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Frank Lary

Frank Strong Lary (Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1954
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Mets/WhiteSox/Braves 1954-1965

Final Game: September 21, 1965
Relatives: Brother of Al Lary
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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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 24 DET AL 0 0 2.45 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 17 169 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 12.3 1.67
1955 25 DET AL 14 15 .483 3.10 36 31 5 16 2 1 235.0 232 100 81 10 89 3 98 6 0 7 997 125 1.366 8.9 0.4 3.4 3.8 1.10
1956 26 DET AL 21 13 .618 3.15 41 38 2 20 3 1 294.0 289 116 103 20 116 4 165 12 1 3 1269 132 1.378 8.8 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.42 MVP-17
1957 27 DET AL 11 16 .407 3.98 40 35 3 12 2 3 237.2 250 111 105 23 72 9 107 12 2 5 1012 97 1.355 9.5 0.9 2.7 4.1 1.49
1958 28 DET AL 16 15 .516 2.90 39 34 4 19 3 1 260.1 249 91 84 20 68 4 131 12 0 4 1085 139 1.218 8.6 0.7 2.4 4.5 1.93 MVP-23
1959 29 DET AL 17 10 .630 3.55 32 32 0 11 3 0 223.0 225 109 88 23 46 4 137 11 1 2 931 114 1.215 9.1 0.9 1.9 5.5 2.98
1960 30 DET AL 15 15 .500 3.51 38 36 2 15 2 1 274.1 262 125 107 25 62 3 149 19 1 8 1148 114 1.181 8.6 0.8 2.0 4.9 2.40 AS
1961 31 DET AL 23 9 .719 3.24 36 36 0 22 4 0 275.1 252 117 99 24 66 2 146 6 0 6 1127 127 1.155 8.2 0.8 2.2 4.8 2.21 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 32 DET AL 2 6 .250 5.74 17 14 0 2 1 0 80.0 98 59 51 17 21 1 41 4 1 2 363 72 1.488 11.0 1.9 2.4 4.6 1.95
1963 33 DET AL 4 9 .308 3.27 16 14 0 6 0 0 107.1 90 40 39 15 26 0 46 5 0 3 433 115 1.081 7.5 1.3 2.2 3.9 1.77
1964 34 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 5.03 24 14 6 3 1 1 87.2 101 55 49 14 24 3 37 7 0 3 384 72 1.426 10.4 1.4 2.5 3.8 1.54
1964 34 TOT NL 3 3 .500 4.52 18 10 5 3 1 1 69.2 77 40 35 11 14 2 31 4 0 2 294 79 1.306 9.9 1.4 1.8 4.0 2.21
1964 34 DET AL 0 2 .000 7.00 6 4 1 0 0 0 18.0 24 15 14 3 10 1 6 3 0 1 90 54 1.889 12.0 1.5 5.0 3.0 0.60
1964 34 NYM NL 2 3 .400 4.55 13 8 3 3 1 1 57.1 62 33 29 7 14 2 27 4 0 2 243 78 1.326 9.7 1.1 2.2 4.2 1.93
1964 34 MLN NL 1 0 1.000 4.38 5 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 15 7 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 51 84 1.216 10.9 2.9 0.0 2.9
1965 35 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 3.32 28 8 7 0 0 3 84.0 71 36 31 6 23 2 37 3 1 4 341 103 1.119 7.6 0.6 2.5 4.0 1.61
1965 35 NYM NL 1 3 .250 2.98 14 7 3 0 0 1 57.1 48 24 19 2 16 0 23 1 1 4 230 118 1.116 7.5 0.3 2.5 3.6 1.44
1965 35 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 4.05 14 1 4 0 0 2 26.2 23 12 12 4 7 2 14 2 0 0 111 79 1.125 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.7 2.00
12 Yrs 128 116 .525 3.49 350 292 30 126 21 11 2162.1 2123 960 838 197 616 35 1099 97 7 47 9107 114 1.267 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.78
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .525 3.49 37 31 3 13 2 1 229 225 102 89 21 65 116 10 1 5 965 114 1.267 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.78
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
