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Mickey McDermott

Maurice Joseph McDermott (Maury)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1929 in Poughkeepsie, NY
High School: St.Patrick's HS (Elizabeth, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Athletics/Yankees/Cardinals/... 1948-1961

Final Game: August 10, 1961
Died: August 7, 2003 in Phoenix, AZ
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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 19 BOS AL 0 0 6.17 7 0 5 0 0 0 23.1 16 18 16 2 35 17 1 1 3 114 72 2.186 6.2 0.8 13.5 6.6 0.49
1949 20 BOS AL 5 4 .556 4.05 12 12 0 6 2 0 80.0 63 37 36 5 52 50 3 0 2 349 108 1.438 7.1 0.6 5.9 5.6 0.96
1950 21 BOS AL 7 3 .700 5.19 38 15 16 4 0 5 130.0 119 80 75 8 124 96 2 4 4 609 95 1.869 8.2 0.6 8.6 6.6 0.77
1951 22 BOS AL 8 8 .500 3.35 34 19 10 9 1 3 172.0 141 72 64 9 92 127 5 0 2 729 133 1.355 7.4 0.5 4.8 6.6 1.38
1952 23 BOS AL 10 9 .526 3.72 30 21 4 7 2 0 162.0 139 70 67 14 92 117 3 0 2 693 106 1.426 7.7 0.8 5.1 6.5 1.27
1953 24 BOS AL 18 10 .643 3.01 32 30 1 8 4 0 206.1 169 82 69 9 109 92 2 1 5 876 138 1.347 7.4 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84
1954 25 WSH AL 7 15 .318 3.44 30 26 4 11 1 1 196.1 172 95 75 8 110 95 3 0 4 851 104 1.436 7.9 0.4 5.0 4.4 0.86
1955 26 WSH AL 10 10 .500 3.75 31 20 7 8 1 1 156.0 140 75 65 9 100 2 78 9 0 4 700 105 1.538 8.1 0.5 5.8 4.5 0.78
1956 27 NYY AL 2 6 .250 4.24 23 9 11 1 0 0 87.0 85 46 41 10 47 2 38 0 0 2 384 92 1.517 8.8 1.0 4.9 3.9 0.81
1957 28 KCA AL 1 4 .200 5.48 29 4 14 0 0 0 69.0 68 47 42 9 50 2 29 0 0 5 316 72 1.710 8.9 1.2 6.5 3.8 0.58
1958 29 DET AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 53 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1961 32 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 5.51 23 0 14 0 0 4 32.2 43 29 20 3 25 2 18 0 1 5 166 81 2.082 11.8 0.8 6.9 5.0 0.72
1961 32 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.67 19 0 13 0 0 4 27.0 29 17 11 3 15 2 15 0 0 2 125 121 1.630 9.7 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
1961 32 KCA AL 0 0 14.29 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 14 12 9 0 10 0 3 0 1 3 41 31 4.235 22.2 0.0 15.9 4.8 0.30
12 Yrs 69 69 .500 3.91 291 156 86 54 11 14 1316.2 1161 655 572 86 838 8 757 28 7 39 5801 106 1.518 7.9 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.90
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .500 3.91 44 24 13 8 2 2 200 177 100 87 13 127 115 4 1 6 882 106 1.518 7.9 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.90
BOS (6 yrs) 48 34 .585 3.80 153 97 36 34 9 8 773.2 647 359 327 47 504 499 16 6 18 3370 114 1.488 7.5 0.5 5.9 5.8 0.99
WSH (2 yrs) 17 25 .405 3.58 61 46 11 19 2 2 352.1 312 170 140 17 210 2 173 12 0 8 1551 104 1.482 8.0 0.4 5.4 4.4 0.82
KCA (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 6.15 33 4 15 0 0 0 74.2 82 59 51 9 60 2 32 0 1 8 357 65 1.902 9.9 1.1 7.2 3.9 0.53
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.67 19 0 13 0 0 4 27.0 29 17 11 3 15 2 15 0 0 2 125 121 1.630 9.7 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
NYY (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.24 23 9 11 1 0 0 87.0 85 46 41 10 47 2 38 0 0 2 384 92 1.517 8.8 1.0 4.9 3.9 0.81
DET (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 53 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
AL (12 yrs) 68 69 .496 3.91 272 156 73 54 11 10 1289.2 1132 638 561 83 823 6 742 28 7 37 5676 105 1.516 7.9 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.90
