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Bob Rush

Robert Ransom Rush

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 21, 1925 in Battle Creek, MI
High School: Riley HS (South Bend, IN)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1948
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/WhiteSox 1948-1960

Final Game: August 7, 1960
Died: March 19, 2011 in Mesa, AZ
Buried: National Memorial Cemetery, Cave Creek, AZ
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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
1948 22 CHC NL 5 11 .313 3.92 36 16 9 4 0 0 133.1 153 70 58 8 37 72 1 0 3 579 99 1.425 10.3 0.5 2.5 4.9 1.95
1949 23 CHC NL 10 18 .357 4.07 35 27 6 9 1 4 201.0 197 104 91 9 79 80 0 0 6 861 98 1.373 8.8 0.4 3.5 3.6 1.01
1950 24 CHC NL 13 20 .394 3.71 39 34 2 19 1 1 254.2 261 124 105 11 93 93 6 0 2 1094 113 1.390 9.2 0.4 3.3 3.3 1.00 AS
1951 25 CHC NL 11 12 .478 3.83 37 29 6 12 2 2 211.1 212 108 90 16 68 129 3 0 7 918 108 1.325 9.0 0.7 2.9 5.5 1.90
1952 26 CHC NL 17 13 .567 2.70 34 32 1 17 4 0 250.1 205 99 75 14 81 157 6 0 7 1044 143 1.142 7.4 0.5 2.9 5.6 1.94 AS
1953 27 CHC NL 9 14 .391 4.54 29 28 0 8 1 0 166.2 177 97 84 17 66 84 5 1 1 732 98 1.458 9.6 0.9 3.6 4.5 1.27
1954 28 CHC NL 13 15 .464 3.77 33 32 0 11 0 0 236.1 213 102 99 12 103 124 5 0 8 1007 111 1.337 8.1 0.5 3.9 4.7 1.20
1955 29 CHC NL 13 11 .542 3.50 33 33 0 14 3 0 234.0 204 95 91 19 73 4 130 2 0 4 959 118 1.184 7.8 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.78
1956 30 CHC NL 13 10 .565 3.19 32 32 0 13 1 0 239.2 210 101 85 30 59 8 104 2 0 6 977 120 1.122 7.9 1.1 2.2 3.9 1.76
1957 31 CHC NL 6 16 .273 4.38 31 29 0 5 0 0 205.1 211 111 100 16 66 6 103 2 0 4 887 89 1.349 9.2 0.7 2.9 4.5 1.56
1958 32 MLN NL 10 6 .625 3.42 28 20 1 5 2 0 147.1 142 59 56 13 31 7 84 1 0 0 600 104 1.174 8.7 0.8 1.9 5.1 2.71
1959 33 MLN NL 5 6 .455 2.40 31 9 6 1 1 0 101.1 102 39 27 5 23 2 64 1 0 2 427 147 1.234 9.1 0.4 2.0 5.7 2.78
1960 34 TOT MLB 2 0 1.000 4.91 19 0 13 0 0 1 29.1 40 19 16 6 10 4 20 0 0 0 134 76 1.705 12.3 1.8 3.1 6.1 2.00
1960 34 MLN NL 2 0 1.000 4.20 10 0 7 0 0 1 15.0 24 9 7 2 5 2 8 0 0 0 73 84 1.933 14.4 1.2 3.0 4.8 1.60
1960 34 CHW AL 0 0 5.65 9 0 6 0 0 0 14.1 16 10 9 4 5 2 12 0 0 0 61 70 1.465 10.0 2.5 3.1 7.5 2.40
13 Yrs 127 152 .455 3.65 417 321 44 118 16 8 2410.2 2327 1128 977 176 789 31 1244 34 1 50 10219 110 1.293 8.7 0.7 2.9 4.6 1.58
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .455 3.65 38 30 4 11 1 1 222 214 104 90 16 73 115 3 0 5 942 110 1.293 8.7 0.7 2.9 4.6 1.58
CHC (10 yrs) 110 140 .440 3.71 339 292 24 112 13 7 2132.2 2043 1011 878 152 725 18 1076 32 1 48 9058 109 1.298 8.6 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.48
MLN (3 yrs) 17 12 .586 3.07 69 29 14 6 3 1 263.2 268 107 90 20 59 11 156 2 0 2 1100 116 1.240 9.1 0.7 2.0 5.3 2.64
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 5.65 9 0 6 0 0 0 14.1 16 10 9 4 5 2 12 0 0 0 61 70 1.465 10.0 2.5 3.1 7.5 2.40
NL (13 yrs) 127 152 .455 3.64 408 321 38 118 16 8 2396.1 2311 1118 968 172 784 29 1232 34 1 50 10158 110 1.292 8.7 0.6 2.9 4.6 1.57
AL (1 yr) 0 0 5.65 9 0 6 0 0 0 14.1 16 10 9 4 5 2 12 0 0 0 61 70 1.465 10.0 2.5 3.1 7.5 2.40

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
