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Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 19, 1942
Final Game October 1, 1965
Born April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, NY
Died November 24, 2003 in Broken Arrow, OK

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.

Signed by the Boston Bees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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 21 BSN NL   0   0   4   2   1   0   0  0   15.7   25   15   10   0   11    7   0   0    79       0  5.74  3.31   58 2.298
 1946 25 BSN NL   8   5  24  16   8   0   7  1  125.7  107   46   41   6   36   67   1   4   514       0  2.94  3.45  117 1.138
 1947 26 BSN NL  21  10  40  35  22   7   4  3  289.7  245   87   75  15   84  123   1   5  1174       0  2.33  3.90  168 1.136 MVP-15,AS
 1948 27 BSN NL  15  12  36  35  16   3   1  1  257.0  237  115  106  19   77  114   1   4  1064       0  3.71  3.84  103 1.222 MVP-14
 1949 28 BSN NL  21  14  38  38  25   4   0  0  302.3  283  125  103  27   86  151   3   4  1258       0  3.07  3.80  124 1.221 MVP-7,AS
 1950 29 BSN NL  21  17  41  39  25   1   2  1  293.0  248  123  103  22  111  191   1   8  1217       0  3.16  3.85  122 1.225 MVP-18,AS
 1951 30 BSN NL  22  14  39  36  26   7   3  0  310.7  278  111  103  20  109  164   1   7  1289       1  2.98  3.68  123 1.246 MVP-11,AS
 1952 31 BSN NL  14  19  40  35  19   5   5  3  290.0  263  109   96  19   73  183   6   5  1190       0  2.98  3.62  121 1.159 MVP-23,AS
 1953 32 MLN NL  23   7  35  32  24   5   3  3  265.7  211   75   62  14   70  148   1   3  1055       2  2.10  3.94  188 1.058 MVP-5,AS
 1954 33 MLN NL  21  12  39  34  23   1   3  3  283.3  262  107   99  24   86  136   1   3  1175       1  3.14  3.75  119 1.228 MVP-11,AS
 1955 34 MLN NL  17  14  39  32  16   1   7  1  245.7  249   99   89  25   65  110   2   4  1025   4   0  3.26  3.76  115 1.278
 1956 35 MLN NL  20  11  39  35  20   3   3  3  281.3  249   92   87  25   52  128   3   7  1113  12   0  2.78  3.47  125 1.070 MVP-4,CYA-3,AS
 1957 36 MLN NL  21  11  39  35  18   4   4  3  271.0  241   94   81  23   78  111   2   2  1111   4   0  2.69  3.49  130 1.177 MVP-5,CYA-1,AS
 1958 37 MLN NL  22  11  38  36  23   2   1  1  290.0  257  106   99  29   76  150   2   2  1176   7   1  3.07  3.52  114 1.148 MVP-5,CYA-2,AS
 1959 38 MLN NL  21  15  40  36  21   4   3  0  292.0  282  106   96  21   70  143   1   2  1203   9   0  2.96  3.55  120 1.205 MVP-19,AS
 1960 39 MLN NL  21  10  40  33  18   4   5  2  267.7  254  114  104  24   74  154   4   1  1110   9   0  3.50  3.42   98 1.225 MVP-14,CYA-2
 1961 40 MLN NL  21  13  38  34  21   4   3  0  262.7  236   96   88  24   64  115   4   4  1064   1   0  3.02  3.71  123 1.142 MVP-10,CYA-2,AS
 1962 41 MLN NL  18  14  34  34  22   0   0  0  269.3  248   97   91  25   55  118   3   4  1088   4   0  3.04  3.78  124 1.125 AS
 1963 42 MLN NL  23   7  33  33  22   7   0  0  259.7  241   85   75  23   49  102   0   4  1037   4   0  2.60  3.22  124 1.117 MVP-12,AS
 1964 43 MLN NL   6  13  38  25   4   1  11  4  173.7  204  110  102  23   52   78   2   6   759   4   0  5.29  3.54   67 1.474
 1965 44 TOT NL   7  16  36  30   8   0   3  0  197.7  210  104   88  26   56   90   3   2   846   2   0  4.01  3.54   88 1.346
         NYM NL   4  12  20  19   5   0   1  0  126.0  140   70   61  18   35   56   2   1   543   1   0  4.36  3.50   80 1.389
         SFG NL   3   4  16  11   3   0   2  0   71.7   70   34   27   8   21   34   1   1   303   1   0  3.39  3.61  106 1.270
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 21 Yr WL% .597 363 245 750 665 382  63  68 29 5243.7 4830 2016 1798 434 1434 2583  42  81 21547  60   5  3.09  3.65  118 1.195
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  11  36  31  18   3   3  1  251.7  232   96   86  20   68  124   2   3  1035   2   0  3.09  3.65  118 1.195
 Career High     23  19  41  39  26   7  11  4  310.7  283  125  106  29  111  191   6   8  1289  12   2  2.10  3.94  188 1.058
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 21 BSN NL   4    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .167  .167  .167   -1    1   0           0   0
 1946 25 BSN NL  24   43    3    7   1  0   0    4   0      1  14  .163  .200  .186    9    8   2           1   1
 1947 26 BSN NL  41   98    6   16   2  1   0    6   0      6  29  .163  .212  .204   12   20   8           0   0 MVP-15,AS
 1948 27 BSN NL  37   90   10   15   3  0   1    7   0      6  24  .167  .219  .233   23   21   7           0   2 MVP-14
