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Ron Bryant

Ronald Raymond Bryant

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

Born: November 12, 1947 in Redlands, CA
High School: Davis HS (Davis, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 22nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1967
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals 1967-1975

Final Game: July 29, 1975
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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	17	SFG-min	Rk	3	5	.375	4.80	16	8					60.0	63	45	32	4	31								1.567	9.4	0.6	4.6			MGV · PION
1966	18	SFG-min	A	5	13	.278	3.80	22	22					128.0	112	77	54	9	82								1.516	7.9	0.6	5.8			DEC · MIDW
1967	19	SFG-min	A	12	10	.545	2.97	25	24					176.0	144	67	58	8	85		187						1.301	7.4	0.4	4.3	9.6	2.20	FRE · CALL
1967	19	SFG	NL	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	16	83	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	4.5

1968	20	SFG-min	AA	11	11	.500	4.01	28	27					173.0	181	90	77	15	83		140						1.526	9.4	0.8	4.3	7.3	1.69	AMA · TL
1969	21	SFG-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.45	13	10		2	1	0	73.0	66	31	28	4	26	1	42	4	0	2			1.260	8.1	0.5	3.2	5.2	1.62	PHX · PCL
1969	21	SFG	NL	4	3	.571	4.37	16	8	4	0	0	1	57.2	60	29	28	8	25	1	30	2	0	3	252	81	1.474	9.4	1.2	3.9	4.7	1.20
1970	22	SFG-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.90	7	4		1	0	0	29.0	38	21	19	4	8	0	24	0	0	2			1.586	11.8	1.2	2.5	7.4	3.00	PHX · PCL
1970	22	SFG	NL	5	8	.385	4.78	34	11	7	1	0	0	96.0	103	58	51	7	38	0	66	2	0	4	425	84	1.469	9.7	0.7	3.6	6.2	1.74
1971	23	SFG	NL	7	10	.412	3.79	27	22	2	3	2	0	140.0	146	69	59	9	49	3	79	3	1	2	603	91	1.393	9.4	0.6	3.2	5.1	1.61
1972	24	SFG	NL	14	7	.667	2.90	35	28	1	11	4	0	214.0	176	81	69	20	77	5	107	2	2	8	879	121	1.182	7.4	0.8	3.2	4.5	1.39
1973	25	SFG	NL	24	12	.667	3.53	41	39	1	8	0	0	270.0	240	125	106	23	115	12	143	9	1	8	1165	109	1.315	8.0	0.8	3.8	4.8	1.24	CYA-3,MVP-26
1974	26	SFG	NL	3	15	.167	5.61	41	23	5	0	0	0	126.2	142	92	79	11	68	4	75	4	0	2	593	68	1.658	10.1	0.8	4.8	5.3	1.10
1975	27	STL	NL	0	1	.000	16.62	10	1	3	0	0	0	8.2	20	17	16	2	7	1	7	0	0	1	55	24	3.115	20.8	2.1	7.3	7.3	1.00
1976	28	SFG-LAD-min	AAA	2	7	.222	7.99	21	12		1	0	0	71.0	86	71	63	7	70	2	48	7	0	9			2.197	10.9	0.9	8.9	6.1	0.69	PHX,ABQ · PCL
8 Yrs				57	56	.504	4.02	205	132	23	23	6	1	917.0	890	473	410	80	379	26	509	23	4	28	3988	92	1.384	8.7	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.34
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.504	4.02	41	27	5	5	1	0	185	180	95	83	16	76	5	103	5	1	6	805	92	1.384	8.7	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.34

SFG (7 yrs)				57	55	.509	3.90	195	131	20	23	6	1	908.1	870	456	394	78	372	25	502	23	4	27	3933	95	1.367	8.6	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.35
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	16.62	10	1	3	0	0	0	8.2	20	17	16	2	7	1	7	0	0	1	55	24	3.115	20.8	2.1	7.3	7.3	1.00

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	19	SFG	NL	4.0	1	0	2	4.50	3.75	0.13	-0.16	98.0	3.39	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	-0	.440	.500	$

