01/01/1948 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-). |
06/21/1948 | Drafted in the 1948 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick) by the Detroit Dynamos, out of college Red River State |
07/05/1948 | Signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Dynamos organization with a signing bonus of $6,000. |
07/11/1948 | Named the #58 prospect in the FABL |
08/01/1948 | Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Lincoln Legislators with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
09/18/1948 | Injured (dead arm),out for 4 days. |
11/23/1948 | Named to the 1948 Cuban Winter League for the Havana Sharks. |
01/01/1949 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-). |
04/18/1949 | Named the #9 prospect in the FABL |
05/21/1949 | Injured (dead arm),out for 4 days. |
07/14/1949 | Pitches a 11-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Miners with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
08/01/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Rookie of the Month Award. |
08/27/1949 | Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Keystones with 1 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/01/1949 | Wins the FABL FA Rookie of the Month Award. |
10/23/1949 | Wins the 1949 FABL FA Kellogg Award. |
01/01/1950 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-). |
07/01/1951 | Wins the FABL FA Pitcher of the Month Award. |
07/18/1951 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Boston Minutemen with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
08/14/1951 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the New York Gothams with 0 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
08/23/1951 | Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Keystones with 2 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
09/01/1951 | Wins the FABL FA Pitcher of the Month Award. |
03/06/1952 | Unsuccessfully completed training to make one of his poorer pitches more usable at the Detroit Dynamos development complex. |
04/16/1952 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Chicago Chiefs with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
05/16/1952 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
05/21/1952 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Boston Minutemen with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
06/03/1952 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Boston Minutemen with 5 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
07/06/1952 | Was selected to the 1952 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/26/1952 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Miners with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
09/16/1952 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/06/1952 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the New York Stars with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/09/1952 | Wins the 1952 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
05/10/1953 | Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the St. Louis Pioneers with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
05/20/1953 | Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
07/12/1953 | Was selected to the 1953 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
08/01/1953 | Wins the FABL FA Pitcher of the Month Award. |
10/20/1953 | Wins the 1953 FABL FA Allen Award. |
06/05/1954 | Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
06/18/1954 | Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Miners with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/08/1954 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
09/01/1954 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Chicago Chiefs with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
09/19/1954 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Boston Minutemen with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
10/07/1954 | Wins the 1954 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
04/16/1955 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the New York Gothams with 6 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
07/10/1955 | Was selected to the 1955 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/22/1955 | Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Chicago Chiefs with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
08/10/1955 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Miners with 3 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
10/07/1955 | Wins the 1955 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
04/29/1956 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Miners with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
07/08/1956 | Was selected to the 1956 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/26/1956 | Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the St. Louis Pioneers with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/01/1956 | Wins the FABL FA Pitcher of the Month Award. |
