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Mel Parnell

Melvin Lloyd Parnell (Dusty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 13, 1922 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1947
Team: RedSox 1947-1956

Final Game: September 29, 1956
Died: March 20, 2012 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
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All-Star

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
1947 25 BOS AL 2 3 .400 6.39 15 5 5 1 0 0 50.2 60 41 36 1 27 23 1 1 4 232 61 1.717 10.7 0.2 4.8 4.1 0.85
1948 26 BOS AL 15 8 .652 3.14 35 27 5 16 1 0 212.0 205 87 74 7 90 77 4 2 3 916 139 1.392 8.7 0.3 3.8 3.3 0.86
1949 27 BOS AL 25 7 .781 2.77 39 33 5 27 4 2 295.1 258 102 91 8 134 122 5 0 9 1240 158 1.327 7.9 0.2 4.1 3.7 0.91 AS,MVP-4
1950 28 BOS AL 18 10 .643 3.61 40 31 8 21 2 3 249.0 244 116 100 17 106 93 7 0 4 1070 137 1.406 8.8 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.88 MVP-21
1951 29 BOS AL 18 11 .621 3.26 36 29 4 11 3 2 221.0 229 99 80 11 77 77 0 0 2 930 137 1.385 9.3 0.4 3.1 3.1 1.00 AS,MVP-24
1952 30 BOS AL 12 12 .500 3.62 33 29 3 15 3 2 214.0 207 94 86 13 89 107 5 0 5 920 109 1.383 8.7 0.5 3.7 4.5 1.20
1953 31 BOS AL 21 8 .724 3.06 38 34 2 12 5 0 241.0 217 98 82 15 116 136 4 0 7 1037 136 1.382 8.1 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.17 MVP-14
1954 32 BOS AL 3 7 .300 3.70 19 15 2 4 1 0 92.1 104 45 38 7 35 38 1 0 5 409 112 1.505 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.09
1955 33 BOS AL 2 3 .400 7.83 13 9 2 0 0 1 46.0 62 44 40 12 25 1 18 1 0 0 227 56 1.891 12.1 2.3 4.9 3.5 0.72
1956 34 BOS AL 7 6 .538 3.77 21 20 0 6 1 0 131.1 129 71 55 13 59 2 41 0 0 2 567 123 1.431 8.8 0.9 4.0 2.8 0.69
10 Yrs 123 75 .621 3.50 289 232 36 113 20 10 1752.2 1715 797 682 104 758 3 732 28 3 41 7548 125 1.411 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.97
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .621 3.50 38 30 5 15 3 1 229 224 104 89 14 99 96 4 0 5 985 125 1.411 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.97

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
1947 25 BOS AL 50.2 15 5 41 7.28 4.14 0.06 0.00 102.0 4.16 -17 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.4 -14 .386 .489 $
1948 26 BOS AL 212.0 35 27 87 3.69 4.51 0.18 0.00 102.4 4.43 17 1.8 2.3 -0.0 3.2 37 .550 .511 $
1949 27 BOS AL 295.1 39 33 102 3.11 4.64 0.15 0.00 104.1 4.67 52 5.6 2.4 -0.0 7.6 78 .644 .535 $ AS,MVP-4
1950 28 BOS AL 249.0 40 31 116 4.19 5.06 -0.06 0.00 108.6 5.55 36 3.6 1.7 -0.1 5.4 63 .591 .522 $ MVP-21
1951 29 BOS AL 221.0 36 29 99 4.03 4.68 0.01 0.00 108.3 5.05 24 2.5 2.0 -0.1 4.1 46 .570 .515 $ AS,MVP-24
1952 30 BOS AL 214.1 33 29 94 3.95 4.18 0.08 0.00 106.4 4.36 9 1.0 4.0 -0.1 2.5 28 .530 .506 $
1953 31 BOS AL 241.0 38 34 98 3.66 4.58 0.26 0.00 104.5 4.51 22 2.4 3.9 -0.0 4.2 44 .564 .515 $ MVP-14
1954 32 BOS AL 92.1 19 15 45 4.39 4.28 0.05 0.00 105.0 4.44 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.7 8 .504 .500 $
1955 33 BOS AL 46.0 13 9 44 8.61 4.51 0.29 0.00 112.0 4.72 -20 -1.9 1.3 -0.1 -1.6 -16 .357 .489 $
1956 34 BOS AL 131.1 21 20 71 4.87 4.71 0.26 0.00 109.7 4.88 -1 -0.1 3.7 -0.1 0.8 13 .497 .500 $
10 Seasons 1753.0 289 232 797 4.09 4.59 0.12 0.00 106.0 4.75 122 13.4 2.0 -0.6 25.5 287 .546 .508 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 BOS AL 27 1 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1951 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 1 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 3.500 27.0 9.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

