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Jack Billingham

John Eugene Billingham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 21, 1943 in Orlando, FL
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1968
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Tigers/Dodgers/RedSox 1968-1980

Final Game: June 20, 1980
Relatives: Cousin of Christy Mathewson and Cousin of Henry Mathewson
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1961	18	LAD-min	D	12	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118		1							ORL · FLOR
1962	19	LAD-min	D	22	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.067	.176	.067	.243		1		0	1	0	0		SPT · FLOR
1963	20	LAD-min	A	31	48	48		12	2	1	0						.250	.250	.333	.583		16							SBY · WCRS
1964	21	LAD-min	A	48	35	35		4	0	0	0						.114	.114	.114	.229		4							SPT,SNB · FLOR,CALL
1965	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	45	27	26	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.192	.222	.192	.415		5		0	0	0			ABQ,SPO · TL,PCL
1966	23	LAD-min	AAA	50	26	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.040	.077	.040	.117		1		1	0	0			SPO · PCL
1967	24	LAD-min	AAA	51	35	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	2	0			SPO · PCL
1968	25	LAD	NL	50	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
1969	26	HOU	NL	52	18	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.071	.235	.071	.307	-9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1970	27	HOU	NL	46	69	58	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	27	.103	.161	.103	.265	-26	6	1	0	7	0	0	1
1971	28	HOU	NL	33	81	73	1	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	30	.123	.133	.123	.257	-26	9	2	0	6	1	0	1
1972	29	CIN	NL	36	78	71	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	.070	.096	.085	.180	-47	6	1	0	5	0	0	1
1973	30	CIN	NL	40	109	93	2	6	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	32	.065	.094	.097	.191	-46	9	1	0	13	0	0	1	AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
1974	31	CIN	NL	36	79	67	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	31	.075	.088	.075	.163	-54	5	1	0	11	0	0	1	CYA-6,MVP-16
1975	32	CIN	NL	33	83	65	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	22	.108	.205	.108	.313	-12	7	0	0	10	0	0	1
1976	33	CIN	NL	34	70	59	4	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	12	.237	.274	.288	.562	59	17	1	0	8	0	0	1
1977	34	CIN	NL	36	63	56	3	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.161	.175	.179	.354	-5	10	2	0	6	0	0	1
1978	35	DET	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	36	DET	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	37	TOT	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	37	DET	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	37	BOS	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
13 Yrs				476	656	559	21	62	8	0	0	23	0	0	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	0	69	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	223	190	7	21	3	0	0	8	0	0	9	70	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	24	3	0	23	0	0

CIN (6 yrs)				215	482	411	16	46	8	0	0	18	0	0	18	143	.112	.149	.131	.281	-21	54	6	0	53	0	0
DET (3 yrs)				73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (3 yrs)				131	168	145	5	16	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	62	.110	.156	.110	.266	-24	16	3	0	14	1	0
BOS (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				50	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0	1	0	2	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				396	656	559	21	62	8	0	0	23	0	0	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	0	69	1	0
AL (3 yrs)				80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1968	25	LAD	NL	50	6	-0	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	1
1969	26	HOU	NL	52	18	-2	-0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1970	27	HOU	NL	46	69	-11	-0	-0	0	8	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.492	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1971	28	HOU	NL	33	81	-12	0	0	0	9	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.4	.488	.497	-0.4	0.0	-1	$	1
1972	29	CIN	NL	36	78	-13	-0	-0	0	8	-6	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.481	.496	-0.7	0.0	-3	$	1
1973	30	CIN	NL	40	109	-18	-0	0	0	12	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.7	.483	.496	-0.7	0.0	-3	$	1	AS,CYA-4,MVP-23
1974	31	CIN	NL	36	79	-15	0	-0	0	8	-7	-0.7	2	-4	-0.7	.479	.495	-0.8	0.0	-4	$	1	CYA-6,MVP-16
1975	32	CIN	NL	33	83	-9	0	0	0	9	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1976	33	CIN	NL	34	70	-4	0	0	0	8	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.513	.503	0.4	0.0	6	$	1
1977	34	CIN	NL	36	63	-9	0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1978	35	DET	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1979	36	DET	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	37	DET	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1980	37	BOS	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
13 Seasons				476	656	-94	-1	0	0	72	-23	-2.5	19	-4	-2.6	.495	.499	-2.8	0.3	-4	$

