Art Mahaffey
Arthur Mahaffey Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 4, 1938 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1960
Final Game: July 17, 1966
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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
1960 22 PHI NL 7 3 .700 2.31 14 12 2 5 1 0 93.1 78 29 24 9 34 1 56 1 0 2 382 167 1.200 7.5 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.65 RoY-3
1961 23 PHI NL 11 19 .367 4.10 36 32 1 12 3 0 219.1 205 110 100 27 70 6 158 7 0 9 916 99 1.254 8.4 1.1 2.9 6.5 2.26 AS
1962 24 PHI NL 19 14 .576 3.94 41 39 2 20 2 0 274.0 253 131 120 36 81 4 177 12 0 7 1138 98 1.219 8.3 1.2 2.7 5.8 2.19 AS,MVP-26
1963 25 PHI NL 7 10 .412 3.99 26 22 0 6 1 0 149.0 143 73 66 18 48 1 97 5 4 5 630 82 1.282 8.6 1.1 2.9 5.9 2.02
1964 26 PHI NL 12 9 .571 4.52 34 29 2 2 2 0 157.1 161 84 79 17 82 5 80 6 0 7 698 77 1.544 9.2 1.0 4.7 4.6 0.98
1965 27 PHI NL 2 5 .286 6.21 22 9 2 1 0 0 71.0 82 53 49 11 32 2 52 7 0 2 329 56 1.606 10.4 1.4 4.1 6.6 1.63
1966 28 STL NL 1 4 .200 6.43 12 5 1 0 0 1 35.0 37 27 25 7 21 4 19 1 0 5 159 56 1.657 9.5 1.8 5.4 4.9 0.90
7 Seasons 59 64 .480 4.17 185 148 10 46 9 1 999.0 959 507 463 125 368 23 639 39 4 37 4252 89 1.328 8.6 1.1 3.3 5.8 1.74
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .480 4.17 38 30 2 9 2 0 204 196 104 95 26 75 5 130 8 1 8 868 89 1.328 8.6 1.1 3.3 5.8 1.74
PHI (6 yrs) 58 60 .492 4.09 173 143 9 46 9 0 964.0 922 480 438 118 347 19 620 38 4 32 4093 91 1.316 8.6 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.79
STL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.43 12 5 1 0 0 1 35.0 37 27 25 7 21 4 19 1 0 5 159 56 1.657 9.5 1.8 5.4 4.9 0.90

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1961 PHI NL 23
1961 PHI NL 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1962 PHI NL 24 0 0 1 .000 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 1.500 9.0 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 2.3 0.50

