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Don Rudolph
Frederick Donald Rudolph

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 16, 1931 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1957
Final Game: October 3, 1964
Died: September 12, 1968 in Granada Hills, CA
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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
1957	25	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	2.25	5	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	43	167	0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.00
1958	26	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	2.57	7	0	6	0	0	1	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	26	142	1.286	5.1	0.0	6.4	2.6	0.40
1959	27	TOT	MLB	0	0		3.48	9	0	3	0	0	1	10.1	17	4	4	1	5	2	8	0	1	0	50	114	2.129	14.8	0.9	4.4	7.0	1.60
1959	27	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	1	3.0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	14		2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1959	27	CIN	NL	0	0		4.91	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	13	4	4	1	3	1	8	0	0	0	36	83	2.182	16.0	1.2	3.7	9.8	2.67

1962	30	TOT	AL	8	10	.444	3.62	38	23	9	6	2	0	176.2	188	84	71	13	42	2	68	3	1	1	745	112	1.302	9.6	0.7	2.1	3.5	1.62
1962	30	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1962	30	WSA	AL	8	10	.444	3.62	37	23	8	6	2	0	176.1	187	84	71	13	42	2	68	3	1	1	744	112	1.299	9.5	0.7	2.1	3.5	1.62
1963	31	WSA	AL	7	19	.269	4.55	37	26	4	4	0	1	174.0	189	98	88	28	36	3	70	6	0	2	745	82	1.293	9.8	1.4	1.9	3.6	1.94
1964	32	WSA	AL	1	3	.250	4.09	28	8	10	0	0	0	70.1	81	36	32	10	12	5	32	0	0	0	294	90	1.322	10.4	1.3	1.5	4.1	2.67
6 Seasons				18	32	.360	4.00	124	57	34	10	2	3	450.1	485	227	200	54	102	13	182	9	2	3	1903	97	1.303	9.7	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.78
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.360	4.00	47	21	13	4	1	1	169	182	85	75	20	38	5	68	3	1	1	715	97	1.303	9.7	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.78

WSA (3 yrs)				16	32	.333	4.09	102	57	22	10	2	1	420.2	457	218	191	51	90	10	170	9	1	3	1783	95	1.300	9.8	1.1	1.9	3.6	1.89
CHW (3 yrs)				2	0	1.000	2.05	16	0	9	0	0	2	22.0	14	5	5	2	9	2	4	0	1	0	83	182	1.045	5.7	0.8	3.7	1.6	0.44
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	13	4	4	1	3	1	8	0	0	0	36	83	2.182	16.0	1.2	3.7	9.8	2.67

AL (6 yrs)				18	32	.360	3.98	119	57	32	10	2	3	443.0	472	223	196	53	99	12	174	9	2	3	1867	97	1.289	9.6	1.1	2.0	3.5	1.76
NL (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	13	4	4	1	3	1	8	0	0	0	36	83	2.182	16.0	1.2	3.7	9.8	2.67

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
1957	25	CHW	AL	5	43	41	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	.146	.186	.317	.503	.108	13	1	0	0	0	0
1958	26	CHW	AL	7	26	21	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	5	2	.190	.346	.286	.632	.211	6	3	0	0	0	1
1959	27	TOT	MLB	9	50	45	4	17	4	1	1	0	0	5	8	.378	.440	.578	1.018	.444	26	0	0	0	0	2
1959	27	CHW	AL	4	14	12	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.429	.417	.845	.333	5	0	0	0	0	1
1959	27	CIN	NL	5	36	33	4	13	3	1	1	0	0	3	8	.394	.444	.636	1.081	.500	21	0	0	0	0	1

