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Gerry Staley

Gerald Lee Staley
also known as Jerry Staley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 21, 1920 in Brush Prairie, WA
High School: Battle Ground HS (Brush Prairie, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1947
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox/Redlegs/Athletics/Tigers/... 1947-1961

Final Game: September 25, 1961
Died: January 2, 2008 in Vancouver, WA
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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 26 STL NL 1 0 1.000 2.76 18 1 8 1 0 0 29.1 33 11 9 2 8 14 1 0 0 126 151 1.398 10.1 0.6 2.5 4.3 1.75
1948 27 STL NL 4 4 .500 6.92 31 3 9 0 0 0 52.0 61 44 40 5 21 23 0 0 1 237 59 1.577 10.6 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.10
1949 28 STL NL 10 10 .500 2.73 45 17 14 5 2 6 171.1 154 65 52 6 41 55 3 0 2 699 151 1.138 8.1 0.3 2.2 2.9 1.34
1950 29 STL NL 13 13 .500 4.99 42 22 10 7 1 3 169.2 201 101 94 14 61 62 7 0 3 746 86 1.544 10.7 0.7 3.2 3.3 1.02
1951 30 STL NL 19 13 .594 3.81 42 30 10 10 4 3 227.0 244 108 96 14 74 67 8 1 1 975 104 1.401 9.7 0.6 2.9 2.7 0.91
1952 31 STL NL 17 14 .548 3.27 35 33 2 15 0 0 239.2 238 101 87 21 52 93 7 0 2 995 113 1.210 8.9 0.8 2.0 3.5 1.79 AS
1953 32 STL NL 18 9 .667 3.99 40 32 6 10 1 4 230.0 243 118 102 31 54 88 17 1 1 980 106 1.291 9.5 1.2 2.1 3.4 1.63 AS
1954 33 STL NL 7 13 .350 5.26 48 20 15 3 1 2 155.2 198 107 91 21 47 50 6 0 2 711 78 1.574 11.4 1.2 2.7 2.9 1.06
1955 34 TOT MLB 5 8 .385 4.81 32 18 3 2 0 0 121.2 151 77 65 23 29 3 40 3 0 1 532 88 1.479 11.2 1.7 2.1 3.0 1.38
1955 34 CIN NL 5 8 .385 4.66 30 18 3 2 0 0 119.2 146 72 62 22 28 3 40 3 0 1 519 90 1.454 11.0 1.7 2.1 3.0 1.43
1955 34 NYY AL 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 34 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
1956 35 TOT AL 8 3 .727 3.26 27 10 6 5 0 0 102.0 102 41 37 11 20 3 26 6 0 1 425 126 1.196 9.0 1.0 1.8 2.3 1.30
1956 35 NYY AL 0 0 108.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 12.000 108.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
1956 35 CHW AL 8 3 .727 2.92 26 10 6 5 0 0 101.2 98 37 33 11 20 3 25 6 0 1 420 140 1.161 8.7 1.0 1.8 2.2 1.25
1957 36 CHW AL 5 1 .833 2.06 47 0 24 0 0 7 105.0 95 27 24 7 27 9 44 0 0 3 424 183 1.162 8.1 0.6 2.3 3.8 1.63
1958 37 CHW AL 4 5 .444 3.16 50 0 28 0 0 8 85.1 81 36 30 10 24 3 27 0 0 3 349 116 1.230 8.5 1.1 2.5 2.8 1.13
1959 38 CHW AL 8 5 .615 2.24 67 0 37 0 0 14 116.1 111 39 29 5 25 9 54 0 0 2 471 169 1.169 8.6 0.4 1.9 4.2 2.16 MVP-28
1960 39 CHW AL 13 8 .619 2.42 64 0 45 0 0 10 115.1 94 40 31 8 25 7 52 3 0 1 461 159 1.032 7.3 0.6 2.0 4.1 2.08 AS,MVP-23
1961 40 TOT AL 2 5 .286 3.96 52 0 29 0 0 4 61.1 64 31 27 8 21 3 32 2 0 4 267 104 1.386 9.4 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.52
1961 40 CHW AL 0 3 .000 5.00 16 0 6 0 0 0 18.0 17 10 10 3 5 1 8 0 0 0 75 80 1.222 8.5 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.60
1961 40 KCA AL 1 1 .500 3.60 23 0 15 0 0 2 30.0 32 15 12 4 10 1 16 2 0 3 132 117 1.400 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.8 1.60
1961 40 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.38 13 0 8 0 0 2 13.1 15 6 5 1 6 1 8 0 0 1 60 125 1.575 10.1 0.7 4.1 5.4 1.33
15 Yrs 134 111 .547 3.70 640 186 246 58 9 61 1981.2 2070 946 814 186 529 37 727 63 2 27 8398 109 1.312 9.4 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.37
