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Don Mossi

Donald Louis Mossi (The Sphinx or Ears)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, CA
High School: Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/Athletics/WhiteSox 1954-1965

Final Game: October 1, 1965 (Age 36)
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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
1954 25 CLE AL 6 1 .857 1.94 40 5 18 2 0 7 93.0 56 22 20 5 39 55 1 0 0 368 191 1.022 5.4 0.5 3.8 5.3 1.41
1955 26 CLE AL 4 3 .571 2.42 57 1 27 0 0 9 81.2 81 28 22 4 18 2 69 1 0 2 347 166 1.212 8.9 0.4 2.0 7.6 3.83 MVP-24
1956 27 CLE AL 6 5 .545 3.59 48 3 24 0 0 11 87.2 79 38 35 6 33 5 59 1 0 1 372 117 1.278 8.1 0.6 3.4 6.1 1.79
1957 28 CLE AL 11 10 .524 4.13 36 22 7 6 1 2 159.0 165 82 73 16 57 5 97 2 2 1 693 91 1.396 9.3 0.9 3.2 5.5 1.70 AS
1958 29 CLE AL 7 8 .467 3.90 43 5 24 0 0 3 101.2 106 49 44 6 30 6 55 4 0 1 441 95 1.338 9.4 0.5 2.7 4.9 1.83
1959 30 DET AL 17 9 .654 3.36 34 30 2 15 3 0 228.0 210 92 85 20 49 0 125 3 1 2 927 121 1.136 8.3 0.8 1.9 4.9 2.55
1960 31 DET AL 9 8 .529 3.47 23 22 1 9 2 0 158.1 158 68 61 17 32 4 69 1 0 0 660 115 1.200 9.0 1.0 1.8 3.9 2.16
1961 32 DET AL 15 7 .682 2.96 35 34 1 12 1 1 240.1 237 97 79 29 47 3 137 0 2 1 981 139 1.182 8.9 1.1 1.8 5.1 2.91
1962 33 DET AL 11 13 .458 4.19 35 27 3 8 1 1 180.1 195 92 84 24 36 1 121 1 0 1 774 98 1.281 9.7 1.2 1.8 6.0 3.36
1963 34 DET AL 7 7 .500 3.74 24 16 5 3 0 2 122.2 110 58 51 20 17 0 68 4 1 1 496 100 1.035 8.1 1.5 1.2 5.0 4.00
1964 35 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.93 34 0 17 0 0 7 40.0 37 16 13 9 7 2 36 1 0 0 163 119 1.100 8.3 2.0 1.6 8.1 5.14
1965 36 KCA AL 5 8 .385 3.74 51 0 18 0 0 7 55.1 59 30 23 0 20 6 41 0 0 2 242 94 1.428 9.6 0.0 3.3 6.7 2.05
12 Yrs 101 80 .558 3.43 460 165 147 55 8 50 1548.0 1493 672 590 156 385 34 932 19 6 12 6464 115 1.213 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.42
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .558 3.43 50 18 16 6 1 5 168 162 73 64 17 42 101 2 1 1 703 115 1.213 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.42
CLE (5 yrs) 34 27 .557 3.34 224 36 100 8 1 32 523.0 487 219 194 37 177 18 335 9 2 5 2221 116 1.270 8.4 0.6 3.0 5.8 1.89
DET (5 yrs) 59 44 .573 3.49 151 129 12 47 7 4 929.2 910 407 360 110 181 8 520 9 4 5 3838 116 1.174 8.8 1.1 1.8 5.0 2.87
KCA (1 yr) 5 8 .385 3.74 51 0 18 0 0 7 55.1 59 30 23 0 20 6 41 0 0 2 242 94 1.428 9.6 0.0 3.3 6.7 2.05
CHW (1 yr) 3 1 .750 2.93 34 0 17 0 0 7 40.0 37 16 13 9 7 2 36 1 0 0 163 119 1.100 8.3 2.0 1.6 8.1 5.14

