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Jim O'Toole

James Jerome O'Toole

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 10, 1937 in Chicago, IL
High School: Leo HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1958
Teams (by GP): Reds/Redlegs/WhiteSox 1958-1967

Final Game: July 22, 1967
Relatives: Brother of Denny O'Toole
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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
1958 21 CIN NL 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 1 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 31 343 1.286 5.1 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80
1959 22 CIN NL 5 8 .385 5.15 28 19 4 3 1 0 129.1 144 78 74 14 73 2 68 4 1 8 592 79 1.678 10.0 1.0 5.1 4.7 0.93
1960 23 CIN NL 12 12 .500 3.80 34 31 1 7 2 1 196.1 198 94 83 14 66 4 124 4 0 7 834 100 1.345 9.1 0.6 3.0 5.7 1.88
1961 24 CIN NL 19 9 .679 3.10 39 35 2 11 3 2 252.2 229 101 87 16 93 7 178 3 2 6 1061 130 1.274 8.2 0.6 3.3 6.3 1.91 MVP-10
1962 25 CIN NL 16 13 .552 3.50 36 34 1 11 3 0 251.2 222 115 98 20 87 4 170 5 3 3 1039 115 1.228 7.9 0.7 3.1 6.1 1.95
1963 26 CIN NL 17 14 .548 2.88 33 32 0 12 5 0 234.1 208 85 75 13 57 4 146 3 2 8 955 116 1.131 8.0 0.5 2.2 5.6 2.56 AS
1964 27 CIN NL 17 7 .708 2.66 30 30 0 9 3 0 220.0 194 71 65 8 51 7 145 0 0 2 888 136 1.114 7.9 0.3 2.1 5.9 2.84
1965 28 CIN NL 3 10 .231 5.92 29 22 2 2 0 1 127.2 154 98 84 14 47 4 71 3 1 4 585 64 1.574 10.9 1.0 3.3 5.0 1.51
1966 29 CIN NL 5 7 .417 3.55 25 24 1 2 0 0 142.0 139 65 56 16 49 6 96 3 1 3 606 111 1.324 8.8 1.0 3.1 6.1 1.96
1967 30 CHW AL 4 3 .571 2.82 15 10 1 1 1 0 54.1 53 21 17 4 18 2 37 1 1 1 233 108 1.307 8.8 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.06
10 Yrs 98 84 .538 3.57 270 238 12 58 18 4 1615.1 1545 730 640 119 546 40 1039 26 11 42 6824 106 1.294 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .538 3.57 36 32 2 8 2 1 216 207 98 86 16 73 5 139 3 1 6 913 106 1.294 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90
CIN (9 yrs) 94 81 .537 3.59 255 228 11 57 17 4 1561.0 1492 709 623 115 528 38 1002 25 10 41 6591 106 1.294 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90
CHW (1 yr) 4 3 .571 2.82 15 10 1 1 1 0 54.1 53 21 17 4 18 2 37 1 1 1 233 108 1.307 8.8 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.06
NL (9 yrs) 94 81 .537 3.59 255 228 11 57 17 4 1561.0 1492 709 623 115 528 38 1002 25 10 41 6591 106 1.294 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90
AL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 2.82 15 10 1 1 1 0 54.1 53 21 17 4 18 2 37 1 1 1 233 108 1.307 8.8 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.06

