Max Surkont
Matthew Constantine Surkont
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 16, 1922 in Central Falls, RI
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1949
Final Game: May 1, 1957
Died: October 8, 1986 in Largo, FL
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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
1949 27 CHW AL 3 5 .375 4.78 44 2 23 0 0 4 96.0 92 61 51 9 60 38 3 0 3 435 87 1.583 8.6 0.8 5.6 3.6 0.63
1950 28 BSN NL 5 2 .714 3.23 9 6 3 2 0 0 55.2 63 29 20 5 20 21 2 0 0 246 119 1.491 10.2 0.8 3.2 3.4 1.05
1951 29 BSN NL 12 16 .429 3.99 37 33 3 11 2 1 237.0 230 119 105 21 89 110 7 0 5 1022 92 1.346 8.7 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.24
1952 30 BSN NL 12 13 .480 3.77 31 29 1 12 3 0 215.0 201 95 90 19 76 125 3 0 7 914 96 1.288 8.4 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.64
1953 31 MLN NL 11 5 .688 4.18 28 24 2 11 2 0 170.0 168 82 79 22 64 83 0 2 2 732 94 1.365 8.9 1.2 3.4 4.4 1.30
1954 32 PIT NL 9 18 .333 4.41 33 29 2 11 0 0 208.1 216 124 102 25 78 78 4 0 4 916 94 1.411 9.3 1.1 3.4 3.4 1.00
1955 33 PIT NL 7 14 .333 5.57 35 22 7 5 0 2 166.1 194 109 103 23 78 4 84 3 0 6 745 73 1.635 10.5 1.2 4.2 4.5 1.08
1956 34 TOT NL 2 2 .500 5.45 14 4 4 1 0 1 39.2 36 24 24 8 14 1 24 0 0 1 167 69 1.261 8.2 1.8 3.2 5.4 1.71
1956 34 PIT NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 84 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1956 34 STL NL 0 0 9.53 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 27 40 2.118 15.9 4.8 3.2 7.9 2.50
1956 34 NYG NL 2 2 .500 4.78 8 4 2 1 0 1 32.0 24 17 17 5 9 1 18 0 0 1 129 79 1.031 6.8 1.4 2.5 5.1 2.00
1957 35 NYG NL 0 1 .000 9.95 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 9 7 7 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 30 40 1.737 12.8 2.8 2.8 11.4 4.00
9 Seasons 61 76 .445 4.38 236 149 46 53 7 8 1194.1 1209 650 581 134 481 5 571 22 2 28 5207 89 1.415 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.19
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .445 4.38 42 26 8 9 1 1 211 214 115 103 24 85 101 4 0 5 920 89 1.415 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.19
MLN (4 yrs) 40 36 .526 3.90 105 92 9 36 7 1 677.2 662 325 294 67 249 339 12 2 14 2914 96 1.344 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.5 1.36
PIT (3 yrs) 16 32 .333 4.92 69 51 9 16 0 2 376.2 412 234 206 48 159 4 163 7 0 10 1672 84 1.516 9.8 1.1 3.8 3.9 1.03
NYG (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 5.63 13 4 3 1 0 1 38.1 33 24 24 7 11 1 26 0 0 1 159 67 1.148 7.7 1.6 2.6 6.1 2.36
STL (1 yr) 0 0 9.53 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 27 40 2.118 15.9 4.8 3.2 7.9 2.50
CHW (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.78 44 2 23 0 0 4 96.0 92 61 51 9 60 38 3 0 3 435 87 1.583 8.6 0.8 5.6 3.6 0.63
NL (8 yrs) 58 71 .450 4.34 192 147 23 53 7 4 1098.1 1117 589 530 125 421 5 533 19 2 25 4772 89 1.400 9.2 1.0 3.4 4.4 1.27
AL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.78 44 2 23 0 0 4 96.0 92 61 51 9 60 38 3 0 3 435 87 1.583 8.6 0.8 5.6 3.6 0.63

