Mario Picone

Mario Peter Picone (Babe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 5, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1947
Teams (by GP): Giants/Redlegs 1947-1954

Final Game: June 24, 1954
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1944	17	SFG-min	D	11	10	.524	2.50	27						173.0	130	83	48		98							1.318	6.8		5.1			BRS · APPY
1945	18	SFG-min	B	19	6	.760	3.61	33						217.0	201	120	87		152							1.627	8.3		6.3			RMD · PIED
1946	19	SFG-min	A,AAA	14	5	.737	2.37	25						163.0	135	57	43		85	2						1.350	7.5		4.7	0.1	0.02	JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1947	20	SFG-min	AAA	2	8	.200	4.19	28	10		2	0		101.0	94	54	47		67	41	1	0	7			1.594	8.4		6.0	3.7	0.61	JER · IL
1947	20	NYG	NL	0	0		7.71	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	31	56	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50

1948	21	SFG-min	AAA	11	9	.550	5.93	43			9	1		202.0	216	150	133		150	104	9	0	8			1.812	9.6		6.7	4.6	0.69	MNE · AA
1949	22	SFG-min	B,AAA	11	7	.611	3.99	31			2	0		185.0	178	103	82		121	21	3	0	2			1.616	8.7		5.9	1.0	0.17	TRE,MNE · ISLG,AA
1950	23	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		45.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	5	5	5		1	0	1		1			6.000	45.0		9.0	0.0	0.00	JER · IL
1951	24	SFG-min	A	15	15	.500	4.75	33						220.0	209	128	116	16	152							1.641	8.6	0.7	6.2			SXC · WL
1952	25	SFG-min	A,AAA	21	8	.724	2.94	35	9		7	0		272.0	195	105	89	15	127	40	3	0	1			1.184	6.5	0.5	4.2	1.3	0.32	SXC,MNE · WL,AA
1952	25	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	7.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	7	2	5	3	0	0	0	41	55	1.778	11.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	0.60

1953	26	SFG-min	AAA	14	8	.636	4.99	38	30		13	2		211.0	216	134	117	38	99	132	11	0	4			1.493	9.2	1.6	4.2	5.6	1.33	MNE · AA
1954	27	STL-SFG-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.29	18	9		3	2		63.0	46	23	23	6	34	25	4	0	1			1.270	6.6	0.9	4.9	3.6	0.74	ROC,MNE · IL,AA
1954	27	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	5.63	9	1	4	0	0	0	24.0	22	15	15	4	18	7	0	0	1	105	76	1.667	8.3	1.5	6.8	2.6	0.39
1954	27	NYG	NL	0	0		5.27	5	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	13	8	8	1	11	6	0	0	0	60	79	1.756	8.6	0.7	7.2	4.0	0.55
1954	27	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	6.10	4	1	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	7	7	3	7	1	0	0	1	45	71	1.548	7.8	2.6	6.1	0.9	0.14
1955	28	RMD,TTO	AAA	7	16	.304	4.10	31	24		11	2		167.0	152	95	76	14	67	74	7	1	1			1.311	8.2	0.8	3.6	4.0	1.10	RMD,TTO · IL
1956	29	BFL	AAA	0	0			1																								BFL · IL
3 Yrs				0	2	.000	6.30	13	3	6	0	0	0	40.0	43	29	28	7	25	11	0	0	2	177	66	1.700	9.7	1.6	5.6	2.5	0.44
162 Game Avg.				0	9	.000	6.30	55	13	26	0	0	0	170	183	123	119	30	106	47	0	0	9	752	66	1.700	9.7	1.6	5.6	2.5	0.44

NYG (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	6.37	9	2	4	0	0	0	29.2	34	22	21	4	18	10	0	0	1	132	65	1.753	10.3	1.2	5.5	3.0	0.56
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.10	4	1	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	7	7	3	7	1	0	0	1	45	71	1.548	7.8	2.6	6.1	0.9	0.14

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	20	NYG	NL	7.0	2	1	6	7.71	4.05	0.00	0.00	96.0	3.89	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.365	.498	$

1952	25	NYG	NL	9.0	2	1	8	8.00	4.32	0.12	0.00	98.0	4.11	-4	-0.4	.0	0.0	-0.3	-3	.323	.498	$

1954	27	NYG	NL	13.2	5	0	8	5.27	4.91	0.30	0.00	101.2	4.66	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	1	.482	.499	$
1954	27	CIN	NL	10.1	4	1	7	6.10	4.88	-0.06	0.00	103.5	5.11	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	0	.472	.499	$
3 Seasons				40.0	13	3	29	6.53	4.62	0.11	0.00	100.2	4.52	-9	-0.8	.3	0.0	-0.5	-4	.437	.499	$

NYG (3 yrs)				29.2	9	2	22	6.67	4.53	0.18	0.00	99.0	4.31	-8	-0.7	.3	0.0	-0.5	-4	.421	.499	$
CIN (1 yr)				10.1	4	1	7	6.10	4.88	-0.06	0.00	103.5	5.11	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	0	.472	.499	$

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	ROE
1952	25	NYG	NL	2	41	36	8	11	3	0	2	0	0	5	3	.306	.390	.556	.946	.290	20	2	0	0	0	1

