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Ken Brett

Kenneth Alven Brett (Kemer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 18, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1967
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Pirates/Angels/WhiteSox/Phillies/... 1967-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
Died: November 18, 2003 in Spokane, WA
Relatives: Brother of George Brett
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All-Star

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
1967 18 BOS AL 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 95 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1969 20 BOS AL 2 3 .400 5.26 8 8 0 0 0 0 39.1 41 24 23 6 22 1 23 3 1 0 178 74 1.602 9.4 1.4 5.0 5.3 1.05
1970 21 BOS AL 8 9 .471 4.07 41 14 9 1 0 2 139.1 118 71 63 17 79 6 155 3 0 4 616 98 1.414 7.6 1.1 5.1 10.0 1.96
1971 22 BOS AL 0 3 .000 5.34 29 2 10 0 0 1 59.0 57 38 35 7 35 6 57 1 0 3 264 70 1.559 8.7 1.1 5.3 8.7 1.63
1972 23 MIL AL 7 12 .368 4.53 26 22 3 2 1 0 133.0 121 76 67 13 49 9 74 1 0 3 559 67 1.278 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.51
1973 24 PHI NL 13 9 .591 3.44 31 25 2 10 1 0 211.2 206 91 81 19 74 12 111 0 0 7 882 110 1.323 8.8 0.8 3.1 4.7 1.50
1974 25 PIT NL 13 9 .591 3.30 27 27 0 10 3 0 191.0 192 81 70 9 52 9 96 2 2 4 807 105 1.277 9.0 0.4 2.5 4.5 1.85 AS
1975 26 PIT NL 9 5 .643 3.36 23 16 4 4 1 0 118.0 110 47 44 10 43 5 47 2 1 5 492 105 1.297 8.4 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.09
1976 27 TOT AL 10 12 .455 3.28 29 26 2 16 1 2 203.0 173 82 74 5 76 3 92 3 1 4 835 110 1.227 7.7 0.2 3.4 4.1 1.21
1976 27 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 3.9
1976 27 CHW AL 10 12 .455 3.32 27 26 1 16 1 1 200.2 171 82 74 5 76 3 91 3 1 4 826 108 1.231 7.7 0.2 3.4 4.1 1.20
1977 28 TOT AL 13 14 .481 4.53 34 34 0 7 0 0 224.2 258 120 113 25 53 0 80 4 2 6 950 88 1.384 10.3 1.0 2.1 3.2 1.51
1977 28 CHW AL 6 4 .600 5.01 13 13 0 2 0 0 82.2 101 47 46 10 15 0 39 1 1 2 352 83 1.403 11.0 1.1 1.6 4.2 2.60
1977 28 CAL AL 7 10 .412 4.25 21 21 0 5 0 0 142.0 157 73 67 15 38 0 41 3 1 4 598 92 1.373 10.0 1.0 2.4 2.6 1.08
1978 29 CAL AL 3 5 .375 4.95 31 10 7 1 1 1 100.0 100 60 55 12 42 5 43 1 2 1 428 74 1.420 9.0 1.1 3.8 3.9 1.02
1979 30 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 3.77 39 0 15 0 0 2 59.2 68 27 25 2 18 2 16 1 1 0 260 102 1.441 10.3 0.3 2.7 2.4 0.89
1979 30 MIN AL 0 0 4.97 9 0 1 0 0 0 12.2 16 7 7 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 58 91 1.737 11.4 0.7 4.3 2.1 0.50
1979 30 LAD NL 4 3 .571 3.45 30 0 14 0 0 2 47.0 52 20 18 1 12 2 13 1 1 0 202 106 1.362 10.0 0.2 2.3 2.5 1.08
1980 31 KCR AL 0 0 0.00 8 0 3 0 0 1 13.1 8 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 54 0.975 5.4 0.0 3.4 2.7 0.80
1981 32 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4.18 22 0 14 0 0 2 32.1 35 16 15 2 14 4 7 1 0 0 144 87 1.515 9.7 0.6 3.9 1.9 0.50
14 Yrs 83 85 .494 3.93 349 184 70 51 8 11 1526.1 1490 734 666 127 562 62 807 23 10 37 6477 94 1.344 8.8 0.7 3.3 4.8 1.44
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .494 3.93 45 23 9 7 1 1 195 190 94 85 16 72 8 103 3 1 5 826 94 1.344 8.8 0.7 3.3 4.8 1.44
