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Bucky Walters

William Henry Walters

Positions: Pitcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 19, 1909 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Germantown HS (Germantown, PA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1929. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1931
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/RedSox/Braves 1931-1950

Final Game: July 23, 1950
Died: April 20, 1991 in Abington, PA
Buried: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, PA
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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
1934 25 PHI NL 0 0 1.29 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 30 384 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 9.0 3.50
1935 26 PHI NL 9 9 .500 4.17 24 22 2 8 2 0 151.0 168 86 70 9 68 40 7 0 4 666 109 1.563 10.0 0.5 4.1 2.4 0.59
1936 27 PHI NL 11 21 .344 4.26 40 33 3 15 4 0 258.0 284 146 122 11 115 66 5 0 7 1159 107 1.547 9.9 0.4 4.0 2.3 0.57
1937 28 PHI NL 14 15 .483 4.75 37 34 1 15 3 0 246.1 292 148 130 14 86 87 3 0 4 1094 92 1.535 10.7 0.5 3.1 3.2 1.01 AS
1938 29 TOT NL 15 14 .517 4.20 39 34 3 20 3 1 251.0 259 134 117 13 108 93 5 0 11 1111 90 1.462 9.3 0.5 3.9 3.3 0.86
1938 29 PHI NL 4 8 .333 5.23 12 12 0 9 1 0 82.2 91 53 48 8 42 28 3 0 2 376 76 1.609 9.9 0.9 4.6 3.0 0.67
1938 29 CIN NL 11 6 .647 3.69 27 22 3 11 2 1 168.1 168 81 69 5 66 65 2 0 9 735 100 1.390 9.0 0.3 3.5 3.5 0.98
1939 30 CIN NL 27 11 .711 2.29 39 36 2 31 2 0 319.0 250 98 81 15 109 137 6 3 8 1283 170 1.125 7.1 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.26 AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 22 10 .688 2.48 36 36 0 29 3 0 305.0 241 95 84 19 92 115 5 0 3 1207 154 1.092 7.1 0.6 2.7 3.4 1.25 AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 19 15 .559 2.83 37 35 2 27 5 2 302.0 292 108 95 10 88 129 2 0 7 1252 127 1.258 8.7 0.3 2.6 3.8 1.47 AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 15 14 .517 2.66 34 32 1 21 2 0 253.2 223 101 75 8 73 109 5 0 2 1054 123 1.167 7.9 0.3 2.6 3.9 1.49 AS
1943 34 CIN NL 15 15 .500 3.54 34 34 0 21 5 0 246.1 244 105 97 8 109 80 1 1 8 1054 94 1.433 8.9 0.3 4.0 2.9 0.73 MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 23 8 .742 2.40 34 32 2 27 6 1 285.0 233 92 76 10 87 77 4 0 2 1162 146 1.123 7.4 0.3 2.7 2.4 0.89 AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 10 10 .500 2.68 22 22 0 12 3 0 168.0 166 62 50 6 51 45 2 0 3 706 141 1.292 8.9 0.3 2.7 2.4 0.88
1946 37 CIN NL 10 7 .588 2.56 22 22 0 10 2 0 151.1 146 55 43 9 64 60 2 1 2 636 131 1.388 8.7 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.94
1947 38 CIN NL 8 8 .500 5.75 20 20 0 5 2 0 122.0 137 83 78 15 49 43 3 1 0 550 72 1.525 10.1 1.1 3.6 3.2 0.88
1948 39 CIN NL 0 3 .000 4.63 7 5 1 1 0 0 35.0 42 25 18 7 18 19 0 0 1 157 86 1.714 10.8 1.8 4.6 4.9 1.06
1950 41 BSN NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 94 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
