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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	18	CLE-min	D	5	7	.417		15						100.0	108	60			36								1.440	9.7		3.2			MFL · OHSL
1942	19	CLE-min	C	21	6	.778	1.72	34						235.0	188	58	45		81								1.145	7.2		3.1			CHL · MATL
1946	23	CLE-min	A	14	6	.700	2.36	26	26					217.0	176	70	57		73								1.147	7.3		3.0			WKB · EL
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-min	AAA	14	13	.519	3.17	30	29		18	3		224.0	197	95	79		76		112	1	1	5			1.219	7.9		3.1	4.5	1.47	BLT · IL
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	97	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	113	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	108	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	PIT-min	AAA	8	1	.889	3.41	20	10		4	2		95.0	80	38	36	8	25		48	2	0	1			1.105	7.6	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.92	CLB · IL
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
1958	35	STL-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.31	25	10		3	1		87.0	75	35	32	9	23	1	54	0	0	5			1.126	7.8	0.9	2.4	5.6	2.35	ROC · IL
1959	36	CHW-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.57	49	1		0	0		68.0	72	39	27	6	19	1	44	0	0	1			1.338	9.5	0.8	2.5	5.8	2.32	INA · AA
1960	37	CHW-min	AAA,A	0	3	.000	3.71	14	0					17.0	19	10	7	3	8								1.588	10.1	1.6	4.2			SDG,CHS · PCL,SALL
10 Seasons				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
			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
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	106	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)			AL	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)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1946	23	CLE	AL	12.0	2	7	6	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
1947	24	CLE	AL	21.2	4	10	12	1	1.0	2	0.0	$

1949	26	CHW	AL	156.2	18	76	97	2	1.0	21	1.8	$	RoY-4
1950	27	CHW	AL	44.1	7	28	30	0	1.0	2	0.1	$
1950	27	WSH	AL	155.0	22	80	104	-2	1.0	24	2.3	$
1951	28	WSH	AL	52.1	8	34	32	-1	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
1951	28	NYY	AL	82.1	8	27	50	1	1.0	23	2.0	$
1952	29	NYY	AL	133.0	12	53	73	4	1.0	20	1.1	$
1953	30	NYY	AL	92.1	6	35	54	2	1.0	19	1.4	$
1954	31	NYY	AL	39.2	3	30	20	1	.6	-10	-1.0	$
1954	31	BAL	AL	23.2	4	11	14	-1	1.1	3	0.3	$
1955	32	BAL	AL	12.1	1	7	8	-1	.3	1	0.0	$
1955	32	PHI	NL	32.1	4	26	18	1	.7	-8	-0.8	$

1957	34	PIT	NL	2.0	0	2	1	0	.5	-1	-0.1	$
1957	34	STL	NL	2.1	0	1	1	0	.4	0	0.0	$
10 Seasons				862.0	99	427	520	7	1.0	93	6.8	$

NYY (4 yrs)				347.1	29	145	197	8	1.0	52	3.5	$
WSH (2 yrs)				207.1	30	114	136	-3	1.0	22	2.1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				33.2	6	17	18	1	1.0	1	-0.1	$
BAL (2 yrs)				36.0	5	18	22	-2	.8	4	0.3	$
CHW (2 yrs)				201.0	25	104	127	2	1.0	23	1.9	$
PIT (1 yr)				2.0	0	2	1	0	.5	-1	-0.1	$
PHI (1 yr)				32.1	4	26	18	1	.7	-8	-0.8	$
STL (1 yr)				2.1	0	1	1	0	.4	0	0.0	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	SO/9
1951	28	NYY	AL	WS	W	NYG	0.00	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1952	29	NYY	AL	WS	W	BRO	0.00	1	1	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	9	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.8
1953	30	NYY	AL	WS	W	BRO	13.50	1	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3.000	27.0	13.5	13.5
3 Seasons (3 Series)							2.08	3	2	2	4.1	2	1	1	1	3	16	0.462	4.2	2.1	6.2
3 WS							2.08	3	2	2	4.1	2	1	1	1	3	16	0.462	4.2	2.1	6.2

