Bobby Shantz
Robert Clayton Shantz
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 142 lb.

Born: September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, PA
High School: Pottstown (Pottstown, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1949
Final Game: September 29, 1964
Relatives: Brother of Billy Shantz
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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
1949 23 PHA AL 6 8 .429 3.40 33 7 16 4 1 2 127.0 100 50 48 9 74 58 3 0 3 537 121 1.370 7.1 0.6 5.2 4.1 0.78
1950 24 PHA AL 8 14 .364 4.61 36 23 9 6 1 0 214.2 251 122 110 18 85 93 7 3 0 957 98 1.565 10.5 0.8 3.6 3.9 1.09
1951 25 PHA AL 18 10 .643 3.94 32 25 2 13 3 0 205.1 213 96 90 15 70 77 5 1 1 869 109 1.378 9.3 0.7 3.1 3.4 1.10 AS,MVP-21
1952 26 PHA AL 24 7 .774 2.48 33 33 0 27 5 0 279.2 230 87 77 21 63 152 4 0 0 1103 159 1.048 7.4 0.7 2.0 4.9 2.41 AS,MVP-1
1953 27 PHA AL 5 9 .357 4.09 16 16 0 6 0 0 105.2 107 52 48 10 26 58 0 0 3 437 105 1.259 9.1 0.9 2.2 4.9 2.23
1954 28 PHA AL 1 0 1.000 7.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 7 7 2 3 3 1 0 0 38 50 1.875 13.5 2.3 3.4 3.4 1.00
1955 29 KCA AL 5 10 .333 4.54 23 17 2 4 1 0 125.0 124 70 63 8 66 11 58 1 0 2 550 92 1.520 8.9 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88
1956 30 KCA AL 2 7 .222 4.35 45 2 26 1 0 9 101.1 95 51 49 12 37 4 67 3 0 1 425 99 1.303 8.4 1.1 3.3 6.0 1.81
1957 31 NYY AL 11 5 .688 2.45 30 21 6 9 1 5 173.0 157 58 47 15 40 1 72 6 1 3 688 147 1.139 8.2 0.8 2.1 3.7 1.80 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 32 NYY AL 7 6 .538 3.36 33 13 7 3 0 0 126.0 127 52 47 8 35 7 80 2 1 3 531 106 1.286 9.1 0.6 2.5 5.7 2.29 GG
1959 33 NYY AL 7 3 .700 2.38 33 4 14 2 2 3 94.2 64 33 25 4 33 5 66 0 0 3 376 153 1.025 6.1 0.4 3.1 6.3 2.00 GG
1960 34 NYY AL 5 4 .556 2.79 42 0 21 0 0 11 67.2 57 24 21 5 24 4 54 2 0 3 280 128 1.197 7.6 0.7 3.2 7.2 2.25 GG
1961 35 PIT NL 6 3 .667 3.32 43 6 16 2 1 2 89.1 91 38 33 5 26 6 61 4 0 0 377 120 1.310 9.2 0.5 2.6 6.1 2.35 GG
1962 36 TOT NL 6 4 .600 1.95 31 3 19 1 0 4 78.1 60 26 17 8 25 2 61 1 0 0 314 212 1.085 6.9 0.9 2.9 7.0 2.44 GG
1962 36 HOU NL 1 1 .500 1.31 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 4 3 1 5 0 14 0 0 0 78 287 0.968 6.5 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.80
1962 36 STL NL 5 3 .625 2.18 28 0 19 0 0 4 57.2 45 22 14 7 20 2 47 1 0 0 236 197 1.127 7.0 1.1 3.1 7.3 2.35
1963 37 STL NL 6 4 .600 2.61 55 0 32 0 0 11 79.1 55 28 23 6 17 5 70 2 0 5 312 137 0.908 6.2 0.7 1.9 7.9 4.12 GG
1964 38 TOT NL 2 5 .286 3.12 50 0 22 0 0 1 60.2 52 23 21 5 19 8 42 0 0 2 251 116 1.170 7.7 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.21 GG
1964 38 STL NL 1 3 .250 3.12 16 0 10 0 0 0 17.1 14 6 6 2 7 3 12 0 0 1 72 123 1.212 7.3 1.0 3.6 6.2 1.71
1964 38 CHC NL 0 1 .000 5.56 20 0 9 0 0 1 11.1 15 7 7 2 6 2 12 0 0 0 55 67 1.853 11.9 1.6 4.8 9.5 2.00
1964 38 PHI NL 1 1 .500 2.25 14 0 3 0 0 0 32.0 23 10 8 1 6 3 18 0 0 1 124 154 0.906 6.5 0.3 1.7 5.1 3.00
16 Seasons 119 99 .546 3.38 537 171 192 78 15 48 1935.2 1795 817 726 151 643 53 1072 41 6 29 8045 119 1.260 8.3 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .546 3.38 52 16 18 7 1 5 186 172 78 70 15 62 103 4 1 3 773 119 1.260 8.3 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67
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
KCA (8 yrs) 69 65 .515 3.80 220 124 55 61 11 11 1166.2 1132 535 492 95 424 15 566 24 4 10 4916 111 1.334 8.7 0.7 3.3 4.4 1.33
NYY (4 yrs) 30 18 .625 2.73 138 38 48 14 3 19 461.1 405 167 140 32 132 17 272 10 2 12 1875 131 1.164 7.9 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.06
STL (3 yrs) 12 10 .545 2.51 99 0 61 0 0 15 154.1 114 56 43 15 44 10 129 3 0 6 620 155 1.024 6.6 0.9 2.6 7.5 2.93
PIT (1 yr) 6 3 .667 3.32 43 6 16 2 1 2 89.1 91 38 33 5 26 6 61 4 0 0 377 120 1.310 9.2 0.5 2.6 6.1 2.35
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.25 14 0 3 0 0 0 32.0 23 10 8 1 6 3 18 0 0 1 124 154 0.906 6.5 0.3 1.7 5.1 3.00
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.56 20 0 9 0 0 1 11.1 15 7 7 2 6 2 12 0 0 0 55 67 1.853 11.9 1.6 4.8 9.5 2.00
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 .500 1.31 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 4 3 1 5 0 14 0 0 0 78 287 0.968 6.5 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.80
AL (12 yrs) 99 83 .544 3.49 358 162 103 75 14 30 1628.0 1537 702 632 127 556 32 838 34 6 22 6791 115 1.286 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.51
NL (4 yrs) 20 16 .556 2.75 179 9 89 3 1 18 307.2 258 115 94 24 87 21 234 7 0 7 1254 140 1.121 7.5 0.7 2.5 6.8 2.69

