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Jack Wilson

John Francis Wilson (Black Jack)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 12, 1912 in Portland, OR
High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)
School: University of Portland (Portland, OR) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1934
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Tigers/Athletics 1934-1942

Final Game: September 16, 1942
Died: April 19, 1995 in Edmonds, WA
Buried: Holyrood Catholic Cemetery, Seattle, WA
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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
1934 22 PHA AL 0 1 .000 12.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 12 12 1 9 2 0 0 2 47 38 2.667 15.0 1.0 9.0 2.0 0.22
1935 23 BOS AL 3 4 .429 4.22 23 6 9 2 0 1 64.0 72 35 30 0 36 19 2 0 3 292 113 1.688 10.1 0.0 5.1 2.7 0.53
1936 24 BOS AL 6 8 .429 4.42 43 9 19 2 0 3 136.1 152 83 67 4 86 74 1 1 7 630 120 1.746 10.0 0.3 5.7 4.9 0.86
1937 25 BOS AL 16 10 .615 3.70 51 21 23 14 1 7 221.1 209 111 91 13 119 137 3 2 4 979 130 1.482 8.5 0.5 4.8 5.6 1.15
1938 26 BOS AL 15 15 .500 4.30 37 27 7 11 3 1 194.2 200 108 93 16 91 96 2 0 2 869 115 1.495 9.2 0.7 4.2 4.4 1.05
1939 27 BOS AL 11 11 .500 4.67 36 22 5 6 0 2 177.1 198 109 92 10 75 80 1 0 4 797 101 1.539 10.0 0.5 3.8 4.1 1.07
1940 28 BOS AL 12 6 .667 5.08 41 16 15 9 0 5 157.2 170 104 89 17 87 102 3 0 6 723 88 1.630 9.7 1.0 5.0 5.8 1.17
1941 29 BOS AL 4 13 .235 5.03 27 12 11 4 1 1 116.1 140 82 65 7 70 55 5 0 7 554 83 1.805 10.8 0.5 5.4 4.3 0.79
1942 30 TOT AL 1 4 .200 6.22 21 6 9 1 0 0 55.0 77 42 38 5 28 25 1 0 2 267 61 1.909 12.6 0.8 4.6 4.1 0.89
1942 30 WSH AL 1 4 .200 6.64 12 6 4 1 0 0 42.0 57 34 31 2 23 18 1 0 1 204 56 1.905 12.2 0.4 4.9 3.9 0.78
1942 30 DET AL 0 0 4.85 9 0 5 0 0 0 13.0 20 8 7 3 5 7 0 0 1 63 84 1.923 13.8 2.1 3.5 4.8 1.40
9 Yrs 68 72 .486 4.59 281 121 98 50 5 20 1131.2 1233 686 577 73 601 590 18 3 37 5158 103 1.621 9.8 0.6 4.8 4.7 0.98
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .486 4.59 48 20 17 8 1 3 191 209 116 98 12 102 100 3 1 6 872 103 1.621 9.8 0.6 4.8 4.7 0.98
BOS (7 yrs) 67 67 .500 4.44 258 113 89 48 5 20 1067.2 1141 632 527 67 564 563 17 3 33 4844 107 1.597 9.6 0.6 4.8 4.7 1.00
WSH (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.64 12 6 4 1 0 0 42.0 57 34 31 2 23 18 1 0 1 204 56 1.905 12.2 0.4 4.9 3.9 0.78
PHA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 12.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 12 12 1 9 2 0 0 2 47 38 2.667 15.0 1.0 9.0 2.0 0.22
DET (1 yr) 0 0 4.85 9 0 5 0 0 0 13.0 20 8 7 3 5 7 0 0 1 63 84 1.923 13.8 2.1 3.5 4.8 1.40

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
1934 22 PHA AL 9.0 2 2 12 12.00 5.21 0.23 0.00 103.8 5.17 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -6 .255 .497 $
1935 23 BOS AL 64.0 23 6 35 4.92 5.45 -0.07 0.00 106.1 5.85 7 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.2 14 .528 .504 $
1936 24 BOS AL 136.2 43 9 83 5.47 5.99 -0.03 0.00 104.0 6.26 12 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.2 30 .524 .506 $
1937 25 BOS AL 221.1 51 21 111 4.51 5.45 -0.24 0.00 103.4 5.88 33 3.2 1.0 -0.1 5.0 61 .562 .519 $
1938 26 BOS AL 194.2 37 27 108 4.99 5.55 0.01 0.00 101.5 5.63 12 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.7 39 .529 .507 $
1939 27 BOS AL 177.1 36 22 109 5.53 5.10 -0.11 0.00 102.4 5.34 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.0 18 .488 .497 $
1940 28 BOS AL 157.2 41 16 104 5.94 4.98 -0.19 0.00 103.4 5.35 -12 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 5 .473 .493 $
1941 29 BOS AL 116.1 27 12 82 6.34 4.71 -0.13 0.00 99.6 4.82 -20 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -9 .429 .488 $
1942 30 WSH AL 42.0 12 6 34 7.29 4.47 -0.74 0.00 102.7 5.36 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .422 .494 $
1942 30 DET AL 13.0 9 0 8 5.54 5.15 -0.06 0.00 112.1 5.85 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .504 .500 $
9 Seasons 1132.0 281 121 686 5.45 5.29 -0.14 0.00 102.8 5.59 11 1.1 1.0 -0.7 9.8 148 .504 .501 $
BOS (7 yrs) 1068.0 258 113 632 5.33 5.33 -0.12 0.00 102.7 5.60 26 2.5 1.0 -0.7 10.8 158 .510 .502 $
WSH (1 yr) 42.0 12 6 34 7.29 4.47 -0.74 0.00 102.7 5.36 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .422 .494 $
PHA (1 yr) 9.0 2 2 12 12.00 5.21 0.23 0.00 103.8 5.17 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -6 .255 .497 $
DET (1 yr) 13.0 9 0 8 5.54 5.15 -0.06 0.00 112.1 5.85 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .504 .500 $

