Bob Porterfield
Erwin Coolidge Porterfield
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 10, 1923 in Newport, VA
High School: Newport (Newport, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1948
Final Game: September 21, 1959
Died: April 28, 1980 in Charlotte, NC
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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
1948 24 NYY AL 5 3 .625 4.50 16 12 2 2 1 0 78.0 85 42 39 5 34 30 0 2 1 349 90 1.526 9.8 0.6 3.9 3.5 0.88
1949 25 NYY AL 2 5 .286 4.06 12 8 1 3 0 0 57.2 53 26 26 3 29 25 1 0 2 248 100 1.422 8.3 0.5 4.5 3.9 0.86
1950 26 NYY AL 1 1 .500 8.69 10 2 2 0 0 1 19.2 28 19 19 2 8 9 0 1 0 91 49 1.831 12.8 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.13
1951 27 TOT AL 9 8 .529 3.50 21 19 0 10 3 0 136.1 114 57 53 8 57 55 0 0 3 564 116 1.254 7.5 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.96
1951 27 NYY AL 0 0 15.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 6 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 16 26 2.667 15.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1951 27 WSH AL 9 8 .529 3.24 19 19 0 10 3 0 133.1 109 51 48 8 54 53 0 0 2 548 126 1.223 7.4 0.5 3.6 3.6 0.98
1952 28 WSH AL 13 14 .481 2.72 31 29 2 15 3 0 231.1 222 80 70 7 85 80 4 0 2 973 131 1.327 8.6 0.3 3.3 3.1 0.94 MVP-34
1953 29 WSH AL 22 10 .688 3.35 34 32 2 24 9 0 255.0 243 99 95 19 73 77 1 0 2 1036 117 1.239 8.6 0.7 2.6 2.7 1.05 MVP-7
1954 30 WSH AL 13 15 .464 3.32 32 31 1 21 2 0 244.0 249 104 90 14 77 82 3 0 1 1034 108 1.336 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.0 1.06 AS
1955 31 WSH AL 10 17 .370 4.45 30 27 2 8 2 0 178.0 197 103 88 14 54 5 74 2 0 0 770 89 1.410 10.0 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.37
1956 32 BOS AL 3 12 .200 5.14 25 18 3 4 1 0 126.0 127 82 72 21 64 4 53 1 0 2 557 90 1.516 9.1 1.5 4.6 3.8 0.83
1957 33 BOS AL 4 4 .500 4.05 28 9 5 3 1 1 102.1 107 54 46 8 30 2 28 1 0 1 435 98 1.339 9.4 0.7 2.6 2.5 0.93
1958 34 TOT MLB 4 6 .400 3.34 39 6 11 2 1 5 91.2 81 35 34 8 19 3 40 1 0 2 367 116 1.091 8.0 0.8 1.9 3.9 2.11
1958 34 BOS AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 89 0.750 6.8 2.3 0.0 2.3
1958 34 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.29 37 6 10 2 1 5 87.2 78 33 32 7 19 3 39 1 0 2 352 118 1.106 8.0 0.7 2.0 4.0 2.05
1959 35 TOT NL 1 2 .333 5.29 40 0 14 0 0 1 47.2 65 31 28 4 22 6 19 0 0 5 222 73 1.825 12.3 0.8 4.2 3.6 0.86
1959 35 PIT NL 0 0 1.69 6 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 26 229 1.500 10.1 1.7 3.4 1.7 0.50
1959 35 CHC NL 0 0 11.37 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 14 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 35 2.684 19.9 1.4 4.3 0.0 0.00
1959 35 PIT NL 1 2 .333 4.75 30 0 12 0 0 1 36.0 45 20 19 2 17 5 18 0 0 5 160 81 1.722 11.3 0.5 4.3 4.5 1.06
12 Seasons 87 97 .473 3.79 318 193 45 92 23 8 1567.2 1571 732 660 113 552 20 572 14 3 21 6646 103 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.04
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .473 3.79 42 26 6 12 3 1 209 209 97 88 15 73 76 2 0 3 884 103 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.04
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
WSH (5 yrs) 67 64 .511 3.38 146 138 7 78 19 0 1041.2 1020 437 391 62 343 5 366 10 0 7 4361 112 1.308 8.8 0.5 3.0 3.2 1.07
NYY (4 yrs) 8 9 .471 5.06 40 22 5 5 1 1 158.1 171 93 89 10 74 66 1 3 4 704 81 1.547 9.7 0.6 4.2 3.8 0.89
PIT (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.63 73 6 24 2 1 6 129.0 129 55 52 10 38 9 58 1 0 7 538 107 1.295 9.0 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.53
BOS (3 yrs) 7 16 .304 4.65 55 27 9 7 2 1 232.1 237 138 120 30 94 6 82 2 0 3 1007 93 1.425 9.2 1.2 3.6 3.2 0.87
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 11.37 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 14 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 35 2.684 19.9 1.4 4.3 0.0 0.00
AL (11 yrs) 82 89 .480 3.77 241 187 21 90 22 2 1432.1 1428 668 600 102 511 11 514 13 3 14 6072 104 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.2 1.01
NL (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.99 77 6 24 2 1 6 135.1 143 64 60 11 41 9 58 1 0 7 574 97 1.360 9.5 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.41

