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Career Summary
| Years | IP | W | L | SV | SO | ERA |
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| 8 | 790 | 57 | 49 | 76 | 519 | 3.53 |
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| YEAR | TEAM | AGE | G | GS | IP | IP-SP | IP-RP | W | L | SV | BS | QS | BQS | PA | H | R | ER | HR | TB | BB | UBB | HBP | SO | ERA | FIP | FRA | VORP | WARP |
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| 1944 | NYA | 26 | 19 | 16 | 102.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453 | 100 | 65 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 3 | 63 | 4.56 | 3.31 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1945 | NYA | 27 | 20 | 9 | 102.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 438 | 95 | 43 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 50 | 2.82 | 2.94 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1946 | NYA | 28 | 31 | 17 | 136.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 588 | 126 | 66 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 4 | 77 | 3.57 | 3.66 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1947 | NYA | 29 | 56 | 2 | 141.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 584 | 105 | 41 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 1 | 116 | 2.48 | 2.79 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1948 | NYA | 30 | 55 | 1 | 107.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 116 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 66 | 1 | 77 | 4.26 | 3.91 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1949 | NYA | 31 | 60 | 0 | 135.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 571 | 103 | 44 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 5 | 99 | 2.59 | 3.57 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1950 | NYA | 32 | 37 | 0 | 55.3 | 0.0 | 51.3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 66 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 80 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 33 | 5.04 | 5.08 | 5.01 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| 1954 | PIT | 36 | 7 | 0 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11.17 | 9.45 | 10.80 | -3.5 | -0.4 |
| Career | 285 | 45 | 790.0 | 0.0 | 57.0 | 57 | 49 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3405 | 727 | 369 | 310 | 42 | 103 | 421 | 419 | 15 | 519 | 3.53 | 3.56 | 5.69 | 1.8 | 0.0 | ||
Advanced
'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.| YEAR | Team | Lg | G | GS | IP | FRA | FRA+ | TAv | oppAVG | oppOBP | oppSLG | oppTAv | BABIP | PPF | PVORP | PWARP | VORP | WARP |
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| 1944 | NYA | MLB | 19 | 16 | 102.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .292 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1945 | NYA | MLB | 20 | 9 | 102.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .276 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1946 | NYA | MLB | 31 | 17 | 136.0 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .278 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1947 | NYA | MLB | 56 | 2 | 141.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .256 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1948 | NYA | MLB | 55 | 1 | 107.7 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .312 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1949 | NYA | MLB | 60 | 0 | 135.3 | 0.00 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .247 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1950 | NYA | MLB | 37 | 0 | 55.3 | 5.01 | 102 | .276 | .286 | .369 | .428 | .284 | .282 | 98 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| 1954 | PIT | MLB | 7 | 0 | 9.7 | 10.80 | -40 | .461 | .277 | .348 | .439 | .279 | .348 | 97 | -3.5 | -0.4 | -3.5 | -0.4 |
| Career | MLB | 45 | 790.0 | 5.69 | 85 | .024 | .285 | .029 | .429 | .022 | .290 | 8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | ||
Statistics For All Levels
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | SV | G | GS | IP | H | BB | SO | HR | GB% | BABIP | H/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | K/9 | WHIP | ERA | VORP | WARP |
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| 1944 | NYA | MLB | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 102.7 | 100 | 52 | 63 | 3 | 0% | .292 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 1.48 | 4.56 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1945 | NYA | MLB | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 102.0 | 95 | 46 | 50 | 1 | 0% | .276 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 1.38 | 2.82 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1946 | NYA | MLB | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 136.0 | 126 | 72 | 77 | 7 | 0% | .278 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 1.46 | 3.57 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1947 | NYA | MLB | 14 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 2 | 141.3 | 105 | 72 | 116 | 5 | 0% | .256 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 1.25 | 2.48 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1948 | NYA | MLB | 7 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 1 | 107.7 | 116 | 66 | 77 | 6 | 0% | .312 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 1.69 | 4.26 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1949 | NYA | MLB | 13 | 8 | 27 | 60 | 0 | 135.3 | 103 | 75 | 99 | 8 | 0% | .247 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 1.32 | 2.59 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1950 | NYA | MLB | 3 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 55.3 | 66 | 31 | 33 | 8 | 41% | .282 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 1.75 | 5.04 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| 1954 | PIT | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9.7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 44% | .348 | 14.9 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.38 | 11.17 | -3.5 | -0.4 |
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BP Articles
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| Title | Author | Date | |
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| Baseball ProGUESTus: Where the Crazy Closer Comes From | Matthew Callan | 2013-04-09 | |
| BP Unfiltered: The Pitcher with a Hole in His Heart | Ben Lindbergh | 2012-09-08 | |
| Baseball ProGUESTus: Silly Goose: Mariano Rivera and the Myth of the Seven-Out Save | Kevin Baker | 2011-10-31 | |
 | You Could Look It Up: Sweepers, Part 3 | Steven Goldman | 2007-11-12 |
| You Could Look It Up: Managers Reconsidered, Part II | Steven Goldman | 2004-05-05 |
| They Wuz Robbed: Tales of Head-Scratching MVP Voting | Mark Armour | 2003-09-05 |
BP Chats
| Date | Question | Answer |
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| 2008-10-20 13:00:00 | Didn't expect to see Joba's name in the news this morning...Joel Sherman blames A-Rod, Mike Francesa probably knew this would happen when the Yanks made him a starter. Speaking of bullpens, do you ever see the pendulum swinging back and managers using their best reliever when the game is on the line instead of saving him for that ninth inning save that never comes? (rich from nj) | Yes, I do, but I can't tell you exactly when it will happen. As with almost all strategic innovations (or, in this case, rediscoveries) it takes a manager having the guts to try it and succeeding with it. Then the inevitable imitators come along and suddenly you have a trend. A frequently-cited example involves Casey Stengel. When he started platooning with the Yankees, more ignorant types said he had invented the practice. Of course he hadn't. He himself had been platooned going back to the 1910s, and players were platooned years before he was. It's just that the practice had fallen into disrepute because players hated it and the statistical basis for it didn't exist - but once Casey tried it and won, it came back into the game's statistical vocabulary. Similarly, when Joe Page had big years in 1947 and 1949, and Jim Konstanty for the Phillies in 1950, suddenly folks began to cotton to the idea of relief aces. Of course, that wasn't really anything new either. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2008-03-14 13:00:00 | In your first, and very moving, article at BP (yes, I should have asked you this 4 years ago) you wrote:
"There's Joe McCarthy, a manager who never ripped a player in public...until the day he did."
I've always wondered who that player was. This can't be Babe Dahlgren is it?
(JimmyJack from Newcastle, WA) | No... It was Joe Page, future ace reliever. He had great stuff but was highly undisciplined off the field. Jerry Coleman told me he was self-destructive, a guy who couldn't let himself succeed. Later, of course, he had a couple of Cy Young-type years as the Yankees' fireman (closer would be the wrong word), but at that time he was still a starter, and failing. McCarthy was under a lot of pressure - drinking, dealing with wartime ballplayers, dealing with Larry MacPhail, who himself was a highly erratic personality due to alcohol, and something about Page just made him snap. While the team was waiting for a flight to take off (and McCarthy didn't like flying either - that was a MacPhail thing), McCarthy sat down next to Page and tore into him in front of the whole team. McCarthy resigned the next day. (Steven Goldman) |
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