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Bill Campbell

William Richard Campbell (Soup)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1948 in Highland Park, MI
High School: Ganesha HS (Pomona, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1973
Teams (by GP): Twins/RedSox/Cubs/Phillies/Cardinals/... 1973-1987
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: April 30, 1987
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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
1973 24 MIN AL 3 3 .500 3.14 28 2 20 0 0 7 51.2 44 20 18 5 20 1 42 1 0 2 218 127 1.239 7.7 0.9 3.5 7.3 2.10
1974 25 MIN AL 8 7 .533 2.62 63 0 55 0 0 19 120.1 109 37 35 4 55 4 89 2 1 5 514 145 1.363 8.2 0.3 4.1 6.7 1.62
1975 26 MIN AL 4 6 .400 3.79 47 7 28 2 1 5 121.0 119 58 51 13 46 2 76 2 0 3 512 102 1.364 8.9 1.0 3.4 5.7 1.65
1976 27 MIN AL 17 5 .773 3.01 78 0 68 0 0 20 167.2 145 63 56 9 62 11 115 5 0 7 703 120 1.235 7.8 0.5 3.3 6.2 1.85 CYA-7,MVP-8
1977 28 BOS AL 13 9 .591 2.96 69 0 60 0 0 31 140.0 112 48 46 13 60 10 114 5 1 3 583 153 1.229 7.2 0.8 3.9 7.3 1.90 AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978 29 BOS AL 7 5 .583 3.91 29 0 20 0 0 4 50.2 62 25 22 3 17 3 47 0 1 1 226 107 1.559 11.0 0.5 3.0 8.3 2.76
1979 30 BOS AL 3 4 .429 4.28 41 0 23 0 0 9 54.2 55 28 26 5 23 6 25 1 0 7 239 104 1.427 9.1 0.8 3.8 4.1 1.09
1980 31 BOS AL 4 0 1.000 4.79 23 0 11 0 0 0 41.1 44 26 22 1 22 0 17 0 0 3 180 89 1.597 9.6 0.2 4.8 3.7 0.77
1981 32 BOS AL 1 1 .500 3.17 30 0 23 0 0 7 48.1 45 23 17 5 20 4 37 0 0 2 208 124 1.345 8.4 0.9 3.7 6.9 1.85
1982 33 CHC NL 3 6 .333 3.69 62 0 39 0 0 8 100.0 89 44 41 6 40 13 71 0 1 3 421 101 1.290 8.0 0.5 3.6 6.4 1.78
1983 34 CHC NL 6 8 .429 4.49 82 0 46 0 0 8 122.1 128 65 61 4 49 18 97 1 1 6 530 85 1.447 9.4 0.3 3.6 7.1 1.98
1984 35 PHI NL 6 5 .545 3.43 57 0 24 0 0 1 81.1 68 43 31 2 35 13 52 0 1 3 351 106 1.266 7.5 0.2 3.9 5.8 1.49
1985 36 STL NL 5 3 .625 3.50 50 0 18 0 0 4 64.1 55 32 25 5 21 9 41 2 0 1 270 103 1.181 7.7 0.7 2.9 5.7 1.95
1986 37 DET AL 3 6 .333 3.88 34 0 19 0 0 3 55.2 46 26 24 5 21 5 37 1 0 1 229 108 1.204 7.4 0.8 3.4 6.0 1.76
1987 38 MON NL 0 0 8.10 7 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 18 12 9 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 55 54 2.200 16.2 1.8 3.6 3.6 1.00
15 Yrs 83 68 .550 3.54 700 9 455 2 1 126 1229.1 1139 550 484 82 495 100 864 20 6 47 5239 111 1.329 8.3 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.75
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .550 3.54 67 1 44 0 0 12 118 109 53 46 8 47 10 83 2 1 5 502 111 1.329 8.3 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.75
BOS (5 yrs) 28 19 .596 3.57 192 0 137 0 0 51 335.0 318 150 133 27 142 23 240 6 2 16 1436 122 1.373 8.5 0.7 3.8 6.4 1.69
MIN (4 yrs) 32 21 .604 3.13 216 9 171 2 1 51 460.2 417 178 160 31 183 18 322 10 1 17 1947 120 1.302 8.1 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.76
CHC (2 yrs) 9 14 .391 4.13 144 0 85 0 0 16 222.1 217 109 102 10 89 31 168 1 2 9 951 91 1.376 8.8 0.4 3.6 6.8 1.89
PHI (1 yr) 6 5 .545 3.43 57 0 24 0 0 1 81.1 68 43 31 2 35 13 52 0 1 3 351 106 1.266 7.5 0.2 3.9 5.8 1.49
