Bats: L Throws: L Born: October 21, 1928
Career Pitching Statistics Glossary Baseball-Reference.com Year IP W L PCT SV ERA *ERA+ ERC *ERC+ *PR+ *PWP *WAR *WAA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 112.0 9 1 .900 1 2.81 153 2.79 154 19 .700 3.0 2.0 1953 207.0 18 6 .750 0 3.00 122 3.65 101 16 .597 3.6 1.9 1954 210.7 16 8 .667 1 2.82 121 2.88 119 14 .591 3.6 1.8 1955 253.7 18 7 .720 2 2.63 143 2.66 141 32 .665 6.2 3.9 1956 225.7 19 6 .760 1 2.47 156 2.72 142 35 .706 6.2 4.2 1957 129.3 11 5 .688 0 2.57 140 3.23 111 15 .652 3.0 1.9 1958 219.3 14 7 .667 1 2.01 176 2.30 154 37 .743 6.7 4.8 1959 204.0 16 10 .615 1 3.04 119 3.59 101 13 .583 3.4 1.6 1960 192.7 12 9 .571 0 3.08 117 2.95 122 11 .574 3.0 1.4 1961 283.0 25 4 .862 0 3.21 115 2.85 130 15 .568 4.2 1.8 1962 257.7 17 8 .680 0 2.90 129 3.12 119 24 .618 5.1 2.9 1963 269.3 24 7 .774 1 2.74 128 2.73 129 23 .613 5.4 3.0 1964 244.7 17 6 .739 1 2.13 170 2.36 154 41 .724 7.2 5.1 1965 244.3 16 13 .552 1 3.24 105 3.16 107 4 .520 2.7 0.5 1966 73.0 2 5 .286 0 2.47 135 4.25 78 7 .633 1.6 0.9 1967 44.0 2 4 .333 0 1.64 192 2.50 126 7 .760 1.4 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 3170.3 236 106 .690 10 2.75 132 2.93 124 313 .637 66.3 38.8 Note: * indicates figure is era- and park-adjusted. MVP Awards Shares (Rank) 1950: 0.02 (21) 1953: 0.02 (20) 1955: 0.06 (15) 1956: 0.10 (12) 1957: 0.01 (19) 1961: 0.36 ( 5) 1962: 0.02 (26) 1963: 0.45 ( 3) 1964: 0.03 (21) Cy Young Awards Shares (Rank) 1956: 0.06 ( 3) 1961: 0.50 ( 1) Similar Peaks - Wins Above Average Name Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whitey Ford 5.1 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.0 2.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam McDowell 5.2 4.9 4.3 . . . . . . . Carl Mays 5.2 4.6 4.3 . . . . . . . Burleigh Grimes 4.8 4.7 4.4 . . . . . . . Babe Adams 4.9 4.6 4.5 . . . . . . . Jim Bunning 5.4 5.0 4.2 . . . . . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------- Burleigh Grimes 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.2 . . . . . Tom Glavine 5.2 4.5 4.0 3.7 3.5 . . . . . Wes Ferrell 5.3 4.7 3.7 3.6 3.0 . . . . . Eppa Rixey 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.5 3.3 . . . . . Carl Mays 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.4 2.7 . . . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Ferrell 5.3 4.7 3.7 3.6 3.0 2.5 2.4 . . . Tom Glavine 5.2 4.5 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.8 . . . Eppa Rixey 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.7 . . . Eddie Plank 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.4 . . . Billy Pierce 5.5 4.7 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.7 1.8 . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------- Eppa Rixey 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.5 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.0 1.8 1.7 Don Drysdale 5.1 4.2 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.7 Eddie Plank 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.8 Phil Niekro 5.8 5.1 4.5 4.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.2 2.0 2.0 Fergie Jenkins 5.2 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.4 1.9 1.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------