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Fritz Ostermueller

Frederick Raymond Ostermueller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 15, 1907 in Quincy, IL
High School: Quincy HS (Quincy, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1934
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Pirates/Browns/Dodgers 1934-1948

Final Game: September 30, 1948
Died: December 17, 1957 in Quincy, IL
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, IL
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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
1934 26 BOS AL 10 13 .435 3.49 33 23 7 10 0 3 198.2 200 93 77 7 99 75 1 0 6 881 136 1.505 9.1 0.3 4.5 3.4 0.76
1935 27 BOS AL 7 8 .467 3.92 22 19 3 10 0 1 137.2 135 67 60 0 78 41 3 0 5 616 121 1.547 8.8 0.0 5.1 2.7 0.53
1936 28 BOS AL 10 16 .385 4.88 43 23 14 7 1 2 180.2 210 115 98 8 84 90 3 0 8 826 109 1.627 10.5 0.4 4.2 4.5 1.07
1937 29 BOS AL 3 7 .300 4.98 25 7 9 2 0 1 86.2 101 64 48 2 44 29 1 0 1 402 97 1.673 10.5 0.2 4.6 3.0 0.66
1938 30 BOS AL 13 5 .722 4.58 31 18 8 10 1 2 176.2 199 98 90 15 58 46 3 0 5 795 108 1.455 10.1 0.8 3.0 2.3 0.79
1939 31 BOS AL 11 7 .611 4.24 34 20 9 8 0 4 159.1 173 86 75 6 58 61 2 0 5 701 111 1.450 9.8 0.3 3.3 3.4 1.05
1940 32 BOS AL 5 9 .357 4.95 31 16 7 5 0 0 143.2 166 86 79 7 70 80 0 0 4 662 91 1.643 10.4 0.4 4.4 5.0 1.14
1941 33 SLB AL 0 3 .000 4.50 15 2 8 0 0 0 46.0 45 26 23 3 23 20 0 0 4 200 97 1.478 8.8 0.6 4.5 3.9 0.87
1942 34 SLB AL 3 1 .750 3.71 10 4 3 2 0 0 43.2 46 22 18 4 17 21 0 0 5 191 101 1.443 9.5 0.8 3.5 4.3 1.24
1943 35 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 4.18 18 4 9 0 0 0 56.0 57 27 26 1 25 19 0 0 0 239 81 1.464 9.2 0.2 4.0 3.1 0.76
1943 35 SLB AL 0 2 .000 5.02 11 3 5 0 0 0 28.2 36 16 16 1 13 4 0 0 0 127 68 1.709 11.3 0.3 4.1 1.3 0.31
1943 35 BRO NL 1 1 .500 3.29 7 1 4 0 0 0 27.1 21 11 10 0 12 15 0 0 0 112 103 1.207 6.9 0.0 4.0 4.9 1.25
1944 36 TOT NL 13 8 .619 2.81 38 28 5 17 1 2 246.1 247 96 77 10 77 97 1 0 6 1047 132 1.315 9.0 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.26
1944 36 BRO NL 2 1 .667 3.24 10 4 3 3 0 1 41.2 46 17 15 3 12 17 0 0 1 188 110 1.392 9.9 0.6 2.6 3.7 1.42
1944 36 PIT NL 11 7 .611 2.73 28 24 2 14 1 1 204.2 201 79 62 7 65 80 1 0 5 859 137 1.300 8.8 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.23
1945 37 PIT NL 5 4 .556 4.57 14 11 1 4 1 0 80.2 74 45 41 6 37 29 2 1 1 360 87 1.376 8.3 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78
1946 38 PIT NL 13 10 .565 2.84 27 25 2 16 2 0 193.1 193 70 61 5 56 57 3 0 1 810 124 1.288 9.0 0.2 2.6 2.7 1.02
1947 39 PIT NL 12 10 .545 3.84 26 24 0 12 3 0 183.0 181 94 78 18 68 66 1 0 5 789 110 1.361 8.9 0.9 3.3 3.2 0.97
1948 40 PIT NL 8 11 .421 4.42 23 22 0 10 2 0 134.1 143 73 66 13 41 43 1 0 4 597 92 1.370 9.6 0.9 2.7 2.9 1.05
15 Yrs 114 115 .498 3.99 390 246 85 113 11 15 2066.2 2170 1062 917 105 835 774 21 1 60 9116 109 1.454 9.5 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.93
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .498 3.99 42 26 9 12 1 2 221 232 114 98 11 89 83 2 0 6 975 109 1.454 9.5 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.93
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
BOS (7 yrs) 59 65 .476 4.38 219 126 57 52 2 13 1083.1 1184 609 527 45 491 422 13 0 34 4883 110 1.546 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.86
PIT (5 yrs) 49 42 .538 3.48 118 106 5 56 9 1 796.0 792 361 308 49 267 275 8 1 16 3415 111 1.330 9.0 0.6 3.0 3.1 1.03
SLB (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.34 36 9 16 2 0 0 118.1 127 64 57 8 53 45 0 0 9 518 90 1.521 9.7 0.6 4.0 3.4 0.85
BRO (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.26 17 5 7 3 0 1 69.0 67 28 25 3 24 32 0 0 1 300 107 1.319 8.7 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.33
AL (10 yrs) 62 71 .466 4.37 255 135 73 54 2 13 1201.2 1311 673 584 53 544 467 13 0 43 5401 108 1.544 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.86
NL (6 yrs) 52 44 .542 3.46 135 111 12 59 9 2 865.0 859 389 333 52 291 307 8 1 17 3715 111 1.329 8.9 0.5 3.0 3.2 1.06

