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Chet Nichols

Chester Raymond Nichols Jr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 22, 1931 in Pawtucket, RI
High School: East HS (Pawtucket, RI)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1951
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Reds 1951-1964

Final Game: April 24, 1964
Died: March 27, 1995 in Lincoln, RI
Buried: Union Cemetery, North Smithfield, RI
Relatives: Son of Chet Nichols
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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
1949	18	ATL-min	B	14	7	.667	2.32	27						198.0	136	82	51		106								1.222	6.2		4.8			EVN · IIIL
1950	19	ATL-min	AAA	7	14	.333	3.73	29	19		9	3		128.0	121	59	53		74		76	3	1	13			1.523	8.5		5.2	5.3	1.03	MLW · AA
1951	20	BSN	NL	11	8	.579	2.88	33	19	6	12	3	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69		71	1	0	8	663	128	1.353	8.2	*0.2*	4.0	4.1	1.03	RoY-2

1954	23	MLN	NL	9	11	.450	4.41	35	20	5	5	1	1	122.1	132	68	60	5	65		55	4	0	1	545	85	1.610	9.7	0.4	4.8	4.0	0.85
1955	24	MLN	NL	9	8	.529	4.00	34	21	5	6	0	1	144.0	139	79	64	20	67	6	44	1	2	3	625	94	1.431	8.7	1.3	4.2	2.8	0.66
1956	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	2	4	.333	4.22	16	4					32.0	39	16	15	2	14								1.656	11.0	0.6	3.9			ATA,WCH · SOUA,AA
1956	25	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	20	57	3.000	20.3	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67

1957	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	4.04	28	16		7	2		127.0	132	63	57	10	62	4	68	0	0	3			1.528	9.4	0.7	4.4	4.8	1.10	AUS,ATA,WCH · TL,SOUA,AA
1959	28	BOS-min	AAA	7	7	.500	2.58	31	20		5	1		143.0	105	44	41	11	62	3	88	2	0	4			1.168	6.6	0.7	3.9	5.5	1.42	MNE · AA
1960	29	BAL-min	AAA	18	6	.750	3.65	33	27					190.0	175	81	77	12	57								1.221	8.3	0.6	2.7			VAN · PCL
1960	29	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	4.26	6	1	3	0	0	0	12.2	12	6	6	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	55	97	1.263	8.5	0.0	2.8	7.8	2.75
1961	30	BOS	AL	3	2	.600	2.09	26	2	12	0	0	3	51.2	40	12	12	3	26	1	20	0	0	1	215	200	1.277	7.0	0.5	4.5	3.5	0.77
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.00	29	1	13	0	0	3	57.0	61	25	19	3	22	1	33	0	0	2	250	139	1.456	9.6	0.5	3.5	5.2	1.50
1963	32	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	4.78	21	7	6	0	0	0	52.2	61	30	28	8	24	0	27	0	0	4	236	80	1.614	10.4	1.4	4.1	4.6	1.13
1964	33	CIN	NL	0	0		6.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	69	1.333	12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0
9 Yrs				34	36	.486	3.64	189	71	53	23	4	10	603.1	600	286	244	45	280	9	266	6	2	19	2622	105	1.459	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.0	0.95
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.486	3.64	49	19	14	6	1	3	158	157	75	64	12	73		70	2	1	5	686	105	1.459	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.0	0.95

MLN (4 yrs)				29	28	.509	3.74	104	60	16	23	4	4	426.1	422	211	177	30	204	7	172	6	2	12	1853	100	1.468	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.84
BOS (4 yrs)				5	8	.385	3.36	82	11	34	0	0	6	174.0	174	73	65	14	76	2	91	0	0	7	756	121	1.437	9.0	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.20
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	69	1.333	12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0

NL (5 yrs)				29	28	.509	3.75	107	60	19	23	4	4	429.1	426	213	179	31	204	7	175	6	2	12	1866	100	1.467	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.7	0.86
AL (4 yrs)				5	8	.385	3.36	82	11	34	0	0	6	174.0	174	73	65	14	76	2	91	0	0	7	756	121	1.437	9.0	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.20

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
1951	20	BSN	NL	156.0	33	19	61	3.52	4.34	-0.22	0.00	92.4	4.21	12	1.3	1.8	-0.0	2.7	29	.539	.508	$	RoY-2

1954	23	MLN	NL	122.1	35	20	68	5.00	4.48	0.10	0.00	94.4	4.13	-11	-1.1	2.0	-0.2	-0.2	2	.468	.493	$
1955	24	MLN	NL	144.0	34	21	79	4.94	4.40	0.18	0.00	93.4	3.95	-13	-1.3	2.2	-0.2	-0.1	0	.461	.492	$
1956	25	MLN	NL	4.0	2	0	3	6.75	4.63	0.41	0.00	103.5	4.37	-1	-0.1	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.450	.499	$

