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Don Liddle

Donald Eugene Liddle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 25, 1925 in Mount Carmel, IL
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cardinals 1953-1956

Final Game: September 19, 1956
Died: June 5, 2000 in Mount Carmel, IL
Buried: Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mount Carmel, IL
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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
1953 28 MLN NL 7 6 .538 3.08 31 15 9 4 0 2 128.2 119 54 44 6 55 63 2 0 3 543 129 1.352 8.3 0.4 3.8 4.4 1.15
1954 29 NYG NL 9 4 .692 3.06 28 19 4 4 3 0 126.2 100 48 43 5 55 44 3 0 2 521 134 1.224 7.1 0.4 3.9 3.1 0.80
1955 30 NYG NL 10 4 .714 4.23 33 13 9 4 0 1 106.1 97 54 50 18 61 7 56 4 0 0 467 97 1.486 8.2 1.5 5.2 4.7 0.92
1956 31 TOT NL 2 4 .333 5.59 25 7 8 1 0 1 66.0 81 47 41 13 32 8 35 1 0 4 306 68 1.712 11.0 1.8 4.4 4.8 1.09
1956 31 NYG NL 1 2 .333 3.92 11 5 2 1 0 1 41.1 45 22 18 5 14 3 21 1 0 1 184 97 1.427 9.8 1.1 3.0 4.6 1.50
1956 31 STL NL 1 2 .333 8.39 14 2 6 0 0 0 24.2 36 25 23 8 18 5 14 0 0 3 122 45 2.189 13.1 2.9 6.6 5.1 0.78
4 Yrs 28 18 .609 3.75 117 54 30 13 3 4 427.2 397 203 178 42 203 15 198 10 0 9 1837 107 1.403 8.4 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98
162 Game Avg. 11 7 .609 3.75 47 21 12 5 1 2 170 158 81 71 17 81 79 4 0 4 731 107 1.403 8.4 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98
NYG (3 yrs) 20 10 .667 3.64 72 37 15 9 3 2 274.1 242 124 111 28 130 10 121 8 0 3 1172 111 1.356 7.9 0.9 4.3 4.0 0.93
MLN (1 yr) 7 6 .538 3.08 31 15 9 4 0 2 128.2 119 54 44 6 55 63 2 0 3 543 129 1.352 8.3 0.4 3.8 4.4 1.15
STL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 8.39 14 2 6 0 0 0 24.2 36 25 23 8 18 5 14 0 0 3 122 45 2.189 13.1 2.9 6.6 5.1 0.78

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
1953 28 MLN NL 128.1 31 15 54 3.79 4.62 0.08 0.00 92.8 4.21 7 0.7 1.6 -0.0 1.9 21 .523 .504 $
1954 29 NYG NL 126.2 28 19 48 3.41 4.57 0.32 0.00 100.8 4.28 13 1.4 1.1 -0.1 2.4 26 .548 .508 $
1955 30 NYG NL 106.1 33 13 54 4.57 4.38 0.06 0.00 102.0 4.41 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.9 10 .500 .500 $
1956 31 NYG NL 41.1 11 5 22 4.79 4.25 0.21 0.00 98.8 3.99 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.0 0.1 1 .473 .498 $
1956 31 STL NL 24.2 14 2 25 9.12 4.36 0.22 0.00 100.3 4.16 -13 -1.3 .8 0.1 -1.0 -11 .407 .492 $
4 Seasons 427.1 117 54 203 4.28 4.50 0.17 0.00 98.5 4.26 4 0.5 1.1 -0.1 4.3 47 .504 .501 $
NYG (3 yrs) 274.1 72 37 124 4.07 4.45 0.20 0.00 100.9 4.29 10 1.1 .9 -0.2 3.4 37 .515 .502 $
MLN (1 yr) 128.1 31 15 54 3.79 4.62 0.08 0.00 92.8 4.21 7 0.7 1.6 -0.0 1.9 21 .523 .504 $
STL (1 yr) 24.2 14 2 25 9.12 4.36 0.22 0.00 100.3 4.16 -13 -1.3 .8 0.1 -1.0 -11 .407 .492 $

