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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 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
1966 22 WSA AL 2 6 .250 7.62 13 7 2 0 0 0 39.0 60 36 33 4 12 4 20 0 0 3 184 46 1.846 13.8 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.67
1967 23 WSA AL 3 1 .750 1.75 7 7 0 2 1 0 51.1 38 12 10 3 10 2 25 0 0 0 198 182 0.935 6.7 0.5 1.8 4.4 2.50
1968 24 WSA AL 2 9 .182 3.69 46 10 10 0 0 1 139.0 139 63 57 9 35 5 63 4 0 4 581 79 1.252 9.0 0.6 2.3 4.1 1.80
1969 25 WSA AL 14 5 .737 2.19 31 26 3 5 2 1 193.0 156 59 47 11 39 0 99 2 1 2 762 158 1.010 7.3 0.5 1.8 4.6 2.54 MVP-26
1970 26 WSA AL 16 12 .571 3.00 36 34 1 7 3 0 230.2 212 81 77 16 71 8 134 2 0 4 951 118 1.227 8.3 0.6 2.8 5.2 1.89
1971 27 WSA AL 12 16 .429 3.73 35 35 0 7 1 0 236.2 245 110 98 29 71 9 113 5 0 2 993 89 1.335 9.3 1.1 2.7 4.3 1.59
1972 28 TEX AL 8 10 .444 3.63 29 29 0 1 1 0 173.1 183 87 70 11 48 6 105 6 0 2 737 83 1.333 9.5 0.6 2.5 5.5 2.19
1973 29 TOT AL 3 13 .188 5.64 29 24 3 3 1 0 137.1 172 98 86 25 46 6 55 7 0 5 622 69 1.587 11.3 1.6 3.0 3.6 1.20
1973 29 TEX AL 2 5 .286 4.24 7 7 0 1 1 0 40.1 42 24 19 6 17 1 14 1 0 2 176 88 1.463 9.4 1.3 3.8 3.1 0.82
1973 29 CLE AL 1 8 .111 6.22 22 17 3 2 0 0 97.0 130 74 67 19 29 5 41 6 0 3 446 64 1.639 12.1 1.8 2.7 3.8 1.41
1974 30 CLE AL 7 5 .583 4.10 25 18 2 2 1 0 127.1 126 69 58 13 29 3 56 1 1 3 529 89 1.217 8.9 0.9 2.0 4.0 1.93
1975 31 TOT AL 11 6 .647 3.63 28 24 3 2 0 0 151.1 145 67 61 15 32 4 53 6 0 1 627 101 1.170 8.6 0.9 1.9 3.2 1.66
1975 31 CLE AL 0 2 .000 4.08 6 3 3 0 0 0 28.2 33 17 13 3 8 1 11 3 0 0 127 93 1.430 10.4 0.9 2.5 3.5 1.38
1975 31 OAK AL 11 4 .733 3.52 22 21 0 2 0 0 122.2 112 50 48 12 24 3 42 3 0 1 500 104 1.109 8.2 0.9 1.8 3.1 1.75
1976 32 OAK AL 4 2 .667 4.10 27 15 2 0 0 0 112.0 118 54 51 13 19 1 34 1 0 2 459 82 1.223 9.5 1.0 1.5 2.7 1.79
11 Yrs 82 85 .491 3.67 306 229 26 29 10 2 1591.0 1594 736 648 149 412 48 757 34 2 28 6643 93 1.261 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.84
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .491 3.67 39 29 3 4 1 0 202 203 94 82 19 52 6 96 4 0 4 844 93 1.261 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.84
TEX (8 yrs) 59 64 .480 3.35 204 155 16 23 9 2 1103.1 1075 472 411 89 303 35 573 20 1 19 4582 98 1.249 8.8 0.7 2.5 4.7 1.89
CLE (3 yrs) 8 15 .348 4.91 53 38 8 4 1 0 253.0 289 160 138 35 66 9 108 10 1 6 1102 77 1.403 10.3 1.2 2.3 3.8 1.64
OAK (2 yrs) 15 6 .714 3.80 49 36 2 2 0 0 234.2 230 104 99 25 43 4 76 4 0 3 959 92 1.163 8.8 1.0 1.6 2.9 1.77

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
1966 22 WSA AL 39.0 13 7 36 8.31 3.84 0.31 0.02 105.7 3.75 -19 -1.9 1.7 -0.2 -1.8 -17 .353 .488 $
1967 23 WSA AL 51.1 7 7 12 2.10 3.70 0.07 0.07 95.0 3.51 9 1.2 -0.0 1.5 12 .667 .507 $
1968 24 WSA AL 139.0 46 10 63 4.08 3.39 -0.55 -0.07 99.1 3.84 -2 -0.3 .7 -0.1 0.7 6 .494 .498 $
1969 25 WSA AL 193.0 31 26 59 2.75 4.05 0.19 0.05 97.1 3.80 24 2.8 .9 -0.1 4.2 39 .592 .518 $ MVP-26
1970 26 WSA AL 230.2 36 34 81 3.16 4.23 0.26 0.07 94.8 3.83 19 2.2 2.4 -0.1 4.1 41 .561 .514 $
