Tom Sturdivant
Thomas Virgil II Sturdivant (Smoke and Snake)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: April 28, 1930 in Gordon, KS
High School: Capitol Hill (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Final Game: June 21, 1964
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Standard Pitching

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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
1955 25 NYY AL 1 3 .250 3.16 33 1 12 0 0 0 68.1 48 24 24 6 42 1 48 2 0 1 285 119 1.317 6.3 0.8 5.5 6.3 1.14
1956 26 NYY AL 16 8 .667 3.30 32 17 11 6 2 5 158.1 134 63 58 15 52 4 110 4 0 2 656 117 1.175 7.6 0.9 3.0 6.3 2.12
1957 27 NYY AL 16 6 .727 2.54 28 28 0 7 2 0 201.2 170 65 57 14 80 2 118 4 0 3 828 141 1.240 7.6 0.6 3.6 5.3 1.48
1958 28 NYY AL 3 6 .333 4.20 15 10 2 0 0 0 70.2 77 37 33 6 38 0 41 3 0 2 325 84 1.627 9.8 0.8 4.8 5.2 1.08
1959 29 TOT AL 2 8 .200 4.73 43 6 17 0 0 5 97.0 90 61 51 13 43 4 73 6 0 4 426 83 1.371 8.4 1.2 4.0 6.8 1.70
1959 29 NYY AL 0 2 .000 4.97 7 3 1 0 0 0 25.1 20 16 14 4 9 0 16 0 0 1 103 73 1.145 7.1 1.4 3.2 5.7 1.78
1959 29 KCA AL 2 6 .250 4.65 36 3 16 0 0 5 71.2 70 45 37 9 34 4 57 6 0 3 323 86 1.451 8.8 1.1 4.3 7.2 1.68
1960 30 BOS AL 3 3 .500 4.97 40 3 14 0 0 1 101.1 106 58 56 16 45 5 67 2 0 5 443 80 1.490 9.4 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.49
1961 31 TOT MLB 7 8 .467 3.69 28 21 5 7 2 1 165.2 148 71 68 12 57 6 84 4 0 7 688 107 1.237 8.0 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.47
1961 31 WSA AL 2 6 .250 4.61 15 10 3 1 1 0 80.0 67 42 41 6 40 3 39 3 0 6 339 85 1.338 7.5 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.98
1961 31 PIT NL 5 2 .714 2.84 13 11 2 6 1 1 85.2 81 29 27 6 17 3 45 1 0 1 349 141 1.144 8.5 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.65
1962 32 PIT NL 9 5 .643 3.73 49 12 13 2 1 2 125.1 120 62 52 12 39 11 76 3 0 6 518 106 1.269 8.6 0.9 2.8 5.5 1.95
1963 33 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 3.95 48 3 20 0 0 2 116.1 98 56 51 11 45 4 68 2 2 6 486 96 1.229 7.6 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.51
1963 33 TOT AL 2 4 .333 3.75 45 3 19 0 0 2 108.0 90 50 45 10 41 4 62 2 0 5 450 102 1.213 7.5 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.51
1963 33 PIT NL 0 0 6.48 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 6 1 4 0 6 0 2 1 36 51 1.440 8.6 1.1 4.3 6.5 1.50
1963 33 DET AL 1 2 .333 3.76 28 0 15 0 0 2 55.0 43 26 23 7 24 2 36 1 0 2 231 99 1.218 7.0 1.1 3.9 5.9 1.50
1963 33 KCA AL 1 2 .333 3.74 17 3 4 0 0 0 53.0 47 24 22 3 17 2 26 1 0 3 219 105 1.208 8.0 0.5 2.9 4.4 1.53
1964 34 TOT MLB 0 0 6.40 19 0 5 0 0 1 32.1 38 24 23 2 8 0 19 4 1 3 141 56 1.423 10.6 0.6 2.2 5.3 2.38
1964 34 KCA AL 0 0 9.82 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 16 39 1.364 9.8 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
1964 34 NYM NL 0 0 5.97 16 0 5 0 0 1 28.2 34 20 19 2 7 0 18 2 0 3 125 59 1.430 10.7 0.6 2.2 5.7 2.57
10 Seasons 59 51 .536 3.74 335 101 99 22 7 17 1137.0 1029 521 473 107 449 37 704 34 3 39 4796 102 1.300 8.1 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.57
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .536 3.74 52 16 15 3 1 3 177 160 81 74 17 70 6 110 5 0 6 748 102 1.300 8.1 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.57
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
