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Jack Kramer

John Henry Kramer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 5, 1918 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1939 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/Giants/Yankees 1939-1951

Final Game: August 22, 1951 (Age 33)
Died: May 18, 1995 in Metairie, LA
Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
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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
1939 21 SLB AL 9 16 .360 5.83 40 31 5 10 2 0 211.2 269 150 137 18 127 68 3 0 9 998 83 1.871 11.4 0.8 5.4 2.9 0.54
1940 22 SLB AL 3 7 .300 6.26 16 9 4 1 0 0 64.2 86 48 45 4 26 12 0 0 4 293 74 1.732 12.0 0.6 3.6 1.7 0.46
1941 23 SLB AL 4 3 .571 5.16 29 3 14 0 0 2 59.1 69 48 34 5 40 20 0 0 1 284 84 1.837 10.5 0.8 6.1 3.0 0.50
1943 25 SLB AL 0 0 8.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 8 8 0 8 4 1 0 2 46 44 2.111 11.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 0.50
1944 26 SLB AL 17 13 .567 2.49 33 31 2 18 1 0 257.0 233 94 71 3 75 124 1 2 2 1058 146 1.198 8.2 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.65 MVP-16
1945 27 SLB AL 10 15 .400 3.36 29 25 3 15 3 2 193.0 190 85 72 13 73 99 0 0 2 836 106 1.363 8.9 0.6 3.4 4.6 1.36
1946 28 SLB AL 13 11 .542 3.19 31 28 2 13 3 0 194.2 190 84 69 6 68 69 0 2 4 818 118 1.325 8.8 0.3 3.1 3.2 1.01 AS
1947 29 SLB AL 11 16 .407 4.97 33 28 3 9 1 1 199.1 206 123 110 16 89 77 2 0 4 867 78 1.480 9.3 0.7 4.0 3.5 0.87 AS
1948 30 BOS AL 18 5 .783 4.35 29 29 0 14 2 0 205.0 233 104 99 12 64 72 0 0 3 891 101 1.449 10.2 0.5 2.8 3.2 1.13
1949 31 BOS AL 6 8 .429 5.16 21 18 2 7 2 1 111.2 126 70 64 8 49 24 1 1 2 496 85 1.567 10.2 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.49
1950 32 NYG NL 3 6 .333 3.53 35 9 13 1 0 1 86.2 91 46 34 6 39 27 2 0 1 390 117 1.500 9.5 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69
1951 33 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 5.76 23 4 9 0 0 0 45.1 57 35 29 1 24 17 0 1 1 216 68 1.787 11.3 0.2 4.8 3.4 0.71
1951 33 NYG NL 0 0 15.43 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2 11 8 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 26 28 3.000 21.2 0.0 5.8 3.9 0.67
1951 33 NYY AL 1 3 .250 4.65 19 3 7 0 0 0 40.2 46 27 21 1 21 15 0 1 1 190 83 1.648 10.2 0.2 4.6 3.3 0.71
12 Yrs 95 103 .480 4.24 322 215 59 88 14 7 1637.1 1761 895 772 92 682 613 10 6 35 7193 96 1.492 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.90
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .480 4.24 41 27 7 11 2 1 207 223 113 98 12 86 78 1 1 4 911 96 1.492 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.90
SLB (8 yrs) 67 81 .453 4.13 214 155 35 66 10 5 1188.2 1254 640 546 65 506 473 7 4 28 5200 97 1.481 9.5 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.93
NYG (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.14 39 10 15 1 0 1 91.1 102 54 42 6 42 29 2 0 1 416 100 1.577 10.1 0.6 4.1 2.9 0.69
BOS (2 yrs) 24 13 .649 4.63 50 47 2 21 4 1 316.2 359 174 163 20 113 96 1 1 5 1387 94 1.491 10.2 0.6 3.2 2.7 0.85
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.65 19 3 7 0 0 0 40.2 46 27 21 1 21 15 0 1 1 190 83 1.648 10.2 0.2 4.6 3.3 0.71
AL (11 yrs) 92 97 .487 4.25 283 205 44 87 14 6 1546.0 1659 841 730 86 640 584 8 6 34 6777 96 1.487 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.91
NL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.14 39 10 15 1 0 1 91.1 102 54 42 6 42 29 2 0 1 416 100 1.577 10.1 0.6 4.1 2.9 0.69