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
BOS (4 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.58 79 24 20 1 0 3 239.2 219 134 122 30 136 13 237 7 1 7 1066 85 1.481 8.2 1.1 5.1 8.9 1.74
KCR (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 2.96 30 0 17 0 0 3 45.2 43 16 15 2 19 4 11 2 0 0 198 128 1.358 8.5 0.4 3.7 2.2 0.58
PIT (2 yrs) 22 14 .611 3.32 50 43 4 14 4 0 309.0 302 128 114 19 95 14 143 4 3 9 1299 105 1.285 8.8 0.6 2.8 4.2 1.51
CAL (2 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.54 52 31 7 6 1 1 242.0 257 133 122 27 80 5 84 4 3 5 1026 84 1.393 9.6 1.0 3.0 3.1 1.05
CHW (2 yrs) 16 16 .500 3.81 40 39 1 18 1 1 283.1 272 129 120 15 91 3 130 4 2 6 1178 99 1.281 8.6 0.5 2.9 4.1 1.43
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 4.97 9 0 1 0 0 0 12.2 16 7 7 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 58 91 1.737 11.4 0.7 4.3 2.1 0.50
PHI (1 yr) 13 9 .591 3.44 31 25 2 10 1 0 211.2 206 91 81 19 74 12 111 0 0 7 882 110 1.323 8.8 0.8 3.1 4.7 1.50
LAD (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.45 30 0 14 0 0 2 47.0 52 20 18 1 12 2 13 1 1 0 202 106 1.362 10.0 0.2 2.3 2.5 1.08
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.857 7.7 0.0 0.0 3.9
MIL (1 yr) 7 12 .368 4.53 26 22 3 2 1 0 133.0 121 76 67 13 49 9 74 1 0 3 559 67 1.278 8.2 0.9 3.3 5.0 1.51
AL (11 yrs) 44 59 .427 4.25 238 116 50 27 3 9 958.2 930 495 453 88 381 34 540 18 6 21 4094 87 1.368 8.7 0.8 3.6 5.1 1.42
NL (4 yrs) 39 26 .600 3.38 111 68 20 24 5 2 567.2 560 239 213 39 181 28 267 5 4 16 2383 107 1.305 8.9 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.48

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
1967 18 BOS AL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 3.33 0.22 -0.13 118.0 3.51 -0 -0.0 .1 0.0 0.0 -0 .478 .500 $
1969 20 BOS AL 39.1 8 8 24 5.49 3.98 -0.01 0.07 103.0 4.18 -5 -0.6 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .429 .496 $
1970 21 BOS AL 139.1 41 14 71 4.59 4.15 0.07 -0.02 106.9 4.34 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.8 10 .493 .498 $
1971 22 BOS AL 59.0 29 2 38 5.80 3.79 0.09 -0.14 106.7 3.81 -13 -1.4 .8 0.0 -0.9 -7 .450 .491 $
1972 23 MIL AL 133.0 26 22 76 5.14 3.68 0.19 0.05 96.6 3.41 -24 -2.8 .9 -0.1 -1.7 -15 .393 .483 $18,000
1973 24 PHI NL 211.2 31 25 91 3.87 4.07 -0.07 0.09 104.4 4.42 13 1.5 .5 -0.2 2.9 32 .547 .509 $
1974 25 PIT NL 191.0 27 27 81 3.82 4.06 -0.08 0.13 96.0 4.09 5 0.5 -0.1 1.9 24 .520 .503 $35,000 AS
1975 26 PIT NL 118.0 23 16 47 3.58 4.06 0.22 0.06 97.3 3.79 2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.1 14 .508 .501 $
1976 27 NYY AL 2.1 2 0 0 0.00 3.99 0.62 -0.33 96.2 2.92 1 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.1 1 .545 .501 $
1976 27 CHW AL 200.2 27 26 82 3.68 4.05 -0.28 0.12 100.8 4.49 19 2.3 3.7 -0.1 3.9 38 .583 .514 $
1977 28 CHW AL 82.2 13 13 47 5.12 4.64 -0.62 0.15 100.3 5.42 3 0.3 -0.0 0.9 12 .521 .502 $70,000
1977 28 CAL AL 142.0 21 21 73 4.63 4.71 -0.21 0.15 94.7 4.81 3 0.3 -0.1 1.4 19 .513 .502 $
1978 29 CAL AL 100.0 31 10 60 5.40 4.24 -0.18 -0.10 97.4 4.21 -13 -1.4 .8 -0.0 -0.5 -3 .456 .492 $156,000
