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Bobby Shantz

Robert Clayton Shantz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 139 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Cardinals/Pirates/Cubs/... 1949-1964

Final Game: September 29, 1964
Relatives: Brother of Billy Shantz
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #223. Nig Cuppy… #224. Murry Dickson… #225. Preacher Roe… #226. BOBBY SHANTZ… #227. Dean Chance… #228. Ken Holtzman… #229. Jon Lester… 

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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 1 869 108 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 160 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 52 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 1 425 100 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 3 688 148 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 0 377 121 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 0 314 214 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 78 292 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 0 236 198 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 5 312 138 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 2 251 118 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 72 125 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 69 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 1 124 156 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
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
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 132 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 6 620 156 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 0 377 121 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 1 124 156 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 69 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 78 292 0.968 6.5 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.80
AL (12 yrs) AL 99 83 .544 3.49 358 162 103 75 14 30 1628.0 1537 702 632 127 556 32 838 34 6 22 6791 116 1.286 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.51
NL (4 yrs) NL 20 16 .556 2.75 179 9 89 3 1 18 307.2 258 115 94 24 87 21 234 7 0 7 1254 141 1.121 7.5 0.7 2.5 6.8 2.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1949 23 PHA AL 127.0 7 50 78 2 1.0 28 2.6 $
1950 24 PHA AL 214.2 23 122 144 -2 1.0 22 2.1 $
1951 25 PHA AL 205.1 25 96 124 2 1.0 28 3.0 $ AS,MVP-21
1952 26 PHA AL 279.2 33 87 153 -2 1.0 66 8.2 $ AS,MVP-1
1953 27 PHA AL 105.2 16 52 62 -2 1.0 10 1.5 $
1954 28 PHA AL 8.0 1 7 5 0 .6 -2 -0.1 $
1955 29 KCA AL 125.0 17 70 80 -3 1.0 10 1.0 $
1956 30 KCA AL 101.1 2 51 68 -1 1.0 17 1.0 $
1957 31 NYY AL 173.0 21 58 87 6 1.0 29 3.2 $ AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 32 NYY AL 126.0 13 52 57 5 1.0 5 0.4 $ GG
1959 33 NYY AL 94.2 4 33 52 1 1.0 19 1.7 $ GG
1960 34 NYY AL 67.2 0 24 32 3 1.4 8 0.6 $ GG
1961 35 PIT NL 89.1 6 38 55 0 1.0 17 1.4 $ GG
1962 36 HOU NL 20.2 3 4 12 -1 .8 8 0.8 $ GG
1962 36 STL NL 57.2 0 22 37 2 1.1 15 1.1 $ GG
1963 37 STL NL 79.1 0 28 43 1 1.3 15 1.2 $ GG
1964 38 STL NL 17.1 0 6 10 0 1.6 4 0.4 $ GG
1964 38 CHC NL 11.1 0 7 7 0 .7 0 -0.1 $ GG
1964 38 PHI NL 32.0 0 10 17 0 1.0 7 0.6 $ GG
16 Seasons 1935.2 171 817 1123 11 1.0 306 30.6 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
KCA (8 yrs) 1166.2 124 535 714 -6 1.0 179 19.3 $
NYY (4 yrs) 461.1 38 167 228 15 1.1 61 5.9 $
STL (3 yrs) 154.1 0 56 90 3 1.3 34 2.7 $
PIT (1 yr) 89.1 6 38 55 0 1.0 17 1.4 $
PHI (1 yr) 32.0 0 10 17 0 1.0 7 0.6 $
CHC (1 yr) 11.1 0 7 7 0 .7 0 -0.1 $
HOU (1 yr) 20.2 3 4 12 -1 .8 8 0.8 $

