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Dick Littlefield

Richard Bernard Littlefield

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 18, 1926 in Detroit, MI
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1950
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Browns/Giants/Tigers/... 1950-1958

Final Game: May 30, 1958
Died: November 20, 1997 in Detroit, MI
Buried: Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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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
1946	20	BOS-min	C	3	7	.300	5.45	15	12					66.0	53	55	40		67								1.818	7.2		9.1			ONE · CAML
1947	21	BOS-min	D,C	14	5	.737	2.56	29	16					179.0	148	70	51		88								1.318	7.4		4.4			WVL,ONE · PONY,CAML
1948	22	BOS-min	B	15	11	.577	3.29	31						227.0	180	94	83		97								1.220	7.1		3.8			ROA · PIED
1949	23	BOS-min	A	12	8	.600	3.40	31	24					180.0	151	87	68		90								1.339	7.6		4.5			SCR · EL
1950	24	BOS-min	AA	10	3	.769	2.90	17						121.0	93	44	39		46								1.149	6.9		3.4			BIR · SOUA
1950	24	BOS	AL	2	2	.500	9.26	15	2	5	0	0	1	23.1	27	25	24	7	24		13	1	0	1	117	54	2.186	10.4	2.7	9.3	5.0	0.54
1951	25	CHW-min	AA	13	11	.542	3.72	28	25					196.0	179	107	81		85								1.347	8.2		3.9			MEM · SOUA
1951	25	CHW	AL	1	1	.500	8.38	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	12	9	1	17		7	0	0	0	54	50	2.690	8.4	0.9	15.8	6.5	0.41
1952	26	DET-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.40	3	3		0	1		20.0	26	12	12		6		9	1	0	0			1.600	11.7		2.7	4.0	1.50	BFL · IL
1952	26	TOT	AL	2	6	.250	3.54	35	6	19	3	0	1	94.0	81	42	37	8	42		66	0	0	2	402	109	1.309	7.8	0.8	4.0	6.3	1.57
1952	26	DET	AL	0	3	.000	4.34	28	1	17	0	0	1	47.2	46	24	23	4	25		32	0	0	2	212	88	1.490	8.7	0.8	4.7	6.0	1.28
1952	26	SLB	AL	2	3	.400	2.72	7	5	2	3	0	0	46.1	35	18	14	4	17		34	0	0	0	190	144	1.122	6.8	0.8	3.3	6.6	2.00
1953	27	SLB	AL	7	12	.368	5.08	36	22	6	2	0	0	152.1	153	93	86	17	84		104	4	0	5	680	83	1.556	9.0	1.0	5.0	6.1	1.24
1954	28	TOT	MLB	10	11	.476	3.86	26	21	2	7	1	0	161.0	148	85	69	10	91		97	3	0	2	717	108	1.484	8.3	0.6	5.1	5.4	1.07
1954	28	BAL	AL	0	0		10.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	7	7	0	6		5	1	0	0	31	36	2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0	7.5	0.83
1954	28	PIT	NL	10	11	.476	3.60	23	21	1	7	1	0	155.0	140	78	62	10	85		92	2	0	2	686	116	1.452	8.1	0.6	4.9	5.3	1.08
1955	29	PIT	NL	5	12	.294	5.12	35	17	5	4	1	0	130.0	148	91	74	15	68	8	70	2	1	5	598	80	1.662	10.2	1.0	4.7	4.8	1.03
1956	30	TOT	NL	4	6	.400	4.37	40	11	8	0	0	2	119.1	101	62	58	20	49	6	80	0	0	3	494	87	1.257	7.6	1.5	3.7	6.0	1.63
1956	30	PIT	NL	0	0		4.26	6	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	14	8	6	2	6	0	10	0	0	2	55	90	1.579	9.9	1.4	4.3	7.1	1.67
1956	30	STL	NL	0	2	.000	7.45	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	9	8	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	43	52	1.345	8.4	1.9	3.7	4.7	1.25
1956	30	NYG	NL	4	4	.500	4.08	31	7	8	0	0	2	97.0	78	45	44	16	39	5	65	0	0	1	396	93	1.206	7.2	1.5	3.6	6.0	1.67
1957	31	CHC	NL	2	3	.400	5.35	48	2	14	0	0	4	65.2	76	46	39	12	37	4	51	1	0	2	306	73	1.721	10.4	1.6	5.1	7.0	1.38
