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Howie Pollet

Howard Joseph Pollet

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 26, 1921 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Fortier HS (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Cubs/WhiteSox 1941-1956

Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: August 8, 1974 in Houston, TX
Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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
1941 20 STL NL 5 2 .714 1.93 9 8 0 6 2 0 70.0 55 18 15 1 27 37 1 0 4 295 197 1.171 7.1 0.1 3.5 4.8 1.37
1942 21 STL NL 7 5 .583 2.88 27 13 3 5 2 0 109.1 102 43 35 7 39 42 2 0 5 466 119 1.290 8.4 0.6 3.2 3.5 1.08
1943 22 STL NL 8 4 .667 1.75 16 14 2 12 5 0 118.1 83 26 23 2 32 61 2 1 2 456 193 0.972 6.3 0.2 2.4 4.6 1.91 AS
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 25 STL NL 21 10 .677 2.10 40 32 7 22 4 5 266.0 228 84 62 12 86 107 5 0 1 1083 165 1.180 7.7 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.24 AS,MVP-4
1947 26 STL NL 9 11 .450 4.34 37 24 5 9 0 2 176.1 195 96 85 11 87 73 3 0 4 785 95 1.599 10.0 0.6 4.4 3.7 0.84
1948 27 STL NL 13 8 .619 4.54 36 26 2 11 0 0 186.1 216 102 94 10 67 80 2 0 3 826 90 1.519 10.4 0.5 3.2 3.9 1.19
1949 28 STL NL 20 9 .690 2.77 39 28 7 17 5 1 230.2 228 80 71 9 59 108 2 0 2 964 149 1.244 8.9 0.4 2.3 4.2 1.83 AS,MVP-11
1950 29 STL NL 14 13 .519 3.29 37 30 5 14 2 2 232.1 228 103 85 19 68 117 1 0 4 973 130 1.274 8.8 0.7 2.6 4.5 1.72
1951 30 TOT NL 6 13 .316 4.98 27 23 2 4 1 1 141.0 159 91 78 25 59 57 1 0 2 624 84 1.546 10.1 1.6 3.8 3.6 0.97
1951 30 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.38 6 2 2 0 0 1 12.1 10 10 6 1 8 10 0 0 0 56 93 1.459 7.3 0.7 5.8 7.3 1.25
1951 30 PIT NL 6 10 .375 5.04 21 21 0 4 1 0 128.2 149 81 72 24 51 47 1 0 2 568 84 1.554 10.4 1.7 3.6 3.3 0.92
1952 31 PIT NL 7 16 .304 4.12 31 30 1 9 1 0 214.0 217 111 98 22 71 90 3 0 1 904 96 1.346 9.1 0.9 3.0 3.8 1.27
1953 32 TOT NL 6 7 .462 4.79 30 18 3 2 0 1 124.0 147 77 66 8 50 53 1 0 1 561 94 1.589 10.7 0.6 3.6 3.8 1.06
1953 32 PIT NL 1 1 .500 10.66 5 2 1 0 0 0 12.2 27 15 15 2 6 8 0 0 0 66 43 2.605 19.2 1.4 4.3 5.7 1.33
1953 32 CHC NL 5 6 .455 4.12 25 16 2 2 0 1 111.1 120 62 51 6 44 45 1 0 1 495 108 1.473 9.7 0.5 3.6 3.6 1.02
1954 33 CHC NL 8 10 .444 3.58 20 20 0 4 2 0 128.1 131 60 51 4 54 58 0 0 1 562 118 1.442 9.2 0.3 3.8 4.1 1.07
1955 34 CHC NL 4 3 .571 5.61 24 7 7 1 1 5 61.0 62 41 38 11 27 3 27 0 0 2 267 74 1.459 9.1 1.6 4.0 4.0 1.00
1956 35 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 3.62 30 4 9 0 0 3 49.2 45 25 20 5 19 1 24 0 0 2 215 110 1.289 8.2 0.9 3.4 4.3 1.26
1956 35 CHW AL 3 1 .750 4.10 11 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 27 15 12 2 11 0 14 0 0 1 119 101 1.443 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.27
1956 35 PIT NL 0 4 .000 3.09 19 0 8 0 0 3 23.1 18 10 8 3 8 1 10 0 0 1 96 123 1.114 6.9 1.2 3.1 3.9 1.25
14 Yrs 131 116 .530 3.51 403 277 53 116 25 20 2107.1 2096 957 821 146 745 4 934 23 1 34 8981 113 1.348 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .530 3.51 40 28 5 12 3 2 211 210 96 82 15 75 93 2 0 3 898 113 1.348 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25
