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Jim Brewer

James Thomas Brewer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: November 14, 1937 in Merced, CA
High School: Broken Arrow HS (Broken Arrow, OK)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1960
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Angels 1960-1976

Final Game: May 24, 1976
Died: November 16, 1987 in Tyler, TX
Buried: Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, OK
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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
1960 22 CHC NL 0 3 .000 5.82 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 25 14 14 2 6 2 7 1 0 0 99 66 1.431 10.4 0.8 2.5 2.9 1.17
1961 23 CHC NL 1 7 .125 5.82 36 11 11 0 0 0 86.2 116 65 56 17 21 2 57 1 0 4 388 72 1.581 12.0 1.8 2.2 5.9 2.71
1962 24 CHC NL 0 1 .000 9.53 6 1 2 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 27 46 2.294 15.9 3.2 4.8 1.6 0.33
1963 25 CHC NL 3 2 .600 4.89 29 1 13 0 0 0 49.2 59 32 27 10 15 0 35 0 1 0 223 73 1.490 10.7 1.8 2.7 6.3 2.33
1964 26 LAD NL 4 3 .571 3.00 34 5 11 1 1 1 93.0 79 33 31 5 25 5 63 0 0 3 374 108 1.118 7.6 0.5 2.4 6.1 2.52
1965 27 LAD NL 3 2 .600 1.82 19 2 5 0 0 2 49.1 33 13 10 1 28 4 31 0 0 2 198 180 1.236 6.0 0.2 5.1 5.7 1.11
1966 28 LAD NL 0 2 .000 3.68 13 0 4 0 0 2 22.0 17 9 9 0 11 0 8 0 0 3 93 91 1.273 7.0 0.0 4.5 3.3 0.73
1967 29 LAD NL 5 4 .556 2.68 30 11 6 0 0 1 100.2 78 32 30 8 31 7 74 1 0 3 397 115 1.083 7.0 0.7 2.8 6.6 2.39
1968 30 LAD NL 8 3 .727 2.49 54 0 39 0 0 14 76.0 59 22 21 5 33 13 75 0 0 2 311 111 1.211 7.0 0.6 3.9 8.9 2.27
1969 31 LAD NL 7 6 .538 2.55 59 0 43 0 0 20 88.1 71 30 25 5 41 6 92 4 2 3 372 131 1.268 7.2 0.5 4.2 9.4 2.24
1970 32 LAD NL 7 6 .538 3.13 58 0 41 0 0 24 89.0 66 36 31 10 33 9 91 0 0 8 361 122 1.112 6.7 1.0 3.3 9.2 2.76
1971 33 LAD NL 6 5 .545 1.88 55 0 41 0 0 22 81.1 55 17 17 4 24 5 66 0 0 3 317 173 0.971 6.1 0.4 2.7 7.3 2.75
1972 34 LAD NL 8 7 .533 1.26 51 0 41 0 0 17 78.1 41 16 11 6 25 11 69 2 0 1 303 267 0.843 4.7 0.7 2.9 7.9 2.76
1973 35 LAD NL 6 8 .429 3.01 56 0 39 0 0 20 71.2 58 26 24 8 25 9 56 0 0 4 292 116 1.158 7.3 1.0 3.1 7.0 2.24 AS
1974 36 LAD NL 4 4 .500 2.52 24 0 18 0 0 0 39.1 29 14 11 5 10 1 26 0 0 2 156 137 0.992 6.6 1.1 2.3 5.9 2.60
1975 37 TOT MLB 4 1 .800 3.46 42 0 30 0 0 7 67.2 82 29 26 4 23 3 43 1 0 3 303 102 1.552 10.9 0.5 3.1 5.7 1.87
1975 37 LAD NL 3 1 .750 5.18 21 0 14 0 0 2 33.0 44 20 19 2 12 2 21 1 0 1 152 67 1.697 12.0 0.5 3.3 5.7 1.75
1975 37 CAL AL 1 0 1.000 1.82 21 0 16 0 0 5 34.2 38 9 7 2 11 1 22 0 0 2 151 196 1.413 9.9 0.5 2.9 5.7 2.00
1976 38 CAL AL 3 1 .750 2.70 13 0 7 0 0 2 20.0 20 7 6 0 6 0 16 0 0 0 85 125 1.300 9.0 0.0 2.7 7.2 2.67
17 Yrs 69 65 .515 3.07 584 35 351 1 1 132 1040.1 898 401 355 92 360 77 810 10 3 41 4299 111 1.209 7.8 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.25
