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Charley Schanz

Charles Murrell Schanz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 8, 1919 in Anacortes, WA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1944
Teams (by GP): Phillies/RedSox 1944-1950

Final Game: July 2, 1950
Died: May 28, 1992 in Sacramento, CA
Buried: East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA
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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
1938	19	TUC	D	9	16	.360	4.59	39						204.0	228	164	104		128							1.745	10.1		5.6			TUC · AZTX
1939	20	TUC,SLC,SFR	D,C,AA	14	11	.560	4.59	32	17					206.0	256	142	105		82							1.641	11.2		3.6			TUC,SLC,SFR · AZTX,PION,PCL
1940	21	YAK,TAC	B	18	9	.667	4.54	40						218.0	222	146	110		109							1.518	9.2		4.5			YAK,TAC · WINT
1941	22	DET-min	B,AA	5	6	.455	5.43	22	0		0	0		111.0	130	81	67		60	16						1.712	10.5		4.9	1.3	0.27	SLM,SFR · WINT,PCL
1942	23	TAC	B	18	13	.581	3.00	34						270.0	263	134	90		97							1.333	8.8		3.2			TAC · WINT
1943	24	SDG	AA	17	18	.486	3.23	44	33		28	2		276.0	251	138	99		130	137	6	0	6			1.380	8.2		4.2	4.5	1.05	SDG · PCL
1944	25	PHI	NL	13	16	.448	3.32	40	30	8	13	1	3	241.1	231	108	89	6	103	84	6	2	5	1040	108	1.384	8.6	0.2	3.8	3.1	0.82
1945	26	PHI	NL	4	15	.211	4.35	35	21	9	5	1	5	144.2	165	99	70	5	87	56	9	0	3	689	87	1.742	10.3	0.3	5.4	3.5	0.64
1946	27	PHI	NL	6	6	.500	5.80	32	15	12	4	0	4	116.1	130	82	75	8	71	47	5	0	6	535	59	1.728	10.1	0.6	5.5	3.6	0.66
1947	28	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	4.16	34	6	15	1	0	2	101.2	107	59	47	7	47	42	3	0	2	422	96	1.515	9.5	0.6	4.2	3.7	0.89

1948	29	NYY-DET-min	AAA	12	13	.480	3.96	43			12	3		225.0	254	122	99		96	120	5	0	7			1.556	10.2		3.8	4.8	1.25	KCY,SLE · AA,PCL
1949	30	SLE	AAA	22	17	.564	3.25	43	42		26	5		321.0	325	140	116		106	158	7	0	5			1.343	9.1		3.0	4.4	1.49	SLE · PCL
1950	31	SLE	AAA	4	11	.267	6.29	21	16		3	0		103.0	135	72	72		45	43	0	9	3			1.748	11.8		3.9	3.8	0.96	SLE · PCL
1950	31	BOS	AL	3	2	.600	8.34	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	25	21	21	3	24	14	1	0	2	115	60	2.162	9.9	1.2	9.5	5.6	0.58
1951	32	SLE	AAA	9	5	.643	3.87	31	13		6	0		121.0	133	65	52		50	49	2	1	4			1.512	9.9		3.7	3.6	0.98	SLE · PCL
1952	33	SLE	Opn	5	7	.417	3.41	34	13		4	1		124.0	130	60	47		43	52	3	1	0			1.395	9.4		3.1	3.8	1.21	SLE · PCL
1953	34	SAC	Opn	8	12	.400	3.84	34	28		8	1		199.1	205	89	85	16	70	73	8	0	3			1.380	9.3	0.7	3.2	3.3	1.04	SAC · PCL
1954	35	SAC	Opn	4	6	.400	3.95	38	16		4	1		132.0	130	63	58	10	50	48	7	0	2			1.364	8.9	0.7	3.4	3.3	0.96	SAC · PCL
5 Yrs				28	43	.394	4.34	155	72	49	23	2	14	626.2	658	369	302	29	332	243	24	2	18	2801	86	1.580	9.5	0.4	4.8	3.5	0.73
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.394	4.34	46	22	15	7	1	4	188	197	111	90	9	99	73	7	1	5	839	86	1.580	9.5	0.4	4.8	3.5	0.73

