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Ken Raffensberger

Kenneth David Raffensberger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA
High School: William Penn HS (York, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1939
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/Cubs/Redlegs/Cardinals 1939-1954

Final Game: June 2, 1954
Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA
Buried: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA
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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
1939 21 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1940 22 CHC NL 7 9 .438 3.38 43 10 16 3 0 3 114.2 120 54 43 10 29 55 2 1 1 480 111 1.299 9.4 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.90
1941 23 CHC NL 0 1 .000 4.50 10 1 5 0 0 0 18.0 17 9 9 0 7 5 0 0 0 73 79 1.333 8.5 0.0 3.5 2.5 0.71
1943 25 PHI NL 0 1 .000 1.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 7 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 33 314 1.125 7.9 0.0 2.3 3.4 1.50
1944 26 PHI NL 13 20 .394 3.06 37 31 5 18 3 0 258.2 257 101 88 9 45 136 2 1 1 1091 117 1.168 8.9 0.3 1.6 4.7 3.02 AS
1945 27 PHI NL 0 3 .000 4.44 5 4 0 1 0 0 24.1 28 19 12 3 14 6 0 0 0 116 87 1.726 10.4 1.1 5.2 2.2 0.43
1946 28 PHI NL 8 15 .348 3.63 39 23 10 14 2 6 196.0 203 89 79 10 39 73 1 0 2 819 94 1.235 9.3 0.5 1.8 3.4 1.87
1947 29 TOT NL 8 11 .421 4.51 29 22 3 10 1 1 147.2 182 84 74 15 37 54 1 0 0 648 91 1.483 11.1 0.9 2.3 3.3 1.46
1947 29 PHI NL 2 6 .250 5.49 10 7 0 3 1 0 41.0 50 30 25 4 8 16 1 0 0 176 73 1.415 11.0 0.9 1.8 3.5 2.00
1947 29 CIN NL 6 5 .545 4.13 19 15 3 7 0 1 106.2 132 54 49 11 29 38 0 0 0 472 101 1.509 11.1 0.9 2.4 3.2 1.31
1948 30 CIN NL 11 12 .478 3.84 40 24 9 7 4 0 180.1 187 88 77 15 37 57 1 0 0 772 102 1.242 9.3 0.7 1.8 2.8 1.54
1949 31 CIN NL 18 17 .514 3.39 41 38 1 20 5 0 284.0 289 129 107 23 80 103 2 1 2 1190 124 1.299 9.2 0.7 2.5 3.3 1.29 MVP-19
1950 32 CIN NL 14 19 .424 4.26 38 35 1 18 4 0 239.0 271 127 113 34 40 87 2 0 0 1026 99 1.301 10.2 1.3 1.5 3.3 2.18
1951 33 CIN NL 16 17 .485 3.44 42 33 8 14 5 5 248.2 232 108 95 29 38 81 6 0 3 1008 119 1.086 8.4 1.0 1.4 2.9 2.13 MVP-18
1952 34 CIN NL 17 13 .567 2.81 38 33 5 18 6 1 247.0 247 85 77 18 45 93 2 0 1 1006 133 1.182 9.0 0.7 1.6 3.4 2.07 MVP-23
1953 35 CIN NL 7 14 .333 3.93 26 26 0 9 1 0 174.0 200 87 76 23 33 47 0 0 0 734 110 1.339 10.3 1.2 1.7 2.4 1.42
1954 36 CIN NL 0 2 .000 7.84 6 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 15 10 9 2 3 5 0 0 0 50 55 1.742 13.1 1.7 2.6 4.4 1.67
15 Yrs 119 154 .436 3.60 396 282 66 133 31 16 2151.2 2257 993 860 191 449 806 19 3 10 9051 110 1.258 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .436 3.60 40 28 7 13 3 2 216 226 100 86 19 45 81 2 0 1 908 110 1.258 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80
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
CIN (8 yrs) 89 99 .473 3.64 250 205 29 93 25 7 1490.0 1573 688 603 155 305 511 13 1 6 6258 112 1.260 9.5 0.9 1.8 3.1 1.68
PHI (5 yrs) 23 45 .338 3.49 92 66 15 37 6 6 528.0 545 242 205 26 108 234 4 1 3 2235 102 1.237 9.3 0.4 1.8 4.0 2.17
CHC (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.53 53 11 21 3 0 3 132.2 137 63 52 10 36 60 2 1 1 553 106 1.304 9.3 0.7 2.4 4.1 1.67
STL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1939 21 STL NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.91 0.12 0.00 110.0 5.26 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .564 .500 $
1940 22 CHC NL 114.2 43 10 54 4.24 4.46 0.00 0.00 98.6 4.40 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.3 15 .506 .501 $
1941 23 CHC NL 18.0 10 1 9 4.50 4.07 -0.18 0.00 96.3 4.09 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .492 .499 $
1943 25 PHI NL 8.0 1 1 3 3.38 3.97 -0.23 0.00 98.0 4.11 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .580 .500 $
1944 26 PHI NL 258.2 37 31 101 3.51 4.45 -0.01 0.00 98.8 4.41 26 3.0 1.0 -0.2 4.9 50 .580 .518 $ AS
1945 27 PHI NL 24.1 5 4 19 7.03 4.80 -0.51 0.00 101.1 5.38 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .410 .497 $
1946 28 PHI NL 196.0 39 23 89 4.09 4.08 -0.24 0.00 100.2 4.32 5 0.6 1.0 -0.1 2.3 25 .515 .504 $
1947 29 PHI NL 41.0 10 7 30 6.59 4.50 -0.11 0.00 96.6 4.45 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .407 .494 $
1947 29 CIN NL 106.2 19 15 54 4.56 4.74 -0.34 0.00 101.4 5.15 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.6 20 .536 .504 $
1948 30 CIN NL 180.1 40 24 88 4.39 4.55 -0.24 0.00 99.2 4.74 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.3 28 .517 .504 $
1949 31 CIN NL 283.0 41 38 129 4.10 4.62 -0.06 0.00 103.5 4.84 23 2.4 1.5 -0.1 4.9 56 .559 .515 $ MVP-19
1950 32 CIN NL 239.0 38 35 127 4.78 4.77 -0.19 0.00 102.0 5.06 9 0.9 2.0 -0.1 3.0 35 .525 .506 $
1951 33 CIN NL 248.2 42 33 108 3.91 4.60 -0.01 0.00 102.6 4.72 22 2.4 2.0 -0.0 4.6 50 .558 .515 $ MVP-18
1952 34 CIN NL 247.0 38 33 85 3.10 4.13 -0.10 0.00 100.0 4.23 31 3.7 3.8 -0.0 5.8 57 .597 .523 $ MVP-23
1953 35 CIN NL 174.0 26 26 87 4.50 4.65 0.28 0.00 100.4 4.38 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.4 18 .496 .499 $
1954 36 CIN NL 10.1 6 1 10 8.71 4.93 -0.07 0.00 104.3 5.22 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .436 .498 $
15 Seasons 2150.2 396 282 993 4.16 4.50 -0.09 0.00 100.7 4.62 113 12.8 1.2 -1.0 31.2 347 .532 .505 $
CIN (8 yrs) 1489.0 250 205 688 4.16 4.56 -0.08 0.00 101.5 4.72 94 10.4 1.6 -0.5 23.3 261 .542 .508 $
PHI (5 yrs) 528.0 92 66 242 4.13 4.32 -0.13 0.00 99.3 4.42 17 2.2 1.0 -0.3 6.4 70 .524 .503 $
CHC (2 yrs) 132.2 53 11 63 4.27 4.40 -0.02 0.00 98.3 4.35 1 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.4 16 .503 .500 $
STL (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.91 0.12 0.00 110.0 5.26 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .564 .500 $

