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Dave Madison

David Pledger Madison

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 1, 1921 in Brooksville, MS
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1950
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/Yankees 1950-1953

Final Game: August 20, 1953
Died: December 8, 1985 in Macon, MS
Buried: Brooksville Cemetery, Brooksville, MS
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1947	26	NYY-min	A	2	6	.250	5.43	12						58.0	69	45	35		26							1.638	10.7		4.0			DEN · WL
1948	27	NYY-min	AAA	14	9	.609	4.25	35			14	1		197.0	239	113	93		63	83	3	1	0			1.533	10.9		2.9	3.8	1.32	KCY · AA
1949	28	NYY-min	AAA	11	10	.524	4.02	33			13	2		186.0	202	94	83		82	94	3	0	2			1.527	9.8		4.0	4.5	1.15	KCY · AA
1950	29	NYY-min	AAA	6	15	.286	4.50	24	24		7	1		170.0	184	108	85		73	79	2	0	2			1.512	9.7		3.9	4.2	1.08	KCY · AA
1950	29	NYY	AL	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	12	80	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00

1952	31	TOT	AL	5	3	.625	4.94	41	5	17	0	0	0	93.0	94	60	51	8	58	42	5	0	3	423	79	1.634	9.1	0.8	5.6	4.1	0.72
1952	31	SLB	AL	4	2	.667	4.38	31	4	12	0	0	0	78.0	78	46	38	7	48	35	4	0	2	357	89	1.615	9.0	0.8	5.5	4.0	0.73
1952	31	DET	AL	1	1	.500	7.80	10	1	5	0	0	0	15.0	16	14	13	1	10	7	1	0	1	66	50	1.733	9.6	0.6	6.0	4.2	0.70
1953	32	DET	AL	3	4	.429	6.82	32	1	17	0	0	0	62.0	76	55	47	7	44	27	3	0	3	307	60	1.935	11.0	1.0	6.4	3.9	0.61
1954	33	SND	D	0	1	.000		2																								SND · GASL
1955	34	NYY-min	D	3	3	.500	2.66	12	6					61.0	66	29	18	4	13							1.295	9.7	0.6	1.9			BRS · APPY
3 Yrs				8	7	.533	5.70	74	6	34	0	0	0	158.0	173	117	100	16	103	70	8	0	6	742	70	1.747	9.9	0.9	5.9	4.0	0.68
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.533	5.70	63	5	29	0	0	0	134	147	99	85	14	88	60	7	0	5	631	70	1.747	9.9	0.9	5.9	4.0	0.68

DET (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	7.01	42	2	22	0	0	0	77.0	92	69	60	8	54	34	4	0	4	373	57	1.896	10.8	0.9	6.3	4.0	0.63
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	12	80	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
SLB (1 yr)				4	2	.667	4.38	31	4	12	0	0	0	78.0	78	46	38	7	48	35	4	0	2	357	89	1.615	9.0	0.8	5.5	4.0	0.73

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
1950	29	NYY	AL	3.0	1	0	2	6.00	4.76	0.11	0.00	88.0	4.09	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.441	.500	$

1952	31	SLB	AL	78.0	31	4	46	5.31	4.25	-0.05	0.00	105.2	4.52	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0	.475	.495	$
1952	31	DET	AL	15.0	10	1	14	8.40	4.20	-0.22	0.00	105.5	4.66	-6	-0.7	1.8	-0.3	-0.8	-5	.435	.496	$
1953	32	DET	AL	61.0	32	1	55	8.11	4.62	-0.72	0.00	99.3	5.31	-19	-1.9	.9	0.0	-1.4	-14	.441	.488	$
3 Seasons				157.0	74	6	117	6.71	4.40	-0.32	0.00	102.6	4.83	-33	-3.4	1.0	-0.3	-2.5	-19	.454	.495	$

DET (2 yrs)				76.0	42	2	69	8.17	4.54	-0.62	0.00	100.5	5.18	-25	-2.6	1.1	-0.2	-2.2	-19	.439	.492	$
NYY (1 yr)				3.0	1	0	2	6.00	4.76	0.11	0.00	88.0	4.09	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.441	.500	$
SLB (1 yr)				78.0	31	4	46	5.31	4.25	-0.05	0.00	105.2	4.52	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0	.475	.495	$

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	ROE
1950	29	NYY	AL	1	12	11	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	.273	.333	.545	.879	.222	6	0	0	0	0	0

1952	31	TOT	AL	41	318	353	60	94	12	2	8	1	7	58	42	.266	.377	.380	.757	.284	134	7	5	9	0	9
1952	31	DET	AL	10	45	57	14	16	5	1	1	0	2	10	7	.281	.397	.456	.853	.306	26	0	1	0	0	1
1952	31	SLB	AL	31	273	296	46	78	7	1	7	1	5	48	35	.264	.374	.365	.738	.280	108	7	4	9	0	8
1953	32	DET	AL	32	305	249	55	76	8	1	7	5	1	44	27	.305	.416	.430	.845	.321	107	4	3	9	0	5
3 Yrs				74	635	613	117	173	20	3	16	6	9	103	70	.282	.392	.403	.795	.298	247	11	8	18	0	14
162 Game Avg.				63	540	521	99	147	17	3	14	5	8	88	60	.282	.392	.403	.795	.298	210	9	7	15	0	12
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.380	.717	.277

