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Red Munger

George David Munger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 4, 1918 in Houston, TX
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1943
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1943-1956

Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: July 23, 1996 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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
1937	18	STL-min	D,A1	19	11	.633	3.39	49						295.0	280	144	111		109								1.319	8.5		3.3			NIB,HSN · EVAN,TL
1938	19	STL-min	D,A1	12	11	.522	2.98	36	9					199.0	193	100	66		82								1.382	8.7		3.7			NIB,HSN · EVAN,TL
1939	20	STL-min	B	16	13	.552		46						236.0	225	115			108								1.411	8.6		4.1			AVL · PIED
1940	21	STL-min	AA	9	14	.391	3.17	41	19					190.0	163	88	67		99								1.379	7.7		4.7			SAC · PCL
1941	22	STL-min	AA	17	16	.515	3.07	46	31		19	4		261.0	223	114	89		87		159	3	0	5			1.188	7.7		3.0	5.5	1.83	SAC · PCL
1942	23	STL-min	AA	16	13	.552	3.52	39	32	5	19	4		243.0	237	113	95		90		140	1	0	2			1.346	8.8		3.3	5.2	1.56	CLB · AA
1943	24	STL	NL	9	5	.643	3.95	32	9	14	5	0	2	93.1	101	47	41	2	42		45	0	0	2	412	86	1.532	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.3	1.07
1944	25	STL	NL	11	3	.786	1.34	21	12	8	7	2	2	121.0	92	23	18	2	41		55	2	0	0	479	268	1.099	6.8	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.34	AS

1946	27	STL	NL	2	2	.500	3.33	10	7	1	2	0	1	48.2	47	19	18	0	12		28	0	0	1	199	105	1.212	8.7	0.0	2.2	5.2	2.33
1947	28	STL	NL	16	5	.762	3.37	40	31	6	13	6	3	224.1	218	94	84	12	76		123	2	0	4	936	122	1.311	8.7	0.5	3.0	4.9	1.62	AS
1948	29	STL	NL	10	11	.476	4.50	39	25	3	7	2	0	166.0	179	91	83	13	74		72	1	0	2	738	91	1.524	9.7	0.7	4.0	3.9	0.97
1949	30	STL	NL	15	8	.652	3.87	35	28	4	12	2	2	188.1	179	86	81	13	87		82	2	0	3	802	107	1.412	8.6	0.6	4.2	3.9	0.94	AS
1950	31	STL	NL	7	8	.467	3.90	32	20	4	5	1	0	154.2	158	73	67	15	70		61	3	1	1	682	110	1.474	9.2	0.9	4.1	3.5	0.87
1951	32	STL	NL	4	6	.400	5.32	23	11	5	3	0	0	94.2	106	58	56	13	46		44	0	0	1	425	75	1.606	10.1	1.2	4.4	4.2	0.96
1952	33	PIT-min	Opn	4	3	.571	2.67	14	10		2	0		64.0	51	31	19		20		33	1	0	0			1.109	7.2		2.8	4.6	1.65	HOL · PCL
1952	33	TOT	NL	0	4	.000	7.92	6	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	37	27	27	7	11		9	1	0	0	139	51	1.565	10.9	2.1	3.2	2.6	0.82
1952	33	STL	NL	0	1	.000	12.46	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	6	6	2	1		1	1	0	0	21	32	1.846	14.5	4.2	2.1	2.1	1.00
1952	33	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	7.18	5	4	0	0	0	0	26.1	30	21	21	5	10		8	0	0	0	118	56	1.519	10.3	1.7	3.4	2.7	0.80

1953	34	HOL	Opn	12	10	.545	3.37	37	27		9	5		165.2	177	78	62	8	58		61	0	0	1			1.419	9.6	0.4	3.2	3.3	1.05	HOL · PCL
1954	35	PIT-min	Opn	17	8	.680	2.32	38	31		12	5		217.2	178	58	56	7	63		96	1	0	3			1.107	7.4	0.3	2.6	4.0	1.52	HOL · PCL
1955	36	PIT-min	Opn	23	8	.742	1.85	36	35		25	5		272.1	223	70	56	13	57		133	1	0	4			1.028	7.4	0.4	1.9	4.4	2.33	HOL · PCL
1956	37	PIT	NL	3	4	.429	4.04	35	13	6	0	0	2	107.0	126	56	48	8	41	6	45	0	0	3	475	93	1.561	10.6	0.7	3.4	3.8	1.10
1957	38	CIN-min	Opn	6	10	.375	3.65	22	22		4	1		138.0	155	67	56	6	48		55	2	0	1			1.471	10.1	0.4	3.1	3.6	1.15	SLE · PCL
1958	39	BAL-min	AA	1	1	.500	4.09	10	6		0	0		33.0	42	19	15	3	14	2	11	1	0	0			1.697	11.5	0.8	3.8	3.0	0.79	SAN · TL
10 Yrs				77	56	.579	3.83	273	161	51	54	13	12	1228.2	1243	574	523	85	500	6	564	11	1	17	5287	103	1.419	9.1	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.13
162 Game Avg.				12	9	.579	3.83	43	25	8	8	2	2	193	195	90	82	13	78		88	2	0	3	828	103	1.419	9.1	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.13

