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Erv Palica

Ervin Martin Palica
born Ervin Martin Pavliecivich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 9, 1928 in Lomita, CA
High School: Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1945
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Orioles 1945-1956

Final Game: September 24, 1956
Died: May 29, 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA
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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
1945	17	LAD-min	B,A1	12	10	.545	2.84	29	2					171.0	166	81	54	0	116								1.649	8.7	0.0	6.1			NNW,MOB · PIED,SOUA
1946	18	LAD-min	B	15	6	.714	2.51	28						215.0	187	79	60		86								1.270	7.8		3.6			AVL · TRIS
1947	19	LAD-min	AAA	12	10	.545	4.18	29	25		12	2		181.0	164	94	84		87		84	3	0	2			1.387	8.2		4.3	4.2	0.97	MTL · IL
1947	19	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	15	154	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
1948	20	BRO	NL	6	6	.500	4.45	41	10	14	3	0	3	125.1	111	63	62	13	58		74	3	0	3	531	90	1.348	8.0	0.9	4.2	5.3	1.28
1949	21	BRO	NL	8	9	.471	3.62	49	1	27	0	0	6	97.0	93	43	39	6	49		44	1	0	2	413	114	1.464	8.6	0.6	4.5	4.1	0.90
1950	22	BRO	NL	13	8	.619	3.58	43	19	8	10	2	1	201.1	176	89	80	13	98		131	2	0	4	850	115	1.361	7.9	0.6	4.4	5.9	1.34
1951	23	BRO	NL	2	6	.250	4.75	19	8	6	0	0	0	53.0	55	28	28	10	20		15	0	0	2	232	83	1.415	9.3	1.7	3.4	2.5	0.75

1953	25	BRO	NL	0	0		12.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	8	8	1	8		3	0	0	1	35	38	3.000	15.0	1.5	12.0	4.5	0.38
1954	26	BRO	NL	3	3	.500	5.32	25	3	9	0	0	0	67.2	77	45	40	9	31		25	1	0	3	311	78	1.596	10.2	1.2	4.1	3.3	0.81
1955	27	BAL	AL	5	11	.313	4.14	33	25	5	5	1	2	169.2	165	91	78	10	83	4	68	2	0	5	741	91	1.462	8.8	0.5	4.4	3.6	0.82
1956	28	BAL	AL	4	11	.267	4.49	29	14	5	2	0	0	116.1	117	64	58	10	50	3	62	1	0	4	512	86	1.436	9.1	0.8	3.9	4.8	1.24
1957	29	BAL-min	Opn	15	12	.556	2.80	36	29		16	2		224.2	232	83	70	13	52		95	3	1	4			1.264	9.3	0.5	2.1	3.8	1.83	VAN · PCL
1958	30	BAL-min	AAA	15	13	.536	3.54	34	29		15	5		211.0	217	100	83	14	54		84	3	0	4			1.284	9.3	0.6	2.3	3.6	1.56	VAN · PCL
1959	31	BAL-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.14	30	26		9	1		185.0	219	93	85	22	25		54	3	0	0			1.319	10.7	1.1	1.2	2.6	2.16	VAN · PCL
1960	32	CIN-BOS-min	AAA	15	9	.625	2.58	31	25					213.0	208	64	61	7	52								1.221	8.8	0.3	2.2			SLE,MNE · PCL,AA
1961	33	BOS-min	AAA	8	4	.667	5.13	27	27					149.0	182	89	85	20	40								1.490	11.0	1.2	2.4			SLE · PCL
1962	34	BOS-ANA-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.49	28	12		5	0		116.0	112	55	45	19	31	5	61	2	0	2			1.233	8.7	1.5	2.4	4.7	1.97	SLE,HAW · PCL
1963	35	ANA-min	A,AAA	2	4	.333	4.17	22	3					41.0	45	22	19	5	7		4						1.268	9.9	1.1	1.5	0.9	0.57	SJO,HAW · CALL,PCL
9 Yrs				41	55	.427	4.22	246	80	76	20	3	12	839.1	806	432	394	72	399	7	423	11	0	24	3640	95	1.436	8.6	0.8	4.3	4.5	1.06
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.427	4.22	51	17	16	4	1	3	175	168	90	82	15	83		88	2	0	5	759	95	1.436	8.6	0.8	4.3	4.5	1.06

