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Don Larsen

Don James Larsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, IN
High School: Point Lomas HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Giants/Orioles/Browns/Athletics/... 1953-1967

Final Game: July 7, 1967
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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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 23 SLB AL 7 12 .368 4.16 38 22 14 7 2 2 192.2 201 99 89 11 64 96 4 0 3 828 101 1.375 9.4 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.50
1954 24 BAL AL 3 21 .125 4.37 29 28 1 12 1 0 201.2 213 106 98 18 89 80 1 0 2 892 82 1.498 9.5 0.8 4.0 3.6 0.90
1955 25 NYY AL 9 2 .818 3.06 19 13 5 5 1 2 97.0 81 38 33 8 51 3 44 2 0 1 412 123 1.361 7.5 0.7 4.7 4.1 0.86
1956 26 NYY AL 11 5 .688 3.26 38 20 9 6 1 1 179.2 133 72 65 19 96 0 107 7 0 3 759 119 1.275 6.7 1.0 4.8 5.4 1.11
1957 27 NYY AL 10 4 .714 3.74 27 20 5 4 1 0 139.2 113 68 58 12 87 0 81 0 0 6 605 97 1.432 7.3 0.8 5.6 5.2 0.93
1958 28 NYY AL 9 6 .600 3.07 19 19 0 5 3 0 114.1 100 43 39 4 52 3 55 4 0 0 491 116 1.329 7.9 0.3 4.1 4.3 1.06
1959 29 NYY AL 6 7 .462 4.33 25 18 3 3 1 0 124.2 122 65 60 14 76 2 69 2 0 7 560 84 1.588 8.8 1.0 5.5 5.0 0.91
1960 30 KCA AL 1 10 .091 5.38 22 15 3 0 0 0 83.2 97 55 50 11 42 1 43 0 0 2 381 74 1.661 10.4 1.2 4.5 4.6 1.02
1961 31 TOT AL 8 2 .800 4.13 33 4 18 0 0 2 89.1 85 45 41 7 40 2 66 2 0 4 390 96 1.399 8.6 0.7 4.0 6.6 1.65
1961 31 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 4.20 8 1 5 0 0 0 15.0 21 9 7 2 11 0 13 1 0 2 75 101 2.133 12.6 1.2 6.6 7.8 1.18
1961 31 CHW AL 7 2 .778 4.12 25 3 13 0 0 2 74.1 64 36 34 5 29 2 53 1 0 2 315 95 1.251 7.7 0.6 3.5 6.4 1.83
1962 32 SFG NL 5 4 .556 4.38 49 0 25 0 0 11 86.1 83 44 42 9 47 7 58 2 0 6 380 88 1.506 8.7 0.9 4.9 6.0 1.23
1963 33 SFG NL 7 7 .500 3.05 46 0 26 0 0 3 62.0 46 23 21 8 30 9 44 0 0 4 261 105 1.226 6.7 1.2 4.4 6.4 1.47
1964 34 TOT NL 4 9 .308 2.45 36 10 14 2 1 1 113.2 102 41 31 4 26 5 64 1 0 1 470 141 1.126 8.1 0.3 2.1 5.1 2.46
1964 34 SFG NL 0 1 .000 4.35 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 10 5 5 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 46 85 1.548 8.7 0.0 5.2 5.2 1.00
1964 34 HOU NL 4 8 .333 2.26 30 10 11 2 1 1 103.1 92 36 26 4 20 4 58 1 0 1 424 152 1.084 8.0 0.3 1.7 5.1 2.90
1965 35 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 2.88 28 2 8 0 0 1 59.1 61 25 19 4 23 3 41 1 0 0 261 121 1.416 9.3 0.6 3.5 6.2 1.78
1965 35 HOU NL 0 0 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 27 71 2.063 13.5 0.0 5.1 1.7 0.33
1965 35 BAL AL 1 2 .333 2.67 27 1 8 0 0 1 54.0 53 22 16 4 20 2 40 1 0 0 234 131 1.352 8.8 0.7 3.3 6.7 2.00
1967 37 CHC NL 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 44 1.750 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.3 0.50
14 Yrs 81 91 .471 3.78 412 171 132 44 11 23 1548.0 1442 728 650 130 725 35 849 26 0 39 6708 99 1.400 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .471 3.78 48 20 15 5 1 3 181 168 85 76 15 85 99 3 0 5 782 99 1.400 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17
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 (5 yrs) 45 24 .652 3.50 128 90 22 23 7 3 655.1 549 286 255 57 362 8 356 15 0 17 2827 106 1.390 7.5 0.8 5.0 4.9 0.98
