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Jim Wilson

James Alger Wilson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 20, 1922 in San Diego, CA
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1945
Teams (by GP): Braves/WhiteSox/Orioles/RedSox/Browns/... 1945-1958

Final Game: September 14, 1958
Died: September 2, 1986 in Newport Beach, CA
Buried: Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, CA
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All-Star

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
1945 23 BOS AL 6 8 .429 3.30 23 21 2 8 2 0 144.1 121 61 53 7 88 50 1 0 2 634 103 1.448 7.5 0.4 5.5 3.1 0.57
1946 24 BOS AL 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 3.000 27.0 13.5 0.0 0.0
1948 26 SLB AL 0 0 13.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 18 38 3.750 16.9 0.0 16.9 3.4 0.20
1949 27 PHA AL 0 0 14.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 8 2 5 2 0 0 0 25 31 2.400 12.6 3.6 9.0 3.6 0.40
1951 29 BSN NL 7 7 .500 5.40 20 15 3 5 0 1 110.0 131 67 66 14 40 33 4 0 1 491 68 1.555 10.7 1.1 3.3 2.7 0.83
1952 30 BSN NL 12 14 .462 4.23 33 33 0 14 0 0 234.0 234 114 110 19 90 104 4 0 1 998 86 1.385 9.0 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
1953 31 MLN NL 4 9 .308 4.34 20 18 2 5 0 0 114.0 107 59 55 16 43 71 3 0 1 491 91 1.316 8.4 1.3 3.4 5.6 1.65
1954 32 MLN NL 8 2 .800 3.52 27 19 3 6 4 0 127.2 129 55 50 12 36 52 5 0 1 534 107 1.292 9.1 0.8 2.5 3.7 1.44 AS
1955 33 BAL AL 12 18 .400 3.44 34 31 2 14 4 0 235.1 200 104 90 17 87 5 96 4 0 7 991 110 1.220 7.6 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.10 AS
1956 34 TOT AL 13 14 .481 4.28 35 28 4 7 3 0 208.0 198 109 99 20 86 6 113 4 2 4 885 94 1.365 8.6 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.31 AS
1956 34 BAL AL 4 2 .667 5.03 7 7 0 1 0 0 48.1 49 27 27 5 16 1 31 2 0 1 205 78 1.345 9.1 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.94
1956 34 CHW AL 9 12 .429 4.06 28 21 4 6 3 0 159.2 149 82 72 15 70 5 82 2 2 3 680 101 1.372 8.4 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.17
1957 35 CHW AL 15 8 .652 3.48 30 29 0 12 5 0 201.2 189 85 78 22 65 8 100 3 0 3 841 108 1.260 8.4 1.0 2.9 4.5 1.54
1958 36 CHW AL 9 9 .500 4.10 28 23 3 4 1 1 155.2 156 75 71 21 63 8 70 1 0 1 661 89 1.407 9.0 1.2 3.6 4.0 1.11
12 Yrs 86 89 .491 4.01 257 217 22 75 19 2 1539.0 1479 743 686 151 608 27 692 29 2 22 6573 94 1.356 8.6 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.14
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .491 4.01 37 31 3 11 3 0 221 212 107 98 22 87 99 4 0 3 943 94 1.356 8.6 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.14
MLN (4 yrs) 31 32 .492 4.32 100 85 8 30 4 1 585.2 601 295 281 61 209 260 16 0 4 2514 86 1.383 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.0 1.24
BAL (3 yrs) 16 20 .444 3.80 45 38 3 15 4 0 286.1 254 135 121 22 108 6 128 6 0 9 1214 100 1.264 8.0 0.7 3.4 4.0 1.19
CHW (3 yrs) 33 29 .532 3.85 86 73 7 22 9 1 517.0 494 242 221 58 198 21 252 6 2 7 2182 100 1.338 8.6 1.0 3.4 4.4 1.27
BOS (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 3.41 24 21 3 8 2 0 145.0 123 63 55 8 88 50 1 0 2 638 100 1.455 7.6 0.5 5.5 3.1 0.57
PHA (1 yr) 0 0 14.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 8 2 5 2 0 0 0 25 31 2.400 12.6 3.6 9.0 3.6 0.40
AL (8 yrs) 55 57 .491 3.82 157 132 14 45 15 1 953.1 878 448 405 90 399 27 432 13 2 18 4059 98 1.340 8.3 0.8 3.8 4.1 1.08
NL (4 yrs) 31 32 .492 4.32 100 85 8 30 4 1 585.2 601 295 281 61 209 260 16 0 4 2514 86 1.383 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.0 1.24

