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Roger Nelson

Roger Eugene Nelson (Spider)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 7, 1944 in Altadena, CA
High School: Covina HS (Covina, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1967
Teams (by GP): Royals/Reds/Orioles/WhiteSox 1967-1976

Final Game: September 23, 1976
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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
1967 23 CHW AL 0 1 .000 1.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 24 251 0.571 5.1 1.3 0.0 5.1
1968 24 BAL AL 4 3 .571 2.41 19 6 5 0 0 1 71.0 49 21 19 3 26 3 70 1 0 6 283 122 1.056 6.2 0.4 3.3 8.9 2.69
1969 25 KCR AL 7 13 .350 3.31 29 29 0 8 1 0 193.1 170 78 71 12 65 4 82 6 1 8 790 111 1.216 7.9 0.6 3.0 3.8 1.26
1970 26 KCR AL 0 2 .000 10.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 18 10 10 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 45 39 2.000 18.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
1971 27 KCR AL 0 1 .000 5.29 13 1 4 0 0 0 34.0 35 20 20 1 5 0 29 0 0 0 139 65 1.176 9.3 0.3 1.3 7.7 5.80
1972 28 KCR AL 11 6 .647 2.08 34 19 9 10 6 2 173.1 120 41 40 13 31 1 120 1 0 4 652 145 0.871 6.2 0.7 1.6 6.2 3.87
1973 29 CIN NL 3 2 .600 3.46 14 8 0 1 0 0 54.2 49 25 21 4 24 1 17 3 0 1 234 100 1.335 8.1 0.7 4.0 2.8 0.71
1974 30 CIN NL 4 4 .500 3.38 14 12 1 1 0 1 85.1 67 36 32 7 35 1 42 1 1 3 353 104 1.195 7.1 0.7 3.7 4.4 1.20
1976 32 KCR AL 0 0 2.08 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 2 0 1 36 178 0.923 4.2 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
9 Yrs 29 32 .475 3.06 135 77 22 20 7 4 636.1 516 234 216 44 190 11 371 17 2 25 2556 110 1.109 7.3 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.95
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .475 3.06 43 25 7 6 2 1 204 166 75 69 14 61 4 119 5 1 8 820 110 1.109 7.3 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.95
KCR (5 yrs) 18 22 .450 3.08 83 51 13 18 7 2 418.1 347 151 143 29 105 6 238 10 1 15 1662 110 1.080 7.5 0.6 2.3 5.1 2.27
CIN (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.41 28 20 1 2 0 1 140.0 116 61 53 11 59 2 59 4 1 4 587 102 1.250 7.5 0.7 3.8 3.8 1.00
BAL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 2.41 19 6 5 0 0 1 71.0 49 21 19 3 26 3 70 1 0 6 283 122 1.056 6.2 0.4 3.3 8.9 2.69
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 1.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 24 251 0.571 5.1 1.3 0.0 5.1
AL (7 yrs) 22 26 .458 2.96 107 57 21 18 7 3 496.1 400 173 163 33 131 9 312 13 1 21 1969 112 1.070 7.3 0.6 2.4 5.7 2.38
NL (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.41 28 20 1 2 0 1 140.0 116 61 53 11 59 2 59 4 1 4 587 102 1.250 7.5 0.7 3.8 3.8 1.00