 1949 28 BSN NL  40  111   11   18   0  0   2   10   1      4  27  .162  .191  .216   11   24   5           0   1 MVP-7,AS
 1950 29 BSN NL  41  106    7   23   0  0   1   13   1      6  33  .217  .265  .245   39   26   5           1   1 MVP-18,AS
 1951 30 BSN NL  42  116    8   22   6  1   1   18   0  0   6  27  .190  .230  .284   42   33   4           0   0 MVP-11,AS
 1952 31 BSN NL  52  112   10   18   2  1   2    9   1  0   4  23  .161  .190  .250   23   28   2           0   0 MVP-23,AS
 1953 32 MLN NL  38  105    6   23   5  0   2   12   0  0   1  22  .219  .226  .324   45   34   5           0   1 MVP-5,AS
 1954 33 MLN NL  41  101    4   21   6  0   1   10   0  0   7  17  .208  .266  .297   51   30   3   0       1   2 MVP-11,AS
 1955 34 MLN NL  40   81    7   17   1  1   4   14   0  0   4  20  .210  .247  .395   71   32   3   0   0   0   1
 1956 35 MLN NL  39  105    8   22   3  0   3   10   1  0   4  32  .210  .239  .324   54   34   2   0   0   0   3 MVP-4,AS
 1957 36 MLN NL  39   94    3   13   2  1   2    8   0  0   4  25  .138  .170  .245   13   23   3   2   0   0   3 MVP-5,AS
 1958 37 MLN NL  41  108   10   36   6  1   2   15   0  0   7  24  .333  .381  .463  131   50   4   1   0   2   0 MVP-5,AS
 1959 38 MLN NL  40  104   11   24   1  0   2    8   0  0   3  28  .231  .243  .298   49   31   1   4   0   0   2 MVP-19,AS
 1960 39 MLN NL  40   95   10   14   2  0   3    7   0  0   5  26  .147  .186  .263   26   25   2   2   0   0   3 MVP-14
 1961 40 MLN NL  39   94   13   21   7  0   4   15   0  0   7  33  .223  .279  .426   89   40   2   2   0   1   1 MVP-10,AS
 1962 41 MLN NL  36   98    3   18   3  0   2    9   0  0   5  30  .184  .223  .276   35   27   3   0   0   0   1 AS
 1963 42 MLN NL  33   90    7   16   4  0   2    6   0  0   5  24  .178  .219  .289   46   26   4   1   0   0   0 MVP-12,AS
 1964 43 MLN NL  39   59    2   11   2  0   1    5   0  1   0  10  .186  .183  .271   26   16   1   1   0   0   1
 1965 44 TOT NL  37   56    1    7   1  0   0    3   0  1   9  17  .125  .254  .143   16    8   2   1   0   1   0
         NYM NL  21   35    0    4   1  0   0    2   0  1   7  12  .114  .279  .143   25    5   2   0   0   1   0
         SFG NL  16   21    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   5  .143  .208  .143   -0    3   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 21 Seasons     783 1872  141  363  57  6  35  189   4  2  94 487  .194  .234  .287   43  537  68  14   0   7  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        387   29   75  12  1   7   39   1  0  19 101  .194  .234  .287   43  111  14   3   0   1   5
 Career High     52  116   13   36   7  1   4   18   1  1   9  33                          50   8   4   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 21 BSN NL    6    5    0   0.0    85| .167  .254| .167  .325| .167  .352| .334  .678|  -1  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1946 25 BSN NL   47   39    1   0.7    93| .163  .263| .200  .339| .186  .369| .386  .708|   9  .038  -5.3  -0.6     
 1947 26 BSN NL  112   90    4   1.2   104| .163  .272| .212  .346| .204  .403| .416  .749|  12  .076 -12.7  -1.3     
 1948 27 BSN NL  103   84    5   1.6   101| .167  .268| .219  .342| .233  .396| .452  .738|  23  .131  -9.9  -1.0     
 1949 28 BSN NL  120   99    5   1.4    99| .162  .264| .191  .337| .216  .395| .407  .733|  11  .097 -14.2  -1.4     
 1950 29 BSN NL  118   89    7   2.1   103| .217  .262| .265  .338| .245  .407| .510  .745|  39  .185  -9.4  -0.9     
 1951 30 BSN NL  126   98    8   2.2    97| .190  .259| .230  .332| .284  .392| .514  .724|  42  .211  -9.5  -1.0   0%
 1952 31 BSN NL  118   96    5   1.4    95| .161  .258| .190  .330| .250  .384| .440  .714|  23  .119 -12.2  -1.3 100%
 1953 32 MLN NL  111   88    8   2.4   105| .219  .267| .226  .337| .324  .416| .550  .753|  45  .218  -8.4  -0.8   0%
 1954 33 MLN NL  112   85    8   2.5   104| .208  .267| .266  .337| .297  .412| .563  .749|  51  .237  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1955 34 MLN NL   88   68    8   3.2   101| .210  .260| .247  .330| .395  .411| .642  .741|  71  .326  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1956 35 MLN NL  111   88    8   2.4    98| .210  .257| .239  .323| .324  .406| .563  .728|  54  .247  -7.0  -0.7 100%
 1957 36 MLN NL  103   89    4   1.2    97| .138  .260| .170  .322| .245  .403| .415  .725|  13  .080 -11.4  -1.1   0%
 1958 37 MLN NL  122   77   20   7.0    99| .333  .260| .381  .326| .463  .406| .844  .732| 131  .676   5.1   0.5   0%
