Seth Morehead

Seth Marvin Morehead (Moe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 15, 1934 in Houston, TX
High School: Byrd HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1957
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Braves 1957-1961

Final Game: September 15, 1961
Died: January 17, 2006 in Shreveport, LA
Buried: Grand Cane Cemetery, Grand Cane, LA
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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
1952	17	PHI-min	D,B	8	11	.421	2.80	23	11					164.0	119	79	51	3	177								1.805	6.5	0.2	9.7			BDF,MIM,WMT · PONY,KOML,ISLG
1953	18	PHI-min	B	11	10	.524	4.09	39	26					187.0	158	104	85	11	167								1.738	7.6	0.5	8.0			TER · IIIL
1954	19	PHI-min	A	14	13	.519	3.08	38	30					225.0	198	106	77	14	131								1.462	7.9	0.6	5.2			SDY · EL
1955	20	PHI-min	AAA	8	13	.381	3.80	29	26		7	1		161.0	154	85	68	6	73		115	5	2	6			1.410	8.6	0.3	4.1	6.4	1.58	SYR · IL
1956	21	PHI-min	AAA	8	13	.381	2.87	30	28		8	1		188.0	178	73	60	11	68		168	3	0	4			1.309	8.5	0.5	3.3	8.0	2.47	MIA · IL
1957	22	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	3.68	34	1	11	1	0	1	58.2	57	27	24	1	20	4	36	2	1	1	253	104	1.313	8.7	0.2	3.1	5.5	1.80
1958	23	PHI	NL	1	6	.143	5.85	27	11	8	0	0	0	92.1	121	67	60	8	26	3	54	1	1	2	416	69	1.592	11.8	0.8	2.5	5.3	2.08
1959	24	CHC-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.00	19	11		5	0		90.0	89	34	30	2	23	0	72	0	0	2			1.244	8.9	0.2	2.3	7.2	3.13	FTW · AA
1959	24	TOT	NL	0	3	.000	6.59	14	5	1	0	0	0	28.2	40	24	21	4	11	2	17	1	0	0	137	62	1.779	12.6	1.3	3.5	5.3	1.55
1959	24	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	9.90	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	11	11	3	3	0	8	1	0	0	49	43	1.800	13.5	2.7	2.7	7.2	2.67
1959	24	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	4.82	11	2	1	0	0	0	18.2	25	13	10	1	8	2	9	0	0	0	88	83	1.768	12.1	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.13
1960	25	CHC	NL	2	9	.182	3.94	45	7	15	2	0	4	123.1	123	61	54	17	46	6	64	2	3	3	531	96	1.370	9.0	1.2	3.4	4.7	1.39
1961	26	ATL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.24	25	7					70.0	73	40	33	1	35								1.543	9.4	0.1	4.5			VAN · PCL
1961	26	MLN	NL	1	0	1.000	6.46	12	0	3	0	0	0	15.1	16	11	11	4	7	0	13	1	0	1	70	58	1.500	9.4	2.3	4.1	7.6	1.86
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.52	15	4		1	0		46.0	50	22	18	5	11	1	36	1	0	1			1.326	9.8	1.0	2.2	7.0	3.27	TTO · IL
1963	28	TEX-ATL-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.18	29	21					142.0	161	80	66	14	50		116						1.486	10.2	0.9	3.2	7.4	2.32	TTO,DEN · IL,PCL
5 Yrs				5	19	.208	4.81	132	24	38	3	0	5	318.1	357	190	170	34	110	15	184	7	5	7	1407	81	1.467	10.1	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.67
162 Game Avg.				2	8	.208	4.81	58	10	17	1	0	2	139	156	83	74	15	48	7	80	3	2	3	613	81	1.467	10.1	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.67

PHI (3 yrs)				2	9	.182	5.31	64	15	19	1	0	1	161.0	193	105	95	12	49	7	98	4	2	3	718	74	1.503	10.8	0.7	2.7	5.5	2.00
CHC (2 yrs)				2	10	.167	4.06	56	9	16	2	0	4	142.0	148	74	64	18	54	8	73	2	3	3	619	94	1.423	9.4	1.1	3.4	4.6	1.35
MLN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.46	12	0	3	0	0	0	15.1	16	11	11	4	7	0	13	1	0	1	70	58	1.500	9.4	2.3	4.1	7.6	1.86

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
1957	22	PHI	NL	58.2	34	1	27	4.14	4.37	-0.08	0.00	99.1	4.40	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.7	8	.507	.501	$
1958	23	PHI	NL	92.1	27	11	67	6.53	4.41	-0.41	0.00	103.3	4.98	-16	-1.6	.6	0.0	-0.7	-6	.441	.490	$
1959	24	PHI	NL	10.0	3	3	11	9.90	4.54	-0.17	0.00	106.0	5.00	-6	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-4	.336	.497	$
1959	24	CHC	NL	18.2	11	2	13	6.27	4.48	0.28	0.00	94.8	3.98	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.455	.497	$
1960	25	CHC	NL	123.1	45	7	61	4.45	4.30	0.00	-0.10	100.2	4.21	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.2	0.6	9	.491	.498	$
1961	26	MLN	NL	15.1	12	0	11	6.46	4.29	0.35	-0.18	91.7	3.44	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.457	.497	$
5 Seasons				318.1	132	24	190	5.37	4.36	-0.10	-0.05	100.4	4.44	-33	-3.2	.9	-0.3	-0.5	1	.475	.497	$

