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Earl Wilson

Earl Lawrence Wilson
Name Changed From Wilson; Earl Lawrence

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 216 lb.

Born: October 2, 1934 in Ponchatoula, LA
High School: Greenville Park HS (Greenville Park, LA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1959
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Padres 1959-1970

Final Game: September 22, 1970
Died: April 23, 2005 in Southfield, MI
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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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
1959 24 BOS AL 1 1 .500 6.08 9 4 3 0 0 0 23.2 21 17 16 2 31 0 17 0 0 1 122 67 2.197 8.0 0.8 11.8 6.5 0.55
1960 25 BOS AL 3 2 .600 4.71 13 9 1 2 0 0 65.0 61 36 34 4 48 1 40 0 2 4 301 86 1.677 8.4 0.6 6.6 5.5 0.83
1962 27 BOS AL 12 8 .600 3.90 31 28 2 4 1 0 191.1 163 86 83 21 111 2 137 6 1 11 837 106 1.432 7.7 1.0 5.2 6.4 1.23
1963 28 BOS AL 11 16 .407 3.76 37 34 3 6 3 0 210.2 184 99 88 18 105 4 123 1 0 21 908 101 1.372 7.9 0.8 4.5 5.3 1.17
1964 29 BOS AL 11 12 .478 4.49 33 31 1 5 0 0 202.1 213 121 101 37 73 3 166 2 0 7 883 87 1.414 9.5 1.6 3.2 7.4 2.27
1965 30 BOS AL 13 14 .481 3.98 36 36 0 8 1 0 230.2 221 119 102 27 77 4 164 4 0 6 978 94 1.292 8.6 1.1 3.0 6.4 2.13
1966 31 TOT AL 18 11 .621 3.07 38 37 1 13 3 0 264.0 214 94 90 30 74 3 200 6 0 9 1059 118 1.091 7.3 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.70 MVP-14
1966 31 BOS AL 5 5 .500 3.84 15 14 1 5 1 0 100.2 88 45 43 14 36 2 67 2 0 4 418 100 1.232 7.9 1.3 3.2 6.0 1.86
1966 31 DET AL 13 6 .684 2.59 23 23 0 8 2 0 163.1 126 49 47 16 38 1 133 4 0 5 641 134 1.004 6.9 0.9 2.1 7.3 3.50
1967 32 DET AL 22 11 .667 3.27 39 38 1 12 0 0 264.0 216 103 96 34 92 7 184 3 0 8 1083 100 1.167 7.4 1.2 3.1 6.3 2.00 MVP-12
1968 33 DET AL 13 12 .520 2.85 34 33 0 10 3 0 224.1 192 77 71 20 65 4 168 0 2 7 909 106 1.146 7.7 0.8 2.6 6.7 2.58
1969 34 DET AL 12 10 .545 3.31 35 35 0 5 1 0 214.2 209 93 79 23 69 4 150 4 0 5 903 113 1.295 8.8 1.0 2.9 6.3 2.17
1970 35 TOT MLB 5 12 .294 4.58 33 25 3 4 1 0 161.0 169 89 82 20 51 3 103 4 0 0 694 84 1.366 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.8 2.02
1970 35 DET AL 4 6 .400 4.41 18 16 0 4 1 0 96.0 87 53 47 15 32 1 74 2 0 0 404 86 1.240 8.2 1.4 3.0 6.9 2.31
1970 35 SDP NL 1 6 .143 4.85 15 9 3 0 0 0 65.0 82 36 35 5 19 2 29 2 0 0 290 82 1.554 11.4 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.53
11 Yrs 121 109 .526 3.69 338 310 15 69 13 0 2051.2 1863 934 842 236 796 35 1452 30 5 79 8677 99 1.296 8.2 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.82
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .526 3.69 35 33 2 7 1 0 215 196 98 88 25 84 4 152 3 1 8 911 99 1.296 8.2 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.82
BOS (7 yrs) 56 58 .491 4.10 174 156 11 30 6 0 1024.1 951 523 467 123 481 16 714 15 3 54 4447 95 1.398 8.4 1.1 4.2 6.3 1.48
DET (5 yrs) 64 45 .587 3.18 149 145 1 39 7 0 962.1 830 375 340 108 296 17 709 13 2 25 3940 107 1.170 7.8 1.0 2.8 6.6 2.40
SDP (1 yr) 1 6 .143 4.85 15 9 3 0 0 0 65.0 82 36 35 5 19 2 29 2 0 0 290 82 1.554 11.4 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.53
AL (11 yrs) 120 103 .538 3.66 323 301 12 69 13 0 1986.2 1781 898 807 231 777 33 1423 28 5 79 8387 100 1.288 8.1 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.83
NL (1 yr) 1 6 .143 4.85 15 9 3 0 0 0 65.0 82 36 35 5 19 2 29 2 0 0 290 82 1.554 11.4 0.7 2.6 4.0 1.53