DET (11 yrs) 123 110 .528 3.46 304 274 18 123 20 7 2008.2 1975 884 772 180 579 31 1031 90 6 41 8472 116 1.271 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.78
NYM (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 3.77 27 15 6 3 1 2 114.2 110 57 48 9 30 2 50 5 1 6 473 94 1.221 8.6 0.7 2.4 3.9 1.67
MLN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.38 5 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 15 7 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 51 84 1.216 10.9 2.9 0.0 2.9
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.05 14 1 4 0 0 2 26.2 23 12 12 4 7 2 14 2 0 0 111 79 1.125 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.7 2.00
AL (12 yrs) 124 110 .530 3.47 318 275 22 123 20 9 2035.1 1998 896 784 184 586 33 1045 92 6 41 8583 115 1.270 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.78
NL (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.83 32 17 8 3 1 2 127.0 125 64 54 13 30 2 54 5 1 6 524 93 1.220 8.9 0.9 2.1 3.8 1.80

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
1954 24 DET AL 3.2 3 0 1 2.45 4.96 0.07 0.00 99.4 4.86 1 0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .537 .501 $
1955 25 DET AL 235.0 36 31 100 3.83 4.36 -0.01 0.00 97.5 4.26 9 1.0 3.4 -0.1 2.6 32 .527 .506 $
1956 26 DET AL 294.0 41 38 116 3.55 4.70 -0.06 0.00 99.8 4.75 37 4.0 2.0 -0.2 6.0 67 .597 .525 $ MVP-17
1957 27 DET AL 237.2 40 35 111 4.20 4.27 0.19 0.00 103.3 4.21 1 0.1 4.7 -0.1 1.8 20 .503 .501 $
1958 28 DET AL 260.1 39 34 91 3.15 4.38 0.16 0.00 105.7 4.46 38 4.5 2.2 -0.0 6.4 60 .616 .528 $ MVP-23
1959 29 DET AL 223.0 32 32 109 4.40 4.36 0.08 0.00 104.0 4.45 3 0.3 -0.1 1.9 21 .511 .502 $
1960 30 DET AL 274.1 38 36 125 4.10 4.47 0.05 0.08 102.8 4.62 18 1.9 1.8 -0.1 3.8 40 .551 .512 $26,000 AS
1961 31 DET AL 275.1 36 36 117 3.82 4.65 0.37 0.08 102.1 4.45 21 2.3 -0.1 4.1 46 .563 .514 $ AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 32 DET AL 80.0 17 14 59 6.64 4.60 -0.11 0.05 101.8 4.84 -15 -1.5 .8 -0.0 -0.9 -8 .414 .491 $40,000
1963 33 DET AL 107.1 16 14 40 3.35 4.02 0.23 0.06 101.4 3.90 8 0.9 .1 -0.1 1.6 16 .557 .506 $
1964 34 DET AL 18.0 6 4 15 7.50 3.90 0.46 -0.02 101.9 3.48 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .371 .495 $
1964 34 NYM NL 57.1 13 8 33 5.18 4.07 -0.28 0.03 101.7 4.46 -5 -0.6 .3 -0.0 -0.1 1 .457 .497 $30,000
1964 34 MLN NL 12.1 5 2 7 5.11 3.94 -0.10 0.00 99.1 4.00 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -0 .464 .499 $
1965 35 NYM NL 57.1 14 7 24 3.77 4.16 -0.08 0.01 95.8 4.08 2 0.2 .6 -0.1 0.7 8 .516 .501 $
1965 35 CHW AL 26.2 14 1 12 4.05 3.98 0.35 -0.12 89.2 3.13 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .479 .498 $28,000
12 Seasons 2162.1 350 292 960 4.00 4.42 0.10 0.02 101.7 4.42 106 12.2 1.5 -1.1 27.0 297 .535 .505 $124,000
DET (11 yrs) 2008.2 304 274 884 3.96 4.44 0.11 0.03 102.1 4.45 114 13.0 2.2 -0.9 26.7 288 .543 .507 $66,000
NYM (2 yrs) 114.2 27 15 57 4.47 4.12 -0.18 0.02 98.8 4.27 -3 -0.3 .5 -0.1 0.6 9 .487 .499 $30,000
MLN (1 yr) 12.1 5 2 7 5.11 3.94 -0.10 0.00 99.1 4.00 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -0 .464 .499 $
CHW (1 yr) 26.2 14 1 12 4.05 3.98 0.35 -0.12 89.2 3.13 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .479 .498 $28,000

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
