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Walt Masterson

Walter Edward Masterson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: June 22, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: North Catholic HS (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1939
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Tigers 1939-1956

Final Game: September 24, 1956
Died: April 5, 2008 in Durham, NC
Cremated
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All-Star

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
1939 19 WSH AL 2 2 .500 5.55 24 5 14 1 0 0 58.1 66 44 36 2 48 12 2 0 2 287 78 1.954 10.2 0.3 7.4 1.9 0.25
1940 20 WSH AL 3 13 .188 4.90 31 19 9 3 0 2 130.1 128 92 71 6 88 68 3 0 5 601 85 1.657 8.8 0.4 6.1 4.7 0.77
1941 21 WSH AL 4 3 .571 5.97 34 6 13 1 0 3 78.1 101 56 52 3 53 40 1 0 4 376 68 1.966 11.6 0.3 6.1 4.6 0.75
1942 22 WSH AL 5 9 .357 3.34 25 15 7 8 4 2 142.2 138 75 53 6 54 63 2 0 3 618 110 1.346 8.7 0.4 3.4 4.0 1.17
1945 25 WSH AL 1 2 .333 1.08 4 2 1 1 1 0 25.0 21 8 3 1 10 14 0 0 0 104 292 1.240 7.6 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.40
1946 26 WSH AL 5 6 .455 6.01 29 9 11 2 0 1 91.1 105 70 61 8 67 61 3 0 2 435 56 1.883 10.3 0.8 6.6 6.0 0.91
1947 27 WSH AL 12 16 .429 3.13 35 31 4 14 4 1 253.0 215 98 88 11 97 135 2 0 3 1035 119 1.233 7.6 0.4 3.5 4.8 1.39 AS
1948 28 WSH AL 8 15 .348 3.83 33 27 4 9 2 2 188.0 171 88 80 12 122 72 4 0 3 829 113 1.559 8.2 0.6 5.8 3.4 0.59 AS
1949 29 TOT AL 6 6 .500 3.75 28 12 8 4 0 4 108.0 100 52 45 6 56 36 3 0 1 463 116 1.444 8.3 0.5 4.7 3.0 0.64
1949 29 WSH AL 3 2 .600 3.23 10 7 1 3 0 0 53.0 42 22 19 4 21 17 3 0 1 219 132 1.189 7.1 0.7 3.6 2.9 0.81
1949 29 BOS AL 3 4 .429 4.25 18 5 7 1 0 4 55.0 58 30 26 2 35 19 0 0 0 244 103 1.691 9.5 0.3 5.7 3.1 0.54
1950 30 BOS AL 8 6 .571 5.64 33 15 7 6 0 1 129.1 145 91 81 15 82 60 1 0 7 596 88 1.755 10.1 1.0 5.7 4.2 0.73
1951 31 BOS AL 3 0 1.000 3.34 30 1 10 0 0 2 59.1 53 24 22 1 32 39 0 0 0 266 134 1.433 8.0 0.2 4.9 5.9 1.22
1952 32 TOT AL 10 9 .526 4.13 29 22 2 11 0 2 170.0 171 83 78 12 83 92 3 0 2 743 87 1.494 9.1 0.6 4.4 4.9 1.11
1952 32 BOS AL 1 1 .500 11.57 5 1 0 0 0 0 9.1 18 12 12 1 11 3 0 0 0 57 35 3.107 17.4 1.0 10.6 2.9 0.27
1952 32 WSH AL 9 8 .529 3.70 24 21 2 11 0 2 160.2 153 71 66 11 72 89 3 0 2 686 97 1.400 8.6 0.6 4.0 5.0 1.24
1953 33 WSH AL 10 12 .455 3.63 29 20 7 10 4 0 166.1 145 79 67 16 62 95 3 1 1 697 107 1.244 7.8 0.9 3.4 5.1 1.53
1956 36 DET AL 1 1 .500 4.17 35 0 18 0 0 0 49.2 54 28 23 2 32 1 28 1 0 0 231 101 1.732 9.8 0.4 5.8 5.1 0.88
14 Yrs 78 100 .438 4.15 399 184 115 70 15 20 1649.2 1613 888 760 101 886 1 815 28 1 33 7281 97 1.515 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .438 4.15 47 21 13 8 2 2 192 188 104 89 12 103 95 3 0 4 849 97 1.515 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92
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
WSH (11 yrs) 62 88 .413 3.98 278 162 73 63 15 13 1347.0 1285 703 596 80 694 666 26 1 26 5887 97 1.469 8.6 0.5 4.6 4.4 0.96
BOS (4 yrs) 15 11 .577 5.02 86 22 24 7 0 7 253.0 274 157 141 19 160 121 1 0 7 1163 93 1.715 9.7 0.7 5.7 4.3 0.76
