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Frank Sullivan

Franklin Leal Sullivan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 23, 1930 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Burbank HS (Burbank, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1953
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Phillies/Twins 1953-1963

Final Game: June 12, 1963
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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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 23 BOS AL 1 1 .500 5.61 14 0 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 16 16 3 11 17 1 0 0 104 75 1.364 8.4 1.1 3.9 6.0 1.55
1954 24 BOS AL 15 12 .556 3.14 36 26 6 11 3 1 206.1 185 81 72 19 66 124 6 2 1 857 132 1.216 8.1 0.8 2.9 5.4 1.88
1955 25 BOS AL 18 13 .581 2.91 35 35 0 16 3 0 260.0 235 103 84 23 100 5 129 7 1 2 1105 149 1.288 8.1 0.8 3.5 4.5 1.29 AS,MVP-24
1956 26 BOS AL 14 7 .667 3.42 34 33 1 12 1 0 242.0 253 112 92 22 82 6 116 8 1 4 1048 135 1.384 9.4 0.8 3.0 4.3 1.41 AS
1957 27 BOS AL 14 11 .560 2.73 31 30 1 14 3 0 240.2 206 76 73 16 48 4 127 7 0 2 961 146 1.055 7.7 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.65
1958 28 BOS AL 13 9 .591 3.57 32 29 3 10 2 3 199.1 216 91 79 12 49 0 103 3 1 2 836 112 1.329 9.8 0.5 2.2 4.7 2.10
1959 29 BOS AL 9 11 .450 3.95 30 26 1 5 2 1 177.2 172 86 78 17 67 2 107 7 1 2 751 102 1.345 8.7 0.9 3.4 5.4 1.60
1960 30 BOS AL 6 16 .273 5.10 40 22 4 4 0 1 153.2 164 94 87 12 52 6 98 6 0 3 678 79 1.406 9.6 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.88
1961 31 PHI NL 3 16 .158 4.29 49 18 19 1 1 6 159.1 161 93 76 19 55 5 114 5 0 1 687 94 1.356 9.1 1.1 3.1 6.4 2.07
1962 32 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 4.47 40 0 14 0 0 5 56.1 71 38 28 5 25 2 22 2 0 1 260 91 1.704 11.3 0.8 4.0 3.5 0.88
1962 32 PHI NL 0 2 .000 6.26 19 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 38 21 16 2 12 2 12 2 0 0 115 63 2.174 14.9 0.8 4.7 4.7 1.00
1962 32 MIN AL 4 1 .800 3.24 21 0 10 0 0 5 33.1 33 17 12 3 13 0 10 0 0 1 145 128 1.380 8.9 0.8 3.5 2.7 0.77
1963 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 5.73 10 0 3 0 0 1 11.0 15 7 7 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 49 66 1.727 12.3 0.8 3.3 1.6 0.50
11 Yrs 97 100 .492 3.60 351 219 53 73 15 18 1732.0 1702 797 692 149 559 31 959 52 6 18 7336 116 1.305 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .492 3.60 42 26 6 9 2 2 207 203 95 83 18 67 114 6 1 2 875 116 1.305 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.72
BOS (8 yrs) 90 80 .529 3.47 252 201 17 72 14 6 1505.1 1455 659 581 124 475 23 821 45 6 16 6340 120 1.282 8.7 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.73
MIN (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.86 31 0 13 0 0 6 44.1 48 24 19 4 17 1 12 0 0 1 194 105 1.466 9.7 0.8 3.5 2.4 0.71
PHI (2 yrs) 3 18 .143 4.54 68 18 23 1 1 6 182.1 199 114 92 21 67 7 126 7 0 1 802 89 1.459 9.8 1.0 3.3 6.2 1.88
AL (10 yrs) 94 82 .534 3.48 283 201 30 72 14 12 1549.2 1503 683 600 128 492 24 833 45 6 17 6534 120 1.287 8.7 0.7 2.9 4.8 1.69
NL (2 yrs) 3 18 .143 4.54 68 18 23 1 1 6 182.1 199 114 92 21 67 7 126 7 0 1 802 89 1.459 9.8 1.0 3.3 6.2 1.88

