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Steve Ridzik

Stephen George Ridzik

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1929 in Yonkers, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies/Giants/Redlegs/Indians 1950-1966

Final Game: May 10, 1966
Died: January 8, 2008 in Bradenton, FL
Cremated
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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
1945	16	PHI-min	C	0	3	.000	4.75	7						36.0	36	22	19		8								1.222	9.0		2.0			GBO · CARL
1946	17	PHI-min	C	3	4	.429	3.79	10	6					57.0	58	31	24		27								1.491	9.2		4.3			SDY · CAML
1947	18	PHI-min	C	9	3	.750	2.68	16	12					104.0	84	35	31		45								1.240	7.3		3.9			SDY · CAML
1948	19	PHI-min	B,AAA	11	7	.611	4.50	28	4		1	0		166.0	169	95	83		79		15	1	1	1			1.494	9.2		4.3	0.8	0.19	WMT,TTO · ISLG,IL
1949	20	PHI-min	A	15	12	.556	2.99	33	25					238.0	216	100	79		109								1.366	8.2		4.1			UTI · EL
1950	21	PHI-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.02	18	15		7	1		103.0	96	51	46		57		49	5	0	4			1.485	8.4		5.0	4.3	0.86	TTO · IL
1950	21	PHI	NL	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1		2	0	0	0	11	75	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

1951	22	PHI-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.20	31	15		5	1		133.0	133	70	62		76		86	2	1	0			1.571	9.0		5.1	5.8	1.13	BLT · IL
1952	23	PHI	NL	4	2	.667	3.01	24	9	5	2	0	0	92.2	74	37	31	11	37		43	1	0	0	381	122	1.198	7.2	1.1	3.6	4.2	1.16
1953	24	PHI	NL	9	6	.600	3.77	42	12	13	1	0	0	124.0	119	61	52	15	48		53	5	0	1	526	112	1.347	8.6	1.1	3.5	3.8	1.10
1954	25	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	4.13	35	6	15	0	0	0	80.2	72	42	37	7	44		45	0	1	2	359	98	1.438	8.0	0.8	4.9	5.0	1.02
1955	26	SDG	Opn	2	1	.667	3.71	15	7		3	0		60.2	52	25	25	5	30		41	1	0	2			1.352	7.7	0.7	4.5	6.1	1.37	SDG · PCL
1955	26	TOT	NL	0	4	.000	3.95	16	3	3	0	0	0	41.0	42	25	18	5	22	1	12	4	0	3	185	107	1.561	9.2	1.1	4.8	2.6	0.55
1955	26	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	2.45	3	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	9	3	1	8	0	6	3	0	1	51	167	1.364	5.7	0.8	6.5	4.9	0.75
1955	26	CIN	NL	0	3	.000	4.50	13	2	3	0	0	0	30.0	35	16	15	4	14	1	6	1	0	2	134	94	1.633	10.5	1.2	4.2	1.8	0.43
1956	27	NYG	NL	6	2	.750	3.80	41	5	12	1	1	0	92.1	80	42	39	7	65	5	53	5	0	0	414	100	1.570	7.8	0.7	6.3	5.2	0.82
1957	28	SFG-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.38	21	16		8	0		117.0	112	64	57	10	50	3	83	5	0	3			1.385	8.6	0.8	3.8	6.4	1.66	MNE · AA
1957	28	NYG	NL	0	2	.000	4.73	15	0	3	0	0	0	26.2	19	14	14	3	19	1	13	2	0	1	112	84	1.425	6.4	1.0	6.4	4.4	0.68
1958	29	CLE-min	AAA	4	6	.400	5.03	21	12		3	0		111.0	117	72	62	14	49		68	7	0	5			1.495	9.5	1.1	4.0	5.5	1.39	SDG · PCL
1958	29	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	2.08	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	9	7	2	1	5	2	6	0	0	1	41	186	1.615	9.3	1.0	5.2	6.2	1.20

