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Ray Poat

Raymond Willis Poat

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 19, 1917 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1942
Teams (by GP): Indians/Giants/Pirates 1942-1949

Final Game: September 21, 1949
Died: April 29, 1990 in Oak Lawn, IL
Buried: Chapel Hill Gardens South, Worth, IL
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1942 24 CLE AL 1 3 .250 5.40 4 4 0 1 1 0 18.1 24 11 11 1 9 8 1 0 0 91 65 1.800 11.8 0.5 4.4 3.9 0.89
1943 25 CLE AL 2 5 .286 4.40 17 4 4 1 0 0 45.0 44 22 22 3 20 31 0 0 0 194 71 1.422 8.8 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.55
1944 26 CLE AL 4 8 .333 5.13 36 6 13 1 0 1 80.2 82 50 46 9 37 40 0 1 1 351 65 1.475 9.1 1.0 4.1 4.5 1.08
1947 29 NYG NL 4 3 .571 2.55 7 7 0 5 0 0 60.0 53 18 17 8 13 25 0 1 1 239 160 1.100 8.0 1.2 2.0 3.8 1.92
1948 30 NYG NL 11 10 .524 4.34 39 24 8 7 3 0 157.2 162 95 76 22 67 57 3 1 1 698 91 1.452 9.2 1.3 3.8 3.3 0.85
1949 31 TOT NL 0 1 .000 7.04 13 2 3 0 0 0 38.1 60 35 30 6 16 17 0 1 1 188 61 1.983 14.1 1.4 3.8 4.0 1.06
1949 31 NYG NL 0 0 19.29 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 8 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 24 3.857 30.9 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1949 31 PIT NL 0 1 .000 6.25 11 2 2 0 0 0 36.0 52 29 25 6 15 17 0 0 1 173 68 1.861 13.0 1.5 3.8 4.3 1.13
6 Yrs 22 30 .423 4.55 116 47 28 15 4 1 400.0 425 231 202 49 162 178 4 4 4 1761 83 1.468 9.6 1.1 3.6 4.0 1.10
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .423 4.55 48 20 12 6 2 0 167 177 96 84 20 68 74 2 2 2 735 83 1.468 9.6 1.1 3.6 4.0 1.10
NYG (3 yrs) 15 13 .536 4.01 48 31 9 12 3 0 220.0 223 119 98 30 81 82 3 3 2 952 100 1.382 9.1 1.2 3.3 3.4 1.01
CLE (3 yrs) 7 16 .304 4.94 57 14 17 3 1 1 144.0 150 83 79 13 66 79 1 1 1 636 66 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.20
PIT (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.25 11 2 2 0 0 0 36.0 52 29 25 6 15 17 0 0 1 173 68 1.861 13.0 1.5 3.8 4.3 1.13
NL (3 yrs) 15 14 .517 4.32 59 33 11 12 3 0 256.0 275 148 123 36 96 99 3 3 3 1125 93 1.449 9.7 1.3 3.4 3.5 1.03
AL (3 yrs) 7 16 .304 4.94 57 14 17 3 1 1 144.0 150 83 79 13 66 79 1 1 1 636 66 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.20

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
1942 24 CLE AL 18.1 4 4 11 5.40 4.00 0.23 0.00 96.7 3.65 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .408 .498 $
1943 25 CLE AL 45.0 17 4 22 4.40 4.04 0.21 0.00 93.3 3.58 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .471 .497 $
1944 26 CLE AL 80.2 36 6 50 5.58 4.16 0.08 0.00 97.5 3.97 -14 -1.6 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -9 .457 .490 $
1947 29 NYG NL 60.0 7 7 18 2.70 4.66 0.00 0.00 100.0 4.66 13 1.5 -0.0 2.0 20 .709 .509 $
1948 30 NYG NL 157.2 39 24 95 5.42 4.54 -0.02 0.00 101.8 4.64 -14 -1.4 1.6 -0.2 -0.1 4 .463 .491 $
1949 31 NYG NL 2.1 2 0 6 23.14 5.00 0.23 0.00 95.0 4.53 -5 -0.4 .5 0.1 -0.3 -5 .299 .498 $
1949 31 PIT NL 36.0 11 2 29 7.25 4.57 -0.05 0.00 102.6 4.74 -10 -1.0 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .412 .494 $
6 Seasons 400.0 116 47 231 5.20 4.41 0.04 0.00 99.5 4.35 -39 -3.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 1 .468 .497 $
NYG (3 yrs) 220.0 48 31 119 4.87 4.58 -0.01 0.00 101.2 4.64 -6 -0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.6 20 .492 .499 $
CLE (3 yrs) 144.0 57 14 83 5.19 4.10 0.14 0.00 96.1 3.81 -22 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.7 -13 .458 .495 $
PIT (1 yr) 36.0 11 2 29 7.25 4.57 -0.05 0.00 102.6 4.74 -10 -1.0 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .412 .494 $