1960 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1960 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1961 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (3 GP) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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
1954 24 DET AL 3 17 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 .286 .412 .429 .840 .444 6 0 0 0 0 0
1955 25 DET AL 36 996 886 100 232 35 8 10 8 12 89 98 .262 .331 .353 .684 .283 313 28 6 8 7 3 15
1956 26 DET AL 41 1266 1126 116 289 37 6 20 3 7 116 165 .257 .331 .353 .685 .284 398 26 12 9 5 4 20
1957 27 DET AL 40 1012 907 111 250 29 5 23 5 6 72 107 .276 .336 .395 .730 .291 358 35 12 17 4 9 15
1958 28 DET AL 39 1084 992 91 249 33 5 20 5 4 68 131 .251 .305 .355 .660 .271 352 29 12 7 5 4 12
1959 29 DET AL 32 934 866 109 225 42 7 23 4 7 46 137 .260 .304 .404 .708 .285 350 21 11 7 4 4 12
1960 30 DET AL 38 1147 1052 125 262 34 12 25 13 3 62 149 .249 .301 .375 .677 .268 395 26 19 8 6 3 17
1961 31 DET AL 36 1127 1035 117 252 37 6 24 5 9 66 146 .243 .290 .360 .650 .261 373 25 6 10 10 2 18
1962 32 DET AL 17 363 330 59 98 10 0 17 3 1 21 41 .297 .345 .482 .826 .296 159 6 4 6 2 1 8
1963 33 DET AL 16 433 399 40 90 13 1 15 1 1 26 46 .226 .280 .376 .656 .221 150 8 5 1 2 0 4
1964 34 TOT MLB 24 379 347 55 101 14 0 14 6 5 24 37 .291 .348 .452 .801 .293 157 3 7 5 1 3 3
1964 34 DET AL 6 90 76 15 24 6 0 3 2 0 10 6 .316 .416 .513 .929 .313 39 2 3 1 0 1 1
1964 34 MLN NL 5 46 49 7 15 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 .306 .306 .551 .857 .268 27 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 34 NYM NL 13 243 222 33 62 8 0 7 2 5 14 27 .279 .332 .410 .742 .291 91 1 4 2 1 2 1
1964 34 TOT NL 18 289 271 40 77 8 0 11 4 5 14 31 .284 .328 .435 .763 .287 118 1 4 4 1 2 2
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 341 306 36 71 10 1 6 10 3 23 37 .232 .290 .330 .620 .244 101 5 3 6 3 2 4
1965 35 CHW AL 14 111 100 12 23 3 0 4 1 0 7 14 .230 .294 .380 .674 .232 38 1 2 2 0 2 1
1965 35 NYM NL 14 230 206 24 48 7 1 2 9 3 16 23 .233 .288 .306 .593 .250 63 4 1 4 3 0 3
12 Yrs 350 9099 8260 960 2123 296 51 197 63 58 616 1099 .257 .314 .377 .691 .275 3112 212 97 84 49 35 128
162 Game Avg. 37 964 875 102 225 31 5 21 7 6 65 116 .257 .314 .377 .691 .275 330 22 10 9 5 14
MLB Averages .255 .323 .387 .709 .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
1954 24 DET AL 0.8 0.1 17 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .22 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.22 0.2 0 1 1
1955 25 DET AL 17.2 1.8 1024 1.2 21.9 -20.7 1.25 1.1 -0.2 19.4 2.0 1.25 15.9 3 1 1
1956 26 DET AL 33.2 3.4 1286 3.0 23.9 -20.8 1.05 2.0 0.9 37.1 3.8 1.05 27.5 1 1 1
1957 27 DET AL -0.2 -0.0 1034 -0.4 19.2 -19.6 1.09 -0.1 -0.3 -2.3 -0.2 1.09 -2.1 4 1 0
1958 28 DET AL 31.9 3.5 1101 1.6 20.9 -19.4 1.11 2.2 -0.8 32.5 3.4 1.11 24.8 4 0 1
1959 29 DET AL 8.3 0.8 951 1.1 17.2 -16.1 1.00 0.7 0.4 1.5 0.2 1.00 2.0 0 0 0
1960 30 DET AL 12.8 1.3 1179 1.3 20.1 -18.9 .99 1.5 -0.2 12.1 1.2 0.99 10.3 1 0 1
1961 31 DET AL 24.4 2.5 1153 3.6 22.3 -18.8 1.06 3.6 -0.2 26.6 2.7 1.06 40.4 0 0 0
1962 32 DET AL -15.3 -1.5 374 -2.3 4.7 -7.0 .82 -1.6 -1.2 -19.1 -1.8 0.82 -16.7 0 1 2
1963 33 DET AL 7.2 0.8 439 0.2 7.3 -7.1 .95 0.8 -0.6 9.6 1.0 0.95 7.0 0 0 2
