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Bill Wight

William Robert Wight (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 12, 1922 in Rio Vista, CA
High School: McClymonds HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1946
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/RedSox/Indians/Tigers/... 1946-1958

Final Game: September 21, 1958
Died: May 17, 2007 in Mount Shasta, CA
Buried: East Lawn Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 24 NYY AL 2 2 .500 4.46 14 4 3 1 0 0 40.1 44 22 20 1 30 11 1 0 2 189 78 1.835 9.8 0.2 6.7 2.5 0.37
1947 25 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 35 369 1.111 8.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
1948 26 CHW AL 9 20 .310 4.80 34 32 2 7 1 1 223.1 238 132 119 9 135 68 1 1 5 1010 89 1.670 9.6 0.4 5.4 2.7 0.50
1949 27 CHW AL 15 13 .536 3.31 35 33 1 14 3 1 245.0 254 106 90 9 96 78 0 1 3 1036 126 1.429 9.3 0.3 3.5 2.9 0.81
1950 28 CHW AL 10 16 .385 3.58 30 28 2 13 3 0 206.0 213 89 82 10 79 62 0 0 3 885 125 1.417 9.3 0.4 3.5 2.7 0.78
1951 29 BOS AL 7 7 .500 5.10 34 17 8 4 2 0 118.1 128 77 67 5 63 38 0 0 2 525 88 1.614 9.7 0.4 4.8 2.9 0.60
1952 30 TOT AL 7 10 .412 3.75 33 21 3 8 3 0 168.0 181 82 70 10 69 70 1 4 8 736 102 1.488 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.8 1.01
1952 30 BOS AL 2 1 .667 2.96 10 2 3 0 0 0 24.1 14 11 8 3 14 5 1 1 3 99 135 1.151 5.2 1.1 5.2 1.8 0.36
1952 30 DET AL 5 9 .357 3.88 23 19 0 8 3 0 143.2 167 71 62 7 55 65 0 3 5 637 98 1.545 10.5 0.4 3.4 4.1 1.18
1953 31 TOT AL 2 4 .333 6.23 33 4 9 0 0 1 52.0 64 45 36 5 30 24 0 0 5 245 63 1.808 11.1 0.9 5.2 4.2 0.80
1953 31 DET AL 0 3 .000 8.88 13 4 3 0 0 0 25.1 35 33 25 4 14 10 0 0 4 125 46 1.934 12.4 1.4 5.0 3.6 0.71
1953 31 CLE AL 2 1 .667 3.71 20 0 6 0 0 1 26.2 29 12 11 1 16 14 0 0 1 120 102 1.688 9.8 0.3 5.4 4.7 0.88
1955 33 TOT AL 6 8 .429 2.48 36 14 13 8 2 3 141.1 135 51 39 6 48 2 63 1 0 6 598 154 1.295 8.6 0.4 3.1 4.0 1.31
1955 33 CLE AL 0 0 2.63 17 0 8 0 0 1 24.0 24 8 7 0 9 1 9 0 0 1 102 155 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1955 33 BAL AL 6 8 .429 2.45 19 14 5 8 2 2 117.1 111 43 32 6 39 1 54 1 0 5 496 154 1.278 8.5 0.5 3.0 4.1 1.38
1956 34 BAL AL 9 12 .429 4.02 35 26 2 7 1 0 174.2 198 92 78 7 72 3 84 6 0 5 778 96 1.546 10.2 0.4 3.7 4.3 1.17
1957 35 BAL AL 6 6 .500 3.64 27 17 3 2 0 0 121.0 122 53 49 4 54 1 50 4 1 0 523 98 1.455 9.1 0.3 4.0 3.7 0.93
1958 36 TOT NL 3 1 .750 4.92 35 1 13 1 0 2 64.0 71 39 35 8 36 1 23 0 0 6 291 85 1.672 10.0 1.1 5.1 3.2 0.64
1958 36 CIN NL 0 1 .000 4.05 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 109 1.650 9.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25
1958 36 STL NL 3 0 1.000 5.02 28 1 11 1 0 2 57.1 64 35 32 7 32 1 18 0 0 6 263 83 1.674 10.0 1.1 5.0 2.8 0.56
12 Yrs 77 99 .438 3.95 347 198 59 66 15 8 1563.0 1656 791 686 74 714 7 574 14 7 45 6851 103 1.516 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .438 3.95 43 25 7 8 2 1 195 207 99 86 9 89 72 2 1 6 855 103 1.516 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80
