Howie Pollet
Howard Joseph Pollet
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 26, 1921 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Fortier (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1941
Final Game: September 23, 1956
Died: August 8, 1974 in Houston, TX
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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
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 4 295 196 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 5 466 120 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
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 164 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 4 784 96 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 2 964 150 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 4 973 131 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 90 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 83 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 97 1.346 9.1 0.9 3.0 3.8 1.27
1953 32 TOT NL 6 7 .462 4.79 30 19 3 2 0 1 124.0 147 77 66 8 50 53 1 0 1 561 92 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 42 2.605 19.2 1.4 4.3 5.7 1.33
1953 32 CHC NL 5 6 .455 4.12 25 17 2 2 0 1 111.1 120 62 51 6 44 45 1 0 1 495 107 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 1 562 117 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 73 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 2 215 109 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 1 119 100 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 96 122 1.114 6.9 1.2 3.1 3.9 1.25
14 Seasons 131 116 .530 3.51 403 278 53 116 25 20 2107.1 2096 957 821 146 745 4 934 23 1 34 8980 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 2 2 210 209 96 82 15 74 93 2 0 3 897 113 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 5903 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 89 1.445 9.8 1.2 3.2 3.7 1.14
CHC (3 yrs) 17 19 .472 4.19 69 44 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 1 119 100 1.443 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.27
NL (14 yrs) 128 115 .527 3.50 392 274 52 116 25 20 2081.0 2069 942 809 144 734 4 920 23 1 33 8861 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 1 119 100 1.443 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.8 1.27

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1943 STL NL 22
1946 STL NL 25
1949 STL NL 28 0 0 0 27.00 0 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*

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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
1954 33 CHC NL 20 562 498 60 131 24 3 4 3 3 54 58 .263 .332 .347 .679 .287 173 10 0 4 6
1955 34 CHC NL 24 267 234 41 62 5 1 11 0 1 27 27 .265 .337 .436 .773 .256 102 2 0 3 3 3
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
1956 35 PIT NL 19 96 85 10 18 4 1 3 1 1 8 10 .212 .277 .388 .665 .205 33 1 0 2 1 1
1956 35 TOT MLB 30 213 190 25 45 10 1 5 2 1 19 24 .237 .305 .379 .684 .247 72 4 0 3 1 1
3 Seasons 74 1042 922 126 238 39 5 20 5 5 100 109 .258 .328 .376 .704 .271 347 16 0 10 10 4
162 Game Avg. 48 675 597 82 154 25 3 13 3 3 65 71 .258 .328 .376 .704 .271 225 10 0 6 6
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
1954 33 CHC NL 20 20 8 10 2 3 5 9 11 .450 0 1 4 2 11 55% 50 84 27 10 1 2 14 4.6 3.2 6.4
1955 34 CHC NL 24 7 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 .429 1 0 1 1 2 29% 41 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 55 30 11 5 1 2 7.6 2.8 3.8
3 Seasons 55 31 9 14 8 3 6 15 16 .484 2 3 5 3 13 42% 47 84 21 26 9 3 21 5.1 3.4 5.8
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
1955 34 CHC NL 24 17 7 3 0 1 5 0 500% 2 1 11 1 9% 0.913 4 1 3 3 0 5 6 2 8 5 3 2 4.3
1956 35 TOT MLB 30 26 9 3 4 2 3 1 150% 3 1 18 5 28% 0.983 8 5 8 5 2 14 11 10 11 10 9 5 4.0
1956 35 CHW AL 11 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 1.054 2 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 5 2 5 0 4.7
1956 35 PIT NL 19 19 8 0 4 2 3 1 150% 3 1 14 2 14% 9 0.850 6 3 5 4 0 10 8 6 6 8 4 5 3.7
2 Seasons 54 43 16 6 4 3 8 1 267% 5 2 29 6 21% 0.956 12 6 11 8 2 19 17 12 19 15 12 7 4.1

