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Dave Boswell

David Wilson Boswell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 20, 1945 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1964
Teams (by GP): Twins/Orioles/Tigers 1964-1971

Final Game: September 17, 1971
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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
1964 19 MIN AL 2 0 1.000 4.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 21 11 11 4 12 1 25 0 0 1 101 86 1.414 8.1 1.5 4.6 9.6 2.08
1965 20 MIN AL 6 5 .545 3.40 27 12 1 1 0 0 106.0 77 43 40 20 46 0 85 5 0 1 435 105 1.160 6.5 1.7 3.9 7.2 1.85
1966 21 MIN AL 12 5 .706 3.14 28 21 3 8 1 0 169.1 120 66 59 19 65 2 173 5 0 12 691 115 1.093 6.4 1.0 3.5 9.2 2.66
1967 22 MIN AL 14 12 .538 3.27 37 32 1 11 3 0 222.2 162 84 81 14 107 5 204 7 0 7 923 107 1.208 6.5 0.6 4.3 8.2 1.91
1968 23 MIN AL 10 13 .435 3.32 34 28 0 7 2 0 190.0 148 79 70 19 87 2 143 7 0 9 799 95 1.237 7.0 0.9 4.1 6.8 1.64
1969 24 MIN AL 20 12 .625 3.23 39 38 0 10 0 0 256.1 215 105 92 18 99 2 190 8 0 10 1070 115 1.225 7.5 0.6 3.5 6.7 1.92
1970 25 MIN AL 3 7 .300 6.42 18 15 1 0 0 0 68.2 80 55 49 12 44 3 45 2 0 3 325 59 1.806 10.5 1.6 5.8 5.9 1.02
1971 26 TOT AL 1 2 .333 4.66 18 1 7 0 0 0 29.0 35 19 15 4 21 1 17 0 0 1 143 75 1.931 10.9 1.2 6.5 5.3 0.81
1971 26 DET AL 0 0 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 22 64 2.077 6.2 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50
1971 26 BAL AL 1 2 .333 4.38 15 1 6 0 0 0 24.2 32 16 12 4 15 1 14 0 0 1 121 78 1.905 11.7 1.5 5.5 5.1 0.93
8 Yrs 68 56 .548 3.52 205 151 13 37 6 0 1065.1 858 462 417 110 481 16 882 34 0 44 4487 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .548 3.52 39 29 2 7 1 0 203 164 88 80 21 92 3 168 6 0 8 857 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83
MIN (7 yrs) 67 54 .554 3.49 187 150 6 37 6 0 1036.1 823 443 402 106 460 15 865 34 0 43 4344 101 1.238 7.1 0.9 4.0 7.5 1.88
BAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.38 15 1 6 0 0 0 24.2 32 16 12 4 15 1 14 0 0 1 121 78 1.905 11.7 1.5 5.5 5.1 0.93
DET (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 22 64 2.077 6.2 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50

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
1964 19 MIN AL 23.1 4 4 11 4.24 3.73 0.07 0.07 105.0 3.91 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .485 .500 $
1965 20 MIN AL 106.0 27 12 43 3.65 3.82 0.38 -0.00 102.6 3.53 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .496 .499 $
1966 21 MIN AL 169.1 28 21 66 3.51 3.88 0.30 0.05 103.7 3.76 7 0.9 .9 -0.1 2.0 19 .531 .505 $10,000
1967 22 MIN AL 222.2 37 32 84 3.40 3.71 -0.15 0.05 106.1 4.15 22 2.8 .8 -0.1 4.3 36 .575 .517 $19,000
1968 23 MIN AL 190.0 34 28 79 3.74 3.39 -0.04 0.04 104.7 3.64 -0 -0.0 .7 -0.1 1.3 12 .500 .500 $
1969 24 MIN AL 256.1 39 38 105 3.69 3.97 0.10 0.07 102.6 4.04 12 1.4 3.2 -0.1 3.1 32 .535 .508 $
1970 25 MIN AL 68.2 18 15 55 7.21 3.97 0.34 0.06 101.5 3.75 -26 -2.5 .1 0.0 -1.9 -19 .362 .485 $40,000
1971 26 DET AL 4.1 3 0 3 6.23 4.37 -0.05 -0.19 99.0 4.19 -1 -0.1 .1 0.0 0.0 -1 .463 .499 $
1971 26 BAL AL 24.2 15 1 16 5.84 3.81 0.39 -0.11 97.9 3.23 -7 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.4 -5 .448 .495 $
8 Seasons 1065.1 205 151 462 3.90 3.78 0.10 0.04 103.7 3.86 6 1.5 .7 -0.4 9.1 82 .507 .501 $69,000
MIN (7 yrs) 1036.1 187 150 443 3.85 3.77 0.10 0.05 103.9 3.87 14 2.4 .9 -0.6 9.5 88 .513 .502 $69,000
BAL (1 yr) 24.2 15 1 16 5.84 3.81 0.39 -0.11 97.9 3.23 -7 -0.8 .5 0.1 -0.4 -5 .448 .495 $
DET (1 yr) 4.1 3 0 3 6.23 4.37 -0.05 -0.19 99.0 4.19 -1 -0.1 .1 0.0 0.0 -1 .463 .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
1965 20 MIN AL WS L LAD 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 10.1 1.50
1969 24 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 0.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 1 1 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 43 1.313 5.9 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 1.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.1 10 2 2 0 9 1 7 0 0 1 56 1.425 6.8 0.0 6.1 4.7 0.78
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 0.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 1 1 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 43 1.313 5.9 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
1 WS 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 10.1 1.50