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
BAL (3 yrs) 21 26 .447 3.46 81 57 10 17 3 2 413.0 431 188 159 17 165 5 188 11 1 10 1797 108 1.443 9.4 0.4 3.6 4.1 1.14
CHW (3 yrs) 34 49 .410 3.88 99 93 5 34 7 2 674.1 705 327 291 28 310 208 1 2 11 2931 110 1.505 9.4 0.4 4.1 2.8 0.67
BOS (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 4.73 44 19 11 4 2 0 142.2 142 88 75 8 77 43 1 1 5 624 93 1.535 9.0 0.5 4.9 2.7 0.56
CLE (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.20 37 0 14 0 0 2 50.2 53 20 18 1 25 1 23 0 0 2 222 122 1.539 9.4 0.2 4.4 4.1 0.92
NYY (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.83 15 5 3 2 0 0 49.1 52 25 21 1 32 14 1 0 2 224 92 1.703 9.5 0.2 5.8 2.6 0.44
DET (2 yrs) 5 12 .294 4.63 36 23 3 8 3 0 169.0 202 104 87 11 69 75 0 3 9 762 83 1.604 10.8 0.6 3.7 4.0 1.09
STL (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 5.02 28 1 11 1 0 2 57.1 64 35 32 7 32 1 18 0 0 6 263 83 1.674 10.0 1.1 5.0 2.8 0.56
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.05 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 109 1.650 9.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25
AL (11 yrs) 74 98 .430 3.91 312 197 46 65 15 6 1499.0 1585 752 651 66 678 6 551 14 7 39 6560 104 1.510 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.81
NL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.92 35 1 13 1 0 2 64.0 71 39 35 8 36 1 23 0 0 6 291 85 1.672 10.0 1.1 5.1 3.2 0.64

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
1946 24 NYY AL 40.1 14 4 22 4.91 4.13 0.35 0.00 94.1 3.55 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .453 .496 $
1947 25 NYY AL 9.0 1 1 3 3.00 4.06 0.15 0.00 90.0 3.52 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .564 .500 $
1948 26 CHW AL 223.1 34 32 132 5.32 5.02 -0.04 0.00 98.7 4.99 -8 -0.8 .5 -0.1 0.7 12 .476 .495 $
1949 27 CHW AL 245.0 35 33 106 3.89 4.69 0.15 0.00 99.9 4.53 18 1.8 .7 -0.1 3.4 39 .553 .511 $
1950 28 CHW AL 206.1 30 28 89 3.88 5.32 0.14 0.00 96.2 4.98 24 2.4 2.7 -0.1 3.8 46 .580 .515 $
1951 29 BOS AL 118.1 34 17 77 5.86 4.67 0.01 0.00 105.2 4.90 -13 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .461 .492 $
1952 30 BOS AL 24.1 10 2 11 4.07 4.11 0.08 0.00 99.1 4.00 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.1 2 .497 .500 $
1952 30 DET AL 143.2 23 19 71 4.45 4.21 -0.24 0.00 105.7 4.70 3 0.4 .3 -0.1 1.3 16 .517 .502 $
1953 31 DET AL 25.1 13 4 33 11.72 4.74 -0.73 0.00 97.7 5.35 -18 -1.7 2.4 -0.6 -2.1 -16 .372 .490 $
1953 31 CLE AL 26.2 20 0 12 4.05 4.53 0.21 0.00 95.8 4.14 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .501 .500 $
1955 33 CLE AL 24.0 17 0 8 3.00 4.52 -0.37 0.00 102.7 5.02 5 0.6 .4 -0.2 0.5 8 .533 .503 $
1955 33 BAL AL 117.1 19 14 43 3.30 4.67 -0.36 0.00 95.4 4.80 19 2.1 1.6 -0.0 2.9 30 .609 .513 $
1956 34 BAL AL 174.2 35 26 92 4.74 4.99 -0.28 0.00 90.7 4.77 -1 -0.1 2.0 -0.1 1.1 17 .498 .500 $
1957 35 BAL AL 121.0 27 17 53 3.94 4.43 0.32 0.00 92.7 3.81 -1 -0.1 .4 -0.1 0.7 8 .495 .499 $