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
1944 PHI NL 26 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

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 30 CIN NL 40 287 717 88 187 13 4 15 6 1 37 57 .261 .298 .353 .651 .267 253 2 1 12 0 6
1949 31 CIN NL 41 828 1097 129 289 35 3 23 5 8 80 103 .263 .315 .364 .678 .274 399 15 2 15 0 13
1950 32 CIN NL 38 805 971 127 271 31 7 34 9 4 40 87 .279 .309 .430 .739 .279 418 12 2 11 0 11
1951 33 CIN NL 42 762 946 108 232 38 4 29 7 2 38 81 .245 .279 .386 .665 .243 365 11 6 18 0 12
1952 34 CIN NL 38 742 946 85 247 35 9 18 3 3 45 93 .261 .296 .374 .670 .274 354 11 2 13 0 7
1953 35 CIN NL 26 733 692 87 200 37 8 23 3 1 33 47 .289 .321 .465 .787 .285 322 22 0 8 0 9
1954 36 CIN NL 6 50 47 10 15 3 0 2 0 0 3 5 .319 .360 .511 .871 .325 24 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 231 4207 5416 634 1441 192 35 144 33 19 276 473 .266 .303 .394 .697 .270 2135 73 13 77 0 59
162 Game Avg. 37 680 875 102 233 31 6 23 5 3 45 76 .266 .303 .394 .697 .270 345 12 2 12 0 10
MLB Averages .261 .334 .347 .681 .278