1959	30	CHC-CLE-min	AAA	16	8	.667	2.71	33	21		10	3		196.0	178	66	59	9	80	5	116	12	0	3			1.316	8.2	0.4	3.7	5.3	1.45	FTW,SDG · AA,PCL
1960	31	CLE-min	AAA	14	10	.583	3.13	30	23		13	4		184.0	148	72	64	12	81	5	116	14	0	4			1.245	7.2	0.6	4.0	5.7	1.43	TTO · IL
1961	32	TTO	AAA	12	11	.522	3.89	40	22					171.0	154	84	74	17	76								1.345	8.1	0.9	4.0			TTO · IL
1962	33	ATL-min	AAA	11	10	.524	4.27	32	28		11	3		192.0	170	96	91	24	89	2	151	16	0	8			1.349	8.0	1.1	4.2	7.1	1.70	TTO · IL
1963	34	TEX-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.34	16	16					116.0	98	49	43	12	39		74						1.181	7.6	0.9	3.0	5.7	1.90	TTO · IL
1963	34	WSA	AL	5	6	.455	4.82	20	10	3	0	0	1	89.2	82	53	48	16	35	0	47	5	0	3	388	78	1.305	8.2	1.6	3.5	4.7	1.34
1964	35	WSA	AL	5	5	.500	2.89	49	3	17	0	0	2	112.0	96	46	36	10	31	6	60	7	0	4	458	130	1.134	7.7	0.8	2.5	4.8	1.94
1965	36	WSA	AL	6	4	.600	4.02	63	0	25	0	0	8	109.2	108	61	49	18	43	4	72	7	0	3	480	86	1.377	8.9	1.5	3.5	5.9	1.67
1966	37	PHI-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.63	29	3		0	0		67.0	56	31	27	6	21	1	45	2	0	2			1.149	7.5	0.8	2.8	6.0	2.14	SDG · PCL
1966	37	PHI	NL	0	0		7.71	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	55	2.571	19.3	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
12 Yrs				39	38	.506	3.79	314	48	99	4	1	11	782.2	709	392	330	94	351	19	406	36	1	18	3368	101	1.354	8.2	1.1	4.0	4.7	1.16
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.506	3.79	59	9	19	1	0	2	147	133	74	62	18	66		76	7	0	3	633	101	1.354	8.2	1.1	4.0	4.7	1.16

PHI (6 yrs)				17	14	.548	3.64	107	28	34	3	0	0	313.2	280	153	127	35	139	0	149	9	1	4	1341	110	1.336	8.0	1.0	4.0	4.3	1.07
WSA (3 yrs)				16	15	.516	3.84	132	13	45	0	0	11	311.1	286	160	133	44	109	10	179	19	0	10	1326	95	1.269	8.3	1.3	3.2	5.2	1.64
NYG (2 yrs)				6	4	.600	4.01	56	5	15	1	1	0	119.0	99	56	53	10	84	6	66	7	0	1	526	96	1.538	7.5	0.8	6.4	5.0	0.79
CLE (1 yr)				0	2	.000	2.08	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	9	7	2	1	5	2	6	0	0	1	41	186	1.615	9.3	1.0	5.2	6.2	1.20
CIN (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.50	13	2	3	0	0	0	30.0	35	16	15	4	14	1	6	1	0	2	134	94	1.633	10.5	1.2	4.2	1.8	0.43

NL (8 yrs)				23	21	.523	3.79	176	35	52	4	1	0	462.2	414	225	195	49	237	7	221	17	1	7	2001	105	1.407	8.1	1.0	4.6	4.3	0.93
AL (4 yrs)				16	17	.485	3.80	138	13	47	0	0	11	320.0	295	167	135	45	114	12	185	19	0	11	1367	96	1.278	8.3	1.3	3.2	5.2	1.62

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
1950	21	PHI	NL	3.0	1	0	2	6.00	4.79	0.13	0.00	94.0	4.38	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	-0	.450	.500	$

