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Thornton Lee

Thornton Starr Lee (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 13, 1906 in Sonoma, CA
School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1933
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Giants 1933-1948

Final Game: June 18, 1948
Died: June 9, 1997 in Tucson, AZ
Relatives: Father of Don Lee
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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
1933 26 CLE AL 1 1 .500 4.15 3 2 0 2 0 0 17.1 13 9 8 1 11 7 0 0 0 75 110 1.385 6.8 0.5 5.7 3.6 0.64
1934 27 CLE AL 1 1 .500 5.04 24 6 6 0 0 0 85.2 105 57 48 8 44 41 3 1 1 400 90 1.739 11.0 0.8 4.6 4.3 0.93
1935 28 CLE AL 7 10 .412 4.04 32 20 9 8 1 1 180.2 179 90 81 6 71 81 4 1 1 783 112 1.384 8.9 0.3 3.5 4.0 1.14
1936 29 CLE AL 3 5 .375 4.89 43 8 13 2 0 3 127.0 138 86 69 2 67 49 2 2 3 584 105 1.614 9.8 0.1 4.7 3.5 0.73
1937 30 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.52 30 25 4 13 2 0 204.2 209 91 80 16 60 80 1 0 1 876 132 1.314 9.2 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.33
1938 31 CHW AL 13 12 .520 3.49 33 30 3 18 1 1 245.1 252 123 95 12 94 77 3 0 2 1074 142 1.410 9.2 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.82
1939 32 CHW AL 15 11 .577 4.21 33 29 4 15 2 3 235.0 260 121 110 15 70 81 3 1 2 1008 113 1.404 10.0 0.6 2.7 3.1 1.16
1940 33 CHW AL 12 13 .480 3.47 28 27 0 24 1 0 228.0 223 100 88 13 56 87 2 1 4 948 128 1.224 8.8 0.5 2.2 3.4 1.55
1941 34 CHW AL 22 11 .667 2.37 35 34 1 30 3 1 300.1 258 98 79 18 92 130 4 0 2 1224 174 1.165 7.7 0.5 2.8 3.9 1.41 AS,MVP-4
1942 35 CHW AL 2 6 .250 3.32 11 8 3 6 1 0 76.0 82 38 28 4 31 25 2 0 2 334 109 1.487 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.0 0.81
1943 36 CHW AL 5 9 .357 4.18 19 19 0 7 1 0 127.0 129 66 59 8 50 35 4 0 0 550 79 1.409 9.1 0.6 3.5 2.5 0.70
1944 37 CHW AL 3 9 .250 3.02 15 14 1 6 0 0 113.1 105 51 38 3 25 39 1 0 2 461 113 1.147 8.3 0.2 2.0 3.1 1.56
1945 38 CHW AL 15 12 .556 2.44 29 28 1 19 1 0 228.1 208 81 62 7 76 108 10 1 1 951 135 1.244 8.2 0.3 3.0 4.3 1.42
1946 39 CHW AL 2 4 .333 3.53 7 7 0 2 0 0 43.1 39 24 17 1 23 23 1 0 2 187 97 1.431 8.1 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00
1947 40 CHW AL 3 7 .300 4.47 21 11 5 2 1 1 86.2 86 50 43 5 56 57 2 0 1 394 82 1.638 8.9 0.5 5.8 5.9 1.02
1948 41 NYG NL 1 3 .250 4.41 11 4 0 1 0 0 32.2 41 20 16 3 12 17 1 0 0 150 91 1.622 11.3 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.42
16 Yrs 117 124 .485 3.56 374 272 50 155 14 10 2331.1 2327 1105 921 122 838 937 43 7 24 9999 119 1.358 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.12
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .485 3.56 39 29 5 16 1 1 245 245 116 97 13 88 99 5 1 3 1053 119 1.358 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.12
CHW (11 yrs) 104 104 .500 3.33 261 232 22 142 13 6 1888.0 1851 843 699 102 633 742 33 3 19 8007 124 1.316 8.8 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.17
CLE (4 yrs) 12 17 .414 4.51 102 36 28 12 1 4 410.2 435 242 206 17 193 178 9 4 5 1842 104 1.529 9.5 0.4 4.2 3.9 0.92
NYG (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.41 11 4 0 1 0 0 32.2 41 20 16 3 12 17 1 0 0 150 91 1.622 11.3 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.42
AL (15 yrs) 116 121 .489 3.54 363 268 50 154 14 10 2298.2 2286 1085 905 119 826 920 42 7 24 9849 120 1.354 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.11
NL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 4.41 11 4 0 1 0 0 32.2 41 20 16 3 12 17 1 0 0 150 91 1.622 11.3 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.42

