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Al Worthington
Allan Fulton Worthington (Red)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 5, 1929 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Phillips (Phillips, AL)
School: University of Alabama
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1953
Final Game: October 2, 1969
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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
1953 24 NYG NL 4 8 .333 3.44 20 17 2 5 2 0 102.0 103 55 39 6 54 52 2 0 2 461 126 1.539 9.1 0.5 4.8 4.6 0.96
1954 25 NYG NL 0 2 .000 3.50 10 1 3 0 0 0 18.0 21 7 7 0 15 8 0 0 0 82 116 2.000 10.5 0.0 7.5 4.0 0.53
1956 27 NYG NL 7 14 .333 3.97 28 24 2 4 0 0 165.2 158 82 73 20 74 6 95 4 0 3 713 95 1.400 8.6 1.1 4.0 5.2 1.28
1957 28 NYG NL 8 11 .421 4.22 55 12 23 1 1 4 157.2 140 75 74 19 56 7 90 5 0 5 662 94 1.243 8.0 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.61
1958 29 SFG NL 11 7 .611 3.63 54 12 17 1 0 6 151.1 152 72 61 17 57 6 76 2 0 3 666 105 1.381 9.0 1.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
1959 30 SFG NL 2 3 .400 3.68 42 3 15 0 0 2 73.1 68 34 30 8 37 4 45 5 0 4 323 103 1.432 8.3 1.0 4.5 5.5 1.22
1960 31 TOT AL 1 2 .333 6.35 10 0 5 0 0 0 17.0 20 14 12 1 15 3 8 0 0 3 86 62 2.059 10.6 0.5 7.9 4.2 0.53
1960 31 BOS AL 0 1 .000 7.71 6 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 17 12 10 1 11 3 7 0 0 3 62 52 2.400 13.1 0.8 8.5 5.4 0.64
1960 31 CHW AL 1 1 .500 3.38 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 24 112 1.313 5.1 0.0 6.8 1.7 0.25
1963 34 CIN NL 4 4 .500 2.99 50 0 32 0 0 10 81.1 75 34 27 6 31 3 55 3 1 2 345 112 1.303 8.3 0.7 3.4 6.1 1.77
1964 35 TOT MLB 6 6 .500 2.16 47 0 34 0 0 14 79.1 61 29 19 4 30 6 65 1 0 4 333 167 1.147 6.9 0.5 3.4 7.4 2.17
1964 35 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 10.29 6 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 14 11 8 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 40 35 2.286 18.0 0.0 2.6 7.7 3.00
1964 35 MIN AL 5 6 .455 1.37 41 0 32 0 0 14 72.1 47 18 11 4 28 6 59 0 0 4 293 262 1.037 5.8 0.5 3.5 7.3 2.11
1965 36 MIN AL 10 7 .588 2.13 62 0 38 0 0 21 80.1 57 25 19 4 41 2 59 3 0 1 333 167 1.220 6.4 0.4 4.6 6.6 1.44
1966 37 MIN AL 6 3 .667 2.46 65 0 46 0 0 16 91.1 66 26 25 6 27 3 93 1 0 5 364 146 1.018 6.5 0.6 2.7 9.2 3.44
1967 38 MIN AL 8 9 .471 2.84 59 0 44 0 0 16 92.0 77 36 29 6 38 10 80 1 0 5 383 122 1.250 7.5 0.6 3.7 7.8 2.11
1968 39 MIN AL 4 5 .444 2.71 54 0 34 0 0 18 76.1 67 26 23 1 32 9 57 0 1 6 323 115 1.297 7.9 0.1 3.8 6.7 1.78
1969 40 MIN AL 4 1 .800 4.57 46 0 19 0 0 3 61.0 65 31 31 7 20 2 51 0 0 1 257 81 1.393 9.6 1.0 3.0 7.5 2.55
14 Seasons 75 82 .478 3.39 602 69 314 11 3 110 1246.2 1130 546 469 105 527 61 834 27 2 44 5331 110 1.329 8.2 0.8 3.8 6.0 1.58
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .478 3.39 61 7 32 1 0 11 126 115 55 48 11 53 85 3 0 4 540 110 1.329 8.2 0.8 3.8 6.0 1.58
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
MIN (6 yrs) 37 31 .544 2.62 327 0 213 0 0 88 473.1 379 162 138 28 186 32 399 5 1 22 1953 133 1.194 7.2 0.5 3.5 7.6 2.15
SFG (6 yrs) 32 45 .416 3.83 209 69 62 11 3 12 668.0 642 325 284 70 293 23 366 18 0 17 2907 102 1.400 8.6 0.9 3.9 4.9 1.25
CIN (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 3.57 56 0 34 0 0 10 88.1 89 45 35 6 33 3 61 4 1 2 385 95 1.381 9.1 0.6 3.4 6.2 1.85
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.71 6 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 17 12 10 1 11 3 7 0 0 3 62 52 2.400 13.1 0.8 8.5 5.4 0.64
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.38 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 24 112 1.313 5.1 0.0 6.8 1.7 0.25
AL (7 yrs) 38 33 .535 2.75 337 0 218 0 0 88 490.1 399 176 150 29 201 35 407 5 1 25 2039 128 1.224 7.3 0.5 3.7 7.5 2.02
NL (8 yrs) 37 49 .430 3.80 265 69 96 11 3 22 756.1 731 370 319 76 326 26 427 22 1 19 3292 101 1.398 8.7 0.9 3.9 5.1 1.31

