Jerry Lane

Jerald Hal Lane

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 7, 1926 in Ashland, NY
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1953
Teams (by GP): Senators/Redlegs 1953-1955

Final Game: May 8, 1955
Died: July 24, 1988 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
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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
1948	22	ATL-min	D	10	7	.588	4.57	21						138.0	144	88	70		61								1.486	9.4		4.0			BLD · APPY
1949	23	WVL	D	13	16	.448	4.17	45	25					229.0	250	134	106		87								1.472	9.8		3.4			WVL · PONY
1950	24	MIN-min	D	12	12	.500	3.32	38	19					195.0	196	101	72		61								1.318	9.0		2.8			WVL · PONY
1951	25	MIN-min	B	17	7	.708	3.58	35						211.0	198	96	84	5	78								1.308	8.4	0.2	3.3			CHR · TRIS
1952	26	MIN-ATL-min	AA	7	7	.500	3.97	49	11					161.0	164	83	71		58								1.379	9.2		3.2			CNG,ATA · SOUA
1953	27	MIN-min	AA	11	10	.524	3.61	25	19					142.0	145	64	57	7	52								1.387	9.2	0.4	3.3			CNG · SOUA
1953	27	WSH	AL	1	4	.200	4.92	20	2	11	0	0	0	56.2	64	33	31	3	16		26	1	0	1	247	79	1.412	10.2	0.5	2.5	4.1	1.63
1954	28	MIN-min	AA	13	8	.619	2.97	31	25					200.0	178	82	66	11	48								1.130	8.0	0.5	2.2			CNG · SOUA
1954	28	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	1.69	3	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	9	2	2	0	3		2	0	0	0	41	257	1.125	7.6	0.0	2.5	1.7	0.67
1955	29	CIN-min	AA	10	11	.476	3.92	35	24					179.0	210	103	78	16	49								1.447	10.6	0.8	2.5			NVL · SOUA
1955	29	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	4.91	8	0	6	0	0	1	11.0	11	6	6	2	6	2	5	0	0	0	47	88	1.545	9.0	1.6	4.9	4.1	0.83
1956	30	CIN-min	AAA	8	10	.444	4.18	36	26		4	1		157.0	167	82	73	15	68		74	2	0	0			1.497	9.6	0.9	3.9	4.2	1.09	HAV · IL
1957	31	CIN-min	AAA	3	14	.176	3.36	33	18		3	1		142.0	129	61	53	18	44		74	5	0	1			1.218	8.2	1.1	2.8	4.7	1.68	HAV · IL
1958	32	BAL-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.30	40	9		3	1		115.0	132	63	55	7	29	3	47	1	1	1			1.400	10.3	0.5	2.3	3.7	1.62	LOU,VAN · AA,PCL
1959	33	CIN-min	AA,AAA	4	8	.333	4.66	41	8		3	0		110.0	136	58	57	15	40	8	60	2	1	3			1.600	11.1	1.2	3.3	4.9	1.50	NVL,HAV · SOUA,IL
3 Yrs				2	6	.250	4.48	31	2	18	0	0	1	78.1	84	41	39	5	25	2	33	1	0	1	335	90	1.391	9.7	0.6	2.9	3.8	1.32
162 Game Avg.				4	12	.250	4.48	64	4	37	0	0	2	161	173	84	80	10	52		68	2	0	2	690	90	1.391	9.7	0.6	2.9	3.8	1.32

CIN (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	3.32	11	0	7	0	0	1	21.2	20	8	8	2	9	2	7	0	0	0	88	131	1.338	8.3	0.8	3.7	2.9	0.78
WSH (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.92	20	2	11	0	0	0	56.2	64	33	31	3	16		26	1	0	1	247	79	1.412	10.2	0.5	2.5	4.1	1.63

NL (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	3.32	11	0	7	0	0	1	21.2	20	8	8	2	9	2	7	0	0	0	88	131	1.338	8.3	0.8	3.7	2.9	0.78
AL (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.92	20	2	11	0	0	0	56.2	64	33	31	3	16		26	1	0	1	247	79	1.412	10.2	0.5	2.5	4.1	1.63

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
1953	27	WSH	AL	56.2	20	2	33	5.24	4.69	0.34	0.00	94.4	4.11	-7	-0.7	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.463	.495	$
1954	28	CIN	NL	10.2	3	0	2	1.69	4.14	-0.06	0.00	104.0	4.37	3	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.619	.502	$
1955	29	CIN	NL	11.0	8	0	6	4.91	4.23	0.23	0.00	103.7	4.15	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.491	.500	$
3 Seasons				78.1	31	2	41	4.71	4.55	0.27	0.00	97.0	4.15	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.485	.499	$