SFG (3 yrs) 12 12 .500 3.86 101 0 54 0 0 14 158.2 139 72 68 17 83 17 108 2 0 10 687 93 1.399 7.9 1.0 4.7 6.1 1.30
BAL (3 yrs) 11 35 .239 4.08 94 51 23 19 3 3 448.1 467 227 203 33 173 2 216 6 0 5 1954 94 1.428 9.4 0.7 3.5 4.3 1.25
KCA (2 yrs) 2 10 .167 5.20 30 16 8 0 0 0 98.2 118 64 57 13 53 1 56 1 0 4 456 78 1.733 10.8 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.06
HOU (2 yrs) 4 8 .333 2.40 31 11 11 2 1 1 108.2 100 39 29 4 23 5 59 1 0 1 451 144 1.132 8.3 0.3 1.9 4.9 2.57
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 44 1.750 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.3 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 7 2 .778 4.12 25 3 13 0 0 2 74.1 64 36 34 5 29 2 53 1 0 2 315 95 1.251 7.7 0.6 3.5 6.4 1.83
AL (10 yrs) 65 71 .478 3.87 277 160 66 42 10 8 1276.2 1198 613 549 108 617 13 681 23 0 28 5552 98 1.422 8.4 0.8 4.3 4.8 1.10
NL (5 yrs) 16 20 .444 3.35 135 11 66 2 1 15 271.1 244 115 101 22 108 22 168 3 0 11 1156 106 1.297 8.1 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.56

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
1953 23 SLB AL 192.2 38 22 99 4.62 4.57 -0.26 0.00 106.1 5.13 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.4 28 .529 .507 $
1954 24 BAL AL 201.2 29 28 106 4.73 4.44 -0.26 0.00 97.6 4.58 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 1.0 14 .488 .498 $
1955 25 NYY AL 97.0 19 13 38 3.53 4.47 0.48 0.00 97.5 3.89 3 0.3 1.6 -0.1 1.0 13 .517 .502 $
1956 26 NYY AL 179.2 38 20 72 3.61 4.59 0.18 0.00 96.4 4.25 12 1.2 1.4 -0.1 2.5 30 .532 .507 $
1957 27 NYY AL 139.2 27 20 68 4.38 4.03 0.29 0.00 95.8 3.58 -12 -1.2 1.7 -0.2 -0.4 -1 .454 .492 $
1958 28 NYY AL 114.1 19 19 43 3.38 4.01 0.40 0.00 96.2 3.48 1 0.1 -0.1 0.9 11 .507 .501 $17,000
1959 29 NYY AL 124.2 25 18 65 4.69 4.26 0.12 0.00 95.8 3.96 -9 -0.9 .6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .463 .494 $17,000
1960 30 KCA AL 83.2 22 15 55 5.92 4.34 -0.20 0.03 104.6 4.78 -10 -1.0 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .454 .494 $
1961 31 KCA AL 15.0 8 1 9 5.40 4.44 -0.26 -0.09 105.3 4.86 -1 -0.1 .6 -0.0 0.0 1 .490 .500 $
1961 31 CHW AL 74.1 25 3 36 4.36 4.46 -0.00 -0.11 98.5 4.29 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.1 0.5 7 .500 .500 $
1962 32 SFG NL 86.1 49 0 44 4.59 4.48 0.18 -0.19 97.9 4.03 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.2 0.0 5 .488 .496 $
1963 33 SFG NL 62.0 46 0 23 3.34 3.97 -0.20 -0.17 96.3 3.85 3 0.4 1.8 0.0 1.0 10 .508 .502 $
1964 34 SFG NL 10.1 6 0 5 4.35 3.75 -0.05 -0.16 95.7 3.48 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .479 .499 $
1964 34 HOU NL 103.1 30 10 36 3.14 4.17 -0.39 -0.02 97.5 4.42 14 1.6 1.0 -0.1 2.5 25 .553 .510 $
1965 35 HOU NL 5.1 1 1 3 5.06 4.12 -0.55 0.07 98.0 4.64 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .472 .500 $
1965 35 BAL AL 54.0 27 1 22 3.67 3.99 0.45 -0.14 98.7 3.35 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 3 .493 .499 $20,000
1967 37 CHC NL 4.0 3 0 4 9.00 4.32 0.27 -0.18 96.4 3.73 -2 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .414 .498 $
14 Seasons 1548.0 412 171 728 4.23 4.33 0.03 -0.03 98.6 4.22 -3 -0.1 1.3 -1.2 10.9 140 .500 .500 $54,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
