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Joe Presko

Joseph Edward Presko (Baby Joe or Little Joe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 7, 1928 in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1951
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Tigers 1951-1958

Final Game: May 7, 1958
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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
1951 22 STL NL 7 4 .636 3.45 15 12 3 5 0 2 88.2 86 36 34 9 20 38 2 0 2 367 115 1.195 8.7 0.9 2.0 3.9 1.90
1952 23 STL NL 7 10 .412 4.05 28 18 1 5 1 0 146.2 140 74 66 16 57 63 1 0 2 631 91 1.343 8.6 1.0 3.5 3.9 1.11
1953 24 STL NL 6 13 .316 5.01 34 25 3 4 0 1 161.2 165 95 90 19 65 56 5 0 4 707 85 1.423 9.2 1.1 3.6 3.1 0.86
1954 25 STL NL 4 9 .308 6.91 37 6 10 1 1 0 71.2 97 56 55 14 41 36 5 0 3 346 60 1.926 12.2 1.8 5.1 4.5 0.88
1957 28 DET AL 1 1 .500 1.64 7 0 6 0 0 0 11.0 10 3 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 46 245 1.273 8.2 0.0 3.3 2.5 0.75
1958 29 DET AL 0 0 3.38 7 0 6 0 0 2 10.2 13 4 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 43 124 1.313 11.0 0.0 0.8 5.1 6.00
6 Yrs 25 37 .403 4.61 128 61 29 15 2 5 490.1 511 268 251 58 188 1 202 14 0 11 2140 87 1.426 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.07
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .403 4.61 46 22 10 5 1 2 176 184 96 90 21 68 73 5 0 4 770 87 1.426 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.07
STL (4 yrs) 24 36 .400 4.70 114 61 17 15 2 3 468.2 488 261 245 58 183 193 13 0 11 2051 85 1.432 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05
DET (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 2.49 14 0 12 0 0 2 21.2 23 7 6 0 5 1 9 1 0 0 89 164 1.292 9.6 0.0 2.1 3.7 1.80
NL (4 yrs) 24 36 .400 4.70 114 61 17 15 2 3 468.2 488 261 245 58 183 193 13 0 11 2051 85 1.432 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 2.49 14 0 12 0 0 2 21.2 23 7 6 0 5 1 9 1 0 0 89 164 1.292 9.6 0.0 2.1 3.7 1.80

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
1951 22 STL NL 88.2 15 12 36 3.65 4.62 0.25 0.00 97.3 4.25 6 0.6 1.3 -0.0 1.4 16 .542 .504 $
1952 23 STL NL 146.2 28 18 74 4.54 4.23 0.20 0.00 98.6 3.97 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.2 6 .465 .494 $
1953 24 STL NL 161.2 34 25 95 5.29 4.78 0.05 0.00 99.6 4.71 -9 -0.9 .9 -0.1 0.5 9 .474 .495 $
1954 25 STL NL 71.2 37 6 56 7.03 4.63 0.07 0.00 100.9 4.60 -19 -1.9 1.4 -0.3 -1.5 -11 .449 .488 $
1957 28 DET AL 11.0 7 0 3 2.45 3.96 0.20 0.00 98.2 3.69 2 0.2 .7 -0.0 0.2 2 .525 .501 $
1958 29 DET AL 10.2 7 0 4 3.38 4.08 0.16 0.00 100.0 3.92 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .510 .500 $
6 Seasons 490.1 128 61 268 4.92 4.53 0.14 0.00 99.0 4.35 -29 -2.8 1.1 -0.6 0.9 23 .478 .497 $
STL (4 yrs) 468.2 114 61 261 5.01 4.55 0.14 0.00 99.0 4.37 -31 -3.1 1.2 -0.6 0.6 19 .473 .495 $
DET (2 yrs) 21.2 14 0 7 2.91 4.02 0.18 0.00 99.1 3.80 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .518 .501 $

