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Ken Trinkle

Kenneth Wayne Trinkle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 15, 1919 in Paoli, IN(All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1943 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies 1943-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 29)
Died: May 10, 1976 in Paoli, IN
Buried: Stamper's Creek Cemetery, Paoli, IN
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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 23 NYG NL 1 5 .167 3.74 11 6 1 1 0 0 45.2 51 23 19 3 15 10 1 0 0 205 92 1.445 10.1 0.6 3.0 2.0 0.67
1946 26 NYG NL 7 14 .333 3.87 48 13 18 2 0 2 151.0 146 77 65 8 74 49 2 0 3 662 89 1.457 8.7 0.5 4.4 2.9 0.66
1947 27 NYG NL 8 4 .667 3.75 62 0 38 0 0 10 93.2 100 47 39 4 48 37 1 0 2 416 109 1.580 9.6 0.4 4.6 3.6 0.77
1948 28 NYG NL 4 5 .444 3.18 53 0 31 0 0 7 70.2 66 28 25 6 41 20 3 0 3 316 125 1.514 8.4 0.8 5.2 2.5 0.49
1949 29 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.00 42 0 15 0 0 2 74.1 79 37 33 3 30 14 3 1 0 308 99 1.466 9.6 0.4 3.6 1.7 0.47
5 Yrs 21 29 .420 3.74 216 19 103 3 0 21 435.1 442 212 181 24 208 130 10 1 8 1907 100 1.493 9.1 0.5 4.3 2.7 0.63
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .420 3.74 63 5 30 1 0 6 126 128 61 52 7 60 38 3 0 2 552 100 1.493 9.1 0.5 4.3 2.7 0.63
NYG (4 yrs) 20 28 .417 3.69 174 19 88 3 0 19 361.0 363 175 148 21 178 116 7 0 8 1599 101 1.499 9.0 0.5 4.4 2.9 0.65
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.00 42 0 15 0 0 2 74.1 79 37 33 3 30 14 3 1 0 308 99 1.466 9.6 0.4 3.6 1.7 0.47

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1943 23 NYG NL 45.2 11 6 23 4.53 4.18 -0.29 0.00 101.6 4.54 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.4 3 .500 .500
1946 26 NYG NL 151.0 48 13 77 4.59 3.97 0.01 0.00 101.3 4.01 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.4 4 .477 .493
1947 27 NYG NL 92.2 62 0 47 4.56 4.65 0.00 0.00 100.1 4.66 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 1.0 11 .501 .500
1948 28 NYG NL 70.1 53 0 28 3.58 4.47 -0.02 0.00 99.8 4.48 7 0.7 1.2 -0.0 1.5 15 .514 .504
1949 29 PHI NL 74.1 42 0 37 4.48 4.64 -0.07 0.00 100.7 4.74 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.9 10 .505 .501
5 Seasons 434.0 216 19 212 4.40 4.33 -0.04 0.00 100.7 4.40 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.3 4.2 44 .499 .500
NYG (4 yrs) 359.2 174 19 175 4.38 4.27 -0.04 0.00 100.8 4.34 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.2 3.2 34 .498 .499
PHI (1 yr) 74.1 42 0 37 4.48 4.64 -0.07 0.00 100.7 4.74 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.9 10 .505 .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
1946 26 NYG NL 48 171 576 77 146 3 0 8 1 4 74 49 .253 .340 .300 .641 .266 173 1 2 10 0 1
1947 27 NYG NL 62 267 360 47 100 8 2 4 2 1 48 37 .278 .364 .344 .709 .301 124 6 1 8 0 6
1948 28 NYG NL 53 116 271 28 66 3 0 6 3 1 41 20 .244 .349 .321 .670 .245 87 3 3 3 0 3
1949 29 PHI NL 42 190 280 37 79 6 2 3 7 7 30 14 .282 .358 .350 .708 .289 98 5 3 11 0 2
4 Yrs 205 744 1487 189 391 20 4 21 13 13 193 120 .263 .351 .324 .675 .275 482 15 9 32 0 12
162 Game Avg. 64 232 464 59 122 6 1 7 4 4 60 37 .263 .351 .324 .675 .275 150 5 3 10 0 4
MLB Averages .259 .332 .340 .672 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1946 26 NYG NL -7.3 -0.8 180 -1.1 3.1 -4.2 1.22 0.2 -1.1 2.3 0.2 1.22 1.8 2 1 8
1947 27 NYG NL 2.4 0.2 270 0.5 6.6 -6.1 1.46 0.7 -0.3 9.9 1.0 1.46 6.9 18 6 17
1948 28 NYG NL 6.4 0.6 130 -1.5 2.1 -3.6 1.25 -0.1 -1.1 -0.2 -0.0 1.21 -1.9 7 6 11
1949 29 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 208 -1.0 1.4 -2.4 .56 -0.4 -1.5 -3.9 -0.4 0.55 -1.7 3 5 18
5 Yrs -0.6 -0.1 788 -3.1 13.2 -16.3 1.13 0.4 -3.2 8.1 0.8 1.12 5.1 30 18 54

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
1943 23 NYG NL 11 6 1 4 1 0 1 1 5 .167 0 0 1 0 3 50% 49.2 68 30 1 4 3.1 6.8
1946 26 NYG NL 48 13 4 9 0 1 4 4 9 .308 0 0 2 0 7 54% 47.3 72 22 9 3 7 3 5.1 3.0 6.5
2 Yrs 59 19 5 13 1 1 5 5 14 .263 0 0 3 0 10 53% 48 72 22 9 3 8 7 4.5 3.0 6.6
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 115 -11 4.3 4.6 6.8