1952	23	PHI	NL	92.2	24	9	37	3.59	4.01	0.13	0.00	98.0	3.80	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	1.0	12	.510	.502	$
1953	24	PHI	NL	124.0	42	12	61	4.43	4.70	0.27	0.00	98.5	4.37	0	0.0	.8	-0.1	1.0	14	.500	.500	$
1954	25	PHI	NL	80.2	35	6	42	4.69	4.55	0.18	0.00	100.8	4.40	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.1	0.4	7	.493	.499	$
1955	26	PHI	NL	11.0	3	1	9	7.36	4.95	0.30	0.00	100.8	4.69	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.403	.498	$
1955	26	CIN	NL	30.0	13	2	16	4.80	4.76	0.28	0.00	106.1	4.76	0	0.0	1.1	-0.0	0.3	3	.503	.500	$
1956	27	NYG	NL	92.1	41	5	42	4.09	4.35	0.19	0.00	100.1	4.17	3	0.3	1.1	-0.1	1.1	10	.507	.502	$
1957	28	NYG	NL	26.2	15	0	14	4.73	4.29	-0.07	0.00	101.4	4.42	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.2	2	.495	.500	$
1958	29	CLE	AL	8.2	6	0	7	7.27	4.22	-0.07	0.00	99.9	4.29	-3	-0.3	2.4	-0.2	-0.5	-2	.450	.498	$

1963	34	WSA	AL	89.2	20	10	53	5.32	4.29	-0.12	-0.02	102.8	4.51	-7	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.462	.495	$
1964	35	WSA	AL	112.0	49	3	46	3.70	4.17	0.11	-0.13	103.2	4.04	6	0.7	1.1	-0.2	1.3	14	.513	.504	$
1965	36	WSA	AL	109.2	63	0	61	5.01	4.00	-0.29	-0.16	101.9	4.21	-9	-1.1	1.5	-0.5	-0.7	-1	.483	.494	$
1966	37	PHI	NL	2.1	2	0	2	7.71	4.02	-0.03	-0.17	100.0	3.89	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.446	.499	$
12 Seasons				782.2	314	48	392	4.51	4.32	0.07	-0.04	100.9	4.25	-15	-1.6	1.1	-1.6	3.6	56	.495	.499	$

PHI (6 yrs)				313.2	107	28	153	4.39	4.46	0.20	-0.00	99.0	4.22	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.3	2.1	29	.496	.500	$
WSA (3 yrs)				311.1	132	13	160	4.63	4.14	-0.10	-0.11	102.6	4.24	-10	-1.1	1.3	-0.9	0.4	13	.491	.498	$
NYG (2 yrs)				119.0	56	5	56	4.24	4.34	0.13	0.00	100.4	4.23	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.3	12	.504	.501	$
CLE (1 yr)				8.2	6	0	7	7.27	4.22	-0.07	0.00	99.9	4.29	-3	-0.3	2.4	-0.2	-0.5	-2	.450	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				30.0	13	2	16	4.80	4.76	0.28	0.00	106.1	4.76	0	0.0	1.1	-0.0	0.3	3	.503	.500	$

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
1950	21	PHI	NL	1	12	11	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.273	.333	.545	.879	.250	6	0	0	0	0		0

1952	23	PHI	NL	24	333	340	37	74	10	4	11	5	4	37	43	.218	.296	.368	.664	.220	125	5	1	3	0		4
1953	24	PHI	NL	42	457	463	61	119	10	2	15	5	0	48	53	.257	.333	.384	.718	.263	178	16	5	8	0		5
1954	25	PHI	NL	35	317	309	42	72	12	3	7	2	1	44	45	.233	.326	.359	.685	.250	111	2	0	3	3		6
1955	26	TOT	NL	16	185	156	25	42	7	0	5	0	2	22	12	.269	.372	.410	.782	.264	64	6	4	2	1	1	5
1955	26	CIN	NL	13	134	117	16	35	4	0	4	0	2	14	6	.299	.376	.436	.812	.287	51	5	1	1	1	1	3
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	51	39	9	7	3	0	1	0	0	8	6	.179	.360	.333	.693	.188	13	1	3	1	0	0	2
1956	27	NYG	NL	41	330	334	42	80	13	1	7	4	4	65	53	.240	.369	.347	.717	.264	116	10	5	8	2	5	3
1957	28	NYG	NL	15	105	90	14	19	2	0	3	1	1	19	13	.211	.357	.333	.690	.213	30	5	2	0	1	1	1
1958	29	CLE	AL	6	41	35	7	9	1	0	1	0	0	5	6	.257	.341	.371	.713	.276	13	0	0	0	1	2	1