CIN (6 yrs)				215	482	-68	-0	0	0	52	-15	-1.7	14	-1	-1.7	.492	.498	-1.9	0.1	-1	$
DET (3 yrs)				73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$
HOU (3 yrs)				131	168	-26	-0	0	0	19	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.8	.494	.498	-0.8	0.1	-2	$
BOS (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
LAD (1 yr)				50	6	-0	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1968	25	LAD	NL	6	6	0	0.0	75	.000	.000	.243	.250	.300	.000	.342	.250	.642	-17	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.250	.333	.000
1969	26	HOU	NL	18	14	1	1.9	93	.111	.071	.257	.235	.327	.071	.381	.307	.708	-9	.193	-2.0	-0.2	.308	.214	.000
1970	27	HOU	NL	69	60	1	0.4	100	.194	.103	.262	.161	.334	.103	.401	.265	.735	-26	.014	-10.4	-1.0	.189	.069	.000
1971	28	HOU	NL	81	73	1	0.4	90	.205	.123	.256	.133	.322	.123	.375	.257	.697	-26	.012	-12.1	-1.3	.152	.014	.000
1972	29	CIN	NL	78	72	1	0.4	87	.119	.070	.250	.096	.317	.085	.369	.180	.685	-47	.013	-13.4	-1.4	.119	.042	.014
1973	30	CIN	NL	109	101	1	0.3	92	.098	.065	.257	.094	.325	.097	.382	.191	.706	-46	.006	-18.1	-1.9	.136	.065	.032
1974	31	CIN	NL	79	74	1	0.4	94	.139	.075	.261	.088	.333	.075	.378	.163	.711	-54	.011	-14.0	-1.5	.095	.015	.000
1975	32	CIN	NL	83	68	3	1.2	98	.163	.108	.268	.205	.339	.108	.387	.313	.726	-12	.086	-10.1	-1.0	.259	.123	.000
1976	33	CIN	NL	70	54	5	2.5	93	.298	.237	.265	.274	.332	.288	.378	.562	.709	59	.287	-3.3	-0.4	.435	.102	.051
1977	34	CIN	NL	63	55	2	1.0	105	.231	.161	.272	.175	.340	.179	.414	.354	.754	-5	.055	-8.6	-0.9	.224	.036	.018
13 Yrs				656	577	16	0.8	94	.175	.111	.260	.152	.329	.125	.384	.277	.713	-21	.040	-92.2	-9.7	.191	.063	.014
162 Game Avg.				223	196	5	0.8	94	.175	.111	.260	.152	.329	.125	.384	.277	.713	-21	.040	-92.2	-9.7	.191	.063	.014

CIN (6 yrs)				482	424	13	0.8	94	.172	.112	.261	.149	.330	.131	.383	.281	.714	-21	.047	-67.5	-7.1	.194	.063	.019
HOU (3 yrs)				168	147	3	0.5	94	.190	.110	.259	.156	.327	.110	.386	.266	.713	-24	.022	-24.4	-2.5	.182	.055	.000
LAD (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	75	.000	.000	.243	.250	.300	.000	.342	.250	.642	-17	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.250	.333	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1972	29	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	29	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	L	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	30	CIN	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

