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Al Papai

Alfred Thomas Papai

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 7, 1917 in Divernon, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Cardinals/RedSox/WhiteSox 1948-1955

Final Game: September 16, 1955
Died: September 7, 1995 in Springfield, IL
Buried: Brush Creek Cemetery, Divernon, 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
1940	23	STL-min	D	12	10	.545	3.36	31						209.0	193	110	78		69								1.254	8.3		3.0			WTH · WL
1941	24	STL-min	C	7	6	.538	5.30	21						112.0	133	85	66		64								1.759	10.7		5.1			SPG · WA
1945	28	STL-min	B	5	7	.417	3.03	18						104.0	101	63	35		44								1.394	8.7		3.8			LBG,ALN · PIED,ISLG
1946	29	STL-min	B	15	11	.577	2.31	31						249.0	210	88	64		64								1.100	7.6		2.3			LBG · PIED
1947	30	STL-min	AA	21	10	.677	2.45	38						283.0	241	91	77		84								1.148	7.7		2.7			HSN · TL
1948	31	STL-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.37	12	12		7	1		70.0	62	42	34		42		29	0	0	3			1.486	8.0		5.4	3.7	0.69	ROC · IL
1948	31	STL	NL	0	1	.000	5.06	10	0	7	0	0	0	16.0	14	10	9	3	7		8	0	0	1	67	82	1.313	7.9	1.7	3.9	4.5	1.14
1949	32	SLB	AL	4	11	.267	5.06	42	15	13	6	0	2	142.1	175	103	80	8	81		31	1	0	4	677	90	1.799	11.1	0.5	5.1	2.0	0.38
1950	33	TOT	MLB	5	2	.714	6.33	29	3	10	2	0	2	69.2	82	53	49	5	42		26	0	0	0	325	76	1.780	10.6	0.6	5.4	3.4	0.62
1950	33	BOS	AL	4	2	.667	6.75	16	3	5	2	0	2	50.2	61	41	38	5	28		19	0	0	0	238	74	1.757	10.8	0.9	5.0	3.4	0.68
1950	33	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	5.21	13	0	5	0	0	0	19.0	21	12	11	0	14		7	0	0	0	87	83	1.842	9.9	0.0	6.6	3.3	0.50

1951	34	STL-min	AA	23	9	.719	2.51	33	33					272.0	270	105	76		83								1.298	8.9		2.7			HSN · TL
1952	35	STL-min	AA	14	13	.519	3.04	31	30					243.0	242	92	82		62								1.251	9.0		2.3			HSN · TL
1953	36	STL-min	AA	11	16	.407	3.68	33	33		13	5		230.0	220	111	94	18	93		101	4	1	11			1.361	8.6	0.7	3.6	4.0	1.09	HSN · TL
1954	37	STL-min	AA,AAA	11	11	.500	4.24	31	27		13	2		204.0	231	114	96	22	64		98	2	0	7			1.446	10.2	1.0	2.8	4.3	1.53	OKC,ROC · TL,IL
1955	38	OKC	AA	23	7	.767	2.65	43	29		22	2		255.0	240	84	75	12	82	9	97	1	0	4			1.263	8.5	0.4	2.9	3.4	1.18	OKC · TL
1955	38	CHW	AL	0	0		3.86	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	10	5	5	1	8	2	5	0	0	0	52	105	1.543	7.7	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63
1956	39	CHW-min	AA	20	10	.667	3.69	36	34					266.0	279	131	109	17	76								1.335	9.4	0.6	2.6			MEM · SOUA
1957	40	CHW-min	AAA	5	12	.294	5.56	29	17		3	1		110.0	138	82	68	13	28	2	31	0	0	2			1.509	11.3	1.1	2.3	2.5	1.11	INA · AA
1958	41	SFG-min	AA	0	0			5																									CPC · TL
4 Yrs				9	14	.391	5.37	88	18	34	8	0	4	239.2	281	171	143	17	138	2	70	1	0	5	1121	85	1.748	10.6	0.6	5.2	2.6	0.51
162 Game Avg.				6	9	.391	5.37	56	12	22	5	0	3	154	180	110	92	11	89		45	1	0	3	719	85	1.748	10.6	0.6	5.2	2.6	0.51

STL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	5.14	23	0	12	0	0	0	35.0	35	22	20	3	21		15	0	0	1	154	83	1.600	9.0	0.8	5.4	3.9	0.71
BOS (1 yr)				4	2	.667	6.75	16	3	5	2	0	2	50.2	61	41	38	5	28		19	0	0	0	238	74	1.757	10.8	0.9	5.0	3.4	0.68
SLB (1 yr)				4	11	.267	5.06	42	15	13	6	0	2	142.1	175	103	80	8	81		31	1	0	4	677	90	1.799	11.1	0.5	5.1	2.0	0.38
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	10	5	5	1	8	2	5	0	0	0	52	105	1.543	7.7	0.8	6.2	3.9	0.63

