Bob Rush
Robert Ransom Rush
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 21, 1925 in Battle Creek, MI
High School: Riley (South Bend, IN)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1948
Final Game: August 7, 1960
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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
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 3 579 100 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 10 79 80 0 0 6 861 99 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 7 918 106 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 97 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 6 977 119 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 88 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 0 600 103 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 2 427 148 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 73 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 82 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 67 1.465 10.0 2.5 3.1 7.5 2.40
13 Seasons 127 152 .455 3.65 417 321 44 118 16 8 2410.2 2327 1128 977 177 789 31 1244 34 1 50 10219 109 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 5 942 109 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 878 153 725 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 115 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 67 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 968 173 784 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 67 1.465 10.0 2.5 3.1 7.5 2.40

Postseason Pitching

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1950 CHC NL 24
1952 CHC NL 26 0 1 0 1.000 9.00 0 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*

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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
1954 28 CHC NL 33 1007 878 102 213 28 6 12 13 5 103 124 .243 .323 .329 .652 .268 289 20 5 13 8
1955 29 CHC NL 33 959 873 95 204 23 9 19 23 4 73 130 .234 .293 .346 .639 .254 302 12 2 6 5 4
1956 30 CHC NL 32 977 901 101 210 19 4 30 6 4 59 104 .233 .280 .363 .643 .233 327 14 2 9 6 8
1957 31 CHC NL 31 885 794 111 211 33 5 16 14 9 66 103 .266 .319 .380 .700 .284 302 6 2 11 12 6
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 207 4989 4524 526 1122 152 33 101 80 29 365 629 .248 .304 .363 .667 .266 1643 78 13 49 38 31
162 Game Avg. 39 937 850 99 211 29 6 19 15 5 69 118 .248 .304 .363 .667 .266 309 15 2 9 7
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
1954 28 CHC NL 33 32 13 15 4 1 6 15 17 .469 0 3 11 0 20 63% 54 86 22 18 6 7 11 3.9 3.0 7.3
1955 29 CHC NL 33 33 13 11 9 1 4 19 14 .576 0 2 14 3 22 67% 56 84 8 9 1 8 10 4.4 4.8 7.1
1956 30 CHC NL 32 32 13 10 9 3 6 17 14 .548 0 4 13 1 23 72% 56 83 17 8 4 5 10 4.1 4.1 7.5
1957 31 CHC NL 31 29 6 16 7 1 6 9 20 .310 0 5 5 0 15 52% 50 92 20 24 10 4 12 3.9 3.6 6.9
1958 32 MLN NL 28 20 7 5 8 1 2 13 7 .650 0 3 5 2 11 55% 52 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 85 26 13 5 5 2 3.9 4.1 5.7
6 Seasons 188 155 54 61 40 7 26 76 77 .497 1 17 49 7 96 62% 54 92 8 84 31 37 49 4.2 3.9 7.0
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
1954 28 CHC NL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.161 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 1.138 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 0.971 1 3 4 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 1.040 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% 1.004 6 4 9 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 1.498 5 2 3 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 0.412 1 2 6 1 0 8 3 6 5 1 5 1 4.8
5 Seasons 142 52 20 8 3 3 1 2 33% 3 0 53 18 34% 1.083 16 11 25 7 7 38 25 27 33 8 34 7 6.4

