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Bobby Bolin

Bobby Donald Bolin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 29, 1939 in Hickory Grove, SC
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1961
Teams (by GP): Giants/RedSox/Brewers 1961-1973

Final Game: September 30, 1973
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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
1961 22 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.19 37 1 18 0 0 5 48.0 37 20 17 6 37 8 48 3 1 4 224 120 1.542 6.9 1.1 6.9 9.0 1.30
1962 23 SFG NL 7 3 .700 3.62 41 5 17 2 0 5 92.0 84 41 37 10 35 5 74 5 0 2 394 106 1.293 8.2 1.0 3.4 7.2 2.11
1963 24 SFG NL 10 6 .625 3.28 47 12 17 2 0 7 137.1 128 73 50 13 57 4 134 7 0 8 604 98 1.347 8.4 0.9 3.7 8.8 2.35
1964 25 SFG NL 6 9 .400 3.25 38 23 4 5 3 1 174.2 143 71 63 16 77 3 146 10 1 5 743 109 1.260 7.4 0.8 4.0 7.5 1.90
1965 26 SFG NL 14 6 .700 2.76 45 13 15 2 0 2 163.0 125 51 50 17 56 4 135 4 0 3 655 131 1.110 6.9 0.9 3.1 7.5 2.41
1966 27 SFG NL 11 10 .524 2.89 36 34 1 10 4 1 224.1 174 85 72 25 70 10 143 10 0 6 919 129 1.088 7.0 1.0 2.8 5.7 2.04
1967 28 SFG NL 6 8 .429 4.88 37 15 10 0 0 0 120.0 120 71 65 16 50 9 69 3 1 5 526 69 1.417 9.0 1.2 3.8 5.2 1.38
1968 29 SFG NL 10 5 .667 1.99 34 19 2 6 3 0 176.2 128 44 39 9 46 9 126 4 0 9 696 151 0.985 6.5 0.5 2.3 6.4 2.74
1969 30 SFG NL 7 7 .500 4.43 30 22 3 2 0 0 146.1 149 86 72 17 49 3 102 7 0 5 639 80 1.353 9.2 1.0 3.0 6.3 2.08
1970 31 TOT AL 7 11 .389 4.63 38 20 11 3 0 3 140.0 133 84 72 20 72 9 89 5 0 5 627 82 1.464 8.6 1.3 4.6 5.7 1.24
1970 31 MIL AL 5 11 .313 4.91 32 20 7 3 0 1 132.0 131 84 72 20 67 7 81 4 0 4 595 77 1.500 8.9 1.4 4.6 5.5 1.21
1970 31 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 0.00 6 0 4 0 0 2 8.0 2 0 0 0 5 2 8 1 0 1 32 0.875 2.3 0.0 5.6 9.0 1.60
1971 32 BOS AL 5 3 .625 4.26 52 0 20 0 0 6 69.2 74 34 33 7 24 4 51 0 0 3 304 88 1.407 9.6 0.9 3.1 6.6 2.13
1972 33 BOS AL 0 1 .000 2.93 21 0 14 0 0 5 30.2 24 11 10 3 11 1 27 1 0 0 128 112 1.141 7.0 0.9 3.2 7.9 2.45
1973 34 BOS AL 3 4 .429 2.70 39 0 29 0 0 15 53.1 45 16 16 5 13 2 31 1 0 1 212 150 1.088 7.6 0.8 2.2 5.2 2.38
13 Yrs 88 75 .540 3.40 495 164 161 32 10 50 1576.0 1364 687 596 164 597 71 1175 60 3 56 6671 104 1.244 7.8 0.9 3.4 6.7 1.97
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .540 3.40 51 17 17 3 1 5 163 141 71 61 17 62 7 121 6 0 6 688 104 1.244 7.8 0.9 3.4 6.7 1.97
SFG (9 yrs) 73 56 .566 3.26 345 144 87 29 10 21 1282.1 1088 542 465 129 477 55 977 53 3 47 5400 107 1.220 7.6 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.05
BOS (4 yrs) 10 8 .556 3.28 118 0 67 0 0 28 161.2 145 61 59 15 53 9 117 3 0 5 676 115 1.225 8.1 0.8 3.0 6.5 2.21
MIL (1 yr) 5 11 .313 4.91 32 20 7 3 0 1 132.0 131 84 72 20 67 7 81 4 0 4 595 77 1.500 8.9 1.4 4.6 5.5 1.21
NL (9 yrs) 73 56 .566 3.26 345 144 87 29 10 21 1282.1 1088 542 465 129 477 55 977 53 3 47 5400 107 1.220 7.6 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.05
