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Herm Wehmeier

Herman Ralph Wehmeier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 18, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1945
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Phillies/Redlegs/Tigers 1945-1958

Final Game: July 23, 1958
Died: May 21, 1973 in Dallas, TX
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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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
1945 18 CIN NL 0 1 .000 12.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 27 32 2.800 18.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.00
1947 20 CIN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 21 CIN NL 11 8 .579 5.86 33 24 3 6 0 0 147.1 179 105 96 21 75 56 2 1 5 680 67 1.724 10.9 1.3 4.6 3.4 0.75
1949 22 CIN NL 11 12 .478 4.68 33 29 1 11 1 0 213.1 202 119 111 20 117 80 7 0 7 937 90 1.495 8.5 0.8 4.9 3.4 0.68
1950 23 CIN NL 10 18 .357 5.67 41 32 7 12 0 4 230.0 255 157 145 27 135 121 4 1 11 1058 75 1.696 10.0 1.1 5.3 4.7 0.90
1951 24 CIN NL 7 10 .412 3.70 39 22 8 10 2 2 184.2 167 82 76 15 89 93 4 1 3 796 110 1.386 8.1 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.04
1952 25 CIN NL 9 11 .450 5.15 33 26 2 6 1 0 190.1 197 115 109 23 103 83 7 0 3 850 73 1.576 9.3 1.1 4.9 3.9 0.81
1953 26 CIN NL 1 6 .143 7.16 28 10 6 2 0 0 81.2 100 71 65 20 47 32 0 0 3 389 61 1.800 11.0 2.2 5.2 3.5 0.68
1954 27 TOT NL 10 11 .476 4.40 37 20 6 10 2 2 171.2 153 90 84 16 72 62 2 0 6 730 93 1.311 8.0 0.8 3.8 3.3 0.86
1954 27 CIN NL 0 3 .000 6.68 12 3 3 0 0 2 33.2 36 29 25 6 21 13 1 0 1 157 63 1.693 9.6 1.6 5.6 3.5 0.62
1954 27 PHI NL 10 8 .556 3.85 25 17 3 10 2 0 138.0 117 61 59 10 51 49 1 0 5 573 105 1.217 7.6 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.96
1955 28 PHI NL 10 12 .455 4.41 31 29 1 10 1 0 193.2 176 101 95 21 67 7 85 2 0 4 812 90 1.255 8.2 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.27
1956 29 TOT NL 12 11 .522 3.73 37 22 6 7 2 1 190.2 168 89 79 18 82 8 76 1 0 2 803 100 1.311 7.9 0.8 3.9 3.6 0.93
1956 29 PHI NL 0 2 .000 4.05 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.0 18 9 9 2 11 0 8 0 0 0 88 93 1.450 8.1 0.9 5.0 3.6 0.73
1956 29 STL NL 12 9 .571 3.69 34 19 6 7 2 1 170.2 150 80 70 16 71 8 68 1 0 2 715 101 1.295 7.9 0.8 3.7 3.6 0.96
1957 30 STL NL 10 7 .588 4.31 36 18 5 5 0 0 165.0 165 91 79 25 54 7 91 2 0 4 716 92 1.327 9.0 1.4 2.9 5.0 1.69
1958 31 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 4.71 10 6 2 0 0 0 28.2 34 17 15 4 7 0 15 0 0 0 124 88 1.430 10.7 1.3 2.2 4.7 2.14
1958 31 STL NL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 9 9 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 31 33 2.500 19.5 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1958 31 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2.38 7 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 21 8 6 2 5 0 11 0 0 0 93 172 1.147 8.3 0.8 2.0 4.4 2.20
