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Harry Perkowski

Harry Walter Perkowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: September 6, 1922 in Dante, VA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1947
Teams (by GP): Reds/Redlegs/Cubs 1947-1955

Final Game: September 18, 1955
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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
1942	19	NTZ	D	1	1	.500	6.75	4						12.0	20	10	9		2								1.833	15.0		1.5			NTZ · EVAN
1946	23	CIN-min	C,A	23	6	.793	2.34	34						231.0	194	86	60		93								1.242	7.6		3.6			OGD,CLM · PION,SALL
1947	24	CIN-min	A	17	12	.586	3.57	32						247.0	234	126	98		85								1.291	8.5		3.1			CLM · SALL
1947	24	CIN	NL	0	0		3.68	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	12	3	3	1	3		2	0	0	0	35	118	2.045	14.7	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67

1948	25	CIN-min	AA	22	10	.688	2.98	40	34					263.0	231	111	87		105								1.278	7.9		3.6			TUL · TL
1949	26	CIN-min	AAA	14	12	.538	3.70	32	29		18	2		209.0	205	95	86		88		138	1	0	2			1.402	8.8		3.8	5.9	1.57	SYR · IL
1949	26	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.56	5	3	0	2	0	0	23.2	21	14	12	2	14		3	0	0	0	105	93	1.479	8.0	0.8	5.3	1.1	0.21
1950	27	CIN	NL	0	0		5.24	22	0	9	0	0	0	34.1	36	21	20	6	23		19	1	0	0	159	81	1.718	9.4	1.6	6.0	5.0	0.83
1951	28	CIN	NL	3	6	.333	2.82	35	7	8	1	0	1	102.0	96	42	32	2	46		56	1	0	5	435	145	1.392	8.5	0.2	4.1	4.9	1.22
1952	29	CIN	NL	12	10	.545	3.80	33	24	3	11	1	0	194.0	197	91	82	9	89		86	3	0	3	852	98	1.474	9.1	0.4	4.1	4.0	0.97
1953	30	CIN	NL	12	11	.522	4.52	33	25	5	7	2	2	193.0	204	107	97	26	62		70	1	0	1	821	96	1.378	9.5	1.2	2.9	3.3	1.13
1954	31	CIN	NL	2	8	.200	6.11	28	12	4	3	1	0	95.2	100	71	65	16	62		32	1	0	3	433	69	1.693	9.4	1.5	5.8	3.0	0.52
1955	32	CHC	NL	3	4	.429	5.29	25	4	14	0	0	2	47.2	53	32	28	3	25	4	28	0	0	1	215	79	1.636	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.3	1.12
1956	33	CHC-min	Opn,AA	8	8	.500	4.29	30	18		6	1		138.1	156	80	66	12	60	1	86	3	0	2			1.561	10.1	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.43	LOS,TUL · PCL,TL
1957	34	CHC-min	AA	4	3	.571	3.73	41	1					70.0	78	39	29	3	42								1.714	10.0	0.4	5.4			MEM · SOUA
1958	35	CHC-min	AA	12	4	.750	2.76	43	6		5	1		101.0	79	35	31	9	28	2	71	2	0	1			1.059	7.0	0.8	2.5	6.3	2.54	FTW · TL
1959	36	DEN	AAA	9	3	.750	4.99	47	5		2	0		92.0	101	54	51	10	43	5	63	1	0	7			1.565	9.9	1.0	4.2	6.2	1.47	DEN · AA
1960	37	DET-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.65	59	0					89.0	98	58	46	9	46								1.618	9.9	0.9	4.7			DEN · AA
8 Yrs				33	40	.452	4.37	184	76	44	24	4	5	697.2	719	381	339	65	324	4	296	7	0	13	3055	94	1.495	9.3	0.8	4.2	3.8	0.91
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.452	4.37	48	20	12	6	1	1	182	188	100	89	17	85		77	2	0	3	799	94	1.495	9.3	0.8	4.2	3.8	0.91

CIN (7 yrs)				30	36	.455	4.31	159	72	30	24	4	3	650.0	666	349	311	62	299		268	7	0	12	2840	95	1.485	9.2	0.9	4.1	3.7	0.90
CHC (1 yr)				3	4	.429	5.29	25	4	14	0	0	2	47.2	53	32	28	3	25	4	28	0	0	1	215	79	1.636	10.0	0.6	4.7	5.3	1.12