 1959 38 MLN NL  112   87    8   2.5    98| .231  .260| .243  .325| .298  .403| .541  .728|  49  .240  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1960 39 MLN NL  104   88    4   1.2    93| .147  .255| .186  .320| .263  .391| .449  .710|  26  .088  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1961 40 MLN NL  106   78   12   4.1   100| .223  .263| .279  .328| .426  .409| .705  .738|  89  .443  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1962 41 MLN NL  106   84    6   1.9   100| .184  .266| .223  .333| .276  .404| .499  .737|  35  .169  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1963 42 MLN NL  100   79    6   2.0    88| .178  .253| .219  .315| .289  .378| .508  .693|  46  .233  -6.3  -0.7   0%
 1964 43 MLN NL   61   52    3   1.6    94| .186  .265| .183  .322| .271  .393| .454  .715|  26  .145  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1965 44 TOT NL   69   53    3   1.5    93| .125  .257| .254  .320| .143  .388| .397  .708|  16  .139  -5.9  -0.6   0%
         NYM NL   45   34    2   1.6    90| .114  .253| .279  .316| .143  .383| .422  .699|  25  .148  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         SFG NL   24   19    1   1.4    97| .143  .263| .208  .327| .143  .397| .351  .724|  -0  .124  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 21 Seasons     2055 1616  133   2.2    98| .194  .262| .234  .330| .287  .399| .521  .730|  43  .212 -152.1 -15.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1942 21 BSN NL   P    4      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.75  1.18  1.72  2.35    2   15.7
 1946 25 BSN NL   P   24      2   16    2    0  .900  .957  0.75  1.01  1.29  2.24   16  125.7
 1947 26 BSN NL   P   40      5   48    1    1  .981  .965  1.32  0.91  1.65  2.12   35  289.7 AS
 1948 27 BSN NL   P   36      4   52    1    3  .982  .962  1.56  0.91  1.96  2.11   35  257.0
 1949 28 BSN NL   P   38     14   41    4    2  .932  .953  1.45  0.91  1.64  2.04   38  302.3 AS
 1950 29 BSN NL   P   41      9   55    8    3  .889  .961  1.56  0.97  1.97  2.12   39  293.0 AS
 1951 30 BSN NL   P   39      7   50    3    1  .950  .961  1.46  0.96  1.65  2.14   36  310.7 AS
 1952 31 BSN NL   P   40     18   56    5    4  .937  .954  1.85  0.98  2.30  2.18   35  290.0 AS
 1953 32 MLN NL   P   35     12   53    4    7  .942  .956  1.86  0.87  2.20  2.06   32  265.7 AS
 1954 33 MLN NL   P   39     12   57    4    4  .945  .960  1.77  0.87  2.19  2.07   34  283.3 AS
 1955 34 MLN NL   P   39     13   44    3    4  .950  .950  1.46  0.83  2.09  2.04   32  245.7
 1956 35 MLN NL   P   39     16   41    1    7  .983  .966  1.46  0.83  1.82  2.05   35  281.3 AS
 1957 36 MLN NL   P   39     18   47    0    4 1.000  .962  1.67  0.82  2.16  2.06   35  271.0 AS
 1958 37 MLN NL   P   38     11   67    2    7  .975  .955  2.05  0.77  2.42  1.97   36  290.0 AS
 1959 38 MLN NL   P   40     14   45    3    4  .952  .955  1.48  0.82  1.82  1.99   36  292.0 AS
 1960 39 MLN NL   P   40     14   59    3    7  .961  .962  1.82  0.87  2.45  2.09   33  267.7
 1961 40 MLN NL   P   38     16   63    2    7  .975  .959  2.08  0.88  2.71  2.18   34  262.7 AS
 1962 41 MLN NL   P   34     13   55    1    5  .986  .948  2.00  0.82  2.27  2.07   34  269.3 AS
 1963 42 MLN NL   P   33     11   71    3    8  .965  .951  2.48  0.84  2.84  2.06   33  259.7 AS
 1964 43 MLN NL   P   38      4   36    6    2  .870  .952  1.05  0.84  2.07  2.14   25  173.7
 1965 44 TOT NL   P   36      8   41    2    2  .961  .957  1.36  0.81  2.23  2.08   30  197.7
         NYM NL   P   20      4   25    1    1  .967  .957  1.45  0.81  2.07  2.08   19  126.0
         SFG NL   P   16      4   16    1    1  .952  .957  1.25  0.81  2.51  2.08   11   71.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1942 21 BSN NL   P    4      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.75  1.18  1.72  2.35    2   15.7
 1946 25 BSN NL   P   24      2   16    2    0  .900  .957  0.75  1.01  1.29  2.24   16  125.7
 1947 26 BSN NL   P   40      5   48    1    1  .981  .965  1.32  0.91  1.65  2.12   35  289.7
 1948 27 BSN NL   P   36      4   52    1    3  .982  .962  1.56  0.91  1.96  2.11   35  257.0
 1949 28 BSN NL   P   38     14   41    4    2  .932  .953  1.45  0.91  1.64  2.04   38  302.3
 1950 29 BSN NL   P   41      9   55    8    3  .889  .961  1.56  0.97  1.97  2.12   39  293.0
 1951 30 BSN NL   P   39      7   50    3    1  .950  .961  1.46  0.96  1.65  2.14   36  310.7
 1952 31 BSN NL   P   40     18   56    5    4  .937  .954  1.85  0.98  2.30  2.18   35  290.0
 1953 32 MLN NL   P   35     12   53    4    7  .942  .956  1.86  0.87  2.20  2.06   32  265.7
 1954 33 MLN NL   P   39     12   57    4    4  .945  .960  1.77  0.87  2.19  2.07   34  283.3
