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Dan Boitano

Danny Jon Boitano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 22, 1953 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hoover HS (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 19, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1978
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Mets/Brewers/Phillies 1978-1982

Final Game: October 1, 1982
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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
1978 25 PHI NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1979 26 MIL AL 0 0 1.50 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 26 296 1.500 9.0 1.5 4.5 7.5 1.67
1980 27 MIL AL 0 1 .000 8.15 11 0 1 0 0 0 17.2 26 17 16 7 6 0 11 1 0 4 85 49 1.811 13.2 3.6 3.1 5.6 1.83
1981 28 NYM NL 2 1 .667 5.51 15 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 21 10 10 2 5 0 8 2 0 0 76 65 1.592 11.6 1.1 2.8 4.4 1.60
1982 29 TEX AL 0 0 5.34 19 0 10 0 0 0 30.1 33 19 18 5 13 2 28 2 0 4 136 74 1.516 9.8 1.5 3.9 8.3 2.15
5 Yrs 2 2 .500 5.68 51 0 18 0 0 0 71.1 86 47 45 15 28 2 52 5 0 8 327 69 1.598 10.9 1.9 3.5 6.6 1.86
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 5.68 68 0 24 0 0 0 95 115 63 60 20 37 3 69 7 0 11 436 69 1.598 10.9 1.9 3.5 6.6 1.86
MIL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.46 16 0 4 0 0 0 23.2 32 18 17 8 9 0 16 1 0 4 111 63 1.732 12.2 3.0 3.4 6.1 1.78
NYM (1 yr) 2 1 .667 5.51 15 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 21 10 10 2 5 0 8 2 0 0 76 65 1.592 11.6 1.1 2.8 4.4 1.60
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 5.34 19 0 10 0 0 0 30.1 33 19 18 5 13 2 28 2 0 4 136 74 1.516 9.8 1.5 3.9 8.3 2.15
AL (3 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.83 35 0 14 0 0 0 54.0 65 37 35 13 22 2 44 3 0 8 247 69 1.611 10.8 2.2 3.7 7.3 2.00
NL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 5.19 16 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 21 10 10 2 6 0 8 2 0 0 80 71 1.558 10.9 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.33

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
1978 25 PHI NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.08 0.49 -0.33 108.0 3.52 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .544 .500 $
1979 26 MIL AL 6.0 5 0 1 1.50 5.04 0.03 -0.41 97.8 4.50 2 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.3 3 .541 .501 $
1980 27 MIL AL 17.2 11 0 17 8.66 4.12 0.15 -0.33 99.1 3.60 -10 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.9 -8 .412 .494 $
1981 28 NYM NL 16.1 15 0 10 5.51 4.10 -0.28 -0.31 103.0 4.19 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .498 $
1982 29 TEX AL 30.1 19 0 19 5.64 4.67 -0.17 -0.37 99.7 4.47 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .498 $
5 Seasons 71.1 51 0 47 5.93 4.43 -0.09 -0.35 100.3 4.18 -14 -1.4 .8 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .473 .498 $
MIL (2 yrs) 23.2 16 0 18 6.85 4.35 0.12 -0.35 98.8 3.83 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .453 .498 $
NYM (1 yr) 16.1 15 0 10 5.51 4.10 -0.28 -0.31 103.0 4.19 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .498 $
PHI (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.08 0.49 -0.33 108.0 3.52 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .544 .500 $
TEX (1 yr) 30.1 19 0 19 5.64 4.67 -0.17 -0.37 99.7 4.47 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .498 $