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
STL (9 yrs) 97 65 .599 3.06 247 177 33 96 20 11 1401.2 1345 562 476 72 473 635 18 1 25 5904 127 1.297 8.6 0.5 3.0 4.1 1.34
PIT (4 yrs) 14 31 .311 4.59 76 53 10 13 2 3 378.2 411 217 193 51 136 1 155 4 0 4 1634 88 1.445 9.8 1.2 3.2 3.7 1.14
CHC (3 yrs) 17 19 .472 4.19 69 43 9 7 3 6 300.2 313 163 140 21 125 3 130 1 0 4 1324 102 1.457 9.4 0.6 3.7 3.9 1.04
CHW (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.10 11 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 27 15 12 2 11 0 14 0 0 1 119 101 1.443 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.27
NL (14 yrs) 128 115 .527 3.50 392 273 52 116 25 20 2081.0 2069 942 809 144 734 4 920 23 1 33 8862 114 1.347 8.9 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25
AL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.10 11 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 27 15 12 2 11 0 14 0 0 1 119 101 1.443 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.27

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
1941 20 STL NL 70.0 9 8 18 2.31 4.45 0.28 0.00 102.1 4.26 15 1.9 1.0 -0.0 2.5 23 .708 .512 $
1942 21 STL NL 109.1 27 13 43 3.54 4.32 0.13 0.00 101.9 4.27 10 1.2 1.0 -0.1 2.0 18 .543 .507 $
1943 22 STL NL 118.1 16 14 26 1.98 3.94 0.31 0.00 100.0 3.63 22 2.8 1.0 -0.1 3.7 32 .675 .517 $ AS
1946 25 STL NL 266.0 40 32 84 2.84 4.04 0.11 0.00 100.5 3.95 33 4.0 1.0 -0.2 6.3 60 .600 .525 $ AS,MVP-4
1947 26 STL NL 176.1 37 24 96 4.90 4.70 0.00 0.00 101.0 4.75 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.2 18 .489 .498 $
1948 27 STL NL 186.1 36 26 102 4.93 4.51 -0.05 0.00 102.1 4.65 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.1 1.0 16 .482 .496 $
1949 28 STL NL 230.2 39 28 80 3.12 4.57 0.11 0.00 102.2 4.56 36 4.0 1.7 0.0 6.2 64 .602 .525 $ AS,MVP-11
1950 29 STL NL 231.2 37 30 103 4.00 4.68 0.07 0.00 103.4 4.77 21 2.2 1.7 -0.1 4.2 46 .560 .514 $
1951 30 STL NL 12.1 6 2 10 7.30 4.95 0.22 0.00 100.0 4.73 -4 -0.4 1.7 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .442 .498 $
1951 30 PIT NL 128.2 21 21 81 5.67 4.45 -0.14 0.00 105.2 4.83 -12 -1.2 -0.1 -0.1 2 .444 .493 $
1952 31 PIT NL 214.0 31 30 111 4.67 4.40 -0.16 0.00 104.6 4.77 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 2.1 25 .510 .502 $
1953 32 PIT NL 12.2 5 2 15 10.66 4.73 -0.02 0.00 107.5 5.10 -8 -0.7 .7 0.0 -0.5 -6 .366 .496 $
1953 32 CHC NL 111.1 25 16 62 5.01 4.82 -0.38 0.00 102.8 5.35 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.5 17 .520 .503 $
1954 33 CHC NL 128.1 20 20 60 4.21 4.50 -0.12 0.00 104.6 4.83 9 1.0 -0.1 2.1 23 .550 .506 $
1955 34 CHC NL 61.0 24 7 41 6.05 4.47 0.28 0.00 101.7 4.27 -11 -1.1 2.0 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .455 .493 $
1956 35 CHW AL 26.1 11 4 15 5.13 4.89 0.09 0.00 99.0 4.74 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .488 .499 $
1956 35 PIT NL 23.1 19 0 10 3.86 4.60 -0.02 0.00 100.2 4.63 2 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.5 4 .514 .502 $
14 Seasons 2106.2 403 277 957 4.09 4.46 0.02 0.00 102.4 4.55 112 13.7 1.3 -1.3 31.7 336 .534 .505 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
STL (9 yrs) 1401.0 247 177 562 3.61 4.42 0.10 0.00 101.7 4.40 124 14.7 1.2 -0.7 26.8 275 .559 .510 $