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
1953 23 BOS AL 25.2 14 0 16 5.61 4.76 0.23 0.00 104.3 4.72 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .481 .498 $
1954 24 BOS AL 206.1 36 26 81 3.53 4.36 0.04 0.00 109.7 4.74 28 3.2 1.1 -0.1 4.6 45 .590 .520 $
1955 25 BOS AL 260.0 35 35 103 3.57 4.40 0.26 0.00 107.7 4.46 24 2.6 -0.2 4.3 49 .574 .516 $ AS,MVP-24
1956 26 BOS AL 242.0 34 33 112 4.17 4.67 0.25 0.00 112.0 4.95 19 2.0 1.8 -0.1 3.7 44 .560 .513 $ AS
1957 27 BOS AL 240.2 31 30 76 2.84 4.11 0.15 0.00 105.9 4.20 37 4.5 .9 -0.1 6.1 56 .644 .528 $
1958 28 BOS AL 199.1 32 29 91 4.11 4.00 0.04 0.00 105.9 4.19 2 0.2 2.8 -0.1 1.6 19 .507 .501 $
1959 29 BOS AL 177.2 30 26 86 4.36 4.32 0.12 0.00 103.9 4.36 2 0.2 2.2 -0.1 1.4 16 .506 .501 $
1960 30 BOS AL 153.2 40 22 94 5.51 4.42 -0.32 0.00 104.0 4.93 -9 -0.9 1.4 -0.2 0.1 4 .477 .494 $
1961 31 PHI NL 159.1 49 18 93 5.25 4.67 -0.06 -0.03 101.1 4.76 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.2 0.4 9 .481 .494 $
1962 32 PHI NL 23.0 19 0 21 8.22 4.32 -0.04 -0.18 98.7 4.13 -11 -1.1 .7 0.1 -0.7 -8 .445 .494 $
1962 32 MIN AL 33.1 21 0 17 4.59 4.37 0.18 -0.18 104.0 4.17 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.1 2 .494 .499 $
1963 33 MIN AL 11.0 10 0 7 5.73 3.87 0.27 -0.16 99.9 3.43 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .471 .498 $
11 Seasons 1732.0 351 219 797 4.14 4.37 0.09 -0.01 106.5 4.54 77 9.2 1.3 -1.1 21.2 233 .526 .505 $
BOS (8 yrs) 1505.1 252 201 659 3.94 4.34 0.11 0.00 107.2 4.54 100 11.5 1.5 -1.0 21.6 232 .546 .509 $
MIN (2 yrs) 44.1 31 0 24 4.87 4.25 0.21 -0.18 103.0 3.98 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .487 .499 $
PHI (2 yrs) 182.1 68 18 114 5.63 4.63 -0.05 -0.05 100.8 4.68 -20 -2.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 1 .471 .494 $

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
1955 BOS AL 25 0 0 1 .000 2.70 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00
1956 BOS AL 26

