Lex
Tjeenk-Willink
 
Nickname: Tanden Trekker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 165
 
Born: August 26, 1930 in The Netherlands
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1951    1954    1956    1957    1958    1959    1962   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Andrew Murphy Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 19 CLE AL 9 14 .391 30 30 7 0 0 214.3 223 132 24 120 109 5.54 .265 .355 .436 .791  
1951 20 CLE AL 17 13 .567 37 37 11 1 0 277.7 237 118 30 115 191 3.82 .226 .303 .384 .687 12.9
1952 21 CLE AL 14 17 .452 37 37 6 0 0 266.0 223 117 30 121 191 3.96 .227 .310 .397 .707 10.8
1953 22 CLE AL 19 11 .633 38 38 12 1 0 287.7 227 93 24 109 201 2.91 .214 .286 .355 .641 26.7
1954 23 CLE AL 16 5 .762 24 24 4 1 0 183.3 160 60 15 43 112 2.95 .232 .275 .397 .672 18.5
1955 24 CLE AL 13 14 .481 35 35 6 2 0 245.0 229 123 31 73 183 4.52 .243 .297 .432 .728 10.7
1956 25 CLE AL 15 16 .484 38 38 7 1 0 277.0 245 121 29 74 221 3.93 .234 .283 .418 .701 17.8
1957 26 CLE AL 19 10 .655 38 38 15 3 0 303.3 220 104 30 98 260 3.09 .199 .264 .350 .614 26.7
1958 27 CLE AL 22 11 .667 37 37 15 0 0 292.7 263 118 36 61 232 3.63 .235 .274 .429 .704 19.5
1959 28 CLE AL 23 9 .719 39 39 9 1 0 298.0 254 121 38 86 257 3.65 .226 .279 .395 .674 22.7
1960 29 CLE AL 18 14 .563 39 39 13 2 0 305.0 258 138 38 79 258 4.07 .226 .274 .411 .685 18.0
1961 30 CLE AL 14 8 .636 31 31 7 3 0 233.3 192 93 28 71 196 3.59 .221 .279 .406 .685 17.6
1962 31 CLE AL 15 8 .652 31 31 1 1 0 225.7 192 102 24 74 216 4.07 .226 .288 .390 .679 16.3
1963 32 CLE AL 16 13 .552 40 40 5 1 0 287.3 234 106 21 105 271 3.32 .220 .289 .354 .643 17.6
1964 33 CLE AL 15 7 .682 26 26 3 2 0 180.7 158 85 19 58 171 4.23 .230 .290 .393 .683 9.8
15 Years Sim 245 170 .590 520 520 121 19 0 3877.0 3315 1631 417 1287 3069 3.79 .228 .289 .396 .685 245.7
Season Average 16 11 .593 34 34 8 1 0 258.5 221 108 27 85 204 3.79 .228 .289 .396 .685  
Career Highs 23 17 .762 40 40 15 3 0 305.0 263 138 38 121 271 5.54 .265 .355 .436 .791  
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   1718 804 204 659 1651   .221 .281 .381 .663
vs LH   1597 827 213 628 1418   .236 .300 .412 .712
Home 132 83 .614 262 262 58 12 0 1975.6 1662 808 218 656 1540 3.68 .225 .288 .399 .688
Away 113 87 .565 258 258 63 7 0 1901.3 1653 823 199 631 1529 3.90 .230 .292 .392 .684
Mar/Apr 37 27 .578 77 77 23 4 0 587.0 504 243 64 186 462 3.73 .229 .289 .394 .683
May 49 30 .620 101 101 27 5 0 758.9 616 293 73 246 607 3.47 .218 .280 .371 .651
June 55 21 .724 92 92 23 3 0 709.0 566 266 75 229 548 3.38 .216 .279 .388 .667
July 40 31 .563 89 89 14 2 0 633.0 577 315 79 232 494 4.48 .240 .307 .426 .733
August 35 37 .486 91 91 17 3 0 661.9 588 286 70 209 526 3.89 .234 .292 .399 .691
Sep/Oct 29 24 .547 70 70 17 2 0 527.0 464 228 56 185 432 3.89 .232 .298 .402 .700