BRO (7 yrs)				32	33	.492	4.20	184	41	66	13	2	10	553.1	524	277	258	52	266		293	8	0	15	2387	97	1.428	8.5	0.8	4.3	4.8	1.10
BAL (2 yrs)				9	22	.290	4.28	62	39	10	7	1	2	286.0	282	155	136	20	133	7	130	3	0	9	1253	89	1.451	8.9	0.6	4.2	4.1	0.98

NL (7 yrs)				32	33	.492	4.20	184	41	66	13	2	10	553.1	524	277	258	52	266		293	8	0	15	2387	97	1.428	8.5	0.8	4.3	4.8	1.10
AL (2 yrs)				9	22	.290	4.28	62	39	10	7	1	2	286.0	282	155	136	20	133	7	130	3	0	9	1253	89	1.451	8.9	0.6	4.2	4.1	0.98

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
1947	19	BRO	NL	3.0	3	0	1	3.00	5.74	0.30	0.00	99.7	5.42	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.527	.501	$
1948	20	BRO	NL	125.1	41	10	63	4.52	4.45	0.12	0.00	102.6	4.44	-1	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	1.0	13	.496	.499	$
1949	21	BRO	NL	97.0	49	1	43	3.99	4.52	0.27	0.00	100.7	4.28	3	0.3	1.7	-0.0	1.2	14	.506	.502	$
1950	22	BRO	NL	201.1	43	19	89	3.98	4.61	0.17	0.00	98.8	4.38	10	1.1	.9	-0.2	2.8	32	.525	.507	$
1951	23	BRO	NL	53.0	19	8	28	4.75	4.47	0.29	0.00	99.7	4.17	-3	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.481	.498	$

1953	25	BRO	NL	6.0	4	0	8	12.00	4.39	0.40	0.00	97.1	3.88	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.3	-5	.381	.497	$
1954	26	BRO	NL	67.2	25	3	45	5.99	4.53	0.18	0.00	102.1	4.44	-11	-1.1	.8	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.455	.493	$
1955	27	BAL	AL	169.2	33	25	91	4.83	4.63	-0.36	0.00	97.2	4.86	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.1	1.0	16	.497	.499	$
1956	28	BAL	AL	116.1	29	14	64	4.95	5.11	-0.26	0.00	92.8	4.98	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.1	0.7	11	.498	.500	$
9 Seasons				839.1	246	80	432	4.63	4.64	0.02	0.00	98.7	4.55	-9	-0.8	1.2	-0.6	6.0	82	.497	.499	$

BRO (7 yrs)				553.1	184	41	277	4.51	4.54	0.19	0.00	100.4	4.36	-8	-0.7	1.3	-0.3	4.3	55	.496	.499	$
BAL (2 yrs)				286.0	62	39	155	4.88	4.83	-0.32	0.00	95.4	4.91	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.2	1.7	27	.498	.500	$

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
1949	21	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00

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	20	BRO	NL	41	532	466	63	111	25	6	13	5	4	58	74	.238	.326	.401	.728	.259	187	11	3	5	0		4
1949	21	BRO	NL	49	417	360	43	93	16	6	6	1	4	49	44	.258	.349	.386	.735	.281	139	9	1	7	0		5
1950	22	BRO	NL	43	860	753	89	176	30	6	13	11	8	98	131	.234	.324	.341	.665	.268	257	18	2	6	0		9
1951	23	BRO	NL	19	232	212	28	55	8	2	10	0	1	20	15	.259	.323	.458	.781	.241	97	3	0	0	0		5

