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Nelson Briles

Nelson Kelley Briles

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1943 in Dorris, CA
High School: Chico HS (Chico, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1965
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Rangers/Royals/Orioles 1965-1978

Final Game: September 13, 1978
Died: February 13, 2005 in Orlando, FL
Buried: St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, PA
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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
1965 21 STL NL 3 3 .500 3.50 37 2 14 0 0 4 82.1 79 33 32 4 26 6 52 6 0 2 341 111 1.275 8.6 0.4 2.8 5.7 2.00
1966 22 STL NL 4 15 .211 3.21 49 17 17 0 0 6 154.0 162 65 55 14 54 11 100 7 0 3 654 113 1.403 9.5 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.85
1967 23 STL NL 14 5 .737 2.43 49 14 14 4 2 6 155.1 139 45 42 8 40 8 94 5 2 8 642 135 1.152 8.1 0.5 2.3 5.4 2.35 MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 19 11 .633 2.81 33 33 0 13 4 0 243.2 251 90 76 18 55 12 141 7 0 4 1024 103 1.256 9.3 0.7 2.0 5.2 2.56 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 15 13 .536 3.52 36 33 1 10 3 0 227.2 218 104 89 17 63 7 126 2 1 9 954 101 1.234 8.6 0.7 2.5 5.0 2.00
1970 26 STL NL 6 7 .462 6.24 30 19 6 1 1 0 106.2 129 84 74 14 36 7 59 2 1 5 484 66 1.547 10.9 1.2 3.0 5.0 1.64
1971 27 PIT NL 8 4 .667 3.04 37 14 8 4 2 1 136.0 131 51 46 12 35 12 76 3 0 1 566 113 1.221 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.17
1972 28 PIT NL 14 11 .560 3.08 28 27 1 9 2 0 195.2 185 83 67 14 43 8 120 1 0 2 802 109 1.165 8.5 0.6 2.0 5.5 2.79
1973 29 PIT NL 14 13 .519 2.84 33 33 0 7 1 0 218.2 201 87 69 19 51 3 94 1 0 1 893 124 1.152 8.3 0.8 2.1 3.9 1.84
1974 30 KCR AL 5 7 .417 4.02 18 17 0 3 0 0 103.0 118 48 46 9 21 1 41 2 0 1 432 95 1.350 10.3 0.8 1.8 3.6 1.95
1975 31 KCR AL 6 6 .500 4.26 24 16 4 3 0 2 112.0 127 60 53 19 25 1 73 5 0 1 478 91 1.357 10.2 1.5 2.0 5.9 2.92
1976 32 TEX AL 11 9 .550 3.26 32 31 1 7 1 1 210.0 224 87 76 17 47 0 98 2 1 6 879 111 1.290 9.6 0.7 2.0 4.2 2.09
1977 33 TOT AL 6 4 .600 4.33 30 15 4 2 1 2 112.1 119 61 54 15 30 1 59 6 0 5 473 95 1.326 9.5 1.2 2.4 4.7 1.97
1977 33 TEX AL 6 4 .600 4.24 28 15 3 2 1 1 108.1 114 58 51 13 30 1 57 6 0 4 456 97 1.329 9.5 1.1 2.5 4.7 1.90
1977 33 BAL AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.0 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 62 1.250 11.3 4.5 0.0 4.5
1978 34 BAL AL 4 4 .500 4.64 16 8 4 1 0 0 54.1 58 31 28 6 21 2 30 2 0 2 236 76 1.454 9.6 1.0 3.5 5.0 1.43
14 Yrs 129 112 .535 3.44 452 279 74 64 17 22 2111.2 2141 929 807 186 547 79 1163 51 5 50 8858 103 1.273 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.13
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .535 3.44 42 26 7 6 2 2 196 199 86 75 17 51 7 108 5 0 5 824 103 1.273 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.13