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
1951 22 STL NL 15 297 343 36 86 8 3 9 3 0 20 38 .251 .296 .370 .666 .260 127 5 2 2 0 2
1952 23 STL NL 28 430 563 74 140 15 3 16 1 5 57 63 .249 .319 .371 .690 .256 209 8 1 6 0 6
1953 24 STL NL 34 457 630 95 165 18 6 19 5 3 65 56 .262 .336 .400 .736 .263 252 6 5 6 0 6
1954 25 STL NL 37 328 297 56 97 12 3 14 3 2 41 36 .327 .416 .529 .944 .335 157 10 5 2 1 3
1957 28 DET AL 7 46 36 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .278 .357 .278 .635 .294 10 1 1 4 1 1 0
1958 29 DET AL 7 43 41 4 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 6 .317 .326 .463 .789 .361 19 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Yrs 128 1601 1910 268 511 55 17 58 12 11 188 202 .268 .337 .405 .742 .274 774 30 14 20 3 1 17
162 Game Avg. 46 576 687 96 184 20 6 21 4 4 68 73 .268 .337 .405 .742 .274 278 11 5 7 1 6
MLB Averages .259 .331 .386 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1951 22 STL NL 6.3 0.6 303 0.7 5.6 -4.9 1.01 0.4 0.3 4.7 0.5 1.01 1.6 1 1 1
1952 23 STL NL -5.5 -0.6 440 -1.1 7.6 -8.8 1.04 -0.7 -0.4 -13.0 -1.3 1.04 -7.7 1 1 2
1953 24 STL NL -10.7 -1.0 488 -0.9 7.6 -8.5 .95 -0.7 -0.2 -11.5 -1.1 0.95 -7.1 1 2 3
1954 25 STL NL -19.2 -1.8 349 -2.0 5.6 -7.7 1.06 -2.0 0.1 -18.8 -1.8 1.04 -22.9 14 4 11
1957 28 DET AL 2.5 0.3 46 0.0 0.6 -0.6 .86 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.86 1.3 1 1 5
1958 29 DET AL 1.1 0.1 44 0.3 0.5 -0.2 .53 -0.0 0.6 1.4 0.1 0.53 -0.3 1 1 4
6 Yrs -25.6 -2.4 1670 -3.0 27.5 -30.5 1.00 -2.9 -0.1 -36.7 -3.5 0.99 -35.0 19 10 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
1951 22 STL NL 15 12 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 .583 0 1 5 0 7 58% 51.9 72 31 6 2 6 4 5.1 4.1 6.7
1952 23 STL NL 28 18 5 9 4 1 2 8 10 .444 1 2 5 1 8 44% 48.6 83 23 13 8 4 9 4.1 3.0 6.1
1953 24 STL NL 34 25 6 13 6 3 3 9 16 .360 1 0 4 0 7 28% 45.0 82 24 21 9 6 10 5.1 5.4 5.8
1954 25 STL NL 37 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 1 0 1 1 1 17% 44.0 76 28 28 9 2 2 4.7 4.9 5.5
4 Yrs 114 61 18 30 13 5 6 25 36 .410 3 3 15 2 23 38% 47 83 23 68 28 18 25 4.8 4.3 6.0
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 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
1951 22 STL NL 15 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 1 1 100% 8 1.011 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 8.0
1952 23 STL NL 28 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 1.044 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 9 1 4 1 11.0
1953 24 STL NL 34 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% .951 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 4 4 2 2 0 5.9
1954 25 STL NL 37 31 10 3 5 1 0 1 0% 3 1 15 6 40% 7 1.058 14 4 11 5 12 13 8 22 13 12 14 6 3.7
1957 28 DET AL 7 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 .864 1 1 5 0 1 6 1 6 5 1 5 3 4.7
1958 29 DET AL 7 7 6 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 6 2 33% 7 .534 1 1 4 2 0 5 3 4 3 1 3 2 4.6
6 Yrs 128 67 29 7 7 6 5 1 83% 9 1 30 14 47% .995 19 10 26 13 13 31 18 39 37 17 31 12 5.5