AL (4 yrs) 15 19 .441 4.01 150 20 74 3 0 29 293.2 276 145 131 35 120 16 198 7 0 9 1271 94 1.348 8.5 1.1 3.7 6.1 1.65

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
1961 22 SFG NL 48.0 37 1 20 3.75 4.56 0.11 -0.17 99.3 4.25 3 0.3 1.3 -0.0 0.7 8 .507 .502 $
1962 23 SFG NL 92.0 41 5 41 4.01 4.37 0.17 -0.08 96.2 3.96 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.1 0.6 10 .497 .499 $
1963 24 SFG NL 137.1 47 12 73 4.78 3.63 -0.20 -0.04 96.7 3.67 -18 -2.0 1.8 -0.5 -1.3 -4 .456 .487 $
1964 25 SFG NL 174.2 38 23 71 3.66 4.09 -0.04 0.02 100.3 4.16 8 0.9 1.5 -0.1 2.4 28 .524 .506 $
1965 26 SFG NL 163.0 45 13 51 2.82 4.02 -0.02 -0.06 102.2 4.07 23 2.7 1.4 0.1 4.2 39 .559 .516 $
1966 27 SFG NL 224.1 36 34 85 3.41 4.16 0.12 0.07 103.0 4.23 18 2.0 5.9 -0.1 4.0 44 .557 .513 $
1967 28 SFG NL 120.0 37 15 71 5.33 3.87 0.12 -0.02 97.7 3.64 -24 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -1.6 -11 .429 .484 $
1968 29 SFG NL 176.2 34 19 44 2.24 3.42 -0.14 0.01 99.8 3.56 23 3.2 1.0 -0.1 4.6 41 .594 .520 $
1969 30 SFG NL 146.1 30 22 86 5.29 4.09 -0.10 0.03 100.8 4.25 -18 -1.9 .7 -0.1 -0.7 -2 .436 .488 $33,000
1970 31 MIL AL 132.0 32 20 84 5.73 4.34 -0.22 0.04 100.5 4.62 -15 -1.6 1.5 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .450 .490 $33,000
1970 31 BOS AL 8.0 6 0 0 0.00 4.39 0.06 -0.18 101.8 4.23 4 0.4 1.9 0.2 0.7 5 .574 .503 $
1971 32 BOS AL 69.2 52 0 34 4.39 4.03 0.10 -0.17 106.9 4.01 -3 -0.3 2.0 -0.3 0.0 4 .494 .498 $34,000
1972 33 BOS AL 30.2 21 0 11 3.23 3.42 -0.25 -0.15 106.3 3.75 2 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.5 4 .512 .502 $
1973 34 BOS AL 53.1 39 0 16 2.70 4.44 0.34 -0.37 103.9 3.88 7 0.7 2.3 0.3 1.5 13 .518 .504 $
13 Seasons 1576.0 495 164 687 3.92 4.01 -0.02 -0.03 100.7 4.03 7 1.8 1.6 -1.1 15.0 177 .504 .501 $100,000
SFG (9 yrs) 1282.1 345 144 542 3.80 3.97 -0.01 -0.01 100.0 3.98 13 2.3 1.4 -1.1 12.9 155 .507 .502 $33,000
BOS (4 yrs) 161.2 118 0 61 3.40 4.07 0.11 -0.23 105.5 3.93 10 1.1 2.0 0.2 2.7 25 .509 .502 $34,000
MIL (1 yr) 132.0 32 20 84 5.73 4.34 -0.22 0.04 100.5 4.62 -15 -1.6 1.5 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .450 .490 $33,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1962 23 SFG NL WS L NYY 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 WS 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00

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
1961 22 SFG NL 37 224 176 20 37 9 0 6 7 0 37 48 .210 .352 .364 .715 .248 64 2 3 5 3 8 5
1962 23 SFG NL 41 394 346 41 84 9 2 10 3 5 35 74 .243 .320 .367 .687 .280 127 6 5 6 2 5 5
1963 24 SFG NL 47 604 529 73 128 21 3 13 7 3 57 134 .242 .322 .367 .688 .298 194 6 7 7 4 4 14
1964 25 SFG NL 38 743 649 71 143 23 3 16 11 6 77 146 .220 .312 .339 .651 .260 220 10 10 6 1 3 15
1965 26 SFG NL 45 654 582 51 125 17 4 17 6 4 56 135 .215 .286 .345 .631 .248 201 9 4 7 5 4 2