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1941	18	CLE-min	D																									MFL · OHSL
1942	19	CLE-min	C	38	84	84		13	3	0	0						.155	.155	.190	.345		16						CHL · MATL
1946	23	CLE-min	A	26	66	66		12	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364		12						WKB · EL
1946	23	CLE	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0			/1
1947	24	CLE-min	AAA	30	87	76	7	19	1	0	0	1	1		4	19	.250	.288	.263	.551		20		0	7			BLT · IL
1947	24	CLE	AL	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	0			/1

1949	26	CHW	AL	29	64	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.036	.085	.036	.120	-67	2	1	0	5			1	RoY-4
1950	27	TOT	AL	32	76	62	8	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	8	26	.097	.211	.145	.356	-6	9	2	1	5			1
1950	27	CHW	AL	10	17	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.083	.267	.083	.350	-6	1	1	0	2			1
1950	27	WSH	AL	22	59	50	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	23	.100	.196	.160	.356	-6	8	1	1	3			1
1951	28	TOT	AL	32	47	39	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.154	.298	.179	.477	33	7	0	0	0			1
1951	28	WSH	AL	8	20	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.176	.300	.176	.476	32	3	0	0	0			/1
1951	28	NYY	AL	24	27	22	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.136	.296	.182	.478	33	4	0	0	0			1
1952	29	NYY	AL	28	48	43	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	14	.093	.188	.093	.281	-19	4	0	0	0			1
1953	30	NYY	AL	33	26	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.048	.200	.048	.248	-29	1	1	0	1			1
1954	31	TOT	AL	24	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	1	0	1	0		1
1954	31	NYY	AL	20	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	0		1
1954	31	BAL	AL	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0		/1
1955	32	TOT	MLB	23	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	32	BAL	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	32	PHI	NL	17	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1957	34	PIT-min	AAA	20	35	33	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	16	.152	.200	.152	.352		5		0	0	0		CLB · IL
1957	34	TOT	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	34	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	34	STL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	35	STL-min	AAA	25	29	27	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.185	.185	.185	.370		5		0	2	0	0	ROC · IL
1959	36	CHW-min	AAA	49	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311		1		0	2	0	0	INA · AA
1960	37	CHW-min	A,AAA	21	25	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.120	.240		3						CHS,SDG · SALL,PCL
10 Seasons				214	298	256	21	22	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	26	5	1	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	226	194	16	17	1	0	1	8	0	0	22	73	.086	.182	.102	.283	-22	20	4	1	9
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
NYY (4 yrs)				105	108	92	9	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	15	35	.087	.215	.098	.313	-11	9	2	0	1	0
WSH (2 yrs)				30	79	67	7	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	25	.119	.224	.164	.388	4	11	1	1	3
CLE (2 yrs)				6	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				10	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				39	81	68	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	22	.044	.122	.044	.166	-55	3	2	0	7
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				17	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				190	291	249	20	21	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	92	.084	.183	.100	.283	-22	25	5	1	12	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				24	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1946	23	CLE	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1949	26	CHW	AL	64	-14	0	0	0	0	5	2	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$6,500	1	RoY-4
1950	27	CHW	AL	17	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$10,000	1
1950	27	WSH	AL	59	-9	0	0	0	0	5	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1951	28	WSH	AL	20	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/1
1951	28	NYY	AL	27	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1952	29	NYY	AL	48	-7	0	0	0	0	4	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1953	30	NYY	AL	26	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$19,000	1
1954	31	NYY	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
9 Seasons				298	-47	0	0	0	0	24	8	-15	-1.8	-15	-1.5	-0.3	$35,500

