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Morrie Martin

Morris Webster Martin (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: September 3, 1922 in Dixon, MO
High School: Dixon HS (Dixon, MO)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1949
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Indians/Dodgers/... 1949-1959

Final Game: April 22, 1959
Died: May 25, 2010 in Washington, MO
Buried: St. Francis Borgia Cemetery, Washington, MO
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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
1941	18	CHW-min	C	16	7	.696	2.05	27						193.0	170	60	44		58								1.181	7.9		2.7			GFK · NORL
1942	19	STP	AA	1	4	.200	4.69	25			0	0		71.0	80	50	37		37		19	1	0	1			1.648	10.1		4.7	2.4	0.51	STP · AA
1946	23	LAD-min	B	14	6	.700	2.71	25						173.0	144	71	52		69								1.231	7.5		3.6			AVL · TRIS
1947	24	LAD-min	AAA,B	5	4	.556	3.33	26	3	9	1	0		100.0	78	47	37		43		30	2	0	8			1.210	7.0		3.9	2.7	0.70	STP,DNV · AA,IIIL
1948	25	LAD-min	AAA	13	11	.542	4.16	35			15	3		186.0	171	93	86		71		129	4	0	1			1.301	8.3		3.4	6.2	1.82	STP · AA
1949	26	LAD-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.87	16			4	1		79.0	83	41	34		31		51	1	0	0			1.443	9.5		3.5	5.8	1.65	STP · AA
1949	26	BRO	NL	1	3	.250	7.04	10	4	2	0	0	0	30.2	39	25	24	5	15		15	2	0	1	143	59	1.761	11.4	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00

1950	27	LAD-min	AAA	14	9	.609	3.65	31	28		13	1		197.0	216	101	80		62		114	4	1	1			1.411	9.9		2.8	5.2	1.84	STP · AA
1951	28	PHA	AL	11	4	.733	3.78	35	13	9	3	1	0	138.0	139	70	58	13	63		35	5	1	3	609	113	1.464	9.1	0.8	4.1	2.3	0.56
1952	29	PHA	AL	0	2	.000	6.39	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.1	32	19	18	1	15		13	2	0	1	123	62	1.855	11.4	0.4	5.3	4.6	0.87
1953	30	PHA	AL	10	12	.455	4.43	58	11	41	2	0	7	156.1	158	85	77	12	59		64	8	0	7	679	97	1.388	9.1	0.7	3.4	3.7	1.08
1954	31	TOT	AL	7	8	.467	3.52	48	8	20	3	0	5	122.2	109	50	48	14	43		55	3	0	1	512	109	1.239	8.0	1.0	3.2	4.0	1.28
1954	31	PHA	AL	2	4	.333	5.47	13	6	3	2	0	0	52.2	57	32	32	9	19		24	2	0	0	232	72	1.443	9.7	1.5	3.2	4.1	1.26
1954	31	CHW	AL	5	4	.556	2.06	35	2	17	1	0	5	70.0	52	18	16	5	24		31	1	0	1	280	184	1.086	6.7	0.6	3.1	4.0	1.29
1955	32	CHW	AL	2	3	.400	3.63	37	0	11	0	0	2	52.0	50	27	21	4	20	2	22	2	0	0	223	109	1.346	8.7	0.7	3.5	3.8	1.10
1956	33	TOT	AL	2	1	.667	6.17	19	0	5	0	0	0	23.1	31	16	16	2	9	0	12	1	0	1	109	67	1.714	12.0	0.8	3.5	4.6	1.33
1956	33	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	4.91	10	0	3	0	0	0	18.1	21	10	10	1	7	0	9	0	0	1	80	85	1.527	10.3	0.5	3.4	4.4	1.29
1956	33	BAL	AL	1	1	.500	10.80	9	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	29	39	2.400	18.0	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.50
1957	34	BAL-min	Opn	14	4	.778	1.90	31	22		11	3		175.2	154	51	37	3	30		87	2	0	5			1.047	7.9	0.2	1.5	4.5	2.90	VAN · PCL
1957	34	STL	NL	0	0		2.53	4	1	1	0	0	0	10.2	5	3	3	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	41	162	0.844	4.2	0.0	3.4	5.9	1.75
1958	35	TOT	MLB	5	1	.833	3.74	31	0	11	0	0	1	43.1	39	20	18	3	20	0	21	2	1	1	184	108	1.362	8.1	0.6	4.2	4.4	1.05
1958	35	STL	NL	3	1	.750	4.74	17	0	3	0	0	0	24.2	19	13	13	3	12	0	16	2	1	0	104	89	1.257	6.9	1.1	4.4	5.8	1.33
1958	35	CLE	AL	2	0	1.000	2.41	14	0	8	0	0	1	18.2	20	7	5	0	8	0	5	0	0	1	80	157	1.500	9.6	0.0	3.9	2.4	0.63
1959	36	CHC-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.67	40	7		0	0		91.0	88	34	27	5	23	3	41	2	0	0			1.220	8.7	0.5	2.3	4.1	1.78	FTW · AA
1959	36	CHC	NL	0	0		19.29	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	14	24	2.571	19.3	7.7	3.9	3.9	1.00
1960	37	CHC-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.13	33	0					69.0	70	26	24	8	16								1.246	9.1	1.0	2.1			HSN · AA
10 Yrs				38	34	.528	4.29	250	42	101	8	1	15	604.2	607	320	288	56	249	2	245	27	2	15	2637	96	1.416	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.98
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.528	4.29	58	10	24	2	0	3	141	141	75	67	13	58		57	6	0	3	614	96	1.416	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.98

