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Wade Blasingame

Wade Allen Blasingame

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 22, 1943 in Deming, NM
High School: Roosevelt HS (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1963
Teams (by GP): Astros/Braves/Yankees 1963-1972

Final Game: September 22, 1972
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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
1963 19 MLN NL 0 0 12.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 18 31 3.000 21.0 0.0 6.0 18.0 3.00
1964 20 MLN NL 9 5 .643 4.24 28 13 5 3 1 2 116.2 113 58 55 15 51 2 70 0 0 6 494 84 1.406 8.7 1.2 3.9 5.4 1.37
1965 21 MLN NL 16 10 .615 3.77 38 36 2 10 1 1 224.2 200 103 94 17 116 10 117 5 0 8 956 93 1.407 8.0 0.7 4.6 4.7 1.01
1966 22 ATL NL 3 7 .300 5.32 16 12 1 0 0 0 67.2 71 42 40 5 25 2 34 2 1 9 290 70 1.419 9.4 0.7 3.3 4.5 1.36
1967 23 TOT NL 5 7 .417 5.63 25 18 3 0 0 0 102.1 118 70 64 10 48 3 66 3 0 9 459 59 1.622 10.4 0.9 4.2 5.8 1.38
1967 23 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 4.62 10 4 2 0 0 0 25.1 27 13 13 1 21 1 20 1 0 4 119 74 1.895 9.6 0.4 7.5 7.1 0.95
1967 23 HOU NL 4 7 .364 5.96 15 14 1 0 0 0 77.0 91 57 51 9 27 2 46 2 0 5 340 55 1.532 10.6 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.70
1968 24 HOU NL 1 2 .333 4.75 22 2 7 0 0 1 36.0 45 21 19 3 10 1 22 0 0 3 160 63 1.528 11.3 0.8 2.5 5.5 2.20
1969 25 HOU NL 0 5 .000 5.37 26 5 4 0 0 1 52.0 66 47 31 4 33 7 33 2 0 9 258 66 1.904 11.4 0.7 5.7 5.7 1.00
1970 26 HOU NL 3 3 .500 3.48 13 13 0 1 0 0 77.2 76 34 30 4 23 3 55 2 0 4 320 113 1.275 8.8 0.5 2.7 6.4 2.39
1971 27 HOU NL 9 11 .450 4.60 30 28 0 2 0 0 158.1 177 90 81 11 45 3 93 13 0 10 696 73 1.402 10.1 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.07
1972 28 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 5.68 22 1 7 0 0 0 25.1 18 17 16 6 19 1 16 3 0 3 112 56 1.461 6.4 2.1 6.8 5.7 0.84
1972 28 HOU NL 0 0 8.64 10 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 4 9 8 1 8 0 9 2 0 1 40 41 1.440 4.3 1.1 8.6 9.7 1.13
1972 28 NYY AL 0 1 .000 4.24 12 1 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 8 8 5 11 1 7 1 0 2 72 72 1.471 7.4 2.6 5.8 3.7 0.64
10 Yrs 46 51 .474 4.52 222 128 31 16 2 5 863.2 891 486 434 75 372 32 512 30 1 62 3763 77 1.462 9.3 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.38
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .474 4.52 43 25 6 3 0 1 168 173 94 84 15 72 6 99 6 0 12 731 77 1.462 9.3 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.38
HOU (6 yrs) 17 28 .378 4.84 116 62 15 3 0 2 409.1 459 258 220 32 146 16 258 21 0 32 1814 71 1.478 10.1 0.7 3.2 5.7 1.77
ATL (5 yrs) 29 22 .569 4.24 94 65 12 13 2 3 437.1 418 220 206 38 215 15 247 8 1 28 1877 84 1.447 8.6 0.8 4.4 5.1 1.15
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.24 12 1 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 8 8 5 11 1 7 1 0 2 72 72 1.471 7.4 2.6 5.8 3.7 0.64