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .515 3.07 64 4 39 0 0 15 114 99 44 39 10 40 8 89 1 0 5 472 111 1.209 7.8 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.25
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
LAD (12 yrs) 61 51 .545 2.62 474 18 302 1 1 125 822.0 630 268 239 59 298 72 672 8 2 35 3326 127 1.129 6.9 0.6 3.3 7.4 2.26
CHC (4 yrs) 4 13 .235 5.66 76 17 26 0 0 0 163.2 210 117 103 31 45 4 100 2 1 4 737 70 1.558 11.5 1.7 2.5 5.5 2.22
CAL (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 2.14 34 0 23 0 0 7 54.2 58 16 13 2 17 1 38 0 0 2 236 164 1.372 9.5 0.3 2.8 6.3 2.24
NL (16 yrs) 65 64 .504 3.12 550 35 328 1 1 125 985.2 840 385 342 90 343 76 772 10 3 39 4063 109 1.200 7.7 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.25
AL (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 2.14 34 0 23 0 0 7 54.2 58 16 13 2 17 1 38 0 0 2 236 164 1.372 9.5 0.3 2.8 6.3 2.24

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
1960 22 CHC NL 21.2 5 4 14 5.82 4.68 0.01 0.06 101.7 4.82 -2 -0.3 .2 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .449 .498 $
1961 23 CHC NL 86.2 36 11 65 6.75 4.53 -0.48 -0.03 106.3 5.29 -14 -1.4 .6 0.1 -0.5 -4 .461 .491 $
1962 24 CHC NL 5.2 6 1 6 9.53 5.16 -0.18 -0.13 107.1 5.58 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .458 .498 $
1963 25 CHC NL 49.2 29 1 32 5.80 4.12 0.11 -0.16 109.4 4.21 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .464 .494 $
1964 26 LAD NL 93.0 34 5 33 3.19 3.95 0.03 -0.09 92.2 3.53 3 0.3 .7 -0.2 1.0 13 .508 .502 $
1965 27 LAD NL 49.1 19 2 13 2.37 4.19 0.34 -0.13 94.1 3.49 6 0.7 .9 -0.1 1.1 11 .537 .504 $
1966 28 LAD NL 22.0 13 0 9 3.68 4.32 -0.09 -0.18 93.6 3.96 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.2 3 .503 .500 $15,000
1967 29 LAD NL 100.2 30 11 32 2.86 3.96 -0.26 -0.02 95.4 4.00 12 1.4 1.1 -0.1 2.2 23 .547 .509 $
1968 30 LAD NL 76.0 54 0 22 2.61 3.56 -0.15 -0.16 94.3 3.35 5 0.7 1.8 0.2 1.5 13 .512 .504 $
1969 31 LAD NL 88.1 59 0 30 3.06 4.20 0.11 -0.18 94.4 3.69 5 0.6 2.0 0.2 1.7 15 .510 .504 $
1970 32 LAD NL 89.0 58 0 36 3.64 4.57 0.21 -0.19 93.4 3.89 1 0.1 2.0 -0.1 0.8 11 .502 .501 $
1971 33 LAD NL 81.1 55 0 17 1.88 3.90 -0.00 -0.17 94.6 3.53 14 1.7 1.9 0.6 2.9 22 .530 .510 $
1972 34 LAD NL 78.1 51 0 16 1.84 3.99 0.05 -0.17 97.3 3.67 15 1.8 2.4 1.1 3.5 22 .535 .511 $
1973 35 LAD NL 71.2 56 0 26 3.27 4.33 0.32 -0.35 96.2 3.51 2 0.2 2.4 0.1 0.9 9 .504 .501 $ AS
1974 36 LAD NL 39.1 24 0 14 3.20 4.03 0.22 -0.32 92.2 3.21 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.3 4 .499 .500 $
1975 37 LAD NL 33.0 21 0 20 5.45 3.95 0.58 -0.32 98.6 3.00 -9 -1.0 1.5 -0.3 -1.0 -6 .453 .494 $
1975 37 CAL AL 34.2 21 0 9 2.34 4.30 -0.33 -0.36 93.3 3.99 6 0.7 1.2 -0.0 1.0 10 .533 .504 $
1976 38 CAL AL 20.0 13 0 7 3.15 4.01 0.01 -0.33 92.0 3.38 1 0.1 2.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .505 .500 $
