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Tex Shirley

Alvis Newman Shirley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1918 in Birthright, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1941
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics 1941-1946

Final Game: September 21, 1946
Died: November 7, 1993 in DeSoto, TX
Buried: Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, TX
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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
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 35 179 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 73 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 88 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 99 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 76 1.811 9.5 0.5 6.8 2.9 0.43
5 Yrs 19 30 .388 4.25 102 54 26 19 3 2 446.2 443 247 211 20 290 168 5 0 7 2021 87 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 87 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 87 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 82 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39

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
1941 23 PHA AL 7.1 5 0 4 4.91 5.39 -0.05 0.00 99.9 5.44 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .508 .500 $
1942 24 PHA AL 35.2 15 1 30 7.57 4.70 -0.32 0.00 105.5 5.30 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .437 .494 $
1944 26 SLB AL 80.1 23 11 45 5.04 4.05 -0.03 0.00 102.7 4.19 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .464 .495 $
1945 27 SLB AL 183.2 32 24 79 3.87 4.00 0.07 0.00 103.2 4.06 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.5 15 .516 .503 $
1946 28 SLB AL 139.2 27 18 89 5.74 4.20 -0.19 0.00 105.1 4.61 -18 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -7 .432 .489 $
5 Seasons 446.2 102 54 247 4.98 4.15 -0.06 0.00 103.8 4.38 -30 -3.1 1.0 -0.3 -0.6 0 .470 .496 $
SLB (3 yrs) 403.2 82 53 213 4.75 4.08 -0.04 0.00 103.7 4.28 -21 -2.2 1.0 -0.3 0.1 6 .474 .496 $
PHA (2 yrs) 43.0 20 1 34 7.12 4.82 -0.27 0.00 104.5 5.32 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .455 .497 $

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
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

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%
1941 23 PHA AL 35 2.9% 2.9% 17.1% 74%
1942 24 PHA AL 162 0.0% 6.2% 13.6% 78%
1944 26 SLB AL 360 1.1% 9.7% 17.8% 1.1% 7% 70%
1945 27 SLB AL 805 1.0% 9.6% 11.6% 2.4% 10% 76%
1946 28 SLB AL 656 1.1% 6.9% 16.0% 2.9% 13% 75%
5 Yrs 2018 1.0% 8.3% 14.4% 2.1% 10% 75%
MLB Averages 1.2% 9.0% 8.9% 2.7% 12% 79%

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+
1941 23 0 1 .000 2.45 5 0 4 0 0 1 7.1 8 4 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 35 179 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 1.2 0.17 179
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 82 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39 82
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 82 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39 82
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 86 1.589 7.6 0.4 6.7 3.4 0.50 86
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 93 1.564 8.6 0.4 5.4 3.6 0.66 93
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 87 1.641 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.4 0.58 87

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
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 39 24 22 0 23 10 2 1.722 9.8 5.8 2.5 0.43 0.0 15
1944 26 4 5 .444 4.39 82.0 62 44 40 4 67 36 1 1.573 6.8 7.4 4.0 0.54 0.4 23
1945 27 10 10 .500 4.13 181.0 209 92 83 9 102 76 1 1.718 10.4 5.1 3.8 0.75 0.4 32
1946 28 5 10 .333 5.31 139.0 156 91 82 7 111 45 1 1.921 10.1 7.2 2.9 0.41 0.5 27
5 Yrs 20 28 .417 4.63 445.0 474 253 229 21 309 168 5 1.760 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

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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