NL (10 yrs) 46 50 .479 4.53 210 127 27 16 2 5 846.2 877 478 426 70 361 31 505 29 1 60 3691 77 1.462 9.3 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.40
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.24 12 1 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 8 8 5 11 1 7 1 0 2 72 72 1.471 7.4 2.6 5.8 3.7 0.64

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
1963 19 MLN NL 3.0 2 0 4 12.00 4.12 0.27 -0.17 102.0 3.74 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .359 .498 $
1964 20 MLN NL 116.2 28 13 58 4.47 3.95 -0.09 0.01 101.0 4.08 -6 -0.7 1.2 -0.1 0.2 7 .475 .496 $
1965 21 MLN NL 224.2 38 36 103 4.13 3.97 0.21 0.06 98.6 3.76 -9 -1.0 3.8 -0.1 0.8 14 .473 .494 $
1966 22 ATL NL 67.2 16 12 42 5.59 4.10 -0.08 0.05 100.4 4.25 -11 -1.1 .5 -0.0 -0.6 -3 .428 .493 $
1967 23 ATL NL 25.1 10 4 13 4.62 3.50 -0.12 -0.02 99.5 3.59 -3 -0.4 .4 0.0 -0.1 -0 .464 .498 $
1967 23 HOU NL 77.0 15 14 57 6.66 3.73 -0.53 0.06 95.4 4.12 -23 -2.3 2.1 -0.1 -1.6 -14 .348 .486 $
1968 24 HOU NL 36.0 22 2 21 5.25 3.34 -0.70 -0.10 99.8 3.93 -6 -0.7 1.5 -0.2 -0.6 -2 .468 .496 $
1969 25 HOU NL 52.0 26 5 47 8.13 4.33 -0.55 -0.06 97.2 4.69 -20 -2.1 1.3 -0.2 -1.8 -14 .419 .487 $
1970 26 HOU NL 77.2 13 13 34 3.94 4.56 -0.37 0.07 95.6 4.78 6 0.7 -0.0 1.2 15 .551 .504 $
1971 27 HOU NL 158.1 30 28 90 5.12 3.91 -0.02 0.06 97.8 3.90 -23 -2.5 2.1 -0.1 -1.3 -8 .418 .485 $
1972 28 HOU NL 8.1 10 0 9 9.72 4.68 -0.36 -0.20 94.2 4.55 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .446 .497 $
1972 28 NYY AL 17.0 12 1 8 4.24 3.63 -0.02 -0.16 97.0 3.39 -1 -0.2 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .485 .499 $25,000
10 Seasons 863.2 222 128 486 5.06 3.98 -0.11 0.03 98.3 4.05 -105 -11.1 1.2 -0.7 -4.4 -13 .450 .494 $25,000
HOU (6 yrs) 409.1 116 62 258 5.67 4.02 -0.32 0.03 97.0 4.22 -71 -7.4 1.4 -0.6 -4.6 -28 .436 .492 $
ATL (5 yrs) 437.1 94 65 220 4.53 3.96 0.07 0.04 99.6 3.91 -33 -3.5 1.0 -0.1 0.2 15 .463 .496 $
NYY (1 yr) 17.0 12 1 8 4.24 3.63 -0.02 -0.16 97.0 3.39 -1 -0.2 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .485 .499 $25,000

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
1963 19 MLN NL 2 18 15 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 .467 .529 .667 1.196 .778 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
1964 20 MLN NL 28 494 440 58 113 14 3 15 6 3 51 70 .257 .333 .405 .737 .275 178 13 0 1 2 2 1
1965 21 MLN NL 38 866 820 103 200 19 5 17 10 7 116 117 .244 .339 .341 .680 .264 280 24 5 8 7 10 6
1966 22 ATL NL 16 216 261 42 71 5 5 5 4 3 25 34 .272 .340 .387 .727 .297 101 3 2 2 0 2 1
1967 23 ATL NL 10 119 94 13 27 4 0 1 2 2 21 20 .287 .422 .362 .784 .356 34 3 1 3 0 1 0
1967 23 HOU NL 15 309 305 57 91 16 3 9 4 5 27 46 .298 .357 .459 .816 .325 140 8 2 4 2 2 4
1967 23 TOT NL 25 428 399 70 118 20 3 10 6 7 48 66 .296 .374 .436 .810 .332 174 11 3 7 2 3 4
1968 24 HOU NL 22 154 146 21 45 3 1 3 3 0 10 22 .308 .348 .404 .752 .341 59 4 0 2 2 1 2
