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Vern Law
Vernon Sanders Law (Deacon and Preacher)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 12, 1930 in Meridian, ID
High School: Meridan (Meridan, ID)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1950
Final Game: August 20, 1967
Relatives: Father of Vance Law
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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
1950	20	PIT	NL	7	9	.438	4.92	27	17	6	5	1	0	128.0	137	83	70	11	49		57	4	0	2	562	89	1.453	9.6	0.8	3.4	4.0	1.16
1951	21	PIT	NL	6	9	.400	4.50	28	14	8	2	1	2	114.0	109	66	57	9	51		41	6	1	2	499	93	1.404	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.2	0.80

1954	24	PIT	NL	9	13	.409	5.51	39	18	17	7	0	3	161.2	201	109	99	20	56		57	3	0	6	728	75	1.590	11.2	1.1	3.1	3.2	1.02
1955	25	PIT	NL	10	10	.500	3.81	43	24	13	8	1	1	200.2	221	98	85	19	61	7	82	1	0	5	865	107	1.405	9.9	0.9	2.7	3.7	1.34	MVP-23
1956	26	PIT	NL	8	16	.333	4.32	39	32	6	6	0	2	195.2	218	110	94	24	49	10	60	6	0	8	851	87	1.365	10.0	1.1	2.3	2.8	1.22
1957	27	PIT	NL	10	8	.556	2.87	31	25	5	9	3	1	172.2	172	72	55	18	32	8	55	2	0	2	716	133	1.181	9.0	0.9	1.7	2.9	1.72
1958	28	PIT	NL	14	12	.538	3.96	35	29	5	6	1	3	202.1	235	103	89	16	39	5	56	1	0	1	854	98	1.354	10.5	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.44
1959	29	PIT	NL	18	9	.667	2.98	34	33	1	20	2	1	266.0	245	91	88	25	53	11	110	2	0	5	1080	130	1.120	8.3	0.8	1.8	3.7	2.08	MVP-19
1960	30	PIT	NL	20	9	.690	3.08	35	35	0	18	3	0	271.2	266	104	93	25	40	8	120	4	1	2	1091	122	1.126	8.8	0.8	1.3	4.0	3.00	AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1961	31	PIT	NL	3	4	.429	4.70	11	10	1	1	0	0	59.1	72	33	31	10	18	3	20	1	0	0	258	85	1.517	10.9	1.5	2.7	3.0	1.11
1962	32	PIT	NL	10	7	.588	3.94	23	20	2	7	2	0	139.1	156	67	61	21	27	4	78	1	0	2	596	100	1.313	10.1	1.4	1.7	5.0	2.89
1963	33	PIT	NL	4	5	.444	4.93	18	12	2	1	1	0	76.2	91	45	42	11	13	0	31	0	0	2	325	67	1.357	10.7	1.3	1.5	3.6	2.38
1964	34	PIT	NL	12	13	.480	3.61	35	29	1	7	5	0	192.0	203	85	77	18	32	6	93	1	0	1	795	97	1.224	9.5	0.8	1.5	4.4	2.91
1965	35	PIT	NL	17	9	.654	2.15	29	28	1	13	4	0	217.1	182	66	52	17	35	2	101	3	0	1	847	163	0.998	7.5	0.7	1.4	4.2	2.89	MVP-17
1966	36	PIT	NL	12	8	.600	4.05	31	28	2	8	4	0	177.2	203	85	80	19	24	1	88	4	1	0	737	88	1.278	10.3	1.0	1.2	4.5	3.67
1967	37	PIT	NL	2	6	.250	4.18	25	10	7	1	0	0	97.0	122	57	45	5	18	9	43	1	0	0	427	80	1.443	11.3	0.5	1.7	4.0	2.39
16 Seasons				162	147	.524	3.77	483	364	77	119	28	13	2672.0	2833	1274	1118	268	597	74	1092	40	3	39	11231	101	1.284	9.5	0.9	2.0	3.7	1.83
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.524	3.77	39	29	6	10	2	1	215	227	102	90	22	48		88	3	0	3	902	101	1.284	9.5	0.9	2.0	3.7	1.83