16 Yrs 198 160 .553 3.30 428 398 18 242 42 4 3104.2 2990 1343 1139 155 1121 1107 51 6 63 13140 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .553 3.30 35 33 1 20 3 0 256 246 111 94 13 92 91 4 0 5 1082 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99
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
CIN (11 yrs) 160 107 .599 2.93 312 296 11 195 32 4 2355.2 2142 905 766 112 806 879 32 6 45 9796 124 1.251 8.2 0.4 3.1 3.4 1.09
PHI (5 yrs) 38 53 .418 4.48 115 102 7 47 10 0 745.0 843 436 371 43 313 228 19 0 17 3325 99 1.552 10.2 0.5 3.8 2.8 0.73
BSN (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 94 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1934 25 PHI NL 7.0 2 1 3 3.86 5.00 -0.03 0.00 124.0 6.24 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .598 .501 $
1935 26 PHI NL 151.0 24 22 86 5.13 4.89 -0.40 0.00 111.7 5.91 12 1.2 1.0 -0.1 2.3 28 .552 .508 $
1936 27 PHI NL 257.2 40 33 146 5.10 4.77 -0.37 0.00 111.3 5.73 17 1.8 1.0 -0.1 3.7 44 .545 .511 $
1937 28 PHI NL 246.1 37 34 148 5.41 4.60 -0.23 0.00 109.2 5.28 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.5 20 .491 .498 $ AS
1938 29 PHI NL 82.2 12 12 53 5.77 4.60 -0.36 0.00 102.5 5.08 -6 -0.6 -0.0 0.0 1 .450 .496 $
1938 29 CIN NL 168.0 27 22 81 4.34 4.45 0.29 0.00 99.0 4.12 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .487 .498 $
1939 30 CIN NL 319.0 39 36 98 2.76 4.46 0.37 0.00 99.9 4.09 49 5.6 1.0 -0.2 7.9 77 .643 .534 $ AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 305.0 36 36 95 2.80 4.41 0.61 0.00 99.4 3.77 33 3.8 -0.2 6.4 67 .606 .523 $ AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 302.0 37 35 108 3.22 4.39 0.17 0.00 99.4 4.20 34 3.9 1.0 -0.2 6.6 66 .607 .524 $ AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 253.2 34 32 101 3.58 4.10 0.23 0.00 99.2 3.84 9 1.1 1.0 -0.1 3.0 29 .532 .507 $ AS
1943 34 CIN NL 246.0 34 34 105 3.84 3.90 0.32 0.00 99.1 3.56 -8 -0.9 -0.2 1.0 14 .475 .495 $ MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 285.0 34 32 92 2.91 4.37 0.55 0.00 96.9 3.70 25 2.9 1.0 -0.2 5.0 52 .585 .518 $ AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 168.0 22 22 62 3.32 4.71 0.03 0.00 99.2 4.65 24 2.7 -0.1 3.9 41 .622 .517 $
1946 37 CIN NL 151.1 22 22 55 3.27 4.21 0.38 0.00 99.0 3.79 9 1.0 -0.1 2.3 24 .547 .506 $
1947 38 CIN NL 122.0 20 20 83 6.12 4.85 -0.34 0.00 102.6 5.33 -11 -1.1 -0.1 0.0 4 .445 .493 $
1948 39 CIN NL 35.0 7 5 25 6.43 4.26 -0.21 0.00 98.1 4.38 -8 -0.8 .5 0.0 -0.4 -4 .391 .495 $
1950 41 BSN NL 4.0 1 0 2 4.50 4.43 -0.14 0.00 106.0 4.84 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 1 .518 .500 $
16 Seasons 3103.2 428 398 1343 3.89 4.44 0.15 0.00 101.8 4.39 175 20.3 .9 -1.7 44.3 479 .547 .507 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CIN (11 yrs) 2355.0 312 296 905 3.46 4.36 0.30 0.00 99.2 4.02 153 17.9 .9 -1.3 36.6 382 .557 .510 $
PHI (5 yrs) 744.2 115 102 436 5.27 4.72 -0.33 0.00 109.8 5.55 22 2.3 1.0 -0.3 7.7 96 .520 .503 $
BSN (1 yr) 4.0 1 0 2 4.50 4.43 -0.14 0.00 106.0 4.84 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 1 .518 .500 $