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%
1941 20 STL NL
1942 21 STL NL
1943 22 STL NL
1946 25 STL NL
1947 26 STL NL
1948 27 STL NL
1949 28 STL NL
1950 29 STL NL
1951 30 TOT NL
1951 30 STL NL
1951 30 PIT NL
1952 31 PIT NL
1953 32 TOT NL
1953 32 PIT NL
1953 32 CHC NL
1954 33 CHC NL 562 72% 0.7% 10.3% 9.6% 5.5% 24% 0.97 79% 76 10 13%
1955 34 CHC NL 267 68% 4.1% 10.1% 10.1% 6.4% 27% 1.28 75% 19 2 11%
1956 35 TOT MLB 213 67% 2.4% 11.3% 8.9% 7.5% 36% 1.34 76% 29 4 14%
1956 35 CHW AL 117 75% 1.7% 12.0% 9.4% 6.8% 30% 1.10 76% 20 3 15%
1956 35 PIT NL 96 51% 3.1% 10.4% 8.3% 8.3% 44% 1.92 76% 9 1 11%
14 Seasons 1042 70% 14.0% 89.6% 71.5% 6.1% 3% 1.10 77% 124 16 13%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
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 216 10 3
1949 28 STL NL 228 9 2
1950 29 STL NL 228 19 4
1951 30 TOT NL 159 25 2
1951 30 STL NL 10 1 0
1951 30 PIT NL 149 24 2
1952 31 PIT NL 217 22 1
1953 32 TOT NL 147 8 1
1953 32 PIT NL 27 2 0
1953 32 CHC NL 120 6 1
1954 33 CHC NL 380 131 4 0 7 3 0 2 1 19 10 1 53% 6 1 0 156 3 3 50% 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 182
1955 34 CHC NL 112 62 11 0 2 4 2 2 4 6 4 0 67% 2 2 0 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 155
1956 35 TOT MLB 180 45 5 0 2 1 3 0 4 5 3 1 60% 6 2 0 66 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 33
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 63 18 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 67% 3 1 0 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33
14 Seasons 672 2096 146 0 11 8 5 4 9 30 17 2 57% 14 34 0 259 5 5 50% 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 13 370
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1941 20 5 2 .714 1.93 9 8 0 6 2 0 70.0 55 18 15 1 27 37 1 0 4 295 196 1.171 7.1 0.1 3.5 4.8 1.37 196
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 3084 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 3910 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 4874 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 5847 128 1.296 8.6 0.5 3.0 4.0 1.34 128
1951 30 103 75 .579 3.22 268 198 33 100 21 11 1530.1 1494 643 548 96 524 682 19 1 27 6471 122 1.319 8.8 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.30 122
1952 31 110 91 .547 3.33 299 228 34 109 22 11 1744.1 1711 754 646 118 595 772 22 1 28 7375 118 1.322 8.8 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.30 118
1953 32 116 98 .542 3.43 329 247 37 111 22 12 1868.1 1858 831 712 126 645 825 23 1 29 7936 115 1.340 9.0 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.28 115
1954 33 124 108 .534 3.44 349 267 37 115 24 12 1996.2 1989 891 763 130 699 883 23 1 30 8498 116 1.346 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.26 116
1955 34 128 111 .536 3.50 373 274 44 116 25 17 2057.2 2051 932 801 141 726 3 910 23 1 32 8765 114 1.350 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25 114
1956 35 131 116 .530 3.51 403 278 53 116 25 20 2107.1 2096 957 821 146 745 4 934 23 1 34 8980 113 1.348 9.0 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25 113

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
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 3.21 112.0 113 44 40 8 43 43 2 1.393 9.1 3.5 3.5 1.00 0.6 27
1943 22 9 3 .750 2.08 117.0 90 30 27 2 35 60 2 1.068 6.9 2.7 4.6 1.71 0.2 16
1946 25 21 8 .724 2.45 261.0 249 79 71 13 94 105 5 1.314 8.6 3.2 3.6 1.12 0.4 40
1947 26 9 10 .474 4.27 177.0 197 93 84 11 88 73 3 1.610 10.0 4.5 3.7 0.83 0.6 37
1948 27 9 12 .429 4.50 190.0 221 106 95 10 69 82 2 1.526 10.5 3.3 3.9 1.19 0.5 36
1949 28 18 8 .692 2.67 236.0 230 78 70 9 60 110 2 1.229 8.8 2.3 4.2 1.83 0.3 39
1950 29 16 10 .615 3.04 240.0 228 90 81 19 68 121 1 1.233 8.6 2.6 4.5 1.78 0.7 37
1951 30 6 9 .400 4.82 142.0 161 84 76 25 60 57 1 1.556 10.2 3.8 3.6 0.95 1.6 27
1952 31 11 12 .478 4.25 214.0 225 112 101 23 74 90 3 1.397 9.5 3.1 3.8 1.22 1.0 31
1953 32 6 8 .429 4.33 129.0 146 69 62 8 50 55 1 1.519 10.2 3.5 3.8 1.10 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 4 .333 5.57 63.0 65 43 39 12 28 28 0 1.476 9.3 4.0 4.0 1.00 1.7 24
1956 35 3 2 .600 3.46 52.0 48 22 20 5 20 25 0 1.308 8.3 3.5 4.3 1.25 0.9 30
14 Seasons 132 98 .574 3.49 2140.0 2163 923 831 150 772 949 23 1.371 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 1954 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.

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 (466th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 NL--2.098--1st
1949 NL--2.770--3rd
1950 NL--3.293--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--1.181--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--.483--8th
1949 NL--.351--2nd

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--1083--3rd
1949 NL--964--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 NL--164--1st
1949 NL--150--3rd
1950 NL--131--6th
Career--113--235th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 8 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (428), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (415), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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