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
1933 26 CLE AL 17.1 3 2 9 4.67 4.67 0.09 0.00 105.9 4.85 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .505 .500 $
1934 27 CLE AL 85.2 24 6 57 5.99 5.62 0.05 0.00 96.9 5.40 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.2 5 .478 .497 $
1935 28 CLE AL 180.2 32 20 90 4.48 5.14 0.11 0.00 101.9 5.12 13 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.7 34 .540 .508 $
1936 29 CLE AL 127.0 43 8 86 6.09 6.05 -0.16 0.00 99.8 6.20 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 19 .502 .501 $
1937 30 CHW AL 204.2 30 25 91 4.00 5.61 0.34 0.00 98.9 5.21 27 2.6 1.0 -0.1 4.3 53 .587 .516 $
1938 31 CHW AL 245.1 33 30 123 4.51 5.83 0.02 0.00 100.0 5.81 33 3.2 1.0 -0.1 5.2 67 .595 .519 $
1939 32 CHW AL 235.0 33 29 121 4.63 5.41 0.08 0.00 101.2 5.39 19 1.8 1.0 -0.2 3.7 49 .555 .511 $
1940 33 CHW AL 228.0 28 27 100 3.95 5.09 0.22 0.00 97.8 4.76 19 1.9 1.0 -0.2 3.3 42 .568 .512 $
1941 34 CHW AL 300.1 35 34 98 2.94 4.90 0.14 0.00 98.0 4.66 56 6.2 1.0 -0.2 8.0 85 .676 .538 $ AS,MVP-4
1942 35 CHW AL 76.0 11 8 38 4.50 3.96 0.08 0.00 98.1 3.80 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .440 .496 $
1943 36 CHW AL 127.0 19 19 66 4.68 3.93 0.08 0.00 100.0 3.85 -12 -1.3 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .430 .492 $
1944 37 CHW AL 113.1 15 14 51 4.05 4.23 0.05 0.00 97.7 4.09 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.6 8 .503 .500 $
1945 38 CHW AL 228.1 29 28 81 3.19 3.93 -0.11 0.00 96.3 3.89 18 2.2 1.0 -0.2 3.4 32 .577 .514 $
1946 39 CHW AL 43.1 7 7 24 4.98 4.44 0.14 0.00 99.9 4.29 -3 -0.4 -0.0 -0.1 0 .449 .498 $
1947 40 CHW AL 86.2 21 11 50 5.19 4.44 0.05 0.00 97.6 4.29 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .458 .495 $
1948 41 NYG NL 32.2 11 4 20 5.51 4.27 -0.02 0.00 99.4 4.27 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .458 .497 $
16 Seasons 2331.1 374 272 1105 4.27 4.99 0.08 0.00 99.0 4.86 146 15.1 1.0 -1.5 31.2 388 .540 .506 $
CHW (11 yrs) 1888.0 261 232 843 4.02 4.89 0.10 0.00 98.7 4.73 142 14.7 1.0 -1.2 27.1 329 .556 .508 $
CLE (4 yrs) 410.2 102 36 242 5.30 5.50 0.01 0.00 100.4 5.50 9 0.9 1.0 -0.3 4.3 60 .508 .501 $
NYG (1 yr) 32.2 11 4 20 5.51 4.27 -0.02 0.00 99.4 4.27 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .458 .497 $

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
1941 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 CHW AL 38

