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Billy Loes

William Loes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 13, 1929 in Long Island City, NY
High School: Bryant HS (Queens, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1950
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Orioles/Giants 1950-1961

Final Game: September 14, 1961
Died: July 15, 2010 in Tucson, AZ
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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
1950 20 BRO NL 0 0 7.82 10 0 6 0 0 0 12.2 16 11 11 5 5 2 0 1 0 56 54 1.658 11.4 3.6 3.6 1.4 0.40
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 22 BRO NL 13 8 .619 2.69 39 21 11 8 4 1 187.1 154 62 56 12 71 115 3 1 3 770 136 1.201 7.4 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.62
1953 23 BRO NL 14 8 .636 4.54 32 25 3 9 1 0 162.2 165 92 82 21 53 75 3 3 2 691 95 1.340 9.1 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.42
1954 24 BRO NL 13 5 .722 4.14 28 21 3 6 0 0 147.2 154 73 68 14 60 97 1 0 4 646 99 1.449 9.4 0.9 3.7 5.9 1.62
1955 25 BRO NL 10 4 .714 3.59 22 19 0 6 0 0 128.0 116 59 51 16 46 1 85 2 0 1 539 114 1.266 8.2 1.1 3.2 6.0 1.85
1956 26 TOT MLB 2 8 .200 5.59 22 7 11 1 0 3 58.0 70 39 36 5 24 1 24 2 0 3 266 70 1.621 10.9 0.8 3.7 3.7 1.00
1956 26 BRO NL 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 6 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 13 4.500 33.8 6.8 6.8 13.5 2.00
1956 26 BAL AL 2 7 .222 4.76 21 6 11 1 0 3 56.2 65 33 30 4 23 1 22 2 0 3 256 82 1.553 10.3 0.6 3.7 3.5 0.96
1957 27 BAL AL 12 7 .632 3.24 31 18 12 8 3 4 155.1 142 59 56 8 37 4 86 4 0 3 629 110 1.152 8.2 0.5 2.1 5.0 2.32 AS
1958 28 BAL AL 3 9 .250 3.63 32 10 15 1 0 5 114.0 106 51 46 10 44 5 44 8 0 4 487 99 1.316 8.4 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.00
1959 29 BAL AL 4 7 .364 4.06 37 0 31 0 0 14 64.1 58 31 29 5 25 3 34 3 0 0 275 94 1.290 8.1 0.7 3.5 4.8 1.36
1960 30 SFG NL 3 2 .600 4.93 37 0 21 0 0 5 45.2 40 26 25 9 17 2 28 4 0 1 190 72 1.248 7.9 1.8 3.4 5.5 1.65
1961 31 SFG NL 6 5 .545 4.24 26 18 2 3 1 0 114.2 114 62 54 13 39 4 55 5 1 0 494 90 1.334 8.9 1.0 3.1 4.3 1.41
11 Yrs 80 63 .559 3.89 316 139 115 42 9 32 1190.1 1135 565 514 118 421 20 645 35 6 21 5043 100 1.307 8.6 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.53
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .559 3.89 47 21 17 6 1 5 178 170 84 77 18 63 96 5 1 3 754 100 1.307 8.6 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.53
BRO (6 yrs) 50 26 .658 3.86 132 87 23 29 5 1 639.2 610 303 274 69 236 1 376 9 5 10 2712 105 1.323 8.6 1.0 3.3 5.3 1.59
BAL (4 yrs) 21 30 .412 3.71 121 34 69 10 3 26 390.1 371 174 161 27 129 13 186 17 0 10 1647 99 1.281 8.6 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.44
SFG (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 4.43 63 18 23 3 1 5 160.1 154 88 79 22 56 6 83 9 1 1 684 84 1.310 8.6 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.48
NL (8 yrs) 59 33 .641 3.97 195 105 46 32 6 6 800.0 764 391 353 91 292 7 459 18 6 11 3396 100 1.320 8.6 1.0 3.3 5.2 1.57
AL (4 yrs) 21 30 .412 3.71 121 34 69 10 3 26 390.1 371 174 161 27 129 13 186 17 0 10 1647 99 1.281 8.6 0.6 3.0 4.3 1.44

