Saul Rogovin
Saul Walter Rogovin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 10, 1923 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Abraham Lincoln (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1949
Final Game: June 19, 1957
Died: January 23, 1995 in New York, NY
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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
1949 25 DET AL 0 1 .000 14.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 13 9 9 1 7 2 0 0 0 35 29 3.529 20.6 1.6 11.1 3.2 0.29
1950 26 DET AL 2 1 .667 4.50 11 5 4 1 0 0 40.0 39 21 20 5 26 11 2 1 0 182 104 1.625 8.8 1.1 5.9 2.5 0.42
1951 27 TOT AL 12 8 .600 2.78 27 26 1 17 3 0 216.2 189 79 67 15 74 82 1 2 1 889 146 1.214 7.9 0.6 3.1 3.4 1.11
1951 27 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.25 5 4 1 0 0 0 24.0 23 15 14 4 7 5 0 0 0 100 79 1.250 8.6 1.5 2.6 1.9 0.71
1951 27 CHW AL 11 7 .611 2.48 22 22 0 17 3 0 192.2 166 64 53 11 67 77 1 2 1 789 163 1.209 7.8 0.5 3.1 3.6 1.15
1952 28 CHW AL 14 9 .609 3.85 33 30 1 12 3 1 231.2 224 104 99 14 79 121 3 0 2 980 95 1.308 8.7 0.5 3.1 4.7 1.53 MVP-27
1953 29 CHW AL 7 12 .368 5.22 22 19 1 4 1 1 131.0 151 82 76 17 48 62 2 1 5 583 77 1.519 10.4 1.2 3.3 4.3 1.29
1955 31 TOT MLB 6 11 .353 3.81 26 23 1 6 2 0 144.0 139 67 61 8 44 3 62 2 0 4 593 102 1.271 8.7 0.5 2.8 3.9 1.41
1955 31 BAL AL 1 8 .111 4.56 14 12 1 1 0 0 71.0 79 42 36 5 27 1 35 2 0 2 311 83 1.493 10.0 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.30
1955 31 PHI NL 5 3 .625 3.08 12 11 0 5 2 0 73.0 60 25 25 3 17 2 27 0 0 2 282 128 1.055 7.4 0.4 2.1 3.3 1.59
1956 32 PHI NL 7 6 .538 4.98 22 18 1 3 0 0 106.2 122 65 59 22 27 3 48 0 0 2 464 75 1.397 10.3 1.9 2.3 4.1 1.78
1957 33 PHI NL 0 0 9.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 8 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 38 42 1.750 12.4 1.1 3.4 0.0 0.00
8 Seasons 48 48 .500 4.06 150 121 14 43 9 2 883.2 888 435 399 83 308 7 388 10 4 14 3764 96 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.0 1.26
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .500 4.06 38 30 4 11 2 1 222 223 109 100 21 77 97 3 1 4 944 96 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.0 1.26
PHI (3 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.41 38 29 3 8 2 0 187.2 193 98 92 26 47 6 75 0 0 4 784 87 1.279 9.3 1.2 2.3 3.6 1.60
DET (3 yrs) 3 3 .500 5.56 21 9 8 1 0 0 69.2 75 45 43 10 40 18 2 1 0 317 80 1.651 9.7 1.3 5.2 2.3 0.45
CHW (3 yrs) 32 28 .533 3.70 77 71 2 33 7 2 555.1 541 250 228 42 194 260 6 3 8 2352 105 1.324 8.8 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.34
BAL (1 yr) 1 8 .111 4.56 14 12 1 1 0 0 71.0 79 42 36 5 27 1 35 2 0 2 311 83 1.493 10.0 0.6 3.4 4.4 1.30
AL (6 yrs) 36 39 .480 3.97 112 92 11 35 7 2 696.0 695 337 307 57 261 1 313 10 4 10 2980 99 1.374 9.0 0.7 3.4 4.0 1.20
NL (3 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.41 38 29 3 8 2 0 187.2 193 98 92 26 47 6 75 0 0 4 784 87 1.279 9.3 1.2 2.3 3.6 1.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1955 31 TOT MLB 26 593 535 67 139 22 11 8 15 8 44 62 .260 .316 .387 .703 .279 207 9 2 8 4 3
1955 31 BAL AL 14 311 274 42 79 10 6 5 9 3 27 35 .288 .355 .423 .779 .315 116 5 2 7 1 1
1955 31 PHI NL 12 282 261 25 60 12 5 3 6 5 17 27 .230 .274 .349 .623 .244 91 4 0 1 3 2
