Fred Talbot
Frederick Lealand Talbot (Bubby)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 28, 1941 in Washington, DC
High School: Fairfax (Fairfax, VA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1963
Final Game: June 14, 1970
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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
1963 22 CHW AL 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 13 116 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 6.0 0.50
1964 23 CHW AL 4 5 .444 3.70 17 12 0 3 2 0 75.1 83 31 31 7 20 0 34 4 0 3 317 93 1.367 9.9 0.8 2.4 4.1 1.70
1965 24 KCA AL 10 12 .455 4.14 39 33 3 2 1 0 198.0 188 96 91 25 86 3 117 6 1 7 856 84 1.384 8.5 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.36
1966 25 TOT AL 11 11 .500 4.36 34 30 2 3 0 0 192.0 188 98 93 22 73 9 85 5 1 8 821 76 1.359 8.8 1.0 3.4 4.0 1.16
1966 25 KCA AL 4 4 .500 4.79 11 11 0 0 0 0 67.2 65 39 36 6 28 6 37 2 0 5 295 71 1.374 8.6 0.8 3.7 4.9 1.32
1966 25 NYY AL 7 7 .500 4.13 23 19 2 3 0 0 124.1 123 59 57 16 45 3 48 3 1 3 526 80 1.351 8.9 1.2 3.3 3.5 1.07
1967 26 NYY AL 6 8 .429 4.22 29 22 3 2 0 0 138.2 132 78 65 20 54 5 61 6 0 0 603 74 1.341 8.6 1.3 3.5 4.0 1.13
1968 27 NYY AL 1 9 .100 3.36 29 11 7 1 0 0 99.0 89 47 37 6 42 6 67 2 0 3 421 85 1.323 8.1 0.5 3.8 6.1 1.60
1969 28 TOT AL 6 10 .375 4.38 45 18 10 1 1 1 146.0 160 78 71 15 54 8 83 4 1 1 638 82 1.466 9.9 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.54
1969 28 NYY AL 0 0 5.11 8 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 9 7 1 6 2 7 0 0 0 56 68 1.541 9.5 0.7 4.4 5.1 1.17
1969 28 SEP AL 5 8 .385 4.16 25 16 2 1 1 0 114.2 125 58 53 12 41 6 67 4 1 1 500 87 1.448 9.8 0.9 3.2 5.3 1.63
1969 28 OAK AL 1 2 .333 5.21 12 2 6 0 0 1 19.0 22 11 11 2 7 0 9 0 0 0 82 66 1.526 10.4 0.9 3.3 4.3 1.29
1970 29 OAK AL 0 1 .000 10.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 33 1.800 10.8 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00
8 Seasons 38 56 .404 4.12 195 126 26 12 4 1 853.2 844 431 391 96 334 31 449 27 3 22 3677 81 1.380 8.9 1.0 3.5 4.7 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .404 4.12 41 27 6 3 1 0 181 179 91 83 20 71 7 95 6 1 5 779 81 1.380 8.9 1.0 3.5 4.7 1.34
OAK (4 yrs) 15 19 .441 4.40 63 46 10 2 1 1 286.1 277 148 140 34 122 9 163 8 1 12 1241 79 1.393 8.7 1.1 3.8 5.1 1.34
NYY (4 yrs) 14 24 .368 3.99 89 52 14 6 0 0 374.1 357 193 166 43 147 16 183 11 1 6 1606 78 1.346 8.6 1.0 3.5 4.4 1.24
CHW (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 3.68 18 12 0 3 2 0 78.1 85 32 32 7 24 0 36 4 0 3 330 94 1.391 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.50
SEP (1 yr) 5 8 .385 4.16 25 16 2 1 1 0 114.2 125 58 53 12 41 6 67 4 1 1 500 87 1.448 9.8 0.9 3.2 5.3 1.63

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
1963 22 CHW AL 1 13 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .222 .462 .222 .684 .286 2 2 0 0 0 0
1964 23 CHW AL 17 317 288 31 83 13 2 7 3 3 20 34 .288 .340 .420 .760 .304 121 10 4 2 3 0
1965 24 KCA AL 39 856 749 96 188 39 4 25 9 2 86 117 .251 .330 .414 .744 .265 310 19 6 7 8 3
1966 25 TOT AL 34 821 731 98 188 29 8 22 7 6 73 85 .257 .327 .409 .736 .264 299 19 5 8 4 9
1966 25 KCA AL 11 295 262 39 65 12 1 6 4 2 28 37 .248 .324 .370 .694 .268 97 3 2 2 1 6
1966 25 NYY AL 23 526 469 59 123 17 7 16 3 4 45 48 .262 .329 .431 .760 .262 202 16 3 6 3 3
1967 26 NYY AL 29 603 523 78 132 17 5 20 7 2 54 61 .252 .325 .419 .744 .249 219 11 6 12 8 5
1968 27 NYY AL 29 421 369 47 89 20 6 6 4 5 42 67 .241 .319 .377 .696 .277 139 7 2 4 4 6
1969 28 TOT AL 45 639 571 78 160 23 7 15 8 7 54 83 .280 .344 .424 .768 .304 242 11 4 6 4 8
1969 28 NYY AL 8 56 46 9 13 2 2 1 0 1 6 7 .283 .352 .478 .830 .300 22 0 0 2 2 2
1969 28 OAK AL 12 82 74 11 22 1 0 2 1 0 7 9 .297 .358 .392 .750 .317 29 3 0 1 0 0
1969 28 SEP AL 25 501 451 58 125 20 5 12 7 6 41 67 .277 .341 .424 .765 .302 191 8 4 3 2 6
