Vida Blue
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 189 lb.

Born: July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, LA
High School: De Soto (Mansfield, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1969
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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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 Awards
1969 19 OAK AL 1 1 .500 6.64 12 4 1 0 0 1 42.0 49 34 31 13 18 1 24 0 0 1 191 52 1.595 10.5 2.8 3.9 5.1 1.33
1970 20 OAK AL 2 0 1.000 2.09 6 6 0 2 2 0 38.2 20 12 9 0 12 0 35 1 0 0 147 169 0.828 4.7 0.0 2.8 8.1 2.92
1971 21 OAK AL 24 8 .750 1.82 39 39 0 24 8 0 312.0 209 73 63 19 88 3 301 4 1 10 1207 185 0.952 6.0 0.5 2.5 8.7 3.42 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1972 22 OAK AL 6 10 .375 2.80 25 23 0 5 4 0 151.0 117 55 47 11 48 3 111 1 0 2 606 102 1.093 7.0 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.31
1973 23 OAK AL 20 9 .690 3.28 37 37 0 13 4 0 263.2 214 108 96 26 105 2 158 4 2 15 1083 108 1.210 7.3 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.50 CYA-7,MVP-29
1974 24 OAK AL 17 15 .531 3.25 40 40 0 12 1 0 282.1 246 118 102 17 98 7 174 1 0 9 1159 103 1.218 7.8 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.78
1975 25 OAK AL 22 11 .667 3.01 39 38 1 13 2 1 278.0 243 103 93 21 99 4 189 5 2 4 1153 121 1.230 7.9 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.91 AS,CYA-6
1976 26 OAK AL 18 13 .581 2.35 37 37 0 20 6 0 298.1 268 90 78 9 63 3 166 1 1 5 1205 142 1.109 8.1 0.3 1.9 5.0 2.63 CYA-6,MVP-20
1977 27 OAK AL 14 19 .424 3.83 38 38 0 16 1 0 279.2 284 138 119 23 86 5 157 1 0 11 1184 104 1.323 9.1 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.83 AS
1978 28 SFG NL 18 10 .643 2.79 35 35 0 9 4 0 258.0 233 87 80 12 70 4 171 0 0 5 1042 123 1.174 8.1 0.4 2.4 6.0 2.44 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1979 29 SFG NL 14 14 .500 5.01 34 34 0 10 0 0 237.0 246 143 132 23 111 11 138 1 0 8 1041 70 1.506 9.3 0.9 4.2 5.2 1.24
1980 30 SFG NL 14 10 .583 2.97 31 31 0 10 3 0 224.0 202 79 74 14 61 8 129 0 2 3 914 119 1.174 8.1 0.6 2.5 5.2 2.11 AS
1981 31 SFG NL 8 6 .571 2.45 18 18 0 1 0 0 124.2 97 40 34 7 54 3 63 1 0 7 513 139 1.211 7.0 0.5 3.9 4.5 1.17 AS
1982 32 KCR AL 13 12 .520 3.78 31 31 0 6 2 0 181.0 163 80 76 20 80 3 103 0 0 4 773 108 1.343 8.1 1.0 4.0 5.1 1.29
1983 33 KCR AL 0 5 .000 6.01 19 14 4 1 0 0 85.1 96 62 57 12 35 0 53 2 2 6 382 68 1.535 10.1 1.3 3.7 5.6 1.51
1985 35 SFG NL 8 8 .500 4.47 33 20 5 1 0 0 131.0 115 70 65 17 80 1 103 1 2 8 574 77 1.489 7.9 1.2 5.5 7.1 1.29
1986 36 SFG NL 10 10 .500 3.27 28 28 0 0 0 0 156.2 137 65 57 19 77 3 100 0 1 5 663 108 1.366 7.9 1.1 4.4 5.7 1.30
17 Seasons 209 161 .565 3.27 502 473 11 143 37 2 3343.1 2939 1357 1213 263 1185 61 2175 23 13 103 13837 108 1.233 7.9 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.84
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .565 3.27 35 33 1 10 3 0 233 205 95 85 18 83 4 152 2 1 7 965 108 1.233 7.9 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.84
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
OAK (9 yrs) 124 86 .590 2.95 273 262 2 105 28 2 1945.2 1650 731 638 139 617 28 1315 18 6 57 7935 118 1.165 7.6 0.6 2.9 6.1 2.13
