Lou Kretlow

Louis Henry Kretlow (Lena)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 27, 1921 in Apache, OK
High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1946
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/Browns/Tigers/Athletics 1946-1956

Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: September 12, 2007 in Enid, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK
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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	25	DET-min	A,AAA	10	10	.500	4.32	29	21		0	0		175.0	169	103	84		111		34	3	0	1			1.600	8.7		5.7	1.7	0.31	WPT,BFL · EL,IL
1946	25	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	2		4	0	0	0	36	128	1.000	7.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.00

1947	26	DET-min	AAA	2	7	.222	7.01	18	12		4	0		77.0	81	68	60		62		56	3	0	1			1.857	9.5		7.2	6.5	0.90	BFL · IL
1948	27	DET-min	A	21	12	.636	3.32	40	33					268.0	238	124	99		141								1.414	8.0		4.7			WPT · EL
1948	27	DET	AL	2	1	.667	4.63	5	2	2	1	0	0	23.1	21	14	12	1	11		9	0	0	0	101	96	1.371	8.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	0.82
1949	28	DET	AL	3	2	.600	6.16	25	10	8	1	0	0	76.0	85	58	52	5	69		40	1	0	5	368	68	2.026	10.1	0.6	8.2	4.7	0.58
1950	29	TOT	AL	0	2	.000	7.07	20	3	11	0	0	0	35.2	42	32	28	3	45		24	2	0	0	189	67	2.439	10.6	0.8	11.4	6.1	0.53
1950	29	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	11.93	9	2	6	0	0	0	14.1	25	19	19	2	18		10	2	0	0	84	42	3.000	15.7	1.3	11.3	6.3	0.56
1950	29	CHW	AL	0	0		3.80	11	1	5	0	0	0	21.1	17	13	9	1	27		14	0	0	0	105	120	2.063	7.2	0.4	11.4	5.9	0.52
1951	30	CHW	AL	6	9	.400	4.20	26	18	0	7	1	0	137.0	129	77	64	7	74		89	3	0	3	602	96	1.482	8.5	0.5	4.9	5.8	1.20
1952	31	CHW	AL	4	4	.500	2.96	19	11	3	4	2	1	79.0	52	31	26	5	56		63	1	0	3	344	123	1.367	5.9	0.6	6.4	7.2	1.13
1953	32	TOT	AL	1	5	.167	4.78	31	14	9	0	0	0	101.2	105	67	54	7	82		52	1	0	5	482	88	1.839	9.3	0.6	7.3	4.6	0.63
1953	32	CHW	AL	0	0		3.48	9	3	3	0	0	0	20.2	12	11	8	2	30		15	1	0	2	102	117	2.032	5.2	0.9	13.1	6.5	0.50
1953	32	SLB	AL	1	5	.167	5.11	22	11	6	0	0	0	81.0	93	56	46	5	52		37	0	0	3	380	82	1.790	10.3	0.6	5.8	4.1	0.71
1954	33	BAL	AL	6	11	.353	4.37	32	20	2	5	0	0	166.2	169	83	81	12	82		82	1	0	2	730	82	1.506	9.1	0.6	4.4	4.4	1.00
1955	34	SLE	Opn	14	3	.824	2.41	22	19		11	5		149.2	111	41	40	4	74		110	2	1	3			1.236	6.7	0.2	4.4	6.6	1.49	SLE · PCL
1955	34	BAL	AL	0	4	.000	8.22	15	5	5	0	0	0	38.1	50	39	35	3	27	0	26	1	0	4	192	46	2.009	11.7	0.7	6.3	6.1	0.96
1956	35	KCA	AL	4	9	.308	5.31	25	20	3	3	0	0	118.2	121	75	70	17	74	4	61	0	0	3	542	82	1.643	9.2	1.3	5.6	4.6	0.82
1957	36	OAK-CIN-min	AAA,Opn	2	7	.222	3.99	17	14		1	1		79.0	78	37	35	4	41		49	1	0	1			1.506	8.9	0.5	4.7	5.6	1.20	BFL,SLE · IL,PCL
10 Yrs				27	47	.365	4.87	199	104	43	22	3	1	785.1	781	479	425	62	522	4	450	10	0	25	3586	82	1.659	9.0	0.7	6.0	5.2	0.86
162 Game Avg.				6	11	.365	4.87	45	23	10	5	1	0	176	175	107	95	14	117		101	2	0	6	805	82	1.659	9.0	0.7	6.0	5.2	0.86