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
1953 23 BOS AL 14 105 91 16 24 4 0 3 0 0 11 17 .264 .350 .407 .756 .296 37 7 1 3 0 1
1954 24 BOS AL 36 857 770 81 185 17 5 19 14 7 66 124 .240 .304 .349 .653 .263 269 22 6 12 3 13
1955 25 BOS AL 35 1101 975 103 235 35 3 23 6 8 100 129 .241 .314 .354 .668 .255 345 21 7 14 7 5 22
1956 26 BOS AL 34 1047 943 112 253 39 9 22 7 4 82 116 .268 .330 .399 .729 .285 376 29 8 8 6 6 20
1957 27 BOS AL 31 927 897 76 206 38 5 16 2 3 48 127 .230 .273 .337 .609 .250 302 18 7 6 5 4 14
1958 28 BOS AL 32 837 777 91 216 38 7 12 6 6 49 103 .278 .322 .391 .713 .306 304 29 3 4 4 0 11
1959 29 BOS AL 30 749 667 86 172 25 3 17 7 6 67 107 .258 .331 .381 .711 .284 254 20 7 7 3 2 10
1960 30 BOS AL 40 672 610 94 164 31 5 12 13 2 52 98 .269 .331 .395 .726 .302 241 10 6 7 3 6 8
1961 31 PHI NL 49 687 615 93 161 27 3 19 12 6 55 114 .262 .326 .408 .734 .293 251 10 5 9 3 5 10
1962 32 TOT MLB 40 260 224 38 71 12 2 5 3 0 25 22 .317 .384 .455 .840 .328 102 6 2 5 4 2 3
1962 32 MIN AL 21 145 128 17 33 5 1 3 1 0 13 10 .258 .324 .383 .707 .259 49 3 0 3 1 0 2
1962 32 PHI NL 19 115 96 21 38 7 1 2 2 0 12 12 .396 .460 .552 1.012 .424 53 3 2 2 3 2 1
1963 33 MIN AL 10 49 43 7 15 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 .349 .404 .488 .893 .350 21 2 0 2 0 1 0
11 Yrs 351 7291 6612 797 1702 269 42 149 70 42 559 959 .257 .319 .378 .697 .280 2502 174 52 77 38 31 112
162 Game Avg. 42 870 789 95 203 32 5 18 8 5 67 114 .257 .319 .378 .697 .280 298 21 6 9 5 13
MLB Averages .257 .326 .390 .716 .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
1953 23 BOS AL -2.8 -0.3 105 -0.8 1.5 -2.3 .89 0.2 -1.1 -2.3 -0.2 0.89 1.4 4 4 6
1954 24 BOS AL 20.3 2.2 883 1.4 15.4 -14.0 1.01 0.8 0.7 19.1 1.9 1.01 13.0 4 1 5
1955 25 BOS AL 34.3 3.6 1120 2.0 18.1 -16.1 .92 2.0 0.2 30.6 3.1 0.92 24.1 0 0 0
1956 26 BOS AL 25.9 2.6 1068 2.9 21.5 -18.6 1.08 0.8 1.9 23.9 2.3 1.08 11.5 1 0 0
1957 27 BOS AL 34.2 3.8 934 3.5 18.5 -15.0 1.05 3.9 -0.5 36.5 4.0 1.05 42.8 0 1 0
1958 28 BOS AL 8.0 0.8 857 0.6 14.9 -14.4 .99 0.2 0.3 4.5 0.5 0.99 0.2 2 1 0
1959 29 BOS AL 2.5 0.3 770 0.3 13.6 -13.3 1.00 0.2 0.1 3.4 0.3 1.00 -0.1 2 1 1
1960 30 BOS AL -16.1 -1.6 698 -2.1 11.2 -13.3 1.01 -0.7 -1.4 -15.3 -1.5 1.01 -9.6 7 4 7
1961 31 PHI NL -6.7 -0.7 707 -1.2 13.0 -14.2 1.11 -0.5 -0.6 -7.4 -0.7 1.11 -4.3 11 8 12
1962 32 TOT MLB -5.6 -0.5 267 0.1 5.1 -4.9 1.09 -0.9 1.0 -14.3 -1.4 1.09 -16.3 13 7 20
1962 32 PHI NL -7.3 -0.7 119 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 .50 -1.0 -0.2 -12.0 -1.2 0.50 -14.4 4 3 12
1962 32 MIN AL 1.7 0.2 148 0.7 4.3 -3.6 1.56 0.1 0.3 -2.3 -0.2 1.56 -2.0 9 4 8
1963 33 MIN AL -1.9 -0.2 49 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 .65 -0.0 -0.5 -2.6 -0.3 0.65 -0.9 3 1 6
11 Yrs 91.9 10.0 7458 6.4 133.2 -126.8 1.02 6.0 0.3 76.0 7.9 1.02 61.6 47 28 57

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
1954 24 BOS AL 36 26 14 9 3 0 2 14 12 .538 0 2 11 3 16 62% 55.1 85 18 13 2 9 2 4.9 5.4 6.9
1955 25 BOS AL 35 35 18 13 4 3 5 19 16 .543 0 2 16 3 22 63% 55.9 85 23 16 5 7 3 5.0 5.2 7.4
1956 26 BOS AL 34 33 13 7 13 3 2 23 10 .697 3 9 12 1 18 55% 51.4 80 21 11 4 6 5 5.6 4.9 7.2
1957 27 BOS AL 31 30 14 11 5 1 6 17 13 .567 2 3 14 3 23 77% 60.8 81 31 7 3 4 7 3.9 4.0 8.0
1958 28 BOS AL 32 29 13 9 7 4 3 16 13 .552 1 3 10 2 14 48% 51.4 85 29 14 3 4 11 4.8 5.1 6.7
1959 29 BOS AL 30 26 9 11 6 1 2 10 16 .385 2 2 5 2 14 54% 51.2 83 25 20 7 5 7 4.2 5.1 6.4
1960 30 BOS AL 40 22 4 13 5 0 1 9 13 .409 0 4 4 0 7 32% 43.4 85 15 22 11 9 6 4.3 2.8 4.9
1961 31 PHI NL 49 18 2 12 4 0 4 5 13 .278 0 1 1 1 6 33% 45.8 79 18 16 5 6 6 3.2 2.3 5.4
8 Yrs 287 219 87 85 47 12 25 113 106 .516 8 26 73 15 120 55% 53 85 15 119 40 50 47 4.6 4.6 6.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.3 6.4

