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Billy O'Dell

William Oliver O'Dell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 10, 1933 in Whitmire, SC
High School: Whitmire HS (Whitmire, SC)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1954
Teams (by GP): Giants/Orioles/Braves/Pirates 1954-1967

Final Game: September 12, 1967
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All-Star

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
1954 21 BAL AL 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 133 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 23 BAL AL 0 0 1.13 4 1 2 0 0 0 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 34 361 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1957 24 BAL AL 4 10 .286 2.69 35 15 6 2 1 4 140.1 107 48 42 12 39 2 97 5 0 0 560 133 1.040 6.9 0.8 2.5 6.2 2.49
1958 25 BAL AL 14 11 .560 2.97 41 25 12 12 3 8 221.1 201 83 73 13 51 6 137 4 1 2 913 121 1.139 8.2 0.5 2.1 5.6 2.69 AS
1959 26 BAL AL 10 12 .455 2.93 38 24 9 6 2 1 199.1 163 74 65 18 67 7 88 1 0 2 826 129 1.154 7.4 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.31 AS
1960 27 SFG NL 8 13 .381 3.20 43 24 6 6 1 2 202.2 198 80 72 16 72 8 145 2 2 4 873 110 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.2 6.4 2.01
1961 28 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.59 46 14 9 4 1 2 130.1 132 63 52 10 33 6 110 1 0 2 554 106 1.266 9.1 0.7 2.3 7.6 3.33
1962 29 SFG NL 19 14 .576 3.53 43 39 1 20 2 0 280.2 282 126 110 18 66 1 195 7 0 4 1178 109 1.240 9.0 0.6 2.1 6.3 2.95
1963 30 SFG NL 14 10 .583 3.16 36 33 1 10 3 1 222.1 218 90 78 14 70 12 116 7 0 6 951 101 1.295 8.8 0.6 2.8 4.7 1.66
1964 31 SFG NL 8 7 .533 5.40 36 8 13 1 0 2 85.0 82 55 51 10 35 6 54 4 0 1 371 66 1.376 8.7 1.1 3.7 5.7 1.54
1965 32 MLN NL 10 6 .625 2.18 62 1 42 0 0 18 111.1 87 35 27 10 30 8 78 2 0 6 448 161 1.051 7.0 0.8 2.4 6.3 2.60
1966 33 TOT NL 5 5 .500 2.64 61 2 26 0 0 10 112.2 118 38 33 6 41 2 67 6 1 2 487 138 1.411 9.4 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.63
1966 33 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.40 24 0 15 0 0 6 41.1 44 14 11 3 18 1 20 2 0 0 183 155 1.500 9.6 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.11
1966 33 PIT NL 3 2 .600 2.78 37 2 11 0 0 4 71.1 74 24 22 3 23 1 47 4 1 2 304 129 1.360 9.3 0.4 2.9 5.9 2.04
1967 34 PIT NL 5 6 .455 5.82 27 11 6 1 0 0 86.2 88 58 56 10 41 7 34 3 1 1 381 58 1.488 9.1 1.0 4.3 3.5 0.83
13 Yrs 105 100 .512 3.29 479 199 137 63 13 48 1817.0 1697 758 665 137 556 66 1133 42 5 30 7643 109 1.240 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.6 2.04
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .512 3.29 48 20 14 6 1 5 182 170 76 67 14 56 114 4 1 3 767 109 1.240 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.6 2.04
SFG (5 yrs) 56 49 .533 3.55 204 118 30 41 7 7 921.0 912 414 363 68 276 33 620 21 2 17 3927 101 1.290 8.9 0.7 2.7 6.1 2.25
BAL (5 yrs) 29 34 .460 2.86 125 67 33 21 6 13 585.1 492 213 186 43 168 16 334 10 1 4 2400 128 1.128 7.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.99
PIT (2 yrs) 8 8 .500 4.44 64 13 17 1 0 4 158.0 162 82 78 13 64 8 81 7 2 3 685 78 1.430 9.2 0.7 3.6 4.6 1.27
ATL (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 2.24 86 1 57 0 0 24 152.2 131 49 38 13 48 9 98 4 0 6 631 159 1.172 7.7 0.8 2.8 5.8 2.04
NL (8 yrs) 76 66 .535 3.50 354 132 104 42 7 35 1231.2 1205 545 479 94 388 50 799 32 4 26 5243 102 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.8 5.8 2.06
AL (5 yrs) 29 34 .460 2.86 125 67 33 21 6 13 585.1 492 213 186 43 168 16 334 10 1 4 2400 128 1.128 7.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.99