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
1939 21 SLB AL 211.2 40 31 150 6.38 5.55 -0.55 0.00 104.5 6.37 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.8 24 .495 .499 $2,400
1940 22 SLB AL 64.2 16 9 48 6.68 5.03 -0.12 0.00 104.1 5.36 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .443 .494 $4,500
1941 23 SLB AL 59.1 29 3 48 7.28 4.73 -0.18 0.00 106.9 5.25 -14 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .454 .492 $4,500
1943 25 SLB AL 9.0 3 0 8 8.00 4.44 -0.26 0.00 96.8 4.54 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .379 .498 $3,600
1944 26 SLB AL 257.0 33 31 94 3.29 4.02 -0.03 0.00 105.8 4.29 28 3.3 1.0 -0.2 5.2 46 .601 .521 $5,000 MVP-16
1945 27 SLB AL 193.0 29 25 85 3.96 3.98 0.07 0.00 105.4 4.12 4 0.5 1.2 -0.1 1.9 16 .516 .503 $9,500
1946 28 SLB AL 194.2 31 28 84 3.88 4.18 -0.18 0.00 105.3 4.60 15 1.8 .8 -0.2 3.2 30 .557 .511 $8,500 AS
1947 29 SLB AL 199.1 33 28 123 5.55 4.27 -0.20 0.00 105.9 4.73 -17 -1.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -4 .445 .489 $14,000 AS
1948 30 BOS AL 205.0 29 29 104 4.57 4.67 0.19 0.00 101.6 4.55 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 17 .498 .500 $17,000
1949 31 BOS AL 111.2 21 18 70 5.64 4.60 0.17 0.00 101.8 4.51 -14 -1.3 3.9 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .437 .492 $25,000
1950 32 NYG NL 86.2 35 9 46 4.78 4.83 0.50 0.00 98.9 4.29 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.4 5 .488 .497 $2,000
1951 33 NYG NL 4.2 4 1 8 15.43 5.17 0.28 0.00 94.0 4.60 -6 -0.5 .6 0.1 -0.4 -5 .370 .497 $17,500
1951 33 NYY AL 40.2 19 3 27 5.98 4.35 0.21 0.00 101.8 4.21 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .457 .495
12 Seasons 1637.1 322 215 895 4.92 4.51 -0.06 0.00 104.2 4.75 -33 -2.2 1.1 -1.1 10.7 108 .493 .500 $113,500
SLB (8 yrs) 1188.2 214 155 640 4.85 4.45 -0.17 0.00 105.3 4.87 0 0.9 1.0 -0.8 10.3 101 .504 .502 $52,000
NYG (2 yrs) 91.1 39 10 54 5.32 4.85 0.48 0.00 98.6 4.30 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .475 .497 $19,500
BOS (2 yrs) 316.2 50 47 174 4.95 4.64 0.18 0.00 101.6 4.53 -15 -1.4 3.9 -0.2 0.9 12 .472 .496 $42,000
NYY (1 yr) 40.2 19 3 27 5.98 4.35 0.21 0.00 101.8 4.21 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .457 .495

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
1944 26 SLB AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 9 2 0 0 4 1 12 0 0 0 46 1.182 7.4 0.0 3.3 9.8 3.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 9 2 0 0 4 1 12 0 0 0 46 1.182 7.4 0.0 3.3 9.8 3.00

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
1945 SLB AL 27
1946 SLB AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 0.333 0.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1947 SLB AL 29

