Bob Lemon
Robert Granville Lemon
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 22, 1920 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Final Game: July 1, 1958
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1976 (305/388 ballots).
Died: January 11, 2000 in Long Beach, CA
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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
1946 25 CLE AL 4 5 .444 2.49 32 5 17 1 0 1 94.0 77 40 26 1 68 39 0 0 5 412 134 1.543 7.4 0.1 6.5 3.7 0.57
1947 26 CLE AL 11 5 .688 3.44 37 15 15 6 1 3 167.1 150 68 64 7 97 65 4 0 6 725 101 1.476 8.1 0.4 5.2 3.5 0.67
1948 27 CLE AL 20 14 .588 2.82 43 37 2 20 10 2 293.2 231 104 92 12 129 147 3 0 3 1214 144 1.226 7.1 0.4 4.0 4.5 1.14 AS,MVP-5
1949 28 CLE AL 22 10 .688 2.99 37 33 4 22 2 1 279.2 211 101 93 19 137 138 6 0 1 1159 133 1.244 6.8 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.01 AS,MVP-9
1950 29 CLE AL 23 11 .676 3.84 44 37 5 22 3 3 288.0 281 144 123 28 146 170 2 0 5 1254 113 1.483 8.8 0.9 4.6 5.3 1.16 AS,MVP-5
1951 30 CLE AL 17 14 .548 3.52 42 34 7 17 1 2 263.1 244 119 103 19 124 132 2 1 4 1139 108 1.397 8.3 0.6 4.2 4.5 1.06 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 22 11 .667 2.50 42 36 6 28 5 4 309.2 236 104 86 15 105 131 6 0 8 1252 134 1.101 6.9 0.4 3.1 3.8 1.25 AS,MVP-8
1953 32 CLE AL 21 15 .583 3.36 41 36 4 23 5 1 286.2 283 119 107 16 110 98 11 0 9 1216 112 1.371 8.9 0.5 3.5 3.1 0.89 AS,MVP-16
1954 33 CLE AL 23 7 .767 2.72 36 33 1 21 2 0 258.1 228 95 78 12 92 110 4 1 6 1077 136 1.239 7.9 0.4 3.2 3.8 1.20 AS,MVP-5
1955 34 CLE AL 18 10 .643 3.88 35 31 3 5 0 2 211.1 218 103 91 17 74 3 100 5 0 8 909 103 1.382 9.3 0.7 3.2 4.3 1.35
1956 35 CLE AL 20 14 .588 3.03 39 35 3 21 2 3 255.1 230 103 86 23 89 2 94 6 0 4 1074 139 1.249 8.1 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.06 MVP-10
1957 36 CLE AL 6 11 .353 4.60 21 17 2 2 0 0 117.1 129 70 60 9 64 6 45 7 0 3 540 81 1.645 9.9 0.7 4.9 3.5 0.70
1958 37 CLE AL 0 1 .000 5.33 11 1 4 0 0 0 25.1 41 15 15 3 16 2 8 1 0 1 128 69 2.250 14.6 1.1 5.7 2.8 0.50
13 Seasons 207 128 .618 3.23 460 350 73 188 31 22 2850.0 2559 1185 1024 181 1251 13 1277 57 2 63 12099 119 1.337 8.1 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.02
162 Game Avg. 17 11 .618 3.23 39 29 6 16 3 2 239 215 99 86 15 105 107 5 0 5 1016 119 1.337 8.1 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.02

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
1948 27 CLE AL WS W BSN 2 0 1.000 1.65 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 16 4 3 0 7 0 6 0 1 0 67 1.408 8.8 0.0 3.9 3.3 0.86
1954 33 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 2 .000 6.75 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 16 11 10 1 8 2 11 0 0 1 64 1.800 10.8 0.7 5.4 7.4 1.38
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 .500 3.94 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.2 32 15 13 1 15 2 17 0 1 1 131 1.584 9.7 0.3 4.6 5.2 1.13
2 WS 2 2 .500 3.94 4 4 0 2 0 0 29.2 32 15 13 1 15 2 17 0 1 1 131 1.584 9.7 0.3 4.6 5.2 1.13

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1948 CLE AL 27
1949 CLE AL 28
1950 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1951 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1952 CLE AL 31 0 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 11 2.000 9.0 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
1953 CLE AL 32
1954 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Seasons (4 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 2.70 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 28 1.350 8.1 1.4 4.1 4.1 1.00