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
1948 41 NYG NL 11 54 135 20 41 5 0 3 0 1 12 17 .304 .365 .407 .772 .330 55 0 1 2 0 1
1 Yr 11 54 135 20 41 5 0 3 0 1 12 17 .304 .365 .407 .772 .330 55 0 1 2 0 1
162 Game Avg. 50 245 612 91 186 23 0 14 0 5 54 77 .304 .365 .407 .772 .330 249 0 5 9 0 5
MLB Averages .267 .335 .335 .670 .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
1948 41 NYG NL -2.3 -0.2 55 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 1.25 -0.7 -0.1 -8.9 -0.9 1.25 -7.9 0 1 0
16 Yrs 160.3 16.1 55 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 1.25 -0.7 -0.1 -8.9 -0.9 1.25 -7.9 0 1 0

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
1933 26 CLE AL 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 2 0 1 50% 52.5 68 37 0 1 6.4 8.5
1934 27 CLE AL 24 6 1 1 4 1 0 4 2 .667 0 0 0 0 1 17% 38.2 57 28 4 1 6.6 5.4
1935 28 CLE AL 32 20 5 9 6 0 3 7 11 .389 0 0 8 1 10 50% 51.6 81 29 10 7 4.4 7.7
1936 29 CLE AL 43 8 2 3 3 0 0 4 4 .500 0 0 2 0 2 25% 35.0 62 13 5 3 6.3 5.6
1937 30 CHW AL 30 25 12 10 3 2 3 14 11 .560 0 0 13 2 13 52% 51.6 84 12 5 12 4.1 7.7
1938 31 CHW AL 33 30 13 11 6 4 7 17 13 .567 0 0 18 1 19 63% 50.5 86 4 12 12 5.0 7.9
1939 32 CHW AL 33 29 15 10 4 6 1 16 12 .571 0 0 15 2 12 41% 47.8 81 -1 10 11 5.2 7.8
1940 33 CHW AL 28 27 12 13 2 1 6 13 14 .481 0 0 24 1 17 63% 55.1 81 22 5 9 5.2 8.4
1941 34 CHW AL 35 34 22 11 1 2 5 22 12 .647 0 0 30 3 25 74% 61.6 82 29 15 10 4.0 8.8
1942 35 CHW AL 11 8 2 6 0 0 3 2 6 .250 0 0 6 1 5 63% 50.1 76 16 1 5 1.9 8.2
1943 36 CHW AL 19 19 5 9 5 0 3 8 11 .421 0 0 7 1 10 53% 48.2 82 19 1 15 3.2 6.7
1944 37 CHW AL 15 14 3 9 2 0 5 5 9 .357 0 0 6 0 9 64% 55.7 80 38 1 10 2.7 7.9
1945 38 CHW AL 29 28 14 12 2 1 7 16 12 .571 0 0 19 1 22 79% 58.4 91 22 7 12 3.7 8.0
1946 39 CHW AL 7 7 2 4 1 0 3 2 5 .286 0 0 2 0 5 71% 50.9 74 23 0 6 2.9 6.2
1947 40 CHW AL 21 11 3 4 4 0 0 5 6 .455 0 0 2 1 3 27% 48.3 86 26 1 9 3.3 5.9
1948 41 NYG NL 11 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 1 0 1 25% 43.5 74 29 4 1 1 2 4.4 3.9 5.1
16 Yrs 374 272 113 115 44 18 47 137 132 .509 0 1 155 14 155 57% 52 91 -1 4 1 78 125 4.3 3.9 7.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 132 -35 4.6 4.8 6.9

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
1933 26 CLE AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
1934 27 CLE AL 24 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 8.9
1935 28 CLE AL 32 12 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 0 6.6
1936 29 CLE AL 43 35 13 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 21 10 5 7.0
1937 30 CHW AL 30 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7.0
1938 31 CHW AL 33 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 8.0
1939 32 CHW AL 33 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 6.8
1940 33 CHW AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1941 34 CHW AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
1942 35 CHW AL 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10.7
1944 37 CHW AL 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
1945 38 CHW AL 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.0
1947 40 CHW AL 21 10 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 0 6.5
1948 41 NYG NL 11 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.248 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 5.3
14 Yrs 348 102 50 4 9 0 10 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.248 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 66 20 1 7 7.2

