George Zuverink
George Zuverink
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 20, 1924 in Holland, MI
High School: Holland (Holland, MI)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Final Game: June 15, 1959
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 71 1.461 8.5 0.7 4.6 5.0 1.08
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
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 47 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 2 333 174 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 94 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 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 91 1.615 10.4 0.7 4.2 0.7 0.17
8 Seasons 32 36 .471 3.54 265 31 139 9 2 40 642.1 660 296 253 56 203 29 223 27 1 10 2746 105 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 2 631 105 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 74 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 93 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 47 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 47 1.833 15.0 1.5 1.5 3.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1958 33 BAL AL 45 292 258 29 74 18 1 4 4 2 17 22 .287 .343 .411 .754 .299 106 5 6 9 2 3
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
6 Seasons 248 2637 2342 279 635 102 15 54 16 13 190 208 .271 .330 .397 .727 .277 929 55 26 62 17 29
162 Game Avg. 60 643 571 68 155 25 4 13 4 3 46 51 .271 .330 .397 .727 .277 226 13 6 15 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
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 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% 49 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 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% 51 59 42 5 4 4 1 4.7 4.1 6.2
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 29 TOT MLB 37 12 8 0 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 11 6 55% 1.123 5 3 4 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 0.241 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 1.151 5 3 2 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% 1.040 16 4 16 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 0.835 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 1.124 11 2 10 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 1.491 34 13 13 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 1.526 31 11 13 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 0.943 11 16 17 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 0.472 1 1 3 1 0 5 3 3 4 1 4 2 6.5
6 Seasons 248 217 131 22 21 57 40 17 70% 64 4 196 69 35% 1.207 98 48 66 74 38 105 111 106 118 50 125 60 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1951 26 CLE AL
1952 27 CLE AL
1954 29 TOT MLB 897 40% 2.6% 8.0% 7.0% 6.4% 27% 1.07 80% 160 13 8%
1954 29 CIN NL 28 11% 3.6% 7.1% 3.6% 7.1% 20% 1.14 86% 4 0 0%
1954 29 DET AL 869 41% 2.5% 8.1% 7.1% 6.3% 27% 1.07 80% 156 13 8%
1955 30 TOT AL 487 34% 2.3% 9.0% 6.4% 6.2% 25% 1.08 79% 96 16 17%
1955 30 DET AL 141 35% 4.3% 9.2% 9.9% 7.1% 26% 1.25 74% 23 2 9%
1955 30 BAL AL 346 34% 1.5% 9.0% 4.9% 5.8% 25% 1.04 82% 73 14 19%
1956 31 BAL AL 434 38% 1.4% 7.6% 7.8% 8.1% 31% 1.03 80% 115 10 9%
1957 32 BAL AL 472 34% 1.9% 7.6% 8.3% 4.7% 21% 1.32 77% 97 10 10%
1958 33 BAL AL 293 30% 1.4% 7.5% 5.8% 7.9% 31% 1.05 80% 50 5 10%
1959 34 BAL AL 55 40% 1.8% 1.8% 10.9% 7.3% 27% 0.57 85% 18 1 6%
8 Seasons 2638 36% 2.1% 8.5% 7.7% 6.5% 26% 1.09 80% 536 55 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 24 2 1
1952 27 CLE AL 1 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 1 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 1 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 Seasons 2638 660 56 0 72 31 23 24 30 175 93 13 53% 46 10 4 1077 16 13 55% 15 11 1 1 0 1 6 0 36 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 71 1.461 8.5 0.7 4.6 5.0 1.08 71
1952 27 0 0 5.06 17 0 8 0 0 0 26.2 25 17 15 2 13 15 1 0 1 119 74 1.425 8.4 0.7 4.4 5.1 1.15 74
1953 28 0 0 5.06 17 0 8 0 0 0 26.2 25 17 15 2 13 15 1 0 1 119 74 1.425 8.4 0.7 4.4 5.1 1.15 74
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 96 1.324 9.0 1.0 2.9 3.3 1.14 96
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 101 1.316 9.1 0.9 2.7 3.4 1.22 101
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 99 1.356 9.4 0.8 2.8 3.3 1.16 99
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 105 1.344 9.2 0.8 2.8 3.1 1.10 105

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 5.54 26.0 26 18 16 2 14 14 1 1.538 9.0 4.8 4.8 1.00 0.7 16
1952 27 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1954 29 11 12 .478 4.05 211.0 228 106 95 25 68 73 9 1.403 9.7 2.9 3.1 1.07 1.1 37
1955 30 6 6 .500 3.73 111.0 124 51 46 12 33 43 5 1.414 10.1 2.7 3.5 1.30 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 4.23 66.0 82 34 31 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 Seasons 34 33 .507 3.92 638.0 709 309 278 60 219 223 29 1.455 10.0 3.1 1.02 0.8 265

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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