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Vinegar Bend Mizell

Wilmer David Mizell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 13, 1930 in Leakesville, MS
High School: Leaksville HS (Leaksville, MS)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1952
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Mets 1952-1962

Final Game: July 25, 1962
Died: February 21, 1999 in Kerrville, TX
Buried: Faith Missionary Alliance Church Cemetery, Winston-Salem, NC
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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
1952 21 STL NL 10 8 .556 3.65 30 30 0 7 2 0 190.0 171 89 77 12 103 146 1 0 1 834 102 1.442 8.1 0.6 4.9 6.9 1.42
1953 22 STL NL 13 11 .542 3.49 33 33 0 10 1 0 224.1 193 93 87 12 114 173 4 2 4 980 122 1.368 7.7 0.5 4.6 6.9 1.52
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 25 STL NL 14 14 .500 3.62 33 33 0 11 3 0 208.2 172 93 84 20 92 5 153 7 0 4 881 103 1.265 7.4 0.9 4.0 6.6 1.66
1957 26 STL NL 8 10 .444 3.74 33 21 2 7 2 0 149.1 136 69 62 18 51 4 87 1 0 1 627 106 1.252 8.2 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.71
1958 27 STL NL 10 14 .417 3.42 30 29 0 8 2 0 189.2 178 81 72 17 91 9 80 2 0 1 820 122 1.418 8.4 0.8 4.3 3.8 0.88
1959 28 STL NL 13 10 .565 4.20 31 30 1 8 1 0 201.1 196 104 94 21 89 7 108 8 1 2 890 101 1.416 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.8 1.21 AS
1960 29 TOT NL 14 8 .636 3.50 32 32 0 8 3 0 211.0 205 90 82 14 74 10 113 3 0 3 883 110 1.322 8.7 0.6 3.2 4.8 1.53
1960 29 STL NL 1 3 .250 4.55 9 9 0 0 0 0 55.1 64 31 28 7 28 4 42 0 0 2 252 90 1.663 10.4 1.1 4.6 6.8 1.50
1960 29 PIT NL 13 5 .722 3.12 23 23 0 8 3 0 155.2 141 59 54 7 46 6 71 3 0 1 631 121 1.201 8.2 0.4 2.7 4.1 1.54
1961 30 PIT NL 7 10 .412 5.04 25 17 1 2 1 0 100.0 120 61 56 16 31 8 37 0 1 0 437 79 1.510 10.8 1.4 2.8 3.3 1.19
1962 31 TOT NL 1 3 .250 6.63 21 5 10 0 0 0 54.1 63 45 40 13 35 0 21 2 0 3 254 62 1.804 10.4 2.2 5.8 3.5 0.60
1962 31 PIT NL 1 1 .500 4.96 4 3 1 0 0 0 16.1 15 10 9 3 10 0 6 1 0 0 72 81 1.531 8.3 1.7 5.5 3.3 0.60
1962 31 NYM NL 0 2 .000 7.34 17 2 9 0 0 0 38.0 48 35 31 10 25 0 15 1 0 3 182 57 1.921 11.4 2.4 5.9 3.6 0.60
9 Yrs 90 88 .506 3.85 268 230 14 61 15 0 1528.2 1434 725 654 143 680 43 918 28 4 19 6606 104 1.383 8.4 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.35
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .506 3.85 37 31 2 8 2 0 209 196 99 89 20 93 125 4 1 3 902 104 1.383 8.4 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.35
STL (7 yrs) 69 70 .496 3.72 199 185 3 51 11 0 1218.2 1110 560 504 107 568 29 789 23 3 15 5284 108 1.377 8.2 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.39
PIT (3 yrs) 21 16 .568 3.94 52 43 2 10 4 0 272.0 276 130 119 26 87 14 114 4 1 1 1140 98 1.335 9.1 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.31
NYM (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.34 17 2 9 0 0 0 38.0 48 35 31 10 25 0 15 1 0 3 182 57 1.921 11.4 2.4 5.9 3.6 0.60