STL (9 yrs)				74	49	.602	3.73	233	144	45	54	13	10	1095.1	1087	497	454	72	449		511	11	1	14	4694	107	1.402	8.9	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.14
PIT (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	4.66	40	17	6	0	0	2	133.1	156	77	69	13	51	6	53	0	0	3	593	82	1.553	10.5	0.9	3.4	3.6	1.04

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
1943	24	STL	NL	93.1	32	9	47	4.53	3.84	0.35	0.00	100.5	3.51	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.463	.493	$
1944	25	STL	NL	121.0	21	12	23	1.71	4.11	0.41	0.00	98.6	3.64	26	3.1	1.0	-0.1	4.0	38	.647	.519	$	AS

1946	27	STL	NL	48.2	10	7	19	3.51	3.81	0.11	0.00	102.3	3.79	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.6	6	.517	.501	$
1947	28	STL	NL	224.1	40	31	94	3.77	4.61	0.00	0.00	101.0	4.66	21	2.2	1.0	-0.1	4.2	49	.556	.514	$	AS
1948	29	STL	NL	166.0	39	25	91	4.93	4.47	-0.05	0.00	103.2	4.66	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	0.9	14	.485	.496	$
1949	30	STL	NL	188.1	35	28	86	4.11	4.71	0.11	0.00	101.7	4.68	12	1.2	2.0	-0.1	2.9	34	.535	.508	$	AS
1950	31	STL	NL	154.2	32	20	73	4.25	4.73	0.07	0.00	103.6	4.82	11	1.1	1.2	-0.1	2.5	28	.535	.507	$
1951	32	STL	NL	94.2	23	11	58	5.51	4.69	0.25	0.00	98.9	4.38	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.448	.493	$
1952	33	STL	NL	4.1	1	1	6	12.46	4.04	0.23	0.00	106.0	4.04	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.200	.498	$
1952	33	PIT	NL	26.1	5	4	21	7.18	4.26	-0.17	0.00	104.9	4.65	-7	-0.7	1.9	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.359	.496	$

1956	37	PIT	NL	107.0	35	13	56	4.71	4.37	-0.02	0.00	98.7	4.34	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.1	0.7	7	.493	.499	$
10 Seasons				1228.2	273	161	574	4.20	4.46	0.11	0.00	101.2	4.41	29	3.7	1.2	-0.8	14.1	163	.513	.502	$

STL (9 yrs)				1095.1	233	144	497	4.08	4.47	0.12	0.00	101.4	4.41	39	4.6	1.1	-0.6	13.9	161	.520	.503	$
PIT (2 yrs)				133.1	40	17	77	5.20	4.35	-0.05	0.00	99.9	4.40	-10	-0.9	1.3	-0.1	0.2	2	.477	.497	$

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
1946	27	STL	NL	WS	W	BOS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	38	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
1 WS							1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	38	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	0.67

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	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
1944	STL	NL	25

1947	STL	NL	28

1949	STL	NL	30	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

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
1948	29	STL	NL	39	359	659	91	179	20	6	13	3	1	74	72	.272	.346	.379	.725	.289	250	6	1	6	0		9
1949	30	STL	NL	35	515	713	86	179	16	4	13	2	3	87	82	.251	.334	.339	.674	.269	242	11	2	11	0		4
1950	31	STL	NL	32	516	601	73	158	26	6	15	5	4	70	61	.263	.343	.401	.744	.272	241	9	3	8	0		5
1951	32	STL	NL	23	366	371	58	106	21	1	13	3	3	46	44	.286	.365	.453	.817	.296	168	8	0	8	0		2
1952	33	TOT	NL	6	110	124	27	37	5	4	7	0	0	11	9	.298	.360	.573	.933	.278	71	4	1	3	0		1
1952	33	PIT	NL	5	89	106	21	30	5	3	5	0	0	10	8	.283	.345	.528	.873	.269	56	3	0	2	0		1
1952	33	STL	NL	1	21	18	6	7	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.389	.450	.833	1.283	.333	15	1	1	1	0		0