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
1934 26 BOS AL 198.2 33 23 93 4.21 5.30 -0.20 0.00 104.4 5.74 34 3.4 1.0 -0.1 5.0 58 .602 .521 $
1935 27 BOS AL 137.2 22 19 67 4.38 5.31 -0.06 0.00 105.9 5.70 20 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.2 37 .593 .513 $
1936 28 BOS AL 181.0 43 23 115 5.72 6.18 -0.03 0.00 102.3 6.35 12 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.6 37 .525 .507 $
1937 29 BOS AL 86.2 25 7 64 6.65 5.40 -0.28 0.00 105.6 6.00 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .476 .496 $
1938 30 BOS AL 176.2 31 18 98 4.99 5.58 0.01 0.00 101.0 5.63 11 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.5 35 .532 .506 $
1939 31 BOS AL 159.1 34 20 86 4.86 5.35 -0.11 0.00 99.5 5.43 10 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 30 .527 .506 $
1940 32 BOS AL 143.2 31 16 86 5.39 4.97 -0.21 0.00 102.1 5.29 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 12 .492 .498 $
1941 33 SLB AL 46.0 15 2 26 5.09 4.62 -0.17 0.00 105.3 5.04 -1 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .497 .500 $
1942 34 SLB AL 43.2 10 4 22 4.53 4.36 -0.14 0.00 102.8 4.63 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .502 .500 $
1943 35 SLB AL 28.2 11 3 16 5.02 3.90 -0.26 0.00 103.2 4.29 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .475 .498 $
1943 35 BRO NL 27.1 7 1 11 3.62 3.79 -0.16 0.00 100.6 3.97 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .518 .501 $
1944 36 BRO NL 41.2 10 4 17 3.67 3.98 -0.57 0.00 99.2 4.51 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 8 .544 .503 $
1944 36 PIT NL 204.1 28 24 79 3.48 4.35 -0.18 0.00 102.5 4.64 27 3.1 1.0 -0.1 4.6 46 .611 .519 $
1945 37 PIT NL 80.2 14 11 45 5.02 4.69 -0.09 0.00 103.5 4.95 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 7 .491 .499 $
1946 38 PIT NL 193.1 27 25 70 3.26 4.24 -0.24 0.00 103.5 4.64 30 3.7 1.0 -0.1 5.4 49 .637 .523 $
1947 39 PIT NL 183.0 26 24 94 4.62 4.91 -0.17 0.00 104.3 5.30 13 1.4 1.0 -0.1 3.0 36 .552 .508 $
1948 40 PIT NL 134.1 23 22 73 4.89 4.66 0.21 0.00 103.2 4.59 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.7 11 .478 .497 $
15 Seasons 2066.2 390 246 1062 4.62 4.99 -0.13 0.00 103.0 5.27 142 15.3 1.0 -1.3 32.0 380 .539 .506 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 1083.2 219 126 609 5.06 5.47 -0.11 0.00 102.7 5.73 77 7.5 1.0 -0.7 16.3 213 .534 .507 $
PIT (5 yrs) 795.2 118 106 361 4.08 4.54 -0.12 0.00 103.4 4.82 63 7.5 1.0 -0.5 14.2 149 .564 .509 $
SLB (3 yrs) 118.1 36 9 64 4.87 4.35 -0.18 0.00 103.9 4.71 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.4 7 .491 .499 $
BRO (2 yrs) 69.0 17 5 28 3.65 3.90 -0.41 0.00 99.8 4.30 5 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.1 11 .533 .502 $

