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Vic Lombardi

Victor Alvin Lombardi

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: September 20, 1922 in Reedley, CA
High School: Tulare HS (Tulare, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1945
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers 1945-1950

Final Game: September 24, 1950
Died: December 3, 1997 in Fresno, CA
Buried: Cemetery Tulare, Tulare, CA
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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
1945 22 BRO NL 10 11 .476 3.31 38 24 10 9 0 4 203.2 195 106 75 11 86 64 5 0 5 879 114 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 2.8 0.74
1946 23 BRO NL 13 10 .565 2.89 41 25 10 13 2 3 193.0 170 76 62 10 84 60 2 1 3 829 117 1.316 7.9 0.5 3.9 2.8 0.71
1947 24 BRO NL 12 11 .522 2.99 33 20 9 7 3 3 174.2 156 73 58 12 65 72 2 1 4 726 138 1.265 8.0 0.6 3.3 3.7 1.11
1948 25 PIT NL 10 9 .526 3.70 38 17 15 9 0 4 163.0 156 72 67 9 67 54 2 1 1 689 110 1.368 8.6 0.5 3.7 3.0 0.81
1949 26 PIT NL 5 5 .500 4.57 34 12 11 4 0 1 134.0 149 74 68 12 68 64 3 0 4 599 92 1.619 10.0 0.8 4.6 4.3 0.94
1950 27 PIT NL 0 5 .000 6.60 39 2 23 0 0 1 76.1 93 61 56 14 48 26 2 4 2 356 66 1.847 11.0 1.7 5.7 3.1 0.54
6 Yrs 50 51 .495 3.68 223 100 78 42 5 16 944.2 919 462 386 68 418 340 16 7 19 4078 107 1.415 8.8 0.6 4.0 3.2 0.81
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .495 3.68 47 21 16 9 1 3 199 193 97 81 14 88 72 3 1 4 859 107 1.415 8.8 0.6 4.0 3.2 0.81
PIT (3 yrs) 15 19 .441 4.60 111 31 49 13 0 6 373.1 398 207 191 35 183 144 7 5 7 1644 91 1.556 9.6 0.8 4.4 3.5 0.79
BRO (3 yrs) 35 32 .522 3.07 112 69 29 29 5 10 571.1 521 255 195 33 235 196 9 2 12 2434 122 1.323 8.2 0.5 3.7 3.1 0.83

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
1945 22 BRO NL 203.2 38 24 106 4.68 4.62 -0.08 0.00 99.6 4.68 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.4 20 .496 .499 $
1946 23 BRO NL 193.0 41 25 76 3.54 3.96 0.07 0.00 100.2 3.89 7 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.6 27 .521 .505 $
1947 24 BRO NL 174.2 33 20 73 3.76 4.64 0.25 0.00 101.0 4.43 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.8 34 .538 .508 $
1948 25 PIT NL 163.0 38 17 72 3.98 4.58 0.20 0.00 103.7 4.55 10 1.1 1.4 -0.0 2.6 29 .528 .506 $
1949 26 PIT NL 134.2 34 12 74 4.95 4.50 -0.05 0.00 103.4 4.70 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.1 0.8 12 .488 .497 $
1950 27 PIT NL 76.1 39 2 61 7.19 4.92 -0.09 0.00 104.0 5.21 -16 -1.6 .8 0.0 -0.8 -8 .459 .490 $
6 Seasons 945.1 223 100 462 4.40 4.49 0.06 0.00 101.6 4.50 8 1.0 1.0 -0.5 9.4 114 .505 .501 $
PIT (3 yrs) 374.0 111 31 207 4.98 4.62 0.05 0.00 103.7 4.74 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.6 33 .491 .498 $
BRO (3 yrs) 571.1 112 69 255 4.02 4.40 0.07 0.00 100.2 4.34 18 2.0 1.0 -0.4 6.8 81 .518 .504 $

