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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-Time Rank (among pitchers): #241. Charlie Leibrandt… #242. Bob Ewing… #243. Earl Moore… #244. PREACHER ROE… #245. Bobby Mathews… #246. David Price… #247. Jered Weaver… 

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
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 (v2.1): 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
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 3.0 31 .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 1.0 -0.2 7.2 72 .664 .533
1946 30 PIT NL 70.0 21 10 50 6.43 4.21 -0.25 0.00 104.4 4.65 -14 -1.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .430 .491
1947 31 PIT NL 144.0 38 22 93 5.81 4.78 -0.17 0.00 103.6 5.12 -12 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.1 6 .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 4.7 48 .587 .518
1949 33 BRO NL 212.2 30 27 69 2.92 4.52 0.26 0.00 102.4 4.36 34 3.7 1.5 -0.1 5.6 59 .625 .523 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 250.2 36 32 96 3.45 4.57 0.18 0.00 99.4 4.36 27 2.9 3.6 0.0 5.1 54 .580 .518 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 257.2 34 33 91 3.18 4.40 0.26 0.00 97.9 4.05 25 2.8 2.3 -0.1 4.9 53 .581 .517 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 158.2 27 25 59 3.35 4.15 0.11 0.00 97.3 3.93 11 1.2 2.2 -0.1 2.6 27 .544 .507 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 157.0 25 24 78 4.47 4.68 0.34 0.00 100.9 4.39 -0 -0.0 .1 -0.1 1.3 17 .499 .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 -0.3 -1 .447 .495
12 Seasons 1914.1 333 261 799 3.76 4.50 0.09 0.00 100.9 4.45 147 16.8 1.3 -0.7 33.2 357 .551 .509
BRO (7 yrs) 1277.1 201 173 493 3.47 4.48 0.21 0.00 99.8 4.26 115 12.7 1.7 -0.3 23.9 256 .563 .511
PIT (4 yrs) 634.1 131 88 302 4.28 4.52 -0.15 0.00 103.1 4.81 35 4.3 1.0 -0.4 9.5 102 .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

