Chris Van Cuyk

Christian Gerald Van Cuyk

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

Born: January 3, 1927 in Kimberly, WI
High School: Kimberly HS (Kimberly, WI)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1950
Team: Dodgers 1950-1952

Final Game: August 15, 1952
Died: November 3, 1992 in Hudson, FL
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
Relatives: Brother of Johnny Van Cuyk
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1946	19	LAD-min	D	1	2	.333		4						25.0	28	18			16							1.760	10.1		5.8			CMG · ESHL
1947	20	LAD-min	D	25	2	.926	1.93	31						233.0	161	67	50		85							1.056	6.2		3.3			CMG · ESHL
1948	21	LAD-min	AA	14	7	.667	2.98	37	29					190.0	175	86	63		113							1.516	8.3		5.4			FTW · TL
1949	22	LAD-min	AA	14	8	.636	4.03	39	24					199.0	205	101	89		105							1.558	9.3		4.7			FTW · TL
1950	23	LAD-min	AA	14	5	.737	2.29	23	20					165.0	127	56	42		77							1.236	6.9		4.2			FTW · TL
1950	23	BRO	NL	1	3	.250	4.86	12	4	1	1	0	0	33.1	33	19	18	3	12	21	1	1	1	140	85	1.350	8.9	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.75
1951	24	LAD-min	AAA	11	4	.733	2.84	24	20		11	2		146.0	127	49	46		48	106	4	1	4			1.199	7.8		3.0	6.5	2.21	MTL · IL
1951	24	BRO	NL	1	2	.333	5.52	9	6	1	0	0	0	29.1	33	22	18	4	11	16	4	0	1	129	72	1.500	10.1	1.2	3.4	4.9	1.45
1952	25	BRO	NL	5	6	.455	5.16	23	16	5	4	0	1	97.2	104	58	56	12	40	66	5	0	0	435	71	1.474	9.6	1.1	3.7	6.1	1.65
1953	26	LAD-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.48	36	8		2	0		92.0	114	59	56	12	33	74	6	1	2			1.598	11.2	1.2	3.2	7.2	2.24	STP · AA
1954	27	OLD	Opn	5	6	.455	3.96	39	8		3	1		120.1	124	56	53	9	47	59	3	1	3			1.421	9.3	0.7	3.5	4.4	1.26	OLD · PCL
1955	28	OLD	Opn	8	8	.500	3.58	28	21		10	3		150.2	148	68	60	12	38	79	2	0	1			1.235	8.8	0.7	2.3	4.7	2.08	OLD · PCL
1956	29	MIN-BAL-min	AA,Opn	5	9	.357	4.63	34	18		0	0		145.2	172	96	75	14	46	7	0	0	0			1.497	10.6	0.9	2.8	0.4	0.15	CNG,VAN · SOUA,PCL
1957	30	PHI-min	D	2	2	.500	1.91	4	4					33.0	34	14	7	0	3							1.121	9.3	0.0	0.8			TAM · FLOR
3 Yrs				7	11	.389	5.16	44	26	7	5	0	1	160.1	170	99	92	19	63	103	10	1	2	704	74	1.453	9.5	1.1	3.5	5.8	1.63
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.389	5.16	43	25	7	5	0	1	156	165	96	89	18	61	100	10	1	2	684	74	1.453	9.5	1.1	3.5	5.8	1.63

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	23	BRO	NL	33.1	12	4	19	5.13	4.56	0.18	100.4	4.40	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.0	1	.479	.498	$
1951	24	BRO	NL	29.1	9	6	22	6.75	4.35	0.27	96.7	3.94	-9	-0.9	.9	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.403	.495	$
1952	25	BRO	NL	97.2	23	16	58	5.34	4.14	0.11	97.1	3.91	-15	-1.6	1.4	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.431	.490	$
3 Seasons				160.1	44	26	99	5.56	4.26	0.15	97.7	4.02	-27	-2.7	1.1	-0.2	-1.4	-10	.438	.494	$

