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Dick Marlowe

Richard Burton Marlowe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 27, 1929 in Hickory, NC
School: Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1951
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox 1951-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 30, 1968 in Toledo, OH
Buried: Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery, Sylvania, OH
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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
1951 22 DET AL 0 1 .000 32.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 5 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 16 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1952 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 7.36 4 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 21 10 9 1 3 3 0 0 0 53 53 2.182 17.2 0.8 2.5 2.5 1.00
1953 24 DET AL 6 7 .462 5.26 42 11 9 2 0 0 119.2 152 74 70 13 42 52 2 0 4 536 77 1.621 11.4 1.0 3.2 3.9 1.24
1954 25 DET AL 5 4 .556 4.18 38 2 20 0 0 2 84.0 76 45 39 11 40 39 0 0 1 363 90 1.381 8.1 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.98
1955 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 1.80 4 1 3 1 0 1 15.0 12 4 3 1 4 1 9 0 0 1 59 221 1.067 7.2 0.6 2.4 5.4 2.25
1956 27 TOT AL 1 1 .500 6.00 8 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 8 2 10 0 4 0 0 0 58 73 2.000 10.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
1956 27 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.73 7 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 12 8 7 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 53 75 1.909 9.8 0.8 7.4 3.3 0.44
1956 27 CHW AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 62 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
6 Yrs 13 15 .464 4.99 98 17 35 3 0 3 243.1 280 148 135 28 101 1 108 2 0 6 1081 79 1.566 10.4 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .464 4.99 58 10 21 2 0 2 144 166 88 80 17 60 64 1 0 4 639 79 1.566 10.4 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07
DET (6 yrs) 13 15 .464 4.98 97 17 35 3 0 3 242.1 278 147 134 27 100 1 108 2 0 6 1076 79 1.560 10.3 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.08
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 62 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 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
1951 22 DET AL 1.2 2 1 6 32.40 4.41 -0.09 0.00 112.0 5.04 -5 -0.4 .0 0.1 -0.3 -5 .293 .497 $
1952 23 DET AL 11.0 4 1 10 8.18 4.07 -0.28 0.00 106.0 4.62 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.4 -3 .391 .497 $
1953 24 DET AL 120.2 42 11 74 5.52 4.35 -0.68 0.00 101.0 5.08 -6 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.2 5 .485 .496 $
1954 25 DET AL 84.0 38 2 45 4.82 4.27 0.09 0.00 101.5 4.24 -5 -0.6 .9 -0.2 -0.1 2 .485 .496 $
1955 26 DET AL 15.0 4 1 4 2.40 4.23 -0.01 0.00 95.0 4.03 3 0.3 .1 -0.1 0.3 4 .571 .502 $
1956 27 DET AL 11.0 7 1 8 6.55 4.55 -0.06 0.00 102.6 4.73 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .468 .499 $
1956 27 CHW AL 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 4.00 0.08 0.00 108.0 4.23 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .448 .500 $
6 Seasons 244.1 98 17 148 5.45 4.31 -0.32 0.00 101.2 4.69 -21 -2.1 .8 -0.1 -0.4 1 .479 .498 $
DET (6 yrs) 243.1 97 17 147 5.44 4.31 -0.32 0.00 101.2 4.69 -21 -2.0 .8 -0.2 -0.4 1 .479 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 4.00 0.08 0.00 108.0 4.23 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .448 .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
1951 22 DET AL 2 3 10 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .500 .583 .500 1.083 .556 5 0 0 0 0 0
1952 23 DET AL 4 24 51 10 21 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .412 .444 .510 .954 .426 26 1 0 0 0 0
1953 24 DET AL 42 538 479 74 152 24 3 13 2 5 42 52 .317 .375 .461 .836 .336 221 15 2 16 0 3
1954 25 DET AL 38 364 313 45 76 15 0 11 1 3 40 39 .243 .325 .396 .721 .243 124 5 0 7 4 4
1955 26 DET AL 4 59 55 4 12 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 .218 .271 .309 .580 .244 17 3 0 0 0 1 1
1956 27 CHW AL 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.750 2.350 .333 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 DET AL 7 53 43 8 12 2 0 1 1 1 9 4 .279 .404 .395 .799 .289 17 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 27 TOT AL 8 58 47 9 14 2 1 2 1 1 10 4 .298 .421 .511 .932 .293 24 1 0 1 0 0 1
6 Yrs 98 1046 955 148 280 41 6 28 4 9 101 108 .293 .361 .437 .797 .306 417 25 2 24 4 1 9
162 Game Avg. 58 619 565 88 166 24 4 17 2 5 60 64 .293 .361 .437 .797 .306 247 15 1 14 2 5
MLB Averages .259 .333 .384 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1951 22 DET AL -4.7 -0.4 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.5 0.1 0.00 0.8 0 0 0
1952 23 DET AL -4.0 -0.4 24 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 1.06 -0.3 -0.6 -5.0 -0.5 1.06 -3.7 1 1 1
1953 24 DET AL -13.3 -1.3 550 -0.7 9.3 -10.0 1.00 -1.2 0.5 -18.3 -1.8 1.00 -16.7 4 10 14
1954 25 DET AL -4.4 -0.5 370 0.1 4.8 -4.7 .84 -0.0 0.1 -3.8 -0.4 0.84 -0.2 9 5 18
1955 26 DET AL 3.4 0.4 60 0.1 0.1 -0.1 .11 0.3 0.3 3.3 0.4 0.11 2.5 0 0 3
1956 27 TOT AL -2.1 -0.2 60 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .55 -0.6 -0.0 -2.6 -0.2 0.55 -6.4 0 1 6
1956 27 DET AL -1.8 -0.2 55 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .57 -0.3 -0.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.57 -3.6 0 1 5
1956 27 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .35 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 -0.0 0.35 -2.8 0 0 1
6 Yrs -25.1 -2.4 1067 -1.8 14.9 -16.7 .86 -1.9 -0.2 -25.8 -2.5 0.86 -23.7 14 17 42