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
1959 24 BOS AL 23.2 9 4 17 6.46 4.31 0.12 0.00 106.0 4.45 -5 -0.5 .3 0.1 -0.3 -3 .443 .497 $
1960 25 BOS AL 65.0 13 9 36 4.98 4.34 -0.30 0.04 105.0 4.92 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.0 0.4 5 .500 .500 $
1962 27 BOS AL 191.1 31 28 86 4.05 4.49 0.23 0.07 105.0 4.55 13 1.4 1.3 -0.1 2.7 29 .546 .509 $
1963 28 BOS AL 210.2 37 34 99 4.23 4.08 0.16 0.06 102.0 4.06 -1 -0.2 .2 -0.1 1.3 14 .496 .499 $
1964 29 BOS AL 202.1 33 31 121 5.38 4.06 -0.25 0.07 106.9 4.68 -13 -1.4 1.7 -0.1 -0.1 2 .457 .491 $
1965 30 BOS AL 230.2 36 36 119 4.64 3.98 -0.23 0.07 109.1 4.66 1 0.2 -0.1 1.8 20 .505 .501 $
1966 31 BOS AL 100.2 15 14 45 4.02 4.13 0.14 0.07 106.8 4.33 5 0.6 .5 -0.0 1.3 12 .540 .504 $ MVP-14
1966 31 DET AL 163.1 23 23 49 2.70 3.90 0.07 0.07 101.0 3.93 25 3.2 -0.1 4.3 36 .637 .519 $26,000 MVP-14
1967 32 DET AL 264.0 39 38 103 3.51 3.66 0.37 0.06 101.3 3.40 0 0.0 3.9 -0.1 1.8 17 .501 .500 $34,000 MVP-12
1968 33 DET AL 224.1 34 33 77 3.09 3.42 0.39 0.05 101.2 3.12 3 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.9 17 .512 .503 $50,000
1969 34 DET AL 214.2 35 35 93 3.90 4.07 0.20 0.07 102.4 4.04 5 0.5 -0.1 2.0 22 .516 .503 $
1970 35 DET AL 96.0 18 16 53 4.97 4.20 -0.33 0.07 100.7 4.63 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.0 0.5 6 .482 .498 $
1970 35 SDP NL 65.0 15 9 36 4.98 4.50 -0.18 0.01 96.9 4.54 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.0 3 .472 .497 $55,500
11 Seasons 2051.2 338 310 934 4.10 3.99 0.08 0.06 103.5 4.12 26 3.5 .9 -1.0 17.6 179 .510 .502 $165,500
BOS (7 yrs) 1024.1 174 156 523 4.60 4.15 -0.03 0.06 105.9 4.50 -0 0.1 .7 -0.5 7.1 78 .501 .500 $
DET (5 yrs) 962.1 149 145 375 3.51 3.79 0.22 0.06 101.4 3.69 31 3.8 1.4 -0.5 10.5 98 .526 .505 $110,000
SDP (1 yr) 65.0 15 9 36 4.98 4.50 -0.18 0.01 96.9 4.54 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.0 3 .472 .497 $55,500

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
1968 33 DET AL WS W STL 0 1 .000 6.23 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 21 2.308 8.3 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50
1 WS 0 1 .000 6.23 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 21 2.308 8.3 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50

