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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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Cubs/WhiteSox 1941-1956

Final Game: September 23, 1956 (Age 35)
Died: August 8, 1974 in Houston, TX
Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #256. Dutch Ruether… #257. Johnny Vander Meer… #258. Rube Walberg… #259. HOWIE POLLET… #260. Tom Candiotti… #261. Bill Lee… #262. Ted Breitenstein… 

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 4 295 197 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

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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
1941 20 STL NL 9 30 28 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 12 .179 .207 .214 .421 15 6 0 0 1 /1
1942 21 STL NL 27 39 31 2 7 2 0 0 7 0 7 7 .226 .368 .290 .659 88 9 0 0 2 1
1943 22 STL NL 16 45 43 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 .163 .182 .186 .368 4 8 0 0 1 1 AS
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 25 STL NL 40 100 87 2 14 4 0 0 7 0 6 23 .161 .215 .207 .422 18 18 2 0 7 1 AS,MVP-4
1947 26 STL NL 37 66 65 5 15 1 2 0 5 0 1 13 .231 .242 .308 .550 43 20 2 0 0 1
1948 27 STL NL 38 76 68 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 9 .118 .155 .132 .287 -23 9 2 0 5 1
1949 28 STL NL 39 92 82 10 16 1 0 0 6 0 8 18 .195 .267 .207 .474 27 17 2 0 3 1 AS,MVP-11
1950 29 STL NL 38 91 84 7 12 2 0 0 3 0 5 18 .143 .191 .167 .358 -7 14 2 0 2 1
1951 30 TOT NL 27 49 37 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 13 .135 .289 .135 .424 17 5 0 0 4 1
1951 30 STL NL 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .750 .000 .750 120 0 0 0 0 /1
1951 30 PIT NL 21 45 36 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 .139 .244 .139 .383 5 5 0 0 4 1
1952 31 PIT NL 31 78 68 4 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 17 .191 .276 .191 .467 31 13 2 0 2 1
1953 32 TOT NL 30 41 34 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .147 .216 .147 .363 -4 5 0 0 4 1
1953 32 PIT NL 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0 1 /1
1953 32 CHC NL 25 37 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .129 .206 .129 .335 -11 4 0 0 3 1
1954 33 CHC NL 20 51 47 6 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .277 .292 .319 .611 59 15 2 0 3 0 1
1955 34 CHC NL 24 18 15 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .400 .471 .533 1.004 167 8 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 35 TOT MLB 31 12 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 .400 .333 .733 97 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 35 CHW AL 12 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 98 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 35 PIT NL 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 53 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 Yrs 407 788 698 54 129 17 2 0 48 0 0 55 159 .185 .244 .215 .459 24 150 14 0 37 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 314 278 21 51 7 1 0 19 0 22 63 .185 .244 .215 .459 24 60 6 0 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
STL (9 yrs) 250 543 489 36 84 13 2 0 36 0 0 35 110 .172 .227 .207 .434 17 101 10 0 21
PIT (4 yrs) 76 130 108 9 19 0 0 0 7 0 0 14 29 .176 .270 .176 .446 24 19 2 0 8 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 69 106 93 8 23 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 17 .247 .293 .290 .583 53 27 2 0 7 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 12 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 98 3 0 0 1 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 395 779 690 53 126 17 2 0 47 0 0 55 156 .183 .243 .213 .456 23 147 14 0 36 0 0
AL (1 yr) 12 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 98 3 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 20 STL NL 9 30 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /1
1942 21 STL NL 27 39 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .515 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 1
1943 22 STL NL 16 45 -5 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1 AS
1946 25 STL NL 40 100 -10 0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 4 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 1 AS,MVP-4
1947 26 STL NL 37 66 -6 0 0 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 4 1
1948 27 STL NL 38 76 -12 0 -0 0 8 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -1 1
1949 28 STL NL 39 92 -9 0 -0 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 1 AS,MVP-11
1950 29 STL NL 38 91 -13 -1 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -0 1
1951 30 STL NL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .517 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
1951 30 PIT NL 21 45 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1952 31 PIT NL 31 78 -6 -0 -0 0 9 2 0.2 3 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 1
1953 32 PIT NL 5 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1953 32 CHC NL 25 37 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 1
1954 33 CHC NL 20 51 -3 0 -0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .516 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 1
1955 34 CHC NL 24 18 2 -0 0 0 2 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .513 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 1
1956 35 CHW AL 12 9 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 1
1956 35 PIT NL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 1
14 Seasons 407 788 -78 -0 -0 0 83 5 0.4 26 31 0.4 .501 .500 0.4 -0.1 31
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (9 yrs) 250 543 -59 -0 0 0 57 -2 -0.3 18 16 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 -0.0 16
PIT (4 yrs) 76 130 -12 0 -0 0 14 2 0.2 4 6 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 6
CHC (3 yrs) 69 106 -7 0 0 0 12 5 0.5 4 8 0.4 .507 .501 0.4 -0.0 8
CHW (1 yr) 12 9 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 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
1942 21 STL NL WS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 25 STL NL WS BOS W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 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% lgCS% PO Awards
1941 STL NL 20 P 9 8 6 70.0 18 0 18 0 0 1.000 2.31 2.00 .965 2.22 2.21
1942 STL NL 21 P 27 13 5 109.1 22 4 16 2 1 .909 1.65 0.74 .968 2.35 2.35
1943 STL NL 22 P 16 14 12 118.1 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.37 1.13 .961 2.25 2.25 AS
1946 STL NL 25 P 40 32 22 266.0 71 8 59 4 9 .944 2.27 1.68 .960 2.24 2.22 7 3 30% 2 AS,MVP-4
1947 STL NL 26 P 37 24 9 176.1 38 5 33 0 5 1.000 1.94 1.03 .966 2.10 2.07 4 2 33% 1
1948 STL NL 27 P 36 26 11 186.1 51 5 44 2 2 .961 2.37 1.36 .963 2.11 2.08 0 2 100% 0
1949 STL NL 28 P 39 28 17 230.2 44 9 33 2 2 .955 1.64 1.08 .953 2.04 2.02 4 2 33% 43% 1 AS,MVP-11
1950 STL NL 29 P 37 30 14 232.1 57 13 40 4 5 .930 2.05 1.43 .961 2.12 2.10 4 2 33% 42% 4
1951 TOT NL 30 P 27 23 4 141.0 31 5 26 0 2 1.000 1.98 1.15 .962 2.14 2.14 6 4 40% 43% 3
1951 STL NL 30 P 6 2 0 12.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.50 .963 2.12 2.13 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 30 P 21 21 4 128.2 28 5 23 0 2 1.000 1.96 1.33 .962 2.14 2.14 6 4 40% 43% 3
1952 PIT NL 31 P 31 30 9 214.0 58 7 48 3 2 .948 2.31 1.77 .953 2.18 2.16 6 6 50% 44% 2
1953 TOT NL 32 P 30 18 2 124.0 26 8 15 3 2 .885 1.67 0.77 .956 2.06 2.02 1 3 75% 0
1953 PIT NL 32 P 5 2 0 12.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 0.20 .960 2.06 2.02 0 1 100% 0
1953 CHC NL 32 P 25 16 2 111.1 25 8 14 3 2 .880 1.78 0.88 .956 2.06 2.02 1 2 67% 0
1954 CHC NL 33 P 20 20 4 128.1 28 6 22 0 1 1.000 1.96 1.40 .960 2.07 2.06 3 3 50% 45% 0
1955 CHC NL 34 P 24 7 1 61.0 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 3.25 0.92 .950 2.04 2.02 1 1 50% 44% 0
1956 TOT MLB 35 P 30 4 0 49.2 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.54 0.47 .958 1.98 1.99 2 1 33% 42% 0
1956 CHW AL 35 P 11 4 0 26.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.39 0.64 .950 1.91 1.91 1 0 0% 44% 0
1956 PIT NL 35 P 19 0 0 23.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.37 .966 2.04 2.03 1 1 50% 40% 0
14 Seasons P 403 277 116 2107.1 498 82 396 20 32 .960 2.04 1.19 .959 2.14 2.11 38 29 43% 29% 13
14 Seasons TOT 403 277 116 2107.1 498 82 396 20 32 .960 2.04 1.19 .959 2.14 2.11 38 29 43% 29% 13
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

