Mike Ryba

Dominic Joseph Ryba

Positions: Pitcher and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 9, 1903 in DeLancey, PA
School: Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1935
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals 1935-1946

Final Game: August 29, 1946
Died: December 13, 1971 in Brookline Station, MO
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Springfield, MO
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1928	25	DAY	B	13	13	.500	5.31	39						200.0	237	145	118		80	71						1.585	10.7		3.6	3.2	0.89	DAY · CENL
1929	26	SCT,WBO	C,D	14	3	.824	2.73	20						142.0	171	89	43		28							1.401	10.8		1.8			SCT,WBO · MATL,BLRI
1930	27	SCT	C	3	3	.500	6.17	11						65.2	103	57	45		14							1.782	14.1		1.9			SCT · MATL
1931	28	SPG	C	3	0	1.000		9																								SPG · WA
1933	30	STL-min	A	3	1	.750		9						35.0	34	18			11							1.286	8.7		2.8			SPG · WL
1934	31	STL-min	C	12	3	.800	2.96	30						167.0	156	64	55		40							1.174	8.4		2.2			SPG · WA
1935	32	STL-min	AA	20	8	.714	3.29	48	25					252.0	265	116	92		52							1.258	9.5		1.9			CLB · AA
1935	32	STL	NL	1	1	.500	3.38	2	1	1	1	0	0	16.0	15	6	6	0	1	6	0	0	0	64	124	1.000	8.4	0.0	0.6	3.4	6.00
1936	33	STL-min	AA	14	7	.667	4.03	30	22					199.0	220	102	89		39							1.302	9.9		1.8			CLB · AA
1936	33	STL	NL	5	1	.833	5.40	14	0	9	0	0	0	45.0	55	33	27	3	16	25	2	0	1	211	74	1.578	11.0	0.6	3.2	5.0	1.56
1937	34	STL	NL	9	6	.600	4.13	38	8	22	5	0	0	135.0	152	76	62	8	40	57	2	1	3	586	96	1.422	10.1	0.5	2.7	3.8	1.43
1938	35	STL-min	AA	3	9	.250	3.24	18	7					86.0	90	51	31		17							1.244	9.4		1.8			CLB · AA
1938	35	STL	NL	1	1	.500	5.40	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	79	1.800	14.4	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.00

1939	36	STL-min	AA	18	12	.600	2.69	37	28					251.0	232	88	75		49							1.120	8.3		1.8			ROC · IL
1940	37	STL-min	AA	24	8	.750	2.94	36	34					272.0	272	107	89		53							1.195	9.0		1.8			ROC · IL
1941	38	BOS	AL	7	3	.700	4.46	40	3	25	0	0	6	121.0	143	72	60	14	42	54	0	2	0	535	93	1.529	10.6	1.0	3.1	4.0	1.29
1942	39	BOS	AL	3	3	.500	3.86	18	0	15	0	0	3	44.1	49	25	19	5	13	16	1	0	0	194	98	1.398	9.9	1.0	2.6	3.2	1.23
1943	40	BOS	AL	7	5	.583	3.26	40	8	17	4	1	2	143.2	142	57	52	4	57	50	0	0	3	607	103	1.385	8.9	0.3	3.6	3.1	0.88
1944	41	BOS	AL	12	7	.632	3.33	42	7	24	2	0	2	138.0	119	57	51	7	39	50	0	1	5	556	103	1.145	7.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	1.28
1945	42	BOS	AL	7	6	.538	2.49	34	9	12	4	1	2	123.0	122	45	34	5	33	44	2	1	1	521	137	1.260	8.9	0.4	2.4	3.2	1.33
1946	43	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	3.55	9	0	5	0	0	1	12.2	12	7	5	1	5	5	0	0	1	53	106	1.342	8.5	0.7	3.6	3.6	1.00
1947	44	BOS-min	B	3	3	.500	1.65	13	3					60.0	54	11	11		3							0.950	8.1		0.4			LYN · NENL
1955	52	STL-min	AA	0	0			1																								HSN · TL
10 Yrs				52	34	.605	3.66	240	36	132	16	2	16	783.2	817	381	319	47	247	307	7	5	14	3352	101	1.358	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.5	1.24
162 Game Avg.				13	8	.605	3.66	59	9	33	4	0	4	193	201	94	79	12	61	76	2	1	3	826	101	1.358	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.5	1.24

