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John Buzhardt

John William Buzhardt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 17, 1936 in Prosperity, SC
High School: Prosperity HS (Prosperity, SC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1958
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Phillies/Astros/Cubs/Orioles 1958-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: June 15, 2008 in Prosperity, SC
Buried: St. Luke Lutheran Church Cemetery, Prosperity, SC
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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
1958 21 CHC NL 3 0 1.000 1.85 6 2 1 1 0 0 24.1 16 5 5 2 7 1 9 0 1 0 95 217 0.945 5.9 0.7 2.6 3.3 1.29
1959 22 CHC NL 4 5 .444 4.97 31 10 7 1 1 0 101.1 107 64 56 12 29 4 33 1 0 1 439 79 1.342 9.5 1.1 2.6 2.9 1.14
1960 23 PHI NL 5 16 .238 3.86 30 29 0 5 0 0 200.1 198 101 86 14 68 12 73 2 1 4 849 101 1.328 8.9 0.6 3.1 3.3 1.07
1961 24 PHI NL 6 18 .250 4.49 41 27 4 6 1 0 202.1 200 107 101 28 65 6 92 6 0 3 848 90 1.310 8.9 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.42
1962 25 CHW AL 8 12 .400 4.19 28 25 1 8 2 0 152.1 156 75 71 16 59 3 64 4 0 2 664 94 1.411 9.2 0.9 3.5 3.8 1.08
1963 26 CHW AL 9 4 .692 2.42 19 18 1 6 3 0 126.1 100 35 34 8 31 5 59 5 0 1 503 144 1.037 7.1 0.6 2.2 4.2 1.90
1964 27 CHW AL 10 8 .556 2.98 31 25 2 8 3 0 160.0 150 60 53 13 35 4 97 4 1 4 652 116 1.156 8.4 0.7 2.0 5.5 2.77
1965 28 CHW AL 13 8 .619 3.01 32 30 2 4 1 1 188.2 167 69 63 12 56 9 108 7 0 4 761 105 1.182 8.0 0.6 2.7 5.2 1.93
1966 29 CHW AL 6 11 .353 3.83 33 22 6 5 4 1 150.1 144 74 64 13 30 4 66 4 1 3 626 83 1.157 8.6 0.8 1.8 4.0 2.20
1967 30 TOT MLB 3 10 .231 4.01 36 8 8 0 0 0 101.0 114 50 45 12 42 6 40 6 0 6 446 77 1.545 10.2 1.1 3.7 3.6 0.95
1967 30 TOT AL 3 10 .231 4.04 35 8 8 0 0 0 100.1 114 50 45 12 42 6 40 6 0 6 444 76 1.555 10.2 1.1 3.8 3.6 0.95
1967 30 CHW AL 3 9 .250 3.96 28 7 6 0 0 0 88.2 100 44 39 11 37 5 33 6 0 5 391 76 1.545 10.2 1.1 3.8 3.3 0.89
1967 30 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.63 7 1 2 0 0 0 11.2 14 6 6 1 5 1 7 0 0 1 53 71 1.629 10.8 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.40
1967 30 HOU NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1968 31 HOU NL 4 4 .500 3.12 39 4 15 0 0 5 83.2 73 35 29 0 35 13 37 4 0 7 356 95 1.291 7.9 0.0 3.8 4.0 1.06
11 Yrs 71 96 .425 3.66 326 200 47 44 15 7 1490.2 1425 675 607 130 457 67 678 43 4 35 6239 97 1.263 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.48
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .425 3.66 42 26 6 6 2 1 193 184 87 78 17 59 9 88 6 1 5 807 97 1.263 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.48
CHW (6 yrs) 49 52 .485 3.37 171 127 18 31 13 2 866.1 817 357 324 73 248 30 427 30 2 19 3597 101 1.229 8.5 0.8 2.6 4.4 1.72
PHI (2 yrs) 11 34 .244 4.18 71 56 4 11 1 0 402.2 398 208 187 42 133 18 165 8 1 7 1697 95 1.319 8.9 0.9 3.0 3.7 1.24
CHC (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 4.37 37 12 8 2 1 0 125.2 123 69 61 14 36 5 42 1 1 1 534 90 1.265 8.8 1.0 2.6 3.0 1.17
HOU (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.09 40 4 15 0 0 5 84.1 73 35 29 0 35 13 37 4 0 7 358 97 1.281 7.8 0.0 3.7 3.9 1.06
