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Butch
Wensloff		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 3, 1915 in Usa, CA, SAUSALITO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1943    1950   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 27 MIN AL $ 300,000 10 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7
1944 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 6 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1945 29 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 6 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 6
1946 30 BSN NL $ 3,785,714 10 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5
1947 31 BSN NL $ 3,971,429 10 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 6
1948 32 DET AL $ 4,000,000 10 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 6
1949 33 DET AL $ 4,000,000 10 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5
1950 34 CIN NL $ 4,000,000 9 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1951 35 CIN NL $ 4,000,000 9 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1952 36 SDP NL $ 1,960,000 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4
1953 37 SDP NL $ 1,960,000 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 10 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 30 BSN NL $ 3,785,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 31 BSN NL $ 3,971,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 32 DET AL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 33 DET AL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 34 CIN NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 35 CIN NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 36 SDP NL $ 1,960,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 37 SDP NL $ 1,960,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1943 27 MIN AL 18 23 .439 44 44 20 3 0 351.0 380 154 20 124 180 3.95 .273 .331 .397 .729 19.6
1944 28 MIN AL 4 4 .500 8 8 3 0 0 64.0 65 27 6 16 30 3.80 .262 .306 .407 .713 4.9
  PIT NL 7 17 .292 31 31 14 1 0 225.3 226 117 20 79 119 4.67 .259 .319 .398 .718 9.8
  TOT   11 21 .344 39 39 17 1 0 289.3 291 144 26 95 149 4.48 .260 .316 .400 .717 14.7
1945 29 PIT NL 19 18 .514 40 40 25 0 0 322.0 308 142 30 114 144 3.97 .249 .311 .377 .688 17.1
1946 30 BSN NL 18 19 .486 39 39 22 3 0 322.0 308 131 36 113 141 3.66 .251 .313 .397 .710 22.7
1947 31 BSN NL 15 19 .441 39 39 17 0 0 302.0 315 146 35 127 149 4.35 .266 .335 .414 .749 15.9
1948 32 BSN NL 5 12 .294 32 22 6 1 2 144.3 159 86 19 69 83 5.36 .278 .354 .439 .793 2.0
  DET AL 6 4 .600 15 11 3 0 0 118.0 119 58 15 70 53 4.42 .260 .355 .415 .770 7.5
  TOT   11 16 .407 47 33 9 1 2 262.3 278 144 34 139 136 4.94 .270 .355 .428 .783 9.5
1949 33 DET AL 4 0 1.000 41 0 0 0 2 44.0 40 23 6 27 17 4.70 .247 .351 .426 .777 3.2
1950 34 DET AL 3 1 .750 46 7 1 0 5 56.7 46 15 6 27 26 2.38 .225 .316 .368 .684 6.9
  NYG NL 0 0 .000 15 2 0 0 2 15.3 15 7 2 6 5 4.11 .263 .333 .421 .754 1.5
  CIN NL 1 4 .200 11 2 0 0 0 75.0 84 47 10 48 40 5.64 .287 .387 .457 .844 2.5
  TOT   4 5 .444 72 11 1 0 7 147.0 145 69 18 81 71 4.22 .262 .356 .421 .776 10.9
1951 35 CIN NL 6 12 .333 68 17 4 1 0 186.3 185 107 24 108 105 5.17 .261 .360 .419 .779 9.1
1952 36 SDP NL 4 3 .571 55 0 0 0 6 62.7 56 29 11 30 34 4.17 .233 .317 .408 .726 5.7
1953 37 SDP NL 2 2 .500 21 0 0 0 2 29.3 22 15 4 23 12 4.60 .210 .349 .390 .739 2.3
12 Years Sim 112 138 .448 505 262 115 9 19 2318.0 2328 1104 244 981 1138 4.29 .260 .332 .404 .736 130.8
Season Average 10 12 .455 45 23 10 0 1 210.7 211 100 22 89 103 4.29 .260 .332 .404 .736  
Career Highs 19 23 1.000 72 44 25 3 7 351.0 380 154 36 139 180 5.17 .273 .360 .428 .783  
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   1033 518 113 409 675   .236 .301 .372 .673
vs LH   1295 586 131 572 463   .282 .362 .435 .797
Home 59 69 .461 263 131 55 4 9 1212.0 1194 567 118 517 617 4.21 .256 .330 .396 .726
