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Jim Owens

James Philip Owens (Bear)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 16, 1934 in Gifford, PA
High School: Bradford HS (Bradford, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1955
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros/Colt.45's/Reds 1955-1967

Final Game: June 20, 1967
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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
1951	17	PHI-min	D	6	3	.667	4.33	23	13					108.0	99	67	52		93								1.778	8.2		7.8			BDF · PONY
1952	18	PHI-min	D	22	7	.759	1.76	35						245.0	137	86	48	3	170								1.253	5.0	0.1	6.2			MIM · KOML
1953	19	PHI-min	B	22	8	.733	2.51	42	29					244.0	167	92	68	9	139								1.254	6.2	0.3	5.1			TER · IIIL
1954	20	PHI-min	AAA	17	9	.654	2.87	36	31		14	5		223.0	183	87	71	4	127		150	2	0	9			1.390	7.4	0.2	5.1	6.1	1.18	SYR · IL
1955	21	PHI-min	AAA	15	11	.577	3.11	31	27		18	0		211.0	171	90	73	10	124		161	2	0	13			1.398	7.3	0.4	5.3	6.9	1.30	SYR · IL
1955	21	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	8.31	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	13	8	8	2	7	0	6	0	0	0	43	50	2.308	13.5	2.1	7.3	6.2	0.86
1956	22	PHI-min	AAA	5	7	.417	2.86	15	14		6	1		104.0	94	42	33	4	57		62	1	0	1			1.452	8.1	0.3	4.9	5.4	1.09	MIA · IL
1956	22	PHI	NL	0	4	.000	7.28	10	5	1	0	0	0	29.2	35	26	24	3	22	1	22	2	0	0	141	51	1.921	10.6	0.9	6.7	6.7	1.00
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958	24	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	4	2	1	5	0	3	0	0	2	31	164	1.286	5.1	1.3	6.4	3.9	0.60
1959	25	PHI	NL	12	12	.500	3.21	31	30	1	11	1	1	221.1	203	97	79	14	73	11	135	4	0	8	925	127	1.247	8.3	0.6	3.0	5.5	1.85
1960	26	PHI	NL	4	14	.222	5.04	31	22	2	6	0	0	150.0	182	95	84	21	64	7	83	1	0	9	686	77	1.640	10.9	1.3	3.8	5.0	1.30
1961	27	PHI	NL	5	10	.333	4.47	20	17	1	3	0	0	106.2	119	62	53	8	32	2	38	0	0	7	458	90	1.416	10.0	0.7	2.7	3.2	1.19
1962	28	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	6.33	23	12	6	1	0	0	69.2	90	53	49	12	33	1	21	0	1	3	321	61	1.766	11.6	1.6	4.3	2.7	0.64
1963	29	CIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.21	8	7					57.0	44	17	14	2	13		53						1.000	6.9	0.3	2.1	8.4	4.08	SDG · PCL
1963	29	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	5.31	19	3	6	0	0	4	42.1	42	28	25	6	24	2	29	0	5	3	192	63	1.559	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.2	1.21
1964	30	HOU	NL	8	7	.533	3.28	48	11	23	0	0	6	118.0	115	48	43	7	32	6	88	0	0	5	489	105	1.246	8.8	0.5	2.4	6.7	2.75
1965	31	HOU	NL	6	5	.545	3.28	50	0	26	0	0	8	71.1	64	28	26	4	29	8	53	0	0	3	306	102	1.304	8.1	0.5	3.7	6.7	1.83
1966	32	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	6	0		0	0		8.0	14	8	8	1	5	1	5	0	0	2			2.375	15.8	1.1	5.6	5.6	1.00	OKC · PCL
1966	32	HOU	NL	4	7	.364	4.68	40	0	27	0	0	2	50.0	53	29	26	5	17	7	32	1	0	3	219	74	1.400	9.5	0.9	3.1	5.8	1.88
1967	33	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	4.22	10	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	12	5	5	1	2	1	6	0	0	1	43	81	1.313	10.1	0.8	1.7	5.1	3.00
12 Yrs				42	68	.382	4.31	286	103	96	21	1	21	885.1	932	483	424	84	340	46	516	8	6	44	3854	88	1.437	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.2	1.52
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.382	4.31	50	18	17	4	0	4	155	163	84	74	15	59	8	90	1	1	8	674	88	1.437	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.2	1.52