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
1945 23 BOS AL 144.1 23 21 61 3.80 3.97 0.12 0.00 100.5 3.87 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.9 10 .508 .501 $
1946 24 BOS AL 0.2 1 0 2 27.00 4.16 0.20 0.00 108.0 4.27 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .340 .499 $
1948 26 SLB AL 2.2 4 0 4 13.50 4.93 -0.39 0.00 105.9 5.64 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .444 .499 $
1949 27 PHA AL 5.0 2 0 8 14.40 5.19 0.15 0.00 104.6 5.28 -5 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.4 -5 .295 .497 $
1951 29 BSN NL 110.0 20 15 67 5.48 4.52 -0.24 0.00 93.6 4.46 -12 -1.2 2.6 -0.2 -0.4 -0 .438 .492 $
1952 30 BSN NL 234.0 33 33 114 4.38 4.34 -0.22 0.00 97.4 4.44 2 0.2 -0.1 2.2 26 .506 .501 $
1953 31 MLN NL 114.0 20 18 59 4.66 4.80 0.07 0.00 92.3 4.36 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 0.7 10 .486 .498 $
1954 32 MLN NL 127.2 27 19 55 3.88 4.63 0.10 0.00 93.6 4.24 6 0.6 .8 -0.1 1.7 20 .522 .504 $ AS
1955 33 BAL AL 235.1 34 31 104 3.98 4.58 -0.36 0.00 94.3 4.66 16 1.7 1.0 -0.2 3.2 39 .550 .510 $ AS
1956 34 BAL AL 48.1 7 7 27 5.03 4.51 -0.25 0.00 92.7 4.41 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.0 1 .449 .498 $ AS
1956 34 CHW AL 159.2 28 21 82 4.62 4.55 0.09 0.00 99.6 4.45 -4 -0.4 3.1 -0.1 0.6 12 .485 .497 $ AS
1957 35 CHW AL 201.2 30 29 85 3.79 4.18 0.39 0.00 99.1 3.76 0 0.0 2.9 -0.1 1.4 16 .501 .500 $
1958 36 CHW AL 155.2 28 23 75 4.34 4.02 0.23 0.00 98.1 3.72 -10 -1.1 1.9 -0.1 -0.1 3 .461 .493 $
12 Seasons 1539.0 257 217 743 4.35 4.39 -0.01 0.00 96.7 4.24 -18 -1.5 1.7 -1.2 9.4 127 .494 .499 $
MLN (4 yrs) 585.2 100 85 295 4.53 4.53 -0.10 0.00 94.9 4.39 -8 -0.7 1.4 -0.5 4.2 54 .493 .499 $
BAL (3 yrs) 286.1 45 38 135 4.24 4.57 -0.34 0.00 94.1 4.62 10 1.1 1.1 -0.2 3.0 38 .525 .502 $
CHW (3 yrs) 517.0 86 73 242 4.21 4.25 0.24 0.00 99.0 3.96 -14 -1.5 2.6 -0.4 1.9 31 .483 .497 $
BOS (2 yrs) 145.0 24 21 63 3.91 3.97 0.12 0.00 100.6 3.87 -0 0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.7 8 .501 .500 $
PHA (1 yr) 5.0 2 0 8 14.40 5.19 0.15 0.00 104.6 5.28 -5 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.4 -5 .295 .497 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1954 MLN NL 32
1955 BAL AL 33
1956 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1948 26 SLB AL 4 3 12 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .417 .588 .417 1.005 .455 5 0 0 1 0 0
1949 27 PHA AL 2 25 20 8 7 1 0 2 2 0 5 2 .350 .480 .700 1.180 .313 14 2 0 0 0 0