1948 22 CHC NL 133.2 36 16 70 4.71 4.49 0.03 0.00 98.7 4.40 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.1 0.7 11 .486 .497 $
1949 23 CHC NL 201.0 35 27 104 4.66 4.70 -0.16 0.00 100.0 4.87 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 2.2 28 .513 .503 $
1950 24 CHC NL 254.2 39 34 124 4.38 4.78 -0.08 0.00 100.5 4.89 16 1.7 2.3 -0.1 3.9 44 .543 .510 $ AS
1951 25 CHC NL 211.1 37 29 108 4.60 4.45 -0.09 0.00 103.8 4.72 3 0.3 .9 -0.1 2.1 26 .508 .502 $
1952 26 CHC NL 250.1 34 32 99 3.56 4.26 0.04 0.00 102.4 4.32 22 2.5 2.0 -0.1 4.6 47 .573 .515 $ AS
1953 27 CHC NL 166.2 29 28 97 5.24 4.93 -0.36 0.00 103.7 5.48 6 0.6 3.1 -0.1 2.0 24 .521 .504 $
1954 28 CHC NL 236.1 33 32 102 3.88 4.66 -0.11 0.00 102.3 4.88 27 2.9 .4 -0.1 4.9 53 .589 .518 $
1955 29 CHC NL 234.0 33 33 95 3.65 4.73 0.26 0.00 102.7 4.59 29 3.2 -0.1 5.2 50 .596 .519 $
1956 30 CHC NL 239.2 32 32 101 3.79 4.33 0.26 0.00 100.9 4.11 14 1.5 -0.1 3.5 34 .547 .509 $
1957 31 CHC NL 205.1 31 29 111 4.87 4.40 -0.19 0.00 100.2 4.60 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.1 1.3 16 .486 .497 $
1958 32 MLN NL 147.1 28 20 59 3.60 4.33 0.42 0.00 92.8 3.62 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 1.3 16 .501 .500 $
1959 33 MLN NL 101.1 31 9 39 3.46 4.39 -0.13 0.00 94.2 4.27 8 0.9 1.6 -0.0 1.8 20 .529 .506 $
1960 34 MLN NL 15.0 10 0 9 5.40 4.40 -0.09 -0.19 87.7 3.77 -3 -0.3 1.9 -0.2 -0.3 -1 .471 .498 $
1960 34 CHW AL 14.1 9 0 10 6.28 4.66 0.25 -0.19 98.1 4.14 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .462 .498 $
13 Seasons 2411.0 417 321 1128 4.21 4.54 -0.00 -0.00 100.6 4.58 113 12.4 1.2 -1.2 33.0 365 .530 .505 $
CHC (10 yrs) 2133.0 339 292 1011 4.27 4.57 -0.03 0.00 101.6 4.67 110 12.1 1.2 -1.0 30.4 332 .536 .507 $
MLN (3 yrs) 263.2 69 29 107 3.65 4.36 0.18 -0.01 93.0 3.88 6 0.6 1.5 -0.3 2.8 35 .509 .501 $
CHW (1 yr) 14.1 9 0 10 6.28 4.66 0.25 -0.19 98.1 4.14 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .462 .498 $

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
1958 32 MLN NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 25 1.333 4.5 0.0 7.5 3.0 0.40
1 WS 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 25 1.333 4.5 0.0 7.5 3.0 0.40

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
1950 CHC NL 24
1952 CHC NL 26 0 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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
1948 22 CHC NL 36 209 534 70 153 10 1 8 5 0 37 72 .287 .334 .354 .688 .319 189 4 1 8 0 6
1949 23 CHC NL 35 518 777 104 197 26 3 9 11 4 79 80 .254 .322 .329 .652 .273 256 6 0 9 0 9
1950 24 CHC NL 39 901 985 124 261 54 7 11 17 4 93 93 .265 .332 .368 .700 .284 362 17 6 10 0 10
1951 25 CHC NL 37 700 835 108 212 25 11 16 12 5 68 129 .254 .312 .368 .680 .284 307 13 3 12 0 19
1952 26 CHC NL 34 817 948 99 205 21 8 14 16 2 81 157 .216 .282 .300 .582 .246 284 13 6 11 0 16
1953 27 CHC NL 29 624 657 97 177 28 4 17 10 3 66 84 .269 .341 .402 .742 .288 264 9 5 5 0 10
1954 28 CHC NL 33 806 878 102 213 28 6 12 15 5 103 124 .243 .323 .329 .652 .268 289 21 5 13 8 14
1955 29 CHC NL 33 818 873 95 204 32 9 19 24 5 73 130 .234 .293 .356 .649 .254 311 14 2 6 5 4 7
1956 30 CHC NL 32 812 901 101 210 25 7 30 7 4 59 104 .233 .280 .376 .656 .233 339 16 2 9 6 8 13
