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Hal Newhouser

Harold Newhouser (Prince Hal)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 20, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Wilbur Wright HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1939
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1939-1955

Final Game: May 3, 1955
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1992.
   View Hal Newhouser Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: November 10, 1998 in Southfield, MI
Buried: Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi, MI
Relatives: Cousin of Ken Macha
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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
1939 18 DET AL 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 22 96 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00
1940 19 DET AL 9 9 .500 4.86 28 20 3 7 0 0 133.1 149 81 72 12 76 89 2 1 1 613 98 1.688 10.1 0.8 5.1 6.0 1.17
1941 20 DET AL 9 11 .450 4.79 33 27 5 5 1 0 173.0 166 109 92 6 137 106 1 0 5 810 95 1.751 8.6 0.3 7.1 5.5 0.77
1942 21 DET AL 8 14 .364 2.45 38 23 14 11 1 5 183.2 137 73 50 4 114 103 2 0 2 789 162 1.367 6.7 0.2 5.6 5.0 0.90 AS
1943 22 DET AL 8 17 .320 3.04 37 25 9 10 1 1 195.2 163 88 66 3 111 144 0 1 3 850 115 1.400 7.5 0.1 5.1 6.6 1.30 AS
1944 23 DET AL 29 9 .763 2.22 47 34 10 25 6 2 312.1 264 94 77 6 102 187 1 2 4 1271 159 1.172 7.6 0.2 2.9 5.4 1.83 AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 25 9 .735 1.81 40 36 2 29 8 2 313.1 239 73 63 5 110 212 0 2 10 1261 195 1.114 6.9 0.1 3.2 6.1 1.93 MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 26 9 .743 1.94 37 34 2 29 6 1 292.2 215 77 63 10 98 275 1 0 8 1176 190 1.069 6.6 0.3 3.0 8.5 2.81 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 17 17 .500 2.87 40 36 4 24 3 2 285.0 268 105 91 9 110 176 2 0 11 1216 132 1.326 8.5 0.3 3.5 5.6 1.60 AS
1948 27 DET AL 21 12 .636 3.01 39 35 4 19 2 1 272.1 249 109 91 10 99 143 1 0 5 1146 145 1.278 8.2 0.3 3.3 4.7 1.44 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 18 11 .621 3.36 38 35 3 22 3 1 292.0 277 118 109 19 111 144 0 0 3 1228 124 1.329 8.5 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.30
1950 29 DET AL 15 13 .536 4.34 35 30 5 15 1 3 213.2 232 110 103 23 81 87 4 0 4 929 108 1.465 9.8 1.0 3.4 3.7 1.07
1951 30 DET AL 6 6 .500 3.92 15 14 0 7 1 0 96.1 98 47 42 9 19 37 3 1 1 393 106 1.215 9.2 0.8 1.8 3.5 1.95
1952 31 DET AL 9 9 .500 3.74 25 19 2 8 0 0 154.0 148 72 64 13 47 57 0 0 3 643 101 1.266 8.6 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.21
1953 32 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.06 7 4 1 0 0 1 21.2 31 22 17 4 8 6 2 0 1 102 58 1.800 12.9 1.7 3.3 2.5 0.75
1954 33 CLE AL 7 2 .778 2.51 26 1 15 0 0 7 46.2 34 16 13 3 18 25 0 0 0 187 148 1.114 6.6 0.6 3.5 4.8 1.39
1955 34 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 12 2.143 3.9 0.0 15.4 3.9 0.25
17 Yrs 207 150 .580 3.06 488 374 79 212 33 26 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 136 1249 1 1796 19 7 65 12648 130 1.311 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .580 3.06 38 30 6 17 3 2 236 211 94 80 11 99 142 1 1 5 998 130 1.311 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44
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
