Billy Pierce
Walter William Pierce
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 2, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Highland Park (Highland Park, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1945
Final Game: October 3, 1964
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Standard Pitching

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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
1945 18 DET AL 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 196 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00
1948 21 DET AL 3 0 1.000 6.34 22 5 9 0 0 0 55.1 47 40 39 5 51 36 1 0 1 258 69 1.771 7.6 0.8 8.3 5.9 0.71
1949 22 CHW AL 7 15 .318 3.88 32 26 4 8 0 0 171.2 145 89 74 11 112 95 0 2 5 761 107 1.497 7.6 0.6 5.9 5.0 0.85
1950 23 CHW AL 12 16 .429 3.98 33 29 3 15 1 1 219.1 189 112 97 11 137 118 2 0 4 978 113 1.486 7.8 0.5 5.6 4.8 0.86
1951 24 CHW AL 15 14 .517 3.03 37 28 6 18 1 2 240.1 237 93 81 14 73 113 1 0 1 1008 133 1.290 8.9 0.5 2.7 4.2 1.55
1952 25 CHW AL 15 12 .556 2.57 33 32 1 14 4 1 255.1 214 76 73 12 79 144 3 0 3 1042 141 1.148 7.5 0.4 2.8 5.1 1.82 MVP-29
1953 26 CHW AL 18 12 .600 2.72 40 33 6 19 7 3 271.1 216 94 82 20 102 186 3 0 5 1113 148 1.172 7.2 0.7 3.4 6.2 1.82 AS,MVP-10
1954 27 CHW AL 9 10 .474 3.48 36 26 4 12 4 3 188.2 179 86 73 15 86 148 3 1 3 818 107 1.405 8.5 0.7 4.1 7.1 1.72
1955 28 CHW AL 15 10 .600 1.97 33 26 5 16 6 1 205.2 162 50 45 16 64 5 157 3 1 4 836 199 1.099 7.1 0.7 2.8 6.9 2.45 AS,MVP-18
1956 29 CHW AL 20 9 .690 3.32 35 33 2 21 1 1 276.1 261 108 102 24 100 7 192 3 1 6 1166 124 1.306 8.5 0.8 3.3 6.3 1.92 AS,MVP-5
1957 30 CHW AL 20 12 .625 3.26 37 34 2 16 4 2 257.0 228 98 93 18 71 9 171 1 1 3 1062 115 1.163 8.0 0.6 2.5 6.0 2.41 AS,MVP-11
1958 31 CHW AL 17 11 .607 2.68 35 32 3 19 3 2 245.0 204 83 73 33 66 2 144 1 0 1 983 136 1.102 7.5 1.2 2.4 5.3 2.18 AS
1959 32 CHW AL 14 15 .483 3.62 34 33 0 12 2 0 224.0 217 98 90 26 62 4 114 3 1 2 934 105 1.246 8.7 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.84 AS
1960 33 CHW AL 14 7 .667 3.62 32 30 1 8 1 0 196.1 201 81 79 24 46 1 108 0 0 2 813 105 1.258 9.2 1.1 2.1 5.0 2.35
1961 34 CHW AL 10 9 .526 3.80 39 28 5 5 1 3 180.0 190 85 76 17 54 3 106 1 0 2 764 103 1.356 9.5 0.9 2.7 5.3 1.96 AS
1962 35 SFG NL 16 6 .727 3.49 30 23 2 7 2 1 162.1 147 67 63 19 35 2 76 3 1 2 657 108 1.121 8.1 1.1 1.9 4.2 2.17 CYA-3
1963 36 SFG NL 3 11 .214 4.27 38 13 13 3 1 8 99.0 106 49 47 12 20 1 52 1 2 3 420 75 1.273 9.6 1.1 1.8 4.7 2.60
1964 37 SFG NL 3 0 1.000 2.20 34 1 14 0 0 4 49.0 40 14 12 6 10 1 29 0 0 1 195 162 1.020 7.3 1.1 1.8 5.3 2.90
18 Seasons 211 169 .555 3.27 585 432 84 193 38 32 3306.2 2989 1325 1201 284 1178 35 1999 30 10 48 13853 119 1.260 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.4 1.70
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .555 3.27 39 29 6 13 3 2 221 200 89 80 19 79 134 2 1 3 926 119 1.260 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.4 1.70
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
CHW (13 yrs) 186 152 .550 3.19 456 390 42 183 35 19 2931.0 2643 1153 1038 241 1052 31 1796 24 7 41 12278 123 1.261 8.1 0.7 3.2 5.5 1.71
