Ted Sadowski

Theodore Sadowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 1, 1936 in Pittsburgh, PA
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1960
Teams (by GP): Twins/Senators 1960-1962

Final Game: July 4, 1962
Died: July 18, 1993 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
Relatives: Brother of Bob Sadowski, Brother of Ed Sadowski and Uncle of Jim Sadowski
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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
1955	19	MIN-min	D	6	0	1.000	2.91	11	9					68.0	63	26	22	7	39								1.500	8.3	0.9	5.2			ERI · PONY
1956	20	MIN-min	A	9	9	.500	3.74	26	18					149.0	122	68	62	11	72								1.302	7.4	0.7	4.3			CHR · SALL
1957	21	MIN-min	B,A	4	4	.500	3.08	27	5					76.0	76	33	26	6	25								1.329	9.0	0.7	3.0			KIN,CHR · CARL,SALL
1958	22	MIN-min	B	9	10	.474	4.11	33	18					171.0	184	92	78	26	49								1.363	9.7	1.4	2.6			FOX · IIIL
1959	23	OAK-MIN-min	A	16	11	.593	4.19	33	26		13	2		202.0	218	113	94	19	55	8	101	1	0	2			1.351	9.7	0.8	2.5	4.5	1.84	ALB,CHR · EL,SALL
1960	24	MIN-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.15	44	7					120.0	109	61	42	4	39								1.233	8.2	0.3	2.9			CHL · AA
1960	24	WSH	AL	1	0	1.000	5.19	9	1	4	0	0	1	17.1	17	10	10	4	9	1	12	1	0	0	77	79	1.500	8.8	2.1	4.7	6.2	1.33
1961	25	MIN-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.46	23	15					117.0	91	54	45	10	39								1.111	7.0	0.8	3.0			SYR · IL
1961	25	MIN	AL	0	2	.000	6.82	15	1	6	0	0	0	33.0	49	29	25	6	11	2	12	1	0	2	157	63	1.818	13.4	1.6	3.0	3.3	1.09
1962	26	MIN-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.49	17	10		4	1		80.0	81	40	31	5	30	1	53	0	0	1			1.388	9.1	0.6	3.4	6.0	1.77	VAN · PCL
1962	26	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	5.03	19	0	3	0	0	0	34.0	37	19	19	6	11	0	15	1	0	3	139	82	1.412	9.8	1.6	2.9	4.0	1.36
1963	27	MIN-min	AAA	15	13	.536	3.72	44	31					218.0	205	95	90	19	42		152						1.133	8.5	0.8	1.7	6.3	3.62	DFW · PCL
1964	28	SFG-MIN-min	AAA	6	8	.429	5.81	43	10		1	0		96.0	114	64	62	21	29	7	62	4	0	5			1.490	10.7	2.0	2.7	5.8	2.14	TAC,ATA · PCL,IL
1965	29	MIN-min	AA	14	8	.636	2.67	31	29					202.0	182	64	60	17	45		90						1.124	8.1	0.8	2.0	4.0	2.00	CHR · SOUL
1966	30	MIN-min	AA	7	5	.583	3.38	29	19					128.0	125	55	48	14	31		66						1.219	8.8	1.0	2.2	4.6	2.13	CHR · SOUL
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	5.76	43	2	13	0	0	1	84.1	103	58	54	16	31	3	39	3	0	5	373	72	1.589	11.0	1.7	3.3	4.2	1.26
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.400	5.76	65	3	20	0	0	2	127	156	88	82	24	47	5	59	5	0	8	564	72	1.589	11.0	1.7	3.3	4.2	1.26

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
1960	24	WSH	AL	17.1	9	1	10	5.19	4.49	-0.07	-0.11	101.1	4.50	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.486	.499	$
1961	25	MIN	AL	33.0	15	1	29	7.91	4.81	-0.11	-0.18	103.3	4.90	-11	-1.0	.8	0.1	-0.7	-8	.430	.494	$
1962	26	MIN	AL	33.0	19	0	19	5.18	4.44	0.17	-0.18	102.8	4.20	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.1	-0	.483	.498	$
3 Seasons				83.1	43	2	58	6.26	4.60	0.01	-0.17	102.6	4.54	-15	-1.5	.8	0.0	-0.8	-8	.465	.497	$