13 Yrs 92 108 .460 4.80 361 240 48 79 9 9 1803.0 1806 1044 961 210 852 22 794 31 3 48 7925 84 1.474 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.0 0.93
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .460 4.80 41 27 5 9 1 1 204 204 118 109 24 96 90 4 0 5 897 84 1.474 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.0 0.93
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 (9 yrs) 49 69 .415 5.25 222 148 31 47 4 8 1087.0 1146 685 634 132 591 478 25 3 33 4897 78 1.598 9.5 1.1 4.9 4.0 0.81
PHI (3 yrs) 20 22 .476 4.17 59 49 4 20 3 0 351.2 311 171 163 33 129 7 142 3 0 9 1473 96 1.251 8.0 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.10
STL (3 yrs) 22 17 .564 4.16 73 40 11 12 2 1 341.2 328 180 158 43 127 15 163 3 0 6 1462 93 1.332 8.6 1.1 3.3 4.3 1.28
DET (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.38 7 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 21 8 6 2 5 0 11 0 0 0 93 172 1.147 8.3 0.8 2.0 4.4 2.20
NL (13 yrs) 91 108 .457 4.83 354 237 46 79 9 9 1780.1 1785 1036 955 208 847 22 783 31 3 48 7832 83 1.478 9.0 1.1 4.3 4.0 0.92
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.38 7 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 21 8 6 2 5 0 11 0 0 0 93 172 1.147 8.3 0.8 2.0 4.4 2.20

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
1945 18 CIN NL 5.0 2 2 7 12.60 4.22 0.03 0.00 98.0 4.10 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .299 .498 $
1947 20 CIN NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.69 -0.26 0.00 108.0 5.35 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .563 .500 $
1948 21 CIN NL 147.1 33 24 105 6.41 4.61 -0.23 0.00 99.1 4.80 -27 -2.6 .9 -0.1 -1.3 -10 .421 .484 $
1949 22 CIN NL 214.1 33 29 119 5.00 4.69 -0.06 0.00 104.4 4.95 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 1.7 24 .495 .499 $
1950 23 CIN NL 230.1 41 32 157 6.13 4.80 -0.18 0.00 101.5 5.05 -26 -2.5 1.8 -0.2 -0.7 -1 .439 .485 $
1951 24 CIN NL 184.2 39 22 82 4.00 4.54 -0.01 0.00 103.0 4.68 14 1.5 .8 -0.1 3.1 34 .539 .509 $
1952 25 CIN NL 190.1 33 26 115 5.44 4.22 -0.10 0.00 100.4 4.33 -23 -2.4 .9 -0.1 -0.8 -4 .428 .485 $
1953 26 CIN NL 81.2 28 10 71 7.82 4.99 0.28 0.00 100.6 4.74 -27 -2.5 .4 0.2 -1.5 -18 .411 .485 $
1954 27 CIN NL 33.2 12 3 29 7.75 4.73 -0.06 0.00 103.5 4.96 -10 -1.0 .4 0.1 -0.6 -7 .418 .494 $
1954 27 PHI NL 138.0 25 17 61 3.98 4.48 0.19 0.00 100.0 4.29 5 0.6 1.5 -0.1 1.7 20 .522 .503 $
1955 28 PHI NL 193.2 31 29 101 4.69 4.45 0.30 0.00 96.9 4.02 -11 -1.1 .5 -0.1 0.6 7 .465 .493 $
1956 29 PHI NL 20.0 3 3 9 4.05 3.81 -0.18 0.00 97.7 3.90 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .503 .500 $
1956 29 STL NL 170.2 34 19 80 4.22 4.28 0.22 0.00 98.4 4.00 -0 -0.1 1.5 -0.1 1.4 14 .498 .500 $
1957 30 STL NL 165.0 36 18 91 4.96 4.35 0.17 0.00 102.0 4.26 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .467 .493 $
1958 31 STL NL 6.0 3 3 9 13.50 4.44 0.04 0.00 106.1 4.67 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .326 .497 $
