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Spec Shea

Francis Joseph Shea (The Naugatuck Nugget)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 2, 1920 in Naugatuck, CT
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1947
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Senators 1947-1955

Final Game: August 27, 1955
Died: July 19, 2002 in New Haven, CT
Buried: St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck, CT
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1947 26 NYY AL 14 5 .737 3.07 27 23 3 13 3 1 178.2 127 63 61 10 89 89 4 0 0 734 115 1.209 6.4 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 AS,MVP-14,RoY-3
1948 27 NYY AL 9 10 .474 3.41 28 22 4 8 3 1 155.2 117 66 59 10 87 71 2 1 1 663 120 1.310 6.8 0.6 5.0 4.1 0.82
1949 28 NYY AL 1 1 .500 5.33 20 3 10 0 0 1 52.1 48 36 31 5 43 22 0 0 1 239 76 1.739 8.3 0.9 7.4 3.8 0.51
1951 30 NYY AL 5 5 .500 4.33 25 11 7 2 2 0 95.2 112 59 46 11 50 38 4 0 1 431 89 1.693 10.5 1.0 4.7 3.6 0.76
1952 31 WSH AL 11 7 .611 2.93 22 21 1 12 2 0 169.0 144 62 55 6 92 65 2 0 4 723 122 1.396 7.7 0.3 4.9 3.5 0.71
1953 32 WSH AL 12 7 .632 3.94 23 23 0 11 1 0 164.2 151 82 72 11 75 38 4 1 3 706 99 1.372 8.3 0.6 4.1 2.1 0.51
1954 33 WSH AL 2 9 .182 6.18 23 11 9 1 0 0 71.1 97 54 49 9 34 22 2 0 3 334 58 1.836 12.2 1.1 4.3 2.8 0.65
1955 34 WSH AL 2 2 .500 3.99 27 4 16 1 1 2 56.1 53 31 25 4 27 0 16 1 0 2 246 99 1.420 8.5 0.6 4.3 2.6 0.59
8 Yrs 56 46 .549 3.80 195 118 50 48 12 5 943.2 849 453 398 66 497 0 361 19 2 15 4076 100 1.426 8.1 0.6 4.7 3.4 0.73
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .549 3.80 42 26 11 10 3 1 205 184 98 86 14 108 78 4 0 3 886 100 1.426 8.1 0.6 4.7 3.4 0.73
WSH (4 yrs) 27 25 .519 3.92 95 59 26 25 4 2 461.1 445 229 201 30 228 0 141 9 1 12 2009 95 1.459 8.7 0.6 4.4 2.8 0.62
NYY (4 yrs) 29 21 .580 3.68 100 59 24 23 8 3 482.1 404 224 197 36 269 220 10 1 3 2067 104 1.395 7.5 0.7 5.0 4.1 0.82

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 Awards
1947 26 NYY AL 178.2 27 23 63 3.17 4.01 0.14 0.00 96.2 3.73 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.5 25 .549 .508 $ AS,MVP-14,RoY-3
1948 27 NYY AL 155.2 28 22 66 3.82 4.46 0.07 0.00 94.7 4.15 6 0.6 1.5 -0.1 1.6 20 .520 .504 $
1949 28 NYY AL 52.1 20 3 36 6.19 4.72 0.21 0.00 95.2 4.29 -11 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .447 .493 $
1951 30 NYY AL 95.2 25 11 59 5.55 4.62 0.19 0.00 94.2 4.16 -15 -1.5 1.2 -0.2 -0.9 -6 .440 .491 $
1952 31 WSH AL 169.0 22 21 62 3.30 4.10 -0.16 0.00 99.5 4.24 17 2.0 .2 -0.1 3.1 32 .590 .512 $
1953 32 WSH AL 164.2 23 23 82 4.48 4.39 0.34 0.00 100.5 4.06 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.3 7 .465 .495 $
1954 33 WSH AL 71.1 23 11 54 6.81 4.15 -0.19 0.00 95.7 4.15 -21 -2.1 .6 0.1 -1.5 -15 .408 .487 $
1955 34 WSH AL 56.1 27 4 31 4.95 4.57 -0.57 0.00 101.8 5.23 1 0.1 .9 -0.1 0.5 7 .505 .501 $
8 Seasons 943.2 195 118 453 4.32 4.31 0.05 0.00 97.3 4.15 -20 -1.4 1.0 -0.7 4.8 64 .493 .499 $
WSH (4 yrs) 461.1 95 59 229 4.47 4.27 -0.04 0.00 99.5 4.29 -11 -0.8 .8 -0.2 2.4 31 .491 .499 $
NYY (4 yrs) 482.1 100 59 224 4.18 4.35 0.13 0.00 95.2 4.01 -9 -0.6 1.2 -0.4 2.4 33 .494 .499 $