1953	25	BRO	NL	4	35	27	8	10	0	1	1	0	0	8	3	.370	.514	.556	1.070	.391	15	0	0	0	0		0
1954	26	BRO	NL	25	311	270	45	77	15	2	9	4	2	31	25	.285	.357	.456	.813	.285	123	4	1	6	3		3
1955	27	BAL	AL	33	741	634	91	165	26	12	10	8	7	83	68	.260	.342	.386	.728	.273	245	15	2	10	12	4	9
1956	28	BAL	AL	29	512	442	64	117	17	7	10	4	1	50	62	.265	.336	.403	.739	.284	178	7	1	12	7	3	7
8 Yrs				243	3640	3164	431	804	137	42	72	33	27	397	422	.254	.337	.392	.729	.272	1241	67	10	46	22	7	42
162 Game Avg.				51	766	666	91	169	29	9	15	7	6	84	89	.254	.337	.392	.729	.272	261	14	2	10	5		9
MLB Averages																.260	.335	.366	.701	.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
1948	20	BRO	NL	-2.9	-0.3	545	-0.6	9.2	-9.8	1.00	0.1	-0.7	3.6	0.4	1.00	1.7	12	2	16
1949	21	BRO	NL	6.0	0.6	426	-0.0	10.4	-10.4	1.38	0.6	-0.6	5.3	0.5	1.38	5.8	23	8	17
1950	22	BRO	NL	12.9	1.3	879	2.1	15.7	-13.6	1.00	2.4	-0.3	16.4	1.6	1.00	24.2	5	6	13
1951	23	BRO	NL	-3.2	-0.3	238	-0.5	3.6	-4.1	.90	-0.5	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.90	-5.1	4	0	6

1953	25	BRO	NL	-4.5	-0.4	36	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.60	-0.4	0.0	-5.3	-0.5	0.60	-3.8	1	0	2
1954	26	BRO	NL	-8.8	-0.8	318	-1.6	4.4	-5.9	.84	-1.0	-0.9	-11.3	-1.1	0.84	-9.5	5	6	10
1955	27	BAL	AL	-7.7	-0.8	763	-1.4	11.4	-12.8	.93	-0.6	-0.9	-6.2	-0.6	0.93	-6.7	5	0	1
1956	28	BAL	AL	-7.1	-0.7	522	-1.3	6.6	-7.9	.81	-0.5	-1.1	-11.8	-1.2	0.81	-3.4	2	3	9
9 Yrs				-14.6	-1.4	3727	-3.4	61.6	-65.0	.98	0.0	-3.5	-11.3	-1.0	0.98	3.1	57	25	74

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
1948	20	BRO	NL	41	10	3	3	4	0	0	4	6	.400	3	0	3	0	5	50%	50.5	71	30	22	9	5	2	4.9	5.8	6.0
1949	21	BRO	NL	49	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	21	7	1	0	4.5	0.0	5.3
1950	22	BRO	NL	43	19	11	6	2	2	1	12	7	.632	0	1	10	2	11	58%	56.6	83	25	13	4	12	1	5.6	5.5	7.9
1951	23	BRO	NL	19	8	0	5	3	0	1	2	6	.250	0	1	0	0	1	13%	40.9	66	29	8	1	2	3	4.3	2.5	3.4

1954	26	BRO	NL	25	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	2	67%	46.7	55	32	10	3	1	0	4.5	3.9	5.2
1955	27	BAL	AL	33	25	5	11	9	0	2	9	15	.375	3	4	5	1	10	40%	48.1	77	28	18	10	8	12	3.6	3.9	6.1
1956	28	BAL	AL	29	14	2	9	3	1	2	5	9	.357	0	2	2	0	5	36%	47.1	69	25	14	3	3	5	3.0	2.7	6.2
7 Yrs				239	80	21	35	24	3	6	34	45	.430	6	10	20	3	34	43%	49	83	25	106	37	32	23	4.2	4.3	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	118	-11					4.5	4.5	6.6

