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Carl Willey

Carlton Francis Willey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 6, 1931 in Cherryfield, ME
High School: Cherryfield HS (Cherryfield, ME)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1958
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1958-1965

Final Game: September 25, 1965
Died: July 21, 2009 in Ellsworth, ME
Buried: Morse Cemetery, Cherryfield, ME
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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
1951	20	ATL-min	C	15	5	.750	1.96	28	19					184.0	137	52	40		90								1.234	6.7		4.4			QUE · PROV
1952	21	ATL-min	AA	10	6	.625	4.19	25	20					129.0	130	71	60		64								1.504	9.1		4.5			ATA · SOUA
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	24	ATL-min	AAA	8	10	.444	4.01	27	24		4	0		148.0	151	83	66	9	79	2	123	4	0	4			1.554	9.2	0.5	4.8	7.5	1.56	TOL · AA
1956	25	ATL-min	AAA	5	10	.333	4.43	45	11		0	0		122.0	103	65	60	14	65	5	114	3	1	7			1.377	7.6	1.0	4.8	8.4	1.75	WCH · AA
1957	26	ATL-min	AAA	21	6	.778	3.24	32	32		17	1		247.0	202	103	89	15	94	2	174	8	1	6			1.198	7.4	0.5	3.4	6.3	1.85	WCH · AA
1958	27	ATL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.70	7	7		3	2		50.0	41	17	15	2	19	0	41	0	0	0			1.200	7.4	0.4	3.4	7.4	2.16	WCH · AA
1958	27	MLN	NL	9	7	.563	2.70	23	19	0	9	4	0	140.0	110	44	42	14	53	4	74	2	0	3	573	132	1.164	7.1	0.9	3.4	4.8	1.40
1959	28	MLN	NL	5	9	.357	4.15	26	15	4	5	2	0	117.0	126	60	54	12	31	4	51	2	0	4	503	85	1.342	9.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	1.65
1960	29	MLN	NL	6	7	.462	4.35	28	21	2	2	1	0	144.2	136	78	70	19	65	5	109	7	1	7	634	79	1.389	8.5	1.2	4.0	6.8	1.68
1961	30	MLN	NL	6	12	.333	3.83	35	22	6	4	0	0	159.2	147	71	68	20	65	9	91	2	0	5	676	96	1.328	8.3	1.1	3.7	5.1	1.40
1962	31	MLN	NL	2	5	.286	5.40	30	6	5	0	0	1	73.1	95	49	44	9	20	3	40	1	0	4	325	70	1.568	11.7	1.1	2.5	4.9	2.00
1963	32	NYM	NL	9	14	.391	3.10	30	28	1	7	4	0	183.0	149	74	63	24	69	2	101	4	1	7	755	112	1.191	7.3	1.2	3.4	5.0	1.46
1964	33	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	3.60	14	3	7	0	0	0	30.0	37	19	12	5	8	2	14	1	0	2	136	100	1.500	11.1	1.5	2.4	4.2	1.75
1965	34	NYM-min	AAA	2	9	.182	3.96	23	19		2	2		100.0	98	55	44	8	32	4	54	2	0	3			1.300	8.8	0.7	2.9	4.9	1.69	BFL · IL
1965	34	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	4.18	13	3	5	1	0	0	28.0	30	13	13	2	15	1	13	2	0	5	129	85	1.607	9.6	0.6	4.8	4.2	0.87
8 Yrs				38	58	.396	3.76	199	117	30	28	11	1	875.2	830	408	366	105	326	30	493	21	2	37	3731	95	1.320	8.5	1.1	3.4	5.1	1.51
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.396	3.76	43	25	6	6	2	0	188	179	88	79	23	70	6	106	5	0	8	803	95	1.320	8.5	1.1	3.4	5.1	1.51

MLN (5 yrs)				28	40	.412	3.94	142	83	17	20	7	1	634.2	614	302	278	74	234	25	365	14	1	23	2711	91	1.336	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.2	1.56
NYM (3 yrs)				10	18	.357	3.29	57	34	13	8	4	0	241.0	216	106	88	31	92	5	128	7	1	14	1020	106	1.278	8.1	1.2	3.4	4.8	1.39