1951 29 BSN NL 20 491 444 67 131 19 5 14 3 3 40 33 .295 .359 .455 .814 .295 202 12 4 2 0 4
1952 30 BSN NL 33 948 892 114 234 37 3 19 7 11 90 104 .262 .333 .374 .707 .280 334 19 4 13 0 10
1953 31 MLN NL 20 414 439 59 107 10 5 16 6 3 43 71 .244 .315 .399 .714 .259 175 6 3 6 0 6
1954 32 MLN NL 27 432 482 55 129 23 2 12 4 4 36 52 .268 .323 .398 .722 .278 192 10 5 5 3 5
1955 33 BAL AL 34 991 879 104 200 32 11 17 8 2 87 96 .228 .297 .347 .644 .236 305 14 4 12 9 5 17
1956 34 BAL AL 7 206 183 27 49 8 3 5 5 1 16 31 .268 .332 .426 .758 .297 78 3 2 3 1 1 1
1956 34 CHW AL 28 681 600 82 149 17 8 15 2 3 70 82 .248 .328 .378 .707 .266 227 17 2 8 1 5 8
1956 34 TOT AL 35 887 783 109 198 25 11 20 7 4 86 113 .253 .329 .390 .719 .273 305 20 4 11 2 6 9
1957 35 CHW AL 30 842 760 85 189 27 6 22 5 4 65 100 .249 .309 .387 .696 .260 294 20 3 10 4 8 11
1958 36 CHW AL 28 662 582 75 156 26 2 21 1 5 63 70 .268 .337 .428 .765 .271 249 16 1 9 7 8 5
10 Yrs 233 5695 5293 680 1356 200 45 143 43 36 520 642 .256 .325 .392 .717 .268 2075 119 28 69 25 27 67
162 Game Avg. 37 903 839 108 215 32 7 23 7 6 82 102 .256 .325 .392 .717 .268 329 19 4 11 4 11
MLB Averages .260 .333 .370 .703 .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
1948 26 SLB AL -2.2 -0.2 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.49 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.49 -0.1 1 0 0
1949 27 PHA AL -5.2 -0.4 27 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 .34 -0.4 -0.3 -4.8 -0.4 0.34 -3.7 1 0 1
1951 29 BSN NL -18.8 -1.8 499 -1.7 9.3 -11.0 1.17 -1.2 -0.2 -13.6 -1.4 1.17 -11.4 2 2 1
1952 30 BSN NL -10.5 -1.1 969 0.1 19.1 -19.0 1.16 -0.5 0.6 -1.4 -0.2 1.16 -3.2 0 0 0
1953 31 MLN NL -3.7 -0.4 423 -1.0 7.5 -8.5 1.04 -0.2 -0.7 -5.0 -0.5 1.04 -2.1 0 2 0
1954 32 MLN NL 4.3 0.4 483 0.1 7.8 -7.7 .94 0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.90 1.4 1 3 4
1955 33 BAL AL 9.0 0.9 1010 1.2 18.2 -17.0 1.04 1.3 -0.2 9.0 0.9 1.04 15.9 1 1 1
1956 34 TOT AL -3.6 -0.3 909 1.0 16.9 -15.9 1.06 0.1 0.8 7.2 0.7 1.06 4.3 6 0 1
1956 34 BAL AL -4.6 -0.4 214 0.0 3.8 -3.7 .98 -0.3 0.3 -3.7 -0.4 0.98 -3.1 0 0 0
1956 34 CHW AL 0.9 0.1 695 0.9 13.1 -12.2 1.09 0.4 0.4 10.9 1.1 1.09 7.4 6 0 1
1957 35 CHW AL 7.1 0.7 856 1.1 14.3 -13.2 .95 0.3 0.9 9.6 1.0 0.95 5.6 1 0 0
1958 36 CHW AL -5.8 -0.6 672 1.2 12.4 -11.2 1.07 -0.7 1.8 -0.2 -0.0 1.07 -7.7 4 0 1
12 Yrs -28.8 -2.6 5851 1.6 105.5 -103.9 1.05 -1.2 2.7 -0.7 0.1 1.05 -0.9 17 8 9

