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Bob Savage

John Robert Savage

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 1, 1921 in Manchester, NH (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns 1942-1949

Final Game: May 4, 1949
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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
1942	20	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	3.23	8	3	4	0	0	0	30.2	24	16	11	0	31	10	0	0	1	141	119	1.793	7.0	0.0	9.1	2.9	0.32

1946	24	PHA	AL	3	15	.167	4.06	40	19	14	7	1	2	164.0	164	80	74	5	93	78	2	0	0	746	86	1.567	9.0	0.3	5.1	4.3	0.84
1947	25	PHA	AL	8	10	.444	3.76	44	8	20	2	1	2	146.0	135	71	61	8	55	56	0	0	1	614	102	1.301	8.3	0.5	3.4	3.5	1.02
1948	26	PHA	AL	5	1	.833	6.21	33	1	19	1	0	5	75.1	98	55	52	7	33	26	0	1	5	346	70	1.739	11.7	0.8	3.9	3.1	0.79
1949	27	CLE-min	AAA	4	10	.286	4.22	29	13		5	1		117.1	118	70	55		39	46	1	0	1			1.338	9.1		3.0	3.5	1.18	SDG · PCL
1949	27	SLB	AL	0	0		6.43	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	12	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	35	74	2.143	15.4	1.3	3.9	1.3	0.33
1950	28	CLE-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.65	51	5		1	0		122.0	133	74	63		59	68	5	1	2			1.574	9.8		4.4	5.0	1.15	SDG · PCL
1951	29	NYY-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.40	20	5		0	0		60.0	65	40	36		24	17	4	2	0			1.483	9.8		3.6	2.6	0.71	SFR · PCL
1952	30	YAK,SFR	A,Opn	9	7	.563	2.57	29	0		0	0		140.0	126	56	40	4	54	1	0	0	0			1.286	8.1	0.3	3.5	0.1	0.02	YAK,SFR · WINT,PCL
1953	31	SFR	Opn	0	0		9.95	3	0		0	0		6.1	9	9	7	1	7	2	0	0	0			2.526	12.8	1.4	9.9	2.8	0.29	SFR · PCL
5 Yrs				16	27	.372	4.32	129	31	59	10	2	9	423.0	433	227	203	21	215	171	2	1	7	1882	88	1.532	9.2	0.4	4.6	3.6	0.80
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.372	4.32	55	13	25	4	1	4	180	184	96	86	9	91	73	1	0	3	800	88	1.532	9.2	0.4	4.6	3.6	0.80

PHA (4 yrs)				16	27	.372	4.28	125	31	57	10	2	9	416.0	421	222	198	20	212	170	2	1	7	1847	89	1.522	9.1	0.4	4.6	3.7	0.80
SLB (1 yr)				0	0		6.43	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	12	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	35	74	2.143	15.4	1.3	3.9	1.3	0.33

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
1942	20	PHA	AL	30.2	8	3	16	4.70	4.32	-0.29	0.00	108.6	5.00	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.511	.501	$

1946	24	PHA	AL	163.2	40	19	80	4.40	4.13	-0.27	0.00	99.5	4.38	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.0	12	.498	.500	$
1947	25	PHA	AL	146.0	44	8	71	4.38	4.19	0.25	0.00	102.7	4.05	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.5	6	.488	.497	$
1948	26	PHA	AL	74.1	33	1	55	6.66	4.85	0.01	0.00	101.0	4.88	-15	-1.4	.9	-0.0	-0.9	-8	.457	.491	$
1949	27	SLB	AL	7.0	4	0	5	6.43	4.76	-0.83	0.00	114.5	6.40	-0	-0.0	1.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.500	.500	$
5 Seasons				421.2	129	31	227	4.85	4.30	-0.05	0.00	101.8	4.43	-19	-1.9	1.0	-0.3	0.9	14	.485	.498	$

PHA (4 yrs)				414.2	125	31	222	4.82	4.30	-0.04	0.00	101.6	4.40	-19	-1.9	1.0	-0.2	0.9	14	.485	.497	$
SLB (1 yr)				7.0	4	0	5	6.43	4.76	-0.83	0.00	114.5	6.40	-0	-0.0	1.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.500	.500	$

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	ROE
1948	26	PHA	AL	33	223	305	55	98	11	4	7	8	0	33	26	.321	.388	.452	.840	.335	138	7	0	6	0	2
1949	27	SLB	AL	4	14	30	5	12	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	.400	.455	.567	1.021	.393	17	0	0	2	0	0
2 Yrs				37	237	335	60	110	13	4	8	8	0	36	27	.328	.394	.463	.856	.340	155	7	0	8	0	2
162 Game Avg.				66	424	599	107	197	23	7	14	14	0	64	48	.328	.394	.463	.856	.340	277	13	0	14	0	4
MLB Averages																.259	.331	.329	.660	.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	26	PHA	AL	-14.1	-1.3	233	0.0	2.7	-2.7	.71	-1.2	1.2	-17.2	-1.6	0.71	-17.7	5	4	13
1949	27	SLB	AL	-0.9	-0.1	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.61	-0.2	-0.0	-3.6	-0.3	0.61	-2.3	0	1	0
5 Yrs				-21.2	-2.1	247	-0.1	2.8	-2.9	.71	-1.4	1.2	-20.8	-1.9	0.71	-20.1	5	5	13

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
1942	20	PHA	AL	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	34.3	37	32			0	3	4.7		5.4