1979 30 MIN AL 12.2 9 0 7 4.97 4.86 -0.02 -0.39 106.4 4.78 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .497 .500 $
1979 30 LAD NL 47.0 30 0 20 3.83 4.25 -0.25 -0.34 97.7 4.07 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.4 6 .503 .501 $
1980 31 KCR AL 13.1 8 0 0 0.00 4.65 0.14 -0.37 98.0 4.06 6 0.7 .9 -0.1 0.7 7 .582 .504 $
1981 32 KCR AL 32.1 22 0 16 4.45 3.92 0.06 -0.31 98.2 3.48 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .483 .498 $
14 Seasons 1526.1 349 184 734 4.33 4.14 -0.08 0.04 100.0 4.26 -12 -1.0 1.0 -0.9 10.6 135 .497 .500 $279,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
BOS (4 yrs) 239.2 79 24 134 5.03 4.03 0.06 -0.04 106.3 4.18 -21 -2.3 .9 -0.1 -0.4 1 .471 .496 $
KCR (2 yrs) 45.2 30 0 16 3.15 4.14 0.08 -0.33 98.1 3.65 2 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.5 6 .509 .501 $
PIT (2 yrs) 309.0 50 43 128 3.73 4.06 0.04 0.10 96.5 3.98 7 0.7 1.4 -0.1 3.0 37 .515 .502 $35,000
CAL (2 yrs) 242.0 52 31 133 4.95 4.52 -0.20 0.05 95.8 4.56 -10 -1.1 .8 -0.1 0.9 16 .479 .497 $156,000
CHW (2 yrs) 283.1 40 39 129 4.10 4.22 -0.38 0.13 100.7 4.76 21 2.5 3.7 -0.1 4.8 50 .563 .508 $70,000
MIN (1 yr) 12.2 9 0 7 4.97 4.86 -0.02 -0.39 106.4 4.78 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .497 .500 $
PHI (1 yr) 211.2 31 25 91 3.87 4.07 -0.07 0.09 104.4 4.42 13 1.5 .5 -0.2 2.9 32 .547 .509 $
LAD (1 yr) 47.0 30 0 20 3.83 4.25 -0.25 -0.34 97.7 4.07 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.4 6 .503 .501 $
NYY (1 yr) 2.1 2 0 0 0.00 3.99 0.62 -0.33 96.2 2.92 1 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.1 1 .545 .501 $
MIL (1 yr) 133.0 26 22 76 5.14 3.68 0.19 0.05 96.6 3.41 -24 -2.8 .9 -0.1 -1.7 -15 .393 .483 $18,000

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
1967 18 BOS AL WS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1974 25 PIT NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 2.143 11.6 3.9 7.7 3.9 0.50
1975 26 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 3.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 23 1.167 6.0 1.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
2 NLCS 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 18 1.286 7.7 1.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1974 PIT NL 25 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

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
1967 18 BOS AL 1 8 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 .375 .375 .625 1.000 .500 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 20 BOS AL 8 178 149 24 41 5 1 6 0 2 22 23 .275 .377 .443 .820 .289 66 4 3 3 1 1 3
1970 21 BOS AL 41 616 529 71 118 37 4 17 5 3 79 155 .223 .327 .405 .732 .283 214 4 3 4 0 6 5
1971 22 BOS AL 29 264 225 38 57 11 0 7 4 4 35 57 .253 .356 .396 .752 .311 89 3 1 3 0 6 2
1972 23 MIL AL 26 559 499 76 121 22 5 13 7 5 49 74 .242 .310 .385 .695 .260 192 12 1 7 3 9 9
1973 24 PHI NL 31 882 796 91 206 37 3 19 3 11 74 111 .259 .320 .384 .705 .279 306 23 0 8 4 12 13
1974 25 PIT NL 27 807 746 81 192 21 2 9 8 8 52 96 .257 .306 .327 .633 .284 244 11 2 4 3 9 11
