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Robin Roberts

Robin Evan Roberts

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

Born: September 30, 1926 in Springfield, IL
High School: Lamphier (Springfield, IL)
School: Michigan State University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1948
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Orioles/Astros/Cubs 1948-1966

Final Game: September 3, 1966
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1976 (337/388 ballots).
   View Robin Roberts Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: May 6, 2010 in Temple Terrace, FL
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:18AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #29. Jim Palmer… #30. Ed Walsh… #31. Tim Keefe… #32. ROBIN ROBERTS… #33. Tom Glavine… #34. Roy Halladay… #35. Rube Waddell… 

Standard Pitching

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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 21 PHI NL 7 9 .438 3.19 20 20 0 9 0 0 146.2 148 63 52 10 61 84 4 0 1 604 123 1.425 9.1 0.6 3.7 5.2 1.38
1949 22 PHI NL 15 15 .500 3.69 43 31 9 11 3 4 226.2 229 101 93 15 75 95 5 0 1 933 106 1.341 9.1 0.6 3.0 3.8 1.27
1950 23 PHI NL 20 11 .645 3.02 40 39 1 21 5 1 304.1 282 112 102 29 77 146 2 0 2 1228 133 1.180 8.3 0.9 2.3 4.3 1.90 AS,MVP-7
1951 24 PHI NL 21 15 .583 3.03 44 39 4 22 6 2 315.0 284 115 106 20 64 127 3 0 4 1274 127 1.105 8.1 0.6 1.8 3.6 1.98 AS,MVP-13
1952 25 PHI NL 28 7 .800 2.59 39 37 2 30 3 2 330.0 292 104 95 22 45 148 5 0 3 1310 141 1.021 8.0 0.6 1.2 4.0 3.29 AS,MVP-2
1953 26 PHI NL 23 16 .590 2.75 44 41 2 33 5 2 346.2 324 119 106 30 61 198 2 0 3 1412 153 1.111 8.4 0.8 1.6 5.1 3.25 AS,MVP-6
1954 27 PHI NL 23 15 .605 2.97 45 38 6 29 4 4 336.2 289 116 111 35 56 185 5 0 2 1331 136 1.025 7.7 0.9 1.5 4.9 3.30 AS,MVP-7
1955 28 PHI NL 23 14 .622 3.28 41 38 3 26 1 3 305.0 292 137 111 41 53 3 160 2 0 3 1256 121 1.131 8.6 1.2 1.6 4.7 3.02 AS,MVP-5
1956 29 PHI NL 19 18 .514 4.45 43 37 6 22 1 3 297.1 328 155 147 46 40 3 157 2 0 2 1228 84 1.238 9.9 1.4 1.2 4.8 3.93 AS,MVP-23
1957 30 PHI NL 10 22 .313 4.07 39 32 5 14 2 2 249.2 246 122 113 40 43 16 128 1 0 0 1033 93 1.158 8.9 1.4 1.6 4.6 2.98
1958 31 PHI NL 17 14 .548 3.24 35 34 0 21 1 0 269.2 270 112 97 30 51 5 130 2 0 2 1116 122 1.190 9.0 1.0 1.7 4.3 2.55
1959 32 PHI NL 15 17 .469 4.27 35 35 0 19 2 0 257.1 267 137 122 34 35 4 137 5 2 1 1075 96 1.174 9.3 1.2 1.2 4.8 3.91
1960 33 PHI NL 12 16 .429 4.02 35 33 2 13 2 1 237.1 256 113 106 31 34 7 122 2 0 0 982 97 1.222 9.7 1.2 1.3 4.6 3.59
1961 34 PHI NL 1 10 .091 5.85 26 18 3 2 0 0 117.0 154 85 76 19 23 6 54 2 0 1 512 70 1.513 11.8 1.5 1.8 4.2 2.35
1962 35 BAL AL 10 9 .526 2.78 27 25 1 6 0 0 191.1 176 63 59 17 41 7 102 4 0 2 774 133 1.134 8.3 0.8 1.9 4.8 2.49
1963 36 BAL AL 14 13 .519 3.33 35 35 0 9 2 0 251.1 230 100 93 35 40 8 124 3 0 0 1014 104 1.074 8.2 1.3 1.4 4.4 3.10
1964 37 BAL AL 13 7 .650 2.91 31 31 0 8 4 0 204.0 203 69 66 18 52 6 109 3 1 2 846 124 1.250 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.10
1965 38 TOT MLB 10 9 .526 2.78 30 25 2 8 3 0 190.2 171 73 59 18 30 4 97 1 0 2 762 124 1.054 8.1 0.8 1.4 4.6 3.23
1965 38 HOU NL 5 2 .714 1.89 10 10 0 3 2 0 76.0 61 22 16 1 10 1 34 0 0 1 293 177 0.934 7.2 0.1 1.2 4.0 3.40