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 19 CLE AL 33 71 8 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 17 .056 .173 .099 .271 0.0  
1951 20 CLE AL 37 98 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 25 .061 .097 .071 .169 -3.5 0.0
1952 21 CLE AL 39 86 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 6 24 .023 .085 .035 .120 -3.8 0.0
1953 22 CLE AL 42 91 8 15 7 0 1 9 0 0 6 22 .165 .212 .275 .487 6.1 0.0
1954 23 CLE AL 24 63 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 12 .063 .167 .079 .246 0.1 0.0
1955 24 CLE AL 35 89 4 13 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 31 .146 .165 .202 .367 0.8 0.0
1956 25 CLE AL 38 106 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 34 .085 .117 .104 .221 -2.1 0.0
1957 26 CLE AL 39 106 1 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 34 .047 .080 .066 .146 -4.0 0.0
1958 27 CLE AL 38 103 7 6 1 0 0 7 0 1 7 36 .058 .117 .068 .185 -3.7 0.0
1959 28 CLE AL 42 110 13 13 7 0 0 6 0 0 6 32 .118 .162 .182 .344 1.7 0.0
1960 29 CLE AL 40 111 8 8 4 0 0 4 0 1 8 39 .072 .134 .108 .243 -2.1 0.0
1961 30 CLE AL 31 82 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 32 .049 .124 .049 .172 -2.8 0.0
1962 31 CLE AL 31 85 10 11 6 0 0 4 0 0 6 27 .129 .185 .200 .385 1.8 0.0
1963 32 CLE AL 40 112 6 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 41 .063 .087 .071 .158 -5.9 0.0
1964 33 CLE AL 26 65 8 8 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 22 .123 .174 .185 .359 1.3 0.0
15 Years Sim 535 1378 93 115 38 2 2 72 1 4 83 428 .083 .136 .118 .254 -16.1 0.0
162 Game Average 417 28 34 11 0 0 21 0 1 25 129 .083 .136 .118 .254 -4.9  
Career Highs 42 112 13 15 7 1 1 9 1 1 9 41 .165 .212 .275 .487 6.1  
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   945 65 76 26 1 1 48 0 3 39 279 .080 .116 .113 .230 -25.9
vs LH   433 28 39 12 1 1 24 1 1 44 149 .090 .175 .129 .305 0.6
Home 269 671 46 56 17 2 0 29 1 1 38 209 .083 .132 .115 .247 -13.4
Away 266 707 47 59 21 0 2 43 0 3 45 219 .083 .139 .122 .260 -11.9
RISP   332 0 26 6 1 1 64 0 0 21 108 .078 .129 .111 .240 -6.4
Close/Late   111 12 9 6 0 0 4 0 0 8 35 .081 .142 .135 .277 -1.3
Mar/Apr 81 200 9 23 7 0 0 10 0 0 12 60 .115 .164 .150 .314 0.1
May 101 274 17 20 8 0 1 17 0 0 14 79 .073 .119 .113 .232 -6.9
June 94 250 22 16 3 1 0 11 0 0 17 76 .064 .123 .084 .207 -7.5
July 95 242 21 27 11 1 1 11 0 1 9 76 .112 .146 .178 .324 -0.5
August 92 229 16 17 4 0 0 13 1 0 9 87 .074 .108 .092 .200 -7.7
Sep/Oct 72 183 8 12 5 0 0 10 0 3 22 50 .066 .165 .093 .258 -2.8
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    
1950 19 CLE AL P 30 30 214.3 5 21 0 0 1.000 1.09    
1951 20 CLE AL P 37 37 277.7 10 32 0 5 1.000 1.36    
1952 21 CLE AL P 37 37 266.0 7 26 1 3 .971 1.12    
1953 22 CLE AL P 38 38 287.7 23 33 0 2 1.000 1.75    
1954 23 CLE AL P 24 24 183.3 10 19 1 2 .967 1.42    
1955 24 CLE AL P 35 35 245.0 12 37 0 1 1.000 1.80    