1975 26 PIT NL 23 492 440 47 110 14 6 10 10 5 43 47 .250 .318 .377 .695 .259 166 9 2 4 3 5 2
1976 27 CHW AL 27 826 732 82 171 23 5 5 11 15 76 91 .234 .305 .299 .604 .257 219 14 3 6 9 3 12
1976 27 NYY AL 2 9 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .444 .667 .250 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 TOT AL 29 835 741 82 173 25 5 5 11 15 76 92 .233 .304 .301 .605 .257 223 14 3 6 9 3 12
1977 28 CAL AL 21 598 547 73 157 27 7 15 5 10 38 41 .287 .334 .444 .778 .286 243 15 3 5 5 0 5
1977 28 CHW AL 13 352 331 47 101 18 3 10 4 4 15 39 .305 .334 .468 .803 .319 155 6 1 2 3 0 3
1977 28 TOT AL 34 950 878 120 258 45 10 25 9 14 53 80 .294 .334 .453 .787 .298 398 21 4 7 8 0 8
1978 29 CAL AL 31 428 382 60 100 19 3 12 3 5 42 43 .262 .335 .421 .756 .267 161 10 1 1 2 5 4
1979 30 LAD NL 30 202 188 20 52 6 1 1 2 1 12 13 .277 .322 .335 .657 .291 63 3 1 0 1 2 1
1979 30 MIN AL 9 58 50 7 16 3 0 1 0 1 6 3 .320 .393 .440 .833 .326 22 2 0 2 0 0 0
1979 30 TOT MLB 39 260 238 27 68 9 1 2 2 2 18 16 .286 .337 .357 .694 .299 85 5 1 2 1 2 1
1980 31 KCR AL 8 54 46 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 .174 .269 .196 .465 .190 9 2 1 2 0 0 2
1981 32 KCR AL 22 144 124 16 35 8 0 2 2 0 14 7 .282 .355 .395 .750 .282 49 6 1 3 2 4 3
14 Yrs 349 6477 5801 734 1490 254 41 127 64 75 562 807 .257 .323 .380 .704 .278 2207 124 23 54 36 62 75
162 Game Avg. 45 826 740 94 190 32 5 16 8 10 72 103 .257 .323 .380 .704 .278 282 16 3 7 5 8 10
MLB Averages .254 .321 .374 .695 .280
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 18 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.03 -0.3 0 0 1
1969 20 BOS AL -4.9 -0.5 182 -0.3 3.6 -3.8 1.17 -0.3 0.1 -6.5 -0.6 1.17 -5.1 0 0 0
1970 21 BOS AL -1.2 -0.1 631 -0.9 10.9 -11.8 1.01 -0.4 -0.5 -2.8 -0.3 1.01 -6.6 7 7 12
1971 22 BOS AL -9.0 -1.0 276 -0.7 2.6 -3.3 .63 -0.3 -0.7 -11.0 -1.1 0.63 -6.4 5 4 17
1972 23 MIL AL -22.8 -2.4 573 -2.8 8.6 -11.3 .94 -1.8 -1.1 -25.0 -2.7 0.94 -19.5 1 0 3
1973 24 PHI NL 8.1 0.9 909 2.3 16.4 -14.1 .99 0.6 1.7 9.5 1.0 0.99 3.1 0 2 4
1974 25 PIT NL 3.1 0.3 828 1.0 13.2 -12.2 .97 1.9 -0.9 9.2 1.0 0.97 20.1 0 0 0
1975 26 PIT NL 3.8 0.4 516 0.9 8.3 -7.5 .94 0.3 0.6 7.7 0.8 0.94 6.2 3 0 3
1976 27 TOT AL 8.1 0.9 874 0.5 14.6 -14.1 1.01 2.4 -1.9 7.9 0.9 1.02 22.4 2 0 1
1976 27 NYY AL 1.1 0.1 9 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .40 0.0 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.40 0.7 1 0 1
1976 27 CHW AL 7.0 0.8 865 0.4 14.5 -14.1 1.02 2.3 -2.0 6.6 0.7 1.02 21.7 1 0 0
1977 28 TOT AL -10.4 -1.0 981 -1.2 15.5 -16.8 .92 -1.4 0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.92 -13.5 0 0 0
1977 28 CHW AL -6.0 -0.6 362 -0.9 5.6 -6.5 .91 -0.8 -0.2 -5.3 -0.5 0.91 -6.9 0 0 0
1977 28 CAL AL -4.4 -0.4 619 -0.3 10.0 -10.3 .92 -0.7 0.3 -0.8 -0.1 0.92 -6.6 0 0 0
1978 29 CAL AL -14.3 -1.4 444 -1.7 4.9 -6.7 .73 -0.6 -1.8 -10.8 -1.1 0.73 -6.2 3 5 13
1979 30 TOT MLB 1.2 0.1 268 -0.2 4.1 -4.3 .95 0.3 -0.5 -2.6 -0.2 0.95 1.8 13 11 14
1979 30 MIN AL -0.3 -0.0 59 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .84 -0.1 -0.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.84 -1.8 2 2 5
