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Billy Pierce

Walter William Pierce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 2, 1927 in Detroit, MI
High School: Highland Park HS (Highland Park, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1945
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Giants/Tigers 1945-1964

Final Game: October 3, 1964
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All-Star

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
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 45 205 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 142 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 147 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 3 818 108 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 4 836 200 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 123 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 1 983 137 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 2 813 106 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 2 657 110 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 Yrs 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 76 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

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
1945 18 DET AL 10.0 5 0 2 1.80 4.07 0.10 0.00 101.3 4.02 2 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 3 .560 .502 $
1948 21 DET AL 55.1 22 5 40 6.51 4.71 -0.10 0.00 104.1 5.01 -9 -0.9 .7 0.0 -0.5 -4 .459 .494 $
1949 22 CHW AL 171.2 32 26 89 4.67 4.73 0.14 0.00 99.0 4.54 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.9 13 .493 .499 $
1950 23 CHW AL 219.1 33 29 112 4.60 5.35 0.13 0.00 98.6 5.16 12 1.2 .8 -0.1 2.7 36 .536 .507 $
1951 24 CHW AL 240.1 37 28 93 3.48 4.75 0.15 0.00 96.8 4.46 25 2.6 2.6 -0.0 4.4 48 .571 .516 $
1952 25 CHW AL 255.1 33 32 76 2.68 4.51 0.08 0.00 95.4 4.23 43 5.2 2.8 -0.2 6.9 65 .658 .532 $ MVP-29
1953 26 CHW AL 271.1 40 33 94 3.12 4.56 0.19 0.00 99.0 4.33 36 4.0 2.9 0.1 6.1 61 .600 .525 $ AS,MVP-10
1954 27 CHW AL 188.2 36 26 86 4.10 4.28 0.44 0.00 98.6 3.79 -6 -0.7 1.8 -0.1 0.6 9 .481 .496 $
1955 28 CHW AL 205.2 33 26 50 2.19 4.46 0.23 0.00 98.9 4.19 44 5.0 2.7 0.2 6.7 64 .652 .531 $ AS,MVP-18
1956 29 CHW AL 276.1 35 33 108 3.52 4.64 0.08 0.00 99.2 4.52 29 3.1 2.7 -0.1 4.9 57 .588 .519 $ AS,MVP-5
1957 30 CHW AL 257.0 37 34 98 3.43 4.30 0.37 0.00 98.2 3.86 13 1.5 3.4 -0.1 3.3 34 .540 .509 $ AS,MVP-11
1958 31 CHW AL 245.0 35 32 83 3.05 4.29 0.21 0.00 96.2 3.93 24 2.8 3.9 -0.1 4.5 45 .579 .517 $ AS
1959 32 CHW AL 224.0 34 33 98 3.94 4.38 0.51 0.00 97.5 3.78 -2 -0.2 4.1 -0.1 1.3 16 .493 .499 $ AS
1960 33 CHW AL 196.1 32 30 81 3.71 4.48 0.28 0.08 97.4 4.17 11 1.2 2.2 -0.1 2.6 27 .538 .508 $
1961 34 CHW AL 180.0 39 28 85 4.25 4.44 -0.00 0.04 96.8 4.34 3 0.3 2.0 -0.1 1.6 19 .508 .502 $ AS
1962 35 SFG NL 162.1 30 23 67 3.71 4.44 0.19 0.07 97.6 4.22 8 0.8 2.4 -0.1 2.2 28 .528 .505 $ CYA-3
1963 36 SFG NL 99.0 38 13 49 4.45 3.86 -0.23 0.00 95.7 3.91 -7 -0.8 2.5 -0.2 -0.1 4 .479 .495 $
1964 37 SFG NL 49.0 34 1 14 2.57 4.13 -0.05 -0.14 100.2 4.04 8 0.9 1.7 0.2 1.5 13 .525 .505 $
18 Seasons 3306.2 585 432 1325 3.61 4.52 0.19 0.01 97.9 4.25 231 26.2 2.0 -1.0 50.0 538 .545 .509 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CHW (13 yrs) 2931.0 456 390 1153 3.54 4.55 0.21 0.01 97.8 4.25 229 25.8 2.3 -0.9 46.5 494 .557 .512 $
SFG (3 yrs) 310.1 102 37 130 3.77 4.21 0.02 0.01 97.4 4.09 9 0.9 2.1 -0.1 3.6 45 .509 .502 $
DET (2 yrs) 65.1 27 5 42 5.79 4.61 -0.07 0.00 103.6 4.86 -7 -0.6 .8 0.0 -0.1 -1 .478 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 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 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 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 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 Yrs (4 GP) 3 0 1 .000 3.38 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*