STL (6 yrs) 61 54 .530 3.42 234 118 52 28 10 16 969.2 978 421 368 75 274 51 572 29 4 31 4099 101 1.291 9.1 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.09
PIT (3 yrs) 36 28 .563 2.98 98 74 9 20 5 1 550.1 517 221 182 45 129 23 290 5 0 4 2261 116 1.174 8.5 0.7 2.1 4.7 2.25
KCR (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 4.14 42 33 4 6 0 2 215.0 245 108 99 28 46 2 114 7 0 2 910 93 1.353 10.3 1.2 1.9 4.8 2.48
TEX (2 yrs) 17 13 .567 3.59 60 46 4 9 2 2 318.1 338 145 127 30 77 1 155 8 1 10 1335 105 1.304 9.6 0.8 2.2 4.4 2.01
BAL (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.78 18 8 5 1 0 1 58.1 63 34 31 8 21 2 32 2 0 3 253 75 1.440 9.7 1.2 3.2 4.9 1.52
NL (9 yrs) 97 82 .542 3.26 332 192 61 48 15 17 1520.0 1495 642 550 120 403 74 862 34 4 35 6360 106 1.249 8.9 0.7 2.4 5.1 2.14
AL (5 yrs) 32 30 .516 3.91 120 87 13 16 2 5 591.2 646 287 257 66 144 5 301 17 1 15 2498 97 1.335 9.8 1.0 2.2 4.6 2.09

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
1965 21 STL NL 82.1 37 2 33 3.61 4.00 0.21 -0.13 105.6 3.87 2 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.9 11 .507 .502 $
1966 22 STL NL 154.0 49 17 65 3.80 4.21 0.31 -0.02 100.3 3.89 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.2 1.2 18 .499 .500 $
1967 23 STL NL 155.1 49 14 45 2.61 3.83 0.05 -0.01 96.7 3.64 16 1.9 1.9 0.1 3.5 33 .539 .512 $ MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 243.2 33 33 90 3.32 3.41 -0.02 0.05 97.8 3.40 -1 -0.2 -0.1 1.8 23 .495 .499 $ MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 227.2 36 33 104 4.11 4.23 -0.03 0.06 98.9 4.27 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 2.1 28 .506 .501 $
1970 26 STL NL 106.2 30 19 84 7.09 4.58 -0.51 0.02 101.0 5.16 -24 -2.4 .9 -0.1 -1.6 -12 .422 .485 $
1971 27 PIT NL 136.0 37 14 51 3.38 3.95 0.09 -0.02 100.0 3.83 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.6 19 .518 .504 $
1972 28 PIT NL 195.2 28 27 83 3.82 3.85 0.11 0.06 97.5 3.70 -5 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.8 14 .480 .497 $
1973 29 PIT NL 218.2 33 33 87 3.58 4.17 -0.12 0.13 96.7 4.26 16 1.9 -0.1 3.5 37 .557 .512 $61,000
1974 30 KCR AL 103.0 18 17 48 4.19 4.21 -0.16 0.11 107.4 4.82 7 0.8 .7 -0.1 1.7 17 .546 .505 $71,000
1975 31 KCR AL 112.0 24 16 60 4.82 4.23 0.09 0.03 105.1 4.39 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .477 .497 $
1976 32 TEX AL 210.0 32 31 87 3.73 3.93 -0.01 0.12 102.2 4.14 10 1.2 .9 -0.1 2.9 30 .537 .507 $
1977 33 TEX AL 108.1 28 15 58 4.82 4.53 0.39 0.02 103.9 4.32 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 0.2 6 .478 .496 $
1977 33 BAL AL 4.0 2 0 3 6.75 4.76 0.25 -0.38 115.4 4.76 -1 -0.1 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .456 .499 $
1978 34 BAL AL 54.1 16 8 31 5.13 4.31 0.23 -0.03 99.3 4.02 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .457 .496 $
