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Bill Zuber

William Henry Zuber (Goober)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 26, 1913 in Middle Amana, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1936
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees/Indians/RedSox 1936-1947

Final Game: September 23, 1947
Died: November 2, 1982 in Cedar Rapids, IA
Buried: Middle Amana Cemetery, Middle Amana, IA
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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
1936 23 CLE AL 1 1 .500 6.59 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 14 11 10 0 15 5 0 0 0 67 80 2.122 9.2 0.0 9.9 3.3 0.33
1938 25 CLE AL 0 3 .000 5.02 15 0 6 0 0 1 28.2 33 18 16 0 20 14 0 0 1 134 93 1.849 10.4 0.0 6.3 4.4 0.70
1939 26 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 5.97 16 1 10 0 0 0 31.2 41 24 21 2 19 16 1 0 0 152 74 1.895 11.7 0.6 5.4 4.5 0.84
1940 27 CLE AL 1 1 .500 5.63 17 0 9 0 0 0 24.0 25 17 15 3 14 12 0 0 0 112 77 1.625 9.4 1.1 5.3 4.5 0.86
1941 28 WSH AL 6 4 .600 5.42 36 7 19 1 0 2 96.1 110 63 58 5 61 51 2 0 5 446 75 1.775 10.3 0.5 5.7 4.8 0.84
1942 29 WSH AL 9 9 .500 3.84 37 7 19 3 1 1 126.2 115 66 54 5 82 64 0 1 5 568 96 1.555 8.2 0.4 5.8 4.5 0.78
1943 30 NYY AL 8 4 .667 3.89 20 13 2 7 0 1 118.0 100 54 51 3 74 57 0 0 2 512 83 1.475 7.6 0.2 5.6 4.3 0.77
1944 31 NYY AL 5 7 .417 4.21 22 13 5 2 1 0 107.0 101 54 50 5 54 59 1 0 3 458 84 1.449 8.5 0.4 4.5 5.0 1.09
1945 32 NYY AL 5 11 .313 3.19 21 14 5 7 0 1 127.0 121 50 45 2 56 50 0 0 5 529 109 1.394 8.6 0.1 4.0 3.5 0.89
1946 33 TOT AL 5 2 .714 3.47 18 7 7 2 1 0 62.1 47 29 24 6 42 32 0 0 3 268 106 1.428 6.8 0.9 6.1 4.6 0.76
1946 33 NYY AL 0 1 .000 12.71 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 10 9 8 2 3 3 0 0 1 29 29 2.294 15.9 3.2 4.8 4.8 1.00
1946 33 BOS AL 5 1 .833 2.54 15 7 6 2 1 0 56.2 37 20 16 4 39 29 0 0 2 239 144 1.341 5.9 0.6 6.2 4.6 0.74
1947 34 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 5.33 20 1 8 0 0 0 50.2 60 32 30 4 31 23 0 0 4 230 73 1.796 10.7 0.7 5.5 4.1 0.74
11 Yrs 43 42 .506 4.28 224 65 90 23 3 6 786.0 767 418 374 35 468 383 4 1 28 3476 87 1.571 8.8 0.4 5.4 4.4 0.82
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .506 4.28 53 15 21 5 1 1 185 180 98 88 8 110 90 1 0 7 818 87 1.571 8.8 0.4 5.4 4.4 0.82
CLE (4 yrs) 4 5 .444 5.69 50 3 25 1 0 1 98.0 113 70 62 5 68 47 1 0 1 465 80 1.847 10.4 0.5 6.2 4.3 0.69
NYY (4 yrs) 18 23 .439 3.88 66 40 13 16 1 2 357.2 332 167 154 12 187 169 1 0 11 1528 88 1.451 8.4 0.3 4.7 4.3 0.90
WSH (2 yrs) 15 13 .536 4.52 73 14 38 4 1 3 223.0 225 129 112 10 143 115 2 1 10 1014 85 1.650 9.1 0.4 5.8 4.6 0.80
BOS (2 yrs) 6 1 .857 3.86 35 8 14 2 1 0 107.1 97 52 46 8 70 52 0 0 6 469 98 1.556 8.1 0.7 5.9 4.4 0.74

