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Turk Lown

Omar Joseph Lown

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

Born: May 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Brooklyn HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1951
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox/Redlegs 1951-1962

Final Game: September 22, 1962
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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
1942	18	LAD-min	D	18	8	.692	1.94	30						232.0	170	72	50		113								1.220	6.6		4.4			VDS · GAFL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	22	LAD-min	B	2	5	.286	3.60	9						50.0	49	29	20		31								1.600	8.8		5.6			NNW · PIED
1947	23	LAD-min	A	13	7	.650	4.50	33						190.0	172	122	95		133								1.605	8.1		6.3			PBO · WL
1948	24	LAD-min	A,AAA	17	6	.739	4.20	29	1		0	0		195.0	196	101	91		117		4	0	0	1			1.605	9.0		5.4	0.2	0.03	PBO,MTL · WL,IL
1949	25	LAD-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	3.44	31	18		2	0		144.0	111	68	55		108		48	0	0	2			1.521	6.9		6.8	3.0	0.44	FTW,MTL · TL,IL
1950	26	LAD-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.49	29	28		14	1		209.0	181	97	81		122		104	4	0	10			1.450	7.8		5.3	4.5	0.85	MTL · IL
1951	27	CHC	NL	4	9	.308	5.46	31	18	5	3	1	0	127.0	125	80	77	14	90		39	1	0	7	584	76	1.693	8.9	1.0	6.4	2.8	0.43
1952	28	CHC	NL	4	11	.267	4.37	33	19	4	5	0	0	156.2	154	87	76	13	93		73	3	0	5	704	88	1.577	8.8	0.7	5.3	4.2	0.78
1953	29	CHC	NL	8	7	.533	5.16	49	12	17	2	0	3	148.1	166	93	85	20	84		76	2	0	6	682	87	1.685	10.1	1.2	5.1	4.6	0.90
1954	30	CHC-min	Opn	5	3	.625	2.48	30	0		0	0		72.2	54	30	20	0	46		52	1	0	2			1.376	6.7	0.0	5.7	6.4	1.13	LOS · PCL
1954	30	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	6.14	15	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	23	18	15	1	15		16	0	0	5	106	69	1.727	9.4	0.4	6.1	6.5	1.07

1955	31	CHC-min	Opn	12	5	.706	2.13	61	2		0	0		114.1	91	53	27	4	49		96	4	0	1			1.224	7.2	0.3	3.9	7.6	1.96	LOS · PCL
1956	32	CHC	NL	9	8	.529	3.58	61	0	47	0	0	13	110.2	95	49	44	10	78	12	74	1	0	1	489	107	1.563	7.7	0.8	6.3	6.0	0.95
1957	33	CHC	NL	5	7	.417	3.77	67	0	47	0	0	12	93.0	74	45	39	10	51	4	51	0	0	4	393	103	1.344	7.2	1.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
1958	34	TOT	MLB	3	5	.375	4.31	42	0	20	0	0	8	56.1	63	32	27	3	43	6	53	0	0	2	268	90	1.882	10.1	0.5	6.9	8.5	1.23
1958	34	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	5.17	15	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	14	10	9	2	15	2	13	0	0	0	73	84	1.851	8.0	1.1	8.6	7.5	0.87
1958	34	CHC	NL	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16	96	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33
1958	34	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	12	8	7	2	12	2	9	0	0	0	57	80	2.057	9.3	1.5	9.3	6.9	0.75
1958	34	CHW	AL	3	3	.500	3.98	27	0	15	0	0	8	40.2	49	22	18	1	28	4	40	0	0	2	195	93	1.893	10.8	0.2	6.2	8.9	1.43
1959	35	CHW	AL	9	2	.818	2.89	60	0	37	0	0	15	93.1	73	32	30	12	42	4	63	2	1	1	391	131	1.232	7.0	1.2	4.1	6.1	1.50
1960	36	CHW	AL	2	3	.400	3.88	45	0	16	0	0	5	67.1	60	31	29	6	34	6	39	0	0	0	292	99	1.396	8.0	0.8	4.5	5.2	1.15
1961	37	CHW	AL	7	5	.583	2.76	59	0	36	0	0	11	101.0	87	37	31	13	35	3	50	0	0	1	416	142	1.208	7.8	1.2	3.1	4.5	1.43
1962	38	CHW	AL	4	2	.667	3.04	42	0	20	0	0	6	56.1	58	21	19	3	25	5	40	1	0	1	249	130	1.473	9.3	0.5	4.0	6.4	1.60
11 Yrs				55	61	.474	4.12	504	49	255	10	1	73	1032.0	978	525	472	105	590	40	574	10	1	33	4574	97	1.519	8.5	0.9	5.1	5.0	0.97
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.474	4.12	62	6	31	1	0	9	127	120	65	58	13	73		71	1	0	4	562	97	1.519	8.5	0.9	5.1	5.0	0.97