Away 53 69 .434 242 131 60 5 10 1106.0 1134 537 126 464 521 4.37 .264 .336 .413 .749
Mar/Apr 26 22 .542 100 46 28 3 6 435.6 384 158 38 168 200 3.26 .235 .306 .361 .667
May 17 25 .405 85 45 23 2 1 418.0 411 201 45 155 190 4.33 .255 .320 .406 .726
June 16 20 .444 86 37 11 2 4 330.7 354 179 30 144 170 4.87 .273 .345 .407 .752
July 13 17 .433 88 30 10 0 5 288.0 313 150 31 120 155 4.69 .277 .346 .422 .768
August 21 27 .438 73 53 24 2 2 429.3 426 213 56 208 228 4.47 .258 .341 .427 .768
Sep/Oct 19 27 .413 73 51 19 0 1 416.3 440 203 44 186 195 4.39 .270 .344 .409 .753
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
1943 27 MIN AL 44 126 5 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 52 .111 .118 .111 .229 -4.2 0.0
1944 28 MIN AL 8 20 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .300 .300 .300 .600 1.8 0.1
  PIT NL 31 81 5 19 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .235 .244 .247 .491 4.3 0.0
  TOT   39 101 7 25 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 31 .248 .255 .257 .512 6.1 0.1
1945 29 PIT NL 40 114 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 36 .140 .155 .158 .313 0.0 0.0
1946 30 BSN NL 39 109 8 22 3 0 0 14 0 0 4 35 .202 .228 .229 .457 5.5 0.0
1947 31 BSN NL 39 102 8 17 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 24 .167 .183 .206 .389 2.9 0.0
1948 32 BSN NL 32 47 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .085 .085 .085 .170 -1.7 0.0
  DET AL 15 43 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .256 .289 .256 .545 3.4 0.1
  TOT   47 90 8 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 27 .167 .185 .167 .351 1.7 0.1
1949 33 DET AL 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1950 34 DET AL 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
  NYG NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CIN NL 11 25 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .160 .222 .160 .382 0.9 0.0
  TOT   72 30 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .133 .188 .133 .321 0.5 0.0
1951 35 CIN NL 68 45 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .200 .217 .222 .440 1.6 0.0
1952 36 SDP NL 55 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1953 37 SDP NL 21 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.7 0.1
11 Years Sim 505 733 49 125 8 0 1 44 0 0 15 230 .171 .188 .186 .374 14.8 0.3
162 Game Average 235 15 40 2 0 0 14 0 0 4 73 .171 .188 .186 .374 4.7  
Career Highs 72 126 8 25 3 0 1 14 0 0 4 52 .248 .300 .257 .522 6.1  
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   464 29 72 5 0 1 22 0 0 7 154 .155 .169 .172 .342 2.8
vs LH   269 20 53 3 0 0 22 0 0 8 76 .197 .220 .208 .428 9.1
Home 263 352 20 64 4 0 0 21 0 0 4 120 .182 .191 .193 .384 6.6
Away 221 381 29 61 4 0 1 23 0 0 11 110 .160 .185 .178 .364 5.3
RISP   181 0 31 3 0 0 41 0 0 3 57 .171 .188 .188 .376 2.8
Close/Late   66 9 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .121 .159 .121 .281 -0.9
Mar/Apr 80 131 8 19 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 43 .145 .158 .145 .303 -0.6
May 75 145 10 20 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 48 .138 .150 .145 .294 -1.4
June 76 96 4 18 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 31 .188 .202 .208 .410 2.6
July 47 84 6 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 23 .167 .167 .179 .345 0.5
August 61 146 13 33 3 0 1 11 0 0 5 44 .226 .252 .267 .519 9.0
Sep/Oct 58 131 8 21 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 41 .160 .191 .168 .359 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 27 MIN AL P 44 44 351.0 23 77 6 2 .943 2.56    
1944 28 MIN AL P 8 8 64.0 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  PIT NL P 31 31 225.3 21 36 0 0 1.000 2.28    
  TOT   P 39 39 289.3 27 46 0 0 1.000 2.27    
1945 29 PIT NL P 40 40 322.0 25 78 5 5 .954 2.88    
1946 30 BSN NL P 39 39 322.0 30 70 2 3 .980 2.80    