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
1958 21 CIN NL 7.0 1 1 2 2.57 4.86 0.06 0.00 80.0 3.84 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .612 .501 $
1959 22 CIN NL 129.1 28 19 78 5.43 4.44 -0.07 0.00 103.2 4.66 -12 -1.2 .4 -0.1 -0.1 3 .457 .493 $
1960 23 CIN NL 196.1 34 31 94 4.31 4.24 0.00 0.06 101.7 4.38 1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 1.8 22 .503 .501 $
1961 24 CIN NL 252.2 39 35 101 3.60 4.64 0.22 0.07 98.6 4.43 23 2.5 3.0 -0.1 4.7 52 .564 .515 $ MVP-10
1962 25 CIN NL 251.2 36 34 115 4.11 4.62 -0.06 0.07 101.1 4.81 18 1.9 4.2 -0.1 4.1 48 .553 .512 $
1963 26 CIN NL 234.1 33 32 85 3.26 3.86 -0.08 0.06 100.1 4.00 17 2.1 .2 -0.1 4.1 42 .565 .513 $ AS
1964 27 CIN NL 220.0 30 30 71 2.90 4.10 0.13 0.07 101.6 4.10 27 3.3 -0.1 5.1 52 .610 .520 $
1965 28 CIN NL 127.2 29 22 98 6.91 3.85 -0.19 0.04 106.6 4.35 -36 -3.6 1.0 -0.1 -2.6 -23 .374 .477 $35,000
1966 29 CIN NL 142.0 25 24 65 4.12 3.96 -0.32 0.07 106.2 4.61 6 0.7 .0 -0.1 1.9 23 .527 .504 $29,000
1967 30 CHW AL 54.1 15 10 21 3.48 3.69 0.49 0.04 89.5 2.89 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .478 .498 $26,000
10 Seasons 1615.1 270 238 730 4.07 4.23 -0.00 0.06 101.3 4.35 42 5.5 1.2 -0.7 19.3 221 .521 .503 $90,000
CIN (9 yrs) 1561.0 255 228 709 4.09 4.25 -0.02 0.06 101.7 4.40 45 5.9 1.3 -0.7 19.2 220 .523 .504 $64,000
CHW (1 yr) 54.1 15 10 21 3.48 3.69 0.49 0.04 89.5 2.89 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .478 .498 $26,000

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
1961 24 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 4 4 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 51 1.500 8.3 1.5 5.3 3.0 0.57
1 WS 0 2 .000 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 4 4 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 51 1.500 8.3 1.5 5.3 3.0 0.57

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
1963 CIN NL 26 1 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 0.0 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
1958 21 CIN NL 1 31 26 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 .154 .290 .192 .483 .182 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 22 CIN NL 28 589 500 78 144 21 6 14 2 3 73 68 .288 .381 .438 .819 .309 219 18 4 9 3 2 6
1960 23 CIN NL 34 834 753 94 198 37 2 14 3 4 66 124 .263 .324 .373 .697 .297 281 24 4 5 5 4 10
1961 24 CIN NL 39 1061 954 101 229 36 8 16 4 8 93 178 .240 .308 .345 .653 .279 329 19 3 7 4 7 14
1962 25 CIN NL 36 1039 931 115 222 32 5 20 11 9 87 170 .238 .305 .348 .653 .270 324 20 5 8 8 4 15
1963 26 CIN NL 33 955 872 85 208 36 2 13 7 7 57 146 .239 .285 .329 .614 .270 287 14 3 15 8 4 16
1964 27 CIN NL 30 888 827 71 194 33 4 8 10 2 51 145 .235 .277 .313 .591 .274 259 11 0 5 5 7 6
1965 28 CIN NL 29 585 524 98 154 21 4 14 7 6 47 71 .294 .352 .429 .782 .315 225 7 3 6 5 4 10
1966 29 CIN NL 25 606 548 65 139 23 7 16 13 3 49 96 .254 .317 .409 .726 .281 224 11 3 4 2 6 7
1967 30 CHW AL 15 233 211 21 53 4 0 4 2 0 18 37 .251 .313 .327 .640 .288 69 5 1 3 0 2 4
10 Yrs 270 6821 6146 730 1545 244 38 119 60 42 546 1039 .251 .313 .362 .675 .284 2222 129 26 62 40 40 89
162 Game Avg. 36 913 823 98 207 33 5 16 8 6 73 139 .251 .313 .362 .675 .284 297 17 3 8 5 5 12
MLB Averages .251 .317 .381 .698 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 21 CIN NL 1.9 0.2 32 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .86 0.1 -0.0 1.2 0.1 0.86 0.9 0 0 0
1959 22 CIN NL -12.6 -1.2 607 -1.6 9.7 -11.2 .96 -2.0 0.4 -14.5 -1.4 0.95 -22.1 0 2 7
1960 23 CIN NL 0.8 0.1 855 1.2 18.1 -17.0 1.22 0.5 0.5 -0.2 -0.0 1.22 3.4 1 1 1
1961 24 CIN NL 26.2 2.7 1087 3.1 20.0 -16.8 1.03 1.8 1.3 27.5 2.8 1.03 23.6 3 0 1
1962 25 CIN NL 13.2 1.3 1070 1.2 19.0 -17.8 1.00 1.7 -0.5 17.8 1.8 1.00 18.0 2 0 0
1963 26 CIN NL 13.2 1.5 983 1.8 16.0 -14.1 .94 1.6 0.4 14.3 1.6 0.94 15.2 0 0 1
1964 27 CIN NL 24.2 2.7 903 5.5 18.0 -12.6 1.10 4.4 0.6 34.3 3.9 1.10 44.3 0 0 0
1965 28 CIN NL -29.8 -3.0 604 -2.7 10.8 -13.5 1.12 -1.7 -0.7 -36.3 -3.5 1.12 -20.0 2 2 3
1966 29 CIN NL 5.1 0.5 627 -0.2 11.1 -11.3 1.03 -0.1 -0.1 5.2 0.5 1.03 -0.5 0 0 1
1967 30 CHW AL 0.7 0.1 239 -0.1 4.3 -4.4 1.11 -0.5 0.4 -2.1 -0.2 1.11 -4.0 0 1 3
10 Yrs 42.8 4.9 7007 8.3 127.5 -119.2 1.05 5.6 2.3 47.3 5.6 1.05 58.7 8 6 17

