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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Mets/WhiteSox/Braves 1954-1965

Final Game: September 21, 1965 (Age 35)
Relatives: Brother of Al Lary
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 5:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #334. Mike Moore… #335. Tom Gordon… #336. Curt Davis… #337. FRANK LARY… #338. Frank Dwyer… #339. A.J. Burnett… #340. Ken Forsch… 

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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
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 (v2.2): 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 98.8 4.84 1 0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .537 .501
1955 25 DET AL 235.0 36 31 100 3.83 4.35 -0.01 0.00 97.8 4.26 9 0.9 3.4 -0.1 2.8 31 .526 .506
1956 26 DET AL 294.0 41 38 116 3.55 4.68 -0.06 0.00 100.1 4.75 37 3.9 2.0 -0.2 6.2 64 .596 .524 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 2.0 19 .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 6.7 58 .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 2.1 19 .511 .502
1960 30 DET AL 274.1 38 36 125 4.10 4.49 0.05 0.08 102.1 4.61 18 2.0 1.8 -0.1 4.2 38 .554 .513 $26,000 AS
1961 31 DET AL 275.1 36 36 117 3.82 4.63 0.37 0.08 102.7 4.45 21 2.2 -0.1 4.3 43 .561 .514 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 32 DET AL 80.0 17 14 59 6.64 4.61 -0.11 0.05 100.7 4.80 -15 -1.5 .8 -0.0 -0.8 -10 .413 .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 1.7 15 .556 .506
1964 34 DET AL 18.0 6 4 15 7.50 3.90 0.46 -0.02 101.3 3.46 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .371 .495
1964 34 NYM NL 57.1 13 8 33 5.18 4.06 -0.28 0.03 101.7 4.45 -5 -0.6 .3 -0.0 0.0 1 .456 .496 $30,000
1964 34 MLN NL 12.1 5 2 7 5.11 3.93 -0.10 0.00 100.0 4.02 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.0 -0 .465 .499
1965 35 NYM NL 57.1 14 7 24 3.77 4.15 -0.08 0.01 96.1 4.07 2 0.2 .6 -0.1 0.8 7 .516 .501
1965 35 CHW AL 26.2 14 1 12 4.05 3.97 0.35 -0.12 90.5 3.17 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .479 .498 $28,000
12 Seasons 2162.1 350 292 960 4.00 4.41 0.10 0.02 101.8 4.42 105 12.1 1.5 -1.1 29.2 278 .534 .505 $124,000
DET (11 yrs) 2008.2 304 274 884 3.96 4.44 0.11 0.03 102.1 4.44 113 12.9 2.2 -0.9 28.6 271 .542 .507 $66,000
NYM (2 yrs) 114.2 27 15 57 4.47 4.11 -0.18 0.02 98.9 4.26 -3 -0.3 .5 -0.1 0.8 8 .487 .499 $30,000
MLN (1 yr) 12.1 5 2 7 5.11 3.93 -0.10 0.00 100.0 4.02 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.0 -0 .465 .499
CHW (1 yr) 26.2 14 1 12 4.05 3.97 0.35 -0.12 90.5 3.17 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .479 .498 $28,000