14 Seasons 2111.2 452 279 929 3.96 4.04 0.03 0.04 100.2 4.06 10 1.8 1.3 -1.5 18.5 228 .504 .501 $132,000
STL (6 yrs) 969.2 234 118 421 3.91 3.97 0.01 0.01 99.3 3.95 -6 -0.2 1.4 -0.5 7.9 101 .499 .500 $
PIT (3 yrs) 550.1 98 74 221 3.61 4.00 0.01 0.06 97.8 3.96 17 2.0 1.0 -0.4 5.9 69 .520 .504 $61,000
KCR (2 yrs) 215.0 42 33 108 4.52 4.22 -0.03 0.07 106.2 4.59 2 0.3 1.0 -0.2 2.0 24 .506 .501 $71,000
TEX (2 yrs) 318.1 60 46 145 4.10 4.13 0.13 0.08 102.8 4.20 4 0.6 1.3 -0.2 3.1 36 .509 .502 $
BAL (2 yrs) 58.1 18 8 34 5.25 4.34 0.23 -0.05 100.4 4.07 -7 -0.8 1.5 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .457 .498 $

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 23 STL NL WS W BOS 1 0 1.000 1.64 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.0 7 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 41 0.727 5.7 0.8 0.8 3.3 4.00
1968 24 STL NL WS L DET 0 1 .000 5.56 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 13 7 7 3 4 1 7 0 0 0 50 1.500 10.3 2.4 3.2 5.6 1.75
1971 27 PIT NL WS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 29 0.444 2.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.00
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.167 9.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
4 Yrs (4 Series) 2 1 .667 2.65 6 5 0 2 1 0 37.1 28 11 11 4 8 2 16 2 0 0 143 0.964 6.8 1.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.167 9.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
3 WS 2 1 .667 2.59 5 4 0 2 1 0 31.1 22 9 9 4 7 2 13 2 0 0 120 0.926 6.3 1.1 2.0 3.7 1.86

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
1965 21 STL NL 37 341 306 33 79 10 2 4 5 4 26 52 .258 .327 .343 .671 .299 105 9 6 2 1 6 3
1966 22 STL NL 49 654 580 65 162 15 2 14 7 7 54 100 .279 .345 .384 .729 .314 223 19 7 7 6 11 7
1967 23 STL NL 49 642 589 45 139 24 2 8 4 5 40 94 .236 .289 .324 .614 .268 191 9 5 6 2 8 13
1968 24 STL NL 33 1025 944 90 251 32 8 18 5 9 55 141 .266 .309 .374 .683 .295 353 17 7 13 6 12 13
1969 25 STL NL 36 954 869 104 218 37 5 17 16 2 63 126 .251 .301 .364 .665 .275 316 12 2 14 6 7 11
1970 26 STL NL 30 484 435 84 129 15 3 14 11 3 36 59 .297 .349 .441 .791 .313 192 6 2 6 5 7 6
1971 27 PIT NL 37 566 523 51 131 15 5 12 6 3 35 76 .250 .301 .367 .668 .273 192 14 3 4 1 12 10
1972 28 PIT NL 28 802 741 83 185 32 1 14 10 7 43 120 .250 .289 .352 .641 .278 261 14 1 8 8 8 8
1973 29 PIT NL 33 893 825 87 201 29 2 19 9 6 51 94 .244 .287 .353 .640 .254 291 17 1 11 5 3 15
1974 30 KCR AL 18 432 403 48 118 22 3 9 8 7 21 41 .293 .329 .429 .759 .307 173 13 2 4 2 1 4
1975 31 KCR AL 24 478 446 60 127 24 2 19 7 8 25 73 .285 .329 .475 .804 .304 212 13 5 1 1 1 8
1976 32 TEX AL 32 879 821 87 224 36 9 17 11 12 47 98 .273 .312 .401 .712 .291 329 10 2 3 6 0 10
1977 33 TOT AL 30 473 431 61 119 14 2 15 5 13 30 59 .276 .330 .422 .753 .290 182 10 6 4 2 1 6
