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Jack Sanford

John Stanley Sanford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 18, 1929 in Wellesley Hills, MA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1956
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Angels/Athletics 1956-1967

Final Game: August 6, 1967
Died: March 7, 2000 in Beckley, WV
Cremated
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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
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 27 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 1.38 3 1 1 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 2 0 13 0 6 1 0 0 54 275 1.538 4.8 0.0 9.0 4.2 0.46
1957 28 PHI NL 19 8 .704 3.08 33 33 0 15 3 0 236.2 194 94 81 22 94 2 188 3 1 12 989 124 1.217 7.4 0.8 3.6 7.1 2.00 AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958 29 PHI NL 10 13 .435 4.44 38 27 4 7 2 0 186.1 197 103 92 15 81 6 106 3 0 3 819 90 1.492 9.5 0.7 3.9 5.1 1.31
1959 30 SFG NL 15 12 .556 3.16 36 31 2 10 0 1 222.1 198 90 78 22 70 4 132 7 2 7 933 120 1.205 8.0 0.9 2.8 5.3 1.89
1960 31 SFG NL 12 14 .462 3.82 37 34 2 11 6 0 219.0 199 111 93 11 99 6 125 2 3 15 940 92 1.361 8.2 0.5 4.1 5.1 1.26
1961 32 SFG NL 13 9 .591 4.22 38 33 1 6 0 0 217.1 203 114 102 22 87 7 112 5 4 3 923 90 1.334 8.4 0.9 3.6 4.6 1.29
1962 33 SFG NL 24 7 .774 3.43 39 38 1 13 2 0 265.1 233 110 101 23 92 4 147 3 2 4 1100 112 1.225 7.9 0.8 3.1 5.0 1.60 CYA-2,MVP-7
1963 34 SFG NL 16 13 .552 3.51 42 42 0 11 0 0 284.1 273 123 111 21 76 8 158 5 4 4 1184 91 1.227 8.6 0.7 2.4 5.0 2.08
1964 35 SFG NL 5 7 .417 3.30 18 17 1 3 1 1 106.1 91 44 39 7 37 3 64 4 1 1 447 108 1.204 7.7 0.6 3.1 5.4 1.73
1965 36 TOT MLB 5 7 .417 4.11 32 21 6 0 0 3 120.1 127 66 55 13 40 8 56 7 2 6 525 87 1.388 9.5 1.0 3.0 4.2 1.40
1965 36 SFG NL 4 5 .444 3.96 23 16 4 0 0 2 91.0 92 50 40 11 30 7 43 7 1 4 402 92 1.341 9.1 1.1 3.0 4.3 1.43
1965 36 CAL AL 1 2 .333 4.60 9 5 2 0 0 1 29.1 35 16 15 2 10 1 13 0 1 2 123 74 1.534 10.7 0.6 3.1 4.0 1.30
1966 37 CAL AL 13 7 .650 3.83 50 6 19 0 0 5 108.0 108 51 46 11 27 6 54 4 1 3 447 87 1.250 9.0 0.9 2.3 4.5 2.00 MVP-21
1967 38 TOT AL 4 4 .500 5.12 22 10 5 0 0 1 70.1 77 44 40 7 21 5 34 2 1 1 298 62 1.393 9.9 0.9 2.7 4.4 1.62
1967 38 CAL AL 3 2 .600 4.47 12 9 2 0 0 1 48.1 53 26 24 6 7 1 21 0 1 0 196 70 1.241 9.9 1.1 1.3 3.9 3.00
1967 38 KCA AL 1 2 .333 6.55 10 1 3 0 0 0 22.0 24 18 16 1 14 4 13 2 0 1 102 50 1.727 9.8 0.4 5.7 5.3 0.93
12 Yrs 137 101 .576 3.69 388 293 42 76 14 11 2049.1 1907 952 840 174 737 59 1182 46 21 59 8659 99 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .576 3.69 39 29 4 8 1 1 205 190 95 84 17 74 6 118 5 2 6 865 99 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60
SFG (7 yrs) 89 67 .571 3.61 233 211 11 54 9 4 1405.2 1289 642 564 117 491 39 781 33 17 38 5929 100 1.266 8.3 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.59