SFG (6 yrs) 72 58 .554 3.52 179 166 5 31 7 0 1131.1 1030 484 442 92 453 30 704 3 5 36 4747 99 1.311 8.2 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.55
KCR (2 yrs) 13 17 .433 4.49 50 45 4 7 2 0 266.1 259 142 133 32 115 3 156 2 2 10 1155 91 1.404 8.8 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.36
AL (11 yrs) 137 103 .571 3.14 323 307 6 112 30 2 2212.0 1909 873 771 171 732 31 1471 20 8 67 9090 113 1.194 7.8 0.7 3.0 6.0 2.01
NL (6 yrs) 72 58 .554 3.52 179 166 5 31 7 0 1131.1 1030 484 442 92 453 30 704 3 5 36 4747 99 1.311 8.2 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.55

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 21 OAK AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 29 1.286 9.0 0.0 2.6 10.3 4.00
1972 22 OAK AL ALCS W DET 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 1 5.1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 22 0.938 6.8 0.0 1.7 8.4 5.00
1972 22 OAK AL WS W CIN 0 1 .000 4.15 4 1 1 0 0 1 8.2 8 4 4 1 5 1 5 0 0 1 38 1.500 8.3 1.0 5.2 5.2 1.00
1973 23 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 0 1 .000 10.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 8 8 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 33 1.857 10.3 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60
1973 23 OAK AL WS W NYM 0 1 .000 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 10 6 6 2 3 0 8 0 0 1 48 1.182 8.2 1.6 2.5 6.5 2.67
1974 24 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 30 0.222 2.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
1974 24 OAK AL WS W LAD 0 1 .000 3.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 10 5 5 1 7 0 9 0 0 0 56 1.244 6.6 0.7 4.6 5.9 1.29
1975 25 OAK AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.000 18.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 1 5 .167 4.31 17 10 2 1 1 2 64.2 55 31 31 6 23 2 47 0 0 3 270 1.206 7.7 0.8 3.2 6.5 2.04
5 ALCS 1 2 .333 4.60 9 5 1 1 1 1 31.1 27 16 16 2 8 1 25 0 0 1 128 1.117 7.8 0.6 2.3 7.2 3.13
3 WS 0 3 .000 4.05 8 5 1 0 0 1 33.1 28 15 15 4 15 1 22 0 0 2 142 1.290 7.6 1.1 4.1 5.9 1.47

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 OAK AL 21 1 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 6.0 0.0 9.0
1975 OAK AL 25 1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.500 22.5 9.0 0.0 4.5
1977 OAK AL 27
1978 SFG NL 28 1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1980 SFG NL 30
1981 SFG NL 31 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
6 Seasons (4 Appearances) 3 2 0 1.000 8.00 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 8 8 4 1 0 7 1 0 1 40 1.444 12.0 4.0 1.0 7.0 7.00

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
1969 19 OAK AL 12 191 169 34 49 6 1 13 1 0 18 24 .290 .358 .568 .926 .273 96 3 0 4 0 1
1970 20 OAK AL 6 147 132 12 20 4 2 0 4 1 12 35 .152 .228 .212 .440 .206 28 2 1 2 0 0
1971 21 OAK AL 39 1207 1103 73 209 28 3 19 7 7 88 301 .189 .251 .272 .523 .242 300 23 4 9 3 3
1972 22 OAK AL 25 606 544 55 117 15 3 11 6 2 48 111 .215 .277 .314 .591 .248 171 15 1 7 6 3
1973 23 OAK AL 37 1083 956 108 214 29 6 26 14 7 105 158 .224 .300 .348 .649 .240 333 28 4 8 10 2
1974 24 OAK AL 40 1158 1040 118 246 28 6 17 12 8 98 174 .237 .300 .324 .624 .266 337 35 1 7 12 7
1975 25 OAK AL 39 1153 1028 103 243 35 10 21 23 9 99 189 .236 .305 .351 .656 .269 361 26 5 15 6 4