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.17 35 0 18 0 0 0 49.2 54 28 23 2 32 1 28 1 0 0 231 101 1.732 9.8 0.4 5.8 5.1 0.88

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
1939 19 WSH AL 58.1 24 5 44 6.79 5.31 0.09 0.00 92.2 4.81 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .451 .493 $
1940 20 WSH AL 130.1 31 19 92 6.35 5.11 -0.23 0.00 97.2 5.20 -18 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -4 .447 .490 $
1941 21 WSH AL 78.1 34 6 56 6.43 4.98 -0.24 0.00 95.8 4.99 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .463 .492 $
1942 22 WSH AL 142.2 25 15 75 4.73 4.25 -0.67 0.00 99.5 4.90 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .507 .501 $
1945 25 WSH AL 24.2 4 2 8 2.92 3.95 -0.01 0.00 92.4 3.65 2 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .563 .502 $
1946 26 WSH AL 91.1 29 9 70 6.90 4.06 -0.28 0.00 96.3 4.18 -28 -2.8 1.0 -0.1 -2.2 -20 .403 .483 $
1947 27 WSH AL 253.0 35 31 98 3.49 4.36 -0.24 0.00 98.6 4.54 31 3.6 1.0 -0.1 5.2 50 .603 .522 $ AS
1948 28 WSH AL 188.0 33 27 88 4.21 4.78 -0.24 0.00 100.7 5.05 17 1.8 1.1 -0.1 3.0 34 .554 .511 $ AS
1949 29 WSH AL 53.0 10 7 22 3.74 4.74 -0.32 0.00 101.5 5.13 8 0.9 1.0 -0.0 1.2 13 .588 .505 $
1949 29 BOS AL 55.0 18 5 30 4.91 4.51 0.16 0.00 104.8 4.57 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 0.1 3 .489 .499 $
1950 30 BOS AL 129.1 33 15 91 6.33 5.10 -0.06 0.00 106.6 5.50 -13 -1.2 1.5 -0.2 -0.3 1 .465 .493 $
1951 31 BOS AL 59.1 30 1 24 3.64 4.60 0.01 0.00 106.1 4.87 8 0.8 1.1 -0.1 1.2 14 .527 .505 $
1952 32 BOS AL 9.1 5 1 12 11.57 3.96 0.11 0.00 110.5 4.25 -8 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.6 -7 .354 .496 $
1952 32 WSH AL 160.2 24 21 71 3.98 4.33 -0.16 0.00 97.9 4.39 7 0.8 .3 -0.1 1.8 21 .532 .505 $
1953 33 WSH AL 166.1 29 20 79 4.27 4.54 0.30 0.00 96.7 4.10 -4 -0.4 1.9 -0.1 0.8 12 .487 .498 $
1956 36 DET AL 49.2 35 0 28 5.07 4.68 -0.06 0.00 102.6 4.87 -1 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 4 .496 .499 $
14 Seasons 1649.1 399 184 888 4.85 4.61 -0.16 0.00 99.4 4.74 -25 -1.2 1.1 -1.2 9.4 124 .497 .500 $
WSH (11 yrs) 1346.2 278 162 703 4.70 4.56 -0.19 0.00 97.9 4.66 -8 0.2 1.1 -0.8 8.9 109 .501 .500 $
BOS (4 yrs) 253.0 86 22 157 5.58 4.81 0.01 0.00 106.3 5.10 -15 -1.3 1.3 -0.3 0.4 11 .485 .498 $
DET (1 yr) 49.2 35 0 28 5.07 4.68 -0.06 0.00 102.6 4.87 -1 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 4 .496 .499 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1947 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1948 WSH AL 28 1 0 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2 Yrs (2 GP) 1 0 0 3.86 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 21 1.500 9.6 1.9 3.9 5.8 1.50

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 28 WSH AL 33 617 694 88 171 21 4 12 4 7 122 72 .246 .362 .340 .702 .261 236 19 4 9 0 9
1949 29 TOT AL 28 447 399 52 100 18 4 6 0 2 56 36 .251 .347 .361 .708 .263 144 15 3 5 0 7
1949 29 BOS AL 18 228 205 30 58 10 1 2 0 0 35 19 .283 .388 .371 .758 .304 76 11 0 4 0 3
1949 29 WSH AL 10 219 194 22 42 8 3 4 0 2 21 17 .216 .303 .351 .653 .220 68 4 3 1 0 4
1950 30 BOS AL 33 517 506 91 145 24 6 15 2 4 82 60 .287 .387 .447 .834 .302 226 14 1 7 0 8
