Kemp Wicker

Kemp Caswell Wicker
born Kemp Caswell Whicker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: August 13, 1906 in Kernersville, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1936
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Dodgers 1936-1941

Final Game: July 31, 1941
Died: June 11, 1973 in Kernersville, NC
Buried: United Methodist Church Cemetery, Kernersville, NC
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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
1928	21	CBS	B	3	4	.429	2.90	9						59.0	57	20	19		18							1.271	8.7		2.7			CBS · SEAL
1929	22	GOL,HNO	D	9	10	.474	1.84	30						171.0	151	85	35		84							1.374	7.9		4.4			GOL,HNO · ECAR,BLRI
1930	23	JEA	C	3	9	.250	4.66	22						127.1	132	75	66		51							1.437	9.3		3.6			JEA · MATL
1931	24	BEC,CHO	C	6	16	.273	4.85	32						191.0	225	127	103		88							1.639	10.6		4.1			BEC,CHO · MATL
1932	25	NYY-min	C	14	12	.538	2.87	26						210.0	176	86	67		55							1.100	7.5		2.4			CUM · MATL
1933	26	NYY-min	C,A	14	7	.667	1.77	37						178.0	136	52	35		55							1.073	6.9		2.8			WHE,BNG · MATL,NYPL
1934	27	NYY-min	A	20	9	.690	2.90	36						236.0	215	89	76		96							1.318	8.2		3.7			BNG · NYPL
1935	28	NYY-min	AA	9	9	.500	4.04	35						138.0	136	70	62		47							1.326	8.9		3.1			NWK · IL
1936	29	NYY-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.16	33	25					191.0	181	73	67		51							1.215	8.5		2.4			NWK · IL
1936	29	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	7.65	7	0	5	0	0	0	20.0	31	18	17	2	11	5	0	0	0	100	62	2.100	14.0	0.9	5.0	2.3	0.45
1937	30	NYY-min	AA	7	2	.778	2.42	11	11					93.0	83	31	25		23							1.140	8.0		2.2			NWK · IL
1937	30	NYY	AL	7	3	.700	4.40	16	10	3	6	1	0	88.0	107	52	43	8	26	14	0	1	1	393	102	1.511	10.9	0.8	2.7	1.4	0.54
1938	31	NYY-min	AA	9	9	.500	3.41	27	22					161.0	161	68	61		41							1.255	9.0		2.3			KCY · AA
1938	31	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1939	32	LAD-min	AA	11	18	.379	4.25	40	33					233.0	298	130	110		53							1.506	11.5		2.0			MTL · IL
1940	33	LAD-min	AA	18	10	.643	2.91	34	32					232.0	236	94	75		61							1.280	9.2		2.4			MTL · IL
1941	34	LAD-min	AA	6	2	.750		9						65.0	52				21	25						1.123	7.2		2.9	3.5	1.19	MTL · IL
1941	34	BRO	NL	1	2	.333	3.66	16	2	9	0	0	1	32.0	30	14	13	3	14	8	0	0	0	137	103	1.375	8.4	0.8	3.9	2.3	0.57
1942	35	STL-min	AA	16	12	.571	3.24	52	33		18	3		250.0	262	97	90		63	83	2	0	0			1.300	9.4		2.3	3.0	1.32	SAC · PCL
1943	36	STL-min	AA	10	18	.357	2.79	35	29		13	1		216.0	228	99	67		86	70	2	1	1			1.454	9.5		3.6	2.9	0.81	ROC · IL
1944	37	STL-min	AA	13	9	.591	2.80	26	24		13	4		183.0	173	73	57		37	56	1	1	0			1.148	8.5		1.8	2.8	1.51	ROC · IL
1945	38	STL-min	AA	11	12	.478	4.02	28	24		11	3		161.0	176	90	72		38	58	1	0	3			1.329	9.8		2.1	3.2	1.53	ROC · IL
1946	39	STL-min	A	7	2	.778	2.00	23						99.0	91	27	22		14							1.061	8.3		1.3			CBS · SALL
1947	40	STL-min	A	2	1	.667		12																								CBS · SALL
1948	41	STL-min	A	1	0	1.000		10						22.0	22				1							1.045	9.0		0.4			CBS · SALL
4 Yrs				10	7	.588	4.66	40	12	17	6	1	1	141.0	168	84	73	13	52	27	0	1	1	634	94	1.560	10.7	0.8	3.3	1.7	0.52
162 Game Avg.				13	9	.588	4.66	52	16	22	8	1	1	184	220	110	95	17	68	35	0	1	1	829	94	1.560	10.7	0.8	3.3	1.7	0.52