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 30 NYG NL 39 346 619 95 162 16 4 22 2 2 67 57 .262 .337 .407 .744 .259 252 9 3 10 0 5
1949 31 NYG NL 2 16 14 6 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .571 .600 .714 1.314 .571 10 0 0 1 0 0
1949 31 PIT NL 11 158 155 29 52 5 2 6 4 2 15 17 .335 .394 .510 .904 .348 79 0 0 3 0 2
1949 31 TOT NL 13 174 169 35 60 7 2 6 4 2 16 17 .355 .411 .527 .937 .370 89 0 0 4 0 2
2 Yrs 52 520 788 130 222 23 6 28 6 4 83 74 .282 .352 .433 .785 .283 341 9 3 14 0 7
162 Game Avg. 45 453 687 113 194 20 5 24 5 3 72 65 .282 .352 .433 .785 .283 297 8 3 12 0 6
MLB Averages .259 .331 .329 .660 .276

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 30 NYG NL -10.3 -1.0 355 -1.2 5.6 -6.8 1.01 -0.3 -0.9 -3.3 -0.3 1.01 -1.0 4 0 3
1949 31 TOT NL -12.0 -1.1 180 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 .60 -1.1 -0.9 -17.6 -1.6 0.60 -13.6 0 2 8
1949 31 NYG NL -4.0 -0.4 18 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .33 -0.2 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.33 -3.6 0 0 2
1949 31 PIT NL -8.0 -0.8 162 -1.0 1.4 -2.4 .63 -0.9 -0.7 -13.6 -1.2 0.63 -9.9 0 2 6
6 Yrs -34.6 -3.3 535 -2.4 7.0 -9.4 .87 -1.4 -1.4 -20.9 -1.9 0.87 -14.6 4 2 11

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
1942 24 CLE AL 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 1 1 1 25% 43.0 74 27 0 3 3.8 4.6
1943 25 CLE AL 17 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 25% 50.5 72 37 1 3 4.0 6.1
1944 26 CLE AL 36 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 1 0 1 17% 40.2 58 32 0 5 3.9 3.7
1947 29 NYG NL 7 7 4 3 0 1 3 4 3 .571 0 0 5 0 6 86% 61.4 71 48 0 1 4.6 8.6
1948 30 NYG NL 39 24 9 7 8 0 0 12 12 .500 2 2 7 3 11 46% 45.9 84 20 17 9 10 8 6.7 7.7 5.5
1949 31 TOT NL 13 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 43 26 6 3 0 2 1.7 1.6 5.5
1949 31 PIT NL 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 34.5 43 26 4 1 0 2 1.7 1.6 5.5
6 Yrs 114 47 17 19 11 2 3 20 27 .426 2 3 15 4 21 45% 47 84 20 21 10 11 22 5.2 6.8 5.7
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 115 -11 4.3 4.8 6.9

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
1943 25 CLE AL 17 13 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 4.8
1944 26 CLE AL 36 30 13 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 19 2 6 5.9
1948 30 NYG NL 39 15 8 2 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% 1.007 4 0 3 2 1 4 4 3 5 3 2 7 4.9
1949 31 TOT NL 13 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% .604 0 2 8 0 1 9 4 6 7 3 6 1 7.5
1949 31 NYG NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 .334 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
1949 31 PIT NL 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 5 .631 0 2 6 0 1 7 3 5 6 2 5 1 8.3
4 Yrs 105 69 28 5 11 1 1 1 100% 1 0 13 8 62% .872 4 2 11 2 2 13 8 9 36 11 8 15 5.7