Postseason Pitching

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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
1960	30	PIT	NL	WS	W	NYY	2	0	1.000	3.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	22	7	7	3	3	1	8	0	0	1	77	1.364	10.8	1.5	1.5	3.9	2.67
1 WS							2	0	1.000	3.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	22	7	7	3	3	1	8	0	0	1	77	1.364	10.8	1.5	1.5	3.9	2.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	W-L%	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	SO/9
1960	PIT	NL	30	0	0		0	1	1	0.2	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0
1960	PIT	NL	30	1	1	1.000	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	6	0.500	4.5	4.5
1 Season (2 Appearances)				1	1	1.000	1	1	1	2.2	1	1	8	0.375	3.4	3.4

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	PIT	NL	39	728	648	109	201	34	9	20	6	4	56	57	.310	.363	.483	.846	.312	313	5	3	11	10
1955	25	PIT	NL	43	865	787	98	221	20	6	19	3	6	61	82	.281	.331	.394	.725	.292	310	8	1	10	6	7
1956	26	PIT	NL	39	850	774	110	218	21	4	24	2	3	49	60	.282	.327	.412	.739	.278	319	13	6	14	7	10
1957	27	PIT	NL	31	716	673	72	172	25	5	18	2	1	32	55	.256	.290	.388	.678	.255	261	12	2	6	3	8
1958	28	PIT	NL	35	854	793	103	235	43	10	16	2	4	39	56	.296	.326	.436	.762	.299	346	18	1	10	11	5
1959	29	PIT	NL	34	1079	1007	91	245	36	10	25	4	1	53	110	.243	.281	.373	.655	.251	376	23	2	12	5	11
1960	30	PIT	NL	35	1091	1036	104	266	38	9	25	5	6	40	120	.257	.286	.383	.669	.269	397	33	4	7	4	8
1961	31	PIT	NL	11	258	236	33	72	9	2	10	1	3	18	20	.305	.355	.487	.843	.300	115	8	1	2	1	3
1962	32	PIT	NL	23	597	566	67	156	21	3	21	9	2	27	78	.276	.309	.435	.744	.288	246	10	1	2	1	4
1963	33	PIT	NL	18	325	307	45	91	10	6	11	0	3	13	31	.296	.321	.476	.797	.297	146	4	0	1	4	0
1964	34	PIT	NL	35	795	753	85	203	29	5	18	6	0	32	93	.270	.299	.393	.693	.287	296	19	1	7	2	6
1965	35	PIT	NL	29	847	796	66	182	25	4	17	1	2	35	101	.229	.261	.334	.595	.241	266	23	3	5	8	2
1966	36	PIT	NL	31	736	694	85	203	20	3	19	3	4	24	88	.293	.319	.412	.731	.312	286	18	4	11	3	1
1967	37	PIT	NL	25	427	396	57	122	22	5	5	4	1	18	43	.308	.335	.427	.762	.331	169	7	1	6	6	9
14 Seasons				428	10168	9466	1125	2587	353	81	248	48	40	497	994	.273	.309	.406	.716	.282	3846	201	30	104	71	74
162 Game Avg.				38	909	846	101	231	32	7	22	4	4	44	89	.273	.309	.406	.716	.282	344	18	3	9	6
MLB Averages