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
1954 WSH AL 30 0 0 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.333 12.0 3.0 0.0 3.0

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 30 WSH AL 32 1034 935 104 249 38 5 14 0 6 77 82 .266 .322 .363 .685 .278 339 26 3 13 6
1955 31 WSH AL 30 769 699 103 197 34 4 14 3 3 54 74 .282 .333 .402 .735 .297 281 20 2 9 5 5
1956 32 BOS AL 25 557 488 82 127 23 5 21 0 3 64 53 .260 .347 .457 .804 .256 223 7 1 4 0 4
1957 33 BOS AL 28 436 394 54 107 15 0 8 0 1 30 28 .272 .323 .371 .694 .275 146 10 1 9 2 2
1958 34 TOT MLB 39 368 339 35 81 11 3 8 2 2 19 40 .239 .277 .360 .637 .247 122 6 1 4 5 3
1958 34 BOS AL 2 15 14 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .429 .643 .167 6 0 0 1 0 0
1958 34 PIT NL 37 353 325 33 78 11 3 7 2 2 19 39 .240 .280 .357 .637 .250 116 6 1 3 5 3
1959 35 TOT NL 40 222 195 31 65 13 0 4 1 1 22 19 .333 .401 .462 .862 .355 90 7 0 5 0 6
1959 35 CHC NL 4 36 33 9 14 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 .424 .472 .576 1.048 .406 19 1 0 0 0 0
1959 35 PIT NL 36 186 162 22 51 11 0 3 1 1 19 19 .315 .387 .438 .825 .343 71 6 0 5 0 6
6 Seasons 194 3386 3050 409 826 134 17 69 6 16 266 296 .271 .329 .394 .723 .280 1201 76 8 44 18 20
162 Game Avg. 46 808 728 98 197 32 4 16 1 4 63 71 .271 .329 .394 .723 .280 287 18 2 10 4
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 30 WSH AL 32 31 12 15 4 1 6 14 16 .467 0 2 21 2 18 58% 53 78 22 12 4 9 11 3.9 4.1 7.8
1955 31 WSH AL 30 27 10 15 2 5 6 11 16 .407 0 2 8 2 11 41% 48 85 19 22 12 13 8 4.3 4.4 6.5
1956 32 BOS AL 25 18 3 10 5 1 2 4 14 .222 3 1 4 1 5 28% 45 77 16 17 10 3 13 4.4 4.3 6.0
1957 33 BOS AL 28 9 3 4 2 0 1 5 4 .556 0 0 3 1 5 56% 50 82 23 17 9 3 3 4.3 4.0 6.2
1958 34 TOT MLB 39 6 2 3 1 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 1 2 33% 83 23 17 6 2 1 3.9 3.8 5.8
1958 34 PIT NL 37 6 2 3 1 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 2 1 2 33% 49 83 23 17 6 2 1 3.9 3.8 5.8
5 Seasons 152 91 30 47 14 7 15 37 53 .411 3 5 38 7 41 45% 49 85 16 85 41 30 36 4.1 4.2 6.8
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
1954 30 WSH AL 32 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.176 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1955 31 WSH AL 30 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 1.093 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 3.0
1956 32 BOS AL 25 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 4 57% 7 1.093 3 2 2 2 1 4 4 3 5 1 5 0 7.0
1957 33 BOS AL 28 19 5 1 0 2 1 2 50% 3 1 13 7 54% 5 0.882 5 4 8 3 0 14 7 10 14 3 12 0 7.4
1958 34 TOT MLB 39 33 11 2 3 6 5 1 83% 6 0 22 9 41% 0.944 7 7 17 7 3 21 13 18 19 7 19 10 5.2
1958 34 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.027 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1958 34 PIT NL 37 31 10 2 3 6 5 1 83% 6 0 22 9 41% 6 0.987 7 7 15 7 3 19 13 16 18 7 18 10 5.1
1959 35 TOT NL 40 40 14 1 2 1 1 1 100% 3 1 40 16 40% 0.850 7 10 21 4 5 29 23 15 14 11 14 12 3.6
1959 35 PIT NL 36 36 14 1 2 1 1 1 100% 2 0 37 14 38% 8 0.854 6 8 20 3 5 26 21 13 12 10 12 12 3.4
1959 35 CHC NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 6 0.830 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 5.0
6 Seasons 194 103 36 5 9 12 7 7 58% 15 2 85 38 45% 1.065 25 24 48 18 11 68 49 48 54 24 53 22 5.1