1958 31 DET AL 22.2 7 3 8 3.18 4.24 0.16 0.00 105.2 4.30 3 0.3 .4 -0.0 0.4 5 .546 .502 $
13 Seasons 1804.1 361 240 1044 5.21 4.52 0.04 0.00 100.9 4.52 -125 -11.9 1.0 -0.8 3.6 63 .467 .495 $
CIN (9 yrs) 1088.1 222 148 685 5.66 4.62 -0.08 0.00 101.8 4.78 -105 -10.0 .8 -0.3 -0.4 15 .455 .493 $
PHI (3 yrs) 351.2 59 49 171 4.38 4.43 0.23 0.00 98.2 4.12 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.2 2.5 29 .491 .499 $
STL (3 yrs) 341.2 73 40 180 4.74 4.32 0.19 0.00 100.3 4.14 -18 -1.7 1.2 -0.2 1.1 13 .476 .496 $
DET (1 yr) 22.2 7 3 8 3.18 4.24 0.16 0.00 105.2 4.30 3 0.3 .4 -0.0 0.4 5 .546 .502 $

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 21 CIN NL 33 223 599 105 179 27 0 21 3 1 75 56 .299 .379 .449 .828 .303 269 2 2 6 0 7
1949 22 CIN NL 33 477 800 119 202 14 4 20 7 3 117 80 .253 .353 .355 .708 .260 284 14 7 13 0 7
1950 23 CIN NL 41 775 912 157 255 39 9 27 9 3 135 121 .280 .375 .431 .806 .298 393 13 4 10 0 12
1951 24 CIN NL 39 487 693 82 167 13 4 15 9 3 89 93 .241 .331 .336 .667 .260 233 8 4 10 0 2
1952 25 CIN NL 33 685 731 115 197 29 8 23 7 6 103 83 .269 .365 .425 .790 .278 311 13 7 10 0 6
1953 26 CIN NL 28 390 337 71 100 16 7 20 4 1 47 32 .297 .383 .564 .947 .281 190 6 0 6 0 6
1954 27 CIN NL 12 155 131 29 36 5 3 6 0 3 21 13 .275 .377 .496 .873 .265 65 2 1 2 1 3
1954 27 PHI NL 25 512 507 61 117 21 8 10 1 1 51 49 .231 .300 .363 .663 .237 184 10 1 10 4 6
1954 27 TOT NL 37 667 638 90 153 26 11 16 1 4 72 62 .240 .317 .390 .707 .242 249 12 2 12 5 9
1955 28 PHI NL 31 785 730 101 176 29 11 21 2 1 67 85 .241 .304 .397 .702 .246 290 14 2 7 6 7 9
1956 29 PHI NL 3 88 75 9 18 3 1 2 1 1 11 8 .240 .333 .387 .720 .242 29 1 0 1 1 0 2
1956 29 STL NL 34 714 624 80 150 21 4 16 5 1 71 68 .240 .316 .364 .680 .245 227 16 1 11 7 8 6
1956 29 TOT NL 37 802 699 89 168 24 5 18 6 2 82 76 .240 .318 .366 .684 .245 256 17 1 12 8 8 8
1957 30 STL NL 36 716 651 91 165 30 7 25 12 2 54 91 .253 .311 .436 .747 .260 284 8 2 5 4 7 15
1958 31 DET AL 7 93 87 8 21 2 0 2 4 0 5 11 .241 .280 .333 .613 .253 29 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 31 STL NL 3 31 29 9 13 5 0 2 1 0 2 4 .448 .484 .828 1.311 .478 24 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 31 TOT MLB 10 124 116 17 34 7 0 4 5 0 7 15 .293 .331 .457 .788 .306 53 1 0 0 1 0 1
11 Yrs 358 6131 6906 1037 1796 254 66 210 65 26 848 794 .260 .343 .407 .750 .268 2812 108 31 91 24 22 82
162 Game Avg. 41 700 788 118 205 29 8 24 7 3 97 91 .260 .343 .407 .750 .268 321 12 4 10 3 9
MLB Averages .260 .333 .370 .703 .276
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

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 21 CIN NL -30.2 -2.9 236 -1.4 3.4 -4.8 .97 -2.0 0.6 -19.6 -1.9 0.97 -21.7 0 1 3
1949 22 CIN NL -7.9 -0.8 488 0.3 10.4 -10.1 1.28 -0.1 0.3 2.3 0.2 1.28 -1.1 1 1 0
1950 23 CIN NL -32.8 -3.1 826 -2.2 17.6 -19.9 1.32 -1.7 0.0 -19.5 -1.8 1.32 -18.7 4 2 1
1951 24 CIN NL 9.3 1.0 512 -0.1 9.9 -10.0 1.13 -0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.13 -2.1 1 4 9