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
1947 24 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 14 9 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 34 2.250 18.9 1.4 1.4 6.8 5.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 14 9 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 34 2.250 18.9 1.4 1.4 6.8 5.00

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
1948 25 PIT NL 38 256 611 72 156 23 6 9 1 2 67 54 .255 .331 .357 .688 .268 218 5 2 9 0 2
1949 26 PIT NL 34 409 523 74 149 12 3 12 0 6 68 64 .285 .370 .388 .759 .306 203 9 3 8 0 7
1950 27 PIT NL 39 263 297 61 93 8 4 14 0 4 48 26 .313 .412 .508 .921 .307 151 8 2 7 0 3
3 Yrs 111 928 1431 207 398 43 13 35 1 12 183 144 .278 .363 .400 .762 .290 572 22 7 24 0 12
162 Game Avg. 53 444 685 99 191 21 6 17 0 6 88 69 .278 .363 .400 .762 .290 274 11 3 11 0 6
MLB Averages .261 .337 .348 .685 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 25 PIT NL 8.5 0.9 262 -0.0 5.7 -5.7 1.20 0.1 -0.1 2.2 0.2 1.20 2.6 6 3 3
1949 26 PIT NL -3.8 -0.4 418 -0.9 6.6 -7.5 .97 -0.8 -0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.97 -4.4 2 3 8
1950 27 PIT NL -16.4 -1.6 273 -0.9 2.6 -3.5 .67 -1.4 0.1 -21.6 -2.0 0.67 -16.1 4 4 17
6 Yrs 19.3 2.1 953 -1.8 14.9 -16.7 .95 -2.1 0.2 -23.8 -2.2 0.95 -18.0 12 10 28

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
1945 22 BRO NL 38 24 7 10 7 2 6 11 12 .478 0 0 9 0 17 71% 48.9 68 11 11 6 4.1 7.1
1946 23 BRO NL 41 25 12 7 6 1 3 15 10 .600 0 0 13 2 16 64% 56.0 84 24 10 11 4.4 7.0
1947 24 BRO NL 33 20 9 10 1 2 4 10 10 .500 0 0 7 3 11 55% 53.3 81 27 7 7 3.7 6.8
1948 25 PIT NL 38 17 7 8 2 0 4 9 8 .529 0 1 9 0 11 65% 53.2 76 19 4 2 10 6 4.1 3.3 7.3
1949 26 PIT NL 34 12 4 3 5 0 0 6 6 .500 0 0 4 0 4 33% 44.9 74 19 13 6 4 4 5.6 7.0 6.3
1950 27 PIT NL 39 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 35 29 11 7 0 2 4.5 2.3 2.3
6 Yrs 223 100 39 40 21 5 17 51 48 .515 0 1 42 5 59 59% 51 84 11 28 15 42 36 4.3 5.4 6.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.5 4.8 6.7

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
1945 22 BRO NL 38 14 10 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 11 2 2 7.1
1946 23 BRO NL 41 16 10 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 8 6 4 3.6
1947 24 BRO NL 33 13 9 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 2 8.8
1948 25 PIT NL 38 21 15 3 1 4 4 2 100% 4 0 10 4 40% 1.203 6 3 3 4 1 7 5 7 13 2 8 2 5.6
1949 26 PIT NL 34 22 11 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 1 13% .971 2 3 8 1 1 12 5 9 16 1 10 3 8.1
1950 27 PIT NL 39 37 23 0 3 1 1 0 100% 2 1 23 5 22% .672 4 4 17 3 1 22 12 14 17 10 13 6 5.8
6 Yrs 223 123 78 11 11 6 16 2 267% 7 1 41 10 24% .950 12 10 28 8 3 41 22 30 76 21 31 19 6.4

