Frank Lary
Frank Strong Lary (Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL
School: University of Alabama
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1954
Final Game: September 21, 1965
Relatives: Brother of Al Lary
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 17 152 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 71 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 3 433 114 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 71 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 78 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 52 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 81 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 4 341 102 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 4 230 117 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 Seasons 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 93 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 81 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 92 1.220 8.9 0.9 2.1 3.8 1.80

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1960 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 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*

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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
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
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
1956 26 DET AL 41 1268 1126 116 289 37 6 20 3 7 116 165 .257 .331 .353 .685 .284 398 26 12 9 5 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1964 34 TOT NL 18 294 271 40 77 8 0 11 4 5 14 31 .284 .328 .435 .763 .287 118 1 4 4 1 2
1964 34 MLN NL 5 51 49 7 15 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 .306 .306 .551 .857 .268 27 0 0 2 0 0
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
1964 34 TOT MLB 24 384 347 55 101 14 0 14 6 5 24 37 .291 .348 .452 .801 .293 157 3 7 5 1 3
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
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
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
12 Seasons 350 9106 8260 960 2123 296 51 197 63 58 616 1099 .257 .314 .377 .691 .275 3112 212 97 84 49 35
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
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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% 53 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% 56 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 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% 57 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 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% 55 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% 57 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% 43 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% 57 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% 42 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% 46 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% 33 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 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 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% 49 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 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 41 41 2 0 0 1 4.5 7.2 5.0
11 Seasons 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
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*

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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 0.262 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 1.259 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 1.053 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 1.095 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 1.126 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 0.995 1 1 0 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 0.830 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 0.960 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% 0.918 1 1 6 1 1 7 1 8 5 1 4 0 5.6
1964 34 TOT NL 18 8 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0.846 0 1 5 1 0 6 0 7 4 1 3 0 4.3
1964 34 DET AL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.144 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 0.848 0 1 3 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 0.837 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3.3
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 20 7 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 11 2 18% 0.875 4 6 10 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 0.963 1 2 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 0.694 3 4 6 2 1 10 6 7 8 3 8 0 5.0
10 Seasons 282 58 30 1 5 15 11 5 73% 16 1 36 13 36% 1.055 18 13 24 16 7 34 19 38 34 10 34 1 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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 29% 0.0% 29.4% 17.7% 11.8% 50% 0.25 53% 3 0 0%
1955 25 DET AL 996 45% 1.0% 9.8% 8.9% 5.3% 23% 1.17 79% 213 28 13%
1956 26 DET AL 1268 43% 1.6% 13.0% 9.2% 5.0% 22% 1.04 75% 282 26 9%
1957 27 DET AL 1012 40% 2.3% 10.6% 7.1% 5.6% 23% 1.26 77% 218 35 16%
1958 28 DET AL 1084 45% 1.9% 12.1% 6.3% 5.4% 23% 1.36 78% 220 29 13%
1959 29 DET AL 934 46% 2.5% 14.7% 4.9% 7.7% 32% 1.26 76% 160 21 13%
1960 30 DET AL 1147 40% 2.2% 13.0% 5.4% 6.2% 27% 1.19 77% 195 26 13%
1961 31 DET AL 1127 45% 2.1% 13.0% 5.9% 5.9% 27% 1.31 78% 205 25 12%
1962 32 DET AL 363 41% 4.7% 11.3% 5.8% 7.4% 28% 0.87 75% 77 6 8%
1963 33 DET AL 433 51% 3.5% 10.6% 6.0% 6.7% 32% 1.56 79% 82 8 10%
1964 34 TOT MLB 384 41% 3.7% 9.6% 6.3% 7.3% 28% 0.78 77% 64 3 5%
1964 34 TOT NL 294 42% 3.7% 10.5% 4.8% 6.5% 25% 0.77 78% 44 1 2%
1964 34 DET AL 90 38% 3.3% 6.7% 11.1% 10.0% 38% 0.78 74% 20 2 10%
1964 34 NYM NL 243 44% 2.9% 11.1% 5.8% 6.2% 24% 0.75 78% 34 1 3%
1964 34 MLN NL 51 33% 7.8% 7.8% 0.0% 7.8% 27% 0.93 80% 10 0 0%
1965 35 TOT MLB 341 41% 1.8% 10.9% 6.7% 5.0% 24% 1.37 78% 56 5 9%
1965 35 NYM NL 230 44% 0.9% 10.0% 7.0% 4.4% 21% 1.28 80% 38 4 11%
1965 35 CHW AL 111 35% 3.6% 12.6% 6.3% 6.3% 30% 1.60 74% 18 1 6%
12 Seasons 9106 43% 2.2% 12.1% 6.8% 6.0% 26% 1.20 77% 1775 212 12%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 1 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 3 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 2 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 376 101 14 0 3 9 5 7 7 13 9 1 69% 3 3 0 141 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 8
1964 34 TOT NL 286 77 11 0 1 7 4 6 5 9 6 1 67% 2 2 0 97 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 8
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 43 15 4 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 14 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 Seasons 9096 2123 197 6 162 113 84 110 87 400 221 54 55% 128 47 29 3321 63 58 52% 61 51 1 5 1 2 20 1 162 10
MLB Averages
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