1956 32 PHI NL 22 464 432 65 122 20 8 22 6 0 27 48 .282 .324 .519 .842 .275 224 7 0 4 1 3
1957 33 PHI NL 4 38 33 8 11 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 .333 .378 .545 .924 .303 18 0 0 1 1 1
3 Seasons 52 1095 1000 140 272 42 21 31 23 8 74 110 .272 .322 .449 .771 .279 449 16 2 13 6 7
162 Game Avg. 38 801 731 102 199 31 15 23 17 6 54 80 .272 .322 .449 .771 .279 328 12 1 10 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1955 31 TOT MLB 26 23 6 11 6 0 4 8 15 .348 1 3 6 2 12 52% 52 79 22 23 9 5 13 3.2 2.7 6.0
1955 31 BAL AL 14 12 1 8 3 0 3 1 11 .083 1 1 1 0 5 42% 48 79 22 15 7 2 8 2.2 1.8 5.7
1955 31 PHI NL 12 11 5 3 3 0 1 7 4 .636 0 2 5 2 7 64% 56 77 33 8 2 3 5 4.4 3.9 6.5
1956 32 PHI NL 22 18 7 6 5 2 1 10 8 .556 0 5 3 0 7 39% 46 72 14 7 4 1 13 5.4 4.3 5.8
2 Seasons 48 41 13 17 11 2 5 18 23 .439 1 8 9 2 19 46% 49 79 14 30 13 6 26 4.2 3.4 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1955 31 TOT MLB 26 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 1.020 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 5.0
1955 31 BAL AL 14 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 5 1.122 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 4.5
1955 31 PHI NL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.895 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1956 32 PHI NL 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0.958 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 2.0
1957 33 PHI NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.057 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 6.0
3 Seasons 52 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 0.959 1 0 10 1 0 10 3 8 6 2 6 1 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1949 25 DET AL
1950 26 DET AL
1951 27 TOT AL
1951 27 DET AL
1951 27 CHW AL
1952 28 CHW AL
1953 29 CHW AL
1955 31 TOT MLB 593 41% 1.4% 10.5% 7.4% 6.9% 30% 0.72 79% 86 9 10%
1955 31 BAL AL 311 40% 1.6% 11.3% 8.7% 6.8% 27% 0.69 76% 53 5 9%
1955 31 PHI NL 282 43% 1.1% 9.6% 6.0% 7.1% 33% 0.76 83% 33 4 12%
1956 32 PHI NL 464 37% 4.7% 10.3% 5.8% 10.8% 41% 0.64 78% 69 7 10%
1957 33 PHI NL 38 39% 2.6% 0.0% 7.9% 7.9% 27% 0.50 87% 6 0 0%
8 Seasons 1095 39% 7.6% 35.4% 28.1% 8.6% 11% 0.68 79% 161 16 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 25 DET AL 13 1 0
1950 26 DET AL 39 5 0
1951 27 TOT AL 189 15 1
1951 27 DET AL 23 4 0
1951 27 CHW AL 166 11 1
1952 28 CHW AL 224 14 2
1953 29 CHW AL 151 17 5
1955 31 TOT MLB 563 139 8 1 12 4 4 2 6 32 13 2 41% 5 4 2 192 15 8 65% 12 7 2 0 1 1 3 0 7 30
1955 31 BAL AL 311 79 5 1 10 3 2 1 4 18 6 0 33% 4 2 1 115 9 3 75% 7 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
1955 31 PHI NL 252 60 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 14 7 2 50% 1 2 1 77 6 5 55% 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 30
1956 32 PHI NL 464 122 22 0 4 14 8 10 12 17 12 1 71% 3 2 0 173 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1957 33 PHI NL 38 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 1065 888 83 1 16 19 12 13 18 50 26 3 52% 8 14 2 384 23 8 74% 19 7 3 0 1 1 4 0 11 30
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 25 0 1 .000 14.29 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 13 9 9 1 7 2 0 0 0 35 29 3.529 20.6 1.6 11.1 3.2 0.29 29
