Santo Alcalá

Santo Alcala
born Santo Anibal Alcala

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 23, 1952 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1976
Teams (by GP): Reds/Expos 1976-1977

Final Game: September 25, 1977
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1970	17	CIN-min	Rk	4	6	.400	3.00	11	10					72.0	74	34	24	2	40								1.583	9.2	0.2	5.0			RDL · GULF
1971	18	CIN-min	A-	0	2	.000	5.27	20	3		0	0	1	41.0	43	42	24	6	36	0	48	3	0	3			1.927	9.4	1.3	7.9	10.5	1.33	SXF · NORL
1972	19	CIN-min	A,AA	9	15	.375	2.68	33	27		13	5	2	205.0	166	78	61	8	66	3	194	8	1	8			1.132	7.3	0.4	2.9	8.5	2.94	KEY,TRV · FLOR,EL
1973	20	CIN-min	AA	7	13	.350	3.93	30	27					190.0	168	91	83	13	85								1.332	8.0	0.6	4.0			TRV · EL
1974	21	CIN-min	AAA	12	11	.522	4.19	32	24		6	2	0	161.0	152	84	75	15	74	4	113	10	0	7			1.404	8.5	0.8	4.1	6.3	1.53	INA · AA
1975	22	CIN-min	AAA	13	12	.520	2.76	27	26		7	2	0	173.0	144	61	53	15	64	1	118	6	1	8			1.202	7.5	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.84	INA · AA
1976	23	CIN	NL	11	4	.733	4.70	30	21	3	3	1	0	132.0	131	72	69	12	67	3	67	3	2	3	583	75	1.500	8.9	0.8	4.6	4.6	1.00
1977	24	TOT	NL	3	7	.300	4.83	38	12	8	0	0	2	117.1	126	66	63	13	54	6	73	3	3	6	520	79	1.534	9.7	1.0	4.1	5.6	1.35
1977	24	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	5.74	7	2	2	0	0	0	15.2	22	11	10	1	7	1	9	1	1	2	73	70	1.851	12.6	0.6	4.0	5.2	1.29
1977	24	MON	NL	2	6	.250	4.69	31	10	6	0	0	2	101.2	104	55	53	12	47	5	64	2	2	4	447	81	1.485	9.2	1.1	4.2	5.7	1.36
1978	25	SEA-min	AAA	5	2	.714	5.05	15	10		1	0	0	57.0	61	35	32	5	31	0	30	3	0	1			1.614	9.6	0.8	4.9	4.7	0.97	SJO · PCL
1979	26	PIT-min	AA	0	0		6.14	7	0		0	0	1	22.0	24	20	15	3	11	1	16	4	0	2			1.591	9.8	1.2	4.5	6.5	1.45	BFL · EL
1980	27	PIT-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.75	9	7		0	0	0	36.0	40	23	19	2	16	0	18	1	0	1			1.556	10.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.13	POR · PCL
1981	28	PIT-min	AAA	7	13	.350	4.39	28	26	1	6	1	1	164.0	174	89	80	24	57	2	94	5	2	4			1.409	9.5	1.3	3.1	5.2	1.65	POR · PCL
1982	29	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0			1.200	8.1	2.7	2.7	0.0	0.00	POR · PCL
2 Yrs				14	11	.560	4.76	68	33	11	3	1	2	249.1	257	138	132	25	121	9	140	6	5	9	1103	77	1.516	9.3	0.9	4.4	5.1	1.16
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.560	4.76	46	22	7	2	1	1	168	173	93	89	17	81	6	94	4	3	6	743	77	1.516	9.3	0.9	4.4	5.1	1.16

CIN (2 yrs)				12	5	.706	4.81	37	23	5	3	1	0	147.2	153	83	79	13	74	4	76	4	3	5	656	74	1.537	9.3	0.8	4.5	4.6	1.03
MON (1 yr)				2	6	.250	4.69	31	10	6	0	0	2	101.2	104	55	53	12	47	5	64	2	2	4	447	81	1.485	9.2	1.1	4.2	5.7	1.36

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1976	23	CIN	NL	132.0	30	21	72	4.91	3.85	0.04	0.09	101.1	3.93	-15	-1.7	.7	-0.1	-0.7	-3	.445	.490	$
1977	24	CIN	NL	15.2	7	2	11	6.32	4.42	-0.01	-0.07	99.6	4.34	-4	-0.4	.4	0.0	-0.2	-2	.448	.498	$
1977	24	MON	NL	101.2	31	10	55	4.87	4.43	0.16	-0.07	95.4	4.01	-10	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.4	0	.465	.493	$
2 Seasons				249.1	68	33	138	4.98	4.12	0.09	0.01	98.7	3.99	-29	-3.1	.8	-0.1	-1.3	-4	.454	.494	$

