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Bunky Stewart

Veston Goff Stewart

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 154 lb.

Born: January 7, 1931 in Jasper, NC
High School: New Bern HS (New Bern, NC)
School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1952
Team: Senators 1952-1956

Final Game: September 15, 1956
Died: October 3, 2007 in Wilmington, NC
Buried: Greenleaf Memorial Park, New Bern, NC
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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
1952 21 WSH AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 28 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1953 22 WSH AL 0 2 .000 4.70 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.1 17 9 8 1 11 3 1 0 0 72 85 1.826 10.0 0.6 6.5 1.8 0.27
1954 23 WSH AL 0 2 .000 7.64 29 2 8 0 0 1 50.2 67 52 43 3 27 27 4 0 2 251 47 1.855 11.9 0.5 4.8 4.8 1.00
1955 24 WSH AL 0 0 4.11 7 1 2 0 0 0 15.1 18 7 7 0 6 1 10 0 0 0 69 98 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 5.9 1.67
1956 25 WSH AL 5 7 .417 5.57 33 9 9 1 0 2 105.0 111 77 65 15 82 4 36 5 1 2 501 75 1.838 9.5 1.3 7.0 3.1 0.44
5 Yrs 5 11 .313 6.01 72 14 19 2 0 3 187.1 215 147 125 19 127 5 77 10 1 4 898 67 1.826 10.3 0.9 6.1 3.7 0.61
162 Game Avg. 4 9 .313 6.01 57 11 15 2 0 2 148 170 116 99 15 100 61 8 1 3 710 67 1.826 10.3 0.9 6.1 3.7 0.61

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
1952 21 WSH AL 1.0 1 0 2 18.00 3.77 -0.14 0.00 94.0 3.68 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .349 .499 $
1953 22 WSH AL 15.1 2 2 9 5.28 3.87 0.36 0.00 106.8 3.75 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .377 .498 $
1954 23 WSH AL 50.2 29 2 52 9.24 4.31 -0.20 0.00 97.7 4.40 -27 -2.7 .7 0.3 -2.0 -23 .406 .483 $
1955 24 WSH AL 15.1 7 1 7 4.11 4.31 -0.55 0.00 94.6 4.60 1 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.2 2 .511 .500 $
1956 25 WSH AL 105.0 33 9 77 6.60 4.77 -0.62 0.00 100.6 5.42 -15 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .457 .491 $
5 Seasons 187.1 72 14 147 7.06 4.53 -0.42 0.00 99.8 4.93 -45 -4.5 .8 0.1 -2.8 -27 .438 .494 $

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
1952 21 WSH AL 1 5 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .750 1.350 .667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1953 22 WSH AL 2 72 60 9 17 3 1 1 1 1 11 3 .283 .403 .417 .819 .286 25 2 1 0 0 0
1954 23 WSH AL 29 251 207 52 67 10 0 3 4 0 27 27 .324 .410 .415 .826 .360 86 4 4 12 1 2
1955 24 WSH AL 7 69 61 7 18 1 1 0 0 0 6 10 .295 .358 .344 .702 .353 21 2 0 2 0 1 0
1956 25 WSH AL 33 505 404 77 111 14 2 15 8 6 82 36 .275 .400 .431 .831 .269 174 9 5 10 4 4 12
5 Yrs 72 902 736 147 215 29 4 19 13 7 127 77 .292 .401 .420 .821 .304 309 17 10 24 5 5 14
162 Game Avg. 57 713 582 116 170 23 3 15 10 6 100 61 .292 .401 .420 .821 .304 244 13 8 19 4 11
MLB Averages .259 .332 .386 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 21 WSH AL -1.4 -0.1 6 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 1.29 -0.1 -0.0 -2.6 -0.2 1.29 -1.2 0 1 0
1953 22 WSH AL -1.2 -0.1 74 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 1.54 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.54 -1.0 0 0 0
1954 23 WSH AL -25.2 -2.5 257 -1.9 1.3 -3.3 .51 -1.1 -2.7 -28.7 -2.9 0.51 -17.6 4 2 21
1955 24 WSH AL 0.3 0.0 69 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .58 -0.1 -0.4 -1.0 -0.1 0.58 -1.1 1 0 5
1956 25 WSH AL -17.9 -1.7 526 -0.7 7.4 -8.1 .93 -1.9 1.1 -19.2 -1.8 0.93 -22.8 5 6 12
5 Yrs -45.3 -4.4 932 -3.2 11.3 -14.5 .84 -3.2 -0.6 -53.3 -5.2 0.84 -43.7 10 9 38