1962	30	TOT	AL	38	746	684	84	188	28	10	13	0	2	42	68	.275	.317	.402	.719	.287	275	21	3	10	7	2
1962	30	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	37	745	683	84	187	28	10	13	0	2	42	68	.274	.316	.401	.717	.286	274	21	3	10	7	2
1963	31	WSA	AL	37	745	687	98	189	22	6	28	2	3	36	70	.275	.314	.447	.761	.271	307	14	6	10	6	3
1964	32	WSA	AL	28	294	279	36	81	12	2	10	0	3	12	32	.290	.317	.455	.773	.297	127	7	0	1	2	5
6 Seasons				124	1904	1757	227	485	69	19	54	2	9	102	182	.276	.317	.429	.746	.281	754	46	9	21	15	13
162 Game Avg.				47	715	660	85	182	26	7	20	1	3	38	68	.276	.317	.429	.746	.281	283	17	3	8	6	5
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
1962	30	TOT	AL	38	23	8	8	7	0	1	10	13	.435	3	3	6	2	13	57%		78	8	18	6	10	5	4.1	4.4	6.8
1962	30	WSA	AL	37	23	8	8	7	0	1	10	13	.435	3	3	6	2	13	57%	51	78	8	18	6	10	5	4.1	4.4	6.8
1963	31	WSA	AL	37	26	7	17	2	1	5	7	19	.269	0	2	4	0	13	50%	48	91	18	20	8	9	5	3.2	3.0	6.1
1964	32	WSA	AL	28	8	1	3	4	0	1	2	6	.250	0	3	0	0	4	50%	48	67	33	8	1	3	4	2.1	2.1	4.4
3 Seasons				102	57	16	28	13	1	7	19	38	.333	3	8	10	2	30	53%	49	91	8	46	15	22	14	3.4	3.6	6.2
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%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	25	CHW	AL	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	0.645	0	2	3	1	0	4	0	5	3	0	3	1	7.2
1958	26	CHW	AL	7	7	6	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	5	1	20%	9	0.611	2	2	3	1	1	5	3	4	2	3	2	2	3.0
1959	27	TOT	MLB	9	9	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	8	4	50%		0.307	2	1	6	2	0	7	5	4	5	3	5	1	3.4
1959	27	CHW	AL	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	4	0	0%	8	0.627	2	0	2	2	0	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	2.3
1959	27	CIN	NL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	4	100%	7	0.183	0	1	4	0	0	5	2	3	4	1	4	1	4.4

1962	30	TOT	AL	38	15	9	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	12	0	0%		1.014	6	4	4	1	2	12	5	10	5	4	6	1	4.1
1962	30	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	0.600	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0
1962	30	WSA	AL	37	14	8	0	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	12	0	0%	8	1.015	6	4	3	1	2	11	5	9	5	3	6	1	4.3
1963	31	WSA	AL	37	11	4	0	2	2	1	1	50%	4	2	8	5	63%	6	1.013	3	2	6	4	1	6	5	6	4	6	5	2	4.0
1964	32	WSA	AL	28	20	10	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	7	64%	7	0.652	2	1	17	0	1	19	6	14	11	5	11	3	5.3
6 Seasons				124	67	34	2	4	5	3	2	60%	8	2	44	17	39%		0.925	15	12	39	9	5	53	24	43	30	21	32	10	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	25	CHW	AL	43	74%	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%	7.0%	50%	0.70	86%	3	1	33%
1958	26	CHW	AL	26	73%	0.0%	7.7%	19.2%	7.7%	50%	2.00	73%	6	3	50%
1959	27	TOT	MLB	50	62%	2.0%	16.0%	10.0%	12.0%	35%	0.16	72%	11	0	0%
1959	27	CHW	AL	14	57%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	7.1%	25%	0.13	86%	4	0	0%
1959	27	CIN	NL	36	64%	2.8%	22.2%	8.3%	13.9%	39%	0.18	67%	7	0	0%

