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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	21	-min	C	6	3	.667	6.61	10	6					49.0	48	44	36		62								2.245	8.8		11.4			AUB · BORD
1947	22	ATL-min	D,B	9	8	.529	2.10	32						163.0	100	53	38		91								1.172	5.5		5.0			MVR,EVN · ILSL,IIIL
1948	23	ATL-min	B	5	6	.455	3.68	36						110.0	111	66	45		85								1.782	9.1		7.0			PAW · NENL
1949	24	ATL-min	A,B	19	7	.731	2.68	35	13					222.0	193	87	66		118								1.401	7.8		4.8			HFD,PAW · EL,NENL
1950	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	8	8	.500	4.82	28						132.2	141	78	71		78								1.651	9.6		5.3			ATA,MLW · SOUA,AA
1951	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	14	7	.667	3.11	40	21		0			197.0	174	80	68	0	93		4	0	0	0			1.355	7.9	0.0	4.2	0.2	0.04	ATA,MLW · SOUA,AA
1952	27	ATL-min	AAA	17	4	.810	2.70	34	24		12	5		197.0	179	73	59		68		159	1	0	1			1.254	8.2		3.1	7.3	2.34	MLW · AA
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	46	2.189	13.1	2.9	6.6	5.1	0.78
1957	32	STL-min	AAA	2	7	.222	5.28	36	13		1	0		104.0	120	66	61	15	48	5	74	1	0	4			1.615	10.4	1.3	4.2	6.4	1.54	OMA · AA
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	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	46	2.189	13.1	2.9	6.6	5.1	0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1953	28	MLN	NL	128.2	15	54	73	1	1.2	19	2.1	$
1954	29	NYG	NL	126.2	19	48	74	5	1.1	26	2.8	$
1955	30	NYG	NL	106.1	13	54	61	1	.8	7	0.6	$
1956	31	NYG	NL	41.1	5	22	23	1	1.0	1	0.1	$
1956	31	STL	NL	24.2	2	25	14	1	.6	-11	-1.0	$
4 Seasons				427.2	54	203	245	9	1.0	42	4.6	$

NYG (3 yrs)				274.1	37	124	158	7	1.0	34	3.5	$
MLN (1 yr)				128.2	15	54	73	1	1.2	19	2.1	$
STL (1 yr)				24.2	2	25	14	1	.6	-11	-1.0	$

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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1946	21	-min	C	10	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087		1						AUB · BORD
1947	22	ATL-min	D,B	33	47	47		5	0	0	0						.106	.106	.106	.213		5						MVR,EVN · ILSL,IIIL
1948	23	ATL-min	B	36	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357		5						PAW · NENL
1949	24	ATL-min	A,B	37	82	82		19	3	0	0						.232	.232	.268	.500		22						HFD,PAW · EL,NENL
1950	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	31	49	49		12	0	0	0						.245	.245	.245	.490		12						ATA,MLW · SOUA,AA
1951	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	46	66	66		9	2	0	0						.136	.136	.167	.303		11						ATA,MLW · SOUA,AA
1952	27	ATL-min	AAA	34	78	67	12	13	1	0	1	6	0		9	20	.194	.289	.254	.543		17	0	0	2			MLW · AA
1953	28	MLN	NL	31	41	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4			1
1954	29	NYG	NL	29	47	37	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.189	.333	.189	.523	41	7	0	0	2	0		1
1955	30	NYG	NL	33	37	27	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	6	.185	.343	.185	.528	45	5	2	1	2	1	0	1
1956	31	TOT	NL	26	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	-5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	31	NYG	NL	11	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	31	STL	NL	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	32	STL-min	AAA	39	35	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		5	13	.172	.294	.172	.467		5		0	1	0	0	OMA · AA
4 Seasons				119	143	112	9	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	29	.152	.273	.152	.425	16	17	2	1	11	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	195	152	12	23	0	0	0	7	0	0	25	39	.152	.273	.152	.425	16	23	3	1	15

NYG (3 yrs)				73	100	76	7	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	15	20	.184	.323	.184	.507	38	14	2	1	7	1	0
MLN (1 yr)				31	41	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4
STL (1 yr)				15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1953	28	MLN	NL	41	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	1
1954	29	NYG	NL	47	-3	-1	0	1	0	4	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1
1955	30	NYG	NL	37	-2	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1956	31	NYG	NL	16	-1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	1
1956	31	STL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				143	-13	-1	1	0	0	8	4	-1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$

NYG (3 yrs)				100	-6	-1	1	0	0	8	3	5	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$
MLN (1 yr)				41	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	29	NYG	NL	WS	CLE	W	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1953	MLN	NL	28	P	31	15	4	128.2	27	5	20	2	2	.926	1.75	0.81	.956	2.06	2.02	1	2	67%	1
1954	NYG	NL	29	P	28	19	4	126.2	26	6	19	1	1	.962	1.78	0.89	.960	2.07	2.06	3	6	67%	0
1955	NYG	NL	30	P	33	13	4	106.1	21	5	15	1	0	.952	1.69	0.61	.950	2.04	2.02	0	0		0
1956	TOT	NL	31	P	25	7	1	66.0	18	7	10	1	1	.944	2.32	0.68	.966	2.05	2.03	3	2	40%	0
1956	NYG	NL	31	P	11	5	1	41.1	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	2.40	1.00	.966	2.05	2.03	1	0	0%	0
1956	STL	NL	31	P	14	2	0	24.2	7	3	3	1	0	.857	2.19	0.43	.966	2.04	2.03	2	2	50%	0
	4 Seasons			P	117	54	13	427.2	92	23	64	5	4	.946	1.83	0.74	.958	2.06	2.03	7	10	59%	1
	4 Seasons			TOT	117	54	13	427.2	92	23	64	5	4	.946	1.83	0.74	.958	2.06	2.03	7	10	59%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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)

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)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.
February 1, 1954: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Johnny Antonelli, Billy Klaus, Ebba St. Claire and $50,000 to the New York Giants for Sam Calderone and Bobby Thomson.
June 14, 1956: Traded by the New York Giants with Al Dark, Ray Katt and Whitey Lockman to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, Bill Sarni and Red Schoendienst. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

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