Postseason Pitching

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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
1957 31 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 1 .000 4.05 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 30 1.500 10.8 1.4 2.7 9.5 3.50
1960 34 NYY AL WS L PIT 0 0 4.26 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.1 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 4.15 6 1 1 0 0 1 13.0 12 8 6 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 51 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 5.5 2.67
2 WS 0 1 .000 4.15 6 1 1 0 0 1 13.0 12 8 6 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 51 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 5.5 2.67

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
1951 PHA AL 25
1952 PHA AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1957 NYY AL 31

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
1954 28 PHA AL 2 38 33 7 12 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 .364 .421 .636 1.057 .345 21 1 1 0 1
1955 29 KCA AL 23 552 471 70 124 21 8 8 1 2 66 58 .263 .351 .393 .744 .282 185 11 1 8 6 11
1956 30 KCA AL 45 423 381 51 95 20 5 12 3 2 37 67 .249 .321 .423 .743 .275 161 9 3 2 0 4
1957 31 NYY AL 30 698 644 58 157 22 4 15 3 2 40 72 .244 .292 .360 .652 .253 232 22 6 3 5 1
1958 32 NYY AL 33 531 484 52 127 19 6 8 2 4 35 80 .262 .312 .376 .688 .298 182 15 2 6 4 7
1959 33 NYY AL 33 376 339 33 64 15 1 4 1 1 33 66 .189 .260 .274 .534 .222 93 8 0 3 1 5
1960 34 NYY AL 42 281 244 24 57 5 3 5 1 1 24 54 .234 .302 .340 .642 .274 83 6 2 6 5 4
1961 35 PIT NL 43 377 336 38 91 8 5 5 2 0 26 61 .271 .328 .369 .697 .315 124 13 4 8 3 6
1962 36 TOT NL 31 314 285 26 60 6 2 8 2 2 25 61 .211 .276 .330 .605 .240 94 8 1 2 1 2
1962 36 HOU NL 3 78 72 4 15 0 2 1 0 0 5 14 .208 .256 .306 .562 .241 22 4 0 0 1 0
1962 36 STL NL 28 236 213 22 45 6 0 7 2 2 20 47 .211 .282 .338 .620 .239 72 4 1 2 0 2
1963 37 STL NL 55 312 286 28 55 11 3 6 3 1 17 70 .192 .240 .315 .555 .230 90 4 2 4 3 5
1964 38 TOT NL 50 251 222 23 52 8 4 5 3 3 19 42 .234 .293 .374 .667 .267 83 2 0 9 1 8
1964 38 CHC NL 20 55 47 7 15 4 0 2 0 0 6 12 .319 .396 .532 .928 .394 25 0 0 2 0 2
1964 38 PHI NL 14 124 113 10 23 3 4 1 1 2 6 18 .204 .244 .327 .571 .234 37 1 0 5 0 3
1964 38 STL NL 16 72 62 6 14 1 0 2 2 1 7 12 .226 .300 .339 .639 .245 21 1 0 2 1 3
11 Seasons 387 4153 3725 410 894 138 41 78 22 19 325 634 .240 .303 .362 .664 .268 1348 99 22 51 30 53
162 Game Avg. 58 622 558 61 134 21 6 12 3 3 49 95 .240 .303 .362 .664 .268 202 15 3 8 4
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
1954 28 PHA AL 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48 48 48 0 0 0 1 6.8 6.8 5.0