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .547 3.70 53 15 20 5 1 5 163 170 78 67 15 44 60 5 0 2 691 109 1.312 9.4 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.37
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
STL (8 yrs) 89 76 .539 4.03 301 158 74 51 9 18 1274.2 1372 655 571 114 358 452 49 2 12 5469 101 1.357 9.7 0.8 2.5 3.2 1.26
CHW (6 yrs) 38 25 .603 2.61 270 10 146 5 0 39 541.2 496 189 157 44 126 32 210 9 0 10 2200 147 1.148 8.2 0.7 2.1 3.5 1.67
NYY (2 yrs) 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 9 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 19 4.286 34.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
KCA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.60 23 0 15 0 0 2 30.0 32 15 12 4 10 1 16 2 0 3 132 117 1.400 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.8 1.60
CIN (1 yr) 5 8 .385 4.66 30 18 3 2 0 0 119.2 146 72 62 22 28 3 40 3 0 1 519 90 1.454 11.0 1.7 2.1 3.0 1.43
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.38 13 0 8 0 0 2 13.1 15 6 5 1 6 1 8 0 0 1 60 125 1.575 10.1 0.7 4.1 5.4 1.33
AL (7 yrs) 40 27 .597 2.77 309 10 169 5 0 43 587.1 552 219 181 50 143 34 235 11 0 14 2410 140 1.183 8.5 0.8 2.2 3.6 1.64
NL (9 yrs) 94 84 .528 4.09 331 176 77 53 9 18 1394.1 1518 727 633 136 386 3 492 52 2 13 5988 100 1.366 9.8 0.9 2.5 3.2 1.27

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 Awards
1947 26 STL NL 29.1 18 1 11 3.38 4.64 0.00 0.00 103.2 4.79 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.7 8 .526 .503 $
1948 27 STL NL 52.0 31 3 44 7.62 4.52 -0.05 0.00 103.7 4.74 -17 -1.7 .8 0.1 -1.1 -11 .446 .490 $
1949 28 STL NL 171.1 45 17 65 3.41 4.61 0.11 0.00 103.5 4.66 23 2.5 1.3 -0.0 4.1 44 .555 .515 $
1950 29 STL NL 169.2 42 22 101 5.36 4.85 0.08 0.00 103.2 4.92 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 0.7 11 .483 .496 $
1951 30 STL NL 226.1 42 30 108 4.29 4.45 0.27 0.00 100.6 4.20 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 1.7 22 .494 .499 $
1952 31 STL NL 239.2 35 33 101 3.79 4.24 0.20 0.00 99.9 4.03 7 0.7 1.4 -0.1 2.7 31 .521 .505 $ AS
1953 32 STL NL 230.0 40 32 118 4.62 4.98 0.05 0.00 97.6 4.82 7 0.7 3.4 -0.1 2.7 32 .517 .504 $ AS
1954 33 STL NL 155.2 48 20 107 6.19 4.56 0.08 0.00 101.4 4.55 -28 -2.7 1.6 -0.4 -1.7 -11 .443 .483 $
1955 34 CIN NL 119.2 30 18 72 5.42 4.71 0.27 0.00 102.1 4.53 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .468 .494 $
1955 34 NYY AL 2.0 2 0 5 22.50 4.31 0.85 0.00 108.8 3.76 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .318 .498 $
1956 35 NYY AL 0.1 1 0 4 108.00 4.13 0.70 0.00 86.0 2.94 -4 -0.3 1.2 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .220 .498 $
1956 35 CHW AL 101.1 26 10 37 3.29 4.49 0.10 0.00 97.3 4.27 10 1.1 1.3 -0.1 1.8 21 .542 .507 $
1957 36 CHW AL 105.0 47 0 27 2.31 4.10 0.39 0.00 98.0 3.63 16 1.8 1.2 0.0 2.6 24 .538 .511 $
1958 37 CHW AL 85.1 50 0 36 3.80 4.16 0.23 0.00 98.6 3.87 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.6 8 .502 .501 $
1959 38 CHW AL 116.1 67 0 39 3.02 4.44 0.52 0.00 98.8 3.88 12 1.3 1.6 0.2 2.4 21 .520 .508 $ MVP-28
1960 39 CHW AL 115.1 64 0 40 3.12 4.37 0.29 -0.18 99.0 3.86 10 1.1 1.9 0.3 2.3 20 .517 .507 $ AS,MVP-23
1961 40 CHW AL 18.0 16 0 10 5.00 4.65 -0.00 -0.19 96.6 4.30 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.0 0 .492 .499 $
1961 40 KCA AL 30.0 23 0 15 4.50 4.58 -0.27 -0.19 107.0 4.99 2 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.4 5 .508 .501 $
