Dick Baney

Richard Lee Baney

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 1, 1946 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Anaheim HS (Anaheim, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1969
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pilots 1969-1974

Final Game: October 2, 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	19	BOS-min	A	8	13	.381	2.81	27	25					176.0	159	77	55	11	50								1.188	8.1	0.6	2.6			WLO · MIDW
1967	20	BOS-min	A	12	13	.480	3.65	34	27					207.0	210	102	84	12	87		186						1.435	9.1	0.5	3.8	8.1	2.14	WSM · CARL
1968	21	BOS-min	AA	14	6	.700	1.84	25	25					176.0	121	40	36	4	42		93						0.926	6.2	0.2	2.1	4.8	2.21	PFD · EL
1969	22	VAN	AAA	7	8	.467	4.40	27	22		5	1	0	133.0	145	76	65	7	21	4	58	1	2	4			1.248	9.8	0.5	1.4	3.9	2.76	VAN · PCL
1969	22	SEP	AL	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	0	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29

1970	23	BAL-MIL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	5.18	22	16		1	0	0	99.0	129	65	57	11	38	1	48	2	1	3			1.687	11.7	1.0	3.5	4.4	1.26	ROC,POR · IL,PCL
1971	24	CIN-BAL-min	AAA	10	4	.714	3.74	27	18		6	0	0	125.0	127	61	52	11	47	4	56	4	0	4			1.392	9.1	0.8	3.4	4.0	1.19	INA,ROC · AA,IL
1972	25	SDP-min	AAA	5	4	.556	5.67	26	10		2	0	2	81.0	107	62	51	17	39	6	48	2	0	7			1.802	11.9	1.9	4.3	5.3	1.23	HAW · PCL
1973	26	CIN-OAK-min	AAA,AA	8	5	.615	3.66	21	15					123.0	126	58	50	8	33								1.293	9.2	0.6	2.4			INA,BIR · AA,SOUL
1973	26	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	2.93	11	1	3	0	0	2	30.2	26	10	10	1	6	1	17	4	0	0	122	118	1.043	7.6	0.3	1.8	5.0	2.83
1974	27	CIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.38	12	7		4	1	0	56.0	56	22	21	7	11	1	10	2	0	2			1.196	9.0	1.1	1.8	1.6	0.91	INA · AA
1974	27	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	5.49	22	1	9	0	0	1	41.0	51	27	25	4	17	2	12	0	0	1	188	64	1.659	11.2	0.9	3.7	2.6	0.71
1975	28	CIN-min	AAA	0	3	.000	5.31	16	5		0	0	0	39.0	51	25	23	7	17	1	9	1	0	1			1.744	11.8	1.6	3.9	2.1	0.53	INA · AA
3 Yrs				4	1	.800	4.28	42	3	15	0	0	3	90.1	98	45	43	7	30	4	38	4	0	1	391	82	1.417	9.8	0.7	3.0	3.8	1.27
162 Game Avg.				6	2	.800	4.28	63	5	23	0	0	5	136	148	68	65	11	45	6	57	6	0	2	591	82	1.417	9.8	0.7	3.0	3.8	1.27

CIN (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.40	33	2	12	0	0	3	71.2	77	37	35	5	23	3	29	4	0	1	310	80	1.395	9.7	0.6	2.9	3.6	1.26
SEP (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	0	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29

NL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.40	33	2	12	0	0	3	71.2	77	37	35	5	23	3	29	4	0	1	310	80	1.395	9.7	0.6	2.9	3.6	1.26
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	0	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29

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	22	SEP	AL	18.2	9	1	8	3.86	4.57	-0.53	-0.07	99.1	4.98	2	0.3	.4	-0.1	0.4	4	.531	.502	$9,000

1973	26	CIN	NL	30.2	11	1	10	2.93	4.26	0.28	-0.24	97.9	3.66	2	0.3	1.3	-0.0	0.5	5	.525	.502	$
1974	27	CIN	NL	41.0	22	1	27	5.93	3.99	0.43	-0.26	99.4	3.27	-12	-1.3	.7	0.1	-0.8	-8	.441	.492	$
3 Seasons				90.1	42	3	45	4.48	4.20	0.18	-0.22	98.8	3.76	-7	-0.7	.8	0.1	0.1	1	.483	.498	$9,000

CIN (2 yrs)				71.2	33	2	37	4.65	4.10	0.37	-0.25	98.8	3.44	-10	-1.0	.9	0.1	-0.3	-3	.469	.497	$
SEP (1 yr)				18.2	9	1	8	3.86	4.57	-0.53	-0.07	99.1	4.98	2	0.3	.4	-0.1	0.4	4	.531	.502	$9,000