NYY (5 yrs) 655.1 128 90 286 3.93 4.29 0.27 0.00 96.3 3.87 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.5 3.9 53 .496 .499 $34,000
SFG (3 yrs) 158.2 101 0 72 4.08 4.23 0.02 -0.18 97.2 3.92 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 1.0 14 .496 .499 $
BAL (3 yrs) 448.1 94 51 227 4.56 4.44 -0.17 -0.02 101.4 4.67 6 0.6 .9 -0.3 3.5 44 .506 .501 $20,000
KCA (2 yrs) 98.2 30 16 64 5.84 4.36 -0.21 0.01 104.7 4.80 -11 -1.1 .7 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .463 .497 $
HOU (2 yrs) 108.2 31 11 39 3.23 4.17 -0.40 -0.02 97.5 4.43 13 1.6 1.0 -0.1 2.5 26 .551 .505 $
CHC (1 yr) 4.0 3 0 4 9.00 4.32 0.27 -0.18 96.4 3.73 -2 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -2 .414 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 74.1 25 3 36 4.36 4.46 -0.00 -0.11 98.5 4.29 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.1 0.5 7 .500 .500 $

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
1955 25 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 19 1.750 11.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1956 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 10.2 1 4 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 37 0.469 0.8 0.0 3.4 5.9 1.75
1957 27 NYY AL WS L MLN 1 1 .500 3.72 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 8 5 4 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 44 1.345 7.4 0.9 4.7 5.6 1.20
1958 28 NYY AL WS W MLN 1 0 1.000 0.96 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 9 1 1 0 6 1 9 0 0 0 42 1.607 8.7 0.0 5.8 8.7 1.50
1962 32 SFG NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
5 Yrs (5 Series) 4 2 .667 2.75 10 6 1 1 1 0 36.0 24 16 11 3 19 1 24 2 0 0 153 1.194 6.0 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.26
5 WS 4 2 .667 2.75 10 6 1 1 1 0 36.0 24 16 11 3 19 1 24 2 0 0 153 1.194 6.0 0.8 4.8 6.0 1.26

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 23 SLB AL 38 792 752 99 201 44 7 11 8 1 64 96 .267 .328 .388 .716 .295 292 16 4 8 0 10
1954 24 BAL AL 29 892 778 106 213 28 13 18 9 8 89 80 .274 .346 .413 .759 .284 321 13 1 17 7 12
1955 25 NYY AL 19 412 354 38 81 12 0 8 1 3 51 44 .229 .328 .331 .659 .241 117 8 2 4 1 3 2
1956 26 NYY AL 38 760 653 72 133 20 2 19 10 6 96 107 .204 .311 .328 .639 .216 214 14 7 2 2 0 12
1957 27 NYY AL 27 605 513 68 113 14 3 12 5 8 87 81 .220 .332 .329 .662 .239 169 11 0 3 2 0 9
1958 28 NYY AL 19 490 429 43 100 18 2 4 2 1 52 55 .233 .320 .312 .633 .258 134 8 4 4 2 3 8
1959 29 NYY AL 25 561 471 65 122 13 4 14 4 2 76 69 .259 .360 .393 .753 .274 185 11 2 6 6 2 5
1960 30 KCA AL 22 380 331 55 97 22 2 11 6 4 42 43 .293 .370 .471 .841 .307 156 4 0 5 3 1 2
1961 31 TOT AL 33 390 338 45 85 11 0 7 5 1 40 66 .251 .334 .346 .680 .294 117 4 2 10 0 2 4
1961 31 CHW AL 25 315 277 36 64 10 0 5 4 1 29 53 .231 .306 .321 .627 .269 89 3 1 8 0 2 3
1961 31 KCA AL 8 75 61 9 21 1 0 2 1 0 11 13 .344 .452 .459 .911 .413 28 1 1 2 0 0 1
1962 32 SFG NL 49 381 325 44 83 7 2 9 7 1 47 58 .255 .351 .372 .723 .285 121 6 2 5 2 7 3
1963 33 SFG NL 46 261 227 23 46 9 1 8 5 1 30 44 .203 .296 .357 .653 .217 81 1 0 4 0 9 2
1964 34 TOT NL 36 470 434 41 102 16 8 4 10 0 26 64 .235 .279 .336 .615 .266 146 9 1 7 2 5 11
1964 34 HOU NL 30 424 395 36 92 15 7 4 7 0 20 58 .233 .270 .337 .607 .263 133 8 1 6 2 4 11