1957 31 CHC NL 31 756 794 111 211 33 5 16 14 10 66 103 .266 .319 .380 .700 .284 302 7 2 11 12 6 11
1958 32 MLN NL 28 600 562 59 142 18 5 13 13 5 31 84 .253 .291 .372 .663 .276 209 15 1 3 3 7 7
1959 33 MLN NL 31 427 398 39 102 20 3 5 9 2 23 64 .256 .297 .359 .656 .293 143 6 1 3 2 2 9
1960 34 TOT MLB 19 134 118 19 40 11 1 6 2 0 10 20 .339 .385 .602 .986 .362 71 5 0 4 2 4 0
1960 34 CHW AL 9 61 53 10 16 5 0 4 1 0 5 12 .302 .362 .623 .985 .324 33 3 0 3 0 2 0
1960 34 MLN NL 10 73 65 9 24 6 1 2 1 0 5 8 .369 .403 .585 .987 .386 38 2 0 1 2 2 0
13 Yrs 417 8122 9260 1128 2327 331 70 176 155 49 789 1244 .251 .311 .359 .670 .273 3326 146 34 104 38 31 131
162 Game Avg. 38 748 853 104 214 30 6 16 14 5 73 115 .251 .311 .359 .670 .273 306 13 3 10 4 12
MLB Averages .260 .333 .384 .716 .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
1948 22 CHC NL -2.2 -0.2 214 0.6 3.7 -3.1 .94 -0.2 0.8 -4.2 -0.4 0.94 -3.3 0 2 4
1949 23 CHC NL -1.9 -0.2 543 -1.7 9.2 -10.9 1.10 -1.1 -0.5 -18.4 -1.8 1.10 -12.6 2 2 1
1950 24 CHC NL 12.4 1.2 961 1.5 19.4 -18.0 1.18 0.3 1.0 2.8 0.3 1.17 4.8 3 0 1
1951 25 CHC NL 4.0 0.4 728 0.0 13.1 -13.1 1.02 -0.2 0.3 3.8 0.4 1.02 0.5 1 1 3
1952 26 CHC NL 24.9 2.7 849 1.2 14.8 -13.6 1.01 1.9 -0.7 13.2 1.4 1.02 20.3 2 0 0
1953 27 CHC NL -2.8 -0.3 645 -0.2 11.9 -12.1 1.03 -1.3 1.1 -10.5 -1.0 1.03 -14.2 1 0 0
1954 28 CHC NL 15.1 1.5 845 1.7 17.1 -15.4 1.17 1.0 0.4 10.9 1.1 1.19 11.1 0 0 1
1955 29 CHC NL 19.4 2.0 912 1.8 16.1 -14.3 1.01 2.0 -0.3 23.2 2.4 1.00 23.1 0 0 0
1956 30 CHC NL 14.6 1.5 831 1.7 15.2 -13.5 1.03 1.4 0.2 19.2 2.0 1.03 16.1 0 0 0
1957 31 CHC NL -10.8 -1.1 800 -1.2 15.1 -16.3 1.18 -1.0 -0.0 -11.6 -1.2 1.17 -8.9 0 0 2
1958 32 MLN NL 3.8 0.4 620 1.1 10.6 -9.5 .96 1.6 -0.5 12.4 1.4 0.96 16.7 0 2 6
1959 33 MLN NL 10.4 1.1 439 -0.0 7.9 -7.9 1.02 1.2 -1.3 8.9 1.0 1.02 12.7 9 4 9
1960 34 TOT MLB -4.5 -0.5 136 -0.6 2.2 -2.8 .99 -0.9 0.3 -7.6 -0.8 0.99 -9.8 6 3 10
1960 34 MLN NL -1.8 -0.2 74 -0.1 1.8 -1.9 1.50 -0.4 0.4 -5.2 -0.5 1.50 -4.9 5 1 4
1960 34 CHW AL -2.7 -0.3 62 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .39 -0.5 -0.7 -2.4 -0.2 0.39 -4.9 1 2 6
13 Yrs 82.4 8.7 8523 5.9 156.4 -150.4 1.07 4.8 0.7 42.1 4.7 1.07 56.4 24 14 37

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
1948 22 CHC NL 36 16 3 11 2 0 2 3 12 .200 0 0 4 0 7 44% 48.0 88 28 3 2 7 7 2.3 3.0 5.5
1949 23 CHC NL 35 27 8 18 1 4 9 9 18 .333 0 0 9 1 13 48% 49.1 82 19 8 4 5 8 3.1 2.7 6.7
1950 24 CHC NL 39 34 13 18 3 1 7 14 19 .424 0 1 19 1 20 59% 50.9 80 17 14 7 16 4 3.1 3.4 7.2
1951 25 CHC NL 37 29 9 12 8 1 5 13 15 .464 1 2 12 2 16 55% 52.0 86 25 6 1 11 8 4.5 4.1 6.8
1952 26 CHC NL 34 32 17 11 4 1 6 19 13 .594 1 2 17 4 23 72% 60.2 93 25 11 6 15 12 4.5 4.8 7.8
1953 27 CHC NL 29 28 9 14 5 0 3 13 15 .464 1 1 8 1 14 50% 47.5 86 20 16 7 6 12 3.6 3.8 5.9
1954 28 CHC NL 33 32 13 15 4 1 6 15 17 .469 0 3 11 0 20 63% 53.8 86 22 18 6 7 11 3.9 2.9 7.3
1955 29 CHC NL 33 33 13 11 9 1 4 19 14 .576 0 2 14 3 22 67% 55.8 84 8 11 1 8 10 4.4 4.4 7.1
1956 30 CHC NL 32 32 13 10 9 3 6 17 14 .548 0 4 13 1 23 72% 55.9 83 17 8 4 5 10 4.1 3.8 7.5
1957 31 CHC NL 31 29 6 16 7 1 6 9 20 .310 0 5 5 0 15 52% 49.6 92 20 24 10 4 12 3.9 3.5 6.9
1958 32 MLN NL 28 20 7 5 8 1 2 13 7 .650 0 3 5 2 11 55% 51.9 81 23 12 5 8 4 4.9 4.2 6.2