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
1950 20 BRO NL 12.2 10 0 11 7.82 4.58 0.20 0.00 99.2 4.35 -5 -0.5 .4 0.1 -0.2 -3 .453 .497 $
1952 22 BRO NL 187.1 39 21 62 2.98 4.15 0.11 0.00 97.7 3.95 20 2.3 1.1 -0.1 3.9 39 .560 .514 $
1953 23 BRO NL 162.2 32 25 92 5.09 4.74 0.35 0.00 99.1 4.35 -12 -1.2 1.4 -0.1 0.2 6 .464 .493 $
1954 24 BRO NL 147.2 28 21 73 4.45 4.51 0.16 0.00 100.1 4.35 -1 -0.1 1.8 -0.1 1.1 15 .496 .499 $
1955 25 BRO NL 128.0 22 19 59 4.15 4.55 0.41 0.00 99.2 4.11 2 0.2 2.9 -0.0 1.3 14 .509 .501 $
1956 26 BRO NL 1.1 1 1 6 40.50 3.94 0.82 0.00 112.0 3.49 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .149 .498 $
1956 26 BAL AL 56.2 21 6 33 5.24 4.81 -0.29 0.00 93.6 4.77 -3 -0.3 2.0 -0.1 0.0 2 .484 .498 $
1957 27 BAL AL 155.2 31 18 59 3.41 4.13 0.30 0.00 96.4 3.69 6 0.6 2.7 -0.0 1.8 18 .520 .504 $ AS
1958 28 BAL AL 114.0 32 10 51 4.03 4.41 -0.09 0.00 95.4 4.28 3 0.4 1.6 -0.1 1.2 13 .512 .502 $
1959 29 BAL AL 64.1 37 0 31 4.34 4.50 0.06 0.00 99.3 4.41 1 0.1 1.8 -0.1 0.5 6 .503 .501 $
1960 30 SFG NL 45.2 37 0 26 5.12 4.44 -0.00 -0.19 93.6 3.98 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.2 -0.3 -1 .483 .496 $
1961 31 SFG NL 114.2 26 18 62 4.87 4.36 0.14 0.03 93.7 3.99 -11 -1.1 1.6 -0.1 -0.2 2 .457 .493 $
11 Seasons 1190.2 316 139 565 4.27 4.43 0.16 -0.00 97.3 4.14 -12 -0.5 1.6 -0.9 9.0 105 .498 .500 $
BRO (6 yrs) 639.2 132 87 303 4.26 4.47 0.24 0.00 99.0 4.18 -1 0.4 1.2 -0.3 6.0 65 .503 .500 $
BAL (4 yrs) 390.2 121 34 174 4.01 4.37 0.06 0.00 96.2 4.14 7 0.8 1.9 -0.3 3.5 39 .506 .501 $
SFG (2 yrs) 160.1 63 18 88 4.94 4.38 0.10 -0.03 93.7 3.99 -17 -1.8 1.3 -0.3 -0.5 1 .472 .495 $

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
1952 22 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 11 5 5 3 5 0 5 0 1 0 46 1.548 9.6 2.6 4.4 4.4 1.00
1953 23 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 3 3 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 34 1.250 9.0 1.1 2.3 9.0 4.00
1955 25 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 9.82 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 4 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 18 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 12.3 5.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 1 2 .333 4.91 4 3 0 0 0 0 22.0 26 12 12 4 8 0 18 2 1 0 98 1.545 10.6 1.6 3.3 7.4 2.25
3 WS 1 2 .333 4.91 4 3 0 0 0 0 22.0 26 12 12 4 8 0 18 2 1 0 98 1.545 10.6 1.6 3.3 7.4 2.25

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1957 BAL AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0