PHI (3 yrs) 30 21 .588 3.61 74 61 5 22 5 0 436.0 398 199 175 37 188 8 300 7 1 15 1862 108 1.344 8.2 0.8 3.9 6.2 1.60
CAL (3 yrs) 17 11 .607 4.12 71 20 23 0 0 7 185.2 196 93 85 19 44 8 88 4 3 5 766 80 1.293 9.5 0.9 2.1 4.3 2.00
KCA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 6.55 10 1 3 0 0 0 22.0 24 18 16 1 14 4 13 2 0 1 102 50 1.727 9.8 0.4 5.7 5.3 0.93
NL (10 yrs) 119 88 .575 3.61 307 272 16 76 14 4 1841.2 1687 841 739 154 679 47 1081 40 18 53 7791 102 1.285 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.59
AL (3 yrs) 18 13 .581 4.38 81 21 26 0 0 7 207.2 220 111 101 20 58 12 101 6 3 6 868 75 1.339 9.5 0.9 2.5 4.4 1.74

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
1956 27 PHI NL 13.0 3 1 2 1.38 4.20 -0.14 0.00 99.3 4.31 5 0.5 .3 -0.1 0.6 6 .680 .503 $
1957 28 PHI NL 236.2 33 33 94 3.57 4.29 -0.07 0.00 98.3 4.28 21 2.3 -0.1 4.3 44 .570 .514 $ AS,MVP-10,RoY-1
1958 29 PHI NL 186.1 38 27 103 4.97 4.38 -0.38 0.00 101.1 4.82 -3 -0.4 .6 -0.1 1.2 17 .491 .498 $
1959 30 SFG NL 222.1 36 31 90 3.64 4.49 0.10 0.00 95.2 4.19 12 1.3 1.5 -0.1 3.1 38 .536 .508 $
1960 31 SFG NL 219.0 37 34 111 4.56 4.29 -0.00 0.06 92.9 4.04 -13 -1.4 3.4 -0.2 0.4 10 .463 .492 $
1961 32 SFG NL 217.1 38 33 114 4.72 4.51 0.13 0.07 95.0 4.21 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 0.6 12 .467 .492 $
1962 33 SFG NL 265.1 39 38 110 3.73 4.35 0.18 0.07 97.0 4.11 9 1.0 9.1 -0.1 3.2 42 .525 .506 $ CYA-2,MVP-7
1963 34 SFG NL 284.1 42 42 123 3.89 3.70 -0.22 0.06 97.6 3.89 -2 -0.3 -0.2 2.1 28 .493 .498 $
1964 35 SFG NL 106.1 18 17 44 3.72 4.09 -0.05 0.07 99.7 4.19 4 0.5 1.3 -0.1 1.4 16 .529 .503 $38,000
1965 36 SFG NL 91.0 23 16 50 4.95 3.85 -0.03 0.04 99.7 3.91 -11 -1.1 .4 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .450 .493 $30,000
1965 36 CAL AL 29.1 9 5 16 4.91 4.14 0.17 0.01 94.0 3.73 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .455 .497 $
1966 37 CAL AL 108.0 50 6 51 4.25 3.91 0.03 -0.10 98.0 3.71 -5 -0.5 1.9 -0.3 0.0 2 .489 .497 $25,000 MVP-21
1967 38 CAL AL 48.1 12 9 26 4.84 3.52 0.26 0.05 97.8 3.23 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .426 .494 $30,000
1967 38 KCA AL 22.0 10 1 18 7.36 3.85 0.06 -0.11 103.0 3.79 -8 -0.9 .8 0.0 -0.7 -7 .407 .494 $
12 Seasons 2049.1 388 293 952 4.18 4.19 -0.02 0.03 97.1 4.12 -16 -1.5 1.5 -1.4 15.1 200 .496 .499 $123,000
SFG (7 yrs) 1405.2 233 211 642 4.11 4.20 0.02 0.05 96.3 4.08 -13 -1.3 1.6 -0.7 10.5 145 .495 .499 $68,000
PHI (3 yrs) 436.0 74 61 199 4.11 4.32 -0.20 0.00 99.5 4.51 22 2.5 .5 -0.3 6.1 66 .534 .505 $
CAL (3 yrs) 185.2 71 20 93 4.51 3.85 0.11 -0.04 97.3 3.59 -16 -1.8 1.8 -0.4 -0.8 -4 .474 .496 $55,000
KCA (1 yr) 22.0 10 1 18 7.36 3.85 0.06 -0.11 103.0 3.79 -8 -0.9 .8 0.0 -0.7 -7 .407 .494 $

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
1962 33 SFG NL WS L NYY 1 2 .333 1.93 3 3 0 1 1 0 23.1 16 6 5 1 8 0 19 0 0 1 93 1.029 6.2 0.4 3.1 7.3 2.38