1956	37	PIT	NL	35	380	422	56	126	16	6	8	2	2	41	45	.299	.359	.422	.781	.318	178	11	0	10	2	6	5
6 Yrs				170	2246	2890	391	785	104	27	69	15	13	329	313	.272	.347	.398	.745	.285	1150	49	7	46	2	6	26
162 Game Avg.				43	562	723	98	196	26	7	17	4	3	82	78	.272	.347	.398	.745	.285	288	12	2	12	1		7
MLB Averages																.260	.333	.358	.691	.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
1948	29	STL	NL	-6.0	-0.6	365	0.0	7.3	-7.2	1.18	-0.3	0.3	1.3	0.1	1.18	-2.0	3	0	4
1949	30	STL	NL	8.6	0.9	536	-0.2	10.3	-10.5	1.24	0.6	-0.8	1.0	0.1	1.22	6.5	4	1	1
1950	31	STL	NL	7.6	0.8	527	-1.0	9.5	-10.4	1.02	-0.8	-0.1	0.7	0.1	1.02	-8.3	2	2	4
1951	32	STL	NL	-11.8	-1.2	374	-0.7	7.3	-8.1	1.18	-1.2	0.6	-10.9	-1.1	1.18	-12.6	2	2	5
1952	33	TOT	NL	-11.2	-1.0	110	-1.0	1.2	-2.1	.72	-0.9	-0.4	-10.8	-1.0	0.72	-10.7	1	0	0
1952	33	STL	NL	-3.8	-0.3	21	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.62	-0.3	-0.1	-3.9	-0.3	0.62	-3.1	0	0	0
1952	33	PIT	NL	-7.4	-0.7	89	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	.75	-0.6	-0.3	-6.9	-0.6	0.75	-7.5	1	0	0

1956	37	PIT	NL	-3.6	-0.4	393	0.3	7.3	-7.0	1.15	-0.5	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.15	-4.8	5	4	8
10 Yrs				29.1	3.4	2305	-2.6	42.9	-45.5	1.13	-3.2	1.0	-18.1	-1.7	1.13	-32.0	17	9	22

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
1943	24	STL	NL	32	9	5	3	1	0	0	6	3	.667	0	0	5	0	5	56%	47.1	73	22			7	2	6.1		5.8
1944	25	STL	NL	21	12	9	2	1	1	2	10	2	.833	0	0	7	2	11	92%	65.6	83	34			9	3	2.8		8.3

1946	27	STL	NL	10	7	2	2	3	1	0	5	2	.714	0	0	2	0	3	43%	56.6	80	27			4	0	4.6		6.7
1947	28	STL	NL	40	31	16	5	10	2	1	23	8	.742	0	0	13	6	18	58%	53.9	87	26			12	10	5.7		6.9
1948	29	STL	NL	39	25	10	9	6	2	1	13	12	.520	0	1	7	2	9	36%	48.4	84	24	13	3	7	12	4.8	5.2	5.8
1949	30	STL	NL	35	28	15	6	7	0	0	18	10	.643	1	5	12	2	16	57%	51.6	86	23	11	5	7	11	5.9	6.1	6.4
1950	31	STL	NL	32	20	6	8	6	1	5	8	12	.400	0	4	5	1	12	60%	50.1	85	21	10	6	4	12	4.5	4.5	6.4
1951	32	STL	NL	23	11	3	4	4	0	0	6	5	.545	1	0	3	0	5	45%	46.1	69	11	11	3	3	5	3.5	3.7	6.5
1952	33	TOT	NL	6	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.6	49	25	1	0	0	5	2.0	1.2	5.9
1952	33	STL	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25	0	0	0	1	1.0	0.0	4.3
1952	33	PIT	NL	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	49	29	1	0	0	4	2.2	1.5	6.3

1956	37	PIT	NL	35	13	2	3	8	0	0	5	7	.417	1	2	0	0	5	38%	43.9	61	19	18	11	6	6	3.8	3.3	5.3
10 Yrs				273	161	68	46	47	7	9	94	66	.588	3	12	54	13	84	52%	51	87	11	64	28	59	66	4.8	4.5	6.4
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	118	-11					4.4	4.5	6.7

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
1943	24	STL	NL	32	23	14	4	2	0	2	0		0	0														13	7		5	5.4
1944	25	STL	NL	21	9	8	2	1	0	2	0		0	0														6	1		0	7.0

