Joe Muir

Joseph Allen Muir

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: November 26, 1922 in Oriole, MD
High School: Washington HS (Prince Anne, MD)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Team: Pirates 1951-1952

Final Game: June 27, 1952
Died: June 25, 1980 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Oriole Cemetery, Oriole, MD
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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
1947	24	PIT-min	D,B	16	5	.762	3.10	26						189.0	170	81	65		58							1.206	8.1		2.8			RHB,YOR · ESHL,ISLG
1948	25	PIT-min	B	12	6	.667	2.54	26						163.0	144	62	46		43							1.147	8.0		2.4			YOR · ISLG
1949	26	PIT-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.92	33			5	2		139.0	152	83	76		58	77	0	2	1			1.511	9.8		3.8	5.0	1.33	INA · AA
1950	27	PIT-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.91	38	25		9	2		205.0	225	103	89		52	97	0	0	1			1.351	9.9		2.3	4.3	1.87	INA · AA
1951	28	PIT-min	AAA	7	5	.583	5.65	23	17		7	2		113.0	137	75	71		30	51	0	0	1			1.478	10.9		2.4	4.1	1.70	INA · AA
1951	28	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	2.76	9	1	4	0	0	0	16.1	11	6	5	2	7	5	0	0	1	70	156	1.102	6.1	1.1	3.9	2.8	0.71
1952	29	PIT-min	Opn	3	4	.429	5.19	13	6		2	0		52.0	62	36	30		19	15	0	0	1			1.558	10.7		3.3	2.6	0.79	HOL · PCL
1952	29	PIT	NL	2	3	.400	6.31	12	5	0	1	0	0	35.2	42	28	25	3	18	17	0	0	0	164	63	1.682	10.6	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.94
1953	30	HOL	Opn	5	2	.714	2.33	21	4		2	0		69.2	76	33	18	1	10	38	0	0	0			1.234	9.8	0.1	1.3	4.9	3.80	HOL · PCL
2 Yrs				2	5	.286	5.19	21	6	4	1	0	0	52.0	53	34	30	5	25	22	0	0	1	234	79	1.500	9.2	0.9	4.3	3.8	0.88
162 Game Avg.				5	13	.286	5.19	53	15	10	3	0	0	131	133	86	76	13	63	55	0	0	3	589	79	1.500	9.2	0.9	4.3	3.8	0.88

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1951	28	PIT	NL	16.1	9	1	6	3.31	4.18	-0.14	105.9	4.58	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.3	4	.527	.502	$
1952	29	PIT	NL	35.2	12	5	28	7.07	4.48	-0.17	107.7	5.01	-8	-0.8	.5	0.0	-0.5	-4	.430	.495	$
2 Seasons				52.0	21	6	34	5.88	4.38	-0.16	107.1	4.87	-6	-0.6	.6	-0.0	-0.2	-0	.472	.498	$

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	ROE
1951	28	PIT	NL	9	48	61	6	11	2	0	2	1	0	7	5	.180	.265	.311	.576	.167	19	0	0	2	0	2
1952	29	PIT	NL	12	107	146	28	42	3	0	3	1	1	18	17	.288	.366	.370	.736	.310	54	2	0	0	0	2
2 Yrs				21	155	207	34	53	5	0	5	2	1	25	22	.256	.336	.353	.689	.267	73	2	0	2	0	4
162 Game Avg.				53	390	521	86	133	13	0	13	5	3	63	55	.256	.336	.353	.689	.267	184	5	0	5	0	10
MLB Averages																.257	.332	.370	.701	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1951	28	PIT	NL	2.5	0.2	49	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	.78	0.1	-0.7	1.4	0.1	0.78	0.8	1	1	3
1952	29	PIT	NL	-8.3	-0.8	109	-0.9	1.2	-2.1	.80	-0.2	-1.0	-8.8	-0.9	0.80	-2.6	0	1	4
2 Yrs				-5.8	-0.6	158	-1.4	1.6	-3.0	.80	-0.1	-1.6	-7.4	-0.7	0.80	-1.8	1	2	7

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
1951	28	PIT	NL	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	0	0	1	0	1.0		1.7
1952	29	PIT	NL	12	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	.400	0	1	1	0	1	20%	42.0	56	22	3	1	0	4	4.3	1.8	4.7
2 Yrs				21	6	2	2	2	1	0	2	4	.333	0	1	1	0	1	17%	42	56	22	3	1	1	4	3.7	1.8	4.2
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	103	-6					4.4	4.3	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1951	28	PIT	NL	9	8	4	2	3	2	67%	.783	1	1	3	1	5	1	5	5	1	4	5.5
1952	29	PIT	NL	12	7	0	1	3	3	100%	.802	0	1	4	1	4	1	4	4	2	4	5.3
2 Yrs				21	15	4	3	6	5	83%	.796	1	2	7	2	9	2	9	9	3	8	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	28	PIT	NL	70	38%	4.2%	10.4%	14.6%	8.3%	36%	1.46	113%	11	0	0%
1952	29	PIT	NL	164	31%	2.8%	15.9%	16.8%	5.6%	14%	1.32	118%	24	2	8%
2 Yrs				234	33%	3.2%	14.2%	16.1%	6.5%	19%	1.37	116%	35	2	6%
MLB Averages					49%	2.2%	11.9%	10.9%	6.5%	25%	0.96	88%			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
1951	28	PIT	NL	48	11			2	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	100%	2	1	0	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22
1952	29	PIT	NL	107	42			3	0	6	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	100%	2	0	0	42	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57
2 Yrs				155	53			5	0	7	3	0	2	1	6	6	0	100%	4	1	0	63	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	79
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

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+
1951	28	0	2	.000	2.76	9	1	4	0	0	0	16.1	11	6	5	2	7		5	0	0	1	70	156	1.102	6.1	1.1	3.9	2.8	0.71	156
1952	29	2	5	.286	5.19	21	6	4	1	0	0	52.0	53	34	30	5	25		22	0	0	1	234	79	1.500	9.2	0.9	4.3	3.8	0.88	79

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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1951	28	1	1	.500	2.50	18.0	11	6	5	2	7	6	1.000	5.5	3.5	3.0	0.86	1.0	9
1952	29	1	3	.250	6.50	36.0	44	29	26	3	19	17	1.750	11.0	4.8	4.3	0.89	0.8	12
2 Yrs		2	4	.333	5.17	54.0	55	35	31	5	26	23	1.500	9.2		3.8	0.88	0.8	21

* 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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