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
1954	24	PIT	NL	39	18	5	13	0	1	3	5	13	.278	0	1	7	0	7	39%	42	80	13	12	4	3	9	3.3	3.8	5.5
1955	25	PIT	NL	43	24	9	9	6	1	1	13	11	.542	1	1	8	1	12	50%	51	118	10	14	2	13	4	4.0	4.4	6.6
1956	26	PIT	NL	39	32	7	13	12	1	2	14	18	.438	0	5	6	0	12	38%	47	72	25	12	4	18	8	4.3	5.5	5.8
1957	27	PIT	NL	31	25	8	8	9	1	1	12	13	.480	0	4	9	3	11	44%	53	82	27	14	5	9	9	4.5	4.1	6.5
1958	28	PIT	NL	35	29	12	12	5	6	4	14	15	.483	2	3	6	1	12	41%	46	83	25	24	8	10	13	5.3	5.6	6.4
1959	29	PIT	NL	34	33	18	9	6	2	4	24	9	.727	1	3	20	2	25	76%	58	84	19	10	6	11	8	4.6	4.6	8.0
1960	30	PIT	NL	35	35	20	9	6	4	3	26	9	.743	1	5	18	3	22	63%	57	80	8	11	3	17	9	5.1	4.8	7.8
1961	31	PIT	NL	11	10	3	4	3	1	2	6	4	.600	0	2	1	0	5	50%	44	64	10	8	3	1	8	5.5	4.3	5.6
1962	32	PIT	NL	23	20	10	7	3	2	1	11	9	.550	1	2	7	2	9	45%	51	83	22	9	5	4	13	6.0	7.7	6.7
1963	33	PIT	NL	18	12	4	4	4	1	0	7	5	.583	0	3	1	1	5	42%	46	76	20	17	5	3	8	4.6	4.1	5.4
1964	34	PIT	NL	35	29	12	12	5	2	3	16	13	.552	1	1	7	5	15	52%	52	87	21	25	6	12	7	4.6	4.6	6.2
1965	35	PIT	NL	29	28	16	9	3	4	6	18	10	.643	0	0	13	4	19	68%	62	87	25	9	2	11	11	4.8	5.1	7.7
1966	36	PIT	NL	31	28	10	8	10	4	2	15	13	.536	1	7	8	4	12	43%	49	83	20	20	6	12	8	5.6	5.2	6.0
1967	37	PIT	NL	25	10	2	4	4	0	1	4	6	.400	2	1	1	0	4	40%	46	77	26	12	5	4	4	4.1	3.9	5.8
14 Seasons				428	333	136	121	76	30	33	185	148	.556	10	38	112	26	170	51%	51	118	8	197	64	128	119	4.8	4.9	6.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954	24	PIT	NL	39	21	17	4	0	1	3	1	300%	1	0	10	5	50%		0.829	3	2	6	2	2	8	6	6	16	2	9	2	8.9
1955	25	PIT	NL	43	19	13	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	0	0%	7	1.089	2	2	10	1	1	12	2	12	11	2	9	6	6.8
1956	26	PIT	NL	39	7	6	1	3	2	2	0	100%	2	0	5	0	0%		0.981	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	4	2	2	2	4.9
1957	27	PIT	NL	31	6	5	2	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	6	0	0%	9	1.009	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	5.0
1958	28	PIT	NL	35	6	5	2	0	3	3	0	100%	4	0	7	1	14%	6	0.963	2	2	2	5	0	1	4	2	4	2	4	2	8.0
1959	29	PIT	NL	34	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		9	1.031	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1961	31	PIT	NL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	1.022	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0
1962	32	PIT	NL	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	0.842	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	5.0
1963	33	PIT	NL	18	6	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	7	0.958	0	1	5	1	0	5	1	5	4	1	4	1	5.7
1964	34	PIT	NL	35	6	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	1	1.048	2	0	4	0	2	4	1	5	4	1	4	1	6.3
1965	35	PIT	NL	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	12	0.944	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4.0
1966	36	PIT	NL	31	3	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	4	1.001	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	3	1	9.0
1967	37	PIT	NL	25	15	7	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	10	5	50%	5	0.914	2	2	10	0	2	12	6	8	9	0	8	1	7.7
13 Seasons				393	95	63	13	8	10	11	2	110%	11	0	50	15	30%		0.975	18	15	44	14	11	53	29	49	62	10	50	19	7.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	20	PIT	NL
1951	21	PIT	NL

1954	24	PIT	NL	728	42%	2.8%	7.8%	7.7%	8.7%	31%	0.75	80%	111	5	5%
1955	25	PIT	NL	865	46%	2.2%	9.5%	7.1%	5.2%	20%	1.01	80%	104	8	8%
1956	26	PIT	NL	851	45%	2.8%	7.1%	5.8%	5.8%	23%	0.92	82%	91	13	14%
1957	27	PIT	NL	716	45%	2.5%	7.7%	4.5%	6.7%	28%	0.99	84%	97	12	12%
1958	28	PIT	NL	854	43%	1.9%	6.6%	4.6%	8.1%	29%	0.80	86%	146	18	12%
1959	29	PIT	NL	1079	46%	2.3%	10.2%	4.9%	6.6%	29%	0.89	81%	159	23	14%
1960	30	PIT	NL	1091	48%	2.3%	11.0%	3.7%	6.6%	27%	1.08	82%	200	33	17%
1961	31	PIT	NL	258	50%	3.9%	7.8%	7.0%	8.1%	29%	0.95	80%	53	8	15%
1962	32	PIT	NL	597	42%	3.5%	13.1%	4.5%	7.5%	29%	0.90	78%	115	10	9%
1963	33	PIT	NL	325	43%	3.4%	9.5%	4.0%	8.3%	30%	0.83	83%	50	4	8%
1964	34	PIT	NL	795	45%	2.3%	11.7%	4.0%	6.5%	26%	1.26	81%	125	19	15%
1965	35	PIT	NL	847	51%	2.0%	11.9%	4.1%	5.4%	25%	1.12	81%	122	23	19%
1966	36	PIT	NL	737	45%	2.6%	12.0%	3.3%	5.7%	21%	1.30	80%	118	18	15%
1967	37	PIT	NL	427	37%	1.2%	10.1%	4.2%	7.5%	26%	1.17	83%	84	7	8%
16 Seasons				10170	45%	2.6%	10.7%	5.9%	6.7%	24%	0.99	82%	1575	201	13%
MLB Averages

