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Bob Kuzava

Robert Leroy Kuzava (Sarge)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: May 28, 1923 in Wyandotte, MI
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1946
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox/Senators/Phillies/Orioles/... 1946-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
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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 23 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 7 4 0 11 4 1 0 0 60 114 1.667 6.8 0.0 8.3 3.0 0.36
1947 24 CLE AL 1 1 .500 4.15 4 4 0 1 1 0 21.2 22 10 10 1 9 9 1 0 1 94 86 1.431 9.1 0.4 3.7 3.7 1.00
1949 26 CHW AL 10 6 .625 4.02 29 18 3 9 1 0 156.2 139 76 70 6 91 83 1 0 2 685 104 1.468 8.0 0.3 5.2 4.8 0.91 RoY-4
1950 27 TOT AL 9 10 .474 4.33 32 29 2 9 1 0 199.1 199 108 96 13 102 105 1 1 8 875 104 1.510 9.0 0.6 4.6 4.7 1.03
1950 27 CHW AL 1 3 .250 5.68 10 7 2 1 0 0 44.1 43 28 28 5 27 21 0 0 3 196 80 1.579 8.7 1.0 5.5 4.3 0.78
1950 27 WSH AL 8 7 .533 3.95 22 22 0 8 1 0 155.0 156 80 68 8 75 84 1 1 5 679 114 1.490 9.1 0.5 4.4 4.9 1.12
1951 28 TOT AL 11 7 .611 3.61 31 16 13 7 1 5 134.2 133 61 54 10 55 72 3 0 2 581 110 1.396 8.9 0.7 3.7 4.8 1.31
1951 28 WSH AL 3 3 .500 5.50 8 8 0 3 0 0 52.1 57 34 32 5 28 22 2 0 0 236 75 1.624 9.8 0.9 4.8 3.8 0.79
1951 28 NYY AL 8 4 .667 2.40 23 8 13 4 1 5 82.1 76 27 22 5 27 50 1 0 2 345 160 1.251 8.3 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.85
1952 29 NYY AL 8 8 .500 3.45 28 12 9 6 1 3 133.0 115 53 51 7 63 67 1 0 2 554 96 1.338 7.8 0.5 4.3 4.5 1.06
1953 30 NYY AL 6 5 .545 3.31 33 6 12 2 2 4 92.1 92 35 34 9 34 48 0 0 0 386 111 1.365 9.0 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.41
1954 31 TOT AL 2 6 .250 4.97 24 7 6 0 0 1 63.1 76 41 35 3 29 37 0 0 2 283 71 1.658 10.8 0.4 4.1 5.3 1.28
1954 31 NYY AL 1 3 .250 5.45 20 3 6 0 0 1 39.2 46 30 24 3 18 22 0 0 1 176 64 1.613 10.4 0.7 4.1 5.0 1.22
1954 31 BAL AL 1 3 .250 4.18 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 11 11 0 11 15 0 0 1 107 87 1.732 11.4 0.0 4.2 5.7 1.36
1955 32 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 6.25 23 5 10 0 0 0 44.2 57 33 31 5 16 2 18 0 0 1 205 64 1.634 11.5 1.0 3.2 3.6 1.13
1955 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 3.65 6 1 3 0 0 0 12.1 10 7 5 0 4 1 5 0 0 1 51 107 1.135 7.3 0.0 2.9 3.6 1.25
1955 32 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 7.24 17 4 7 0 0 0 32.1 47 26 26 5 12 1 13 0 0 0 154 55 1.825 13.1 1.4 3.3 3.6 1.08
1957 34 TOT NL 0 0 6.23 7 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 3 3 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 25 74 2.769 14.5 0.0 10.4 6.2 0.60
1957 34 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 51 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1957 34 STL NL 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 120 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
10 Yrs 49 44 .527 4.05 213 99 58 34 7 13 862.0 849 427 388 54 415 2 446 8 1 18 3748 98 1.466 8.9 0.6 4.3 4.7 1.07
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .527 4.05 46 22 13 7 2 3 188 185 93 85 12 90 97 2 0 4 817 98 1.466 8.9 0.6 4.3 4.7 1.07
