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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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Orioles/Angels/RedSox/Browns 1951-1963

Final Game: September 21, 1963 (Age 33)
Died: March 30, 2013 in Atlanta, GA
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #553. Steve Farr… #554. Johnny Murphy… #555. Dave Smith… #556. BOB TURLEY… #557. Geoff Zahn… #558. George McQuillan… #559. Chan Ho Park… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 (v2.2): 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
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 4.64 -0.19 0.00 102.4 4.95 9 1.0 1.0 -0.0 1.5 14 .598 .506
1954 23 BAL AL 247.1 35 35 106 3.86 4.33 -0.22 0.00 95.7 4.35 14 1.6 -0.1 3.5 33 .546 .510 AS,MVP-23
1955 24 NYY AL 246.2 36 34 92 3.36 4.40 0.41 0.00 96.4 3.84 11 1.2 1.6 -0.2 3.1 34 .532 .507 AS
1956 25 NYY AL 132.0 27 21 76 5.18 4.43 0.18 0.00 95.0 4.03 -18 -1.7 .4 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .436 .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 2.8 25 .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 3.6 34 .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 0.2 3 .473 .494 $30,000
1960 29 NYY AL 173.1 34 24 67 3.48 4.25 0.48 0.05 92.5 3.53 3 0.3 2.4 -0.1 1.7 15 .509 .502 $23,000
1961 30 NYY AL 72.0 15 12 47 5.88 4.49 0.45 0.06 100.8 4.12 -14 -1.3 .2 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .413 .492 $28,000
1962 31 NYY AL 69.0 24 8 45 5.87 4.47 0.21 -0.04 93.4 3.94 -14 -1.4 .7 0.0 -0.8 -9 .442 .491
1963 32 LAA AL 87.1 19 12 41 4.23 4.16 0.13 0.03 95.4 3.88 -2 -0.3 1.6 -0.1 0.4 3 .486 .498
1963 32 BOS AL 41.2 11 7 28 6.05 4.07 0.15 0.03 105.8 4.18 -8 -0.9 .0 0.0 -0.5 -6 .423 .495
12 Seasons 1713.0 310 237 753 3.96 4.27 0.21 0.01 96.3 3.92 -3 0.5 1.4 -0.8 14.1 131 .502 .500 $113,000
NYY (8 yrs) 1269.0 234 175 548 3.89 4.26 0.32 0.01 95.7 3.78 -14 -0.8 1.5 -0.6 9.2 87 .496 .499 $113,000
BAL (3 yrs) 315.0 46 43 136 3.89 4.40 -0.21 0.00 97.4 4.50 22 2.5 1.0 -0.2 4.9 46 .554 .505
BOS (1 yr) 41.2 11 7 28 6.05 4.07 0.15 0.03 105.8 4.18 -8 -0.9 .0 0.0 -0.5 -6 .423 .495
LAA (1 yr) 87.1 19 12 41 4.23 4.16 0.13 0.03 95.4 3.88 -2 -0.3 1.6 -0.1 0.4 3 .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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1951 20 SLB AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 22 SLB AL 10 21 18 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .278 .316 .444 .760 102 8 0 0 2 1
1954 23 BAL AL 35 90 81 8 11 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 23 .136 .157 .160 .317 -10 13 0 0 6 0 1 AS,MVP-23
1955 24 NYY AL 36 98 82 7 11 4 0 0 7 0 0 6 21 .134 .200 .183 .383 4 15 3 1 8 1 0 1 AS
1956 25 NYY AL 27 53 46 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 16 .174 .224 .217 .442 19 10 0 0 3 0 0 1
1957 26 NYY AL 32 68 57 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 27 .088 .212 .088 .300 -14 5 0 1 2 0 0 1
1958 27 NYY AL 33 99 88 8 12 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 35 .136 .174 .205 .378 6 18 2 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1959 28 NYY AL 33 54 46 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 18 .087 .192 .087 .279 -19 4 1 1 2 0 0 1
1960 29 NYY AL 34 59 55 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 18 .073 .105 .091 .196 -45 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1961 30 NYY AL 15 25 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .095 .091 .095 .186 -49 2 1 0 3 1 0 1
1962 31 NYY AL 24 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1963 32 TOT AL 30 39 39 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 9 .179 .179 .282 .462 29 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
1963 32 LAA AL 19 25 25 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 .160 .160 .320 .480 34 8 1 0 0 0 0 1
1963 32 BOS AL 11 14 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 310 623 547 44 69 10 0 4 32 1 1 31 191 .126 .177 .166 .343 -4 91 8 3 37 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 326 286 23 36 5 0 2 17 1 1 16 100 .126 .177 .166 .343 -4 48 4 2 19
NYY (8 yrs) 234 471 407 32 46 7 0 2 21 0 1 28 152 .113 .175 .145 .320 -11 59 7 3 29 2 0
BAL (3 yrs) 46 113 101 10 16 2 0 1 6 1 0 3 30 .158 .183 .208 .391 10 21 0 0 8 0
BOS (1 yr) 11 14 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 19 3 0 0 0 0 0
LAA (1 yr) 19 25 25 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 .160 .160 .320 .480 34 8 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 20 SLB AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .461 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1953 22 SLB AL 10 21 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 0.0 3 1
1954 23 BAL AL 35 90 -11 0 1 0 10 0 -0.0 3 3 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 -0.0 3 1 AS,MVP-23
1955 24 NYY AL 36 98 -9 -0 -0 0 10 -0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 3 1 AS
1956 25 NYY AL 27 53 -4 -0 0 0 6 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 4 1
1957 26 NYY AL 32 68 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $15,000 1
1958 27 NYY AL 33 99 -11 -0 -0 0 11 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 2 $17,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1959 28 NYY AL 33 54 -7 0 -0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $30,000 1
1960 29 NYY AL 34 59 -10 -0 1 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $23,000 1
1961 30 NYY AL 15 25 -4 -0 -0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $28,000 1
1962 31 NYY AL 24 15 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2 1
1963 32 LAA AL 19 25 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 1
1963 32 BOS AL 11 14 -2 -1 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 -0.0 0 1
12 Seasons 310 623 -75 -1 2 0 68 -7 -0.9 19 12 -0.9 .498 .500 -0.8 -0.1 12 $113,000
NYY (8 yrs) 234 471 -60 -1 0 0 51 -9 -1.1 14 5 -1.1 .496 .499 -1.0 -0.1 5 $113,000
BAL (3 yrs) 46 113 -12 0 1 0 13 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 -0.0 5
BOS (1 yr) 11 14 -2 -1 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 -0.0 0
LAA (1 yr) 19 25 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 -0.0 2