1959 33 MLN NL 31 9 2 4 3 0 2 3 5 .375 1 0 1 1 5 56% 49.0 85 26 13 5 5 2 3.9 4.1 5.7
12 Yrs 398 321 113 145 63 14 58 147 169 .465 4 23 118 16 189 59% 53 93 8 144 58 97 100 3.9 3.8 6.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -9 4.5 4.4 6.5

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
1948 22 CHC NL 36 20 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% .945 0 2 4 0 0 6 2 4 14 2 5 4 7.0
1949 23 CHC NL 35 8 6 2 0 2 4 0 200% 2 0 5 2 40% 1.101 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 6 1 3 1 7.1
1950 24 CHC NL 39 5 2 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 2 0 0% 8 1.176 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 6.8
1951 25 CHC NL 37 8 6 2 0 1 2 0 200% 1 0 2 1 50% 1.025 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 4 0 3 2 5.4
1952 26 CHC NL 34 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.008 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.5
1953 27 CHC NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1.035 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1954 28 CHC NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.169 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6.0
1957 31 CHC NL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.179 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 9.0
1958 32 MLN NL 28 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 .956 0 2 6 0 0 8 2 6 6 0 6 0 8.8
1959 33 MLN NL 31 22 6 3 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 31 8 26% 5 1.021 9 4 9 3 4 15 13 9 15 2 16 3 6.9
1960 34 TOT MLB 19 19 13 2 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 19 10 53% .991 6 3 10 4 3 12 10 9 9 6 9 2 4.6
1960 34 MLN NL 10 10 7 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 7 58% 7 1.496 5 1 4 3 3 4 7 3 4 5 4 1 4.5
1960 34 CHW AL 9 9 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% 7 .387 1 2 6 1 0 8 3 6 5 1 5 1 4.8
11 Yrs 352 96 44 14 7 8 8 3 100% 8 0 66 21 32% 1.077 24 14 37 12 13 50 33 42 59 15 46 16 6.3

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%
1948 22 CHC NL 580 67% 3.8% 34.5% 17.7% 9.1% 12% 1.64 217% 37 4 11%
1949 23 CHC NL 865 54% 1.7% 15.4% 15.3% 7.3% 19% 1.16 133% 100 6 6%
1950 24 CHC NL 1094 57% 1.2% 10.3% 10.3% 8.0% 28% 1.40 98% 186 17 9%
1951 25 CHC NL 918 61% 2.3% 18.4% 9.7% 7.4% 25% 1.13 99% 127 13 10%
1952 26 CHC NL 1045 58% 1.7% 19.2% 9.9% 5.3% 21% 1.23 95% 146 13 9%
1953 27 CHC NL 733 58% 2.7% 13.5% 10.6% 7.9% 28% 0.97 89% 117 9 8%
1954 28 CHC NL 1007 61% 1.5% 15.4% 12.8% 5.7% 22% 1.36 93% 154 21 14%
1955 29 CHC NL 959 59% 2.3% 15.9% 8.9% 7.3% 29% 0.88 89% 132 14 11%
1956 30 CHC NL 977 59% 3.7% 12.8% 7.3% 7.6% 30% 1.07 95% 143 16 11%
1957 31 CHC NL 885 60% 2.1% 13.6% 8.7% 7.1% 26% 0.84 91% 157 7 4%
1958 32 MLN NL 600 61% 2.2% 14.0% 5.2% 6.0% 25% 1.05 78% 102 15 15%
1959 33 MLN NL 427 51% 1.2% 15.0% 5.4% 6.6% 28% 1.03 78% 69 6 9%
1960 34 TOT MLB 134 63% 4.5% 14.9% 7.5% 13.4% 45% 1.38 70% 27 5 19%
1960 34 MLN NL 73 63% 2.7% 11.0% 6.9% 12.3% 38% 0.81 78% 16 2 13%
1960 34 CHW AL 61 64% 6.6% 19.7% 8.2% 14.8% 56% 2.88 61% 11 3 27%
13 Yrs 10224 59% 2.2% 15.3% 9.7% 7.1% 25% 1.11 97% 1497 146 10%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.7% 10.6% 6.8% 26% 0.97 85% 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
