Lynn Lovenguth

Lynn Richard Lovenguth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 29, 1922 in Camden, NJ
High School: Camden HS (Camden, NY)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1955
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1955-1957

Final Game: September 27, 1957
Died: September 29, 2000 in Beaverton, OR
Buried: Skyline Memorial Gardens, 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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1946	23	PHI-min	C,A	4	16	.200	5.63	28	22					147.0	153	135	92		131								1.932	9.4		8.0			SDY,UTI · CAML,EL
1947	24	DET-min	C	11	8	.579	3.14	36	19					189.0	166	84	66		133								1.582	7.9		6.3			RME · CAML
1948	25	DET-min	C	21	9	.700	3.33	40	29					243.0	190	131	90		174								1.498	7.0		6.4			RME · CAML
1949	26	OAK-min	A	17	10	.630	3.96	34						225.0	214	109	99		154								1.636	8.6		6.2			LIN · WL
1950	27	OAK-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.13	41	16		8	0		170.0	154	88	78		108		94	3	0	12			1.541	8.2		5.7	5.0	0.87	BFL · IL
1951	28	BFL	AAA	7	8	.467	3.79	37	14		6	0		133.0	118	68	56		78		89	1	0	6			1.474	8.0		5.3	6.0	1.14	BFL · IL
1952	29	DET-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.58	31	21		9	4		166.0	132	82	66		108		65	6	0	6			1.446	7.2		5.9	3.5	0.60	SYR,BFL · IL
1953	30	NYY-min	AAA	11	13	.458	4.68	34	25		10	0		179.0	191	118	93	17	86		87	3	0	5			1.547	9.6	0.9	4.3	4.4	1.01	SYR · IL
1954	31	PHI-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.60	58	6		0	0		130.0	101	58	52	12	65		79	2	1	5			1.277	7.0	0.8	4.5	5.5	1.22	SYR · IL
1955	32	PHI-min	AAA	15	8	.652	2.52	39	16		12	4		168.0	149	52	47	7	57		103	3	1	2			1.226	8.0	0.4	3.1	5.5	1.81	SYR · IL
1955	32	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	4.50	14	0	3	0	0	0	18.0	17	9	9	1	10	0	14	2	0	1	82	90	1.500	8.5	0.5	5.0	7.0	1.40

1956	33	TTO	AAA	24	12	.667	2.68	39	32		25	4		279.0	247	96	83	20	93		153	4	0	5			1.219	8.0	0.6	3.0	4.9	1.65	TTO · IL
1957	34	STL-min	AAA	14	15	.483	3.69	36	30		15	1		222.0	219	112	91	22	78		135	11	1	1			1.338	8.9	0.9	3.2	5.5	1.73	ROC · IL
1957	34	STL	NL	0	1	.000	2.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	39	206	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
1958	35	PIT-STL-min	AAA	11	13	.458	4.02	37	29		13	2		208.0	222	102	93	23	58	12	130	8	0	6			1.346	9.6	1.0	2.5	5.6	2.24	CLB,ROC · IL
1959	36	PIT-min	AAA	13	14	.481	4.07	42	28		9	0		228.0	266	127	103	31	63	6	126	5	1	5			1.443	10.5	1.2	2.5	5.0	2.00	CLB · IL
1960	37	SFG-min	AAA	14	12	.538	3.93	38	31					213.0	243	116	93	21	68								1.460	10.3	0.9	2.9			TAC,POR · PCL
1961	38	SFG-CHW-min	AAA	4	11	.267	4.18	29	18					125.0	145	77	58	18	34								1.432	10.4	1.3	2.4			TAC,SDG · PCL
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	3.67	16	1	3	0	0	0	27.0	23	12	11	1	16	0	20	2	0	1	121	111	1.444	7.7	0.3	5.3	6.7	1.25
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	3.67	64	4	12	0	0	0	108	92	48	44	4	64	0	80	8	0	4	484	111	1.444	7.7	0.3	5.3	6.7	1.25

PHI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.50	14	0	3	0	0	0	18.0	17	9	9	1	10	0	14	2	0	1	82	90	1.500	8.5	0.5	5.0	7.0	1.40
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	39	206	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00

