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George Spencer

George Elwell Spencer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 7, 1926 in Columbus, OH
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1950
Teams (by GP): Giants/Tigers 1950-1960

Final Game: September 26, 1960
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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
1948	21	SFG-min	B,A	11	8	.579	3.78	27						176.0	177	88	74		94								1.540	9.1		4.8			KNX,JCK · TRIS,SALL
1949	22	SFG-min	A	12	12	.500	3.60	30						170.0	172	83	68		84								1.506	9.1		4.4			JCK · SALL
1950	23	SFG-min	AAA	11	5	.688	4.67	23	17		9	0		129.0	131	71	67		59		37	5	0	1			1.473	9.1		4.1	2.6	0.63	JER · IL
1950	23	NYG	NL	1	0	1.000	2.49	10	1	4	1	0	0	25.1	12	7	7	3	7		5	0	0	0	94	167	0.750	4.3	1.1	2.5	1.8	0.71
1951	24	NYG	NL	10	4	.714	3.75	57	4	20	2	0	6	132.0	125	62	55	21	56		36	1	0	2	555	105	1.371	8.5	1.4	3.8	2.5	0.64
1952	25	NYG	NL	3	5	.375	5.55	35	4	18	0	0	3	60.0	57	39	37	13	21		27	3	0	1	256	67	1.300	8.6	2.0	3.2	4.1	1.29
1953	26	SFG-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.31	50	6		0	0		119.0	154	66	57	16	35		37	2	0	2			1.588	11.6	1.2	2.6	2.8	1.06	MNE · AA
1953	26	NYG	NL	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	12	65	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
1954	27	SFG-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.15	68	1		0	0		97.0	97	49	34	10	27		49	3	1	0			1.278	9.0	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.81	MNE · AA
1954	27	NYG	NL	1	0	1.000	3.65	6	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	9	5	5	1	8		4	0	0	0	52	115	1.378	6.6	0.7	5.8	2.9	0.50
1955	28	STL-min	AAA	8	3	.727	4.43	47	0		0	0		69.0	73	38	34	6	25	3	34	2	0	2			1.420	9.5	0.8	3.3	4.4	1.36	OMA · AA
1955	28	NYG	NL	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	92	2.400	5.4	5.4	16.2	0.0	0.00

1956	29	CLE-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.95	50	1		0	0		91.0	99	54	50	4	23	7	39	4	0	1			1.341	9.8	0.4	2.3	3.9	1.70	INA · AA
1957	30	CHW-min	AAA	8	3	.727	4.15	68	1		0	0		115.0	116	59	53	7	38	10	61	3	0	0			1.339	9.1	0.5	3.0	4.8	1.61	INA · AA
1958	31	DET-min	AAA	9	4	.692	2.01	41	0		0	0		85.0	62	22	19	4	22	11	30	1	0	1			0.988	6.6	0.4	2.3	3.2	1.36	CHL · AA
1958	31	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	2.70	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	11	4	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	44	155	1.500	9.9	0.0	3.6	4.5	1.25

1959	32	DET-min	AAA	11	7	.611	2.98	85	0		0	0		148.0	129	57	49	8	35	6	99	1	0	2			1.108	7.8	0.5	2.1	6.0	2.83	CHL · AA
1960	33	PIT-DET-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.60	57	0		0	0		95.0	94	49	38	12	29	5	43	2	0	0			1.295	8.9	1.1	2.7	4.1	1.48	CLB,DEN · IL,AA
1960	33	DET	AL	0	1	.000	3.52	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	10	3	3	1	5	1	4	0	0	0	37	119	1.957	11.7	1.2	5.9	4.7	0.80
1961	34	CLE-BOS-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.70	40	0					73.0	64	31	30	11	23								1.192	7.9	1.4	2.8			SLC,SLE · PCL
1962	35	BOS-min	AAA	11	2	.846	2.72	55	0		0	0		129.0	108	46	39	16	29	6	106	3	0	6			1.062	7.5	1.1	2.0	7.4	3.66	SLE · PCL
1963	36	BOS-PIT-TEX-min	AAA	2	6	.250	4.75	36	0					55.0	54	36	29	6	21		44						1.364	8.8	1.0	3.4	7.2	2.10	SLE,CLB,TTO · PCL,IL
1966	39	DET-min	A	1	0	1.000	3.32	13	0					19.0	16	8	7	2	6								1.158	7.6	0.9	2.8			SVL · WCRS
8 Yrs				16	10	.615	4.05	122	9	48	3	0	9	251.1	228	123	113	40	106	1	82	4	0	3	1059	98	1.329	8.2	1.4	3.8	2.9	0.77
162 Game Avg.				8	5	.615	4.05	63	5	25	2	0	5	130	118	64	59	21	55		43	2	0	2	550	98	1.329	8.2	1.4	3.8	2.9	0.77