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 26 BOS AL 35 654 811 87 205 30 8 7 4 2 90 77 .253 .330 .335 .666 .272 272 18 4 10 0 8
1949 27 BOS AL 39 1100 1085 102 258 36 1 8 4 3 134 122 .238 .324 .295 .619 .262 320 43 5 12 0 13
1950 28 BOS AL 40 842 942 116 244 37 6 17 3 1 106 93 .259 .338 .365 .704 .273 344 27 7 15 0 9
1951 29 BOS AL 36 932 844 99 229 35 4 11 2 4 77 77 .271 .332 .361 .694 .288 305 37 0 12 0 20
1952 30 BOS AL 33 919 812 94 207 30 6 13 7 2 89 107 .255 .332 .355 .687 .280 288 23 5 14 0 14
1953 31 BOS AL 38 1035 905 98 217 26 5 15 10 6 116 136 .240 .329 .329 .658 .268 298 30 4 10 0 20
1954 32 BOS AL 19 409 362 45 104 16 5 7 2 2 35 38 .287 .349 .417 .766 .303 151 11 1 8 3 5
1955 33 BOS AL 13 226 194 44 62 8 0 12 1 0 25 18 .320 .396 .546 .943 .301 106 4 1 4 2 1 4
1956 34 BOS AL 21 540 504 71 129 15 4 13 0 3 59 41 .256 .333 .379 .712 .257 191 17 0 3 2 2 15
9 Yrs 274 6657 6459 756 1655 233 39 103 33 23 731 709 .256 .334 .352 .686 .274 2275 210 27 88 7 3 108
162 Game Avg. 37 904 877 103 225 32 5 14 4 3 99 96 .256 .334 .352 .686 .274 309 29 4 12 1 15
MLB Averages .261 .336 .376 .712 .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 26 BOS AL 26.6 2.7 678 0.9 12.8 -11.9 1.07 1.7 -0.9 12.2 1.2 1.07 15.8 4 1 2
1949 27 BOS AL 50.8 5.3 1117 5.6 22.9 -17.3 1.12 4.0 1.0 54.5 5.6 1.12 49.5 4 1 1
1950 28 BOS AL 32.6 3.2 857 1.4 16.6 -15.1 1.04 1.3 0.1 17.0 1.6 1.04 18.4 3 2 2
1951 29 BOS AL 24.4 2.5 946 1.7 18.1 -16.4 1.03 1.3 0.4 22.2 2.2 1.04 23.7 5 1 1
1952 30 BOS AL 8.7 0.9 938 1.3 18.0 -16.7 1.12 0.9 0.3 11.5 1.2 1.12 6.0 4 0 0
1953 31 BOS AL 26.5 2.8 1055 2.5 19.0 -16.6 1.04 1.6 0.7 21.2 2.1 1.04 21.7 3 1 0
1954 32 BOS AL 3.0 0.3 419 -0.6 6.9 -7.6 1.02 -0.6 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 1.02 -4.7 1 0 3
1955 33 BOS AL -15.8 -1.5 227 -1.6 3.2 -4.8 .93 -1.8 0.0 -20.3 -1.8 0.93 -20.5 1 0 3
1956 34 BOS AL 7.8 0.8 545 0.4 10.5 -10.1 1.11 0.2 0.2 4.2 0.4 1.11 3.3 1 0 0
10 Yrs 151.4 15.7 6782 11.6 128.0 -116.4 1.07 8.6 2.2 119.4 12.1 1.07 113.4 26 6 12