17 Seasons 1040.1 584 35 401 3.47 4.13 0.02 -0.16 96.4 3.82 33 4.3 1.7 1.2 14.8 143 .507 .501 $15,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
LAD (12 yrs) 822.0 474 18 268 2.93 4.07 0.08 -0.17 94.6 3.61 54 6.5 1.8 1.3 15.1 140 .514 .503 $15,000
CHC (4 yrs) 163.2 76 17 117 6.43 4.45 -0.22 -0.06 106.7 4.91 -28 -3.0 .9 -0.1 -1.5 -10 .461 .495 $
CAL (2 yrs) 54.2 34 0 16 2.63 4.19 -0.21 -0.35 92.8 3.77 7 0.8 1.5 -0.0 1.2 12 .523 .502 $

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 27 LAD NL WS W MIN 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1966 28 LAD NL WS L BAL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1974 36 LAD NL WS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 0 2.70 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 0.900 8.1 0.0 0.0 8.1
3 WS 0 0 2.70 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 0.900 8.1 0.0 0.0 8.1

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
1973 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

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
1960 22 CHC NL 5 99 92 14 25 4 0 2 1 0 6 7 .272 .323 .380 .704 .277 35 0 1 0 0 2 4
1961 23 CHC NL 36 388 361 65 116 18 2 17 3 4 21 57 .321 .358 .524 .881 .341 189 11 1 2 3 2 9
1962 24 CHC NL 6 27 23 6 10 4 0 2 1 0 3 1 .435 .500 .870 1.370 .400 20 2 0 1 0 0 0
1963 25 CHC NL 29 224 202 32 59 9 2 10 3 2 15 35 .292 .338 .505 .843 .308 102 2 0 5 2 0 5
1964 26 LAD NL 34 374 341 33 79 12 3 5 4 3 25 63 .232 .282 .328 .610 .268 112 10 0 5 3 5 9
1965 27 LAD NL 19 197 168 13 33 4 1 1 4 1 28 31 .196 .311 .250 .561 .235 42 8 0 2 0 4 2
1966 28 LAD NL 13 93 77 9 17 1 2 0 1 0 11 8 .221 .315 .286 .600 .243 22 1 0 4 1 0 1
1967 29 LAD NL 30 397 357 32 78 14 1 8 2 8 31 74 .218 .281 .331 .611 .252 118 7 1 5 3 7 7
1968 30 LAD NL 54 300 270 22 59 5 0 5 3 4 33 75 .219 .303 .293 .595 .283 79 3 0 7 1 13 3
1969 31 LAD NL 59 372 321 30 71 14 0 5 7 3 41 92 .221 .316 .312 .628 .293 100 6 4 5 1 6 2
1970 32 LAD NL 58 360 319 36 66 11 0 10 4 0 33 91 .207 .280 .335 .615 .255 107 7 0 7 2 9 3
1971 33 LAD NL 55 317 283 17 55 11 0 4 8 2 24 66 .194 .254 .276 .530 .235 78 9 0 6 4 5 8
1972 34 LAD NL 51 303 261 16 41 8 0 6 4 1 25 69 .157 .233 .257 .490 .184 67 7 2 11 4 11 8
1973 35 LAD NL 56 292 253 26 58 6 1 8 5 0 25 56 .229 .293 .356 .649 .258 90 7 0 9 5 9 2
1974 36 LAD NL 24 156 140 14 29 5 1 5 2 1 10 26 .207 .258 .364 .623 .218 51 1 0 5 1 1 2
1975 37 TOT MLB 42 302 268 29 82 4 1 4 3 0 23 43 .306 .352 .373 .725 .339 100 6 1 2 9 3 3
1975 37 CAL AL 21 151 136 9 38 1 1 2 1 0 11 22 .279 .325 .346 .670 .310 47 4 0 0 4 1 3
1975 37 LAD NL 21 151 132 20 44 3 0 2 2 0 12 21 .333 .380 .402 .782 .368 53 2 1 2 5 2 0
1976 38 CAL AL 13 86 79 7 20 4 0 0 6 0 6 16 .253 .302 .304 .606 .313 24 1 0 0 1 0 1
17 Yrs 584 4287 3815 401 898 134 14 92 61 29 360 810 .235 .300 .350 .650 .273 1336 88 10 76 40 77 69
