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Steve Arlin

Stephen Ralph Arlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 25, 1945 in Seattle, WA
High School: Shawnee HS (Lima, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Indians 1969-1974

Final Game: September 14, 1974
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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
1966	20	PHI-min	A	7	6	.538	3.27	16	14					110.0	109	55	40	9	36								1.318	8.9	0.7	2.9			BAK · CALL
1967	21	PHI-min	AA	2	7	.222	4.46	17	17					101.0	105	56	50	4	53		67						1.564	9.4	0.4	4.7	6.0	1.26	REA · EL
1968	22	PHI-min	AAA,A	3	8	.273	4.05	14	8		1	1		60.0	40	30	27	4	47	2	36	3	0	3			1.450	6.0	0.6	7.0	5.4	0.77	SDG,TID · PCL,CARL
1969	23	PIT-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.73	12	12		1	0	0	59.0	60	33	31	2	42	4	41	1	0	5			1.729	9.2	0.3	6.4	6.3	0.98	CLB · IL
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	40	2.063	11.0	1.7	7.6	7.6	1.00
1970	24	SDP-min	AAA	5	7	.417	6.10	16	14		4	0	0	87.0	99	67	59	6	50	6	52	1	0	5			1.713	10.2	0.6	5.2	5.4	1.04	SLC · PCL
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	144	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	61	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 Yrs				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	81	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	81	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

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
1969	23	SDP	NL	10.2	4	1	11	9.28	4.40	-0.20	-0.12	93.1	4.16	-6	-0.6	.2	0.2	-0.3	-5	.351	.496	$
1970	24	SDP	NL	12.2	2	2	4	2.84	4.39	-0.18	0.07	104.5	4.85	3	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.651	.502	$
1971	25	SDP	NL	227.2	36	34	114	4.51	4.01	-0.26	0.06	94.6	4.09	-13	-1.4	.3	-0.1	0.2	9	.461	.491	$
1972	26	SDP	NL	250.0	38	37	115	4.14	4.04	-0.42	0.06	92.7	4.19	-2	-0.2	3.5	-0.2	1.6	22	.495	.499	$
1973	27	SDP	NL	180.0	34	27	107	5.35	4.23	-0.32	0.09	96.0	4.47	-18	-1.9	.6	-0.1	-0.6	-1	.445	.488	$
1974	28	SDP	NL	64.0	16	12	46	6.47	4.00	-0.66	0.08	100.1	4.74	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-6	.419	.492	$
1974	28	CLE	AL	43.2	11	10	34	7.01	4.08	0.25	0.11	98.6	3.89	-15	-1.5	.0	-0.0	-1.1	-11	.366	.491	$44,175
6 Seasons				788.2	141	123	431	4.92	4.09	-0.33	0.07	95.1	4.26	-63	-6.5	.7	-0.2	-0.6	12	.454	.494	$44,175

SDP (6 yrs)				745.0	130	113	397	4.80	4.09	-0.36	0.07	94.9	4.29	-48	-5.1	.8	-0.2	0.5	23	.461	.495	$
CLE (1 yr)				43.2	11	10	34	7.01	4.08	0.25	0.11	98.6	3.89	-15	-1.5	.0	-0.0	-1.1	-11	.366	.491	$44,175

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
1969	23	SDP	NL	4	53	45	11	13	1	0	2	0	0	9	9	.289	.407	.444	.852	.324	20	0	0	0	0	1	0
1970	24	SDP	NL	2	34	45	4	11	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	.244	.352	.244	.596	.256	11	0	0	2	1	0	0
1971	25	SDP	NL	36	965	865	114	211	25	8	8	22	8	103	156	.244	.327	.319	.646	.288	276	18	6	9	5	10	17
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	15
1973	27	SDP	NL	34	761	702	107	196	23	6	26	11	3	72	98	.279	.344	.440	.784	.290	309	19	1	9	8	7	8
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	5
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	1
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	4
6 Yrs				141	3395	3011	431	792	112	23	61	59	26	373	463	.263	.345	.376	.721	.291	1133	62	18	41	29	41	45
162 Game Avg.				36	874	776	111	204	29	6	16	15	7	96	119	.263	.345	.376	.721	.291	292	16	5	11	7	11	12
MLB Averages																.252	.321	.370	.691	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	23	SDP	NL	-6.1	-0.6	59	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.47	-0.4	-0.3	-5.5	-0.5	0.46	-4.5	0	0	3
1970	24	SDP	NL	2.0	0.2	58	0.5	1.3	-0.8	1.14	0.2	0.3	2.3	0.2	1.24	2.2	0	0	0
1971	25	SDP	NL	-11.6	-1.2	1004	-1.8	15.3	-17.2	.98	-0.6	-1.3	-9.4	-1.0	0.98	-5.4	0	0	2
1972	26	SDP	NL	-10.2	-1.1	1125	-1.1	20.1	-21.2	1.14	-0.7	-0.3	-13.4	-1.4	1.14	-9.6	1	0	0
1973	27	SDP	NL	-31.0	-3.1	783	-2.6	12.3	-14.9	1.00	-2.9	0.2	-27.9	-2.9	1.00	-30.7	1	1	4
1974	28	TOT	MLB	-29.2	-2.9	538	-2.6	8.2	-10.7	1.05	-2.3	-0.2	-24.3	-2.4	1.05	-23.7	1	1	2
1974	28	SDP	NL	-16.0	-1.6	324	-2.0	5.0	-7.0	1.09	-1.7	-0.2	-16.1	-1.6	1.09	-16.4	1	1	2
1974	28	CLE	AL	-13.2	-1.3	214	-0.6	3.1	-3.7	.98	-0.6	0.0	-8.3	-0.8	0.98	-7.3	0	0	0
6 Yrs				-86.0	-8.6	3567	-7.9	57.6	-65.5	1.04	-6.6	-1.0	-78.3	-8.0	1.04	-71.6	3	2	11

