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Tom Burgmeier

Thomas Henry Burgmeier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 2, 1943 in St. Paul, MN
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1968
Teams (by GP): Twins/Royals/RedSox/Angels/Athletics 1968-1984
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: August 29, 1984
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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
1968 24 CAL AL 1 4 .200 4.33 56 2 24 0 0 5 72.2 65 41 35 5 24 3 33 0 0 1 295 67 1.225 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.38
1969 25 KCR AL 3 1 .750 4.17 31 0 12 0 0 0 54.0 67 31 25 5 21 3 23 1 0 2 244 89 1.630 11.2 0.8 3.5 3.8 1.10
1970 26 KCR AL 6 6 .500 3.16 41 0 17 0 0 1 68.1 59 31 24 6 23 1 43 0 0 2 283 118 1.200 7.8 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.87
1971 27 KCR AL 9 7 .563 1.73 67 0 34 0 0 17 88.1 71 23 17 3 30 4 44 7 0 2 364 197 1.143 7.2 0.3 3.1 4.5 1.47
1972 28 KCR AL 6 2 .750 4.23 51 0 30 0 0 9 55.1 67 32 26 0 33 6 18 1 0 0 260 72 1.807 10.9 0.0 5.4 2.9 0.55
1973 29 KCR AL 0 0 5.40 6 0 5 0 0 1 10.0 13 6 6 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 47 78 1.700 11.7 1.8 3.6 3.6 1.00
1974 30 MIN AL 5 3 .625 4.52 50 0 25 0 0 4 91.2 92 46 46 7 26 2 34 2 0 3 381 84 1.287 9.0 0.7 2.6 3.3 1.31
1975 31 MIN AL 5 8 .385 3.09 46 0 37 0 0 11 75.2 76 32 26 7 23 2 41 1 0 1 318 126 1.308 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.78
1976 32 MIN AL 8 1 .889 2.50 57 0 22 0 0 1 115.1 95 36 32 11 29 3 45 2 2 2 456 144 1.075 7.4 0.9 2.3 3.5 1.55
1977 33 MIN AL 6 4 .600 5.09 61 0 20 0 0 7 97.1 113 56 55 15 33 0 35 2 2 3 423 79 1.500 10.4 1.4 3.1 3.2 1.06
1978 34 BOS AL 2 1 .667 4.40 35 1 13 0 0 4 61.1 74 33 30 7 23 1 24 3 0 0 276 95 1.582 10.9 1.0 3.4 3.5 1.04
1979 35 BOS AL 3 2 .600 2.74 44 0 24 0 0 4 88.2 89 32 27 8 16 4 60 4 0 1 368 163 1.184 9.0 0.8 1.6 6.1 3.75
1980 36 BOS AL 5 4 .556 2.00 62 0 39 0 0 24 99.0 87 30 22 3 20 3 54 2 0 1 391 213 1.081 7.9 0.3 1.8 4.9 2.70 AS
1981 37 BOS AL 4 5 .444 2.87 32 0 21 0 0 6 59.2 61 23 19 5 17 4 35 4 0 0 255 136 1.307 9.2 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.06
1982 38 BOS AL 7 0 1.000 2.29 40 0 17 0 0 2 102.1 98 30 26 6 22 7 44 2 1 1 413 190 1.173 8.6 0.5 1.9 3.9 2.00
1983 39 OAK AL 6 7 .462 2.81 49 0 22 0 0 4 96.0 89 33 30 2 32 8 39 0 2 2 409 137 1.260 8.3 0.2 3.0 3.7 1.22
1984 40 OAK AL 3 0 1.000 2.35 17 0 8 0 0 2 23.0 15 6 6 2 8 4 8 0 0 1 89 161 1.000 5.9 0.8 3.1 3.1 1.00
17 Yrs 79 55 .590 3.23 745 3 370 0 0 102 1258.2 1231 521 452 94 384 55 584 32 7 23 5272 119 1.283 8.8 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.52
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .590 3.23 68 0 34 0 0 9 114 112 47 41 9 35 5 53 3 1 2 479 119 1.283 8.8 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.52
