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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 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
1946	21	STL-min	C	11	13	.458	4.41	38						241.0	291	172	118		82								1.548	10.9		3.1			FRE · CALL
1947		Did not play in major leagues (Free Agent - Semi-pro)
1948	23	CLE-min	B	18	12	.600	4.20	45						251.0	246	134	117		100								1.378	8.8		3.6			SPB · TRIS
1949	24	CLE-min	AA	16	7	.696	3.22	42	29					229.0	190	109	82		106								1.293	7.5		4.2			OKC · TL
1950	25	CLE-min	AAA	20	14	.588	3.71	45	37		15	3		279.0	271	139	115		116		116	6	3	3			1.387	8.7		3.7	3.7	1.00	SDG · PCL
1951	26	CLE	AL	0	0		5.33	16	0	7	0	0	0	25.1	24	17	15	2	13		14	1	0	1	114	72	1.461	8.5	0.7	4.6	5.0	1.08
1952	27	CLE-min	AAA	12	11	.522	3.75	37	19		12	2		168.0	185	84	70		49		70	5	1	6			1.393	9.9		2.6	3.8	1.43	INA · AA
1952	27	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	5		0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	6.8

1953	28	CLE-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.59	33	22		6	0		168.0	181	73	67	13	44		72	3	0	3			1.339	9.7	0.7	2.4	3.9	1.64	INA · AA
1954	29	TOT	MLB	9	13	.409	3.75	37	25	8	9	2	4	209.0	211	99	87	23	63		72	8	0	2	897	100	1.311	9.1	1.0	2.7	3.1	1.14
1954	29	CIN	NL	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	6	6	1	1		2	0	0	1	28	49	1.833	15.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00
1954	29	DET	AL	9	13	.409	3.59	35	25	7	9	2	4	203.0	201	93	81	22	62		70	8	0	1	869	104	1.296	8.9	1.0	2.7	3.1	1.13
1955	30	TOT	AL	4	8	.333	3.38	42	6	22	0	0	4	114.2	118	55	43	11	31	4	44	5	0	2	474	113	1.299	9.3	0.9	2.4	3.5	1.42
1955	30	DET	AL	0	5	.000	6.99	14	1	6	0	0	0	28.1	38	27	22	6	14	3	13	1	0	0	141	56	1.835	12.1	1.9	4.4	4.1	0.93
1955	30	BAL	AL	4	3	.571	2.19	28	5	16	0	0	4	86.1	80	28	21	5	17	1	31	4	0	2	333	173	1.124	8.3	0.5	1.8	3.2	1.82
1956	31	BAL	AL	7	6	.538	4.16	62	0	40	0	0	16	97.1	112	52	45	6	34	9	33	3	1	1	432	93	1.500	10.4	0.6	3.1	3.1	0.97
1957	32	BAL	AL	10	6	.625	2.48	56	0	37	0	0	9	112.2	105	37	31	9	39	13	36	4	0	1	475	144	1.278	8.4	0.7	3.1	2.9	0.92
1958	33	BAL	AL	2	2	.500	3.39	45	0	23	0	0	7	69.0	74	29	26	4	17	3	22	6	0	2	294	106	1.319	9.7	0.5	2.2	2.9	1.29
1959	34	BAL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.95	30	4		2	2		55.0	49	21	18	3	15	2	33	2	0	1			1.164	8.0	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.20	MIA · IL
1959	34	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	4.15	6	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	15	7	6	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	55	94	1.615	10.4	0.7	4.2	0.7	0.17
1960	35	BAL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.50	9	0					16.0	23	9	8	0	3								1.625	12.9	0.0	1.7			VAN · PCL
8 Yrs				32	36	.471	3.54	265	31	139	9	2	40	642.1	660	296	253	56	203	29	223	27	1	10	2746	106	1.344	9.2	0.8	2.8	3.1	1.10
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.471	3.54	61	7	32	2	0	9	148	152	68	58	13	47		51	6	0	2	631	106	1.344	9.2	0.8	2.8	3.1	1.10