1947 31 BSN NL P 39 39 302.0 27 62 2 5 .978 2.65    
1948 32 BSN NL P 32 22 144.3 6 24 4 1 .882 1.87    
  DET AL P 15 11 118.0 4 19 3 1 .885 1.75    
  TOT   P 47 33 262.3 10 43 7 2 .883 1.82    
1949 33 DET AL P 41 0 44.0 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.66    
1950 34 DET AL P 46 7 56.7 3 12 2 2 .882 2.38    
  NYG NL P 15 2 15.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.35    
  CIN NL P 11 2 75.0 4 16 2 2 .909 2.40    
  TOT   P 72 11 147.0 8 31 4 4 .907 2.39    
1951 35 CIN NL P 68 17 186.3 13 36 1 2 .980 2.37    
1952 36 SDP NL P 55 0 62.7 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.87    
1953 37 SDP NL P 21 0 29.3 4 9 1 2 .929 3.99    
Career Totals   505 262 2318.0 174 471 28 26 .958 2.50    
Career Highs   72 44 351.0 30 78 7 5 1.000 3.99    
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
1949 33 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 6 5 1 1 1 68.18 .750 .778 1.375 2.153
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 6 5 1 1 1 68.18 .750 .778 1.375 2.153
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1943-7-3.95
 Wins
1943-7-18
1945-6-19
1946-9-18
 Losses
1943-1-23
1944-6-17
1945-8-18
1946-3-19
1947-4-19
 Games Pitched
1951-6-68
 Games Started
1943-1-44
1945-6-40
1946-6-39
1947-8-39
 Complete Games
1943-1-20
1944-10-14
1945-1-25
1946-1-22
1947-5-17
Shutouts
1943-2-3
1946-3-3
1951-8-1
 Innings Pitched
1943-1-351.0
1945-7-322.0
1946-5-322.0
1947-6-302.0
 Hits Allowed
1943-1-380
1945-8-308
1946-5-308
1947-6-315
 Homeruns Allowed
1945-6-30
1946-3-36
1947-2-35
 Strikeouts
1943-3-180
1945-6-144
1946-8-141
1947-6-149
 Walks Allowed
1943-5-124
1945-10-114
1947-9-127
Strikeouts per 9IP
1943-9-4.6
1944-6-4.8
1947-9-4.4
1951-7-5.1
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 70    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Tommy Bridges (957)
  2. Ken Reynolds (953)
  3. Rick Wise (949)
  4. Roy Thomas (932)
  5. Britt Burns (928)
  6. Roy Moore (927)
  7. Newt Kimball (927)
  8. Milt Pappas (923)
  9. Frank Barrett (922)
  10. Dave Geisel (921)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Harvey Haddix (993)
  2. Hub Pruett (988)
  3. Claude Passeau (988)
  4. Tommy Bridges (986)
  5. Ed Baecht (986)
  6. Roy Moore (985)
  7. Red Munger (984)
  8. Bob Logan (983)
  9. Ray Herbert (983)
  10. Stew Bolen (982)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1943
Earned first career win on 4/2/1943
Had first career hit on 4/6/1943, off Max Lanier (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1943, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1943, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1943, going 5-2, 1.83
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Traded from Minnesota to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1944 (Going to MIN: P Bob Chipman. Going to PIT: P Butch Wensloff, C Mickey Owen)
Injured on 7/23/1944 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (N) on 2/1/1946 (Going to PIT: 3B Eddie Yost. Going to BSN: P Butch Wensloff)
Injured on 7/18/1946 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
7/31/1947: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/1947, off Newt Kimball (BOS)
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1948 (Going to DET: P Butch Wensloff, LF Paul O'dea. Going to BSN: P Joe Dobson, P Glenn Gardner)
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/1/1950 (Going to NYG: P Butch Wensloff. Going to DET: P Johnny Vander meer, LF Eddie Lukon)
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1950 (Going to CIN: 1B Ray Sanders, P Butch Wensloff, 2B Ralph Lapointe, P Sal Maglie. Going to NYG: P Cy Buker, P Ralph Branca, P Fred Martin)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/17/1952 to a 3-year deal worth $1,960,000 per year
 
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