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Bob Porterfield

Erwin Cooledge Porterfield

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 10, 1923 in Newport, VA
High School: Newport HS (Newport, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1948
Teams (by GP): Senators/Pirates/RedSox/Yankees/Cubs 1948-1959

Final Game: September 21, 1959
Died: April 28, 1980 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC
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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
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 91 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 50 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 3 564 118 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 29 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 2 548 128 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 116 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 88 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 99 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 2 367 117 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 97 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 74 1.825 12.3 0.8 4.2 3.6 0.86
1959 35 PIT NL 0 0 1.69 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 24 244 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 36 2.684 19.9 1.4 4.3 0.0 0.00
1959 35 PIT NL 1 2 .333 4.75 30 0 11 0 0 1 36.0 45 20 19 2 17 5 18 0 0 5 162 82 1.722 11.3 0.5 4.3 4.5 1.06
12 Yrs 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 36 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 98 1.360 9.5 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.41

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
1948 24 NYY AL 78.0 16 12 42 4.85 4.59 0.08 0.00 96.6 4.36 -4 -0.4 1.7 -0.1 0.1 3 .474 .497 $
1949 25 NYY AL 57.2 12 8 26 4.06 4.65 0.22 0.00 93.8 4.16 1 0.1 1.4 -0.0 0.4 6 .506 .500 $
1950 26 NYY AL 19.2 10 2 19 8.69 4.89 0.14 0.00 90.1 4.28 -10 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.6 -8 .414 .495 $
1951 27 NYY AL 3.0 2 0 6 18.00 4.56 0.20 0.00 108.0 4.70 -4 -0.4 .7 0.1 -0.3 -4 .313 .498 $
1951 27 WSH AL 133.1 19 19 51 3.44 4.74 -0.19 0.00 99.0 4.89 21 2.2 -0.1 3.2 34 .618 .514 $
1952 28 WSH AL 231.1 31 29 80 3.11 4.27 -0.17 0.00 97.0 4.30 30 3.5 4.4 -0.1 5.1 50 .613 .522 $ MVP-34
1953 29 WSH AL 255.0 34 32 99 3.49 4.60 0.33 0.00 97.5 4.16 18 2.0 1.4 -0.1 3.8 42 .559 .512 $ MVP-7
1954 30 WSH AL 244.0 32 31 104 3.84 4.00 -0.18 0.00 97.9 4.09 7 0.8 1.3 -0.1 2.5 28 .525 .505 $ AS
1955 31 WSH AL 178.0 30 27 103 5.21 4.62 -0.57 0.00 100.2 5.19 -2 -0.2 4.5 -0.1 1.0 16 .493 .499 $
1956 32 BOS AL 125.0 25 18 82 5.90 4.60 0.25 0.00 110.7 4.82 -16 -1.5 1.3 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .439 .491 $
1957 33 BOS AL 102.1 28 9 54 4.75 4.10 0.17 0.00 105.5 4.14 -6 -0.7 1.2 -0.1 0.0 2 .475 .496 $
1958 34 BOS AL 4.0 2 0 2 4.50 4.34 0.04 0.00 104.0 4.47 -0 -0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 0 .499 .500 $
1958 34 PIT NL 87.2 37 6 33 3.39 4.47 0.38 0.00 99.4 4.07 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.4 16 .519 .504 $
1959 35 PIT NL 41.1 36 0 22 4.79 4.57 0.03 0.00 98.7 4.48 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.1 3 .495 .499 $
1959 35 CHC NL 6.2 4 0 9 12.15 4.52 0.36 0.00 89.7 3.73 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .356 .496 $
12 Seasons 1567.0 318 193 732 4.20 4.43 -0.01 0.00 99.4 4.42 32 4.5 1.2 -0.9 15.5 178 .514 .502 $
WSH (5 yrs) 1041.2 146 138 437 3.78 4.41 -0.12 0.00 98.1 4.45 74 8.4 3.3 -0.5 15.6 169 .557 .510 $
NYY (4 yrs) 158.1 40 22 93 5.29 4.65 0.14 0.00 95.0 4.28 -18 -1.6 1.1 0.0 -0.4 -3 .460 .498 $
BOS (3 yrs) 231.1 55 27 138 5.37 4.37 0.21 0.00 108.3 4.51 -22 -2.2 1.2 -0.3 -0.7 -1 .460 .495 $
PIT (2 yrs) 129.0 73 6 55 3.84 4.50 0.27 0.00 99.2 4.20 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 1.5 19 .507 .502 $
CHC (1 yr) 6.2 4 0 9 12.15 4.52 0.36 0.00 89.7 3.73 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .356 .496 $

