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Bob Turley

Robert Lee Turley (Bullet Bob)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 19, 1930 in Troy, IL
High School: Central HS (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Orioles/Angels/RedSox/Browns 1951-1963

Final Game: September 21, 1963
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All-Star

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
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 63 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 2 259 129 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 104 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 6 727 110 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 85 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 2 381 104 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 63 1.694 9.1 1.3 6.1 7.6 1.25
12 Yrs 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 102 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 63 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 2 381 104 1.397 7.3 0.5 5.3 7.2 1.37

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 RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1951 20 SLB AL 7.1 1 1 6 7.36 4.64 -0.36 0.00 114.0 5.70 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .373 .499 $
1953 22 SLB AL 60.1 10 7 24 3.58 4.67 -0.19 0.00 100.4 4.88 9 1.0 1.0 -0.0 1.4 14 .596 .506 $
1954 23 BAL AL 247.1 35 35 106 3.86 4.32 -0.22 0.00 96.1 4.36 14 1.6 -0.1 3.3 35 .545 .510 $ AS,MVP-23
1955 24 NYY AL 246.2 36 34 92 3.36 4.42 0.41 0.00 96.2 3.85 11 1.2 1.6 -0.2 2.9 36 .534 .507 $ AS
1956 25 NYY AL 132.0 27 21 76 5.18 4.44 0.18 0.00 94.7 4.03 -18 -1.7 .4 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .437 .489 $
1957 26 NYY AL 176.1 32 23 59 3.01 3.96 0.25 0.00 96.4 3.57 12 1.3 1.8 -0.0 2.6 26 .541 .508 $15,000
1958 27 NYY AL 245.1 33 31 82 3.01 4.02 0.34 0.00 96.6 3.55 15 1.7 1.2 -0.1 3.4 36 .552 .511 $17,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1959 28 NYY AL 154.1 33 22 80 4.67 4.41 0.12 0.00 95.3 4.09 -9 -0.9 2.5 -0.2 0.1 4 .473 .494 $30,000
1960 29 NYY AL 173.1 34 24 67 3.48 4.22 0.48 0.05 94.1 3.57 3 0.3 2.4 -0.1 1.5 17 .509 .502 $23,000
1961 30 NYY AL 72.0 15 12 47 5.88 4.51 0.45 0.06 99.1 4.08 -14 -1.3 .2 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .412 .492 $28,000
1962 31 NYY AL 69.0 24 8 45 5.87 4.46 0.21 -0.04 93.5 3.93 -14 -1.4 .7 0.0 -0.8 -8 .442 .491 $
1963 32 LAA AL 87.1 19 12 41 4.23 4.17 0.13 0.03 95.2 3.87 -2 -0.3 1.6 -0.1 0.3 4 .486 .498 $
1963 32 BOS AL 41.2 11 7 28 6.05 4.08 0.15 0.03 105.5 4.18 -8 -0.9 .0 0.0 -0.5 -5 .423 .495 $
12 Seasons 1713.0 310 237 753 3.96 4.27 0.21 0.01 96.3 3.93 -3 0.5 1.4 -0.8 12.5 144 .502 .500 $113,000
NYY (8 yrs) 1269.0 234 175 548 3.89 4.26 0.32 0.01 95.8 3.78 -13 -0.8 1.5 -0.6 8.1 97 .497 .499 $113,000
BAL (3 yrs) 315.0 46 43 136 3.89 4.39 -0.21 0.00 97.3 4.49 21 2.4 1.0 -0.2 4.6 48 .552 .505 $
BOS (1 yr) 41.2 11 7 28 6.05 4.08 0.15 0.03 105.5 4.18 -8 -0.9 .0 0.0 -0.5 -5 .423 .495 $
LAA (1 yr) 87.1 19 12 41 4.23 4.17 0.13 0.03 95.2 3.87 -2 -0.3 1.6 -0.1 0.3 4 .486 .498 $

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
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 Yrs (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

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 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*