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.67 19 0 13 0 0 4 27.0 29 17 11 3 15 2 15 0 0 2 125 121 1.630 9.7 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.00

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
1948 19 BOS AL 23.1 7 0 18 6.94 5.12 0.13 0.00 98.4 4.91 -5 -0.5 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .429 .497 $
1949 20 BOS AL 80.0 12 12 37 4.16 4.78 0.14 0.00 102.7 4.76 5 0.6 -0.0 1.1 13 .547 .503 $
1950 21 BOS AL 130.0 38 15 80 5.54 4.82 -0.05 0.00 108.1 5.27 -5 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.4 9 .488 .497 $
1951 22 BOS AL 172.0 34 19 72 3.77 4.72 0.01 0.00 105.9 4.99 22 2.4 1.3 -0.1 3.6 39 .570 .515 $
1952 23 BOS AL 162.0 30 21 70 3.89 4.28 0.07 0.00 107.1 4.51 10 1.2 1.6 -0.1 2.3 25 .540 .507 $
1953 24 BOS AL 206.1 32 30 82 3.58 4.50 0.26 0.00 103.8 4.40 18 2.0 .4 -0.1 3.4 37 .563 .512 $
1954 25 WSH AL 196.1 30 26 95 4.35 4.36 -0.17 0.00 95.5 4.32 -1 -0.1 .5 -0.1 1.3 16 .498 .500 $
1955 26 WSH AL 156.0 31 20 75 4.33 4.46 -0.53 0.00 100.5 5.01 10 1.1 1.4 -0.1 2.2 26 .536 .507 $
1956 27 NYY AL 87.0 23 9 46 4.76 4.52 0.20 0.00 93.5 4.05 -7 -0.7 .6 -0.0 -0.1 1 .468 .495 $
1957 28 KCA AL 69.0 29 4 47 6.13 4.35 -0.04 0.00 103.5 4.54 -12 -1.2 .8 0.0 -0.7 -6 .457 .492 $
1958 29 DET AL 2.0 2 0 4 18.00 4.32 0.29 0.00 100.3 4.04 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.2 -3 .353 .498 $
1961 32 STL NL 27.0 19 0 17 5.67 4.77 0.30 -0.20 111.9 4.78 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 0 .486 .498 $
1961 32 KCA AL 5.2 4 0 12 19.06 4.55 -0.40 -0.19 97.4 4.64 -9 -0.8 .7 0.1 -0.6 -9 .309 .495 $
12 Seasons 1316.2 291 156 655 4.48 4.54 -0.01 -0.00 102.6 4.66 22 2.9 1.0 -0.4 12.4 146 .510 .501 $
BOS (6 yrs) 773.2 153 97 359 4.18 4.61 0.10 0.00 105.4 4.75 47 5.2 1.1 -0.3 10.6 120 .534 .505 $
WSH (2 yrs) 352.1 61 46 170 4.34 4.40 -0.33 0.00 97.7 4.62 10 1.0 1.1 -0.2 3.5 41 .517 .503 $
KCA (2 yrs) 74.2 33 4 59 7.11 4.37 -0.06 -0.01 103.1 4.55 -21 -2.0 .8 0.1 -1.3 -15 .439 .494 $
STL (1 yr) 27.0 19 0 17 5.67 4.77 0.30 -0.20 111.9 4.78 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 0 .486 .498 $
NYY (1 yr) 87.0 23 9 46 4.76 4.52 0.20 0.00 93.5 4.05 -7 -0.7 .6 -0.0 -0.1 1 .468 .495 $
DET (1 yr) 2.0 2 0 4 18.00 4.32 0.29 0.00 100.3 4.04 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.2 -3 .353 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1956 27 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 WS 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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 19 BOS AL 7 105 77 18 16 2 0 2 2 2 35 17 .208 .460 .312 .772 .241 24 2 1 1 0 1
1949 20 BOS AL 12 313 287 37 63 12 0 5 3 1 52 50 .220 .345 .314 .659 .250 90 6 3 6 0 0
1950 21 BOS AL 38 524 478 80 119 19 5 8 0 4 124 96 .249 .406 .360 .765 .297 172 12 2 5 0 3
1951 22 BOS AL 34 729 624 72 141 29 5 9 4 4 92 127 .226 .330 .332 .662 .270 207 18 5 8 0 10
1952 23 BOS AL 30 666 593 70 139 19 3 14 0 4 92 117 .234 .340 .347 .688 .271 206 21 3 5 0 7
1953 24 BOS AL 32 877 757 82 169 18 4 9 4 6 109 92 .223 .323 .293 .616 .244 222 21 2 9 0 14
1954 25 WSH AL 30 851 721 95 172 37 5 8 6 3 110 95 .239 .339 .337 .676 .263 243 25 3 11 6 11
1955 26 WSH AL 31 703 576 75 140 16 8 9 4 2 100 78 .243 .361 .345 .706 .265 199 21 9 11 5 2 10
1956 27 NYY AL 23 383 325 46 85 11 3 10 1 4 47 38 .262 .351 .406 .757 .267 132 13 0 7 4 2 9
1957 28 KCA AL 29 308 256 47 68 11 3 9 0 0 50 29 .266 .382 .438 .819 .267 112 8 0 8 3 2 6