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
KCR (5 yrs) 24 16 .600 3.20 196 0 98 0 0 28 276.0 277 123 98 16 111 14 132 10 0 7 1198 110 1.406 9.0 0.5 3.6 4.3 1.19
BOS (5 yrs) 21 12 .636 2.72 213 1 114 0 0 40 411.0 409 148 124 29 98 19 217 15 1 3 1703 157 1.234 9.0 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.21
MIN (4 yrs) 24 16 .600 3.77 214 0 104 0 0 23 380.0 376 170 159 40 111 7 155 7 4 9 1578 101 1.282 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.7 1.40
OAK (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 2.72 66 0 30 0 0 6 119.0 104 39 36 4 40 12 47 0 2 3 498 141 1.210 7.9 0.3 3.0 3.6 1.18
CAL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 4.33 56 2 24 0 0 5 72.2 65 41 35 5 24 3 33 0 0 1 295 67 1.225 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.38

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
1968 24 CAL AL 72.2 56 2 41 5.08 3.60 0.18 -0.14 96.1 3.16 -15 -1.8 1.1 -0.2 -1.5 -10 .468 .489 $
1969 25 KCR AL 54.0 31 0 31 5.17 4.27 -0.10 -0.17 101.3 4.25 -5 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .482 .497 $15,000
1970 26 KCR AL 68.1 41 0 31 4.08 4.26 0.01 -0.17 100.5 4.10 1 0.1 1.6 -0.1 0.6 7 .502 .500 $
1971 27 KCR AL 88.1 67 0 23 2.34 3.94 0.01 -0.17 98.4 3.70 13 1.6 1.7 0.4 2.8 22 .524 .510 $
1972 28 KCR AL 55.1 51 0 32 5.20 3.61 -0.12 -0.16 97.0 3.47 -10 -1.3 2.0 -0.7 -1.4 -6 .475 .492 $
1973 29 KCR AL 10.0 6 0 6 5.40 4.03 -0.38 -0.33 104.0 4.25 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .476 .499 $
1974 30 MIN AL 91.2 50 0 46 4.52 4.16 -0.13 -0.35 104.8 4.14 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.3 0.1 5 .491 .497 $28,000
1975 31 MIN AL 75.2 46 0 32 3.81 4.42 0.01 -0.37 101.3 4.10 2 0.3 2.2 0.0 1.0 10 .506 .502 $28,500
1976 32 MIN AL 115.1 57 0 36 2.81 4.02 0.10 -0.33 102.3 3.67 11 1.3 1.4 0.0 2.4 22 .523 .508 $
1977 33 MIN AL 97.1 61 0 56 5.18 4.49 -0.04 -0.36 99.4 4.14 -11 -1.2 1.4 -0.4 -0.7 -0 .481 .493 $
1978 34 BOS AL 61.1 35 1 33 4.84 4.39 0.06 -0.32 109.1 4.37 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 0.1 3 .491 .498 $
1979 35 BOS AL 88.2 44 0 32 3.25 4.70 0.22 -0.38 104.9 4.30 10 1.1 .9 -0.2 1.7 21 .524 .507 $120,000
1980 36 BOS AL 99.0 62 0 30 2.73 4.73 0.05 -0.38 104.6 4.50 19 2.0 2.3 1.1 4.0 30 .533 .513 $ AS
1981 37 BOS AL 59.2 32 0 23 3.47 4.07 0.04 -0.32 106.0 3.92 3 0.3 1.9 0.0 0.9 7 .511 .502 $
1982 38 BOS AL 102.1 40 0 30 2.64 4.52 0.01 -0.35 106.6 4.44 21 2.3 1.3 0.1 3.3 31 .557 .514 $
1983 39 OAK AL 96.0 49 0 33 3.09 4.65 0.04 -0.37 94.5 4.00 10 1.0 1.6 0.1 2.0 20 .521 .506 $
1984 40 OAK AL 23.0 17 0 6 2.35 4.47 -0.14 -0.36 94.0 4.00 4 0.5 1.6 0.1 0.8 7 .527 .503 $
17 Seasons 1258.2 745 3 521 3.73 4.29 0.02 -0.30 101.7 4.03 46 4.7 1.6 -0.3 15.8 167 .506 .502 $191,500
