Duke Maas
Duane Fredrick Maas
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 31, 1929 in Utica, MI
High School: Utica (Utica, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1955
Final Game: April 23, 1961
Died: December 7, 1976 in Mt.Clemens, MI
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Standard Pitching

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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
1955 26 DET AL 5 6 .455 4.88 18 16 1 5 2 0 86.2 91 52 47 7 50 3 42 2 0 2 393 80 1.627 9.5 0.7 5.2 4.4 0.84
1956 27 DET AL 0 7 .000 6.54 26 7 10 0 0 0 63.1 81 51 46 9 32 3 34 6 0 1 308 64 1.784 11.5 1.3 4.5 4.8 1.06
1957 28 DET AL 10 14 .417 3.28 45 26 13 8 2 6 219.1 210 92 80 23 65 7 116 4 0 1 925 118 1.254 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.8 1.78
1958 29 TOT AL 11 8 .579 3.85 32 20 5 5 2 1 156.2 142 76 67 12 49 0 69 3 0 3 648 96 1.219 8.2 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.41
1958 29 KCA AL 4 5 .444 3.90 10 7 3 3 1 1 55.1 49 25 24 3 13 0 19 1 0 1 220 100 1.120 8.0 0.5 2.1 3.1 1.46
1958 29 NYY AL 7 3 .700 3.82 22 13 2 2 1 0 101.1 93 51 43 9 36 0 50 2 0 2 428 93 1.273 8.3 0.8 3.2 4.4 1.39
1959 30 NYY AL 14 8 .636 4.43 38 21 9 3 1 4 138.0 149 82 68 14 53 1 67 2 0 1 600 82 1.464 9.7 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.26
1960 31 NYY AL 5 1 .833 4.09 35 1 17 0 0 4 70.1 70 44 32 6 35 2 28 1 0 1 313 87 1.493 9.0 0.8 4.5 3.6 0.80
1961 32 NYY AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Seasons 45 44 .506 4.19 195 91 55 21 7 15 734.2 745 399 342 71 284 16 356 18 0 9 3190 90 1.401 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.25
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .506 4.19 46 22 13 5 2 4 175 177 95 81 17 68 4 85 4 0 2 758 90 1.401 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.25
NYY (4 yrs) 26 12 .684 4.21 96 35 28 5 2 8 310.0 314 179 145 29 124 3 145 5 0 4 1344 85 1.413 9.1 0.8 3.6 4.2 1.17
DET (3 yrs) 15 27 .357 4.22 89 49 24 13 4 6 369.1 382 195 173 39 147 13 192 12 0 4 1626 93 1.432 9.3 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.31
KCA (1 yr) 4 5 .444 3.90 10 7 3 3 1 1 55.1 49 25 24 3 13 0 19 1 0 1 220 100 1.120 8.0 0.5 2.1 3.1 1.46

