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Johnny Podres

John Joseph Podres

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 30, 1932 in Witherbee, NY
High School: Mineville HS (Witherbee, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Tigers/Padres 1953-1969

Final Game: June 21, 1969
Died: January 13, 2008 in Glens Falls, NY
Buried: St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Moriah, NY
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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
1953 20 BRO NL 9 4 .692 4.23 33 18 3 3 1 0 115.0 126 62 54 12 64 82 1 0 2 518 102 1.652 9.9 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28
1954 21 BRO NL 11 7 .611 4.27 29 21 4 6 2 0 151.2 147 77 72 13 53 79 1 0 3 641 97 1.319 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.7 1.49
1955 22 BRO NL 9 10 .474 3.95 27 24 0 5 2 0 159.1 160 80 70 15 57 2 114 4 0 5 684 103 1.362 9.0 0.8 3.2 6.4 2.00
1956 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 24 BRO NL 12 9 .571 2.66 31 27 4 10 6 3 196.0 168 64 58 15 44 1 109 1 0 3 783 155 1.082 7.7 0.7 2.0 5.0 2.48
1958 25 LAD NL 13 15 .464 3.72 39 31 4 10 2 1 210.1 208 96 87 27 78 8 143 2 3 4 890 112 1.360 8.9 1.2 3.3 6.1 1.83 AS
1959 26 LAD NL 14 9 .609 4.11 34 29 1 6 2 0 195.0 192 93 89 23 74 7 145 3 0 8 823 103 1.364 8.9 1.1 3.4 6.7 1.96
1960 27 LAD NL 14 12 .538 3.08 34 33 1 8 1 0 227.2 217 88 78 25 71 9 159 1 1 7 951 128 1.265 8.6 1.0 2.8 6.3 2.24 AS
1961 28 LAD NL 18 5 .783 3.74 32 29 2 6 1 0 182.2 192 81 76 27 51 2 124 4 0 8 772 114 1.330 9.5 1.3 2.5 6.1 2.43 MVP-14
1962 29 LAD NL 15 13 .536 3.81 40 40 0 8 0 0 255.0 270 121 108 20 71 14 178 3 0 4 1083 95 1.337 9.5 0.7 2.5 6.3 2.51 AS
1963 30 LAD NL 14 12 .538 3.54 37 34 3 10 5 1 198.1 196 91 78 16 64 13 134 3 4 5 845 85 1.311 8.9 0.7 2.9 6.1 2.09
1964 31 LAD NL 0 2 .000 16.88 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 16 22 3.000 16.9 3.4 10.1 0.0 0.00
1965 32 LAD NL 7 6 .538 3.43 27 22 4 2 1 1 134.0 126 57 51 17 39 4 63 2 0 6 560 95 1.231 8.5 1.1 2.6 4.2 1.62
1966 33 TOT MLB 4 5 .444 3.38 37 13 12 2 1 4 109.1 108 48 41 12 35 4 54 1 0 4 467 104 1.308 8.9 1.0 2.9 4.4 1.54
1966 33 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1966 33 DET AL 4 5 .444 3.43 36 13 12 2 1 4 107.2 106 48 41 12 34 3 53 1 0 4 459 102 1.300 8.9 1.0 2.8 4.4 1.56
1967 34 DET AL 3 1 .750 3.84 21 8 6 0 0 1 63.1 58 29 27 12 11 2 34 1 0 3 251 86 1.089 8.2 1.7 1.6 4.8 3.09
1969 36 SDP NL 5 6 .455 4.31 17 9 2 1 0 0 64.2 66 34 31 7 28 3 17 1 0 3 287 82 1.454 9.2 1.0 3.9 2.4 0.61
15 Yrs 148 116 .561 3.68 440 340 46 77 24 11 2265.0 2239 1026 925 242 743 70 1435 28 8 66 9571 105 1.317 8.9 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.93
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .561 3.68 38 30 4 7 2 1 197 195 89 81 21 65 125 2 1 6 834 105 1.317 8.9 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.93
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
LAD (13 yrs) 136 104 .567 3.66 366 310 26 74 23 6 2029.1 2009 915 826 211 670 62 1331 25 8 56 8574 107 1.320 8.9 0.9 3.0 5.9 1.99
DET (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.58 57 21 18 2 1 5 171.0 164 77 68 24 45 5 87 2 0 7 710 95 1.222 8.6 1.3 2.4 4.6 1.93
SDP (1 yr) 5 6 .455 4.31 17 9 2 1 0 0 64.2 66 34 31 7 28 3 17 1 0 3 287 82 1.454 9.2 1.0 3.9 2.4 0.61
NL (14 yrs) 141 110 .562 3.68 383 319 28 75 23 6 2094.0 2075 949 857 218 698 65 1348 26 8 59 8861 106 1.324 8.9 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.93
AL (2 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.58 57 21 18 2 1 5 171.0 164 77 68 24 45 5 87 2 0 7 710 95 1.222 8.6 1.3 2.4 4.6 1.93

