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Preacher Roe

Elwin Charles Roe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 26, 1916 in Ash Flat, AR
High School: Viola HS (Viola, AR)
School: Harding University (Searcy, AR)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1938 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Cardinals 1938-1954

Final Game: September 4, 1954 (Age 38)
Died: November 9, 2008 in West Plains, MO
Buried: Howell County Memorial Park Cemetery, Pomona, MO
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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
1938 22 STL NL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
1944 28 PIT NL 13 11 .542 3.11 39 25 8 7 1 1 185.1 182 82 64 7 59 88 2 0 1 793 120 1.300 8.8 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.49
1945 29 PIT NL 14 13 .519 2.87 33 31 1 15 3 1 235.0 228 77 75 11 46 148 1 0 2 936 138 1.166 8.7 0.4 1.8 5.7 3.22
1946 30 PIT NL 3 8 .273 5.14 21 10 8 1 0 2 70.0 83 50 40 5 25 28 2 0 0 315 69 1.543 10.7 0.6 3.2 3.6 1.12
1947 31 PIT NL 4 15 .211 5.25 38 22 8 4 1 2 144.0 156 93 84 19 63 59 0 1 1 635 81 1.521 9.8 1.2 3.9 3.7 0.94
1948 32 BRO NL 12 8 .600 2.63 34 22 7 8 2 2 177.2 156 60 52 14 33 86 2 0 5 713 152 1.064 7.9 0.7 1.7 4.4 2.61
1949 33 BRO NL 15 6 .714 2.79 30 27 2 13 3 1 212.2 201 69 66 25 44 109 2 0 0 851 148 1.152 8.5 1.1 1.9 4.6 2.48 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 19 11 .633 3.30 36 32 4 16 2 1 250.2 245 96 92 34 66 125 4 0 2 1027 124 1.241 8.8 1.2 2.4 4.5 1.89 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 22 3 .880 3.04 34 33 1 19 2 0 257.2 247 91 87 30 64 113 0 0 2 1031 129 1.207 8.6 1.0 2.2 3.9 1.77 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 11 2 .846 3.12 27 25 2 8 2 0 158.2 163 59 55 16 39 83 3 0 1 651 118 1.273 9.2 0.9 2.2 4.7 2.13 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 11 3 .786 4.36 25 24 0 9 1 0 157.0 171 78 76 27 40 85 1 0 1 661 99 1.344 9.8 1.5 2.3 4.9 2.13
1954 38 BRO NL 3 4 .429 5.00 15 10 1 1 0 0 63.0 69 40 35 11 23 31 0 0 0 275 83 1.460 9.9 1.6 3.3 4.4 1.35
12 Yrs 127 84 .602 3.43 333 261 42 101 17 10 1914.1 1907 799 730 199 504 956 17 1 15 7904 116 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.5 1.90
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .602 3.43 38 30 5 12 2 1 219 218 91 84 23 58 109 2 0 2 905 116 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.5 1.90
BRO (7 yrs) 93 37 .715 3.26 201 173 17 74 12 4 1277.1 1252 493 463 157 309 632 12 0 11 5209 124 1.222 8.8 1.1 2.2 4.5 2.05
PIT (4 yrs) 34 47 .420 3.73 131 88 25 27 5 6 634.1 649 302 263 42 193 323 5 1 4 2679 105 1.327 9.2 0.6 2.7 4.6 1.67
STL (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1938 22 STL NL 2.2 1 0 4 13.50 4.91 -0.17 0.00 108.0 5.48 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .299 .499
1944 28 PIT NL 185.1 39 25 82 3.98 4.36 -0.18 0.00 102.4 4.65 14 1.6 1.0 -0.1 3.1 29 .540 .510
1945 29 PIT NL 235.0 33 31 77 2.95 4.58 -0.08 0.00 102.9 4.80 47 5.4 .8 -0.2 7.3 69 .664 .533
1946 30 PIT NL 70.0 21 10 50 6.43 4.21 -0.25 0.00 105.9 4.72 -13 -1.4 1.7 -0.2 -0.9 -7 .432 .491
1947 31 PIT NL 144.0 38 22 93 5.81 4.77 -0.17 0.00 103.6 5.11 -12 -1.2 1.3 -0.1 0.3 5 .469 .493
1948 32 BRO NL 177.2 34 22 60 3.04 4.50 0.12 0.00 100.8 4.42 27 3.0 1.5 0.0 4.9 47 .587 .518
1949 33 BRO NL 212.2 30 27 69 2.92 4.51 0.26 0.00 102.7 4.37 34 3.8 1.5 -0.1 5.9 58 .626 .523 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 250.2 36 32 96 3.45 4.57 0.18 0.00 99.5 4.36 27 2.8 3.6 0.0 5.4 53 .578 .517 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 257.2 34 33 91 3.18 4.39 0.26 0.00 97.9 4.04 25 2.8 2.3 -0.1 5.2 51 .581 .517 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 158.2 27 25 59 3.35 4.15 0.11 0.00 97.6 3.94 10 1.2 2.2 -0.1 2.7 26 .543 .507 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 157.0 25 24 78 4.47 4.69 0.34 0.00 100.9 4.39 0 0.0 .1 -0.1 1.5 16 .500 .500
1954 38 BRO NL 63.0 15 10 40 5.71 4.62 0.16 0.00 101.5 4.52 -8 -0.8 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .447 .495
12 Seasons 1914.1 333 261 799 3.76 4.49 0.09 0.00 101.0 4.45 148 16.8 1.4 -0.9 35.1 343 .551 .509
BRO (7 yrs) 1277.1 201 173 493 3.47 4.48 0.21 0.00 99.9 4.27 114 12.7 1.7 -0.3 25.6 249 .563 .511
PIT (4 yrs) 634.1 131 88 302 4.28 4.52 -0.15 0.00 103.2 4.82 36 4.4 1.3 -0.6 9.7 96 .533 .507
STL (1 yr) 2.2 1 0 4 13.50 4.91 -0.17 0.00 108.0 5.48 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .299 .499