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
1960 22 PHI NL 14 382 340 29 78 14 3 9 3 2 34 56 .229 .298 .368 .666 .247 125 5 1 3 4 1
1961 23 PHI NL 36 916 823 110 205 43 12 27 11 10 70 158 .249 .310 .429 .739 .275 353 13 7 7 9 6
1962 24 PHI NL 41 1144 1034 131 253 45 9 36 10 9 81 177 .245 .305 .410 .715 .262 424 12 12 9 8 4
1963 25 PHI NL 26 630 561 73 143 21 6 18 5 7 48 97 .255 .314 .410 .724 .274 230 6 5 6 10 1
1964 26 PHI NL 34 698 599 84 161 28 3 17 5 7 82 80 .269 .361 .411 .772 .286 246 19 6 9 2 5
1965 27 PHI NL 22 328 278 53 82 18 4 11 5 1 32 52 .295 .375 .507 .882 .321 141 7 7 5 6 2
1966 28 STL NL 12 159 134 27 37 6 1 7 0 2 21 19 .276 .373 .493 .866 .273 66 3 1 1 2 4
7 Seasons 185 4257 3769 507 959 175 38 125 39 38 368 639 .254 .324 .421 .744 .274 1585 65 39 40 41 23
162 Game Avg. 38 869 770 104 196 36 8 26 8 8 75 130 .254 .324 .421 .744 .274 324 13 8 8 8 5
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
1960 22 PHI NL 14 12 7 3 2 0 2 8 4 .667 1 1 5 1 11 92% 60 90 29 6 2 3 3 3.7 4.0 7.4
1961 23 PHI NL 36 32 11 18 3 1 3 11 21 .344 0 1 12 3 15 47% 53 95 23 15 3 16 7 3.7 3.9 6.4
1962 24 PHI NL 41 39 19 13 7 4 4 25 14 .641 2 4 20 2 19 49% 54 80 23 9 4 20 4 5.0 5.0 7.0
1963 25 PHI NL 26 22 6 10 6 1 4 11 11 .500 0 5 6 1 10 45% 52 88 18 16 5 11 4 3.2 3.0 6.2
1964 26 PHI NL 34 29 11 9 9 2 3 17 12 .586 1 2 2 2 15 52% 47 86 24 33 8 10 7 4.6 5.0 5.1
1965 27 PHI NL 22 9 2 5 2 0 0 4 5 .444 0 1 1 0 2 22% 45 76 30 17 8 2 4 4.8 4.8 4.3
1966 28 STL NL 12 5 1 4 0 1 1 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 1 20% 34 45 15 7 5 1 4 3.1 3.4 3.4
7 Seasons 185 148 57 62 29 9 17 77 71 .520 4 14 46 9 73 49% 51 95 15 103 35 63 33 4.2 4.3 6.1
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
1960 22 PHI NL 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.052 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1961 23 PHI NL 36 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0.978 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 10.8
1962 24 PHI NL 41 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 10 0.963 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5
1963 25 PHI NL 26 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 2 1.031 0 1 3 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 9.3
1964 26 PHI NL 34 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.074 1 1 2 0 1 4 0 5 2 0 2 0 5.4
1965 27 PHI NL 22 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.805 0 2 11 0 0 13 1 12 10 0 11 1 7.5
1966 28 STL NL 12 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 3 0.787 2 0 5 1 0 6 2 5 7 0 7 0 7.7
7 Seasons 185 37 10 2 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 6 50% 0.984 6 6 24 4 4 29 8 29 26 2 27 2 7.4

