John Boozer

John Morgan Boozer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 6, 1938 in Columbia, SC
School: Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1962
Team: Phillies 1962-1969

Final Game: October 1, 1969
Died: January 24, 1986 in Lexington, SC
Buried: Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, SC
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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
1958	19	PHI-min	D	3	4	.429	3.67	8	5					49.0	26	26	20	2	43								1.408	4.8	0.4	7.9			BRU · GAFL
1959	20	PHI-min	D	12	15	.444	3.33	32	27					208.0	193	106	77	8	76								1.293	8.4	0.3	3.3			TAM · FLOR
1960	21	PHI-min	B	15	9	.625	3.40	28	27					204.0	156	85	77	18	94								1.225	6.9	0.8	4.1			DMO · IIIL
1961	22	PHI-min	AA	19	9	.679	2.61	35	24					207.0	170	71	60	12	57								1.097	7.4	0.5	2.5			CNG · SOUA
1962	23	PHI-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.98	19	18		8	0		120.0	113	64	53	12	36	2	85	4	0	1			1.242	8.5	0.9	2.7	6.4	2.36	BFL · IL
1962	23	PHI	NL	0	0		5.75	9	0	1	0	0	0	20.1	22	13	13	3	10	1	13	0	0	0	88	68	1.574	9.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	1.30
1963	24	PHI-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.76	6	6					51.0	37	13	10	3	10		52						0.922	6.5	0.5	1.8	9.2	5.20	ARK · IL
1963	24	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	2.93	26	8	5	2	0	1	83.0	67	31	27	11	33	5	69	1	0	1	336	111	1.205	7.3	1.2	3.6	7.5	2.09
1964	25	PHI-min	AAA	8	1	.889	2.08	13	12		8	4		95.0	72	31	22	0	18	1	76	1	0	1			0.947	6.8	0.0	1.7	7.2	4.22	ARK · PCL
1964	25	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	5.07	22	3	9	0	0	2	60.1	64	37	34	6	18	2	51	2	0	1	258	69	1.359	9.5	0.9	2.7	7.6	2.83

1965	26	PHI-min	AAA	9	13	.409	3.97	30	28		12	2		211.0	210	103	93	31	66	11	166	5	0	2			1.308	9.0	1.3	2.8	7.1	2.52	ARK · PCL
1966	27	PHI-min	AAA	4	9	.308	5.40	23	15		3	0		90.0	108	60	54	11	27	0	75	3	0	1			1.500	10.8	1.1	2.7	7.5	2.78	SDG · PCL
1966	27	PHI	NL	0	0		6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	5	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	27	58	2.063	13.5	1.7	5.1	8.4	1.67
1967	28	PHI-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.59	10	9		3	1		66.0	51	22	19	3	21	0	54	0	0	2			1.091	7.0	0.4	2.9	7.4	2.57	SDG · PCL
1967	28	PHI	NL	5	4	.556	4.10	28	7	8	1	0	1	74.2	86	39	34	6	24	5	48	1	1	5	324	84	1.473	10.4	0.7	2.9	5.8	2.00
1968	29	PHI	NL	2	2	.500	3.67	38	0	20	0	0	5	68.2	76	32	28	3	15	3	49	2	0	2	295	83	1.325	10.0	0.4	2.0	6.4	3.27
1969	30	PHI-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.38	13	1		1	0	2	24.0	27	11	9	1	5	1	19	1	0	1			1.333	10.1	0.4	1.9	7.1	3.80	EUG · PCL
1969	30	PHI	NL	1	2	.333	4.28	46	2	19	0	0	6	82.0	91	46	39	12	36	5	47	0	0	6	362	84	1.549	10.0	1.3	4.0	5.2	1.31
7 Yrs				14	16	.467	4.09	171	22	62	3	0	15	394.1	414	203	179	42	139	21	282	6	1	15	1690	83	1.402	9.4	1.0	3.2	6.4	2.03
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.467	4.09	60	8	22	1	0	5	139	146	72	63	15	49	7	99	2	0	5	595	83	1.402	9.4	1.0	3.2	6.4	2.03

