Ray Narleski
Raymond Edmond Narleski
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 25, 1928 in Camden, NJ
High School: Collingswood (Collingswood, NJ)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Final Game: September 26, 1959
Relatives: Son of Bill Narleski
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Standard Pitching

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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 3 3 .500 2.22 42 2 19 1 0 13 89.0 59 25 22 8 44 52 2 1 2 362 166 1.157 6.0 0.8 4.4 5.3 1.18
1955 26 CLE AL 9 1 .900 3.71 60 1 36 1 0 19 111.2 91 47 46 11 52 3 94 0 0 3 471 108 1.281 7.3 0.9 4.2 7.6 1.81 MVP-6
1956 27 CLE AL 3 2 .600 1.52 32 0 21 0 0 4 59.1 36 11 10 5 19 0 42 1 0 0 234 277 0.927 5.5 0.8 2.9 6.4 2.21 AS
1957 28 CLE AL 11 5 .688 3.09 46 15 24 7 1 16 154.1 136 65 53 14 70 6 93 4 0 1 662 121 1.335 7.9 0.8 4.1 5.4 1.33
1958 29 CLE AL 13 10 .565 4.07 44 24 11 7 0 1 183.1 179 87 83 21 91 10 102 3 2 6 806 91 1.473 8.8 1.0 4.5 5.0 1.12 AS
1959 30 DET AL 4 12 .250 5.78 42 10 21 1 0 5 104.1 105 83 67 21 59 3 71 1 0 4 487 70 1.572 9.1 1.8 5.1 6.1 1.20
6 Seasons 43 33 .566 3.60 266 52 132 17 1 58 702.0 606 318 281 80 335 22 454 11 3 16 3022 107 1.340 7.8 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.36
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .566 3.60 57 11 28 4 0 12 150 130 68 60 17 72 97 2 1 3 646 107 1.340 7.8 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.36
CLE (5 yrs) 39 21 .650 3.22 224 42 111 16 1 53 597.2 501 235 214 59 276 19 383 10 3 12 2535 118 1.300 7.5 0.9 4.2 5.8 1.39
DET (1 yr) 4 12 .250 5.78 42 10 21 1 0 5 104.1 105 83 67 21 59 3 71 1 0 4 487 70 1.572 9.1 1.8 5.1 6.1 1.20

