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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA
18	3306.7	211	169	32	1999	3.27

Birth Date	4-2-1927
Height	5' 10"
Weight	160 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	L

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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
1945	DET	18	5	0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	6	2	2	1	0	10	10	1	10	1.80	5.04	0.00	0.0	0.0
1948	DET	21	22	5	55.3	0.0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	258	47	40	39	5	0	51	51	1	36	6.34	5.44	0.00	0.0	0.0
1949	CHA	22	32	26	171.7	0.0	0.0	7	15	0	0	0	0	761	145	89	74	11	0	112	112	0	95	3.88	4.17	0.00	0.0	0.0
1950	CHA	23	33	29	219.3	166.7	6.3	12	16	1	0	11	5	778	189	112	97	11	208	137	130	2	118	3.98	4.19	4.87	17.8	1.9
1951	CHA	24	37	28	240.3	207.3	16.0	15	14	2	1	18	1	937	237	93	81	14	317	73	68	1	113	3.03	3.32	3.34	31.7	3.4
1952	CHA	25	33	32	255.3	255.0	0.3	15	12	1	0	25	6	1040	214	76	73	12	294	79	72	3	144	2.57	2.81	3.42	34.0	3.9
1953	CHA	26	40	33	271.3	258.3	13.0	18	12	3	0	22	5	1113	216	94	82	20	332	102	92	3	186	2.72	3.31	3.72	31.0	3.0
1954	CHA	27	36	26	188.7	176.7	12.0	9	10	3	1	14	3	819	179	86	73	15	265	86	81	3	148	3.48	3.26	4.04	15.9	1.2
1955	CHA	28	33	26	205.7	189.0	16.7	15	10	1	1	19	0	835	162	50	45	16	237	64	59	3	157	1.97	2.89	3.69	36.6	3.7
1956	CHA	29	35	33	276.3	273.7	2.7	20	9	1	0	23	3	1163	261	108	102	24	388	100	93	3	192	3.32	3.36	3.45	52.0	5.5
1957	CHA	30	37	34	257.0	253.7	3.3	20	12	2	1	18	6	1062	228	98	93	18	338	71	62	1	171	3.26	2.82	3.16	45.2	5.2
1958	CHA	31	35	32	245.0	242.3	2.7	17	11	2	0	23	3	983	204	83	73	33	335	66	64	1	144	2.68	3.84	4.74	7.5	0.5
1959	CHA	32	34	33	224.0	223.0	1.0	14	15	0	0	18	2	934	217	98	90	26	345	62	58	3	114	3.62	3.83	4.83	12.5	1.4
1960	CHA	33	32	30	196.3	194.3	2.0	14	7	0	0	18	2	814	201	81	79	24	303	46	45	0	108	3.62	3.60	4.05	21.9	2.2
1961	CHA	34	39	28	180.0	158.0	22.0	10	9	3	1	15	2	764	190	85	76	17	287	54	51	1	106	3.80	3.47	4.00	26.5	2.6
1962	SFN	35	30	23	162.3	157.3	5.0	16	6	1	1	13	2	658	147	67	63	19	232	35	33	3	76	3.49	4.01	4.66	13.8	1.4
1963	SFN	36	38	13	99.0	73.3	25.7	3	11	8	4	4	0	419	106	49	47	12	156	20	19	1	52	4.27	3.66	3.86	7.4	1.0
1964	SFN	37	34	1	49.0	7.7	41.3	3	0	4	4	1	0	195	40	14	12	6	66	10	9	0	29	2.20	3.77	4.28	1.4	0.1
Career			585	432	3306.7	2836.3	170.0	211	169	32	14	242	40	13578	2989	1325	1201	284	4103	1178	1109	30	1999	3.27	3.50	3.94	355.2	37.1

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'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
1945	DET	MLB	5	0	10.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.217		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	DET	MLB	22	5	55.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.255		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	CHA	MLB	32	26	171.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.247		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	CHA	MLB	33	29	219.3	4.87	101	.258	.287	.374	.447	.290	.249	95	9.9	1.0	17.8	1.9
1951	CHA	MLB	37	28	240.3	3.34	121	.264	.269	.346	.398	.279	.274	91	29.7	3.0	31.7	3.4
1952	CHA	MLB	33	32	255.3	3.42	112	.237	.266	.343	.400	.288	.252	94	26.9	2.9	34.0	3.9
1953	CHA	MLB	40	33	271.3	3.72	115	.235	.274	.343	.408	.276	.244	98	35.5	3.6	31.0	3.0
1954	CHA	MLB	36	26	188.7	4.04	101	.256	.271	.344	.404	.270	.289	97	15.2	1.6	15.9	1.2
1955	CHA	MLB	33	26	205.7	3.69	117	.219	.271	.350	.412	.276	.244	99	36.4	3.8	36.6	3.7
1956	CHA	MLB	35	33	276.3	3.45	125	.243	.271	.351	.422	.277	.281	98	57.3	5.9	52.0	5.5
1957	CHA	MLB	37	34	257.0	3.16	122	.236	.268	.338	.416	.275	.262	96	47.2	5.0	45.2	5.2
1958	CHA	MLB	35	32	245.0	4.74	83	.237	.268	.336	.417	.272	.231	96	3.6	0.4	7.5	0.5
1959	CHA	MLB	34	33	224.0	4.83	90	.252	.267	.335	.419	.275	.262	100	8.1	0.9	12.5	1.4
1960	CHA	MLB	32	30	196.3	4.05	106	.252	.267	.336	.410	.273	.278	98	21.7	2.3	21.9	2.2
1961	CHA	MLB	39	28	180.0	4.00	111	.264	.266	.339	.410	.271	.295	99	29.0	3.0	26.5	2.6
1962	SFN	MLB	30	23	162.3	4.66	97	.232	.277	.339	.422	.272	.244	100	11.8	1.2	13.8	1.4
1963	SFN	MLB	38	13	99.0	3.86	96	.267	.263	.320	.390	.269	.281	97	8.0	0.9	7.4	1.0
1964	SFN	MLB	34	1	49.0	4.28	89	.243	.267	.322	.393	.273	.227	95	0.7	0.1	1.4	0.1
Career		MLB		432	3306.7	3.94	107	.226	.270	.316	.412	.255	.262	90	341.0	35.5	355.2	37.1