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
KCR (5 yrs) 276.0 196 0 123 4.01 4.02 -0.05 -0.17 99.4 3.88 -3 -0.3 1.6 -0.5 1.7 22 .498 .500 $15,000
BOS (5 yrs) 411.0 213 1 148 3.24 4.52 0.08 -0.36 106.0 4.34 50 5.4 1.6 0.9 10.0 92 .525 .507 $120,000
MIN (4 yrs) 380.0 214 0 170 4.03 4.25 -0.01 -0.35 102.0 3.99 -1 -0.0 1.6 -0.7 2.8 38 .500 .500 $56,500
OAK (2 yrs) 119.0 66 0 39 2.95 4.61 0.01 -0.37 94.4 4.00 14 1.5 1.6 0.2 2.8 26 .522 .505 $
CAL (1 yr) 72.2 56 2 41 5.08 3.60 0.18 -0.14 96.1 3.16 -15 -1.8 1.1 -0.2 -1.5 -10 .468 .489 $

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
1980 BOS AL 36

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
1968 24 CAL AL 56 295 260 41 65 13 2 5 3 2 24 33 .250 .310 .373 .683 .267 97 14 0 8 3 3 9
1969 25 KCR AL 31 243 211 31 67 9 3 5 4 3 21 23 .318 .376 .460 .835 .332 97 3 1 6 4 3 4
1970 26 KCR AL 41 283 250 31 59 7 2 6 3 2 23 43 .236 .297 .352 .649 .260 88 4 0 7 3 1 3
1971 27 KCR AL 67 364 319 23 71 13 0 3 4 1 30 44 .223 .303 .292 .594 .249 93 8 7 7 1 4 7
1972 28 KCR AL 51 261 215 32 67 16 1 0 3 1 33 18 .312 .399 .395 .795 .333 85 9 1 8 4 6 8
1973 29 KCR AL 6 46 41 6 13 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 .317 .391 .537 .928 .314 22 2 1 0 0 0 0
1974 30 MIN AL 50 381 341 46 92 19 5 7 5 3 26 34 .270 .319 .416 .736 .277 142 14 2 5 7 2 4
1975 31 MIN AL 46 318 287 32 76 11 1 7 1 2 23 41 .265 .318 .383 .702 .285 110 9 1 4 3 2 9
1976 32 MIN AL 57 456 421 36 95 12 4 11 6 3 29 45 .226 .279 .352 .630 .230 148 14 2 4 0 3 6
1977 33 MIN AL 61 422 377 56 113 17 3 15 2 3 33 35 .300 .355 .480 .835 .295 181 12 2 5 5 0 3
1978 34 BOS AL 35 276 245 33 74 14 1 7 0 3 23 24 .302 .368 .453 .821 .312 111 6 3 4 1 1 5
1979 35 BOS AL 44 368 338 32 89 16 5 8 1 1 16 60 .263 .302 .411 .713 .297 139 8 4 7 3 4 5
1980 36 BOS AL 62 391 361 30 87 20 2 3 2 1 20 54 .241 .283 .332 .616 .275 120 19 2 6 2 3 12
1981 37 BOS AL 32 255 228 23 61 8 0 5 5 2 17 35 .268 .329 .368 .698 .298 84 7 4 6 0 4 6
1982 38 BOS AL 40 413 379 30 98 19 0 6 3 3 22 44 .259 .300 .356 .657 .277 135 13 2 7 3 7 5
1983 39 OAK AL 49 409 365 33 89 9 4 2 3 0 32 39 .244 .303 .307 .610 .267 112 10 0 10 2 8 10
1984 40 OAK AL 17 89 79 6 15 3 1 2 1 0 8 8 .190 .261 .329 .590 .186 26 3 0 1 1 4 0
17 Yrs 745 5270 4717 521 1231 207 35 94 46 30 384 584 .261 .318 .379 .698 .279 1790 155 32 95 42 55 96
162 Game Avg. 68 479 429 47 112 19 3 9 4 3 35 53 .261 .318 .379 .698 .279 163 14 3 9 4 5 9
MLB Averages .256 .322 .377 .699 .281
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
1968 24 CAL AL -12.2 -1.4 304 -1.5 2.7 -4.2 .70 -0.3 -1.9 -10.0 -1.1 0.70 -6.1 11 7 35
1969 25 KCR AL -4.0 -0.4 251 -1.6 1.9 -3.5 .57 -0.6 -2.2 -12.4 -1.3 0.57 -9.4 10 1 20
1970 26 KCR AL 2.6 0.3 290 -0.3 6.0 -6.3 1.29 0.4 -0.6 0.7 0.1 1.29 3.6 16 12 13