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
1960	24	WSH	AL	9	77	66	10	17	4	1	4	0	0	9	12	.258	.351	.530	.881	.255	35	1	1	0	1	1	0
1961	25	MIN	AL	15	157	141	29	49	7	5	6	1	1	11	12	.348	.396	.596	.992	.347	84	3	1	3	1	2	3
1962	26	MIN	AL	19	139	123	19	37	7	0	6	1	2	11	15	.301	.363	.504	.867	.304	62	6	1	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				43	373	330	58	103	18	6	16	2	3	31	39	.312	.374	.548	.923	.314	181	10	3	7	2	3	3
162 Game Avg.				65	564	499	88	156	27	9	24	3	5	47	59	.312	.374	.548	.923	.314	274	15	5	11	3	5	5
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.394	.720	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1960	24	WSH	AL	-1.6	-0.2	78	0.3	1.7	-1.4	1.15	-0.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	1.15	-1.7	3	2	3
1961	25	MIN	AL	-8.9	-0.8	161	-1.2	0.9	-2.1	.46	-1.0	-1.5	-11.0	-1.0	0.46	-11.8	3	2	8
1962	26	MIN	AL	-2.3	-0.2	146	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	.46	-0.3	-1.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.46	-3.4	2	3	14
3 Yrs				-12.8	-1.2	385	-1.5	3.6	-5.1	.60	-1.4	-1.1	-12.8	-1.2	0.60	-16.8	8	7	25

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
1960	24	WSH	AL	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	40.0	40	40	2	2	1	0	4.0	7.2	5.0
1961	25	MIN	AL	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	16.0	16	16	1	1	0	1	2.0	0.0	2.7
2 Yrs				24	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28	40	16	3	3	1	1	3.0	4.5	3.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.5	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1960	24	WSH	AL	9	8	4	1	0	1	1	100%	1	5	1	20%	8	1.155	3	2	3	1	2	5	2	6	3	2	3	0	4.6
1961	25	MIN	AL	15	14	6	0	1	0	0		0	11	3	27%	7	.463	3	2	8	0	2	12	7	7	8	3	8	6	6.5
1962	26	MIN	AL	19	19	3	1	1	0	0		0	18	8	44%	5	.460	2	3	14	1	0	18	9	10	12	3	12	4	5.2
3 Yrs				43	41	13	2	2	1	1	100%	1	34	12	35%		.605	8	7	25	2	4	35	18	23	23	8	23	10	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	24	WSH	AL	77	64%	5.2%	15.6%	11.7%	11.7%	53%	1.44	66%	8	1	13%
1961	25	MIN	AL	157	63%	3.8%	7.6%	7.0%	11.5%	37%	1.10	79%	30	3	10%
1962	26	MIN	AL	139	65%	4.3%	10.8%	7.9%	9.4%	35%	1.31	73%	28	6	21%
3 Yrs				373	64%	4.3%	10.5%	8.3%	10.7%	39%	1.24	74%	66	10	15%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	13.8%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.04	73%			10%

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
1960	24	WSH	AL	77	17			4	0	3	3	1	2	2	6	2	2	33%	0	0	1	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1961	25	MIN	AL	157	49			6	0	3	2	4	3	3	8	5	0	63%	3	2	0	76	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
1962	26	MIN	AL	139	37			6	0	6	3	3	4	2	14	8	0	57%	0	3	1	49	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
3 Yrs				373	103			16	0	12	8	8	9	7	28	15	2	54%	3	5	2	146	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		52%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1960	24	1	0	1.000	5.19	9	1	4	1	17.1	17	10	10	4	9	1	12	1	0	77	79	1.500	8.8	2.1	4.7	6.2	1.33	79
1961	25	1	2	.333	6.26	24	2	10	1	50.1	66	39	35	10	20	3	24	2	2	234	67	1.709	11.8	1.8	3.6	4.3	1.20	67
1962	26	2	3	.400	5.76	43	2	13	1	84.1	103	58	54	16	31	3	39	3	5	373	72	1.589	11.0	1.7	3.3	4.2	1.26	72

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
1960	24	0	1	.000	5.29	17.0	18	11	10	4	10	12	1	1.647	9.5	5.3	6.4	1.20	2.1	9
1961	25	1	2	.333	6.27	33.0	47	26	23	6	11	12	1	1.758	12.8	3.0	3.3	1.09	1.6	15
1962	26	1	2	.333	5.40	30.0	36	20	18	6	11	13	1	1.567	10.8	3.3	3.9	1.18	1.8	19
3 Yrs		2	5	.286	5.74	80.0	101	57	51	16	32	37	3	1.663	11.4		4.2	1.16	1.8	43

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