Red Murff

John Robert Murff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 1, 1921 in Burlington, TX
School: Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Team: Braves 1956-1957

Final Game: May 30, 1957
Died: November 28, 2008 in Tyler, TX
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rockdale, TX
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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
1950	29	BTR	C	17	4	.810	2.97	23						176.0	165	81	58		73								1.352	8.4		3.7			BTR · EVAN
1951	30	CHC-min	B,AA	20	15	.571	3.15	48						280.0	249	129	98		133								1.364	8.0		4.3			TXC,NVL · GULF,SOUA
1952	31	TYL	B	23	13	.639	3.06	42						291.0	270	118	99		103								1.282	8.4		3.2			TYL · BSTL
1953	32	DAL	AA	17	13	.567	3.43	37	29		16	1		239.0	229	102	91	17	116		123	6	1	2			1.444	8.6	0.6	4.4	4.6	1.06	DAL · TL
1954	33	DAL	AA	10	15	.400	3.09	31	30		17	2		230.0	215	98	79	6	90		134	7	1	4			1.326	8.4	0.2	3.5	5.2	1.49	DAL · TL
1955	34	SFG-min	AA	27	11	.711	1.99	43	35		28	10		303.0	240	85	67	17	82	4	157	8	0	4			1.063	7.1	0.5	2.4	4.7	1.91	DAL · TL
1956	35	MLN	NL	0	0		4.44	14	1	4	0	0	1	24.1	25	14	12	3	7	0	18	0	0	0	103	80	1.315	9.2	1.1	2.6	6.7	2.57
1957	36	ATL-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.62	24	19		8	3		144.0	156	66	58	17	44	4	61	0	1	1			1.389	9.8	1.1	2.8	3.8	1.39	WCH · AA
1957	36	MLN	NL	2	2	.500	4.85	12	1	8	0	0	2	26.0	31	14	14	3	11	1	13	0	0	0	115	73	1.615	10.7	1.0	3.8	4.5	1.18
1958	37	ATL-min	AAA	11	5	.688	1.80	51	2		2	0		110.0	84	26	22	3	33	15	54	2	0	2			1.064	6.9	0.2	2.7	4.4	1.64	WCH · AA
1959	38	ATL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.35	42	5		0	0		89.0	100	50	43	9	28	9	37	2	0	2			1.438	10.1	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.32	LOU · AA
1960	39	ATL-min	A	5	5	.500	2.12	32	5					72.0	68	21	17	3	26								1.306	8.5	0.4	3.2			JCK · SALL
2 Yrs				2	2	.500	4.65	26	2	12	0	0	3	50.1	56	28	26	6	18	1	31	0	0	0	218	76	1.470	10.0	1.1	3.2	5.5	1.72
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	4.65	63	5	29	0	0	7	122	136	68	63	15	44	2	75	0	0	0	529	76	1.470	10.0	1.1	3.2	5.5	1.72

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
1956	35	MLN	NL	24.1	14	1	14	5.18	4.24	0.35	90.3	3.51	-4	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.1	-2	.470	.497	$
1957	36	MLN	NL	26.0	12	1	14	4.85	4.25	0.24	96.3	3.86	-3	-0.3	1.8	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.477	.498	$
2 Seasons				50.1	26	2	28	5.01	4.24	0.30	93.4	3.69	-7	-0.7	1.1	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.473	.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	IBB	ROE
1956	35	MLN	NL	14	98	92	14	25	1	0	3	0	1	7	18	.272	.320	.380	.700	.306	35	3	0	3	1	0	2
1957	36	MLN	NL	12	115	103	14	31	5	0	3	1	0	11	13	.301	.368	.437	.805	.322	45	4	0	1	0	1	1
2 Yrs				26	213	195	28	56	6	0	6	1	1	18	31	.287	.346	.410	.756	.314	80	7	0	4	1	1	3
162 Game Avg.				63	517	474	68	136	15	0	15	2	2	44	75	.287	.346	.410	.756	.314	194	17	0	10	2	2	7
MLB Averages																.258	.328	.392	.720	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	35	MLN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	100	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	.54	-0.2	-0.5	-1.9	-0.2	0.54	-1.7	1	0	9
1957	36	MLN	NL	-3.3	-0.3	117	-0.2	3.0	-3.2	1.55	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.55	-1.4	6	1	4
2 Yrs				-6.1	-0.6	217	-0.5	3.9	-4.4	1.08	-0.3	-0.2	-3.4	-0.4	1.08	-3.1	7	1	13

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
1956	35	MLN	NL	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	2	0	0	1	5.0	9.0	5.0
1957	36	MLN	NL	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	2	0	1	0	10.0	14.4	4.0
2 Yrs				26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35	36	34	4	0	1	1	7.5	11.7	4.5
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	97	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	35	MLN	NL	14	13	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	7	0	0%		.539	1	0	9	1	0	10	4	7	5	4	5	4	4.5
1957	36	MLN	NL	12	11	8	2	2	3	2	1	67%	3	8	1	13%	8	1.551	6	1	4	4	2	5	4	7	7	0	8	1	6.0
2 Yrs				26	24	12	2	2	4	3	1	75%	4	15	1	7%		1.085	7	1	13	5	2	15	8	14	12	4	13	5	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	35	MLN	NL	103	58%	3.1%	18.4%	7.1%	4.1%	16%	2.77	73%	24	3	13%
1957	36	MLN	NL	115	64%	2.6%	11.3%	9.6%	7.0%	26%	1.03	76%	29	4	14%
2 Yrs				218	62%	2.8%	14.6%	8.5%	5.6%	21%	1.55	75%	53	7	13%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	12.8%	9.3%	6.7%	29%	0.99	77%			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
1956	35	MLN	NL	98	25			3	0	6	1	2	1	2	9	3	3	33%	2	0	0	39	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
1957	36	MLN	NL	115	31			3	0	3	2	1	0	3	9	3	0	33%	1	0	0	53	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				213	56			6	0	9	3	3	1	5	18	6	3	33%	3	0	0	92	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5
MLB Averages																		51%							57%

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+
1956	35	0	0		4.44	14	1	4	0	0	1	24.1	25	14	12	3	7	0	18	0	0	0	103	80	1.315	9.2	1.1	2.6	6.7	2.57	80
1957	36	2	2	.500	4.65	26	2	12	0	0	3	50.1	56	28	26	6	18	1	31	0	0	0	218	76	1.470	10.0	1.1	3.2	5.5	1.72	76

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1956	35	1	1	.500	5.25	24.0	28	16	14	3	8	18	1.500	10.5	3.0	6.8	2.25	1.1	14
1957	36	1	1	.500	5.76	25.0	34	18	16	3	12	12	1.840	12.2	4.3	4.3	1.00	1.1	12
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	5.51	49.0	62	34	30	6	20	30	1.673	11.4		5.5	1.50	1.1	26

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