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Dave Sisler

David Michael Sisler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 16, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Senators/Reds 1956-1962

Final Game: September 23, 1962
Died: January 9, 2011 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Old Meeting House Presbytherian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO
Relatives: Brother of Dick Sisler and Son of George Sisler
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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
1953	21	BOS-min	A	12	7	.632	2.60	21	20					135.0	111	63	39	4	65								1.304	7.4	0.3	4.3			ALB · EL
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956	24	BOS	AL	9	8	.529	4.62	39	14	15	3	0	3	142.1	120	81	73	13	72	2	93	7	0	1	619	100	1.349	7.6	0.8	4.6	5.9	1.29
1957	25	BOS	AL	7	8	.467	4.71	22	19	2	5	0	1	122.1	135	68	64	15	61	1	55	2	1	2	554	85	1.602	9.9	1.1	4.5	4.0	0.90
1958	26	BOS	AL	8	9	.471	4.94	30	25	2	4	1	0	149.1	157	94	82	22	79	2	71	1	2	6	666	81	1.580	9.5	1.3	4.8	4.3	0.90
1959	27	TOT	AL	1	3	.250	4.32	35	0	20	0	0	7	58.1	55	33	28	7	37	1	32	1	0	3	262	95	1.577	8.5	1.1	5.7	4.9	0.86
1959	27	BOS	AL	0	0		6.75	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	5	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	63	1.500	12.2	4.1	1.4	4.1	3.00
1959	27	DET	AL	1	3	.250	4.01	32	0	18	0	0	7	51.2	46	28	23	4	36	1	29	1	0	3	232	102	1.587	8.0	0.7	6.3	5.1	0.81
1960	28	DET	AL	7	5	.583	2.48	41	0	19	0	0	6	80.0	56	23	22	3	45	1	47	2	0	9	334	162	1.263	6.3	0.3	5.1	5.3	1.04
1961	29	WSA	AL	2	8	.200	4.18	45	1	29	0	0	11	60.1	55	34	28	6	48	5	30	3	0	3	276	94	1.707	8.2	0.9	7.2	4.5	0.63
1962	30	CIN	NL	4	3	.571	3.92	35	0	16	0	0	1	43.2	44	19	19	4	26	3	27	0	0	1	196	104	1.603	9.1	0.8	5.4	5.6	1.04
1963	31	CIN-min	AAA	6	9	.400	3.40	35	6					90.0	106	44	34	8	36		64						1.578	10.6	0.8	3.6	6.4	1.78	SDG · PCL
7 Yrs				38	44	.463	4.33	247	59	103	12	1	29	656.1	622	352	316	70	368	15	355	16	3	25	2907	96	1.508	8.5	1.0	5.0	4.9	0.96
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.463	4.33	55	13	23	3	0	6	146	138	78	70	16	82	3	79	4	1	6	646	96	1.508	8.5	1.0	5.0	4.9	0.96

BOS (4 yrs)				24	25	.490	4.79	94	58	21	12	1	4	420.2	421	248	224	53	213	5	222	10	3	9	1869	88	1.507	9.0	1.1	4.6	4.7	1.04
DET (2 yrs)				8	8	.500	3.08	73	0	37	0	0	13	131.2	102	51	45	7	81	2	76	3	0	12	566	131	1.390	7.0	0.5	5.5	5.2	0.94
WSA (1 yr)				2	8	.200	4.18	45	1	29	0	0	11	60.1	55	34	28	6	48	5	30	3	0	3	276	94	1.707	8.2	0.9	7.2	4.5	0.63
CIN (1 yr)				4	3	.571	3.92	35	0	16	0	0	1	43.2	44	19	19	4	26	3	27	0	0	1	196	104	1.603	9.1	0.8	5.4	5.6	1.04

AL (6 yrs)				34	41	.453	4.36	212	59	87	12	1	28	612.2	578	333	297	66	342	12	328	16	3	24	2711	95	1.502	8.5	1.0	5.0	4.8	0.96
NL (1 yr)				4	3	.571	3.92	35	0	16	0	0	1	43.2	44	19	19	4	26	3	27	0	0	1	196	104	1.603	9.1	0.8	5.4	5.6	1.04

