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Dick Bosman

Richard Allen Bosman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 17, 1944 in Kenosha, WI
High School: Kenosha HS (Kenosha, WI)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1966
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/Athletics/Rangers 1966-1976

Final Game: September 19, 1976
Relatives: Cousin of Duane Kuiper
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1966 22 WSA AL 13 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 45 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1967 23 WSA AL 8 18 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 37 3 1 0 2 0 0 /1
1968 24 WSA AL 46 32 30 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .200 .226 .267 .492 52 8 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 25 WSA AL 32 76 64 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 26 .094 .183 .109 .292 -14 7 0 0 5 0 0 1 MVP-26
1970 26 WSA AL 36 87 80 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 29 .138 .148 .138 .286 -19 11 0 0 6 0 0 1
1971 27 WSA AL 35 88 75 5 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 31 .093 .181 .107 .287 -14 8 1 0 5 0 0 1
1972 28 TEX AL 29 67 53 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .094 .111 .113 .224 -32 6 1 0 13 0 0 1
1973 29 TOT AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 29 TEX AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 29 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 30 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 TOT AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 31 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 308 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 201 173 7 22 3 0 0 7 0 0 10 65 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 24 2 0 18 0 0
TEX (8 yrs) 206 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 22 WSA AL 13 14 -1 -1 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1967 23 WSA AL 8 18 -0 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .519 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /1
1968 24 WSA AL 46 32 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 1
1969 25 WSA AL 32 76 -9 0 0 0 9 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1 MVP-26
1970 26 WSA AL 36 87 -13 0 1 0 10 -2 -0.3 3 1 -0.3 .493 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1
1971 27 WSA AL 35 88 -10 -0 0 0 9 -1 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $30,000 1
1972 28 TEX AL 29 67 -9 -0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1973 29 TEX AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1973 29 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $45,000 1
1974 30 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 31 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1975 31 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 32 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
11 Seasons 308 382 -46 -1 1 0 42 -4 -0.5 12 8 -0.5 .499 .500 -0.3 -0.0 8 $75,000
TEX (8 yrs) 206 382 -46 -1 1 0 42 -4 -0.5 12 8 -0.5 .498 .500 -0.3 -0.1 8 $30,000
CLE (3 yrs) 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $45,000
OAK (2 yrs) 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1966 22 WSA AL 14 11 1 2.4 89 .300 .250 .247 .250 .314 .250 .381 .500 .695 45 .298 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1967 23 WSA AL 18 15 1 1.8 81 .250 .200 .239 .250 .307 .200 .358 .450 .666 37 .208 -1.2 -0.1 .308 .067 .000
1968 24 WSA AL 32 25 2 2.2 77 .375 .200 .234 .226 .302 .267 .346 .492 .648 52 .290 -1.7 -0.2 .375 .100 .067
1969 25 WSA AL 76 63 2 0.9 90 .158 .094 .247 .183 .323 .109 .373 .292 .696 -14 .052 -9.6 -1.0 .241 .125 .016
1970 26 WSA AL 87 75 2 0.7 93 .216 .138 .252 .148 .325 .138 .385 .286 .710 -19 .037 -12.9 -1.4 .174 .013 .000
1971 27 WSA AL 88 74 2 0.7 86 .159 .093 .247 .181 .318 .107 .367 .287 .684 -14 .042 -11.0 -1.2 .232 .120 .013
1972 28 TEX AL 67 62 1 0.4 80 .147 .094 .242 .111 .310 .113 .350 .224 .660 -32 .020 -8.5 -1.0 .143 .038 .019
11 Yrs 382 325 11 0.9 87 .200 .125 .246 .172 .317 .140 .368 .312 .685 -8 .062 -45.8 -4.9 .223 .073 .015
162 Game Avg. 201 171 6 0.9 87 .200 .125 .246 .172 .317 .140 .368 .312 .685 -8 .062 -45.8 -4.9 .223 .073 .015