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
1954 21 BAL AL 16.1 7 2 7 3.86 4.47 -0.25 0.00 93.8 4.43 1 0.1 .1 -0.0 0.2 2 .517 .501 $
1956 23 BAL AL 8.0 4 1 1 1.13 4.81 -0.22 0.00 96.4 4.84 3 0.3 .9 -0.0 0.4 4 .587 .502 $
1957 24 BAL AL 140.1 35 15 48 3.08 4.32 0.27 0.00 93.4 3.78 12 1.3 1.4 -0.0 2.3 23 .537 .508 $
1958 25 BAL AL 221.1 41 25 83 3.38 4.24 -0.08 0.00 95.3 4.11 18 2.1 2.6 0.1 3.8 37 .551 .513 $ AS
1959 26 BAL AL 199.1 38 24 74 3.34 4.43 0.06 0.00 96.8 4.22 21 2.4 1.6 -0.1 3.8 37 .562 .515 $ AS
1960 27 SFG NL 202.2 43 24 80 3.55 4.15 -0.00 0.03 95.4 3.98 9 1.0 1.6 -0.1 2.8 31 .524 .506 $
1961 28 SFG NL 130.1 46 14 63 4.35 4.49 0.13 -0.03 95.5 4.13 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.1 0.7 11 .493 .498 $
1962 29 SFG NL 280.2 43 39 126 4.04 4.47 0.18 0.07 97.2 4.23 4 0.4 4.1 -0.1 2.8 38 .510 .503 $
1963 30 SFG NL 222.1 36 33 90 3.64 3.75 -0.23 0.06 97.3 3.92 5 0.6 1.3 -0.1 2.5 29 .517 .504 $
1964 31 SFG NL 85.0 36 8 55 5.82 4.12 -0.05 -0.08 99.3 4.06 -18 -1.9 1.9 -0.6 -1.7 -8 .448 .488 $
1965 32 MLN NL 111.1 62 1 35 2.83 4.03 0.20 -0.16 98.0 3.59 9 1.1 1.9 0.3 2.4 21 .517 .507 $
1966 33 ATL NL 41.1 24 0 14 3.05 3.95 -0.08 -0.16 102.0 3.95 4 0.4 1.9 0.1 0.9 8 .517 .503 $
1966 33 PIT NL 71.1 37 2 24 3.03 4.13 0.07 -0.14 97.7 3.83 5 0.6 1.1 -0.1 1.2 14 .517 .504 $
1967 34 PIT NL 86.2 27 11 58 6.02 3.91 -0.02 -0.01 96.8 3.80 -22 -2.4 .8 -0.0 -1.6 -13 .410 .485 $
13 Seasons 1817.0 479 199 758 3.75 4.21 0.03 -0.00 96.5 4.02 49 5.7 1.7 -0.9 20.5 235 .512 .503 $
SFG (5 yrs) 921.0 204 118 414 4.05 4.19 0.01 0.03 96.8 4.07 -2 -0.2 1.9 -1.1 7.1 101 .499 .500 $
BAL (5 yrs) 585.1 125 67 213 3.28 4.33 0.05 0.00 95.3 4.09 55 6.2 1.6 -0.0 10.5 103 .549 .508 $
PIT (2 yrs) 158.0 64 13 82 4.67 4.01 0.02 -0.07 97.2 3.81 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 1 .472 .494 $
ATL (2 yrs) 152.2 86 1 49 2.89 4.01 0.13 -0.16 99.0 3.69 13 1.5 1.9 0.4 3.3 29 .517 .505 $

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
1962 29 SFG NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.38 3 1 2 0 0 1 12.1 12 6 6 1 3 0 9 1 0 0 51 1.216 8.8 0.7 2.2 6.6 3.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.38 3 1 2 0 0 1 12.1 12 6 6 1 3 0 9 1 0 0 51 1.216 8.8 0.7 2.2 6.6 3.00