1964 34 SFG NL 6 46 39 5 10 1 1 0 3 0 6 6 .256 .356 .333 .689 .303 13 1 0 1 0 1 0
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 261 231 25 61 12 2 4 5 1 23 41 .264 .332 .385 .717 .305 89 3 1 5 1 3 4
1965 35 BAL AL 27 234 208 22 53 9 1 4 5 1 20 40 .255 .322 .365 .687 .297 76 3 1 4 1 2 4
1965 35 HOU NL 1 27 23 3 8 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 .348 .423 .565 .988 .364 13 0 0 1 0 1 0
1967 37 CHC NL 3 18 15 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .412 .600 1.012 .308 9 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 Yrs 412 6673 5851 728 1442 227 46 130 77 37 725 849 .246 .331 .368 .698 .268 2151 109 26 81 28 35 84
162 Game Avg. 48 778 682 85 168 26 5 15 9 4 85 99 .246 .331 .368 .698 .268 251 13 3 9 3 10
MLB Averages .254 .321 .384 .705 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

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 23 SLB AL 2.1 0.2 805 0.1 14.0 -13.9 1.02 0.6 -0.6 -1.4 -0.1 1.02 7.3 4 2 9
1954 24 BAL AL -16.2 -1.6 914 -3.8 14.4 -18.3 1.04 -1.5 -2.2 -17.3 -1.8 1.04 -14.2 0 1 0
1955 25 NYY AL 7.8 0.8 417 2.1 7.6 -5.5 1.04 1.0 1.0 9.1 1.0 1.04 8.8 2 2 2
1956 26 NYY AL 14.0 1.4 782 1.4 12.3 -10.9 .90 1.6 -0.1 18.3 1.9 0.90 20.1 7 4 7
1957 27 NYY AL -3.7 -0.4 630 -0.2 11.3 -11.5 1.10 0.2 -0.4 -2.5 -0.3 1.10 1.8 4 1 2
1958 28 NYY AL 6.8 0.7 492 1.2 8.4 -7.2 .98 0.9 0.3 8.9 1.0 0.98 10.2 0 0 0
1959 29 NYY AL -8.7 -0.9 577 -0.5 7.9 -8.5 .81 -0.8 0.1 -6.9 -0.7 0.81 -10.9 0 4 3
1960 30 KCA AL -11.6 -1.1 393 -0.8 6.1 -6.9 1.00 -0.9 0.1 -13.0 -1.3 1.00 -10.3 1 2 4
1961 31 TOT AL -0.8 -0.1 400 0.5 6.0 -5.5 .91 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.91 7.9 8 5 14
1961 31 KCA AL -0.4 -0.0 78 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 1.02 -0.4 0.3 -2.5 -0.2 1.02 -2.9 1 1 5
1961 31 CHW AL -0.4 -0.0 322 0.6 4.9 -4.3 .88 0.9 -0.2 3.0 0.3 0.88 10.8 7 4 9
1962 32 SFG NL -3.9 -0.4 395 0.4 6.2 -5.7 .94 -0.3 0.8 -1.6 -0.2 0.94 -1.3 14 16 18
1963 33 SFG NL 1.8 0.2 271 0.1 6.9 -6.8 1.53 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 1.53 -0.7 23 8 15
1964 34 TOT NL 10.7 1.2 481 -0.0 7.5 -7.6 .95 0.7 -0.7 8.7 0.9 0.95 9.8 7 5 13
1964 34 SFG NL -0.4 -0.0 48 0.1 0.8 -0.7 1.09 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.09 -0.1 2 2 1
1964 34 HOU NL 11.1 1.2 433 -0.1 6.7 -6.9 .94 0.7 -0.9 8.4 0.9 0.94 9.8 5 3 12
1965 35 TOT MLB 2.8 0.3 268 -1.3 2.8 -4.1 .75 -0.1 -1.6 -4.7 -0.5 0.75 -1.0 5 5 16
1965 35 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 27 -0.2 0.4 -0.5 1.05 -0.2 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.05 -1.8 0 0 0
1965 35 BAL AL 3.5 0.4 241 -1.1 2.4 -3.5 .72 0.1 -1.7 -3.5 -0.4 0.72 0.9 5 5 16
1967 37 CHC NL -1.9 -0.2 18 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .06 -0.2 -0.6 -2.1 -0.2 0.06 -1.6 0 0 3
14 Yrs -0.7 0.1 6843 -1.1 111.3 -112.4 .99 1.7 -2.8 -3.5 -0.1 0.99 25.9 75 55 106
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1953 23 SLB AL 38 22 6 10 6 1 0 9 13 .409 2 2 7 2 7 32% 46.8 88 20 25 8 7 9 4.4 4.1 6.8
1954 24 BAL AL 29 28 3 20 5 0 5 5 23 .179 0 2 12 1 11 39% 47.6 77 7 11 1 10 14 2.6 3.0 6.9
1955 25 NYY AL 19 13 8 1 4 1 0 10 3 .769 0 1 5 1 7 54% 52.9 91 31 12 5 5 4 5.9 6.2 6.2
1956 26 NYY AL 38 20 9 4 7 2 2 12 8 .600 2 3 6 1 9 45% 55.0 81 23 31 8 7 8 5.8 6.0 6.3
