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1938 1940 Chronology Home CL Index Guide
All- Other Closer Game Stats Closer Share of Pitching Results  Win Shares 
Rank Name HOF MVP CY Star Rookie Team Stdg Throws Age Pos RA GF W L Svs B Svs Sv%  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA   WS  WS/G WSQ Rank Name
1 Clint Brown 11   CHI 4 R 35   61 56 11 10 18     118.33 127 8 58 51 27 41 .266   3.88    15.9 .261   18.07 1 Clint Brown
2 Joe Heving   BOS 2 R 38   41 26 10 2 8      82.00 88 7 48 30 31 34 .286   3.29    10.1 .246   11.15 2 Joe Heving
3 Fritz Ostermueller   BOS 2 L 31 SP   14 9 3 1 4      35.33 26 0 14 11 10 20 .556   2.80     6.2 .443    9.18 3 Fritz Ostermueller
4 Emerson Dickman   BOS 2 R 24   47 23 8 3 6     109.67 117 7 64 50 43 41 .256   4.10     8.8 .187    8.47 4 Emerson Dickman
5   Archie McKain           DET 5 L 28       21 12 2 2 4            50.00 41 1 24 19 28 21 .304   3.42       5.6 .267    6.44 5   Archie McKain
6 Johnny Murphy   a NY 1 R 30   38 34 3 6 19      61.33 57 2 33 30 28 30 .353   4.40     6.6 .174    6.13 6 Johnny Murphy
7 Pete Appleton   WAS 6 R 35   36 27 4 7 7      76.67 75 4 40 32 33 35 .324   3.76     5.3 .147    4.52 7 Pete Appleton
8 Al Benton   DET 5 R 28 SP   21 18 1 3 5      41.00 46 3 22 20 15 19 .311   4.39     3.7 .176    3.45 8 Al Benton
9 Chubby Dean   PHI 7 L 22   53 38 5 7 7     116.00 126 8 87 62 78 39 .191   4.81     4.9 .092    3.31 9 Chubby Dean
League Average Age 30.1
League Average per 50 Appearances 50 36.6 7.1 6.2 11.7
League Average per 75 Innings    75.00 76.4 4.3 42.4 33.1 31.8 30.4 .281   3.98
League Average Win Shares/Game .202
Aggregate Splits Aggregate Splits
Pct of Total
Playing Time RA GF W L Svs B Svs Sv%  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Copyright © 2009-10 by Andre Lower Throws Left   28.1%   88 59 10 10 15           201.33 193 9 125 92 116 80 .259   4.11     16.7 .190 Throws Left  
Throws Right   71.9%     244 184 37 31 63           489.00 510 31 265 213 177 200 .291   3.92     50.4 .207 Throws Right  
Sources: Age 24 & under 31.6%   100 61 13 10 13     225.67 243 15 151 112 121 80 .220   4.47   13.7 .137 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 13.0%   42 30 3 5 9      91.00 87 4 46 39 43 40 .308   3.86   9.3 .221 Age 25-29  
All-Time Major League Handbook Age 30-34 14.7%   52 43 6 7 23      96.67 83 2 47 41 38 50 .413   3.82   12.8 .246 Age 30-34  
Win Shares Digital Update Age 35 & over   40.7%     138 109 25 19 33           277.00 290 19 146 113 91 110 .289   3.67     31.3 .227 Age 35 & over  
baseball-reference.com Rookie     0.0%                                                 Rookie    
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
Splits per 50 Relief Appearances / 75 Innings Splits per 50 Relief Appearances / 75 Innings
Pct of Total
Playing Time RA GF W L Svs B Svs Sv%  Innings  Hits HR R ER BB SO SO/WH  ERA  WS WS/G
Throws Left   28.1%   50 33.5 5.7 5.7 8.5            75.00 71.9 3.4 46.6 34.3 43.2 29.8 .259   4.11     6.2 .190 Throws Left  
Throws Right   71.9%     50 37.7 7.6 6.4 12.9            75.00 78.2 4.8 40.6 32.7 27.1 30.7 .291   3.92     7.7 .207 Throws Right  
Age 24 & under 31.6%   50 30.5 6.5 5.0 6.5      75.00 80.8 5.0 50.2 37.2 40.2 26.6 .220   4.47   4.6 .137 Age 24 & under
Age 25-29 13.0%   50 35.7 3.6 6.0 10.7      75.00 71.7 3.3 37.9 32.1 35.4 33.0 .308   3.86   7.7 .221 Age 25-29  
Age 30-34 14.7%   50 41.3 5.8 6.7 22.1      75.00 64.4 1.6 36.5 31.8 29.5 38.8 .413   3.82   9.9 .246 Age 30-34  
Age 35 & over   40.7%     50 39.5 9.1 6.9 12.0            75.00 78.5 5.1 39.5 30.6 24.6 29.8 .289   3.67     8.5 .227 Age 35 & over  
Rookie     0.0%                                                 Rookie