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
1959 24 BOS AL 9 122 87 17 21 1 1 2 0 1 31 17 .241 .441 .345 .786 .279 30 1 0 4 0 0 2
1960 25 BOS AL 13 300 247 36 61 15 3 4 5 1 48 40 .247 .368 .381 .749 .279 94 5 0 4 1 1 4
1962 27 BOS AL 31 836 704 86 163 22 4 21 9 2 111 137 .232 .339 .364 .703 .258 256 17 6 10 5 2 7
1963 28 BOS AL 37 907 785 99 184 28 2 18 12 2 105 123 .234 .323 .344 .667 .255 270 15 1 10 6 4 13
1964 29 BOS AL 33 883 792 121 213 38 9 37 11 3 73 166 .269 .328 .480 .808 .294 380 12 2 6 10 3 9
1965 30 BOS AL 36 978 884 119 221 41 5 27 8 6 77 164 .250 .311 .399 .710 .277 353 16 4 6 7 4 16
1966 31 BOS AL 15 417 373 45 88 9 1 14 10 1 36 67 .236 .304 .378 .682 .250 141 12 2 2 4 2 7
1966 31 DET AL 23 641 591 49 126 21 5 16 8 3 38 133 .213 .265 .347 .611 .248 205 15 4 6 2 1 5
1966 31 TOT AL 38 1058 964 94 214 30 6 30 18 4 74 200 .222 .280 .359 .639 .249 346 27 6 8 6 3 12
1967 32 DET AL 39 1083 964 103 216 33 5 34 12 3 92 184 .224 .291 .374 .666 .241 361 20 3 15 9 7 11
1968 33 DET AL 34 909 831 77 192 24 4 20 16 5 65 168 .231 .287 .342 .628 .267 284 15 0 12 1 4 11
1969 34 DET AL 35 903 817 93 209 32 3 23 12 7 69 150 .256 .315 .387 .702 .287 316 17 4 9 4 4 13
1970 35 DET AL 18 404 365 53 87 8 0 15 7 4 32 74 .238 .303 .384 .686 .260 140 6 2 4 1 1 7
1970 35 SDP NL 15 287 265 36 82 14 1 5 6 3 19 29 .309 .356 .426 .783 .329 113 6 2 1 3 2 5
1970 35 TOT MLB 33 691 630 89 169 22 1 20 13 7 51 103 .268 .325 .402 .727 .292 253 12 4 5 4 3 12
11 Yrs 338 8670 7705 934 1863 286 43 236 116 41 796 1452 .242 .313 .382 .695 .268 2943 157 30 89 53 35 110
162 Game Avg. 35 910 809 98 196 30 5 25 12 4 84 152 .242 .313 .382 .695 .268 309 16 3 9 6 4 12
MLB Averages .250 .316 .376 .692 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1959 24 BOS AL -4.6 -0.4 125 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 .81 -0.5 -0.4 -8.2 -0.8 0.81 -5.6 0 0 5
1960 25 BOS AL -3.8 -0.4 313 -0.6 4.7 -5.2 .96 -0.6 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.96 -5.9 0 1 3
1962 27 BOS AL 7.8 0.8 861 1.3 15.2 -13.9 1.04 0.4 0.8 3.8 0.4 1.04 2.7 1 0 2
1963 28 BOS AL 0.5 0.0 946 -1.1 14.5 -15.6 .97 0.0 -1.1 -5.1 -0.5 0.97 0.3 0 0 2
1964 29 BOS AL -16.8 -1.7 910 -3.0 13.2 -16.2 .90 -2.9 -0.4 -27.6 -2.7 0.90 -33.8 1 1 0
1965 30 BOS AL -6.6 -0.7 1003 -1.8 16.4 -18.2 .98 -0.8 -1.1 -14.2 -1.4 0.98 -6.1 0 0 0
1966 31 TOT AL 20.0 2.3 1092 2.8 19.5 -16.6 .98 2.1 0.8 25.5 2.9 0.98 14.5 0 0 1
1966 31 BOS AL 1.7 0.2 433 0.4 7.9 -7.5 1.05 0.2 0.2 2.4 0.2 1.05 -0.2 0 0 1
1966 31 DET AL 18.3 2.1 659 2.4 11.6 -9.1 .93 1.9 0.7 23.1 2.6 0.93 14.7 0 0 0
1967 32 DET AL 2.8 0.3 1118 0.1 18.1 -18.1 .98 -0.3 0.4 6.3 0.7 0.98 -5.9 1 0 0
1968 33 DET AL 6.1 0.7 947 1.0 15.7 -14.7 .96 1.0 0.0 10.5 1.2 0.96 7.8 0 1 0
1969 34 DET AL 9.1 1.0 934 -0.0 15.1 -15.1 .94 0.0 -0.0 5.3 0.6 0.94 0.2 0 0 0
1970 35 TOT MLB -11.6 -1.2 718 -0.9 12.5 -13.3 1.03 -0.4 -0.4 -10.6 -1.1 1.04 -5.7 2 1 5
1970 35 DET AL -6.8 -0.7 417 -0.3 7.8 -8.1 1.11 -0.2 -0.1 -8.7 -0.9 1.11 -1.8 0 0 2
1970 35 SDP NL -4.8 -0.5 301 -0.6 4.7 -5.2 .92 -0.3 -0.3 -1.9 -0.2 0.94 -3.9 2 1 3
11 Yrs 2.9 0.7 8967 -2.9 146.0 -148.9 .97 -2.0 -1.0 -18.0 -1.1 0.97 -37.5 5 4 18