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
1956	24	BOS	AL	142.1	39	14	81	5.12	4.61	0.23	0.00	108.1	4.73	-7	-0.7	1.7	-0.2	0.1	7	.482	.496	$
1957	25	BOS	AL	122.0	22	19	68	5.02	4.39	0.17	0.00	103.3	4.37	-8	-0.9	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1	.461	.495	$
1958	26	BOS	AL	149.1	30	25	94	5.67	4.48	0.04	0.00	103.6	4.60	-18	-1.8	1.6	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.439	.489	$
1959	27	BOS	AL	6.2	3	0	5	6.75	4.25	0.13	0.00	107.1	4.41	-2	-0.2	1.7	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.443	.499	$
1959	27	DET	AL	51.2	32	0	28	4.88	4.41	0.07	0.00	105.0	4.55	-1	-0.2	1.5	-0.1	0.1	3	.495	.499	$
1960	28	DET	AL	80.0	41	0	23	2.59	4.54	0.04	-0.18	101.6	4.38	17	1.8	1.6	0.4	2.8	23	.544	.511	$
1961	29	WSA	AL	60.1	45	1	34	5.07	4.86	0.06	-0.18	97.3	4.49	-3	-0.4	2.2	-0.3	-0.2	2	.492	.498	$
1962	30	CIN	NL	43.2	35	0	19	3.92	4.67	-0.06	-0.20	98.2	4.46	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.6	8	.507	.502	$
7 Seasons				656.0	247	59	352	4.83	4.54	0.10	-0.05	103.5	4.53	-21	-2.0	1.6	-0.6	2.4	38	.492	.498	$

BOS (4 yrs)				420.1	94	58	248	5.31	4.50	0.14	0.00	105.1	4.57	-35	-3.6	1.7	-0.5	-0.9	2	.462	.494	$
DET (2 yrs)				131.2	73	0	51	3.49	4.49	0.05	-0.11	102.9	4.45	15	1.7	1.5	0.2	2.9	26	.523	.505	$
WSA (1 yr)				60.1	45	1	34	5.07	4.86	0.06	-0.18	97.3	4.49	-3	-0.4	2.2	-0.3	-0.2	2	.492	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				43.2	35	0	19	3.92	4.67	-0.06	-0.20	98.2	4.46	2	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.6	8	.507	.502	$

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
1956	24	BOS	AL	39	587	529	81	120	23	6	13	6	3	72	93	.227	.325	.367	.692	.251	194	10	7	8	4	2	5
1957	25	BOS	AL	22	554	482	68	135	18	2	15	5	3	61	55	.280	.361	.419	.780	.288	202	13	2	5	4	1	10
1958	26	BOS	AL	30	649	566	94	157	17	5	22	4	5	79	71	.277	.362	.442	.804	.280	250	16	1	9	9	2	7
1959	27	TOT	AL	35	261	219	33	55	7	1	7	1	3	37	32	.251	.359	.388	.747	.264	85	5	1	2	2	1	2
1959	27	BOS	AL	3	30	29	5	9	2	0	3	0	0	1	3	.310	.333	.690	1.023	.261	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	DET	AL	32	231	190	28	46	5	1	4	1	3	36	29	.242	.362	.342	.705	.264	65	5	1	2	2	1	2
1960	28	DET	AL	41	334	281	23	56	6	2	3	4	2	45	47	.199	.311	.267	.578	.226	75	9	2	3	3	1	4
1961	29	WSA	AL	45	276	219	34	55	7	2	6	2	0	48	30	.251	.390	.384	.773	.265	84	12	3	4	2	5	1
1962	30	CIN	NL	35	197	164	19	44	3	1	4	9	1	26	27	.268	.368	.372	.740	.301	61	2	0	7	0	3	1
7 Yrs				247	2858	2460	352	622	81	19	70	31	17	368	355	.253	.351	.387	.737	.268	951	67	16	38	24	15	30
162 Game Avg.				55	635	547	78	138	18	4	16	7	4	82	79	.253	.351	.387	.737	.268	211	15	4	8	5	3	7
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.393	.719	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	24	BOS	AL	0.7	0.1	596	-0.0	11.9	-11.9	1.19	0.2	-0.2	-7.4	-0.7	1.18	2.0	13	4	8
1957	25	BOS	AL	-7.9	-0.8	564	-1.1	10.4	-11.5	1.15	-1.0	0.1	-6.0	-0.6	1.15	-11.4	1	0	2
1958	26	BOS	AL	-15.7	-1.6	673	-1.5	11.3	-12.7	1.05	-1.4	-0.0	-15.3	-1.5	1.05	-18.1	3	0	2
1959	27	TOT	AL	-1.8	-0.2	269	-0.3	4.4	-4.7	1.06	-0.8	0.5	-4.4	-0.4	1.06	-3.0	15	3	13
1959	27	BOS	AL	-1.5	-0.2	30	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.45	-0.3	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.45	-2.3	2	0	1
1959	27	DET	AL	-0.4	-0.0	239	0.0	4.3	-4.3	1.14	-0.4	0.4	-1.6	-0.2	1.14	-0.7	13	3	12
1960	28	DET	AL	14.1	1.4	351	3.3	10.3	-7.0	1.58	1.1	1.0	13.6	1.4	1.58	12.5	20	5	16
1961	29	WSA	AL	-2.7	-0.3	287	-1.3	8.1	-9.4	1.87	-0.5	-0.2	-8.5	-0.8	1.87	-5.8	28	4	11
1962	30	CIN	NL	1.9	0.2	205	-0.4	3.0	-3.5	.99	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.99	-0.6	9	6	18
7 Yrs				-11.5	-1.1	2945	-1.3	59.5	-60.8	1.24	-2.7	1.6	-28.2	-2.7	1.24	-24.3	89	22	70