1970 29 OAK AL 1 8 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 .167 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 195 3678 3247 431 844 141 32 96 39 25 334 449 .260 .331 .412 .743 .274 1337 79 27 39 31 31
162 Game Avg. 41 779 688 91 179 30 7 20 8 5 71 95 .260 .331 .412 .743 .274 283 17 6 8 7 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
1964 23 CHW AL 17 12 3 5 4 0 1 5 7 .417 0 2 3 2 5 42% 52 76 27 6 1 3 5 3.8 4.8 5.5
1965 24 KCA AL 39 33 10 11 12 2 1 15 18 .455 5 4 2 1 15 45% 50 78 29 32 10 15 5 4.0 4.5 5.6
1966 25 TOT AL 34 30 11 11 8 4 5 14 16 .467 1 5 3 0 14 47% 49 76 5 27 10 12 8 3.9 3.8 6.2
1966 25 KCA AL 11 11 4 4 3 2 1 4 7 .364 0 3 0 0 4 36% 49 76 5 10 4 4 6 2.9 2.9 6.2
1966 25 NYY AL 23 19 7 7 5 2 4 10 9 .526 1 2 3 0 10 53% 49 68 24 17 6 8 2 4.6 4.4 6.2
1967 26 NYY AL 29 22 5 7 10 1 1 8 14 .364 1 3 2 0 9 41% 49 77 24 20 11 4 9 3.6 3.4 5.4
1968 27 NYY AL 29 11 0 8 3 0 1 2 9 .182 0 1 1 0 3 27% 48 68 27 9 6 3 6 2.1 1.4 5.1
1969 28 TOT AL 45 18 4 8 6 0 0 6 12 .333 3 3 1 1 6 33% 82 22 28 11 7 3 4.4 3.7 5.7
1969 28 SEP AL 25 16 4 7 5 0 0 5 11 .313 3 2 1 1 6 38% 48 82 27 17 6 6 2 4.3 3.5 6.1
1969 28 OAK AL 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28 34 22 8 4 1 1 5.5 6.8 2.2
6 Seasons 185 126 33 50 43 7 9 50 76 .397 10 18 12 4 52 41% 49 82 5 119 48 44 36 3.8 3.8 5.7
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
1963 22 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.770 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1964 23 CHW AL 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 4 0.896 1 1 3 1 0 4 3 2 5 0 5 0 5.4
1965 24 KCA AL 39 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 7 0.968 2 1 3 0 1 5 4 2 4 1 4 1 6.2
1966 25 TOT AL 34 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.911 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 0 5.0
1966 25 NYY AL 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.934 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 0 5.0
1967 26 NYY AL 29 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.095 0 3 4 0 1 6 1 6 5 1 5 0 8.7
1968 27 NYY AL 29 18 7 1 1 2 0 2 0% 3 1 10 3 30% 6 0.795 3 4 11 3 0 15 6 12 14 1 14 1 7.2
1969 28 TOT AL 45 27 10 2 2 2 1 1 50% 4 1 20 8 40% 0.968 9 2 15 5 5 17 10 17 16 7 17 4 4.8
1969 28 NYY AL 8 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 4 50% 5 0.312 1 1 6 1 0 7 4 4 4 1 4 1 4.6
1969 28 SEP AL 25 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 1.042 2 1 6 1 2 6 2 7 5 3 5 0 5.4
1969 28 OAK AL 12 10 6 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 8 1 13% 8 0.966 6 0 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 3 8 3 4.4
1970 29 OAK AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.026 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
8 Seasons 184 69 26 5 6 4 1 3 25% 7 2 49 12 24% 0.961 16 13 39 10 9 50 25 44 49 11 50 6 6.1

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%
1963 22 CHW AL 13 46% 0.0% 15.4% 30.8% 0.0% 0% 2.50 54% 8 2 25%
1964 23 CHW AL 317 37% 2.2% 10.7% 6.3% 6.9% 27% 0.92 79% 65 10 15%
1965 24 KCA AL 856 47% 2.9% 13.7% 10.1% 7.9% 36% 0.84 72% 146 19 13%
1966 25 TOT AL 821 45% 2.7% 10.4% 8.9% 7.2% 31% 0.90 76% 162 19 12%
1966 25 KCA AL 295 50% 2.0% 12.5% 9.5% 6.4% 29% 0.75 75% 58 3 5%
1966 25 NYY AL 526 42% 3.0% 9.1% 8.6% 7.6% 33% 0.99 78% 104 16 15%
1967 26 NYY AL 603 42% 3.3% 10.1% 9.0% 7.0% 32% 1.15 75% 111 11 10%
1968 27 NYY AL 421 39% 1.4% 15.9% 10.0% 7.6% 36% 0.92 71% 69 7 10%
1969 28 TOT AL 639 43% 2.4% 13.0% 8.5% 7.0% 28% 0.88 75% 122 11 9%
1969 28 NYY AL 56 14% 1.8% 12.5% 10.7% 8.9% 39% 0.45 71% 12 0 0%
1969 28 SEP AL 501 47% 2.4% 13.4% 8.2% 7.4% 30% 0.89 75% 92 8 9%
1969 28 OAK AL 82 38% 2.4% 11.0% 8.5% 3.7% 14% 1.18 77% 18 3 17%
1970 29 OAK AL 8 38% 12.5% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 50% 0.67 75% 2 0 0%
8 Seasons 3678 43% 2.6% 12.2% 9.1% 7.3% 32% 0.93 74% 685 79 12%