PHI (7 yrs)				24	46	.343	4.54	119	89	11	21	1	1	593.0	646	345	299	61	236	22	308	7	1	29	2605	88	1.487	9.8	0.9	3.6	4.7	1.31
HOU (4 yrs)				18	20	.474	3.60	148	11	79	0	0	16	250.0	244	110	100	17	80	22	179	1	0	12	1057	95	1.296	8.8	0.6	2.9	6.4	2.24
CIN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.31	19	3	6	0	0	4	42.1	42	28	25	6	24	2	29	0	5	3	192	63	1.559	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.2	1.21

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
1955	21	PHI	NL	8.2	3	2	8	8.31	4.90	0.30	0.00	96.7	4.45	-4	-0.3	.3	0.0	-0.2	-3	.390	.498	$
1956	22	PHI	NL	29.2	10	5	26	7.89	4.25	-0.17	0.00	99.2	4.39	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-8	.393	.493	$

1958	24	PHI	NL	7.0	1	1	4	5.14	4.86	-0.36	0.00	80.0	4.18	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.0	0	.425	.500	$
1959	25	PHI	NL	221.1	31	30	97	3.94	4.54	-0.16	0.00	103.8	4.87	21	2.4	2.4	-0.1	4.2	47	.576	.515	$
1960	26	PHI	NL	150.0	31	22	95	5.70	4.38	-0.23	0.04	102.7	4.77	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	0	.447	.490	$
1961	27	PHI	NL	106.2	20	17	62	5.23	4.65	-0.07	0.06	100.3	4.79	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.0	0.4	7	.473	.497	$
1962	28	PHI	NL	69.2	23	12	53	6.85	4.41	-0.04	-0.01	100.3	4.46	-19	-1.8	.1	0.2	-1.0	-10	.420	.489	$
1963	29	CIN	NL	42.1	19	3	28	5.95	3.89	-0.08	-0.11	101.9	3.92	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.442	.493	$
1964	30	HOU	NL	118.0	48	11	48	3.66	4.06	-0.36	-0.05	97.6	4.26	7	0.8	1.4	-0.1	1.8	20	.516	.505	$
1965	31	HOU	NL	71.1	50	0	28	3.53	4.16	-0.39	-0.17	95.5	4.18	5	0.6	1.7	0.1	1.3	12	.512	.504	$
1966	32	HOU	NL	50.0	40	0	29	5.22	4.24	-0.47	-0.17	95.1	4.31	-6	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	-0.4	0	.484	.496	$
1967	33	HOU	NL	10.2	10	0	5	4.22	3.85	-0.50	-0.16	96.2	4.03	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.0	0.0	1	.496	.500	$
12 Seasons				885.1	286	103	483	4.91	4.36	-0.21	-0.03	100.3	4.56	-38	-3.6	1.3	-0.4	4.1	60	.488	.498	$

PHI (7 yrs)				593.0	119	89	345	5.24	4.50	-0.14	0.02	101.9	4.74	-34	-3.1	.7	-0.1	2.2	32	.474	.497	$
HOU (4 yrs)				250.0	148	11	110	3.96	4.12	-0.40	-0.12	96.5	4.24	6	0.7	1.5	-0.2	2.7	34	.505	.501	$
CIN (1 yr)				42.1	19	3	28	5.95	3.89	-0.08	-0.11	101.9	3.92	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.442	.493	$

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
1955	21	PHI	NL	3	43	34	8	13	2	2	2	0	2	7	6	.382	.488	.735	1.223	.423	25	1	0	2	0	0	0
1956	22	PHI	NL	10	141	112	26	35	7	2	3	2	1	22	22	.313	.431	.491	.922	.364	55	4	2	4	1	1	1