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
1949 33 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1952 36 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.18 3 1 1 1 0 0 11.1 9 4 4 2 6 1 7 1 0 0 50 1.324 7.1 1.6 4.8 5.6 1.17
1953 37 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 5 4 4 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 33 1.125 5.6 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
3 Yrs (3 Series) 2 1 .667 2.54 5 3 1 3 1 0 28.1 20 8 8 4 10 1 14 2 0 0 117 1.059 6.4 1.3 3.2 4.4 1.40
3 WS 2 1 .667 2.54 5 3 1 3 1 0 28.1 20 8 8 4 10 1 14 2 0 0 117 1.059 6.4 1.3 3.2 4.4 1.40

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
1945 PIT NL 29
1949 BRO NL 33 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 BRO NL 34
1951 BRO NL 35
1952 BRO NL 36

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
1945 29 PIT NL 33 453 913 77 228 31 3 11 4 2 46 148 .250 .286 .326 .613 .288 298 7 1 8 0 5
1946 30 PIT NL 21 72 281 50 83 4 2 5 2 3 25 28 .295 .357 .377 .734 .315 106 1 2 7 0 3
1947 31 PIT NL 38 398 570 93 156 17 6 19 3 6 63 59 .274 .346 .425 .771 .278 242 6 0 6 0 8
1948 32 BRO NL 34 714 670 60 156 25 3 14 3 6 33 86 .233 .271 .342 .613 .249 229 11 2 8 0 17
1949 33 BRO NL 30 854 799 69 201 32 2 25 2 4 44 109 .252 .292 .390 .683 .265 312 16 2 9 0 4
1950 34 BRO NL 36 1027 954 96 245 44 4 34 2 4 66 125 .257 .308 .418 .726 .265 399 33 4 3 0 10
1951 35 BRO NL 34 1035 962 91 247 47 2 30 2 9 64 113 .257 .303 .403 .706 .265 388 34 0 9 0 11
1952 36 BRO NL 27 651 604 59 163 27 6 16 4 4 39 83 .270 .317 .414 .731 .291 250 20 3 5 0 3
1953 37 BRO NL 25 661 615 78 171 19 1 27 3 2 40 85 .278 .323 .444 .767 .286 273 18 1 5 0 6
1954 38 BRO NL 15 275 246 40 69 9 2 11 0 1 23 31 .280 .341 .467 .808 .283 115 8 0 4 1 4
10 Yrs 293 6140 6614 713 1719 255 31 192 25 41 443 867 .260 .308 .395 .703 .275 2612 154 15 64 1 71
162 Game Avg. 38 789 850 92 221 33 4 25 3 5 57 111 .260 .308 .395 .703 .275 336 20 2 8 0 9
MLB Averages .262 .334 .351 .686 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1945 29 PIT NL 31.9 3.4 469 2.1 9.3 -7.2 1.07 1.6 0.3 26.4 2.7 1.06 20.2 0 0 1
1946 30 PIT NL -13.4 -1.4 77 -0.5 1.4 -1.8 1.15 -0.4 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 1.15 -3.9 4 0 1
1947 31 PIT NL -14.3 -1.4 411 -1.5 6.5 -8.0 .92 -0.6 -1.0 -9.2 -0.9 0.92 -6.6 4 1 6
1948 32 BRO NL 26.4 2.8 729 4.2 14.4 -10.3 1.02 2.8 1.3 31.8 3.3 1.02 30.1 4 4 3
1949 33 BRO NL 33.4 3.5 868 3.1 16.3 -13.2 .98 3.1 0.0 39.0 4.1 0.98 35.0 2 1 0
1950 34 BRO NL 26.4 2.7 1037 3.6 21.0 -17.4 1.06 1.5 1.9 39.2 4.1 1.06 23.3 4 0 0
1951 35 BRO NL 28.9 3.0 1057 3.5 21.8 -18.2 1.09 2.2 1.1 35.2 3.8 1.09 23.8 1 0 0
1952 36 BRO NL 11.2 1.2 658 1.6 12.5 -10.9 1.02 0.2 1.3 12.8 1.4 1.02 5.9 1 1 0
1953 37 BRO NL 2.5 0.2 666 1.3 11.8 -10.5 .92 -0.0 1.4 9.2 0.9 0.92 1.5 0 0 1
