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Cal McLish

Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish (Bus or Buster)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 179 lb.

Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK
High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1944
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Cubs/Reds/Dodgers/... 1944-1964

Final Game: July 14, 1964
Died: August 26, 2010 in Edmond, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
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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
1944 18 BRO NL 3 10 .231 7.82 23 13 3 3 0 0 84.0 110 81 73 10 48 24 1 1 1 402 45 1.881 11.8 1.1 5.1 2.6 0.50
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 20 BRO NL 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
1947 21 PIT NL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 32 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 22 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 22 49 2.000 14.4 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.50
1949 23 CHC NL 1 1 .500 5.87 8 2 5 0 0 0 23.0 31 21 15 6 12 6 0 0 0 107 69 1.870 12.1 2.3 4.7 2.3 0.50
1951 25 CHC NL 4 10 .286 4.45 30 17 6 5 1 0 145.2 159 76 72 16 52 46 3 1 2 628 93 1.449 9.8 1.0 3.2 2.8 0.88
1956 30 CLE AL 2 4 .333 4.96 37 2 17 0 0 1 61.2 67 36 34 5 32 5 27 0 0 1 276 85 1.605 9.8 0.7 4.7 3.9 0.84
1957 31 CLE AL 9 7 .563 2.74 42 7 19 2 0 1 144.1 118 55 44 11 67 10 88 2 0 8 616 137 1.282 7.4 0.7 4.2 5.5 1.31
1958 32 CLE AL 16 8 .667 2.99 39 30 1 13 0 1 225.2 214 92 75 25 70 4 97 1 0 4 941 124 1.258 8.5 1.0 2.8 3.9 1.39 MVP-14
1959 33 CLE AL 19 8 .704 3.63 35 32 1 13 0 1 235.1 253 110 95 26 72 6 113 5 0 4 1021 102 1.381 9.7 1.0 2.8 4.3 1.57 AS,MVP-11
1960 34 CIN NL 4 14 .222 4.16 37 21 11 2 1 0 151.1 170 85 70 16 48 8 56 7 1 5 663 92 1.441 10.1 1.0 2.9 3.3 1.17
1961 35 CHW AL 10 13 .435 4.38 31 27 3 4 0 1 162.1 178 87 79 21 47 1 80 1 0 4 701 89 1.386 9.9 1.2 2.6 4.4 1.70
1962 36 PHI NL 11 5 .688 4.25 32 24 3 5 1 1 154.2 184 84 73 15 45 6 71 2 0 4 682 91 1.481 10.7 0.9 2.6 4.1 1.58
1963 37 PHI NL 13 11 .542 3.26 32 32 0 10 2 0 209.2 184 85 76 14 56 3 98 4 0 4 847 99 1.145 7.9 0.6 2.4 4.2 1.75
1964 38 PHI NL 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 3 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 24 111 1.313 10.1 0.0 1.7 10.1 6.00
15 Yrs 92 92 .500 4.01 352 209 70 57 5 6 1609.0 1685 824 717 165 552 44 713 27 3 38 6938 94 1.390 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.29
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 4.01 43 25 8 7 1 1 195 204 100 87 20 67 86 3 0 5 841 94 1.390 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.29
CLE (4 yrs) 46 27 .630 3.35 153 71 38 28 0 4 667.0 652 293 248 67 241 25 325 8 0 17 2854 113 1.339 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.4 1.35
PHI (3 yrs) 24 17 .585 3.68 66 57 3 15 3 1 369.2 374 172 151 29 102 10 175 6 0 8 1553 95 1.288 9.1 0.7 2.5 4.3 1.72
PIT (2 yrs) 0 0 10.50 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 7 7 0 2 1 1 0 1 28 44 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 1.5 0.50
BRO (2 yrs) 3 10 .231 8.04 24 13 3 3 0 0 84.0 111 83 75 10 48 24 1 1 1 404 44 1.893 11.9 1.1 5.1 2.6 0.50
CHC (2 yrs) 5 11 .313 4.64 38 19 11 5 1 0 168.2 190 97 87 22 64 52 3 1 2 735 89 1.506 10.1 1.2 3.4 2.8 0.81
CIN (1 yr) 4 14 .222 4.16 37 21 11 2 1 0 151.1 170 85 70 16 48 8 56 7 1 5 663 92 1.441 10.1 1.0 2.9 3.3 1.17
CHW (1 yr) 10 13 .435 4.38 31 27 3 4 0 1 162.1 178 87 79 21 47 1 80 1 0 4 701 89 1.386 9.9 1.2 2.6 4.4 1.70
NL (10 yrs) 36 52 .409 4.50 168 111 29 25 5 1 779.2 855 444 390 77 264 18 308 18 3 17 3383 82 1.435 9.9 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.17
AL (5 yrs) 56 40 .583 3.55 184 98 41 32 0 5 829.1 830 380 327 88 288 26 405 9 0 21 3555 107 1.348 9.0 1.0 3.1 4.4 1.41