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
1953 23 BOS AL 14 14 1 1 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 18 6 33% 3 .893 4 4 6 3 1 10 8 6 10 2 10 3 5.5
1954 24 BOS AL 36 10 6 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 2 33% 8 1.014 4 1 5 3 2 5 3 7 9 0 9 0 7.7
1956 26 BOS AL 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.082 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 15.0
1957 27 BOS AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.055 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1958 28 BOS AL 32 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 4 1 25% 8 .991 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.0
1959 29 BOS AL 30 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 1 9% 6 1.005 2 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 3 1 3 0 7.8
1960 30 BOS AL 40 18 4 2 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 19 6 32% 5 1.009 7 4 7 3 5 10 11 7 12 4 12 2 7.5
1961 31 PHI NL 49 31 19 1 4 8 6 2 75% 8 0 29 7 24% 8 1.112 11 8 12 8 5 18 15 16 19 7 19 11 6.0
1962 32 TOT MLB 40 40 14 4 3 8 5 3 63% 11 3 19 8 42% 1.090 13 7 20 13 5 22 13 27 20 9 21 9 4.2
1962 32 PHI NL 19 19 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 8 3 38% 7 .500 4 3 12 4 2 13 6 13 8 8 8 5 3.6
1962 32 MIN AL 21 21 10 4 1 8 5 3 63% 9 1 11 5 45% 7 1.558 9 4 8 9 3 9 7 14 12 1 13 4 4.8
1963 33 MIN AL 10 10 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 3 38% 6 .652 3 1 6 1 1 8 5 5 3 5 4 1 3.3
10 Yrs 316 132 53 10 15 27 18 9 67% 30 3 114 34 30% 1.036 47 28 57 36 20 76 61 71 80 29 82 26 5.6

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%
1953 23 BOS AL 105 62% 2.9% 16.2% 10.5% 6.7% 29% 1.54 68% 29 7 24%
1954 24 BOS AL 857 61% 2.2% 14.5% 7.7% 4.8% 22% 1.29 74% 177 22 12%
1955 25 BOS AL 1103 60% 2.1% 11.7% 9.1% 5.5% 26% 1.08 75% 199 21 11%
1956 26 BOS AL 1047 58% 2.1% 11.1% 7.8% 6.7% 28% 1.17 77% 212 29 14%
1957 27 BOS AL 963 63% 1.7% 13.7% 5.2% 6.4% 29% 1.39 82% 159 18 11%
1958 28 BOS AL 837 61% 1.4% 12.3% 5.9% 6.8% 26% 1.22 80% 172 29 17%
1959 29 BOS AL 752 63% 2.3% 14.3% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 1.00 73% 153 20 13%
1960 30 BOS AL 678 69% 1.8% 14.6% 7.7% 7.1% 29% 1.01 75% 137 10 7%
1961 31 PHI NL 687 56% 2.8% 16.6% 8.0% 7.1% 30% 1.77 71% 129 10 8%
1962 32 TOT MLB 260 62% 1.9% 8.5% 9.6% 7.3% 27% 1.01 77% 68 6 9%
1962 32 PHI NL 115 63% 1.7% 10.4% 10.4% 8.7% 26% 1.12 74% 35 3 9%
1962 32 MIN AL 145 61% 2.1% 6.9% 9.0% 6.2% 27% 0.96 80% 33 3 9%
1963 33 MIN AL 49 73% 2.0% 4.1% 8.2% 8.2% 27% 1.82 82% 12 2 17%
11 Yrs 7338 61% 2.0% 13.2% 7.7% 6.3% 27% 1.21 76% 1447 174 12%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.2% 9.1% 6.7% 28% 1.00 76% 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
1953 23 BOS AL 105 24 3 0 10 2 1 3 0 11 6 2 55% 1 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 24 BOS AL 857 185 19 0 14 11 8 11 8 43 20 9 47% 13 1 0 326 14 7 67% 13 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1955 25 BOS AL 1101 235 23 0 15 13 10 13 10 42 23 8 55% 22 2 1 406 6 8 43% 5 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 11 2
1956 26 BOS AL 1047 253 22 1 18 13 9 13 9 58 29 6 50% 20 4 1 414 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1957 27 BOS AL 927 206 16 1 6 13 3 9 7 34 17 5 50% 14 2 1 321 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 36
1958 28 BOS AL 837 216 12 0 15 7 5 6 6 36 23 3 64% 11 2 2 332 6 6 50% 5 6 0 0 1 0 2 0 13 0
1959 29 BOS AL 749 172 17 0 15 12 5 9 8 28 14 0 50% 10 2 1 294 7 6 54% 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 3
1960 30 BOS AL 672 164 12 0 22 9 3 6 6 48 26 5 54% 8 3 2 250 13 2 87% 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 6
1961 31 PHI NL 687 161 19 1 11 11 8 10 9 36 19 6 53% 10 1 0 266 12 6 67% 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 32 TOT MLB 260 71 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 24 15 0 63% 3 1 0 119 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1962 32 PHI NL 115 38 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 10 7 0 70% 1 0 0 56 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 32 MIN AL 145 33 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 14 8 0 57% 2 1 0 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963 33 MIN AL 49 15 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 7291 1702 149 4 134 95 54 82 67 364 193 44 53% 112 18 8 2792 70 42 63% 66 34 3 5 1 3 4 0 94 47
MLB Averages 51% 59%

