Bob Turley
Robert Lee Turley (Bullet Bob)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 19, 1930 in Troy, IL
High School: Central (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Final Game: September 21, 1963
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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
1951 20 SLB AL 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 11 6 6 0 3 5 0 0 0 34 59 1.909 13.5 0.0 3.7 6.1 1.67
1953 22 SLB AL 2 6 .250 3.28 10 7 3 3 1 0 60.1 39 24 22 4 44 61 2 0 2 259 128 1.376 5.8 0.6 6.6 9.1 1.39
1954 23 BAL AL 14 15 .483 3.46 35 35 0 14 0 0 247.1 178 106 95 7 181 185 7 1 5 1092 103 1.451 6.5 0.3 6.6 6.7 1.02 AS,MVP-23
1955 24 NYY AL 17 13 .567 3.06 36 34 2 13 6 1 246.2 168 92 84 16 177 4 210 7 0 7 1075 123 1.399 6.1 0.6 6.5 7.7 1.19 AS
1956 25 NYY AL 8 4 .667 5.05 27 21 3 5 1 1 132.0 138 76 74 13 103 0 91 4 1 3 621 77 1.826 9.4 0.9 7.0 6.2 0.88
1957 26 NYY AL 13 6 .684 2.71 32 23 7 9 4 3 176.1 120 59 53 17 85 1 152 9 0 2 723 133 1.163 6.1 0.9 4.3 7.8 1.79
1958 27 NYY AL 21 7 .750 2.97 33 31 1 19 6 1 245.1 178 82 81 24 128 2 168 8 0 6 1013 119 1.247 6.5 0.9 4.7 6.2 1.31 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1959 28 NYY AL 8 11 .421 4.32 33 22 6 7 3 0 154.1 141 80 74 15 83 3 111 3 0 2 678 84 1.451 8.2 0.9 4.8 6.5 1.34
1960 29 NYY AL 9 3 .750 3.27 34 24 6 4 1 5 173.1 138 67 63 14 87 3 87 5 1 6 727 109 1.298 7.2 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00
1961 30 NYY AL 3 5 .375 5.75 15 12 1 1 0 0 72.0 74 47 46 11 51 0 48 4 0 2 334 65 1.736 9.3 1.4 6.4 6.0 0.94
1962 31 NYY AL 3 3 .500 4.57 24 8 7 0 0 1 69.0 68 45 35 8 47 2 42 4 0 1 316 83 1.667 8.9 1.0 6.1 5.5 0.89
1963 32 TOT AL 3 11 .214 4.20 30 19 2 3 2 0 128.2 113 69 60 11 79 6 105 3 0 3 575 84 1.492 7.9 0.8 5.5 7.3 1.33
1963 32 LAA AL 2 7 .222 3.30 19 12 0 3 2 0 87.1 71 41 32 5 51 6 70 2 0 2 381 103 1.397 7.3 0.5 5.3 7.2 1.37
1963 32 BOS AL 1 4 .200 6.10 11 7 2 0 0 0 41.1 42 28 28 6 28 0 35 1 0 1 194 62 1.694 9.1 1.3 6.1 7.6 1.25
12 Seasons 101 85 .543 3.64 310 237 38 78 24 12 1712.2 1366 753 693 140 1068 21 1265 56 3 39 7447 101 1.421 7.2 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.18
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .543 3.64 39 29 5 10 3 1 213 170 94 86 17 133 157 7 0 5 926 101 1.421 7.2 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.18
NYY (8 yrs) 82 52 .612 3.62 234 175 33 58 21 12 1269.0 1025 548 510 118 761 15 909 44 2 29 5487 101 1.407 7.3 0.8 5.4 6.4 1.19
BAL (3 yrs) 16 22 .421 3.51 46 43 3 17 1 0 315.0 228 136 123 11 228 251 9 1 7 1385 106 1.448 6.5 0.3 6.5 7.2 1.10
BOS (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.10 11 7 2 0 0 0 41.1 42 28 28 6 28 0 35 1 0 1 194 62 1.694 9.1 1.3 6.1 7.6 1.25
LAA (1 yr) 2 7 .222 3.30 19 12 0 3 2 0 87.1 71 41 32 5 51 6 70 2 0 2 381 103 1.397 7.3 0.5 5.3 7.2 1.37

