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Russ Meyer

Russell Charles Meyer (Rowdy or The Mad Monk)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 25, 1923 in Peru, IL
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1946 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers/Cubs/Athletics/RedSox/... 1946-1959

Final Game: June 28, 1959 (Age 35)
Died: November 16, 1997 in Oglesby, IL
Buried: Peru City Cemetery, Peru, IL
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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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 22 CHC NL 0 0 3.18 4 1 1 0 0 1 17.0 21 7 6 2 10 10 0 0 1 78 107 1.824 11.1 1.1 5.3 5.3 1.00
1947 23 CHC NL 3 2 .600 3.40 23 2 9 1 0 0 45.0 43 17 17 4 14 22 1 0 2 185 117 1.267 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
1948 24 CHC NL 10 10 .500 3.66 29 26 2 8 3 0 164.2 157 75 67 7 77 89 1 1 3 702 106 1.421 8.6 0.4 4.2 4.9 1.16
1949 25 PHI NL 17 8 .680 3.08 37 28 5 14 2 1 213.0 199 84 73 14 70 78 1 2 4 877 127 1.263 8.4 0.6 3.0 3.3 1.11 MVP-19
1950 26 PHI NL 9 11 .450 5.30 32 25 3 3 0 1 159.2 193 108 94 21 67 74 2 2 4 710 76 1.628 10.9 1.2 3.8 4.2 1.10
1951 27 PHI NL 8 9 .471 3.48 28 24 3 7 2 0 168.0 172 69 65 13 55 65 2 0 9 720 111 1.351 9.2 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.18
1952 28 PHI NL 13 14 .481 3.14 37 32 3 14 1 1 232.1 235 99 81 10 65 92 2 0 2 982 117 1.291 9.1 0.4 2.5 3.6 1.42
1953 29 BRO NL 15 5 .750 4.56 34 32 1 10 2 0 191.1 201 109 97 25 63 106 1 0 4 819 94 1.380 9.5 1.2 3.0 5.0 1.68
1954 30 BRO NL 11 6 .647 3.99 36 28 4 6 2 0 180.1 193 89 80 17 49 70 2 0 2 767 103 1.342 9.6 0.8 2.4 3.5 1.43
1955 31 BRO NL 6 2 .750 5.42 18 11 1 2 1 0 73.0 86 46 44 8 31 6 26 0 0 3 327 76 1.603 10.6 1.0 3.8 3.2 0.84
1956 32 TOT NL 1 6 .143 6.21 21 9 7 0 0 0 58.0 72 41 40 11 26 4 29 2 0 0 268 62 1.690 11.2 1.7 4.0 4.5 1.12
1956 32 CHC NL 1 6 .143 6.32 20 9 6 0 0 0 57.0 71 41 40 11 26 4 28 2 0 0 264 61 1.702 11.2 1.7 4.1 4.4 1.08
1956 32 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1957 33 BOS AL 0 0 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 28 79 2.600 18.0 0.0 5.4 1.8 0.33
1958 Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1959 35 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 4.50 18 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 12 12 3 11 0 10 1 0 2 107 91 1.458 9.0 1.1 4.1 3.8 0.91
13 Yrs 94 73 .563 3.99 319 219 47 65 13 5 1531.1 1606 761 679 135 541 10 672 15 5 36 6570 99 1.402 9.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.24
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .563 3.99 40 28 6 8 2 1 194 203 96 86 17 68 85 2 1 5 830 99 1.402 9.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.24
PHI (4 yrs) 47 42 .528 3.64 134 109 14 38 5 3 773.0 799 360 313 58 257 309 7 4 19 3289 106 1.366 9.3 0.7 3.0 3.6 1.20
CHC (4 yrs) 14 18 .438 4.12 76 38 18 9 3 1 283.2 292 140 130 24 127 4 149 4 1 6 1229 94 1.477 9.3 0.8 4.0 4.7 1.17
BRO (3 yrs) 32 13 .711 4.47 88 71 6 18 5 0 444.2 480 244 221 50 143 6 202 3 0 9 1913 94 1.401 9.7 1.0 2.9 4.1 1.41
KCA (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.50 18 0 7 0 0 1 24.0 24 12 12 3 11 0 10 1 0 2 107 91 1.458 9.0 1.1 4.1 3.8 0.91
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 28 79 2.600 18.0 0.0 5.4 1.8 0.33
