Lefty Sloat

Dwain Clifford Sloat

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: December 1, 1918 in Nokomis, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers 1948-1949

Final Game: May 13, 1949
Died: April 18, 2003 in St. Paul, MN
Buried: Union Cemetery, St. Paul, MN
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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
1938	19	CHW-min	D,AA	10	14	.417	2.10	38	13					235.2	102	50	55		131							0.692	3.9		5.0			GFK,DLD,STP · NORL,FLOR,AA
1939	20	CIN-min	D	10	14	.417	3.21	33						188.0	162	85	67		110							1.447	7.8		5.3			GFK · NORL
1940	21	CHW-min	D,AA	15	7	.682	2.37	33						209.0	166	69	55		101							1.278	7.1		4.3			GFK,STP · NORL,AA
1941	22	STP	AA	1	6	.143	7.03	30	5	19	3	0		105.0	126	92	82		93	50	6	0	11			2.086	10.8		8.0	4.3	0.54	STP · AA
1946	27	LAD-min	B,AAA	13	10	.565	3.70	32			0	0		180.0	157	83	74		81	16	1	0	2			1.322	7.8		4.0	0.8	0.20	MRD,STP · SEAL,AA
1947	28	LAD-min	AA	17	9	.654	1.99	34						240.0	190	74	53		121							1.296	7.1		4.5			FTW · TL
1948	29	LAD-min	AA	10	8	.556	2.35	25	21					184.0	158	66	48		73							1.255	7.7		3.6			FTW · TL
1948	29	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	6.14	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	7	5	5	0	8	1	0	0	0	34	68	2.045	8.6	0.0	9.8	1.2	0.13
1949	30	DET-min	AAA	3	11	.214	6.86	30			3	0		118.0	137	99	90		82	55	2	0	7			1.856	10.4		6.3	4.2	0.67	TOL · AA
1949	30	CHC	NL	0	0		7.00	5	1	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	7	7	0	3	3	0	0	1	42	60	1.889	14.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1950	31	DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.50	38	6		0	0		90.0	73	51	45		65	54	4	2	10			1.533	7.3		6.5	5.4	0.83	TOL · AA
1951	32	DET-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.85	42	3		1	0		80.0	86	60	52		55	51	7	0	3			1.762	9.7		6.2	5.7	0.93	TOL · AA
1952	33	ATL-PHI-min	AA,AAA	6	5	.545	3.87	30	11		0	0		114.0	108	63	49		74	11	1	0	1			1.596	8.5		5.8	0.9	0.15	ATA,BLT · SOUA,IL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	6.61	9	2	2	0	0	0	16.1	21	12	12	0	11	4	0	0	1	76	63	1.959	11.6	0.0	6.1	2.2	0.36
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	6.61	56	12	12	0	0	0	101	130	74	74	0	68	25	0	0	6	470	63	1.959	11.6	0.0	6.1	2.2	0.36

BRO (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.14	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	7	5	5	0	8	1	0	0	0	34	68	2.045	8.6	0.0	9.8	1.2	0.13
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		7.00	5	1	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	7	7	0	3	3	0	0	1	42	60	1.889	14.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00

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
1948	29	BRO	NL	7.1	4	1	5	6.14	4.08	0.13	0.00	97.2	3.85	-2	-0.2	1.5	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.453	.499	$
1949	30	CHC	NL	9.0	5	1	7	7.00	4.59	-0.19	0.00	102.1	4.88	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.457	.499	$
2 Seasons				16.1	9	2	12	6.61	4.36	-0.05	0.00	99.9	4.42	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.455	.499	$

BRO (1 yr)				7.1	4	1	5	6.14	4.08	0.13	0.00	97.2	3.85	-2	-0.2	1.5	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.453	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				9.0	5	1	7	7.00	4.59	-0.19	0.00	102.1	4.88	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.457	.499	$

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
1948	29	BRO	NL	4	34	25	5	7	0	1	0	0	1	8	1	.280	.455	.360	.815	.292	9	0	0	1	0	0
1949	30	CHC	NL	5	5	35	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.400	.447	.400	.847	.438	14	0	0	4	0	0
2 Yrs				9	39	60	12	21	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	.350	.451	.383	.834	.375	23	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				56	241	371	74	130	0	6	0	0	6	68	25	.350	.451	.383	.834	.375	142	0	0	31	0	0
MLB Averages																.263	.342	.365	.707	.279

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	29	BRO	NL	-1.3	-0.1	35	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	.94	-0.1	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.94	-1.4	1	1	1
1949	30	CHC	NL	-2.4	-0.2	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.79	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.79	-0.6	0	0	1
2 Yrs				-3.7	-0.4	40	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.92	-0.2	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.92	-2.0	1	1	2

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
1948	29	BRO	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	6	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.7
1949	30	CHC	NL	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	0	0	0	1	4.0		4.0
2 Yrs				9	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38	41	35	6	1	0	2	2.0	0.0	4.3
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	102	-9					4.7	4.8	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1948	29	BRO	NL	4	3	0	1	1	3	3	100%	3	.940	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2.7
1949	30	CHC	NL	5	4	2	0	0	0	0			.788	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.8
2 Yrs				9	7	2	1	1	3	3	100%		.921	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	3.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	29	BRO	NL	34	26%	0.0%	2.9%	23.5%	2.9%	14%	1.50	71%	6	0	0%
1949	30	CHC	NL	42	60%	0.0%	60.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	640%	1	0	0%
2 Yrs				76	31%	0.0%	10.3%	28.2%	2.6%	5%	1.56	144%	7	0	0%
MLB Averages					48%	2.6%	14.4%	15.8%	7.7%	22%	0.95	118%			10%

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
1948	29	BRO	NL	34	7			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	30	CHC	NL	5	14			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
2 Yrs				39	21			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50%	0	1	0	13	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

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+
1948	29	0	1	.000	6.14	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	7	5	5	0	8		1	0	0	0	34	68	2.045	8.6	0.0	9.8	1.2	0.13	68
1949	30	0	1	.000	6.61	9	2	2	0	0	0	16.1	21	12	12	0	11		4	0	0	1	76	63	1.959	11.6	0.0	6.1	2.2	0.36	63

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	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
1948	29	0		6.43	7.0	7	6	5	8	1	2.143	9.0	10.3	1.3	0.13	4
1949	30	1	.000	7.00	9.0	14	8	7	3	3	1.889	14.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	5
2 Yrs		1	.000	6.75	16.0	21	14	12	11	4	2.000	11.8		2.3	0.36	9

* 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.

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