1950 26 2 2 .500 5.72 16 5 7 1 0 0 45.2 52 30 29 6 33 13 2 1 0 217 81 1.861 10.2 1.2 6.5 2.6 0.39 81
1951 27 14 10 .583 3.29 43 31 8 18 3 0 262.1 241 109 96 21 107 95 3 3 1 1106 126 1.327 8.3 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.89 126
1952 28 28 19 .596 3.55 76 61 9 30 6 1 494.0 465 213 195 35 186 216 6 3 3 2086 110 1.318 8.5 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.16 110
1953 29 35 31 .530 3.90 98 80 10 34 7 2 625.0 616 295 271 52 234 278 8 4 8 2669 101 1.360 8.9 0.7 3.4 4.0 1.19 101
1954 30 35 31 .530 3.90 98 80 10 34 7 2 625.0 616 295 271 52 234 278 8 4 8 2669 101 1.360 8.9 0.7 3.4 4.0 1.19 101
1955 31 41 42 .494 3.89 124 103 11 40 9 2 769.0 755 362 332 60 278 3 340 10 4 12 3262 101 1.343 8.8 0.7 3.3 4.0 1.22 101
1956 32 48 48 .500 4.02 146 121 12 43 9 2 875.2 877 427 391 82 305 6 388 10 4 14 3726 97 1.350 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.0 1.27 97
1957 33 48 48 .500 4.06 150 121 14 43 9 2 883.2 888 435 399 83 308 7 388 10 4 14 3764 96 1.353 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.0 1.26 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1949 25 0 0 13.50 6.0 13 10 9 1 7 2 0 3.333 19.5 10.5 3.0 0.29 1.5 5
1950 26 2 2 .500 3.86 42.0 38 20 18 5 25 12 2 1.500 8.1 5.4 2.6 0.48 1.1 11
1951 27 16 8 .667 2.77 221.0 195 76 68 15 76 84 1 1.226 7.9 3.1 3.4 1.11 0.6 27
1952 28 12 13 .480 4.32 231.0 242 123 111 15 85 121 3 1.416 9.4 3.3 4.7 1.42 0.6 33
1953 29 5 9 .357 5.28 133.0 157 87 78 18 50 63 2 1.556 10.6 3.4 4.3 1.26 1.2 22
1955 31 7 8 .467 4.09 143.0 145 72 65 8 46 62 2 1.336 9.1 2.9 3.9 1.35 0.5 26
1956 32 4 7 .364 5.47 107.0 134 72 65 24 30 48 0 1.533 11.3 2.5 4.0 1.60 2.0 22
1957 33 0 0 10.12 8.0 12 10 9 1 3 0 0 1.875 13.5 3.4 0.0 0.00 1.1 4
8 Seasons 46 47 .495 4.27 891.0 936 470 423 87 322 392 10 1.412 9.5 4.0 1.22 0.9 150

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (27, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1951 AL  2.783 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1952 AL  14 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1952 AL  .609 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1951 AL  1.214 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  7.851 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  3.074 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 AL  231.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  121 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1952 AL  30 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1951 AL  17 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 AL  3 (5th)
1952 AL  3 (8th)
1955 NL  2 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL  17 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  224 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  1.532 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL  12 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  99 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 AL  980 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1951 AL  146 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 28 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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