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
1952 21 STL NL 190.0 30 30 89 4.22 4.03 0.18 0.00 98.8 3.81 -8 -0.9 -0.1 0.7 11 .471 .495 $
1953 22 STL NL 224.1 33 33 93 3.73 4.53 0.04 0.00 100.5 4.51 21 2.2 -0.1 4.1 46 .567 .514 $
1956 25 STL NL 208.2 33 33 93 4.01 4.17 0.20 0.00 99.4 3.95 3 0.3 -0.1 2.1 20 .510 .502 $
1957 26 STL NL 149.1 33 21 69 4.16 4.33 0.16 0.00 101.7 4.23 3 0.3 1.4 -0.1 1.6 17 .509 .502 $
1958 27 STL NL 189.2 30 29 81 3.84 4.53 0.03 0.00 105.2 4.73 19 2.1 7.6 -0.1 3.7 39 .568 .513 $
1959 28 STL NL 201.1 31 30 104 4.65 4.46 -0.21 0.00 104.8 4.89 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 2.1 27 .513 .503 $ AS
1960 29 STL NL 55.1 9 9 31 5.04 4.27 0.01 0.07 109.3 4.73 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.3 4 .476 .499 $
1960 29 PIT NL 155.2 23 23 59 3.41 4.19 0.25 0.07 98.6 3.96 9 1.0 -0.1 2.3 26 .545 .506 $
1961 30 PIT NL 100.0 25 17 61 5.49 4.40 -0.05 0.05 98.5 4.43 -12 -1.2 .9 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .453 .493 $
1962 31 PIT NL 16.1 4 3 10 5.51 4.62 0.06 0.03 102.0 4.67 -2 -0.2 .0 0.0 0.0 0 .459 .499 $
1962 31 NYM NL 38.0 17 2 35 8.29 4.48 -0.51 -0.13 101.0 4.91 -15 -1.4 .5 0.2 -0.9 -10 .417 .491 $
9 Seasons 1528.2 268 230 725 4.27 4.34 0.06 0.01 101.4 4.36 20 2.5 1.1 -0.5 15.7 181 .509 .501 $
STL (7 yrs) 1218.2 199 185 560 4.14 4.34 0.06 0.00 102.0 4.38 39 4.2 1.8 -0.6 14.6 165 .521 .504 $
PIT (3 yrs) 272.0 52 43 130 4.30 4.30 0.13 0.06 98.8 4.18 -4 -0.3 .8 -0.1 2.0 25 .494 .499 $
NYM (1 yr) 38.0 17 2 35 8.29 4.48 -0.51 -0.13 101.0 4.91 -15 -1.4 .5 0.2 -0.9 -10 .417 .491 $

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
1960 29 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
1 WS 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 2.571 15.4 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50