1964 34 TOT MLB -13.4 -1.4 399 -1.2 5.6 -6.8 .89 -1.5 0.2 -14.1 -1.4 0.88 -15.7 1 1 6
1964 34 TOT NL -7.3 -0.8 306 -0.7 4.0 -4.7 .81 -0.7 -0.2 -8.2 -0.8 0.80 -7.2 0 1 5
1964 34 DET AL -6.1 -0.6 93 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 1.16 -0.8 0.4 -5.9 -0.6 1.16 -8.5 1 0 1
1964 34 NYM NL -6.2 -0.6 252 -0.5 3.4 -3.8 .81 -0.3 -0.3 -6.6 -0.7 0.81 -3.3 0 1 2
1964 34 MLN NL -1.0 -0.1 54 -0.2 0.6 -0.9 .78 -0.4 0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.73 -3.9 0 0 3
1965 35 TOT MLB 0.7 0.1 360 -0.4 4.8 -5.3 .84 0.6 -1.1 1.4 0.2 0.84 3.2 3 5 12
1965 35 NYM NL 2.5 0.3 248 -0.2 3.8 -3.9 .95 0.6 -0.8 2.5 0.3 0.95 5.2 0 3 4
1965 35 CHW AL -1.8 -0.2 112 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .60 -0.0 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.60 -2.0 3 2 8
12 Yrs 107.4 11.4 9317 7.5 167.9 -160.3 1.04 9.2 -2.0 103.7 11.0 1.04 96.8 17 11 27
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
1955 25 DET AL 36 31 13 14 4 3 10 14 17 .452 1 4 16 2 22 71% 52.5 82 20 15 11 11 9 4.3 3.9 7.2
1956 26 DET AL 41 38 21 13 4 3 5 24 14 .632 1 2 20 3 24 63% 55.7 84 14 14 2 23 5 5.5 5.6 7.6
1957 27 DET AL 40 35 11 15 9 2 5 17 18 .486 2 6 12 2 17 49% 50.5 82 13 35 6 19 5 4.4 3.8 6.7
1958 28 DET AL 39 34 16 13 5 1 4 19 15 .559 1 4 19 3 21 62% 56.9 82 28 17 4 22 8 4.3 4.2 7.4
1959 29 DET AL 32 32 17 10 5 3 3 18 14 .563 1 3 11 3 18 56% 53.3 84 24 18 5 16 7 4.7 4.8 7.0
1960 30 DET AL 38 36 15 15 6 3 6 19 17 .528 3 3 15 2 21 58% 54.9 93 25 17 7 18 6 4.6 4.8 7.6
1961 31 DET AL 36 36 23 9 4 2 3 26 10 .722 1 3 22 4 25 69% 56.7 89 18 13 5 13 6 5.7 5.8 7.6
1962 32 DET AL 17 14 2 5 7 0 2 4 10 .286 1 7 2 1 5 36% 42.9 79 14 4 3 1 7 4.2 2.9 5.1
1963 33 DET AL 16 14 4 9 1 0 5 4 10 .286 1 0 6 0 10 71% 56.9 74 27 1 1 0 7 4.5 4.6 7.5
1964 34 TOT MLB 24 14 3 5 6 0 0 5 8 .385 1 4 3 1 3 21% 0.0 85 21 12 5 3 10 4.6 4.0 4.9
1964 34 TOT NL 18 10 3 3 4 0 0 3 6 .333 1 4 3 1 3 30% 45.9 85 21 5 3 2 7 4.7 3.8 5.8
1964 34 DET AL 6 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.5 37 27 7 2 1 3 4.3 5.3 2.7
1964 34 NYM NL 13 8 2 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 1 2 3 1 2 25% 46.4 85 21 4 3 2 5 4.0 3.6 6.2
1964 34 MLN NL 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 1 50% 44.0 49 39 1 0 0 2 7.5 4.5 4.5
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 8 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 .500 1 0 0 0 3 38% 0.0 74 28 10 3 1 5 3.5 3.8 6.2
1965 35 NYM NL 14 7 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 .429 1 0 0 0 3 43% 50.1 74 28 8 3 1 4 3.3 3.4 6.3
1965 35 CHW AL 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.0 41 41 2 0 0 1 4.5 7.2 5.0
11 Yrs 347 292 127 111 54 18 44 154 137 .529 14 36 126 21 169 58% 53 93 13 156 52 127 75 4.7 4.6 7.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4
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

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
1954 24 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 .215 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.7
1955 25 DET AL 36 5 5 1 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 5 2 40% 9 1.250 3 1 1 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 7.2
1956 26 DET AL 41 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0% 7 1.047 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.3
