John Romonosky

John Romonosky Jr.

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 7, 1929 in Harrisburg, IL
High School: Harrisburg HS (Harrisburg, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1953
Teams (by GP): Senators/Cardinals 1953-1959

Final Game: September 11, 1959
Died: October 2, 2011 in Columbus, OH
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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
1949	19	STL-min	C	18	9	.667	3.33	33						235.0	195	108	87		141								1.430	7.5		5.4			FRE · CALL
1950	20	STL-min	C,B	10	11	.476	6.27	33						178.0	198	143	124	10	153								1.972	10.0	0.5	7.7			PCT,FRE,WSM · PION,CALL,CARL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	23	STL-min	B,AAA	13	6	.684	3.26	30	24		3	1		182.0	161	93	66	11	121		45	0	0	1			1.549	8.0	0.5	6.0	2.2	0.37	LBG,CLB · PIED,AA
1953	23	STL	NL	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75

1954	24	STL-min	AAA,Opn	4	5	.444	6.67	32	12		1	0		106.2	119	91	79	18	67		57	2	0	3			1.744	10.0	1.5	5.7	4.8	0.85	CLB,SDG · AA,PCL
1955	25	STL-min	AA	4	6	.400	3.24	41	4		0	0		125.0	97	49	45	4	85	7	84	4	0	4			1.456	7.0	0.3	6.1	6.0	0.99	HSN · TL
1956	26	STL-min	A	6	13	.316	3.85	34	23					173.0	169	88	74	13	93								1.514	8.8	0.7	4.8			ALN · EL
1957	27	SYR	A	0	0		2.25	3						4.0	5	1	1		3								2.000	11.2		6.8			SYR · EL
1958	28	MIN-min	A	10	4	.714	2.76	17	16					140.0	103	48	43	11	43								1.043	6.6	0.7	2.8			CHR · SALL
1958	28	WSH	AL	2	4	.333	6.51	18	5	4	1	0	0	55.1	52	42	40	6	28	4	38	0	0	1	247	59	1.446	8.5	1.0	4.6	6.2	1.36
1959	29	MIN-min	AA	3	5	.375	3.43	9	8		4	0		63.0	59	26	24	3	26	2	31	0	0	7			1.349	8.4	0.4	3.7	4.4	1.19	CNG · SOUA
1959	29	WSH	AL	1	0	1.000	3.29	12	2	6	0	0	0	38.1	36	15	14	4	19	0	22	3	1	1	166	121	1.435	8.5	0.9	4.5	5.2	1.16
1960	30	NYY-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	4.45	27	11		5	1		95.0	118	62	47	6	52	10	70	1	0	9			1.789	11.2	0.6	4.9	6.6	1.35	AMA,RMD · TL,IL
1961	31	MIN-OAK-min	AA,A	7	8	.467	4.59	32	14					113.2	115	57	58	9	48								1.434	9.1	0.7	3.8			NVL,PNO · SOUA,SALL
3 Yrs				3	4	.429	5.15	32	9	10	1	0	0	101.1	97	63	58	11	51	4	63	4	1	3	450	76	1.461	8.6	1.0	4.5	5.6	1.24
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.429	5.15	53	15	17	2	0	0	168	161	104	96	18	85		104	7	2	5	746	76	1.461	8.6	1.0	4.5	5.6	1.24

WSH (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.19	30	7	10	1	0	0	93.2	88	57	54	10	47	4	60	3	1	2	413	75	1.441	8.5	1.0	4.5	5.8	1.28
STL (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75

AL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	5.19	30	7	10	1	0	0	93.2	88	57	54	10	47	4	60	3	1	2	413	75	1.441	8.5	1.0	4.5	5.8	1.28
NL (1 yr)				0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75

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
1953	23	STL	NL	7.2	2	2	6	7.04	4.91	0.05	0.00	87.8	4.27	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.396	.499	$

1958	28	WSH	AL	55.1	18	5	42	6.83	4.24	-0.40	0.00	103.1	4.79	-13	-1.3	.4	0.1	-0.7	-8	.428	.492	$
1959	29	WSH	AL	38.1	12	2	15	3.52	4.43	-0.35	0.00	104.8	5.00	7	0.7	.2	-0.3	0.8	10	.561	.505	$
3 Seasons				101.1	32	9	63	5.60	4.36	-0.35	0.00	102.6	4.83	-8	-0.8	.3	-0.1	0.0	0	.476	.498	$

