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Paul Minner

Paul Edison Minner (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 30, 1923 in New Wilmington, PA
High School: New Wilmington HS (New Wilmington, PA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1946
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers 1946-1956

Final Game: June 12, 1956
Died: March 28, 2006 in Lemoyne, PA
Cremated
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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
1946 22 BRO NL 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 56 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00
1948 24 BRO NL 4 3 .571 2.44 28 2 11 0 0 1 62.2 61 23 17 5 26 23 0 0 2 269 165 1.388 8.8 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.88
1949 25 BRO NL 3 1 .750 3.80 27 1 15 0 0 2 47.1 49 22 20 7 18 17 1 0 1 203 109 1.415 9.3 1.3 3.4 3.2 0.94
1950 26 CHC NL 8 13 .381 4.11 39 24 9 9 1 4 190.1 217 105 87 18 72 99 1 3 3 839 102 1.518 10.3 0.9 3.4 4.7 1.38
1951 27 CHC NL 6 17 .261 3.79 33 28 3 14 3 1 201.2 219 97 85 20 64 68 0 1 5 861 109 1.403 9.8 0.9 2.9 3.0 1.06
1952 28 CHC NL 14 9 .609 3.74 28 27 1 12 2 0 180.2 180 84 75 13 54 61 1 1 2 762 103 1.295 9.0 0.6 2.7 3.0 1.13
1953 29 CHC NL 12 15 .444 4.21 31 27 2 9 2 1 201.0 227 109 94 15 40 64 3 0 0 860 106 1.328 10.2 0.7 1.8 2.9 1.60
1954 30 CHC NL 11 11 .500 3.96 32 29 3 12 0 1 218.0 236 107 96 19 50 79 1 0 1 913 106 1.312 9.7 0.8 2.1 3.3 1.58
1955 31 CHC NL 9 9 .500 3.48 22 22 0 7 1 0 157.2 173 67 61 15 47 10 53 1 0 2 675 119 1.395 9.9 0.9 2.7 3.0 1.13
1956 32 CHC NL 2 5 .286 6.89 10 9 0 1 0 0 47.0 60 38 36 9 19 2 14 2 0 1 213 56 1.681 11.5 1.7 3.6 2.7 0.74
10 Yrs 69 84 .451 3.94 253 169 44 64 9 10 1310.1 1428 656 574 122 393 12 481 10 5 17 5617 105 1.390 9.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.22
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .451 3.94 41 27 7 10 1 2 211 230 106 92 20 63 78 2 1 3 905 105 1.390 9.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.22
CHC (7 yrs) 62 79 .440 4.02 195 166 18 64 9 7 1196.1 1312 607 534 109 346 12 438 9 5 14 5123 103 1.386 9.9 0.8 2.6 3.3 1.27
BRO (3 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.16 58 3 26 0 0 3 114.0 116 49 40 13 47 43 1 0 3 494 129 1.430 9.2 1.0 3.7 3.4 0.91

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
1946 22 BRO NL 4.0 3 0 4 9.00 4.34 0.08 0.00 98.5 4.20 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .424 .499 $
1948 24 BRO NL 62.2 28 2 23 3.30 4.49 0.13 0.00 101.2 4.42 8 0.8 1.4 0.1 1.5 15 .529 .505 $
1949 25 BRO NL 47.1 27 1 22 4.18 4.62 0.28 0.00 102.2 4.43 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 7 .505 .501 $
1950 26 CHC NL 191.1 39 24 105 4.94 4.81 -0.08 0.00 100.4 4.90 0 0.0 1.8 -0.1 1.7 21 .501 .500 $
1951 27 CHC NL 201.2 33 28 97 4.33 4.52 -0.10 0.00 104.2 4.81 11 1.2 1.7 -0.1 2.9 33 .535 .507 $
1952 28 CHC NL 180.2 28 27 84 4.18 4.07 0.05 0.00 102.9 4.14 -1 -0.1 .3 -0.1 1.4 18 .497 .500 $
1953 29 CHC NL 200.2 31 27 109 4.89 4.69 -0.39 0.00 104.0 5.29 10 1.1 2.0 -0.1 2.8 33 .534 .507 $
1954 30 CHC NL 218.0 32 29 107 4.42 4.59 -0.12 0.00 103.1 4.86 12 1.2 2.7 -0.1 3.1 35 .538 .508 $
1955 31 CHC NL 157.2 22 22 67 3.82 4.19 0.30 0.00 102.9 4.00 6 0.6 -0.1 2.0 21 .530 .504 $
1956 32 CHC NL 47.0 10 9 38 7.28 4.22 0.29 0.00 101.4 3.99 -16 -1.5 .9 -0.0 -1.1 -12 .350 .491 $
10 Seasons 1311.0 253 169 656 4.50 4.49 -0.04 0.00 102.8 4.65 29 3.3 1.4 -0.6 14.6 168 .513 .502 $
CHC (7 yrs) 1197.0 195 166 607 4.56 4.48 -0.06 0.00 102.9 4.67 23 2.6 1.8 -0.6 12.8 148 .513 .502 $
BRO (3 yrs) 114.0 58 3 49 3.87 4.54 0.19 0.00 101.6 4.42 7 0.7 1.2 0.0 1.8 20 .512 .501 $