1958 29 DET AL 2 14 12 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 .500 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
1961 32 KCA AL 4 41 31 12 14 5 0 0 0 0 10 3 .452 .585 .613 1.198 .500 19 2 0 0 0 0 3
1961 32 STL NL 19 123 105 17 29 4 1 3 0 1 15 15 .276 .364 .419 .783 .295 44 4 0 2 1 2 3
1961 32 TOT MLB 23 164 136 29 43 9 1 3 0 1 25 18 .316 .420 .463 .883 .345 63 6 0 2 1 2 6
12 Yrs 291 5637 4842 655 1161 183 37 86 24 31 838 757 .240 .354 .346 .700 .268 1676 154 28 73 19 8 78
162 Game Avg. 44 858 737 100 177 28 6 13 4 5 127 115 .240 .354 .346 .700 .268 255 23 4 11 3 12
MLB Averages .259 .332 .385 .717 .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
1948 19 BOS AL -4.5 -0.4 116 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .29 -0.3 -0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.29 -2.9 0 0 6
1949 20 BOS AL 4.5 0.4 323 1.2 5.4 -4.3 .93 1.1 0.1 11.8 1.2 0.93 12.4 0 0 0
1950 21 BOS AL -1.5 -0.1 552 0.1 8.7 -8.6 .92 -1.0 1.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.92 -5.2 7 4 9
1951 22 BOS AL 20.3 2.1 744 2.6 16.6 -14.0 1.28 2.0 0.1 19.7 1.9 1.28 21.2 5 4 6
1952 23 BOS AL 6.2 0.7 675 2.8 14.3 -11.5 1.14 0.8 1.6 16.9 1.8 1.14 7.8 5 2 2
1953 24 BOS AL 24.1 2.5 895 3.4 18.9 -15.5 1.20 2.3 0.5 27.0 2.8 1.20 27.6 0 1 1
1954 25 WSH AL -1.4 -0.1 866 -0.7 15.8 -16.5 1.11 -0.5 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.11 -4.2 0 1 3
1955 26 WSH AL 3.2 0.3 719 0.8 13.2 -12.3 1.07 -0.3 1.0 3.0 0.3 1.07 -3.8 4 3 4
1956 27 NYY AL -3.6 -0.4 390 -0.8 3.8 -4.6 .58 -0.7 -0.7 -1.8 -0.2 0.58 -6.2 1 3 10
1957 28 KCA AL -11.3 -1.1 315 -2.0 3.4 -5.4 .79 -1.6 -0.9 -11.3 -1.1 0.79 -12.9 5 3 16
1958 29 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 15 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.3 -0.3 -4.6 -0.4 0.05 -2.9 0 0 2
1961 32 TOT MLB -6.4 -0.6 173 -0.7 1.4 -2.1 .67 -1.0 -0.0 -13.9 -1.2 0.66 -10.4 7 5 10
1961 32 STL NL 0.4 0.0 127 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 .77 -0.2 -0.0 -2.5 -0.2 0.77 -1.3 6 5 7
1961 32 KCA AL -6.8 -0.6 46 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .34 -0.8 -0.7 -11.4 -1.0 0.34 -9.1 1 0 3
12 Yrs 28.2 3.1 5783 6.5 101.8 -95.3 1.03 0.5 5.8 37.8 4.2 1.03 20.5 34 26 69

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
1949 20 BOS AL 12 12 5 4 3 1 1 7 5 .583 0 0 6 2 5 42% 53.0 85 14 8 6 1 8 6.1 6.7 6.7
1950 21 BOS AL 38 15 4 3 8 0 0 9 6 .600 0 4 4 0 4 27% 37.7 78 16 25 11 6 5 7.6 7.4 5.1
1951 22 BOS AL 34 19 8 7 4 3 2 9 10 .474 0 3 9 1 9 47% 57.2 103 21 15 6 4 8 4.5 4.5 7.5
1952 23 BOS AL 30 21 7 7 7 1 1 9 12 .429 3 1 7 2 9 43% 52.3 92 20 25 12 6 11 4.3 5.0 6.5
1953 24 BOS AL 32 30 18 10 2 3 1 20 10 .667 2 2 8 4 17 57% 54.7 88 24 27 12 8 14 4.4 4.1 6.8
1954 25 WSH AL 30 26 7 15 4 0 6 9 17 .346 4 1 11 1 15 58% 51.7 82 18 16 9 3 11 3.7 3.5 7.3
1955 26 WSH AL 31 20 8 9 3 3 4 9 11 .450 1 1 8 1 11 55% 50.7 82 14 23 9 11 5 4.2 5.0 6.5
1956 27 NYY AL 23 9 2 6 1 0 1 3 6 .333 0 0 1 0 3 33% 43.1 60 25 10 3 1 6 4.1 4.4 4.4
1957 28 KCA AL 29 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.2 47 24 21 7 2 1 6.3 5.1 3.8
9 Yrs 259 156 59 63 34 11 16 77 79 .494 10 12 54 11 73 47% 51 103 14 170 75 42 69 4.7 4.7 6.5
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1948 19 BOS AL 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 .295 0 0 6 0 0 6 1 5 5 1 5 0 10.0
1950 21 BOS AL 38 23 16 3 0 4 5 0 125% 5 0 21 6 29% 8 .918 7 4 9 5 2 13 12 8 15 4 12 2 7.0
