Pete Wojey

Peter Paul Wojey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 1, 1919 in Stowe, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1954
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Tigers 1954-1957

Final Game: April 25, 1957
Died: April 23, 1990 in Mobile, AL
Buried: Memorial Gardens, Mobile, AL
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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
1941	21	MIA	D	2	6	.250	7.33	12						54.0	58	55	44		40								1.815	9.7		6.7			MIA · FECL
1947	27	CHW-min	C,B	13	9	.591	3.29	30						208.0	199	105	76		122								1.543	8.6		5.3			HSP,WLO · CSTL,IIIL
1948	28	LAD-min	AA	8	14	.364	4.11	33						206.0	201	118	94		162								1.762	8.8		7.1			MOB · SOUA
1949	29	LAD-min	AA	12	9	.571	3.59	26						168.0	141	71	67		137								1.655	7.6		7.3			MOB · SOUA
1950	30	LAD-min	AA	13	10	.565	3.39	29						194.0	158	88	73		123								1.448	7.3		5.7			MOB · SOUA
1951	31	LAD-min	AA	5	12	.294	5.21	31	24					145.0	159	107	84		115								1.890	9.9		7.1			MOB · SOUA
1952	32	LAD-min	AA	8	11	.421	4.24	35	20					155.0	132	75	73		110								1.561	7.7		6.4			FTW · TL
1953	33	LAD-min	AA	14	9	.609	2.80	27	25		16	4		193.0	147	67	60	5	122		158	5	0	8			1.394	6.9	0.2	5.7	7.4	1.30	FTW · TL
1954	34	LAD-min	AA	8	3	.727	3.41	15	14					103.0	76	48	39	5	73								1.447	6.6	0.4	6.4			MOB · SOUA
1954	34	BRO	NL	1	1	.500	3.25	14	1	9	0	0	1	27.2	24	13	10	3	14		21	2	0	0	119	128	1.373	7.8	1.0	4.6	6.8	1.50

1955	35	LAD-min	AAA	12	6	.667	3.04	36	18		8	2		166.0	140	64	56	14	88		112	2	0	6			1.373	7.6	0.8	4.8	6.1	1.27	MTL · IL
1956	36	DET-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.90	34	9		1	0		79.0	86	46	43	7	40		60	4	0	1			1.595	9.8	0.8	4.6	6.8	1.50	TTO,CHL · IL,AA
1956	36	DET	AL	0	0		2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	202	0.750	4.5	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
1957	37	DET-min	AAA	8	11	.421	4.56	31	21		7	1		156.0	173	89	79	16	58	5	73	4	0	6			1.481	10.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.26	CHL · AA
1957	37	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1958	38	CLE-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.43	47	2		1	0		84.0	79	39	32	6	44		74	3	1	1			1.464	8.5	0.6	4.7	7.9	1.68	SDG · PCL
1959	39	CLE-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.85	46	0		0	0		79.0	64	32	25	6	28		65	5	0	2			1.165	7.3	0.7	3.2	7.4	2.32	SDG · PCL
1960	40	CLE-CHW-min	AA,AAA	2	4	.333	3.00	12	0					12.0	11	4	4	0	3								1.167	8.2	0.0	2.2			LRK,MOB,SDG · SOUA,PCL
3 Yrs				1	1	.500	3.00	18	1	11	0	0	1	33.0	27	14	11	3	15	0	22	2	0	0	139	142	1.273	7.4	0.8	4.1	6.0	1.47
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.00	64	4	39	0	0	4	118	97	50	39	11	54		79	7	0	0	497	142	1.273	7.4	0.8	4.1	6.0	1.47

DET (2 yrs)				0	0		1.69	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	276	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.00
BRO (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.25	14	1	9	0	0	1	27.2	24	13	10	3	14		21	2	0	0	119	128	1.373	7.8	1.0	4.6	6.8	1.50

AL (2 yrs)				0	0		1.69	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	276	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.00
NL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.25	14	1	9	0	0	1	27.2	24	13	10	3	14		21	2	0	0	119	128	1.373	7.8	1.0	4.6	6.8	1.50

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
1954	34	BRO	NL	27.2	14	1	13	4.23	4.51	0.14	0.00	99.5	4.35	0	0.0	.4	-0.1	0.2	3	.503	.500	$