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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 17 152 1.909 9.8 0.0 7.4 12.3 1.67 152
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 125 1.374 8.9 0.4 3.5 3.9 1.12 125
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 117 1.370 9.1 0.6 3.3 4.4 1.34 117
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 122 1.331 8.9 0.6 3.0 4.4 1.45 122
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 119 1.287 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.74 119
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

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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 3.31 234.0 242 96 86 10 93 98 6 1.432 9.3 3.6 3.8 1.05 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 2.98 263.0 260 97 87 21 71 132 13 1.259 8.9 2.4 4.5 1.86 0.7 39
1959 29 14 11 .560 3.51 228.0 232 99 89 24 47 140 11 1.224 9.2 1.9 5.5 2.98 0.9 32
1960 30 17 14 .548 3.50 283.0 275 122 110 26 65 154 20 1.201 8.7 2.1 4.9 2.37 0.8 38
1961 31 18 11 .621 3.18 269.0 248 106 95 24 65 143 6 1.164 8.3 2.2 4.8 2.20 0.8 36
1962 32 3 5 .375 5.51 80.0 99 54 49 17 21 41 4 1.500 11.1 2.4 4.6 1.95 1.9 17
1963 33 6 5 .545 3.58 103.0 93 46 41 16 27 44 5 1.165 8.1 2.4 3.8 1.63 1.4 16
1964 34 3 6 .333 5.93 82.0 106 60 54 15 25 35 7 1.598 11.6 2.7 3.8 1.40 1.6 24
1965 35 4 4 .500 4.10 79.0 76 40 36 6 25 35 3 1.278 8.7 2.8 4.0 1.40 0.7 28
12 Seasons 132 102 .564 3.59 2162.0 2195 960 863 203 637 1102 100 1.310 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *

Gold Gloves
1961-AL-P

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-AL-17-7%
1958-AL-23-1%
1961-AL-7-19%
0.27 Career Shares (624th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-ML--3--11%
0.11 Career Shares (171st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL--3.102--8th
1956 AL--3.153--6th
1958 AL--2.904--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--201st

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--.383--1st
1956 AL--.612--7th
1958 AL--.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--69th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 AL--997--4th
1956 AL--1269--1st
1957 AL--1012--5th
1958 AL--1085--2nd
1959 AL--931--10th
1960 AL--1148--2nd
1961 AL--1127--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--233rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 21 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 101 (205), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 38 (347), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joaquin Andujar (964)
  2. Dock Ellis (962)
  3. Nelson Briles (962)
  4. Ray Caldwell (955)
  5. Mike Scott (955)
  6. Howie Pollet (952)
  7. John Denny (952)
  8. Dave Goltz (951)
  9. Bob Purkey (950)
  10. Steve Gromek (950)
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  1. Cy Barger (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Horlen (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Wayne Garland (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  11. Joaquin Andujar (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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