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
1958 BAL AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1959 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 1 4.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.3 2.3 0.0 4.5

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
1954 21 BAL AL 7 67 62 7 15 4 1 0 0 1 5 6 .242 .299 .339 .637 .268 21 2 0 0 0 1
1956 23 BAL AL 4 34 27 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 .222 .353 .222 .575 .273 6 2 0 0 1 1 0
1957 24 BAL AL 35 560 504 48 107 12 0 12 3 3 39 97 .212 .275 .308 .582 .239 155 10 5 10 2 2 10
1958 25 BAL AL 41 912 833 83 201 35 8 13 4 3 51 137 .241 .284 .349 .633 .270 291 16 4 12 13 6 14
1959 26 BAL AL 38 826 741 74 163 27 11 18 2 4 67 88 .220 .284 .359 .643 .227 266 13 1 13 4 7 20
1960 27 SFG NL 43 871 782 80 198 29 6 16 5 3 72 145 .253 .315 .367 .682 .290 287 9 2 8 7 8 10
1961 28 SFG NL 46 553 507 63 132 23 4 10 2 0 33 110 .260 .305 .381 .686 .313 193 10 1 9 3 6 9
1962 29 SFG NL 43 1176 1091 126 282 44 1 18 10 4 66 195 .258 .304 .350 .654 .299 382 30 7 7 5 1 21
1963 30 SFG NL 36 952 863 90 218 33 4 14 9 4 70 116 .253 .313 .349 .662 .278 301 16 7 10 1 12 16
1964 31 SFG NL 36 372 327 55 82 16 2 10 1 0 35 54 .251 .328 .404 .732 .271 132 5 4 3 3 6 4
1965 32 MLN NL 62 426 404 35 87 8 3 10 1 4 30 78 .215 .270 .324 .594 .240 131 3 2 6 5 8 6
1966 33 ATL NL 24 183 162 14 44 5 1 3 2 2 18 20 .272 .352 .370 .722 .295 60 3 2 1 0 1 2
1966 33 PIT NL 37 304 269 24 74 7 1 3 1 3 23 47 .275 .339 .342 .681 .321 92 9 4 6 2 1 3
1966 33 TOT NL 61 487 431 38 118 12 2 6 3 5 41 67 .274 .344 .353 .696 .311 152 12 6 7 2 2 5
1967 34 PIT NL 27 351 332 58 88 16 5 10 0 0 41 34 .265 .347 .434 .781 .267 144 11 3 1 4 7 1
13 Yrs 479 7587 6904 758 1697 259 47 137 40 31 556 1133 .246 .304 .356 .660 .274 2461 139 42 86 50 66 117
162 Game Avg. 48 761 692 76 170 26 5 14 4 3 56 114 .246 .304 .356 .660 .274 247 14 4 9 5 12
MLB Averages .253 .320 .383 .704 .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
1954 21 BAL AL 1.1 0.1 68 0.3 1.1 -0.9 .91 0.1 0.2 1.6 0.2 0.91 1.2 0 0 4
1956 23 BAL AL 2.9 0.3 34 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .77 0.2 -0.0 3.5 0.4 0.77 1.9 1 0 1
1957 24 BAL AL 13.9 1.5 570 1.6 10.4 -8.7 1.04 2.2 -0.6 11.5 1.3 1.03 20.8 8 5 7
1958 25 BAL AL 15.4 1.6 925 2.1 18.6 -16.5 1.17 2.1 -0.3 13.9 1.5 1.17 23.0 12 2 2
1959 26 BAL AL 19.3 2.0 838 0.9 15.0 -14.1 1.03 1.8 -1.0 20.7 2.2 1.03 18.5 7 2 4
1960 27 SFG NL 8.1 0.8 887 0.1 16.1 -16.0 1.09 0.7 -0.6 8.8 1.0 1.09 8.5 8 5 6
1961 28 SFG NL 2.0 0.2 560 -0.5 9.3 -9.7 .97 0.8 -1.3 6.7 0.7 0.97 9.4 16 6 9
1962 29 SFG NL 8.6 0.9 1197 1.5 23.4 -21.9 1.10 3.0 -1.7 12.8 1.3 1.10 26.5 4 0 0
1963 30 SFG NL 1.3 0.1 972 0.2 16.8 -16.7 1.07 0.3 -0.1 1.8 0.2 1.07 3.1 1 1 1
1964 31 SFG NL -15.5 -1.6 375 -1.0 7.3 -8.3 1.23 -0.7 -0.1 -12.4 -1.3 1.23 -6.5 16 6 6
1965 32 MLN NL 14.8 1.6 443 1.7 10.6 -8.9 1.34 1.4 -0.1 14.1 1.5 1.36 12.7 31 14 13
1966 33 TOT NL 12.3 1.3 501 -1.2 9.3 -10.5 1.16 -0.1 -0.9 8.0 0.9 1.16 1.9 20 16 23
1966 33 ATL NL 5.3 0.6 187 -0.8 4.4 -5.2 1.46 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0.0 1.46 -1.0 14 2 8
1966 33 PIT NL 7.0 0.7 314 -0.4 4.9 -5.3 .98 0.1 -0.5 8.0 0.9 0.98 2.9 6 14 15
1967 34 PIT NL -21.4 -2.2 354 -1.8 3.6 -5.4 .65 -1.9 -0.9 -21.4 -2.2 0.66 -19.6 3 2 10
13 Yrs 62.7 6.7 7724 4.0 142.0 -138.0 1.08 9.9 -6.2 69.6 7.5 1.08 101.5 127 59 86