1966 27 SFG NL 36 919 823 85 174 19 5 25 19 4 70 143 .211 .280 .338 .618 .226 278 12 10 11 5 10 17
1967 28 SFG NL 37 526 466 71 120 22 1 16 19 4 50 69 .258 .331 .412 .743 .270 192 7 3 3 4 9 6
1968 29 SFG NL 34 696 640 44 128 22 3 9 18 5 46 126 .200 .258 .286 .544 .236 183 7 4 6 0 9 10
1969 30 SFG NL 30 639 573 86 149 21 5 17 7 4 49 102 .260 .323 .403 .726 .288 231 7 7 5 5 3 10
1970 31 TOT AL 38 627 537 84 133 26 5 20 12 2 72 89 .248 .338 .426 .765 .260 229 5 5 6 7 9 7
1970 31 BOS AL 6 32 25 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 .080 .250 .080 .330 .111 2 1 1 0 1 2 1
1970 31 MIL AL 32 595 512 84 131 26 5 20 11 2 67 81 .256 .343 .443 .786 .266 227 4 4 6 6 7 6
1971 32 BOS AL 52 304 271 34 74 21 2 7 2 1 24 51 .273 .329 .443 .772 .310 120 4 0 6 3 4 2
1972 33 BOS AL 21 127 114 11 24 2 0 3 2 0 11 27 .211 .286 .307 .593 .250 35 4 1 1 0 1 3
1973 34 BOS AL 39 212 194 16 45 2 0 5 1 0 13 31 .232 .282 .320 .602 .252 62 5 1 3 1 2 1
13 Yrs 495 6669 5900 687 1364 214 33 164 114 38 597 1175 .231 .306 .362 .668 .261 2136 84 60 72 40 71 97
162 Game Avg. 51 688 609 71 141 22 3 17 12 4 62 121 .231 .306 .362 .668 .261 220 9 6 7 4 7 10
MLB Averages .249 .316 .372 .688 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1961 22 SFG NL 3.4 0.3 238 -0.5 3.4 -3.9 .96 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 0.0 0.96 -1.7 15 5 13
1962 23 SFG NL 2.6 0.3 402 1.0 7.2 -6.2 1.01 0.1 0.8 5.9 0.6 1.01 1.5 15 6 15
1963 24 SFG NL -7.8 -0.8 624 -1.4 12.4 -13.8 1.26 -0.6 -0.6 -14.9 -1.6 1.26 -8.7 21 5 9
1964 25 SFG NL 6.8 0.7 766 0.4 15.0 -14.6 1.15 0.7 -0.3 15.9 1.7 1.15 9.7 3 7 5
1965 26 SFG NL 17.8 1.9 671 1.9 10.2 -8.3 .84 1.7 0.5 26.1 2.8 0.84 19.8 9 13 9
1966 27 SFG NL 18.8 2.0 955 3.3 18.3 -15.1 1.10 1.7 1.3 22.8 2.4 1.10 19.1 1 1 0
1967 28 SFG NL -19.2 -2.0 557 -1.9 8.4 -10.3 .98 -2.0 0.0 -14.8 -1.6 0.98 -19.0 7 3 12
1968 29 SFG NL 20.1 2.4 728 2.8 12.4 -9.6 1.00 2.9 -0.1 18.9 2.3 1.00 21.8 2 3 10
1969 30 SFG NL -16.7 -1.7 659 -2.0 10.8 -12.8 1.03 -1.4 -0.6 -17.6 -1.8 1.03 -11.5 1 3 4
1970 31 TOT AL -14.4 -1.4 648 -1.5 12.1 -13.5 1.16 -1.2 -0.0 -19.6 -1.9 1.16 -14.2 10 3 5
1970 31 MIL AL -17.9 -1.8 614 -2.2 11.1 -13.3 1.14 -1.5 -0.4 -23.7 -2.3 1.14 -17.2 6 3 3
1970 31 BOS AL 3.5 0.4 34 0.7 0.9 -0.3 1.50 0.3 0.2 4.1 0.4 1.50 3.0 4 0 2
1971 32 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 312 0.2 7.0 -6.8 1.37 -0.3 0.5 -7.6 -0.8 1.37 -8.0 25 12 15
1972 33 BOS AL 1.3 0.2 129 -0.7 1.6 -2.3 .71 0.4 -1.4 -2.3 -0.3 0.71 0.8 8 1 11
1973 34 BOS AL 8.6 0.9 216 2.2 7.0 -4.8 1.64 1.3 0.1 11.7 1.2 1.64 9.7 20 11 8
13 Yrs 18.9 2.5 6905 3.7 125.7 -122.0 1.09 3.2 0.3 24.7 3.1 1.09 19.3 137 73 116

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
1961 22 SFG NL 37 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 19 3 0 1 8.0 5.4 4.0
1962 23 SFG NL 41 5 4 1 0 2 0 4 1 .800 0 0 2 0 2 40% 48.8 75 29 20 6 4 1 7.3 7.7 7.3
1963 24 SFG NL 47 12 3 4 5 0 2 4 8 .333 0 2 2 0 7 58% 55.5 89 31 24 6 5 2 3.9 4.6 6.3
