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Carl Erskine
Carl Daniel Erskine (Oisk)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 25, 1948
Final Game June 14, 1959
Born December 13, 1926 in Anderson, IN

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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        Carl Erskine Hurled Two No HItters And Was A Paragon of Class on "The Boys of Summer"

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 21 BRO NL   6   3  17   9   3   0   4  0   64.0   51   28   23   5   35   29   1   0   263       0  3.23  3.99  123 1.344
 1949 22 BRO NL   8   1  22   3   2   0   8  0   79.7   68   44   41   6   51   49   2   1   348       0  4.63  4.12   89 1.494
 1950 23 BRO NL   7   6  22  13   3   0   4  1  103.0  109   56   54  15   35   50   1   0   441       0  4.72  4.10   87 1.398
 1951 24 BRO NL  16  12  46  19   7   0  18  4  189.7  206  105   94  23   78   95   2   0   829       0  4.46  3.92   88 1.497
 1952 25 BRO NL  14   6  33  26  10   4   3  2  206.7  167   72   62  17   71  131   2   6   836       1  2.70  3.62  134 1.152
 1953 26 BRO NL  20   6  39  33  16   4   4  3  246.7  213  106   97  21   95  187   3   4  1030       0  3.54  4.28  121 1.249 MVP-9
 1954 27 BRO NL  18  15  38  37  12   2   1  1  260.3  239  128  120  31   92  166   4   6  1098       0  4.15  4.11   99 1.271 AS
 1955 28 BRO NL  11   8  31  29   7   2   1  1  194.7  185   89   82  29   64   84   0   4   808   3   0  3.79  4.08  108 1.279
 1956 29 BRO NL  13  11  31  28   8   1   2  0  186.3  189   92   88  25   57   95   1   6   790   5   0  4.25  4.03   95 1.320
 1957 30 BRO NL   5   3  15   7   1   0   3  0   66.0   62   27   26   8   20   26   0   4   274   1   0  3.55  4.15  117 1.242
 1958 31 LAD NL   4   4  31   9   2   1  11  0   98.3  115   61   56  14   35   54   0   6   436   3   0  5.13  4.11   80 1.525
 1959 32 LAD NL   0   3  10   3   0   0   2  1   23.3   33   22   20   5   13   15   0   1   117   1   0  7.71  4.22   55 1.971
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .610 122  78 335 216  71  14  61 13 1718.7 1637  830  763 199  646  981  16  38  7270  13   1  4.00  4.04  101 1.328
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15   9  41  26   8   1   7  1  212.0  202  102   94  24   79  121   1   4   897   1   0  4.00  4.04  101 1.328
 Career High     20  15  46  37  16   4  18  4  260.3  239  128  120  31   95  187   4   6  1098   5   1  2.70  4.28  134 1.152