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
1954 21 BAL AL 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 53.0 78 28 2 2 0 2 1.1 2.3 4.7
1956 23 BAL AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 0 0 0 1 4.0 2.3 4.0
1957 24 BAL AL 35 15 4 9 2 0 4 5 10 .333 1 1 2 1 10 67% 57.7 84 20 12 1 1 6 2.3 2.1 6.4
1958 25 BAL AL 41 25 12 9 4 1 3 14 11 .560 0 3 12 3 16 64% 57.6 90 19 8 3 13 4 4.4 4.3 7.5
1959 26 BAL AL 38 24 8 9 7 1 6 12 11 .522 2 4 6 2 16 67% 57.2 82 20 17 4 6 6 3.1 3.1 7.2
1960 27 SFG NL 43 24 7 10 7 2 4 10 14 .417 1 1 6 1 14 58% 55.4 80 26 31 11 14 7 3.9 3.9 7.0
1961 28 SFG NL 46 14 4 3 7 0 0 7 7 .500 2 2 4 1 7 50% 49.4 79 26 28 11 6 4 5.5 6.1 5.4
1962 29 SFG NL 43 39 18 14 7 2 7 23 16 .590 1 3 20 2 24 62% 55.5 84 17 15 5 22 3 5.1 5.0 7.2
1963 30 SFG NL 36 33 14 9 10 3 3 21 12 .636 2 3 10 3 18 55% 54.1 84 27 23 4 13 7 4.9 5.3 6.6
1964 31 SFG NL 36 8 0 4 4 0 1 2 6 .250 0 4 1 0 1 13% 38.0 74 7 23 8 3 3 2.9 0.5 4.2
1965 32 MLN NL 62 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.0 45 45 8 4 1 0 2.0 1.8 4.0
1966 33 TOT NL 61 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56 53 31 10 1 0 3.5 4.9 4.8
1966 33 PIT NL 37 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 54.5 56 53 21 7 1 0 3.5 4.9 4.8
1967 34 PIT NL 27 11 4 5 2 0 0 6 5 .545 1 0 1 0 5 45% 43.5 67 18 21 11 2 5 5.4 6.8 5.4
13 Yrs 455 199 73 74 52 10 28 104 94 .525 10 21 63 13 112 56% 54 90 7 209 71 82 48 4.2 4.3 6.6
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 118 -14 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1954 21 BAL AL 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .909 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 2 4.2
1956 23 BAL AL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 .775 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1957 24 BAL AL 35 20 6 0 1 4 4 0 100% 4 0 23 7 30% 8 1.036 8 5 7 4 6 10 13 7 13 5 13 2 6.7
1958 25 BAL AL 41 16 12 2 2 11 8 3 73% 12 1 19 7 37% 8 1.172 12 2 2 13 2 1 11 5 11 4 11 2 6.3
1959 26 BAL AL 38 14 9 2 3 1 1 0 100% 4 0 10 1 10% 8 1.031 7 2 4 5 3 6 4 10 6 5 6 1 5.5
1960 27 SFG NL 43 19 6 1 3 5 2 3 40% 6 0 19 9 47% 7 1.087 8 5 6 7 2 10 10 9 12 6 12 0 5.6
1961 28 SFG NL 46 32 9 3 2 4 2 2 50% 8 3 31 9 29% 8 .974 16 6 9 11 7 14 18 14 14 12 15 10 5.1
1962 29 SFG NL 43 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 9 4 44% 6 1.100 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1.0
1963 30 SFG NL 36 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 5 1.065 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3.7
1964 31 SFG NL 36 28 13 8 3 7 2 4 29% 11 1 30 4 13% 7 1.227 16 6 6 12 4 12 18 10 15 9 16 6 5.5
1965 32 MLN NL 62 61 42 10 5 23 18 5 78% 27 3 71 24 34% 8 1.337 31 14 13 28 12 19 38 21 35 14 34 20 5.3
1966 33 TOT NL 61 59 26 4 5 15 10 5 67% 19 4 60 18 30% 1.162 20 16 23 20 9 30 34 25 35 16 39 20 5.2
1966 33 ATL NL 24 24 15 2 3 9 6 3 67% 9 0 24 8 33% 8 1.460 14 2 8 10 4 10 15 9 13 6 17 8 5.2
1966 33 PIT NL 37 35 11 2 2 6 4 2 67% 10 4 36 10 28% 7 .982 6 14 15 10 5 20 19 16 22 10 22 12 5.3
1967 34 PIT NL 27 16 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 4 40% 4 .654 3 2 10 3 0 13 6 10 8 5 8 1 5.1
13 Yrs 479 280 137 32 26 73 48 24 66% 96 13 288 90 31% 1.081 127 59 86 106 49 123 160 118 153 81 159 66 5.3