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
1958 21 CIN NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 62.0 62 62 0 0 0 1 1.0 1.3 7.0
1959 22 CIN NL 28 19 5 8 6 0 2 9 10 .474 0 4 3 1 8 42% 45.7 83 27 22 7 5 8 5.9 5.4 6.0
1960 23 CIN NL 34 31 12 12 7 3 3 14 17 .452 2 3 7 2 16 52% 51.0 82 17 21 7 10 12 3.7 3.4 6.1
1961 24 CIN NL 39 35 18 9 8 3 3 22 13 .629 2 6 11 3 22 63% 56.4 86 16 23 8 13 8 5.1 5.0 7.2
1962 25 CIN NL 36 34 14 13 7 1 6 18 16 .529 1 5 11 3 22 65% 55.2 90 23 20 11 15 4 5.4 4.7 7.2
1963 26 CIN NL 33 32 17 14 1 3 9 18 14 .563 0 4 12 5 23 72% 58.3 89 17 7 1 8 8 4.2 3.8 7.3
1964 27 CIN NL 30 30 17 7 6 3 2 18 12 .600 5 1 9 3 20 67% 59.8 92 32 19 12 4 11 3.8 4.0 7.3
1965 28 CIN NL 29 22 3 10 9 1 0 8 14 .364 2 4 2 0 6 27% 43.4 73 22 25 10 9 10 5.5 4.4 5.2
1966 29 CIN NL 25 24 5 7 12 1 3 12 12 .500 4 9 2 0 15 63% 52.0 70 30 18 9 4 12 3.8 3.1 5.9
1967 30 CHW AL 15 10 4 3 3 1 0 7 3 .700 1 2 1 1 4 40% 53.9 98 31 10 2 1 6 2.5 1.6 4.7
10 Yrs 270 238 95 84 59 16 29 126 112 .529 17 38 58 18 137 58% 54 98 16 165 67 69 80 4.5 4.1 6.6
MLB Averages .500 53% 53 116 -14 4.2 4.1 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
1959 22 CIN NL 28 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 7 .956 0 2 7 0 0 9 2 7 6 2 6 2 5.2
1960 23 CIN NL 34 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 3 2 67% 3 1.220 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 7.3
1961 24 CIN NL 39 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 100% 3 0 3 0 0% 9 1.030 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.8
1962 25 CIN NL 36 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 2 .996 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 8.5
1963 26 CIN NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .942 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1965 28 CIN NL 29 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 4 44% 3 1.116 2 2 3 1 0 6 5 2 4 3 4 0 5.7
1966 29 CIN NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.028 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1967 30 CHW AL 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.108 0 1 3 0 0 5 0 5 3 1 3 0 4.4
8 Yrs 239 32 12 3 0 4 4 0 100% 6 1 25 9 36% 1.041 8 6 17 7 1 24 13 19 15 10 15 3 5.0