1 WS 1 2 .333 1.93 3 3 0 1 1 0 23.1 16 6 5 1 8 0 19 0 0 1 93 1.029 6.2 0.4 3.1 7.3 2.38

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
1957 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1956 27 PHI NL 3 54 38 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 13 6 .184 .404 .184 .588 .219 7 2 1 2 0 0 0
1957 28 PHI NL 33 989 878 94 194 25 9 22 12 3 94 188 .221 .297 .345 .642 .256 303 13 3 9 5 2 12
1958 29 PHI NL 38 820 720 103 197 35 6 15 11 5 81 106 .274 .346 .401 .748 .300 289 17 3 9 7 6 10
1959 30 SFG NL 36 934 841 90 198 28 7 22 9 5 70 132 .235 .298 .364 .662 .255 306 16 7 10 4 4 17
1960 31 SFG NL 37 940 819 111 199 29 9 11 12 2 99 125 .243 .325 .341 .665 .274 279 18 2 16 4 6 12
1961 32 SFG NL 38 924 816 114 203 29 13 22 13 3 87 112 .249 .321 .397 .718 .262 324 19 5 6 10 7 10
1962 33 SFG NL 39 1097 993 110 233 44 11 23 9 3 92 147 .235 .301 .371 .671 .254 368 23 3 7 3 4 15
1963 34 SFG NL 42 1184 1087 123 273 38 5 21 6 6 76 158 .251 .303 .353 .656 .277 384 19 5 14 2 8 18
1964 35 SFG NL 18 447 399 44 91 19 2 7 6 0 37 64 .228 .298 .338 .636 .254 135 7 4 4 3 3 7
1965 36 CAL AL 9 123 108 16 35 6 0 2 1 1 10 13 .324 .381 .435 .817 .355 47 5 0 5 0 1 1
1965 36 SFG NL 23 402 359 50 92 14 2 11 2 1 30 43 .256 .325 .398 .723 .265 143 4 7 4 1 7 8
1965 36 TOT MLB 32 525 467 66 127 20 2 13 3 2 40 56 .272 .338 .407 .745 .286 190 9 7 9 1 8 9
1966 37 CAL AL 50 448 400 51 108 15 4 11 4 5 27 54 .270 .315 .410 .725 .281 164 10 4 7 10 6 9
1967 38 CAL AL 12 196 184 26 53 8 2 6 0 2 7 21 .288 .311 .451 .762 .296 83 5 0 3 2 1 1
1967 38 KCA AL 10 102 81 18 24 3 0 1 2 1 14 13 .296 .408 .370 .779 .338 30 1 2 4 1 4 1
1967 38 TOT AL 22 298 265 44 77 11 2 7 2 3 21 34 .291 .344 .426 .770 .308 113 6 2 7 3 5 2
12 Yrs 388 8660 7723 952 1907 293 70 174 87 39 737 1182 .247 .314 .371 .685 .270 2862 159 46 100 52 59 121
162 Game Avg. 39 865 771 95 190 29 7 17 9 4 74 118 .247 .314 .371 .685 .270 286 16 5 10 5 6 12
MLB Averages .252 .319 .383 .701 .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
1956 27 PHI NL 3.7 0.4 55 0.2 1.0 -0.7 .95 0.1 0.2 3.8 0.4 0.95 1.8 0 0 2
1957 28 PHI NL 18.1 1.9 1017 3.3 18.8 -15.4 1.04 1.7 1.5 18.2 1.9 1.04 15.9 0 0 0
1958 29 PHI NL -10.0 -1.0 837 -1.5 13.8 -15.3 .98 -1.3 -0.2 -8.8 -0.9 0.98 -11.7 1 3 6
1959 30 SFG NL 15.5 1.6 960 2.2 18.7 -16.5 1.10 1.6 0.5 15.4 1.6 1.10 15.7 1 3 1
1960 31 SFG NL -11.1 -1.1 981 -0.9 16.2 -17.2 1.03 -0.1 -0.8 -7.9 -0.8 1.03 1.5 3 0 0
1961 32 SFG NL -9.1 -0.9 955 0.9 16.8 -15.9 1.03 0.3 0.6 -3.1 -0.3 1.03 4.6 2 0 3
1962 33 SFG NL 13.8 1.4 1125 1.3 18.2 -16.9 .91 1.6 -0.1 22.6 2.4 0.91 17.2 1 0 0
1963 34 SFG NL -7.7 -0.8 1218 0.5 19.7 -19.2 .96 0.6 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.96 1.4 0 0 0
1964 35 SFG NL 3.6 0.4 459 0.4 7.9 -7.6 1.03 0.9 -0.5 5.2 0.6 1.03 8.4 0 1 0
1965 36 TOT MLB -8.5 -0.9 543 -0.9 9.6 -10.5 1.10 -0.9 0.1 -15.1 -1.6 1.10 -13.6 3 0 6