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
1939 30 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 4.91 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 13 9 6 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 47 1.273 10.6 0.8 0.8 4.9 6.00
1940 31 CIN NL WS W DET 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 8 3 3 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 66 0.778 4.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 2 .500 2.79 4 3 1 3 1 0 29.0 21 12 9 1 7 0 12 0 0 0 113 0.966 6.5 0.3 2.2 3.7 1.71
2 WS 2 2 .500 2.79 4 3 1 3 1 0 29.0 21 12 9 1 7 0 12 0 0 0 113 0.966 6.5 0.3 2.2 3.7 1.71

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
1937 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 CIN NL 30
1940 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1942 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1944 CIN NL 35 1 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
6 Yrs (5 GP) 1 0 0 2.00 2 0 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 39 1.333 10.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00

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
1948 39 CIN NL 7 138 139 25 42 10 1 7 3 0 18 19 .302 .382 .540 .922 .310 75 2 0 6 0 2
1950 41 BSN NL 1 19 16 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .313 .389 .375 .764 .313 6 0 0 1 0 0
2 Yrs 8 157 155 27 47 11 1 7 3 0 20 19 .303 .383 .523 .905 .310 81 2 0 7 0 2
162 Game Avg. 42 821 811 141 246 58 5 37 16 0 105 99 .303 .383 .523 .905 .310 424 10 0 37 0 10
MLB Averages .268 .337 .340 .677 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 39 CIN NL -4.6 -0.4 141 -0.6 2.2 -2.8 .98 -1.2 0.6 -6.9 -0.7 0.98 -12.9 0 1 1
1950 41 BSN NL 0.0 0.0 20 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .12 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.12 1.0 0 0 1
16 Yrs 179.6 19.9 161 -0.6 2.3 -2.9 .87 -1.2 0.5 -6.1 -0.6 0.87 -11.9 0 1 2

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
1934 25 PHI NL 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0% 47.0 47 47 0 1 5.1 5.0
1935 26 PHI NL 24 22 9 8 5 1 0 10 12 .455 0 0 8 2 10 45% 45.8 79 10 5 11 4.6 6.6
1936 27 PHI NL 40 33 10 19 4 0 8 10 23 .303 0 0 15 4 18 55% 48.1 82 13 17 7 4.2 7.3
1937 28 PHI NL 37 34 14 14 6 4 2 17 17 .500 0 0 15 3 12 35% 47.1 79 24 17 9 5.2 7.1
1938 29 TOT NL 39 34 14 13 7 2 6 20 14 .588 0 0 20 3 18 53% 49.1 78 4 19 6 5.5 7.1
1938 29 PHI NL 12 12 4 8 0 0 2 4 8 .333 0 0 9 1 6 50% 44.5 72 4 6 2 4.8 6.9
1938 29 CIN NL 27 22 10 5 7 2 4 16 6 .727 0 0 11 2 12 55% 51.6 78 15 13 4 5.8 7.3
1939 30 CIN NL 39 36 27 8 1 3 6 28 8 .778 0 0 31 2 30 83% 63.6 80 25 22 8 5.0 8.7
1940 31 CIN NL 36 36 22 10 4 3 4 25 11 .694 0 0 29 3 25 69% 61.7 81 22 22 7 5.2 8.5
1941 32 CIN NL 37 35 19 15 1 2 6 20 15 .571 0 0 27 5 24 69% 57.9 80 31 18 8 3.8 8.6
1942 33 CIN NL 34 32 15 13 4 1 9 16 16 .500 0 0 21 2 23 72% 58.8 87 22 10 12 3.7 7.9
1943 34 CIN NL 34 34 15 15 4 2 7 17 17 .500 0 0 21 5 21 62% 51.7 81 17 19 9 3.5 7.2
1944 35 CIN NL 34 32 22 8 2 2 5 22 10 .688 0 0 27 6 25 78% 60.8 94 13 10 11 4.0 8.8
1945 36 CIN NL 22 22 10 10 2 1 4 11 11 .500 0 0 12 3 13 59% 55.5 82 24 7 9 2.9 7.6
1946 37 CIN NL 22 22 10 7 5 0 5 14 8 .636 0 0 10 2 16 73% 54.5 74 31 1 18 4.2 6.9
1947 38 CIN NL 20 20 8 8 4 1 1 10 10 .500 0 0 5 2 8 40% 42.7 84 17 1 14 5.2 6.1
1948 39 CIN NL 7 5 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 .400 1 0 1 0 1 20% 41.8 56 20 1 0 0 4 5.0 7.2 6.2
15 Yrs 427 398 195 151 52 22 64 222 176 .558 1 0 242 42 244 61% 54 94 4 1 0 168 134 4.4 7.2 7.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 132 -35 4.6 4.8 6.9
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