1965 38 BAL AL 5 7 .417 3.38 20 15 2 5 1 0 114.2 110 51 43 17 20 3 63 1 0 1 469 104 1.134 8.6 1.3 1.6 4.9 3.15
1966 39 TOT NL 5 8 .385 4.82 24 21 3 2 1 1 112.0 141 66 60 15 21 0 54 1 0 2 484 73 1.446 11.3 1.2 1.7 4.3 2.57
1966 39 HOU NL 3 5 .375 3.82 13 12 1 1 1 1 63.2 79 31 27 7 10 0 26 1 0 0 274 89 1.398 11.2 1.0 1.4 3.7 2.60
1966 39 CHC NL 2 3 .400 6.14 11 9 2 1 0 0 48.1 62 35 33 8 11 0 28 0 0 2 210 60 1.510 11.5 1.5 2.0 5.2 2.55
19 Seasons 286 245 .539 3.41 676 609 49 305 45 25 4688.2 4582 1962 1774 505 902 69 2357 54 3 33 19174 113 1.170 8.8 1.0 1.7 4.5 2.61
162 Game Avg. 15 13 .539 3.41 36 32 3 16 2 1 248 242 104 94 27 48 125 3 0 2 1015 113 1.170 8.8 1.0 1.7 4.5 2.61
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
PHI (14 yrs) 234 199 .540 3.46 529 472 43 272 35 24 3739.1 3661 1591 1437 402 718 44 1871 42 2 25 15294 114 1.171 8.8 1.0 1.7 4.5 2.61
BAL (4 yrs) 42 36 .538 3.09 113 106 3 28 7 0 761.1 719 283 261 87 153 24 398 11 1 5 3103 115 1.145 8.5 1.0 1.8 4.7 2.60
HOU (2 yrs) 8 7 .533 2.77 23 22 1 4 3 1 139.2 140 53 43 8 20 1 60 1 0 1 567 122 1.146 9.0 0.5 1.3 3.9 3.00
CHC (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.14 11 9 2 1 0 0 48.1 62 35 33 8 11 0 28 0 0 2 210 60 1.510 11.5 1.5 2.0 5.2 2.55
NL (16 yrs) NL 244 209 .539 3.47 563 503 46 277 38 25 3927.1 3863 1679 1513 418 749 45 1959 43 2 28 16071 113 1.174 8.9 1.0 1.7 4.5 2.62
AL (4 yrs) AL 42 36 .538 3.09 113 106 3 28 7 0 761.1 719 283 261 87 153 24 398 11 1 5 3103 115 1.145 8.5 1.0 1.8 4.7 2.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1948 21 PHI NL 146.2 20 63 86 -3 1.0 23 2.7 $
1949 22 PHI NL 226.2 31 101 135 -1 1.0 34 3.4 $
1950 23 PHI NL 304.1 39 112 189 4 1.0 77 7.0 $ AS,MVP-7
1951 24 PHI NL 315.0 39 115 185 0 1.0 70 6.9 $ AS,MVP-13
1952 25 PHI NL 330.0 37 104 183 4 1.0 79 7.9 $ AS,MVP-2
1953 26 PHI NL 346.2 41 119 217 10 1.0 98 9.6 $ AS,MVP-6
1954 27 PHI NL 336.2 38 116 205 6 1.0 89 8.8 $ AS,MVP-7
1955 28 PHI NL 305.0 38 137 177 10 1.0 40 4.1 $ AS,MVP-5
1956 29 PHI NL 297.1 37 155 175 -6 1.0 20 2.1 $ AS,MVP-23
1957 30 PHI NL 249.2 32 122 151 -2 1.1 29 3.1 $
1958 31 PHI NL 269.2 34 112 171 -11 1.0 59 6.3 $
1959 32 PHI NL 257.1 35 137 167 -5 1.0 30 3.1 $
1960 33 PHI NL 237.1 33 113 149 -6 1.0 36 3.8 $
1961 34 PHI NL 117.0 18 85 76 -1 1.0 -9 -1.0 $
1962 35 BAL AL 191.1 25 63 102 4 1.1 39 4.4 $
1963 36 BAL AL 251.1 35 100 123 4 1.0 23 2.6 $
1964 37 BAL AL 204.0 31 69 99 11 1.1 30 3.4 $
1965 38 BAL AL 114.2 15 51 55 6 .9 4 0.4 $
1965 38 HOU NL 76.0 10 22 42 -3 .9 20 2.3 $
1966 39 HOU NL 63.2 12 31 36 -4 1.0 5 0.6 $
1966 39 CHC NL 48.1 9 35 30 -1 1.2 -5 -0.6 $
19 Seasons 4688.2 609 1962 2753 16 1.0 791 80.9 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
PHI (14 yrs) 3739.1 472 1591 2266 -1 1.0 675 67.8 $
BAL (4 yrs) 761.1 106 283 379 25 1.0 96 10.8 $
HOU (2 yrs) 139.2 22 53 78 -7 .9 25 2.9 $
CHC (1 yr) 48.1 9 35 30 -1 1.2 -5 -0.6 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1950 23 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 1.64 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 11 2 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 47 1.273 9.0 0.8 2.5 4.1 1.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 1.64 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 11 2 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 47 1.273 9.0 0.8 2.5 4.1 1.67