1951 31 BOS AL 30 258 223 24 53 9 3 1 1 4 32 39 .238 .333 .318 .652 .284 71 3 0 2 0 5
1952 32 TOT AL 29 742 650 83 171 24 4 12 9 6 83 92 .263 .349 .368 .717 .291 239 17 3 7 0 7
1952 32 BOS AL 5 57 45 12 18 5 0 1 2 0 11 3 .400 .518 .578 1.096 .415 26 1 0 1 0 1
1952 32 WSH AL 24 685 605 71 153 19 4 11 7 6 72 89 .253 .335 .352 .687 .281 213 16 3 6 0 6
1953 33 WSH AL 29 697 625 79 145 20 4 16 3 3 62 95 .232 .304 .354 .658 .251 221 16 3 7 0 16
1956 36 DET AL 35 228 187 28 54 8 0 2 2 1 32 28 .289 .390 .364 .754 .325 68 4 1 5 3 1 1
7 Yrs 217 3506 3284 445 839 124 25 64 21 27 469 422 .255 .351 .367 .718 .277 1205 88 15 42 3 1 53
162 Game Avg. 47 759 711 96 182 27 5 14 5 6 102 91 .255 .351 .367 .718 .277 261 19 3 9 1 11
MLB Averages .261 .333 .352 .686 .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 28 WSH AL 11.0 1.1 631 -0.4 12.7 -13.1 1.24 0.1 -0.4 -3.3 -0.3 1.24 -0.8 1 1 1
1949 29 TOT AL 6.4 0.6 453 0.6 8.4 -7.8 1.03 1.1 -0.5 7.8 0.8 1.02 14.4 5 5 5
1949 29 WSH AL 5.9 0.6 222 0.8 4.5 -3.7 1.08 1.0 -0.3 7.4 0.7 1.08 11.4 1 0 2
1949 29 BOS AL 0.6 0.1 231 -0.2 3.9 -4.1 .97 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.97 3.1 4 5 3
1950 30 BOS AL -9.1 -0.8 539 -1.6 9.0 -10.6 1.00 -1.3 -0.4 -12.9 -1.1 0.99 -12.9 5 4 7
1951 31 BOS AL 7.5 0.8 264 0.4 3.1 -2.7 .67 0.3 0.2 6.9 0.7 0.67 6.0 6 4 19
1952 32 TOT AL -7.0 -0.7 766 -0.6 14.3 -15.0 1.11 -0.4 -0.1 -4.0 -0.3 1.11 -5.5 0 2 5
1952 32 BOS AL -6.6 -0.6 59 -0.3 1.1 -1.5 1.27 -0.7 0.4 -7.9 -0.7 1.27 -7.3 0 2 2
1952 32 WSH AL -0.4 -0.0 707 -0.3 13.2 -13.5 1.09 0.2 -0.5 3.9 0.4 1.10 1.8 0 0 3
1953 33 WSH AL 3.9 0.4 710 1.3 13.8 -12.4 1.08 0.9 0.3 5.3 0.5 1.08 10.8 2 2 5
1956 36 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 233 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 .55 -0.1 -0.5 -0.7 -0.1 0.55 0.2 6 6 21
14 Yrs -35.7 -3.0 3596 -0.6 63.3 -64.0 1.03 0.7 -1.3 -1.0 0.1 1.03 12.2 25 24 63

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
1939 19 WSH AL 24 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 1 0 2 40% 41.0 68 25 2 3 6.3 5.9
1940 20 WSH AL 31 19 2 12 5 0 3 3 16 .158 0 0 3 0 7 37% 42.3 77 6 8 8 3.7 5.9
1941 21 WSH AL 34 6 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 .333 0 0 1 0 1 17% 39.8 50 30 0 5 5.8 5.8
1942 22 WSH AL 25 15 5 7 3 1 2 6 9 .400 0 0 8 4 7 47% 54.9 84 23 5 7 4.3 8.0
1945 25 WSH AL 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 50% 57.5 84 31 0 1 9.0 7.3
1946 26 WSH AL 29 9 1 4 4 1 1 3 6 .333 0 0 2 0 2 22% 42.7 62 22 3 4 5.3 4.4
1947 27 WSH AL 35 31 12 16 3 0 9 13 18 .419 0 0 14 4 23 74% 57.4 111 12 13 8 2.8 7.9
1948 28 WSH AL 33 27 8 15 4 0 4 11 16 .407 1 1 9 2 14 52% 49.2 87 22 26 8 8 10 3.4 3.1 6.3
1949 29 TOT AL 28 12 4 4 4 0 2 6 6 .500 1 1 4 0 8 67% 52.8 67 27 11 5 5 3 5.7 5.5 6.6
1949 29 WSH AL 10 7 2 2 3 0 2 3 4 .429 1 1 3 0 6 86% 56.9 67 29 6 3 2 1 4.2 3.2 7.0
1949 29 BOS AL 18 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 1 0 2 40% 47.0 63 27 5 2 3 2 7.9 9.7 6.0
1950 30 BOS AL 33 15 6 3 6 0 1 11 4 .733 0 5 6 0 8 53% 45.8 66 17 14 5 3 7 6.5 4.4 6.6