Postseason Pitching

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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
1958 29 NYY AL WS W MLN 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 54.0 27.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1960 31 NYY AL WS L PIT 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
2 WS 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1955 26 DET AL 18 393 336 52 91 15 2 7 2 1 50 42 .271 .366 .390 .756 .290 131 9 2 2 3 3
1956 27 DET AL 26 308 259 51 81 14 4 9 2 4 32 34 .313 .398 .502 .900 .330 130 7 6 9 2 3
1957 28 DET AL 45 925 834 92 210 34 4 23 3 5 65 116 .252 .307 .385 .691 .266 321 16 4 15 7 7
1958 29 KCA AL 10 220 203 25 49 7 2 3 1 0 13 19 .241 .290 .340 .630 .254 69 7 1 3 0 0
1958 29 NYY AL 22 428 384 51 93 10 3 9 3 1 36 50 .242 .308 .354 .662 .256 136 14 2 3 3 0
1958 29 TOT AL 32 648 587 76 142 17 5 12 4 1 49 69 .242 .302 .349 .651 .255 205 21 3 6 3 0
1959 30 NYY AL 38 600 536 82 149 20 2 14 2 4 53 67 .278 .342 .401 .743 .293 215 19 2 4 5 1
1960 31 NYY AL 35 313 264 44 70 9 2 6 1 2 35 28 .265 .346 .383 .729 .271 101 5 1 7 6 2
1961 32 NYY AL 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.000 4 0 0 1 0 0
7 Seasons 195 3190 2818 399 745 109 20 71 14 17 284 356 .264 .333 .393 .726 .279 1107 77 18 44 26 16
162 Game Avg. 46 758 670 95 177 26 5 17 3 4 68 85 .264 .333 .393 .726 .279 263 18 4 10 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1955 26 DET AL 18 16 5 6 5 0 1 8 8 .500 1 2 5 2 7 44% 46 88 18 17 4 3 6 4.9 5.7 5.3
1956 27 DET AL 26 7 0 6 1 0 2 1 6 .143 0 1 0 0 2 29% 34 49 15 11 7 4 1 4.0 2.3 5.0
1957 28 DET AL 45 26 9 12 5 3 5 11 15 .423 2 3 8 2 14 54% 53 85 26 16 5 14 4 3.7 3.6 7.0
1958 29 TOT AL 32 20 9 6 5 3 2 12 7 .632 0 3 5 2 10 50% 53 87 24 12 6 2 12 4.7 4.0 6.4
1958 29 KCA AL 10 7 3 4 0 1 1 3 4 .429 0 0 3 1 3 43% 52 87 25 2 1 1 4 2.8 3.1 6.6
1958 29 NYY AL 22 13 6 2 5 2 1 9 3 .750 0 3 2 1 7 54% 54 81 24 10 5 1 8 5.6 4.4 6.3
1959 30 NYY AL 38 21 9 8 4 4 1 11 10 .524 1 3 3 1 8 38% 46 76 26 20 8 3 7 4.8 5.7 5.0
1960 31 NYY AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 4 3 0 1 1.0 1.8 5.0
6 Seasons 194 91 32 39 20 10 11 43 47 .478 4 12 21 7 41 45% 49 88 15 80 33 26 31 4.4 4.3 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1955 26 DET AL 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0.954 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1956 27 DET AL 26 19 10 0 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 20 9 45% 8 0.958 5 3 10 4 0 15 11 8 9 3 9 4 4.5
1957 28 DET AL 45 19 13 1 2 6 6 0 100% 6 0 19 4 21% 8 1.125 9 4 6 8 3 8 13 6 9 5 9 4 5.9
1958 29 TOT AL 32 12 5 2 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 13 3 23% 1.048 5 2 5 4 1 7 7 5 7 3 8 1 7.2
1958 29 KCA AL 10 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 1 25% 5 1.158 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 9.0
1958 29 NYY AL 22 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 3 0.995 3 1 5 2 1 6 5 4 5 3 6 1 6.6
1959 30 NYY AL 38 17 9 5 0 4 4 0 100% 4 0 12 4 33% 8 1.023 5 7 5 4 5 8 8 9 10 3 10 0 5.9
1960 31 NYY AL 35 34 17 5 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 15 6 40% 5 0.698 7 8 17 7 4 23 8 26 21 6 21 5 5.8
1961 32 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.027 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
7 Seasons 195 104 55 13 5 19 15 4 79% 20 1 81 27 33% 1.011 31 25 45 27 13 64 48 56 57 22 58 14 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1955 26 DET AL 393 43% 1.8% 10.7% 12.7% 6.1% 26% 1.36 74% 72 9 13%
1956 27 DET AL 308 33% 2.9% 11.0% 10.4% 8.8% 33% 1.21 71% 80 7 9%
1957 28 DET AL 925 35% 2.5% 12.5% 7.0% 6.6% 29% 0.93 76% 173 16 9%
1958 29 TOT AL 648 38% 1.9% 10.7% 7.6% 5.3% 24% 1.05 79% 141 21 15%