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	ROE
1950	23	BRO	NL	12	140	124	19	33	5	0	3	0	1	12	21	.266	.336	.379	.715	.300	47	3	1	3	0	0
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	129	112	22	33	10	1	4	0	0	11	16	.295	.378	.509	.887	.315	57	5	4	2	0	1
1952	25	BRO	NL	23	435	384	58	104	25	2	12	1	2	40	66	.271	.347	.440	.787	.301	169	8	5	6	0	7
3 Yrs				44	704	620	99	170	40	3	19	1	3	63	103	.274	.351	.440	.791	.303	273	16	10	11	0	8
162 Game Avg.				43	684	602	96	165	39	3	18	1	3	61	100	.274	.351	.440	.791	.303	265	16	10	11	0	8
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.376	.713	.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
1950	23	BRO	NL	-2.0	-0.2	143	-0.2	2.5	-2.6	.98	0.1	-0.3	-1.5	-0.2	0.98	3.1	1	3	4
1951	24	BRO	NL	-5.8	-0.6	132	-0.3	1.7	-2.1	.80	-0.5	0.0	-6.5	-0.6	0.80	-5.4	0	2	1
1952	25	BRO	NL	-14.1	-1.4	439	-1.9	7.2	-9.1	1.01	-1.4	-0.5	-12.1	-1.2	1.01	-15.7	2	1	4
3 Yrs				-22.0	-2.2	714	-2.4	11.3	-13.8	.97	-1.7	-0.8	-20.1	-2.0	0.97	-18.0	3	6	9

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
1950	23	BRO	NL	12	4	1	2	1	0	2	2	2	.500	0	1	1	0	3	75%	49.5	71	31	4	3	1	3	5.7	5.3	6.0
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	6	1	2	3	1	1	4	2	.667	0	3	0	0	2	33%	44.0	74	32	12	6	2	1	5.8	5.6	4.2
1952	25	BRO	NL	23	16	5	5	6	2	1	10	6	.625	0	3	4	0	5	31%	48.1	78	22	13	6	6	9	6.0	7.5	5.1
3 Yrs				44	26	7	9	10	3	4	16	10	.615	0	7	5	0	10	38%	47	78	22	29	15	9	13	5.9	6.7	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	104	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	23	BRO	NL	12	8	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	9	5	56%	6	.975	1	3	4	1	7	6	2	3	4	3	1	3.5
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	2	50%	1	.798	0	2	1	0	3	2	1	2	1	2	0	4.3
1952	25	BRO	NL	23	7	5	1	2	1	1	50%	2	6	1	17%	6	1.015	2	1	4	2	5	3	4	5	2	5	0	7.0
3 Yrs				44	18	7	2	3	1	2	33%	3	19	8	42%		.967	3	6	9	3	15	11	7	10	7	10	1	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	23	BRO	NL	140	26%	2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	5.7%	24%	0.44	71%	29	3	10%
1951	24	BRO	NL	129	32%	3.1%	12.4%	8.5%	11.6%	46%	0.89	71%	21	5	24%
1952	25	BRO	NL	435	37%	2.8%	15.2%	9.2%	9.0%	38%	0.97	70%	88	8	9%
3 Yrs				704	34%	2.7%	14.6%	9.0%	8.8%	37%	0.82	71%	138	16	12%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	12.0%	11.5%	6.8%	25%	0.96	90%			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
1950	23	BRO	NL	140	33			3	0	4	1	2	2	1	6	3	1	50%	0	1	0	53	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
1951	24	BRO	NL	129	33			4	0	1	4	1	4	1	8	6	0	75%	1	1	0	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1952	25	BRO	NL	435	104			12	0	5	11	1	10	2	20	12	5	60%	7	0	1	174	1	2	33%	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				704	170			19	0	10	16	4	16	4	34	21	6	62%	8	2	1	270	1	3	25%	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	5	0
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	23	1	3	.250	4.86	12	4	1	1	0	33.1	33	19	18	3	12	21	1	1	1	140	85	1.350	8.9	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.75	85
1951	24	2	5	.286	5.17	21	10	2	1	0	62.2	66	41	36	7	23	37	5	1	2	269	79	1.420	9.5	1.0	3.3	5.3	1.61	79
1952	25	7	11	.389	5.16	44	26	7	5	1	160.1	170	99	92	19	63	103	10	1	2	704	74	1.453	9.5	1.1	3.5	5.8	1.63	74

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
1950	23	1	2	.333	4.91	33.0	34	20	18	3	12	21	1	1.394	9.3	3.3	5.7	1.75	0.8	12
1951	24	1	2	.333	5.79	28.0	34	20	18	4	11	15	4	1.607	10.9	3.5	4.8	1.36	1.3	9
1952	25	3	7	.300	5.79	98.0	113	70	63	13	43	66	5	1.592	10.4	3.9	6.1	1.53	1.2	23
3 Yrs		5	11	.313	5.60	159.0	181	110	99	20	66	102	10	1.553	10.2		5.8	1.55	1.1	44

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