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
1944 18 BRO NL 84.0 23 13 81 8.68 4.21 -0.58 0.00 97.0 4.65 -38 -3.5 1.0 -0.1 -2.9 -30 .348 .478 $
1946 20 BRO NL 0.0 1 0 2 102.0 1.0 0.0 $
1947 21 PIT NL 1.0 1 0 2 18.00 4.86 -0.28 0.00 102.0 5.24 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .371 .499 $
1948 22 PIT NL 5.0 2 1 5 9.00 4.04 0.22 0.00 104.9 4.01 -3 -0.3 .3 0.0 -0.2 -2 .371 .498 $
1949 23 CHC NL 23.0 8 2 21 8.22 4.60 -0.17 0.00 101.7 4.85 -9 -0.8 .4 0.1 -0.4 -6 .398 .495 $
1951 25 CHC NL 145.2 30 17 76 4.70 4.63 -0.10 0.00 102.7 4.85 3 0.3 .9 -0.1 1.5 18 .509 .502 $
1956 30 CLE AL 61.0 37 2 36 5.31 4.72 0.05 0.00 103.4 4.84 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.1 0.0 3 .490 .498 $
1957 31 CLE AL 144.1 42 7 55 3.43 4.00 -0.27 0.00 99.7 4.26 14 1.6 1.1 -0.1 2.5 25 .537 .510 $
1958 32 CLE AL 225.2 39 30 92 3.67 4.12 -0.07 0.00 99.2 4.16 13 1.4 .5 -0.1 2.9 31 .536 .509 $ MVP-14
1959 33 CLE AL 235.1 35 32 110 4.21 4.36 0.43 0.00 95.5 3.76 -10 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .471 .494 $ AS,MVP-11
1960 34 CIN NL 151.1 37 21 85 5.06 4.26 0.00 0.02 100.9 4.32 -13 -1.3 .6 -0.0 0.0 3 .464 .492 $
1961 35 CHW AL 162.1 31 27 87 4.82 4.51 -0.00 0.06 97.1 4.44 -6 -0.6 2.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .481 .496 $
1962 36 PHI NL 154.2 32 24 84 4.89 4.43 -0.04 0.05 98.6 4.46 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 0.5 10 .473 .495 $
1963 37 PHI NL 209.2 32 32 85 3.65 3.77 0.15 0.06 97.4 3.58 -3 -0.4 -0.1 1.4 19 .488 .498 $
1964 38 PHI NL 5.1 2 1 3 5.06 3.34 -0.08 -0.13 94.5 3.11 -1 -0.1 .3 0.0 0.0 -1 .436 .499 $
15 Seasons 1608.1 352 209 824 4.61 4.26 0.00 0.02 98.8 4.23 -66 -6.1 .9 -0.8 6.3 89 .481 .497 $
CLE (4 yrs) 666.1 153 71 293 3.96 4.23 0.07 0.00 98.4 4.10 13 1.6 .9 -0.4 6.0 68 .510 .502 $
PHI (3 yrs) 369.2 66 57 172 4.19 4.04 0.07 0.05 97.9 3.94 -13 -1.4 1.0 -0.2 1.9 29 .479 .497 $
PIT (2 yrs) 6.0 3 1 7 10.50 4.18 0.13 0.00 104.4 4.21 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .371 .499 $
BRO (2 yrs) 84.0 24 13 83 8.89 4.22 -0.58 0.00 97.0 4.65 -38 -3.5 1.0 -0.1 -2.9 -30 .333 .478 $
CHC (2 yrs) 168.2 38 19 97 5.18 4.62 -0.11 0.00 102.5 4.85 -6 -0.5 .8 0.0 1.1 13 .486 .498 $
CIN (1 yr) 151.1 37 21 85 5.06 4.26 0.00 0.02 100.9 4.32 -13 -1.3 .6 -0.0 0.0 3 .464 .492 $
CHW (1 yr) 162.1 31 27 87 4.82 4.51 -0.00 0.06 97.1 4.44 -6 -0.6 2.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .481 .496 $