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%
1933 26 CLE AL 75 1.3% 9.3% 14.7% 2.7% 15% 75%
1934 27 CLE AL 403 2.0% 10.2% 10.9% 73%
1935 28 CLE AL 784 0.8% 10.3% 9.1% 3.1% 13% 77%
1936 29 CLE AL 586 0.3% 8.4% 11.4% 0.9% 4% 78%
1937 30 CHW AL 876 1.8% 9.1% 6.9% 3.4% 14% 81%
1938 31 CHW AL 1075 1.1% 7.2% 8.7% 3.9% 17% 81%
1939 32 CHW AL 1008 1.5% 8.0% 6.9% 3.6% 14% 81%
1940 33 CHW AL 948 1.4% 9.2% 5.9% 6.2% 27% 82%
1941 34 CHW AL 1224 1.5% 10.6% 7.5% 5.2% 24% 79%
1942 35 CHW AL 334 1.2% 7.5% 9.3% 3.6% 15% 80%
1943 36 CHW AL 550 1.5% 6.4% 9.1% 2.9% 12% 80%
1944 37 CHW AL 461 0.7% 8.5% 5.4% 1.7% 8% 83%
1945 38 CHW AL 951 0.7% 11.4% 8.0% 3.3% 15% 77%
1946 39 CHW AL 187 0.5% 12.3% 12.3% 2.1% 10% 73%
1947 40 CHW AL 394 1.3% 14.5% 14.2% 1.8% 8% 68%
1948 41 NYG NL 150 31% 5.6% 31.5% 22.2% 14.8% 20% 1.40 213% 15 0 0%
16 Yrs 10006 31% 1.2% 9.5% 8.5% 3.5% 15% 1.40 80% 15 0 0%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.2% 9.1% 3.2% 13% 0.95 81% 10%

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
1933 26 CLE AL 13 1 0
1934 27 CLE AL 105 8 1
1935 28 CLE AL 179 6 1
1936 29 CLE AL 138 2 3
1937 30 CHW AL 209 16 1
1938 31 CHW AL 252 12 2
1939 32 CHW AL 260 15 2
1940 33 CHW AL 223 13 4
1941 34 CHW AL 258 18 2
1942 35 CHW AL 82 4 2
1943 36 CHW AL 129 8 0
1944 37 CHW AL 105 3 2
1945 38 CHW AL 208 7 1
1946 39 CHW AL 39 1 2
1947 40 CHW AL 86 5 1
1948 41 NYG NL 54 41 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 40% 1 0 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
16 Yrs 54 2327 122 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 40% 1 24 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1933 26 1 1 .500 4.15 3 2 0 2 0 0 17.1 13 9 8 1 11 7 0 0 0 75 110 1.385 6.8 0.5 5.7 3.6 0.64 110
1934 27 2 2 .500 4.89 27 8 6 2 0 0 103.0 118 66 56 9 55 48 3 1 1 475 93 1.680 10.3 0.8 4.8 4.2 0.87 93
1935 28 9 12 .429 4.35 59 28 15 10 1 1 283.2 297 156 137 15 126 129 7 2 2 1258 104 1.491 9.4 0.5 4.0 4.1 1.02 104
1936 29 12 17 .414 4.51 102 36 28 12 1 4 410.2 435 242 206 17 193 178 9 4 5 1842 104 1.529 9.5 0.4 4.2 3.9 0.92 104
1937 30 24 27 .471 4.18 132 61 32 25 3 4 615.1 644 333 286 33 253 258 10 4 6 2718 112 1.458 9.4 0.5 3.7 3.8 1.02 112
1938 31 37 39 .487 3.98 165 91 35 43 4 5 860.2 896 456 381 45 347 335 13 4 8 3792 119 1.444 9.4 0.5 3.6 3.5 0.97 119
1939 32 52 50 .510 4.03 198 120 39 58 6 8 1095.2 1156 577 491 60 417 416 16 5 10 4800 118 1.436 9.5 0.5 3.4 3.4 1.00 118
1940 33 64 63 .504 3.94 226 147 39 82 7 8 1323.2 1379 677 579 73 473 503 18 6 14 5748 119 1.399 9.4 0.5 3.2 3.4 1.06 119
1941 34 86 74 .538 3.65 261 181 40 112 10 9 1624.0 1637 775 658 91 565 633 22 6 16 6972 126 1.356 9.1 0.5 3.1 3.5 1.12 126
1942 35 88 80 .524 3.63 272 189 43 118 11 9 1700.0 1719 813 686 95 596 658 24 6 18 7306 125 1.362 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.5 1.10 125
1943 36 93 89 .511 3.67 291 208 43 125 12 9 1827.0 1848 879 745 103 646 693 28 6 18 7856 122 1.365 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.4 1.07 122
1944 37 96 98 .495 3.63 306 222 44 131 12 9 1940.1 1953 930 783 106 671 732 29 6 20 8317 121 1.352 9.1 0.5 3.1 3.4 1.09 121
1945 38 111 110 .502 3.51 335 250 45 150 13 9 2168.2 2161 1011 845 113 747 840 39 7 21 9268 122 1.341 9.0 0.5 3.1 3.5 1.12 122
1946 39 113 114 .498 3.51 342 257 45 152 13 9 2212.0 2200 1035 862 114 770 863 40 7 23 9455 122 1.343 9.0 0.5 3.1 3.5 1.12 122
1947 40 116 121 .489 3.54 363 268 50 154 14 10 2298.2 2286 1085 905 119 826 920 42 7 24 9849 120 1.354 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.11 120
1948 41 117 124 .485 3.56 374 272 50 155 14 10 2331.1 2327 1105 921 122 838 937 43 7 24 9999 119 1.358 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.6 1.12 119