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
1950	20	PIT	NL		137			11												2
1951	21	PIT	NL		109			9												2

1954	24	PIT	NL	535	201			20	0	9	11	3	3	11	31	21	2	68%	4	6	0	232	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	193
1955	25	PIT	NL	461	221			19	0	17	4	5	2	7	35	11	3	31%	5	5	6	193	3	6	33%	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	15	404
1956	26	PIT	NL	533	218			24	0	13	6	9	3	12	20	12	1	60%	12	8	1	202	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	13	318
1957	27	PIT	NL	621	172			18	0	6	10	5	4	11	23	15	0	65%	7	2	2	212	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	95
1958	28	PIT	NL	816	235			16	0	10	7	9	2	14	41	31	1	76%	12	1	3	292	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	38
1959	29	PIT	NL	1012	245			25	0	11	12	13	10	15	31	12	3	39%	16	5	1	337	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	67
1960	30	PIT	NL	1065	266			25	0	11	13	11	9	15	56	25	4	45%	15	2	1	367	5	6	45%	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	26
1961	31	PIT	NL	258	72			10	0	9	6	4	2	8	17	9	0	53%	2	0	1	85	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
1962	32	PIT	NL	568	156			21	0	12	8	12	9	11	25	12	6	48%	9	2	1	211	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	29
1963	33	PIT	NL	325	91			11	0	7	2	9	5	6	24	12	0	50%	2	2	0	96	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1964	34	PIT	NL	774	203			18	1	4	11	6	3	14	27	16	3	59%	12	1	2	265	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	21
1965	35	PIT	NL	787	182			17	0	8	9	6	5	10	26	13	2	50%	11	1	0	243	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	60
1966	36	PIT	NL	599	203			19	0	4	8	4	3	9	28	15	2	54%	5	0	2	228	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	138
1967	37	PIT	NL	415	122			5	0	10	5	0	3	2	38	21	2	55%	11	0	0	164	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12
16 Seasons				8769	2833			268	1	131	112	96	63	145	422	225	29	53%	123	39	20	3127	48	40	55%	47	38	1	2	0	0	11	0	131	1401
MLB Averages

