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Ted Wilks

Theodore Wilks (Cork)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 13, 1915 in Fulton, NY
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1944
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Indians 1944-1953

Final Game: August 5, 1953
Died: August 21, 1989 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, TX
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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
1944 28 STL NL 17 4 .810 2.64 36 21 10 16 4 0 207.2 173 61 61 12 49 70 1 0 1 820 135 1.069 7.5 0.5 2.1 3.0 1.43 MVP-24
1945 29 STL NL 4 7 .364 2.93 18 16 1 4 1 0 98.1 103 39 32 9 29 28 1 0 0 417 129 1.342 9.4 0.8 2.7 2.6 0.97
1946 30 STL NL 8 0 1.000 3.41 40 4 18 0 0 1 95.0 88 41 36 13 38 40 2 0 0 404 102 1.326 8.3 1.2 3.6 3.8 1.05
1947 31 STL NL 4 0 1.000 5.01 37 0 19 0 0 5 50.1 57 33 28 10 11 28 2 0 0 221 83 1.351 10.2 1.8 2.0 5.0 2.55
1948 32 STL NL 6 6 .500 2.62 57 2 28 1 0 13 130.2 113 40 38 5 39 71 0 0 3 529 156 1.163 7.8 0.3 2.7 4.9 1.82
1949 33 STL NL 10 3 .769 3.73 59 0 30 0 0 9 118.1 105 52 49 8 38 71 0 0 0 484 111 1.208 8.0 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.87 MVP-19
1950 34 STL NL 2 0 1.000 6.66 18 0 7 0 0 0 24.1 27 18 18 4 9 15 1 1 1 106 65 1.479 10.0 1.5 3.3 5.5 1.67
1951 35 TOT NL 3 5 .375 2.86 65 1 40 1 0 13 100.2 88 38 32 7 29 48 2 0 1 406 146 1.162 7.9 0.6 2.6 4.3 1.66
1951 35 STL NL 0 0 3.00 17 0 6 0 0 1 18.0 19 7 6 1 5 5 0 0 0 74 135 1.333 9.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
1951 35 PIT NL 3 5 .375 2.83 48 1 34 1 0 12 82.2 69 31 26 6 24 43 2 0 1 332 149 1.125 7.5 0.7 2.6 4.7 1.79
1952 36 TOT MLB 5 5 .500 3.64 51 0 36 0 0 5 84.0 73 38 34 9 38 30 2 0 2 357 107 1.321 7.8 1.0 4.1 3.2 0.79
1952 36 PIT NL 5 5 .500 3.61 44 0 34 0 0 4 72.1 65 32 29 9 31 24 2 0 1 305 110 1.327 8.1 1.1 3.9 3.0 0.77
1952 36 CLE AL 0 0 3.86 7 0 2 0 0 1 11.2 8 6 5 0 7 6 0 0 1 52 90 1.286 6.2 0.0 5.4 4.6 0.86
1953 37 CLE AL 0 0 7.36 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 21 56 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
10 Yrs 59 30 .663 3.26 385 44 191 22 5 46 913.0 832 364 331 77 283 403 11 1 8 3765 119 1.221 8.2 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.42
162 Game Avg. 9 5 .663 3.26 61 7 30 3 1 7 145 132 58 52 12 45 64 2 0 1 597 119 1.221 8.2 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.42
STL (8 yrs) 51 20 .718 3.25 282 43 119 21 5 29 742.2 685 291 268 62 218 328 7 1 5 3055 118 1.216 8.3 0.8 2.6 4.0 1.50
PIT (2 yrs) 8 10 .444 3.19 92 1 68 1 0 16 155.0 134 63 55 15 55 67 4 0 2 637 128 1.219 7.8 0.9 3.2 3.9 1.22
CLE (2 yrs) 0 0 4.70 11 0 4 0 0 1 15.1 13 10 8 0 10 8 0 0 1 73 77 1.500 7.6 0.0 5.9 4.7 0.80
NL (9 yrs) 59 30 .663 3.24 374 44 187 22 5 45 897.2 819 354 323 77 273 395 11 1 7 3692 120 1.216 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.45
AL (2 yrs) 0 0 4.70 11 0 4 0 0 1 15.1 13 10 8 0 10 8 0 0 1 73 77 1.500 7.6 0.0 5.9 4.7 0.80