1962	30	TOT	AL	746	72%	1.7%	9.1%	5.6%	6.8%	27%	0.67	82%	142	21	15%
1962	30	CLE	AL	1	100%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		100%	0	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	745	72%	1.7%	9.1%	5.6%	6.9%	27%	0.67	82%	142	21	15%
1963	31	WSA	AL	745	72%	3.8%	9.4%	4.8%	7.5%	30%	0.78	80%	127	14	11%
1964	32	WSA	AL	294	71%	3.4%	10.9%	4.1%	8.2%	30%	0.68	81%	58	7	12%
6 Seasons				1904	72%	2.8%	9.6%	5.4%	7.5%	29%	0.71	81%	347	46	13%
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
1957	25	CHW	AL	43	6			2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	26	CHW	AL	26	4			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	10	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	TOT	MLB	50	17			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	2	0	40%	0	0	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
1959	27	CHW	AL	14	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1959	27	CIN	NL	36	13			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

1962	30	TOT	AL	746	188			13	0	12	10	3	6	7	31	19	5	61%	12	1	1	279	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	13	0
1962	30	CLE	AL	1	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	745	187			13	0	12	10	3	6	7	31	19	5	61%	12	1	1	279	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	13	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	745	189			28	0	11	21	7	14	14	35	18	4	51%	16	2	2	256	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
1964	32	WSA	AL	294	81			10	0	4	7	3	5	5	17	9	0	53%	4	0	0	110	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
6 Seasons				1904	485			54	0	29	40	14	25	29	90	49	9	54%	33	3	4	687	2	9	18%	2	9	0	0	0	0	7	0	29	0
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+
1957	25	1	0	1.000	2.25	5	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	43	167	0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.00	167
1958	26	2	0	1.000	2.37	12	0	8	0	0	1	19.0	10	5	5	2	7	1	4	0	0	0	69	157	0.895	4.7	0.9	3.3	1.9	0.57	157
1959	27	2	0	1.000	2.76	21	0	11	0	0	2	29.1	27	9	9	3	12	3	12	0	1	0	119	138	1.330	8.3	0.9	3.7	3.7	1.00	138
1960	28	2	0	1.000	2.76	21	0	11	0	0	2	29.1	27	9	9	3	12	3	12	0	1	0	119	138	1.330	8.3	0.9	3.7	3.7	1.00	138
1961	29	2	0	1.000	2.76	21	0	11	0	0	2	29.1	27	9	9	3	12	3	12	0	1	0	119	138	1.330	8.3	0.9	3.7	3.7	1.00	138
1962	30	10	10	.500	3.50	59	23	20	6	2	2	206.0	215	93	80	16	54	5	80	3	2	1	864	115	1.306	9.4	0.7	2.4	3.5	1.48	115
1963	31	17	29	.370	3.98	96	49	24	10	2	3	380.0	404	191	168	44	90	8	150	9	2	3	1609	98	1.300	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.6	1.67	98
1964	32	18	32	.360	4.00	124	57	34	10	2	3	450.1	485	227	200	54	102	13	182	9	2	3	1903	97	1.303	9.7	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.78	97

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
1957	25	1	0	1.000	2.25	12.0	6	3	3	2	2	2	0	0.667	4.5	1.5	1.5	1.00	1.5	5
1958	26	0	0		2.57	7.0	3	2	2	0	4	2	0	1.000	3.9	5.1	2.6	0.50	0.0	7
1959	27	1	0	1.000	3.60	10.0	17	4	4	1	5	8	0	2.200	15.3	4.5	7.2	1.60	0.9	9

1962	30	10	9	.526	3.68	171.0	186	78	70	13	42	66	3	1.333	9.8	2.2	3.5	1.57	0.7	38
1963	31	7	11	.389	4.93	168.0	197	102	92	29	38	68	6	1.399	10.6	2.0	3.6	1.79	1.6	37
1964	32	3	4	.429	4.64	66.0	83	38	34	10	12	30	0	1.439	11.3	1.6	4.1	2.50	1.4	28
6 Seasons		22	24	.478	4.25	434.0	492	227	205	55	103	176	9	1.371	10.2		3.6	1.71	1.1	124

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL 2.140 (6th)
1963 AL 1.862 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 AL 28 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL .662 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1963 AL 19 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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