1976 26 OAK AL 37 1205 1123 90 268 35 6 9 20 15 63 166 .239 .279 .305 .583 .272 342 20 1 13 5 3
1977 27 OAK AL 38 1183 1075 138 284 46 8 23 17 23 86 157 .264 .317 .386 .703 .289 415 17 1 12 9 5
1978 28 SFG NL 35 1042 948 87 233 31 9 12 14 15 70 171 .246 .295 .335 .631 .286 318 19 0 16 8 4
1979 29 SFG NL 34 1041 906 143 246 45 9 23 16 16 111 138 .272 .348 .417 .765 .295 378 16 1 11 12 11
1980 30 SFG NL 31 913 833 79 202 33 7 14 14 16 61 129 .242 .292 .349 .642 .270 291 15 0 13 6 8
1981 31 SFG NL 18 513 446 40 97 17 2 7 10 12 54 63 .217 .302 .312 .613 .237 139 7 1 9 3 3
1982 32 KCR AL 31 773 685 80 163 38 7 20 8 9 80 103 .238 .316 .401 .718 .253 275 10 0 5 3 3
1983 33 KCR AL 19 382 336 62 96 16 4 12 12 5 35 53 .286 .352 .464 .816 .304 156 8 2 4 5 0
1985 35 SFG NL 33 574 479 70 115 28 1 17 8 5 80 103 .240 .348 .409 .757 .271 196 7 1 11 3 1
1986 36 SFG NL 28 663 573 65 137 24 4 19 11 14 77 100 .239 .326 .394 .721 .257 226 10 0 7 6 3
17 Seasons 502 13834 12376 1357 2939 458 88 263 197 164 1185 2175 .237 .303 .352 .656 .267 4362 261 23 153 97 61
162 Game Avg. 35 965 863 95 205 32 6 18 14 11 83 152 .237 .303 .352 .656 .267 304 18 2 11 7 4
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 19 OAK AL 12 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 .750 0 3 0 0 1 25% 45 53 35 8 3 0 2 6.2 3.2 6.3
1970 20 OAK AL 6 6 2 0 4 0 0 6 0 1.000 1 1 2 2 3 50% 64 95 35 3 2 2 2 5.3 5.2 6.4
1971 21 OAK AL 39 39 24 8 7 1 3 29 10 .744 0 4 24 8 30 77% 70 100 33 7 2 19 3 3.9 3.9 8.0
1972 22 OAK AL 25 23 6 9 8 0 3 9 14 .391 1 5 5 4 14 61% 59 88 33 10 4 8 9 3.0 2.5 6.5
1973 23 OAK AL 37 37 20 9 8 4 0 24 13 .649 1 4 13 4 19 51% 56 87 21 26 10 24 5 4.9 5.0 7.1
1974 24 OAK AL 40 40 17 15 8 2 5 21 19 .525 5 3 12 1 24 60% 56 88 12 33 15 21 3 4.7 4.8 7.1
1975 25 OAK AL 39 38 22 11 5 3 5 27 11 .711 2 2 13 2 26 68% 58 81 22 24 7 20 5 5.7 5.3 7.3
1976 26 OAK AL 37 37 18 13 6 1 7 22 15 .595 5 1 20 6 29 78% 61 87 23 23 13 22 2 3.5 3.3 8.1
1977 27 OAK AL 38 38 14 19 5 0 7 15 23 .395 1 0 16 1 23 61% 52 87 20 26 12 23 6 3.1 3.5 7.4
1978 28 SFG NL 35 35 18 10 7 2 4 21 14 .600 1 5 9 4 25 71% 59 86 14 16 5 10 10 4.0 4.1 7.4
1979 29 SFG NL 34 34 14 14 6 4 1 16 18 .471 2 1 10 0 13 38% 47 78 5 29 14 6 9 5.0 5.5 7.0
1980 30 SFG NL 31 31 14 10 7 1 2 18 13 .581 0 5 10 3 21 68% 57 89 14 8 5 14 5 3.4 3.2 7.2
1981 31 SFG NL 18 18 8 6 4 0 3 10 8 .556 0 2 1 0 14 78% 58 79 21 13 2 2 5 3.0 2.5 6.9
1982 32 KCR AL 31 31 13 12 6 2 3 17 14 .548 1 1 6 2 18 58% 52 89 17 14 4 4 8 4.4 5.0 5.8
1983 33 KCR AL 19 14 0 5 9 0 0 4 10 .286 3 3 1 0 3 21% 44 64 21 17 9 2 9 4.4 3.8 5.0
1985 35 SFG NL 33 20 6 7 7 4 1 10 10 .500 1 3 1 0 6 30% 50 76 27 16 7 2 8 4.8 4.5 5.7
1986 36 SFG NL 28 28 10 10 8 6 3 15 13 .536 2 4 0 0 9 32% 52 88 16 14 4 2 8 3.9 2.9 5.6
17 Seasons 502 473 207 159 107 31 47 267 206 .564 26 47 143 37 278 59% 56 100 5 287 118 181 99 4.2 4.1 7.0
MLB Averages
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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1969 19 OAK AL 12 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 3 33% 2 0.881 3 0 5 1 2 5 4 4 6 2 6 1 6.4
1972 22 OAK AL 25 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.046 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0