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 STL NL 28
1959 STL NL 28

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
1952 21 STL NL 30 521 716 89 171 21 2 12 5 5 103 146 .239 .335 .324 .659 .285 232 11 1 9 0 8
1953 22 STL NL 33 704 852 93 193 18 4 12 10 5 114 173 .227 .321 .299 .620 .271 255 8 4 10 0 10
1956 25 STL NL 33 881 772 93 172 33 6 20 10 3 92 153 .223 .311 .359 .670 .253 277 13 7 7 1 5 10
1957 26 STL NL 33 627 564 69 136 27 8 18 7 4 51 87 .241 .303 .413 .716 .254 233 11 1 6 5 4 9
1958 27 STL NL 30 819 705 81 178 41 2 17 24 7 91 80 .252 .336 .389 .724 .261 274 17 2 12 9 9 10
1959 28 STL NL 31 889 777 104 196 33 4 21 4 6 89 108 .252 .333 .386 .719 .268 300 14 8 9 5 7 17
1960 29 PIT NL 23 630 570 59 141 27 5 7 4 6 46 71 .247 .305 .349 .655 .271 199 20 3 8 3 6 4
1960 29 STL NL 9 252 220 31 64 15 0 7 1 1 28 42 .291 .369 .455 .824 .331 100 3 0 3 1 4 2
1960 29 TOT NL 32 882 790 90 205 42 5 14 5 7 74 113 .259 .324 .378 .702 .286 299 23 3 11 4 10 6
1961 30 PIT NL 25 437 401 61 120 23 2 16 5 5 31 37 .299 .348 .486 .834 .297 195 9 0 3 2 8 6
1962 31 NYM NL 17 182 148 35 48 1 3 10 1 1 25 15 .324 .416 .574 .990 .299 85 4 1 4 4 0 1
1962 31 PIT NL 4 72 59 10 15 1 0 3 2 1 10 6 .254 .366 .424 .790 .235 25 2 1 1 1 0 0
1962 31 TOT NL 21 254 207 45 63 2 3 13 3 2 35 21 .304 .402 .531 .933 .281 110 6 2 5 5 0 1
9 Yrs 268 6014 5784 725 1434 240 36 143 73 44 680 918 .248 .328 .376 .704 .272 2175 112 28 72 31 43 77
162 Game Avg. 37 821 790 99 196 33 5 20 10 6 93 125 .248 .328 .376 .704 .272 297 15 4 10 4 11
MLB Averages .258 .328 .390 .718 .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
1952 21 STL NL 0.2 0.0 536 -1.0 9.4 -10.4 1.11 -0.6 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 1.11 -4.6 0 0 0
1953 22 STL NL 21.6 2.2 726 1.3 13.4 -12.1 1.07 1.1 0.1 12.1 1.2 1.07 13.8 0 0 0
1956 25 STL NL 4.7 0.5 902 -0.0 16.6 -16.6 1.10 1.8 -1.8 5.5 0.6 1.10 13.1 0 0 0
1957 26 STL NL 4.0 0.4 641 -0.9 12.0 -12.9 1.09 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.0 1.09 -2.0 6 1 4
1958 27 STL NL 14.7 1.5 855 2.1 18.3 -16.2 1.24 0.1 1.5 11.8 1.2 1.24 2.6 1 0 0
1959 28 STL NL 1.4 0.1 906 0.2 15.2 -15.0 .97 -0.5 0.7 2.5 0.2 0.97 -3.0 0 0 1
1960 29 TOT NL 10.0 1.1 899 0.3 16.4 -16.1 1.06 -0.1 0.4 9.8 1.1 1.06 2.1 0 0 0
1960 29 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 258 -0.8 4.4 -5.3 1.04 -1.3 0.5 -3.9 -0.4 1.04 -12.5 0 0 0
1960 29 PIT NL 12.1 1.3 641 1.1 12.0 -10.9 1.07 1.2 -0.1 13.7 1.5 1.07 14.6 0 0 0
1961 30 PIT NL -10.5 -1.0 451 -1.0 7.7 -8.6 1.01 -1.3 0.3 -8.3 -0.8 1.01 -14.6 2 2 3
1962 31 TOT NL -14.0 -1.4 266 -1.1 2.3 -3.3 .57 -1.7 -0.2 -21.4 -2.0 0.57 -25.8 3 1 7
1962 31 PIT NL -1.5 -0.2 76 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 .68 -0.2 -0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.68 -4.1 0 0 1
1962 31 NYM NL -12.5 -1.2 190 -0.7 1.6 -2.3 .53 -1.5 0.1 -18.4 -1.7 0.53 -21.7 3 1 6
9 Yrs 32.1 3.4 6182 -0.2 111.1 -111.3 1.06 -1.5 1.4 8.3 1.1 1.06 -18.3 12 4 15