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.63 7 1 2 0 0 0 11.2 14 6 6 1 5 1 7 0 0 1 53 71 1.629 10.8 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.40
AL (6 yrs) 49 53 .480 3.38 178 128 20 31 13 2 878.0 831 363 330 74 253 31 434 30 2 20 3650 100 1.235 8.5 0.8 2.6 4.4 1.72
NL (6 yrs) 22 43 .338 4.07 148 72 27 13 2 5 612.2 594 312 277 56 204 36 244 13 2 15 2589 94 1.303 8.7 0.8 3.0 3.6 1.20

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
1958 21 CHC NL 24.1 6 2 5 1.85 4.19 0.03 0.00 106.5 4.44 7 0.8 1.3 0.0 1.0 10 .634 .505 $
1959 22 CHC NL 103.1 31 10 64 5.57 4.38 0.27 0.00 99.5 4.09 -18 -1.8 .7 -0.0 -0.8 -6 .443 .489 $
1960 23 PHI NL 200.1 30 29 101 4.54 4.25 -0.23 0.06 104.4 4.75 4 0.5 .9 -0.1 2.2 26 .516 .503 $
1961 24 PHI NL 202.1 41 27 107 4.76 4.77 -0.06 0.04 97.8 4.76 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.1 1.7 23 .499 .500 $
1962 25 CHW AL 152.1 28 25 75 4.43 4.51 0.16 0.07 99.0 4.38 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 13 .504 .501 $
1963 26 CHW AL 126.1 19 18 35 2.49 4.03 0.27 0.06 96.6 3.70 18 2.2 .4 -0.1 3.1 28 .617 .514 $
1964 27 CHW AL 160.0 31 25 60 3.38 4.03 0.62 0.06 97.5 3.38 2 0.3 .7 -0.1 1.3 14 .508 .502 $
1965 28 CHW AL 188.2 32 30 69 3.29 3.95 0.34 0.07 93.2 3.43 4 0.4 2.6 -0.1 1.7 19 .513 .503 $
1966 29 CHW AL 150.1 33 22 74 4.43 3.80 0.44 0.03 93.3 3.15 -19 -2.1 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -9 .437 .487 $
1967 30 CHW AL 88.2 28 7 44 4.47 3.73 0.54 -0.06 95.3 2.98 -13 -1.5 1.1 -0.2 -1.0 -8 .445 .491 $
1967 30 BAL AL 11.2 7 1 6 4.63 3.83 0.30 -0.10 96.3 3.32 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .499 $20,000
1967 30 HOU NL 0.2 1 0 0 0.00 4.19 -0.43 -0.18 98.0 4.35 0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0 .538 .500 $
1968 31 HOU NL 83.2 39 4 35 3.76 3.48 -0.69 -0.09 100.3 4.09 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.9 10 .506 .501 $
11 Seasons 1492.2 326 200 675 4.07 4.15 0.17 0.03 97.9 3.95 -13 -1.0 1.2 -1.0 10.1 119 .497 .500 $20,000
CHW (6 yrs) 866.1 171 127 357 3.71 4.03 0.39 0.04 95.7 3.53 -7 -0.6 1.2 -0.7 5.2 57 .497 .499 $
PHI (2 yrs) 402.2 71 56 208 4.65 4.51 -0.14 0.05 101.1 4.75 4 0.4 1.4 -0.2 3.9 48 .506 .501 $
CHC (2 yrs) 127.2 37 12 69 4.86 4.34 0.22 0.00 100.8 4.16 -11 -1.0 .8 -0.0 0.2 4 .474 .497 $
HOU (2 yrs) 84.1 40 4 35 3.74 3.49 -0.68 -0.09 100.3 4.09 2 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.9 11 .507 .501 $
BAL (1 yr) 11.2 7 1 6 4.63 3.83 0.30 -0.10 96.3 3.32 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .499 $20,000

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
1958 21 CHC NL 6 95 87 5 16 3 0 2 2 0 7 9 .184 .245 .287 .532 .184 25 2 0 1 0 1 1
1959 22 CHC NL 31 439 395 64 107 23 3 12 8 3 29 33 .271 .318 .435 .753 .267 172 6 1 8 6 4 8
1960 23 PHI NL 30 849 764 101 198 35 9 14 19 6 68 73 .259 .319 .384 .703 .269 293 24 2 9 6 12 16
1961 24 PHI NL 41 848 760 107 200 26 4 28 4 8 65 92 .263 .325 .418 .743 .267 318 24 6 13 4 6 14
1962 25 CHW AL 28 664 590 75 156 18 5 16 17 1 59 64 .264 .332 .393 .725 .271 232 11 4 4 7 3 7
1963 26 CHW AL 19 503 463 35 100 19 3 8 4 3 31 59 .216 .272 .322 .594 .232 149 11 5 3 1 5 6
1964 27 CHW AL 31 652 601 60 150 26 3 13 3 4 35 97 .250 .291 .368 .658 .273 221 17 4 2 10 4 9
1965 28 CHW AL 32 762 691 69 167 23 0 12 10 10 56 108 .242 .304 .327 .631 .270 226 25 7 5 3 9 7
