Fernando Arroyo
Fernando Arroyo
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 21, 1952 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Burbank (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1975
Final Game: August 11, 1986
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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
1975 23 DET AL 2 1 .667 4.56 14 2 6 1 0 0 53.1 56 28 27 5 22 2 25 1 1 1 232 88 1.463 9.5 0.8 3.7 4.2 1.14
1977 25 DET AL 8 18 .308 4.17 38 28 5 8 1 0 209.1 227 102 97 23 52 5 60 1 0 3 883 103 1.333 9.8 1.0 2.2 2.6 1.15
1978 26 DET AL 0 0 8.31 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 47 1.846 16.6 2.1 0.0 2.1
1979 27 DET AL 1 1 .500 8.25 6 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 17 11 11 3 4 2 7 0 0 0 57 53 1.750 12.8 2.3 3.0 5.3 1.75
1980 28 MIN AL 6 6 .500 4.68 21 11 4 1 1 0 92.1 97 55 48 7 32 2 27 2 3 4 396 93 1.397 9.5 0.7 3.1 2.6 0.84
1981 29 MIN AL 7 10 .412 3.93 23 19 1 2 0 0 128.1 144 66 56 11 34 1 39 5 0 3 542 101 1.387 10.1 0.8 2.4 2.7 1.15
1982 30 TOT AL 0 1 .000 5.25 16 0 8 0 0 0 36.0 40 22 21 6 13 1 13 1 0 4 155 77 1.472 10.0 1.5 3.3 3.3 1.00
1982 30 MIN AL 0 1 .000 5.27 6 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 17 8 8 2 6 1 4 0 0 1 61 81 1.683 11.2 1.3 4.0 2.6 0.67
1982 30 OAK AL 0 0 5.24 10 0 6 0 0 0 22.1 23 14 13 4 7 0 9 1 0 3 94 74 1.343 9.3 1.6 2.8 3.6 1.29
1986 34 OAK AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
8 Seasons 24 37 .393 4.44 121 60 28 12 2 0 535.2 589 288 264 56 160 13 172 11 4 15 2289 94 1.398 9.9 0.9 2.7 2.9 1.08
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .393 4.44 45 23 11 5 1 0 201 221 108 99 21 60 5 65 4 2 6 860 94 1.398 9.9 0.9 2.7 2.9 1.08
DET (4 yrs) 11 20 .355 4.48 60 30 15 9 1 0 279.0 308 145 139 32 78 9 93 3 1 4 1193 94 1.384 9.9 1.0 2.5 3.0 1.19
MIN (3 yrs) 13 17 .433 4.30 50 30 7 3 1 0 234.1 258 129 112 20 72 4 70 7 3 8 999 96 1.408 9.9 0.8 2.8 2.7 0.97
OAK (2 yrs) 0 0 5.24 11 0 6 0 0 0 22.1 23 14 13 4 10 0 9 1 0 3 97 74 1.478 9.3 1.6 4.0 3.6 0.90