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
1959 24 BOS AL 9 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.8 56 22 12 3 1 1 9.8 7.4 2.8
1960 25 BOS AL 13 9 3 2 4 0 0 5 4 .556 0 1 2 0 4 44% 49.1 76 21 10 5 1 4 5.1 4.8 6.1
1962 27 BOS AL 31 28 12 8 8 4 3 16 12 .571 6 4 4 1 14 50% 53.2 88 27 32 5 6 6 4.9 4.9 6.7
1963 28 BOS AL 37 34 11 16 7 1 4 15 19 .441 0 4 6 3 18 53% 52.0 87 23 25 9 15 6 3.7 4.1 6.1
1964 29 BOS AL 33 31 11 12 8 5 4 18 13 .581 4 0 5 0 14 45% 49.9 85 25 20 6 14 10 5.2 5.3 6.3
1965 30 BOS AL 36 36 13 14 9 1 5 17 19 .472 3 3 8 1 19 53% 52.1 86 23 35 13 16 9 4.6 4.9 6.4
1966 31 TOT AL 38 37 18 11 8 3 2 20 17 .541 4 1 13 3 22 59% 59.4 89 21 17 8 23 6 4.8 5.3 7.1
1966 31 BOS AL 15 14 5 5 4 1 1 6 8 .429 2 0 5 1 6 43% 54.1 83 21 6 3 9 3 4.4 4.8 7.0
1966 31 DET AL 23 23 13 6 4 2 1 14 9 .609 2 1 8 2 16 70% 62.7 89 32 11 5 14 3 5.0 5.6 7.1
1967 32 DET AL 39 38 22 11 5 2 5 24 13 .649 2 3 12 0 25 66% 57.5 86 20 22 6 23 8 4.8 5.2 6.9
1968 33 DET AL 34 33 13 12 8 1 3 20 12 .625 3 3 10 3 18 55% 58.3 83 28 21 9 17 8 3.3 3.3 6.7
1969 34 DET AL 35 35 12 10 13 2 4 16 19 .457 4 4 5 1 19 54% 53.7 89 26 29 11 21 5 4.3 4.5 6.1
1970 35 TOT MLB 33 25 4 11 10 1 2 7 18 .280 4 5 4 1 11 44% 0.0 83 19 26 11 10 9 4.1 3.7 5.8
1970 35 DET AL 18 16 4 6 6 1 1 6 10 .375 2 3 4 1 7 44% 52.4 83 20 16 6 6 4 4.0 3.7 5.9
1970 35 SDP NL 15 9 0 5 4 0 1 1 8 .111 2 2 0 0 4 44% 41.0 57 19 10 5 4 5 4.4 3.6 5.5
11 Yrs 338 310 119 108 83 20 32 161 147 .523 30 29 69 13 164 53% 54 89 19 249 86 147 72 4.5 4.6 6.4
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.4