WSH (2 yrs)				93.2	30	7	57	5.48	4.32	-0.38	0.00	103.8	4.87	-6	-0.6	.3	-0.1	0.1	2	.482	.498	$
STL (1 yr)				7.2	2	2	6	7.04	4.91	0.05	0.00	87.8	4.27	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.396	.499	$

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
1958	28	WSH	AL	18	245	212	42	52	9	2	6	6	0	28	38	.245	.331	.392	.722	.271	83	3	0	3	2	4	4
1959	29	WSH	AL	12	166	142	15	36	5	0	4	6	0	19	22	.254	.352	.373	.725	.274	53	6	3	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				30	411	354	57	88	14	2	10	12	0	47	60	.249	.339	.384	.723	.272	136	9	3	4	3	4	4
162 Game Avg.				55	755	651	105	162	26	4	18	22	0	86	110	.249	.339	.384	.723	.272	250	17	6	7	6		7
MLB Averages																.259	.329	.392	.721	.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
1958	28	WSH	AL	-15.1	-1.5	252	-1.3	2.3	-3.6	.66	-0.5	-1.4	-11.6	-1.1	0.66	-3.9	2	0	9
1959	29	WSH	AL	3.3	0.3	175	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.37	-0.2	-0.4	4.8	0.5	0.37	2.9	0	1	7
3 Yrs				-12.6	-1.2	427	-1.5	3.3	-4.8	.54	-0.7	-2.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.54	-1.0	2	1	16

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
1953	23	STL	NL	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	0		0	0	1	50%	44.0	47	41			0	2	4.5		3.8

1958	28	WSH	AL	18	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	4	.200	0	1	1	0	1	20%	42.2	65	24	5	5	3	1	3.9	2.4	5.5
1959	29	WSH	AL	12	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	1	50%	41.0	51	31	1	1	0	1	7.4	7.4	5.5
3 Yrs				32	9	2	4	3	0	0	2	6	.250	0	2	1	0	3	33%	42	65	24	6	6	3	4	4.8	3.9	5.1
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-2					4.4	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	28	WSH	AL	18	13	4	1	10	3	30%	6	.660	2	0	9	1	12	5	8	8	1	9	2	6.5
1959	29	WSH	AL	12	10	6	0	2	0	0%	5	.366	0	1	7	0	10	2	8	5	1	5	1	8.2
2 Yrs				30	23	10	1	12	3	25%		.541	2	1	16	1	22	7	16	13	2	14	3	7.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	23	STL	NL	37		2.7%	8.1%	10.8%				76%

1958	28	WSH	AL	245	75%	2.5%	15.5%	11.4%	6.9%	33%	1.08	69%	54	3	6%
1959	29	WSH	AL	166	58%	2.4%	13.3%	11.5%	5.4%	25%	1.33	70%	35	6	17%
3 Yrs				448	68%	2.5%	14.1%	11.4%	5.8%	27%	1.18	70%	89	9	10%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.5%	9.4%	6.7%	28%	0.98	78%			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
1953	23	STL	NL		9			1												1

1958	28	WSH	AL	245	52			6	1	10	3	3	3	3	15	10	1	67%	4	1	0	90	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1959	29	WSH	AL	166	36			4	1	5	2	2	2	2	5	2	0	40%	0	1	1	69	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3 Yrs				411	97			11	2	15	5	5	5	5	20	12	1	60%	4	3	1	159	12	0	100%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1953	23	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75	95
1954	24	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75	95
1955	25	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75	95
1956	26	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75	95
1957	27	0	0		4.70	2	2	0	0	7.2	9	6	4	1	4		3	1	0	1	37	95	1.696	10.6	1.2	4.7	3.5	0.75	95
1958	28	2	4	.333	6.29	20	7	4	1	63.0	61	48	44	7	32	4	41	1	0	2	284	62	1.476	8.7	1.0	4.6	5.9	1.28	62
1959	29	3	4	.429	5.15	32	9	10	1	101.1	97	63	58	11	51	4	63	4	1	3	450	76	1.461	8.6	1.0	4.5	5.6	1.24	76

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1953	23	0	0		4.50	8.0	9	4	4	1	4	3	1	1.625	10.1	4.5	3.4	0.75	1.1	2

1958	28	1	5	.167	6.95	57.0	56	49	44	6	30	39	0	1.509	8.8	4.7	6.2	1.30	0.9	18
1959	29	2	2	.500	3.32	38.0	37	16	14	4	20	22	3	1.500	8.8	4.7	5.2	1.10	0.9	12
3 Yrs		3	7	.300	5.42	103.0	102	69	62	11	54	64	4	1.515	8.9		5.6	1.19	1.0	32

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