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Paul LaPalme

Paul Edmore LaPalme (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 14, 1923 in Springfield, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1951
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Redlegs 1951-1957

Final Game: August 28, 1957
Died: February 7, 2010 in Leominster, MA
Buried: St. Leo Cemetery, Leominster, MA
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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
1941	17	BRS	D	10	4	.714	4.50	21						116.0	129	72	58		35								1.414	10.0		2.7			BRS · APPY
1942	18	ERI	C	12	11	.522	3.27	30						190.0	220	87	69		38								1.358	10.4		1.8			ERI · MATL
1946	22	SFG-min	D	20	2	.909	3.16	27						191.0	192	85	67		55								1.293	9.0		2.6			BRS · APPY
1947	23	SFG-min	B,A	13	6	.684	3.72	33						167.0	167	84	69		55								1.329	9.0		3.0			TRE,JCK · ISLG,SALL
1948	24	SFG-min	B	13	8	.619	3.00	23						159.0	141	60	53		62								1.277	8.0		3.5			TRE · ISLG
1949	25	ATL-min	A	14	13	.519	2.90	31	27					211.0	175	96	68		79								1.204	7.5		3.4			HFD · EL
1950	26	PIT-min	AA,AAA	10	7	.588	3.00	40	0		0	0		111.0	96	43	37		35		27	0	0	0			1.180	7.8		2.8	2.2	0.77	NOR,INA · SOUA,AA
1951	27	PIT-min	AA,AAA	3	3	.500	3.71	10			2			51.0	47	21	21	4	18		18	0	0	0			1.275	8.3	0.7	3.2	3.2	1.00	NOR,INA · SOUA,AA
1951	27	PIT	NL	1	5	.167	6.29	22	8	8	1	1	0	54.1	79	48	38	6	31		24	1	1	3	272	67	2.025	13.1	1.0	5.1	4.0	0.77
1952	28	PIT-min	Opn	6	1	.857	1.29	9	7		6	3		56.0	36	12	8		14		38	0	1	2			0.893	5.8		2.2	6.1	2.71	HOL · PCL
1952	28	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	3.92	31	2	16	0	0	0	59.2	56	33	26	6	37		25	1	0	5	265	102	1.559	8.4	0.9	5.6	3.8	0.68
1953	29	PIT	NL	8	16	.333	4.59	35	24	7	7	1	2	176.1	191	107	90	20	64		86	0	0	9	777	97	1.446	9.7	1.0	3.3	4.4	1.34
1954	30	PIT	NL	4	10	.286	5.52	33	15	7	2	0	0	120.2	147	79	74	15	54		57	0	1	8	552	75	1.666	11.0	1.1	4.0	4.3	1.06
1955	31	STL	NL	4	3	.571	2.75	56	0	18	0	0	3	91.2	76	36	28	10	34	9	39	1	1	1	378	147	1.200	7.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	1.15
1956	32	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	3.93	41	2	17	0	0	2	73.1	61	34	32	9	33	2	27	0	0	4	311	104	1.282	7.5	1.1	4.1	3.3	0.82
1956	32	TOT	NL	2	4	.333	6.51	12	2	3	0	0	0	27.2	30	20	20	7	6	0	4	0	0	2	118	62	1.301	9.8	2.3	2.0	1.3	0.67
1956	32	STL	NL	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	7	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1956	32	CIN	NL	2	4	.333	4.67	11	2	3	0	0	0	27.0	26	14	14	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	110	85	1.111	8.7	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.00
1956	32	CHW	AL	3	1	.750	2.36	29	0	14	0	0	2	45.2	31	14	12	2	27	2	23	0	0	2	193	174	1.270	6.1	0.4	5.3	4.5	0.85
1957	33	CHW	AL	1	4	.200	3.35	35	0	21	0	0	7	40.1	35	16	15	5	19	1	19	1	0	3	169	113	1.339	7.8	1.1	4.2	4.2	1.00
1958	34	CHW-LAD-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.38	36	20		12	1		168.0	159	69	63	14	44	3	76	1	0	3			1.208	8.5	0.8	2.4	4.1	1.73	INA,STP · AA
1959	35	LAD-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.57	28	6		4	0		84.0	72	29	24	4	22	9	36	0	0	3			1.119	7.7	0.4	2.4	3.9	1.64	MTL · IL
7 Yrs				24	45	.348	4.42	253	51	94	10	2	14	616.1	645	353	303	71	272	12	277	4	3	33	2724	95	1.488	9.4	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.02
162 Game Avg.				5	10	.348	4.42	57	11	21	2	0	3	138	144	79	68	16	61		62	1	1	7	609	95	1.488	9.4	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.02