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
1954 25 CLE AL 93.0 40 5 22 2.13 4.44 0.19 0.00 98.8 4.21 22 2.5 1.3 0.1 3.3 29 .561 .515
1955 26 CLE AL 81.2 57 1 28 3.09 4.49 -0.33 0.00 102.1 4.92 16 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.4 24 .530 .510 MVP-24
1956 27 CLE AL 87.2 48 3 38 3.90 4.87 0.04 0.00 100.7 4.86 9 0.9 1.9 0.2 1.8 18 .519 .506
1957 28 CLE AL 159.0 36 22 82 4.64 4.29 -0.29 0.00 98.1 4.49 -2 -0.2 2.3 -0.1 0.9 11 .494 .499 AS
1958 29 CLE AL 101.2 43 5 49 4.34 4.19 -0.07 0.00 97.1 4.14 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.2 0.4 6 .495 .499
1959 30 DET AL 228.0 34 30 92 3.63 4.33 0.08 0.00 102.8 4.38 21 2.3 1.0 -0.1 3.9 39 .568 .514
1960 31 DET AL 158.1 23 22 68 3.87 4.57 0.05 0.07 101.7 4.67 15 1.7 3.9 -0.0 2.8 28 .574 .510
1961 32 DET AL 240.1 35 34 97 3.63 4.56 0.36 0.07 101.1 4.32 20 2.1 4.7 -0.1 3.8 42 .561 .513
1962 33 DET AL 180.1 35 27 92 4.59 4.37 -0.10 0.06 101.9 4.63 3 0.3 1.5 -0.1 1.6 18 .509 .502
1963 34 DET AL 122.2 24 16 58 4.26 4.18 0.23 0.02 101.3 4.02 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 0.6 7 .492 .499
1964 35 CHW AL 40.0 34 0 16 3.60 4.27 0.54 -0.17 96.9 3.44 -0 -0.0 2.0 -0.1 0.2 3 .499 .500 $23,000
1965 36 KCA AL 55.1 51 0 30 4.88 4.04 -0.22 -0.16 101.4 4.16 -4 -0.5 1.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 .491 .497
12 Seasons 1548.0 460 165 672 3.91 4.40 0.05 0.02 100.7 4.41 95 10.4 1.6 -0.8 21.4 224 .523 .505 $23,000
CLE (5 yrs) 523.0 224 36 219 3.77 4.43 -0.11 0.00 99.1 4.50 42 4.6 1.5 0.1 8.8 88 .521 .506
DET (5 yrs) 929.2 151 129 407 3.94 4.42 0.13 0.05 101.8 4.41 57 6.3 1.8 -0.5 12.7 134 .542 .508
KCA (1 yr) 55.1 51 0 30 4.88 4.04 -0.22 -0.16 101.4 4.16 -4 -0.5 1.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 .491 .497
CHW (1 yr) 40.0 34 0 16 3.60 4.27 0.54 -0.17 96.9 3.44 -0 -0.0 2.0 -0.1 0.2 3 .499 .500 $23,000

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
1954 25 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 2.3
1 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 2.3

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
1957 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5