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
1959 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

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 22 PIT NL 2 3 20 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .400 .455 .400 .855 .421 8 1 0 0 0 0
1949 23 CHC NL 8 68 93 21 31 1 1 6 1 1 12 6 .333 .410 .559 .969 .309 52 2 0 4 0 3
1951 25 CHC NL 30 559 563 76 159 18 2 16 10 4 52 46 .282 .346 .407 .753 .285 229 19 3 10 0 8
1956 30 CLE AL 37 276 238 36 67 11 1 5 4 2 32 27 .282 .364 .399 .763 .298 95 5 0 4 2 5 4
1957 31 CLE AL 42 612 531 55 118 14 4 11 4 2 67 88 .222 .311 .326 .636 .247 173 17 2 10 2 10 12
1958 32 CLE AL 39 916 853 92 214 23 3 25 9 6 70 97 .251 .307 .373 .680 .257 318 18 1 10 5 4 15
1959 33 CLE AL 35 1018 933 110 253 29 7 26 11 3 72 113 .271 .326 .401 .727 .285 374 18 5 5 3 6 15
1960 34 CIN NL 37 663 592 85 170 35 6 16 10 4 48 56 .287 .345 .448 .792 .293 265 11 7 10 6 8 8
1961 35 CHW AL 31 701 636 87 178 20 7 21 7 7 47 80 .280 .328 .432 .761 .291 275 15 1 13 4 1 13
1962 36 PHI NL 32 679 624 84 184 38 6 15 6 4 45 71 .295 .342 .447 .789 .312 279 10 2 4 4 6 6
1963 37 PHI NL 32 847 770 85 184 34 4 14 10 4 56 98 .239 .292 .348 .640 .256 268 24 4 11 6 3 15
1964 38 PHI NL 2 24 23 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .261 .292 .304 .596 .353 7 0 0 0 0 1 1
12 Yrs 327 6366 5876 739 1572 224 41 155 73 37 504 689 .268 .326 .399 .725 .280 2343 140 25 81 32 44 100
162 Game Avg. 43 828 764 96 204 29 5 20 9 5 66 90 .268 .326 .399 .725 .280 305 18 3 11 4 13
MLB Averages .258 .329 .373 .701 .277