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%
1951 22 STL NL 367 61% 3.0% 12.8% 6.7% 6.7% 23% 0.74 100% 46 5 11%
1952 23 STL NL 628 64% 3.7% 14.7% 13.3% 7.9% 24% 0.96 113% 94 8 9%
1953 24 STL NL 706 61% 4.2% 12.3% 14.2% 9.4% 26% 0.91 121% 73 6 8%
1954 25 STL NL 346 64% 4.3% 11.0% 12.5% 8.8% 30% 0.70 76% 76 10 13%
1957 28 DET AL 46 72% 0.0% 6.5% 8.7% 0.0% 0% 0.93 74% 10 1 10%
1958 29 DET AL 43 58% 0.0% 14.0% 2.3% 9.3% 31% 0.53 84% 12 0 0%
6 Yrs 2136 63% 3.6% 12.6% 11.7% 8.1% 25% 0.84 103% 311 30 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.2% 9.9% 6.7% 27% 0.96 81% 11%

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
1951 22 STL NL 297 86 9 0 4 5 3 5 3 12 9 0 75% 2 2 0 101 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 70
1952 23 STL NL 430 140 16 0 17 7 5 2 10 24 10 3 42% 6 2 2 160 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 198
1953 24 STL NL 457 165 19 0 7 10 4 8 6 21 15 0 71% 6 4 0 169 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 249
1954 25 STL NL 328 97 14 0 14 8 6 11 3 21 9 2 43% 3 3 0 131 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 18
1957 28 DET AL 46 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 29 DET AL 43 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 75% 0 0 1 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 1601 511 58 0 43 30 18 26 22 85 47 6 55% 17 11 3 602 12 11 52% 10 10 1 1 1 0 2 0 22 535
MLB Averages 52% 56%

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+
1951 22 7 4 .636 3.45 15 12 3 5 0 2 88.2 86 36 34 9 20 38 2 0 2 367 115 1.195 8.7 0.9 2.0 3.9 1.90 115
1952 23 14 14 .500 3.82 43 30 4 10 1 2 235.1 226 110 100 25 77 101 3 0 4 998 100 1.288 8.6 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.31 100
1953 24 20 27 .426 4.31 77 55 7 14 1 3 397.0 391 205 190 44 142 157 8 0 8 1705 93 1.343 8.9 1.0 3.2 3.6 1.11 93
1954 25 24 36 .400 4.70 114 61 17 15 2 3 468.2 488 261 245 58 183 193 13 0 11 2051 85 1.432 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05 85
1955 26 24 36 .400 4.70 114 61 17 15 2 3 468.2 488 261 245 58 183 193 13 0 11 2051 85 1.432 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05 85
1956 27 24 36 .400 4.70 114 61 17 15 2 3 468.2 488 261 245 58 183 193 13 0 11 2051 85 1.432 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05 85
1957 28 25 37 .403 4.63 121 61 23 15 2 3 479.2 498 264 247 58 187 1 196 14 0 11 2097 87 1.428 9.3 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.05 87
1958 29 25 37 .403 4.61 128 61 29 15 2 5 490.1 511 268 251 58 188 1 202 14 0 11 2140 87 1.426 9.4 1.1 3.5 3.7 1.07 87

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
1951 22 5 4 .556 3.50 90.0 89 39 35 9 21 38 2 1.222 8.9 2.1 3.8 1.81 0.9 15
1952 23 7 9 .438 4.50 148.0 152 82 74 17 62 64 1 1.446 9.2 3.8 3.9 1.03 1.0 28
1953 24 7 11 .389 4.77 166.0 166 98 88 19 65 58 5 1.392 9.0 3.5 3.1 0.89 1.0 34
1954 25 2 6 .250 6.88 72.0 100 61 55 14 42 36 5 1.972 12.5 5.3 4.5 0.86 1.8 37
1957 28 1 0 1.000 1.64 11.0 10 2 2 0 4 3 1 1.273 8.2 3.3 2.5 0.75 0.0 7
1958 29 1 0 1.000 3.60 10.0 13 4 4 0 1 6 0 1.400 11.7 0.9 5.4 6.00 0.0 7
6 Yrs 23 30 .434 4.67 497.0 530 286 258 59 195 205 14 1.459 9.6 3.7 1.05 1.1 128

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 NL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL  5 (8th)
1954 NL  5 (8th)

                           

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