1963	34	WSA	AL	20	388	342	53	82	16	1	16	5	3	35	47	.240	.316	.433	.749	.233	148	4	5	2	4	0	7
1964	35	WSA	AL	49	458	407	46	96	21	2	10	4	4	31	60	.236	.298	.371	.669	.252	151	12	7	9	4	6	10
1965	36	WSA	AL	63	480	421	61	108	25	3	18	1	3	43	72	.257	.333	.458	.791	.269	193	8	7	5	4	4	7
1966	37	PHI	NL	2	13	11	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.455	.462	.455	.916	.417	5	0	0	0	1	0	1
12 Yrs				314	3119	2919	392	709	117	16	94	28	22	351	406	.243	.329	.391	.720	.252	1140	68	36	40	21	19	50
162 Game Avg.				59	586	548	74	133	22	3	18	5	4	66	76	.243	.329	.391	.720	.252	214	13	7	8	4		9
MLB Averages																.256	.325	.385	.709	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	21	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	12	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.02	-1.5	0	0	1

1952	23	PHI	NL	6.0	0.6	340	-0.2	5.4	-5.6	.94	0.4	-0.6	1.3	0.1	0.94	4.6	1	1	11
1953	24	PHI	NL	5.2	0.5	481	1.0	8.4	-7.4	.95	0.5	0.6	9.5	0.9	0.95	5.9	4	9	15
1954	25	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	333	-0.7	4.5	-5.2	.84	-0.2	-0.6	-1.2	-0.1	0.85	1.0	5	3	19
1955	26	TOT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	190	-0.6	2.7	-3.3	.94	-0.5	-0.2	-7.1	-0.7	0.94	-5.1	3	2	8
1955	26	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	52	0.0	0.9	-0.8	1.07	-0.1	0.2	-1.8	-0.2	1.07	-0.8	0	1	1
1955	26	CIN	NL	-0.4	-0.0	138	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	.89	-0.3	-0.4	-5.3	-0.5	0.89	-4.3	3	1	7
1956	27	NYG	NL	0.9	0.1	344	0.3	5.1	-4.8	.89	-0.4	0.7	-0.2	-0.0	0.89	-6.9	9	4	19
1957	28	NYG	NL	-1.3	-0.1	107	-0.5	1.7	-2.2	.98	-0.1	-0.4	2.0	0.2	0.98	-0.9	2	6	6
1958	29	CLE	AL	-0.4	-0.0	42	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	1.46	-0.1	-0.6	-6.4	-0.6	1.46	-2.0	4	1	1

1963	34	WSA	AL	-9.9	-1.0	400	-0.1	6.7	-6.8	.97	-0.3	0.2	-9.0	-0.9	0.97	-9.5	2	5	3
1964	35	WSA	AL	7.6	0.8	475	-0.4	7.7	-8.0	.99	0.6	-1.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.99	7.9	11	10	22
1965	36	WSA	AL	-8.9	-0.9	490	-1.4	7.8	-9.2	1.01	-1.5	0.2	-16.7	-1.8	1.01	-18.0	21	11	30
1966	37	PHI	NL	-0.8	-0.1	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.33	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.33	-1.9	0	1	1
12 Yrs				-3.6	-0.4	3230	-3.6	50.6	-54.2	.95	-1.8	-2.0	-30.3	-3.1	0.95	-26.3	62	53	136

