Bob Apodaca
Robert John Apodaca
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 31, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA
School: California State University, Los Angeles
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1973
Final Game: September 18, 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
1973 23 NYM NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1974 24 NYM NL 6 6 .500 3.50 35 8 15 1 0 3 103.0 92 47 40 7 42 9 54 2 3 3 434 103 1.301 8.0 0.6 3.7 4.7 1.29
1975 25 NYM NL 3 4 .429 1.49 46 0 36 0 0 13 84.2 66 18 14 4 28 9 45 0 0 2 338 232 1.110 7.0 0.4 3.0 4.8 1.61
1976 26 NYM NL 3 7 .300 2.81 43 3 30 0 0 5 89.2 71 34 28 4 29 12 45 3 0 0 364 117 1.115 7.1 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.55
1977 27 NYM NL 4 8 .333 3.43 59 0 27 0 0 5 84.0 83 38 32 7 30 11 53 1 1 2 367 108 1.345 8.9 0.8 3.2 5.7 1.77
5 Seasons 16 25 .390 2.84 184 11 108 1 0 26 361.1 312 138 114 22 131 41 197 6 4 7 1505 124 1.226 7.8 0.5 3.3 4.9 1.50
162 Game Avg. 6 9 .390 2.84 64 4 38 0 0 9 126 109 48 40 8 46 14 69 2 1 2 525 124 1.226 7.8 0.5 3.3 4.9 1.50

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
1973 23 NYM NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 NYM NL 35 434 382 47 92 20 1 7 11 1 42 54 .241 .318 .353 .671 .263 135 9 2 6 2 9
1975 25 NYM NL 46 339 297 18 66 5 3 4 3 1 28 45 .222 .286 .300 .585 .246 89 7 0 10 4 9
1976 26 NYM NL 43 363 318 34 71 16 1 4 4 2 29 45 .223 .292 .318 .609 .246 101 7 3 10 3 12
1977 27 NYM NL 59 367 326 38 83 12 3 7 7 2 30 53 .255 .318 .374 .692 .284 122 5 1 8 2 11
5 Seasons 184 1505 1323 138 312 53 8 22 25 6 131 197 .236 .305 .338 .643 .260 447 28 6 34 11 41
162 Game Avg. 64 525 461 48 109 18 3 8 9 2 46 69 .236 .305 .338 .643 .260 156 10 2 12 4 14
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
1974 24 NYM NL 35 8 5 1 2 1 0 5 3 .625 0 0 1 0 5 63% 56 76 28 13 7 0 4 4.8 5.2 5.9
1976 26 NYM NL 43 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 1 33% 39 59 20 5 3 0 3 3.1 2.4 5.3
2 Seasons 78 11 5 3 3 1 1 5 6 .455 0 1 1 0 6 55% 51 76 20 18 10 0 7 4.3 4.5 5.8
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
1973 23 NYM NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.775 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1974 24 NYM NL 35 27 15 1 5 5 3 2 60% 5 0 14 8 57% 6 0.999 9 6 12 5 6 16 7 20 18 5 18 5 6.2
1975 25 NYM NL 46 46 36 3 4 14 13 1 93% 15 0 37 14 38% 8 1.420 22 9 15 18 8 20 18 28 32 6 33 9 5.5
1976 26 NYM NL 43 40 30 3 5 7 5 2 71% 9 2 31 5 16% 8 1.227 14 8 17 10 5 25 15 25 26 5 26 2 5.5
1977 27 NYM NL 59 59 27 4 8 10 5 5 50% 13 3 36 13 36% 8 1.226 20 14 25 16 9 34 23 36 31 13 34 19 4.3
5 Seasons 184 173 108 11 22 36 26 10 72% 43 5 118 40 34% 1.207 66 37 69 50 28 95 63 110 107 30 111 35 5.2

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%
1973 23 NYM NL 2 50% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0% 1 0 0%
1974 24 NYM NL 434 46% 1.6% 12.4% 9.7% 6.5% 30% 1.29 74% 74 9 12%
1975 25 NYM NL 339 47% 1.2% 13.3% 8.3% 3.5% 18% 1.31 74% 75 7 9%
1976 26 NYM NL 364 43% 1.1% 12.4% 8.0% 5.8% 30% 1.21 75% 78 7 9%
1977 27 NYM NL 367 34% 1.9% 14.4% 8.2% 6.0% 27% 1.07 73% 71 5 7%
5 Seasons 1506 42% 1.5% 13.1% 8.7% 5.5% 27% 1.22 74% 299 28 9%
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
1973 23 NYM NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 NYM NL 434 92 7 0 15 7 0 5 2 17 9 0 53% 5 3 2 163 11 1 92% 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1975 25 NYM NL 339 66 4 1 21 3 1 1 3 22 8 3 36% 7 2 0 123 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1976 26 NYM NL 364 71 4 1 22 4 0 2 2 29 8 4 28% 5 0 0 136 4 2 67% 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1977 27 NYM NL 367 83 7 0 5 4 3 4 3 25 13 2 52% 8 2 0 146 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Seasons 1506 312 22 2 63 18 4 12 10 93 38 9 41% 25 7 2 569 25 6 81% 22 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 35 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+
1973 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1974 24 6 6 .500 3.50 36 8 15 1 0 3 103.0 92 48 40 7 44 9 54 2 3 3 436 103 1.320 8.0 0.6 3.8 4.7 1.23 103
1975 25 9 10 .474 2.59 82 8 51 1 0 16 187.2 158 66 54 11 72 18 99 2 3 5 774 136 1.226 7.6 0.5 3.5 4.7 1.38 136
1976 26 12 17 .414 2.66 125 11 81 1 0 21 277.1 229 100 82 15 101 30 144 5 3 5 1138 130 1.190 7.4 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.43 130
1977 27 16 25 .390 2.84 184 11 108 1 0 26 361.1 312 138 114 22 131 41 197 6 4 7 1505 124 1.226 7.8 0.5 3.3 4.9 1.50 124

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974 24 5 5 .500 3.95 98.0 95 48 43 7 43 51 2 1.408 8.7 3.9 4.7 1.19 0.6 35
1975 25 7 1 .875 1.82 79.0 70 18 16 4 30 42 0 1.266 8.0 3.4 4.8 1.40 0.5 46
1976 26 5 4 .556 3.54 84.0 77 37 33 4 31 42 3 1.286 8.3 3.3 4.5 1.35 0.4 43
1977 27 5 4 .556 3.69 83.0 86 38 34 7 31 52 1 1.410 9.3 3.4 5.6 1.68 0.8 59
4 Seasons 22 14 .611 3.30 344.0 328 141 126 22 135 187 6 1.346 8.6 4.9 1.39 0.6 183

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1975 NL--13--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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