1952 25 CIN NL -26.4 -2.6 707 -3.3 11.5 -14.8 1.05 -2.9 -0.3 -28.2 -2.8 1.04 -32.3 2 2 3
1953 26 CIN NL -24.2 -2.2 399 -1.9 3.9 -5.9 .65 -3.3 0.3 -28.0 -2.6 0.65 -32.3 1 2 15
1954 27 TOT NL -3.7 -0.3 683 0.7 11.6 -10.9 1.00 0.3 0.4 2.0 0.3 1.00 3.2 3 2 11
1954 27 CIN NL -9.2 -0.9 161 -0.5 1.9 -2.4 .71 -0.6 -0.0 -7.9 -0.7 0.71 -5.8 0 1 8
1954 27 PHI NL 5.5 0.6 522 1.2 9.7 -8.5 1.09 0.9 0.2 9.9 1.0 1.09 9.0 3 1 3
1955 28 PHI NL -6.9 -0.7 800 -1.4 13.5 -14.9 .98 0.6 -2.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.98 6.0 0 1 1
1956 29 TOT NL 1.6 0.2 816 1.4 17.3 -15.8 1.23 1.0 0.2 3.7 0.4 1.23 5.9 6 3 6
1956 29 PHI NL 0.0 0.0 90 0.1 2.2 -2.1 1.45 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 1.45 -0.3 0 0 0
1956 29 STL NL 1.5 0.2 726 1.4 15.1 -13.7 1.21 1.0 0.1 3.9 0.4 1.21 6.1 6 3 6
1957 30 STL NL -7.2 -0.7 733 -0.4 13.0 -13.4 1.01 -1.4 1.0 -14.1 -1.4 1.01 -15.3 5 3 10
1958 31 TOT MLB -1.8 -0.1 129 -0.1 2.3 -2.5 1.00 -0.2 0.0 -4.4 -0.4 1.00 -3.5 0 1 2
1958 31 STL NL -5.3 -0.5 32 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 1.23 -0.5 0.2 -5.1 -0.5 1.23 -5.3 0 0 0
1958 31 DET AL 3.5 0.4 97 0.2 1.6 -1.4 .93 0.3 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.93 1.9 0 1 2
13 Yrs -133.9 -12.6 6329 -8.5 114.4 -122.9 1.08 -9.8 2.0 -108.9 -10.3 1.08 -111.9 23 22 61
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1945 18 CIN NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.5 43 20 0 2 5.5 2.5
1948 21 CIN NL 33 24 10 7 7 5 1 12 12 .500 0 2 6 0 7 29% 42.4 70 14 12 6 10 9 5.2 7.7 5.6
1949 22 CIN NL 33 29 10 11 8 2 2 13 16 .448 0 3 11 1 13 45% 47.7 76 21 7 4 14 8 4.6 5.8 7.0
1950 23 CIN NL 41 32 10 18 4 3 2 10 22 .313 1 1 12 0 10 31% 41.9 79 17 11 6 22 7 4.7 4.8 6.5
1951 24 CIN NL 39 22 7 10 5 0 6 9 13 .409 1 3 10 2 13 59% 53.9 80 17 11 3 16 2 3.7 2.5 7.3
1952 25 CIN NL 33 26 9 9 8 2 3 10 16 .385 1 6 6 1 15 58% 47.9 77 16 23 11 10 10 4.3 4.1 6.8
1953 26 CIN NL 28 10 1 6 3 1 1 2 8 .200 0 3 2 0 1 10% 36.7 66 19 9 1 1 6 4.0 3.3 4.7
1954 27 TOT NL 37 20 9 11 0 1 4 9 11 .450 0 0 10 2 12 60% 53.0 85 17 26 19 7 7 3.9 4.1 7.2
1954 27 CIN NL 12 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45.0 55 40 8 6 0 2 2.7 1.5 6.0
1954 27 PHI NL 25 17 9 8 0 1 3 9 8 .529 0 0 10 2 11 65% 54.4 85 17 18 13 7 5 4.1 4.5 7.4
1955 28 PHI NL 31 29 10 12 7 2 2 12 17 .414 0 2 10 1 12 41% 50.2 78 24 16 8 12 11 4.8 5.2 6.5
1956 29 TOT NL 37 22 7 10 5 0 3 9 12 .429 0 3 7 2 12 55% 51.9 80 22 20 8 7 9 3.1 2.4 6.6
1956 29 PHI NL 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 2 67% 50.3 75 29 1 0 0 3 1.7 1.7 6.7
1956 29 STL NL 34 19 7 8 4 0 2 8 10 .444 0 3 7 2 10 53% 52.1 80 22 19 8 7 6 3.3 2.5 6.6
1957 30 STL NL 36 18 8 5 5 4 1 11 7 .611 1 2 5 0 7 39% 50.2 84 22 18 6 8 6 5.3 5.5 7.1
1958 31 TOT MLB 10 6 1 1 4 0 0 3 3 .500 1 1 0 0 2 33% 0.0 67 21 3 2 1 4 3.9 3.8 3.7
1958 31 STL NL 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 48 21 1 1 0 2 4.7 6.4 2.0
1958 31 DET AL 7 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 1 1 0 0 2 67% 55.3 67 42 2 1 1 2 3.1 2.6 5.3
