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Max Lanier

Hubert Max Lanier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1915 in Denton, NC
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1938
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants/Browns 1938-1953

Final Game: July 4, 1953
Died: January 30, 2007 in Lecanto, FL
Buried: Dunnellon Memorial Gardens, Dunnellon, FL
Relatives: Father of Hal Lanier
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All-Star

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
1938 22 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.20 18 3 4 1 0 0 45.0 57 30 21 1 28 14 2 0 0 215 94 1.889 11.4 0.2 5.6 2.8 0.50
1939 23 STL NL 2 1 .667 2.39 7 6 0 2 0 0 37.2 29 11 10 0 13 14 1 0 0 149 174 1.115 6.9 0.0 3.1 3.3 1.08
1940 24 STL NL 9 6 .600 3.34 35 11 14 4 2 3 105.0 113 50 39 1 38 49 1 0 4 458 119 1.438 9.7 0.1 3.3 4.2 1.29
1941 25 STL NL 10 8 .556 2.82 35 18 6 8 2 3 153.0 126 59 48 4 59 93 1 2 2 628 134 1.209 7.4 0.2 3.5 5.5 1.58
1942 26 STL NL 13 8 .619 2.96 34 20 11 8 2 2 161.0 137 55 53 4 60 93 2 0 3 657 116 1.224 7.7 0.2 3.4 5.2 1.55
1943 27 STL NL 15 7 .682 1.90 32 25 5 14 2 3 213.1 195 62 45 3 75 123 2 0 0 882 178 1.266 8.2 0.1 3.2 5.2 1.64 AS
1944 28 STL NL 17 12 .586 2.65 33 30 3 16 5 0 224.1 192 82 66 5 71 141 3 0 0 908 135 1.172 7.7 0.2 2.8 5.7 1.99 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 2 2 .500 1.73 4 3 0 3 0 0 26.0 22 10 5 0 8 16 0 0 0 108 221 1.154 7.6 0.0 2.8 5.5 2.00
1946 30 STL NL 6 0 1.000 1.93 6 6 0 6 2 0 56.0 45 13 12 1 19 36 1 0 0 221 180 1.143 7.2 0.2 3.1 5.8 1.89
1949 33 STL NL 5 4 .556 3.82 15 15 0 4 1 0 92.0 92 42 39 5 35 37 0 0 0 396 108 1.380 9.0 0.5 3.4 3.6 1.06
1950 34 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.13 27 27 0 10 2 0 181.1 173 70 63 13 68 89 1 5 0 771 137 1.329 8.6 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.31
1951 35 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.26 31 23 6 9 2 1 160.0 149 60 58 14 50 59 1 1 2 660 122 1.244 8.4 0.8 2.8 3.3 1.18
1952 36 NYG NL 7 12 .368 3.94 37 16 10 6 1 5 137.0 124 64 60 11 65 47 3 0 2 584 94 1.380 8.1 0.7 4.3 3.1 0.72
1953 37 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 7.16 13 1 3 0 0 0 27.2 36 22 22 3 22 10 0 0 0 135 61 2.096 11.7 1.0 7.2 3.3 0.45
1953 37 NYG NL 0 0 6.75 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 8 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 26 68 2.063 13.5 1.7 5.1 3.4 0.67
1953 37 SLB AL 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 59 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
14 Yrs 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 62 91 21 17 1619.1 1490 630 541 65 611 821 18 8 13 6772 126 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 3.01 42 26 8 12 3 2 207 191 81 69 8 78 105 2 1 2 867 126 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34
STL (12 yrs) 101 69 .594 2.84 277 187 49 85 20 12 1454.2 1330 544 459 51 524 764 15 8 11 6053 133 1.275 8.2 0.3 3.2 4.7 1.46
NYG (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.05 40 16 11 6 1 5 142.1 132 68 64 12 68 49 3 0 2 610 92 1.405 8.3 0.8 4.3 3.1 0.72
SLB (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 59 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42
NL (14 yrs) 108 81 .571 2.95 317 203 60 91 21 17 1597.0 1462 612 523 63 592 813 18 8 13 6663 128 1.286 8.2 0.4 3.3 4.6 1.37
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.25 10 1 2 0 0 0 22.1 28 18 18 2 19 8 0 0 0 109 59 2.104 11.3 0.8 7.7 3.2 0.42