1951 22 BOS AL 34 15 10 0 1 4 3 1 75% 5 1 18 9 50% 7 1.284 5 4 6 6 1 8 9 6 7 4 7 2 6.0
1952 23 BOS AL 30 9 4 3 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 12 3 25% 4 1.142 5 2 2 2 2 5 6 3 5 3 5 0 8.4
1953 24 BOS AL 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1.203 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1.5
1954 25 WSH AL 30 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.110 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 2 5.5
1955 26 WSH AL 31 11 7 2 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 9 4 44% 8 1.069 4 3 4 4 2 5 4 7 6 3 6 0 6.9
1956 27 NYY AL 23 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 6 .584 1 3 10 0 1 13 6 8 13 0 14 0 10.2
1957 28 KCA AL 29 25 14 1 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 20 8 40% 8 .791 5 3 16 3 3 18 10 14 19 3 18 2 6.5
1958 29 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 .047 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
1961 32 TOT MLB 23 23 14 1 0 5 4 1 80% 6 0 29 10 34% .667 7 5 10 6 2 15 14 9 6 13 8 2 4.3
1961 32 STL NL 19 19 13 1 0 5 4 1 80% 6 0 27 8 30% 9 .775 6 5 7 6 2 11 13 6 5 11 6 2 4.3
1961 32 KCA AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 .344 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 2 0 4.3
11 Yrs 279 135 86 10 6 20 14 7 70% 24 1 126 45 36% 1.040 34 26 69 27 13 90 65 65 80 33 79 12 6.7

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%
1948 19 BOS AL 114 36% 1.9% 16.2% 33.3% 3.8% 25% 1.33 55% 28 2 7%
1949 20 BOS AL 348 28% 1.6% 16.0% 16.6% 5.4% 27% 0.80 74% 60 6 10%
1950 21 BOS AL 609 30% 1.5% 18.3% 23.7% 6.1% 27% 1.00 71% 143 12 8%
1951 22 BOS AL 729 29% 1.2% 17.4% 12.6% 5.9% 31% 0.90 67% 153 18 12%
1952 23 BOS AL 693 32% 2.1% 17.6% 13.8% 5.4% 26% 1.08 69% 142 21 15%
1953 24 BOS AL 877 24% 1.0% 10.5% 12.4% 3.5% 18% 1.05 75% 188 21 11%
1954 25 WSH AL 851 22% 0.9% 11.2% 12.9% 5.9% 29% 1.09 73% 198 25 13%
1955 26 WSH AL 703 23% 1.3% 11.1% 14.2% 4.7% 24% 0.75 70% 173 21 12%
1956 27 NYY AL 383 24% 2.6% 9.9% 12.3% 6.3% 28% 1.37 73% 88 13 15%
1957 28 KCA AL 317 31% 2.9% 9.4% 16.2% 7.5% 34% 1.06 72% 70 8 11%
1958 29 DET AL 14 36% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 86% 4 1 25%
1961 32 TOT MLB 164 37% 1.8% 11.0% 15.2% 7.9% 30% 1.79 71% 42 6 14%
1961 32 STL NL 123 37% 2.4% 12.2% 12.2% 6.5% 28% 1.83 72% 31 4 13%
1961 32 KCA AL 41 34% 0.0% 7.3% 24.4% 12.2% 36% 1.60 68% 11 2 18%
12 Yrs 5802 27% 1.5% 13.4% 14.9% 5.4% 26% 1.01 71% 1289 154 12%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.8% 10.4% 6.8% 27% 0.98 84% 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 19 BOS AL 105 16 2 0 15 1 0 0 1 11 4 2 36% 1 3 0 44 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9
1949 20 BOS AL 313 63 5 0 7 4 0 4 0 11 6 2 55% 0 2 0 127 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 35
1950 21 BOS AL 524 119 8 0 24 5 1 2 4 36 23 3 64% 3 4 3 244 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 1 14 85
1951 22 BOS AL 729 141 9 0 19 8 1 6 3 45 26 6 58% 10 2 1 283 4 4 50% 3 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 0
1952 23 BOS AL 666 139 14 0 8 11 3 3 11 29 13 3 45% 7 2 1 258 0 4 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 27
1953 24 BOS AL 877 169 9 1 22 8 1 7 2 34 20 3 59% 14 5 2 346 4 6 40% 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 0
1954 25 WSH AL 851 172 8 1 22 7 1 5 3 48 28 6 58% 11 4 2 352 6 3 67% 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 13 0