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
1954 WSH AL 30 0 0 0 6.00 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*

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 24 NYY AL 16 229 311 42 85 8 0 5 1 1 34 30 .273 .345 .347 .692 .290 108 6 0 4 0 5
1949 25 NYY AL 12 177 211 26 53 4 1 3 2 1 29 25 .251 .344 .322 .667 .273 68 4 1 7 0 1
1950 26 NYY AL 10 84 82 19 28 5 0 2 0 2 8 9 .341 .400 .476 .876 .366 39 1 0 1 0 0
1951 27 NYY AL 2 16 13 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 .385 .500 .615 1.115 .455 8 0 0 0 0 0
1951 27 TOT AL 21 495 499 57 114 13 6 8 4 4 57 55 .228 .308 .327 .634 .243 163 11 0 7 0 5
1951 27 WSH AL 19 479 486 51 109 12 5 8 4 4 54 53 .224 .302 .319 .621 .238 155 11 0 7 0 5
1952 28 WSH AL 31 973 874 80 222 35 7 7 4 4 85 80 .254 .323 .334 .657 .273 292 23 4 10 0 13
1953 29 WSH AL 34 1036 947 99 243 37 4 19 2 6 73 77 .257 .310 .364 .675 .263 345 31 1 15 0 3
1954 30 WSH AL 32 1033 935 104 249 38 5 14 0 6 77 82 .266 .322 .363 .685 .278 339 26 3 13 6 11
1955 31 WSH AL 30 771 699 103 197 34 4 14 3 3 54 74 .282 .333 .402 .735 .297 281 20 2 9 5 5 11
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 8
1957 33 BOS AL 28 391 393 54 107 18 0 8 0 1 30 28 .272 .324 .379 .703 .276 149 11 1 9 2 2 8
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 0
1958 34 PIT NL 37 332 325 33 78 12 3 7 2 2 19 39 .240 .280 .360 .640 .250 117 6 1 3 5 3 5
1958 34 TOT MLB 39 347 339 35 81 12 3 8 2 2 19 40 .239 .277 .363 .640 .247 123 6 1 4 5 3 5
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 0
1959 35 PIT NL 36 183 162 22 51 12 0 3 1 1 19 19 .315 .387 .444 .831 .343 72 6 0 5 0 6 3
1959 35 TOT NL 40 219 195 31 65 14 0 4 1 1 22 19 .333 .401 .467 .868 .355 91 7 0 5 0 6 3
12 Yrs 318 6312 5973 732 1571 241 35 113 19 34 552 572 .263 .326 .372 .698 .275 2221 153 14 88 18 20 73
162 Game Avg. 42 840 795 97 209 32 5 15 3 5 73 76 .263 .326 .372 .698 .275 296 20 2 12 2 10
MLB Averages .260 .333 .383 .717 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