1958 29 KCA AL 220 39% 1.4% 8.6% 5.9% 5.5% 25% 1.15 82% 43 7 16%
1958 29 NYY AL 428 37% 2.1% 11.7% 8.4% 5.1% 24% 0.99 77% 98 14 14%
1959 30 NYY AL 600 37% 2.3% 11.2% 8.8% 6.0% 24% 1.25 77% 136 19 14%
1960 31 NYY AL 314 37% 1.9% 9.0% 11.2% 5.4% 24% 1.01 75% 62 5 8%
1961 32 NYY AL 3 0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 50% 67% 1 0 0%
7 Seasons 3191 37% 2.2% 11.2% 8.9% 6.3% 27% 1.09 76% 665 77 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 26 DET AL 393 91 7 1 19 5 2 2 5 21 12 1 57% 4 2 0 140 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1956 27 DET AL 308 81 9 0 15 5 4 4 5 27 15 3 56% 9 1 0 137 2 4 33% 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 5 0
1957 28 DET AL 925 210 23 0 10 14 9 11 12 41 24 4 59% 15 1 3 348 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1958 29 TOT AL 637 142 12 0 15 7 4 5 6 28 14 4 50% 9 3 2 239 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 11
1958 29 KCA AL 209 49 3 0 6 1 1 1 1 8 4 1 50% 0 1 1 73 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11
1958 29 NYY AL 428 93 9 0 9 6 3 4 5 20 10 3 50% 9 2 1 166 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1959 30 NYY AL 600 149 14 1 14 10 4 6 8 37 28 3 76% 13 1 4 243 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1960 31 NYY AL 314 70 6 0 12 2 4 3 3 25 17 1 68% 6 1 4 122 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 16 0
1961 32 NYY AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3180 745 71 2 85 43 27 31 39 179 110 16 61% 56 9 13 1231 14 17 45% 13 13 1 2 0 2 4 3 65 11
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1955 26 5 6 .455 4.88 18 16 1 5 2 0 86.2 91 52 47 7 50 3 42 2 0 2 393 80 1.627 9.5 0.7 5.2 4.4 0.84 80
1956 27 5 13 .278 5.58 44 23 11 5 2 0 150.0 172 103 93 16 82 6 76 8 0 3 701 72 1.693 10.3 1.0 4.9 4.6 0.93 72
1957 28 15 27 .357 4.22 89 49 24 13 4 6 369.1 382 195 173 39 147 13 192 12 0 4 1626 93 1.432 9.3 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.31 93
1958 29 26 35 .426 4.11 121 69 29 18 6 7 526.0 524 271 240 51 196 13 261 15 0 7 2274 94 1.369 9.0 0.9 3.4 4.5 1.33 94
1959 30 40 43 .482 4.17 159 90 38 21 7 11 664.0 673 353 308 65 249 14 328 17 0 8 2874 91 1.389 9.1 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.32 91
1960 31 45 44 .506 4.17 194 91 55 21 7 15 734.1 743 397 340 71 284 16 356 18 0 9 3187 91 1.399 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.25 91
1961 32 45 44 .506 4.19 195 91 55 21 7 15 734.2 745 399 342 71 284 16 356 18 0 9 3190 90 1.401 9.1 0.9 3.5 4.4 1.25 90

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 26 3 6 .333 5.17 87.0 96 56 50 7 53 42 2 1.713 9.9 5.5 4.3 0.79 0.7 18
1956 27 2 5 .286 6.27 66.0 84 51 46 9 33 35 6 1.773 11.5 4.5 4.8 1.06 1.2 26
1957 28 14 10 .583 3.46 224.0 226 96 86 25 70 118 4 1.321 9.1 2.8 4.7 1.69 1.0 45
1958 29 8 9 .471 4.41 155.0 155 84 76 13 53 68 3 1.342 9.0 3.1 3.9 1.28 0.8 32
1959 30 6 9 .400 5.13 135.0 162 86 77 15 58 66 2 1.630 10.8 3.9 4.4 1.14 1.0 38
1960 31 3 4 .429 4.76 70.0 78 41 37 7 39 28 1 1.671 10.0 5.0 3.6 0.72 0.9 35
1961 32 0 0 27.00 1.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
7 Seasons 36 43 .456 4.57 738.0 801 417 375 76 306 357 18 1.500 9.8 4.4 1.17 0.9 195

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 AL  .579 (8th)
1959 AL  .636 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  2.667 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 AL  2 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  23 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  1.785 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  .689 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 AL  118 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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