1966 29 CHW AL 33 626 581 74 144 22 7 13 7 1 30 66 .248 .288 .377 .664 .259 219 9 4 7 4 4 9
1967 30 TOT AL 35 444 387 50 114 19 2 12 6 5 42 40 .295 .370 .447 .817 .302 173 11 6 6 3 6 4
1967 30 BAL AL 7 53 47 6 14 2 0 1 1 0 5 7 .298 .365 .404 .770 .333 19 1 0 1 0 1 0
1967 30 CHW AL 28 391 340 44 100 17 2 11 5 5 37 33 .294 .370 .453 .823 .298 154 10 6 5 3 5 4
1967 30 TOT MLB 36 446 389 50 114 19 2 12 6 5 42 40 .293 .368 .445 .813 .300 173 11 6 6 3 6 4
1968 31 HOU NL 39 319 306 35 73 9 5 0 8 3 35 37 .239 .319 .301 .620 .265 92 3 4 5 6 13 4
11 Yrs 325 6201 5625 675 1425 223 41 130 88 44 457 678 .253 .312 .377 .689 .266 2120 143 43 63 50 67 85
162 Game Avg. 42 803 729 87 185 29 5 17 11 6 59 88 .253 .312 .377 .689 .266 275 19 6 8 6 9 11
MLB Averages .250 .315 .377 .692 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 21 CHC NL 6.1 0.6 98 0.5 2.0 -1.4 1.06 0.5 0.0 7.2 0.8 1.06 5.7 1 0 3
1959 22 CHC NL -11.8 -1.2 453 -0.9 6.1 -7.0 .83 -0.0 -1.1 -12.8 -1.3 0.83 -5.0 3 4 14
1960 23 PHI NL -1.2 -0.1 881 -0.3 16.0 -16.3 1.13 -0.2 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.13 -3.1 0 1 0
1961 24 PHI NL -5.9 -0.6 863 -1.2 14.9 -16.1 1.01 0.1 -1.3 -7.6 -0.7 1.01 1.2 4 4 6
1962 25 CHW AL -2.3 -0.2 685 -0.3 11.4 -11.6 1.01 -0.3 0.1 -4.7 -0.5 1.01 -7.5 1 1 1
1963 26 CHW AL 17.2 1.9 512 2.2 9.5 -7.3 1.00 2.2 -0.1 21.2 2.5 1.00 21.3 0 0 1
1964 27 CHW AL 8.6 0.9 667 0.3 10.1 -9.8 .89 0.5 -0.1 11.9 1.3 0.89 10.0 1 0 5
1965 28 CHW AL 5.6 0.6 786 2.4 15.3 -12.9 1.11 1.8 0.3 14.9 1.7 1.11 17.7 2 0 0
1966 29 CHW AL -12.7 -1.3 642 -1.0 9.8 -10.8 .94 -0.1 -0.9 -8.5 -0.9 0.94 -4.4 5 1 5
1967 30 TOT MLB -10.6 -1.1 467 -2.0 7.1 -9.1 1.01 -1.8 -0.2 -11.1 -1.2 1.01 -20.7 6 8 14
1967 30 TOT AL -11.0 -1.2 465 -2.0 7.1 -9.0 1.01 -1.8 -0.1 -11.2 -1.2 1.01 -20.9 6 7 14
1967 30 CHW AL -9.6 -1.0 409 -1.6 6.5 -8.1 1.05 -1.8 0.3 -9.2 -1.0 1.05 -19.6 5 6 10
1967 30 BAL AL -1.4 -0.2 56 -0.4 0.6 -0.9 .75 -0.0 -0.5 -2.0 -0.2 0.75 -1.3 1 1 4
1968 31 HOU NL -2.2 -0.2 337 0.3 6.3 -6.1 1.21 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0.0 1.21 1.6 11 3 16
11 Yrs -9.1 -0.7 6391 0.1 108.6 -108.5 1.02 2.9 -2.9 10.2 1.6 1.02 16.5 34 22 65

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
1958 21 CHC NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 2 100% 70.0 72 68 2 0 1 1 2.6 2.1 8.7
1959 22 CHC NL 31 10 3 3 4 1 0 6 4 .600 0 2 1 1 4 40% 45.4 87 20 17 7 2 4 5.0 5.0 5.6
1960 23 PHI NL 30 29 5 16 8 2 11 10 19 .345 1 3 5 0 18 62% 50.3 81 18 16 10 7 13 2.9 2.6 6.8
1961 24 PHI NL 41 27 6 16 5 2 8 10 17 .370 0 4 6 1 12 44% 48.3 76 23 21 4 8 10 4.1 3.0 6.3
1962 25 CHW AL 28 25 7 12 6 0 3 13 12 .520 2 4 8 2 12 48% 49.5 81 20 18 5 9 7 4.0 3.4 5.9
1963 26 CHW AL 19 18 9 4 5 0 2 10 8 .556 1 2 6 3 12 67% 60.4 83 33 3 0 6 4 4.1 4.5 6.9
1964 27 CHW AL 31 25 10 8 7 0 2 14 11 .560 3 3 8 3 12 48% 54.5 90 29 11 3 5 10 4.7 5.3 5.9
1965 28 CHW AL 32 30 13 7 10 0 3 19 11 .633 2 5 4 1 19 63% 54.8 87 17 28 12 11 14 4.3 3.7 6.1
1966 29 CHW AL 33 22 5 9 8 0 2 10 12 .455 1 5 5 4 10 45% 51.5 83 25 15 5 7 10 3.7 3.3 5.6
1967 30 TOT MLB 36 8 2 5 1 1 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 63 29 9 2 0 6 3.8 3.8 4.8
1967 30 TOT AL 35 8 2 5 1 1 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 40.3 63 29 9 2 0 6 3.8 3.8 4.8