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 24 NYY AL -3.0 -0.3 232 0.2 4.3 -4.1 1.07 0.2 0.0 2.5 0.3 1.07 3.2 2 0 2
1949 25 NYY AL 1.6 0.2 182 -0.5 3.2 -3.7 1.14 0.4 -0.8 1.3 0.1 1.14 3.4 2 1 1
1950 26 NYY AL -8.9 -0.8 87 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 .61 -0.4 -0.6 -7.3 -0.7 0.62 -4.6 1 0 5
1951 27 TOT AL 10.7 1.1 507 1.3 9.8 -8.5 1.08 0.8 0.4 5.5 0.6 1.08 8.2 0 1 1
1951 27 NYY AL -4.0 -0.4 17 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .49 -0.1 -0.1 -3.8 -0.3 0.49 -1.8 0 1 1
1951 27 WSH AL 14.6 1.5 490 1.4 9.6 -8.2 1.10 0.8 0.4 9.3 0.9 1.10 10.0 0 0 0
1952 28 WSH AL 22.3 2.4 993 3.8 19.9 -16.0 1.13 1.4 2.0 24.3 2.7 1.13 17.0 2 0 0
1953 29 WSH AL 19.9 2.1 1051 3.2 18.8 -15.6 .96 2.8 0.5 26.2 2.8 0.96 30.8 1 1 0
1954 30 WSH AL 6.4 0.7 1046 -0.2 20.1 -20.3 1.16 1.5 -1.6 6.0 0.6 1.16 10.5 0 1 0
1955 31 WSH AL -11.0 -1.1 781 -1.0 14.5 -15.5 1.09 -0.1 -0.8 -14.1 -1.4 1.09 -4.1 3 0 0
1956 32 BOS AL -6.8 -0.6 563 -2.3 10.3 -12.6 1.09 -0.9 -1.1 -10.1 -0.9 1.09 -11.1 3 2 2
1957 33 BOS AL -1.8 -0.2 406 -0.6 5.9 -6.5 .90 0.2 -0.9 -3.7 -0.4 0.89 0.2 6 4 9
1958 34 TOT MLB 7.4 0.8 369 1.3 6.0 -4.7 .91 1.2 0.3 9.2 0.9 0.93 13.2 8 6 18
1958 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 15 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.02 -0.2 0 0 2
1958 34 PIT NL 7.3 0.7 354 1.3 6.0 -4.7 .95 1.2 0.3 9.2 1.0 0.97 13.3 8 6 16
1959 35 TOT NL -6.7 -0.6 228 -0.8 2.7 -3.4 .83 -0.8 -0.1 -11.5 -1.1 0.83 -10.1 7 7 24
1959 35 PIT NL -1.7 -0.2 192 -0.8 2.2 -3.0 .83 -0.5 -0.4 -5.8 -0.6 0.83 -6.4 6 7 21
1959 35 CHC NL -5.0 -0.5 36 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 .82 -0.3 0.3 -5.6 -0.5 0.82 -3.7 1 0 3
12 Yrs 30.0 3.6 6445 3.9 116.2 -112.2 1.05 6.2 -2.4 28.4 3.6 1.05 56.5 35 23 62
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1948 24 NYY AL 16 12 4 3 5 0 1 7 5 .583 0 2 2 1 6 50% 44.8 80 21 10 4 8 1 6.4 5.1 5.6
1949 25 NYY AL 12 8 2 3 3 0 3 4 3 .571 0 0 3 0 6 75% 52.4 67 31 9 8 2 4 4.4 3.8 6.4
1950 26 NYY AL 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 20.5 30 11 0 0 0 1 3.8 4.5 2.0
1951 27 TOT AL 21 19 9 8 2 1 1 9 10 .474 0 2 10 3 10 53% 83 30 5 3 2 10 3.7 2.4 7.0
1951 27 WSH AL 19 19 9 8 2 1 1 9 10 .474 0 2 10 3 10 53% 55.8 83 30 3 1 2 10 3.7 2.4 7.0
1952 28 WSH AL 31 29 12 14 3 1 9 13 16 .448 0 1 15 3 22 76% 56.2 86 16 9 2 7 11 2.7 2.7 7.9
1953 29 WSH AL 34 32 21 10 1 3 0 21 11 .656 1 0 24 9 18 56% 55.0 87 14 7 1 7 9 5.4 5.6 7.9
1954 30 WSH AL 32 31 12 15 4 1 6 14 16 .467 0 2 21 2 18 58% 53.5 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% 47.7 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% 44.8 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% 50.3 82 23 18 10 3 3 4.3 3.8 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% 48.8 83 23 17 6 2 1 3.9 3.8 5.8
11 Yrs 274 193 78 86 29 12 29 91 100 .476 4 11 92 23 103 53% 52 87 11 124 58 56 72 4.2 4.1 7.0
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.5 4.5 6.5