SFG (3 yrs) 22 17 .564 3.54 102 37 29 10 3 13 310.1 293 130 122 37 65 4 157 4 3 6 1272 101 1.154 8.5 1.1 1.9 4.6 2.42
DET (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 5.65 27 5 13 0 0 0 65.1 53 42 41 6 61 46 2 0 1 303 75 1.745 7.3 0.8 8.4 6.3 0.75
AL (15 yrs) 189 152 .554 3.24 483 395 55 183 35 19 2996.1 2696 1195 1079 247 1113 31 1842 26 7 42 12581 121 1.271 8.1 0.7 3.3 5.5 1.66
NL (3 yrs) 22 17 .564 3.54 102 37 29 10 3 13 310.1 293 130 122 37 65 4 157 4 3 6 1272 101 1.154 8.5 1.1 1.9 4.6 2.42

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1959 32 CHW AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 17 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50
1962 35 SFG NL WS L NYY 1 1 .500 2.40 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 8 5 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 55 0.667 4.8 0.6 1.2 3.0 2.50
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 1 .500 1.89 5 2 0 1 0 0 19.0 10 5 4 1 4 2 8 0 0 0 72 0.737 4.7 0.5 1.9 3.8 2.00
2 WS 1 1 .500 1.89 5 2 0 1 0 0 19.0 10 5 4 1 4 2 8 0 0 0 72 0.737 4.7 0.5 1.9 3.8 2.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1953 CHW AL 26 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1955 CHW AL 28 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1956 CHW AL 29 1 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 11 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
1957 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 16.20 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 9 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 16.2 1.50
1958 CHW AL 31
1959 CHW AL 32
1961 CHW AL 34
7 Seasons (4 Appearances) 3 0 1 .000 3.38 3 0 0 0 0 10.2 6 4 4 0 3 0 12 0 0 1 39 0.844 5.1 0.0 2.5 10.1 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 27 CHW AL 36 819 719 86 179 25 8 15 6 7 86 148 .249 .330 .369 .699 .293 265 13 3 7 4
1955 28 CHW AL 33 835 759 50 162 16 6 16 6 4 64 157 .213 .277 .314 .590 .249 238 9 3 8 1 5
1956 29 CHW AL 35 1163 1046 108 261 39 8 24 3 8 100 192 .250 .317 .371 .687 .285 388 18 3 13 1 7
1957 30 CHW AL 37 1062 973 98 228 38 9 18 3 5 71 171 .234 .287 .347 .634 .268 338 12 1 16 1 9
1958 31 CHW AL 35 983 900 83 204 28 2 33 1 5 66 144 .227 .279 .372 .651 .235 335 21 1 12 4 2
1959 32 CHW AL 34 934 858 98 217 38 6 26 4 4 62 114 .253 .305 .402 .707 .265 345 19 3 8 3 4
1960 33 CHW AL 32 814 758 81 201 26 2 24 0 3 46 108 .265 .306 .400 .706 .282 303 22 0 8 2 1
1961 34 CHW AL 39 764 691 85 190 32 7 17 2 7 54 106 .275 .326 .415 .742 .302 287 15 1 13 5 3
1962 35 SFG NL 30 657 614 67 147 18 5 19 3 1 35 76 .239 .283 .378 .661 .246 232 20 3 4 1 2
1963 36 SFG NL 38 419 389 49 106 10 2 12 0 0 20 52 .272 .309 .401 .710 .288 156 5 1 8 1 1
1964 37 SFG NL 34 195 180 14 40 6 1 6 1 2 10 29 .222 .260 .367 .627 .231 66 5 0 3 2 1
11 Seasons 383 8645 7887 819 1935 276 56 210 29 46 614 1297 .245 .301 .374 .675 .269 2953 159 19 100 25 35
162 Game Avg. 39 888 810 84 199 28 6 22 3 5 63 133 .245 .301 .374 .675 .269 303 16 2 10 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 27 CHW AL 36 26 9 10 7 1 3 12 13 .480 2 2 12 4 14 54% 54 85 26 28 9 11 8 4.2 4.4 6.8
