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Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP	WAR
1944	Dodgers	0	2	1	21	1	44.2	3.22	6.45	0.40	.277	58.6 %	7.05	4.89	-0.5
1945	Dodgers	5	6	1	16	15	109.2	5.66	6.48	0.33	.213	73.8 %	3.04	3.92	1.4
1946	Dodgers	3	1	3	24	10	67.1	5.61	5.48	0.53	.276	70.8 %	3.88	3.74	0.3
1947	Dodgers	21	12	1	43	36	280.0	4.76	3.15	0.71	.259	78.7 %	2.67	3.57	5.3
1947	Dodgers	1	1	0	3	1	8.1	8.64	5.40	1.08	.393	60.2 %	8.64	4.30
1948	Dodgers	14	9	1	36	28	215.2	5.09	3.34	1.00	.244	75.2 %	3.51	4.14	2.4
1949	Dodgers	13	5	1	34	27	186.2	5.26	4.39	1.01	.271	71.1 %	4.39	4.30	1.8
1949	Dodgers	0	1	0	1	1	8.2	6.23	4.15	0.00	.167	50.0 %	4.15	2.51
1950	Dodgers	7	9	7	43	15	142.0	6.34	3.49	1.52	.290	73.2 %	4.69	4.53	0.5
1951	Dodgers	13	12	3	42	27	204.0	5.21	3.75	0.84	.256	77.5 %	3.26	3.83	2.5
1952	Dodgers	4	2	0	16	7	61.0	3.84	3.10	1.18	.229	73.0 %	3.84	4.47	0.0
1953	2 Teams	4	7	1	24	14	113.0	4.38	2.87	0.88	.269	62.5 %	4.70	3.94	1.4
1953	Dodgers	0	0	0	7	0	11.0	4.09	4.09	3.27	.314	61.0 %	9.82	8.32	-0.4
1953	Tigers	4	7	1	17	14	102.0	4.41	2.74	0.62	.265	62.7 %	4.15	3.47	1.8
1954	2 Teams	4	3	0	22	8	58.0	3.41	6.67	1.55	.295	76.9 %	5.12	6.26	-1.3
1954	Tigers	3	3	0	17	5	45.1	2.98	5.96	1.99	.312	76.5 %	5.76	6.72	-1.2
1954	Yankees	1	0	0	5	3	12.2	4.97	9.24	0.00	.225	78.3 %	2.84	4.61	0.0
1956	Dodgers	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	9.00	9.00	0.00	.200	100.0 %	0.00	3.37	0.0
Total	- - -	88	68	19	322	188	1484.0	5.03	4.02	0.90	.260	73.4 %	3.79	4.12	13.8
Postseason	- - -	1	2	0	4	2	17.0	7.41	4.76	0.53	.288	56.9 %	6.35	3.39

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Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
1944	Dodgers	0	2	7.05	21	1	0	0	1	44.2	214	46	36	35	2	32		5	4	0	16
1945	Dodgers	5	6	3.04	16	15	7	0	1	109.2	476	73	44	37	4	79		0	6	0	69
1946	Dodgers	3	1	3.88	24	10	2	2	3	67.1	297	62	34	29	4	41		0	1	1	42
1947	Dodgers	21	12	2.67	43	36	15	4	1	280.0	1158	251	100	83	22	98		6	7	1	148
1947	Dodgers	1	1	8.64	3	1	0	0	0	8.1	43	12	8	8	1	5	0	1	0	0	8
1948	Dodgers	14	9	3.51	36	28	11	1	1	215.2	905	189	93	84	24	80		4	9	0	122
1949	Dodgers	13	5	4.39	34	27	9	2	1	186.2	813	181	100	91	21	91		2	3	0	109
1949	Dodgers	0	1	4.15	1	1	0	0	0	8.2	34	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	6
1950	Dodgers	7	9	4.69	43	15	5	0	7	142.0	621	152	80	74	24	55		0	1	4	100
1951	Dodgers	13	12	3.26	42	27	13	3	3	204.0	855	180	81	74	19	85		3	6	0	118
1952	Dodgers	4	2	3.84	16	7	2	0	0	61.0	251	52	29	26	8	21		4	2	0	26
1953	2 Teams	4	7	4.70	24	14	7	0	1	113.0	485	113	67	59	11	36		4	5	0	55
1953	Dodgers	0	0	9.82	7	0	0	0	0	11.0	51	15	12	12	4	5		2	0	0	5
1953	Tigers	4	7	4.15	17	14	7	0	1	102.0	434	98	55	47	7	31		2	5	0	50
1954	2 Teams	4	3	5.12	22	8	0	0	0	58.0	288	72	38	33	10	43		3	0	0	22
1954	Tigers	3	3	5.76	17	5	0	0	0	45.1	227	63	33	29	10	30		2	0	0	15
1954	Yankees	1	0	2.84	5	3	0	0	0	12.2	61	9	5	4	0	13		1	0	0	7
1956	Dodgers	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Total	- - -	88	68	3.79	322	188	71	12	19	1484.0	6372	1372	702	625	149	663	0	31	44	6	829
Postseason	- - -	1	2	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	17.0	77	16	12	12	1	9	0	1	0	0	14