AL (3 yrs)				8	13	.381	5.41	65	18	22	8	0	4	204.2	246	149	123	14	117	2	55	1	0	4	967	85	1.774	10.8	0.6	5.1	2.4	0.47
NL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	5.14	23	0	12	0	0	0	35.0	35	22	20	3	21		15	0	0	1	154	83	1.600	9.0	0.8	5.4	3.9	0.71

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
1948	31	STL	NL	16.0	10	0	10	5.63	4.50	-0.04	0.00	103.6	4.70	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	0.0	0	.483	.499	$
1949	32	SLB	AL	142.1	42	15	103	6.51	5.02	-0.76	0.00	108.2	6.25	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.5	9	.491	.498	$
1950	33	BOS	AL	50.2	16	3	41	7.28	4.86	-0.06	0.00	107.1	5.27	-12	-1.0	1.9	-0.3	-1.0	-6	.435	.494	$
1950	33	STL	NL	19.0	13	0	12	5.68	4.65	0.07	0.00	104.9	4.80	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.0	0.0	0	.487	.499	$

1955	38	CHW	AL	11.2	7	0	5	3.86	4.76	0.25	0.00	98.8	4.45	1	0.1	.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.510	.500	$
4 Seasons				239.2	88	18	171	6.42	4.91	-0.45	0.00	106.9	5.74	-18	-1.7	1.0	-0.5	-0.4	5	.481	.498	$

STL (2 yrs)				35.0	23	0	22	5.66	4.58	0.02	0.00	104.3	4.76	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	0.0	1	.485	.499	$
BOS (1 yr)				50.2	16	3	41	7.28	4.86	-0.06	0.00	107.1	5.27	-12	-1.0	1.9	-0.3	-1.0	-6	.435	.494	$
SLB (1 yr)				142.1	42	15	103	6.51	5.02	-0.76	0.00	108.2	6.25	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	0.5	9	.491	.498	$
CHW (1 yr)				11.2	7	0	5	3.86	4.76	0.25	0.00	98.8	4.45	1	0.1	.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.510	.500	$

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	31	STL	NL	10	22	58	10	14	0	0	3	0	0	7	8	.241	.323	.397	.720	.234	23	0	0	2	0		0
1949	32	SLB	AL	42	315	587	103	175	9	8	8	1	2	81	31	.298	.384	.382	.766	.305	224	4	1	10	0		8
1950	33	BOS	AL	16	235	208	41	61	14	7	5	0	0	28	19	.293	.377	.500	.877	.304	104	7	0	2	0		1
1950	33	STL	NL	13	52	72	12	21	2	1	0	1	1	14	7	.292	.407	.347	.754	.323	25	0	0	3	0		0
1950	33	TOT	MLB	29	287	280	53	82	16	8	5	1	1	42	26	.293	.385	.461	.846	.309	129	7	0	5	0		1

1955	38	CHW	AL	7	52	41	5	10	2	0	1	2	0	8	5	.244	.360	.366	.726	.250	15	0	0	2	1	2	1
4 Yrs				88	676	966	171	281	27	16	17	4	3	138	70	.291	.380	.405	.785	.300	391	11	1	19	1	2	10
162 Game Avg.				56	434	620	110	180	17	10	11	3	2	89	45	.291	.380	.405	.785	.300	251	7	1	12	1		6
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.379	.715	.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	31	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	24	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.1	1.7	1.2	0.1	0.03	2.5	0	0	2
1949	32	SLB	AL	-11.9	-1.1	327	-1.2	3.7	-4.9	.77	-1.1	-0.4	-13.4	-1.2	0.79	-11.8	4	3	7
1950	33	TOT	MLB	-10.2	-0.9	295	-0.8	4.2	-5.0	.87	-1.0	0.0	-16.2	-1.4	0.85	-11.1	6	5	10
1950	33	BOS	AL	-8.6	-0.8	240	-0.7	4.0	-4.7	.99	-0.9	0.2	-13.7	-1.2	0.98	-9.4	5	5	3
1950	33	STL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	55	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.29	-0.1	-0.2	-2.5	-0.2	0.29	-1.7	1	0	7

1955	38	CHW	AL	0.6	0.1	54	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.30	-0.0	0.2	1.5	0.1	0.30	0.6	0	0	7
4 Yrs				-23.0	-2.2	700	-1.9	8.2	-10.2	.75	-2.1	-0.4	-27.0	-2.4	0.75	-19.8	10	8	26

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
1949	32	SLB	AL	42	15	3	9	3	1	4	4	10	.286	0	1	6	0	7	47%	43.3	78	22	10	4	8	6	4.5	5.7	5.8
1950	33	TOT	MLB	29	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	.333	0	0	2	0	2	67%		71	17	17	8	0	3	3.8	4.1	7.1
1950	33	BOS	AL	16	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	.333	0	0	2	0	2	67%	51.3	71	17	14	8	0	3	3.8	4.1	7.1
2 Yrs				58	18	4	11	3	1	5	5	12	.294	0	1	8	0	9	50%	45	78	17	24	12	8	9	4.4	5.1	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	118	-9					4.6	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
1948	31	STL	NL	10	10	7	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.011	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	4	0	1	1	4.8
1949	32	SLB	AL	42	27	13	1	2	2	2	1	100%	2	0	15	5	33%		.770	4	3	7	2	1	12	7	8	16	2	10	6	6.2
1950	33	TOT	MLB	29	26	10	4	0	4	2	2	50%	4	0	25	17	68%		.865	6	5	10	8	1	12	12	9	14	5	12	3	5.6
1950	33	BOS	AL	16	13	5	3	0	4	2	2	50%	4	0	17	13	76%	8	.992	5	5	3	8	1	4	8	5	7	2	8	0	6.8
1950	33	STL	NL	13	13	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%		.290	1	0	7	0	0	8	4	4	7	3	4	3	4.4