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
1959 24 BOS AL 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 .814 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 3 0 7.4
1960 25 BOS AL 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 .961 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 7.8
1962 27 BOS AL 31 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 8 1.040 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.3
1963 28 BOS AL 37 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 .967 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3
1964 29 BOS AL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 .902 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9.0
1966 31 TOT AL 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1966 31 BOS AL 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.050 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 32 DET AL 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 .977 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1968 33 DET AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .965 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1970 35 TOT MLB 33 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 1.031 2 1 5 0 2 6 4 4 5 1 6 0 6.3
1970 35 DET AL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 1.110 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 2.0
1970 35 SDP NL 15 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 8 .919 2 1 3 0 2 4 2 4 4 0 5 0 7.7
9 Yrs 244 28 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 26 12 46% .979 5 4 18 1 5 22 12 16 18 4 19 0 6.4

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%
1959 24 BOS AL 122 70% 1.6% 13.9% 25.4% 3.3% 19% 1.12 56% 32 1 3%
1960 25 BOS AL 300 70% 1.3% 13.3% 16.0% 7.3% 36% 0.86 68% 62 5 8%
1962 27 BOS AL 836 56% 2.5% 16.4% 13.3% 5.6% 29% 1.07 66% 154 17 11%
1963 28 BOS AL 907 54% 2.0% 13.6% 11.6% 5.3% 26% 0.91 72% 170 15 9%
1964 29 BOS AL 883 56% 4.2% 18.8% 8.3% 9.5% 39% 0.86 68% 161 12 7%
1965 30 BOS AL 978 58% 2.8% 16.8% 7.9% 7.5% 33% 0.98 72% 170 16 9%
1966 31 TOT AL 1058 59% 2.8% 18.9% 7.0% 6.2% 31% 1.07 70% 185 27 15%
1966 31 BOS AL 417 57% 3.4% 16.1% 8.6% 5.8% 27% 0.90 71% 78 12 15%
1966 31 DET AL 641 60% 2.5% 20.8% 5.9% 6.6% 33% 1.21 69% 107 15 14%
1967 32 DET AL 1083 54% 3.1% 17.0% 8.5% 6.7% 33% 0.98 70% 158 20 13%
1968 33 DET AL 909 50% 2.2% 18.5% 7.2% 5.3% 25% 0.91 71% 156 15 10%
1969 34 DET AL 903 53% 2.6% 16.6% 7.6% 6.4% 28% 1.11 72% 152 17 11%
1970 35 TOT MLB 694 55% 2.9% 14.9% 7.4% 6.2% 25% 0.75 74% 128 12 9%
1970 35 DET AL 404 54% 3.7% 18.3% 7.9% 5.7% 26% 0.76 69% 73 6 8%
1970 35 SDP NL 290 56% 1.7% 10.1% 6.6% 7.0% 24% 0.73 82% 55 6 11%
11 Yrs 8673 56% 2.7% 16.8% 9.2% 6.5% 30% 0.96 70% 1528 157 10%
MLB Averages 48% 2.2% 15.1% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.08 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
1959 24 BOS AL 122 21 2 1 9 2 0 0 2 7 4 2 57% 2 1 1 53 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
1960 25 BOS AL 300 61 4 0 11 3 1 3 1 21 8 4 38% 4 4 2 129 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1962 27 BOS AL 836 163 21 0 17 10 11 11 10 39 22 6 56% 7 11 0 302 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 0
