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Johnny Lindell

John Harlan Lindell

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 217 lb.

Born: August 30, 1916 in Greeley, CO
High School: Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte HS (Monrovia, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1941
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies 1941-1954

Final Game: May 9, 1954
Died: August 27, 1985 in Newport Beach, CA
Cremated
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All-Star

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
1942 25 NYY AL 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27
1953 36 TOT NL 6 17 .261 4.66 32 26 4 15 1 0 199.0 195 122 103 17 139 118 6 0 11 910 95 1.678 8.8 0.8 6.3 5.3 0.85
1953 36 PIT NL 5 16 .238 4.71 27 23 3 13 1 0 175.2 173 106 92 17 116 102 6 0 8 798 95 1.645 8.9 0.9 5.9 5.2 0.88
1953 36 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.24 5 3 1 2 0 0 23.1 22 16 11 0 23 16 0 0 3 112 101 1.929 8.5 0.0 8.9 6.2 0.70
2 Yrs 8 18 .308 4.47 55 28 19 15 1 1 251.2 247 147 125 20 161 146 7 1 12 1141 95 1.621 8.8 0.7 5.8 5.2 0.91
162 Game Avg. 7 15 .308 4.47 45 23 16 12 1 1 206 202 120 102 16 132 120 6 1 10 935 95 1.621 8.8 0.7 5.8 5.2 0.91
PIT (1 yr) 5 16 .238 4.71 27 23 3 13 1 0 175.2 173 106 92 17 116 102 6 0 8 798 95 1.645 8.9 0.9 5.9 5.2 0.88
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.24 5 3 1 2 0 0 23.1 22 16 11 0 23 16 0 0 3 112 101 1.929 8.5 0.0 8.9 6.2 0.70
NYY (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27
NL (1 yr) 6 17 .261 4.66 32 26 4 15 1 0 199.0 195 122 103 17 139 118 6 0 11 910 95 1.678 8.8 0.8 6.3 5.3 0.85
AL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27

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
1942 25 NYY AL 52.2 23 2 25 4.27 4.06 0.46 0.00 94.1 3.38 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .496 $
1953 36 PIT NL 175.2 27 23 106 5.43 5.05 -0.01 0.00 103.6 5.24 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.3 17 .492 .499 $
1953 36 PHI NL 23.1 5 3 16 6.17 5.27 0.25 0.00 93.8 4.70 -4 -0.3 .6 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .433 .498 $
2 Seasons 251.2 55 28 147 5.26 4.86 0.11 0.00 100.7 4.80 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 14 .479 .498 $
PIT (1 yr) 175.2 27 23 106 5.43 5.05 -0.01 0.00 103.6 5.24 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.3 17 .492 .499 $
PHI (1 yr) 23.1 5 3 16 6.17 5.27 0.25 0.00 93.8 4.70 -4 -0.3 .6 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .433 .498 $
NYY (1 yr) 52.2 23 2 25 4.27 4.06 0.46 0.00 94.1 3.38 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .496 $

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 36 PHI NL 5 115 88 16 22 5 2 0 4 1 23 16 .250 .405 .352 .758 .306 31 1 0 4 0 2
1953 36 PIT NL 27 529 660 106 173 18 1 17 4 5 116 102 .262 .377 .370 .747 .288 244 9 6 16 0 8
1953 36 TOT NL 32 644 748 122 195 23 3 17 8 6 139 118 .261 .381 .368 .748 .290 275 10 6 20 0 10
1 Yr 32 644 748 122 195 23 3 17 8 6 139 118 .261 .381 .368 .748 .290 275 10 6 20 0 10
162 Game Avg. 38 755 877 143 229 27 4 20 9 7 163 138 .261 .381 .368 .748 .290 322 12 7 23 0 12
MLB Averages .260 .333 .348 .681 .277