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
NYY (4 yrs) 23 20 .535 3.39 104 29 40 12 4 13 347.1 329 145 131 24 142 187 2 0 5 1461 105 1.356 8.5 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.32
WSH (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 4.34 30 30 0 11 1 0 207.1 213 114 100 13 103 106 3 1 5 915 102 1.524 9.2 0.6 4.5 4.6 1.03
CLE (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.74 6 6 0 1 1 0 33.2 31 17 14 1 20 13 2 0 1 154 94 1.515 8.3 0.3 5.3 3.5 0.65
BAL (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 4.00 10 5 3 0 0 0 36.0 40 18 16 0 15 1 20 0 0 2 158 93 1.528 10.0 0.0 3.8 5.0 1.33
CHW (2 yrs) 11 9 .550 4.39 39 25 5 10 1 0 201.0 182 104 98 11 118 104 1 0 5 881 97 1.493 8.1 0.5 5.3 4.7 0.88
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 51 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.24 17 4 7 0 0 0 32.1 47 26 26 5 12 1 13 0 0 0 154 55 1.825 13.1 1.4 3.3 3.6 1.08
STL (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 120 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
AL (9 yrs) 48 44 .522 3.91 189 95 48 34 7 13 825.1 795 398 359 49 398 1 430 8 1 18 3569 101 1.445 8.7 0.5 4.3 4.7 1.08
NL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 7.12 24 4 10 0 0 0 36.2 54 29 29 5 17 1 16 0 0 0 179 57 1.936 13.3 1.2 4.2 3.9 0.94

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
1946 23 CLE AL 12.0 2 2 7 5.25 4.28 -0.01 0.00 96.4 4.14 -1 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .422 .499 $
1947 24 CLE AL 21.2 4 4 10 4.15 3.76 0.44 0.00 99.0 3.28 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .447 .499 $
1949 26 CHW AL 156.2 29 18 76 4.37 4.69 0.14 0.00 99.4 4.52 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.3 17 .510 .502 $6,500 RoY-4
1950 27 CHW AL 44.1 10 7 28 5.68 4.98 0.12 0.00 100.1 4.86 -4 -0.4 .3 -0.0 -0.1 1 .460 .498 $10,000
1950 27 WSH AL 155.0 22 22 80 4.65 5.29 -0.15 0.00 99.3 5.41 12 1.2 -0.1 2.3 29 .554 .507 $
1951 28 WSH AL 52.1 8 8 34 5.85 4.61 -0.21 0.00 102.3 4.93 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .432 .497 $
1951 28 NYY AL 82.1 23 8 27 2.95 4.49 0.18 0.00 91.9 3.96 9 0.9 1.5 -0.0 1.5 17 .539 .506 $
1952 29 NYY AL 133.0 28 12 53 3.59 4.04 0.36 0.00 89.1 3.28 -5 -0.6 1.2 -0.2 0.3 7 .480 .497 $
1953 30 NYY AL 92.1 33 6 35 3.41 4.34 0.22 0.00 91.0 3.75 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.0 12 .510 .502 $19,000
1954 31 NYY AL 39.2 20 3 30 6.81 4.26 0.12 0.00 90.0 3.72 -14 -1.4 .7 0.1 -1.0 -10 .430 .491 $
1954 31 BAL AL 23.2 4 4 11 4.18 4.48 -0.25 0.00 94.9 4.49 1 0.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .523 .501 $
1955 32 BAL AL 12.1 6 1 7 5.11 4.65 -0.36 0.00 91.6 4.58 -1 -0.1 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .486 .499 $
1955 32 PHI NL 32.1 17 4 26 7.24 4.49 0.35 0.00 100.2 4.14 -10 -1.0 .3 0.1 -0.6 -7 .440 .494 $
1957 34 PIT NL 2.0 4 0 2 9.00 4.88 0.41 0.00 99.0 4.43 -1 -0.1 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .499 $
1957 34 STL NL 2.1 3 0 1 3.86 4.10 0.20 0.00 106.3 4.14 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.0 0 .503 .500 $
10 Seasons 862.0 213 99 427 4.46 4.59 0.11 0.00 95.7 4.31 -17 -1.6 .9 -0.3 4.5 65 .492 .499 $35,500