BOS (6 yrs)				36	25	.590	3.41	183	27	98	10	2	16	582.2	587	263	221	36	189	219	3	4	10	2466	105	1.332	9.1	0.6	2.9	3.4	1.16
STL (4 yrs)				16	9	.640	4.39	57	9	34	6	0	0	201.0	230	118	98	11	58	88	4	1	4	886	91	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52

AL (6 yrs)				36	25	.590	3.41	183	27	98	10	2	16	582.2	587	263	221	36	189	219	3	4	10	2466	105	1.332	9.1	0.6	2.9	3.4	1.16
NL (4 yrs)				16	9	.640	4.39	57	9	34	6	0	0	201.0	230	118	98	11	58	88	4	1	4	886	91	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52

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
1935	32	STL	NL	16.0	2	1	6	3.38	5.04	0.09	0.00	104.0	5.14	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.667	.502	$
1936	33	STL	NL	45.0	14	0	33	6.60	4.77	-0.18	0.00	101.6	5.03	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.445	.495	$
1937	34	STL	NL	135.0	38	8	76	5.07	4.44	-0.18	0.00	101.8	4.70	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.5	8	.486	.497	$
1938	35	STL	NL	5.0	3	0	3	5.40	3.83	-0.17	0.00	109.6	4.38	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	-0	.481	.500	$

1941	38	BOS	AL	121.0	40	3	72	5.36	4.76	-0.12	0.00	99.3	4.85	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.1	4	.482	.495	$
1942	39	BOS	AL	44.1	18	0	25	5.08	4.44	0.22	0.00	102.9	4.34	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.477	.497	$
1943	40	BOS	AL	143.2	40	8	57	3.57	3.97	0.06	0.00	99.4	3.88	4	0.5	1.0	-0.1	1.3	14	.513	.503	$
1944	41	BOS	AL	138.0	42	7	57	3.72	4.02	-0.07	0.00	99.7	4.08	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.3	14	.515	.504	$
1945	42	BOS	AL	123.0	34	9	45	3.29	3.95	0.13	0.00	101.4	3.87	8	1.0	1.0	-0.1	1.6	15	.529	.506	$
1946	43	BOS	AL	12.2	9	0	7	4.97	3.93	0.16	0.00	107.4	4.05	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.484	.499	$
10 Seasons				783.2	240	36	381	4.38	4.27	-0.03	0.00	100.8	4.33	-5	-0.2	1.0	-0.5	4.5	55	.499	.500	$

BOS (6 yrs)				582.2	183	27	263	4.06	4.18	0.02	0.00	100.3	4.17	5	0.8	1.0	-0.4	4.0	47	.504	.501	$
STL (4 yrs)				201.0	57	9	118	5.28	4.54	-0.16	0.00	102.1	4.80	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.5	9	.482	.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
1946	43	BOS	AL	WS	L	STL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1935	32	STL	NL	64	0.0%	9.4%	1.6%	6.3%	27%	88%
1936	33	STL	NL	211	1.4%	11.9%	7.6%			75%
1937	34	STL	NL	586	1.4%	9.7%	6.8%	3.1%	12%	80%
1938	35	STL	NL	25	0.0%	0.0%	4.0%			92%