PIT (4 yrs)				14	33	.298	4.99	121	49	38	10	2	2	411.0	473	267	228	47	186		192	2	2	25	1866	86	1.603	10.4	1.0	4.1	4.2	1.03
STL (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	3.31	57	0	18	0	0	3	92.1	80	42	34	10	36	9	39	1	1	3	386	123	1.256	7.8	1.0	3.5	3.8	1.08
CHW (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	2.83	64	0	35	0	0	9	86.0	66	30	27	7	46	3	42	1	0	5	362	140	1.302	6.9	0.7	4.8	4.4	0.91
CIN (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.67	11	2	3	0	0	0	27.0	26	14	14	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	110	85	1.111	8.7	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.00

NL (6 yrs)				20	40	.333	4.68	189	51	59	10	2	5	530.1	579	323	276	64	226	9	235	3	3	28	2362	90	1.518	9.8	1.1	3.8	4.0	1.04
AL (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	2.83	64	0	35	0	0	9	86.0	66	30	27	7	46	3	42	1	0	5	362	140	1.302	6.9	0.7	4.8	4.4	0.91

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
1951	27	PIT	NL	53.1	22	8	48	8.10	4.88	-0.16	0.00	103.6	5.23	-17	-1.7	.4	0.1	-1.1	-11	.424	.490	$
1952	28	PIT	NL	59.2	31	2	33	4.98	4.46	-0.16	0.00	105.0	4.85	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.1	0.4	5	.497	.499	$
1953	29	PIT	NL	176.1	35	24	107	5.46	4.83	-0.01	0.00	104.3	5.06	-7	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	0.9	13	.482	.496	$
1954	30	PIT	NL	120.2	33	15	79	5.89	4.71	-0.24	0.00	101.8	5.04	-11	-1.1	.7	-0.1	-0.1	2	.467	.493	$
1955	31	STL	NL	91.2	56	0	36	3.53	4.76	0.15	0.00	101.3	4.66	13	1.4	1.4	0.2	2.4	22	.525	.509	$
1956	32	STL	NL	0.2	1	0	6	81.00	4.93	0.58	0.00	98.0	4.27	-6	-0.4	.3	0.1	-0.2	-6	.142	.498	$
1956	32	CIN	NL	27.0	11	2	14	4.67	4.02	0.10	0.00	102.7	4.02	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.487	.499	$
1956	32	CHW	AL	46.0	29	0	14	2.74	4.78	0.08	0.00	98.5	4.63	9	1.0	1.2	0.0	1.3	14	.533	.506	$
1957	33	CHW	AL	40.1	35	0	16	3.57	4.33	0.37	0.00	99.3	3.93	2	0.2	1.8	0.0	0.5	5	.506	.501	$
7 Seasons				615.2	253	51	353	5.16	4.69	-0.02	0.00	102.5	4.84	-18	-1.4	1.2	0.2	4.2	45	.494	.499	$

PIT (4 yrs)				410.0	121	49	267	5.86	4.75	-0.12	0.00	103.6	5.04	-35	-3.5	.8	-0.2	0.1	9	.471	.495	$
STL (2 yrs)				92.1	57	0	42	4.09	4.76	0.16	0.00	101.2	4.66	8	1.0	1.4	0.3	2.2	16	.518	.503	$
CHW (2 yrs)				86.1	64	0	30	3.13	4.57	0.22	0.00	98.8	4.30	11	1.2	1.5	0.1	1.8	19	.518	.504	$
CIN (1 yr)				27.0	11	2	14	4.67	4.02	0.10	0.00	102.7	4.02	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.487	.499	$

