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Al Widmar
Albert Joseph Widmar

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 25, 1947
Final Game April 17, 1952
Born March 20, 1925 in Cleveland, OH
Died October 15, 2005 in Tulsa, OK

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 22 BOS AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.3    1    2    2   1    2    1   0   0     7       0 13.50  3.89   29 2.250
 1948 23 SLB AL   2   6  49   0   0   0  21  1   82.7   88   42   41   4   48   34   0   6   372       1  4.46  4.54  102 1.645
 1950 25 SLB AL   7  15  36  26   8   1   8  4  194.7  211  115  103  16   74   78   3   1   863       0  4.76  4.94  104 1.464
 1951 26 SLB AL   4   9  26  16   4   0   6  0  107.7  157   84   78  19   52   28   2   2   519       0  6.52  4.37   67 1.941
 1952 27 CHW AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    4    1    1   1    0    2   0   0     9       0  4.50  3.64   81 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .302  13  30 114  42  12   1  36  5  388.3  461  244  225  41  176  143   5   9  1770       1  5.21  4.69   90 1.640
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5  13  49  18   5   0  15  2  169.0  200  106   98  17   76   62   2   3   771   0   0  5.21  4.69   90 1.640
 Career High      7  15  49  26   8   1  21  4  194.7  211  115  103  19   74   78   3   6   863   0   1  4.46  4.94  104 1.464

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 23 SLB AL  49   10    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .300  .364  .400  101    4   0           0   0
 1950 25 SLB AL  36   67    1   10   2  0   0    4   0  0   3  22  .149  .186  .179   -8   12   2           0   3
 1951 26 SLB AL  26   30    2    5   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  11  .167  .242  .200   19    6   6           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      114  107    4   18   4  0   0    7   0  0   7  37  .168  .219  .206   10   22   8   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        152    6   26   6  0   0   10   0  0  10  53  .168  .219  .206   10   31  11   0   0   0   4
 Career High     49   67    2   10   2  0   0    4   0  0   3  22                          12   6   0   0   0   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 23 SLB AL   11    7    1   3.8   107| .300  .275| .364  .361| .400  .398| .764  .759| 101  .413   0.0   0.0   0%
 1950 25 SLB AL   72   62    2   0.9   117| .149  .283| .186  .371| .179  .424| .365  .796|  -8  .039 -11.4  -1.1   0%
 1951 26 SLB AL   39   31    1   0.9   105| .167  .271| .242  .353| .200  .397| .442  .750|  19  .047  -3.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       122  100    4   1.1   113| .168  .279| .219  .365| .206  .414| .425  .779|  10  .061 -14.9  -1.5   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 ------+
1947 22 BOS AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.95 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1948 23 SLB AL P 49 4 22 0 0 1.000 .963 0.53 0.91 2.83 2.02 0 82.7 1950 25 SLB AL P 36 17 32 0 3 1.000 .950 1.36 0.96 2.27 2.03 26 194.7 1951 26 SLB AL P 26 10 22 1 3 .970 .952 1.23 0.99 2.67 2.07 16 107.7 1952 27 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 22 BOS AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.95 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1948 23 SLB AL P 49 4 22 0 0 1.000 .963 0.53 0.91 2.83 2.02 0 82.7 1950 25 SLB AL P 36 17 32 0 3 1.000 .950 1.36 0.96 2.27 2.03 26 194.7 1951 26 SLB AL P 26 10 22 1 3 .970 .952 1.23 0.99 2.67 2.07 16 107.7 1952 27 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 114 31 76 1 6 .991 .954 0.94 0.95 2.48 2.04 42 388.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 114 31 76 1 6 .991 .954 0.94 0.95 2.48 2.04 42 388
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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1950 AL-3.42-9

Games
1948 AL-49-2

Saves
1950 AL-4-8

Home Runs Allow.
1951 AL-19-7

Losses
1950 AL-15-7

Wild Pitches
1948 AL-6-6

Games Finished
1948 AL-21-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1727) (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 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Pete Laydon, Joe Ostrowski, Roy Partee, Eddie Pellagrini, Jim Wilson, and $310,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Vern Stephens and Jack Kramer.

November 27, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Sherm Lollar and Tom Upton to the Chicago White Sox for Dick Littlefield, Joe DeMaestri, Gus Niarhos, Gordon Goldsberry, and Jim Rivera.


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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