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 22 PIT NL -2.2 -0.2 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .36 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.36 0.3 0 0 1
1949 23 CHC NL -6.4 -0.6 69 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .26 -0.7 -1.3 -9.5 -0.9 0.26 -8.8 0 1 4
1951 25 CHC NL -2.7 -0.3 586 0.2 9.3 -9.1 .91 -0.4 0.6 -2.0 -0.2 0.90 -7.1 3 1 7
1956 30 CLE AL -4.0 -0.4 283 -0.5 3.8 -4.3 .81 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.81 -1.6 7 6 19
1957 31 CLE AL 13.7 1.4 629 0.4 10.5 -10.1 1.04 0.8 -0.5 13.9 1.5 1.04 11.1 9 5 20
1958 32 CLE AL 14.4 1.5 937 1.4 15.4 -14.0 .94 0.9 0.6 15.0 1.6 0.94 10.7 0 1 8
1959 33 CLE AL 1.3 0.1 1037 1.1 19.6 -18.6 1.10 0.1 0.9 -1.6 -0.2 1.10 4.6 1 0 2
1960 34 CIN NL -7.8 -0.8 684 -1.6 11.4 -13.0 1.07 -1.1 -0.3 -9.2 -0.9 1.07 -8.7 2 1 11
1961 35 CHW AL -7.4 -0.7 719 -0.3 14.1 -14.4 1.16 -1.0 0.8 -10.1 -1.0 1.16 -12.3 3 0 1
1962 36 PHI NL -6.7 -0.7 694 0.0 12.5 -12.5 1.04 -1.2 1.2 -7.4 -0.7 1.04 -11.5 3 2 3
1963 37 PHI NL 1.5 0.2 867 -0.3 13.9 -14.2 .97 1.0 -1.3 6.6 0.7 0.97 5.4 0 0 0
1964 38 PHI NL -0.1 -0.0 25 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .29 -0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.29 -0.1 0 0 1
15 Yrs -47.4 -4.2 6533 -0.2 110.8 -111.0 1.01 -2.0 1.8 -4.5 -0.1 1.01 -18.0 28 17 77

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
1944 18 BRO NL 23 13 3 8 2 1 0 4 9 .308 0 0 3 0 2 15% 35.3 68 21 7 4 5.2 5.0
1948 22 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 0 0 0 1 9.0 4.0
1949 23 CHC NL 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 32.5 38 27 0 0 0 2 7.0 9.0 3.5
1951 25 CHC NL 30 17 4 9 4 2 3 6 11 .353 1 2 5 1 6 35% 48.2 76 20 12 5 5 5 3.4 2.5 6.6
1956 30 CLE AL 37 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 55 37 18 8 2 0 3.0 5.4 4.8
1957 31 CLE AL 42 7 3 2 2 1 1 4 3 .571 0 1 2 0 4 57% 54.4 72 28 18 5 1 5 5.3 5.4 7.0
1958 32 CLE AL 39 30 16 8 6 1 3 21 9 .700 0 4 13 0 19 63% 55.7 78 23 14 5 15 5 5.6 5.3 7.1
1959 33 CLE AL 35 32 19 8 5 6 2 20 12 .625 1 5 13 0 18 56% 52.1 81 14 17 4 12 13 5.0 4.9 7.3
1960 34 CIN NL 37 21 4 12 5 1 4 7 14 .333 1 4 2 1 10 48% 45.0 70 24 16 7 10 10 3.2 2.4 5.6
1961 35 CHW AL 31 27 10 13 4 4 3 12 15 .444 0 3 4 0 12 44% 47.7 77 24 23 4 5 13 3.8 4.1 5.8
1962 36 PHI NL 32 24 10 5 9 3 0 15 9 .625 1 6 5 1 10 42% 49.0 77 21 18 8 5 13 4.8 4.4 6.0
1963 37 PHI NL 32 32 13 11 8 1 4 20 12 .625 1 5 10 2 19 59% 55.0 83 25 16 10 9 6 4.2 3.7 6.6
1964 38 PHI NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 1 1 0 1 3.0 0.0 0.3
13 Yrs 350 209 84 79 46 21 20 112 97 .536 5 30 57 5 101 48% 50 83 14 153 57 71 78 4.5 4.2 6.3
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.4 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
1944 18 BRO NL 23 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 5.7
1946 20 BRO NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
1947 21 PIT NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1948 22 PIT NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .360 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1949 23 CHC NL 8 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 .263 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 2 0 8.0
1951 25 CHC NL 30 13 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 3 38% 7 .908 3 1 7 2 1 9 6 6 10 2 10 0 7.6
1956 30 CLE AL 37 35 17 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 27 11 41% 6 .811 7 6 19 3 5 27 13 22 14 9 15 8 4.4
1957 31 CLE AL 42 35 19 6 5 1 1 0 100% 3 2 34 7 21% 8 1.043 9 5 20 4 6 25 17 18 25 5 25 6 8.2
1958 32 CLE AL 39 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 2 40% 3 .939 0 1 8 1 0 8 4 5 6 2 6 2 4.6
1959 33 CLE AL 35 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 5 100% 2 1.097 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1.7
1960 34 CIN NL 37 16 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 1.072 2 1 11 1 2 12 4 11 6 3 7 3 5.5
1961 35 CHW AL 31 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 2 2 100% 9 1.161 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 4.5
1962 36 PHI NL 32 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 7 4 57% 3 1.044 3 2 3 2 1 5 4 4 5 1 5 0 4.4
1964 38 PHI NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15.0
14 Yrs 320 143 70 8 13 6 6 1 100% 13 6 96 36 38% 1.016 28 17 77 16 17 95 53 75 77 29 72 22 6.0