PHA (4 yrs)				23	22	.511	4.47	111	35	53	7	1	7	372.1	386	206	185	35	156		136	17	1	11	1643	94	1.456	9.3	0.8	3.8	3.3	0.87
CHW (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	3.01	82	2	31	1	0	7	140.1	123	55	47	10	51	2	62	3	0	2	583	129	1.240	7.9	0.6	3.3	4.0	1.22
STL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.08	21	1	4	0	0	0	35.1	24	16	16	3	16	0	23	3	1	0	145	102	1.132	6.1	0.8	4.1	5.9	1.44
BRO (1 yr)				1	3	.250	7.04	10	4	2	0	0	0	30.2	39	25	24	5	15		15	2	0	1	143	59	1.761	11.4	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		19.29	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	14	24	2.571	19.3	7.7	3.9	3.9	1.00
CLE (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	2.41	14	0	8	0	0	1	18.2	20	7	5	0	8	0	5	0	0	1	80	157	1.500	9.6	0.0	3.9	2.4	0.63
BAL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	10.80	9	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	29	39	2.400	18.0	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.50

AL (7 yrs)				34	30	.531	4.08	216	37	94	8	1	15	536.1	539	274	243	46	217	2	206	21	1	14	2335	101	1.410	9.0	0.8	3.6	3.5	0.95
NL (4 yrs)				4	4	.500	5.93	34	5	7	0	0	0	68.1	68	46	45	10	32	0	39	6	1	1	302	71	1.463	9.0	1.3	4.2	5.1	1.22

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
1949	26	BRO	NL	30.2	10	4	25	7.34	4.67	0.29	0.00	99.7	4.37	-10	-1.0	.9	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.404	.494	$