All-Star Games
1943
1946
1949 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1943 NL pitching_title
1946 NL pitching_title
1949 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 NL (4, 35%)
1949 NL (11, 9%)
0.44 Career Shares (489th)

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 (212th)

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  149 (3rd)
1950 NL  130 (6th)
Career  113 (247th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  22 (6th)
1946 NL  35 (1st)
1949 NL  34 (1st)
1950 NL  22 (9th)
Career  100 (243rd)

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  3.6 (1st)
1950 NL  2.2 (9th)
Career  11.3 (215th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1946 NL  24.82 (2nd)
1949 NL  34.10 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1946 NL  3.0 (2nd)
1949 NL  3.6 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1946 NL  2.6 (3rd)
1949 NL  3.4 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1946 NL  2.7 (2nd)
1949 NL  3.5 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1946 NL  59 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1946 NL  4 (3rd)
1950 NL  4 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1947 NL  1.000 (1st)
1951 NL  1.000 (1st)

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 1945-1973, 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 - 16 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 67 (375), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (620), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (228th), 32.1 career WAR/27.2 7yr-peak WAR/29.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Joaquin Andujar (959)
  2. Johnny Antonelli (957)
  3. Frank Lary (952)
  4. Ray Caldwell (948)
  5. Steve Gromek (944)
  6. Johnny Sain (943)
  7. Dock Ellis (942)
  8. Nelson Briles (941)
  9. John Denny (940)
  10. Joe Dobson (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Eppa Rixey (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Boehling (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Shore (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hippo Vaughn (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  9. Dutch Ruether (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bucky Walters (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joaquin Andujar (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joaquin Andujar (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Joe Niekro (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Vic Raschi (986)
  2. Max Butcher (986)
  3. Rick Mahler (984)
  4. Mike Garcia (984)
  5. Gary Bell (984)
  6. Dick Ruthven (983)
  7. Ray Benge (983)
  8. Bob Harmon (982)
  9. Bill Bernhard (982)
  10. George Mogridge (981)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Paul Derringer (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dutch Leonard (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dutch Leonard (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dutch Leonard (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Max Butcher (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jesse Haines (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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