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Cliff
Fannin		  
Nickname: Mule
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 13, 1924 in Usa, KY, LOUISA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 21 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1946 22 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1947 23 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1948 24 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1949 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1950 26 SEM AL $ 2,928,571 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1951 27 SEM AL $ 2,928,571 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1952 28 SEM AL $ 2,928,571 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1953 29 SDP NL $ 7,000,000 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1954 30 SDP NL $ 7,000,000 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
1955 31 SDP NL $ 7,000,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1956 32 CIN NL $ 6,350,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1957 33 CIN NL $ 6,350,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1958 34 CIN NL $ 6,350,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1959 35 SDP NL $ 6,350,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1960 36 BSN NL   6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1946 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1947 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1948 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1949 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1950 26 SEM AL $ 2,928,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1951 27 SEM AL $ 2,928,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1952 28 SEM AL $ 2,928,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1953 29 SDP NL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1954 30 SDP NL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1955 31 SDP NL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1956 32 CIN NL $ 6,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1957 33 CIN NL $ 6,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1958 34 CIN NL $ 6,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1959 35 SDP NL $ 6,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1960 36 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1945 21 SEM AL 3 1 .750 5 5 2 1 0 41.0 36 8 1 17 21 1.76 .229 .309 .293 .602 5.1
    AAA   10 8 .556 23 23 1 1 0 144.0 165 79 16 58 90 4.94 .289 .355 .427 .782  
    AA   0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 21.3 22 10 2 9 23 4.22 .259 .330 .388 .718  
1946 22 SEM AL 11 16 .407 30 30 11 2 0 220.7 245 128 23 89 83 5.22 .284 .352 .436 .787 7.6
    AAA   3 1 .750 7 7 0 0 0 46.0 42 15 2 22 26 2.93 .239 .323 .318 .641  
1947 23 SEM AL 10 20 .333 42 42 7 0 0 308.3 317 164 40 133 114 4.79 .271 .343 .432 .775 15.8
1948 24 SEM AL 12 25 .324 44 44 14 4 0 322.0 341 179 50 131 138 5.00 .270 .340 .445 .786 18.4
1949 25 SEM AL 14 21 .400 44 44 13 3 0 333.0 325 169 39 148 170 4.57 .255 .334 .425 .760 20.0
1950 26 SEM AL 11 3 .786 41 11 4 0 4 130.3 118 68 20 55 75 4.70 .243 .321 .428 .749 9.5
1951 27 SEM AL 11 6 .647 71 2 0 0 4 101.3 95 53 8 43 58 4.71 .248 .325 .379 .703 7.7
1952 28 SEM AL 14 11 .560 79 9 1 1 13 142.7 156 71 24 47 72 4.48 .277 .333 .483 .816 10.8
1953 29 SDP NL 16 17 .485 40 40 14 2 0 322.0 338 134 39 65 179 3.75 .271 .307 .419 .725 24.9
1954 30 SDP NL 14 17 .452 37 32 17 1 0 271.3 242 96 31 61 142 3.18 .240 .285 .383 .668 21.5
1955 31 SDP NL 16 17 .485 39 39 19 2 0 302.7 306 127 35 71 171 3.78 .260 .303 .398 .702 18.7
1956 32 SDP NL 10 12 .455 26 26 5 1 0 192.0 207 96 27 59 122 4.50 .278 .330 .449 .779 6.6
  CIN NL 4 9 .308 16 16 3 0 0 113.7 132 58 17 34 68 4.59 .294 .342 .474 .817 4.6
  TOT   14 21 .400 42 42 8 1 0 305.7 339 154 44 93 190 4.53 .284 .335 .459 .793 11.2
1957 33 CIN NL 12 20 .375 42 42 10 1 0 304.3 321 148 52 91 146 4.38 .267 .320 .445 .765 10.2
1958 34 CIN NL 13 13 .500 37 34 7 1 0 243.3 257 126 42 91 139 4.66 .269 .333 .443 .776 10.2
1959 35 SDP NL 0 5 .000 12 3 1 0 0 32.7 46 28 3 19 17 7.72 .346 .429 .496 .925 0.0
1960 36 AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 2 1 0 2 7.73 .222 .222 .556 .778  
    A   0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 8 5 2 2 6 7.95 .348 .400 .609 1.009  
15 Years Sim 171 213 .445 605 419 128 19 21 3381.3 3482 1653 451 1154 1715 4.40 .266 .326 .429 .755 191.5