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
1948 40 PIT NL 23 156 533 73 143 7 3 13 2 1 41 43 .268 .322 .366 .688 .273 195 3 1 9 0 2
1 Yr 23 156 533 73 143 7 3 13 2 1 41 43 .268 .322 .366 .688 .273 195 3 1 9 0 2
162 Game Avg. 35 236 805 110 216 11 5 20 3 2 62 65 .268 .322 .366 .688 .273 295 5 2 14 0 3
MLB Averages .267 .336 .336 .671 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 40 PIT NL -4.0 -0.4 160 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .72 -0.3 -0.3 -4.5 -0.4 0.73 -6.0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 83.0 8.3 160 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .72 -0.3 -0.3 -4.5 -0.4 0.73 -6.0 0 0 0

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
1934 26 BOS AL 33 23 6 13 4 0 5 8 15 .348 0 0 10 0 12 52% 49.0 79 22 11 6 3.9 7.6
1935 27 BOS AL 22 19 7 8 4 1 3 10 8 .556 0 0 10 0 10 53% 49.4 73 14 8 7 4.6 7.0
1936 28 BOS AL 43 23 8 12 3 2 2 9 14 .391 0 0 7 1 9 39% 42.8 82 18 13 7 5.6 6.1
1937 29 BOS AL 25 7 2 3 2 0 0 4 3 .571 0 0 2 0 2 29% 41.4 75 11 4 3 6.3 6.0
1938 30 BOS AL 31 18 10 4 4 4 0 11 6 .647 0 0 10 1 7 39% 45.7 81 16 8 7 7.4 7.3
1939 31 BOS AL 34 20 8 6 6 1 0 14 6 .700 0 0 8 0 8 40% 45.0 77 22 9 6 6.7 6.2
1940 32 BOS AL 31 16 4 7 5 1 3 6 10 .375 0 0 5 0 6 38% 43.7 71 22 5 7 5.1 6.1
1941 33 SLB AL 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.0 48 42 1 1 6.4 6.5
1942 34 SLB AL 10 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 .750 0 0 2 0 2 50% 49.2 63 16 0 2 6.3 8.2
1943 35 TOT MLB 18 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 0.0 67 37 2 2 2.1 5.7
1943 35 SLB AL 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42.3 45 37 2 1 2.2 4.6
1943 35 BRO NL 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 67.0 67 67 0 1 1.8 9.0
1944 36 TOT NL 38 28 13 8 7 0 5 17 9 .654 0 0 17 1 22 79% 55.8 82 17 11 6 4.4 8.0
1944 36 BRO NL 10 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 .750 0 0 3 0 4 100% 58.5 64 54 2 2 4.1 8.5
1944 36 PIT NL 28 24 11 7 6 0 4 14 8 .636 0 0 14 1 18 75% 55.4 82 17 9 4 4.5 8.0
1945 37 PIT NL 14 11 5 4 2 3 1 6 5 .545 0 0 4 1 4 36% 48.4 76 33 2 5 5.0 6.9
1946 38 PIT NL 27 25 13 10 2 0 5 14 10 .583 0 0 16 2 18 72% 55.7 85 22 4 14 3.9 7.6
1947 39 PIT NL 26 24 12 10 2 4 2 12 12 .500 0 0 12 3 11 46% 49.9 78 14 2 21 6.0 7.4
1948 40 PIT NL 23 22 8 11 3 1 3 9 12 .429 0 1 10 2 11 50% 48.5 80 24 4 2 3 19 3.8 6.0 6.1
15 Yrs 390 246 99 98 49 18 29 124 116 .517 0 1 113 11 124 50% 49 85 11 4 2 83 113 5.1 6.0 7.0
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 116 -35 4.6 4.8 6.9
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

