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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:16PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #225. Preacher Roe… #226. Nig Cuppy… #227. Barry Zito… #228. JOHNNY PODRES… #229. Burt Hooton… #230. Jonathan Papelbon… #231. Dean Chance… 

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
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
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 3 783 156 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 4 890 111 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 8 772 115 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 94 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 23 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 4 467 105 1.308 8.9 1.0 2.9 4.4 1.54
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 4 459 103 1.300 8.9 1.0 2.8 4.4 1.56
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
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 Seasons 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
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
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 96 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) NL 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) AL 7 6 .538 3.58 57 21 18 2 1 5 171.0 164 77 68 24 45 5 87 2 0 7 710 96 1.222 8.6 1.3 2.4 4.6 1.93

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1953 20 BRO NL 115.0 18 62 66 4 .8 4 0.3 $
1954 21 BRO NL 151.2 21 77 93 3 .9 16 1.5 $
1955 22 BRO NL 159.1 24 80 89 7 1.0 9 0.9 $
1957 24 BRO NL 196.0 27 64 119 5 1.0 55 5.6 $
1958 25 LAD NL 210.1 31 96 134 -4 1.0 38 3.8 $ AS
1959 26 LAD NL 195.0 29 93 123 0 1.1 30 3.1 $
1960 27 LAD NL 227.2 33 88 134 6 1.1 46 5.0 $ AS
1961 28 LAD NL 182.2 29 81 121 -5 .9 40 3.8 $ MVP-14
1962 29 LAD NL 255.0 40 121 144 -3 1.0 23 2.5 $ AS
1963 30 LAD NL 198.1 34 91 94 -4 1.1 3 0.3 $
1964 31 LAD NL 2.2 2 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $
1965 32 LAD NL 134.0 22 57 64 6 1.1 7 0.8 $
1966 33 LAD NL 1.2 0 0 1 0 1.8 1 0.1 $
1966 33 DET AL 107.2 13 48 52 1 1.0 4 0.3 $
1967 34 DET AL 63.1 8 29 25 3 .8 -4 -0.5 $
1969 36 SDP NL 64.2 9 34 37 -2 1.0 3 0.3 $
15 Seasons 2265.0 340 1026 1298 17 1.0 272 27.4 $
LAD (13 yrs) 2029.1 310 915 1184 15 1.0 269 27.3 $
DET (2 yrs) 171.0 21 77 77 4 .9 0 -0.2 $
SDP (1 yr) 64.2 9 34 37 -2 1.0 3 0.3 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 20 BRO NL 34 38 36 5 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .306 .324 .306 .630 63 11 1 1 1 1
1954 21 BRO NL 38 70 60 7 17 3 1 0 4 0 0 5 5 .283 .328 .367 .695 79 22 2 0 3 2 1
1955 22 BRO NL 32 68 60 9 11 2 0 0 5 0 1 4 5 .183 .234 .217 .451 19 13 1 0 4 0 0 1
1957 24 BRO NL 35 77 72 6 15 4 0 0 4 0 1 2 5 .208 .230 .264 .494 28 19 2 0 3 0 0 1
1958 25 LAD NL 42 79 71 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .127 .147 .127 .273 -28 9 0 0 4 2 0 1 AS
1959 26 LAD NL 34 75 65 4 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 13 .246 .306 .262 .567 49 17 1 0 3 1 0 1
1960 27 LAD NL 34 83 66 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 15 .136 .205 .136 .342 -6 9 0 1 10 1 0 1 AS
1961 28 LAD NL 32 76 69 3 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 8 .232 .250 .261 .511 32 18 2 0 4 1 0 1 MVP-14
1962 29 LAD NL 40 96 88 6 14 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 8 .159 .187 .216 .403 11 19 1 1 5 0 0 1 AS
1963 30 LAD NL 37 71 64 6 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 11 .141 .147 .219 .366 7 14 0 0 3 3 0 1
1964 31 LAD NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 /1
1965 32 LAD NL 27 47 45 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .178 .196 .178 .373 10 8 0 0 1 0 0 1
1966 33 TOT MLB 37 32 30 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .233 .281 .333 .615 74 10 2 0 0 0 0 1
1966 33 DET AL 36 32 30 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .233 .281 .333 .615 74 10 2 0 0 0 0 1/1
1966 33 LAD NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1967 34 DET AL 21 20 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -41 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
1969 36 SDP NL 17 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .063 .059 .063 .121 -65 1 0 0 2 1 0 1
15 Seasons 462 852 762 61 145 19 1 2 50 1 2 32 108 .190 .224 .226 .449 21 172 14 4 43 11 0
162 Game Avg. 162 299 267 21 51 7 0 1 18 0 1 11 38 .190 .224 .226 .449 21 60 5 1 15
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
LAD (13 yrs) 388 781 696 55 135 16 1 2 47 1 2 30 96 .194 .228 .228 .457 23 159 10 4 41 10 0
DET (2 yrs) 57 52 50 6 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .180 .212 .240 .452 30 12 4 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 17 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .063 .059 .063 .121 -65 1 0 0 2 1 0
NL (14 yrs) 405 800 712 55 136 16 1 2 48 1 2 30 99 .191 .225 .225 .449 21 160 10 4 43 11 0