3 Years AAA 13 9 .591 32 30 1 1 0 192.3 209 96 19 80 118 4.49 .276 .346 .403 .749  
1 Years AA 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 21.3 22 10 2 9 23 4.22 .259 .330 .388 .718  
1 Years A 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 8 5 2 2 6 7.95 .348 .400 .609 1.009  
5 Years Minors 13 12 .520 41 34 1 1 0 219.3 239 111 23 91 147 4.55 .277 .346 .407 .753  
Season Average 11 14 .440 40 27 8 1 1 225.4 232 110 30 76 114 4.40 .266 .326 .429 .755  
Career Highs 16 25 .786 79 44 19 4 13 333.0 341 179 52 148 190 7.72 .346 .429 .496 .925  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1731 822 217 509 960   .256 .308 .408 .717
vs LH   1751 831 234 645 755   .277 .344 .450 .794
Home 86 103 .455 311 207 51 7 10 1705.0 1708 820 228 551 870 4.33 .260 .317 .422 .738
Away 85 110 .436 294 212 77 12 11 1676.3 1774 833 223 603 845 4.47 .273 .335 .436 .771
Mar/Apr 21 30 .412 93 62 15 4 1 511.3 519 246 73 168 238 4.33 .263 .321 .436 .756
May 29 38 .433 107 65 20 2 7 545.3 568 270 58 190 289 4.46 .269 .329 .406 .735
June 32 36 .471 103 77 31 3 4 625.3 629 300 90 182 315 4.32 .261 .313 .431 .744
July 34 35 .493 95 72 25 3 2 581.9 552 243 74 187 324 3.76 .250 .309 .411 .720
August 24 44 .353 109 72 16 1 4 551.0 632 333 78 227 268 5.44 .292 .359 .464 .823
Sep/Oct 31 30 .508 98 71 21 6 3 566.3 582 261 78 200 281 4.15 .264 .325 .424 .749
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1945 21 SEM AL 5 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .250 .544 1.3 0.0
1946 22 SEM AL 30 73 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 .164 .164 .178 .342 0.4 0.0
1947 23 SEM AL 42 92 5 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 17 .130 .149 .141 .290 0.2 0.0
1948 24 SEM AL 44 108 10 18 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 12 .167 .182 .204 .386 3.1 0.0
1949 25 SEM AL 44 96 6 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 15 .125 .173 .125 .298 1.7 0.0
1950 26 SEM AL 41 33 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .091 .118 .091 .209 -0.7 0.0
1951 27 SEM AL 71 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.9 0.1
1952 28 SEM AL 79 27 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .185 .185 .222 .407 0.5 0.0
1953 29 SDP NL 40 105 2 10 1 0 0 13 0 0 2 25 .095 .120 .105 .225 -2.3 0.0
1954 30 SDP NL 37 90 7 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .167 .167 .167 .333 1.3 0.0
1955 31 SDP NL 39 99 2 11 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 16 .111 .119 .141 .260 -1.3 0.0
1956 32 SDP NL 26 65 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.3 0.0
  CIN NL 16 33 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .182 .229 .182 .410 1.4 0.0
  TOT   42 98 5 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .163 .180 .163 .343 1.7 0.0
1957 33 CIN NL 42 98 6 14 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 18 .143 .160 .173 .333 0.5 0.0
1958 34 CIN NL 37 79 6 13 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 15 .165 .175 .203 .378 2.2 0.0
1959 35 SDP NL 12 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.1
15 Years Sim 605 1034 60 150 10 1 2 70 0 0 18 175 .145 .162 .162 .324 9.9 0.1
162 Game Average 276 16 40 2 0 0 18 0 0 4 46 .145 .162 .162 .324 2.7  
Career Highs 79 108 10 18 3 1 1 13 0 0 5 25 .300 .300 .300 .600 3.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   616 37 97 5 1 1 41 0 0 15 76 .157 .178 .174 .352 6.4
vs LH   418 23 53 5 0 1 29 0 0 3 99 .127 .137 .146 .283 -5.5
Home 311 478 27 65 3 1 2 37 0 0 8 87 .136 .150 .159 .309 -1.3
Away 294 556 33 85 7 0 0 33 0 0 10 88 .153 .172 .165 .337 2.2
RISP   251 0 42 4 1 0 67 0 0 3 42 .167 .178 .191 .370 3.4
Close/Late   68 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .147 .147 .162 .309 -0.3
Mar/Apr 62 155 12 22 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 22 .142 .147 .181 .328 0.2
May 99 165 12 25 2 1 1 10 0 0 1 35 .152 .162 .194 .356 1.3
June 88 198 13 32 2 0 0 16 0 0 3 29 .162 .173 .172 .345 1.5
July 80 187 7 28 1 0 0 17 0 0 1 29 .150 .154 .155 .309 -0.7
August 84 161 8 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 5 28 .124 .155 .124 .279 -1.8
Sep/Oct 90 168 8 23 2 0 0 10 0 0 7 32 .137 .175 .149 .324 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1945 21 SEM AL P 5 5 41.0 5 7 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1946 22 SEM AL P 30 30 220.7 15 46 0 1 1.000 2.49    
1947 23 SEM AL P 42 42 308.3 17 68 0 3 1.000 2.48    
1948 24 SEM AL P 44 44 322.0 19 58 3 2 .963 2.15    
