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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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-min	Opn	2	1	.667	1.80	4	4		3	0		35.0	27	7	7	0	14		12	0	0	3			1.171	6.9	0.0	3.6	3.1	0.86	HOL · PCL
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	127	1.833	9.0	0.3	7.5	3.6	0.48
1957	26	PIT-min	Opn	5	9	.357	4.50	28	20		6	2		136.0	147	76	68	9	50		53	1	1	3			1.449	9.7	0.6	3.3	3.5	1.06	HOL · PCL
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
1958	27	STL-PIT-min	AAA	9	14	.391	4.29	34	20		7	2		149.0	129	78	71	12	74	5	75	0	0	4			1.362	7.8	0.7	4.5	4.5	1.01	ROC,CLB · IL
1959	28	PIT-min	AAA	13	11	.542	4.24	30	26		9	0		176.0	179	94	83	15	75		72	4	0	9			1.443	9.2	0.8	3.8	3.7	0.96	SLC · PCL
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.48	45	9					128.0	127	88	78	15	63								1.484	8.9	1.1	4.4			SLC · PCL
1961	30	ANA-min	AAA	15	11	.577	3.45	34	32					227.0	234	104	87	12	94								1.445	9.3	0.5	3.7			DFW · AA
1962	31	ANA/PHI-PIT-LAD-min	AAA,A	1	8	.111	5.58	21	13		0	0		71.0	87	62	44	7	56	2	38	1	0	5			2.014	11.0	0.9	7.1	4.8	0.68	DFW,CLB,GRV · AA,IL,SALL
1963	32	ANA-min	AAA	1	2	.333	6.19	24	2					48.0	52	37	33	11	18		36						1.458	9.8	2.1	3.4	6.8	2.00	HAW · PCL
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	58	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	58	2.116	11.0	0.9	8.0	3.3	0.41

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1954	23	PIT	NL	50.2	8	53	34	-1	.6	-19	-1.5	$
1955	24	PIT	NL	20.0	1	24	14	-1	.2	-10	-0.7	$
1956	25	PIT	NL	30.0	7	17	17	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1957	26	PIT	NL	9.0	1	8	5	0	.5	-3	-0.3	$
4 Seasons				109.2	17	102	70	-2	.6	-32	-2.5	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1954	23	PIT	NL	14	17	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.235	.235	.294	.529	39	5	0	0	0	0		1
1955	24	PIT	NL	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	25	PIT-min	Opn	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258		1	1	0	0	0		HOL · PCL
1956	25	PIT	NL	11	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	26	PIT-min	Opn	28	55	46	5	8	0	0	0	2	1		5	10	.174	.255	.174	.429		8	1	0	4	0		HOL · PCL
1957	26	PIT	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	27	STL-PIT-min	AAA	42	52	47	8	8	2	0	0	4	0		3	16	.170	.216	.213	.428		10		0	1	1	0	ROC,CLB · IL
1959	28	PIT-min	AAA	41	65	57	9	12	2	2	1	7	1	0	3	15	.211	.250	.368	.618		21		0	5	0		SLC · PCL
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	49	45	42	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.190	.244	.190	.435		8						SLC · PCL
1961	30	ANA-min	AAA	43	76	73	6	13	1	0	0	3	0		3	16	.178	.211	.192	.402		14						DFW · AA
1962	31	ANA/PHI-PIT-LAD-min	AAA,A	23	23	23	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.087	.087	.087	.174		2		0	0	0	0	DFW,CLB,GRV · AA,IL,SALL
1963	32	ANA-min	AAA	24	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347		1						HAW · PCL
4 Seasons				46	26	25	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.160	.192	.200	.392	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	92	88	7	14	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	25	.160	.192	.200	.392	5	18	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	23	PIT	NL	18	-1	1	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$	1
1955	24	PIT	NL	2	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	1
1956	25	PIT	NL	7	-1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				27	-3	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1954	PIT	NL	23	P	14	8	50.2	19	1	17	1	0	.947	3.20	1.29	.960	2.08	2.06	2	3	60%
1955	PIT	NL	24	P	14	1	20.0	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.35	0.21	.950	2.02	2.02	1	1	50%
1956	PIT	NL	25	P	11	7	30.0	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.20	0.36	.965	2.04	2.03	3	0	0%
1957	PIT	NL	26	P	5	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	0.20	.960	2.10	2.08	0	0
	4 Seasons			P	44	17	109.2	27	5	21	1	1	.963	2.13	0.59	.960	2.06	2.04	6	4	40%
	4 Seasons			TOT	44	17	109.2	27	5	21	1	1	.963	2.13	0.59	.960	2.06	2.04	6	4	40%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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June 14, 1954: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

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