12 Yrs 360 240 82 101 57 20 25 100 139 .418 5 26 79 9 104 43% 48 85 14 156 74 108 81 4.4 4.4 6.5
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.6
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
1947 20 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1948 21 CIN NL 33 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% .967 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 3 3 2 0 4.1
1949 22 CIN NL 33 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1.278 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 8.8
1950 23 CIN NL 41 9 7 0 0 4 4 1 100% 4 0 9 1 11% 9 1.321 4 2 1 4 1 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 7.8
1951 24 CIN NL 39 17 8 0 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 6 2 33% 8 1.133 1 4 9 3 1 10 4 10 8 1 6 1 4.2
1952 25 CIN NL 33 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 100% 1 1.050 2 2 3 1 2 4 2 5 4 1 6 0 6.0
1953 26 CIN NL 28 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 7 .648 1 2 15 0 0 18 8 10 11 2 12 3 5.8
1954 27 TOT NL 37 17 6 1 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 12 4 33% 1.002 3 2 11 4 1 11 7 9 10 7 10 3 4.8
1954 27 CIN NL 12 9 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 7 .711 0 1 8 2 0 7 1 8 7 2 7 2 5.2
1954 27 PHI NL 25 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 9 4 44% 8 1.090 3 1 3 2 1 4 6 1 3 5 3 1 4.4
1955 28 PHI NL 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 .976 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1956 29 TOT NL 37 15 6 5 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 16 6 38% 1.233 6 3 6 4 2 9 7 8 11 1 11 2 9.1
1956 29 STL NL 34 15 6 5 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 16 6 38% 5 1.206 6 3 6 4 2 9 7 8 11 1 11 2 9.1
1957 30 STL NL 36 18 5 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 7 47% 3 1.014 5 3 10 5 2 11 11 7 12 4 14 1 6.3
1958 31 TOT MLB 10 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 1.002 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 5.0
1958 31 DET AL 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 .926 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 5.0
12 Yrs 353 121 48 10 7 12 9 4 75% 15 3 84 33 39% 1.078 23 22 61 21 10 76 51 56 70 23 69 11 6.0

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%
1945 18 CIN NL 27 0.0% 0.0% 14.8% 85%
1947 20 CIN NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1948 21 CIN NL 682 57% 9.4% 25.1% 33.6% 21.5% 27% 0.67 234% 51 2 4%
1949 22 CIN NL 937 65% 4.2% 16.8% 24.5% 8.0% 19% 0.77 147% 107 14 13%
1950 23 CIN NL 1061 66% 3.5% 15.6% 17.4% 9.7% 29% 0.85 99% 157 13 8%
1951 24 CIN NL 796 59% 3.1% 19.1% 18.3% 6.6% 19% 0.98 120% 102 8 8%
1952 25 CIN NL 851 60% 3.4% 12.1% 15.0% 8.8% 31% 0.72 91% 134 13 10%
1953 26 CIN NL 390 59% 5.1% 8.2% 12.1% 11.0% 43% 0.70 73% 86 6 7%
1954 27 TOT NL 729 66% 2.4% 9.3% 10.8% 8.0% 35% 0.84 85% 127 12 9%
1954 27 CIN NL 156 66% 3.9% 8.4% 13.6% 9.0% 39% 0.91 73% 34 2 6%