1955 28 CHW AL 33 26 13 10 3 1 6 16 10 .615 1 2 16 6 18 69% 63 92 18 15 1 7 11 3.7 3.7 7.3
1956 29 CHW AL 35 33 20 8 5 3 4 22 11 .667 0 3 21 1 23 70% 58 85 14 12 0 6 5 5.7 5.8 8.3
1957 30 CHW AL 37 34 20 11 3 4 2 21 13 .618 0 2 16 4 18 53% 58 95 18 23 6 10 6 4.1 4.3 7.5
1958 31 CHW AL 35 32 17 11 4 1 4 19 12 .613 1 2 19 3 23 72% 60 94 22 17 5 13 7 3.9 4.2 7.6
1959 32 CHW AL 34 33 14 15 4 1 3 16 16 .500 0 4 12 2 18 55% 53 100 12 9 4 13 4 3.3 2.8 6.8
1960 33 CHW AL 32 30 13 7 10 3 4 22 9 .710 4 5 8 1 18 60% 53 83 28 27 9 9 11 5.0 5.1 6.3
1961 34 CHW AL 39 28 7 9 12 1 4 14 13 .519 4 6 5 1 14 50% 50 83 25 26 13 12 8 4.8 4.1 5.6
1962 35 SFG NL 30 23 16 6 1 3 0 16 7 .696 0 2 7 2 13 57% 55 86 29 14 7 8 8 6.0 6.5 6.8
1963 36 SFG NL 38 13 3 6 4 0 1 6 7 .462 2 0 3 1 4 31% 48 78 33 22 7 7 5 4.4 4.8 5.6
1964 37 SFG NL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 65 65 65 9 1 0 1 5.6 6.4 7.7
11 Seasons 383 279 133 93 53 18 31 165 111 .598 14 28 119 25 164 59% 56 100 12 202 62 96 74 4.5 4.5 7.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 27 CHW AL 36 10 4 0 0 4 3 1 75% 6 2 12 4 33% 7 1.063 5 4 1 6 0 4 6 4 4 3 4 0 3.6
1955 28 CHW AL 33 7 5 2 0 3 1 0 33% 4 1 8 1 13% 9 1.073 5 1 1 5 1 1 6 1 5 1 5 0 7.1
1956 29 CHW AL 35 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0% 7 1.111 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1957 30 CHW AL 37 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 1 0 0% 9 1.088 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.3
1958 31 CHW AL 35 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 5 4 80% 8 1.122 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2.7
1959 32 CHW AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 8 1.145 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0
1960 33 CHW AL 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.992 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1961 34 CHW AL 39 11 5 3 0 3 3 0 100% 7 4 7 4 57% 8 0.975 7 4 0 8 1 2 5 6 6 4 7 1 6.0
1962 35 SFG NL 30 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 1 12 3 25% 9 0.821 4 1 2 3 1 3 6 1 1 5 1 0 2.1
1963 36 SFG NL 38 25 13 0 5 9 8 2 89% 13 2 33 6 18% 9 1.115 18 2 5 13 6 6 19 6 8 13 9 1 3.1
1964 37 SFG NL 34 33 14 2 0 7 4 3 57% 9 1 32 10 31% 6 0.898 10 12 11 9 5 19 18 15 11 14 12 3 3.8
11 Seasons 383 104 51 8 7 32 25 7 78% 49 13 114 32 28% 1.055 59 24 20 51 17 35 66 37 39 43 43 5 3.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1945 18 DET AL
1948 21 DET AL
1949 22 CHW AL
1950 23 CHW AL
1951 24 CHW AL
1952 25 CHW AL
1953 26 CHW AL
1954 27 CHW AL 819 76% 1.8% 18.1% 10.5% 5.9% 27% 0.75 68% 156 13 8%
1955 28 CHW AL 835 78% 1.9% 18.8% 7.7% 4.6% 24% 0.64 70% 130 9 7%
1956 29 CHW AL 1163 83% 2.1% 16.5% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 0.68 71% 221 18 8%
1957 30 CHW AL 1062 81% 1.7% 16.1% 6.7% 6.1% 29% 0.71 74% 172 12 7%
1958 31 CHW AL 983 82% 3.4% 14.7% 6.7% 6.4% 31% 0.82 74% 158 21 13%
1959 32 CHW AL 934 81% 2.8% 12.2% 6.6% 7.5% 32% 1.00 77% 158 19 12%
1960 33 CHW AL 814 83% 3.0% 13.3% 5.7% 6.4% 26% 0.92 77% 133 22 17%