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
1958	27	MLN	NL	140.0	23	19	44	2.83	4.43	0.41	0.00	87.9	3.53	11	1.2	1.5	-0.1	2.4	26	.552	.507	$
1959	28	MLN	NL	117.0	26	15	60	4.62	4.32	-0.14	0.00	89.5	3.99	-9	-0.9	.6	-0.1	0.1	5	.465	.494	$
1960	29	MLN	NL	144.2	28	21	78	4.85	4.18	-0.07	0.04	91.6	3.92	-15	-1.6	.8	-0.1	-0.3	0	.444	.490	$
1961	30	MLN	NL	159.2	35	22	71	4.00	4.53	0.37	0.04	94.4	3.96	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.1	1.3	17	.497	.499	$
1962	31	MLN	NL	73.1	30	6	49	6.01	4.58	0.16	-0.11	95.8	4.14	-16	-1.6	.7	0.1	-0.8	-7	.448	.490	$
1963	32	NYM	NL	183.0	30	28	74	3.64	3.94	-0.43	0.06	106.4	4.71	20	2.5	1.1	-0.1	4.1	40	.584	.516	$
1964	33	NYM	NL	30.0	14	3	19	5.70	4.30	-0.30	-0.07	100.8	4.57	-4	-0.4	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.468	.497	$18,000
1965	34	NYM	NL	28.0	13	3	13	4.18	4.19	-0.08	-0.04	95.2	4.03	-0	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.2	2	.496	.500	$16,500
8 Seasons				875.2	199	117	408	4.19	4.29	0.01	0.01	95.1	4.08	-14	-0.9	.8	-0.3	6.9	82	.495	.499	$34,500

MLN (5 yrs)				634.2	142	83	302	4.28	4.39	0.16	0.01	91.6	3.88	-30	-3.0	.9	-0.2	2.7	41	.479	.496	$
NYM (3 yrs)				241.0	57	34	106	3.96	4.01	-0.38	0.03	104.4	4.61	16	2.0	.5	-0.1	4.2	41	.535	.504	$34,500

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
1958	27	MLN	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0

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
1958	27	MLN	NL	23	572	512	44	110	22	2	14	4	2	53	74	.215	.289	.348	.637	.225	178	8	2	3	3	4	6
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	506	463	60	126	21	1	12	5	2	31	51	.272	.317	.400	.717	.281	185	4	2	5	5	4	5
1960	29	MLN	NL	28	635	550	78	136	22	3	19	7	6	65	109	.247	.332	.402	.734	.275	221	5	7	9	4	5	9
1961	30	MLN	NL	35	676	595	71	147	25	5	20	3	6	65	91	.247	.322	.407	.729	.261	242	13	2	11	3	9	6
1962	31	MLN	NL	30	323	297	49	95	16	2	9	4	6	20	40	.320	.363	.478	.841	.344	142	6	1	4	2	3	5
1963	32	NYM	NL	30	755	677	74	149	18	6	24	11	9	69	101	.220	.294	.371	.665	.224	251	15	4	0	5	2	11
1964	33	NYM	NL	14	136	123	19	37	6	2	5	4	0	8	14	.301	.343	.504	.847	.302	62	3	1	2	2	2	4
1965	34	NYM	NL	13	129	111	13	30	7	0	2	2	2	15	13	.270	.364	.387	.752	.289	43	2	2	0	1	1	2
8 Yrs				199	3732	3328	408	830	137	21	105	40	33	326	493	.249	.318	.398	.716	.263	1324	56	21	34	25	30	48
162 Game Avg.				43	803	716	88	179	29	5	23	9	7	70	106	.249	.318	.398	.716	.263	285	12	5	7	5	6	10
MLB Averages																.253	.319	.385	.705	.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
1958	27	MLN	NL	16.0	1.7	582	2.3	11.1	-8.9	1.04	1.7	0.4	19.0	2.1	1.05	16.7	2	1	1
1959	28	MLN	NL	-8.1	-0.8	518	-0.8	8.6	-9.3	1.01	-0.4	-0.3	-7.1	-0.7	1.01	-3.1	0	3	8
1960	29	MLN	NL	-15.8	-1.6	662	0.4	12.7	-12.3	1.14	-0.5	0.9	-7.5	-0.8	1.14	-8.3	0	4	3
1961	30	MLN	NL	0.7	0.1	694	-0.6	13.1	-13.7	1.15	0.6	-1.1	7.7	0.8	1.15	6.9	6	2	5
1962	31	MLN	NL	-12.9	-1.3	341	-1.1	3.7	-4.8	.70	-1.1	-0.6	-11.4	-1.1	0.70	-12.9	3	4	17
1963	32	NYM	NL	6.7	0.7	788	0.9	13.5	-12.5	1.00	-0.0	0.9	4.5	0.5	1.00	-3.1	1	0	1
1964	33	NYM	NL	-2.4	-0.2	143	-0.5	1.3	-1.8	.60	-0.4	-0.4	-5.2	-0.5	0.60	-6.4	1	1	5
1965	34	NYM	NL	-1.2	-0.1	137	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	.89	-0.3	0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	-2.8	2	0	7
8 Yrs				-16.8	-1.5	3865	0.5	65.9	-65.4	1.01	-0.4	0.9	-1.1	0.1	1.01	-12.9	15	15	47

