MLB / Players

Jim Konstanty

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 202 lb
BornMarch 2, 1917 · Strykersville, NY, USA
MLB debutJune 18, 1944
Final gameSeptember 19, 1956
Seasons11 (1944–1956)

Cincinnati Reds 1944; Boston Braves 1946; Philadelphia Phillies 1948–1953; New York Yankees 1954; Philadelphia Phillies 1954; New York Yankees 1955–1956; St. Louis Cardinals 1956

Percentile snapshot

1953 season — qualified pitchers

G
48
98.3
GS
19
3.4
W
14
65.5
L
10
56.9
SV
5
94.8
CG
7
17.2
SHO
0
0
H
198
50
ER
84
60.3
BB
42
91.4
SO
45
1.7
HR
18
43.1
IP
170.7
24.1
ERA
4.43
36.2
WHIP
1.406
31
K/9
2.37
1.7
FIP
4.25
37.9
FIP-
101.4
37.9
ERA+
94.6
24.1
sWAR
1.3
29.3

of 59 qualified 1953 pitchers (min 156 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
13.3
89.9

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
194420383421000021500.294.314.294.60872.475.9.2882.2
194610320000001000.000.333.000.33339.6-1.7.254-0.2
19486331000000000.000.000.000.000-127.3-100.0.0000.4
19495318170300010400.176.176.176.353-20.2-4.9.1621.7
195074393704000301300.108.108.108.216-61.6-42.1.0983.6
19515822190310000500.158.158.211.368-17.1-0.3.1640.8
19524216141110021200.071.133.143.276-35.4-22.5.1370.5
195348535031100050700.220.220.220.4405.816.5.1981.3
19544216160000000400.000.000.000.000-134.9-100.0.0001.2
1955451280100000000.125.222.125.347-1.0-2.6.1892.0
195635320000010100.000.000.000.000-124.8-100.0.0000.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
194420126405111335331911112.72.801.2961.524.37126.6123.42.2
19461010100017979215.35.281.5655.284.21122.665.0-0.2
19486010200712709.70.93.9316.521.7444.7418.00.4
19495309570098352943997.03.251.3093.993.7894.0123.81.7
1950740167220010845505611152.02.661.0393.323.6590.5151.23.6
19515814119001275231279115.74.051.3662.103.7397.294.80.8
19524225362187352116980.03.941.3501.804.27117.192.60.5
19534819141057019884424518170.74.431.4062.374.25101.494.61.3
19544213450073231814768.73.011.3251.834.11105.2128.81.2
195545072110068192419573.72.321.2492.323.7798.5165.12.0
19563501170061261213750.34.651.4502.324.30111.982.20.0

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

G
433
PA
223
AB
202
R
7
H
33
2B
2
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
14
BB
3
SO
41
SB
0
BA
.1634
OBP
.1787
SLG
.1733
OPS
.3520

Pitching

G (P)
433
GS
36
W
66
L
48
SV
74
250th-most career SV
CG
14
SHO
2
IP
946
SO (P)
268
BB allowed
269
ERA
3.464
WHIP
1.2964
K/9
2.55

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1953-05-28PHI @ PIT Gameday402000202
1953-06-25PHI @ CHC Gameday502000202
1944-09-21CIN @ PHI Gameday302000002
1953-04-24PIT @ PHI Gameday312000002
1952-08-31PHI @ ATL Gameday411100202

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1953-08-22SF @ PHI Gameday8.0844262
1953-05-28PHI @ PIT Gameday9.01585150
1944-07-27CIN @ ATL Gameday9.0822341
1950-09-15CIN @ PHI Gameday10.0622630
1944-08-13SF @ CIN Gameday9.0522430

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.

Honors

Most Valuable Player All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.