1946	27	STL	NL	10	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0														1	2		0	1.7
1947	28	STL	NL	40	9	6	0	0	0	3	0		0	0														4	3		4	3.7
1948	29	STL	NL	39	14	3	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	1	1	100%		1.185	3	0	4	1	2	4	1	6	6	6	3	4	4.4
1949	30	STL	NL	35	7	4	0	2	1	2	0	200%	1	0	6	2	33%	8	1.238	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	1	4.1
1950	31	STL	NL	32	12	4	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	7	4	57%	7	1.021	2	2	4	1	0	7	4	4	7	3	6	0	5.5
1951	32	STL	NL	23	12	5	1	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	6	3	50%		1.177	2	2	5	1	1	7	4	5	8	2	6	1	5.7
1952	33	TOT	NL	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%		.722	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0
1952	33	PIT	NL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	5	.746	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0

1956	37	PIT	NL	35	22	6	1	1	2	2	1	100%	4	2	13	5	38%		1.153	5	4	8	5	1	11	6	11	11	6	9	4	5.1
10 Yrs				272	112	51	9	10	6	12	4	200%	8	2	36	18	50%		1.135	17	9	22	9	6	33	19	29	60	33	27	19	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1943	24	STL	NL	412		0.5%	10.9%	10.2%	3.6%	15%		76%
1944	25	STL	NL	479		0.4%	11.5%	8.6%	1.9%	10%		79%

1946	27	STL	NL	199		0.0%	14.1%	6.0%	1.0%	4%		77%
1947	28	STL	NL	941		1.3%	13.1%	8.1%	2.8%	12%		77%
1948	29	STL	NL	740	57%	3.6%	20.1%	20.6%	10.9%	22%	0.86	160%	73	6	8%
1949	30	STL	NL	813	63%	2.5%	15.9%	16.9%	6.4%	18%	0.86	120%	123	11	9%
1950	31	STL	NL	682	62%	2.9%	11.8%	13.6%	9.1%	30%	0.79	102%	107	9	8%
1951	32	STL	NL	425	58%	3.6%	12.0%	12.6%	9.6%	33%	0.99	86%	80	8	10%
1952	33	TOT	NL	139	71%	6.4%	8.2%	10.0%	14.6%	43%	1.41	98%	24	4	17%
1952	33	STL	NL	21	62%	9.5%	4.8%	4.8%	14.3%	43%	2.00	71%	7	1	14%
1952	33	PIT	NL	118	73%	5.6%	9.0%	11.2%	14.6%	43%	1.30	104%	17	3	18%

1956	37	PIT	NL	476	57%	2.1%	11.8%	10.8%	7.9%	24%	1.10	98%	79	11	14%
10 Yrs				5306	60%	2.0%	13.2%	11.7%	5.9%	20%	0.92	95%	486	49	10%
MLB Averages					50%	1.9%	11.1%	10.5%	5.2%	20%	0.95	86%			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
1943	24	STL	NL		101			2												2
1944	25	STL	NL		92			2												0

1946	27	STL	NL		47			0												1
1947	28	STL	NL		218			12												4
1948	29	STL	NL	359	179			13	0	5	3	3	2	4	12	7	0	58%	9	2	0	148	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	381
1949	30	STL	NL	515	179			13	2	22	3	3	2	4	29	15	5	52%	4	3	1	216	2	3	40%	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	298
1950	31	STL	NL	516	158			15	0	13	8	5	2	11	26	10	4	38%	5	1	1	212	5	4	56%	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	4	166
1951	32	STL	NL	366	106			13	2	6	7	2	4	5	17	11	2	65%	2	1	1	159	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	59
1952	33	TOT	NL	110	37			7	0	3	5	1	4	2	9	7	0	78%	1	0	0	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
1952	33	STL	NL	21	7			2	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	33	PIT	NL	89	30			5	0	3	4	0	4	0	8	6	0	75%	1	0	0	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29

1956	37	PIT	NL	380	126			8	0	16	4	1	0	5	31	11	1	35%	5	3	1	147	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	96
10 Yrs				2246	1243			85	4	65	30	15	14	31	124	61	12	49%	26	17	4	921	15	13	54%	12	9	3	2	0	1	8	0	18	1029
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