NYY (5 yrs) 36 25 .590 3.19 115 59 26 13 4 5 524.1 449 205 186 45 221 7 333 13 0 9 2197 116 1.278 7.7 0.8 3.8 5.7 1.51
PIT (3 yrs) 14 7 .667 3.49 65 23 16 8 2 3 219.1 209 97 85 19 60 14 127 4 2 8 903 113 1.226 8.6 0.8 2.5 5.2 2.12
KCA (3 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.42 56 6 20 0 0 5 128.1 121 73 63 12 52 6 84 9 1 6 558 90 1.348 8.5 0.8 3.6 5.9 1.62
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 5.97 16 0 5 0 0 1 28.2 34 20 19 2 7 0 18 2 0 3 125 59 1.430 10.7 0.6 2.2 5.7 2.57
BOS (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.97 40 3 14 0 0 1 101.1 106 58 56 16 45 5 67 2 0 5 443 80 1.490 9.4 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.49
WSA (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.61 15 10 3 1 1 0 80.0 67 42 41 6 40 3 39 3 0 6 339 85 1.338 7.5 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.98
DET (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.76 28 0 15 0 0 2 55.0 43 26 23 7 24 2 36 1 0 2 231 99 1.218 7.0 1.1 3.9 5.9 1.50
AL (9 yrs) 45 44 .506 3.74 254 78 78 14 5 13 889.0 786 404 369 86 382 23 559 28 1 28 3768 101 1.314 8.0 0.9 3.9 5.7 1.46
NL (4 yrs) 14 7 .667 3.77 81 23 21 8 2 4 248.0 243 117 104 21 67 14 145 6 2 11 1028 103 1.250 8.8 0.8 2.4 5.3 2.16

Postseason Pitching

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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
1955 25 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
1956 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 2.79 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.2 8 3 3 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 43 1.655 7.4 0.0 7.4 8.4 1.13
1957 27 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 0 6.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 24 1.167 9.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 2.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 4.34 6 2 2 1 0 0 18.2 19 9 9 2 11 1 11 0 0 0 83 1.607 9.2 1.0 5.3 5.3 1.00
3 WS 1 0 1.000 4.34 6 2 2 1 0 0 18.2 19 9 9 2 11 1 11 0 0 0 83 1.607 9.2 1.0 5.3 5.3 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1955 25 NYY AL 33 286 236 24 48 6 1 6 1 5 42 48 .203 .329 .314 .642 .231 74 4 2 6 0 1
1956 26 NYY AL 32 657 598 63 134 22 2 15 5 4 52 110 .224 .291 .343 .633 .252 205 10 4 3 0 4
1957 27 NYY AL 28 828 734 65 170 21 4 14 5 15 80 118 .232 .309 .328 .637 .257 241 19 4 5 5 2
1958 28 NYY AL 15 325 281 37 77 18 1 6 2 3 38 41 .274 .364 .409 .773 .301 115 6 3 1 2 0
1959 29 KCA AL 36 323 271 45 70 13 3 9 4 2 34 57 .258 .347 .428 .775 .289 116 4 6 6 6 4
1959 29 NYY AL 7 103 90 16 20 0 0 4 0 2 9 16 .222 .290 .356 .646 .225 32 1 0 3 1 0
1959 29 TOT AL 43 426 361 61 90 13 3 13 4 4 43 73 .249 .333 .410 .743 .273 148 5 6 9 7 4
1960 30 BOS AL 40 443 380 58 106 20 3 16 3 3 45 67 .279 .353 .474 .826 .296 180 7 2 9 7 5
1961 31 PIT NL 13 349 325 29 81 16 3 6 3 1 17 45 .249 .288 .372 .660 .273 121 7 1 5 1 3
1961 31 TOT MLB 28 688 613 71 148 31 6 12 8 3 57 84 .241 .308 .370 .678 .261 227 12 4 9 5 6
1961 31 WSA AL 15 339 288 42 67 15 3 6 5 2 40 39 .233 .328 .368 .696 .247 106 5 3 4 4 3
1962 32 PIT NL 49 522 466 62 120 24 2 12 8 3 39 76 .258 .315 .395 .710 .281 184 12 3 8 6 11
1963 33 DET AL 28 231 195 26 43 7 3 7 2 1 24 36 .221 .304 .395 .698 .231 77 4 1 7 4 2
1963 33 KCA AL 17 219 198 24 47 4 1 3 0 2 17 26 .237 .300 .313 .613 .259 62 4 1 2 1 2