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 21 PHI NL 21 53 44 1 11 2 0 1 5 0 6 16 .250 .340 .364 .704 92 16 1 0 3 1
1949 22 PHI NL 43 79 67 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 7 18 .075 .162 .090 .252 -30 6 2 0 5 1
1950 23 PHI NL 40 117 102 1 12 0 0 0 7 0 8 39 .118 .182 .118 .299 -19 12 3 0 7 1 AS,MVP-7
1951 24 PHI NL 44 122 87 8 15 2 0 0 4 2 0 20 27 .172 .333 .195 .529 46 17 0 1 14 1 AS,MVP-13
1952 25 PHI NL 39 137 112 3 14 6 1 0 7 0 0 11 19 .125 .210 .196 .406 14 22 4 1 13 1 AS,MVP-2
1953 26 PHI NL 44 140 123 14 22 5 1 1 7 0 0 7 29 .179 .229 .260 .489 28 32 4 1 9 1 AS,MVP-6
1954 27 PHI NL 45 133 122 11 15 6 1 0 6 0 0 5 34 .123 .155 .189 .344 -11 23 2 0 4 2 1 AS,MVP-7
1955 28 PHI NL 51 130 107 12 27 9 4 2 13 0 0 18 18 .252 .360 .467 .827 120 50 2 0 5 0 0 1 AS,MVP-5
1956 29 PHI NL 43 112 100 8 20 2 1 1 8 0 0 6 13 .200 .248 .270 .518 41 27 3 1 3 2 0 1 AS,MVP-23
1957 30 PHI NL 39 89 80 5 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 4 16 .163 .200 .213 .413 13 17 2 0 4 1 0 1
1958 31 PHI NL 36 109 99 12 20 5 1 0 9 0 0 7 15 .202 .255 .273 .527 41 27 2 0 3 0 0 1
1959 32 PHI NL 35 97 89 6 17 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 23 .191 .242 .247 .489 30 22 4 1 2 0 0 1
1960 33 PHI NL 35 89 79 6 12 1 0 0 4 1 1 6 26 .152 .212 .165 .376 5 13 0 0 4 0 0 1
1961 34 PHI NL 26 36 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .091 .143 .091 .234 -35 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
1962 35 BAL AL 27 66 52 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .192 .271 .212 .483 36 11 1 1 7 1 0 1
1963 36 BAL AL 35 92 79 7 16 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 12 .203 .250 .215 .465 35 17 1 0 8 0 0 1
1964 37 BAL AL 31 77 68 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 .132 .192 .147 .339 -4 10 3 1 4 0 0 1
1965 38 TOT MLB 30 68 56 2 11 4 1 0 10 0 0 6 13 .196 .274 .304 .578 65 17 2 0 6 0 0 1
1965 38 BAL AL 20 40 35 1 6 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 9 .171 .216 .229 .445 26 8 2 0 3 0 0 11
1965 38 HOU NL 10 28 21 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .238 .360 .429 .789 129 9 0 0 3 0 0 11
1966 39 TOT NL 24 36 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .115 .233 .115 .349 3 3 0 0 6 0 0 1
1966 39 HOU NL 13 21 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .063 .167 .063 .229 -31 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1966 39 CHC NL 11 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .200 .533 52 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
19 Seasons 688 1782 1525 107 255 55 10 5 103 3 1 135 372 .167 .238 .226 .464 27 345 37 8 108 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 420 359 25 60 13 2 1 24 1 32 88 .167 .238 .226 .464 27 81 9 2 25
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (14 yrs) 541 1443 1244 90 206 48 9 5 83 3 1 111 304 .166 .236 .231 .467 26 287 30 6 77 5 0
BAL (4 yrs) 113 275 234 14 41 5 0 0 17 0 0 16 55 .175 .233 .197 .430 22 46 7 2 22 1 0
HOU (2 yrs) 23 49 37 2 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 6 9 .162 .279 .270 .549 60 10 0 0 6 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 11 15 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .200 .533 52 2 0 0 3 0 0