1964 25 SFG NL 38 23 5 9 9 1 4 11 12 .478 2 3 5 3 12 52% 54.8 91 16 24 10 10 7 3.9 3.9 6.1
1965 26 SFG NL 45 13 6 5 2 1 1 6 6 .500 1 2 2 0 8 62% 52.1 75 28 25 10 8 2 4.4 4.8 5.8
1966 27 SFG NL 36 34 11 10 13 1 3 17 17 .500 4 6 10 4 21 62% 58.2 89 25 20 7 19 8 3.3 3.5 6.5
1967 28 SFG NL 37 15 2 8 5 1 1 6 9 .400 1 4 0 0 3 20% 43.9 79 25 22 9 5 6 4.3 3.2 5.0
1968 29 SFG NL 34 19 8 5 6 1 3 12 6 .667 1 1 6 3 14 74% 64.3 91 33 18 5 10 5 3.3 3.5 7.2
1969 30 SFG NL 30 22 7 6 9 1 0 13 9 .591 2 7 2 0 9 41% 48.0 75 22 23 7 8 7 4.7 4.3 5.8
1970 31 TOT AL 38 20 4 9 7 0 3 8 11 .421 4 5 3 0 10 50% 71 22 24 10 5 5 3.7 3.1 5.6
1970 31 MIL AL 32 20 4 9 7 0 3 8 11 .421 4 5 3 0 10 50% 46.5 71 22 24 10 5 5 3.7 3.1 5.6
10 Yrs 377 164 50 57 57 8 17 82 79 .509 15 31 32 10 86 52% 53 91 16 219 73 74 44 4.0 3.9 6.1
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.0 4.0 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
1961 22 SFG NL 37 36 18 2 2 6 5 1 83% 7 1 25 8 32% 7 .960 15 5 13 7 7 22 15 21 18 12 19 10 3.7
1962 23 SFG NL 41 36 17 3 2 8 5 2 63% 11 3 32 7 22% 8 1.013 15 6 15 12 7 17 17 19 17 12 21 6 4.6
1963 24 SFG NL 47 35 17 7 2 12 7 5 58% 14 2 32 11 34% 8 1.259 21 5 9 19 6 10 18 17 17 10 18 8 5.3
1964 25 SFG NL 38 15 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 13 0 0% 4 1.146 3 7 5 5 2 8 7 8 10 4 10 2 6.9
1965 26 SFG NL 45 32 15 8 1 3 2 1 67% 5 1 39 9 23% 8 .842 9 13 9 8 2 22 18 14 20 6 21 2 8.2
1966 27 SFG NL 36 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 1 1.097 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 5.0
1967 28 SFG NL 37 22 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 6% 7 .979 7 3 12 3 5 14 9 13 15 6 16 7 6.1
1968 29 SFG NL 34 15 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 17 8 47% 1 1.004 2 3 10 2 1 12 11 4 11 4 11 0 7.8
1969 30 SFG NL 30 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.033 1 3 4 0 2 6 0 8 6 1 6 0 7.0
1970 31 TOT AL 38 18 11 3 2 3 3 0 100% 3 0 16 7 44% 1.157 10 3 5 4 6 8 10 8 11 3 12 1 4.8
1970 31 MIL AL 32 12 7 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 5 56% 7 1.139 6 3 3 2 5 5 6 6 7 2 8 1 5.2
1970 31 BOS AL 6 6 4 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 2 29% 8 1.497 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 4 0 4.0
1971 32 BOS AL 52 52 20 5 3 9 6 3 67% 18 5 67 29 43% 8 1.374 25 12 15 19 9 24 32 20 19 23 21 7 4.0
1972 33 BOS AL 21 21 14 0 1 6 5 1 83% 6 0 21 9 43% 8 .707 8 1 11 6 3 12 12 9 14 4 15 2 4.4
1973 34 BOS AL 39 39 29 3 4 20 15 5 75% 22 2 63 19 30% 8 1.638 20 11 8 23 2 14 34 5 20 15 21 8 4.1
13 Yrs 495 331 161 38 18 70 50 19 71% 94 18 346 108 31% 1.085 137 73 116 109 52 170 185 146 179 101 192 54 5.2

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%
1961 22 SFG NL 224 58% 2.7% 21.4% 16.5% 6.7% 41% 0.33 56% 53 2 4%
1962 23 SFG NL 394 60% 2.5% 18.8% 8.9% 5.3% 25% 0.58 67% 86 6 7%
