George Zuverink

George Zuverink

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI
High School: Holland HS (Holland, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Tigers/Indians/Redlegs 1951-1959

Final Game: June 15, 1959
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Standard Batting

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
1946	21	STL-min	C	42	96	96		26	1	0	0						.271	.271	.281	.552		27							FRE · CALL
1947		Did not play in major leagues (Free Agent - Semi-pro)
1948	23	CLE-min	B	46	102	102		24	2	2	0						.235	.235	.294	.529		30							SPB · TRIS
1949	24	CLE-min	AA	44	85	85		14	1	0	0						.165	.165	.176	.341		15							OKC · TL
1950	25	CLE-min	AAA	47	108	93	16	16	1	0	0	4	0		5	17	.172	.222	.183	.405		17		1	9				SDG · PCL
1951	26	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			1
1952	27	CLE-min	AAA	37	66	59	4	11	2	0	0	3	0		3	12	.186	.226	.220	.446		13	1	0	4				INA · AA
1952	27	CLE	AL	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1

1953	28	CLE-min	AAA	34	62	53	8	9	0	0	0	7	1		5	14	.170	.241	.170	.411		9	0	0	4				INA · AA
1954	29	TOT	MLB	37	76	66	2	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	15	.136	.149	.152	.301	-17	10	2	0	9	0		1
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0		/1
1954	29	DET	AL	35	74	64	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	14	.125	.138	.141	.279	-23	9	2	0	9	0		1
1955	30	TOT	AL	42	29	27	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.185	.214	.222	.437	22	6	1	0	1	0	0	1
1955	30	DET	AL	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	30	BAL	AL	28	25	23	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.217	.250	.261	.511	43	6	1	0	1	0	0	1
1956	31	BAL	AL	62	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284	-20	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
1957	32	BAL	AL	56	27	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.130	.231	.130	.361	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1958	33	BAL	AL	45	10	9	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.444	.744	108	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	BAL-min	AAA	30	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	2	0		1	2	.375	.444	.750	1.194		6		0	0	0	0		MIA · IL
1959	34	BAL	AL	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	35	BAL-min	AAA	9	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667		1							VAN · PCL
8 Yrs				266	166	142	5	21	2	1	0	7	0	1	9	39	.148	.199	.176	.375	5	25	3	0	16	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	101	86	3	13	1	1	0	4	0	1	5	24	.148	.199	.176	.375	5	15	2	0	10

BAL (5 yrs)				197	86	72	2	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	8	22	.167	.250	.208	.458	30	15	1	0	7	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				49	78	68	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	16	.118	.130	.132	.263	-27	9	2	0	9	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				264	164	140	4	20	2	1	0	7	0	1	9	38	.143	.195	.171	.366	3	24	3	0	16	0	0
NL (1 yr)				2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	26	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1952	27	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1954	29	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.520	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1954	29	DET	AL	35	74	-12	-0	-0	0	8	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	0.0	-2	$	1
1955	30	DET	AL	14	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1955	30	BAL	AL	28	25	-2	0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1956	31	BAL	AL	62	22	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1957	32	BAL	AL	56	27	-3	-0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1958	33	BAL	AL	45	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1959	34	BAL	AL	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
8 Seasons				266	166	-21	-0	-0	0	18	-3	-0.4	5	1	-0.5	.499	.500	-0.5	0.0	1	$

BAL (5 yrs)				197	86	-8	0	0	0	9	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$
CLE (2 yrs)				18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (2 yrs)				49	78	-13	-0	-0	0	9	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.489	.498	-0.6	0.0	-3	$
CIN (1 yr)				2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.520	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1954	29	TOT	MLB	76	69	2	0.8	98	.176	.136	.265	.149	.340	.152	.388	.301	.727	-17	.043	-10.8	-1.1	.167	.015	.015
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1954	29	DET	AL	74	68	1	0.4	98	.160	.125	.264	.138	.340	.141	.386	.279	.726	-23	.012	-11.0	-1.2	.153	.016	.016
1955	30	TOT	AL	29	24	1	1.1	96	.250	.185	.258	.214	.336	.222	.384	.437	.720	22	.070	-3.0	-0.3	.304	.074	.037
1955	30	DET	AL	4	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.264	.000	.343	.000	.394	.000	.737	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	30	BAL	AL	25	20	1	1.3	96	.278	.217	.257	.250	.335	.261	.383	.511	.717	43	.095	-1.8	-0.2	.368	.087	.043
1956	31	BAL	AL	22	19	1	1.4	98	.200	.118	.256	.167	.336	.118	.391	.284	.728	-20	.096	-2.8	-0.3	.200	.059	.000
1957	32	BAL	AL	27	22	1	1.2	93	.200	.130	.255	.231	.326	.130	.385	.361	.710	5	.088	-2.9	-0.3	.300	.130	.000
1958	33	BAL	AL	10	7	1	3.8	93	.286	.222	.254	.300	.322	.444	.387	.744	.709	108	.447	-0.0	0.0	.714	.333	.222
1959	34	BAL	AL	2	0	1						1.000	.328						.000	0.7	0.1
8 Yrs				166	141	7	1.3	97	.204	.148	.260	.199	.335	.176	.387	.375	.722	5	.100	-18.9	-1.9	.264	.085	.028
162 Game Avg.				101	86	4	1.3	97	.204	.148	.260	.199	.335	.176	.387	.375	.722	5	.100	-18.9	-1.9	.264	.085	.028