1951	28	PHA	AL	139.0	35	13	70	4.53	4.72	0.12	0.00	103.7	4.77	3	0.3	.9	-0.2	1.1	17	.508	.502	$
1952	29	PHA	AL	25.1	5	5	19	6.75	4.17	-0.11	0.00	105.2	4.51	-6	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-4	.375	.496	$
1953	30	PHA	AL	156.1	58	11	85	4.89	4.63	-0.22	0.00	108.2	5.25	6	0.6	1.2	-0.1	1.7	20	.511	.504	$
1954	31	PHA	AL	52.2	13	6	32	5.47	4.69	-0.33	0.00	104.2	5.23	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.2	3	.489	.499	$
1954	31	CHW	AL	70.0	35	2	18	2.31	4.12	0.46	0.00	101.9	3.73	11	1.2	1.3	0.0	1.8	17	.535	.508	$
1955	32	CHW	AL	52.0	37	0	27	4.67	4.59	0.26	0.00	99.4	4.30	-3	-0.3	1.5	-0.2	-0.1	2	.493	.498	$
1956	33	CHW	AL	18.1	10	0	10	4.91	4.59	0.09	0.00	99.8	4.49	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.490	.499	$
1956	33	BAL	AL	5.0	9	0	6	10.80	5.06	-0.36	0.00	97.9	5.30	-3	-0.3	2.0	-0.2	-0.4	-3	.466	.498	$
1957	34	STL	NL	10.2	4	1	3	2.53	4.41	0.15	0.00	100.2	4.27	2	0.2	.9	-0.0	0.3	3	.560	.501	$
1958	35	STL	NL	24.2	17	0	13	4.74	4.66	0.03	0.00	107.8	5.00	1	0.1	1.7	-0.0	0.3	3	.504	.500	$
1958	35	CLE	AL	18.2	14	0	7	3.38	4.44	-0.08	0.00	98.2	4.44	2	0.2	1.2	-0.0	0.4	4	.518	.502	$
1959	36	CHC	NL	2.1	3	0	5	19.29	4.70	0.32	0.00	106.0	4.65	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.380	.498	$
10 Seasons				605.2	250	42	320	4.76	4.57	0.03	0.00	104.0	4.73	-4	-0.1	1.3	-0.9	3.7	54	.500	.500	$

PHA (4 yrs)				373.1	111	35	206	4.97	4.64	-0.10	0.00	105.7	5.02	1	0.1	1.1	-0.4	2.5	36	.501	.500	$
CHW (3 yrs)				140.1	82	2	55	3.53	4.35	0.34	0.00	100.7	4.04	7	0.9	1.4	-0.2	1.7	20	.511	.502	$
STL (2 yrs)				35.1	21	1	16	4.08	4.59	0.06	0.00	105.5	4.78	3	0.3	1.6	-0.0	0.6	7	.515	.501	$
BRO (1 yr)				30.2	10	4	25	7.34	4.67	0.29	0.00	99.7	4.37	-10	-1.0	.9	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.404	.494	$
CHC (1 yr)				2.1	3	0	5	19.29	4.70	0.32	0.00	106.0	4.65	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.380	.498	$
CLE (1 yr)				18.2	14	0	7	3.38	4.44	-0.08	0.00	98.2	4.44	2	0.2	1.2	-0.0	0.4	4	.518	.502	$
BAL (1 yr)				5.0	9	0	6	10.80	5.06	-0.36	0.00	97.9	5.30	-3	-0.3	2.0	-0.2	-0.4	-3	.466	.498	$

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
1949	26	BRO	NL	10	143	122	25	39	8	0	5	0	2	15	15	.320	.403	.508	.911	.333	62	3	2	4	0		2