1954 27 PHI NL 573 67% 2.0% 9.6% 10.0% 7.6% 33% 0.82 88% 93 10 11%
1955 28 PHI NL 812 59% 2.7% 10.8% 8.5% 7.8% 35% 0.82 80% 142 14 10%
1956 29 TOT NL 802 61% 2.2% 9.5% 10.2% 5.9% 28% 0.86 76% 175 17 10%
1956 29 PHI NL 88 50% 2.3% 9.1% 12.5% 6.8% 33% 1.27 75% 21 1 5%
1956 29 STL NL 714 63% 2.2% 9.5% 9.9% 5.7% 27% 0.82 77% 154 16 10%
1957 30 STL NL 716 57% 3.5% 12.7% 7.5% 8.7% 38% 0.75 75% 127 8 6%
1958 31 TOT MLB 124 68% 3.2% 12.1% 5.7% 8.9% 32% 0.77 79% 23 1 4%
1958 31 STL NL 31 61% 6.5% 12.9% 6.5% 22.6% 54% 1.00 74% 10 1 10%
1958 31 DET AL 93 70% 2.2% 11.8% 5.4% 4.3% 19% 0.72 81% 13 0 0%
13 Yrs 7930 61% 3.4% 12.9% 13.8% 8.6% 29% 0.81 97% 1231 108 9%
MLB Averages 51% 2.1% 11.8% 10.5% 5.9% 23% 0.96 85% 11%
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
1945 18 CIN NL 10 0 0
1947 20 CIN NL 0 0 0
1948 21 CIN NL 223 179 21 0 5 3 5 4 4 13 9 0 69% 7 5 1 99 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 459
1949 22 CIN NL 477 202 20 0 11 4 5 3 6 26 12 2 46% 7 7 0 201 7 3 70% 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 460
1950 23 CIN NL 775 255 27 0 21 13 7 7 13 34 17 4 50% 12 11 0 327 9 3 75% 9 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 14 286
1951 24 CIN NL 487 167 15 0 8 6 4 4 6 24 13 2 54% 2 3 3 196 9 3 75% 7 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 6 309
1952 25 CIN NL 685 197 23 2 19 14 8 11 11 43 18 3 42% 6 3 1 249 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 166
1953 26 CIN NL 390 100 20 0 9 10 10 8 12 21 15 2 71% 6 3 1 164 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1954 27 TOT NL 667 153 16 1 19 9 7 8 8 45 18 3 40% 9 6 1 228 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 62
1954 27 CIN NL 155 36 6 1 6 3 3 4 2 12 4 2 33% 3 1 1 53 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1954 27 PHI NL 512 117 10 0 13 6 4 4 6 33 14 1 42% 6 5 0 175 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 61
1955 28 PHI NL 785 176 21 1 12 11 9 11 9 39 19 7 49% 9 4 3 272 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 27
1956 29 TOT NL 802 168 18 0 15 11 7 5 13 36 21 0 58% 8 2 0 324 6 2 75% 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1956 29 PHI NL 88 18 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 5 3 0 60% 2 0 0 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 29 STL NL 714 150 16 0 12 9 7 5 11 31 18 0 58% 6 2 0 290 5 1 83% 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
1957 30 STL NL 716 165 25 0 9 11 14 10 15 37 21 2 57% 15 4 0 270 12 2 86% 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1958 31 TOT MLB 124 34 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 5 1 1 20% 1 0 0 51 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1958 31 STL NL 31 13 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 31 DET AL 93 21 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 5 1 1 20% 1 0 0 30 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 Yrs 6131 1806 210 4 131 95 77 73 99 323 164 26 51% 82 48 10 2381 65 26 71% 56 23 6 2 3 1 23 2 91 1769