1965 36 SFG NL -5.2 -0.5 412 -0.4 7.0 -7.4 1.04 -0.2 -0.1 -10.6 -1.1 1.04 -7.5 1 0 5
1965 36 CAL AL -3.4 -0.4 131 -0.5 2.6 -3.1 1.28 -0.7 0.3 -4.6 -0.5 1.28 -6.1 2 0 1
1966 37 CAL AL -5.5 -0.6 469 -0.2 9.8 -10.0 1.24 -0.8 0.7 -3.0 -0.3 1.24 -9.7 19 11 14
1967 38 TOT AL -14.8 -1.6 307 -1.3 4.2 -5.5 .87 -1.0 -0.5 -13.7 -1.5 0.87 -10.4 2 4 5
1967 38 CAL AL -6.8 -0.7 200 -0.5 2.9 -3.4 .86 -0.5 -0.1 -7.1 -0.8 0.86 -5.3 1 0 1
1967 38 KCA AL -8.0 -0.8 107 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 .88 -0.6 -0.4 -6.5 -0.7 0.88 -5.2 1 4 4
12 Yrs -12.0 -1.2 8926 4.0 154.7 -150.7 1.02 2.6 1.4 14.0 1.6 1.02 21.2 32 22 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
1956 27 PHI NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 61.0 61 61 1 0 0 1 4.5 5.1 7.0
1957 28 PHI NL 33 33 19 8 6 1 1 24 9 .727 1 3 15 3 22 67% 58.4 93 22 17 6 14 10 4.9 4.6 7.2
1958 29 PHI NL 38 27 8 12 7 2 3 11 16 .407 1 5 7 2 11 41% 48.7 81 9 20 8 7 7 4.1 3.4 6.3
1959 30 SFG NL 36 31 15 11 5 3 2 16 15 .516 1 2 10 0 15 48% 56.2 82 34 17 5 18 6 4.8 4.8 6.9
1960 31 SFG NL 37 34 12 13 9 1 3 16 18 .471 1 4 11 6 16 47% 50.8 91 15 34 11 11 8 5.0 5.8 6.2
1961 32 SFG NL 38 33 13 9 11 3 2 19 14 .576 3 4 6 0 16 48% 50.4 82 17 44 13 13 9 4.9 5.0 6.4
1962 33 SFG NL 39 38 24 7 7 5 2 25 13 .658 3 4 13 2 23 61% 54.9 85 27 22 9 23 8 5.8 5.8 7.0
1963 34 SFG NL 42 42 16 13 13 2 6 22 20 .524 5 6 11 0 27 64% 53.9 82 25 29 12 30 3 4.7 4.6 6.8
1964 35 SFG NL 18 17 5 7 5 2 3 8 9 .471 2 1 3 1 7 41% 54.4 83 36 9 3 4 4 3.6 3.2 6.2
1965 36 TOT MLB 32 21 5 7 9 0 1 9 12 .429 1 4 0 0 8 38% 0.0 73 25 21 4 6 8 4.3 3.6 4.8
1965 36 SFG NL 23 16 4 5 7 0 1 7 9 .438 1 3 0 0 7 44% 48.9 73 25 16 4 5 7 4.3 3.5 5.0
1965 36 CAL AL 9 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 1 20% 40.0 58 26 5 0 1 1 4.2 4.3 4.2
1966 37 CAL AL 50 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 1 1 0 0 1 17% 41.7 51 30 17 5 3 2 3.6 4.2 4.9
1967 38 TOT AL 22 10 3 3 4 1 1 4 6 .400 1 2 0 0 3 30% 46.2 71 23 11 6 0 8 4.8 5.0 4.9
1967 38 CAL AL 12 9 3 2 4 1 1 4 5 .444 1 2 0 0 3 33% 47.9 71 23 6 3 0 7 5.0 5.0 5.0
1967 38 KCA AL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 5 3 0 1 3.0 5.4 4.7
12 Yrs 388 293 122 93 78 20 24 157 136 .536 20 36 76 14 150 51% 53 93 9 242 82 129 74 4.8 4.7 6.4
MLB Averages .500 53% 52 116 -14 4.2 4.1 6.4

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
1956 27 PHI NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .948 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1958 29 PHI NL 38 11 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 7 .984 1 3 6 1 0 10 5 6 5 1 7 3 4.6
1959 30 SFG NL 36 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% 5 1.101 1 3 1 1 0 4 3 2 3 1 3 0 4.4
1960 31 SFG NL 37 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 7 1.026 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
1961 32 SFG NL 38 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 1.027 2 0 3 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 4.4