 1955 34 MLN NL   P   39     13   44    3    4  .950  .950  1.46  0.83  2.09  2.04   32  245.7
 1956 35 MLN NL   P   39     16   41    1    7  .983  .966  1.46  0.83  1.82  2.05   35  281.3
 1957 36 MLN NL   P   39     18   47    0    4 1.000  .962  1.67  0.82  2.16  2.06   35  271.0
 1958 37 MLN NL   P   38     11   67    2    7  .975  .955  2.05  0.77  2.42  1.97   36  290.0
 1959 38 MLN NL   P   40     14   45    3    4  .952  .955  1.48  0.82  1.82  1.99   36  292.0
 1960 39 MLN NL   P   40     14   59    3    7  .961  .962  1.82  0.87  2.45  2.09   33  267.7
 1961 40 MLN NL   P   38     16   63    2    7  .975  .959  2.08  0.88  2.71  2.18   34  262.7
 1962 41 MLN NL   P   34     13   55    1    5  .986  .948  2.00  0.82  2.27  2.07   34  269.3
 1963 42 MLN NL   P   33     11   71    3    8  .965  .951  2.48  0.84  2.84  2.06   33  259.7
 1964 43 MLN NL   P   38      4   36    6    2  .870  .952  1.05  0.84  2.07  2.14   25  173.7
 1965 44 TOT NL   P   36      8   41    2    2  .961  .957  1.36  0.81  2.23  2.08   30  197.7
         NYM NL   P   20      4   25    1    1  .967  .957  1.45  0.81  2.07  2.08   19  126.0
         SFG NL   P   16      4   16    1    1  .952  .957  1.25  0.81  2.51  2.08   11   71.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 750    222  999   58   82  .955  .957  1.63  0.88  2.10  2.09  665 5243.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       750    222  999   58   82  .955  .957  1.63  0.88  2.10  2.09  665   5244
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   3   1   3.00  1  1  0  0  12    10   4   3  12 
 1957   WS    MLN NYY     W   2   2   4.70  1  1  0  1  15.1  18   8   2   2 
 1958   WS    MLN NYY     L   3   3   2.20  2  1  0  2  28.2  19   7   8  18 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   8   6   3.05  4  3  0  3  56    47  19  13  32 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1957   WS    MLN NYY     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1958   WS    MLN NYY     L   3  12   0   4  0  0  0   3   0   6  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   8  20   0   4  0  0  0   4   1   9  .200  .238  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1947   BSN NL      0  0  0   2     0   0   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1949   BSN NL   *  0  0  0   1.1   4   4   0   2   3  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
 1950   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1951   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1952   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   MLN NL      1  0  0   2     0   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1954   MLN NL      0  0  0   0.2   4   1   1   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1956   MLN NL      0  0  0   2     4   3   3   0   1  2   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1957   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1958   MLN NL   *  0  0  0   3     5   2   1   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1959-1 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 MLN NL   *  0  0  0   3     0   0   0   0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1961-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-1 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1963   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 7/17     3  1  0  0  14    17  10   5   5  10  2   0  0   1  0  0  0  0   3.21 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   BSN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1949   BSN NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1950   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1951   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1952   BSN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   MLN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1954   MLN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1956   MLN NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1957   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1958   MLN NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1959-1 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 MLN NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1961-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-1 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1963   MLN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 7/17     3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1947 *
1949 (P)
1950
1951
1952
1953 *
1954 *
1956 *
1957
1958 (P)
1959-1
1959-2
1961-1 (P)
1961-2
1962-1
1962-2
1963