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
1953 20 BRO NL 115.0 33 18 62 4.85 4.55 0.33 0.00 101.1 4.27 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.3 6 .481 .496 $
1954 21 BRO NL 151.2 29 21 77 4.57 4.62 0.16 0.00 102.3 4.56 0 0.0 1.7 -0.1 1.3 17 .502 .500 $
1955 22 BRO NL 159.1 27 24 80 4.52 4.39 0.42 0.00 102.2 4.05 -5 -0.5 2.4 -0.1 0.8 10 .481 .497 $
1957 24 BRO NL 196.0 31 27 64 2.94 4.35 0.25 0.00 106.9 4.38 33 3.8 1.8 -0.0 5.5 52 .624 .524 $
1958 25 LAD NL 210.1 39 31 96 4.11 4.39 -0.16 0.00 106.0 4.82 16 1.8 2.0 -0.1 3.6 39 .546 .511 $ AS
1959 26 LAD NL 195.0 34 29 93 4.29 4.45 -0.01 0.00 104.9 4.68 7 0.8 1.7 -0.1 2.4 30 .522 .505 $20,000
1960 27 LAD NL 227.2 34 33 88 3.48 4.40 0.22 0.07 103.5 4.39 23 2.6 3.3 -0.1 4.6 47 .576 .516 $25,000 AS
1961 28 LAD NL 182.2 32 29 81 3.99 4.41 -0.24 0.06 108.2 5.10 22 2.4 .9 -0.1 4.0 43 .576 .515 $27,500 MVP-14
1962 29 LAD NL 255.0 40 40 121 4.27 4.49 -0.09 0.07 93.0 4.33 0 0.0 -0.1 2.2 31 .500 .500 $38,000 AS
1963 30 LAD NL 198.1 37 34 91 4.13 3.67 -0.18 0.05 91.1 3.55 -14 -1.6 1.2 -0.1 0.1 7 .456 .490 $
1964 31 LAD NL 2.2 2 2 5 16.88 4.80 0.05 0.08 92.1 4.45 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .326 .498 $
1965 32 LAD NL 134.0 27 22 57 3.83 4.14 0.40 0.05 92.2 3.49 -5 -0.6 2.5 -0.1 0.5 9 .479 .497 $
1966 33 LAD NL 1.2 1 0 0 0.00 4.07 -0.10 -0.17 90.0 3.60 1 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.2 1 .576 .500 $30,000
1966 33 DET AL 107.2 36 13 48 4.01 3.81 0.09 0.01 99.5 3.71 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 0.5 5 .494 .499 $
1967 34 DET AL 63.1 21 8 29 4.12 3.51 0.38 -0.01 99.2 3.09 -6 -0.7 .8 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .465 .495 $
1969 36 SDP NL 64.2 17 9 34 4.73 4.09 -0.23 -0.00 97.4 4.20 -4 -0.5 .8 -0.0 0.1 3 .472 .497 $
15 Seasons 2265.0 440 340 1026 4.08 4.29 0.07 0.03 100.8 4.29 55 6.4 1.5 -1.1 25.5 294 .515 .502 $140,500
LAD (13 yrs) 2029.1 366 310 915 4.06 4.35 0.07 0.03 101.0 4.36 68 7.8 1.7 -0.9 25.2 288 .521 .504 $140,500
DET (2 yrs) 171.0 57 21 77 4.05 3.70 0.20 0.00 99.4 3.48 -8 -1.0 1.3 -0.1 0.2 3 .483 .497 $
SDP (1 yr) 64.2 17 9 34 4.73 4.09 -0.23 -0.00 97.4 4.20 -4 -0.5 .8 -0.0 0.1 3 .472 .497 $