1961 40 DET AL 13.1 13 0 6 4.05 4.64 0.39 -0.19 101.7 4.13 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $
15 Seasons 1980.2 640 186 946 4.30 4.53 0.18 -0.02 100.4 4.36 20 2.9 1.4 -0.6 19.5 221 .505 .501 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
STL (8 yrs) 1274.0 301 158 655 4.63 4.60 0.13 0.00 100.9 4.52 -12 -0.9 1.4 -0.8 9.8 127 .497 .499 $
CHW (6 yrs) 541.1 270 10 189 3.14 4.33 0.30 -0.04 98.3 3.91 48 5.2 1.5 0.2 9.7 94 .519 .505 $
NYY (2 yrs) 2.1 3 0 9 34.71 4.28 0.83 0.00 105.5 3.65 -8 -0.6 .8 0.0 -0.6 -8 .286 .498 $
KCA (1 yr) 30.0 23 0 15 4.50 4.58 -0.27 -0.19 107.0 4.99 2 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.4 5 .508 .501 $
CIN (1 yr) 119.2 30 18 72 5.42 4.71 0.27 0.00 102.1 4.53 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.0 0.1 2 .468 .494 $
DET (1 yr) 13.1 13 0 6 4.05 4.64 0.39 -0.19 101.7 4.13 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1959 38 CHW AL WS L LAD 0 1 .000 2.16 4 0 3 0 0 1 8.1 8 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0.960 8.6 1.1 0.0 3.2
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.16 4 0 3 0 0 1 8.1 8 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0.960 8.6 1.1 0.0 3.2

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1952 STL NL 31
1953 STL NL 32
1960 CHW AL 39
1960 CHW AL 39 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0

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
1948 27 STL NL 31 75 214 44 61 4 0 5 1 1 21 23 .285 .349 .374 .723 .301 80 1 0 4 0 1
1949 28 STL NL 45 278 648 65 154 11 3 6 5 4 41 55 .238 .286 .292 .578 .252 189 8 3 7 0 6
1950 29 STL NL 42 507 667 101 201 23 4 14 1 1 61 62 .301 .366 .411 .777 .316 274 20 7 9 0 3
1951 30 STL NL 42 648 885 108 244 25 3 14 5 3 74 67 .276 .337 .358 .695 .286 317 22 8 7 0 11
1952 31 STL NL 35 643 928 101 238 21 2 21 1 2 52 93 .256 .301 .351 .652 .267 326 22 7 8 0 13
1953 32 STL NL 40 737 903 118 243 28 4 31 6 2 54 88 .269 .322 .412 .734 .270 372 20 17 6 0 13
1954 33 STL NL 48 590 642 107 198 26 8 21 1 1 47 50 .308 .357 .472 .828 .305 303 10 6 7 9 10
1955 34 CIN NL 30 520 475 72 146 29 6 22 3 3 28 40 .307 .346 .533 .878 .296 253 14 3 8 6 3 8
1955 34 NYY AL 2 13 12 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .417 .462 .750 1.212 .364 9 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 34 TOT MLB 32 533 487 77 151 30 6 23 3 3 29 40 .310 .349 .538 .887 .298 262 14 3 8 6 3 9
1956 35 CHW AL 26 416 387 37 98 7 2 11 1 2 20 25 .253 .300 .367 .667 .248 142 15 6 3 0 3 9
1956 35 NYY AL 1 5 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .800 .800 1.200 2.000 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 TOT AL 27 421 392 41 102 7 3 11 1 2 20 26 .260 .306 .378 .684 .256 148 15 6 3 0 3 9
1957 36 CHW AL 47 424 389 27 95 12 0 7 1 3 27 44 .244 .293 .329 .622 .260 128 16 0 8 0 9 8
1958 37 CHW AL 50 350 314 36 81 13 2 10 1 2 24 27 .258 .306 .408 .714 .252 128 12 0 7 5 3 5
1959 38 CHW AL 67 471 429 39 111 15 0 5 1 4 25 54 .259 .298 .329 .627 .285 141 15 0 15 2 9 10
1960 39 CHW AL 64 461 414 40 94 21 1 8 1 0 25 52 .227 .271 .341 .611 .237 141 15 3 10 9 7 12
1961 40 CHW AL 16 75 69 10 17 2 0 3 0 0 5 8 .246 .297 .406 .703 .241 28 0 0 1 0 1 0
1961 40 DET AL 13 60 52 6 15 1 1 1 2 0 6 8 .288 .356 .404 .760 .318 21 1 0 1 1 1 0
1961 40 KCA AL 23 132 116 15 32 5 0 4 2 2 10 16 .276 .341 .422 .763 .289 49 3 2 3 1 1 3
1961 40 TOT AL 52 267 237 31 64 8 1 8 4 2 21 32 .270 .332 .414 .746 .281 98 4 2 5 2 3 3
14 Yrs 622 6405 7549 935 2037 244 37 184 32 30 521 713 .270 .321 .385 .706 .277 2907 194 62 104 33 37 113