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 24 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 25 DET AL 36 91 82 4 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 29 .195 .233 .220 .452 24 18 1 0 5 0 0 1
1956 26 DET AL 41 119 103 14 19 2 0 1 12 0 0 8 25 .184 .239 .233 .472 25 24 5 0 6 2 0 1 MVP-17
1957 27 DET AL 40 86 73 4 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 22 .123 .147 .151 .297 -19 11 2 0 9 0 0 1
1958 28 DET AL 39 100 88 6 15 1 1 1 6 0 2 3 20 .170 .198 .239 .436 17 21 2 0 9 0 0 1 MVP-23
1959 29 DET AL 32 92 80 7 10 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 26 .125 .167 .200 .367 -2 16 1 0 8 0 0 1
1960 30 DET AL 39 108 93 11 17 4 1 2 13 0 0 7 32 .183 .240 .312 .552 46 29 1 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1961 31 DET AL 42 115 108 13 25 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 27 .231 .259 .278 .537 42 30 2 1 3 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 32 DET AL 22 26 24 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 .167 .231 .250 .481 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 33 DET AL 16 38 35 2 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 10 .229 .250 .286 .536 48 10 1 0 2 0 0 1
1964 34 TOT MLB 24 33 27 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .074 .219 .074 .293 -12 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 TOT NL 18 25 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .100 .250 .100 .350 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 DET AL 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 34 NYM NL 13 22 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .118 .286 .118 .403 21 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1964 34 MLN NL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 35 TOT MLB 28 22 21 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .238 .238 .238 .476 38 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 35 NYM NL 14 19 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .211 .421 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 35 CHW AL 14 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 195 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 Yrs 362 830 734 68 130 12 6 6 54 0 2 39 211 .177 .219 .234 .453 22 172 16 1 52 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 371 328 30 58 5 3 3 24 0 1 17 94 .177 .219 .234 .453 22 77 7 0 23 1
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 316 783 693 64 123 12 6 6 51 0 2 35 201 .177 .218 .238 .456 22 165 15 1 50 2 0
NYM (2 yrs) 27 41 36 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 .167 .250 .167 .417 23 6 1 0 1 0 0
MLN (1 yr) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 14 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 195 1 0 0 1 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 330 786 695 64 124 12 6 6 53 0 2 35 201 .178 .218 .239 .457 23 166 15 1 51 2 0
NL (2 yrs) 32 44 39 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 .154 .233 .154 .386 14 6 1 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 24 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1955 25 DET AL 36 91 -9 -1 0 0 9 -0 -0.0 3 3 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 3 1
1956 26 DET AL 41 119 -9 0 -0 0 13 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .509 .502 0.4 0.0 7 1 MVP-17
1957 27 DET AL 40 86 -13 -0 0 0 9 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -1 1
1958 28 DET AL 39 100 -9 -1 0 0 11 0 0.0 3 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 1 MVP-23
1959 29 DET AL 32 92 -10 -0 -0 0 11 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.0 3 1
1960 30 DET AL 39 108 -8 -0 0 0 12 5 0.4 3 8 0.4 .512 .503 0.5 -0.0 8 $26,000 1 AS
1961 31 DET AL 42 115 -8 -0 0 0 13 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 -0.0 9 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 32 DET AL 22 26 -3 -0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $40,000 1
1963 33 DET AL 16 38 -3 -0 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 1
1964 34 DET AL 6 8 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .489 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 /1
1964 34 NYM NL 13 22 -2 -0 -0 0 3 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $30,000 1
1964 34 MLN NL 5 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
1965 35 NYM NL 14 19 -2 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 2 1
1965 35 CHW AL 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $28,000 1
12 Seasons 362 830 -77 -3 1 0 92 13 1.2 26 39 1.2 .504 .501 1.3 -0.1 39 $124,000
DET (11 yrs) 316 783 -73 -3 1 0 86 11 1.0 24 35 1.0 .504 .501 1.1 -0.1 35 $66,000
NYM (2 yrs) 27 41 -4 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 2 3 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $30,000
MLN (1 yr) 5 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0
CHW (1 yr) 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $28,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1954 DET AL 24 P 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 2.00 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 25 P 36 31 16 235.0 63 14 46 3 4 .952 2.30 1.67 .956 1.99 1.97 8 12 60% 47% 1
1956 DET AL 26 P 41 38 20 294.0 63 15 45 3 3 .952 1.84 1.46 .950 1.92 1.91 3 7 70% 44% 1 MVP-17
1957 DET AL 27 P 40 35 12 237.2 58 14 43 1 4 .983 2.16 1.43 .963 1.99 2.00 5 6 55% 47% 3
1958 DET AL 28 P 39 34 19 260.1 60 20 39 1 1 .983 2.04 1.51 .963 1.95 1.93 5 4 44% 47% 1 MVP-23
1959 DET AL 29 P 32 32 11 223.0 52 15 34 3 1 .942 1.98 1.53 .955 2.05 2.03 4 7 64% 40% 1
1960 DET AL 30 P 38 36 15 274.1 55 14 37 4 2 .927 1.67 1.34 .967 1.96 1.95 13 3 19% 40% 0 AS
1961 DET AL 31 P 36 36 22 275.1 88 32 55 1 5 .989 2.84 2.42 .954 2.05 2.02 5 9 64% 36% 2 AS,CYA-3,MVP-7,GG
1962 DET AL 32 P 17 14 2 80.0 18 7 8 3 0 .833 1.69 0.88 .958 2.08 2.07 3 1 25% 36% 1
1963 DET AL 33 P 16 14 6 107.1 40 26 14 0 1 1.000 3.35 2.50 .955 1.99 2.00 1 1 50% 32% 0
1964 TOT MLB 34 P 24 14 3 87.2 25 11 13 1 1 .960 2.46 1.00 .953 2.08 2.07 6 5 45% 39% 0
1964 TOT NL 34 P 18 10 3 69.2 24 11 12 1 1 .958 2.97 1.28 .953 2.13 2.13 4 5 56% 39% 0
1964 DET AL 34 P 6 4 0 18.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0.17 .960 1.90 1.88 2 0 0% 37% 0
1964 NYM NL 34 P 13 8 3 57.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 2.20 1.08 .953 2.13 2.13 2 5 71% 39% 0
1964 MLN NL 34 P 5 2 0 12.1 10 4 5 1 0 .900 6.57 1.80 .953 2.12 2.12 2 0 0% 40% 0
1965 TOT MLB 35 P 28 8 0 84.0 24 6 17 1 1 .958 2.46 0.82 .955 2.07 2.05 10 3 23% 36% 1
1965 NYM NL 35 P 14 7 0 57.1 18 6 11 1 1 .944 2.67 1.21 .956 2.07 2.08 9 3 25% 36% 1
1965 CHW AL 35 P 14 1 0 26.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.43 .952 2.06 2.03 1 0 0% 34% 0
12 Seasons P 350 292 126 2162.1 546 174 351 21 23 .962 2.19 1.50 .957 2.00 1.99 63 58 48% 41% 11
12 Seasons TOT 350 292 126 2162.1 546 174 351 21 23 .962 2.19 1.50 .957 2.00 1.99 63 58 48% 41% 11
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (647th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 ML (3, 11%)
0.11 Career Shares (185th)

