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Laurin Pepper

Hugh McLaurin Pepper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 18, 1931 in Vaughan, MS
School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1954
Team: Pirates 1954-1957

Final Game: June 6, 1957
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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
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 40 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 50 1.778 11.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
4 Yrs 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

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
1954 23 PIT NL 50.2 14 8 53 9.41 4.83 -0.25 0.00 103.8 5.27 -23 -2.1 .8 0.0 -1.6 -18 .352 .487 $
1955 24 PIT NL 20.0 14 1 24 10.80 4.77 -0.28 0.00 102.9 5.19 -12 -1.2 .3 0.4 -0.6 -10 .417 .493 $
1956 25 PIT NL 30.0 11 7 17 5.10 4.30 -0.02 0.00 96.6 4.18 -2 -0.3 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .477 .498 $
1957 26 PIT NL 9.0 5 1 8 8.00 4.26 0.37 0.00 96.0 3.74 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -3 .417 .497 $
4 Seasons 109.2 44 17 102 8.37 4.63 -0.14 0.00 101.0 4.83 -42 -3.9 .6 0.4 -2.5 -31 .411 .494 $

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
1954 23 PIT NL 14 77 200 53 63 4 0 4 2 3 43 17 .315 .429 .395 .824 .322 79 2 0 7 4 4
1955 24 PIT NL 14 103 81 24 30 1 2 5 1 1 25 7 .370 .523 .617 1.140 .357 50 3 2 2 1 0 1
1956 25 PIT NL 11 111 117 17 30 4 2 1 3 0 25 12 .256 .385 .350 .735 .276 41 4 0 0 1 1 4
1957 26 PIT NL 5 36 37 8 11 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .297 .381 .378 .759 .313 14 0 0 1 0 2 1
4 Yrs 44 327 435 102 134 9 4 11 6 4 98 40 .308 .433 .423 .856 .315 184 9 2 10 6 3 10
162 Game Avg. 49 365 485 114 149 10 4 12 7 4 109 45 .308 .433 .423 .856 .315 205 10 2 11 7 11
MLB Averages .259 .330 .391 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 23 PIT NL -22.0 -2.0 85 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 .82 -0.9 -0.1 -13.0 -1.2 0.82 -10.5 0 1 1
1955 24 PIT NL -12.7 -1.2 112 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .15 -1.4 -1.7 -15.8 -1.5 0.16 -18.1 0 0 10
1956 25 PIT NL 0.3 0.0 116 -0.8 1.5 -2.3 .94 -0.6 -0.3 -7.0 -0.7 0.94 -7.3 1 0 2
1957 26 PIT NL -3.7 -0.4 37 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 .86 -0.1 -0.7 -4.7 -0.5 0.86 -2.2 1 0 2
4 Yrs -38.1 -3.6 350 -2.9 2.6 -5.5 .65 -3.0 -1.4 -40.6 -3.8 0.65 -38.1 2 1 15

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
1954 23 PIT NL 14 8 1 5 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 0 0 0 1 13% 35.4 62 5 8 5 1 4 3.5 5.1 4.1
1955 24 PIT NL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 13 3 0 1 2.0 0.0
1956 25 PIT NL 11 7 1 1 5 1 0 1 6 .143 1 3 0 0 0 0% 45.4 52 37 9 2 0 6 2.8 2.8 3.4
1957 26 PIT NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 0 0 0 1 3.0 0.0 1.0
4 Yrs 44 17 2 7 8 1 0 4 13 .235 1 4 0 0 1 6% 39 62 5 30 10 1 12 3.1 3.4 3.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.4 6.4

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
1954 23 PIT NL 14 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% .816 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% 8 .153 0 0 10 0 0 12 3 9 6 5 6 1 4.6
1956 25 PIT NL 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% .941 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 6 .855 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 6.0
4 Yrs 44 27 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23% .654 2 1 15 0 1 19 7 13 17 6 12 3 5.7

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%
1954 23 PIT NL 254 61% 5.2% 22.1% 55.8% 10.4% 13% 0.88 238% 21 2 10%
1955 24 PIT NL 111 63% 4.9% 6.8% 24.3% 7.8% 27% 0.64 68% 32 3 9%
1956 25 PIT NL 142 57% 0.9% 10.8% 22.5% 6.3% 23% 0.76 95% 24 4 17%
1957 26 PIT NL 43 69% 2.8% 11.1% 13.9% 2.8% 9% 0.73 89% 10 0 0%
4 Yrs 550 61% 3.4% 12.2% 30.0% 7.3% 18% 0.74 119% 87 9 10%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 12.3% 9.7% 6.7% 28% 0.96 79% 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
1954 23 PIT NL 77 63 4 0 7 2 0 2 0 9 7 0 78% 4 4 0 34 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 177
1955 24 PIT NL 103 30 5 1 4 3 2 3 2 10 7 0 70% 1 2 1 47 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
1956 25 PIT NL 111 30 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 57% 4 0 1 50 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 31
1957 26 PIT NL 36 11 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 20% 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
4 Yrs 327 134 11 1 19 6 3 6 3 31 19 1 61% 10 6 3 142 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 223
MLB Averages 51% 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+
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

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
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 10.89 19.0 31 26 23 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 7.20 10.0 11 9 8 1 5 4 0 1.600 9.9 4.5 3.6 0.80 0.9 5
4 Yrs 3 8 .273 6.99 112.0 139 97 87 11 102 41 2 2.152 11.2 3.3 0.40 0.9 44

* 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.

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