Ad Liska

Adolph James Liska

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 10, 1906 in Dwight, NE
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1929
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies 1929-1933

Final Game: September 24, 1933
Died: November 30, 1998 in Portland, OR
Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, OR
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1926	19	LIN	A	0	1	.000	3.86	1						7.0	6	4	3		3							1.286	7.7		3.9			LIN · WL
1927	20	BUR	D	9	8	.529		19						143.0	144	77			39							1.280	9.1		2.5			BUR · MSVL
1928	21	MNE	AA	20	4	.833	3.68	46						225.0	246	118	92		61	82	11		1			1.364	9.8		2.4	3.3	1.34	MNE · AA
1929	22	WSH	AL	3	9	.250	4.77	24	10	11	4	0	0	94.1	87	53	50	1	42	33	3	0	4	405	89	1.367	8.3	0.1	4.0	3.1	0.79
1930	23	WSH	AL	9	7	.563	3.29	32	16	8	7	1	1	150.2	140	69	55	6	71	40	5	0	0	648	140	1.400	8.4	0.4	4.2	2.4	0.56
1931	24	CNG,BLT	A,AA	1	1	.500	5.88	6						26.0	29	18	17		8							1.423	10.0		2.8			CNG,BLT · SOUA,IL
1931	24	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	69	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
1932	25	MIN-min	AA,A	3	4	.429	5.43	13						53.0	73	41	32		21							1.774	12.4		3.6			MNE,CNG · AA,SOUA
1932	25	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	1.69	8	0	6	0	0	1	26.2	22	5	5	0	10	6	1	0	1	108	265	1.200	7.4	0.0	3.4	2.0	0.60
1933	26	PHI	NL	3	1	.750	4.52	45	1	25	0	0	1	75.2	96	46	38	5	26	23	0	0	1	344	85	1.612	11.4	0.6	3.1	2.7	0.88
1934	27	BOS-STL-min	AA	6	11	.353	4.90	45						180.0	216	124	98		87							1.683	10.8		4.4			SYR,ROC · IL
1935	28	OMA	A	11	6	.647		22						137.0	136	77			54							1.387	8.9		3.5			OMA · WL
1936	29	POR	AA	15	12	.556	2.91	43						223.0	217	89	72		68							1.278	8.8		2.7			POR · PCL
1937	30	POR	AA	24	18	.571	3.08	45						319.0	319	126	109		74							1.232	9.0		2.1			POR · PCL
1938	31	POR	AA	16	18	.471	3.69	46	36					278.0	309	135	114		75							1.381	10.0		2.4			POR · PCL
1939	32	POR	AA	20	16	.556	3.35	42	37					285.0	314	128	106		54							1.291	9.9		1.7			POR · PCL
1940	33	POR	AA	9	12	.429	3.36	29	27					190.0	208	100	71		41							1.311	9.9		1.9			POR · PCL
1941	34	POR	AA	18	18	.500	3.71	42	39		30	3		301.0	335	138	124		87	154	4	1	1			1.402	10.0		2.6	4.6	1.77	POR · PCL
1942	35	POR	AA	15	21	.417	3.63	43	38		30	2		322.0	338	154	130		73	164	7	0	5			1.276	9.4		2.0	4.6	2.25	POR · PCL
1943	36	POR	AA	17	11	.607	1.98	32	30		23	7		254.0	243	76	56		31	122	4	0	0			1.079	8.6		1.1	4.3	3.94	POR · PCL
1944	37	POR	AA	18	9	.667	2.48	32	29		19	4		236.0	236	88	65		40	124	3	0	2			1.169	9.0		1.5	4.7	3.10	POR · PCL
1945	38	POR	AA	20	12	.625	2.34	35	32		25	4		273.0	257	92	71		59	127	7	0	5			1.158	8.5		1.9	4.2	2.15	POR · PCL
1946	39	POR	AAA	7	16	.304	3.09	35	25		9	1		195.0	208	96	67		43	87	7	1	1			1.287	9.6		2.0	4.0	2.02	POR · PCL
1947	40	POR	AAA	10	10	.500	3.41	36	18		11	1		148.0	155	62	56		35	70	2	0	0			1.284	9.4		2.1	4.3	2.00	POR · PCL
1948	41	POR	AAA	5	10	.333	5.38	22			7	1		107.0	134	69	64		33	47	2	0	1			1.561	11.3		2.8	4.0	1.42	POR · PCL
1949	42	POR	AAA	4	11	.267	3.94	32	11		4	1		137.0	146	75	60		42	44	3	0	2			1.372	9.6		2.8	2.9	1.05	POR · PCL
5 Yrs				17	18	.486	3.87	111	28	51	11	1	3	351.1	354	176	151	12	150	104	9	0	6	1526	112	1.435	9.1	0.3	3.8	2.7	0.69
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.486	3.87	54	14	25	5	0	1	172	173	86	74	6	73	51	4	0	3	747	112	1.435	9.1	0.3	3.8	2.7	0.69