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
1953 20 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 1.125 3.4 3.4 6.8 0.0 0.00
1955 22 BRO NL WS W NYY 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 15 3 2 1 4 0 10 0 0 0 70 1.056 7.5 0.5 2.0 5.0 2.50
1959 26 LAD NL WS W CHW 1 0 1.000 4.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 5 5 1 6 0 4 1 0 0 42 1.393 6.8 1.0 5.8 3.9 0.67
1963 30 LAD NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 1.08 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 6 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 32 0.840 6.5 0.0 1.1 4.3 4.00
4 Yrs (4 Series) 4 1 .800 2.11 6 6 0 2 1 0 38.1 29 14 9 3 13 0 18 2 0 0 157 1.096 6.8 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.38
4 WS 4 1 .800 2.11 6 6 0 2 1 0 38.1 29 14 9 3 13 0 18 2 0 0 157 1.096 6.8 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.38

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
1958 LAD NL 25
1960 LAD NL 27
1960 LAD NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1962 LAD NL 29 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
3 Yrs (2 GP) 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00

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
1953 20 BRO NL 33 518 447 62 126 22 4 12 1 3 64 82 .282 .373 .430 .803 .323 192 13 1 6 0 8
1954 21 BRO NL 29 641 576 77 147 33 7 13 1 2 53 79 .255 .317 .405 .721 .274 233 16 1 6 5 5
1955 22 BRO NL 27 684 617 80 160 40 3 15 3 2 57 114 .259 .325 .407 .732 .296 251 14 4 4 2 2 8
1957 24 BRO NL 31 783 732 64 168 36 5 15 6 4 44 109 .230 .273 .354 .627 .250 259 18 1 3 3 1 9
1958 25 LAD NL 39 890 796 96 208 25 4 27 1 4 78 143 .261 .327 .405 .731 .286 322 27 2 7 6 8 8
1959 26 LAD NL 34 823 735 93 192 27 5 23 3 6 74 145 .261 .330 .405 .735 .296 298 22 3 7 4 7 8
1960 27 LAD NL 34 951 866 88 217 28 6 25 5 2 71 159 .251 .307 .383 .690 .280 332 20 1 9 3 9 13
1961 28 LAD NL 32 772 708 81 192 23 6 27 4 5 51 124 .271 .322 .435 .757 .294 308 20 4 5 4 2 11
1962 29 LAD NL 40 1083 993 121 270 42 8 20 6 5 71 178 .272 .321 .391 .712 .313 388 26 3 12 4 14 19
1963 30 LAD NL 37 845 764 91 196 33 3 16 7 3 64 134 .257 .315 .370 .686 .292 283 17 3 11 3 13 18
1964 31 LAD NL 2 16 12 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 .417 .533 .750 1.283 .364 9 0 0 1 0 1 0
1965 32 LAD NL 27 559 510 57 126 26 5 17 0 3 39 63 .247 .301 .418 .719 .251 213 11 2 5 4 4 9
1966 33 DET AL 36 459 410 48 106 14 1 12 2 1 34 53 .259 .313 .385 .699 .269 158 10 1 9 5 3 7
1966 33 LAD NL 1 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .429 .400 .829 .400 2 0 0 1 1 1 0
1966 33 TOT MLB 37 467 415 48 108 14 1 12 2 1 35 54 .260 .315 .386 .701 .270 160 10 1 10 6 4 7
1967 34 DET AL 21 251 238 29 58 10 0 12 1 5 11 34 .244 .280 .437 .717 .240 104 3 1 1 0 2 2
1969 36 SDP NL 17 279 250 34 66 10 1 7 2 1 28 17 .264 .337 .396 .733 .258 99 3 1 5 3 3 4
15 Yrs 440 9562 8659 1026 2239 370 58 242 42 46 743 1435 .259 .318 .399 .716 .284 3451 220 28 92 47 70 129
162 Game Avg. 38 834 755 89 195 32 5 21 4 4 65 125 .259 .318 .399 .716 .284 301 19 2 8 4 11
MLB Averages .252 .320 .380 .700 .276
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
1953 20 BRO NL 0.6 0.0 530 -0.6 7.7 -8.2 .84 -0.9 0.2 -3.1 -0.3 0.84 -5.5 5 2 8