NYG (6 yrs)				15	9	.625	4.12	110	9	43	3	0	9	233.2	207	116	107	39	97	0	73	4	0	3	978	95	1.301	8.0	1.5	3.7	2.8	0.75
DET (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	3.06	12	0	5	0	0	0	17.2	21	7	6	1	9	1	9	0	0	0	81	137	1.698	10.7	0.5	4.6	4.6	1.00

NL (6 yrs)				15	9	.625	4.12	110	9	43	3	0	9	233.2	207	116	107	39	97	0	73	4	0	3	978	95	1.301	8.0	1.5	3.7	2.8	0.75
AL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	3.06	12	0	5	0	0	0	17.2	21	7	6	1	9	1	9	0	0	0	81	137	1.698	10.7	0.5	4.6	4.6	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
1950	23	NYG	NL	25.1	10	1	7	2.49	5.27	0.42	0.00	98.1	4.75	7	0.7	1.0	-0.0	0.9	9	.569	.504	$
1951	24	NYG	NL	132.0	57	4	62	4.23	4.43	0.21	0.00	99.9	4.22	-0	-0.0	1.5	-0.2	1.0	14	.500	.500	$
1952	25	NYG	NL	60.0	35	4	39	5.85	4.22	0.11	0.00	100.1	4.12	-11	-1.2	1.2	-0.2	-0.9	-5	.465	.492	$
1953	26	NYG	NL	2.1	1	0	2	7.71	6.17	-0.03	0.00	102.0	6.32	-0	-0.0	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.467	.500	$
1954	27	NYG	NL	12.1	6	0	5	3.65	4.54	0.31	0.00	99.3	4.20	1	0.1	2.4	0.0	0.2	2	.514	.501	$
1955	28	NYG	NL	1.2	1	0	1	5.40	5.47	0.05	0.00	102.0	5.52	0	0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	0	.506	.500	$

1958	31	DET	AL	10.0	7	0	4	3.60	4.18	0.17	0.00	98.6	3.96	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.506	.500	$

1960	33	DET	AL	7.2	5	0	3	3.52	4.62	0.05	-0.19	104.1	4.56	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	2	.520	.501	$
8 Seasons				251.1	122	9	123	4.40	4.49	0.20	-0.01	99.8	4.28	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.5	1.4	23	.497	.500	$

NYG (6 yrs)				233.2	110	9	116	4.47	4.50	0.21	0.00	99.7	4.28	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.4	1.2	20	.496	.500	$
DET (2 yrs)				17.2	12	0	7	3.57	4.37	0.12	-0.08	101.0	4.22	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.512	.500	$

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
1951	24	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		18.90	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		18.90	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	19	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	0.0	0.00

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
1950	23	NYG	NL	10	62	85	7	12	2	1	3	0	0	7	5	.141	.207	.294	.501	.117	25	3	0	2	0		1
1951	24	NYG	NL	57	519	492	62	125	12	5	21	3	3	56	36	.254	.332	.427	.758	.239	210	18	1	6	0		10
1952	25	NYG	NL	35	221	222	39	57	9	0	13	1	1	21	27	.257	.329	.473	.802	.242	105	6	3	5	0		1
1953	26	NYG	NL	1	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.300	.417	.300	.717	.333	3	0	0	0	0		0
1954	27	NYG	NL	6	52	43	5	9	1	0	1	0	1	8	4	.209	.333	.302	.636	.211	13	1	0	1	0		0
1955	28	NYG	NL	1	9	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.167	.444	.667	1.111	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	31	DET	AL	7	44	38	4	11	3	0	0	2	0	4	5	.289	.349	.368	.717	.324	14	1	0	1	1	0	0

