Tex Shirley
Alvis Newman Shirley
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1918 in Birthright, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1941
Final Game: September 21, 1946
Died: November 7, 1993 in DeSoto, TX
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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
1941 23 PHA AL 0 1 .000 2.45 5 0 4 0 0 1 7.1 8 4 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 35 171 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 1.2 0.17
1942 24 PHA AL 0 1 .000 5.30 15 1 7 0 0 1 35.2 37 30 21 0 22 10 2 0 0 162 71 1.654 9.3 0.0 5.6 2.5 0.45
1944 26 SLB AL 5 4 .556 4.15 23 11 6 2 1 0 80.1 59 45 37 4 64 35 1 0 2 360 87 1.531 6.6 0.4 7.2 3.9 0.55
1945 27 SLB AL 8 12 .400 3.63 32 24 5 10 2 0 183.2 191 79 74 8 93 77 1 0 5 808 97 1.546 9.4 0.4 4.6 3.8 0.83
1946 28 SLB AL 6 12 .333 4.96 27 18 4 7 0 0 139.2 148 89 77 7 105 45 1 0 0 656 75 1.811 9.5 0.5 6.8 2.9 0.43
5 Seasons 19 30 .388 4.25 102 54 26 19 3 2 446.2 443 247 211 20 290 168 5 0 7 2021 85 1.641 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.4 0.58
162 Game Avg. 8 13 .388 4.25 44 24 11 8 1 1 195 193 108 92 9 126 73 2 0 3 881 85 1.641 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.4 0.58
SLB (3 yrs) 19 28 .404 4.19 82 53 15 19 3 0 403.2 398 213 188 19 262 157 3 0 7 1824 86 1.635 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.5 0.60
PHA (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 4.81 20 1 11 0 0 2 43.0 45 34 23 1 28 11 2 0 0 197 80 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39

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
1944 26 SLB AL WS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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+
1941 23 0 1 .000 2.45 5 0 4 0 0 1 7.1 8 4 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 35 171 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 1.2 0.17 171
1942 24 0 2 .000 4.81 20 1 11 0 0 2 43.0 45 34 23 1 28 11 2 0 0 197 80 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39 80
1943 25 0 2 .000 4.81 20 1 11 0 0 2 43.0 45 34 23 1 28 11 2 0 0 197 80 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39 80
1944 26 5 6 .455 4.38 43 12 17 2 1 2 123.1 104 79 60 5 92 46 3 0 2 557 84 1.589 7.6 0.4 6.7 3.4 0.50 84
1945 27 13 18 .419 3.93 75 36 22 12 3 2 307.0 295 158 134 13 185 123 4 0 7 1365 91 1.564 8.6 0.4 5.4 3.6 0.66 91
1946 28 19 30 .388 4.25 102 54 26 19 3 2 446.2 443 247 211 20 290 168 5 0 7 2021 85 1.641 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.4 0.58 85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1941 23 0 0 2.57 7.0 8 2 2 1 6 1 0 2.000 10.3 7.7 1.3 0.17 1.3 5
1942 24 1 3 .250 5.50 36.0 38 24 22 0 23 10 2 1.694 9.5 5.8 2.5 0.43 0.0 15
1944 26 4 5 .444 4.44 81.0 63 44 40 4 68 35 1 1.617 7.0 7.6 3.9 0.51 0.4 23
1945 27 9 11 .450 4.20 182.0 208 94 85 9 101 76 1 1.698 10.3 5.0 3.8 0.75 0.4 32
1946 28 5 10 .333 5.37 139.0 156 92 83 7 111 45 1 1.921 10.1 7.2 2.9 0.41 0.5 27
5 Seasons 19 29 .396 4.69 445.0 473 256 232 21 309 167 5 1.757 9.6 3.4 0.54 0.4 102

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 AL  93 (5th)
1946 AL  105 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1945 AL  12 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  77 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 AL  5 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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