NYY (4 yrs) 347.1 104 29 145 3.76 4.25 0.25 0.00 90.4 3.61 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.2 1.8 25 .493 .499 $19,000
WSH (2 yrs) 207.1 30 30 114 4.95 5.12 -0.16 0.00 100.1 5.28 6 0.6 -0.1 2.1 29 .522 .502 $
CLE (2 yrs) 33.2 6 6 17 4.54 3.94 0.28 0.00 98.1 3.59 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .439 .499 $
BAL (2 yrs) 36.0 10 5 18 4.50 4.54 -0.29 0.00 93.8 4.52 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.3 3 .501 .500 $
CHW (2 yrs) 201.0 39 25 104 4.66 4.76 0.14 0.00 99.6 4.60 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 17 .497 .500 $16,500
PIT (1 yr) 2.0 4 0 2 9.00 4.88 0.41 0.00 99.0 4.43 -1 -0.1 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .499 $
PHI (1 yr) 32.1 17 4 26 7.24 4.49 0.35 0.00 100.2 4.14 -10 -1.0 .3 0.1 -0.6 -7 .440 .494 $
STL (1 yr) 2.1 3 0 1 3.86 4.10 0.20 0.00 106.3 4.14 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.0 0 .503 .500 $

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 28 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1952 29 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
1953 30 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 27.0 13.5 0.0 13.5
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 2 4.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.462 4.2 2.1 0.0 6.2
3 WS 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 2 4.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.462 4.2 2.1 0.0 6.2

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
1949 26 CHW AL 29 592 580 76 139 22 3 6 8 10 91 83 .240 .344 .319 .663 .271 185 10 1 13 0 11
1950 27 CHW AL 10 193 167 28 43 7 1 5 1 2 27 21 .257 .361 .401 .762 .270 67 5 0 2 0 2
1950 27 TOT AL 32 840 761 108 199 27 7 13 6 9 102 105 .261 .350 .367 .716 .289 279 21 1 11 0 14
1950 27 WSH AL 22 647 594 80 156 20 6 8 5 7 75 84 .263 .346 .357 .703 .295 212 16 1 9 0 12
1951 28 NYY AL 23 301 316 27 76 10 7 5 3 1 27 50 .241 .302 .364 .666 .272 115 5 1 1 0 3
1951 28 TOT AL 31 537 517 61 133 20 11 10 6 3 55 72 .257 .332 .397 .729 .283 205 9 3 6 0 6
1951 28 WSH AL 8 236 201 34 57 10 4 5 3 2 28 22 .284 .377 .448 .824 .299 90 4 2 5 0 3
1952 29 NYY AL 28 518 482 53 115 19 3 7 7 4 63 67 .239 .328 .334 .662 .265 161 16 1 10 0 8
1953 30 NYY AL 33 344 348 35 92 14 4 9 1 2 34 48 .264 .330 .405 .735 .285 141 11 0 4 0 1
1954 31 BAL AL 4 107 93 11 30 3 0 0 1 1 11 15 .323 .387 .355 .742 .375 33 2 0 1 2 0
1954 31 NYY AL 20 184 160 30 46 9 2 3 1 0 18 22 .288 .356 .425 .781 .314 68 2 0 1 2 2
1954 31 TOT AL 24 291 253 41 76 12 2 3 2 1 29 37 .300 .367 .399 .766 .336 101 4 0 2 4 2
1955 32 BAL AL 6 51 45 7 10 3 0 0 0 1 4 5 .222 .280 .289 .569 .244 13 0 0 1 1 1 1
1955 32 PHI NL 17 151 140 26 47 7 2 5 0 0 12 13 .336 .388 .521 .910 .344 73 1 0 2 0 1 1
1955 32 TOT MLB 23 202 185 33 57 10 2 5 0 1 16 18 .308 .361 .465 .826 .319 86 1 0 3 1 2 2
1957 34 PIT NL 4 12 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .500 .444 .944 .375 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 34 STL NL 3 13 11 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .364 .462 .455 .916 .444 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 34 TOT NL 7 25 20 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 .350 .480 .450 .930 .412 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 207 3349 3146 410 818 126 32 53 30 30 395 433 .260 .343 .371 .714 .287 1167 72 6 49 5 2 44
