Al Sima

Albert Sima

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 7, 1921 in Mahwah, NJ
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/WhiteSox 1950-1954

Final Game: September 19, 1954
Died: August 17, 1993 in Suffern, NY
Buried: Cemetery of the Ascension, Monsey, NY
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	20	SFG-min	D	6	9	.400	3.03	16						119.0	116	34	40		23							1.168	8.8		1.7			BRS,SBY · APPY,NCSL
1943	21	SFG-min	B,AA	11	9	.550	3.24	26	6		4	1		161.0	149	63	58		61	11	1	0	0			1.304	8.3		3.4	0.6	0.18	RMD,JER · PIED,IL
1946	24	SFG-min	A,AAA	4	9	.308	5.00	26						99.0	115	47	55		53	11						1.697	10.5		4.8	1.0	0.21	JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1947	25	SFG-min	A	9	9	.500	3.72	29						184.0	218	96	76		72							1.576	10.7		3.5			JCK · SALL
1948	26	SFG-min	A	14	11	.560	2.63	30						209.0	199	95	61		87							1.368	8.6		3.7			JCK · SALL
1949	27	SFG-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.67	32	7		0	0		73.0	87	55	46		47	44	4	1	1			1.836	10.7		5.8	5.4	0.94	MNE,JER · AA,IL
1950	28	MIN-min	AA	8	5	.615	3.00	19						126.0	136	59	42		48							1.460	9.7		3.4			CNG · SOUA
1950	28	WSH	AL	4	5	.444	4.79	17	9	2	1	0	0	77.0	89	49	41	9	26	23	1	0	1	342	94	1.494	10.4	1.1	3.0	2.7	0.88
1951	29	MIN-min	AA	5	12	.294	3.29	19	16					134.0	144	69	49		46							1.418	9.7		3.1			CNG · SOUA
1951	29	WSH	AL	3	7	.300	4.79	18	8	4	1	0	0	77.0	79	51	41	5	41	26	0	0	1	348	86	1.558	9.2	0.6	4.8	3.0	0.63

1952	30	MIN-min	AA	24	9	.727	3.06	40	34					279.0	310	126	95		73							1.373	10.0		2.4			CNG · SOUA
1953	31	WSH	AL	2	3	.400	3.42	31	5	11	1	0	1	68.1	63	31	26	7	31	25	3	0	0	291	114	1.376	8.3	0.9	4.1	3.3	0.81
1954	32	TOT	AL	2	6	.250	5.21	34	8	13	1	0	3	86.1	112	56	50	10	34	37	0	0	2	395	75	1.691	11.7	1.0	3.5	3.9	1.09
1954	32	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	5.14	5	1	2	0	0	1	7.0	11	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	33	77	1.857	14.1	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50
1954	32	PHA	AL	2	5	.286	5.22	29	7	11	1	0	2	79.1	101	51	46	9	32	36	0	0	2	362	75	1.676	11.5	1.0	3.6	4.1	1.13
1955	33	MIN-min	AA	12	11	.522	3.04	34	26					204.0	198	94	69	11	67							1.299	8.7	0.5	3.0			CNG · SOUA
1956	34	MIN-min	AA	8	9	.471	3.98	30	24					156.0	192	81	69	11	56							1.590	11.1	0.6	3.2			CNG · SOUA
1957	35	MIN-min	AA	6	4	.600	3.80	39	11					109.0	117	55	46	4	44							1.477	9.7	0.3	3.6			CNG · SOUA
1958	36	MIN-min	AA	1	1	.500		5																								CNG · SOUA
1959	37	MIN-min	AA	0	0			2																								CNG · SOUA
4 Yrs				11	21	.344	4.61	100	30	30	4	0	4	308.2	343	187	158	31	132	111	4	0	4	1376	89	1.539	10.0	0.9	3.8	3.2	0.84
162 Game Avg.				6	11	.344	4.61	52	16	16	2	0	2	161	179	98	83	16	69	58	2	0	2	720	89	1.539	10.0	0.9	3.8	3.2	0.84

WSH (3 yrs)				9	15	.375	4.37	66	22	17	3	0	1	222.1	231	131	108	21	98	74	4	0	2	981	96	1.480	9.4	0.9	4.0	3.0	0.76
PHA (1 yr)				2	5	.286	5.22	29	7	11	1	0	2	79.1	101	51	46	9	32	36	0	0	2	362	75	1.676	11.5	1.0	3.6	4.1	1.13
CHW (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.14	5	1	2	0	0	1	7.0	11	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	33	77	1.857	14.1	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50

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
1950	28	WSH	AL	77.1	17	9	49	5.70	5.71	-0.16	0.00	94.3	5.54	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.4	7	.490	.499	$
1951	29	WSH	AL	77.0	18	8	51	5.96	4.79	-0.21	0.00	100.2	5.02	-9	-0.8	.6	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.453	.495	$