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 31 OAK AL ALCS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1966 22 WSA AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 12.0 3.00 71%
1967 23 WSA AL 18 0.0% 16.7% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.0 2.67 67%
1968 24 WSA AL 32 0.0% 43.8% 3.1% 6.3% 33% 14.00 2.1 30.0 2.00 50%
1969 25 WSA AL 76 0.0% 34.2% 9.2% 1.3% 17% 3.71 2.5 16.0 1.19 50%
1970 26 WSA AL 87 0.0% 33.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0% 29.00 2.8 40.0 1.76 59%
1971 27 WSA AL 88 0.0% 35.2% 9.1% 1.1% 14% 3.88 2.4 25.0 2.91 50%
1972 28 TEX AL 67 0.0% 28.4% 1.5% 1.5% 20% 19.00 2.8 17.7 2.42 51%
11 Yrs 382 0.0% 32.5% 5.0% 1.3% 12% 6.53 2.7 23.5 2.03 54%
MLB Averages 1.9% 14.4% 8.5% 5.9% 27% 1.69 6.2 46.3 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1966 22 WSA AL -0.9 -0.1 14 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.23 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 -0.2 1.33 -1.0 0
1967 23 WSA AL -1.2 -0.1 19 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 .96 -0.1 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 1.00 -1.0 0
1968 24 WSA AL -1.8 -0.2 32 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.02 -0.3 -0.3 -4.0 -0.5 0.89 -2.6 0
1969 25 WSA AL -9.6 -1.0 77 -0.6 0.7 -1.2 .90 -0.9 0.3 -8.6 -0.9 1.04 -8.9 0
1970 26 WSA AL -12.9 -1.4 87 -1.4 0.4 -1.7 .96 -1.3 -0.1 -13.6 -1.5 0.96 -13.7 0
1971 27 WSA AL -11.1 -1.2 88 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 .90 -1.0 -0.1 -10.6 -1.2 0.96 -10.0 0
1972 28 TEX AL -8.5 -1.0 67 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 1.01 -1.0 -0.0 -8.0 -0.9 0.98 -8.6 0
1973 29 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1973 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1973 29 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1974 30 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1975 31 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1975 31 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1975 31 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 32 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -45.9 -5.0 384 -4.6 2.5 -7.2 .96 -4.7 -0.1 -47.6 -5.3 0.99 -45.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1966 22 WSA AL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1967 23 WSA AL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 WSA AL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 WSA AL 1 0 23% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1970 26 WSA AL 0 0 33% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1971 27 WSA AL 1 0 33% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1972 28 TEX AL 1 0 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 4 0 23% 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 14% 13 12 1 2 2 0 6 3 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1966 22 WSA AL 14 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 16 1 6% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1967 23 WSA AL 18 22% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 4 1 25% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 WSA AL 32 19% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 19 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1969 25 WSA AL 76 37% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 15 0 0% 15 3 20% 58 4 7% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1970 26 WSA AL 87 45% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 18 0 0% 19 5 26% 58 2 3% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1971 27 WSA AL 88 35% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 14 1 7% 15 2 13% 54 3 6% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0
1972 28 TEX AL 67 28% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 100% 16 1 6% 15 6 40% 46 3 7% 5 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
11 Yrs 382 34% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 46 34 74% 76 3 4% 74 19 26% 262 14 5% 17 2 12% 8 5 63% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 22 13 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 45 3 0 0 2 0 0
1967 23 21 32 27 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .250 .222 .472 41 6 1 0 4 0 0
1968 24 67 64 57 1 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .211 .237 .246 .483 46 14 1 0 5 0 0
1969 25 99 140 121 4 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 9 45 .149 .208 .174 .381 13 21 1 0 10 0 0
1970 26 135 227 201 8 29 3 0 0 8 0 0 10 74 .144 .185 .159 .344 1 32 1 0 16 0 0
1971 27 170 315 276 13 36 4 0 0 11 0 0 18 105 .130 .184 .145 .329 -3 40 2 0 21 0 0
1972 28 199 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
1973 29 228 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
1974 30 253 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
1975 31 281 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
1976 32 308 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1966 22 13 15 13 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .308 .308 .308 .615 1 13
1967 23 8 19 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .294 .250 .544 1 8
1968 24 46 32 30 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 14 .200 .226 .267 .492 2 46
1969 25 32 74 63 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 6 26 .079 .159 .095 .255 1 32
1970 26 36 88 81 5 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 29 .148 .159 .148 .307 2 36
1971 27 35 90 76 7 8 1 0 0 4 0 9 31 .105 .200 .118 .318 2 35
1972 28 30 71 56 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 20 .107 .123 .125 .248 1 29
7 Yrs 200 389 335 17 45 5 0 0 16 0 19 125 .134 .181 .149 .330 10 199
162 Game Avg. 162 315 271 14 36 4 0 0 13 0 15 101 .134 .181 .149 .330 8 199

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (26, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 AL  13 (8th)

                           

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