STL (1 yr) 5 3 .625 3.50 50 0 18 0 0 4 64.1 55 32 25 5 21 9 41 2 0 1 270 103 1.181 7.7 0.7 2.9 5.7 1.95
MON (1 yr) 0 0 8.10 7 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 18 12 9 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 55 54 2.200 16.2 1.8 3.6 3.6 1.00
DET (1 yr) 3 6 .333 3.88 34 0 19 0 0 3 55.2 46 26 24 5 21 5 37 1 0 1 229 108 1.204 7.4 0.8 3.4 6.0 1.76
AL (10 yrs) 63 46 .578 3.35 442 9 327 2 1 105 851.1 781 354 317 63 346 46 599 17 3 34 3612 120 1.324 8.3 0.7 3.7 6.3 1.73
NL (5 yrs) 20 22 .476 3.98 258 0 128 0 0 21 378.0 358 196 167 19 149 54 265 3 3 13 1627 94 1.341 8.5 0.5 3.5 6.3 1.78

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
1973 24 MIN AL 51.2 28 2 20 3.48 4.33 -0.10 -0.32 102.0 4.20 4 0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.8 10 .515 .503 $
1974 25 MIN AL 120.1 63 0 37 2.77 4.13 -0.12 -0.34 103.9 4.06 17 2.0 2.1 0.8 3.8 29 .531 .512 $
1975 26 MIN AL 121.0 47 7 58 4.31 4.27 0.01 -0.16 103.2 4.22 -1 -0.1 1.8 -0.2 0.8 12 .497 .499 $22,000
1976 27 MIN AL 167.2 78 0 63 3.38 3.91 0.09 -0.32 101.2 3.54 3 0.4 1.8 -0.2 1.7 19 .505 .502 $23,000 CYA-7,MVP-8
1977 28 BOS AL 140.0 69 0 48 3.09 4.59 0.10 -0.37 110.8 4.56 23 2.4 2.0 0.9 4.6 39 .535 .515 $200,000 AS,CYA-5,MVP-10
1978 29 BOS AL 50.2 29 0 25 4.44 4.35 0.05 -0.36 106.9 4.21 -1 -0.1 2.6 -0.2 0.2 4 .496 .499 $200,000
1979 30 BOS AL 54.2 41 0 28 4.61 4.79 0.24 -0.39 104.6 4.36 -2 -0.2 2.1 -0.2 0.2 5 .496 .499 $200,000
1980 31 BOS AL 41.1 23 0 26 5.66 4.76 0.05 -0.38 105.6 4.57 -5 -0.5 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .477 .497 $200,000
1981 32 BOS AL 48.1 30 0 23 4.28 4.22 0.04 -0.34 103.6 3.99 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.1 1 .494 .499 $200,000
1982 33 CHC NL 100.0 62 0 44 3.96 4.12 -0.17 -0.32 103.2 4.09 0 0.0 1.2 -0.2 0.7 11 .501 .500 $
1983 34 CHC NL 122.1 82 0 65 4.78 4.13 -0.15 -0.32 103.9 4.12 -9 -1.0 1.1 -0.3 -0.3 3 .487 .494 $
1984 35 PHI NL 81.1 57 0 43 4.76 4.11 -0.09 -0.32 100.1 3.89 -9 -1.0 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .483 .494 $
1985 36 STL NL 64.1 50 0 32 4.48 4.01 0.30 -0.32 99.9 3.39 -8 -0.9 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .482 .494 $457,500
1986 37 DET AL 55.2 34 0 26 4.20 4.67 0.34 -0.37 98.6 3.90 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.2 4 .494 .499 $200,000
1987 38 MON NL 10.0 7 0 12 10.80 4.57 -0.17 -0.35 104.5 4.59 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.5 -6 .405 .496 $
15 Seasons 1229.1 700 9 550 4.03 4.26 0.02 -0.32 103.6 4.06 2 0.3 1.5 -0.0 11.3 128 .500 .500 $1,702,500
BOS (5 yrs) 335.0 192 0 150 4.03 4.55 0.10 -0.37 107.5 4.39 13 1.4 1.8 0.4 4.9 48 .507 .502 $1,000,000
MIN (4 yrs) 460.2 216 9 178 3.48 4.11 -0.01 -0.29 102.5 3.93 23 2.6 1.8 0.3 7.1 70 .512 .504 $45,000
CHC (2 yrs) 222.1 144 0 109 4.41 4.13 -0.16 -0.32 103.6 4.11 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.5 0.4 14 .493 .497 $
PHI (1 yr) 81.1 57 0 43 4.76 4.11 -0.09 -0.32 100.1 3.89 -9 -1.0 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .483 .494 $
STL (1 yr) 64.1 50 0 32 4.48 4.01 0.30 -0.32 99.9 3.39 -8 -0.9 .9 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .482 .494 $457,500