1960	33	DET	AL	5	37	31	3	10	2	0	1	0	0	5	4	.323	.417	.484	.901	.346	15	1	0	1	0	1	0
8 Yrs				122	956	927	123	228	29	6	40	7	5	106	82	.246	.326	.420	.745	.233	389	30	4	16	1	1	12
162 Game Avg.				63	496	481	64	118	15	3	21	4	3	55	43	.246	.326	.420	.745	.233	202	16	2	8	1		6
MLB Averages																.259	.331	.387	.718	.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	23	NYG	NL	5.2	0.5	62	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.34	0.4	-1.0	0.6	0.1	0.34	3.4	1	2	6
1951	24	NYG	NL	2.8	0.3	532	-0.1	9.5	-9.5	1.07	-0.7	0.6	2.8	0.3	1.07	-6.6	19	13	17
1952	25	NYG	NL	-11.1	-1.1	223	-1.4	3.7	-5.1	.97	-0.5	-1.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.97	-4.6	9	5	13
1953	26	NYG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	13	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.00	-0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.00	-0.2	0	0	1
1954	27	NYG	NL	1.0	0.1	53	0.6	1.6	-1.0	1.56	0.1	0.3	2.3	0.2	1.56	0.9	4	1	1
1955	28	NYG	NL	-0.0	0.0	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.13	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.13	-0.8	0	0	1

1958	31	DET	AL	1.3	0.1	46	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.32	-0.0	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.32	0.3	1	2	4

1960	33	DET	AL	0.7	0.1	37	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.70	-0.2	-0.4	0.6	0.1	0.70	-1.3	1	0	4
8 Yrs				-0.7	-0.1	975	-1.3	15.6	-16.9	.95	-1.1	-0.3	0.7	0.1	0.95	-8.9	35	23	47

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	23	NYG	NL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	77.0	77	77	2	0	0	0	5.6		9.0
1951	24	NYG	NL	57	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	.500	1	0	2	0	2	50%	48.5	68	29	12	3	4	0	6.4	8.6	6.8
1952	25	NYG	NL	35	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	37.2	53	27	11	8	3	1	6.1	5.4	1.4
3 Yrs				102	9	3	2	4	0	0	5	4	.556	1	1	3	0	3	33%	47	77	27	25	11	7	1	6.2	8.0	4.6
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.4	6.5

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	23	NYG	NL	10	9	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	5	2	40%	8	.335	1	2	6	1	0	8	4	5	5	3	5	2	5.4
1951	24	NYG	NL	57	53	20	8	3	10	6	5	60%	10	0	60	20	33%	7	1.065	19	13	17	12	7	30	33	16	32	11	32	14	5.9
1952	25	NYG	NL	35	31	18	3	4	6	3	3	50%	7	1	20	6	30%	8	.972	9	5	13	7	4	16	9	18	17	5	16	5	5.3
1953	26	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	.003	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	7.0
1954	27	NYG	NL	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	12	4	33%	2	1.563	4	1	1	0	2	4	4	2	4	1	4	3	6.2
1955	28	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.133	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5.0

1958	31	DET	AL	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	2	29%	6	.317	1	2	4	0	0	7	4	3	4	1	4	1	4.3

1960	33	DET	AL	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.697	1	0	4	0	1	4	0	5	2	1	2	0	4.6
8 Yrs				122	113	48	13	8	16	9	8	56%	18	1	105	34	32%		.952	35	23	47	20	14	71	55	50	66	22	65	25	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	23	NYG	NL	94	74%	4.8%	8.1%	11.3%	9.7%	50%	1.37	124%	11	3	27%
1951	24	NYG	NL	555	68%	4.1%	6.9%	10.8%	7.3%	30%	0.95	84%	114	18	16%
1952	25	NYG	NL	251	68%	5.9%	12.2%	9.5%	10.0%	39%	1.20	82%	49	6	12%
1953	26	NYG	NL	12	67%	0.0%	8.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.50	75%	0	0
1954	27	NYG	NL	52	60%	1.9%	7.7%	15.4%	3.9%	22%	1.13	73%	9	1	11%
1955	28	NYG	NL	9	67%	11.1%	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	100%	1.50	56%	1	0	0%