1958 36 CIN NL 6.2 7 0 4 5.40 4.82 0.05 0.00 98.9 4.72 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .492 .500 $
1958 36 STL NL 57.1 28 1 35 5.49 4.51 0.04 0.00 106.2 4.75 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.0 1 .482 .497 $
12 Seasons 1563.1 347 198 791 4.55 4.75 -0.02 0.00 98.2 4.68 16 2.1 1.1 -1.8 11.8 164 .506 .501 $
BAL (3 yrs) 413.0 81 57 188 4.10 4.73 -0.12 0.00 92.6 4.50 17 1.9 1.3 -0.2 4.7 56 .523 .504 $
CHW (3 yrs) 674.2 99 93 327 4.36 4.99 0.08 0.00 98.4 4.82 33 3.4 1.3 -0.3 7.9 98 .535 .507 $
BOS (2 yrs) 142.2 44 19 88 5.55 4.57 0.02 0.00 104.1 4.74 -14 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.4 0 .469 .496 $
CLE (2 yrs) 50.2 37 0 20 3.55 4.53 -0.06 0.00 99.1 4.56 5 0.6 .7 -0.3 0.7 10 .516 .502 $
NYY (2 yrs) 49.1 15 5 25 4.56 4.12 0.32 0.00 93.4 3.55 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .461 .498 $
DET (2 yrs) 169.0 36 23 104 5.54 4.29 -0.31 0.00 104.5 4.80 -15 -1.3 1.8 -0.7 -0.8 0 .464 .496 $
STL (1 yr) 57.1 28 1 35 5.49 4.51 0.04 0.00 106.2 4.75 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.0 1 .482 .497 $
CIN (1 yr) 6.2 7 0 4 5.40 4.82 0.05 0.00 98.9 4.72 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .492 .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 26 CHW AL 34 459 855 132 238 19 6 9 1 1 135 68 .278 .377 .346 .724 .294 296 12 1 21 0 8
1949 27 CHW AL 35 491 923 106 254 23 5 9 6 1 96 78 .275 .343 .340 .684 .293 314 10 0 17 0 5
1950 28 CHW AL 30 577 786 89 213 22 4 10 5 3 79 62 .271 .338 .347 .685 .284 273 19 0 17 0 8
1951 29 BOS AL 34 525 454 77 128 25 3 5 2 2 63 38 .282 .369 .383 .753 .299 174 15 0 8 0 10
1952 30 BOS AL 10 99 83 11 14 2 0 3 2 0 14 5 .169 .296 .301 .597 .147 25 2 1 1 0 0
1952 30 DET AL 23 550 572 71 167 30 2 7 7 1 55 65 .292 .354 .388 .742 .320 222 13 0 9 0 9
1952 30 TOT AL 33 649 655 82 181 32 2 10 9 1 69 70 .276 .346 .377 .723 .297 247 15 1 10 0 9
1953 31 CLE AL 20 120 103 12 29 4 2 1 2 0 16 14 .282 .378 .388 .767 .318 40 6 0 1 0 2
1953 31 DET AL 13 126 107 33 35 4 1 4 3 1 14 10 .327 .405 .495 .900 .333 53 2 0 5 0 6
1953 31 TOT AL 33 246 210 45 64 8 3 5 5 1 30 24 .305 .392 .443 .835 .326 93 8 0 6 0 8
1955 33 BAL AL 19 492 437 43 111 12 1 6 0 2 39 54 .254 .313 .327 .640 .274 143 14 1 9 6 1 12
1955 33 CLE AL 17 102 92 8 24 2 1 0 2 1 9 9 .261 .327 .304 .631 .289 28 1 0 1 0 1 3
1955 33 TOT AL 36 594 529 51 135 14 2 6 2 3 48 63 .255 .315 .323 .638 .277 171 15 1 10 6 2 15
1956 34 BAL AL 35 777 683 92 198 21 6 7 13 3 72 84 .290 .362 .369 .731 .322 252 21 6 14 2 3 12
1957 35 BAL AL 27 523 450 53 122 9 4 4 2 6 54 50 .271 .351 .336 .686 .294 151 12 4 10 5 1 6
1958 36 CIN NL 7 28 24 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .292 .393 .417 .810 .333 10 2 0 0 0 0 1
1958 36 STL NL 28 263 221 35 64 4 1 7 3 0 32 18 .290 .375 .412 .787 .286 91 8 0 7 3 1 5
1958 36 TOT NL 35 291 245 39 71 4 1 8 3 0 36 23 .290 .377 .412 .789 .290 101 10 0 7 3 1 6
10 Yrs 332 5132 5790 766 1604 177 36 73 48 21 682 560 .277 .354 .358 .711 .296 2072 137 13 120 16 7 87
162 Game Avg. 43 665 750 99 208 23 5 9 6 3 88 73 .277 .354 .358 .711 .296 268 18 2 16 2 11