BAL (5 yrs)				23	18	.561	3.07	197	5	117	0	0	36	378.1	386	153	129	25	113	26	123	17	1	7	1589	121	1.319	9.2	0.6	2.7	2.9	1.09
CLE (2 yrs)				0	0		5.06	17	0	8	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	15	2	13		15	1	0	1	119	77	1.425	8.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15
DET (2 yrs)				9	18	.333	4.01	49	26	13	9	2	4	231.1	239	120	103	28	76	3	83	9	0	1	1010	94	1.362	9.3	1.1	3.0	3.2	1.09
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	6	6	1	1		2	0	0	1	28	49	1.833	15.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00

AL (8 yrs)				32	36	.471	3.49	263	31	138	9	2	40	636.1	650	290	247	55	202	29	221	27	1	9	2718	107	1.339	9.2	0.8	2.9	3.1	1.09
NL (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	6	6	1	1		2	0	0	1	28	49	1.833	15.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00

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
1951	26	CLE	AL	25.1	16	0	17	6.04	4.59	0.07	0.00	92.4	4.18	-5	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.2	-3	.467	.497	$
1952	27	CLE	AL	1.1	1	0	0	0.00	3.77	0.01	0.00	112.0	4.21	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.571	.500	$

1954	29	CIN	NL	6.0	2	0	6	9.00	4.50	-0.07	0.00	106.0	4.85	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.374	.498	$
1954	29	DET	AL	203.0	35	25	93	4.12	4.33	0.10	0.00	100.2	4.24	3	0.3	2.6	-0.1	1.7	20	.509	.502	$
1955	30	DET	AL	28.1	14	1	27	8.58	4.52	-0.01	0.00	99.4	4.50	-13	-1.3	1.2	-0.2	-1.2	-10	.410	.492	$
1955	30	BAL	AL	86.1	28	5	28	2.92	4.57	-0.34	0.00	94.9	4.66	16	1.7	1.3	0.0	2.4	24	.562	.511	$
1956	31	BAL	AL	97.1	62	0	52	4.81	4.80	-0.29	0.00	94.8	4.82	-1	-0.1	1.6	-0.2	0.5	9	.499	.500	$
1957	32	BAL	AL	112.2	56	0	37	2.96	4.30	0.32	0.00	96.1	3.82	11	1.3	1.9	0.5	2.6	20	.523	.508	$
1958	33	BAL	AL	69.0	45	0	29	3.78	4.34	-0.09	0.00	98.9	4.38	5	0.5	.9	-0.1	0.9	10	.511	.503	$
1959	34	BAL	AL	13.0	6	0	7	4.85	4.54	0.07	0.00	96.0	4.29	-1	-0.1	.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.488	.500	$
8 Seasons				642.1	265	31	296	4.15	4.45	-0.01	0.00	97.4	4.34	13	1.7	1.4	0.1	6.7	70	.506	.501	$

BAL (5 yrs)				378.1	197	5	153	3.64	4.51	-0.07	0.00	96.0	4.39	31	3.4	1.5	0.1	6.4	65	.517	.504	$
CLE (2 yrs)				26.2	17	0	17	5.74	4.55	0.06	0.00	93.4	4.18	-5	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.1	-2	.473	.499	$
DET (2 yrs)				231.1	49	26	120	4.67	4.35	0.08	0.00	100.1	4.27	-10	-1.0	1.8	-0.3	0.5	9	.481	.497	$
CIN (1 yr)				6.0	2	0	6	9.00	4.50	-0.07	0.00	106.0	4.85	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.374	.498	$

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
1951	26	CLE	AL	16	115	96	17	24	3	1	2	2	0	13	14	.250	.345	.365	.710	.275	35	2	1	5	0		4
1952	27	CLE	AL	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	.250	1	0	0	0	0		0