PHI (3 yrs)				161.0	64	15	105	5.87	4.40	-0.27	0.00	101.9	4.77	-19	-1.9	.6	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.471	.496	$
CHC (2 yrs)				142.0	56	9	74	4.69	4.33	0.04	-0.09	99.5	4.18	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.4	7	.484	.497	$
MLN (1 yr)				15.1	12	0	11	6.46	4.29	0.35	-0.18	91.7	3.44	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.457	.497	$

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
1957	22	PHI	NL	34	253	224	27	57	16	3	1	1	1	20	36	.254	.315	.366	.681	.292	82	1	2	2	5	4	3
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	415	377	67	121	19	3	8	3	0	26	54	.321	.361	.451	.812	.352	170	12	1	4	6	3	9
1959	24	TOT	NL	14	137	125	24	40	8	2	4	2	1	11	17	.320	.380	.512	.892	.346	64	1	1	0	0	2	3
1959	24	CHC	NL	11	88	80	13	25	6	1	1	1	1	8	9	.313	.375	.450	.825	.343	36	1	0	0	0	2	3
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	49	45	11	15	2	1	3	1	0	3	8	.333	.388	.622	1.010	.353	28	0	1	0	0	0	0
1960	25	CHC	NL	45	530	476	61	123	18	2	17	3	6	46	64	.258	.325	.412	.737	.267	196	11	2	4	2	6	9
1961	26	MLN	NL	12	70	59	11	16	2	0	4	0	0	7	13	.271	.358	.508	.867	.286	30	1	1	3	0	0	0
5 Yrs				132	1405	1261	190	357	63	10	34	9	8	110	184	.283	.341	.430	.771	.306	542	26	7	13	13	15	24
162 Game Avg.				58	612	550	83	156	27	4	15	4	3	48	80	.283	.341	.430	.771	.306	236	11	3	6	6	7	10
MLB Averages																.257	.325	.393	.718	.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
1957	22	PHI	NL	0.9	0.1	257	-0.2	2.6	-2.8	.63	0.4	-0.7	-4.0	-0.4	0.63	2.5	4	5	22
1958	23	PHI	NL	-19.2	-1.9	422	-1.3	6.7	-8.1	.97	-1.0	-0.4	-16.8	-1.6	0.97	-9.5	1	1	11
1959	24	TOT	NL	-7.8	-0.7	140	-1.1	1.4	-2.4	.67	-0.9	-0.7	-14.1	-1.3	0.68	-9.9	0	1	8
1959	24	PHI	NL	-5.4	-0.5	50	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	1.00	-0.5	-0.1	-5.6	-0.5	1.00	-5.2	0	0	0
1959	24	CHC	NL	-2.4	-0.2	90	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.49	-0.4	-0.6	-8.4	-0.8	0.50	-4.7	0	1	8
1960	25	CHC	NL	-2.3	-0.2	548	-2.2	6.5	-8.7	.80	-0.9	-1.8	-2.8	-0.3	0.80	-6.1	8	8	20
1961	26	MLN	NL	-4.2	-0.4	71	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.62	-0.1	-0.7	-6.4	-0.6	0.62	-2.2	4	1	7
5 Yrs				-32.6	-3.2	1438	-5.3	18.0	-23.2	.80	-2.6	-4.1	-44.1	-4.3	0.80	-25.1	17	16	68