DET (15 yrs) 200 148 .575 3.07 460 373 64 212 33 19 2944.0 2639 1181 1003 133 1227 1770 19 7 64 12449 130 1.313 8.1 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44
CLE (2 yrs) 7 2 .778 2.39 28 1 15 0 0 7 49.0 35 16 13 3 22 1 26 0 0 1 199 158 1.163 6.4 0.6 4.0 4.8 1.18

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
1939 18 DET AL 5.0 1 1 3 5.40 5.46 0.05 0.00 110.0 5.95 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .527 .500 $
1940 19 DET AL 133.1 28 20 81 5.47 5.06 -0.19 0.00 106.7 5.60 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 15 .503 .501 $50,000
1941 20 DET AL 173.0 33 27 109 5.67 4.90 -0.24 0.00 107.8 5.54 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.8 13 .489 .498 $
1942 21 DET AL 183.2 38 23 73 3.58 4.45 -0.05 0.00 106.9 4.81 24 2.7 1.0 -0.1 3.7 37 .571 .517 $ AS
1943 22 DET AL 195.2 37 25 88 4.05 3.93 -0.04 0.00 105.8 4.20 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.3 15 .508 .502 $ AS
1944 23 DET AL 312.1 47 34 94 2.71 4.04 0.05 0.00 102.5 4.09 48 5.8 1.0 -0.2 7.4 68 .623 .536 $ AS,MVP-1
1945 24 DET AL 313.1 40 36 73 2.10 3.98 0.12 0.00 104.4 4.02 68 8.9 1.0 -0.2 10.5 86 .723 .555 $ MVP-1
1946 25 DET AL 292.2 37 34 77 2.37 4.05 0.04 0.00 103.8 4.17 58 7.3 1.0 -0.2 9.1 81 .697 .545 $45,000 AS,MVP-2
1947 26 DET AL 285.0 40 36 105 3.32 4.17 -0.10 0.00 100.4 4.28 32 3.7 1.0 -0.1 5.6 53 .593 .523 $65,000 AS
1948 27 DET AL 272.1 39 35 109 3.60 4.75 -0.11 0.00 101.2 4.93 40 4.2 2.4 -0.0 6.1 65 .609 .526 $50,000 AS,MVP-9
1949 28 DET AL 292.0 38 35 118 3.64 4.74 0.07 0.00 97.8 4.57 31 3.3 1.0 -0.2 5.1 57 .586 .520 $60,000
1950 29 DET AL 213.2 35 30 110 4.63 5.18 0.21 0.00 100.3 4.99 7 0.7 2.0 -0.1 2.2 30 .519 .504 $
1951 30 DET AL 96.1 15 14 47 4.39 4.63 -0.06 0.00 101.1 4.74 3 0.3 .6 -0.1 1.0 13 .521 .502 $
1952 31 DET AL 154.0 25 19 72 4.21 4.22 -0.23 0.00 101.2 4.51 4 0.5 1.7 -0.1 1.5 18 .520 .503 $
1953 32 DET AL 21.2 7 4 22 9.14 5.25 -0.74 0.00 91.8 5.50 -9 -0.8 2.3 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .382 .495 $
1954 33 CLE AL 46.2 26 1 16 3.09 4.48 0.19 0.00 98.2 4.20 6 0.6 1.7 0.1 1.1 10 .525 .504 $
1955 34 CLE AL 2.1 2 0 0 0.00 5.13 -0.32 0.00 102.0 5.55 1 0.2 .8 -0.0 0.2 2 .578 .501 $
17 Seasons 2993.0 488 374 1197 3.60 4.42 -0.02 0.00 102.6 4.56 314 37.5 1.3 -1.7 55.8 556 .577 .514 $270,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
DET (15 yrs) 2944.0 460 373 1181 3.61 4.42 -0.02 0.00 102.7 4.56 306 36.7 1.2 -1.8 54.5 545 .580 .515 $270,000
CLE (2 yrs) 49.0 28 1 16 2.94 4.51 0.17 0.00 98.4 4.27 7 0.8 1.7 0.1 1.3 11 .529 .502 $

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
1945 24 DET AL WS W CHC 2 1 .667 6.10 3 3 0 2 0 0 20.2 25 14 14 0 4 1 22 0 0 1 89 1.403 10.9 0.0 1.7 9.6 5.50
1954 33 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 1 .667 6.53 4 3 0 2 0 0 20.2 26 15 15 0 5 1 22 0 0 1 91 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.2 9.6 4.40
2 WS 2 1 .667 6.53 4 3 0 2 0 0 20.2 26 15 15 0 5 1 22 0 0 1 91 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.2 9.6 4.40

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L 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
1942 DET AL 21
1943 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1944 DET AL 23 0 0 0 10.80 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1945 DET AL 24