BAL (4 yrs)				7	22	.241	5.42	78	38	19	5	0	0	300.1	337	197	181	22	179	0	155	4	0	9	1386	71	1.718	10.1	0.7	5.4	4.6	0.87
CHW (4 yrs)				10	13	.435	3.73	65	33	11	11	3	1	258.0	210	132	107	15	187		181	5	0	8	1153	106	1.539	7.3	0.5	6.5	6.3	0.97
DET (3 yrs)				6	3	.667	5.57	31	13	10	3	0	0	108.1	113	75	67	8	82		53	1	0	5	505	76	1.800	9.4	0.7	6.8	4.4	0.65
KCA (1 yr)				4	9	.308	5.31	25	20	3	3	0	0	118.2	121	75	70	17	74	4	61	0	0	3	542	82	1.643	9.2	1.3	5.6	4.6	0.82

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
1946	25	DET	AL	9.0	1	1	3	3.00	3.81	0.05	0.00	110.0	4.15	1	0.1		-0.0	0.2	2	.638	.501	$

1948	27	DET	AL	23.1	5	2	14	5.40	5.01	-0.12	0.00	101.8	5.22	-1	-0.0	.8	-0.0	0.1	2	.490	.500	$
1949	28	DET	AL	76.0	25	10	58	6.87	4.55	0.07	0.00	101.5	4.54	-20	-1.8	.8	-0.0	-1.3	-13	.426	.489	$
1950	29	SLB	AL	14.1	9	2	19	11.93	5.66	-0.60	0.00	115.1	7.21	-8	-0.7	.9	0.0	-0.6	-6	.425	.496	$
1950	29	CHW	AL	21.1	11	1	13	5.48	5.40	0.11	0.00	102.3	5.41	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	2	.497	.500	$
1951	30	CHW	AL	137.0	26	18	77	5.06	4.60	0.14	0.00	97.2	4.34	-12	-1.2	.4	-0.1	-0.2	2	.455	.493	$
1952	31	CHW	AL	79.0	19	11	31	3.53	4.48	0.07	0.00	98.0	4.33	7	0.8	.7	-0.1	1.3	14	.540	.505	$
1953	32	CHW	AL	20.2	9	3	11	4.79	4.98	0.17	0.00	101.8	4.90	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.2	2	.503	.500	$
1953	32	SLB	AL	81.0	22	11	56	6.22	4.57	-0.27	0.00	104.1	5.04	-11	-1.1	.5	0.0	-0.4	-3	.451	.493	$
1954	33	BAL	AL	166.2	32	20	83	4.48	4.20	-0.25	0.00	97.6	4.34	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.1	0.8	11	.491	.498	$
1955	34	BAL	AL	38.1	15	5	39	9.16	4.53	-0.38	0.00	98.2	4.82	-19	-1.8	.2	0.2	-1.3	-15	.382	.489	$
1956	35	KCA	AL	119.2	25	20	75	5.64	4.80	-0.07	0.00	103.5	5.04	-9	-0.9	.3	-0.1	0.0	3	.465	.495	$
10 Seasons				786.1	199	104	479	5.48	4.58	-0.08	0.00	100.4	4.68	-73	-6.8	.6	-0.2	-1.1	0	.466	.496	$

BAL (4 yrs)				300.1	78	38	197	5.90	4.41	-0.29	0.00	100.3	4.73	-40	-3.8	.6	0.1	-1.5	-13	.451	.494	$
CHW (4 yrs)				258.0	65	33	132	4.60	4.66	0.12	0.00	98.2	4.47	-5	-0.4	.5	-0.2	1.4	20	.494	.499	$
DET (3 yrs)				108.1	31	13	75	6.23	4.59	0.03	0.00	102.2	4.65	-19	-1.8	.8	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.443	.496	$
KCA (1 yr)				119.2	25	20	75	5.64	4.80	-0.07	0.00	103.5	5.04	-9	-0.9	.3	-0.1	0.0	3	.465	.495	$