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 20 BRO NL 10 56 51 11 16 3 0 5 0 0 5 2 .314 .375 .667 1.042 .250 34 4 0 0 0 0
1952 22 BRO NL 39 770 689 62 154 33 3 12 2 2 71 115 .224 .299 .332 .631 .253 229 17 3 7 0 5
1953 23 BRO NL 32 691 631 92 165 21 9 21 2 3 53 75 .261 .322 .423 .745 .269 267 16 3 4 0 10
1954 24 BRO NL 28 646 573 73 154 25 2 14 4 2 60 97 .269 .336 .393 .729 .299 225 9 1 6 6 4
1955 25 BRO NL 22 539 484 59 116 21 2 16 3 3 46 85 .240 .308 .390 .698 .260 189 9 2 6 1 1 5
1956 26 BAL AL 21 256 223 33 65 7 2 4 3 1 23 22 .291 .360 .395 .755 .307 88 1 2 6 2 1 2
1956 26 BRO NL 1 10 9 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .556 .600 .889 1.489 .667 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 TOT MLB 22 266 232 39 70 7 2 5 3 1 24 24 .302 .369 .414 .783 .317 96 1 2 6 2 1 2
1957 27 BAL AL 31 629 580 59 142 25 5 8 4 6 37 86 .245 .292 .347 .639 .273 201 17 4 3 5 4 6
1958 28 BAL AL 32 487 421 51 106 16 1 10 1 2 44 44 .252 .328 .366 .694 .256 154 10 8 6 8 5 6
1959 29 BAL AL 37 274 242 31 58 8 0 5 2 1 25 34 .240 .316 .335 .651 .259 81 7 3 2 2 3 5
1960 30 SFG NL 37 191 163 26 40 3 2 9 1 1 17 28 .245 .328 .454 .782 .242 74 5 4 5 2 2 1
1961 31 SFG NL 26 494 443 62 114 18 3 13 5 2 39 55 .257 .323 .400 .723 .268 177 4 5 5 2 4 6
11 Yrs 316 5043 4509 565 1135 180 29 118 27 23 421 645 .252 .319 .383 .702 .269 1727 99 35 50 28 20 50
162 Game Avg. 47 754 674 84 170 27 4 18 4 3 63 96 .252 .319 .383 .702 .269 258 15 5 7 4 7
MLB Averages .259 .331 .388 .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 20 BRO NL -4.4 -0.4 57 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .12 -0.5 -1.7 -4.4 -0.4 0.12 -4.0 1 1 5
1952 22 BRO NL 21.2 2.3 781 1.4 14.0 -12.6 1.05 2.4 -1.1 23.1 2.5 1.05 25.7 6 3 8
1953 23 BRO NL -4.0 -0.4 704 -0.4 12.5 -12.9 1.00 0.0 -0.4 -1.3 -0.1 1.00 1.5 4 2 1
1954 24 BRO NL 1.3 0.1 655 1.0 12.1 -11.1 1.10 0.4 0.5 2.1 0.2 1.10 -1.9 5 0 2
1955 25 BRO NL 6.5 0.7 548 0.7 10.9 -10.2 1.14 1.2 -0.6 7.4 0.7 1.14 11.6 2 1 0
1956 26 TOT MLB -9.7 -0.9 273 -0.2 6.6 -6.8 1.45 -0.4 0.3 -9.0 -0.8 1.46 -6.7 9 2 4
1956 26 BRO NL -4.6 -0.4 10 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .92 -0.3 0.0 -3.6 -0.3 0.92 -3.7 0 0 0
1956 26 BAL AL -5.1 -0.5 263 0.0 6.5 -6.5 1.48 -0.1 0.1 -5.4 -0.5 1.48 -3.0 9 2 4
1957 27 BAL AL 7.6 0.8 644 1.1 11.8 -10.7 1.05 1.3 -0.2 13.8 1.5 1.05 13.9 9 2 2
1958 28 BAL AL -0.3 -0.0 494 0.4 9.3 -8.9 1.10 -0.3 0.7 0.6 0.1 1.10 -5.6 8 5 9
1959 29 BAL AL -0.9 -0.1 276 0.7 7.9 -7.2 1.65 0.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.65 2.9 21 9 7
1960 30 SFG NL -6.5 -0.7 196 -1.9 3.1 -5.0 1.06 -0.6 -1.2 -2.8 -0.3 1.06 -6.8 15 4 17
1961 31 SFG NL -5.7 -0.6 504 -0.4 7.9 -8.3 .95 0.4 -0.8 -6.3 -0.6 0.95 1.3 3 1 4
11 Yrs 5.0 0.8 5132 2.2 96.3 -94.2 1.10 4.2 -2.2 23.0 2.7 1.10 31.9 83 30 59