1971 27 WSA AL 236.2 35 35 110 4.18 3.89 -0.18 0.06 96.2 3.97 -5 -0.6 -0.1 1.3 17 .483 .496 $30,000
1972 28 TEX AL 173.1 29 29 87 4.52 3.49 -0.18 0.05 97.1 3.62 -16 -1.9 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .435 .488 $
1973 29 TEX AL 40.1 7 7 24 5.36 4.20 -0.55 0.13 103.7 5.06 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.2 3 .475 .499 $
1973 29 CLE AL 97.0 22 17 74 6.87 4.40 -0.38 0.08 101.1 4.91 -22 -2.1 .2 0.0 -1.3 -11 .403 .487 $45,000
1974 30 CLE AL 127.1 25 18 69 4.88 4.11 0.23 0.05 98.8 3.89 -14 -1.5 .4 -0.0 -0.4 -1 .441 .491 $
1975 31 CLE AL 28.2 6 3 17 5.34 4.32 -0.05 -0.07 97.4 4.19 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .438 .498 $
1975 31 OAK AL 122.2 22 21 50 3.67 4.24 0.28 0.13 95.7 3.91 3 0.4 2.5 -0.1 1.4 16 .517 .502 $
1976 32 OAK AL 112.0 27 15 54 4.34 3.92 -0.08 -0.02 96.4 3.84 -6 -0.7 .8 -0.1 0.2 5 .475 .496 $
11 Seasons 1591.0 306 229 736 4.16 3.96 -0.03 0.05 97.3 3.93 -34 -2.9 .8 -1.0 9.5 107 .490 .499 $75,000
TEX (8 yrs) 1103.1 204 155 472 3.85 3.86 -0.06 0.05 97.1 3.85 8 1.4 .9 -0.8 9.7 98 .507 .501 $30,000
CLE (3 yrs) 253.0 53 38 160 5.69 4.25 -0.03 0.05 99.5 4.32 -39 -4.0 .5 -0.1 -1.8 -13 .425 .492 $45,000
OAK (2 yrs) 234.2 49 36 104 3.99 4.09 0.10 0.06 96.1 3.88 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.2 1.6 21 .494 .499 $

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
1975 31 OAK AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1966 22 WSA AL 13 184 166 36 60 14 3 4 0 1 12 20 .361 .402 .554 .956 .392 92 2 0 5 1 4 4
1967 23 WSA AL 7 198 186 12 38 3 1 3 3 1 10 25 .204 .242 .280 .522 .219 52 6 0 0 2 2 4
1968 24 WSA AL 46 581 531 63 139 30 3 9 6 7 35 63 .262 .310 .380 .691 .281 202 13 4 7 4 5 11
1969 25 WSA AL 31 762 710 59 156 25 5 11 5 4 39 99 .220 .260 .315 .576 .239 224 12 2 5 6 0 7
1970 26 WSA AL 36 950 865 81 212 41 10 16 10 7 71 134 .245 .302 .371 .673 .272 321 18 2 6 6 8 6
1971 27 WSA AL 35 993 900 110 245 38 8 29 9 12 71 113 .272 .327 .429 .756 .283 386 26 5 11 6 9 8
1972 28 TEX AL 29 738 671 87 183 38 6 11 4 12 48 105 .273 .326 .396 .722 .308 266 16 6 10 3 6 17
1973 29 TOT AL 29 623 563 98 172 25 4 25 7 5 46 55 .306 .364 .497 .861 .303 280 12 7 4 2 6 9
1973 29 CLE AL 22 447 406 74 130 21 3 19 5 3 29 41 .320 .373 .527 .900 .320 214 8 6 4 1 5 8
1973 29 TEX AL 7 176 157 24 42 4 1 6 2 2 17 14 .268 .341 .420 .761 .261 66 4 1 0 1 1 1
1974 30 CLE AL 25 529 494 69 126 27 2 13 18 6 29 56 .255 .297 .397 .693 .265 196 7 1 3 2 3 7
1975 31 TOT AL 28 627 580 67 145 17 5 15 21 6 32 53 .250 .294 .374 .668 .251 217 6 6 4 5 4 8
1975 31 CLE AL 6 127 113 17 33 2 1 3 8 3 8 11 .292 .349 .407 .756 .297 46 2 3 1 2 1 3
1975 31 OAK AL 22 500 467 50 112 15 4 12 13 3 24 42 .240 .280 .366 .646 .240 171 4 3 3 3 3 5
1976 32 OAK AL 27 459 431 54 118 21 5 13 10 3 19 34 .274 .305 .436 .741 .272 188 11 1 6 2 1 7
11 Yrs 306 6644 6097 736 1594 279 52 149 93 64 412 757 .261 .310 .398 .708 .276 2424 129 34 61 39 48 88
162 Game Avg. 39 844 775 94 203 35 7 19 12 8 52 96 .261 .310 .398 .708 .276 308 16 4 8 5 6 11
MLB Averages .250 .317 .367 .684 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 22 WSA AL -17.0 -1.7 188 -2.8 2.3 -5.0 .99 -1.7 -1.1 -17.1 -1.7 0.99 -17.4 3 0 3