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
1969	23	SDP	NL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	21.0	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%	52.5	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%	52.7	86	21	28	17	11	11	3.5	3.7	6.6
1972	26	SDP	NL	38	37	9	21	7	0	6	10	27	.270	0	2	12	3	19	51%	53.7	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%	46.6	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%	0.0	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%	38.8	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%	40.2	72	17	14	12	2	6	3.9	4.4	4.3
6 Yrs				141	123	31	67	25	3	16	42	81	.341	5	10	32	11	55	45%	49	94	17	115	51	47	37	3.2	3.3	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	23	SDP	NL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	3	.469	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	.984	0	0	2	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	1.143	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	1.005	1	1	4	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	2	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	1.092	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	.981	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
5 Yrs				139	18	7	3	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	6	2	33%		1.041	3	2	11	2	1	15	5	13	9	1	10	2	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	23	SDP	NL	54	40%	3.8%	17.0%	17.0%	5.7%	23%	2.67	64%	14	0	0%
1970	24	SDP	NL	56	65%	0.0%	8.8%	23.5%	0.0%	0%	1.40	126%	6	0	0%
1971	25	SDP	NL	988	55%	0.8%	16.2%	10.7%	4.3%	19%	1.04	73%	190	18	9%
1972	26	SDP	NL	1072	53%	1.8%	14.8%	11.4%	5.9%	29%	0.86	70%	202	16	8%
1973	27	SDP	NL	794	53%	3.4%	12.9%	9.5%	7.2%	28%	1.00	77%	152	19	13%
1974	28	TOT	MLB	510	54%	1.2%	7.5%	11.6%	6.7%	24%	1.09	78%	106	9	8%
1974	28	SDP	NL	310	51%	1.6%	5.8%	11.9%	8.1%	29%	1.09	78%	58	2	3%
1974	28	CLE	AL	200	59%	0.5%	10.0%	11.0%	4.5%	15%	1.10	79%	48	7	15%
6 Yrs				3474	54%	1.8%	13.6%	11.0%	5.8%	25%	0.99	74%	670	62	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.4%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.10	73%			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
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22
1971	25	SDP	NL	965	211			8	0	21	5	3	1	7	45	28	6	62%	17	7	2	378	22	8	73%	19	8	2	0	1	0	2	0	18	23
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	12	2	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	2	2	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	1	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	1	0	9	0
6 Yrs				3395	792			61	3	89	26	34	28	32	212	115	26	54%	45	45	4	1308	59	26	69%	56	21	2	2	1	2	17	4	100	79
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

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+
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	40	2.063	11.0	1.7	7.6	7.6	1.00	40
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	67	1.757	9.3	0.8	6.6	4.6	0.71	67
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	91	1.414	8.4	0.4	4.3	6.0	1.40	91
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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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
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	247	138	124	22	139	153	10	1.602	9.2	5.2	5.7	1.10	0.8	38
1973	27	5	13	.278	6.18	169.0	209	129	116	28	77	92	1	1.692	11.1	4.1	4.9	1.19	1.5	34
1974	28	2	8	.200	7.53	98.0	152	91	82	6	62	35	2	2.184	14.0	5.7	3.2	0.56	0.6	27
6 Yrs		29	50	.367	5.35	743.0	863	491	442	67	408	437	20	1.711	10.5		5.3	1.07	0.8	141

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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 0.316 (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 1,072 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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