Bo Belinsky

Robert Belinsky

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 191 lb.

Born: December 7, 1936 in New York, NY
High School: Trenton Central HS (Trenton, NJ)
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1962
Teams (by GP): Angels/Phillies/Astros/Pirates/Reds 1962-1970

Final Game: May 18, 1970
Died: November 23, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV
Buried: Paradise Memorial Gardens, Las Vegas, NV
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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
1962 25 LAA AL 10 11 .476 3.56 33 31 1 5 3 1 187.1 149 86 74 12 122 3 145 13 0 9 840 109 1.447 7.2 0.6 5.9 7.0 1.19
1963 26 LAA AL 2 9 .182 5.75 13 13 0 2 0 0 76.2 78 54 49 12 35 2 60 4 0 2 341 60 1.474 9.2 1.4 4.1 7.0 1.71
1964 27 LAA AL 9 8 .529 2.86 23 22 0 4 1 0 135.1 120 45 43 8 49 5 91 6 1 10 559 116 1.249 8.0 0.5 3.3 6.1 1.86
1965 28 PHI NL 4 9 .308 4.84 30 14 4 3 0 1 109.2 103 72 59 13 48 5 71 6 1 11 482 71 1.377 8.5 1.1 3.9 5.8 1.48
1966 29 PHI NL 0 2 .000 2.93 9 1 4 0 0 0 15.1 14 5 5 3 5 1 8 3 0 1 64 126 1.239 8.2 1.8 2.9 4.7 1.60
1967 30 HOU NL 3 9 .250 4.68 27 18 0 0 0 0 115.1 112 74 60 12 54 0 80 8 0 16 510 70 1.439 8.7 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.48
1969 32 PIT NL 0 3 .000 4.58 8 3 4 0 0 0 17.2 17 10 9 1 14 2 15 2 2 0 83 78 1.755 8.7 0.5 7.1 7.6 1.07
1970 33 CIN NL 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 6 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 3 40 97 2.000 11.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
8 Yrs 28 51 .354 4.10 146 102 14 14 4 2 665.1 603 352 303 61 333 18 476 42 4 52 2919 86 1.407 8.2 0.8 4.5 6.4 1.43
162 Game Avg. 8 14 .354 4.10 40 28 4 4 1 1 182 165 97 83 17 91 5 131 12 1 14 800 86 1.407 8.2 0.8 4.5 6.4 1.43
LAA (3 yrs) 21 28 .429 3.74 69 66 1 11 4 1 399.1 347 185 166 32 206 10 296 23 1 21 1740 96 1.385 7.8 0.7 4.6 6.7 1.44
PHI (2 yrs) 4 11 .267 4.61 39 15 8 3 0 1 125.0 117 77 64 16 53 6 79 9 1 12 546 75 1.360 8.4 1.2 3.8 5.7 1.49
PIT (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.58 8 3 4 0 0 0 17.2 17 10 9 1 14 2 15 2 2 0 83 78 1.755 8.7 0.5 7.1 7.6 1.07
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 6 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 3 40 97 2.000 11.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
HOU (1 yr) 3 9 .250 4.68 27 18 0 0 0 0 115.1 112 74 60 12 54 0 80 8 0 16 510 70 1.439 8.7 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.48
NL (5 yrs) 7 23 .233 4.64 77 36 13 3 0 1 266.0 256 167 137 29 127 8 180 19 3 31 1179 74 1.440 8.7 1.0 4.3 6.1 1.42
AL (3 yrs) 21 28 .429 3.74 69 66 1 11 4 1 399.1 347 185 166 32 206 10 296 23 1 21 1740 96 1.385 7.8 0.7 4.6 6.7 1.44