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	27	DET	AL	5	48	90	14	21	5	0	1	0	0	11	9	.233	.317	.322	.639	.250	29	3	0	0	0		2
1949	28	DET	AL	25	178	295	58	85	10	1	5	1	0	69	40	.288	.425	.380	.804	.320	112	2	1	5	0		2
1950	29	CHW	AL	11	78	77	13	17	2	0	1	0	1	27	14	.221	.423	.286	.709	.258	22	1	0	1	0		1
1950	29	SLB	AL	9	61	62	19	25	5	0	2	0	0	18	10	.403	.549	.581	1.129	.460	36	2	2	2	0		0
1950	29	TOT	AL	20	139	139	32	42	7	0	3	0	1	45	24	.302	.478	.417	.896	.348	58	3	2	3	0		1
1951	30	CHW	AL	26	567	517	77	129	17	8	7	9	6	74	89	.250	.347	.354	.701	.290	183	12	3	9	0		10
1952	31	CHW	AL	19	343	280	31	52	8	1	5	4	3	56	63	.186	.323	.275	.598	.222	77	3	1	7	0		8
1953	32	CHW	AL	9	102	70	11	12	2	0	2	0	1	30	15	.171	.426	.286	.711	.189	20	1	1	1	0		2
1953	32	SLB	AL	22	344	324	56	93	17	4	5	1	3	52	37	.287	.386	.410	.796	.312	133	9	0	4	0		6
1953	32	TOT	AL	31	446	394	67	105	19	4	7	1	4	82	52	.266	.394	.388	.782	.293	153	10	1	5	0		8
1954	33	BAL	AL	32	699	628	83	169	23	4	12	7	6	82	82	.269	.349	.376	.725	.288	236	11	1	7	11		5
1955	34	BAL	AL	15	192	158	39	50	12	0	3	3	1	27	26	.316	.411	.449	.860	.353	71	3	1	2	4	0	2
1956	35	KCA	AL	25	543	463	75	121	24	2	17	3	9	74	61	.261	.361	.432	.793	.268	200	15	0	3	3	4	11
9 Yrs				198	3155	2964	476	774	125	20	60	28	30	520	446	.261	.371	.378	.749	.288	1119	62	10	41	18	4	49
162 Game Avg.				45	713	670	108	175	28	5	14	6	7	117	101	.261	.371	.378	.749	.288	253	14	2	9	4		11
MLB Averages																.260	.335	.370	.706	.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	27	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	51	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.61	-0.2	-0.3	-3.9	-0.4	0.58	-2.6	0	1	1
1949	28	DET	AL	-16.5	-1.6	182	-2.4	3.4	-5.7	1.36	-1.3	-0.4	-14.5	-1.4	1.36	-12.7	1	1	3
1950	29	TOT	AL	-8.7	-0.8	143	-1.0	0.2	-1.2	.27	-0.8	-2.9	-12.5	-1.1	0.27	-10.7	1	0	8
1950	29	SLB	AL	-9.2	-0.8	64	-0.7	0.0	-0.8	.31	-0.6	-1.8	-11.0	-0.9	0.31	-9.4	1	0	1
1950	29	CHW	AL	0.5	0.0	79	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.24	-0.2	-0.9	-1.5	-0.1	0.24	-1.3	0	0	7
1951	30	CHW	AL	-4.5	-0.4	586	0.1	10.3	-10.2	1.07	0.2	-0.1	-6.8	-0.7	1.07	-0.3	0	1	7
1952	31	CHW	AL	5.5	0.6	355	0.6	5.5	-4.9	.94	0.8	-0.2	10.4	1.1	0.93	9.1	2	0	6
1953	32	TOT	AL	-8.6	-0.8	460	-1.6	6.4	-8.0	.91	-1.8	-0.0	-19.9	-1.9	0.91	-18.7	2	2	10
1953	32	CHW	AL	0.5	0.0	105	-0.5	1.5	-2.0	1.06	-0.5	0.0	-3.5	-0.3	1.06	-6.0	1	1	3
1953	32	SLB	AL	-9.1	-0.9	355	-1.2	4.8	-6.0	.86	-1.3	-0.0	-16.5	-1.5	0.86	-12.7	1	1	7
1954	33	BAL	AL	-11.2	-1.1	716	-0.9	12.4	-13.3	1.12	-0.3	-0.5	-8.8	-0.9	1.12	-5.7	1	3	8
1955	34	BAL	AL	-19.1	-1.8	200	-1.5	1.8	-3.3	.70	-1.3	-0.8	-20.1	-1.9	0.70	-16.5	0	1	8
1956	35	KCA	AL	-10.6	-1.0	556	-1.0	9.0	-10.0	.95	-1.4	0.4	-10.0	-0.9	0.95	-16.7	0	0	5
10 Yrs				-73.5	-6.9	3249	-8.0	49.4	-57.4	.98	-6.1	-2.2	-86.1	-8.0	0.97	-74.8	7	9	56