1946	24	PHA	AL	40	19	3	14	2	0	4	5	14	.263	0	0	7	1	8	42%	46.1	79	22			8	5	3.2		6.2
1947	25	PHA	AL	44	8	2	3	3	1	0	4	4	.500	0	0	2	1	4	50%	44.0	71	18			4	3	4.0		6.0
1948	26	PHA	AL	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0%	50.0	50	50	4	0	0	0	1.8		5.0
4 Yrs				125	31	5	19	7	1	4	9	22	.290	0	0	10	2	13	42%	45	79	18	4	0	12	11	3.5		6.0
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	115	-11					4.3	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1942	20	PHA	AL	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0													3	0		0	8.6

1946	24	PHA	AL	40	21	14	0	1	0	2	0		0	0													11	6		4	6.6
1947	25	PHA	AL	44	36	20	6	7	0	2	0		0	0													27	3		6	8.1
1948	26	PHA	AL	33	32	19	5	0	7	5	4	71%	7	0	11	7	64%	.713	5	4	13	8	0	14	7	15	20	3	13	1	6.5
1949	27	SLB	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	.609	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	5.3
5 Yrs				129	98	59	11	8	7	9	4	129%	7	0	13	9	69%	.707	5	5	13	8	0	15	8	15	64	13	14	11	7.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1942	20	PHA	AL	141		0.0%	7.1%	22.0%				70%

1946	24	PHA	AL	736		0.7%	10.6%	12.6%	2.7%	12%		74%
1947	25	PHA	AL	614		1.3%	9.1%	9.0%	1.8%	8%		79%
1948	26	PHA	AL	344	57%	3.1%	11.7%	14.8%	9.9%	22%	0.76	122%	60	7	12%
1949	27	SLB	AL	35	50%	7.1%	7.1%	21.4%	21.4%	25%	0.75	200%	6	0	0%
5 Yrs				1870	57%	1.2%	9.9%	12.4%	3.2%	13%	0.76	83%	66	7	11%
MLB Averages					48%	1.5%	10.1%	10.2%	3.6%	14%	0.95	86%			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
1942	20	PHA	AL		24			0												1

1946	24	PHA	AL		164			5												0
1947	25	PHA	AL		135			8												1
1948	26	PHA	AL	223	98			7	0	6	4	2	4	2	25	14	3	56%	2	5	1	103	8	0	100%	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	121
1949	27	SLB	AL	14	12			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
5 Yrs				237	433			21	0	6	4	3	5	2	28	15	3	54%	2	7	1	110	8	0	100%	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	142
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

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+
1942	20	0	1	.000	3.23	8	3	4	0	0	0	30.2	24	16	11	0	31	10	0	0	1	141	119	1.793	7.0	0.0	9.1	2.9	0.32	119
1943	21	0	1	.000	3.23	8	3	4	0	0	0	30.2	24	16	11	0	31	10	0	0	1	141	119	1.793	7.0	0.0	9.1	2.9	0.32	119
1944	22	0	1	.000	3.23	8	3	4	0	0	0	30.2	24	16	11	0	31	10	0	0	1	141	119	1.793	7.0	0.0	9.1	2.9	0.32	119
1945	23	0	1	.000	3.23	8	3	4	0	0	0	30.2	24	16	11	0	31	10	0	0	1	141	119	1.793	7.0	0.0	9.1	2.9	0.32	119
1946	24	3	16	.158	3.93	48	22	18	7	1	2	194.2	188	96	85	5	124	88	2	0	1	887	91	1.603	8.7	0.2	5.7	4.1	0.71	91
1947	25	11	26	.297	3.86	92	30	38	9	2	4	340.2	323	167	146	13	179	144	2	0	2	1501	95	1.474	8.5	0.3	4.7	3.8	0.80	95
1948	26	16	27	.372	4.28	125	31	57	10	2	9	416.0	421	222	198	20	212	170	2	1	7	1847	89	1.522	9.1	0.4	4.6	3.7	0.80	89
1949	27	16	27	.372	4.32	129	31	59	10	2	9	423.0	433	227	203	21	215	171	2	1	7	1882	88	1.532	9.2	0.4	4.6	3.6	0.80	88

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
1942	20	2	1	.667	3.60	30.0	26	13	12	0	34	10	0	2.000	7.8	10.2	3.0	0.29	0.0	8

1946	24	8	10	.444	4.55	166.0	179	93	84	5	102	79	2	1.693	9.7	5.5	4.3	0.77	0.3	40
1947	25	8	8	.500	4.01	146.0	142	72	65	8	58	56	0	1.370	8.8	3.6	3.5	0.97	0.5	44
1948	26	2	6	.250	5.96	77.0	99	57	51	7	33	26	0	1.714	11.6	3.9	3.0	0.79	0.8	33
1949	27	0	0		6.43	7.0	12	6	5	1	3	1	0	2.143	15.4	3.9	1.3	0.33	1.3	4
5 Yrs		20	25	.444	4.58	426.0	458	241	217	21	230	172	2	1.615	9.7		3.6	0.75	0.4	129

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1946 AL 40 (2nd) 1947 AL 44 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1948 AL 5 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1946 AL 93 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1946 AL 0.274 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 1946 AL 15 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1948 AL 5 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1946 AL 14 (9th) 1947 AL 20 (9th) 1948 AL 19 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1942 AL born 1921-12-01 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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