1955	38	CHW	AL	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	8	.299	0	0	7	0	0	7	2	5	2	1	3	2	5.0
4 Yrs				88	70	34	5	3	6	4	3	67%	6	0	43	22	51%		.749	10	8	26	10	2	34	21	25	36	8	26	12	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	31	STL	NL	67	73%	13.6%	36.4%	31.8%	13.6%	21%	0.57	214%	7	0	0%
1949	32	SLB	AL	679	52%	2.5%	9.8%	25.7%	7.9%	14%	0.75	174%	66	4	6%
1950	33	TOT	MLB	327	65%	1.7%	9.1%	14.6%	10.1%	35%	0.99	87%	65	7	11%
1950	33	BOS	AL	238	63%	2.1%	8.1%	11.9%	11.1%	43%	0.96	78%	53	7	13%
1950	33	STL	NL	89	73%	0.0%	13.5%	26.9%	5.8%	14%	1.17	125%	12	0	0%

1955	38	CHW	AL	52	50%	1.9%	9.6%	15.4%	5.8%	30%	1.14	69%	12	0	0%
4 Yrs				1125	58%	2.5%	10.4%	20.4%	8.9%	21%	0.86	130%	150	11	7%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	12.4%	11.7%	6.9%	25%	0.95	92%			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
1948	31	STL	NL	22	14			3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45
1949	32	SLB	AL	315	175			8	0	10	2	4	4	2	23	19	0	83%	8	4	2	132	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	364
1950	33	TOT	MLB	287	82			5	0	16	3	2	3	2	30	16	3	53%	1	0	0	115	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40
1950	33	BOS	AL	235	61			5	0	11	3	2	3	2	24	13	3	54%	1	0	0	91	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1950	33	STL	NL	52	21			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	50%	0	0	0	24	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	37

1955	38	CHW	AL	52	10			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	2	1	40%	1	0	0	24	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				676	281			17	0	27	6	6	7	5	59	38	4	64%	10	5	2	280	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	449
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1948	31	0	1	.000	5.06	10	0	7	0	0	16.0	14	10	9	3	7		8	0	1	67	82	1.313	7.9	1.7	3.9	4.5	1.14	82
1949	32	4	12	.250	5.06	52	15	20	6	2	158.1	189	113	89	11	88		39	1	5	744	89	1.749	10.7	0.6	5.0	2.2	0.44	89
1950	33	9	14	.391	5.45	81	18	30	8	4	228.0	271	166	138	16	130		65	1	5	1069	84	1.759	10.7	0.6	5.1	2.6	0.50	84
1951	34	9	14	.391	5.45	81	18	30	8	4	228.0	271	166	138	16	130		65	1	5	1069	84	1.759	10.7	0.6	5.1	2.6	0.50	84
1952	35	9	14	.391	5.45	81	18	30	8	4	228.0	271	166	138	16	130		65	1	5	1069	84	1.759	10.7	0.6	5.1	2.6	0.50	84
1953	36	9	14	.391	5.45	81	18	30	8	4	228.0	271	166	138	16	130		65	1	5	1069	84	1.759	10.7	0.6	5.1	2.6	0.50	84
1954	37	9	14	.391	5.45	81	18	30	8	4	228.0	271	166	138	16	130		65	1	5	1069	84	1.759	10.7	0.6	5.1	2.6	0.50	84
1955	38	9	14	.391	5.37	88	18	34	8	4	239.2	281	171	143	17	138	2	70	1	5	1121	85	1.748	10.6	0.6	5.2	2.6	0.51	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1948	31	0	1	.000	5.06	16.0	15	10	9	3	8	8	0	1.438	8.4	4.5	4.5	1.00	1.7	10
1949	32	7	9	.438	4.32	152.0	171	81	73	8	79	33	1	1.645	10.1	4.7	2.0	0.42	0.5	42
1950	33	3	5	.375	5.23	74.0	78	48	43	5	40	28	0	1.595	9.5	4.9	3.4	0.70	0.6	29

1955	38	0	1	.000	3.75	12.0	10	6	5	1	8	5	0	1.500	7.5	6.0	3.8	0.63	0.8	7
4 Yrs		10	16	.385	4.61	254.0	274	145	130	17	135	74	1	1.610	9.7		2.6	0.55	0.6	88

* 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

Games Played s c a p y 1949 AL 42 (7th)	Oldest s c a p y 1955 AL born 1917-05-07 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL 42 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1955 AL born 1917-05-07 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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