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
1946	25	DET	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0		1	0	1	100%	63.0	63	63			0	1	6.8		9.0

1948	27	DET	AL	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	1	0	1	50%	47.0	61	33	4	4	0	2	2.1	0.0	6.2
1949	28	DET	AL	25	10	1	1	8	0	0	7	3	.700	0	4	1	0	1	10%	37.4	64	28	7	4	4	4	7.0	4.9	4.7
1950	29	TOT	AL	20	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31.0	33	28	8	3	0	2	6.0	4.5	0.1
1950	29	SLB	AL	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.5	33	28	7	3	0	1	5.5	9.0	0.2
1950	29	CHW	AL	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	1	0	0	1	7.0	0.0	0.0
1951	30	CHW	AL	26	18	6	8	4	1	3	8	10	.444	1	1	7	1	10	56%	51.6	79	21	16	9	4	9	3.7	3.3	6.5
1952	31	CHW	AL	19	11	4	4	3	0	1	5	6	.455	0	3	4	2	5	45%	55.5	88	33	14	8	3	7	3.6	2.7	6.0
1953	32	TOT	AL	31	14	1	5	8	0	1	7	7	.500	1	2	0	0	4	29%	42.3	78	29	20	5	5	5	4.2	4.5	4.4
1953	32	CHW	AL	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	40.0	48	35	6	0	0	3	5.9	11.6	2.1
1953	32	SLB	AL	22	11	1	5	5	0	1	4	7	.364	1	1	0	0	4	36%	42.9	78	29	14	5	5	2	3.8	3.4	5.0
1954	33	BAL	AL	32	20	6	10	4	0	3	7	13	.350	1	2	5	0	13	65%	50.7	77	19	19	6	5	9	3.2	2.7	7.1
1955	34	BAL	AL	15	5	0	4	1	0	1	0	5	.000	0	1	0	0	1	20%	34.4	52	16	13	5	2	1	4.2	3.8	4.5
1956	35	KCA	AL	25	20	4	9	7	1	1	6	14	.300	1	2	3	0	7	35%	44.8	78	11	20	11	4	12	3.9	3.9	5.6
10 Yrs				199	104	24	44	36	2	10	43	61	.413	4	16	22	3	43	41%	47	88	11	121	55	27	52	4.1	3.4	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	118	-11					4.5	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1948	27	DET	AL	5	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	3	.610	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	2	0	11.0
1949	28	DET	AL	25	15	8	2	1	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		1.361	1	1	3	0	1	5	1	5	10	4	4	2	5.7
1950	29	TOT	AL	20	17	11	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%		.269	1	0	8	0	1	10	3	8	11	1	7	1	6.2
1950	29	SLB	AL	9	7	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%		.306	1	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	5	1	3	1	6.0
1950	29	CHW	AL	11	10	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.240	0	0	7	0	0	7	0	7	6	0	4	0	6.4
1951	30	CHW	AL	26	8	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	6	1.069	0	1	7	0	0	8	4	4	4	0	4	0	7.4
1952	31	CHW	AL	19	8	3	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	8	2	25%	8	.936	2	0	6	2	0	6	4	4	5	3	5	0	4.8
1953	32	TOT	AL	31	17	9	0	0	0	0		0	0	13	6	46%		.908	2	2	10	1	1	14	7	9	11	2	10	5	7.1
1953	32	CHW	AL	9	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%	2	1.062	1	1	3	1	0	5	3	3	4	0	4	2	7.2
1953	32	SLB	AL	22	11	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	2	29%	2	.862	1	1	7	0	1	9	4	6	7	2	6	3	7.1
1954	33	BAL	AL	32	12	2	0	1	0	0		1	1	10	3	30%	7	1.122	1	3	8	1	0	11	6	6	7	3	7	1	6.3
1955	34	BAL	AL	15	10	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	3	43%	3	.704	0	1	8	0	0	10	4	6	5	2	6	1	4.7
1956	35	KCA	AL	25	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	8	.954	0	0	5	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	2	2	4.8
9 Yrs				198	95	43	3	3	1	1	100%	2	1	55	18	33%		.976	7	9	56	4	3	71	31	47	58	15	47	12	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1946	25	DET	AL	36		5.6%	11.1%	5.6%	5.6%	29%		78%