1967 23 WSA AL 8.0 1.0 203 0.6 3.2 -2.6 .92 0.8 -0.1 7.8 0.9 0.92 7.1 0 0 0
1968 24 WSA AL -10.9 -1.2 600 -1.4 7.3 -8.7 .77 -0.7 -1.0 -9.4 -1.1 0.77 -9.9 5 10 18
1969 25 WSA AL 25.7 2.8 776 3.0 13.1 -10.1 .94 3.1 0.1 28.7 3.3 0.94 31.3 2 0 3
1970 26 WSA AL 17.0 1.8 975 2.0 18.8 -16.8 1.10 1.6 0.2 17.3 1.9 1.10 16.6 1 0 1
1971 27 WSA AL -11.8 -1.2 1022 -1.4 15.6 -17.0 .90 -2.3 0.8 -5.1 -0.6 0.90 -18.7 0 0 0
1972 28 TEX AL -15.6 -1.7 757 -2.8 13.9 -16.7 1.19 -1.5 -0.8 -20.2 -2.2 1.19 -15.8 0 0 0
1973 29 TOT AL -25.9 -2.5 643 -3.5 10.0 -13.5 1.00 -2.8 -0.7 -32.5 -3.1 1.00 -27.0 0 1 2
1973 29 TEX AL -3.5 -0.4 182 -0.2 2.8 -3.1 .92 -0.4 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.92 -3.4 0 0 0
1973 29 CLE AL -22.5 -2.2 461 -3.3 7.2 -10.5 1.03 -2.3 -0.8 -30.2 -2.8 1.03 -23.6 0 1 2
1974 30 CLE AL -7.9 -0.8 556 -1.1 8.0 -9.1 .88 -0.0 -1.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.88 0.2 0 1 5
1975 31 TOT AL 2.1 0.2 655 0.6 10.7 -10.1 .96 0.6 -0.0 1.7 0.2 0.96 7.9 1 2 1
1975 31 CLE AL -1.9 -0.2 136 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 .69 -0.4 0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.69 -3.6 0 2 1
1975 31 OAK AL 4.0 0.4 519 0.9 9.2 -8.3 1.03 1.0 -0.2 6.6 0.7 1.03 11.4 1 0 0
1976 32 OAK AL -7.9 -0.8 474 -0.6 6.6 -7.2 .80 -0.2 -0.6 -3.1 -0.3 0.80 -4.0 1 5 4
11 Yrs -44.2 -4.2 6849 -7.3 109.5 -116.8 .96 -3.2 -4.4 -38.7 -3.3 0.96 -29.7 13 19 37

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
1966 22 WSA AL 13 7 2 3 2 0 0 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 2 29% 38.9 65 23 8 6 3 4 3.9 4.6 4.3
1967 23 WSA AL 7 7 3 1 3 0 1 4 3 .571 1 3 2 1 7 100% 63.6 80 49 2 0 0 3 3.7 2.8 7.3
1968 24 WSA AL 46 10 1 7 2 0 2 3 7 .300 0 0 0 0 4 40% 41.9 60 31 18 5 4 1 2.7 3.1 5.4
1969 25 WSA AL 31 26 13 5 8 1 2 19 7 .731 4 4 5 2 19 73% 59.0 89 25 13 4 6 7 4.8 4.3 6.9
1970 26 WSA AL 36 34 16 12 6 0 2 16 18 .471 1 1 7 3 23 68% 56.1 91 22 20 4 3 8 3.5 3.5 6.7
1971 27 WSA AL 35 35 12 16 7 2 8 16 19 .457 4 5 7 1 23 66% 51.0 74 26 16 12 7 10 3.9 3.7 6.8
1972 28 TEX AL 29 29 8 10 11 2 2 13 16 .448 4 3 1 1 15 52% 50.2 93 26 25 10 3 13 4.1 4.5 6.0
1973 29 TOT AL 29 24 3 13 8 0 3 8 16 .333 2 3 3 1 10 42% 42.2 78 17 37 15 6 7 3.7 3.5 5.3
1973 29 TEX AL 7 7 2 5 0 0 1 2 5 .286 0 0 1 1 3 43% 46.3 78 30 12 7 0 2 2.9 2.4 5.8
1973 29 CLE AL 22 17 1 8 8 0 2 6 11 .353 2 3 2 0 7 41% 40.5 66 17 25 8 6 5 4.0 4.0 5.2
1974 30 CLE AL 25 18 7 5 6 3 1 10 8 .556 3 0 2 1 8 44% 50.4 91 24 26 11 3 7 4.6 5.3 6.1
1975 31 TOT AL 28 24 11 6 7 5 2 14 10 .583 4 2 2 0 10 42% 51.4 77 20 19 5 3 12 4.6 4.7 5.8
1975 31 CLE AL 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 2 67% 47.3 61 33 4 3 1 2 2.4 2.1 5.7
1975 31 OAK AL 22 21 11 4 6 5 1 13 8 .619 3 2 2 0 8 38% 52.0 77 20 15 2 2 10 4.9 5.1 5.8
1976 32 OAK AL 27 15 4 1 10 2 0 5 10 .333 2 4 0 0 4 27% 46.2 64 26 17 10 4 6 5.2 5.6 5.1
11 Yrs 306 229 80 79 70 15 23 112 117 .489 25 26 29 10 125 55% 51 93 17 201 82 42 78 4.1 4.1 6.1
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 112 -5 4.0 3.9 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
