Laurin Pepper
Hugh McLaurin Pepper
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 18, 1931 in Vaughan, MS
School: University of Southern Mississippi
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1954
Final Game: June 6, 1957
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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
1954 23 PIT NL 1 5 .167 7.99 14 8 4 0 0 0 50.2 63 53 45 4 43 17 0 1 4 254 52 2.092 11.2 0.7 7.6 3.0 0.40
1955 24 PIT NL 0 1 .000 10.35 14 1 6 0 0 0 20.0 30 24 23 5 25 0 7 2 0 2 111 39 2.750 13.5 2.3 11.3 3.2 0.28
1956 25 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.00 11 7 2 0 0 0 30.0 30 17 10 1 25 1 12 0 0 0 143 126 1.833 9.0 0.3 7.5 3.6 0.48
1957 26 PIT NL 0 1 .000 8.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 8 8 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 43 48 1.778 11.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
4 Seasons 2 8 .200 7.06 44 17 13 0 0 0 109.2 134 102 86 11 98 3 40 2 1 6 551 57 2.116 11.0 0.9 8.0 3.3 0.41
162 Game Avg. 2 9 .200 7.06 49 19 14 0 0 0 122 149 114 96 12 109 45 2 1 7 614 57 2.116 11.0 0.9 8.0 3.3 0.41

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 23 PIT NL 14 254 200 53 63 2 0 4 2 2 43 17 .315 .429 .385 .814 .322 77 2 0 7 4
1955 24 PIT NL 14 111 81 24 30 1 1 5 1 1 25 7 .370 .523 .593 1.116 .357 48 3 2 2 1 0
1956 25 PIT NL 11 143 117 17 30 3 2 1 3 0 25 12 .256 .385 .342 .726 .276 40 4 0 0 1 1
1957 26 PIT NL 5 43 37 8 11 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .297 .381 .378 .759 .313 14 0 0 1 0 2
4 Seasons 44 551 435 102 134 6 3 11 6 3 98 40 .308 .433 .411 .844 .315 179 9 2 10 6 3
162 Game Avg. 49 614 485 114 149 7 3 12 7 3 109 45 .308 .433 .411 .844 .315 200 10 2 11 7
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 23 PIT NL 14 8 1 5 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 0 0 0 1 13% 35 62 5 8 5 1 4 3.5 18.0 4.1
1955 24 PIT NL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 13 3 0 1 2.0 0.0
1956 25 PIT NL 11 7 1 1 5 1 0 1 6 .143 0 2 0 0 0 0% 45 52 37 7 2 0 6 2.8 3.0 3.4
1957 26 PIT NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 0 0 0 1 3.0 0.0 1.0
4 Seasons 44 17 2 7 8 1 0 4 13 .235 0 3 0 0 1 6% 39 62 5 28 10 1 12 3.1 5.3 3.4
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 23 PIT NL 14 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0.654 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 2 1 8.8
1955 24 PIT NL 14 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 0.184 0 0 9 0 0 11 3 8 6 5 5 1 4.6
1956 25 PIT NL 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0.947 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 4.5
1957 26 PIT NL 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.586 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 6.0
4 Seasons 44 27 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23% 0.574 1 1 14 0 0 18 7 11 17 6 11 3 5.7

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%
1954 23 PIT NL 254 40% 1.6% 6.7% 16.9% 2.4% 10% 1.71 72% 20 2 10%
1955 24 PIT NL 111 35% 4.5% 6.3% 22.5% 6.3% 23% 0.67 63% 31 3 10%
1956 25 PIT NL 142 43% 0.7% 8.4% 17.5% 4.2% 20% 0.83 73% 20 4 20%
1957 26 PIT NL 43 33% 2.3% 9.3% 11.6% 2.3% 9% 0.60 74% 5 0 0%
4 Seasons 550 39% 2.0% 7.3% 17.8% 3.6% 15% 0.83 71% 76 9 12%
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
1954 23 PIT NL 52 63 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 78% 3 4 0 24 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 202
1955 24 PIT NL 91 30 5 1 4 2 2 2 2 8 5 0 63% 1 2 1 44 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
1956 25 PIT NL 83 30 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 57% 4 0 1 41 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 59
1957 26 PIT NL 27 11 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16
4 Seasons 253 134 11 1 14 3 2 3 2 25 16 1 64% 9 6 3 116 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 297
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+
1954 23 1 5 .167 7.99 14 8 4 0 0 0 50.2 63 53 45 4 43 17 0 1 4 254 52 2.092 11.2 0.7 7.6 3.0 0.40 52
1955 24 1 6 .143 8.66 28 9 10 0 0 0 70.2 93 77 68 9 68 0 24 2 1 6 365 48 2.278 11.8 1.1 8.7 3.1 0.35 48
1956 25 2 7 .222 6.97 39 16 12 0 0 0 100.2 123 94 78 10 93 1 36 2 1 6 508 58 2.146 11.0 0.9 8.3 3.2 0.39 58
1957 26 2 8 .200 7.06 44 17 13 0 0 0 109.2 134 102 86 11 98 3 40 2 1 6 551 57 2.116 11.0 0.9 8.0 3.3 0.41 57

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
1954 23 1 4 .200 7.64 53.0 65 50 45 4 44 18 0 2.057 11.0 7.5 3.1 0.41 0.7 14
1955 24 0 2 .000 11.37 19.0 31 27 24 5 26 7 2 3.000 14.7 12.3 3.3 0.27 2.4 14
1956 25 2 1 .667 3.30 30.0 32 12 11 1 27 12 0 1.967 9.6 8.1 3.6 0.44 0.3 11
1957 26 0 1 .000 9.00 9.0 12 10 9 1 5 4 0 1.889 12.0 5.0 4.0 0.80 1.0 5
4 Seasons 3 8 .273 7.22 111.0 140 99 89 11 102 41 2 2.180 11.4 3.3 0.40 0.9 44

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