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
1947	19	BRO	NL	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0														1	2		0	3.0
1948	20	BRO	NL	41	31	14	3	3	5	3	2	60%	7	2	30	8	27%	8	.999	12	2	16	9	2	20	16	15	19	8	21	8	6.3
1949	21	BRO	NL	49	48	27	8	9	10	6	4	60%	10	0	49	18	37%	8	1.383	23	8	17	13	13	22	27	21	25	11	25	11	5.7
1950	22	BRO	NL	43	24	8	2	2	1	1	0	100%	2	0	27	7	26%	6	1.004	5	6	13	4	3	17	14	10	16	6	16	5	6.4
1951	23	BRO	NL	19	11	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	8	0	0%	9	.899	4	0	6	0	2	9	3	8	6	1	6	1	7.1

1953	25	BRO	NL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	8	.603	1	0	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.5
1954	26	BRO	NL	25	22	9	3	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	13	6	46%	5	.839	5	6	10	3	1	18	7	15	17	2	17	2	7.1
1955	27	BAL	AL	33	8	5	0	0	2	2	0	100%	2	0	13	5	38%	8	.933	5	0	1	3	0	5	5	3	4	2	4	1	6.4
1956	28	BAL	AL	29	15	5	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	9	8	89%	6	.814	2	3	9	1	2	12	5	10	8	4	9	2	5.9
9 Yrs				246	166	76	20	20	19	12	7	63%	24	3	152	53	35%		.981	57	25	74	33	24	106	79	84	97	38	99	30	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	19	BRO	NL	15		0.0%	6.7%	13.3%				60%
1948	20	BRO	NL	532	63%	2.4%	13.9%	10.9%	8.3%	40%	0.92	71%	94	11	12%
1949	21	BRO	NL	417	62%	1.4%	10.6%	11.8%	6.7%	30%	0.69	74%	96	9	9%
1950	22	BRO	NL	860	61%	1.5%	15.2%	11.4%	5.7%	28%	0.65	71%	185	18	10%
1951	23	BRO	NL	232	63%	4.3%	6.5%	8.6%	8.6%	36%	0.65	81%	40	3	8%

1953	25	BRO	NL	35	66%	2.9%	8.6%	22.9%	5.7%	20%	1.14	66%	10	0	0%
1954	26	BRO	NL	311	62%	2.9%	8.0%	10.0%	8.4%	34%	0.71	77%	67	4	6%
1955	27	BAL	AL	741	62%	1.4%	9.2%	11.2%	6.5%	29%	0.79	77%	162	15	9%
1956	28	BAL	AL	512	64%	2.0%	12.1%	9.8%	6.6%	29%	0.73	74%	101	7	7%
9 Yrs				3655	62%	2.0%	11.6%	10.9%	6.9%	31%	0.74	74%	755	67	9%
MLB Averages					50%	2.1%	11.6%	10.9%	5.7%	22%	0.95	87%			11%

