Bud Podbielan

Clarence Anthony Podbielan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 6, 1924 in Curlew, WA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1949
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Redlegs/Reds/Indians 1949-1959
Final Game: June 13, 1959
Died: October 26, 1982 in Syracuse, NY
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
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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 25 BRO NL 0 1 .000 3.65 7 1 2 0 0 0 12.1 9 9 5 1 9 5 1 0 0 54 113 1.459 6.6 0.7 6.6 3.6 0.56
1950 26 BRO NL 5 4 .556 5.33 20 10 4 2 0 1 72.2 93 47 43 10 29 28 2 0 3 334 77 1.679 11.5 1.2 3.6 3.5 0.97
1951 27 BRO NL 2 2 .500 3.50 27 5 9 1 0 0 79.2 67 32 31 9 36 26 2 0 2 332 112 1.293 7.6 1.0 4.1 2.9 0.72
1952 28 TOT NL 4 5 .444 3.15 27 7 8 4 1 1 88.2 82 35 31 9 29 23 1 0 1 367 120 1.252 8.3 0.9 2.9 2.3 0.79
1952 28 BRO NL 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 13 20 3.500 18.0 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33
1952 28 CIN NL 4 5 .444 2.80 24 7 8 4 1 1 86.2 78 30 27 8 26 22 1 0 0 354 134 1.200 8.1 0.8 2.7 2.3 0.85
1953 29 CIN NL 6 16 .273 4.73 36 24 6 8 1 1 186.1 214 112 98 21 67 74 8 0 3 818 91 1.508 10.3 1.0 3.2 3.6 1.10
1954 30 CIN NL 7 10 .412 5.36 27 24 0 4 0 0 131.0 157 92 78 20 58 42 2 0 1 596 78 1.641 10.8 1.4 4.0 2.9 0.72
1955 31 CIN NL 1 2 .333 3.21 17 2 5 0 0 0 42.0 36 16 15 4 11 0 26 1 0 2 171 131 1.119 7.7 0.9 2.4 5.6 2.36
1957 33 CIN NL 0 1 .000 6.19 5 3 0 1 0 0 16.0 18 11 11 4 4 0 13 0 0 0 67 66 1.375 10.1 2.3 2.3 7.3 3.25
1959 35 CLE AL 0 1 .000 5.84 6 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 17 8 8 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 53 64 1.541 12.4 0.7 1.5 3.6 2.50
9 Seasons 25 42 .373 4.49 172 76 35 20 2 3 641.0 693 362 320 79 245 0 242 17 0 12 2792 92 1.463 9.7 1.1 3.4 3.4 0.99
162 Game Avg. 7 12 .373 4.49 47 21 10 5 1 1 176 190 99 88 22 67 66 5 0 3 766 92 1.463 9.7 1.1 3.4 3.4 0.99
CIN (5 yrs) 18 34 .346 4.46 109 60 19 17 2 2 462.0 503 261 229 57 166 0 177 12 0 6 2006 93 1.448 9.8 1.1 3.2 3.4 1.07
BRO (4 yrs) 7 7 .500 4.48 57 16 15 3 0 1 166.2 173 93 83 21 77 60 5 0 6 733 89 1.500 9.3 1.1 4.2 3.2 0.78
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.84 6 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 17 8 8 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 53 64 1.541 12.4 0.7 1.5 3.6 2.50
NL (8 yrs) 25 41 .379 4.47 166 76 34 20 2 3 628.2 676 354 312 78 243 0 237 17 0 12 2739 92 1.462 9.7 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.98
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.84 6 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 17 8 8 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 53 64 1.541 12.4 0.7 1.5 3.6 2.50