1971 27 KCR AL 15.3 1.7 375 -0.1 7.7 -7.8 1.23 0.9 -1.0 7.5 0.8 1.23 10.3 28 19 19
1972 28 KCR AL -8.6 -1.0 266 -2.0 4.5 -6.5 1.24 -1.1 -0.5 -20.7 -2.3 1.24 -14.8 29 4 17
1973 29 KCR AL -0.9 -0.1 47 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .15 -0.2 0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.15 -2.6 0 0 5
1974 30 MIN AL -4.5 -0.5 391 1.2 6.9 -5.6 .96 0.1 1.2 3.6 0.4 0.96 -0.8 16 15 16
1975 31 MIN AL 5.5 0.6 324 0.4 8.5 -8.1 1.44 0.3 -0.0 5.2 0.5 1.44 0.8 27 6 13
1976 32 MIN AL 14.1 1.5 468 0.8 6.5 -5.7 .74 1.3 -0.3 11.2 1.2 0.74 17.2 18 11 26
1977 33 MIN AL -8.8 -0.9 435 -0.1 9.4 -9.5 1.28 -0.8 0.7 -4.8 -0.5 1.28 -10.0 23 17 20
1978 34 BOS AL -1.1 -0.1 279 -0.5 4.1 -4.6 .85 -0.5 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.85 -5.1 11 8 13
1979 35 BOS AL 15.6 1.6 373 -1.0 3.2 -4.2 .53 0.3 -2.2 8.5 0.8 0.53 9.7 9 9 26
1980 36 BOS AL 21.4 2.2 395 5.4 13.0 -7.6 1.58 1.7 1.7 28.0 2.8 1.58 20.9 35 19 7
1981 37 BOS AL 5.8 0.6 262 0.4 6.4 -6.0 1.38 0.1 0.2 8.1 0.8 1.38 0.1 15 8 9
1982 38 BOS AL 21.5 2.2 423 3.0 8.4 -5.4 1.10 1.7 1.0 23.4 2.4 1.10 20.9 14 8 17
1983 39 OAK AL 11.9 1.2 418 1.8 9.6 -7.8 1.36 1.8 -0.5 18.5 2.0 1.36 15.2 21 13 14
1984 40 OAK AL 4.3 0.4 91 1.0 2.5 -1.5 1.40 0.5 0.2 6.3 0.7 1.40 6.2 7 8 2
17 Yrs 77.5 7.9 5392 6.8 101.3 -94.5 1.09 5.6 0.7 66.9 6.6 1.09 56.2 290 165 272
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
1968 24 CAL AL 56 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 37 31 19 14 2 0 2.5 5.4 2.7
1978 34 BOS AL 35 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 24 7 1 0 4.0 5.4 4.7
2 Yrs 91 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 40 31 43 21 3 0 3.0 5.4 3.3
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 6.4

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
1968 24 CAL AL 56 54 24 1 2 7 5 2 71% 9 1 45 16 36% 9 .700 11 7 35 10 4 40 25 29 21 17 22 14 3.7
1969 25 KCR AL 31 31 12 3 1 3 0 3 0% 4 0 27 14 52% 5 .575 10 1 20 5 4 22 17 14 15 10 15 3 5.2
1970 26 KCR AL 41 41 17 6 6 2 1 1 50% 4 2 44 15 34% 8 1.287 16 12 13 5 11 25 26 15 19 13 21 9 5.0
1971 27 KCR AL 67 67 34 9 7 21 17 4 81% 33 8 76 23 30% 7 1.229 28 19 19 34 10 23 42 25 30 30 31 19 4.0
1972 28 KCR AL 51 51 30 6 2 12 9 3 75% 15 2 50 21 42% 8 1.243 29 4 17 18 16 17 32 19 17 22 18 17 3.3
1973 29 KCR AL 6 6 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 4 100% 8 .150 0 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 3 0 3 0 5.0
1974 30 MIN AL 50 50 25 5 3 5 4 1 80% 13 6 66 16 24% 8 .959 16 15 16 14 7 29 38 12 28 16 31 11 5.5
1975 31 MIN AL 46 46 37 5 8 15 11 4 73% 16 1 65 18 28% 9 1.437 27 6 13 17 10 19 36 10 27 17 28 10 4.9
1976 32 MIN AL 57 57 22 8 1 3 1 2 33% 8 4 80 28 35% 7 .738 18 11 26 15 7 35 47 10 26 26 28 14 6.1
