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Pitching Glossary /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 24 PIT NL  14  10  39  23  11   0  14  4  214.3  205   97   86  15   26   64   2   1   865       0  3.61  3.80  105 1.078
 1933 25 PIT NL  14  10  37  29  13   2   6  0  218.3  214   96   76  11   36   64   4   1   910       0  3.13  3.30  105 1.145
 1934 26 PIT NL  11  13  37  24  13   1   7  0  212.7  244  107   94  15   46   81   8   1   923       0  3.98  4.10  103 1.364
 1935 27 PIT NL  15   8  39  21  11   3  16  1  203.7  193   76   61   6   37   74   1   0   830       1  2.70  4.10  152 1.129
 1936 28 PIT NL  16  16  45  31  17   0  13  2  262.3  275  132  117  18   63   92   5   3  1123       0  4.01  4.06  101 1.288
 1937 29 PIT NL   9  10  36  17   9   0  12  3  164.0  160   79   72  14   34   84   3   3   676       0  3.95  3.87   98 1.183
 1938 30 PIT NL   7   5  36   9   2   0  20  4  150.0  155   65   54   9   40   77   4   0   633       0  3.24  3.78  117 1.300
 1939 31 PIT NL   5   7  36   8   2   1  18  4  129.7  150   60   56   6   28   56   3   0   559       0  3.89  3.84   99 1.373
 1940 32 BSN NL   1   1   4   0   0   0   2  1    9.3   12    7    3   0    7    7   0   0    46       0  2.89  3.73  129 2.036
 1941 33 BRO NL   3   0   9   0   0   0   4  1   22.0   26    9    8   4    7    9   0   1    97       0  3.27  3.67  112 1.500
 1943 35 CHW AL   0   2  18   1   0   0   7  0   51.3   48   25   24   5   27   28   6   1   229       0  4.21  3.33   79 1.461
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .537  95  82 336 163  78   7 119 20 1637.7 1682  753  651 103  351  636  36  11  6891       1  3.58  3.84  107 1.241
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  45  22  10   0  16  2  223.0  229  102   88  14   47   86   4   1   939   0   0  3.58  3.84  107 1.241
 Career High     16  16  45  31  17   3  20  4  262.3  275  132  117  18   63   92   8   3  1123   0   1  2.70  4.10  152 1.078

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

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 24 PIT NL  39   78    4   15   1  0   0    6   0      1  15  .192  .203  .205   11   16   3           0    
 1933 25 PIT NL  37   82   10   20   4  0   0    4   0      0  14  .244  .253  .293   55   24   0           1   3
 1934 26 PIT NL  37   84    3   18   3  3   0    8   0      1  23  .214  .224  .321   43   27   1           0   5
 1935 27 PIT NL  39   78   11   19   5  0   0   11   0      3   8  .244  .272  .308   53   24   1           0   5
 1936 28 PIT NL  45  105    6   31  10  0   2   15   0      2  16  .295  .315  .448  101   47   1           1   1
 1937 29 PIT NL  36   54    0    9   1  0   0    2   0      3  15  .167  .211  .185    8   10   2           0   2
 1938 30 PIT NL  36   50    3   10   3  0   1    6   0      2  10  .200  .231  .320   49   16   2           0   1
 1939 31 PIT NL  36   42    6   10   0  0   0    2   0      4   9  .238  .304  .238   49   10   2           0   3
 1940 32 BSN NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1941 33 BRO NL   9    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .200  .200  .200   11    1   0           0   0
 1943 35 CHW AL  18   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   3  .100  .308  .100   21    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     336  591   43  134  27  3   3   54   0  0  19 113  .227  .253  .298   49  176  12   0   0   2  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        285   21   65  13  1   1   26   0  0   9  54  .227  .253  .298   49   85   6   0   0   1  10
 Career High     45  105   11   31  10  3   2   15   0  0   4  23                          47   3   0   0   1   5

