Early Wynn

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: January 6, 1920 in Hartford, AL us

Died: April 4, 1999 in Venice, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Geneva County HS (Hartford, AL)

Debut: September 13, 1939 (Age 19-250d, 8,709th in major league history)
vs. CHW 8.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 13, 1963 (Age 43-250d)
vs. LAA 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972. (Voted by BBWAA on 301/396 ballots)
View Early Wynn's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Early Wynn

Nicknames: Gus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

61.0

300

244

ERA

3.54

691

611

4564.0

2334

WHIP

1.329

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-12 / in Starts: 23-12
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	59 (28-23-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	71 (37-22-11)

Most Driven In
C Carrasquel	5
R Colavito	3
J Hegan	2
J Busby	1
H Naragon	1
G Woodling	1
A Smith	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
A Smith	2
Self	1
B Ãvila	1
R Colavito	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	542	3 (2)	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.86	-0.072	1.73	-0.09%	-0.75	P
2	543	8 (4)	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,14-2	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.17	-0.007	.41	-0.01%	0.66	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	544	12 (3)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	9	.88	-0.027	2.49	-0.05%	-0.01	P
4	545	17 (4)	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.250	.607	9	1.29	-0.073	4.76	-0.16%	-0.58	P
5	546	21 (3)	May 12	CLE		KCA	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.267	.620	9	.91	0.056	3.27	0.12%	1.26	P
6	547	26 (4)	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.99	-0.001	3.62	0.00%	-0.15	P
7	548	30 (3)	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	1.00	-0.034	4.14	-0.09%	-0.33	P
8	549	34 (3)	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9	.71	0.004	2.46	0.01%	0.20	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	550	40 (5)	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.208	.505	9	1.09	0.042	2.76	0.06%	0.22	P
10	551	46 (5)	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.323	.259	.582	9	.75	0.155	3.54	0.44%	1.98	P
11	552	51 (4)	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.324	.300	.624	9	1.08	-0.083	4.49	-0.21%	-0.88	P
12	553	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	BOS	T,8-8	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.314	.290	.605	9	.59	-0.016	2.25	-0.04%	-0.12	P
13	554	56 (3)	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.314	.290	.605	9						P
14	555	59 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.282	.257	.539	9	.53	-0.055	1.10	-0.07%	-1.13	P
15	556	63 (3)	Jun 26	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.256	.231	.487	9	1.54	-0.178	4.42	-0.31%	-1.63	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	557	68 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.244	.220	.464	9	.47	-0.024	1.58	-0.05%	-0.34	P
17	558	72 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.224	.200	.424	9	.58	-0.062	1.84	-0.12%	-0.92	P
18	559	76 (3)	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	GS-8	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.264	.213	.477	9	.78	0.107	2.14	0.18%	1.57	P
19	560	78 (1)	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.255	.204	.459	9	1.25	-0.062	5.44	-0.16%	-0.48	P
20	561	84 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.255	.204	.459	9						P
21	562	88 (3)	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.231	.507	9	.42	-0.005	.76	-0.01%	0.84	P
22	563	92 (3)	Jul 27	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.295	.255	.550	9	.72	0.054	1.70	0.08%	0.43	P
23	564	97 (4)	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.297	.259	.555	9	.26	0.002	.72	0.00%	0.99	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	565	101 (3)	Aug 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.313	.279	.592	9	1.26	0.151	3.77	0.27%	1.13	P
25	566	106 (4)	Aug 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.281	.596	9	1.55	0.022	2.91	0.02%	0.24	P
26	567	108 (1)	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-5	7-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.324	.308	.632	9	.53	0.033	.71	0.03%	0.42	P
27	568	110 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.299	.614	9	.68	-0.035	1.13	-0.04%	-0.36	P
28	569	112 (1)	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.311	.294	.605	9	.56	-0.015	.40	-0.01%	-0.25	P
29	570	114 (1)	Aug 18	CLE		KCA	W,8-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.299	.282	.580	9	.19	-0.021	.19	-0.01%	-0.97	P
30	571	118 (3)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.300	.274	.574	9	1.54	-0.003	5.68	-0.01%	0.14	P
31	572	122 (3)	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.247	.310	.299	.608	9	.90	0.095	1.38	0.09%	1.26	P
32	573	127 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.295	.284	.579	9	1.38	-0.138	2.80	-0.17%	-0.90	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	574	131 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.293	.282	.576	9	1.88	0.233	2.50	0.19%	0.05	P
34	575	134 (2)	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.287	.276	.563	9	1.08	-0.056	.41	-0.01%	-0.50	P
35	576	138 (3)	Sep 12	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.289	.311	.600	9	.79	0.134	.02	0.00%	0.64	P
36	577	144 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.290	.323	.613	9	1.09	0.214	.00	0.00%	1.54	P
37	578	148 (3)	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.279	.309	.588	9	.58	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.98	P
38	579	151 (2)	Sep 25	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.278	.307	.585	9	1.31	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
							25-12		113	101	5	23	5	0	1	15	7	0	22	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	.228	.278	.307	.585		.90	0.217	2.13	-0.10%	2.17

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