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
1954 25 CLE AL 40 368 318 22 56 11 3 5 1 3 39 55 .176 .266 .277 .543 .195 88 8 1 7 3 6
1955 26 CLE AL 57 344 318 28 81 12 0 4 1 0 18 69 .255 .294 .330 .624 .310 105 4 1 5 3 2 7
1956 27 CLE AL 48 373 330 38 79 12 2 6 1 1 33 59 .239 .310 .342 .653 .275 113 5 1 9 0 5 4
1957 28 CLE AL 36 686 617 82 165 26 1 16 7 4 57 97 .267 .330 .391 .720 .294 241 12 2 7 3 5 3
1958 29 CLE AL 43 440 396 49 106 14 1 6 3 1 30 55 .268 .323 .354 .676 .295 140 5 4 9 4 6 8
1959 30 DET AL 34 927 865 92 210 39 4 20 4 2 49 125 .243 .285 .366 .651 .263 317 19 3 7 3 0 12
1960 31 DET AL 23 660 613 68 158 21 3 17 3 1 32 69 .258 .293 .385 .678 .265 236 14 1 9 5 4 10
1961 32 DET AL 35 981 920 97 237 40 2 29 2 4 47 137 .258 .292 .400 .692 .273 368 21 0 7 7 3 12
1962 33 DET AL 35 774 723 92 195 29 7 24 5 1 36 121 .270 .303 .429 .732 .293 310 7 1 8 6 1 15
1963 34 DET AL 24 496 466 58 110 17 3 20 1 0 17 68 .236 .268 .414 .683 .237 193 6 4 8 1 0 4
1964 35 CHW AL 34 163 154 16 37 4 0 9 1 1 7 36 .240 .278 .442 .719 .257 68 4 1 1 0 2 4
1965 36 KCA AL 51 243 213 30 59 11 1 0 1 3 20 41 .277 .332 .338 .670 .333 72 6 0 5 5 6 7
12 Yrs 460 6455 5933 672 1493 236 27 156 30 21 385 932 .252 .297 .379 .677 .274 2251 111 19 82 40 34 92
162 Game Avg. 50 702 646 73 162 26 3 17 3 2 42 101 .252 .297 .379 .677 .274 245 12 2 9 4 10
MLB Averages .255 .323 .387 .709 .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
1954 25 CLE AL 18.7 2.0 373 3.1 8.4 -5.3 1.17 1.8 0.9 19.9 2.1 1.17 20.6 12 9 14
1955 26 CLE AL 13.0 1.3 348 1.3 6.8 -5.5 1.06 1.4 -0.1 18.0 1.8 1.06 16.9 15 14 26
1956 27 CLE AL 6.7 0.7 377 2.4 9.7 -7.3 1.36 1.1 0.7 9.4 0.9 1.36 11.2 23 6 16
1957 28 CLE AL -7.0 -0.7 701 -1.7 11.7 -13.5 1.01 -0.6 -1.1 -8.4 -0.9 1.01 -4.6 10 2 2
1958 29 CLE AL -2.1 -0.2 446 0.2 8.8 -8.6 1.25 0.7 -0.5 1.1 0.1 1.25 5.6 14 6 17
1959 30 DET AL 19.0 2.0 940 2.5 16.8 -14.4 .96 2.7 -0.1 21.5 2.2 0.96 29.8 2 0 1
1960 31 DET AL 9.6 1.0 665 0.5 11.7 -11.2 1.00 1.3 -0.8 9.0 0.9 1.00 14.4 1 0 0
1961 32 DET AL 27.1 2.8 990 3.8 18.5 -14.7 1.00 2.5 1.3 24.5 2.5 1.00 25.1 1 0 0
1962 33 DET AL -0.9 -0.1 782 -0.3 14.2 -14.5 1.05 -0.4 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.05 -6.6 4 2 1
1963 34 DET AL -0.2 -0.0 499 0.1 8.9 -8.8 .98 0.5 -0.5 -3.1 -0.3 0.98 7.3 5 1 2
1964 35 CHW AL 1.9 0.2 166 -1.0 3.3 -4.3 1.18 -0.3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.0 1.17 -3.2 20 3 8
1965 36 KCA AL -3.0 -0.3 249 -0.7 5.3 -6.0 1.42 -0.3 -0.2 -9.0 -0.9 1.42 -2.9 27 10 12
12 Yrs 83.0 8.6 6536 10.1 124.1 -114.0 1.07 10.4 -0.9 83.1 8.5 1.07 113.6 134 53 99