PIT (4 yrs) 378.2 76 53 217 5.16 4.44 -0.14 0.00 104.6 4.80 -14 -1.3 1.2 -0.2 2.0 25 .483 .498 $
CHC (3 yrs) 300.2 69 43 163 4.88 4.61 -0.14 0.00 103.4 4.91 3 0.4 1.6 -0.4 2.9 35 .506 .501 $
CHW (1 yr) 26.1 11 4 15 5.13 4.89 0.09 0.00 99.0 4.74 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .488 .499 $

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
1942 21 STL NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 25 STL NL WS W BOS 0 1 .000 3.48 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.1 12 4 4 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 47 1.548 10.5 0.9 3.5 2.6 0.75
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 3.38 3 2 0 1 0 0 10.2 12 4 4 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 48 1.500 10.1 0.8 3.4 2.5 0.75
2 WS 0 1 .000 3.38 3 2 0 1 0 0 10.2 12 4 4 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 48 1.500 10.1 0.8 3.4 2.5 0.75

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
1943 STL NL 22
1946 STL NL 25
1949 STL NL 28 0 0 0 27.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.000 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 27 STL NL 36 333 752 102 216 28 1 10 0 2 67 80 .287 .347 .367 .714 .311 276 3 2 10 0 1
1949 28 STL NL 39 652 890 80 228 39 1 9 4 2 59 108 .256 .304 .333 .636 .283 296 12 2 14 0 12
1950 29 STL NL 37 670 890 103 228 34 11 19 4 1 68 117 .256 .310 .383 .693 .277 341 11 1 14 0 13
1951 30 TOT NL 27 454 553 91 159 24 4 25 6 4 59 57 .288 .357 .481 .838 .285 266 14 1 11 0 13
1951 30 PIT NL 21 398 505 81 149 18 4 24 6 4 51 47 .295 .361 .489 .850 .288 247 13 1 11 0 11
1951 30 STL NL 6 56 48 10 10 6 0 1 0 0 8 10 .208 .321 .396 .717 .243 19 1 0 0 0 2
1952 31 PIT NL 31 636 818 111 217 27 5 22 6 6 71 90 .265 .326 .391 .717 .276 320 16 3 13 0 7
1953 32 TOT NL 30 427 499 77 147 26 7 8 1 3 50 53 .295 .360 .423 .783 .317 211 9 1 11 0 12
1953 32 CHC NL 25 392 443 62 120 22 6 6 1 2 44 45 .271 .338 .388 .726 .291 172 9 1 7 0 12
1953 32 PIT NL 5 35 56 15 27 4 1 2 0 1 6 8 .482 .532 .696 1.229 .543 39 0 0 4 0 0
1954 33 CHC NL 20 427 498 60 131 25 3 4 3 3 54 58 .263 .332 .349 .681 .287 174 11 0 4 6 8
1955 34 CHC NL 24 137 234 41 62 5 1 11 1 1 27 27 .265 .337 .436 .773 .256 102 2 0 3 3 3 2
1956 35 TOT MLB 30 204 190 25 45 11 1 5 2 1 19 24 .237 .305 .384 .689 .247 73 4 0 3 1 1 6
1956 35 CHW AL 11 117 105 15 27 6 0 2 1 0 11 14 .257 .328 .371 .699 .281 39 3 0 1 0 0 3
1956 35 PIT NL 19 87 85 10 18 5 1 3 1 1 8 10 .212 .277 .400 .677 .205 34 1 0 2 1 1 3
9 Yrs 274 3940 5324 690 1433 219 34 113 27 23 474 614 .269 .329 .387 .716 .287 2059 82 10 83 10 4 74
162 Game Avg. 41 582 787 102 212 32 5 17 4 3 70 91 .269 .329 .387 .716 .287 304 12 1 12 1 11
MLB Averages .260 .333 .353 .686 .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 27 STL NL -7.1 -0.7 340 -0.3 5.9 -6.1 1.11 0.8 -1.0 0.4 0.0 1.11 8.1 0 0 1
1949 28 STL NL 35.0 3.6 684 3.7 12.8 -9.1 1.07 3.4 0.1 34.4 3.5 1.05 38.8 5 1 3
1950 29 STL NL 21.8 2.2 724 1.4 14.5 -13.0 1.10 0.7 0.6 5.3 0.5 1.11 6.7 4 2 0
1951 30 TOT NL -12.8 -1.2 468 -0.8 8.3 -9.2 1.03 -1.5 0.7 -14.6 -1.4 1.02 -15.3 2 1 1
1951 30 STL NL -1.8 -0.2 56 -0.3 1.4 -1.6 1.34 -0.2 -0.0 -3.3 -0.3 1.34 -2.1 2 1 1