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
1962	23	PHI	NL	20.1	9	0	13	5.75	4.82	-0.03	-0.20	96.8	4.50	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.1	-0	.467	.498	$
1963	24	PHI	NL	83.0	26	8	31	3.36	3.81	0.12	-0.04	98.0	3.58	1	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.8	10	.506	.501	$
1964	25	PHI	NL	60.1	22	3	37	5.52	4.04	-0.07	-0.11	100.5	4.02	-11	-1.2	.7	0.1	-0.5	-4	.448	.493	$

1966	27	PHI	NL	5.1	2	2	5	8.44	4.22	-0.02	0.07	110.7	4.78	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.388	.499	$
1967	28	PHI	NL	74.2	28	7	39	4.70	3.98	-0.24	-0.06	99.4	4.13	-6	-0.6	.5	-0.0	0.0	3	.477	.496	$
1968	29	PHI	NL	68.2	38	0	32	4.19	3.46	-0.39	-0.15	102.1	3.78	-4	-0.5	1.3	-0.2	-0.1	3	.486	.497	$
1969	30	PHI	NL	82.0	46	2	46	5.05	4.05	-0.44	-0.14	99.5	4.33	-7	-0.8	1.4	-0.2	-0.3	2	.482	.495	$
7 Seasons				394.1	171	22	203	4.63	3.92	-0.19	-0.10	99.8	4.00	-32	-3.5	1.0	-0.5	-0.4	12	.480	.497	$

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
1962	23	PHI	NL	9	88	78	13	22	1	1	3	0	0	10	13	.282	.364	.436	.800	.306	34	3	0	0	0	1	0
1963	24	PHI	NL	26	336	295	31	67	8	5	11	10	3	33	69	.227	.303	.400	.703	.256	118	8	1	3	4	5	2
1964	25	PHI	NL	22	258	236	37	64	11	3	6	3	3	18	51	.271	.327	.419	.746	.322	99	5	2	1	1	2	3

1966	27	PHI	NL	2	27	23	5	8	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	.348	.423	.522	.945	.412	12	1	0	1	0	0	1
1967	28	PHI	NL	28	324	295	39	86	9	2	6	3	1	24	48	.292	.347	.397	.743	.332	117	10	1	4	0	5	3
1968	29	PHI	NL	38	295	272	32	76	24	1	3	5	2	15	49	.279	.320	.408	.728	.329	111	3	2	4	2	3	2
1969	30	PHI	NL	46	362	321	46	91	16	4	12	1	2	36	47	.283	.354	.470	.824	.299	151	10	0	3	2	5	7
7 Yrs				171	1690	1520	203	414	70	16	42	22	11	139	282	.272	.334	.422	.756	.309	642	40	6	16	9	21	18
162 Game Avg.				60	595	536	72	146	25	6	15	8	4	49	99	.272	.334	.422	.756	.309	226	14	2	6	3	7	6
MLB Averages																.247	.312	.370	.681	.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
1962	23	PHI	NL	-3.3	-0.3	88	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.36	-0.2	0.4	-0.8	-0.1	0.36	-3.5	1	1	7
1963	24	PHI	NL	3.4	0.4	351	-0.1	5.3	-5.4	.89	-0.3	0.2	5.9	0.7	0.89	-0.3	2	6	10
1964	25	PHI	NL	-10.0	-1.0	267	-1.0	3.0	-4.1	.76	0.2	-1.5	-7.9	-0.8	0.76	-3.2	2	5	12