1954	27	TOT	NL	9	76	83	15	22	6	0	4	2	2	18	7	.265	.396	.482	.878	.250	40	2	0	4	0	1
1954	27	CIN	NL	4	45	37	7	9	3	0	3	2	0	7	1	.243	.364	.568	.931	.182	21	1	0	1	0	0
1954	27	NYG	NL	5	31	46	8	13	3	0	1	0	2	11	6	.283	.421	.413	.834	.308	19	1	0	3	0	1
2 Yrs				11	117	119	23	33	9	0	6	2	2	23	10	.277	.394	.504	.899	.262	60	4	0	4	0	2
162 Game Avg.				58	612	622	120	173	47	0	31	10	10	120	52	.277	.394	.504	.899	.262	314	21	0	21	0	10
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.371	.709	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	25	NYG	NL	-3.2	-0.3	41	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.04	-0.1	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	1.04	-4.1	0	0	0

1954	27	TOT	NL	-2.8	-0.3	81	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.35	-0.2	-0.7	-0.6	-0.1	0.35	-0.6	0	1	6
1954	27	NYG	NL	-1.2	-0.1	33	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.09	0.0	-0.2	1.3	0.1	0.09	0.5	0	0	4
1954	27	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	48	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.52	-0.2	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.52	-1.1	0	1	2
3 Yrs				-8.3	-0.8	122	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.58	-0.3	-0.8	-4.4	-0.4	0.58	-4.7	0	1	6

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	20	NYG	NL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0		0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25			0	1	7.0		5.0

1952	25	NYG	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	0	0	0	1	3.0	3.9	8.0

1954	27	TOT	NL	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		31	31	1	0	0	1	2.0	4.5	4.3
1954	27	CIN	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	1	0	0	1	2.0	4.5	4.3
3 Yrs				8	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32	41	25	1	0	0	3	4.0	4.1	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	111	-11					4.6	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1947	20	NYG	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														1	0		1	6.0

1952	25	NYG	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1.040	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1954	27	TOT	NL	9	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%		.346	0	1	6	0	0	7	1	6	5	1	4	2	7.4
1954	27	NYG	NL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	.093	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	4	1	3	1	8.2
1954	27	CIN	NL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	.520	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	6.0
3 Yrs				13	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%		.589	0	1	6	0	0	8	1	7	6	1	4	3	6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	20	NYG	NL	31		3.2%	3.2%	6.5%				87%

1952	25	NYG	NL	41	59%	4.9%	7.3%	12.2%	12.2%	46%	1.67	76%	11	2	18%

1954	27	TOT	NL	105	62%	5.3%	9.2%	23.7%	13.2%	46%	1.05	95%	15	2	13%
1954	27	NYG	NL	60	58%	3.2%	19.4%	35.5%	12.9%	31%	0.45	126%	9	1	11%
1954	27	CIN	NL	45	64%	6.7%	2.2%	15.6%	13.3%	67%	1.64	73%	6	1	17%
3 Yrs				177	61%	4.7%	7.4%	16.9%	10.1%	35%	1.23	88%	26	4	15%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	12.0%	11.6%	6.4%	23%	0.95	91%			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	20	NYG	NL		10			1												1

1952	25	NYG	NL	41	11			2	0	4	2	0	2	0	5	2	1	40%	1	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	27	TOT	NL	76	22			4	0	5	1	2	2	1	8	2	1	25%	1	1	0	20	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	29
1954	27	NYG	NL	31	13			1	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	17%	1	0	0	10	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29
1954	27	CIN	NL	45	9			3	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	50%	0	1	0	10	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				117	43			7	0	9	3	2	4	1	13	4	2	31%	2	2	0	33	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	29
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	20	0		7.71	2	1	1	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	1	31	56	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50	56
1948	21	0		7.71	2	1	1	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	1	31	56	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50	56
1949	22	0		7.71	2	1	1	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	1	31	56	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50	56
1950	23	0		7.71	2	1	1	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	1	31	56	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50	56
1951	24	0		7.71	2	1	1	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	1	1	31	56	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50	56
1952	25	1	.000	7.31	4	2	2	16.0	21	14	13	3	7	4	1	72	55	1.750	11.8	1.7	3.9	2.3	0.57	55
1953	26	1	.000	7.31	4	2	2	16.0	21	14	13	3	7	4	1	72	55	1.750	11.8	1.7	3.9	2.3	0.57	55
1954	27	2	.000	6.30	13	3	6	40.0	43	29	28	7	25	11	2	177	66	1.700	9.7	1.6	5.6	2.5	0.44	66

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	20	0	0		9.00	6.0	11	7	6	1	2	1	0	2.167	16.5	3.0	1.5	0.50	1.5	2

1952	25	0	0		8.00	9.0	12	9	8	2	5	3	0	1.889	12.0	5.0	3.0	0.60	2.0	2

1954	27	1	1	.500	5.87	23.0	23	17	15	4	19	7	0	1.826	9.0	7.4	2.7	0.37	1.6	9
3 Yrs		1	1	.500	6.87	38.0	46	33	29	7	26	11	0	1.895	10.9		2.6	0.42	1.7	13

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