1969	21	SFG	NL	57.2	16	8	29	4.53	3.92	-0.10	0.01	99.2	4.00	-4	-0.4	1.6	-0.1	0.0	3	.473	.497	$
1970	22	SFG	NL	96.0	34	11	58	5.44	4.57	-0.57	-0.04	98.3	5.01	-6	-0.6	1.3	-0.1	0.0	5	.482	.496	$
1971	23	SFG	NL	140.0	27	22	69	4.44	3.90	-0.01	0.04	100.4	3.96	-9	-1.0	.9	-0.1	0.0	5	.464	.494	$
1972	24	SFG	NL	214.0	35	28	81	3.41	3.73	-0.03	0.04	103.6	3.93	10	1.1	.7	-0.2	2.6	30	.533	.507	$
1973	25	SFG	NL	270.0	41	39	125	4.17	4.16	-0.05	0.13	104.7	4.54	11	1.2	3.5	-0.2	3.2	36	.530	.508	$25,000	CYA-3,MVP-26
1974	26	SFG	NL	126.2	41	23	92	6.54	4.22	-0.02	0.04	104.8	4.49	-29	-3.1	1.6	-0.3	-2.3	-17	.426	.481	$60,000
1975	27	STL	NL	8.2	10	1	17	17.65	4.34	-0.29	-0.29	100.4	4.35	-13	-1.3	.4	0.3	-0.9	-12	.373	.492	$
8 Seasons				917.0	205	132	473	4.64	4.05	-0.09	0.05	102.7	4.31	-41	-4.0	1.3	-0.6	2.6	49	.481	.497	$85,000

SFG (7 yrs)				908.1	195	131	456	4.52	4.05	-0.09	0.05	102.7	4.31	-28	-2.7	1.4	-0.9	3.5	61	.486	.498	$85,000
STL (1 yr)				8.2	10	1	17	17.65	4.34	-0.29	-0.29	100.4	4.35	-13	-1.3	.4	0.3	-0.9	-12	.373	.492	$

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
1971	23	SFG	NL	NLCS	L	PIT	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	9	1.000	4.5	4.5	4.5	9.0	2.00
1 NLCS							0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	9	1.000	4.5	4.5	4.5	9.0	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
1967	19	SFG	NL	1	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.250	.267	.517	.231	4	0	1	0	0	0	0

1969	21	SFG	NL	16	252	221	29	60	10	0	8	3	1	25	30	.271	.349	.425	.775	.283	94	9	2	3	1	1	4
1970	22	SFG	NL	34	425	375	58	103	18	1	7	8	2	38	66	.275	.343	.384	.727	.316	144	3	2	7	2	0	5
1971	23	SFG	NL	27	603	537	69	146	21	4	9	3	4	49	79	.272	.333	.376	.709	.301	202	15	3	8	6	3	8
1972	24	SFG	NL	35	879	784	81	176	29	0	20	9	6	77	107	.224	.293	.338	.631	.235	265	20	2	8	8	5	15
1973	25	SFG	NL	41	1165	1027	125	240	34	3	23	12	7	115	143	.234	.315	.340	.655	.251	349	13	9	9	5	12	18
1974	26	SFG	NL	41	593	497	92	142	24	8	11	12	3	68	75	.286	.372	.433	.805	.314	215	12	4	18	6	4	18
1975	27	STL	NL	10	55	45	17	20	5	0	2	1	0	7	7	.444	.519	.689	1.208	.500	31	0	0	3	0	1	1
8 Yrs				205	3988	3501	473	890	142	16	80	48	23	379	509	.254	.329	.372	.701	.276	1304	72	23	56	28	26	69
162 Game Avg.				41	805	706	95	180	29	3	16	10	5	76	103	.254	.329	.372	.701	.276	263	15	5	11	6	5	14
MLB Averages																.250	.318	.367	.684	.277

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	19	SFG	NL	-0.2	-0.0	16	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.05	0.6	0	0	1

1969	21	SFG	NL	-4.1	-0.4	259	0.6	5.2	-4.6	1.10	-0.6	1.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.10	-3.5	2	3	3
1970	22	SFG	NL	-8.5	-0.8	441	-0.8	8.1	-8.9	1.13	-0.1	-0.7	-8.2	-0.8	1.13	-4.5	10	4	7
1971	23	SFG	NL	-6.5	-0.7	617	-0.1	10.8	-10.9	1.04	-0.8	0.6	-4.0	-0.4	1.04	-7.5	1	1	3
1972	24	SFG	NL	13.3	1.5	905	0.8	15.8	-15.0	1.02	1.0	-0.2	14.4	1.6	1.02	10.3	1	2	4
1973	25	SFG	NL	7.2	0.8	1198	1.5	22.0	-20.5	1.11	0.8	0.6	2.3	0.2	1.11	4.1	2	0	0
1974	26	SFG	NL	-24.7	-2.5	609	-4.7	9.8	-14.5	1.17	-2.4	-1.6	-37.2	-3.6	1.17	-26.7	7	2	9
1975	27	STL	NL	-11.1	-1.1	61	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.42	-1.0	-0.6	-11.6	-1.1	0.42	-10.8	1	1	7
8 Yrs				-34.7	-3.3	4106	-3.4	72.0	-75.4	1.08	-3.0	-0.2	-46.5	-4.4	1.08	-37.8	24	13	34