Postseason Pitching

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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 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1 WS 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1956 CLE AL 27
1958 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 25 CLE AL 42 363 313 25 59 9 2 8 4 4 44 52 .188 .292 .307 .599 .202 96 6 2 4 0
1955 26 CLE AL 60 472 413 47 91 8 1 11 3 1 52 94 .220 .306 .324 .631 .258 134 6 0 5 2 3
1956 27 CLE AL 32 234 212 11 36 3 3 5 3 0 19 42 .170 .240 .283 .523 .187 60 1 1 1 1 0
1957 28 CLE AL 46 670 586 65 136 13 3 14 3 2 70 93 .232 .316 .336 .652 .252 197 9 4 5 5 6
1958 29 CLE AL 44 806 703 87 179 27 2 21 7 7 91 102 .255 .341 .388 .730 .271 273 17 3 6 3 10
1959 30 DET AL 42 487 414 83 105 10 1 21 6 2 59 71 .254 .343 .435 .778 .255 180 1 1 6 7 3
6 Seasons 266 3032 2641 318 606 70 12 80 26 16 335 454 .229 .317 .356 .673 .248 940 40 11 27 18 22
162 Game Avg. 57 648 565 68 130 15 3 17 6 3 72 97 .229 .317 .356 .673 .248 201 9 2 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 42 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 1 0 1 50% 46 57 35 9 3 1 1 2.5 0.0 5.3
1955 26 CLE AL 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 72 72 72 15 2 1 0 3.0 3.0 9.0
1957 28 CLE AL 46 15 6 4 5 0 2 8 7 .533 1 2 7 1 11 73% 55 76 17 7 0 9 5 4.6 4.0 7.1
1958 29 CLE AL 44 24 11 9 4 1 2 14 10 .583 0 5 7 0 12 50% 50 82 27 20 7 10 6 5.2 5.3 6.4
1959 30 DET AL 42 10 2 6 2 1 0 2 8 .200 1 1 1 0 2 20% 43 75 24 20 8 4 3 4.5 3.6 5.1
5 Seasons 234 52 20 20 12 2 5 26 26 .500 2 9 17 1 27 52% 50 82 17 71 20 25 15 4.7 4.4 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 42 40 19 3 2 16 13 3 81% 17 1 31 9 29% 7 1.060 18 2 20 19 4 17 15 25 26 5 26 7 5.9
1955 26 CLE AL 60 59 36 8 1 21 19 2 90% 27 6 55 13 24% 9 1.290 29 12 18 29 6 24 31 28 35 11 37 19 5.2
1956 27 CLE AL 32 32 21 3 2 2 4 2 200% 5 3 21 1 5% 8 1.041 8 9 14 7 4 21 11 21 18 4 18 5 5.5
1957 28 CLE AL 46 31 24 5 1 16 16 0 100% 19 2 34 3 9% 9 1.435 24 7 0 20 7 4 18 13 18 9 19 4 4.6
1958 29 CLE AL 44 20 11 2 1 3 1 2 33% 4 0 10 5 50% 8 1.027 9 4 7 4 6 10 5 15 12 5 12 3 4.5
1959 30 DET AL 42 32 21 2 6 8 5 3 63% 9 1 15 10 67% 8 1.066 13 8 10 10 5 17 7 25 16 7 17 7 5.0
6 Seasons 266 214 132 23 13 66 58 12 88% 81 13 166 41 25% 1.167 101 42 69 89 32 93 87 127 125 41 129 45 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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 363 39% 2.2% 14.3% 12.1% 5.2% 32% 0.43 70% 71 6 8%
1955 26 CLE AL 472 37% 2.3% 19.9% 11.0% 4.2% 22% 0.49 66% 105 6 6%
1956 27 CLE AL 235 31% 2.1% 18.0% 8.1% 4.7% 31% 0.51 71% 32 1 3%
1957 28 CLE AL 671 39% 2.1% 13.9% 10.5% 4.5% 22% 0.56 72% 141 9 6%
1958 29 CLE AL 807 43% 2.6% 12.7% 11.3% 6.2% 28% 0.58 72% 165 17 10%
1959 30 DET AL 488 37% 4.3% 14.6% 12.1% 6.6% 31% 0.70 68% 106 1 1%
6 Seasons 3036 39% 2.6% 15.0% 11.1% 5.3% 27% 0.55 70% 620 40 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 363 59 8 0 18 5 3 6 2 26 13 4 50% 2 2 0 129 4 4 50% 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1955 26 CLE AL 472 91 11 1 22 8 3 4 7 30 13 5 43% 3 3 2 197 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1956 27 CLE AL 235 36 5 0 7 2 3 4 1 8 1 2 13% 2 0 0 80 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 28 CLE AL 648 136 14 0 24 9 4 10 3 24 10 6 42% 11 1 1 267 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 23
1958 29 CLE AL 806 179 21 0 17 15 6 8 13 40 19 3 48% 10 6 2 313 7 7 50% 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 1
1959 30 DET AL 488 105 21 4 16 16 5 12 9 33 18 5 55% 13 4 2 201 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
6 Seasons 3012 606 80 5 104 55 24 44 35 161 74 25 46% 41 16 7 1187 26 16 62% 22 15 4 1 0 0 3 1 60 24
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 3 3 .500 2.22 42 2 19 1 0 13 89.0 59 25 22 8 44 52 2 1 2 362 166 1.157 6.0 0.8 4.4 5.3 1.18 166
1955 26 12 4 .750 3.05 102 3 55 2 0 32 200.2 150 72 68 19 96 3 146 2 1 5 833 127 1.226 6.7 0.9 4.3 6.5 1.52 127
1956 27 15 6 .714 2.70 134 3 76 2 0 36 260.0 186 83 78 24 115 3 188 3 1 5 1067 146 1.158 6.4 0.8 4.0 6.5 1.63 146
1957 28 26 11 .703 2.85 180 18 100 9 1 52 414.1 322 148 131 38 185 9 281 7 1 6 1729 136 1.224 7.0 0.8 4.0 6.1 1.52 136
1958 29 39 21 .650 3.22 224 42 111 16 1 53 597.2 501 235 214 59 276 19 383 10 3 12 2535 118 1.300 7.5 0.9 4.2 5.8 1.39 118
1959 30 43 33 .566 3.60 266 52 132 17 1 58 702.0 606 318 281 80 335 22 454 11 3 16 3022 107 1.340 7.8 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.36 107

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
1954 25 6 3 .667 2.56 88.0 64 28 25 9 48 51 2 1.273 6.5 4.9 5.2 1.06 0.9 42
1955 26 6 6 .500 3.71 114.0 95 52 47 11 54 96 0 1.307 7.5 4.3 7.6 1.78 0.9 60
1956 27 5 1 .833 1.45 62.0 37 11 10 5 20 44 1 0.919 5.4 2.9 6.4 2.20 0.7 32
1957 28 10 7 .588 3.40 156.0 148 66 59 15 76 94 4 1.436 8.5 4.4 5.4 1.24 0.9 46
1958 29 8 12 .400 4.67 181.0 197 104 94 23 100 101 3 1.641 9.8 5.0 5.0 1.01 1.1 44
1959 30 4 8 .333 5.43 111.0 112 74 67 22 63 76 1 1.577 9.1 5.1 6.2 1.21 1.8 42
6 Seasons 39 37 .513 3.82 712.0 653 335 302 85 361 462 11 1.424 8.3 5.8 1.28 1.1 266

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956
1958 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-AL-6-27%
0.27 Career Shares (624th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 AL--3.091--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 AL--.688--4th
1958 AL--.565--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL--7.931--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL--5.423--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1954 AL--42--9th
1955 AL--60--1st
1957 AL--46--8th
1958 AL--44--9th
1959 AL--42--10th

Saves s c a p y
1954 AL--13--3rd
1955 AL--19--1st
1957 AL--16--2nd
Career--58--220th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--91--5th

Losses s c a p y
1959 AL--12--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1958 AL--6--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL--36--2nd
1956 AL--21--9th
1957 AL--24--5th
1959 AL--21--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 AL--121--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (925), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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