1955 29 KCA AL 23 17 3 10 4 1 2 7 10 .412 1 1 4 1 5 29% 46 79 6 16 5 1 14 4.1 3.7 6.4
1956 30 KCA AL 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 55 76 33 5 1 0 2 3.0 3.0 6.3
1957 31 NYY AL 30 21 10 5 6 0 4 12 9 .571 1 3 9 1 17 81% 58 79 24 11 3 3 13 4.7 5.1 7.5
1958 32 NYY AL 33 13 5 5 3 1 3 8 5 .615 0 2 3 0 8 62% 55 77 36 12 1 1 10 3.6 3.3 7.5
1959 33 NYY AL 33 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 .500 0 0 2 2 3 75% 60 82 35 12 9 2 1 3.7 2.9 7.3
1961 35 PIT NL 43 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 .667 0 1 2 1 4 67% 54 73 26 12 6 3 2 6.9 7.2 5.7
1962 36 TOT NL 31 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 1 0 1 0 2 67% 71 57 3 0 0 3 5.5 6.6 6.9
1962 36 HOU NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 1 0 1 0 2 67% 64 71 57 1 0 0 3 5.5 6.6 6.9
8 Seasons 212 67 26 26 15 3 12 37 30 .552 3 7 22 5 40 60% 54 82 6 69 25 10 46 4.5 4.4 7.0
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
1954 28 PHA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.591 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1955 29 KCA AL 23 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 2 0 0% 8 1.023 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 4 5 0 6 1 8.5
1956 30 KCA AL 45 43 26 1 6 6 9 4 150% 11 5 38 11 29% 7 0.971 12 14 15 15 4 24 25 18 26 10 26 10 6.1
1957 31 NYY AL 30 9 6 1 0 5 5 0 100% 5 0 8 3 38% 8 1.032 6 1 2 7 1 1 4 5 5 3 5 0 5.0
1958 32 NYY AL 33 20 7 2 1 3 0 3 0% 6 2 19 8 42% 7 0.989 7 4 9 7 3 10 10 10 7 7 8 3 4.3
1959 33 NYY AL 33 29 14 5 1 3 3 0 100% 5 2 20 8 40% 8 0.996 9 9 11 9 3 17 14 15 19 5 19 4 6.8
1960 34 NYY AL 42 42 21 5 4 15 11 4 73% 18 3 31 13 42% 7 1.468 19 11 12 20 7 15 16 26 26 11 27 6 4.8
1961 35 PIT NL 43 37 16 3 1 4 2 2 50% 9 3 26 10 38% 7 0.966 13 10 14 9 7 21 14 23 18 11 19 9 4.5
1962 36 TOT NL 31 28 19 5 3 7 4 3 57% 7 0 14 3 21% 1.045 8 3 17 7 3 18 8 20 16 5 16 0 6.2
1962 36 STL NL 28 28 19 5 3 7 4 3 57% 7 0 14 3 21% 7 1.123 8 3 17 7 3 18 8 20 16 5 16 0 6.2
1963 37 STL NL 55 55 32 6 4 12 11 1 92% 18 5 42 10 24% 8 1.369 28 13 14 20 16 19 26 29 28 15 29 13 4.3
1964 38 TOT NL 50 50 22 2 5 5 1 4 20% 8 1 50 23 46% 1.094 16 9 25 9 7 34 30 20 16 26 17 10 3.6
1964 38 STL NL 16 16 10 1 3 2 0 2 0% 3 0 17 11 65% 8 1.517 7 3 6 3 4 9 9 7 7 6 7 2 3.3
1964 38 CHC NL 20 20 9 0 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 23 9 39% 9 0.756 5 4 11 4 1 15 14 6 2 15 2 5 1.7
1964 38 PHI NL 14 14 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 3 30% 8 0.998 4 2 8 2 2 10 7 7 7 5 8 3 6.9
11 Seasons 384 320 165 32 25 61 46 22 75% 89 22 250 89 36% 1.070 120 76 122 106 52 162 149 171 167 93 173 56 5.0