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 33 CLE AL 36 1078 960 95 228 40 2 12 4 6 92 110 .238 .303 .321 .624 .254 308 26 4 9 13
1955 34 CLE AL 35 909 820 103 218 29 8 17 2 7 74 100 .266 .329 .383 .712 .285 314 19 5 7 3 3
1956 35 CLE AL 39 1074 962 103 230 34 4 23 5 4 89 94 .239 .305 .354 .660 .243 341 28 6 10 7 2
1957 36 CLE AL 21 539 449 70 129 23 4 9 7 3 64 45 .287 .380 .416 .796 .299 187 13 7 12 7 6
1958 37 CLE AL 11 128 110 15 41 5 0 3 0 1 16 8 .373 .457 .500 .957 .384 55 3 1 1 0 2
5 Seasons 142 3728 3301 386 846 131 18 64 18 21 335 357 .256 .326 .365 .691 .269 1205 89 23 39 30 13
162 Game Avg. 37 979 867 101 222 34 5 17 5 6 88 94 .256 .326 .365 .691 .269 316 23 6 10 8
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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 33 CLE AL 36 33 22 7 4 1 3 26 7 .788 1 3 21 2 24 73% 57 84 20 14 4 18 7 5.7 5.8 7.7
1955 34 CLE AL 35 31 17 10 4 4 2 20 11 .645 0 4 5 0 15 48% 50 81 25 28 4 14 5 5.3 5.6 6.7
1956 35 CLE AL 39 35 20 14 1 2 5 20 15 .571 1 0 21 2 24 69% 55 78 12 13 5 18 6 4.7 4.6 7.2
1957 36 CLE AL 21 17 5 9 3 0 1 8 9 .471 1 3 2 0 7 41% 45 77 24 23 4 9 4 3.9 2.6 6.0
1958 37 CLE AL 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 9 2 1 0 6.0 0.0 1.0
5 Seasons 142 117 64 41 12 7 11 74 43 .632 3 10 49 4 70 60% 53 84 12 87 19 60 22 5.0 5.0 7.0
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 33 CLE AL 36 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 9 1.008 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.7
1955 34 CLE AL 35 4 3 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 1 17% 6 1.030 3 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3.3
1956 35 CLE AL 39 4 3 0 0 2 3 0 150% 2 0 2 1 50% 8 0.977 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 3.5
1957 36 CLE AL 21 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1.137 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 12.0
1958 37 CLE AL 11 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 0.405 1 1 8 0 0 10 3 7 7 1 7 1 7.3
5 Seasons 142 25 13 3 2 4 5 0 125% 5 1 17 3 18% 1.002 8 4 13 6 5 14 11 14 14 7 14 2 6.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1946 25 CLE AL
1947 26 CLE AL
1948 27 CLE AL
1949 28 CLE AL
1950 29 CLE AL
1951 30 CLE AL
1952 31 CLE AL
1953 32 CLE AL
1954 33 CLE AL 1078 41% 1.1% 10.2% 8.5% 5.0% 24% 1.37 79% 208 26 13%
1955 34 CLE AL 909 45% 1.9% 11.0% 8.1% 5.9% 25% 1.64 78% 177 19 11%
1956 35 CLE AL 1075 43% 2.1% 8.8% 8.3% 5.7% 27% 1.44 79% 179 28 16%
1957 36 CLE AL 539 40% 1.7% 8.4% 11.9% 6.7% 28% 1.27 75% 115 13 11%
1958 37 CLE AL 128 38% 2.3% 6.3% 12.5% 6.3% 20% 1.24 77% 29 3 10%
13 Seasons 3729 42% 4.9% 34.3% 33.6% 5.7% 8% 1.43 78% 708 89 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
1946 25 CLE AL 77 1 5
1947 26 CLE AL 150 7 6
1948 27 CLE AL 231 12 3
1949 28 CLE AL 211 19 1
1950 29 CLE AL 281 28 5
1951 30 CLE AL 244 19 4
1952 31 CLE AL 236 15 8
1953 32 CLE AL 283 16 9
1954 33 CLE AL 1078 228 12 0 23 7 5 6 6 57 31 4 54% 20 6 3 402 4 6 40% 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 27 0
1955 34 CLE AL 909 218 17 0 23 9 8 13 4 46 26 4 57% 10 8 0 334 2 7 22% 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1956 35 CLE AL 1075 230 23 1 26 14 9 11 12 46 28 3 61% 21 4 4 372 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
1957 36 CLE AL 539 129 9 1 10 4 5 7 2 28 15 3 54% 11 3 0 241 7 3 70% 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
1958 37 CLE AL 128 41 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 4 2 0 50% 1 1 1 60 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 Seasons 3729 2559 181 2 87 37 27 40 24 181 102 14 56% 63 63 8 1409 18 21 46% 16 18 1 2 1 1 7 0 75 0
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+
1946 25 4 5 .444 2.49 32 5 17 1 0 1 94.0 77 40 26 1 68 39 0 0 5 412 134 1.543 7.4 0.1 6.5 3.7 0.57 134
1947 26 15 10 .600 3.10 69 20 32 7 1 4 261.1 227 108 90 8 165 104 4 0 11 1137 111 1.500 7.8 0.3 5.7 3.6 0.63 111
1948 27 35 24 .593 2.95 112 57 34 27 11 6 555.0 458 212 182 20 294 251 7 0 14 2351 128 1.355 7.4 0.3 4.8 4.1 0.85 128
1949 28 57 34 .626 2.97 149 90 38 49 13 7 834.2 669 313 275 39 431 389 13 0 15 3510 130 1.318 7.2 0.4 4.6 4.2 0.90 130
1950 29 80 45 .640 3.19 193 127 43 71 16 10 1122.2 950 457 398 67 577 559 15 0 20 4764 124 1.360 7.6 0.5 4.6 4.5 0.97 124
1951 30 97 59 .622 3.25 235 161 50 88 17 12 1386.0 1194 576 501 86 701 691 17 1 24 5903 121 1.367 7.8 0.6 4.6 4.5 0.99 121
1952 31 119 70 .630 3.12 277 197 56 116 22 16 1695.2 1430 680 587 101 806 822 23 1 32 7155 123 1.319 7.6 0.5 4.3 4.4 1.02 123
1953 32 140 85 .622 3.15 318 233 60 139 27 17 1982.1 1713 799 694 117 916 920 34 1 41 8371 121 1.326 7.8 0.5 4.2 4.2 1.00 121
1954 33 163 92 .639 3.10 354 266 61 160 29 17 2240.2 1941 894 772 129 1008 1030 38 2 47 9448 123 1.316 7.8 0.5 4.0 4.1 1.02 123
1955 34 181 102 .640 3.17 389 297 64 165 29 19 2452.0 2159 997 863 146 1082 3 1130 43 2 55 10357 121 1.322 7.9 0.5 4.0 4.1 1.04 121
1956 35 201 116 .634 3.15 428 332 67 186 31 22 2707.1 2389 1100 949 169 1171 5 1224 49 2 59 11431 122 1.315 7.9 0.6 3.9 4.1 1.05 122
1957 36 207 127 .620 3.21 449 349 69 188 31 22 2824.2 2518 1170 1009 178 1235 11 1269 56 2 62 11971 120 1.329 8.0 0.6 3.9 4.0 1.03 120
1958 37 207 128 .618 3.23 460 350 73 188 31 22 2850.0 2559 1185 1024 181 1251 13 1277 57 2 63 12099 119 1.337 8.1 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.02 119