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
1947	19	BRO	NL		2			0												0
1948	20	BRO	NL	532	111			13	0	14	8	5	8	5	28	16	2	57%	4	3	2	198	5	4	56%	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
1949	21	BRO	NL	417	93			6	1	26	4	2	4	2	35	13	2	37%	5	2	1	163	1	4	20%	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
1950	22	BRO	NL	860	176			13	1	23	12	1	10	3	42	20	7	48%	9	4	0	333	11	8	58%	8	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
1951	23	BRO	NL	232	55			10	0	10	6	4	5	5	8	6	0	75%	5	2	0	78	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1953	25	BRO	NL	35	10			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	33%	0	1	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1954	26	BRO	NL	311	77			9	1	9	4	5	7	2	30	12	5	40%	3	3	0	127	4	2	67%	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
1955	27	BAL	AL	741	165			10	0	12	7	2	2	7	53	32	4	60%	9	5	3	302	8	7	53%	6	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	24	0
1956	28	BAL	AL	512	117			10	0	12	5	5	6	4	29	17	2	59%	7	4	0	196	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
9 Yrs				3640	806			72	3	108	47	24	43	28	228	117	22	51%	42	24	6	1418	33	27	55%	26	26	2	1	5	0	3	0	69	0
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	19	0	1	.000	3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	15	154	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	154
1948	20	6	7	.462	4.42	44	10	15	3	0	3	128.1	113	64	63	13	60		75	4	3	546	91	1.348	7.9	0.9	4.2	5.3	1.25	91
1949	21	14	16	.467	4.07	93	11	42	3	0	9	225.1	206	107	102	19	109		119	5	5	959	100	1.398	8.2	0.8	4.4	4.8	1.09	100
1950	22	27	24	.529	3.84	136	30	50	13	2	10	426.2	382	196	182	32	207		250	7	9	1809	106	1.380	8.1	0.7	4.4	5.3	1.21	106
1951	23	29	30	.492	3.94	155	38	56	13	2	10	479.2	437	224	210	42	227		265	7	11	2041	103	1.384	8.2	0.8	4.3	5.0	1.17	103
1952	24	29	30	.492	3.94	155	38	56	13	2	10	479.2	437	224	210	42	227		265	7	11	2041	103	1.384	8.2	0.8	4.3	5.0	1.17	103
1953	25	29	30	.492	4.04	159	38	57	13	2	10	485.2	447	232	218	43	235		268	7	12	2076	101	1.404	8.3	0.8	4.4	5.0	1.14	101
1954	26	32	33	.492	4.20	184	41	66	13	2	10	553.1	524	277	258	52	266		293	8	15	2387	97	1.428	8.5	0.8	4.3	4.8	1.10	97
1955	27	37	44	.457	4.18	217	66	71	18	3	12	723.0	689	368	336	62	349	4	361	10	20	3128	96	1.436	8.6	0.8	4.3	4.5	1.03	96
1956	28	41	55	.427	4.22	246	80	76	20	3	12	839.1	806	432	394	72	399	7	423	11	24	3640	95	1.436	8.6	0.8	4.3	4.5	1.06	95

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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
1947	19	0	0		2.25	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1.000	4.5	4.5	2.3	0.50	0.0	3
1948	20	6	7	.462	4.57	126.0	115	71	64	13	60	74	3	1.389	8.2	4.3	5.3	1.23	0.9	41
1949	21	5	5	.500	3.69	95.0	94	43	39	6	50	43	1	1.516	8.9	4.7	4.1	0.86	0.6	49
1950	22	12	10	.545	3.56	202.0	180	89	80	13	100	131	2	1.386	8.0	4.5	5.8	1.31	0.6	43
1951	23	2	4	.333	4.83	54.0	57	32	29	10	21	15	0	1.444	9.5	3.5	2.5	0.71	1.7	19

1953	25	0	0		10.50	6.0	10	8	7	1	8	3	0	3.000	15.0	12.0	4.5	0.38	1.5	4
1954	26	3	4	.429	5.20	71.0	80	46	41	9	32	26	1	1.577	10.1	4.1	3.3	0.81	1.1	25
1955	27	8	10	.444	4.58	169.0	177	96	86	11	89	68	2	1.574	9.4	4.7	3.6	0.76	0.6	33
1956	28	5	8	.385	4.69	119.0	123	69	62	11	53	64	1	1.479	9.3	4.0	4.8	1.21	0.8	29
9 Yrs		41	48	.461	4.35	846.0	838	455	409	74	415	425	11	1.481	8.9		4.5	1.02	0.8	246

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1950 NL .619 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1950 NL 7.868 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1950 NL 5.856 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1949 NL 49 (3rd) 1950 NL 43 (6th)
Saves s c a p y 1949 NL 6 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1950 NL 131 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1950 NL 2 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1950 NL 98 (5th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1950 NL 0.581 (4th) 1955 AL 0.531 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1949 NL 27 (4th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1950 NL 2.4 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1945 NL born 1928-02-09 (1st) 1947 NL born 1928-02-09 (2nd) 1948 NL born 1928-02-09 (6th) 1949 NL born 1928-02-09 (7th)

† 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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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