1977 33 MIN AL 61 61 20 6 4 11 7 4 64% 16 4 70 17 24% 8 1.283 23 17 20 24 8 29 40 21 31 21 35 15 4.8
1978 34 BOS AL 35 34 13 2 1 6 4 2 67% 11 4 43 14 33% 9 .846 11 8 13 13 2 19 24 10 17 13 19 10 5.0
1979 35 BOS AL 44 44 24 3 2 7 4 3 57% 9 2 56 21 38% 8 .532 9 9 26 12 4 28 31 13 26 11 30 7 6.0
1980 36 BOS AL 62 62 39 5 4 26 24 2 92% 35 5 68 9 13% 8 1.584 35 19 7 36 10 16 40 22 40 18 45 15 4.8
1981 37 BOS AL 32 32 21 4 5 7 6 1 86% 8 1 37 4 11% 7 1.375 15 8 9 8 8 16 21 11 20 6 24 2 5.6
1982 38 BOS AL 40 40 17 7 0 4 2 2 50% 7 3 45 13 29% 6 1.095 14 8 17 12 4 24 26 14 24 9 27 1 7.7
1983 39 OAK AL 49 49 22 6 7 6 4 2 67% 13 6 56 12 21% 7 1.358 21 13 14 16 10 23 37 12 31 11 34 10 5.9
1984 40 OAK AL 17 17 8 3 0 2 2 0 100% 5 3 20 4 20% 7 1.396 7 8 2 6 4 7 14 3 11 4 12 0 4.1
17 Yrs 745 742 370 79 53 138 102 36 74% 207 52 852 249 29% 1.085 290 165 272 246 119 377 498 244 386 244 423 157 5.0
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%
1968 24 CAL AL 295 39% 1.7% 11.2% 8.1% 6.8% 31% 2.12 76% 72 14 19%
1969 25 KCR AL 243 33% 2.1% 9.5% 8.6% 7.0% 25% 1.27 77% 59 3 5%
1970 26 KCR AL 283 36% 2.1% 15.2% 8.1% 5.3% 25% 1.21 72% 61 4 7%
1971 27 KCR AL 364 30% 0.8% 12.1% 8.2% 4.4% 23% 1.21 75% 60 8 13%
1972 28 KCR AL 261 32% 0.0% 6.9% 12.6% 6.5% 25% 1.50 77% 85 9 11%
1973 29 KCR AL 46 35% 4.4% 8.7% 8.7% 8.7% 31% 1.60 76% 16 2 13%
1974 30 MIN AL 381 30% 1.8% 8.9% 6.8% 8.1% 34% 1.60 81% 87 14 16%
1975 31 MIN AL 318 32% 2.2% 12.9% 7.2% 6.0% 25% 1.34 76% 71 9 13%
1976 32 MIN AL 456 45% 2.4% 9.9% 6.4% 5.9% 28% 1.15 80% 79 14 18%
1977 33 MIN AL 422 46% 3.6% 8.3% 7.8% 8.3% 31% 0.99 79% 113 12 11%
1978 34 BOS AL 276 38% 2.5% 8.7% 8.3% 8.0% 30% 1.07 78% 55 6 11%
1979 35 BOS AL 368 38% 2.2% 16.3% 4.4% 7.9% 33% 1.06 74% 73 8 11%
1980 36 BOS AL 391 38% 0.8% 13.8% 5.1% 6.4% 29% 1.58 78% 77 19 25%
1981 37 BOS AL 255 34% 2.0% 13.7% 6.7% 5.1% 21% 1.20 74% 50 7 14%
1982 38 BOS AL 413 32% 1.5% 10.7% 5.3% 6.1% 26% 1.29 80% 82 13 16%
1983 39 OAK AL 409 29% 0.5% 9.5% 7.8% 3.7% 17% 0.82 80% 95 10 11%
1984 40 OAK AL 89 35% 2.3% 9.0% 9.0% 6.7% 40% 1.00 79% 16 3 19%
17 Yrs 5270 36% 1.8% 11.1% 7.3% 6.4% 27% 1.24 77% 1151 155 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.6% 8.5% 6.3% 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
1968 24 CAL AL 295 65 5 0 12 5 0 2 3 33 19 2 58% 9 1 1 117 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1969 25 KCR AL 243 67 5 0 9 2 3 4 1 28 18 1 64% 4 2 0 104 4 3 57% 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 0