PHI (4 yrs)				25	41	.379	4.19	141	72	44	23	2	14	604.0	633	348	281	26	308	229	23	2	16	2686	88	1.558	9.4	0.4	4.6	3.4	0.74
BOS (1 yr)				3	2	.600	8.34	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	25	21	21	3	24	14	1	0	2	115	60	2.162	9.9	1.2	9.5	5.6	0.58

NL (4 yrs)				25	41	.379	4.19	141	72	44	23	2	14	604.0	633	348	281	26	308	229	23	2	16	2686	88	1.558	9.4	0.4	4.6	3.4	0.74
AL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	8.34	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.2	25	21	21	3	24	14	1	0	2	115	60	2.162	9.9	1.2	9.5	5.6	0.58

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
1944	25	PHI	NL	240.1	40	30	108	4.04	4.34	-0.01	0.00	99.2	4.31	7	0.8	1.0	-0.2	2.6	30	.521	.505	$
1945	26	PHI	NL	144.2	35	21	99	6.16	4.53	-0.50	0.00	100.0	5.03	-19	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-4	.445	.488	$
1946	27	PHI	NL	116.1	32	15	82	6.34	4.02	-0.23	0.00	100.6	4.28	-27	-2.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.8	-15	.412	.483	$
1947	28	PHI	NL	101.2	34	6	59	5.22	4.76	-0.09	0.00	98.7	4.79	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.4	7	.484	.497	$

1950	31	BOS	AL	22.2	14	0	21	8.34	4.65	-0.06	0.00	109.6	5.16	-8	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.447	.495	$
5 Seasons				625.2	155	72	369	5.31	4.40	-0.18	0.00	99.9	4.58	-52	-5.2	1.0	-0.5	-0.3	13	.467	.494	$

PHI (4 yrs)				603.0	141	72	348	5.19	4.40	-0.19	0.00	99.6	4.56	-44	-4.4	1.0	-0.4	0.4	19	.469	.493	$
BOS (1 yr)				22.2	14	0	21	8.34	4.65	-0.06	0.00	109.6	5.16	-8	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.447	.495	$

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
1950	31	BOS	AL	14	115	89	21	25	5	0	3	0	1	24	14	.281	.439	.438	.877	.306	39	1	1	1	0	1
1 Yr				14	115	89	21	25	5	0	3	0	1	24	14	.281	.439	.438	.877	.306	39	1	1	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	559	432	102	121	24	0	15	0	5	117	68	.281	.439	.438	.877	.306	189	5	5	5	0	5
MLB Averages																.261	.335	.343	.679	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	31	BOS	AL	-6.7	-0.6	117	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	.87	-0.4	-0.3	-8.1	-0.7	0.87	-5.7	3	4	6
5 Yrs				-48.8	-4.8	117	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	.87	-0.4	-0.3	-8.1	-0.7	0.87	-5.7	3	4	6

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	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1944	25	PHI	NL	40	30	9	16	5	1	4	10	20	.333	0	0	13	1	14	47%	49.2	80	11	14	10	3.3		7.0
1945	26	PHI	NL	35	21	4	15	2	1	4	4	17	.190	0	0	5	1	8	38%	43.3	82	19	10	7	3.0		6.1
1946	27	PHI	NL	32	15	5	5	5	3	1	8	6	.571	0	0	4	0	5	33%	39.1	66	8	5	7	5.0		6.2
1947	28	PHI	NL	34	6	1	3	2	0	1	2	4	.333	0	0	1	0	3	50%	46.0	55	36	3	2	4.0		7.0
4 Yrs				141	72	19	39	14	5	10	24	47	.338	0	0	23	2	30	42%	45	82	8	32	26	3.6		6.6
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	115	-11			4.4	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1944	25	PHI	NL	40	10	8	4	0	0	3	0	0	0														7	0		3	9.2
1945	26	PHI	NL	35	14	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	0														4	6		5	3.6
1946	27	PHI	NL	32	17	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	0														9	6		1	4.1
1947	28	PHI	NL	34	28	15	1	1	0	2	0	0	0														14	5		4	6.4