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
1956	24	BOS	AL	39	14	6	5	3	2	1	8	6	.571	0	2	3	0	6	43%	50.0	81	26	17	8	2	7	4.2	5.0	6.4
1957	25	BOS	AL	22	19	7	8	4	3	3	9	10	.474	2	2	5	0	9	47%	46.5	64	18	18	8	4	10	4.8	5.8	6.2
1958	26	BOS	AL	30	25	7	8	10	2	2	12	12	.500	2	4	4	1	9	36%	46.2	77	13	23	9	7	12	4.4	4.7	5.5

1961	29	WSA	AL	45	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25	19	10	0	1	1.0	0.0	4.3
4 Yrs				136	59	20	22	17	7	6	29	29	.500	4	8	12	1	24	41%	47	81	13	77	35	13	30	4.4	5.1	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	115	-14					4.4	4.3	6.4

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
1956	24	BOS	AL	39	25	15	3	3	1	3	1	300%	5	4	27	18	67%	9	1.186	13	4	8	7	7	11	14	11	13	4	13	3	6.3
1957	25	BOS	AL	22	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0%	7	1.150	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	3.7
1958	26	BOS	AL	30	5	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	9	1.047	3	0	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	1	4	0	7.2
1959	27	TOT	AL	35	35	20	1	3	10	7	3	70%	14	4	28	16	57%		1.057	15	3	13	14	3	18	13	22	20	6	21	3	5.0
1959	27	BOS	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	3	60%	2	.450	2	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	3	0	6.7
1959	27	DET	AL	32	32	18	1	3	10	7	3	70%	14	4	23	13	57%	8	1.136	13	3	12	14	2	16	11	21	17	6	18	3	4.8
1960	28	DET	AL	41	41	19	7	5	6	6	1	100%	7	1	37	12	32%	6	1.575	20	5	16	8	14	19	20	21	25	9	27	3	5.9
1961	29	WSA	AL	45	44	29	2	7	17	11	6	65%	18	1	46	20	43%	8	1.872	28	4	11	19	10	15	30	14	24	16	24	6	3.8
1962	30	CIN	NL	35	35	16	4	3	2	1	1	50%	5	3	24	6	25%	8	.986	9	6	18	6	5	24	13	22	17	8	18	5	3.7
7 Yrs				247	188	103	18	22	37	29	12	78%	50	13	168	72	43%		1.234	89	22	70	56	41	91	94	94	103	44	108	20	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	24	BOS	AL	620	60%	2.2%	15.8%	12.3%	7.2%	35%	0.88	73%	134	10	7%
1957	25	BOS	AL	554	57%	2.7%	9.9%	11.0%	6.3%	26%	1.10	75%	118	13	11%
1958	26	BOS	AL	664	67%	3.4%	10.9%	12.2%	6.8%	28%	0.83	74%	122	16	13%
1959	27	TOT	AL	261	67%	2.7%	12.3%	14.2%	5.8%	27%	1.04	70%	54	5	9%
1959	27	BOS	AL	30	80%	10.0%	10.0%	3.3%	16.7%	56%	0.89	77%	2	0	0%
1959	27	DET	AL	231	65%	1.7%	12.6%	15.6%	4.3%	22%	1.07	69%	52	5	10%
1960	28	DET	AL	334	63%	0.9%	14.1%	13.5%	3.3%	20%	0.83	70%	74	9	12%
1961	29	WSA	AL	276	59%	2.2%	10.9%	17.4%	5.4%	27%	1.27	67%	83	12	14%
1962	30	CIN	NL	197	61%	2.0%	13.7%	13.2%	4.1%	18%	0.87	68%	36	2	6%
7 Yrs				2906	62%	2.5%	12.4%	12.9%	6.0%	27%	0.95	72%	621	67	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.4%	9.0%	6.7%	29%	1.02	75%			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
1956	24	BOS	AL	587	120			13	0	26	6	6	4	8	40	20	11	50%	5	1	1	226	6	3	67%	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	33
1957	25	BOS	AL	554	135			15	1	29	10	5	9	6	36	17	1	47%	10	2	0	225	5	3	63%	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
1958	26	BOS	AL	649	157			22	1	19	16	4	11	9	39	25	1	64%	7	6	1	233	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	19	15
1959	27	TOT	AL	261	55			7	0	14	6	1	7	0	22	12	4	55%	2	3	0	101	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	0
1959	27	BOS	AL	30	9			3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	DET	AL	231	46			4	0	13	3	1	4	0	22	12	4	55%	2	3	0	92	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	0
1960	28	DET	AL	334	56			3	0	16	3	0	3	0	28	10	1	36%	4	9	1	132	4	2	67%	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	0
1961	29	WSA	AL	276	55			6	1	17	4	2	3	3	19	11	1	58%	1	3	5	138	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1962	30	CIN	NL	197	44			4	0	8	3	1	0	4	7	3	1	43%	1	1	0	88	9	1	90%	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				2858	622			70	3	129	48	19	37	30	191	98	20	51%	30	25	8	1143	31	17	65%	27	13	3	3	1	1	7	1	77	48
MLB Averages																		52%							60%