1975 25 OAK AL 39 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 15 1.023 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1983 33 KCR AL 19 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 6 0.896 1 0 4 0 0 5 3 2 5 0 5 0 9.0
1985 35 SFG NL 33 13 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 9 0.944 2 2 8 1 3 9 5 8 6 3 6 3 3.9
5 Seasons 128 29 11 2 2 2 2 0 100% 3 1 23 9 39% 0.986 8 3 17 4 6 19 13 16 17 6 17 4 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1969 19 OAK AL 191 77% 6.8% 12.6% 9.4% 10.5% 41% 0.53 69% 31 3 10%
1970 20 OAK AL 147 83% 0.0% 23.8% 8.2% 4.1% 30% 1.14 66% 20 2 10%
1971 21 OAK AL 1207 85% 1.6% 24.9% 7.3% 4.1% 24% 0.81 65% 179 23 13%
1972 22 OAK AL 607 84% 1.8% 18.3% 7.9% 4.8% 25% 0.92 71% 106 15 14%
1973 23 OAK AL 1083 84% 2.4% 14.6% 9.7% 5.6% 29% 0.88 72% 202 28 14%
1974 24 OAK AL 1159 83% 1.5% 15.0% 8.5% 4.4% 21% 0.81 74% 243 35 14%
1975 25 OAK AL 1153 81% 1.8% 16.4% 8.6% 5.7% 27% 0.93 71% 223 26 12%
1976 26 OAK AL 1205 83% 0.8% 13.8% 5.2% 4.2% 19% 0.83 79% 198 20 10%
1977 27 OAK AL 1184 77% 1.9% 13.3% 7.3% 6.5% 27% 0.93 76% 211 17 8%
1978 28 SFG NL 1042 85% 1.2% 16.4% 6.7% 5.0% 22% 0.88 74% 159 19 12%
1979 29 SFG NL 1041 81% 2.2% 13.3% 10.7% 7.4% 31% 0.89 73% 208 16 8%
1980 30 SFG NL 914 82% 1.5% 14.1% 6.7% 5.9% 27% 0.97 76% 135 15 11%
1981 31 SFG NL 513 78% 1.4% 12.3% 10.5% 5.1% 27% 1.11 74% 72 7 10%
1982 32 KCR AL 773 79% 2.6% 13.3% 10.4% 8.4% 40% 0.59 73% 121 10 8%
1983 33 KCR AL 382 81% 3.1% 13.9% 9.2% 8.4% 33% 0.63 72% 68 8 12%
1985 35 SFG NL 574 85% 3.0% 17.9% 13.9% 8.0% 40% 0.81 63% 91 7 8%
1986 36 SFG NL 663 85% 2.9% 15.1% 11.6% 7.1% 34% 0.61 69% 121 10 8%
17 Seasons 13838 82% 1.9% 15.7% 8.6% 5.9% 28% 0.84 73% 2388 261 11%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1969 19 OAK AL 191 49 13 1 6 9 4 5 8 6 5 0 83% 1 1 2 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1970 20 OAK AL 147 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 40% 2 0 0 49 4 1 80% 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 21 OAK AL 1207 209 19 0 12 14 5 9 10 32 15 8 47% 15 10 5 381 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1972 22 OAK AL 607 117 11 0 7 8 3 6 5 23 11 5 48% 9 2 3 201 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 14 0
1973 23 OAK AL 1083 214 26 1 18 24 2 14 12 47 22 7 47% 16 15 4 377 14 7 67% 12 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 39 0
1974 24 OAK AL 1159 246 17 0 30 16 1 7 10 52 30 10 58% 19 9 2 420 12 8 60% 12 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 0
1975 25 OAK AL 1153 243 21 0 12 19 2 8 13 46 24 4 52% 15 4 0 429 23 9 72% 22 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 17 0
1976 26 OAK AL 1205 268 9 0 7 8 1 6 3 40 19 7 48% 13 5 2 439 20 15 57% 19 13 1 0 0 2 3 2 13 0
1977 27 OAK AL 1184 284 23 0 18 20 3 14 9 54 41 2 76% 16 11 2 432 17 23 43% 17 17 0 2 0 4 4 2 29 0
1978 28 SFG NL 1042 233 12 1 6 12 0 4 8 41 26 8 63% 9 5 2 359 14 15 48% 12 13 2 1 0 1 4 2 16 0
1979 29 SFG NL 1040 246 23 0 20 23 0 13 10 65 38 6 58% 15 8 0 397 16 16 50% 15 16 1 0 0 0 4 3 22 1
1980 30 SFG NL 914 202 14 0 21 13 1 12 2 38 20 5 53% 14 3 0 299 14 16 47% 13 16 1 0 0 0 6 3 14 0
1981 31 SFG NL 513 97 7 0 8 7 0 3 4 25 12 1 48% 12 7 2 164 10 12 45% 10 12 0 0 0 0 7 6 17 0
1982 32 KCR AL 773 163 20 0 19 16 4 5 15 28 13 6 46% 9 4 3 263 8 9 47% 7 9 1 0 0 0 6 3 9 0