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+
1953 23 1 1 .500 5.61 14 0 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 16 16 3 11 17 1 0 0 104 75 1.364 8.4 1.1 3.9 6.0 1.55 75
1954 24 16 13 .552 3.41 50 26 7 11 3 1 232.0 209 97 88 22 77 141 7 2 1 961 122 1.233 8.1 0.9 3.0 5.5 1.83 122
1955 25 34 26 .567 3.15 85 61 7 27 6 1 492.0 444 200 172 45 177 5 270 14 3 3 2066 135 1.262 8.1 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.53 135
1956 26 48 33 .593 3.24 119 94 8 39 7 1 734.0 697 312 264 67 259 11 386 22 4 7 3114 135 1.302 8.5 0.8 3.2 4.7 1.49 135
1957 27 62 44 .585 3.11 150 124 9 53 10 1 974.2 903 388 337 83 307 15 513 29 4 9 4075 137 1.241 8.3 0.8 2.8 4.7 1.67 137
1958 28 75 53 .586 3.19 182 153 12 63 12 4 1174.0 1119 479 416 95 356 15 616 32 5 11 4911 133 1.256 8.6 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.73 133
1959 29 84 64 .568 3.29 212 179 13 68 14 5 1351.2 1291 565 494 112 423 17 723 39 6 13 5662 128 1.268 8.6 0.7 2.8 4.8 1.71 128
1960 30 90 80 .529 3.47 252 201 17 72 14 6 1505.1 1455 659 581 124 475 23 821 45 6 16 6340 120 1.282 8.7 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.73 120
1961 31 93 96 .492 3.55 301 219 36 73 15 12 1664.2 1616 752 657 143 530 28 935 50 6 17 7027 117 1.289 8.7 0.8 2.9 5.1 1.76 117
1962 32 97 99 .495 3.58 341 219 50 73 15 17 1721.0 1687 790 685 148 555 30 957 52 6 18 7287 116 1.303 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.72 116
1963 33 97 100 .492 3.60 351 219 53 73 15 18 1732.0 1702 797 692 149 559 31 959 52 6 18 7336 116 1.305 8.8 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.72 116