162 Game Avg. 47 759 713 93 185 29 7 12 7 7 90 98 .260 .343 .371 .714 .287 265 16 1 11 1 10
MLB Averages .260 .334 .372 .706 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1949 26 CHW AL 4.0 0.4 618 1.1 12.6 -11.5 1.18 0.6 0.3 7.5 0.7 1.17 7.2 2 4 2
1950 27 TOT AL 3.6 0.4 871 0.4 15.9 -15.5 1.04 0.2 0.2 2.7 0.3 1.04 3.1 0 0 3
1950 27 CHW AL -4.3 -0.4 202 -0.6 2.9 -3.5 .89 0.1 -0.8 -1.6 -0.2 0.87 -1.0 0 0 3
1950 27 WSH AL 7.9 0.8 669 1.1 13.0 -12.0 1.09 0.1 0.9 4.3 0.4 1.09 4.1 0 0 0
1951 28 TOT AL 6.3 0.7 548 1.0 10.0 -9.0 1.04 0.5 0.5 10.2 1.2 1.04 2.7 5 5 4
1951 28 WSH AL -6.9 -0.6 242 -0.7 3.3 -4.0 .89 -0.4 -0.4 -7.2 -0.7 0.89 -5.6 0 0 0
1951 28 NYY AL 13.2 1.3 306 1.7 6.7 -5.0 1.16 0.9 0.6 17.4 1.9 1.16 8.3 5 5 4
1952 29 NYY AL 0.9 0.1 530 0.7 9.6 -8.9 1.08 0.1 0.6 10.5 1.2 1.07 6.0 6 3 5
1953 30 NYY AL 6.1 0.6 348 1.0 5.6 -4.6 .88 0.7 0.5 10.2 1.1 0.88 7.6 7 7 11
1954 31 TOT AL -11.4 -1.1 296 -1.2 3.3 -4.6 .79 -0.4 -1.2 -11.3 -1.2 0.79 -5.5 3 2 11
1954 31 NYY AL -10.6 -1.1 186 -0.9 1.5 -2.4 .60 -0.4 -1.1 -10.6 -1.1 0.60 -5.7 3 2 11
1954 31 BAL AL -0.8 -0.1 110 -0.3 1.8 -2.2 1.11 0.1 -0.4 -0.7 -0.1 1.11 0.3 0 0 0
1955 32 TOT MLB -10.5 -1.0 207 -0.6 1.7 -2.3 .53 -0.9 -0.3 -13.3 -1.3 0.52 -8.7 1 0 17
1955 32 BAL AL -0.2 -0.0 53 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 .24 0.2 -0.9 -1.9 -0.2 0.24 1.0 0 0 5
1955 32 PHI NL -10.3 -1.0 154 -0.4 1.5 -2.0 .62 -1.1 0.4 -11.4 -1.1 0.61 -9.6 1 0 12
1957 34 TOT NL -0.6 -0.1 25 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .51 -0.2 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.51 -1.7 0 2 5
1957 34 PIT NL -0.9 -0.1 12 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 .67 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.67 -0.9 0 2 2
1957 34 STL NL 0.2 0.0 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .37 -0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.37 -0.8 0 0 3
10 Yrs -3.1 -0.2 3443 2.3 58.9 -56.7 1.00 0.6 1.7 15.3 1.9 1.00 10.8 24 23 58
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1946 23 CLE AL 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 1 50% 48.5 62 35 0 2 5.4 6.0
1947 24 CLE AL 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 2 50% 49.8 81 30 1 3 4.3 5.4
1949 26 CHW AL 29 18 8 6 4 2 2 10 8 .556 0 1 9 1 9 50% 52.5 80 29 12 4 4 9 4.6 4.5 7.2
1950 27 TOT AL 32 29 9 10 10 0 3 13 15 .464 0 4 9 1 14 48% 48.1 81 20 11 4 8 10 4.6 4.9 6.7
1950 27 CHW AL 10 7 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 .429 0 1 1 0 2 29% 40.7 62 27 5 2 2 3 5.5 7.1 5.4
1950 27 WSH AL 22 22 8 7 7 0 2 10 11 .476 0 3 8 1 12 55% 50.5 81 20 6 2 6 7 4.3 4.4 7.0
1951 28 TOT AL 31 16 6 6 4 2 1 8 8 .500 1 4 7 1 5 31% 47.7 82 25 6 1 2 10 5.0 5.3 6.4
1951 28 WSH AL 8 8 3 3 2 2 0 3 5 .375 1 2 3 0 1 13% 43.4 59 25 3 0 1 5 4.7 4.3 6.5
1951 28 NYY AL 23 8 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 .625 0 2 4 1 4 50% 52.0 82 27 3 1 1 5 5.2 6.8 6.2
1952 29 NYY AL 28 12 5 6 1 0 2 6 6 .500 0 0 6 1 7 58% 53.5 83 25 12 8 3 6 4.2 4.8 7.0
1953 30 NYY AL 33 6 2 4 0 0 3 2 4 .333 0 0 2 2 5 83% 57.8 86 34 6 1 2 3 3.4 4.4 7.5