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 Awards
1962 25 LAA AL 187.1 33 31 86 4.13 4.42 -0.02 0.07 97.0 4.37 7 0.8 2.0 -0.1 2.1 23 .524 .505 $
1963 26 LAA AL 76.2 13 13 54 6.34 4.10 0.13 0.07 93.4 3.77 -21 -2.0 -0.0 -1.5 -15 .345 .488 $
1964 27 LAA AL 135.1 23 22 45 2.99 4.09 0.33 0.07 89.1 3.42 8 0.9 4.7 -0.1 1.9 18 .541 .506 $15,000
1965 28 PHI NL 109.2 30 14 72 5.91 4.09 -0.26 0.00 99.5 4.33 -19 -2.1 1.1 -0.1 -1.2 -8 .431 .487 $
1966 29 PHI NL 15.1 9 1 5 2.93 4.12 -0.02 -0.13 99.0 3.97 2 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.3 3 .520 .501 $
1967 30 HOU NL 115.1 27 18 74 5.77 3.81 -0.50 0.03 97.4 4.23 -21 -2.3 .8 -0.1 -1.3 -9 .415 .486 $
1969 32 PIT NL 17.2 8 3 10 5.09 4.25 -0.01 -0.06 94.9 3.99 -2 -0.3 .1 0.0 0.0 -0 .468 .498 $
1970 33 CIN NL 8.0 3 0 6 6.75 4.78 0.19 -0.20 108.8 4.77 -2 -0.2 .2 0.1 -0.1 -1 .439 .499 $
8 Seasons 665.1 146 102 352 4.76 4.15 -0.05 0.04 95.6 4.06 -49 -4.9 1.1 -0.3 0.2 11 .467 .496 $15,000
LAA (3 yrs) 399.1 69 66 185 4.17 4.25 0.13 0.07 93.6 3.93 -5 -0.3 2.9 -0.2 2.5 25 .496 .499 $15,000
PHI (2 yrs) 125.0 39 15 77 5.54 4.09 -0.23 -0.01 99.5 4.28 -18 -1.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -5 .452 .494 $
PIT (1 yr) 17.2 8 3 10 5.09 4.25 -0.01 -0.06 94.9 3.99 -2 -0.3 .1 0.0 0.0 -0 .468 .498 $
CIN (1 yr) 8.0 3 0 6 6.75 4.78 0.19 -0.20 108.8 4.77 -2 -0.2 .2 0.1 -0.1 -1 .439 .499 $
HOU (1 yr) 115.1 27 18 74 5.77 3.81 -0.50 0.03 97.4 4.23 -21 -2.3 .8 -0.1 -1.3 -9 .415 .486 $

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
1962 25 LAA AL 33 800 691 86 149 30 5 12 8 6 122 145 .216 .343 .326 .669 .256 225 14 13 12 2 3 16
1963 26 LAA AL 13 341 298 54 78 14 4 12 5 1 35 60 .262 .345 .456 .802 .289 136 6 4 2 2 2 4
1964 27 LAA AL 23 560 502 45 120 13 2 8 4 5 49 91 .239 .314 .321 .634 .277 161 17 6 2 1 5 5
1965 28 PHI NL 30 483 417 72 103 19 4 13 3 5 48 71 .247 .331 .405 .736 .267 169 9 6 8 4 5 11
1966 29 PHI NL 9 64 56 5 14 1 0 3 0 0 5 8 .250 .344 .429 .772 .244 24 2 3 0 0 1 0
1967 30 HOU NL 27 495 439 74 112 19 6 12 5 5 54 80 .255 .345 .408 .753 .286 179 9 8 6 3 0 5
1969 32 PIT NL 8 76 64 10 17 7 0 1 0 0 14 15 .266 .413 .422 .834 .333 27 2 2 3 0 2 0
1970 33 CIN NL 3 40 34 6 10 3 1 0 0 0 6 6 .294 .400 .441 .841 .357 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 146 2859 2501 352 603 106 22 61 25 22 333 476 .241 .339 .374 .713 .274 936 59 42 33 12 18 42
162 Game Avg. 40 784 686 97 165 29 6 17 7 6 91 131 .241 .339 .374 .713 .274 257 16 12 9 3 5 12
MLB Averages .248 .314 .372 .685 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 25 LAA AL 5.2 0.5 826 -0.2 15.4 -15.6 1.14 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1.14 -2.8 1 1 0
1963 26 LAA AL -20.5 -2.0 349 -1.7 5.2 -6.9 .95 -1.9 0.1 -17.0 -1.7 0.95 -18.4 0 0 0
1964 27 LAA AL 8.5 0.9 583 0.9 10.5 -9.6 1.07 1.0 -0.1 9.6 1.1 1.07 9.3 1 0 0
1965 28 PHI NL -19.1 -1.9 500 -2.1 6.9 -9.0 .91 -1.2 -1.1 -18.5 -1.9 0.91 -13.8 3 2 11
1966 29 PHI NL 1.6 0.2 65 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.35 -0.2 0.1 1.4 0.1 1.35 -1.2 3 1 4
1967 30 HOU NL -21.0 -2.2 524 -1.4 7.9 -9.3 .96 -1.5 0.1 -20.1 -2.1 0.96 -18.8 1 3 4
1969 32 PIT NL -2.0 -0.2 86 -0.6 0.8 -1.5 .81 -0.3 -0.5 -2.8 -0.3 0.74 -2.0 0 0 4
1970 33 CIN NL -0.8 -0.1 43 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .14 -0.2 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.14 -1.4 0 0 3
8 Yrs -48.1 -4.8 2976 -5.3 48.2 -53.5 1.02 -4.7 -0.6 -50.2 -5.0 1.01 -49.0 9 7 26