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 36 TOT NL -7.0 -0.7 692 -2.3 12.8 -15.1 1.24 -0.6 -1.2 -15.7 -1.5 1.25 -6.3 0 2 1
1953 36 PIT NL -5.4 -0.5 565 -2.0 10.4 -12.3 1.22 -0.2 -1.4 -9.8 -0.9 1.23 -1.6 0 1 0
1953 36 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 127 -0.3 2.5 -2.8 1.33 -0.5 0.2 -5.8 -0.5 1.33 -4.7 0 1 1
2 Yrs -8.4 -0.8 692 -2.3 12.8 -15.1 1.24 -0.6 -1.2 -15.7 -1.4 1.25 -6.3 0 2 1

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
1942 25 NYY AL 23 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 35.5 42 29 2 0 4.0 4.3
1953 36 TOT NL 32 26 5 17 4 1 4 7 19 .269 0 2 15 1 9 35% 47.5 80 19 16 2 6 11 3.8 3.1 7.0
1953 36 PIT NL 27 23 4 16 3 1 3 6 17 .261 0 2 13 1 7 30% 47.0 80 19 14 2 5 9 3.8 2.8 6.9
1953 36 PHI NL 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 2 0 2 67% 51.7 66 34 2 0 1 2 4.0 4.7 7.3
2 Yrs 55 28 5 18 5 1 5 8 20 .286 0 2 15 1 10 36% 47 80 19 16 2 8 11 3.8 3.1 6.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.4 4.5 6.8

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
1942 25 NYY AL 23 21 15 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 6.3
1953 36 TOT NL 32 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1.242 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 8.8
1953 36 PIT NL 27 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.222 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 12.3
1953 36 PHI NL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 1.332 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
2 Yrs 55 27 19 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1.242 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 14 2 1 0 6.9

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%
1942 25 NYY AL 231 1.3% 12.1% 9.5% 75%
1953 36 TOT NL 913 60% 2.6% 18.3% 21.6% 6.7% 22% 1.14 95% 134 10 7%
1953 36 PIT NL 798 61% 3.2% 19.3% 21.9% 6.8% 21% 1.27 102% 107 9 8%
1953 36 PHI NL 115 53% 0.0% 13.9% 20.0% 6.1% 32% 0.66 63% 27 1 4%
2 Yrs 1144 60% 2.3% 16.7% 18.4% 4.9% 17% 1.14 90% 134 10 7%
MLB Averages 50% 1.7% 10.6% 10.3% 4.6% 18% 0.95 85% 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
1942 25 NYY AL 52 3 1
1953 36 TOT NL 644 195 17 0 22 8 4 5 7 60 32 10 53% 10 11 11 242 8 6 57% 3 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 28 269
1953 36 PIT NL 529 173 17 0 21 8 4 5 7 49 24 8 49% 8 8 5 188 4 5 44% 1 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 15 269
1953 36 PHI NL 115 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 2 73% 2 3 6 54 4 1 80% 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2 Yrs 644 247 20 0 22 8 4 5 7 60 32 10 53% 10 12 11 242 8 6 57% 3 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 28 269
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1942 25 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1943 26 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1944 27 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1945 28 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1946 29 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1947 30 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1948 31 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1949 32 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1950 33 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1951 34 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1952 35 2 1 .667 3.76 23 2 15 0 0 1 52.2 52 25 22 3 22 28 1 1 1 231 92 1.405 8.9 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.27 92
1953 36 8 18 .308 4.47 55 28 19 15 1 1 251.2 247 147 125 20 161 146 7 1 12 1141 95 1.621 8.8 0.7 5.8 5.2 0.91 95

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
1942 25 2 3 .400 4.17 54.0 58 28 25 3 25 29 1 1.537 9.7 4.2 4.8 1.16 0.5 23
1953 36 10 12 .455 4.26 203.0 192 107 96 17 137 121 6 1.621 8.5 6.1 5.4 0.88 0.8 32
2 Yrs 12 15 .444 4.24 257.0 250 135 121 20 162 150 7 1.603 8.8 5.3 0.93 0.7 55

* 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

All-Star Games
1943

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (17, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  4.9 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  8.819 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  5.337 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 NL  118 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL  15 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  139 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  0.769 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 NL  17 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  103 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 NL  11 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 NL  910 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1942 AL  15 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1954 NL  born 1916-08-30 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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