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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 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Indians 1944-1953

Final Game: August 5, 1953 (Age 37)
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 (v2.2): 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 4.5 42 .580 .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 .8 -0.1 1.4 15 .535 .504
1946 30 STL NL 95.0 40 4 41 3.88 3.98 0.11 0.00 100.9 3.91 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.9 9 .500 .500
1947 31 STL NL 49.1 37 0 33 6.02 4.78 0.00 0.00 101.9 4.87 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .482 .496
1948 32 STL NL 131.1 57 2 40 2.74 4.48 -0.04 0.00 102.8 4.65 28 3.0 1.3 0.3 4.8 42 .552 .518
1949 33 STL NL 118.1 59 0 52 3.95 4.69 0.10 0.00 102.9 4.73 10 1.0 1.3 -0.0 2.3 23 .518 .506 MVP-19
1950 34 STL NL 24.1 18 0 18 6.66 4.71 0.07 0.00 100.9 4.68 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .471 .497
1951 35 STL NL 18.0 17 0 7 3.50 4.64 0.26 0.00 100.5 4.40 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .511 .501
1951 35 PIT NL 82.2 48 1 31 3.38 4.48 -0.13 0.00 106.1 4.89 14 1.5 1.2 0.0 2.4 22 .531 .509
1952 36 PIT NL 72.1 44 0 32 3.98 4.35 -0.16 0.00 107.8 4.86 7 0.8 1.2 -0.1 1.5 14 .518 .505
1952 36 CLE AL 11.2 7 0 6 4.63 3.88 0.01 0.00 97.8 3.79 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .482 .499
1953 37 CLE AL 3.2 4 0 4 9.82 4.61 0.28 0.00 98.6 4.27 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .443 .499
10 Seasons 912.0 385 44 364 3.59 4.38 0.12 0.00 102.0 4.36 76 8.5 1.2 -0.2 17.5 166 .522 .504
STL (8 yrs) 741.2 282 43 291 3.53 4.38 0.17 0.00 101.0 4.26 59 6.6 1.1 -0.1 13.9 131 .523 .505
PIT (2 yrs) 155.0 92 1 63 3.66 4.42 -0.14 0.00 106.9 4.88 21 2.3 1.2 -0.1 3.9 37 .525 .507
CLE (2 yrs) 15.1 11 0 10 5.87 4.05 0.07 0.00 98.0 3.90 -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
1945 29 STL NL 18 118 381 39 103 11 0 9 3 0 29 28 .270 .324 .370 .694 .273 141 3 1 6 0 3
1946 30 STL NL 40 316 354 41 88 6 0 13 6 2 38 40 .249 .325 .376 .701 .249 133 4 2 10 0 4
1947 31 STL NL 37 116 202 33 57 6 1 10 0 1 11 28 .282 .326 .470 .796 .287 95 1 2 4 0 2
1948 32 STL NL 57 241 481 40 113 6 4 5 3 2 39 71 .235 .292 .295 .588 .267 142 4 0 10 0 3
1949 33 STL NL 59 347 440 52 105 12 2 8 2 0 38 71 .239 .299 .330 .629 .269 145 5 0 10 0 3
1950 34 STL NL 18 58 94 18 27 3 1 4 2 1 9 15 .287 .356 .468 .824 .307 44 1 1 2 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
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
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
9 Yrs 349 1753 2648 303 659 61 11 65 22 12 234 333 .249 .312 .354 .666 .264 937 29 10 60 0 34
162 Game Avg. 64 320 484 55 120 11 2 12 4 2 43 61 .249 .312 .354 .666 .264 171 5 2 11 0 6
MLB Averages .261 .335 .360 .694 .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
1945 29 STL NL 8.8 0.9 121 -0.3 1.9 -2.2 .93 -0.5 0.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 -5.0 0 0 1
1946 30 STL NL 1.0 0.1 325 0.8 3.9 -3.2 .69 0.3 0.8 7.8 0.8 0.69 2.7 6 7 15
1947 31 STL NL -5.2 -0.5 117 -1.6 0.9 -2.6 .57 -0.8 -2.1 -10.0 -1.0 0.57 -9.0 4 3 14
1948 32 STL NL 22.1 2.3 247 1.3 4.6 -3.4 1.03 1.1 0.2 12.2 1.2 1.03 12.2 9 9 6
1949 33 STL NL 6.8 0.7 355 0.3 6.6 -6.2 1.08 1.2 -0.9 5.9 0.6 1.10 11.2 14 9 16
1950 34 STL NL -5.1 -0.5 68 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .78 -0.3 -0.0 -5.6 -0.5 0.73 -4.8 4 1 8
1951 35 TOT NL 13.3 1.3 287 1.1 5.8 -4.7 1.13 0.8 0.2 9.8 1.0 1.12 11.3 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 12.6 13 10 10
1952 36 TOT MLB 2.4 0.3 273 -0.1 4.9 -5.0 1.11 -0.7 0.6 -2.6 -0.3 1.09 -7.6 12 8 19
1952 36 PIT NL 3.1 0.3 218 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 69.1 7.2 1816 1.2 29.4 -28.2 .95 1.0 0.2 11.8 1.3 0.95 9.4 67 51 98

