Les Mueller

Leslie Clyde Mueller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 4, 1919 in Belleville, IL
High School: Belleville HS (Belleville, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1941
Team: Tigers 1941-1945

Final Game: September 23, 1945
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	18	ALX	D	3	4	.429	4.25	8						55.0	54	36	26		27							1.473	8.8		4.4			ALX · EVAN
1938	19	ALX	D	10	12	.455	3.69	38						188.0	145	115	77		104							1.324	6.9		5.0			ALX · EVAN
1939	20	DET-min	C,A1	9	10	.474	3.18	30	4					184.0	143	87	65		111							1.380	7.0		5.4			HEN,BMT · ETXL,TL
1940	21	DET-min	A1	18	11	.621	2.81	48						263.0	209	97	82		110							1.213	7.2		3.8			BMT · TL
1941	22	DET-min	A1	6	16	.273	2.36	32						179.0	164	76	47		72							1.318	8.2		3.6			BMT · TL
1941	22	DET	AL	0	0		4.85	4	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	9	9	7	1	10	8	0	0	0	57	96	1.462	6.2	0.7	6.9	5.5	0.80

1942	23	DET-min	A1	5	2	.714	2.17	12						83.0	61	26	20		22							1.000	6.6		2.4			BMT · TL
1945	26	DET	AL	6	8	.429	3.68	26	18	2	6	2	1	134.2	117	63	55	8	58	42	2	1	1	570	96	1.300	7.8	0.5	3.9	2.8	0.72
1946	27	DET-min	AAA	10	8	.556	5.04	23	21		10	1		150.0	161	99	84		79	80	3	1	2			1.600	9.7		4.7	4.8	1.01	BFL · IL
1947	28	DET-NYY-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.33	28	21		8	0		158.0	158	92	76		77	81	2	0	2			1.487	9.0		4.4	4.6	1.05	BFL,NWK · IL
1948	29	NYY-min	AAA	6	6	.500	4.50	35	8		4	0		92.0	86	54	46		41	37	3	0	1			1.380	8.4		4.0	3.6	0.90	NWK,KCY · IL,AA
2 Yrs				6	8	.429	3.78	30	18	3	6	2	1	147.2	126	72	62	9	68	50	2	1	1	627	96	1.314	7.7	0.5	4.1	3.0	0.74
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.429	3.78	43	26	4	9	3	1	209	179	102	88	13	96	71	3	1	1	888	96	1.314	7.7	0.5	4.1	3.0	0.74

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
1941	22	DET	AL	13.0	4	0	9	6.23	4.80	-0.21	0.00	102.3	5.13	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.460	.499	$

1945	26	DET	AL	134.2	26	18	63	4.21	3.78	0.14	0.00	104.5	3.80	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.1	2	.475	.496	$
2 Seasons				147.2	30	18	72	4.39	3.87	0.11	0.00	104.3	3.92	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.473	.498	$

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
1945	26	DET	AL	WS	W	CHC	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1941	22	DET	AL	57	1.8%	14.0%	17.5%			61%

1945	26	DET	AL	570	1.4%	7.4%	10.2%	1.8%	9%	79%
2 Yrs				627	1.4%	8.0%	10.9%	1.6%	8%	78%
MLB Averages					1.1%	8.8%	8.8%	2.7%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1941	22	0	0		4.85	4	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	9	9	7	1	10	8	0	0	0	57	96	1.462	6.2	0.7	6.9	5.5	0.80	96
1942	23	0	0		4.85	4	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	9	9	7	1	10	8	0	0	0	57	96	1.462	6.2	0.7	6.9	5.5	0.80	96
1943	24	0	0		4.85	4	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	9	9	7	1	10	8	0	0	0	57	96	1.462	6.2	0.7	6.9	5.5	0.80	96
1944	25	0	0		4.85	4	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	9	9	7	1	10	8	0	0	0	57	96	1.462	6.2	0.7	6.9	5.5	0.80	96
1945	26	6	8	.429	3.78	30	18	3	6	2	1	147.2	126	72	62	9	68	50	2	1	1	627	96	1.314	7.7	0.5	4.1	3.0	0.74	96

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
1941	22	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	9	7	6	1	10	8	0	1.462	6.2	6.9	5.5	0.80	0.7	4

1945	26	7	8	.467	4.07	137.0	128	69	62	9	63	43	2	1.394	8.4	4.1	2.8	0.68	0.6	26
2 Yrs		7	9	.438	4.08	150.0	137	76	68	10	73	51	2	1.400	8.2		3.1	0.70	0.6	30

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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