1958	32	ATL-min	AAA	13	4	.765	2.93	26	17		11	3		135.0	118	49	44	8	36	4	84	0	0	1			1.141	7.9	0.5	2.4	5.6	2.33	WCH · AA
1958	32	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	4.26	4	0	2	0	0	1	6.1	7	5	3	2	1	0	7	1	0	0	27	89	1.263	9.9	2.8	1.4	9.9	7.00
1959	33	ATL-min	AAA	3	7	.300	4.08	16	14		4	1		86.0	86	42	39	9	31	2	49	1	0	1			1.360	9.0	0.9	3.2	5.1	1.58	LOU · AA
1960	34	ATL-PHI-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.41	11	2					17.0	28	15	14	2	10								2.235	14.8	1.1	5.3			LOU,INA · AA
1961	35	ANA-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.83	26	21					121.0	143	70	65	22	31								1.438	10.6	1.6	2.3			DFW · AA
1962	36	ANA/PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.74	28	3		0	0		46.0	41	21	14	2	24	2	38	0	0	1			1.413	8.0	0.4	4.7	7.4	1.58	DFW · AA
9 Yrs				33	54	.379	4.71	243	83	61	16	2	9	761.2	750	461	399	92	413	18	495	12	1	20	3395	86	1.527	8.9	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.20
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.379	4.71	51	17	13	3	0	2	159	156	96	83	19	86		103	3	0	4	708	86	1.527	8.9	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.20

PIT (3 yrs)				15	23	.395	4.29	64	40	6	11	2	0	297.2	302	177	142	27	159	8	172	4	1	9	1339	96	1.549	9.1	0.8	4.8	5.2	1.08
BAL (3 yrs)				9	15	.375	4.71	46	27	9	5	0	0	204.2	196	118	107	21	107		143	5	0	5	901	88	1.480	8.6	0.9	4.7	6.3	1.34
NYG (1 yr)				4	4	.500	4.08	31	7	8	0	0	2	97.0	78	45	44	16	39	5	65	0	0	1	396	93	1.206	7.2	1.5	3.6	6.0	1.67
MLN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.26	4	0	2	0	0	1	6.1	7	5	3	2	1	0	7	1	0	0	27	89	1.263	9.9	2.8	1.4	9.9	7.00
STL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	7.45	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	9	8	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	43	52	1.345	8.4	1.9	3.7	4.7	1.25
BOS (1 yr)				2	2	.500	9.26	15	2	5	0	0	1	23.1	27	25	24	7	24		13	1	0	1	117	54	2.186	10.4	2.7	9.3	5.0	0.54
CHC (1 yr)				2	3	.400	5.35	48	2	14	0	0	4	65.2	76	46	39	12	37	4	51	1	0	2	306	73	1.721	10.4	1.6	5.1	7.0	1.38
DET (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.34	28	1	17	0	0	1	47.2	46	24	23	4	25		32	0	0	2	212	88	1.490	8.7	0.8	4.7	6.0	1.28
CHW (1 yr)				1	1	.500	8.38	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	9	12	9	1	17		7	0	0	0	54	50	2.690	8.4	0.9	15.8	6.5	0.41

NL (5 yrs)				21	33	.389	4.46	150	51	30	11	2	7	476.1	472	282	236	59	240	18	300	6	1	12	2111	90	1.495	8.9	1.1	4.5	5.7	1.25
AL (5 yrs)				12	21	.364	5.14	93	32	31	5	0	2	285.1	278	179	163	33	173		195	6	0	8	1284	81	1.581	8.8	1.0	5.5	6.2	1.13

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
1950	24	BOS	AL	23.1	15	2	25	9.64	5.29	-0.06	0.00	104.1	5.56	-11	-1.0	.8	0.0	-0.7	-8	.436	.494	$
1951	25	CHW	AL	9.2	4	2	12	11.17	5.12	0.13	0.00	96.0	4.79	-7	-0.6	.7	0.0	-0.5	-6	.348	.496	$
1952	26	DET	AL	47.2	28	1	24	4.53	4.35	-0.21	0.00	102.2	4.66	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	0.3	5	.502	.500	$
1952	26	SLB	AL	46.1	7	5	18	3.50	4.11	-0.04	0.00	108.0	4.49	5	0.6	.7	-0.1	0.8	9	.582	.504	$