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
NL (11 yrs) 93 73 .560 3.98 299 218 39 65 13 4 1502.1 1572 744 664 132 527 10 661 14 5 34 6435 99 1.397 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.25
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.66 20 1 8 0 0 1 29.0 34 17 15 3 14 0 11 1 0 2 135 88 1.655 10.6 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1946 22 CHC NL 17.0 4 1 7 3.71 3.86 -0.08 0.00 96.5 3.81 0 0.0 .9 -0.0 0.2 2 .505 .500
1947 23 CHC NL 45.1 23 2 17 3.38 4.86 -0.04 0.00 96.8 4.74 7 0.7 1.0 -0.0 1.2 12 .530 .504
1948 24 CHC NL 164.2 29 26 75 4.10 4.56 0.03 0.00 98.6 4.46 6 0.7 1.3 -0.1 2.4 25 .523 .504
1949 25 PHI NL 213.0 37 28 84 3.55 4.48 -0.06 0.00 97.0 4.41 20 2.1 1.0 -0.1 4.3 44 .558 .513 MVP-19
1950 26 PHI NL 159.2 32 25 108 6.09 4.73 0.19 0.00 96.7 4.38 -30 -2.8 1.3 -0.1 -1.2 -13 .413 .483
1951 27 PHI NL 168.0 28 24 69 3.70 4.47 -0.01 0.00 99.1 4.44 14 1.5 1.7 -0.1 3.2 31 .554 .509
1952 28 PHI NL 232.1 37 32 99 3.84 4.15 0.15 0.00 98.9 3.95 3 0.3 1.2 -0.1 2.5 26 .508 .502
1953 29 BRO NL 191.1 34 32 109 5.13 4.56 0.34 0.00 99.4 4.20 -18 -1.7 2.8 -0.1 0.2 2 .450 .489
1954 30 BRO NL 180.1 36 28 89 4.44 4.44 0.17 0.00 100.6 4.29 -2 -0.3 .3 -0.1 1.5 16 .493 .498
1955 31 BRO NL 73.0 18 11 46 5.67 4.14 0.48 0.00 100.5 3.67 -15 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.7 -9 .421 .491
1956 32 CHC NL 57.0 20 9 41 6.47 4.29 0.28 0.00 102.5 4.11 -14 -1.4 .9 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .429 .491
1956 32 CIN NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.54 0.08 0.00 100.0 3.46 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 0 .545 .500
1957 33 BOS AL 5.0 2 1 5 9.00 3.89 0.23 0.00 104.0 3.81 -3 -0.3 .4 0.0 -0.2 -2 .363 .498
1959 35 KCA AL 24.0 18 0 12 4.50 4.42 -0.17 0.00 103.2 4.74 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.2 3 .505 .501
13 Seasons 1531.2 319 219 761 4.47 4.44 0.13 0.00 98.8 4.26 -31 -2.4 1.0 -0.9 12.6 127 .493 .499
PHI (4 yrs) 773.0 134 109 360 4.19 4.43 0.06 0.00 98.0 4.27 7 1.2 1.3 -0.4 8.8 88 .509 .502
CHC (4 yrs) 284.0 76 38 140 4.44 4.51 0.06 0.00 99.0 4.40 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.2 2.8 29 .500 .500
BRO (3 yrs) 444.2 88 71 244 4.94 4.44 0.30 0.00 100.0 4.15 -35 -3.4 1.0 -0.3 0.9 9 .461 .493
KCA (1 yr) 24.0 18 0 12 4.50 4.42 -0.17 0.00 103.2 4.74 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.2 3 .505 .501
BOS (1 yr) 5.0 2 1 5 9.00 3.89 0.23 0.00 104.0 3.81 -3 -0.3 .4 0.0 -0.2 -2 .363 .498
CIN (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.54 0.08 0.00 100.0 3.46 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 0 .545 .500

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
1950 26 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 5.40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 5.4
1953 29 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 6.23 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 3 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 24 2.769 16.6 4.2 8.3 10.4 1.25
1955 31 BRO NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.059 6.4 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 3.09 4 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 16 5 4 2 6 1 10 0 0 0 55 1.886 12.3 1.5 4.6 7.7 1.67