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%
1949 23 PHA AL
1950 24 PHA AL
1951 25 PHA AL
1952 26 PHA AL
1953 27 PHA AL
1954 28 PHA AL 38 82% 5.3% 7.9% 7.9% 13.2% 42% 1.50 76% 8 1 13%
1955 29 KCA AL 552 76% 1.5% 10.5% 12.0% 6.7% 30% 0.86 74% 108 11 10%
1956 30 KCA AL 423 65% 2.8% 15.8% 8.8% 8.8% 39% 1.22 71% 74 9 12%
1957 31 NYY AL 698 76% 2.2% 10.3% 5.7% 5.9% 26% 1.24 81% 124 22 18%
1958 32 NYY AL 531 77% 1.5% 15.1% 6.6% 6.2% 26% 1.32 75% 102 15 15%
1959 33 NYY AL 376 74% 1.1% 17.6% 8.8% 5.3% 31% 1.21 72% 60 8 13%
1960 34 NYY AL 281 74% 1.8% 19.2% 8.5% 4.6% 23% 0.87 68% 59 6 10%
1961 35 PIT NL 377 73% 1.3% 16.2% 6.9% 4.8% 20% 1.49 72% 84 13 15%
1962 36 TOT NL 314 69% 2.6% 19.4% 8.0% 5.1% 27% 1.28 69% 68 8 12%
1962 36 HOU NL 78 73% 1.3% 18.0% 6.4% 3.9% 20% 2.54 74% 13 4 31%
1962 36 STL NL 236 68% 3.0% 19.9% 8.5% 5.5% 29% 1.02 67% 55 4 7%
1963 37 STL NL 312 63% 1.9% 22.4% 5.5% 6.4% 36% 1.32 68% 43 4 9%
1964 38 TOT NL 251 59% 2.0% 16.7% 7.6% 6.8% 33% 1.49 70% 48 2 4%
1964 38 STL NL 72 72% 2.8% 16.7% 9.7% 4.2% 21% 1.60 68% 15 1 7%
1964 38 CHC NL 55 36% 3.6% 21.8% 10.9% 10.9% 40% 1.75 60% 14 0 0%
1964 38 PHI NL 124 62% 0.8% 14.5% 4.8% 6.5% 35% 1.38 76% 19 1 5%
16 Seasons 4153 72% 3.6% 25.8% 15.5% 6.2% 14% 1.20 73% 778 99 13%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1949 23 PHA AL 100 9 3
1950 24 PHA AL 251 18 0
1951 25 PHA AL 213 15 1
1952 26 PHA AL 230 21 0
1953 27 PHA AL 107 10 3
1954 28 PHA AL 38 12 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 16 1 1 50% 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1955 29 KCA AL 552 124 8 0 17 7 1 6 2 34 17 4 50% 8 2 0 204 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1956 30 KCA AL 423 95 12 0 17 6 6 5 7 31 6 8 19% 4 1 1 151 3 2 60% 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
1957 31 NYY AL 698 157 15 0 10 12 3 10 5 33 14 4 42% 7 3 1 233 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 12 0
1958 32 NYY AL 531 127 8 0 11 8 0 5 3 32 19 4 59% 8 3 0 199 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1959 33 NYY AL 376 64 4 0 11 1 3 3 1 16 6 3 38% 8 3 1 125 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
1960 34 NYY AL 281 57 5 0 9 4 1 2 3 20 9 3 45% 2 3 0 110 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1961 35 PIT NL 377 91 5 0 12 2 3 2 3 27 13 2 48% 4 0 2 148 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 36 TOT NL 314 60 8 1 8 4 4 5 3 17 8 4 47% 8 0 0 111 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1962 36 HOU NL 78 15 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 50% 2 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1962 36 STL NL 236 45 7 1 8 3 4 4 3 13 6 2 46% 6 0 0 89 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 37 STL NL 312 55 6 0 6 2 4 4 2 18 6 5 33% 7 5 1 104 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1964 38 TOT NL 251 52 5 0 13 2 3 2 3 28 15 7 54% 4 2 3 82 3 3 50% 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 12 0
1964 38 STL NL 72 14 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 10 6 3 60% 1 1 0 20 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 38 CHC NL 55 15 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 7 4 1 57% 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 38 PHI NL 124 23 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 11 5 3 45% 3 1 3 35 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
16 Seasons 4153 1795 151 1 114 50 28 46 32 259 114 44 44% 60 29 9 1483 22 19 54% 17 13 5 6 0 0 17 1 81 0
MLB Averages
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