BAL (5 yrs)				86	68	5	2.0	95	.240	.167	.256	.250	.330	.208	.386	.458	.716	30	.179	-7.0	-0.7	.377	.153	.042
DET (2 yrs)				78	72	1	0.4	98	.154	.118	.264	.130	.340	.132	.387	.263	.727	-27	.011	-12.1	-1.3	.143	.015	.015
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

AL (8 yrs)				164	140	6	1.2	96	.196	.143	.260	.195	.335	.171	.386	.366	.721	3	.079	-19.1	-2.0	.258	.086	.029
NL (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	29	TOT	MLB	76	0.0%	19.7%	1.3%	1.3%	11%	15.00	4.4		22.0	2.40	67%
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%
1954	29	DET	AL	74	0.0%	18.9%	1.4%	1.4%	13%	14.00	4.6		21.3	2.40	68%
1955	30	TOT	AL	29	0.0%	24.1%	3.5%	3.5%	20%	7.00	3.9			1.43	69%
1955	30	DET	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1955	30	BAL	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	4.0%	4.0%	20%	5.00	4.6			1.14	72%
1956	31	BAL	AL	22	0.0%	31.8%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.4		8.5	2.00	45%
1957	32	BAL	AL	27	0.0%	29.6%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.67	2.9			1.50	56%
1958	33	BAL	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	2.00	4.5		4.5	1.50	70%
1959	34	BAL	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
8 Yrs				166	0.0%	23.5%	5.4%	1.8%	14%	4.33	3.6		20.3	1.94	62%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.6%	9.1%	6.5%	29%	1.27	7.6	40.4	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	26	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	27	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1954	29	TOT	MLB	-10.8	-1.1	77	-1.3	0.6	-1.8	1.15	-1.0	-0.1	-9.9	-1.0	0.98	-10.5	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.12	0.2	0
1954	29	DET	AL	-11.0	-1.2	75	-1.3	0.6	-1.8	1.17	-1.0	-0.1	-10.0	-1.0	0.97	-10.7	0
1955	30	TOT	AL	-3.0	-0.3	29	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.95	-0.4	0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.94	-4.3	0
1955	30	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.98	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.07	-1.1	0
1955	30	BAL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.95	-0.3	0.1	-4.7	-0.5	0.91	-3.2	0
1956	31	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	22	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.00	-0.3	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	1.03	-3.4	0
1957	32	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	27	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	1.17	-0.4	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.94	-3.6	0
1958	33	BAL	AL	-0.0	0.0	10	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.66	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.91	0.1	0
1959	34	BAL	AL	0.7	0.1	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.51	0.1	-0.0	0.5	0.0	0.58	0.9	0
8 Yrs				-19.0	-1.9	168	-2.0	1.5	-3.5	1.06	-2.0	0.1	-21.6	-2.2	0.96	-20.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	29	TOT	MLB	20%	12	1	0%	1	1	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	100%	2	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	DET	AL	11%	10	1	0%	1	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	30	TOT	AL	17%	8	0		0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1955	30	DET	AL		1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	30	BAL	AL	17%	7	0		0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1956	31	BAL	AL	0%	3	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	BAL	AL	17%	7	0		0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	33	BAL	AL	0%	3	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	34	BAL	AL	0%	3	0		0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				17%	36	1	0%	1	2	33%	6	4	1	1	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	29	TOT	MLB	76	24%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	17	2	12%	19	2	11%	49	5	10%	3	2	67%	4	2	50%	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	29	DET	AL	74	24%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	16	2	13%	18	2	11%	48	5	10%	3	2	67%	4	2	50%	0
1955	30	TOT	AL	29	48%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	6	1	17%	19	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	30	DET	AL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	30	BAL	AL	25	56%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	31	BAL	AL	22	36%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	4	0	0%	5	3	60%	18	2	11%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1957	32	BAL	AL	27	30%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	5	0	0%	15	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1958	33	BAL	AL	10	30%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	34	BAL	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				166	31%	21			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	16	100%	32	3	9%	37	6	16%	107	9	8%	7	4	57%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1954	29	55	76	66	3	9	1	0	3	1	1	15	.136	.149	.152	.301	-17	10	2	9
1955	30	97	105	93	4	14	2	0	3	1	2	22	.151	.168	.172	.340	-6	16	3	10	0
1956	31	159	127	110	4	16	2	0	5	1	3	29	.145	.168	.164	.332	-8	18	3	14	0
1957	32	215	154	133	5	19	2	0	5	1	6	37	.143	.180	.158	.338	-6	21	3	16	0
1958	33	260	164	142	5	21	2	1	7	1	7	39	.148	.188	.176	.364	2	25	3	16	0
1959	34	266	166	142	5	21	2	1	7	1	9	39	.148	.199	.176	.375	5	25	3	16	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	29	39	81	71	2	11	1	0	4	1	16	.155	.167	.169	.336	2	37
1955	30	44	32	30	1	7	1	0	0	1	7	.233	.258	.267	.525	2	42
1956	31	65	23	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.053	.000	.053	0	62
1957	32	59	31	25	2	4	0	0	0	4	8	.160	.276	.160	.436	1	56
1958	33	47	10	9	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	.222	.300	.444	.744	1	45
1959	34	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0	6
6 Yrs		260	179	153	5	24	2	1	6	10	40	.157	.209	.183	.392	6	248
162 Game Avg.		162	112	95	3	15	1	1	4	6	25	.157	.209	.183	.392	4	248

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