1957 27 DET AL 40 5 3 0 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 8 2 25% 8 1.088 4 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 1 3 2 0 2.8
1958 28 DET AL 39 5 4 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 3 2 67% 6 1.112 4 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 5 0 5 1 6.2
1960 30 DET AL 38 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 .987 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0
1962 32 DET AL 17 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 3 .817 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 8.3
1963 33 DET AL 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .951 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1964 34 TOT MLB 24 10 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% .891 1 1 6 1 1 8 1 9 5 1 5 0 5.6
1964 34 TOT NL 18 8 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 .809 0 1 5 1 0 7 0 8 4 1 4 0 4.3
1964 34 DET AL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.156 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
1964 34 NYM NL 13 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 .815 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 5 3 0 3 0 4.8
1964 34 MLN NL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .776 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 3.3
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 20 7 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 11 2 18% .838 3 5 12 3 2 15 7 13 13 4 13 0 5.2
1965 35 NYM NL 14 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 .953 0 3 4 1 1 5 1 6 5 1 5 0 5.6
1965 35 CHW AL 14 13 4 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 9 2 22% 5 .601 3 2 8 2 1 10 6 7 8 3 8 0 5.0
10 Yrs 282 58 30 1 5 15 11 5 73% 16 1 36 13 36% 1.044 17 11 27 16 7 35 19 39 34 10 35 1 5.3

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%
1954 24 DET AL 17 71% 0.0% 29.4% 17.7% 11.8% 50% 0.25 53% 3 0 0%
1955 25 DET AL 996 55% 1.0% 9.8% 8.9% 5.3% 23% 1.17 79% 213 28 13%
1956 26 DET AL 1268 57% 1.6% 13.0% 9.2% 5.0% 22% 1.04 75% 282 26 9%
1957 27 DET AL 1012 60% 2.3% 10.6% 7.1% 5.6% 23% 1.26 77% 218 35 16%
1958 28 DET AL 1084 55% 1.9% 12.1% 6.3% 5.4% 23% 1.36 78% 220 29 13%
1959 29 DET AL 934 54% 2.5% 14.7% 4.9% 7.7% 32% 1.26 76% 160 21 13%
1960 30 DET AL 1147 60% 2.2% 13.0% 5.4% 6.2% 27% 1.19 77% 195 26 13%
1961 31 DET AL 1127 55% 2.1% 13.0% 5.9% 5.9% 27% 1.31 78% 205 25 12%
1962 32 DET AL 363 59% 4.7% 11.3% 5.8% 7.4% 28% 0.87 75% 77 6 8%
1963 33 DET AL 433 49% 3.5% 10.6% 6.0% 6.7% 32% 1.56 79% 82 8 10%
1964 34 TOT MLB 384 59% 3.7% 9.8% 6.3% 7.4% 28% 0.78 78% 65 3 5%
1964 34 TOT NL 294 58% 3.8% 10.7% 4.8% 6.6% 25% 0.77 80% 45 1 2%
1964 34 DET AL 90 62% 3.3% 6.7% 11.1% 10.0% 38% 0.78 74% 20 2 10%
1964 34 NYM NL 243 56% 2.9% 11.1% 5.8% 6.2% 24% 0.75 78% 34 1 3%
1964 34 MLN NL 51 70% 8.7% 8.7% 0.0% 8.7% 27% 0.93 89% 11 0 0%
1965 35 TOT MLB 341 59% 1.8% 10.9% 6.7% 5.0% 24% 1.37 78% 56 5 9%
1965 35 NYM NL 230 56% 0.9% 10.0% 7.0% 4.4% 21% 1.28 80% 38 4 11%
1965 35 CHW AL 111 65% 3.6% 12.6% 6.3% 6.3% 30% 1.60 74% 18 1 6%
12 Yrs 9106 57% 2.2% 12.1% 6.8% 6.0% 26% 1.20 77% 1776 212 12%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.8% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 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