CIN (2 yrs)				21.2	11	0	8	3.32	4.19	0.09	0.00	103.9	4.26	2	0.3	1.3	-0.1	0.4	5	.526	.501	$
WSH (1 yr)				56.2	20	2	33	5.24	4.69	0.34	0.00	94.4	4.11	-7	-0.7	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.463	.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
1953	27	WSH	AL	20	248	222	33	64	12	1	3	3	4	16	26	.288	.339	.392	.731	.316	87	3	1	8	0		5
1954	28	CIN	NL	3	41	38	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.237	.293	.237	.530	.250	9	3	0	0	0		1
1955	29	CIN	NL	8	48	38	6	11	0	1	2	0	1	6	5	.289	.378	.500	.878	.281	19	0	0	3	1	2	0
3 Yrs				31	337	298	41	84	12	2	5	3	5	25	33	.282	.338	.386	.724	.303	115	6	1	11	1	2	6
162 Game Avg.				64	694	614	84	173	25	4	10	6	10	52	68	.282	.338	.386	.724	.303	237	12	2	23	2		12
MLB Averages																.261	.334	.390	.724	.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
1953	27	WSH	AL	-5.5	-0.5	257	-1.2	2.7	-4.0	.72	0.4	-2.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.72	0.3	2	3	12
1954	28	CIN	NL	3.2	0.3	41	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.12	0.2	0.6	4.0	0.4	0.12	2.9	1	0	2
1955	29	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	49	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.38	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.38	-2.2	3	4	1
3 Yrs				-2.7	-0.2	347	-1.5	3.8	-5.4	.74	0.4	-2.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.74	1.0	6	7	15

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
1953	27	WSH	AL	20	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	54.5	61	48	4	3	0	2	2.0	1.8	8.0
1 Yr				20	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	54	61	48	4	3	0	2	2.0	1.8	8.0
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	118	-2					4.5	4.5	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1953	27	WSH	AL	20	18	11	1	2	1	0	1	0%	1	8	2	25%	7	.724	2	3	12	1	1	16	5	13	12	1	13	0	6.8
1954	28	CIN	NL	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	5	1	20%	1	.122	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	3	0	10.7
1955	29	CIN	NL	8	8	6	0	2	1	1	0	100%	1	2	1	50%	8	1.375	3	4	1	1	2	5	1	7	5	2	5	1	4.1
3 Yrs				31	29	18	2	4	2	1	1	50%	2	15	4	27%		.743	6	7	15	3	3	23	8	21	20	3	21	1	6.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	27	WSH	AL	248	64%	1.2%	10.5%	6.5%	6.5%	25%	0.77	78%	50	3	6%
1954	28	CIN	NL	41	68%	0.0%	4.9%	7.3%	0.0%	0%	1.23	88%	10	3	30%
1955	29	CIN	NL	48	65%	4.2%	10.4%	12.5%	6.3%	27%	1.17	67%	13	0	0%
3 Yrs				337	65%	1.5%	9.8%	7.4%	5.6%	23%	0.87	77%	73	6	8%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.7%	10.1%	6.8%	27%	0.94	81%			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
1953	27	WSH	AL	248	64			3	0	4	0	3	0	3	14	7	4	50%	5	1	1	112	3	4	43%	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
1954	28	CIN	NL	41	9			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	29	CIN	NL	48	11			2	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				337	84			5	0	6	1	4	2	3	18	9	4	50%	6	1	1	151	3	5	38%	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1953	27	1	4	.200	4.92	20	2	11	0	56.2	64	33	31	3	16		26	1	1	247	79	1.412	10.2	0.5	2.5	4.1	1.63	79
1954	28	2	4	.333	4.41	23	2	12	0	67.1	73	35	33	3	19		28	1	1	288	90	1.366	9.8	0.4	2.5	3.7	1.47	90
1955	29	2	6	.250	4.48	31	2	18	1	78.1	84	41	39	5	25	2	33	1	1	335	90	1.391	9.7	0.6	2.9	3.8	1.32	90

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
1953	27	2	4	.333	5.37	57.0	68	38	34	3	17	26	1	1.491	10.7	2.7	4.1	1.53	0.5	20
1954	28	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	9	2	2	0	3	2	0	1.200	8.1	2.7	1.8	0.67	0.0	3
1955	29	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	12	7	6	2	7	5	0	1.900	10.8	6.3	4.5	0.71	1.8	8
3 Yrs		3	5	.375	4.91	77.0	89	47	42	5	27	33	1	1.506	10.4		3.9	1.22	0.6	31

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