1951 31 BOS AL 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 19 6 1 0 5.0 0.0 2.0
1952 32 TOT AL 29 22 9 9 4 1 3 12 10 .545 2 2 11 0 12 55% 51.7 76 25 14 7 6 5 3.8 4.0 7.4
1952 32 BOS AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.0 25 25 9 3 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.7
1952 32 WSH AL 24 21 9 8 4 1 3 12 9 .571 2 2 11 0 12 57% 53.0 76 26 5 4 6 4 4.0 4.1 7.5
1953 33 WSH AL 29 20 9 10 1 1 3 9 11 .450 1 0 10 4 11 55% 58.1 89 29 7 4 3 11 3.5 3.7 7.5
13 Yrs 364 184 60 85 39 6 29 81 103 .440 5 10 70 15 96 52% 51 111 6 91 35 57 72 4.2 4.0 6.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -20 4.4 4.5 6.7
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

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
1939 19 WSH AL 24 19 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 4.6
1940 20 WSH AL 31 12 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 3 1 4.3
1941 21 WSH AL 34 28 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 10 2 4.7
1942 22 WSH AL 25 10 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 2 1 6.9
1945 25 WSH AL 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15.0
1946 26 WSH AL 29 20 11 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 2 2 7.7
1947 27 WSH AL 35 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 7.0
1948 28 WSH AL 33 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 200% 1 0 2 2 100% 1.243 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 5 1 2 0 8.3
1949 29 TOT AL 28 16 8 2 2 3 4 0 133% 3 0 15 7 47% 1.027 5 5 5 5 2 8 9 6 9 5 8 2 5.5
1949 29 WSH AL 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 1.082 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.3
1949 29 BOS AL 18 13 7 1 2 3 4 0 133% 3 0 12 5 42% 8 .974 4 5 3 4 2 6 7 5 7 4 6 2 5.8
1950 30 BOS AL 33 18 7 2 3 3 1 2 33% 5 1 16 5 31% 8 .998 5 4 7 5 2 9 8 8 11 3 10 1 5.2
1951 31 BOS AL 30 29 10 3 0 4 2 2 50% 5 1 25 12 48% 7 .669 6 4 19 6 2 21 13 16 22 3 22 3 5.9
1952 32 TOT AL 29 7 2 1 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 2 2 100% 1.106 0 2 5 3 1 3 1 6 2 3 2 0 3.4
1952 32 BOS AL 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.270 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 3.5
1952 32 WSH AL 24 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 2 100% 8 1.092 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3.3
1953 33 WSH AL 29 9 7 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 8 1.077 2 2 5 1 2 6 3 6 4 0 6 0 5.4
1956 36 DET AL 35 35 18 1 1 2 0 1 0% 3 1 23 13 57% 8 .551 6 6 21 5 2 28 10 25 15 6 15 9 4.3
14 Yrs 399 215 115 18 15 17 20 7 118% 21 3 89 43 48% 1.030 25 24 63 26 11 77 45 69 114 41 65 24 5.5
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

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%
1939 19 WSH AL 287 0.7% 4.2% 16.7% 0.7% 3% 74%
1940 20 WSH AL 601 1.0% 11.3% 14.6% 1.7% 8% 71%
1941 21 WSH AL 376 0.8% 10.6% 14.1% 1.1% 4% 72%
1942 22 WSH AL 618 1.0% 10.2% 8.7% 2.8% 12% 78%
1945 25 WSH AL 104 1.0% 13.5% 9.6% 1.0% 5% 74%
1946 26 WSH AL 435 1.8% 14.0% 15.4% 2.8% 11% 66%
1947 27 WSH AL 1035 1.1% 13.0% 9.4% 2.1% 10% 75%
1948 28 WSH AL 829 53% 1.9% 11.7% 19.8% 6.0% 22% 1.01 99% 154 19 12%