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+
1950	20	7	9	.438	4.92	27	17	6	5	1	0	128.0	137	83	70	11	49		57	4	0	2	562	89	1.453	9.6	0.8	3.4	4.0	1.16	89
1951	21	13	18	.419	4.72	55	31	14	7	2	2	242.0	246	149	127	20	100		98	10	1	4	1061	91	1.430	9.1	0.7	3.7	3.6	0.98	91
1952	22	13	18	.419	4.72	55	31	14	7	2	2	242.0	246	149	127	20	100		98	10	1	4	1061	91	1.430	9.1	0.7	3.7	3.6	0.98	91
1953	23	13	18	.419	4.72	55	31	14	7	2	2	242.0	246	149	127	20	100		98	10	1	4	1061	91	1.430	9.1	0.7	3.7	3.6	0.98	91
1954	24	22	31	.415	5.04	94	49	31	14	2	5	403.2	447	258	226	40	156		155	13	1	10	1789	84	1.494	10.0	0.9	3.5	3.5	0.99	84
1955	25	32	41	.438	4.63	137	73	44	22	3	6	604.1	668	356	311	59	217	7	237	14	1	15	2654	90	1.464	9.9	0.9	3.2	3.5	1.09	90
1956	26	40	57	.412	4.56	176	105	50	28	3	8	800.0	886	466	405	83	266	17	297	20	1	23	3505	90	1.440	10.0	0.9	3.0	3.3	1.12	90
1957	27	50	65	.435	4.26	207	130	55	37	6	9	972.2	1058	538	460	101	298	25	352	22	1	25	4221	95	1.394	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.3	1.18	95
1958	28	64	77	.454	4.21	242	159	60	43	7	12	1175.0	1293	641	549	117	337	30	408	23	1	26	5075	95	1.387	9.9	0.9	2.6	3.1	1.21	95
1959	29	82	86	.488	3.98	276	192	61	63	9	13	1441.0	1538	732	637	142	390	41	518	25	1	31	6155	100	1.338	9.6	0.9	2.4	3.2	1.33	100
1960	30	102	95	.518	3.84	311	227	61	81	12	13	1712.2	1804	836	730	167	430	49	638	29	2	33	7246	103	1.304	9.5	0.9	2.3	3.4	1.48	103
1961	31	105	99	.515	3.87	322	237	62	82	12	13	1772.0	1876	869	761	177	448	52	658	30	2	33	7504	102	1.312	9.5	0.9	2.3	3.3	1.47	102
1962	32	115	106	.520	3.87	345	257	64	89	14	13	1911.1	2032	936	822	198	475	56	736	31	2	35	8100	102	1.312	9.6	0.9	2.2	3.5	1.55	102
1963	33	119	111	.517	3.91	363	269	66	90	15	13	1988.0	2123	981	864	209	488	56	767	31	2	37	8425	100	1.313	9.6	0.9	2.2	3.5	1.57	100
1964	34	131	124	.514	3.88	398	298	67	97	20	13	2180.0	2326	1066	941	227	520	62	860	32	2	38	9220	100	1.306	9.6	0.9	2.1	3.6	1.65	100
1965	35	148	133	.527	3.73	427	326	68	110	24	13	2397.1	2508	1132	993	244	555	64	961	35	2	39	10067	103	1.278	9.4	0.9	2.1	3.6	1.73	103
1966	36	160	141	.532	3.75	458	354	70	118	28	13	2575.0	2711	1217	1073	263	579	65	1049	39	3	39	10804	102	1.278	9.5	0.9	2.0	3.7	1.81	102
1967	37	162	147	.524	3.77	483	364	77	119	28	13	2672.0	2833	1274	1118	268	597	74	1092	40	3	39	11231	101	1.284	9.5	0.9	2.0	3.7	1.83	101

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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
1950	20	6	8	.429	4.47	133.0	136	73	66	11	49	59	4	1.391	9.2	3.3	4.0	1.20	0.7	27
1951	21	6	7	.462	4.23	117.0	110	61	55	9	51	42	6	1.376	8.5	3.9	3.2	0.82	0.7	28

1954	24	6	12	.333	5.28	167.0	206	109	98	20	57	59	3	1.575	11.1	3.1	3.2	1.04	1.1	39
1955	25	12	10	.545	3.76	206.0	229	96	86	20	63	84	1	1.417	10.0	2.8	3.7	1.33	0.9	43
1956	26	9	13	.409	4.64	198.0	235	113	102	26	53	61	6	1.455	10.7	2.4	2.8	1.15	1.2	39
1957	27	12	7	.632	3.02	176.0	184	66	59	19	34	56	2	1.239	9.4	1.7	2.9	1.65	1.0	31
1958	28	10	12	.455	4.28	202.0	250	107	96	17	41	56	1	1.441	11.1	1.8	2.5	1.37	0.8	35
1959	29	18	11	.621	3.14	269.0	262	104	94	27	57	111	2	1.186	8.8	1.9	3.7	1.95	0.9	34
1960	30	17	12	.586	3.37	270.0	284	112	101	27	43	119	4	1.211	9.5	1.4	4.0	2.77	0.9	35
1961	31	2	4	.333	4.88	59.0	74	36	32	10	18	20	1	1.559	11.3	2.7	3.1	1.11	1.5	11
1962	32	8	7	.533	3.94	137.0	158	67	60	21	27	77	1	1.350	10.4	1.8	5.1	2.85	1.4	23
1963	33	2	5	.286	6.21	71.0	98	54	49	12	14	29	0	1.577	12.4	1.8	3.7	2.07	1.5	18
1964	34	9	11	.450	4.25	182.0	215	96	86	19	34	88	1	1.368	10.6	1.7	4.4	2.59	0.9	35
1965	35	16	6	.727	2.51	204.0	190	63	57	18	37	95	3	1.113	8.4	1.6	4.2	2.57	0.8	29
1966	36	7	11	.389	4.75	165.0	212	97	87	20	25	82	4	1.436	11.6	1.4	4.5	3.28	1.1	31
1967	37	4	6	.400	5.09	92.0	132	58	52	5	19	41	1	1.641	12.9	1.9	4.0	2.16	0.5	25
16 Seasons		144	142	.503	4.01	2648.0	2975	1312	1180	281	622	1079	40	1.358	10.1		3.7	1.73	1.0	483