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 ROE
1952 28 BRO NL 3 13 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 .444 .583 1.000 1.583 .429 9 1 0 1 0 1
1952 28 CIN NL 24 354 319 30 78 4 1 8 2 3 26 22 .245 .303 .339 .642 .242 108 1 1 8 0 0
1952 28 TOT NL 27 367 328 35 82 6 1 9 2 3 29 23 .250 .313 .357 .670 .247 117 2 1 9 0 1
1953 29 CIN NL 36 818 738 112 214 38 5 21 5 6 67 74 .290 .355 .440 .796 .300 325 15 8 5 0 7
1954 30 CIN NL 27 594 523 92 157 37 3 20 0 2 58 42 .300 .371 .497 .868 .296 260 17 2 9 2 11
1955 31 CIN NL 17 171 154 16 36 6 1 4 0 1 11 26 .234 .284 .364 .648 .252 56 2 1 2 3 0 2
1957 33 CIN NL 5 67 62 11 18 3 0 4 0 2 4 13 .290 .333 .532 .866 .311 33 1 0 1 0 0 0
1959 35 CLE AL 6 53 48 8 17 4 0 1 0 1 2 5 .354 .380 .500 .880 .381 24 2 0 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 118 2070 1853 274 524 94 10 59 7 15 171 183 .283 .346 .440 .786 .288 815 39 12 29 5 0 21
162 Game Avg. 45 791 708 105 200 36 4 23 3 6 65 70 .283 .346 .440 .786 .288 311 15 5 11 2 8
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
1952 28 TOT NL 27 7 3 4 0 0 3 3 4 .429 0 0 4 1 6 86% 80 23 5 0 1 3 2.8 2.4 7.7
1952 28 CIN NL 24 7 3 4 0 0 3 3 4 .429 0 0 4 1 6 86% 57 80 23 5 0 1 3 2.8 2.4 7.7
1953 29 CIN NL 36 24 6 14 4 0 3 10 14 .417 1 2 8 1 11 46% 46 91 9 15 6 8 8 4.1 3.5 6.6
1954 30 CIN NL 27 24 7 10 7 1 1 13 11 .542 1 4 4 0 8 33% 42 78 23 23 8 3 15 5.1 5.3 5.3
1955 31 CIN NL 17 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 37 2 1 1 0 2.0 3.0 6.2
1957 33 CIN NL 5 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 1 33% 52 78 39 6 3 0 2 5.5 3.3 4.2
5 Seasons 109 60 16 31 13 1 8 27 33 .450 2 7 17 2 26 43% 46 91 9 51 18 13 28 4.3 4.1 6.1
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
1952 28 TOT NL 27 20 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 33% .765 1 1 8 0 0 10 3 7 9 5 4 3 5.2
1952 28 BRO NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 .299 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 2.0
1952 28 CIN NL 24 17 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% .812 0 1 6 0 0 7 1 6 9 3 4 3 5.8
1953 29 CIN NL 36 12 6 0 2 1 1 0 100% 2 0 8 4 50% 8 1.005 2 3 7 2 2 8 5 7 8 1 8 1 7.1
1954 30 CIN NL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1.001 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.0
1955 31 CIN NL 17 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 4 .669 0 2 13 0 0 15 5 10 10 2 10 2 5.9
1957 33 CIN NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 .902 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1959 35 CLE AL 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 6 .640 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 5 4 0 4 1 6.2
6 Seasons 118 58 20 2 4 2 2 1 100% 4 1 28 9 32% .940 6 7 35 4 3 41 16 32 33 8 28 7 5.8