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
1975 23 DET AL 14 232 206 28 56 6 3 5 4 1 22 25 .272 .343 .403 .746 .288 83 7 1 2 1 2
1977 25 DET AL 38 883 818 102 227 39 6 23 6 9 52 60 .278 .319 .424 .743 .275 347 24 1 6 6 5
1978 26 DET AL 2 21 20 4 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 .400 .429 .700 1.129 .389 14 0 1 0 0 0
1979 27 DET AL 6 57 50 11 17 3 0 3 1 0 4 7 .340 .382 .580 .962 .341 29 1 0 2 1 2
1980 28 MIN AL 21 396 355 55 97 17 1 7 7 5 32 27 .273 .332 .386 .718 .275 137 10 2 1 6 2
1981 29 MIN AL 23 542 496 66 144 30 1 11 10 8 34 39 .290 .341 .421 .762 .297 209 20 5 5 2 1
1982 30 TOT AL 16 155 138 22 40 5 0 6 7 2 13 13 .290 .351 .457 .807 .281 63 9 1 1 2 1
1982 30 MIN AL 6 61 53 8 17 4 0 2 3 1 6 4 .321 .383 .509 .893 .313 27 3 0 1 1 1
1982 30 OAK AL 10 94 85 14 23 1 0 4 4 1 7 9 .271 .330 .424 .753 .260 36 6 1 0 1 0
1986 34 OAK AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 121 2289 2083 288 589 101 12 56 35 26 160 172 .283 .335 .423 .758 .285 882 71 11 17 18 13
162 Game Avg. 45 860 783 108 221 38 5 21 13 10 60 65 .283 .335 .423 .758 .285 331 27 4 6 7 5
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
1975 23 DET AL 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 46 56 35 7 3 0 2 3.5 3.2 7.0
1977 25 DET AL 38 28 7 16 5 0 5 10 18 .357 2 3 8 1 13 46% 48 77 21 33 13 8 5 3.6 3.3 6.3
1980 28 MIN AL 21 11 4 5 2 0 0 5 6 .455 1 1 1 1 5 45% 46 78 28 19 4 3 5 4.3 5.0 6.0
1981 29 MIN AL 23 19 7 10 2 0 3 7 12 .368 2 0 2 0 12 63% 48 68 21 21 8 3 8 3.9 3.8 6.2
4 Seasons 96 60 19 32 9 0 8 23 37 .383 5 4 12 2 31 52% 48 78 21 80 28 14 20 3.8 3.7 6.2
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
1975 23 DET AL 14 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 29% 5 0.507 0 1 11 0 0 12 9 3 9 2 11 1 9.8
1977 25 DET AL 38 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 6 0.982 2 4 4 1 3 6 6 4 8 1 9 0 9.8
1978 26 DET AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.238 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.5
1979 27 DET AL 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 3 1.178 4 0 1 2 2 2 5 1 3 2 3 0 6.0
1980 28 MIN AL 21 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 2 0.914 3 1 6 1 3 6 4 6 7 1 7 0 8.0
1981 29 MIN AL 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 1 0.972 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 8.3
1982 30 TOT AL 16 16 8 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 11 69% 0.374 2 5 9 2 1 13 8 8 12 2 12 3 6.8
1982 30 MIN AL 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 5 0.473 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 4 1 4 1 6.8
1982 30 OAK AL 10 10 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 7 70% 7 0.309 1 2 7 1 0 9 5 5 8 1 8 2 6.7
1986 34 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 4.527 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
8 Seasons 121 61 28 5 5 1 0 1 0% 1 0 61 32 52% 0.881 12 13 35 6 10 45 37 24 44 9 47 4 8.0