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
1938 22 STL NL 45.0 18 3 30 6.00 4.46 -0.13 0.00 105.9 4.87 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .469 .497 $
1939 23 STL NL 37.2 7 6 11 2.63 4.62 0.10 0.00 106.8 4.83 9 1.1 1.0 -0.0 1.4 13 .654 .507 $
1940 24 STL NL 105.0 35 11 50 4.29 4.46 -0.19 0.00 103.5 4.81 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.6 18 .519 .504 $
1941 25 STL NL 153.0 35 18 59 3.47 4.44 0.26 0.00 103.4 4.32 15 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.1 31 .548 .510 $
1942 26 STL NL 160.2 34 20 55 3.08 4.29 0.12 0.00 101.4 4.23 22 2.7 1.0 -0.1 3.9 34 .579 .516 $
1943 27 STL NL 213.1 32 25 62 2.62 3.99 0.32 0.00 99.9 3.66 25 3.0 1.0 -0.1 4.6 43 .595 .519 $ AS
1944 28 STL NL 224.1 33 30 82 3.29 4.30 0.40 0.00 99.2 3.87 15 1.6 1.0 -0.2 3.3 36 .550 .510 $10,000 AS,MVP-26
1945 29 STL NL 26.0 4 3 10 3.46 4.35 0.12 0.00 100.0 4.23 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .556 .501 $
1946 30 STL NL 56.0 6 6 13 2.09 3.92 0.10 0.00 99.9 3.82 11 1.4 -0.0 1.9 16 .733 .509 $10,500
1949 33 STL NL 92.0 15 15 42 4.11 4.60 0.11 0.00 101.1 4.54 4 0.4 -0.0 1.3 15 .530 .503 $23,000
1950 34 STL NL 181.1 27 27 70 3.47 4.72 0.07 0.00 102.1 4.75 27 2.9 -0.1 4.4 47 .607 .518 $
1951 35 STL NL 160.0 31 23 60 3.38 4.35 0.25 0.00 101.0 4.14 14 1.5 2.5 0.0 2.9 31 .547 .509 $
1952 36 NYG NL 137.0 37 16 64 4.20 4.17 0.11 0.00 97.8 3.97 -3 -0.4 1.6 -0.2 0.7 11 .490 .498 $
1953 37 NYG NL 5.1 3 0 4 6.75 4.88 -0.03 0.00 103.2 5.06 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .469 .499 $
1953 37 SLB AL 22.1 10 1 18 7.25 4.80 -0.27 0.00 103.0 5.22 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .449 .497 $
14 Seasons 1619.0 327 204 630 3.50 4.35 0.17 0.00 101.1 4.23 135 15.7 1.2 -0.9 28.9 295 .548 .506 $43,500
STL (12 yrs) 1454.1 277 187 544 3.37 4.36 0.18 0.00 101.4 4.24 144 16.7 1.1 -0.7 28.6 288 .560 .509 $43,500
NYG (2 yrs) 142.1 40 16 68 4.30 4.20 0.11 0.00 98.0 4.01 -4 -0.5 1.4 -0.1 0.7 10 .489 .499 $
SLB (1 yr) 22.1 10 1 18 7.25 4.80 -0.27 0.00 103.0 5.22 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .449 .497 $

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
1942 26 STL NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1943 27 STL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 1.76 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 5 3 1 3 0 13 0 0 1 62 1.043 7.6 0.6 1.8 7.6 4.33
1944 28 STL NL WS W SLB 1 0 1.000 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 3 3 0 8 1 11 0 0 1 53 1.297 5.8 0.0 5.8 8.0 1.38
3 Yrs (3 Series) 2 1 .667 1.71 7 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 24 10 6 1 12 1 25 0 0 2 132 1.137 6.8 0.3 3.4 7.1 2.08
3 WS 2 1 .667 1.71 7 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 24 10 6 1 12 1 25 0 0 2 132 1.137 6.8 0.3 3.4 7.1 2.08

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1943 STL NL 27
1944 STL NL 28