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 21 BRO NL  17   21    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .095  .095  .095  -49    2   0           0   0
 1949 22 BRO NL  22   26    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   5  .115  .115  .115  -39    3   2           0   1
 1950 23 BRO NL  22   37    4    9   1  0   0    0   0      1  10  .243  .282  .270   45   10   1           1   0
 1951 24 BRO NL  46   61    6    8   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   9  .131  .159  .148  -18    9   3           0   0
 1952 25 BRO NL  34   66    7   10   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  19  .152  .200  .167    2   11   7           1   0
 1953 26 BRO NL  43   93   12   20   2  0   0    8   0  0   1  17  .215  .223  .237   19   22   7           0   2 MVP-9
 1954 27 BRO NL  39   88    4   14   2  0   0    4   0  0   4  23  .159  .194  .182   -3   16   5   1       0   2 AS
 1955 28 BRO NL  42   74   12   15   3  0   1   11   0  0   0  12  .203  .197  .284   25   21   0   2   0   0   1
 1956 29 BRO NL  32   66    1    8   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .121  .121  .136  -33    9   5   0   0   0   1
 1957 30 BRO NL  21   22    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .091  .091  .091  -52    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1958 31 LAD NL  32   27    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .037  .071  .037  -71    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1959 32 LAD NL  10    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     360  588   51   92  11  0   1   31   0  0  12 120  .156  .175  .180   -6  106  31   3   0   2   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        265   23   41   5  0   0   14   0  0   5  54  .156  .175  .180   -6   48  14   1   0   1   4
 Career High     46   93   12   20   3  0   1   11   0  0   4  23                          22   7   2   0   1   2
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 21 BRO NL   21   19    0   0.0   104| .095  .272| .095  .347| .095  .403| .190  .750| -49  .000  -4.5  -0.5     
 1949 22 BRO NL   28   26    0   0.0   107| .115  .275| .115  .349| .115  .412| .230  .761| -39  .000  -5.3  -0.5     
 1950 23 BRO NL   40   29    3   2.8   110| .243  .272| .282  .349| .270  .422| .552  .771|  45  .272  -3.0  -0.3     
 1951 24 BRO NL   66   56    1   0.5   105| .131  .270| .159  .344| .148  .409| .307  .753| -18  .016 -10.4  -1.0   0%
 1952 25 BRO NL   77   63    2   0.8    98| .152  .263| .200  .336| .167  .391| .367  .727|   2  .052  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1953 26 BRO NL  101   82    5   1.6   112| .215  .276| .223  .348| .237  .431| .460  .779|  19  .118 -11.3  -1.1   0%
 1954 27 BRO NL   98   82    3   1.0   112| .159  .279| .194  .351| .182  .431| .376  .782|  -3  .052 -13.8  -1.4   0%
 1955 28 BRO NL   76   62    4   1.7   108| .203  .269| .197  .340| .284  .426| .481  .766|  25  .139  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1956 29 BRO NL   71   64    1   0.4   110| .121  .274| .121  .342| .136  .433| .257  .775| -33  .013 -13.0  -1.3   0%
 1957 30 BRO NL   22   21    0   0.0   110| .091  .279| .091  .344| .091  .432| .182  .775| -52  .000  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1958 31 LAD NL   29   27    0   0.0   109| .037  .274| .071  .343| .037  .429| .108  .771| -71  .000  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1959 32 LAD NL    7    7    0   0.0   111| .000  .278| .000  .345| .000  .430| .000  .776|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      636  538   19   0.9   108| .156  .273| .175  .345| .180  .421| .355  .766|  -6  .052 -92.2  -9.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 21 BRO NL P 17 2 6 1 2 .889 .964 0.47 0.91 1.12 2.11 9 64.0 1949 22 BRO NL P 22 3 13 1 2 .941 .952 0.73 0.91 1.81 2.04 3 79.7 1950 23 BRO NL P 22 10 12 2 2 .917 .961 1.00 0.97 1.92 2.12 13 103.0 1951 24 BRO NL P 46 13 32 2 1 .957 .962 0.98 0.96 2.13 2.14 19 189.7 1952 25 BRO NL P 33 16 45 3 4 .953 .953 1.85 0.98 2.66 2.18 26 206.7 1953 26 BRO NL P 39 15 30 4 0 .918 .955 1.15 0.87 1.64 2.06 33 246.7 1954 27 BRO NL P 38 14 41 2 2 .965 .960 1.45 0.87 1.90 2.07 37 260.3 AS 1955 28 BRO NL P 31 6 26 3 1 .914 .950 1.03 0.83 1.48 2.04 29 194.7 1956 29 BRO NL P 31 9 34 1 2 .977 .966 1.39 0.83 2.08 2.05 28 186.3 1957 30 BRO NL P 15 6 5 0 0 1.000 .965 0.73 0.82 1.50 2.06 7 66.0 1958 31 LAD NL P 31 10 15 1 4 .962 .954 0.81 0.77 2.29 1.97 9 98.3 1959 32 LAD NL P 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.82 1.55 2.01 3 23.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 21 BRO NL P 17 2 6 1 2 .889 .964 0.47 0.91 1.12 2.11 9 64.0 1949 22 BRO NL P 22 3 13 1 2 .941 .952 0.73 0.91 1.81 2.04 3 79.7 1950 23 BRO NL P 22 10 12 2 2 .917 .961 1.00 0.97 1.92 2.12 13 103.0 1951 24 BRO NL P 46 13 32 2 1 .957 .962 0.98 0.96 2.13 2.14 19 189.7 1952 25 BRO NL P 33 16 45 3 4 .953 .953 1.85 0.98 2.66 2.18 26 206.7 1953 26 BRO NL P 39 15 30 4 0 .918 .955 1.15 0.87 1.64 2.06 33 246.7 1954 27 BRO NL P 38 14 41 2 2 .965 .960 1.45 0.87 1.90 2.07 37 260.3 1955 28 BRO NL P 31 6 26 3 1 .914 .950 1.03 0.83 1.48 2.04 29 194.7 1956 29 BRO NL P 31 9 34 1 2 .977 .966 1.39 0.83 2.08 2.05 28 186.3 1957 30 BRO NL P 15 6 5 0 0 1.000 .965 0.73 0.82 1.50 2.06 7 66.0 1958 31 LAD NL P 31 10 15 1 4 .962 .954 0.81 0.77 2.29 1.97 9 98.3 1959 32 LAD NL P 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.82 1.55 2.01 3 23.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 335 105 262 20 20 .948 .958 1.10 0.88 1.92 2.08 216 1718.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 335 105 262 20 20 .948 .958 1.10 0.88 1.92 2.08 216 1719
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   0  16.20  0  0  0  0   1.2   3   3   1   0 
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   2   4.50  1  1  0  1  18    12   9  10  10 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   3   5.79  1  0  0  1  14    14   9   9  16 
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   1   1   9.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   3   2   3 
 1956   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   1   5.40  0  1  0  0   5     4   3   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        1-4  11   7   5.83  2  2  0  2  41.2  36  27  24  31 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   6   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        1-4  11  12   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .083  .083  .083   0  0   1   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
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1954   BRO NL      0  0  0   0.2   1   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   BRO NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1954 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1953-NL-9-0.16
Car-783-0.16 shares