1977 33 BAL AL 2 17 17 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .294 .294 .647 .941 .231 11 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 33 TEX AL 28 456 414 58 114 14 2 13 5 13 30 57 .275 .332 .413 .745 .292 171 9 6 4 2 1 6
1978 34 BAL AL 16 236 208 31 58 8 4 6 4 4 21 30 .279 .345 .442 .787 .295 92 3 2 1 4 2 3
14 Yrs 452 8859 8121 929 2141 313 50 186 108 90 547 1163 .264 .312 .383 .695 .286 3112 166 51 84 55 79 117
162 Game Avg. 42 824 755 86 199 29 5 17 10 8 51 108 .264 .312 .383 .695 .286 289 15 5 8 5 7 11
MLB Averages .252 .319 .371 .689 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 21 STL NL 4.6 0.5 354 0.8 4.7 -3.8 .77 0.8 0.2 6.2 0.6 0.77 5.6 7 6 21
1966 22 STL NL 5.8 0.6 677 1.1 14.1 -13.0 1.23 0.1 0.8 9.3 1.0 1.23 2.4 16 4 11
1967 23 STL NL 16.4 1.8 662 1.0 11.7 -10.7 1.04 1.6 -0.6 22.3 2.5 1.04 16.0 19 4 12
1968 24 STL NL 1.3 0.2 1041 1.6 16.6 -15.0 .93 0.1 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.93 -2.3 0 0 0
1969 25 STL NL -0.0 0.0 990 0.6 18.1 -17.5 1.11 1.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.1 1.11 6.7 1 1 1
1970 26 STL NL -24.9 -2.4 504 -3.0 7.3 -10.3 .96 -1.4 -1.7 -26.9 -2.5 0.96 -18.2 2 4 5
1971 27 PIT NL 7.0 0.8 578 -0.5 7.8 -8.3 .81 0.5 -1.1 8.8 1.0 0.81 6.8 5 6 11
1972 28 PIT NL 2.8 0.3 822 -0.1 14.2 -14.2 1.03 0.8 -0.8 2.8 0.3 1.03 7.0 0 1 0
1973 29 PIT NL 13.3 1.4 913 1.4 15.7 -14.3 1.00 1.9 -0.5 13.9 1.5 1.00 20.1 0 0 0
1974 30 KCR AL -0.4 -0.0 447 0.1 7.0 -7.0 .90 -0.2 0.3 -1.6 -0.2 0.90 -2.1 0 0 1
1975 31 KCR AL -4.5 -0.4 499 0.6 8.4 -7.8 .92 -0.7 1.4 -3.6 -0.4 0.92 -10.5 2 2 3
1976 32 TEX AL 7.5 0.8 911 0.7 14.8 -14.1 .92 0.3 0.5 7.2 0.8 0.92 2.3 0 1 0
1977 33 TOT AL -2.7 -0.3 493 0.0 7.6 -7.5 .85 -0.3 0.4 -4.0 -0.4 0.85 -3.9 5 7 3
1977 33 TEX AL -1.7 -0.2 475 -0.2 7.0 -7.2 .82 -0.3 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.82 -2.7 4 6 3
1977 33 BAL AL -1.0 -0.1 18 0.3 0.6 -0.3 1.55 -0.0 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 1.55 -1.2 1 1 0
1978 34 BAL AL -6.9 -0.7 245 -0.8 3.1 -4.0 .84 -0.3 -0.7 -7.6 -0.8 0.84 -4.2 3 1 4
14 Yrs 19.3 2.5 9136 3.5 151.0 -147.5 .97 4.2 -0.5 27.1 3.5 0.97 25.8 60 37 72

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
1965 21 STL NL 37 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 47.0 60 34 10 7 0 1 9.5 10.3 7.0
1966 22 STL NL 49 17 3 9 5 0 2 6 11 .353 1 2 0 0 8 47% 49.8 79 19 24 10 11 2 3.8 3.3 5.6
1967 23 STL NL 49 14 10 2 2 2 1 12 2 .857 0 1 4 2 10 71% 62.5 82 42 20 10 1 5 4.3 4.6 7.5
1968 24 STL NL 33 33 19 11 3 3 5 20 13 .606 0 2 13 4 24 73% 56.6 82 10 10 2 2 8 4.3 4.4 7.4
1969 25 STL NL 36 33 14 13 6 0 6 18 15 .545 2 3 10 3 24 73% 52.9 84 13 28 11 9 13 4.3 4.0 6.7
1970 26 STL NL 30 19 5 6 8 3 2 10 9 .526 0 6 1 1 4 21% 38.8 82 15 32 15 3 6 7.3 7.2 4.5
1971 27 PIT NL 37 14 7 2 5 0 1 12 2 .857 2 4 4 2 8 57% 51.5 82 16 15 5 1 11 6.0 5.0 6.2
1972 28 PIT NL 28 27 13 11 3 3 5 15 12 .556 1 1 9 2 16 59% 55.7 91 17 23 8 1 13 4.6 4.5 7.2
1973 29 PIT NL 33 33 14 13 6 1 7 17 16 .515 2 3 7 1 23 70% 55.2 84 20 22 8 1 13 4.2 4.2 6.6