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
1954 25 CLE AL 40 5 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 .600 0 1 2 0 4 80% 65.0 84 49 9 0 4 1 2.7 1.7 6.8
1955 26 CLE AL 57 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 21.0 21 21 17 7 1 0 7.3 1.0
1956 27 CLE AL 48 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.3 37 21 15 7 3 0 3.7 3.6 3.1
1957 28 CLE AL 36 22 10 9 3 2 2 11 11 .500 0 4 6 1 11 50% 49.9 76 26 26 11 12 4 4.5 4.6 6.2
1958 29 CLE AL 43 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 .000 2 0 0 0 1 20% 44.0 53 33 25 12 1 3 2.6 2.8 5.2
1959 30 DET AL 34 30 17 8 5 3 4 19 11 .633 1 5 15 3 20 67% 56.6 87 22 8 2 13 9 4.5 4.5 7.3
1960 31 DET AL 23 22 8 8 6 2 3 12 10 .545 0 5 9 2 14 64% 53.1 87 25 9 2 8 6 3.9 3.7 7.0
1961 32 DET AL 35 34 15 7 12 3 4 23 11 .676 0 10 12 1 23 68% 55.5 85 16 14 1 15 9 5.9 5.1 7.0
1962 33 DET AL 35 27 11 11 5 3 6 13 14 .481 0 3 8 1 15 56% 51.6 83 11 21 8 8 11 4.7 4.4 6.4
1963 34 DET AL 24 16 5 7 4 1 1 6 10 .375 1 0 3 0 5 31% 50.0 87 28 10 1 3 8 4.5 5.6 6.1
10 Yrs 375 165 68 57 40 14 21 88 76 .537 4 29 55 8 93 56% 53 87 11 154 51 68 51 4.6 4.5 6.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.3 4.2 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
1954 25 CLE AL 40 35 18 4 0 7 7 0 100% 9 0 32 9 28% 7 1.169 12 9 14 11 4 20 16 19 19 9 20 9 5.1
1955 26 CLE AL 57 56 27 4 3 13 9 4 69% 17 4 50 11 22% 8 1.059 15 14 26 18 2 36 26 30 26 18 27 14 4.3
1956 27 CLE AL 48 45 24 6 3 6 11 4 183% 16 10 44 14 32% 8 1.355 23 6 16 16 7 22 23 22 27 11 27 11 5.2
1957 28 CLE AL 36 14 7 1 1 5 2 3 40% 6 1 17 6 35% 8 1.006 10 2 2 7 3 4 11 3 4 7 5 2 4.8
1958 29 CLE AL 43 38 24 7 4 3 3 0 100% 5 2 27 9 33% 8 1.250 14 6 17 7 8 22 14 23 22 5 22 8 6.0
1959 30 DET AL 34 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 4 .960 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 3 1 6.8
1960 31 DET AL 23 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 6 1.003 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
1961 32 DET AL 35 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 .999 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1962 33 DET AL 35 8 3 0 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 5 2 40% 9 1.053 4 2 1 3 3 2 3 5 2 5 2 1 3.0
1963 34 DET AL 24 8 5 2 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 9 3 33% 4 .977 5 1 2 4 2 2 6 2 7 1 7 1 9.4
1964 35 CHW AL 34 34 17 3 1 9 7 3 78% 14 4 36 11 31% 8 1.181 20 3 8 15 4 15 21 13 11 15 11 8 3.5
1965 36 KCA AL 51 51 18 5 8 10 7 3 70% 16 6 45 14 31% 7 1.419 27 10 12 16 15 20 24 27 18 21 21 18 3.3
12 Yrs 460 295 147 33 23 60 50 20 83% 91 28 276 85 31% 1.070 134 53 99 99 49 146 148 146 140 93 146 73 4.7

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%
1954 25 CLE AL 368 31% 1.4% 15.0% 10.6% 5.2% 34% 0.60 71% 74 8 11%
1955 26 CLE AL 345 38% 1.2% 20.1% 5.2% 4.7% 20% 0.66 72% 95 4 4%
1956 27 CLE AL 373 35% 1.6% 15.8% 8.9% 5.4% 25% 0.59 71% 74 5 7%
1957 28 CLE AL 686 24% 2.3% 14.1% 8.3% 6.3% 26% 0.61 74% 135 12 9%
1958 29 CLE AL 443 29% 1.4% 12.5% 6.8% 4.8% 20% 0.74 77% 97 5 5%
1959 30 DET AL 927 24% 2.2% 13.5% 5.3% 6.8% 30% 0.80 78% 162 19 12%
1960 31 DET AL 660 20% 2.6% 10.5% 4.9% 6.2% 26% 0.78 81% 109 14 13%
1961 32 DET AL 981 22% 3.0% 14.0% 4.8% 7.2% 30% 0.61 78% 180 21 12%
1962 33 DET AL 774 25% 3.1% 15.6% 4.7% 7.8% 31% 0.59 75% 140 7 5%
1963 34 DET AL 496 27% 4.0% 13.7% 3.4% 8.1% 36% 0.79 76% 75 6 8%
1964 35 CHW AL 163 42% 5.5% 22.1% 4.3% 8.0% 35% 0.63 67% 37 4 11%
1965 36 KCA AL 243 37% 0.0% 16.9% 8.2% 4.9% 20% 0.66 73% 65 6 9%
12 Yrs 6459 27% 2.4% 14.4% 6.0% 6.5% 28% 0.68 76% 1243 111 9%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.8% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 1.03 75% 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
1954 25 CLE AL 368 56 5 0 13 5 0 3 2 18 9 3 50% 6 0 1 127 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1955 26 CLE AL 344 81 4 0 9 1 3 2 2 18 10 3 56% 7 2 0 164 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1956 27 CLE AL 373 79 6 1 16 4 2 4 2 23 11 3 48% 4 1 0 144 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1957 28 CLE AL 686 165 16 0 15 15 1 7 9 35 20 5 57% 3 1 0 256 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 10 0
1958 29 CLE AL 440 106 6 0 13 5 1 2 4 26 14 4 54% 8 1 0 175 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3
1959 30 DET AL 927 210 20 1 7 17 3 11 9 31 20 6 65% 12 2 0 335 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1960 31 DET AL 660 158 17 0 9 15 2 11 6 21 12 2 57% 10 0 1 240 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 32 DET AL 981 237 29 0 10 20 9 16 13 33 20 4 61% 12 1 0 354 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1962 33 DET AL 774 195 24 0 6 19 5 14 10 27 17 2 63% 15 1 0 296 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1963 34 DET AL 496 110 20 1 4 17 3 9 11 17 7 2 41% 4 1 0 155 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 35 CHW AL 163 37 9 0 5 5 4 3 6 10 5 2 50% 4 0 0 67 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 36 KCA AL 243 59 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 23 12 2 52% 7 2 1 99 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
12 Yrs 6455 1493 156 3 122 123 33 82 74 282 157 38 56% 92 12 3 2412 30 21 59% 27 19 3 1 0 1 7 1 77 4
MLB Averages 51% 60%