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+
1949 23 6 8 .429 3.40 33 7 16 4 1 2 127.0 100 50 48 9 74 58 3 0 3 537 121 1.370 7.1 0.6 5.2 4.1 0.78 121
1950 24 14 22 .389 4.16 69 30 25 10 2 2 341.2 351 172 158 27 159 151 10 3 3 1494 105 1.493 9.2 0.7 4.2 4.0 0.95 105
1951 25 32 32 .500 4.08 101 55 27 23 5 2 547.0 564 268 248 42 229 228 15 4 4 2363 106 1.450 9.3 0.7 3.8 3.8 1.00 106
1952 26 56 39 .589 3.54 134 88 27 50 10 2 826.2 794 355 325 63 292 380 19 4 4 3466 119 1.314 8.6 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.30 119
1953 27 61 48 .560 3.60 150 104 27 56 10 2 932.1 901 407 373 73 318 438 19 4 7 3903 117 1.307 8.7 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.38 117
1954 28 62 48 .564 3.64 152 105 27 56 10 2 940.1 913 414 380 75 321 441 20 4 7 3941 116 1.312 8.7 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.37 116
1955 29 67 58 .536 3.74 175 122 29 60 11 2 1065.1 1037 484 443 83 387 11 499 21 4 9 4491 112 1.337 8.8 0.7 3.3 4.2 1.29 112
1956 30 69 65 .515 3.80 220 124 55 61 11 11 1166.2 1132 535 492 95 424 15 566 24 4 10 4916 111 1.334 8.7 0.7 3.3 4.4 1.33 111
1957 31 80 70 .533 3.62 250 145 61 70 12 16 1339.2 1289 593 539 110 464 16 638 30 5 13 5604 114 1.309 8.7 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.38 114
1958 32 87 76 .534 3.60 283 158 68 73 12 16 1465.2 1416 645 586 118 499 23 718 32 6 16 6135 113 1.307 8.7 0.7 3.1 4.4 1.44 113
1959 33 94 79 .543 3.52 316 162 82 75 14 19 1560.1 1480 678 611 122 532 28 784 32 6 19 6511 115 1.289 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.5 1.47 115
1960 34 99 83 .544 3.49 358 162 103 75 14 30 1628.0 1537 702 632 127 556 32 838 34 6 22 6791 115 1.286 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.51 115
1961 35 105 86 .550 3.49 401 168 119 77 15 32 1717.1 1628 740 665 132 582 38 899 38 6 22 7168 116 1.287 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.7 1.54 116
1962 36 111 90 .552 3.42 432 171 138 78 15 36 1795.2 1688 766 682 140 607 40 960 39 6 22 7482 118 1.278 8.5 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.58 118
1963 37 117 94 .555 3.38 487 171 170 78 15 47 1875.0 1743 794 705 146 624 45 1030 41 6 27 7794 119 1.262 8.4 0.7 3.0 4.9 1.65 119
1964 38 119 99 .546 3.38 537 171 192 78 15 48 1935.2 1795 817 726 151 643 53 1072 41 6 29 8045 119 1.260 8.3 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67 119