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
1952 21 STL NL 30 30 10 8 12 1 2 18 12 .600 0 7 7 2 16 53% 52.9 84 25 13 2 5 11 4.3 4.4 6.3
1953 22 STL NL 33 33 13 11 9 2 7 18 14 .563 1 4 10 1 20 61% 55.3 86 27 18 5 14 11 4.3 4.3 6.8
1956 25 STL NL 33 33 14 14 5 2 3 17 15 .531 0 0 11 3 17 52% 55.0 86 25 35 12 12 15 4.2 4.5 6.3
1957 26 STL NL 33 21 7 9 5 1 4 9 12 .429 1 3 7 2 12 57% 52.9 89 27 13 1 8 10 3.9 4.1 6.1
1958 27 STL NL 30 29 10 14 5 0 4 13 16 .448 1 4 8 2 16 55% 51.6 77 21 16 4 9 10 2.7 2.5 6.5
1959 28 STL NL 31 30 12 10 8 1 3 16 14 .533 2 5 8 1 15 50% 49.6 84 4 30 18 10 6 5.3 5.1 6.6
1960 29 TOT NL 32 32 14 8 10 3 3 21 11 .656 2 9 8 3 18 56% 52.7 87 20 20 6 10 15 4.5 4.0 6.6
1960 29 STL NL 9 9 1 3 5 0 2 4 5 .444 1 4 0 0 5 56% 46.9 67 20 9 2 1 4 4.0 3.1 6.1
1960 29 PIT NL 23 23 13 5 5 3 1 17 6 .739 1 5 8 3 13 57% 55.0 87 21 11 4 9 11 4.7 4.3 6.8
1961 30 PIT NL 25 17 6 10 1 1 3 7 10 .412 0 0 2 1 8 47% 42.9 77 22 16 9 1 12 3.5 3.9 5.3
1962 31 TOT NL 21 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 0 3 0 0 2 40% 43.2 68 26 10 0 3 2 3.9 3.7 4.4
1962 31 PIT NL 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 47.3 68 35 3 0 1 2 3.7 4.8 4.4
1962 31 NYM NL 17 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 1 50% 37.0 48 26 7 0 2 0 4.2 1.3 4.3
9 Yrs 268 230 87 85 58 11 29 122 106 .535 7 35 61 15 124 54% 52 89 4 171 57 72 92 4.1 4.1 6.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.4 6.4

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
1957 26 STL NL 33 12 2 1 1 2 0 2 0% 5 2 12 6 50% 9 1.085 6 1 4 5 0 7 6 6 7 4 7 0 5.1
1958 27 STL NL 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 9 1.240 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1959 28 STL NL 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .974 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1961 30 PIT NL 25 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 6 1.008 2 2 3 0 1 7 3 5 4 2 4 2 4.0
1962 31 TOT NL 21 16 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20% .573 3 1 7 1 3 12 4 12 10 3 10 3 6.1
1962 31 PIT NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .679 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1962 31 NYM NL 17 15 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20% 8 .531 3 1 6 1 3 11 4 11 9 3 9 3 5.9
5 Yrs 140 38 14 3 3 3 0 3 0% 7 2 27 11 41% 1.040 12 4 15 7 4 27 14 24 22 10 22 5 5.4

