Jake Thies

Vernon Arthur Thies

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 1, 1926 in St. Louis, MO
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1954
Team: Pirates 1954-1955

Final Game: April 17, 1955
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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
1947	21	CNE	D	3	5	.375	4.43	13						63.0	62	42	31		49								1.762	8.9		7.0			CNE · KOML
1948	22	SFG-min	D	13	12	.520	3.89	28						206.0	185	126	89		114								1.451	8.1		5.0			CNE · KOML
1949	23	CNE	D	18	6	.750	2.57	30						217.0	182	92	62		112								1.355	7.5		4.6			CNE · KOML
1950	24	PIT-min	B	8	15	.348	3.51	31	21					172.0	165	90	67		104								1.564	8.6		5.4			YOR · ISLG
1951	25	PIT-min	A	14	10	.583	3.30	31	24					180.0	166	90	66		81								1.372	8.3		4.0			CHS · SALL
1952	26	PIT-min	AA,Opn	2	5	.286	4.79	28	10		0	0		92.0	107	57	49		40		4	0	0	0			1.598	10.5		3.9	0.4	0.10	NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1953	27	PIT-min	A	16	6	.727	2.43	31	26					196.0	181	84	53	6	81								1.337	8.3	0.3	3.7			DEN · WL
1954	28	PIT	NL	3	9	.250	3.87	33	18	7	3	1	0	130.1	120	70	56	13	49		57	3	0	2	559	108	1.297	8.3	0.9	3.4	3.9	1.16
1955	29	OAK-min	AAA	8	12	.400	4.08	27	25		8	2		172.0	177	88	78	19	52		58	5	0	1			1.331	9.3	1.0	2.7	3.0	1.12	CLB · IL
1955	29	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	5	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	20	92	2.182	12.3	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.00
1956	30	OAK-PIT-min	AAA,Opn	4	10	.286	4.66	31	17		5	1		116.0	122	77	60	12	53		42	4	1	3			1.509	9.5	0.9	4.1	3.3	0.79	CLB,HOL · IL,PCL
2 Yrs				3	10	.231	3.90	34	19	7	3	1	0	134.0	125	75	58	13	52	1	57	4	0	2	579	107	1.321	8.4	0.9	3.5	3.8	1.10
162 Game Avg.				4	13	.231	3.90	44	24	9	4	1	0	172	160	96	74	17	67		73	5	0	3	743	107	1.321	8.4	0.9	3.5	3.8	1.10

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1954	28	PIT	NL	130.2	33	18	70	4.82	4.75	-0.23	102.5	5.10	5	0.5	1.1	-0.1	1.6	19	.514	.503	$
1955	29	PIT	NL	3.2	1	1	5	12.27	5.47	-0.35	102.0	5.93	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.292	.499	$
2 Seasons				134.1	34	19	75	5.02	4.77	-0.23	102.5	5.12	2	0.3	1.1	-0.1	1.4	17	.508	.501	$

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
1954	28	PIT	NL	33	410	492	70	120	16	3	13	4	3	49	57	.244	.312	.368	.679	.249	181	4	3	8	8		6
1955	29	PIT	NL	1	20	14	5	5	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	.357	.450	.714	1.164	.313	10	0	1	0	2	1	1
2 Yrs				34	430	506	75	125	21	3	13	4	4	52	57	.247	.316	.377	.694	.251	191	4	4	8	10	1	7
162 Game Avg.				44	552	649	96	160	27	4	17	5	5	67	73	.247	.316	.377	.694	.251	245	5	5	10	13		9
MLB Averages																.260	.333	.389	.722	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	28	PIT	NL	1.3	0.1	423	-0.9	5.4	-6.3	.80	-0.3	-0.8	-3.4	-0.3	0.80	-3.3	1	6	5
1955	29	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	21	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.31	-0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.1	1.31	-2.7	0	0	0
2 Yrs				-0.1	-0.0	444	-1.1	5.8	-6.8	.82	-0.5	-0.8	-5.1	-0.5	0.82	-6.1	1	6	5

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
1954	28	PIT	NL	33	18	3	9	6	1	3	7	11	.389	0	3	3	1	7	39%	48.1	77	18	9	4	8	5	3.7	3.1	5.6
1955	29	PIT	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	2	2	0	1	3.0	6.0	3.7
2 Yrs				34	19	3	10	6	1	3	7	12	.368	0	3	3	1	7	37%	47	77	18	11	6	8	6	3.7	3.3	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-2					4.5	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1954	28	PIT	NL	33	15	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	3	27%	7	.800	1	6	5	1	1	10	6	6	9	3	8	2	5.9
1 Yr				33	15	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	3	27%		.800	1	6	5	1	1	10	6	6	9	3	8	2	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	28	PIT	NL	560	59%	3.2%	13.9%	12.0%	7.8%	27%	0.87	105%	78	4	5%
1955	29	PIT	NL	20	55%	0.0%	0.0%	15.0%	25.0%	100%	0.11	80%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				580	59%	3.0%	13.3%	12.1%	8.6%	30%	0.82	104%	81	4	5%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.8%	10.1%	6.7%	27%	0.94	80%			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
1954	28	PIT	NL	410	120			13	1	9	4	6	1	9	24	17	2	71%	6	2	0	148	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	150
1955	29	PIT	NL	20	5			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	7	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				430	125			13	1	11	4	6	1	9	27	19	2	70%	7	2	0	155	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	150
MLB Averages																		51%							54%

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+
1954	28	3	9	.250	3.87	33	18	7	3	1	0	130.1	120	70	56	13	49		57	3	0	2	559	108	1.297	8.3	0.9	3.4	3.9	1.16	108
1955	29	3	10	.231	3.90	34	19	7	3	1	0	134.0	125	75	58	13	52	1	57	4	0	2	579	107	1.321	8.4	0.9	3.5	3.8	1.10	107

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
1954	28	8	7	.533	3.68	137.0	123	62	56	13	50	60	3	1.263	8.1	3.3	3.9	1.20	0.9	33
1955	29	0	0		4.50	4.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	2.000	11.3	6.8	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		8	7	.533	3.70	141.0	128	64	58	13	53	60	4	1.284	8.2		3.8	1.13	0.8	34

* 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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