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Ken Lehman

Kenneth Karl Lehman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 10, 1928 in Seattle, WA
High School: Kirkland HS (Kirland, WA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1952
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Phillies/Dodgers 1952-1961

Final Game: September 30, 1961
Died: December 4, 2010 in Sedro-Woolley, WA
Cremated
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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
1947	19	LAD-min	D,C	9	13	.409	3.36	32						201.0	189	109	75		125								1.562	8.5		5.6			VDS,SNB · GAFL,CALL
1948	20	LAD-min	C	17	7	.708	3.94	33						201.0	188	115	88		119								1.527	8.4		5.3			IDF · PION
1949	21	LAD-min	A	16	12	.571	4.46	39						244.0	256	138	121		150								1.664	9.4		5.5			PBO · WL
1950	22	LAD-min	AAA	10	11	.476	3.47	33	20		7	1		158.0	151	71	61		69		92	4	1	1			1.392	8.6		3.9	5.2	1.33	HOL · PCL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	24	LAD-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.75	4				0		24.0	21	10	10		8		21						1.208	7.9		3.0	7.9	2.63	STP · AA
1952	24	BRO	NL	1	2	.333	5.28	4	3	1	0	0	0	15.1	19	11	9	1	6		7	0	0	0	70	71	1.630	11.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.17

1953	25	LAD-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.84	30	26		14	2		176.0	153	82	75	7	68		94	0	0	2			1.256	7.8	0.4	3.5	4.8	1.38	MTL · IL
1954	26	LAD-min	AAA	18	10	.643	3.35	34	29		15	3		215.0	217	89	80	18	81		105	3	0	8			1.386	9.1	0.8	3.4	4.4	1.30	MTL · IL
1955	27	LAD-min	AAA	22	9	.710	2.76	34	32		21	6		241.0	208	93	74	10	75		120	3	0	8			1.174	7.8	0.4	2.8	4.5	1.60	MTL · IL
1956	28	BRO	NL	2	3	.400	5.66	25	4	5	0	0	0	49.1	65	35	31	11	23	2	29	0	0	1	231	71	1.784	11.9	2.0	4.2	5.3	1.26
1957	29	TOT	MLB	8	3	.727	2.52	33	3	19	1	0	6	75.0	64	21	21	1	23	2	35	0	0	4	303	145	1.160	7.7	0.1	2.8	4.2	1.52
1957	29	BRO	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	28		1.143	9.0	0.0	1.3	3.9	3.00
1957	29	BAL	AL	8	3	.727	2.78	30	3	18	1	0	6	68.0	57	21	21	1	22	2	32	0	0	4	275	129	1.162	7.5	0.1	2.9	4.2	1.45
1958	30	BAL	AL	2	1	.667	3.48	31	1	16	1	0	0	62.0	64	26	24	5	18	4	36	2	0	1	263	103	1.323	9.3	0.7	2.6	5.2	2.00

1959	31	PHI-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.26	41	14		7	1		171.0	172	74	62	17	41	13	95	0	0	6			1.246	9.1	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.32	BFL · IL
1960	32	PHI-min	AAA	13	14	.481	3.38	32	26		14	1		184.0	189	81	69	17	53	5	92	2	0	11			1.315	9.2	0.8	2.6	4.5	1.74	BFL · IL
1961	33	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	4.26	41	2	18	0	0	1	63.1	61	32	30	6	25	8	27	1	0	2	269	95	1.358	8.7	0.9	3.6	3.8	1.08
1962	34	CLE-PHI-min	AAA	7	7	.500	4.42	28	20		2	0		116.0	128	60	57	15	20	0	58	2	0	4			1.276	9.9	1.2	1.6	4.5	2.90	JCK,BFL · IL
5 Yrs				14	10	.583	3.91	134	13	59	2	0	7	265.0	273	125	115	24	95	16	134	3	0	8	1136	98	1.389	9.3	0.8	3.2	4.6	1.41
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.583	3.91	62	6	27	1	0	3	123	126	58	53	11	44		62	1	0	4	525	98	1.389	9.3	0.8	3.2	4.6	1.41

