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Ray Starr

Raymond Francis Starr (Iron Man)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 23, 1906 in Nowata, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1932
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pirates/Cubs/Braves/Giants/... 1932-1945

Final Game: September 26, 1945
Died: February 9, 1963 in Baylis, IL
Buried: Carlyle Cemetery, Carlyle, IL
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All-Star

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
1932 26 STL NL 1 1 .500 2.70 3 2 1 1 1 0 20.0 19 7 6 2 10 6 1 0 0 79 149 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.5 2.7 0.60
1933 27 TOT NL 0 2 .000 4.35 15 3 6 0 0 0 41.1 51 26 20 4 19 17 2 0 3 190 73 1.694 11.1 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.89
1933 27 NYG NL 0 1 .000 5.40 6 2 3 0 0 0 13.1 19 11 8 0 10 2 1 0 0 69 61 2.175 12.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
1933 27 BSN NL 0 1 .000 3.86 9 1 3 0 0 0 28.0 32 15 12 4 9 15 1 0 3 121 80 1.464 10.3 1.3 2.9 4.8 1.67
1941 35 CIN NL 3 2 .600 2.65 7 4 2 3 2 0 34.0 28 10 10 1 6 11 1 0 0 136 138 1.000 7.4 0.3 1.6 2.9 1.83
1942 36 CIN NL 15 13 .536 2.67 37 33 2 17 4 0 276.2 228 88 82 10 106 83 3 0 0 1136 123 1.207 7.4 0.3 3.4 2.7 0.78 AS,MVP-23
1943 37 CIN NL 11 10 .524 3.64 36 33 2 9 2 1 217.1 201 93 88 9 91 42 5 1 0 923 92 1.344 8.3 0.4 3.8 1.7 0.46
1944 38 PIT NL 6 5 .545 5.02 27 12 6 5 0 3 89.2 116 60 50 6 36 25 1 0 1 413 74 1.695 11.6 0.6 3.6 2.5 0.69
1945 39 TOT NL 1 2 .333 8.10 13 1 4 0 0 0 20.0 27 18 18 1 11 5 0 0 0 97 48 1.900 12.2 0.5 5.0 2.3 0.45
1945 39 PIT NL 0 2 .000 9.45 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 33 44 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1945 39 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 7.43 9 1 3 0 0 0 13.1 17 11 11 1 7 5 0 0 0 64 51 1.800 11.5 0.7 4.7 3.4 0.71
7 Yrs 37 35 .514 3.53 138 88 23 35 9 4 699.0 670 302 274 33 279 189 13 1 4 2974 97 1.358 8.6 0.4 3.6 2.4 0.68
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .514 3.53 42 26 7 11 3 1 210 202 91 82 10 84 57 4 0 1 895 97 1.358 8.6 0.4 3.6 2.4 0.68
CIN (3 yrs) 29 25 .537 3.07 80 70 6 29 8 1 528.0 457 191 180 20 203 136 9 1 0 2195 109 1.250 7.8 0.3 3.5 2.3 0.67
PIT (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.33 31 12 7 5 0 3 96.1 126 67 57 6 40 25 1 0 1 446 71 1.723 11.8 0.6 3.7 2.3 0.63
NYG (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.40 6 2 3 0 0 0 13.1 19 11 8 0 10 2 1 0 0 69 61 2.175 12.8 0.0 6.8 1.4 0.20
BSN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.86 9 1 3 0 0 0 28.0 32 15 12 4 9 15 1 0 3 121 80 1.464 10.3 1.3 2.9 4.8 1.67
STL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.70 3 2 1 1 1 0 20.0 19 7 6 2 10 6 1 0 0 79 149 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.5 2.7 0.60
CHC (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.43 9 1 3 0 0 0 13.1 17 11 11 1 7 5 0 0 0 64 51 1.800 11.5 0.7 4.7 3.4 0.71

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
1932 26 STL NL 20.0 3 2 7 3.15 4.90 -0.18 0.00 98.9 5.03 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .657 .503 $
1933 27 NYG NL 13.1 6 2 11 7.43 3.76 0.58 0.00 97.7 3.11 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .392 .496 $
1933 27 BSN NL 28.0 9 1 15 4.82 3.85 0.21 0.00 97.9 3.56 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .454 .497 $
1941 35 CIN NL 34.0 7 4 10 2.65 4.18 0.17 0.00 98.8 3.96 5 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.9 9 .583 .504 $
1942 36 CIN NL 276.1 37 33 88 2.87 3.93 0.23 0.00 99.3 3.67 27 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.4 48 .589 .520 $ AS,MVP-23
1943 37 CIN NL 217.1 36 33 93 3.85 3.95 0.33 0.00 99.3 3.60 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.0 13 .481 .496 $
1944 38 PIT NL 89.2 27 12 60 6.02 4.15 -0.20 0.00 102.7 4.47 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .442 .490 $
1945 39 PIT NL 6.2 4 0 7 9.45 3.75 -0.11 0.00 104.1 4.02 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .402 .498 $
1945 39 CHC NL 13.1 9 1 11 7.43 4.60 0.26 0.00 95.8 4.16 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .445 .497 $
7 Seasons 698.2 138 88 302 3.89 4.01 0.19 0.00 99.6 3.80 -4 0.2 1.0 -0.4 5.6 55 .501 .500 $
CIN (3 yrs) 527.2 80 70 191 3.26 3.95 0.27 0.00 99.2 3.66 26 3.2 1.0 -0.3 7.3 70 .540 .507 $
PIT (2 yrs) 96.1 31 12 67 6.26 4.12 -0.20 0.00 102.8 4.44 -19 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -10 .436 .494 $
NYG (1 yr) 13.1 6 2 11 7.43 3.76 0.58 0.00 97.7 3.11 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .392 .496 $
BSN (1 yr) 28.0 9 1 15 4.82 3.85 0.21 0.00 97.9 3.56 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .454 .497 $
STL (1 yr) 20.0 3 2 7 3.15 4.90 -0.18 0.00 98.9 5.03 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .657 .503 $
CHC (1 yr) 13.1 9 1 11 7.43 4.60 0.26 0.00 95.8 4.16 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .445 .497 $