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
1967 23 CHW AL 7.0 5 0 1 1.29 3.87 0.41 -0.16 87.8 2.89 1 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.2 2 .533 .501 $4,800
1968 24 BAL AL 71.0 19 6 21 2.66 3.46 0.42 -0.03 97.3 2.92 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.8 7 .519 .502 $6,600
1969 25 KCR AL 193.1 29 29 78 3.63 4.18 -0.09 0.07 99.6 4.33 16 1.9 -0.1 3.3 32 .567 .512 $17,500
1970 26 KCR AL 9.0 4 2 10 10.00 3.93 0.02 0.02 102.3 4.02 -6 -0.6 .5 0.0 -0.5 -5 .359 .497 $
1971 27 KCR AL 34.0 13 1 20 5.29 3.89 0.01 -0.15 97.9 3.66 -6 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.3 -3 .448 .496 $
1972 28 KCR AL 173.1 34 19 41 2.13 3.34 -0.09 0.03 98.8 3.42 26 3.5 1.0 -0.1 4.9 39 .604 .522 $16,000
1973 29 CIN NL 54.2 14 8 25 4.12 4.15 0.30 0.06 98.9 3.86 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .488 .499 $
1974 30 CIN NL 85.1 14 12 36 3.80 4.07 0.36 0.10 97.6 3.72 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.0 0.5 7 .491 .499 $28,000
1976 32 KCR AL 8.2 3 0 2 2.08 3.88 0.24 -0.32 100.6 3.34 1 0.1 .4 -0.1 0.2 2 .549 .501 $
9 Seasons 636.1 135 77 234 3.31 3.83 0.08 0.03 98.6 3.73 33 4.6 .9 -0.4 9.3 84 .534 .503 $72,900
KCR (5 yrs) 418.1 83 51 151 3.25 3.80 -0.07 0.03 99.2 3.87 32 4.4 .8 -0.2 7.6 65 .552 .505 $33,500
CIN (2 yrs) 140.0 28 20 61 3.92 4.10 0.34 0.09 98.1 3.77 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 11 .489 .499 $28,000
BAL (1 yr) 71.0 19 6 21 2.66 3.46 0.42 -0.03 97.3 2.92 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.8 7 .519 .502 $6,600
CHW (1 yr) 7.0 5 0 1 1.29 3.87 0.41 -0.16 87.8 2.89 1 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.2 2 .533 .501 $4,800

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
1973 29 CIN NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.429 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.429 0.0 0.0 3.9 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
1967 23 CHW AL 5 24 22 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .182 .250 .318 .568 .176 7 1 2 0 0 0 0
1968 24 BAL AL 19 283 255 21 49 8 2 3 4 4 26 70 .192 .270 .275 .544 .253 70 4 1 1 0 3 2
1969 25 KCR AL 29 791 701 78 170 25 5 12 11 10 65 82 .243 .309 .344 .652 .256 241 17 6 10 9 4 13
1970 26 KCR AL 4 45 43 10 18 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 .419 .422 .674 1.097 .395 29 0 1 0 1 0 0
1971 27 KCR AL 13 139 130 20 35 7 4 1 2 0 5 29 .269 .294 .408 .702 .337 53 2 0 3 1 0 1
1972 28 KCR AL 34 652 612 41 120 22 5 13 14 5 31 120 .196 .234 .312 .546 .221 191 11 1 3 5 1 2
1973 29 CIN NL 14 234 199 25 49 7 0 4 1 1 24 17 .246 .333 .342 .675 .250 68 7 3 6 2 1 5
1974 30 CIN NL 14 353 315 36 67 9 1 7 6 2 35 42 .213 .293 .314 .607 .225 99 7 1 1 1 1 5
1976 32 KCR AL 3 36 29 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 .138 .278 .138 .416 .154 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
9 Yrs 135 2557 2306 234 516 80 17 44 41 23 190 371 .224 .285 .330 .616 .247 762 49 17 24 20 11 28
162 Game Avg. 43 820 740 75 166 26 5 14 13 7 61 119 .224 .285 .330 .616 .247 244 16 5 8 6 4 9
MLB Averages .251 .318 .366 .684 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 23 CHW AL 1.7 0.2 26 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 .93 0.2 -0.2 3.2 0.4 0.93 2.2 2 0 3
1968 24 BAL AL 4.8 0.6 300 0.5 4.7 -4.2 .94 1.0 -0.5 6.6 0.8 0.94 10.0 3 4 5
1969 25 KCR AL 8.7 0.9 832 0.1 14.6 -14.5 1.08 0.7 -0.6 9.1 1.0 1.08 8.7 0 0 0
1970 26 KCR AL -5.6 -0.5 47 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 .69 -0.7 -0.0 -5.8 -0.6 0.69 -6.4 0 1 1
1971 27 KCR AL -5.8 -0.6 142 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 .60 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7 -0.1 0.60 -1.5 1 3 8
1972 28 KCR AL 20.5 2.4 679 4.5 14.3 -9.8 1.12 2.7 1.3 27.9 3.4 1.12 26.1 4 3 7
1973 29 CIN NL -0.7 -0.1 239 0.1 3.6 -3.5 .89 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.89 0.8 1 2 3
1974 30 CIN NL 1.9 0.2 367 0.5 6.7 -6.2 1.11 1.3 -0.8 5.1 0.6 1.11 9.8 1 0 1
1976 32 KCR AL 1.7 0.2 40 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .57 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.57 2.1 0 1 1
9 Yrs 27.2 3.3 2672 5.0 46.6 -41.6 1.02 5.2 -0.3 46.7 5.6 1.02 51.9 12 14 29