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
1933 26 1 1 .500 3.32 19.0 13 8 7 1 11 8 0 1.263 6.2 5.2 3.8 0.73 0.5 3
1934 27 5 5 .500 4.25 91.0 102 48 43 8 43 44 3 1.593 10.1 4.3 4.4 1.02 0.8 24
1935 28 12 9 .571 3.45 193.0 176 82 74 6 70 87 4 1.275 8.2 3.3 4.1 1.24 0.3 32
1936 29 8 7 .533 3.54 140.0 126 61 55 2 61 54 2 1.336 8.1 3.9 3.5 0.89 0.1 43
1937 30 16 8 .667 2.94 217.0 200 79 71 15 57 85 1 1.184 8.3 2.4 3.5 1.49 0.6 30
1938 31 20 9 .690 2.71 269.0 239 90 81 11 89 84 3 1.219 8.0 3.0 2.8 0.94 0.4 33
1939 32 15 12 .556 3.50 247.0 248 107 96 14 67 85 3 1.275 9.0 2.4 3.1 1.27 0.5 33
1940 33 16 10 .615 3.05 239.0 218 90 81 13 55 91 2 1.142 8.2 2.1 3.4 1.65 0.5 28
1941 34 25 8 .758 2.27 305.0 259 86 77 18 92 132 4 1.151 7.6 2.7 3.9 1.43 0.5 35
1942 35 4 4 .500 3.67 76.0 89 34 31 4 34 25 2 1.618 10.5 4.0 3.0 0.74 0.5 11
1943 36 5 8 .385 5.04 125.0 144 78 70 9 56 34 4 1.600 10.4 4.0 2.4 0.61 0.6 19
1944 37 7 5 .583 3.42 113.0 114 48 43 3 27 39 1 1.248 9.1 2.2 3.1 1.44 0.2 15
1945 38 15 9 .625 3.05 224.0 237 84 76 8 87 106 11 1.446 9.5 3.5 4.3 1.22 0.3 29
1946 39 2 2 .500 4.39 41.0 44 22 20 1 26 22 1 1.707 9.7 5.7 4.8 0.85 0.2 7
1947 40 3 6 .333 5.14 84.0 93 53 48 5 61 55 2 1.833 10.0 6.5 5.9 0.90 0.5 21
1948 41 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 42 18 16 3 12 18 1 1.588 11.1 3.2 4.8 1.50 0.8 11
16 Yrs 155 105 .596 3.31 2417.0 2344 988 889 121 848 969 44 1.321 8.7 3.6 1.14 0.5 374