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%
1944 18 BRO NL 402 2.5% 6.0% 11.9% 3.7% 14% 77%
1946 20 BRO NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50%
1947 21 PIT NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 83%
1948 22 PIT NL 22 100% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 633% 1 1 100%
1949 23 CHC NL 109 69% 8.8% 8.8% 17.7% 11.8% 26% 1.85 119% 22 2 9%
1951 25 CHC NL 628 60% 2.9% 8.2% 9.3% 6.4% 23% 1.14 90% 115 19 17%
1956 30 CLE AL 276 62% 1.8% 9.8% 11.6% 6.2% 25% 0.91 75% 62 5 8%
1957 31 CLE AL 612 70% 1.8% 14.4% 11.0% 4.7% 25% 1.38 71% 108 17 16%
1958 32 CLE AL 939 60% 2.7% 10.6% 7.6% 5.6% 24% 1.22 80% 161 18 11%
1959 33 CLE AL 1018 54% 2.6% 11.1% 7.1% 6.1% 25% 1.32 78% 208 18 9%
1960 34 CIN NL 663 55% 2.4% 8.5% 7.2% 8.6% 34% 1.35 79% 123 11 9%
1961 35 CHW AL 701 61% 3.0% 11.4% 6.7% 6.9% 27% 1.70 77% 139 15 11%
1962 36 PHI NL 679 61% 2.2% 10.5% 6.6% 8.7% 32% 0.99 80% 111 10 9%
1963 37 PHI NL 847 55% 1.7% 11.6% 6.6% 6.1% 28% 1.67 78% 132 24 18%
1964 38 PHI NL 24 71% 0.0% 25.0% 4.2% 4.2% 17% 1.00 71% 5 0 0%
15 Yrs 6928 59% 2.4% 10.5% 8.2% 6.4% 26% 1.32 79% 1187 140 12%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 12.5% 9.7% 6.0% 24% 1.00 81% 10%

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
1944 18 BRO NL 110 10 1
1946 20 BRO NL 1 0 0
1947 21 PIT NL 2 0 0
1948 22 PIT NL 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
1949 23 CHC NL 68 31 6 0 2 4 0 0 4 7 6 0 86% 3 0 0 31 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 41
1951 25 CHC NL 559 159 16 1 8 7 8 10 5 22 11 2 50% 8 2 0 220 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 69
1956 30 CLE AL 276 67 5 0 9 4 1 1 4 18 11 3 61% 4 1 1 131 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1957 31 CLE AL 612 118 11 0 17 8 3 2 9 32 12 3 38% 12 8 3 228 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1958 32 CLE AL 916 214 25 0 13 15 9 15 9 27 13 1 48% 15 4 1 347 9 6 60% 8 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 23
1959 33 CLE AL 1018 253 26 1 32 16 10 15 11 52 23 5 44% 15 4 0 375 11 3 79% 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1960 34 CIN NL 663 170 16 0 13 8 8 11 5 40 18 2 45% 8 5 2 248 10 4 71% 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
1961 35 CHW AL 701 178 21 0 5 10 11 9 12 36 20 1 56% 13 4 1 266 7 7 50% 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1962 36 PHI NL 679 184 15 0 8 11 4 7 8 44 24 2 55% 6 4 0 258 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1963 37 PHI NL 847 184 14 0 12 8 6 10 4 43 26 7 60% 15 4 0 275 10 4 71% 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1964 38 PHI NL 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 6366 1685 165 2 119 91 60 80 71 322 165 26 51% 100 38 8 2391 73 37 66% 63 32 9 3 1 2 4 0 91 152
MLB Averages 52% 59%