1954 38 BRO NL -6.2 -0.6 277 -0.8 4.7 -5.5 1.02 -0.5 -0.3 -8.7 -0.8 1.02 -4.8 0 3 1
12 Yrs 134.5 14.3 6249 16.7 119.7 -103.1 1.02 9.9 6.4 172.4 18.3 1.02 124.5 20 10 13

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
1944 28 PIT NL 39 25 8 10 7 2 4 14 10 .583 0 0 7 1 14 56% 50.2 87 24 10 9 4.1 6.0
1945 29 PIT NL 33 31 14 13 4 2 8 17 14 .548 0 1 15 3 22 71% 58.2 89 7 4 2 13 10 4.1 3.8 7.5
1946 30 PIT NL 21 10 1 7 2 0 2 1 9 .100 0 1 1 0 3 30% 41.8 59 20 0 0 2 5 3.4 3.6 5.2
1947 31 PIT NL 38 22 3 15 4 0 4 4 18 .182 0 3 4 1 8 36% 41.9 80 22 6 2 12 9 3.1 3.5 5.6
1948 32 BRO NL 34 22 10 8 4 1 3 11 11 .500 1 3 8 2 15 68% 57.0 85 30 14 3 10 7 4.7 4.1 6.6
1949 33 BRO NL 30 27 15 5 7 2 3 17 9 .654 0 1 13 3 20 74% 58.7 88 31 9 0 5 16 5.0 5.2 7.6
1950 34 BRO NL 36 32 17 11 4 2 4 18 14 .563 1 3 16 2 22 69% 55.2 81 23 15 7 17 9 4.9 4.9 7.5
1951 35 BRO NL 34 33 21 3 9 3 1 25 7 .781 1 10 19 2 23 70% 57.1 80 29 10 0 13 9 4.9 4.4 7.7
1952 36 BRO NL 27 25 10 2 13 2 0 20 5 .800 0 5 8 2 13 52% 53.1 82 27 18 5 2 11 5.5 5.1 6.1
1953 37 BRO NL 25 24 11 3 10 3 2 16 8 .667 2 4 9 1 10 42% 49.5 79 15 11 5 3 15 6.5 6.7 6.5
1954 38 BRO NL 15 10 3 4 3 0 0 6 4 .600 2 1 1 0 4 40% 45.2 61 29 16 6 1 9 4.5 5.1 5.5
11 Yrs 332 261 113 81 67 17 31 149 109 .578 7 32 101 17 154 59% 53 89 7 103 30 88 109 4.7 4.8 6.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -20 4.5 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
1938 22 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.0
1944 28 PIT NL 39 14 8 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 1 7.4
1945 29 PIT NL 33 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1.070 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5.5
1946 30 PIT NL 21 11 8 2 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 7 1 14% 1.153 4 0 1 1 3 2 3 3 5 4 2 2 5.0
1947 31 PIT NL 38 16 8 1 0 1 2 0 200% 2 1 15 3 20% .917 4 1 6 3 0 9 7 5 6 5 4 5 4.1
1948 32 BRO NL 34 12 7 2 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 19 4 21% 8 1.020 4 4 3 3 2 7 9 3 9 1 10 0 8.0
1949 33 BRO NL 30 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 .983 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.3
1950 34 BRO NL 36 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 5 63% 8 1.057 4 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 7.0
1951 35 BRO NL 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.089 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1952 36 BRO NL 27 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.025 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
1953 37 BRO NL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .918 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1954 38 BRO NL 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 5 1.018 0 3 1 1 0 4 4 1 3 2 3 0 4.8
12 Yrs 333 72 42 14 3 8 10 1 125% 9 1 60 19 32% 1.021 20 10 13 11 10 26 27 20 43 16 30 8 6.1