1953	27	SLB	AL	152.1	36	22	93	5.49	4.81	-0.24	0.00	104.3	5.26	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.1	0.6	10	.488	.497	$
1954	28	BAL	AL	6.0	3	0	7	10.50	5.26	-0.25	0.00	89.8	4.95	-4	-0.4	.1	0.1	-0.2	-3	.380	.498	$
1954	28	PIT	NL	155.0	23	21	78	4.53	4.70	-0.22	0.00	101.3	4.98	8	0.9	.8	-0.1	2.2	25	.538	.505	$
1955	29	PIT	NL	130.0	35	17	91	6.30	4.57	-0.26	0.00	101.5	4.90	-18	-1.8	1.4	-0.2	-0.7	-6	.450	.489	$
1956	30	PIT	NL	12.2	6	2	8	5.68	4.32	-0.02	0.00	99.9	4.33	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.471	.499	$
1956	30	STL	NL	9.2	3	2	9	8.38	3.97	0.22	0.00	99.1	3.72	-5	-0.4	2.2	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.351	.497	$
1956	30	NYG	NL	97.0	31	7	45	4.18	4.36	0.17	0.00	98.2	4.11	1	0.2	1.4	-0.1	1.0	10	.505	.501	$
1957	31	CHC	NL	65.2	48	2	46	6.30	4.70	-0.18	0.00	99.2	4.83	-10	-1.1	1.8	-0.4	-0.9	-4	.478	.493	$
1958	32	MLN	NL	6.1	4	0	5	7.11	4.37	0.36	0.00	101.0	4.05	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.446	.499	$
9 Seasons				761.2	243	83	461	5.45	4.61	-0.14	0.00	101.7	4.83	-47	-4.4	1.3	-0.9	1.2	25	.482	.498	$

PIT (3 yrs)				297.2	64	40	177	5.35	4.63	-0.23	0.00	101.3	4.92	-11	-1.1	1.4	-0.3	1.4	19	.484	.498	$
BAL (3 yrs)				204.2	46	27	118	5.19	4.66	-0.19	0.00	104.7	5.08	-3	-0.2	.7	-0.0	1.2	16	.495	.500	$
NYG (1 yr)				97.0	31	7	45	4.18	4.36	0.17	0.00	98.2	4.11	1	0.2	1.4	-0.1	1.0	10	.505	.501	$
MLN (1 yr)				6.1	4	0	5	7.11	4.37	0.36	0.00	101.0	4.05	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.446	.499	$
STL (1 yr)				9.2	3	2	9	8.38	3.97	0.22	0.00	99.1	3.72	-5	-0.4	2.2	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.351	.497	$
BOS (1 yr)				23.1	15	2	25	9.64	5.29	-0.06	0.00	104.1	5.56	-11	-1.0	.8	0.0	-0.7	-8	.436	.494	$
CHC (1 yr)				65.2	48	2	46	6.30	4.70	-0.18	0.00	99.2	4.83	-10	-1.1	1.8	-0.4	-0.9	-4	.478	.493	$
DET (1 yr)				47.2	28	1	24	4.53	4.35	-0.21	0.00	102.2	4.66	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	0.3	5	.502	.500	$
CHW (1 yr)				9.2	4	2	12	11.17	5.12	0.13	0.00	96.0	4.79	-7	-0.6	.7	0.0	-0.5	-6	.348	.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
1950	24	BOS	AL	15	99	91	25	27	1	2	7	1	1	24	13	.297	.448	.582	1.031	.282	53	1	1	1	0		1
1951	25	CHW	AL	4	54	37	12	9	0	0	1	1	1	17	7	.243	.481	.324	.806	.276	12	0	0	0	0		1
1952	26	DET	AL	28	183	180	24	46	5	2	4	3	0	25	32	.256	.346	.372	.719	.292	67	1	0	8	0		3
1952	26	SLB	AL	7	103	171	18	35	2	1	4	2	0	17	34	.205	.277	.298	.575	.233	51	3	0	2	0		1
1952	26	TOT	AL	35	286	351	42	81	7	3	8	5	0	42	66	.231	.313	.336	.649	.264	118	4	0	10	0		4
1953	27	SLB	AL	36	638	580	93	153	27	5	17	0	8	84	104	.264	.361	.416	.776	.296	241	8	4	12	0		7
1954	28	BAL	AL	3	32	25	7	8	2	0	0	0	0	6	5	.320	.469	.400	.869	.400	10	0	1	0	0		0
1954	28	PIT	NL	23	450	586	78	140	24	6	10	4	3	85	92	.239	.334	.352	.685	.265	206	5	2	6	7		13
1954	28	TOT	MLB	26	482	611	85	148	26	6	10	4	3	91	97	.242	.340	.354	.693	.270	216	5	3	6	7		13
1955	29	PIT	NL	35	305	511	91	148	20	4	15	3	4	68	70	.290	.372	.432	.804	.309	221	8	2	12	5	8	9
1956	30	NYG	NL	31	350	338	45	78	14	2	16	1	3	39	65	.231	.306	.426	.732	.237	144	2	0	14	5	5	2
