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Dick Drago
Richard Anthony Drago

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Detroit Mercy

Debut April 11, 1969
vs. OAK 4.7 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 30, 1981
Born June 25, 1945 in Toledo, OH

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 24 KCR AL  11  13  41  26  10   2  10  1  200.7  190   95   84  19   65  108   2   0   848   6   0  3.77  3.66   97 1.271
 1970 25 KCR AL   9  15  35  34   7   1   1  0  240.0  239  110  100  20   72  127   7   3  1002   5   1  3.75  3.72   99 1.296
 1971 26 KCR AL  17  11  35  34  15   4   0  0  241.3  251   84   80  14   46  109   9   4   977   1   0  2.98  3.43  115 1.231 CYA-5
 1972 27 KCR AL  12  17  34  33  11   2   1  0  239.3  230   88   80  22   51  135   6   5   974   4   0  3.01  3.01  100 1.174
 1973 28 KCR AL  12  14  37  33  10   1   2  0  212.7  252  116  100  16   76   98   7   4   937  10   2  4.23  4.05   96 1.542
 1974 29 BOS AL   7  10  33  18   8   0  10  3  175.7  165   71   68  17   56   90   5   5   729   9   0  3.48  3.88  111 1.258
 1975 30 BOS AL   2   2  40   2   0   0  34 15   72.7   69   31   31   5   31   43   0   1   313   3   0  3.84  4.13  108 1.376
 1976 31 CAL AL   7   8  43   0   0   0  27  6   79.3   80   42   39   7   31   43   5   3   346   8   0  4.42  3.31   75 1.399
 1977 32 TOT AL   6   4  49   0   0   0  28  5   60.7   71   27   23   5   18   35   1   1   269   6   0  3.41  3.86  113 1.467
         CAL AL   0   1  13   0   0   0   6  2   21.0   22    8    7   3    3   15   0   1    87   2   0  3.00  3.91  130 1.190
         BAL AL   6   3  36   0   0   0  22  3   39.7   49   19   16   2   15   20   1   0   182   4   0  3.63  3.83  105 1.613
 1978 33 BOS AL   4   4  37   1   0   0  24  7   77.3   71   30   26   5   32   42   4   2   333   5   0  3.03  4.16  137 1.332
 1979 34 BOS AL  10   6  53   1   0   0  37 13   89.0   85   33   30   6   21   67   3   4   367   6   0  3.03  4.48  148 1.191
 1980 35 BOS AL   7   7  43   7   1   0  18  3  132.7  127   67   61  17   44   63   5   0   564   7   0  4.14  4.24  103 1.289
 1981 36 SEA AL   4   6  39   0   0   0  24  5   53.7   71   33   33   4   15   27   0   2   240   5   0  5.53  3.88   70 1.602
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .480 108 117 519 189  62  10 216 58 1875.0 1901  827  755 157  558  987  54  34  7899  75   3  3.62  3.74  103 1.311
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  49  18   5   0  20  5  180.0  182   79   72  15   53   94   5   3   758   7   0  3.62  3.74  103 1.311
 Career High     17  17  53  34  15   4  37 15  241.3  252  116  100  22   76  135   9   5  1002  10   2  2.98  4.48  148 1.174
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 24 KCR AL  41   52    2    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  25  .058  .109  .077  -47    4   9   0   0   0   0
 1970 25 KCR AL  35   76    2    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  44  .053  .077  .053  -63    4   9   0   0   0   0
 1971 26 KCR AL  35   77    3   10   3  0   0    4   0  0   8  44  .130  .212  .169   10   13   7   0   0   0   1
 1972 27 KCR AL  35   68    4    4   0  0   0    5   0  0   8  36  .059  .169  .059  -30    4   7   0   0   1   0
 1980 35 BOS AL  43    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     521  274   11   21   4  0   0   12   0  0  21 149  .077  .145  .091  -31   25  32   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         85    3    7   1  0   0    4   0  0   7  46  .077  .145  .091  -31    8  10   0   0   0   0
 Career High     53   77    4   10   3  0   0    5   0  0   8  44                          13   9   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 24 KCR AL   64   58    1   0.5    95| .058  .254| .109  .331| .077  .384| .186  .715| -47  .018 -10.4  -1.1   0%
 1970 25 KCR AL   87   81    1   0.3    97| .053  .257| .077  .331| .053  .392| .130  .723| -63  .009 -17.1  -1.8   0%
 1971 26 KCR AL   92   75    3   1.1    91| .130  .254| .212  .326| .169  .377| .381  .702|  10  .081  -9.1  -1.0   0%
 1972 27 KCR AL   84   71    2   0.8    82| .059  .245| .169  .314| .059  .354| .228  .668| -30  .054 -10.9  -1.2   0%
 1980 35 BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .276| .000  .339| .000  .409| .000  .748|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      328  286    7   0.7    91| .077  .253| .145  .325| .091  .377| .236  .702| -31  .035 -47.8  -5.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1969 24 KCR AL   P   41     25   32    1    6  .983  .952  1.39  0.69  2.56  1.88   26  200.7
 1970 25 KCR AL   P   35     10   33    1    5  .977  .951  1.23  0.67  1.61  1.86   34  240.0
 1971 26 KCR AL   P   35      7   42    2    9  .961  .959  1.40  0.77  1.83  1.98   34  241.3
 1972 27 KCR AL   P   34      4   28    2    5  .941  .950  0.94  0.75  1.20  1.86   33  239.3
 1973 28 KCR AL   P   37     14   38    3    3  .945  .951  1.41  0.86  2.20  1.86   33  212.7
 1974 29 BOS AL   P   33      3   21    0    1 1.000  .949  0.73  0.83  1.23  1.81   18  175.7
 1975 30 BOS AL   P   40      3   12    0    0 1.000  .938  0.38  0.85  1.86  1.87    2   72.7
 1976 31 CAL AL   P   43      3    4    1    0  .875  .946  0.16  0.85  0.79  1.87    0   79.3
 1977 32 TOT AL   P   49      0    9    1    0  .900  .947  0.18  0.84  1.33  1.96    0   60.7
         CAL AL   P   13      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.15  0.84  0.86  1.97    0   21.0
         BAL AL   P   36      0    7    1    0  .875  .946  0.19  0.84  1.59  1.95    0   39.7
 1978 33 BOS AL   P   37      2   10    1    0  .923  .952  0.32  0.85  1.40  1.90    1   77.3
 1979 34 BOS AL   P   53      5   11    1    2  .941  .947  0.30  0.81  1.62  1.92    1   89.0
 1980 35 BOS AL   P   43      6   17    0    1 1.000  .958  0.53  0.77  1.56  1.85    7  132.7
 1981 36 SEA AL   P   39      1   11    0    1 1.000  .960  0.31  0.81  2.01  1.98    0   53.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1969 24 KCR AL   P   41     25   32    1    6  .983  .952  1.39  0.69  2.56  1.88   26  200.7
 1970 25 KCR AL   P   35     10   33    1    5  .977  .951  1.23  0.67  1.61  1.86   34  240.0
 1971 26 KCR AL   P   35      7   42    2    9  .961  .959  1.40  0.77  1.83  1.98   34  241.3
 1972 27 KCR AL   P   34      4   28    2    5  .941  .950  0.94  0.75  1.20  1.86   33  239.3
 1973 28 KCR AL   P   37     14   38    3    3  .945  .951  1.41  0.86  2.20  1.86   33  212.7
 1974 29 BOS AL   P   33      3   21    0    1 1.000  .949  0.73  0.83  1.23  1.81   18  175.7
 1975 30 BOS AL   P   40      3   12    0    0 1.000  .938  0.38  0.85  1.86  1.87    2   72.7
 1976 31 CAL AL   P   43      3    4    1    0  .875  .946  0.16  0.85  0.79  1.87    0   79.3
 1977 32 TOT AL   P   49      0    9    1    0  .900  .947  0.18  0.84  1.33  1.96    0   60.7
         CAL AL   P   13      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.15  0.84  0.86  1.97    0   21.0
         BAL AL   P   36      0    7    1    0  .875  .946  0.19  0.84  1.59  1.95    0   39.7
 1978 33 BOS AL   P   37      2   10    1    0  .923  .952  0.32  0.85  1.40  1.90    1   77.3
 1979 34 BOS AL   P   53      5   11    1    2  .941  .947  0.30  0.81  1.62  1.92    1   89.0
 1980 35 BOS AL   P   43      6   17    0    1 1.000  .958  0.53  0.77  1.56  1.85    7  132.7
 1981 36 SEA AL   P   39      1   11    0    1 1.000  .960  0.31  0.81  2.01  1.98    0   53.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 519     83  268   13   33  .964  .952  0.68  0.80  1.68  1.88  189 1875.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       519     83  268   13   33  .964  .952  0.68  0.80  1.68  1.88  189   1875