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
1934 25 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1935 26 PHI NL 24 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7.5
1936 27 PHI NL 40 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 6.7
1937 28 PHI NL 37 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4.0
1938 29 TOT NL 39 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 4.6
1938 29 CIN NL 27 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 4.6
1939 30 CIN NL 39 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7.0
1941 32 CIN NL 37 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.0
1942 33 CIN NL 34 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5
1944 35 CIN NL 34 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.0
1948 39 CIN NL 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .980 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 6.0
1950 41 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .125 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
11 Yrs 282 30 18 3 9 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0% .877 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 21 4 2 8 5.6

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%
1934 25 PHI NL 30 3.3% 23.3% 6.7% 63%
1935 26 PHI NL 666 1.4% 6.0% 10.2% 3.0% 12% 80%
1936 27 PHI NL 1159 1.0% 5.7% 9.9% 2.2% 9% 82%
1937 28 PHI NL 1094 1.3% 8.0% 7.9% 3.3% 12% 81%
1938 29 TOT NL 1111 1.2% 8.4% 9.7% 4.1% 17% 80%
1938 29 PHI NL 376 2.1% 7.5% 11.2% 4.8% 20% 78%
1938 29 CIN NL 735 0.7% 8.8% 9.0% 3.7% 16% 80%
1939 30 CIN NL 1283 1.2% 10.7% 8.5% 5.0% 26% 77%
1940 31 CIN NL 1207 1.6% 9.5% 7.6% 4.4% 22% 80%
1941 32 CIN NL 1252 0.8% 10.3% 7.0% 4.2% 18% 81%
1942 33 CIN NL 1055 0.8% 10.3% 6.9% 3.5% 17% 80%
1943 34 CIN NL 1055 0.8% 7.6% 10.3% 3.4% 15% 79%
1944 35 CIN NL 1163 0.9% 6.6% 7.5% 3.4% 17% 84%
1945 36 CIN NL 704 0.9% 6.4% 7.2% 3.8% 16% 84%
1946 37 CIN NL 646 1.4% 9.3% 9.9% 5.0% 22% 78%
1947 38 CIN NL 550 2.7% 7.8% 8.9% 3.6% 15% 79%
1948 39 CIN NL 163 67% 5.1% 13.8% 13.0% 13.0% 43% 0.83 82% 21 2 10%
1950 41 BSN NL 19 47% 0.0% 0.0% 10.5% 5.3% 20% 2.00 84% 5 0 0%
16 Yrs 13157 65% 1.2% 8.4% 8.5% 3.9% 17% 0.93 80% 26 2 8%
MLB Averages 49% 1.5% 9.4% 9.3% 3.5% 14% 0.95 83% 10%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1934 25 PHI NL 8 1 0
1935 26 PHI NL 168 9 4
1936 27 PHI NL 284 11 7
1937 28 PHI NL 292 14 4
1938 29 TOT NL 259 13 11
1938 29 PHI NL 91 8 2
1938 29 CIN NL 168 5 9
1939 30 CIN NL 250 15 8
1940 31 CIN NL 241 19 3
1941 32 CIN NL 292 10 7
1942 33 CIN NL 223 8 2
1943 34 CIN NL 244 8 8
1944 35 CIN NL 233 10 2
1945 36 CIN NL 166 6 3
1946 37 CIN NL 146 9 2
1947 38 CIN NL 137 15 0
1948 39 CIN NL 138 42 7 0 3 6 1 2 5 4 1 0 25% 2 1 0 62 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
1950 41 BSN NL 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Yrs 157 2990 155 0 3 6 1 2 5 7 2 0 29% 2 63 0 71 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25
MLB Averages 53% 56%
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

