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Al Widmar

Albert Joseph Widmar

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

Born: March 20, 1925 in Cleveland, OH
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1947
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox/WhiteSox 1947-1952

Final Game: April 17, 1952
Died: October 15, 2005 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, OK
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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
1947 22 BOS AL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 7 37 2.250 6.8 6.8 13.5 6.8 0.50
1948 23 SLB AL 2 6 .250 4.46 49 0 21 0 0 1 82.2 88 42 41 4 48 34 0 1 6 372 102 1.645 9.6 0.4 5.2 3.7 0.71
1950 25 SLB AL 7 15 .318 4.76 36 26 8 8 1 4 194.2 211 115 103 16 74 78 3 0 1 863 104 1.464 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.05
1951 26 SLB AL 4 9 .308 6.52 26 16 6 4 0 0 107.2 157 84 78 19 52 28 2 0 2 519 68 1.941 13.1 1.6 4.3 2.3 0.54
1952 27 CHW AL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 98 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 9.0
5 Yrs 13 30 .302 5.21 114 42 36 12 1 5 388.1 461 244 225 41 176 143 5 1 9 1770 90 1.640 10.7 1.0 4.1 3.3 0.81
162 Game Avg. 6 13 .302 5.21 50 18 16 5 0 2 169 201 106 98 18 77 62 2 0 4 772 90 1.640 10.7 1.0 4.1 3.3 0.81
SLB (3 yrs) 13 30 .302 5.19 111 42 35 12 1 5 385.0 456 241 222 39 174 140 5 1 9 1754 91 1.636 10.7 0.9 4.1 3.3 0.80
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 7 37 2.250 6.8 6.8 13.5 6.8 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 98 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 9.0

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
1947 22 BOS AL 1.1 2 0 2 13.50 4.31 0.03 0.00 96.6 4.12 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .429 .499 $
1948 23 SLB AL 82.2 49 0 42 4.57 4.88 -0.30 0.00 105.9 5.49 8 0.8 1.1 -0.1 1.4 16 .517 .505 $
1950 25 SLB AL 194.2 36 26 115 5.32 5.26 -0.57 0.00 105.7 6.17 17 1.7 1.2 -0.1 3.1 38 .547 .510 $
1951 26 SLB AL 107.2 26 16 84 7.02 4.70 -0.40 0.00 108.8 5.55 -18 -1.8 .8 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .432 .489 $
1952 27 CHW AL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 5.31 0.07 0.00 98.0 5.13 0 0.0 .5 -0.0 0.0 0 .515 .500 $
5 Seasons 388.1 114 42 244 5.65 5.02 -0.46 0.00 106.5 5.84 6 0.6 1.0 -0.3 3.4 46 .506 .501 $
SLB (3 yrs) 385.0 111 42 241 5.63 5.02 -0.47 0.00 106.6 5.85 7 0.8 1.0 -0.2 3.5 47 .507 .502 $
BOS (1 yr) 1.1 2 0 2 13.50 4.31 0.03 0.00 96.6 4.12 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .429 .499 $
CHW (1 yr) 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 5.31 0.07 0.00 98.0 5.13 0 0.0 .5 -0.0 0.0 0 .515 .500 $

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 23 SLB AL 49 161 320 42 88 10 2 4 6 0 48 34 .275 .370 .356 .726 .298 114 3 0 4 0 2
1950 25 SLB AL 36 476 778 115 211 21 4 16 2 3 74 78 .271 .337 .370 .707 .285 288 8 3 7 0 11
1951 26 SLB AL 26 436 456 84 157 21 3 19 4 2 52 28 .344 .414 .529 .942 .337 241 11 2 9 0 5
1952 27 CHW AL 1 9 9 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .889 1.333 .500 8 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 112 1082 1563 242 460 53 9 40 12 5 174 142 .294 .367 .417 .783 .304 651 23 5 20 0 18
162 Game Avg. 49 478 690 107 203 23 4 18 5 2 77 63 .294 .367 .417 .783 .304 287 10 2 9 0 8
MLB Averages .261 .338 .365 .703 .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 23 SLB AL 2.4 0.2 172 0.1 2.5 -2.4 .82 0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.82 -2.2 6 1 9
1950 25 SLB AL 4.0 0.4 499 -0.2 9.2 -9.4 1.02 0.1 -0.3 -1.3 -0.1 1.04 1.5 3 2 2
1951 26 SLB AL -21.7 -2.0 446 -2.7 6.3 -9.0 .94 -2.3 -0.5 -25.6 -2.3 0.94 -24.7 1 3 4
1952 27 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .36 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.36 -0.9 0 0 1
5 Yrs -16.4 -1.5 1126 -2.8 18.1 -20.9 .95 -2.3 -0.7 -27.2 -2.5 0.96 -26.3 10 6 16