162 Game Avg. 64 471 419 44 99 15 2 10 7 3 40 89 .235 .300 .350 .650 .273 147 10 1 8 4 8 8
MLB Averages .251 .318 .372 .689 .277
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
1960 22 CHC NL -4.0 -0.4 100 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 1.04 0.1 -0.4 -4.9 -0.5 1.04 -0.1 0 0 1
1961 23 CHC NL -15.5 -1.5 400 -2.1 5.3 -7.3 .81 -1.6 -0.9 -20.3 -1.9 0.81 -20.3 3 4 14
1962 24 CHC NL -2.7 -0.3 28 -0.2 0.5 -0.6 1.14 -0.4 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 1.14 -3.2 2 0 2
1963 25 CHC NL -7.2 -0.8 231 -1.5 2.2 -3.7 .66 -1.2 -1.1 -15.1 -1.5 0.66 -14.4 7 2 18
1964 26 LAD NL 4.2 0.4 385 0.4 4.6 -4.2 .70 0.8 -0.2 4.3 0.5 0.70 7.6 6 2 19
1965 27 LAD NL 7.9 0.9 207 1.5 3.3 -1.8 .84 1.0 0.8 11.7 1.3 0.84 10.1 3 5 9
1966 28 LAD NL -0.3 -0.0 97 -0.0 0.9 -1.0 .67 0.4 -0.4 2.0 0.2 0.67 2.1 2 0 11
1967 29 LAD NL 6.0 0.7 409 1.1 7.2 -6.1 .99 1.2 -0.1 13.0 1.5 0.99 10.7 6 3 10
1968 30 LAD NL 3.5 0.4 313 3.5 8.8 -5.3 1.71 0.9 1.1 9.1 1.1 1.70 3.9 26 5 20
1969 31 LAD NL 7.6 0.8 388 -0.3 12.3 -12.6 1.93 0.2 -0.4 2.7 0.3 1.93 5.6 31 13 15
1970 32 LAD NL 6.6 0.7 376 3.3 13.7 -10.4 1.99 1.5 0.2 13.9 1.4 1.99 14.3 37 10 11
1971 33 LAD NL 14.3 1.6 330 2.8 10.9 -8.1 1.85 1.1 0.4 13.5 1.5 1.85 12.4 31 13 10
1972 34 LAD NL 17.3 1.9 310 2.4 10.5 -8.1 2.04 2.0 -0.8 18.4 2.1 2.04 19.1 38 7 6
1973 35 LAD NL 4.7 0.5 305 0.3 12.1 -11.8 2.38 0.5 -0.4 9.0 1.0 2.38 6.9 40 7 9
1974 36 LAD NL 3.7 0.4 162 -0.2 3.2 -3.4 1.25 0.6 -0.7 4.5 0.5 1.25 4.3 8 2 14
1975 37 TOT MLB 0.8 0.1 311 0.4 6.4 -6.0 1.27 0.0 0.3 -5.3 -0.5 1.26 -1.2 18 3 19
1975 37 LAD NL -6.0 -0.6 156 -0.1 3.6 -3.7 1.51 -0.1 -0.0 -9.4 -1.0 1.50 -2.4 10 1 10
1975 37 CAL AL 6.8 0.7 155 0.5 2.8 -2.3 1.02 0.1 0.4 4.1 0.4 1.02 1.2 8 2 9
1976 38 CAL AL 1.5 0.2 93 -0.8 2.2 -3.0 1.70 -0.0 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 1.70 0.8 7 3 2
17 Yrs 48.5 5.5 4445 10.2 105.5 -95.3 1.41 7.0 0.2 53.4 6.7 1.41 58.6 265 79 190
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
1960 22 CHC NL 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 46.2 67 34 5 0 2 1 2.1 0.5 5.2
1961 23 CHC NL 36 11 1 6 4 0 1 4 7 .364 2 2 0 0 2 18% 39.2 53 23 23 11 4 6 5.3 5.3 4.7
1962 24 CHC NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 4 1 0 1 9.0 18.0 1.7
1963 25 CHC NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30.0 30 30 11 2 0 1 2.0 4.5 4.0
1964 26 LAD NL 34 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 .600 1 0 1 1 4 80% 58.6 83 41 7 1 3 1 4.9 5.2 6.3
1965 27 LAD NL 19 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52.0 57 47 5 2 1 1 3.0 5.0 4.0
1967 29 LAD NL 30 11 3 4 4 1 1 4 7 .364 0 3 0 0 6 55% 54.8 72 36 7 2 2 7 2.9 2.0 5.7
7 Yrs 159 35 7 16 12 1 3 14 21 .400 3 7 1 1 13 37% 48 83 23 62 19 12 18 3.9 3.7 5.1
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 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