1946 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1947 DET AL 26 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1948 DET AL 27
7 Yrs (4 GP) 1 0 0 1.69 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 3 2 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 43 1.031 6.8 0.0 2.5 6.8 2.67

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 27 DET AL 39 412 1031 109 249 27 7 10 1 2 99 143 .242 .309 .310 .619 .272 320 12 1 15 0 9
1949 28 DET AL 38 706 1105 118 277 25 4 19 2 3 111 144 .251 .319 .332 .651 .274 367 19 0 12 0 9
1950 29 DET AL 35 703 833 110 232 21 4 23 1 3 81 87 .279 .345 .396 .741 .289 330 18 4 12 0 7
1951 30 DET AL 15 327 365 47 98 14 1 9 5 3 19 37 .268 .310 .386 .696 .279 141 10 3 6 0 6
1952 31 DET AL 25 512 583 72 148 20 4 13 1 2 47 57 .254 .310 .369 .678 .263 215 11 0 13 0 7
1953 32 DET AL 7 102 89 22 31 3 2 4 0 2 8 6 .348 .414 .562 .976 .342 50 1 2 3 0 2
1954 33 CLE AL 26 187 163 16 34 6 0 3 0 2 18 25 .209 .286 .301 .586 .228 49 3 0 5 1 2
1955 34 CLE AL 2 12 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .125 .417 .250 .667 .143 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 187 2961 4177 494 1070 117 22 81 10 17 387 500 .256 .321 .353 .674 .275 1474 74 10 66 1 1 42
162 Game Avg. 39 620 874 103 224 24 5 17 2 4 81 105 .256 .321 .353 .674 .275 308 15 2 14 0 9
MLB Averages .261 .334 .350 .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
1948 27 DET AL 37.3 3.8 417 0.6 8.2 -7.7 1.13 0.6 -0.1 4.0 0.4 1.13 6.4 2 1 0
1949 28 DET AL 28.7 2.9 735 0.5 13.6 -13.0 1.09 1.2 -0.7 15.2 1.5 1.09 17.5 0 2 0
1950 29 DET AL 10.2 1.0 718 1.2 13.7 -12.5 1.07 0.7 0.5 10.8 1.0 1.07 6.4 2 1 1
1951 30 DET AL 2.9 0.3 338 -0.2 6.6 -6.9 1.05 0.4 -0.6 0.5 0.1 1.05 4.2 0 0 1
1952 31 DET AL 1.2 0.1 523 -0.1 8.6 -8.7 .93 -0.4 0.3 -3.2 -0.3 0.93 -2.3 2 2 1
1953 32 DET AL -8.2 -0.8 105 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 1.15 -0.9 0.3 -10.6 -1.0 1.15 -9.1 1 1 1
1954 33 CLE AL 5.6 0.6 189 1.6 5.0 -3.3 1.42 0.9 0.3 7.0 0.7 1.42 8.3 14 3 8
1955 34 CLE AL 1.2 0.1 13 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .64 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.64 0.3 0 2 0
17 Yrs 283.4 31.3 3038 3.0 57.7 -54.7 1.08 2.4 0.4 24.4 2.5 1.08 31.9 21 12 12

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
1939 18 DET AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 0 1 0.0 5.0
1940 19 DET AL 28 20 8 9 3 1 2 9 11 .450 0 0 7 0 10 50% 46.4 78 24 3 8 4.7 6.2
1941 20 DET AL 33 27 9 10 8 2 1 14 13 .519 0 0 5 1 10 37% 45.9 80 22 6 7 5.8 6.1
1942 21 DET AL 38 23 8 12 3 2 5 8 15 .348 0 0 11 1 13 57% 56.7 82 33 11 8 2.9 7.0
1943 22 DET AL 37 25 7 16 2 2 9 8 17 .320 0 0 10 1 15 60% 55.3 90 15 14 7 3.3 7.1
1944 23 DET AL 47 34 25 7 2 3 3 25 8 .758 0 0 25 6 27 79% 61.6 93 12 22 4 5.1 8.3
1945 24 DET AL 40 36 24 9 3 1 6 26 10 .722 0 0 29 8 31 86% 67.6 85 40 26 7 4.4 8.6
1946 25 DET AL 37 34 26 8 0 3 3 26 8 .765 0 0 29 6 26 76% 69.4 92 24 16 9 4.6 8.5
1947 26 DET AL 40 36 17 16 3 2 9 18 16 .529 0 0 24 3 26 72% 57.6 83 16 22 6 3.8 7.8
1948 27 DET AL 39 35 20 11 4 1 2 22 13 .629 1 2 19 2 22 63% 56.4 83 22 7 2 19 7 4.1 5.7 7.6
1949 28 DET AL 38 35 17 11 7 4 4 20 15 .571 1 1 22 3 21 60% 55.1 87 26 6 2 19 5 5.0 5.0 8.1
1950 29 DET AL 35 30 14 13 3 1 3 15 14 .517 1 3 15 1 17 57% 48.7 90 13 8 5 19 4 4.5 4.0 6.9
