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Bill Stafford

William Charles Stafford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 13, 1939 in Catskill, NY
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1960
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1960-1967

Final Game: September 19, 1967
Died: September 19, 2001 in Wayne, MI
Cremated
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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
1957	17	NYY-min	D,AAA	5	3	.625	0.88	10	9					72.0	44	16	7	2	35								1.097	5.5	0.2	4.4			SPT,RMD · FLOR,IL
1958	18	NYY-min	A	11	7	.611	2.25	22	22					172.0	134	54	43	4	66								1.163	7.0	0.2	3.5			BNG · EL
1959	19	NYY-min	AAA,A	2	8	.200	5.20	27	16		3	0		116.0	146	80	67	13	39	7	69	5	2	2			1.595	11.3	1.0	3.0	5.4	1.77	RMD,BNG · IL,EL
1960	20	NYY-min	AAA	11	7	.611	2.06	22	22		8	3		144.0	122	42	33	4	23	0	101	2	0	4			1.007	7.6	0.2	1.4	6.3	4.39	RMD · IL
1960	20	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	2.25	11	8	0	2	1	0	60.0	50	17	15	3	18	0	36	1	0	0	246	161	1.133	7.5	0.5	2.7	5.4	2.00
1961	21	NYY	AL	14	9	.609	2.68	36	25	6	8	3	2	195.0	168	65	58	13	59	4	101	5	0	1	796	139	1.164	7.8	0.6	2.7	4.7	1.71
1962	22	NYY	AL	14	9	.609	3.67	35	33	1	7	2	0	213.1	188	95	87	23	77	6	109	4	0	2	899	103	1.242	7.9	1.0	3.2	4.6	1.42
1963	23	NYY	AL	4	8	.333	6.02	28	14	7	0	0	3	89.2	104	64	60	16	42	3	52	3	0	2	413	59	1.628	10.4	1.6	4.2	5.2	1.24
1964	24	NYY	AL	5	0	1.000	2.67	31	1	12	0	0	4	60.2	50	19	18	4	22	7	39	2	0	1	246	137	1.187	7.4	0.6	3.3	5.8	1.77
1965	25	NYY	AL	3	8	.273	3.56	22	15	4	1	0	0	111.1	93	45	44	16	31	4	71	2	0	2	449	96	1.114	7.5	1.3	2.5	5.7	2.29
1966	26	NYY-OAK-min	AAA,AA	7	4	.636	2.33	15	13		1	1		85.0	65	27	22	6	22	2	49	2	0	0			1.024	6.9	0.6	2.3	5.2	2.23	TOL,MOB · IL,SOUL
1966	26	KCA	AL	0	4	.000	4.99	9	8	0	0	0	0	39.2	42	28	22	2	12	1	31	2	0	1	174	69	1.361	9.5	0.5	2.7	7.0	2.58
1967	27	OAK-min	AA	5	1	.833	3.10	13	8					61.0	52	23	21	7	18		35						1.148	7.7	1.0	2.7	5.2	1.94	BIR · SOUL
1967	27	KCA	AL	0	1	.000	1.69	14	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	12	4	3	0	9	2	10	0	0	0	67	195	1.313	6.8	0.0	5.1	5.6	1.11
1968	28	ANA-OAK-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	3.00	5	3		0	0		12.0	11	5	4	1	4	3	9	0	0	0			1.250	8.2	0.8	3.0	6.8	2.25	SLE,BIR · PCL,SOUL
1969	29	SFG-CHW-min	AAA	3	2	.600	6.43	45	0		0	0	4	56.0	74	43	40	2	34	6	32	5	1	4			1.929	11.9	0.3	5.5	5.1	0.94	PHX,TUC · PCL
8 Yrs				43	40	.518	3.52	186	104	35	18	6	9	785.2	707	337	307	77	270	27	449	19	0	9	3290	103	1.244	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.1	1.66
162 Game Avg.				10	9	.518	3.52	44	24	8	4	1	2	184	166	79	72	18	63	6	105	4	0	2	771	103	1.244	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.1	1.66

NYY (6 yrs)				43	35	.551	3.48	163	96	30	18	6	9	730.0	653	305	282	75	249	24	408	17	0	8	3049	105	1.236	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.64
KCA (2 yrs)				0	5	.000	4.04	23	8	5	0	0	0	55.2	54	32	25	2	21	3	41	2	0	1	241	84	1.347	8.7	0.3	3.4	6.6	1.95