1948 22 CHC NL 209 153 8 1 6 3 0 1 2 10 8 0 80% 6 3 0 87 5 0 100% 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 371
1949 23 CHC NL 518 197 9 1 10 4 2 3 3 31 19 1 61% 9 6 0 215 11 4 73% 10 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 347
1950 24 CHC NL 901 261 11 0 21 5 3 2 6 68 32 4 47% 10 2 0 360 17 4 81% 17 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 193
1951 25 CHC NL 700 212 16 0 9 12 1 9 4 43 28 5 65% 19 7 3 273 12 5 71% 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 218
1952 26 CHC NL 817 205 14 2 19 8 6 8 6 37 16 5 43% 16 7 3 267 16 2 89% 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 228
1953 27 CHC NL 624 177 17 0 8 6 8 8 6 24 12 1 50% 10 1 0 259 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 109
1954 28 CHC NL 806 213 12 0 11 8 3 4 7 36 23 3 64% 14 8 2 321 15 5 75% 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 201
1955 29 CHC NL 818 204 19 0 8 7 12 8 11 24 18 2 75% 7 4 2 282 24 5 83% 22 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 141
1956 30 CHC NL 812 210 30 0 8 13 8 7 14 34 21 4 62% 13 6 0 275 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 165
1957 31 CHC NL 756 211 16 0 18 6 9 10 5 53 27 6 51% 11 4 3 292 14 10 58% 11 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 25 129
1958 32 MLN NL 600 142 13 0 7 9 4 5 8 22 11 3 50% 7 0 1 195 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1959 33 MLN NL 427 102 5 0 18 4 1 3 2 23 9 6 39% 9 2 0 155 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 134 40 6 0 8 3 3 4 2 13 6 0 46% 0 0 1 57 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 34 MLN NL 73 24 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 9 3 0 33% 0 0 1 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 34 CHW AL 61 16 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 8122 2327 176 4 151 88 60 72 76 418 230 40 55% 131 50 15 3038 155 49 76% 141 46 11 2 3 0 8 1 111 2102
MLB Averages 52% 56%

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+
1948 22 5 11 .313 3.92 36 16 9 4 0 0 133.1 153 70 58 8 37 72 1 0 3 579 99 1.425 10.3 0.5 2.5 4.9 1.95 99
1949 23 15 29 .341 4.01 71 43 15 13 1 4 334.1 350 174 149 17 116 152 1 0 9 1440 99 1.394 9.4 0.5 3.1 4.1 1.31 99
1950 24 28 49 .364 3.88 110 77 17 32 2 5 589.0 611 298 254 28 209 245 7 0 11 2534 105 1.392 9.3 0.4 3.2 3.7 1.17 105
1951 25 39 61 .390 3.87 147 106 23 44 4 7 800.1 823 406 344 44 277 374 10 0 18 3452 105 1.374 9.3 0.5 3.1 4.2 1.35 105
1952 26 56 74 .431 3.59 181 138 24 61 8 7 1050.2 1028 505 419 58 358 531 16 0 25 4496 112 1.319 8.8 0.5 3.1 4.5 1.48 112
1953 27 65 88 .425 3.72 210 166 24 69 9 7 1217.1 1205 602 503 75 424 615 21 1 26 5228 110 1.338 8.9 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.45 110
1954 28 78 103 .431 3.73 243 198 24 80 9 7 1453.2 1418 704 602 87 527 739 26 1 34 6235 110 1.338 8.8 0.5 3.3 4.6 1.40 110
1955 29 91 114 .444 3.70 276 231 24 94 12 7 1687.2 1622 799 693 106 600 4 869 28 1 38 7194 111 1.317 8.6 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.45 111
1956 30 104 124 .456 3.63 308 263 24 107 13 7 1927.1 1832 900 778 136 659 12 973 30 1 44 8171 112 1.292 8.6 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.48 112
