Ralph Botting
Ralph Wayne Botting
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 12, 1955 in Houlton, ME
High School: Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1979
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1979 24 CAL AL 2 0 1.000 8.80 12 1 5 0 0 0 29.2 46 30 29 6 15 1 22 1 1 4 146 46 2.056 14.0 1.8 4.6 6.7 1.47
1980 25 CAL AL 0 3 .000 5.81 6 6 0 0 0 0 26.1 40 20 17 1 13 0 12 0 0 2 130 67 2.013 13.7 0.3 4.4 4.1 0.92
2 Seasons 2 3 .400 7.39 18 7 5 0 0 0 56.0 86 50 46 7 28 1 34 1 1 6 276 54 2.036 13.8 1.1 4.5 5.5 1.21
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .400 7.39 49 19 14 0 0 0 152 234 136 125 19 76 3 92 3 3 16 751 54 2.036 13.8 1.1 4.5 5.5 1.21

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1979 24 CAL AL 12 146 127 30 46 8 2 6 1 2 15 22 .362 .428 .598 1.026 .396 76 2 1 1 2 1
1980 25 CAL AL 6 130 115 20 40 9 1 1 6 1 13 12 .348 .411 .470 .880 .379 54 1 0 1 1 0
2 Seasons 18 276 242 50 86 17 3 7 7 3 28 34 .355 .420 .537 .957 .387 130 3 1 2 3 1
162 Game Avg. 49 751 658 136 234 46 8 19 19 8 76 92 .355 .420 .537 .957 .387 354 8 3 5 8 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1979 24 CAL AL 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 67 67 67 12 3 0 1 5.0 5.6 7.7
1980 25 CAL AL 6 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 2 1 0 0 3 50% 39 53 27 8 2 0 3 4.3 3.3 4.4
2 Seasons 18 7 1 3 3 0 0 3 4 .429 2 1 0 0 4 57% 43 67 27 20 5 0 4 4.4 3.9 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1979 24 CAL AL 12 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 8 67% 7 0.436 1 5 5 2 0 9 7 4 7 3 8 0 6.0
1 Season 12 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 8 67% 0.436 1 5 5 2 0 9 7 4 7 3 8 0 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1979 24 CAL AL 146 54% 4.1% 15.1% 10.3% 11.0% 35% 0.75 69% 28 2 7%
1980 25 CAL AL 130 81% 0.8% 9.2% 10.0% 8.5% 28% 0.51 79% 17 1 6%
2 Seasons 276 67% 2.5% 12.3% 10.1% 9.8% 31% 0.62 74% 45 3 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1979 24 CAL AL 146 46 6 0 7 3 3 1 5 13 11 3 85% 1 4 1 48 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1980 25 CAL AL 130 40 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 4 0 57% 1 2 0 53 6 1 86% 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
2 Seasons 276 86 7 0 8 4 3 2 5 20 15 3 75% 2 6 1 101 7 3 70% 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1979 24 2 0 1.000 8.80 12 1 5 0 0 0 29.2 46 30 29 6 15 1 22 1 1 4 146 46 2.056 14.0 1.8 4.6 6.7 1.47 46
1980 25 2 3 .400 7.39 18 7 5 0 0 0 56.0 86 50 46 7 28 1 34 1 1 6 276 54 2.036 13.8 1.1 4.5 5.5 1.21 54

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 24 0 3 .000 10.33 27.0 48 34 31 6 16 20 1 2.370 16.0 5.3 6.7 1.25 2.0 12
1980 25 0 2 .000 6.84 25.0 42 21 19 1 14 11 0 2.240 15.1 5.0 4.0 0.79 0.4 6
2 Seasons 0 5 .000 8.65 52.0 90 55 50 7 30 31 1 2.308 15.6 5.4 1.03 1.2 18

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