Postseason Pitching

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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
1955 24 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 1 .000 8.44 3 1 2 0 0 0 5.1 7 5 5 1 4 0 7 1 0 0 28 2.063 11.8 1.7 6.8 11.8 1.75
1956 25 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 1 .000 0.82 3 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 4 1 1 0 8 2 14 0 0 0 44 1.091 3.3 0.0 6.5 11.5 1.75
1957 26 NYY AL WS L MLN 1 0 1.000 2.31 3 2 1 1 0 0 11.2 7 3 3 2 6 0 12 0 0 1 47 1.114 5.4 1.5 4.6 9.3 2.00
1958 27 NYY AL WS W MLN 2 1 .667 2.76 4 2 2 1 1 1 16.1 10 5 5 2 7 1 13 0 0 0 64 1.041 5.5 1.1 3.9 7.2 1.86
1960 29 NYY AL WS L PIT 1 0 1.000 4.82 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 15 6 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 48 2.036 14.5 1.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
5 Seasons (5 Series) 4 3 .571 3.19 15 8 6 3 1 1 53.2 43 20 19 6 29 3 46 2 0 1 231 1.342 7.2 1.0 4.9 7.7 1.59
5 WS 4 3 .571 3.19 15 8 6 3 1 1 53.2 43 20 19 6 29 3 46 2 0 1 231 1.342 7.2 1.0 4.9 7.7 1.59

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1954 BAL AL 23
1955 NYY AL 24
1958 NYY AL 27 1 0 0 16.20 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 11 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00

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
1954 23 BAL AL 35 1092 879 106 178 25 11 7 13 6 181 185 .203 .340 .280 .619 .245 246 19 7 14 11
1955 24 NYY AL 36 1073 872 92 168 24 3 16 7 6 177 210 .193 .331 .282 .614 .233 246 21 7 11 6 4
1956 25 NYY AL 27 620 504 76 138 23 4 13 4 6 103 91 .274 .398 .413 .811 .309 208 11 4 5 4 0
1957 26 NYY AL 32 722 618 59 120 16 6 17 4 7 85 152 .194 .299 .322 .621 .227 199 10 9 6 4 1
1958 27 NYY AL 33 1013 866 82 178 37 3 24 9 14 128 168 .206 .311 .338 .650 .226 293 22 8 4 7 2
1959 28 NYY AL 33 678 576 80 141 31 4 15 3 3 83 111 .245 .338 .391 .729 .275 225 11 3 7 9 3
1960 29 NYY AL 34 727 622 67 138 29 4 14 6 5 87 87 .222 .319 .349 .668 .235 217 15 5 7 6 3
1961 30 NYY AL 15 334 275 47 74 14 3 11 2 2 51 48 .269 .390 .462 .852 .290 127 7 4 3 1 0
1962 31 NYY AL 24 316 259 45 68 12 3 8 5 3 47 42 .263 .379 .425 .804 .282 110 7 4 2 4 2
1963 32 BOS AL 11 194 164 28 42 8 0 6 1 0 28 35 .256 .366 .415 .781 .290 68 2 1 0 1 0
1963 32 LAA AL 19 381 320 41 71 14 0 5 4 2 51 70 .222 .331 .313 .643 .267 100 5 2 6 2 6
1963 32 TOT AL 30 575 484 69 113 22 0 11 5 2 79 105 .233 .343 .347 .690 .275 168 7 3 6 3 6
10 Seasons 299 7150 5955 723 1316 233 41 136 58 54 1021 1199 .221 .337 .342 .680 .252 2039 130 54 65 55 21
162 Game Avg. 39 921 767 93 169 30 5 18 7 7 131 154 .221 .337 .342 .680 .252 263 17 7 8 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
1954 23 BAL AL 35 35 14 15 6 0 6 15 20 .429 1 5 14 0 23 66% 56 86 18 14 5 17 8 3.3 3.0 7.1
1955 24 NYY AL 36 34 17 13 4 2 6 20 14 .588 2 1 13 6 23 68% 59 91 15 27 15 11 8 5.1 5.2 7.2
1956 25 NYY AL 27 21 8 4 9 2 1 13 8 .619 2 3 5 1 8 38% 47 76 19 27 7 3 13 6.9 7.7 5.8
1957 26 NYY AL 32 23 12 6 5 0 2 17 6 .739 1 3 9 4 16 70% 62 89 12 10 2 6 8 4.8 4.3 6.9
1958 27 NYY AL 33 31 21 7 3 3 3 21 10 .677 0 1 19 6 22 71% 61 86 13 15 1 7 8 5.2 5.6 7.9
1959 28 NYY AL 33 22 7 10 5 0 1 11 11 .500 0 0 7 3 10 45% 51 93 11 17 6 4 9 3.8 3.8 6.2
1960 29 NYY AL 34 24 8 3 13 1 0 20 4 .833 1 8 4 1 12 50% 53 78 12 7 2 5 10 5.6 4.4 6.4
1961 30 NYY AL 15 12 3 5 4 0 0 3 9 .250 1 3 1 0 4 33% 44 63 30 13 3 3 7 4.4 3.7 5.7
1962 31 NYY AL 24 8 0 3 5 0 2 5 3 .625 0 3 0 0 3 38% 42 67 4 9 4 2 4 3.9 3.3 4.6
1963 32 TOT AL 30 19 3 10 6 0 3 7 12 .368 4 1 3 2 8 42% 51 90 28 32 19 8 7 3.0 3.2 5.7
1963 32 LAA AL 19 12 2 6 4 0 3 5 7 .417 2 1 3 2 7 58% 54 90 28 20 12 5 4 2.8 2.8 6.1
1963 32 BOS AL 11 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 5 .286 2 0 0 0 1 14% 45 71 33 12 7 3 3 3.4 4.0 5.0
10 Seasons 299 229 93 76 60 8 24 132 97 .576 12 28 75 23 129 56% 55 93 4 171 64 66 82 4.6 4.6 6.6
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
1955 24 NYY AL 36 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 0.953 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1956 25 NYY AL 27 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.003 0 2 3 1 0 5 0 6 3 0 3 1 4.7
1957 26 NYY AL 32 9 7 1 0 4 3 1 75% 4 0 10 4 40% 8 0.989 4 2 3 4 1 4 5 4 6 0 6 1 5.9
1958 27 NYY AL 33 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 0.994 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.5
1959 28 NYY AL 33 11 6 1 1 2 0 1 0% 3 1 14 6 43% 8 1.279 6 2 3 3 3 5 7 4 6 2 6 1 4.6
1960 29 NYY AL 34 10 6 1 0 6 5 1 83% 7 1 8 3 38% 9 1.092 6 2 2 7 1 2 6 4 5 3 5 2 6.0
1961 30 NYY AL 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.030 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1962 31 NYY AL 24 16 7 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 6 1 17% 6 0.807 4 2 10 2 2 12 3 13 10 1 10 1 6.0
1963 32 TOT AL 30 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 1 25% 1.076 2 2 6 2 0 9 3 8 9 1 9 0 5.5
1963 32 LAA AL 19 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 1 33% 3 1.130 2 2 3 2 0 5 2 5 6 1 6 0 6.0
1963 32 BOS AL 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.969 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 4.8
9 Seasons 264 70 35 6 2 17 12 4 71% 21 4 45 16 36% 1.031 24 13 31 21 8 41 26 44 41 10 41 6 5.3

