Wayne McLeland

Wayne Gaffney McLeland (Nubbin)

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

Born: August 29, 1924 in Stockport, IA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1951
Team: Tigers 1951-1952

Final Game: May 10, 1952
Died: May 9, 2004 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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
1942	17	STL-min	D,C	5	11	.313	3.40	21						127.0	151	87	48		56								1.630	10.7		4.0			LCR,DUL · WISL,NORL
1946	21	STL-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.42	34	20	7	9	0		171.0	193	89	65		51		81	4	0	3			1.427	10.2		2.7	4.3	1.59	CLB · AA
1947	22	STL-min	AAA	7	10	.412	4.47	27	20	5	4	0		129.0	142	83	64		70		53	5	0	3			1.643	9.9		4.9	3.7	0.76	CLB · AA
1948	23	STL-min	AAA	7	14	.333	3.79	34			5	2		164.0	167	91	69		72		65	5	0	4			1.457	9.2		4.0	3.6	0.90	CLB · AA
1949	24	STL-min	AA,AAA	10	12	.455	3.38	40	7		0	0		165.0	192	89	62		55		6	1	1	0			1.497	10.5		3.0	0.3	0.11	HSN,CLB,ROC · TL,AA,IL
1950	25	DAL	AA	21	8	.724	2.49	38	33					267.0	230	87	74		83								1.172	7.8		2.8			DAL · TL
1951	26	DET-min	AAA	7	15	.318	3.76	28	24		11	2		182.0	175	88	76		65		105	7	0	1			1.319	8.7		3.2	5.2	1.62	TOL · AA
1951	26	DET	AL	0	1	.000	8.18	6	1	3	0	0	0	11.0	20	10	10	1	4		0	1	0	0	55	53	2.182	16.4	0.8	3.3	0.0	0.00
1952	27	DET-min	AAA	6	11	.353	4.25	26	18		5	1		142.0	144	80	67		45		51	1	2	0			1.331	9.1		2.9	3.2	1.13	BFL · IL
1952	27	DET	AL	0	0		10.13	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	3	0	6		0	0	0	1	18	43	3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	0.0	0.00
1953	28	DAL	AA	15	9	.625	3.58	33	33		14	3		231.0	232	99	92	18	91		122	4	0	1			1.398	9.0	0.7	3.5	4.8	1.34	DAL · TL
1954	29	OKC,DAL	AA	14	7	.667	4.06	33	26		14	4		186.0	184	94	84	17	79		91	5	0	3			1.414	8.9	0.8	3.8	4.4	1.15	OKC,DAL · TL
1955	30	OKC,SHV	AA	2	11	.154	5.25	22	13		1	0		84.0	98	53	49	7	32	8	40	1	0	0			1.548	10.5	0.8	3.4	4.3	1.25	OKC,SHV · TL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	8.56	10	1	3	0	0	0	13.2	24	13	13	1	10		0	1	0	1	73	50	2.488	15.8	0.7	6.6	0.0	0.00
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	8.56	62	6	19	0	0	0	85	148	80	80	6	62		0	6	0	6	451	50	2.488	15.8	0.7	6.6	0.0	0.00

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1951	26	DET	AL	10.2	6	1	10	8.44	4.40	-0.08	102.9	4.61	-5	-0.4	1.1	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.427	.497	$
1952	27	DET	AL	2.2	4	0	3	10.13	4.11	-0.31	102.7	4.54	-2	-0.2	.9	0.0	-0.1	-1	.456	.499	$
2 Seasons				13.1	10	1	13	8.78	4.34	-0.13	102.9	4.60	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.438	.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	ROE
1951	26	DET	AL	6	38	50	10	20	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	.400	.455	.540	.995	.388	27	1	1	0	0	1
1952	27	DET	AL	4	17	9	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	.444	.667	.444	1.111	.444	4	0	0	3	0	0
2 Yrs				10	55	59	13	24	2	1	1	0	1	10	0	.407	.500	.525	1.025	.397	31	1	1	3	0	1
162 Game Avg.				62	340	365	80	148	12	6	6	0	6	62	0	.407	.500	.525	1.025	.397	192	6	6	19	0	6
MLB Averages																.257	.332	.370	.701	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1951	26	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	39	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.03	-0.5	0.0	-8.2	-0.7	1.03	-6.1	1	1	1
1952	27	DET	AL	-1.5	-0.2	18	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.98	-0.3	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.98	-2.8	1	0	3
2 Yrs				-5.6	-0.5	57	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	1.01	-0.8	-0.2	-11.9	-1.1	1.01	-8.9	2	1	4

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
1951	26	DET	AL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.0	30	30	2	0	0	1	3.0	0.0	4.7
1 Yr				6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30	30	30	2	0	0	1	3.0	0.0	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	103	-6					4.4	4.3	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1951	26	DET	AL	6	5	3	5	5	100%		1.027	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.6
1952	27	DET	AL	4	4	0	3	2	67%	6	.982	1	0	3	1	3	2	2	0	2	1	1	2.0
2 Yrs				10	9	3	8	7	88%		1.013	2	1	4	2	5	4	3	1	4	1	1	2.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	26	DET	AL	55	53%	2.6%	0.0%	10.5%	10.5%	20%	1.25	129%	13	1	8%
1952	27	DET	AL	17	71%	0.0%	0.0%	35.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	53%	7	0	0%
2 Yrs				72	58%	1.8%	0.0%	18.2%	7.3%	17%	1.60	105%	20	1	5%
MLB Averages					49%	2.2%	11.9%	10.9%	6.5%	25%	0.96	88%			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
1951	26	DET	AL	38	20			1	0	5	0	1	0	1	8	5	1	63%	1	0	0	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
1952	27	DET	AL	17	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				55	24			1	0	5	0	1	0	1	9	6	1	67%	1	1	0	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17
MLB Averages																		53%							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+
1951	26	0	1	.000	8.18	6	1	3	0	0	0	11.0	20	10	10	1	4		0	1	0	0	55	53	2.182	16.4	0.8	3.3	0.0	0.00	53
1952	27	0	1	.000	8.56	10	1	3	0	0	0	13.2	24	13	13	1	10		0	1	0	1	73	50	2.488	15.8	0.7	6.6	0.0	0.00	50

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	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	Gact
1951	26	1	.000	8.18	11.0	21	11	10	1	4	1	2.273	17.2	3.3	0.8	6
1952	27	0		9.00	3.0	4	3	3	0	6	0	3.333	12.0	18.0	0.0	4
2 Yrs		1	.000	8.36	14.0	25	14	13	1	10	1	2.500	16.1		0.6	10

* 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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Name and misspellings: Wayne Gaffney Nubbin Wayne McLeland

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