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
1964 19 MIN AL 4 101 89 11 21 3 1 4 1 0 12 25 .236 .327 .427 .754 .283 38 2 0 0 0 1 0
1965 20 MIN AL 27 435 378 43 77 5 1 20 1 3 46 85 .204 .298 .381 .679 .209 144 10 5 6 0 0 5
1966 21 MIN AL 28 691 609 66 120 18 4 19 8 7 65 173 .197 .279 .333 .612 .241 203 7 5 10 2 2 8
1967 22 MIN AL 37 922 801 84 162 19 3 14 9 10 107 204 .202 .301 .286 .587 .253 229 13 7 5 2 5 7
1968 23 MIN AL 34 799 694 79 148 20 1 19 15 7 87 143 .213 .305 .327 .632 .240 227 15 7 6 5 2 12
1969 24 MIN AL 39 1069 952 105 215 31 7 18 14 10 99 190 .226 .303 .330 .633 .264 314 15 8 7 3 2 15
1970 25 MIN AL 18 325 274 55 80 16 3 12 6 1 44 45 .292 .390 .504 .894 .309 138 8 2 2 3 3 4
1971 26 BAL AL 15 121 105 16 32 5 0 4 2 1 15 14 .305 .388 .467 .855 .318 49 2 0 0 1 1 2
1971 26 DET AL 3 22 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 .200 .409 .200 .609 .231 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
1971 26 TOT AL 18 143 120 19 35 5 0 4 3 1 21 17 .292 .392 .433 .825 .307 52 2 0 0 2 1 2
8 Yrs 205 4485 3917 462 858 117 20 110 57 39 481 882 .219 .309 .343 .652 .254 1345 72 34 36 17 16 53
162 Game Avg. 39 857 748 88 164 22 4 21 11 7 92 168 .219 .309 .343 .652 .254 257 14 6 7 3 3 10
MLB Averages .247 .313 .368 .681 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1964 19 MIN AL -0.9 -0.1 103 0.1 1.9 -1.8 1.03 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.03 0.4 0 0 0
1965 20 MIN AL 3.2 0.4 442 0.3 7.6 -7.3 .97 0.0 0.3 4.9 0.5 0.97 -0.1 4 4 7
1966 21 MIN AL 9.0 1.0 717 1.0 12.0 -11.0 .97 1.3 -0.2 15.6 1.7 0.97 15.4 1 1 5
1967 22 MIN AL 7.9 0.9 951 1.2 16.4 -15.2 1.02 1.8 -0.6 9.8 1.1 1.02 15.9 0 2 3
1968 23 MIN AL -3.0 -0.4 833 -0.3 14.1 -14.4 1.05 -1.2 0.9 0.5 0.1 1.05 -9.2 0 2 4
1969 24 MIN AL 12.8 1.4 1110 1.0 20.7 -19.7 1.09 1.9 -1.0 11.8 1.2 1.09 21.4 1 0 0
1970 25 MIN AL -19.4 -1.9 335 -2.2 4.5 -6.7 .93 -2.2 -0.2 -21.8 -2.1 0.93 -22.3 0 0 3
1971 26 TOT AL -4.7 -0.5 150 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 .48 -0.8 -0.6 -11.1 -1.2 0.48 -8.2 2 0 15
1971 26 DET AL -0.9 -0.1 24 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .27 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.27 -0.5 0 0 3
1971 26 BAL AL -3.9 -0.4 126 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 .52 -0.8 -0.4 -10.4 -1.1 0.52 -7.7 2 0 12
8 Yrs 4.8 0.7 4641 0.4 78.1 -77.7 1.01 0.8 -0.4 10.7 1.4 1.01 13.5 8 9 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
1964 19 MIN AL 4 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 2 50% 53.2 75 39 3 2 1 2 4.2 4.3 5.8
1965 20 MIN AL 27 12 5 3 4 2 0 9 3 .750 0 3 1 0 5 42% 56.0 72 32 19 4 7 4 4.8 4.3 5.9
1966 21 MIN AL 28 21 12 5 4 4 2 14 7 .667 3 1 8 1 12 57% 61.5 95 36 14 9 12 7 4.9 5.1 7.3
1967 22 MIN AL 37 32 14 12 6 1 3 18 14 .563 2 3 11 3 18 56% 58.2 84 26 26 8 15 6 3.9 4.1 6.5
1968 23 MIN AL 34 28 10 13 5 2 4 13 15 .464 1 3 7 2 16 57% 55.4 89 26 24 8 12 7 3.5 3.2 6.4
1969 24 MIN AL 39 38 20 12 6 3 1 23 15 .605 1 4 10 0 21 55% 56.4 86 21 26 4 29 4 4.9 5.0 6.7
1970 25 MIN AL 18 15 3 7 5 2 0 5 10 .333 0 4 0 0 2 13% 41.1 68 23 16 6 7 6 5.2 4.0 4.4
1971 26 TOT AL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 19 5 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.7
1971 26 BAL AL 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50.0 50 50 17 4 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.7
8 Yrs 202 151 66 53 32 14 10 84 67 .556 8 19 37 6 76 50% 56 95 21 145 45 83 37 4.4 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 116 0 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1965 20 MIN AL 27 15 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 5 .968 4 4 7 3 1 11 5 10 12 2 12 0 7.1
1966 21 MIN AL 28 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 4 .970 1 1 5 0 1 6 3 4 6 1 6 0 6.4
1967 22 MIN AL 37 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 1.021 0 2 3 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 3 1 8.2
1968 23 MIN AL 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 1.052 0 2 4 0 0 6 3 3 4 1 4 0 6.0
1969 24 MIN AL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 12 1.092 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1970 25 MIN AL 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 .932 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 2.7
1971 26 TOT AL 18 17 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% .482 2 0 15 1 1 15 6 11 8 5 9 2 4.1
1971 26 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .268 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 4.3
1971 26 BAL AL 15 14 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 7 .521 2 0 12 1 1 12 6 8 6 5 7 2 4.1
7 Yrs 201 54 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 39 12 31% 1.006 8 9 37 4 4 46 22 32 34 13 35 3 5.7