1954 24 DET AL 17 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 25 DET AL 996 232 10 1 21 6 4 5 5 47 27 9 57% 15 7 2 378 8 12 40% 7 10 1 2 0 0 1 0 21 0
1956 26 DET AL 1266 289 20 1 36 9 11 11 9 57 26 8 46% 20 3 2 502 3 7 30% 3 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 16 2
1957 27 DET AL 1012 250 23 2 15 11 12 12 11 45 25 4 56% 15 5 1 382 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 0
1958 28 DET AL 1084 249 20 0 19 11 9 10 10 47 25 6 53% 12 4 4 406 5 4 56% 4 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0
1959 29 DET AL 934 225 23 0 15 13 10 12 11 34 16 8 47% 12 2 6 323 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1960 30 DET AL 1147 262 25 1 18 17 8 17 8 53 33 8 62% 17 8 5 395 13 3 81% 13 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 0
1961 31 DET AL 1127 252 24 1 13 16 8 14 10 43 25 6 58% 18 6 4 385 5 9 36% 5 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 26 0
1962 32 DET AL 363 98 17 0 9 12 5 9 8 22 12 1 55% 8 2 1 143 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1963 33 DET AL 433 90 15 0 7 5 10 9 6 15 11 2 73% 4 3 1 144 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 34 TOT MLB 379 101 14 0 3 9 5 7 7 13 9 1 69% 3 3 0 142 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 5
1964 34 TOT NL 289 77 11 0 1 7 4 6 5 9 6 1 67% 2 2 0 98 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 5
1964 34 DET AL 90 24 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 34 NYM NL 243 62 7 0 1 4 3 5 2 8 5 1 63% 1 2 0 83 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1964 34 MLN NL 46 15 4 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 15 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1965 35 TOT MLB 341 71 6 0 5 4 2 4 2 22 11 1 50% 4 4 3 115 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1965 35 NYM NL 230 48 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 15 8 1 53% 3 4 2 78 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1965 35 CHW AL 111 23 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 7 3 0 43% 1 0 1 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 9099 2123 197 6 162 113 84 110 87 400 221 54 55% 128 47 29 3322 63 58 52% 61 51 1 5 1 2 16 1 162 7
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+
1954 24 0 0 2.45 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 17 169 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 12.3 1.67 169
1955 25 14 15 .483 3.09 39 31 6 16 2 1 238.2 236 101 82 10 92 3 103 6 0 7 1014 126 1.374 8.9 0.4 3.5 3.9 1.12 126
1956 26 35 28 .556 3.13 80 69 8 36 5 2 532.2 525 217 185 30 208 7 268 18 1 10 2283 129 1.376 8.9 0.5 3.5 4.5 1.29 129
1957 27 46 44 .511 3.39 120 104 11 48 7 5 770.1 775 328 290 53 280 16 375 30 3 15 3295 118 1.370 9.1 0.6 3.3 4.4 1.34 118
1958 28 62 59 .512 3.27 159 138 15 67 10 6 1030.2 1024 419 374 73 348 20 506 42 3 19 4380 123 1.331 8.9 0.6 3.0 4.4 1.45 123
1959 29 79 69 .534 3.32 191 170 15 78 13 6 1253.2 1249 528 462 96 394 24 643 53 4 21 5311 121 1.311 9.0 0.7 2.8 4.6 1.63 121
1960 30 94 84 .528 3.35 229 206 17 93 15 7 1528.0 1511 653 569 121 456 27 792 72 5 29 6459 120 1.287 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.74 120
1961 31 117 93 .557 3.33 265 242 17 115 19 7 1803.1 1763 770 668 145 522 29 938 78 5 35 7586 121 1.267 8.8 0.7 2.6 4.7 1.80 121