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
1960	20	NYY	AL	60.0	11	8	17	2.55	4.16	0.48	0.06	96.5	3.60	7	0.8	.5	-0.0	1.2	12	.575	.505	$
1961	21	NYY	AL	195.0	36	25	65	3.00	4.54	0.47	0.05	92.7	3.82	19	2.0	1.4	-0.1	3.4	37	.557	.513	$
1962	22	NYY	AL	213.1	35	33	95	4.01	4.40	0.22	0.07	95.6	4.07	4	0.5	1.7	-0.1	1.9	22	.513	.503	$
1963	23	NYY	AL	89.2	28	14	64	6.42	4.10	0.37	0.01	100.3	3.75	-26	-2.6	2.2	-0.5	-2.4	-19	.406	.484	$
1964	24	NYY	AL	59.2	31	1	19	2.87	4.04	0.29	-0.14	99.0	3.57	6	0.6	1.6	0.0	1.1	10	.520	.504	$
1965	25	NYY	AL	111.1	22	15	45	3.64	3.97	-0.17	0.05	97.8	4.11	6	0.7	.3	-0.1	1.5	15	.533	.505	$
1966	26	KCA	AL	39.2	9	8	28	6.35	3.78	0.14	0.06	98.6	3.64	-11	-1.2	.2	0.0	-0.9	-9	.371	.493	$18,000
1967	27	KCA	AL	16.0	14	0	4	2.25	3.89	0.06	-0.16	105.5	3.87	3	0.4	.8	-0.1	0.4	4	.527	.502	$10,200
8 Seasons				784.2	186	104	337	3.87	4.25	0.26	0.03	96.4	3.88	9	1.3	1.4	-0.8	6.2	72	.507	.501	$28,200

NYY (6 yrs)				729.0	163	96	305	3.77	4.29	0.27	0.04	96.1	3.89	17	2.1	1.5	-0.7	6.7	76	.513	.502	$
KCA (2 yrs)				55.2	23	8	32	5.17	3.81	0.12	-0.00	100.5	3.71	-8	-0.8	.8	-0.1	-0.5	-5	.466	.498	$28,200

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1960	20	NYY	AL	WS	L	PIT	0		1.50	2	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	22	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.00
1961	21	NYY	AL	WS	W	CIN	0		2.70	1	1	0	6.2	7	2	2	0	2	1	5	29	1.350	9.5	0.0	2.7	6.8	2.50
1962	22	NYY	AL	WS	W	SFG	1	1.000	2.00	1	1	1	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	5	34	0.667	4.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	2.50
3 Yrs (3 Series)							1	1.000	2.08	4	2	1	21.2	16	5	5	1	5	1	12	85	0.969	6.6	0.4	2.1	5.0	2.40
3 WS							1	1.000	2.08	4	2	1	21.2	16	5	5	1	5	1	12	85	0.969	6.6	0.4	2.1	5.0	2.40

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
1960	20	NYY	AL	11	246	221	17	50	7	1	3	2	2	18	36	.226	.286	.308	.594	.257	68	4	1	5	1	0	5
1961	21	NYY	AL	36	796	724	65	168	19	6	13	4	6	59	101	.232	.294	.329	.622	.253	238	22	5	6	2	4	9
1962	22	NYY	AL	35	899	805	95	188	30	1	23	5	4	77	109	.234	.301	.359	.660	.243	289	8	4	6	7	6	11
1963	23	NYY	AL	28	413	362	64	104	16	5	16	6	0	42	52	.287	.363	.492	.855	.296	178	7	3	3	3	3	3
1964	24	NYY	AL	31	246	216	19	50	6	5	4	2	0	22	39	.231	.308	.361	.669	.266	78	10	2	6	0	7	4
1965	25	NYY	AL	22	449	407	45	93	14	1	16	8	2	31	71	.229	.284	.386	.670	.238	157	8	2	6	3	4	3
1966	26	KCA	AL	9	174	154	28	42	5	4	2	5	3	12	31	.273	.327	.396	.724	.323	61	2	2	3	3	1	4
1967	27	KCA	AL	14	67	56	4	12	1	0	0	0	0	9	10	.214	.323	.232	.555	.261	13	1	0	2	0	2	0
8 Yrs				186	3290	2945	337	707	98	23	77	32	17	270	449	.240	.306	.367	.674	.258	1082	62	19	37	19	27	39
162 Game Avg.				44	771	691	79	166	23	5	18	8	4	63	105	.240	.306	.367	.674	.258	254	15	4	9	4	6	9
MLB Averages																.250	.315	.379	.694	.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
1960	20	NYY	AL	9.7	1.0	252	1.8	5.0	-3.3	1.07	1.3	0.4	13.1	1.5	1.07	12.2	0	1	2
1961	21	NYY	AL	25.5	2.6	805	2.0	13.6	-11.6	.92	3.0	-0.9	32.7	3.6	0.92	34.7	5	4	2
1962	22	NYY	AL	3.9	0.4	912	1.4	17.1	-15.6	1.11	1.5	-0.2	8.1	0.8	1.11	16.8	1	1	0
1963	23	NYY	AL	-23.9	-2.4	421	-1.2	7.2	-8.4	1.05	-1.7	0.5	-18.7	-1.9	1.05	-18.4	8	2	3
1964	24	NYY	AL	7.2	0.8	249	1.2	5.5	-4.3	1.28	0.7	0.2	4.5	0.5	1.28	5.6	15	4	10
1965	25	NYY	AL	0.4	0.0	462	-0.3	7.4	-7.7	.95	0.4	-0.7	4.9	0.5	0.95	3.0	0	1	5
1966	26	KCA	AL	-8.3	-0.8	182	-1.2	2.8	-4.0	1.09	-0.6	-0.5	-8.2	-0.8	1.09	-5.9	0	0	1
1967	27	KCA	AL	2.6	0.3	67	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.87	0.4	-0.8	-1.3	-0.1	0.87	2.5	2	2	10
8 Yrs				17.1	1.9	3350	3.4	59.3	-56.0	1.04	5.2	-2.0	35.1	4.0	1.04	50.5	31	15	33