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
1947	24	CIN	NL	7.1	3	1	3	3.68	4.70	-0.37	0.00	104.0	5.27	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.544	.501	$

1949	26	CIN	NL	23.2	5	3	14	5.32	4.78	-0.06	0.00	107.0	5.18	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.491	.500	$
1950	27	CIN	NL	34.1	22	0	21	5.50	4.85	-0.17	0.00	101.4	5.09	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.2	2	.494	.499	$
1951	28	CIN	NL	102.0	35	7	42	3.71	4.61	-0.01	0.00	103.4	4.78	12	1.3	.9	-0.1	2.1	23	.537	.508	$
1952	29	CIN	NL	194.0	33	24	91	4.22	4.25	-0.10	0.00	99.6	4.33	3	0.3	.9	-0.1	1.9	22	.509	.502	$
1953	30	CIN	NL	193.0	33	25	107	4.99	4.82	0.27	0.00	101.3	4.61	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.0	15	.481	.496	$
1954	31	CIN	NL	95.2	28	12	71	6.68	4.68	-0.06	0.00	104.1	4.94	-18	-1.8	.9	-0.1	-0.9	-8	.437	.489	$
1955	32	CHC	NL	47.2	25	4	32	6.04	4.55	0.28	0.00	102.0	4.36	-8	-0.8	1.6	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.468	.495	$
8 Seasons				697.2	184	76	381	4.91	4.59	0.04	0.00	101.8	4.63	-18	-1.7	1.0	-0.7	4.1	56	.491	.499	$

CIN (7 yrs)				650.0	159	72	349	4.83	4.59	0.02	0.00	101.8	4.66	-10	-0.9	.9	-0.5	4.7	60	.495	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				47.2	25	4	32	6.04	4.55	0.28	0.00	102.0	4.36	-8	-0.8	1.6	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.468	.495	$

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
1949	26	CIN	NL	5	73	89	14	21	5	0	2	0	0	14	3	.236	.340	.360	.699	.226	32	3	0	2	0		2
1950	27	CIN	NL	22	99	127	21	36	5	2	6	0	1	23	19	.283	.397	.496	.893	.294	63	3	1	8	0		0
1951	28	CIN	NL	35	356	382	42	96	11	2	2	2	2	46	56	.251	.333	.306	.640	.290	117	6	1	6	0		3
1952	29	CIN	NL	33	649	740	91	197	26	3	9	3	6	89	86	.266	.347	.346	.693	.291	256	16	3	19	0		10
1953	30	CIN	NL	33	821	753	107	204	44	4	26	6	1	62	70	.271	.327	.444	.771	.271	334	19	1	5	0		8
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	432	361	71	100	14	2	16	2	1	62	32	.277	.380	.460	.840	.264	166	18	1	3	5		3
1955	32	CHC	NL	25	100	187	32	53	4	1	3	1	1	25	28	.283	.366	.364	.730	.318	68	3	0	2	1	4	2
7 Yrs				181	2530	2639	378	707	109	14	64	14	12	321	294	.268	.348	.393	.741	.281	1036	68	7	45	6	4	28
162 Game Avg.				48	672	701	100	188	29	4	17	4	3	85	78	.268	.348	.393	.741	.281	275	18	2	12	2		7
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.373	.710	.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
1949	26	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	77	0.1	1.6	-1.5	1.25	0.0	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.24	0.5	0	0	0
1950	27	CIN	NL	-2.9	-0.3	102	-0.3	0.4	-0.8	.32	-0.7	-0.3	-7.1	-0.7	0.32	-7.6	2	2	10
1951	28	CIN	NL	11.5	1.2	367	0.3	6.3	-6.0	1.01	0.7	-0.4	8.4	0.8	1.01	6.0	4	2	13
1952	29	CIN	NL	-0.7	-0.1	666	1.9	11.2	-9.4	.97	-0.2	2.1	0.2	0.0	0.97	-2.1	2	1	4
1953	30	CIN	NL	-2.7	-0.3	832	0.1	14.3	-14.2	.97	0.0	0.0	2.8	0.3	0.97	3.0	1	4	3
1954	31	CIN	NL	-18.7	-1.8	439	-1.3	8.0	-9.3	1.04	-2.5	1.2	-19.0	-1.8	1.04	-25.4	4	2	9
1955	32	CHC	NL	-6.0	-0.6	120	-0.3	2.5	-2.8	1.12	-0.3	0.0	-6.7	-0.7	1.27	-1.3	8	1	5
8 Yrs				-19.8	-1.8	2603	0.4	44.3	-43.9	.98	-2.9	3.3	-22.3	-2.1	0.98	-26.9	21	12	44