1957 27 NYY AL 27 20 8 4 8 1 2 14 6 .700 1 3 4 1 9 45% 50.8 83 27 27 11 5 10 5.4 4.8 5.7
1958 28 NYY AL 19 19 9 6 4 3 2 12 7 .632 1 2 5 3 11 58% 53.5 83 18 11 3 1 14 5.6 4.8 6.0
1959 29 NYY AL 25 18 6 7 5 1 2 10 8 .556 0 3 3 1 9 50% 49.6 84 28 17 7 2 14 5.9 6.5 5.6
1960 30 KCA AL 22 15 1 9 5 0 2 3 12 .200 1 1 0 0 4 27% 43.4 69 16 21 11 3 5 3.2 3.0 4.6
1961 31 TOT AL 33 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 51.0 77 39 17 6 2 2 5.4 5.1 6.8
1961 31 KCA AL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 46.0 46 46 5 0 0 1 5.4 3.6 5.7
1961 31 CHW AL 25 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 52.7 77 39 12 6 2 1 5.5 5.5 7.2
1964 34 TOT NL 36 10 3 5 2 0 2 4 6 .400 0 1 2 1 6 60% 83 35 9 2 2 4 2.6 2.7 6.5
1964 34 HOU NL 30 10 3 5 2 0 2 4 6 .400 0 1 2 1 6 60% 57.7 83 35 8 2 2 4 2.6 2.7 6.5
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 0.0 38 29 12 2 0 2 4.0 3.3 5.0
1965 35 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 1 0 0 1 4.0 3.0 5.3
1965 35 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 11 2 0 1 4.0 3.6 4.7
11 Yrs 308 171 55 68 48 10 17 81 90 .474 7 20 44 11 74 43% 50 91 7 192 64 44 86 4.6 4.5 6.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4

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
1953 23 SLB AL 38 16 14 1 2 1 2 0 200% 2 1 6 3 50% 8 1.016 4 2 9 2 3 10 5 10 9 2 9 3 7.9
1954 24 BAL AL 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1.043 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 23.0
1955 25 NYY AL 19 6 5 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 4 3 75% 9 1.045 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 4 0 4 1 8.0
1956 26 NYY AL 38 18 9 2 1 1 1 1 100% 4 3 23 12 52% 8 .897 7 4 7 6 1 11 12 6 13 3 14 0 9.1
1957 27 NYY AL 27 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 3 38% 2 1.100 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 7 0 7 1 11.0
1959 29 NYY AL 25 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 .812 0 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 6 1 6 1 10.4
1960 30 KCA AL 22 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 1.002 1 2 4 0 1 6 2 5 4 1 4 0 6.1
1961 31 TOT AL 33 29 18 6 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 19 7 37% .907 8 5 14 8 3 18 10 19 17 5 18 2 6.4
1961 31 KCA AL 8 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1.020 1 1 5 1 1 5 0 7 3 0 3 0 4.0
1961 31 CHW AL 25 22 13 5 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 19 7 37% 5 .880 7 4 9 7 2 13 10 12 14 5 15 2 7.2
1962 32 SFG NL 49 49 25 5 4 10 11 0 110% 13 3 46 14 30% 7 .941 14 16 18 15 7 27 27 22 28 10 30 13 5.3
1963 33 SFG NL 46 46 26 7 7 8 3 4 38% 10 2 46 13 28% 9 1.531 23 8 15 12 16 18 24 22 18 18 18 14 4.0
1964 34 TOT NL 36 26 14 1 4 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 4 24% .954 7 5 13 1 6 19 9 17 16 3 16 2 5.6
1964 34 SFG NL 6 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.091 2 2 1 0 2 4 1 5 4 0 4 1 5.2
1964 34 HOU NL 30 20 11 1 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 15 4 27% 8 .939 5 3 12 1 4 15 8 12 12 3 12 1 5.8
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 26 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 5 3 14 8 57% .751 5 5 16 6 2 18 9 17 14 4 15 1 5.7