1969 25 HOU NL 26 250 216 47 66 9 2 4 1 1 33 33 .306 .396 .421 .817 .339 91 6 2 3 4 7 11
1970 26 HOU NL 13 311 291 34 76 11 3 4 1 4 23 55 .261 .318 .361 .678 .308 105 10 2 2 2 3 3
1971 27 HOU NL 30 696 621 90 177 26 10 11 6 6 45 93 .285 .344 .412 .756 .318 256 13 13 12 5 3 12
1972 28 HOU NL 10 40 27 9 4 1 0 1 2 1 8 9 .148 .368 .296 .665 .167 8 0 2 2 1 0 2
1972 28 NYY AL 12 72 56 8 14 0 0 5 0 1 11 7 .250 .382 .518 .900 .205 29 3 1 4 0 1 1
1972 28 TOT MLB 22 112 83 17 18 1 0 6 2 2 19 16 .217 .377 .446 .823 .194 37 3 3 6 1 1 3
10 Yrs 222 3545 3292 486 891 111 32 75 39 33 372 512 .271 .348 .392 .740 .299 1291 87 30 44 25 32 43
162 Game Avg. 43 689 640 94 173 22 6 15 8 6 72 99 .271 .348 .392 .740 .299 251 17 6 9 5 6 8
MLB Averages .247 .313 .367 .679 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1963 19 MLN NL -2.5 -0.2 20 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.01 -2.9 0 0 2
1964 20 MLN NL -6.9 -0.7 510 -1.4 7.9 -9.3 .91 -0.5 -1.1 -4.7 -0.5 0.91 -4.1 4 2 9
1965 21 MLN NL -4.6 -0.5 916 -0.2 15.8 -16.0 1.04 0.2 -0.4 -1.7 -0.2 1.05 0.6 1 1 0
1966 22 ATL NL -10.4 -1.0 247 -0.7 4.2 -4.9 1.04 -0.5 -0.1 -6.1 -0.6 1.06 -5.6 0 2 2
1967 23 TOT NL -25.8 -2.6 450 -2.4 5.8 -8.2 .87 -2.0 -0.8 -25.2 -2.6 0.87 -20.8 1 1 5
1967 23 ATL NL -2.7 -0.3 126 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 .93 -0.4 -0.3 -4.7 -0.5 0.93 -3.9 0 1 5
1967 23 HOU NL -23.1 -2.3 324 -1.8 4.2 -6.0 .85 -1.6 -0.5 -20.5 -2.1 0.85 -16.9 1 0 0
1968 24 HOU NL -6.7 -0.8 160 -0.3 2.1 -2.4 .82 -0.4 0.0 -7.7 -0.9 0.82 -7.1 7 2 9
1969 25 HOU NL -16.0 -1.6 271 -1.8 3.0 -4.8 .80 -1.9 -0.4 -21.0 -2.1 0.81 -22.8 7 3 11
1970 26 HOU NL 3.7 0.4 332 0.2 5.8 -5.6 1.03 0.7 -0.5 3.1 0.3 1.02 5.5 0 0 0
1971 27 HOU NL -21.6 -2.2 720 -1.9 13.0 -14.9 1.17 -1.9 0.2 -20.7 -2.2 1.17 -18.1 1 1 0
1972 28 TOT MLB -6.7 -0.7 121 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .40 -0.5 -1.4 -6.8 -0.8 0.40 -5.3 4 3 12
1972 28 HOU NL -4.9 -0.5 45 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .54 -0.1 -0.9 -3.6 -0.4 0.54 -1.9 3 2 4
1972 28 NYY AL -1.9 -0.2 76 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .32 -0.4 -0.3 -3.2 -0.4 0.32 -3.3 1 1 8
10 Yrs -97.7 -10.0 3747 -9.2 58.2 -67.5 .97 -6.9 -2.6 -93.4 -9.7 0.98 -80.5 25 15 50

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
1964 20 MLN NL 28 13 7 4 2 3 3 9 4 .692 0 2 3 1 7 54% 51.9 76 29 16 9 7 3 5.8 5.3 6.7
1965 21 MLN NL 38 36 15 10 11 3 3 17 19 .472 1 6 10 1 17 47% 51.8 104 22 35 13 18 7 4.7 4.9 6.2
1966 22 ATL NL 16 12 3 7 2 0 1 4 8 .333 1 0 0 0 5 42% 45.6 61 25 12 9 3 4 3.1 3.1 5.2
1967 23 TOT NL 25 18 4 7 7 3 0 8 10 .444 2 3 0 0 2 11% 42.8 56 25 28 11 2 8 5.2 4.5 5.2
1967 23 ATL NL 10 4 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 .750 1 0 0 0 0 0% 44.0 52 37 14 3 1 2 6.6 7.4 4.1
1967 23 HOU NL 15 14 3 7 4 2 0 5 9 .357 1 3 0 0 2 14% 42.4 56 25 14 8 1 6 4.8 3.8 5.5
