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Virgil Trucks

Virgil Oliver Trucks (Fire)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: April 26, 1917 in Birmingham, AL
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1941
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Athletics/Yankees/Browns 1941-1958

Final Game: September 26, 1958
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:22AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #141. Claude Osteen… #142. Jack Powell… #143. John Candelaria… #144. VIRGIL TRUCKS… #145. Jim Maloney… #146. Camilo Pascual… #147. George Uhle… 

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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
1941 24 DET AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 59 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1942 25 DET AL 14 8 .636 2.74 28 20 8 8 2 0 167.2 147 64 51 3 74 91 2 1 7 721 145 1.318 7.9 0.2 4.0 4.9 1.23
1943 26 DET AL 16 10 .615 2.84 33 25 6 10 2 2 202.2 170 72 64 11 52 118 1 1 1 817 123 1.095 7.5 0.5 2.3 5.2 2.27
1945 28 DET AL 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 19 226 0.938 5.1 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
1946 29 DET AL 14 9 .609 3.23 32 29 1 15 2 0 236.2 217 94 85 23 75 161 3 0 5 992 114 1.234 8.3 0.9 2.9 6.1 2.15
1947 30 DET AL 10 12 .455 4.53 36 26 5 8 2 2 180.2 186 105 91 14 79 108 2 0 5 800 84 1.467 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.4 1.37
1948 31 DET AL 14 13 .519 3.78 43 26 9 7 0 2 211.2 190 97 89 14 85 123 2 1 7 901 116 1.299 8.1 0.6 3.6 5.2 1.45
1949 32 DET AL 19 11 .633 2.81 41 32 8 17 6 4 275.0 209 95 86 16 124 153 4 0 3 1133 148 1.211 6.8 0.5 4.1 5.0 1.23 AS,MVP-22
1950 33 DET AL 3 1 .750 3.54 7 7 0 2 1 0 48.1 45 20 19 6 21 25 1 0 0 209 133 1.366 8.4 1.1 3.9 4.7 1.19
1951 34 DET AL 13 8 .619 4.33 37 18 8 6 1 1 153.2 153 81 74 9 75 89 5 1 6 680 96 1.484 9.0 0.5 4.4 5.2 1.19 MVP-30
1952 35 DET AL 5 19 .208 3.97 35 29 5 8 3 1 197.0 190 99 87 12 82 129 7 1 5 858 95 1.381 8.7 0.5 3.7 5.9 1.57
1953 36 TOT AL 20 10 .667 2.93 40 33 3 17 5 3 264.1 234 97 86 18 99 149 7 1 7 1101 140 1.260 8.0 0.6 3.4 5.1 1.51 MVP-5
1953 36 SLB AL 5 4 .556 3.07 16 12 2 4 2 2 88.0 83 37 30 4 32 47 4 0 3 374 139 1.307 8.5 0.4 3.3 4.8 1.47
1953 36 CHW AL 15 6 .714 2.86 24 21 1 13 3 1 176.1 151 60 56 14 67 102 3 1 4 727 141 1.236 7.7 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.52
1954 37 CHW AL 19 12 .613 2.79 40 33 7 16 5 3 264.2 224 87 82 13 95 152 1 0 4 1090 134 1.205 7.6 0.4 3.2 5.2 1.60 AS,MVP-12
1955 38 CHW AL 13 8 .619 3.96 32 26 2 7 3 0 175.0 176 78 77 19 61 5 91 2 0 1 749 99 1.354 9.1 1.0 3.1 4.7 1.49
1956 39 DET AL 6 5 .545 3.83 22 16 3 3 1 1 120.0 104 56 51 15 63 5 43 6 0 3 515 109 1.392 7.8 1.1 4.7 3.2 0.68
1957 40 KCA AL 9 7 .563 3.03 48 7 23 0 0 7 116.0 106 45 39 12 62 8 55 2 0 7 502 131 1.448 8.2 0.9 4.8 4.3 0.89
1958 41 TOT AL 2 2 .500 3.65 41 0 25 0 0 4 61.2 58 31 25 3 39 1 41 2 0 2 283 102 1.573 8.5 0.4 5.7 6.0 1.05
1958 41 KCA AL 0 1 .000 2.05 16 0 12 0 0 3 22.0 18 7 5 2 15 1 15 0 0 0 98 195 1.500 7.4 0.8 6.1 6.1 1.00
1958 41 NYY AL 2 1 .667 4.54 25 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 40 24 20 1 24 0 26 2 0 2 185 79 1.613 9.1 0.2 5.4 5.9 1.08
17 Seasons 177 135 .567 3.39 517 328 113 124 33 30 2682.1 2416 1124 1009 188 1088 19 1534 47 6 63 11378 117 1.306 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.41
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .567 3.39 42 26 9 10 3 2 216 194 90 81 15 88 123 4 0 5 916 117 1.306 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.41
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
DET (12 yrs) 114 96 .543 3.50 316 229 53 84 20 13 1800.2 1618 786 700 123 732 5 1046 33 5 42 7653 114 1.305 8.1 0.6 3.7 5.2 1.43
CHW (3 yrs) 47 26 .644 3.14 96 80 10 36 11 4 616.0 551 225 215 46 223 5 345 6 1 9 2566 123 1.256 8.1 0.7 3.3 5.0 1.55
KCA (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 2.87 64 7 35 0 0 10 138.0 124 52 44 14 77 9 70 2 0 7 600 138 1.457 8.1 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.91
NYY (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.54 25 0 13 0 0 1 39.2 40 24 20 1 24 0 26 2 0 2 185 79 1.613 9.1 0.2 5.4 5.9 1.08