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
1945 23 BOS AL 23 21 6 8 7 1 4 10 11 .476 0 0 8 2 12 57% 52.0 79 29 7 8 3.5 6.7
1951 29 BSN NL 20 15 6 6 3 2 2 6 9 .400 0 3 5 0 6 40% 44.0 73 15 14 5 3 9 6.5 6.3 6.4
1952 30 BSN NL 33 33 12 14 7 2 5 15 18 .455 1 5 14 0 18 55% 50.2 74 20 14 8 14 9 4.1 3.6 7.1
1953 31 MLN NL 20 18 4 9 5 0 5 6 12 .333 0 4 5 0 10 56% 51.4 79 25 10 4 3 11 4.2 3.7 6.1
1954 32 MLN NL 27 19 8 2 9 2 1 16 3 .842 0 6 6 4 9 47% 52.9 91 27 18 4 6 10 6.4 5.7 6.0
1955 33 BAL AL 34 31 12 17 2 2 7 13 18 .419 1 1 14 4 18 58% 54.0 88 10 24 8 8 6 3.3 3.1 7.3
1956 34 TOT AL 35 28 11 13 4 3 4 12 16 .429 1 3 7 3 13 46% 50.3 77 6 22 14 9 8 4.7 5.0 7.0
1956 34 BAL AL 7 7 4 2 1 2 0 4 3 .571 0 1 1 0 2 29% 49.0 68 38 4 1 1 3 4.2 4.4 6.9
1956 34 CHW AL 28 21 7 11 3 1 4 8 13 .381 1 2 6 3 11 52% 50.8 77 6 18 13 8 5 4.9 5.2 7.0
1957 35 CHW AL 30 29 15 7 7 3 3 18 11 .621 1 4 12 5 15 52% 54.6 92 25 24 8 5 11 5.0 5.0 6.9
1958 36 CHW AL 28 23 8 7 8 1 3 14 9 .609 1 2 4 1 11 48% 48.7 87 28 21 8 8 11 5.2 5.6 6.1
9 Yrs 250 217 82 83 52 16 34 110 107 .507 5 28 75 19 112 52% 51 92 6 147 59 63 83 4.6 4.6 6.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.6

