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Jim Waugh

James Elden Waugh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 25, 1933 in Lancaster, OH
High School: Lancaster HS (Lancaster, OH)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1952
Team: Pirates 1952-1953

Final Game: September 26, 1953
Died: February 16, 2010 in Rock Hill, SC
Buried: Bourland Cemetery, Keller, TX
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 18 PIT NL 1 6 .143 6.36 17 7 6 1 0 0 52.1 61 43 37 4 32 18 2 0 0 252 63 1.777 10.5 0.7 5.5 3.1 0.56
1953 19 PIT NL 4 5 .444 6.48 29 11 3 1 0 0 90.1 108 70 65 21 56 23 0 1 3 425 69 1.815 10.8 2.1 5.6 2.3 0.41
2 Yrs 5 11 .313 6.43 46 18 9 2 0 0 142.2 169 113 102 25 88 41 2 1 3 677 67 1.801 10.7 1.6 5.6 2.6 0.47
162 Game Avg. 5 12 .313 6.43 49 19 10 2 0 0 152 180 120 108 27 94 44 2 1 3 719 67 1.801 10.7 1.6 5.6 2.6 0.47

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
1952 18 PIT NL 52.1 17 7 43 7.39 4.39 -0.18 0.00 108.0 4.94 -14 -1.4 .7 0.0 -0.9 -9 .415 .491 $
1953 19 PIT NL 90.1 29 11 70 6.97 4.87 -0.02 0.00 102.9 5.03 -19 -1.8 .8 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .439 .489 $
2 Seasons 142.2 46 18 113 7.13 4.69 -0.08 0.00 104.8 4.99 -33 -3.2 .7 0.0 -1.8 -18 .430 .490 $

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
1952 18 PIT NL 17 141 211 43 61 4 2 4 3 0 32 18 .289 .388 .384 .772 .302 81 2 2 4 0 3
1953 19 PIT NL 29 237 366 70 108 10 1 21 4 3 56 23 .295 .389 .500 .889 .270 183 5 0 3 0 4
2 Yrs 46 378 577 113 169 14 3 25 7 3 88 41 .293 .388 .458 .846 .282 264 7 2 7 0 7
162 Game Avg. 49 402 613 120 180 15 3 27 7 3 94 44 .293 .388 .458 .846 .282 281 7 2 7 0 7
MLB Averages .258 .331 .378 .709 .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
1952 18 PIT NL -13.2 -1.3 153 -0.3 2.7 -3.0 1.12 0.3 -0.5 2.3 0.2 1.11 4.3 0 2 3
1953 19 PIT NL -17.8 -1.7 252 -0.7 3.3 -3.9 .77 -1.4 0.6 -7.3 -0.7 0.76 -14.4 1 1 8
2 Yrs -31.0 -3.0 405 -0.9 6.0 -6.9 .90 -1.1 0.1 -5.0 -0.5 0.89 -10.1 1 3 11

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
1952 18 PIT NL 17 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 0 0 1 0 3 43% 42.6 63 14 2 0 1 3 3.9 2.3 4.8
1953 19 PIT NL 29 11 4 5 2 3 0 5 6 .455 0 1 1 0 1 9% 39.5 64 28 4 1 5 4 4.8 5.5 4.9
2 Yrs 46 18 5 10 3 3 2 7 11 .389 0 1 2 0 4 22% 41 64 14 6 1 6 7 4.4 3.9 4.9
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 106 -6 4.4 4.4 6.6

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
1952 18 PIT NL 17 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1.124 0 2 3 1 0 4 2 3 6 3 3 1 5.6
1953 19 PIT NL 29 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% .766 1 1 8 0 0 10 4 6 10 4 7 4 6.1
2 Yrs 46 28 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% .900 1 3 11 1 0 14 6 9 16 7 10 5 5.9

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%
1952 18 PIT NL 249 60% 2.8% 12.8% 22.7% 7.1% 16% 1.15 134% 25 2 8%
1953 19 PIT NL 425 58% 8.9% 9.7% 23.6% 13.5% 30% 1.13 136% 48 5 10%
2 Yrs 674 59% 6.6% 10.9% 23.3% 11.1% 25% 1.14 135% 73 7 10%
MLB Averages 50% 2.2% 12.1% 10.3% 6.7% 26% 0.96 85% 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
1952 18 PIT NL 141 61 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 1 33% 3 0 0 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108
1953 19 PIT NL 237 108 21 0 12 8 6 5 9 17 8 1 47% 4 3 0 80 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 188
2 Yrs 378 169 25 0 14 9 6 6 9 23 10 2 43% 7 3 0 135 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 296
MLB Averages 52% 55%

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+
1952 18 1 6 .143 6.36 17 7 6 1 0 0 52.1 61 43 37 4 32 18 2 0 0 252 63 1.777 10.5 0.7 5.5 3.1 0.56 63
1953 19 5 11 .313 6.43 46 18 9 2 0 0 142.2 169 113 102 25 88 41 2 1 3 677 67 1.801 10.7 1.6 5.6 2.6 0.47 67

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
1952 18 2 4 .333 6.50 54.0 64 43 39 4 34 19 2 1.815 10.7 5.7 3.2 0.56 0.7 17
1953 19 3 7 .300 5.90 93.0 106 68 61 21 55 24 0 1.731 10.3 5.3 2.3 0.44 2.0 29
2 Yrs 5 11 .313 6.12 147.0 170 111 100 25 89 43 2 1.762 10.4 2.6 0.48 1.5 46

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1952 NL  born 1933-11-25 (1st)
1953 NL  born 1933-11-25 (6th)

                                         

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