MON (1 yr) 10.0 7 0 12 10.80 4.57 -0.17 -0.35 104.5 4.59 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.5 -6 .405 .496 $
DET (1 yr) 55.2 34 0 26 4.20 4.67 0.34 -0.37 98.6 3.90 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.2 4 .494 .499 $200,000

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
1985 36 STL NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 7.7
1985 36 STL NL WS L KCR 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 11.3 2.50
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 1.42 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 1 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 27 1.421 9.9 0.0 2.8 9.9 3.50
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 7.7
1 WS 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 17 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 11.3 2.50

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
1977 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 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
1973 24 MIN AL 28 218 195 20 44 5 2 5 6 0 20 42 .226 .301 .349 .650 .264 68 5 1 2 0 1 3
1974 25 MIN AL 63 514 451 37 109 15 4 4 8 5 55 89 .242 .326 .319 .645 .292 144 12 2 5 1 4 7
1975 26 MIN AL 47 512 454 58 119 27 2 13 9 7 46 76 .262 .330 .416 .746 .287 189 10 2 6 4 2 9
1976 27 MIN AL 78 703 620 63 145 19 8 9 23 4 62 115 .234 .305 .334 .639 .270 207 11 5 9 7 11 11
1977 28 BOS AL 69 583 501 48 112 17 4 13 4 6 60 114 .224 .311 .351 .662 .262 176 12 5 13 4 10 8
1978 29 BOS AL 29 226 201 25 62 10 0 3 6 1 17 47 .308 .362 .403 .765 .391 81 2 0 8 0 3 2
1979 30 BOS AL 41 239 210 28 55 8 3 5 3 2 23 25 .262 .338 .400 .738 .278 84 3 1 5 0 6 3
1980 31 BOS AL 23 180 155 26 44 14 0 1 7 2 22 17 .284 .367 .394 .760 .307 61 6 0 0 3 0 1
1981 32 BOS AL 30 208 184 23 45 10 0 5 4 1 20 37 .245 .316 .380 .696 .278 70 3 0 2 2 4 4
1982 33 CHC NL 62 421 364 44 89 20 2 6 10 7 40 71 .245 .314 .360 .674 .282 131 1 0 10 7 13 4
1983 34 CHC NL 82 530 465 65 128 22 5 4 20 6 49 97 .275 .342 .370 .712 .336 172 9 1 10 5 18 4
1984 35 PHI NL 57 351 306 43 68 12 4 2 12 1 35 52 .222 .301 .307 .608 .261 94 2 0 9 1 13 4
1985 36 STL NL 50 269 239 32 55 8 0 5 10 1 21 41 .230 .294 .326 .621 .255 78 2 2 5 3 9 6
1986 37 DET AL 34 229 200 26 46 7 2 5 7 0 21 37 .230 .302 .360 .662 .255 72 6 1 4 3 5 2
1987 38 MON NL 7 55 50 12 18 8 0 2 3 0 4 4 .360 .400 .640 1.040 .356 32 0 0 0 1 1 3
15 Yrs 700 5238 4595 550 1139 202 36 82 132 43 495 864 .248 .321 .361 .682 .286 1659 84 20 88 41 100 71
162 Game Avg. 67 502 441 53 109 19 3 8 13 4 47 83 .248 .321 .361 .682 .286 159 8 2 8 4 10 7
MLB Averages .260 .325 .386 .711 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 24 MIN AL 4.9 0.5 226 0.1 4.6 -4.5 1.16 -0.1 0.2 4.2 0.4 1.16 2.0 9 0 14
1974 25 MIN AL 16.1 1.7 536 2.0 16.0 -14.0 1.79 1.2 -0.1 10.9 1.1 1.79 10.3 36 10 15
1975 26 MIN AL 1.1 0.1 534 -0.8 11.2 -12.0 1.23 -0.4 -0.3 1.8 0.2 1.23 -0.5 21 6 9
1976 27 MIN AL 11.1 1.2 740 2.9 18.5 -15.6 1.46 1.1 0.9 13.2 1.4 1.46 14.3 38 12 25
1977 28 BOS AL 23.8 2.4 596 4.9 20.3 -15.4 1.86 1.3 1.4 37.7 3.7 1.86 23.5 45 16 8
1978 29 BOS AL 1.3 0.1 233 -2.2 6.9 -9.1 1.98 -0.3 -0.8 -4.8 -0.5 1.98 -3.5 21 4 3