1961 34 CHW AL 764 78% 2.2% 13.9% 7.1% 7.3% 30% 0.92 75% 150 15 10%
1962 35 SFG NL 658 73% 2.9% 11.6% 5.3% 6.4% 29% 0.94 79% 105 20 19%
1963 36 SFG NL 419 69% 2.9% 12.4% 4.8% 5.7% 23% 0.86 78% 71 5 7%
1964 37 SFG NL 195 64% 3.1% 14.9% 5.1% 6.7% 33% 1.17 75% 37 5 14%
18 Seasons 8646 79% 3.3% 23.1% 13.6% 6.3% 18% 0.82 74% 1491 159 11%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1945 18 DET AL 6 1 0
1948 21 DET AL 47 5 1
1949 22 CHW AL 145 11 5
1950 23 CHW AL 189 11 4
1951 24 CHW AL 237 14 1
1952 25 CHW AL 214 12 3
1953 26 CHW AL 216 20 5
1954 27 CHW AL 819 179 15 0 21 12 3 10 5 39 18 9 46% 10 3 1 308 6 7 46% 6 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 0
1955 28 CHW AL 835 162 16 0 18 13 3 6 10 26 15 2 58% 13 4 0 282 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0
1956 29 CHW AL 1163 261 24 0 24 19 5 15 9 44 17 10 39% 10 6 2 417 3 8 27% 1 7 1 0 1 1 2 0 13 0
1957 30 CHW AL 1062 228 18 0 20 17 1 6 12 40 16 8 40% 15 3 1 370 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1958 31 CHW AL 983 204 33 0 15 32 1 11 22 38 16 6 42% 12 1 2 309 1 5 17% 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 9 0
1959 32 CHW AL 934 217 26 0 12 22 4 11 15 29 17 3 59% 11 2 2 324 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
1960 33 CHW AL 814 201 24 0 9 22 2 12 12 18 13 1 72% 9 2 3 278 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1961 34 CHW AL 764 190 17 0 19 12 5 6 11 35 19 4 54% 9 2 2 285 2 7 22% 2 4 0 1 0 2 3 0 11 0
1962 35 SFG NL 658 147 19 0 11 12 7 11 8 23 10 3 43% 9 2 1 214 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
1963 36 SFG NL 419 106 12 0 8 11 1 5 7 17 12 1 71% 4 3 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 37 SFG NL 195 40 6 0 2 1 5 6 0 8 5 0 63% 4 1 0 73 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
18 Seasons 8646 2989 284 0 159 173 37 99 111 317 158 47 50% 106 48 14 3005 29 46 39% 24 35 3 6 2 5 18 1 90 0
MLB Averages
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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1945 18 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 196 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00 196
1946 19 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 196 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00 196
1947 20 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 196 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00 196
1948 21 3 0 1.000 5.65 27 5 13 0 0 0 65.1 53 42 41 6 61 46 2 0 1 303 75 1.745 7.3 0.8 8.4 6.3 0.75 75
1949 22 10 15 .400 4.37 59 31 17 8 0 0 237.0 198 131 115 17 173 141 2 2 6 1064 96 1.565 7.5 0.6 6.6 5.4 0.82 96
1950 23 22 31 .415 4.18 92 60 20 23 1 1 456.1 387 243 212 28 310 259 4 2 10 2042 103 1.527 7.6 0.6 6.1 5.1 0.84 103
1951 24 37 45 .451 3.79 129 88 26 41 2 3 696.2 624 336 293 42 383 372 5 2 11 3050 112 1.445 8.1 0.5 4.9 4.8 0.97 112
1952 25 52 57 .477 3.46 162 120 27 55 6 4 952.0 838 412 366 54 462 516 8 2 14 4092 118 1.366 7.9 0.5 4.4 4.9 1.12 118
1953 26 70 69 .504 3.30 202 153 33 74 13 7 1223.1 1054 506 448 74 564 702 11 2 19 5205 123 1.323 7.8 0.5 4.1 5.2 1.24 123