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 33 STL NL 15 329 351 42 92 10 1 5 2 0 35 37 .262 .329 .339 .668 .282 119 6 0 9 0 3
1950 34 STL NL 27 613 698 70 173 21 0 13 0 0 68 89 .248 .316 .334 .649 .268 233 14 1 8 0 14
1951 35 STL NL 31 557 602 60 149 25 4 14 0 4 50 59 .248 .306 .372 .678 .255 224 9 1 7 0 5
1952 36 NYG NL 37 502 509 64 124 16 5 11 0 4 65 47 .244 .333 .360 .692 .251 183 11 3 7 0 6
1953 37 SLB AL 10 88 87 18 28 5 0 2 0 1 19 8 .322 .443 .448 .892 .338 39 2 0 3 0 0
1953 37 NYG NL 3 26 21 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .381 .458 .619 1.077 .389 13 2 0 2 0 0
1953 37 TOT MLB 13 114 108 22 36 5 1 3 0 1 22 10 .333 .446 .481 .928 .347 52 4 0 5 0 0
5 Yrs 123 2115 2268 258 574 77 11 46 2 9 240 242 .253 .326 .358 .683 .267 811 44 5 36 0 28
162 Game Avg. 41 702 752 86 190 26 4 15 1 3 80 80 .253 .326 .358 .683 .267 269 15 2 12 0 9
MLB Averages .262 .334 .345 .679 .279

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 33 STL NL 4.5 0.5 333 0.3 6.5 -6.2 1.15 0.3 -0.0 1.2 0.1 1.15 3.1 0 0 0
1950 34 STL NL 23.1 2.4 621 2.3 12.1 -9.7 1.10 1.8 0.3 26.2 2.7 1.09 20.8 0 0 0
1951 35 STL NL 15.0 1.6 578 2.5 13.0 -10.5 1.19 1.0 1.1 11.3 1.2 1.18 10.7 5 0 1
1952 36 NYG NL -2.0 -0.2 512 -0.5 8.7 -9.2 1.06 0.1 -0.6 -8.4 -0.9 1.06 0.6 8 5 4
1953 37 TOT MLB -7.0 -0.7 116 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 .88 -0.9 0.4 -11.1 -1.0 0.87 -9.8 3 1 5
1953 37 NYG NL -1.0 -0.1 27 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .20 -0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.1 0.20 -1.1 0 0 2
1953 37 SLB AL -6.0 -0.6 89 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 1.08 -0.8 0.4 -9.6 -0.9 1.08 -8.7 3 1 3
14 Yrs 136.5 14.8 2160 4.2 41.6 -37.4 1.11 2.3 1.5 19.1 2.0 1.11 25.5 16 6 10

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
1938 22 STL NL 18 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 30.3 37 19 3 0 5.1 4.3
1939 23 STL NL 7 6 2 1 3 0 1 3 3 .500 0 0 2 0 4 67% 57.7 77 29 3 1 5.3 6.1
1940 24 STL NL 35 11 5 5 1 0 0 5 6 .455 0 0 4 2 5 45% 50.5 80 24 2 7 4.1 5.8
1941 25 STL NL 35 18 8 5 5 0 3 12 6 .667 0 0 8 2 12 67% 56.8 81 30 8 6 5.3 7.0
1942 26 STL NL 34 20 8 8 4 0 3 10 10 .500 0 0 8 2 12 60% 53.5 81 16 7 8 4.1 6.2
1943 27 STL NL 32 25 13 7 5 1 5 17 8 .680 0 0 14 2 20 80% 60.5 86 27 9 9 4.3 8.0
1944 28 STL NL 33 30 14 12 4 1 5 16 13 .552 0 0 16 5 20 67% 58.4 98 19 10 6 4.4 7.3
1945 29 STL NL 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .667 0 0 3 0 3 100% 66.3 76 52 0 3 3.8 8.7
1946 30 STL NL 6 6 6 0 0 2 0 6 0 1.000 0 6 2 4 67% 68.2 85 54 0 3 6.3 9.3
1949 33 STL NL 15 15 5 4 6 1 2 9 5 .643 3 3 4 1 8 53% 49.9 79 27 15 6 0 9 4.6 3.7 6.1
1950 34 STL NL 27 27 11 9 7 1 3 17 10 .630 1 3 10 2 16 59% 54.3 84 24 14 5 3 19 5.0 5.2 6.7
1951 35 STL NL 31 23 9 9 5 0 3 11 12 .478 0 3 9 2 13 57% 52.7 84 22 15 4 3 15 2.9 2.8 6.2
1952 36 NYG NL 37 16 5 9 2 1 3 6 10 .375 0 0 6 1 8 50% 47.6 79 13 23 7 2 9 3.0 3.4 6.0
1953 37 TOT MLB 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 23 10 5 0 0 2.0 0.0 2.7
1953 37 SLB AL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23.0 23 23 7 5 0 0 2.0 0.0 2.7
14 Yrs 324 204 88 72 44 7 29 114 87 .567 4 9 91 21 125 61% 55 98 13 74 27 50 95 4.3 3.9 6.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -20 4.5 4.6 6.8