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%
1975 23 DET AL 232 48% 2.2% 10.8% 9.5% 6.0% 25% 1.73 76% 51 7 14%
1977 25 DET AL 883 45% 2.6% 6.8% 5.9% 7.7% 30% 2.14 84% 150 24 16%
1978 26 DET AL 21 14% 4.8% 4.8% 0.0% 14.3% 38% 1.20 86% 1 0 0%
1979 27 DET AL 57 30% 5.3% 12.3% 7.0% 10.5% 35% 1.07 72% 12 1 8%
1980 28 MIN AL 396 52% 1.8% 6.8% 8.1% 6.3% 26% 1.47 83% 75 10 13%
1981 29 MIN AL 542 53% 2.0% 7.2% 6.3% 7.8% 29% 1.62 83% 104 20 19%
1982 30 TOT AL 155 37% 3.9% 8.4% 8.4% 7.1% 28% 2.58 78% 30 9 30%
1982 30 MIN AL 61 38% 3.3% 6.6% 9.8% 9.8% 35% 2.60 79% 13 3 23%
1982 30 OAK AL 94 36% 4.3% 9.6% 7.5% 5.3% 22% 2.56 78% 17 6 35%
1986 34 OAK AL 3 33% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
8 Seasons 2289 47% 2.5% 7.5% 7.0% 7.4% 29% 1.82 82% 423 71 17%
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
1975 23 DET AL 232 56 5 0 7 3 2 4 1 14 8 1 57% 1 1 0 102 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1977 25 DET AL 883 227 23 0 16 10 13 15 8 51 30 0 59% 9 3 0 288 6 9 40% 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1978 26 DET AL 21 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1979 27 DET AL 57 17 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 7 5 0 71% 0 0 0 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 28 MIN AL 396 97 7 0 6 4 3 4 3 21 13 1 62% 8 4 0 140 7 5 58% 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1981 29 MIN AL 542 144 11 0 2 4 7 5 6 21 16 1 76% 10 3 1 200 10 8 56% 9 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 7 0
1982 30 TOT AL 155 40 6 1 7 5 1 5 1 20 8 0 40% 4 4 0 52 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1982 30 MIN AL 61 17 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 8 4 0 50% 1 1 0 21 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 30 OAK AL 94 23 4 1 4 3 1 3 1 12 4 0 33% 3 3 0 31 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 34 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2289 589 56 1 43 29 27 33 23 135 80 3 59% 32 15 1 813 35 26 57% 32 22 3 1 0 3 2 2 45 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+
1975 23 2 1 .667 4.56 14 2 6 1 0 0 53.1 56 28 27 5 22 2 25 1 1 1 232 88 1.463 9.5 0.8 3.7 4.2 1.14 88
1976 24 2 1 .667 4.56 14 2 6 1 0 0 53.1 56 28 27 5 22 2 25 1 1 1 232 88 1.463 9.5 0.8 3.7 4.2 1.14 88
1977 25 10 19 .345 4.25 52 30 11 9 1 0 262.2 283 130 124 28 74 7 85 2 1 4 1115 99 1.359 9.7 1.0 2.5 2.9 1.15 99
1978 26 10 19 .345 4.31 54 30 12 9 1 0 267.0 291 134 128 29 74 7 86 3 1 4 1136 98 1.367 9.8 1.0 2.5 2.9 1.16 98
1979 27 11 20 .355 4.48 60 30 15 9 1 0 279.0 308 145 139 32 78 9 93 3 1 4 1193 94 1.384 9.9 1.0 2.5 3.0 1.19 94
1980 28 17 26 .395 4.53 81 41 19 10 2 0 371.1 405 200 187 39 110 11 120 5 4 8 1589 94 1.387 9.8 0.9 2.7 2.9 1.09 94
1981 29 24 36 .400 4.38 104 60 20 12 2 0 499.2 549 266 243 50 144 12 159 10 4 11 2131 96 1.387 9.9 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.10 96
1982 30 24 37 .393 4.44 120 60 28 12 2 0 535.2 589 288 264 56 157 13 172 11 4 15 2286 94 1.393 9.9 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.10 94
1983 31 24 37 .393 4.44 120 60 28 12 2 0 535.2 589 288 264 56 157 13 172 11 4 15 2286 94 1.393 9.9 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.10 94
1984 32 24 37 .393 4.44 120 60 28 12 2 0 535.2 589 288 264 56 157 13 172 11 4 15 2286 94 1.393 9.9 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.10 94
1985 33 24 37 .393 4.44 120 60 28 12 2 0 535.2 589 288 264 56 157 13 172 11 4 15 2286 94 1.393 9.9 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.10 94
1986 34 24 37 .393 4.44 121 60 28 12 2 0 535.2 589 288 264 56 160 13 172 11 4 15 2289 94 1.398 9.9 0.9 2.7 2.9 1.08 94

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
1975 23 2 3 .400 4.94 51.0 57 31 28 5 22 24 1 1.549 10.1 3.9 4.2 1.09 0.9 14
1977 25 10 12 .455 4.30 201.0 227 107 96 23 52 58 1 1.388 10.2 2.3 2.6 1.12 1.0 38
1978 26 0 0 5.14 7.0 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 2
1979 27 0 1 .000 8.25 12.0 17 12 11 3 4 7 0 1.750 12.8 3.0 5.3 1.75 2.3 6
1980 28 4 5 .444 4.75 89.0 95 52 47 7 31 26 2 1.416 9.6 3.1 2.6 0.84 0.7 21
1981 29 8 11 .421 4.50 180.0 222 100 90 17 52 55 8 1.522 11.1 2.6 2.8 1.06 0.9 23
1982 30 1 2 .333 6.00 33.0 41 24 22 6 13 12 1 1.636 11.2 3.5 3.3 0.92 1.6 16
7 Seasons 25 34 .424 4.68 573.0 659 330 298 61 174 184 14 1.454 10.4 2.9 1.06 1.0 120

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL--2.236--8th

Losses s c a p y
1977 AL--18--4th
1981 AL--10--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL--5--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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