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
1960	20	NYY	AL	11	8	3	1	4	0	0	7	1	.875	1	1	2	1	6	75%	62.4	85	44	12	5	3	3	3.2	2.7	7.0
1961	21	NYY	AL	36	25	13	7	5	0	2	18	7	.720	3	2	8	3	18	72%	57.7	86	29	17	8	12	6	5.1	5.4	7.0
1962	22	NYY	AL	35	33	14	8	11	4	4	23	10	.697	5	4	7	2	19	58%	53.1	86	16	31	13	14	8	5.6	4.8	6.3
1963	23	NYY	AL	28	14	2	7	5	0	1	7	7	.500	1	2	0	0	5	36%	41.9	69	13	14	9	3	9	4.6	2.9	4.8
1964	24	NYY	AL	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	15	2	0	1	12.4	13.5	4.7
1965	25	NYY	AL	22	15	3	7	5	1	4	6	9	.400	1	3	1	0	9	60%	56.5	82	43	11	3	6	7	3.3	3.2	6.8
1966	26	KCA	AL	9	8	0	4	4	0	1	1	7	.125	0	0	0	0	2	25%	46.2	69	31	9	6	2	4	2.6	3.9	4.7
7 Yrs				172	104	35	34	35	5	12	63	41	.606	11	12	18	6	59	57%	53	86	13	109	46	40	38	4.7	4.3	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						53%	53	116	-14					4.1	4.1	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
1960	20	NYY	AL	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	1.065	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	2	1	2	0	4.3
1961	21	NYY	AL	36	11	6	1	2	3	2	1	67%	4	1	7	3	43%	7	.923	5	4	2	5	2	4	5	6	8	1	9	1	5.5
1962	22	NYY	AL	35	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	0		4	1.109	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	6.0
1963	23	NYY	AL	28	14	7	2	1	4	3	1	75%	5	1	15	5	33%	8	1.049	8	2	3	5	3	6	9	5	8	5	8	2	4.7
1964	24	NYY	AL	31	30	12	5	0	3	4	1	133%	6	3	23	8	35%	6	1.282	15	4	10	8	7	15	10	20	18	5	18	5	5.5
1965	25	NYY	AL	22	7	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	8	.953	0	1	5	0	1	6	1	6	3	0	3	0	4.1
1966	26	KCA	AL	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	1.091	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1967	27	KCA	AL	14	14	5	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	17	7	41%	8	.868	2	2	10	1	2	11	8	6	4	5	5	5	3.4
8 Yrs				186	82	35	8	6	11	9	4	82%	17	6	64	23	36%		1.039	31	15	33	20	17	45	33	49	46	17	48	13	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	20	NYY	AL	246	66%	1.2%	14.6%	7.3%	4.5%	22%	1.06	74%	40	4	10%
1961	21	NYY	AL	796	63%	1.6%	12.7%	7.4%	4.8%	23%	1.15	77%	157	22	14%
1962	22	NYY	AL	899	59%	2.6%	12.1%	8.6%	6.0%	29%	0.88	76%	172	8	5%
1963	23	NYY	AL	413	60%	3.9%	12.6%	10.2%	9.0%	36%	0.69	72%	91	7	8%
1964	24	NYY	AL	246	59%	1.6%	15.9%	8.9%	6.1%	30%	1.26	70%	46	10	22%
1965	25	NYY	AL	449	59%	3.6%	15.8%	6.9%	6.9%	33%	1.06	72%	70	8	11%
1966	26	KCA	AL	174	61%	1.2%	17.8%	6.9%	6.3%	26%	1.02	71%	33	2	6%
1967	27	KCA	AL	67	63%	0.0%	14.9%	13.4%	1.5%	8%	1.64	69%	10	1	10%
8 Yrs				3290	61%	2.3%	13.7%	8.2%	6.0%	28%	1.00	74%	619	62	10%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.0%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.08	73%			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
1960	20	NYY	AL	246	50			3	0	1	1	2	1	2	7	3	2	43%	5	0	1	91	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1961	21	NYY	AL	796	168			13	0	13	5	8	5	8	28	14	3	50%	9	1	0	293	4	6	40%	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1962	22	NYY	AL	899	188			23	0	14	13	10	12	11	33	20	3	61%	11	2	0	317	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1963	23	NYY	AL	413	104			16	0	15	12	4	5	11	28	11	5	39%	3	2	0	172	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1964	24	NYY	AL	246	50			4	1	7	3	1	3	1	15	7	1	47%	4	1	0	86	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1965	25	NYY	AL	449	93			16	0	5	7	9	9	7	19	10	4	53%	3	2	0	147	8	2	80%	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	0
1966	26	KCA	AL	174	42			2	0	7	2	0	0	2	14	6	2	43%	4	1	0	57	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1967	27	KCA	AL	67	12			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3290	707			77	1	68	43	34	35	42	147	72	21	49%	39	9	1	1190	32	17	65%	29	16	2	1	1	0	2	1	36	0
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1960	20	3	1	.750	2.25	11	8	0	2	1	0	60.0	50	17	15	3	18	0	36	1	0	246	161	1.133	7.5	0.5	2.7	5.4	2.00	161
1961	21	17	10	.630	2.58	47	33	6	10	4	2	255.0	218	82	73	16	77	4	137	6	1	1042	143	1.157	7.7	0.6	2.7	4.8	1.78	143
1962	22	31	19	.620	3.07	82	66	7	17	6	2	468.1	406	177	160	39	154	10	246	10	3	1941	121	1.196	7.8	0.7	3.0	4.7	1.60	121
1963	23	35	27	.565	3.55	110	80	14	17	6	5	558.0	510	241	220	55	196	13	298	13	5	2354	104	1.265	8.2	0.9	3.2	4.8	1.52	104
1964	24	40	27	.597	3.46	141	81	26	17	6	9	618.2	560	260	238	59	218	20	337	15	6	2600	107	1.258	8.1	0.9	3.2	4.9	1.55	107
1965	25	43	35	.551	3.48	163	96	30	18	6	9	730.0	653	305	282	75	249	24	408	17	8	3049	105	1.236	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.64	105
1966	26	43	39	.524	3.55	172	104	30	18	6	9	769.2	695	333	304	77	261	25	439	19	9	3223	102	1.242	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.1	1.68	102
1967	27	43	40	.518	3.52	186	104	35	18	6	9	785.2	707	337	307	77	270	27	449	19	9	3290	103	1.244	8.1	0.9	3.1	5.1	1.66	103