1960 22 CHC NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.038 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1961 23 CHC NL 36 25 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 7 .813 3 4 14 1 2 22 9 16 13 6 13 5 4.2
1962 24 CHC NL 6 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 8 1.144 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 2.4
1963 25 CHC NL 29 28 13 3 1 1 0 1 0% 3 1 15 8 53% 7 .661 7 2 18 3 3 22 9 19 19 5 19 5 4.9
1964 26 LAD NL 34 29 11 1 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 18 5 28% 7 .699 6 2 19 2 3 24 11 18 21 1 21 6 6.4
1965 27 LAD NL 19 17 5 3 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 9 1 11% 6 .844 3 5 9 4 2 11 5 12 13 1 13 0 7.3
1966 28 LAD NL 13 13 4 0 2 2 2 0 100% 3 0 3 0 0% 7 .669 2 0 11 3 0 10 2 11 8 1 9 1 5.1
1967 29 LAD NL 30 19 6 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 15 2 13% 5 .989 6 3 10 1 5 13 8 11 14 2 14 0 6.1
1968 30 LAD NL 54 54 39 8 3 18 14 3 78% 19 0 47 11 23% 8 1.711 26 5 20 19 11 22 26 26 24 13 25 8 4.2
1969 31 LAD NL 59 59 43 7 6 30 20 10 67% 31 1 43 17 40% 8 1.927 31 13 15 32 11 16 25 34 30 13 31 14 4.5
1970 32 LAD NL 58 58 41 7 6 29 24 5 83% 30 1 58 14 24% 8 1.989 37 10 11 30 16 12 34 24 35 12 35 12 4.6
1971 33 LAD NL 55 55 41 6 5 27 22 5 81% 29 1 54 18 33% 8 1.850 31 13 10 29 11 15 31 24 30 11 30 16 4.4
1972 34 LAD NL 51 51 41 8 7 24 17 7 71% 24 0 41 14 34% 9 2.038 38 7 6 24 18 9 22 29 31 6 31 5 4.6
1973 35 LAD NL 56 56 39 6 8 28 20 8 71% 31 2 53 15 28% 9 2.377 40 7 9 31 19 6 27 29 26 17 27 14 3.8
1974 36 LAD NL 24 24 18 4 4 2 0 2 0% 4 2 11 4 36% 9 1.245 8 2 14 5 5 14 6 18 16 2 16 2 4.9
1975 37 TOT MLB 42 42 30 4 1 10 7 3 70% 11 1 38 20 53% 1.268 18 3 19 17 5 20 21 21 25 6 27 4 4.8
1975 37 LAD NL 21 21 14 3 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 18 10 56% 8 1.512 10 1 10 7 4 10 9 12 11 3 11 1 4.7
1975 37 CAL AL 21 21 16 1 0 6 5 1 83% 7 1 20 10 50% 7 1.023 8 2 9 10 1 10 12 9 14 3 16 3 5.0
1976 38 CAL AL 13 13 7 3 1 5 2 3 40% 6 0 17 9 53% 8 1.696 7 3 2 7 1 5 11 2 7 3 7 2 4.6
17 Yrs 584 549 351 62 49 181 132 48 73% 197 10 443 147 33% 1.410 265 79 190 208 114 225 250 297 312 100 319 94 4.7
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

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%
1960 22 CHC NL 99 26% 2.0% 7.1% 6.1% 6.1% 24% 1.28 84% 25 0 0%
1961 23 CHC NL 388 25% 4.4% 14.7% 5.4% 9.5% 32% 1.23 75% 86 11 13%
1962 24 CHC NL 27 22% 7.4% 3.7% 11.1% 22.2% 60% 1.67 74% 8 2 25%
1963 25 CHC NL 224 40% 4.5% 15.6% 6.7% 9.4% 36% 0.78 71% 43 2 5%
1964 26 LAD NL 374 27% 1.3% 16.8% 6.7% 5.4% 25% 1.33 74% 75 10 13%
1965 27 LAD NL 198 26% 0.5% 15.7% 14.2% 3.1% 18% 1.46 69% 37 8 22%
1966 28 LAD NL 93 22% 0.0% 8.6% 11.8% 3.2% 18% 1.00 75% 25 1 4%
1967 29 LAD NL 397 28% 2.0% 18.6% 7.8% 5.8% 30% 0.90 70% 63 7 11%
1968 30 LAD NL 311 20% 1.7% 25.0% 11.0% 3.3% 17% 1.17 64% 67 3 4%