1951 30 PIT NL -11.0 -1.1 412 -0.5 7.0 -7.5 .98 -1.3 0.8 -11.3 -1.1 0.98 -13.2 0 0 0
1952 31 PIT NL -2.9 -0.3 653 -0.6 11.4 -12.0 1.05 -1.1 0.5 -3.5 -0.3 1.05 -11.9 0 0 0
1953 32 TOT NL -5.6 -0.5 455 -0.5 7.7 -8.2 .97 -0.9 0.3 -7.7 -0.7 0.98 -11.9 1 2 7
1953 32 PIT NL -7.4 -0.7 36 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .85 -0.6 -0.1 -5.2 -0.5 0.85 -5.7 0 0 2
1953 32 CHC NL 1.8 0.2 419 0.0 7.2 -7.2 .98 -0.3 0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.99 -6.3 1 2 5
1954 33 CHC NL 7.6 0.8 436 0.1 7.7 -7.6 1.05 0.5 -0.4 8.8 0.9 1.05 4.7 0 0 0
1955 34 CHC NL -8.8 -0.9 142 0.5 3.1 -2.6 1.25 -0.5 0.9 -2.6 -0.3 1.26 -5.0 6 2 4
1956 35 TOT MLB 1.1 0.1 209 -0.5 3.4 -3.9 .94 0.0 -0.6 1.3 0.1 0.94 -0.1 8 6 10
1956 35 CHW AL -0.4 -0.0 120 -0.2 2.2 -2.3 1.04 -0.0 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.04 -0.1 2 2 3
1956 35 PIT NL 1.6 0.2 89 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 .80 0.0 -0.5 3.6 0.4 0.80 0.0 6 4 7
14 Yrs 101.4 11.5 4111 2.9 74.8 -71.9 1.06 1.4 1.4 21.8 2.4 1.06 14.2 26 14 26

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
1941 20 STL NL 9 8 5 2 1 0 1 6 2 .750 0 0 6 2 6 75% 62.9 83 42 4 3 5.1 8.1
1942 21 STL NL 27 13 6 4 3 1 2 9 4 .692 0 0 5 2 7 54% 54.2 82 32 2 9 5.1 6.0
1943 22 STL NL 16 14 8 4 2 0 2 9 4 .692 0 0 12 5 11 79% 66.9 92 35 6 8 3.3 8.3
1946 25 STL NL 40 32 19 10 3 2 4 19 13 .594 0 0 22 4 21 66% 59.8 82 27 13 8 4.1 7.8
1947 26 STL NL 37 24 8 11 5 2 4 12 12 .500 0 0 9 0 10 42% 47.0 78 17 8 10 4.8 6.4
1948 27 STL NL 36 26 11 8 7 5 4 15 11 .577 1 3 11 0 11 42% 47.5 68 21 11 5 6 9 5.7 5.7 6.5
1949 28 STL NL 39 28 17 8 3 2 3 19 8 .704 1 2 17 5 19 68% 56.1 84 19 8 2 9 7 4.9 5.3 7.4
1950 29 STL NL 37 30 13 12 5 2 3 16 14 .533 1 1 14 2 14 47% 51.9 83 17 15 4 12 8 4.8 4.1 7.2
1951 30 TOT NL 27 23 6 11 6 3 2 10 13 .435 0 4 4 1 7 30% 43.7 79 13 16 6 8 8 4.2 2.8 5.7
1951 30 STL NL 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 4 1 0 1 5.3 3.0 1.5
1951 30 PIT NL 21 21 6 10 5 3 2 9 12 .429 0 3 4 1 7 33% 44.1 79 13 12 5 8 7 4.1 2.7 6.1
1952 31 PIT NL 31 30 7 16 7 3 6 9 21 .300 1 3 9 1 15 50% 49.5 79 19 10 3 8 13 3.1 3.1 7.1
1953 32 TOT NL 30 18 6 6 6 3 2 7 11 .389 0 3 2 0 7 39% 44.3 73 23 16 4 3 10 4.6 4.7 5.6
1953 32 PIT NL 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.5 32 23 2 1 0 2 11.3 10.8 4.7
1953 32 CHC NL 25 16 5 6 5 2 2 5 11 .313 0 3 2 0 7 44% 46.4 73 27 14 3 3 8 3.8 4.2 5.7
1954 33 CHC NL 20 20 8 10 2 3 5 9 11 .450 0 1 4 2 11 55% 50.4 84 27 15 3 2 14 4.6 3.5 6.4
1955 34 CHC NL 24 7 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 .429 1 0 1 1 2 29% 41.4 77 21 5 3 0 5 5.1 5.5 5.2
1956 35 TOT MLB 30 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 1 2 0 0 0 0% 55 30 15 8 1 2 7.6 2.8 3.8
1956 35 CHW AL 11 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 1 2 0 0 0 0% 41.0 55 30 11 5 1 2 7.6 2.8 3.8
14 Yrs 384 277 115 106 56 26 39 146 129 .531 6 19 116 25 141 51% 52 92 13 107 35 82 114 4.5 4.1 6.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7
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

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
1941 20 STL NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.0
1942 21 STL NL 27 14 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 6.7