MLB Averages 52% 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+
1945 18 0 1 .000 12.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 27 32 2.800 18.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.00 32
1946 19 0 1 .000 12.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 27 32 2.800 18.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.00 32
1947 20 0 1 .000 10.50 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 30 41 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00 41
1948 21 11 9 .550 6.05 36 26 4 6 0 0 153.1 189 112 103 21 79 56 2 1 5 710 65 1.748 11.1 1.2 4.6 3.3 0.71 65
1949 22 22 21 .512 5.25 69 55 5 17 1 0 366.2 391 231 214 41 196 136 9 1 12 1647 78 1.601 9.6 1.0 4.8 3.3 0.69 78
1950 23 32 39 .451 5.42 110 87 12 29 1 4 596.2 646 388 359 68 331 257 13 2 23 2705 77 1.637 9.7 1.0 5.0 3.9 0.78 77
1951 24 39 49 .443 5.01 149 109 20 39 3 6 781.1 813 470 435 83 420 350 17 3 26 3501 82 1.578 9.4 1.0 4.8 4.0 0.83 82
1952 25 48 60 .444 5.04 182 135 22 45 4 6 971.2 1010 585 544 106 523 433 24 3 29 4351 81 1.578 9.4 1.0 4.8 4.0 0.83 81
1953 26 49 66 .426 5.20 210 145 28 47 4 6 1053.1 1110 656 609 126 570 465 24 3 32 4740 78 1.595 9.5 1.1 4.9 4.0 0.82 78
1954 27 59 77 .434 5.09 247 165 34 57 6 8 1225.0 1263 746 693 142 642 527 26 3 38 5470 80 1.555 9.3 1.0 4.7 3.9 0.82 80
1955 28 69 89 .437 5.00 278 194 35 67 7 8 1418.2 1439 847 788 163 709 7 612 28 3 42 6282 81 1.514 9.1 1.0 4.5 3.9 0.86 81
1956 29 81 100 .448 4.85 315 216 41 74 9 9 1609.1 1607 936 867 181 791 15 688 29 3 44 7085 83 1.490 9.0 1.0 4.4 3.8 0.87 83
1957 30 91 107 .460 4.80 351 234 46 79 9 9 1774.1 1772 1027 946 206 845 22 779 31 3 48 7801 84 1.475 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.0 0.92 84
1958 31 92 108 .460 4.80 361 240 48 79 9 9 1803.0 1806 1044 961 210 852 22 794 31 3 48 7925 84 1.474 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.0 0.93 84

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
1945 18 0 0 12.60 5.0 10 8 7 0 4 0 0 2.800 18.0 7.2 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1947 20 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1948 21 5 11 .313 6.18 147.0 188 112 101 22 79 56 2 1.816 11.5 4.8 3.4 0.71 1.3 33
1949 22 10 13 .435 4.52 215.0 203 120 108 20 118 81 7 1.493 8.5 4.9 3.4 0.69 0.8 33
1950 23 9 17 .346 5.38 236.0 257 157 141 27 136 124 4 1.665 9.8 5.2 4.7 0.91 1.0 41
1951 24 11 9 .550 3.66 187.0 170 84 76 15 91 94 4 1.396 8.2 4.4 4.5 1.03 0.7 39
1952 25 6 14 .300 5.85 186.0 212 134 121 25 111 81 8 1.737 10.3 5.4 3.9 0.73 1.2 33
1953 26 2 7 .222 6.49 86.0 100 69 62 20 47 34 0 1.709 10.5 4.9 3.6 0.72 2.1 28
1954 27 9 10 .474 4.35 178.0 158 96 86 17 74 64 2 1.303 8.0 3.7 3.2 0.86 0.9 37
1955 28 10 12 .455 4.52 199.0 185 111 100 22 70 87 2 1.281 8.4 3.2 3.9 1.24 1.0 31
1956 29 10 11 .476 4.07 190.0 180 96 86 19 88 76 1 1.411 8.5 4.2 3.6 0.86 0.9 37
1957 30 9 10 .474 4.27 173.0 171 91 82 26 56 95 2 1.312 8.9 2.9 4.9 1.70 1.4 36