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1968 24 BAL AL 19 6 2 2 2 0 2 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 6 100% 61.2 70 51 15 7 4 1 2.4 2.6 6.8
1969 25 KCR AL 29 29 7 13 9 0 6 12 17 .414 1 5 8 1 20 69% 54.0 78 16 13 3 7 11 3.3 3.9 6.7
1970 26 KCR AL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.5 37 22 1 0 0 2 5.0 0.0 3.5
1971 27 KCR AL 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 5 4 0 1 7.9 4.5 3.0
1972 28 KCR AL 34 19 10 5 4 1 3 11 8 .579 0 1 10 6 15 79% 67.6 93 35 8 2 8 8 3.0 2.7 8.0
1973 29 CIN NL 14 8 3 2 3 0 0 6 2 .750 0 1 1 0 3 38% 50.5 72 27 11 3 2 4 5.3 4.7 5.9
1974 30 CIN NL 14 12 4 4 4 0 0 4 8 .333 1 0 1 0 7 58% 53.8 75 30 6 3 2 6 3.1 3.6 6.7
7 Yrs 127 77 26 28 23 1 11 37 40 .481 3 9 20 7 51 66% 57 93 16 59 22 23 33 3.4 3.4 6.8
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 112 -5 4.0 3.9 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1967 23 CHW AL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 .927 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 0 4.2
1968 24 BAL AL 19 13 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 5 50% 8 .944 3 4 5 2 3 8 6 7 7 4 7 0 7.0
1970 26 KCR AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 5 .693 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
1971 27 KCR AL 13 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 3 .596 1 3 8 1 1 10 5 7 10 0 10 0 7.8
1972 28 KCR AL 34 15 9 1 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 11 1 9% 8 1.120 4 3 7 3 3 9 6 9 4 6 5 1 4.2
1973 29 CIN NL 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 6 .886 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 4 2 2 3 0 3.8
1974 30 CIN NL 14 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.112 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
1976 32 KCR AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 .572 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 8.7
8 Yrs 106 58 22 3 4 4 4 0 100% 7 3 47 11 23% .993 12 14 29 10 10 38 25 33 30 16 32 1 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1967 23 CHW AL 24 75% 4.2% 16.7% 0.0% 4.2% 25% 1.14 71% 1 1 100%
1968 24 BAL AL 283 53% 1.1% 24.7% 9.2% 4.6% 27% 0.85 64% 37 4 11%
1969 25 KCR AL 791 54% 1.5% 10.4% 8.2% 5.3% 25% 0.99 78% 133 17 13%
1970 26 KCR AL 45 53% 6.7% 6.7% 0.0% 11.1% 28% 1.30 84% 5 0 0%
1971 27 KCR AL 139 65% 0.7% 20.9% 3.6% 8.6% 34% 0.74 73% 24 2 8%
1972 28 KCR AL 652 55% 2.0% 18.4% 4.8% 6.1% 33% 0.90 74% 88 11 13%
1973 29 CIN NL 234 61% 1.7% 7.3% 10.3% 4.7% 22% 1.07 77% 46 7 15%
1974 30 CIN NL 353 57% 2.0% 11.9% 9.9% 4.8% 25% 1.11 76% 56 7 13%
1976 32 KCR AL 36 75% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 0.57 72% 3 0 0%
9 Yrs 2557 56% 1.7% 14.5% 7.4% 5.5% 27% 0.96 75% 393 49 12%
MLB Averages 46% 1.9% 14.4% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1967 23 CHW AL 24 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 BAL AL 283 49 3 0 6 3 0 3 0 14 6 3 43% 2 6 2 77 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1969 25 KCR AL 791 170 12 1 14 4 8 6 6 45 23 5 51% 13 8 2 270 11 10 52% 10 9 0 0 1 1 4 1 24 0
1970 26 KCR AL 45 18 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 100% 0 2 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 27 KCR AL 139 35 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 14 5 4 36% 1 0 0 45 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1972 28 KCR AL 652 120 13 1 8 6 7 3 10 29 11 8 38% 2 4 0 183 14 5 74% 13 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 10 0
1973 29 CIN NL 234 49 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 16 10 0 63% 5 1 0 86 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1974 30 CIN NL 353 67 7 0 13 6 1 5 2 16 8 3 50% 5 3 1 109 6 2 75% 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
1976 32 KCR AL 36 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 40% 0 1 0 11 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 Yrs 2557 516 44 2 58 24 20 20 24 140 66 25 47% 28 25 5 803 41 23 64% 38 18 2 0 1 5 11 1 59 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1967 23 0 1 .000 1.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 24 251 0.571 5.1 1.3 0.0 5.1 251
1968 24 4 4 .500 2.31 24 6 8 0 0 1 78.0 53 22 20 4 26 3 74 3 0 6 307 129 1.013 6.1 0.5 3.0 8.5 2.85 129
1969 25 11 17 .393 3.02 53 35 8 8 1 1 271.1 223 100 91 16 91 7 156 9 1 14 1097 115 1.157 7.4 0.5 3.0 5.2 1.71 115
1970 26 11 19 .367 3.24 57 37 8 8 1 1 280.1 241 110 101 19 91 7 159 10 1 16 1142 107 1.184 7.7 0.6 2.9 5.1 1.75 107
1971 27 11 20 .355 3.46 70 38 12 8 1 1 314.1 276 130 121 20 96 7 188 10 1 16 1281 100 1.183 7.9 0.6 2.7 5.4 1.96 100
1972 28 22 26 .458 2.97 104 57 21 18 7 3 487.2 396 171 161 33 127 8 308 11 1 20 1933 112 1.072 7.3 0.6 2.3 5.7 2.43 112
1973 29 25 28 .472 3.02 118 65 21 19 7 3 542.1 445 196 182 37 151 9 325 14 1 21 2167 110 1.099 7.4 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.15 110
1974 30 29 32 .475 3.07 132 77 22 20 7 4 627.2 512 232 214 44 186 10 367 15 2 24 2520 109 1.112 7.3 0.6 2.7 5.3 1.97 109
1975 31 29 32 .475 3.07 132 77 22 20 7 4 627.2 512 232 214 44 186 10 367 15 2 24 2520 109 1.112 7.3 0.6 2.7 5.3 1.97 109
1976 32 29 32 .475 3.06 135 77 22 20 7 4 636.1 516 234 216 44 190 11 371 17 2 25 2556 110 1.109 7.3 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.95 110