1954	29	CIN	NL	2	28	27	6	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.370	.393	.556	.948	.375	15	0	0	0	0		0
1954	29	DET	AL	35	869	781	93	201	29	4	22	4	6	62	70	.257	.317	.389	.707	.259	304	13	8	15	3		14
1954	29	TOT	MLB	37	897	808	99	211	29	5	23	4	6	63	72	.261	.320	.395	.715	.263	319	13	8	15	3		14
1955	30	BAL	AL	28	346	316	28	80	14	1	5	2	0	17	31	.253	.297	.351	.648	.265	111	14	4	6	3	1	8
1955	30	DET	AL	14	141	123	27	38	3	1	6	2	0	14	13	.309	.384	.496	.880	.308	61	2	1	3	0	3	5
1955	30	TOT	AL	42	487	439	55	118	17	2	11	4	0	31	44	.269	.322	.392	.714	.276	172	16	5	9	3	4	13
1956	31	BAL	AL	62	434	382	52	112	25	4	6	2	2	34	33	.293	.351	.427	.778	.305	163	10	3	10	5	9	10
1957	32	BAL	AL	56	472	406	37	105	10	3	9	2	3	39	36	.259	.327	.365	.691	.263	148	10	4	19	4	13	7
1958	33	BAL	AL	45	293	258	29	74	18	1	4	4	2	17	22	.287	.343	.411	.754	.299	106	5	6	9	2	3	2
1959	34	BAL	AL	6	55	49	7	15	3	0	1	0	0	6	1	.306	.382	.429	.810	.298	21	1	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				265	2758	2443	296	660	105	16	56	19	13	203	223	.270	.331	.395	.726	.277	965	57	27	67	17	29	50
162 Game Avg.				61	634	561	68	152	24	4	13	4	3	47	51	.270	.331	.395	.726	.277	222	13	6	15	4		11
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.387	.717	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1951	26	CLE	AL	-4.6	-0.4	118	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	.22	-0.1	-0.6	-3.0	-0.3	0.22	-1.9	0	1	13
1952	27	CLE	AL	0.7	0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.0	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.05	-0.0	0	0	1

1954	29	TOT	MLB	-0.0	0.0	911	-0.3	16.6	-16.9	1.10	-0.6	0.3	-5.1	-0.5	1.10	-3.6	5	2	5
1954	29	CIN	NL	-2.6	-0.2	30	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.22	-0.3	-0.3	-2.9	-0.3	0.22	-2.6	0	0	2
1954	29	DET	AL	2.6	0.3	881	-0.2	16.6	-16.7	1.13	-0.3	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.13	-1.0	5	2	3
1955	30	TOT	AL	3.6	0.4	495	-0.3	8.9	-9.2	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9	0.0	1.01	0.5	16	4	15
1955	30	DET	AL	-10.8	-1.0	144	-1.9	1.6	-3.5	.81	-1.1	-1.2	-13.1	-1.3	0.81	-10.7	5	2	6
1955	30	BAL	AL	14.4	1.5	351	1.6	7.3	-5.7	1.09	1.0	0.5	12.2	1.3	1.09	11.3	11	2	9
1956	31	BAL	AL	-3.3	-0.3	442	1.1	11.5	-10.5	1.46	-0.8	1.5	-3.8	-0.4	1.46	-9.5	33	13	14
1957	32	BAL	AL	13.4	1.4	480	0.1	11.2	-11.0	1.46	-0.0	0.1	11.2	1.2	1.46	2.2	31	8	17
1958	33	BAL	AL	1.7	0.2	302	0.1	4.6	-4.4	.89	0.3	-0.1	6.6	0.7	0.89	3.5	10	14	19
1959	34	BAL	AL	-0.4	-0.1	56	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.47	0.1	-0.8	-0.2	-0.0	0.47	-0.8	1	0	3
8 Yrs				11.2	1.3	2810	0.2	53.5	-53.3	1.13	-1.3	1.5	3.8	0.6	1.13	-9.5	96	42	87

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	29	TOT	MLB	37	25	9	13	3	1	3	11	14	.440	2	1	9	2	12	48%		92	23	20	8	14	4	3.2	3.0	7.3
1954	29	DET	AL	35	25	9	13	3	1	3	11	14	.440	2	1	9	2	12	48%	51.2	92	23	20	8	14	4	3.2	3.0	7.3
1955	30	TOT	AL	42	6	1	2	3	0	0	3	3	.500	1	1	0	0	3	50%	48.3	59	37	9	6	4	2	4.8	4.1	5.7
1955	30	DET	AL	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	4	2	0	1	5.0	4.5	3.0
1955	30	BAL	AL	28	5	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	.600	1	1	0	0	3	60%	50.6	59	42	5	4	4	1	4.7	4.1	6.2
2 Yrs				77	31	10	15	6	1	3	14	17	.452	3	2	9	2	15	48%	51	92	23	29	14	18	6	3.5	3.1	7.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.4	6.5