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+
1954 25 6 1 .857 1.94 40 5 18 2 0 7 93.0 56 22 20 5 39 55 1 0 0 368 191 1.022 5.4 0.5 3.8 5.3 1.41 191
1955 26 10 4 .714 2.16 97 6 45 2 0 16 174.2 137 50 42 9 57 2 124 2 0 2 715 178 1.111 7.1 0.5 2.9 6.4 2.18 178
1956 27 16 9 .640 2.64 145 9 69 2 0 27 262.1 216 88 77 15 90 7 183 3 0 3 1087 150 1.166 7.4 0.5 3.1 6.3 2.03 150
1957 28 27 19 .587 3.20 181 31 76 8 1 29 421.1 381 170 150 31 147 12 280 5 2 4 1780 121 1.253 8.1 0.7 3.1 6.0 1.90 121
1958 29 34 27 .557 3.34 224 36 100 8 1 32 523.0 487 219 194 37 177 18 335 9 2 5 2221 116 1.270 8.4 0.6 3.0 5.8 1.89 116
1959 30 51 36 .586 3.34 258 66 102 23 4 32 751.0 697 311 279 57 226 18 460 12 3 7 3148 117 1.229 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.5 2.04 117
1960 31 60 44 .577 3.37 281 88 103 32 6 32 909.1 855 379 340 74 258 22 529 13 3 7 3808 117 1.224 8.5 0.7 2.6 5.2 2.05 117
1961 32 75 51 .595 3.28 316 122 104 44 7 33 1149.2 1092 476 419 103 305 25 666 13 5 8 4789 121 1.215 8.5 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.18 121
1962 33 86 64 .573 3.40 351 149 107 52 8 34 1330.0 1287 568 503 127 341 26 787 14 5 9 5563 117 1.224 8.7 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.31 117
1963 34 93 71 .567 3.43 375 165 112 55 8 36 1452.2 1397 626 554 147 358 26 855 18 6 10 6059 116 1.208 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.3 2.39 116
1964 35 96 72 .571 3.42 409 165 129 55 8 43 1492.2 1434 642 567 156 365 28 891 19 6 10 6222 116 1.205 8.6 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.44 116
1965 36 101 80 .558 3.43 460 165 147 55 8 50 1548.0 1493 672 590 156 385 34 932 19 6 12 6464 115 1.213 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.42 115

