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Roger
Kirwan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 31, 1919 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Pitcher of the Year 1947   
All-Star Selections 1947    1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 27 SAV KL $ 7,030,000 7 8 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
1948 28 SAV KL $ 7,030,000 7 8 9 8 6 7 7 7 7 7
1949 29 SAV KL $ 10,350,000 7 8 9 8 6 7 6 7 7 7
1950 30 SAV KL $ 10,350,000 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,030,000 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,350,000 7 8 9 9 7 7 7 7 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 27 SAV KL $ 7,030,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
1948 28 SAV KL $ 7,030,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
1949 29 SAV KL $ 10,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
1950 30 SAV KL $ 10,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,030,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Pitcher of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 27 SAV KL 21 10 .677 36 36 7 2 0 259.3 211 100 18 87 247 3.47 .220 .292 .334 .626 20.6
1948 28 SAV KL 16 3 .842 23 23 3 1 0 173.7 125 48 14 63 163 2.49 .203 .278 .327 .606 20.5
1949 29 SAV KL 17 13 .567 36 36 4 1 0 257.7 231 102 25 92 241 3.56 .241 .312 .384 .696 22.1
1950 30 SAV KL 16 10 .615 36 36 1 0 0 253.0 243 121 22 99 213 4.30 .253 .326 .371 .697 15.3
4 Years Sim 70 36 .660 131 131 15 4 0 943.7 810 371 79 341 864 3.54 .232 .304 .357 .661 78.6
Season Average 17 9 .654 32 32 3 1 0 235.9 202 92 19 85 216 3.54 .232 .304 .357 .661  
Career Highs 21 13 .842 36 36 7 2 0 259.3 243 121 25 99 247 4.30 .253 .326 .384 .697  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   394 175 31 145 481   .220 .278 .337 .615
vs LH   416 196 48 196 383   .244 .322 .378 .701
Home 36 16 .692 65 65 11 3 0 480.3 423 190 49 164 427 3.56 .237 .301 .365 .665
Away 34 20 .630 66 66 4 1 0 463.3 387 181 30 177 437 3.52 .227 .299 .349 .649
Mar/Apr 12 8 .600 24 24 1 1 0 167.7 144 59 8 62 161 3.17 .232 .302 .344 .646
May 11 6 .647 26 26 3 0 0 186.3 165 82 19 73 161 3.96 .236 .308 .372 .680
June 16 2 .889 20 20 1 1 0 145.7 122 48 12 47 127 2.97 .228 .290 .358 .648
July 10 6 .625 18 18 3 0 0 138.3 110 43 12 42 121 2.80 .216 .275 .327 .603
August 11 7 .611 19 19 4 1 0 135.0 102 49 11 53 133 3.27 .209 .287 .331 .618
Sep/Oct 10 7 .588 24 24 3 1 0 170.7 167 90 17 64 161 4.75 .260 .327 .397 .723
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 27 SAV KL 36 92 6 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 36 .174 .222 .196 .418 3.8 0.0
1948 28 SAV KL 23 60 5 10 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 26 .167 .203 .233 .436 2.4 0.0
1949 29 SAV KL 36 86 5 18 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 25 .209 .227 .233 .460 4.0 0.0
1950 30 SAV KL 36 85 3 14 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 31 .165 .184 .188 .372 1.8 0.0
4 Years Sim 131 323 19 58 4 3 0 22 1 0 13 118 .180 .210 .211 .421 12.0 0.0
162 Game Average 399 23 71 4 3 0 27 1 0 16 145 .180 .210 .211 .421 14.8  
Career Highs 36 92 6 18 2 1 0 9 1 0 6 36 .209 .227 .233 .460 4.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   192 12 34 2 2 0 12 1 0 8 65 .177 .208 .208 .416 6.3
vs LH   131 7 24 2 1 0 10 0 0 5 53 .183 .213 .214 .427 4.4
Home 65 158 9 27 1 2 0 10 1 0 4 66 .171 .190 .203 .393 3.8
Away 66 165 10 31 3 1 0 12 0 0 9 52 .188 .229 .218 .447 6.9
RISP   74 0 15 1 1 0 22 0 0 0 23 .203 .197 .243 .441 2.6
Close/Late   21 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .095 .174 .095 .269 -0.1
Mar/Apr 24 55 5 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 25 .200 .214 .273 .487 2.6
