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Bill Laskey

William Alan Laskey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 20, 1957 in Toledo, OH
High School: Woodward HS (Toledo, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1982
Teams (by GP): Giants/Indians/Expos 1982-1988

Final Game: August 13, 1988
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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
1978	20	KCR-min	AA,Rk	4	4	.500	3.24	11	7		0	0	0	50.0	36	21	18	6	26	1	13	0	0	0			1.240	6.5	1.1	4.7	2.3	0.50	JCK,ROY · SOUL,GULF
1979	21	KCR-min	AA,A	11	7	.611	2.89	28	28		3	1	0	190.0	149	68	61	13	81	0	53	5	0	4			1.211	7.1	0.6	3.8	2.5	0.65	JCK,FTM · SOUL,FLOR
1980	22	KCR-min	AAA	5	8	.385	4.16	27	22		3	1	0	145.0	155	81	67	17	72	2	77	3	2	6			1.566	9.6	1.1	4.5	4.8	1.07	OMA · AA
1981	23	KCR-min	AAA	10	8	.556	3.91	23	22	1	7	1	0	138.0	136	67	60	10	52	3	87	0	0	0			1.362	8.9	0.7	3.4	5.7	1.67	OMA · AA
1982	24	SFG-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	12	5	2	1	2	0	10	0	0	0			1.000	7.7	0.6	1.3	6.4	5.00	PHX · PCL
1982	24	SFG	NL	13	12	.520	3.14	32	31	0	7	1	0	189.1	186	74	66	14	43	2	88	2	2	2	781	114	1.210	8.8	0.7	2.0	4.2	2.05
1983	25	SFG	NL	13	10	.565	4.19	25	25	0	1	0	0	148.1	151	75	69	18	45	4	81	3	1	0	627	85	1.321	9.2	1.1	2.7	4.9	1.80
1984	26	SFG	NL	9	14	.391	4.33	35	34	0	2	0	0	207.2	222	112	100	20	50	6	71	6	1	5	883	81	1.310	9.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.42
1985	27	TOT	NL	5	16	.238	4.91	30	26	3	0	0	0	148.1	165	91	81	19	53	1	60	2	1	3	656	71	1.470	10.0	1.2	3.2	3.6	1.13
1985	27	SFG	NL	5	11	.313	3.55	19	19	0	0	0	0	114.0	110	55	45	10	39	0	42	0	1	2	485	98	1.307	8.7	0.8	3.1	3.3	1.08
1985	27	MON	NL	0	5	.000	9.44	11	7	3	0	0	0	34.1	55	36	36	9	14	1	18	2	0	1	171	37	2.010	14.4	2.4	3.7	4.7	1.29
1986	28	SFG-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.43	14	13	0	2	0	0	86.2	101	40	33	3	22	2	47	1	0	1			1.419	10.5	0.3	2.3	4.9	2.14	PHX · PCL
1986	28	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	4.28	20	0	7	0	0	1	27.1	28	14	13	5	13	1	8	0	0	0	117	84	1.500	9.2	1.6	4.3	2.6	0.62

1987	29	DET-min	AAA	12	6	.667	3.86	56	0	27	0	0	3	100.1	90	51	43	12	31	4	73	4	0	2			1.206	8.1	1.1	2.8	6.5	2.35	TOL · IL
1988	30	CLE-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.61	12	0	3	0	0	2	25.2	38	22	16	3	6	0	15	0	1	1			1.714	13.3	1.1	2.1	5.3	2.50	CSP · PCL
1988	30	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	5.18	17	0	6	0	0	1	24.1	32	16	14	0	6	0	17	0	3	0	110	80	1.562	11.8	0.0	2.2	6.3	2.83
1989	31	KCR-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.38	14	13	1	0	0	0	77.1	83	38	29	3	20	0	53	1	4	0			1.332	9.7	0.3	2.3	6.2	2.65	OMA · AA
1990	32	ATL-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.79	49	1	33	0	0	14	87.0	83	32	27	6	29	5	60	2	0	3			1.287	8.6	0.6	3.0	6.2	2.07	RMD · IL
1991	33	TEX-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.40	31	0	13	0	0	2	47.0	50	29	23	2	30	4	33	0	0	1	216		1.702	9.6	0.4	5.7	6.3	1.10	OKC · AA
6 Yrs				42	53	.442	4.14	159	116	16	10	1	2	745.1	784	382	343	76	210	14	325	13	8	10	3174	86	1.334	9.5	0.9	2.5	3.9	1.55
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.442	4.14	39	29	4	2	0	0	184	194	94	85	19	52	3	80	3	2	2	785	86	1.334	9.5	0.9	2.5	3.9	1.55

