Steve Arlin
Stephen Ralph Arlin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 25, 1945 in Seattle, WA
High School: Shawnee (Lima, OH)
School: Ohio State University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 22, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1969
Final Game: September 14, 1974
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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
1969 23 SDP NL 0 1 .000 9.28 4 1 2 0 0 0 10.2 13 11 11 2 9 1 9 0 0 5 54 38 2.063 11.0 1.7 7.6 7.6 1.00
1970 24 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2.84 2 2 0 1 1 0 12.2 11 4 4 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 56 140 1.500 7.8 0.0 5.7 2.1 0.38
1971 25 SDP NL 9 19 .321 3.48 36 34 1 10 4 0 227.2 211 114 88 8 103 10 156 6 1 7 988 95 1.379 8.3 0.3 4.1 6.2 1.51
1972 26 SDP NL 10 21 .323 3.60 38 37 1 12 3 0 250.0 217 115 100 19 122 15 159 9 1 15 1072 91 1.356 7.8 0.7 4.4 5.7 1.30
1973 27 SDP NL 11 14 .440 5.10 34 27 0 7 3 0 180.0 196 107 102 26 72 7 98 1 0 7 794 68 1.489 9.8 1.3 3.6 4.9 1.36
1974 28 TOT MLB 3 12 .200 6.19 27 22 3 2 0 1 107.2 144 80 74 6 59 8 38 2 1 11 510 58 1.885 12.0 0.5 4.9 3.2 0.64
1974 28 SDP NL 1 7 .125 5.91 16 12 2 1 0 1 64.0 85 46 42 5 37 4 18 2 1 6 310 60 1.906 12.0 0.7 5.2 2.5 0.49
1974 28 CLE AL 2 5 .286 6.60 11 10 1 1 0 0 43.2 59 34 32 1 22 4 20 0 0 5 200 55 1.855 12.2 0.2 4.5 4.1 0.91
6 Seasons 34 67 .337 4.33 141 123 7 32 11 1 788.2 792 431 379 61 373 41 463 18 3 45 3474 78 1.477 9.0 0.7 4.3 5.3 1.24
162 Game Avg. 9 17 .337 4.33 36 32 2 8 3 0 203 204 111 98 16 96 11 119 5 1 12 895 78 1.477 9.0 0.7 4.3 5.3 1.24
SDP (6 yrs) 32 62 .340 4.19 130 113 6 31 11 1 745.0 733 397 347 60 351 37 443 18 3 40 3274 80 1.455 8.9 0.7 4.2 5.4 1.26
CLE (1 yr) 2 5 .286 6.60 11 10 1 1 0 0 43.2 59 34 32 1 22 4 20 0 0 5 200 55 1.855 12.2 0.2 4.5 4.1 0.91
NL (6 yrs) 32 62 .340 4.19 130 113 6 31 11 1 745.0 733 397 347 60 351 37 443 18 3 40 3274 80 1.455 8.9 0.7 4.2 5.4 1.26
AL (1 yr) 2 5 .286 6.60 11 10 1 1 0 0 43.2 59 34 32 1 22 4 20 0 0 5 200 55 1.855 12.2 0.2 4.5 4.1 0.91