1966 22 WSA AL 13 6 2 0 3 3 0 3 0% 3 0 1 1 100% 7 .986 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 5 4 1 4 2 4.3
1968 24 WSA AL 46 36 10 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 28 8 29% 8 .774 5 10 18 2 3 31 13 23 27 1 27 4 7.1
1969 25 WSA AL 31 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 4 .935 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 3 4 0 4 1 8.4
1970 26 WSA AL 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 1.102 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
1973 29 TOT AL 29 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% .999 0 1 2 1 0 4 2 3 3 0 3 2 5.6
1973 29 CLE AL 22 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 1.030 0 1 2 1 0 4 2 3 3 0 3 2 5.6
1974 30 CLE AL 25 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 6 .881 0 1 5 0 0 7 4 3 6 0 7 0 7.9
1975 31 TOT AL 28 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% .959 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 8.8
1975 31 CLE AL 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 1 .689 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 11.7
1975 31 OAK AL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1.027 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1976 32 OAK AL 27 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 50% 2 .802 1 5 4 2 0 10 11 1 9 1 9 1 8.9
8 Yrs 228 77 26 2 6 5 2 3 40% 6 1 72 31 43% .944 13 19 37 10 5 62 38 39 57 5 58 10 7.2

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%
1966 22 WSA AL 184 63% 2.2% 10.9% 6.5% 11.4% 35% 1.58 78% 33 2 6%
1967 23 WSA AL 198 53% 1.5% 12.6% 5.1% 3.5% 18% 1.44 81% 27 6 22%
1968 24 WSA AL 581 60% 1.6% 10.8% 6.0% 7.2% 30% 1.57 80% 87 13 15%
1969 25 WSA AL 762 54% 1.4% 13.0% 5.1% 5.4% 26% 1.24 80% 108 12 11%
1970 26 WSA AL 950 52% 1.7% 14.1% 7.5% 7.1% 32% 1.10 76% 152 18 12%
1971 27 WSA AL 993 51% 2.9% 11.4% 7.2% 7.6% 31% 1.17 77% 174 26 15%
1972 28 TEX AL 738 53% 1.5% 14.2% 6.5% 7.5% 30% 1.14 76% 143 16 11%
1973 29 TOT AL 623 57% 4.0% 8.8% 7.4% 8.7% 31% 0.89 78% 144 12 8%
1973 29 TEX AL 176 56% 3.4% 8.0% 9.7% 6.3% 26% 0.68 78% 34 4 12%
1973 29 CLE AL 447 58% 4.3% 9.2% 6.5% 9.6% 33% 1.00 78% 110 8 7%
1974 30 CLE AL 529 60% 2.5% 10.6% 5.5% 7.9% 33% 1.00 81% 76 7 9%
1975 31 TOT AL 627 54% 2.4% 8.5% 5.1% 5.9% 26% 0.70 82% 93 6 6%
1975 31 CLE AL 127 68% 2.4% 8.7% 6.3% 4.7% 18% 0.87 80% 27 2 7%
1975 31 OAK AL 500 50% 2.4% 8.4% 4.8% 6.2% 28% 0.67 83% 66 4 6%
1976 32 OAK AL 459 54% 2.8% 7.4% 4.1% 8.5% 33% 1.28 84% 77 11 14%
11 Yrs 6644 55% 2.2% 11.4% 6.2% 7.2% 30% 1.12 79% 1114 129 12%
MLB Averages 46% 1.9% 14.4% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1966 22 WSA AL 184 60 4 0 4 2 2 0 4 17 10 0 59% 4 3 0 70 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967 23 WSA AL 198 38 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 5 4 0 80% 4 0 0 54 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 24 WSA AL 581 139 9 0 15 6 3 1 8 33 16 3 48% 11 4 1 193 6 7 46% 3 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 0