1954 27 79 79 .500 3.32 238 179 37 86 17 10 1412.0 1233 592 521 89 650 850 14 3 22 6023 121 1.334 7.9 0.6 4.1 5.4 1.31 121
1955 28 94 89 .514 3.15 271 205 42 102 23 11 1617.2 1395 642 566 105 714 5 1007 17 4 26 6859 127 1.304 7.8 0.6 4.0 5.6 1.41 127
1956 29 114 98 .538 3.17 306 238 44 123 24 12 1894.0 1656 750 668 129 814 12 1199 20 5 32 8025 127 1.304 7.9 0.6 3.9 5.7 1.47 127
1957 30 134 110 .549 3.18 343 272 46 139 28 14 2151.0 1884 848 761 147 885 21 1370 21 6 35 9087 125 1.287 7.9 0.6 3.7 5.7 1.55 125
1958 31 151 121 .555 3.13 378 304 49 158 31 16 2396.0 2088 931 834 180 951 23 1514 22 6 36 10070 126 1.268 7.8 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.59 126
1959 32 165 136 .548 3.17 412 337 49 170 33 16 2620.0 2305 1029 924 206 1013 27 1628 25 7 38 11004 124 1.266 7.9 0.7 3.5 5.6 1.61 124
1960 33 179 143 .556 3.21 444 367 50 178 34 16 2816.1 2506 1110 1003 230 1059 28 1736 25 7 40 11817 123 1.266 8.0 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.64 123
1961 34 189 152 .554 3.24 483 395 55 183 35 19 2996.1 2696 1195 1079 247 1113 31 1842 26 7 42 12581 121 1.271 8.1 0.7 3.3 5.5 1.66 121
1962 35 205 158 .565 3.25 513 418 57 190 37 20 3158.2 2843 1262 1142 266 1148 33 1918 29 8 44 13238 120 1.264 8.1 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.67 120
1963 36 208 169 .552 3.28 551 431 70 193 38 28 3257.2 2949 1311 1189 278 1168 34 1970 30 10 47 13658 119 1.264 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.4 1.69 119
1964 37 211 169 .555 3.27 585 432 84 193 38 32 3306.2 2989 1325 1201 284 1178 35 1999 30 10 48 13853 119 1.260 8.1 0.8 3.2 5.4 1.70 119

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1945 18 1 0 1.000 2.00 9.0 7 2 2 1 12 9 1 2.111 7.0 12.0 9.0 0.75 1.0 5
1948 21 2 4 .333 5.84 57.0 47 41 37 5 51 37 1 1.719 7.4 8.1 5.8 0.73 0.8 22
1949 22 10 9 .526 3.76 177.0 149 82 74 11 115 98 0 1.492 7.6 5.8 5.0 0.85 0.6 32
1950 23 14 11 .560 3.49 232.0 188 100 90 11 136 125 2 1.397 7.3 5.3 4.8 0.92 0.4 33
1951 24 17 10 .630 3.04 246.0 246 92 83 15 76 116 1 1.309 9.0 2.8 4.2 1.53 0.5 37
1952 25 19 9 .679 2.84 257.0 231 90 81 13 85 145 3 1.230 8.1 3.0 5.1 1.71 0.5 33
1953 26 20 10 .667 2.74 276.0 225 93 84 21 106 189 3 1.199 7.3 3.5 6.2 1.78 0.7 40
1954 27 11 10 .524 3.81 189.0 192 89 80 16 92 148 3 1.503 9.1 4.4 7.0 1.61 0.8 36
1955 28 18 5 .783 2.01 210.0 172 52 47 17 68 160 3 1.143 7.4 2.9 6.9 2.35 0.7 33
1956 29 18 13 .581 3.30 281.0 269 114 103 25 103 195 3 1.324 8.6 3.3 6.2 1.89 0.8 35
1957 30 16 13 .552 3.56 263.0 249 116 104 20 78 175 1 1.243 8.5 2.7 6.0 2.24 0.7 37
1958 31 16 10 .615 3.07 243.0 225 92 83 36 73 143 1 1.226 8.3 2.7 5.3 1.96 1.3 35
1959 32 13 12 .520 3.88 225.0 232 108 97 28 66 115 3 1.324 9.3 2.6 4.6 1.74 1.1 34
1960 33 11 10 .524 3.88 197.0 215 94 85 26 49 108 0 1.340 9.8 2.2 4.9 2.20 1.2 32
1961 34 10 9 .526 3.95 173.0 191 84 76 17 54 102 1 1.416 9.9 2.8 5.3 1.89 0.9 39
1962 35 9 8 .529 3.75 156.0 150 72 65 19 36 73 3 1.192 8.7 2.1 4.2 2.03 1.1 30
1963 36 4 6 .400 5.42 93.0 118 62 56 13 22 49 1 1.505 11.4 2.1 4.7 2.23 1.3 38
1964 37 4 1 .800 2.44 48.0 42 14 13 6 10 28 0 1.083 7.9 1.9 5.3 2.80 1.1 34
