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Max Surkont

Matthew Constantine Surkont

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/WhiteSox/Giants/Cardinals 1949-1957

Final Game: May 1, 1957
Died: October 8, 1986 in Largo, FL
Buried: Notre Dame Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
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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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 0 246 120 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 71 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 11 100 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 42 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 80 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 42 1.737 12.8 2.8 2.8 11.4 4.00
9 Yrs 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 69 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 42 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

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
1949 27 CHW AL 96.0 44 2 61 5.72 4.90 0.15 0.00 98.4 4.67 -11 -1.1 1.1 -0.2 -0.6 -3 .475 .493 $
1950 28 BSN NL 55.2 9 6 29 4.69 4.65 -0.12 0.00 93.4 4.45 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.4 5 .488 .499 $
1951 29 BSN NL 237.0 37 33 119 4.52 4.50 -0.23 0.00 93.5 4.42 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.1 1.7 23 .493 .498 $
1952 30 BSN NL 215.0 31 29 95 3.98 4.22 -0.21 0.00 97.1 4.30 8 0.9 .3 -0.1 2.7 30 .529 .506 $
1953 31 MLN NL 170.1 28 24 82 4.33 4.86 0.08 0.00 94.0 4.49 4 0.4 .8 -0.1 1.9 23 .516 .503 $
1954 32 PIT NL 208.1 33 29 124 5.36 4.71 -0.24 0.00 101.4 5.01 -7 -0.7 .6 -0.1 1.0 15 .478 .495 $
1955 33 PIT NL 166.1 35 22 109 5.90 4.73 -0.26 0.00 99.7 4.97 -14 -1.4 1.6 -0.1 0.0 1 .460 .491 $
1956 34 PIT NL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 3.85 -0.02 0.00 102.0 3.95 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .491 .500 $
1956 34 STL NL 5.2 5 0 6 9.53 4.53 0.20 0.00 99.0 4.28 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -3 .435 .498 $
1956 34 NYG NL 32.0 8 4 17 4.78 4.31 0.18 0.00 99.6 4.11 -2 -0.2 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .477 .499 $
1957 35 NYG NL 6.1 5 0 7 9.95 4.32 -0.07 0.00 104.9 4.61 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .426 .498 $
9 Seasons 1194.2 236 149 650 4.90 4.60 -0.14 0.00 97.1 4.60 -32 -3.1 1.0 -0.8 6.7 91 .487 .498 $
MLN (4 yrs) 678.0 105 92 325 4.31 4.51 -0.14 0.00 94.7 4.40 9 1.0 .7 -0.4 6.7 81 .509 .501 $
PIT (3 yrs) 376.2 69 51 234 5.59 4.71 -0.24 0.00 100.6 4.99 -21 -2.1 1.3 -0.3 1.0 17 .469 .496 $
NYG (2 yrs) 38.1 13 4 24 5.63 4.31 0.14 0.00 100.5 4.19 -5 -0.6 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .458 .498 $
STL (1 yr) 5.2 5 0 6 9.53 4.53 0.20 0.00 99.0 4.28 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -3 .435 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 96.0 44 2 61 5.72 4.90 0.15 0.00 98.4 4.67 -11 -1.1 1.1 -0.2 -0.6 -3 .475 .493 $