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
1953 23 1 1 .500 6.00 24.0 25 18 16 3 11 16 1 1.500 9.4 4.1 6.0 1.45 1.1 14
1954 24 14 9 .609 3.07 211.0 189 80 72 19 67 127 6 1.213 8.1 2.9 5.4 1.90 0.8 36
1955 25 21 9 .700 2.66 271.0 235 89 80 23 100 134 7 1.236 7.8 3.3 4.5 1.34 0.8 35
1956 26 18 10 .643 2.94 254.0 245 92 83 21 79 122 8 1.276 8.7 2.8 4.3 1.54 0.7 34
1957 27 18 9 .667 2.83 245.0 217 86 77 17 51 129 7 1.094 8.0 1.9 4.7 2.53 0.6 31
1958 28 12 10 .545 3.73 198.0 225 91 82 12 51 102 3 1.394 10.2 2.3 4.6 2.00 0.5 32
1959 29 9 10 .474 4.07 177.0 178 89 80 18 69 107 7 1.395 9.1 3.5 5.4 1.55 0.9 30
1960 30 7 10 .412 4.98 161.0 170 99 89 12 54 103 6 1.391 9.5 3.0 5.8 1.91 0.7 40
1961 31 8 10 .444 4.31 163.0 167 87 78 20 57 117 5 1.374 9.2 3.1 6.5 2.05 1.1 49
1962 32 3 3 .500 4.67 54.0 70 31 28 5 25 21 2 1.759 11.7 4.2 3.5 0.84 0.8 40
1963 33 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 16 9 8 1 4 2 0 2.000 14.4 3.6 1.8 0.50 0.9 10
11 Yrs 111 82 .575 3.53 1768.0 1737 771 693 151 568 980 52 1.304 8.8 5.0 1.73 0.8 351

* 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

All-Star Games
1955 *
1956

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1957 AL  5.8 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1955 AL  4.3 (5th)
1956 AL  3.7 (10th)
1957 AL  6.1 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  2.91 (5th)
1956 AL  3.42 (10th)
1957 AL  2.73 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1954 AL  15 (10th)
1955 AL  18 (1st)
1957 AL  14 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL  .667 (7th)
1958 AL  .591 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1954 AL  1.216 (7th)
1955 AL  1.288 (8th)
1957 AL  1.055 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  7.704 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL  2.879 (10th)
1956 AL  3.050 (6th)
1957 AL  1.795 (1st)
1958 AL  2.212 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL  5.409 (6th)
1959 AL  5.420 (9th)
1961 NL  6.439 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 AL  260.0 (1st)
1956 AL  242.0 (10th)
1957 AL  240.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL  124 (9th)
1955 AL  129 (6th)
1957 AL  127 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1955 AL  35 (1st)
1956 AL  33 (6th)
1957 AL  30 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
1957 AL  14 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 AL  3 (10th)
1955 AL  3 (8th)
1957 AL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  19 (7th)
1955 AL  23 (2nd)
1956 AL  22 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  100 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1955 AL  235 (2nd)
1956 AL  253 (6th)
1958 AL  216 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 AL  1.879 (2nd)
1957 AL  2.646 (2nd)
1958 AL  2.102 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  0.598 (6th)
1958 AL  0.542 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1955 AL  13 (6th)
1960 AL  16 (2nd)
1961 NL  16 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  84 (10th)
1960 AL  87 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL  6 (8th)
1955 AL  7 (7th)
1956 AL  8 (4th)
1957 AL  7 (7th)
1959 AL  7 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 AL  1,105 (1st)
1956 AL  1,048 (8th)
1957 AL  961 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1954 AL  131 (8th)
1955 AL  149 (2nd)
1956 AL  135 (5th)
1957 AL  146 (2nd)
Career  116 (189th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  20 (7th)
1955 AL  34 (2nd)
1956 AL  26 (9th)
1957 AL  34 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1954 AL  2.2 (7th)
1955 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1956 AL  2.6 (9th)
1957 AL  3.8 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 AL  30.65 (5th)
1956 AL  23.88 (10th)
1957 AL  36.51 (1st)
Career  76.04 (203rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1956 AL  2.9 (8th)
1957 AL  3.5 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.0 (7th)
1957 AL  3.9 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.1 (6th)
1956 AL  2.3 (10th)
1957 AL  4.0 (1st)
Career  7.9 (207th)


† 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 71 (347), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Al Smith (961)
  2. Eric Show (956)
  3. Gene Conley (954)
  4. Nels Potter (953)
  5. Joey Jay (953)
  6. Ralph Terry (952)
  7. Max Butcher (951)
  8. Cal McLish (947)
  9. Ray Herbert (946)
  10. Clyde Wright (946)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bob Milacki (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Lee (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Lee (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dock Ellis (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doug Drabek (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Goltz (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Lary (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Joaquin Andujar (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Danny Darwin (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Reed (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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