1962 32 119 99 .546 3.44 282 256 17 117 20 7 1883.1 1861 829 719 162 543 30 979 82 6 37 7949 117 1.276 8.9 0.8 2.6 4.7 1.80 117
1963 33 123 108 .532 3.43 298 270 17 123 20 7 1990.2 1951 869 758 177 569 30 1025 87 6 40 8382 117 1.266 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.80 117
1964 34 126 113 .527 3.49 322 284 23 126 21 8 2078.1 2052 924 807 191 593 33 1062 94 6 43 8766 114 1.273 8.9 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.79 114
1965 35 128 116 .525 3.49 350 292 30 126 21 11 2162.1 2123 960 838 197 616 35 1099 97 7 47 9107 114 1.267 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.78 114

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
1954 24 0 0 2.25 4.0 4 1 1 0 3 5 0 1.750 9.0 6.8 11.3 1.67 0.0 3
1955 25 15 10 .600 3.32 233.0 244 96 86 11 94 97 6 1.451 9.4 3.6 3.7 1.03 0.4 36
1956 26 21 12 .636 3.05 301.0 294 113 102 20 118 169 12 1.369 8.8 3.5 5.1 1.43 0.6 41
1957 27 12 14 .462 4.31 236.0 266 126 113 24 77 106 13 1.453 10.1 2.9 4.0 1.38 0.9 40
1958 28 19 10 .655 2.97 264.0 259 97 87 21 71 133 12 1.250 8.8 2.4 4.5 1.87 0.7 39
1959 29 14 11 .560 3.51 228.0 231 99 89 24 47 140 11 1.219 9.1 1.9 5.5 2.98 0.9 32
1960 30 18 13 .581 3.50 283.0 273 122 110 26 65 154 20 1.194 8.7 2.1 4.9 2.37 0.8 38
1961 31 18 11 .621 3.17 270.0 247 106 95 24 65 143 6 1.156 8.2 2.2 4.8 2.20 0.8 36
1962 32 3 5 .375 5.44 81.0 96 54 49 17 21 41 4 1.444 10.7 2.3 4.6 1.95 1.9 17
1963 33 6 5 .545 3.58 103.0 92 46 41 15 27 44 5 1.155 8.0 2.4 3.8 1.63 1.3 16
1964 34 3 6 .333 5.93 82.0 105 60 54 15 25 35 7 1.585 11.5 2.7 3.8 1.40 1.6 24
1965 35 4 4 .500 3.99 79.0 75 39 35 6 24 35 3 1.253 8.5 2.7 4.0 1.46 0.7 28
12 Yrs 133 101 .568 3.59 2164.0 2186 959 862 203 637 1102 99 1.305 9.1 4.6 1.73 0.8 350

* 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
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 AL (17, 7%)
1958 AL (23, 1%)
1961 AL (7, 19%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 ML (3, 11%)
0.11 Career Shares (180th)

Gold Gloves
1961 AL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1956 AL  6.4 (4th)
1958 AL  6.4 (2nd)
1960 AL  4.2 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1956 AL  6.0 (3rd)
1958 AL  6.4 (1st)
1960 AL  3.8 (6th)
1961 AL  4.1 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  3.10 (8th)
1956 AL  3.15 (6th)
1958 AL  2.90 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1956 AL  21 (1st)
1958 AL  16 (3rd)
1959 AL  17 (4th)
1960 AL  15 (4th)
1961 AL  23 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 AL  .630 (7th)
1961 AL  .719 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 AL  1.218 (10th)
1960 AL  1.181 (3rd)
1961 AL  1.155 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  2.351 (4th)
1959 AL  1.857 (2nd)
1960 AL  2.034 (4th)
1961 AL  2.157 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  5.529 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 AL  235.0 (5th)
1956 AL  294.0 (1st)
1957 AL  237.7 (7th)
1958 AL  260.3 (1st)
1960 AL  274.3 (1st)
1961 AL  275.3 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 AL  165 (5th)
1959 AL  137 (6th)
1960 AL  149 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1955 AL  31 (6th)
1956 AL  38 (1st)