1943 22 STL NL 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.0
1946 25 STL NL 40 8 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 1 1 6.1
1947 26 STL NL 37 13 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 4 2 5.4
1948 27 STL NL 36 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.110 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 3 1 2 5.3
1949 28 STL NL 39 11 7 3 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 8 6 75% 7 1.065 5 1 3 3 2 4 4 5 7 4 6 1 6.3
1950 29 STL NL 37 7 5 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 5 0 0% 1.095 4 2 0 2 2 2 3 3 7 0 6 0 7.0
1951 30 TOT NL 27 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 1.026 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 0 4 0 7.0
1951 30 STL NL 6 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 8 1.344 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 0 4 0 7.0
1952 31 PIT NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.048 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1953 32 TOT NL 30 12 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 2 22% .972 1 2 7 1 1 8 5 5 6 3 7 2 5.8
1953 32 PIT NL 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .852 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.3
1953 32 CHC NL 25 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 2 22% 3 .983 1 2 5 1 1 6 5 3 5 2 6 2 6.7
1955 34 CHC NL 24 17 7 3 0 4 5 1 125% 6 1 14 2 14% 1.246 6 2 4 6 0 6 8 4 8 5 5 2 4.3
1956 35 TOT MLB 30 26 9 3 4 3 3 1 100% 4 1 20 5 25% .940 8 6 10 6 2 16 12 12 11 10 11 5 4.0
1956 35 CHW AL 11 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 1.045 2 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 5 2 5 0 4.7
1956 35 PIT NL 19 19 8 0 4 3 3 1 100% 4 1 16 2 13% 9 .798 6 4 7 5 0 12 9 8 6 8 6 5 3.7
13 Yrs 362 126 53 16 10 14 20 4 143% 17 2 60 16 27% 1.065 26 14 26 19 8 39 35 31 73 35 40 17 5.4
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

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%
1941 20 STL NL 295 0.3% 12.5% 9.2% 1.7% 9% 75%
1942 21 STL NL 466 1.5% 9.0% 8.4% 2.4% 11% 80%
1943 22 STL NL 456 0.4% 13.4% 7.0% 3.1% 17% 77%
1946 25 STL NL 1083 1.1% 9.9% 7.9% 2.9% 14% 79%
1947 26 STL NL 789 1.4% 9.3% 11.0% 2.7% 11% 76%
1948 27 STL NL 831 25% 3.0% 24.0% 20.1% 11.7% 18% 0.73 199% 59 3 5%
1949 28 STL NL 965 19% 1.4% 16.6% 9.1% 7.5% 22% 0.66 119% 130 12 9%
1950 29 STL NL 974 24% 2.8% 17.5% 10.2% 9.6% 28% 0.83 113% 114 11 10%
1951 30 TOT NL 624 25% 5.5% 12.6% 13.0% 11.7% 33% 0.93 104% 73 14 19%
1951 30 STL NL 56 23% 1.8% 17.9% 14.3% 12.5% 70% 0.35 66% 11 1 9%
1951 30 PIT NL 568 25% 6.0% 11.8% 12.8% 11.6% 31% 1.04 109% 62 13 21%
1952 31 PIT NL 905 25% 3.5% 14.2% 11.2% 8.5% 25% 1.10 111% 124 16 13%
1953 32 TOT NL 561 28% 1.9% 12.4% 11.7% 9.6% 28% 1.03 103% 92 9 10%
1953 32 PIT NL 66 23% 5.7% 22.9% 17.1% 20.0% 26% 0.75 131% 4 0 0%
1953 32 CHC NL 495 28% 1.5% 11.5% 11.2% 8.7% 28% 1.05 100% 88 9 10%
1954 33 CHC NL 562 30% 0.9% 13.6% 12.7% 7.5% 24% 1.04 104% 94 11 12%
1955 34 CHC NL 267 35% 8.0% 19.7% 19.7% 12.4% 27% 1.41 145% 21 2 10%
1956 35 TOT MLB 213 35% 2.5% 11.8% 9.3% 8.3% 38% 1.43 79% 38 4 11%
1956 35 CHW AL 117 25% 1.7% 12.0% 9.4% 6.8% 30% 1.10 76% 20 3 15%