1954 31 TOT AL 24 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 0 1 0 0 3 43% 44.2 58 33 6 3 2 4 3.1 1.4 5.0
1954 31 NYY AL 20 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.7 48 36 4 3 2 1 3.9 1.6 3.7
1954 31 BAL AL 4 4 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 3 75% 46.8 58 33 2 0 0 3 2.5 1.2 5.9
1955 32 TOT MLB 23 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 1 0 0 0 1 20% 0.0 62 38 14 2 2 1 4.1 5.1 3.3
1955 32 BAL AL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 2 0 1 0 0.0 0.7
1955 32 PHI NL 17 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .750 1 0 0 0 1 25% 47.5 62 39 12 2 1 1 5.2 5.1 4.0
9 Yrs 206 99 34 39 26 5 13 47 50 .485 2 10 34 7 47 47% 50 86 20 67 23 24 48 4.4 4.6 6.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.6
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

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
1949 26 CHW AL 29 11 3 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 1.181 2 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 7 2 6 2 7.4
1950 27 TOT AL 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.042 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 6.3
1950 27 CHW AL 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 .887 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 6.3
1951 28 TOT AL 31 15 13 5 1 6 5 1 83% 6 0 10 1 10% 1.043 5 5 4 6 2 6 6 8 12 1 11 1 6.6
1951 28 NYY AL 23 15 13 5 1 6 5 1 83% 6 0 10 1 10% 7 1.163 5 5 4 6 2 6 6 8 12 1 11 1 6.6
1952 29 NYY AL 28 16 9 3 2 3 3 0 100% 4 0 12 1 8% 3 1.076 6 3 5 4 4 7 5 10 12 2 12 0 9.2
1953 30 NYY AL 33 27 12 4 1 0 4 0 3 3 14 6 43% 8 .882 7 7 11 6 4 16 8 18 15 4 15 1 5.3
1954 31 TOT AL 24 17 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 5 31% .788 3 2 11 3 1 13 7 10 10 2 10 2 5.1
1954 31 NYY AL 20 17 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 5 31% 7 .601 3 2 11 3 1 13 7 10 10 2 10 2 5.1
1955 32 TOT MLB 23 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% .526 1 0 17 1 0 17 4 14 9 5 9 2 4.7
1955 32 BAL AL 6 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 .237 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 1 7.0
1955 32 PHI NL 17 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 8 .624 1 0 12 1 0 12 1 12 5 4 5 1 3.8
1957 34 TOT NL 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% .514 0 2 5 0 0 7 1 6 0 4 0 1 1.9
1957 34 PIT NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 .666 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 1.5
1957 34 STL NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .374 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2.3
8 Yrs 173 114 58 15 5 11 13 2 118% 16 4 68 17 25% .980 24 23 58 21 12 75 36 72 67 21 65 9 5.9

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%
1946 23 CLE AL 60 0.0% 6.7% 18.3% 72%
1947 24 CLE AL 94 1.1% 9.6% 9.6% 2.1% 9% 78%
1949 26 CHW AL 685 32% 1.0% 14.0% 15.4% 5.2% 22% 0.83 83% 146 10 7%
1950 27 TOT AL 875 32% 1.6% 12.5% 12.1% 5.6% 24% 0.70 77% 193 21 11%
1950 27 CHW AL 196 33% 2.6% 10.9% 14.0% 6.7% 30% 0.72 73% 40 5 13%
1950 27 WSH AL 679 31% 1.2% 13.0% 11.6% 5.3% 22% 0.69 78% 153 16 10%
1951 28 TOT AL 581 39% 1.9% 13.4% 10.2% 7.6% 31% 0.76 81% 123 9 7%
