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Bob Savage
John Robert Savage

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

Debut June 24, 1942
Final Game May 4, 1949
Born December 1, 1921 in Manchester, NH

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1942 20 PHA AL   0   1   8   3   0   0   4  0   30.7   24   16   11   0   31   10   0   1   141       0  3.23  3.77  117 1.793
 1946 24 PHA AL   3  15  40  19   7   1  14  2  164.0  164   80   74   5   93   78   2   0   746       0  4.06  3.54   87 1.567
 1947 25 PHA AL   8  10  44   8   2   1  20  2  146.0  135   71   61   8   55   56   0   1   614       0  3.76  3.82  101 1.301
 1948 26 PHA AL   5   1  33   1   1   0  19  5   75.3   98   55   52   9   33   26   0   5   346       1  6.21  4.28   69 1.739
 1949 27 SLB AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    7.0   12    5    5   1    3    1   0   0    35       0  6.43  4.53   71 2.143
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .372  16  27 129  31  10   2  59  9  423.0  433  227  203  23  215  171   2   7  1882       1  4.32  3.80   88 1.532
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  11  54  13   4   0  25  3  179.7  184   96   86   9   91   72   0   2   799   0   0  4.32  3.80   88 1.532
 Career High      8  15  44  19   7   1  20  5  164.0  164   80   74   9   93   78   2   5   746   0   1  3.76  4.28  101 1.301

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 20 PHA AL   8    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .111  .273  .111   11    1   0           0   0
 1946 24 PHA AL  40   41    3    5   0  0   0    0   0  0  11  22  .122  .308  .122   24    5   1           0   0
 1947 25 PHA AL  44   40    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  18  .050  .095  .050  -59    2   2           0   0
 1948 26 PHA AL  33   13    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   6  .077  .250  .077  -11    1   2           0   0
 1949 27 SLB AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      129  104    6    9   0  0   0    0   0  0  18  51  .087  .221  .087  -13    9   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        131    8   11   0  0   0    0   0  0  23  64  .087  .221  .087  -13   11   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     44   41    3    5   0  0   0    0   0  0  11  22                           5   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 20 PHA AL   11    8    0   0.0    94| .111  .264| .273  .339| .111  .370| .384  .709|  11  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1946 24 PHA AL   53   37    2   1.4    95| .122  .263| .308  .337| .122  .378| .430  .714|  24  .125  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1947 25 PHA AL   44   40    0   0.0    98| .050  .265| .095  .345| .050  .381| .145  .726| -59  .000  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1948 26 PHA AL   18   14    0   0.0   105| .077  .273| .250  .358| .077  .394| .327  .753| -11  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1949 27 SLB AL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .276| .000  .368| .000  .400| .000  .768|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       127  100    2   0.5    97| .087  .265| .221  .343| .087  .380| .308  .723| -13  .022 -15.9  -1.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 20 PHA AL P 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.30 2.35 2.32 3 30.7 1946 24 PHA AL P 40 4 14 1 1 .947 .952 0.45 1.01 0.99 2.01 19 164.0 1947 25 PHA AL P 44 6 16 2 0 .917 .957 0.50 0.95 1.36 1.92 8 146.0 1948 26 PHA AL P 33 1 11 0 0 1.000 .960 0.36 0.91 1.43 2.02 1 75.3 1949 27 SLB AL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.00 2.57 2.06 0 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1942 20 PHA AL P 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.30 2.35 2.32 3 30.7 1946 24 PHA AL P 40 4 14 1 1 .947 .952 0.45 1.01 0.99 2.01 19 164.0 1947 25 PHA AL P 44 6 16 2 0 .917 .957 0.50 0.95 1.36 1.92 8 146.0 1948 26 PHA AL P 33 1 11 0 0 1.000 .960 0.36 0.91 1.43 2.02 1 75.3 1949 27 SLB AL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.00 2.57 2.06 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 129 15 47 3 1 .954 .955 0.48 0.98 1.32 2.00 31 423.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 129 15 47 3 1 .954 .955 0.48 0.98 1.32 2.00 31 423
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1946 AL-40-2
1947 AL-44-4

Saves
1948 AL-5-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1946 AL-93-7

Losses
1946 AL-15-4

Wild Pitches
1948 AL-5-10

Games Finished
1946 AL-14-9
1947 AL-20-9
1948 AL-19-8

Youngest Player
1942 AL-20-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 16, 1948: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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