5
1965 30 CLE AL 30 16 3 9 4 0 2 5 11 .313 0 3 1 0 5 31% 44.2 73 20 27 13 6 5 3.8 2.5 4.2
1966 31 CLE AL 27 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 2 50% 51.0 63 37 13 6 0 3 2.8 1.3 5.3
7 Yrs 227 169 60 60 49 8 18 85 83 .506 12 25 45 12 94 56% 53 96 20 144 53 53 55 4.1 3.9 6.5
MLB Averages .500 53% 53 116 -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
1959 24 WSH AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 3 .174 0 2 4 0 0 6 3 3 3 1 3 0 6.2
1960 25 WSH AL 35 17 3 2 0 3 1 2 33% 3 0 20 7 35% 7 1.047 4 5 8 3 2 12 10 7 9 4 11 3 5.1
1962 27 MIN AL 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.013 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1963 28 TOT AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.051 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9.0
1963 28 CLE AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1.084 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 9.0
1964 29 CLE AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.107 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1965 30 CLE AL 30 14 2 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 3 30% 4 1.033 5 4 5 3 3 8 7 7 5 7 6 1 3.9
1966 31 CLE AL 27 23 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 36% 5 .780 5 3 15 4 2 17 11 12 16 3 18 2 6.2
1967 32 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.612 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 3.0
8 Yrs 197 66 17 7 5 4 1 3 25% 4 0 51 18 35% 1.030 16 14 36 10 9 47 32 34 37 16 42 8 5.4

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%
1959 24 WSH AL 53 34% 9.4% 13.2% 11.3% 13.2% 54% 2.22 62% 8 2 25%
1960 25 WSH AL 627 22% 1.9% 11.3% 7.2% 6.4% 29% 0.98 78% 126 22 17%
1961 26 MIN AL 1023 23% 2.1% 13.4% 6.3% 6.7% 27% 0.93 77% 212 22 10%
1962 27 MIN AL 1011 26% 3.1% 13.8% 6.0% 7.7% 33% 0.95 76% 183 25 14%
1963 28 TOT AL 915 26% 2.3% 14.1% 5.4% 5.8% 25% 0.93 77% 156 19 12%
1963 28 MIN AL 111 23% 1.8% 11.7% 7.2% 3.6% 14% 1.26 77% 15 2 13%
1963 28 CLE AL 804 26% 2.4% 14.4% 5.1% 6.1% 26% 0.89 77% 141 17 12%
1964 29 CLE AL 809 24% 2.1% 14.7% 6.3% 7.1% 29% 0.86 75% 138 16 12%
1965 30 CLE AL 387 22% 2.3% 8.8% 5.4% 7.0% 26% 0.98 82% 65 5 8%
1966 31 CLE AL 288 28% 3.1% 10.8% 6.9% 7.6% 32% 1.19 77% 51 6 12%
1967 32 CLE AL 10 60% 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 80% 5 1 20%
9 Yrs 5123 24% 2.4% 13.0% 6.2% 6.9% 29% 0.96 77% 944 118 13%
MLB Averages 48% 2.3% 14.9% 8.3% 6.4% 28% 1.07 73% 10%

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
1959 24 WSH AL 53 13 5 0 1 3 2 5 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 WSH AL 627 139 12 0 14 9 3 6 6 35 17 0 49% 13 2 1 230 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1961 26 MIN AL 1023 257 21 0 6 20 1 14 7 47 21 11 45% 9 4 4 422 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 17 0
1962 27 MIN AL 1011 239 31 0 8 26 5 15 16 42 25 3 60% 15 1 1 350 6 3 67% 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 14 0
1963 28 TOT AL 915 215 21 0 7 16 5 10 11 25 13 3 52% 12 1 0 328 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1963 28 MIN AL 111 28 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 CLE AL 804 187 19 0 7 15 4 9 10 24 12 3 50% 10 1 0 290 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1964 29 CLE AL 809 196 17 0 10 13 4 10 7 29 17 4 59% 6 0 0 298 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1965 30 CLE AL 387 106 9 0 4 7 2 5 4 18 10 0 56% 8 2 0 150 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
1966 31 CLE AL 288 69 9 0 7 6 3 0 9 14 8 0 57% 4 3 0 105 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1967 32 CLE AL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 5123 1238 125 0 57 100 25 65 60 214 112 21 52% 67 13 6 1905 31 16 66% 29 14 1 2 1 0 8 1 71 0
MLB Averages 51% 62%

