Ed Mayer

Edwin David Mayer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 30, 1931 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Lowell HS (San Francisco, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1957
Team: Cubs 1957-1958

Final Game: June 5, 1958
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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
1952	20	BOS-min	C	2	4	.333	3.53	10						51.0	45	24	20		16								1.196	7.9		2.8			SJO,YUM · CALL,SWIL
1953	21	BOS-min	C	17	8	.680	3.16	29	29					208.0	187	91	73	6	106								1.409	8.1	0.3	4.6			SJO · CALL
1954	22	BOS-min	B	17	8	.680	3.28	32	30					222.0	225	96	81	16	53								1.252	9.1	0.6	2.1			GBO · CARL
1955	23	BOS-min	A	11	7	.611	4.00	33	22					171.0	201	103	76	3	55								1.497	10.6	0.2	2.9			MTG · SALL
1956	24	STL-min	AAA	7	9	.438	2.80	32	12		4	1		90.0	95	38	28	3	25	0	50	2	1	3			1.333	9.5	0.3	2.5	5.0	2.00	OMA,ROC · AA,IL
1957	25	CHC-STL-min	AA,AAA	8	13	.381	4.04	35	26		9	3		165.0	197	91	74	5	48	2	66	4	0	5			1.485	10.7	0.3	2.6	3.6	1.38	FTW,OMA · TL,AA
1957	25	CHC	NL	0	0		5.87	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	8	5	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	34	69	1.304	9.4	2.3	2.3	3.5	1.50
1958	26	CHC-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.43	21	5		0	0		63.0	74	40	38	5	38		33	1	0	2			1.778	10.6	0.7	5.4	4.7	0.87	POR · PCL
1958	26	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	3.80	19	0	4	0	0	1	23.2	15	12	10	0	16	1	14	3	0	0	100	106	1.310	5.7	0.0	6.1	5.3	0.88
1959	27	DEN	AAA	0	4	.000	6.08	10	3		0	0		37.0	52	26	25	5	13	1	10	0	0	1			1.757	12.6	1.2	3.2	2.4	0.77	DEN · AA
2 Yrs				2	2	.500	4.31	22	1	5	0	0	1	31.1	23	17	15	2	18	1	17	4	0	1	134	94	1.309	6.6	0.6	5.2	4.9	0.94
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.500	4.31	65	3	15	0	0	3	93	68	50	44	6	53	3	50	12	0	3	396	94	1.309	6.6	0.6	5.2	4.9	0.94

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1957	25	CHC	NL	7.2	3	1	5	5.87	4.34	-0.20	102.4	4.64	-1	-0.1	.6	0.0	0.0	-0	.466	.499	$
1958	26	CHC	NL	23.2	19	0	12	4.56	4.56	0.03	101.2	4.59	0	0.0	1.9	-0.0	0.2	3	.500	.500	$
2 Seasons				31.1	22	1	17	4.88	4.51	-0.03	101.5	4.60	-1	-0.1	1.8	-0.0	0.2	2	.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
1957	25	CHC	NL	3	34	31	5	8	2	1	2	2	0	2	3	.258	.324	.581	.904	.231	18	0	1	0	0	0	0
1958	26	CHC	NL	19	100	79	12	15	5	0	0	0	1	16	14	.190	.343	.253	.597	.227	20	6	3	1	1	1	2
2 Yrs				22	134	110	17	23	7	1	2	2	1	18	17	.209	.338	.345	.684	.228	38	6	4	1	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				65	396	325	50	68	21	3	6	6	3	53	50	.209	.338	.345	.684	.228	112	18	12	3	3	3	6
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.392	.716	.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
1957	25	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	37	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.96	-0.2	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.97	-1.5	0	1	1
1958	26	CHC	NL	0.1	0.0	101	0.7	2.6	-1.9	1.33	0.2	0.3	3.1	0.3	1.33	2.3	10	4	5
2 Yrs				-1.2	-0.1	138	0.4	3.2	-2.8	1.23	0.1	0.3	2.1	0.2	1.23	0.8	10	5	6

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
1957	25	CHC	NL	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	0	0	0	1	7.9	6.8	5.0
1 Yr				3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	35	35	35	0	0	0	1	7.9	6.8	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	97	3					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	25	CHC	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	7	.965	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.0
1958	26	CHC	NL	19	19	4	2	2	1	1	100%	4	1	29	5	17%	7	1.330	10	4	5	5	5	9	14	5	8	11	9	3	3.7
2 Yrs				22	21	5	2	2	1	1	100%	4	1	32	6	19%		1.237	10	5	6	5	5	11	15	6	9	12	10	3	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	25	CHC	NL	34	24%	5.9%	8.8%	5.9%	14.7%	63%	1.00	76%	3	0	0%
1958	26	CHC	NL	100	50%	0.0%	14.0%	16.0%	5.0%	33%	1.07	66%	32	6	19%
2 Yrs				134	43%	1.5%	12.7%	13.4%	7.5%	44%	1.05	69%	35	6	17%
MLB Averages					53%	2.4%	13.0%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	0.99	76%			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
1957	25	CHC	NL	34	8			2	0	3	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	25%	0	1	0	15	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	26	CHC	NL	100	15			0	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	3	2	30%	2	0	0	42	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				134	23			2	0	13	2	0	2	0	14	4	2	29%	2	1	0	57	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		51%							57%

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+
1957	25	0	0		5.87	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	8	5	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	34	69	1.304	9.4	2.3	2.3	3.5	1.50	69
1958	26	2	2	.500	4.31	22	1	5	0	0	1	31.1	23	17	15	2	18	1	17	4	0	1	134	94	1.309	6.6	0.6	5.2	4.9	0.94	94

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
1957	25	0	0		5.63	8.0	8	6	5	2	2	3	1	1.250	9.0	2.3	3.4	1.50	2.3	3
1958	26	1	1	.500	3.75	24.0	15	11	10	0	16	14	3	1.292	5.6	6.0	5.3	0.88	0.0	19
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	4.22	32.0	23	17	15	2	18	17	4	1.281	6.5		4.8	0.94	0.6	22

* 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.

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