01/01/1946 |
Drafted in the 1946 inaugural draft by the Chicago Cubs (Round 5, Pick 5, 69th overall pick). |
08/22/1946 |
Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Montreal Expos with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
10/09/1946 |
Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $3,880,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization. |
01/01/1947 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 6 (7). |
04/22/1947 |
Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
05/01/1947 |
Wins the FORT NL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
06/17/1947 |
Was selected to the 1947 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game. |
07/18/1947 |
Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Montreal Expos with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
09/06/1947 |
Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the New York Mets with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/11/1947 |
Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $42,000,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization. |
10/19/1947 |
Finished 3rd in 1947 FORT NL Cy Young Award voting. |
01/01/1948 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 7 (7). |
03/09/1948 |
Injured (Sinusitis), day-to-day for 3 days. |
01/01/1949 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 7 (7). |
05/01/1949 |
Wins the FORT NL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
07/06/1949 |
Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/18/1949 |
Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/02/1949 |
Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
01/01/1950 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 7 (7). |
05/08/1950 |
Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the New York Mets with 1 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
06/01/1950 |
Wins the FORT NL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
06/17/1950 |
Was selected to the 1950 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game. |
01/01/1951 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 6 (6). |
01/26/1951 |
Drafted in the 1951 inaugural draft by the Atlanta Braves (Round 3, Pick 13, 45th overall pick). |
04/26/1951 |
Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Montreal Expos with 2 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/19/1951 |
Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
08/26/1951 |
Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Houston Astros with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
10/06/1951 |
Was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Arizona Diamondbacks, along with LF Roy White, in exchange for LF Derek Bell, $851,000. |
01/01/1952 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 6 (6). |
10/24/1952 |
Was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Baltimore Orioles, along with LF Mike Menosky, in exchange for 1B Don Mattingly. |
01/01/1953 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 6 (6). |
04/25/1953 |
Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
01/01/1954 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 7 (7). |
05/19/1954 |
Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Arizona Diamondbacks with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
07/05/1954 |
Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $49,500,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. |
07/11/1954 |
Was selected to the 1954 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game. |
07/19/1954 |
Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/01/1954 |
Wins the FORT NL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
01/01/1955 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (6); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 7 (7). |
07/10/1955 |
Was selected to the 1955 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game. |