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+
1959 24 0 0 6.57 6 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 9 9 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 53 62 1.541 9.5 3.6 4.4 5.1 1.17 62
1960 25 8 6 .571 3.31 41 18 5 7 2 1 163.1 152 63 60 17 51 4 78 4 1 2 680 121 1.243 8.4 0.9 2.8 4.3 1.53 121
1961 26 21 17 .553 3.49 74 51 5 18 4 1 405.1 409 164 157 38 115 5 215 7 1 6 1703 119 1.293 9.1 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.87 119
1962 27 33 28 .541 3.63 113 88 6 25 5 1 648.0 648 285 261 69 176 7 354 10 1 7 2714 114 1.272 9.0 1.0 2.4 4.9 2.01 114
1963 28 47 41 .534 3.47 146 120 6 36 9 1 871.0 863 371 336 90 225 9 483 11 1 8 3628 115 1.249 8.9 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.15 115
1964 29 59 48 .551 3.42 176 149 7 44 12 1 1061.2 1059 450 404 107 276 17 602 20 1 8 4436 115 1.257 9.0 0.9 2.3 5.1 2.18 115
1965 30 64 59 .520 3.54 206 165 9 45 12 1 1147.2 1165 508 451 116 297 20 636 22 1 10 4823 110 1.274 9.1 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.14 110
1966 31 67 63 .515 3.55 233 169 17 45 12 1 1216.0 1234 538 480 125 317 28 667 23 1 13 5111 109 1.275 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10 109
1967 32 67 65 .508 3.56 235 169 17 45 12 1 1218.0 1238 541 482 125 318 28 668 23 1 13 5121 109 1.278 9.1 0.9 2.3 4.9 2.10 109

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
1959 24 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 14 11 10 5 6 7 0 1.667 10.5 4.5 5.3 1.17 3.8 6
1960 25 11 6 .647 3.08 155.0 145 59 53 13 47 73 4 1.239 8.4 2.7 4.2 1.55 0.8 35
1961 26 15 11 .577 3.42 237.0 248 100 90 20 62 134 3 1.308 9.4 2.4 5.1 2.16 0.8 33
1962 27 14 12 .538 3.78 238.0 235 111 100 30 60 136 3 1.239 8.9 2.3 5.1 2.27 1.1 39
1963 28 13 10 .565 3.46 213.0 224 91 82 22 51 123 1 1.291 9.5 2.2 5.2 2.41 0.9 33
1964 29 10 9 .526 3.72 179.0 203 82 74 18 53 112 9 1.430 10.2 2.7 5.6 2.11 0.9 30
1965 30 3 6 .333 5.57 84.0 111 58 52 9 22 33 2 1.583 11.9 2.4 3.5 1.50 1.0 30
1966 31 3 4 .429 4.57 65.0 74 37 33 10 21 29 1 1.462 10.2 2.9 4.0 1.38 1.4 27
1967 32 0 0 9.00 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 2
9 Yrs 69 59 .539 3.77 1185.0 1258 551 496 127 323 648 23 1.334 9.6 4.9 2.01 1.0 235

* 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

All-Star Games
1964

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1961 AL  5.6 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1960 AL  3.9 (5th)
1961 AL  5.8 (1st)
1963 AL  3.7 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 AL  3.03 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1962 AL  1.236 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  2.380 (7th)
1962 AL  2.262 (8th)
1963 AL  1.978 (9th)
Career  2.350 (217th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 AL  242.0 (8th)
1962 AL  242.7 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1962 AL  37 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 AL  11 (9th)
1963 AL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL  2 (10th)
1963 AL  4 (3rd)
1964 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 AL  31 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  257 (2nd)
1962 AL  239 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  2.141 (7th)
1962 AL  2.279 (10th)
Career  2.101 (228th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 AL  104 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  9 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 AL  1,023 (10th)
1962 AL  1,011 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1963 AL  121 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  17 (4th)
1961 AL  21 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  1.8 (4th)
1961 AL  2.1 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1960 AL  18.62 (4th)
1961 AL  30.90 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1961 AL  2.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1960 AL  1.9 (6th)
1961 AL  3.1 (4th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 24 (961), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Pat Jarvis (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Muncrief (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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