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
1949 25 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 24 BRO NL 28 269 237 23 61 7 1 5 3 1 26 23 .257 .331 .359 .689 .268 85 5 0 6 0 3
1949 25 BRO NL 27 205 182 22 49 11 1 7 0 1 18 17 .269 .338 .456 .794 .266 83 6 1 4 0 3
1950 26 CHC NL 39 719 765 105 217 26 2 18 9 3 72 99 .284 .346 .393 .740 .307 301 17 1 11 0 22
1951 27 CHC NL 33 693 789 97 219 36 5 20 15 7 64 68 .278 .332 .412 .744 .284 325 12 0 9 0 9
1952 28 CHC NL 28 607 698 84 180 19 5 13 4 2 54 61 .258 .312 .355 .667 .268 248 12 1 9 0 10
1953 29 CHC NL 31 801 801 109 227 48 8 15 2 7 40 64 .283 .320 .419 .739 .294 336 13 3 16 0 16
1954 30 CHC NL 32 740 843 107 236 45 12 19 4 5 50 79 .280 .317 .429 .747 .287 362 17 1 8 11 8
1955 31 CHC NL 22 482 610 67 173 22 2 15 5 2 47 53 .284 .333 .400 .733 .289 244 11 1 11 5 10 3
1956 32 CHC NL 10 213 186 38 60 7 0 9 4 3 19 14 .323 .388 .505 .893 .309 94 5 2 4 2 2 1
9 Yrs 250 4729 5111 652 1422 221 36 121 46 31 390 478 .278 .330 .407 .736 .287 2078 98 10 78 18 12 75
162 Game Avg. 41 767 829 106 231 36 6 20 7 5 63 78 .278 .330 .407 .736 .287 337 16 2 13 3 12
MLB Averages .260 .335 .370 .706 .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 24 BRO NL 9.3 1.0 277 0.7 4.5 -3.8 .97 0.2 0.5 7.4 0.7 0.97 4.1 10 4 12
1949 25 BRO NL 2.1 0.2 210 -1.4 2.0 -3.4 .65 -0.5 -1.7 -2.3 -0.2 0.65 -2.3 6 2 18
1950 26 CHC NL -0.2 -0.0 742 -0.1 14.4 -14.5 1.11 -0.8 0.7 2.1 0.2 1.11 -6.6 6 1 5
1951 27 CHC NL 6.8 0.7 727 -0.6 13.4 -14.0 1.06 -0.3 -0.3 5.6 0.6 1.06 -0.2 3 0 2
1952 28 CHC NL 2.5 0.3 641 0.7 11.7 -11.0 1.11 0.8 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 1.07 6.5 0 0 1
1953 29 CHC NL 3.5 0.3 836 0.7 16.6 -16.0 1.11 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.0 1.11 5.2 2 1 1
1954 30 CHC NL 6.1 0.6 770 -0.2 13.2 -13.4 .95 -0.3 0.1 6.0 0.6 0.95 -1.8 2 0 0
1955 31 CHC NL 12.0 1.2 497 0.7 8.8 -8.0 1.06 1.0 -0.3 10.3 1.0 1.07 8.0 0 0 0
1956 32 CHC NL -14.5 -1.4 221 -1.4 3.5 -5.0 1.10 -1.2 -0.2 -14.9 -1.4 1.10 -13.4 0 1 0
10 Yrs 26.1 2.7 4921 -0.9 88.2 -89.1 1.04 -0.6 -0.3 14.0 1.5 1.04 -0.5 29 9 39