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
1950 25 SLB AL 36 26 7 14 5 1 1 11 15 .423 0 2 8 1 10 38% 46.4 78 17 7 5 10 8 3.9 3.0 6.8
1951 26 SLB AL 26 16 3 8 5 1 2 4 12 .250 1 2 4 0 4 25% 35.6 62 -2 10 4 6 7 4.7 4.7 5.5
2 Yrs 62 42 10 22 10 2 3 15 27 .357 1 4 12 1 14 33% 42 78 -2 17 9 16 15 4.2 3.7 6.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 111 -11 4.6 4.6 6.7

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 22 BOS AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.0
1948 23 SLB AL 49 49 21 2 6 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 6 35% .822 6 1 9 2 3 12 10 7 26 11 11 11 5.1
1950 25 SLB AL 36 10 8 0 1 4 4 1 100% 4 0 7 3 43% 1.023 3 2 2 4 0 3 4 3 7 1 5 3 5.2
1951 26 SLB AL 26 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 8 .942 1 3 4 1 1 6 1 7 7 3 7 1 6.0
1952 27 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .361 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
5 Yrs 114 72 36 3 8 5 5 1 100% 6 1 26 11 42% .955 10 6 16 7 4 22 15 18 41 17 24 15 5.1

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%
1947 22 BOS AL 7 14.3% 14.3% 28.6% 43%
1948 23 SLB AL 372 60% 2.5% 21.1% 29.8% 9.9% 18% 0.73 175% 32 3 9%
1950 25 SLB AL 862 57% 3.4% 16.4% 15.6% 8.6% 19% 0.64 144% 108 8 7%
1951 26 SLB AL 519 58% 4.4% 6.4% 11.9% 9.9% 27% 0.93 94% 94 11 12%
1952 27 CHW AL 9 56% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 22.2% 50% 3.00 67% 1 1 100%
5 Yrs 1769 57% 3.8% 13.1% 16.2% 9.4% 22% 0.77 127% 235 23 10%
MLB Averages 49% 2.3% 12.2% 12.3% 6.2% 22% 0.95 95% 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
1947 22 BOS AL 1 1 0
1948 23 SLB AL 161 88 4 0 10 1 0 1 0 19 9 1 47% 2 6 1 61 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 211
1950 25 SLB AL 476 211 16 1 5 2 9 5 6 26 16 6 62% 11 1 0 198 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 386
1951 26 SLB AL 436 157 19 1 12 5 11 7 9 23 12 0 52% 5 2 0 183 4 2 67% 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 83
1952 27 CHW AL 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1082 461 41 2 27 8 21 14 15 68 37 7 54% 18 9 1 445 12 5 71% 10 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 12 680
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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 22 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 7 37 2.250 6.8 6.8 13.5 6.8 0.50 37
1948 23 2 6 .250 4.61 51 0 22 0 0 1 84.0 89 44 43 5 50 35 0 1 6 379 99 1.655 9.5 0.5 5.4 3.8 0.70 99
1949 24 2 6 .250 4.61 51 0 22 0 0 1 84.0 89 44 43 5 50 35 0 1 6 379 99 1.655 9.5 0.5 5.4 3.8 0.70 99
1950 25 9 21 .300 4.72 87 26 30 8 1 5 278.2 300 159 146 21 124 113 3 1 7 1242 103 1.522 9.7 0.7 4.0 3.6 0.91 103
1951 26 13 30 .302 5.22 113 42 36 12 1 5 386.1 457 243 224 40 176 141 5 1 9 1761 90 1.638 10.6 0.9 4.1 3.3 0.80 90
1952 27 13 30 .302 5.21 114 42 36 12 1 5 388.1 461 244 225 41 176 143 5 1 9 1770 90 1.640 10.7 1.0 4.1 3.3 0.81 90

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
1947 22 0 0 18.00 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 9.0 2
1948 23 4 5 .444 4.02 85.0 86 42 38 4 47 35 0 1.565 9.1 5.0 3.7 0.74 0.4 49
1950 25 12 11 .522 3.71 211.0 198 97 87 15 69 84 3 1.265 8.4 2.9 3.6 1.22 0.6 36
1951 26 4 8 .333 5.87 112.0 156 81 73 19 52 29 2 1.857 12.5 4.2 2.3 0.56 1.5 26
1952 27 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
5 Yrs 20 24 .455 4.39 412.0 441 223 201 39 170 152 5 1.483 9.6 3.3 0.89 0.9 114

* 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

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  3.421 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL  49 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1950 AL  4 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 AL  19 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1950 AL  15 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1948 AL  21 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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