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
1949 27 CHW AL 44 206 360 61 92 11 1 9 0 1 60 38 .256 .366 .367 .733 .265 132 5 3 11 0 3
1950 28 BSN NL 9 182 223 29 63 6 0 5 2 3 20 21 .283 .347 .377 .724 .294 84 2 2 3 0 4
1951 29 BSN NL 37 1020 913 119 230 32 7 21 11 10 89 110 .252 .323 .371 .694 .267 339 19 7 13 0 21
1952 30 BSN NL 31 885 820 95 201 30 3 19 12 3 76 125 .245 .311 .359 .670 .269 294 11 3 13 0 11
1953 31 MLN NL 28 565 650 82 168 20 6 22 5 3 64 83 .258 .325 .409 .734 .268 266 12 0 10 0 7
1954 32 PIT NL 33 680 801 124 216 26 6 25 5 4 78 78 .270 .335 .411 .746 .271 329 14 4 21 7 17
1955 33 PIT NL 35 578 653 109 194 29 7 23 8 4 78 84 .297 .372 .469 .841 .310 306 17 3 9 5 4 8
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 1
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 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 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 0
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 0
9 Yrs 236 4314 4598 650 1209 159 33 134 45 28 481 571 .263 .335 .399 .734 .275 1836 80 22 82 14 5 72
162 Game Avg. 42 762 812 115 214 28 6 24 8 5 85 101 .263 .335 .399 .734 .275 324 14 4 14 2 13
MLB Averages .260 .334 .384 .718 .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
1949 27 CHW AL -8.0 -0.8 213 -0.7 2.7 -3.4 .90 -0.5 -0.3 -6.7 -0.7 0.89 -5.9 6 3 14
1950 28 BSN NL 1.3 0.1 189 -0.2 3.9 -4.1 1.29 -0.4 0.3 -2.6 -0.3 1.28 -3.9 0 0 1
1951 29 BSN NL -8.6 -0.8 1052 -0.5 18.5 -19.0 1.06 0.4 -0.9 -6.4 -0.7 1.05 0.4 0 1 3
1952 30 BSN NL 0.4 0.0 919 0.5 16.4 -15.9 1.07 0.5 -0.0 3.7 0.4 1.07 3.0 0 0 2
1953 31 MLN NL -1.2 -0.1 600 1.5 9.5 -8.0 .88 0.9 0.8 11.5 1.2 0.86 9.3 0 3 1
1954 32 PIT NL -9.5 -0.9 715 -1.0 12.5 -13.5 1.00 -0.8 -0.2 -14.0 -1.3 1.00 -8.7 0 1 2
1955 33 PIT NL -23.9 -2.3 635 -2.1 11.1 -13.2 1.09 -1.7 -0.2 -14.8 -1.4 1.07 -18.3 4 1 3
1956 34 TOT NL -5.4 -0.5 170 -0.4 1.9 -2.3 .72 -0.3 -0.3 -8.8 -0.9 0.73 -3.4 0 2 7
1956 34 PIT NL 0.1 0.0 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .69 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.69 -0.6 0 0 1
1956 34 STL NL -3.1 -0.3 27 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .38 -0.5 -0.3 -6.8 -0.6 0.38 -5.9 0 1 4
1956 34 NYG NL -2.4 -0.2 132 -0.0 1.8 -1.8 .80 0.3 -0.3 -2.0 -0.2 0.80 3.0 0 1 2
1957 35 NYG NL -3.6 -0.4 30 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .53 -0.1 -0.5 -2.2 -0.2 0.53 -2.7 1 1 3
9 Yrs -58.3 -5.6 4523 -3.3 76.7 -80.0 1.02 -2.1 -1.1 -40.4 -3.8 1.01 -30.3 11 12 36

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
1949 27 CHW AL 44 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 55.0 66 44 14 6 1 0 3.3 7.3
1950 28 BSN NL 9 6 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 .500 0 0 2 0 4 67% 46.0 54 35 3 2 1 4 6.4 6.4 8.1
1951 29 BSN NL 37 33 11 16 6 1 5 13 20 .394 2 0 11 2 17 52% 50.3 84 7 18 9 13 8 4.1 3.9 6.8
1952 30 BSN NL 31 29 12 13 4 1 2 14 14 .500 0 5 12 3 15 52% 53.9 91 21 8 3 9 9 3.4 2.8 7.2
1953 31 MLN NL 28 24 11 5 8 4 0 14 8 .636 0 3 11 2 9 38% 51.0 87 19 12 3 7 8 5.6 6.3 6.7
1954 32 PIT NL 33 29 8 18 3 1 6 11 18 .379 0 1 11 0 14 48% 47.6 76 16 4 1 5 11 3.7 3.4 6.8
1955 33 PIT NL 35 22 6 13 3 3 4 8 14 .364 1 2 5 0 9 41% 44.6 65 13 18 9 6 7 4.1 3.8 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% 51.2 70 32 1 1 2 1 4.2 5.5 6.3
8 Yrs 225 149 53 70 26 12 21 65 81 .445 3 11 53 7 71 48% 50 91 7 78 34 44 48 4.2 4.0 6.9
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.5 4.5 6.6

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
1949 27 CHW AL 44 42 23 3 4 1 4 0 400% 2 1 24 7 29% .896 6 3 14 2 3 19 13 11 22 9 13 6 5.8
1950 28 BSN NL 9 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.286 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7.0
1951 29 BSN NL 37 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 1.056 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 10.0
1952 30 BSN NL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.073 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1953 31 MLN NL 28 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 .881 0 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 7.0
1954 32 PIT NL 33 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.004 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 3 1 8.3
1955 33 PIT NL 35 13 7 1 1 2 2 1 100% 3 1 8 3 38% 1.086 4 1 3 3 1 4 4 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% .724 0 2 7 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 .685 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 .382 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 .798 0 1 2 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 .533 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 5 2 2 2 1 3.8
9 Yrs 236 87 46 8 6 5 8 1 160% 7 2 46 16 35% 1.018 11 12 36 7 5 49 23 38 50 15 37 11 6.0