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+
1944 18 3 10 .231 7.82 23 13 3 3 0 0 84.0 110 81 73 10 48 24 1 1 1 402 45 1.881 11.8 1.1 5.1 2.6 0.50 45
1945 19 3 10 .231 7.82 23 13 3 3 0 0 84.0 110 81 73 10 48 24 1 1 1 402 45 1.881 11.8 1.1 5.1 2.6 0.50 45
1946 20 3 10 .231 8.04 24 13 3 3 0 0 84.0 111 83 75 10 48 24 1 1 1 404 44 1.893 11.9 1.1 5.1 2.6 0.50 44
1947 21 3 10 .231 8.15 25 13 4 3 0 0 85.0 113 85 77 10 48 24 2 1 1 410 44 1.894 12.0 1.1 5.1 2.5 0.50 44
1948 22 3 10 .231 8.20 27 14 4 3 0 0 90.0 121 90 82 10 50 25 2 1 2 432 44 1.900 12.1 1.0 5.0 2.5 0.50 44
1949 23 4 11 .267 7.73 35 16 9 3 0 0 113.0 152 111 97 16 62 31 2 1 2 539 48 1.894 12.1 1.3 4.9 2.5 0.50 48
1950 24 4 11 .267 7.73 35 16 9 3 0 0 113.0 152 111 97 16 62 31 2 1 2 539 48 1.894 12.1 1.3 4.9 2.5 0.50 48
1951 25 8 21 .276 5.88 65 33 15 8 1 0 258.2 311 187 169 32 114 77 5 2 4 1167 67 1.643 10.8 1.1 4.0 2.7 0.68 67
1952 26 8 21 .276 5.88 65 33 15 8 1 0 258.2 311 187 169 32 114 77 5 2 4 1167 67 1.643 10.8 1.1 4.0 2.7 0.68 67
1953 27 8 21 .276 5.88 65 33 15 8 1 0 258.2 311 187 169 32 114 77 5 2 4 1167 67 1.643 10.8 1.1 4.0 2.7 0.68 67
1954 28 8 21 .276 5.88 65 33 15 8 1 0 258.2 311 187 169 32 114 77 5 2 4 1167 67 1.643 10.8 1.1 4.0 2.7 0.68 67
1955 29 8 21 .276 5.88 65 33 15 8 1 0 258.2 311 187 169 32 114 77 5 2 4 1167 67 1.643 10.8 1.1 4.0 2.7 0.68 67
1956 30 10 25 .286 5.70 102 35 32 8 1 1 320.1 378 223 203 37 146 5 104 5 2 5 1443 70 1.636 10.6 1.0 4.1 2.9 0.71 70
1957 31 19 32 .373 4.78 144 42 51 10 1 2 464.2 496 278 247 48 213 15 192 7 2 13 2059 82 1.526 9.6 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.90 82
1958 32 35 40 .467 4.20 183 72 52 23 1 3 690.1 710 370 322 73 283 19 289 8 2 17 3000 92 1.438 9.3 1.0 3.7 3.8 1.02 92
1959 33 54 48 .529 4.05 218 104 53 36 1 4 925.2 963 480 417 99 355 25 402 13 2 21 4021 94 1.424 9.4 1.0 3.5 3.9 1.13 94
1960 34 58 62 .483 4.07 255 125 64 38 2 4 1077.0 1133 565 487 115 403 33 458 20 3 26 4684 94 1.426 9.5 1.0 3.4 3.8 1.14 94
1961 35 68 75 .476 4.11 286 152 67 42 2 5 1239.1 1311 652 566 136 450 34 538 21 3 30 5385 93 1.421 9.5 1.0 3.3 3.9 1.20 93
1962 36 79 80 .497 4.13 318 176 70 47 3 6 1394.0 1495 736 639 151 495 40 609 23 3 34 6067 93 1.428 9.7 1.0 3.2 3.9 1.23 93
1963 37 92 91 .503 4.01 350 208 70 57 5 6 1603.2 1679 821 715 165 551 43 707 27 3 38 6914 94 1.391 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.28 94
1964 38 92 92 .500 4.01 352 209 70 57 5 6 1609.0 1685 824 717 165 552 44 713 27 3 38 6938 94 1.390 9.4 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.29 94