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
1945 23 BOS AL 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.5
1946 24 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0
1948 26 SLB AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.493 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2.0
1949 27 PHA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .344 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
1951 29 BSN NL 20 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 8 2 25% 7 1.167 2 2 1 4 0 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 8.0
1953 31 MLN NL 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.036 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1954 32 MLN NL 27 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 5 63% 3 .938 1 3 4 1 0 7 4 4 6 0 6 0 5.3
1955 33 BAL AL 34 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 1.043 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 10.3
1956 34 TOT AL 35 7 4 2 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 11 2 18% 1.062 6 0 1 2 4 1 7 0 5 2 5 1 5.0
1956 34 CHW AL 28 7 4 2 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 11 2 18% 7 1.087 6 0 1 2 4 1 7 0 5 2 5 1 5.0
1957 35 CHW AL 30 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 9 .955 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1958 36 CHW AL 28 5 3 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 9 1.068 4 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 5 0 5 0 9.4
11 Yrs 217 40 22 4 6 5 2 3 40% 7 2 36 15 42% 1.036 17 8 9 11 8 15 20 14 27 7 27 4 6.1

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%
1945 23 BOS AL 634 1.1% 7.9% 13.9% 1.9% 10% 75%
1946 24 BOS AL 4 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 75%
1948 26 SLB AL 18 33% 0.0% 33.3% 166.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 367% 1 0 0%
1949 27 PHA AL 25 64% 8.0% 8.0% 20.0% 12.0% 43% 2.25 64% 7 2 29%
1951 29 BSN NL 491 65% 2.9% 6.7% 8.2% 7.7% 29% 0.56 81% 120 12 10%
1952 30 BSN NL 999 57% 2.0% 11.0% 9.5% 6.2% 25% 0.84 81% 210 19 9%
1953 31 MLN NL 491 60% 3.9% 17.2% 10.4% 7.5% 29% 0.85 85% 81 6 7%
1954 32 MLN NL 531 58% 2.8% 12.0% 8.3% 8.6% 29% 0.91 97% 89 10 11%
1955 33 BAL AL 991 59% 1.7% 9.7% 8.8% 6.1% 30% 0.77 78% 188 14 7%
1956 34 TOT AL 887 60% 2.3% 12.7% 9.7% 6.3% 28% 0.79 74% 163 20 12%
1956 34 BAL AL 206 65% 2.4% 15.1% 7.8% 7.8% 33% 0.56 72% 32 3 9%
1956 34 CHW AL 681 58% 2.2% 12.0% 10.3% 5.9% 27% 0.87 74% 131 17 13%
1957 35 CHW AL 842 65% 2.6% 11.9% 7.7% 6.5% 29% 0.92 76% 140 20 14%
1958 36 CHW AL 662 61% 3.2% 10.6% 9.5% 7.4% 31% 0.95 75% 122 16 13%
12 Yrs 6575 61% 2.4% 10.9% 9.6% 6.3% 27% 0.82 79% 1121 119 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.1% 11.8% 10.5% 5.9% 23% 0.96 85% 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
1945 23 BOS AL 121 7 2
1946 24 BOS AL 2 1 0
1948 26 SLB AL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
1949 27 PHA AL 25 7 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 12 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 29 BSN NL 491 131 14 0 18 10 4 8 6 23 14 1 61% 4 1 0 196 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1952 30 BSN NL 948 234 19 2 18 11 6 7 10 48 22 9 46% 10 1 1 393 7 11 39% 6 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 51
1953 31 MLN NL 414 107 16 0 9 7 9 6 10 30 13 5 43% 6 1 1 144 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 77
1954 32 MLN NL 432 129 12 0 7 5 6 2 9 23 13 1 57% 5 1 0 162 4 4 50% 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 99
1955 33 BAL AL 991 200 17 1 10 9 8 7 10 45 24 8 53% 17 7 1 375 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1956 34 TOT AL 887 198 20 0 17 14 6 7 13 37 15 6 41% 9 4 1 336 7 4 64% 7 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 13 0
1956 34 BAL AL 206 49 5 0 2 3 2 1 4 9 3 1 33% 1 1 0 70 5 1 83% 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
1956 34 CHW AL 681 149 15 0 15 11 4 6 9 28 12 5 43% 8 3 1 266 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 0
1957 35 CHW AL 842 189 22 1 17 13 9 10 12 34 20 1 59% 11 3 3 287 5 4 56% 5 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 12 0
1958 36 CHW AL 662 156 21 1 10 14 7 9 12 21 12 1 57% 5 1 1 232 1 5 17% 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
12 Yrs 5695 1479 151 5 106 83 57 57 83 263 133 32 51% 67 22 8 2140 43 36 54% 38 26 5 4 0 5 12 2 67 242
MLB Averages 52% 56%

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+
1945 23 6 8 .429 3.30 23 21 2 8 2 0 144.1 121 61 53 7 88 50 1 0 2 634 103 1.448 7.5 0.4 5.5 3.1 0.57 103
1946 24 6 8 .429 3.41 24 21 3 8 2 0 145.0 123 63 55 8 88 50 1 0 2 638 100 1.455 7.6 0.5 5.5 3.1 0.57 100
1947 25 6 8 .429 3.41 24 21 3 8 2 0 145.0 123 63 55 8 88 50 1 0 2 638 100 1.455 7.6 0.5 5.5 3.1 0.57 100
1948 26 6 8 .429 3.60 28 21 4 8 2 0 147.2 128 67 59 8 93 51 1 0 3 656 96 1.497 7.8 0.5 5.7 3.1 0.55 96
1949 27 6 8 .429 3.95 30 21 5 8 2 0 152.2 135 75 67 10 98 53 1 0 3 681 88 1.526 8.0 0.6 5.8 3.1 0.54 88
1950 28 6 8 .429 3.95 30 21 5 8 2 0 152.2 135 75 67 10 98 53 1 0 3 681 88 1.526 8.0 0.6 5.8 3.1 0.54 88
1951 29 13 15 .464 4.56 50 36 8 13 2 1 262.2 266 142 133 24 138 86 5 0 4 1172 78 1.538 9.1 0.8 4.7 2.9 0.62 78
1952 30 25 29 .463 4.40 83 69 8 27 2 1 496.2 500 256 243 43 228 190 9 0 5 2170 82 1.466 9.1 0.8 4.1 3.4 0.83 82
1953 31 29 38 .433 4.39 103 87 10 32 2 1 610.2 607 315 298 59 271 261 12 0 6 2661 83 1.438 8.9 0.9 4.0 3.8 0.96 83
1954 32 37 40 .481 4.24 130 106 13 38 6 1 738.1 736 370 348 71 307 313 17 0 7 3195 87 1.413 9.0 0.9 3.7 3.8 1.02 87
1955 33 49 58 .458 4.05 164 137 15 52 10 1 973.2 936 474 438 88 394 5 409 21 0 14 4186 91 1.366 8.7 0.8 3.6 3.8 1.04 91
1956 34 62 72 .463 4.09 199 165 19 59 13 1 1181.2 1134 583 537 108 480 11 522 25 2 18 5071 92 1.366 8.6 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.09 92
1957 35 77 80 .490 4.00 229 194 19 71 18 1 1383.1 1323 668 615 130 545 19 622 28 2 21 5912 94 1.350 8.6 0.8 3.5 4.0 1.14 94
1958 36 86 89 .491 4.01 257 217 22 75 19 2 1539.0 1479 743 686 151 608 27 692 29 2 22 6573 94 1.356 8.6 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.14 94