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	29	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	-0.0	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.08	-0.3	0	0	1

1952	31	TOT	AL	-11.0	-1.1	330	-1.3	3.5	-4.8	.73	-0.6	-1.1	-13.6	-1.3	0.73	-8.0	11	6	11
1952	31	SLB	AL	-5.0	-0.5	282	0.2	3.1	-2.9	.70	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.70	0.8	7	5	10
1952	31	DET	AL	-6.0	-0.6	48	-1.4	0.5	-1.9	.90	-0.7	-0.9	-14.7	-1.4	0.90	-8.8	4	1	1
1953	32	DET	AL	-19.4	-1.9	313	-0.6	4.9	-5.5	1.08	-1.4	0.8	-19.6	-1.9	1.08	-15.8	6	6	17
3 Yrs				-30.6	-3.0	655	-1.9	8.4	-10.4	.89	-2.0	-0.2	-33.6	-3.2	0.89	-24.1	17	12	29

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
1952	31	TOT	AL	41	5	2	1	2	1	0	4	1	.800	0	1	0	0	2	40%	41.8	57	22	5	3	3	2	4.0	4.2	5.7
1952	31	SLB	AL	31	4	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	2	50%	46.5	57	22	3	3	2	2	4.8	5.1	6.7
1952	31	DET	AL	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	23.0	23	23	2	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	2.0
1953	32	DET	AL	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	29.0	29	29	16	9	1	0	5.0	0.0	0.0
2 Yrs				73	6	2	2	2	1	0	4	2	.667	0	1	0	0	2	33%	40	57	22	21	12	4	2	4.2	4.0	4.8
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	106	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

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
1950	29	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.078	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0

1952	31	TOT	AL	41	36	17	3	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	28	10	36%		.730	11	6	11	2	5	23	15	15	19	8	15	9	5.4
1952	31	SLB	AL	31	27	12	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	16	3	19%	8	.702	7	5	10	0	5	18	9	14	16	3	14	9	5.7
1952	31	DET	AL	10	9	5	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	12	7	58%	8	.902	4	1	1	2	0	5	6	1	3	5	1	0	4.3
1953	32	DET	AL	32	31	17	3	3	1	0	1	0%	3	2	20	6	30%	9	1.081	6	6	17	3	4	24	11	20	19	6	19	3	5.9
3 Yrs				74	68	34	6	5	2	0	2	0%	4	2	48	16	33%		.886	17	12	29	5	9	48	26	36	39	14	35	12	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	29	NYY	AL	12	58%	8.3%	8.3%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	1.33	75%	3	0	0%

1952	31	TOT	AL	427	59%	2.5%	13.2%	18.2%	6.9%	23%	0.90	95%	84	7	8%
1952	31	SLB	AL	357	59%	2.6%	12.8%	17.6%	5.5%	19%	0.99	93%	72	7	10%
1952	31	DET	AL	70	60%	2.2%	15.6%	22.2%	15.6%	44%	0.33	109%	12	0	0%
1953	32	DET	AL	305	59%	2.3%	8.9%	14.4%	5.3%	21%	1.30	70%	72	4	6%
3 Yrs				744	59%	2.5%	11.0%	16.2%	6.1%	23%	1.08	83%	159	11	7%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.9%	11.1%	6.8%	26%	0.95	88%			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	29	NYY	AL	12	3			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	31	TOT	AL	318	94			8	0	17	2	3	1	4	34	15	3	44%	9	3	0	148	1	7	13%	0	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	109
1952	31	SLB	AL	273	78			7	0	14	1	3	1	3	27	11	1	41%	8	2	0	121	1	5	17%	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	84
1952	31	DET	AL	45	16			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	7	4	2	57%	1	1	0	27	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25
1953	32	DET	AL	305	76			7	0	19	4	3	6	1	24	8	6	33%	5	3	0	133	5	1	83%	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
3 Yrs				635	173			16	0	36	6	7	8	5	58	23	9	40%	14	6	0	286	6	9	40%	4	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	9	109
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	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+
1950	29	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	12	80	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	80
1951	30	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	12	80	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	80
1952	31	5	3	.625	4.97	42	5	17	96.0	97	62	53	9	59	43	5	3	435	79	1.625	9.1	0.8	5.5	4.0	0.73	79
1953	32	8	7	.533	5.70	74	6	34	158.0	173	117	100	16	103	70	8	6	742	70	1.747	9.9	0.9	5.9	4.0	0.68	70

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
1950	29	0	0		6.00	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	3.0	1

1952	31	4	6	.400	5.13	93.0	98	59	53	8	60	42	5	1.699	9.5	5.8	4.1	0.70	0.8	41
1953	32	2	5	.286	6.75	64.0	79	53	48	7	46	28	3	1.953	11.1	6.5	3.9	0.61	1.0	32
3 Yrs		6	11	.353	5.79	160.0	180	114	103	16	107	71	8	1.794	10.1		4.0	0.66	0.9	74

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