1958	31	DET	AL	44	59%	0.0%	11.4%	9.1%	6.8%	27%	1.27	77%	12	1	8%

1960	33	DET	AL	37	78%	2.7%	10.8%	13.5%	8.1%	30%	1.71	70%	8	1	13%
8 Yrs				1054	68%	4.2%	8.6%	11.1%	7.9%	33%	1.07	84%	204	30	15%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.5%	9.9%	6.7%	27%	0.97	81%			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	23	NYG	NL	62	12			3	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	3	0	75%	1	0	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
1951	24	NYG	NL	519	125			21	0	23	12	8	12	8	39	21	3	54%	10	2	1	207	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	36
1952	25	NYG	NL	221	57			13	1	7	6	6	8	4	12	7	1	58%	1	1	0	76	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	30
1953	26	NYG	NL	12	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	27	NYG	NL	52	9			1	0	7	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	28	NYG	NL	9	1			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	31	DET	AL	44	11			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	50%	0	0	0	23	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1960	33	DET	AL	37	10			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				956	228			40	1	39	22	15	24	13	62	34	6	55%	12	3	1	376	7	5	58%	7	3	0	1	0	1	5	2	5	98
MLB Averages																		52%							57%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	23	1	0	1.000	2.49	10	1	4	1	0	25.1	12	7	7	3	7		5	0	0	94	167	0.750	4.3	1.1	2.5	1.8	0.71	167
1951	24	11	4	.733	3.55	67	5	24	3	6	157.1	137	69	62	24	63		41	1	2	649	112	1.271	7.8	1.4	3.6	2.3	0.65	112
1952	25	14	9	.609	4.10	102	9	42	3	9	217.1	194	108	99	37	84		68	4	3	905	95	1.279	8.0	1.5	3.5	2.8	0.81	95
1953	26	14	9	.609	4.14	103	9	42	3	9	219.2	197	110	101	37	86		69	4	3	917	94	1.288	8.1	1.5	3.5	2.8	0.80	94
1954	27	15	9	.625	4.11	109	9	43	3	9	232.0	206	115	106	38	94		73	4	3	969	95	1.293	8.0	1.5	3.6	2.8	0.78	95
1955	28	15	9	.625	4.12	110	9	43	3	9	233.2	207	116	107	39	97	0	73	4	3	978	95	1.301	8.0	1.5	3.7	2.8	0.75	95
1956	29	15	9	.625	4.12	110	9	43	3	9	233.2	207	116	107	39	97	0	73	4	3	978	95	1.301	8.0	1.5	3.7	2.8	0.75	95
1957	30	15	9	.625	4.12	110	9	43	3	9	233.2	207	116	107	39	97	0	73	4	3	978	95	1.301	8.0	1.5	3.7	2.8	0.75	95
1958	31	16	9	.640	4.06	117	9	45	3	9	243.2	218	120	110	39	101	0	78	4	3	1022	97	1.309	8.1	1.4	3.7	2.9	0.77	97
1959	32	16	9	.640	4.06	117	9	45	3	9	243.2	218	120	110	39	101	0	78	4	3	1022	97	1.309	8.1	1.4	3.7	2.9	0.77	97
1960	33	16	10	.615	4.05	122	9	48	3	9	251.1	228	123	113	40	106	1	82	4	3	1059	98	1.329	8.2	1.4	3.8	2.9	0.77	98

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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	23	1	1	.500	2.77	26.0	13	9	8	3	8	5	0	0.808	4.5	2.8	1.7	0.63	1.0	10
1951	24	7	7	.500	3.98	129.0	130	63	57	22	58	35	1	1.457	9.1	4.0	2.4	0.60	1.5	57
1952	25	2	4	.333	6.05	61.0	61	46	41	14	22	27	3	1.361	9.0	3.2	4.0	1.23	2.1	35
1953	26	0	0		3.00	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	6.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	0.0	1
1954	27	1	0	1.000	3.46	13.0	9	6	5	1	8	4	0	1.308	6.2	5.5	2.8	0.50	0.7	6
1955	28	0	0		4.50	2.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.000	4.5	13.5	0.0	0.00	4.5	1

1958	31	1	0	1.000	2.70	10.0	12	3	3	0	4	5	0	1.600	10.8	3.6	4.5	1.25	0.0	7

1960	33	0	0		3.38	8.0	10	3	3	1	5	4	0	1.875	11.3	5.6	4.5	0.80	1.1	5
8 Yrs		12	12	.500	4.25	252.0	238	132	119	42	109	81	4	1.377	8.5		2.9	0.74	1.5	122

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1951 NL 57 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1951 NL 6 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1951 NL 21 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1951 NL 20 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 NL 57 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1951 NL 6 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL 21 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 NL 20 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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