1954 21 BRO NL -0.6 -0.1 651 0.7 10.7 -10.0 .90 0.3 0.5 1.7 0.2 0.90 2.5 4 1 1
1955 22 BRO NL 2.0 0.2 699 0.4 11.7 -11.4 .96 0.5 -0.2 5.7 0.6 0.96 7.7 2 0 1
1957 24 BRO NL 30.9 3.3 797 4.3 15.8 -11.5 1.03 3.0 1.2 37.4 4.0 1.03 35.4 3 1 0
1958 25 LAD NL 9.5 1.0 904 -0.1 16.0 -16.0 1.01 -0.2 0.1 7.3 0.7 1.01 -1.3 4 0 4
1959 26 LAD NL 5.5 0.6 843 0.7 16.2 -15.5 1.10 0.0 0.6 9.8 1.0 1.10 1.3 1 4 0
1960 27 LAD NL 21.1 2.2 970 2.3 18.8 -16.5 1.10 2.1 0.0 17.7 1.8 1.10 20.1 1 0 0
1961 28 LAD NL 13.1 1.3 788 1.6 13.4 -11.8 .92 0.9 0.8 13.7 1.3 0.92 11.7 1 0 2
1962 29 LAD NL -5.4 -0.5 1106 -0.5 19.3 -19.8 1.00 -0.0 -0.5 5.3 0.6 1.00 2.6 0 0 0
1963 30 LAD NL -13.2 -1.4 863 0.0 15.0 -15.0 1.06 -0.7 0.7 -6.7 -0.8 1.06 -5.9 1 0 2
1964 31 LAD NL -3.9 -0.4 17 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 .99 -0.4 0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.99 -4.2 0 0 0
1965 32 LAD NL -2.0 -0.2 574 1.4 10.9 -9.5 1.06 -0.0 1.3 3.0 0.3 1.06 -0.1 2 0 2
1966 33 TOT MLB 1.3 0.1 478 -0.2 7.6 -7.8 1.01 0.1 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1 1.01 -2.4 10 4 7
1966 33 LAD NL 0.8 0.1 8 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.82 -0.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 1.82 -0.4 1 0 0
1966 33 DET AL 0.4 0.0 470 -0.0 7.5 -7.5 1.00 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 1.00 -2.0 9 4 7
1967 34 DET AL -3.0 -0.3 262 0.1 3.9 -3.8 .82 -0.1 0.2 -1.5 -0.2 0.82 -0.6 2 2 9
1969 36 SDP NL -5.1 -0.5 293 -0.2 4.7 -4.9 1.01 -0.5 0.3 -3.5 -0.4 1.00 -3.7 1 4 3
15 Yrs 50.6 5.4 9775 9.6 171.8 -162.2 1.00 4.2 5.4 82.0 8.4 1.00 57.7 37 18 39
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
1953 20 BRO NL 33 18 5 4 9 1 1 11 7 .611 0 7 3 1 7 39% 48.1 76 21 26 4 4 8 5.9 6.5 4.6
1954 21 BRO NL 29 21 10 7 4 1 1 12 9 .571 1 2 6 2 12 57% 50.3 82 15 18 6 10 7 5.5 6.2 6.4
1955 22 BRO NL 27 24 9 10 5 2 4 13 11 .542 2 1 5 2 12 50% 51.7 83 25 27 8 10 10 5.8 6.2 6.5
1957 24 BRO NL 31 27 11 9 7 0 5 14 13 .519 2 2 10 6 18 67% 58.8 86 21 14 7 9 5 4.4 4.1 7.1
1958 25 LAD NL 39 31 13 14 4 4 6 15 16 .484 1 2 10 2 18 58% 52.9 86 13 20 6 12 10 4.5 4.8 6.5
1959 26 LAD NL 34 29 13 9 7 1 2 16 13 .552 1 5 6 2 16 55% 52.0 87 21 29 12 5 13 4.7 4.7 6.3
1960 27 LAD NL 34 33 13 12 8 1 4 16 17 .485 2 5 8 1 20 61% 55.3 84 32 25 5 7 7 3.8 3.4 6.8
1961 28 LAD NL 32 29 16 5 8 5 1 21 8 .724 2 4 6 1 12 41% 52.1 80 27 27 4 13 8 5.5 6.3 6.1
1962 29 LAD NL 40 40 15 13 12 0 4 20 20 .500 5 10 8 0 24 60% 52.0 80 17 35 17 26 6 4.6 4.4 6.4
1963 30 LAD NL 37 34 14 12 8 0 2 19 14 .576 1 4 10 5 17 50% 52.4 90 0 32 14 21 8 4.2 4.0 5.7
1964 31 LAD NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.5 47 28 1 0 0 2 2.0 0.0 1.3
1965 32 LAD NL 27 22 5 6 11 2 1 10 12 .455 3 4 2 1 8 36% 51.5 81 32 19 8 8 9 3.0 3.0 5.7
1966 33 TOT MLB 37 13 2 4 7 1 1 6 7 .462 2 4 2 1 7 54% 80 22 17 7 3 5 3.6 3.5 6.0
1966 33 DET AL 36 13 2 4 7 1 1 6 7 .462 2 4 2 1 7 54% 52.9 80 22 17 7 3 5 3.6 3.5 6.0
1967 34 DET AL 21 8 2 1 5 0 0 5 3 .625 1 2 0 0 4 50% 52.6 70 22 10 4 3 3 4.5 4.0 5.2
1969 36 SDP NL 17 9 3 5 1 0 1 4 5 .444 0 1 1 0 4 44% 45.3 71 26 10 4 2 6 3.5 3.3 5.1
15 Yrs 439 340 131 113 96 18 33 182 157 .537 23 53 77 24 179 53% 52 90 0 310 106 133 107 4.6 4.6 6.2
MLB Averages .500 53% 52 118 -14 4.2 4.1 6.4