1968 24 HOU NL 22 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 39.5 43 36 11 5 1 1 5.0 4.5 4.2
1969 25 HOU NL 26 5 0 5 0 0 2 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 2 40% 36.4 55 22 15 3 2 1 2.0 1.5 5.1
1970 26 HOU NL 13 13 3 3 7 1 2 7 6 .538 2 4 1 0 8 62% 53.0 82 24 9 2 4 4 4.3 3.1 6.0
1971 27 HOU NL 30 28 9 11 8 1 4 13 15 .464 2 3 2 0 16 57% 48.1 78 16 27 8 2 11 4.6 4.4 5.6
1972 28 TOT MLB 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 11 5 0 1 2.0 0.0 0.0
1972 28 NYY AL 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 7 1 0 1 2.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs 210 128 41 48 39 11 15 59 69 .461 8 19 16 2 58 45% 48 104 16 160 61 39 40 4.5 4.3 5.7
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 116 -3 3.9 3.9 6.5

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
1963 19 MLN NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .012 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1964 20 MLN NL 28 15 5 2 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 12 7 58% 8 .913 4 2 9 5 1 9 8 7 9 4 9 2 5.9
1965 21 MLN NL 38 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 10 1.038 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.5
1966 22 ATL NL 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.042 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 3 0 4.0
1967 23 TOT NL 25 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% .870 1 1 5 0 2 5 2 5 3 2 3 1 4.0
1967 23 ATL NL 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 .929 0 1 5 0 1 5 1 5 3 1 3 1 4.5
1967 23 HOU NL 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 .847 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1968 24 HOU NL 22 20 7 1 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 19 10 53% 9 .817 7 2 9 4 4 11 9 10 6 10 6 4 4.2
1969 25 HOU NL 26 21 4 0 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 31 5 16% 7 .795 7 3 11 4 2 15 15 6 9 11 9 4 3.8
1971 27 HOU NL 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 1.172 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0.5
1972 28 TOT MLB 22 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 7 44% .396 4 3 12 2 2 17 10 11 7 8 7 4 3.6
1972 28 HOU NL 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 43% 7 .540 3 2 4 1 2 7 5 5 2 6 2 4 2.5
1972 28 NYY AL 12 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 7 .316 1 1 8 1 0 10 5 6 5 2 5 0 4.6
9 Yrs 209 94 31 5 3 9 5 4 56% 13 4 87 31 36% .968 25 15 50 16 14 63 48 45 38 37 39 17 4.1

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%
1963 19 MLN NL 18 28% 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 16.7% 43% 50% 5 0 0%
1964 20 MLN NL 494 20% 3.0% 14.2% 10.3% 6.5% 28% 1.26 72% 89 13 15%
1965 21 MLN NL 956 24% 2.0% 13.5% 13.4% 4.7% 21% 1.30 80% 171 24 14%
1966 22 ATL NL 290 19% 2.3% 15.7% 11.6% 6.9% 21% 1.09 103% 38 3 8%
1967 23 TOT NL 459 16% 2.3% 15.4% 11.2% 7.7% 28% 1.38 76% 81 11 14%