1979 30 BOS AL 1.8 0.2 252 -1.0 5.6 -6.6 1.40 -0.4 -0.3 0.5 0.0 1.40 -1.2 21 5 13
1980 31 BOS AL -2.8 -0.3 192 0.2 2.1 -1.8 .61 0.1 0.3 -3.4 -0.3 0.61 -0.7 2 7 13
1981 32 BOS AL 2.1 0.2 215 -0.1 3.1 -3.2 .85 -0.4 0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.85 -1.6 10 7 11
1982 33 CHC NL 1.4 0.2 444 0.7 8.8 -8.1 1.30 0.7 -0.1 4.2 0.4 1.30 8.0 23 7 30
1983 34 CHC NL -7.3 -0.8 565 -1.5 9.1 -10.6 1.13 0.6 -1.9 -1.1 -0.1 1.13 2.4 28 14 40
1984 35 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 368 -1.0 5.2 -6.3 1.03 0.3 -1.3 -4.4 -0.5 1.03 3.2 17 5 34
1985 36 STL NL -1.0 -0.1 283 -0.1 2.7 -2.8 .66 0.3 -0.3 3.0 0.3 0.67 4.3 11 13 24
1986 37 DET AL 2.1 0.2 237 -0.1 5.0 -5.2 1.21 0.5 -0.6 5.6 0.6 1.21 6.6 16 4 14
1987 38 MON NL -4.9 -0.5 58 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .38 -0.5 -0.2 -5.4 -0.5 0.38 -6.4 0 3 3
15 Yrs 48.3 5.1 5479 3.8 119.6 -115.8 1.33 4.0 -1.1 58.9 6.0 1.33 60.7 298 113 256

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
1973 24 MIN AL 28 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 36 34 6 0 1 1 2.0 7.2 2.2
1975 26 MIN AL 47 7 3 2 2 1 0 4 3 .571 0 2 2 1 3 43% 44.9 78 16 23 9 2 3 7.4 6.9 6.8
2 Yrs 75 9 3 3 3 1 0 4 5 .444 0 2 2 1 3 33% 43 78 16 29 9 3 4 6.1 6.9 5.8
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1973 24 MIN AL 28 26 20 3 2 9 7 2 78% 9 0 21 6 29% 9 1.156 9 0 14 9 4 13 12 14 13 6 13 7 5.5
1974 25 MIN AL 63 63 55 8 7 27 19 8 70% 32 5 72 24 33% 8 1.790 36 10 15 35 10 18 40 23 42 14 45 18 5.7
1975 26 MIN AL 47 40 28 1 4 11 5 6 45% 16 5 59 19 32% 9 1.230 21 6 9 18 4 18 31 9 26 10 27 7 5.5
1976 27 MIN AL 78 78 68 17 5 30 20 10 67% 30 0 79 25 32% 8 1.461 38 12 25 42 14 22 45 33 55 10 56 32 6.4
1977 28 BOS AL 69 69 60 13 9 42 31 11 74% 43 0 71 14 20% 8 1.862 45 16 8 46 10 13 47 22 51 11 51 24 6.1
1978 29 BOS AL 29 29 20 7 5 15 4 11 27% 16 0 28 13 46% 8 1.980 21 4 3 17 7 5 15 14 19 8 19 7 5.2
1979 30 BOS AL 41 41 23 3 4 17 9 8 53% 19 2 44 16 36% 9 1.403 21 5 13 22 4 15 30 11 19 17 21 9 4.0
1980 31 BOS AL 23 23 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 7 33% 8 .613 2 7 13 4 1 18 14 9 13 6 15 1 5.4
1981 32 BOS AL 30 30 23 1 1 7 7 0 100% 7 0 28 9 32% 8 .849 10 7 11 9 4 17 16 14 16 8 17 3 4.8
1982 33 CHC NL 62 62 39 3 6 13 8 5 62% 16 3 31 11 35% 8 1.300 23 7 30 20 8 34 17 45 34 6 35 15 4.8
1983 34 CHC NL 82 82 46 6 8 13 8 5 62% 19 6 45 19 42% 7 1.134 28 14 40 26 17 39 27 55 48 12 53 24 4.5
1984 35 PHI NL 57 57 24 6 5 5 1 4 20% 9 4 13 4 31% 8 1.028 17 5 34 17 9 31 7 50 26 5 29 12 4.3
1985 36 STL NL 50 50 18 5 3 5 4 1 80% 10 5 39 6 15% 8 .660 11 13 24 15 6 29 21 29 19 17 23 4 3.9
1986 37 DET AL 34 34 19 3 6 4 3 1 75% 7 3 20 4 20% 8 1.206 16 4 14 11 8 15 12 22 19 6 19 2 4.9
1987 38 MON NL 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 .383 0 3 3 0 0 7 3 4 4 1 4 2 4.3
15 Yrs 700 691 455 80 65 198 126 72 64% 234 33 577 178 31% 1.330 298 113 256 291 106 294 337 354 404 137 427 167 5.1

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%
1973 24 MIN AL 218 58% 2.3% 19.3% 9.2% 5.5% 27% 1.57 68% 45 5 11%
1974 25 MIN AL 514 58% 0.8% 17.3% 10.7% 4.5% 21% 1.02 70% 131 12 9%