1951	28	PHA	AL	35	524	536	70	139	15	4	13	1	2	63	35	.259	.343	.375	.718	.258	201	15	5	5	0		11
1952	29	PHA	AL	5	123	106	19	32	11	3	1	1	2	15	13	.302	.398	.491	.889	.337	52	2	2	0	0		2
1953	30	PHA	AL	58	647	603	85	158	35	3	12	1	7	59	64	.262	.336	.390	.726	.277	235	13	8	10	0		9
1954	31	CHW	AL	35	279	248	18	52	9	3	5	1	3	24	31	.210	.281	.331	.612	.221	82	4	1	5	1		1
1954	31	PHA	AL	13	232	205	32	57	11	2	9	0	1	19	24	.278	.339	.483	.822	.273	99	4	2	2	4		2
1954	31	TOT	AL	48	511	453	50	109	20	5	14	1	4	43	55	.241	.308	.400	.707	.244	181	8	3	7	5		3
1955	32	CHW	AL	37	227	195	27	50	4	1	4	3	0	20	22	.256	.327	.349	.676	.267	68	4	2	5	3	2	5
1956	33	BAL	AL	9	29	25	6	10	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	.400	.464	.560	1.024	.429	14	0	1	1	0	0	1
1956	33	CHW	AL	10	83	72	10	21	3	0	1	0	0	7	9	.292	.350	.375	.725	.317	27	1	0	3	1	0	1
1956	33	TOT	AL	19	112	97	16	31	4	0	2	1	0	9	12	.320	.380	.423	.802	.345	41	1	1	4	1	0	2
1957	34	STL	NL	4	41	35	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	.143	.244	.171	.415	.172	6	1	1	0	1	0	0
1958	35	CLE	AL	14	81	69	7	20	3	0	0	0	0	8	5	.290	.359	.333	.692	.308	23	3	0	3	1	0	1
1958	35	STL	NL	17	104	90	13	19	2	0	3	0	0	12	16	.211	.317	.333	.651	.225	30	2	2	0	0	0	1
1958	35	TOT	MLB	31	185	159	20	39	5	0	3	0	0	20	21	.245	.335	.333	.668	.265	53	5	2	3	1	0	2
1959	36	CHC	NL	3	14	11	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.455	.538	1.000	1.538	.375	11	0	1	1	0	0	0
10 Yrs				250	2527	2317	320	607	103	16	56	8	17	249	245	.262	.339	.393	.732	.272	910	52	27	39	11	2	36
162 Game Avg.				58	588	540	75	141	24	4	13	2	4	58	57	.262	.339	.393	.732	.272	212	12	6	9	3		8
MLB Averages																.260	.333	.385	.718	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1949	26	BRO	NL	-8.6	-0.8	147	-0.7	2.0	-2.6	.94	-0.5	-0.2	-10.5	-1.0	0.94	-7.9	2	0	4

1951	28	PHA	AL	5.1	0.5	532	0.9	8.9	-8.0	.95	-0.2	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.95	0.1	5	6	9
1952	29	PHA	AL	-5.6	-0.5	127	-0.5	1.8	-2.3	.96	-0.7	0.1	-5.8	-0.5	0.96	-6.8	0	0	0
1953	30	PHA	AL	-1.8	-0.2	662	1.4	13.2	-11.9	1.15	-0.0	1.2	1.8	0.2	1.14	-0.2	13	8	23
1954	31	TOT	AL	6.4	0.7	522	-0.4	9.2	-9.5	1.03	0.2	-0.6	10.2	1.2	1.02	3.6	12	12	16
1954	31	PHA	AL	-6.8	-0.7	235	-0.9	4.2	-5.1	1.10	-0.9	0.1	-8.0	-0.8	1.10	-8.1	2	2	3
1954	31	CHW	AL	13.2	1.4	287	0.5	4.9	-4.4	.96	1.1	-0.6	18.2	1.9	0.96	11.7	10	10	13
1955	32	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	230	-0.1	3.9	-4.0	1.13	-0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	1.13	-1.4	15	8	14
1956	33	TOT	AL	-4.4	-0.4	114	-0.2	1.1	-1.4	.58	-0.3	-0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.59	-3.4	8	1	8
1956	33	CHW	AL	-0.9	-0.1	84	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.29	-0.0	0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.29	0.2	2	1	5
1956	33	BAL	AL	-3.5	-0.3	30	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.42	-0.3	0.0	-3.8	-0.4	1.42	-3.6	6	0	3
1957	34	STL	NL	2.0	0.2	41	0.2	0.5	-0.3	.65	0.3	-0.0	2.1	0.2	0.65	3.1	1	1	1
1958	35	TOT	MLB	1.5	0.2	188	0.4	3.0	-2.6	.93	0.3	0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.93	2.6	11	4	15
1958	35	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	106	-0.4	1.8	-2.2	1.07	0.2	-0.6	-3.3	-0.3	1.07	1.3	7	4	6
1958	35	CLE	AL	2.2	0.2	82	0.8	1.2	-0.4	.75	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.75	1.3	4	0	9
1959	36	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.3	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.71	-0.3	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.71	-4.2	1	0	2
10 Yrs				-8.5	-0.7	2577	0.7	43.7	-43.0	1.01	-1.1	1.8	-12.7	-1.0	1.01	-14.5	68	40	92