162 Game Avg. 52 540 636 79 172 21 3 16 3 3 44 60 .270 .321 .385 .706 .277 245 16 5 9 3 10
MLB Averages .260 .332 .381 .714 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

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 27 STL NL -15.2 -1.5 91 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .42 -0.1 -0.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.47 -2.4 0 4 6
1949 28 STL NL 24.0 2.4 291 -1.0 5.2 -6.2 1.12 -0.2 -0.7 0.7 0.1 1.11 -0.9 6 4 2
1950 29 STL NL -10.5 -1.0 519 -1.7 8.9 -10.6 1.02 -0.9 -0.8 -12.8 -1.2 1.01 -8.9 3 5 4
1951 30 STL NL 4.3 0.4 666 -0.8 13.9 -14.7 1.28 0.1 -0.7 -9.1 -0.9 1.30 -1.6 8 1 0
1952 31 STL NL 10.4 1.1 662 0.3 10.6 -10.3 .88 0.4 -0.0 5.4 0.6 0.90 3.2 1 0 0
1953 32 STL NL 5.5 0.5 768 2.7 15.0 -12.3 1.05 0.3 2.3 13.9 1.4 1.05 2.0 6 1 0
1954 33 STL NL -21.4 -2.1 597 -4.4 10.4 -14.9 1.16 -2.3 -1.5 -29.6 -2.8 1.16 -27.2 11 3 8
1955 34 TOT MLB -9.4 -0.9 541 -2.4 9.1 -11.5 .99 -2.3 -0.1 -16.0 -1.5 0.99 -24.1 2 2 10
1955 34 CIN NL -6.5 -0.6 528 -2.3 9.1 -11.4 1.01 -2.1 -0.2 -12.4 -1.2 1.01 -21.0 2 1 9
1955 34 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 13 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .38 -0.2 0.1 -3.6 -0.3 0.38 -3.1 0 1 1
1956 35 TOT AL 10.2 1.1 428 1.7 7.0 -5.3 .85 0.7 1.3 13.8 1.5 0.85 8.6 6 4 7
1956 35 NYY AL -3.7 -0.3 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .83 -0.2 0.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.83 -2.4 0 1 0
1956 35 CHW AL 13.9 1.4 423 1.8 6.9 -5.1 .85 0.9 1.2 16.6 1.7 0.85 11.0 6 3 7
1957 36 CHW AL 20.0 2.1 433 0.5 5.8 -5.3 .78 1.5 -0.9 13.4 1.4 0.78 17.2 13 12 22
1958 37 CHW AL 3.8 0.4 358 0.3 7.1 -6.8 1.10 -0.0 0.3 6.5 0.7 1.10 1.7 15 16 18
1959 38 CHW AL 17.8 1.8 480 3.1 11.5 -8.5 1.30 1.8 0.6 25.5 2.7 1.30 21.2 27 13 26
1960 39 CHW AL 16.0 1.6 467 -1.9 10.7 -12.6 1.52 1.5 -2.7 5.9 0.6 1.52 14.5 33 14 17
1961 40 TOT AL 1.0 0.1 281 -1.6 4.7 -6.2 1.12 0.0 -1.4 -2.4 -0.2 1.12 0.3 20 9 23
1961 40 CHW AL -1.5 -0.1 76 -0.7 1.4 -2.1 1.16 0.2 -0.8 0.7 0.1 1.16 1.6 7 1 8
1961 40 KCA AL 1.4 0.1 141 -0.4 2.5 -2.8 1.19 -0.2 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 1.19 -1.1 9 5 9
1961 40 DET AL 1.1 0.1 64 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .91 0.0 -0.6 0.6 0.1 0.91 -0.2 4 3 6
15 Yrs 60.7 6.6 6582 -5.3 120.6 -125.9 1.08 0.5 -5.4 10.5 1.7 1.08 3.5 151 88 143
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1947 26 STL NL 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1 100% 70.0 70 70 1 0 3.0 9.0
1948 27 STL NL 31 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.3 38 25 7 6 3 0 6.0 4.5 1.8
1949 28 STL NL 45 17 6 8 3 0 2 8 9 .471 0 2 5 2 9 53% 52.1 79 22 9 7 8 4 3.6 2.0 6.7
1950 29 STL NL 42 22 7 12 3 0 2 9 13 .409 0 1 7 1 10 45% 44.4 81 19 18 6 7 10 3.6 4.4 5.8
1951 30 STL NL 42 30 12 12 6 1 2 13 17 .433 1 2 10 4 15 50% 48.1 80 18 18 9 12 10 3.8 3.5 6.7
1952 31 STL NL 35 33 17 12 4 2 7 20 13 .606 0 1 15 0 24 73% 54.5 76 16 10 5 10 10 5.3 4.7 7.2
1953 32 STL NL 40 32 18 9 5 5 2 20 12 .625 0 7 10 1 16 50% 49.8 80 15 8 2 13 6 5.2 5.5 6.9
1954 33 STL NL 48 20 4 7 9 1 1 6 14 .300 2 2 3 1 5 25% 39.9 78 13 18 6 7 7 5.6 6.4 5.6
1955 34 TOT MLB 32 18 5 6 7 2 1 10 8 .556 0 5 2 0 5 28% 75 29 21 6 5 7 4.8 3.7 5.6
1955 34 CIN NL 30 18 5 6 7 2 1 10 8 .556 0 5 2 0 5 28% 45.2 75 29 20 6 5 7 4.8 3.7 5.6
1956 35 TOT AL 27 10 7 2 1 1 0 7 3 .700 0 0 5 0 6 60% 76 36 10 5 5 5 5.8 6.4 7.1