CHC (7 yrs)				30	44	.405	4.60	260	49	127	10	1	28	661.2	639	374	338	68	414	16	333	7	0	28	2974	88	1.591	8.7	0.9	5.6	4.5	0.80
CHW (5 yrs)				25	15	.625	3.19	233	0	124	0	0	45	358.2	327	143	127	35	164	22	232	3	1	5	1543	121	1.369	8.2	0.9	4.1	5.8	1.41
CIN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	12	8	7	2	12	2	9	0	0	0	57	80	2.057	9.3	1.5	9.3	6.9	0.75

NL (7 yrs)				30	46	.395	4.61	271	49	131	10	1	28	673.1	651	382	345	70	426	18	342	7	0	28	3031	88	1.600	8.7	0.9	5.7	4.6	0.80
AL (5 yrs)				25	15	.625	3.19	233	0	124	0	0	45	358.2	327	143	127	35	164	22	232	3	1	5	1543	121	1.369	8.2	0.9	4.1	5.8	1.41

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
1951	27	CHC	NL	127.0	31	18	80	5.67	4.84	-0.10	0.00	102.6	5.07	-8	-0.9	.7	-0.1	0.2	5	.472	.495	$
1952	28	CHC	NL	156.2	33	19	87	5.00	4.31	0.05	0.00	102.9	4.39	-10	-1.1	.9	-0.1	0.2	5	.466	.493	$
1953	29	CHC	NL	148.1	49	12	93	5.64	5.03	-0.36	0.00	103.6	5.58	0	0.0	1.1	-0.2	1.2	17	.501	.500	$
1954	30	CHC	NL	22.0	15	0	18	7.36	4.62	-0.12	0.00	103.7	4.92	-6	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.461	.496	$

1956	32	CHC	NL	110.2	61	0	49	3.98	4.40	0.23	0.00	101.2	4.22	5	0.6	1.7	0.0	1.6	14	.509	.503	$
1957	33	CHC	NL	93.0	67	0	45	4.35	4.35	-0.17	0.00	100.0	4.52	3	0.3	1.8	0.0	1.1	12	.504	.502	$
1958	34	CHC	NL	4.0	4	0	2	4.50	4.52	0.02	0.00	101.9	4.59	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.501	.500	$
1958	34	CIN	NL	11.2	11	0	8	6.17	4.61	0.05	0.00	101.6	4.63	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.481	.499	$
1958	34	CHW	AL	40.2	27	0	22	4.87	4.24	0.21	0.00	99.4	4.00	-4	-0.4	2.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0	.484	.497	$
1959	35	CHW	AL	93.1	60	0	32	3.09	4.38	0.45	0.00	99.5	3.91	9	1.0	1.6	0.1	1.8	17	.517	.506	$
1960	36	CHW	AL	67.1	45	0	31	4.14	4.42	0.28	-0.18	100.4	3.97	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.3	5	.498	.499	$
1961	37	CHW	AL	101.0	59	0	37	3.30	4.70	-0.00	-0.20	99.0	4.46	14	1.4	1.6	0.2	2.5	23	.524	.509	$
1962	38	CHW	AL	56.1	42	0	21	3.36	4.57	0.15	-0.19	98.0	4.15	6	0.6	1.4	0.0	1.1	10	.514	.504	$
11 Seasons				1032.0	504	49	525	4.58	4.57	0.03	-0.04	101.3	4.56	5	0.6	1.5	-0.3	9.2	104	.501	.500	$