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
1954 32 PIT NL 33 911 801 124 216 25 6 25 3 4 78 78 .270 .335 .409 .744 .271 328 12 4 21 7
1955 33 PIT NL 35 745 650 109 194 18 4 23 2 3 78 84 .298 .374 .445 .818 .312 289 13 3 9 5 4
1956 34 NYG NL 8 130 120 17 24 2 2 5 2 0 9 18 .200 .254 .375 .629 .194 45 0 0 0 1 1
1956 34 PIT NL 1 11 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 .333 2 0 0 1 1 0
1956 34 STL NL 5 27 24 6 10 2 0 3 0 0 2 5 .417 .462 .875 1.337 .438 21 0 0 1 0 0
1956 34 TOT NL 14 168 150 24 36 4 2 8 2 0 14 24 .240 .301 .453 .755 .233 68 0 0 2 2 1
1957 35 NYG NL 5 30 28 7 9 1 1 2 0 0 2 8 .321 .367 .643 1.010 .389 18 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 87 1854 1629 264 455 48 13 58 7 7 172 194 .279 .348 .432 .780 .285 703 25 7 32 14 5
162 Game Avg. 42 888 780 126 218 23 6 28 3 3 82 93 .279 .348 .432 .780 .285 337 12 3 15 7
MLB Averages

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
1954 32 PIT NL 33 29 8 18 3 1 6 11 18 .379 0 1 11 0 14 48% 48 76 16 3 1 5 11 3.7 3.7 6.8
1955 33 PIT NL 35 22 6 13 3 3 4 8 14 .364 0 1 5 0 9 41% 45 65 13 12 7 6 7 4.1 2.1 6.4
1956 34 TOT NL 14 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 2 50% 70 32 3 1 2 1 4.2 5.5 6.3
1956 34 NYG NL 8 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 2 50% 51 70 32 1 1 2 1 4.2 5.5 6.3
3 Seasons 76 55 16 33 6 5 11 21 34 .382 0 2 17 0 25 45% 47 76 13 16 9 13 19 3.9 3.5 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
1954 32 PIT NL 33 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.975 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 2 1 8.3
1955 33 PIT NL 35 13 7 1 1 1 2 1 200% 2 1 7 2 29% 1.083 3 2 2 2 1 4 3 4 6 2 4 2 5.8
1956 34 TOT NL 14 10 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 6 86% 0.738 0 2 8 1 0 9 3 7 6 2 6 0 4.4
1956 34 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.602 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1956 34 STL NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 2 0.441 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 2 0 3.4
1956 34 NYG NL 8 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 0.806 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.3
1957 35 NYG NL 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.566 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 5 2 2 2 1 3.8
4 Seasons 87 32 14 2 2 2 3 1 150% 3 1 14 8 57% 0.964 4 5 15 3 2 19 6 18 18 6 14 4 5.4

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%
1949 27 CHW AL
1950 28 BSN NL
1951 29 BSN NL
1952 30 BSN NL
1953 31 MLN NL
1954 32 PIT NL 911 41% 2.7% 8.6% 8.6% 6.2% 26% 1.08 77% 113 12 11%
1955 33 PIT NL 745 38% 3.1% 11.3% 10.5% 6.0% 23% 1.03 74% 94 13 14%
1956 34 TOT NL 168 45% 4.8% 14.3% 8.3% 8.3% 39% 0.75 71% 27 0 0%
1956 34 PIT NL 11 33% 0.0% 9.1% 27.3% 0.0% 0% 55% 1 0 0%
1956 34 STL NL 27 44% 11.1% 18.5% 7.4% 18.5% 50% 1.20 59% 5 0 0%
1956 34 NYG NL 130 46% 3.9% 13.9% 6.9% 6.9% 38% 0.70 75% 21 0 0%
1957 35 NYG NL 30 23% 6.7% 26.7% 6.7% 13.3% 44% 1.20 60% 6 0 0%
9 Seasons 1854 40% 7.2% 30.8% 25.9% 6.4% 10% 1.01 75% 240 25 10%
MLB Averages

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
1949 27 CHW AL 92 9 3
1950 28 BSN NL 63 5 0
1951 29 BSN NL 230 21 5
1952 30 BSN NL 201 19 7
1953 31 MLN NL 168 22 2
1954 32 PIT NL 587 216 25 1 14 7 13 4 16 33 17 2 52% 15 4 0 215 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 324
1955 33 PIT NL 358 194 23 1 13 6 8 1 13 23 8 2 35% 2 6 0 162 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 387
1956 34 TOT NL 163 36 8 1 4 6 2 3 5 13 8 1 62% 1 1 0 48 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1956 34 PIT NL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1956 34 STL NL 27 10 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 NYG NL 130 24 5 1 2 3 2 2 3 11 6 1 55% 1 1 0 35 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 35 NYG NL 30 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1138 1209 134 3 31 19 24 9 34 72 36 5 50% 18 28 0 434 7 7 50% 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 716
MLB Averages