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+
1934 25 0 0 1.29 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 30 384 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 9.0 3.50 384
1935 26 9 9 .500 4.04 26 23 3 8 2 0 158.0 176 89 71 10 70 47 8 0 4 696 113 1.557 10.0 0.6 4.0 2.7 0.67 113
1936 27 20 30 .400 4.18 66 56 6 23 6 0 416.0 460 235 193 21 185 113 13 0 11 1855 109 1.550 10.0 0.5 4.0 2.4 0.61 109
1937 28 34 45 .430 4.39 103 90 7 38 9 0 662.1 752 383 323 35 271 200 16 0 15 2949 102 1.545 10.2 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.74 102
1938 29 49 59 .454 4.34 142 124 10 58 12 1 913.1 1011 517 440 48 379 293 21 0 26 4060 99 1.522 10.0 0.5 3.7 2.9 0.77 99
1939 30 76 70 .521 3.80 181 160 12 89 14 1 1232.1 1261 615 521 63 488 430 27 3 34 5343 110 1.419 9.2 0.5 3.6 3.1 0.88 110
1940 31 98 80 .551 3.54 217 196 12 118 17 1 1537.1 1502 710 605 82 580 545 32 3 37 6550 116 1.354 8.8 0.5 3.4 3.2 0.94 116
1941 32 117 95 .552 3.43 254 231 14 145 22 3 1839.1 1794 818 700 92 668 674 34 3 44 7802 118 1.339 8.8 0.5 3.3 3.3 1.01 118
1942 33 132 109 .548 3.33 288 263 15 166 24 3 2093.0 2017 919 775 100 741 783 39 3 46 8856 118 1.318 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.4 1.06 118
1943 34 147 124 .542 3.35 322 297 15 187 29 3 2339.1 2261 1024 872 108 850 863 40 4 54 9910 115 1.330 8.7 0.4 3.3 3.3 1.02 115
1944 35 170 132 .563 3.25 356 329 17 214 35 4 2624.1 2494 1116 948 118 937 940 44 4 56 11072 118 1.307 8.6 0.4 3.2 3.2 1.00 118
1945 36 180 142 .559 3.22 378 351 17 226 38 4 2792.1 2660 1178 998 124 988 985 46 4 59 11778 119 1.306 8.6 0.4 3.2 3.2 1.00 119
1946 37 190 149 .560 3.18 400 373 17 236 40 4 2943.2 2806 1233 1041 133 1052 1045 48 5 61 12414 120 1.311 8.6 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99 120
1947 38 198 157 .558 3.29 420 393 17 241 42 4 3065.2 2943 1316 1119 148 1101 1088 51 6 61 12964 116 1.319 8.6 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99 116
1948 39 198 160 .553 3.30 427 398 18 242 42 4 3100.2 2985 1341 1137 155 1119 1107 51 6 62 13121 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99 116
1949 40 198 160 .553 3.30 427 398 18 242 42 4 3100.2 2985 1341 1137 155 1119 1107 51 6 62 13121 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99 116
1950 41 198 160 .553 3.30 428 398 18 242 42 4 3104.2 2990 1343 1139 155 1121 1107 51 6 63 13140 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99 116