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 30 CIN NL 1.4 0.1 298 -0.1 5.1 -5.2 1.04 0.2 -0.2 -5.2 -0.5 1.03 1.7 2 0 2
1949 31 CIN NL 21.5 2.2 859 2.5 17.2 -14.6 1.12 1.1 1.1 19.2 1.9 1.12 14.2 1 1 0
1950 32 CIN NL -0.0 0.0 821 0.8 15.3 -14.6 1.04 -0.4 1.1 3.5 0.3 1.04 -1.5 1 0 0
1951 33 CIN NL 17.1 1.8 781 2.5 15.7 -13.3 1.08 1.6 0.7 12.8 1.3 1.08 18.5 5 0 3
1952 34 CIN NL 26.4 2.8 757 1.3 15.1 -13.9 1.17 1.5 -0.4 15.3 1.6 1.17 16.9 4 0 0
1953 35 CIN NL 7.4 0.7 738 0.6 13.3 -12.8 .97 -0.4 1.0 7.5 0.7 0.97 -2.5 0 0 0
1954 36 CIN NL -3.8 -0.4 50 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .74 -0.2 -0.5 -3.6 -0.3 0.74 -2.9 1 0 4
15 Yrs 77.0 8.1 4304 7.0 82.4 -75.3 1.07 3.3 3.2 49.5 5.0 1.07 44.4 14 1 9

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
1940 22 CHC NL 43 10 3 5 2 0 1 4 6 .400 0 0 3 0 5 50% 51.7 78 24 5 5 2.9 6.6
1941 23 CHC NL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 36 36 0 1 6.0 0.3
1943 25 PHI NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 61.0 61 61 0 1 0.0 8.0
1944 26 PHI NL 37 31 12 18 1 1 11 13 18 .419 0 0 18 3 22 71% 57.5 86 15 12 8 3.0 8.1
1945 27 PHI NL 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 0 1 0 1 25% 40.5 48 29 1 2 4.0 6.0
1946 28 PHI NL 39 23 7 15 1 0 3 8 15 .348 0 0 14 2 11 48% 51.7 83 22 13 8 2.9 7.7
1947 29 TOT NL 29 22 7 9 6 1 3 9 13 .409 0 0 10 1 11 50% 47.9 89 16 7 11 3.8 6.2
1947 29 PHI NL 10 7 2 4 1 0 1 3 4 .429 0 0 3 1 3 43% 46.7 89 16 2 4 3.2 5.2
1947 29 CIN NL 19 15 5 5 5 1 2 6 9 .400 0 0 7 0 8 53% 48.5 70 26 5 7 4.1 6.7
1948 30 CIN NL 40 24 8 12 4 0 2 11 13 .458 0 2 7 4 11 46% 50.4 83 21 12 1 11 9 3.3 4.0 6.1
1949 31 CIN NL 41 38 17 16 5 1 3 20 18 .526 0 2 20 5 22 58% 53.1 89 16 12 6 22 7 4.1 4.1 7.4
1950 32 CIN NL 38 35 14 19 2 3 3 15 20 .429 1 0 18 4 15 43% 48.7 82 10 12 5 19 9 4.7 5.2 6.7
1951 33 CIN NL 42 33 15 15 3 2 5 17 16 .515 0 3 14 5 19 58% 53.8 86 22 9 3 17 9 4.0 3.0 7.0
1952 34 CIN NL 38 33 17 11 5 0 4 21 12 .636 1 1 18 6 22 67% 56.1 83 14 7 0 15 5 3.7 3.8 7.3
1953 35 CIN NL 26 26 7 14 5 0 5 10 16 .385 3 1 9 1 14 54% 48.1 76 24 15 6 4 18 4.1 3.9 6.7
1954 36 CIN NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 2 2 0 1 13.0 22.5 2.0
14 Yrs 395 282 107 138 37 8 42 131 151 .465 5 9 133 31 154 55% 52 89 10 69 23 126 94 3.8 4.1 7.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -20 4.4 4.5 6.8