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
1945 27 SLB AL 616 29 220 748 85 190 14 4 13 2 2 73 99 .254 .320 .336 .656 .278 251 2 0 15 0 5
1946 28 SLB AL 650 31 168 740 84 190 12 5 6 4 1 68 69 .257 .319 .311 .630 .277 230 4 0 10 0 0
1947 29 SLB AL 508 33 369 773 123 206 19 4 16 1 3 89 77 .266 .344 .364 .707 .279 281 5 2 13 0 3
1948 30 BOS AL 223 29 669 821 104 233 29 3 12 2 3 64 72 .284 .336 .370 .706 .300 304 15 0 7 0 3
1949 31 BOS AL 27 21 469 441 70 126 21 2 8 2 3 49 24 .286 .358 .397 .755 .289 175 12 1 5 0 4
1950 32 NYG NL 122 35 268 340 46 91 11 5 6 2 1 39 27 .268 .346 .382 .729 .277 130 9 2 9 0 10
1951 33 NYG NL 4 26 21 8 11 5 0 0 2 1 3 2 .524 .583 .762 1.345 .579 16 0 0 2 0 0
1951 33 NYY AL 3 19 186 164 27 46 6 1 1 2 0 21 15 .280 .362 .348 .710 .304 57 6 0 4 0 6
1951 33 TOT MLB 3 23 212 185 35 57 11 1 1 4 1 24 17 .308 .388 .395 .782 .335 73 6 0 6 0 6
7 Yrs 2149 201 2375 4048 547 1093 117 24 62 17 14 406 385 .270 .337 .357 .694 .286 1444 53 5 65 0 31
162 Game Avg. 427 40 472 805 109 217 23 5 12 3 3 81 77 .270 .337 .357 .694 .286 287 11 1 13 0 6
MLB Averages .262 .334 .345 .679 .279

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1945 27 SLB AL 4.0 0.4 225 -0.3 3.2 -3.5 .97 0.5 -0.8 2.8 0.3 0.97 3.9 1 0 0
1946 28 SLB AL 10.1 1.1 174 1.1 3.6 -2.5 1.11 1.0 0.0 11.0 1.1 1.11 10.9 0 1 1
1947 29 SLB AL -21.9 -2.2 376 -0.7 5.0 -5.6 .85 -0.1 -0.7 -18.7 -1.8 0.85 -4.4 1 1 0
1948 30 BOS AL 3.6 0.4 677 0.9 12.0 -11.1 1.00 1.6 -0.7 13.9 1.4 1.00 17.3 0 0 0
1949 31 BOS AL -8.2 -0.8 475 -2.0 8.5 -10.4 1.10 -0.1 -1.7 -11.2 -1.0 1.10 -1.4 3 0 0
1950 32 NYG NL 2.4 0.2 275 -1.7 4.1 -5.8 1.01 -0.5 -1.2 -6.3 -0.6 1.00 -4.3 7 1 10
1951 33 TOT MLB -10.7 -1.0 222 -2.0 2.9 -4.9 1.03 -0.9 -1.0 -13.7 -1.3 1.03 -10.3 5 5 7
1951 33 NYG NL -5.4 -0.5 29 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .73 -0.4 -0.4 -6.6 -0.6 0.73 -4.4 0 1 2
1951 33 NYY AL -5.4 -0.5 193 -1.4 2.8 -4.2 1.07 -0.5 -0.8 -7.1 -0.7 1.08 -5.9 5 4 5
12 Yrs -34.4 -2.6 2424 -4.7 39.2 -43.9 1.00 1.4 -6.0 -22.3 -2.0 1.00 11.7 17 8 18