NL (16 yrs) 575 1507 1291 93 214 50 10 5 86 3 1 119 317 .166 .239 .232 .470 27 299 30 6 86 5 0
AL (4 yrs) 113 275 234 14 41 5 0 0 17 0 0 16 55 .175 .233 .197 .430 22 46 7 2 22 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1948 21 PHI NL 53 -1 -1 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1949 22 PHI NL 79 -12 0 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1950 23 PHI NL 117 -18 -1 0 0 0 9 4 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-7
1951 24 PHI NL 122 -6 0 0 0 0 7 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-13
1952 25 PHI NL 137 -13 -1 0 0 0 10 4 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-2
1953 26 PHI NL 140 -13 0 0 -1 0 10 5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $37,500 1 AS,MVP-6
1954 27 PHI NL 133 -20 0 0 1 0 10 4 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-7
1955 28 PHI NL 130 3 0 -1 0 0 10 4 16 1.7 16 1.6 0.1 $40,000 1 AS,MVP-5
1956 29 PHI NL 112 -8 1 0 0 0 8 4 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-23
1957 30 PHI NL 90 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $40,000 1
1958 31 PHI NL 109 -9 0 -1 0 0 9 4 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $37,500 1
1959 32 PHI NL 97 -8 0 -1 0 0 9 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1960 33 PHI NL 89 -10 -1 -1 1 0 7 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1961 34 PHI NL 36 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1962 35 BAL AL 67 -5 0 -1 0 0 6 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1963 36 BAL AL 92 -7 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1964 37 BAL AL 77 -9 0 -1 -1 0 7 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1965 38 BAL AL 40 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 11
1965 38 HOU NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ 11
1966 39 HOU NL 21 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $8,000 1
1966 39 CHC NL 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
19 Seasons 1784 -158 -3 -6 0 0 136 57 26 1.8 26 2.7 -0.9 $163,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
PHI (14 yrs) 1444 -131 -3 -4 1 0 109 48 20 1.5 20 2.0 -0.5 $155,000
BAL (4 yrs) 276 -24 0 -2 -1 0 23 7 3 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $
HOU (2 yrs) 49 -2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.2 3 0.4 -0.2 $8,000
CHC (1 yr) 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 23 PHI NL WS NYY L 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1948 PHI NL 21 P 20 146.2 21 2 17 2 1 .905 1.17 0.95 .963 2.11 2.08
1949 PHI NL 22 P 43 226.2 34 10 23 1 4 .971 1.31 0.77 .953 2.04 2.02
1950 PHI NL 23 P 40 304.1 74 22 50 2 6 .973 2.13 1.80 .961 2.12 2.10 AS,MVP-7
1951 PHI NL 24 P 44 315.0 63 24 37 2 3 .968 1.74 1.39 .962 2.14 2.14 AS,MVP-13
1952 PHI NL 25 P 39 330.0 71 26 44 1 1 .986 1.91 1.79 .953 2.18 2.16 AS,MVP-2
1953 PHI NL 26 P 44 346.2 70 16 51 3 7 .957 1.74 1.52 .956 2.06 2.02 AS,MVP-6
1954 PHI NL 27 P 45 336.2 54 15 38 1 3 .981 1.42 1.18 .960 2.07 2.06 AS,MVP-7
1955 PHI NL 28 P 41 305.0 47 19 26 2 1 .957 1.33 1.10 .950 2.04 2.02 AS,MVP-5
1956 PHI NL 29 P 43 297.1 64 12 50 2 4 .969 1.88 1.44 .966 2.05 2.03 AS,MVP-23
1957 PHI NL 30 P 39 249.2 64 26 38 0 1 1.000 2.31 1.64 .962 2.06 2.08