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%
1948 24 NYY AL
1949 25 NYY AL
1950 26 NYY AL
1951 27 TOT AL
1951 27 NYY AL
1951 27 WSH AL
1952 28 WSH AL
1953 29 WSH AL
1954 30 WSH AL 1033 43% 1.4% 7.9% 7.5% 5.5% 23% 1.09 82% 192 26 14%
1955 31 WSH AL 771 41% 1.8% 9.6% 7.0% 6.8% 26% 1.10 80% 160 20 13%
1956 32 BOS AL 557 36% 3.8% 9.5% 11.5% 8.8% 39% 0.94 74% 109 7 6%
1957 33 BOS AL 435 36% 1.8% 6.4% 6.9% 5.3% 22% 1.27 83% 71 10 14%
1958 34 TOT MLB 368 38% 2.2% 10.9% 5.2% 6.0% 27% 0.83 80% 54 6 11%
1958 34 BOS AL 15 20% 6.7% 6.7% 0.0% 6.7% 33% 0.83 80% 1 0 0%
1958 34 PIT NL 353 39% 2.0% 11.1% 5.4% 6.0% 27% 0.83 80% 53 6 11%
1959 35 TOT NL 222 44% 1.8% 8.6% 9.9% 7.7% 26% 0.97 77% 71 7 10%
1959 35 PIT NL 186 44% 1.6% 10.2% 10.2% 7.5% 28% 0.96 75% 54 6 11%
1959 35 CHC NL 36 42% 2.8% 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 21% 1.00 89% 17 1 6%
12 Seasons 3386 40% 3.3% 16.9% 16.3% 6.5% 14% 1.05 80% 657 76 12%
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
1948 24 NYY AL 85 5 1
1949 25 NYY AL 53 3 2
1950 26 NYY AL 28 2 0
1951 27 TOT AL 114 8 3
1951 27 NYY AL 5 0 1
1951 27 WSH AL 109 8 2
1952 28 WSH AL 222 7 2
1953 29 WSH AL 243 19 2
1954 30 WSH AL 1033 249 14 0 33 8 6 5 9 53 28 4 53% 11 1 2 368 0 6 0% 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
1955 31 WSH AL 771 197 14 0 9 9 5 6 8 51 27 1 53% 11 0 3 295 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 9 0
1956 32 BOS AL 557 127 21 0 13 17 4 10 11 29 13 3 45% 8 2 0 212 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1957 33 BOS AL 348 107 8 0 3 5 2 4 3 15 10 1 67% 7 1 0 142 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 87
1958 34 TOT MLB 336 81 8 0 3 3 5 2 6 17 11 2 65% 5 2 0 113 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 32
1958 34 BOS AL 15 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 34 PIT NL 321 78 7 0 3 3 4 2 5 17 11 2 65% 5 2 0 110 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 32
1959 35 TOT NL 215 65 4 0 17 3 1 2 2 21 11 1 52% 3 5 0 111 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7
1959 35 PIT NL 179 51 3 0 15 2 1 1 2 17 9 1 53% 3 5 0 90 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7
1959 35 CHC NL 36 14 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 3260 1571 113 0 78 45 23 29 39 186 100 12 54% 45 21 5 1241 6 16 27% 6 14 0 2 0 0 7 0 43 126
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+
1948 24 5 3 .625 4.50 16 12 2 2 1 0 78.0 85 42 39 5 34 30 0 2 1 349 90 1.526 9.8 0.6 3.9 3.5 0.88 90
1949 25 7 8 .467 4.31 28 20 3 5 1 0 135.2 138 68 65 8 63 55 1 2 3 597 94 1.482 9.2 0.5 4.2 3.6 0.87 94
1950 26 8 9 .471 4.87 38 22 5 5 1 1 155.1 166 87 84 10 71 64 1 3 3 688 84 1.526 9.6 0.6 4.1 3.7 0.90 84
1951 27 17 17 .500 4.23 59 41 5 15 4 1 291.2 280 144 137 18 128 119 1 3 6 1252 97 1.399 8.6 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.93 97
1952 28 30 31 .492 3.56 90 70 7 30 7 1 523.0 502 224 207 25 213 199 5 3 8 2225 108 1.367 8.6 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.93 108
1953 29 52 41 .559 3.49 124 102 9 54 16 1 778.0 745 323 302 44 286 276 6 3 10 3261 111 1.325 8.6 0.5 3.3 3.2 0.97 111
1954 30 65 56 .537 3.45 156 133 10 75 18 1 1022.0 994 427 392 58 363 358 9 3 11 4295 110 1.328 8.8 0.5 3.2 3.2 0.99 110
1955 31 75 73 .507 3.60 186 160 12 83 20 1 1200.0 1191 530 480 72 417 5 432 11 3 11 5065 106 1.340 8.9 0.5 3.1 3.2 1.04 106
1956 32 78 85 .479 3.75 211 178 15 87 21 1 1326.0 1318 612 552 93 481 9 485 12 3 13 5622 104 1.357 8.9 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.01 104
1957 33 82 89 .480 3.77 239 187 20 90 22 2 1428.1 1425 666 598 101 511 11 513 13 3 14 6057 104 1.355 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.2 1.00 104
1958 34 86 95 .475 3.74 278 193 31 92 23 7 1520.0 1506 701 632 109 530 14 553 14 3 16 6424 104 1.339 8.9 0.6 3.1 3.3 1.04 104
1959 35 87 97 .473 3.79 318 193 45 92 23 8 1567.2 1571 732 660 113 552 20 572 14 3 21 6646 103 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.04 103