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
1947	24	CIN	NL	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0		0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31			0	1	7.9		3.3

1949	26	CIN	NL	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	2	0	2	67%	51.0	72	22	1	0	1	2	4.7	5.1	6.1

1951	28	CIN	NL	35	7	3	4	0	0	3	3	4	.429	0	0	1	0	6	86%	53.7	77	27	18	9	3	3	2.5	2.3	7.1
1952	29	CIN	NL	33	24	12	8	4	5	2	14	10	.583	1	1	11	1	12	50%	50.0	83	23	15	3	8	10	5.1	5.4	7.2
1953	30	CIN	NL	33	25	10	11	4	4	0	13	12	.520	1	2	7	2	7	28%	45.8	80	15	17	12	8	8	4.7	4.8	6.5
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	12	2	6	4	1	3	5	7	.417	1	2	3	1	5	42%	44.8	97	19	15	7	1	8	3.9	3.1	6.2
1955	32	CHC	NL	25	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	28.8	40	15	10	4	0	4	3.1	5.4	3.1
7 Yrs				162	76	28	33	15	10	8	37	38	.493	3	6	24	4	32	42%	47	97	15	76	35	21	36	4.5	4.4	6.5
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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1947	24	CIN	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														1	0		0	6.0

1949	26	CIN	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					1.246	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.0
1950	27	CIN	NL	22	22	9	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	7	70%		.324	2	2	10	0	1	15	4	12	7	6	5	1	4.7
1951	28	CIN	NL	35	28	8	0	2	1	1	1	100%	3	2	13	5	38%		1.006	4	2	13	3	1	15	7	12	19	5	13	2	5.6
1952	29	CIN	NL	33	9	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	6	4	67%		.970	2	1	4	0	1	6	3	4	6	2	5	2	7.3
1953	30	CIN	NL	33	8	5	2	0	3	2	1	67%	3	0	8	2	25%	7	.966	1	4	3	3	0	5	4	4	7	0	7	1	11.3
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	16	4	0	2	1	0	1	0%	3	1	10	3	30%	7	1.038	4	2	9	3	0	13	5	11	10	3	10	2	4.0
1955	32	CHC	NL	25	21	14	3	1	3	2	1	67%	6	2	13	7	54%		1.124	8	1	5	6	3	5	7	7	12	8	7	4	5.0
8 Yrs				184	108	44	5	7	8	5	4	63%	15	5	60	28	47%		.974	21	12	44	15	6	59	30	50	63	25	47	12	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	24	CIN	NL	35		2.9%	5.7%	8.6%				83%

1949	26	CIN	NL	105	22%	2.7%	4.1%	19.2%	9.6%	33%	0.75	115%	14	3	21%
1950	27	CIN	NL	159	38%	6.1%	19.2%	23.2%	13.1%	36%	1.18	103%	19	3	16%
1951	28	CIN	NL	435	33%	0.6%	15.7%	12.9%	4.2%	16%	0.85	91%	87	6	7%
1952	29	CIN	NL	851	28%	1.4%	13.3%	13.7%	5.9%	19%	0.86	99%	145	16	11%
1953	30	CIN	NL	821	29%	3.2%	8.5%	7.6%	9.0%	36%	0.78	80%	169	19	11%
1954	31	CIN	NL	432	31%	3.7%	7.4%	14.4%	7.4%	32%	0.92	74%	97	18	19%
1955	32	CHC	NL	215	34%	3.0%	28.0%	25.0%	8.0%	15%	0.87	157%	22	3	14%
8 Yrs				3053	30%	2.5%	11.5%	12.6%	7.3%	26%	0.85	90%	553	68	12%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	12.0%	11.5%	6.4%	24%	0.95	90%			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	24	CIN	NL		12			1												0