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%
1951 20 SLB AL
1953 22 SLB AL
1954 23 BAL AL 1092 40% 0.6% 16.9% 16.6% 3.9% 24% 0.72 64% 242 19 8%
1955 24 NYY AL 1073 40% 1.5% 19.6% 16.5% 4.0% 26% 0.75 61% 252 21 8%
1956 25 NYY AL 620 42% 2.1% 14.7% 16.6% 6.5% 29% 0.60 65% 154 11 7%
1957 26 NYY AL 723 32% 2.4% 21.1% 11.8% 5.4% 33% 0.56 63% 141 10 7%
1958 27 NYY AL 1013 38% 2.4% 16.6% 12.6% 6.3% 36% 0.84 67% 201 22 11%
1959 28 NYY AL 678 38% 2.2% 16.4% 12.2% 7.4% 36% 0.80 68% 130 11 8%
1960 29 NYY AL 727 40% 1.9% 12.0% 12.0% 6.5% 34% 0.93 72% 135 15 11%
1961 30 NYY AL 334 32% 3.3% 14.4% 15.3% 8.4% 38% 0.70 65% 77 7 9%
1962 31 NYY AL 317 40% 2.5% 13.3% 14.9% 7.3% 34% 0.98 67% 69 7 10%
1963 32 TOT AL 575 42% 1.9% 18.3% 13.7% 5.7% 29% 0.94 65% 121 7 6%
1963 32 LAA AL 381 44% 1.3% 18.4% 13.4% 5.0% 27% 0.95 65% 79 5 6%
1963 32 BOS AL 194 40% 3.1% 18.0% 14.4% 7.2% 33% 0.93 64% 42 2 5%
12 Seasons 7152 39% 2.0% 17.7% 14.9% 5.7% 30% 0.77 65% 1522 130 9%
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
1951 20 SLB AL 11 0 0
1953 22 SLB AL 39 4 2
1954 23 BAL AL 1060 178 7 0 54 2 3 2 3 63 28 10 44% 13 5 2 415 13 6 68% 12 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 21 32
1955 24 NYY AL 1073 168 16 0 32 7 9 8 8 41 21 10 51% 15 7 1 440 7 6 54% 5 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 21 0
1956 25 NYY AL 620 138 13 0 17 7 6 5 8 33 13 9 39% 4 3 0 277 4 6 40% 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1957 26 NYY AL 723 120 17 1 20 10 7 8 9 24 11 4 46% 6 2 0 247 4 7 36% 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 7 0
1958 27 NYY AL 1013 178 24 1 18 14 10 13 11 40 18 6 45% 8 6 1 372 9 14 39% 9 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1959 28 NYY AL 678 141 15 2 23 8 7 3 12 42 24 5 57% 7 2 0 253 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1960 29 NYY AL 727 138 14 1 17 8 6 9 5 37 18 2 49% 6 6 0 274 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1961 30 NYY AL 334 74 11 1 11 5 6 5 6 19 9 2 47% 1 2 0 136 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1962 31 NYY AL 317 68 8 0 13 5 3 3 5 24 13 1 54% 5 1 1 129 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1963 32 TOT AL 575 113 11 0 11 6 5 5 6 23 14 0 61% 7 3 1 241 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1963 32 LAA AL 381 71 5 0 8 3 2 3 2 19 11 0 58% 6 2 0 155 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1963 32 BOS AL 194 42 6 0 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 0 75% 1 1 1 86 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
12 Seasons 7120 1366 140 6 216 72 62 61 73 346 169 49 49% 72 39 6 2784 58 54 52% 50 50 7 3 1 1 13 1 122 32
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+
1951 20 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 11 6 6 0 3 5 0 0 0 34 59 1.909 13.5 0.0 3.7 6.1 1.67 59
1952 21 0 1 .000 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 11 6 6 0 3 5 0 0 0 34 59 1.909 13.5 0.0 3.7 6.1 1.67 59
1953 22 2 7 .222 3.72 11 8 3 3 1 0 67.2 50 30 28 4 47 66 2 0 2 293 113 1.433 6.7 0.5 6.3 8.8 1.40 113
1954 23 16 22 .421 3.51 46 43 3 17 1 0 315.0 228 136 123 11 228 251 9 1 7 1385 106 1.448 6.5 0.3 6.5 7.2 1.10 106
1955 24 33 35 .485 3.32 82 77 5 30 7 1 561.2 396 228 207 27 405 4 461 16 1 14 2460 113 1.426 6.3 0.4 6.5 7.4 1.14 113
1956 25 41 39 .513 3.65 109 98 8 35 8 2 693.2 534 304 281 40 508 4 552 20 2 17 3081 103 1.502 6.9 0.5 6.6 7.2 1.09 103
1957 26 54 45 .545 3.46 141 121 15 44 12 5 870.0 654 363 334 57 593 5 704 29 2 19 3804 108 1.433 6.8 0.6 6.1 7.3 1.19 108
1958 27 75 52 .591 3.35 174 152 16 63 18 6 1115.1 832 445 415 81 721 7 872 37 2 25 4817 110 1.392 6.7 0.7 5.8 7.0 1.21 110
1959 28 83 63 .568 3.47 207 174 22 70 21 6 1269.2 973 525 489 96 804 10 983 40 2 27 5495 106 1.400 6.9 0.7 5.7 7.0 1.22 106
1960 29 92 66 .582 3.44 241 198 28 74 22 11 1443.0 1111 592 552 110 891 13 1070 45 3 33 6222 106 1.387 6.9 0.7 5.6 6.7 1.20 106
1961 30 95 71 .572 3.55 256 210 29 75 22 11 1515.0 1185 639 598 121 942 13 1118 49 3 35 6556 103 1.404 7.0 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.19 103
1962 31 98 74 .570 3.60 280 218 36 75 22 12 1584.0 1253 684 633 129 989 15 1160 53 3 36 6872 102 1.415 7.1 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.17 102
1963 32 101 85 .543 3.64 310 237 38 78 24 12 1712.2 1366 753 693 140 1068 21 1265 56 3 39 7447 101 1.421 7.2 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.18 101

