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Butch Wensloff

Charles William Wensloff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 3, 1915 in Sausalito, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1943
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians 1943-1948

Final Game: May 4, 1948
Died: February 18, 2001 in San Rafael, CA
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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
1937	21	ELP	D	17	10	.630	4.67	34						233.0	282	154	121		56							1.451	10.9		2.2			ELP · AZTX
1938	22	NYY-min	C	13	13	.500	3.48	28						202.0	208	104	78		52							1.287	9.3		2.3			JOP · WA
1939	23	NYY-min	C	26	4	.867		31						249.0	223	102			69							1.173	8.1		2.5			JOP · WA
1940	24	NYY-min	AA	13	8	.619	3.19	35	27					178.0	169	77	63		55							1.258	8.5		2.8			KCY · AA
1941	25	NYY-min	AA	15	8	.652	3.93	36	22	9	11	0		197.0	224	106	86		62	77	2	0	3			1.452	10.2		2.8	3.5	1.24	KCY · AA
1942	26	NYY-min	AA	21	10	.677	2.47	33	31	2	25	4		244.0	209	76	67		64	104	3	0	3			1.119	7.7		2.4	3.8	1.63	KCY · AA
1943	27	NYY	AL	13	11	.542	2.54	29	27	1	18	1	1	223.1	179	80	63	7	70	105	1	1	2	905	127	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.8	4.2	1.50

1945	29	SDG	AA	3	4	.429	3.82	10	8		5	0		73.0	85	46	31		24	40	2	0	0			1.493	10.5		3.0	4.9	1.67	SDG · PCL
1947	31	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	2.61	11	5	3	1	0	0	51.2	41	17	15	3	22	18	0	0	0	213	136	1.219	7.1	0.5	3.8	3.1	0.82
1948	32	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	10	46	3.000	10.8	5.4	16.2	10.8	0.67
3 Yrs				16	13	.552	2.60	41	32	5	19	1	1	276.2	222	99	80	11	95	125	1	1	2	1128	127	1.146	7.2	0.4	3.1	4.1	1.32
162 Game Avg.				15	12	.552	2.60	38	30	5	18	1	1	258	207	92	75	10	88	116	1	1	2	1051	127	1.146	7.2	0.4	3.1	4.1	1.32

NYY (2 yrs)				16	12	.571	2.55	40	32	4	19	1	1	275.0	220	97	78	10	92	123	1	1	2	1118	129	1.135	7.2	0.3	3.0	4.0	1.34
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	10	46	3.000	10.8	5.4	16.2	10.8	0.67

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
1943	27	NYY	AL	223.1	29	27	80	3.22	3.78	0.19	0.00	98.8	3.54	7	0.8	1.0	-0.2	1.9	21	.529	.505	$

1947	31	NYY	AL	51.2	11	5	17	2.96	3.82	0.15	0.00	98.2	3.61	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.8	8	.540	.503	$
1948	32	CLE	AL	1.2	1	0	2	10.80	4.75	0.39	0.00	102.0	4.45	-1	-0.1	2.3	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.393	.499	$
3 Seasons				276.2	41	32	99	3.22	3.79	0.19	0.00	98.7	3.56	10	1.2	1.1	-0.3	2.5	28	.529	.502	$

NYY (2 yrs)				275.0	40	32	97	3.17	3.79	0.19	0.00	98.7	3.55	11	1.3	1.0	-0.2	2.7	29	.532	.504	$
CLE (1 yr)				1.2	1	0	2	10.80	4.75	0.39	0.00	102.0	4.45	-1	-0.1	2.3	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.393	.499	$

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
1947	31	NYY	AL	WS	W	BRO	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	32	CLE	AL	1	10	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.286	.500	.714	1.214	.250	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				1	10	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.286	.500	.714	1.214	.250	5	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	680	476	136	136	0	0	68	0	0	204	136	.286	.500	.714	1.214	.250	340	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.325	.655	.277

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	32	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	3.16	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	3.16	-2.5	1	0	0
3 Yrs				19.4	2.2	10	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	3.16	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	3.16	-2.5	1	0	0

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	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1943	27	NYY	AL	29	27	13	11	3	0	7	15	11	.577	0	0	18	1	21	78%	60.6	85	17	5	12	3.7		8.1

1947	31	NYY	AL	11	5	2	1	2	1	1	4	1	.800	0	0	1	0	2	40%	51.2	76	30	2	2	6.5		5.4
2 Yrs				40	32	15	12	5	1	8	19	12	.613	0	0	19	1	23	72%	59	85	17	7	14	4.1		7.7
MLB Averages													.500						55%	51	115	-11			4.2	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1943	27	NYY	AL	29	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0													1	0		0	6.0

1947	31	NYY	AL	11	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0													5	0		0	12.3
1948	32	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3.164	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	5.0
3 Yrs				41	9	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.164	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	10.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1943	27	NYY	AL	905		0.8%	11.6%	7.7%	3.1%	16%		78%

1947	31	NYY	AL	213		1.4%	8.5%	10.3%	1.9%	10%		79%
1948	32	CLE	AL	10	60%	10.0%	20.0%	30.0%	10.0%	50%	0.00	40%	3	0	0%
3 Yrs				1128	60%	1.0%	11.1%	8.4%	2.9%	15%	0.00	78%	3	0	0%
MLB Averages					49%	1.4%	9.9%	9.8%	3.3%	13%	0.95	84%			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
1943	27	NYY	AL		179			7												2

1947	31	NYY	AL		41			3												0
1948	32	CLE	AL	10	2			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				10	222			11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	2	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1943	27	13	11	.542	2.54	29	27	1	18	1	1	223.1	179	80	63	7	70	105	1	1	2	905	127	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.8	4.2	1.50	127
1944	28	13	11	.542	2.54	29	27	1	18	1	1	223.1	179	80	63	7	70	105	1	1	2	905	127	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.8	4.2	1.50	127
1945	29	13	11	.542	2.54	29	27	1	18	1	1	223.1	179	80	63	7	70	105	1	1	2	905	127	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.8	4.2	1.50	127
1946	30	13	11	.542	2.54	29	27	1	18	1	1	223.1	179	80	63	7	70	105	1	1	2	905	127	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.8	4.2	1.50	127
1947	31	16	12	.571	2.55	40	32	4	19	1	1	275.0	220	97	78	10	92	123	1	1	2	1118	129	1.135	7.2	0.3	3.0	4.0	1.34	129
1948	32	16	13	.552	2.60	41	32	5	19	1	1	276.2	222	99	80	11	95	125	1	1	2	1128	127	1.146	7.2	0.4	3.1	4.1	1.32	127

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
1943	27	15	9	.625	3.11	223.0	203	86	77	8	79	105	1	1.265	8.2	3.2	4.2	1.33	0.3	29

1947	31	3	2	.600	3.18	51.0	45	20	18	3	24	18	0	1.353	7.9	4.2	3.2	0.75	0.5	11
1948	32	0	0		9.00	2.0	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	2.500	9.0	13.5	9.0	0.67	4.5	1
3 Yrs		18	11	.621	3.16	276.0	250	108	97	12	106	125	1	1.290	8.2		4.1	1.18	0.4	41

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1943 AL 2.54 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1943 AL 1.115 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1943 AL 7.213 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1943 AL 223.3 (9th)
Games Started s c a p y 1943 AL 27 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1943 AL 18 (3rd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1943 AL 1.500 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1943 AL 127 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1943 AL 15 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1943 AL 1.7 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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