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
1944 28 STL NL 207.0 36 21 61 2.65 4.18 0.44 0.00 99.6 3.73 25 2.9 1.0 -0.1 4.4 44 .579 .518 $ MVP-24
1945 29 STL NL 98.1 18 16 39 3.57 4.34 0.14 0.00 99.1 4.17 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.4 16 .535 .504 $
1946 30 STL NL 95.0 40 4 41 3.88 3.99 0.11 0.00 100.7 3.91 0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.9 10 .501 .500 $
1947 31 STL NL 49.1 37 0 33 6.02 4.80 0.00 0.00 101.9 4.89 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .482 .496 $
1948 32 STL NL 131.1 57 2 40 2.74 4.49 -0.04 0.00 102.8 4.66 28 3.0 1.4 0.3 4.6 43 .553 .518 $
1949 33 STL NL 118.1 59 0 52 3.95 4.71 0.10 0.00 101.8 4.70 9 1.0 1.3 -0.0 2.1 24 .517 .506 $ MVP-19
1950 34 STL NL 24.1 18 0 18 6.66 4.71 0.07 0.00 100.4 4.66 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .471 .497 $
1951 35 STL NL 18.0 17 0 7 3.50 4.65 0.26 0.00 100.5 4.41 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .511 .501 $
1951 35 PIT NL 82.2 48 1 31 3.38 4.48 -0.13 0.00 106.1 4.90 14 1.5 1.2 0.0 2.3 23 .531 .509 $
1952 36 PIT NL 72.1 44 0 32 3.98 4.35 -0.16 0.00 106.6 4.80 7 0.7 1.2 -0.1 1.4 14 .517 .505 $
1952 36 CLE AL 11.2 7 0 6 4.63 3.88 0.01 0.00 97.6 3.78 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .482 .499 $
1953 37 CLE AL 3.2 4 0 4 9.82 4.64 0.28 0.00 96.6 4.21 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .443 .499 $
10 Seasons 912.0 385 44 364 3.59 4.39 0.12 0.00 101.7 4.35 76 8.4 1.2 -0.1 16.6 173 .522 .504 $
STL (8 yrs) 741.2 282 43 291 3.53 4.39 0.17 0.00 100.8 4.25 58 6.5 1.2 -0.0 13.2 138 .523 .505 $
PIT (2 yrs) 155.0 92 1 63 3.66 4.42 -0.14 0.00 106.3 4.85 21 2.2 1.2 -0.1 3.7 37 .524 .507 $
CLE (2 yrs) 15.1 11 0 10 5.87 4.06 0.07 0.00 97.4 3.89 -3 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .468 .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
1944 28 STL NL WS W SLB 0 1 .000 5.68 2 1 1 0 0 1 6.1 5 4 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 27 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 9.9 2.33
1946 30 STL NL WS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 4.91 3 1 2 0 0 1 7.1 7 5 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 33 1.364 8.6 0.0 3.7 8.6 2.33
2 WS 0 1 .000 4.91 3 1 2 0 0 1 7.1 7 5 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 33 1.364 8.6 0.0 3.7 8.6 2.33

