Santo Alcala
Santo Alcala
born Santo Anibal Alcala
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 23, 1952 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1976
Final Game: September 25, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 69 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
2 Seasons 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
2 Seasons 68 1103 960 138 257 50 10 25 38 11 121 140 .268 .351 .419 .769 .289 402 15 6 8 8 9
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 23 CIN NL 30 21 10 3 8 3 0 16 5 .762 0 3 3 1 10 48% 49 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 1 1 0 0 4 33% 42 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 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44 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% 41 64 23 16 5 6 0 2.7 2.9 5.6
2 Seasons 68 33 12 10 11 3 0 20 13 .606 1 4 3 1 14 42% 46 87 21 38 8 10 10 5.0 4.9 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1976 23 CIN NL 30 9 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.069 2 0 7 2 1 6 0 9 3 1 3 0 3.7
1977 24 TOT NL 38 26 8 1 0 3 2 1 67% 4 0 7 3 43% 0.960 5 3 18 8 1 17 4 22 19 2 19 0 6.0
1977 24 CIN NL 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 0.899 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 4.2
1977 24 MON NL 31 21 6 0 0 3 2 1 67% 4 0 5 1 20% 4 0.970 5 2 14 7 1 13 3 18 17 2 17 0 6.5
2 Seasons 68 35 11 2 1 4 2 2 50% 5 0 7 3 43% 1.018 7 3 25 10 2 23 4 31 22 3 22 0 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1976 23 CIN NL 583 42% 2.1% 11.5% 11.5% 7.4% 33% 0.78 73% 109 7 6%
1977 24 TOT NL 520 42% 2.5% 14.0% 10.4% 8.1% 33% 0.81 72% 76 8 11%
1977 24 CIN NL 73 33% 1.4% 12.3% 9.6% 13.7% 46% 0.59 74% 9 1 11%
1977 24 MON NL 447 43% 2.7% 14.3% 10.5% 7.2% 31% 0.85 72% 67 7 10%
2 Seasons 1103 42% 2.3% 12.7% 11.0% 7.7% 33% 0.79 73% 185 15 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 Seasons 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 3 0 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 5.63 123.0 139 86 77 13 71 62 3 1.707 10.2 5.2 4.5 0.87 1.0 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 Seasons 8 17 .320 5.46 234.0 267 158 142 26 126 131 6 1.679 10.3 5.0 1.04 1.0 68

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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