1958	24	PHI	NL	1	31	26	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	5	3	.154	.290	.346	.636	.136	9	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	25	PHI	NL	31	925	833	97	203	33	10	14	8	7	73	135	.244	.306	.358	.663	.274	298	21	4	9	6	11	19
1960	26	PHI	NL	31	686	608	95	182	25	9	21	8	7	64	83	.299	.365	.474	.839	.317	288	7	1	9	4	7	12
1961	27	PHI	NL	20	459	414	62	119	22	9	8	6	2	32	38	.287	.335	.442	.777	.298	183	14	0	7	5	2	7
1962	28	PHI	NL	23	321	283	53	90	13	4	12	2	4	33	21	.318	.388	.519	.907	.311	147	5	0	4	1	1	3
1963	29	CIN	NL	19	192	162	28	42	5	3	6	7	1	24	29	.259	.353	.438	.791	.281	71	0	0	5	1	2	3
1964	30	HOU	NL	48	489	438	48	115	12	8	7	7	5	32	88	.263	.310	.374	.685	.311	164	9	0	14	4	6	3
1965	31	HOU	NL	50	305	268	28	64	13	3	4	3	2	29	53	.239	.311	.354	.666	.282	95	4	0	6	2	8	6
1966	32	HOU	NL	40	220	195	29	53	3	2	5	4	0	17	32	.272	.330	.385	.715	.300	75	5	1	5	2	7	3
1967	33	HOU	NL	10	45	41	5	12	1	1	1	0	0	2	6	.293	.326	.439	.765	.324	18	1	0	2	0	1	0
12 Yrs				286	3857	3414	483	932	138	53	84	47	31	340	516	.273	.338	.418	.756	.299	1428	71	8	67	26	46	58
162 Game Avg.				50	674	597	84	163	24	9	15	8	5	59	90	.273	.338	.418	.756	.299	250	12	1	12	5	8	10
MLB Averages																.253	.319	.383	.703	.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
1955	21	PHI	NL	-3.6	-0.3	45	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.89	-0.5	0.2	-4.5	-0.4	0.89	-5.9	0	0	1
1956	22	PHI	NL	-11.1	-1.1	145	-1.3	2.1	-3.4	1.01	-0.8	-0.4	-9.6	-0.9	1.01	-9.1	1	0	4

1958	24	PHI	NL	0.4	0.0	33	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	1.35	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.35	-0.2	0	0	0
1959	25	PHI	NL	17.9	1.9	950	2.3	19.9	-17.7	1.17	2.1	-0.1	17.0	1.7	1.17	22.7	1	0	0
1960	26	PHI	NL	-18.7	-1.9	716	-2.8	12.5	-15.3	1.10	-3.0	0.5	-24.6	-2.4	1.10	-32.6	3	1	5
1961	27	PHI	NL	-5.4	-0.5	476	-0.5	9.0	-9.4	1.09	-0.5	0.0	-4.6	-0.4	1.09	-6.6	1	0	2
1962	28	PHI	NL	-17.9	-1.7	333	-1.8	4.0	-5.7	.75	-1.4	-1.0	-18.9	-1.8	0.75	-17.0	0	0	9
1963	29	CIN	NL	-8.4	-0.9	212	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	.79	-1.1	-0.1	-9.4	-1.0	0.79	-10.8	4	2	8
1964	30	HOU	NL	2.7	0.3	509	-0.0	9.7	-9.8	1.20	0.4	-0.5	2.1	0.2	1.20	2.8	13	7	17
1965	31	HOU	NL	1.3	0.1	315	0.6	8.0	-7.4	1.58	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.58	-0.6	22	6	22
1966	32	HOU	NL	-7.2	-0.8	228	-2.1	4.1	-6.1	1.26	-1.1	-0.6	-10.4	-1.1	1.26	-8.3	17	6	16
1967	33	HOU	NL	-0.7	-0.1	46	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.46	0.2	-0.9	-0.9	-0.1	0.46	0.7	1	1	8
12 Yrs				-50.6	-4.9	4008	-7.3	73.2	-80.5	1.12	-5.7	-0.8	-64.6	-6.3	1.12	-65.1	63	23	92