1967 30 CHW AL 28 7 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 2 29% 41.9 63 30 9 2 0 6 3.8 4.1 5.0
1967 30 BAL AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 3.0
1968 31 HOU NL 39 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 3 75% 54.8 73 37 10 4 2 1 6.8 2.7 6.5
11 Yrs 325 200 63 81 56 6 33 99 101 .495 11 30 44 15 106 53% 52 90 17 150 52 58 80 4.0 3.6 6.2
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 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
1958 21 CHC NL 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1.059 1 0 3 0 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 5.3
1959 22 CHC NL 31 21 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 39% 3 .827 3 4 14 1 1 19 11 10 14 4 14 2 6.7
1960 23 PHI NL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.134 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0
1961 24 PHI NL 41 14 4 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 2 25% 7 1.010 4 4 6 3 2 9 6 8 10 2 10 0 6.9
1962 25 CHW AL 28 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 7 1.012 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1963 26 CHW AL 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .998 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1964 27 CHW AL 31 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 .887 1 0 5 0 1 5 2 4 4 1 4 1 6.0
1965 28 CHW AL 32 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.113 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
1966 29 CHW AL 33 11 6 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 1 13% 2 .939 5 1 5 1 4 6 4 7 7 0 7 0 7.5
1967 30 TOT MLB 36 28 8 1 5 1 0 1 0% 2 1 15 4 27% 1.014 6 8 14 3 5 20 8 20 21 3 21 1 6.7
1967 30 TOT AL 35 27 8 1 5 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 3 23% 1.014 6 7 14 3 5 19 7 20 21 2 21 1 6.9
1967 30 CHW AL 28 21 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 1.050 5 6 10 1 5 15 6 15 18 1 18 1 7.6
1967 30 BAL AL 7 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 2 67% 6 .747 1 1 4 2 0 4 1 5 3 1 3 0 4.3
1967 30 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1968 31 HOU NL 39 35 15 3 3 6 5 1 83% 6 0 26 8 31% 8 1.205 11 3 16 7 7 18 15 17 21 8 21 6 4.9
11 Yrs 326 126 47 8 15 10 7 3 70% 13 3 85 23 27% 1.017 34 22 65 17 22 84 51 72 85 21 85 11 6.2

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%
1958 21 CHC NL 95 65% 2.1% 9.5% 7.4% 5.3% 31% 1.46 80% 13 2 15%
1959 22 CHC NL 439 53% 2.7% 7.5% 6.6% 8.7% 36% 1.36 81% 80 6 8%
1960 23 PHI NL 849 54% 1.7% 8.6% 8.0% 6.8% 29% 1.25 80% 168 24 14%
1961 24 PHI NL 848 58% 3.3% 10.9% 7.7% 6.8% 29% 1.43 76% 167 24 14%
1962 25 CHW AL 664 55% 2.4% 9.6% 8.9% 5.9% 25% 1.19 78% 129 11 9%
1963 26 CHW AL 503 54% 1.6% 11.7% 6.2% 6.0% 30% 1.35 79% 75 11 15%
1964 27 CHW AL 652 57% 2.0% 14.9% 5.4% 6.4% 28% 1.66 77% 118 17 14%
1965 28 CHW AL 762 51% 1.6% 14.2% 7.4% 4.6% 21% 1.66 75% 153 25 16%
1966 29 CHW AL 626 62% 2.1% 10.5% 4.8% 6.7% 29% 1.32 81% 115 9 8%
1967 30 TOT MLB 446 65% 2.7% 9.0% 9.4% 7.4% 29% 1.10 76% 84 11 13%
1967 30 TOT AL 444 65% 2.7% 9.0% 9.5% 7.4% 29% 1.10 76% 84 11 13%
1967 30 CHW AL 391 66% 2.8% 8.4% 9.5% 7.7% 30% 1.07 76% 78 10 13%
1967 30 BAL AL 53 53% 1.9% 13.2% 9.4% 5.7% 21% 1.33 74% 6 1 17%
