Billy O'Dell
William Oliver O'Dell
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 10, 1932 in Whitmire, SC
School: Clemson University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1954
Final Game: September 12, 1967
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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
1954 22 BAL AL 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 130 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20
1956 24 BAL AL 0 0 1.12 4 1 2 0 0 0 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 34 348 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1957 25 BAL AL 4 10 .286 2.69 35 15 6 2 1 4 140.1 107 48 42 12 39 2 97 5 0 0 560 132 1.040 6.9 0.8 2.5 6.2 2.49
1958 26 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 27 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 28 SFG NL 8 13 .381 3.20 43 24 6 6 1 2 202.2 198 80 72 16 72 8 145 2 2 4 873 109 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.2 6.4 2.01
1961 29 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.59 46 14 9 4 1 2 130.1 132 63 52 10 33 6 110 1 0 2 554 107 1.266 9.1 0.7 2.3 7.6 3.33
1962 30 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 107 1.240 9.0 0.6 2.1 6.3 2.95
1963 31 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 32 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 33 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 34 TOT NL 5 5 .500 2.64 61 2 26 0 0 10 112.2 118 38 33 6 41 2 67 6 1 2 487 137 1.411 9.4 0.5 3.3 5.4 1.63
1966 34 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.40 24 0 15 0 0 6 41.1 44 14 11 3 18 1 20 2 0 0 183 154 1.500 9.6 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.11
1966 34 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 35 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 57 1.488 9.1 1.0 4.3 3.5 0.83
13 Seasons 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 100 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 101 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 30 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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1958 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 27 0 0 0 9.00 0 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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 2.25 0 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*

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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
1954 22 BAL AL 7 67 62 7 15 4 1 0 0 1 5 6 .242 .299 .339 .637 .268 21 2 0 0 0
1956 24 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
1957 25 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
1958 26 BAL AL 41 913 833 83 201 35 8 13 4 3 51 137 .241 .284 .349 .633 .270 291 16 4 12 13 6
1959 27 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
1960 28 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
1961 29 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
1962 30 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
1963 31 SFG NL 36 951 863 90 218 33 4 14 9 4 70 116 .253 .313 .349 .662 .278 301 16 7 10 1 12
1964 32 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
1965 33 MLN NL 62 447 404 35 87 7 3 10 1 4 30 78 .215 .270 .322 .592 .240 130 3 2 6 5 8
1966 34 TOT NL 61 487 431 38 118 12 2 6 1 5 41 67 .274 .344 .353 .696 .311 152 12 6 7 2 2
1966 34 ATL NL 24 183 162 14 44 5 1 3 1 2 18 20 .272 .352 .370 .722 .295 60 3 2 1 0 1
1966 34 PIT NL 37 304 269 24 74 7 1 3 0 3 23 47 .275 .339 .342 .681 .321 92 9 4 6 2 1
1967 35 PIT NL 27 381 332 58 88 16 5 10 0 0 41 34 .265 .347 .434 .781 .267 144 11 3 1 4 7
13 Seasons 479 7638 6904 758 1697 258 47 137 38 31 556 1133 .246 .304 .356 .660 .274 2460 139 42 86 50 66
162 Game Avg. 48 766 692 76 170 26 5 14 4 3 56 114 .246 .304 .356 .660 .274 247 14 4 9 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 22 BAL AL 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 53 78 28 2 2 0 2 1.1 2.3 4.7
1956 24 BAL AL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48 48 48 0 0 0 1 4.0 2.3 4.0
1957 25 BAL AL 35 15 4 9 2 0 4 5 10 .333 1 1 2 1 10 67% 58 84 20 12 1 1 6 2.3 2.1 6.4
1958 26 BAL AL 41 25 12 9 4 1 3 14 11 .560 0 3 12 3 16 64% 58 90 19 8 3 13 4 4.4 4.3 7.5
