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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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-min	AAA	2	1	.667																										BFL · IL
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	-min	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 Seasons				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	58	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1950	29	NYY	AL	3.0	0	2	2	0	1.0	0	0.0	$

1952	31	SLB	AL	78.0	4	46	43	0	1.0	-3	0.0	$
1952	31	DET	AL	15.0	1	14	8	0	1.0	-6	-0.5	$
1953	32	DET	AL	62.0	1	55	36	-2	1.0	-19	-1.6	$
3 Seasons				158.0	6	117	89	-2	1.0	-28	-2.1	$

DET (2 yrs)				77.0	2	69	44	-2	1.0	-25	-2.1	$
NYY (1 yr)				3.0	0	2	2	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
SLB (1 yr)				78.0	4	46	43	0	1.0	-3	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1947	26	NYY-min	A	12	16	16		4	2	0	0						.250	.250	.375	.625		6				DEN · WL
1948	27	NYY-min	AAA	38	82	68	3	10	1	0	0	4	0		7	13	.147	.227	.162	.388		11		0	7	KCY · AA
1949	28	NYY-min	AAA	33	72	61	5	13	1	0	0	5	0		5	9	.213	.273	.230	.502		14	2	0	6	KCY · AA
1950	29	NYY-min	AAA	25	59	51	5	7	0	0	0	2	0		2	7	.137	.185	.137	.322		7	2	1	5	KCY · AA
1950	29	NYY	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	/1

1952	31	TOT	AL	41	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2	0	0	2	1
1952	31	SLB	AL	31	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	-35	2	0	0	2	1
1952	31	DET	AL	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	1
1953	32	DET-min	AAA	6																						BFL · IL
1953	32	DET	AL	32	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	1	1	0	0	1
1954	33	-min	D	2	2	2																				SND · GASL
1955	34	NYY-min	D	16	28	28		11	0	0	0						.393	.393	.393	.786		11				BRS · APPY
3 Seasons				74	34	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.100	.156	.100	.256	-29	3	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	74	66	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.100	.156	.100	.256	-29	7	2	0	4

DET (2 yrs)				42	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	-39	1	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				31	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	-35	2	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1950	29	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1952	31	SLB	AL	19	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1952	31	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1953	32	DET	AL	11	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				34	-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$

DET (2 yrs)				14	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
SLB (1 yr)				19	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1950	NYY	AL	29	P	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.10	2.00	0	1	100%
1952	TOT	AL	31	P	41	5	93.0	20	2	17	1	2	.950	1.84	0.46	.966	2.10	2.10	1	7	88%
1952	SLB	AL	31	P	31	4	78.0	18	2	16	0	1	1.000	2.08	0.58	.966	2.10	2.10	1	5	83%
1952	DET	AL	31	P	10	1	15.0	2	0	1	1	1	.500	0.60	0.10	.965	2.10	2.10	0	2	100%
1953	DET	AL	32	P	32	1	62.0	17	2	13	2	0	.882	2.18	0.47	.957	1.95	1.93	5	1	17%
	3 Seasons			P	74	6	158.0	37	4	30	3	2	.919	1.94	0.46	.962	2.04	2.03	6	9	60%
	3 Seasons			TOT	74	6	158.0	37	4	30	3	2	.919	1.94	0.46	.962	2.04	2.03	6	9	60%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1952 AL 41 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1952 AL 17 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL 41 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1952 AL 17 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
April 7, 1952: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees.
August 14, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bud Black, Jim Delsing and Ned Garver to the Detroit Tigers for Don Lenhardt, Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart and Vic Wertz.

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