ERA
1952 NL-2.70-5
1953 NL-3.54-10

Wins
1951 NL-16-10
1952 NL-14-9
1953 NL-20-3
1954 NL-18-4

Won-Loss %
1952 NL-.700-7
1953 NL-.769-2
Car-.610-85

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1952 NL-1.152-4
1953 NL-1.249-5
1954 NL-1.271-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1952 NL-7.27-3
1953 NL-7.77-5
1954 NL-8.26-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1951 NL-4.51-9
1952 NL-5.70-5
1953 NL-6.82-2
1954 NL-5.74-2

Games
1951 NL-46-8

Saves
1951 NL-4-9

Innings
1953 NL-246.7-4
1954 NL-260.3-3

Strikeouts
1952 NL-131-6
1953 NL-187-2
1954 NL-166-3

Games Started
1953 NL-33-2
1954 NL-37-2

Comp. Games
1953 NL-16-5
1954 NL-12-7

Shutouts
1952 NL-4-7
1953 NL-4-4
1955 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1951 NL-23-7
1954 NL-31-2
1955 NL-29-4
1956 NL-25-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1953 NL-95-5
1954 NL-92-6

Hits Allowed
1953 NL-213-9
1954 NL-239-6

SO to Walk
1952 NL-1.85-9
1953 NL-1.97-5
1954 NL-1.80-4

Losses
1954 NL-15-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1953 NL-97-8
1954 NL-120-1
1956 NL-88-10

Wild Pitches
1952 NL-6-6
1953 NL-4-10
1954 NL-6-4
1956 NL-6-9

Batters Faced
1953 NL-1030-4
1954 NL-1098-3

Games Finished
1951 NL-18-10

Adjusted ERA+
1952 NL-134-8
1953 NL-121-10

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 67 (359) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (349) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 47.0 (278) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.


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