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
1954 29 NYG NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 1.29 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 28 0.857 6.4 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 1.29 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 28 0.857 6.4 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.00

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
1953 28 MLN NL 31 319 480 54 119 16 1 6 2 2 55 63 .248 .328 .323 .651 .275 155 9 2 6 0 3
1954 29 NYG NL 28 483 448 48 100 15 5 5 3 6 55 44 .223 .309 .313 .621 .235 140 8 3 8 6 3
1955 30 NYG NL 33 451 394 54 97 10 3 18 0 0 61 56 .246 .351 .424 .775 .245 167 11 4 6 2 7 6
1956 31 NYG NL 11 148 163 22 45 6 1 5 2 0 14 21 .276 .331 .417 .749 .286 68 3 1 3 3 3 2
1956 31 STL NL 14 122 102 25 36 7 1 8 2 2 18 14 .353 .446 .676 1.123 .346 69 2 0 1 1 5 1
1956 31 TOT NL 25 270 265 47 81 13 2 13 4 2 32 35 .306 .377 .517 .894 .308 137 5 1 4 4 8 3
4 Yrs 117 1523 1587 203 397 54 11 42 9 10 203 198 .250 .337 .377 .714 .261 599 33 10 24 12 15 15
162 Game Avg. 47 606 631 81 158 21 4 17 4 4 81 79 .250 .337 .377 .714 .261 238 13 4 10 5 6
MLB Averages .261 .333 .391 .724 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1953 28 MLN NL 11.6 1.1 333 -0.0 6.7 -6.8 1.20 0.2 -0.2 9.4 1.0 1.21 4.1 5 2 6
1954 29 NYG NL 14.7 1.5 494 2.2 10.1 -7.9 1.14 1.9 0.1 11.6 1.2 1.14 20.5 4 2 2
1955 30 NYG NL -0.5 -0.1 456 1.3 7.2 -5.8 .86 -0.5 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.86 -8.0 3 4 8
1956 31 TOT NL -13.2 -1.3 280 -1.3 3.6 -4.9 .86 -1.7 0.2 -18.0 -1.8 0.85 -19.1 4 3 10
1956 31 NYG NL -1.2 -0.1 151 -0.8 2.4 -3.2 1.06 -0.5 -0.3 -3.6 -0.4 1.06 -4.3 1 2 3
1956 31 STL NL -12.0 -1.2 129 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 .61 -1.3 0.4 -14.4 -1.4 0.61 -14.8 3 1 7
4 Yrs 12.7 1.3 1563 2.2 27.6 -25.4 1.02 -0.1 2.3 3.5 0.4 1.02 -2.5 16 11 26

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
1953 28 MLN NL 31 15 4 5 6 1 2 8 6 .571 0 2 4 0 7 47% 52.3 78 36 10 2 2 10 4.0 3.9 6.6
1954 29 NYG NL 28 19 8 3 8 3 1 11 8 .579 0 6 4 3 8 42% 53.5 85 25 21 7 5 10 4.5 3.1 6.0
1955 30 NYG NL 33 13 6 3 4 1 0 10 3 .769 0 2 4 0 5 38% 49.9 81 35 14 5 3 7 6.1 6.8 6.1
1956 31 TOT NL 25 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 5 .286 2 0 1 0 1 14% 41.6 69 27 18 4 1 4 3.7 2.9 4.4
1956 31 NYG NL 11 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 2 0 1 0 1 20% 44.4 69 31 10 4 1 2 4.3 3.5 5.3
1956 31 STL NL 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.5 42 27 8 0 0 2 2.0 0.0 2.0
4 Yrs 117 54 19 15 20 5 3 31 22 .585 2 10 13 3 21 39% 51 85 25 63 18 11 31 4.6 4.3 6.0
MLB Averages .500 49% 51 118 -2 4.5 4.5 6.4