1959 27 BAL AL 38 24 8 9 7 1 6 12 11 .522 1 4 6 2 16 67% 57 82 20 17 4 6 6 3.1 3.1 7.2
1960 28 SFG NL 43 24 7 10 7 2 4 10 14 .417 1 1 6 1 14 58% 55 80 26 31 11 14 7 3.9 3.9 7.0
1961 29 SFG NL 46 14 4 3 7 0 0 7 7 .500 2 2 4 1 7 50% 49 79 26 28 11 6 4 5.5 6.1 5.4
1962 30 SFG NL 43 39 18 14 7 2 7 23 16 .590 0 3 20 2 24 62% 55 84 17 15 5 22 3 5.1 5.0 7.2
1963 31 SFG NL 36 33 14 9 10 3 3 21 12 .636 2 3 10 3 18 55% 54 84 27 23 4 13 7 4.9 5.3 6.6
1964 32 SFG NL 36 8 0 4 4 0 1 2 6 .250 0 4 1 0 1 13% 38 74 7 23 8 3 3 2.9 0.5 4.2
1965 33 MLN NL 62 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 8 4 1 0 2.0 1.8 4.0
1966 34 TOT NL 61 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56 53 29 9 1 0 3.5 4.9 4.8
1966 34 PIT NL 37 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 55 56 53 19 6 1 0 3.5 4.9 4.8
1967 35 PIT NL 27 11 4 5 2 0 0 6 5 .545 1 0 1 0 5 45% 43 67 18 21 11 2 5 5.4 6.8 5.4
13 Seasons 455 199 73 74 52 10 28 104 94 .525 8 21 63 13 112 56% 54 90 7 207 70 82 48 4.2 4.3 6.6
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
1954 22 BAL AL 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.902 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 2 4.2
1956 24 BAL AL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 0.788 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1957 25 BAL AL 35 20 6 0 1 4 4 0 100% 4 0 23 7 30% 8 1.058 8 6 6 4 6 10 13 7 13 5 13 2 6.7
1958 26 BAL AL 41 16 12 2 2 11 8 3 73% 12 1 19 7 37% 8 1.194 13 1 2 13 2 1 11 5 11 4 11 2 6.3
1959 27 BAL AL 38 14 9 2 3 1 1 0 100% 4 0 10 1 10% 8 1.051 7 2 4 5 3 6 4 10 6 5 6 1 5.5
1960 28 SFG NL 43 19 6 1 3 5 2 3 40% 6 0 19 9 47% 7 1.114 8 5 6 7 2 10 10 9 12 6 12 0 5.6
1961 29 SFG NL 46 32 9 3 2 4 2 2 50% 8 3 31 9 29% 8 0.983 16 6 9 11 7 14 18 14 14 12 15 10 5.1
1962 30 SFG NL 43 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 9 4 44% 6 1.103 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 1.0
1963 31 SFG NL 36 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 5 1.071 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3.7
1964 32 SFG NL 36 28 13 8 3 7 2 4 29% 11 1 30 4 13% 7 1.256 17 6 5 12 4 12 18 10 15 9 16 6 5.5
1965 33 MLN NL 62 61 42 10 5 22 18 5 82% 26 3 70 23 33% 8 1.417 31 16 10 27 12 19 37 21 35 14 34 20 5.3
1966 34 TOT NL 61 59 26 4 5 15 10 5 67% 19 4 59 18 31% 1.197 20 20 18 20 9 29 33 25 35 16 39 20 5.2
1966 34 ATL NL 24 24 15 2 3 9 6 3 67% 9 0 24 8 33% 8 1.475 14 4 6 10 4 10 15 9 13 6 17 8 5.2
1966 34 PIT NL 37 35 11 2 2 6 4 2 67% 10 4 35 10 29% 7 1.031 6 16 12 10 5 19 18 16 22 10 22 12 5.3
1967 35 PIT NL 27 16 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 4 40% 4 0.685 3 3 9 3 0 13 6 10 8 5 8 1 5.1
13 Seasons 479 280 137 32 26 72 48 24 67% 95 13 286 89 31% 1.102 130 65 77 105 49 122 158 118 153 81 159 66 5.3

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%
1954 22 BAL AL 67 70% 0.0% 9.0% 7.5% 7.5% 33% 0.75 84% 20 2 10%
1956 24 BAL AL 34 59% 0.0% 17.7% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 65% 13 2 15%
1957 25 BAL AL 560 73% 2.1% 17.3% 7.0% 4.3% 22% 0.58 71% 99 10 10%
1958 26 BAL AL 912 76% 1.4% 15.0% 5.6% 6.1% 28% 0.88 76% 182 16 9%
1959 27 BAL AL 826 77% 2.2% 10.7% 8.1% 6.8% 34% 0.98 77% 137 13 9%
1960 28 SFG NL 871 77% 1.8% 16.7% 8.3% 5.9% 26% 0.87 72% 164 9 5%
1961 29 SFG NL 553 65% 1.8% 19.9% 6.0% 6.7% 28% 0.98 71% 99 10 10%
1962 30 SFG NL 1176 75% 1.5% 16.6% 5.6% 5.4% 22% 0.96 75% 244 30 12%
1963 31 SFG NL 952 74% 1.5% 12.2% 7.4% 5.4% 23% 0.88 77% 170 16 9%
1964 32 SFG NL 372 69% 2.7% 14.5% 9.4% 7.5% 34% 1.35 72% 81 5 6%
1965 33 MLN NL 447 68% 2.2% 17.5% 6.7% 4.5% 23% 0.90 72% 84 3 4%
1966 34 TOT NL 487 67% 1.2% 13.8% 8.4% 4.1% 17% 1.03 74% 115 12 10%
1966 34 ATL NL 183 72% 1.6% 10.9% 9.8% 4.9% 21% 0.98 76% 44 3 7%
1966 34 PIT NL 304 65% 1.0% 15.5% 7.6% 3.6% 15% 1.06 73% 71 9 13%
1967 35 PIT NL 381 80% 2.6% 8.9% 10.8% 8.1% 35% 1.18 77% 64 11 17%
13 Seasons 7638 74% 1.8% 14.8% 7.3% 5.8% 26% 0.92 74% 1472 139 9%
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
1954 22 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 24 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 25 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 26 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 3 1 23 0