10/22/1956 | Finished 3rd in 1956 FABL FA Allen Award voting. |
04/18/1957 | Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Miners with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
07/07/1957 | Was selected to the 1957 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game. |
07/25/1957 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the St. Louis Pioneers with 2 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
08/18/1958 | Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
08/26/1958 | Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 1-2 weeks. |
10/10/1958 | Wins the 1958 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos. |
10/25/1958 | Was traded by the Detroit Dynamos to the Kansas City Kings, along with $35,000, in exchange for 1B George Hartnett and CF Malcolm Strong. |
07/09/1959 | Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Cleveland Foresters with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
03/04/1960 | Successfully completed training to improve his secondary pitch at the Kansas City Kings development complex. |
07/24/1961 | Released by the Kansas City Kings. |
07/26/1961 | Signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Foresters organization. |
09/18/1961 | Wins the 1961 Championship with the Rochester Rooks! |
10/01/1961 | Wins the UL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | SH | Rank | 1948 | 7 | 2 | 1949 | 14 | 8 | 1957 | 14 | 9 | 1959 | 10 | 9 | | Year | GS | Rank | 1948 | 7 | 4 | 1951 | 36 | 1 | 1953 | 35 | 4 | 1954 | 35 | 3 | 1956 | 34 | 6 | 1959 | 34 | 8 | | Year | W | Rank | 1948 | 4 | 9 | 1949 | 14 | 9 | 1951 | 18 | 1 | 1952 | 22 | 1 | 1953 | 19 | 2 | 1954 | 21 | 1 | 1955 | 18 | 3 | 1956 | 17 | 4 | 1957 | 19 | 5 | | Year | L | Rank | 1948 | 4 | 9 | 1951 | 17 | 1 | 1954 | 13 | 9 | | Year | Win. % | Rank | 1952 | .759 | 1 | 1953 | .594 | 9 | 1954 | .618 | 7 | 1955 | .643 | 8 | 1956 | .586 | 10 | |
Year | IP | Rank | 1948 | 74.0 | 7 | 1949 | 240.1 | 10 | 1951 | 294.0 | 1 | 1952 | 289.2 | 3 | 1953 | 298.1 | 1 | 1954 | 288.0 | 2 | 1955 | 257.0 | 5 | 1956 | 277.0 | 2 | 1957 | 260.0 | 6 | | Year | BF | Rank | 1948 | 330 | 5 | 1951 | 1256 | 1 | 1952 | 1153 | 5 | 1953 | 1220 | 2 | 1954 | 1202 | 2 | 1955 | 1084 | 5 | 1956 | 1135 | 3 | | Year | HRA | Rank | 1951 | 25 | 5 | 1954 | 31 | 2 | 1955 | 27 | 10 | 1957 | 30 | 6 | 1958 | 23 | 8 | 1959 | 31 | 4 | 1960 | 26 | 2 | | Year | BB | Rank | 1951 | 113 | 2 | 1959 | 100 | 9 | | Year | K | Rank | 1951 | 120 | 4 | 1952 | 157 | 2 | 1953 | 151 | 2 | 1954 | 154 | 1 | 1955 | 118 | 6 | 1956 | 196 | 1 | 1957 | 162 | 5 | |
Year | WP | Rank | 1948 | 2 | 9 | 1949 | 8 | 4 | 1951 | 7 | 3 | 1954 | 8 | 2 | 1958 | 9 | 2 | | Year | ERA | Rank | 1948 | 3.41 | 9 | 1949 | 3.56 | 7 | 1951 | 3.49 | 8 | 1952 | 1.86 | 2 | 1953 | 2.75 | 1 | 1955 | 3.75 | 5 | 1956 | 2.92 | 4 | 1957 | 3.25 | 8 | | Year | BABIP | Rank | 1949 | .268 | 9 | 1950 | .255 | 7 | 1951 | .247 | 1 | 1952 | .229 | 7 | 1953 | .252 | 4 | 1954 | .250 | 3 | 1956 | .238 | 2 | 1957 | .234 | 2 | 1958 | .242 | 1 | | Year | WHIP | Rank | 1949 | 1.36 | 7 | 1951 | 1.29 | 5 | 1952 | 1.05 | 4 | 1953 | 1.13 | 1 | 1954 | 1.22 | 5 | 1955 | 1.28 | 4 | 1956 | 1.10 | 1 | 1957 | 1.12 | 4 | 1958 | 1.26 | 5 | | Year | K/BB | Rank | 1951 | 1.06 | 9 | 1952 | 1.59 | 5 | 1953 | 1.72 | 2 | 1954 | 1.59 | 5 | 1955 | 1.33 | 7 | 1956 | 1.96 | 5 | 1957 | 1.98 | 8 | |
Year | RA/9 | Rank | 1949 | 12.32 | 6 | 1951 | 11.76 | 5 | 1952 | 9.63 | 4 | 1953 | 10.62 | 1 | 1954 | 11.09 | 5 | 1955 | 11.80 | 5 | 1956 | 10.01 | 2 | 1957 | 10.38 | 4 | 1958 | 11.49 | 5 | | Year | HR/9 | Rank | 1948 | 0.24 | 3 | 1949 | 0.56 | 10 | 1952 | 0.25 | 3 | 1953 | 0.48 | 5 | 1956 | 0.49 | 4 | | Year | H/9 | Rank | 1949 | 8.88 | 8 | 1950 | 8.59 | 8 | 1951 | 8.14 | 8 | 1952 | 6.37 | 1 | 1953 | 7.54 | 2 | 1954 | 7.97 | 7 | 1955 | 8.44 | 8 | 1956 | 6.66 | 1 | 1957 | 7.27 | 3 | 1958 | 7.86 | 3 | | Year | BB/9 | Rank | 1953 | 2.65 | 7 | 1954 | 3.03 | 7 | 1955 | 3.12 | 9 | 1957 | 2.84 | 10 | | Year | K/9 | Rank | 1952 | 4.88 | 5 | 1953 | 4.56 | 6 | 1954 | 4.81 | 4 | 1956 | 6.37 | 2 | 1957 | 5.61 | 4 | 1959 | 5.86 | 10 | |
Year | QS | Rank | 1948 | 5 | 3 | 1951 | 20 | 4 | 1952 | 28 | 2 | 1953 | 22 | 4 | 1955 | 19 | 10 | 1956 | 24 | 1 | 1957 | 21 | 7 | | Year | QSP | Rank | 1948 | .714 | 3 | 1949 | .552 | 8 | 1952 | .848 | 2 | 1953 | .629 | 8 | 1956 | .706 | 5 | 1957 | .656 | 8 | | Year | CG | Rank | 1948 | 4 | 5 | 1949 | 19 | 5 | 1951 | 23 | 1 | 1952 | 24 | 2 | 1953 | 25 | 1 | 1954 | 24 | 2 | 1955 | 19 | 2 | 1956 | 21 | 1 | 1957 | 13 | 9 | | Year | CGP | Rank | 1948 | .571 | 5 | 1949 | .655 | 3 | 1950 | .542 | 10 | 1951 | .639 | 2 | 1952 | .727 | 2 | 1953 | .714 | 1 | 1954 | .686 | 2 | 1955 | .594 | 2 | 1956 | .618 | 1 | 1957 | .406 | 8 | | Year | SHO | Rank | 1949 | 2 | 6 | 1951 | 3 | 3 | 1952 | 6 | 1 | 1953 | 2 | 3 | 1954 | 5 | 3 | 1955 | 3 | 4 | 1956 | 2 | 6 | 1957 | 2 | 7 | |
Year | WAR | Rank | 1948 | 1.8 | 2 | 1949 | 3.9 | 8 | 1951 | 4.4 | 8 | 1952 | 8.1 | 1 | 1953 | 7.1 | 1 | 1954 | 4.7 | 5 | 1955 | 4.2 | 5 | 1956 | 7.8 | 2 | 1957 | 4.0 | 9 | | | | | |