1965 35 BAL AL 27 26 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 5 3 14 8 57% 8 .716 5 5 16 6 2 18 9 17 14 4 15 1 5.7
1967 37 CHC NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .059 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 4.0
13 Yrs 392 241 132 26 23 29 23 8 79% 42 13 191 72 38% .987 75 55 106 54 43 143 108 132 139 48 144 39 6.2
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

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%
1953 23 SLB AL 828 61% 1.4% 12.1% 8.1% 7.8% 31% 0.66 81% 146 16 11%
1954 24 BAL AL 892 60% 2.0% 9.0% 10.0% 6.6% 28% 0.71 77% 179 13 7%
1955 25 NYY AL 412 57% 1.9% 10.7% 12.4% 4.9% 25% 0.77 74% 90 8 9%
1956 26 NYY AL 760 57% 2.5% 14.1% 12.6% 5.4% 31% 0.72 70% 162 14 9%
1957 27 NYY AL 605 68% 2.0% 13.4% 14.4% 4.8% 26% 0.91 70% 129 11 9%
1958 28 NYY AL 490 61% 0.8% 11.2% 10.6% 4.9% 24% 0.66 76% 105 8 8%
1959 29 NYY AL 561 61% 2.5% 12.3% 13.6% 5.5% 25% 0.95 70% 129 11 9%
1960 30 KCA AL 381 66% 2.9% 11.3% 11.1% 9.2% 36% 0.90 74% 67 4 6%
1961 31 TOT AL 390 69% 1.8% 16.9% 10.3% 4.6% 21% 0.93 68% 79 4 5%
1961 31 KCA AL 75 65% 2.7% 17.3% 14.7% 4.0% 14% 0.76 61% 18 1 6%
1961 31 CHW AL 315 70% 1.6% 16.8% 9.2% 4.8% 23% 0.96 70% 61 3 5%
1962 32 SFG NL 381 62% 2.4% 15.2% 12.3% 4.7% 22% 1.09 68% 89 6 7%
1963 33 SFG NL 261 61% 3.1% 16.9% 11.5% 6.9% 39% 1.06 67% 46 1 2%
1964 34 TOT NL 470 59% 0.9% 13.6% 5.5% 6.0% 28% 1.13 78% 78 9 12%
1964 34 SFG NL 46 72% 0.0% 13.0% 13.0% 4.4% 20% 0.92 72% 8 1 13%
1964 34 HOU NL 424 58% 0.9% 13.7% 4.7% 6.1% 28% 1.15 79% 70 8 11%
1965 35 TOT MLB 261 60% 1.5% 15.7% 8.8% 6.9% 30% 1.05 72% 52 3 6%
1965 35 HOU NL 27 56% 0.0% 3.7% 11.1% 14.8% 50% 2.00 81% 6 0 0%
1965 35 BAL AL 234 60% 1.7% 17.1% 8.6% 6.0% 26% 0.97 71% 46 3 7%
1967 37 CHC NL 18 78% 5.6% 5.6% 11.1% 11.1% 40% 1.20 72% 4 1 25%
14 Yrs 6710 61% 2.0% 12.7% 10.9% 6.0% 28% 0.83 73% 1355 109 8%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.0% 8.8% 6.5% 28% 1.03 75% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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 23 SLB AL 792 201 11 0 12 8 3 7 4 35 18 5 51% 10 3 1 311 8 1 89% 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 36
1954 24 BAL AL 892 213 18 0 28 14 4 2 16 58 21 4 36% 12 2 4 331 9 8 53% 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1955 25 NYY AL 412 81 8 0 9 5 3 4 4 13 8 0 62% 2 1 0 159 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1956 26 NYY AL 760 133 19 0 20 12 7 11 8 37 15 3 41% 12 3 1 282 10 6 63% 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1957 27 NYY AL 605 113 12 0 21 7 5 6 6 42 15 11 36% 9 6 3 225 5 8 38% 5 7 0 1 0 0 4 1 13 0
1958 28 NYY AL 490 100 4 0 12 2 2 1 3 20 10 4 50% 8 0 0 188 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 29 NYY AL 561 122 14 0 12 10 4 3 11 36 16 5 44% 5 7 2 237 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 0
1960 30 KCA AL 380 97 11 0 8 8 3 3 8 18 9 1 50% 2 2 1 145 6 4 60% 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