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
1947 25 BOS AL 15 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 3 60% 48.8 75 30 0 3 4.4 5.9
1948 26 BOS AL 35 27 15 6 6 1 4 19 8 .704 0 4 16 1 21 78% 54.1 80 16 10 1 9 8 5.3 5.9 7.4
1949 27 BOS AL 39 33 24 6 3 2 0 25 8 .758 0 1 27 4 22 67% 59.2 89 25 8 2 14 8 6.2 5.7 8.7
1950 28 BOS AL 40 31 18 9 4 3 3 21 10 .677 1 2 21 2 18 58% 51.5 82 20 6 3 16 8 6.6 7.3 7.7
1951 29 BOS AL 36 29 16 11 2 4 3 18 11 .621 1 1 11 3 15 52% 52.2 81 30 22 11 5 11 5.2 5.3 7.2
1952 30 BOS AL 33 29 12 12 5 1 5 17 12 .586 0 1 15 3 19 66% 52.7 82 15 20 8 8 11 4.4 3.9 7.2
1953 31 BOS AL 38 34 20 8 6 2 4 23 11 .676 1 4 12 5 23 68% 54.7 85 16 33 10 17 12 4.6 4.8 7.0
1954 32 BOS AL 19 15 3 7 5 1 2 6 9 .400 1 1 4 1 6 40% 48.6 78 20 14 3 5 4 4.3 4.1 5.9
1955 33 BOS AL 13 9 2 3 4 1 2 6 3 .667 0 1 0 0 3 33% 36.4 53 25 11 2 2 5 7.1 8.3 4.7
1956 34 BOS AL 21 20 7 5 8 1 1 13 7 .650 3 3 6 1 9 45% 49.9 89 24 17 10 3 11 4.9 5.0 6.4
10 Yrs 289 232 118 69 45 16 25 150 82 .647 7 18 113 20 139 60% 53 89 15 141 50 79 81 5.3 5.4 7.2
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -11 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1947 25 BOS AL 15 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 6.3
1948 26 BOS AL 35 8 5 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 11 6 55% 5 1.069 4 1 2 2 1 4 6 1 4 2 4 1 4.4
1949 27 BOS AL 39 6 5 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 5 1 20% 9 1.123 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 1 4.8
1950 28 BOS AL 40 9 8 0 1 2 3 0 150% 2 0 12 4 33% 9 1.042 3 2 2 2 2 3 6 1 3 2 3 1 3.7
1951 29 BOS AL 36 7 4 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 10 6 60% 8 1.035 5 1 1 3 3 1 5 2 4 2 4 0 4.9
1952 30 BOS AL 33 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 7 2 29% 9 1.117 4 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 2 4.3
1953 31 BOS AL 38 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 9 4 44% 7 1.039 3 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 1 2 1 2 3.3
1954 32 BOS AL 19 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 1.016 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 3.0
1955 33 BOS AL 13 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 .926 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 0 3.0
1956 34 BOS AL 21 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 1.105 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
10 Yrs 289 57 36 5 6 13 10 4 77% 15 2 61 24 39% 1.067 26 6 12 16 10 18 31 13 24 21 19 8 4.5