Postseason Pitching

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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
1965 36 MIN AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 16 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1969 40 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 1.69 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 23 1.313 8.4 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
1 ALCS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2.250 20.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 16 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 24 NYG NL 20 37 31 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .065 .121 .097 .218 -43 3 0 0 4 1
1954 25 NYG NL 10 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 27 NYG NL 28 58 51 4 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 12 .235 .231 .314 .544 46 16 0 0 6 1 0 1
1957 28 NYG NL 55 43 40 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .100 .143 .100 .243 -33 4 1 1 1 0 0 1
1958 29 SFG NL 54 51 44 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 10 .182 .208 .205 .413 11 9 2 0 3 2 0 1
1959 30 SFG NL 42 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 31 TOT AL 10 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 262 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 31 BOS AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 31 CHW AL 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 445 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 34 CIN NL 50 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .167 .250 -31 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 35 TOT MLB 47 20 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 -65 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
1964 35 CIN NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 35 MIN AL 41 20 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 -65 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
1965 36 MIN AL 62 14 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .100 .250 .100 .350 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 37 MIN AL 65 11 11 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .273 .273 .545 .818 123 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 38 MIN AL 59 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 39 MIN AL 54 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 40 MIN AL 46 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 Seasons 602 292 255 22 35 7 0 1 15 0 0 8 85 .137 .165 .176 .341 -7 45 3 1 25 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 79 69 6 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 23 .137 .165 .176 .341 -7 12 1 0 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
MIN (6 yrs) 327 69 57 5 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 26 .088 .133 .140 .274 -23 8 0 0 9 0 0
SFG (6 yrs) 209 206 183 15 27 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 52 .148 .172 .180 .352 -6 33 3 1 14 3 0
CIN (2 yrs) 56 14 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .167 .250 -31 2 0 0 2 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 445 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 337 72 60 6 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 27 .117 .159 .167 .325 -8 10 0 0 9 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 265 220 195 16 28 4 0 1 12 0 0 5 58 .144 .167 .179 .346 -7 35 3 1 16 3 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 36 MIN AL WS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 40 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 NYG NL 24 P 20 30 12 16 2 1 .933 1.40 .957 0.87
1954 NYG NL 25 P 10 1 18.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.00 0.40 .960 2.05 0.87
1956 NYG NL 27 P 28 24 165.2 48 9 35 4 6 .917 2.39 1.57 .969 2.05 0.83
1957 NYG NL 28 P 55 12 157.2 36 10 26 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.65 .961 2.06 0.82
1958 SFG NL 29 P 54 12 151.1 37 9 26 2 0 .946 2.08 0.65 .957 1.97 0.77
1959 SFG NL 30 P 42 3 73.1 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.48 .950 1.99 0.82
1960 TOT AL 31 P 10 0 17.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.65 0.50 .960 1.96 0.78
1960 BOS AL 31 P 6 0 11.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 0.50 .967 1.93 0.78
1960 CHW AL 31 P 4 0 5.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 .950 2.02 0.78
1963 CIN NL 34 P 50 0 81.1 27 5 22 0 3 1.000 2.99 0.54 .948 2.06 0.84
1964 TOT MLB 35 P 47 0 79.1 26 8 14 4 0 .846 2.50 0.47 .965 1.93 0.73
1964 CIN NL 35 P 6 0 7.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.29 0.17 1.000 2.19 0.83
1964 MIN AL 35 P 41 0 72.1 24 8 13 3 0 .875 2.61 0.51 .962 1.90 0.72
1965 MIN AL 36 P 62 0 80.1 28 3 24 1 0 .964 3.02 0.44 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 MIN AL 37 P 65 0 91.1 24 8 14 2 0 .917 2.17 0.34 .954 1.99 0.75
1967 MIN AL 38 P 59 0 92.0 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.66 0.29 .953 1.96 0.74
1968 MIN AL 39 P 54 0 76.1 17 5 11 1 0 .941 1.89 0.30 .959 1.89 0.73
1969 MIN AL 40 P 46 0 61.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.18 0.17 .950 1.87 0.69
14 Seasons P 602 52 1144.2 328 82 229 17 12 .948 2.45 0.52 .958 1.99 0.77
14 Seasons TOT 602 52 1144.2 328 82 229 17 12 .948 2.45 0.52 .906 1.99 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 NL--.611--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL--7.992--5th
Career--8.158--165th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL--5.161--5th
1957 NL--5.137--7th
Career--6.021--223rd

Games Played s c a p y
1957 NL--55--4th
1958 NL--54--5th
1966 AL--65--4th
1967 AL--59--8th
1968 AL--54--9th
Career--602--177th

Saves s c a p y
1963 NL--10--10th
1964 AL--14--7th
1965 AL--21--6th
1966 AL--16--6th
1967 AL--16--5th
1968 AL--18--1st
Career--110--103rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 NL--2--10th

Losses s c a p y
1956 NL--14--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL--5--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1957 NL--23--8th
1963 NL--32--8th
1964 AL--32--9th
1965 AL--38--9th
1966 AL--46--3rd
1967 AL--44--4th
1968 AL--34--6th
Career--314--89th

Oldest s c a p y
1966 AL--born 1929-02-05--8th
1967 AL--born 1929-02-05--7th
1968 AL--born 1929-02-05--3rd
1969 AL--born 1929-02-05--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (972), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June, 1951: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

Before 1952 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.

March 29, 1960: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Marshall.

September 1, 1960: Sent to the Chicago White Sox by the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

November 26, 1962: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago White Sox in the 1962 rule 5 draft.

June 26, 1964: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 13, 1969: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

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Name and misspellings: Allan Al Red Fulton alphonse allen allan alberto alan Worthington

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