1951 30 DET AL 15 14 6 6 2 4 3 8 6 .571 0 2 7 1 5 36% 52.1 77 24 3 1 1 6 5.0 5.8 6.9
1952 31 DET AL 25 19 6 9 4 1 4 7 12 .368 1 3 8 0 10 53% 50.3 74 14 7 4 3 11 4.2 4.5 7.3
1953 32 DET AL 7 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 42.0 52 32 6 2 0 4 6.2 5.2 4.6
1954 33 CLE AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 9 2 0 1 3.0 5.4 4.7
16 Yrs 486 374 187 140 47 27 54 207 163 .559 5 12 212 33 234 63% 56 93 12 46 18 181 95 4.4 4.8 7.5
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -20 4.4 4.5 6.8

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
1940 19 DET AL 28 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3.9
1941 20 DET AL 33 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4.0
1942 21 DET AL 38 15 14 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 6 3 2 4.3
1943 22 DET AL 37 12 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 2 4.5
1944 23 DET AL 47 13 10 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 2 7.1
1945 24 DET AL 40 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3.8
1946 25 DET AL 37 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.7
1947 26 DET AL 40 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4.5
1948 27 DET AL 39 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 3 75% 8 1.128 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 4.3
1949 28 DET AL 38 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0% 1.094 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 7.3
1950 29 DET AL 35 5 5 1 0 3 3 1 100% 3 0 7 4 57% 9 1.067 2 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 2 3 2 0 3.4
1951 30 DET AL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1.055 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1952 31 DET AL 25 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 7 .926 2 2 1 0 2 3 4 1 3 2 2 1 7.7
1953 32 DET AL 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 4 1.155 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 3.3
1954 33 CLE AL 26 25 15 7 1 7 7 0 100% 13 4 21 4 19% 8 1.425 14 3 8 13 4 8 12 13 12 9 13 2 5.0
1955 34 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 7 .638 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
16 Yrs 487 114 79 20 10 13 26 2 200% 21 5 48 14 29% 1.080 21 12 12 22 6 17 26 19 52 32 23 12 4.9

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%
1939 18 DET AL 22 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 4.6% 33% 55%
1940 19 DET AL 613 2.0% 14.5% 12.4% 3.4% 14% 70%
1941 20 DET AL 808 0.7% 13.1% 17.0% 1.2% 6% 69%
1942 21 DET AL 789 0.5% 13.1% 14.5% 1.8% 10% 70%
1943 22 DET AL 851 0.4% 16.9% 13.0% 1.7% 9% 68%
1944 23 DET AL 1271 0.5% 14.7% 8.0% 2.7% 13% 75%
1945 24 DET AL 1261 0.4% 16.8% 8.7% 2.7% 14% 73%
1946 25 DET AL 1176 0.9% 23.4% 8.3% 4.0% 22% 67%
1947 26 DET AL 1216 0.7% 14.5% 9.1% 3.2% 15% 73%
1948 27 DET AL 1146 25% 2.4% 34.7% 24.0% 10.7% 18% 1.14 213% 97 12 12%
1949 28 DET AL 1228 35% 2.7% 20.4% 15.7% 6.8% 17% 1.10 133% 147 19 13%
1950 29 DET AL 930 34% 3.3% 12.4% 11.5% 6.8% 21% 1.28 103% 148 18 12%
1951 30 DET AL 393 29% 2.8% 11.3% 5.8% 7.3% 25% 0.97 98% 65 10 15%
1952 31 DET AL 644 32% 2.5% 11.1% 9.2% 7.2% 25% 1.04 100% 99 11 11%
1953 32 DET AL 102 33% 3.9% 5.9% 7.8% 8.8% 29% 0.69 77% 27 1 4%
1954 33 CLE AL 187 33% 1.6% 13.4% 9.6% 4.8% 27% 1.11 73% 47 3 6%