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%
1949 27 CHW AL 435 57% 4.4% 18.5% 29.1% 10.2% 23% 1.11 152% 51 5 10%
1950 28 BSN NL 248 65% 2.8% 11.5% 11.0% 6.0% 18% 0.58 108% 38 2 5%
1951 29 BSN NL 1022 62% 2.1% 10.8% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 0.70 77% 217 19 9%
1952 30 BSN NL 913 61% 2.2% 14.1% 8.6% 5.9% 26% 0.88 76% 151 11 7%
1953 31 MLN NL 724 58% 3.9% 14.7% 11.3% 8.5% 29% 0.87 96% 108 12 11%
1954 32 PIT NL 911 61% 3.7% 11.5% 11.5% 8.4% 26% 1.04 104% 133 14 11%
1955 33 PIT NL 748 59% 4.0% 14.5% 13.5% 10.2% 30% 1.11 95% 139 17 12%
1956 34 TOT NL 168 54% 4.8% 14.3% 8.3% 8.3% 39% 0.74 71% 29 0 0%
1956 34 PIT NL 11 55% 0.0% 9.1% 27.3% 0.0% 0% 0.67 55% 3 0 0%
1956 34 STL NL 27 56% 11.1% 18.5% 7.4% 18.5% 50% 1.20 59% 5 0 0%
1956 34 NYG NL 130 54% 3.9% 13.9% 6.9% 6.9% 38% 0.70 75% 21 0 0%
1957 35 NYG NL 30 77% 6.7% 26.7% 6.7% 13.3% 44% 1.20 60% 6 0 0%
9 Yrs 5199 60% 3.1% 13.2% 11.2% 7.6% 27% 0.87 91% 872 80 9%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.2% 10.7% 6.8% 26% 0.96 85% 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
1949 27 CHW AL 206 92 9 0 10 2 2 4 0 23 12 2 52% 3 3 1 89 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 229
1950 28 BSN NL 182 63 5 0 4 3 2 2 3 8 4 1 50% 4 0 1 78 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 66
1951 29 BSN NL 1020 230 21 2 28 14 7 8 13 57 32 3 56% 21 5 4 387 11 10 52% 10 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 12 2
1952 30 BSN NL 885 201 19 1 14 11 8 5 14 34 20 4 59% 11 7 3 317 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 15 28
1953 31 MLN NL 565 168 22 0 9 10 9 7 12 29 13 5 45% 7 2 0 206 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 159
1954 32 PIT NL 680 216 25 1 16 9 13 4 18 42 20 2 48% 17 4 1 248 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 231
1955 33 PIT NL 578 194 23 1 15 8 11 6 13 36 15 5 42% 8 6 0 247 8 4 67% 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 170
1956 34 TOT NL 168 36 8 1 4 6 2 3 5 14 9 1 64% 1 1 0 51 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 34 PIT NL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 Yrs 4314 1209 134 6 100 63 55 40 78 246 128 23 52% 72 28 10 1632 45 28 62% 41 24 3 0 1 3 9 0 57 885
MLB Averages 52% 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+
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 95 1.374 8.8 0.9 3.6 4.4 1.22 95
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 95 1.382 8.9 0.9 3.5 4.2 1.18 95
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 91 1.419 9.1 1.0 3.6 4.2 1.16 91
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

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
1949 27 5 6 .455 4.64 99.0 94 57 51 9 61 39 3 1.566 8.5 5.5 3.5 0.64 0.8 44
1950 28 3 3 .500 3.54 56.0 67 24 22 5 21 21 2 1.571 10.8 3.4 3.4 1.00 0.8 9
1951 29 12 14 .462 4.39 238.0 246 129 116 22 95 110 7 1.433 9.3 3.6 4.2 1.16 0.8 37
1952 30 11 13 .458 4.29 216.0 220 114 103 21 83 126 3 1.403 9.2 3.5 5.3 1.52 0.9 31
1953 31 9 10 .474 4.34 172.0 176 92 83 23 67 84 0 1.413 9.2 3.5 4.4 1.25 1.2 28
1954 32 11 13 .458 4.19 219.0 222 113 102 26 80 82 4 1.379 9.1 3.3 3.4 1.03 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 5.71 41.0 38 29 26 8 15 25 0 1.293 8.3 3.3 5.5 1.67 1.8 14
1957 35 0 0 9.00 7.0 9 8 7 2 2 8 0 1.571 11.6 2.6 10.3 4.00 2.6 5
9 Yrs 58 74 .439 4.56 1215.0 1272 683 615 140 504 579 22 1.462 9.4 4.3 1.15 1.0 236

* 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

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  1,022 (9th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Mike Bielecki (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sid Hudson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Wilson (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fritz Ostermueller (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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