18 Seasons 213 150 .587 3.40 3332.0 3148 1397 1260 300 1232 2015 30 1.315 8.5 5.4 1.64 0.8 585
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1953 (P)
1955 (P)
1956 (P)
1957 *
1958
1959-1
1961-1

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1956-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1957-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-AL-29-1%
1953-AL-10-16%
1955-AL-18-2%
1956-AL-5-22%
1957-AL-11-10%
0.51 Career Shares (419th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-ML--3--5%
0.05 Career Shares (208th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1951 AL--3.033--4th
1952 AL--2.573--6th
1953 AL--2.720--2nd
1955 AL--1.969--1st
1956 AL--3.322--9th
1958 AL--2.682--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1952 AL--15--7th
1953 AL--18--5th
1955 AL--15--9th
1956 AL--20--2nd
1957 AL--20--1st
1958 AL--17--2nd
1960 AL--14--7th
1962 NL--16--10th
Career--211--90th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL--.690--2nd
1957 AL--.625--10th
1958 AL--.607--5th
1960 AL--.667--4th
1962 NL--.727--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1951 AL--1.290--8th
1952 AL--1.148--4th
1953 AL--1.172--3rd
1955 AL--1.099--1st
1957 AL--1.163--8th
1958 AL--1.102--2nd
1960 AL--1.258--10th
1962 NL--1.121--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--7.602--5th
1950 AL--7.755--2nd
1952 AL--7.543--7th
1953 AL--7.165--1st
1955 AL--7.089--4th
1957 AL--7.984--9th
1958 AL--7.494--4th
Career--8.135--156th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL--2.734--3rd
1952 AL--2.785--8th
1955 AL--2.801--6th
1956 AL--3.257--9th
1957 AL--2.486--7th
1958 AL--2.425--5th
1959 AL--2.491--10th
1960 AL--2.109--5th
1962 NL--1.941--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--4.981--3rd
1950 AL--4.842--6th
1951 AL--4.232--7th
1952 AL--5.076--7th
1953 AL--6.170--1st
1954 AL--7.060--1st
1955 AL--6.870--3rd
1956 AL--6.253--4th
1957 AL--5.988--5th
1960 AL--4.951--10th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--585--195th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1951 AL--240.3--7th
1952 AL--255.3--5th
1953 AL--271.3--3rd
1956 AL--276.3--3rd
1957 AL--257.0--3rd
1958 AL--245.0--5th
Career--3306.7--89th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 AL--118--6th
1951 AL--113--8th
1952 AL--144--4th
1953 AL--186--1st
1954 AL--148--4th
1955 AL--157--3rd
1956 AL--192--2nd
1957 AL--171--4th
1958 AL--144--7th
Career--1999--64th

Games Started s c a p y
1951 AL--28--10th
1952 AL--32--6th
1953 AL--33--6th
1956 AL--33--6th
1957 AL--34--3rd
1958 AL--32--8th
1959 AL--33--5th
1960 AL--30--9th
Career--432--86th

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 AL--15--8th
1951 AL--18--4th
1952 AL--14--10th
1953 AL--19--4th
1955 AL--16--3rd
1956 AL--21--1st
1957 AL--16--1st
1958 AL--19--1st
1959 AL--12--8th
Career--193--148th

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 AL--4--5th
1953 AL--7--2nd
1954 AL--4--3rd
1955 AL--6--2nd
1957 AL--4--2nd
1958 AL--3--6th
1962 NL--2--10th
Career--38--54th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--20--5th
1956 AL--24--5th
1958 AL--33--2nd
1959 AL--26--6th