1966	27	PHI	NL	-1.9	-0.2	27	-0.4	0.5	-0.8	1.15	-0.2	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	1.15	-2.8	0	0	0
1967	28	PHI	NL	-5.6	-0.6	334	-0.2	3.4	-3.7	.62	0.0	-0.4	-9.9	-1.0	0.62	-2.8	2	2	17
1968	29	PHI	NL	-4.8	-0.5	304	-0.2	5.0	-5.2	1.04	0.0	-0.2	-5.3	-0.6	1.04	-4.8	13	8	14
1969	30	PHI	NL	-7.2	-0.8	371	-1.5	4.6	-6.1	.79	-1.5	-0.5	-13.0	-1.3	0.79	-16.7	13	4	27
7 Yrs				-29.5	-3.1	1742	-3.4	22.4	-25.8	.80	-2.0	-2.2	-34.0	-3.5	0.80	-34.0	33	26	87

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
1963	24	PHI	NL	26	8	1	4	3	0	3	1	7	.125	0	2	2	0	4	50%	56.0	79	35	10	3	3	3	2.5	2.9	5.8
1964	25	PHI	NL	22	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	1	33%	47.3	69	31	9	4	2	1	2.0	1.4	4.9

1966	27	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	42.0	46	38	2	0	0	2	5.5	6.0	2.7
1967	28	PHI	NL	28	7	3	3	1	0	0	4	3	.571	0	1	1	0	3	43%	49.7	76	32	17	4	3	3	5.2	5.3	5.0

1969	30	PHI	NL	46	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33.0	42	24	8	5	2	0	2.0	0.9	5.2
5 Yrs				124	22	5	11	6	0	3	7	15	.318	0	5	3	0	8	36%	49	79	24	46	16	10	9	3.4	3.5	5.1
MLB Averages													.500						55%	54	116	-14					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	23	PHI	NL	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	1	33%	5	.356	1	1	7	1	0	8	2	7	9	0	9	1	6.8
1963	24	PHI	NL	26	18	5	2	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	16	3	19%	6	.886	2	6	10	2	1	15	7	11	10	3	12	2	6.2
1964	25	PHI	NL	22	19	9	2	2	3	2	1	67%	3	0	11	4	36%	6	.761	2	5	12	6	2	11	6	13	14	2	15	2	7.2

1967	28	PHI	NL	28	21	8	2	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	10	4	40%	8	.621	2	2	17	4	1	16	7	14	12	7	12	4	5.7
1968	29	PHI	NL	38	38	20	2	2	8	5	3	63%	8	0	27	10	37%	8	1.036	13	8	14	11	2	25	14	24	19	9	19	10	5.4
1969	30	PHI	NL	46	44	19	1	0	9	6	3	67%	9	0	45	21	47%	8	.786	13	4	27	12	1	31	21	23	21	12	23	13	4.9
6 Yrs				169	149	62	9	5	22	15	7	68%	25	3	112	43	38%		.792	33	26	87	36	7	106	57	92	85	33	90	32	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1962	23	PHI	NL	88	67%	3.4%	14.8%	11.4%	5.7%	23%	0.96	70%	25	3	12%
1963	24	PHI	NL	336	52%	3.3%	20.5%	9.8%	7.1%	36%	1.22	65%	55	8	15%
1964	25	PHI	NL	258	59%	2.3%	19.8%	7.0%	7.8%	31%	1.06	70%	43	5	12%

1966	27	PHI	NL	27	59%	3.7%	18.5%	11.1%	7.4%	25%	1.20	63%	7	1	14%
1967	28	PHI	NL	324	67%	1.9%	14.8%	7.4%	5.3%	20%	1.98	74%	62	10	16%
1968	29	PHI	NL	295	66%	1.0%	16.6%	5.1%	9.5%	37%	0.85	75%	54	3	6%
1969	30	PHI	NL	362	64%	3.3%	13.0%	9.9%	8.8%	35%	1.08	73%	88	10	11%
7 Yrs				1690	62%	2.5%	16.7%	8.2%	7.6%	31%	1.18	71%	334	40	12%
MLB Averages					48%	2.1%	15.5%	8.2%	6.1%	28%	1.10	73%			10%