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%
1947 25 BOS AL 232 0.4% 9.9% 11.6% 0.9% 3% 77%
1948 26 BOS AL 915 31% 1.1% 11.8% 13.8% 6.9% 22% 1.31 111% 121 18 15%
1949 27 BOS AL 1236 27% 0.7% 11.1% 12.2% 4.1% 17% 1.63 87% 257 43 17%
1950 28 BOS AL 1071 31% 2.0% 11.1% 12.6% 7.1% 25% 1.33 99% 185 27 15%
1951 29 BOS AL 933 30% 1.2% 8.3% 8.3% 5.4% 22% 1.47 81% 210 37 18%
1952 30 BOS AL 920 31% 1.4% 11.6% 9.7% 5.3% 24% 1.37 75% 194 23 12%
1953 31 BOS AL 1035 23% 1.5% 13.1% 11.2% 4.4% 21% 1.38 73% 232 30 13%
1954 32 BOS AL 409 21% 1.7% 9.3% 8.6% 6.9% 27% 1.22 78% 85 11 13%
1955 33 BOS AL 226 20% 5.3% 8.0% 11.1% 8.9% 32% 0.89 73% 48 4 8%
1956 34 BOS AL 568 19% 2.4% 7.6% 10.9% 5.9% 25% 1.37 84% 117 17 15%
10 Yrs 7545 27% 1.5% 10.6% 11.0% 5.5% 22% 1.39 85% 1449 210 14%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 12.1% 11.3% 6.5% 24% 0.95 89% 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 25 BOS AL 60 1 4
1948 26 BOS AL 654 205 7 0 16 2 2 2 2 45 21 5 47% 8 3 1 248 4 2 67% 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 261
1949 27 BOS AL 1100 258 8 0 21 6 1 5 2 52 29 2 56% 13 9 0 453 4 3 57% 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 136
1950 28 BOS AL 842 244 17 0 22 11 5 11 5 61 30 3 49% 9 4 2 342 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 229
1951 29 BOS AL 932 229 11 1 13 9 2 7 4 39 23 4 59% 20 2 3 392 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 1
1952 30 BOS AL 919 207 13 0 30 10 3 8 5 45 19 7 42% 14 5 3 349 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1953 31 BOS AL 1035 217 15 1 29 12 3 10 5 52 22 7 42% 20 7 2 395 10 6 63% 9 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 0
1954 32 BOS AL 409 104 7 0 11 6 1 5 2 21 9 2 43% 5 5 0 172 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1955 33 BOS AL 226 62 12 0 4 12 0 10 2 11 6 1 55% 4 0 0 95 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 34 BOS AL 540 129 13 0 16 12 0 7 5 17 13 0 76% 15 2 1 208 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 28
10 Yrs 6657 1715 104 2 162 80 17 65 32 343 172 31 50% 108 41 12 2654 33 23 59% 30 20 2 1 1 2 7 0 76 656
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 BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 25 2 3 .400 6.39 15 5 5 1 0 0 50.2 60 41 36 1 27 23 1 1 4 232 61 1.717 10.7 0.2 4.8 4.1 0.85 61
1948 26 17 11 .607 3.77 50 32 10 17 1 0 262.2 265 128 110 8 117 100 5 3 7 1148 114 1.454 9.1 0.3 4.0 3.4 0.85 114
1949 27 42 18 .700 3.24 89 65 15 44 5 2 558.0 523 230 201 16 251 222 10 3 16 2388 134 1.387 8.4 0.3 4.0 3.6 0.88 134
1950 28 60 28 .682 3.36 129 96 23 65 7 5 807.0 767 346 301 33 357 315 17 3 20 3458 135 1.393 8.6 0.4 4.0 3.5 0.88 135
1951 29 78 39 .667 3.34 165 125 27 76 10 7 1028.0 996 445 381 44 434 392 17 3 22 4388 135 1.391 8.7 0.4 3.8 3.4 0.90 135
1952 30 90 51 .638 3.38 198 154 30 91 13 9 1242.0 1203 539 467 57 523 499 22 3 27 5308 130 1.390 8.7 0.4 3.8 3.6 0.95 130
1953 31 111 59 .653 3.33 236 188 32 103 18 9 1483.0 1420 637 549 72 639 635 26 3 34 6345 131 1.388 8.6 0.4 3.9 3.9 0.99 131
1954 32 114 66 .633 3.35 255 203 34 107 19 9 1575.1 1524 682 587 79 674 673 27 3 39 6754 130 1.395 8.7 0.5 3.9 3.8 1.00 130
1955 33 116 69 .627 3.48 268 212 36 107 19 10 1621.1 1586 726 627 91 699 1 691 28 3 39 6981 125 1.409 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.99 125
1956 34 123 75 .621 3.50 289 232 36 113 20 10 1752.2 1715 797 682 104 758 3 732 28 3 41 7548 125 1.411 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.97 125