1967 30 HOU NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0
1968 31 HOU NL 356 70% 0.0% 11.6% 11.0% 4.4% 19% 1.40 86% 68 3 4%
11 Yrs 6240 57% 2.1% 10.9% 7.4% 6.4% 28% 1.37 78% 1170 143 12%
MLB Averages 49% 2.2% 14.9% 8.3% 6.3% 28% 1.07 73% 10%

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
1958 21 CHC NL 95 16 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 25% 1 0 0 33 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1959 22 CHC NL 439 107 12 1 9 7 5 7 5 28 15 3 54% 8 1 0 157 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1960 23 PHI NL 849 198 14 0 17 9 5 10 4 54 33 0 61% 16 4 3 307 19 6 76% 15 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 16 0
1961 24 PHI NL 848 200 28 0 10 17 11 14 14 40 24 4 60% 14 3 1 299 4 8 33% 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1962 25 CHW AL 664 156 16 0 7 7 9 5 11 34 21 0 62% 7 2 0 262 17 1 94% 17 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1963 26 CHW AL 503 100 8 0 5 3 5 5 3 25 8 4 32% 6 1 1 166 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 27 CHW AL 652 150 13 0 10 9 4 4 9 38 17 6 45% 9 4 2 231 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 0
1965 28 CHW AL 762 167 12 0 12 8 4 3 9 26 10 7 38% 7 4 0 271 10 10 50% 8 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 29 CHW AL 626 144 13 0 5 9 4 6 7 28 16 4 57% 9 3 2 224 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1967 30 TOT MLB 444 114 12 0 9 8 4 3 9 26 16 0 62% 4 6 3 184 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 2
1967 30 TOT AL 444 114 12 0 9 8 4 3 9 26 16 0 62% 4 6 3 184 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1967 30 CHW AL 391 100 11 0 7 8 3 3 8 20 13 0 65% 4 5 2 162 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1967 30 BAL AL 53 14 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 3 0 50% 0 1 1 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 30 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 31 HOU NL 319 73 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 31 14 3 45% 4 7 0 127 8 3 73% 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 37
11 Yrs 6201 1425 130 1 98 78 52 58 72 334 175 32 52% 85 35 12 2261 88 44 67% 81 41 6 2 1 1 12 0 122 37
MLB Averages 50% 62%

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+
1958 21 3 0 1.000 1.85 6 2 1 1 0 0 24.1 16 5 5 2 7 1 9 0 1 0 95 217 0.945 5.9 0.7 2.6 3.3 1.29 217
1959 22 7 5 .583 4.37 37 12 8 2 1 0 125.2 123 69 61 14 36 5 42 1 1 1 534 90 1.265 8.8 1.0 2.6 3.0 1.17 90
1960 23 12 21 .364 4.06 67 41 8 7 1 0 326.0 321 170 147 28 104 17 115 3 2 5 1383 96 1.304 8.9 0.8 2.9 3.2 1.11 96
1961 24 18 39 .316 4.22 108 68 12 13 2 0 528.1 521 277 248 56 169 23 207 9 2 8 2231 94 1.306 8.9 1.0 2.9 3.5 1.22 94
1962 25 26 51 .338 4.22 136 93 13 21 4 0 680.2 677 352 319 72 228 26 271 13 2 10 2895 94 1.330 9.0 1.0 3.0 3.6 1.19 94
1963 26 35 55 .389 3.94 155 111 14 27 7 0 807.0 777 387 353 80 259 31 330 18 2 11 3398 99 1.284 8.7 0.9 2.9 3.7 1.27 99
1964 27 45 63 .417 3.78 186 136 16 35 10 0 967.0 927 447 406 93 294 35 427 22 3 15 4050 101 1.263 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.0 1.45 101
1965 28 58 71 .450 3.65 218 166 18 39 11 1 1155.2 1094 516 469 105 350 44 535 29 3 19 4811 101 1.249 8.5 0.8 2.7 4.2 1.53 101