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
1958	27	MLN	NL	23	19	9	6	4	0	2	12	7	.632	1	3	9	4	12	63%	59.3	83	23	10	1	7	5	4.5	4.5	7.1
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	15	5	7	3	1	1	7	8	.467	0	0	5	2	6	40%	50.0	81	29	15	3	7	5	4.0	4.9	6.4
1960	29	MLN	NL	28	21	5	7	9	2	2	9	12	.429	3	3	2	1	8	38%	50.7	86	22	19	10	4	10	4.0	4.3	6.0
1961	30	MLN	NL	35	22	4	11	7	0	6	8	14	.364	4	1	4	0	13	59%	51.6	78	22	21	10	9	9	3.6	3.3	6.3
1962	31	MLN	NL	30	6	0	3	3	0	0	1	5	.167	0	3	0	0	1	17%	37.7	44	30	12	2	0	4	4.2	2.3	3.9
1963	32	NYM	NL	30	28	9	14	5	1	8	11	17	.393	4	1	7	4	19	68%	55.7	89	25	20	6	9	12	3.4	3.4	6.4
1964	33	NYM	NL	14	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	48.7	64	33	1	1	2	1	2.7	2.3	4.6
1965	34	NYM	NL	13	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	2	67%	47.3	72	28	4	2	0	2	2.3	2.6	5.2
8 Yrs				199	117	33	52	32	4	21	49	68	.419	12	11	28	11	62	53%	53	89	22	102	35	38	48	3.8	3.8	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	116	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	27	MLN	NL	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	7	1.043	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.8
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	11	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	13	7	54%	1	1.010	0	3	8	1	1	9	7	4	7	3	7	0	5.6
1960	29	MLN	NL	28	7	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	5	2	40%	4	1.136	0	4	3	2	0	5	3	4	5	1	5	0	7.9
1961	30	MLN	NL	35	13	6	2	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	9	3	33%	5	1.150	6	2	5	3	4	6	5	8	7	3	7	0	4.9
1962	31	MLN	NL	30	24	5	2	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	16	3	19%	6	.703	3	4	17	1	2	21	9	15	19	1	19	0	6.2
1963	32	NYM	NL	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	1.001	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5
1964	33	NYM	NL	14	11	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	8	.595	1	1	5	0	0	11	3	8	6	3	7	2	4.5
1965	34	NYM	NL	13	10	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	8	.892	2	0	7	0	2	8	2	8	3	2	3	1	3.7
8 Yrs				199	82	30	5	6	2	1	1	50%	3	1	55	19	35%		1.014	15	15	47	7	13	62	31	51	49	15	50	3	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1958	27	MLN	NL	573	54%	2.5%	12.9%	9.3%	6.6%	35%	0.93	75%	97	8	8%
1959	28	MLN	NL	506	57%	2.4%	10.1%	6.1%	6.7%	27%	0.83	80%	107	4	4%
1960	29	MLN	NL	635	55%	3.0%	17.2%	10.2%	6.9%	32%	0.75	67%	126	5	4%
1961	30	MLN	NL	676	57%	3.0%	13.5%	9.6%	7.4%	34%	1.29	72%	114	13	11%
1962	31	MLN	NL	325	60%	2.8%	12.4%	6.2%	8.4%	28%	0.89	77%	66	6	9%
1963	32	NYM	NL	755	56%	3.2%	13.4%	9.1%	6.4%	32%	0.90	74%	122	15	12%
1964	33	NYM	NL	136	64%	3.7%	10.3%	5.9%	9.6%	35%	0.81	78%	22	3	14%
1965	34	NYM	NL	129	54%	1.6%	10.1%	11.6%	7.0%	30%	0.82	75%	27	2	7%
8 Yrs				3735	56%	2.8%	13.2%	8.7%	7.1%	32%	0.92	74%	681	56	8%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.5%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.05	73%			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
1958	27	MLN	NL	572	110			14	0	8	6	8	5	9	23	10	3	43%	6	3	1	192	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
1959	28	MLN	NL	506	126			12	0	6	8	4	9	3	23	10	1	43%	5	4	0	213	5	2	71%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0
1960	29	MLN	NL	635	136			19	2	16	12	7	7	12	37	19	7	51%	9	7	2	230	7	6	54%	6	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	20	0
1961	30	MLN	NL	676	147			20	0	14	16	4	6	14	27	12	2	44%	6	5	3	233	3	6	33%	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	13	0
1962	31	MLN	NL	323	95			9	0	4	6	3	3	6	19	13	1	68%	5	4	1	138	4	6	40%	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	2
1963	32	NYM	NL	755	149			24	1	13	12	12	9	15	28	12	2	43%	11	7	4	251	11	9	55%	11	7	0	0	0	2	2	2	17	0
1964	33	NYM	NL	136	37			5	0	2	3	2	3	2	7	4	0	57%	4	2	0	54	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1965	34	NYM	NL	129	30			2	1	5	2	0	1	1	8	5	0	63%	2	5	0	54	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
8 Yrs				3732	830			105	4	68	65	40	43	62	172	85	16	49%	48	37	11	1365	40	33	55%	39	24	0	4	1	5	5	2	88	3
MLB Averages																		51%							62%