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
1953 20 BRO NL 33 15 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0% 5 .836 5 2 8 2 4 9 2 13 9 2 9 0 6.3
1954 21 BRO NL 29 8 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 3 30% 7 .905 4 1 1 2 2 4 6 2 4 3 5 0 6.3
1955 22 BRO NL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0% 6 .962 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 4.3
1957 24 BRO NL 31 4 4 1 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 4 1 25% 8 1.032 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 3.5
1958 25 LAD NL 39 8 4 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 7 58% 7 1.013 4 0 4 2 2 4 7 1 3 4 3 0 3.0
1959 26 LAD NL 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 5 1.097 1 4 0 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 6.8
1960 27 LAD NL 34 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 8 1.095 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14.0
1961 28 LAD NL 32 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .916 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.3
1963 30 LAD NL 37 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.060 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3.7
1965 32 LAD NL 27 5 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 8 1.063 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 5.2
1966 33 TOT MLB 37 24 12 2 1 5 4 1 80% 9 4 18 6 33% 1.015 10 4 7 10 1 13 11 13 11 8 12 5 3.9
1966 33 LAD NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1.818 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1966 33 DET AL 36 23 12 2 1 5 4 1 80% 9 4 16 4 25% 9 1.001 9 4 7 9 1 13 10 13 10 8 11 5 3.9
1967 34 DET AL 21 13 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 25% 8 .823 2 2 9 1 2 10 5 8 6 2 6 0 5.1
1969 36 SDP NL 17 8 2 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 4 1.011 1 4 3 3 0 5 1 7 6 1 6 0 6.9
13 Yrs 398 100 46 17 3 15 11 5 73% 24 9 74 22 30% 1.003 37 18 39 31 15 54 45 55 52 27 55 6 5.1