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
1939 21 SLB AL 40 31 9 14 8 2 2 13 17 .433 0 0 10 2 9 29% 38.5 84 9 19 6 5.8 5.7
1940 22 SLB AL 16 9 2 5 2 1 1 3 6 .333 0 0 1 0 3 33% 37.9 60 14 2 4 4.4 5.6
1941 23 SLB AL 29 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 29.0 44 16 2 1 5.0 3.1
1944 26 SLB AL 33 31 16 13 2 1 7 17 14 .548 0 0 18 1 23 74% 58.5 91 25 15 7 3.8 8.1
1945 27 SLB AL 29 25 9 15 1 0 5 9 16 .360 0 0 15 3 15 60% 53.2 82 24 3 3 10 8 3.3 6.5 7.3
1946 28 SLB AL 31 28 12 11 5 1 5 14 14 .500 0 0 13 3 17 61% 52.6 86 14 1 0 12 6 4.2 6.4 6.9
1947 29 SLB AL 33 28 10 15 3 0 2 10 18 .357 0 0 9 1 13 46% 46.4 79 4 2 0 7 12 4.5 4.8 6.8
1948 30 BOS AL 29 29 18 5 6 7 2 22 7 .759 0 3 14 2 13 45% 47.6 78 21 11 4 3 10 7.8 6.9 7.1
1949 31 BOS AL 21 18 5 7 6 1 3 10 8 .556 1 3 7 2 7 39% 43.9 75 9 9 4 3 13 5.9 5.7 6.0
1950 32 NYG NL 35 9 1 5 3 1 1 1 8 .111 0 0 1 0 3 33% 41.8 59 23 12 3 2 6 4.3 5.9 5.0
1951 33 TOT MLB 23 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .500 1 3 0 0 2 50% 0.0 53 22 15 3 2 1 6.9 5.1 3.6
1951 33 NYG NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 22.0 22 22 4 1 0 1 10.8 9.0 0.3
1951 33 NYY AL 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .667 1 2 0 0 2 67% 44.7 53 35 11 2 2 0 5.7 4.8 4.7
11 Yrs 319 215 82 92 41 14 29 101 113 .472 2 9 88 14 106 49% 48 91 4 53 17 77 74 5.0 6.1 6.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 115 -20 4.4 4.7 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
1939 21 SLB AL 40 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 11.9
1940 22 SLB AL 16 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 6.3
1941 23 SLB AL 29 26 14 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 4 3 5.8
1943 25 SLB AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 9.0
1944 26 SLB AL 33 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.5
1945 27 SLB AL 29 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 200% 1 0 2 2 100% .972 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 7.0
1946 28 SLB AL 31 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1.109 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 2.0
1947 29 SLB AL 33 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .851 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 6.0
1949 31 BOS AL 21 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 4 67% 4 1.102 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 4.3
1950 32 NYG NL 35 26 13 2 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 4 2 50% 1.013 7 1 10 4 3 11 2 16 11 6 8 3 4.8
1951 33 TOT MLB 23 19 9 1 3 2 0 2 0% 3 1 10 4 40% 1.026 5 5 7 3 3 13 6 13 9 4 10 4 4.9
1951 33 NYG NL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 .729 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.3
1951 33 NYY AL 19 16 7 1 3 2 0 2 0% 3 1 9 3 33% 6 1.068 5 4 5 3 3 10 5 11 7 3 8 4 5.0
11 Yrs 293 107 59 13 11 6 7 3 117% 10 4 25 12 48% 1.008 17 8 18 11 7 27 14 31 57 21 22 14 6.0