1966 29 64 82 .438 3.67 251 188 24 44 15 2 1306.0 1238 590 533 118 380 48 601 33 4 22 5437 99 1.239 8.5 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.58 99
1967 30 67 92 .421 3.70 287 196 32 44 15 2 1407.0 1352 640 578 130 422 54 641 39 4 28 5883 97 1.261 8.6 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.52 97
1968 31 71 96 .425 3.66 326 200 47 44 15 7 1490.2 1425 675 607 130 457 67 678 43 4 35 6239 97 1.263 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.1 1.48 97

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
1958 21 2 0 1.000 1.80 25.0 17 6 5 2 7 9 0 0.960 6.1 2.5 3.2 1.29 0.7 6
1959 22 4 7 .364 5.14 105.0 113 67 60 13 31 34 1 1.371 9.7 2.7 2.9 1.10 1.1 31
1960 23 11 11 .500 4.01 202.0 208 100 90 15 71 74 2 1.381 9.3 3.2 3.3 1.04 0.7 30
1961 24 9 13 .409 4.59 202.0 206 114 103 29 67 92 6 1.351 9.2 3.0 4.1 1.37 1.3 41
1962 25 7 9 .438 4.32 148.0 156 79 71 16 59 62 4 1.453 9.5 3.6 3.8 1.05 1.0 28
1963 26 9 4 .692 2.85 120.0 106 42 38 8 33 56 5 1.158 8.0 2.5 4.2 1.70 0.6 19
1964 27 9 7 .563 3.62 149.0 159 67 60 14 37 91 4 1.315 9.6 2.2 5.5 2.46 0.8 31
1965 28 9 9 .500 4.15 169.0 185 87 78 13 62 97 8 1.462 9.9 3.3 5.2 1.56 0.7 32
1966 29 6 9 .400 5.00 144.0 161 89 80 15 34 63 4 1.354 10.1 2.1 3.9 1.85 0.9 33
1967 30 3 6 .333 5.83 88.0 128 63 57 13 47 35 7 1.989 13.1 4.8 3.6 0.74 1.3 36
1968 31 4 4 .500 4.38 76.0 82 41 37 0 39 34 4 1.592 9.7 4.6 4.0 0.87 0.0 39
11 Yrs 73 79 .480 4.28 1428.0 1521 755 679 138 487 647 45 1.406 9.6 4.1 1.33 0.9 326

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1963 AL  3 (8th)
1964 AL  3 (9th)
1966 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 NL  28 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1960 NL  0.629 (8th)
1965 AL  0.572 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1960 NL  16 (3rd)
1961 NL  18 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 NL  101 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 NL  6 (5th)
1965 AL  7 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1963 AL  21.23 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1963 AL  2.2 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1963 AL  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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Vern Ruhle (964)
  2. Roger Craig (960)
  3. George Brunet (957)
  4. Lew Krausse (952)
  5. Danny Cox (950)
  6. Rick Langford (948)
  7. Al Jackson (947)
  8. Jim McGlothlin (946)
  9. Luke Hamlin (943)
  10. Bill Voiselle (942)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bill Dillman (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alan Foster (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Santorini (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Owchinko (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Roger Erickson (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Murphy (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Hargan (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim McGlothlin (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Langford (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dick Drago (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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