1955 34 CLE AL 12 42% 0.0% 8.3% 33.3% 8.3% 100% 1.00 58% 2 0 0%
17 Yrs 12649 32% 1.2% 16.4% 11.4% 4.0% 16% 1.10 85% 632 74 12%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.5% 10.1% 4.6% 18% 0.95 84% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1939 18 DET AL 3 0 3
1940 19 DET AL 149 12 1
1941 20 DET AL 166 6 5
1942 21 DET AL 137 4 2
1943 22 DET AL 163 3 3
1944 23 DET AL 264 6 4
1945 24 DET AL 239 5 10
1946 25 DET AL 215 10 8
1947 26 DET AL 268 9 11
1948 27 DET AL 412 249 10 0 13 4 0 4 0 23 10 3 43% 9 5 1 173 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 734
1949 28 DET AL 706 277 19 0 20 13 1 5 9 25 17 2 68% 9 3 2 272 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 522
1950 29 DET AL 703 232 23 0 21 12 7 9 10 39 20 6 51% 7 4 1 258 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 227
1951 30 DET AL 327 98 9 0 4 5 2 5 2 14 7 3 50% 6 1 0 130 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 66
1952 31 DET AL 512 148 13 1 9 9 3 8 4 35 17 2 49% 7 3 2 192 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 132
1953 32 DET AL 102 31 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 8 4 1 50% 2 1 0 44 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1954 33 CLE AL 187 34 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 9 4 0 44% 2 0 0 81 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 34 CLE AL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 Yrs 2961 2674 136 1 75 48 15 33 30 155 80 17 52% 42 65 6 1154 10 17 37% 10 15 0 1 0 1 5 0 24 1681
MLB Averages 52% 55%
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

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+
1939 18 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 3 22 96 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00 96
1940 19 9 10 .474 4.88 29 21 3 8 0 0 138.1 152 84 75 12 80 93 2 1 4 635 98 1.677 9.9 0.8 5.2 6.1 1.16 98
1941 20 18 21 .462 4.83 62 48 8 13 1 0 311.1 318 193 167 18 217 199 3 1 9 1445 96 1.718 9.2 0.5 6.3 5.8 0.92 96
1942 21 26 35 .426 3.95 100 71 22 24 2 5 495.0 455 266 217 22 331 302 5 1 11 2234 111 1.588 8.3 0.4 6.0 5.5 0.91 111
1943 22 34 52 .395 3.69 137 96 31 34 3 6 690.2 618 354 283 25 442 446 5 2 14 3084 112 1.535 8.1 0.3 5.8 5.8 1.01 112
1944 23 63 61 .508 3.23 184 130 41 59 9 8 1003.0 882 448 360 31 544 633 6 4 18 4355 122 1.422 7.9 0.3 4.9 5.7 1.16 122
1945 24 88 70 .557 2.89 224 166 43 88 17 10 1316.1 1121 521 423 36 654 845 6 6 28 5616 133 1.348 7.7 0.2 4.5 5.8 1.29 133
1946 25 114 79 .591 2.72 261 200 45 117 23 11 1609.0 1336 598 486 46 752 1120 7 6 36 6792 141 1.298 7.5 0.3 4.2 6.3 1.49 141
1947 26 131 96 .577 2.74 301 236 49 141 26 13 1894.0 1604 703 577 55 862 1296 9 6 47 8008 139 1.302 7.6 0.3 4.1 6.2 1.50 139
1948 27 152 108 .585 2.78 340 271 53 160 28 14 2166.1 1853 812 668 65 961 1439 10 6 52 9154 140 1.299 7.7 0.3 4.0 6.0 1.50 140
1949 28 170 119 .588 2.84 378 306 56 182 31 15 2458.1 2130 930 777 84 1072 1583 10 6 55 10382 138 1.303 7.8 0.3 3.9 5.8 1.48 138
1950 29 185 132 .584 2.96 413 336 61 197 32 18 2672.0 2362 1040 880 107 1153 1670 14 6 59 11311 134 1.315 8.0 0.4 3.9 5.6 1.45 134
1951 30 191 138 .581 3.00 428 350 61 204 33 18 2768.1 2460 1087 922 116 1172 1707 17 7 60 11704 133 1.312 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.5 1.46 133