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
1951	27	PIT	NL	22	188	233	48	79	3	2	6	1	1	31	24	.339	.419	.446	.865	.360	104	6	1	3	0		7
1952	28	PIT	NL	31	211	221	33	56	3	3	6	2	2	37	25	.253	.363	.376	.738	.263	83	6	1	6	0		2
1953	29	PIT	NL	35	582	702	107	191	23	4	20	8	2	64	86	.272	.333	.402	.735	.287	282	9	0	11	0		11
1954	30	PIT	NL	33	458	487	79	147	16	5	15	3	4	54	57	.302	.367	.448	.815	.314	218	11	0	6	6		6
1955	31	STL	NL	56	321	333	36	76	11	1	10	7	0	34	39	.228	.298	.357	.655	.228	119	9	1	5	5	9	5
1956	32	CHW	AL	29	192	157	14	31	4	4	2	0	1	27	23	.197	.312	.312	.624	.216	49	3	0	6	2	2	1
1956	32	TOT	NL	12	118	108	20	30	5	0	7	1	0	6	4	.278	.316	.519	.834	.237	56	1	0	4	0	0	1
1956	32	CIN	NL	11	110	102	14	26	2	0	7	1	0	4	4	.255	.283	.480	.763	.209	49	1	0	4	0	0	1
1956	32	STL	NL	1	8	6	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.667	.750	1.167	1.917	.667	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	32	TOT	MLB	41	310	265	34	61	9	4	9	1	1	33	27	.230	.313	.396	.710	.225	105	4	0	10	2	2	2
1957	33	CHW	AL	35	168	147	16	35	4	1	5	2	2	19	19	.238	.329	.381	.710	.244	56	8	1	1	0	1	4
7 Yrs				253	2238	2388	353	645	69	20	71	24	12	272	277	.270	.344	.405	.749	.280	967	53	4	42	13	12	37
162 Game Avg.				57	501	534	79	144	15	4	16	5	3	61	62	.270	.344	.405	.749	.280	216	12	1	9	3		8
MLB Averages																.259	.331	.385	.716	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1951	27	PIT	NL	-13.9	-1.3	191	-1.2	2.1	-3.2	.75	-0.7	-0.8	-13.9	-1.3	0.75	-10.1	0	0	7
1952	28	PIT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	221	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.49	-0.3	-0.9	-7.1	-0.7	0.49	-0.8	3	2	15
1953	29	PIT	NL	-4.6	-0.4	615	0.2	12.1	-11.9	1.14	-1.0	1.2	-10.3	-1.0	1.14	-11.1	2	3	4
1954	30	PIT	NL	-15.8	-1.5	479	-1.5	6.0	-7.4	.78	-1.4	-0.5	-12.4	-1.2	0.77	-13.9	1	3	8
1955	31	STL	NL	11.4	1.1	348	-0.9	5.6	-6.5	.94	0.2	-1.2	7.0	0.7	0.92	6.3	19	11	17
1956	32	TOT	MLB	2.7	0.4	321	-0.4	4.5	-4.9	.86	0.2	-0.7	6.9	0.8	0.85	2.5	11	10	17
1956	32	TOT	NL	-6.2	-0.5	123	-1.0	1.8	-2.8	.91	-0.6	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4	0.90	-4.7	3	0	6
1956	32	STL	NL	-5.2	-0.4	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.24	-0.3	-0.0	-3.9	-0.3	0.24	-3.5	0	0	1
1956	32	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	112	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	.96	-0.3	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.96	-1.2	3	0	5
1956	32	CHW	AL	9.0	0.9	198	0.6	2.7	-2.1	.82	0.8	-0.2	11.4	1.2	0.82	7.2	8	10	11
1957	33	CHW	AL	2.3	0.2	178	-0.3	4.7	-5.1	1.58	0.4	-0.6	4.8	0.5	1.58	1.8	17	4	13
7 Yrs				-18.8	-1.7	2353	-4.7	36.0	-40.6	.94	-2.6	-2.3	-25.1	-2.2	0.94	-25.4	53	33	81

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
1951	27	PIT	NL	22	8	1	3	4	0	1	2	6	.250	1	1	1	1	4	50%	42.1	77	16	9	3	3	1	4.8	5.7	4.4
1952	28	PIT	NL	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.5	48	39	7	0	2	0	5.5	22.5	2.3
1953	29	PIT	NL	35	24	7	15	2	3	1	7	17	.292	0	1	7	1	6	25%	45.7	78	14	9	3	10	11	3.9	4.4	6.5
1954	30	PIT	NL	33	15	3	9	3	1	2	5	10	.333	1	1	2	0	4	27%	42.5	69	19	11	3	3	9	4.6	4.4	5.6