1983 33 KCR AL 382 96 12 0 6 12 0 6 6 21 12 4 57% 4 6 0 145 12 5 71% 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1985 35 SFG NL 574 115 17 0 6 15 2 14 3 22 17 3 77% 7 8 3 219 8 5 62% 5 4 3 0 0 1 6 1 17 0
1986 36 SFG NL 663 137 19 0 9 16 3 14 5 20 12 4 60% 9 5 0 252 11 14 44% 9 12 1 1 1 1 3 0 13 0
17 Seasons 13837 2939 263 3 205 232 31 140 123 565 319 82 56% 185 103 30 4889 197 164 55% 179 147 16 5 2 12 55 24 285 1
MLB Averages
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

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+
1969 19 1 1 .500 6.64 12 4 1 0 0 1 42.0 49 34 31 13 18 1 24 0 0 1 191 52 1.595 10.5 2.8 3.9 5.1 1.33 52
1970 20 3 1 .750 4.46 18 10 1 2 2 1 80.2 69 46 40 13 30 1 59 1 0 1 338 78 1.227 7.7 1.5 3.3 6.6 1.97 78
1971 21 27 9 .750 2.36 57 49 1 26 10 1 392.2 278 119 103 32 118 4 360 5 1 11 1545 144 1.008 6.4 0.7 2.7 8.3 3.05 144
1972 22 33 19 .635 2.48 82 72 1 31 14 1 543.2 395 174 150 43 166 7 471 6 1 13 2151 131 1.032 6.5 0.7 2.7 7.8 2.84 131
1973 23 53 28 .654 2.74 119 109 1 44 18 1 807.1 609 282 246 69 271 9 629 10 3 28 3234 122 1.090 6.8 0.8 3.0 7.0 2.32 122
1974 24 70 43 .619 2.87 159 149 1 56 19 1 1089.2 855 400 348 86 369 16 803 11 3 37 4393 116 1.123 7.1 0.7 3.0 6.6 2.18 116
1975 25 92 54 .630 2.90 198 187 2 69 21 2 1367.2 1098 503 441 107 468 20 992 16 5 41 5546 117 1.145 7.2 0.7 3.1 6.5 2.12 117
1976 26 110 67 .621 2.80 235 224 2 89 27 2 1666.0 1366 593 519 116 531 23 1158 17 6 46 6751 121 1.139 7.4 0.6 2.9 6.3 2.18 121
1977 27 124 86 .590 2.95 273 262 2 105 28 2 1945.2 1650 731 638 139 617 28 1315 18 6 57 7935 118 1.165 7.6 0.6 2.9 6.1 2.13 118
1978 28 142 96 .597 2.93 308 297 2 114 32 2 2203.2 1883 818 718 151 687 32 1486 18 6 62 8977 118 1.166 7.7 0.6 2.8 6.1 2.16 118
1979 29 156 110 .586 3.13 342 331 2 124 32 2 2440.2 2129 961 850 174 798 43 1624 19 6 70 10018 111 1.199 7.9 0.6 2.9 6.0 2.04 111
1980 30 170 120 .586 3.12 373 362 2 134 35 2 2664.2 2331 1040 924 188 859 51 1753 19 8 73 10932 112 1.197 7.9 0.6 2.9 5.9 2.04 112
1981 31 178 126 .586 3.09 391 380 2 135 35 2 2789.1 2428 1080 958 195 913 54 1816 20 8 80 11445 113 1.198 7.8 0.6 2.9 5.9 1.99 113
1982 32 191 138 .581 3.13 422 411 2 141 37 2 2970.1 2591 1160 1034 215 993 57 1919 20 8 84 12218 112 1.207 7.9 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.93 112
1983 33 191 143 .572 3.21 441 425 6 142 37 2 3055.2 2687 1222 1091 227 1028 57 1972 22 10 90 12600 110 1.216 7.9 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.92 110
1984 34 191 143 .572 3.21 441 425 6 142 37 2 3055.2 2687 1222 1091 227 1028 57 1972 22 10 90 12600 110 1.216 7.9 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.92 110
1985 35 199 151 .569 3.26 474 445 11 143 37 2 3186.2 2802 1292 1156 244 1108 58 2075 23 12 98 13174 108 1.227 7.9 0.7 3.1 5.9 1.87 108
1986 36 209 161 .565 3.27 502 473 11 143 37 2 3343.1 2939 1357 1213 263 1185 61 2175 23 13 103 13837 108 1.233 7.9 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.84 108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1969 19 1 3 .250 7.88 40.0 53 39 35 14 19 23 0 1.800 11.9 4.3 5.2 1.21 3.2 12
1970 20 3 1 .750 2.68 37.0 22 12 11 0 13 33 1 0.946 5.4 3.2 8.0 2.54 0.0 6
1971 21 24 8 .750 2.29 295.0 229 83 75 21 96 285 4 1.102 7.0 2.9 8.7 2.97 0.6 39
1972 22 7 8 .467 4.28 143.0 144 76 68 14 59 105 1 1.420 9.1 3.7 6.6 1.78 0.9 25