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
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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1949 23 PHA AL 33 46 37 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .189 .302 .189 .492 33 7 0 1 3 1
1950 24 PHA AL 37 78 66 4 11 1 0 1 4 1 0 6 10 .167 .236 .227 .463 20 15 2 0 6 1
1951 25 PHA AL 36 86 72 11 18 4 0 0 9 1 0 6 7 .250 .308 .306 .613 65 22 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-21
1952 26 PHA AL 34 116 96 13 19 4 1 0 12 0 2 5 9 .198 .252 .260 .513 39 25 0 2 13 1 AS,MVP-1
1953 27 PHA AL 21 41 38 6 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 .237 .275 .316 .591 57 12 0 0 1 1
1954 28 PHA AL 7 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 29 KCA AL 26 44 41 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .146 .167 .146 .313 -15 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 30 KCA AL 51 26 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .136 .303 -19 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1957 31 NYY AL 33 65 56 6 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 16 .179 .281 .232 .513 43 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 32 NYY AL 33 39 35 1 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .229 .289 .314 .604 70 11 0 1 1 0 0 1/ GG
1959 33 NYY AL 40 29 23 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .217 .308 .304 .612 72 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 GG
1960 34 NYY AL 43 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -19 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 GG
1961 35 PIT NL 44 20 16 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .438 .526 .500 1.026 174 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 GG
1962 36 TOT NL 35 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .095 .091 .095 .186 -51 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 GG
1962 36 HOU NL 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 36 STL NL 28 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .154 .143 .154 .297 -23 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 37 STL NL 55 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 GG
1964 38 TOT NL 50 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 -11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GG
1964 38 STL NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 38 CHC NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 38 PHI NL 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 578 645 548 60 107 20 2 1 46 3 2 47 96 .195 .265 .245 .509 38 134 4 5 44 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 181 154 17 30 6 1 0 13 1 1 13 27 .195 .265 .245 .509 38 38 1 1 12
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
KCA (8 yrs) 245 440 375 45 73 11 2 1 32 3 2 27 44 .195 .254 .243 .497 33 91 4 3 35 0 0
NYY (4 yrs) 149 146 124 12 24 8 0 0 8 0 0 14 36 .194 .281 .258 .539 51 32 0 1 7 0 0
STL (3 yrs) 99 25 20 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 .150 .250 .150 .400 9 3 0 0 1 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 44 20 16 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .438 .526 .500 1.026 174 8 0 1 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 394 586 499 57 97 19 2 1 40 3 2 41 80 .194 .261 .246 .508 37 123 4 4 42 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 184 59 49 3 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 16 .204 .298 .224 .523 43 11 0 1 2 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 23 PHA AL 46 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1950 24 PHA AL 78 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 25 PHA AL 86 -4 1 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-21
1952 26 PHA AL 116 -8 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-1
1953 27 PHA AL 41 -3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1954 28 PHA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1955 29 KCA AL 44 -7 0 0 1 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1956 30 KCA AL 26 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1957 31 NYY AL 65 -4 1 1 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 32 NYY AL 39 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1/ GG
1959 33 NYY AL 30 -1 -1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 GG
1960 34 NYY AL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 GG
1961 35 PIT NL 20 2 -1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 GG
1962 36 HOU NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1 GG
1962 36 STL NL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1 GG
1963 37 STL NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 GG
1964 38 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1 GG
1964 38 PHI NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1 GG
16 Seasons 646 -50 1 1 1 0 47 16 16 1.5 16 1.6 -0.1 $
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
KCA (8 yrs) 440 -39 2 0 1 0 30 11 5 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $
NYY (4 yrs) 147 -8 0 1 0 0 11 4 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $
STL (3 yrs) 25 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
PIT (1 yr) 20 2 -1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $
PHI (1 yr) 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
HOU (1 yr) 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 31 NYY AL WS MLN L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 NYY AL WS PIT L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1949 PHA AL 23 P 33 127.0 48 12 36 0 5 1.000 3.40 1.45 .962 2.12 2.09
1950 PHA AL 24 P 36 214.2 67 13 52 2 6 .970 2.73 1.81 .950 2.03 1.99
1951 PHA AL 25 P 32 205.1 66 20 44 2 7 .970 2.81 2.00 .953 2.07 2.06 AS,MVP-21
1952 PHA AL 26 P 33 279.2 78 29 49 0 3 1.000 2.51 2.36 .966 2.10 2.10 AS,MVP-1
1953 PHA AL 27 P 16 105.2 32 10 21 1 3 .969 2.64 1.94 .957 1.95 1.93
1954 PHA AL 28 P 2 8.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.38 1.50 .960 2.02 2.00
1955 KCA AL 29 P 23 125.0 37 9 26 2 2 .946 2.52 1.52 .956 1.99 1.97
1956 KCA AL 30 P 45 101.1 32 10 20 2 2 .938 2.66 0.67 .950 1.92 1.91
1957 NYY AL 31 P 30 173.0 72 14 57 1 8 .986 3.69 2.37 .963 1.99 2.00 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 NYY AL 32 P 33 126.0 41 6 35 0 4 1.000 2.93 1.24 .963 1.95 1.93 GG
1958 NYY AL 32 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.20 GG
1958 NYY AL 32 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60 GG
1959 NYY AL 33 P 33 94.2 30 8 20 2 1 .933 2.66 0.85 .955 2.05 2.03 GG
1960 NYY AL 34 P 42 67.2 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 2.26 0.40 .967 1.96 1.95 GG
1961 PIT NL 35 P 43 89.1 31 13 18 0 2 1.000 3.12 0.72 .959 2.18 2.15 GG
1962 TOT NL 36 P 31 3 1 78.4 36 10 25 1 2 .972 4.02 1.13 .948 2.08 2.05 2 2 50% 1 GG
1962 HOU NL 36 P 3 3 1 20.2 14 1 13 0 1 1.000 6.10 4.67 .948 2.09 2.03 0 0 1
1962 STL NL 36 P 28 0 0 57.2 22 9 12 1 1 .955 3.28 0.75 .948 2.08 2.05 2 2 50% 0
1963 STL NL 37 P 55 79.1 32 9 22 1 2 .969 3.52 0.56 .951 2.06 2.06 GG
1964 TOT NL 38 P 50 0 0 60.2 35 6 28 1 0 .971 5.04 0.68 .953 2.14 2.13 3 3 50% 0 GG
1964 STL NL 38 P 16 0 0 17.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.67 0.56 .953 2.13 2.13 2 1 33% 0
1964 CHC NL 38 P 20 0 0 11.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.18 0.20 .952 2.14 2.13 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 38 P 14 0 0 32.0 22 5 16 1 0 .955 5.91 1.50 .953 2.14 2.13 1 2 67% 0
16 Seasons P 537 3 1 1935.2 658 174 468 16 48 .976 2.99 1.20 .957 2.04 2.03 5 5 50% 1
1 Season OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.20
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
16 Seasons TOT 538 3 1 1935.2 659 175 468 16 48 .976 0 0 2.99 1.20 .957 2.04 2.03 5 5 50% 1
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (287th)