1956	36	DET	AL	4.0	2	0	1	2.25	4.57	-0.06	0.00	102.0	4.72	1	0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.556	.501	$
1957	37	DET	AL	1.1	2	0	0	0.00	4.31	0.26	0.00	100.0	4.05	1	0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.534	.500	$
3 Seasons				33.0	18	1	14	3.82	4.51	0.12	0.00	99.8	4.38	2	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.4	6	.513	.500	$

DET (2 yrs)				5.1	4	0	1	1.69	4.50	0.02	0.00	101.5	4.55	2	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.2	2	.545	.501	$
BRO (1 yr)				27.2	14	1	13	4.23	4.51	0.14	0.00	99.5	4.35	0	0.0	.4	-0.1	0.2	3	.503	.500	$

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
1954	34	BRO	NL	14	119	99	13	24	2	1	3	1	3	14	21	.242	.348	.374	.722	.280	37	3	2	4	0		2

1956	36	DET	AL	2	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	.182	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1957	37	DET	AL	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	.200	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
3 Yrs				18	139	116	14	27	2	1	3	1	3	15	22	.233	.331	.345	.676	.264	40	4	2	6	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				64	497	415	50	97	7	4	11	4	11	54	79	.233	.331	.345	.676	.264	143	14	7	21	0		11
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.391	.721	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	34	BRO	NL	2.0	0.2	124	0.3	1.5	-1.2	.62	0.1	0.4	2.6	0.3	0.62	0.7	1	2	10

1956	36	DET	AL	1.1	0.1	14	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.38	0.1	-0.0	2.2	0.2	0.38	1.8	0	0	2
1957	37	DET	AL	0.7	0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.17	-0.0	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.17	-0.1	0	1	1
3 Yrs				3.8	0.4	144	0.3	1.6	-1.3	.58	0.2	0.3	4.0	0.4	0.58	2.3	1	3	13

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
1954	34	BRO	NL	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	4	2	0	1	6.0	7.2	4.3
1 Yr				14	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43	43	43	4	2	0	1	6.0	7.2	4.3
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-2					4.4	4.4	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
1954	34	BRO	NL	14	13	9	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	2	33%	7	.621	1	2	10	1	1	11	4	9	8	1	8	1	5.4

1956	36	DET	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	5	.380	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	6.0
1957	37	DET	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	8	.173	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.0
3 Yrs				18	17	11	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	11	4	36%		.577	1	3	13	1	1	15	6	11	9	2	9	2	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	34	BRO	NL	119	67%	2.5%	17.7%	11.8%	5.0%	25%	1.57	63%	31	3	10%

1956	36	DET	AL	14	71%	0.0%	7.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0%		79%	4	1	25%
1957	37	DET	AL	6	33%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	83%	1	0	0%
3 Yrs				139	66%	2.2%	15.8%	10.8%	4.3%	22%	1.96	65%	36	4	11%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	12.3%	9.7%	6.7%	28%	0.96	79%			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
1954	34	BRO	NL	119	24			3	0	1	3	0	2	1	11	3	2	27%	2	0	0	53	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	36	DET	AL	14	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	37	DET	AL	6	1			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				139	27			3	0	2	3	0	2	1	12	4	2	33%	3	0	0	65	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		51%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1954	34	1	1	.500	3.25	14	1	9	1	27.2	24	13	10	3	14		21	2	119	128	1.373	7.8	1.0	4.6	6.8	1.50	128
1955	35	1	1	.500	3.25	14	1	9	1	27.2	24	13	10	3	14		21	2	119	128	1.373	7.8	1.0	4.6	6.8	1.50	128
1956	36	1	1	.500	3.13	16	1	9	1	31.2	26	14	11	3	15	0	22	2	133	135	1.295	7.4	0.9	4.3	6.3	1.47	135
1957	37	1	1	.500	3.00	18	1	11	1	33.0	27	14	11	3	15	0	22	2	139	142	1.273	7.4	0.8	4.1	6.0	1.47	142

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1954	34	2	1	.667	3.21	28.0	24	11	10	3	14	22	2	1.357	7.7	4.5	7.1	1.57	1.0	14

1956	36	0	0		6.00	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	2
1957	37	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2
3 Yrs		2	1	.667	3.27	33.0	27	13	12	3	16	23	2	1.303	7.4		6.3	1.44	0.8	18

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Oldest s c a p y 1957 AL born 1919-12-01 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 AL born 1919-12-01 (9th)

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