1956	30	PIT	NL	6	45	49	8	14	2	0	2	1	2	6	10	.286	.364	.449	.813	.324	22	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	30	STL	NL	3	43	38	9	9	5	0	2	1	0	4	5	.237	.310	.526	.836	.226	20	0	0	1	0	1	1
1956	30	TOT	NL	40	438	425	62	101	21	2	20	3	5	49	80	.238	.313	.438	.751	.245	186	2	0	15	5	6	3
1957	31	CHC	NL	48	270	259	46	76	11	3	12	1	1	37	51	.293	.379	.498	.877	.320	129	5	1	5	4	4	3
1958	32	MLN	NL	4	27	25	5	7	2	1	2	0	0	1	7	.280	.333	.680	1.013	.313	17	1	1	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				243	2599	2890	461	750	115	26	92	18	23	413	495	.260	.352	.413	.765	.283	1193	34	12	61	21	18	41
162 Game Avg.				51	542	603	96	156	24	5	19	4	5	86	103	.260	.352	.413	.765	.283	249	7	3	13	4		9
MLB Averages																.260	.332	.386	.719	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	24	BOS	AL	-9.4	-0.8	102	-0.7	1.0	-1.6	.68	-0.7	-0.3	-15.5	-1.3	0.68	-12.1	2	2	5
1951	25	CHW	AL	-5.4	-0.5	55	-0.5	1.1	-1.6	1.42	-0.5	0.1	-5.1	-0.5	1.42	-5.1	0	1	1
1952	26	TOT	AL	3.2	0.4	293	0.1	2.8	-2.8	.62	0.7	-0.6	1.3	0.1	0.62	4.6	4	5	16
1952	26	DET	AL	-1.8	-0.2	187	0.1	1.9	-1.8	.68	0.5	-0.3	1.0	0.1	0.68	1.6	4	4	15
1952	26	SLB	AL	5.0	0.5	106	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	.52	0.2	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.52	3.0	0	1	1
1953	27	SLB	AL	-11.9	-1.2	652	-0.6	11.2	-11.8	1.06	-1.5	1.0	-13.0	-1.2	1.06	-16.1	2	5	7
1954	28	TOT	MLB	1.8	0.2	507	-0.6	10.0	-10.6	1.18	-0.6	0.1	-8.4	-0.8	1.19	-6.2	0	1	4
1954	28	BAL	AL	-4.2	-0.4	32	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.12	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.12	-2.6	0	0	3
1954	28	PIT	NL	6.0	0.6	475	-0.5	10.0	-10.5	1.25	-0.4	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	1.26	-3.5	0	1	1
1955	29	PIT	NL	-17.9	-1.7	346	-2.3	5.3	-7.6	.96	-1.3	-1.1	-14.6	-1.4	0.96	-14.3	5	3	4
1956	30	TOT	NL	-5.7	-0.6	454	1.1	9.2	-8.1	1.12	0.1	0.9	3.9	0.5	1.11	3.2	13	3	12
1956	30	PIT	NL	-1.0	-0.1	48	0.2	1.1	-0.9	1.36	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.1	1.36	1.5	3	1	0
1956	30	STL	NL	-3.7	-0.4	44	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	.84	-0.3	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.84	-3.1	1	0	0
1956	30	NYG	NL	-1.0	-0.1	362	1.3	7.6	-6.2	1.12	0.2	1.0	7.7	0.8	1.11	4.8	9	2	12
1957	31	CHC	NL	-11.5	-1.2	275	-1.4	4.9	-6.3	1.17	-1.2	-0.0	-16.2	-1.6	1.17	-13.4	20	9	14
1958	32	MLN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	27	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.78	-0.3	-0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.78	-3.6	1	2	1
9 Yrs				-58.0	-5.5	2711	-5.1	45.9	-51.0	1.03	-5.2	0.3	-71.2	-6.7	1.03	-62.9	47	31	64

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
1950	24	BOS	AL	15	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.5	44	31	9	1	0	2	2.5	3.0	4.7
1951	25	CHW	AL	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	38.0	45	31	6	3	0	2	4.0	6.0	3.3
1952	26	TOT	AL	35	6	1	3	2	0	3	3	3	.500	0	1	3	0	4	67%	53.1	73	30	5	1	1	3	5.0	0.0	5.9
1952	26	DET	AL	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.0	30	30	5	1	1	0	11.3		1.3