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
1944 18 2 7 .222 8.67 83.0 117 89 80 11 51 24 1 2.024 12.7 5.5 2.6 0.47 1.2 23
1947 21 0 0 9.00 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1948 22 0 0 11.25 4.0 8 6 5 0 2 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 2.3 0.50 0.0 2
1949 23 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 32 17 15 6 12 6 0 2.000 13.1 4.9 2.5 0.50 2.5 8
1951 25 7 9 .438 4.41 145.0 161 79 71 16 53 46 3 1.476 10.0 3.3 2.9 0.87 1.0 30
1956 30 2 4 .333 4.71 63.0 68 37 33 5 32 27 0 1.587 9.7 4.6 3.9 0.84 0.7 37
1957 31 10 6 .625 2.98 148.0 128 54 49 12 73 90 2 1.358 7.8 4.4 5.5 1.23 0.7 42
1958 32 14 10 .583 3.40 225.0 232 94 85 27 76 97 1 1.369 9.3 3.0 3.9 1.28 1.1 39
1959 33 13 13 .500 3.93 238.0 271 116 104 28 77 114 5 1.462 10.2 2.9 4.3 1.48 1.1 35
1960 34 7 9 .438 4.53 151.0 181 84 76 17 51 56 7 1.536 10.8 3.0 3.3 1.10 1.0 37
1961 35 7 10 .412 4.50 158.0 179 88 79 21 47 78 1 1.430 10.2 2.7 4.4 1.66 1.2 31
1962 36 7 9 .438 4.44 150.0 185 82 74 15 45 69 2 1.533 11.1 2.7 4.1 1.53 0.9 32
1963 37 10 11 .476 4.18 194.0 201 100 90 15 61 91 4 1.351 9.3 2.8 4.2 1.49 0.7 32
1964 38 0 0 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 6 0 1.167 9.0 1.5 9.0 6.00 0.0 2
14 Yrs 80 89 .473 4.33 1589.0 1769 850 765 173 581 705 27 1.479 10.0 4.0 1.21 1.0 351

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 AL (14, 5%)
1959 AL (11, 10%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 AL  2.99 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  16 (3rd)
1959 AL  19 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 AL  .667 (2nd)
1959 AL  .704 (2nd)
1962 NL  .688 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  2.792 (10th)
1961 AL  2.606 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1958 AL  225.7 (10th)
1959 AL  235.3 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1959 AL  32 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1958 AL  13 (8th)
1959 AL  13 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  25 (6th)
1959 AL  26 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  214 (8th)
1959 AL  253 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1960 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  95 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  8 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1959 AL  1,021 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 AL  124 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1963 NL  born 1925-12-01 (9th)
1964 NL  born 1925-12-01 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1925-12-01 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Nels Potter (978)
  2. Russ Meyer (963)
  3. Chris Bosio (963)
  4. Art Houtteman (963)
  5. Jim Wilson (961)
  6. Jim Bagby (961)
  7. Gene Conley (960)
  8. Lynn McGlothen (960)
  9. Ken Brett (956)
  10. Bill Swift (956)
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  1. Jimmy Haynes (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dewon Brazelton (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Harrell (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Art Herring (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Randy Gumpert (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brooks Lawrence (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Bielecki (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kris Benson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ruben Gomez (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Nels Potter (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fritz Ostermueller (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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