1956 35 CHW AL 26 10 7 2 1 1 0 7 3 .700 0 0 5 0 6 60% 56.2 76 36 8 3 5 5 5.8 6.4 7.1
10 Yrs 357 186 77 69 40 12 17 96 90 .516 3 21 58 9 91 49% 49 81 13 116 50 71 59 4.7 4.7 6.5
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -11 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1947 26 STL NL 18 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 4 3.6
1948 27 STL NL 31 28 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% .419 0 4 6 0 0 10 4 6 16 6 8 9 5.0
1949 28 STL NL 45 28 14 4 2 3 6 0 200% 3 0 16 5 31% 1.123 6 4 2 4 3 6 9 4 18 6 8 4 6.2
1950 29 STL NL 42 20 10 6 1 1 3 0 300% 1 0 18 7 39% 1.016 3 5 4 4 2 6 9 3 13 5 9 4 6.2
1951 30 STL NL 42 12 10 7 1 4 3 2 75% 4 0 8 2 25% 1.282 8 1 0 5 3 1 5 4 9 3 7 4 6.4
1952 31 STL NL 35 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .881 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.5
1953 32 STL NL 40 8 6 0 0 4 4 0 100% 4 0 10 3 30% 9 1.046 6 1 0 4 3 0 7 0 2 3 1 1 3.5
1954 33 STL NL 48 28 15 3 6 4 2 2 50% 5 0 10 6 60% 8 1.157 11 3 8 6 6 10 7 15 13 7 12 5 4.6
1955 34 TOT MLB 32 14 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 42% .993 2 2 10 1 2 11 7 7 7 4 8 2 4.3
1955 34 CIN NL 30 12 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 6 1.008 2 1 9 0 2 10 6 6 7 4 7 2 4.5
1955 34 NYY AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 6 .375 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
1956 35 TOT AL 27 17 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 6 30% .849 6 4 7 1 3 13 11 6 9 4 10 1 5.4
1956 35 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 .828 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.0
1956 35 CHW AL 26 16 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 6 33% 3 .849 6 3 7 1 3 12 10 6 9 3 9 1 5.6
1957 36 CHW AL 47 47 24 5 1 8 7 1 88% 11 1 41 22 54% 7 .781 13 12 22 13 5 29 24 23 30 10 31 13 6.7
1958 37 CHW AL 50 50 28 4 5 10 8 3 80% 12 1 46 13 28% 7 1.099 15 16 18 17 7 26 23 27 26 11 27 14 5.1
1959 38 CHW AL 67 67 37 8 5 19 14 4 74% 22 2 73 20 27% 8 1.301 27 13 26 22 11 34 32 35 32 14 32 21 5.2
1960 39 CHW AL 64 64 45 13 8 23 10 14 43% 29 3 48 23 48% 7 1.517 33 14 17 29 14 21 24 40 39 11 43 17 5.4
1961 40 TOT AL 52 52 29 2 5 9 4 5 44% 10 1 39 19 49% 1.120 20 9 23 10 11 31 20 32 19 17 19 18 3.5
1961 40 CHW AL 16 16 6 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% 9 1.158 7 1 8 1 6 9 4 12 5 6 5 4 3.4
1961 40 KCA AL 23 23 15 1 1 5 2 3 40% 5 0 26 13 50% 7 1.193 9 5 9 5 4 14 13 10 10 6 10 11 3.9
1961 40 DET AL 13 13 8 1 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 6 3 50% 8 .911 4 3 6 4 1 8 3 10 4 5 4 3 3.1
15 Yrs 640 454 246 57 42 85 61 31 72% 103 9 349 133 38% 1.081 151 88 143 116 71 198 182 203 240 108 215 118 5.1
G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1947 26 STL NL 127 1.6% 11.0% 6.3% 2.4% 9% 79%
1948 27 STL NL 238 63% 6.7% 30.7% 28.0% 12.0% 15% 2.25 248% 21 1 5%
1949 28 STL NL 699 66% 2.2% 19.8% 14.8% 7.2% 13% 1.93 211% 62 8 13%
1950 29 STL NL 746 63% 2.8% 12.2% 12.0% 8.1% 20% 1.85 117% 117 20 17%
1951 30 STL NL 974 65% 2.2% 10.3% 11.4% 6.5% 17% 1.78 124% 132 22 17%
1952 31 STL NL 995 59% 3.3% 14.5% 8.1% 6.8% 19% 1.75 127% 124 22 18%
1953 32 STL NL 980 57% 4.2% 11.9% 7.3% 8.6% 26% 1.45 106% 130 20 15%
1954 33 STL NL 711 63% 3.6% 8.5% 8.0% 9.3% 28% 1.34 98% 106 10 9%
1955 34 TOT MLB 533 58% 4.3% 7.5% 5.4% 11.1% 39% 1.72 81% 99 14 14%
1955 34 CIN NL 520 58% 4.2% 7.7% 5.4% 11.0% 39% 1.76 81% 96 14 15%
1955 34 NYY AL 13 62% 7.7% 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 40% 0.50 85% 3 0 0%