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
1938 22 STL NL 18 15 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 2 6.4
1939 23 STL NL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1940 24 STL NL 35 24 14 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 7 10 5.2
1941 25 STL NL 35 17 6 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 8 4 4.8
1942 26 STL NL 34 14 11 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 6 7.7
1943 27 STL NL 32 7 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 6.1
1944 28 STL NL 33 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5.3
1945 29 STL NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1951 35 STL NL 31 8 6 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 8 3 38% 1.186 5 0 1 2 3 1 4 2 4 3 4 0 6.1
1952 36 NYG NL 37 21 10 2 3 5 5 1 100% 8 2 15 4 27% 8 1.057 8 5 4 8 3 6 8 9 13 6 11 6 5.8
1953 37 TOT MLB 13 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 6 67% .878 3 1 5 2 1 8 6 5 7 2 8 1 6.3
1953 37 NYG NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .203 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 5.3
1953 37 SLB AL 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 6 75% 5 1.077 3 1 3 2 1 5 5 3 6 1 7 1 6.6
11 Yrs 279 123 62 20 10 6 17 1 283% 11 3 32 13 41% 1.101 16 6 10 12 7 15 18 16 72 31 23 31 5.8

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%
1938 22 STL NL 215 0.5% 6.5% 13.0% 1.4% 5% 77%
1939 23 STL NL 149 0.0% 9.4% 8.7% 1.3% 7% 79%
1940 24 STL NL 458 0.2% 10.7% 8.3% 0.7% 3% 78%
1941 25 STL NL 628 0.6% 14.8% 9.4% 1.6% 8% 74%
1942 26 STL NL 657 0.6% 14.2% 9.1% 1.5% 7% 74%
1943 27 STL NL 882 0.3% 14.0% 8.5% 2.0% 9% 76%
1944 28 STL NL 909 0.6% 15.5% 7.8% 2.5% 12% 74%
1945 29 STL NL 108 0.0% 14.8% 7.4% 1.9% 9% 77%
1946 30 STL NL 221 0.5% 16.3% 8.6% 4.5% 22% 72%
1949 33 STL NL 396 20% 1.5% 11.3% 10.6% 4.9% 17% 1.04 94% 75 6 8%
1950 34 STL NL 775 25% 2.1% 14.5% 11.1% 5.6% 20% 0.96 97% 116 14 12%
1951 35 STL NL 660 27% 2.5% 10.6% 9.0% 7.7% 29% 1.12 95% 109 9 8%
1952 36 NYG NL 584 34% 2.2% 9.4% 13.0% 6.4% 26% 1.17 90% 90 11 12%
1953 37 TOT MLB 135 28% 2.6% 8.8% 19.3% 7.9% 25% 1.36 83% 33 4 12%
1953 37 NYG NL 26 38% 3.9% 7.7% 11.5% 7.7% 25% 1.60 69% 7 2 29%
1953 37 SLB AL 109 25% 2.3% 9.1% 21.6% 8.0% 25% 1.30 88% 26 2 8%
14 Yrs 6777 27% 1.0% 13.0% 9.6% 3.4% 14% 1.08 81% 423 44 10%
MLB Averages 49% 1.7% 10.2% 10.0% 4.2% 17% 0.95 84% 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
1938 22 STL NL 57 1 0
1939 23 STL NL 29 0 0
1940 24 STL NL 113 1 4
1941 25 STL NL 126 4 2
1942 26 STL NL 137 4 3
1943 27 STL NL 195 3 0
1944 28 STL NL 192 5 0
1945 29 STL NL 22 0 0
1946 30 STL NL 45 1 0
1949 33 STL NL 329 92 5 0 7 4 1 0 5 15 8 1 53% 3 0 0 137 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 67
1950 34 STL NL 613 173 13 0 11 9 3 6 6 20 10 2 50% 14 0 0 230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 162