3 WS 0 1 .000 3.09 4 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 16 5 4 2 6 1 10 0 0 0 55 1.886 12.3 1.5 4.6 7.7 1.67

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
1946 22 CHC NL 4 28 67 7 21 2 0 2 0 0 10 10 .313 .403 .433 .835 .345 29 0 0 1 0 0
1947 23 CHC NL 23 89 167 17 43 7 0 4 1 1 14 22 .257 .319 .371 .690 .277 62 2 1 3 0 0
1948 24 CHC NL 29 292 618 75 157 13 2 7 5 2 77 89 .254 .338 .316 .653 .287 195 6 1 7 0 3
1949 25 PHI NL 37 622 812 84 199 22 5 14 10 2 70 78 .245 .306 .336 .642 .257 273 14 1 10 0 10
1950 26 PHI NL 32 683 647 108 193 29 7 21 7 5 67 74 .298 .366 .462 .828 .312 299 16 2 6 0 12
1951 27 PHI NL 28 627 651 69 172 17 6 13 6 5 55 65 .264 .323 .369 .692 .277 240 14 2 8 0 8
1952 28 PHI NL 37 861 904 99 235 35 4 10 4 7 65 92 .260 .311 .341 .652 .281 308 21 2 12 0 17
1953 29 BRO NL 34 819 747 109 201 21 5 25 7 0 63 106 .269 .327 .411 .738 .286 307 18 1 8 0 10
1954 30 BRO NL 36 767 703 89 193 36 1 17 4 4 49 70 .275 .322 .401 .723 .284 282 14 2 9 4 9
1955 31 BRO NL 18 327 287 46 86 20 2 8 1 1 31 26 .300 .364 .467 .831 .305 134 6 0 6 3 6 2
1956 32 TOT NL 21 220 231 41 72 9 2 11 2 0 26 29 .312 .382 .511 .893 .314 118 5 2 6 3 4 0
1956 32 CHC NL 20 216 227 41 71 9 2 11 2 0 26 28 .313 .384 .515 .899 .314 117 5 2 6 3 4 0
1956 32 CIN NL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 33 BOS AL 2 28 24 5 10 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 .417 .464 .417 .881 .417 10 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 35 KCA AL 18 108 92 12 24 6 3 3 4 0 11 10 .261 .340 .489 .829 .259 45 0 1 2 2 0 1
13 Yrs 319 5471 5950 761 1606 217 37 135 54 27 541 672 .270 .332 .387 .719 .285 2302 116 15 78 13 10 73
162 Game Avg. 40 692 752 96 203 27 5 17 7 3 68 85 .270 .332 .387 .719 .285 291 15 2 10 2 9
MLB Averages .260 .333 .378 .711 .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
1946 22 CHC NL 0.4 0.0 28 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .73 -0.0 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.73 -0.3 0 1 0
1947 23 CHC NL 4.1 0.4 95 0.3 1.9 -1.6 1.11 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 1.09 -0.3 4 2 7
1948 24 CHC NL 4.7 0.5 305 0.2 5.9 -5.7 1.16 0.3 -0.2 3.7 0.4 1.16 4.6 1 0 1
1949 25 PHI NL 20.0 2.0 645 2.0 12.2 -10.2 1.08 1.5 0.4 13.0 1.3 1.08 16.7 4 0 3
1950 26 PHI NL -23.8 -2.2 720 -2.3 13.0 -15.3 1.12 -1.9 -0.2 -26.2 -2.5 1.12 -21.4 3 2 2
1951 27 PHI NL 9.1 0.9 649 1.6 12.7 -11.1 1.14 0.6 0.9 15.6 1.6 1.14 6.6 2 1 1
1952 28 PHI NL 10.4 1.1 890 1.1 15.5 -14.4 1.03 2.1 -1.0 14.3 1.5 1.03 20.6 1 1 1
1953 29 BRO NL -5.4 -0.5 833 -0.9 15.0 -15.9 1.04 0.5 -1.3 -0.2 -0.0 1.04 7.4 1 0 1
1954 30 BRO NL 3.1 0.3 779 0.6 13.0 -12.4 .95 0.6 0.0 2.5 0.2 0.95 5.3 0 1 7
1955 31 BRO NL -9.0 -0.9 335 0.5 5.5 -5.1 .95 -0.5 1.0 -6.3 -0.6 0.95 -6.0 2 2 3
1956 32 TOT NL -13.0 -1.3 224 -2.1 3.4 -5.5 1.09 -2.2 0.2 -12.8 -1.3 1.09 -21.5 2 0 7
1956 32 CHC NL -13.6 -1.3 220 -2.1 3.4 -5.5 1.11 -2.2 0.3 -13.3 -1.3 1.11 -21.9 2 0 7
1956 32 CIN NL 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.5 0.0 0.00 0.4 0 0 0
1957 33 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 31 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 1.06 -0.3 -0.0 -3.6 -0.3 1.06 -3.2 0 0 1
