Don Liddle
Donald Eugene Liddle
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
Final Game: September 19, 1956
Died: June 5, 2000 in Mount Carmel, IL
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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
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 3 543 128 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 2 521 133 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 96 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 67 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 96 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 Seasons 28 18 .609 3.75 117 54 30 13 3 4 427.2 397 203 178 42 203 15 198 10 0 9 1837 106 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 4 731 106 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 3 543 128 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

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
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*

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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 29 NYG NL 28 520 448 48 100 15 5 5 3 6 55 44 .223 .309 .313 .621 .235 140 8 3 8 6
1955 30 NYG NL 33 467 394 54 97 5 1 18 0 0 61 56 .246 .351 .401 .752 .245 158 5 4 6 2 7
1956 31 TOT NL 25 306 265 47 81 13 2 13 3 2 32 35 .306 .377 .517 .894 .308 137 5 1 4 4 8
1956 31 NYG NL 11 184 163 22 45 6 1 5 1 0 14 21 .276 .331 .417 .749 .286 68 3 1 3 3 3
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
3 Seasons 86 1293 1107 149 278 33 8 36 6 8 148 135 .251 .340 .393 .733 .255 435 18 8 18 12 15
162 Game Avg. 47 703 602 81 151 18 4 20 3 4 81 73 .251 .340 .393 .733 .255 237 10 4 10 7
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 29 NYG NL 28 19 8 3 8 3 1 11 8 .579 0 6 4 3 8 42% 53 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% 50 81 35 13 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 69 27 16 3 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 69 31 8 3 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% 35 42 27 8 0 0 2 2.0 0.0 2.0
3 Seasons 86 39 15 10 14 4 1 23 16 .590 2 8 9 3 14 36% 50 85 25 50 15 9 21 4.9 4.2 5.7
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 29 NYG NL 28 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 11 6 55% 7 1.141 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 11 2 18% 0.806 2 3 6 2 1 8 6 5 6 9 4 4 4.2
1956 31 TOT NL 25 18 8 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 0.834 4 4 8 2 3 12 3 14 12 3 11 2 5.9
1956 31 NYG NL 11 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 1.021 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 4 1 3 2 7.3
1956 31 STL NL 14 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 0.627 3 2 6 0 3 9 2 10 8 2 8 0 5.2
3 Seasons 86 47 21 6 2 1 2 0 200% 4 3 28 9 32% 0.964 10 9 16 6 6 25 14 23 20 17 18 9 4.9

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%
1953 28 MLN NL
1954 29 NYG NL 520 72% 1.0% 8.5% 10.6% 4.8% 25% 0.73 78% 86 8 9%
1955 30 NYG NL 467 74% 3.9% 12.0% 13.1% 5.1% 25% 0.97 69% 71 5 7%
1956 31 TOT NL 306 68% 4.3% 11.4% 10.5% 9.2% 35% 0.84 72% 49 5 10%
1956 31 NYG NL 184 68% 2.7% 11.4% 7.6% 6.5% 27% 0.79 76% 28 3 11%
1956 31 STL NL 122 67% 6.6% 11.5% 14.8% 13.1% 44% 0.90 66% 21 2 10%
4 Seasons 1293 72% 3.3% 15.3% 15.7% 6.0% 19% 0.82 73% 206 18 9%
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
1953 28 MLN NL 119 6 3
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 1 0 10 37
1955 30 NYG NL 327 97 18 0 6 12 4 10 6 9 4 1 44% 5 0 1 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 140
1956 31 TOT NL 257 81 13 2 8 11 1 3 9 19 7 1 37% 3 4 0 95 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 49
1956 31 NYG NL 135 45 5 0 4 4 0 2 2 7 2 0 29% 2 1 0 53 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 49
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 Seasons 1067 397 42 2 29 26 7 16 17 57 28 5 49% 11 9 1 379 6 8 43% 5 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 226
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+
1953 28 7 6 .538 3.08 31 15 9 4 0 2 128.2 119 54 44 6 55 63 2 0 3 543 128 1.352 8.3 0.4 3.8 4.4 1.15 128
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 118 1.347 7.9 0.7 4.3 4.1 0.95 118
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 106 1.403 8.4 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98 106

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1953 28 8 6 .571 3.33 127.0 124 52 47 6 57 62 2 1.425 8.8 4.0 4.4 1.09 0.4 31
1954 29 9 5 .643 3.09 128.0 103 49 44 5 57 44 3 1.250 7.2 4.0 3.1 0.77 0.4 28
1955 30 5 6 .455 4.29 107.0 101 57 51 19 64 56 4 1.542 8.5 5.4 4.7 0.88 1.6 33
1956 31 2 5 .286 6.23 65.0 88 50 45 14 35 34 1 1.892 12.2 4.8 4.7 0.97 1.9 25
4 Seasons 24 22 .522 3.94 427.0 416 208 187 44 213 196 10 1.473 8.8 4.1 0.92 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 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 NL--3--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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