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
1934 26 BOS AL 33 10 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 4 6.9
1935 27 BOS AL 22 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5.0
1936 28 BOS AL 43 20 14 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 13 5 5 6.2
1937 29 BOS AL 25 18 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 5 2 7.4
1938 30 BOS AL 31 13 8 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 0 10.5
1939 31 BOS AL 34 14 9 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 4 1 7.6
1940 32 BOS AL 31 15 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 9.1
1941 33 SLB AL 15 13 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 7.6
1942 34 SLB AL 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 5.5
1943 35 TOT MLB 18 14 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 7.1
1943 35 SLB AL 11 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 5.6
1943 35 BRO NL 7 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 9.2
1944 36 TOT NL 38 10 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2 2 6.2
1944 36 BRO NL 10 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 3.8
1944 36 PIT NL 28 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 9.8
1945 37 PIT NL 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4.3
1946 38 PIT NL 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6.0
1947 39 PIT NL 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 8.0
1948 40 PIT NL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .724 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
15 Yrs 390 144 85 15 17 0 15 0 0 0 .724 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 30 0 21 7.3
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

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%
1934 26 BOS AL 881 0.8% 8.5% 11.2% 2.4% 11% 77%
1935 27 BOS AL 616 0.0% 6.7% 12.7% 3.9% 18% 79%
1936 28 BOS AL 826 1.0% 10.9% 10.2% 2.8% 11% 77%
1937 29 BOS AL 402 0.5% 7.2% 11.0% 1.2% 5% 80%
1938 30 BOS AL 795 1.9% 5.8% 7.3% 4.0% 16% 83%
1939 31 BOS AL 701 0.9% 8.7% 8.3% 2.3% 9% 79%
1940 32 BOS AL 662 1.1% 12.1% 10.6% 1.8% 7% 75%
1941 33 SLB AL 200 1.5% 10.0% 11.5% 76%
1942 34 SLB AL 191 2.1% 11.0% 8.9% 3.7% 15% 77%
1943 35 TOT MLB 239 0.4% 8.0% 10.5% 80%
1943 35 SLB AL 127 0.8% 3.2% 10.2% 84%
1943 35 BRO NL 112 0.0% 13.4% 10.7% 75%
1944 36 TOT NL 1044 1.0% 9.3% 7.4% 3.0% 13% 80%
1944 36 BRO NL 185 1.6% 9.2% 6.5% 5.4% 22% 81%
1944 36 PIT NL 859 0.8% 9.3% 7.6% 2.4% 10% 80%
1945 37 PIT NL 361 1.7% 8.0% 10.3% 2.5% 12% 77%
1946 38 PIT NL 811 0.6% 7.0% 6.9% 4.1% 17% 83%
1947 39 PIT NL 787 2.3% 8.4% 8.6% 4.1% 18% 80%
1948 40 PIT NL 587 28% 8.3% 27.6% 26.3% 14.7% 16% 1.39 306% 26 3 12%
15 Yrs 9103 28% 1.2% 8.9% 9.6% 3.1% 12% 1.39 83% 26 3 12%
MLB Averages 49% 1.4% 9.3% 9.1% 3.2% 13% 0.95 81% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1934 26 BOS AL 200 7 6
1935 27 BOS AL 135 0 5
1936 28 BOS AL 210 8 8
1937 29 BOS AL 101 2 1
1938 30 BOS AL 199 15 5
1939 31 BOS AL 173 6 5
1940 32 BOS AL 166 7 4
1941 33 SLB AL 45 3 4
1942 34 SLB AL 46 4 5
1943 35 TOT MLB 57 1 0
1943 35 SLB AL 36 1 0
1943 35 BRO NL 21 0 0
1944 36 TOT NL 247 10 6
1944 36 BRO NL 46 3 1
1944 36 PIT NL 201 7 5
1945 37 PIT NL 74 6 1
1946 38 PIT NL 193 5 1
1947 39 PIT NL 181 18 5
1948 40 PIT NL 156 143 13 0 0 5 1 3 3 8 5 1 63% 2 4 0 53 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 431
15 Yrs 156 2170 105 0 0 5 1 3 3 8 5 1 63% 2 60 0 53 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 431
MLB Averages 53% 56%
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