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
1938 22 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1944 28 PIT NL 39 62 53 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .132 .179 .132 .311 -13 7 1 0 6 1
1945 29 PIT NL 33 89 75 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 6 21 .107 .173 .120 .293 -19 9 1 0 8 1
1946 30 PIT NL 21 18 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .067 .222 .067 .289 -17 1 0 0 0 1
1947 31 PIT NL 38 46 40 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 .125 .167 .125 .292 -22 5 0 0 4 1
1948 32 BRO NL 34 66 51 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 .098 .179 .098 .277 -25 5 1 0 9 1
1949 33 BRO NL 30 84 70 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 7 28 .114 .195 .114 .309 -16 8 0 0 7 1 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 36 101 91 8 14 1 0 0 3 0 2 27 .154 .172 .165 .337 -12 15 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 34 100 89 3 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 36 .112 .132 .112 .244 -34 10 2 0 9 1 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 27 65 57 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .070 .117 .070 .187 -48 4 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 25 65 57 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 18 .053 .100 .105 .205 -47 6 0 0 5 1
1954 38 BRO NL 15 25 21 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .143 .217 .190 .408 6 4 0 0 2 0 1
12 Yrs 333 722 620 37 68 3 0 1 28 0 0 38 215 .110 .161 .119 .280 -24 74 7 0 63 0
162 Game Avg. 162 351 302 18 33 1 0 0 14 0 18 105 .110 .161 .119 .280 -24 36 3 0 31
BRO (7 yrs) 201 506 436 27 47 2 0 1 23 0 0 24 151 .108 .154 .119 .274 -27 52 5 0 45 0
PIT (4 yrs) 131 215 183 10 21 1 0 0 5 0 14 64 .115 .178 .120 .298 -18 22 2 0 18
STL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 22 STL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1944 28 PIT NL 39 62 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 1
1945 29 PIT NL 33 89 -14 0 0 0 8 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.6 .482 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 1
1946 30 PIT NL 21 18 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1947 31 PIT NL 38 46 -8 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 1
1948 32 BRO NL 34 66 -10 -1 -0 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 1
1949 33 BRO NL 30 84 -13 0 0 0 9 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 1 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 36 101 -16 -0 0 0 12 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -2 1 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 34 100 -19 0 -0 0 10 -9 -0.9 3 -6 -0.9 .472 .494 -0.9 -0.0 -6 1 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 27 65 -12 -0 0 0 7 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .478 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 1 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 25 65 -14 0 1 0 7 -7 -0.7 2 -4 -0.7 .473 .496 -0.7 -0.0 -4 1
1954 38 BRO NL 15 25 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 1
12 Seasons 333 722 -121 -1 1 0 75 -46 -4.9 24 -22 -5.0 .485 .497 -4.9 -0.0 -22
BRO (7 yrs) 201 506 -88 -1 1 0 55 -34 -3.6 17 -17 -3.6 .482 .497 -3.5 -0.0 -17
PIT (4 yrs) 131 215 -33 0 0 0 20 -12 -1.3 7 -5 -1.4 .490 .498 -1.4 0.0 -5
STL (1 yr) 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 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
1949 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 36 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1953 37 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 WS 5 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 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% lgCS% PO Awards
1938 STL NL 22 P 1 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.36 2.20
1944 PIT NL 28 P 39 25 7 185.1 40 11 27 2 0 .950 1.85 0.97 .961 2.14 2.13
1945 PIT NL 29 P 33 31 15 235.0 56 16 40 0 3 1.000 2.14 1.70 .963 2.18 2.17 4 2 33% 1
1946 PIT NL 30 P 21 10 1 70.0 18 4 13 1 1 .944 2.19 0.81 .960 2.24 2.22 2 3 60% 2
1947 PIT NL 31 P 38 22 4 144.0 27 6 20 1 2 .963 1.62 0.68 .966 2.10 2.07 3 6 67% 3
1948 BRO NL 32 P 34 22 8 177.2 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 1.72 1.00 .963 2.11 2.08 3 6 67% 0
1949 BRO NL 33 P 30 27 13 212.2 36 5 29 2 4 .944 1.44 1.13 .953 2.04 2.02 2 4 67% 43% 2 AS,MVP-16
1950 BRO NL 34 P 36 32 16 250.2 47 12 34 1 3 .979 1.65 1.28 .961 2.12 2.10 2 4 67% 42% 1 AS,MVP-17
1951 BRO NL 35 P 34 33 19 257.2 60 18 39 3 6 .950 1.99 1.68 .962 2.14 2.14 2 9 82% 43% 2 AS,MVP-5
1952 BRO NL 36 P 27 25 8 158.2 32 9 23 0 0 1.000 1.82 1.19 .953 2.18 2.16 4 4 50% 44% 0 AS,MVP-29
1953 BRO NL 37 P 25 24 9 157.0 34 4 30 0 3 1.000 1.95 1.36 .956 2.06 2.02 3 2 40% 1
1954 BRO NL 38 P 15 10 1 63.0 11 1 10 0 2 1.000 1.57 0.73 .960 2.07 2.06 0 1 100% 45% 1
12 Seasons P 333 261 101 1914.1 395 90 295 10 26 .975 1.81 1.16 .960 2.12 2.11 25 41 62% 21% 13
12 Seasons TOT 333 261 101 1914.1 395 90 295 10 26 .975 1.81 1.16 .960 2.12 2.11 25 41 62% 21% 13
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
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  6.6 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1945 NL  7.2 (1st)
1948 NL  4.7 (6th)
1949 NL  5.6 (3rd)
1950 NL  5.1 (4th)
1951 NL  4.9 (5th)
Career  33.2 (195th)

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 (222nd)

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 (183rd)

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 (157th)

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 (58th)

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 (86th)

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 (149th)

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (8th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1945 NL  16 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1951 NL  3 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1945 NL  1.000 (1st)
1948 NL  1.000 (1st)
1952 NL  1.000 (1st)

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 (270), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 107 (196), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (238), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (278), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (245th), 28.2 career WAR/29.2 7yr-peak WAR/28.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

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  5. Clarence Mitchell (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Dravecky (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Cox (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Tudor (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  11. Harry Brecheen (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Sandy Koufax (975) *
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  1. Bob Veale (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Billingham (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Veale (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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