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
1949	26	BRO	NL	10	4	0	3	1	0	2	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	2	50%	47.5	56	37	11	3	1	2	1.8	0.8	5.4

1951	28	PHA	AL	35	13	6	4	3	1	1	7	6	.538	0	1	3	1	8	62%	45.6	77	23	13	3	3	8	6.7	6.7	6.4
1952	29	PHA	AL	5	5	0	2	3	0	1	2	3	.400	1	0	0	0	1	20%	40.4	58	21	4	3	2	3	4.5	4.7	5.1
1953	30	PHA	AL	58	11	2	7	2	0	1	3	8	.273	0	0	2	0	3	27%	40.5	76	17	5	0	8	1	4.1	3.0	4.9
1954	31	TOT	AL	48	8	3	3	2	0	2	4	4	.500	1	1	3	0	6	75%	57.3	76	20	18	4	2	4	2.9	3.1	7.0
1954	31	PHA	AL	13	6	1	3	2	0	2	2	4	.333	1	1	2	0	4	67%	51.0	69	20	3	2	0	4	2.2	2.2	6.4
1954	31	CHW	AL	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	2	100%	76.0	76	76	15	2	2	0	5.1	5.1	8.7

1957	34	STL	NL	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	1	100%	70.0	70	70	1	0	1	0	4.0	5.4	6.0
6 Yrs				160	42	11	19	12	1	7	17	25	.405	3	3	8	1	21	50%	47	77	17	52	13	17	18	4.4	4.1	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-9					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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1949	26	BRO	NL	10	6	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	5	3	60%	7	.935	2	0	4	1	1	4	2	4	3	2	4	1	4.5

1951	28	PHA	AL	35	22	9	5	0	1	0	1	0%	2	0	20	8	40%	8	.950	5	6	9	2	3	16	10	11	17	1	17	5	7.6

1953	30	PHA	AL	58	47	41	8	5	6	7	4	117%	8	2	31	10	32%	9	1.147	13	8	23	13	6	26	16	29	26	4	25	18	6.6
1954	31	TOT	AL	48	40	20	4	5	8	5	3	63%	12	4	27	4	15%		1.026	12	12	16	15	7	18	17	23	19	8	22	7	5.0
1954	31	PHA	AL	13	7	3	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	3	3	100%	8	1.099	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	6	5	1	5	1	6.1
1954	31	CHW	AL	35	33	17	3	4	7	5	2	71%	11	4	24	1	4%	8	.965	10	10	13	13	5	15	16	17	14	7	17	6	4.8
1955	32	CHW	AL	37	37	11	2	3	5	2	3	40%	8	0	51	15	29%	7	1.126	15	8	14	10	2	25	27	10	16	14	18	5	4.2
1956	33	TOT	AL	19	19	5	2	1	0	0	0		4	2	26	8	31%		.583	8	1	8	5	3	11	15	4	6	12	10	3	3.7
1956	33	CHW	AL	10	10	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	13	4	31%	6	.289	2	1	5	3	0	7	8	2	6	4	7	1	5.5
1956	33	BAL	AL	9	9	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	13	4	31%	7	1.425	6	0	3	2	3	4	7	2	0	8	3	2	1.7
1957	34	STL	NL	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		7	.651	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	1	2	1	4.7
1958	35	TOT	MLB	31	31	11	5	1	1	1	0	100%	7	4	22	9	41%		.930	11	4	15	9	4	18	10	21	12	6	17	7	4.2
1958	35	STL	NL	17	17	3	3	1	0	0	0		5	3	13	4	31%	6	1.073	7	4	6	7	2	8	7	10	6	5	10	3	4.4
1958	35	CLE	AL	14	14	8	2	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	5	56%	8	.747	4	0	9	2	2	10	3	11	6	1	7	4	4.0
1959	36	CHC	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	4	.710	1	0	2	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2.3
9 Yrs				245	208	101	27	15	21	15	11	71%	43	14	185	59	32%		1.010	68	40	92	56	27	122	99	106	102	49	116	48	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	26	BRO	NL	143	24%	3.5%	10.5%	10.5%	9.1%	33%	0.88	71%	33	3	9%