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
1955	21	PHI	NL	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.5	39	32	2	0	0	1	3.5	0.0	3.5
1956	22	PHI	NL	10	5	0	3	2	0	0	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	0	0%	33.4	43	24	7	3	1	3	3.9	4.5	3.5

1958	24	PHI	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	55.0	55	55	0	0	0	1	6.0	7.7	7.0
1959	25	PHI	NL	31	30	12	12	6	0	4	12	18	.400	1	4	11	1	19	63%	55.6	79	23	13	7	9	12	3.4	3.2	7.3
1960	26	PHI	NL	31	22	4	13	5	0	4	6	16	.273	1	5	6	0	9	41%	44.8	78	20	19	8	7	8	3.3	3.4	5.9
1961	27	PHI	NL	20	17	5	9	3	1	3	7	10	.412	1	2	3	0	8	47%	46.6	69	24	14	8	5	8	3.1	3.2	5.9
1962	28	PHI	NL	23	12	2	4	6	0	0	4	8	.333	1	1	1	0	3	25%	38.8	57	26	7	2	0	12	5.1	6.9	4.0
1963	29	CIN	NL	19	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.000	1	1	0	0	1	33%	40.0	55	24	6	2	0	3	5.1	2.5	3.2
1964	30	HOU	NL	48	11	2	5	4	0	1	4	7	.364	1	3	0	0	5	45%	46.8	69	33	18	4	3	6	3.4	2.1	5.3
9 Yrs				186	103	26	49	28	1	12	36	67	.350	6	17	21	1	46	45%	47	79	20	86	34	25	54	3.6	3.5	5.8
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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1955	21	PHI	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	5	.887	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0
1956	22	PHI	NL	10	5	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	2	1.010	1	0	4	1	0	4	2	3	5	0	5	0	7.4

1959	25	PHI	NL	31	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0%	8	1.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0
1960	26	PHI	NL	31	9	2	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	6	5	83%	7	1.104	3	1	5	3	1	5	4	5	8	1	8	0	6.7
1961	27	PHI	NL	20	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	1.092	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	3	0	7.0
1962	28	PHI	NL	23	11	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.752	0	0	9	0	0	11	0	11	9	0	9	1	6.0
1963	29	CIN	NL	19	16	6	0	1	5	4	1	80%	6	1	10	3	30%	7	.790	4	2	8	6	1	9	5	11	12	2	12	2	6.1
1964	30	HOU	NL	48	37	23	6	2	9	6	3	67%	10	0	28	9	32%	8	1.204	13	7	17	10	4	23	17	20	21	7	21	7	4.9
1965	31	HOU	NL	50	50	26	6	5	12	8	4	67%	14	1	36	12	33%	9	1.581	22	6	22	15	10	25	21	29	21	13	23	11	4.3
1966	32	HOU	NL	40	40	27	4	7	7	2	5	29%	8	1	34	14	41%	9	1.261	17	6	16	9	8	23	18	22	16	10	17	9	3.8
1967	33	HOU	NL	10	10	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	7	.458	1	1	8	1	0	9	3	7	3	4	3	0	3.2
11 Yrs				285	183	96	16	19	35	21	14	60%	41	4	127	47	37%		1.119	63	23	92	46	25	112	73	110	100	37	103	30	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	21	PHI	NL	43	63%	4.7%	14.0%	16.3%	14.0%	46%	2.00	60%	8	1	13%
1956	22	PHI	NL	141	62%	2.1%	15.6%	15.6%	8.5%	34%	1.17	62%	33	4	12%