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
1936 23 CLE AL 13.2 2 2 11 7.24 5.05 -0.15 0.00 104.0 5.41 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .388 .499 $
1938 25 CLE AL 28.2 15 0 18 5.65 5.49 -0.09 0.00 95.6 5.33 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.1 3 .492 .499 $
1939 26 CLE AL 31.2 16 1 24 6.82 5.23 -0.05 0.00 95.6 5.05 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .464 .496 $
1940 27 CLE AL 24.0 17 0 17 6.38 5.35 0.24 0.00 92.5 4.73 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .497 $
1941 28 WSH AL 96.1 36 7 63 5.89 4.94 -0.23 0.00 97.6 5.04 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .474 .494 $
1942 29 WSH AL 126.2 37 7 66 4.69 4.30 -0.64 0.00 101.0 4.98 3 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.0 13 .510 .502 $
1943 30 NYY AL 118.0 20 13 54 4.12 3.74 0.19 0.00 98.7 3.50 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .452 .494 $
1944 31 NYY AL 107.0 22 13 54 4.54 3.95 0.14 0.00 101.3 3.85 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .459 .494 $
1945 32 NYY AL 127.0 21 14 50 3.54 4.01 0.21 0.00 103.4 3.93 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.3 13 .532 .504 $
1946 33 NYY AL 5.2 3 0 9 14.29 4.87 0.36 0.00 103.4 4.66 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .314 .497 $
1946 33 BOS AL 56.2 15 7 20 3.18 3.74 0.14 0.00 102.2 3.68 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.7 8 .524 .502 $
1947 34 BOS AL 50.2 20 1 32 5.68 4.27 0.06 0.00 104.2 4.39 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .462 .495 $
11 Seasons 786.0 224 65 418 4.79 4.29 -0.03 0.00 100.4 4.32 -42 -4.1 1.0 -0.5 0.5 19 .482 .498 $
CLE (4 yrs) 98.0 50 3 70 6.43 5.31 -0.00 0.00 96.0 5.10 -15 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .473 .498 $
NYY (4 yrs) 357.2 66 40 167 4.20 3.91 0.19 0.00 101.2 3.78 -17 -1.7 1.0 -0.2 0.1 5 .474 .497 $
WSH (2 yrs) 223.0 73 14 129 5.21 4.57 -0.46 0.00 99.5 5.01 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.7 12 .492 .498 $
BOS (2 yrs) 107.1 35 8 52 4.36 3.99 0.10 0.00 103.2 4.01 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.3 4 .489 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1946 33 BOS AL WS L STL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00