1963 33 PIT NL 3 36 30 6 8 0 0 1 2 0 4 6 .267 .353 .367 .720 .304 11 0 0 2 0 0
1963 33 TOT AL 45 450 393 50 90 11 4 10 2 3 41 62 .229 .302 .354 .655 .245 139 8 2 9 5 4
1963 33 TOT MLB 48 486 423 56 98 11 4 11 4 3 45 68 .232 .305 .355 .660 .249 150 8 2 11 5 4
1964 34 KCA AL 3 16 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .308 .438 .308 .745 .333 4 0 2 0 0 0
1964 34 NYM NL 16 125 111 20 34 7 2 2 2 3 7 18 .306 .347 .459 .806 .337 51 0 2 1 4 0
1964 34 TOT MLB 19 141 124 24 38 7 2 2 2 3 8 19 .306 .357 .444 .801 .336 55 0 4 1 4 0
10 Seasons 335 4802 4216 521 1029 173 28 107 42 46 449 704 .244 .319 .375 .694 .268 1579 83 34 62 41 37
162 Game Avg. 52 749 658 81 160 27 4 17 7 7 70 110 .244 .319 .375 .694 .268 246 13 5 10 6 6
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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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
1955 25 NYY AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 58 58 58 4 1 0 1 1.0 1.3 7.0
1956 26 NYY AL 32 17 10 6 1 1 1 10 7 .588 0 1 6 2 11 65% 58 87 27 12 6 7 6 6.2 6.7 7.2
1957 27 NYY AL 28 28 16 6 6 2 3 20 8 .714 1 4 7 2 21 75% 59 80 28 21 9 0 15 4.3 4.2 7.2
1958 28 NYY AL 15 10 3 6 1 1 1 4 6 .400 0 0 0 0 4 40% 45 64 28 7 2 0 9 4.0 5.0 6.3
1959 29 TOT AL 43 6 0 4 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 2 0 0 1 17% 40 54 22 17 8 2 4 3.1 1.8 4.4
1959 29 NYY AL 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 1 33% 42 54 22 1 1 0 3 2.0 2.8 4.8
1959 29 KCA AL 36 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 44 33 16 7 2 1 4.2 0.8 4.1
1960 30 BOS AL 40 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 1 1 0 0 1 33% 47 72 25 12 3 0 3 4.5 3.0 5.0
1961 31 TOT MLB 28 21 7 6 8 1 2 10 11 .476 2 5 7 2 11 52% 53 89 18 14 8 5 8 4.7 4.1 6.9
1961 31 WSA AL 15 10 2 4 4 0 1 2 8 .200 2 2 1 1 4 40% 48 89 18 12 7 2 5 3.9 3.8 6.1
1961 31 PIT NL 13 11 5 2 4 1 1 8 3 .727 0 3 6 1 7 64% 58 81 30 2 1 3 3 5.5 4.3 7.6
1962 32 PIT NL 49 12 6 4 2 2 2 7 5 .583 1 2 2 1 7 58% 52 87 22 17 9 4 6 4.0 3.6 5.6
1963 33 TOT MLB 48 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 2 67% 54 33 10 4 1 1 3.7 5.3 5.7
1963 33 TOT AL 45 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 2 67% 54 33 10 4 1 1 3.7 5.3 5.7
1963 33 KCA AL 17 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 2 67% 44 54 33 6 3 1 1 3.7 5.3 5.7
9 Seasons 285 101 42 35 24 7 11 54 47 .535 6 15 22 7 59 58% 53 89 18 110 49 19 53 4.5 4.5 6.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1955 25 NYY AL 33 32 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 6 26% 7 0.614 3 6 22 2 2 28 10 22 18 5 19 5 5.8
1956 26 NYY AL 32 15 11 6 2 6 5 3 83% 8 2 24 7 29% 8 1.154 7 7 1 10 1 4 11 4 11 2 11 2 7.3
1958 28 NYY AL 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0.939 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 0 4.8
1959 29 TOT AL 43 37 17 2 4 8 5 3 63% 8 0 31 10 32% 1.175 10 8 17 8 3 26 17 20 17 10 20 5 5.7
1959 29 NYY AL 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.811 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 8.3
1959 29 KCA AL 36 33 16 2 4 8 5 3 63% 8 0 31 10 32% 7 1.291 10 7 15 8 3 22 17 16 14 10 17 4 5.4
1960 30 BOS AL 40 37 14 3 2 3 1 2 33% 4 0 41 23 56% 4 0.808 11 7 19 6 3 28 19 18 23 6 24 8 7.0
1961 31 TOT MLB 28 7 5 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 1.158 3 1 3 1 2 4 3 4 6 0 6 0 9.1