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 25 BRO NL
1950 26 BRO NL
1951 27 BRO NL
1952 28 TOT NL 367 34% 2.5% 6.3% 7.9% 4.4% 20% 0.91 81% 24 2 8%
1952 28 BRO NL 13 38% 7.7% 7.7% 23.1% 23.1% 75% 1.50 54% 5 1 20%
1952 28 CIN NL 354 34% 2.3% 6.2% 7.3% 3.7% 17% 0.89 82% 19 1 5%
1953 29 CIN NL 818 42% 2.6% 9.1% 8.2% 7.8% 30% 0.76 79% 148 15 10%
1954 30 CIN NL 594 41% 3.4% 7.1% 9.8% 10.1% 38% 0.78 78% 130 17 13%
1955 31 CIN NL 171 37% 2.3% 15.2% 6.4% 6.4% 31% 0.69 74% 23 2 9%
1957 33 CIN NL 67 49% 6.0% 19.4% 6.0% 10.5% 39% 0.74 67% 12 1 8%
1959 35 CLE AL 53 43% 1.9% 9.4% 3.8% 9.4% 29% 0.63 79% 13 2 15%
9 Seasons 2070 41% 3.8% 11.7% 11.8% 7.9% 24% 0.77 78% 350 39 11%
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 25 BRO NL 9 1 0
1950 26 BRO NL 93 10 3
1951 27 BRO NL 67 9 2
1952 28 TOT NL 143 82 9 1 4 3 4 2 5 6 4 0 67% 1 1 0 52 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 224
1952 28 BRO NL 13 4 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1952 28 CIN NL 130 78 8 0 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 47 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224
1953 29 CIN NL 818 214 21 1 19 11 10 11 10 37 14 4 38% 7 3 0 317 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0
1954 30 CIN NL 594 157 20 1 5 10 10 13 7 32 17 1 53% 11 1 0 249 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1955 31 CIN NL 171 36 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 11 4 3 36% 2 2 1 49 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1957 33 CIN NL 67 18 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 24 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 35 CLE AL 53 17 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 27 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1846 693 79 3 37 30 27 31 26 92 42 9 46% 21 12 1 718 7 15 32% 7 13 0 2 0 0 6 1 17 224
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 25 0 1 .000 3.65 7 1 2 0 0 0 12.1 9 9 5 1 9 5 1 0 0 54 113 1.459 6.6 0.7 6.6 3.6 0.56 113
1950 26 5 5 .500 5.08 27 11 6 2 0 1 85.0 102 56 48 11 38 33 3 0 3 388 81 1.647 10.8 1.2 4.0 3.5 0.87 81
1951 27 7 7 .500 4.32 54 16 15 3 0 1 164.2 169 88 79 20 74 59 5 0 5 720 93 1.476 9.2 1.1 4.0 3.2 0.80 93
1952 28 11 12 .478 3.91 81 23 23 7 1 2 253.1 251 123 110 29 103 82 6 0 6 1087 100 1.397 8.9 1.0 3.7 2.9 0.80 100
1953 29 17 28 .378 4.26 117 47 29 15 2 3 439.2 465 235 208 50 170 156 14 0 9 1905 96 1.444 9.5 1.0 3.5 3.2 0.92 96
1954 30 24 38 .387 4.51 144 71 29 19 2 3 570.2 622 327 286 70 228 198 16 0 10 2501 91 1.489 9.8 1.1 3.6 3.1 0.87 91
1955 31 25 40 .385 4.42 161 73 34 19 2 3 612.2 658 343 301 74 239 0 224 17 0 12 2672 93 1.464 9.7 1.1 3.5 3.3 0.94 93
1956 32 25 40 .385 4.42 161 73 34 19 2 3 612.2 658 343 301 74 239 0 224 17 0 12 2672 93 1.464 9.7 1.1 3.5 3.3 0.94 93
1957 33 25 41 .379 4.47 166 76 34 20 2 3 628.2 676 354 312 78 243 0 237 17 0 12 2739 92 1.462 9.7 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.98 92
1958 34 25 41 .379 4.47 166 76 34 20 2 3 628.2 676 354 312 78 243 0 237 17 0 12 2739 92 1.462 9.7 1.1 3.5 3.4 0.98 92
1959 35 25 42 .373 4.49 172 76 35 20 2 3 641.0 693 362 320 79 245 0 242 17 0 12 2792 92 1.463 9.7 1.1 3.4 3.4 0.99 92

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
1949 25 1 0 1.000 3.75 12.0 9 6 5 1 9 5 1 1.500 6.8 6.8 3.8 0.56 0.8 7
1950 26 3 5 .375 5.23 74.0 96 48 43 10 30 29 2 1.703 11.7 3.6 3.5 0.97 1.2 20
1951 27 4 4 .500 3.69 78.0 70 36 32 9 38 25 2 1.385 8.1 4.4 2.9 0.66 1.0 27
1952 28 5 4 .556 3.48 88.0 89 38 34 10 31 23 1 1.364 9.1 3.2 2.4 0.74 1.0 27
1953 29 9 11 .450 4.52 187.0 213 104 94 21 67 74 8 1.497 10.3 3.2 3.6 1.10 1.0 36
1954 30 6 9 .400 5.13 135.0 161 86 77 21 59 43 2 1.630 10.7 3.9 2.9 0.73 1.4 27
1955 31 3 1 .750 2.86 44.0 36 16 14 4 11 27 1 1.068 7.4 2.3 5.5 2.45 0.8 17
1957 33 0 1 .000 6.75 16.0 19 13 12 4 4 13 0 1.438 10.7 2.3 7.3 3.25 2.3 5
1959 35 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 18 10 9 1 2 5 0 1.667 13.5 1.5 3.8 2.50 0.8 6
9 Seasons 31 36 .463 4.46 646.0 711 357 320 81 251 244 17 1.489 9.9 3.4 0.97 1.1 172

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  214 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 NL  16 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 NL  98 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL  8 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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