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+
1958	27	9	7	.563	2.70	23	19	0	9	4	0	140.0	110	44	42	14	53	4	74	2	0	3	573	132	1.164	7.1	0.9	3.4	4.8	1.40	132
1959	28	14	16	.467	3.36	49	34	4	14	6	0	257.0	236	104	96	26	84	8	125	4	0	7	1076	106	1.245	8.3	0.9	2.9	4.4	1.49	106
1960	29	20	23	.465	3.72	77	55	6	16	7	0	401.2	372	182	166	45	149	13	234	11	1	14	1710	94	1.297	8.3	1.0	3.3	5.2	1.57	94
1961	30	26	35	.426	3.75	112	77	12	20	7	0	561.1	519	253	234	65	214	22	325	13	1	19	2386	95	1.306	8.3	1.0	3.4	5.2	1.52	95
1962	31	28	40	.412	3.94	142	83	17	20	7	1	634.2	614	302	278	74	234	25	365	14	1	23	2711	91	1.336	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.2	1.56	91
1963	32	37	54	.407	3.75	172	111	18	27	11	1	817.2	763	376	341	98	303	27	466	18	2	30	3466	95	1.304	8.4	1.1	3.3	5.1	1.54	95
1964	33	37	56	.398	3.75	186	114	25	27	11	1	847.2	800	395	353	103	311	29	480	19	2	32	3602	95	1.311	8.5	1.1	3.3	5.1	1.54	95
1965	34	38	58	.396	3.76	199	117	30	28	11	1	875.2	830	408	366	105	326	30	493	21	2	37	3731	95	1.320	8.5	1.1	3.4	5.1	1.51	95

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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
1958	27	9	6	.600	3.21	140.0	123	56	50	16	59	74	2	1.300	7.9	3.8	4.8	1.25	1.0	23
1959	28	5	7	.417	4.92	117.0	140	71	64	13	34	51	2	1.487	10.8	2.6	3.9	1.50	1.0	26
1960	29	5	10	.333	5.29	143.0	152	93	84	21	73	108	8	1.573	9.6	4.6	6.8	1.48	1.3	28
1961	30	8	9	.471	4.30	159.0	159	84	76	22	70	90	2	1.440	9.0	4.0	5.1	1.29	1.2	35
1962	31	2	5	.286	5.87	69.0	97	50	45	9	20	38	1	1.696	12.7	2.6	5.0	1.90	1.2	30
1963	32	10	9	.526	3.62	174.0	157	78	70	25	73	96	4	1.322	8.1	3.8	5.0	1.32	1.3	30
1964	33	2	1	.667	4.03	29.0	39	14	13	5	8	14	1	1.621	12.1	2.5	4.3	1.75	1.6	14
1965	34	1	1	.500	4.85	26.0	31	16	14	2	16	12	2	1.808	10.7	5.5	4.2	0.75	0.7	13
8 Yrs		42	48	.467	4.37	857.0	898	462	416	113	353	483	22	1.460	9.4		5.1	1.37	1.2	199

* 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1958 NL .563 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1961 NL 8.286 (8th) 1963 NL 7.328 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1958 NL 4 (1st) 1963 NL 4 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1963 NL 24 (7th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1960 NL 7 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1958 NL 16 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1958 NL 1.7 (10th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1958 NL 2.3 (8th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1958 NL 1.7 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1958 NL 2.1 (8th)

† 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 Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Carmen Hill (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Bluejacket (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Gardner (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Bruce (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ryan Franklin (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Trevor Wilson (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Smith (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Monk Dubiel (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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