May 26 66 5 14 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 20 .212 .212 .258 .470 2.8
June 20 49 5 7 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 21 .143 .236 .143 .379 1.7
July 18 45 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .156 .170 .156 .326 0.2
August 19 45 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .111 .167 .111 .278 -0.3
Sep/Oct 24 63 1 14 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 19 .222 .242 .270 .512 3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 27 SAV KL P 36 36 259.3 10 28 0 1 1.000 1.32    
1948 28 SAV KL P 23 23 173.7 8 16 0 0 1.000 1.24    
1949 29 SAV KL P 36 36 257.7 10 38 0 2 1.000 1.68    
1950 30 SAV KL P 36 36 253.0 12 15 3 0 .900 0.96    
Career Totals   131 131 943.7 40 97 3 3 .979 1.31    
Career Highs   36 36 259.3 12 38 3 2 1.000 1.68    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1947 27 SAV KL 1 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.7 21 12 3 12 23 4.05 .212 .297 .364 .661
1950 30 SAV KL 1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 35.7 39 21 2 17 25 5.30 .291 .371 .396 .766
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 9 9 0 0 0 62.3 60 33 5 29 48 4.77 .258 .340 .382 .722
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 27 SAV KL 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .222 .300 .222 .522
1950 30 SAV KL 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182
Career Post-Season Batting 9 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .150 .190 .150 .340
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1947-5-3.47
1948-2-2.49
1949-5-3.56
 Wins
1947-1-21
1948-8-16
1949-8-17
1950-9-16
CAR-4-70
 Winning Pct
1947-2-.677
1948-1-.842
CAR-3-.660
 Games Started
1947-5-36
1949-3-36
1950-6-36
CAR-23-131
 Complete Games
1947-8-7
CAR-28-15
 Shutouts
1947-6-2
1948-10-1
CAR-17-4
Innings Pitched
1947-7-259.3
1949-8-257.7
1950-8-253.0
CAR-18-943.7
 Hits Allowed
CAR-38-810
 Homeruns Allowed
1949-8-25
CAR-27-79
 Strikeouts
1947-2-247
1949-4-241
1950-8-213
CAR-8-864
 Walks Allowed
CAR-24-341
 Hits per 9IP
1947-2-7.3
1948-1-6.5
1949-9-8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
1947-2-8.6
1948-3-8.4
1949-4-8.4
1950-8-7.6
 WHiP
1947-4-1.15
1948-2-1.08
1949-8-1.25
 OAVG
1947-2-.220
1948-1-.203
1949-9-.241
 OOBP
1947-4-.292
1948-2-.278
1949-7-.312
 OSLG
1947-3-.334
1948-4-.327
 OOPS
1947-2-.626
1948-2-.606
1949-9-.696
 
   Black Ink Test: 9
   Gray Ink Test: 76
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30
 
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  1. Earle Olivier (976)
  2. James Hanselman (966)
  3. Lucien Pillar (965)
  4. Donald Walker (954)
  5. Robert Lerman (945)
  6. Marvin Shope (942)
  7. James Riordan (939)
  8. Dwight Roesch (938)
  9. Domingo Contreras (932)
  10. Joshua Cook (931)
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  1. Jacob Borne (990)
  2. Gerald Sarno (979)
  3. Gary Smith (976)
  4. James Bury (973)
  5. Joseph Hale (969)
  6. Donald Walker (961)
  7. Chet Seiler (954)
  8. James Hanselman (953)
  9. Eric Brown (953)
  10. Daniel Elliott (952)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Savannah in 1947
Earned first career win on 4/1/1947
Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1947, off Virgil Rice (FAI)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1947, going 5-0, 2.33
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Struck out 16 batters against Issaquah on 8/28/1947
Won Pitcher of the Year in 1947, going 21-10, 3.47 ERA
Injured on 6/16/1948 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks
9/11/1948: Signed a contract extension with Savannah, $10,350,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
 
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