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
1951 20 0 0 5.62 8.0 10 6 5 0 3 5 0 1.625 11.3 3.4 5.6 1.67 0.0 1
1953 22 4 2 .667 3.25 61.0 40 24 22 4 45 62 2 1.393 5.9 6.6 9.1 1.38 0.6 10
1954 23 13 14 .481 4.02 246.0 196 122 110 8 199 184 8 1.606 7.2 7.3 6.7 0.92 0.3 35
1955 24 16 11 .593 3.34 248.0 181 102 92 17 191 211 8 1.500 6.6 6.9 7.7 1.10 0.6 36
1956 25 5 9 .357 5.47 130.0 146 88 79 14 109 90 4 1.962 10.1 7.5 6.2 0.83 1.0 27
1957 26 12 7 .632 3.14 175.0 133 68 61 19 94 151 10 1.297 6.8 4.8 7.8 1.61 1.0 32
1958 27 14 12 .538 3.61 237.0 198 106 95 27 142 162 9 1.435 7.5 5.4 6.2 1.14 1.0 33
1959 28 7 10 .412 4.85 154.0 154 92 83 16 91 111 3 1.591 9.0 5.3 6.5 1.22 0.9 33
1960 29 9 9 .500 3.81 170.0 152 80 72 15 96 85 6 1.459 8.0 5.1 4.5 0.89 0.8 34
1961 30 2 5 .286 6.45 67.0 76 53 48 11 52 45 4 1.910 10.2 7.0 6.0 0.87 1.5 15
1962 31 3 4 .429 5.12 65.0 70 41 37 8 48 40 4 1.815 9.7 6.6 5.5 0.83 1.1 24
1963 32 5 8 .385 4.90 123.0 120 74 67 12 84 100 3 1.659 8.8 6.1 7.3 1.19 0.9 30
12 Seasons 90 91 .497 4.12 1684.0 1476 856 771 151 1154 1246 61 1.562 7.9 6.7 1.08 0.8 310