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
1962	23	PHI	NL	88	22			3	0	4	2	1	1	2	3	0	1	0%	0	0	0	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	24	PHI	NL	336	67			11	0	8	5	6	7	4	19	8	4	42%	2	1	2	102	10	3	77%	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
1964	25	PHI	NL	258	64			6	1	8	2	4	1	5	13	8	1	62%	3	1	2	89	3	3	50%	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0

1966	27	PHI	NL	27	8			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	28	PHI	NL	324	86			6	0	5	4	2	2	4	14	6	5	43%	3	5	0	128	3	1	75%	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	0
1968	29	PHI	NL	295	76			3	0	8	1	2	1	2	16	4	3	25%	2	2	0	124	5	2	71%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0
1969	30	PHI	NL	362	91			12	0	19	9	3	3	9	32	12	2	38%	7	6	0	158	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
7 Yrs				1690	414			42	1	52	23	19	15	27	98	38	16	39%	18	15	4	655	22	11	67%	18	8	3	3	1	0	3	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1962	23	0	0		5.75	9	0	1	0	0	20.1	22	13	13	3	10	1	13	0	0	0	88	68	1.574	9.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	1.30	68
1963	24	3	4	.429	3.48	35	8	6	2	1	103.1	89	44	40	14	43	6	82	1	0	1	424	97	1.277	7.8	1.2	3.7	7.1	1.91	97
1964	25	6	8	.429	4.07	57	11	15	2	3	163.2	153	81	74	20	61	8	133	3	0	2	682	84	1.308	8.4	1.1	3.4	7.3	2.18	84
1965	26	6	8	.429	4.07	57	11	15	2	3	163.2	153	81	74	20	61	8	133	3	0	2	682	84	1.308	8.4	1.1	3.4	7.3	2.18	84
1966	27	6	8	.429	4.15	59	13	15	2	3	169.0	161	86	78	21	64	8	138	3	0	2	709	83	1.331	8.6	1.1	3.4	7.3	2.16	83
1967	28	11	12	.478	4.14	87	20	23	3	4	243.2	247	125	112	27	88	13	186	4	1	7	1033	83	1.375	9.1	1.0	3.3	6.9	2.11	83
1968	29	13	14	.481	4.03	125	20	43	3	9	312.1	323	157	140	30	103	16	235	6	1	9	1328	83	1.364	9.3	0.9	3.0	6.8	2.28	83
1969	30	14	16	.467	4.09	171	22	62	3	15	394.1	414	203	179	42	139	21	282	6	1	15	1690	83	1.402	9.4	1.0	3.2	6.4	2.03	83

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1962	23	1	1	.500	6.16	19.0	22	14	13	3	10	12	0	1.684	10.4	4.7	5.7	1.20	1.4	9
1963	24	4	4	.500	3.84	75.0	73	36	32	12	36	63	1	1.453	8.8	4.3	7.6	1.75	1.4	26
1964	25	2	4	.333	6.11	56.0	68	42	38	6	19	48	2	1.554	10.9	3.1	7.7	2.53	1.0	22

1966	27	0	0		9.00	5.0	9	6	5	1	3	5	0	2.400	16.2	5.4	9.0	1.67	1.8	2
1967	28	3	4	.429	4.96	69.0	91	42	38	6	25	44	1	1.681	11.9	3.3	5.7	1.76	0.8	28
1968	29	2	4	.333	5.14	63.0	86	40	36	3	17	45	2	1.635	12.3	2.4	6.4	2.65	0.4	38
1969	30	3	5	.375	5.09	76.0	96	48	43	13	38	44	0	1.763	11.4	4.5	5.2	1.16	1.5	46
7 Yrs		15	22	.405	5.08	363.0	445	228	205	44	148	261	6	1.634	11.0		6.5	1.76	1.1	171

* 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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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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