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%
1939 21 SLB AL 998 1.8% 6.8% 12.7% 4.1% 15% 76%
1940 22 SLB AL 293 1.4% 4.1% 8.9% 1.7% 6% 84%
1941 23 SLB AL 284 1.8% 7.0% 14.1% 75%
1943 25 SLB AL 46 0.0% 8.7% 17.4% 72%
1944 26 SLB AL 1058 0.3% 11.7% 7.1% 2.5% 11% 79%
1945 27 SLB AL 836 65% 5.9% 45.0% 33.2% 14.1% 16% 1.18 289% 36 2 6%
1946 28 SLB AL 818 53% 3.6% 41.1% 40.5% 13.7% 12% 1.14 396% 30 4 13%
1947 29 SLB AL 877 56% 4.3% 20.9% 24.1% 10.6% 19% 0.94 184% 82 5 6%
1948 30 BOS AL 892 53% 1.8% 10.8% 9.6% 6.6% 19% 1.15 110% 145 15 10%
1949 31 BOS AL 496 50% 1.7% 5.1% 10.5% 6.6% 25% 0.83 87% 104 12 12%
1950 32 NYG NL 390 64% 2.2% 10.1% 14.6% 8.2% 24% 1.30 115% 62 9 15%
1951 33 TOT MLB 215 58% 0.5% 8.0% 11.3% 6.1% 23% 1.35 79% 52 6 12%
1951 33 NYG NL 26 73% 0.0% 7.7% 11.5% 19.2% 46% 1.75 73% 6 0 0%
1951 33 NYY AL 189 55% 0.5% 8.1% 11.3% 4.3% 17% 1.31 80% 46 6 13%
12 Yrs 7203 56% 1.8% 12.1% 13.5% 5.4% 16% 1.07 113% 511 53 10%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 11.5% 11.5% 5.0% 17% 0.94 97% 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
1939 21 SLB AL 269 18 9
1940 22 SLB AL 86 4 4
1941 23 SLB AL 69 5 1
1943 25 SLB AL 11 0 2
1944 26 SLB AL 233 3 2
1945 27 SLB AL 220 190 13 0 6 1 1 0 2 11 7 0 64% 5 2 0 78 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 616
1946 28 SLB AL 168 190 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 4 1 50% 0 4 0 58 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 650
1947 29 SLB AL 369 206 16 0 11 2 3 3 2 24 16 0 67% 3 4 0 149 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 508
1948 30 BOS AL 669 233 12 0 14 4 5 8 1 27 13 3 48% 3 3 1 275 2 3 40% 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 223
1949 31 BOS AL 469 126 8 0 14 4 4 2 6 33 21 3 64% 4 2 0 186 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 27
1950 32 NYG NL 268 91 6 0 9 4 1 2 3 18 11 1 61% 10 1 1 105 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 122
1951 33 TOT MLB 212 57 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 20 12 0 60% 6 1 0 101 4 1 80% 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1951 33 NYG NL 26 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 11 2 1 67% 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 33 NYY AL 186 46 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 16 9 0 56% 6 1 0 90 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
12 Yrs 2375 1761 92 0 59 15 16 15 16 141 84 8 60% 31 35 2 952 17 14 55% 13 9 4 2 0 3 0 0 18 2149
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+
1939 21 9 16 .360 5.83 40 31 5 10 2 0 211.2 269 150 137 18 127 68 3 0 9 998 83 1.871 11.4 0.8 5.4 2.9 0.54 83
1940 22 12 23 .343 5.93 56 40 9 11 2 0 276.1 355 198 182 22 153 80 3 0 13 1291 81 1.838 11.6 0.7 5.0 2.6 0.52 81
1941 23 16 26 .381 5.79 85 43 23 11 2 2 335.2 424 246 216 27 193 100 3 0 14 1575 82 1.838 11.4 0.7 5.2 2.7 0.52 82
1942 24 16 26 .381 5.79 85 43 23 11 2 2 335.2 424 246 216 27 193 100 3 0 14 1575 82 1.838 11.4 0.7 5.2 2.7 0.52 82
1943 25 16 26 .381 5.85 88 43 25 11 2 2 344.2 435 254 224 27 201 104 4 0 16 1621 80 1.845 11.4 0.7 5.2 2.7 0.52 80
1944 26 33 39 .458 4.41 121 74 27 29 3 2 601.2 668 348 295 30 276 228 5 2 18 2679 96 1.569 10.0 0.4 4.1 3.4 0.83 96
1945 27 43 54 .443 4.16 150 99 30 44 6 4 794.2 858 433 367 43 349 327 5 2 20 3515 98 1.519 9.7 0.5 4.0 3.7 0.94 98
1946 28 56 65 .463 3.97 181 127 32 57 9 4 989.1 1048 517 436 49 417 396 5 4 24 4333 101 1.481 9.5 0.4 3.8 3.6 0.95 101
1947 29 67 81 .453 4.13 214 155 35 66 10 5 1188.2 1254 640 546 65 506 473 7 4 28 5200 97 1.481 9.5 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.93 97
1948 30 85 86 .497 4.17 243 184 35 80 12 5 1393.2 1487 744 645 77 570 545 7 4 31 6091 97 1.476 9.6 0.5 3.7 3.5 0.96 97
1949 31 91 94 .492 4.24 264 202 37 87 14 6 1505.1 1613 814 709 85 619 569 8 5 33 6587 96 1.483 9.6 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.92 96
1950 32 94 100 .485 4.20 299 211 50 88 14 7 1592.0 1704 860 743 91 658 596 10 5 34 6977 97 1.484 9.6 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.91 97
1951 33 95 103 .480 4.24 322 215 59 88 14 7 1637.1 1761 895 772 92 682 613 10 6 35 7193 96 1.492 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.4 0.90 96

