Ed Head

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 25, 1918 in Selma, LA us

Died: January 31, 1980 in Bastrop, LA

Buried: Sardis Cemetery, West Monroe, LA

Debut: July 27, 1940 (Age 22-184d, 8,912th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 25, 1946 (Age 28-212d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Edward Marvin Head

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

ERA

3.48

118

465.0

208

WHIP

1.308

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-19 / in Starts: 8-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 15

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	14	3	Apr 16	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	5	2	1	2	5	1	0	1.13	3.20	28	6	10	0	0	5	69			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.181	3.34	0.29%	1.51	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
2	15	8	Apr 21	BRO		BSN	W,13-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	2	1	4	2	0	0	1.06	3.07	39	10	15	1	0	8	63			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.071	.75	0.14%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
3	16	14	Apr 26(2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	8	1	0	1.38	2.84	39	6	13	1	0	10	65			1	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	.43	0.026	1.74	0.06%	1.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
4	17	17	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-8	5-5		3	0.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	2.08	3.07	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.204	12.33	-0.58%	-1.44	5b 1-- 0 out a2	5b 123 0 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	18	18	May 1	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-7	4-6		0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.86	2.83	12	3	5	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.050	5.32	-0.16%	0.31	4b 12- 0 out tie	6b 3 out d2
6	19	20	May 3(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,10-14	1-3		1	2.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	1	3.16	2.93	15	3	1	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	.19	-0.065	.89	-0.18%	-3.75	1b -2- 2 out d5	3b 3 out d8
7	20	24	May 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.12	3.43	38	9	17	2	0	8	59			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.56	0.208	7.37	0.59%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	21	29	May 16	BRO		PIT	W,8-1	CG	W(5-0)	5	9.0	2	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.74	3.15	32	7	12	0	0	2	82			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.222	2.31	0.73%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	22	35	May 22	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-4	L(5-1)	5	4.0	5	5	3	1	0	2	0	3.04	3.61	18	10	2	0	0	5	35			0	1	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	1	.69	-0.293	3.63	-0.93%	-3.25	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
10	23	41	May 29	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	GS-8		6	8.0	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	2.64	3.34	27	8	11	2	0	1	81			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.221	5.74	0.69%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	24	48	Jun 5(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-10	L(5-2)	6	9.1	6	4	4	3	5	0	0	2.80	3.16	37	8	15	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	33	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.006	6.44	-0.02%	0.35	1b start a 1	10b 12- 1 out tie
12	25	54	Jun 15	BRO		CHC	L,0-6	GS-3	L(5-3)	9	2.2	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.07	3.12	15	2	3	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.215	3.93	-0.55%	-2.08	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
13	26	59	Jun 21(1)	BRO		STL	L,0-11	GS-2	L(5-4)	5	1.2	4	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.60	3.28	10	2	2	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.312	5.31	-1.09%	-3.41	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d4
14	27	67	Jun 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	7	6.2	6	3	3	5	9	0	0	3.64	3.15	32	4	8	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.53	-0.052	5.13	-0.10%	-0.58	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	28	72	Jul 5(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	4-6		5	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.61	3.12	12	2	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.002	1.95	0.00%	0.26	4b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
16	29	79	Jul 12(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS-6		6	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.57	3.02	25	4	11	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.094	2.27	0.11%	0.68	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
17	30	84	Jul 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	8-GF	S(1)	4	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	2.96	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.016	.49	0.02%	0.83	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
18	31	85	Jul 18(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,4-7	6-GF(8)		0	2.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.51	2.89	10	4	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.023	1.26	-0.05%	0.15	6b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 3
19	32	87	Jul 19(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.56	3.00	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.026	.39	-0.06%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
20	33	88	Jul 19(2)	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	3-5		-1	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.59	2.97	10	3	1	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.227	4.25	-0.60%	-2.24	3b 1-3 2 out d1	5b -2- 1 out tie
21	34	93	Jul 25	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	6-7		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	2.96	4	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.052	.85	0.07%	1.29	6t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
22	35	94	Jul 26(1)	BRO		PIT	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	2.92	6	2	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.212	5.67	0.37%	0.25	8t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
23	36	95	Jul 26(2)	BRO		PIT	W,5-3	8-GF	S(3)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	2.90	6	3	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.197	3.62	0.31%	1.25	8t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
24	37	97	Jul 28(2)	BRO		STL	L,1-9	7-7		1	0.1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	2.90	4	1	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.046	1.48	-0.11%	-2.09	7t 12- 0 out d3	7t 123 1 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	38	100	Aug 1	BRO		CHC	W,9-6	9-GF	S(4)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	2.87	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.026	1.80	0.03%	-0.59	9t 12- 0 out a5	9t end a 3
26	39	101	Aug 2(1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(7-4)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	2.87	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.187	5.26	0.17%	0.63	10t -2- 1 out tie	10t end tie
27	40	106	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-8	5-7		3	2.1	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	3.43	3.13	11	5	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.002	.04	0.00%	-0.56	5b -23 2 out d6	7b 3 out d8
28	41	113	Aug 15	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	7-9		8	1.2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.46	3.12	6	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.048	2.76	-0.04%	0.33	7t 12- 1 out d2	9t 12- 0 out tie
29	42	120	Aug 23(2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	GS-5		7	4.1	4	5	5	2	3	1	1	3.72	3.22	19	7	2	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.106	2.63	-0.16%	-1.63	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a2
30	43	126	Aug 29	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	1-9	L(7-5)	5	7.2	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.71	3.13	30	8	12	1	0	6		3	1	0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.74	0.138	6.00	0.29%	1.43	1b 123 1 out a3	9b 12- 0 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	44	133	Sep 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.13	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.026	2.57	0.06%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
32	45	138	Sep 8	BRO		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-5)	2	9.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.43	3.08	32	13	9	0	0	4	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	3	0	1	.82	0.334	4.96	1.22%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	46	143	Sep 13(2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	3.05	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.97	0.05%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
34	47	145	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	GS-2	L(8-6)	3	1.1	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.57	3.04	10	1	0	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.252	13.63	-1.61%	-2.59	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d3
35	48	150	Sep 22	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	10-GF(12)	W(9-6)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.49	2.99	12	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.72	0.377	15.27	1.27%	1.33	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
36	49	153	Sep 25	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	W(10-6)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.48	3.01	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	0.098	7.35	0.11%	0.30	11t -2- 2 out tie	11t end tie
							17-19		W-L:10-6,Sv:4	3.6	137.0	118	60	53	47	82	11	3	3.48	3.01	570	0.87		2%	0%	117	56	24	42%	3	5	1	509	22	5	9	9	0	6	1.01	0.767	4.13	0.29%	1.20

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