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
1948 24 NYY AL 16 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 5 1.065 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 4 0 8.3
1949 25 NYY AL 12 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 50% 3 1.142 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 5.0
1950 26 NYY AL 10 8 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% .612 1 0 5 2 0 4 2 4 5 2 5 0 5.9
1951 27 TOT AL 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.078 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 4.5
1951 27 NYY AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .492 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 4.5
1952 28 WSH AL 31 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 1.128 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1953 29 WSH AL 34 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 7 .962 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.5
1954 30 WSH AL 32 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.160 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 1.087 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 3 1 2 33% 4 1 17 8 47% 8 .903 6 4 9 4 0 15 9 10 14 3 14 0 7.4
1958 34 TOT MLB 39 33 11 2 3 6 5 1 83% 6 0 23 10 43% .911 8 6 18 7 3 22 14 18 19 7 19 10 5.2
1958 34 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .019 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 23 10 43% 6 .951 8 6 16 7 3 20 14 16 18 7 18 10 5.1
1959 35 TOT NL 40 40 14 1 2 1 1 1 100% 3 1 42 16 38% .830 7 7 24 4 5 30 24 15 14 11 15 12 3.6
1959 35 PIT NL 36 36 14 1 2 1 1 1 100% 2 0 39 14 36% 8 .833 6 7 21 3 5 27 22 13 12 10 13 12 3.4
1959 35 CHC NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 6 .816 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 5.0
12 Yrs 299 125 45 9 11 16 8 9 50% 21 3 107 48 45% 1.045 35 23 62 25 14 82 62 59 67 28 71 23 5.2
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%
1948 24 NYY AL 349 56% 2.2% 13.1% 14.9% 5.7% 15% 0.99 121% 52 6 12%
1949 25 NYY AL 248 55% 1.7% 14.1% 16.4% 4.5% 15% 0.69 103% 49 4 8%
1950 26 NYY AL 91 57% 2.4% 10.7% 9.5% 8.3% 25% 0.69 85% 19 1 5%
1951 27 TOT AL 563 46% 1.6% 11.1% 11.5% 5.5% 24% 0.86 88% 111 11 10%
1951 27 NYY AL 16 63% 0.0% 12.5% 18.8% 12.5% 40% 0.40 69% 3 0 0%
1951 27 WSH AL 547 45% 1.7% 11.1% 11.3% 5.2% 23% 0.88 89% 108 11 10%
1952 28 WSH AL 973 49% 0.7% 8.2% 8.7% 5.0% 22% 0.90 81% 207 23 11%
1953 29 WSH AL 1036 53% 1.8% 7.4% 7.1% 5.8% 25% 1.17 82% 210 31 15%
1954 30 WSH AL 1033 57% 1.4% 7.9% 7.5% 5.5% 23% 1.09 82% 192 26 14%
1955 31 WSH AL 771 59% 1.8% 9.6% 7.0% 6.7% 26% 1.10 80% 160 20 13%
1956 32 BOS AL 557 64% 3.8% 9.5% 11.5% 8.8% 39% 0.94 74% 109 7 6%
1957 33 BOS AL 435 63% 2.1% 7.2% 7.7% 6.7% 24% 1.30 92% 81 11 14%
1958 34 TOT MLB 368 62% 2.3% 11.5% 5.5% 6.6% 28% 0.83 85% 55 6 11%
1958 34 BOS AL 15 80% 6.7% 6.7% 0.0% 6.7% 33% 0.83 80% 1 0 0%
1958 34 PIT NL 353 61% 2.1% 11.8% 5.7% 6.6% 28% 0.83 86% 54 6 11%
1959 35 TOT NL 222 55% 1.8% 8.7% 10.1% 8.2% 28% 0.97 79% 71 7 10%
1959 35 PIT NL 186 55% 1.6% 10.4% 10.4% 8.2% 29% 0.96 77% 54 6 11%
1959 35 CHC NL 36 58% 2.8% 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 21% 1.00 89% 17 1 6%
12 Yrs 6646 56% 1.8% 9.1% 8.8% 6.2% 25% 1.01 84% 1316 153 12%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.6% 10.7% 6.9% 26% 0.97 86% 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
1948 24 NYY AL 229 85 5 0 5 0 4 2 2 5 4 0 80% 5 1 0 96 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 120
1949 25 NYY AL 177 53 3 0 8 2 1 2 1 11 3 1 27% 1 2 0 73 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 71
1950 26 NYY AL 84 28 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 8 7 0 88% 0 0 0 32 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
1951 27 TOT AL 495 114 8 0 6 3 5 4 4 31 16 4 52% 5 3 0 188 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 68
1951 27 NYY AL 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1951 27 WSH AL 479 109 8 0 6 3 5 4 4 30 16 4 53% 5 2 0 182 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 68
1952 28 WSH AL 973 222 7 0 18 2 5 0 7 55 28 5 51% 13 2 0 380 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0
1953 29 WSH AL 1036 243 19 1 10 7 12 5 14 44 26 2 59% 3 2 4 384 2 6 25% 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
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 1 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 1 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 0 0 2 0
1957 33 BOS AL 391 107 8 0 4 5 2 4 3 17 10 1 59% 8 1 0 161 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 44
1958 34 TOT MLB 347 81 8 0 3 3 5 2 6 18 11 2 61% 5 2 0 117 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 21
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 332 78 7 0 3 3 4 2 5 18 11 2 61% 5 2 0 114 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 21
1959 35 TOT NL 219 65 4 0 17 3 1 2 2 21 11 1 52% 3 5 0 113 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1959 35 PIT NL 183 51 3 0 15 2 1 1 2 17 9 1 53% 3 5 0 92 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
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 Yrs 6312 1571 113 1 129 60 51 43 68 343 184 24 54% 73 21 9 2419 19 34 36% 18 29 1 3 0 2 8 0 59 334
MLB Averages 52% 56%
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+
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 91 1.526 9.8 0.6 3.9 3.5 0.88 91
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 85 1.526 9.6 0.6 4.1 3.7 0.90 85
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 98 1.399 8.6 0.6 3.9 3.7 0.93 98
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 109 1.367 8.6 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.93 109
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