Awards
1953-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1957-ML-CYA
1957-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1958-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1961-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1961-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-NL-15-0.08
1948-NL-14-0.09
1949-NL-7-0.18
1950-NL-18-0.04
1951-NL-11-0.13
1952-NL-23-0.02
1953-NL-5-0.36
1954-NL-11-0.11
1956-NL-4-0.38
1957-NL-5-0.39
1958-NL-5-0.32
1959-NL-19-0.01
1960-NL-14-0.08
1961-NL-10-0.14
1963-NL-12-0.11
Car-60-2.44 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-ML-3-0.06
1957-ML-1-0.94
1958-ML-2-0.25
1960-ML-2-0.25
1961-ML-2-0.33
1 Cy Young
Car-17-1.83 shares

ERA
1947 NL-2.33-1
1949 NL-3.07-6
1950 NL-3.16-6
1951 NL-2.98-3
1953 NL-2.10-1
1954 NL-3.14-7
1955 NL-3.26-4
1956 NL-2.78-2
1957 NL-2.69-2
1958 NL-3.07-4
1959 NL-2.96-4
1961 NL-3.02-1
1962 NL-3.04-8
1963 NL-2.60-7

Wins
1947 NL-21-2
1948 NL-15-7
1949 NL-21-1
1950 NL-21-1
1951 NL-22-3
1952 NL-14-9
1953 NL-23-1
1954 NL-21-2
1955 NL-17-3
1956 NL-20-2
1957 NL-21-1
1958 NL-22-1
1959 NL-21-1
1960 NL-21-1
1961 NL-21-1
1962 NL-18-7
1963 NL-23-3
Car-363-6