1974 30 KCR AL 18 17 5 7 5 1 1 7 10 .412 2 1 3 0 7 41% 49.2 76 24 21 6 3 8 3.7 4.4 5.9
1975 31 KCR AL 24 16 5 6 5 2 1 10 6 .625 1 1 3 0 5 31% 49.1 81 23 15 6 5 6 4.2 4.5 5.6
1976 32 TEX AL 32 31 11 9 11 3 4 15 16 .484 3 5 7 1 17 55% 52.6 85 21 26 12 0 11 4.1 4.2 6.8
1977 33 TOT AL 30 15 4 4 7 2 2 10 5 .667 0 4 2 1 7 47% 77 17 21 4 3 8 5.1 4.3 5.4
1977 33 TEX AL 28 15 4 4 7 2 2 10 5 .667 0 4 2 1 7 47% 47.8 77 17 21 4 3 8 5.1 4.3 5.4
1978 34 BAL AL 16 8 1 4 3 0 2 3 5 .375 0 2 1 0 3 38% 44.2 72 18 8 1 2 5 5.0 3.5 4.5
14 Yrs 450 279 112 98 69 21 40 156 123 .559 14 35 64 17 157 56% 52 91 10 275 105 42 110 4.6 4.5 6.4
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 114 -13 4.0 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
1965 21 STL NL 37 35 14 2 2 5 4 1 80% 5 0 19 7 37% 7 .775 7 6 21 5 3 27 11 24 22 2 23 4 5.9
1966 22 STL NL 49 32 17 1 6 8 6 2 75% 9 1 24 7 29% 8 1.230 16 4 11 11 5 16 13 19 16 7 17 7 5.5
1967 23 STL NL 49 35 14 4 3 9 6 3 67% 11 2 35 13 37% 9 1.045 19 4 12 12 8 15 21 14 18 16 19 7 4.3
1969 25 STL NL 36 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 5 1.112 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 6.0
1970 26 STL NL 30 11 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 .963 2 4 5 0 3 8 3 8 5 1 5 1 6.0
1971 27 PIT NL 37 23 8 1 2 3 1 2 33% 6 3 16 4 25% 6 .811 5 6 11 7 2 14 10 13 15 5 15 5 6.4
1972 28 PIT NL 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.034 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1974 30 KCR AL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 .903 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1975 31 KCR AL 24 8 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 2 29% 4 .918 2 2 3 4 1 3 5 3 6 1 6 1 8.1
1976 32 TEX AL 32 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 .917 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1977 33 TOT AL 30 15 4 2 0 2 2 0 100% 5 3 20 6 30% .847 5 7 3 6 2 7 11 4 9 6 10 0 6.2
1977 33 TEX AL 28 13 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 16 4 25% 6 .821 4 6 3 5 2 6 9 4 8 5 9 0 6.2
1977 33 BAL AL 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 2 50% 6 1.549 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 6.0
1978 34 BAL AL 16 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 5 .842 3 1 4 0 3 5 7 1 6 1 6 0 6.8
12 Yrs 386 173 74 17 14 31 22 9 71% 40 9 147 51 35% .978 60 37 72 47 27 99 85 88 101 41 105 26 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%
1965 21 STL NL 341 58% 1.2% 15.3% 7.6% 4.7% 20% 1.13 74% 72 9 13%
1966 22 STL NL 654 66% 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 4.7% 19% 1.30 72% 131 19 15%
1967 23 STL NL 642 66% 1.3% 14.6% 6.2% 5.3% 25% 0.99 76% 126 9 7%
1968 24 STL NL 1025 62% 1.8% 13.8% 5.4% 5.7% 23% 1.11 77% 178 17 10%
1969 25 STL NL 954 55% 1.8% 13.2% 6.6% 6.2% 27% 0.99 77% 174 12 7%