1973 23 13 14 .481 4.22 243.0 234 127 114 28 115 146 4 1.436 8.7 4.3 5.4 1.27 1.0 37
1974 24 13 15 .464 4.43 258.0 274 141 127 19 109 159 1 1.484 9.6 3.8 5.5 1.46 0.7 40
1975 25 16 13 .552 3.63 263.0 261 118 106 23 106 179 5 1.395 8.9 3.6 6.1 1.69 0.8 39
1976 26 19 12 .613 3.11 281.0 299 108 97 10 70 156 1 1.313 9.6 2.2 5.0 2.23 0.3 37
1977 27 13 16 .448 4.28 267.0 294 141 127 24 89 150 1 1.434 9.9 3.0 5.1 1.69 0.8 38
1978 28 15 11 .577 3.50 239.0 249 103 93 13 75 158 0 1.356 9.4 2.8 5.9 2.11 0.5 35
1979 29 7 17 .292 5.99 221.0 260 163 147 24 117 129 1 1.706 10.6 4.8 5.3 1.10 1.0 34
1980 30 13 10 .565 3.52 212.0 214 92 83 15 65 122 0 1.316 9.1 2.8 5.2 1.88 0.6 31
1981 31 12 7 .632 3.07 176.0 158 67 60 11 88 89 2 1.398 8.1 4.5 4.6 1.01 0.6 18
1982 32 9 10 .474 4.14 174.0 169 89 80 21 83 99 0 1.448 8.7 4.3 5.1 1.19 1.1 31
1983 33 2 7 .222 6.59 82.0 99 67 60 12 36 51 2 1.646 10.9 4.0 5.6 1.42 1.3 19
1985 35 4 9 .308 5.50 121.0 124 82 74 18 86 95 1 1.736 9.2 6.4 7.1 1.10 1.3 33
1986 36 8 8 .500 3.88 146.0 145 70 63 20 81 93 0 1.548 8.9 5.0 5.7 1.15 1.2 28
17 Seasons 179 169 .514 4.00 3198.0 3228 1578 1420 287 1307 2072 24 1.418 9.1 5.8 1.59 0.8 502
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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1971 (P)
1975 (P)
1977
1978 (P)
1980
1981 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1971-AL-Cy Young
1971-AL-MVP
1971-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1978-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-AL-1-80%
1973-AL-29-1%
1976-AL-20-3%
1978-NL-12-10%
1 MVP
0.94 Career Shares (253rd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-AL--1--82%
1973-AL--7--1%
1975-AL--6--2%
1976-AL--6--7%
1978-NL--3--14%
1 Cy Young
1.06 Career Shares (44th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL--1.817--1st
1975 AL--3.011--7th
1976 AL--2.353--2nd
1978 NL--2.791--7th
1980 NL--2.973--4th
1981 NL--2.455--6th

Wins s c a p y
1971 AL--24--2nd
1973 AL--20--7th
1975 AL--22--3rd
1976 AL--18--7th
1978 NL--18--5th
1980 NL--14--9th
Career--209--95th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL--.750--2nd
1973 AL--.690--3rd
1975 AL--.667--5th
1978 NL--.643--5th
Career--.565--248th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL--.952--1st
1973 AL--1.210--6th
1974 AL--1.218--10th
1976 AL--1.110--4th
1980 NL--1.174--6th
Career--1.234--216th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--6.029--1st
1973 AL--7.305--5th
1974 AL--7.842--8th
1975 AL--7.867--10th
1981 NL--7.003--5th
1982 AL--8.105--9th
Career--7.912--91st

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL--1.901--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--8.683--1st
1975 AL--6.119--8th
1978 NL--5.965--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL--312.0--3rd
1975 AL--278.0--6th
1976 AL--298.3--3rd
1977 AL--279.7--6th
1978 NL--258.0--7th
Career--3343.3--88th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL--301--2nd
1973 AL--158--10th
1974 AL--174--10th
1975 AL--189--5th
1976 AL--166--6th
1977 AL--157--10th
1978 NL--171--6th
Career--2175--53rd

Games Started s c a p y
1971 AL--39--3rd
1974 AL--40--8th
1975 AL--38--4th
1976 AL--37--6th
1977 AL--38--3rd
1978 NL--35--9th
Career--473--63rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 AL--24--2nd