Won-Loss %
1946 NL-.615-7
1947 NL-.677-6
1951 NL-.611-9
1953 NL-.767-3
1956 NL-.645-7
1957 NL-.656-5
1958 NL-.667-1
1959 NL-.583-10
1960 NL-.677-4
1961 NL-.618-9
1963 NL-.767-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1947 NL-1.136-1
1948 NL-1.222-6
1949 NL-1.221-5
1950 NL-1.225-5
1951 NL-1.246-8
1952 NL-1.159-6
1953 NL-1.058-1
1954 NL-1.228-5
1956 NL-1.070-2
1957 NL-1.177-5
1958 NL-1.148-1
1959 NL-1.205-9
1960 NL-1.225-9
1961 NL-1.142-1
1962 NL-1.125-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1947 NL-7.61-3
1948 NL-8.30-8
1949 NL-8.42-6
1950 NL-7.62-4
1951 NL-8.05-7
1952 NL-8.16-9
1953 NL-7.15-1
1956 NL-7.97-10
1957 NL-8.00-6
1958 NL-7.98-4
1961 NL-8.09-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1947 NL-2.61-6
1948 NL-2.70-7
1949 NL-2.56-9
1952 NL-2.27-7
1953 NL-2.37-8
1954 NL-2.73-8
1955 NL-2.38-5
1956 NL-1.66-3
1958 NL-2.36-10
1959 NL-2.16-10
1961 NL-2.19-4
1962 NL-1.84-3
1963 NL-1.70-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1949 NL-4.50-5
1950 NL-5.87-3
1951 NL-4.75-5
1952 NL-5.68-6
1953 NL-5.01-9

Games
1950 NL-41-9
Car-750-56

Innings
1947 NL-289.7-1
1948 NL-257.0-3
1949 NL-302.3-1
1950 NL-293.0-3
1951 NL-310.7-2
1952 NL-290.0-2
1953 NL-265.7-2
1954 NL-283.3-2
1955 NL-245.7-3
1956 NL-281.3-3
1957 NL-271.0-2
1958 NL-290.0-1
1959 NL-292.0-1
1960 NL-267.7-6
1961 NL-262.7-2
1962 NL-269.3-6
1963 NL-259.7-8
Car-5243.7-8

Strikeouts
1947 NL-123-4
1948 NL-114-7
1949 NL-151-1
1950 NL-191-1
1951 NL-164-1
1952 NL-183-1
1953 NL-148-5
1954 NL-136-5
1955 NL-110-9
1956 NL-128-8
1958 NL-150-2
1959 NL-143-9
1960 NL-154-9
Car-2583-25

Games Started
1947 NL-35-2
1948 NL-35-3
1949 NL-38-1
1950 NL-39-1
1951 NL-36-3
1952 NL-35-2
1953 NL-32-5
1954 NL-34-5
1955 NL-32-8
1956 NL-35-6
1957 NL-35-3
1958 NL-36-2
1959 NL-36-4
1960 NL-33-9
1961 NL-34-9
Car-665-14