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
1952 22 BRO NL 39 21 8 6 7 0 2 11 9 .550 0 3 8 4 12 57% 55.7 86 28 17 5 13 3 5.4 4.8 6.9
1953 23 BRO NL 32 25 10 7 8 4 1 18 7 .720 0 6 9 1 8 32% 47.3 79 11 13 5 10 7 6.4 6.0 5.9
1954 24 BRO NL 28 21 10 3 8 4 0 14 7 .667 3 3 6 0 8 38% 48.7 73 21 22 7 7 6 6.0 6.5 6.0
1955 25 BRO NL 22 19 10 2 7 1 0 16 3 .842 2 5 6 0 12 63% 55.8 72 31 14 7 5 10 4.9 4.6 6.5
1956 26 TOT MLB 22 7 1 4 2 0 0 1 6 .143 0 0 1 0 2 29% 0.0 74 21 11 5 3 4 2.9 2.5 4.7
1956 26 BRO NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 3 3 0 1 3.0 0.0 1.3
1956 26 BAL AL 21 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 1 0 2 33% 43.8 74 22 8 2 3 3 2.8 2.6 5.3
1957 27 BAL AL 31 18 10 6 2 0 2 11 7 .611 1 1 8 3 12 67% 57.7 87 26 8 6 6 5 5.7 5.7 7.6
1958 28 BAL AL 32 10 0 7 3 0 4 1 9 .100 2 0 1 0 5 50% 48.0 72 17 9 2 0 9 2.3 2.5 6.7
1961 31 SFG NL 26 18 5 5 8 1 1 8 10 .444 2 2 3 1 8 44% 50.3 80 21 21 6 4 8 4.5 5.2 5.3
8 Yrs 232 139 54 40 45 10 10 80 58 .580 10 20 42 9 67 48% 51 87 11 115 43 48 52 5.2 5.1 6.3
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1950 20 BRO NL 10 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 9 .123 1 1 5 0 0 10 3 7 3 2 3 1 3.8
1952 22 BRO NL 39 18 11 5 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 14 5 36% 8 1.047 6 3 8 2 3 13 7 11 10 1 10 1 7.1
1953 23 BRO NL 32 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.000 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 5 5 1 5 1 6.7
1954 24 BRO NL 28 7 3 3 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 3 1 33% 7 1.102 5 0 2 2 3 2 2 5 6 0 6 0 9.3
1955 25 BRO NL 22 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 6 2 33% 7 1.143 2 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 4.3
1956 26 TOT MLB 22 15 11 1 4 4 3 1 75% 5 1 17 7 41% 1.454 9 2 4 6 4 5 7 8 9 2 9 0 5.0
1956 26 BAL AL 21 15 11 1 4 4 3 1 75% 5 1 17 7 41% 8 1.475 9 2 4 6 4 5 7 8 9 2 9 0 5.0
1957 27 BAL AL 31 13 12 2 1 5 4 1 80% 6 1 14 6 43% 9 1.050 9 2 2 6 4 3 8 5 7 4 7 0 4.5
1958 28 BAL AL 32 22 15 3 2 7 5 1 71% 9 2 12 3 25% 7 1.098 8 5 9 9 2 11 8 14 17 3 17 2 6.4
1959 29 BAL AL 37 37 31 4 7 20 14 6 70% 20 0 24 8 33% 8 1.652 21 9 7 20 4 13 14 23 23 4 23 2 5.2
1960 30 SFG NL 37 37 21 3 2 10 5 5 50% 11 1 26 9 35% 8 1.059 15 4 17 12 5 20 17 20 14 12 16 6 3.7
1961 31 SFG NL 26 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 2 25% 5 .950 3 1 4 2 1 5 4 4 7 1 7 0 7.1
11 Yrs 315 177 115 26 23 52 32 19 62% 58 5 133 47 35% 1.099 83 30 59 62 30 85 75 102 102 32 105 13 5.4