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
1952	23	PHI	NL	24	9	2	2	5	0	1	6	3	.667	1	2	2	0	6	67%	57.2	72	46	9	4	2	7	4.2	2.8	7.0
1953	24	PHI	NL	42	12	2	5	5	0	1	4	8	.333	2	1	1	0	3	25%	45.6	69	28	26	9	6	3	3.5	4.4	5.1
1954	25	PHI	NL	35	6	0	4	2	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	1	17%	45.2	60	34	12	2	3	1	2.8	2.5	4.5
1955	26	TOT	NL	16	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	3	.000	1	0	0	0	2	67%	48.3	57	32	11	3	1	2	2.3	1.6	6.0
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	1	100%	56.0	56	56	4	2	1	0	2.0	2.6	6.7
1955	26	CIN	NL	13	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	44.5	57	32	7	1	0	2	2.5	0.9	5.7
1956	27	NYG	NL	41	5	3	1	1	0	0	3	2	.600	0	0	1	1	3	60%	54.4	75	36	25	9	2	3	4.3	5.5	5.6

1963	34	WSA	AL	20	10	3	4	3	0	0	5	5	.500	0	2	0	0	4	40%	42.6	68	13	13	5	5	0	3.9	3.3	5.7
1964	35	WSA	AL	49	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	56	41	18	4	0	2	2.6	1.8	5.0
7 Yrs				227	48	10	21	17	0	4	20	28	.417	4	6	4	1	19	40%	48	75	13	114	36	19	18	3.6	3.3	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	118	-14					4.3	4.3	6.4

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
1950	21	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.022	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0

1952	23	PHI	NL	24	15	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	4	40%	3	.945	1	1	11	2	0	11	8	5	9	4	7	0	5.9
1953	24	PHI	NL	42	30	13	7	1	0	0	0		2	1	13	3	23%	8	.948	4	9	15	3	4	21	10	18	19	4	18	8	6.2
1954	25	PHI	NL	35	29	15	4	1	2	0	2	0%	3	0	18	5	28%	8	.844	5	3	19	3	2	22	9	18	15	5	15	5	5.6
1955	26	TOT	NL	16	13	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	13	5	38%		.937	3	2	8	0	2	11	7	6	8	3	9	1	5.3
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	2	1.066	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	6.5
1955	26	CIN	NL	13	11	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	11	5	45%	6	.888	3	1	7	0	2	9	6	5	6	3	7	1	5.1
1956	27	NYG	NL	41	36	12	3	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	30	7	23%	8	.892	9	4	19	3	4	25	17	15	23	7	20	4	5.4
1957	28	NYG	NL	15	15	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	14	2	14%	5	.984	2	6	6	2	1	11	7	7	11	1	10	4	5.3
1958	29	CLE	AL	6	6	2	0	2	1	0	1	0%	2	0	7	6	86%	2	1.455	4	1	1	2	2	2	4	2	3	2	3	2	4.3

1963	34	WSA	AL	20	10	3	2	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	11	3	27%	2	.968	2	5	3	2	3	5	6	4	8	2	8	1	9.7
1964	35	WSA	AL	49	46	17	5	3	3	2	2	67%	6	3	50	21	42%	6	.992	11	10	22	10	3	33	26	20	27	7	28	8	6.3
1965	36	WSA	AL	63	63	25	6	4	16	8	8	50%	20	4	65	35	54%	6	1.011	21	11	30	24	6	33	32	31	37	14	39	17	5.2
1966	37	PHI	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	3	.327	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.5
12 Yrs				314	266	99	29	17	24	11	14	46%	36	9	233	92	39%		.951	62	53	136	51	27	177	127	128	162	49	159	50	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	21	PHI	NL	12	58%	8.3%	16.7%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	0.00	67%	2	0	0%

1952	23	PHI	NL	381	58%	3.3%	12.9%	11.1%	7.5%	34%	0.78	86%	58	5	9%
1953	24	PHI	NL	524	58%	3.3%	11.6%	10.5%	5.9%	23%	0.78	86%	108	16	15%
1954	25	PHI	NL	359	66%	2.2%	14.2%	13.9%	6.9%	31%	0.74	82%	53	2	4%
1955	26	TOT	NL	185	63%	2.7%	6.5%	11.9%	6.5%	29%	1.04	76%	46	6	13%
1955	26	PHI	NL	51	63%	2.0%	11.8%	15.7%	7.8%	57%	1.89	63%	8	1	13%
1955	26	CIN	NL	134	63%	3.0%	4.5%	10.5%	6.0%	23%	0.86	81%	38	5	13%
1956	27	NYG	NL	414	62%	2.1%	16.1%	19.7%	6.4%	26%	1.11	84%	82	10	12%
1957	28	NYG	NL	112	73%	2.9%	12.4%	18.1%	4.8%	26%	1.42	71%	28	5	18%
1958	29	CLE	AL	41	80%	2.4%	14.6%	12.2%	4.9%	22%	0.33	71%	13	0	0%