1951 35 STL NL 557 149 14 0 11 7 3 3 7 17 8 1 47% 5 2 1 203 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 103
1952 36 NYG NL 502 124 11 1 13 8 1 5 4 25 12 2 48% 6 2 1 177 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 82
1953 37 TOT MLB 114 36 3 1 6 2 1 3 0 8 7 0 88% 0 0 0 52 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21
1953 37 NYG NL 26 8 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1953 37 SLB AL 88 28 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 7 6 0 86% 0 0 0 42 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21
14 Yrs 2115 1490 65 2 48 30 9 17 22 85 45 6 53% 28 13 2 799 2 9 18% 2 8 0 1 0 0 9 0 15 435
MLB Averages 53% 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 BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1938 22 0 3 .000 4.20 18 3 4 1 0 0 45.0 57 30 21 1 28 14 2 0 0 215 94 1.889 11.4 0.2 5.6 2.8 0.50 94
1939 23 2 4 .333 3.38 25 9 4 3 0 0 82.2 86 41 31 1 41 28 3 0 0 364 120 1.536 9.4 0.1 4.5 3.0 0.68 120
1940 24 11 10 .524 3.36 60 20 18 7 2 3 187.2 199 91 70 2 79 77 4 0 4 822 119 1.481 9.5 0.1 3.8 3.7 0.97 119
1941 25 21 18 .538 3.12 95 38 24 15 4 6 340.2 325 150 118 6 138 170 5 2 6 1450 125 1.359 8.6 0.2 3.6 4.5 1.23 125
1942 26 34 26 .567 3.07 129 58 35 23 6 8 501.2 462 205 171 10 198 263 7 2 9 2107 122 1.316 8.3 0.2 3.6 4.7 1.33 122
1943 27 49 33 .598 2.72 161 83 40 37 8 11 715.0 657 267 216 13 273 386 9 2 9 2989 134 1.301 8.3 0.2 3.4 4.9 1.41 134
1944 28 66 45 .595 2.70 194 113 43 53 13 11 939.1 849 349 282 18 344 527 12 2 9 3897 134 1.270 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.0 1.53 134
1945 29 68 47 .591 2.68 198 116 43 56 13 11 965.1 871 359 287 18 352 543 12 2 9 4005 136 1.267 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.54 136
1946 30 74 47 .612 2.63 204 122 43 62 15 11 1021.1 916 372 299 19 371 579 13 2 9 4226 138 1.260 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.56 138
1947 31 74 47 .612 2.63 204 122 43 62 15 11 1021.1 916 372 299 19 371 579 13 2 9 4226 138 1.260 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.56 138
1948 32 74 47 .612 2.63 204 122 43 62 15 11 1021.1 916 372 299 19 371 579 13 2 9 4226 138 1.260 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.1 1.56 138
1949 33 79 51 .608 2.73 219 137 43 66 16 11 1113.1 1008 414 338 24 406 616 13 2 9 4622 134 1.270 8.1 0.2 3.3 5.0 1.52 134
1950 34 90 60 .600 2.79 246 164 43 76 18 11 1294.2 1181 484 401 37 474 705 14 7 9 5393 135 1.278 8.2 0.3 3.3 4.9 1.49 135
1951 35 101 69 .594 2.84 277 187 49 85 20 12 1454.2 1330 544 459 51 524 764 15 8 11 6053 133 1.275 8.2 0.3 3.2 4.7 1.46 133
1952 36 108 81 .571 2.93 314 203 59 91 21 17 1591.2 1454 608 519 62 589 811 18 8 13 6637 128 1.284 8.2 0.4 3.3 4.6 1.38 128
1953 37 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 62 91 21 17 1619.1 1490 630 541 65 611 821 18 8 13 6772 126 1.297 8.3 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.34 126