WSH (3 yrs)				12	17	.414	3.90	58	27	20	11	1	1	249.0	236	125	108	7	114	75	8	0	4	1074	115	1.406	8.5	0.3	4.1	2.7	0.66
PHI (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	3.78	53	1	31	0	0	2	102.1	118	51	43	5	36	29	1	0	2	452	106	1.505	10.4	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.81

AL (3 yrs)				12	17	.414	3.90	58	27	20	11	1	1	249.0	236	125	108	7	114	75	8	0	4	1074	115	1.406	8.5	0.3	4.1	2.7	0.66
NL (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	3.78	53	1	31	0	0	2	102.1	118	51	43	5	36	29	1	0	2	452	106	1.505	10.4	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.81

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
1929	22	WSH	AL	94.1	24	10	53	5.06	4.72	0.12	0.00	100.8	4.64	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.4	7	.483	.497	$
1930	23	WSH	AL	150.2	32	16	69	4.12	5.19	0.43	0.00	100.7	4.80	11	1.0	1.0	-0.1	2.3	31	.532	.506	$4,200
1931	24	WSH	AL	4.0	2	1	3	6.75	4.45	0.27	0.00	95.4	3.98	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.444	.499	$
1932	25	PHI	NL	26.2	8	0	5	1.69	4.67	-0.17	0.00	110.9	5.37	11	1.2	1.0	-0.0	1.4	13	.653	.508	$
1933	26	PHI	NL	76.2	45	1	46	5.40	4.19	-0.18	0.00	117.8	5.15	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.495	.499	$
5 Seasons				352.1	111	28	176	4.50	4.80	0.16	0.00	105.2	4.87	15	1.5	1.0	-0.2	4.4	55	.514	.502	$4,200

WSH (3 yrs)				249.0	58	27	125	4.52	5.00	0.31	0.00	100.7	4.72	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	2.6	37	.509	.501	$4,200
PHI (2 yrs)				103.1	53	1	51	4.44	4.32	-0.18	0.00	116.0	5.21	9	1.0	1.0	-0.0	1.8	18	.519	.503	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1929	22	WSH	AL	405	0.3%	8.2%	10.4%	2.0%	9%	78%
1930	23	WSH	AL	648	0.9%	6.2%	11.0%	3.9%	18%	79%
1931	24	WSH	AL	21	0.0%	9.5%	4.8%			86%
1932	25	PHI	NL	108	0.0%	5.6%	9.3%			80%
1933	26	PHI	NL	344	1.5%	6.7%	7.6%			82%
5 Yrs				1526	0.8%	6.8%	9.8%	2.2%	9%	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	7.9%	7.9%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1929	22	3	9	.250	4.77	24	10	11	4	0	0	94.1	87	53	50	1	42	33	3	4	405	89	1.367	8.3	0.1	4.0	3.1	0.79	89
1930	23	12	16	.429	3.86	56	26	19	11	1	1	245.0	227	122	105	7	113	73	8	4	1053	116	1.388	8.3	0.3	4.2	2.7	0.65	116
1931	24	12	17	.414	3.90	58	27	20	11	1	1	249.0	236	125	108	7	114	75	8	4	1074	115	1.406	8.5	0.3	4.1	2.7	0.66	115
1932	25	14	17	.452	3.69	66	27	26	11	1	2	275.2	258	130	113	7	124	81	9	5	1182	121	1.386	8.4	0.2	4.0	2.6	0.65	121
1933	26	17	18	.486	3.87	111	28	51	11	1	3	351.1	354	176	151	12	150	104	9	6	1526	112	1.435	9.1	0.3	3.8	2.7	0.69	112

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
1929	22	5	6	.455	4.27	99.0	86	52	47	1	42	35	3	1.293	7.8	3.8	3.2	0.83	0.1	24
1930	23	12	5	.706	2.73	158.0	134	53	48	6	68	42	5	1.278	7.6	3.9	2.4	0.62	0.3	32
1931	24	0	0		6.75	4.0	9	3	3	0	1	2	0	2.500	20.3	2.3	4.5	2.00	0.0	2
1932	25	3	0	1.000	1.33	27.0	21	4	4	0	10	6	1	1.148	7.0	3.3	2.0	0.60	0.0	8
1933	26	4	4	.500	4.38	78.0	99	42	38	5	27	24	0	1.615	11.4	3.1	2.8	0.89	0.6	45
5 Yrs		24	15	.615	3.44	366.0	349	154	140	12	148	109	9	1.358	8.6		2.7	0.74	0.3	111

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1933 NL 45 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1930 AL 1 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1930 AL 5 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1933 NL 25 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1930 AL 21 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1930 AL 1.9 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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