1963 28 BOS AL 907 184 18 1 18 10 8 9 9 33 22 4 67% 13 21 3 347 12 2 86% 11 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 36 0
1964 29 BOS AL 883 213 37 2 21 19 18 18 19 49 21 10 43% 9 7 1 309 11 3 79% 11 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 0
1965 30 BOS AL 978 221 27 0 15 16 11 16 11 37 22 6 59% 16 6 2 341 8 6 57% 3 6 4 0 1 0 3 1 20 0
1966 31 TOT AL 1058 214 30 0 8 17 13 9 21 46 22 16 48% 12 9 1 344 18 4 82% 16 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 22 0
1966 31 BOS AL 417 88 14 0 7 9 5 4 10 25 11 8 44% 7 4 0 142 10 1 91% 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1966 31 DET AL 641 126 16 0 1 8 8 5 11 21 11 8 52% 5 5 1 202 8 3 73% 7 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 0
1967 32 DET AL 1083 216 34 0 8 17 17 21 13 32 17 6 53% 11 8 6 361 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 29 0
1968 33 DET AL 909 192 20 0 5 7 13 10 10 32 11 9 34% 11 7 4 329 16 5 76% 14 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 19 0
1969 34 DET AL 903 209 23 0 15 13 10 10 13 28 15 4 54% 13 5 2 319 12 7 63% 10 4 2 2 0 1 6 2 12 0
1970 35 TOT MLB 691 169 20 0 9 12 8 7 13 31 16 5 52% 12 0 0 256 13 7 65% 13 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 3
1970 35 DET AL 404 87 15 0 5 9 6 6 9 20 11 5 55% 7 0 0 135 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1970 35 SDP NL 287 82 5 0 4 3 2 1 4 11 5 0 45% 5 0 0 121 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3
11 Yrs 8670 1863 236 4 136 126 110 114 122 355 180 72 51% 110 79 22 3090 116 41 74% 103 34 12 5 1 2 31 4 211 3
MLB Averages 50% 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+
1959 24 1 1 .500 6.08 9 4 3 0 0 0 23.2 21 17 16 2 31 0 17 0 0 1 122 67 2.197 8.0 0.8 11.8 6.5 0.55 67
1960 25 4 3 .571 5.08 22 13 4 2 0 0 88.2 82 53 50 6 79 1 57 0 2 5 423 80 1.816 8.3 0.6 8.0 5.8 0.72 80
1961 26 4 3 .571 5.08 22 13 4 2 0 0 88.2 82 53 50 6 79 1 57 0 2 5 423 80 1.816 8.3 0.6 8.0 5.8 0.72 80
1962 27 16 11 .593 4.28 53 41 6 6 1 0 280.0 245 139 133 27 190 3 194 6 3 16 1260 96 1.554 7.9 0.9 6.1 6.2 1.02 96
1963 28 27 27 .500 4.05 90 75 9 12 4 0 490.2 429 238 221 45 295 7 317 7 3 37 2168 98 1.476 7.9 0.8 5.4 5.8 1.07 98
1964 29 38 39 .494 4.18 123 106 10 17 4 0 693.0 642 359 322 82 368 10 483 9 3 44 3051 94 1.457 8.3 1.1 4.8 6.3 1.31 94
1965 30 51 53 .490 4.13 159 142 10 25 5 0 923.2 863 478 424 109 445 14 647 13 3 50 4029 94 1.416 8.4 1.1 4.3 6.3 1.45 94
1966 31 69 64 .519 3.90 197 179 11 38 8 0 1187.2 1077 572 514 139 519 17 847 19 3 59 5088 98 1.344 8.2 1.1 3.9 6.4 1.63 98
1967 32 91 75 .548 3.78 236 217 12 50 8 0 1451.2 1293 675 610 173 611 24 1031 22 3 67 6171 99 1.312 8.0 1.1 3.8 6.4 1.69 99
1968 33 104 87 .545 3.66 270 250 12 60 11 0 1676.0 1485 752 681 193 676 28 1199 22 5 74 7080 99 1.289 8.0 1.0 3.6 6.4 1.77 99
1969 34 116 97 .545 3.62 305 285 12 65 12 0 1890.2 1694 845 760 216 745 32 1349 26 5 79 7983 101 1.290 8.1 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.81 101
1970 35 121 109 .526 3.69 338 310 15 69 13 0 2051.2 1863 934 842 236 796 35 1452 30 5 79 8677 99 1.296 8.2 1.0 3.5 6.4 1.82 99