1948	27	DET	AL	101	54%	2.1%	18.8%	22.9%	12.5%	29%	0.65	167%	17	3	18%
1949	28	DET	AL	370	51%	2.8%	22.5%	38.8%	9.0%	19%	1.39	140%	56	2	4%
1950	29	TOT	AL	189	64%	2.2%	17.3%	32.4%	7.2%	24%	1.84	81%	38	3	8%
1950	29	SLB	AL	84	57%	3.3%	16.4%	29.5%	11.5%	28%	3.50	82%	19	2	11%
1950	29	CHW	AL	105	69%	1.3%	18.0%	34.6%	3.9%	18%	1.40	79%	19	1	5%
1951	30	CHW	AL	603	54%	1.2%	15.7%	13.1%	5.6%	25%	0.93	74%	122	12	10%
1952	31	CHW	AL	344	52%	1.5%	18.4%	16.3%	4.1%	27%	0.90	62%	73	3	4%
1953	32	TOT	AL	482	65%	1.6%	11.7%	18.4%	6.7%	29%	0.85	75%	110	10	9%
1953	32	CHW	AL	102	57%	2.0%	14.7%	29.4%	3.9%	33%	0.80	52%	36	1	3%
1953	32	SLB	AL	380	68%	1.5%	10.8%	15.1%	7.6%	28%	0.86	82%	74	9	12%
1954	33	BAL	AL	729	63%	1.7%	11.7%	11.7%	5.6%	23%	0.96	78%	169	11	7%
1955	34	BAL	AL	192	66%	1.6%	13.5%	14.1%	7.8%	30%	0.87	69%	53	3	6%
1956	35	KCA	AL	543	64%	3.1%	11.2%	13.6%	7.9%	36%	0.99	71%	106	15	14%
10 Yrs				3589	60%	1.9%	14.1%	16.4%	6.5%	27%	0.96	78%	744	62	8%
MLB Averages					50%	2.2%	11.9%	11.1%	6.1%	23%	0.95	87%			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
1946	25	DET	AL		7			2												0

