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Batting

Pitching

Joe Shipley

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Age: 89

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'4" / 210

DOB: 5/9/1935

(89 years, 1 month, 1 day)

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Stats

Regular MLB Seasons

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1958	SFG Giants	MLB	23	0	0	0	1	0	1.1		0.00	20.25	0.00	.429	37.5%						33.75		13.73		-0.1
1959	SFG Giants	MLB	24	0	0	0	10	1	18.0		5.50	8.50	1.00	.250	73.7%						4.50		5.77		-0.3
1960	SFG Giants	MLB	25	0	0	0	15	0	20.0		4.05	4.05	0.90	.281	65.1%						5.40		4.73		-0.3
1963	CHW White Sox	MLB	28	0	1	0	3	0	4.2		5.79	11.57	0.00	.474	53.3%						5.79		5.05		-0.1
Total	- - -	MLB		0	1	0	29	1	44.0		4.70	7.16	0.82	.301	63.5%						5.93		5.46		-0.8

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1958	SFG Giants	MLB	23	0	0	0	1	0	1.1		0.00	20.25	0.00	.429	37.5%						33.75		13.73		-0.1
1959	SFG Giants	MLB	24	0	0	0	10	1	18.0		5.50	8.50	1.00	.250	73.7%						4.50		5.77		-0.3
1960	SFG Giants	MLB	25	0	0	0	15	0	20.0		4.05	4.05	0.90	.281	65.1%						5.40		4.73		-0.3
1963	CHW White Sox	MLB	28	0	1	0	3	0	4.2		5.79	11.57	0.00	.474	53.3%						5.79		5.05		-0.1
Total	- - -	MLB		0	1	0	29	1	44.0		4.70	7.16	0.82	.301	63.5%						5.93		5.46		-0.8

Regular MLB Seasons

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1958	SFG Giants	MLB	0	0	33.75	1	0		0	0	0			1.1	12	3	5	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0
1959	SFG Giants	MLB	0	0	4.50	10	1		0	0	0			18.0	87	16	11	9	2	17	0	1	1	0	11
1960	SFG Giants	MLB	0	0	5.40	15	0		0	0	0			20.0	87	20	13	12	2	9	1	3	1	1	9
1963	CHW White Sox	MLB	0	1	5.79	3	0		0	0	0			4.2	28	9	7	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	3
Total	- - -	MLB	0	1	5.93	29	1		0	0	0			44.0	214	48	36	29	4	35	1	6	4	1	23

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1958	SFG Giants	MLB	0	0	33.75	1	0		0	0	0			1.1	12	3	5	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0
1959	SFG Giants	MLB	0	0	4.50	10	1		0	0	0			18.0	87	16	11	9	2	17	0	1	1	0	11
1960	SFG Giants	MLB	0	0	5.40	15	0		0	0	0			20.0	87	20	13	12	2	9	1	3	1	1	9
1963	CHW White Sox	MLB	0	1	5.79	3	0		0	0	0			4.2	28	9	7	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	3
Total	- - -	MLB	0	1	5.93	29	1		0	0	0			44.0	214	48	36	29	4	35	1	6	4	1	23

Regular MLB SeasonsAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1958	SFG Giants	MLB	0.00	20.25	0.00	0.00		0.0%	25.0%	-25.0%		.429	4.50	.429	37.5%		872	355		13.73
1958	Average		4.99	3.32	1.50	0.91		13.0%	8.6%	4.4%		.253	1.35	.273	72.5%					4.59
1959	SFG Giants	MLB	5.50	8.50	0.65	1.00		12.6%	19.5%	-6.9%		.232	1.83	.250	73.7%		116	151		5.77
1959	Average		5.13	3.33	1.54	0.92		13.3%	8.6%	4.7%		.251	1.35	.272	71.6%					4.56
1960	SFG Giants	MLB	4.05	4.05	1.00	0.90		10.3%	10.3%	0.0%		.267	1.45	.281	65.1%		149	133		4.73
1960	Average		5.20	3.40	1.53	0.86		13.5%	8.8%	4.7%		.250	1.34	.272	71.9%					4.49
1963	CHW White Sox	MLB	5.79	11.57	0.50	0.00		10.7%	21.4%	-10.7%		.409	3.21	.474	53.3%		166	145		5.05
1963	Average		5.81	2.97	1.96	0.84		15.3%	7.8%	7.5%		.241	1.26	.269	73.2%					4.18
Total	- - -	MLB	4.70	7.16	0.66	0.82		10.7%	16.4%	-5.6%		.277	1.89	.301	63.5%		159	149		5.46

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1958	SFG Giants	MLB	0.00	20.25	0.00	0.00		0.0%	25.0%	-25.0%		.429	4.50	.429	37.5%		872	355		13.73
1958	Average		4.99	3.32	1.50	0.91		13.0%	8.6%	4.4%		.253	1.35	.273	72.5%					4.59
1959	SFG Giants	MLB	5.50	8.50	0.65	1.00		12.6%	19.5%	-6.9%		.232	1.83	.250	73.7%		116	151		5.77
1959	Average		5.13	3.33	1.54	0.92		13.3%	8.6%	4.7%		.251	1.35	.272	71.6%					4.56
1960	SFG Giants	MLB	4.05	4.05	1.00	0.90		10.3%	10.3%	0.0%		.267	1.45	.281	65.1%		149	133		4.73
1960	Average		5.20	3.40	1.53	0.86		13.5%	8.8%	4.7%		.250	1.34	.272	71.9%					4.49
1963	CHW White Sox	MLB	5.79	11.57	0.50	0.00		10.7%	21.4%	-10.7%		.409	3.21	.474	53.3%		166	145		5.05
1963	Average		5.81	2.97	1.96	0.84		15.3%	7.8%	7.5%		.241	1.26	.269	73.2%					4.18
Total	- - -	MLB	4.70	7.16	0.66	0.82		10.7%	16.4%	-5.6%		.277	1.89	.301	63.5%		159	149		5.46