1958 PHI NL 31 P 35 269.2 51 17 34 0 0 1.000 1.70 1.46 .955 1.97 1.96
1959 PHI NL 32 P 35 257.1 61 22 38 1 2 .984 2.10 1.71 .954 1.99 1.97
1960 PHI NL 33 P 35 237.1 47 21 24 2 2 .957 1.71 1.29 .962 2.09 2.08
1961 PHI NL 34 P 26 117.0 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.81 .959 2.18 2.15
1962 BAL AL 35 P 27 191.1 47 24 21 2 4 .957 2.12 1.67 .958 2.08 2.07
1963 BAL AL 36 P 35 251.1 58 24 31 3 1 .948 1.97 1.57 .955 1.99 2.00
1964 BAL AL 37 P 31 204.0 36 9 26 1 2 .972 1.54 1.13 .957 1.90 1.89
1965 TOT MLB 38 P 30 190.2 39 14 21 4 1 .897 1.65 1.17 .953 2.06 2.05
1965 BAL AL 38 P 20 114.2 25 7 16 2 1 .920 1.81 1.15 .951 2.04 2.03
1965 HOU NL 38 P 10 76.0 14 7 5 2 0 .857 1.42 1.20 .956 2.08 2.08
1966 TOT NL 39 P 24 21 2 112.0 26 7 17 2 1 .923 1.93 1.00 .947 1.96 1.96 7 5 42% 0
1966 HOU NL 39 P 13 12 1 63.2 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.55 0.85 .947 1.96 1.96 5 3 38% 0
1966 CHC NL 39 P 11 9 1 48.1 14 5 8 1 1 .929 2.42 1.18 .947 1.96 1.96 2 2 50% 0
19 Seasons P 676 21 2 4688.2 948 316 601 31 45 .967 1.76 1.36 .957 2.06 2.05 7 5 42% 0
19 Seasons TOT 676 21 2 4688.2 948 316 601 31 45 .967 1.76 1.36 .957 2.06 2.05 7 5 42% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1973 BBWAA (56.1%)
1974 BBWAA (61.4%)
1975 BBWAA (72.7%)
1976 BBWAA (86.9%)
Selected to HOF in 1976 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1950 (P)
1951 (P)
1952
1953 (P)
1954 (P)
1955 (P)
1956

Awards (yr lg award)
1952 ML Major League Player of the Year
1952 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1955 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1962 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 NL (7, 20%)
1951 NL (13, 8%)
1952 NL (2, 63%)
1953 NL (6, 32%)
1954 NL (7, 21%)
1955 NL (5, 47%)
1956 NL (23, 2%)
1.93 Career Shares (97th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1950 NL  6.4 (3rd)
1951 NL  7.4 (4th)
1952 NL  7.8 (2nd)
1953 NL  9.7 (1st)
1954 NL  8.3 (2nd)
1955 NL  5.8 (9th)
1958 NL  6.5 (4th)
Career  82.7 (50th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1950 NL  7.0 (1st)
1951 NL  6.9 (2nd)
1952 NL  7.9 (1st)
1953 NL  9.6 (1st)
1954 NL  8.8 (1st)
1955 NL  4.1 (5th)
1958 NL  6.3 (2nd)
1960 NL  3.8 (10th)
1962 AL  4.4 (5th)
Career  80.9 (21st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1950 NL  3.02 (4th)
1951 NL  3.03 (4th)
1952 NL  2.59 (3rd)
1953 NL  2.75 (2nd)
1954 NL  2.97 (6th)
1955 NL  3.28 (5th)
1958 NL  3.24 (5th)
1962 AL  2.78 (2nd)
1964 AL  2.91 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  15 (8th)
1950 NL  20 (2nd)
1951 NL  21 (5th)
1952 NL  28 (1st)
1953 NL  23 (1st)
1954 NL  23 (1st)
1955 NL  23 (1st)
1956 NL  19 (4th)
1958 NL  17 (4th)
1959 NL  15 (9th)
Career  286 (28th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1950 NL  .645 (6th)
1951 NL  .583 (10th)
1952 NL  .800 (2nd)
1955 NL  .622 (3rd)
1964 AL  .650 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1950 NL  1.180 (2nd)
1951 NL  1.105 (2nd)
1952 NL  1.021 (2nd)
1953 NL  1.111 (2nd)
1954 NL  1.025 (1st)
1955 NL  1.131 (2nd)
1956 NL  1.238 (8th)
1957 NL  1.158 (2nd)
1958 NL  1.190 (3rd)
1959 NL  1.174 (7th)
1960 NL  1.222 (8th)
1962 AL  1.134 (3rd)
1963 AL  1.074 (4th)