CHC (7 yrs)				661.2	260	49	374	5.09	4.61	-0.08	0.00	102.3	4.80	-17	-1.7	1.4	-0.3	4.0	51	.493	.499	$
CHW (5 yrs)				358.2	233	0	143	3.59	4.49	0.22	-0.12	99.3	4.12	24	2.5	1.6	-0.0	5.3	54	.511	.503	$
CIN (1 yr)				11.2	11	0	8	6.17	4.61	0.05	0.00	101.6	4.63	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.481	.499	$

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
1959	35	CHW	AL	WS	L	LAD	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	8.1	3.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	8.1	3.00

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
1951	27	CHC	NL	31	461	480	80	125	15	1	14	15	3	90	39	.260	.378	.383	.762	.260	184	11	1	13	0		6
1952	28	CHC	NL	33	649	599	87	154	23	6	13	13	5	93	73	.257	.360	.381	.740	.275	228	11	3	9	0		8
1953	29	CHC	NL	49	578	588	93	166	20	4	20	3	3	84	76	.282	.374	.432	.806	.297	254	11	2	7	0		7
1954	30	CHC	NL	15	90	88	18	23	2	1	1	1	0	15	16	.261	.365	.341	.706	.306	30	1	0	2	1		4

1956	32	CHC	NL	61	425	395	49	95	9	2	10	4	3	78	74	.241	.364	.349	.713	.270	138	14	1	9	4	12	4
1957	33	CHC	NL	67	337	334	45	74	9	5	10	3	0	51	51	.222	.322	.368	.690	.232	123	5	0	5	3	4	3
1958	34	TOT	MLB	42	268	216	32	63	12	2	3	0	4	43	53	.292	.403	.407	.810	.366	88	6	0	5	4	6	4
1958	34	CHC	NL	4	16	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	.154	.313	.231	.543	.222	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	34	CHW	AL	27	195	159	22	49	9	2	1	0	3	28	40	.308	.405	.409	.814	.397	65	3	0	5	3	4	3
1958	34	CIN	NL	11	57	44	8	12	2	0	2	0	1	12	9	.273	.421	.455	.876	.294	20	3	0	0	1	2	1
1958	34	TOT	NL	15	73	57	10	14	3	0	2	0	1	15	13	.246	.397	.404	.801	.279	23	3	0	0	1	2	1
1959	35	CHW	AL	60	391	340	32	73	6	1	12	6	3	42	63	.215	.303	.344	.647	.228	117	8	2	5	2	4	5
1960	36	CHW	AL	45	291	250	31	60	4	4	6	2	2	34	39	.240	.328	.360	.688	.260	90	4	0	4	3	6	2
1961	37	CHW	AL	59	416	366	37	87	12	3	13	4	4	35	50	.238	.300	.393	.693	.239	144	8	0	9	6	3	7
1962	38	CHW	AL	42	249	216	21	58	9	2	3	3	3	25	40	.269	.346	.370	.716	.316	80	2	1	6	1	5	3
11 Yrs				504	4155	3872	525	978	121	31	105	54	30	590	574	.253	.351	.381	.732	.271	1476	81	10	74	24	40	53
162 Game Avg.				62	511	476	65	120	15	4	13	7	4	73	71	.253	.351	.381	.732	.271	181	10	1	9	3		7
MLB Averages																.258	.329	.389	.717	.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
1951	27	CHC	NL	-15.0	-1.5	484	-0.8	9.0	-9.8	1.10	-1.1	0.4	-7.4	-0.7	1.10	-11.1	1	4	3
1952	28	CHC	NL	-9.2	-0.9	674	-1.5	10.1	-11.6	1.01	-1.2	-0.3	-7.4	-0.7	1.00	-11.5	2	5	6
1953	29	CHC	NL	-10.3	-1.0	614	-0.1	11.2	-11.3	1.06	-1.6	1.5	-6.6	-0.6	1.10	-16.1	9	13	11
1954	30	CHC	NL	-4.9	-0.5	97	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	.65	-0.5	-0.8	-5.9	-0.6	0.64	-2.5	1	1	9

