Duane Pillette
Duane Xavier Pillette (Dee)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 24, 1922 in Detroit, MI
High School: San Diego (San Diego, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1949
Final Game: September 16, 1956
Relatives: Son of Herman Pillette
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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
1949 26 NYY AL 2 4 .333 4.34 12 3 2 2 0 0 37.1 43 20 18 6 19 9 0 0 0 166 94 1.661 10.4 1.4 4.6 2.2 0.47
1950 27 TOT AL 3 5 .375 6.58 28 7 9 1 0 2 80.2 113 65 59 6 47 22 2 1 3 392 74 1.983 12.6 0.7 5.2 2.5 0.47
1950 27 NYY AL 0 0 1.29 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 3 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 32 335 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 5.1 1.33
1950 27 SLB AL 3 5 .375 7.09 24 7 7 1 0 2 73.2 104 62 58 6 44 18 2 1 3 360 70 2.009 12.7 0.7 5.4 2.2 0.41
1951 28 SLB AL 6 14 .300 4.99 35 24 5 6 1 0 191.0 205 113 106 14 115 65 5 0 5 871 87 1.675 9.7 0.7 5.4 3.1 0.57
1952 29 SLB AL 10 13 .435 3.59 30 30 0 9 1 0 205.1 222 94 82 14 55 62 7 0 2 880 108 1.349 9.7 0.6 2.4 2.7 1.13
1953 30 SLB AL 7 13 .350 4.48 31 25 2 5 1 0 166.2 181 90 83 16 62 58 2 0 1 728 94 1.458 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.1 0.94
1954 31 BAL AL 10 14 .417 3.12 25 25 0 11 1 0 179.0 158 79 62 9 67 66 1 0 3 758 115 1.257 7.9 0.5 3.4 3.3 0.99
1955 32 BAL AL 0 3 .000 6.53 7 5 1 0 0 0 20.2 31 16 15 0 14 1 13 0 0 1 105 58 2.177 13.5 0.0 6.1 5.7 0.93
1956 33 PHI NL 0 0 6.56 20 0 6 0 0 0 23.1 32 21 17 2 12 4 10 0 0 0 114 57 1.886 12.3 0.8 4.6 3.9 0.83
8 Seasons 38 66 .365 4.40 188 119 25 34 4 2 904.0 985 498 442 67 391 5 305 17 1 15 4014 93 1.522 9.8 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.78
162 Game Avg. 8 15 .365 4.40 42 26 6 8 1 0 200 218 110 98 15 87 68 4 0 3 889 93 1.522 9.8 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.78
BAL (6 yrs) 36 62 .367 4.37 152 116 15 32 4 2 836.1 901 454 406 59 357 1 282 17 1 15 3702 93 1.504 9.7 0.6 3.8 3.0 0.79
NYY (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 3.86 16 3 4 2 0 0 44.1 52 23 19 6 22 13 0 0 0 198 107 1.669 10.6 1.2 4.5 2.6 0.59
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 6.56 20 0 6 0 0 0 23.1 32 21 17 2 12 4 10 0 0 0 114 57 1.886 12.3 0.8 4.6 3.9 0.83
AL (7 yrs) 38 66 .365 4.34 168 119 19 34 4 2 880.2 953 477 425 65 379 1 295 17 1 15 3900 94 1.512 9.7 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.78
NL (1 yr) 0 0 6.56 20 0 6 0 0 0 23.1 32 21 17 2 12 4 10 0 0 0 114 57 1.886 12.3 0.8 4.6 3.9 0.83

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 31 BAL AL 25 757 674 79 158 24 8 9 5 5 67 66 .234 .303 .334 .636 .247 225 17 1 10 5
1955 32 BAL AL 7 105 90 16 31 5 0 0 4 0 14 13 .344 .433 .400 .833 .403 36 3 0 1 0 1
1956 33 PHI NL 20 114 97 21 32 9 2 2 1 1 12 10 .330 .396 .526 .922 .345 51 0 0 3 2 4
3 Seasons 52 976 861 116 221 38 10 11 10 6 93 89 .257 .327 .362 .690 .273 312 20 1 14 7 5
162 Game Avg. 43 809 714 96 183 32 8 9 8 5 77 74 .257 .327 .362 .690 .273 259 17 1 12 6
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 31 BAL AL 25 25 10 14 1 1 8 10 15 .400 0 1 11 1 18 72% 54 80 22 5 2 6 11 3.3 3.4 7.2
1955 32 BAL AL 7 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 51 21 8 1 0 4 2.8 3.6 2.9
2 Seasons 32 30 10 17 3 1 8 11 19 .367 0 1 11 1 18 60% 52 80 21 13 3 6 15 3.2 3.4 6.5
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
1955 32 BAL AL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0.778 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1956 33 PHI NL 20 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 6 0.419 2 3 14 0 1 19 7 13 7 8 8 4 3.5
2 Seasons 27 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 47% 0.591 2 4 15 0 1 21 8 14 8 8 9 4 4.0