1951 28 WSH AL 236 42% 2.1% 9.3% 11.9% 8.1% 33% 0.73 74% 51 4 8%
1951 28 NYY AL 345 36% 1.7% 16.6% 9.0% 7.3% 29% 0.78 87% 72 5 7%
1952 29 NYY AL 556 33% 1.4% 12.9% 12.2% 5.6% 25% 0.83 79% 104 16 15%
1953 30 NYY AL 386 28% 2.6% 14.0% 9.9% 7.9% 29% 0.58 85% 66 11 17%
1954 31 TOT AL 291 30% 1.0% 12.7% 10.0% 5.8% 22% 0.46 75% 70 4 6%
1954 31 NYY AL 184 34% 1.6% 12.0% 9.8% 7.6% 30% 0.48 74% 41 2 5%
1954 31 BAL AL 107 24% 0.0% 14.0% 10.3% 2.8% 10% 0.41 75% 29 2 7%
1955 32 TOT MLB 205 32% 2.5% 8.9% 7.9% 8.4% 30% 0.83 81% 38 1 3%
1955 32 BAL AL 51 24% 0.0% 9.8% 7.8% 5.9% 30% 0.63 80% 10 0 0%
1955 32 PHI NL 154 35% 3.3% 8.6% 8.0% 9.3% 30% 0.93 81% 28 1 4%
1957 34 TOT NL 25 36% 0.0% 12.0% 20.0% 8.0% 29% 0.25 68% 6 0 0%
1957 34 PIT NL 12 42% 0.0% 8.3% 25.0% 8.3% 33% 0.00 67% 2 0 0%
1957 34 STL NL 13 31% 0.0% 15.4% 15.4% 7.7% 25% 0.67 69% 4 0 0%
10 Yrs 3758 33% 1.5% 12.7% 11.9% 6.1% 25% 0.71 79% 746 72 10%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 12.0% 10.9% 6.1% 23% 0.96 86% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 23 CLE AL 9 0 0
1947 24 CLE AL 22 1 1
1949 26 CHW AL 592 139 6 0 21 3 3 4 2 37 20 8 54% 11 2 1 257 8 10 44% 7 7 1 2 0 0 3 3 1 93
1950 27 TOT AL 840 199 13 1 21 10 2 7 5 52 20 6 38% 14 8 1 353 6 9 40% 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 35
1950 27 CHW AL 193 43 5 0 5 4 1 4 1 9 3 1 33% 2 3 1 75 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
1950 27 WSH AL 647 156 8 1 16 6 1 3 4 43 17 5 40% 12 5 0 278 5 7 42% 5 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 32
1951 28 TOT AL 537 133 10 0 12 6 4 6 4 29 17 2 59% 6 2 0 226 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 44
1951 28 WSH AL 236 57 5 0 6 4 1 1 4 13 10 0 77% 3 0 0 100 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1951 28 NYY AL 301 76 5 0 6 2 3 5 0 16 7 2 44% 3 2 0 126 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 44
1952 29 NYY AL 518 115 7 0 21 3 3 6 0 26 11 3 42% 8 2 0 196 7 4 64% 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 38
1953 30 NYY AL 344 92 9 0 10 4 2 5 1 17 8 3 47% 1 0 0 127 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42
1954 31 TOT AL 291 76 3 1 20 3 0 1 2 23 12 1 52% 2 2 0 119 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1954 31 NYY AL 184 46 3 1 17 3 0 1 2 14 6 1 43% 2 1 0 71 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1954 31 BAL AL 107 30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 67% 0 1 0 48 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1955 32 TOT MLB 202 57 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 14 11 0 79% 2 1 0 78 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1955 32 BAL AL 51 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 100% 1 1 0 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 32 PHI NL 151 47 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 9 6 0 67% 1 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1957 34 TOT NL 25 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 34 PIT NL 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 34 STL NL 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 3349 849 54 2 110 32 16 31 17 200 99 24 50% 44 18 2 1367 30 30 50% 24 25 5 2 1 2 7 3 29 255
MLB Averages 52% 55%