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%
1945 22 BRO NL 879 1.3% 7.3% 9.8% 3.3% 15% 79%
1946 23 BRO NL 829 1.2% 7.2% 10.1% 4.0% 19% 79%
1947 24 BRO NL 727 1.7% 9.9% 8.9% 2.6% 12% 77%
1948 25 PIT NL 689 23% 3.5% 21.1% 26.2% 14.8% 24% 0.94 214% 56 5 9%
1949 26 PIT NL 603 25% 2.9% 15.7% 16.6% 6.6% 18% 1.23 109% 101 9 9%
1950 27 PIT NL 355 29% 5.3% 9.9% 18.3% 9.9% 28% 1.04 98% 76 8 11%
6 Yrs 4082 26% 2.0% 10.1% 12.4% 5.1% 19% 1.08 94% 233 22 9%
MLB Averages 49% 1.9% 11.1% 11.5% 4.7% 17% 0.95 91% 10%

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
1945 22 BRO NL 195 11 5
1946 23 BRO NL 170 10 3
1947 24 BRO NL 156 12 4
1948 25 PIT NL 256 156 9 0 3 4 0 2 2 15 8 0 53% 2 1 0 105 1 2 33% 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 433
1949 26 PIT NL 409 149 12 0 13 10 1 7 4 15 8 2 53% 7 4 0 167 0 6 0% 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 194
1950 27 PIT NL 263 93 14 2 13 11 1 7 5 24 13 3 54% 3 2 0 120 0 4 0% 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 92
6 Yrs 928 919 68 2 29 25 2 16 11 54 29 5 54% 12 19 0 392 1 12 8% 0 8 0 2 1 2 5 1 10 719
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1945 22 10 11 .476 3.31 38 24 10 9 0 4 203.2 195 106 75 11 86 64 5 0 5 879 114 1.380 8.6 0.5 3.8 2.8 0.74 114
1946 23 23 21 .523 3.11 79 49 20 22 2 7 396.2 365 182 137 21 170 124 7 1 8 1708 115 1.349 8.3 0.5 3.9 2.8 0.73 115
1947 24 35 32 .522 3.07 112 69 29 29 5 10 571.1 521 255 195 33 235 196 9 2 12 2434 122 1.323 8.2 0.5 3.7 3.1 0.83 122
1948 25 45 41 .523 3.21 150 86 44 38 5 14 734.1 677 327 262 42 302 250 11 3 13 3123 119 1.333 8.3 0.5 3.7 3.1 0.83 119
1949 26 50 46 .521 3.42 184 98 55 42 5 15 868.1 826 401 330 54 370 314 14 3 17 3722 113 1.377 8.6 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.85 113
1950 27 50 51 .495 3.68 223 100 78 42 5 16 944.2 919 462 386 68 418 340 16 7 19 4078 107 1.415 8.8 0.6 4.0 3.2 0.81 107

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
1945 22 13 10 .565 3.39 207.0 203 87 78 11 90 65 5 1.415 8.8 3.9 2.8 0.72 0.5 38
1946 23 12 9 .571 3.39 194.0 189 81 73 11 93 60 2 1.454 8.8 4.3 2.8 0.65 0.5 41
1947 24 12 7 .632 2.95 177.0 159 64 58 12 66 73 2 1.271 8.1 3.4 3.7 1.11 0.6 33
1948 25 9 9 .500 3.75 163.0 161 76 68 9 69 54 2 1.411 8.9 3.8 3.0 0.78 0.5 38
1949 26 6 8 .429 4.43 134.0 149 73 66 12 68 64 3 1.619 10.0 4.6 4.3 0.94 0.8 34
1950 27 2 6 .250 6.19 77.0 92 59 53 14 47 26 2 1.805 10.8 5.5 3.0 0.55 1.6 39
6 Yrs 54 49 .524 3.74 952.0 953 440 396 69 433 342 16 1.456 9.0 3.2 0.79 0.7 223

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 NL  2.99 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1946 NL  .565 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 NL  1.265 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  8.617 (9th)
1946 NL  7.928 (9th)
1947 NL  8.038 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  41 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1945 NL  4 (7th)
1948 NL  4 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  11 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 NL  86 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  0.497 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 NL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 NL  5 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 NL  23 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL  138 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  19 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  1.9 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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