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%
1949 26 NYY AL
1950 27 TOT AL
1950 27 NYY AL
1950 27 SLB AL
1951 28 SLB AL
1952 29 SLB AL
1953 30 SLB AL
1954 31 BAL AL 757 32% 1.2% 8.7% 8.9% 5.4% 26% 1.22 80% 148 17 11%
1955 32 BAL AL 105 32% 0.0% 12.4% 13.3% 4.8% 16% 1.23 73% 28 3 11%
1956 33 PHI NL 114 27% 1.8% 8.8% 10.5% 11.4% 41% 1.19 76% 17 0 0%
8 Seasons 976 32% 6.9% 31.3% 40.1% 6.1% 6% 1.22 79% 193 20 10%
MLB Averages

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
1949 26 NYY AL 43 6 0
1950 27 TOT AL 113 6 3
1950 27 NYY AL 9 0 0
1950 27 SLB AL 104 6 3
1951 28 SLB AL 205 14 5
1952 29 SLB AL 222 14 2
1953 30 SLB AL 181 16 1
1954 31 BAL AL 721 158 9 0 19 3 5 5 3 34 21 1 62% 20 3 2 270 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 11 36
1955 32 BAL AL 105 31 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 4 1 40% 1 1 0 54 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 33 PHI NL 114 32 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 940 985 67 0 28 5 5 6 4 48 27 2 56% 22 15 2 372 10 6 63% 9 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 15 36
MLB Averages

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+
1949 26 2 4 .333 4.34 12 3 2 2 0 0 37.1 43 20 18 6 19 9 0 0 0 166 94 1.661 10.4 1.4 4.6 2.2 0.47 94
1950 27 5 9 .357 5.87 40 10 11 3 0 2 118.0 156 85 77 12 66 31 2 1 3 558 79 1.881 11.9 0.9 5.0 2.4 0.47 79
1951 28 11 23 .324 5.33 75 34 16 9 1 2 309.0 361 198 183 26 181 96 7 1 8 1429 84 1.754 10.5 0.8 5.3 2.8 0.53 84
1952 29 21 36 .368 4.64 105 64 16 18 2 2 514.1 583 292 265 40 236 158 14 1 10 2309 91 1.592 10.2 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.67 91
1953 30 28 49 .364 4.60 136 89 18 23 3 2 681.0 764 382 348 56 298 216 16 1 11 3037 92 1.559 10.1 0.7 3.9 2.9 0.72 92
1954 31 38 63 .376 4.29 161 114 18 34 4 2 860.0 922 461 410 65 365 282 17 1 14 3795 95 1.497 9.6 0.7 3.8 3.0 0.77 95
1955 32 38 66 .365 4.34 168 119 19 34 4 2 880.2 953 477 425 65 379 1 295 17 1 15 3900 94 1.512 9.7 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.78 94
1956 33 38 66 .365 4.40 188 119 25 34 4 2 904.0 985 498 442 67 391 5 305 17 1 15 4014 93 1.522 9.8 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.78 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1949 26 2 2 .500 4.75 36.0 45 21 19 6 20 9 0 1.806 11.3 5.0 2.3 0.45 1.5 12
1950 27 3 6 .333 5.23 86.0 106 56 50 6 44 23 2 1.744 11.1 4.6 2.4 0.52 0.6 28
1951 28 9 12 .429 4.59 198.0 204 112 101 14 114 67 5 1.606 9.3 5.2 3.0 0.59 0.6 35
1952 29 12 11 .522 3.72 208.0 232 96 86 15 57 63 7 1.389 10.0 2.5 2.7 1.11 0.6 30
1953 30 8 10 .444 4.32 171.0 184 91 82 16 63 59 2 1.444 9.7 3.3 3.1 0.94 0.8 31
1954 31 11 9 .550 3.53 181.0 174 79 71 10 74 67 1 1.370 8.7 3.7 3.3 0.91 0.5 25
1955 32 0 2 .000 6.86 21.0 33 18 16 0 15 13 0 2.286 14.1 6.4 5.6 0.87 0.0 7
1956 33 0 2 .000 7.12 24.0 35 21 19 2 13 10 0 2.000 13.1 4.9 3.8 0.77 0.8 20
8 Seasons 45 54 .455 4.32 925.0 1013 494 444 69 400 311 17 1.528 9.9 3.0 0.78 0.7 188

* 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1954 AL--1.257--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--2.411--2nd

Games Started s c a p y
1952 AL--30--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 AL--115--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--222--8th

Losses s c a p y
1951 AL--14--1st
1952 AL--13--9th
1953 AL--13--6th
1954 AL--14--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 AL--106--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 AL--5--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL--5--9th
1952 AL--7--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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