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%
1950 20 BRO NL 56 64% 8.9% 3.6% 8.9% 14.3% 50% 1.00 79% 11 4 36%
1952 22 BRO NL 770 59% 1.6% 14.9% 9.2% 6.2% 31% 0.99 73% 141 17 12%
1953 23 BRO NL 691 58% 3.0% 10.9% 7.7% 7.4% 31% 0.84 77% 144 16 11%
1954 24 BRO NL 646 62% 2.2% 15.0% 9.3% 6.4% 27% 0.90 72% 126 9 7%
1955 25 BRO NL 539 62% 3.0% 15.8% 8.5% 7.2% 34% 0.92 71% 92 9 10%
1956 26 TOT MLB 266 53% 1.9% 9.0% 9.0% 5.3% 20% 1.13 77% 65 1 2%
1956 26 BRO NL 10 70% 10.0% 20.0% 10.0% 10.0% 20% 0.00 60% 5 0 0%
1956 26 BAL AL 256 52% 1.6% 8.6% 9.0% 5.1% 20% 1.16 78% 60 1 2%
1957 27 BAL AL 629 69% 1.3% 13.7% 5.9% 6.0% 27% 0.97 78% 137 17 12%
1958 28 BAL AL 487 61% 2.1% 9.0% 9.0% 5.5% 26% 0.87 77% 103 10 10%
1959 29 BAL AL 274 56% 1.8% 12.4% 9.1% 4.7% 22% 0.83 75% 74 7 9%
1960 30 SFG NL 191 60% 4.7% 14.7% 8.9% 7.3% 35% 0.89 67% 35 5 14%
1961 31 SFG NL 494 57% 2.6% 11.1% 7.9% 6.9% 30% 0.68 76% 89 4 4%
11 Yrs 5043 60% 2.3% 12.8% 8.4% 6.5% 29% 0.90 75% 1017 99 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.6% 9.8% 6.7% 28% 0.98 80% 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 20 BRO NL 56 16 5 0 2 3 2 4 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1952 22 BRO NL 770 154 12 0 12 7 5 4 8 32 14 10 44% 5 3 2 272 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1953 23 BRO NL 691 165 21 1 8 14 7 11 10 38 21 2 55% 10 2 2 252 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1954 24 BRO NL 646 154 14 0 17 9 5 9 5 34 16 5 47% 4 4 0 242 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1955 25 BRO NL 539 116 16 0 11 8 8 10 6 17 8 1 47% 5 1 1 186 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
1956 26 TOT MLB 266 70 5 0 16 2 3 4 1 30 19 2 63% 2 3 0 102 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1956 26 BRO NL 10 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 BAL AL 256 65 4 0 16 1 3 3 1 29 18 2 62% 2 3 0 96 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1957 27 BAL AL 629 142 8 0 15 5 3 2 6 33 20 2 61% 6 3 2 241 4 6 40% 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1958 28 BAL AL 487 106 10 0 8 9 1 4 6 29 15 1 52% 6 4 0 191 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1959 29 BAL AL 274 58 5 0 15 3 2 2 3 24 11 1 46% 5 0 0 112 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 30 SFG NL 191 40 9 0 6 3 6 3 6 14 7 2 50% 1 1 0 79 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1961 31 SFG NL 494 114 13 1 8 4 9 9 4 24 13 3 54% 6 0 0 175 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Yrs 5043 1135 118 2 118 67 51 62 56 278 146 29 53% 50 21 7 1868 27 23 54% 25 21 2 2 0 0 4 0 83 0
MLB Averages 52% 57%