1979 30 LAD NL 1.5 0.2 209 0.2 3.3 -3.2 .99 0.4 -0.3 0.3 0.0 0.99 3.6 11 9 9
1980 31 KCR AL 6.2 0.6 55 0.0 0.6 -0.6 .90 0.3 -0.2 5.3 0.6 0.90 4.7 2 3 2
1981 32 KCR AL -1.6 -0.2 148 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 .50 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.50 -2.1 5 5 11
14 Yrs -33.8 -3.4 6694 -3.4 104.4 -107.8 .93 0.7 -4.3 -25.2 -2.4 0.93 -1.4 41 37 81
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1969 20 BOS AL 8 8 2 3 3 0 1 5 3 .625 0 1 0 0 4 50% 46.4 78 16 12 3 4 3 4.3 3.2 4.9
1970 21 BOS AL 41 14 5 4 5 0 1 8 6 .571 0 3 1 0 8 57% 51.0 83 32 33 12 6 4 4.6 4.2 6.2
1971 22 BOS AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.5 43 16 8 4 2 0 1.5 1.5 3.0
1972 23 MIL AL 26 22 7 12 3 1 1 8 14 .364 0 2 2 1 10 45% 49.5 84 24 10 2 3 8 3.2 3.9 5.9
1973 24 PHI NL 31 25 12 8 5 5 4 13 12 .520 3 1 10 1 13 52% 55.2 84 22 13 5 7 4 5.2 5.4 7.8
1974 25 PIT NL 27 27 13 9 5 1 4 15 12 .556 0 3 10 3 18 67% 53.7 87 23 23 11 3 10 5.6 5.6 7.1
1975 26 PIT NL 23 16 8 4 4 0 1 11 5 .688 0 3 4 1 10 63% 53.5 72 31 15 5 2 8 4.3 3.6 6.3
1976 27 TOT AL 29 26 10 12 4 1 6 11 15 .423 0 3 16 1 16 62% 90 14 7 3 3 4 3.3 3.1 7.6
1976 27 CHW AL 27 26 10 12 4 1 6 11 15 .423 0 3 16 1 16 62% 56.3 90 14 7 3 3 4 3.3 3.1 7.6
1977 28 TOT AL 34 34 13 14 7 1 3 17 17 .500 2 2 7 0 19 56% 47.0 72 16 24 8 6 10 5.0 5.3 6.6
1977 28 CHW AL 13 13 6 4 3 0 0 8 5 .615 1 1 2 0 6 46% 46.0 72 23 12 3 2 4 6.7 7.7 6.4
1977 28 CAL AL 21 21 7 10 4 1 3 9 12 .429 1 1 5 0 13 62% 47.6 72 16 12 5 4 6 3.9 3.9 6.8
1978 29 CAL AL 31 10 2 4 4 0 0 5 5 .500 1 3 1 1 2 20% 42.8 77 7 23 11 1 5 3.8 3.4 5.3
10 Yrs 277 184 72 72 40 9 21 93 91 .505 6 21 51 8 100 54% 51 90 7 168 64 37 56 4.4 4.5 6.6
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 112 -13 4.1 4.0 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
1967 18 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .033 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1970 21 BOS AL 41 27 9 3 5 2 2 0 100% 3 1 17 3 18% 6 1.011 7 7 12 5 6 16 11 16 17 4 19 3 5.8
1971 22 BOS AL 29 27 10 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 22 7 32% 8 .631 5 4 17 3 2 22 12 15 16 4 18 2 5.9
1972 23 MIL AL 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 8 .940 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 3.0
1973 24 PHI NL 31 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 .992 0 2 4 0 0 6 2 4 5 1 5 0 8.5
1975 26 PIT NL 23 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 8 .940 3 0 3 1 1 5 4 3 5 0 6 0 7.6
1976 27 TOT AL 29 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 4 0 0% 1.015 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.7
1976 27 NYY AL 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 .398 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
1976 27 CHW AL 27 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.022 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
1978 29 CAL AL 31 21 7 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 24 7 29% 6 .726 3 5 13 3 1 17 16 5 15 5 15 3 6.8
1979 30 TOT MLB 39 39 15 4 3 4 2 2 50% 8 4 35 19 54% .954 13 11 14 9 5 25 20 19 20 11 21 7 4.6