1963 24 SFG NL 604 60% 2.2% 22.2% 9.4% 6.1% 29% 0.63 64% 112 6 5%
1964 25 SFG NL 743 60% 2.2% 19.7% 10.4% 5.7% 29% 0.85 66% 140 10 7%
1965 26 SFG NL 654 56% 2.6% 20.6% 8.6% 5.8% 30% 0.62 67% 112 9 8%
1966 27 SFG NL 919 57% 2.7% 15.6% 7.6% 5.3% 28% 0.85 72% 153 12 8%
1967 28 SFG NL 526 64% 3.0% 13.1% 9.5% 7.4% 33% 0.82 73% 87 7 8%
1968 29 SFG NL 696 60% 1.3% 18.1% 6.6% 4.9% 27% 0.63 73% 99 7 7%
1969 30 SFG NL 639 64% 2.7% 16.0% 7.7% 6.7% 29% 0.74 72% 117 7 6%
1970 31 TOT AL 627 57% 3.2% 14.2% 11.5% 8.1% 38% 0.56 69% 118 5 4%
1970 31 MIL AL 595 57% 3.4% 13.6% 11.3% 8.6% 39% 0.56 70% 109 4 4%
1970 31 BOS AL 32 53% 0.0% 25.0% 15.6% 0.0% 0% 0.60 56% 9 1 11%
1971 32 BOS AL 304 66% 2.3% 16.8% 7.9% 9.9% 41% 0.73 71% 66 4 6%
1972 33 BOS AL 127 73% 2.4% 21.3% 8.7% 3.9% 21% 0.91 66% 24 4 17%
1973 34 BOS AL 212 67% 2.4% 14.6% 6.1% 3.3% 16% 0.83 75% 51 5 10%
13 Yrs 6669 60% 2.5% 17.6% 9.0% 6.2% 30% 0.70 69% 1218 84 7%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.0% 8.5% 6.2% 28% 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
1961 22 SFG NL 224 37 6 1 11 1 5 0 6 14 6 4 43% 5 4 1 102 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1962 23 SFG NL 394 84 10 0 11 10 0 5 5 22 12 3 55% 5 2 1 147 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1963 24 SFG NL 604 128 13 0 10 5 8 5 8 25 15 7 60% 14 8 1 250 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1964 25 SFG NL 743 143 16 1 15 8 8 8 8 31 9 4 29% 15 5 1 278 11 6 65% 9 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1965 26 SFG NL 654 125 17 0 12 5 12 12 5 25 13 5 52% 2 3 4 223 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 0
1966 27 SFG NL 919 174 25 0 5 18 7 20 5 32 14 6 44% 17 6 3 330 19 4 83% 18 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1967 28 SFG NL 526 120 16 0 16 12 4 5 11 27 10 5 37% 6 5 2 191 19 4 83% 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1968 29 SFG NL 696 128 9 0 4 5 4 5 4 15 9 5 60% 10 9 2 239 18 5 78% 16 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 13 0
1969 30 SFG NL 639 149 17 0 14 11 6 7 10 32 16 7 50% 10 5 4 225 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
1970 31 TOT AL 627 133 20 1 12 12 8 7 13 40 18 6 45% 7 5 0 245 12 2 86% 9 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 0
1970 31 MIL AL 595 131 20 1 11 12 8 7 13 37 17 6 46% 6 4 0 228 11 2 85% 8 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 0
1970 31 BOS AL 32 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 1 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 32 BOS AL 304 74 7 0 18 4 3 6 1 27 17 5 63% 2 3 0 131 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1972 33 BOS AL 127 24 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 8 4 0 50% 3 0 0 52 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 34 BOS AL 212 45 5 0 12 3 2 3 2 13 6 0 46% 1 1 0 99 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