1949 25 SEM AL P 44 44 333.0 26 52 0 1 1.000 2.11    
1950 26 SEM AL P 41 11 130.3 5 21 1 0 .963 1.80    
1951 27 SEM AL P 71 2 101.3 9 18 1 1 .964 2.40    
1952 28 SEM AL P 79 9 142.7 8 30 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1953 29 SDP NL P 40 40 322.0 14 62 0 3 1.000 2.12    
1954 30 SDP NL P 37 32 271.3 16 41 1 2 .983 1.89    
1955 31 SDP NL P 39 39 302.7 22 49 3 1 .959 2.11    
1956 32 SDP NL P 26 26 192.0 11 32 1 2 .977 2.02    
  CIN NL P 16 16 113.7 6 19 0 1 1.000 1.98    
  TOT   P 42 42 305.7 17 51 1 3 .986 2.00    
1957 33 CIN NL P 42 42 304.3 17 47 5 3 .928 1.89    
1958 34 CIN NL P 37 34 243.3 19 36 1 3 .982 2.03    
1959 35 SDP NL P 12 3 32.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.93    
Career Totals   605 419 3381.3 210 592 16 23 .980 2.13    
Career Highs   79 44 333.0 26 68 5 3 1.000 2.63    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1950 26 SEM AL 2 1 .667 4 3 0 0 0 15.7 20 14 3 11 5 8.05 .308 .408 .523 .931
1951 27 SEM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 4 2 0 2 27.07 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
1952 28 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 7 3 0 0 0 18.0 24 18 5 11 7 9.01 .316 .402 .579 .981
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1950 26 SEM AL 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1954-4-3.18
 Losses
1946-8-16
1947-5-20
1948-2-25
1949-3-21
1953-6-17
1954-5-17
1955-5-17
1956-2-21
1957-5-20
CAR-20-213
 Winning Pct
1951-6-.647
 Saves
1952-2-13
 Games Pitched
1951-8-71
1952-2-79
 Games Started
1947-7-42
1948-1-44
1949-1-44
1956-9-42
Complete Games
1946-8-11
1948-6-14
1949-6-13
1953-8-14
1954-3-17
1955-3-19
 Shutouts
1945-8-1
1946-3-2
1948-2-4
1949-1-3
1952-10-1
1953-6-2
1955-5-2
1958-9-1
 Innings Pitched
1948-4-322.0
1949-2-333.0
1953-4-322.0
1955-9-302.7
 Hits Allowed
1947-7-317
1948-2-341
1949-7-325
1953-2-338
1955-6-306
1956-2-339
1957-5-321
 Homeruns Allowed
1947-1-40
1948-1-50
1949-1-39
1953-7-39
1955-8-35
1956-1-44
1957-1-52
1958-5-42
CAR-11-451
 Strikeouts
1948-10-138
1949-1-170
1953-9-179
Walks Allowed
1947-10-133
1949-4-148
 Walks per 9IP
1953-2-1.8
1954-3-2.0
1955-4-2.1
1956-10-2.7
 Hits per 9IP
1949-6-8.8
1954-10-8.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1949-5-4.6
 WHiP
1949-9-1.42
1953-4-1.25
1954-2-1.12
1955-9-1.25
 OAVG
1949-6-.255
OOBP
1953-4-.307
1954-2-.285
1955-8-.303
 OOPS
1954-6-.668
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Bert Blyleven (946)
  2. Bill Singer (913)
  3. Mickey Lolich (913)
  4. Joey Jay (909)
  5. Jon Matlack (906)
  6. Curt Simmons (901)
  7. Bob Gibson (901)
  8. Tug McGraw (895)
  9. Al Javery (895)
  10. Johnny Sain (894)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Hugh Mulcahy (993)
  2. Roy Mahaffey (987)
  3. Dan Dugan (987)
  4. Ralph Terry (986)
  5. Karl Spooner (986)
  6. Bobby Shantz (986)
  7. Gus Keriazakos (986)
  8. Frank Barrett (983)
  9. Lefty Gomez (982)
  10. Robin Roberts (980)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Seattle in 1945
Injured on 4/20/1945 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/7/1945 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/7/1945, off Early Wynn (MON)
Earned first career win on 9/7/1945
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.52 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1946, going 5-1, 4.04
Injured on 8/6/1947 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1948, off Warren Spahn (STL)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
10/13/1952: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 3/3/1953 (Going to SDP: P Cliff Fannin. Going to SEM: P Cot Deal)
7/31/1955: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $6,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/13/1955 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from San Diego to Cincinnati on 7/31/1956 (Going to SDP: 3B Dick Williams, P Warren Spahn. Going to CIN: P Cliff Fannin, P Ed Roebuck, CF Stan Musial, 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1956, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Injured on 5/11/1958 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: 1B Ron Fairly, P Cliff Fannin, CF Mel Clark, 2B Solly Hemus. Going to CIN: P Chuck Stobbs, SS Alex Grammas, P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Coates)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
 
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