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
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 4.19 58.0 55 30 27 3 30 25 1 1.466 8.5 4.7 3.9 0.83 0.5 12
1950 26 0 2 .000 8.55 20.0 28 21 19 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 3.19 226.0 243 89 80 8 93 78 4 1.487 9.7 3.7 3.1 0.84 0.3 31
1953 29 15 12 .556 3.64 250.0 256 112 101 20 77 75 1 1.332 9.2 2.8 2.7 0.97 0.7 34
1954 30 13 13 .500 3.85 241.0 272 114 103 15 84 81 3 1.477 10.2 3.1 3.0 0.96 0.6 32
1955 31 9 11 .450 4.60 180.0 206 102 92 15 56 75 2 1.456 10.3 2.8 3.8 1.34 0.8 30
1956 32 6 8 .429 4.36 132.0 123 71 64 20 62 56 1 1.402 8.4 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 3.58 93.0 86 41 37 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 Yrs 86 83 .509 3.98 1572.0 1656 770 695 116 578 575 14 1.421 9.5 3.3 0.99 0.7 318

* 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

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

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 (759th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 AL  5.1 (8th)
1953 AL  5.0 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1952 AL  5.1 (3rd)
1953 AL  3.8 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 AL  2.72 (7th)
1953 AL  3.35 (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 (203rd)

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  0.272 (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  1,036 (8th)
1954 AL  1,034 (8th)

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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  22 (7th)
1953 AL  20 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 AL  2.4 (7th)
1953 AL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 AL  24.34 (8th)
1953 AL  26.20 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.8 (6th)
1953 AL  3.2 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.9 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 AL  2.7 (9th)
1953 AL  2.8 (5th)

                                         

† 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 - 9 (269), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 41 (614), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Art Houtteman (961)
  6. Max Butcher (960)
  7. Lynn McGlothen (960)
  8. Steve Hargan (955)
  9. Allan Sothoron (955)
  10. Dave Koslo (955)
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  5. Eric Show (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Muncrief (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Muncrief (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Hargan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Muncrief (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Sheriff Blake (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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