1952	26	SLB	AL	7	5	1	3	1	0	3	2	3	.400	0	1	3	0	4	80%	57.8	73	38	0	0	0	3	3.8	0.0	6.8
1953	27	SLB	AL	36	22	5	11	6	2	1	8	14	.364	0	3	2	0	6	27%	43.9	78	27	22	9	5	8	3.9	4.1	5.5
1954	28	TOT	MLB	26	21	9	11	1	3	2	10	11	.476	1	1	7	1	9	43%		83	30	10	6	5	7	3.7	4.6	7.0
1954	28	PIT	NL	23	21	9	11	1	3	2	10	11	.476	1	1	7	1	9	43%	50.7	83	30	10	6	5	7	3.7	4.6	7.0
1955	29	PIT	NL	35	17	4	9	4	0	1	4	13	.235	0	0	4	1	6	35%	44.4	79	23	16	5	8	5	3.2	5.1	5.0
1956	30	TOT	NL	40	11	3	4	4	0	2	5	6	.455	0	2	0	0	7	64%	50.3	83	25	18	11	6	4	3.2	2.0	5.5
1956	30	PIT	NL	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	1	50%	46.5	54	39	6	3	0	2	4.0	1.8	4.0
1956	30	STL	NL	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	42.5	60	25	3	3	0	2	2.8	0.0	4.2
1956	30	NYG	NL	31	7	3	2	2	0	1	4	3	.571	0	1	0	0	5	71%	53.6	83	34	9	5	6	0	3.0	2.4	6.3
1957	31	CHC	NL	48	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28.0	36	20	17	2	2	0	1.0	1.5	6.0
8 Yrs				236	83	22	43	18	5	9	30	53	.361	1	7	16	2	33	40%	47	83	20	103	38	27	31	3.6	3.8	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	24	BOS	AL	15	13	5	2	0	0	1	0		0	0	8	5	63%		.678	2	2	5	1	1	8	4	6	4	2	3	2	3.2
1951	25	CHW	AL	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	1.423	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	4.5
1952	26	TOT	AL	35	29	19	1	3	1	1	0	100%	2	0	18	7	39%		.619	4	5	16	3	3	20	10	16	16	3	15	6	6.1
1952	26	DET	AL	28	27	17	0	3	1	1	0	100%	2	0	16	5	31%	8	.677	4	4	15	2	3	19	9	15	14	3	13	6	5.1
1952	26	SLB	AL	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	2	.517	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	18.5
1953	27	SLB	AL	36	14	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	16	7	44%	5	1.063	2	5	7	0	2	12	8	6	8	4	8	3	6.9
1954	28	TOT	MLB	26	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		1.179	0	1	4	0	0	5	2	3	4	1	4	2	8.0
1954	28	BAL	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.121	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	1	6.0
1954	28	PIT	NL	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	3	1.254	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	11.0
1955	29	PIT	NL	35	18	5	1	3	1	0	1	0%	1	0	18	4	22%		.958	5	3	4	1	3	9	8	5	15	1	11	3	7.4
1956	30	TOT	NL	40	29	8	1	2	2	2	0	100%	6	4	31	9	29%		1.115	13	3	12	6	5	17	17	11	21	5	20	7	6.1
1956	30	PIT	NL	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	1	1	100%	7	1.361	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	2	3.5
1956	30	STL	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	4	.844	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0
1956	30	NYG	NL	31	24	8	1	2	2	2	0	100%	3	1	27	5	19%	6	1.117	9	2	12	3	4	16	15	8	18	3	17	5	6.6
1957	31	CHC	NL	48	46	14	2	1	5	4	2	80%	11	4	52	16	31%	7	1.173	20	9	14	11	7	25	30	13	18	24	16	14	3.5
1958	32	MLN	NL	4	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	3	3	100%	8	.777	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	3	0	4.8
9 Yrs				243	160	61	11	11	10	9	3	90%	21	8	149	51	34%		1.033	47	31	64	24	22	99	81	64	90	42	81	37	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	24	BOS	AL	117	37%	7.1%	13.1%	24.2%	10.1%	37%	0.67	72%	22	1	5%