1960	29	BOS	AL	12.2	6	1	6	4.26	4.60	-0.30	-0.13	98.6	4.70	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.2	2	.512	.500	$
1961	30	BOS	AL	51.2	26	2	12	2.09	4.56	0.08	-0.14	102.4	4.44	14	1.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	18	.557	.509	$
1962	31	BOS	AL	57.0	29	1	25	3.95	4.49	0.26	-0.16	104.1	4.24	3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.7	7	.509	.502	$
1963	32	BOS	AL	52.2	21	7	30	5.13	4.02	0.17	-0.03	101.0	3.87	-7	-0.7	.7	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.465	.495	$
1964	33	CIN	NL	3.0	3	0	2	6.00	3.72	0.13	-0.16	102.8	3.53	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.469	.499	$
9 Seasons				603.1	189	71	286	4.27	4.39	0.05	-0.03	96.0	4.13	-4	-0.2	1.4	-0.2	5.0	55	.499	.500	$

MLN (4 yrs)				426.1	104	60	211	4.45	4.40	0.01	0.00	93.4	4.10	-13	-1.3	1.9	-0.4	2.3	31	.488	.498	$
BOS (4 yrs)				174.0	82	11	73	3.78	4.38	0.14	-0.11	102.3	4.22	10	1.1	1.2	0.2	2.7	25	.513	.502	$
CIN (1 yr)				3.0	3	0	2	6.00	3.72	0.13	-0.16	102.8	3.53	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-1	.469	.499	$

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
1951	20	BSN	NL	33	663	578	61	142	27	2	4	3	5	69	71	.246	.327	.320	.647	.274	185	15	1	15	0		14

1954	23	MLN	NL	35	480	461	68	132	18	8	5	4	2	65	55	.286	.376	.393	.768	.313	181	13	4	10	5		8
1955	24	MLN	NL	34	585	549	79	139	21	6	20	4	3	67	44	.253	.334	.423	.756	.244	232	16	1	5	3	6	13
1956	25	MLN	NL	2	20	16	3	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.563	.632	.750	1.382	.615	12	0	0	1	0	1	0

1960	29	BOS	AL	6	55	50	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.240	.296	.240	.536	.308	12	1	0	1	0	0	2
1961	30	BOS	AL	26	212	181	12	40	6	1	3	2	3	26	20	.221	.317	.315	.632	.233	57	5	0	7	1	1	4
1962	31	BOS	AL	29	245	217	25	61	16	2	3	3	1	22	33	.281	.344	.415	.759	.317	90	7	0	5	2	1	2
1963	32	BOS	AL	21	237	206	30	61	17	2	8	2	3	24	27	.296	.363	.515	.878	.303	106	6	0	3	4	0	5
1964	33	CIN	NL	3	13	13	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.308	.308	.538	.846	.333	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				189	2510	2271	286	600	105	21	45	19	17	280	266	.264	.344	.388	.733	.281	882	63	6	47	15	9	48
162 Game Avg.				49	656	594	75	157	27	5	12	5	4	73	70	.264	.344	.388	.733	.281	231	16	2	12	4		13
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.386	.712	.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
1951	20	BSN	NL	12.9	1.3	682	0.8	13.9	-13.1	1.22	0.8	-0.2	10.1	1.1	1.22	11.1	6	3	5

1954	23	MLN	NL	-9.8	-1.0	494	0.2	10.4	-10.2	1.26	-0.5	0.6	-8.5	-0.9	1.27	-7.8	8	4	2
1955	24	MLN	NL	-7.2	-0.7	631	-1.0	12.2	-13.2	1.12	-0.9	0.0	-7.5	-0.8	1.14	-14.7	6	3	3
1956	25	MLN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	22	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.91	-0.4	0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.91	-1.6	0	1	1

1960	29	BOS	AL	0.1	0.0	55	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.74	0.2	-0.6	1.2	0.1	0.74	2.1	2	0	3
1961	30	BOS	AL	12.3	1.2	221	1.5	4.3	-2.8	1.01	0.8	0.8	15.5	1.6	1.00	8.0	8	2	14
1962	31	BOS	AL	5.5	0.6	252	0.6	3.7	-3.1	.75	-0.0	0.8	5.1	0.5	0.75	2.3	9	3	15
1963	32	BOS	AL	-4.9	-0.5	246	-0.7	3.1	-3.7	.75	-1.5	0.6	-9.6	-1.0	0.75	-12.9	3	1	10
1964	33	CIN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	14	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.00	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.1	0.00	-0.5	0	0	2
9 Yrs				7.3	0.8	2617	1.0	48.3	-47.3	1.08	-1.5	2.4	4.6	0.5	1.08	-14.0	42	17	55