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+
1956	24	9	8	.529	4.62	39	14	15	3	0	3	142.1	120	81	73	13	72	2	93	7	0	1	619	100	1.349	7.6	0.8	4.6	5.9	1.29	100
1957	25	16	16	.500	4.66	61	33	17	8	0	4	264.2	255	149	137	28	133	3	148	9	1	3	1173	93	1.466	8.7	1.0	4.5	5.0	1.11	93
1958	26	24	25	.490	4.76	91	58	19	12	1	4	414.0	412	243	219	50	212	5	219	10	3	9	1839	89	1.507	9.0	1.1	4.6	4.8	1.03	89
1959	27	25	28	.472	4.71	126	58	39	12	1	11	472.1	467	276	247	57	249	6	251	11	3	12	2101	89	1.516	8.9	1.1	4.7	4.8	1.01	89
1960	28	32	33	.492	4.38	167	58	58	12	1	17	552.1	523	299	269	60	294	7	298	13	3	21	2435	95	1.479	8.5	1.0	4.8	4.9	1.01	95
1961	29	34	41	.453	4.36	212	59	87	12	1	28	612.2	578	333	297	66	342	12	328	16	3	24	2711	95	1.502	8.5	1.0	5.0	4.8	0.96	95
1962	30	38	44	.463	4.33	247	59	103	12	1	29	656.1	622	352	316	70	368	15	355	16	3	25	2907	96	1.508	8.5	1.0	5.0	4.9	0.96	96

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
1956	24	8	8	.500	3.87	151.0	116	72	65	13	70	99	7	1.232	6.9	4.2	5.9	1.41	0.8	39
1957	25	5	8	.385	4.82	125.0	142	74	67	16	64	56	2	1.648	10.2	4.6	4.0	0.88	1.2	22
1958	26	6	10	.375	5.19	149.0	165	96	86	23	83	71	1	1.664	10.0	5.0	4.3	0.86	1.4	30
1959	27	3	3	.500	4.20	60.0	56	31	28	7	38	33	1	1.567	8.4	5.7	5.0	0.87	1.1	35
1960	28	6	3	.667	2.56	81.0	59	26	23	3	47	48	2	1.309	6.6	5.2	5.3	1.02	0.3	41
1961	29	3	3	.500	4.42	57.0	55	31	28	6	48	28	3	1.807	8.7	7.6	4.4	0.58	0.9	45
1962	30	2	2	.500	3.98	43.0	43	21	19	4	25	26	0	1.581	9.0	5.2	5.4	1.04	0.8	35
7 Yrs		33	37	.471	4.27	666.0	636	351	316	72	375	361	16	1.518	8.6		4.9	0.96	1.0	247

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1959 AL 7 (8th) 1961 AL 11 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1958 AL 79 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1958 AL 6 (5th) 1960 AL 9 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1956 AL 7 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1959 AL 20 (10th) 1960 AL 19 (10th) 1961 AL 29 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1960 AL 14 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1960 AL 1.5 (7th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1960 AL 3.3 (2nd)

† 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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John Habyan (994) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clint Hartung (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Clint Hartung (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Johnson (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Hamilton (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Hamilton (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Benton (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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