1952 31 200 147 .576 3.04 453 369 63 212 33 18 2922.1 2608 1159 986 129 1219 1764 17 7 63 12347 131 1.310 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.45 131
1953 32 200 148 .575 3.07 460 373 64 212 33 19 2944.0 2639 1181 1003 133 1227 1770 19 7 64 12449 130 1.313 8.1 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44 130
1954 33 207 150 .580 3.06 486 374 79 212 33 26 2990.2 2673 1197 1016 136 1245 1795 19 7 64 12636 130 1.310 8.0 0.4 3.7 5.4 1.44 130
1955 34 207 150 .580 3.06 488 374 79 212 33 26 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 136 1249 1 1796 19 7 65 12648 130 1.311 8.0 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.44 130

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
1939 18 0 0 5.40 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 1.400 5.4 7.2 7.2 1.00 0.0 1
1940 19 8 7 .533 3.93 142.0 141 69 62 11 72 95 2 1.500 8.9 4.6 6.0 1.32 0.7 28
1941 20 10 10 .500 4.03 183.0 159 91 82 6 131 112 1 1.585 7.8 6.4 5.5 0.86 0.3 33
1942 21 15 6 .714 2.40 191.0 142 57 51 4 118 107 2 1.361 6.7 5.6 5.0 0.91 0.2 38
1943 22 13 9 .591 3.35 199.0 177 82 74 3 121 146 0 1.497 8.0 5.5 6.6 1.21 0.1 37
1944 23 25 9 .735 2.42 312.0 282 93 84 6 109 187 1 1.253 8.1 3.1 5.4 1.72 0.2 47
1945 24 28 7 .800 2.04 317.0 262 80 72 5 121 215 0 1.208 7.4 3.4 6.1 1.78 0.1 40
1946 25 26 7 .788 2.05 298.0 229 76 68 11 104 280 1 1.117 6.9 3.1 8.5 2.69 0.3 37
1947 26 19 12 .613 3.12 286.0 285 110 99 10 117 177 2 1.406 9.0 3.7 5.6 1.51 0.3 40
1948 27 21 10 .677 2.77 283.0 250 97 87 10 99 148 1 1.233 8.0 3.1 4.7 1.49 0.3 39
1949 28 19 13 .594 3.28 296.0 282 120 108 19 113 146 0 1.334 8.6 3.4 4.4 1.29 0.6 38
1950 29 13 11 .542 3.79 221.0 225 103 93 22 79 90 4 1.376 9.2 3.2 3.7 1.14 0.9 35
1951 30 5 5 .500 3.94 96.0 101 47 42 9 20 37 3 1.260 9.5 1.9 3.5 1.85 0.8 15
1952 31 8 9 .471 4.01 155.0 157 77 69 14 50 57 0 1.335 9.1 2.9 3.3 1.14 0.8 25
1953 32 0 2 .000 7.36 22.0 32 20 18 4 8 6 2 1.818 13.1 3.3 2.5 0.75 1.6 7
1954 33 3 2 .600 2.74 46.0 37 16 14 3 20 25 0 1.239 7.2 3.9 4.9 1.25 0.6 26
1955 34 0 0 0.00 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.667 3.0 12.0 3.0 0.25 0.0 2
17 Yrs 213 119 .642 3.02 3055.0 2765 1141 1026 137 1290 1833 19 1.327 8.1 5.4 1.42 0.4 488
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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1964 BBWAA (12.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 1.5%)
1966 BBWAA (10.6%)
1967 BBWAA (21.2%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.2%)
1968 BBWAA (23.7%)
1969 BBWAA (24.1%)
1970 BBWAA (26.7%)
1971 BBWAA (26.1%)
1972 BBWAA (23.2%)
1973 BBWAA (20.8%)
1974 BBWAA (20.0%)
1975 BBWAA (42.8%)
1992 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1992
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1942
1943 *
1944 *
1945--not played
1946 *
1947 (P)
1948 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1944 AL MVP
1944 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1945 ML Major League Player of the Year
1945 AL MVP
1945 AL Triple Crown
1945 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (1, 70%)
1945 AL (1, 70%)
1946 AL (2, 59%)
1948 AL (9, 14%)
2 MVPs
2.13 Career Shares (81st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 AL  8.0 (3rd)
1945 AL  11.3 (1st)
1946 AL  8.9 (3rd)
1947 AL  6.1 (4th)
