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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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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

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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
1951 26 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1952 27 CLE AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
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 -22 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 -21 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1957 32 BAL AL 56 28 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 AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 266 167 142 5 21 2 1 0 7 0 1 9 39 .148 .199 .176 .375 5 25 3 0 16 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 102 86 3 13 1 1 0 4 0 1 5 24 .148 .199 .176 .375 5 15 2 0 10 0
BAL (5 yrs) 197 87 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 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) 264 165 140 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 CLE AL 26 P 16 9 1 7 1 0 .889 0.50 .956 0.99
1952 CLE AL 27 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.00
1954 TOT MLB 29 P 37 25 209.0 67 18 46 3 3 .955 2.76 1.73 .960 2.01 0.93
1954 CIN NL 29 P 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.85
1954 DET AL 29 P 35 25 203.0 67 18 46 3 3 .955 2.84 1.83 .960 2.01 0.93
1955 TOT AL 30 P 42 6 114.2 37 9 25 3 2 .919 2.67 0.81 .957 1.99 0.83
1955 DET AL 30 P 14 1 28.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.54 0.57 .950 2.00 0.83
1955 BAL AL 30 P 28 5 86.1 29 7 19 3 2 .897 2.71 0.93 .959 1.99 0.83
1956 BAL AL 31 P 62 0 97.1 25 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.31 0.40 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 BAL AL 32 P 56 0 112.2 31 5 26 0 2 1.000 2.48 0.55 .961 1.99 0.86
1958 BAL AL 33 P 45 0 69.0 23 4 19 0 1 1.000 3.00 0.51 .961 1.94 0.82
1959 BAL AL 34 P 6 0 13.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 0.67 .950 2.08 0.85
8 Seasons P 265 31 615.2 197 45 145 7 10 .964 2.78 0.72 .958 1.98 0.86
8 Seasons TOT 265 31 615.2 197 45 145 7 10 .964 2.78 0.72 .922 1.98 0.86

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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 AL--9--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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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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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

Before 1948 Season: Sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

October 13, 1953: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.

April 26, 1954: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

July 8, 1955: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Detroit Tigers.

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