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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 1:02PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #909. Jack Kramer… #910. Lary Sorensen… #911. Justin Thompson… #912. DICK BOSMAN… #913. Monty Stratton… #914. Mickey Haefner… #915. Walt Masterson… 

Standard Pitching

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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 0 198 180 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 70 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 Seasons 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 99 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1966 22 WSA AL 39.0 7 36 19 1 1.0 -17 -1.9 $
1967 23 WSA AL 51.1 7 12 23 0 .9 11 1.3 $
1968 24 WSA AL 139.0 10 63 69 -8 .8 6 0.3 $
1969 25 WSA AL 193.0 26 59 95 4 .9 36 3.9 $ MVP-26
1970 26 WSA AL 230.2 34 81 118 7 1.1 37 4.4 $
1971 27 WSA AL 236.2 35 110 122 -5 .9 12 1.3 $
1972 28 TEX AL 173.1 29 87 82 -3 1.2 -5 -0.7 $
1973 29 TEX AL 40.1 7 24 25 -3 .9 1 0.1 $
1973 29 CLE AL 97.0 17 74 63 -4 1.0 -11 -1.2 $
1974 30 CLE AL 127.1 18 69 66 3 .9 -3 -0.3 $
1975 31 CLE AL 28.2 3 17 16 0 .7 -1 -0.1 $
1975 31 OAK AL 122.2 21 50 63 4 1.0 13 1.4 $
1976 32 OAK AL 112.0 15 54 58 -1 .8 4 0.3 $
11 Seasons 1591.0 229 736 819 -5 1.0 83 8.8 $
TEX (8 yrs) 1103.1 155 472 553 -7 1.0 81 8.7 $
CLE (3 yrs) 253.0 38 160 145 -1 .9 -15 -1.6 $
OAK (2 yrs) 234.2 36 104 121 3 .9 17 1.7 $

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

Standard Batting

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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 51 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 22 WSA AL 14 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1967 23 WSA AL 18 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1968 24 WSA AL 32 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1969 25 WSA AL 76 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-26
1970 26 WSA AL 87 -13 0 -1 1 0 8 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1971 27 WSA AL 88 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $30,000 1
1972 28 TEX AL 67 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
7 Seasons 382 -46 -1 -1 1 0 29 11 -7 -1.5 -7 -0.7 -0.8 $30,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1966 WSA AL 22 P 13 39.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.31 .952 1.98 1.98
1967 WSA AL 23 P 7 51.1 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.75 1.43 .957 1.96 1.96
1968 WSA AL 24 P 46 139.0 30 8 21 1 2 .967 1.88 0.63 .957 1.89 1.88
1969 WSA AL 25 P 31 193.0 51 18 32 1 1 .980 2.33 1.61 .951 1.88 1.88 MVP-26
1970 WSA AL 26 P 36 230.2 51 19 32 0 3 1.000 1.99 1.42 .951 1.86 1.85
1971 WSA AL 27 P 35 236.2 49 21 27 1 1 .980 1.83 1.37 .958 1.98 1.97
1972 TEX AL 28 P 29 173.1 46 17 28 1 3 .978 2.34 1.55 .950 1.86 1.85
1973 TOT AL 29 P 29 24 3 137.1 27 8 17 2 0 .926 1.64 0.86 .951 1.85 1.85 7 5 42% 3
1973 TEX AL 29 P 7 7 1 40.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.34 0.86 .952 1.85 1.86 2 2 50% 0
1973 CLE AL 29 P 22 17 2 97.0 21 7 12 2 0 .905 1.76 0.86 .951 1.86 1.85 5 3 38% 3
1974 CLE AL 30 P 25 127.1 19 8 8 3 0 .842 1.13 0.64 .947 1.81 1.80
1975 TOT AL 31 P 28 24 2 151.4 26 6 20 0 0 1.000 1.55 0.93 .940 1.87 1.86 21 6 22% 0
1975 CLE AL 31 P 6 3 0 28.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88 1.00 .940 1.88 1.87 8 3 27% 0
1975 OAK AL 31 P 22 21 2 122.2 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.91 .940 1.87 1.86 13 3 19% 0
1976 OAK AL 32 P 27 112.0 29 9 19 1 2 .966 2.25 1.04 .950 1.87 1.88
11 Seasons P 306 48 5 1591.0 343 119 213 11 12 .968 1.88 1.08 .951 1.89 1.88 28 11 28% 3
11 Seasons TOT 306 48 5 1591.0 343 119 213 11 12 .968 1.88 1.08 .951 1.89 1.88 28 11 28% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1498th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1970 AL  4.4 (7th)

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 (9th)

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 (9th)

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

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Danny Cox (958)
  6. Larry Christenson (958)
  7. Carl Morton (954)
  8. Gene Conley (952)
  9. Bill Wegman (950)
  10. Luke Hamlin (950)
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  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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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197127Washington Senators$30,0002/6/71 TSN
197228Cleveland Indians$46,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197329Cleveland Indians$45,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$121,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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