1956	32	CHC	NL	3.4	0.4	440	1.2	12.1	-10.9	1.70	0.5	0.2	8.5	0.9	1.70	0.2	24	11	16
1957	33	CHC	NL	0.7	0.1	361	0.7	8.1	-7.3	1.29	-0.2	0.8	2.7	0.3	1.27	-1.6	30	7	22
1958	34	TOT	MLB	-3.6	-0.4	276	-1.6	5.7	-7.2	1.37	-0.9	-0.2	-12.4	-1.2	1.37	-10.2	17	6	18
1958	34	TOT	NL	-1.4	-0.2	75	-0.9	0.9	-1.8	1.01	-0.2	-0.6	-3.8	-0.4	1.00	-3.0	4	3	8
1958	34	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	16	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.59	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.59	0.8	1	1	2
1958	34	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.2	59	-0.9	0.8	-1.6	1.13	-0.3	-0.5	-3.7	-0.4	1.11	-3.8	3	2	6
1958	34	CHW	AL	-2.2	-0.2	201	-0.7	4.7	-5.5	1.50	-0.7	0.2	-8.6	-0.9	1.50	-7.3	13	3	10
1959	35	CHW	AL	10.6	1.1	403	3.7	10.0	-6.2	1.33	0.4	2.4	10.6	1.1	1.33	4.9	24	10	24
1960	36	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	295	0.4	4.8	-4.4	1.02	0.8	-0.4	4.7	0.5	1.02	5.6	14	11	20
1961	37	CHW	AL	12.6	1.3	424	1.5	10.0	-8.5	1.29	1.1	0.0	14.7	1.5	1.29	6.7	30	6	22
1962	38	CHW	AL	6.0	0.6	257	-0.1	5.8	-5.9	1.34	0.0	-0.1	1.7	0.2	1.34	-0.2	14	7	20
11 Yrs				-9.4	-0.8	4325	2.6	87.5	-84.9	1.21	-2.8	4.9	3.3	0.5	1.22	-35.7	166	81	171

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
1951	27	CHC	NL	31	18	4	8	6	2	2	9	9	.500	1	3	3	1	5	28%	43.7	78	24	19	4	3	11	3.6	3.3	5.8
1952	28	CHC	NL	33	19	3	9	7	0	4	7	11	.389	1	2	5	0	9	47%	46.8	72	26	20	8	5	10	3.9	4.1	6.0
1953	29	CHC	NL	49	12	1	4	7	0	0	4	8	.333	4	2	2	0	3	25%	41.4	68	23	32	16	7	1	4.4	3.9	4.6
3 Yrs				113	49	8	21	20	2	6	20	28	.417	6	7	10	1	17	35%	44	78	23	71	28	15	22	3.9	3.8	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-14					4.4	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
1951	27	CHC	NL	31	13	5	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	4	0	0%	8	1.104	1	4	3	2	2	6	3	7	6	3	5	0	5.1
1952	28	CHC	NL	33	14	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	15	8	53%	7	1.007	2	5	6	1	0	12	8	5	10	3	10	3	9.1
1953	29	CHC	NL	49	37	17	7	3	5	3	2	60%	6	0	32	11	34%	7	1.060	9	13	11	8	1	24	19	14	24	5	22	5	7.5
1954	30	CHC	NL	15	15	6	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	7	.650	1	1	9	0	1	12	1	12	8	2	7	3	4.4