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
1963 22 CHW AL 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 23 CHW AL 317 83 7 0 6 7 0 3 4 12 5 2 42% 2 3 1 130 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1965 24 KCA AL 856 188 25 1 10 12 13 9 16 33 16 2 48% 14 7 1 319 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 23 0
1966 25 TOT AL 821 188 22 0 14 9 13 13 9 50 26 3 52% 14 8 2 296 7 6 54% 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1966 25 KCA AL 295 65 6 0 10 4 2 2 4 20 11 2 55% 5 5 0 103 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1966 25 NYY AL 526 123 16 0 4 5 11 11 5 30 15 1 50% 9 3 2 193 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1967 26 NYY AL 603 132 20 1 5 9 11 4 16 25 15 0 60% 11 0 2 224 7 2 78% 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1968 27 NYY AL 420 89 6 0 14 1 5 3 3 23 16 0 70% 7 3 1 148 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
1969 28 TOT AL 639 160 15 0 16 8 7 12 3 33 19 2 58% 9 1 1 240 8 7 53% 8 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 8 0
1969 28 NYY AL 56 13 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 5 0 83% 1 0 1 21 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1969 28 SEP AL 501 125 12 0 13 6 6 11 1 26 13 2 50% 8 1 0 186 7 6 54% 7 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0
1969 28 OAK AL 82 22 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1970 29 OAK AL 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 3 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3677 844 96 2 66 46 50 44 52 178 98 9 55% 57 22 8 1367 39 25 61% 35 22 3 2 1 1 11 1 78 1
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+
1963 22 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 13 116 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 6.0 0.50 116
1964 23 4 5 .444 3.68 18 12 0 3 2 0 78.1 85 32 32 7 24 0 36 4 0 3 330 94 1.391 9.8 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.50 94
1965 24 14 17 .452 4.01 57 45 3 5 3 0 276.1 273 128 123 32 110 3 153 10 1 10 1186 87 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 5.0 1.39 87
1966 25 25 28 .472 4.15 91 75 5 8 3 0 468.1 461 226 216 54 183 12 238 15 2 18 2007 82 1.375 8.9 1.0 3.5 4.6 1.30 82
1967 26 31 36 .463 4.17 120 97 8 10 3 0 607.0 593 304 281 74 237 17 299 21 2 18 2610 80 1.367 8.8 1.1 3.5 4.4 1.26 80
1968 27 32 45 .416 4.05 149 108 15 11 3 0 706.0 682 351 318 80 279 23 366 23 2 21 3031 81 1.361 8.7 1.0 3.6 4.7 1.31 81
1969 28 38 55 .409 4.11 194 126 25 12 4 1 852.0 842 429 389 95 333 31 449 27 3 22 3669 81 1.379 8.9 1.0 3.5 4.7 1.35 81
1970 29 38 56 .404 4.12 195 126 26 12 4 1 853.2 844 431 391 96 334 31 449 27 3 22 3677 81 1.380 8.9 1.0 3.5 4.7 1.34 81

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
1963 22 0 0 4.50 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 4.5 0.25 0.0 1
1964 23 3 4 .429 4.84 67.0 88 40 36 7 21 30 4 1.627 11.8 2.8 4.0 1.43 0.9 17
1965 24 8 12 .400 4.89 186.0 200 112 101 27 91 110 6 1.565 9.7 4.4 5.3 1.21 1.3 39
1966 25 7 12 .368 5.51 178.0 206 121 109 24 80 79 5 1.607 10.4 4.0 4.0 0.99 1.2 34
1967 26 5 9 .357 5.70 128.0 150 90 81 23 61 56 7 1.648 10.5 4.3 3.9 0.92 1.6 29
1968 27 3 6 .333 5.06 89.0 104 56 50 7 49 60 2 1.719 10.5 5.0 6.1 1.22 0.7 29
1969 28 6 9 .400 5.16 136.0 168 87 78 16 57 77 4 1.654 11.1 3.8 5.1 1.35 1.1 45
1970 29 0 0 9.00 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
8 Seasons 32 52 .381 5.23 788.0 920 509 458 105 364 413 28 1.629 10.5 4.7 1.13 1.2 195

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 AL--25--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL--86--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 AL--91--7th
1966 AL--93--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL--6--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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