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
1948 21 DET AL 22 116 201 40 47 4 3 5 0 0 51 36 .234 .391 .358 .750 .263 72 3 1 5 0 2
1949 22 CHW AL 32 310 635 89 145 5 2 11 6 3 112 95 .228 .344 .294 .639 .253 187 6 0 14 0 5
1950 23 CHW AL 33 778 829 112 189 21 8 11 4 4 137 118 .228 .339 .312 .651 .254 259 13 2 11 0 13
1951 24 CHW AL 37 967 920 93 237 35 11 14 6 10 73 113 .258 .313 .365 .678 .281 336 19 1 14 0 17
1952 25 CHW AL 33 1040 943 76 214 28 8 12 3 2 79 144 .227 .289 .312 .601 .257 294 20 3 15 0 10
1953 26 CHW AL 40 1113 993 94 216 44 6 20 2 10 102 186 .218 .292 .334 .627 .249 332 12 3 15 0 11
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 10
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 13
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 10
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 15
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 12
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 11
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 9
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 9
1962 35 SFG NL 30 658 614 67 147 18 5 19 3 1 35 76 .239 .283 .378 .661 .246 232 20 3 4 1 2 9
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 4
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 4
17 Yrs 580 12970 12408 1323 2983 413 94 283 50 75 1168 1989 .240 .307 .357 .664 .266 4433 232 29 174 25 35 164
162 Game Avg. 39 872 834 89 200 28 6 19 3 5 78 134 .240 .307 .357 .664 .266 298 16 2 12 2 11
MLB Averages .258 .329 .375 .704 .277
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 21 DET AL -10.2 -1.0 119 0.0 1.2 -1.2 .59 0.0 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.58 -2.5 1 0 5
1949 22 CHW AL 3.2 0.3 322 -0.4 5.1 -5.5 1.01 0.1 -0.5 -2.3 -0.2 1.01 1.5 0 1 2
1950 23 CHW AL 11.3 1.1 801 0.8 16.9 -16.1 1.25 0.8 -0.1 10.8 1.0 1.27 10.2 0 2 1
1951 24 CHW AL 26.9 2.8 991 4.4 22.7 -18.3 1.25 1.4 2.1 25.9 2.7 1.25 17.3 8 0 1
1952 25 CHW AL 33.8 3.8 1052 3.2 18.4 -15.2 1.00 4.2 -1.0 37.8 4.2 1.00 41.7 1 0 0
1953 26 CHW AL 38.6 4.1 1134 5.6 24.2 -18.7 1.18 4.7 0.0 44.7 4.8 1.17 49.8 6 0 1
1954 27 CHW AL 3.8 0.4 835 0.3 14.8 -14.5 1.05 -0.3 0.6 3.1 0.3 1.05 -2.4 5 1 4
1955 28 CHW AL 45.6 5.0 850 6.0 16.8 -10.8 1.07 4.3 1.3 51.9 5.8 1.07 49.4 5 1 1
1956 29 CHW AL 28.0 2.9 1186 3.9 24.2 -20.3 1.11 2.9 0.6 35.5 3.7 1.11 32.2 2 0 0
1957 30 CHW AL 16.9 1.8 1074 3.4 20.6 -17.2 1.07 3.5 -0.4 22.9 2.5 1.07 36.4 3 0 0
1958 31 CHW AL 26.9 2.9 992 2.8 20.4 -17.6 1.11 2.2 0.3 28.4 3.1 1.11 24.7 3 0 0
1959 32 CHW AL 6.4 0.6 947 3.2 19.5 -16.3 1.13 0.6 2.2 12.8 1.3 1.13 7.2 1 0 0
1960 33 CHW AL 7.9 0.8 823 1.9 14.6 -12.7 .98 1.1 0.9 15.4 1.6 0.98 11.3 1 0 0
1961 34 CHW AL 3.0 0.3 778 0.7 13.3 -12.5 .97 0.6 0.1 9.3 1.0 0.97 7.8 7 4 0
1962 35 SFG NL 8.0 0.8 667 2.0 10.1 -8.1 .81 1.1 1.3 14.2 1.5 0.81 13.7 4 0 3
1963 36 SFG NL -9.6 -1.0 424 -1.3 7.6 -8.9 1.10 -0.4 -0.8 -6.4 -0.7 1.10 -2.5 17 3 5
1964 37 SFG NL 7.4 0.8 199 0.2 3.0 -2.8 .85 0.6 -0.4 4.6 0.5 0.85 4.6 10 12 11
18 Yrs 249.9 26.5 13194 36.7 253.4 -216.7 1.07 27.5 6.7 307.2 33.0 1.07 300.3 74 24 34
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1948 21 DET AL 22 5 2 0 3 1 0 4 1 .800 0 1 0 0 1 20% 40.8 58 29 3 1 0 1 7.3 4.2 4.5
1949 22 CHW AL 32 26 6 15 5 0 7 10 16 .385 0 4 8 0 14 54% 49.9 77 23 16 7 11 10 4.2 3.2 6.1
1950 23 CHW AL 33 29 11 16 2 1 5 12 17 .414 1 0 15 1 15 52% 51.0 87 1 23 13 8 9 4.2 3.8 7.3
1951 24 CHW AL 37 28 15 11 2 1 5 17 11 .607 0 1 18 1 20 71% 55.4 88 23 9 3 7 6 4.1 4.3 8.0
1952 25 CHW AL 33 32 15 12 5 1 7 17 14 .548 1 4 14 4 25 78% 61.0 92 32 12 2 9 6 4.1 4.4 8.0
1953 26 CHW AL 40 33 15 12 6 1 6 18 14 .563 1 5 19 7 21 64% 59.8 90 19 13 3 9 2 3.7 3.3 7.8
1954 27 CHW AL 36 26 9 10 7 1 3 12 13 .480 2 2 12 4 14 54% 54.0 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% 63.0 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% 58.0 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% 58.3 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% 60.2 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% 53.4 100 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 5 5 8 1 18 60% 52.6 83 28 27 9 9 11 5.0 5.1 6.5
1961 34 CHW AL 39 28 7 9 12 1 4 14 13 .519 4 6 5 1 14 50% 50.1 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% 54.6 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% 48.1 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% 65.0 65 65 9 1 0 1 5.6 6.4 7.7
17 Yrs 580 432 197 159 76 23 61 243 184 .569 18 43 193 38 260 60% 56 100 1 278 91 140 108 4.4 4.3 7.1
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.4 6.5
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