SLB (1 yr) 5 4 .556 3.07 16 12 2 4 2 2 88.0 83 37 30 4 32 47 4 0 3 374 139 1.307 8.5 0.4 3.3 4.8 1.47

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1941 24 DET AL 2.0 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
1942 25 DET AL 167.2 20 64 88 -1 1.0 24 3.2 $
1943 26 DET AL 202.2 25 72 95 -1 1.0 23 3.3 $
1945 28 DET AL 5.1 1 1 3 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1946 29 DET AL 236.2 29 94 126 1 1.0 32 3.9 $
1947 30 DET AL 180.2 26 105 98 -1 1.0 -7 -0.4 $
1948 31 DET AL 211.2 26 97 131 -2 1.0 34 3.7 $
1949 32 DET AL 275.0 32 95 169 2 1.0 74 7.2 $ AS,MVP-22
1950 33 DET AL 48.1 7 20 32 1 1.0 12 1.1 $
1951 34 DET AL 153.2 18 81 93 -1 1.0 12 1.4 $ MVP-30
1952 35 DET AL 197.0 29 99 108 -3 1.0 9 1.7 $
1953 36 SLB AL 88.0 12 37 51 -2 1.0 14 1.9 $ MVP-5
1953 36 CHW AL 176.1 21 60 103 2 1.0 43 4.4 $ MVP-5
1954 37 CHW AL 264.2 33 87 129 14 1.0 42 4.6 $ AS,MVP-12
1955 38 CHW AL 175.0 26 78 95 5 1.0 17 1.8 $
1956 39 DET AL 120.0 16 56 70 -1 1.2 14 1.5 $
1957 40 KCA AL 116.0 7 45 71 -1 1.4 26 2.5 $
1958 41 KCA AL 22.0 0 7 12 0 1.9 5 0.5 $
1958 41 NYY AL 39.2 0 24 19 2 .8 -5 -0.8 $
17 Seasons 2682.1 328 1124 1494 14 1.0 370 41.6 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
DET (12 yrs) 1800.2 229 786 1014 -6 1.0 228 26.7 $
CHW (3 yrs) 616.0 80 225 327 21 1.0 102 10.8 $
KCA (2 yrs) 138.0 7 52 83 -1 1.5 31 3.0 $
NYY (1 yr) 39.2 0 24 19 2 .8 -5 -0.8 $
SLB (1 yr) 88.0 12 37 51 -2 1.0 14 1.9 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 28 DET AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 14 5 5 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 58 1.425 9.5 0.0 3.4 4.7 1.40
1 WS 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.1 14 5 5 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 58 1.425 9.5 0.0 3.4 4.7 1.40

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1941 24 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 25 DET AL 28 66 65 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .123 .123 .138 .262 -29 9 3 0 1 1
1943 26 DET AL 33 74 72 7 13 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .181 .203 .194 .397 13 14 3 0 0 1
1945 28 DET AL 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 29 DET AL 32 97 95 4 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 .179 .179 .221 .400 8 21 4 0 2 1
1947 30 DET AL 36 71 70 7 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .271 .282 .300 .582 59 21 3 0 0 1
1948 31 DET AL 43 83 79 6 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 14 .165 .185 .190 .375 -1 15 5 0 2 1
1949 32 DET AL 41 107 100 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .120 .137 .140 .277 -27 14 4 1 5 1 AS,MVP-22
1950 33 DET AL 7 20 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .150 .150 .200 .350 -12 4 0 0 0 /1
1951 34 DET AL 37 57 55 5 13 3 0 0 14 0 0 0 12 .236 .236 .291 .527 42 16 0 0 2 1 MVP-30
1952 35 DET AL 35 67 64 3 12 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 11 .188 .200 .234 .434 21 15 2 0 2 1
1953 36 TOT AL 40 102 88 6 19 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 13 .216 .225 .295 .520 38 26 1 1 13 1 MVP-5
1953 36 SLB AL 16 29 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .160 .160 .200 .360 -4 5 0 0 4 1
1953 36 CHW AL 24 73 63 6 15 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .238 .250 .333 .583 54 21 1 1 9 1
1954 37 CHW AL 40 105 93 5 17 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 21 .183 .188 .204 .392 6 19 3 0 9 2 1 AS,MVP-12
1955 38 CHW AL 32 72 64 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 .125 .123 .141 .264 -30 9 1 0 7 1 0 1
1956 39 DET AL 22 47 45 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .244 .244 .289 .533 40 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
1957 40 KCA AL 48 29 28 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 41 TOT AL 41 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 41 KCA AL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 41 NYY AL 25 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 517 1009 949 63 171 23 1 2 70 1 1 9 153 .180 .189 .213 .402 8 202 31 2 46 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 316 297 20 54 7 0 1 22 0 0 3 48 .180 .189 .213 .402 8 63 10 1 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (12 yrs) 316 692 667 49 121 16 1 1 44 1 1 8 95 .181 .192 .213 .405 9 142 24 1 16 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 96 250 220 13 40 6 0 1 20 0 0 1 43 .182 .187 .223 .409 10 49 5 1 25 3 0