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 32 STL NL 57 231 480 40 113 5 4 5 2 2 39 71 .235 .293 .294 .587 .267 141 3 0 10 0 3
1949 33 STL NL 59 329 440 52 105 11 2 8 2 0 38 71 .239 .299 .327 .626 .269 144 5 0 10 0 3
1950 34 STL NL 18 56 94 18 27 3 1 4 2 1 9 15 .287 .356 .468 .824 .307 44 1 1 2 0 2
1951 35 PIT NL 48 204 298 31 69 3 1 6 1 2 24 43 .232 .293 .309 .602 .253 92 3 2 8 0 3
1951 35 STL NL 17 72 71 7 19 5 0 1 0 1 5 5 .268 .316 .380 .696 .277 27 3 0 1 0 2
1951 35 TOT NL 65 276 369 38 88 8 1 7 1 3 29 48 .238 .298 .322 .620 .258 119 6 2 9 0 5
1952 36 CLE AL 7 52 43 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 7 6 .186 .300 .209 .509 .216 9 1 0 2 0 3
1952 36 PIT NL 44 208 266 32 65 8 2 9 2 3 31 24 .244 .328 .391 .719 .240 104 4 2 7 0 6
1952 36 TOT MLB 51 260 309 38 73 9 2 9 4 3 38 30 .236 .324 .366 .689 .237 113 5 2 9 0 9
1953 37 CLE AL 4 21 18 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .278 .381 .278 .659 .313 5 0 0 0 0 3
6 Yrs 254 1173 1710 190 411 36 10 33 12 9 156 237 .240 .306 .331 .637 .263 566 20 5 40 0 25
162 Game Avg. 67 310 452 50 109 10 3 9 3 2 41 63 .240 .306 .331 .637 .263 150 5 1 11 0 7
MLB Averages .261 .335 .353 .688 .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 STL NL 22.1 2.3 236 1.3 4.6 -3.3 1.07 1.0 0.2 11.3 1.1 1.07 11.6 9 9 5
1949 33 STL NL 7.2 0.7 337 0.2 6.3 -6.1 1.11 0.9 -0.7 4.1 0.4 1.13 8.3 14 8 16
1950 34 STL NL -5.1 -0.5 66 -0.2 0.6 -0.9 .76 -0.3 -0.0 -5.9 -0.6 0.71 -5.0 4 0 8
1951 35 TOT NL 13.3 1.3 287 1.1 5.8 -4.7 1.13 0.8 0.2 9.9 1.0 1.12 11.4 16 14 18
1951 35 STL NL 2.0 0.2 78 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .56 -0.1 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 0.56 -1.3 3 4 8
1951 35 PIT NL 11.3 1.2 209 1.3 5.2 -3.8 1.33 0.9 0.2 11.8 1.2 1.33 12.7 13 10 10
1952 36 TOT MLB 2.6 0.3 273 -0.1 4.9 -5.0 1.11 -0.7 0.6 -2.5 -0.3 1.09 -7.6 12 8 19
1952 36 PIT NL 3.3 0.4 218 0.0 4.5 -4.5 1.26 -0.7 0.7 -0.5 -0.1 1.25 -7.0 11 5 17
1952 36 CLE AL -0.7 -0.1 55 -0.1 0.4 -0.4 .47 0.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.47 -0.6 1 3 2
1953 37 CLE AL -1.7 -0.2 23 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .57 -0.0 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.57 -1.7 2 0 1
10 Yrs 69.8 7.3 1222 2.2 22.3 -20.2 1.07 1.7 0.3 14.8 1.5 1.07 17.0 57 39 67

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
1944 28 STL NL 36 21 15 3 3 3 2 18 3 .857 0 0 16 4 14 67% 60.4 84 31 9 6 6.1 8.4
1945 29 STL NL 18 16 4 7 5 0 2 5 11 .313 0 0 4 1 10 63% 50.7 74 29 4 10 3.3 5.8
1946 30 STL NL 40 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 54 29 1 3 4.3 4.4
1948 32 STL NL 57 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 49.0 62 36 9 3 2 0 7.9 6.8
1951 35 TOT NL 65 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 59 59 4 0 0 1 5.1 7.0
1951 35 PIT NL 48 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 59.0 59 59 0 0 0 1 5.1 7.0
5 Yrs 199 44 21 10 13 3 4 27 17 .614 0 0 22 5 26 59% 54 84 29 9 3 16 20 4.9 7.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 115 -11 4.5 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
1944 28 STL NL 36 15 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 6.1
1945 29 STL NL 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.5
1946 30 STL NL 40 36 18 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 7 7 6.4
1947 31 STL NL 37 37 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 9 12 4.0
1948 32 STL NL 57 55 28 5 6 6 13 1 217% 6 0 28 6 21% 1.065 9 9 5 7 3 13 15 8 37 12 17 20 6.4
1949 33 STL NL 59 59 30 10 3 9 9 4 100% 12 2 38 13 34% 1.106 14 8 16 13 5 20 19 19 38 12 27 11 6.0
1950 34 STL NL 18 18 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% .765 4 0 8 0 4 8 6 6 9 5 5 4 4.1
1951 35 TOT NL 65 64 40 2 5 7 13 0 186% 10 2 38 15 39% 1.129 16 14 18 10 7 32 20 29 30 15 25 22 4.4
1951 35 STL NL 17 17 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17 8 47% 7 .563 3 4 8 1 2 12 9 6 5 8 6 5 3.2
1951 35 PIT NL 48 47 34 2 5 7 12 0 171% 9 1 21 7 33% 8 1.329 13 10 10 9 5 20 11 23 25 7 19 17 4.8
1952 36 TOT MLB 51 51 36 5 5 5 5 2 100% 6 0 32 15 47% 1.105 12 8 19 7 7 26 16 24 28 5 21 10 4.9
1952 36 PIT NL 44 44 34 5 5 4 4 2 100% 5 0 24 10 42% 8 1.263 11 5 17 6 7 20 12 21 23 4 16 9 4.9
1952 36 CLE AL 7 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 5 63% 4 .474 1 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 5 1 5 1 5.0
1953 37 CLE AL 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 2 33% 4 .573 2 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 2.8
10 Yrs 385 341 191 38 20 28 46 8 164% 35 4 153 56 37% 1.077 57 39 67 39 26 101 79 87 188 68 96 87 5.3