Advanced

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
1944	Dodgers	3.22	6.45	0.50	0.40	7.5 %	15.0 %	.260	1.75	.277	58.6 %	194	134	4.89
1944	Average	3.29	3.19	1.03	0.42	8.5 %	8.3 %	.255	1.35	.272	69.4 %			4.18
1945	Dodgers	5.66	6.48	0.87	0.33	14.5 %	16.6 %	.184	1.39	.213	73.8 %	79	104	3.92
1945	Average	3.30	3.40	0.97	0.41	8.5 %	8.8 %	.255	1.38	.272	69.7 %			4.24
1946	Dodgers	5.61	5.48	1.02	0.53	14.1 %	13.8 %	.242	1.53	.276	70.8 %	112	106	3.74
1946	Average	3.92	3.57	1.10	0.49	10.2 %	9.3 %	.251	1.37	.271	71.5 %			4.27
1947	Dodgers	4.76	3.15	1.51	0.71	12.8 %	8.5 %	.238	1.25	.259	78.7 %	65	89	3.57
1947	Dodgers	8.64	5.40	1.60	1.08	18.6 %	11.6 %	.324	2.04	.393	60.2 %	210	106	4.30
1947	Average	3.73	3.76	0.99	0.64	9.6 %	9.7 %	.257	1.42	.273	70.5 %			4.59
1948	Dodgers	5.09	3.34	1.53	1.00	13.5 %	8.8 %	.230	1.25	.244	75.2 %	86	99	4.14
1948	Average	3.70	3.95	0.94	0.64	9.5 %	10.1 %	.260	1.45	.276	69.6 %			4.66
1949	Dodgers	5.26	4.39	1.20	1.01	13.4 %	11.2 %	.251	1.46	.271	71.1 %	107	105	4.30
1949	Dodgers	6.23	4.15	1.50	0.00	17.6 %	11.8 %	.133	0.92	.167	50.0 %	101	61	2.51
1949	Average	3.65	4.09	0.89	0.70	9.3 %	10.5 %	.259	1.46	.273	70.0 %			4.81
1950	Dodgers	6.34	3.49	1.82	1.52	16.1 %	8.9 %	.269	1.46	.290	73.2 %	111	105	4.53
1950	Average	3.92	4.08	0.96	0.85	9.9 %	10.3 %	.262	1.48	.276	69.7 %			4.97
1951	Dodgers	5.21	3.75	1.39	0.84	13.8 %	9.9 %	.235	1.30	.256	77.5 %	81	93	3.83
1951	Average	3.79	3.75	1.01	0.75	9.7 %	9.6 %	.257	1.42	.271	70.4 %			4.76
1952	Dodgers	3.84	3.10	1.24	1.18	10.4 %	8.4 %	.230	1.20	.229	73.0 %	101	118	4.47
1952	Average	4.21	3.56	1.18	0.69	11.0 %	9.3 %	.249	1.35	.266	71.7 %			4.51
1953	2 Teams	4.38	2.87	1.53	0.88	11.3 %	7.4 %	.254	1.32	.269	62.5 %	115	96	3.94
1953	Dodgers	4.09	4.09	1.00	3.27	9.8 %	9.8 %	.341	1.82	.314	61.0 %	227	193	8.32
1953	Tigers	4.41	2.74	1.61	0.62	11.5 %	7.1 %	.244	1.26	.265	62.7 %	103	86	3.47
1953	Average	4.17	3.55	1.18	0.85	10.7 %	9.1 %	.260	1.41	.276	70.3 %			4.75
1954	2 Teams	3.41	6.67	0.51	1.55	7.6 %	14.9 %	.298	1.98	.295	76.9 %	140	170	6.26
1954	Tigers	2.98	5.96	0.50	1.99	6.6 %	13.2 %	.323	2.05	.312	76.5 %	156	181	6.72
1954	Yankees	4.97	9.24	0.54	0.00	11.5 %	21.3 %	.191	1.74	.225	78.3 %	80	129	4.61
1954	Average	4.15	3.67	1.13	0.79	10.7 %	9.5 %	.255	1.40	.270	71.7 %			4.70
1956	Dodgers	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	22.2 %	22.2 %	.143	1.50	.200	100.0 %	0	83	3.37
1956	Average	4.69	3.67	1.28	0.93	12.1 %	9.5 %	.253	1.39	.269	72.0 %			4.80
Total	- - -	5.03	4.02	1.25	0.90	13.0 %	10.4 %	.242	1.37	.260	73.4 %	95	103	4.12
Postseason	- - -	7.41	4.76	1.56	0.53	18.2 %	11.7 %	.239	1.47	.288	56.9 %	155	84	3.39