* 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
1941 *
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 AL (4, 43%)
0.43 Career Shares (489th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1938 AL  5.6 (6th)
1941 AL  8.5 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1937 AL  4.3 (7th)
1938 AL  5.2 (1st)
1940 AL  3.3 (10th)
1941 AL  8.0 (1st)
1945 AL  3.4 (5th)
Career  31.2 (218th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1937 AL  3.52 (6th)
1938 AL  3.49 (5th)
1941 AL  2.37 (1st)
1945 AL  2.44 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  15 (6th)
1941 AL  22 (2nd)
1945 AL  15 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1941 AL  .667 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1937 AL  1.314 (5th)
1938 AL  1.410 (9th)
1940 AL  1.224 (4th)
1941 AL  1.165 (1st)
1945 AL  1.244 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  8.917 (8th)
1940 AL  8.803 (9th)
1941 AL  7.731 (3rd)
1945 AL  8.199 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  2.638 (6th)
1939 AL  2.681 (4th)
1940 AL  2.211 (2nd)
1941 AL  2.757 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  4.035 (7th)
1941 AL  3.896 (10th)
1945 AL  4.257 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL  43 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1936 AL  3 (6th)
1939 AL  3 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1938 AL  245.3 (5th)
1939 AL  235.0 (4th)
1940 AL  228.0 (10th)
1941 AL  300.3 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 AL  130 (3rd)
1945 AL  108 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1938 AL  30 (7th)
1939 AL  29 (7th)
1941 AL  34 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1938 AL  18 (6th)
1939 AL  15 (8th)
1940 AL  24 (2nd)
1941 AL  30 (1st)
1945 AL  19 (6th)
Career  155 (214th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1937 AL  2 (9th)
1939 AL  2 (4th)
1941 AL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  18 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1938 AL  94 (9th)
1941 AL  92 (10th)
1945 AL  76 (10th)
Career  838 (210th)

Hits s c a p y
1938 AL  252 (5th)
1939 AL  260 (4th)
1941 AL  258 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1935 AL  1.141 (8th)
1937 AL  1.333 (7th)
1940 AL  1.554 (7th)
1941 AL  1.413 (4th)
1945 AL  1.421 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  0.299 (3rd)
1938 AL  0.440 (6th)
1940 AL  0.513 (4th)
1945 AL  0.276 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1938 AL  12 (7th)
1940 AL  13 (10th)
1945 AL  12 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  110 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (10th)
1935 AL  4 (6th)
1939 AL  3 (10th)
1941 AL  4 (7th)
1943 AL  4 (10th)
1945 AL  10 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1938 AL  1,074 (4th)
1939 AL  1,008 (5th)
1941 AL  1,224 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1937 AL  132 (6th)
1938 AL  142 (2nd)
1940 AL  128 (10th)
1941 AL  174 (1st)
1945 AL  135 (6th)
Career  119 (130th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  26 (6th)
1938 AL  33 (2nd)
1940 AL  25 (8th)
1941 AL  56 (1st)
1945 AL  18 (7th)
Career  159 (117th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  2.5 (6th)
1938 AL  3.1 (3rd)
1940 AL  2.4 (8th)
1941 AL  5.9 (1st)
1945 AL  2.1 (7th)
Career  16.0 (121st)

Oldest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1906-09-13 (9th)
1947 AL  born 1906-09-13 (6th)
1948 NL  born 1906-09-13 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 90 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (620), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Fritz Ostermueller (943)
  2. Ed Brandt (939)
  3. Van Mungo (938)
  4. Earl Hamilton (934)
  5. Pat Dobson (930)
  6. Tommy Thomas (930)
  7. Howie Pollet (928)
  8. Dick Ellsworth (927)
  9. Bill Singer (927)
  10. Denny Galehouse (927)
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  1. Fred Kipp (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Cozy Dolan (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chris Welsh (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harry Perkowski (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Red Oldham (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Kuzava (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Heintzelman (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Whit Wyatt (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frank Foreman (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Smith (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Smith (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Geoff Zahn (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Fritz Ostermueller (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Fritz Ostermueller (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Clarence Mitchell (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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