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
1951	26	CLE	AL	16	16	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	6	60%	8	.225	0	1	13	0	0	16	5	11	11	1	11	1	4.8
1952	27	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	7	.050	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0

1954	29	TOT	MLB	37	12	8	0	0	5	4	1	80%	5	0	11	6	55%		1.102	5	2	5	5	0	7	6	6	7	2	7	2	6.8
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	.223	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	9.0
1954	29	DET	AL	35	10	7	0	0	5	4	1	80%	5	0	11	6	55%	9	1.130	5	2	3	5	0	5	6	4	5	2	5	2	6.4
1955	30	TOT	AL	42	36	22	3	6	6	4	2	67%	6	0	35	13	37%		1.011	16	4	15	9	7	20	19	17	25	6	26	9	6.7
1955	30	DET	AL	14	13	6	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	8	2	25%	4	.809	5	2	6	1	4	8	5	8	7	5	8	2	5.8
1955	30	BAL	AL	28	23	16	3	2	6	4	2	67%	6	0	27	11	41%	8	1.094	11	2	9	8	3	12	14	9	18	1	18	7	7.2
1956	31	BAL	AL	62	62	40	7	6	20	16	4	80%	21	1	66	21	32%	8	1.462	33	13	14	24	16	22	37	25	34	12	38	24	4.7
1957	32	BAL	AL	56	56	37	10	6	17	9	8	53%	20	0	55	21	38%	8	1.457	31	8	17	22	12	22	30	26	29	17	29	14	6.0
1958	33	BAL	AL	45	45	23	2	2	9	7	2	78%	12	3	25	6	24%	7	.886	10	14	19	13	3	29	16	29	19	12	21	9	4.6
1959	34	BAL	AL	6	6	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	6	.470	1	0	3	1	0	5	3	3	4	1	4	2	6.5
8 Yrs				265	234	139	22	21	57	40	17	70%	64	4	208	77	37%		1.129	96	42	87	74	38	122	117	117	130	51	137	61	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1951	26	CLE	AL	115	62%	1.7%	12.2%	11.3%	5.2%	25%	1.54	70%	23	2	9%
1952	27	CLE	AL	5	40%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		80%	0	0

1954	29	TOT	MLB	897	60%	2.6%	8.0%	7.0%	6.4%	27%	1.07	80%	160	13	8%
1954	29	CIN	NL	28	89%	3.6%	7.1%	3.6%	7.1%	20%	1.14	86%	4	0	0%
1954	29	DET	AL	869	59%	2.5%	8.1%	7.1%	6.3%	27%	1.07	80%	156	13	8%
1955	30	TOT	AL	487	66%	2.3%	9.0%	6.4%	6.2%	25%	1.08	79%	96	16	17%
1955	30	DET	AL	141	65%	4.3%	9.2%	9.9%	7.1%	26%	1.25	74%	23	2	9%
1955	30	BAL	AL	346	66%	1.5%	9.0%	4.9%	5.8%	25%	1.04	82%	73	14	19%
1956	31	BAL	AL	434	62%	1.4%	7.6%	7.8%	8.1%	31%	1.03	80%	115	10	9%
1957	32	BAL	AL	472	66%	1.9%	7.6%	8.3%	4.7%	21%	1.32	77%	97	10	10%
1958	33	BAL	AL	293	70%	1.4%	7.5%	5.8%	7.9%	31%	1.05	80%	50	5	10%
1959	34	BAL	AL	55	60%	1.8%	1.8%	10.9%	7.3%	27%	0.57	85%	18	1	6%
8 Yrs				2758	64%	2.0%	8.1%	7.4%	6.4%	27%	1.11	79%	559	57	10%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	12.4%	9.7%	6.7%	27%	0.97	80%			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
1951	26	CLE	AL	115	24			2	0	4	0	2	2	0	8	5	1	63%	4	1	0	52	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1952	27	CLE	AL	5	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	29	TOT	MLB	897	211			23	0	12	14	9	16	7	40	23	4	58%	14	2	0	335	4	6	40%	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	28	10			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1954	29	DET	AL	869	201			22	0	12	13	9	15	7	40	23	4	58%	14	1	0	326	4	6	40%	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
1955	30	TOT	AL	487	118			11	0	15	9	2	2	9	29	15	0	52%	13	2	1	188	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1955	30	DET	AL	141	38			6	0	5	5	1	2	4	9	6	0	67%	5	0	1	55	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1955	30	BAL	AL	346	80			5	0	10	4	1	0	5	20	9	0	45%	8	2	0	133	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1956	31	BAL	AL	434	112			6	0	22	2	4	1	5	52	27	6	52%	10	1	1	204	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	0
1957	32	BAL	AL	472	105			9	0	16	5	4	2	7	30	19	0	63%	7	1	2	207	2	3	40%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	0
1958	33	BAL	AL	293	74			4	0	5	1	3	2	2	15	5	3	33%	2	2	0	118	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
1959	34	BAL	AL	55	15			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	9	4	0	44%	0	1	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8 Yrs				2758	660			56	0	76	31	25	26	30	183	98	14	54%	50	10	4	1130	19	13	59%	18	11	1	1	0	1	5	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