1957 31 110 140 .440 3.71 339 292 24 112 13 7 2132.2 2043 1011 878 152 725 18 1076 32 1 48 9058 109 1.298 8.6 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.48 109
1958 32 120 146 .451 3.69 367 312 25 117 15 7 2280.0 2185 1070 934 165 756 25 1160 33 1 48 9658 109 1.290 8.6 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53 109
1959 33 125 152 .451 3.63 398 321 31 118 16 7 2381.1 2287 1109 961 170 779 27 1224 34 1 50 10085 110 1.288 8.6 0.6 2.9 4.6 1.57 110
1960 34 127 152 .455 3.65 417 321 44 118 16 8 2410.2 2327 1128 977 176 789 31 1244 34 1 50 10219 110 1.293 8.7 0.7 2.9 4.6 1.58 110

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
1948 22 7 7 .500 4.16 134.0 162 69 62 8 39 73 1 1.500 10.9 2.6 4.9 1.87 0.5 36
1949 23 11 11 .500 4.12 203.0 203 103 93 9 81 81 0 1.399 9.0 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.4 35
1950 24 16 12 .571 3.57 260.0 264 114 103 11 94 95 6 1.377 9.1 3.3 3.3 1.01 0.4 39
1951 25 13 11 .542 3.61 222.0 215 99 89 16 69 136 3 1.279 8.7 2.8 5.5 1.97 0.6 37
1952 26 19 9 .679 2.79 261.0 217 90 81 15 86 163 6 1.161 7.5 3.0 5.6 1.90 0.5 34
1953 27 9 10 .474 4.08 172.0 174 87 78 17 65 87 5 1.390 9.1 3.4 4.6 1.34 0.9 29
1954 28 15 12 .556 3.61 244.0 217 109 98 12 105 128 5 1.320 8.0 3.9 4.7 1.22 0.4 33
1955 29 15 11 .577 3.44 241.0 210 102 92 20 75 134 2 1.183 7.8 2.8 5.0 1.79 0.7 33
1956 30 16 11 .593 3.39 244.0 223 102 92 32 63 106 2 1.172 8.2 2.3 3.9 1.68 1.2 32
1957 31 10 13 .435 4.52 211.0 222 118 106 17 69 106 2 1.379 9.5 2.9 4.5 1.54 0.7 31
1958 32 8 8 .500 4.07 146.0 158 73 66 14 34 83 1 1.315 9.7 2.1 5.1 2.44 0.9 28
1959 33 7 4 .636 2.82 102.0 113 36 32 6 25 65 1 1.353 10.0 2.2 5.7 2.60 0.5 31
1960 34 1 2 .333 5.79 28.0 44 20 18 7 11 19 0 1.964 14.1 3.5 6.1 1.73 2.3 19
13 Yrs 147 121 .549 3.68 2468.0 2422 1122 1010 184 816 1276 34 1.312 8.8 4.7 1.56 0.7 417

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games
1950
1952 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 NL  5.5 (6th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1952 NL  4.6 (5th)
1954 NL  4.9 (3rd)
1955 NL  5.2 (2nd)
1956 NL  3.5 (9th)
Career  33.0 (196th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL  2.70 (5th)
1955 NL  3.50 (9th)
1956 NL  3.19 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  17 (3rd)
1955 NL  13 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 NL  .625 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 NL  1.142 (3rd)
1955 NL  1.184 (5th)
1956 NL  1.122 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL  7.370 (4th)
1954 NL  8.111 (7th)
1955 NL  7.846 (3rd)
1956 NL  7.886 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  2.896 (10th)
1956 NL  2.216 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  5.494 (2nd)
1952 NL  5.645 (7th)
1954 NL  4.722 (8th)
1955 NL  5.000 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 NL  4 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1950 NL  254.7 (8th)
1952 NL  250.3 (4th)
1954 NL  236.3 (8th)
1955 NL  234.0 (6th)
1956 NL  239.7 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1951 NL  129 (5th)
1952 NL  157 (2nd)
1954 NL  124 (7th)
1955 NL  130 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1950 NL  34 (8th)
1952 NL  32 (8th)
1954 NL  32 (7th)
1955 NL  33 (4th)
1956 NL  32 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1950 NL  19 (7th)