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1975   ALCS  BOS OAK     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   4.2   2   0   1   2 
        WS    BOS CIN     L   2   0   2.25  0  1  0  0   4     3   1   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   4   0   1.04  0  1  2  0   8.2   5   1   2   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1975   ALCS  BOS OAK     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS CIN     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-5-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Sac. Hits
1969 AL-9-8
1970 AL-9-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1971 AL-1.72-5
1972 AL-1.92-6

Games
1979 AL-53-10

Saves
1975 AL-15-5
1979 AL-13-10

Shutouts
1971 AL-4-7

Home Runs Allow.
1972 AL-22-6

Hits Allowed
1971 AL-251-8
1972 AL-230-10

SO to Walk
1971 AL-2.37-10
1972 AL-2.65-7

Losses
1970 AL-15-6
1972 AL-17-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1970 AL-100-9

Hit Batsmen
1970 AL-7-9
1971 AL-9-3
1973 AL-7-8

Games Finished
1975 AL-34-9
1979 AL-37-10
1981 AL-24-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1211) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
September 16, 1964: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Detroit Tigers as the 31st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
October 24, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Pattin.
March 3, 1976: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the California Angels for John Balaz, Dick Sharon, and Dave Machemer.
June 13, 1977: Traded by the California Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller.
October 25, 1977: Granted Free Agency.
December 27, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
April 8, 1981: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Manny Sarmiento.
April 2, 1982: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1971-AL-5-0.01 Car-256-0.01 shares	Sac. Hits 1969 AL-9-8 1970 AL-9-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1971 AL-1.72-5 1972 AL-1.92-6	Games 1979 AL-53-10	Saves 1975 AL-15-5 1979 AL-13-10	Shutouts 1971 AL-4-7
Home Runs Allow. 1972 AL-22-6	Hits Allowed 1971 AL-251-8 1972 AL-230-10	SO to Walk 1971 AL-2.37-10 1972 AL-2.65-7	Losses 1970 AL-15-6 1972 AL-17-3	Earned Runs Allow. 1970 AL-100-9	Hit Batsmen 1970 AL-7-9 1971 AL-9-3 1973 AL-7-8
Games Finished 1975 AL-34-9 1979 AL-37-10 1981 AL-24-10