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
1947 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 2 0 1.000 2.35 3 3 0 1 0 0 15.1 10 4 4 0 8 1 10 0 1 0 61 1.174 5.9 0.0 4.7 5.9 1.25
1 WS 2 0 1.000 2.35 3 3 0 1 0 0 15.1 10 4 4 0 8 1 10 0 1 0 61 1.174 5.9 0.0 4.7 5.9 1.25

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1947 NYY AL 26 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00

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 IBB ROE
1948 27 NYY AL 28 261 562 66 117 13 3 10 5 3 87 71 .208 .316 .295 .612 .222 166 4 2 12 0 4
1949 28 NYY AL 20 132 192 36 48 6 0 5 2 0 43 22 .250 .387 .359 .747 .261 69 1 0 4 0 1
1951 30 NYY AL 25 396 373 59 112 10 3 11 4 8 50 38 .300 .389 .432 .820 .312 161 13 4 4 0 7
1952 31 WSH AL 22 722 624 62 144 15 7 6 6 4 92 65 .231 .331 .306 .638 .250 191 14 2 5 0 5
1953 32 WSH AL 23 706 620 82 151 30 5 11 4 2 75 38 .244 .329 .361 .690 .245 224 18 4 7 0 13
1954 33 WSH AL 23 334 285 54 97 17 1 9 4 3 34 22 .340 .412 .502 .914 .344 143 6 2 11 2 4
1955 34 WSH AL 27 243 211 31 53 12 2 4 2 1 27 16 .251 .335 .384 .719 .253 81 6 1 4 3 0 6
7 Yrs 168 2794 2867 390 722 103 21 56 27 21 408 272 .252 .347 .361 .709 .262 1035 62 15 47 5 0 40
162 Game Avg. 43 722 741 101 187 27 5 14 7 5 105 70 .252 .347 .361 .709 .262 268 16 4 12 1 10
MLB Averages .261 .337 .373 .710 .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 27 NYY AL 12.1 1.2 273 -0.2 4.8 -4.9 1.08 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.07 -0.6 2 0 0
1949 28 NYY AL -8.1 -0.8 139 -0.4 1.4 -1.9 .68 0.1 -0.7 -5.0 -0.5 0.68 -2.6 2 3 7
1951 30 NYY AL -8.8 -0.8 410 -0.8 6.5 -7.3 .96 -1.5 0.6 -14.1 -1.4 0.96 -17.1 5 0 6
1952 31 WSH AL 12.7 1.4 743 2.8 16.3 -13.5 1.25 1.6 0.7 18.6 2.1 1.25 17.1 0 0 1
1953 32 WSH AL -0.7 -0.1 723 0.3 13.0 -12.7 1.04 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.04 2.6 0 0 0
1954 33 WSH AL -20.7 -2.0 346 -2.8 4.8 -7.6 .98 -2.3 -0.6 -23.5 -2.3 0.98 -23.1 2 2 8
1955 34 WSH AL -1.2 -0.1 250 0.2 3.2 -2.9 .74 -0.3 0.6 -3.3 -0.3 0.74 -2.1 3 3 16
8 Yrs -2.4 0.0 2884 -0.9 49.9 -50.9 1.04 -2.5 1.6 -26.1 -2.4 1.04 -25.7 14 8 38