1979 30 MIN AL 9 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 6 86% 7 .844 2 2 5 1 1 7 5 4 4 4 4 1 4.2
1979 30 LAD NL 30 30 14 4 3 3 2 1 67% 7 4 28 13 46% 8 .986 11 9 9 8 4 18 15 15 16 7 17 6 4.7
1980 31 KCR AL 8 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 1 8 2 25% 9 .901 2 3 2 4 0 4 5 3 4 2 4 1 5.0
1981 32 KCR AL 22 22 14 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 24 7 29% 7 .497 5 5 11 3 4 15 14 8 12 6 14 2 4.4
11 Yrs 280 165 70 11 13 14 11 3 79% 23 7 152 48 32% .920 41 37 81 31 19 115 89 76 99 36 107 19 5.5

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%
1967 18 BOS AL 8 13% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 12.5% 33% 2.00 75% 3 0 0%
1969 20 BOS AL 178 20% 3.4% 12.9% 12.4% 6.7% 29% 1.25 68% 35 4 11%
1970 21 BOS AL 616 22% 2.8% 25.2% 12.8% 9.4% 49% 0.72 58% 120 4 3%
1971 22 BOS AL 264 29% 2.7% 21.6% 13.3% 6.8% 32% 1.17 61% 65 3 5%
1972 23 MIL AL 559 12% 2.3% 13.2% 8.8% 7.2% 33% 0.95 74% 100 12 12%
1973 24 PHI NL 882 19% 2.2% 12.6% 8.4% 6.7% 29% 1.04 76% 167 23 14%
1974 25 PIT NL 807 17% 1.1% 11.9% 6.4% 4.0% 17% 0.85 80% 173 11 6%
1975 26 PIT NL 492 22% 2.0% 9.6% 8.7% 6.1% 27% 0.64 78% 75 9 12%
1976 27 TOT AL 835 19% 0.6% 11.0% 9.1% 4.2% 20% 0.79 78% 154 14 9%
1976 27 NYY AL 9 22% 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 22.2% 100% 2.00 89% 0 0
1976 27 CHW AL 826 19% 0.6% 11.0% 9.2% 4.0% 19% 0.78 78% 154 14 9%
1977 28 TOT AL 950 21% 2.6% 8.4% 5.6% 8.4% 31% 0.95 82% 161 21 13%
1977 28 CHW AL 352 24% 2.8% 11.1% 4.3% 8.8% 31% 0.79 81% 59 6 10%
1977 28 CAL AL 598 19% 2.5% 6.9% 6.4% 8.2% 31% 1.04 83% 102 15 15%
1978 29 CAL AL 428 31% 2.8% 10.1% 9.8% 7.9% 34% 0.92 77% 73 10 14%
1979 30 TOT MLB 260 38% 0.8% 6.2% 6.9% 4.6% 18% 1.46 85% 61 5 8%
1979 30 MIN AL 58 47% 1.7% 5.2% 10.3% 6.9% 25% 2.40 79% 16 2 13%
1979 30 LAD NL 202 35% 0.5% 6.4% 5.9% 4.0% 15% 1.29 87% 45 3 7%
1980 31 KCR AL 54 28% 0.0% 7.4% 9.3% 1.9% 13% 1.77 78% 12 2 17%
1981 32 KCR AL 144 36% 1.4% 4.9% 9.7% 6.9% 29% 1.31 81% 34 6 18%
14 Yrs 6477 21% 2.0% 12.5% 8.7% 6.5% 28% 0.92 76% 1233 124 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.8% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1967 18 BOS AL 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1969 20 BOS AL 178 41 6 0 3 3 3 3 3 9 4 1 44% 3 0 1 67 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1970 21 BOS AL 616 118 17 0 15 14 3 8 9 21 8 7 38% 5 4 1 248 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1971 22 BOS AL 264 57 7 0 11 6 1 5 2 24 11 4 46% 2 3 1 112 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
1972 23 MIL AL 559 121 13 0 8 11 2 5 8 32 13 8 41% 9 3 1 189 7 5 58% 6 5 0 0 1 0 3 2 8 0
1973 24 PHI NL 882 206 19 0 20 16 3 14 5 46 20 3 43% 13 7 3 316 3 11 21% 2 11 1 0 0 0 9 5 15 0
1974 25 PIT NL 807 192 9 0 15 9 0 3 6 37 20 2 54% 11 4 0 303 8 8 50% 7 6 1 0 0 2 2 1 16 0
1975 26 PIT NL 492 110 10 0 10 10 0 4 6 22 12 5 55% 2 5 1 162 10 5 67% 8 5 2 0 0 0 6 3 12 0
1976 27 TOT AL 835 173 5 1 12 3 2 1 4 42 27 5 64% 12 4 0 300 11 15 42% 9 15 2 0 0 0 11 6 15 0
1976 27 NYY AL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 CHW AL 826 171 5 1 12 3 2 1 4 42 27 5 64% 12 4 0 297 11 15 42% 9 15 2 0 0 0 11 6 15 0