BRO (3 yrs)				3	5	.375	5.02	32	7	7	0	0	0	71.2	91	46	40	12	30	2	39	0	0	1	329	80	1.688	11.4	1.5	3.8	4.9	1.30
BAL (2 yrs)				10	4	.714	3.12	61	4	34	2	0	6	130.0	121	47	45	6	40	6	68	2	0	5	538	115	1.238	8.4	0.4	2.8	4.7	1.70
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.26	41	2	18	0	0	1	63.1	61	32	30	6	25	8	27	1	0	2	269	95	1.358	8.7	0.9	3.6	3.8	1.08

NL (4 yrs)				4	6	.400	4.67	73	9	25	0	0	1	135.0	152	78	70	18	55	10	66	1	0	3	598	86	1.533	10.1	1.2	3.7	4.4	1.20
AL (2 yrs)				10	4	.714	3.12	61	4	34	2	0	6	130.0	121	47	45	6	40	6	68	2	0	5	538	115	1.238	8.4	0.4	2.8	4.7	1.70

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	15.1	4	3	11	6.46	3.98	0.13	0.00	95.4	3.68	-5	-0.5	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.384	.497	$

1956	28	BRO	NL	49.1	25	4	35	6.39	4.23	0.62	0.00	105.6	3.82	-13	-1.3	.7	0.1	-0.8	-9	.446	.492	$
1957	29	BRO	NL	7.1	3	0	0	0.00	5.14	0.26	0.00	112.0	5.46	5	0.5	.3	-0.2	0.4	5	.679	.503	$
1957	29	BAL	AL	67.2	30	3	21	2.79	4.39	0.30	0.00	91.4	3.74	7	0.8	2.0	0.2	1.6	13	.528	.505	$
1958	30	BAL	AL	62.0	31	1	26	3.77	4.30	-0.08	0.00	98.2	4.31	4	0.4	.7	-0.2	0.7	9	.513	.503	$

1961	33	PHI	NL	63.1	41	2	32	4.55	4.77	-0.06	-0.17	99.6	4.64	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.6	8	.501	.500	$
5 Seasons				265.0	134	13	125	4.25	4.43	0.17	-0.04	98.4	4.15	-2	0.0	.9	-0.2	2.2	23	.500	.500	$

BRO (3 yrs)				72.0	32	7	46	5.75	4.27	0.48	0.00	104.1	3.96	-13	-1.3	.7	-0.2	-0.7	-7	.460	.497	$
BAL (2 yrs)				129.2	61	4	47	3.26	4.35	0.12	0.00	94.7	4.01	11	1.2	1.3	0.0	2.3	22	.520	.504	$
PHI (1 yr)				63.1	41	2	32	4.55	4.77	-0.06	-0.17	99.6	4.64	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.6	8	.501	.500	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	4	70	64	11	19	7	0	1	2	0	6	7	.297	.357	.453	.810	.321	29	2	0	0	0		2

1956	28	BRO	NL	25	231	200	35	65	12	3	11	5	2	23	29	.325	.389	.580	.969	.331	116	2	0	5	3	2	3
1957	29	TOT	MLB	33	303	273	21	64	19	0	1	0	3	23	35	.234	.293	.315	.608	.265	86	8	0	6	1	2	4
1957	29	BAL	AL	30	275	246	21	57	15	0	1	0	3	22	32	.232	.294	.305	.599	.262	75	8	0	6	1	2	4
1957	29	BRO	NL	3	28	27	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.259	.286	.407	.693	.292	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	30	BAL	AL	31	264	232	26	64	14	3	5	0	1	18	36	.276	.324	.427	.751	.298	99	5	2	5	7	4	3

1961	33	PHI	NL	41	269	235	32	61	16	1	6	2	1	25	27	.260	.331	.413	.744	.270	97	7	1	6	2	8	3
5 Yrs				134	1137	1004	125	273	68	7	24	9	7	95	134	.272	.333	.425	.758	.290	427	24	3	22	13	16	15
162 Game Avg.				62	526	464	58	126	31	3	11	4	3	44	62	.272	.333	.425	.758	.290	198	11	1	10	6		7
MLB Averages																.258	.328	.389	.718	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	24	BRO	NL	-3.0	-0.3	72	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	1.04	-0.3	-0.3	-5.6	-0.5	1.04	-3.4	0	1	0