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
1945 18 DET AL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 6.0
1948 21 DET AL 22 17 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% .592 1 0 5 0 1 6 2 5 10 4 4 1 5.8
1949 22 CHW AL 32 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.006 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 4 0 3 0 7.2
1950 23 CHW AL 33 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.248 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 5.5
1951 24 CHW AL 37 9 6 0 3 3 2 1 67% 5 2 6 0 0% 9 1.253 8 0 1 5 3 1 5 4 5 2 5 1 5.3
1952 25 CHW AL 33 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.001 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1953 26 CHW AL 40 7 6 3 0 1 3 0 300% 3 2 8 0 0% 9 1.176 6 0 1 3 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 0 5.6
1954 27 CHW AL 36 10 4 0 0 4 3 1 75% 6 2 12 4 33% 7 1.046 5 1 4 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 1.065 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 1.107 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 1.067 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 1.107 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 1.127 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 1 .976 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
1961 34 CHW AL 39 11 5 3 0 3 3 0 100% 7 4 7 4 57% 8 .966 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 .808 4 0 3 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 1.102 17 3 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 .849 10 12 11 9 5 19 18 15 11 14 12 3 3.8
18 Yrs 585 153 84 14 10 38 32 8 84% 59 17 138 35 25% 1.073 74 24 34 61 24 48 81 52 65 53 58 7 4.5
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