1956 35 PIT NL 96 48% 3.5% 11.5% 9.2% 10.3% 50% 2.00 84% 18 1 6%
14 Yrs 8991 25% 2.1% 13.3% 10.6% 6.4% 21% 0.92 100% 745 82 11%
MLB Averages 50% 1.8% 10.8% 10.3% 4.9% 19% 0.95 85% 11%
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
1941 20 STL NL 55 1 4
1942 21 STL NL 102 7 5
1943 22 STL NL 83 2 2
1946 25 STL NL 228 12 1
1947 26 STL NL 195 11 4
1948 27 STL NL 333 216 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 22 13 2 59% 1 3 0 126 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 498
1949 28 STL NL 652 228 9 0 12 3 0 0 3 31 18 3 58% 12 2 0 262 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 313
1950 29 STL NL 670 228 19 0 11 9 5 4 10 38 21 3 55% 13 4 3 228 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 304
1951 30 TOT NL 454 159 25 1 7 12 5 12 5 29 15 2 52% 13 2 0 165 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 170
1951 30 STL NL 56 10 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 9 2 2 22% 2 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 30 PIT NL 398 149 24 1 4 12 4 11 5 20 13 0 65% 11 2 0 144 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 170
1952 31 PIT NL 636 217 22 1 13 13 2 7 8 31 20 1 65% 7 1 0 240 6 6 50% 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 269
1953 32 TOT NL 427 147 8 0 8 6 1 4 3 38 16 4 42% 12 1 0 178 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 134
1953 32 PIT NL 35 27 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
1953 32 CHC NL 392 120 6 0 8 5 1 4 2 36 15 4 42% 12 1 0 163 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 103
1954 33 CHC NL 427 131 4 0 10 3 0 2 1 28 16 2 57% 8 1 0 180 3 3 50% 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 135
1955 34 CHC NL 137 62 11 0 3 4 2 2 4 6 4 0 67% 2 2 1 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 130
1956 35 TOT MLB 204 45 5 0 2 2 3 1 4 5 3 1 60% 6 2 0 79 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 9
1956 35 CHW AL 117 27 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 0 45 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1956 35 PIT NL 87 18 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 67% 3 1 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
14 Yrs 3940 2096 146 2 75 52 18 32 38 228 126 18 55% 74 34 4 1504 27 23 54% 21 18 5 5 1 0 12 0 33 1962
MLB Averages 52% 55%
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+
1941 20 5 2 .714 1.93 9 8 0 6 2 0 70.0 55 18 15 1 27 37 1 0 4 295 197 1.171 7.1 0.1 3.5 4.8 1.37 197
1942 21 12 7 .632 2.51 36 21 3 11 4 0 179.1 157 61 50 8 66 79 3 0 9 761 142 1.243 7.9 0.4 3.3 4.0 1.20 142
1943 22 20 11 .645 2.21 52 35 5 23 9 0 297.2 240 87 73 10 98 140 5 1 11 1217 158 1.135 7.3 0.3 3.0 4.2 1.43 158
1944 23 20 11 .645 2.21 52 35 5 23 9 0 297.2 240 87 73 10 98 140 5 1 11 1217 158 1.135 7.3 0.3 3.0 4.2 1.43 158
1945 24 20 11 .645 2.21 52 35 5 23 9 0 297.2 240 87 73 10 98 140 5 1 11 1217 158 1.135 7.3 0.3 3.0 4.2 1.43 158
1946 25 41 21 .661 2.16 92 67 12 45 13 5 563.2 468 171 135 22 184 247 10 1 12 2300 161 1.157 7.5 0.4 2.9 3.9 1.34 161
1947 26 50 32 .610 2.68 129 91 17 54 13 7 740.0 663 267 220 33 271 320 13 1 16 3085 136 1.262 8.1 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.18 136