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 25 LAA AL 33 31 10 11 10 3 3 17 14 .548 1 6 5 3 13 42% 53.1 92 26 27 6 16 9 3.6 3.2 5.9
1963 26 LAA AL 13 13 2 9 2 0 2 4 9 .308 1 1 2 0 6 46% 46.1 74 8 9 7 7 4 3.4 3.0 5.9
1964 27 LAA AL 23 22 9 8 5 1 2 13 9 .591 1 2 4 1 12 55% 56.5 86 27 18 5 11 6 3.5 3.7 6.1
1965 28 PHI NL 30 14 3 8 3 0 0 6 8 .429 1 1 3 0 4 29% 47.1 80 18 11 8 3 6 4.1 4.9 5.7
1966 29 PHI NL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 2 0 0 1 5.4 3.0 2.3
1967 30 HOU NL 27 18 3 8 7 1 3 7 11 .389 2 2 0 0 10 56% 51.1 81 24 24 6 7 7 3.9 2.8 5.5
1969 32 PIT NL 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.3 51 37 3 0 1 1 1.7 2.3 2.9
7 Yrs 143 102 27 47 28 5 10 48 54 .471 6 13 14 4 45 44% 51 92 8 94 32 45 34 3.6 3.4 5.7
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.0 4.0 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1962 25 LAA AL 33 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 2 1.143 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.5
1964 27 LAA AL 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 7 1.073 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1965 28 PHI NL 30 16 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 5 2 40% 3 .909 3 2 11 3 2 11 3 13 11 3 11 1 5.5
1966 29 PHI NL 9 8 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0% 8 1.345 3 1 4 1 2 5 3 5 5 3 5 0 4.9
1967 30 HOU NL 27 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 4 .959 1 3 4 0 1 7 5 3 5 4 6 3 5.2
1969 32 PIT NL 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .806 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 3 0 3 0 5.4
1970 33 CIN NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 .135 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 8.0
7 Yrs 133 44 14 1 4 3 2 1 67% 5 2 27 12 44% 1.025 9 7 26 6 5 32 16 27 29 11 30 4 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1962 25 LAA AL 840 25% 1.5% 18.1% 15.3% 5.9% 32% 1.14 67% 176 14 8%
1963 26 LAA AL 341 25% 3.5% 17.6% 10.3% 8.8% 39% 1.36 67% 66 6 9%
1964 27 LAA AL 560 24% 1.4% 16.3% 8.8% 4.1% 19% 1.36 72% 104 17 16%
1965 28 PHI NL 483 30% 2.7% 14.7% 9.9% 7.5% 35% 1.53 70% 91 9 10%
1966 29 PHI NL 64 36% 4.7% 12.5% 7.8% 6.3% 29% 1.92 70% 14 2 14%
1967 30 HOU NL 510 20% 2.4% 16.2% 10.9% 7.5% 33% 1.43 71% 82 9 11%
1969 32 PIT NL 83 24% 1.3% 19.7% 18.4% 10.5% 47% 1.50 63% 16 2 13%
1970 33 CIN NL 40 28% 0.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0% 40% 0.89 70% 5 0 0%
8 Yrs 2921 25% 2.1% 16.7% 11.7% 6.6% 31% 1.34 69% 554 59 11%
MLB Averages 47% 2.2% 15.4% 8.3% 6.2% 28% 1.10 73% 10%