1961 31 WSA AL 15 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 1.177 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 3 5 0 5 0 11.4
1961 31 PIT NL 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 1.139 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5
1962 32 PIT NL 49 37 13 3 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 38 8 21% 5 0.977 7 11 17 6 4 25 21 14 16 11 17 11 4.7
1963 33 TOT MLB 48 45 20 2 3 4 2 2 50% 7 2 27 7 26% 0.807 8 11 26 8 2 35 16 29 33 5 34 9 6.6
1963 33 TOT AL 45 42 19 2 3 4 2 2 50% 7 2 26 7 27% 0.846 8 11 23 8 2 32 15 27 30 5 31 9 6.5
1963 33 PIT NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.327 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 8.3
1963 33 DET AL 28 28 15 1 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 21 5 24% 8 0.706 7 5 16 5 2 21 11 17 18 4 19 6 5.9
1963 33 KCA AL 17 14 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 3 1 5 2 40% 7 0.993 1 6 7 3 0 11 4 10 12 1 12 3 7.7
1964 34 TOT MLB 19 19 5 0 0 3 1 2 33% 3 0 21 8 38% 0.645 4 4 11 3 3 13 10 9 10 5 10 4 5.1
1964 34 KCA AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 1.523 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 3.7
1964 34 NYM NL 16 16 5 0 0 3 1 2 33% 3 0 16 5 31% 7 0.533 3 3 10 3 2 11 7 9 9 3 9 4 5.4
9 Seasons 307 234 99 17 16 27 17 12 63% 33 4 212 73 34% 0.978 53 55 121 44 20 168 108 124 136 44 143 44 6.1
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*

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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%
1955 25 NYY AL 285 32% 2.1% 16.8% 14.7% 4.6% 27% 0.82 64% 65 4 6%
1956 26 NYY AL 657 44% 2.3% 16.7% 7.9% 5.9% 29% 0.70 72% 130 10 8%
1957 27 NYY AL 828 39% 1.7% 14.3% 9.7% 4.7% 23% 0.79 73% 171 19 11%
1958 28 NYY AL 325 33% 1.9% 12.6% 11.7% 7.7% 33% 0.68 73% 64 6 9%
1959 29 TOT AL 426 41% 3.1% 17.1% 10.1% 6.8% 32% 0.81 66% 95 5 5%
1959 29 NYY AL 103 42% 3.9% 15.5% 8.7% 3.9% 20% 0.90 69% 26 1 4%
1959 29 KCA AL 323 41% 2.8% 17.7% 10.5% 7.7% 36% 0.77 65% 69 4 6%
1960 30 BOS AL 443 30% 3.6% 15.1% 10.2% 8.8% 37% 0.77 69% 92 7 8%
1961 31 TOT MLB 688 43% 1.7% 12.2% 8.3% 7.1% 33% 0.91 76% 114 12 11%
1961 31 WSA AL 339 40% 1.8% 11.5% 11.8% 7.1% 36% 0.76 73% 67 5 7%
1961 31 PIT NL 349 46% 1.7% 12.9% 4.9% 7.2% 31% 1.07 79% 47 7 15%
1962 32 PIT NL 522 39% 2.3% 14.6% 7.5% 7.3% 32% 0.86 74% 80 12 15%
1963 33 TOT MLB 486 36% 2.3% 14.0% 9.3% 5.4% 27% 1.07 72% 99 8 8%
1963 33 TOT AL 450 36% 2.2% 13.8% 9.1% 5.6% 28% 1.06 72% 94 8 9%
1963 33 PIT NL 36 31% 2.8% 16.7% 11.1% 2.8% 13% 1.25 64% 5 0 0%
1963 33 DET AL 231 33% 3.0% 15.6% 10.4% 7.4% 40% 1.17 68% 46 4 9%
1963 33 KCA AL 219 40% 1.4% 11.9% 7.8% 3.7% 17% 0.95 78% 48 4 8%
1964 34 TOT MLB 141 32% 1.4% 13.5% 5.7% 7.8% 29% 0.92 76% 27 0 0%
1964 34 KCA AL 16 38% 0.0% 6.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 75% 9 0 0%
1964 34 NYM NL 125 31% 1.6% 14.4% 5.6% 8.8% 32% 0.91 76% 18 0 0%
10 Seasons 4801 38% 2.2% 14.7% 9.4% 6.4% 30% 0.82 72% 937 83 9%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1955 25 NYY AL 285 48 6 0 24 1 5 3 3 22 9 8 41% 1 1 1 91 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 26 NYY AL 657 134 15 0 17 9 6 1 14 29 14 4 48% 7 2 1 242 5 4 56% 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1957 27 NYY AL 828 170 14 0 15 7 7 5 9 39 14 8 36% 11 3 5 307 5 15 25% 5 14 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 0