1948 AL  6.3 (5th)
1949 AL  5.4 (7th)
Career  58.6 (159th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1942 AL  3.7 (7th)
1944 AL  7.4 (2nd)
1945 AL  10.5 (1st)
1946 AL  9.1 (2nd)
1947 AL  5.6 (1st)
1948 AL  6.1 (1st)
1949 AL  5.1 (4th)
Career  55.8 (60th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL  2.45 (4th)
1944 AL  2.22 (2nd)
1945 AL  1.81 (1st)
1946 AL  1.94 (1st)
1947 AL  2.87 (5th)
1948 AL  3.01 (4th)
1949 AL  3.36 (10th)
Career  3.06 (179th)

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  29 (1st)
1945 AL  25 (1st)
1946 AL  26 (1st)
1947 AL  17 (6th)
1948 AL  21 (1st)
1949 AL  18 (7th)
1950 AL  15 (10th)
Career  207 (100th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1944 AL  .763 (2nd)
1945 AL  .735 (2nd)
1946 AL  .743 (3rd)
1948 AL  .636 (8th)
Career  .580 (183rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 AL  1.172 (5th)
1945 AL  1.114 (3rd)
1946 AL  1.069 (1st)
1948 AL  1.278 (5th)
1949 AL  1.329 (7th)
1952 AL  1.266 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  6.713 (1st)
1943 AL  7.497 (8th)
1944 AL  7.607 (3rd)
1945 AL  6.865 (1st)
1946 AL  6.612 (1st)
1948 AL  8.229 (8th)
Career  8.041 (128th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  3.272 (8th)
1949 AL  3.421 (7th)
1950 AL  3.412 (8th)
1952 AL  2.747 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL  5.515 (3rd)
1942 AL  5.047 (1st)
1943 AL  6.624 (2nd)
1944 AL  5.389 (1st)
1945 AL  6.089 (1st)
1946 AL  8.457 (1st)
1947 AL  5.558 (3rd)
1948 AL  4.726 (5th)
1949 AL  4.438 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 AL  38 (3rd)
1943 AL  37 (6th)
1944 AL  47 (4th)
1945 AL  40 (5th)
1946 AL  37 (7th)
1947 AL  40 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1942 AL  5 (4th)
1954 AL  7 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL  312.3 (2nd)
1945 AL  313.3 (1st)
1946 AL  292.7 (2nd)
1947 AL  285.0 (2nd)
1948 AL  272.3 (3rd)
1949 AL  292.0 (2nd)
Career  2,993.0 (134th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1941 AL  106 (8th)
1942 AL  103 (6th)
1943 AL  144 (2nd)
1944 AL  187 (1st)
1945 AL  212 (1st)
1946 AL  275 (2nd)
1947 AL  176 (2nd)
1948 AL  143 (3rd)
1949 AL  144 (2nd)
Career  1,796 (92nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL  34 (3rd)
1945 AL  36 (1st)
1946 AL  34 (4th)
1947 AL  36 (2nd)
1948 AL  35 (3rd)
1949 AL  35 (2nd)
Career  374 (152nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 AL  25 (2nd)
1945 AL  29 (1st)
1946 AL  29 (2nd)
1947 AL  24 (1st)
1948 AL  19 (2nd)
1949 AL  22 (2nd)
1950 AL  15 (8th)
Career  212 (119th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 AL  6 (2nd)
1945 AL  8 (1st)
1946 AL  6 (2nd)
1947 AL  3 (5th)
1948 AL  2 (9th)
1949 AL  3 (8th)
Career  33 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  19 (4th)
1950 AL  23 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 AL  137 (2nd)
1942 AL  114 (2nd)
1943 AL  111 (1st)
1944 AL  102 (2nd)
1945 AL  110 (3rd)
1946 AL  98 (5th)
1947 AL  110 (4th)
Career  1,249 (44th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  264 (3rd)
1945 AL  239 (4th)
1946 AL  215 (10th)
1947 AL  268 (1st)
1948 AL  249 (3rd)
1949 AL  277 (1st)
Career  2,674 (188th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  1.833 (2nd)
1945 AL  1.927 (3rd)
1946 AL  2.806 (2nd)
1947 AL  1.600 (3rd)