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
1969 23 SDP NL 4 54 45 11 13 1 0 2 0 0 9 9 .289 .407 .444 .852 .324 20 0 0 0 0 1
1970 24 SDP NL 2 56 45 4 11 0 0 0 1 1 8 3 .244 .352 .244 .596 .256 11 0 0 2 1 0
1971 25 SDP NL 36 988 865 114 211 25 8 8 22 7 103 156 .244 .327 .319 .646 .288 276 18 6 9 5 10
1972 26 SDP NL 38 1072 916 115 217 37 7 19 19 8 122 159 .237 .329 .355 .684 .265 325 16 9 15 10 15
1973 27 SDP NL 34 792 702 107 196 23 6 26 11 3 72 98 .279 .344 .440 .784 .290 309 19 1 9 8 7
1974 28 CLE AL 11 200 177 34 59 8 0 1 3 1 22 20 .333 .405 .395 .800 .369 70 7 0 0 1 4
1974 28 SDP NL 16 310 261 46 85 18 2 5 3 5 37 18 .326 .408 .467 .875 .331 122 2 2 6 4 4
1974 28 TOT MLB 27 510 438 80 144 26 2 6 6 6 59 38 .329 .407 .438 .845 .346 192 9 2 6 5 8
6 Seasons 141 3472 3011 431 792 112 23 61 59 25 373 463 .263 .345 .376 .721 .291 1133 62 18 41 29 41
162 Game Avg. 36 894 776 111 204 29 6 16 15 6 96 119 .263 .345 .376 .721 .291 292 16 5 11 7 11
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
1969 23 SDP NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21 21 21 2 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 2.7
1970 24 SDP NL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 50% 53 74 31 2 0 0 2 4.8 1.5 6.3
1971 25 SDP NL 36 34 9 19 6 0 8 11 23 .324 2 1 10 4 20 59% 53 86 21 26 17 11 11 3.5 3.8 6.6
1972 26 SDP NL 38 37 9 21 7 0 6 10 27 .270 0 2 12 3 19 51% 54 94 22 25 9 22 7 2.7 3.1 6.7
1973 27 SDP NL 34 27 9 14 4 2 1 11 16 .407 0 4 7 3 8 30% 47 87 24 29 6 5 8 3.2 3.1 6.2
1974 28 TOT MLB 27 22 3 12 7 1 1 8 14 .364 3 2 2 0 7 32% 39 72 17 29 17 9 9 3.5 3.2 4.5
1974 28 SDP NL 16 12 1 7 4 0 1 5 7 .417 1 2 1 0 4 33% 39 58 19 15 5 7 3 3.2 2.3 4.8
1974 28 CLE AL 11 10 2 5 3 1 0 3 7 .300 2 0 1 0 3 30% 40 72 17 14 12 2 6 3.9 4.4 4.3
6 Seasons 141 123 31 67 25 3 16 42 81 .341 5 10 32 11 55 45% 49 94 17 113 51 47 37 3.2 3.3 6.1
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
1969 23 SDP NL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0.470 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 8.0
1971 25 SDP NL 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.983 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.5
1972 26 SDP NL 38 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 10 1.140 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1973 27 SDP NL 34 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 1.016 1 1 5 1 0 6 1 6 5 1 6 0 5.7
1974 28 TOT MLB 27 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 1.048 1 1 3 1 0 4 1 4 1 0 1 1 4.8
1974 28 SDP NL 16 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 9 1.101 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 1 5.3
1974 28 CLE AL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.967 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
5 Seasons 139 18 7 3 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 6 2 33% 1.043 3 3 12 2 1 15 5 13 9 1 10 2 5.7