1961 31 TOT AL 390 85 7 1 14 4 3 2 5 29 19 3 66% 4 4 0 149 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1961 31 KCA AL 75 21 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 67% 1 2 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 31 CHW AL 315 64 5 1 10 3 2 2 3 26 17 2 65% 3 2 0 113 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 32 SFG NL 381 83 9 0 19 5 4 5 4 30 13 3 43% 3 6 1 160 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1963 33 SFG NL 261 46 8 0 12 3 5 7 1 17 5 4 29% 2 4 1 98 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 34 TOT NL 470 102 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 28 12 3 43% 11 1 1 169 10 0 100% 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1964 34 SFG NL 46 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 19 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 HOU NL 424 92 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 26 11 2 42% 11 1 1 150 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1965 35 TOT MLB 261 61 4 0 7 1 3 3 1 17 10 2 59% 4 0 0 110 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1965 35 HOU NL 27 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 BAL AL 234 53 4 0 6 1 3 3 1 16 9 2 56% 4 0 0 97 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1967 37 CHC NL 18 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 6673 1442 130 1 185 82 48 56 74 381 172 48 45% 84 39 15 2570 77 37 68% 70 31 7 5 0 1 7 1 103 37
MLB Averages 51% 60%
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

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+
1953 23 7 12 .368 4.16 38 22 14 7 2 2 192.2 201 99 89 11 64 96 4 0 3 828 101 1.375 9.4 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.50 101
1954 24 10 33 .233 4.27 67 50 15 19 3 2 394.1 414 205 187 29 153 176 5 0 5 1720 91 1.438 9.4 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.15 91
1955 25 19 35 .352 4.03 86 63 20 24 4 4 491.1 495 243 220 37 204 3 220 7 0 6 2132 96 1.423 9.1 0.7 3.7 4.0 1.08 96
1956 26 30 40 .429 3.82 124 83 29 30 5 5 671.0 628 315 285 56 300 3 327 14 0 9 2891 101 1.383 8.4 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.09 101
1957 27 40 44 .476 3.81 151 103 34 34 6 5 810.2 741 383 343 68 387 3 408 14 0 15 3496 100 1.391 8.2 0.8 4.3 4.5 1.05 100
1958 28 49 50 .495 3.72 170 122 34 39 9 5 925.0 841 426 382 72 439 6 463 18 0 15 3987 102 1.384 8.2 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.05 102
1959 29 55 57 .491 3.79 195 140 37 42 10 5 1049.2 963 491 442 86 515 8 532 20 0 22 4547 100 1.408 8.3 0.7 4.4 4.6 1.03 100
1960 30 56 67 .455 3.91 217 155 40 42 10 5 1133.1 1060 546 492 97 557 9 575 20 0 24 4928 97 1.427 8.4 0.8 4.4 4.6 1.03 97
1961 31 64 69 .481 3.92 250 159 58 42 10 7 1222.2 1145 591 533 104 597 11 641 22 0 28 5318 97 1.425 8.4 0.8 4.4 4.7 1.07 97
1962 32 69 73 .486 3.95 299 159 83 42 10 18 1309.0 1228 635 575 113 644 18 699 24 0 34 5698 96 1.430 8.4 0.8 4.4 4.8 1.09 96
1963 33 76 80 .487 3.91 345 159 109 42 10 21 1371.0 1274 658 596 121 674 27 743 24 0 38 5959 97 1.421 8.4 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.10 97
1964 34 80 89 .473 3.80 381 169 123 44 11 22 1484.2 1376 699 627 125 700 32 807 25 0 39 6429 99 1.398 8.3 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.15 99
1965 35 81 91 .471 3.77 409 171 131 44 11 23 1544.0 1437 724 646 129 723 35 848 26 0 39 6690 99 1.399 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17 99
1966 36 81 91 .471 3.77 409 171 131 44 11 23 1544.0 1437 724 646 129 723 35 848 26 0 39 6690 99 1.399 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17 99