1962 33 SFG NL 39 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 .913 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1964 35 SFG NL 18 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 1.032 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1965 36 TOT MLB 32 11 6 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 5 0 0% 1.099 3 0 6 3 1 7 3 8 7 0 7 0 5.3
1965 36 SFG NL 23 7 4 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 8 1.045 1 0 5 2 0 5 2 5 4 0 4 0 4.7
1965 36 CAL AL 9 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.277 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 6.3
1966 37 CAL AL 50 44 19 12 4 10 5 5 50% 11 0 32 8 25% 6 1.240 19 11 14 15 9 20 16 28 25 9 25 7 5.4
1967 38 TOT AL 22 12 5 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 1 25% .867 2 4 5 2 1 9 2 10 8 2 8 1 5.3
1967 38 CAL AL 12 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 .858 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3.7
1967 38 KCA AL 10 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 7 .884 1 4 4 1 1 7 1 8 7 1 7 0 5.8
10 Yrs 313 95 42 15 8 18 11 7 61% 20 1 66 18 27% 1.026 32 22 37 25 15 55 36 59 54 17 57 13 5.2

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%
1956 27 PHI NL 54 63% 0.0% 11.1% 24.1% 0.0% 0% 0.76 59% 15 2 13%
1957 28 PHI NL 989 58% 2.2% 19.0% 9.5% 5.7% 29% 0.78 68% 193 13 7%
1958 29 PHI NL 820 57% 1.8% 12.9% 9.9% 6.8% 28% 0.85 74% 180 17 9%
1959 30 SFG NL 934 51% 2.4% 14.1% 7.5% 6.1% 29% 1.19 74% 183 16 9%
1960 31 SFG NL 940 51% 1.2% 13.3% 10.5% 5.2% 25% 1.15 73% 184 18 10%
1961 32 SFG NL 924 53% 2.4% 12.1% 9.4% 6.9% 32% 1.14 75% 161 19 12%
1962 33 SFG NL 1097 55% 2.1% 13.4% 8.4% 7.1% 34% 1.19 75% 202 23 11%
1963 34 SFG NL 1184 54% 1.8% 13.3% 6.4% 5.4% 23% 1.08 77% 214 19 9%
1964 35 SFG NL 447 50% 1.6% 14.3% 8.3% 6.3% 31% 1.16 74% 68 7 10%
1965 36 TOT MLB 525 52% 2.5% 10.7% 7.6% 6.7% 28% 1.48 76% 102 9 9%
1965 36 SFG NL 402 53% 2.7% 10.7% 7.5% 6.7% 29% 1.43 76% 74 4 5%
1965 36 CAL AL 123 50% 1.6% 10.6% 8.1% 6.5% 23% 1.63 76% 28 5 18%
1966 37 CAL AL 448 59% 2.5% 12.1% 6.0% 6.7% 28% 1.06 77% 81 10 12%
1967 38 TOT AL 298 59% 2.4% 11.4% 7.1% 6.7% 26% 0.92 76% 54 6 11%
1967 38 CAL AL 196 55% 3.1% 10.7% 3.6% 8.2% 30% 0.94 81% 36 5 14%
1967 38 KCA AL 102 68% 1.0% 12.8% 13.7% 3.9% 17% 0.89 67% 18 1 6%
12 Yrs 8660 54% 2.0% 13.7% 8.5% 6.2% 28% 1.07 74% 1637 159 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 14.5% 8.5% 6.5% 29% 1.05 74% 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
1956 27 PHI NL 54 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 23 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 PHI NL 989 194 22 1 25 12 10 6 16 52 21 7 40% 12 12 1 352 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
1958 29 PHI NL 820 197 15 1 20 6 9 8 7 57 32 6 56% 10 3 2 310 11 5 69% 8 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
