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Windy McCall

John William McCall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 18, 1925 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Balboa HS (San Francisco, CA)
School: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Signed
by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1948
Teams (by GP): Giants/RedSox/Pirates 1948-1957

Final Game: May 5, 1957
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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
1948 22 BOS AL 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 27 5.250 40.5 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.00
1949 23 BOS AL 0 0 11.57 5 0 1 0 0 0 9.1 13 12 12 2 10 8 0 0 2 49 39 2.464 12.5 1.9 9.6 7.7 0.80
1950 24 PIT NL 0 0 9.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 7 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 35 48 2.400 16.2 2.7 5.4 6.8 1.25
1954 28 NYG NL 2 5 .286 3.25 33 4 9 0 0 2 61.0 50 26 22 5 29 38 3 0 1 264 126 1.295 7.4 0.7 4.3 5.6 1.31
1955 29 NYG NL 6 5 .545 3.69 42 6 9 4 0 3 95.0 86 45 39 8 37 6 50 6 0 2 400 111 1.295 8.1 0.8 3.5 4.7 1.35
1956 30 NYG NL 3 4 .429 3.61 46 4 20 0 0 7 77.1 74 36 31 7 20 5 41 1 0 1 321 105 1.216 8.6 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.05
1957 31 NYG NL 0 0 15.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 19 30 3.333 24.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
7 Yrs 11 15 .423 4.22 134 15 41 4 0 12 253.2 249 134 119 26 103 11 144 11 0 6 1099 96 1.388 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.40
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .423 4.22 61 7 19 2 0 5 116 114 61 54 12 47 66 5 0 3 502 96 1.388 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.40
NYG (4 yrs) 11 14 .440 3.69 126 14 40 4 0 12 236.1 218 112 97 21 88 11 131 11 0 4 1004 108 1.295 8.3 0.8 3.4 5.0 1.49
BOS (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 12.66 6 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 3 11 8 0 0 2 60 37 2.813 16.0 2.5 9.3 6.8 0.73
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 7 7 2 4 5 0 0 0 35 48 2.400 16.2 2.7 5.4 6.8 1.25
NL (5 yrs) 11 14 .440 3.85 128 14 40 4 0 12 243.0 230 119 104 23 92 11 136 11 0 4 1039 104 1.325 8.5 0.9 3.4 5.0 1.48
AL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 12.66 6 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 3 11 8 0 0 2 60 37 2.813 16.0 2.5 9.3 6.8 0.73