1955 26 WSH AL 703 140 9 0 18 7 2 0 9 28 17 2 61% 10 4 2 314 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 11 0
1956 27 NYY AL 383 85 10 0 10 7 3 3 7 21 11 1 52% 9 2 1 155 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1957 28 KCA AL 308 68 9 1 10 5 3 6 2 19 8 0 42% 6 5 1 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 9
1958 29 DET AL 14 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 32 TOT MLB 164 43 3 0 15 1 2 1 2 25 10 4 40% 6 5 1 73 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1961 32 STL NL 123 29 3 0 12 1 2 1 2 18 7 3 39% 3 2 1 52 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 32 KCA AL 41 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 43% 3 3 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
12 Yrs 5637 1161 86 3 171 64 17 37 44 309 168 32 54% 78 39 14 2339 24 31 44% 20 22 2 9 2 0 21 1 94 165
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1948 19 0 0 6.17 7 0 5 0 0 0 23.1 16 18 16 2 35 17 1 1 3 114 72 2.186 6.2 0.8 13.5 6.6 0.49 72
1949 20 5 4 .556 4.53 19 12 5 6 2 0 103.1 79 55 52 7 87 67 4 1 5 463 97 1.606 6.9 0.6 7.6 5.8 0.77 97
1950 21 12 7 .632 4.90 57 27 21 10 2 5 233.1 198 135 127 15 211 163 6 5 9 1072 96 1.753 7.6 0.6 8.1 6.3 0.77 96
1951 22 20 15 .571 4.24 91 46 31 19 3 8 405.1 339 207 191 24 303 290 11 5 11 1801 109 1.584 7.5 0.5 6.7 6.4 0.96 109
1952 23 30 24 .556 4.09 121 67 35 26 5 8 567.1 478 277 258 38 395 407 14 5 13 2494 108 1.539 7.6 0.6 6.3 6.5 1.03 108
1953 24 48 34 .585 3.80 153 97 36 34 9 8 773.2 647 359 327 47 504 499 16 6 18 3370 114 1.488 7.5 0.5 5.9 5.8 0.99 114
1954 25 55 49 .529 3.73 183 123 40 45 10 9 970.0 819 454 402 55 614 594 19 6 22 4221 112 1.477 7.6 0.5 5.7 5.5 0.97 112
1955 26 65 59 .524 3.73 214 143 47 53 11 10 1126.0 959 529 467 64 714 2 672 28 6 26 4921 111 1.486 7.7 0.5 5.7 5.4 0.94 111
1956 27 67 65 .508 3.77 237 152 58 54 11 10 1213.0 1044 575 508 74 761 4 710 28 6 28 5305 110 1.488 7.7 0.5 5.6 5.3 0.93 110
1957 28 68 69 .496 3.86 266 156 72 54 11 10 1282.0 1112 622 550 83 811 6 739 28 6 33 5621 107 1.500 7.8 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91 107
1958 29 68 69 .496 3.87 268 156 72 54 11 10 1284.0 1118 626 552 83 813 6 739 28 6 34 5635 107 1.504 7.8 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91 107
1959 30 68 69 .496 3.87 268 156 72 54 11 10 1284.0 1118 626 552 83 813 6 739 28 6 34 5635 107 1.504 7.8 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91 107
1960 31 68 69 .496 3.87 268 156 72 54 11 10 1284.0 1118 626 552 83 813 6 739 28 6 34 5635 107 1.504 7.8 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91 107
1961 32 69 69 .500 3.91 291 156 86 54 11 14 1316.2 1161 655 572 86 838 8 757 28 7 39 5801 106 1.518 7.9 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.90 106

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 19 1 1 .500 6.55 22.0 16 18 16 2 35 16 1 2.318 6.5 14.3 6.5 0.46 0.8 7
1949 20 5 4 .556 3.69 83.0 62 38 34 5 51 52 3 1.361 6.7 5.5 5.6 1.02 0.5 12
1950 21 7 8 .467 4.27 135.0 112 71 64 8 117 100 2 1.696 7.5 7.8 6.7 0.85 0.5 38
1951 22 12 7 .632 3.00 177.0 139 66 59 9 91 131 5 1.299 7.1 4.6 6.7 1.44 0.5 34
1952 23 9 8 .529 3.88 160.0 145 77 69 15 96 116 3 1.506 8.2 5.4 6.5 1.21 0.8 30
1953 24 15 8 .652 2.96 210.0 172 77 69 9 111 94 2 1.348 7.4 4.8 4.0 0.85 0.4 32
1954 25 10 11 .476 4.01 193.0 188 96 86 9 120 93 3 1.596 8.8 5.6 4.3 0.78 0.4 30
1955 26 9 8 .529 3.96 157.0 147 77 69 9 105 78 9 1.605 8.4 6.0 4.5 0.74 0.5 31
1956 27 4 5 .444 4.55 87.0 90 49 44 11 50 38 0 1.609 9.3 5.2 3.9 0.76 1.1 23