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%
1948 22 CHC NL
1949 23 CHC NL
1950 24 CHC NL
1951 25 CHC NL
1952 26 CHC NL
1953 27 CHC NL
1954 28 CHC NL 1007 40% 1.2% 12.3% 10.2% 4.6% 22% 1.35 74% 151 20 13%
1955 29 CHC NL 959 40% 2.0% 13.6% 7.6% 5.3% 25% 0.90 76% 111 12 11%
1956 30 CHC NL 977 42% 3.1% 10.6% 6.0% 5.4% 25% 1.06 79% 109 14 13%
1957 31 CHC NL 885 42% 1.8% 11.6% 7.5% 6.1% 26% 0.84 78% 141 6 4%
1958 32 MLN NL 600 39% 2.2% 14.0% 5.2% 6.0% 25% 1.05 78% 102 15 15%
1959 33 MLN NL 427 49% 1.2% 15.0% 5.4% 6.6% 28% 1.03 78% 69 6 9%
1960 34 TOT MLB 134 37% 4.5% 14.9% 7.5% 13.4% 45% 1.38 70% 27 5 19%
1960 34 MLN NL 73 37% 2.7% 11.0% 6.9% 12.3% 38% 0.81 78% 16 2 13%
1960 34 CHW AL 61 36% 6.6% 19.7% 8.2% 14.8% 56% 2.88 61% 11 3 27%
13 Seasons 4989 41% 3.6% 24.9% 15.8% 5.7% 12% 1.05 77% 710 78 11%
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
1948 22 CHC NL 153 8 3
1949 23 CHC NL 197 10 6
1950 24 CHC NL 261 11 2
1951 25 CHC NL 212 16 7
1952 26 CHC NL 205 14 7
1953 27 CHC NL 177 17 1
1954 28 CHC NL 773 213 12 0 11 8 2 3 7 36 23 3 64% 14 8 2 314 13 5 72% 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 234
1955 29 CHC NL 655 204 19 0 7 7 9 8 8 22 16 2 73% 6 4 1 232 23 4 85% 21 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 304
1956 30 CHC NL 625 210 30 0 7 12 8 6 14 25 16 3 64% 8 6 0 206 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 352
1957 31 CHC NL 663 211 16 0 16 5 9 9 5 50 26 6 52% 11 4 3 264 14 9 61% 11 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 24 222
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 Seasons 3877 2327 177 0 74 48 36 38 46 191 107 23 56% 55 50 8 1423 80 29 73% 72 29 8 0 0 0 7 1 73 1112
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+
1948 22 5 11 .313 3.92 36 16 9 4 0 0 133.1 153 70 58 8 37 72 1 0 3 579 100 1.425 10.3 0.5 2.5 4.9 1.95 100
1949 23 15 29 .341 4.01 71 43 15 13 1 4 334.1 350 174 149 18 116 152 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 29 209 245 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 45 277 374 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 59 358 531 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 76 424 615 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 88 527 739 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 799 693 107 600 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 900 778 137 659 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 878 153 725 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 934 166 756 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 961 171 779 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 977 177 789 31 1244 34 1 50 10219 109 1.293 8.7 0.7 2.9 4.6 1.58 109

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
1948 22 7 8 .467 4.07 135.0 160 68 61 8 39 73 1 1.474 10.7 2.6 4.9 1.87 0.5 36
1949 23 11 11 .500 4.06 204.0 201 102 92 10 81 81 0 1.382 8.9 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.4 35
1950 24 16 12 .571 3.55 261.0 262 114 103 11 93 95 6 1.360 9.0 3.2 3.3 1.02 0.4 39
1951 25 13 11 .542 3.68 220.0 219 100 90 17 70 134 3 1.314 9.0 2.9 5.5 1.91 0.7 37
1952 26 19 9 .679 2.81 259.0 221 90 81 15 87 162 6 1.189 7.7 3.0 5.6 1.86 0.5 34
1953 27 9 10 .474 4.16 171.0 176 88 79 17 66 86 5 1.415 9.3 3.5 4.5 1.30 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 3.45 240.0 211 102 92 20 76 133 2 1.196 7.9 2.9 5.0 1.75 0.8 33
1956 30 15 11 .577 3.41 243.0 227 102 92 32 64 105 2 1.198 8.4 2.4 3.9 1.64 1.2 32
1957 31 10 13 .435 4.54 210.0 224 118 106 17 70 105 2 1.400 9.6 3.0 4.5 1.50 0.7 31
1958 32 8 8 .500 4.16 145.0 160 74 67 15 35 83 1 1.345 9.9 2.2 5.2 2.37 0.9 28
1959 33 7 4 .636 2.82 102.0 113 36 32 6 25 64 1 1.353 10.0 2.2 5.6 2.56 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 Seasons 146 122 .545 3.70 2462.0 2435 1123 1011 187 822 1268 34 1.323 8.9 4.6 1.54 0.7 417

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1950
1952 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 NL--2.696--5th
1955 NL--3.500--9th
1956 NL--3.192--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--1.143--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
Career--321--245th

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
Career--789--249th

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--.448--4th
1950 NL--.389--1st
1951 NL--.681--10th
1952 NL--.503--5th
1954 NL--.457--1st
1955 NL--.731--2nd
1957 NL--.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--149th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 NL--105--9th
1954 NL--99--5th
1957 NL--100--5th
Career--977--246th

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--1094--8th
1952 NL--1044--4th
1954 NL--1007--7th
1955 NL--959--7th
1956 NL--977--8th
Career--10219--218th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 NL--143--3rd
1955 NL--118--7th
1956 NL--119--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 58 (251), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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