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+
1934 26 10 13 .435 3.49 33 23 7 10 0 3 198.2 200 93 77 7 99 75 1 0 6 881 136 1.505 9.1 0.3 4.5 3.4 0.76 136
1935 27 17 21 .447 3.67 55 42 10 20 0 4 336.1 335 160 137 7 177 116 4 0 11 1497 129 1.522 9.0 0.2 4.7 3.1 0.66 129
1936 28 27 37 .422 4.09 98 65 24 27 1 6 517.0 545 275 235 15 261 206 7 0 19 2323 120 1.559 9.5 0.3 4.5 3.6 0.79 120
1937 29 30 44 .405 4.22 123 72 33 29 1 7 603.2 646 339 283 17 305 235 8 0 20 2725 116 1.575 9.6 0.3 4.5 3.5 0.77 116
1938 30 43 49 .467 4.30 154 90 41 39 2 9 780.1 845 437 373 32 363 281 11 0 25 3520 114 1.548 9.7 0.4 4.2 3.2 0.77 114
1939 31 54 56 .491 4.29 188 110 50 47 2 13 939.2 1018 523 448 38 421 342 13 0 30 4221 114 1.531 9.8 0.4 4.0 3.3 0.81 114
1940 32 59 65 .476 4.38 219 126 57 52 2 13 1083.1 1184 609 527 45 491 422 13 0 34 4883 110 1.546 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.86 110
1941 33 59 68 .465 4.38 234 128 65 52 2 13 1129.1 1229 635 550 48 514 442 13 0 38 5083 110 1.543 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.86 110
1942 34 62 69 .473 4.36 244 132 68 54 2 13 1173.0 1275 657 568 52 531 463 13 0 43 5274 110 1.540 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.6 0.87 110
1943 35 63 72 .467 4.35 262 136 77 54 2 13 1229.0 1332 684 594 53 556 482 13 0 43 5513 108 1.536 9.8 0.4 4.1 3.5 0.87 108
1944 36 76 80 .487 4.09 300 164 82 71 3 15 1475.1 1579 780 671 63 633 579 14 0 49 6560 111 1.499 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.5 0.91 111
1945 37 81 84 .491 4.12 314 175 83 75 4 15 1556.0 1653 825 712 69 670 608 16 1 50 6920 110 1.493 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.5 0.91 110
1946 38 94 94 .500 3.98 341 200 85 91 6 15 1749.1 1846 895 773 74 726 665 19 1 51 7730 111 1.470 9.5 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.92 111
1947 39 106 104 .505 3.96 367 224 85 103 9 15 1932.1 2027 989 851 92 794 731 20 1 56 8519 111 1.460 9.4 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.92 111
1948 40 114 115 .498 3.99 390 246 85 113 11 15 2066.2 2170 1062 917 105 835 774 21 1 60 9116 109 1.454 9.5 0.5 3.6 3.4 0.93 109

