Biff Wysong

Harlan Wysong

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 13, 1905 in Clarksville, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1930
Team: Reds 1930-1932

Final Game: May 7, 1932
Died: August 7, 1951 in Xenia, OH
Buried: Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, OH
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1928	23	-min	B,AA	3	15	.167	5.78	21						120.0	145	90	77		68	69						1.775	10.9		5.1	5.2	1.01	ERI,CAN,CLB · CENL,AA
1929	24	-min	AA	9	12	.429	4.04	41						214.0	250	126	96		69							1.491	10.5		2.9			CLB · AA
1930	25	-min	AA	10	10	.500	4.65	30						153.0	176	101	79		66							1.582	10.4		3.9			CLB · AA
1930	25	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	19.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	16	28	3.857	23.1	0.0	11.6	3.9	0.33
1931	26	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	7.89	12	2	8	0	0	0	21.2	25	22	19	2	23	5	0	0	0	111	48	2.215	10.4	0.8	9.6	2.1	0.22
1932	27	STL-min	A,AA	9	6	.600	3.18	25	6					136.0	148	57	48		67							1.581	9.8		4.4			ROC,HSN,CLB · IL,TL,AA
1932	27	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	3.65	7	0	6	0	0	0	12.1	13	7	5	0	8	5	0	0	0	58	109	1.703	9.5	0.0	5.8	3.6	0.63
3 Seasons				1	3	.250	7.18	20	3	14	0	0	0	36.1	44	34	29	2	34	11	0	0	0	185	55	2.147	10.9	0.5	8.4	2.7	0.32
162 Game Avg.				3	9	.250	7.18	59	9	41	0	0	0	107	130	101	86	6	101	33	0	0	0	547	55	2.147	10.9	0.5	8.4	2.7	0.32

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1930	25	CIN	NL	2.1	1	5	2	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
1931	26	CIN	NL	21.2	2	22	12	1.0	-10	-1.1	$
1932	27	CIN	NL	12.1	0	7	7	1.0	0	0.0	$
3 Seasons				36.1	3	34	21	1.0	-13	-1.4	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1928	23	-min	B,AA	39	75	75	10	25	6	2	2		0	0	0	.333	.333	.547	.880		41		0	ERI,CAN,CLB · CENL,AA
1929	24	-min	AA	44	84	84		14	3	1	0					.167	.167	.226	.393		19			CLB · AA
1930	25	-min	AA	37	65	65		19	2	0	4					.292	.292	.508	.800		33			CLB · AA
1930	25	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	/1
1931	26	CIN	NL	12	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	1
1932	27	STL-min	AA,A	31	39	39		7	4	0	0					.179	.179	.282	.462		11			ROC,CLB,HSN · IL,AA,TL
1932	27	CIN	NL	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
3 Seasons				20	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	49	49	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	8	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1931	26	CIN	NL	4	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
1932	27	CIN	NL	2	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	/1
2 Seasons				6	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1930	CIN	NL	25	P	1	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.31	2.20
1931	CIN	NL	26	P	12	2	21.2	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.25	0.25	.960	2.24	2.19
1932	CIN	NL	27	P	7	0	12.1	5	1	3	1	1	.800	2.92	0.57	.956	2.26	2.29
	3 Seasons			P	20	3	36.1	9	1	6	2	1	.778	1.73	0.35	.958	2.25	2.22
	3 Seasons			TOT	20	3	36.1	9	1	6	2	1	.778	1.73	0.35	.958	2.25	2.22

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