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%
1938 22 STL NL 16 0.0% 6.3% 12.5% 81%
1944 28 PIT NL 793 0.9% 11.1% 7.4% 1.6% 7% 79%
1945 29 PIT NL 967 30% 2.4% 32.7% 10.2% 9.9% 20% 0.78 166% 89 7 8%
1946 30 PIT NL 314 19% 6.9% 38.9% 34.7% 15.3% 13% 1.05 344% 18 1 6%
1947 31 PIT NL 638 26% 4.8% 14.8% 15.8% 10.6% 27% 0.67 124% 67 6 9%
1948 32 BRO NL 714 30% 2.0% 12.0% 4.6% 5.9% 27% 0.69 80% 121 11 9%
1949 33 BRO NL 854 29% 2.9% 12.8% 5.2% 6.9% 29% 0.82 78% 138 16 12%
1950 34 BRO NL 1027 25% 3.3% 12.2% 6.4% 8.0% 34% 0.95 77% 184 33 18%
1951 35 BRO NL 1035 26% 2.9% 10.9% 6.2% 7.6% 32% 1.02 79% 184 34 18%
1952 36 BRO NL 651 32% 2.5% 12.8% 6.0% 7.5% 30% 0.96 78% 138 20 14%
1953 37 BRO NL 661 29% 4.1% 12.9% 6.1% 7.1% 28% 0.92 76% 126 18 14%
1954 38 BRO NL 275 32% 4.0% 11.3% 8.4% 8.0% 32% 1.01 75% 46 8 17%
12 Yrs 7945 28% 2.9% 13.8% 7.3% 7.1% 26% 0.88 89% 1111 154 14%
MLB Averages 50% 1.9% 11.4% 11.1% 5.2% 19% 0.95 93% 10%

