Don Schwall
Donald Bernard Schwall
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 2, 1936 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
High School: Ypsilanti (Ypsilanti, MI)
School: University of Oklahoma
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1961
Final Game: April 12, 1967
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Standard Pitching

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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
1961 25 BOS AL 15 7 .682 3.22 25 25 0 10 2 0 178.2 167 76 64 8 110 1 91 6 1 6 786 129 1.550 8.4 0.4 5.5 4.6 0.83 AS,MVP-14,RoY-1
1962 26 BOS AL 9 15 .375 4.94 33 32 0 5 1 0 182.1 180 118 100 18 121 1 89 10 0 7 838 84 1.651 8.9 0.9 6.0 4.4 0.74
1963 27 PIT NL 6 12 .333 3.33 33 24 8 3 2 0 167.2 158 72 62 13 74 13 86 6 2 3 718 99 1.384 8.5 0.7 4.0 4.6 1.16
1964 28 PIT NL 4 3 .571 4.35 15 9 1 0 0 0 49.2 53 28 24 1 15 1 36 0 1 1 214 80 1.369 9.6 0.2 2.7 6.5 2.40
1965 29 PIT NL 9 6 .600 2.92 43 1 19 0 0 4 77.0 77 37 25 5 30 4 55 2 0 5 325 120 1.390 9.0 0.6 3.5 6.4 1.83
1966 30 TOT NL 6 5 .545 3.31 22 12 5 0 0 0 87.0 75 36 32 5 40 4 51 3 0 5 368 110 1.322 7.8 0.5 4.1 5.3 1.28
1966 30 PIT NL 3 2 .600 2.16 11 4 3 0 0 0 41.2 31 13 10 3 21 2 24 1 0 1 172 165 1.248 6.7 0.6 4.5 5.2 1.14
1966 30 ATL NL 3 3 .500 4.37 11 8 2 0 0 0 45.1 44 23 22 2 19 2 27 2 0 4 196 84 1.390 8.7 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.42
1967 31 ATL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
7 Seasons 49 48 .505 3.72 172 103 34 18 5 4 743.0 710 367 307 50 391 25 408 27 4 27 3251 102 1.482 8.6 0.6 4.7 4.9 1.04
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .505 3.72 43 25 8 4 1 1 184 176 91 76 12 97 6 101 7 1 7 804 102 1.482 8.6 0.6 4.7 4.9 1.04
PIT (4 yrs) 22 23 .489 3.24 102 38 31 3 2 4 336.0 319 150 121 22 140 20 201 9 3 10 1429 105 1.366 8.5 0.6 3.8 5.4 1.44
ATL (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 4.30 12 8 3 0 0 0 46.0 44 23 22 2 20 3 27 2 0 4 198 85 1.391 8.6 0.4 3.9 5.3 1.35
BOS (2 yrs) 24 22 .522 4.09 58 57 0 15 3 0 361.0 347 194 164 26 231 2 180 16 1 13 1624 101 1.601 8.7 0.6 5.8 4.5 0.78
NL (5 yrs) 25 26 .490 3.37 114 46 34 3 2 4 382.0 363 173 143 24 160 23 228 11 3 14 1627 102 1.369 8.6 0.6 3.8 5.4 1.43
AL (2 yrs) 24 22 .522 4.09 58 57 0 15 3 0 361.0 347 194 164 26 231 2 180 16 1 13 1624 101 1.601 8.7 0.6 5.8 4.5 0.78

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1961 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1961 25 BOS AL 25 786 654 76 167 23 8 8 5 4 110 91 .255 .366 .352 .718 .285 230 32 6 13 3 1
1962 26 BOS AL 33 838 691 118 180 33 12 18 8 2 121 89 .260 .377 .421 .798 .276 291 22 10 12 4 1
1963 27 PIT NL 33 717 618 72 158 14 4 13 10 9 74 86 .256 .339 .354 .693 .277 219 21 6 14 5 13
1964 28 PIT NL 15 214 197 28 53 6 1 1 5 0 15 36 .269 .321 .325 .646 .325 64 3 0 2 0 1
1965 29 PIT NL 43 325 286 37 77 11 3 5 5 2 30 55 .269 .341 .381 .722 .316 109 9 2 5 2 4
1966 30 TOT NL 22 368 320 36 75 10 4 5 3 3 40 51 .234 .323 .338 .661 .263 108 7 3 3 2 4
1966 30 ATL NL 11 196 172 23 44 5 3 2 1 2 19 27 .256 .333 .355 .688 .290 61 2 2 1 2 2
1966 30 PIT NL 11 172 148 13 31 5 1 3 2 1 21 24 .209 .312 .318 .629 .231 47 5 1 2 0 2