1956	32	TOT	MLB	41	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%		50	36	20	6	2	0	5.1	4.8	6.3
1956	32	TOT	NL	12	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%		50	36	6	4	2	0	5.1	4.8	6.3
1956	32	CIN	NL	11	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	43.0	50	36	4	2	2	0	5.1	4.8	6.3
5 Yrs				132	51	12	28	11	5	5	16	35	.314	2	3	10	2	15	29%	44	78	14	40	11	20	21	4.4	4.7	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1951	27	PIT	NL	22	14	8	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%		.753	0	0	7	0	0	9	1	8	5	2	2	2	3.9
1952	28	PIT	NL	31	29	16	1	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	12	6	50%		.492	3	2	15	2	1	18	6	15	15	3	14	5	5.7
1953	29	PIT	NL	35	11	7	1	1	1	2	0	200%	1	0	9	4	44%	8	1.139	2	3	4	2	1	6	5	4	3	5	3	0	5.6
1954	30	PIT	NL	33	18	7	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	13	5	38%		.780	1	3	8	1	0	13	6	8	15	1	12	1	6.1
1955	31	STL	NL	56	56	18	4	3	4	3	3	75%	7	1	60	23	38%	7	.944	19	11	17	8	8	33	31	18	26	24	23	21	4.9
1956	32	TOT	MLB	41	39	17	4	4	1	2	1	200%	3	2	36	8	22%		.859	11	10	17	5	4	30	22	17	23	10	24	8	4.7
1956	32	TOT	NL	12	10	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%		.914	3	0	6	1	2	7	4	6	6	2	6	1	4.5
1956	32	STL	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.238	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0
1956	32	CIN	NL	11	9	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	4	.963	3	0	5	1	2	6	4	5	6	1	6	1	4.8
1956	32	CHW	AL	29	29	14	3	1	1	2	1	200%	3	2	32	6	19%	8	.825	8	10	11	4	2	23	18	11	17	8	18	7	4.8
1957	33	CHW	AL	35	35	21	1	4	11	7	4	64%	15	4	26	5	19%	9	1.583	17	4	13	15	4	16	15	20	12	11	13	10	3.5
7 Yrs				253	202	94	12	17	19	14	10	74%	28	7	159	54	34%		.939	53	33	81	33	18	125	86	90	99	56	91	47	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	27	PIT	NL	269	19%	3.2%	12.8%	16.5%	5.9%	14%	0.86	108%	57	6	11%
1952	28	PIT	NL	265	28%	2.8%	11.9%	17.5%	5.7%	21%	1.35	90%	45	6	13%
1953	29	PIT	NL	777	29%	3.4%	14.8%	11.0%	8.1%	25%	1.09	102%	116	9	8%
1954	30	PIT	NL	552	33%	3.3%	12.5%	11.8%	7.9%	25%	1.08	92%	96	11	11%
1955	31	STL	NL	378	40%	3.1%	12.2%	10.6%	6.9%	29%	1.00	90%	66	9	14%
1956	32	TOT	MLB	310	35%	2.9%	8.7%	10.7%	7.1%	36%	1.01	75%	49	4	8%
1956	32	TOT	NL	118	38%	5.9%	3.4%	5.1%	10.2%	40%	1.00	82%	18	1	6%
1956	32	STL	NL	8	25%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	37.5%	75%	0.00	75%	0	0
1956	32	CIN	NL	110	39%	6.4%	3.6%	3.6%	8.2%	35%	1.05	83%	18	1	6%
1956	32	CHW	AL	192	34%	1.0%	12.0%	14.1%	5.2%	32%	1.02	70%	31	3	10%
1957	33	CHW	AL	168	27%	3.0%	11.3%	11.3%	6.0%	29%	1.80	73%	37	8	22%
7 Yrs				2719	31%	3.2%	12.4%	12.2%	7.2%	25%	1.11	92%	466	53	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	12.1%	10.1%	6.7%	27%	0.96	82%			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
1951	27	PIT	NL	188	79			6	1	11	3	1	2	2	14	9	1	64%	7	3	0	81	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	81
1952	28	PIT	NL	211	56			6	1	7	4	0	3	1	12	8	0	67%	2	5	2	78	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	54
1953	29	PIT	NL	582	191			20	0	9	10	4	7	7	38	21	4	55%	11	9	3	229	8	2	80%	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	195
1954	30	PIT	NL	458	147			15	0	13	8	4	3	9	29	15	4	52%	6	8	1	181	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	94
1955	31	STL	NL	321	76			10	0	15	7	2	4	5	24	11	2	46%	5	1	1	114	7	0	100%	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	13	57
1956	32	TOT	MLB	310	61			9	0	6	8	1	1	8	18	10	0	56%	2	4	3	114	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1956	32	TOT	NL	118	30			7	0	0	6	1	1	6	7	3	0	43%	1	2	1	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1956	32	STL	NL	8	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50%	0	2	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1956	32	CIN	NL	110	26			7	0	0	6	1	1	6	3	1	0	33%	1	0	0	38	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	32	CHW	AL	192	31			2	0	6	2	0	0	2	11	7	0	64%	1	2	2	74	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1957	33	CHW	AL	168	35			5	0	7	2	3	3	2	17	4	2	24%	4	3	2	64	2	2	50%	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	0
7 Yrs				2238	645			71	2	68	42	15	23	34	152	78	13	51%	37	33	12	861	24	12	67%	16	11	6	0	2	1	4	0	71	481
MLB Averages																		52%							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+
1951	27	1	5	.167	6.29	22	8	8	1	1	0	54.1	79	48	38	6	31		24	1	1	3	272	67	2.025	13.1	1.0	5.1	4.0	0.77	67
1952	28	2	7	.222	5.05	53	10	24	1	1	0	114.0	135	81	64	12	68		49	2	1	8	537	81	1.781	10.7	0.9	5.4	3.9	0.72	81
1953	29	10	23	.303	4.77	88	34	31	8	2	2	290.1	326	188	154	32	132		135	2	1	17	1314	91	1.577	10.1	1.0	4.1	4.2	1.02	91
1954	30	14	33	.298	4.99	121	49	38	10	2	2	411.0	473	267	228	47	186		192	2	2	25	1866	86	1.603	10.4	1.0	4.1	4.2	1.03	86
1955	31	18	36	.333	4.58	177	49	56	10	2	5	502.2	549	303	256	57	220	9	231	3	3	26	2244	92	1.530	9.8	1.0	3.9	4.1	1.05	92
1956	32	23	41	.359	4.50	218	51	73	10	2	7	576.0	610	337	288	66	253	11	258	3	3	30	2555	94	1.498	9.5	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.02	94
1957	33	24	45	.348	4.42	253	51	94	10	2	14	616.1	645	353	303	71	272	12	277	4	3	33	2724	95	1.488	9.4	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.02	95