1976 AL--20--7th
1977 AL--16--8th
1979 NL--10--7th
1980 NL--10--5th
Career--143--240th

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL--2--10th
1971 AL--8--1st
1972 AL--4--9th
1973 AL--4--4th
1976 AL--6--2nd
1978 NL--4--2nd
1980 NL--3--4th
Career--37--57th

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL--23--8th
Career--263--76th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--105--7th
1974 AL--98--7th
1975 AL--99--7th
1977 AL--86--6th
1979 NL--111--2nd
Career--1185--56th

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--268--4th
1977 AL--284--1st
1978 NL--233--6th
1979 NL--246--4th
Career--2939--137th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 AL--3.420--2nd
1976 AL--2.635--6th
1978 NL--2.443--8th
1980 NL--2.115--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--.548--8th
1974 AL--.542--9th
1976 AL--.272--4th
1978 NL--.419--7th

Losses s c a p y
1977 AL--19--1st
1979 NL--14--5th
Career--161--116th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL--119--1st
1979 NL--132--1st
Career--1213--112th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1971 AL--10--5th
1973 AL--15--2nd
1974 AL--9--9th
1977 AL--11--7th
1979 NL--8--10th
1981 NL--7--4th
1985 NL--8--8th
Career--103--75th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 AL--1207--3rd
1975 AL--1153--6th
1976 AL--1205--5th
1977 AL--1184--5th
1978 NL--1042--8th
1979 NL--1041--5th
Career--13837--77th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 AL--185--2nd
1975 AL--121--10th
1976 AL--142--2nd
1978 NL--123--9th
1980 NL--119--5th
1981 NL--139--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1969 AL--born 1949-07-28--5th
1970 AL--born 1949-07-28--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 140 (110), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 114 (76), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (95), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Billy Pierce (957)
  2. Catfish Hunter (932) *
  3. Orel Hershiser (927)
  4. Hal Newhouser (924) *
  5. Bob Welch (923)
  6. Milt Pappas (922)
  7. Luis Tiant (921)
  8. Kevin Brown (917)
  9. Don Drysdale (914) *
  10. Bucky Walters (905)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Harry Krause (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Harry Krause (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Vic Willis (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gary Nolan (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Tanana (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Milt Pappas (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fernando Valenzuela (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Milt Pappas (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ken Holtzman (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Holtzman (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Carlton (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Carlton (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Billy Pierce (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Billy Pierce (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Billy Pierce (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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