1970 26 KCR AL 283 59 6 1 7 3 3 2 4 18 8 2 44% 3 2 0 112 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1971 27 KCR AL 364 71 3 0 14 1 2 1 2 29 8 5 28% 7 2 1 133 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 28 KCR AL 261 67 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 35 19 2 54% 8 0 1 132 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1973 29 KCR AL 46 13 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 1 75% 0 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 30 MIN AL 381 92 7 0 12 6 1 3 4 31 17 2 55% 4 3 0 157 5 3 63% 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1975 31 MIN AL 318 76 7 0 12 7 0 6 1 18 11 2 61% 9 1 0 152 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
1976 32 MIN AL 456 95 11 0 19 5 6 8 3 22 7 4 32% 6 2 0 167 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 33 MIN AL 422 113 15 0 18 9 6 2 13 41 23 4 56% 3 3 0 181 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1978 34 BOS AL 276 74 7 0 6 4 3 3 4 21 12 2 57% 5 0 1 118 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 35 BOS AL 368 89 8 0 13 6 2 1 7 25 12 5 48% 5 1 2 141 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 36 BOS AL 391 87 3 0 13 3 0 2 1 19 7 2 37% 12 1 0 157 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1981 37 BOS AL 255 61 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 13 2 0 15% 6 0 0 112 5 2 71% 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 38 BOS AL 413 98 6 2 13 5 1 2 4 24 9 1 38% 5 1 1 164 3 3 50% 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1983 39 OAK AL 409 89 2 0 19 2 0 0 2 26 8 3 31% 10 2 2 175 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1984 40 OAK AL 89 15 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 2 1 33% 0 1 0 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
17 Yrs 5270 1231 94 3 196 65 29 40 54 393 185 39 47% 96 23 9 2181 46 30 61% 34 25 9 5 3 0 5 3 109 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%
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+
1968 24 1 4 .200 4.33 56 2 24 0 0 5 72.2 65 41 35 5 24 3 33 0 0 1 295 67 1.225 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.1 1.38 67
1969 25 4 5 .444 4.26 87 2 36 0 0 5 126.2 132 72 60 10 45 6 56 1 0 3 539 76 1.397 9.4 0.7 3.2 4.0 1.24 76
1970 26 10 11 .476 3.88 128 2 53 0 0 6 195.0 191 103 84 16 68 7 99 1 0 5 822 88 1.328 8.8 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.46 88
1971 27 19 18 .514 3.21 195 2 87 0 0 23 283.1 262 126 101 19 98 11 143 8 0 7 1186 107 1.271 8.3 0.6 3.1 4.5 1.46 107
1972 28 25 20 .556 3.38 246 2 117 0 0 32 338.2 329 158 127 19 131 17 161 9 0 7 1446 99 1.358 8.7 0.5 3.5 4.3 1.23 99
1973 29 25 20 .556 3.43 252 2 122 0 0 33 348.2 342 164 133 21 135 17 165 10 0 8 1493 98 1.368 8.8 0.5 3.5 4.3 1.22 98
1974 30 30 23 .566 3.66 302 2 147 0 0 37 440.1 434 210 179 28 161 19 199 12 0 11 1874 95 1.351 8.9 0.6 3.3 4.1 1.24 95
1975 31 35 31 .530 3.58 348 2 184 0 0 48 516.0 510 242 205 35 184 21 240 13 0 12 2192 99 1.345 8.9 0.6 3.2 4.2 1.30 99
1976 32 43 32 .573 3.38 405 2 206 0 0 49 631.1 605 278 237 46 213 24 285 15 2 14 2648 105 1.296 8.6 0.7 3.0 4.1 1.34 105
