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Marino Pieretti

Marino Paul Pieretti (Chick)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 153 lb.

Born: September 23, 1920 in Luccia, Italy (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1945
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/Indians 1945-1950

Final Game: October 1, 1950
Died: January 30, 1981 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
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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
1942		Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1943	22	POR	AA	8	11	.421	3.07	37	11		6	1		135.0	117	65	46		50	55	3	0	4			1.237	7.8		3.3	3.7	1.10	POR · PCL
1944	23	POR	AA	26	13	.667	2.46	48	37		31	7		322.0	280	113	88		125	139	4	1	12			1.258	7.8		3.5	3.9	1.11	POR · PCL
1945	24	WSH	AL	14	13	.519	3.32	44	27	12	14	3	2	233.1	235	114	86	3	91	66	1	3	2	1020	94	1.397	9.1	*0.1*	3.5	2.5	0.73
1946	25	WSH	AL	2	2	.500	5.95	30	2	10	1	0	0	62.0	70	48	41	9	40	20	2	0	2	291	56	1.774	10.2	1.3	5.8	2.9	0.50
1947	26	WSH	AL	2	4	.333	4.21	23	10	6	2	1	0	83.1	97	50	39	3	47	32	2	0	3	394	88	1.728	10.5	0.3	5.1	3.5	0.68
1948	27	TOT	AL	8	12	.400	5.47	29	19	5	4	0	1	131.2	135	84	80	7	59	34	0	0	2	572	78	1.473	9.2	0.5	4.0	2.3	0.58
1948	27	WSH	AL	0	2	.000	10.80	8	1	3	0	0	0	11.2	18	14	14	1	7	6	0	0	0	56	41	2.143	13.9	0.8	5.4	4.6	0.86
1948	27	CHW	AL	8	10	.444	4.95	21	18	2	4	0	1	120.0	117	70	66	6	52	28	0	0	2	516	86	1.408	8.8	0.5	3.9	2.1	0.54
1949	28	CHW	AL	4	6	.400	5.51	39	9	15	0	0	4	116.0	131	77	71	10	54	25	0	0	4	517	76	1.595	10.2	0.8	4.2	1.9	0.46
1950	29	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	4.18	29	1	13	0	0	1	47.1	45	24	22	2	30	11	0	1	1	212	104	1.585	8.6	0.4	5.7	2.1	0.37
1951	30	POR	AAA	18	13	.581	3.30	40	34		19	1		256.0	252	110	94		75	86	1	3	3			1.277	8.9		2.6	3.0	1.15	POR · PCL
1952	31	POR	Opn	16	18	.471	3.42	44	37		21	1		276.0	262	123	105		82	77	1	1	5			1.246	8.5		2.7	2.5	0.94	POR · PCL
1953	32	SAC	Opn	12	17	.414	4.16	46	33		15	2		248.2	252	141	115	18	87	91	5	1	3			1.363	9.1	0.7	3.1	3.3	1.05	SAC · PCL
1954	33	SAC	Opn	16	16	.500	3.48	36	36		22	3		277.0	275	116	107	14	84	122	4	3	5			1.296	8.9	0.5	2.7	4.0	1.45	SAC · PCL
1955	34	SAC	Opn	19	15	.559	3.01	40	37		25	5		293.0	271	110	98	21	73	110	9	0	6			1.174	8.3	0.6	2.2	3.4	1.51	SAC · PCL
1956	35	CHC-min	Opn	7	9	.438	4.90	38	17		2	0		156.0	191	99	85	16	53	68	4	0	3			1.564	11.0	0.9	3.1	3.9	1.28	LOS · PCL
1957	36	CHC-min	A	1	4	.200	3.89	6	5					37.0	37	20	16	2	13							1.351	9.0	0.5	3.2			DMO · WL
1958	37	NYY-min	C	6	3	.667	3.46	28	1					65.0	77	33	25	5	21							1.508	10.7	0.7	2.9			MOD · CALL
6 Yrs				30	38	.441	4.53	194	68	61	21	4	8	673.2	713	397	339	34	321	188	5	4	14	3006	82	1.535	9.5	0.5	4.3	2.5	0.59
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.441	4.53	50	18	16	5	1	2	175	185	103	88	9	83	49	1	1	4	780	82	1.535	9.5	0.5	4.3	2.5	0.59