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
1955	32	PHI	NL	18.0	14	0	9	4.50	4.92	0.29	0.00	97.0	4.49	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.502	.500	$

1957	34	STL	NL	9.0	2	1	3	3.00	4.08	0.16	0.00	104.5	4.10	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.2	2	.566	.501	$
2 Seasons				27.0	16	1	12	4.00	4.64	0.25	0.00	99.5	4.36	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.510	.501	$

PHI (1 yr)				18.0	14	0	9	4.50	4.92	0.29	0.00	97.0	4.49	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.502	.500	$
STL (1 yr)				9.0	2	1	3	3.00	4.08	0.16	0.00	104.5	4.10	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.2	2	.566	.501	$

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
1955	32	PHI	NL	14	82	65	9	17	1	2	1	0	1	10	14	.262	.363	.385	.747	.302	25	1	2	1	3	0	0

1957	34	STL	NL	2	39	33	3	6	2	0	0	0	1	6	6	.182	.308	.242	.550	.222	8	0	0	0	0	0	2
2 Yrs				16	121	98	12	23	3	2	1	0	2	16	20	.235	.345	.337	.681	.275	33	1	2	1	3	0	2
162 Game Avg.				64	484	392	48	92	12	8	4	0	8	64	80	.235	.345	.337	.681	.275	132	4	8	4	12	0	8
MLB Averages																.258	.329	.392	.721	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1955	32	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	84	-1.3	1.1	-2.4	1.13	-0.2	-1.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.13	-1.4	2	5	6

1957	34	STL	NL	1.8	0.2	40	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	1.58	0.2	-0.2	1.5	0.2	1.58	1.6	0	0	1
2 Yrs				1.4	0.1	124	-1.4	2.0	-3.4	1.27	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.27	0.2	2	5	7

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
1957	34	STL	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	59.0	59	59	0	0	0	1	2.0	2.6	8.0
1 Yr				2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	59	59	59	0	0	0	1	2.0	2.6	8.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	2					4.4	4.4	6.4

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
1955	32	PHI	NL	14	14	3	0	1	2	0	2	0%	2	0	12	5	42%	6	1.130	2	5	6	3	0	11	6	8	7	5	7	5	3.9

1957	34	STL	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	1.577	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
2 Yrs				16	15	3	0	1	2	0	2	0%	2	0	12	5	42%		1.274	2	5	7	3	0	12	6	9	7	5	7	5	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	32	PHI	NL	82	68%	1.2%	17.1%	12.2%	4.9%	24%	0.77	65%	15	1	7%

1957	34	STL	NL	39	41%	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	5.1%	33%	1.11	69%	8	0	0%
2 Yrs				121	60%	0.8%	16.5%	13.2%	5.0%	26%	0.87	66%	23	1	4%
MLB Averages					52%	2.5%	12.6%	9.6%	6.7%	28%	0.97	78%			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
1955	32	PHI	NL	82	17			1	0	4	0	1	0	1	8	5	2	63%	0	1	0	34	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

1957	34	STL	NL	39	6			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	50%	2	0	0	15	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				121	23			1	0	5	0	1	0	1	12	7	3	58%	2	1	0	49	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		51%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1955	32	1	.000	4.50	14	0	3	18.0	17	9	9	1	10	14	2	1	82	90	1.500	8.5	0.5	5.0	7.0	1.40	90
1956	33	1	.000	4.50	14	0	3	18.0	17	9	9	1	10	14	2	1	82	90	1.500	8.5	0.5	5.0	7.0	1.40	90
1957	34	2	.000	3.67	16	1	3	27.0	23	12	11	1	16	20	2	1	121	111	1.444	7.7	0.3	5.3	6.7	1.25	111

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
1955	32	1	1	.500	4.26	19.0	17	10	9	1	10	15	2	1.421	8.1	4.7	7.1	1.50	0.5	14

1957	34	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	6	2	2	0	6	6	0	1.200	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00	0.0	2
2 Yrs		2	1	.667	3.41	29.0	23	12	11	1	16	21	2	1.345	7.1		6.5	1.31	0.3	16

* 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.

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