MLB Averages .260 .334 .374 .707 .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 26 CHW AL -13.3 -1.3 471 -1.1 6.8 -7.9 .88 -0.8 -0.4 -11.4 -1.1 0.88 -9.8 0 0 1
1949 27 CHW AL 21.7 2.2 518 -0.2 9.9 -10.1 1.14 -0.3 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.13 0.8 0 1 1
1950 28 CHW AL 22.6 2.2 595 0.7 12.9 -12.2 1.22 1.2 -0.6 17.4 1.7 1.22 15.0 1 0 0
1951 29 BOS AL -7.7 -0.8 542 -0.9 9.5 -10.4 1.07 -0.3 -0.6 -10.0 -0.9 1.07 -0.3 6 3 7
1952 30 TOT AL 0.2 0.0 680 -1.0 10.0 -11.0 .95 -0.1 -1.0 -6.4 -0.6 0.95 -3.2 3 1 7
1952 30 BOS AL 1.8 0.2 106 -0.1 1.2 -1.2 .75 0.3 -0.4 1.6 0.2 0.75 2.4 3 1 3
1952 30 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 574 -0.9 8.8 -9.7 .99 -0.3 -0.6 -8.0 -0.8 0.99 -5.6 0 0 4
1953 31 TOT AL -14.8 -1.4 255 -2.8 2.9 -5.6 .87 -1.6 -1.6 -25.6 -2.4 0.87 -17.7 9 4 15
1953 31 DET AL -15.2 -1.4 133 -2.3 1.3 -3.6 .95 -1.4 -0.9 -21.7 -2.0 0.95 -15.8 4 2 3
1953 31 CLE AL 0.5 0.0 122 -0.5 1.5 -2.0 .78 -0.2 -0.5 -3.9 -0.4 0.78 -1.8 5 2 12
1955 33 TOT AL 19.1 2.0 615 2.6 12.2 -9.6 1.10 1.3 1.0 15.6 1.7 1.09 14.5 4 4 13
1955 33 CLE AL 3.8 0.4 108 0.1 0.6 -0.5 .30 0.4 -0.1 2.6 0.3 0.30 4.8 1 3 12
1955 33 BAL AL 15.4 1.6 507 2.5 11.6 -9.1 1.26 0.9 1.0 13.0 1.4 1.26 9.6 3 1 1
1956 34 BAL AL -3.9 -0.4 807 -1.4 12.9 -14.2 1.02 -0.7 -0.7 -9.1 -0.9 1.02 -9.3 4 2 3
1957 35 BAL AL -0.3 -0.0 533 0.8 8.8 -8.1 .97 -0.0 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.97 -0.0 1 0 9
1958 36 TOT NL -4.8 -0.5 303 0.3 4.5 -4.2 .90 -0.7 1.0 -9.8 -1.0 0.90 -10.5 6 10 17
1958 36 CIN NL -0.0 0.0 29 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .75 -0.0 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.75 -1.4 1 1 5
1958 36 STL NL -4.8 -0.5 274 0.5 4.2 -3.7 .91 -0.7 1.2 -9.0 -0.9 0.91 -9.0 5 9 12
12 Yrs 16.9 1.9 5319 -3.0 90.3 -93.3 1.03 -1.9 -1.0 -36.7 -3.3 1.03 -20.4 34 25 73
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
1946 24 NYY AL 14 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 2 50% 47.8 62 35 2 2 5.1 6.1
1947 25 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1 100% 64.0 64 64 0 1 5.6 9.0
1948 26 CHW AL 34 32 9 20 3 1 6 11 21 .344 0 3 7 1 15 47% 43.8 81 1 7 5 14 8 2.9 1.7 6.9
1949 27 CHW AL 35 33 15 13 5 5 5 18 15 .545 1 1 14 3 18 55% 51.1 83 7 16 4 13 9 4.6 5.5 7.3
1950 28 CHW AL 30 28 10 15 3 1 3 12 16 .429 1 2 13 3 14 50% 50.9 82 25 6 3 7 13 3.2 3.4 7.3
1951 29 BOS AL 34 17 5 7 5 1 1 10 7 .588 1 2 4 2 5 29% 42.9 78 19 30 14 4 9 4.7 3.8 5.6
1952 30 TOT AL 33 21 6 10 5 1 5 9 12 .429 2 2 8 3 12 57% 48.5 81 14 19 4 7 10 4.2 3.9 6.9
1952 30 BOS AL 10 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 46.5 49 44 1 0 0 1 5.5 5.1 6.7
1952 30 DET AL 23 19 5 9 5 0 4 8 11 .421 2 2 8 3 11 58% 48.7 81 14 18 4 7 9 4.1 3.8 6.9
1953 31 TOT AL 33 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 0 0% 39 18 19 10 0 3 5.9 4.5 3.3
1953 31 DET AL 13 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 0 0% 30.0 39 18 7 6 0 3 5.9 4.5 3.3
1955 33 TOT AL 36 14 6 7 1 0 4 6 8 .429 2 0 8 2 11 79% 81 18 12 2 8 4 2.6 3.0 7.9