1949	26	CIN	NL	73	21			2	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
1950	27	CIN	NL	99	36			6	0	6	3	1	4	0	6	4	1	67%	0	0	1	39	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60
1951	28	CIN	NL	356	96			2	0	9	1	1	1	1	13	9	3	69%	3	5	0	156	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	79
1952	29	CIN	NL	649	197			9	0	10	4	4	3	5	34	16	3	47%	10	3	0	279	3	6	33%	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	202
1953	30	CIN	NL	821	204			26	0	14	21	5	13	13	28	11	3	39%	8	1	0	323	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
1954	31	CIN	NL	432	100			16	0	11	12	4	10	6	23	16	1	70%	3	3	0	179	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1955	32	CHC	NL	100	53			3	0	6	1	1	1	1	6	4	1	67%	2	1	0	38	1	1	50%	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	115
8 Yrs				2530	719			65	0	58	43	17	34	26	113	62	12	55%	28	13	1	1040	14	12	54%	13	11	0	1	1	0	3	1	32	488
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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	24	0	0		3.68	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	12	3	3	1	3		2	0	0	35	118	2.045	14.7	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67	118
1948	25	0	0		3.68	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	12	3	3	1	3		2	0	0	35	118	2.045	14.7	1.2	3.7	2.5	0.67	118
1949	26	1	1	.500	4.35	8	4	1	2	0	0	31.0	33	17	15	3	17		5	0	0	140	98	1.613	9.6	0.9	4.9	1.5	0.29	98
1950	27	1	1	.500	4.82	30	4	10	2	0	0	65.1	69	38	35	9	40		24	1	0	299	89	1.668	9.5	1.2	5.5	3.3	0.60	89
1951	28	4	7	.364	3.60	65	11	18	3	0	1	167.1	165	80	67	11	86		80	2	5	734	116	1.500	8.9	0.6	4.6	4.3	0.93	116
1952	29	16	17	.485	3.71	98	35	21	14	1	1	361.1	362	171	149	20	175		166	5	8	1586	106	1.486	9.0	0.5	4.4	4.1	0.95	106
1953	30	28	28	.500	3.99	131	60	26	21	3	3	554.1	566	278	246	46	237		236	6	9	2407	102	1.449	9.2	0.7	3.8	3.8	1.00	102
1954	31	30	36	.455	4.31	159	72	30	24	4	3	650.0	666	349	311	62	299		268	7	12	2840	95	1.485	9.2	0.9	4.1	3.7	0.90	95
1955	32	33	40	.452	4.37	184	76	44	24	4	5	697.2	719	381	339	65	324	4	296	7	13	3055	94	1.495	9.3	0.8	4.2	3.8	0.91	94

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
1947	24	0	0		3.86	7.0	12	3	3	1	3	2	0	2.143	15.4	3.9	2.6	0.67	1.3	3

1949	26	1	1	.500	4.32	25.0	21	13	12	2	14	3	0	1.400	7.6	5.0	1.1	0.21	0.7	5
1950	27	1	2	.333	5.14	35.0	37	22	20	6	24	19	1	1.743	9.5	6.2	4.9	0.79	1.5	22
1951	28	7	4	.636	2.82	102.0	98	36	32	2	47	56	1	1.422	8.6	4.1	4.9	1.19	0.2	35
1952	29	10	11	.476	4.18	194.0	211	100	90	10	95	86	3	1.577	9.8	4.4	4.0	0.91	0.5	33
1953	30	10	11	.476	4.27	196.0	203	103	93	26	62	71	1	1.352	9.3	2.8	3.3	1.15	1.2	33
1954	31	3	7	.300	6.00	96.0	102	71	64	16	63	32	1	1.719	9.6	5.9	3.0	0.51	1.5	28
1955	32	2	3	.400	5.25	48.0	55	31	28	3	26	28	0	1.688	10.3	4.9	5.3	1.08	0.6	25
8 Yrs		34	39	.466	4.38	703.0	739	379	342	66	334	297	7	1.526	9.5		3.8	0.89	0.8	184

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1953 NL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1953 NL 26 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1952 NL 89 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1952 NL 0.418 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1953 NL 97 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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