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
1945 23 8 8 .500 3.88 146.0 135 70 63 8 98 50 1 1.596 8.3 6.0 3.1 0.51 0.5 23
1946 24 0 0 18.00 1.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1948 26 0 0 12.00 3.0 5 4 4 0 5 1 0 3.333 15.0 15.0 3.0 0.20 0.0 4
1949 27 0 0 16.20 5.0 7 10 9 2 5 2 0 2.400 12.6 9.0 3.6 0.40 3.6 2
1951 29 3 8 .273 6.14 107.0 141 81 73 15 43 32 4 1.720 11.9 3.6 2.7 0.74 1.3 20
1952 30 10 15 .400 4.97 228.0 256 140 126 21 98 101 4 1.553 10.1 3.9 4.0 1.03 0.8 33
1953 31 5 7 .417 4.46 117.0 112 64 58 17 45 73 3 1.342 8.6 3.5 5.6 1.62 1.3 20
1954 32 7 7 .500 3.93 126.0 139 61 55 13 39 51 5 1.413 9.9 2.8 3.6 1.31 0.9 27
1955 33 14 12 .538 3.64 242.0 213 109 98 18 93 99 4 1.264 7.9 3.5 3.7 1.06 0.7 34
1956 34 10 13 .435 4.39 209.0 205 113 102 21 89 114 4 1.407 8.8 3.8 4.9 1.28 0.9 35
1957 35 11 11 .500 3.86 203.0 204 97 87 24 70 100 3 1.350 9.0 3.1 4.4 1.43 1.1 30
1958 36 6 10 .375 4.86 150.0 170 90 81 23 69 68 1 1.593 10.2 4.1 4.1 0.99 1.4 28
12 Yrs 74 91 .448 4.44 1537.0 1587 841 758 162 654 691 29 1.458 9.3 4.0 1.06 0.9 257

* 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

All-Star Games
1954
1955
1956 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.2 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 AL  .652 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL  1.220 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  7.649 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL  234.0 (7th)
1955 AL  235.3 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1952 NL  33 (5th)
1955 AL  31 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (9th)
1955 AL  14 (8th)
1957 AL  12 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 NL  4 (2nd)
1955 AL  4 (7th)
1956 AL  3 (7th)
1957 AL  5 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  19 (7th)
1957 AL  22 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 AL  88 (7th)
1952 NL  90 (6th)
1955 AL  87 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL  234 (7th)
1955 AL  200 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  0.650 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (6th)
1955 AL  18 (1st)
1956 AL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  110 (1st)
1955 AL  90 (6th)
1956 AL  99 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 AL  7 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL  998 (6th)
1955 AL  991 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Lynn McGlothen (970)
  2. Andy Hawkins (970)
  3. Tom Brewer (968)
  4. Paul Foytack (967)
  5. Carl Morton (963)
  6. Cal McLish (961)
  7. Ruben Gomez (961)
  8. Ray Scarborough (960)
  9. Art Houtteman (960)
  10. Steve Trout (958)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ed Appleton (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Scipio Spinks (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Les Mueller (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. General Crowder (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rufe Gentry (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Milt Gaston (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Roric Harrison (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Scott Kamieniecki (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Saul Rogovin (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Max Surkont (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Nels Potter (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Nels Potter (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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