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

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+
1946 23 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 7 4 0 11 4 1 0 0 60 114 1.667 6.8 0.0 8.3 3.0 0.36 114
1947 24 2 1 .667 3.74 6 6 0 1 1 0 33.2 31 17 14 1 20 13 2 0 1 154 94 1.515 8.3 0.3 5.3 3.5 0.65 94
1948 25 2 1 .667 3.74 6 6 0 1 1 0 33.2 31 17 14 1 20 13 2 0 1 154 94 1.515 8.3 0.3 5.3 3.5 0.65 94
1949 26 12 7 .632 3.97 35 24 3 10 2 0 190.1 170 93 84 7 111 96 3 0 3 839 102 1.476 8.0 0.3 5.2 4.5 0.86 102
1950 27 21 17 .553 4.16 67 53 5 19 3 0 389.2 369 201 180 20 213 201 4 1 11 1714 103 1.494 8.5 0.5 4.9 4.6 0.94 103
1951 28 32 24 .571 4.02 98 69 18 26 4 5 524.1 502 262 234 30 268 273 7 1 13 2295 105 1.469 8.6 0.5 4.6 4.7 1.02 105
1952 29 40 32 .556 3.90 126 81 27 32 5 8 657.1 617 315 285 37 331 340 8 1 15 2849 103 1.442 8.4 0.5 4.5 4.7 1.03 103
1953 30 46 37 .554 3.83 159 87 39 34 7 12 749.2 709 350 319 46 365 388 8 1 15 3235 104 1.433 8.5 0.6 4.4 4.7 1.06 104
1954 31 48 43 .527 3.92 183 94 45 34 7 13 813.0 785 391 354 49 394 425 8 1 17 3518 101 1.450 8.7 0.5 4.4 4.7 1.08 101
1955 32 49 44 .527 4.04 206 99 55 34 7 13 857.2 842 424 385 54 410 2 443 8 1 18 3723 98 1.460 8.8 0.6 4.3 4.6 1.08 98
1956 33 49 44 .527 4.04 206 99 55 34 7 13 857.2 842 424 385 54 410 2 443 8 1 18 3723 98 1.460 8.8 0.6 4.3 4.6 1.08 98
1957 34 49 44 .527 4.05 213 99 58 34 7 13 862.0 849 427 388 54 415 2 446 8 1 18 3748 98 1.466 8.9 0.6 4.3 4.7 1.07 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1946 23 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 11 6 5 0 13 4 1 1.846 7.6 9.0 2.8 0.31 0.0 2
1947 24 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 25 13 12 1 10 9 1 1.667 10.7 4.3 3.9 0.90 0.4 4
1949 26 9 8 .529 3.88 160.0 142 77 69 6 93 85 1 1.469 8.0 5.2 4.8 0.91 0.3 29
1950 27 11 11 .500 3.95 205.0 197 100 90 13 101 108 1 1.454 8.6 4.4 4.7 1.07 0.6 32
1951 28 8 7 .533 3.68 137.0 139 62 56 10 57 73 3 1.431 9.1 3.7 4.8 1.28 0.7 31
1952 29 6 7 .462 4.50 126.0 130 70 63 8 71 63 1 1.595 9.3 5.1 4.5 0.89 0.6 28
1953 30 5 4 .556 3.84 89.0 100 42 38 10 37 46 0 1.539 10.1 3.7 4.7 1.24 1.0 33
1954 31 2 4 .333 6.15 60.0 84 46 41 3 32 35 0 1.933 12.6 4.8 5.3 1.09 0.5 24
1955 32 1 4 .200 6.46 46.0 61 37 33 5 17 18 0 1.696 11.9 3.3 3.5 1.06 1.0 23
1957 34 0 0 5.40 5.0 7 3 3 0 5 3 0 2.400 12.6 9.0 5.4 0.60 0.0 7
10 Yrs 44 46 .489 4.28 862.0 896 456 410 56 436 444 8 1.545 9.4 4.6 1.02 0.6 213

* 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

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 AL  .611 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  7.985 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  4.768 (6th)
1950 AL  4.741 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL  105 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  0.345 (4th)
1950 AL  0.587 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 AL  8 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  10. Ron Bryant (958)
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  7. Thornton Lee (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hal Brown (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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