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1947 26 NYY AL 27 23 14 4 5 2 2 19 4 .826 0 0 13 3 15 65% 59.7 82 28 7 8 5.4 7.5
1948 27 NYY AL 28 22 8 9 5 0 4 10 12 .455 2 0 8 3 14 64% 54.2 87 22 11 5 5 10 4.9 5.4 6.5
1949 28 NYY AL 20 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.3 44 29 3 0 1 1 3.7 9.0 4.4
1951 30 NYY AL 25 11 3 3 5 1 2 7 4 .636 1 2 2 2 4 36% 45.6 79 29 6 3 4 6 6.1 5.7 5.4
1952 31 WSH AL 22 21 11 7 3 2 3 13 8 .619 0 2 12 2 15 71% 55.5 88 15 6 4 0 14 4.2 3.8 7.9
1953 32 WSH AL 23 23 12 7 4 5 1 14 9 .609 2 2 11 1 9 39% 50.2 77 24 12 6 2 18 5.4 5.4 7.2
1954 33 WSH AL 23 11 1 8 2 0 1 3 8 .273 0 2 1 0 2 18% 35.7 59 21 8 1 3 8 4.5 4.5 4.4
1955 34 WSH AL 27 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 1 1 1 25% 47.0 82 26 2 2 0 3 4.0 4.9 6.0
8 Yrs 195 118 50 41 27 10 13 68 50 .576 6 9 48 12 60 51% 52 88 15 48 21 22 68 5.0 4.8 6.7
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -11 4.6 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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
1947 26 NYY AL 27 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5.0
1948 27 NYY AL 28 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 100% 2 0 4 1 25% 1.076 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 5.8
1949 28 NYY AL 20 17 10 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 5 83% .678 2 3 7 3 1 9 2 11 11 2 7 4 6.9
1951 30 NYY AL 25 14 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 58% 7 .964 5 0 6 2 2 8 6 6 9 2 7 2 7.7
1952 31 WSH AL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.247 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1954 33 WSH AL 23 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .984 2 2 8 0 2 10 1 11 8 0 8 1 5.8
1955 34 WSH AL 27 23 16 1 0 2 2 0 100% 3 0 17 6 35% 7 .744 3 3 16 3 0 19 8 14 10 5 10 1 4.2
7 Yrs 172 77 50 6 5 4 5 1 125% 6 0 40 19 48% 1.035 14 8 38 10 5 47 19 43 43 12 34 8 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1947 26 NYY AL 734 1.4% 12.1% 12.1% 3.0% 17% 73%
1948 27 NYY AL 663 54% 3.8% 27.2% 33.3% 10.0% 22% 0.55 184% 54 4 7%
1949 28 NYY AL 239 53% 3.8% 16.7% 32.6% 8.3% 23% 0.39 125% 23 1 4%
1951 30 NYY AL 432 58% 2.8% 9.6% 12.6% 6.1% 21% 0.70 82% 93 13 14%
1952 31 WSH AL 723 53% 0.8% 9.0% 12.7% 3.9% 19% 0.71 77% 143 14 10%
1953 32 WSH AL 706 58% 1.6% 5.4% 10.6% 6.5% 31% 0.62 81% 139 18 13%
1954 33 WSH AL 334 64% 2.7% 6.6% 10.2% 8.1% 28% 0.72 77% 69 6 9%
1955 34 WSH AL 246 67% 1.7% 6.6% 11.1% 7.4% 34% 0.70 80% 42 6 14%
8 Yrs 4077 58% 1.9% 10.2% 14.1% 5.7% 24% 0.65 87% 563 62 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 12.0% 11.5% 6.4% 24% 0.95 90% 11%