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
1951	20	BSN	NL	33	19	9	7	3	2	3	11	8	.579	0	3	12	3	10	53%	56.2	81	24	15	1	5	9	3.9	3.8	7.2

1954	23	MLN	NL	35	20	7	8	5	0	0	10	10	.500	0	2	5	1	8	40%	46.9	82	26	29	9	7	9	4.6	4.2	5.1
1955	24	MLN	NL	34	21	8	7	6	2	2	12	9	.571	0	3	6	0	9	43%	47.7	79	29	12	2	4	14	5.2	4.8	6.0

1960	29	BOS	AL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	3	2	0	1	1.0	0.0	2.7
1961	30	BOS	AL	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	48.5	55	42	7	2	1	0	2.0	0.9	4.8
1962	31	BOS	AL	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	40.0	40	40	7	1	0	1	9.0	13.5	5.7
1963	32	BOS	AL	21	7	1	3	3	0	0	3	4	.429	0	2	0	0	1	14%	41.6	71	24	7	2	3	3	4.3	4.2	4.6
7 Yrs				184	71	26	27	18	5	5	37	34	.521	0	11	23	4	28	39%	49	82	24	80	19	20	37	4.5	4.3	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	118	-14					4.4	4.3	6.5

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
1951	20	BSN	NL	33	14	6	2	1	4	2	2	50%	4	0	13	7	54%	9	1.215	6	3	5	5	2	7	8	6	7	4	7	1	4.1

1954	23	MLN	NL	35	15	5	2	3	1	1	0	100%	2	0	19	6	32%	4	1.258	8	4	2	4	6	4	8	6	7	6	6	2	4.1
1955	24	MLN	NL	34	13	5	1	1	2	1	2	50%	2	0	16	5	31%	9	1.125	6	3	3	3	4	5	7	5	4	6	3	3	4.0
1956	25	MLN	NL	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	.910	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	6.0

1960	29	BOS	AL	6	5	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	33%	8	.743	2	0	3	1	1	3	2	3	3	1	3	1	6.0
1961	30	BOS	AL	26	24	12	3	1	3	3	0	100%	5	1	21	5	24%	7	1.011	8	2	14	6	2	16	10	14	13	7	14	3	5.3
1962	31	BOS	AL	29	28	13	0	1	4	3	1	75%	4	0	33	10	30%	8	.753	9	3	15	6	3	19	15	13	18	6	18	7	5.5
1963	32	BOS	AL	21	14	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	16	8	50%	6	.750	3	1	10	0	1	13	8	6	5	5	5	2	4.4
1964	33	CIN	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.002	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3.0
9 Yrs				189	118	53	8	9	14	10	5	71%	18	1	121	42	35%		1.077	42	17	55	25	20	71	58	58	59	35	58	19	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	20	BSN	NL	663	26%	0.6%	10.7%	10.4%	5.0%	23%	1.48	76%	142	15	11%

1954	23	MLN	NL	545	27%	1.0%	11.5%	13.5%	6.5%	24%	1.58	85%	93	13	14%
1955	24	MLN	NL	625	31%	3.4%	7.5%	11.5%	8.0%	34%	1.20	83%	127	16	13%
1956	25	MLN	NL	20	40%	5.0%	10.0%	15.0%	5.0%	11%	2.00	65%	3	0	0%

1960	29	BOS	AL	55	27%	0.0%	20.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0%	1.08	71%	15	1	7%
1961	30	BOS	AL	215	39%	1.4%	9.4%	12.3%	4.7%	25%	1.25	75%	39	5	13%
1962	31	BOS	AL	246	37%	1.2%	13.5%	9.0%	8.6%	34%	1.37	75%	55	7	13%
1963	32	BOS	AL	237	38%	3.4%	11.4%	10.1%	11.4%	44%	1.08	74%	42	6	14%
1964	33	CIN	NL	13	31%	7.7%	23.1%	0.0%	7.7%	25%	0.50	69%	3	0	0%
9 Yrs				2619	31%	1.8%	10.6%	11.2%	6.8%	29%	1.34	79%	519	63	12%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	13.3%	9.2%	6.6%	28%	1.01	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
1951	20	BSN	NL	663	142			4	0	15	3	1	2	2	29	15	1	52%	14	8	0	277	3	5	38%	2	5	1	0	0	0	4	0	11	0

