Ribs Raney

Frank Robert Donald Raney
born Frank Robert Donald Raniszewski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 16, 1923 in Detroit, MI
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1949
Team: Browns 1949-1950

Final Game: April 22, 1950
Died: July 7, 2003 in Warren, MI
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton Twp; Macomb County, MI
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	18	BAL-min	D	6	10	.375	4.22	28						145.0	130	90	68		86							1.490	8.1		5.3			PGD · NEAR
1942	19	BAL-min	C	17	7	.708		29						200.0	191	99			107							1.490	8.6		4.8			HUN · MTNS
1943	20	OAK-BAL-min	A,AA	4	5	.444	3.72	25	12		0	0		92.0	85	40	38		67	2						1.652	8.3		6.6	0.2	0.03	ELM,TOL · EL,AA
1946	23	CHW-BAL-min	AA,AAA	5	5	.500	4.08	24	8		0	0		86.0	59	43	39		80	15	3	0	1			1.616	6.2		8.4	1.6	0.19	LRK,TOL · SOUA,AA
1947	24	BAL-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.12	22	19	0	10	3		130.0	134	84	74		87	103	3	0	5			1.700	9.3		6.0	7.1	1.18	TOL · AA
1948	25	BAL-min	AAA	9	13	.409	5.91	31			10	1		163.0	172	120	107		144	128	5	1	2			1.939	9.5		8.0	7.1	0.89	TOL · AA
1949	26	BAL-min	A	11	16	.407	3.33	35	29					227.0	175	110	84		166							1.502	6.9		6.6			ELM · EL
1949	26	SLB	AL	1	2	.333	7.71	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.1	23	15	14	2	12	5	0	0	0	82	60	2.143	12.7	1.1	6.6	2.8	0.42
1950	27	BAL-min	AAA	7	11	.389	5.92	25	24		6	1		149.0	148	104	98		102	110	6	0	3			1.678	8.9		6.2	6.6	1.08	BLT · IL
1950	27	SLB	AL	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	10	127	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1951	28	BOS-BAL-min	AA,AAA	3	7	.300	4.97	22	13		0	0		105.0	106	69	58		66	2	0	0	1			1.638	9.1		5.7	0.2	0.03	BIR,TTO · SOUA,IL
1952	29	OKC	AA	8	10	.444	4.34	27	24					143.0	128	81	69		94							1.552	8.1		5.9			OKC · TL
2 Yrs				1	3	.250	7.36	4	3	0	1	0	0	18.1	25	17	15	2	14	7	0	0	0	92	64	2.127	12.3	1.0	6.9	3.4	0.50
162 Game Avg.				10	29	.250	7.36	39	29	0	10	0	0	178	243	165	146	19	136	68	0	0	0	894	64	2.127	12.3	1.0	6.9	3.4	0.50

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1949	26	SLB	AL	16.1	3	3	15	8.27	4.43	-0.75	107.0	5.54	-5	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.356	.497	$
1950	27	SLB	AL	2.0	1	0	2	9.00	5.53	-0.49	116.0	6.98	-0	-0.0	2.3	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.458	.500	$
2 Seasons				18.1	4	3	17	8.35	4.55	-0.72	108.0	5.70	-5	-0.5	2.3	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.382	.499	$

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	ROE
1949	26	SLB	AL	3	9	69	15	23	0	0	2	0	0	12	5	.333	.432	.420	.852	.339	29	0	0	1	0	0
1950	27	SLB	AL	1	10	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.250	.400	.375	.775	.333	3	0	0	0	0	1
2 Yrs				4	19	77	17	25	1	0	2	0	1	14	7	.325	.429	.416	.844	.338	32	0	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				39	185	748	165	243	10	0	19	0	10	136	68	.325	.429	.416	.844	.338	311	0	0	10	0	10
MLB Averages																.264	.345	.379	.723	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi
1949	26	SLB	AL	-4.7	-0.4	9	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.21	-0.3	-0.0	-6.4	-0.5	1.21	-3.9	0
1950	27	SLB	AL	-0.1	-0.0	11	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	1.12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.12	-1.9	1
2 Yrs				-4.8	-0.4	20	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.16	-0.5	0.0	-6.8	-0.6	1.16	-5.8	1

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
1949	26	SLB	AL	3	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	1	33%	34.7	47	15	2	0	0	2	4.8		5.4
1 Yr				3	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	1	33%	35	47	15	2	0	0	2	4.8		5.4
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	104	-9					4.8	4.8	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1950	27	SLB	AL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	5	1.117	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6.0
1 Yr				1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		1.117	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	26	SLB	AL	82	56%	22.2%	55.6%	133.3%	22.2%	9%	0.00	689%	7	0	0%
1950	27	SLB	AL	10	50%	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	10.0%	50%	0.50	60%	0	0
2 Yrs				92	53%	10.5%	36.8%	73.7%	15.8%	12%	0.33	358%	7	0	0%
MLB Averages					48%	2.6%	12.5%	13.5%	7.2%	24%	0.95	99%			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
1949	26	SLB	AL	9	23			2	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73
1950	27	SLB	AL	10	2			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				19	25			2	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73
MLB Averages																		53%							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+
1949	26	1	2	.333	7.71	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.1	23	15	14	2	12		5	0	0	0	82	60	2.143	12.7	1.1	6.6	2.8	0.42	60
1950	27	1	3	.250	7.36	4	3	0	1	0	0	18.1	25	17	15	2	14		7	0	0	0	92	64	2.127	12.3	1.0	6.9	3.4	0.50	64

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1949	26	1	.000	6.88	17.0	23	14	13	2	12	5	2.059	12.2	6.4	2.6	0.42	1.1	3
1950	27	0		4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	2	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		1	.000	6.63	19.0	25	15	14	2	14	7	2.053	11.8		3.3	0.50	0.9	4

* 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.

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