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
1953 22 WSH AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 42.0 51 33 0 0 0 2 2.3 1.8 7.7
1954 23 WSH AL 29 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 18.5 19 18 10 6 2 0 3.8 2.3 2.2
1955 24 WSH AL 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 2 0 1 0 4.0 3.0 7.0
1956 25 WSH AL 33 9 1 5 3 1 0 1 7 .125 1 1 1 0 1 11% 35.3 60 15 16 9 3 2 3.4 3.7 4.3
4 Yrs 71 14 1 8 5 1 0 1 12 .077 1 3 2 0 1 7% 34 60 15 28 15 6 4 3.3 3.1 4.7
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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1952 21 WSH AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1.292 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1954 23 WSH AL 29 27 8 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 17 9 53% 7 .506 4 2 21 2 3 22 11 16 16 4 17 4 5.1
1955 24 WSH AL 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 5 .578 1 0 5 0 0 6 2 4 3 2 3 2 4.2
1956 25 WSH AL 33 24 9 4 2 2 2 0 100% 4 1 21 5 24% 8 .931 5 6 12 4 1 19 11 13 21 0 21 3 8.3
4 Yrs 70 58 19 4 3 4 3 1 75% 6 1 46 18 39% .775 10 9 38 6 4 48 25 33 40 6 41 9 6.3

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%
1952 21 WSH AL 5 60% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 50% 60% 3 0 0%
1953 22 WSH AL 72 17% 1.4% 4.2% 15.3% 6.9% 29% 1.10 78% 19 2 11%
1954 23 WSH AL 251 35% 1.2% 10.8% 10.8% 5.2% 19% 1.34 71% 77 4 5%
1955 24 WSH AL 69 14% 0.0% 14.5% 8.7% 2.9% 11% 2.27 74% 15 2 13%
1956 25 WSH AL 505 30% 3.0% 7.1% 16.2% 6.1% 28% 1.54 71% 134 9 7%
5 Yrs 902 29% 2.1% 8.5% 14.1% 5.8% 24% 1.49 72% 248 17 7%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.1% 10.1% 6.7% 27% 0.96 82% 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
1952 21 WSH AL 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1953 22 WSH AL 72 17 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 17% 0 0 0 33 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1954 23 WSH AL 251 67 3 0 13 3 0 0 3 31 20 4 65% 2 2 0 131 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1955 24 WSH AL 69 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 29% 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 WSH AL 505 111 15 0 25 13 2 9 6 45 28 2 62% 12 2 3 229 8 6 57% 6 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 14 0
5 Yrs 902 215 19 0 45 17 2 9 10 90 51 6 57% 14 4 3 422 13 7 65% 10 4 2 3 1 0 3 1 19 0
MLB Averages 51% 55%

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+
1952 21 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 28 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 28
1953 22 0 2 .000 5.51 3 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 19 11 10 1 12 4 1 0 0 77 73 1.898 10.5 0.6 6.6 2.2 0.33 73
1954 23 0 4 .000 7.12 32 4 8 1 0 1 67.0 86 63 53 4 39 31 5 0 2 328 52 1.866 11.6 0.5 5.2 4.2 0.79 52
1955 24 0 4 .000 6.56 39 5 10 1 0 1 82.1 104 70 60 4 45 1 41 5 0 2 397 57 1.810 11.4 0.4 4.9 4.5 0.91 57
1956 25 5 11 .313 6.01 72 14 19 2 0 3 187.1 215 147 125 19 127 5 77 10 1 4 898 67 1.826 10.3 0.9 6.1 3.7 0.61 67

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
1952 21 0 0 27.00 1.0 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1953 22 0 1 .000 5.40 15.0 18 10 9 1 12 3 1 2.000 10.8 7.2 1.8 0.25 0.6 2
1954 23 1 4 .200 8.82 51.0 74 56 50 3 30 27 4 2.039 13.1 5.3 4.8 0.90 0.5 29
1955 24 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 19 8 7 0 6 10 0 1.563 10.7 3.4 5.6 1.67 0.0 7
1956 25 4 7 .364 5.42 108.0 113 72 65 15 83 37 5 1.815 9.4 6.9 3.1 0.45 1.3 33
5 Yrs 5 13 .278 6.31 191.0 226 149 134 19 132 78 10 1.874 10.6 3.7 0.59 0.9 72

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