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+
1949 27 3 5 .375 4.78 44 2 23 0 0 4 96.0 92 61 51 9 60 38 3 0 3 435 87 1.583 8.6 0.8 5.6 3.6 0.63 87
1950 28 8 7 .533 4.21 53 8 26 2 0 4 151.2 155 90 71 14 80 59 5 0 3 681 96 1.549 9.2 0.8 4.7 3.5 0.74 96
1951 29 20 23 .465 4.08 90 41 29 13 2 5 388.2 385 209 176 35 169 169 12 0 8 1703 94 1.425 8.9 0.8 3.9 3.9 1.00 94
1952 30 32 36 .471 3.97 121 70 30 25 5 5 603.2 586 304 266 54 245 294 15 0 15 2617 95 1.377 8.7 0.8 3.7 4.4 1.20 95
1953 31 43 41 .512 4.01 149 94 32 36 7 5 773.2 754 386 345 76 309 377 15 2 17 3349 94 1.374 8.8 0.9 3.6 4.4 1.22 94
1954 32 52 59 .468 4.10 182 123 34 47 7 5 982.0 970 510 447 101 387 455 19 2 21 4265 94 1.382 8.9 0.9 3.5 4.2 1.18 94
1955 33 59 73 .447 4.31 217 145 41 52 7 7 1148.1 1164 619 550 124 465 4 539 22 2 27 5010 90 1.419 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.2 1.16 90
1956 34 61 75 .449 4.35 231 149 45 53 7 8 1188.0 1200 643 574 132 479 5 563 22 2 28 5177 90 1.413 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.18 90
1957 35 61 76 .445 4.38 236 149 46 53 7 8 1194.1 1209 650 581 134 481 5 571 22 2 28 5207 89 1.415 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.19 89

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
1949 27 4 6 .400 4.68 98.0 95 57 51 9 62 39 3 1.602 8.7 5.7 3.6 0.63 0.8 44
1950 28 4 2 .667 3.38 56.0 66 23 21 5 21 21 2 1.554 10.6 3.4 3.4 1.00 0.8 9
1951 29 12 14 .462 4.42 236.0 248 129 116 23 96 110 8 1.458 9.5 3.7 4.2 1.15 0.9 37
1952 30 11 12 .478 4.25 216.0 221 113 102 21 84 126 3 1.412 9.2 3.5 5.3 1.50 0.9 31
1953 31 9 10 .474 4.34 172.0 177 92 83 23 67 84 0 1.419 9.3 3.5 4.4 1.25 1.2 28
1954 32 11 13 .458 4.21 218.0 224 113 102 26 81 82 4 1.399 9.2 3.3 3.4 1.01 1.1 33
1955 33 6 12 .333 5.66 167.0 200 117 105 24 80 84 3 1.677 10.8 4.3 4.5 1.05 1.3 35
1956 34 1 3 .250 5.62 40.0 39 28 25 9 15 24 0 1.350 8.8 3.4 5.4 1.60 2.0 14
1957 35 0 0 12.00 6.0 10 9 8 2 2 8 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 12.0 4.00 3.0 5
9 Seasons 58 72 .446 4.56 1209.0 1280 681 613 142 508 578 23 1.479 9.5 4.3 1.14 1.1 236

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 NL--.688--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 NL--5.233--9th
1955 NL--4.545--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--44--5th

Saves s c a p y
1949 AL--4--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1951 NL--237.0--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 NL--125--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1951 NL--33--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 NL--11--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1952 NL--3--10th
1953 NL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--21--8th
1952 NL--19--7th
1954 NL--25--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1951 NL--89--8th
1955 NL--78--5th

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL--16--4th
1952 NL--13--10th
1954 NL--18--2nd
1955 NL--14--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--105--3rd
1952 NL--90--9th
1954 NL--102--4th
1955 NL--103--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 NL--7--2nd
1955 NL--6--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL--7--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1951 NL--1022--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 AL--23--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 16 (914), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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