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%
1944 28 STL NL 820 1.5% 8.5% 6.0% 5.0% 24% 83%
1945 29 STL NL 417 2.2% 6.7% 7.0% 4.1% 17% 82%
1946 30 STL NL 405 3.2% 9.9% 9.4% 75%
1947 31 STL NL 221 4.5% 12.7% 5.0% 74%
1948 32 STL NL 529 62% 2.2% 30.7% 16.9% 6.1% 12% 0.86 175% 47 3 6%
1949 33 STL NL 488 64% 2.4% 21.6% 11.6% 6.4% 20% 0.45 110% 62 5 8%
1950 34 STL NL 106 73% 7.1% 26.8% 16.1% 14.3% 30% 0.63 134% 7 1 14%
1951 35 TOT NL 409 66% 2.5% 17.4% 10.5% 5.8% 18% 0.72 114% 65 6 9%
1951 35 STL NL 77 71% 1.4% 6.9% 6.9% 8.3% 32% 1.05 90% 16 3 19%
1951 35 PIT NL 332 64% 2.9% 21.1% 11.8% 4.9% 15% 0.63 122% 49 3 6%
1952 36 TOT MLB 358 65% 3.5% 11.5% 14.6% 7.7% 27% 0.67 104% 63 5 8%
1952 36 PIT NL 306 64% 4.3% 11.5% 14.9% 9.1% 29% 0.68 112% 52 4 8%
1952 36 CLE AL 52 67% 0.0% 11.5% 13.5% 1.9% 13% 0.61 71% 11 1 9%
1953 37 CLE AL 21 71% 0.0% 9.5% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.60 76% 7 0 0%
10 Yrs 3774 65% 2.5% 13.3% 9.3% 4.5% 17% 0.64 96% 251 20 8%
MLB Averages 49% 1.9% 11.1% 10.8% 5.1% 19% 0.95 88% 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
1944 28 STL NL 173 12 1
1945 29 STL NL 103 9 0
1946 30 STL NL 88 13 0
1947 31 STL NL 57 10 0
1948 32 STL NL 231 113 5 0 10 1 0 0 1 17 9 0 53% 3 3 0 95 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 298
1949 33 STL NL 329 105 8 0 18 3 4 1 6 19 10 1 53% 3 0 0 123 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 159
1950 34 STL NL 56 27 4 0 4 2 1 2 1 6 2 1 33% 2 1 0 18 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50
1951 35 TOT NL 276 88 7 0 14 4 0 1 3 27 16 3 59% 5 1 2 113 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 133
1951 35 STL NL 72 19 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 5 1 56% 2 0 1 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1951 35 PIT NL 204 69 6 0 12 3 0 1 2 18 11 2 61% 3 1 1 79 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 128
1952 36 TOT MLB 260 73 9 0 22 4 3 2 5 25 14 0 56% 9 2 0 113 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 98
1952 36 PIT NL 208 65 9 0 18 4 3 2 5 20 10 0 50% 6 1 0 88 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 98
1952 36 CLE AL 52 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 3 1 0 25 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1953 37 CLE AL 21 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 3 0 1 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Yrs 1173 832 77 0 71 14 8 6 16 99 55 5 56% 25 8 3 472 12 9 57% 11 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 14 738
MLB Averages 53% 55%