1960 AL--24--7th
Career--284--62nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL--137--4th
1953 AL--102--7th
1956 AL--100--10th
Career--1178--57th

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL--237--4th
1953 AL--216--10th
1956 AL--261--4th
1957 AL--228--5th
1958 AL--204--10th
1959 AL--217--8th
Career--2989--128th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1951 AL--1.548--3rd
1952 AL--1.823--2nd
1953 AL--1.824--2nd
1954 AL--1.721--6th
1955 AL--2.453--1st
1956 AL--1.920--5th
1957 AL--2.409--4th
1958 AL--2.182--7th
1959 AL--1.839--9th
1960 AL--2.348--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL--.451--3rd
1951 AL--.524--8th
1952 AL--.423--7th
1957 AL--.630--8th

Losses s c a p y
1949 AL--15--5th
1950 AL--16--5th
1951 AL--14--1st
1953 AL--12--9th
1959 AL--15--3rd
Career--169--93rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL--102--5th
1957 AL--93--8th
1959 AL--90--8th
Career--1201--120th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 AL--6--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1951 AL--1008--7th
1952 AL--1042--5th
1953 AL--1113--3rd
1956 AL--1166--2nd
1957 AL--1062--3rd
1958 AL--983--7th
1959 AL--934--9th
Career--13853--76th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1951 AL--133--3rd
1952 AL--141--4th
1953 AL--148--2nd
1955 AL--199--1st
1956 AL--124--9th
1957 AL--115--10th
1958 AL--136--3rd
Career--119--128th

Oldest s c a p y
1964 NL--born 1927-04-02--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL--born 1927-04-02--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 20 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 190 (50), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 82 (137), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (95), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Luis Tiant (922)
  3. Hal Newhouser (920) *
  4. Jim Perry (920)
  5. Catfish Hunter (916) *
  6. Milt Pappas (910)
  7. Bob Welch (909)
  8. Hooks Dauss (904)
  9. Orel Hershiser (903)
  10. Mickey Lolich (902)
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  2. John Sowders (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Kaat (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Britt Burns (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rube Benton (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Antonelli (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Johnny Antonelli (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Antonelli (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Stieb (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Fernando Valenzuela (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Stieb (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Vida Blue (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Vida Blue (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Vida Blue (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Vida Blue (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jerry Reuss (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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