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
1934 26 16 7 .696 2.78 214.0 190 73 66 7 94 81 1 1.327 8.0 4.0 3.4 0.86 0.3 33
1935 27 10 6 .625 3.22 148.0 130 59 53 0 75 44 3 1.385 7.9 4.6 2.7 0.59 0.0 22
1936 28 13 9 .591 3.45 198.0 189 84 76 7 76 99 3 1.338 8.6 3.5 4.5 1.30 0.3 43
1937 29 5 5 .500 3.97 93.0 95 46 41 2 41 31 1 1.462 9.2 4.0 3.0 0.76 0.2 25
1938 30 13 9 .591 3.44 199.0 188 84 76 14 55 52 3 1.221 8.5 2.5 2.4 0.95 0.6 31
1939 31 11 8 .579 3.40 172.0 165 72 65 6 55 66 2 1.279 8.6 2.9 3.5 1.20 0.3 34
1940 32 8 9 .471 4.21 154.0 162 80 72 7 68 86 0 1.494 9.5 4.0 5.0 1.26 0.4 31
1941 33 2 3 .400 4.21 47.0 45 24 22 3 23 20 0 1.447 8.6 4.4 3.8 0.87 0.6 15
1942 34 3 2 .600 3.80 45.0 49 21 19 4 18 22 0 1.489 9.8 3.6 4.4 1.22 0.8 10
1943 35 2 3 .400 5.26 53.0 64 34 31 1 28 18 0 1.736 10.9 4.8 3.1 0.64 0.2 18
1944 36 18 9 .667 2.93 249.0 258 90 81 10 80 98 1 1.357 9.3 2.9 3.5 1.23 0.4 38
1945 37 4 5 .444 4.24 87.0 76 46 41 6 38 31 2 1.310 7.9 3.9 3.2 0.82 0.6 14
1946 38 13 8 .619 3.25 191.0 210 77 69 5 61 56 3 1.419 9.9 2.9 2.6 0.92 0.2 27
1947 39 12 9 .571 3.53 191.0 182 83 75 18 68 69 1 1.309 8.6 3.2 3.3 1.01 0.8 26
1948 40 8 8 .500 4.10 145.0 147 73 66 13 42 46 1 1.303 9.1 2.6 2.9 1.10 0.8 23
15 Yrs 138 100 .580 3.51 2186.0 2150 946 853 103 822 819 21 1.360 8.9 3.4 1.00 0.4 390

* 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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1944 NL  5.6 (8th)
1946 NL  6.4 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1934 AL  5.0 (6th)
1944 NL  5.4 (3rd)
1946 NL  5.4 (3rd)
Career  32.0 (206th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 AL  3.49 (7th)
1944 NL  2.81 (6th)
1946 NL  2.84 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 AL  .722 (4th)
1944 NL  .619 (8th)
1946 NL  .565 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 AL  2.955 (9th)
1946 NL  2.607 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  4.483 (7th)
1944 NL  3.544 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL  43 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (9th)
1939 AL  4 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 NL  246.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  97 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  17 (8th)
1946 NL  16 (4th)
1947 NL  12 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  18 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  99 (10th)
Career  835 (214th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  247 (9th)
1946 NL  193 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  1.071 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  0.317 (4th)
1936 AL  0.399 (7th)
1939 AL  0.339 (2nd)
1946 NL  0.233 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1934 AL  13 (10th)
1936 AL  16 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1934 AL  6 (4th)
1935 AL  5 (10th)
1936 AL  8 (6th)
1938 AL  5 (10th)
1939 AL  5 (8th)
1942 AL  5 (6th)
1944 NL  6 (5th)
1947 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 NL  1,047 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1934 AL  136 (3rd)
1944 NL  132 (6th)
1946 NL  125 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1934 AL  24 (6th)
1944 NL  22 (8th)
1946 NL  15 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1934 AL  2.4 (6th)
1944 NL  2.3 (8th)
1946 NL  1.7 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1946 NL  born 1907-09-15 (10th)
1947 NL  born 1907-09-15 (5th)
1948 NL  born 1907-09-15 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 50 (517), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Denny Galehouse (954)
  2. Sam Gray (944)
  3. Danny Jackson (943)
  4. Thornton Lee (943)
  5. Milt Wilcox (941)
  6. Tommy Thomas (940)
  7. Hal Carlson (936)
  8. Buddy Black (935)
  9. Ken Hill (931)
  10. Ray Herbert (931)
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  1. Clyde Wright (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Fritz Clausen (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Heintzelman (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Butler (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cliff Chambers (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Milnar (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Milnar (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Max Surkont (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Max Surkont (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Max Surkont (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ken Heintzelman (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Foreman (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Foreman (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Thornton Lee (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Thornton Lee (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Frederick Fritz Raymond Ostermueller

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