1969 25 WSA AL 762 156 11 0 7 8 3 3 8 28 14 4 50% 7 2 1 234 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1970 26 WSA AL 950 212 16 1 20 8 8 10 6 41 22 5 54% 6 4 0 312 10 7 59% 10 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
1971 27 WSA AL 993 245 29 0 12 11 18 18 11 51 18 3 35% 8 2 4 340 9 12 43% 8 11 0 1 1 0 3 1 17 0
1972 28 TEX AL 738 183 11 0 20 7 4 4 7 38 18 7 47% 17 2 0 271 4 12 25% 4 10 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 0
1973 29 TOT AL 623 172 25 2 11 15 10 12 13 30 15 2 50% 9 5 0 242 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 8 0
1973 29 TEX AL 176 42 6 0 2 5 1 1 5 8 3 1 38% 1 2 0 61 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 29 CLE AL 447 130 19 2 9 10 9 11 8 22 12 1 55% 8 3 0 181 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 0
1974 30 CLE AL 529 126 13 0 4 10 3 7 6 19 10 2 53% 7 3 0 175 18 6 75% 15 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
1975 31 TOT AL 627 145 15 0 7 9 6 6 9 25 12 2 48% 8 1 3 204 21 6 78% 20 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
1975 31 CLE AL 127 33 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 9 5 0 56% 3 0 0 47 8 3 73% 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 31 OAK AL 500 112 12 0 4 7 5 4 8 16 7 2 44% 5 1 3 157 13 3 81% 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1976 32 OAK AL 459 118 13 1 7 3 10 8 5 23 13 1 57% 7 2 1 165 10 3 77% 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
11 Yrs 6644 1594 149 4 109 79 70 70 79 310 152 29 49% 88 28 10 2260 93 64 59% 83 56 5 8 5 0 10 3 97 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+
1966 22 2 6 .250 7.62 13 7 2 0 0 0 39.0 60 36 33 4 12 4 20 0 0 3 184 46 1.846 13.8 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.67 46
1967 23 5 7 .417 4.28 20 14 2 2 1 0 90.1 98 48 43 7 22 6 45 0 0 3 382 78 1.328 9.8 0.7 2.2 4.5 2.05 78
1968 24 7 16 .304 3.92 66 24 12 2 1 1 229.1 237 111 100 16 57 11 108 4 0 7 963 78 1.282 9.3 0.6 2.2 4.2 1.89 78
1969 25 21 21 .500 3.13 97 50 15 7 3 2 422.1 393 170 147 27 96 11 207 6 1 9 1725 104 1.158 8.4 0.6 2.0 4.4 2.16 104
1970 26 37 33 .529 3.09 133 84 16 14 6 2 653.0 605 251 224 43 167 19 341 8 1 13 2676 108 1.182 8.3 0.6 2.3 4.7 2.04 108
1971 27 49 49 .500 3.26 168 119 16 21 7 2 889.2 850 361 322 72 238 28 454 13 1 15 3669 102 1.223 8.6 0.7 2.4 4.6 1.91 102
1972 28 57 59 .491 3.32 197 148 16 22 8 2 1063.0 1033 448 392 83 286 34 559 19 1 17 4406 99 1.241 8.7 0.7 2.4 4.7 1.95 99
1973 29 60 72 .455 3.58 226 172 19 25 9 2 1200.1 1205 546 478 108 332 40 614 26 1 22 5028 94 1.280 9.0 0.8 2.5 4.6 1.85 94
1974 30 67 77 .465 3.63 251 190 21 27 10 2 1327.2 1331 615 536 121 361 43 670 27 2 25 5557 93 1.274 9.0 0.8 2.4 4.5 1.86 93
1975 31 78 83 .484 3.63 279 214 24 29 10 2 1479.0 1476 682 597 136 393 47 723 33 2 26 6184 94 1.264 9.0 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.84 94
1976 32 82 85 .491 3.67 306 229 26 29 10 2 1591.0 1594 736 648 149 412 48 757 34 2 28 6643 93 1.261 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.84 93

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
1966 22 1 3 .250 9.25 36.0 64 41 37 4 13 18 0 2.139 16.0 3.3 4.5 1.38 1.0 13
