Jim Suchecki

James Joseph Suchecki

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 25, 1927 in Chicago, IL
High School: Lane Tech (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1950
Teams (by GP): Browns/Pirates/RedSox 1950-1952

Final Game: May 1, 1952
Died: July 20, 2000 in Crofton, MD
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1943	15	MIN-BOS-min	D,B	3	2	.600	0.50	7						36.0	37	26	2		22							1.639	9.2		5.5			KPT,ROA · APPY,PIED
1944	16	BOS-min	A	5	10	.333	4.05	22	15					111.0	93	75	50		82							1.577	7.5		6.6			SCR · EL
1945	17	BOS-min	A	2	3	.400		14						42.0	55				40							2.262	11.8		8.6			SCR · EL
1946	18	BOS-min	B	2	0	1.000	4.12	4						24.0	26	15	11		17							1.792	9.8		6.4			LYN · NENL
1948	20	BOS-min	B,AA	7	3	.700	3.41	15						103.0	89	46	39		49							1.340	7.8		4.3			ROA,BIR · PIED,SOUA
1949	21	BOS-min	AA	10	11	.476	2.77	25						172.0	159	63	53		63							1.291	8.3		3.3			BIR · SOUA
1950	22	BOS-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.41	10	9		5	1		66.0	57	33	25		32	39	0	0	0			1.348	7.8		4.4	5.3	1.22	LOU · AA
1950	22	BOS	AL	0	0		4.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	18	118	1.750	6.8	0.0	9.0	6.8	0.75
1951	23	BOS-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.36	5			0			22.0	31	20	18	3	17	15	0	1	3			2.182	12.7	1.2	7.0	6.1	0.88	LOU · AA
1951	23	SLB	AL	0	6	.000	5.42	29	6	11	0	0	0	89.2	113	64	54	8	42	47	1	0	1	428	82	1.729	11.3	0.8	4.2	4.7	1.12
1952	24	CHW-min	AA	14	7	.667	3.62	30	23					189.0	204	93	76		63							1.413	9.7		3.0			MEM · SOUA
1952	24	PIT	NL	0	0		5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	14	7	6	1	4	6	1	0	0	49	76	1.800	12.6	0.9	3.6	5.4	1.50
1953	25	SLE	Opn	1	1	.500	4.05	18	1		0	0		33.1	35	23	15	4	19	13	0	0	3			1.620	9.4	1.1	5.1	3.5	0.68	SLE · PCL
1954	26	SFG-min	Opn,AA	1	4	.200	15.43	15	0		0	0		2.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0			3.857	30.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00	SLE,NVL · PCL,SOUA
3 Yrs				0	6	.000	5.38	38	6	17	0	0	0	103.2	130	73	62	9	50	56	2	0	1	495	82	1.736	11.3	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.12
162 Game Avg.				0	9	.000	5.38	59	9	26	0	0	0	160	201	113	96	14	77	87	3	0	2	765	82	1.736	11.3	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.12

PIT (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	14	7	6	1	4	6	1	0	0	49	76	1.800	12.6	0.9	3.6	5.4	1.50
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	18	118	1.750	6.8	0.0	9.0	6.8	0.75
SLB (1 yr)				0	6	.000	5.42	29	6	11	0	0	0	89.2	113	64	54	8	42	47	1	0	1	428	82	1.729	11.3	0.8	4.2	4.7	1.12

AL (2 yrs)				0	6	.000	5.38	33	6	14	0	0	0	93.2	116	66	56	8	46	50	1	0	1	446	83	1.730	11.1	0.8	4.4	4.8	1.09
NL (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	14	7	6	1	4	6	1	0	0	49	76	1.800	12.6	0.9	3.6	5.4	1.50

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
1950	22	BOS	AL	4.0	4	0	2	4.50	5.09	-0.05	0.00	105.8	5.44	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.509	.500	$
1951	23	SLB	AL	89.1	29	6	64	6.45	4.87	-0.38	0.00	107.3	5.63	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.1	-0.3	0	.470	.495	$
1952	24	PIT	NL	10.0	5	0	7	6.30	4.14	-0.18	0.00	109.0	4.71	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.463	.499	$
3 Seasons				103.1	38	6	73	6.36	4.81	-0.35	0.00	107.4	5.54	-10	-1.0	.7	-0.1	-0.3	0	.473	.498	$