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%
1952 21 STL NL 829 31% 2.3% 28.0% 19.8% 6.7% 21% 0.86 107% 124 11 9%
1953 22 STL NL 980 30% 1.7% 24.6% 16.2% 4.8% 18% 0.88 95% 129 8 6%
1956 25 STL NL 881 29% 2.3% 17.4% 10.4% 6.7% 34% 1.07 68% 157 13 8%
1957 26 STL NL 627 27% 2.9% 13.9% 8.1% 8.5% 39% 0.80 74% 102 11 11%
1958 27 STL NL 819 22% 2.1% 9.8% 11.1% 7.3% 34% 0.70 75% 144 17 12%
1959 28 STL NL 889 22% 2.4% 12.2% 10.0% 6.5% 30% 0.66 73% 180 14 8%
1960 29 TOT NL 882 24% 1.6% 12.8% 8.4% 6.9% 30% 0.72 76% 175 23 13%
1960 29 STL NL 252 20% 2.8% 16.7% 11.1% 8.7% 34% 0.74 68% 50 3 6%
1960 29 PIT NL 630 26% 1.1% 11.3% 7.3% 6.2% 28% 0.71 79% 125 20 16%
1961 30 PIT NL 437 27% 3.7% 8.5% 7.1% 9.4% 34% 0.63 80% 76 9 12%
1962 31 TOT NL 254 26% 5.1% 8.3% 13.8% 7.1% 29% 0.92 70% 42 6 14%
1962 31 PIT NL 72 15% 4.2% 8.3% 13.9% 5.6% 27% 1.33 71% 14 2 14%
1962 31 NYM NL 182 30% 5.5% 8.2% 13.7% 7.7% 29% 0.78 70% 28 4 14%
9 Yrs 6598 26% 2.4% 15.3% 11.3% 7.0% 29% 0.79 79% 1129 112 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.9% 9.4% 6.7% 28% 0.99 77% 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
1952 21 STL NL 521 171 12 0 13 6 2 5 3 28 10 6 36% 8 1 2 220 5 5 50% 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 308
1953 22 STL NL 704 193 12 0 15 10 2 3 9 37 18 11 49% 10 4 0 272 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 276
1956 25 STL NL 881 172 20 0 17 13 7 10 10 34 14 9 41% 10 4 1 291 10 3 77% 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1957 26 STL NL 627 136 18 1 9 14 4 11 7 30 15 3 50% 9 1 1 213 7 4 64% 4 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 7 0
1958 27 STL NL 819 178 17 0 19 14 3 7 10 49 25 6 51% 10 1 2 302 24 7 77% 18 6 6 1 0 0 5 2 18 0
1959 28 STL NL 889 196 21 0 19 18 3 9 12 42 18 6 43% 17 2 1 341 4 6 40% 2 5 2 0 0 1 4 1 12 0
1960 29 TOT NL 882 205 14 0 22 11 3 6 8 41 21 4 51% 6 3 1 330 5 7 42% 5 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 0
1960 29 STL NL 252 64 7 0 8 6 1 5 2 13 5 0 38% 2 2 1 105 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1960 29 PIT NL 630 141 7 0 14 5 2 1 6 28 16 4 57% 4 1 0 225 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
1961 30 PIT NL 437 120 16 0 7 15 1 8 8 17 10 2 59% 6 0 1 156 5 5 50% 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 0
1962 31 TOT NL 254 63 13 1 6 10 3 9 4 19 8 5 42% 1 3 2 84 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 13 0
1962 31 PIT NL 72 15 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 5 3 1 60% 0 0 1 20 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1962 31 NYM NL 182 48 10 1 3 7 3 8 2 14 5 4 36% 1 3 1 64 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
9 Yrs 6014 1434 143 2 127 111 28 68 71 297 139 52 47% 77 19 11 2209 73 44 62% 57 39 15 3 1 2 25 5 84 584
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+
1952 21 10 8 .556 3.65 30 30 0 7 2 0 190.0 171 89 77 12 103 146 1 0 1 834 102 1.442 8.1 0.6 4.9 6.9 1.42 102
1953 22 23 19 .548 3.56 63 63 0 17 3 0 414.1 364 182 164 24 217 319 5 2 5 1814 112 1.402 7.9 0.5 4.7 6.9 1.47 112
1954 23 23 19 .548 3.56 63 63 0 17 3 0 414.1 364 182 164 24 217 319 5 2 5 1814 112 1.402 7.9 0.5 4.7 6.9 1.47 112
1955 24 23 19 .548 3.56 63 63 0 17 3 0 414.1 364 182 164 24 217 319 5 2 5 1814 112 1.402 7.9 0.5 4.7 6.9 1.47 112
1956 25 37 33 .529 3.58 96 96 0 28 6 0 623.0 536 275 248 44 309 5 472 12 2 9 2695 109 1.356 7.7 0.6 4.5 6.8 1.53 109
1957 26 45 43 .511 3.61 129 117 2 35 8 0 772.1 672 344 310 62 360 9 559 13 2 10 3322 109 1.336 7.8 0.7 4.2 6.5 1.55 109
1958 27 55 57 .491 3.57 159 146 2 43 10 0 962.0 850 425 382 79 451 18 639 15 2 11 4142 111 1.352 8.0 0.7 4.2 6.0 1.42 111
1959 28 68 67 .504 3.68 190 176 3 51 11 0 1163.1 1046 529 476 100 540 25 747 23 3 13 5032 109 1.363 8.1 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.38 109
1960 29 82 75 .522 3.65 222 208 3 59 14 0 1374.1 1251 619 558 114 614 35 860 26 3 16 5915 109 1.357 8.2 0.7 4.0 5.6 1.40 109
1961 30 89 85 .511 3.75 247 225 4 61 15 0 1474.1 1371 680 614 130 645 43 897 26 4 16 6352 106 1.367 8.4 0.8 3.9 5.5 1.39 106
1962 31 90 88 .506 3.85 268 230 14 61 15 0 1528.2 1434 725 654 143 680 43 918 28 4 19 6606 104 1.383 8.4 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.35 104