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 5 0 4 10 3.3 6.2 5.8
1946 30 STL NL 40 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .250 0 2 0 0 0 0% 38.0 54 29 5 5 1 3 4.3 0.9 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 2 22 5 26 59% 54 84 29 19 8 16 20 4.9 4.3 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 0 0 .929 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.5
1946 30 STL NL 40 36 18 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 5 20% .687 6 7 15 4 3 21 14 14 21 7 17 7 6.4
1947 31 STL NL 37 37 19 4 0 4 5 2 125% 4 0 14 4 29% .568 4 3 14 4 2 15 10 11 13 9 10 12 4.0
1948 32 STL NL 57 55 28 5 6 6 13 1 217% 6 0 29 7 24% 1.031 9 9 6 7 3 14 16 8 37 12 18 20 6.4
1949 33 STL NL 59 59 30 10 3 9 9 4 100% 12 2 39 13 33% 1.077 14 9 16 13 5 21 20 19 38 12 28 11 6.0
1950 34 STL NL 18 18 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% .779 4 1 8 0 4 9 7 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 .562 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 32 46 10 144% 39 4 195 66 34% .953 67 51 98 47 31 141 106 113 188 68 125 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 58% 7.6% 23.7% 24.6% 17.0% 19% 0.73 292% 25 3 12%
1946 30 STL NL 404 60% 4.1% 12.7% 12.0% 6.0% 22% 0.56 95% 65 4 6%
1947 31 STL NL 221 67% 8.6% 24.1% 9.5% 14.7% 30% 0.43 141% 31 1 3%
1948 32 STL NL 530 63% 2.1% 29.5% 16.2% 6.2% 13% 0.81 168% 50 4 8%
1949 33 STL NL 488 65% 2.3% 20.5% 11.0% 6.3% 21% 0.44 104% 63 5 8%
1950 34 STL NL 106 72% 6.9% 25.9% 15.5% 13.8% 30% 0.69 129% 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 64% 3.0% 15.7% 11.0% 6.9% 21% 0.61 114% 376 29 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 13.3% 13.1% 6.8% 21% 0.95 106% 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
1944 28 STL NL 173 12 1
1945 29 STL NL 118 103 9 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 100% 3 0 0 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 299
1946 30 STL NL 316 88 13 1 12 6 3 4 5 16 6 3 38% 4 0 1 126 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 88
1947 31 STL NL 116 57 10 0 3 6 1 2 5 5 2 2 40% 2 0 0 55 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
1948 32 STL NL 241 113 5 0 10 1 0 0 1 17 10 0 59% 3 3 0 100 3 2 60% 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 289
1949 33 STL NL 347 105 8 0 18 3 4 1 6 19 10 1 53% 3 0 0 128 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 141
1950 34 STL NL 58 27 4 0 4 2 1 2 1 6 2 1 33% 2 1 0 20 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 48
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 1753 832 77 1 87 27 14 14 27 121 65 10 54% 34 8 4 719 22 12 65% 18 11 3 0 1 1 2 0 15 1201
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 1916 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 (1270th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.5 (9th)
1948 NL  4.8 (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  12.20 (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 1945-1973, 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 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 33 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (745), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (208), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (74th), 16.6 career WAR/17.0 7yr-peak WAR/16.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ed Roebuck (957)
  2. Rick Camp (956)
  3. Jim Brosnan (949)
  4. Hugh Casey (946)
  5. Sandy Consuegra (944)
  6. Bob Grim (943)
  7. Marv Grissom (941)
  8. Pete Mikkelsen (940)
  9. Jim Konstanty (939)
  10. Sammy Stewart (934)
Most Similar by Ages 
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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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