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%
1934 22 PHA AL 47 2.1% 4.3% 19.2% 6.4% 20% 72%
1935 23 BOS AL 292 0.0% 6.5% 12.3% 1.7% 7% 78%
1936 24 BOS AL 633 0.6% 11.7% 13.6% 1.6% 7% 72%
1937 25 BOS AL 979 1.3% 14.0% 12.2% 4.5% 21% 71%
1938 26 BOS AL 869 1.8% 11.1% 10.5% 4.0% 18% 75%
1939 27 BOS AL 797 1.3% 10.0% 9.4% 2.1% 9% 77%
1940 28 BOS AL 723 2.4% 14.1% 12.0% 4.6% 19% 71%
1941 29 BOS AL 554 1.3% 9.9% 12.6% 2.0% 8% 73%
1942 30 TOT AL 267 1.9% 9.4% 10.5% 1.9% 7% 76%
1942 30 WSH AL 204 1.0% 8.8% 11.3% 1.0% 4% 77%
1942 30 DET AL 63 4.8% 11.1% 7.9% 75%
9 Yrs 5161 1.4% 11.4% 11.7% 3.1% 13% 74%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.9% 8.7% 3.1% 13% 79%

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+
1934 22 0 1 .000 12.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 12 12 1 9 2 0 0 2 47 38 2.667 15.0 1.0 9.0 2.0 0.22 38
1935 23 3 5 .375 5.18 25 8 9 3 0 1 73.0 87 47 42 1 45 21 2 0 5 339 91 1.808 10.7 0.1 5.5 2.6 0.47 91
1936 24 9 13 .409 4.69 68 17 28 5 0 4 209.1 239 130 109 5 131 95 3 1 12 969 109 1.768 10.3 0.2 5.6 4.1 0.73 109
1937 25 25 23 .521 4.18 119 38 51 19 1 11 430.2 448 241 200 18 250 232 6 3 16 1948 118 1.621 9.4 0.4 5.2 4.8 0.93 118
1938 26 40 38 .513 4.22 156 65 58 30 4 12 625.1 648 349 293 34 341 328 8 3 18 2817 117 1.582 9.3 0.5 4.9 4.7 0.96 117
1939 27 51 49 .510 4.32 192 87 63 36 4 14 802.2 846 458 385 44 416 408 9 3 22 3614 113 1.572 9.5 0.5 4.7 4.6 0.98 113
1940 28 63 55 .534 4.44 233 103 78 45 4 19 960.1 1016 562 474 61 503 510 12 3 28 4337 109 1.582 9.5 0.6 4.7 4.8 1.01 109
1941 29 67 68 .496 4.51 260 115 89 49 5 20 1076.2 1156 644 539 68 573 565 17 3 35 4891 106 1.606 9.7 0.6 4.8 4.7 0.99 106
1942 30 68 72 .486 4.59 281 121 98 50 5 20 1131.2 1233 686 577 73 601 590 18 3 37 5158 103 1.621 9.8 0.6 4.8 4.7 0.98 103

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
1934 22 0 0 12.38 8.0 15 12 11 1 9 2 0 3.000 16.9 10.1 2.3 0.22 1.1 2
1935 23 4 3 .571 3.44 68.0 69 29 26 0 34 20 2 1.515 9.1 4.5 2.6 0.59 0.0 23
1936 24 10 6 .625 3.18 147.0 137 58 52 4 78 80 1 1.463 8.4 4.8 4.9 1.03 0.2 43
1937 25 17 9 .654 2.95 235.0 196 86 77 12 112 146 3 1.311 7.5 4.3 5.6 1.30 0.5 51
1938 26 14 9 .609 3.28 214.0 189 87 78 15 86 106 2 1.285 7.9 3.6 4.5 1.23 0.6 37
1939 27 11 10 .524 3.80 192.0 190 90 81 10 72 86 1 1.365 8.9 3.4 4.0 1.19 0.5 36
1940 28 8 10 .444 4.37 167.0 166 90 81 17 85 108 3 1.503 8.9 4.6 5.8 1.27 0.9 41
1941 29 5 8 .385 4.73 120.0 140 70 63 7 70 57 5 1.750 10.5 5.3 4.3 0.81 0.5 27
1942 30 2 4 .333 6.32 57.0 82 44 40 5 30 26 1 1.965 12.9 4.7 4.1 0.87 0.8 21
9 Yrs 71 59 .546 3.79 1208.0 1184 566 509 71 576 631 18 1.457 8.8 4.7 1.10 0.5 281

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1937 AL  5.0 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1937 AL  3.70 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  16 (6th)
1938 AL  15 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1937 AL  .615 (10th)
1940 AL  .667 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  8.499 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  5.571 (2nd)
1938 AL  4.438 (9th)
1939 AL  4.060 (9th)
1940 AL  5.822 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 AL  43 (3rd)
1937 AL  51 (2nd)
1940 AL  41 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1936 AL  3 (6th)
1937 AL  7 (3rd)
1940 AL  5 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1937 AL  137 (6th)
1940 AL  102 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1938 AL  3 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL  16 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 AL  119 (5th)
1938 AL  91 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1937 AL  1.151 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  0.529 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1938 AL  15 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 AL  6 (10th)
1941 AL  7 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL  3 (10th)
1941 AL  5 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1936 AL  19 (4th)
1937 AL  23 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1937 AL  129 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1937 AL  23 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1937 AL  2.2 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 41 (614), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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