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
1959 24 1 1 .500 5.76 25.0 21 18 16 2 31 18 0 2.080 7.6 11.2 6.5 0.58 0.7 9
1960 25 3 4 .429 4.63 68.0 64 39 35 4 50 42 0 1.676 8.5 6.6 5.6 0.84 0.5 13
1962 27 10 10 .500 3.85 187.0 160 89 80 21 109 134 6 1.439 7.7 5.2 6.4 1.23 1.0 31
1963 28 11 11 .500 4.06 204.0 188 102 92 18 107 119 1 1.446 8.3 4.7 5.3 1.11 0.8 37
1964 29 9 12 .429 4.66 197.0 213 113 102 37 73 161 2 1.452 9.7 3.3 7.4 2.21 1.7 33
1965 30 11 13 .458 4.22 224.0 225 117 105 27 78 159 4 1.353 9.0 3.1 6.4 2.04 1.1 36
1966 31 16 12 .571 3.49 253.0 224 109 98 31 77 192 6 1.190 8.0 2.7 6.8 2.49 1.1 38
1967 32 13 14 .481 4.14 248.0 235 127 114 37 100 173 3 1.351 8.5 3.6 6.3 1.73 1.3 39
1968 33 11 11 .500 3.98 206.0 217 101 91 23 73 155 0 1.408 9.5 3.2 6.8 2.12 1.0 34
1969 34 12 10 .545 3.64 205.0 214 92 83 24 71 143 4 1.390 9.4 3.1 6.3 2.01 1.1 35
1970 35 7 10 .412 4.85 156.0 171 93 84 20 52 100 4 1.429 9.9 3.0 5.8 1.92 1.2 33
11 Yrs 104 108 .491 4.11 1973.0 1932 1000 900 244 821 1396 30 1.395 8.8 6.4 1.70 1.1 338

* 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))
1966 AL (14, 5%)
1967 AL (12, 7%)
0.12 Career Shares (859th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1966 AL  7.5 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1966 AL  5.6 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1966 AL  3.07 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1966 AL  18 (3rd)
1967 AL  22 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 AL  .621 (7th)
1967 AL  .667 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1966 AL  1.091 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  7.667 (4th)
Career  8.172 (171st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  6.444 (7th)
1964 AL  7.384 (7th)
1966 AL  6.818 (7th)
Career  6.370 (181st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 AL  230.7 (8th)
1966 AL  264.0 (3rd)
1967 AL  264.0 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL  164 (6th)
1966 AL  200 (3rd)
1967 AL  184 (10th)
Career  1,452 (203rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1963 AL  34 (9th)
1965 AL  36 (5th)
1966 AL  37 (3rd)
1967 AL  38 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 AL  13 (3rd)
1967 AL  12 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1963 AL  3 (8th)
1966 AL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  37 (2nd)
1965 AL  27 (4th)
1966 AL  30 (3rd)
1967 AL  34 (2nd)
1968 AL  20 (9th)
Career  236 (127th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  111 (4th)
1963 AL  105 (1st)
1967 AL  92 (5th)
Career  796 (249th)

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  221 (7th)
1966 AL  214 (4th)
1967 AL  216 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  2.703 (5th)
1969 AL  2.174 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL  0.769 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1963 AL  16 (4th)
1965 AL  14 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  101 (5th)
1965 AL  102 (1st)
1966 AL  90 (8th)
1967 AL  96 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 AL  11 (2nd)
1963 AL  21 (1st)
1966 AL  9 (8th)
Career  79 (189th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL  6 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 AL  978 (8th)
1966 AL  1,059 (4th)
1967 AL  1,083 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1966 AL  119 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  20 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1966 AL  2.3 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1966 AL  25.53 (2nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1966 AL  2.8 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1966 AL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1966 AL  2.9 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1970 AL  born 1934-10-02 (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 - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 51 (502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. John Denny (967)
  2. Ray Culp (964)
  3. Mike Scott (961)
  4. Mike Witt (956)
  5. Mike Krukow (956)
  6. Pete Harnisch (955)
  7. A.J. Burnett (954)
  8. Mike Boddicker (953)
  9. Ken Hill (951)
  10. Van Mungo (948)
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  1. Dick Donovan (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Marchildon (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Decker (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charles Hudson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Krukow (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Juan Guzman (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Ojeda (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Scott (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tim Belcher (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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