1941	38	BOS	AL	535	2.6%	10.1%	7.9%			77%
1942	39	BOS	AL	194	2.6%	8.3%	6.7%			80%
1943	40	BOS	AL	608	0.7%	8.2%	9.4%	2.5%	11%	80%
1944	41	BOS	AL	556	1.3%	9.0%	7.0%	1.4%	7%	82%
1945	42	BOS	AL	520	1.0%	8.5%	6.4%	1.9%	8%	81%
1946	43	BOS	AL	53	1.9%	9.4%	9.4%			75%
10 Yrs				3352	1.4%	9.2%	7.4%	1.6%	7%	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.0%	8.8%	3.0%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1935	32	1	1	.500	3.38	2	1	1	1	0	0	16.0	15	6	6	0	1	6	0	0	0	64	124	1.000	8.4	0.0	0.6	3.4	6.00	124
1936	33	6	2	.750	4.87	16	1	10	1	0	0	61.0	70	39	33	3	17	31	2	0	1	275	83	1.426	10.3	0.4	2.5	4.6	1.82	83
1937	34	15	8	.652	4.36	54	9	32	6	0	0	196.0	222	115	95	11	57	88	4	1	4	861	91	1.423	10.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	1.54	91
1938	35	16	9	.640	4.39	57	9	34	6	0	0	201.0	230	118	98	11	58	88	4	1	4	886	91	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52	91
1939	36	16	9	.640	4.39	57	9	34	6	0	0	201.0	230	118	98	11	58	88	4	1	4	886	91	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52	91
1940	37	16	9	.640	4.39	57	9	34	6	0	0	201.0	230	118	98	11	58	88	4	1	4	886	91	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52	91
1941	38	23	12	.657	4.42	97	12	59	6	0	6	322.0	373	190	158	25	100	142	4	3	4	1421	92	1.469	10.4	0.7	2.8	4.0	1.42	92
1942	39	26	15	.634	4.35	115	12	74	6	0	9	366.1	422	215	177	30	113	158	5	3	4	1615	92	1.460	10.4	0.7	2.8	3.9	1.40	92
1943	40	33	20	.623	4.04	155	20	91	10	1	11	510.0	564	272	229	34	170	208	5	3	7	2222	95	1.439	10.0	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.22	95
1944	41	45	27	.625	3.89	197	27	115	12	1	13	648.0	683	329	280	41	209	258	5	4	12	2778	96	1.377	9.5	0.6	2.9	3.6	1.23	96
1945	42	52	33	.612	3.67	231	36	127	16	2	15	771.0	805	374	314	46	242	302	7	5	13	3299	101	1.358	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.5	1.25	101
1946	43	52	34	.605	3.66	240	36	132	16	2	16	783.2	817	381	319	47	247	307	7	5	14	3352	101	1.358	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.5	1.24	101

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
1935	32	1	0	1.000	2.65	17.0	15	6	5	0	1	6	0	0.941	7.9	0.5	3.2	6.00	0.0	2
1936	33	2	3	.400	5.25	48.0	57	31	28	3	17	27	2	1.542	10.7	3.2	5.1	1.59	0.6	14
1937	34	7	8	.467	4.08	139.0	157	70	63	8	41	59	2	1.424	10.2	2.7	3.8	1.44	0.5	38
1938	35	0	0		4.50	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	1.500	12.0	1.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	3

1941	38	6	7	.462	4.21	124.0	143	64	58	14	42	55	0	1.492	10.4	3.0	4.0	1.31	1.0	40
1942	39	2	3	.400	4.11	46.0	53	23	21	5	14	16	1	1.457	10.4	2.7	3.1	1.14	1.0	18
1943	40	7	8	.467	4.01	139.0	159	69	62	4	64	48	0	1.604	10.3	4.1	3.1	0.75	0.3	40
1944	41	8	7	.533	3.84	136.0	130	64	58	8	43	49	0	1.272	8.6	2.8	3.2	1.14	0.5	42
1945	42	9	4	.692	2.86	126.0	136	44	40	6	37	45	2	1.373	9.7	2.6	3.2	1.22	0.4	34
1946	43	0	1	.000	4.50	12.0	13	7	6	1	5	5	0	1.500	9.8	3.8	3.8	1.00	0.8	9
10 Yrs		42	41	.506	3.90	793.0	871	381	344	49	265	310	7	1.433	9.9		3.5	1.17	0.6	240

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1944 AL .632 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1941 AL 40 (4th) 1943 AL 40 (4th) 1944 AL 42 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1941 AL 6 (4th) 1942 AL 3 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1944 AL 5 (8th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1937 NL 22 (2nd) 1941 AL 25 (3rd) 1942 AL 15 (9th) 1943 AL 17 (9th) 1944 AL 24 (7th)	Oldest s c a p y 1941 AL born 1903-06-09 (6th) 1942 AL born 1903-06-09 (5th) 1943 AL born 1903-06-09 (4th) 1944 AL born 1903-06-09 (5th) 1945 AL born 1903-06-09 (4th) 1946 AL born 1903-06-09 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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