1948 27 63 40 .612 3.05 165 117 19 65 13 7 926.1 879 369 314 43 338 400 15 1 19 3911 122 1.314 8.5 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.18 122
1949 28 83 49 .629 2.99 204 145 26 82 18 8 1157.0 1107 449 385 52 397 508 17 1 21 4875 127 1.300 8.6 0.4 3.1 4.0 1.28 127
1950 29 97 62 .610 3.04 241 175 31 96 20 10 1389.1 1335 552 470 71 465 625 18 1 25 5848 127 1.296 8.6 0.5 3.0 4.0 1.34 127
1951 30 103 75 .579 3.22 268 198 33 100 21 11 1530.1 1494 643 548 96 524 682 19 1 27 6472 121 1.319 8.8 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.30 121
1952 31 110 91 .547 3.33 299 228 34 109 22 11 1744.1 1711 754 646 118 595 772 22 1 28 7376 117 1.322 8.8 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.30 117
1953 32 116 98 .542 3.43 329 246 37 111 22 12 1868.1 1858 831 712 126 645 825 23 1 29 7937 115 1.340 9.0 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.28 115
1954 33 124 108 .534 3.44 349 266 37 115 24 12 1996.2 1989 891 763 130 699 883 23 1 30 8499 115 1.346 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.26 115
1955 34 128 111 .536 3.50 373 273 44 116 25 17 2057.2 2051 932 801 141 726 3 910 23 1 32 8766 113 1.350 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25 113
1956 35 131 116 .530 3.51 403 277 53 116 25 20 2107.1 2096 957 821 146 745 4 934 23 1 34 8981 113 1.348 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25 113

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
1941 20 7 1 .875 1.85 73.0 57 17 15 1 28 39 1 1.164 7.0 3.5 4.8 1.39 0.1 9
1942 21 7 5 .583 3.32 111.0 114 46 41 8 44 43 2 1.423 9.2 3.6 3.5 0.98 0.6 27
1943 22 9 3 .750 2.09 116.0 91 30 27 2 35 60 2 1.086 7.1 2.7 4.7 1.71 0.2 16
1946 25 20 8 .714 2.49 260.0 251 80 72 13 95 105 6 1.331 8.7 3.3 3.6 1.11 0.5 40
1947 26 9 10 .474 4.35 176.0 199 94 85 11 89 73 3 1.636 10.2 4.6 3.7 0.82 0.6 37
1948 27 9 12 .429 4.55 190.0 223 107 96 10 69 81 2 1.537 10.6 3.3 3.8 1.17 0.5 36
1949 28 18 8 .692 2.71 236.0 232 79 71 9 60 110 2 1.237 8.8 2.3 4.2 1.83 0.3 39
1950 29 16 10 .615 3.08 240.0 229 91 82 19 68 121 1 1.238 8.6 2.6 4.5 1.78 0.7 37
1951 30 6 9 .400 4.78 143.0 160 84 76 25 59 58 1 1.531 10.1 3.7 3.7 0.98 1.6 27
1952 31 11 12 .478 4.33 214.0 227 114 103 23 74 90 3 1.407 9.5 3.1 3.8 1.22 1.0 31
1953 32 7 7 .500 4.22 130.0 144 68 61 8 49 55 1 1.485 10.0 3.4 3.8 1.12 0.6 30
1954 33 8 6 .571 3.36 134.0 133 56 50 4 55 61 0 1.403 8.9 3.7 4.1 1.11 0.3 20
1955 34 2 5 .286 5.34 64.0 63 42 38 11 27 28 0 1.406 8.9 3.8 3.9 1.04 1.5 24
1956 35 3 2 .600 3.57 53.0 47 23 21 5 20 25 0 1.264 8.0 3.4 4.2 1.25 0.8 30
14 Yrs 132 98 .574 3.52 2140.0 2170 931 838 149 772 949 24 1.375 9.1 4.0 1.23 0.6 403

* 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

All-Star Games
1943
1946
1949 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1949 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 NL (4, 35%)
1949 NL (11, 9%)
0.44 Career Shares (484th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1946 NL  6.3 (4th)
1949 NL  6.3 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1946 NL  6.3 (2nd)
1949 NL  6.2 (1st)
Career  31.7 (210th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 NL  2.10 (1st)
1949 NL  2.77 (3rd)
1950 NL  3.29 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  21 (1st)