1959 35 KCA AL -0.4 -0.0 114 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .48 -0.6 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.48 -5.3 1 5 10
13 Yrs -1.0 0.2 5648 0.6 99.5 -98.9 1.04 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 0.4 1.04 3.4 21 15 44

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
1946 22 CHC NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 0 0 0 1 2.8 7.3
1947 23 CHC NL 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 47.5 63 32 7 3 0 1 3.2 4.5
1948 24 CHC NL 29 26 10 8 8 0 3 14 12 .538 1 1 8 3 13 50% 52.4 87 25 9 2 9 9 4.8 5.5 6.1
1949 25 PHI NL 37 28 15 7 6 0 2 18 10 .643 1 4 14 2 21 75% 55.0 81 11 14 7 11 9 4.2 3.9 7.0
1950 26 PHI NL 32 25 9 10 6 2 1 14 11 .560 0 1 3 0 9 36% 43.5 67 24 27 10 13 10 4.8 4.7 6.0
1951 27 PHI NL 28 24 8 8 8 3 5 15 9 .625 0 2 7 2 14 58% 52.1 77 22 7 0 15 5 4.8 4.7 6.6
1952 28 PHI NL 37 32 13 13 6 2 7 16 16 .500 2 4 14 1 18 56% 53.1 84 23 11 6 13 11 4.6 4.6 7.0
1953 29 BRO NL 34 32 15 4 13 7 0 23 9 .719 1 6 10 2 9 28% 48.8 82 24 28 15 13 13 7.1 6.5 5.9
1954 30 BRO NL 36 28 11 6 11 4 3 19 9 .679 2 6 6 2 13 46% 49.6 78 16 27 9 11 8 5.4 6.0 5.9
1955 31 BRO NL 18 11 5 1 5 4 0 9 2 .818 1 0 2 1 1 9% 45.9 84 11 18 6 1 8 8.2 8.3 5.5
1956 32 TOT NL 21 9 1 5 3 0 0 3 6 .333 0 2 0 0 2 22% 73 24 5 3 2 5 3.9 3.5 5.1
1956 32 CHC NL 20 9 1 5 3 0 0 3 6 .333 0 2 0 0 2 22% 41.3 73 24 5 3 2 5 3.9 3.5 5.1
1957 33 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 2 0 0 1 3.6 4.5 3.0
12 Yrs 300 219 88 63 68 22 21 133 86 .607 8 27 65 13 101 46% 50 87 11 155 61 88 81 5.2 5.3 6.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -11 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
1946 22 CHC NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% .733 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 9.7
1947 23 CHC NL 23 21 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 3 23% 1.109 4 2 7 1 3 11 6 9 9 6 7 3 5.2
1948 24 CHC NL 29 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.156 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 5.0
1949 25 PHI NL 37 9 5 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 1 1 100% 7 1.078 4 0 3 2 3 3 1 7 5 2 5 3 5.2
1950 26 PHI NL 32 7 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 5 83% 9 1.117 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 1 5 1 3.9
1951 27 PHI NL 28 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 10 1.136 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 3 1 6.8
1952 28 PHI NL 37 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1.032 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 4.4
1953 29 BRO NL 34 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 6 1.036 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1954 30 BRO NL 36 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 .955 0 1 7 0 0 8 3 5 3 2 3 1 5.8
1955 31 BRO NL 18 7 1 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 0 0% 4 .955 2 2 3 2 1 4 2 5 4 1 4 0 5.1
1956 32 TOT NL 21 12 7 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 3 30% 1.089 2 0 7 1 1 8 4 6 2 4 1 3 3.0
1956 32 CHC NL 20 11 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 3 30% 7 1.109 2 0 7 1 1 7 4 5 2 4 1 3 3.0