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%
1958 21 CIN NL 31 13% 0.0% 12.9% 16.1% 3.2% 25% 0.89 71% 3 0 0%
1959 22 CIN NL 589 29% 2.4% 11.5% 12.4% 7.0% 29% 1.16 71% 154 18 12%
1960 23 CIN NL 834 21% 1.7% 14.9% 7.9% 6.4% 27% 1.15 74% 180 24 13%
1961 24 CIN NL 1061 19% 1.5% 16.8% 8.8% 5.7% 26% 0.95 72% 188 19 10%
1962 25 CIN NL 1039 23% 1.9% 16.4% 8.4% 5.5% 26% 0.93 72% 208 20 10%
1963 26 CIN NL 955 21% 1.4% 15.3% 6.0% 5.3% 25% 0.97 76% 170 14 8%
1964 27 CIN NL 888 20% 0.9% 16.3% 5.7% 5.1% 23% 0.93 76% 137 11 8%
1965 28 CIN NL 585 21% 2.4% 12.1% 8.0% 6.7% 25% 0.93 76% 139 7 5%
1966 29 CIN NL 606 22% 2.6% 15.8% 8.1% 7.6% 33% 0.91 72% 91 11 12%
1967 30 CHW AL 233 19% 1.7% 15.9% 7.7% 3.4% 15% 0.97 73% 53 5 9%
10 Yrs 6821 22% 1.7% 15.2% 8.0% 5.9% 26% 0.98 74% 1323 129 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.7% 8.3% 6.4% 29% 1.06 73% 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
1958 21 CIN NL 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 CIN NL 589 144 14 1 9 8 6 11 3 34 21 5 62% 6 8 1 261 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1960 23 CIN NL 834 198 14 1 22 12 2 7 7 45 20 5 44% 10 7 3 323 3 4 43% 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 19 0
1961 24 CIN NL 1061 229 16 0 14 13 3 6 10 46 23 11 50% 14 6 3 379 4 8 33% 4 5 0 2 0 1 3 0 20 0
1962 25 CIN NL 1039 222 20 0 19 14 6 8 12 48 24 10 50% 15 3 2 377 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1963 26 CIN NL 955 208 13 0 14 9 4 7 6 36 21 4 58% 16 8 4 351 7 7 50% 5 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 22 0
1964 27 CIN NL 888 194 8 0 11 8 0 3 5 28 11 5 39% 6 2 0 294 10 2 83% 8 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 0
1965 28 CIN NL 585 154 14 1 22 9 5 11 3 57 23 6 40% 10 4 0 223 7 6 54% 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1966 29 CIN NL 606 139 16 0 9 14 2 10 6 26 10 7 38% 7 3 0 215 13 3 81% 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1967 30 CHW AL 233 53 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 12 4 3 33% 4 1 1 91 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Yrs 6821 1545 119 3 125 90 29 64 55 332 157 56 47% 89 42 14 2530 60 42 59% 52 35 7 6 1 1 8 0 127 0
MLB Averages 51% 62%