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
1939 21 10 14 .417 4.70 224.0 255 130 117 17 120 72 3 1.674 10.2 4.8 2.9 0.60 0.7 40
1940 22 3 4 .429 5.32 66.0 82 43 39 4 25 12 0 1.621 11.2 3.4 1.6 0.48 0.5 16
1941 23 3 4 .429 4.43 63.0 67 34 31 5 39 21 0 1.683 9.6 5.6 3.0 0.54 0.7 29
1943 25 0 0 11.25 8.0 13 11 10 0 9 4 1 2.750 14.6 10.1 4.5 0.44 0.0 3
1944 26 20 8 .714 2.60 260.0 245 83 75 3 79 126 1 1.246 8.5 2.7 4.4 1.59 0.1 33
1945 27 12 10 .545 3.66 199.0 208 90 81 14 80 102 0 1.447 9.4 3.6 4.6 1.28 0.6 29
1946 28 12 9 .571 3.43 194.0 201 82 74 6 72 69 0 1.407 9.3 3.3 3.2 0.96 0.3 31
1947 29 8 13 .381 5.33 196.0 216 129 116 17 93 76 2 1.577 9.9 4.3 3.5 0.82 0.8 33
1948 30 11 12 .478 4.05 211.0 233 106 95 12 64 74 0 1.408 9.9 2.7 3.2 1.16 0.5 29
1949 31 5 7 .417 4.82 114.0 126 68 61 8 49 25 1 1.535 9.9 3.9 2.0 0.51 0.6 21
1950 32 6 4 .600 3.36 91.0 93 38 34 6 40 28 2 1.462 9.2 4.0 2.8 0.70 0.6 35
1951 33 2 3 .400 5.94 47.0 60 34 31 1 25 18 0 1.809 11.5 4.8 3.4 0.72 0.2 23
12 Yrs 92 88 .511 4.11 1673.0 1799 848 764 93 695 627 10 1.491 9.7 3.4 0.90 0.5 322



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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
1945--not played
1946 *
1947

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (16, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1944 AL  5.2 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 AL  2.49 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  17 (5th)
1948 AL  18 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 AL  .783 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 AL  1.198 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  8.159 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  2.810 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  4.342 (7th)
1945 AL  4.617 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1939 AL  40 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1939 AL  211.7 (10th)
1944 AL  257.0 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 AL  124 (4th)
1945 AL  99 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1939 AL  31 (4th)
1944 AL  31 (6th)
1947 AL  28 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 AL  18 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 AL  2 (4th)
1945 AL  3 (9th)
1946 AL  3 (8th)
1948 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  18 (6th)
1945 AL  13 (1st)
1947 AL  16 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  127 (2nd)
1947 AL  89 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  269 (3rd)
1944 AL  233 (6th)
1948 AL  233 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  1.653 (7th)
1945 AL  1.356 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  0.105 (2nd)
1946 AL  0.277 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1939 AL  16 (4th)
1945 AL  15 (2nd)
1947 AL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  137 (2nd)
1947 AL  110 (1st)
1948 AL  99 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1939 AL  9 (5th)
1946 AL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 AL  3 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1939 AL  998 (7th)
1944 AL  1,058 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 AL  146 (4th)
1946 AL  118 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1944 AL  27 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  3.0 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1946 AL  11.00 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1946 AL  1.0 (5th)
1948 AL  1.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1946 AL  1.1 (8th)


† 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 - 43 (590), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (546), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (2021), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (758th), 10.9 career WAR/13.7 7yr-peak WAR/12.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Vic Sorrell (973)
  2. Elam Vangilder (966)
  3. Sheriff Blake (965)
  4. Jim Bagby (954)
  5. Andy Hawkins (954)
  6. Mike LaCoss (952)
  7. Nels Potter (950)
  8. Lary Sorensen (949)
  9. George Haddock (948)
  10. Art Houtteman (948)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Buck Ross (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hal Gregg (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Babich (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pat Mahomes (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gordon Rhodes (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sheriff Blake (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Elam Vangilder (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willard Nixon (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Andy Hawkins (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Elam Vangilder (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Walt Terrell (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Elam Vangilder (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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