Johnny Van Cuyk

John Henry Van Cuyk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 7, 1921 in Little Chute, WI
High School: Kimberly HS (Kimberly, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1947
Team: Dodgers 1947-1949

Final Game: May 9, 1949
Died: July 10, 2010 in Rochester, MN
Buried: St. Agnes Cemetery, Kellogg, MN
Relatives: Brother of Chris 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
1940	18	APP	D	2	9	.182	5.83	21						108.0	143	87	70		49							1.778	11.9		4.1			APP · WISL
1941	19	CLE-min	D	8	7	.533	4.68	23			9			150.0	154	88	78		63	123	3		6			1.447	9.2		3.8	7.4	1.95	APP · WISL
1946	24	LAD-min	AA	18	8	.692	1.42	30	29					234.0	163	55	37		96							1.107	6.3		3.7			FTW · TL
1947	25	LAD-min	AAA	12	9	.571	3.53	39	20		7	1		153.0	154	74	60		56	70	3	0	4			1.373	9.1		3.3	4.1	1.25	MTL · IL
1947	25	BRO	NL	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	16	85	1.800	13.5	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
1948	26	LAD-min	AAA	10	7	.588	5.62	32	19		6	1		136.0	159	99	85		59	82	2	0	1			1.603	10.5		3.9	5.4	1.39	MTL · IL
1948	26	BRO	NL	0	0		3.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	21	119	1.000	7.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.00
1949	27	LAD-min	AAA	10	10	.500	4.10	33	21		9	1		156.0	160	94	71		58	79	2	0	4			1.397	9.2		3.3	4.6	1.36	MTL · IL
1949	27	BRO	NL	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	54	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1950	28	LAD-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.44	38	13		7	0		152.0	151	85	75		57	102	4	1	4			1.368	8.9		3.4	6.0	1.79	STP · AA
1951	29	LAD-min	AAA	1	6	.143	6.22	36	10		0	0		94.0	116	70	65		46	53	1	0	3			1.723	11.1		4.4	5.1	1.15	STP · AA
1952	30	OLD	Opn	9	3	.750	2.67	61	1		0	0		118.0	88	47	35		63	63	2	1	2			1.280	6.7		4.8	4.8	1.00	OLD · PCL
1953	31	OLD	Opn	0	0		4.85	17	1		0	0		26.0	31	21	14	3	18	12	0	0	0			1.885	10.7	1.0	6.2	4.2	0.67	OLD · PCL
3 Yrs				0	0		5.23	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	12	7	6	1	3	3	0	0	0	46	86	1.452	10.5	0.9	2.6	2.6	1.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.23	68	0	19	0	0	0	100	117	68	58	10	29	29	0	0	0	447	86	1.452	10.5	0.9	2.6	2.6	1.00

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1947	25	BRO	NL	3.1	2	2	5.40	4.73	0.29	103.9	4.61	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0	.484	.500	$
1948	26	BRO	NL	5.0	3	3	5.40	4.44	0.13	96.0	4.13	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	-0	.475	.500	$
1949	27	BRO	NL	2.0	2	2	9.00	4.79	0.33	102.0	4.55	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	-1	.451	.499	$
3 Seasons				10.1	7	7	6.10	4.60	0.22	99.7	4.37	-2	-0.2	.5	0.1	-1	.471	.500	$

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
1948	26	BRO	NL	3	21	20	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.238	.400	.638	.167	8	0	0	0	0	1
1949	27	BRO	NL	2	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	.429	4	0	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				5	30	27	5	7	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	.259	.310	.444	.755	.240	12	0	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	408	367	68	95	27	0	14	0	0	27	14	.259	.310	.444	.755	.240	163	0	0	14	0	14
MLB Averages																.262	.340	.354	.694	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1948	26	BRO	NL	0.1	0.0	21	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.16	-0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.16	-0.9	3
1949	27	BRO	NL	-0.8	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.32	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.32	-0.7	2
3 Yrs				-0.9	-0.1	31	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.21	-0.2	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.21	-1.7	5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1947	25	BRO	NL	2	2	1													2		0	5.0
1948	26	BRO	NL	3	3	1	0	0	4	.156	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	1	5.0
1949	27	BRO	NL	2	2	0	0	0	5	.319	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0
3 Yrs				7	7	2	0	0		.205	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	5	4	2	1	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	25	BRO	NL	16		0.0%	12.5%	6.3%				75%
1948	26	BRO	NL	21	29%	4.8%	4.8%	4.8%	9.5%	50%	3.67	86%	1	0	0%
1949	27	BRO	NL	9	33%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	33%	4.00	78%	1	0	0%
3 Yrs				46	30%	2.2%	6.5%	6.5%	6.5%	25%	3.75	80%	2	0	0%
MLB Averages					48%	2.2%	12.3%	13.1%	5.6%	19%	0.95	101%			10%

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
1947	25	BRO	NL		5			0												0
1948	26	BRO	NL	21	4			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	27	BRO	NL	9	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				30	12			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	25	5.40	2	1	3.1	5	2	2	0	1	2	16	85	1.800	13.5	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00	85
1948	26	4.32	5	2	8.1	9	5	4	1	2	3	37	102	1.320	9.7	1.1	2.2	3.2	1.50	102
1949	27	5.23	7	2	10.1	12	7	6	1	3	3	46	86	1.452	10.5	0.9	2.6	2.6	1.00	86

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1947	25	4.50	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	2	1.500	11.3	2.3	4.5	2.00	0.0	2
1948	26	3.00	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	1.00	1.5	3
1949	27	9.00	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
3 Yrs		4.50	12.0	12	6	6	1	3	3	1.250	9.0		2.3	1.00	0.8	7

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