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 20 0 0 7.82 10 0 6 0 0 0 12.2 16 11 11 5 5 2 0 1 0 56 54 1.658 11.4 3.6 3.6 1.4 0.40 54
1951 21 0 0 7.82 10 0 6 0 0 0 12.2 16 11 11 5 5 2 0 1 0 56 54 1.658 11.4 3.6 3.6 1.4 0.40 54
1952 22 13 8 .619 3.02 49 21 17 8 4 1 200.0 170 73 67 17 76 117 3 2 3 826 123 1.230 7.7 0.8 3.4 5.3 1.54 123
1953 23 27 16 .628 3.70 81 46 20 17 5 1 362.2 335 165 149 38 129 192 6 5 5 1517 107 1.279 8.3 0.9 3.2 4.8 1.49 107
1954 24 40 21 .656 3.83 109 67 23 23 5 1 510.1 489 238 217 52 189 289 7 5 9 2163 105 1.329 8.6 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.53 105
1955 25 50 25 .667 3.78 131 86 23 29 5 1 638.1 605 297 268 68 235 1 374 9 5 10 2702 107 1.316 8.5 1.0 3.3 5.3 1.59 107
1956 26 52 33 .612 3.93 153 93 34 30 5 4 696.1 675 336 304 73 259 2 398 11 5 13 2968 102 1.341 8.7 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.54 102
1957 27 64 40 .615 3.80 184 111 46 38 8 8 851.2 817 395 360 81 296 6 484 15 5 16 3597 103 1.307 8.6 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.64 103
1958 28 67 49 .578 3.78 216 121 61 39 8 13 965.2 923 446 406 91 340 11 528 23 5 20 4084 103 1.308 8.6 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.55 103
1959 29 71 56 .559 3.80 253 121 92 39 8 27 1030.0 981 477 435 96 365 14 562 26 5 20 4359 102 1.307 8.6 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.54 102
1960 30 74 58 .561 3.85 290 121 113 39 8 32 1075.2 1021 503 460 105 382 16 590 30 5 21 4549 101 1.304 8.5 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.54 101
1961 31 80 63 .559 3.89 316 139 115 42 9 32 1190.1 1135 565 514 118 421 20 645 35 6 21 5043 100 1.307 8.6 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.53 100

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
1950 20 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 16 12 11 5 5 2 0 1.615 11.1 3.5 1.4 0.40 3.5 10
1952 22 13 7 .650 3.05 186.0 167 70 63 13 77 114 3 1.312 8.1 3.7 5.5 1.48 0.6 39
1953 23 8 10 .444 4.36 165.0 166 89 80 21 53 76 3 1.327 9.1 2.9 4.1 1.43 1.1 32
1954 24 8 8 .500 4.06 153.0 159 77 69 14 62 100 1 1.444 9.4 3.6 5.9 1.61 0.8 28
1955 25 8 6 .571 3.55 132.0 120 58 52 17 48 88 2 1.273 8.2 3.3 6.0 1.83 1.2 22
1956 26 2 4 .333 5.80 59.0 74 42 38 5 25 24 2 1.678 11.3 3.8 3.7 0.96 0.8 22
1957 27 9 8 .529 3.88 153.0 158 73 66 9 41 85 4 1.301 9.3 2.4 5.0 2.07 0.5 31
1958 28 5 7 .417 4.38 111.0 117 60 54 11 49 43 9 1.495 9.5 4.0 3.5 0.88 0.9 32
1959 29 3 4 .429 4.29 65.0 62 34 31 5 27 34 3 1.369 8.6 3.7 4.7 1.26 0.7 37
1960 30 1 3 .250 5.93 44.0 44 32 29 10 19 27 4 1.432 9.0 3.9 5.5 1.42 2.0 37
1961 31 5 7 .417 4.50 116.0 121 64 58 14 41 56 5 1.397 9.4 3.2 4.3 1.37 1.1 26
11 Yrs 62 65 .488 4.14 1197.0 1204 611 551 124 447 649 36 1.379 9.1 4.9 1.45 0.9 316

* 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
1957 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1952 NL  3.9 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL  2.69 (4th)
1957 AL  3.24 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1953 NL  14 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1952 NL  .619 (10th)
1953 NL  .636 (9th)
1954 NL  .722 (3rd)
1957 AL  .632 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 NL  1.201 (10th)
1957 AL  1.152 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  7.399 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  2.144 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  5.525 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1959 AL  14 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL  115 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 NL  4 (7th)
1957 AL  3 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  2.324 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  0.577 (9th)
1957 AL  0.464 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1959 AL  31 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL  136 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  21 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 NL  23.06 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.4 (6th)
1955 NL  1.2 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.5 (8th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 37 (665), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ike Delock (958)
  2. Dave Wickersham (953)
  3. Tom Sturdivant (942)
  4. Doug Bird (941)
  5. Brooks Lawrence (939)
  6. Mike Fornieles (937)
  7. Joe Heving (937)
  8. Mace Brown (936)
  9. Barry Latman (935)
  10. Clyde Shoun (931)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bruce Howard (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Harper (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Harper (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Carl Erskine (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wade Miller (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roy Halladay (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Perry (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tex Carleton (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ike Delock (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ike Delock (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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