Career  1.170 (87th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  8.340 (8th)
1951 NL  8.114 (9th)
1952 NL  7.964 (7th)
1953 NL  8.412 (8th)
1954 NL  7.726 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  2.277 (4th)
1951 NL  1.829 (3rd)
1952 NL  1.227 (1st)
1953 NL  1.584 (1st)
1954 NL  1.497 (1st)
1955 NL  1.564 (2nd)
1956 NL  1.211 (1st)
1957 NL  1.550 (2nd)
1958 NL  1.702 (2nd)
1959 NL  1.224 (3rd)
1960 NL  1.289 (2nd)
1962 AL  1.929 (4th)
1963 AL  1.432 (5th)
1964 AL  2.294 (9th)
Career  1.731 (45th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  5.140 (8th)
1954 NL  4.946 (6th)
1955 NL  4.721 (9th)
1956 NL  4.752 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL  43 (10th)
1951 NL  44 (10th)
Career  676 (114th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 NL  4 (9th)
1954 NL  4 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 NL  226.7 (9th)
1950 NL  304.3 (2nd)
1951 NL  315.0 (1st)
1952 NL  330.0 (1st)
1953 NL  346.7 (1st)
1954 NL  336.7 (1st)
1955 NL  305.0 (1st)
1956 NL  297.3 (2nd)
1957 NL  249.7 (5th)
1958 NL  269.7 (4th)
1959 NL  257.3 (7th)
1963 AL  251.3 (5th)
Career  4,688.7 (21st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 NL  146 (4th)
1951 NL  127 (6th)
1952 NL  148 (3rd)
1953 NL  198 (1st)
1954 NL  185 (1st)
1955 NL  160 (2nd)
1956 NL  157 (4th)
1957 NL  128 (8th)
1958 NL  130 (8th)
Career  2,357 (42nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1949 NL  31 (8th)
1950 NL  39 (1st)
1951 NL  39 (1st)
1952 NL  37 (1st)
1953 NL  41 (1st)
1954 NL  38 (1st)
1955 NL  38 (1st)
1956 NL  37 (3rd)
1957 NL  32 (7th)
1958 NL  34 (5th)
1959 NL  35 (7th)
1960 NL  33 (9th)
1963 AL  35 (6th)
Career  609 (20th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 NL  21 (4th)
1951 NL  22 (2nd)
1952 NL  30 (1st)
1953 NL  33 (1st)
1954 NL  29 (1st)
1955 NL  26 (1st)
1956 NL  22 (1st)
1957 NL  14 (5th)
1958 NL  21 (2nd)
1959 NL  19 (4th)
1960 NL  13 (9th)
Career  305 (38th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 NL  3 (8th)
1950 NL  5 (1st)
1951 NL  6 (2nd)
1952 NL  3 (10th)
1953 NL  5 (2nd)
1954 NL  4 (2nd)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1964 AL  4 (6th)
Career  45 (29th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  29 (5th)
1952 NL  22 (3rd)
1953 NL  30 (3rd)
1954 NL  35 (1st)
1955 NL  41 (1st)
1956 NL  46 (1st)
1957 NL  40 (1st)
1958 NL  30 (3rd)
1959 NL  34 (2nd)
1960 NL  31 (1st)
1963 AL  35 (2nd)
Career  505 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  902 (154th)

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  229 (8th)
1950 NL  282 (3rd)
1951 NL  284 (2nd)
1952 NL  292 (1st)
1953 NL  324 (1st)
1954 NL  289 (1st)
1955 NL  292 (1st)
1956 NL  328 (1st)
1957 NL  246 (3rd)
1958 NL  270 (3rd)
1959 NL  267 (4th)
1960 NL  256 (6th)
1963 AL  230 (7th)
Career  4,582 (18th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1950 NL  1.896 (3rd)
1951 NL  1.984 (3rd)
1952 NL  3.289 (1st)
1953 NL  3.246 (1st)
1954 NL  3.304 (1st)
1955 NL  3.019 (2nd)
1956 NL  3.925 (1st)
1957 NL  2.977 (2nd)
1958 NL  2.549 (2nd)
1959 NL  3.914 (1st)
1960 NL  3.588 (2nd)
1962 AL  2.488 (4th)
1963 AL  3.100 (4th)
Career  2.613 (70th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  0.571 (4th)
1962 AL  0.800 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 NL  15 (7th)