1967 31 ATL NL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 .000 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 172 3250 2767 367 710 97 32 50 36 20 391 408 .257 .352 .369 .721 .284 1021 95 27 49 16 25
162 Game Avg. 43 804 684 91 176 24 8 12 9 5 97 101 .257 .352 .369 .721 .284 252 23 7 12 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1961 25 BOS AL 25 25 15 7 3 3 3 18 7 .720 0 2 10 2 16 64% 53 84 27 20 1 5 6 5.9 5.6 7.1
1962 26 BOS AL 33 32 9 15 8 3 3 13 19 .406 0 4 5 1 10 31% 46 83 16 30 10 10 9 5.0 4.9 5.7
1963 27 PIT NL 33 24 6 10 8 0 4 13 11 .542 3 5 3 2 12 50% 51 83 28 26 9 5 10 3.3 1.9 5.9
1964 28 PIT NL 15 9 3 3 3 0 1 5 4 .556 0 0 0 0 4 44% 50 81 29 16 9 2 4 5.6 6.3 4.4
1965 29 PIT NL 43 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 14 4 1 0 3.0 3.6 5.0
1966 30 TOT NL 22 12 4 4 4 1 0 7 5 .583 3 2 0 0 6 50% 51 67 25 15 8 2 8 4.0 3.7 5.3
1966 30 PIT NL 11 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 3 75% 56 67 47 6 1 1 1 3.4 2.2 6.2
1966 30 ATL NL 11 8 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 .625 2 1 0 0 3 38% 49 67 25 9 7 1 7 4.4 4.8 4.9
6 Seasons 171 103 37 40 26 7 11 56 47 .544 6 13 18 5 48 47% 50 84 16 121 41 25 37 4.7 4.4 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1962 26 BOS AL 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.994 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1963 27 PIT NL 33 9 8 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 8 1.139 1 3 4 1 1 7 3 6 7 0 7 2 8.7
1964 28 PIT NL 15 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 5 0.917 0 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 2 2 2 1 4.8
1965 29 PIT NL 43 42 19 9 5 6 4 3 67% 9 1 46 12 26% 8 1.489 20 9 8 9 9 19 24 13 25 11 23 12 5.1
1966 30 TOT NL 22 10 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% 1.143 3 1 4 1 2 5 1 7 8 0 7 0 7.0
1966 30 PIT NL 11 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% 8 1.311 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 5 5 0 5 0 7.3
1966 30 ATL NL 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.979 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 6.3
1967 31 ATL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.605 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
6 Seasons 147 69 34 12 8 7 4 4 57% 11 2 60 16 27% 1.108 24 16 21 11 12 39 32 30 42 15 39 15 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1961 25 BOS AL 786 37% 1.0% 11.6% 14.0% 5.0% 23% 1.87 71% 188 32 17%
1962 26 BOS AL 839 44% 2.2% 10.6% 14.4% 7.5% 35% 1.79 70% 164 22 13%
1963 27 PIT NL 718 46% 1.8% 12.0% 10.3% 4.3% 20% 2.29 73% 139 21 15%
1964 28 PIT NL 214 43% 0.5% 16.8% 7.0% 3.7% 15% 2.11 75% 41 3 7%
1965 29 PIT NL 325 38% 1.5% 16.9% 9.2% 5.9% 25% 2.04 70% 60 9 15%
1966 30 TOT NL 368 45% 1.4% 13.9% 10.9% 5.2% 25% 1.52 72% 56 7 13%
1966 30 PIT NL 172 44% 1.7% 14.0% 12.2% 5.2% 29% 1.74 70% 32 5 16%
1966 30 ATL NL 196 47% 1.0% 13.8% 9.7% 5.1% 23% 1.33 74% 24 2 8%
1967 31 ATL NL 2 0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50% 2 1 50%
7 Seasons 3252 42% 1.5% 12.6% 12.0% 5.5% 25% 1.92 72% 650 95 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1961 25 BOS AL 786 167 8 0 14 5 3 5 3 48 20 5 42% 15 6 0 343 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1962 26 BOS AL 839 180 18 0 15 10 8 7 11 43 24 4 56% 13 7 2 334 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1963 27 PIT NL 696 158 13 0 17 7 6 5 8 33 11 3 33% 11 3 2 257 10 9 53% 6 9 3 0 1 0 2 0 12 22