1959 30 SFG NL 934 198 22 1 14 6 16 14 8 43 18 4 42% 17 7 1 338 9 5 64% 9 3 0 2 0 0 4 3 15 0
1960 31 SFG NL 940 199 11 2 24 3 8 6 5 48 21 7 44% 12 15 1 353 12 2 86% 12 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 26 0
1961 32 SFG NL 924 203 22 0 16 9 13 10 12 43 24 7 56% 10 3 2 305 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 6 0 24 0
1962 33 SFG NL 1097 233 23 1 12 9 14 13 10 50 30 3 60% 15 4 1 390 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 13 0
1963 34 SFG NL 1184 273 21 0 14 10 11 11 10 52 25 7 48% 18 4 5 425 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 10 1 15 0
1964 35 SFG NL 447 91 7 0 8 2 5 5 2 26 14 0 54% 7 1 0 150 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1965 36 TOT MLB 525 127 13 1 12 4 9 8 5 28 13 6 46% 9 6 1 193 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 13 0
1965 36 SFG NL 402 92 11 1 11 3 8 7 4 20 9 4 45% 8 4 1 147 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0
1965 36 CAL AL 123 35 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 4 2 50% 1 2 0 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0
1966 37 CAL AL 448 108 11 0 14 6 5 4 7 38 16 6 42% 9 3 2 152 4 5 44% 2 4 2 1 0 0 9 0 18 0
1967 38 TOT AL 298 77 7 0 3 4 3 2 5 12 5 2 42% 2 1 0 109 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1967 38 CAL AL 196 53 6 0 0 3 3 1 5 10 3 2 30% 1 0 0 65 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1967 38 KCA AL 102 24 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 44 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Yrs 8660 1907 174 7 166 71 103 87 87 451 219 56 49% 121 59 16 3100 87 39 69% 79 35 7 4 1 0 54 6 175 0
MLB Averages 51% 61%

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+
1956 27 1 0 1.000 1.38 3 1 1 0 0 0 13.0 7 2 2 0 13 0 6 1 0 0 54 275 1.538 4.8 0.0 9.0 4.2 0.46 275
1957 28 20 8 .714 2.99 36 34 1 15 3 0 249.2 201 96 83 22 107 2 194 4 1 12 1043 127 1.234 7.2 0.8 3.9 7.0 1.81 127
1958 29 30 21 .588 3.61 74 61 5 22 5 0 436.0 398 199 175 37 188 8 300 7 1 15 1862 108 1.344 8.2 0.8 3.9 6.2 1.60 108
1959 30 45 33 .577 3.46 110 92 7 32 5 1 658.1 596 289 253 59 258 12 432 14 3 22 2795 112 1.297 8.1 0.8 3.5 5.9 1.67 112
1960 31 57 47 .548 3.55 147 126 9 43 11 1 877.1 795 400 346 70 357 18 557 16 6 37 3735 106 1.313 8.2 0.7 3.7 5.7 1.56 106
1961 32 70 56 .556 3.68 185 159 10 49 11 1 1094.2 998 514 448 92 444 25 669 21 10 40 4658 102 1.317 8.2 0.8 3.7 5.5 1.51 102
1962 33 94 63 .599 3.63 224 197 11 62 13 1 1360.0 1231 624 549 115 536 29 816 24 12 44 5758 104 1.299 8.1 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.52 104
1963 34 110 76 .591 3.61 266 239 11 73 13 1 1644.1 1504 747 660 136 612 37 974 29 16 48 6942 102 1.287 8.2 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59 102
1964 35 115 83 .581 3.59 284 256 12 76 14 2 1750.2 1595 791 699 143 649 40 1038 33 17 49 7389 102 1.282 8.2 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.60 102