1967 23 ATL NL 119 22% 0.8% 16.8% 17.7% 4.2% 19% 1.79 61% 27 3 11%
1967 23 HOU NL 340 14% 2.9% 14.9% 8.7% 9.1% 31% 1.28 82% 54 8 15%
1968 24 HOU NL 160 38% 2.0% 14.3% 6.5% 4.6% 16% 1.68 80% 39 4 10%
1969 25 HOU NL 258 31% 1.6% 13.2% 13.2% 6.0% 23% 1.71 73% 65 6 9%
1970 26 HOU NL 320 8% 1.3% 17.7% 7.4% 5.8% 24% 2.12 75% 57 10 18%
1971 27 HOU NL 696 18% 1.6% 13.4% 6.5% 6.8% 27% 1.33 75% 151 13 9%
1972 28 TOT MLB 112 39% 5.4% 14.3% 17.0% 6.3% 39% 1.42 55% 27 3 11%
1972 28 HOU NL 40 38% 2.5% 22.5% 20.0% 5.0% 50% 0.60 45% 9 0 0%
1972 28 NYY AL 72 40% 6.9% 9.7% 15.3% 6.9% 36% 2.00 61% 18 3 17%
10 Yrs 3763 21% 2.1% 14.4% 10.5% 6.2% 25% 1.39 77% 723 87 12%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.4% 8.3% 6.1% 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
1963 19 MLN NL 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 25% 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 20 MLN NL 494 113 15 0 7 12 3 9 6 22 11 4 50% 1 6 1 174 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1965 21 MLN NL 866 200 17 0 17 10 7 12 5 37 21 2 57% 6 8 2 312 10 7 59% 9 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 22 90
1966 22 ATL NL 216 71 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 11 3 2 27% 1 9 0 72 4 3 57% 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 74
1967 23 TOT NL 428 118 10 1 7 9 0 3 6 16 12 2 75% 4 9 1 159 6 7 46% 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 14 31
1967 23 ATL NL 119 27 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 4 0 49 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1967 23 HOU NL 309 91 9 1 4 8 0 2 6 14 11 2 79% 4 5 1 110 4 5 44% 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 31
1968 24 HOU NL 154 45 3 0 8 3 0 0 3 18 8 3 44% 2 3 0 61 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
1969 25 HOU NL 250 66 4 0 25 2 2 2 2 32 16 2 50% 11 9 0 103 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 8
1970 26 HOU NL 311 76 4 0 7 3 1 1 3 15 10 2 67% 3 4 0 100 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 9
1971 27 HOU NL 696 177 11 0 12 10 1 3 8 38 26 3 68% 12 10 2 280 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 19 0
1972 28 TOT MLB 112 18 6 0 2 5 1 2 4 6 5 0 83% 3 3 1 44 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
1972 28 HOU NL 40 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 2 1 1 15 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 28 NYY AL 72 14 5 0 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 0 100% 1 2 0 29 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
10 Yrs 3545 891 75 1 88 57 17 34 40 199 113 23 57% 43 62 8 1315 39 33 54% 34 26 5 4 0 2 18 7 114 218
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+
1963 19 0 0 12.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 18 31 3.000 21.0 0.0 6.0 18.0 3.00 31
1964 20 9 5 .643 4.44 30 13 7 3 1 2 119.2 120 62 59 15 53 2 76 0 0 7 512 80 1.446 9.0 1.1 4.0 5.7 1.43 80