1977 28 TOT AL 950 258 25 1 8 20 5 8 17 39 23 5 59% 8 6 0 341 9 14 39% 8 13 1 0 0 1 10 10 23 0
1977 28 CHW AL 352 101 10 0 2 8 2 2 8 19 10 5 53% 3 2 0 124 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 0
1977 28 CAL AL 598 157 15 1 6 12 3 6 9 20 13 0 65% 5 4 0 217 5 10 33% 5 9 0 0 0 1 8 8 14 0
1978 29 CAL AL 428 100 12 0 9 10 2 8 4 22 10 2 45% 4 1 1 159 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 11 0
1979 30 TOT MLB 260 68 2 0 11 0 2 1 1 19 11 1 58% 1 0 1 108 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 0
1979 30 MIN AL 58 16 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 3 0 50% 0 0 0 23 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1979 30 LAD NL 202 52 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 13 8 1 62% 1 0 1 85 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
1980 31 KCR AL 54 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25% 2 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 32 KCR AL 144 35 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 18 6 0 33% 3 0 2 70 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 Yrs 6477 1490 127 2 132 104 23 61 66 335 166 44 50% 75 37 13 2402 64 75 46% 56 68 7 0 1 7 48 31 127 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%
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

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+
1967 18 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 95 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 95
1968 19 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 95 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 95
1969 20 2 3 .400 5.23 9 8 1 0 0 0 41.1 44 25 24 6 22 1 25 3 1 0 186 75 1.597 9.6 1.3 4.8 5.4 1.14 75
1970 21 10 12 .455 4.33 50 22 10 1 0 2 180.2 162 96 87 23 101 7 180 6 1 4 802 92 1.456 8.1 1.1 5.0 9.0 1.78 92
1971 22 10 15 .400 4.58 79 24 20 1 0 3 239.2 219 134 122 30 136 13 237 7 1 7 1066 85 1.481 8.2 1.1 5.1 8.9 1.74 85
1972 23 17 27 .386 4.56 105 46 23 3 1 3 372.2 340 210 189 43 185 22 311 8 1 10 1625 79 1.409 8.2 1.0 4.5 7.5 1.68 79
1973 24 30 36 .455 4.16 136 71 25 13 2 3 584.1 546 301 270 62 259 34 422 8 1 17 2507 88 1.378 8.4 1.0 4.0 6.5 1.63 88
1974 25 43 45 .489 3.95 163 98 25 23 5 3 775.1 738 382 340 71 311 43 518 10 3 21 3314 92 1.353 8.6 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.67 92
1975 26 52 50 .510 3.87 186 114 29 27 6 3 893.1 848 429 384 81 354 48 565 12 4 26 3806 93 1.346 8.5 0.8 3.6 5.7 1.60 93
1976 27 62 62 .500 3.76 215 140 31 43 7 5 1096.1 1021 511 458 86 430 51 657 15 5 30 4641 96 1.324 8.4 0.7 3.5 5.4 1.53 96
1977 28 75 76 .497 3.89 249 174 31 50 7 5 1321.0 1279 631 571 111 483 51 737 19 7 36 5591 94 1.334 8.7 0.8 3.3 5.0 1.53 94
1978 29 78 81 .491 3.96 280 184 38 51 8 6 1421.0 1379 691 626 123 525 56 780 20 9 37 6019 93 1.340 8.7 0.8 3.3 4.9 1.49 93
1979 30 82 84 .494 3.96 319 184 53 51 8 8 1480.2 1447 718 651 125 543 58 796 21 10 37 6279 93 1.344 8.8 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.47 93
1980 31 82 84 .494 3.92 327 184 56 51 8 9 1494.0 1455 718 651 125 548 58 800 22 10 37 6333 94 1.341 8.8 0.8 3.3 4.8 1.46 94