AL (2 yrs) 57 52 50 6 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .180 .212 .240 .452 30 12 4 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 20 BRO NL 38 -2 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1954 21 BRO NL 70 -2 0 1 0 0 5 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
1955 22 BRO NL 68 -7 0 2 1 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1957 24 BRO NL 77 -7 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1958 25 LAD NL 79 -12 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1 AS
1959 26 LAD NL 75 -4 0 0 0 0 6 3 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $20,000 1
1960 27 LAD NL 83 -9 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $25,000 1 AS
1961 28 LAD NL 76 -7 -1 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $27,500 1 MVP-14
1962 29 LAD NL 96 -12 -1 1 0 0 9 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $38,000 1 AS
1963 30 LAD NL 71 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1964 31 LAD NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1965 32 LAD NL 47 -5 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1966 33 DET AL 32 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1/1
1967 34 DET AL 20 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1969 36 SDP NL 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
15 Seasons 852 -82 -4 5 2 0 68 30 19 1.0 19 1.9 -0.9 $110,500
LAD (12 yrs) 781 -75 -4 5 2 0 62 27 17 1.0 17 1.7 -0.7 $110,500
DET (2 yrs) 52 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $
SDP (1 yr) 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 20 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 22 BRO NL WS NYY W 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 1 0 0
1959 26 LAD NL WS CHW W 3 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1963 30 LAD NL WS NYY W 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 7 17 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313 .313 .375 .688 6 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 7 17 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313 .313 .375 .688 6 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1953 BRO NL 20 P 33 115.0 24 6 17 1 0 .958 1.80 0.70 .956 2.06 2.02
1954 BRO NL 21 P 29 151.2 27 11 15 1 0 .963 1.54 0.90 .960 2.07 2.06
1955 BRO NL 22 P 27 159.1 29 7 21 1 2 .966 1.58 1.04 .950 2.04 2.02
1957 BRO NL 24 P 31 196.0 42 9 32 1 3 .976 1.88 1.32 .962 2.06 2.08
1958 LAD NL 25 P 39 210.1 34 7 25 2 3 .941 1.37 0.82 .955 1.97 1.96 AS
1959 LAD NL 26 P 34 195.0 45 6 37 2 5 .956 1.98 1.26 .954 1.99 1.97
1960 LAD NL 27 P 34 227.2 39 8 30 1 4 .974 1.50 1.12 .962 2.09 2.08 AS
1961 LAD NL 28 P 32 182.2 33 6 26 1 2 .970 1.58 1.00 .959 2.18 2.15 MVP-14
1962 LAD NL 29 P 40 255.0 41 4 31 6 1 .854 1.24 0.88 .948 2.07 2.05 AS
1963 LAD NL 30 P 37 198.1 35 2 33 0 1 1.000 1.59 0.95 .951 2.06 2.06
1964 LAD NL 31 P 2 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.15
1965 LAD NL 32 P 27 134.0 19 3 15 1 1 .947 1.21 0.67 .956 2.08 2.08
1966 TOT MLB 33 P 37 109.4 23 7 15 1 1 .957 1.81 0.59 .952 1.99 1.98
1966 DET AL 33 P 36 107.2 22 7 14 1 1 .955 1.76 0.58 .952 1.99 1.98
1966 LAD NL 33 P 1 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 .950 2.16 2.00
1967 DET AL 34 P 21 63.1 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.42 0.48 .957 1.96 1.96
1969 SDP NL 36 P 17 64.2 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.59 .958 1.95 1.94
15 Seasons P 440 2265.0 411 80 313 18 24 .956 1.56 0.89 .956 2.05 2.03
15 Seasons TOT 440 2265.0 411 80 313 18 24 .956 1.56 0.89 .956 2.05 2.03
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  5.7 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 NL  5.6 (2nd)
1958 NL  3.8 (9th)
1960 NL  5.0 (6th)

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 (117th)

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  18.59 (9th)
Career  84.94 (209th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 NL  4.3 (1st)
Career  9.6 (203rd)

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  1.9 (9th)
Career  8.7 (224th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1960 NL  10 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1962 NL  6 (2nd)

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 1950-1973, 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 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 65 (388), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 46 (294), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (333), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195926Los Angeles Dodgers$20,000TSN, 3/2/60
196027Los Angeles Dodgers$25,0002/8/61 TSN2/8/60 LAT $22,000
196128Los Angeles Dodgers$27,5002/8/61 TSN
196229Los Angeles Dodgers$38,0001/26/63 TSN
196633Los Angeles Dodgers$30,0003/5/66 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$140,500
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