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 24 PIT NL   82   66    3   1.2   102| .192  .282| .203  .334| .205  .408| .408  .742|  11  .079  -9.8  -1.0     
 1933 25 PIT NL   83   65    6   2.5    91| .244  .274| .253  .327| .293  .375| .546  .702|  55  .286  -4.9  -0.5     
 1934 26 PIT NL   86   72    6   2.2   106| .214  .290| .224  .345| .321  .412| .545  .757|  43  .200  -7.4  -0.7     
 1935 27 PIT NL   82   65    7   2.9   106| .244  .289| .272  .345| .308  .412| .580  .757|  53  .291  -5.2  -0.5     
 1936 28 PIT NL  109   76   14   5.0   105| .295  .288| .315  .348| .448  .404| .763  .751| 101  .525   0.0   0.0     
 1937 29 PIT NL   59   49    2   1.1   101| .167  .280| .211  .342| .185  .397| .396  .739|   8  .069  -7.0  -0.7     
 1938 30 PIT NL   54   43    4   2.5   100| .200  .276| .231  .340| .320  .393| .551  .733|  49  .262  -3.6  -0.4     
 1939 31 PIT NL   48   37    3   2.2   102| .238  .278| .304  .343| .238  .397| .542  .740|  49  .203  -3.0  -0.3     
 1940 32 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .000  .266| .000  .330| .000  .382| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1941 33 BRO NL    5    4    0   0.0    97| .200  .270| .200  .342| .200  .381| .400  .723|  11  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1943 35 CHW AL   13    9    0   0.0    87| .100  .256| .308  .330| .100  .353| .408  .684|  21  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      624  489   45   2.5   101| .227  .282| .253  .340| .298  .399| .551  .740|  49  .246 -43.1  -4.4     

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1932 24 PIT NL   P   39      8   27    2    1  .946  .956  0.90  1.21  1.47  2.29   23  214.3
 1933 25 PIT NL   P   37     11   39    2    1  .962  .963  1.35  1.28  2.06  2.36   29  218.3
 1934 26 PIT NL   P   37      8   38    2    0  .958  .960  1.24  1.12  1.95  2.27   24  212.7
 1935 27 PIT NL   P   39      4   23    0    2 1.000  .957  0.69  1.18  1.19  2.31   21  203.7
 1936 28 PIT NL   P   45      4   36    2    3  .952  .950  0.89  1.16  1.37  2.32   31  262.3
 1937 29 PIT NL   P   36      2   21    0    3 1.000  .958  0.64  1.20  1.26  2.39   17  164.0
 1938 30 PIT NL   P   36      1   26    2    1  .931  .964  0.75  1.13  1.62  2.21    9  150.0
 1939 31 PIT NL   P   36      2   14    0    0 1.000  .958  0.44  1.09  1.11  2.19    8  129.7
 1940 32 BSN NL   P    4      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  1.10  1.94  2.23    0    9.3
 1941 33 BRO NL   P    9      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  1.09  1.23  2.25    0   22.0
 1943 35 CHW AL   P   18      1    2    1    0  .750  .968  0.17  1.27  0.53  2.26    1   51.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1932 24 PIT NL   P   39      8   27    2    1  .946  .956  0.90  1.21  1.47  2.29   23  214.3
 1933 25 PIT NL   P   37     11   39    2    1  .962  .963  1.35  1.28  2.06  2.36   29  218.3
 1934 26 PIT NL   P   37      8   38    2    0  .958  .960  1.24  1.12  1.95  2.27   24  212.7
 1935 27 PIT NL   P   39      4   23    0    2 1.000  .957  0.69  1.18  1.19  2.31   21  203.7
 1936 28 PIT NL   P   45      4   36    2    3  .952  .950  0.89  1.16  1.37  2.32   31  262.3
 1937 29 PIT NL   P   36      2   21    0    3 1.000  .958  0.64  1.20  1.26  2.39   17  164.0
 1938 30 PIT NL   P   36      1   26    2    1  .931  .964  0.75  1.13  1.62  2.21    9  150.0
 1939 31 PIT NL   P   36      2   14    0    0 1.000  .958  0.44  1.09  1.11  2.19    8  129.7
 1940 32 BSN NL   P    4      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  1.10  1.94  2.23    0    9.3
 1941 33 BRO NL   P    9      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  1.09  1.23  2.25    0   22.0
 1943 35 CHW AL   P   18      1    2    1    0  .750  .968  0.17  1.27  0.53  2.26    1   51.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 336     41  231   11   11  .961  .959  0.81  1.17  1.49  2.30  163 1637.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       336     41  231   11   11  .961  .959  0.81  1.17  1.49  2.30  163   1638