1969 31 LAD NL 372 22% 1.3% 24.7% 11.0% 5.1% 27% 1.17 60% 82 6 7%
1970 32 LAD NL 361 19% 2.8% 25.3% 9.2% 5.8% 32% 0.94 61% 70 7 10%
1971 33 LAD NL 317 23% 1.3% 20.8% 7.6% 4.7% 27% 1.07 68% 66 9 14%
1972 34 LAD NL 303 18% 2.0% 22.8% 8.3% 4.6% 34% 0.80 63% 58 7 12%
1973 35 LAD NL 292 24% 2.7% 19.2% 8.6% 5.1% 26% 1.19 66% 67 7 10%
1974 36 LAD NL 156 33% 3.2% 16.7% 6.4% 7.1% 38% 0.72 71% 30 1 3%
1975 37 TOT MLB 303 30% 1.3% 14.2% 7.6% 3.0% 11% 0.77 76% 73 6 8%
1975 37 LAD NL 152 26% 1.3% 13.9% 8.0% 3.3% 11% 0.73 76% 35 2 6%
1975 37 CAL AL 151 33% 1.3% 14.6% 7.3% 2.7% 11% 0.80 77% 38 4 11%
1976 38 CAL AL 86 36% 0.0% 18.6% 7.0% 4.7% 20% 0.63 74% 16 1 6%
17 Yrs 4301 25% 2.2% 18.9% 8.4% 5.6% 27% 1.03 69% 891 88 10%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 14.6% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.09 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
1960 22 CHC NL 99 25 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 11 4 2 36% 4 0 0 31 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 23 CHC NL 388 116 17 1 6 12 5 7 10 23 15 2 65% 9 4 1 148 3 4 43% 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1962 24 CHC NL 27 10 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 25 CHC NL 224 59 10 1 5 4 6 3 7 11 6 2 55% 5 0 1 90 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 26 LAD NL 374 79 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 14 9 1 64% 9 3 0 152 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1965 27 LAD NL 197 33 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 9 3 2 33% 2 2 0 70 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1
1966 28 LAD NL 93 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 1 3 0 40 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 29 LAD NL 397 78 8 0 5 5 3 4 4 14 5 4 36% 7 3 0 131 2 8 20% 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 30 LAD NL 300 59 5 0 18 3 2 2 3 23 8 6 35% 3 2 1 126 3 4 43% 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 11
1969 31 LAD NL 372 71 5 0 16 2 3 2 3 27 11 7 41% 2 3 1 155 7 3 70% 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 11 0
1970 32 LAD NL 360 66 10 3 16 8 2 5 5 32 12 9 38% 3 8 0 140 4 0 100% 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16 1
1971 33 LAD NL 317 55 4 0 12 3 1 2 2 26 15 3 58% 8 3 0 130 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1972 34 LAD NL 303 41 6 1 13 3 3 3 3 22 12 3 55% 8 1 0 115 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1973 35 LAD NL 292 58 8 1 21 7 1 1 7 35 13 8 37% 2 4 1 111 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1974 36 LAD NL 156 29 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 6 3 2 50% 2 2 0 63 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 37 TOT MLB 302 82 4 1 18 3 1 2 2 22 16 3 73% 3 3 2 142 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 1