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%
1969 23 SDP NL 54 60% 3.7% 16.7% 16.7% 5.6% 23% 2.67 63% 14 0 0%
1970 24 SDP NL 56 35% 0.0% 5.4% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.40 77% 6 0 0%
1971 25 SDP NL 988 45% 0.8% 15.8% 10.4% 4.2% 19% 1.05 71% 187 18 10%
1972 26 SDP NL 1072 47% 1.8% 14.8% 11.4% 5.9% 29% 0.86 70% 202 16 8%
1973 27 SDP NL 794 47% 3.3% 12.4% 9.1% 6.9% 28% 1.00 74% 152 19 13%
1974 28 TOT MLB 510 46% 1.2% 7.5% 11.6% 6.7% 24% 1.09 78% 106 9 8%
1974 28 SDP NL 310 49% 1.6% 5.8% 11.9% 8.1% 29% 1.09 78% 58 2 3%
1974 28 CLE AL 200 41% 0.5% 10.0% 11.0% 4.5% 15% 1.10 79% 48 7 15%
6 Seasons 3474 46% 1.8% 13.3% 10.7% 5.7% 25% 1.00 72% 667 62 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
1969 23 SDP NL 53 13 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 2 2 33% 0 5 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1970 24 SDP NL 34 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 20 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22
1971 25 SDP NL 934 211 8 0 21 5 3 1 7 45 28 6 62% 17 7 2 366 22 7 76% 19 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 18 54
1972 26 SDP NL 1072 217 19 0 30 8 11 12 7 75 36 11 48% 15 15 1 398 19 8 70% 19 6 0 1 0 1 10 1 29 0
1973 27 SDP NL 761 196 26 3 21 12 13 12 13 42 27 6 64% 8 7 1 283 11 3 79% 11 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 17 33
1974 28 TOT MLB 510 144 6 0 15 1 5 2 4 43 21 1 49% 5 11 0 204 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 27 0
1974 28 SDP NL 310 85 5 0 10 1 4 2 3 21 11 1 52% 4 6 0 125 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0
1974 28 CLE AL 200 59 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 22 10 0 45% 1 5 0 79 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 0
6 Seasons 3364 792 61 3 89 26 34 28 32 212 115 26 54% 45 45 4 1296 59 25 70% 56 21 2 2 1 2 18 2 100 110
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+
1969 23 0 1 .000 9.28 4 1 2 0 0 0 10.2 13 11 11 2 9 1 9 0 0 5 54 38 2.063 11.0 1.7 7.6 7.6 1.00 38
1970 24 1 1 .500 5.79 6 3 2 1 1 0 23.1 24 15 15 2 17 1 12 0 0 5 110 65 1.757 9.3 0.8 6.6 4.6 0.71 65
1971 25 10 20 .333 3.69 42 37 3 11 5 0 251.0 235 129 103 10 120 11 168 6 1 12 1098 90 1.414 8.4 0.4 4.3 6.0 1.40 90
1972 26 20 41 .328 3.65 80 74 4 23 8 0 501.0 452 244 203 29 242 26 327 15 2 27 2170 91 1.385 8.1 0.5 4.3 5.9 1.35 91
1973 27 31 55 .360 4.03 114 101 4 30 11 0 681.0 648 351 305 55 314 33 425 16 2 34 2964 83 1.413 8.6 0.7 4.1 5.6 1.35 83
1974 28 34 67 .337 4.33 141 123 7 32 11 1 788.2 792 431 379 61 373 41 463 18 3 45 3474 78 1.477 9.0 0.7 4.3 5.3 1.24 78

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
1969 23 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 14 13 12 2 10 8 0 2.400 12.6 9.0 7.2 0.80 1.8 4
1970 24 1 0 1.000 3.00 12.0 11 4 4 0 8 3 0 1.583 8.3 6.0 2.3 0.38 0.0 2
1971 25 10 13 .435 4.39 213.0 230 116 104 9 112 146 7 1.606 9.7 4.7 6.2 1.30 0.4 36
1972 26 11 15 .423 4.63 241.0 248 138 124 22 139 153 10 1.606 9.3 5.2 5.7 1.10 0.8 38
1973 27 5 13 .278 6.21 168.0 211 129 116 28 78 91 1 1.720 11.3 4.2 4.9 1.17 1.5 34
1974 28 2 9 .182 7.45 99.0 150 91 82 6 61 35 2 2.131 13.6 5.5 3.2 0.57 0.5 27
6 Seasons 29 51 .363 5.35 743.0 864 491 442 67 408 436 20 1.712 10.5 5.3 1.07 0.8 141

* 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

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1972 NL--250.0--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1972 NL--37--2nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 NL--4--5th
1973 NL--3--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--19--8th
1973 NL--26--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 NL--103--5th
1972 NL--122--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL--.316--2nd

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL--19--1st
1972 NL--21--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--100--3rd
1973 NL--102--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 NL--15--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 NL--9--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1972 NL--1072--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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