1956 35 TOT AL 421 62% 2.6% 6.2% 4.8% 5.0% 21% 1.69 84% 90 15 17%
1956 35 NYY AL 5 80% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 25% 80% 2 0 0%
1956 35 CHW AL 416 62% 2.6% 6.0% 4.8% 4.8% 20% 1.69 84% 88 15 17%
1957 36 CHW AL 424 70% 1.7% 10.4% 6.4% 4.5% 20% 2.51 80% 80 16 20%
1958 37 CHW AL 350 62% 2.9% 7.7% 6.9% 7.1% 31% 1.66 81% 58 12 21%
1959 38 CHW AL 471 63% 1.1% 11.5% 5.3% 4.3% 18% 1.96 79% 112 15 13%
1960 39 CHW AL 461 61% 1.7% 11.3% 5.4% 6.5% 32% 2.46 79% 97 15 15%
1961 40 TOT AL 267 70% 3.0% 12.0% 7.9% 6.4% 27% 2.60 75% 54 4 7%
1961 40 CHW AL 75 65% 4.0% 10.7% 6.7% 6.7% 29% 3.60 77% 11 0 0%
1961 40 KCA AL 132 68% 3.0% 12.1% 7.6% 6.8% 28% 2.48 73% 29 3 10%
1961 40 DET AL 60 78% 1.7% 13.3% 10.0% 5.0% 20% 1.91 73% 14 1 7%
15 Yrs 8397 62% 2.9% 11.1% 8.1% 7.2% 23% 1.80 104% 1282 194 15%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 12.5% 10.4% 6.5% 26% 0.98 83% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1947 26 STL NL 33 2 0
1948 27 STL NL 75 61 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 5 0 83% 1 1 1 36 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 163
1949 28 STL NL 278 154 6 0 6 2 1 0 3 16 11 1 69% 6 2 0 123 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 421
1950 29 STL NL 507 201 14 0 13 7 4 4 7 32 19 1 59% 3 3 2 220 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 239
1951 30 STL NL 648 244 14 0 22 8 2 4 6 40 27 2 68% 11 1 1 236 5 3 63% 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 326
1952 31 STL NL 643 238 21 0 10 11 6 5 12 22 17 0 77% 13 2 0 234 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 352
1953 32 STL NL 737 243 31 0 16 17 6 7 16 41 15 4 37% 13 1 1 257 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 243
1954 33 STL NL 590 198 21 0 16 11 9 9 11 30 14 2 47% 10 2 0 217 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 121
1955 34 TOT MLB 533 151 23 0 15 13 10 12 11 24 12 1 50% 9 1 0 190 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1955 34 CIN NL 520 146 22 0 15 12 10 12 10 24 12 1 50% 8 1 0 182 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1955 34 NYY AL 13 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 TOT AL 421 102 11 0 5 8 3 1 10 19 10 1 53% 9 1 1 163 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 35 NYY AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 35 CHW AL 416 98 11 0 5 8 3 1 10 18 9 1 50% 9 1 1 160 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 36 CHW AL 424 95 7 0 12 6 1 4 3 28 18 0 64% 8 3 1 176 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 37 CHW AL 350 81 10 1 14 7 3 6 4 14 8 2 57% 5 3 1 133 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1959 38 CHW AL 471 111 5 0 32 3 2 1 4 44 18 2 41% 10 2 2 180 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1960 39 CHW AL 461 94 8 0 19 5 3 3 5 37 24 1 65% 12 1 0 160 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1961 40 TOT AL 267 64 8 0 11 5 3 2 6 22 11 1 50% 3 4 4 103 4 2 67% 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 0
1961 40 CHW AL 75 17 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 50% 0 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 40 KCA AL 132 32 4 0 8 4 0 1 3 14 7 0 50% 3 3 2 54 2 2 50% 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 0
1961 40 DET AL 60 15 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 50% 0 1 1 25 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15 Yrs 6405 2070 186 1 192 103 55 59 99 375 209 18 56% 113 27 14 2428 32 30 52% 30 24 1 4 1 1 5 0 88 1865
