Howie Nunn
Howard Ralph Nunn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: October 18, 1935 in Westfield, NC
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1959
Final Game: June 7, 1962
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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
1959 23 STL NL 2 2 .500 7.59 16 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 23 18 18 3 15 5 20 0 0 1 97 56 1.781 9.7 1.3 6.3 8.4 1.33
1961 25 CIN NL 2 1 .667 3.58 24 0 12 0 0 0 37.2 35 17 15 0 24 4 26 1 0 1 170 114 1.566 8.4 0.0 5.7 6.2 1.08
1962 26 CIN NL 0 0 5.59 6 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 15 6 6 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 45 72 1.862 14.0 0.0 2.8 3.7 1.33
3 Seasons 4 3 .571 5.11 46 0 20 0 0 0 68.2 73 41 39 3 42 10 50 1 0 2 312 80 1.675 9.6 0.4 5.5 6.6 1.19
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .571 5.11 68 0 30 0 0 0 102 108 61 58 4 62 15 74 1 0 3 461 80 1.675 9.6 0.4 5.5 6.6 1.19
CIN (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.99 30 0 16 0 0 0 47.1 50 23 21 0 27 5 30 1 0 1 215 102 1.627 9.5 0.0 5.1 5.7 1.11
STL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 7.59 16 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 23 18 18 3 15 5 20 0 0 1 97 56 1.781 9.7 1.3 6.3 8.4 1.33

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
1959 23 STL NL 16 97 79 18 23 4 1 3 0 1 15 20 .291 .404 .481 .885 .357 38 4 0 3 0 5
1961 25 CIN NL 24 170 139 17 35 6 2 0 4 1 24 26 .252 .357 .324 .681 .299 45 2 1 2 4 4
1962 26 CIN NL 6 45 40 6 15 2 1 0 1 0 3 4 .375 .400 .475 .875 .395 19 0 0 0 2 1
3 Seasons 46 312 258 41 73 12 4 3 5 2 42 50 .283 .378 .395 .773 .332 102 6 1 5 6 10
162 Game Avg. 68 461 381 61 108 18 6 4 7 3 62 74 .283 .378 .395 .773 .332 151 9 1 7 9 15
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
1959 23 STL NL 16 16 4 2 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 15 5 33% 8 1.369 5 4 7 2 4 10 7 9 6 5 7 5 4.0
1961 25 CIN NL 24 24 12 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 19 7 37% 8 0.729 5 2 17 1 2 21 9 15 10 7 11 5 4.7
1962 26 CIN NL 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.166 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 5 4 0 4 0 4.8
3 Seasons 46 46 20 4 3 3 0 3 0% 3 0 35 13 37% 0.847 10 6 29 3 6 37 17 29 20 12 22 10 4.5

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%
1959 23 STL NL 97 32% 3.1% 20.6% 15.5% 8.3% 35% 1.32 58% 38 4 11%
1961 25 CIN NL 170 28% 0.0% 15.3% 14.1% 4.7% 23% 1.15 69% 38 2 5%
1962 26 CIN NL 45 24% 0.0% 8.9% 6.7% 6.7% 20% 1.67 84% 12 0 0%
3 Seasons 312 29% 1.0% 16.0% 13.5% 6.1% 26% 1.26 68% 88 6 7%
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
1959 23 STL NL 97 23 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 10 7 0 70% 0 1 0 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 25 CIN NL 170 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 17 10 0 59% 2 1 0 70 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1962 26 CIN NL 45 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 50% 0 0 0 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Seasons 312 73 3 0 17 2 1 1 2 35 21 1 60% 2 2 0 140 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
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+
1959 23 2 2 .500 7.59 16 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 23 18 18 3 15 5 20 0 0 1 97 56 1.781 9.7 1.3 6.3 8.4 1.33 56
1960 24 2 2 .500 7.59 16 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 23 18 18 3 15 5 20 0 0 1 97 56 1.781 9.7 1.3 6.3 8.4 1.33 56
1961 25 4 3 .571 5.03 40 0 16 0 0 0 59.0 58 35 33 3 39 9 46 1 0 2 267 82 1.644 8.8 0.5 5.9 7.0 1.18 82
1962 26 4 3 .571 5.11 46 0 20 0 0 0 68.2 73 41 39 3 42 10 50 1 0 2 312 80 1.675 9.6 0.4 5.5 6.6 1.19 80

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 HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1959 23 0 2 .000 7.71 21.0 23 20 18 3 15 20 0 1.810 9.9 6.4 8.6 1.33 1.3 16
1961 25 2 2 .500 3.46 39.0 36 17 15 0 25 27 1 1.564 8.3 5.8 6.2 1.08 0.0 24
1962 26 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 14 7 6 0 3 4 0 1.889 14.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 0.0 6
3 Seasons 2 5 .286 5.09 69.0 73 44 39 3 43 51 1 1.681 9.5 6.7 1.19 0.4 46

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