1975 26 MIN AL 512 58% 2.5% 14.8% 9.0% 8.2% 35% 1.23 72% 109 10 9%
1976 27 MIN AL 703 60% 1.3% 16.4% 8.8% 5.1% 25% 1.25 72% 156 11 7%
1977 28 BOS AL 583 48% 2.2% 19.6% 10.3% 5.8% 30% 1.39 65% 144 12 8%
1978 29 BOS AL 226 44% 1.3% 20.8% 7.5% 5.8% 21% 1.17 67% 49 2 4%
1979 30 BOS AL 239 46% 2.1% 10.5% 9.6% 6.7% 29% 1.43 75% 44 3 7%
1980 31 BOS AL 180 47% 0.6% 9.4% 12.2% 8.3% 34% 1.37 78% 37 6 16%
1981 32 BOS AL 208 54% 2.4% 17.8% 9.6% 7.2% 33% 0.86 69% 42 3 7%
1982 33 CHC NL 421 54% 1.4% 16.9% 9.5% 6.7% 32% 1.39 70% 64 1 2%
1983 34 CHC NL 530 48% 0.8% 18.3% 9.3% 5.9% 24% 1.35 70% 99 9 9%
1984 35 PHI NL 351 53% 0.6% 14.8% 10.0% 5.1% 27% 0.99 72% 64 2 3%
1985 36 STL NL 270 58% 1.9% 15.2% 7.8% 4.8% 24% 1.13 73% 52 2 4%
1986 37 DET AL 229 60% 2.2% 16.2% 9.2% 6.1% 30% 0.86 70% 39 6 15%
1987 38 MON NL 55 53% 3.6% 7.3% 7.3% 18.2% 56% 0.73 82% 10 0 0%
15 Yrs 5239 54% 1.6% 16.5% 9.5% 6.1% 28% 1.20 70% 1085 84 8%
MLB Averages 43% 2.1% 13.5% 8.6% 6.5% 28% 1.09 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
1973 24 MIN AL 218 44 5 0 12 4 1 3 2 13 3 1 23% 3 2 0 81 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1974 25 MIN AL 514 109 4 0 27 2 2 1 3 44 18 7 41% 7 5 0 238 8 5 62% 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1975 26 MIN AL 512 119 13 0 26 9 4 8 5 39 18 7 46% 9 3 0 182 9 7 56% 5 7 3 0 1 0 3 0 10 0
1976 27 MIN AL 703 145 9 1 21 6 3 6 3 54 23 10 43% 11 7 1 305 23 4 85% 19 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 18 0
1977 28 BOS AL 583 112 13 0 31 7 6 10 3 43 12 9 28% 8 3 0 260 4 6 40% 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
1978 29 BOS AL 226 62 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 14 8 3 57% 2 1 0 105 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 30 BOS AL 239 55 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 23 10 2 43% 3 7 2 103 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1980 31 BOS AL 180 44 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 20 12 2 60% 1 3 0 73 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1981 32 BOS AL 208 45 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 20 8 3 40% 4 2 0 80 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1982 33 CHC NL 421 89 6 0 10 4 2 4 2 27 17 2 63% 4 3 2 149 10 7 59% 10 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 0
1983 34 CHC NL 530 128 4 1 25 1 3 2 2 49 20 7 41% 4 6 0 210 20 6 77% 19 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1984 35 PHI NL 351 68 2 0 15 0 2 1 1 34 13 5 38% 4 3 1 119 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1985 36 STL NL 269 55 5 0 11 4 1 3 2 23 10 3 43% 6 1 0 112 10 1 91% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1986 37 DET AL 229 46 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 14 6 2 43% 2 1 0 84 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 38 MON NL 55 18 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 7 3 2 43% 3 0 0 23 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Yrs 5238 1139 82 2 218 51 31 46 36 424 181 65 43% 71 47 6 2124 132 43 75% 118 39 11 1 3 2 6 0 130 1
MLB Averages 53% 66%

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+