1953	31	WSH	AL	68.1	31	5	31	4.08	4.92	0.32	0.00	93.4	4.30	1	0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.6	8	.505	.501	$
1954	32	CHW	AL	7.0	5	1	5	6.43	3.93	0.60	0.00	98.0	3.26	-2	-0.3	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.449	.498	$
1954	32	PHA	AL	79.1	29	7	51	5.79	4.22	-0.35	0.00	103.4	4.72	-9	-1.0	.7	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.466	.494	$
4 Seasons				309.0	100	30	187	5.45	4.88	-0.10	0.00	98.0	4.87	-21	-2.1	.8	-0.1	0.1	9	.479	.497	$

WSH (3 yrs)				222.2	66	22	131	5.29	5.15	-0.03	0.00	96.1	4.98	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.7	13	.487	.498	$
PHA (1 yr)				79.1	29	7	51	5.79	4.22	-0.35	0.00	103.4	4.72	-9	-1.0	.7	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.466	.494	$
CHW (1 yr)				7.0	5	1	5	6.43	3.93	0.60	0.00	98.0	3.26	-2	-0.3	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.449	.498	$

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	ROE
1950	28	WSH	AL	17	341	306	49	89	15	1	9	0	3	26	23	.291	.348	.435	.783	.292	133	5	1	8	0	4
1951	29	WSH	AL	18	348	303	51	79	12	5	5	5	1	41	26	.261	.349	.383	.732	.272	116	6	0	4	0	9

1953	31	WSH	AL	31	291	253	31	63	5	2	7	2	2	31	25	.249	.338	.368	.706	.253	93	8	3	4	0	3
1954	32	TOT	AL	34	395	354	56	112	21	3	10	2	4	34	37	.316	.372	.477	.849	.327	169	7	0	2	5	7
1954	32	CHW	AL	5	33	28	5	11	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.393	.406	.643	1.049	.357	18	2	0	1	2	0
1954	32	PHA	AL	29	362	326	51	101	17	3	9	2	4	32	36	.310	.368	.463	.832	.324	151	5	0	1	3	7
4 Yrs				100	1375	1216	187	343	53	11	31	9	10	132	111	.282	.353	.420	.773	.289	511	26	4	18	5	23
162 Game Avg.				52	719	636	98	179	28	6	16	5	5	69	58	.282	.353	.420	.773	.289	267	14	2	9	3	12
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.382	.717	.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
1950	28	WSH	AL	-3.9	-0.4	344	-0.7	4.6	-5.3	.80	-0.1	-0.7	-4.5	-0.4	0.80	-1.4	1	0	7
1951	29	WSH	AL	-7.6	-0.7	356	-1.1	5.2	-6.4	.94	-0.6	-0.6	-11.9	-1.1	0.94	-9.5	0	4	6

1953	31	WSH	AL	3.2	0.3	299	-1.0	4.4	-5.4	.91	-0.0	-1.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.91	1.8	9	3	13
1954	32	TOT	AL	-11.5	-1.2	407	-1.3	4.7	-6.0	.74	-2.0	0.3	-18.5	-1.8	0.74	-18.6	3	7	12
1954	32	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	33	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.36	-0.5	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3	0.36	-5.2	0	1	1
1954	32	PHA	AL	-10.4	-1.0	374	-1.0	4.5	-5.5	.78	-1.6	0.3	-15.2	-1.5	0.78	-13.4	3	6	11
4 Yrs				-19.9	-2.0	1406	-4.2	18.9	-23.0	.84	-2.8	-2.1	-36.6	-3.5	0.84	-27.7	13	14	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
1950	28	WSH	AL	17	9	3	5	1	0	0	3	6	.333	0	1	1	0	3	33%	39.1	51	19	11	5	2	4	3.9	4.5	5.9
1951	29	WSH	AL	18	8	2	5	1	1	1	2	6	.250	0	1	1	0	3	38%	40.9	63	21	10	2	0	6	4.2	3.6	6.2

1953	31	WSH	AL	31	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	4	.200	1	1	1	0	1	20%	44.2	59	31	15	1	1	3	3.6	2.7	5.7
1954	32	TOT	AL	34	8	1	5	2	0	2	2	6	.250	1	1	1	0	4	50%	42.7	68	19	11	4	1	4	2.5	2.6	4.8
1954	32	CHW	AL	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	3	1	0	1	2.0	0.0	2.0
1954	32	PHA	AL	29	7	1	4	2	0	2	2	5	.286	1	1	1	0	4	57%	43.0	68	19	8	3	1	3	2.6	2.8	5.2
4 Yrs				100	30	6	18	6	1	4	8	22	.267	2	4	4	0	11	37%	41	68	19	47	12	4	17	3.6	3.5	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	109	-6					4.5	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	28	WSH	AL	17	8	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	3	75%	3	.800	1	0	7	0	1	7	2	6	7	1	7	1	9.0
1951	29	WSH	AL	18	10	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%	3	.942	0	4	6	0	1	9	3	7	9	0	9	2	8.2