KCA (2 yrs) 64 30 29 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .138 .138 .138 .276 -24 4 2 0 1 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 25 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 2 0 0 0 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 16 29 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .160 .160 .200 .360 -4 5 0 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 25 DET AL 66 -11 0 0 0 0 5 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1943 26 DET AL 74 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1945 28 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1946 29 DET AL 97 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 1
1947 30 DET AL 71 -4 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1948 31 DET AL 83 -12 0 0 0 0 6 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1949 32 DET AL 107 -19 0 0 0 0 8 3 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-22
1950 33 DET AL 20 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1951 34 DET AL 57 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-30
1952 35 DET AL 67 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1953 36 SLB AL 29 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1 MVP-5
1953 36 CHW AL 73 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1 MVP-5
1954 37 CHW AL 105 -12 0 -1 0 0 8 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1 AS,MVP-12
1955 38 CHW AL 72 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1956 39 DET AL 47 -4 -1 -1 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1957 40 KCA AL 30 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1958 41 KCA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1958 41 NYY AL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
16 Seasons 1010 -120 -1 -2 0 0 73 28 -22 -3.0 -22 -2.2 -0.8 $
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 692 -84 -1 -1 0 0 50 19 -17 -2.1 -17 -1.7 -0.4 $
CHW (3 yrs) 250 -28 0 -1 0 0 18 7 -4 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $
KCA (2 yrs) 31 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
NYY (1 yr) 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
SLB (1 yr) 29 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 28 DET AL WS CHC W 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1941 DET AL 24 P 1 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .960 2.25 2.10
1942 DET AL 25 P 28 167.2 36 5 28 3 0 .917 1.77 1.18 .957 2.31 2.30
1943 DET AL 26 P 33 202.2 40 16 24 0 0 1.000 1.78 1.21 .963 2.27 2.30
1945 DET AL 28 P 1 5.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 2.00 .955 2.19 2.20
1946 DET AL 29 P 32 236.2 47 11 33 3 1 .936 1.67 1.38 .951 2.01 1.99
1947 DET AL 30 P 36 180.2 37 13 22 2 0 .946 1.74 0.97 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 DET AL 31 P 43 211.2 41 13 28 0 1 1.000 1.74 0.95 .963 2.02 1.99
1949 DET AL 32 P 41 275.0 48 13 33 2 2 .958 1.51 1.12 .962 2.12 2.09 AS,MVP-22
1950 DET AL 33 P 7 48.1 16 2 13 1 1 .938 2.79 2.14 .950 2.03 1.99
1951 DET AL 34 P 37 153.2 46 11 32 3 2 .935 2.52 1.16 .953 2.07 2.06 MVP-30
1952 DET AL 35 P 35 197.0 60 21 37 2 1 .967 2.65 1.66 .966 2.10 2.10
1953 TOT AL 36 P 40 33 17 264.1 62 14 42 6 3 .903 1.91 1.40 .957 1.95 1.93 6 9 60% 2 MVP-5
1953 SLB AL 36 P 16 12 4 88.0 22 3 13 6 1 .727 1.64 1.00 .957 1.95 1.93 2 4 67% 1
1953 CHW AL 36 P 24 21 13 176.1 40 11 29 0 2 1.000 2.04 1.67 .957 1.95 1.93 4 5 56% 1
1954 CHW AL 37 P 40 264.2 58 10 48 0 1 1.000 1.97 1.45 .959 2.01 1.99 AS,MVP-12
1955 CHW AL 38 P 32 175.0 37 4 33 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.16 .956 1.99 1.97
1956 DET AL 39 P 22 120.0 27 6 18 3 1 .889 1.80 1.09 .950 1.92 1.91
1957 KCA AL 40 P 48 116.0 30 8 21 1 0 .967 2.25 0.60 .963 1.99 2.00
1958 TOT AL 41 P 41 0 0 61.2 15 7 7 1 0 .933 2.04 0.34 .963 1.96 1.93 6 1 14% 0