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1946 25 6 4 .600 3.20 90.0 85 36 32 1 75 37 0 1.778 8.5 7.5 3.7 0.49 0.1 32
1947 26 8 9 .471 4.22 160.0 164 83 75 8 106 62 4 1.688 9.2 6.0 3.5 0.58 0.5 37
1948 27 22 11 .667 2.87 298.0 239 106 95 12 133 149 3 1.248 7.2 4.0 4.5 1.12 0.4 43
1949 28 19 12 .613 3.11 281.0 220 108 97 20 143 139 6 1.292 7.0 4.6 4.5 0.97 0.6 37
1950 29 17 15 .531 3.66 293.0 282 132 119 28 147 173 2 1.464 8.7 4.5 5.3 1.18 0.9 44
1951 30 15 14 .517 3.78 267.0 262 124 112 20 133 134 2 1.479 8.8 4.5 4.5 1.01 0.7 42
1952 31 21 13 .618 3.06 306.0 266 116 104 17 118 129 7 1.255 7.8 3.5 3.8 1.09 0.5 42
1953 32 16 15 .516 3.79 280.0 301 131 118 17 117 96 12 1.493 9.7 3.8 3.1 0.82 0.5 41
1954 33 18 10 .643 3.02 259.0 246 97 87 13 99 110 4 1.332 8.5 3.4 3.8 1.11 0.5 36
1955 34 12 11 .522 3.95 214.0 226 104 94 18 77 101 5 1.416 9.5 3.2 4.2 1.31 0.8 35
1956 35 19 10 .655 2.86 264.0 234 93 84 23 91 97 6 1.231 8.0 3.1 3.3 1.07 0.8 39
1957 36 5 8 .385 5.15 117.0 139 74 67 10 69 45 8 1.778 10.7 5.3 3.5 0.65 0.8 21
1958 37 1 1 .500 6.65 23.0 45 19 17 3 18 7 1 2.739 17.6 7.0 2.7 0.39 1.2 11
13 Seasons 179 133 .574 3.47 2852.0 2709 1223 1101 190 1326 1279 60 1.415 8.5 4.0 0.96 0.6 460