1965 36 120 90 .571 3.63 316 277 18 76 14 5 1871.0 1722 857 754 156 689 48 1094 40 19 55 7914 101 1.289 8.3 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.59 101
1966 37 133 97 .578 3.64 366 283 37 76 14 10 1979.0 1830 908 800 167 716 54 1148 44 20 58 8361 100 1.287 8.3 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.60 100
1967 38 137 101 .576 3.69 388 293 42 76 14 11 2049.1 1907 952 840 174 737 59 1182 46 21 59 8659 99 1.290 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.60 99

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
1956 27 1 0 1.000 1.64 11.0 8 2 2 0 15 5 1 2.091 6.5 12.3 4.1 0.33 0.0 3
1957 28 16 10 .615 3.24 242.0 206 97 87 23 100 192 3 1.264 7.7 3.7 7.1 1.92 0.9 33
1958 29 9 12 .429 4.57 189.0 206 107 96 16 85 108 3 1.540 9.8 4.0 5.1 1.27 0.8 38
1959 30 15 10 .600 3.37 227.0 212 94 85 24 75 135 7 1.264 8.4 3.0 5.4 1.80 1.0 36
1960 31 10 14 .417 4.52 217.0 220 121 109 12 109 124 2 1.516 9.1 4.5 5.1 1.14 0.5 37
1961 32 10 14 .417 4.60 217.0 217 123 111 24 93 112 5 1.429 9.0 3.9 4.6 1.20 1.0 38
1962 33 15 13 .536 3.62 256.0 235 114 103 23 93 142 3 1.281 8.3 3.3 5.0 1.53 0.8 39
1963 34 13 16 .448 4.50 266.0 299 148 133 23 83 148 5 1.436 10.1 2.8 5.0 1.78 0.8 42
1964 35 6 5 .545 3.76 103.0 95 48 43 7 39 62 4 1.301 8.3 3.4 5.4 1.59 0.6 18
1965 36 5 7 .417 4.74 114.0 133 67 60 14 42 53 7 1.535 10.5 3.3 4.2 1.26 1.1 32
1966 37 4 7 .364 4.86 100.0 117 60 54 12 29 50 4 1.460 10.5 2.6 4.5 1.72 1.1 50
1967 38 1 5 .167 7.11 62.0 86 54 49 8 23 30 2 1.758 12.5 3.3 4.4 1.30 1.2 22
12 Yrs 105 113 .482 4.19 2004.0 2034 1035 932 186 786 1161 46 1.407 9.1 5.2 1.48 0.8 388

* 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
1957 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1957 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 NL (10, 12%)
1962 NL (7, 22%)
1966 AL (21, 1%)
0.35 Career Shares (557th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 ML (2, 20%)
0.20 Career Shares (155th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 NL  4.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 NL  3.08 (6th)
1959 NL  3.16 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  19 (2nd)
1959 NL  15 (9th)
1962 NL  24 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL  .704 (2nd)
1961 NL  .591 (9th)
1962 NL  .774 (2nd)
1966 AL  .650 (5th)
Career  .576 (199th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 NL  1.217 (8th)
1959 NL  1.205 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  7.378 (1st)
1959 NL  8.015 (7th)
1960 NL  8.178 (8th)
1961 NL  8.406 (9th)
1962 NL  7.903 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL  7.149 (3rd)
1959 NL  5.343 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 NL  236.7 (8th)
1962 NL  265.3 (7th)
1963 NL  284.3 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  188 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