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
1957	22	PHI	NL	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	80.0	80	80	11	2	0	1	2.3	2.3	9.0
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	11	1	6	4	0	2	4	7	.364	2	2	0	0	7	64%	46.5	74	25	15	7	3	8	3.3	3.0	6.2
1959	24	TOT	NL	14	5	0	3	2	0	0	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	0	0%	35.0	51	23	9	3	1	3	6.2	4.2	2.9
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.7	51	29	1	1	0	3	6.3	6.0	3.3
1959	24	CHC	NL	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	28.0	33	23	8	2	1	0	6.0	1.5	2.2
1960	25	CHC	NL	45	7	0	5	2	0	0	1	6	.143	2	0	2	0	0	0%	40.4	54	31	20	8	4	1	3.6	3.6	5.7
4 Yrs				120	24	2	14	8	0	2	8	16	.333	4	3	3	0	8	33%	44	80	23	55	20	8	13	3.9	3.3	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	111	3					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	22	PHI	NL	34	33	11	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	20	9	45%	5	.634	4	5	22	1	3	29	12	21	20	8	20	8	4.5
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	16	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	12	3	25%	7	.974	1	1	11	0	1	15	6	10	9	4	9	0	4.6
1959	24	TOT	NL	14	9	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	5	83%		.674	0	1	8	0	0	9	3	6	6	2	6	1	4.8
1959	24	CHC	NL	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	5	83%	6	.494	0	1	8	0	0	9	3	6	6	2	6	1	4.8
1960	25	CHC	NL	45	38	15	2	4	8	4	4	50%	9	1	33	10	30%	8	.797	8	8	20	10	2	26	18	20	30	7	30	12	6.6
1961	26	MLN	NL	12	12	3	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	14	6	43%	7	.620	4	1	7	1	2	9	6	6	6	4	6	1	3.8
5 Yrs				129	108	38	3	5	10	5	5	50%	11	1	85	33	39%		.792	17	16	68	12	8	88	45	63	71	25	71	22	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	22	PHI	NL	253	33%	0.4%	14.2%	7.9%	7.9%	35%	0.50	76%	45	1	2%
1958	23	PHI	NL	415	28%	1.9%	13.0%	6.3%	7.2%	25%	0.73	77%	110	12	11%
1959	24	TOT	NL	137	35%	2.9%	12.4%	8.0%	10.2%	35%	0.74	76%	29	1	3%
1959	24	PHI	NL	49	33%	6.1%	16.3%	6.1%	12.2%	40%	0.83	69%	7	0	0%
1959	24	CHC	NL	88	36%	1.1%	10.2%	9.1%	9.1%	32%	0.70	80%	22	1	5%
1960	25	CHC	NL	530	31%	3.2%	12.1%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	0.85	75%	102	11	11%
1961	26	MLN	NL	70	39%	5.7%	18.6%	10.0%	8.6%	38%	1.20	60%	9	1	11%
5 Yrs				1405	31%	2.4%	13.1%	7.8%	7.6%	30%	0.74	75%	295	26	9%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.3%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.02	75%			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
1957	22	PHI	NL	253	57			1	0	10	1	0	0	1	20	11	1	55%	3	1	0	97	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1958	23	PHI	NL	415	121			8	1	14	8	0	6	2	39	22	5	56%	9	2	1	172	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1959	24	TOT	NL	137	40			4	0	7	3	1	1	3	13	6	3	46%	3	0	0	47	2	1	67%	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1959	24	PHI	NL	49	15			3	0	1	3	0	1	2	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	16	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	24	CHC	NL	88	25			1	0	6	0	1	0	1	11	4	3	36%	3	0	0	31	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1960	25	CHC	NL	530	123			17	2	13	13	4	10	7	23	14	3	61%	9	3	3	198	3	6	33%	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	15	0
1961	26	MLN	NL	70	16			4	0	4	3	1	2	2	4	2	1	50%	0	1	0	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				1405	357			34	3	48	28	6	19	15	99	55	13	56%	24	7	4	540	9	8	53%	6	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	42	0
MLB Averages																		52%							60%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1957	22	1	1	.500	3.68	34	1	11	1	1	58.2	57	27	24	1	20	4	36	2	1	1	253	104	1.313	8.7	0.2	3.1	5.5	1.80	104
1958	23	2	7	.222	5.01	61	12	19	1	1	151.0	178	94	84	9	46	7	90	3	2	3	669	79	1.483	10.6	0.5	2.7	5.4	1.96	79
1959	24	2	10	.167	5.26	75	17	20	1	1	179.2	218	118	105	13	57	9	107	4	2	3	806	75	1.531	10.9	0.7	2.9	5.4	1.88	75
1960	25	4	19	.174	4.72	120	24	35	3	5	303.0	341	179	159	30	103	15	171	6	5	6	1337	82	1.465	10.1	0.9	3.1	5.1	1.66	82
1961	26	5	19	.208	4.81	132	24	38	3	5	318.1	357	190	170	34	110	15	184	7	5	7	1407	81	1.467	10.1	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.67	81

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1957	22	3	3	.500	3.90	60.0	61	29	26	1	21	37	2	1.367	9.2	3.2	5.6	1.76	0.2	34
1958	23	3	7	.300	5.94	94.0	127	69	62	8	27	55	1	1.638	12.2	2.6	5.3	2.04	0.8	27
1959	24	1	2	.333	6.83	29.0	42	24	22	4	12	17	1	1.862	13.0	3.7	5.3	1.42	1.2	14
1960	25	6	7	.462	4.28	124.0	131	66	59	18	49	65	2	1.452	9.5	3.6	4.7	1.33	1.3	45
1961	26	0	1	.000	6.75	16.0	17	13	12	4	7	14	1	1.500	9.6	3.9	7.9	2.00	2.3	12
5 Yrs		13	20	.394	5.04	323.0	378	201	181	35	116	188	7	1.529	10.5		5.2	1.62	1.0	132

* 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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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