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
1949 23 8 6 .571 3.40 127.0 102 53 48 9 75 58 3 1.394 7.2 5.3 4.1 0.77 0.6 33
1950 24 12 12 .500 4.15 221.0 246 113 102 18 83 96 7 1.489 10.0 3.4 3.9 1.16 0.7 36
1951 25 12 11 .522 3.75 209.0 213 97 87 15 70 78 5 1.354 9.2 3.0 3.4 1.11 0.6 32
1952 26 22 9 .710 2.55 282.0 239 89 80 22 65 153 4 1.078 7.6 2.1 4.9 2.35 0.7 33
1953 27 6 5 .545 3.92 108.0 108 52 47 10 26 59 0 1.241 9.0 2.2 4.9 2.27 0.8 16
1954 28 0 0 9.00 8.0 13 9 8 2 3 3 1 2.000 14.6 3.4 3.4 1.00 2.3 2
1955 29 6 8 .429 4.46 127.0 126 70 63 8 67 59 1 1.520 8.9 4.7 4.2 0.88 0.6 23
1956 30 5 6 .455 4.02 103.0 95 51 46 12 37 68 3 1.282 8.3 3.2 5.9 1.84 1.0 45
1957 31 12 6 .667 2.96 167.0 172 61 55 16 44 70 7 1.293 9.3 2.4 3.8 1.59 0.9 30
1958 32 7 6 .538 3.99 124.0 141 61 55 9 39 79 2 1.452 10.2 2.8 5.7 2.03 0.7 33
1959 33 7 3 .700 2.62 96.0 70 31 28 4 36 67 0 1.104 6.6 3.4 6.3 1.86 0.4 33
1960 34 4 3 .571 3.18 68.0 63 27 24 6 27 54 2 1.324 8.3 3.6 7.1 2.00 0.8 42
1961 35 5 4 .556 3.40 90.0 94 38 34 5 27 61 4 1.344 9.4 2.7 6.1 2.26 0.5 43
1962 36 7 1 .875 1.89 76.0 59 18 16 8 25 59 1 1.105 7.0 3.0 7.0 2.36 0.9 31
1963 37 5 3 .625 2.88 78.0 58 28 25 6 18 69 2 0.974 6.7 2.1 8.0 3.83 0.7 55
1964 38 3 3 .500 3.51 59.0 55 26 23 5 20 41 0 1.271 8.4 3.1 6.3 2.05 0.8 50
16 Seasons 121 86 .585 3.43 1943.0 1854 824 741 155 662 1074 42 1.295 8.6 5.0 1.62 0.7 537

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1970 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1972 BBWAA ( 2.3%)
1973 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1974 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1951
1952 *
1957

Awards (yr lg award)
1952 AL MVP
1952 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1951 AL (21, 4%)
1952 AL (1, 83%)
1957 AL (26, 0%)
1 MVP
0.87 Career Shares (278th)

Gold Gloves
1957 ML (P)
1958 AL (P)
1959 AL (P)
1960 AL (P)
1961 NL (P)
1962 NL (P)
1963 NL (P)
1964 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 AL  2.478 (3rd)
1957 AL  2.445 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1951 AL  18 (7th)
1952 AL  24 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 AL  .643 (5th)
1952 AL  .774 (1st)
1957 AL  .688 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 AL  1.048 (1st)
1957 AL  1.139 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  7.402 (5th)
1957 AL  8.168 (10th)
Career  8.346 (248th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  3.068 (7th)
1952 AL  2.027 (1st)
1957 AL  2.081 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  4.892 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL  45 (6th)
1963 NL  55 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL  9 (4th)
1960 AL  11 (4th)
1963 NL  11 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 AL  279.7 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  152 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1952 AL  33 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 AL  27 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 AL  3 (5th)
1952 AL  5 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  21 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  251 (7th)
1951 AL  213 (10th)
1952 AL  230 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1952 AL  2.413 (1st)
1957 AL  1.800 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1950 AL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  110 (6th)
1951 AL  90 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL  7 (6th)
1951 AL  5 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 AL  1103 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 AL  16 (10th)
1956 AL  26 (4th)
1960 AL  21 (9th)
1963 NL  32 (8th)
Career  192 (246th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 AL  159 (2nd)
1957 AL  147 (1st)
Career  119 (133rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1962 NL  born 1925-09-26 (9th)
1963 NL  born 1925-09-26 (8th)
1964 NL  born 1925-09-26 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 13 (166), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (427), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 53 (239), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Billy O'Dell (949)
  2. Stan Williams (916)
  3. Billy Hoeft (915)
  4. Don Robinson (912)
  5. Don Mossi (911)
  6. Shane Rawley (907)
  7. Dick Drago (907)
  8. Gary Bell (903)
  9. Dick Tidrow (898)
  10. Bobby Bolin (896)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jim Roland (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Darrell Jackson (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Wingard (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Herb Pennock (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Flanagan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Boddicker (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Walker (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Koslo (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Ojeda (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Cliff Melton (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Eric Show (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Murry Dickson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Whit Wyatt (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Steve Gromek (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Charlie Hough (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jerry Staley (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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