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
1948 24 4 4 .500 4.44 81.0 88 44 40 5 35 31 0 1.519 9.8 3.9 3.4 0.89 0.6 16
1949 25 3 3 .500 4.03 58.0 54 29 26 3 30 25 1 1.448 8.4 4.7 3.9 0.83 0.5 12
1950 26 0 2 .000 8.10 20.0 28 20 18 2 8 9 0 1.800 12.6 3.6 4.1 1.13 0.9 10
1951 27 8 7 .533 3.50 139.0 118 60 54 8 59 56 0 1.273 7.6 3.8 3.6 0.95 0.5 21
1952 28 15 10 .600 3.13 227.0 239 88 79 8 92 79 4 1.458 9.5 3.6 3.1 0.86 0.3 31
1953 29 15 12 .556 3.62 251.0 254 112 101 20 76 76 1 1.315 9.1 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.7 34
1954 30 13 13 .500 3.90 240.0 273 116 104 15 84 81 3 1.488 10.2 3.2 3.0 0.96 0.6 32
1955 31 9 11 .450 4.52 181.0 205 101 91 15 56 75 2 1.442 10.2 2.8 3.7 1.34 0.7 30
1956 32 6 8 .429 4.36 132.0 124 71 64 21 62 56 1 1.409 8.5 4.2 3.8 0.90 1.4 25
1957 33 5 6 .455 4.11 105.0 112 53 48 8 31 29 1 1.362 9.6 2.7 2.5 0.94 0.7 28
1958 34 6 4 .600 3.48 93.0 86 40 36 8 20 41 1 1.140 8.3 1.9 4.0 2.05 0.8 39
1959 35 2 3 .400 5.74 47.0 69 33 30 4 23 19 0 1.957 13.2 4.4 3.6 0.83 0.8 40
12 Seasons 86 83 .509 3.95 1574.0 1650 767 691 117 576 577 14 1.414 9.4 3.3 1.00 0.7 318

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1953-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-AL-34-0%
1953-AL-7-19%
0.19 Career Shares (740th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 AL--2.723--7th
1953 AL--3.353--10th

Wins s c a p y
1953 AL--22--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 AL--.688--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1953 AL--1.239--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--2.577--4th
1954 AL--2.840--9th
1955 AL--2.730--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 AL--231.3--8th
1953 AL--255.0--5th
1954 AL--244.0--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1953 AL--32--8th
1954 AL--31--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 AL--15--7th
1953 AL--24--1st
1954 AL--21--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 AL--3--5th
1952 AL--3--8th
1953 AL--9--1st
Career--23--204th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--19--6th

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--222--8th
1953 AL--243--4th
1954 AL--249--1st
1955 AL--197--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--1.370--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--.272--1st

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL--14--6th
1954 AL--15--6th
1955 AL--17--2nd
1956 AL--12--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--95--8th
1954 AL--90--5th
1955 AL--88--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 AL--973--10th
1953 AL--1036--7th
1954 AL--1034--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 AL--131--7th
1953 AL--117--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 41 (597), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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