1975	32	CIN	NL	WS	BOS	W	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	33	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (5 Series)							10	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2 NLCS							3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
3 WS							7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1973	CIN	NL	30		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	25	LAD	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%		1.00	3.0				33%
1969	26	HOU	NL	18	0.0%	27.8%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.67	2.8				50%
1970	27	HOU	NL	69	0.0%	39.1%	5.8%	0.0%	0%	6.75	2.1		58.0	3.71	45%
1971	28	HOU	NL	81	0.0%	37.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0%	30.00	2.4		18.3	4.43	54%
1972	29	CIN	NL	78	0.0%	37.2%	2.6%	1.3%	20%	14.50	2.4		35.5	7.20	54%
1973	30	CIN	NL	109	0.0%	29.4%	2.8%	2.8%	50%	10.67	2.9		23.3	7.38	56%
1974	31	CIN	NL	79	0.0%	39.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0%	31.00	2.2		67.0	2.92	46%
1975	32	CIN	NL	83	0.0%	26.5%	9.6%	0.0%	0%	2.75	3.0		16.3	6.50	52%
1976	33	CIN	NL	70	0.0%	17.1%	4.3%	4.3%	21%	4.00	4.9		14.8	3.30	67%
1977	34	CIN	NL	63	0.0%	27.0%	1.6%	1.6%	11%	17.00	3.3		18.7	4.00	62%
13 Yrs				656	0.0%	31.4%	4.1%	1.2%	13%	7.63	2.7		24.3	4.84	54%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.6%	6.2%	27%	1.59	6.5	45.8	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1968	25	LAD	NL	-0.4	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.85	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.2	1.15	-0.8	0
1969	26	HOU	NL	-2.0	-0.2	18	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.12	-0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.95	-2.0	0
1970	27	HOU	NL	-10.4	-1.0	69	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	.84	-1.1	0.1	-10.9	-1.1	0.96	-12.0	0
1971	28	HOU	NL	-12.2	-1.3	76	-1.3	0.4	-1.7	1.03	-1.2	-0.0	-13.1	-1.4	1.02	-13.3	0
1972	29	CIN	NL	-13.4	-1.4	79	-1.1	0.4	-1.5	.87	-1.4	0.1	-13.6	-1.5	0.96	-13.2	0
1973	30	CIN	NL	-18.1	-1.9	109	-1.5	0.6	-2.1	.87	-1.8	0.1	-17.7	-1.9	0.97	-18.7	0
1974	31	CIN	NL	-14.0	-1.5	79	-1.7	0.2	-1.9	1.00	-1.6	-0.1	-19.4	-2.1	1.06	-16.9	0
1975	32	CIN	NL	-10.1	-1.0	84	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.87	-0.8	0.0	-9.0	-0.9	1.02	-8.4	0
1976	33	CIN	NL	-3.3	-0.4	71	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.69	-0.3	-0.2	-4.6	-0.5	0.94	-3.6	0
1977	34	CIN	NL	-8.6	-0.9	64	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.69	-0.8	-0.3	-13.9	-1.4	1.05	-9.9	0
1978	35	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1979	36	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	37	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	37	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	37	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0
13 Yrs				-92.3	-9.7	655	-8.7	3.4	-12.1	.87	-9.2	-0.8	-106.1	-11.3	1.00	-98.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	25	LAD	NL	0	0%	1	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	HOU	NL	0	50%	11	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1970	27	HOU	NL	0	20%	20	0	0	0	20%	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	1
1971	28	HOU	NL	0	10%	10	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1972	29	CIN	NL	1	29%	17	1	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1973	30	CIN	NL	2	22%	16	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	0
1974	31	CIN	NL	1	0%	12	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	32	CIN	NL	3	33%	24	0	1	2	17%	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	1
1976	33	CIN	NL	0	24%	22	1	0	1	33%	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
1977	34	CIN	NL	0	30%	16	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
13 Yrs				7	24%	149	2	2	5	20%	17	14	2	4	4	9	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1968	25	LAD	NL	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	HOU	NL	18	44%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	27	HOU	NL	69	23%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	16	1	6%	18	4	22%	47	1	2%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1971	28	HOU	NL	81	17%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	18	2	11%	19	3	16%	58	4	7%	6	3	50%	0	0		0
1972	29	CIN	NL	78	22%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	8	1	13%	14	3	21%	44	2	5%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1973	30	CIN	NL	109	27%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	13	76%	21	1	5%	29	7	24%	71	5	7%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0
1974	31	CIN	NL	79	19%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	11	61%	17	1	6%	23	5	22%	63	2	3%	7	0	0%	7	0	0%	0
1975	32	CIN	NL	83	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	10	71%	15	0	0%	21	3	14%	68	5	7%	5	1	20%	3	2	67%	0
1976	33	CIN	NL	70	31%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	12	1	8%	18	5	28%	40	4	10%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1977	34	CIN	NL	63	49%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	46%	14	2	14%	19	3	16%	51	3	6%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
13 Yrs				656	27%	62			0	0	0	0		0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	98	69	70%	126	10	8%	167	35	21%	457	26	6%	39	6	15%	23	8	35%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1968	25	50	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0	1	2	0
1969	26	102	24	17	2	1	0	0	4	6	.059	.238	.059	.297	-10	1	1	3	0
1970	27	148	93	75	4	7	0	1	8	33	.093	.181	.093	.274	-22	7	2	10	0
1971	28	181	174	148	5	16	0	5	9	63	.108	.158	.108	.266	-24	16	4	16	1
1972	29	217	252	219	7	21	1	7	11	92	.096	.139	.100	.239	-31	22	5	21	1
1973	30	257	361	312	9	27	4	11	14	124	.087	.125	.099	.225	-35	31	6	34	1
1974	31	293	440	379	9	32	4	12	15	155	.084	.119	.095	.214	-38	36	7	45	1
1975	32	326	523	444	14	39	4	16	23	177	.088	.132	.097	.229	-34	43	7	55	1
1976	33	360	593	503	18	53	7	20	26	189	.105	.149	.119	.268	-23	60	8	63	1
1977	34	396	656	559	21	62	8	23	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	69	1
1978	35	426	656	559	21	62	8	23	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	69	1
1979	36	461	656	559	21	62	8	23	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	69	1
1980	37	476	656	559	21	62	8	23	27	206	.111	.152	.125	.277	-21	70	10	69	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1968	25	50	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	50
1969	26	52	18	14	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.176	.000	.176	0	52
1970	27	46	69	58	2	6	0	1	4	27	.103	.161	.103	.265	1	46
1971	28	33	80	72	1	8	0	3	1	30	.111	.122	.111	.233	1	33
1972	29	38	84	76	4	7	1	4	3	30	.092	.127	.105	.232	1	36
1973	30	40	111	94	2	7	4	5	4	32	.074	.112	.117	.229	1	40
1974	31	36	79	67	0	0	0	0	1	31	.000	.015	.000	.015	0	36
1975	32	33	85	66	7	8	0	6	9	22	.121	.227	.121	.348	2	33
1976	33	34	71	60	4	15	3	4	3	12	.250	.286	.300	.586	5	34
1977	34	36	64	57	3	10	1	3	1	17	.175	.190	.193	.383	2	36
10 Yrs		398	667	567	23	61	9	26	30	207	.108	.152	.123	.276	13	396
162 Game Avg.		162	271	231	9	25	4	11	12	84	.108	.152	.123	.276	5	396

* 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

Hall of Fame 1986 BBWAA ( 0.2%)	All-Star Games 1973	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 NL (23, 2%) 1974 NL (16, 1%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 NL (4, 25%) 1974 NL (6, 7%) 0.32 Career Shares (134th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1973 NL 13 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Bob Veale (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Veale (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Veale (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Veale (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Veale (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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