CIN (2 yrs)				147.2	37	23	83	5.06	3.91	0.04	0.07	100.9	3.98	-19	-2.0	.6	-0.0	-0.9	-5	.445	.494	$
MON (1 yr)				101.2	31	10	55	4.87	4.43	0.16	-0.07	95.4	4.01	-10	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.4	0	.465	.493	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1976	23	CIN	NL	30	583	501	72	131	27	4	12	21	5	67	67	.261	.348	.403	.752	.278	202	7	3	6	6	3	3
1977	24	CIN	NL	7	73	63	11	22	7	2	1	2	1	7	9	.349	.417	.571	.988	.389	36	1	1	1	1	1	0
1977	24	MON	NL	31	447	396	55	104	16	4	12	15	5	47	64	.263	.343	.414	.757	.287	164	7	2	1	1	5	3
1977	24	TOT	NL	38	520	459	66	126	23	6	13	17	6	54	73	.275	.353	.436	.789	.301	200	8	3	2	2	6	3
2 Yrs				68	1103	960	138	257	50	10	25	38	11	121	140	.268	.351	.419	.769	.289	402	15	6	8	8	9	6
162 Game Avg.				46	743	646	93	173	34	7	17	26	7	81	94	.268	.351	.419	.769	.289	271	10	4	5	5	6	4
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.382	.707	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1976	23	CIN	NL	-14.5	-1.5	617	-1.5	10.1	-11.6	1.07	-1.0	-0.4	-17.2	-1.8	1.07	-13.0	2	0	7
1977	24	TOT	NL	-11.0	-1.1	554	-1.4	8.2	-9.6	.95	-1.4	-0.1	-9.3	-0.9	0.95	-13.1	5	3	17
1977	24	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	79	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.90	-0.4	-0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.90	-3.9	0	1	3
1977	24	MON	NL	-8.2	-0.8	475	-0.9	7.1	-8.1	.95	-1.0	-0.0	-5.4	-0.5	0.95	-9.2	5	2	14
2 Yrs				-25.5	-2.6	1171	-2.9	18.3	-21.2	1.01	-2.4	-0.5	-26.5	-2.7	1.01	-26.0	7	3	24

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1976	23	CIN	NL	30	21	10	3	8	3	0	16	5	.762	0	3	3	1	10	48%	48.6	87	21	19	2	4	8	6.3	6.0	5.8
1977	24	TOT	NL	38	12	2	7	3	0	0	4	8	.333	2	1	0	0	4	33%	41.3	64	23	19	6	6	2	2.8	2.9	5.4
1977	24	CIN	NL	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	44.0	59	29	3	1	0	2	3.5	2.6	4.3
1977	24	MON	NL	31	10	2	6	2	0	0	4	6	.400	1	1	0	0	3	30%	40.7	64	23	16	5	6	0	2.7	2.9	5.6
2 Yrs				68	33	12	10	11	3	0	20	13	.606	2	4	3	1	14	42%	46	87	21	38	8	10	10	5.0	4.9	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	104	-13					4.2	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1976	23	CIN	NL	30	9	3	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0		7	1.066	2	0	7	2	1	6	0	9	3	1	3	3.7
1977	24	TOT	NL	38	26	8	1	0	3	2	1	67%	4	7	3	43%		.946	5	3	17	8	1	17	4	22	19	2	19	6.0
1977	24	CIN	NL	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	2	100%	9	.905	0	1	3	1	0	4	1	4	2	0	2	4.2
1977	24	MON	NL	31	21	6	0	0	3	2	1	67%	4	5	1	20%	4	.953	5	2	14	7	1	13	3	18	17	2	17	6.5
2 Yrs				68	35	11	2	1	4	2	2	50%	5	7	3	43%		1.010	7	3	24	10	2	23	4	31	22	3	22	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1976	23	CIN	NL	583	58%	2.1%	11.5%	11.5%	7.4%	33%	0.78	73%	109	7	6%
1977	24	TOT	NL	520	58%	2.5%	14.0%	10.4%	8.1%	33%	0.81	72%	76	8	11%
1977	24	CIN	NL	73	67%	1.4%	12.3%	9.6%	13.7%	46%	0.59	74%	9	1	11%
1977	24	MON	NL	447	57%	2.7%	14.3%	10.5%	7.2%	31%	0.85	72%	67	7	10%
2 Yrs				1103	58%	2.3%	12.7%	11.0%	7.7%	33%	0.79	73%	185	15	8%
MLB Averages					46%	1.9%	13.1%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1976	23	CIN	NL	583	131			12	0	12	7	5	8	4	39	24	1	62%	3	3	0	227	21	5	81%	18	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	14	0
1977	24	TOT	NL	520	126			13	1	7	8	5	5	8	19	8	2	42%	3	6	3	195	17	6	74%	15	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
1977	24	CIN	NL	73	22			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	6	3	1	50%	0	2	0	29	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1977	24	MON	NL	447	104			12	1	5	7	5	4	8	13	5	1	38%	3	4	3	166	15	5	75%	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2 Yrs				1103	257			25	1	19	15	10	13	12	58	32	3	55%	6	9	3	422	38	11	78%	33	10	5	0	0	1	2	0	28	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1976	23	11	4	.733	4.70	30	21	3	3	1	0	132.0	131	72	69	12	67	3	67	3	2	3	583	75	1.500	8.9	0.8	4.6	4.6	1.00	75
1977	24	14	11	.560	4.76	68	33	11	3	1	2	249.1	257	138	132	25	121	9	140	6	5	9	1103	77	1.516	9.3	0.9	4.4	5.1	1.16	77

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1976	23	4	9	.308	5.52	124.0	138	84	76	13	71	63	3	1.685	10.0	5.2	4.6	0.89	0.9	30
1977	24	4	8	.333	5.27	111.0	128	72	65	13	55	69	3	1.649	10.4	4.5	5.6	1.25	1.1	38
2 Yrs		8	17	.320	5.40	235.0	266	156	141	26	126	132	6	1.668	10.2		5.1	1.05	1.0	68

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Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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