NYY (3 yrs)				9	5	.643	4.95	24	10	8	6	1	0	109.0	138	70	60	10	38	19	0	1	1	497	92	1.615	11.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	0.50
BRO (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.66	16	2	9	0	0	1	32.0	30	14	13	3	14	8	0	0	0	137	103	1.375	8.4	0.8	3.9	2.3	0.57

AL (3 yrs)				9	5	.643	4.95	24	10	8	6	1	0	109.0	138	70	60	10	38	19	0	1	1	497	92	1.615	11.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	0.50
NL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.66	16	2	9	0	0	1	32.0	30	14	13	3	14	8	0	0	0	137	103	1.375	8.4	0.8	3.9	2.3	0.57

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
1936	29	NYY	AL	20.0	7	0	18	8.10	5.68	0.19	0.00	98.9	5.43	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.430	.497	$
1937	30	NYY	AL	88.0	16	10	52	5.32	4.93	0.16	0.00	97.8	4.67	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.1	5	.463	.496	$
1938	31	NYY	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.85	0.12	0.00	90.0	5.16	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.553	.500	$

1941	34	BRO	NL	32.0	16	2	14	3.94	4.42	0.37	0.00	104.5	4.23	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.508	.501	$
4 Seasons				141.0	40	12	84	5.36	4.93	0.21	0.00	99.4	4.68	-11	-0.9	1.0	-0.1	0.3	7	.477	.499	$

NYY (3 yrs)				109.0	24	10	70	5.78	5.08	0.16	0.00	97.9	4.81	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	2	.457	.498	$
BRO (1 yr)				32.0	16	2	14	3.94	4.42	0.37	0.00	104.5	4.23	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.508	.501	$

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
1937	30	NYY	AL	WS	W	NYG	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1936	29	NYY	AL	100	2.0%	5.0%	11.0%			80%
1937	30	NYY	AL	393	2.0%	3.6%	6.6%	4.1%	15%	87%
1938	31	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%			75%

1941	34	BRO	NL	137	2.2%	5.8%	10.2%			79%
4 Yrs				634	2.1%	4.3%	8.2%	2.5%	10%	84%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.0%	8.9%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1936	29	1	2	.333	7.65	7	0	5	0	0	0	20.0	31	18	17	2	11	5	0	0	100	62	2.100	14.0	0.9	5.0	2.3	0.45	62
1937	30	8	5	.615	5.00	23	10	8	6	1	0	108.0	138	70	60	10	37	19	1	1	493	91	1.620	11.5	0.8	3.1	1.6	0.51	91
1938	31	9	5	.643	4.95	24	10	8	6	1	0	109.0	138	70	60	10	38	19	1	1	497	92	1.615	11.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	0.50	92
1939	32	9	5	.643	4.95	24	10	8	6	1	0	109.0	138	70	60	10	38	19	1	1	497	92	1.615	11.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	0.50	92
1940	33	9	5	.643	4.95	24	10	8	6	1	0	109.0	138	70	60	10	38	19	1	1	497	92	1.615	11.4	0.8	3.1	1.6	0.50	92
1941	34	10	7	.588	4.66	40	12	17	6	1	1	141.0	168	84	73	13	52	27	1	1	634	94	1.560	10.7	0.8	3.3	1.7	0.52	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1936	29	1	1	.500	6.43	21.0	30	17	15	2	11	5	0	1.952	12.9	4.7	2.1	0.45	0.9	7
1937	30	5	5	.500	3.77	93.0	104	43	39	8	25	15	0	1.387	10.1	2.4	1.5	0.60	0.8	16
1938	31	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1941	34	1	2	.333	3.94	32.0	31	16	14	3	14	8	0	1.406	8.7	3.9	2.3	0.57	0.8	16
4 Yrs		7	8	.467	4.16	147.0	165	76	68	13	51	28	0	1.469	10.1		1.7	0.55	0.8	40

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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