1981 32 83 85 .494 3.93 349 184 70 51 8 11 1526.1 1490 734 666 127 562 62 807 23 10 37 6477 94 1.344 8.8 0.7 3.3 4.8 1.44 94

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
1967 18 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1969 20 1 3 .250 5.84 37.0 42 27 24 6 23 21 3 1.757 10.2 5.6 5.1 0.91 1.5 8
1970 21 7 8 .467 4.08 139.0 118 70 63 17 79 154 3 1.417 7.6 5.1 10.0 1.95 1.1 41
1971 22 2 4 .333 6.00 57.0 59 42 38 7 36 55 1 1.667 9.3 5.7 8.7 1.53 1.1 29
1972 23 4 10 .286 6.57 126.0 145 102 92 16 59 70 1 1.619 10.4 4.2 5.0 1.19 1.1 26
1973 24 12 10 .545 3.80 199.0 210 93 84 19 75 104 0 1.432 9.5 3.4 4.7 1.39 0.9 31
1974 25 10 10 .500 3.91 182.0 204 88 79 10 55 91 2 1.423 10.1 2.7 4.5 1.65 0.5 27
1975 26 6 6 .500 3.93 110.0 115 53 48 10 45 44 2 1.455 9.4 3.7 3.6 0.98 0.8 23
1976 27 10 11 .476 4.10 189.0 187 96 86 5 82 86 3 1.423 8.9 3.9 4.1 1.05 0.2 29
1977 28 9 14 .391 5.19 208.0 266 133 120 26 55 74 4 1.543 11.5 2.4 3.2 1.35 1.1 34
1978 29 3 7 .300 6.43 91.0 108 72 65 13 45 39 1 1.681 10.7 4.5 3.9 0.87 1.3 31
1979 30 3 3 .500 4.11 57.0 70 29 26 2 19 15 1 1.561 11.1 3.0 2.4 0.79 0.3 39
1980 31 1 0 1.000 0.00 13.0 9 0 0 0 6 4 1 1.154 6.2 4.2 2.8 0.67 0.0 8
1981 32 2 3 .400 5.40 45.0 57 30 27 3 23 10 2 1.778 11.4 4.6 2.0 0.43 0.6 22
14 Yrs 70 89 .440 4.65 1456.0 1590 836 753 134 602 770 24 1.505 9.8 4.8 1.28 0.8 349

* 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

All-Star Games
1974 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1976 AL  4.0 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  7.670 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  2.450 (6th)
1977 AL  2.123 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1974 NL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  25 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 AL  258 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  0.424 (6th)
1976 AL  0.222 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  113 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1976 AL  2.4 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1967 AL  born 1948-09-18 (1st)

             

† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Cal McLish (956)
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  8. Paul Foytack (954)
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  10. Jim Wilson (953)
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  3. Lefty Weinert (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Falcone (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Stone (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Bryant (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Jackson (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Steve Trout (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Steve Trout (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave LaPoint (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Joe Nuxhall (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Nuxhall (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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