1949 29 TOT AL 463 55% 1.3% 8.1% 12.5% 6.3% 28% 1.08 80% 95 15 16%
1949 29 WSH AL 219 49% 1.8% 7.8% 9.6% 6.9% 36% 1.28 79% 36 4 11%
1949 29 BOS AL 244 61% 0.9% 8.3% 15.4% 5.7% 22% 0.91 81% 59 11 19%
1950 30 BOS AL 597 55% 2.9% 11.6% 15.9% 8.7% 31% 0.90 83% 105 14 13%
1951 31 BOS AL 258 66% 0.4% 15.1% 12.4% 5.0% 25% 0.79 71% 69 3 4%
1952 32 TOT AL 743 52% 1.6% 12.4% 11.2% 5.4% 23% 0.95 74% 165 17 10%
1952 32 BOS AL 57 46% 1.8% 5.3% 19.3% 10.5% 33% 0.92 72% 13 1 8%
1952 32 WSH AL 686 53% 1.6% 13.0% 10.5% 5.0% 22% 0.95 74% 152 16 11%
1953 33 WSH AL 697 57% 2.3% 13.6% 8.9% 5.7% 28% 0.87 74% 142 16 11%
1956 36 DET AL 228 65% 0.9% 12.3% 14.0% 4.4% 19% 0.95 70% 53 4 8%
14 Yrs 7271 56% 1.5% 11.7% 12.7% 4.0% 17% 0.94 76% 783 88 11%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.6% 10.1% 4.7% 19% 0.95 84% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1939 19 WSH AL 66 2 2
1940 20 WSH AL 128 6 5
1941 21 WSH AL 101 3 4
1942 22 WSH AL 138 6 3
1945 25 WSH AL 21 1 0
1946 26 WSH AL 105 8 2
1947 27 WSH AL 215 11 3
1948 28 WSH AL 617 171 12 0 28 4 4 3 5 46 24 7 52% 9 3 1 250 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 212
1949 29 TOT AL 447 100 6 0 20 1 4 2 3 28 9 3 32% 7 1 0 168 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
1949 29 WSH AL 219 42 4 0 6 0 3 0 3 11 2 2 18% 4 1 0 74 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1949 29 BOS AL 228 58 2 0 14 1 1 2 0 17 7 1 41% 3 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16
1950 30 BOS AL 517 145 15 0 15 10 5 10 5 25 14 1 56% 8 7 0 219 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 80
1951 31 BOS AL 258 53 1 0 15 0 1 1 0 23 10 5 43% 5 0 1 118 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1952 32 TOT AL 742 171 12 1 12 4 8 6 6 36 19 6 53% 7 2 2 302 9 6 60% 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1952 32 BOS AL 57 18 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 32 WSH AL 685 153 11 1 11 4 7 5 6 32 17 6 53% 6 2 2 273 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1953 33 WSH AL 697 145 16 0 12 7 9 6 10 30 17 5 57% 16 1 3 269 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1956 36 DET AL 228 54 2 0 23 1 1 0 2 29 15 3 52% 1 0 0 90 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Yrs 3506 1613 101 1 125 27 32 28 31 217 108 30 50% 53 33 7 1416 21 27 44% 18 25 3 1 0 1 4 0 28 309
MLB Averages 52% 55%
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

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+
1939 19 2 2 .500 5.55 24 5 14 1 0 0 58.1 66 44 36 2 48 12 2 0 2 287 78 1.954 10.2 0.3 7.4 1.9 0.25 78
1940 20 5 15 .250 5.10 55 24 23 4 0 2 188.2 194 136 107 8 136 80 5 0 7 888 83 1.749 9.3 0.4 6.5 3.8 0.59 83
1941 21 9 18 .333 5.36 89 30 36 5 0 5 267.0 295 192 159 11 189 120 6 0 11 1264 78 1.813 9.9 0.4 6.4 4.0 0.63 78
1942 22 14 27 .341 4.66 114 45 43 13 4 7 409.2 433 267 212 17 243 183 8 0 14 1882 86 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.0 0.75 86
1943 23 14 27 .341 4.66 114 45 43 13 4 7 409.2 433 267 212 17 243 183 8 0 14 1882 86 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.0 0.75 86