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
1952 21 10 11 .476 4.03 192.0 185 96 86 13 111 147 1 1.542 8.7 5.2 6.9 1.32 0.6 30
1953 22 16 10 .615 3.26 235.0 194 94 85 12 115 181 4 1.315 7.4 4.4 6.9 1.57 0.5 33
1956 25 12 11 .522 3.92 211.0 184 102 92 21 98 154 7 1.336 7.8 4.2 6.6 1.57 0.9 33
1957 26 9 8 .529 3.76 153.0 141 71 64 19 53 89 1 1.268 8.3 3.1 5.2 1.68 1.1 33
1958 27 12 9 .571 3.32 195.0 183 80 72 17 94 82 2 1.421 8.4 4.3 3.8 0.87 0.8 30
1959 28 12 11 .522 3.97 211.0 199 103 93 21 90 113 8 1.370 8.5 3.8 4.8 1.26 0.9 31
1960 29 12 11 .522 3.75 209.0 216 97 87 15 78 112 3 1.407 9.3 3.4 4.8 1.44 0.6 32
1961 30 4 7 .364 5.22 100.0 125 64 58 17 32 37 0 1.570 11.3 2.9 3.3 1.16 1.5 25
1962 31 1 4 .200 6.58 52.0 62 42 38 13 34 20 2 1.846 10.7 5.9 3.5 0.59 2.3 21
9 Yrs 88 82 .518 3.90 1558.0 1489 749 675 148 705 935 28 1.408 8.6 5.4 1.33 0.9 268

* 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

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1953 NL  4.1 (4th)
1958 NL  3.7 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL  3.49 (9th)
1958 NL  3.42 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1956 NL  14 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1960 NL  .636 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  8.100 (8th)
1953 NL  7.743 (3rd)
1956 NL  7.419 (4th)
1958 NL  8.446 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  6.916 (1st)
1953 NL  6.941 (1st)
1956 NL  6.599 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 NL  224.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL  146 (4th)
1953 NL  173 (3rd)
1956 NL  153 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1953 NL  33 (2nd)
1956 NL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL  10 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 NL  3 (5th)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)
1960 NL  3 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL  103 (1st)
1953 NL  114 (2nd)
1956 NL  92 (3rd)
1958 NL  91 (6th)
1959 NL  89 (5th)
1960 NL  74 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  0.568 (8th)
1953 NL  0.481 (3rd)
1958 NL  0.807 (10th)
1960 NL  0.597 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1956 NL  14 (6th)
1958 NL  14 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 NL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (4th)
1959 NL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 NL  980 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL  122 (9th)
1958 NL  122 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  22 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1953 NL  2.2 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 NL  1.8 (5th)

                           

† 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 - 46 (564), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Tom Underwood (961)
  2. Tom Brewer (960)
  3. Blue Moon Odom (951)
  4. Jim Wilson (951)
  5. Paul Foytack (950)
  6. Gene Conley (950)
  7. Ken Brett (949)
  8. Joey Jay (948)
  9. Dennis Rasmussen (946)
  10. Jim Deshaies (945)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Juan Pizarro (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Falcone (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Knepper (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gary Gentry (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Knepper (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Danny Jackson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ernie Broglio (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Ruthven (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Danny Jackson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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