1958 28 NYY AL 325 77 6 0 11 6 0 3 3 19 10 1 53% 7 2 1 129 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1959 29 TOT AL 426 90 13 0 22 12 1 6 7 34 20 3 59% 8 4 2 152 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 0
1959 29 NYY AL 103 20 4 0 3 4 0 1 3 6 2 0 33% 2 1 0 32 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1959 29 KCA AL 323 70 9 0 19 8 1 5 4 28 18 3 64% 6 3 2 120 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1960 30 BOS AL 442 106 16 0 27 14 2 8 8 38 18 4 47% 1 5 3 165 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1
1961 31 TOT MLB 688 148 12 0 6 8 4 2 10 33 17 2 52% 7 7 0 245 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1961 31 WSA AL 339 67 6 0 4 5 1 1 5 24 11 1 46% 1 6 0 120 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1961 31 PIT NL 349 81 6 0 2 3 3 1 5 9 6 1 67% 6 1 0 125 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 32 PIT NL 489 120 12 0 14 8 4 3 9 32 10 7 31% 5 6 3 185 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 33
1963 33 TOT MLB 486 98 11 1 11 4 7 7 4 28 15 2 54% 6 6 9 194 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1963 33 TOT AL 450 90 10 1 11 4 6 6 4 27 14 2 52% 6 5 8 177 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1963 33 PIT NL 36 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 1 17 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1963 33 DET AL 231 43 7 0 9 2 5 6 1 15 9 1 60% 2 2 4 90 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 33 KCA AL 219 47 3 1 2 2 1 0 3 12 5 1 42% 4 3 4 87 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1964 34 TOT MLB 141 38 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 22 14 2 64% 1 3 3 48 2 3 40% 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 18 0
1964 34 KCA AL 16 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 60% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1964 34 NYM NL 125 34 2 0 7 1 1 0 2 17 11 1 65% 1 3 3 39 2 3 40% 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 0
10 Seasons 4767 1029 107 1 156 70 37 38 69 296 141 41 48% 54 39 28 1758 42 46 48% 39 43 2 3 1 0 8 0 143 34
MLB Averages
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

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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+
1955 25 1 3 .250 3.16 33 1 12 0 0 0 68.1 48 24 24 6 42 1 48 2 0 1 285 119 1.317 6.3 0.8 5.5 6.3 1.14 119
1956 26 17 11 .607 3.26 65 18 23 6 2 5 226.2 182 87 82 21 94 5 158 6 0 3 941 118 1.218 7.2 0.8 3.7 6.3 1.68 118
1957 27 33 17 .660 2.92 93 46 23 13 4 5 428.1 352 152 139 35 174 7 276 10 0 6 1769 128 1.228 7.4 0.7 3.7 5.8 1.59 128
1958 28 36 23 .610 3.10 108 56 25 13 4 5 499.0 429 189 172 41 212 7 317 13 0 8 2094 119 1.285 7.7 0.7 3.8 5.7 1.50 119
1959 29 38 31 .551 3.37 151 62 42 13 4 10 596.0 519 250 223 54 255 11 390 19 0 12 2520 111 1.299 7.8 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.53 111
1960 30 41 34 .547 3.60 191 65 56 13 4 11 697.1 625 308 279 70 300 16 457 21 0 17 2963 105 1.326 8.1 0.9 3.9 5.9 1.52 105
1961 31 48 42 .533 3.62 219 86 61 20 6 12 863.0 773 379 347 82 357 22 541 25 0 24 3651 105 1.309 8.1 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.52 105
1962 32 57 47 .548 3.63 268 98 74 22 7 14 988.1 893 441 399 94 396 33 617 28 0 30 4169 105 1.304 8.1 0.9 3.6 5.6 1.56 105