1956 32 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1957 33 BOS AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.056 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1959 35 KCA AL 18 18 7 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 0 11 4 36% 7 .481 1 5 10 3 0 15 6 12 11 6 11 1 4.0
13 Yrs 319 100 47 6 10 9 5 6 56% 11 1 56 19 34% 1.043 21 15 44 13 13 60 30 56 46 24 44 16 4.8

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%
1946 22 CHC NL 78 68% 7.1% 35.7% 35.7% 14.3% 19% 0.67 196% 6 0 0%
1947 23 CHC NL 186 67% 4.5% 24.7% 15.7% 12.4% 26% 0.96 158% 14 2 14%
1948 24 CHC NL 703 59% 2.4% 30.5% 26.4% 7.5% 14% 1.29 179% 65 6 9%
1949 25 PHI NL 893 61% 2.3% 12.5% 11.3% 6.6% 21% 0.80 116% 102 14 14%
1950 26 PHI NL 721 64% 3.1% 10.8% 9.8% 8.4% 30% 1.02 81% 160 16 10%
1951 27 PHI NL 720 61% 2.1% 10.4% 8.8% 5.7% 21% 0.84 91% 138 14 10%
1952 28 PHI NL 982 56% 1.2% 10.7% 7.6% 5.7% 21% 1.05 93% 167 21 13%
1953 29 BRO NL 819 57% 3.1% 12.9% 7.7% 6.2% 25% 1.11 75% 165 18 11%
1954 30 BRO NL 767 66% 2.2% 9.1% 6.4% 7.0% 28% 0.89 81% 163 14 9%
1955 31 BRO NL 327 65% 2.5% 8.0% 9.5% 9.2% 35% 1.13 78% 72 6 8%
1956 32 TOT NL 268 60% 5.0% 13.2% 11.8% 10.0% 31% 1.46 88% 50 5 10%
1956 32 CHC NL 264 60% 5.1% 13.0% 12.0% 10.2% 31% 1.47 88% 49 5 10%
1956 32 CIN NL 4 25% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 75% 1 0 0%
1957 33 BOS AL 28 61% 0.0% 3.6% 10.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 86% 10 0 0%
1959 35 KCA AL 108 71% 2.8% 9.3% 10.2% 11.1% 50% 0.94 75% 19 0 0%
13 Yrs 6600 61% 2.5% 12.3% 9.9% 7.1% 24% 0.99 94% 1131 116 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.2% 11.4% 7.0% 25% 0.97 91% 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
1946 22 CHC NL 28 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
1947 23 CHC NL 89 43 4 0 7 3 0 3 0 6 2 1 33% 0 2 0 26 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 97
1948 24 CHC NL 292 157 7 0 11 1 1 0 2 21 7 2 33% 3 3 0 111 5 2 71% 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 411
1949 25 PHI NL 622 199 14 0 8 5 4 3 6 18 11 1 61% 10 4 1 231 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 271
1950 26 PHI NL 683 193 21 1 19 13 7 8 12 47 24 8 51% 12 4 2 261 7 5 58% 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 38
1951 27 PHI NL 627 172 13 0 15 6 7 7 6 29 15 5 52% 8 9 1 243 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 93
1952 28 PHI NL 861 235 10 0 16 6 3 5 4 43 21 3 49% 17 2 1 325 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 121
1953 29 BRO NL 819 201 25 0 16 14 11 14 11 38 22 4 58% 10 4 0 289 7 0 100% 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
1954 30 BRO NL 767 193 17 2 13 12 5 11 6 34 20 4 59% 9 2 1 305 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1955 31 BRO NL 327 86 8 1 10 6 2 4 4 24 12 0 50% 2 3 0 129 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
1956 32 TOT NL 220 72 11 1 10 7 4 10 1 14 10 0 71% 0 0 0 92 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48
1956 32 CHC NL 216 71 11 1 10 7 4 10 1 14 10 0 71% 0 0 0 90 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48
1956 32 CIN NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 33 BOS AL 28 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 15 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 35 KCA AL 108 24 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 10 6 1 60% 1 2 0 47 4 0 100% 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