1953	31	WSH	AL	31	26	11	2	0	2	1	2	50%	3	1	29	10	34%	7	.912	9	3	13	3	4	19	15	11	11	7	12	3	4.6
1954	32	TOT	AL	34	26	13	1	1	3	3	0	100%	5	2	19	10	53%		.743	3	7	12	5	1	20	12	14	17	4	18	4	5.5
1954	32	CHW	AL	5	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	4	3	75%	8	.362	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	2	1	3	0	3.8
1954	32	PHA	AL	29	22	11	1	1	2	2	0	100%	3	1	15	7	47%	7	.778	3	6	11	3	1	18	9	13	15	3	15	4	5.8
4 Yrs				100	70	30	5	3	5	4	2	80%	8	3	56	24	43%		.843	13	14	38	8	7	55	32	38	44	12	46	10	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	28	WSH	AL	341	32%	2.6%	6.7%	7.6%	7.3%	28%	0.87	80%	65	5	8%
1951	29	WSH	AL	348	33%	1.4%	7.5%	11.8%	6.3%	28%	0.83	78%	74	6	8%

1953	31	WSH	AL	291	40%	2.4%	8.6%	10.7%	4.8%	22%	1.05	76%	60	8	13%
1954	32	TOT	AL	395	30%	2.5%	9.4%	8.6%	8.6%	30%	1.02	79%	85	7	8%
1954	32	CHW	AL	33	30%	3.0%	3.0%	6.1%	15.2%	46%	1.22	85%	6	2	33%
1954	32	PHA	AL	362	30%	2.5%	9.9%	8.8%	8.0%	29%	1.00	78%	79	5	6%
4 Yrs				1375	33%	2.3%	8.1%	9.6%	6.9%	28%	0.94	78%	284	26	9%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.8%	10.9%	6.8%	26%	0.95	87%			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
1950	28	WSH	AL	341	89			9	0	5	7	2	2	7	16	10	0	63%	4	1	0	132	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1951	29	WSH	AL	348	79			5	0	14	5	0	1	4	28	16	4	57%	9	1	1	136	5	1	83%	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0

1953	31	WSH	AL	291	63			7	0	11	4	3	0	7	17	10	1	59%	3	0	2	114	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
1954	32	TOT	AL	395	112			10	1	14	8	2	5	5	31	16	0	52%	7	2	1	168	2	4	33%	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	10	0
1954	32	CHW	AL	33	11			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	0	100%	0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1954	32	PHA	AL	362	101			9	1	14	8	1	5	4	27	12	0	44%	7	2	1	152	2	4	33%	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	8	0
4 Yrs				1375	343			31	1	44	24	7	8	23	92	52	5	57%	23	4	4	550	9	10	47%	8	8	0	1	1	1	5	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	28	4	5	.444	4.79	17	9	2	1	0	77.0	89	49	41	9	26	23	1	1	342	94	1.494	10.4	1.1	3.0	2.7	0.88	94
1951	29	7	12	.368	4.79	35	17	6	2	0	154.0	168	100	82	14	67	49	1	2	690	90	1.526	9.8	0.8	3.9	2.9	0.73	90
1952	30	7	12	.368	4.79	35	17	6	2	0	154.0	168	100	82	14	67	49	1	2	690	90	1.526	9.8	0.8	3.9	2.9	0.73	90
1953	31	9	15	.375	4.37	66	22	17	3	1	222.1	231	131	108	21	98	74	4	2	981	96	1.480	9.4	0.9	4.0	3.0	0.76	96
1954	32	11	21	.344	4.61	100	30	30	4	4	308.2	343	187	158	31	132	111	4	4	1376	89	1.539	10.0	0.9	3.8	3.2	0.84	89

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
1950	28	4	4	.500	4.22	81.0	88	42	38	9	26	24	1	1.407	9.8	2.9	2.7	0.92	1.0	17
1951	29	4	5	.444	4.56	81.0	81	46	41	5	42	27	0	1.519	9.0	4.7	3.0	0.64	0.6	18

1953	31	4	3	.571	3.57	68.0	66	30	27	7	32	25	3	1.441	8.7	4.2	3.3	0.78	0.9	31
1954	32	3	6	.333	5.38	87.0	117	58	52	10	36	37	0	1.759	12.1	3.7	3.8	1.03	1.0	34
4 Yrs		15	18	.455	4.49	317.0	352	176	158	31	136	113	4	1.539	10.0		3.2	0.83	0.9	100

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