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
1947 25 1 4 .200 6.84 50.0 63 42 38 1 28 23 1 1.820 11.3 5.0 4.1 0.82 0.2 15
1948 26 16 8 .667 2.92 219.0 206 79 71 7 90 80 4 1.352 8.5 3.7 3.3 0.89 0.3 35
1949 27 23 10 .697 2.58 300.0 257 96 86 8 133 124 5 1.300 7.7 4.0 3.7 0.93 0.2 39
1950 28 19 10 .655 2.90 261.0 229 93 84 16 99 97 7 1.257 7.9 3.4 3.3 0.98 0.6 40
1951 29 16 9 .640 2.96 225.0 226 82 74 11 76 79 0 1.342 9.0 3.0 3.2 1.04 0.4 36
1952 30 13 11 .542 3.69 217.0 215 99 89 14 92 108 5 1.415 8.9 3.8 4.5 1.17 0.6 33
1953 31 17 10 .630 3.00 246.0 222 91 82 15 119 139 4 1.386 8.1 4.4 5.1 1.17 0.5 38
1954 32 6 4 .600 3.60 95.0 106 42 38 7 36 39 1 1.495 10.0 3.4 3.7 1.08 0.7 19
1955 33 1 4 .200 6.84 50.0 62 42 38 12 25 19 1 1.740 11.2 4.5 3.4 0.76 2.2 13
1956 34 9 6 .600 3.22 137.0 125 54 49 13 57 43 0 1.328 8.2 3.7 2.8 0.75 0.9 21
10 Yrs 121 76 .614 3.25 1800.0 1711 720 649 104 755 751 28 1.370 8.6 3.8 0.99 0.5 289

* 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

All-Star Games
1949 (P)
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (4, 45%)
1950 AL (21, 2%)
1951 AL (24, 2%)
1953 AL (14, 8%)
0.57 Career Shares (403rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 AL  7.9 (2nd)
1950 AL  5.3 (6th)
1951 AL  4.9 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1948 AL  3.2 (10th)
1949 AL  7.6 (1st)
1950 AL  5.4 (3rd)
1951 AL  4.1 (6th)
1953 AL  4.2 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL  3.14 (5th)
1949 AL  2.77 (2nd)
1950 AL  3.61 (7th)
1951 AL  3.26 (7th)
1953 AL  3.06 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  15 (10th)
1949 AL  25 (1st)
1950 AL  18 (4th)
1951 AL  18 (7th)
1953 AL  21 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 AL  .652 (5th)
1949 AL  .781 (2nd)
1950 AL  .643 (7th)
1951 AL  .621 (7th)
1953 AL  .724 (3rd)
Career  .621 (72nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 AL  1.327 (6th)
1950 AL  1.406 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  7.862 (6th)
1953 AL  8.104 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  3.136 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL  5.079 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 AL  295.3 (1st)
1950 AL  249.0 (5th)
1951 AL  221.0 (9th)
1953 AL  241.0 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 AL  122 (7th)
1953 AL  136 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL  33 (3rd)
1950 AL  31 (6th)
1951 AL  29 (8th)
1953 AL  34 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1948 AL  16 (5th)
1949 AL  27 (1st)
1950 AL  21 (3rd)
1952 AL  15 (7th)
1953 AL  12 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL  4 (4th)
1950 AL  2 (7th)
1951 AL  3 (5th)
1952 AL  3 (8th)
1953 AL  5 (3rd)
Career  20 (244th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  134 (4th)
1952 AL  89 (10th)
1953 AL  116 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL  258 (2nd)
1950 AL  244 (8th)
1951 AL  229 (7th)
1953 AL  217 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  0.297 (3rd)
1949 AL  0.244 (1st)
1950 AL  0.615 (6th)
1951 AL  0.448 (3rd)
1953 AL  0.560 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  86 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 AL  9 (6th)
1952 AL  5 (4th)
1953 AL  7 (3rd)
1954 AL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  4 (10th)
1949 AL  5 (7th)
1950 AL  7 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 AL  1,240 (1st)
1950 AL  1,070 (6th)
1951 AL  930 (9th)
1953 AL  1,037 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL  139 (5th)
1949 AL  158 (2nd)
1950 AL  137 (2nd)
1951 AL  138 (2nd)
1953 AL  137 (5th)
Career  125 (74th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  27 (5th)
1949 AL  51 (1st)
1950 AL  33 (3rd)
1951 AL  24 (6th)
1953 AL  27 (3rd)
Career  150 (127th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1948 AL  2.7 (5th)
1949 AL  5.3 (1st)
1950 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1951 AL  2.5 (5th)
1953 AL  2.8 (3rd)
Career  15.5 (124th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 AL  54.47 (1st)
Career  119.43 (118th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.6 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.5 (10th)
Career  11.6 (153rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  1.7 (6th)
1949 AL  4.0 (2nd)
Career  8.6 (180th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 AL  5.6 (1st)
Career  12.1 (123rd)

                           

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 100 (212), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 44 (307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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