1958 KCA AL 41 P 16 0 0 22.0 8 4 3 1 0 .875 2.86 0.44 .962 1.96 1.93 2 0 0% 0
1958 NYY AL 41 P 25 0 0 39.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.28 .963 1.95 1.93 4 1 20% 0
17 Seasons P 517 33 17 2682.1 603 156 420 27 14 .955 1.93 1.11 .958 2.05 2.03 12 10 45% 2
17 Seasons TOT 517 33 17 2682.1 603 156 420 27 14 .955 1.93 1.11 .958 2.05 2.03 12 10 45% 2
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1964 BBWAA ( 2.0%)

All-Star Games
1949 *
1954 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (22, 1%)
1951 AL (30, 1%)
1953 AL (5, 24%)
1954 AL (12, 6%)
0.32 Career Shares (587th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 AL  6.4 (6th)
1953 AL  6.6 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1942 AL  3.2 (9th)
1943 AL  3.3 (8th)
1948 AL  3.7 (7th)
1949 AL  7.2 (2nd)
1953 AL  6.3 (2nd)
1954 AL  4.6 (4th)
Career  41.6 (119th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1942 AL  2.74 (9th)
1949 AL  2.81 (3rd)
1953 AL  2.93 (3rd)
1954 AL  2.79 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1942 AL  14 (8th)
1943 AL  16 (6th)
1946 AL  14 (9th)
1949 AL  19 (6th)
1953 AL  20 (4th)
1954 AL  19 (4th)
Career  177 (160th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1942 AL  .636 (8th)
1943 AL  .615 (10th)
1946 AL  .609 (10th)
1949 AL  .633 (10th)
1951 AL  .619 (8th)
1953 AL  .667 (6th)
1955 AL  .619 (7th)
Career  .567 (240th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1943 AL  1.095 (2nd)
1946 AL  1.234 (9th)
1948 AL  1.299 (7th)
1949 AL  1.211 (2nd)
1953 AL  1.260 (8th)
1954 AL  1.205 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  7.891 (4th)
1943 AL  7.549 (9th)
1948 AL  8.079 (5th)
1949 AL  6.840 (3rd)
1953 AL  7.967 (5th)
1954 AL  7.617 (6th)
Career  8.106 (151st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL  2.309 (5th)
1946 AL  2.852 (8th)
1955 AL  3.137 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  4.885 (3rd)
1943 AL  5.240 (4th)
1946 AL  6.123 (3rd)
1947 AL  5.380 (4th)
1948 AL  5.230 (3rd)
1949 AL  5.007 (2nd)
1952 AL  5.893 (3rd)
1953 AL  5.073 (5th)
1954 AL  5.169 (8th)
1955 AL  4.680 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL  43 (9th)
1949 AL  41 (8th)
1957 AL  48 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1949 AL  4 (5th)
1957 AL  7 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 AL  236.7 (8th)
1949 AL  275.0 (4th)
1953 AL  264.3 (4th)
1954 AL  264.7 (2nd)
Career  2,682.3 (191st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 AL  91 (10th)
1943 AL  118 (5th)
1946 AL  161 (4th)
1948 AL  123 (6th)
1949 AL  153 (1st)
1952 AL  129 (8th)
1953 AL  149 (2nd)
1954 AL  152 (3rd)
Career  1,534 (169th)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 AL  29 (10th)
1949 AL  32 (6th)
1953 AL  33 (6th)
1954 AL  33 (4th)
Career  328 (237th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 AL  17 (10th)
1953 AL  17 (5th)
1954 AL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL  6 (1st)
1952 AL  3 (8th)
1953 AL  5 (3rd)
1954 AL  5 (1st)
1955 AL  3 (8th)
Career  33 (87th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  11 (8th)
1946 AL  23 (1st)
1948 AL  14 (10th)
1953 AL  18 (8th)
1955 AL  19 (10th)
Career  188 (245th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  124 (7th)
1953 AL  99 (8th)
1954 AL  95 (7th)
Career  1,088 (78th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 AL  217 (8th)
1953 AL  234 (5th)
1954 AL  224 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1942 AL  1.230 (10th)
1943 AL  2.269 (2nd)
1946 AL  2.147 (4th)
1947 AL  1.367 (9th)
1948 AL  1.447 (3rd)
1949 AL  1.234 (6th)
1952 AL  1.573 (7th)
1953 AL  1.505 (9th)
1954 AL  1.600 (8th)
1955 AL  1.492 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 AL  0.161 (1st)
1953 AL  0.613 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL  19 (2nd)
Career  135 (233rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  85 (6th)
1947 AL  91 (7th)
1952 AL  87 (8th)
Career  1,009 (223rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 AL  7 (3rd)
1946 AL  5 (7th)
1948 AL  7 (2nd)
1951 AL  6 (3rd)
1952 AL  5 (4th)
1953 AL  7 (3rd)
1957 AL  7 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (9th)
1952 AL  7 (3rd)