13 Yrs 5471 1606 135 5 127 75 45 67 53 287 152 29 53% 73 36 6 2093 54 27 67% 44 25 5 0 5 2 4 0 67 1129
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1946 22 0 0 3.18 4 1 1 0 0 1 17.0 21 7 6 2 10 10 0 0 1 78 107 1.824 11.1 1.1 5.3 5.3 1.00 107
1947 23 3 2 .600 3.34 27 3 10 1 0 1 62.0 64 24 23 6 24 32 1 0 3 263 114 1.419 9.3 0.9 3.5 4.6 1.33 114
1948 24 13 12 .520 3.57 56 29 12 9 3 1 226.2 221 99 90 13 101 121 2 1 6 965 108 1.421 8.8 0.5 4.0 4.8 1.20 108
1949 25 30 20 .600 3.34 93 57 17 23 5 2 439.2 420 183 163 27 171 199 3 3 10 1842 117 1.344 8.6 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.16 117
1950 26 39 31 .557 3.86 125 82 20 26 5 3 599.1 613 291 257 48 238 273 5 5 14 2552 102 1.420 9.2 0.7 3.6 4.1 1.15 102
1951 27 47 40 .540 3.78 153 106 23 33 7 3 767.1 785 360 322 61 293 338 7 5 23 3272 104 1.405 9.2 0.7 3.4 4.0 1.15 104
1952 28 60 54 .526 3.63 190 138 26 47 8 4 999.2 1020 459 403 71 358 430 9 5 25 4254 106 1.378 9.2 0.6 3.2 3.9 1.20 106
1953 29 75 59 .560 3.78 224 170 27 57 10 4 1191.0 1221 568 500 96 421 536 10 5 29 5073 104 1.379 9.2 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.27 104
1954 30 86 65 .570 3.81 260 198 31 63 12 4 1371.1 1414 657 580 113 470 606 12 5 31 5840 104 1.374 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.29 104
1955 31 92 67 .579 3.89 278 209 32 65 13 4 1444.1 1500 703 624 121 501 6 632 12 5 34 6167 102 1.385 9.3 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26 102
1956 32 93 73 .560 3.98 299 218 39 65 13 4 1502.1 1572 744 664 132 527 10 661 14 5 34 6435 99 1.397 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.25 99
1957 33 93 73 .560 3.98 301 219 40 65 13 4 1507.1 1582 749 667 132 530 10 662 14 5 34 6463 99 1.401 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.25 99
1958 34 93 73 .560 3.98 301 219 40 65 13 4 1507.1 1582 749 667 132 530 10 662 14 5 34 6463 99 1.401 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.25 99
1959 35 94 73 .563 3.99 319 219 47 65 13 5 1531.1 1606 761 679 135 541 10 672 15 5 36 6570 99 1.402 9.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.24 99

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
1946 22 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 24 8 7 2 11 9 0 2.188 13.5 6.2 5.1 0.82 1.1 4
1947 23 2 2 .500 3.48 44.0 45 19 17 4 15 22 1 1.364 9.2 3.1 4.5 1.47 0.8 23
1948 24 9 9 .500 4.00 162.0 166 80 72 7 81 88 1 1.525 9.2 4.5 4.9 1.09 0.4 29
1949 25 14 9 .609 3.26 210.0 207 84 76 15 73 77 1 1.333 8.9 3.1 3.3 1.05 0.6 37
1950 26 6 11 .353 5.50 157.0 199 107 96 22 69 73 2 1.707 11.4 4.0 4.2 1.06 1.3 32
1951 27 10 8 .556 3.67 169.0 181 77 69 14 58 65 2 1.414 9.6 3.1 3.5 1.12 0.7 28
1952 28 14 11 .560 3.55 233.0 255 102 92 11 71 92 2 1.399 9.8 2.7 3.6 1.30 0.4 37
1953 29 10 11 .476 4.29 195.0 201 103 93 25 63 108 1 1.354 9.3 2.9 5.0 1.71 1.2 34
1954 30 10 10 .500 3.94 185.0 199 90 81 18 51 72 2 1.351 9.7 2.5 3.5 1.41 0.9 36
1955 31 3 5 .375 5.47 74.0 89 50 45 8 32 26 0 1.635 10.8 3.9 3.2 0.81 1.0 18
1956 32 2 4 .333 6.67 58.0 76 48 43 12 27 29 2 1.776 11.8 4.2 4.5 1.07 1.9 21
1957 33 0 0 5.40 5.0 11 3 3 0 3 1 0 2.800 19.8 5.4 1.8 0.33 0.0 2
1959 35 1 1 .500 4.68 25.0 25 14 13 3 11 10 1 1.440 9.0 4.0 3.6 0.91 1.1 18