1959 27 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 28 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 29 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 30 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 31 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 32 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 33 MLN NL 423 87 10 1 18 7 3 7 3 22 13 4 59% 6 6 2 168 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 24
1966 34 TOT NL 482 118 6 0 16 4 2 2 4 26 9 1 35% 5 2 1 213 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 5
1966 34 ATL NL 180 44 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 10 3 1 30% 2 0 0 85 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
1966 34 PIT NL 302 74 3 0 12 2 1 1 2 16 6 0 38% 3 2 1 128 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
1967 35 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 Seasons 7579 1697 137 4 183 107 30 66 71 357 174 48 49% 117 30 15 2868 38 31 55% 31 28 4 2 3 1 11 1 135 59
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+
1954 22 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 130 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20 130
1955 23 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 130 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20 130
1956 24 1 1 .500 2.22 11 3 6 1 0 0 24.1 21 8 6 0 11 1 12 0 0 0 101 166 1.315 7.8 0.0 4.1 4.4 1.09 166
1957 25 5 11 .313 2.62 46 18 12 3 1 4 164.2 128 56 48 12 50 3 109 5 0 0 661 136 1.081 7.0 0.7 2.7 6.0 2.18 136
1958 26 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 27 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 28 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 29 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 30 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 31 77 76 .503 3.15 293 177 50 61 13 18 1421.1 1322 572 498 101 409 43 900 27 3 20 5956 114 1.218 8.4 0.6 2.6 5.7 2.20 114
1964 32 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 33 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 34 100 94 .515 3.17 452 188 131 62 13 48 1730.1 1609 700 609 127 515 59 1099 39 4 29 7262 113 1.228 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.7 2.13 113
1967 35 105 100 .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

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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
1954 22 1 0 1.000 2.81 16.0 16 6 5 0 5 6 0 1.313 9.0 2.8 3.4 1.20 0.0 7
1956 24 0 0 1.12 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 6 0 1.500 6.8 6.8 6.8 1.00 0.0 4
1957 25 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 26 14 10 .583 3.43 223.0 223 94 85 14 57 138 4 1.256 9.0 2.3 5.6 2.42 0.6 41
1959 27 14 8 .636 3.07 205.0 175 78 70 19 72 91 1 1.205 7.7 3.2 4.0 1.26 0.8 38
1960 28 12 10 .545 3.79 202.0 222 94 85 18 81 144 2 1.500 9.9 3.6 6.4 1.78 0.8 43
1961 29 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 30 16 14 .533 3.74 272.0 287 126 113 18 67 189 7 1.301 9.5 2.2 6.3 2.82 0.6 43
1963 31 11 12 .478 4.00 209.0 240 103 93 15 77 109 8 1.517 10.3 3.3 4.7 1.42 0.6 36
1964 32 3 6 .333 6.11 81.0 86 61 55 10 37 51 4 1.519 9.6 4.1 5.7 1.38 1.1 36
1965 33 8 3 .727 2.55 106.0 93 33 30 11 32 74 2 1.179 7.9 2.7 6.3 2.31 0.9 62
1966 34 7 4 .636 3.06 106.0 122 40 36 6 42 63 6 1.547 10.4 3.6 5.3 1.50 0.5 61
1967 35 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 Seasons 104 86 .547 3.75 1782.0 1825 824 743 146 598 1112 44 1.360 9.2 5.6 1.86 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1958 *
1959-2 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 AL  2.968 (5th)
1959 AL  2.935 (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 (231st)

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)
Career  2.038 (238th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  .529 (1st)
1962 NL  .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  1178 (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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 48 (522), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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