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954
1955
1958 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1958-ML-Cy Young
1958-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1958-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1958-ML-WS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-AL-23-1%
1958-AL-2-56%
0.58 Career Shares (382nd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-ML--1--31%
1 Cy Young
0.31 Career Shares (129th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL--3.065--7th
1957 AL--2.705--4th
1958 AL--2.971--6th
1960 AL--3.271--7th

Wins s c a p y
1955 AL--17--4th
1958 AL--21--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 AL--.684--7th
1958 AL--.750--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 AL--1.163--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--6.477--1st
1955 AL--6.130--1st
1957 AL--6.125--1st
1958 AL--6.530--1st
1960 AL--7.165--2nd
Career--7.178--15th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--6.732--3rd
1955 AL--7.662--2nd
1957 AL--7.758--1st
1958 AL--6.163--4th
1959 AL--6.473--4th
Career--6.648--123rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1954 AL--247.3--7th
1955 AL--246.7--3rd
1958 AL--245.3--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL--185--1st
1955 AL--210--2nd
1957 AL--152--5th
1958 AL--168--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
1954 AL--35--2nd
1955 AL--34--2nd
1958 AL--31--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1954 AL--14--9th
1955 AL--13--9th
1958 AL--19--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 AL--6--2nd
1957 AL--4--2nd
1958 AL--6--2nd
1959 AL--3--4th
Career--24--187th

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 AL--24--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 AL--181--1st
1955 AL--177--1st
1956 AL--103--8th
1957 AL--85--6th
1958 AL--128--1st
1959 AL--83--7th
1960 AL--87--7th
Career--1068--85th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 AL--1.788--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 AL--.255--2nd
1955 AL--.584--6th
1960 AL--.727--9th

Losses s c a p y
1954 AL--15--6th
1955 AL--13--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 AL--95--4th
1955 AL--84--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 AL--5--7th
1955 AL--7--4th
1958 AL--6--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL--7--5th
1955 AL--7--7th
1957 AL--9--4th
1958 AL--8--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1954 AL--1092--2nd
1955 AL--1075--2nd
1958 AL--1013--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL--123--8th
1957 AL--133--6th
1958 AL--119--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1951 AL--born 1930-09-19--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 21 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (311), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Blue Moon Odom (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Blue Moon Odom (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Blue Moon Odom (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. J.R. Richard (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John Denny (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kirby Higbe (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kirby Higbe (938)  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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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