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%
1953 20 BRO NL 518 31% 2.3% 15.8% 12.4% 7.3% 30% 1.05 68% 117 13 11%
1954 21 BRO NL 641 30% 2.0% 12.3% 8.3% 8.3% 36% 1.02 76% 118 16 14%
1955 22 BRO NL 684 28% 2.2% 16.7% 8.3% 8.5% 36% 0.89 72% 122 14 11%
1957 24 BRO NL 783 25% 1.9% 13.9% 5.6% 7.2% 33% 1.02 78% 139 18 13%
1958 25 LAD NL 890 23% 3.0% 16.1% 8.8% 6.3% 27% 1.14 71% 179 27 15%
1959 26 LAD NL 823 25% 2.8% 17.6% 9.0% 6.7% 29% 1.09 69% 165 22 13%
1960 27 LAD NL 951 23% 2.6% 16.7% 7.5% 6.2% 27% 1.30 72% 190 20 11%
1961 28 LAD NL 772 19% 3.5% 16.1% 6.6% 7.3% 29% 1.00 73% 140 20 14%
1962 29 LAD NL 1083 23% 1.9% 16.4% 6.6% 6.5% 26% 0.95 74% 219 26 12%
1963 30 LAD NL 845 21% 1.9% 15.9% 7.6% 6.2% 27% 1.00 73% 161 17 11%
1964 31 LAD NL 16 25% 6.3% 0.0% 18.8% 12.5% 40% 1.00 69% 2 0 0%
1965 32 LAD NL 560 20% 3.0% 11.3% 7.0% 8.6% 38% 0.78 78% 86 11 13%
1966 33 TOT MLB 467 24% 2.6% 11.6% 7.5% 5.8% 25% 0.98 76% 93 10 11%
1966 33 LAD NL 8 63% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.33 63% 4 0 0%
1966 33 DET AL 459 24% 2.6% 11.6% 7.4% 5.9% 26% 0.99 76% 89 10 11%
1967 34 DET AL 251 21% 4.8% 13.6% 4.4% 8.8% 38% 1.01 76% 28 3 11%
1969 36 SDP NL 287 17% 2.5% 6.1% 10.0% 6.5% 27% 1.01 82% 58 3 5%
15 Yrs 9571 24% 2.5% 15.0% 7.8% 7.0% 30% 1.02 74% 1817 220 12%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.2% 8.7% 6.4% 28% 1.04 75% 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
1953 20 BRO NL 518 126 12 0 15 7 5 5 7 28 12 6 43% 8 2 0 206 1 3 25% 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 0
1954 21 BRO NL 641 147 13 1 7 9 4 8 5 27 15 4 56% 5 3 1 246 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1955 22 BRO NL 684 160 15 0 11 13 2 8 7 23 13 5 57% 8 5 1 249 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1957 24 BRO NL 783 168 15 0 5 12 3 9 6 24 15 2 63% 9 3 1 280 6 4 60% 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1958 25 LAD NL 890 208 27 1 23 23 4 14 13 58 32 7 55% 8 4 0 314 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
1959 26 LAD NL 823 192 23 0 13 18 5 12 11 33 18 3 55% 8 8 1 302 3 6 33% 1 5 2 1 0 0 3 2 16 0
1960 27 LAD NL 951 217 25 0 16 20 5 14 11 42 19 8 45% 13 7 3 340 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
1961 28 LAD NL 772 192 27 1 10 21 6 18 9 33 13 6 39% 11 8 1 262 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 16 0
1962 29 LAD NL 1083 270 20 1 18 15 5 7 13 54 25 6 46% 19 4 0 401 6 5 55% 3 5 3 0 0 0 8 1 9 0
1963 30 LAD NL 845 196 16 0 12 10 6 7 9 29 13 5 45% 18 5 0 319 7 3 70% 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1964 31 LAD NL 16 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 32 LAD NL 559 126 17 1 7 16 1 5 12 18 6 3 33% 9 6 1 187 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 1
1966 33 TOT MLB 467 108 12 0 11 8 4 7 5 28 15 6 54% 7 4 0 166 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1966 33 LAD NL 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 33 DET AL 459 106 12 0 10 8 4 7 5 26 14 6 54% 7 4 0 161 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1967 34 DET AL 251 58 12 0 2 9 3 3 9 6 2 1 33% 2 3 0 69 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
1969 36 SDP NL 279 66 7 1 7 7 0 3 4 13 6 2 46% 4 3 0 112 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
15 Yrs 9562 2239 242 6 157 189 53 121 121 416 204 64 49% 129 66 9 3461 42 46 48% 30 42 12 4 0 0 29 5 161 9
MLB Averages 50% 60%
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+
1953 20 9 4 .692 4.23 33 18 3 3 1 0 115.0 126 62 54 12 64 82 1 0 2 518 102 1.652 9.9 0.9 5.0 6.4 1.28 102
1954 21 20 11 .645 4.25 62 39 7 9 3 0 266.2 273 139 126 25 117 161 2 0 5 1159 99 1.463 9.2 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.38 99
1955 22 29 21 .580 4.14 89 63 7 14 5 0 426.0 433 219 196 40 174 2 275 6 0 10 1843 100 1.425 9.1 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58 100
1956 23 29 21 .580 4.14 89 63 7 14 5 0 426.0 433 219 196 40 174 2 275 6 0 10 1843 100 1.425 9.1 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58 100
1957 24 41 30 .577 3.68 120 90 11 24 11 3 622.0 601 283 254 55 218 3 384 7 0 13 2626 113 1.317 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.6 1.76 113
1958 25 54 45 .545 3.69 159 121 15 34 13 4 832.1 809 379 341 82 296 11 527 9 3 17 3516 112 1.328 8.7 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.78 112
1959 26 68 54 .557 3.77 193 150 16 40 15 4 1027.1 1001 472 430 105 370 18 672 12 3 25 4339 111 1.335 8.8 0.9 3.2 5.9 1.82 111
1960 27 82 66 .554 3.64 227 183 17 48 16 4 1255.0 1218 560 508 130 441 27 831 13 4 32 5290 113 1.322 8.7 0.9 3.2 6.0 1.88 113
1961 28 100 71 .585 3.66 259 212 19 54 17 4 1437.2 1410 641 584 157 492 29 955 17 4 40 6062 113 1.323 8.8 1.0 3.1 6.0 1.94 113
1962 29 115 84 .578 3.68 299 252 19 62 17 4 1692.2 1680 762 692 177 563 43 1133 20 4 44 7145 111 1.325 8.9 0.9 3.0 6.0 2.01 111
1963 30 129 96 .573 3.66 336 286 22 72 22 5 1891.0 1876 853 770 193 627 56 1267 23 8 49 7990 108 1.324 8.9 0.9 3.0 6.0 2.02 108
1964 31 129 98 .568 3.68 338 288 22 72 22 5 1893.2 1881 858 775 194 630 57 1267 23 8 50 8006 107 1.326 8.9 0.9 3.0 6.0 2.01 107
1965 32 136 104 .567 3.67 365 310 26 74 23 6 2027.2 2007 915 826 211 669 61 1330 25 8 56 8566 107 1.320 8.9 0.9 3.0 5.9 1.99 107
1966 33 140 109 .562 3.65 402 323 38 76 24 10 2137.0 2115 963 867 223 704 65 1384 26 8 60 9033 107 1.319 8.9 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.97 107
1967 34 143 110 .565 3.66 423 331 44 76 24 11 2200.1 2173 992 894 235 715 67 1418 27 8 63 9284 106 1.313 8.9 1.0 2.9 5.8 1.98 106
1968 35 143 110 .565 3.66 423 331 44 76 24 11 2200.1 2173 992 894 235 715 67 1418 27 8 63 9284 106 1.313 8.9 1.0 2.9 5.8 1.98 106
1969 36 148 116 .561 3.68 440 340 46 77 24 11 2265.0 2239 1026 925 242 743 70 1435 28 8 66 9571 105 1.317 8.9 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.93 105