1955 33 BAL AL 19 14 6 7 1 0 4 6 8 .429 2 0 8 2 11 79% 57.8 81 18 4 1 8 4 2.6 3.0 7.9
1956 34 BAL AL 35 26 8 12 6 2 4 12 14 .462 0 4 7 1 14 54% 47.3 79 19 26 8 7 10 4.0 4.3 6.1
1957 35 BAL AL 27 17 6 6 5 0 3 10 6 .625 2 2 2 0 11 65% 52.5 80 21 23 5 4 12 3.5 3.5 6.3
1958 36 TOT NL 35 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 54 54 12 3 1 0 5.2 4.5 9.0
1958 36 STL NL 28 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 54.0 54 54 8 2 1 0 5.2 4.5 9.0
12 Yrs 303 198 69 94 35 12 31 93 104 .472 9 18 66 15 103 52% 49 83 1 146 52 67 81 3.8 3.7 6.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 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
1946 24 NYY AL 14 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4.8
1948 26 CHW AL 34 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% .882 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6.0
1949 27 CHW AL 35 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 7 1.138 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0
1950 28 CHW AL 30 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 9 1.221 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1951 29 BOS AL 34 17 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 9 45% 8 1.070 6 3 7 4 0 13 12 5 8 4 8 3 4.0
1952 30 TOT AL 33 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 5 29% .951 3 1 7 1 2 9 8 4 6 4 6 1 5.7
1952 30 BOS AL 10 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 3 21% 8 .751 3 1 3 1 2 5 6 2 3 3 3 1 4.1
1952 30 DET AL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 .987 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 0 8.8
1953 31 TOT AL 33 29 9 2 2 3 1 3 33% 5 1 37 24 65% .870 9 4 15 8 0 21 19 10 12 13 13 5 4.0
1953 31 DET AL 13 9 3 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 18 12 67% 8 .954 4 2 3 2 0 7 8 1 4 4 5 2 4.0
1953 31 CLE AL 20 20 6 2 1 1 1 1 100% 3 1 19 12 63% 7 .781 5 2 12 6 0 14 11 9 8 9 8 3 4.0
1955 33 TOT AL 36 22 13 0 1 3 3 0 100% 4 0 8 4 50% 1.097 4 4 13 4 2 16 5 17 9 5 10 2 4.2
1955 33 CLE AL 17 17 8 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 7 .300 1 3 12 1 1 15 3 14 7 2 8 2 4.2
1955 33 BAL AL 19 5 5 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 0 3 1 33% 7 1.262 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 0 4.2
1956 34 BAL AL 35 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 9 3 33% 8 1.023 4 2 3 2 2 5 6 3 5 3 5 2 5.1
1957 35 BAL AL 27 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 .974 1 0 9 1 0 9 1 9 5 2 5 1 4.2
1958 36 TOT NL 35 34 13 2 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 36 11 31% .896 6 10 17 4 3 27 18 16 19 7 20 9 4.9
1958 36 CIN NL 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 8 .750 1 1 5 1 1 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 2.9
1958 36 STL NL 28 27 11 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 29 9 31% 8 .911 5 9 12 3 2 22 14 13 17 4 17 7 5.4
11 Yrs 346 149 59 8 5 11 8 5 73% 18 4 132 59 45% 1.028 34 25 73 26 9 103 72 66 71 42 69 23 4.5
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