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
1955 24 NYY AL WS BRO L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 NYY AL WS MLN L 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 NYY AL WS MLN W 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
1960 29 NYY AL WS PIT L 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 15 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 0 0 2 0 0
5 WS 15 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 2 0 0 2 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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% lgCS% PO Awards
1951 SLB AL 20 P 1 1 0 7.1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.45 2.00 .955 2.09 2.10
1953 SLB AL 22 P 10 7 3 60.1 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 1.04 0.70 .957 1.95 1.93 3 2 40% 51% 0
1954 BAL AL 23 P 35 35 14 247.1 43 7 35 1 1 .977 1.53 1.20 .959 2.01 1.99 13 6 32% 48% 3 AS,MVP-23
1955 NYY AL 24 P 36 34 13 246.2 40 6 30 4 2 .900 1.31 1.00 .956 1.99 1.97 7 6 46% 47% 0 AS
1956 NYY AL 25 P 27 21 5 132.0 22 3 18 1 2 .955 1.43 0.78 .950 1.92 1.91 4 6 60% 44% 0
1957 NYY AL 26 P 32 23 9 176.1 37 13 22 2 1 .946 1.79 1.09 .963 1.99 2.00 4 7 64% 47% 1
1958 NYY AL 27 P 33 31 19 245.1 43 17 26 0 4 1.000 1.58 1.30 .963 1.95 1.93 9 14 61% 47% 0 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1959 NYY AL 28 P 33 22 7 154.1 30 11 18 1 1 .967 1.69 0.88 .955 2.05 2.03 3 3 50% 40% 1
1960 NYY AL 29 P 34 24 4 173.1 31 10 21 0 1 1.000 1.61 0.91 .967 1.96 1.95 6 5 45% 40% 2
1961 NYY AL 30 P 15 12 1 72.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.80 .954 2.05 2.02 2 2 50% 36% 0
1962 NYY AL 31 P 24 8 0 69.0 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.75 .958 2.07 2.07 5 3 38% 36% 0
1963 TOT AL 32 P 30 19 3 128.2 23 9 14 0 1 1.000 1.61 0.77 .955 1.99 2.00 5 2 29% 33% 0
1963 LAA AL 32 P 19 12 3 87.1 16 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.65 0.84 .955 1.99 2.00 4 2 33% 33% 0
1963 BOS AL 32 P 11 7 0 41.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.64 .954 1.98 2.00 1 0 0% 33% 0
12 Seasons P 310 237 78 1712.2 308 88 211 9 16 .971 1.57 0.96 .959 1.99 1.98 61 56 48% 44% 7
12 Seasons TOT 310 237 78 1712.2 308 88 211 9 16 .971 1.57 0.96 .959 1.99 1.98 61 56 48% 44% 7
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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 (400th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 ML (1, 31%)
1 Cy Young
0.31 Career Shares (139th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.6 (10th)
1955 AL  3.1 (10th)
1958 AL  3.6 (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 (148th)

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  33.57 (4th)
1957 AL  22.87 (6th)
1958 AL  28.26 (4th)
Career  72.40 (214th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.0 (6th)
1957 AL  2.2 (9th)
1958 AL  3.5 (1st)
Career  8.6 (233rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.4 (4th)
1957 AL  2.2 (7th)

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)
Career  8.3 (193rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1958 AL  17 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1955 AL  4 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1958 AL  1.000 (1st)
1960 AL  1.000 (1st)

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 1945-1973, 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 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (317), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 62 (208), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (557), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (666th), 13.2 career WAR/16.1 7yr-peak WAR/14.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Sam Jones (943)
  2. Mario Soto (926)
  3. Eric Show (926)
  4. Kirby Higbe (920)
  5. Joey Jay (916)
  6. Jim Bibby (915)
  7. Wilson Alvarez (914)
  8. Ray Culp (912)
  9. Steve Blass (910)
  10. Tony Cloninger (910)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dennis Blair (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Gentry (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Estrada (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Denny Lemaster (988)
  2. Mario Soto (987)
  3. Pete Harnisch (985)
  4. Jim Scott (985)
  5. Andy Ashby (985)
  6. Mike Scott (982)
  7. Joaquin Andujar (982)
  8. Ray Culp (981)
  9. Al Downing (981)
  10. Sal Maglie (981)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Burt Hooton (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Denny Lemaster (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
195726New York Yankees$15,0003/5/58 TSN
195827New York Yankees$17,0003/5/58 TSN2/28/58 TSN says $20,000
195928New York Yankees$30,0001/27/60 TSN
196029New York Yankees$23,0001/27/60 TSN
196130New York Yankees$28,0002/1/61 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$113,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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