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
1934 25 0 0 1.29 7.0 8 1 1 1 2 7 1 1.429 10.3 2.6 9.0 3.50 1.3 2
1935 26 10 7 .588 3.52 156.0 161 68 61 9 65 41 7 1.449 9.3 3.8 2.4 0.63 0.5 24
1936 27 17 13 .567 3.47 275.0 271 118 106 10 110 70 5 1.385 8.9 3.6 2.3 0.64 0.3 40
1937 28 13 15 .464 4.22 258.0 288 134 121 14 85 91 3 1.446 10.0 3.0 3.2 1.07 0.5 37
1938 29 13 15 .464 4.29 260.0 275 138 124 14 115 96 5 1.500 9.5 4.0 3.3 0.83 0.5 39
1939 30 26 9 .743 2.38 322.0 263 94 85 16 115 138 6 1.174 7.4 3.2 3.9 1.20 0.4 39
1940 31 23 10 .697 2.66 304.0 256 100 90 20 98 114 5 1.164 7.6 2.9 3.4 1.16 0.6 36
1941 32 20 13 .606 3.14 298.0 311 116 104 11 94 127 2 1.359 9.4 2.8 3.8 1.35 0.3 37
1942 33 17 11 .607 3.13 259.0 252 100 90 9 82 111 6 1.290 8.8 2.8 3.9 1.35 0.3 34
1943 34 12 14 .462 4.39 236.0 272 128 115 9 122 77 1 1.669 10.4 4.7 2.9 0.63 0.3 34
1944 35 22 9 .710 2.63 287.0 250 93 84 11 93 77 4 1.195 7.8 2.9 2.4 0.83 0.3 34
1945 36 12 6 .667 2.81 170.0 174 59 53 6 53 45 2 1.335 9.2 2.8 2.4 0.85 0.3 22
1946 37 9 6 .600 3.21 143.0 163 57 51 10 71 57 2 1.636 10.3 4.5 3.6 0.80 0.6 22
1947 38 5 9 .357 5.41 128.0 139 86 77 15 50 45 3 1.477 9.8 3.5 3.2 0.90 1.1 20
1948 39 1 2 .333 5.03 34.0 44 21 19 7 19 18 0 1.853 11.6 5.0 4.8 0.95 1.9 7
1950 41 0 0 4.50 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
16 Yrs 200 139 .590 3.39 3141.0 3132 1315 1183 162 1176 1114 52 1.372 9.0 3.2 0.95 0.5 428

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1958 BBWAA (12.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 7.1%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1964 BBWAA (17.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.0%)
1966 BBWAA (18.5%)
1967 BBWAA (22.3%)
1967 Run Off ( 7.8%)
1968 BBWAA (23.7%)
1969 BBWAA ( 5.9%)
1970 BBWAA ( 9.7%)

All-Star Games
1937 *
1939
1940 *
1941 *
1942 *
1944 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1939 NL MVP
1939 NL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (1, 90%)
1940 NL (3, 43%)
1941 NL (28, 2%)
1943 NL (32, 0%)
1944 NL (5, 32%)
1 MVP
1.67 Career Shares (121st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 NL  9.5 (1st)
1940 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1941 NL  7.0 (3rd)
1944 NL  5.9 (5th)
Career  52.0 (221st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1936 NL  3.7 (10th)
1939 NL  7.9 (1st)
1940 NL  6.4 (2nd)
1941 NL  6.6 (2nd)
1942 NL  3.0 (10th)
1944 NL  5.0 (6th)
1945 NL  3.9 (8th)
Career  44.3 (109th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1939 NL  2.29 (1st)
1940 NL  2.48 (1st)
1941 NL  2.83 (5th)
1942 NL  2.66 (6th)
1944 NL  2.40 (2nd)
1945 NL  2.68 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1937 NL  14 (10th)
1938 NL  15 (5th)
1939 NL  27 (1st)
1940 NL  22 (1st)
1941 NL  19 (3rd)
1942 NL  15 (8th)
1943 NL  15 (6th)
1944 NL  23 (1st)
Career  198 (112th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1939 NL  .711 (4th)
1940 NL  .688 (3rd)
1944 NL  .742 (4th)
1946 NL  .588 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1939 NL  1.125 (1st)
1940 NL  1.092 (1st)
1942 NL  1.167 (6th)
1944 NL  1.123 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  7.053 (1st)
1940 NL  7.112 (1st)
1942 NL  7.912 (10th)
1944 NL  7.358 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  2.590 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  3.865 (9th)
1941 NL  3.844 (8th)
1942 NL  3.867 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1936 NL  258.0 (8th)
1937 NL  246.3 (8th)
1938 NL  251.0 (6th)
1939 NL  319.0 (1st)
1940 NL  305.0 (1st)
1941 NL  302.0 (1st)
1942 NL  253.7 (6th)
1944 NL  285.0 (4th)
Career  3,104.7 (117th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 NL  137 (1st)
1940 NL  115 (5th)
1941 NL  129 (3rd)
1942 NL  109 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1936 NL  33 (5th)
1937 NL  34 (1st)
1938 NL  34 (3rd)
1939 NL  36 (1st)
1940 NL  36 (2nd)
1941 NL  35 (2nd)
1942 NL  32 (8th)
1943 NL  34 (3rd)
1944 NL  32 (8th)
Career  398 (124th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1936 NL  15 (8th)
1938 NL  20 (3rd)
1939 NL  31 (1st)
1940 NL  29 (1st)
1941 NL  27 (1st)
1942 NL  21 (4th)
1943 NL  21 (5th)
1944 NL  27 (2nd)
Career  242 (91st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1936 NL  4 (1st)
1937 NL  3 (9th)
1938 NL  3 (5th)
1939 NL  2 (8th)
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1941 NL  5 (3rd)
1943 NL  5 (3rd)
1944 NL  6 (2nd)
1945 NL  3 (6th)
Career  42 (38th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 NL  14 (10th)
1939 NL  15 (6th)
1940 NL  19 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1935 NL  68 (10th)
1936 NL  115 (2nd)
1937 NL  86 (6th)
1938 NL  108 (3rd)
1939 NL  109 (2nd)
1940 NL  92 (5th)
1941 NL  88 (4th)
1943 NL  109 (2nd)
1944 NL  87 (10th)
Career  1,121 (70th)

