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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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Rangers/Royals/Orioles 1965-1978

Final Game: September 13, 1978 (Age 35)
Died: February 13, 2005 in Orlando, FL
Buried: St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, PA
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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 11:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #533. Darren Oliver… #534. Gary Lavelle… #535. Turk Farrell… #536. NELSON BRILES… #537. Brad Penny… #538. Wilson Alvarez… #539. Johnny Cueto… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 (v2.2): 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 3.98 0.21 -0.13 105.6 3.86 2 0.3 .8 -0.1 1.0 10 .507 .502
1966 22 STL NL 154.0 49 17 65 3.80 4.21 0.31 -0.02 100.0 3.88 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.2 1.4 15 .500 .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 3.6 31 .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 1.9 19 .495 .499 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 227.2 36 33 104 4.11 4.23 -0.03 0.06 99.1 4.28 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 2.2 23 .506 .501
1970 26 STL NL 106.2 30 19 84 7.09 4.56 -0.51 0.02 101.0 5.15 -24 -2.4 .9 -0.1 -1.4 -13 .421 .485
1971 27 PIT NL 136.0 37 14 51 3.38 3.94 0.09 -0.02 101.1 3.87 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.8 18 .519 .504
1972 28 PIT NL 195.2 28 27 83 3.82 3.85 0.11 0.06 97.8 3.71 -5 -0.6 .8 -0.1 1.0 13 .479 .496
1973 29 PIT NL 218.2 33 33 87 3.58 4.16 -0.12 0.13 97.0 4.27 16 1.9 -0.1 3.7 35 .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 1.8 16 .546 .505 $71,000
1975 31 KCR AL 112.0 24 16 60 4.82 4.23 0.09 0.03 105.3 4.39 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.5 5 .477 .497
1976 32 TEX AL 210.0 32 31 87 3.73 3.92 -0.01 0.12 102.2 4.14 10 1.2 .9 -0.1 3.1 28 .537 .507
1977 33 TEX AL 108.1 28 15 58 4.82 4.52 0.39 0.02 104.3 4.33 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 0.3 5 .477 .496
1977 33 BAL AL 4.0 2 0 3 6.75 4.76 0.25 -0.38 116.9 4.82 -1 -0.1 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0 .457 .499
1978 34 BAL AL 54.1 16 8 31 5.13 4.30 0.23 -0.03 100.1 4.04 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -2 .457 .496
14 Seasons 2111.2 452 279 929 3.96 4.04 0.03 0.04 100.3 4.06 10 1.9 1.3 -1.5 20.6 204 .504 .502 $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 8.6 86 .499 .501
PIT (3 yrs) 550.1 98 74 221 3.61 3.99 0.01 0.06 98.3 3.97 17 2.0 1.0 -0.4 6.5 66 .521 .505 $61,000
KCR (2 yrs) 215.0 42 33 108 4.52 4.22 -0.03 0.07 106.3 4.60 2 0.3 1.0 -0.2 2.2 22 .506 .500 $71,000
TEX (2 yrs) 318.1 60 46 145 4.10 4.13 0.13 0.08 102.9 4.21 4 0.6 1.3 -0.2 3.5 33 .509 .502
BAL (2 yrs) 58.1 18 8 34 5.25 4.33 0.23 -0.05 101.3 4.10 -7 -0.8 1.5 -0.2 -0.3 -2 .457 .496