1975 37 LAD NL 151 44 2 1 9 2 0 1 1 14 11 2 79% 0 1 1 69 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1975 37 CAL AL 151 38 2 0 9 1 1 1 1 8 5 1 63% 3 2 1 73 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1976 38 CAL AL 86 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 3 56% 1 0 0 40 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 Yrs 4287 898 92 8 153 61 31 38 54 291 142 57 49% 69 41 7 1697 61 29 68% 49 26 10 1 2 2 10 1 116 14
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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+
1960 22 0 3 .000 5.82 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 25 14 14 2 6 2 7 1 0 0 99 66 1.431 10.4 0.8 2.5 2.9 1.17 66
1961 23 1 10 .091 5.82 41 15 11 0 0 0 108.1 141 79 70 19 27 4 64 2 0 4 487 71 1.551 11.7 1.6 2.2 5.3 2.37 71
1962 24 1 11 .083 6.00 47 16 13 0 0 0 114.0 151 85 76 21 30 4 65 2 0 4 514 69 1.588 11.9 1.7 2.4 5.1 2.17 69
1963 25 4 13 .235 5.66 76 17 26 0 0 0 163.2 210 117 103 31 45 4 100 2 1 4 737 70 1.558 11.5 1.7 2.5 5.5 2.22 70
1964 26 8 16 .333 4.70 110 22 37 1 1 1 256.2 289 150 134 36 70 9 163 2 1 7 1111 78 1.399 10.1 1.3 2.5 5.7 2.33 78
1965 27 11 18 .379 4.24 129 24 42 1 1 3 306.0 322 163 144 37 98 13 194 2 1 9 1309 86 1.373 9.5 1.1 2.9 5.7 1.98 86
1966 28 11 20 .355 4.20 142 24 46 1 1 5 328.0 339 172 153 37 109 13 202 2 1 12 1402 86 1.366 9.3 1.0 3.0 5.5 1.85 86
1967 29 16 24 .400 3.84 172 35 52 1 1 6 428.2 417 204 183 45 140 20 276 3 1 15 1799 91 1.299 8.8 0.9 2.9 5.8 1.97 91
1968 30 24 27 .471 3.64 226 35 91 1 1 20 504.2 476 226 204 50 173 33 351 3 1 17 2110 93 1.286 8.5 0.9 3.1 6.3 2.03 93
1969 31 31 33 .484 3.48 285 35 134 1 1 40 593.0 547 256 229 55 214 39 443 7 3 20 2482 97 1.283 8.3 0.8 3.2 6.7 2.07 97
1970 32 38 39 .494 3.43 343 35 175 1 1 64 682.0 613 292 260 65 247 48 534 7 3 28 2843 100 1.261 8.1 0.9 3.3 7.0 2.16 100
1971 33 44 44 .500 3.27 398 35 216 1 1 86 763.1 668 309 277 69 271 53 600 7 3 31 3160 104 1.230 7.9 0.8 3.2 7.1 2.21 104
1972 34 52 51 .505 3.08 449 35 257 1 1 103 841.2 709 325 288 75 296 64 669 9 3 32 3463 111 1.194 7.6 0.8 3.2 7.2 2.26 111
1973 35 58 59 .496 3.07 505 35 296 1 1 123 913.1 767 351 312 83 321 73 725 9 3 36 3755 111 1.191 7.6 0.8 3.2 7.1 2.26 111
1974 36 62 63 .496 3.05 529 35 314 1 1 123 952.2 796 365 323 88 331 74 751 9 3 38 3911 112 1.183 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.1 2.27 112
1975 37 66 64 .508 3.08 571 35 344 1 1 130 1020.1 878 394 349 92 354 77 794 10 3 41 4214 111 1.207 7.7 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.24 111
1976 38 69 65 .515 3.07 584 35 351 1 1 132 1040.1 898 401 355 92 360 77 810 10 3 41 4299 111 1.209 7.8 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.25 111

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
1960 22 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 26 17 15 2 6 8 1 1.391 10.2 2.3 3.1 1.33 0.8 5