1963	34	WSA	AL	388	57%	4.1%	12.1%	9.0%	8.5%	40%	0.82	73%	64	4	6%
1964	35	WSA	AL	458	65%	2.2%	13.1%	6.8%	7.2%	34%	0.74	74%	90	12	13%
1965	36	WSA	AL	480	67%	3.8%	15.0%	9.0%	9.6%	43%	0.82	70%	103	8	8%
1966	37	PHI	NL	13	62%	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	0.50	92%	5	0	0%
12 Yrs				3367	63%	3.0%	13.0%	11.3%	7.3%	32%	0.83	78%	652	68	10%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	13.6%	9.2%	6.6%	28%	1.02	77%			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
1950	21	PHI	NL	12	3			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	23	PHI	NL	333	74			11	0	4	7	3	7	3	17	7	2	41%	4	0	0	112	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
1953	24	PHI	NL	457	119			15	0	8	8	6	8	6	19	9	2	47%	5	1	3	183	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	67
1954	25	PHI	NL	317	72			7	0	13	5	1	3	3	19	7	4	37%	6	2	2	112	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	42
1955	26	TOT	NL	185	42			5	0	9	3	2	4	1	10	6	0	60%	5	3	0	73	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1955	26	PHI	NL	51	7			1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0%	2	1	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1955	26	CIN	NL	134	35			4	0	8	3	1	4	0	9	6	0	67%	3	2	0	53	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1956	27	NYG	NL	330	80			7	0	17	3	3	4	2	27	9	4	33%	3	0	1	132	4	4	50%	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	84
1957	28	NYG	NL	105	19			3	0	5	3	0	1	2	9	3	1	33%	1	1	1	49	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7
1958	29	CLE	AL	41	9			1	1	6	0	1	0	1	8	4	1	50%	1	1	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1963	34	WSA	AL	388	82			16	0	11	3	13	9	7	19	12	2	63%	7	3	0	133	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1964	35	WSA	AL	458	96			10	1	27	5	5	4	6	37	16	6	43%	10	4	2	157	4	4	50%	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
1965	36	WSA	AL	480	108			18	1	22	11	7	11	7	39	23	3	59%	7	3	1	196	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1966	37	PHI	NL	13	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	1	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
12 Yrs				3119	709			94	3	122	49	41	52	38	207	98	25	47%	50	18	11	1177	28	22	56%	26	21	2	0	0	1	6	0	61	248
MLB Averages																		51%							60%