1951	28	PHA	AL	610	36%	2.5%	6.7%	12.0%	6.1%	23%	0.86	93%	131	15	11%
1952	29	PHA	AL	123	20%	0.8%	10.6%	12.2%	12.2%	47%	0.97	75%	23	2	9%
1953	30	PHA	AL	680	28%	1.9%	9.9%	9.1%	7.7%	32%	0.76	81%	146	13	9%
1954	31	TOT	AL	511	28%	2.7%	10.8%	8.4%	7.6%	36%	0.80	76%	95	8	8%
1954	31	PHA	AL	232	23%	3.9%	10.3%	8.2%	9.5%	39%	0.84	76%	45	4	9%
1954	31	CHW	AL	279	32%	1.8%	11.1%	8.6%	6.1%	33%	0.78	76%	50	4	8%
1955	32	CHW	AL	227	41%	1.8%	9.7%	8.8%	4.0%	18%	1.36	76%	53	4	8%
1956	33	TOT	AL	112	41%	1.8%	10.7%	8.0%	5.4%	19%	0.93	75%	30	1	3%
1956	33	CHW	AL	83	35%	1.2%	10.8%	8.4%	4.8%	19%	0.77	76%	16	1	6%
1956	33	BAL	AL	29	59%	3.5%	10.3%	6.9%	6.9%	20%	2.00	72%	14	0	0%
1957	34	STL	NL	41	32%	0.0%	17.1%	9.8%	2.4%	20%	1.08	71%	7	1	14%
1958	35	TOT	MLB	185	37%	1.6%	11.4%	10.8%	4.3%	21%	1.33	74%	45	5	11%
1958	35	STL	NL	104	43%	2.9%	15.4%	11.5%	4.8%	26%	1.48	68%	24	2	8%
1958	35	CLE	AL	81	30%	0.0%	6.2%	9.9%	3.7%	15%	1.17	80%	21	3	14%
1959	36	CHC	NL	14	50%	14.3%	7.1%	7.1%	14.3%	40%	0.50	57%	4	0	0%
10 Yrs				2646	32%	2.2%	9.7%	9.9%	6.9%	29%	0.89	80%	567	52	9%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.4%	10.3%	6.8%	27%	0.97	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
1949	26	BRO	NL	143	39			5	1	7	4	1	2	3	13	6	3	46%	2	1	1	54	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1951	28	PHA	AL	524	139			13	0	20	9	2	6	5	43	25	2	58%	11	3	2	219	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	86
1952	29	PHA	AL	123	32			1	0	5	1	0	0	1	10	9	0	90%	2	1	0	49	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1953	30	PHA	AL	647	158			12	0	18	9	1	8	2	37	27	2	73%	9	7	2	283	1	7	13%	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	33
1954	31	TOT	AL	511	109			14	0	11	12	2	9	5	32	13	5	41%	3	1	1	190	1	4	20%	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	9	0
1954	31	PHA	AL	232	57			9	0	6	8	1	5	4	19	9	3	47%	2	0	0	89	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1954	31	CHW	AL	279	52			5	0	5	4	1	4	1	13	4	2	31%	1	1	1	101	1	3	25%	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	0
1955	32	CHW	AL	227	50			4	0	11	4	0	3	1	18	7	2	39%	5	0	1	106	3	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
1956	33	TOT	AL	112	31			2	0	4	1	1	0	2	11	5	0	45%	2	1	0	63	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1956	33	CHW	AL	83	21			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	6	3	0	50%	1	1	0	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1956	33	BAL	AL	29	10			1	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	2	0	40%	1	0	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	34	STL	NL	41	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	35	TOT	MLB	185	39			3	0	8	2	1	0	3	13	9	1	69%	2	1	1	65	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1958	35	STL	NL	104	19			3	0	2	2	1	0	3	5	4	0	80%	1	0	1	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1958	35	CLE	AL	81	20			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	8	5	1	63%	1	1	0	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1959	36	CHC	NL	14	5			2	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				2527	607			56	1	85	44	8	30	22	179	103	15	58%	36	15	8	1049	8	17	32%	6	16	1	0	1	1	1	0	48	119
MLB Averages																		52%							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+
1949	26	1	3	.250	7.04	10	4	2	0	0	0	30.2	39	25	24	5	15		15	2	0	1	143	59	1.761	11.4	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00	59
1950	27	1	3	.250	7.04	10	4	2	0	0	0	30.2	39	25	24	5	15		15	2	0	1	143	59	1.761	11.4	1.5	4.4	4.4	1.00	59
1951	28	12	7	.632	4.38	45	17	11	3	1	0	168.2	178	95	82	18	78		50	7	1	4	752	97	1.518	9.5	1.0	4.2	2.7	0.64	97
1952	29	12	9	.571	4.64	50	22	11	3	1	0	194.0	210	114	100	19	93		63	9	1	5	875	91	1.562	9.7	0.9	4.3	2.9	0.68	91
1953	30	22	21	.512	4.55	108	33	52	5	1	7	350.1	368	199	177	31	152		127	17	1	12	1554	93	1.484	9.5	0.8	3.9	3.3	0.84	93
1954	31	29	29	.500	4.28	156	41	72	8	1	12	473.0	477	249	225	45	195		182	20	1	13	2066	97	1.421	9.1	0.9	3.7	3.5	0.93	97
1955	32	31	32	.492	4.22	193	41	83	8	1	14	525.0	527	276	246	49	215	2	204	22	1	13	2289	98	1.413	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.5	0.95	98
1956	33	33	33	.500	4.30	212	41	88	8	1	14	548.1	558	292	262	51	224	2	216	23	1	14	2398	96	1.426	9.2	0.8	3.7	3.5	0.96	96
1957	34	33	33	.500	4.27	216	42	89	8	1	14	559.0	563	295	265	51	228	2	223	24	1	14	2439	97	1.415	9.1	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.98	97
1958	35	38	34	.528	4.23	247	42	100	8	1	15	602.1	602	315	283	54	248	2	244	26	2	15	2623	97	1.411	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.98	97
1959	36	38	34	.528	4.29	250	42	101	8	1	15	604.2	607	320	288	56	249	2	245	27	2	15	2637	96	1.416	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.98	96