1944 24 14 27 .341 4.66 114 45 43 13 4 7 409.2 433 267 212 17 243 183 8 0 14 1882 86 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.0 0.75 86
1945 25 15 29 .341 4.45 118 47 44 14 5 7 434.2 454 275 215 18 253 197 8 0 14 1986 89 1.627 9.4 0.4 5.2 4.1 0.78 89
1946 26 20 35 .364 4.72 147 56 55 16 5 8 526.0 559 345 276 26 320 258 11 0 16 2421 81 1.671 9.6 0.4 5.5 4.4 0.81 81
1947 27 32 51 .386 4.21 182 87 59 30 9 9 779.0 774 443 364 37 417 393 13 0 19 3456 90 1.529 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.5 0.94 90
1948 28 40 66 .377 4.13 215 114 63 39 11 11 967.0 945 531 444 49 539 465 17 0 22 4285 94 1.535 8.8 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.86 94
1949 29 46 72 .390 4.09 243 126 71 43 11 15 1075.0 1045 583 489 55 595 501 20 0 23 4748 96 1.526 8.7 0.5 5.0 4.2 0.84 96
1950 30 54 78 .409 4.26 276 141 78 49 11 16 1204.1 1190 674 570 70 677 561 21 0 30 5344 95 1.550 8.9 0.5 5.1 4.2 0.83 95
1951 31 57 78 .422 4.22 306 142 88 49 11 18 1263.2 1243 698 592 71 709 600 21 0 30 5610 97 1.545 8.9 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.85 97
1952 32 67 87 .435 4.21 335 164 90 60 11 20 1433.2 1414 781 670 83 792 692 24 0 32 6353 96 1.539 8.9 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.87 96
1953 33 77 99 .438 4.15 364 184 97 70 15 20 1600.0 1559 860 737 99 854 787 27 1 33 7050 97 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97
1954 34 77 99 .438 4.15 364 184 97 70 15 20 1600.0 1559 860 737 99 854 787 27 1 33 7050 97 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97
1955 35 77 99 .438 4.15 364 184 97 70 15 20 1600.0 1559 860 737 99 854 787 27 1 33 7050 97 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97
1956 36 78 100 .438 4.15 399 184 115 70 15 20 1649.2 1613 888 760 101 886 1 815 28 1 33 7281 97 1.515 8.8 0.6 4.8 4.4 0.92 97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1939 19 2 4 .333 5.16 61.0 67 39 35 2 49 13 2 1.902 9.9 7.2 1.9 0.27 0.3 24
1940 20 6 9 .400 4.57 136.0 129 77 69 6 89 71 3 1.603 8.5 5.9 4.7 0.80 0.4 31
1941 21 2 6 .250 6.00 78.0 102 58 52 3 54 40 1 2.000 11.8 6.2 4.6 0.74 0.3 34
1942 22 9 7 .563 3.59 148.0 149 66 59 6 58 66 2 1.399 9.1 3.5 4.0 1.14 0.4 25
1945 25 2 0 1.000 1.50 24.0 25 4 4 1 12 14 0 1.542 9.4 4.5 5.3 1.17 0.4 4
1946 26 2 7 .222 7.64 86.0 118 81 73 9 75 58 3 2.244 12.3 7.8 6.1 0.77 0.9 29
1947 27 15 12 .556 3.59 246.0 231 109 98 12 104 131 2 1.362 8.5 3.8 4.8 1.26 0.4 35
1948 28 11 10 .524 3.67 189.0 172 86 77 12 123 72 4 1.561 8.2 5.9 3.4 0.59 0.6 33
1949 29 6 5 .545 3.58 108.0 101 48 43 6 57 36 3 1.463 8.4 4.8 3.0 0.63 0.5 28
1950 30 6 9 .400 4.57 136.0 136 77 69 14 77 63 1 1.566 9.0 5.1 4.2 0.82 0.9 33
1951 31 5 2 .714 2.91 65.0 53 23 21 1 32 43 0 1.308 7.3 4.4 6.0 1.34 0.1 30
1952 32 7 11 .389 4.77 166.0 185 98 88 13 90 90 3 1.657 10.0 4.9 4.9 1.00 0.7 29
1953 33 9 9 .500 3.78 169.0 153 79 71 17 65 97 3 1.290 8.1 3.5 5.2 1.49 0.9 29
1956 36 2 3 .400 4.06 51.0 55 26 23 2 33 29 1 1.725 9.7 5.8 5.1 0.88 0.4 35
14 Yrs 84 94 .472 4.23 1663.0 1676 871 782 104 918 823 28 1.560 9.1 4.5 0.90 0.6 399

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1947 *