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+
1950	21	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1		2	0	0	0	11	75	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	75
1951	22	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1		2	0	0	0	11	75	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	75
1952	23	4	2	.667	3.10	25	9	5	2	0	0	95.2	77	39	33	12	38		45	1	0	0	392	119	1.202	7.2	1.1	3.6	4.2	1.18	119
1953	24	13	8	.619	3.48	67	21	18	3	0	0	219.2	196	100	85	27	86		98	6	0	1	918	115	1.284	8.0	1.1	3.5	4.0	1.14	115
1954	25	17	13	.567	3.66	102	27	33	3	0	0	300.1	268	142	122	34	130		143	6	1	3	1277	110	1.325	8.0	1.0	3.9	4.3	1.10	110
1955	26	17	17	.500	3.69	118	30	36	3	0	0	341.1	310	167	140	39	152	1	155	10	1	6	1462	109	1.354	8.2	1.0	4.0	4.1	1.02	109
1956	27	23	19	.548	3.71	159	35	48	4	1	0	433.2	390	209	179	46	217	6	208	15	1	6	1876	107	1.400	8.1	1.0	4.5	4.3	0.96	107
1957	28	23	21	.523	3.77	174	35	51	4	1	0	460.1	409	223	193	49	236	7	221	17	1	7	1988	105	1.401	8.0	1.0	4.6	4.3	0.94	105
1958	29	23	23	.500	3.74	180	35	53	4	1	0	469.0	418	230	195	50	241	9	227	17	1	8	2029	106	1.405	8.0	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.94	106
1959	30	23	23	.500	3.74	180	35	53	4	1	0	469.0	418	230	195	50	241	9	227	17	1	8	2029	106	1.405	8.0	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.94	106
1960	31	23	23	.500	3.74	180	35	53	4	1	0	469.0	418	230	195	50	241	9	227	17	1	8	2029	106	1.405	8.0	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.94	106
1961	32	23	23	.500	3.74	180	35	53	4	1	0	469.0	418	230	195	50	241	9	227	17	1	8	2029	106	1.405	8.0	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.94	106
1962	33	23	23	.500	3.74	180	35	53	4	1	0	469.0	418	230	195	50	241	9	227	17	1	8	2029	106	1.405	8.0	1.0	4.6	4.4	0.94	106
1963	34	28	29	.491	3.91	200	45	56	4	1	1	558.2	500	283	243	66	276	9	274	22	1	11	2417	101	1.389	8.1	1.1	4.4	4.4	0.99	101
1964	35	33	34	.493	3.74	249	48	73	4	1	3	670.2	596	329	279	76	307	15	334	29	1	15	2875	104	1.346	8.0	1.0	4.1	4.5	1.09	104
1965	36	39	38	.506	3.78	312	48	98	4	1	11	780.1	704	390	328	94	350	19	406	36	1	18	3355	102	1.351	8.1	1.1	4.0	4.7	1.16	102
1966	37	39	38	.506	3.79	314	48	99	4	1	11	782.2	709	392	330	94	351	19	406	36	1	18	3368	101	1.354	8.2	1.1	4.0	4.7	1.16	101

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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
1950	21	0	0		9.00	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	9.0	2.00	4.5	1

1952	23	6	4	.600	3.42	92.0	80	39	35	12	40	43	1	1.304	7.8	3.9	4.2	1.08	1.2	24
1953	24	7	6	.538	3.70	124.0	120	57	51	15	48	53	5	1.355	8.7	3.5	3.8	1.10	1.1	42
1954	25	4	5	.444	4.08	86.0	75	43	39	7	46	48	0	1.407	7.8	4.8	5.0	1.04	0.7	35
1955	26	2	2	.500	3.86	42.0	43	20	18	5	23	12	4	1.571	9.2	4.9	2.6	0.52	1.1	16
1956	27	5	5	.500	4.15	91.0	85	47	42	7	69	52	5	1.692	8.4	6.8	5.1	0.75	0.7	41
1957	28	1	1	.500	4.85	26.0	19	16	14	3	19	13	2	1.462	6.6	6.6	4.5	0.68	1.0	15
1958	29	1	0	1.000	2.00	9.0	10	2	2	1	6	6	0	1.778	10.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1.0	6

1963	34	3	6	.333	5.11	88.0	84	56	50	16	36	46	5	1.364	8.6	3.7	4.7	1.28	1.6	20
1964	35	7	4	.636	3.23	106.0	98	42	38	10	32	57	7	1.226	8.3	2.7	4.8	1.78	0.8	49
1965	36	5	6	.455	4.71	105.0	114	61	55	19	45	69	7	1.514	9.8	3.9	5.9	1.53	1.6	63
1966	37	0	0		9.00	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.000	22.5	4.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
12 Yrs		41	39	.513	4.05	773.0	736	387	348	96	366	401	36	1.426	8.6		4.7	1.10	1.1	314

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1965 AL 63 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1953 NL 5 (8th) 1956 NL 5 (10th) 1964 AL 7 (9th) 1965 AL 7 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1966 NL born 1929-04-29 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 AL 63 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL  5 (8th)
1956 NL  5 (10th)
1964 AL  7 (9th)
1965 AL  7 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL born 1929-04-29 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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