1956	28	BRO	NL	-8.0	-0.8	237	-0.9	2.5	-3.3	.67	-1.9	0.6	-14.1	-1.4	0.67	-20.3	3	5	13
1957	29	TOT	MLB	10.8	1.1	310	2.3	6.2	-4.0	1.10	1.2	0.8	12.8	1.4	1.11	11.2	12	5	12
1957	29	BRO	NL	3.2	0.3	28	0.1	0.3	-0.1	.41	0.2	0.1	1.8	0.2	0.41	2.3	0	0	2
1957	29	BAL	AL	7.6	0.8	282	2.2	6.0	-3.8	1.17	1.0	0.8	11.0	1.2	1.17	9.0	12	5	10
1958	30	BAL	AL	1.3	0.1	268	0.2	2.5	-2.4	.53	-0.1	0.4	1.3	0.1	0.53	-2.5	3	9	18

1961	33	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	274	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	.37	-0.2	-0.4	-1.9	-0.2	0.37	1.7	4	6	27
5 Yrs				0.7	0.1	1161	0.7	14.0	-13.4	.71	-1.3	2.3	-7.5	-0.6	0.71	-13.3	22	26	70

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	4	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	1	33%	43.3	56	35	5	1	1	1	4.3	5.3	3.8

1956	28	BRO	NL	25	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0%	45.5	48	44	17	6	3	1	2.8	3.5	4.8
1957	29	TOT	MLB	33	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	1	33%		79	22	13	5	2	0	2.0	1.4	6.7
1957	29	BAL	AL	30	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	1	33%	48.7	79	22	11	5	2	0	2.0	1.4	6.7
1958	30	BAL	AL	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	63.0	63	63	8	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	9.0

1961	33	PHI	NL	41	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	43	41	3	2	1	0	3.3	0.0	3.0
5 Yrs				131	13	1	8	4	1	3	3	10	.231	0	1	2	0	3	23%	47	79	22	44	16	8	2	2.8	2.4	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.3	6.5

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	0		6	1.039	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	12.0

1956	28	BRO	NL	25	21	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	16	7	44%	7	.670	3	5	13	2	1	18	9	12	9	8	11	3	4.3
1957	29	TOT	MLB	33	30	19	7	1	8	6	2	75%	9	0	26	7	27%		1.104	12	5	12	10	6	14	18	12	17	5	18	4	5.5
1957	29	BRO	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	3	75%	2	.412	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	7.3
1957	29	BAL	AL	30	27	18	7	1	8	6	2	75%	9	0	22	4	18%	8	1.175	12	5	10	10	6	11	16	11	16	5	16	4	5.3
1958	30	BAL	AL	31	30	16	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	16	7	44%	7	.534	3	9	18	4	2	24	11	19	15	6	15	4	5.3

1961	33	PHI	NL	41	39	18	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	29	12	41%	8	.369	4	6	27	1	2	36	16	23	19	9	19	6	4.4
5 Yrs				134	121	59	13	2	10	7	3	70%	14	2	87	33	38%		.706	22	26	70	18	11	92	54	67	61	28	64	17	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	24	BRO	NL	70	37%	1.4%	10.0%	8.6%	11.4%	42%	1.44	80%	15	2	13%

1956	28	BRO	NL	231	30%	4.8%	12.6%	10.0%	11.3%	40%	1.23	71%	55	2	4%
1957	29	TOT	MLB	303	25%	0.3%	11.6%	7.6%	6.6%	31%	0.97	79%	70	8	11%
1957	29	BRO	NL	28	43%	0.0%	10.7%	3.6%	14.3%	57%	1.00	86%	2	0	0%
1957	29	BAL	AL	275	23%	0.4%	11.6%	8.0%	5.8%	28%	0.96	78%	68	8	12%
1958	30	BAL	AL	264	36%	1.9%	13.6%	6.8%	8.3%	34%	1.27	75%	45	5	11%