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%
1946 24 NYY AL 189 0.5% 5.8% 15.9% 1.6% 7% 74%
1947 25 NYY AL 35 0.0% 8.6% 5.7% 5.7% 25% 86%
1948 26 CHW AL 1012 31% 2.0% 14.8% 29.4% 7.4% 14% 1.89 170% 98 12 12%
1949 27 CHW AL 1036 32% 1.8% 15.9% 19.6% 7.5% 15% 1.18 170% 91 10 11%
1950 28 CHW AL 882 35% 1.7% 10.8% 13.7% 6.2% 17% 1.50 124% 117 19 16%
1951 29 BOS AL 525 30% 1.0% 7.2% 12.0% 6.3% 26% 1.56 78% 115 15 13%
1952 30 TOT AL 736 27% 1.5% 10.8% 10.6% 6.8% 24% 1.57 89% 135 15 11%
1952 30 BOS AL 99 33% 3.0% 5.1% 14.1% 5.1% 36% 2.30 76% 19 2 11%
1952 30 DET AL 637 26% 1.3% 11.8% 10.0% 7.1% 23% 1.45 91% 116 13 11%
1953 31 TOT AL 246 37% 2.0% 9.8% 12.2% 6.5% 25% 1.54 74% 55 8 15%
1953 31 DET AL 126 35% 3.2% 7.9% 11.1% 7.1% 26% 1.54 74% 26 2 8%
1953 31 CLE AL 120 39% 0.8% 11.7% 13.3% 5.8% 24% 1.54 73% 29 6 21%
1955 33 TOT AL 594 21% 1.0% 10.6% 8.1% 3.7% 16% 1.55 78% 112 15 13%
1955 33 CLE AL 102 31% 0.0% 8.8% 8.8% 2.9% 13% 1.42 81% 18 1 6%
1955 33 BAL AL 492 19% 1.2% 11.0% 7.9% 3.9% 17% 1.58 78% 94 14 15%
1956 34 BAL AL 777 24% 0.9% 10.8% 9.3% 4.4% 17% 1.57 76% 164 21 13%
1957 35 BAL AL 523 25% 0.8% 9.6% 10.3% 3.3% 14% 2.05 77% 101 12 12%
1958 36 TOT NL 291 35% 2.8% 7.9% 12.4% 4.5% 18% 2.15 75% 63 10 16%
1958 36 CIN NL 28 36% 3.6% 17.9% 14.3% 3.6% 14% 2.50 64% 8 2 25%
1958 36 STL NL 263 35% 2.7% 6.8% 12.2% 4.6% 19% 2.12 76% 55 8 15%
12 Yrs 6846 29% 1.4% 10.7% 13.3% 5.4% 18% 1.61 100% 1051 137 13%
MLB Averages 51% 2.2% 12.1% 10.7% 6.2% 24% 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
1946 24 NYY AL 44 1 2
1947 25 NYY AL 8 0 0
1948 26 CHW AL 459 238 9 0 15 4 1 1 4 27 16 2 59% 8 5 3 185 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 553
1949 27 CHW AL 491 254 9 0 10 5 1 1 5 24 14 1 58% 5 3 1 186 6 1 86% 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 545
1950 28 CHW AL 577 213 10 0 3 5 2 4 3 26 14 2 54% 8 3 1 235 5 3 63% 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 305
1951 29 BOS AL 525 128 5 0 13 4 1 3 2 43 26 1 60% 10 2 1 206 2 2 50% 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 3 0
1952 30 TOT AL 649 181 10 0 25 6 2 2 6 42 23 5 55% 9 8 1 257 9 1 90% 6 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 16 87
1952 30 BOS AL 99 14 3 0 5 3 0 0 3 9 6 0 67% 0 3 0 36 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1952 30 DET AL 550 167 7 0 20 3 2 2 3 33 17 5 52% 9 5 1 221 7 1 88% 4 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 12 87
1953 31 TOT AL 246 64 5 2 18 3 2 3 2 23 16 2 70% 8 5 0 103 5 1 83% 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
1953 31 DET AL 126 35 4 2 9 3 1 3 1 13 10 0 77% 6 4 0 50 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1953 31 CLE AL 120 29 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 10 6 2 60% 2 1 0 53 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1955 33 TOT AL 594 135 6 0 9 4 2 3 3 29 17 1 59% 15 6 1 229 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 16 0
1955 33 CLE AL 102 24 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 3 1 0 35 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