1956	32	CHC	NL	61	61	47	9	8	16	13	4	81%	16	0	48	14	29%	8	1.701	24	11	16	16	11	25	22	30	37	10	34	13	5.4
1957	33	CHC	NL	67	67	47	5	7	13	12	2	92%	18	4	55	8	15%	8	1.294	30	7	22	18	12	30	29	31	30	19	29	24	4.2
1958	34	TOT	MLB	42	42	20	3	5	15	8	7	53%	18	1	43	14	33%		1.368	17	6	18	18	3	21	23	19	19	13	21	8	4.0
1958	34	TOT	NL	15	15	5	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	11	4	36%		1.011	4	3	8	1	3	11	6	9	6	5	6	3	3.1
1958	34	CHC	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.587	1	1	2	0	1	3	0	4	1	1	1	1	3.0
1958	34	CIN	NL	11	11	4	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	11	4	36%	6	1.130	3	2	6	1	2	8	6	5	5	4	5	2	3.2
1958	34	CHW	AL	27	27	15	3	3	14	8	6	57%	17	1	32	10	31%	7	1.502	13	3	10	17	0	10	17	10	13	8	15	5	4.5
1959	35	CHW	AL	60	60	37	9	2	18	15	3	83%	20	2	41	14	34%	8	1.330	24	10	24	21	11	28	20	40	29	13	30	13	4.7
1960	36	CHW	AL	45	45	16	2	3	7	5	2	71%	13	3	36	7	19%	6	1.022	14	11	20	14	6	25	19	26	24	12	26	8	4.5
1961	37	CHW	AL	59	59	36	7	5	16	11	5	69%	20	3	49	16	33%	8	1.292	30	6	22	21	8	30	28	31	35	7	36	18	5.1
1962	38	CHW	AL	42	42	20	4	2	8	6	2	75%	11	3	17	8	47%	7	1.341	14	7	20	12	5	25	10	32	16	10	17	9	4.0
11 Yrs				504	455	255	47	40	98	73	27	74%	124	18	341	100	29%		1.215	166	81	171	131	60	238	182	247	238	97	237	104	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	27	CHC	NL	584	65%	3.0%	8.5%	19.5%	6.5%	24%	0.96	93%	93	11	12%
1952	28	CHC	NL	704	63%	2.0%	11.3%	14.3%	6.5%	27%	1.17	79%	122	11	9%
1953	29	CHC	NL	682	59%	3.5%	13.2%	14.5%	7.6%	27%	1.09	85%	145	11	8%
1954	30	CHC	NL	106	60%	1.1%	17.8%	16.7%	4.4%	17%	0.82	80%	22	1	5%