1977 33 49 36 .576 3.61 466 2 226 0 0 56 728.2 718 334 292 61 246 24 320 17 4 17 3071 100 1.323 8.9 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.30 100
1978 34 51 37 .580 3.67 501 3 239 0 0 60 790.0 792 367 322 68 269 25 344 20 4 17 3347 99 1.343 9.0 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.28 99
1979 35 54 39 .581 3.57 545 3 263 0 0 64 878.2 881 399 349 76 285 29 404 24 4 18 3715 104 1.327 9.0 0.8 2.9 4.1 1.42 104
1980 36 59 43 .578 3.42 607 3 302 0 0 88 977.2 968 429 371 79 305 32 458 26 4 19 4106 111 1.302 8.9 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.50 111
1981 37 63 48 .568 3.38 639 3 323 0 0 94 1037.1 1029 452 390 84 322 36 493 30 4 19 4361 112 1.302 8.9 0.7 2.8 4.3 1.53 112
1982 38 70 48 .593 3.29 679 3 340 0 0 96 1139.2 1127 482 416 90 344 43 537 32 5 20 4774 117 1.291 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.56 117
1983 39 76 55 .580 3.25 728 3 362 0 0 100 1235.2 1216 515 446 92 376 51 576 32 7 22 5183 118 1.288 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.53 118
1984 40 79 55 .590 3.23 745 3 370 0 0 102 1258.2 1231 521 452 94 384 55 584 32 7 23 5272 119 1.283 8.8 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.52 119

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
1968 24 2 5 .286 6.47 64.0 75 51 46 6 28 29 0 1.609 10.5 3.9 4.1 1.04 0.8 56
1969 25 2 3 .400 4.76 51.0 69 30 27 5 22 22 1 1.784 12.2 3.9 3.9 1.00 0.9 31
1970 26 4 3 .571 3.55 66.0 61 29 26 6 24 42 0 1.288 8.3 3.3 5.7 1.75 0.8 41
1971 27 7 2 .778 2.20 82.0 78 22 20 3 33 41 8 1.354 8.6 3.6 4.5 1.24 0.3 67
1972 28 1 4 .200 6.18 51.0 80 39 35 0 39 16 1 2.333 14.1 6.9 2.8 0.41 0.0 51
1973 29 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 14 7 6 2 4 4 1 2.000 14.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 2.0 6
1974 30 3 6 .333 5.40 85.0 97 57 51 7 27 32 2 1.459 10.3 2.9 3.4 1.19 0.7 50
1975 31 4 3 .571 3.50 72.0 80 31 28 7 24 39 1 1.444 10.0 3.0 4.9 1.63 0.9 46
1976 32 7 4 .636 3.08 108.0 103 41 37 12 31 42 2 1.241 8.6 2.6 3.5 1.35 1.0 57
1977 33 3 7 .300 5.90 90.0 117 66 59 16 34 32 2 1.678 11.7 3.4 3.2 0.94 1.6 61
1978 34 3 3 .500 4.58 59.0 74 33 30 7 23 23 3 1.644 11.3 3.5 3.5 1.00 1.1 35
1979 35 6 3 .667 2.69 87.0 88 29 26 8 16 59 4 1.195 9.1 1.7 6.1 3.69 0.8 44
1980 36 8 2 .800 2.11 94.0 87 24 22 3 20 51 2 1.138 8.3 1.9 4.9 2.55 0.3 62
1981 37 5 4 .556 3.39 85.0 97 36 32 8 27 50 6 1.459 10.3 2.9 5.3 1.85 0.8 32
1982 38 7 3 .700 2.41 97.0 98 29 26 6 22 42 2 1.237 9.1 2.0 3.9 1.91 0.6 40
1983 39 6 4 .600 3.29 93.0 95 38 34 2 34 38 0 1.387 9.2 3.3 3.7 1.12 0.2 49
1984 40 1 1 .500 3.00 21.0 16 8 7 2 9 7 0 1.190 6.9 3.9 3.0 0.78 0.9 17
17 Yrs 69 58 .543 3.80 1214.0 1329 570 512 100 417 569 35 1.438 9.9 4.2 1.36 0.7 745
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

