Wayne LaMaster

Noble Wayne LaMaster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 13, 1907 in Speed, IN
High School: Jeffersonville HS (Jeffersonville, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1937
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers 1937-1938

Final Game: August 29, 1938
Died: August 4, 1989 in New Albany, IN
Buried: Kraft Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany, IN
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1927	20	JAC	D	14	9	.609		29						203.0	170	74			83							1.246	7.5		3.7			JAC · CSTL
1928	21	SEL	B	13	14	.481	3.62	38						239.0	224	119	96		99							1.351	8.4		3.7			SEL · SEAL
1929	22	DEC	B	12	7	.632	3.27	30						209.0	225	97	76		71							1.416	9.7		3.1			DEC · IIIL
1930	23	DEC	B	13	14	.481	4.20	34						244.0	254	142	114		107							1.480	9.4		3.9			DEC · IIIL
1931	24	TER	B	8	11	.421	4.15	31						154.0	167	86	71		69							1.532	9.8		4.0			TER · IIIL
1932	25	CHL	C	17	6	.739	2.28	27						221.0	171	68	56		71							1.095	7.0		2.9			CHL · MATL
1933	26	CHL,MTL	C,AA	14	13	.519	3.21	34						230.0	222	101	82		74							1.287	8.7		2.9			CHL,MTL · MATL,IL
1934	27	DET-min	C	17	10	.630	2.83	28						223.0	199	93	70		63							1.175	8.0		2.5			CHL · MATL
1935	28	MLW	AA	12	9	.571	4.65	34	19					184.0	213	110	95		103							1.717	10.4		5.0			MLW · AA
1936	29	LOU	AA	13	10	.565	4.52	30	25					183.0	196	109	92		66							1.432	9.6		3.2			LOU · AA
1937	30	PHI	NL	15	19	.441	5.31	50	30	11	10	1	4	220.1	255	139	130	24	82	135	2	0	1	974	82	1.530	10.4	1.0	3.3	5.5	1.65
1938	31	TOT	NL	4	8	.333	7.32	21	12	6	1	1	0	75.0	97	64	61	8	34	38	3	0	0	355	55	1.747	11.6	1.0	4.1	4.6	1.12
1938	31	PHI	NL	4	7	.364	7.77	18	12	4	1	1	0	63.2	80	58	55	8	31	35	3	0	0	302	51	1.743	11.3	1.1	4.4	4.9	1.13
1938	31	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	4.76	3	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	17	6	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	53	85	1.765	13.5	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00
1939	32	LAD-min	AA	0	0			4						7.0	8				9							2.429	10.3		11.6			MTL · IL
1940	33	LAD-min	AA	2	7	.222	5.73	23	8					77.0	93	52	49		34							1.649	10.9		4.0			MTL · IL
1941	34	LAD-min	B	1	2	.333		4						19.0	18	11			6							1.263	8.5		2.8			DHM · PIED
2 Yrs				19	27	.413	5.82	71	42	17	11	2	4	295.1	352	203	191	32	116	173	5	0	1	1329	73	1.585	10.7	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.49
162 Game Avg.				11	16	.413	5.82	43	25	10	7	1	2	178	212	122	115	19	70	104	3	0	1	800	73	1.585	10.7	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.49

PHI (2 yrs)				19	26	.422	5.86	68	42	15	11	2	4	284.0	335	197	185	32	113	170	5	0	1	1276	73	1.577	10.6	1.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
BRO (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.76	3	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	17	6	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	53	85	1.765	13.5	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00

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
1937	30	PHI	NL	218.1	50	30	139	5.73	4.60	-0.21	0.00	110.5	5.31	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.7	11	.481	.494	$
1938	31	PHI	NL	63.2	18	12	58	8.20	4.61	-0.36	0.00	103.1	5.13	-21	-2.0	1.0	-0.0	-1.5	-16	.387	.487	$
1938	31	BRO	NL	11.1	3	0	6	4.76	4.60	-0.13	0.00	101.0	4.78	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500	$
2 Seasons				293.1	71	42	203	6.23	4.61	-0.24	0.00	108.5	5.25	-31	-3.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.458	.494	$

PHI (2 yrs)				282.0	68	42	197	6.29	4.61	-0.24	0.00	108.8	5.27	-31	-3.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.456	.491	$
BRO (1 yr)				11.1	3	0	6	4.76	4.60	-0.13	0.00	101.0	4.78	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.502	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1937	30	PHI	NL	974	2.5%	13.9%	8.4%	4.7%	18%	74%
1938	31	TOT	NL	355	2.3%	10.7%	9.6%	2.5%	9%	76%
1938	31	PHI	NL	302	2.7%	11.6%	10.3%	3.0%	11%	74%
1938	31	BRO	NL	53	0.0%	5.7%	5.7%			89%
2 Yrs				1329	2.4%	13.0%	8.7%	4.1%	16%	74%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.1%	8.9%	3.3%	13%	79%

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+
1937	30	15	19	.441	5.31	50	30	11	10	1	4	220.1	255	139	130	24	82		135	2	0	1	974	82	1.530	10.4	1.0	3.3	5.5	1.65	82
1938	31	19	27	.413	5.82	71	42	17	11	2	4	295.1	352	203	191	32	116		173	5	0	1	1329	73	1.585	10.7	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.49	73

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1937	30	10	15	.400	4.70	230.0	252	133	120	24	81	141	2	1.448	9.9	3.2	5.5	1.74	0.9	50
1938	31	2	6	.250	7.06	79.0	101	69	62	8	35	40	3	1.722	11.5	4.0	4.6	1.14	0.9	21
2 Yrs		12	21	.364	5.30	309.0	353	202	182	32	116	181	5	1.518	10.3		5.3	1.56	0.9	71

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 15 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 5.514 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1937 NL 50 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1937 NL 4 (6th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1937 NL 135 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1937 NL 30 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 24 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1937 NL 82 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1937 NL 255 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1937 NL 19 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 130 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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