1951	25	CHW	AL	54	30%	1.9%	13.0%	31.5%	1.9%	11%	0.40	54%	16	0	0%
1952	26	TOT	AL	403	35%	2.8%	23.1%	14.7%	6.3%	22%	0.86	97%	53	4	8%
1952	26	DET	AL	213	37%	2.2%	17.5%	13.7%	6.0%	24%	0.78	79%	34	1	3%
1952	26	SLB	AL	190	32%	3.9%	33.0%	16.5%	6.8%	20%	1.00	129%	19	3	16%
1953	27	SLB	AL	681	26%	2.7%	16.3%	13.2%	7.7%	32%	0.57	72%	127	8	6%
1954	28	TOT	MLB	718	28%	2.1%	20.1%	18.9%	8.7%	28%	0.45	106%	101	5	5%
1954	28	BAL	AL	32	50%	0.0%	15.6%	18.8%	6.3%	25%	0.44	63%	7	0	0%
1954	28	PIT	NL	686	26%	2.2%	20.4%	18.9%	8.9%	29%	0.45	109%	94	5	5%
1955	29	PIT	NL	598	30%	4.9%	23.0%	22.3%	12.8%	26%	0.63	141%	63	8	13%
1956	30	TOT	NL	494	32%	4.6%	18.3%	11.2%	9.8%	43%	0.59	75%	73	2	3%
1956	30	PIT	NL	55	44%	4.4%	22.2%	13.3%	8.9%	29%	0.67	82%	10	0	0%
1956	30	STL	NL	43	42%	4.7%	11.6%	9.3%	16.3%	78%	0.50	72%	6	0	0%
1956	30	NYG	NL	396	29%	4.6%	18.6%	11.1%	9.1%	41%	0.59	75%	57	2	4%
1957	31	CHC	NL	306	39%	4.4%	18.9%	13.7%	9.6%	34%	0.54	74%	63	5	8%
1958	32	MLN	NL	27	41%	7.4%	25.9%	3.7%	18.5%	71%	1.40	59%	4	1	25%
9 Yrs				3398	31%	3.5%	19.1%	15.9%	9.0%	31%	0.59	89%	522	34	7%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.2%	10.2%	6.8%	27%	0.96	82%			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
1950	24	BOS	AL	99	27			7	0	7	2	4	1	5	7	4	1	57%	1	1	0	36	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	18
1951	25	CHW	AL	54	9			1	0	6	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	50%	1	0	0	22	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	26	TOT	AL	286	81			8	0	8	3	0	1	2	9	6	1	67%	4	2	0	108	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	117
1952	26	DET	AL	183	46			4	0	5	2	0	1	1	6	3	1	50%	3	2	0	73	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	30
1952	26	SLB	AL	103	35			4	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	35	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87
1953	27	SLB	AL	638	153			17	0	16	13	2	9	6	35	20	6	57%	7	5	1	253	0	8	0%	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	43
1954	28	TOT	MLB	482	148			10	1	15	5	2	3	4	34	14	9	41%	13	2	3	203	4	3	57%	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	236
1954	28	BAL	AL	32	8			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	28	PIT	NL	450	140			10	1	13	5	2	3	4	32	13	8	41%	13	2	3	188	4	3	57%	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	236
1955	29	PIT	NL	305	148			15	1	18	7	1	4	4	27	11	4	41%	9	5	1	121	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	293
1956	30	TOT	NL	438	101			20	0	11	12	5	5	12	24	11	3	46%	3	3	0	152	3	5	38%	3	4	0	0	0	1	4	0	6	56
1956	30	PIT	NL	45	14			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	2	0	19	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
1956	30	STL	NL	43	9			2	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	33%	1	0	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	30	NYG	NL	350	78			16	0	9	11	4	5	10	20	9	3	45%	2	1	0	120	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	5	46
1957	31	CHC	NL	270	76			12	2	12	5	5	4	6	29	10	6	34%	3	2	0	125	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	36