1956	32	CHC	NL	487	60%	2.4%	17.4%	18.4%	4.9%	22%	0.96	74%	103	14	14%
1957	33	CHC	NL	393	66%	3.0%	15.1%	15.1%	7.1%	32%	0.96	82%	65	5	8%
1958	34	TOT	MLB	268	63%	1.1%	19.8%	16.0%	6.3%	27%	0.87	61%	68	6	9%
1958	34	TOT	NL	73	58%	2.7%	17.8%	20.6%	6.9%	36%	1.29	59%	18	3	17%
1958	34	CHC	NL	16	50%	0.0%	25.0%	18.8%	6.3%	50%	2.50	56%	2	0	0%
1958	34	CIN	NL	57	60%	3.5%	15.8%	21.1%	7.0%	33%	1.08	60%	16	3	19%
1958	34	CHW	AL	195	65%	0.5%	20.5%	14.4%	6.2%	25%	0.74	62%	50	3	6%
1959	35	CHW	AL	391	62%	3.1%	16.1%	10.7%	4.9%	26%	1.00	68%	96	8	8%
1960	36	CHW	AL	291	68%	2.1%	13.4%	11.7%	4.8%	23%	0.89	71%	64	4	6%
1961	37	CHW	AL	416	66%	3.1%	12.0%	8.4%	6.7%	32%	0.78	74%	81	8	10%
1962	38	CHW	AL	249	64%	1.2%	16.1%	10.0%	5.6%	24%	0.85	70%	54	2	4%
11 Yrs				4571	63%	2.5%	13.8%	14.2%	6.2%	26%	0.97	77%	913	81	9%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.8%	9.5%	6.7%	28%	0.99	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
1951	27	CHC	NL	461	125			14	0	10	10	2	5	7	27	9	1	33%	6	7	0	183	15	3	83%	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	123
1952	28	CHC	NL	649	154			13	0	22	8	4	7	5	42	25	5	60%	8	5	2	263	13	5	72%	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	55
1953	29	CHC	NL	578	166			20	0	20	8	9	6	11	40	21	8	53%	7	6	1	255	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	104
1954	30	CHC	NL	90	23			1	1	4	1	0	1	0	9	3	0	33%	4	5	0	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	16

1956	32	CHC	NL	425	95			10	0	28	5	4	3	6	29	15	4	52%	4	1	0	178	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	62
1957	33	CHC	NL	337	74			10	0	14	5	4	6	3	21	6	4	29%	3	4	3	139	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	56
1958	34	TOT	MLB	268	63			3	0	20	2	1	2	1	30	16	8	53%	4	2	1	113	0	4	0%	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0
1958	34	TOT	NL	73	14			2	0	5	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	50%	1	0	0	27	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	34	CHC	NL	16	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	34	CIN	NL	57	12			2	0	5	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	50%	1	0	0	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	34	CHW	AL	195	49			1	0	15	1	0	1	0	24	13	6	54%	3	2	1	86	0	3	0%	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0
1959	35	CHW	AL	391	73			12	1	25	8	4	3	9	30	11	7	37%	5	1	0	154	6	3	67%	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0
1960	36	CHW	AL	291	60			6	0	10	3	3	3	3	15	7	2	47%	2	0	0	115	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1961	37	CHW	AL	416	87			13	1	17	7	6	6	7	31	14	7	45%	7	1	0	154	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1962	38	CHW	AL	249	58			3	0	8	0	3	1	2	15	7	3	47%	3	1	0	104	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0
11 Yrs				4155	978			105	3	178	57	40	43	54	289	134	49	46%	53	33	7	1692	54	30	64%	52	27	1	0	1	3	2	0	78	416
MLB Averages																		52%							58%

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+
1951	27	4	9	.308	5.46	31	18	5	3	1	0	127.0	125	80	77	14	90		39	1	0	7	584	76	1.693	8.9	1.0	6.4	2.8	0.43	76
1952	28	8	20	.286	4.85	64	37	9	8	1	0	283.2	279	167	153	27	183		112	4	0	12	1288	82	1.629	8.9	0.9	5.8	3.6	0.61	82
1953	29	16	27	.372	4.96	113	49	26	10	1	3	432.0	445	260	238	47	267		188	6	0	18	1970	84	1.648	9.3	1.0	5.6	3.9	0.70	84
1954	30	16	29	.356	5.02	128	49	32	10	1	3	454.0	468	278	253	48	282		204	6	0	23	2076	83	1.652	9.3	1.0	5.6	4.0	0.72	83
1955	31	16	29	.356	5.02	128	49	32	10	1	3	454.0	468	278	253	48	282		204	6	0	23	2076	83	1.652	9.3	1.0	5.6	4.0	0.72	83
1956	32	25	37	.403	4.73	189	49	79	10	1	16	564.2	563	327	297	58	360	12	278	7	0	24	2565	86	1.635	9.0	0.9	5.7	4.4	0.77	86
1957	33	30	44	.405	4.60	256	49	126	10	1	28	657.2	637	372	336	68	411	16	329	7	0	28	2958	88	1.594	8.7	0.9	5.6	4.5	0.80	88
1958	34	33	49	.402	4.58	298	49	146	10	1	36	714.0	700	404	363	71	454	22	382	7	0	30	3226	88	1.616	8.8	0.9	5.7	4.8	0.84	88
1959	35	42	51	.452	4.38	358	49	183	10	1	51	807.1	773	436	393	83	496	26	445	9	1	31	3617	92	1.572	8.6	0.9	5.5	5.0	0.90	92
1960	36	44	54	.449	4.34	403	49	199	10	1	56	874.2	833	467	422	89	530	32	484	9	1	31	3909	92	1.558	8.6	0.9	5.5	5.0	0.91	92
1961	37	51	59	.464	4.18	462	49	235	10	1	67	975.2	920	504	453	102	565	35	534	9	1	32	4325	96	1.522	8.5	0.9	5.2	4.9	0.95	96
1962	38	55	61	.474	4.12	504	49	255	10	1	73	1032.0	978	525	472	105	590	40	574	10	1	33	4574	97	1.519	8.5	0.9	5.1	5.0	0.97	97