WSH (4 yrs)				18	21	.462	4.15	105	40	31	17	4	2	390.1	420	226	180	16	185	124	5	3	7	1761	80	1.550	9.7	0.4	4.3	2.9	0.67
CHW (2 yrs)				12	16	.429	5.22	60	27	17	4	0	5	236.0	248	147	137	16	106	53	0	0	6	1033	81	1.500	9.5	0.6	4.0	2.0	0.50
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.18	29	1	13	0	0	1	47.1	45	24	22	2	30	11	0	1	1	212	104	1.585	8.6	0.4	5.7	2.1	0.37

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
1945	24	WSH	AL	233.1	44	27	114	4.40	3.81	-0.01	0.00	95.1	3.63	-19	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.9	-6	.452	.487	$
1946	25	WSH	AL	62.0	30	2	48	6.97	4.23	-0.31	0.00	97.3	4.42	-18	-1.9	1.0	-0.0	-1.5	-13	.438	.489	$
1947	26	WSH	AL	83.1	23	10	50	5.40	4.26	-0.28	0.00	100.4	4.56	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.466	.495	$
1948	27	WSH	AL	11.2	8	1	14	10.80	5.14	-0.26	0.00	100.4	5.42	-7	-0.7	.5	0.1	-0.4	-6	.419	.496	$
1948	27	CHW	AL	120.0	21	18	70	5.25	4.56	-0.04	0.00	99.1	4.56	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	2	.457	.494	$
1949	28	CHW	AL	116.0	39	9	77	5.97	4.84	0.16	0.00	98.3	4.60	-18	-1.7	1.2	-0.3	-1.1	-7	.456	.490	$
1950	29	CLE	AL	47.1	29	1	24	4.56	5.37	0.17	0.00	95.9	4.99	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.5	7	.506	.501	$
6 Seasons				673.2	194	68	397	5.30	4.35	-0.04	0.00	97.4	4.28	-76	-7.8	.9	-0.5	-3.7	-24	.460	.493	$

WSH (4 yrs)				390.1	105	40	226	5.21	4.02	-0.12	0.00	96.7	4.01	-51	-5.4	.9	-0.1	-3.0	-25	.448	.492	$
CHW (2 yrs)				236.0	60	27	147	5.61	4.70	0.06	0.00	98.7	4.58	-27	-2.6	1.2	-0.3	-1.2	-6	.457	.492	$
CLE (1 yr)				47.1	29	1	24	4.56	5.37	0.17	0.00	95.9	4.99	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.5	7	.506	.501	$

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
1948	27	CHW	AL	21	218	446	70	117	15	11	6	3	0	52	28	.262	.339	.386	.725	.269	172	5	0	18	0	4
1948	27	TOT	AL	29	269	494	84	135	17	12	7	3	1	59	34	.273	.351	.399	.750	.283	197	7	0	19	0	4
1948	27	WSH	AL	8	51	48	14	18	2	1	1	0	1	7	6	.375	.455	.521	.975	.415	25	2	0	1	0	0
1949	28	CHW	AL	39	371	454	77	131	18	6	10	4	1	54	25	.289	.364	.421	.785	.289	191	10	0	9	0	4
1950	29	CLE	AL	29	212	179	24	45	6	2	2	0	1	30	11	.251	.359	.341	.700	.259	61	5	0	3	0	3
3 Yrs				97	852	1127	185	311	41	20	19	7	3	143	70	.276	.357	.398	.756	.281	449	22	0	31	0	11
162 Game Avg.				52	460	608	100	168	22	11	10	4	2	77	38	.276	.357	.398	.756	.281	242	12	0	17	0	6
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.348	.685	.278