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
1953 22 SLB AL 10 259 212 24 39 8 1 4 3 2 44 61 .184 .329 .288 .617 .238 61 3 2 1 0 2
1954 23 BAL AL 35 1092 879 106 178 27 12 7 13 6 181 185 .203 .340 .284 .624 .245 250 19 7 14 11 13
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 15
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 4
1957 26 NYY AL 32 723 618 59 120 16 6 17 4 7 85 152 .194 .299 .322 .621 .227 199 10 9 6 4 1 6
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 8
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 7
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 6
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 1
1962 31 NYY AL 24 317 259 45 68 12 3 8 5 3 47 42 .263 .379 .425 .804 .282 110 7 4 2 4 2 5
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 1
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 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 7
11 Yrs 309 7411 6167 747 1355 243 43 140 61 56 1065 1260 .220 .337 .341 .678 .252 2104 133 56 66 55 21 74
162 Game Avg. 39 925 769 93 169 30 5 17 8 7 133 157 .220 .337 .341 .678 .252 263 17 7 8 7 9
MLB Averages .257 .327 .387 .714 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1953 22 SLB AL 6.5 0.7 267 0.7 6.5 -5.9 1.42 0.5 -0.0 5.8 0.6 1.42 5.3 1 1 1
1954 23 BAL AL 4.3 0.4 1122 1.1 24.3 -23.1 1.32 1.2 -0.3 4.6 0.5 1.32 8.4 0 0 0
1955 24 NYY AL 21.7 2.2 1096 3.0 17.6 -14.6 .94 2.4 0.8 34.0 3.7 0.94 25.5 1 0 1
1956 25 NYY AL -14.8 -1.4 633 -0.6 10.7 -11.2 1.00 -1.3 0.8 -7.7 -0.8 1.00 -14.2 0 0 5
1957 26 NYY AL 18.6 2.0 737 2.2 12.8 -10.6 .97 2.2 0.1 22.9 2.5 0.97 18.9 4 1 4
1958 27 NYY AL 20.8 2.2 1038 3.5 18.5 -15.0 .98 1.6 1.9 28.3 3.2 0.98 20.6 1 1 0
1959 28 NYY AL -10.4 -1.0 688 0.2 14.0 -13.8 1.27 -0.1 0.2 -5.4 -0.6 1.27 -3.5 6 1 4
1960 29 NYY AL 8.4 0.9 747 1.4 14.1 -12.6 1.09 1.0 0.3 15.0 1.6 1.09 12.1 6 2 2
1961 30 NYY AL -14.6 -1.4 343 -1.0 5.7 -6.7 1.03 -1.1 0.1 -10.5 -1.0 1.03 -12.8 0 0 3
1962 31 NYY AL -8.9 -0.9 328 -1.0 4.0 -5.1 .77 -1.4 0.0 -10.2 -1.0 0.77 -10.8 4 1 10
1963 32 TOT AL -9.6 -1.0 586 -1.0 9.6 -10.5 1.07 -0.4 -0.5 -4.7 -0.5 1.07 -4.2 2 1 6
1963 32 LAA AL -1.0 -0.1 389 -0.3 6.6 -6.9 1.11 0.2 -0.5 1.1 0.1 1.11 2.4 2 1 4
1963 32 BOS AL -8.6 -0.9 197 -0.7 3.0 -3.7 .98 -0.7 -0.0 -5.8 -0.6 0.98 -6.6 0 0 2
12 Yrs 20.3 2.6 7585 8.6 137.7 -129.1 1.08 4.6 3.4 72.1 8.3 1.08 45.3 25 8 36

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
1951 20 SLB AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 0 1 3.0 7.3
1953 22 SLB AL 10 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 0 1 3 1 4 57% 60.0 106 30 1 0 4 1 1.7 1.1 7.6
1954 23 BAL AL 35 35 14 15 6 0 6 15 20 .429 1 5 14 0 23 66% 56.5 86 18 14 5 17 8 3.3 2.9 7.1
1955 24 NYY AL 36 34 17 13 4 2 6 20 14 .588 2 1 13 6 23 68% 59.1 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% 47.0 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% 61.7 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% 61.0 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% 51.2 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 2 8 4 1 12 50% 52.9 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% 44.2 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% 41.8 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% 50.5 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% 53.8 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% 44.9 71 33 12 7 3 3 3.4 4.0 5.0
12 Yrs 310 237 94 82 61 8 26 134 103 .565 13 29 78 24 133 56% 55 106 4 172 64 70 84 4.5 4.4 6.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -14 4.4 4.3 6.5

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
1953 22 SLB AL 10 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1.424 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 7.3
1955 24 NYY AL 36 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 .943 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 .997 0 0 5 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 .971 4 1 4 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 .975 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 1.271 6 1 4 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 1.087 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 1.029 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 .774 4 1 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% 1.066 2 1 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 1.112 2 1 4 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 .977 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 4.8
10 Yrs 274 73 38 7 3 17 12 4 71% 21 4 46 16 35% 1.035 25 8 36 21 9 43 27 46 43 10 43 7 5.4

