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Phil Marchildon

Philip Joseph Marchildon (Babe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 25, 1913 in Penetanguishene, Ontario, CAN
High School: Penentang HS (Penentang, ON) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1940-1950

Final Game: July 16, 1950
Died: January 10, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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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
1940 26 PHA AL 0 2 .000 7.20 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 12 9 8 1 8 4 0 0 2 51 64 2.000 10.8 0.9 7.2 3.6 0.50
1941 27 PHA AL 10 15 .400 3.57 30 27 1 14 1 0 204.1 188 94 81 15 118 74 3 3 12 898 118 1.498 8.3 0.7 5.2 3.3 0.63
1942 28 PHA AL 17 14 .548 4.20 38 31 7 18 1 1 244.0 215 126 114 14 140 110 4 0 13 1081 91 1.455 7.9 0.5 5.2 4.1 0.79 MVP-9
1945 31 PHA AL 0 1 .000 4.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 5 5 4 0 11 2 0 0 1 41 88 1.778 5.0 0.0 11.0 2.0 0.18
1946 32 PHA AL 13 16 .448 3.49 36 29 6 16 1 1 226.2 197 104 88 14 114 95 4 2 7 963 100 1.372 7.8 0.6 4.5 3.8 0.83 MVP-22
1947 33 PHA AL 19 9 .679 3.22 35 35 0 21 2 0 276.2 228 110 99 15 141 128 7 0 1 1172 119 1.334 7.4 0.5 4.6 4.2 0.91 MVP-9
1948 34 PHA AL 9 15 .375 4.53 33 30 3 12 1 0 226.1 214 133 114 19 131 66 4 0 7 1007 96 1.524 8.5 0.8 5.2 2.6 0.50
1949 35 PHA AL 0 3 .000 11.81 7 6 1 0 0 0 16.0 24 23 21 3 19 2 1 0 2 89 36 2.688 13.5 1.7 10.7 1.1 0.11
1950 36 BOS AL 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 90 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
9 Yrs 68 75 .476 3.93 185 162 18 82 6 2 1214.1 1084 605 530 81 684 481 23 5 45 5309 100 1.456 8.0 0.6 5.1 3.6 0.70
162 Game Avg. 13 15 .476 3.93 36 32 4 16 1 0 238 212 119 104 16 134 94 5 1 9 1040 100 1.456 8.0 0.6 5.1 3.6 0.70
PHA (8 yrs) 68 75 .476 3.92 184 162 18 82 6 2 1213.0 1083 604 529 81 682 481 23 5 45 5302 100 1.455 8.0 0.6 5.1 3.6 0.71
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 90 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

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 Awards
1940 26 PHA AL 10.0 2 2 9 8.10 5.25 -0.33 0.00 103.3 5.76 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .384 .499 $
1941 27 PHA AL 204.1 30 27 94 4.14 4.68 -0.05 0.00 102.1 4.83 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.8 34 .549 .509 $
1942 28 PHA AL 244.0 38 31 126 4.65 4.32 -0.29 0.00 104.8 4.84 4 0.4 1.0 -0.2 1.6 21 .510 .502 $ MVP-9
1945 31 PHA AL 9.0 3 2 5 5.00 4.18 0.02 0.00 97.5 4.05 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .466 .499 $
1946 32 PHA AL 226.2 36 29 104 4.13 4.21 -0.25 0.00 100.3 4.47 8 1.0 1.0 -0.2 2.4 26 .526 .506 $ MVP-22
1947 33 PHA AL 276.2 35 35 110 3.58 4.16 0.24 0.00 102.1 4.01 14 1.6 -0.1 3.4 35 .546 .510 $ MVP-9
1948 34 PHA AL 226.1 33 30 133 5.29 4.70 0.01 0.00 101.0 4.74 -14 -1.4 .6 -0.1 0.1 7 .458 .492 $
1949 35 PHA AL 16.0 7 6 23 12.94 5.37 0.19 0.00 98.6 5.11 -14 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -12 .331 .493 $
1950 36 BOS AL 1.1 1 0 1 6.75 5.53 -0.07 0.00 116.0 6.49 -0 -0.0 .3 -0.0 0.0 0 .496 .500 $
9 Seasons 1214.1 185 162 605 4.48 4.42 -0.06 0.00 102.0 4.57 9 1.6 .9 -0.7 8.9 109 .508 .501 $
PHA (8 yrs) 1213.0 184 162 604 4.48 4.42 -0.06 0.00 102.0 4.56 9 1.6 .9 -0.7 8.9 109 .508 .501 $
BOS (1 yr) 1.1 1 0 1 6.75 5.53 -0.07 0.00 116.0 6.49 -0 -0.0 .3 -0.0 0.0 0 .496 .500 $