08/19/1955 |
Injured (Migraine), day-to-day for 1 day. |
10/02/1955 |
Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers with 1 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
11/01/1955 |
Was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Arizona Diamondbacks, along with 1B Chris Duncan, SP Chan Ho Park, in exchange for LF Leon Wagner, SP Hiroki Kuroda, RP Reggie Cleveland. |
11/01/1955 |
Was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Bronx Yankees in exchange for $1. |
01/01/1956 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 4 (6); Movement: 4 (5); Control: 6 (6). |
01/01/1956 |
Released by the Bronx Yankees. |
02/03/1956 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $8,500,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. |
09/23/1956 |
Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
11/17/1956 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/1957 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (6); Movement: 4 (5); Control: 5 (6). |
05/03/1957 |
Signed a minor league contract with the Montreal Expos organization. |
05/03/1957 |
Released by the Montreal organization. |
10/27/1957 |
Retired from professional baseball. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
|
Year |
GS |
Rank |
1946 |
34 |
1 |
1947 |
32 |
7 |
1948 |
33 |
4 |
1949 |
33 |
3 |
1951 |
31 |
8 |
1953 |
46 |
1 |
1954 |
33 |
5 |
1955 |
33 |
1 |
|
Year |
W |
Rank |
1946 |
15 |
8 |
1947 |
15 |
7 |
1949 |
21 |
1 |
1950 |
19 |
3 |
1953 |
20 |
5 |
1954 |
18 |
2 |
|
Year |
L |
Rank |
1946 |
14 |
8 |
1947 |
17 |
3 |
1948 |
18 |
1 |
1953 |
23 |
1 |
1956 |
12 |
9 |
|
Year |
Win. % |
Rank |
1949 |
.677 |
2 |
1950 |
.633 |
10 |
1954 |
.667 |
4 |
|
Year |
IP |
Rank |
1946 |
270.0 |
2 |
1947 |
256.2 |
5 |
1948 |
247.1 |
7 |
1949 |
258.2 |
5 |
1950 |
261.2 |
4 |
1951 |
235.0 |
7 |
1953 |
347.0 |
1 |
1954 |
282.2 |
3 |
1955 |
273.0 |
1 |
|
Year |
BF |
Rank |
1946 |
1171 |
2 |
1947 |
1087 |
5 |
1948 |
1110 |
2 |
1949 |
1098 |
7 |
1950 |
1141 |
3 |
1951 |
1021 |
7 |
1953 |
1590 |
1 |
1954 |
1192 |
2 |
1955 |
1104 |
2 |
|
Year |
HRA |
Rank |
1948 |
34 |
1 |
1949 |
25 |
7 |
1953 |
43 |
1 |
1955 |
31 |
5 |
1956 |
25 |
7 |
|
Year |
BB |
Rank |
1946 |
135 |
3 |
1951 |
93 |
6 |
1953 |
177 |
1 |
1954 |
116 |
1 |
|
Year |
K |
Rank |
1946 |
134 |
8 |
1947 |
152 |
2 |
1948 |
121 |
8 |
1949 |
145 |
4 |
1953 |
204 |
1 |
1954 |
123 |
7 |
1955 |
100 |
9 |
|
Year |
WP |
Rank |
1946 |
4 |
8 |
1947 |
5 |
7 |
1948 |
8 |
4 |
1949 |
6 |
3 |
1953 |
9 |
1 |
1956 |
6 |
4 |
|
Year |
ERA |
Rank |
1947 |
3.37 |
5 |
1954 |
3.09 |
5 |
1955 |
3.10 |
5 |
|
Year |
BABIP |
Rank |
1946 |
.264 |
9 |
1954 |
.252 |
9 |
1955 |
.225 |
1 |
|
Year |
WHIP |
Rank |
1947 |
1.32 |
8 |
1955 |
1.13 |
3 |
|
Year |
K/BB |
Rank |
1947 |
1.67 |
5 |
1948 |
1.30 |
10 |
1949 |
1.65 |
8 |
1955 |
1.30 |
8 |
|
Year |
RA/9 |
Rank |
1947 |
11.89 |
8 |
1955 |
10.25 |
3 |
|
Year |
HR/9 |
Rank |
1947 |
0.39 |
4 |
1950 |
0.65 |
6 |
1951 |
0.50 |
5 |
1954 |
0.57 |
9 |
|
Year |
H/9 |
Rank |
1946 |
8.23 |
9 |
1947 |
8.66 |
4 |
1954 |
8.02 |
5 |
1955 |
7.62 |
5 |
|
Year |
BB/9 |
Rank |
1955 |
2.54 |
7 |
|
Year |
K/9 |
Rank |
1947 |
5.33 |
3 |
1948 |
4.40 |
8 |
1949 |
5.05 |
5 |
1953 |
5.29 |
7 |
|
Year |
QS |
Rank |
1946 |
19 |
10 |
1947 |
22 |
2 |
1954 |
20 |
4 |
1955 |
22 |
2 |
|
Year |
QSP |
Rank |
1947 |
.688 |
3 |
1954 |
.606 |
6 |
1955 |
.667 |
4 |
|
Year |
CG |
Rank |
1946 |
14 |
6 |
1947 |
17 |
4 |
1948 |
15 |
3 |
1949 |
21 |
1 |
1950 |
20 |
2 |
1951 |
13 |
5 |
1953 |
18 |
6 |
1954 |
18 |
4 |
1955 |
19 |
1 |
|
Year |
CGP |
Rank |
1947 |
.531 |
5 |
1948 |
.455 |
4 |
1949 |
.636 |
1 |
1950 |
.625 |
3 |
1951 |
.419 |
7 |
1954 |
.545 |
6 |
1955 |
.576 |
2 |
|
Year |
SHO |
Rank |
1946 |
1 |
9 |
1947 |
3 |
2 |
1949 |
3 |
5 |
1951 |
3 |
4 |
1954 |
2 |
7 |
1955 |
1 |
8 |
1956 |
1 |
8 |
|
Year |
WAR |
Rank |
1947 |
6.8 |
3 |
1950 |
5.4 |
9 |
1951 |
4.6 |
8 |
1954 |
4.8 |
7 |
1955 |
4.0 |
10 |
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