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
1951	27	2	4	.333	5.84	57.0	79	41	37	6	31	25	1	1.930	12.5	4.9	3.9	0.81	0.9	22
1952	28	3	3	.500	4.12	59.0	59	30	27	6	39	25	1	1.661	9.0	5.9	3.8	0.64	0.9	31
1953	29	10	10	.500	4.02	186.0	187	92	83	20	63	91	0	1.344	9.0	3.0	4.4	1.44	1.0	35
1954	30	5	8	.385	5.33	125.0	151	82	74	15	55	59	0	1.648	10.9	4.0	4.2	1.07	1.1	33
1955	31	7	3	.700	2.78	94.0	79	32	29	10	35	40	1	1.213	7.6	3.4	3.8	1.14	1.0	56
1956	32	4	4	.500	3.91	76.0	63	37	33	9	34	28	0	1.276	7.5	4.0	3.3	0.82	1.1	41
1957	33	2	2	.500	3.92	39.0	38	19	17	5	21	19	1	1.513	8.8	4.8	4.4	0.90	1.2	35
7 Yrs		33	34	.493	4.25	636.0	656	333	300	71	278	287	4	1.469	9.3		4.1	1.03	1.0	253

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1955 NL 56 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1957 AL 7 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1953 NL 16 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1952 NL 5 (7th) 1953 NL 9 (4th) 1954 NL 8 (1st)
Games Finished s c a p y 1955 NL 18 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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John Milligan (994) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Burnside (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Kennedy (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Burnside (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jamie Easterly (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jamie Easterly (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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