1953 AL  7 (6th)
1956 AL  6 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 AL  992 (9th)
1949 AL  1,133 (5th)
1953 AL  1,101 (4th)
1954 AL  1,090 (3rd)
Career  11,378 (191st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 AL  23 (9th)
1958 AL  25 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1942 AL  145 (5th)
1943 AL  123 (10th)
1949 AL  148 (3rd)
1953 AL  140 (3rd)
1954 AL  134 (6th)
Career  117 (175th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1943 AL  15 (7th)
1949 AL  43 (2nd)
1953 AL  34 (2nd)
1954 AL  30 (1st)
Career  175 (105th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1943 AL  1.7 (7th)
1949 AL  4.4 (2nd)
1953 AL  3.6 (2nd)
1954 AL  3.3 (1st)
Career  18.5 (100th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 AL  38.52 (2nd)
1954 AL  36.77 (3rd)
Career  99.69 (171st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.1 (6th)
1954 AL  3.4 (3rd)
Career  9.2 (215th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.6 (5th)
1954 AL  3.5 (3rd)
Career  7.1 (223rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1953 AL  4.1 (2nd)
1954 AL  4.0 (3rd)
Career  10.5 (169th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL  13 (6th)
1954 AL  9 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1957 AL  48 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1943 AL  16 (5th)
1953 AL  14 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1953 AL  42 (3rd)
1954 AL  48 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1952 AL  1.66 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1943 AL  1.000 (1st)
1954 AL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1955 AL  born 1917-04-26 (8th)
1956 AL  born 1917-04-26 (4th)
1957 AL  born 1917-04-26 (4th)
1958 AL  born 1917-04-26 (3rd)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 147 (97), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 45 (300), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dave Stieb (953)
  2. Bob Buhl (942)
  3. Dave Stewart (930)
  4. Bob Shawkey (927)
  5. Dizzy Trout (925)
  6. Tommy Bridges (919)
  7. Rick Sutcliffe (915)
  8. Ken Holtzman (911)
  9. Bill Donovan (910)
  10. Allie Reynolds (909)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mel Queen (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ernie White (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Beazley (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Sain (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Lea (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Donovan (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hank Borowy (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Sanford (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hank Borowy (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hank Borowy (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sonny Siebert (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Dobson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bob Buhl (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dave Stieb (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Dave Stieb (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Dizzy Trout (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Rube Marquard (984) *
  2. Jesse Haines (980) *
  3. Tommy Bridges (979)
  4. Rube Walberg (979)
  5. Eddie Cicotte (979)
  6. Lee Meadows (977)
  7. Rube Benton (976)
  8. Mike Garcia (975)
  9. Howie Pollet (975)
  10. Whitey Ford (975) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Denny (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Bernhard (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lefty Leifield (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Bernhard (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Garcia (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dutch Leonard (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Haines (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jesse Haines (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jesse Haines (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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