1957 AL  35 (2nd)
1958 AL  34 (2nd)
1959 AL  32 (6th)
1960 AL  36 (1st)
1961 AL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
1956 AL  20 (3rd)
1957 AL  12 (8th)
1958 AL  19 (1st)
1960 AL  15 (1st)
1961 AL  22 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 AL  3 (7th)
1957 AL  2 (7th)
1958 AL  3 (6th)
1959 AL  3 (4th)
1960 AL  2 (10th)
1961 AL  4 (3rd)
Career  21 (230th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  23 (6th)
1959 AL  23 (10th)
1960 AL  25 (5th)
Career  197 (220th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  89 (8th)
1956 AL  116 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL  232 (3rd)
1956 AL  289 (1st)
1957 AL  250 (3rd)
1958 AL  249 (2nd)
1959 AL  225 (4th)
1960 AL  262 (1st)
1961 AL  252 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 AL  2.978 (1st)
1960 AL  2.403 (3rd)
1961 AL  2.212 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  0.383 (1st)
1956 AL  0.612 (7th)
1958 AL  0.691 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1955 AL  15 (4th)
1956 AL  13 (7th)
1957 AL  16 (4th)
1958 AL  15 (3rd)
1960 AL  15 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  103 (4th)
1957 AL  105 (4th)
1960 AL  107 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (4th)
1957 AL  5 (8th)
1960 AL  8 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  12 (1st)
1957 AL  12 (1st)
1958 AL  12 (1st)
1959 AL  11 (2nd)
1960 AL  19 (1st)
Career  97 (93rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 AL  997 (4th)
1956 AL  1,269 (1st)
1957 AL  1,012 (5th)
1958 AL  1,085 (2nd)
1959 AL  931 (10th)
1960 AL  1,148 (2nd)
1961 AL  1,127 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL  125 (7th)
1956 AL  132 (8th)
1958 AL  139 (2nd)
1961 AL  127 (9th)
Career  114 (234th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  33 (4th)
1958 AL  32 (2nd)
1961 AL  24 (6th)
Career  108 (216th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1956 AL  3.4 (4th)
1958 AL  3.5 (2nd)
1961 AL  2.5 (6th)
Career  11.4 (214th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1956 AL  37.06 (4th)
1958 AL  32.55 (2nd)
1961 AL  26.63 (5th)
Career  103.73 (144th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 AL  3.0 (7th)
1961 AL  3.6 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 AL  2.2 (3rd)
1960 AL  1.5 (9th)
1961 AL  3.6 (2nd)
Career  9.2 (163rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.0 (9th)
1956 AL  3.8 (5th)
1958 AL  3.4 (2nd)
1961 AL  2.7 (5th)
Career  11.0 (141st)

                           

† 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 - 21 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 101 (209), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 38 (355), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Dick Bosman (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doc Medich (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Frank Sullivan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dock Ellis (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Brown (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joaquin Andujar (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joaquin Andujar (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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