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
1947 26 NYY AL 127 10 0
1948 27 NYY AL 261 117 10 0 3 3 3 4 2 17 9 1 53% 4 1 0 103 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 402
1949 28 NYY AL 132 48 5 0 6 1 3 4 0 7 5 0 71% 1 1 0 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 107
1951 30 NYY AL 396 112 11 1 14 5 6 3 8 27 16 2 59% 7 1 1 160 4 8 33% 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 36
1952 31 WSH AL 722 144 6 0 18 3 3 1 5 43 20 3 47% 5 4 2 276 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 1
1953 32 WSH AL 706 151 11 0 11 6 5 2 9 27 15 0 56% 13 3 1 270 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 0
1954 33 WSH AL 334 97 9 0 5 7 2 2 7 25 11 4 44% 4 3 0 140 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1955 34 WSH AL 243 53 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 15 10 0 67% 6 2 1 100 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
8 Yrs 2794 849 66 1 64 28 23 17 34 161 86 10 53% 40 15 5 1100 27 21 56% 26 19 1 2 0 0 10 0 32 549
MLB Averages 52% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1947 26 14 5 .737 3.07 27 23 3 13 3 1 178.2 127 63 61 10 89 89 4 0 0 734 115 1.209 6.4 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 115
1948 27 23 15 .605 3.23 55 45 7 21 6 2 334.1 244 129 120 20 176 160 6 1 1 1397 117 1.256 6.6 0.5 4.7 4.3 0.91 117
1949 28 24 16 .600 3.51 75 48 17 21 6 3 386.2 292 165 151 25 219 182 6 1 2 1636 109 1.322 6.8 0.6 5.1 4.2 0.83 109
1950 29 24 16 .600 3.51 75 48 17 21 6 3 386.2 292 165 151 25 219 182 6 1 2 1636 109 1.322 6.8 0.6 5.1 4.2 0.83 109
1951 30 29 21 .580 3.68 100 59 24 23 8 3 482.1 404 224 197 36 269 220 10 1 3 2067 104 1.395 7.5 0.7 5.0 4.1 0.82 104
1952 31 40 28 .588 3.48 122 80 25 35 10 3 651.1 548 286 252 42 361 285 12 1 7 2790 108 1.396 7.6 0.6 5.0 3.9 0.79 108
1953 32 52 35 .598 3.57 145 103 25 46 11 3 816.0 699 368 324 53 436 323 16 2 10 3496 106 1.391 7.7 0.6 4.8 3.6 0.74 106
1954 33 54 44 .551 3.78 168 114 34 47 11 3 887.1 796 422 373 62 470 345 18 2 13 3830 100 1.427 8.1 0.6 4.8 3.5 0.73 100
1955 34 56 46 .549 3.80 195 118 50 48 12 5 943.2 849 453 398 66 497 0 361 19 2 15 4076 100 1.426 8.1 0.6 4.7 3.4 0.73 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1947 26 10 9 .526 3.69 173.0 140 79 71 11 98 86 4 1.376 7.3 5.1 4.5 0.88 0.6 27
1948 27 10 7 .588 3.38 160.0 121 67 60 10 90 73 2 1.319 6.8 5.1 4.1 0.81 0.6 28
1949 28 2 3 .400 5.54 52.0 50 36 32 5 45 22 0 1.827 8.7 7.8 3.8 0.49 0.9 20
1951 30 4 6 .400 4.79 92.0 119 54 49 12 53 37 4 1.870 11.6 5.2 3.6 0.70 1.2 25
1952 31 10 8 .556 3.44 165.0 158 70 63 7 101 63 2 1.570 8.6 5.5 3.4 0.62 0.4 22
1953 32 8 10 .444 4.20 165.0 160 86 77 12 79 38 4 1.448 8.7 4.3 2.1 0.48 0.7 23
1954 33 2 5 .286 7.41 68.0 106 62 56 10 37 21 2 2.103 14.0 4.9 2.8 0.57 1.3 23
1955 34 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 56 30 27 4 29 16 1 1.491 8.8 4.6 2.5 0.55 0.6 27
8 Yrs 49 51 .490 4.20 932.0 910 484 435 71 532 356 19 1.547 8.8 3.4 0.67 0.7 195

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1947 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (14, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 AL  3.07 (8th)
1948 AL  3.41 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1947 AL  14 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 AL  .737 (1st)
1952 AL  .611 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 AL  1.209 (3rd)
1948 AL  1.310 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  6.397 (1st)
1948 AL  6.765 (1st)
1952 AL  7.669 (8th)
1953 AL  8.253 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 AL  4.483 (9th)
1948 AL  4.105 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 AL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 AL  3 (5th)
1948 AL  3 (5th)
1951 AL  2 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  89 (10th)
1952 AL  92 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL  0.320 (3rd)
1953 AL  0.601 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  4 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL  120 (10th)
1952 AL  122 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 AL  2.8 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 AL  1.6 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 7 (336), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 31 (773), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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