MLB Averages 52% 57%
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

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+
1947 26 1 0 1.000 2.76 18 1 8 1 0 0 29.1 33 11 9 2 8 14 1 0 0 126 151 1.398 10.1 0.6 2.5 4.3 1.75 151
1948 27 5 4 .556 5.42 49 4 17 1 0 0 81.1 94 55 49 7 29 37 1 0 1 363 76 1.512 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.28 76
1949 28 15 14 .517 3.60 94 21 31 6 2 6 252.2 248 120 101 13 70 92 4 0 3 1062 115 1.259 8.8 0.5 2.5 3.3 1.31 115
1950 29 28 27 .509 4.16 136 43 41 13 3 9 422.1 449 221 195 27 131 154 11 0 6 1808 101 1.373 9.6 0.6 2.8 3.3 1.18 101
1951 30 47 40 .540 4.03 178 73 51 23 7 12 649.1 693 329 291 41 205 221 19 1 7 2783 102 1.383 9.6 0.6 2.8 3.1 1.08 102
1952 31 64 54 .542 3.83 213 106 53 38 7 12 889.0 931 430 378 62 257 314 26 1 9 3778 104 1.336 9.4 0.6 2.6 3.2 1.22 104
1953 32 82 63 .566 3.86 253 138 59 48 8 16 1119.0 1174 548 480 93 311 402 43 2 10 4758 105 1.327 9.4 0.7 2.5 3.2 1.29 105
1954 33 89 76 .539 4.03 301 158 74 51 9 18 1274.2 1372 655 571 114 358 452 49 2 12 5469 101 1.357 9.7 0.8 2.5 3.2 1.26 101
1955 34 94 84 .528 4.10 333 176 77 53 9 18 1396.1 1523 732 636 137 387 3 492 52 2 13 6001 99 1.368 9.8 0.9 2.5 3.2 1.27 99
1956 35 102 87 .540 4.04 360 186 83 58 9 18 1498.1 1625 773 673 148 407 6 518 58 2 14 6426 101 1.356 9.8 0.9 2.4 3.1 1.27 101
1957 36 107 88 .549 3.91 407 186 107 58 9 25 1603.1 1720 800 697 155 434 15 562 58 2 17 6850 104 1.343 9.7 0.9 2.4 3.2 1.29 104
1958 37 111 93 .544 3.87 457 186 135 58 9 33 1688.2 1801 836 727 165 458 18 589 58 2 20 7199 104 1.338 9.6 0.9 2.4 3.1 1.29 104
1959 38 119 98 .548 3.77 524 186 172 58 9 47 1805.0 1912 875 756 170 483 27 643 58 2 22 7670 107 1.327 9.5 0.8 2.4 3.2 1.33 107
1960 39 132 106 .555 3.69 588 186 217 58 9 57 1920.1 2006 915 787 178 508 34 695 61 2 23 8131 109 1.309 9.4 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.37 109
1961 40 134 111 .547 3.70 640 186 246 58 9 61 1981.2 2070 946 814 186 529 37 727 63 2 27 8398 109 1.312 9.4 0.8 2.4 3.3 1.37 109

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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
1947 26 2 1 .667 2.70 30.0 34 10 9 2 8 14 1 1.400 10.2 2.4 4.2 1.75 0.6 18
1948 27 2 4 .333 6.67 54.0 63 44 40 5 22 24 0 1.574 10.5 3.7 4.0 1.09 0.8 31
1949 28 13 6 .684 2.67 175.0 157 58 52 6 42 56 3 1.137 8.1 2.2 2.9 1.33 0.3 45
1950 29 7 11 .389 4.76 170.0 201 100 90 14 61 62 7 1.541 10.6 3.2 3.3 1.02 0.7 42
1951 30 13 12 .520 3.94 226.0 252 110 99 14 76 67 8 1.451 10.0 3.0 2.7 0.88 0.6 42
1952 31 14 12 .538 3.69 239.0 258 109 98 23 56 93 8 1.314 9.7 2.1 3.5 1.66 0.9 35
1953 32 14 12 .538 3.81 234.0 244 110 99 31 54 90 17 1.274 9.4 2.1 3.5 1.67 1.2 40
1954 33 7 11 .389 5.02 163.0 204 101 91 22 48 52 6 1.546 11.3 2.7 2.9 1.08 1.2 48
1955 34 5 8 .385 4.72 124.0 154 72 65 23 30 41 3 1.484 11.2 2.2 3.0 1.37 1.7 32
1956 35 7 4 .636 3.20 104.0 105 41 37 11 21 27 6 1.212 9.1 1.8 2.3 1.29 1.0 27
1957 36 8 3 .727 2.31 105.0 103 30 27 8 29 44 0 1.257 8.8 2.5 3.8 1.52 0.7 47
1958 37 5 4 .556 3.64 84.0 88 38 34 11 26 26 0 1.357 9.4 2.8 2.8 1.00 1.2 50
1959 38 9 3 .750 2.48 116.0 118 36 32 5 27 54 0 1.250 9.2 2.1 4.2 2.00 0.4 67
1960 39 9 4 .692 2.59 118.0 100 38 34 9 27 53 3 1.076 7.6 2.1 4.0 1.96 0.7 64
1961 40 3 3 .500 3.90 60.0 63 29 26 8 21 31 2 1.400 9.5 3.2 4.7 1.48 1.2 52
15 Yrs 118 98 .546 3.74 2002.0 2144 926 833 192 548 734 64 1.345 9.6 3.3 1.34 0.9 640