Hits s c a p y
1936 NL  284 (3rd)
1937 NL  292 (2nd)
1938 NL  259 (7th)
1939 NL  250 (8th)
1940 NL  241 (7th)
1941 NL  292 (1st)
1942 NL  223 (7th)
1943 NL  244 (5th)
Career  2,990 (128th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  1.466 (10th)
1942 NL  1.493 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL  0.466 (10th)
1939 NL  0.423 (8th)
1941 NL  0.298 (3rd)
1942 NL  0.284 (9th)
1944 NL  0.316 (9th)
1945 NL  0.321 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1936 NL  21 (1st)
1937 NL  15 (5th)
1938 NL  14 (7th)
1941 NL  15 (3rd)
1942 NL  14 (8th)
1943 NL  15 (6th)
Career  160 (119th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  122 (2nd)
1937 NL  130 (2nd)
1938 NL  117 (3rd)
1941 NL  95 (3rd)
1943 NL  97 (2nd)
Career  1,139 (150th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 NL  7 (7th)
1938 NL  11 (2nd)
1939 NL  8 (3rd)
1941 NL  7 (4th)
1943 NL  8 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 NL  7 (5th)
1936 NL  5 (9th)
1938 NL  5 (10th)
1939 NL  6 (6th)
1940 NL  5 (9th)
1942 NL  5 (5th)
1944 NL  4 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1936 NL  1,159 (5th)
1937 NL  1,094 (4th)
1938 NL  1,111 (5th)
1939 NL  1,283 (1st)
1940 NL  1,207 (1st)
1941 NL  1,252 (2nd)
1942 NL  1,054 (8th)
1943 NL  1,054 (8th)
1944 NL  1,162 (4th)
Career  13,140 (117th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1939 NL  170 (1st)
1940 NL  154 (1st)
1941 NL  127 (5th)
1942 NL  123 (6th)
1944 NL  146 (2nd)
1945 NL  141 (4th)
Career  116 (190th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  55 (1st)
1940 NL  46 (1st)
1941 NL  28 (4th)
1944 NL  35 (1st)
1945 NL  19 (9th)
Career  177 (102nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  6.0 (1st)
1940 NL  5.1 (1st)
1941 NL  3.0 (4th)
1944 NL  3.9 (1st)
1945 NL  2.0 (9th)
Career  19.7 (89th)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 NL  born 1909-04-19 (8th)
1950 NL  born 1909-04-19 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1931 NL  born 1909-04-19 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 48 (27), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 152 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 104 (89), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Milt Pappas (910)
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  2. Don Black (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Genewich (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Denny Galehouse (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Walt Terrell (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Forsch (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Howie Pollet (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Caldwell (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hal Schumacher (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hal Schumacher (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Stieb (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Perry (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Red Faber (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Niekro (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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