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Dick Bosman
Richard Allen Bosman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: February 17, 1944 in Kenosha, WI
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1966
Final Game: September 19, 1976
Relatives: Cousin of Duane Kuiper
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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 0 198 179 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 2 762 157 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 88 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 87 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 88 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 92 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 1 500 103 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 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

Postseason Pitching

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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
1975 31 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 200 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 309 266 11 33 4 0 0 11 0 0 15 100 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 37 2 0 28 0 0
TEX (8 yrs) 199 382 329 14 41 5 0 0 14 0 0 19 124 .125 .172 .140 .312 -8 46 3 0 34 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 WSA AL 22 P 13 7 39.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.92 0.31 .950 1.98 0.75
1967 WSA AL 23 P 7 7 51.1 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.75 1.43 .964 1.96 0.74
1968 WSA AL 24 P 46 10 139.0 30 8 21 1 2 .967 1.88 0.63 .957 1.89 0.73
1969 WSA AL 25 P 31 26 193.0 51 18 32 1 1 .980 2.33 1.61 .949 1.88 0.69 MVP-26
1970 WSA AL 26 P 36 34 230.2 51 19 32 0 3 1.000 1.99 1.42 .949 1.86 0.67
1971 WSA AL 27 P 35 35 236.2 49 21 27 1 1 .980 1.83 1.37 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 TEX AL 28 P 29 29 173.1 46 17 28 1 3 .978 2.34 1.55 .948 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT AL 29 P 29 24 137.1 27 8 17 2 0 .926 1.64 0.86 .952 1.85 0.86
1973 TEX AL 29 P 7 7 40.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.34 0.86 .950 1.85 0.86
1973 CLE AL 29 P 22 17 97.0 21 7 12 2 0 .905 1.76 0.86 .952 1.86 0.86
1974 CLE AL 30 P 25 18 127.1 19 8 8 3 0 .842 1.13 0.64 .953 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT AL 31 P 28 24 151.4 26 6 20 0 0 1.000 1.55 0.93 .935 1.87 0.85
1975 CLE AL 31 P 6 3 28.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88 1.00 .933 1.88 0.85
1975 OAK AL 31 P 22 21 122.2 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.91 .935 1.87 0.85
1976 OAK AL 32 P 27 15 112.0 29 9 19 1 2 .966 2.25 1.04 .948 1.87 0.85
11 Seasons P 306 229 1591.0 343 119 213 11 12 .968 1.88 1.08 .950 1.89 0.77
11 Seasons TOT 306 229 1591.0 343 119 213 11 12 .968 1.88 1.08 .918 1.89 0.77

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 (1456th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 AL--2.192--1st
1970 AL--3.004--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--201st

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--2.538--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL--.513--5th
1970 AL--.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--157--1st

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (976), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1026), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (896), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1963 first-year draft.

November 30, 1964: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the San Francisco Giants in the 1964 minor league draft.

May 10, 1973: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Ted Ford to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Dunning.

May 20, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Jim Perry to the Oakland Athletics for Blue Moon Odom and cash.

March 29, 1977: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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