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 24 BRO NL 28 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 46.0 55 37 13 3 1 0 5.5 7.6 6.3
1949 25 BRO NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 5 1 0 1 8.0 0.0 1.0
1950 26 CHC NL 39 24 8 13 3 0 3 11 13 .458 0 3 9 1 11 46% 47.1 78 23 28 6 7 6 4.3 3.4 6.7
1951 27 CHC NL 33 28 6 17 5 1 6 11 17 .393 1 2 14 3 13 46% 49.3 82 23 9 5 5 12 3.9 3.9 7.1
1952 28 CHC NL 28 27 14 9 4 3 4 17 10 .630 1 1 12 2 15 56% 51.1 81 19 14 3 4 15 5.2 5.5 6.7
1953 29 CHC NL 31 27 10 15 2 2 3 11 16 .407 0 2 9 2 11 41% 47.7 84 27 23 14 5 14 3.6 3.3 7.0
1954 30 CHC NL 32 29 11 10 8 2 4 13 16 .448 1 2 12 0 14 48% 50.2 75 19 14 7 5 12 5.2 5.6 7.4
1955 31 CHC NL 22 22 9 9 4 2 5 11 11 .500 1 1 7 1 14 64% 50.7 84 30 11 2 0 14 4.7 5.9 7.2
1956 32 CHC NL 10 9 2 5 2 2 2 3 6 .333 0 1 1 0 3 33% 39.0 66 13 6 2 1 7 4.4 3.6 4.9
9 Yrs 250 169 61 78 30 13 27 78 91 .462 4 13 64 9 82 49% 49 84 13 123 43 28 81 4.5 4.5 6.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -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 BRO NL 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.0
1948 24 BRO NL 28 26 11 3 3 1 1 0 100% 6 3 25 7 28% 8 .972 10 4 12 7 4 15 15 11 15 6 16 8 5.8
1949 25 BRO NL 27 26 15 3 1 3 2 1 67% 5 0 23 10 43% 8 .655 6 2 18 5 3 18 14 12 16 6 17 6 5.3
1950 26 CHC NL 39 15 9 0 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 12 2 17% 1.108 6 1 5 5 1 6 6 6 10 4 9 4 6.1
1951 27 CHC NL 33 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 9 6 67% 8 1.059 3 0 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 2.0
1952 28 CHC NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.108 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1953 29 CHC NL 31 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 7 1.113 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 7.8
1954 30 CHC NL 32 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% .950 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 4.3
1956 32 CHC NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.101 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8.0
9 Yrs 231 84 44 8 6 12 10 2 83% 20 4 79 28 35% 1.043 29 9 39 22 11 44 43 34 48 20 48 22 5.5