1948	27	DET	AL	48	21			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
1949	28	DET	AL	178	85			5	0	11	3	1	4	0	19	8	2	42%	2	5	1	76	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	192
1950	29	TOT	AL	139	42			3	0	11	2	0	0	2	8	5	2	63%	1	0	2	66	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	50
1950	29	SLB	AL	61	25			2	0	5	1	0	0	1	7	4	2	57%	0	0	2	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23
1950	29	CHW	AL	78	17			1	0	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	36	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27
1951	30	CHW	AL	567	129			7	0	15	4	3	2	5	44	20	7	45%	10	3	2	229	9	6	60%	7	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	36
1952	31	CHW	AL	343	52			5	0	10	2	3	2	3	16	8	2	50%	8	3	0	138	4	3	57%	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1
1953	32	TOT	AL	446	105			7	0	21	3	4	1	6	31	18	10	58%	8	5	2	189	1	4	20%	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	36
1953	32	CHW	AL	102	12			2	0	5	2	0	1	1	5	4	1	80%	2	2	0	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1953	32	SLB	AL	344	93			5	0	16	1	4	0	5	26	14	9	54%	6	3	2	136	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	36
1954	33	BAL	AL	699	169			12	0	12	8	3	3	8	47	27	6	57%	5	2	2	282	7	6	54%	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	30
1955	34	BAL	AL	192	50			3	0	5	3	0	1	2	14	12	2	86%	2	4	1	96	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1956	35	KCA	AL	543	121			17	1	9	11	6	9	8	27	10	7	37%	11	3	1	218	3	9	25%	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10 Yrs				3155	781			62	1	95	37	20	23	34	209	110	38	53%	49	25	11	1318	28	30	48%	25	26	3	3	0	1	4	0	59	398
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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1946	25	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	2		4	0	0	36	128	1.000	7.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.00	128
1947	26	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	2	2		4	0	0	36	128	1.000	7.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.00	128
1948	27	3	1	.750	4.18	6	3	2	2	0	0	32.1	28	17	15	3	13		13	0	0	137	102	1.268	7.8	0.8	3.6	3.6	1.00	102
1949	28	6	3	.667	5.57	31	13	10	3	0	0	108.1	113	75	67	8	82		53	1	5	505	76	1.800	9.4	0.7	6.8	4.4	0.65	76
1950	29	6	5	.545	5.94	51	16	21	3	0	0	144.0	155	107	95	11	127		77	3	5	694	73	1.958	9.7	0.7	7.9	4.8	0.61	73
1951	30	12	14	.462	5.09	77	34	21	10	1	0	281.0	284	184	159	18	201		166	6	8	1296	82	1.726	9.1	0.6	6.4	5.3	0.83	82
1952	31	16	18	.471	4.63	96	45	24	14	3	1	360.0	336	215	185	23	257		229	7	11	1640	88	1.647	8.4	0.6	6.4	5.7	0.89	88
1953	32	17	23	.425	4.66	127	59	33	14	3	1	461.2	441	282	239	30	339		281	8	16	2122	88	1.690	8.6	0.6	6.6	5.5	0.83	88
1954	33	23	34	.404	4.58	159	79	35	19	3	1	628.1	610	365	320	42	421		363	9	18	2852	87	1.641	8.7	0.6	6.0	5.2	0.86	87
1955	34	23	38	.377	4.79	174	84	40	19	3	1	666.2	660	404	355	45	448	0	389	10	22	3044	83	1.662	8.9	0.6	6.0	5.3	0.87	83
1956	35	27	47	.365	4.87	199	104	43	22	3	1	785.1	781	479	425	62	522	4	450	10	25	3586	82	1.659	9.0	0.7	6.0	5.2	0.86	82

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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
1946	25	1	0	1.000	4.00	9.0	8	4	4	2	2	4	0	1.111	8.0	2.0	4.0	2.00	2.0	1

1948	27	1	1	.500	3.96	25.0	20	12	11	1	10	10	0	1.200	7.2	3.6	3.6	1.00	0.4	5
1949	28	2	6	.250	6.24	75.0	87	58	52	5	71	40	1	2.107	10.4	8.5	4.8	0.56	0.6	25
1950	29	1	3	.250	5.92	38.0	40	28	25	3	43	25	2	2.184	9.5	10.2	5.9	0.58	0.7	20
1951	30	7	8	.467	4.18	140.0	134	72	65	7	77	91	3	1.507	8.6	5.0	5.9	1.18	0.5	26
1952	31	5	3	.625	3.26	80.0	57	32	29	5	61	64	1	1.475	6.4	6.9	7.2	1.05	0.6	19
1953	32	5	6	.455	4.67	104.0	107	60	54	7	84	53	1	1.837	9.3	7.3	4.6	0.63	0.6	31
1954	33	7	11	.389	5.17	162.0	185	103	93	13	90	80	1	1.698	10.3	5.0	4.4	0.89	0.7	32
1955	34	1	3	.250	8.77	39.0	53	42	38	3	29	27	1	2.103	12.2	6.7	6.2	0.93	0.7	15
1956	35	5	8	.385	4.86	124.0	121	74	67	17	74	64	0	1.573	8.8	5.4	4.6	0.86	1.2	25
10 Yrs		35	49	.417	4.95	796.0	812	485	438	63	541	458	10	1.700	9.2		5.2	0.85	0.7	199

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