* 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

Hall of Fame 1973 BBWAA ( 2.4%) 1974 BBWAA ( 1.4%) 1975 BBWAA ( 1.7%) 1976 BBWAA ( 2.3%) 1977 BBWAA ( 1.3%) 1978 BBWAA ( 1.6%) 1979 BBWAA ( 2.1%)	All-Star Games 1960-1 * 1960-2 (P)	Awards (yr lg award) 1960 ML Cy Young 1960 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year 1965 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1955 NL (23, 0%) 1959 NL (19, 1%) 1960 NL (6, 24%) 1965 NL (17, 4%) 0.29 Career Shares (604th)
Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1960 ML (1, 50%) 1 Cy Young 0.50 Career Shares (97th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1957 NL 2.867 (5th) 1959 NL 2.977 (5th) 1960 NL 3.081 (7th) 1965 NL 2.153 (3rd)	Wins s c a p y 1958 NL 14 (7th) 1959 NL 18 (5th) 1960 NL 20 (3rd) 1965 NL 17 (10th) Career 162 (203rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1959 NL .667 (3rd) 1960 NL .690 (3rd) 1965 NL .654 (8th) 1966 NL .600 (9th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1957 NL 1.182 (6th) 1959 NL 1.120 (4th) 1960 NL 1.126 (2nd) 1965 NL .999 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1959 NL 8.290 (10th) 1965 NL 7.537 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1956 NL 2.254 (8th) 1957 NL 1.668 (3rd) 1958 NL 1.735 (3rd) 1959 NL 1.793 (5th) 1960 NL 1.325 (3rd) 1964 NL 1.500 (3rd) 1965 NL 1.449 (2nd) 1966 NL 1.216 (2nd) Career 2.011 (94th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1959 NL 266.0 (6th) 1960 NL 271.7 (4th) Career 2672.0 (193rd)
Games Started s c a p y 1956 NL 32 (10th) 1959 NL 33 (10th) 1960 NL 35 (5th) Career 364 (167th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1959 NL 20 (2nd) 1960 NL 18 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1957 NL 3 (5th) 1960 NL 3 (8th) 1962 NL 2 (10th) 1964 NL 5 (2nd) 1965 NL 4 (9th) 1966 NL 4 (7th) Career 28 (134th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1959 NL 25 (7th) 1960 NL 25 (7th) Career 268 (69th)
Hits s c a p y 1955 NL 221 (7th) 1956 NL 218 (10th) 1958 NL 235 (6th) 1959 NL 245 (7th) 1960 NL 266 (3rd) Career 2833 (152nd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1959 NL 2.076 (9th) 1960 NL 3.000 (4th) 1964 NL 2.906 (9th) 1965 NL 2.886 (8th) 1966 NL 3.667 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1955 NL .852 (6th) 1958 NL .712 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1954 NL 13 (8th) 1956 NL 16 (5th) Career 147 (168th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1954 NL 99 (5th) 1956 NL 94 (7th) 1960 NL 93 (9th) Career 1118 (163rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1954 NL 6 (4th) 1955 NL 5 (8th) 1956 NL 8 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1951 NL 6 (6th) 1956 NL 6 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1959 NL 1080 (7th) 1960 NL 1091 (6th) Career 11231 (164th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1957 NL 133 (3rd) 1959 NL 130 (4th) 1960 NL 122 (8th) 1965 NL 163 (2nd)	Oldest s c a p y 1967 NL born 1930-03-12 (7th)	Youngest s c a p y 1950 NL born 1930-03-12 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Pitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 83 (284), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 42 (321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Josh Billings (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Moeller (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Rodriguez (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fausto Carmona (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kent Greenfield (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Pastore (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Slim Harriss (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Reggie Cleveland (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ralph Terry (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ralph Terry (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doyle Alexander (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Caldwell (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Caldwell (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Caldwell (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Sanderson (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Sanderson (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 83 (284), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 42 (321), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50