All-Star Games
1980

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Career  .590 (151st)

Games Played s c a p y
1968 AL  56 (7th)
1971 AL  67 (3rd)
1976 AL  57 (7th)
1977 AL  61 (7th)
1980 AL  62 (8th)
Career  745 (62nd)

Saves s c a p y
1971 AL  17 (4th)
1975 AL  11 (8th)
1980 AL  24 (5th)
Career  102 (120th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL  7 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 AL  34 (6th)
1975 AL  37 (6th)
1980 AL  39 (10th)
Career  370 (70th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  119 (137th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  21 (9th)
1982 AL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  2.2 (9th)
1982 AL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 AL  27.97 (8th)
1982 AL  23.44 (8th)
Career  66.86 (244th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.4 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1980 AL  2.8 (9th)
1982 AL  2.4 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1943-08-02 (9th)
1982 AL  born 1943-08-02 (9th)
1983 AL  born 1943-08-02 (6th)
1984 AL  born 1943-08-02 (4th)

                                         

† 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 - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (404), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Paul Lindblad (943)
  2. Gary Lavelle (935)
  3. Willie Hernandez (935)
  4. Ron Perranoski (920)
  5. Darold Knowles (920)
  6. Jim Brewer (918)
  7. Craig Lefferts (918)
  8. Grant Jackson (916)
  9. Dave LaRoche (914)
  10. Clem Labine (913)
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  1. Garland Braxton (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Bray (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fred Scherman (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Scherman (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Fred Scherman (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Fred Scherman (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred Scherman (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Paul Assenmacher (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sid Monge (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Frank DiPino (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Paul Assenmacher (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tippy Martinez (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Tippy Martinez (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Brewer (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jesse Orosco (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jesse Orosco (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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