PIT (1 yr)				10.0	5	0	7	6.30	4.14	-0.18	0.00	109.0	4.71	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.463	.499	$
BOS (1 yr)				4.0	4	0	2	4.50	5.09	-0.05	0.00	105.8	5.44	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.509	.500	$
SLB (1 yr)				89.1	29	6	64	6.45	4.87	-0.38	0.00	107.3	5.63	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.1	-0.3	0	.470	.495	$

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	ROE
1950	22	BOS	AL	4	18	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	.231	.412	.231	.643	.300	3	0	0	1	0	0
1951	23	SLB	AL	29	284	377	64	113	13	6	8	6	2	42	47	.300	.371	.430	.801	.326	162	3	1	8	0	9
1952	24	PIT	NL	5	22	43	7	14	2	0	1	0	0	4	6	.326	.396	.442	.838	.361	19	0	1	1	0	0
3 Yrs				38	324	433	73	130	15	6	9	6	3	50	56	.300	.375	.425	.800	.329	184	3	2	10	0	9
162 Game Avg.				59	501	669	113	201	23	9	14	9	5	77	87	.300	.375	.425	.800	.329	284	5	3	15	0	14
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.376	.713	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	22	BOS	AL	0.4	0.0	19	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.40	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.40	0.3	0	1	2
1951	23	SLB	AL	-10.5	-1.0	294	-0.4	4.6	-5.0	.98	-1.4	1.0	-13.9	-1.3	0.98	-14.5	3	3	9
1952	24	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	22	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.09	-0.2	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.09	-2.9	0	0	3
3 Yrs				-11.5	-1.1	335	-0.6	4.7	-5.3	.89	-1.8	1.0	-18.3	-1.7	0.89	-17.0	3	4	14

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
1951	23	SLB	AL	29	6	0	5	1	0	1	1	5	.167	0	0	0	0	1	17%	34.7	48	23	4	1	4	2	3.7	2.3	5.6
1 Yr				29	6	0	5	1	0	1	1	5	.167	0	0	0	0	1	17%	35	48	23	4	1	4	2	3.7	2.3	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	104	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	22	BOS	AL	4	4	3	0	1	1	100%	3	.400	0	1	2	0	4	1	3	1	2	1	0	3.0
1951	23	SLB	AL	29	23	11	1	10	2	20%		.979	3	3	9	2	13	6	9	14	2	10	2	7.3
1952	24	PIT	NL	5	5	3	0	2	2	100%		.088	0	0	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	6.0
3 Yrs				38	32	17	1	13	5	38%		.886	3	4	14	2	20	8	14	17	5	12	2	6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	22	BOS	AL	18	61%	0.0%	16.7%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.60	56%	5	0	0%
1951	23	SLB	AL	428	54%	2.8%	16.6%	14.8%	9.5%	24%	0.75	113%	69	3	4%
1952	24	PIT	NL	49	59%	4.6%	27.3%	18.2%	13.6%	21%	2.00	164%	6	0	0%
3 Yrs				495	55%	2.8%	17.3%	15.4%	9.3%	23%	0.78	114%	80	3	4%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	12.0%	11.5%	6.8%	25%	0.96	90%			11%

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
1950	22	BOS	AL	18	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	1	6	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1951	23	SLB	AL	284	113			8	0	15	1	3	0	4	27	15	5	56%	9	1	1	128	6	2	75%	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	144
1952	24	PIT	NL	22	14			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
3 Yrs				324	130			9	0	16	2	3	1	4	30	18	5	60%	9	1	2	148	6	3	67%	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	171
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	22	0		4.50	4	0	3	4.0	3	2	2	0	4	3	0	0	18	118	1.750	6.8	0.0	9.0	6.8	0.75	118
1951	23	6	.000	5.38	33	6	14	93.2	116	66	56	8	46	50	1	1	446	83	1.730	11.1	0.8	4.4	4.8	1.09	83
1952	24	6	.000	5.38	38	6	17	103.2	130	73	62	9	50	56	2	1	495	82	1.736	11.3	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.12	82

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
1950	22	0	0		2.25	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	1.750	6.8	9.0	6.8	0.75	0.0	4
1951	23	4	6	.400	4.68	98.0	112	57	51	8	42	52	1	1.571	10.3	3.9	4.8	1.24	0.7	29
1952	24	0	1	.000	5.40	10.0	15	7	6	1	4	6	1	1.900	13.5	3.6	5.4	1.50	0.9	5
3 Yrs		4	7	.364	4.66	112.0	130	65	58	9	50	61	2	1.607	10.4		4.9	1.22	0.7	38

* 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.

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