Erv Palica
Ervin Martin Palica
born Ervin Martin Pavliecivich
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 9, 1928 in Lomita, CA
High School: Narbonne (Harbor City, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1945
Final Game: September 24, 1956
Died: May 29, 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA
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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
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 15 138 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 82 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 36 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 77 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 0 169.2 165 91 78 10 83 4 68 2 0 5 741 92 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 87 1.436 9.1 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.24
9 Seasons 41 55 .427 4.22 246 80 76 20 3 10 839.1 806 432 394 72 399 7 423 11 0 24 3640 94 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 2 175 168 90 82 15 83 88 2 0 5 759 94 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 0 286.0 282 155 136 20 133 7 130 3 0 9 1253 90 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 0 286.0 282 155 136 20 133 7 130 3 0 9 1253 90 1.451 8.9 0.6 4.2 4.1 0.98

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
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*

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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 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
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
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
3 Seasons 87 1564 1346 200 359 58 21 29 16 10 164 155 .267 .343 .406 .749 .279 546 26 4 28 22 7
162 Game Avg. 46 824 710 105 189 31 11 15 8 5 86 82 .267 .343 .406 .749 .279 288 14 2 15 12
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 26 BRO NL 25 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 2 67% 47 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 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 69 25 14 3 3 5 3.0 2.7 6.2
3 Seasons 87 42 7 21 14 1 4 15 26 .366 3 7 7 1 17 40% 48 77 25 42 16 12 17 3.5 3.5 6.1
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 26 BRO NL 25 22 9 3 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 6 46% 5 0.850 5 6 10 3 1 18 7 15 17 2 17 2 7.1
1955 27 BAL AL 33 8 5 0 0 2 0 0 0% 2 0 13 5 38% 8 0.947 5 0 2 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 0.829 2 4 8 1 2 12 5 10 8 4 9 2 5.9
3 Seasons 87 45 19 5 4 3 0 1 0% 5 1 35 19 54% 0.889 12 10 20 7 3 35 17 28 29 8 30 5 6.6

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%
1947 19 BRO NL
1948 20 BRO NL
1949 21 BRO NL
1950 22 BRO NL
1951 23 BRO NL
1953 25 BRO NL
1954 26 BRO NL 311 38% 2.9% 8.0% 10.0% 8.4% 34% 0.71 77% 67 4 6%
1955 27 BAL AL 741 38% 1.4% 9.2% 11.2% 6.5% 29% 0.79 77% 162 15 9%
1956 28 BAL AL 512 36% 2.0% 12.1% 9.8% 6.6% 29% 0.73 74% 101 7 7%
9 Seasons 1564 38% 4.6% 27.1% 25.5% 6.9% 13% 0.75 76% 330 26 8%
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
1947 19 BRO NL 2 0 0
1948 20 BRO NL 111 13 3
1949 21 BRO NL 93 6 2
1950 22 BRO NL 176 13 4
1951 23 BRO NL 55 10 2
1953 25 BRO NL 10 1 1
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 2 0 24 0
1956 28 BAL AL 512 117 10 0 12 5 5 6 4 29 17 2 59% 8 4 0 196 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
9 Seasons 1564 806 72 1 33 16 12 15 13 112 61 11 54% 20 24 3 625 16 10 62% 13 10 1 0 2 0 3 0 47 0
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+
1947 19 0 1 .000 3.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 15 138 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 138
1948 20 6 7 .462 4.42 44 10 15 3 0 3 128.1 113 64 63 13 60 75 4 0 3 546 90 1.348 7.9 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.25 90
1949 21 14 16 .467 4.07 93 11 42 3 0 9 225.1 206 107 102 19 109 119 5 0 5 959 99 1.398 8.2 0.8 4.4 4.8 1.09 99
1950 22 27 24 .529 3.84 136 30 50 13 2 10 426.2 382 196 182 32 207 250 7 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 12 2076 100 1.404 8.3 0.8 4.4 5.0 1.14 100
1954 26 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 97
1955 27 37 44 .457 4.18 217 66 71 18 3 10 723.0 689 368 336 62 349 4 361 10 0 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 10 839.1 806 432 394 72 399 7 423 11 0 24 3640 94 1.436 8.6 0.8 4.3 4.5 1.06 94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
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 93 43 39 6 49 43 1 1.495 8.8 4.6 4.1 0.88 0.6 49
1950 22 12 10 .545 3.56 202.0 179 89 80 13 100 131 2 1.381 8.0 4.5 5.8 1.31 0.6 43
1951 23 2 4 .333 4.83 54.0 58 32 29 11 21 15 0 1.463 9.7 3.5 2.5 0.71 1.8 19
1953 25 0 0 12.00 6.0 10 9 8 1 8 3 0 3.000 15.0 12.0 4.5 0.38 1.5 4
1954 26 3 4 .429 5.07 71.0 80 44 40 9 32 26 1 1.577 10.1 4.1 3.3 0.81 1.1 25
1955 27 8 10 .444 4.53 169.0 176 94 85 11 89 68 2 1.568 9.4 4.7 3.6 0.76 0.6 33
1956 28 6 7 .462 4.61 119.0 124 68 61 11 53 63 1 1.487 9.4 4.0 4.8 1.19 0.8 29
9 Seasons 42 47 .472 4.33 846.0 837 451 407 75 414 424 11 1.479 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--.581--4th
1955 AL--.531--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 NL--27--4th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ed Rakow (963)
  6. Jim Owens (962)
  7. Paul Erickson (961)
  8. Tommie Sisk (961)
  9. Dave Sisler (960)
  10. Russ Kemmerer (959)
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  5. Eric King (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brian Fisher (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Spillner (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommie Sisk (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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