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
1939 21 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1940 22 CHC NL 43 33 16 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 14 12 11 4.4
1941 23 CHC NL 10 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 5.9
1944 26 PHI NL 37 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 4.0
1945 27 PHI NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
1946 28 PHI NL 39 16 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 9 3 3.4
1947 29 TOT NL 29 7 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 4.6
1947 29 PHI NL 10 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.7
1947 29 CIN NL 19 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.5
1948 30 CIN NL 40 16 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.044 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 11 2 3 4 6.3
1949 31 CIN NL 41 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.119 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2.7
1950 32 CIN NL 38 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 1.037 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3.0
1951 33 CIN NL 42 9 8 1 2 5 5 0 100% 5 0 8 0 0% 9 1.083 5 0 3 5 2 1 4 4 5 2 4 4 6.3
1952 34 CIN NL 38 5 5 0 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 6 4 67% 10 1.173 4 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 3.0
1954 36 CIN NL 6 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 .736 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 0 2 0 5.0
13 Yrs 369 114 66 12 16 8 16 2 200% 10 2 17 4 24% 1.092 14 1 9 10 7 7 9 15 51 35 12 27 4.6

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%
1939 21 STL NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 80%
1940 22 CHC NL 480 2.1% 11.5% 6.0% 2.9% 12% 78%
1941 23 CHC NL 73 0.0% 6.9% 9.6% 82%
1943 25 PHI NL 33 0.0% 9.1% 6.1% 3.0% 14% 79%
1944 26 PHI NL 1061 0.9% 12.8% 4.2% 3.6% 15% 79%
1945 27 PHI NL 116 2.6% 5.2% 12.1% 3.5% 14% 78%
1946 28 PHI NL 819 1.2% 8.9% 4.8% 3.9% 16% 83%
1947 29 TOT NL 654 2.3% 8.3% 5.7% 4.1% 15% 82%
1947 29 PHI NL 182 2.2% 8.8% 4.4% 3.3% 12% 82%
1947 29 CIN NL 472 2.3% 8.1% 6.1% 4.5% 16% 81%
1948 30 CIN NL 767 21% 5.2% 19.9% 12.9% 11.2% 17% 0.72 225% 63 2 3%
1949 31 CIN NL 1194 23% 2.8% 12.4% 9.7% 7.4% 21% 0.64 117% 152 15 10%
1950 32 CIN NL 1024 22% 4.2% 10.8% 5.0% 8.9% 27% 0.55 106% 142 12 8%
1951 33 CIN NL 1008 26% 3.8% 10.6% 5.0% 9.3% 31% 0.56 110% 132 11 8%
1952 34 CIN NL 1006 26% 2.4% 12.5% 6.1% 8.4% 25% 0.76 113% 128 11 9%
1953 35 CIN NL 733 26% 3.1% 6.4% 4.5% 9.3% 34% 0.95 85% 136 22 16%
1954 36 CIN NL 50 46% 4.0% 10.0% 6.0% 10.0% 33% 0.53 80% 4 0 0%
15 Yrs 9023 25% 2.6% 10.8% 6.0% 6.5% 22% 0.68 100% 757 73 10%
MLB Averages 50% 1.7% 10.4% 10.1% 4.4% 18% 0.95 85% 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
1939 21 STL NL 2 0 0
1940 22 CHC NL 120 10 1
1941 23 CHC NL 17 0 0
1943 25 PHI NL 7 0 0
1944 26 PHI NL 257 9 1
1945 27 PHI NL 28 3 0
1946 28 PHI NL 203 10 2
1947 29 TOT NL 182 15 0
1947 29 PHI NL 50 4 0
1947 29 CIN NL 132 11 0
1948 30 CIN NL 287 187 15 0 7 5 1 4 2 16 5 2 31% 6 0 0 116 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 480
1949 31 CIN NL 828 289 23 1 7 15 3 8 10 21 14 1 67% 13 2 3 335 5 8 38% 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 366
1950 32 CIN NL 805 271 34 0 7 22 5 18 9 23 13 3 57% 11 0 1 313 9 4 69% 8 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 219
1951 33 CIN NL 762 232 29 1 4 26 0 10 16 27 13 3 48% 12 3 2 266 7 2 78% 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 246
1952 34 CIN NL 742 247 18 0 15 12 0 3 9 27 16 3 59% 7 1 1 279 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 264
1953 35 CIN NL 733 200 23 0 8 20 3 15 8 28 17 1 61% 9 0 1 274 3 1 75% 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
1954 36 CIN NL 50 15 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 4207 2257 191 2 49 100 14 59 55 142 78 13 55% 59 10 8 1601 33 19 63% 26 15 4 3 3 1 6 0 19 1575
MLB Averages 53% 55%
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+
1939 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1940 22 7 9 .438 3.35 44 10 17 3 0 3 115.2 122 54 43 10 29 56 2 1 1 485 112 1.305 9.5 0.8 2.3 4.4 1.93 112
1941 23 7 10 .412 3.50 54 11 22 3 0 3 133.2 139 63 52 10 36 61 2 1 1 558 107 1.309 9.4 0.7 2.4 4.1 1.69 107
1942 24 7 10 .412 3.50 54 11 22 3 0 3 133.2 139 63 52 10 36 61 2 1 1 558 107 1.309 9.4 0.7 2.4 4.1 1.69 107
1943 25 7 11 .389 3.37 55 12 22 4 0 3 141.2 146 66 53 10 38 64 2 1 1 591 111 1.299 9.3 0.6 2.4 4.1 1.68 111
1944 26 20 31 .392 3.17 92 43 27 22 3 3 400.1 403 167 141 19 83 200 4 2 2 1682 115 1.214 9.1 0.4 1.9 4.5 2.41 115
1945 27 20 34 .370 3.24 97 47 27 23 3 3 424.2 431 186 153 22 97 206 4 2 2 1798 112 1.243 9.1 0.5 2.1 4.4 2.12 112
1946 28 28 49 .364 3.36 136 70 37 37 5 9 620.2 634 275 232 32 136 279 5 2 4 2617 106 1.241 9.2 0.5 2.0 4.0 2.05 106
1947 29 36 60 .375 3.58 165 92 40 47 6 10 768.1 816 359 306 47 173 333 6 2 4 3265 103 1.287 9.6 0.6 2.0 3.9 1.92 103
1948 30 47 72 .395 3.63 205 116 49 54 10 10 948.2 1003 447 383 62 210 390 7 2 4 4037 103 1.279 9.5 0.6 2.0 3.7 1.86 103
1949 31 65 89 .422 3.58 246 154 50 74 15 10 1232.2 1292 576 490 85 290 493 9 3 6 5227 107 1.283 9.4 0.6 2.1 3.6 1.70 107
1950 32 79 108 .422 3.69 284 189 51 92 19 10 1471.2 1563 703 603 119 330 580 11 3 6 6253 106 1.286 9.6 0.7 2.0 3.5 1.76 106
1951 33 95 125 .432 3.65 326 222 59 106 24 15 1720.1 1795 811 698 148 368 661 17 3 9 7261 108 1.257 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.5 1.80 108
1952 34 112 138 .448 3.55 364 255 64 124 30 16 1967.1 2042 896 775 166 413 754 19 3 10 8267 110 1.248 9.3 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.83 110
1953 35 119 152 .439 3.58 390 281 64 133 31 16 2141.1 2242 983 851 189 446 801 19 3 10 9001 110 1.255 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80 110
1954 36 119 154 .436 3.60 396 282 66 133 31 16 2151.2 2257 993 860 191 449 806 19 3 10 9051 110 1.258 9.4 0.8 1.9 3.4 1.80 110