SFG (5 yrs)				41	48	.461	3.84	131	109	7	10	1	1	686.2	697	330	293	67	190	13	290	11	5	9	2893	92	1.292	9.1	0.9	2.5	3.8	1.53
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.18	17	0	6	0	0	1	24.1	32	16	14	0	6	0	17	0	3	0	110	80	1.562	11.8	0.0	2.2	6.3	2.83
MON (1 yr)				0	5	.000	9.44	11	7	3	0	0	0	34.1	55	36	36	9	14	1	18	2	0	1	171	37	2.010	14.4	2.4	3.7	4.7	1.29

NL (5 yrs)				41	53	.436	4.11	142	116	10	10	1	1	721.0	752	366	329	76	204	14	308	13	5	10	3064	86	1.326	9.4	0.9	2.5	3.8	1.51
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.18	17	0	6	0	0	1	24.1	32	16	14	0	6	0	17	0	3	0	110	80	1.562	11.8	0.0	2.2	6.3	2.83

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
1982	24	SFG	NL	189.1	32	31	74	3.52	4.08	-0.43	0.14	99.6	4.63	21	2.5	.4	-0.1	3.9	41	.578	.516	$
1983	25	SFG	NL	148.1	25	25	75	4.55	4.09	-0.22	0.14	98.3	4.37	-3	-0.4		-0.1	0.8	11	.485	.498	$
1984	26	SFG	NL	207.2	35	34	112	4.85	4.01	-0.71	0.14	98.3	4.77	-4	-0.5	1.5	-0.1	1.1	18	.487	.497	$
1985	27	SFG	NL	114.0	19	19	55	4.34	4.12	-0.30	0.14	96.6	4.40	0	0.0		-0.1	0.9	12	.500	.500	$355,000
1985	27	MON	NL	34.1	11	7	36	9.44	3.80	0.05	0.08	92.2	3.53	-23	-2.1	.2	0.1	-1.7	-19	.310	.487	$
1986	28	SFG	NL	27.1	20	0	14	4.61	4.22	0.44	-0.33	95.4	3.30	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.478	.497	$

1988	30	CLE	AL	24.1	17	0	16	5.92	4.45	-0.29	-0.36	101.9	4.47	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.476	.497	$
6 Seasons				745.1	159	116	382	4.61	4.07	-0.39	0.10	98.1	4.48	-17	-1.3	1.0	-0.4	4.4	60	.492	.499	$355,000

SFG (5 yrs)				686.2	131	109	330	4.33	4.07	-0.41	0.12	98.2	4.53	9	1.2	1.0	-0.4	6.4	81	.509	.502	$355,000
CLE (1 yr)				24.1	17	0	16	5.92	4.45	-0.29	-0.36	101.9	4.47	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.476	.497	$
MON (1 yr)				34.1	11	7	36	9.44	3.80	0.05	0.08	92.2	3.53	-23	-2.1	.2	0.1	-1.7	-19	.310	.487	$

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
1982	24	SFG	NL	32	781	714	74	186	34	9	14	19	10	43	88	.261	.302	.392	.695	.279	280	13	2	17	5	2	9
1983	25	SFG	NL	25	627	568	75	151	27	2	18	17	7	45	81	.266	.321	.415	.736	.281	236	8	3	7	4	4	8
1984	26	SFG	NL	35	883	813	112	222	51	2	20	18	13	50	71	.273	.317	.415	.732	.277	337	13	6	6	8	6	13
1985	27	TOT	NL	30	656	583	91	165	36	2	19	25	5	53	60	.283	.342	.449	.792	.287	262	14	2	13	5	1	11
1985	27	MON	NL	11	171	152	36	55	9	1	9	5	1	14	18	.362	.420	.612	1.032	.365	93	3	2	2	1	1	1
1985	27	SFG	NL	19	485	431	55	110	27	1	10	20	4	39	42	.255	.314	.392	.706	.261	169	11	0	11	4	0	10
1986	28	SFG	NL	20	117	102	14	28	3	0	5	3	0	13	8	.275	.353	.451	.804	.256	46	5	0	1	1	1	0