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
1945	DET	MLB	0	0	0	5	0	10.0	6	10	10	1	0%	.217	5.4	9.0	0.9	9.0	1.60	1.80	0.0	0.0
1948	DET	MLB	3	0	0	22	5	55.3	47	51	36	5	0%	.255	7.6	8.3	0.8	5.9	1.77	6.34	0.0	0.0
1949	CHA	MLB	7	15	0	32	26	171.7	145	112	95	11	0%	.247	7.6	5.9	0.6	5.0	1.50	3.88	0.0	0.0
1950	CHA	MLB	12	16	1	33	29	219.3	189	137	118	11	49%	.249	7.8	5.6	0.5	4.8	1.49	3.98	17.8	1.9
1951	CHA	MLB	15	14	2	37	28	240.3	237	73	113	14	46%	.274	8.9	2.7	0.5	4.2	1.29	3.03	31.7	3.4
1952	CHA	MLB	15	12	1	33	32	255.3	214	79	144	12	45%	.252	7.5	2.8	0.4	5.1	1.15	2.57	34.0	3.9
1953	CHA	MLB	18	12	3	40	33	271.3	216	102	186	20	42%	.244	7.2	3.4	0.7	6.2	1.17	2.72	31.0	3.0
1954	CHA	MLB	9	10	3	36	26	188.7	179	86	148	15	43%	.289	8.5	4.1	0.7	7.1	1.40	3.48	15.9	1.2
1955	CHA	MLB	15	10	1	33	26	205.7	162	64	157	16	40%	.244	7.1	2.8	0.7	6.9	1.10	1.97	36.6	3.7
1956	CHA	MLB	20	9	1	35	33	276.3	261	100	192	24	40%	.281	8.5	3.3	0.8	6.3	1.31	3.32	52.0	5.5
1957	CHA	MLB	20	12	2	37	34	257.0	228	71	171	18	43%	.262	8.0	2.5	0.6	6.0	1.16	3.26	45.2	5.2
1958	CHA	MLB	17	11	2	35	32	245.0	204	66	144	33	45%	.231	7.5	2.4	1.2	5.3	1.10	2.68	7.5	0.5
1959	CHA	MLB	14	15	0	34	33	224.0	217	62	114	26	50%	.262	8.7	2.5	1.0	4.6	1.25	3.62	12.5	1.4
1960	CHA	MLB	14	7	0	32	30	196.3	201	46	108	24	48%	.278	9.2	2.1	1.1	5.0	1.26	3.62	21.9	2.2
1961	CHA	MLB	10	9	3	39	28	180.0	190	54	106	17	48%	.295	9.5	2.7	0.8	5.3	1.36	3.80	26.5	2.6
1962	SFN	MLB	16	6	1	30	23	162.3	147	35	76	19	47%	.244	8.1	1.9	1.1	4.2	1.12	3.49	13.8	1.4
1963	SFN	MLB	3	11	8	38	13	99.0	106	20	52	12	45%	.281	9.6	1.8	1.1	4.7	1.27	4.27	7.4	1.0
1964	SFN	MLB	3	0	4	34	1	49.0	40	10	29	6	55%	.227	7.3	1.8	1.1	5.3	1.02	2.20	1.4	0.1

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
Wezen-Ball: Breaking Down the White Sox Magazine Crossword	Larry Granillo	2013-01-02
Transaction Analysis: Dodgers Go Big for Greinke	Sam Miller	2012-12-10
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Inside The Park: About Big Threes in Baseball	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
Inside The Park: Remembering Minnie	Bradford Doolittle	2012-01-12
Prospectus Q&A: Richard A. Johnson	David Laurila	2010-10-15
Game Story: White Sox Home Opener	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-05
You Could Look It Up: A Whiter Shade of Pale Hose	Steven Goldman	2009-08-04
Checking the Numbers: Houdini, Meet Jorge	Eric Seidman	2009-06-03

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