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	27	TOT	AL	-15.1	-1.4	273	0.0	5.6	-5.5	1.14	-0.5	0.5	-3.1	-0.3	1.14	-5.0	0	2	4
1948	27	WSH	AL	-7.4	-0.7	52	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.77	-0.3	-0.4	-4.6	-0.4	0.77	-3.4	0	2	4
1948	27	CHW	AL	-7.7	-0.7	221	0.6	5.2	-4.6	1.23	-0.2	0.7	1.5	0.1	1.23	-1.6	0	0	0
1949	28	CHW	AL	-15.9	-1.5	382	0.0	6.3	-6.2	.98	-0.9	1.0	-8.2	-0.8	0.98	-10.4	8	3	7
1950	29	CLE	AL	1.2	0.1	217	-0.4	2.5	-2.9	.67	0.0	-0.7	2.2	0.2	0.67	0.6	3	5	19
6 Yrs				-68.3	-6.8	872	-0.4	14.3	-14.7	.95	-1.4	1.0	-9.1	-0.9	0.95	-14.9	11	10	30

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
1945	24	WSH	AL	44	27	13	12	2	1	2	14	13	.519	0	0	14	3	14	52%	50.0	85	12			15	7	3.6		7.5
1946	25	WSH	AL	30	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	1	0	1	50%	46.0	71	21			0	2	4.0		5.2
1947	26	WSH	AL	23	10	2	3	5	0	0	5	5	.500	0	0	2	1	4	40%	46.6	80	17			4	5	5.2		5.9
1948	27	TOT	AL	29	19	7	11	1	1	2	7	12	.368	0	0	4	0	8	42%	44.9	72	14	12	6	7	9	4.0	4.2	6.3
1948	27	WSH	AL	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	24.0	24	24	8	6	0	1	4.0	3.0	2.0
1948	27	CHW	AL	21	18	7	10	1	1	2	7	11	.389	0	0	4	0	8	44%	46.1	72	14	4	0	7	8	3.9	4.3	6.6
1949	28	CHW	AL	39	9	2	5	2	1	0	2	7	.222	1	1	0	0	1	11%	36.1	60	22	13	7	3	4	4.4	4.9	4.7
1950	29	CLE	AL	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	1	100%	41.0	41	41	11	2	0	1	7.0	3.0	6.0
6 Yrs				194	68	25	32	11	3	4	30	38	.441	1	2	21	4	29	43%	46	85	12	36	15	29	28	4.1	4.4	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.8	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1945	24	WSH	AL	44	17	12	1	1	0	2		0	0														8	2		4	5.4
1946	25	WSH	AL	30	28	10	1	1	0	0		0	0														14	5		1	5.5
1947	26	WSH	AL	23	13	6	0	1	0	0		0	0														5	3		3	5.6
1948	27	TOT	AL	29	10	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	2	0	0%		1.138	0	2	4	0	0	6	2	4	3	4	3	2	3.4
1948	27	WSH	AL	8	7	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	.768	0	2	4	0	0	6	2	4	3	2	3	0	4.1
1948	27	CHW	AL	21	3	2	1	0	0	1		0	0					1.225	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.7
1949	28	CHW	AL	39	30	15	2	1	3	4	133%	5	0	25	4	16%		.978	8	3	7	6	1	12	14	5	18	5	14	4	7.4
1950	29	CLE	AL	29	28	13	0	1	1	1	100%	2	1	18	4	22%	8	.671	3	5	19	2	1	25	8	20	15	6	15	6	4.4
6 Yrs				194	126	61	5	6	4	8	200%	7	1	45	8	18%		.952	11	10	30	8	2	43	24	29	63	25	32	20	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1945	24	WSH	AL	1019		0.3%	6.5%	8.9%	2.4%	10%		83%
1946	25	WSH	AL	292		3.1%	6.9%	13.7%	3.4%	14%		72%
1947	26	WSH	AL	394		0.8%	8.1%	11.9%	1.0%	4%		77%
1948	27	TOT	AL	572	50%	2.6%	12.6%	21.9%	13.4%	27%	1.13	168%	51	7	14%
1948	27	WSH	AL	56	51%	2.0%	11.8%	13.7%	7.8%	22%	0.86	80%	16	2	13%
1948	27	CHW	AL	516	50%	2.8%	12.8%	23.9%	14.7%	27%	1.18	189%	35	5	14%
1949	28	CHW	AL	517	56%	2.7%	6.7%	14.6%	9.2%	26%	1.36	113%	86	10	12%
1950	29	CLE	AL	212	57%	0.9%	5.2%	14.2%	4.7%	22%	0.81	78%	45	5	11%
6 Yrs				3006	54%	1.3%	7.4%	12.6%	4.6%	17%	1.12	94%	182	22	12%
MLB Averages					49%	1.9%	11.1%	11.5%	4.7%	17%	0.95	91%			10%