1951 NL  15 (6th)
1953 NL  16 (4th)
1954 NL  15 (3rd)
1955 NL  14 (6th)
1956 NL  18 (1st)
1957 NL  22 (1st)
1958 NL  14 (3rd)
1959 NL  17 (3rd)
1960 NL  16 (3rd)
Career  245 (12th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  106 (2nd)
1952 NL  95 (7th)
1953 NL  106 (2nd)
1954 NL  111 (2nd)
1955 NL  111 (1st)
1956 NL  147 (1st)
1957 NL  113 (1st)
1958 NL  97 (7th)
1959 NL  122 (2nd)
1960 NL  106 (4th)
1963 AL  93 (7th)
Career  1,774 (14th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 NL  4 (7th)
1949 NL  5 (10th)
1954 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1950 NL  1,228 (2nd)
1951 NL  1,274 (2nd)
1952 NL  1,310 (1st)
1953 NL  1,412 (1st)
1954 NL  1,331 (1st)
1955 NL  1,256 (1st)
1956 NL  1,228 (2nd)
1957 NL  1,033 (5th)
1958 NL  1,116 (4th)
1959 NL  1,075 (8th)
1963 AL  1,014 (9th)
Career  19,174 (23rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1950 NL  133 (5th)
1951 NL  127 (6th)
1952 NL  141 (4th)
1953 NL  153 (2nd)
1954 NL  136 (4th)
1955 NL  121 (5th)
1958 NL  122 (4th)
1962 AL  133 (2nd)
1964 AL  124 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  37 (1st)
1951 NL  32 (2nd)
1952 NL  41 (1st)
1953 NL  58 (1st)
1954 NL  44 (2nd)
1955 NL  19 (6th)
1958 NL  20 (4th)
1962 AL  23 (6th)
Career  262 (44th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1950 NL  3.8 (1st)
1951 NL  3.3 (2nd)
1952 NL  4.6 (1st)
1953 NL  6.0 (2nd)
1954 NL  4.7 (2nd)
1955 NL  1.9 (6th)
1958 NL  2.1 (4th)
1962 AL  2.4 (6th)
Career  28.1 (41st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 NL  53.24 (1st)
1951 NL  34.21 (4th)
1952 NL  36.51 (1st)
1953 NL  58.57 (1st)
1954 NL  51.16 (2nd)
1955 NL  19.59 (8th)
1962 AL  28.21 (5th)
Career  276.19 (32nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  5.8 (1st)
1951 NL  4.5 (2nd)
1952 NL  4.5 (1st)
1953 NL  3.4 (4th)
1954 NL  6.1 (2nd)
1955 NL  3.0 (2nd)
1958 NL  2.5 (5th)
Career  30.8 (26th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 NL  4.3 (1st)
1951 NL  3.6 (2nd)
1952 NL  4.0 (1st)
1953 NL  4.2 (2nd)
1954 NL  5.5 (1st)
1955 NL  2.0 (4th)
1958 NL  1.6 (7th)
1962 AL  2.7 (4th)
Career  24.6 (37th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 NL  5.7 (1st)
1951 NL  3.6 (4th)
1952 NL  4.1 (1st)
1953 NL  6.1 (1st)
1954 NL  5.4 (2nd)
1955 NL  2.0 (7th)
1962 AL  3.1 (4th)
Career  30.4 (28th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  14 (4th)
1952 NL  13 (3rd)
1953 NL  9 (8th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1950 NL  22 (4th)
1951 NL  24 (2nd)
1952 NL  26 (3rd)
1953 NL  16 (3rd)
1954 NL  15 (5th)
1955 NL  19 (4th)
1957 NL  26 (2nd)
1958 NL  17 (4th)
1959 NL  22 (3rd)
1962 AL  24 (3rd)
1963 AL  24 (5th)
Career  316 (17th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1953 NL  51 (4th)
1956 NL  50 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1950 NL  1.80 (4th)
1958 NL  1.46 (5th)
1959 NL  1.71 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1961 NL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1964 AL  born 1926-09-30 (7th)
1965 NL  born 1926-09-30 (4th)
1965 AL  born 1926-09-30 (4th)