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
1960	20	4	2	.667	2.51	61.0	55	19	17	3	20	37	1	1.230	8.1	3.0	5.5	1.85	0.4	11
1961	21	13	7	.650	2.95	186.0	173	68	61	13	61	96	5	1.258	8.4	3.0	4.6	1.57	0.6	36
1962	22	11	12	.478	3.98	208.0	193	102	92	24	79	106	4	1.308	8.4	3.4	4.6	1.34	1.0	35
1963	23	2	7	.222	7.09	85.0	110	74	67	17	44	49	3	1.812	11.6	4.7	5.2	1.11	1.8	28
1964	24	4	2	.667	3.05	56.0	52	21	19	4	23	36	2	1.339	8.4	3.7	5.8	1.57	0.6	31
1965	25	5	6	.455	4.29	105.0	99	56	50	17	33	67	2	1.257	8.5	2.8	5.7	2.03	1.5	22
1966	26	1	3	.250	5.92	38.0	45	28	25	2	13	30	2	1.526	10.7	3.1	7.1	2.31	0.5	9
1967	27	1	0	1.000	2.57	14.0	14	4	4	0	10	9	0	1.714	9.0	6.4	5.8	0.90	0.0	14
8 Yrs		41	39	.513	4.00	753.0	741	372	335	80	283	430	19	1.360	8.9		5.1	1.52	1.0	186

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1961 AL 2.68 (2nd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1962 AL .609 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1961 AL 1.164 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1961 AL 7.754 (10th) 1962 AL 7.931 (7th)
Games Started s c a p y 1962 AL 33 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1961 AL 3 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1961 AL 0.600 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1961 AL 140 (2nd)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1961 AL 25 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1961 AL 2.6 (4th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1961 AL 32.68 (2nd)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1961 AL 3.0 (3rd)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1961 AL 3.6 (2nd)	Youngest s c a p y 1960 AL born 1939-08-13 (6th)

† 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 - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 12 (675), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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George Kahler (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ismael Valdez (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Kucks (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jair Jurrjens (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joey Jay (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Vuckovich (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Conley (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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