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
1953 20 6 6 .500 4.03 116.0 126 58 52 12 64 82 1 1.638 9.8 5.0 6.4 1.28 0.9 33
1954 21 8 9 .471 4.21 156.0 151 81 73 13 54 81 1 1.314 8.7 3.1 4.7 1.50 0.8 29
1955 22 9 9 .500 3.90 164.0 165 79 71 15 59 117 4 1.366 9.1 3.2 6.4 1.98 0.8 27
1957 24 15 7 .682 2.61 200.0 171 64 58 15 45 111 1 1.080 7.7 2.0 5.0 2.47 0.7 31
1958 25 12 11 .522 3.72 213.0 214 98 88 28 80 145 2 1.380 9.0 3.4 6.1 1.81 1.2 39
1959 26 10 11 .476 3.99 196.0 194 97 87 23 75 146 3 1.372 8.9 3.4 6.7 1.95 1.1 34
1960 27 15 10 .600 3.16 231.0 226 90 81 26 74 161 1 1.299 8.8 2.9 6.3 2.18 1.0 34
1961 28 11 9 .550 3.53 186.0 193 81 73 27 51 126 4 1.312 9.3 2.5 6.1 2.47 1.3 32
1962 29 12 14 .462 4.31 242.0 280 129 116 21 74 169 3 1.463 10.4 2.8 6.3 2.28 0.8 40
1963 30 8 12 .400 4.92 183.0 221 111 100 18 72 124 3 1.601 10.9 3.5 6.1 1.72 0.9 37
1964 31 0 0 18.00 3.0 5 7 6 1 3 0 0 2.667 15.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 3.0 2
1965 32 6 7 .462 4.39 125.0 137 68 61 18 42 59 2 1.432 9.9 3.0 4.2 1.40 1.3 27
1966 33 6 5 .545 3.91 106.0 115 51 46 13 37 52 1 1.434 9.8 3.1 4.4 1.41 1.1 37
1967 34 2 4 .333 4.97 58.0 63 36 32 13 12 31 1 1.293 9.8 1.9 4.8 2.58 2.0 21
1969 36 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 70 39 35 7 30 16 1 1.613 10.2 4.4 2.3 0.53 1.0 17
15 Yrs 122 118 .508 3.93 2241.0 2331 1089 979 250 772 1420 28 1.385 9.4 5.7 1.84 1.0 440