1963 33 59 51 .536 3.67 316 101 94 22 7 16 1104.2 991 497 450 105 441 37 685 30 2 36 4655 104 1.296 8.1 0.9 3.6 5.6 1.55 104
1964 34 59 51 .536 3.74 335 101 99 22 7 17 1137.0 1029 521 473 107 449 37 704 34 3 39 4796 102 1.300 8.1 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.57 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1955 25 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 51 29 26 6 45 47 2 1.433 6.9 6.0 6.3 1.04 0.8 33
1956 26 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 143 69 62 16 55 112 4 1.230 8.0 3.1 6.3 2.04 0.9 32
1957 27 13 8 .619 3.02 197.0 187 73 66 15 88 115 4 1.396 8.5 4.0 5.3 1.31 0.7 28
1958 28 3 4 .429 5.01 70.0 86 43 39 7 42 41 3 1.829 11.1 5.4 5.3 0.98 0.9 15
1959 29 4 7 .364 4.91 99.0 96 60 54 14 46 75 6 1.434 8.7 4.2 6.8 1.63 1.3 43
1960 30 4 7 .364 5.12 102.0 111 64 58 17 47 67 2 1.549 9.8 4.1 5.9 1.43 1.5 40
1961 31 9 9 .500 3.81 163.0 151 77 69 12 58 83 4 1.282 8.3 3.2 4.6 1.43 0.7 28
1962 32 7 6 .538 3.86 119.0 119 57 51 12 39 72 3 1.328 9.0 2.9 5.4 1.85 0.9 49
1963 33 6 6 .500 4.26 112.0 101 59 53 11 46 65 2 1.313 8.1 3.7 5.2 1.41 0.9 48
1964 34 1 2 .333 7.50 30.0 39 28 25 2 8 18 4 1.567 11.7 2.4 5.4 2.25 0.6 19
10 Seasons 61 59 .508 4.04 1120.0 1084 559 503 112 474 695 34 1.391 8.7 5.6 1.47 0.9 335

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1956 AL--3.297--8th
1957 AL--2.544--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1956 AL--16--10th
1957 AL--16--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL--.667--7th
1957 AL--.727--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 AL--1.175--4th
1957 AL--1.240--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--7.617--8th
1957 AL--7.587--4th
Career--8.145--158th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--2.956--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--6.253--5th
1957 AL--5.266--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL--43--9th

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL--5--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL--118--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 AL--2--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--80--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--2.115--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL--.625--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 AL--6--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 AL--141--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dave Wickersham (964)
  2. Barry Latman (963)
  3. Lee Stange (957)
  4. Sammy Stewart (956)
  5. Bruce Dal Canton (956)
  6. Cal Koonce (952)
  7. Joe Hesketh (951)
  8. Johnny Lanning (950)
  9. Hal White (949)
  10. Art Fowler (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lee Stange (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tim Belcher (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Pearce (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Junior Thompson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Lee (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Stu Miller (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Stu Miller (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Wickersham (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Juan Berenguer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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