1958	24	PHI	NL	31	42%	3.2%	9.7%	16.1%	9.7%	75%	1.00	71%	5	0	0%
1959	25	PHI	NL	925	54%	1.5%	14.6%	7.9%	6.2%	28%	1.16	75%	165	21	13%
1960	26	PHI	NL	686	56%	3.1%	12.1%	9.3%	8.0%	30%	0.89	74%	125	7	6%
1961	27	PHI	NL	459	57%	1.7%	8.3%	7.0%	8.5%	33%	0.83	81%	95	14	15%
1962	28	PHI	NL	321	68%	3.7%	6.5%	10.3%	9.0%	32%	1.00	78%	67	5	7%
1963	29	CIN	NL	192	58%	3.1%	15.1%	12.5%	7.3%	33%	1.11	67%	37	0	0%
1964	30	HOU	NL	489	54%	1.4%	18.0%	6.5%	5.5%	24%	1.52	71%	88	9	10%
1965	31	HOU	NL	305	58%	1.3%	17.4%	9.5%	6.6%	31%	1.29	70%	54	4	7%
1966	32	HOU	NL	220	61%	2.3%	14.6%	7.7%	4.6%	19%	1.16	73%	56	5	9%
1967	33	HOU	NL	45	64%	2.2%	13.3%	4.4%	6.7%	25%	0.86	76%	8	1	13%
12 Yrs				3857	57%	2.2%	13.4%	8.8%	7.1%	30%	1.09	74%	741	71	10%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.3%	8.6%	6.5%	28%	1.05	74%			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
1955	21	PHI	NL	43	13			2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	21	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	22	PHI	NL	141	35			3	0	4	2	1	1	2	16	7	1	44%	1	0	0	60	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1958	24	PHI	NL	31	4			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0%	1	2	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1959	25	PHI	NL	925	203			14	0	13	9	5	4	10	55	32	8	58%	19	8	1	330	8	7	53%	7	7	1	0	0	0	4	0	21	0
1960	26	PHI	NL	686	182			21	0	11	15	6	14	7	37	17	4	46%	12	9	4	282	8	7	53%	6	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	21	0
1961	27	PHI	NL	459	119			8	0	0	3	5	3	5	29	19	3	66%	7	7	4	184	6	2	75%	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	0
1962	28	PHI	NL	321	90			12	2	6	10	2	4	8	28	12	3	43%	3	3	1	122	2	4	33%	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
1963	29	CIN	NL	192	42			6	0	1	5	1	1	5	15	7	1	47%	3	3	2	79	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1964	30	HOU	NL	489	115			7	0	14	4	3	3	4	39	26	5	67%	3	5	4	170	7	5	58%	6	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	19	0
1965	31	HOU	NL	305	64			4	0	5	3	1	1	3	24	15	4	63%	6	3	1	131	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1966	32	HOU	NL	220	53			5	0	9	4	1	2	3	21	10	1	48%	3	3	2	99	4	0	100%	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
1967	33	HOU	NL	45	12			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0%	0	1	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12 Yrs				3857	932			84	2	65	58	26	36	48	272	146	33	54%	58	44	19	1503	47	31	60%	39	27	6	3	2	1	7	1	128	0
MLB Averages																		51%							61%