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
1969	21	SFG	NL	16	8	2	2	4	0	0	6	2	.750	2	0	0	0	3	38%	49.8	58	37	7	4	4	4	4.7	5.5	5.7
1970	22	SFG	NL	34	11	2	5	4	0	2	4	7	.364	1	2	1	0	4	36%	48.3	77	31	26	12	4	4	3.4	3.3	5.2
1971	23	SFG	NL	27	22	6	10	6	0	1	11	11	.500	1	3	3	2	11	50%	49.6	87	27	22	11	7	4	3.6	3.7	5.7
1972	24	SFG	NL	35	28	14	6	8	1	1	16	12	.571	4	6	11	4	19	68%	56.5	81	26	17	6	9	10	5.0	4.6	7.0
1973	25	SFG	NL	41	39	23	12	4	5	3	26	13	.667	0	3	8	0	24	62%	52.9	80	14	45	11	26	5	4.6	4.3	6.9
1974	26	SFG	NL	41	23	3	14	6	1	3	8	15	.348	2	3	0	0	7	30%	41.9	68	17	43	14	8	4	3.3	3.3	4.4
1975	27	STL	NL	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22.0	22	22	7	3	1	0	4.0	9.0	1.0
7 Yrs				204	132	50	50	32	7	10	71	61	.538	10	17	23	6	68	52%	50	87	14	167	61	59	31	4.2	4.2	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	112	-3					4.0	3.9	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1967	19	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		4	.053	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	12.0

1969	21	SFG	NL	16	8	4	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	8	4	50%	7	1.096	2	3	3	1	1	6	4	4	4	1	5	0	4.5
1970	22	SFG	NL	34	23	7	3	3	1	0	1	0%	2	1	22	7	32%	7	1.130	10	4	7	3	6	14	12	11	12	8	12	7	5.1
1971	23	SFG	NL	27	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	7	1.043	1	1	3	0	1	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	8.6
1972	24	SFG	NL	35	7	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	3	1.019	1	2	4	0	1	6	3	4	6	0	6	2	8.0
1973	25	SFG	NL	41	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	9	1.109	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.5
1974	26	SFG	NL	41	18	5	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	19	9	47%	8	1.169	7	2	9	2	2	14	10	8	10	3	11	7	4.3
1975	27	STL	NL	10	9	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	1	14%	6	.418	1	1	7	1	0	8	4	5	2	4	2	1	2.6
8 Yrs				205	73	23	7	6	3	1	2	33%	5	2	66	25	38%		1.076	24	13	34	7	13	53	38	35	38	20	40	18	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	19	SFG	NL	16	50%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	6.3%	33%	0.67	81%	2	0	0%