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1967 23 0 0 1.29 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5
1968 24 4 3 .571 3.46 65.0 57 28 25 3 30 64 1 1.338 7.9 4.2 8.9 2.13 0.4 19
1969 25 11 9 .550 3.80 180.0 176 84 76 12 67 76 6 1.350 8.8 3.4 3.8 1.13 0.6 29
1970 26 0 1 .000 6.60 15.0 0 12 11 0 0 5 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 4
1971 27 1 2 .333 6.75 32.0 38 27 24 1 5 28 0 1.344 10.7 1.4 7.9 5.60 0.3 13
1972 28 12 6 .667 2.91 167.0 143 60 54 15 37 115 1 1.078 7.7 2.0 6.2 3.11 0.8 34
1973 29 2 3 .400 4.24 51.0 53 27 24 4 26 16 3 1.549 9.4 4.6 2.8 0.62 0.7 14
1974 30 5 4 .556 3.84 82.0 70 39 35 7 37 40 1 1.305 7.7 4.1 4.4 1.08 0.8 14
1976 32 0 0 3.38 8.0 5 3 3 0 5 4 2 1.250 5.6 5.6 4.5 0.80 0.0 3
9 Yrs 35 28 .556 3.75 607.0 542 281 253 42 207 352 17 1.234 8.0 5.2 1.70 0.6 135

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1972 AL  4.9 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 AL  2.08 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1972 AL  .647 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1972 AL  0.871 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  6.231 (3rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  1.610 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  6.231 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 AL  6 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  3.871 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  0.559 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 AL  145 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  20 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1972 AL  2.4 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1972 AL  27.94 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1972 AL  4.5 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1972 AL  2.7 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1972 AL  3.4 (4th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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