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
1948 34 PHA AL 33 815 853 133 214 30 11 19 5 4 131 66 .251 .353 .379 .732 .254 323 17 4 19 0 13
1949 35 PHA AL 7 65 67 23 24 1 1 3 0 1 19 2 .358 .506 .537 1.043 .339 36 3 1 2 0 1
1950 36 BOS AL 1 7 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .429 .600 1.029 .200 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 41 887 925 157 239 31 13 22 5 5 152 68 .258 .366 .391 .757 .260 362 20 5 21 0 14
162 Game Avg. 36 783 817 139 211 27 11 19 4 4 134 60 .258 .366 .391 .757 .260 320 18 4 19 0 12
MLB Averages .260 .333 .336 .669 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 34 PHA AL -7.5 -0.7 837 -1.9 13.8 -15.7 1.03 -0.9 -1.0 -17.1 -1.6 1.03 -10.6 0 0 2
1949 35 PHA AL -13.4 -1.2 67 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 1.24 -0.6 0.0 -10.6 -1.0 1.24 -7.5 0 0 0
1950 36 BOS AL -0.0 0.0 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .63 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.63 -0.5 0 0 1
9 Yrs 1.2 0.5 911 -2.7 15.0 -17.7 1.05 -1.5 -1.0 -28.2 -2.6 1.04 -18.6 0 0 3

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1940 26 PHA AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 37.0 50 24 0 2 1.6 5.0
1941 27 PHA AL 30 27 9 14 4 1 7 13 14 .481 0 0 14 1 17 63% 51.5 78 16 6 8 4.6 7.5
1942 28 PHA AL 38 31 15 14 2 1 2 16 15 .516 0 0 18 1 16 52% 49.5 89 15 16 8 4.0 7.5
1945 31 PHA AL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54.0 56 52 1 1 5.1 3.5
1946 32 PHA AL 36 29 11 16 2 2 7 11 18 .379 0 0 16 1 16 55% 52.9 89 17 10 11 3.9 7.4
1947 33 PHA AL 35 35 19 9 7 2 2 23 12 .657 0 0 21 2 22 63% 56.3 92 17 13 8 5.2 7.9
1948 34 PHA AL 33 30 9 14 7 3 3 16 14 .533 0 3 12 1 11 37% 47.1 82 7 11 4 8 9 4.4 3.9 7.1
1949 35 PHA AL 7 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34.8 50 14 9 3 1 3 4.9 0.0 2.6
8 Yrs 184 162 63 72 27 9 22 82 80 .506 0 4 82 6 83 51% 51 92 7 20 7 55 50 4.4 3.6 7.2
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -20 4.4 4.8 6.8

Reliever Pitching*

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
1941 27 PHA AL 30 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.7
1942 28 PHA AL 38 7 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 5.4
1945 31 PHA AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1946 32 PHA AL 36 7 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 5.6
1948 34 PHA AL 33 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.034 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 13.0
1949 35 PHA AL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1950 36 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .630 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
7 Yrs 148 23 18 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.046 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 12 3 3 3 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1940 26 PHA AL 51 2.0% 7.8% 15.7% 3.9% 17% 73%
1941 27 PHA AL 898 1.7% 8.2% 13.1% 4.8% 23% 76%
1942 28 PHA AL 1081 1.3% 10.2% 13.0% 2.8% 14% 73%
1945 31 PHA AL 41 0.0% 4.9% 26.8% 63%
1946 32 PHA AL 965 1.5% 9.8% 11.8% 3.9% 19% 75%
1947 33 PHA AL 1172 1.3% 10.9% 12.0% 3.4% 18% 74%
1948 34 PHA AL 1007 51% 2.3% 8.1% 16.1% 7.4% 28% 0.96 94% 186 17 9%
1949 35 PHA AL 89 54% 4.6% 3.1% 29.2% 7.7% 21% 1.06 95% 20 3 15%
1950 36 BOS AL 7 71% 0.0% 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 100% 0.00 71% 0 0
9 Yrs 5311 51% 1.6% 9.4% 13.4% 4.3% 20% 0.95 78% 206 20 10%
MLB Averages 49% 1.6% 10.1% 10.1% 3.8% 15% 0.95 85% 10%

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
1940 26 PHA AL 12 1 2
1941 27 PHA AL 188 15 12
1942 28 PHA AL 215 14 13
1945 31 PHA AL 5 0 1
1946 32 PHA AL 197 14 7
1947 33 PHA AL 228 15 1
1948 34 PHA AL 815 214 19 0 24 11 5 9 7 59 36 3 61% 13 7 1 321 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 192
1949 35 PHA AL 65 24 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 150% 1 2 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24
1950 36 BOS AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 887 1084 81 0 27 12 5 9 8 63 40 3 63% 14 45 1 351 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 216
MLB Averages 53% 56%