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 AL (28, 0%)
1960 AL (23, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1949 NL  4.1 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL  2.73 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1951 NL  19 (8th)
1952 NL  17 (3rd)
1953 NL  18 (5th)
1960 AL  13 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 NL  .594 (9th)
1953 NL  .667 (7th)
1960 AL  .619 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 NL  1.138 (2nd)
1953 NL  1.291 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  8.089 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  2.154 (6th)
1952 NL  1.953 (4th)
1953 NL  2.113 (4th)
1954 NL  2.717 (7th)
Career  2.403 (245th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL  45 (6th)
1950 NL  42 (8th)
1954 NL  48 (7th)
1957 AL  47 (6th)
1958 AL  50 (5th)
1959 AL  67 (1st)
1960 AL  64 (2nd)
1961 AL  52 (9th)
Career  640 (139th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 NL  6 (4th)
1950 NL  3 (10th)
1957 AL  7 (6th)
1958 AL  8 (5th)
1959 AL  14 (2nd)
1960 AL  10 (5th)
Career  61 (222nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL  239.7 (6th)
1953 NL  230.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1952 NL  33 (5th)
1953 NL  32 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 NL  15 (6th)
1953 NL  10 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 NL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  21 (5th)
1953 NL  31 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1951 NL  244 (8th)
1952 NL  238 (5th)
1953 NL  243 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1953 NL  1.630 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  0.315 (2nd)
1951 NL  0.555 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL  13 (10th)
1952 NL  14 (6th)
1954 NL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 NL  96 (9th)
1952 NL  87 (10th)
1953 NL  102 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 NL  7 (4th)
1951 NL  8 (3rd)
1952 NL  7 (1st)
1953 NL  17 (1st)
1954 NL  6 (6th)
1956 AL  6 (10th)
Career  63 (249th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL  995 (7th)
1953 NL  980 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 AL  24 (5th)
1958 AL  28 (6th)
1959 AL  37 (1st)
1960 AL  45 (2nd)
1961 AL  29 (9th)
Career  246 (169th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL  153 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  24 (6th)
1957 AL  20 (6th)
1959 AL  18 (7th)
1960 AL  16 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 NL  2.5 (6th)
1957 AL  2.1 (6th)
1959 AL  1.8 (8th)
1960 AL  1.6 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1953 NL  13.85 (8th)
1959 AL  25.53 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1953 NL  2.7 (7th)
1959 AL  3.1 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1960 AL  1.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1953 NL  1.4 (8th)
1959 AL  2.7 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1959 AL  born 1920-08-21 (6th)
1960 AL  born 1920-08-21 (5th)
1961 AL  born 1920-08-21 (4th)


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

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Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (314), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (445), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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