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%
1964 19 MIN AL 101 63% 4.0% 24.8% 11.9% 7.9% 38% 1.14 59% 15 2 13%
1965 20 MIN AL 435 62% 4.6% 19.5% 10.6% 6.0% 34% 0.92 63% 68 10 15%
1966 21 MIN AL 691 58% 2.8% 25.0% 9.4% 5.9% 34% 0.97 61% 111 7 6%
1967 22 MIN AL 922 54% 1.5% 22.1% 11.6% 3.9% 22% 0.84 63% 167 13 8%
1968 23 MIN AL 799 60% 2.4% 17.9% 10.9% 5.0% 27% 0.85 67% 141 15 11%
1969 24 MIN AL 1069 53% 1.7% 17.8% 9.3% 5.2% 26% 0.87 70% 190 15 8%
1970 25 MIN AL 325 49% 3.7% 13.9% 13.5% 9.5% 39% 0.99 68% 60 8 13%
1971 26 TOT AL 143 57% 2.8% 11.9% 14.7% 6.3% 26% 0.82 71% 21 2 10%
1971 26 DET AL 22 73% 0.0% 13.6% 27.3% 0.0% 0% 0.43 59% 6 0 0%
1971 26 BAL AL 121 55% 3.3% 11.6% 12.4% 7.4% 28% 0.90 73% 15 2 13%
8 Yrs 4485 56% 2.5% 19.7% 10.7% 5.5% 29% 0.89 66% 773 72 9%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.5% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.11 73% 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
1964 19 MIN AL 101 21 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 37 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 20 MIN AL 435 77 20 1 5 11 9 14 6 9 4 0 44% 5 1 2 141 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 21 MIN AL 691 120 19 0 10 11 8 12 7 31 16 11 52% 8 12 1 233 8 7 53% 7 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 18 0
1967 22 MIN AL 922 162 14 0 15 4 10 7 7 39 17 4 44% 7 7 2 315 9 10 47% 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
1968 23 MIN AL 799 148 19 0 17 14 5 9 10 28 11 6 39% 12 9 1 295 15 7 68% 13 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1969 24 MIN AL 1069 215 18 0 20 11 7 14 4 58 22 15 38% 15 10 2 365 14 10 58% 11 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 19 0
1970 25 MIN AL 325 80 12 0 9 3 9 2 10 22 10 4 45% 4 3 0 126 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 26 TOT AL 143 35 4 0 3 3 1 0 4 6 4 0 67% 2 1 2 57 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1971 26 DET AL 22 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 26 BAL AL 121 32 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 5 3 0 60% 2 1 1 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Yrs 4485 858 110 1 80 59 51 60 50 195 84 41 43% 53 44 10 1569 57 39 59% 50 34 6 3 1 2 2 0 86 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1964 19 2 0 1.000 4.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 21 11 11 4 12 1 25 0 0 1 101 86 1.414 8.1 1.5 4.6 9.6 2.08 86
1965 20 8 5 .615 3.55 31 16 1 1 0 0 129.1 98 54 51 24 58 1 110 5 0 2 536 101 1.206 6.8 1.7 4.0 7.7 1.90 101
1966 21 20 10 .667 3.31 59 37 4 9 1 0 298.2 218 120 110 43 123 3 283 10 0 14 1227 109 1.142 6.6 1.3 3.7 8.5 2.30 109
1967 22 34 22 .607 3.30 96 69 5 20 4 0 521.1 380 204 191 57 230 8 487 17 0 21 2150 108 1.170 6.6 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.12 108
1968 23 44 35 .557 3.30 130 97 5 27 6 0 711.1 528 283 261 76 317 10 630 24 0 30 2949 104 1.188 6.7 1.0 4.0 8.0 1.99 104
1969 24 64 47 .577 3.28 169 135 5 37 6 0 967.2 743 388 353 94 416 12 820 32 0 40 4019 107 1.198 6.9 0.9 3.9 7.6 1.97 107
1970 25 67 54 .554 3.49 187 150 6 37 6 0 1036.1 823 443 402 106 460 15 865 34 0 43 4344 101 1.238 7.1 0.9 4.0 7.5 1.88 101
1971 26 68 56 .548 3.52 205 151 13 37 6 0 1065.1 858 462 417 110 481 16 882 34 0 44 4487 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83 100