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
1938 22 STL NL 6 0 0
1944 28 PIT NL 182 7 1
1945 29 PIT NL 453 228 11 0 9 1 4 2 3 16 4 6 25% 5 2 0 176 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 514
1946 30 PIT NL 72 83 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 3 0 0 34 2 3 40% 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 242
1947 31 PIT NL 398 156 19 0 12 11 2 11 2 23 8 6 35% 8 1 0 144 3 6 33% 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 240
1948 32 BRO NL 714 156 14 0 12 7 7 8 6 27 12 4 44% 17 5 1 261 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1949 33 BRO NL 854 201 25 0 3 16 9 20 5 19 8 2 42% 4 0 1 295 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1950 34 BRO NL 1027 245 34 2 16 26 8 21 13 36 17 5 47% 10 2 1 345 2 4 33% 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1951 35 BRO NL 1035 247 30 0 11 25 5 16 14 35 23 3 66% 11 2 1 364 2 9 18% 1 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1952 36 BRO NL 651 163 16 0 4 13 3 10 6 24 10 3 42% 3 1 0 236 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1953 37 BRO NL 661 171 27 0 2 20 7 14 13 23 14 1 61% 6 1 0 239 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1954 38 BRO NL 275 69 11 1 7 6 5 5 6 13 8 0 62% 4 0 0 92 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
12 Yrs 6140 1907 199 3 77 125 50 107 68 220 106 30 48% 71 15 4 2186 25 41 38% 20 35 4 3 1 3 13 1 24 996
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1938 22 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 33
1939 23 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 33
1940 24 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 33
1941 25 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 33
1942 26 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 33
1943 27 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 33 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 33
1944 28 13 11 .542 3.26 40 25 8 7 1 1 188.0 188 86 68 7 61 89 2 0 1 809 115 1.324 9.0 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.46 115
1945 29 27 24 .529 3.04 73 56 9 22 4 2 423.0 416 163 143 18 107 237 3 0 3 1745 127 1.236 8.9 0.4 2.3 5.0 2.22 127
1946 30 30 32 .484 3.34 94 66 17 23 4 4 493.0 499 213 183 23 132 265 5 0 3 2060 114 1.280 9.1 0.4 2.4 4.8 2.01 114
1947 31 34 47 .420 3.77 132 88 25 27 5 6 637.0 655 306 267 42 195 324 5 1 4 2695 104 1.334 9.3 0.6 2.8 4.6 1.66 104
1948 32 46 55 .455 3.52 166 110 32 35 7 8 814.2 811 366 319 56 228 410 7 1 9 3408 112 1.275 9.0 0.6 2.5 4.5 1.80 112
1949 33 61 61 .500 3.37 196 137 34 48 10 9 1027.1 1012 435 385 81 272 519 9 1 9 4259 118 1.250 8.9 0.7 2.4 4.5 1.91 118
1950 34 80 72 .526 3.36 232 169 38 64 12 10 1278.0 1257 531 477 115 338 644 13 1 11 5286 119 1.248 8.9 0.8 2.4 4.5 1.91 119
1951 35 102 75 .576 3.31 266 202 39 83 14 10 1535.2 1504 622 564 145 402 757 13 1 13 6317 121 1.241 8.8 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.88 121
1952 36 113 77 .595 3.29 293 227 41 91 16 10 1694.1 1667 681 619 161 441 840 16 1 14 6968 120 1.244 8.9 0.9 2.3 4.5 1.90 120
1953 37 124 80 .608 3.38 318 251 41 100 17 10 1851.1 1838 759 695 188 481 925 17 1 15 7629 118 1.253 8.9 0.9 2.3 4.5 1.92 118
1954 38 127 84 .602 3.43 333 261 42 101 17 10 1914.1 1907 799 730 199 504 956 17 1 15 7904 116 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.5 1.90 116

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
1938 22 0 0 15.00 3.0 7 6 5 0 2 1 0 3.000 21.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 1
1944 28 13 8 .619 3.16 191.0 189 74 67 7 61 91 2 1.309 8.9 2.9 4.3 1.49 0.3 39
1945 29 17 8 .680 2.86 233.0 232 82 74 11 47 147 1 1.197 9.0 1.8 5.7 3.13 0.4 33
1946 30 2 5 .286 5.91 70.0 91 51 46 5 27 28 2 1.686 11.7 3.5 3.6 1.04 0.6 21
1947 31 6 10 .375 4.93 148.0 157 90 81 19 63 61 0 1.486 9.5 3.8 3.7 0.97 1.2 38
1948 32 14 6 .700 2.67 182.0 162 60 54 15 34 88 2 1.077 8.0 1.7 4.4 2.59 0.7 34
1949 33 15 8 .652 2.82 211.0 204 73 66 25 45 108 2 1.180 8.7 1.9 4.6 2.40 1.1 30
1950 34 16 11 .593 3.31 250.0 251 102 92 35 68 125 4 1.276 9.0 2.4 4.5 1.84 1.3 36
1951 35 16 11 .593 3.24 250.0 256 100 90 31 66 109 0 1.288 9.2 2.4 3.9 1.65 1.1 34
1952 36 9 7 .563 3.65 153.0 177 69 62 17 42 80 3 1.431 10.4 2.5 4.7 1.90 1.0 27
1953 37 8 9 .471 4.16 158.0 171 81 73 27 40 86 1 1.335 9.7 2.3 4.9 2.15 1.5 25
1954 38 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 71 39 35 11 24 32 0 1.462 9.8 3.3 4.4 1.33 1.5 15
12 Yrs 119 87 .578 3.50 1914.0 1968 827 745 203 519 956 17 1.299 9.3 4.5 1.84 1.0 333

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1968 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1970 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1972 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1945--not played
1949 *
1950
1951
1952