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 BRO NL 22 4.6% 13.6% 13.6% 64%
1948 24 BRO NL 269 33% 1.9% 8.6% 9.7% 4.8% 21% 0.80 78% 59 5 8%
1949 25 BRO NL 205 36% 3.4% 8.3% 8.8% 9.3% 39% 0.68 77% 45 6 13%
1950 26 CHC NL 849 27% 2.5% 13.8% 10.0% 6.4% 21% 1.01 90% 161 17 11%
1951 27 CHC NL 862 26% 2.9% 9.8% 9.2% 8.8% 28% 0.85 101% 129 12 9%
1952 28 CHC NL 762 29% 2.1% 10.1% 8.9% 6.1% 21% 0.85 103% 128 12 9%
1953 29 CHC NL 860 30% 1.9% 8.0% 5.0% 8.9% 31% 0.83 90% 159 13 8%
1954 30 CHC NL 913 27% 2.6% 10.7% 6.8% 10.3% 32% 0.89 102% 125 17 14%
1955 31 CHC NL 675 26% 3.1% 11.0% 9.8% 8.1% 23% 1.25 113% 84 11 13%
1956 32 CHC NL 213 31% 4.2% 6.6% 8.9% 7.5% 27% 1.21 77% 47 5 11%
10 Yrs 5630 28% 2.6% 10.1% 8.3% 8.0% 27% 0.91 96% 937 98 10%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 11.9% 11.1% 6.1% 23% 0.95 87% 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 BRO NL 6 1 0
1948 24 BRO NL 269 61 5 0 7 1 4 3 2 13 8 2 62% 3 2 1 117 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1949 25 BRO NL 205 49 7 0 10 5 2 2 5 15 8 3 53% 3 1 2 82 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1950 26 CHC NL 719 217 18 0 17 9 4 8 5 40 16 4 40% 22 3 0 288 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 130
1951 27 CHC NL 693 219 20 1 11 14 2 5 11 34 19 1 56% 9 5 0 260 15 7 68% 11 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 6 169
1952 28 CHC NL 607 180 13 1 13 7 3 4 6 36 19 2 53% 10 2 0 226 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 155
1953 29 CHC NL 801 227 15 0 8 11 4 7 8 45 28 3 62% 16 0 0 319 2 7 22% 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 59
1954 30 CHC NL 740 236 19 0 6 12 5 5 12 24 18 1 75% 8 1 0 280 4 5 44% 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 173
1955 31 CHC NL 482 173 15 0 8 8 4 6 6 22 11 1 50% 3 2 0 186 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 193
1956 32 CHC NL 213 60 9 0 5 7 2 6 3 16 11 0 69% 1 1 0 82 4 3 57% 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Yrs 4729 1428 122 2 85 74 30 46 58 245 138 17 56% 75 17 3 1840 46 31 60% 34 25 10 3 2 1 8 1 47 879
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+
1946 22 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 56 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 56
1947 23 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 56 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 56
1948 24 4 4 .500 2.70 31 2 11 0 0 1 66.2 67 27 20 6 29 26 0 0 2 291 148 1.440 9.0 0.8 3.9 3.5 0.90 148
1949 25 7 5 .583 3.16 58 3 26 0 0 3 114.0 116 49 40 13 47 43 1 0 3 494 129 1.430 9.2 1.0 3.7 3.4 0.91 129
1950 26 15 18 .455 3.76 97 27 35 9 1 7 304.1 333 154 127 31 119 142 2 3 6 1333 110 1.485 9.8 0.9 3.5 4.2 1.19 110
1951 27 21 35 .375 3.77 130 55 38 23 4 8 506.0 552 251 212 51 183 210 2 4 11 2194 110 1.453 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.7 1.15 110
1952 28 35 44 .443 3.76 158 82 39 35 6 8 686.2 732 335 287 64 237 271 3 5 13 2956 108 1.411 9.6 0.8 3.1 3.6 1.14 108
1953 29 47 59 .443 3.86 189 109 41 44 8 9 887.2 959 444 381 79 277 335 6 5 13 3816 107 1.392 9.7 0.8 2.8 3.4 1.21 107
1954 30 58 70 .453 3.88 221 138 44 56 8 10 1105.2 1195 551 477 98 327 414 7 5 14 4729 107 1.377 9.7 0.8 2.7 3.4 1.27 107
1955 31 67 79 .459 3.83 243 160 44 63 9 10 1263.1 1368 618 538 113 374 10 467 8 5 16 5404 108 1.379 9.7 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.25 108
1956 32 69 84 .451 3.94 253 169 44 64 9 10 1310.1 1428 656 574 122 393 12 481 10 5 17 5617 105 1.390 9.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.22 105

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
1946 22 0 0 9.00 4.0 7 4 4 1 4 3 0 2.750 15.8 9.0 6.8 0.75 2.3 3
1948 24 5 2 .714 2.57 63.0 64 20 18 5 27 23 0 1.444 9.1 3.9 3.3 0.85 0.7 28
1949 25 3 2 .600 3.83 47.0 50 22 20 7 18 17 1 1.447 9.6 3.4 3.3 0.94 1.3 27
1950 26 11 10 .524 3.94 194.0 220 94 85 18 73 101 1 1.510 10.2 3.4 4.7 1.38 0.8 39
1951 27 12 10 .545 3.74 202.0 222 93 84 20 65 68 0 1.421 9.9 2.9 3.0 1.05 0.9 33
1952 28 10 10 .500 4.01 182.0 191 90 81 14 57 62 1 1.363 9.4 2.8 3.1 1.09 0.7 28
1953 29 12 11 .522 3.73 210.0 222 97 87 15 39 67 3 1.243 9.5 1.7 2.9 1.72 0.6 31
1954 30 12 12 .500 3.85 222.0 241 106 95 19 51 81 1 1.315 9.8 2.1 3.3 1.59 0.8 32
1955 31 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 178 69 62 15 48 54 1 1.404 10.0 2.7 3.0 1.13 0.8 22
1956 32 1 4 .200 7.63 46.0 64 43 39 10 20 14 2 1.826 12.5 3.9 2.7 0.70 2.0 10
10 Yrs 76 68 .528 3.89 1331.0 1459 638 575 124 402 490 10 1.398 9.9 3.3 1.22 0.8 253

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 NL  3.48 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1953 NL  1.328 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  2.856 (9th)
1953 NL  1.791 (3rd)
1954 NL  2.064 (2nd)
1955 NL  2.683 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  4.681 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  4 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 NL  201.0 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1951 NL  14 (9th)
1954 NL  12 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 NL  3 (7th)
1953 NL  2 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  227 (4th)
1954 NL  236 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 NL  1.580 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  0.672 (6th)
1954 NL  0.784 (8th)
1955 NL  0.856 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL  17 (1st)
1953 NL  15 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  96 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 NL  119 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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