Gold Gloves
1961 AL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1956 AL  6.6 (4th)
1958 AL  6.7 (2nd)
1960 AL  4.6 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1956 AL  6.2 (3rd)
1958 AL  6.7 (1st)
1960 AL  4.2 (5th)
1961 AL  4.3 (5th)

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 (221st)

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 (95th)

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 (7th)
1958 AL  139 (2nd)
1961 AL  127 (8th)
Career  114 (235th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  33 (4th)
1958 AL  32 (2nd)
1961 AL  24 (6th)
Career  108 (213th)

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 (212th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 AL  19.20 (10th)
1956 AL  36.75 (4th)
1958 AL  32.55 (2nd)
1961 AL  26.30 (5th)
Career  103.94 (142nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 AL  3.0 (7th)
1961 AL  3.5 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1958 AL  2.2 (3rd)
1960 AL  1.6 (6th)
1961 AL  3.5 (2nd)
Career  9.2 (167th)

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  9 (8th)
1958 AL  9 (7th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (5th)
1958 AL  20 (1st)
1961 AL  32 (1st)
1963 AL  26 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1955 AL  46 (2nd)
1958 AL  39 (5th)
1961 AL  55 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1955 AL  3 (4th)
1959 AL  3 (3rd)
1960 AL  4 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.30 (5th)
1961 AL  2.84 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1958 AL  1.51 (4th)
1961 AL  2.42 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 101 (211), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 38 (359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (626), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (261st), 30.4 career WAR/29.4 7yr-peak WAR/29.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joaquin Andujar (964)
  2. Dock Ellis (962)
  3. Nelson Briles (962)
  4. Mike Scott (955)
  5. Ray Caldwell (953)
  6. Howie Pollet (952)
  7. John Denny (952)
  8. Dave Goltz (951)
  9. Bob Purkey (950)
  10. Steve Gromek (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Noodles Hahn (986)
  2. George Mogridge (985)
  3. Andy Messersmith (983)
  4. Bob Harmon (982)
  5. Billy Rhines (981)
  6. Dick Ruthven (981)
  7. Johnny Allen (980)
  8. Ray Kremer (980)
  9. Hank Borowy (980)
  10. Syl Johnson (979)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lefty Grove (989) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Warren Spahn (992) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lew Burdette (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lew Burdette (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rick Reuschel (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rick Reuschel (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196030Detroit Tigers$26,0003/2/60 AP
196232Detroit Tigers$40,0001/12/63 TSN
196434New York Mets$30,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196535Chicago White Sox$28,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$124,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
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Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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