An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

ERA
1935 NL-2.70-2

Wins
1936 NL-16-8

Won-Loss %
1935 NL-.652-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1932 NL-1.078-2
1933 NL-1.145-3
1935 NL-1.129-2
1937 NL-1.183-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1932 NL-8.61-6
1935 NL-8.53-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1932 NL-1.09-1
1933 NL-1.48-3
1934 NL-1.95-7
1935 NL-1.64-7
1936 NL-2.16-9
1937 NL-1.87-6
Car-1.93-71

Strikeouts/9IP
1937 NL-4.61-10

Games
1936 NL-45-5

Saves
1932 NL-4-5
1937 NL-3-8
1938 NL-4-8
1939 NL-4-7

Innings
1936 NL-262.3-6

Games Started
1936 NL-31-8

Comp. Games
1936 NL-17-6

Shutouts
1935 NL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1932 NL-15-8
1933 NL-11-9
1934 NL-15-8
1936 NL-18-3
1937 NL-14-10

Hits Allowed
1936 NL-275-4

SO to Walk
1932 NL-2.46-2
1933 NL-1.78-4
1935 NL-2.00-10
1937 NL-2.47-4

Losses
1936 NL-16-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1936 NL-117-3

Hit Batsmen
1934 NL-8-1
1936 NL-5-9
1943 AL-6-2

Batters Faced
1936 NL-1123-6

Games Finished
1935 NL-16-9
1938 NL-20-9
1939 NL-18-9

Adjusted ERA+
1935 NL-152-2

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 47 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 12.0 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
January 29, 1932: Traded by the Kansas City (American Association) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Eddie Phillips and Bob Osborn.
December 8, 1939: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Boston Bees for Danny MacFayden.
May 15, 1940: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Bees.
October 1, 1940: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox in the 1940 rule 5 draft.
June, 1941: Purchased by the St Paul (American Association) from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $5,500.
November 2, 1942: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the St Paul (American Association) in the 1942 rule 5 draft.
October 28, 1943: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on September 20, 1943. The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to the Milwaukee (American Association) for Grey Clarke. The Chicago White Sox sent Dick Culler (October 28, 1943) and Bill Swift (October 28, 1943) to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1935 NL-2.70-2	Wins 1936 NL-16-8	Won-Loss % 1935 NL-.652-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1932 NL-1.078-2 1933 NL-1.145-3 1935 NL-1.129-2 1937 NL-1.183-6	Hits Allowed/9IP 1932 NL-8.61-6 1935 NL-8.53-4	Bases on Balls/9IP 1932 NL-1.09-1 1933 NL-1.48-3 1934 NL-1.95-7 1935 NL-1.64-7 1936 NL-2.16-9 1937 NL-1.87-6 Car-1.93-71
Strikeouts/9IP 1937 NL-4.61-10	Games 1936 NL-45-5	Saves 1932 NL-4-5 1937 NL-3-8 1938 NL-4-8 1939 NL-4-7	Innings 1936 NL-262.3-6	Games Started 1936 NL-31-8	Comp. Games 1936 NL-17-6
Shutouts 1935 NL-3-6	Home Runs Allow. 1932 NL-15-8 1933 NL-11-9 1934 NL-15-8 1936 NL-18-3 1937 NL-14-10	Hits Allowed 1936 NL-275-4	SO to Walk 1932 NL-2.46-2 1933 NL-1.78-4 1935 NL-2.00-10 1937 NL-2.47-4	Losses 1936 NL-16-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1936 NL-117-3
Hit Batsmen 1934 NL-8-1 1936 NL-5-9 1943 AL-6-2	Batters Faced 1936 NL-1123-6	Games Finished 1935 NL-16-9 1938 NL-20-9 1939 NL-18-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1935 NL-152-2