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%
1951 20 SLB AL 34 0.0% 14.7% 8.8% 76%
1953 22 SLB AL 259 59% 1.5% 23.6% 17.0% 5.0% 33% 0.53 57% 63 3 5%
1954 23 BAL AL 1092 60% 0.6% 16.9% 16.6% 4.2% 26% 0.71 64% 247 19 8%
1955 24 NYY AL 1073 60% 1.5% 19.6% 16.5% 4.0% 26% 0.75 61% 252 21 8%
1956 25 NYY AL 620 58% 2.1% 14.7% 16.6% 6.5% 29% 0.60 65% 154 11 7%
1957 26 NYY AL 723 68% 2.4% 21.0% 11.8% 5.4% 33% 0.56 63% 141 10 7%
1958 27 NYY AL 1013 62% 2.4% 16.6% 12.6% 6.3% 36% 0.84 67% 201 22 11%
1959 28 NYY AL 678 62% 2.2% 16.4% 12.2% 7.4% 36% 0.80 68% 130 11 8%
1960 29 NYY AL 727 60% 1.9% 12.0% 12.0% 6.5% 34% 0.93 72% 135 15 11%
1961 30 NYY AL 334 68% 3.3% 14.4% 15.3% 8.4% 38% 0.70 65% 77 7 9%
1962 31 NYY AL 317 60% 2.5% 13.3% 14.8% 7.3% 34% 0.98 67% 69 7 10%
1963 32 TOT AL 575 58% 1.9% 18.3% 13.7% 5.7% 29% 0.94 65% 121 7 6%
1963 32 LAA AL 381 56% 1.3% 18.4% 13.4% 5.0% 27% 0.95 65% 79 5 6%
1963 32 BOS AL 194 60% 3.1% 18.0% 14.4% 7.2% 33% 0.93 64% 42 2 5%
12 Yrs 7445 61% 1.9% 17.0% 14.4% 5.7% 31% 0.76 65% 1590 133 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.0% 9.3% 6.6% 28% 1.00 78% 11%

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
1951 20 SLB AL 11 0 0
1953 22 SLB AL 259 39 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 5 1 3 20% 2 2 0 123 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1954 23 BAL AL 1092 178 7 0 55 4 3 2 5 65 28 10 43% 13 5 2 427 13 6 68% 12 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 21 0
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 1 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 0 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 1 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 0 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 1 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 Yrs 7411 1366 140 6 221 77 63 63 77 353 170 52 48% 74 39 6 2919 61 56 52% 53 52 7 3 1 1 10 1 124 0
MLB Averages 52% 59%

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+
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 63 1.909 13.5 0.0 3.7 6.1 1.67 63
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 63 1.909 13.5 0.0 3.7 6.1 1.67 63
1953 22 2 7 .222 3.72 11 8 3 3 1 0 67.2 50 30 28 4 47 66 2 0 2 293 114 1.433 6.7 0.5 6.3 8.8 1.40 114
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 107 1.387 6.9 0.7 5.6 6.7 1.20 107
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 104 1.404 7.0 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.19 104
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 103 1.415 7.1 0.7 5.6 6.6 1.17 103
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

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
1951 20 0 0 7.71 7.0 11 7 6 0 3 5 0 2.000 14.1 3.9 6.4 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 14 13 .519 3.97 247.0 195 121 109 8 198 185 8 1.591 7.1 7.2 6.7 0.93 0.3 35
1955 24 16 11 .593 3.31 250.0 179 102 92 17 189 213 7 1.472 6.4 6.8 7.7 1.13 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 3.14 175.0 132 68 61 19 94 151 10 1.291 6.8 4.8 7.8 1.61 1.0 32
1958 27 14 12 .538 3.65 237.0 198 107 96 27 142 162 9 1.435 7.5 5.4 6.2 1.14 1.0 33
1959 28 7 10 .412 4.91 154.0 153 93 84 16 90 111 3 1.578 8.9 5.3 6.5 1.23 0.9 33
1960 29 10 9 .526 3.74 171.0 151 79 71 15 95 86 5 1.439 7.9 5.0 4.5 0.91 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 4.98 65.0 69 40 36 8 48 40 4 1.800 9.6 6.6 5.5 0.83 1.1 24
1963 32 5 8 .385 4.90 123.0 119 74 67 12 83 101 3 1.642 8.7 6.1 7.4 1.22 0.9 30
12 Yrs 92 90 .505 4.11 1687.0 1469 856 771 151 1148 1251 59 1.551 7.8 6.7 1.09 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 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.

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 (398th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 ML (1, 31%)
1 Cy Young
0.31 Career Shares (136th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.3 (9th)
1955 AL  2.9 (10th)
1958 AL  3.4 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  3.06 (7th)
1957 AL  2.71 (4th)
1958 AL  2.97 (6th)
1960 AL  3.27 (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 (142nd)

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  1,068 (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  0.255 (2nd)
1955 AL  0.584 (6th)
1960 AL  0.727 (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  1,092 (2nd)
1955 AL  1,075 (2nd)
1958 AL  1,013 (5th)

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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  22 (7th)
1957 AL  19 (7th)
1958 AL  21 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  2.3 (7th)
1957 AL  2.0 (7th)
1958 AL  2.2 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1955 AL  33.95 (4th)
1957 AL  22.87 (6th)
1958 AL  28.26 (4th)
Career  72.07 (221st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.1 (6th)
1957 AL  2.2 (9th)
1958 AL  3.5 (1st)
Career  8.6 (236th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.4 (4th)
1957 AL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.7 (4th)
1957 AL  2.5 (5th)
1958 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1960 AL  1.6 (10th)
Career  8.3 (197th)

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

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 21 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (314), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (206), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Eric Show (926)
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  5. Joey Jay (916)
  6. Jim Bibby (915)
  7. Wilson Alvarez (914)
  8. Ray Culp (912)
  9. Steve Blass (910)
  10. Tony Cloninger (910)
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  2. Gary Gentry (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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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