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%
1954 21 BAL AL 67 30% 0.0% 9.0% 7.5% 7.5% 33% 0.75 84% 20 2 10%
1956 23 BAL AL 34 41% 0.0% 17.7% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 65% 13 2 15%
1957 24 BAL AL 560 27% 2.1% 17.3% 7.0% 4.3% 22% 0.58 71% 99 10 10%
1958 25 BAL AL 912 24% 1.4% 15.0% 5.6% 6.1% 28% 0.88 76% 182 16 9%
1959 26 BAL AL 826 23% 2.2% 10.7% 8.1% 6.8% 34% 0.98 77% 137 13 9%
1960 27 SFG NL 871 23% 1.8% 16.7% 8.3% 5.9% 26% 0.87 72% 164 9 5%
1961 28 SFG NL 553 35% 1.8% 19.9% 6.0% 6.7% 28% 0.98 71% 99 10 10%
1962 29 SFG NL 1176 25% 1.5% 16.6% 5.6% 5.4% 22% 0.96 75% 244 30 12%
1963 30 SFG NL 952 26% 1.5% 12.2% 7.4% 5.4% 23% 0.88 77% 170 16 9%
1964 31 SFG NL 372 31% 2.7% 14.5% 9.4% 7.5% 34% 1.35 72% 81 5 6%
1965 32 MLN NL 447 31% 2.4% 18.3% 7.0% 4.9% 24% 0.90 75% 85 3 4%
1966 33 TOT NL 487 33% 1.2% 13.8% 8.4% 4.1% 17% 1.02 74% 115 12 10%
1966 33 ATL NL 183 28% 1.6% 10.9% 9.8% 4.9% 21% 0.96 76% 44 3 7%
1966 33 PIT NL 304 36% 1.0% 15.5% 7.6% 3.6% 15% 1.06 73% 71 9 13%
1967 34 PIT NL 381 20% 2.9% 9.7% 11.7% 8.8% 35% 1.18 83% 64 11 17%
13 Yrs 7638 26% 1.8% 14.9% 7.3% 5.8% 26% 0.92 75% 1473 139 9%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.1% 8.7% 6.5% 28% 1.04 75% 10%