1957 NL  33 (4th)
1960 NL  34 (7th)
1962 NL  38 (5th)
1963 NL  42 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1957 NL  15 (4th)
1962 NL  13 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL  3 (5th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)
1960 NL  6 (1st)
1962 NL  2 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  94 (3rd)
1958 NL  81 (8th)
1960 NL  99 (5th)
1961 NL  87 (9th)
1962 NL  92 (7th)
1963 NL  76 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  273 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  2.000 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  0.725 (7th)
1960 NL  0.452 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1958 NL  13 (7th)
1960 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  92 (9th)
1960 NL  93 (9th)
1961 NL  102 (3rd)
1963 NL  111 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL  12 (1st)
1959 NL  7 (9th)
1960 NL  15 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (7th)
1965 NL  7 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 NL  989 (9th)
1962 NL  1,100 (7th)
1963 NL  1,184 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL  124 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 NL  18 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  1.9 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 NL  18.16 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.3 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 NL  1.7 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 NL  1.9 (8th)
1962 NL  2.4 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1966 AL  born 1929-05-18 (10th)
1967 AL  born 1929-05-18 (9th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 67 (377), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (363), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Dobson (962)
  2. Pat Malone (955)
  3. Dennis Leonard (951)
  4. Mike Boddicker (951)
  5. Dock Ellis (946)
  6. Jack Billingham (945)
  7. Ramon Martinez (943)
  8. Johnny Allen (940)
  9. Bruce Kison (938)
  10. Rip Sewell (938)
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  1. Ken Burkhart (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Roger Craig (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charlie Lea (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Vern Bickford (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pete Vuckovich (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bruce Kison (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bruce Kison (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harry Gumbert (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Harry Gumbert (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Harry Gumbert (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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