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+
1955	21	0	2	.000	8.31	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	13	8	8	2	7	0	6	0	0	0	43	50	2.308	13.5	2.1	7.3	6.2	0.86	50
1956	22	0	6	.000	7.51	13	7	1	0	0	0	38.1	48	34	32	5	29	1	28	2	0	0	184	51	2.009	11.3	1.2	6.8	6.6	0.97	51
1957	23	0	6	.000	7.51	13	7	1	0	0	0	38.1	48	34	32	5	29	1	28	2	0	0	184	51	2.009	11.3	1.2	6.8	6.6	0.97	51
1958	24	1	6	.143	6.75	14	8	1	0	0	0	45.1	52	38	34	6	34	1	31	2	0	2	215	58	1.897	10.3	1.2	6.8	6.2	0.91	58
1959	25	13	18	.419	3.81	45	38	2	11	1	1	266.2	255	135	113	20	107	12	166	6	0	10	1140	106	1.358	8.6	0.7	3.6	5.6	1.55	106
1960	26	17	32	.347	4.26	76	60	4	17	1	1	416.2	437	230	197	41	171	19	249	7	0	19	1826	94	1.459	9.4	0.9	3.7	5.4	1.46	94
1961	27	22	42	.344	4.30	96	77	5	20	1	1	523.1	556	292	250	49	203	21	287	7	0	26	2284	93	1.450	9.6	0.8	3.5	4.9	1.41	93
1962	28	24	46	.343	4.54	119	89	11	21	1	1	593.0	646	345	299	61	236	22	308	7	1	29	2605	88	1.487	9.8	0.9	3.6	4.7	1.31	88
1963	29	24	48	.333	4.59	138	92	17	21	1	5	635.1	688	373	324	67	260	24	337	7	6	32	2797	86	1.492	9.7	0.9	3.7	4.8	1.30	86
1964	30	32	55	.368	4.38	186	103	40	21	1	11	753.1	803	421	367	74	292	30	425	7	6	37	3286	88	1.454	9.6	0.9	3.5	5.1	1.46	88
1965	31	38	60	.388	4.29	236	103	66	21	1	19	824.2	867	449	393	78	321	38	478	7	6	40	3592	89	1.441	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.2	1.49	89
1966	32	42	67	.385	4.31	276	103	93	21	1	21	874.2	920	478	419	83	338	45	510	8	6	43	3811	88	1.438	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.2	1.51	88
1967	33	42	68	.382	4.31	286	103	96	21	1	21	885.1	932	483	424	84	340	46	516	8	6	44	3854	88	1.437	9.5	0.9	3.5	5.2	1.52	88

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
1955	21	0	0		9.00	8.0	14	9	8	2	8	5	0	2.750	15.8	9.0	5.6	0.63	2.3	3
1956	22	1	2	.333	8.36	28.0	38	29	26	3	24	21	2	2.214	12.2	7.7	6.8	0.88	1.0	10

1958	24	0	0		2.25	8.0	4	2	2	1	5	3	0	1.125	4.5	5.6	3.4	0.60	1.1	1
1959	25	15	10	.600	3.19	226.0	209	89	80	14	75	138	4	1.257	8.3	3.0	5.5	1.84	0.6	31
1960	26	6	10	.375	5.24	153.0	191	99	89	22	67	84	1	1.686	11.2	3.9	4.9	1.25	1.3	31
1961	27	5	6	.455	4.50	108.0	123	60	54	8	33	38	0	1.444	10.3	2.8	3.2	1.15	0.7	20
1962	28	2	5	.286	6.68	66.0	90	54	49	12	33	20	0	1.864	12.3	4.5	2.7	0.61	1.6	23
1963	29	1	3	.250	6.30	40.0	45	31	28	6	26	28	0	1.775	10.1	5.9	6.3	1.08	1.4	19
1964	30	6	6	.500	3.97	111.0	123	54	49	7	34	83	0	1.414	10.0	2.8	6.7	2.44	0.6	48
1965	31	4	3	.571	3.97	68.0	68	33	30	4	31	51	0	1.456	9.0	4.1	6.8	1.65	0.5	50
1966	32	2	3	.400	5.63	48.0	57	33	30	5	18	31	1	1.563	10.7	3.4	5.8	1.72	0.9	40
1967	33	0	1	.000	6.00	9.0	13	7	6	1	2	5	0	1.667	13.0	2.0	5.0	2.50	1.0	10
12 Yrs		42	49	.462	4.65	873.0	975	500	451	85	356	507	8	1.525	10.1		5.2	1.42	0.9	286

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1959 NL 4.2 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1959 NL 8.255 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1959 NL 5.490 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1965 NL 8 (9th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1959 NL 0.569 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1960 NL 14 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1959 NL 8 (5th) 1960 NL 9 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1959 NL 128 (6th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1959 NL 2.3 (9th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1959 NL 2.1 (9th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Ryan Franklin (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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