1967 23 4 1 .800 2.44 48.0 43 14 13 3 11 23 0 1.125 8.1 2.1 4.3 2.09 0.6 7
1968 24 5 8 .385 5.47 125.0 160 84 76 10 40 57 5 1.600 11.5 2.9 4.1 1.43 0.7 46
1969 25 14 6 .700 2.59 184.0 166 59 53 12 42 94 2 1.130 8.1 2.1 4.6 2.24 0.6 31
1970 26 13 11 .542 3.58 216.0 225 96 86 17 75 126 2 1.389 9.4 3.1 5.3 1.68 0.7 36
1971 27 9 14 .391 4.94 215.0 270 131 118 32 78 103 6 1.619 11.3 3.3 4.3 1.32 1.3 35
1972 28 6 12 .333 5.33 162.0 219 107 96 13 57 98 7 1.704 12.2 3.2 5.4 1.72 0.7 29
1973 29 4 10 .286 6.56 129.0 180 104 94 26 48 52 7 1.767 12.6 3.3 3.6 1.08 1.8 29
1974 30 5 8 .385 5.03 120.0 136 74 67 14 31 53 1 1.392 10.2 2.3 4.0 1.71 1.1 25
1975 31 7 9 .438 4.34 145.0 156 78 70 16 34 51 6 1.310 9.7 2.1 3.2 1.50 1.0 28
1976 32 4 7 .364 5.50 103.0 132 70 63 15 21 31 1 1.485 11.5 1.8 2.7 1.48 1.3 27
11 Yrs 72 89 .447 4.69 1483.0 1751 858 773 162 450 706 37 1.484 10.6 4.3 1.57 1.0 306

* 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.2 (8th)
1970 AL  4.1 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL  2.19 (1st)
1970 AL  3.00 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1970 AL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1969 AL  .737 (4th)
1975 AL  .647 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.010 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  7.275 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  1.819 (2nd)
Career  2.331 (207th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  29 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  2.539 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  0.513 (5th)
1970 AL  0.624 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1971 AL  16 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1971 AL  98 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 AL  158 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  26 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  2.8 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  28.74 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.0 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.3 (8th)
1970 AL  1.9 (9th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jim Colborn (973)
  2. Bob Muncrief (963)
  3. Hal Brown (962)
  4. Jim Merritt (960)
  5. Danny Cox (958)
  6. Larry Christenson (958)
  7. Carl Morton (954)
  8. Gene Conley (952)
  9. Bill Wegman (950)
  10. Luke Hamlin (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Rasty Wright (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Oeschger (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Gromek (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Drago (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Danny Cox (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rick Langford (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Drago (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Colborn (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Colborn (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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