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Dick Starr
Richard Eugene Starr

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 5, 1947
Final Game September 29, 1951
Born March 2, 1921 in Kittanning, PA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 26 NYY AL   1   0   4   1   1   0   2  0   12.3   12    4    2   1    8    1   0   0    57       0  1.46  3.56  244 1.622
 1948 27 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    0    1    1   0    2    2   0   0     8       1  4.50  4.07   90 1.000
 1949 28 SLB AL   1   7  30   8   1   1  12  0   83.3   96   46   40   6   48   44   1   1   380       0  4.32  4.53  105 1.728
 1950 29 SLB AL   7   5  32  16   4   1   7  2  123.7  140   83   69  11   74   30   7   5   576       0  5.02  4.94   98 1.730
 1951 30 TOT AL   3  12  26  20   1   0   1  0  123.3  142   96   89  22   66   43   2   1   561       4  6.49  4.23   65 1.686
         SLB AL   2   5  15   9   0   0   1  0   62.0   66   55   51  10   42   26   2   1   286       1  7.40  4.37   59 1.742
         WSH AL   1   7  11  11   1   0   0  0   61.3   76   41   38  12   24   17   0   0   275       3  5.58  4.08   73 1.630
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .333  12  24  93  45   7   2  23  2  344.7  390  230  201  40  198  120  10   7  1582       5  5.25  4.53   86 1.706
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5  11  45  22   3   0  11  0  169.7  192  113   99  19   97   59   4   3   779   0   2  5.25  4.53   86 1.706
 Career High      7  12  32  20   4   1  12  2  123.7  142   96   89  22   74   44   7   5   576   0   4  4.32  4.94  105 1.686

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 26 NYY AL   4    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .667  175    2   1           0   1
 1949 28 SLB AL  30   23    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   7  .087  .222  .087  -18    2   0           0   0
 1950 29 SLB AL  33   36    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  16  .139  .162  .139  -24    5   4           0   0
 1951 30 TOT AL  26   35    4    7   3  0   0    1   0  1   5  12  .200  .300  .286   59   10   1           0   1
         SLB AL  15   18    3    4   2  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .222  .263  .333   59    6   1           0   1
         WSH AL  11   17    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  1   4   7  .176  .333  .235   57    4   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       94   97   11   15   4  0   0    2   0  1  10  36  .155  .234  .196   13   19   6   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        167   19   26   7  0   0    3   0  2  17  62  .155  .234  .196   13   33  10   0   0   0   3
 Career High     33   36    4    7   3  0   0    1   0  1   5  16                          10   4   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 26 NYY AL    4    4    1   6.7    96| .333  .261| .333  .341| .667  .376|1.000  .717| 175  .703   0.3   0.0   0%
 1949 28 SLB AL   27   21    0   0.0   110| .087  .276| .222  .368| .087  .400| .309  .768| -18  .000  -4.1  -0.4   0%
 1950 29 SLB AL   41   35    1   0.8   117| .139  .283| .162  .371| .139  .424| .301  .796| -24  .031  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1951 30 TOT AL   41   31    3   2.6   102| .200  .268| .300  .349| .286  .393| .586  .742|  59  .267  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         SLB AL   20   16    2   3.4   105| .222  .271| .263  .353| .333  .397| .596  .750|  59  .368  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         WSH AL   21   15    1   1.8   100| .176  .265| .333  .346| .235  .389| .568  .735|  57  .156  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       113   91    5   1.5   109| .155  .275| .234  .361| .196  .406| .430  .767|  13  .106 -12.7  -1.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 26 NYY AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.95 2.20 1.90 1 12.3 1948 27 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1949 28 SLB AL P 30 3 9 0 1 1.000 .960 0.40 1.01 1.30 2.12 8 83.3 1950 29 SLB AL P 32 2 21 3 3 .885 .950 0.72 0.96 1.67 2.03 16 123.7 1951 30 TOT AL P 26 7 11 0 1 1.000 .957 0.69 0.99 1.31 2.07 20 123.3 SLB AL P 15 4 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.73 0.99 1.60 2.08 9 62.0 WSH AL P 11 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.64 0.99 1.03 2.07 11 61.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 26 NYY AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.95 2.20 1.90 1 12.3 1948 27 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1949 28 SLB AL P 30 3 9 0 1 1.000 .960 0.40 1.01 1.30 2.12 8 83.3 1950 29 SLB AL P 32 2 21 3 3 .885 .950 0.72 0.96 1.67 2.03 16 123.7 1951 30 TOT AL P 26 7 11 0 1 1.000 .957 0.69 0.99 1.31 2.07 20 123.3 SLB AL P 15 4 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.73 0.99 1.60 2.08 9 62.0 WSH AL P 11 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.64 0.99 1.03 2.07 11 61.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 93 13 43 3 5 .949 .956 0.60 0.98 1.46 2.06 45 344.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 93 13 43 3 5 .949 .956 0.60 0.98 1.46 2.06 45 345
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs Allow.
1951 AL-22-1

Losses
1951 AL-12-9

Wild Pitches
1950 AL-5-9

Hit Batsmen
1950 AL-7-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1948: Traded by the New York Yankees with Red Embree, Sherm Lollar, and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Roy Partee and Fred Sanford.

July 30, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Fred Sanford.


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