1957 28 2 5 .286 5.74 69.0 72 49 44 10 53 29 0 1.812 9.4 6.9 3.8 0.55 1.3 29
1958 29 0 0 9.00 2.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1961 32 1 2 .333 4.89 35.0 42 21 19 3 24 19 0 1.886 10.8 6.2 4.9 0.79 0.8 23
12 Yrs 75 67 .528 3.89 1330.0 1191 641 575 90 855 766 28 1.538 8.1 5.2 0.90 0.6 291

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1951 AL  3.6 (8th)
1953 AL  3.4 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1951 AL  3.35 (9th)
1953 AL  3.01 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1953 AL  18 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  7.378 (2nd)
1952 AL  7.722 (9th)
1953 AL  7.372 (2nd)
1954 AL  7.885 (8th)
1955 AL  8.077 (9th)
Career  7.936 (103rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  6.645 (1st)
1952 AL  6.500 (1st)
1955 AL  4.500 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL  5 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 AL  127 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1953 AL  30 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 AL  4 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  124 (5th)
1952 AL  92 (7th)
1953 AL  109 (5th)
1954 AL  110 (3rd)
1955 AL  100 (5th)
Career  838 (210th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1951 AL  1.380 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  0.471 (5th)
1953 AL  0.393 (2nd)
1954 AL  0.367 (7th)
1955 AL  0.519 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1954 AL  15 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (9th)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1950 AL  16 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1951 AL  134 (3rd)
1953 AL  140 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1951 AL  20 (8th)
1953 AL  24 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  2.1 (8th)
1953 AL  2.5 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 AL  27.04 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.6 (10th)
1953 AL  3.4 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.0 (7th)
1953 AL  2.3 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.8 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1948 AL  born 1929-04-29 (2nd)
1949 AL  born 1929-04-29 (3rd)
1950 AL  born 1929-04-29 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 31 (773), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Phil Marchildon (935)
  2. Dixie Davis (934)
  3. Dave Danforth (931)
  4. Pete Falcone (930)
  5. Jack Harshman (929)
  6. Blue Moon Odom (928)
  7. Ernie Broglio (926)
  8. Tommy Byrne (925)
  9. Ken Brett (925)
  10. Steve McCatty (923)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cannonball Titcomb (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Juan Nieves (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sandy Koufax (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sandy Koufax (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave McNally (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sandy Koufax (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sandy Koufax (953) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Stan Williams (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vinegar Bend Mizell (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave LaPoint (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Don Larsen (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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