1970 26 STL NL 484 60% 2.9% 12.2% 7.4% 6.6% 25% 0.90 76% 92 6 7%
1971 27 PIT NL 566 48% 2.1% 13.4% 6.2% 5.7% 24% 1.08 77% 104 14 13%
1972 28 PIT NL 802 53% 1.8% 15.0% 5.4% 5.9% 25% 1.00 77% 113 14 12%
1973 29 PIT NL 893 52% 2.1% 10.5% 5.7% 5.6% 25% 1.00 80% 150 17 11%
1974 30 KCR AL 432 56% 2.1% 9.5% 4.9% 7.9% 29% 0.90 82% 78 13 17%
1975 31 KCR AL 478 54% 4.0% 15.3% 5.2% 9.4% 35% 1.28 74% 81 13 16%
1976 32 TEX AL 879 53% 1.9% 11.2% 5.4% 7.1% 28% 0.59 81% 149 10 7%
1977 33 TOT AL 473 53% 3.2% 12.5% 6.3% 6.6% 26% 0.85 76% 86 10 12%
1977 33 TEX AL 456 52% 2.9% 12.5% 6.6% 6.4% 25% 0.87 76% 82 9 11%
1977 33 BAL AL 17 71% 11.8% 11.8% 0.0% 11.8% 40% 0.38 76% 4 1 25%
1978 34 BAL AL 236 52% 2.5% 12.7% 8.9% 7.6% 31% 0.83 75% 43 3 7%
14 Yrs 8859 56% 2.1% 13.1% 6.2% 6.2% 26% 0.97 77% 1577 166 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.3% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 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
1965 21 STL NL 341 79 4 0 7 3 1 3 1 17 8 4 47% 3 2 1 132 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1966 22 STL NL 654 162 14 0 13 5 9 7 7 37 17 7 46% 7 3 1 255 7 7 50% 7 6 0 0 0 1 4 0 11 0
1967 23 STL NL 642 139 8 0 23 8 0 6 2 40 13 8 33% 13 8 0 235 4 5 44% 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 16 0
1968 24 STL NL 1025 251 18 2 14 10 8 6 12 40 17 5 43% 13 4 0 376 5 9 36% 5 7 0 1 0 1 2 1 11 0
1969 25 STL NL 954 218 17 0 8 10 7 6 11 45 25 4 56% 11 9 3 349 16 2 89% 15 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 24 0
1970 26 STL NL 484 129 14 0 9 10 4 7 7 32 19 5 59% 6 5 1 177 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1971 27 PIT NL 566 131 12 0 10 5 7 7 5 30 11 4 37% 10 1 0 208 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
1972 28 PIT NL 802 185 14 0 4 8 6 4 10 27 15 4 56% 8 2 1 267 10 7 59% 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1973 29 PIT NL 893 201 19 0 9 9 10 6 13 39 21 4 54% 15 1 2 312 9 6 60% 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1974 30 KCR AL 432 118 9 0 6 6 3 4 5 15 7 2 47% 4 1 0 149 8 7 53% 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1975 31 KCR AL 478 127 19 0 2 9 10 14 5 8 4 1 50% 8 1 2 173 7 8 47% 6 7 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 0
1976 32 TEX AL 879 224 17 0 4 7 10 7 10 30 13 1 43% 10 6 1 316 11 12 48% 11 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 16 0
1977 33 TOT AL 473 119 15 1 6 10 5 8 7 17 8 1 47% 6 5 1 171 5 13 28% 4 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 10 0
1977 33 TEX AL 456 114 13 1 6 9 4 8 5 16 7 1 44% 6 4 0 165 5 13 28% 4 12 1 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
1977 33 BAL AL 17 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 100% 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 34 BAL AL 236 58 6 0 6 3 3 2 4 22 10 1 45% 3 2 0 88 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