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%
1945 18 DET AL 45 2.2% 22.2% 22.2% 49%
1948 21 DET AL 258 28% 4.3% 31.0% 44.0% 10.3% 26% 0.74 138% 22 3 14%
1949 22 CHW AL 761 33% 3.6% 30.7% 36.1% 5.8% 12% 1.15 171% 74 6 8%
1950 23 CHW AL 979 30% 1.4% 15.2% 17.6% 5.1% 21% 0.88 90% 171 13 8%
1951 24 CHW AL 1008 29% 1.5% 11.7% 7.6% 6.2% 25% 0.84 82% 200 19 10%
1952 25 CHW AL 1040 29% 1.2% 13.9% 7.6% 4.6% 22% 0.86 76% 191 20 10%
1953 26 CHW AL 1113 24% 1.8% 16.7% 9.2% 6.3% 32% 0.73 71% 191 12 6%
1954 27 CHW AL 819 24% 1.8% 18.1% 10.5% 5.9% 27% 0.75 68% 156 13 8%
1955 28 CHW AL 835 22% 1.9% 18.8% 7.7% 4.6% 24% 0.64 70% 130 9 7%
1956 29 CHW AL 1163 17% 2.1% 16.5% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 0.68 71% 221 18 8%
1957 30 CHW AL 1062 19% 1.7% 16.1% 6.7% 6.1% 29% 0.71 74% 172 12 7%
1958 31 CHW AL 983 18% 3.4% 14.7% 6.7% 6.4% 31% 0.82 74% 158 21 13%
1959 32 CHW AL 934 19% 2.8% 12.2% 6.6% 7.5% 32% 1.00 77% 158 19 12%
1960 33 CHW AL 814 17% 3.0% 13.3% 5.7% 6.4% 26% 0.92 77% 133 22 17%
1961 34 CHW AL 764 22% 2.2% 13.9% 7.1% 7.3% 30% 0.92 75% 150 15 10%
1962 35 SFG NL 658 27% 2.9% 11.6% 5.3% 6.4% 29% 0.94 79% 105 20 19%
1963 36 SFG NL 419 31% 2.9% 12.4% 4.8% 5.7% 23% 0.86 78% 71 5 7%
1964 37 SFG NL 195 36% 3.1% 14.9% 5.1% 6.7% 33% 1.17 75% 37 5 14%
18 Yrs 13850 23% 2.2% 15.4% 9.1% 6.1% 26% 0.82 78% 2340 232 10%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 12.7% 9.8% 6.1% 25% 1.00 81% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1945 18 DET AL 6 1 0
1948 21 DET AL 116 47 5 0 4 2 1 3 0 6 3 2 50% 2 1 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 142
1949 22 CHW AL 310 145 11 0 12 3 0 2 1 22 10 6 45% 5 5 0 117 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 451
1950 23 CHW AL 778 189 11 0 25 7 2 2 7 36 19 8 53% 13 4 4 329 4 4 50% 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 201
1951 24 CHW AL 967 237 14 0 19 9 5 5 9 35 20 5 57% 17 1 1 391 6 10 38% 5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 41
1952 25 CHW AL 1040 214 12 0 19 7 5 6 6 40 19 6 48% 10 3 1 366 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
1953 26 CHW AL 1113 216 20 0 19 19 1 11 9 32 16 7 50% 11 5 0 387 2 10 17% 2 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 0
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 4 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 0 0 6 0
18 Yrs 12970 2989 284 0 257 220 51 128 143 488 245 81 50% 164 48 20 4639 50 75 40% 42 59 6 9 2 7 23 1 114 835
MLB Averages 52% 59%
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

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 45 205 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00 205
1946 19 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 205 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00 205
1947 20 0 0 1.80 5 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 0 0 45 205 1.600 5.4 0.9 9.0 9.0 1.00 205
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 76 1.745 7.3 0.8 8.4 6.3 0.75 76
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 104 1.527 7.6 0.6 6.1 5.1 0.84 104
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 121 1.264 8.1 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.67 121
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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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
1945 18 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 6 2 2 1 10 10 1 1.600 5.4 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.9 5
1948 21 2 4 .333 6.00 57.0 47 42 38 5 51 37 1 1.719 7.4 8.1 5.8 0.73 0.8 22
1949 22 10 9 .526 3.74 178.0 148 82 74 11 114 98 0 1.472 7.5 5.8 5.0 0.86 0.6 32
1950 23 14 11 .560 3.53 232.0 187 101 91 11 136 125 2 1.392 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 2.77 276.0 225 94 85 21 106 189 3 1.199 7.3 3.5 6.2 1.78 0.7 40
1954 27 11 10 .524 3.79 190.0 191 89 80 16 92 149 3 1.489 9.0 4.4 7.1 1.62 0.8 36
1955 28 18 5 .783 2.00 211.0 170 52 47 17 67 161 3 1.123 7.3 2.9 6.9 2.40 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 3.51 264.0 247 114 103 20 77 176 1 1.227 8.4 2.6 6.0 2.29 0.7 37
1958 31 17 10 .630 3.06 244.0 223 92 83 36 72 143 1 1.209 8.2 2.7 5.3 1.99 1.3 35
1959 32 13 12 .520 3.86 226.0 230 108 97 28 66 115 3 1.310 9.2 2.6 4.6 1.74 1.1 34
1960 33 11 10 .524 3.82 198.0 213 93 84 25 49 109 0 1.323 9.7 2.2 5.0 2.22 1.1 32
1961 34 9 10 .474 4.01 173.0 191 86 77 17 54 102 1 1.416 9.9 2.8 5.3 1.89 0.9 39
1962 35 9 8 .529 3.67 157.0 149 71 64 19 35 73 3 1.172 8.5 2.0 4.2 2.09 1.1 30
1963 36 4 6 .400 5.36 94.0 116 62 56 13 22 49 1 1.468 11.1 2.1 4.7 2.23 1.2 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 Yrs 213 151 .585 3.40 3342.0 3131 1398 1261 299 1225 2020 30 1.303 8.4 5.4 1.65 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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1970 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