* 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

All-Star Games
1948
1949
1950 *
1951 *
1952 *
1953
1954 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1948-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1950-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1954-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-AL-5-30%
1949-AL-9-17%
1950-AL-5-30%
1952-AL-8-17%
1953-AL-16-7%
1954-AL-5-53%
1956-AL-10-12%
1.66 Career Shares (122nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL--2.820--3rd
1949 AL--2.993--5th
1950 AL--3.844--10th
1952 AL--2.499--4th
1954 AL--2.717--3rd
1956 AL--3.031--4th

Wins s c a p y
1948 AL--20--2nd
1949 AL--22--3rd
1950 AL--23--1st
1951 AL--17--9th
1952 AL--22--3rd
1953 AL--21--2nd
1954 AL--23--1st
1955 AL--18--1st
1956 AL--20--2nd
Career--207--99th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 AL--.688--5th
1949 AL--.688--5th
1950 AL--.676--6th
1952 AL--.667--4th
1954 AL--.767--4th
1955 AL--.643--4th
Career--.618--72nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1948 AL--1.226--1st
1949 AL--1.244--4th
1952 AL--1.101--2nd
1954 AL--1.239--8th
1956 AL--1.249--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--8.068--8th
1948 AL--7.080--2nd
1949 AL--6.790--2nd
1951 AL--8.339--10th
1952 AL--6.859--1st
Career--8.081--135th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--3.137--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL--4.505--6th
1949 AL--4.441--9th
1950 AL--5.313--4th
1951 AL--4.511--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL--43--9th
1950 AL--44--7th
1951 AL--42--5th
1952 AL--42--5th
1953 AL--41--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1948 AL--293.7--1st
1949 AL--279.7--3rd
1950 AL--288.0--1st
1951 AL--263.3--2nd
1952 AL--309.7--1st
1953 AL--286.7--1st
1954 AL--258.3--4th
1955 AL--211.3--10th
1956 AL--255.3--5th
Career--2850.0--154th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL--147--2nd
1949 AL--138--3rd
1950 AL--170--1st
1951 AL--132--3rd
1952 AL--131--7th
1953 AL--98--10th
1955 AL--100--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1948 AL--37--2nd
1949 AL--33--3rd
1950 AL--37--1st
1951 AL--34--1st
1952 AL--36--1st
1953 AL--36--2nd
1954 AL--33--4th
1955 AL--31--6th
1956 AL--35--2nd
Career--350--188th

Complete Games s c a p y
1948 AL--20--1st
1949 AL--22--2nd
1950 AL--22--1st
1951 AL--17--5th
1952 AL--28--1st
1953 AL--23--2nd
1954 AL--21--1st
1956 AL--21--1st
Career--188--155th

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 AL--10--1st
1950 AL--3--2nd
1952 AL--5--3rd
1953 AL--5--3rd
Career--31--103rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL--19--4th
1950 AL--28--2nd
1951 AL--19--7th
1952 AL--15--8th
1956 AL--23--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL--97--6th
1948 AL--129--3rd
1949 AL--137--3rd
1950 AL--146--2nd
1951 AL--124--2nd
1952 AL--105--3rd
1953 AL--110--3rd
1954 AL--92--9th
Career--1251--43rd

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL--231--10th
1950 AL--281--1st
1951 AL--244--1st
1952 AL--236--4th
1953 AL--283--1st
1954 AL--228--4th
1955 AL--218--5th
1956 AL--230--8th
Career--2559--210th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--1.007--10th
1950 AL--1.164--6th
1955 AL--1.351--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL--.377--8th
1948 AL--.368--7th
1952 AL--.436--8th
1953 AL--.502--3rd
1954 AL--.418--9th

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL--14--9th
1951 AL--14--1st
1953 AL--15--2nd
1956 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--123--2nd
1951 AL--103--4th
1952 AL--86--9th
1953 AL--107--3rd
1955 AL--91--5th
Career--1024--206th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 AL--5--7th
1947 AL--6--5th
1950 AL--5--9th
1951 AL--4--10th
1952 AL--8--2nd
1953 AL--9--2nd
1954 AL--6--3rd
1955 AL--8--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL--4--5th
1949 AL--6--5th
1952 AL--6--9th
1953 AL--11--2nd
1956 AL--6--10th
1957 AL--7--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL--1214--1st
1949 AL--1159--4th
1950 AL--1254--1st
1951 AL--1139--1st
1952 AL--1252--1st
1953 AL--1216--1st
1954 AL--1077--5th
1955 AL--909--9th
1956 AL--1074--7th
Career--12099--127th

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 AL--17--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL--144--4th
1949 AL--133--5th
1952 AL--134--6th
1954 AL--136--4th
1956 AL--139--4th
Career--119--129th

Youngest s c a p y
1941 AL--born 1920-09-22--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 42 (20), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 125 (51), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 118 (70), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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