Comp. Games
1947 NL-22-2
1948 NL-16-4
1949 NL-25-1
1950 NL-25-2
1951 NL-26-1
1952 NL-19-3
1953 NL-24-2
1954 NL-23-2
1955 NL-16-3
1956 NL-20-2
1957 NL-18-1
1958 NL-23-1
1959 NL-21-1
1960 NL-18-1
1961 NL-21-1
1962 NL-22-1
1963 NL-22-1
Car-382-21

Shutouts
1947 NL-7-1
1948 NL-3-6
1949 NL-4-5
1951 NL-7-1
1952 NL-5-3
1953 NL-5-2
1956 NL-3-5
1957 NL-4-2
1958 NL-2-6
1959 NL-4-1
1960 NL-4-3
1961 NL-4-1
1963 NL-7-2
Car-63-6

Home Runs Allow.
1948 NL-19-7
1949 NL-27-2
1952 NL-19-7
1954 NL-24-7
1955 NL-25-9
1956 NL-25-10
1958 NL-29-4
1960 NL-24-9
1962 NL-25-9
1963 NL-23-10
1964 NL-23-5
1965 NL-26-5
Car-434-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1947 NL-84-10
1949 NL-86-10
1950 NL-111-4
1951 NL-109-1
1954 NL-86-7
1957 NL-78-5
1960 NL-74-10
Car-1434-15

Hits Allowed
1947 NL-245-3
1948 NL-237-4
1949 NL-283-3
1950 NL-248-10
1951 NL-278-3
1952 NL-263-3
1953 NL-211-10
1954 NL-262-2
1955 NL-249-3
1956 NL-249-4
1957 NL-241-4
1958 NL-257-5
1959 NL-282-2
1960 NL-254-7
1961 NL-236-5
1962 NL-248-10
1963 NL-241-6
Car-4830-9

SO to Walk
1947 NL-1.46-9
1948 NL-1.48-8
1949 NL-1.76-7
1950 NL-1.72-7
1951 NL-1.50-8
1952 NL-2.51-3
1953 NL-2.11-4
1954 NL-1.58-7
1955 NL-1.69-10
1956 NL-2.46-4
1958 NL-1.97-8

Losses
1949 NL-14-8
1950 NL-17-4
1951 NL-14-8
1952 NL-19-2
1955 NL-14-6
1959 NL-15-5
1961 NL-13-7
1962 NL-14-10
1965 NL-16-5
Car-245-12

Earned Runs Allow.
1948 NL-106-3
1949 NL-103-7
1950 NL-103-10
1951 NL-103-4
1952 NL-96-6
1954 NL-99-5
1958 NL-99-5
1959 NL-96-9
1960 NL-104-5
1964 NL-102-4
Car-1798-11

Wild Pitches
1946 NL-4-9
1947 NL-5-8
1950 NL-8-3
1951 NL-7-5
1952 NL-5-7
1956 NL-7-5

Hit Batsmen
1952 NL-6-4

Batters Faced
1947 NL-1174-1
1948 NL-1064-3
1949 NL-1258-1
1950 NL-1217-3
1951 NL-1289-1
1952 NL-1190-2
1953 NL-1055-2
1954 NL-1175-2
1955 NL-1025-4
1956 NL-1113-3
1957 NL-1111-2
1958 NL-1176-1
1959 NL-1203-1
1960 NL-1110-5
1961 NL-1064-4
1962 NL-1088-9
1963 NL-1037-10
Car-21547-9

Adjusted ERA+
1947 NL-168-1
1950 NL-122-8
1951 NL-123-7
1953 NL-188-1
1954 NL-119-8
1955 NL-115-9
1956 NL-125-5
1957 NL-130-4
1958 NL-114-10
1961 NL-123-4
1962 NL-124-9
1963 NL-124-8

Oldest Player
1960 NL-39-7
1961 NL-40-4
1962 NL-41-3
1963 NL-42-3
1964 NL-43-1
1965 NL-44-1

Youngest Player
1942 NL-21-10

  

Black Ink: Pitching - 101 (4) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 371 (3) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 66.0 (10) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 259.5 (8) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Boston Bees as an amateur free agent.

November 23, 1964: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Braves.

July 22, 1965: Released by the New York Mets.

July 22, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 15, 1965: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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