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Paul Pettit

George William Paul Pettit (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 29, 1931 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1951
Team: Pirates 1951-1953

Final Game: September 19, 1953
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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
1951 19 PIT NL 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 141 1.125 6.8 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00
1953 21 PIT NL 1 2 .333 7.71 10 5 4 0 0 0 28.0 33 27 24 1 20 14 0 0 0 131 58 1.893 10.6 0.3 6.4 4.5 0.70
2 Yrs 1 2 .333 7.34 12 5 5 0 0 0 30.2 35 28 25 2 21 14 0 0 0 142 62 1.826 10.3 0.6 6.2 4.1 0.67
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .333 7.34 48 20 20 0 0 0 123 140 112 100 8 84 56 0 0 0 568 62 1.826 10.3 0.6 6.2 4.1 0.67

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
1951 19 PIT NL 2.2 2 0 1 3.38 4.29 -0.14 0.00 108.2 4.79 0 0.0 .5 -0.0 0.1 1 .522 .500 $
1953 21 PIT NL 28.0 10 5 27 8.68 4.60 -0.01 0.00 105.3 4.86 -12 -1.0 .4 0.1 -0.7 -9 .395 .494 $
2 Seasons 30.2 12 5 28 8.22 4.57 -0.03 0.00 105.6 4.85 -11 -1.0 .5 0.1 -0.6 -8 .416 .497 $

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
1951 19 PIT NL 2 3 10 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .500 .773 .111 5 0 0 0 0 0
1953 21 PIT NL 10 113 111 27 33 5 0 1 1 0 20 14 .297 .405 .369 .774 .333 41 4 0 0 0 2
2 Yrs 12 116 121 28 35 5 0 2 1 0 21 14 .289 .394 .380 .775 .314 46 4 0 0 0 2
162 Game Avg. 48 464 484 112 140 20 0 8 4 0 84 56 .289 .394 .380 .775 .314 184 16 0 0 0 8
MLB Averages .259 .333 .377 .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
1951 19 PIT NL 0.4 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .04 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.04 0.8 0 0 1
1953 21 PIT NL -9.5 -0.9 117 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 .69 -0.4 0.0 -8.3 -0.8 0.69 -4.1 0 1 3
2 Yrs -9.1 -0.8 120 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 .68 -0.3 -0.1 -7.8 -0.7 0.68 -3.3 0 1 4

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
1953 21 PIT NL 10 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 1 20% 38.6 53 31 10 8 2 3 6.0 7.9 3.8
1 Yr 10 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 1 20% 39 53 31 10 8 2 3 6.0 7.9 3.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 106 -6 4.5 4.4 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
1951 19 PIT NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .037 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.0
1953 21 PIT NL 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 .695 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.4
2 Yrs 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% .678 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 3 0 5.0

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%
1951 19 PIT NL 11 33% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 50% 2.00 300% 0 0
1953 21 PIT NL 131 34% 0.9% 12.4% 17.7% 5.3% 18% 2.00 85% 25 4 16%
2 Yrs 142 34% 1.7% 12.1% 18.1% 6.0% 20% 2.00 91% 25 4 16%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 11.8% 10.6% 6.7% 26% 0.95 86% 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
1951 19 PIT NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1953 21 PIT NL 113 33 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 4 1 44% 2 0 0 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 18
2 Yrs 116 35 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 4 1 44% 2 0 0 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 26
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1951 19 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 141 1.125 6.8 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00 141
1952 20 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 141 1.125 6.8 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.00 141
1953 21 1 2 .333 7.34 12 5 5 0 0 0 30.2 35 28 25 2 21 14 0 0 0 142 62 1.826 10.3 0.6 6.2 4.1 0.67 62

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
1951 19 0 0 3.00 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 3.0 2
1953 21 1 2 .333 7.07 28.0 32 24 22 1 19 14 0 1.821 10.3 6.1 4.5 0.74 0.3 10
2 Yrs 1 2 .333 6.68 31.0 34 25 23 2 20 14 0 1.742 9.9 4.1 0.70 0.6 12

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1951 NL  born 1931-11-29 (4th)
1953 NL  born 1931-11-29 (9th)

                                         

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