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%
1942 24 CLE AL 91 1.1% 8.8% 9.9% 2.2% 8% 79%
1943 25 CLE AL 194 1.6% 16.0% 10.3% 2.1% 9% 70%
1944 26 CLE AL 351 2.6% 11.4% 10.5% 3.1% 13% 74%
1947 29 NYG NL 239 3.4% 10.5% 5.4% 5.4% 25% 80%
1948 30 NYG NL 699 58% 6.4% 16.5% 19.4% 12.1% 26% 0.80 156% 67 9 13%
1949 31 TOT NL 189 56% 3.5% 9.8% 9.2% 8.6% 25% 0.46 84% 40 0 0%
1949 31 NYG NL 16 81% 0.0% 0.0% 6.3% 12.5% 25% 0.75 88% 3 0 0%
1949 31 PIT NL 173 54% 3.8% 10.8% 9.5% 8.2% 25% 0.44 84% 37 0 0%
6 Yrs 1763 58% 3.5% 12.8% 11.6% 6.2% 21% 0.68 96% 107 9 8%
MLB Averages 48% 1.5% 10.1% 10.2% 3.6% 14% 0.95 86% 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
1942 24 CLE AL 24 1 0
1943 25 CLE AL 44 3 0
1944 26 CLE AL 82 9 1
1947 29 NYG NL 53 8 1
1948 30 NYG NL 346 162 22 0 10 6 3 7 2 15 10 1 67% 5 1 1 128 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 353
1949 31 TOT NL 174 60 6 1 5 3 2 4 1 13 8 3 62% 2 1 0 80 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 15
1949 31 NYG NL 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1949 31 PIT NL 158 52 6 1 5 3 2 4 1 11 6 3 55% 2 1 0 70 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
6 Yrs 520 425 49 1 15 9 5 11 3 28 18 4 64% 7 4 1 208 6 4 60% 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 368
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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1942 24 1 3 .250 5.40 4 4 0 1 1 0 18.1 24 11 11 1 9 8 1 0 0 91 65 1.800 11.8 0.5 4.4 3.9 0.89 65
1943 25 3 8 .273 4.69 21 8 4 2 1 0 63.1 68 33 33 4 29 39 1 0 0 285 69 1.532 9.7 0.6 4.1 5.5 1.34 69
1944 26 7 16 .304 4.94 57 14 17 3 1 1 144.0 150 83 79 13 66 79 1 1 1 636 66 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.20 66
1945 27 7 16 .304 4.94 57 14 17 3 1 1 144.0 150 83 79 13 66 79 1 1 1 636 66 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.20 66
1946 28 7 16 .304 4.94 57 14 17 3 1 1 144.0 150 83 79 13 66 79 1 1 1 636 66 1.500 9.4 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.20 66
1947 29 11 19 .367 4.24 64 21 17 8 1 1 204.0 203 101 96 21 79 104 1 2 2 875 83 1.382 9.0 0.9 3.5 4.6 1.32 83
1948 30 22 29 .431 4.28 103 45 25 15 4 1 361.2 365 196 172 43 146 161 4 3 3 1573 87 1.413 9.1 1.1 3.6 4.0 1.10 87
1949 31 22 30 .423 4.55 116 47 28 15 4 1 400.0 425 231 202 49 162 178 4 4 4 1761 83 1.468 9.6 1.1 3.6 4.0 1.10 83

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1942 24 1 1 .500 6.16 19.0 27 14 13 1 10 8 1 1.947 12.8 4.7 3.8 0.80 0.5 4
1943 25 1 3 .250 5.86 43.0 51 31 28 3 23 30 0 1.721 10.7 4.8 6.3 1.30 0.6 17
1944 26 2 6 .250 6.35 78.0 91 61 55 10 41 39 0 1.692 10.5 4.7 4.5 0.95 1.2 36
1947 29 4 2 .667 2.51 61.0 55 19 17 8 13 25 0 1.115 8.1 1.9 3.7 1.92 1.2 7
1948 30 8 10 .444 4.36 163.0 169 88 79 23 70 59 3 1.466 9.3 3.9 3.3 0.84 1.3 39
1949 31 1 3 .250 6.69 39.0 61 32 29 6 16 17 0 1.974 14.1 3.7 3.9 1.06 1.4 13
6 Yrs 17 25 .405 4.94 403.0 454 245 221 51 173 178 4 1.556 10.1 4.0 1.03 1.1 116

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  22 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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