* 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

Hall of Fame
1975 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1976 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1977 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1958
1960-1
1960-2 *
1962-2 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1955 NL Babe Ruth Award
1955 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 NL (14, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1957 NL  5.5 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 NL  5.5 (2nd)
1958 NL  3.6 (9th)
1960 NL  4.6 (7th)
1961 NL  4.0 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 NL  2.66 (1st)
1960 NL  3.08 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  13 (9th)
1961 NL  18 (4th)
Career  148 (249th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL  .571 (10th)
1959 NL  .609 (8th)
1961 NL  .783 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 NL  1.082 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  7.714 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  2.020 (6th)
1961 NL  2.513 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  6.439 (3rd)
1957 NL  5.005 (9th)
1958 NL  6.119 (4th)
1959 NL  6.692 (3rd)
1960 NL  6.286 (8th)
1961 NL  6.110 (9th)
1962 NL  6.282 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1958 NL  210.3 (10th)
1962 NL  255.0 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL  114 (8th)
1958 NL  143 (3rd)
1959 NL  145 (7th)
1960 NL  159 (8th)
1962 NL  178 (6th)
Career  1,435 (205th)

Games Started s c a p y
1958 NL  31 (9th)
1960 NL  33 (9th)
1962 NL  40 (2nd)
1963 NL  34 (9th)
Career  340 (207th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL  2 (7th)
1957 NL  6 (1st)
1958 NL  2 (6th)
1963 NL  5 (5th)
Career  24 (187th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  27 (6th)
1960 NL  25 (7th)
1961 NL  27 (6th)
Career  242 (118th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  270 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  2.000 (5th)
1957 NL  2.477 (4th)
1961 NL  2.431 (5th)
1962 NL  2.507 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  0.847 (5th)
1957 NL  0.689 (5th)
1962 NL  0.706 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1958 NL  15 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  108 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (8th)
1959 NL  8 (5th)
1961 NL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 NL  890 (10th)
1962 NL  1,083 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL  156 (1st)
1960 NL  128 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 NL  31 (2nd)
1960 NL  21 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  3.3 (2nd)
1960 NL  2.3 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 NL  37.43 (1st)
1960 NL  17.66 (8th)
Career  82.01 (188th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 NL  4.3 (1st)
Career  9.6 (205th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.0 (1st)
1960 NL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.9 (1st)
1960 NL  1.8 (9th)
Career  8.4 (192nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1953 NL  born 1932-09-30 (8th)
1954 NL  born 1932-09-30 (9th)

                                         

† 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 - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 65 (395), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 46 (295), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Rick Rhoden (941)
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  5. Jim O'Toole (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dontrelle Willis (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Lolich (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Hampton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Barry Zito (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank Viola (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dennis Leonard (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Kevin Appier (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bruce Hurst (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Bruce Hurst (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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