13 Yrs 6669 1364 164 3 144 97 67 85 79 311 149 57 48% 97 56 19 2512 114 38 75% 102 34 11 2 1 2 8 1 150 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1961 22 2 2 .500 3.19 37 1 18 0 0 5 48.0 37 20 17 6 37 8 48 3 1 4 224 120 1.542 6.9 1.1 6.9 9.0 1.30 120
1962 23 9 5 .643 3.47 78 6 35 2 0 10 140.0 121 61 54 16 72 13 122 8 1 6 618 110 1.379 7.8 1.0 4.6 7.8 1.69 110
1963 24 19 11 .633 3.38 125 18 52 4 0 17 277.1 249 134 104 29 129 17 256 15 1 14 1222 104 1.363 8.1 0.9 4.2 8.3 1.98 104
1964 25 25 20 .556 3.33 163 41 56 9 3 18 452.0 392 205 167 45 206 20 402 25 2 19 1965 106 1.323 7.8 0.9 4.1 8.0 1.95 106
1965 26 39 26 .600 3.18 208 54 71 11 3 20 615.0 517 256 217 62 262 24 537 29 2 22 2620 112 1.267 7.6 0.9 3.8 7.9 2.05 112
1966 27 50 36 .581 3.10 244 88 72 21 7 21 839.1 691 341 289 87 332 34 680 39 2 28 3539 116 1.219 7.4 0.9 3.6 7.3 2.05 116
1967 28 56 44 .560 3.32 281 103 82 21 7 21 959.1 811 412 354 103 382 43 749 42 3 33 4065 107 1.244 7.6 1.0 3.6 7.0 1.96 107
1968 29 66 49 .574 3.11 315 122 84 27 10 21 1136.0 939 456 393 112 428 52 875 46 3 42 4761 112 1.203 7.4 0.9 3.4 6.9 2.04 112
1969 30 73 56 .566 3.26 345 144 87 29 10 21 1282.1 1088 542 465 129 477 55 977 53 3 47 5400 107 1.220 7.6 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.05 107
1970 31 80 67 .544 3.40 383 164 98 32 10 24 1422.1 1221 626 537 149 549 64 1066 58 3 52 6027 103 1.244 7.7 0.9 3.5 6.7 1.94 103
1971 32 85 70 .548 3.44 435 164 118 32 10 30 1492.0 1295 660 570 156 573 68 1117 58 3 55 6331 103 1.252 7.8 0.9 3.5 6.7 1.95 103
1972 33 85 71 .545 3.43 456 164 132 32 10 35 1522.2 1319 671 580 159 584 69 1144 59 3 55 6459 103 1.250 7.8 0.9 3.5 6.8 1.96 103
1973 34 88 75 .540 3.40 495 164 161 32 10 50 1576.0 1364 687 596 164 597 71 1175 60 3 56 6671 104 1.244 7.8 0.9 3.4 6.7 1.97 104

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
1961 22 3 2 .600 3.18 51.0 39 20 18 6 39 51 3 1.529 6.9 6.9 9.0 1.31 1.1 37
1962 23 5 5 .500 3.70 90.0 84 41 37 10 35 72 5 1.322 8.4 3.5 7.2 2.06 1.0 41
1963 24 7 7 .500 4.05 131.0 140 66 59 14 62 128 8 1.542 9.6 4.3 8.8 2.06 1.0 47
1964 25 10 8 .556 3.72 167.0 150 77 69 17 81 140 10 1.383 8.1 4.4 7.5 1.73 0.9 38
1965 26 10 7 .588 3.18 153.0 129 60 54 18 58 127 4 1.222 7.6 3.4 7.5 2.19 1.1 45
1966 27 15 9 .625 3.07 220.0 178 83 75 26 72 140 10 1.136 7.3 2.9 5.7 1.94 1.1 36
1967 28 4 8 .333 5.97 113.0 129 83 75 17 54 65 3 1.619 10.3 4.3 5.2 1.20 1.4 37
1968 29 12 6 .667 2.74 164.0 144 56 50 10 52 117 4 1.195 7.9 2.9 6.4 2.25 0.5 34
1969 30 6 9 .400 5.11 141.0 157 89 80 18 52 98 7 1.482 10.0 3.3 6.3 1.88 1.1 30
1970 31 6 9 .400 4.99 137.0 136 84 76 20 74 87 5 1.533 8.9 4.9 5.7 1.18 1.3 38
1971 32 3 4 .429 4.76 68.0 77 40 36 7 25 50 0 1.500 10.2 3.3 6.6 2.00 0.9 52
1972 33 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 28 14 13 4 13 27 1 1.323 8.1 3.8 7.8 2.08 1.2 21
1973 34 3 2 .600 2.82 51.0 46 18 16 5 13 29 1 1.157 8.1 2.3 5.1 2.23 0.9 39