1988	30	CLE	AL	17	110	100	16	32	7	1	0	2	0	6	17	.320	.349	.410	.759	.372	41	0	0	1	3	0	2
6 Yrs				159	3174	2880	382	784	158	16	76	84	35	210	325	.272	.322	.417	.739	.283	1202	53	13	45	26	14	43
162 Game Avg.				39	785	712	94	194	39	4	19	21	9	52	80	.272	.322	.417	.739	.283	297	13	3	11	6	3	11
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.392	.716	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	24	SFG	NL	9.7	1.0	816	1.8	14.3	-12.5	1.02	0.4	1.4	13.8	1.5	1.02	1.5	0	0	1
1983	25	SFG	NL	-8.9	-0.9	654	-0.0	10.2	-10.3	.91	-0.7	0.7	-7.0	-0.7	0.91	-10.1	0	0	0
1984	26	SFG	NL	-18.3	-1.9	923	-2.5	14.6	-17.0	.99	-2.1	-0.4	-18.3	-1.9	0.99	-21.3	1	0	0
1985	27	TOT	NL	-24.8	-2.4	691	-2.9	10.1	-13.0	.96	-2.8	-0.2	-23.7	-2.3	0.96	-25.0	0	0	4
1985	27	SFG	NL	-3.0	-0.3	512	-1.1	7.8	-8.8	.95	-0.8	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-5.7	0	0	0
1985	27	MON	NL	-21.8	-2.1	179	-1.8	2.4	-4.2	.98	-2.0	0.2	-19.6	-1.9	0.98	-19.3	0	0	4
1986	28	SFG	NL	-1.9	-0.2	121	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	.72	-0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.72	-2.1	5	4	10

1988	30	CLE	AL	-2.9	-0.3	115	0.2	0.8	-0.6	.39	-0.3	0.7	-4.8	-0.5	0.39	-2.1	4	3	9
6 Yrs				-47.1	-4.6	3320	-3.6	51.6	-55.1	.94	-5.9	2.1	-40.3	-3.9	0.94	-59.1	10	7	24

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
1982	24	SFG	NL	32	31	13	12	6	2	6	18	13	.581	3	1	7	1	21	68%	53.4	82	27	21	9	1	8	4.4	4.5	6.1
1983	25	SFG	NL	25	25	13	10	2	3	4	14	12	.538	0	0	1	0	14	56%	49.7	74	12	17	6	2	11	4.5	4.8	5.9
1984	26	SFG	NL	35	34	8	14	12	2	5	15	19	.441	5	8	2	0	19	56%	47.6	69	17	20	5	9	9	3.7	3.2	6.1
1985	27	TOT	NL	30	26	5	16	5	3	7	8	18	.308	1	2	0	0	12	46%	44.8	69	16	24	8	1	13	3.1	3.0	5.6
1985	27	SFG	NL	19	19	5	11	3	3	7	7	12	.368	0	1	0	0	11	58%	49.6	69	16	17	5	1	10	2.9	2.5	6.0
1985	27	MON	NL	11	7	0	5	2	0	0	1	6	.143	1	1	0	0	1	14%	31.7	52	16	7	3	0	3	3.9	5.1	4.3
4 Yrs				122	116	39	52	25	10	22	55	62	.470	9	11	10	1	66	57%	49	82	12	82	28	13	41	3.9	3.8	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.4	4.3	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1982	24	SFG	NL	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	1.018	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.0
1983	25	SFG	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	.912	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1984	26	SFG	NL	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.991	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1985	27	TOT	NL	30	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.960	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	1	1	1	0	3.0
1985	27	MON	NL	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.981	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	1	1	1	0	3.0
1986	28	SFG	NL	20	20	7	1	1	1	1	0	100%	3	2	15	4	27%	5	.716	5	4	10	4	2	14	8	12	8	4	10	2	4.1

1988	30	CLE	AL	17	17	6	1	0	1	1	0	100%	3	1	23	11	48%	8	.389	4	3	9	3	2	12	12	5	9	6	9	1	4.3	21
6 Yrs				140	43	16	3	1	2	2	0	100%	6	3	39	15	38%		.943	10	7	24	7	5	31	21	22	18	13	20	3	3.9	21

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%
1982	24	SFG	NL	781	51%	1.8%	11.3%	5.5%	7.3%	31%		0.78	79%				134	13	10%
1983	25	SFG	NL	627	49%	2.9%	12.9%	7.2%	7.5%	31%		0.73	75%				98	8	8%
1984	26	SFG	NL	883	44%	2.3%	8.0%	5.7%	8.3%	33%		0.56	83%				137	13	9%
1985	27	TOT	NL	656	48%	2.9%	9.2%	8.1%	8.7%	35%		1.17	78%				110	14	13%
1985	27	SFG	NL	485	47%	2.1%	8.7%	8.0%	7.8%	35%		1.18	79%				73	11	15%
1985	27	MON	NL	171	53%	5.3%	10.5%	8.2%	11.1%	35%		1.15	74%				37	3	8%
1986	28	SFG	NL	117	46%	4.3%	6.8%	11.1%	6.8%	29%		1.55	77%				27	5	19%