1961 23 3 6 .333 5.66 89.0 118 62 56 17 21 58 1 1.562 11.9 2.1 5.9 2.76 1.7 36
1962 24 0 0 10.80 5.0 10 7 6 2 3 1 0 2.600 18.0 5.4 1.8 0.33 3.6 6
1963 25 2 3 .400 5.33 49.0 61 32 29 10 16 34 0 1.571 11.2 2.9 6.2 2.13 1.8 29
1964 26 5 4 .556 3.98 86.0 87 42 38 6 28 58 0 1.337 9.1 2.9 6.1 2.07 0.6 34
1965 27 3 1 .750 2.51 43.0 36 13 12 1 31 27 0 1.558 7.5 6.5 5.7 0.87 0.2 19
1966 28 1 1 .500 4.71 21.0 19 12 11 0 12 8 0 1.476 8.1 5.1 3.4 0.67 0.0 13
1967 29 5 5 .500 3.76 91.0 88 42 38 9 35 67 1 1.352 8.7 3.5 6.6 1.91 0.9 30
1968 30 4 3 .571 3.90 67.0 69 32 29 6 39 66 0 1.612 9.3 5.2 8.9 1.69 0.8 54
1969 31 5 4 .556 3.29 82.0 77 33 30 5 44 86 4 1.476 8.5 4.8 9.4 1.95 0.5 59
1970 32 5 4 .556 3.31 87.0 67 36 32 10 34 89 0 1.161 6.9 3.5 9.2 2.62 1.0 58
1971 33 6 2 .750 2.45 77.0 60 23 21 4 26 62 0 1.117 7.0 3.0 7.2 2.38 0.5 55
1972 34 7 1 .875 1.58 80.0 47 16 14 7 29 70 2 0.950 5.3 3.3 7.9 2.41 0.8 51
1973 35 4 3 .571 3.57 68.0 61 30 27 8 26 53 0 1.279 8.1 3.4 7.0 2.04 1.1 56
1974 36 3 1 .750 2.84 38.0 31 13 12 5 11 25 0 1.105 7.3 2.6 5.9 2.27 1.2 24
1975 37 3 4 .429 4.29 63.0 88 33 30 4 25 40 1 1.794 12.6 3.6 5.7 1.60 0.6 42
1976 38 1 1 .500 3.79 19.0 23 9 8 0 7 15 0 1.579 10.9 3.3 7.1 2.14 0.0 13
17 Yrs 58 44 .569 3.72 988.0 968 452 408 96 393 767 10 1.378 8.8 7.0 1.95 0.9 584
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

* 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

Hall of Fame
1982 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1973 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.07 (186th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Career  1.209 (151st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.769 (62nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.007 (102nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1968 NL  54 (8th)
1969 NL  59 (8th)
1970 NL  58 (10th)
1971 NL  55 (10th)
1972 NL  51 (9th)
Career  584 (209th)

Saves s c a p y
1968 NL  14 (4th)
1969 NL  20 (4th)
1970 NL  24 (3rd)
1971 NL  22 (3rd)
1972 NL  17 (5th)
1973 NL  20 (3rd)
Career  132 (87th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career  2.250 (173rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 NL  39 (6th)
1969 NL  43 (5th)
1970 NL  41 (7th)
1971 NL  41 (5th)
1972 NL  41 (5th)
1973 NL  39 (7th)
Career  351 (78th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 NL  3.5 (6th)
1970 NL  3.3 (4th)
1971 NL  2.8 (6th)
Career  10.2 (185th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  7.0 (231st)

Oldest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1937-11-14 (9th)
1975 NL  born 1937-11-14 (6th)
1976 AL  born 1937-11-14 (7th)

                                         

† 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 - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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