1967 37 81 91 .471 3.78 412 171 132 44 11 23 1548.0 1442 728 650 130 725 35 849 26 0 39 6708 99 1.400 8.4 0.8 4.2 4.9 1.17 99

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
1953 23 10 11 .476 3.97 197.0 204 97 87 11 65 98 4 1.365 9.3 3.0 4.5 1.51 0.5 38
1954 24 8 14 .364 5.09 200.0 233 126 113 20 97 79 1 1.650 10.5 4.4 3.6 0.81 0.9 29
1955 25 6 4 .600 3.38 96.0 87 40 36 9 55 43 2 1.479 8.2 5.2 4.0 0.78 0.8 19
1956 26 11 9 .550 3.41 182.0 140 77 69 20 101 108 7 1.324 6.9 5.0 5.3 1.07 1.0 38
1957 27 7 8 .467 4.34 139.0 124 74 67 13 95 81 0 1.576 8.0 6.2 5.2 0.85 0.8 27
1958 28 7 5 .583 3.66 113.0 111 51 46 4 58 55 4 1.496 8.8 4.6 4.4 0.95 0.3 19
1959 29 5 8 .385 5.02 122.0 133 76 68 15 83 68 2 1.770 9.8 6.1 5.0 0.82 1.1 25
1960 30 3 6 .333 5.40 85.0 101 57 51 11 44 44 0 1.706 10.7 4.7 4.7 1.00 1.2 22
1961 31 4 5 .444 4.19 88.0 85 46 41 7 40 65 2 1.420 8.7 4.1 6.6 1.63 0.7 33
1962 32 4 5 .444 4.55 83.0 83 47 42 9 47 56 2 1.566 9.0 5.1 6.1 1.19 1.0 49
1963 33 3 3 .500 3.81 59.0 51 28 25 9 33 42 0 1.424 7.8 5.0 6.4 1.27 1.4 46
1964 34 8 4 .667 2.84 111.0 108 39 35 4 28 62 1 1.225 8.8 2.3 5.0 2.21 0.3 36
1965 35 4 2 .667 3.32 57.0 65 23 21 4 25 39 1 1.579 10.3 3.9 6.2 1.56 0.6 28
1967 37 0 0 11.25 4.0 5 6 5 1 2 1 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 2.3 0.50 2.3 3
14 Yrs 80 84 .488 4.14 1536.0 1530 787 706 137 773 841 26 1.499 9.0 4.9 1.09 0.8 412

* 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

Hall of Fame
1974 BBWAA ( 7.9%)
1975 BBWAA ( 6.4%)
1976 BBWAA (12.1%)
1977 BBWAA (10.2%)
1978 BBWAA ( 8.4%)
1979 BBWAA (12.3%)
1980 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1981 BBWAA ( 8.2%)
1982 BBWAA ( 7.7%)
1983 BBWAA ( 5.9%)
1984 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
1985 BBWAA ( 8.1%)
1986 BBWAA ( 7.8%)
1987 BBWAA ( 7.3%)
1988 BBWAA ( 7.3%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1956 AL Babe Ruth Award
1956 ML WS MVP

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1956 AL  3.26 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL  .688 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 AL  1.275 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  6.662 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  2.990 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  4.484 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1962 NL  11 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 AL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  18 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  87 (5th)
1959 AL  76 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1954 AL  213 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  1.500 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  0.514 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL  12 (9th)
1954 AL  21 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  98 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (5th)
1959 AL  7 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1962 NL  25 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1956 AL  119 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL  born 1929-08-07 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (503), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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