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+
1951	26	0	0		5.33	16	0	7	0	0	0	25.1	24	17	15	2	13		14	1	0	1	114	72	1.461	8.5	0.7	4.6	5.0	1.08	72
1952	27	0	0		5.06	17	0	8	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	15	2	13		15	1	0	1	119	77	1.425	8.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15	77
1953	28	0	0		5.06	17	0	8	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	15	2	13		15	1	0	1	119	77	1.425	8.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15	77
1954	29	9	13	.409	3.90	54	25	16	9	2	4	235.2	236	116	102	25	76		87	9	0	3	1016	97	1.324	9.0	1.0	2.9	3.3	1.14	97
1955	30	13	21	.382	3.73	96	31	38	9	2	8	350.1	354	171	145	36	107	4	131	14	0	5	1490	102	1.316	9.1	0.9	2.7	3.4	1.22	102
1956	31	20	27	.426	3.82	158	31	78	9	2	24	447.2	466	223	190	42	141	13	164	17	1	6	1922	100	1.356	9.4	0.8	2.8	3.3	1.16	100
1957	32	30	33	.476	3.55	214	31	115	9	2	33	560.1	571	260	221	51	180	26	200	21	1	7	2397	106	1.340	9.2	0.8	2.9	3.2	1.11	106
1958	33	32	35	.478	3.53	259	31	138	9	2	40	629.1	645	289	247	55	197	29	222	27	1	9	2691	106	1.338	9.2	0.8	2.8	3.2	1.13	106
1959	34	32	36	.471	3.54	265	31	139	9	2	40	642.1	660	296	253	56	203	29	223	27	1	10	2746	106	1.344	9.2	0.8	2.8	3.1	1.10	106

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
1951	26	1	1	.500	5.33	27.0	25	18	16	2	14	15	1	1.444	8.3	4.7	5.0	1.07	0.7	16
1952	27	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	4.5		0.0	1

1954	29	11	12	.478	4.03	212.0	226	106	95	25	67	73	9	1.382	9.6	2.8	3.1	1.09	1.1	37
1955	30	6	6	.500	3.85	110.0	126	52	47	12	33	42	5	1.445	10.3	2.7	3.4	1.27	1.0	42
1956	31	5	5	.500	4.41	98.0	118	53	48	6	36	33	3	1.571	10.8	3.3	3.0	0.92	0.6	62
1957	32	8	4	.667	2.89	112.0	116	40	36	10	43	36	4	1.420	9.3	3.5	2.9	0.84	0.8	56
1958	33	3	4	.429	4.09	66.0	82	33	30	4	19	21	7	1.530	11.2	2.6	2.9	1.11	0.5	45
1959	34	0	1	.000	4.50	12.0	15	7	6	1	6	1	0	1.750	11.3	4.5	0.8	0.17	0.8	6
8 Yrs		34	33	.507	3.92	639.0	708	309	278	60	218	222	29	1.449	10.0		3.1	1.02	0.8	265

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1957 AL .625 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1954 AL 2.749 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1956 AL 62 (1st) 1957 AL 56 (1st) 1958 AL 45 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1956 AL 16 (1st) 1957 AL 9 (4th) 1958 AL 7 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1954 AL 22 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1954 AL 8 (3rd) 1958 AL 6 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1955 AL 22 (10th) 1956 AL 40 (1st) 1957 AL 37 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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