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1938 22 2 3 .400 4.30 46.0 59 24 22 1 29 14 2 1.913 11.5 5.7 2.7 0.48 0.2 18
1939 23 3 1 .750 2.37 38.0 30 11 10 0 13 14 1 1.132 7.1 3.1 3.3 1.08 0.0 7
1940 24 6 5 .545 3.33 108.0 118 44 40 1 40 50 1 1.463 9.8 3.3 4.2 1.25 0.1 35
1941 25 11 6 .647 2.94 153.0 131 56 50 4 61 93 1 1.255 7.7 3.6 5.5 1.52 0.2 35
1942 26 10 7 .588 3.53 158.0 152 69 62 4 67 91 2 1.386 8.7 3.8 5.2 1.36 0.2 34
1943 27 17 6 .739 2.30 207.0 215 59 53 3 83 120 2 1.440 9.3 3.6 5.2 1.45 0.1 32
1944 28 16 8 .667 2.95 220.0 204 80 72 5 75 138 3 1.268 8.3 3.1 5.6 1.84 0.2 33
1945 29 2 0 1.000 1.67 27.0 24 6 5 0 9 16 0 1.222 8.0 3.0 5.3 1.78 0.0 4
1946 30 4 1 .800 2.38 53.0 49 16 14 1 21 34 1 1.321 8.3 3.6 5.8 1.62 0.2 6
1949 33 5 5 .500 3.64 94.0 93 42 38 5 35 38 0 1.362 8.9 3.4 3.6 1.09 0.5 15
1950 34 13 7 .650 2.92 188.0 174 68 61 13 68 92 1 1.287 8.3 3.3 4.4 1.35 0.6 27
1951 35 10 7 .588 3.40 159.0 155 67 60 15 52 59 1 1.302 8.8 2.9 3.3 1.13 0.8 31
1952 36 6 8 .429 4.50 134.0 134 74 67 12 70 46 3 1.522 9.0 4.7 3.1 0.66 0.8 37
1953 37 1 2 .333 7.33 27.0 37 24 22 3 23 10 0 2.222 12.3 7.7 3.3 0.43 1.0 13
14 Yrs 106 66 .616 3.22 1612.0 1575 640 576 67 646 815 18 1.378 8.8 4.6 1.26 0.4 327

* 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

All-Star Games
1943
1944

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 NL (26, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1942 NL  3.9 (5th)
1943 NL  4.6 (5th)
1950 NL  4.4 (10th)
Career  28.9 (247th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1943 NL  1.90 (1st)
1944 NL  2.65 (5th)
1950 NL  3.13 (5th)
1951 NL  3.26 (9th)
Career  3.01 (169th)

Wins s c a p y
1943 NL  15 (6th)
1944 NL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1943 NL  .682 (6th)
1944 NL  .586 (10th)
Career  .568 (228th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.172 (9th)
1951 NL  1.244 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  7.658 (6th)
1943 NL  8.227 (10th)
1944 NL  7.703 (3rd)
Career  8.281 (220th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  2.813 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  5.199 (2nd)
1943 NL  5.189 (3rd)
1944 NL  5.657 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1941 NL  3 (9th)
1943 NL  3 (10th)
1952 NL  5 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 NL  93 (8th)
1942 NL  93 (7th)
1943 NL  123 (4th)
1944 NL  141 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  16 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL  5 (3rd)
1950 NL  2 (9th)
Career  21 (230th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 NL  1.550 (6th)
1943 NL  1.640 (5th)
1944 NL  1.986 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  0.224 (6th)
1943 NL  0.127 (1st)
1944 NL  0.201 (2nd)
1950 NL  0.645 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1943 NL  180 (1st)
1944 NL  135 (5th)
1950 NL  137 (3rd)
1951 NL  122 (8th)
Career  126 (66th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  15 (9th)
1943 NL  31 (2nd)
1944 NL  22 (7th)
1950 NL  23 (8th)
1951 NL  15 (9th)
Career  135 (153rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  1.6 (10th)
1943 NL  3.6 (2nd)
1944 NL  2.3 (7th)
1950 NL  2.4 (7th)
1951 NL  1.6 (9th)
Career  14.7 (142nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  26.17 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.3 (8th)
1951 NL  2.5 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 NL  1.0 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.7 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1951 NL  born 1915-08-18 (10th)
1952 NL  born 1915-08-18 (7th)
1953 AL  born 1915-08-18 (10th)
1953 NL  born 1915-08-18 (5th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 70 (353), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Hank Borowy (948)
  2. Guy Morton (944)
  3. Steve Blass (928)
  4. Don Wilson (928)
  5. Harry Brecheen (927)
  6. Bill Walker (923)
  7. Don Gullett (922)
  8. Gary Nolan (921)
  9. Ed Willett (920)
  10. John Tudor (919)
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  3. Bill Lee (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dutch Ruether (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Cheney (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gene Packard (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harry Coveleski (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Vean Gregg (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vean Gregg (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harry Brecheen (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Preacher Roe (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Bibby (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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