13 Yrs 81 82 .497 4.15 1533.0 1678 785 707 141 565 672 15 1.463 9.9 3.9 1.19 0.8 319

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (19, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1949 NL  4.3 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL  3.08 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  17 (4th)
1953 NL  15 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 NL  .680 (4th)
1953 NL  .750 (3rd)
1954 NL  .647 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 NL  1.263 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  8.409 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  2.518 (9th)
1954 NL  2.446 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  4.864 (5th)
1953 NL  4.986 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL  232.3 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1952 NL  32 (8th)
1953 NL  32 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL  14 (10th)
1952 NL  14 (9th)
1953 NL  10 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 NL  3 (6th)
1953 NL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  25 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  235 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  1.683 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  0.383 (3rd)
1949 NL  0.592 (10th)
1952 NL  0.387 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  97 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 NL  9 (1st)
1953 NL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL  982 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL  127 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  13.03 (9th)
1951 NL  15.61 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.0 (7th)
1951 NL  1.6 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.5 (7th)
1952 NL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.3 (9th)
1951 NL  1.6 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 40 (633), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (976), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1038), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (814th), 9.1 career WAR/12.9 7yr-peak WAR/11.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Tex Carleton (970)
  2. Cal McLish (963)
  3. Bill Swift (963)
  4. George Pipgras (957)
  5. Bob Walk (956)
  6. Pete Vuckovich (956)
  7. Tom Brewer (956)
  8. Vic Aldridge (952)
  9. Rip Collins (952)
  10. Ralph Branca (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Blanton (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Danny Cox (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Kevin Brown (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eric King (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Johnny Rigney (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Brown (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tex Carleton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tex Carleton (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tex Carleton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rip Collins (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bob Walk (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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