1966 NL  born 1926-09-30 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 64 (16), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 252 (18), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 128 (60), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 47 (44), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Kaat (917)
  2. Fergie Jenkins (915) *
  3. Tommy John (898)
  4. Bert Blyleven (876) *
  5. Eppa Rixey (875) *
  6. Early Wynn (869) *
  7. Burleigh Grimes (853) *
  8. Ted Lyons (851) *
  9. Red Ruffing (850) *
  10. Jack Quinn (843)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jean Dubuc (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tony Kaufmann (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dizzy Dean (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Powell (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dizzy Dean (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dizzy Dean (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dizzy Dean (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Mullane (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Catfish Hunter (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack Powell (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Catfish Hunter (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Catfish Hunter (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Catfish Hunter (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jack Powell (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jack Powell (891)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jim Kaat (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Jim Kaat (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Jim Kaat (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Jim Kaat (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Mel Harder (967)
  2. Greg Maddux (967)
  3. Phil Niekro (966) *
  4. Rick Reuschel (964)
  5. Jim Bunning (960) *
  6. Eppa Rixey (958) *
  7. Jack Quinn (958)
  8. Chick Fraser (957)
  9. Gus Weyhing (957)
  10. Tom Seaver (956) *
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ken Holtzman (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Dierker (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Feller (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mel Harder (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Feller (988) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mel Harder (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Meadows (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mel Harder (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mel Harder (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mel Harder (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mel Harder (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mel Harder (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Greg Maddux (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Greg Maddux (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195326Philadelphia Phillies$37,5001/28/53 TSN
195528Philadelphia Phillies$40,0002/2/55 TSN
195730Philadelphia Phillies$40,0001/22/58 TSN
195831Philadelphia Phillies$37,5002/5/58 TSN
196639Houston Astros$8,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$163,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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