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
1978 25 PHI NL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 MIL AL 5 26 22 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 .273 .360 .409 .769 .313 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
1980 27 MIL AL 11 85 76 17 26 4 0 7 1 0 6 11 .342 .393 .671 1.064 .322 51 2 1 1 1 0 1
1981 28 NYM NL 15 76 68 10 21 2 0 2 3 1 5 8 .309 .368 .426 .795 .322 29 1 2 0 1 0 1
1982 29 TEX AL 19 136 118 19 33 5 0 5 0 0 13 28 .280 .356 .449 .805 .322 53 3 2 1 2 2 1
5 Yrs 51 327 287 47 86 11 0 15 5 2 28 52 .300 .367 .495 .862 .317 142 6 5 3 4 2 3
162 Game Avg. 68 436 383 63 115 15 0 20 7 3 37 69 .300 .367 .495 .862 .317 189 8 7 4 5 3 4
MLB Averages .261 .325 .385 .710 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 25 PHI NL 0.6 0.1 5 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .68 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.68 0.4 0 1 0
1979 26 MIL AL 2.0 0.2 28 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .44 -0.0 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.44 -1.0 1 1 3
1980 27 MIL AL -8.2 -0.8 90 -1.0 0.8 -1.7 .57 -1.3 -0.3 -9.5 -0.9 0.57 -12.3 4 0 5
1981 28 NYM NL -3.1 -0.3 79 -0.4 0.8 -1.3 .76 -0.5 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.76 -3.8 2 3 11
1982 29 TEX AL -4.6 -0.5 140 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .31 -0.5 -1.6 -5.0 -0.5 0.31 -5.6 1 1 16
5 Yrs -13.2 -1.3 342 -1.9 2.4 -4.3 .50 -2.3 -1.5 -15.5 -1.5 0.50 -22.3 8 6 35

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
1978 25 PHI NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .678 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1979 26 MIL AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 8 .436 1 1 3 2 0 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 3.6
1980 27 MIL AL 11 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4 50% 7 .571 4 0 5 3 2 6 5 6 6 1 6 1 4.8
1981 28 NYM NL 15 15 4 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 2 22% 6 .762 2 3 11 2 1 13 7 9 6 5 7 3 3.1
1982 29 TEX AL 19 19 10 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 5 31% 8 .311 1 1 16 2 1 16 10 9 11 4 12 4 4.8
5 Yrs 51 51 18 2 2 2 0 2 0% 4 1 36 12 33% .498 8 6 35 9 4 39 25 27 24 12 26 9 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%
1978 25 PHI NL 4 50% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.50 75% 0 0
1979 26 MIL AL 26 58% 3.9% 19.2% 11.5% 3.9% 17% 0.71 62% 9 0 0%
1980 27 MIL AL 85 55% 8.2% 12.9% 7.1% 12.9% 42% 1.47 69% 17 2 12%
1981 28 NYM NL 76 64% 2.6% 10.5% 6.6% 5.3% 19% 1.50 78% 15 1 7%
1982 29 TEX AL 136 65% 3.7% 20.6% 9.6% 7.4% 30% 0.77 64% 27 3 11%
5 Yrs 327 62% 4.6% 15.9% 8.6% 8.0% 30% 1.06 69% 68 6 9%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.7% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.10 75% 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
1978 25 PHI NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 MIL AL 26 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 15 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1980 27 MIL AL 85 26 7 0 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 2 40% 1 4 0 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1981 28 NYM NL 76 21 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 5 2 0 40% 1 0 0 31 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 29 TEX AL 136 33 5 0 3 4 1 1 4 5 4 1 80% 1 4 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
5 Yrs 327 86 15 0 8 9 6 9 6 17 8 4 47% 3 8 0 141 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 15 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1978 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1979 26 0 0 1.29 6 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 30 353 1.429 7.7 1.3 5.1 6.4 1.25 353
1980 27 0 1 .000 6.20 17 0 4 0 0 0 24.2 32 18 17 8 10 0 16 1 0 4 115 67 1.703 11.7 2.9 3.6 5.8 1.60 67
1981 28 2 2 .500 5.93 32 0 8 0 0 0 41.0 53 28 27 10 15 0 24 3 0 4 191 66 1.659 11.6 2.2 3.3 5.3 1.60 66
1982 29 2 2 .500 5.68 51 0 18 0 0 0 71.1 86 47 45 15 28 2 52 5 0 8 327 69 1.598 10.9 1.9 3.5 6.6 1.86 69

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
1978 25 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1979 26 0 0 1.50 6.0 6 1 1 1 3 5 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 1.5 5
1980 27 0 1 .000 9.53 17.0 27 20 18 7 6 11 1 1.941 14.3 3.2 5.8 1.83 3.7 11
1981 28 1 1 .500 6.38 24.0 33 19 17 3 8 12 3 1.708 12.4 3.0 4.5 1.50 1.1 15
1982 29 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 35 22 20 5 14 26 2 1.750 11.3 4.5 8.4 1.86 1.6 19
5 Yrs 2 4 .333 6.63 76.0 101 62 56 16 32 54 6 1.750 12.0 6.4 1.69 1.9 51

* 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.

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