1948 (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1947 AL  5.0 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1947 AL  5.2 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL  3.13 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 AL  1.233 (4th)
1953 AL  1.244 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  7.648 (5th)
1948 AL  8.186 (6th)
1953 AL  7.846 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  4.802 (7th)
1952 AL  4.871 (9th)
1953 AL  5.140 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1941 AL  3 (8th)
1949 AL  4 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 AL  253.0 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 AL  135 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1947 AL  31 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 AL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 AL  4 (2nd)
1947 AL  4 (2nd)
1948 AL  2 (9th)
1953 AL  4 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1940 AL  88 (9th)
1947 AL  97 (6th)
1948 AL  122 (4th)
Career  886 (167th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 AL  215 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  1.392 (8th)
1953 AL  1.532 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  0.391 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1940 AL  13 (10th)
1947 AL  16 (2nd)
1948 AL  15 (6th)
1953 AL  12 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  88 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 AL  7 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  3 (10th)
1948 AL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 AL  1,035 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 AL  119 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  17 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  1.8 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1920-06-22 (3rd)
1940 AL  born 1920-06-22 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bill Wight (940)
  2. Ed Crane (940)
  3. Sheriff Blake (938)
  4. Roger Craig (928)
  5. Steve Hargan (928)
  6. Ken Heintzelman (925)
  7. Ray Scarborough (923)
  8. Pete Falcone (923)
  9. Joe Haynes (922)
  10. Paul Foytack (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Andy Hansen (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Camilo Pascual (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lefty Weinert (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Howie Judson (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Whit Wyatt (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Freisleben (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Moe Drabowsky (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Moe Drabowsky (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Griffin (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lew Krausse (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Don Larsen (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Sheriff Blake (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bill Wight (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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