1949 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1946 NL  .677 (5th)
1948 NL  .619 (7th)
1949 NL  .690 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1946 NL  1.180 (5th)
1949 NL  1.244 (6th)
1950 NL  1.274 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  7.714 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  3.236 (10th)
1949 NL  2.302 (7th)
1950 NL  2.634 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  4.214 (8th)
1950 NL  4.532 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  40 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (2nd)
1955 NL  5 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 NL  266.0 (1st)
1949 NL  230.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  107 (6th)
1949 NL  108 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 NL  32 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 NL  22 (2nd)
1949 NL  17 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1943 NL  5 (3rd)
1946 NL  4 (3rd)
1949 NL  5 (1st)
1950 NL  2 (9th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  12 (8th)
1951 NL  25 (6th)
1952 NL  22 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  86 (8th)
1947 NL  87 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  228 (2nd)
1948 NL  216 (8th)
1949 NL  228 (9th)
1952 NL  217 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  1.244 (10th)
1948 NL  1.194 (10th)
1949 NL  1.831 (5th)
1950 NL  1.721 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  0.483 (8th)
1949 NL  0.351 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL  13 (10th)
1952 NL  16 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  85 (9th)
1948 NL  94 (5th)
1952 NL  98 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 NL  5 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 NL  1,083 (3rd)
1949 NL  964 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 NL  165 (1st)
1949 NL  150 (3rd)
1950 NL  130 (6th)
Career  113 (245th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  22 (6th)
1946 NL  35 (1st)
1949 NL  35 (1st)
1950 NL  22 (9th)
Career  100 (245th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  1.6 (9th)
1943 NL  2.6 (4th)
1946 NL  3.9 (1st)
1949 NL  3.7 (1st)
1950 NL  2.2 (9th)
Career  11.3 (216th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  34.37 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.7 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.4 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  3.5 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1941 NL  born 1921-06-26 (1st)
1942 NL  born 1921-06-26 (8th)

                                         

† 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 - 12 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 67 (377), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (406), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Frank Sullivan (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Lee (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Warren Spahn (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Warren Spahn (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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