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Bo Belinsky
Robert Belinsky

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

Born: December 7, 1936 in New York, NY
High School: Central (Trenton, NJ)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1962
Final Game: May 18, 1970
Died: November 23, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV
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Bo Belinsky
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Minors
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- 1962
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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
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	108	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	59	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	114	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	72	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	122	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	76	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	93	2.000	11.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
8 Seasons				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	95	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	76	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	76	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	93	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	95	1.385	7.8	0.7	4.6	6.7	1.44

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
1962	25	LAA	AL	33	807	658	86	149	30	5	12	8	6	*122*	145	.226	.357	.342	.699	.272	225	14	13	12	2	3
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
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
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
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
1967	30	HOU	NL	27	510	439	74	112	19	6	12	5	5	54	80	.255	.345	.408	.753	.286	179	9	8	6	3	0

1969	32	PIT	NL	8	83	64	10	17	7	0	1	0	0	14	15	.266	.413	.422	.834	.333	27	2	2	3	0	2
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
8 Seasons				146	2888	2468	352	603	106	22	61	25	22	333	476	.244	.343	.379	.722	.279	936	59	42	33	12	18
162 Game Avg.				40	792	677	97	165	29	6	17	7	6	91	131	.244	.343	.379	.722	.279	257	16	12	9	3	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
1962	25	LAA	AL	33	31	10	11	10	3	3	17	14	.548	1	6	5	3	13	42%	53	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	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%	57	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	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	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	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	51	37	3	0	1	1	1.7	2.3	2.9
7 Seasons				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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
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	1.076	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	0.930	3	4	9	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	1.371	3	2	3	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	0.979	1	4	3	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	0.794	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	0.138	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	8.0
7 Seasons				133	44	14	1	4	3	2	1	67%	5	2	27	12	44%		1.034	9	11	22	6	5	32	16	27	29	11	30	4	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	25	LAA	AL	800	75%	1.5%	18.0%	15.1%	5.8%	32%	1.14	62%	176	14	8%
1963	26	LAA	AL	341	75%	3.5%	17.6%	10.3%	8.8%	39%	1.36	67%	66	6	9%
1964	27	LAA	AL	560	76%	1.4%	16.3%	8.8%	4.1%	19%	1.36	72%	104	17	16%
1965	28	PHI	NL	483	70%	2.7%	14.7%	9.9%	7.5%	35%	1.53	70%	91	9	10%
1966	29	PHI	NL	64	64%	4.7%	12.5%	7.8%	6.3%	29%	1.92	70%	14	2	14%
1967	30	HOU	NL	510	80%	2.4%	15.7%	10.6%	7.3%	33%	1.43	69%	82	9	11%

1969	32	PIT	NL	83	76%	1.2%	18.1%	16.9%	9.6%	47%	1.50	58%	16	2	13%
1970	33	CIN	NL	40	73%	0.0%	15.0%	15.0%	10.0%	40%	0.89	70%	5	0	0%
8 Seasons				2881	75%	2.1%	16.5%	11.5%	6.5%	31%	1.34	67%	554	59	11%
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
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	2	0	20	0
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	2	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	3	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 Seasons				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	7	1	107	22
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+
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	108	1.447	7.2	0.6	5.9	7.0	1.19	108
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	95	1.385	7.8	0.7	4.6	6.7	1.44	95
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	85	1.400	8.1	0.8	4.5	6.4	1.44	85
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

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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
1962	25	11	9	.550	3.72	184.0	152	84	76	12	124	142	13	1.500	7.4	6.1	6.9	1.15	0.6	33
1963	26	2	5	.286	7.10	71.0	85	62	56	13	38	56	4	1.732	10.8	4.8	7.1	1.47	1.6	13
1964	27	7	6	.538	3.76	122.0	130	57	51	9	53	82	6	1.500	9.6	3.9	6.0	1.55	0.7	23
1965	28	4	7	.364	5.62	104.0	110	72	65	14	51	67	6	1.548	9.5	4.4	5.8	1.31	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	5.29	17.0	17	11	10	1	14	14	2	1.824	9.0	7.4	7.4	1.00	0.5	8
1970	33	0	0		4.00	9.0	9	4	4	0	5	7	0	1.556	9.0	5.0	7.0	1.40	0.0	3
8 Seasons		27	37	.422	4.86	628.0	640	376	339	65	349	449	43	1.575	9.2		6.4	1.29	0.9	146

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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--.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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bill Henry (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Erik Bedard (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bruce Berenyi (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fritz Ostermueller (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Hollingsworth (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fred Norman (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Justin Thompson (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lee Grissom (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
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