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
1953 28 MLN NL 31 16 9 3 1 2 2 1 100% 2 0 14 4 29% 9 1.202 5 2 6 3 3 7 8 5 9 5 6 2 5.6
1954 29 NYG NL 28 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 11 6 55% 7 1.136 4 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 2 5 3 3 4.3
1955 30 NYG NL 33 20 9 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 14 4 29% .855 3 4 8 2 1 12 8 7 6 9 6 4 4.2
1956 31 TOT NL 25 18 8 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% .856 4 3 10 2 3 13 3 15 12 3 12 2 5.9
1956 31 NYG NL 11 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 5 1.059 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 5 4 1 4 2 7.3
1956 31 STL NL 14 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 .610 3 1 7 0 3 9 2 10 8 2 8 0 5.2
4 Yrs 117 63 30 9 3 3 4 1 133% 6 3 45 15 33% 1.017 16 11 26 9 9 37 24 31 29 22 27 11 5.0

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%
1953 28 MLN NL 543 33% 1.9% 19.8% 17.2% 7.2% 19% 1.02 129% 63 9 14%
1954 29 NYG NL 520 28% 1.0% 9.1% 11.4% 5.2% 25% 0.73 84% 86 8 9%
1955 30 NYG NL 467 30% 4.0% 12.4% 13.5% 6.9% 32% 0.97 71% 97 11 11%
1956 31 TOT NL 306 33% 4.8% 13.0% 11.9% 10.4% 35% 0.85 82% 51 5 10%
1956 31 NYG NL 184 32% 3.4% 14.2% 9.5% 8.1% 27% 0.82 95% 30 3 10%
1956 31 STL NL 122 33% 6.6% 11.5% 14.8% 13.1% 44% 0.90 66% 21 2 10%
4 Yrs 1836 30% 2.8% 13.0% 13.3% 7.0% 27% 0.87 89% 297 33 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.0% 10.0% 6.8% 28% 0.95 80% 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
1953 28 MLN NL 319 119 6 0 6 3 1 2 2 16 8 2 50% 3 3 0 125 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 224
1954 29 NYG NL 483 100 5 0 15 3 2 3 2 29 17 3 59% 3 2 0 156 3 6 33% 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 37
1955 30 NYG NL 451 97 18 0 11 13 4 11 6 20 7 2 35% 6 0 1 171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16
1956 31 TOT NL 270 81 13 2 8 11 1 3 9 19 7 1 37% 3 4 0 101 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 36
1956 31 NYG NL 148 45 5 0 4 4 0 2 2 7 2 0 29% 2 1 0 59 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 36
1956 31 STL NL 122 36 8 2 4 7 1 1 7 12 5 1 42% 1 3 0 42 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
4 Yrs 1523 397 42 2 40 30 8 19 19 84 39 8 46% 15 9 1 553 9 10 47% 8 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 28 313
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1953 28 7 6 .538 3.08 31 15 9 4 0 2 128.2 119 54 44 6 55 63 2 0 3 543 129 1.352 8.3 0.4 3.8 4.4 1.15 129
1954 29 16 10 .615 3.07 59 34 13 8 3 2 255.1 219 102 87 11 110 107 5 0 5 1064 131 1.289 7.7 0.4 3.9 3.8 0.97 131
1955 30 26 14 .650 3.41 92 47 22 12 3 3 361.2 316 156 137 29 171 7 163 9 0 5 1531 119 1.347 7.9 0.7 4.3 4.1 0.95 119
1956 31 28 18 .609 3.75 117 54 30 13 3 4 427.2 397 203 178 42 203 15 198 10 0 9 1837 107 1.403 8.4 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98 107

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
1953 28 8 6 .571 3.26 127.0 124 51 46 6 57 62 2 1.425 8.8 4.0 4.4 1.09 0.4 31
1954 29 9 5 .643 3.09 128.0 104 49 44 5 57 44 3 1.258 7.3 4.0 3.1 0.77 0.4 28
1955 30 6 6 .500 4.25 108.0 100 57 51 19 63 57 4 1.509 8.3 5.3 4.8 0.90 1.6 33
1956 31 2 5 .286 6.00 66.0 86 49 44 14 34 35 1 1.818 11.7 4.6 4.8 1.03 1.9 25
4 Yrs 25 22 .532 3.88 429.0 414 206 185 44 211 198 10 1.457 8.7 4.2 0.94 0.9 117

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 NL  3 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1954 NL  1.9 (7th)

                           

† 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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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