1958	32	MLN	NL	27	7			2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2599	750			92	4	93	48	21	28	41	168	78	31	46%	41	20	5	1030	18	23	44%	16	17	2	4	0	2	6	0	39	799
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

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+
1950	24	2	2	.500	9.26	15	2	5	0	0	1	23.1	27	25	24	7	24		13	1	0	1	117	54	2.186	10.4	2.7	9.3	5.0	0.54	54
1951	25	3	3	.500	9.00	19	4	5	0	0	1	33.0	36	37	33	8	41		20	1	0	1	171	53	2.333	9.8	2.2	11.2	5.5	0.49	53
1952	26	5	9	.357	4.96	54	10	24	3	0	2	127.0	117	79	70	16	83		86	1	0	3	573	83	1.575	8.3	1.1	5.9	6.1	1.04	83
1953	27	12	21	.364	5.03	90	32	30	5	0	2	279.1	270	172	156	33	167		190	5	0	8	1253	83	1.564	8.7	1.1	5.4	6.1	1.14	83
1954	28	22	32	.407	4.60	116	53	32	12	1	2	440.1	418	257	225	43	258		287	8	0	10	1970	90	1.535	8.5	0.9	5.3	5.9	1.11	90
1955	29	27	44	.380	4.72	151	70	37	16	2	2	570.1	566	348	299	58	326	8	357	10	1	15	2568	88	1.564	8.9	0.9	5.1	5.6	1.10	88
1956	30	31	50	.383	4.66	191	81	45	16	2	4	689.2	667	410	357	78	375	14	437	10	1	18	3062	88	1.511	8.7	1.0	4.9	5.7	1.17	88
1957	31	33	53	.384	4.72	239	83	59	16	2	8	755.1	743	456	396	90	412	18	488	11	1	20	3368	86	1.529	8.9	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.18	86
1958	32	33	54	.379	4.71	243	83	61	16	2	9	761.2	750	461	399	92	413	18	495	12	1	20	3395	86	1.527	8.9	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.20	86

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
1950	24	0	2	.000	7.20	25.0	25	22	20	6	22	14	1	1.880	9.0	7.9	5.0	0.64	2.2	15
1951	25	0	1	.000	10.00	9.0	10	11	10	1	19	7	0	3.222	10.0	19.0	7.0	0.37	1.0	4
1952	26	6	4	.600	3.62	97.0	85	43	39	8	44	68	0	1.330	7.9	4.1	6.3	1.55	0.7	35
1953	27	7	10	.412	4.94	155.0	156	94	85	17	86	106	4	1.561	9.1	5.0	6.2	1.23	1.0	36
1954	28	10	8	.556	3.75	168.0	153	78	70	10	94	101	3	1.470	8.2	5.0	5.4	1.07	0.5	26
1955	29	5	9	.357	5.00	135.0	153	83	75	16	70	73	2	1.652	10.2	4.7	4.9	1.04	1.1	35
1956	30	5	8	.385	4.76	119.0	107	70	63	21	52	80	0	1.336	8.1	3.9	6.1	1.54	1.6	40
1957	31	2	5	.286	5.51	67.0	80	46	41	13	39	52	1	1.776	10.7	5.2	7.0	1.33	1.7	48
1958	32	0	0		4.50	6.0	8	3	3	2	1	7	1	1.500	12.0	1.5	10.5	7.00	3.0	4
9 Yrs		35	47	.427	4.68	781.0	777	450	406	94	427	508	12	1.542	9.0		5.9	1.19	1.1	243

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1954 NL 3.60 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 NL 8.129 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 NL 5.342 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1953 AL 104 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1953 AL 17 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1954 NL 85 (8th) 1955 NL 68 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 NL 0.581 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1953 AL 12 (9th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1955 NL 5 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1952 AL 19 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1954 NL 116 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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