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%
1960 22 PHI NL 382 44% 2.4% 14.7% 8.9% 6.8% 33% 0.76 73% 60 5 8%
1961 23 PHI NL 916 47% 3.0% 17.3% 7.6% 9.0% 40% 0.73 71% 159 13 8%
1962 24 PHI NL 1144 42% 3.2% 15.5% 7.1% 7.9% 36% 0.58 72% 209 12 6%
1963 25 PHI NL 630 50% 2.9% 15.4% 7.6% 7.1% 32% 0.79 72% 114 6 5%
1964 26 PHI NL 698 43% 2.4% 11.5% 11.8% 6.9% 30% 0.72 72% 145 19 13%
1965 27 PHI NL 328 43% 3.4% 15.9% 9.8% 10.1% 40% 0.74 67% 73 7 10%
1966 28 STL NL 159 43% 4.4% 12.0% 13.2% 8.8% 38% 0.59 69% 30 3 10%
7 Seasons 4257 45% 2.9% 15.0% 8.6% 7.9% 35% 0.69 72% 790 65 8%
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
1960 22 PHI NL 382 78 9 0 4 5 4 4 5 12 7 1 58% 4 2 0 136 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
1961 23 PHI NL 915 205 27 0 12 14 13 11 16 50 29 8 58% 7 9 5 308 11 10 52% 8 7 3 3 0 0 8 3 26 1
1962 24 PHI NL 1144 253 36 0 27 19 17 16 20 64 33 9 52% 7 7 5 398 10 9 53% 9 7 1 2 0 0 3 0 21 0
1963 25 PHI NL 630 143 18 0 6 6 12 9 9 36 23 5 64% 5 5 0 223 5 7 42% 3 7 2 0 0 0 2 1 23 0
1964 26 PHI NL 698 161 17 1 18 13 4 11 6 35 12 3 34% 9 7 2 276 5 7 42% 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 1 12 0
1965 27 PHI NL 328 82 11 0 10 5 6 3 8 22 13 5 59% 5 2 1 126 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1966 28 STL NL 159 37 7 1 6 5 2 5 2 12 7 1 58% 3 5 1 56 0 2 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 14 0
7 Seasons 4256 959 125 2 83 67 58 59 66 231 124 32 54% 40 37 14 1523 39 38 51% 30 31 8 7 1 0 22 5 113 1
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+
1960 22 7 3 .700 2.31 14 12 2 5 1 0 93.1 78 29 24 9 34 1 56 1 0 2 382 167 1.200 7.5 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.65 167
1961 23 18 22 .450 3.57 50 44 3 17 4 0 312.2 283 139 124 36 104 7 214 8 0 11 1298 112 1.238 8.1 1.0 3.0 6.2 2.06 112
1962 24 37 36 .507 3.74 91 83 5 37 6 0 586.2 536 270 244 72 185 11 391 20 0 18 2436 105 1.229 8.2 1.1 2.8 6.0 2.11 105
1963 25 44 46 .489 3.79 117 105 5 43 7 0 735.2 679 343 310 90 233 12 488 25 4 23 3066 100 1.240 8.3 1.1 2.9 6.0 2.09 100
1964 26 56 55 .505 3.92 151 134 7 45 9 0 893.0 840 427 389 107 315 17 568 31 4 30 3764 95 1.293 8.5 1.1 3.2 5.7 1.80 95
1965 27 58 60 .492 4.09 173 143 9 46 9 0 964.0 922 480 438 118 347 19 620 38 4 32 4093 91 1.316 8.6 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.79 91
1966 28 59 64 .480 4.17 185 148 10 46 9 1 999.0 959 507 463 125 368 23 639 39 4 37 4252 89 1.328 8.6 1.1 3.3 5.8 1.74 89

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
1960 22 7 3 .700 2.42 93.0 82 28 25 9 36 56 1 1.269 7.9 3.5 5.4 1.56 0.9 14
1961 23 12 12 .500 4.09 222.0 212 112 101 28 72 160 7 1.279 8.6 2.9 6.5 2.22 1.1 36
1962 24 14 15 .483 4.14 263.0 256 134 121 36 82 170 12 1.285 8.8 2.8 5.8 2.07 1.2 41
1963 25 6 9 .400 5.09 138.0 157 87 78 20 53 90 5 1.522 10.2 3.5 5.9 1.70 1.3 26
1964 26 5 11 .313 5.52 145.0 171 99 89 18 87 74 6 1.779 10.6 5.4 4.6 0.85 1.1 34
1965 27 2 5 .286 7.50 66.0 87 61 55 12 34 48 7 1.833 11.9 4.6 6.5 1.41 1.6 22
1966 28 1 2 .333 7.59 32.0 39 30 27 7 22 17 1 1.906 11.0 6.2 4.8 0.77 2.0 12
7 Seasons 47 57 .452 4.65 959.0 1004 551 496 130 386 615 39 1.449 9.4 5.8 1.59 1.2 185

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1
1961-2 *
1962-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-NL-26-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Wins s c a p y
1962 NL--19--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1961 NL--1.254--10th
1962 NL--1.219--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL--8.412--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL--6.483--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1962 NL--274.0--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL--158--7th
1962 NL--177--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1962 NL--39--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 NL--12--9th
1962 NL--20--2nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1961 NL--3--3rd
1962 NL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 NL--27--6th
1962 NL--36--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--82--4th

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL--253--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1961 NL--2.257--9th

Losses s c a p y
1961 NL--19--1st
1962 NL--14--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 NL--100--8th
1962 NL--120--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 NL--9--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 NL--7--4th
1962 NL--12--2nd
1965 NL--7--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1962 NL--1138--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (723), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (792), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Scott Erickson (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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