1964 28 PIT NL 214 53 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 9 7 0 78% 5 1 0 69 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1965 29 PIT NL 276 77 5 0 15 2 2 1 3 15 6 3 40% 6 5 1 120 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 49
1966 30 TOT NL 334 75 5 0 5 3 1 2 2 15 6 4 40% 5 5 1 116 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 34
1966 30 PIT NL 165 31 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 7 3 2 43% 4 1 0 56 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
1966 30 ATL NL 169 44 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 3 2 38% 1 4 1 60 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 27
1967 31 ATL NL 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3147 710 50 0 73 27 21 20 28 164 74 19 45% 55 27 6 1240 36 20 64% 32 20 3 0 1 0 7 0 62 105
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1961 25 15 7 .682 3.22 25 25 0 10 2 0 178.2 167 76 64 8 110 1 91 6 1 6 786 129 1.550 8.4 0.4 5.5 4.6 0.83 129
1962 26 24 22 .522 4.09 58 57 0 15 3 0 361.0 347 194 164 26 231 2 180 16 1 13 1624 101 1.601 8.7 0.6 5.8 4.5 0.78 101
1963 27 30 34 .469 3.85 91 81 8 18 5 0 528.2 505 266 226 39 305 15 266 22 3 16 2342 101 1.532 8.6 0.7 5.2 4.5 0.87 101
1964 28 34 37 .479 3.89 106 90 9 18 5 0 578.1 558 294 250 40 320 16 302 22 4 17 2556 99 1.518 8.7 0.6 5.0 4.7 0.94 99
1965 29 43 43 .500 3.78 149 91 28 18 5 4 655.1 635 331 275 45 350 20 357 24 4 22 2881 101 1.503 8.7 0.6 4.8 4.9 1.02 101
1966 30 49 48 .505 3.72 171 103 33 18 5 4 742.1 710 367 307 50 390 24 408 27 4 27 3249 101 1.482 8.6 0.6 4.7 4.9 1.05 101
1967 31 49 48 .505 3.72 172 103 34 18 5 4 743.0 710 367 307 50 391 25 408 27 4 27 3251 102 1.482 8.6 0.6 4.7 4.9 1.04 102

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
1961 25 11 8 .579 3.21 171.0 161 68 61 8 106 87 6 1.561 8.5 5.6 4.6 0.82 0.4 25
1962 26 8 11 .421 4.88 177.0 177 107 96 18 119 86 10 1.672 9.0 6.1 4.4 0.72 0.9 33
1963 27 8 9 .471 4.21 154.0 170 80 72 14 80 79 6 1.623 9.9 4.7 4.6 0.99 0.8 33
1964 28 2 3 .400 5.17 47.0 56 30 27 1 16 34 0 1.532 10.7 3.1 6.5 2.13 0.2 15
1965 29 4 3 .571 3.60 70.0 80 31 28 5 31 50 2 1.586 10.3 4.0 6.4 1.61 0.6 43
1966 30 5 4 .556 3.84 82.0 78 39 35 5 42 48 3 1.463 8.6 4.6 5.3 1.14 0.5 22
1967 31 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1
7 Seasons 38 38 .500 4.10 701.0 722 355 319 51 395 384 27 1.593 9.3 4.9 0.97 0.7 172

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-2 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1961 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 AL (14, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Wins s c a p y
1961 AL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1961 AL  .682 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  110 (4th)
1962 AL  121 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  .403 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL  15 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 AL  100 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL  10 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1961 AL  129 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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