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+
1958 21 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 1 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 31 343 1.286 5.1 0.0 6.4 5.1 0.80 343
1959 22 5 9 .357 4.95 29 20 4 3 1 0 136.1 148 80 75 14 78 2 72 4 1 8 623 83 1.658 9.8 0.9 5.1 4.8 0.92 83
1960 23 17 21 .447 4.27 63 51 5 10 3 1 332.2 346 174 158 28 144 6 196 8 1 15 1457 92 1.473 9.4 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.36 92
1961 24 36 30 .545 3.77 102 86 7 21 6 3 585.1 575 275 245 44 237 13 374 11 3 21 2518 105 1.387 8.8 0.7 3.6 5.8 1.58 105
1962 25 52 43 .547 3.69 138 120 8 32 9 3 837.0 797 390 343 64 324 17 544 16 6 24 3557 108 1.339 8.6 0.7 3.5 5.8 1.68 108
1963 26 69 57 .548 3.51 171 152 8 44 14 3 1071.1 1005 475 418 77 381 21 690 19 8 32 4512 109 1.294 8.4 0.6 3.2 5.8 1.81 109
1964 27 86 64 .573 3.37 201 182 8 53 17 3 1291.1 1199 546 483 85 432 28 835 19 8 34 5400 113 1.263 8.4 0.6 3.0 5.8 1.93 113
1965 28 89 74 .546 3.60 230 204 10 55 17 4 1419.0 1353 644 567 99 479 32 906 22 9 38 5985 106 1.291 8.6 0.6 3.0 5.7 1.89 106
1966 29 94 81 .537 3.59 255 228 11 57 17 4 1561.0 1492 709 623 115 528 38 1002 25 10 41 6591 106 1.294 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90 106
1967 30 98 84 .538 3.57 270 238 12 58 18 4 1615.1 1545 730 640 119 546 40 1039 26 11 42 6824 106 1.294 8.6 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90 106

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
1958 21 0 0 1.00 9.0 3 1 1 0 4 5 0 0.778 3.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 0.0 1
1959 22 5 9 .357 5.26 130.0 149 84 76 14 76 68 4 1.731 10.3 5.3 4.7 0.89 1.0 28
1960 23 10 11 .476 4.13 196.0 210 100 90 15 70 124 4 1.429 9.6 3.2 5.7 1.77 0.7 34
1961 24 17 11 .607 3.10 258.0 237 99 89 17 96 182 3 1.291 8.3 3.3 6.3 1.90 0.6 39
1962 25 15 12 .556 3.47 244.0 218 104 94 20 85 165 5 1.242 8.0 3.1 6.1 1.94 0.7 36
1963 26 14 10 .583 3.47 223.0 222 96 86 14 61 139 3 1.269 9.0 2.5 5.6 2.28 0.6 33
1964 27 15 8 .652 2.99 211.0 202 78 70 8 53 139 0 1.209 8.6 2.3 5.9 2.62 0.3 30
1965 28 4 9 .308 6.19 125.0 155 96 86 14 47 70 3 1.616 11.2 3.4 5.0 1.49 1.0 29
1966 29 8 7 .533 3.56 139.0 138 61 55 16 49 94 3 1.345 8.9 3.2 6.1 1.92 1.0 25
1967 30 3 2 .600 3.88 51.0 60 24 22 5 20 35 1 1.569 10.6 3.5 6.2 1.75 0.9 15
10 Yrs 91 79 .535 3.80 1586.0 1594 743 669 123 561 1021 26 1.359 9.0 5.8 1.82 0.7 270

* 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
1963 (P)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 NL (10, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1961 NL  4.7 (4th)
1964 NL  5.1 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 NL  3.10 (2nd)
1964 NL  2.66 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1961 NL  19 (3rd)
1962 NL  16 (10th)
1963 NL  17 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1961 NL  .679 (3rd)
1964 NL  .708 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 NL  1.114 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL  8.157 (7th)
1962 NL  7.939 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL  6.340 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 NL  252.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL  178 (4th)
1962 NL  170 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1961 NL  35 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1961 NL  3 (3rd)
1962 NL  3 (7th)
1963 NL  5 (5th)
1964 NL  3 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL  93 (6th)
1962 NL  87 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 NL  229 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 NL  0.642 (9th)
1961 NL  0.570 (2nd)
1962 NL  0.715 (9th)
1963 NL  0.499 (8th)
1964 NL  0.327 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1959 NL  8 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 NL  1,061 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1961 NL  132 (3rd)
1964 NL  136 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1961 NL  26 (1st)
1964 NL  24 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1961 NL  2.7 (1st)
1964 NL  2.7 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1961 NL  27.54 (3rd)
1964 NL  34.27 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1961 NL  3.1 (3rd)
1964 NL  5.5 (2nd)
Career  8.3 (245th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1961 NL  1.8 (6th)
1964 NL  4.4 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1961 NL  2.8 (3rd)
1964 NL  3.9 (3rd)

                                         

† 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 - 46 (564), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (595), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Chris Short (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chris Short (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chuck Finley (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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