1969	21	SFG	NL	252	15%	3.2%	11.9%	9.9%	7.1%	30%	1.20	73%	58	9	16%
1970	22	SFG	NL	425	21%	1.7%	15.5%	8.9%	6.1%	25%	0.91	72%	99	3	3%
1971	23	SFG	NL	603	18%	1.5%	13.1%	8.1%	5.6%	23%	0.89	75%	137	15	11%
1972	24	SFG	NL	879	17%	2.3%	12.2%	8.8%	5.6%	28%	0.80	76%	171	20	12%
1973	25	SFG	NL	1165	20%	2.0%	12.3%	9.9%	5.2%	25%	0.97	74%	203	13	6%
1974	26	SFG	NL	593	25%	1.9%	12.7%	11.5%	7.3%	30%	1.19	70%	133	12	9%
1975	27	STL	NL	55	47%	3.6%	12.7%	12.7%	12.7%	35%	0.73	65%	20	0	0%
8 Yrs				3988	20%	2.0%	12.8%	9.5%	6.0%	27%	0.94	74%	823	72	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.5%	8.7%	6.0%	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
1967	19	SFG	NL	16	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	21	SFG	NL	252	60			8	0	9	8	0	4	4	17	5	3	29%	4	3	0	97	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1970	22	SFG	NL	425	103			7	0	13	5	2	4	3	23	13	4	57%	5	4	3	182	8	2	80%	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	12	0
1971	23	SFG	NL	603	146			9	0	13	8	1	6	3	33	17	6	52%	8	2	2	243	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
1972	24	SFG	NL	879	176			20	0	20	17	3	8	12	40	19	3	48%	15	8	1	317	9	6	60%	9	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	23	0
1973	25	SFG	NL	1165	240			23	0	27	18	5	15	8	49	23	8	47%	18	8	1	420	12	7	63%	11	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	21	0
1974	26	SFG	NL	593	142			11	1	22	10	1	8	3	45	25	4	56%	18	2	1	240	12	3	80%	9	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	12	0
1975	27	STL	NL	55	20			2	0	1	1	1	0	2	10	5	1	50%	1	1	3	31	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
8 Yrs				3988	890			80	1	105	67	13	45	35	218	108	29	50%	69	28	11	1534	48	23	68%	43	20	5	1	0	2	6	6	94	0
MLB Averages																		49%							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+
1967	19	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	16	83	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	4.5		83
1968	20	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	16	83	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	4.5		83
1969	21	4	3	.571	4.38	17	8	4	0	0	1	61.2	63	31	30	8	25	1	32	3	0	3	268	81	1.427	9.2	1.2	3.6	4.7	1.28	81
1970	22	9	11	.450	4.62	51	19	11	1	0	1	157.2	166	89	81	15	63	1	98	5	0	7	693	83	1.452	9.5	0.9	3.6	5.6	1.56	83
1971	23	16	21	.432	4.23	78	41	13	4	2	1	297.2	312	158	140	24	112	4	177	8	1	9	1296	86	1.424	9.4	0.7	3.4	5.4	1.58	86
1972	24	30	28	.517	3.68	113	69	14	15	6	1	511.2	488	239	209	44	189	9	284	10	3	17	2175	98	1.323	8.6	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.50	98
1973	25	54	40	.574	3.63	154	108	15	23	6	1	781.2	728	364	315	67	304	21	427	19	4	25	3340	102	1.320	8.4	0.8	3.5	4.9	1.40	102
1974	26	57	55	.509	3.90	195	131	20	23	6	1	908.1	870	456	394	78	372	25	502	23	4	27	3933	95	1.367	8.6	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.35	95
1975	27	57	56	.504	4.02	205	132	23	23	6	1	917.0	890	473	410	80	379	26	509	23	4	28	3988	92	1.384	8.7	0.8	3.7	5.0	1.34	92

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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	19	0	0		3.60	5.0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.6		0.0	1

1969	21	2	3	.400	5.17	54.0	63	34	31	8	26	28	2	1.648	10.5	4.3	4.7	1.08	1.3	16
1970	22	4	6	.400	4.79	94.0	102	56	50	7	38	65	2	1.489	9.8	3.6	6.2	1.71	0.7	34
1971	23	6	8	.429	4.67	131.0	156	76	68	10	52	74	3	1.588	10.7	3.6	5.1	1.42	0.7	27
1972	24	13	10	.565	3.38	213.0	194	89	80	22	85	106	2	1.310	8.2	3.6	4.5	1.25	0.9	35
1973	25	16	13	.552	3.61	267.0	241	119	107	23	115	141	9	1.333	8.1	3.9	4.8	1.23	0.8	41
1974	26	5	9	.357	5.71	126.0	143	89	80	11	68	75	4	1.675	10.2	4.9	5.4	1.10	0.8	41
1975	27	0	1	.000	16.00	9.0	20	18	16	2	7	8	0	3.000	20.0	7.0	8.0	1.14	2.0	10
8 Yrs		46	50	.479	4.34	899.0	919	483	434	83	391	499	23	1.457	9.2		5.0	1.28	0.8	205

* 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

Awards (yr lg award) 1973 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 NL (26, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1973 NL (3, 42%) 0.42 Career Shares (113th)	Wins s c a p y 1973 NL 24 (1st)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1972 NL .667 (8th) 1973 NL .667 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1972 NL 7.402 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1973 NL 270.0 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1973 NL 39 (4th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1972 NL 4 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1972 NL 20 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1973 NL 115 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1974 NL 15 (7th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1973 NL 106 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1973 NL 9 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1973 NL 1,165 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1967 NL born 1947-11-12 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Johnny Kucks (960)
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Johnny Podres (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Brett (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave LaPoint (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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