14 Yrs 8859 2141 186 3 121 103 83 87 99 399 188 51 47% 117 50 13 3208 108 90 55% 101 79 6 9 1 2 20 3 153 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1965 21 3 3 .500 3.50 37 2 14 0 0 4 82.1 79 33 32 4 26 6 52 6 0 2 341 111 1.275 8.6 0.4 2.8 5.7 2.00 111
1966 22 7 18 .280 3.31 86 19 31 0 0 10 236.1 241 98 87 18 80 17 152 13 0 5 995 112 1.358 9.2 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.90 112
1967 23 21 23 .477 2.96 135 33 45 4 2 16 391.2 380 143 129 26 120 25 246 18 2 13 1637 119 1.277 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.05 119
1968 24 40 34 .541 2.90 168 66 45 17 6 16 635.1 631 233 205 44 175 37 387 25 2 17 2661 113 1.269 8.9 0.6 2.5 5.5 2.21 113
1969 25 55 47 .539 3.07 204 99 46 27 9 16 863.0 849 337 294 61 238 44 513 27 3 26 3615 110 1.260 8.9 0.6 2.5 5.3 2.16 110
1970 26 61 54 .530 3.42 234 118 52 28 10 16 969.2 978 421 368 75 274 51 572 29 4 31 4099 101 1.291 9.1 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.09 101
1971 27 69 58 .543 3.37 271 132 60 32 12 17 1105.2 1109 472 414 87 309 63 648 32 4 32 4665 102 1.282 9.0 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.10 102
1972 28 83 69 .546 3.33 299 159 61 41 14 17 1301.1 1294 555 481 101 352 71 768 33 4 34 5467 103 1.265 8.9 0.7 2.4 5.3 2.18 103
1973 29 97 82 .542 3.26 332 192 61 48 15 17 1520.0 1495 642 550 120 403 74 862 34 4 35 6360 106 1.249 8.9 0.7 2.4 5.1 2.14 106
1974 30 102 89 .534 3.30 350 209 61 51 15 17 1623.0 1613 690 596 129 424 75 903 36 4 36 6792 105 1.255 8.9 0.7 2.4 5.0 2.13 105
1975 31 108 95 .532 3.37 374 225 65 54 15 19 1735.0 1740 750 649 148 449 76 976 41 4 37 7270 104 1.262 9.0 0.8 2.3 5.1 2.17 104
1976 32 119 104 .534 3.35 406 256 66 61 16 20 1945.0 1964 837 725 165 496 76 1074 43 5 43 8149 105 1.265 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.17 105
1977 33 125 108 .536 3.41 436 271 70 63 17 22 2057.1 2083 898 779 180 526 77 1133 49 5 48 8622 104 1.268 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.15 104
1978 34 129 112 .535 3.44 452 279 74 64 17 22 2111.2 2141 929 807 186 547 79 1163 51 5 50 8858 103 1.273 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.0 2.13 103

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
1965 21 4 4 .500 3.79 76.0 79 36 32 4 26 48 6 1.382 9.4 3.1 5.7 1.85 0.5 37
1966 22 8 7 .533 3.77 141.0 168 66 59 15 56 92 7 1.589 10.7 3.6 5.9 1.64 1.0 49
1967 23 10 6 .625 3.06 147.0 152 56 50 9 44 89 5 1.333 9.3 2.7 5.4 2.02 0.6 49
1968 24 12 12 .500 4.13 220.0 288 112 101 21 63 127 8 1.595 11.8 2.6 5.2 2.02 0.9 33
1969 25 12 12 .500 4.03 219.0 228 109 98 18 66 121 2 1.342 9.4 2.7 5.0 1.83 0.7 36
1970 26 3 8 .273 5.97 107.0 126 79 71 14 35 59 2 1.505 10.6 2.9 5.0 1.69 1.2 30
1971 27 8 6 .571 3.63 129.0 140 58 52 13 37 72 3 1.372 9.8 2.6 5.0 1.95 0.9 37
1972 28 11 10 .524 3.82 193.0 209 91 82 16 49 118 1 1.337 9.7 2.3 5.5 2.41 0.7 28
1973 29 14 9 .609 3.27 209.0 211 84 76 20 54 90 1 1.268 9.1 2.3 3.9 1.67 0.9 33