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
1948 22 BOS AL 1.1 1 1 3 20.25 5.77 0.36 0.00 90.0 4.87 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .312 .499 $
1949 23 BOS AL 9.1 5 0 12 11.57 4.77 0.14 0.00 103.4 4.79 -7 -0.6 .6 0.1 -0.5 -6 .375 .496 $
1950 24 PIT NL 6.2 2 0 7 9.45 4.40 -0.09 0.00 105.0 4.72 -3 -0.3 .9 0.0 -0.2 -3 .349 .498 $
1954 28 NYG NL 61.0 33 4 26 3.84 4.61 0.31 0.00 99.2 4.27 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.8 10 .510 .502 $
1955 29 NYG NL 95.0 42 6 45 4.26 4.51 0.06 0.00 99.9 4.44 4 0.4 1.3 -0.0 1.2 12 .509 .502 $
1956 30 NYG NL 77.1 46 4 36 4.19 4.39 0.20 0.00 99.8 4.19 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.8 8 .504 .501 $
1957 31 NYG NL 3.0 5 0 5 15.00 4.35 -0.12 0.00 100.4 4.49 -3 -0.3 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .430 .498 $
7 Seasons 253.2 134 15 134 4.75 4.51 0.16 0.00 99.9 4.35 -8 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 1.6 16 .496 .499 $
NYG (4 yrs) 236.1 126 14 112 4.27 4.49 0.17 0.00 99.7 4.31 5 0.5 1.3 -0.2 2.5 27 .504 .501 $
BOS (2 yrs) 10.2 6 1 15 12.66 4.90 0.17 0.00 101.7 4.80 -9 -0.8 .6 0.1 -0.7 -8 .364 .497 $
PIT (1 yr) 6.2 2 0 7 9.45 4.40 -0.09 0.00 105.0 4.72 -3 -0.3 .9 0.0 -0.2 -3 .349 .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 23 BOS AL 5 44 38 12 13 0 0 2 0 0 10 8 .342 .479 .500 .979 .393 19 1 0 0 0 0
1950 24 PIT NL 2 29 31 7 12 2 0 2 1 0 4 5 .387 .457 .645 1.102 .417 20 0 0 0 0 0
1954 28 NYG NL 33 255 226 26 50 5 3 5 1 2 29 38 .221 .315 .336 .652 .243 76 1 3 5 2 6
1955 29 NYG NL 42 341 353 45 86 13 4 8 3 0 37 50 .244 .325 .371 .696 .264 131 10 6 3 1 6 3
1956 30 NYG NL 46 252 297 36 74 3 4 7 0 1 20 41 .249 .298 .357 .655 .268 106 1 1 5 1 5 4
1957 31 NYG NL 5 15 15 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .533 .579 .800 1.379 .538 12 0 1 0 1 0 0
6 Yrs 133 936 960 131 243 24 11 25 5 3 102 144 .253 .330 .379 .709 .274 364 13 11 13 5 11 13
162 Game Avg. 62 433 444 61 112 11 5 12 2 1 47 67 .253 .330 .379 .709 .274 168 6 5 6 2 6
MLB Averages .260 .335 .381 .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
1949 23 BOS AL -6.4 -0.6 45 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .86 -0.1 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.86 -1.3 0 1 3
1950 24 PIT NL -3.0 -0.3 32 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .45 -0.5 0.2 -4.5 -0.4 0.45 -4.5 0 1 0
1954 28 NYG NL 5.2 0.5 259 -0.1 4.1 -4.2 .97 0.2 -0.3 5.3 0.5 0.97 3.3 4 8 14
1955 29 NYG NL 3.8 0.4 353 1.0 7.2 -6.2 1.14 0.1 0.8 -0.5 -0.1 1.14 0.8 9 8 12
1956 30 NYG NL 1.3 0.1 256 1.1 4.8 -3.7 1.03 0.6 0.4 7.0 0.7 1.04 6.7 13 6 16
1957 31 NYG NL -3.2 -0.3 16 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .70 -0.4 0.0 -5.5 -0.5 0.70 -4.0 1 1 2
7 Yrs -4.2 -0.3 961 1.3 17.0 -15.6 1.02 -0.1 1.4 -0.2 0.1 1.02 1.0 27 25 47

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
1948 22 BOS AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 0 1 4.0 1.3
1954 28 NYG NL 33 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0% 42.8 55 35 19 9 0 3 3.6 3.5 2.8
1955 29 NYG NL 42 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 .667 0 1 4 0 3 50% 54.5 73 37 18 5 3 2 4.6 4.1 7.0
1956 30 NYG NL 46 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 1 1 0 0 1 25% 34.8 54 19 11 3 2 1 3.1 3.6 4.6
4 Yrs 122 15 3 8 4 0 0 5 10 .333 2 2 4 0 4 27% 44 73 19 48 17 5 7 3.8 3.8 4.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.5 4.5 6.6

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
1949 23 BOS AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .855 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 3 0 5.6
1950 24 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% .448 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 10.0
1954 28 NYG NL 33 29 9 2 3 1 2 0 200% 2 1 21 3 14% 6 .967 4 8 14 4 1 21 10 16 15 8 16 7 5.2
1955 29 NYG NL 42 36 9 3 3 3 3 0 100% 3 0 21 5 24% 9 1.141 9 8 12 4 7 19 11 19 18 15 18 9 4.4
1956 30 NYG NL 46 42 20 3 1 5 7 0 140% 7 1 41 9 22% 9 1.031 13 6 16 7 6 23 23 13 21 15 16 10 4.2
1957 31 NYG NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% .702 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 4 0 0 1.8
6 Yrs 133 119 41 8 7 9 12 0 133% 12 2 90 24 27% 1.022 27 25 47 15 14 72 48 53 58 43 54 26 4.6