1988	30	CLE	AL	110	65%	0.0%	15.5%	5.5%	7.3%	25%	0.89	0.75	78%	22%	0.0%	44%	21	0	0%
6 Yrs				3174	48%	2.4%	10.2%	6.6%	7.9%	32%	0.89	0.78	79%	22%	0.0%	44%	527	53	10%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.3%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	CLE	AL	110	361	3.28	248	69%	24%	15%	26%	35%	76%	0%	52%	80%	59%	3%	3	2	20%	22	12	2	6%	2	1	0	0	0
1 Yr				110	361	3.28	248	69%	24%	15%	26%	35%	76%	0%	52%	80%	59%	3%	3	2	20%	22	12	2	6%	2	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

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
1982	24	SFG	NL	781	186			14	0	9	10	4	8	6	50	23	7	46%	9	2	1	281	19	10	66%	18	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
1983	25	SFG	NL	627	151			18	0	6	8	10	7	11	18	12	4	67%	8	0	1	225	17	7	71%	16	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	0
1984	26	SFG	NL	883	222			20	1	13	10	10	11	9	38	25	3	66%	13	5	2	323	18	13	58%	18	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
1985	27	TOT	NL	656	165			19	0	13	11	8	9	10	29	14	4	48%	11	3	1	233	25	5	83%	24	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
1985	27	SFG	NL	485	110			10	0	6	5	5	3	7	15	10	1	67%	10	2	0	169	20	4	83%	19	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
1985	27	MON	NL	171	55			9	0	7	6	3	6	3	14	4	3	29%	1	1	1	64	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1986	28	SFG	NL	117	28			5	0	4	1	4	0	5	6	2	1	33%	0	0	1	47	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1988	30	CLE	AL	110	32	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	14	8	3	57%	2	0	0	41	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
6 Yrs				3174	784	8	0	76	1	49	40	36	35	41	155	84	22	54%	43	10	6	1150	84	35	71%	81	34	2	1	1	0	2	0	60	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

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+
1982	24	13	12	.520	3.14	32	31	0	7	1	0	189.1	186	74	66	14	43	2	88	2	2	2	781	114	1.210	8.8	0.7	2.0	4.2	2.05	114
1983	25	26	22	.542	3.60	57	56	0	8	1	0	337.2	337	149	135	32	88	6	169	5	3	2	1408	99	1.259	9.0	0.9	2.3	4.5	1.92	99
1984	26	35	36	.493	3.88	92	90	0	10	1	0	545.1	559	261	235	52	138	12	240	11	4	7	2291	92	1.278	9.2	0.9	2.3	4.0	1.74	92
1985	27	40	52	.435	4.10	122	116	3	10	1	0	693.2	724	352	316	71	191	13	300	13	5	10	2947	86	1.319	9.4	0.9	2.5	3.9	1.57	86
1986	28	41	53	.436	4.11	142	116	10	10	1	1	721.0	752	366	329	76	204	14	308	13	5	10	3064	86	1.326	9.4	0.9	2.5	3.8	1.51	86
1987	29	41	53	.436	4.11	142	116	10	10	1	1	721.0	752	366	329	76	204	14	308	13	5	10	3064	86	1.326	9.4	0.9	2.5	3.8	1.51	86
1988	30	42	53	.442	4.14	159	116	16	10	1	2	745.1	784	382	343	76	210	14	325	13	8	10	3174	86	1.334	9.5	0.9	2.5	3.9	1.55	86

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1982	24	10	9	.526	3.60	180.0	195	80	72	15	45	84	2	1.333	9.8	2.3	4.2	1.87	0.8	32
1983	25	6	9	.400	4.89	140.0	158	84	76	19	47	76	3	1.464	10.2	3.0	4.9	1.62	1.2	25
1984	26	8	13	.381	5.07	197.0	234	123	111	21	53	67	6	1.457	10.7	2.4	3.1	1.26	1.0	35
1985	27	5	10	.333	5.91	140.0	176	102	92	20	57	57	2	1.664	11.3	3.7	3.7	1.00	1.3	30
1986	28	1	1	.500	5.25	24.0	30	16	14	5	14	7	0	1.833	11.3	5.3	2.6	0.50	1.9	20

1988	30	1	1	.500	5.63	24.0	33	17	15	0	6	17	0	1.625	12.4	2.3	6.4	2.83	0.0	17
6 Yrs		31	43	.419	4.85	705.0	826	422	380	80	222	308	13	1.487	10.5		3.9	1.39	1.0	159

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1982 NL 3.9 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1982 NL 2.044 (8th) 1984 NL 2.167 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1984 NL 34 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1984 NL 20 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1984 NL 222 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1984 NL 14 (8th) 1985 NL 16 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1984 NL 100 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1984 NL 6 (4th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1982 NL 114 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Don August (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Brown (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Elam Vangilder (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sid Hudson (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carl Morton (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Whitey Glazner (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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