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
1954 21 BAL AL 67 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 23 BAL AL 34 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 29% 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 24 BAL AL 560 107 12 0 11 11 1 5 7 24 12 3 50% 10 0 2 196 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1958 25 BAL AL 912 201 13 1 15 13 0 4 9 45 25 5 56% 14 2 1 342 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 23 0
1959 26 BAL AL 826 163 18 0 8 10 8 9 9 25 11 3 44% 20 2 3 292 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 12 0
1960 27 SFG NL 871 198 16 0 18 15 1 6 10 37 20 7 54% 10 4 0 322 5 3 63% 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 20 0
1961 28 SFG NL 553 132 10 0 23 6 4 5 5 30 14 8 47% 9 2 1 204 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1962 29 SFG NL 1176 282 18 0 25 14 4 8 10 53 27 6 51% 21 4 2 458 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1963 30 SFG NL 952 218 14 0 22 13 1 10 4 42 17 5 40% 16 6 2 357 9 4 69% 6 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
1964 31 SFG NL 372 82 10 1 17 7 3 5 5 26 13 4 50% 4 1 1 142 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1965 32 MLN NL 426 87 10 1 18 7 3 7 3 22 13 4 59% 6 6 2 170 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 21
1966 33 TOT NL 487 118 6 0 16 4 2 2 4 26 9 1 35% 5 2 1 214 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
1966 33 ATL NL 183 44 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 10 3 1 30% 2 0 0 85 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1966 33 PIT NL 304 74 3 0 12 2 1 1 2 16 6 0 38% 3 2 1 129 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1967 34 PIT NL 351 88 10 1 7 7 3 5 5 16 9 1 56% 1 1 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 30
13 Yrs 7587 1697 137 4 183 107 30 66 71 357 174 48 49% 117 30 15 2871 40 31 56% 33 28 4 2 3 1 10 1 135 51
MLB Averages 51% 60%

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+
1954 21 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 133 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20 133
1955 22 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 133 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20 133
1956 23 1 1 .500 2.22 11 3 6 1 0 0 24.1 21 8 6 0 11 1 12 0 0 0 101 171 1.315 7.8 0.0 4.1 4.4 1.09 171
1957 24 5 11 .313 2.62 46 18 12 3 1 4 164.2 128 56 48 12 50 3 109 5 0 0 661 137 1.081 7.0 0.7 2.7 6.0 2.18 137
1958 25 19 22 .463 2.82 87 43 24 15 4 12 386.0 329 139 121 25 101 9 246 9 1 2 1574 127 1.114 7.7 0.6 2.4 5.7 2.44 127
1959 26 29 34 .460 2.86 125 67 33 21 6 13 585.1 492 213 186 43 168 16 334 10 1 4 2400 128 1.128 7.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.99 128
1960 27 37 47 .440 2.95 168 91 39 27 7 15 788.0 690 293 258 59 240 24 479 12 3 8 3273 123 1.180 7.9 0.7 2.7 5.5 2.00 123
1961 28 44 52 .458 3.04 214 105 48 31 8 17 918.1 822 356 310 69 273 30 589 13 3 10 3827 120 1.192 8.1 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.16 120
1962 29 63 66 .488 3.15 257 144 49 51 10 17 1199.0 1104 482 420 87 339 31 784 20 3 14 5005 117 1.204 8.3 0.7 2.5 5.9 2.31 117
1963 30 77 76 .503 3.15 293 177 50 61 13 18 1421.1 1322 572 498 101 409 43 900 27 3 20 5956 115 1.218 8.4 0.6 2.6 5.7 2.20 115
1964 31 85 83 .506 3.28 329 185 63 62 13 20 1506.1 1404 627 549 111 444 49 954 31 3 21 6327 110 1.227 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.7 2.15 110
1965 32 95 89 .516 3.20 391 186 105 62 13 38 1617.2 1491 662 576 121 474 57 1032 33 3 27 6775 112 1.215 8.3 0.7 2.6 5.7 2.18 112
1966 33 100 94 .515 3.17 452 188 131 62 13 48 1730.1 1609 700 609 127 515 59 1099 39 4 29 7262 114 1.228 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.7 2.13 114
1967 34 105 100 .512 3.29 479 199 137 63 13 48 1817.0 1697 758 665 137 556 66 1133 42 5 30 7643 109 1.240 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.6 2.04 109