Awards (yr lg award)
1951 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (16, 6%)
1950 NL (17, 4%)
1951 NL (5, 41%)
1952 NL (29, 2%)
0.53 Career Shares (433rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1945 NL  6.7 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1945 NL  7.3 (1st)
1948 NL  4.9 (6th)
1949 NL  5.9 (3rd)
1950 NL  5.4 (4th)
1951 NL  5.2 (5th)
Career  35.1 (201st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1945 NL  2.87 (6th)
1948 NL  2.63 (4th)
1949 NL  2.79 (4th)
1950 NL  3.30 (8th)
1951 NL  3.04 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  14 (9th)
1949 NL  15 (8th)
1950 NL  19 (4th)
1951 NL  22 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 NL  .600 (10th)
1949 NL  .714 (2nd)
1950 NL  .633 (7th)
1951 NL  .880 (1st)
Career  .602 (111th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1945 NL  1.166 (4th)
1948 NL  1.064 (2nd)
1949 NL  1.152 (3rd)
1950 NL  1.241 (8th)
1951 NL  1.207 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL  7.902 (5th)
1949 NL  8.506 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  1.762 (3rd)
1948 NL  1.672 (1st)
1949 NL  1.862 (2nd)
1950 NL  2.370 (5th)
1951 NL  2.235 (4th)
1952 NL  2.212 (6th)
1953 NL  2.293 (7th)
Career  2.370 (223rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  4.273 (7th)
1945 NL  5.668 (1st)
1948 NL  4.357 (8th)
1949 NL  4.613 (4th)
1950 NL  4.488 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 NL  235.0 (4th)
1950 NL  250.7 (9th)
1951 NL  257.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  88 (10th)
1945 NL  148 (1st)
1949 NL  109 (4th)
1950 NL  125 (9th)
1951 NL  113 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1945 NL  31 (5th)
1950 NL  32 (10th)
1951 NL  33 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1945 NL  15 (7th)
1950 NL  16 (10th)
1951 NL  19 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 NL  3 (6th)
1949 NL  3 (8th)
1950 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  11 (9th)
1947 NL  19 (6th)
1949 NL  25 (3rd)
1950 NL  34 (1st)
1951 NL  30 (2nd)
1953 NL  27 (4th)
Career  199 (214th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL  228 (6th)
1951 NL  247 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  1.492 (8th)
1945 NL  3.217 (2nd)
1948 NL  2.606 (2nd)
1949 NL  2.477 (1st)
1950 NL  1.894 (4th)
1951 NL  1.766 (6th)
1952 NL  2.128 (4th)
1953 NL  2.125 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1945 NL  13 (7th)
1947 NL  15 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 NL  936 (7th)
1951 NL  1,031 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1945 NL  138 (5th)
1948 NL  152 (3rd)
1949 NL  148 (4th)
1950 NL  124 (7th)
1951 NL  129 (3rd)
Career  116 (184th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  32 (3rd)
1948 NL  26 (5th)
1949 NL  33 (3rd)
1950 NL  26 (5th)
1951 NL  29 (4th)
Career  134 (156th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  3.4 (3rd)
1948 NL  2.8 (5th)
1949 NL  3.5 (2nd)
1950 NL  2.7 (6th)
1951 NL  3.1 (4th)
Career  14.3 (149th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1945 NL  26.42 (1st)
1948 NL  31.78 (2nd)
1949 NL  38.97 (1st)
1950 NL  39.22 (2nd)
1951 NL  35.19 (3rd)
Career  172.42 (59th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1945 NL  2.1 (2nd)
1948 NL  4.2 (1st)
1949 NL  3.1 (3rd)
1950 NL  3.6 (4th)
1951 NL  3.5 (4th)
Career  16.7 (85th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1945 NL  1.6 (4th)
1948 NL  2.8 (3rd)
1949 NL  3.1 (4th)
1951 NL  2.2 (6th)
Career  9.9 (151st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1945 NL  2.7 (1st)
1948 NL  3.3 (2nd)
1949 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1950 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1951 NL  3.8 (2nd)
Career  18.3 (61st)

Oldest s c a p y
1953 NL  born 1916-02-26 (8th)
1954 NL  born 1916-02-26 (3rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 9 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 107 (198), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (239), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (251st), 30.1 career WAR/30.6 7yr-peak WAR/30.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Larry Gura (938)
  7. John Tudor (937)
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  7. Danny Cox (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. John Tudor (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harry Brecheen (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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