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 21 STL NL 37 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .133 .188 .133 .321 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 22 STL NL 49 41 38 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .079 .125 .079 .204 -42 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 23 STL NL 49 48 40 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .150 .209 .150 .359 5 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 33 95 80 5 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 21 .138 .186 .163 .349 6 13 2 1 9 1 0 1 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 36 85 76 1 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 26 .105 .150 .145 .295 -17 11 2 0 5 0 0 1
1970 26 STL NL 30 43 39 4 7 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 14 .179 .200 .308 .508 33 12 0 0 3 0 0 1
1971 27 PIT NL 37 44 39 3 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 13 .256 .293 .410 .703 96 16 0 0 3 0 0 1
1972 28 PIT NL 28 78 70 6 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 32 .157 .178 .171 .350 1 12 0 0 5 1 0 1
1973 29 PIT NL 33 82 72 3 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 21 .194 .224 .264 .488 36 19 0 1 6 1 0 1
1974 30 KCR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 TOT AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 34 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Yrs 452 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 191 168 10 26 3 1 1 10 0 0 8 61 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 34 2 1 13 1 0
STL (6 yrs) 234 328 288 17 37 3 2 1 15 0 0 15 105 .128 .174 .163 .337 -4 47 5 1 23 1 0
PIT (3 yrs) 98 204 181 12 35 6 0 2 14 0 0 6 66 .193 .221 .260 .481 36 47 0 1 14 2 0
KCR (2 yrs) 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 332 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 12 94 5 2 37 3 0
AL (5 yrs) 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 21 STL NL 37 16 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
1966 22 STL NL 49 41 -7 0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.3 0.1 -1 1
1967 23 STL NL 49 48 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 2 1 MVP-15
1968 24 STL NL 33 95 -9 -0 0 0 10 1 0.2 3 4 0.2 .503 .501 0.1 0.1 4 1 MVP-20
1969 25 STL NL 36 85 -12 -0 -0 0 10 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 1
1970 26 STL NL 30 43 -4 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 3 1
1971 27 PIT NL 37 44 -0 0 0 0 5 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 6 1
1972 28 PIT NL 28 78 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 2 1
1973 29 PIT NL 33 82 -6 -0 0 0 9 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $61,000 1
1974 30 KCR AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $71,000 1
1975 31 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1976 32 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 33 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1977 33 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1978 34 BAL AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
14 Seasons 452 532 -55 0 0 0 59 4 0.6 18 22 0.6 .501 .500 0.4 0.3 22 $132,000
STL (6 yrs) 234 328 -40 0 0 0 37 -3 -0.2 11 9 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.3 0.2 9
PIT (3 yrs) 98 204 -16 -0 0 0 22 6 0.7 7 13 0.7 .507 .502 0.7 0.0 13 $61,000
KCR (2 yrs) 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $71,000
TEX (2 yrs) 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0
BAL (2 yrs) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 23 STL NL WS BOS W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 STL NL WS DET L 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 1 0 0 0
1971 27 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 2 0 0
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 6 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 1 2 0 0
1 NLCS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 1 2 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1965 STL NL 21 P 37 2 0 82.1 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.38 .956 2.08 2.08 5 4 44% 36% 1
1966 STL NL 22 P 49 17 0 154.0 39 9 29 1 3 .974 2.22 0.78 .947 1.96 1.96 7 7 50% 40% 3
1967 STL NL 23 P 49 14 4 155.1 30 10 18 2 1 .933 1.62 0.57 .960 2.00 2.00 4 5 56% 40% 2 MVP-15
1968 STL NL 24 P 33 33 13 243.2 48 15 31 2 1 .958 1.70 1.39 .958 2.01 2.02 5 9 64% 40% 1 MVP-20
1969 STL NL 25 P 36 33 10 227.2 50 13 34 3 3 .940 1.86 1.31 .958 1.95 1.94 16 2 11% 40% 2
1970 STL NL 26 P 30 19 1 106.2 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.43 .951 1.85 1.84 11 3 21% 33% 0
1971 PIT NL 27 P 37 14 4 136.0 27 13 13 1 1 .963 1.72 0.70 .954 1.90 1.90 6 3 33% 35% 1
1972 PIT NL 28 P 28 27 9 195.2 38 11 26 1 1 .974 1.70 1.32 .950 1.78 1.78 10 7 41% 37% 0
1973 PIT NL 29 P 33 33 7 218.2 50 14 35 1 3 .980 2.02 1.48 .950 1.88 1.88 9 6 40% 36% 1
1974 KCR AL 30 P 18 17 3 103.0 21 8 12 1 1 .952 1.75 1.11 .947 1.81 1.80 8 7 47% 38% 0
1975 KCR AL 31 P 24 16 3 112.0 27 11 15 1 1 .963 2.09 1.08 .940 1.87 1.86 7 8 53% 38% 2
1976 TEX AL 32 P 32 31 7 210.0 28 10 18 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.88 .950 1.87 1.88 11 12 52% 34% 0
1977 TOT AL 33 P 30 15 2 112.1 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.28 0.53 .948 1.95 1.93 5 13 72% 39% 1
1977 TEX AL 33 P 28 15 2 108.1 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.33 0.57 .948 1.95 1.93 5 13 72% 39% 1
1977 BAL AL 33 P 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.95 0 0 0
1978 BAL AL 34 P 16 8 1 54.1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.99 0.38 .954 1.90 1.88 4 4 50% 38% 0
14 Seasons P 452 279 64 2111.2 408 131 263 14 17 .966 1.68 0.87 .952 1.91 1.92 108 90 45% 37% 14
14 Seasons TOT 452 279 64 2111.2 408 131 263 14 17 .966 1.68 0.87 .952 1.91 1.92 108 90 45% 37% 14
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (982nd)

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 (210th)

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 (225th)

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1976 AL  1.000 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (568), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 22 (1026), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (525), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (558), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (480th), 21.1 career WAR/18.8 7yr-peak WAR/20.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197329Pittsburgh Pirates$61,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197430Kansas City Royals$71,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$132,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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