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
1942 CIN NL 36

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%
1932 26 STL NL 79 2.5% 7.6% 12.7% 2.5% 11% 75%
1933 27 TOT NL 190 2.1% 9.0% 10.0% 75%
1933 27 NYG NL 69 0.0% 2.9% 14.5% 78%
1933 27 BSN NL 121 3.3% 12.4% 7.4% 74%
1941 35 CIN NL 136 0.7% 8.1% 4.4% 3.7% 18% 85%
1942 36 CIN NL 1136 0.9% 7.3% 9.3% 2.6% 13% 80%
1943 37 CIN NL 922 1.0% 4.6% 9.9% 2.0% 9% 82%
1944 38 PIT NL 413 1.5% 6.1% 8.7% 2.7% 10% 82%
1945 39 TOT NL 97 1.0% 5.2% 11.3% 79%
1945 39 PIT NL 33 0.0% 0.0% 12.1% 82%
1945 39 CHC NL 64 1.6% 7.8% 10.9% 78%
7 Yrs 2973 1.1% 6.4% 9.4% 2.2% 10% 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.7% 8.6% 3.0% 13% 79%

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+
1932 26 1 1 .500 2.70 3 2 1 1 1 0 20.0 19 7 6 2 10 6 1 0 0 79 149 1.450 8.6 0.9 4.5 2.7 0.60 149
1933 27 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1934 28 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1935 29 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1936 30 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1937 31 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1938 32 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1939 33 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1940 34 1 3 .250 3.82 18 5 7 1 1 0 61.1 70 33 26 6 29 23 3 0 3 269 90 1.614 10.3 0.9 4.3 3.4 0.79 90
1941 35 4 5 .444 3.40 25 9 9 4 3 0 95.1 98 43 36 7 35 34 4 0 3 405 103 1.395 9.3 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.97 103
1942 36 19 18 .514 2.85 62 42 11 21 7 0 372.0 326 131 118 17 141 117 7 0 3 1541 117 1.255 7.9 0.4 3.4 2.8 0.83 117
1943 37 30 28 .517 3.15 98 75 13 30 9 1 589.1 527 224 206 26 232 159 12 1 3 2464 106 1.288 8.0 0.4 3.5 2.4 0.69 106
1944 38 36 33 .522 3.39 125 87 19 35 9 4 679.0 643 284 256 32 268 184 13 1 4 2877 100 1.342 8.5 0.4 3.6 2.4 0.69 100
1945 39 37 35 .514 3.53 138 88 23 35 9 4 699.0 670 302 274 33 279 189 13 1 4 2974 97 1.358 8.6 0.4 3.6 2.4 0.68 97

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
1932 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 18.0 19 7 6 2 10 5 1 1.611 9.5 5.0 2.5 0.50 1.0 3
1933 27 1 3 .250 5.77 39.0 58 28 25 5 22 16 2 2.051 13.4 5.1 3.7 0.73 1.2 15
1941 35 2 1 .667 2.83 35.0 29 12 11 1 6 11 1 1.000 7.5 1.5 2.8 1.83 0.3 7
1942 36 18 12 .600 3.25 274.0 258 110 99 11 120 82 3 1.380 8.5 3.9 2.7 0.68 0.4 37
1943 37 10 13 .435 4.44 211.0 224 116 104 10 101 41 6 1.540 9.6 4.3 1.7 0.41 0.4 36
1944 38 3 6 .333 5.20 90.0 121 58 52 6 38 25 1 1.767 12.1 3.8 2.5 0.66 0.6 27
1945 39 0 2 .000 7.71 21.0 28 20 18 1 11 5 0 1.857 12.0 4.7 2.1 0.45 0.4 13
7 Yrs 35 37 .486 4.12 688.0 737 351 315 36 308 185 14 1.519 9.6 2.4 0.60 0.5 138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1942

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (23, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1942 NL  4.8 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1942 NL  5.4 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 NL  2.67 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1942 NL  15 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1942 NL  1.207 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  7.417 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1944 NL  3 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1942 NL  276.7 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1942 NL  33 (4th)
1943 NL  33 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1942 NL  17 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 NL  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  9 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 NL  106 (2nd)
1943 NL  91 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1942 NL  228 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1942 NL  82 (9th)
1943 NL  88 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1942 NL  1,136 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 NL  123 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1942 NL  23 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1942 NL  2.6 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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