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
1954 21 1 0 1.000 3.38 16.0 16 7 6 0 5 6 0 1.313 9.0 2.8 3.4 1.20 0.0 7
1956 23 0 0 1.29 7.0 7 1 1 0 7 6 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 7.7 0.86 0.0 4
1957 24 9 6 .600 3.15 140.0 119 54 49 13 43 97 6 1.157 7.7 2.8 6.2 2.26 0.8 35
1958 25 14 10 .583 3.42 224.0 222 94 85 14 56 139 4 1.241 8.9 2.3 5.6 2.48 0.6 41
1959 26 14 8 .636 3.06 206.0 173 78 70 19 71 91 1 1.184 7.6 3.1 4.0 1.28 0.8 38
1960 27 12 10 .545 3.71 204.0 219 93 84 18 80 146 2 1.466 9.7 3.5 6.4 1.83 0.8 43
1961 28 7 7 .500 3.76 134.0 141 62 56 11 35 113 1 1.313 9.5 2.4 7.6 3.23 0.7 46
1962 29 16 14 .533 3.68 274.0 284 124 112 18 66 190 7 1.277 9.3 2.2 6.2 2.88 0.6 43
1963 30 11 12 .478 4.05 209.0 239 104 94 15 77 109 8 1.512 10.3 3.3 4.7 1.42 0.6 36
1964 31 3 6 .333 6.22 81.0 86 62 56 10 37 52 4 1.519 9.6 4.1 5.8 1.41 1.1 36
1965 32 8 3 .727 2.52 107.0 91 33 30 10 31 75 2 1.140 7.7 2.6 6.3 2.42 0.8 62
1966 33 7 4 .636 3.09 105.0 123 40 36 6 43 62 6 1.581 10.5 3.7 5.3 1.44 0.5 61
1967 34 2 6 .250 7.31 80.0 95 72 65 11 44 31 3 1.738 10.7 5.0 3.5 0.70 1.2 27
13 Yrs 104 86 .547 3.75 1787.0 1815 824 744 145 595 1117 44 1.349 9.1 5.6 1.88 0.7 479

* 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

All-Star Games
1958 *
1959-2 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1958 AL  3.8 (6th)
1959 AL  3.8 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 AL  2.97 (5th)
1959 AL  2.93 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  14 (8th)
1962 NL  19 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 AL  1.139 (4th)
1959 AL  1.154 (5th)
Career  1.240 (240th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  7.360 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  2.074 (2nd)
1962 NL  2.116 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  5.571 (7th)
1960 NL  6.439 (7th)
1962 NL  6.253 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 NL  62 (5th)
1966 NL  61 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1958 AL  8 (5th)
1965 NL  18 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1962 NL  280.7 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1958 AL  137 (8th)
1962 NL  195 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1962 NL  39 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1958 AL  12 (9th)
1962 NL  20 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 AL  3 (6th)
1962 NL  2 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  282 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  2.686 (1st)
1962 NL  2.955 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  0.529 (1st)
1962 NL  0.577 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1959 AL  12 (8th)
1962 NL  14 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  110 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (10th)
1963 NL  7 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1962 NL  1,178 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1965 NL  42 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 AL  121 (8th)
1959 AL  129 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (10th)
1958 AL  15 (9th)
1959 AL  19 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  1.5 (10th)
1958 AL  1.6 (10th)
1959 AL  2.0 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1959 AL  20.65 (9th)
Career  69.63 (231st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1958 AL  2.1 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 AL  2.2 (7th)
1958 AL  2.1 (7th)
1959 AL  1.8 (10th)
1962 NL  3.0 (6th)
Career  9.9 (146th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1959 AL  2.2 (9th)
Career  7.5 (229th)

                           

† 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 - 48 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bobby Shantz (949)
  2. Don Mossi (932)
  3. Billy Hoeft (928)
  4. Dick Drago (921)
  5. Stan Williams (921)
  6. Dick Tidrow (914)
  7. Turk Farrell (914)
  8. Don Robinson (910)
  9. Bobby Bolin (909)
  10. Shane Rawley (905)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mac Scarce (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Paul Splittorff (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Schmitz (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al Mattern (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doc Newton (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Roberts (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Caldwell (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cliff Melton (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Pat Dobson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Danny Darwin (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Danny Darwin (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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