1952 NL  17 (5th)
1955 NL  14 (4th)
1956 NL  13 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 NL  4 (7th)
1955 NL  3 (4th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  30 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 NL  93 (6th)
1952 NL  81 (10th)
1954 NL  103 (2nd)
1955 NL  73 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 NL  261 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1951 NL  1.897 (4th)
1952 NL  1.938 (7th)
1955 NL  1.781 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  0.403 (4th)
1950 NL  0.389 (1st)
1951 NL  0.681 (10th)
1952 NL  0.503 (5th)
1954 NL  0.457 (1st)
1955 NL  0.731 (2nd)
1957 NL  0.701 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1949 NL  18 (2nd)
1950 NL  20 (1st)
1952 NL  13 (10th)
1953 NL  14 (9th)
1954 NL  15 (3rd)
1957 NL  16 (4th)
Career  152 (150th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 NL  105 (9th)
1954 NL  99 (5th)
1957 NL  100 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 NL  6 (3rd)
1951 NL  7 (5th)
1952 NL  7 (2nd)
1954 NL  8 (1st)
1956 NL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 NL  6 (6th)
1952 NL  6 (4th)
1953 NL  5 (8th)
1954 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1950 NL  1,094 (8th)
1952 NL  1,044 (4th)
1954 NL  1,007 (7th)
1955 NL  959 (7th)
1956 NL  977 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL  143 (3rd)
1955 NL  118 (7th)
1956 NL  120 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  25 (4th)
1955 NL  19 (4th)
1956 NL  15 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  2.7 (4th)
1955 NL  2.0 (4th)
1956 NL  1.5 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 NL  23.20 (3rd)
1956 NL  19.24 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 NL  1.7 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  1.9 (9th)
1955 NL  2.0 (3rd)
1956 NL  1.4 (7th)
1958 NL  1.6 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 NL  2.4 (4th)
1956 NL  2.0 (6th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 85 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ned Garver (958)
  2. Ed Brandt (941)
  3. Bob Groom (938)
  4. Ed Whitson (937)
  5. Mark Gubicza (936)
  6. Joaquin Andujar (933)
  7. Dick Ellsworth (932)
  8. Mike McCormick (928)
  9. Pat Dobson (928)
  10. Danny MacFayden (924)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Kelley (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alan Foster (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elmer Myers (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tom Murphy (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Javery (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Javery (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jimmy Ring (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmy Ring (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Slaton (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Slaton (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Slaton (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ned Garver (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ned Garver (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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