1958 31 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 35 17 15 4 7 15 0 1.448 10.9 2.2 4.7 2.14 1.2 10
13 Yrs 82 116 .414 4.84 1832.0 1869 1095 985 217 881 807 32 1.501 9.2 4.0 0.92 1.1 361

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL  .588 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1954 NL  1.311 (10th)
1955 NL  1.255 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  8.522 (8th)
1951 NL  8.139 (10th)
1954 NL  8.021 (5th)
1955 NL  8.179 (7th)
1956 NL  7.930 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  4.735 (6th)
1951 NL  4.533 (8th)
1957 NL  4.964 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1950 NL  41 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  4 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 NL  121 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1950 NL  32 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 NL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  21 (5th)
1949 NL  20 (7th)
1950 NL  27 (6th)
1952 NL  23 (2nd)
1957 NL  25 (8th)
Career  210 (183rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 NL  117 (1st)
1950 NL  135 (1st)
1951 NL  89 (8th)
1952 NL  103 (1st)
1956 NL  82 (7th)
Career  852 (194th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 NL  255 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1950 NL  18 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1948 NL  96 (4th)
1949 NL  111 (2nd)
1950 NL  145 (1st)
1952 NL  109 (3rd)
1955 NL  95 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 NL  5 (8th)
1949 NL  7 (1st)
1950 NL  11 (1st)
1954 NL  6 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1949 NL  7 (3rd)
1952 NL  7 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1950 NL  1,058 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 NL  born 1927-02-18 (6th)
1947 NL  born 1927-02-18 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Vic Sorrell (940)
  2. Bill Dietrich (934)
  3. Doug Davis (931)
  4. Alex Kellner (931)
  5. Sidney Ponson (929)
  6. Sheriff Blake (928)
  7. Omar Olivares (928)
  8. Jack Kramer (925)
  9. Brian Moehler (923)
  10. Jack Knott (922)
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  1. Buck Ross (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sidney Ponson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Carl Scheib (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Bagby (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Carl Scheib (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jamey Wright (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jamey Wright (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sidney Ponson (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sidney Ponson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bobby Witt (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sidney Ponson (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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