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	24	WSH	AL		235			3												2
1946	25	WSH	AL		70			9												2
1947	26	WSH	AL		97			3												3
1948	27	TOT	AL	269	135			7	0	5	1	3	1	3	20	14	0	70%	4	2	0	96	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	303
1948	27	WSH	AL	51	18			1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7	5	0	71%	0	0	0	22	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1948	27	CHW	AL	218	117			6	0	3	1	2	1	2	13	9	0	69%	4	2	0	74	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	298
1949	28	CHW	AL	371	131			10	0	17	2	4	3	3	38	20	2	53%	4	4	1	160	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	146
1950	29	CLE	AL	212	45			2	0	10	1	1	0	2	12	6	0	50%	3	1	0	87	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6 Yrs				852	713			34	0	32	4	8	4	8	70	40	2	57%	11	14	1	343	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	449
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1945	24	14	13	.519	3.32	44	27	12	14	3	2	233.1	235	114	86	3	91	66	1	3	2	1020	94	1.397	9.1	0.1	3.5	2.5	0.73	94
1946	25	16	15	.516	3.87	74	29	22	15	3	2	295.1	305	162	127	12	131	86	3	3	4	1311	82	1.476	9.3	0.4	4.0	2.6	0.66	82
1947	26	18	19	.486	3.95	97	39	28	17	4	2	378.2	402	212	166	15	178	118	5	3	7	1705	83	1.532	9.6	0.4	4.2	2.8	0.66	83
1948	27	26	31	.456	4.34	126	58	33	21	4	3	510.1	537	296	246	22	237	152	5	3	9	2277	81	1.517	9.5	0.4	4.2	2.7	0.64	81
1949	28	30	37	.448	4.56	165	67	48	21	4	7	626.1	668	373	317	32	291	177	5	3	13	2794	80	1.531	9.6	0.5	4.2	2.5	0.61	80
1950	29	30	38	.441	4.53	194	68	61	21	4	8	673.2	713	397	339	34	321	188	5	4	14	3006	82	1.535	9.5	0.5	4.3	2.5	0.59	82

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	24	11	14	.440	4.34	232.0	276	124	112	4	107	66	1	1.651	10.7	4.2	2.6	0.62	0.2	44
1946	25	1	5	.167	7.63	59.0	79	56	50	10	45	19	2	2.102	12.1	6.9	2.9	0.42	1.5	30
1947	26	4	5	.444	4.61	84.0	104	48	43	3	50	32	2	1.833	11.1	5.4	3.4	0.64	0.3	23
1948	27	5	9	.357	5.31	134.0	137	88	79	7	60	35	0	1.470	9.2	4.0	2.4	0.58	0.5	29
1949	28	5	8	.385	5.38	117.0	133	78	70	10	55	25	0	1.607	10.2	4.2	1.9	0.45	0.8	39
1950	29	3	2	.600	3.86	49.0	45	23	21	2	30	11	0	1.531	8.3	5.5	2.0	0.37	0.4	29
6 Yrs		29	43	.403	5.00	675.0	774	417	375	36	347	188	5	1.661	10.3		2.5	0.54	0.5	194

* 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

Games Played s c a p y 1945 AL 44 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1949 AL 4 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1945 AL 233.3 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1945 AL 3 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1945 AL 91 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1945 AL 235 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 AL 0.116 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1945 AL 13 (6th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1945 AL 86 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1945 AL 1,020 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Vic Keen (993) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Urrea (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ad Liska (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Max Butcher (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Welch (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Johnson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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