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
1964 19 1 1 .500 4.91 22.0 22 13 12 4 13 23 0 1.591 9.0 5.3 9.4 1.77 1.6 4
1965 20 6 5 .545 3.83 101.0 80 48 43 21 48 81 5 1.267 7.1 4.3 7.2 1.69 1.9 27
1966 21 10 8 .556 3.47 166.0 125 71 64 20 68 169 5 1.163 6.8 3.7 9.2 2.49 1.1 28
1967 22 12 11 .522 3.84 211.0 171 100 90 15 113 193 7 1.346 7.3 4.8 8.2 1.71 0.6 37
1968 23 8 11 .421 4.45 176.0 165 97 87 21 97 133 8 1.489 8.4 5.0 6.8 1.37 1.1 34
1969 24 15 12 .556 3.59 246.0 222 109 98 19 102 182 8 1.317 8.1 3.7 6.7 1.78 0.7 39
1970 25 2 5 .286 7.06 65.0 82 57 51 12 45 43 2 1.954 11.4 6.2 6.0 0.96 1.7 18
1971 26 1 2 .333 5.79 28.0 38 20 18 4 23 16 0 2.179 12.2 7.4 5.1 0.70 1.3 18
8 Yrs 55 55 .500 4.11 1015.0 905 515 463 116 509 840 35 1.393 8.0 7.4 1.65 1.0 205

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1967 AL  5.2 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1967 AL  4.3 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1967 AL  14 (10th)
1969 AL  20 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 AL  .706 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1966 AL  1.093 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL  6.378 (2nd)
1967 AL  6.548 (2nd)
1969 AL  7.549 (10th)
Career  7.248 (20th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL  9.195 (2nd)
1967 AL  8.246 (3rd)
1968 AL  6.774 (10th)
1969 AL  6.671 (8th)
Career  7.451 (65th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1969 AL  256.3 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1966 AL  173 (8th)
1967 AL  204 (7th)
1969 AL  190 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1969 AL  38 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL  107 (4th)
1968 AL  87 (5th)
1969 AL  99 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  2.662 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL  0.566 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 AL  12 (2nd)
1968 AL  9 (8th)
1969 AL  10 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL  7 (8th)
1969 AL  8 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 AL  1,070 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1964 AL  born 1945-01-20 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 35 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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