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%
1936 23 CLE AL 68 0.0% 7.4% 22.1% 2.9% 14% 71%
1938 25 CLE AL 134 0.0% 10.5% 14.9% 73%
1939 26 CLE AL 152 1.3% 10.5% 12.5% 72%
1940 27 CLE AL 112 2.7% 10.7% 12.5% 72%
1941 28 WSH AL 446 1.1% 11.4% 13.7% 1.4% 6% 72%
1942 29 WSH AL 568 0.9% 11.3% 14.4% 1.6% 8% 71%
1943 30 NYY AL 512 0.6% 11.1% 14.5% 1.8% 9% 72%
1944 31 NYY AL 458 1.1% 12.9% 11.8% 1.5% 7% 72%
1945 32 NYY AL 529 0.4% 9.5% 10.6% 1.3% 6% 79%
1946 33 TOT AL 268 2.2% 11.9% 15.7% 2.2% 13% 69%
1946 33 NYY AL 29 6.9% 10.3% 10.3% 72%
1946 33 BOS AL 239 1.7% 12.1% 16.3% 1.7% 11% 69%
1947 34 BOS AL 230 1.7% 10.0% 13.5% 72%
11 Yrs 3477 1.0% 11.0% 13.5% 1.3% 6% 73%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 2.9% 12% 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+
1936 23 1 1 .500 6.59 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 14 11 10 0 15 5 0 0 0 67 80 2.122 9.2 0.0 9.9 3.3 0.33 80
1937 24 1 1 .500 6.59 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 14 11 10 0 15 5 0 0 0 67 80 2.122 9.2 0.0 9.9 3.3 0.33 80
1938 25 1 4 .200 5.53 17 2 6 1 0 1 42.1 47 29 26 0 35 19 0 0 1 201 88 1.937 10.0 0.0 7.4 4.0 0.54 88
1939 26 3 4 .429 5.72 33 3 16 1 0 1 74.0 88 53 47 2 54 35 1 0 1 353 82 1.919 10.7 0.2 6.6 4.3 0.65 82
1940 27 4 5 .444 5.69 50 3 25 1 0 1 98.0 113 70 62 5 68 47 1 0 1 465 80 1.847 10.4 0.5 6.2 4.3 0.69 80
1941 28 10 9 .526 5.56 86 10 44 2 0 3 194.1 223 133 120 10 129 98 3 0 6 911 78 1.811 10.3 0.5 6.0 4.5 0.76 78
1942 29 19 18 .514 4.88 123 17 63 5 1 4 321.0 338 199 174 15 211 162 3 1 11 1479 83 1.710 9.5 0.4 5.9 4.5 0.77 83
1943 30 27 22 .551 4.61 143 30 65 12 1 5 439.0 438 253 225 18 285 219 3 1 13 1991 83 1.647 9.0 0.4 5.8 4.5 0.77 83
1944 31 32 29 .525 4.53 165 43 70 14 2 5 546.0 539 307 275 23 339 278 4 1 16 2449 83 1.608 8.9 0.4 5.6 4.6 0.82 83
1945 32 37 40 .481 4.28 186 57 75 21 2 6 673.0 660 357 320 25 395 328 4 1 21 2978 87 1.568 8.8 0.3 5.3 4.4 0.83 87
1946 33 42 42 .500 4.21 204 64 82 23 3 6 735.1 707 386 344 31 437 360 4 1 24 3246 88 1.556 8.7 0.4 5.3 4.4 0.82 88
1947 34 43 42 .506 4.28 224 65 90 23 3 6 786.0 767 418 374 35 468 383 4 1 28 3476 87 1.571 8.8 0.4 5.4 4.4 0.82 87

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
1936 23 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 13 9 8 0 14 5 0 1.929 8.4 9.0 3.2 0.36 0.0 2
1938 25 1 2 .333 4.50 30.0 32 17 15 0 19 15 0 1.700 9.6 5.7 4.5 0.79 0.0 15
1939 26 1 2 .333 5.18 33.0 40 21 19 2 19 17 1 1.788 10.9 5.2 4.6 0.89 0.5 16
1940 27 1 1 .500 5.19 26.0 25 17 15 3 14 13 0 1.500 8.7 4.8 4.5 0.93 1.0 17
1941 28 4 6 .400 5.34 96.0 112 63 57 5 62 51 2 1.813 10.5 5.8 4.8 0.82 0.5 36
1942 29 7 7 .500 4.15 130.0 124 67 60 5 88 66 0 1.631 8.6 6.1 4.6 0.75 0.3 37
1943 30 5 7 .417 4.97 114.0 114 70 63 3 84 55 0 1.737 9.0 6.6 4.3 0.65 0.2 20
1944 31 4 7 .364 4.85 104.0 109 62 56 5 58 57 1 1.606 9.4 5.0 4.9 0.98 0.4 22
1945 32 7 6 .538 3.94 121.0 135 59 53 2 62 48 0 1.628 10.0 4.6 3.6 0.77 0.1 21
1946 33 3 3 .500 3.77 62.0 50 29 26 6 45 32 0 1.532 7.3 6.5 4.6 0.71 0.9 18
1947 34 1 4 .200 6.00 48.0 63 36 32 4 33 22 0 2.000 11.8 6.2 4.1 0.67 0.8 20
11 Yrs 34 46 .425 4.67 778.0 817 450 404 35 498 381 4 1.690 9.5 4.4 0.77 0.4 224

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1941 AL  36 (7th)
1942 AL  37 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1943 AL  74 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 AL  5 (6th)
1945 AL  5 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1941 AL  19 (7th)
1942 AL  19 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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