1955 33 BAL AL 492 111 6 0 6 4 2 3 3 25 16 1 64% 12 5 1 194 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
1956 34 BAL AL 777 198 7 0 19 6 1 4 3 47 26 9 55% 12 5 0 311 13 3 81% 9 3 3 0 1 0 10 0 7 0
1957 35 BAL AL 523 122 4 0 9 3 1 1 3 23 12 1 52% 6 0 0 198 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0
1958 36 TOT NL 291 71 8 0 10 7 1 5 3 23 16 1 70% 6 6 0 122 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1958 36 CIN NL 28 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1958 36 STL NL 263 64 7 0 9 7 0 5 2 22 16 1 73% 5 6 0 110 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
12 Yrs 5132 1656 74 2 131 47 14 27 34 307 180 25 59% 87 45 8 2032 48 21 70% 31 18 13 3 4 0 43 1 86 1490
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+
1946 24 2 2 .500 4.46 14 4 3 1 0 0 40.1 44 22 20 1 30 11 1 0 2 189 78 1.835 9.8 0.2 6.7 2.5 0.37 78
1947 25 3 2 .600 3.83 15 5 3 2 0 0 49.1 52 25 21 1 32 14 1 0 2 224 92 1.703 9.5 0.2 5.8 2.6 0.44 92
1948 26 12 22 .353 4.62 49 37 5 9 1 1 272.2 290 157 140 10 167 82 2 1 7 1234 89 1.676 9.6 0.3 5.5 2.7 0.49 89
1949 27 27 35 .435 4.00 84 70 6 23 4 2 517.2 544 263 230 19 263 160 2 2 10 2270 103 1.559 9.5 0.3 4.6 2.8 0.61 103
1950 28 37 51 .420 3.88 114 98 8 36 7 2 723.2 757 352 312 29 342 222 2 2 13 3155 109 1.519 9.4 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.65 109
1951 29 44 58 .431 4.05 148 115 16 40 9 2 842.0 885 429 379 34 405 260 2 2 15 3680 105 1.532 9.5 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.64 105
1952 30 51 68 .429 4.00 181 136 19 48 12 2 1010.0 1066 511 449 44 474 330 3 6 23 4416 105 1.525 9.5 0.4 4.2 2.9 0.70 105
1953 31 53 72 .424 4.11 214 140 28 48 12 3 1062.0 1130 556 485 49 504 354 3 6 28 4661 102 1.539 9.6 0.4 4.3 3.0 0.70 102
1954 32 53 72 .424 4.11 214 140 28 48 12 3 1062.0 1130 556 485 49 504 354 3 6 28 4661 102 1.539 9.6 0.4 4.3 3.0 0.70 102
1955 33 59 80 .424 3.92 250 154 41 56 14 6 1203.1 1265 607 524 55 552 2 417 4 6 34 5259 106 1.510 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.1 0.76 106
1956 34 68 92 .425 3.93 285 180 43 63 15 6 1378.0 1463 699 602 62 624 5 501 10 6 39 6037 104 1.515 9.6 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80 104
1957 35 74 98 .430 3.91 312 197 46 65 15 6 1499.0 1585 752 651 66 678 6 551 14 7 39 6560 104 1.510 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.81 104
1958 36 77 99 .438 3.95 347 198 59 66 15 8 1563.0 1656 791 686 74 714 7 574 14 7 45 6851 103 1.516 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80 103

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
1946 24 1 3 .250 5.68 38.0 49 27 24 1 33 10 1 2.158 11.6 7.8 2.4 0.30 0.2 14
1947 25 0 0 1.13 8.0 9 1 1 0 2 3 0 1.375 10.1 2.3 3.4 1.50 0.0 1
1948 26 10 15 .400 4.72 225.0 242 131 118 9 137 69 1 1.684 9.7 5.5 2.8 0.50 0.4 34
1949 27 15 11 .577 3.35 242.0 260 100 90 9 98 77 0 1.479 9.7 3.6 2.9 0.79 0.3 35
1950 28 14 9 .609 3.27 212.0 211 86 77 10 78 64 0 1.363 9.0 3.3 2.7 0.82 0.4 30