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%
1948 22 BOS AL 11 9.1% 0.0% 9.1% 82%
1949 23 BOS AL 48 34% 4.6% 18.2% 22.7% 4.6% 15% 0.36 64% 12 1 8%
1950 24 PIT NL 35 59% 6.9% 17.2% 13.8% 13.8% 33% 0.38 83% 6 0 0%
1954 28 NYG NL 265 35% 2.0% 14.9% 11.4% 5.1% 26% 0.46 73% 52 1 2%
1955 29 NYG NL 400 38% 2.4% 14.7% 10.9% 7.3% 29% 0.87 87% 58 10 17%
1956 30 NYG NL 324 39% 2.8% 16.3% 7.9% 5.6% 19% 0.63 99% 42 1 2%
1957 31 NYG NL 19 60% 6.7% 13.3% 13.3% 13.3% 25% 0.50 87% 8 0 0%
7 Yrs 1102 38% 2.8% 15.2% 10.9% 6.3% 24% 0.64 85% 178 13 7%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.5% 11.2% 6.9% 26% 0.96 89% 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
1948 22 BOS AL 6 1 0
1949 23 BOS AL 44 13 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 0 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1950 24 PIT NL 29 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
1954 28 NYG NL 255 50 5 0 10 3 2 4 1 17 5 2 29% 6 1 0 88 1 2 33% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 10
1955 29 NYG NL 341 86 8 0 8 3 4 2 5 13 5 0 38% 3 2 1 125 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 59
1956 30 NYG NL 252 74 7 0 12 4 1 2 3 16 7 2 44% 4 1 0 88 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 72
1957 31 NYG NL 15 8 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
7 Yrs 936 249 26 0 35 12 10 10 12 53 22 4 42% 13 6 2 344 5 3 63% 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 155
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+
1948 22 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 27 5.250 40.5 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.00 27
1949 23 0 1 .000 12.66 6 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 19 15 15 3 11 8 0 0 2 60 37 2.813 16.0 2.5 9.3 6.8 0.73 37
1950 24 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 40 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 40
1951 25 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 40 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 40
1952 26 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 40 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 40
1953 27 0 1 .000 11.42 8 1 1 0 0 0 17.1 31 22 22 5 15 13 0 0 2 95 40 2.654 16.1 2.6 7.8 6.8 0.87 40
1954 28 2 6 .250 5.06 41 5 10 0 0 2 78.1 81 48 44 10 44 51 3 0 3 359 83 1.596 9.3 1.1 5.1 5.9 1.16 83
1955 29 8 11 .421 4.31 83 11 19 4 0 5 173.1 167 93 83 18 81 6 101 9 0 5 759 96 1.431 8.7 0.9 4.2 5.2 1.25 96
1956 30 11 15 .423 4.09 129 15 39 4 0 12 250.2 241 129 114 25 101 11 142 10 0 6 1080 99 1.364 8.7 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.41 99
1957 31 11 15 .423 4.22 134 15 41 4 0 12 253.2 249 134 119 26 103 11 144 11 0 6 1099 96 1.388 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.1 1.40 96

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
1948 22 0 0 27.00 1.0 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 7.000 54.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 9.0 1
1949 23 0 1 .000 11.00 9.0 13 12 11 2 10 8 0 2.556 13.0 10.0 8.0 0.80 2.0 5
1950 24 0 0 7.71 7.0 12 7 6 2 4 5 0 2.286 15.4 5.1 6.4 1.25 2.6 2
1954 28 4 3 .571 3.09 64.0 52 24 22 5 30 40 3 1.281 7.3 4.2 5.6 1.33 0.7 33
1955 29 5 5 .500 3.66 96.0 88 43 39 8 38 51 6 1.313 8.3 3.6 4.8 1.34 0.8 42
1956 30 4 4 .500 3.81 78.0 78 37 33 7 21 42 1 1.269 9.0 2.4 4.8 2.00 0.8 46
1957 31 0 0 15.00 3.0 8 6 5 1 2 2 1 3.333 24.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 5
7 Yrs 13 13 .500 4.15 258.0 257 132 119 26 106 148 11 1.407 9.0 5.2 1.40 0.9 134

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL  46 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1956 NL  20 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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