1973 24 3 3 .500 3.14 28 2 20 0 0 7 51.2 44 20 18 5 20 1 42 1 0 2 218 127 1.239 7.7 0.9 3.5 7.3 2.10 127
1974 25 11 10 .524 2.77 91 2 75 0 0 26 172.0 153 57 53 9 75 5 131 3 1 7 732 138 1.326 8.0 0.5 3.9 6.9 1.75 138
1975 26 15 16 .484 3.19 138 9 103 2 1 31 293.0 272 115 104 22 121 7 207 5 1 10 1244 121 1.341 8.4 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.71 121
1976 27 32 21 .604 3.13 216 9 171 2 1 51 460.2 417 178 160 31 183 18 322 10 1 17 1947 120 1.302 8.1 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.76 120
1977 28 45 30 .600 3.09 285 9 231 2 1 82 600.2 529 226 206 44 243 28 436 15 2 20 2530 128 1.285 7.9 0.7 3.6 6.5 1.79 128
1978 29 52 35 .598 3.15 314 9 251 2 1 86 651.1 591 251 228 47 260 31 483 15 3 21 2756 126 1.307 8.2 0.6 3.6 6.7 1.86 126
1979 30 55 39 .585 3.24 355 9 274 2 1 95 706.0 646 279 254 52 283 37 508 16 3 28 2995 124 1.316 8.2 0.7 3.6 6.5 1.80 124
1980 31 59 39 .602 3.32 378 9 285 2 1 95 747.1 690 305 276 53 305 37 525 16 3 31 3175 121 1.331 8.3 0.6 3.7 6.3 1.72 121
1981 32 60 40 .600 3.31 408 9 308 2 1 102 795.2 735 328 293 58 325 41 562 16 3 33 3383 121 1.332 8.3 0.7 3.7 6.4 1.73 121
1982 33 63 46 .578 3.36 470 9 347 2 1 110 895.2 824 372 334 64 365 54 633 16 4 36 3804 119 1.328 8.3 0.6 3.7 6.4 1.73 119
1983 34 69 54 .561 3.49 552 9 393 2 1 118 1018.0 952 437 395 68 414 72 730 17 5 42 4334 113 1.342 8.4 0.6 3.7 6.5 1.76 113
1984 35 75 59 .560 3.49 609 9 417 2 1 119 1099.1 1020 480 426 70 449 85 782 17 6 45 4685 113 1.336 8.4 0.6 3.7 6.4 1.74 113
1985 36 80 62 .563 3.49 659 9 435 2 1 123 1163.2 1075 512 451 75 470 94 823 19 6 46 4955 112 1.328 8.3 0.6 3.6 6.4 1.75 112
1986 37 83 68 .550 3.51 693 9 454 2 1 126 1219.1 1121 538 475 80 491 99 860 20 6 47 5184 112 1.322 8.3 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.75 112
1987 38 83 68 .550 3.54 700 9 455 2 1 126 1229.1 1139 550 484 82 495 100 864 20 6 47 5239 111 1.329 8.3 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.75 111

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
1973 24 3 2 .600 3.42 50.0 46 21 19 5 21 41 1 1.340 8.3 3.8 7.4 1.95 0.9 28
1974 25 7 5 .583 3.11 113.0 115 43 39 4 58 84 2 1.531 9.2 4.6 6.7 1.45 0.3 63
1975 26 5 7 .417 4.34 114.0 124 61 55 14 48 71 2 1.509 9.8 3.8 5.6 1.48 1.1 47
1976 27 9 8 .529 3.68 159.0 157 72 65 10 67 109 5 1.409 8.9 3.8 6.2 1.63 0.6 78
1977 28 10 5 .667 2.82 137.0 108 48 43 13 58 112 5 1.212 7.1 3.8 7.4 1.93 0.9 69
1978 29 2 3 .400 4.22 49.0 63 26 23 3 17 45 0 1.633 11.6 3.1 8.3 2.65 0.6 29
1979 30 3 3 .500 4.17 54.0 54 28 25 5 23 25 1 1.426 9.0 3.8 4.2 1.09 0.8 41
1980 31 2 2 .500 5.21 38.0 44 24 22 1 22 16 0 1.737 10.4 5.2 3.8 0.73 0.2 23
1981 32 4 3 .571 3.55 71.0 71 31 28 8 32 54 0 1.451 9.0 4.1 6.8 1.69 1.0 30
1982 33 5 5 .500 4.03 96.0 91 48 43 6 41 68 0 1.375 8.5 3.8 6.4 1.66 0.6 62
1983 34 5 7 .417 4.97 116.0 131 71 64 4 50 92 1 1.560 10.2 3.9 7.1 1.84 0.3 82
1984 35 5 4 .556 3.78 81.0 71 38 34 2 37 52 0 1.333 7.9 4.1 5.8 1.41 0.2 57
1985 36 4 3 .571 3.86 63.0 57 30 27 5 22 40 2 1.254 8.1 3.1 5.7 1.82 0.7 50
1986 37 2 3 .400 4.25 53.0 47 28 25 5 21 35 1 1.283 8.0 3.6 5.9 1.67 0.8 34
1987 38 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 18 10 9 2 4 4 0 2.000 14.7 3.3 3.3 1.00 1.6 7