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
1939 21 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1940 22 6 6 .500 3.71 114.0 129 52 47 11 31 55 2 1.404 10.2 2.4 4.3 1.77 0.9 43
1941 23 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 19 12 11 0 8 5 0 1.688 10.7 4.5 2.8 0.63 0.0 10
1943 25 0 0 1.13 8.0 8 1 1 0 2 3 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 3.4 1.50 0.0 1
1944 26 18 12 .600 3.20 270.0 273 107 96 10 48 142 2 1.189 9.1 1.6 4.7 2.96 0.3 37
1945 27 1 1 .500 4.68 25.0 30 14 13 3 15 6 0 1.800 10.8 5.4 2.2 0.40 1.1 5
1946 28 10 11 .476 4.22 196.0 224 102 92 11 43 73 1 1.362 10.3 2.0 3.4 1.70 0.5 39
1947 29 7 9 .438 4.50 150.0 187 83 75 15 38 55 1 1.500 11.2 2.3 3.3 1.45 0.9 29
1948 30 11 10 .524 3.84 190.0 196 90 81 16 39 60 1 1.237 9.3 1.8 2.8 1.54 0.8 40
1949 31 19 13 .594 3.25 288.0 290 116 104 23 80 104 2 1.285 9.1 2.5 3.3 1.30 0.7 41
1950 32 14 14 .500 3.93 252.0 273 122 110 34 40 92 2 1.242 9.8 1.4 3.3 2.30 1.2 38
1951 33 17 11 .607 3.32 255.0 236 104 94 30 39 83 6 1.078 8.3 1.4 2.9 2.13 1.1 42
1952 34 17 10 .630 3.12 245.0 266 94 85 19 48 92 2 1.282 9.8 1.8 3.4 1.92 0.7 38
1953 35 10 9 .526 3.73 176.0 200 81 73 23 33 48 0 1.324 10.2 1.7 2.5 1.45 1.2 26
1954 36 0 1 .000 6.75 12.0 15 10 9 2 3 6 0 1.500 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.00 1.5 6
15 Yrs 130 108 .546 3.65 2199.0 2346 988 891 197 467 826 19 1.279 9.6 3.4 1.77 0.8 396