NYY (4 yrs)				108	-14	0	0	0	0	9	3	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$19,000
WSH (2 yrs)				79	-11	0	0	0	0	6	3	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				14	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
BAL (2 yrs)				9	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHW (2 yrs)				81	-16	0	0	0	0	6	2	-8	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$16,500
PHI (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1951	28	NYY	AL	WS	NYG	W	1	0	0	0
1952	29	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1953	30	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
3 WS							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1946	CLE	AL	23	P	2	2	0	12.0	5	0	4	1	0	.800	3.00	2.00	.952	2.03	2.00
1947	CLE	AL	24	P	4	4	1	21.2	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	3.32	2.00	.955	1.91	1.90
1949	CHW	AL	26	P	29	18	9	156.2	28	8	17	3	1	.893	1.44	0.86	.962	2.12	2.09					RoY-4
1950	TOT	AL	27	P	32	29	9	199.1	41	8	30	3	5	.927	1.72	1.19	.950	2.03	1.99	6	9	60%	0
1950	CHW	AL	27	P	10	7	1	44.1	10	3	7	0	1	1.000	2.03	1.00	.950	2.03	1.99	1	2	67%	0
1950	WSH	AL	27	P	22	22	8	155.0	31	5	23	3	4	.903	1.63	1.27	.950	2.03	1.99	5	7	58%	0
1951	TOT	AL	28	P	31	16	7	134.2	28	9	17	2	0	.929	1.74	0.84	.953	2.07	2.06	6	2	25%	1
1951	WSH	AL	28	P	8	8	3	52.1	12	3	9	0	0	1.000	2.06	1.50	.953	2.06	2.06	3	2	40%	1
1951	NYY	AL	28	P	23	8	4	82.1	16	6	8	2	0	.875	1.53	0.61	.953	2.07	2.06	3	0	0%	0
1952	NYY	AL	29	P	28	12	6	133.0	20	4	16	0	2	1.000	1.35	0.71	.966	2.10	2.10	7	4	36%	0
1953	NYY	AL	30	P	33	6	2	92.1	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	0.88	0.27	.957	1.95	1.93	1	2	67%	1
1954	TOT	AL	31	P	24	7	0	63.4	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	0.71	0.21	.960	2.02	1.99	2	1	33%	0
1954	NYY	AL	31	P	20	3	0	39.2	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	0.68	0.15	.960	2.02	1.99	1	0	0%	0
1954	BAL	AL	31	P	4	4	0	23.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.76	0.50	.960	2.02	2.00	1	1	50%	0
1955	TOT	MLB	32	P	23	5	0	44.2	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.81	0.39	.950	2.01	2.00	0	1	100%	0
1955	BAL	AL	32	P	6	1	0	12.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.97	1.97	0	1	100%	0
1955	PHI	NL	32	P	17	4	0	32.1	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	2.51	0.53	.950	2.03	2.02	0	0		0
1957	TOT	NL	34	P	7	0	0	4.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.08	0.14	.960	2.08	2.07	0	0		0
1957	PIT	NL	34	P	4	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.08	0	0		0
1957	STL	NL	34	P	3	0	0	2.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.86	0.33	.960	1.93	2.07	0	0		0
	10 Seasons			P	213	99	34	862.0	154	33	112	9	9	.942	1.51	0.68	.956	2.05	2.02	22	19	46%	2
	10 Seasons			TOT	213	99	34	862.0	154	33	112	9	9	.942	1.51	0.68	.956	2.05	2.02	22	19	46%	2
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1952 AL 1.000 (1st) 1953 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.
October 2, 1948: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ernest Groth to the Chicago White Sox for Frank Papish.
May 31, 1950: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski to the Washington Senators for Al Kozar, Eddie Robinson and Ray Scarborough.
June 15, 1951: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Tom Ferrick, Bob Porterfield and Fred Sanford.
August 7, 1954: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Yankees.
May 23, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Baltimore Orioles.
October 5, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Before 1957 Season: Returned to Columbus (International) by the Kansas City Athletics after expiration of minor league working agreement.
Before 1957 Season: Obtained by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Columbus (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.
September 19, 1957: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1949	26	Chicago White Sox	$6,500	2001 GBA 68
1950	27	Chicago White Sox	$10,000	2001 GBA 68

1953	30	New York Yankees	$19,000	2001 GBA 68

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$35,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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