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+
1940 26 0 2 .000 7.20 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 12 9 8 1 8 4 0 0 2 51 64 2.000 10.8 0.9 7.2 3.6 0.50 64
1941 27 10 17 .370 3.74 32 29 1 15 1 0 214.1 200 103 89 16 126 78 3 3 14 949 113 1.521 8.4 0.7 5.3 3.3 0.62 113
1942 28 27 31 .466 3.99 70 60 8 33 2 1 458.1 415 229 203 30 266 188 7 3 27 2030 100 1.486 8.1 0.6 5.2 3.7 0.71 100
1943 29 27 31 .466 3.99 70 60 8 33 2 1 458.1 415 229 203 30 266 188 7 3 27 2030 100 1.486 8.1 0.6 5.2 3.7 0.71 100
1944 30 27 31 .466 3.99 70 60 8 33 2 1 458.1 415 229 203 30 266 188 7 3 27 2030 100 1.486 8.1 0.6 5.2 3.7 0.71 100
1945 31 27 32 .458 3.99 73 62 8 33 2 1 467.1 420 234 207 30 277 190 7 3 28 2071 100 1.491 8.1 0.6 5.3 3.7 0.69 100
1946 32 40 48 .455 3.83 109 91 14 49 3 2 694.0 617 338 295 44 391 285 11 5 35 3034 100 1.452 8.0 0.6 5.1 3.7 0.73 100
1947 33 59 57 .509 3.65 144 126 14 70 5 2 970.2 845 448 394 59 532 413 18 5 36 4206 105 1.419 7.8 0.5 4.9 3.8 0.78 105
1948 34 68 72 .486 3.82 177 156 17 82 6 2 1197.0 1059 581 508 78 663 479 22 5 43 5213 103 1.439 8.0 0.6 5.0 3.6 0.72 103
1949 35 68 75 .476 3.92 184 162 18 82 6 2 1213.0 1083 604 529 81 682 481 23 5 45 5302 100 1.455 8.0 0.6 5.1 3.6 0.71 100
1950 36 68 75 .476 3.93 185 162 18 82 6 2 1214.1 1084 605 530 81 684 481 23 5 45 5309 100 1.456 8.0 0.6 5.1 3.6 0.70 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1940 26 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 12 8 7 1 8 4 0 1.818 9.8 6.5 3.3 0.50 0.8 2
1941 27 13 10 .565 3.38 208.0 188 87 78 15 118 75 3 1.471 8.1 5.1 3.2 0.64 0.6 30
1942 28 13 15 .464 4.27 255.0 227 134 121 15 148 115 4 1.471 8.0 5.2 4.1 0.78 0.5 38
1945 31 0 0 5.63 8.0 6 6 5 0 13 2 0 2.375 6.8 14.6 2.3 0.15 0.0 3
1946 32 12 12 .500 4.11 221.0 215 112 101 15 124 93 4 1.534 8.8 5.0 3.8 0.75 0.6 36
1947 33 17 13 .567 3.53 273.0 241 119 107 16 149 126 7 1.429 7.9 4.9 4.2 0.85 0.5 35
1948 34 12 13 .480 4.29 233.0 216 123 111 19 132 68 4 1.494 8.3 5.1 2.6 0.52 0.7 33
1949 35 0 1 .000 11.81 16.0 24 23 21 3 19 2 1 2.688 13.5 10.7 1.1 0.11 1.7 7
1950 36 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
9 Yrs 67 65 .508 4.04 1227.0 1129 612 551 84 713 485 23 1.501 8.3 3.6 0.68 0.6 185

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (9, 12%)
1946 AL (22, 1%)
1947 AL (9, 14%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1947 AL  3.4 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  17 (3rd)
1947 AL  19 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 AL  .679 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL  8.281 (6th)
1942 AL  7.930 (9th)
1946 AL  7.822 (6th)
1947 AL  7.417 (3rd)
Career  8.034 (126th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  4.057 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  38 (3rd)
1946 AL  36 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1942 AL  244.0 (4th)
1947 AL  276.7 (3rd)
1948 AL  226.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL  110 (3rd)
1947 AL  128 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1942 AL  31 (3rd)
1946 AL  29 (10th)
1947 AL  35 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 AL  14 (10th)
1942 AL  18 (5th)
1947 AL  21 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  15 (10th)
1942 AL  14 (7th)
1946 AL  14 (8th)
1947 AL  15 (9th)
1948 AL  19 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 AL  118 (3rd)
1942 AL  140 (1st)
1946 AL  114 (2nd)
1947 AL  141 (1st)
1948 AL  131 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1942 AL  215 (9th)
1947 AL  228 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1941 AL  15 (5th)
1942 AL  14 (9th)
1946 AL  16 (1st)
1948 AL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  114 (3rd)
1946 AL  88 (5th)
1947 AL  99 (3rd)
1948 AL  114 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1941 AL  12 (1st)
1942 AL  13 (1st)
1946 AL  7 (3rd)
1948 AL  7 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL  4 (8th)
1946 AL  4 (5th)
1947 AL  7 (1st)
1948 AL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1942 AL  1,081 (4th)
1947 AL  1,172 (3rd)
1948 AL  1,007 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 AL  119 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  19 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  2.0 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 AL  born 1913-10-25 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 47 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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