1948 AL  1.444 (4th)
1949 AL  1.297 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL  0.312 (4th)
1942 AL  0.196 (3rd)
1943 AL  0.138 (3rd)
1944 AL  0.173 (5th)
1945 AL  0.144 (2nd)
1946 AL  0.308 (6th)
1947 AL  0.284 (4th)
1948 AL  0.331 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1942 AL  14 (9th)
1943 AL  17 (2nd)
1947 AL  17 (1st)
Career  150 (158th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 AL  91 (7th)
1949 AL  109 (1st)
Career  1,016 (214th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 AL  10 (1st)
1946 AL  8 (2nd)
1947 AL  11 (1st)
1948 AL  5 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL  1,271 (2nd)
1945 AL  1,261 (1st)
1946 AL  1,176 (2nd)
1947 AL  1,216 (2nd)
1948 AL  1,146 (3rd)
1949 AL  1,228 (2nd)
Career  12,648 (131st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL  162 (2nd)
1944 AL  159 (2nd)
1945 AL  195 (1st)
1946 AL  190 (1st)
1947 AL  133 (3rd)
1948 AL  145 (3rd)
1949 AL  124 (8th)
Career  130 (40th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  23 (7th)
1944 AL  43 (2nd)
1945 AL  58 (1st)
1946 AL  53 (1st)
1947 AL  28 (2nd)
1948 AL  37 (3rd)
1949 AL  29 (7th)
Career  282 (33rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  2.4 (7th)
1944 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1945 AL  6.8 (1st)
1946 AL  6.1 (1st)
1947 AL  3.1 (2nd)
1948 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1949 AL  2.9 (6th)
Career  31.1 (29th)

Youngest s c a p y
1939 AL  born 1921-05-20 (1st)
1940 AL  born 1921-05-20 (1st)
1941 AL  born 1921-05-20 (2nd)
1942 AL  born 1921-05-20 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 47 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 180 (57), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 140 (49), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 34 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bob Lemon (929) *
  2. Bob Shawkey (925)
  3. Vida Blue (924)
  4. Billy Pierce (920)
  5. Tommy Bridges (916)
  6. Bob Welch (903)
  7. Orel Hershiser (901)
  8. Dazzy Vance (899) *
  9. Mike Cuellar (894)
  10. Silver King (890)
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Curt Simmons (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Curt Simmons (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Curt Simmons (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Doc McJames (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Drysdale (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fernando Valenzuela (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Valenzuela (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fernando Valenzuela (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Drysdale (903) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Catfish Hunter (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Catfish Hunter (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Feller (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Catfish Hunter (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Vida Blue (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Steve Carlton (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Billy Pierce (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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