Bud Podbielan
Brooklyn Dodgers 1949–1952; Cincinnati Reds 1952–1953; Cincinnati Redlegs 1954–1955; Cincinnati Redlegs 1957; Cleveland Indians 1959
Percentile snapshot
1953 season — qualified pitchers
of 59 qualified 1953 pitchers (min 155 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.3 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.1 |
| 1950 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .138 | .143 | .281 | -42.6 | -26.3 | .132 | -0.3 |
| 1951 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .304 | .609 | 56.3 | 63.6 | .278 | 1.3 |
| 1952 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 0.2 | 7.5 | .191 | 1.5 |
| 1953 | 36 | 61 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .155 | .125 | .280 | -39.9 | -26.4 | .134 | 0.8 |
| 1954 | 27 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | -14.4 | -4.7 | .183 | -0.5 |
| 1955 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .571 | .400 | .971 | 184.7 | 159.3 | .470 | 1.0 |
| 1957 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -133.4 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.3 |
| 1959 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120.1 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 12.3 | 3.65 | 1.459 | 3.65 | 5.21 | 126.0 | 113.2 | 0.1 |
| 1950 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 43 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 72.7 | 5.33 | 1.679 | 3.47 | 4.75 | 113.8 | 78.4 | -0.3 |
| 1951 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 31 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 79.7 | 3.50 | 1.293 | 2.94 | 4.63 | 116.0 | 113.9 | 1.3 |
| 1952 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 88.7 | 3.15 | 1.252 | 2.33 | 4.23 | 113.3 | 118.8 | 1.5 |
| 1953 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 214 | 98 | 67 | 74 | 21 | 186.3 | 4.73 | 1.508 | 3.57 | 4.49 | 103.3 | 91.9 | 0.8 |
| 1954 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 157 | 78 | 58 | 42 | 20 | 131.0 | 5.36 | 1.641 | 2.89 | 5.14 | 122.4 | 78.3 | -0.5 |
| 1955 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 42.0 | 3.21 | 1.119 | 5.57 | 3.16 | 75.0 | 131.2 | 1.0 |
| 1957 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 16.0 | 6.19 | 1.375 | 7.31 | 4.89 | 119.6 | 66.0 | -0.3 |
| 1959 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12.3 | 5.84 | 1.541 | 3.65 | 3.19 | 85.4 | 64.0 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-07-12 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953-06-07 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1952-08-22 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953-05-23 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1954-04-24 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-06-02 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 13.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 1953-09-20 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 1954-05-16 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1950-04-26 | PHI @ LAD Gameday | 9.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 1957-09-04 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.