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+
1944 28 17 4 .810 2.64 36 21 10 16 4 0 207.2 173 61 61 12 49 70 1 0 1 820 135 1.069 7.5 0.5 2.1 3.0 1.43 135
1945 29 21 11 .656 2.74 54 37 11 20 5 0 306.0 276 100 93 21 78 98 2 0 1 1237 133 1.157 8.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 1.26 133
1946 30 29 11 .725 2.90 94 41 29 20 5 1 401.0 364 141 129 34 116 138 4 0 1 1641 124 1.197 8.2 0.8 2.6 3.1 1.19 124
1947 31 33 11 .750 3.13 131 41 48 20 5 6 451.1 421 174 157 44 127 166 6 0 1 1862 117 1.214 8.4 0.9 2.5 3.3 1.31 117
1948 32 39 17 .696 3.02 188 43 76 21 5 19 582.0 534 214 195 49 166 237 6 0 4 2391 125 1.203 8.3 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.43 125
1949 33 49 20 .710 3.14 247 43 106 21 5 28 700.1 639 266 244 57 204 308 6 0 4 2875 122 1.204 8.2 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.51 122
1950 34 51 20 .718 3.25 265 43 113 21 5 28 724.2 666 284 262 61 213 323 7 1 5 2981 118 1.213 8.3 0.8 2.6 4.0 1.52 118
1951 35 54 25 .684 3.21 330 44 153 22 5 41 825.1 754 322 294 68 242 371 9 1 6 3387 121 1.207 8.2 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.53 121
1952 36 59 30 .663 3.25 381 44 189 22 5 46 909.1 827 360 328 77 280 401 11 1 8 3744 120 1.217 8.2 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.43 120
1953 37 59 30 .663 3.26 385 44 191 22 5 46 913.0 832 364 331 77 283 403 11 1 8 3765 119 1.221 8.2 0.8 2.8 4.0 1.42 119

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
1944 28 14 8 .636 2.90 205.0 184 73 66 13 52 69 1 1.151 8.1 2.3 3.0 1.33 0.6 36
1945 29 7 4 .636 3.00 99.0 108 37 33 9 30 28 1 1.394 9.8 2.7 2.5 0.93 0.8 18
1946 30 5 5 .500 4.02 94.0 97 47 42 14 42 39 2 1.479 9.3 4.0 3.7 0.93 1.3 40
1947 31 2 3 .400 4.75 53.0 58 31 28 10 11 30 2 1.302 9.8 1.9 5.1 2.73 1.7 37
1948 32 10 4 .714 2.59 132.0 116 42 38 5 40 72 0 1.182 7.9 2.7 4.9 1.80 0.3 57
1949 33 7 6 .538 3.60 120.0 106 53 48 8 38 72 0 1.200 8.0 2.9 5.4 1.89 0.6 59
1950 34 1 1 .500 6.12 25.0 27 19 17 4 9 15 1 1.440 9.7 3.2 5.4 1.67 1.4 18
1951 35 7 4 .636 2.85 101.0 89 36 32 7 29 48 2 1.168 7.9 2.6 4.3 1.66 0.6 65
1952 36 5 4 .556 3.81 85.0 77 40 36 9 40 30 2 1.376 8.2 4.2 3.2 0.75 1.0 51
1953 37 0 0 9.00 4.0 6 4 4 0 4 2 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 4
10 Yrs 58 39 .598 3.37 918.0 868 382 344 79 295 405 11 1.267 8.5 4.0 1.37 0.8 385

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 NL (24, 1%)
1949 NL (19, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.4 (9th)
1948 NL  4.6 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 NL  2.64 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1944 NL  .810 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 NL  1.069 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  7.498 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL  40 (9th)
1948 NL  57 (2nd)
1949 NL  59 (1st)
1951 NL  65 (1st)
1952 NL  44 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1947 NL  5 (5th)
1948 NL  13 (2nd)
1949 NL  9 (1st)
1951 NL  13 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  16 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1944 NL  4 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  12 (8th)
1946 NL  13 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  1.429 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1946 NL  18 (6th)
1947 NL  19 (5th)
1948 NL  28 (4th)
1949 NL  30 (2nd)
1951 NL  40 (2nd)
1952 NL  34 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 NL  135 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  27 (4th)
1948 NL  22 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  2.9 (4th)
1948 NL  2.3 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 NL  11.26 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1952 NL  born 1915-11-13 (10th)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 33 (730), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (208), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Clint Rogge (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Burkhart (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Beazley (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Justin Duchscherer (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hoyt Wilhelm (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sandy Consuegra (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sandy Consuegra (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Aurelio Lopez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Aurelio Lopez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Konstanty (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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