15 Yrs 66 61 .520 3.89 1205.0 1197 579 521 87 521 848 20 1.426 8.9 6.3 1.63 0.6 700

* 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
1993 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1977 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1976 AL Rolaids Relief
1977 AL Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (8, 17%)
1977 AL (10, 17%)
0.34 Career Shares (569th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (7, 6%)
1977 AL (5, 18%)
0.24 Career Shares (147th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1977 AL  4.6 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1976 AL  17 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1976 AL  .773 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  7.783 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  6.173 (5th)
Career  6.325 (188th)

Games Played s c a p y
1974 AL  63 (5th)
1976 AL  78 (1st)
1977 AL  69 (3rd)
1983 NL  82 (1st)
Career  700 (93rd)

Saves s c a p y
1974 AL  19 (3rd)
1976 AL  20 (3rd)
1977 AL  31 (1st)
Career  126 (96th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 AL  7 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 AL  55 (4th)
1976 AL  68 (1st)
1977 AL  60 (1st)
1982 NL  39 (9th)
1983 NL  46 (7th)
Career  455 (42nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  24 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  2.4 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 AL  37.70 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1976 AL  2.9 (10th)
1977 AL  4.9 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.6 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1987 NL  born 1948-08-09 (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 - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 22 (1015), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Eddie Fisher (952)
  2. Al Worthington (943)
  3. Steve Bedrosian (939)
  4. Ted Abernathy (931)
  5. Grant Jackson (931)
  6. Dave LaRoche (926)
  7. Roger McDowell (924)
  8. Mike Timlin (923)
  9. Clay Carroll (922)
  10. Clem Labine (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bobby Castillo (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hal Reniff (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Firpo Marberry (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al McBean (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Elias Sosa (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gene Garber (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Eddie Fisher (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Elias Sosa (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gene Garber (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Clem Labine (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Clem Labine (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roy Face (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roy Face (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Roy Face (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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