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
1951 22 DET AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 16.0 16 16 0 0 0 1 1.0 0.7
1952 23 DET AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 45.0 45 45 4 2 0 1 1.0 7.0
1953 24 DET AL 42 11 3 6 2 1 3 3 7 .300 0 2 2 0 5 45% 45.2 71 25 16 5 4 4 3.5 3.5 5.2
1954 25 DET AL 38 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45.0 57 33 15 7 1 0 2.5 3.5 6.3
1955 26 DET AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 72.0 72 72 0 0 1 0 11.3 11.3 9.0
1956 27 TOT AL 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 1 1 1 0 2.0 2.3 4.0
1956 27 DET AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 1 1 1 0 2.0 2.3 4.0
6 Yrs 97 17 4 11 2 1 5 4 12 .250 0 2 3 0 8 47% 44 72 16 36 15 7 6 3.4 4.2 5.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.5 4.4 6.5

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
1951 22 DET AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1952 23 DET AL 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 1 0 0% 7 1.063 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 4.0
1953 24 DET AL 42 31 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 28 13 46% 8 .995 4 10 14 3 3 25 13 18 23 3 23 4 6.2
1954 25 DET AL 38 36 20 5 2 2 2 0 100% 4 1 17 5 29% 8 .837 9 5 18 6 5 25 11 25 20 5 21 4 5.9
1955 26 DET AL 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 .107 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.0
1956 27 TOT AL 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% .551 0 1 6 0 0 7 2 5 2 2 2 0 3.4
1956 27 DET AL 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 .570 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 2 2 2 0 3.5
1956 27 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .352 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
6 Yrs 98 81 35 9 4 5 3 2 60% 8 2 49 20 41% .864 14 17 42 12 8 61 27 54 50 11 52 8 5.7

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%
1951 22 DET AL 12 67% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 0% 300% 0 0
1952 23 DET AL 54 58% 4.2% 12.5% 12.5% 8.3% 10% 1.00 196% 4 1 25%
1953 24 DET AL 538 63% 2.4% 9.7% 7.8% 7.4% 26% 1.06 77% 133 15 11%
1954 25 DET AL 364 70% 3.0% 10.7% 11.0% 7.1% 34% 1.03 73% 77 5 6%
1955 26 DET AL 59 58% 1.7% 15.3% 6.8% 3.4% 17% 0.57 76% 7 3 43%
1956 27 TOT AL 58 71% 3.5% 6.9% 17.2% 8.6% 36% 1.00 71% 9 1 11%
1956 27 DET AL 53 68% 1.9% 7.6% 17.0% 5.7% 25% 0.80 72% 8 0 0%
1956 27 CHW AL 5 100% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 100% 60% 1 1 100%
6 Yrs 1085 65% 2.7% 10.3% 9.7% 7.2% 27% 1.01 79% 230 25 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 11.9% 10.3% 6.7% 27% 0.95 83% 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
1951 22 DET AL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1952 23 DET AL 24 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
1953 24 DET AL 538 152 13 0 18 9 4 7 6 37 21 1 57% 3 4 3 225 2 5 29% 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1954 25 DET AL 364 76 11 0 9 5 6 4 7 19 8 2 42% 4 1 1 150 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1955 26 DET AL 59 12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 27 TOT AL 58 14 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 26 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 DET AL 53 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 25 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CHW AL 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1046 280 28 0 30 16 11 12 15 59 30 4 51% 9 6 4 431 4 9 31% 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 39
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1951 22 0 1 .000 32.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 5 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 12 16 4.200 27.0 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50 16
1952 23 0 3 .000 10.66 6 2 2 0 0 0 12.2 26 16 15 1 5 4 0 0 0 65 38 2.447 18.5 0.7 3.6 2.8 0.80 38
1953 24 6 10 .375 5.78 48 13 11 2 0 0 132.1 178 90 85 14 47 56 2 0 4 601 70 1.700 12.1 1.0 3.2 3.8 1.19 70
1954 25 11 14 .440 5.16 86 15 31 2 0 2 216.1 254 135 124 25 87 95 2 0 5 964 76 1.576 10.6 1.0 3.6 4.0 1.09 76
1955 26 12 14 .462 4.94 90 16 34 3 0 3 231.1 266 139 127 26 91 1 104 2 0 6 1023 80 1.543 10.3 1.0 3.5 4.0 1.14 80
1956 27 13 15 .464 4.99 98 17 35 3 0 3 243.1 280 148 135 28 101 1 108 2 0 6 1081 79 1.566 10.4 1.0 3.7 4.0 1.07 79

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
1951 22 0 0 22.50 2.0 5 6 5 0 2 1 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 2
1952 23 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 23 11 10 1 3 3 0 2.600 20.7 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.9 4
1953 24 5 8 .385 5.45 119.0 157 80 72 13 43 52 2 1.681 11.9 3.3 3.9 1.21 1.0 42
1954 25 4 5 .444 4.55 85.0 81 48 43 12 43 39 0 1.459 8.6 4.6 4.1 0.91 1.3 38
1955 26 1 0 1.000 1.80 15.0 13 3 3 1 4 9 0 1.133 7.8 2.4 5.4 2.25 0.6 4
1956 27 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 14 9 8 2 10 4 0 2.000 10.5 7.5 3.0 0.40 1.5 8
6 Yrs 10 15 .400 5.22 243.0 293 157 141 29 105 108 2 1.638 10.9 4.0 1.03 1.1 98

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL  42 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 AL  20 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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