Fielding

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP
1944	Dodgers	P	21	1	44.2	2	8	0	0	1.000
1945	Dodgers	P	16	15	109.2	7	20	2	1	.931
1946	Dodgers	P	24	10	67.1	3	6	1	1	.900
1947	Dodgers	P	43	36	280.0	9	35	3	0	.936
1948	Dodgers	P	36	28	215.2	10	18	1	0	.966
1949	Dodgers	P	34	27	186.2	6	15	2	0	.913
1950	Dodgers	P	43	15	142.0	8	19	0	0	1.000
1951	Dodgers	P	42	27	204.0	12	19	0	2	1.000
1952	Dodgers	P	16	7	61.0	5	7	1	1	.923
1953	2 Teams	P	24	14	113.0	7	12	1	1	.950
1953	Dodgers	P	7	0	11.0	0	2	0	1	1.000
1953	Tigers	P	17	14	102.0	7	10	1	0	.944
1954	2 Teams	P	22	8	58.0	3	9	1	1	.923
1954	Tigers	P	17	5	45.1	2	6	0	1	1.000
1954	Yankees	P	5	3	12.2	1	3	1	0	.800
1956	Dodgers	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total	- - -	P	322	188	1484.0	72	169	12	7	.953

Value

Partial Seasons | Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
1944	Dodgers	-1.3	-0.1	-0.8	-0.8	-4.6	-0.5
1945	Dodgers	2.5	1.6	-0.4	1.1	13.4	1.4
1946	Dodgers	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	2.7	0.3
1947	Dodgers	8.2	1.4	1.6	3.0	50.7	5.3
1948	Dodgers	4.3	1.6	0.2	1.9	23.7	2.4
1949	Dodgers	1.7	0.1	-0.1	0.0	17.8	1.8
1950	Dodgers	0.5	-0.6	0.6	0.0	5.5	0.5
1951	Dodgers	4.3	0.6	1.1	1.8	23.9	2.5
1952	Dodgers	0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.5	-0.1	0.0
1953	2 Teams	0.3	0.2	-1.3	-1.1	13.1	1.4
1953	Dodgers	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-4.3	-0.4
1953	Tigers	0.8	0.3	-1.3	-1.0	17.4	1.8
1954	2 Teams	-0.7	-0.4	1.0	0.5	-12.8	-1.3
1954	Tigers	-0.9	-0.6	0.9	0.3	-12.4	-1.2
1954	Yankees	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0
1956	Dodgers	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0
Total	- - -	20.4	4.8	1.8	6.6	133.4	13.8	$0.0

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