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	22	SEP	AL	9	81	72	8	21	3	1	2	1	1	7	9	.292	.346	.444	.790	.302	32	2	0	0	2	1	0

1973	26	CIN	NL	11	122	111	10	26	6	1	1	0	1	6	17	.234	.298	.333	.631	.269	37	4	4	1	0	1	0
1974	27	CIN	NL	22	188	167	27	51	6	0	4	3	0	17	12	.305	.366	.413	.779	.307	69	4	0	2	2	2	1
3 Yrs				42	391	350	45	98	15	2	7	4	2	30	38	.280	.340	.394	.734	.294	138	10	4	3	4	4	1
162 Game Avg.				63	591	529	68	148	23	3	11	6	3	45	57	.280	.340	.394	.734	.294	209	15	6	5	6	6	2
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	22	SEP	AL	0.1	0.0	84	0.5	1.0	-0.6	.60	-0.1	0.9	-0.2	-0.0	0.60	-0.9	0	2	6

1973	26	CIN	NL	2.6	0.3	124	0.8	1.9	-1.1	.79	1.0	-0.0	6.8	0.8	0.79	6.5	4	0	5
1974	27	CIN	NL	-8.3	-0.8	192	0.7	1.9	-1.2	.52	-0.2	1.6	-4.2	-0.4	0.52	-6.1	4	3	11
3 Yrs				-5.6	-0.6	400	2.0	4.9	-2.9	.62	0.6	2.5	2.4	0.3	0.62	-0.5	8	5	22

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	22	SEP	AL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	66.0	66	66	3	0	0	1	4.5	4.5	8.0

1973	26	CIN	NL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	66.0	66	66	6	4	1	0	2.3	2.6	7.0
1974	27	CIN	NL	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	5	4	0	1	7.0	3.0	5.3
3 Yrs				42	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2	67%	58	66	43	14	8	1	2	4.7	3.4	6.8
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	22	SEP	AL	9	8	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	1	14%	6	.601	0	2	6	0	0	8	3	5	3	1	3	0	4.0

1973	26	CIN	NL	11	10	3	1	1	2	2	0	100%	3	1	7	2	29%	3	.786	4	0	5	5	1	4	3	7	6	2	6	2	7.1
1974	27	CIN	NL	22	21	9	1	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	1	11%	8	.522	4	3	11	5	0	16	5	16	10	3	10	2	5.1
3 Yrs				42	39	15	2	1	3	3	0	100%	5	2	23	4	17%		.621	8	5	22	10	1	28	11	28	19	6	19	4	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	22	SEP	AL	81	54%	2.5%	11.1%	8.6%	7.4%	29%	0.57	78%	18	2	11%

1973	26	CIN	NL	122	70%	0.8%	13.9%	4.9%	6.6%	31%	0.68	76%	22	4	18%
1974	27	CIN	NL	188	74%	2.1%	6.4%	9.0%	5.3%	20%	0.91	81%	41	4	10%
3 Yrs				391	69%	1.8%	9.7%	7.7%	6.1%	25%	0.76	79%	81	10	12%
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	22	SEP	AL	81	21			2	0	5	1	1	1	1	7	5	0	71%	0	0	0	28	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0

1973	26	CIN	NL	122	26			1	0	4	0	1	0	1	6	2	0	33%	0	0	1	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1974	27	CIN	NL	188	51			4	0	6	2	2	2	2	14	5	1	36%	1	1	0	88	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				391	98			7	0	15	3	4	3	4	27	12	1	44%	1	1	1	157	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1969	22	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29	95
1970	23	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29	95
1971	24	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29	95
1972	25	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1	3	0	18.2	21	8	8	2	7	1	9	0	0	81	95	1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	4.3	1.29	95
1973	26	3	1	.750	3.28	20	2	6	2	49.1	47	18	18	3	13	2	26	4	0	203	108	1.216	8.6	0.5	2.4	4.7	2.00	108
1974	27	4	1	.800	4.28	42	3	15	3	90.1	98	45	43	7	30	4	38	4	1	391	82	1.417	9.8	0.7	3.0	3.8	1.27	82

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	22	0	1	.000	4.76	17.0	22	10	9	2	7	8	0	1.706	11.6	3.7	4.2	1.14	1.1	9

1973	26	2	1	.667	3.86	28.0	28	13	12	1	6	16	4	1.214	9.0	1.9	5.1	2.67	0.3	11
1974	27	1	3	.250	6.46	39.0	54	31	28	4	18	11	0	1.846	12.5	4.2	2.5	0.61	0.9	22
3 Yrs		3	5	.375	5.25	84.0	104	54	49	7	31	35	4	1.607	11.1		3.8	1.13	0.8	42

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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