1974 30 4 6 .400 4.83 95.0 124 57 51 9 22 38 2 1.537 11.7 2.1 3.6 1.73 0.9 18
1975 31 4 7 .364 4.92 106.0 133 64 58 20 26 69 5 1.500 11.3 2.2 5.9 2.65 1.7 24
1976 32 10 11 .476 4.04 196.0 242 98 88 18 51 92 2 1.495 11.1 2.3 4.2 1.80 0.8 32
1977 33 5 6 .455 4.71 105.0 121 61 55 15 31 55 6 1.448 10.4 2.7 4.7 1.77 1.3 30
1978 34 1 4 .200 6.24 49.0 64 38 34 7 23 27 2 1.776 11.8 4.2 5.0 1.17 1.3 16
14 Yrs 106 108 .495 4.10 1992.0 2285 1009 907 199 583 1097 52 1.440 10.3 5.0 1.88 0.9 452

* 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
1984 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 NL (15, 7%)
1968 NL (20, 1%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1973 NL  2.84 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1968 NL  19 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 NL  .737 (1st)
1968 NL  .633 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1973 NL  1.152 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL  1.978 (8th)
1973 NL  2.099 (8th)
1976 AL  2.014 (7th)
Career  2.331 (208th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 NL  13 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  18 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1968 NL  251 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  2.085 (10th)
Career  2.126 (217th)

Losses s c a p y
1966 NL  15 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 NL  7 (9th)
1968 NL  7 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 NL  22.31 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1967 NL  2.5 (9th)

             

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Frank Lary (962)
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  3. Dock Ellis (949)
  4. Bob Purkey (949)
  5. Johnny Antonelli (946)
  6. Johnny Sain (945)
  7. Joaquin Andujar (944)
  8. Marty Pattin (944)
  9. Harvey Haddix (942)
  10. Mike Scott (942)
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  1. Snipe Conley (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lance McCullers (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Scott Garrelts (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hugh Bedient (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Wally Bunker (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Moose (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rick Reuschel (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Chris Short (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Gullickson (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ralph Terry (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Larry Jackson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Frank Lary (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Frank Lary (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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