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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
1951	27	5	9	.357	5.37	129.0	127	86	77	14	91	40	1	1.690	8.9	6.3	2.8	0.44	1.0	31
1952	28	7	10	.412	4.64	157.0	163	90	81	14	98	73	3	1.662	9.3	5.6	4.2	0.74	0.8	33
1953	29	7	10	.412	4.62	154.0	163	88	79	20	82	79	2	1.591	9.5	4.8	4.6	0.96	1.2	49
1954	30	1	1	.500	5.63	24.0	24	17	15	1	16	17	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	6.4	1.06	0.4	15

1956	32	6	6	.500	3.96	109.0	101	53	48	11	83	73	1	1.688	8.3	6.9	6.0	0.88	0.9	61
1957	33	5	5	.500	4.06	93.0	78	47	42	11	54	51	0	1.419	7.5	5.2	4.9	0.94	1.1	67
1958	34	2	4	.333	4.82	56.0	67	33	30	3	46	53	0	2.018	10.8	7.4	8.5	1.15	0.5	42
1959	35	6	4	.600	3.03	95.0	77	36	32	13	44	64	2	1.274	7.3	4.2	6.1	1.45	1.2	60
1960	36	3	4	.429	4.04	69.0	64	34	31	6	36	40	0	1.449	8.3	4.7	5.2	1.11	0.8	45
1961	37	7	3	.700	2.85	98.0	88	34	31	13	35	48	0	1.255	8.1	3.2	4.4	1.37	1.2	59
1962	38	4	2	.667	3.11	55.0	58	21	19	3	25	39	1	1.509	9.5	4.1	6.4	1.56	0.5	42
11 Yrs		53	58	.477	4.20	1039.0	1010	539	485	109	610	577	10	1.559	8.7		5.0	0.95	0.9	504

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1953 NL 49 (5th) 1956 NL 61 (5th) 1957 NL 67 (1st) 1959 AL 60 (2nd) 1960 AL 45 (8th) 1961 AL 59 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1956 NL 13 (3rd) 1957 NL 12 (3rd) 1958 AL 8 (5th) 1959 AL 15 (1st) 1961 AL 11 (6th) Career 73 (191st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1951 NL 90 (6th) 1952 NL 93 (5th) 1953 NL 84 (6th) 1956 NL 78 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1951 NL 7 (5th) 1952 NL 5 (7th) 1953 NL 6 (9th) 1954 NL 5 (7th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1956 NL 47 (1st) 1957 NL 47 (1st) 1959 AL 37 (1st) 1961 AL 36 (6th) Career 255 (162nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1959 AL 3.7 (3rd)	Oldest s c a p y 1962 AL born 1924-05-30 (6th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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