1956 25 CLE AL P 38 38 277.0 17 33 1 2 .980 1.62    
1957 26 CLE AL P 38 38 303.3 21 41 0 3 1.000 1.84    
1958 27 CLE AL P 37 37 292.7 21 44 0 4 1.000 2.00    
1959 28 CLE AL P 39 39 298.0 19 29 3 0 .941 1.45    
1960 29 CLE AL P 39 39 305.0 19 30 1 0 .980 1.45    
1961 30 CLE AL P 31 31 233.3 14 21 6 2 .854 1.35    
1962 31 CLE AL P 31 31 225.7 16 29 1 0 .978 1.79    
1963 32 CLE AL P 40 40 287.3 12 26 1 2 .974 1.19    
1964 33 CLE AL P 26 26 180.7 10 24 1 2 .971 1.69    
Career Totals   520 520 3877.0 216 445 16 28 .976 1.53    
Career Highs   40 40 305.0 23 44 6 5 1.000 2.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1953-6-2.91
1954-2-2.95
1957-4-3.09
1963-10-3.32
Wins
1951-7-17
1953-4-19
1956-10-15
1957-2-19
1958-1-22
1959-2-23
1960-5-18
CAR-28-245
Losses
1950-10-14
1952-8-17
1956-8-16
1960-9-14
Winning Pct
1951-9-.567
1953-6-.633
1954-2-.762
1957-5-.655
1958-6-.667
1959-1-.719
1961-10-.636
1962-9-.652
1964-6-.682
Games Started
1953-9-38
1956-9-38
1957-8-38
1959-1-39
1960-1-39
1963-8-40
CAR-29-520
Complete Games
1951-10-11
1953-7-12
1957-4-15
1958-3-15
1960-9-13
Shutouts
1955-6-2
1957-2-3
1960-9-2
1961-3-3
1964-8-2
Innings Pitched
1953-7-287.7
1957-2-303.3
1958-9-292.7
1959-7-298.0
1960-4-305.0
CAR-41-3877.0
Homeruns Allowed
1951-3-30
1952-4-30
1955-9-31
1957-7-30
1958-3-36
1959-6-38
1960-3-38
CAR-7-417
Strikeouts
1951-6-191
1952-5-191
1953-3-201
1956-4-221
1957-3-260
1958-4-232
1959-2-257
1960-3-258
1961-7-196
1962-9-216
1963-2-271
CAR-6-3069
Walks Allowed
1951-9-115
1952-7-121
1963-10-105
CAR-50-1287
Walks per 9IP
1954-3-2.1
1955-6-2.7
1956-7-2.4
1958-6-1.9
1959-7-2.6
1960-7-2.3
Hits per 9IP
1951-7-7.7
1952-8-7.5
1953-4-7.1
1954-6-7.9
1956-10-8.0
1957-1-6.5
1958-9-8.1
1959-4-7.7
1960-5-7.6
1961-3-7.4
1962-4-7.7
1963-4-7.3
1964-9-7.9
CAR-18-7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP
1951-6-6.2
1952-3-6.5
1953-5-6.3
1954-8-5.5
1955-6-6.7
1956-4-7.2
1957-3-7.7
1958-5-7.1
1959-4-7.8
1960-5-7.6
1961-1-7.6
1962-3-8.6
1963-3-8.5
1964-5-8.5
CAR-11-7.1
WHiP
1951-8-1.27
1953-5-1.17
1954-2-1.11
1955-9-1.23
1956-6-1.15
1957-2-1.05
1958-5-1.11
1959-4-1.14
1960-5-1.10
1961-4-1.13
1962-7-1.18
1963-10-1.18
1964-10-1.20
CAR-35-1.19
OAVG
1951-3-.226
1952-9-.227
1953-4-.214
1954-6-.232
1956-9-.234
1957-1-.199
1958-8-.235
1959-3-.226
1960-5-.226
1961-3-.221
1962-4-.226
1963-4-.220
1964-7-.230
CAR-15-.228
OOBP
1951-8-.303
1953-5-.286
1954-2-.275
1955-9-.297
1956-5-.283
1957-2-.264
1958-5-.274
1959-3-.279
1960-4-.274
1961-3-.279
1962-4-.288
1963-9-.289
1964-8-.290
CAR-23-.289
OSLG
1953-8-.355
1957-6-.350
OOPS
1953-6-.641
1954-9-.672
1957-4-.614
1959-9-.674
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 48)
   Gray Ink Test: 217    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 244)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 111)
 
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