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+
1943	24	9	5	.643	3.95	32	9	14	5	0	2	93.1	101	47	41	2	42		45	0	0	2	412	86	1.532	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.3	1.07	86
1944	25	20	8	.714	2.48	53	21	22	12	2	4	214.1	193	70	59	4	83		100	2	0	2	891	141	1.288	8.1	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.20	141
1945	26	20	8	.714	2.48	53	21	22	12	2	4	214.1	193	70	59	4	83		100	2	0	2	891	141	1.288	8.1	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.20	141
1946	27	22	10	.688	2.63	63	28	23	14	2	5	263.0	240	89	77	4	95		128	2	0	3	1090	133	1.274	8.2	0.1	3.3	4.4	1.35	133
1947	28	38	15	.717	2.97	103	59	29	27	8	8	487.1	458	183	161	16	171		251	4	0	7	2026	127	1.291	8.5	0.3	3.2	4.6	1.47	127
1948	29	48	26	.649	3.36	142	84	32	34	10	8	653.1	637	274	244	29	245		323	5	0	9	2764	115	1.350	8.8	0.4	3.4	4.4	1.32	115
1949	30	63	34	.649	3.48	177	112	36	46	12	10	841.2	816	360	325	42	332		405	7	0	12	3566	113	1.364	8.7	0.4	3.6	4.3	1.22	113
1950	31	70	42	.625	3.54	209	132	40	51	13	10	996.1	974	433	392	57	402		466	10	1	13	4248	112	1.381	8.8	0.5	3.6	4.2	1.16	112
1951	32	74	48	.607	3.70	232	143	45	54	13	10	1091.0	1080	491	448	70	448		510	10	1	14	4673	108	1.401	8.9	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.14	108
1952	33	74	52	.587	3.81	238	148	45	54	13	10	1121.2	1117	518	475	77	459		519	11	1	14	4812	104	1.405	9.0	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.13	104
1953	34	74	52	.587	3.81	238	148	45	54	13	10	1121.2	1117	518	475	77	459		519	11	1	14	4812	104	1.405	9.0	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.13	104
1954	35	74	52	.587	3.81	238	148	45	54	13	10	1121.2	1117	518	475	77	459		519	11	1	14	4812	104	1.405	9.0	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.13	104
1955	36	74	52	.587	3.81	238	148	45	54	13	10	1121.2	1117	518	475	77	459		519	11	1	14	4812	104	1.405	9.0	0.6	3.7	4.2	1.13	104
1956	37	77	56	.579	3.83	273	161	51	54	13	12	1228.2	1243	574	523	85	500	6	564	11	1	17	5287	103	1.419	9.1	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.13	103

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
1943	24	4	6	.400	4.75	91.0	111	53	48	2	46	44	0	1.725	11.0	4.5	4.4	0.96	0.2	32
1944	25	11	2	.846	1.53	118.0	98	22	20	2	44	53	2	1.203	7.5	3.4	4.0	1.20	0.2	21

1946	27	3	2	.600	3.75	48.0	51	22	20	0	13	28	0	1.333	9.6	2.4	5.3	2.15	0.0	10
1947	28	15	10	.600	3.36	225.0	223	93	84	12	78	123	2	1.338	8.9	3.1	4.9	1.58	0.5	40
1948	29	8	10	.444	4.45	170.0	185	93	84	13	76	74	1	1.535	9.8	4.0	3.9	0.97	0.7	39
1949	30	10	10	.500	3.85	187.0	182	89	80	13	88	81	2	1.444	8.8	4.2	3.9	0.92	0.6	35
1950	31	9	8	.529	3.66	160.0	159	72	65	15	70	63	3	1.431	8.9	3.9	3.5	0.90	0.8	32
1951	32	3	7	.300	5.55	94.0	110	64	58	13	48	44	0	1.681	10.5	4.6	4.2	0.92	1.2	23
1952	33	1	2	.333	8.13	31.0	39	31	28	7	12	9	1	1.645	11.3	3.5	2.6	0.75	2.0	6

1956	37	5	6	.455	4.42	106.0	135	58	52	9	44	44	0	1.689	11.5	3.7	3.7	1.00	0.8	35
10 Yrs		69	63	.523	3.94	1230.0	1293	597	539	86	519	563	11	1.473	9.5		4.1	1.08	0.6	273

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1944 1947 1949 *	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1944 NL 4.0 (10th) 1947 NL 4.2 (6th)	Wins s c a p y 1947 NL 16 (8th) 1949 NL 15 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1947 NL .762 (2nd) 1949 NL .652 (6th) Career .579 (185th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1949 NL 8.554 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1947 NL 3.049 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1947 NL 4.935 (2nd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1947 NL 224.3 (10th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1947 NL 123 (4th)	Games Started s c a p y 1947 NL 31 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1947 NL 13 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1947 NL 6 (2nd)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1949 NL 87 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1947 NL 1.618 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1947 NL 0.481 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1943 NL 14 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1944 NL 30 (3rd) 1947 NL 19 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1944 NL 3.4 (3rd) 1947 NL 1.9 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 21 (595), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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