#8 Lefty Wallace, Reliever, 35 yrs, Cincinnati Redlegs
Saturday, 10/11/1956 |
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| Lefty Wallace
8/12/1921
35
USA,IN,EVANSVILLE
5"11
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Reliever
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$ 4,000,000
1957
11 Year(s), 131 Days (2023 total Days)
172 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 156 Days (2048 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 5 | 5 | 7 | 88-91 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| Versus RHB | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
| Talent | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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Fastball
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Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 52 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.95 | 67.1 | 81 | 44 | 37 | 37 | 24 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Projected | 52 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.95 | 67.0 | 81 | 44 | 37 | 37 | 24 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 9 | 2 | 33.3 | 51 | 21 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 5.42 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 85 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .340 | .435 | .776 |
| vs. RHB | 191 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .382 | .393 | .775 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.08 | 28.1 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 10 |
| Road | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.85 | 39.0 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 14 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 15.1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| May | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.58 | 10.1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| June | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 15.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| August | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.97 | 12.2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Sept./Oct. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1945 | 37 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2.95 | 301.2 | 299 | 127 | 99 | 5 | 136 | 122 | 23 | 4 | 1.44 | .289 | PIT |
| 1946 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 4.58 | 295.0 | 323 | 163 | 150 | 18 | 133 | 156 | 8 | 1 | 1.55 | .311 | PIT |
| 1947 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 4.92 | 307.1 | 355 | 194 | 168 | 15 | 126 | 126 | 13 | 1 | 1.57 | .319 | PIT |
| 1948 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4.47 | 272.0 | 309 | 149 | 135 | 8 | 116 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 1.56 | .315 | PIT |
| 1949 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4.30 | 140.1 | 164 | 88 | 67 | 5 | 58 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1.58 | .331 | PIT |
| 1950 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3.38 | 162.1 | 155 | 69 | 61 | 5 | 56 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 1.30 | .268 | PIT |
| 1951 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3.02 | 295.1 | 271 | 119 | 99 | 8 | 114 | 129 | 8 | 1 | 1.30 | .269 | PIT ATL |
| 1952 | 39 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3.91 | 290.1 | 299 | 143 | 126 | 15 | 103 | 132 | 9 | 5 | 1.38 | .290 | SF |
| 1953 | 37 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2.90 | 279.0 | 255 | 99 | 90 | 12 | 110 | 102 | 11 | 3 | 1.31 | .265 | SF |
| 1954 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 5.18 | 265.2 | 298 | 169 | 153 | 30 | 103 | 110 | 8 | 2 | 1.51 | .294 | SF |
| 1955 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4.99 | 88.1 | 98 | 54 | 49 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | .290 | SF |
| 1956 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.95 | 67.1 | 81 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | .308 | CIN |
| Total | 472 | 356 | 146 | 144 | 3 | 4.02 | 2764.2 | 2907 | 1418 | 1234 | 132 | 1125 | 1160 | 94 | 21 | 1.46 | .295 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1942, AA | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.65 | 27.1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.80 | .198 |
| 1942, AAA | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.83 | 40.0 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1.45 | .222 |
| 1943, AA | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.87 | 75.1 | 75 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1.51 | .287 |
| 1943, AAA | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.19 | 96.2 | 102 | 47 | 45 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1.45 | .283 |
| 1944, AA | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.86 | 46.2 | 57 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 | .357 |
| 1944, AAA | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4.61 | 125.0 | 148 | 73 | 64 | 4 | 59 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1.66 | .324 |
| 1945, AAA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 35.0 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1.23 | .270 |
| 1949, AAA | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.66 | 46.1 | 44 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.42 | .292 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1953 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 24.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 1954 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.01 | 1.1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | 15.1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.31 | 40.2 | 41 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1945 | 37 | 108 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .148 | .185 | .333 | PIT |
| 1946 | 41 | 109 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .110 | .109 | .147 | .256 | PIT |
| 1947 | 42 | 107 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .202 | .206 | .407 | PIT |
| 1948 | 37 | 94 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .175 | .181 | .356 | PIT |
| 1949 | 35 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .157 | .294 | PIT |
| 1950 | 40 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .172 | .169 | .293 | .463 | PIT |
| 1951 | 38 | 111 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .090 | .098 | .108 | .206 | PIT ATL |
| 1952 | 39 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .145 | .151 | .296 | SF |
| 1953 | 37 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .202 | .238 | .440 | SF |
| 1954 | 38 | 92 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .126 | .109 | .235 | SF |
| 1955 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .217 | .273 | .490 | SF |
| 1956 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | CIN |
| Total | 472 | 962 | 131 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 70 | 53 | 20 | 302 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .154 | .177 | .331 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 52 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | 67.1 | 2.41 | | | | |
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Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1942...
Injured on 4/3/1943 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 5/4/1943 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 7/10/1943 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 4/11/1944 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 6/29/1944 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks...
Had first career hit on 5/3/1945, off JONAS GAINES (CIN)...
Earned first career win on 5/11/1945...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1945, winning one game with a 1.59 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1945, going 6-2, 1.93...
1/31/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration...
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1950, off Al Epperly (ATL)...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1950, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
1/31/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,757,143 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Atlanta on 6/21/1951 (Going to PIT: LF Carl Furillo, 2B Bill Rigney. Going to ATL: LF Frank Baumholtz, P Lefty Wallace, P Mickey Mcdermott, 2B Augie Galan)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1951, going 3-0, 1.64...
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/2/1952 to a 4-year deal worth $12,125,000 per year...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1953, going 4-1, 1.29...
Injured on 8/13/1953 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/4/1956 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year...
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ERA
1945 - 2.95 - 3rd
1950 - 3.38 - 4th
1951 - 3.02 - 2nd
1953 - 2.90 - 1st
| WHIP
1950 - 1.30 - 8th
1953 - 1.31 - 9th
| Wins
1945 - 21 - 7th
1951 - 19 - 8th
1952 - 16 - 10th
| Losses
1946 - 20 - 1st
1947 - 23 - 1st
1954 - 17 - 5th
| IP
1947 - 307.1 - 3rd
1951 - 295.1 - 6th
1952 - 290.1 - 6th
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K's
1946 - 156 - 6th
| BB
1945 - 136 - 7th
1946 - 133 - 2nd
1947 - 126 - 7th
1948 - 116 - 10th
1951 - 114 - 9th
1953 - 110 - 9th
1954 - 103 - 8th
| CG
1945 - 23 - 10th
1947 - 13 - 7th
| SHO
1945 - 4 - 4th
1952 - 5 - 1st
1953 - 3 - 7th
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