#13 Al Worthington, Closer, 30 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Al Worthington
2/5/1929 30 USA,AL,BIRMINGHAM 6"2 210
Closer R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,000,000 1963 6 Year(s), 167 Days (1199 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 167 Days (1199 total Days) 6 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 8 | 5 | 9 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 5 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 8 | 6 | 9 | |
Talent | 8 | 5 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 47 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .955 (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 | 56 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3.71 | 70.1 | 68 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 58 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 59 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 3.71 | 73.0 | 72 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 61 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 14 | 1 | 92.9 | 56 | 36 | 13.3 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 3.98 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 108 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 | .357 | .463 | .820 |
vs. RHB | 159 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .321 | .327 | .648 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2.25 | 40.0 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
Road | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5.64 | 30.1 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 25 |
Postseason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
May | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.63 | 11.2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
June | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.32 | 8.1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
July | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 10.2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
August | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.94 | 16.2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
Sept./Oct. | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.20 | 15.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1953 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3.77 | 43.0 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .193 | SLN,NL |
1954 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6.15 | 45.1 | 57 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.70 | .342 | SLN |
1955 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2.48 | 54.1 | 46 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | .244 | SLN,NL |
1956 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4.38 | 24.2 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.91 | .366 | SLN |
1957 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 1.80 | 45.0 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | .277 | SLN,NL |
1958 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 6.13 | 47.0 | 64 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 26 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.91 | .376 | SLN NYY |
1959 | 56 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3.71 | 70.1 | 68 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .309 | NYY |
Total | 292 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 75 | 3.99 | 329.2 | 341 | 162 | 146 | 34 | 161 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .297 | |
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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 |
1953, AAA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 2.2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | .455 |
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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 |
1959 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1953 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN,NL |
1954 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN |
1955 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN,NL |
1956 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN |
1957 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN,NL |
1958 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLN NYY |
1959 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | NYY |
Total | 292 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 56 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | .923 | 70.1 | 1.66 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1953... Earned first career win on 6/11/1953... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Traded from St. Louis (N) to New York (A) on 7/30/1958 (Going to STL: CF Jim Small. Going to NYY: 1B Steve Bilko, P Al Worthington)... 10/6/1958: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,000,000 per year, for 5 years. Had first career hit on 8/10/1959, off Eddie Erautt (KC)... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1959...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Saves 1956 - 7 - 8th 1957 - 25 - 1st 1958 - 21 - 1st
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