1965 21 25 15 .625 4.00 68 49 9 13 2 3 344.1 320 165 153 32 169 12 193 5 0 15 1468 88 1.420 8.4 0.8 4.4 5.0 1.14 88
1966 22 28 22 .560 4.22 84 61 10 13 2 3 412.0 391 207 193 37 194 14 227 7 1 24 1758 84 1.420 8.5 0.8 4.2 5.0 1.17 84
1967 23 33 29 .532 4.50 109 79 13 13 2 3 514.1 509 277 257 47 242 17 293 10 1 33 2217 78 1.460 8.9 0.8 4.2 5.1 1.21 78
1968 24 34 31 .523 4.51 131 81 20 13 2 4 550.1 554 298 276 50 252 18 315 10 1 36 2377 77 1.465 9.1 0.8 4.1 5.2 1.25 77
1969 25 34 36 .486 4.59 157 86 24 13 2 5 602.1 620 345 307 54 285 25 348 12 1 45 2635 76 1.502 9.3 0.8 4.3 5.2 1.22 76
1970 26 37 39 .487 4.46 170 99 24 14 2 5 680.0 696 379 337 58 308 28 403 14 1 49 2955 79 1.476 9.2 0.8 4.1 5.3 1.31 79
1971 27 46 50 .479 4.49 200 127 24 16 2 5 838.1 873 469 418 69 353 31 496 27 1 59 3651 78 1.462 9.4 0.7 3.8 5.3 1.41 78
1972 28 46 51 .474 4.52 222 128 31 16 2 5 863.2 891 486 434 75 372 32 512 30 1 62 3763 77 1.462 9.3 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.38 77

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
1963 19 0 0 15.00 3.0 7 6 5 0 2 6 0 3.000 21.0 6.0 18.0 3.00 0.0 2
1964 20 4 7 .364 5.13 107.0 119 68 61 16 54 64 0 1.617 10.0 4.5 5.4 1.19 1.3 28
1965 21 10 12 .455 4.52 205.0 209 114 103 18 121 107 5 1.610 9.2 5.3 4.7 0.88 0.8 38
1966 22 2 5 .286 6.14 63.0 73 48 43 5 26 32 2 1.571 10.4 3.7 4.6 1.23 0.7 16
1967 23 2 8 .200 7.34 92.0 128 83 75 11 52 59 3 1.957 12.5 5.1 5.8 1.13 1.1 25
1968 24 1 2 .333 7.03 32.0 51 28 25 3 11 20 0 1.938 14.3 3.1 5.6 1.82 0.8 22
1969 25 1 4 .200 6.30 50.0 70 39 35 4 35 32 2 2.100 12.6 6.3 5.8 0.91 0.7 26
1970 26 4 4 .500 3.70 73.0 77 33 30 4 23 51 2 1.370 9.5 2.8 6.3 2.22 0.5 13
1971 27 5 11 .313 5.76 147.0 191 104 94 12 49 87 14 1.633 11.7 3.0 5.3 1.78 0.7 30
1972 28 0 2 .000 8.61 23.0 21 24 22 7 22 15 4 1.870 8.2 8.6 5.9 0.68 2.7 22
10 Yrs 29 55 .345 5.58 795.0 946 547 493 80 395 473 32 1.687 10.7 5.4 1.20 0.9 222

* 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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL  116 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 NL  0.681 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 NL  94 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 NL  9 (9th)
1967 NL  9 (8th)
1971 NL  10 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL  13 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  2. Steve Avery (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Podres (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tom Underwood (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Fleming (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Randy Lerch (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Scott Karl (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Randy Lerch (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Randy Lerch (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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