1961	33	PHI	NL	269	38%	2.2%	10.0%	9.3%	8.6%	38%	1.17	76%	48	7	15%
5 Yrs				1137	32%	2.1%	11.8%	8.4%	8.7%	36%	1.15	76%	233	24	10%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.7%	9.4%	6.7%	28%	0.99	78%			11%

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	70	19			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	50%	2	0	0	27	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	28	BRO	NL	231	65			11	0	2	10	1	3	8	16	11	0	69%	3	1	0	93	5	2	71%	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
1957	29	TOT	MLB	303	64			1	0	8	1	0	1	0	21	9	5	43%	4	4	0	121	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1957	29	BRO	NL	28	7			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	BAL	AL	275	57			1	0	7	1	0	1	0	18	7	5	39%	4	4	0	113	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1958	30	BAL	AL	264	64			5	0	7	3	2	3	2	26	15	1	58%	3	1	1	91	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0

1961	33	PHI	NL	269	61			6	0	14	5	1	2	4	17	8	2	47%	3	2	1	101	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5 Yrs				1137	273			24	0	32	20	4	9	15	84	45	9	54%	15	8	2	433	9	7	56%	7	6	2	1	0	0	2	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		52%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1952	24	1	2	.333	5.28	4	3	1	0	0	15.1	19	11	9	1	6		7	0	0	70	71	1.630	11.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.17	71
1953	25	1	2	.333	5.28	4	3	1	0	0	15.1	19	11	9	1	6		7	0	0	70	71	1.630	11.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.17	71
1954	26	1	2	.333	5.28	4	3	1	0	0	15.1	19	11	9	1	6		7	0	0	70	71	1.630	11.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.17	71
1955	27	1	2	.333	5.28	4	3	1	0	0	15.1	19	11	9	1	6		7	0	0	70	71	1.630	11.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.17	71
1956	28	3	5	.375	5.57	29	7	6	0	0	64.2	84	46	40	12	29	2	36	0	1	301	71	1.747	11.7	1.7	4.0	5.0	1.24	71
1957	29	11	8	.579	3.93	62	10	25	1	6	139.2	148	67	61	13	52	4	71	0	5	604	97	1.432	9.5	0.8	3.4	4.6	1.37	97
1958	30	13	9	.591	3.79	93	11	41	2	6	201.2	212	93	85	18	70	8	107	2	6	867	99	1.398	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.8	1.53	99
1959	31	13	9	.591	3.79	93	11	41	2	6	201.2	212	93	85	18	70	8	107	2	6	867	99	1.398	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.8	1.53	99
1960	32	13	9	.591	3.79	93	11	41	2	6	201.2	212	93	85	18	70	8	107	2	6	867	99	1.398	9.5	0.8	3.1	4.8	1.53	99
1961	33	14	10	.583	3.91	134	13	59	2	7	265.0	273	125	115	24	95	16	134	3	8	1136	98	1.389	9.3	0.8	3.2	4.6	1.41	98

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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
1952	24	0	1	.000	5.63	16.0	20	11	10	1	6	7	0	1.625	11.3	3.4	3.9	1.17	0.6	4

1956	28	2	3	.400	5.76	50.0	68	36	32	12	24	29	0	1.840	12.2	4.3	5.2	1.21	2.2	25
1957	29	5	3	.625	2.88	75.0	70	27	24	1	25	35	0	1.267	8.4	3.0	4.2	1.40	0.1	33
1958	30	3	3	.500	4.13	61.0	70	31	28	5	20	35	2	1.475	10.3	3.0	5.2	1.75	0.7	31

1961	33	3	4	.429	4.22	64.0	63	33	30	6	26	27	1	1.391	8.9	3.7	3.8	1.04	0.8	41
5 Yrs		13	14	.481	4.20	266.0	291	138	124	25	101	133	3	1.474	9.8		4.5	1.32	0.8	134

* 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

Saves s c a p y 1957 AL 6 (10th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1957 AL 2.2 (10th)

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1957 AL 6 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 AL 2.2 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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