1954	23	MLN	NL	480	132			5	0	15	4	0	2	2	30	14	2	47%	8	1	0	184	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	65
1955	24	MLN	NL	585	139			20	1	16	11	8	6	13	36	17	3	47%	13	3	0	226	4	3	57%	3	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	8	40
1956	25	MLN	NL	20	9			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1960	29	BOS	AL	55	12			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	30	BOS	AL	212	40			3	0	4	3	0	1	2	12	7	1	58%	4	1	0	82	2	3	40%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
1962	31	BOS	AL	245	61			3	1	16	2	1	2	1	28	11	7	39%	2	2	1	99	3	1	75%	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	1
1963	32	BOS	AL	237	61			8	0	4	6	2	0	8	17	11	0	65%	5	4	1	89	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1964	33	CIN	NL	13	4			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2510	600			45	2	70	30	13	13	30	157	78	15	50%	48	19	2	1001	19	17	53%	15	14	4	1	0	2	10	0	46	109
MLB Averages																		52%							59%

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+
1951	20	11	8	.579	2.88	33	19	6	12	3	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69		71	1	0	8	663	128	1.353	8.2	0.2	4.0	4.1	1.03	128
1952	21	11	8	.579	2.88	33	19	6	12	3	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69		71	1	0	8	663	128	1.353	8.2	0.2	4.0	4.1	1.03	128
1953	22	11	8	.579	2.88	33	19	6	12	3	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69		71	1	0	8	663	128	1.353	8.2	0.2	4.0	4.1	1.03	128
1954	23	20	19	.513	3.56	68	39	11	17	4	3	278.1	274	129	110	9	134		126	5	0	9	1208	105	1.466	8.9	0.3	4.3	4.1	0.94	105
1955	24	29	27	.518	3.71	102	60	16	23	4	4	422.1	413	208	174	29	201	6	170	6	2	12	1833	101	1.454	8.8	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.85	101
1956	25	29	28	.509	3.74	104	60	16	23	4	4	426.1	422	211	177	30	204	7	172	6	2	12	1853	100	1.468	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.84	100
1957	26	29	28	.509	3.74	104	60	16	23	4	4	426.1	422	211	177	30	204	7	172	6	2	12	1853	100	1.468	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.84	100
1958	27	29	28	.509	3.74	104	60	16	23	4	4	426.1	422	211	177	30	204	7	172	6	2	12	1853	100	1.468	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.84	100
1959	28	29	28	.509	3.74	104	60	16	23	4	4	426.1	422	211	177	30	204	7	172	6	2	12	1853	100	1.468	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.84	100
1960	29	29	30	.492	3.75	110	61	19	23	4	4	439.0	434	217	183	30	208	7	183	6	2	12	1908	100	1.462	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.8	0.88	100
1961	30	32	32	.500	3.58	136	63	31	23	4	7	490.2	474	229	195	33	234	8	203	6	2	13	2123	106	1.443	8.7	0.6	4.3	3.7	0.87	106
1962	31	33	33	.500	3.52	165	64	44	23	4	10	547.2	535	254	214	36	256	9	236	6	2	15	2373	109	1.444	8.8	0.6	4.2	3.9	0.92	109
1963	32	34	36	.486	3.63	186	71	50	23	4	10	600.1	596	284	242	44	280	9	263	6	2	19	2609	106	1.459	8.9	0.7	4.2	3.9	0.94	106
1964	33	34	36	.486	3.64	189	71	53	23	4	10	603.1	600	286	244	45	280	9	266	6	2	19	2622	105	1.459	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.0	0.95	105

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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
1951	20	10	7	.588	3.21	154.0	152	61	55	4	74	70	1	1.468	8.9	4.3	4.1	0.95	0.2	33

1954	23	5	8	.385	4.99	119.0	142	73	66	5	70	54	4	1.782	10.7	5.3	4.1	0.77	0.4	35
1955	24	7	9	.438	4.41	145.0	150	79	71	22	72	44	1	1.531	9.3	4.5	2.7	0.61	1.4	34
1956	25	0	0		12.00	3.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.333	30.0	9.0	3.0	0.33	3.0	2

1960	29	0	1	.000	3.86	14.0	12	7	6	0	4	12	0	1.143	7.7	2.6	7.7	3.00	0.0	6
1961	30	4	1	.800	1.98	50.0	39	12	11	3	25	19	0	1.280	7.0	4.5	3.4	0.76	0.5	26
1962	31	4	2	.667	2.89	56.0	60	20	18	3	22	32	0	1.464	9.6	3.5	5.1	1.45	0.5	29
1963	32	2	3	.400	5.22	50.0	62	32	29	8	24	26	0	1.720	11.2	4.3	4.7	1.08	1.4	21
1964	33	0	0		6.75	4.0	0	3	3	0	0	4	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	3
9 Yrs		32	31	.508	3.98	595.0	627	291	263	46	294	262	6	1.548	9.5		4.0	0.89	0.7	189

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1951 NL 2.88 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1951 NL 3 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1951 NL 0.231 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1951 NL 8 (3rd)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1951 NL 128 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1951 NL born 1931-02-22 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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