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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1952 AL  8.4 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1952 AL  8.2 (1st)
1957 AL  3.2 (8th)
Career  30.6 (220th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 AL  2.48 (3rd)
1957 AL  2.45 (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)

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  1,103 (4th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 AL  160 (2nd)
1957 AL  148 (1st)
Career  119 (135th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  43 (1st)
1957 AL  21 (5th)
Career  138 (145th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 AL  4.9 (1st)
1957 AL  2.2 (5th)
Career  14.8 (139th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 AL  42.22 (2nd)
1957 AL  21.13 (7th)
Career  112.25 (143rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 AL  6.7 (1st)
1957 AL  2.5 (8th)
Career  9.4 (210th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 AL  3.8 (3rd)
1957 AL  1.6 (10th)
Career  9.8 (144th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1957 AL  2.3 (7th)
Career  12.1 (134th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  13 (9th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1951 AL  20 (3rd)
1952 AL  29 (2nd)
1957 AL  14 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1950 AL  52 (5th)
1952 AL  49 (4th)
1957 AL  57 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1949 AL  3.40 (4th)
1957 AL  3.69 (1st)
1962 NL  4.02 (1st)
1963 NL  3.52 (2nd)
1964 NL  5.04 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1951 AL  2.00 (2nd)
1952 AL  2.36 (3rd)
1957 AL  2.37 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1949 AL  1.000 (1st)
1960 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .976 (39th)

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)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 13 (168), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (434), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 53 (248), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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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. Gerry Staley (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Firpo Marberry (984)
  2. Ray Sadecki (983)
  3. Herm Wehmeier (980)
  4. Sam Gray (979)
  5. Eddie Rommel (978)
  6. Orel Hershiser (977)
  7. Javier Vazquez (977)
  8. Billy Hoeft (977)
  9. Tommy Thomas (976)
  10. Jim Perry (976)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Fred Frankhouse (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Syl Johnson (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Firpo Marberry (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Perry (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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