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
1949	26	1	2	.333	6.68	31.0	39	26	23	5	15	15	2	1.742	11.3	4.4	4.4	1.00	1.5	10

1951	28	8	7	.533	3.50	144.0	141	62	56	13	64	36	5	1.424	8.8	4.0	2.3	0.56	0.8	35
1952	29	1	1	.500	6.58	26.0	33	21	19	1	15	14	2	1.846	11.4	5.2	4.8	0.93	0.3	5
1953	30	8	9	.471	4.19	161.0	159	83	75	12	59	66	8	1.354	8.9	3.3	3.7	1.12	0.7	58
1954	31	7	6	.538	3.70	124.0	115	57	51	15	45	56	3	1.290	8.3	3.3	4.1	1.24	1.1	48
1955	32	3	2	.600	3.81	52.0	53	24	22	4	21	22	2	1.423	9.2	3.6	3.8	1.05	0.7	37
1956	33	1	1	.500	6.00	24.0	32	18	16	2	9	12	1	1.708	12.0	3.4	4.5	1.33	0.8	19
1957	34	1	0	1.000	3.60	10.0	6	4	4	0	5	7	1	1.100	5.4	4.5	6.3	1.40	0.0	4
1958	35	2	2	.500	3.98	43.0	41	21	19	3	21	21	2	1.442	8.6	4.4	4.4	1.00	0.6	31
1959	36	0	0		15.00	3.0	5	6	5	2	1	1	1	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	6.0	3
10 Yrs		32	30	.516	4.22	618.0	624	322	290	57	255	250	27	1.422	9.1		3.6	0.98	0.8	250

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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