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 (438th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 ML (3, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (219th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.6 (10th)
1952 AL  7.0 (2nd)
1953 AL  5.5 (4th)
1955 AL  6.7 (3rd)
1958 AL  4.8 (8th)
Career  50.4 (238th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.4 (5th)
1952 AL  6.9 (2nd)
1953 AL  6.1 (1st)
1955 AL  6.7 (1st)
1956 AL  4.9 (5th)
1957 AL  3.3 (6th)
1958 AL  4.5 (3rd)
Career  50.0 (79th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1951 AL  3.03 (4th)
1952 AL  2.57 (6th)
1953 AL  2.72 (2nd)
1955 AL  1.97 (1st)
1956 AL  3.32 (9th)
1958 AL  2.68 (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 (160th)

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 (207th)

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  3,306.7 (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  1,999 (67th)

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 (90th)

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 (65th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  137 (4th)
1953 AL  102 (7th)
1956 AL  100 (10th)
Career  1,178 (58th)

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  2,989 (129th)

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  0.451 (3rd)
1951 AL  0.524 (8th)
1952 AL  0.423 (7th)
1957 AL  0.630 (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 (95th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  102 (5th)
1957 AL  93 (8th)
1959 AL  90 (8th)
Career  1,201 (121st)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1951 AL  1,008 (7th)
1952 AL  1,042 (5th)
1953 AL  1,113 (3rd)
1956 AL  1,166 (2nd)
1957 AL  1,062 (3rd)
1958 AL  983 (7th)
1959 AL  934 (9th)
Career  13,853 (89th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1951 AL  133 (4th)
1952 AL  142 (4th)
1953 AL  149 (2nd)
1955 AL  200 (1st)
1956 AL  124 (9th)
1957 AL  115 (10th)
1958 AL  137 (3rd)
Career  119 (129th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1951 AL  27 (2nd)
1952 AL  34 (3rd)
1953 AL  39 (1st)
1955 AL  46 (1st)
1956 AL  28 (7th)
1957 AL  17 (9th)
1958 AL  27 (3rd)
Career  250 (48th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  2.8 (2nd)
1952 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1953 AL  4.1 (1st)
1955 AL  5.0 (1st)
1956 AL  2.9 (7th)
1957 AL  1.8 (9th)
1958 AL  2.9 (3rd)
Career  26.5 (47th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1951 AL  25.88 (6th)
1952 AL  37.76 (3rd)
1953 AL  44.72 (1st)
1955 AL  51.95 (1st)
1956 AL  35.46 (6th)
1957 AL  22.91 (5th)
1958 AL  28.40 (3rd)
Career  307.21 (20th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1951 AL  4.4 (1st)
1952 AL  3.2 (7th)
1953 AL  5.6 (1st)
1955 AL  6.0 (2nd)
1956 AL  3.9 (5th)
1957 AL  3.4 (4th)
1958 AL  2.8 (4th)
1959 AL  3.2 (6th)
1960 AL  1.9 (9th)
Career  36.7 (13th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 AL  4.2 (1st)
1953 AL  4.7 (1st)
1955 AL  4.3 (1st)
1956 AL  2.9 (5th)
1957 AL  3.5 (2nd)
1958 AL  2.2 (5th)
Career  27.5 (28th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1951 AL  2.7 (6th)
1952 AL  4.2 (3rd)
1953 AL  4.8 (1st)
1955 AL  5.8 (1st)
1956 AL  3.7 (6th)
1957 AL  2.5 (6th)
1958 AL  3.1 (4th)
Career  33.0 (23rd)

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)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 20 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 190 (50), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 82 (142), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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