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
1943 23 NYG NL 11 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2.8
1946 26 NYG NL 48 35 18 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 8 2 25% 1.221 2 1 8 2 2 7 4 7 21 8 5 10 5.7
1947 27 NYG NL 62 62 38 8 4 12 10 6 83% 14 0 35 14 40% 1.460 18 6 17 14 6 21 20 21 31 17 19 23 4.5
1948 28 NYG NL 53 53 31 4 5 8 7 4 88% 9 1 22 10 45% 1.252 7 6 11 9 2 13 12 12 24 14 11 18 4.0
1949 29 PHI NL 42 42 15 1 1 3 2 2 67% 3 0 25 16 64% .558 3 5 18 3 0 26 13 16 27 5 16 11 5.3
5 Yrs 216 197 103 16 16 23 21 12 91% 27 2 90 42 47% 1.142 30 18 54 28 10 67 49 56 105 47 51 63 4.7

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%
1943 23 NYG NL 205 1.5% 4.9% 7.3% 2.0% 8% 84%
1946 26 NYG NL 662 56% 4.7% 28.7% 43.3% 6.4% 8% 2.13 304% 39 1 3%
1947 27 NYG NL 414 60% 1.5% 13.9% 18.0% 5.2% 14% 2.02 119% 51 6 12%
1948 28 NYG NL 318 68% 5.2% 17.2% 35.3% 7.8% 14% 1.44 211% 30 3 10%
1949 29 PHI NL 324 59% 1.6% 7.4% 15.8% 5.8% 14% 1.74 138% 43 5 12%
5 Yrs 1923 60% 2.5% 13.7% 21.9% 5.2% 11% 1.86 160% 163 15 9%
MLB Averages 50% 2.0% 13.5% 13.6% 5.8% 17% 0.94 114% 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
1943 23 NYG NL 51 3 0
1946 26 NYG NL 171 146 8 0 6 0 1 1 0 10 5 1 50% 1 3 1 66 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 491
1947 27 NYG NL 267 100 4 0 13 2 1 2 1 23 9 0 39% 6 2 0 112 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
1948 28 NYG NL 116 66 6 0 4 2 0 0 2 11 7 1 64% 3 3 1 56 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 202
1949 29 PHI NL 190 79 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 20 13 0 65% 2 0 0 72 7 7 50% 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 134
5 Yrs 744 442 24 0 33 6 3 4 5 64 34 2 53% 12 8 2 306 13 13 50% 10 12 1 0 2 1 0 0 11 974
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1943 23 1 5 .167 3.74 11 6 1 1 0 0 45.2 51 23 19 3 15 10 1 0 0 205 92 1.445 10.1 0.6 3.0 2.0 0.67 92
1944 24 1 5 .167 3.74 11 6 1 1 0 0 45.2 51 23 19 3 15 10 1 0 0 205 92 1.445 10.1 0.6 3.0 2.0 0.67 92
1945 25 1 5 .167 3.74 11 6 1 1 0 0 45.2 51 23 19 3 15 10 1 0 0 205 92 1.445 10.1 0.6 3.0 2.0 0.67 92
1946 26 8 19 .296 3.84 59 19 19 3 0 2 196.2 197 100 84 11 89 59 3 0 3 867 90 1.454 9.0 0.5 4.1 2.7 0.66 90
1947 27 16 23 .410 3.81 121 19 57 3 0 12 290.1 297 147 123 15 137 96 4 0 5 1283 96 1.495 9.2 0.5 4.2 3.0 0.70 96
1948 28 20 28 .417 3.69 174 19 88 3 0 19 361.0 363 175 148 21 178 116 7 0 8 1599 101 1.499 9.0 0.5 4.4 2.9 0.65 101
1949 29 21 29 .420 3.74 216 19 103 3 0 21 435.1 442 212 181 24 208 130 10 1 8 1907 100 1.493 9.1 0.5 4.3 2.7 0.63 100

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
1943 23 2 3 .400 4.21 47.0 56 24 22 3 16 10 1 1.532 10.7 3.1 1.9 0.63 0.6 11
1946 26 7 9 .438 4.53 149.0 161 83 75 9 82 48 2 1.631 9.7 5.0 2.9 0.59 0.5 48
1947 27 5 5 .500 3.73 94.0 103 43 39 4 49 37 1 1.617 9.9 4.7 3.5 0.76 0.4 62
1948 28 5 3 .625 3.25 72.0 68 29 26 6 42 20 3 1.528 8.5 5.3 2.5 0.48 0.8 53
1949 29 3 4 .429 4.50 68.0 82 38 34 3 31 13 3 1.662 10.9 4.1 1.7 0.42 0.4 42
5 Yrs 22 24 .478 4.10 430.0 470 217 196 25 220 128 10 1.605 9.8 2.7 0.58 0.5 216

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  48 (1st)
1947 NL  62 (1st)
1948 NL  53 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1947 NL  10 (2nd)
1948 NL  7 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 NL  18 (6th)
1947 NL  38 (1st)
1948 NL  31 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (769), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1561), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (691st), 4.0 career WAR/4.0 7yr-peak WAR/4.0 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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