1951 29 6 7 .462 4.61 121.0 127 69 62 5 63 39 0 1.570 9.4 4.7 2.9 0.62 0.4 34
1952 30 9 9 .500 4.02 168.0 192 83 75 11 73 70 1 1.577 10.3 3.9 3.8 0.96 0.6 33
1953 31 1 4 .200 6.75 52.0 68 43 39 5 32 24 0 1.923 11.8 5.5 4.2 0.75 0.9 33
1955 33 10 5 .667 2.64 143.0 143 47 42 6 51 64 1 1.357 9.0 3.2 4.0 1.25 0.4 36
1956 34 9 10 .474 4.29 174.0 209 92 83 7 76 84 6 1.638 10.8 3.9 4.3 1.11 0.4 35
1957 35 5 7 .417 4.46 117.0 136 64 58 4 60 48 4 1.675 10.5 4.6 3.7 0.80 0.3 27
1958 36 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 73 39 35 8 37 23 0 1.692 10.1 5.1 3.2 0.62 1.1 35
12 Yrs 83 84 .497 4.05 1565.0 1719 782 704 75 740 575 14 1.571 9.9 3.3 0.78 0.4 347

* 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1950 AL  3.8 (5th)
1955 AL  3.4 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 AL  3.31 (7th)
1950 AL  3.58 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1950 AL  1.417 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  3.527 (8th)
1950 AL  3.452 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1948 AL  223.3 (10th)
1949 AL  245.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1948 AL  32 (5th)
1949 AL  33 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL  3 (8th)
1950 AL  3 (2nd)
1951 AL  2 (10th)
1952 AL  3 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  135 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  238 (6th)
1949 AL  254 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  0.363 (6th)
1949 AL  0.331 (3rd)
1950 AL  0.437 (1st)
1956 AL  0.361 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL  20 (2nd)
1950 AL  16 (5th)
1956 AL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  119 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (10th)
1952 AL  8 (2nd)
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL  1,010 (6th)
1949 AL  1,036 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 AL  126 (7th)
1950 AL  125 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1949 AL  22 (10th)
1950 AL  23 (6th)
1955 AL  19 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  2.2 (10th)
1950 AL  2.2 (6th)
1955 AL  2.0 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  17.38 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.6 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  1.7 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Larry McWilliams (947)
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  8. Sheriff Blake (944)
  9. Steve Hargan (942)
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  4. Tim Lollar (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Milnar (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Milnar (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ken Heintzelman (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ken Heintzelman (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ken Heintzelman (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Heintzelman (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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