13 Yrs 86 77 .528 3.90 1517.0 1437 731 658 172 630 1131 61 1.363 8.5 6.7 1.80 1.0 495

* 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
1979 BBWAA ()

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1965 NL  4.2 (9th)
1966 NL  4.0 (10th)
1968 NL  4.6 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 NL  2.76 (7th)
1966 NL  2.89 (9th)
1968 NL  1.99 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 NL  .700 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1965 NL  1.110 (6th)
1966 NL  1.088 (7th)
1968 NL  0.985 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  7.368 (6th)
1965 NL  6.902 (4th)
1966 NL  6.981 (5th)
1968 NL  6.521 (2nd)
Career  7.789 (66th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  7.523 (6th)
1965 NL  7.454 (7th)
Career  6.710 (132nd)

Saves s c a p y
1973 AL  15 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 NL  3 (10th)
1966 NL  4 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  25 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  77 (6th)
1966 NL  70 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 NL  9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 NL  7 (10th)
1964 NL  10 (2nd)
1966 NL  10 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1965 NL  131 (7th)
1966 NL  129 (8th)
1968 NL  151 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  20 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1968 NL  2.4 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1965 NL  26.15 (9th)
1966 NL  22.81 (10th)
1968 NL  18.87 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1966 NL  3.3 (6th)
1968 NL  2.8 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1968 NL  2.9 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.8 (9th)
1966 NL  2.4 (9th)
1968 NL  2.3 (8th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Kerry Wood (942)
  2. Moe Drabowsky (936)
  3. Stan Williams (932)
  4. Ellis Kinder (926)
  5. Eddie Fisher (924)
  6. Dick Tidrow (923)
  7. Bob Miller (920)
  8. Al Benton (918)
  9. Don Mossi (916)
  10. Dick Hall (913)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Atkinson (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Littell (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ron Robinson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Selma (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Scott Garrelts (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scott Garrelts (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Scott Garrelts (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Turk Farrell (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Don Robinson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Don Robinson (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick Tidrow (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Tidrow (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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