* 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

All-Star Games
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (19, 2%)
1951 NL (18, 2%)
1952 NL (23, 2%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 NL  5.4 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.9 (7th)
1949 NL  4.9 (7th)
1951 NL  4.6 (6th)
1952 NL  5.8 (3rd)
Career  31.2 (218th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL  2.81 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  18 (3rd)
1951 NL  16 (10th)
1952 NL  17 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.168 (8th)
1946 NL  1.235 (9th)
1948 NL  1.242 (8th)
1951 NL  1.086 (1st)
1952 NL  1.182 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.566 (1st)
1946 NL  1.791 (2nd)
1948 NL  1.847 (3rd)
1949 NL  2.535 (8th)
1950 NL  1.506 (1st)
1951 NL  1.375 (1st)
1952 NL  1.640 (3rd)
1953 NL  1.707 (2nd)
Career  1.878 (66th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  4.732 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1940 NL  43 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1946 NL  6 (1st)
1951 NL  5 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 NL  258.7 (5th)
1949 NL  284.0 (2nd)
1951 NL  248.7 (8th)
1952 NL  247.0 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  136 (4th)
1949 NL  103 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 NL  31 (9th)
1949 NL  38 (1st)
1950 NL  35 (5th)
1951 NL  33 (8th)
1952 NL  33 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  18 (6th)
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1949 NL  20 (2nd)
1950 NL  18 (8th)
1951 NL  14 (9th)
1952 NL  18 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL  3 (8th)
1948 NL  4 (2nd)
1949 NL  5 (1st)
1950 NL  4 (5th)
1951 NL  5 (3rd)
1952 NL  6 (1st)
Career  31 (103rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  23 (4th)
1950 NL  34 (1st)
1951 NL  29 (3rd)
Career  191 (235th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  257 (6th)
1946 NL  203 (8th)
1949 NL  289 (1st)
1950 NL  271 (4th)
1952 NL  247 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  3.022 (1st)
1946 NL  1.872 (2nd)
1948 NL  1.541 (6th)
1950 NL  2.175 (2nd)
1951 NL  2.132 (2nd)
1952 NL  2.067 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  0.313 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1944 NL  20 (1st)
1946 NL  15 (2nd)
1949 NL  17 (3rd)
1950 NL  19 (2nd)
1951 NL  17 (1st)
1952 NL  13 (10th)
1953 NL  14 (9th)
Career  154 (145th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  79 (3rd)
1949 NL  107 (5th)
1950 NL  113 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 NL  1,091 (6th)
1949 NL  1,190 (2nd)
1951 NL  1,008 (10th)
1952 NL  1,006 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL  133 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  21 (8th)
1951 NL  17 (7th)
1952 NL  26 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  2.2 (8th)
1951 NL  1.8 (7th)
1952 NL  2.9 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1949 NL  19.21 (8th)
1951 NL  12.81 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.5 (5th)
1951 NL  2.5 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.1 (10th)
1951 NL  1.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1949 NL  1.9 (8th)
1951 NL  1.3 (10th)

             

† 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 - 12 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 85 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Dave Roberts (917)
  5. Randy Jones (912)
  6. Casey Patten (912)
  7. Sherry Smith (911)
  8. Stump Wiedman (908)
  9. Jim Barr (907)
  10. Willie Sudhoff (906)
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  5. Earl Yingling (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Smith (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Al Mattern (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eric Rasmussen (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Paul Minner (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Honeycutt (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rick Honeycutt (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Casey Patten (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave Roberts (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dave Roberts (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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