1950	31	BOS	AL	14	14	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	11	42%	7	.868	3	4	6	3	1	10	11	3	4	7	5	2	4.9
5 Yrs				155	83	49	9	4	0	14	0	0	0	26	11	42%		.868	3	4	6	3	1	10	11	3	38	24	5	15	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1944	25	PHI	NL	1040		0.6%	8.1%	9.9%	2.2%	10%		79%
1945	26	PHI	NL	690		0.7%	8.1%	12.6%	1.7%	7%		75%
1946	27	PHI	NL	535		1.5%	8.8%	13.3%	2.2%	9%		74%
1947	28	PHI	NL	442		1.6%	9.5%	10.6%	2.3%	9%		76%

1950	31	BOS	AL	115	64%	2.6%	12.2%	20.9%	7.0%	32%	0.93	63%	24	1	4%
5 Yrs				2822	64%	1.0%	8.6%	11.8%	2.3%	10%	0.93	76%	24	1	4%
MLB Averages					49%	1.7%	10.7%	10.9%	4.4%	17%	0.95	89%			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
1944	25	PHI	NL		231			6												5
1945	26	PHI	NL		165			5												3
1946	27	PHI	NL		130			8												6
1947	28	PHI	NL		107			7												2

1950	31	BOS	AL	115	25			3	1	16	2	1	3	0	9	5	1	56%	1	2	0	46	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				115	658			29	1	16	2	1	3	0	9	5	1	56%	1	18	0	46	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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+
1944	25	13	16	.448	3.32	40	30	8	13	1	3	241.1	231	108	89	6	103	84	6	2	5	1040	108	1.384	8.6	0.2	3.8	3.1	0.82	108
1945	26	17	31	.354	3.71	75	51	17	18	2	8	386.0	396	207	159	11	190	140	15	2	8	1729	99	1.518	9.2	0.3	4.4	3.3	0.74	99
1946	27	23	37	.383	4.19	107	66	29	22	2	12	502.1	526	289	234	19	261	187	20	2	14	2264	86	1.567	9.4	0.3	4.7	3.4	0.72	86
1947	28	25	41	.379	4.19	141	72	44	23	2	14	604.0	633	348	281	26	308	229	23	2	16	2686	88	1.558	9.4	0.4	4.6	3.4	0.74	88
1948	29	25	41	.379	4.19	141	72	44	23	2	14	604.0	633	348	281	26	308	229	23	2	16	2686	88	1.558	9.4	0.4	4.6	3.4	0.74	88
1949	30	25	41	.379	4.19	141	72	44	23	2	14	604.0	633	348	281	26	308	229	23	2	16	2686	88	1.558	9.4	0.4	4.6	3.4	0.74	88
1950	31	28	43	.394	4.34	155	72	49	23	2	14	626.2	658	369	302	29	332	243	24	2	18	2801	86	1.580	9.5	0.4	4.8	3.5	0.73	86

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
1944	25	14	12	.538	3.65	239.0	246	108	97	6	110	83	6	1.490	9.3	4.1	3.1	0.75	0.2	40
1945	26	7	9	.438	4.41	149.0	172	81	73	5	91	58	9	1.765	10.4	5.5	3.5	0.64	0.3	35
1946	27	3	9	.250	7.05	111.0	143	97	87	9	78	45	6	1.991	11.6	6.3	3.6	0.58	0.7	32
1947	28	4	6	.400	4.65	93.0	111	53	48	7	49	38	3	1.720	10.7	4.7	3.7	0.78	0.7	34

1950	31	1	1	.500	6.75	24.0	24	20	18	3	23	15	1	1.958	9.0	8.6	5.6	0.65	1.1	14
5 Yrs		29	37	.439	4.72	616.0	696	359	323	30	351	239	25	1.700	10.2		3.5	0.68	0.4	155

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1944 NL 40 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1944 NL 3 (6th) 1945 NL 5 (4th) 1946 NL 4 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1944 NL 103 (4th) 1945 NL 87 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1944 NL 0.224 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 1944 NL 16 (5th) 1945 NL 15 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1946 NL 75 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1944 NL 5 (8th) 1946 NL 6 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1944 NL 6 (2nd) 1945 NL 9 (1st) 1946 NL 5 (3rd)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1944 NL 1,040 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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