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
1962 25 LAA AL 800 149 12 0 39 11 1 6 6 49 22 12 45% 16 9 3 309 8 6 57% 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 20 40
1963 26 LAA AL 341 78 12 0 10 10 2 5 7 17 8 5 47% 4 2 2 125 5 1 83% 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1964 27 LAA AL 560 120 8 0 5 8 0 3 5 20 11 5 55% 5 10 1 209 4 5 44% 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1965 28 PHI NL 483 103 13 0 13 9 4 4 9 28 15 4 54% 11 11 4 183 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1966 29 PHI NL 64 14 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 30 HOU NL 495 112 12 0 3 10 2 3 9 18 13 3 72% 5 16 3 177 5 5 50% 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 27 15
1969 32 PIT NL 76 17 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 6 1 3 17% 0 0 2 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7
1970 33 CIN NL 40 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0% 1 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Yrs 2859 603 61 0 80 51 10 23 38 143 71 34 50% 42 52 15 1079 25 22 53% 19 19 3 2 3 1 4 1 107 62
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1962 25 10 11 .476 3.56 33 31 1 5 3 1 187.1 149 86 74 12 122 3 145 13 0 9 840 109 1.447 7.2 0.6 5.9 7.0 1.19 109
1963 26 12 20 .375 4.19 46 44 1 7 3 1 264.0 227 140 123 24 157 5 205 17 0 11 1181 89 1.455 7.7 0.8 5.4 7.0 1.31 89
1964 27 21 28 .429 3.74 69 66 1 11 4 1 399.1 347 185 166 32 206 10 296 23 1 21 1740 96 1.385 7.8 0.7 4.6 6.7 1.44 96
1965 28 25 37 .403 3.98 99 80 5 14 4 2 509.0 450 257 225 45 254 15 367 29 2 32 2222 89 1.383 8.0 0.8 4.5 6.5 1.44 89
1966 29 25 39 .391 3.95 108 81 9 14 4 2 524.1 464 262 230 48 259 16 375 32 2 33 2286 90 1.379 8.0 0.8 4.4 6.4 1.45 90
1967 30 28 48 .368 4.08 135 99 9 14 4 2 639.2 576 336 290 60 313 16 455 40 2 49 2796 86 1.390 8.1 0.8 4.4 6.4 1.45 86
1968 31 28 48 .368 4.08 135 99 9 14 4 2 639.2 576 336 290 60 313 16 455 40 2 49 2796 86 1.390 8.1 0.8 4.4 6.4 1.45 86
1969 32 28 51 .354 4.09 143 102 13 14 4 2 657.1 593 346 299 61 327 18 470 42 4 49 2879 86 1.400 8.1 0.8 4.5 6.4 1.44 86
1970 33 28 51 .354 4.10 146 102 14 14 4 2 665.1 603 352 303 61 333 18 476 42 4 52 2919 86 1.407 8.2 0.8 4.5 6.4 1.43 86

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1962 25 11 9 .550 3.72 184.0 151 84 76 12 124 142 13 1.495 7.4 6.1 6.9 1.15 0.6 33
1963 26 2 5 .286 7.13 72.0 84 63 57 13 38 56 4 1.694 10.5 4.8 7.0 1.47 1.6 13
1964 27 7 6 .538 3.84 122.0 131 58 52 9 53 82 7 1.508 9.7 3.9 6.0 1.55 0.7 23
1965 28 4 7 .364 5.80 104.0 109 74 67 14 51 68 6 1.538 9.4 4.4 5.9 1.33 1.2 30
1966 29 0 1 .000 3.86 14.0 15 7 6 3 5 7 3 1.429 9.6 3.2 4.5 1.40 1.9 9
1967 30 3 8 .273 5.97 107.0 122 79 71 13 59 74 9 1.692 10.3 5.0 6.2 1.25 1.1 27
1969 32 0 1 .000 5.63 16.0 18 11 10 1 15 14 2 2.063 10.1 8.4 7.9 0.93 0.6 8
1970 33 0 0 4.50 8.0 10 4 4 0 6 6 0 2.000 11.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 0.0 3
8 Yrs 27 37 .422 4.92 627.0 640 380 343 65 351 449 44 1.581 9.2 6.4 1.28 0.9 146

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  7.158 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  6.966 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 AL  3 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  122 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  0.577 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1962 AL  9 (7th)
1964 AL  10 (7th)
1965 NL  11 (7th)
1967 NL  16 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL  13 (2nd)
1967 NL  8 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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