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
1954 25 8 2 .800 2.11 94.0 60 24 22 5 42 56 1 1.085 5.7 4.0 5.4 1.33 0.5 40
1955 26 7 2 .778 2.41 86.0 84 26 23 4 19 73 1 1.198 8.8 2.0 7.6 3.84 0.4 57
1956 27 6 4 .600 3.33 92.0 80 38 34 6 33 62 1 1.228 7.8 3.2 6.1 1.88 0.6 48
1957 28 8 10 .444 4.47 163.0 178 90 81 17 61 99 2 1.466 9.8 3.4 5.5 1.62 0.9 36
1958 29 5 6 .455 4.37 103.0 115 56 50 7 33 56 4 1.437 10.0 2.9 4.9 1.70 0.6 43
1959 30 15 10 .600 3.32 233.0 216 96 86 21 50 128 3 1.142 8.3 1.9 4.9 2.56 0.8 34
1960 31 10 8 .556 3.44 165.0 164 70 63 18 33 72 1 1.194 8.9 1.8 3.9 2.18 1.0 23
1961 32 17 9 .654 2.88 234.0 232 83 75 28 46 134 0 1.188 8.9 1.8 5.2 2.91 1.1 35
1962 33 10 10 .500 4.01 182.0 192 90 81 24 35 122 1 1.247 9.5 1.7 6.0 3.49 1.2 35
1963 34 7 6 .538 3.94 121.0 112 59 53 20 17 67 4 1.066 8.3 1.3 5.0 3.94 1.5 24
1964 35 2 2 .500 3.32 38.0 39 16 14 9 7 34 1 1.211 9.2 1.7 8.1 4.86 2.1 34
1965 36 2 3 .400 4.42 53.0 62 29 26 0 21 39 0 1.566 10.5 3.6 6.6 1.86 0.0 51
12 Yrs 97 72 .574 3.50 1564.0 1534 677 608 159 397 942 19 1.235 8.8 5.4 2.37 0.9 460

* 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

All-Star Games
1957 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.3 (9th)
1959 AL  3.9 (6th)
1961 AL  3.8 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 AL  2.96 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1959 AL  17 (4th)
1961 AL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 AL  .654 (4th)
1961 AL  .682 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1959 AL  1.136 (4th)
1960 AL  1.200 (5th)
1961 AL  1.182 (8th)
Career  1.213 (165th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  1.934 (4th)
1960 AL  1.819 (2nd)
1961 AL  1.760 (1st)
1962 AL  1.797 (3rd)
Career  2.238 (173rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  5.491 (7th)
1962 AL  6.039 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL  57 (2nd)
1956 AL  48 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (4th)
1955 AL  9 (6th)
1956 AL  11 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 AL  228.0 (9th)
1961 AL  240.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL  125 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1959 AL  30 (9th)
1961 AL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1959 AL  15 (2nd)
1961 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 AL  3 (4th)
1960 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL  29 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  237 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 AL  2.551 (4th)
1960 AL  2.156 (5th)
1961 AL  2.915 (1st)
1962 AL  3.361 (2nd)
Career  2.421 (118th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL  13 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL  27 (5th)
1956 AL  24 (5th)
1958 AL  24 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1959 AL  121 (8th)
1960 AL  115 (10th)
1961 AL  139 (2nd)
Career  115 (212th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  19 (8th)
1959 AL  19 (5th)
1961 AL  27 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1954 AL  2.0 (8th)
1959 AL  2.0 (5th)
1961 AL  2.8 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 AL  21.50 (8th)
1961 AL  24.50 (7th)
Career  83.14 (180th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.1 (6th)
1959 AL  2.5 (8th)
1961 AL  3.8 (1st)
Career  10.1 (182nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1954 AL  1.8 (9th)
1959 AL  2.7 (6th)
1961 AL  2.5 (9th)
Career  10.4 (142nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1954 AL  2.1 (10th)
1959 AL  2.2 (8th)
1961 AL  2.5 (8th)
Career  8.5 (188th)


† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 55 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (882), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (446), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (24th), 22.4 career WAR/20.3 7yr-peak WAR/21.4 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Al Brazle (937)
  2. Billy O'Dell (932)
  3. Pete Richert (923)
  4. Ellis Kinder (919)
  5. Hank Aguirre (919)
  6. Bobby Bolin (916)
  7. Grant Jackson (913)
  8. Bobby Shantz (911)
  9. Dick Hall (907)
  10. Dick Tidrow (900)
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  1. Jack Bentley (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Lavelle (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sid Monge (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Hamilton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Lindblad (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joe Page (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Richert (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Richert (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Fassero (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hank Aguirre (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Grant Jackson (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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