George Cappuzzello

George Angelo Cappuzzello

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 15, 1954 in Youngstown, OH
High School: Ursuline Catholic HS (Girard, OH)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1981
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros 1981-1982

Final Game: August 5, 1982
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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
1973	19	DET-min	A	9	5	.643	2.85	25	18					117.0	118	54	37	7	54								1.470	9.1	0.5	4.2			AND · WCRS
1974	20	DET-min	A	7	11	.389	3.15	28	21		7	1	1	140.0	125	76	49	8	77	2	141	6	2	11			1.443	8.0	0.5	5.0	9.1	1.83	DBQ,LAK · MIDW,FLOR
1975	21	DET-min	A,AA	5	11	.313	2.79	24	20		8	0	0	142.0	119	63	44	2	84	2	112	6	1	10			1.430	7.5	0.1	5.3	7.1	1.33	LAK,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
1976	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	8	11	.421	3.31	28	23		8	1	0	166.0	152	79	61	7	85	4	142	1	1	10			1.428	8.2	0.4	4.6	7.7	1.67	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1977	23	DET-min	AAA	5	3	.625	4.46	39	16		1	0	1	123.0	138	72	61	12	56	4	75	5	1	10			1.577	10.1	0.9	4.1	5.5	1.34	EVN · AA
1978	24	CIN-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.05	40	2		0	0	7	56.0	45	25	19	3	39	2	57	3	0	7			1.500	7.2	0.5	6.3	9.2	1.46	INA · AA
1979	25	CIN-min	AA,AAA	9	5	.643	4.18	63	3		0	0	4	99.0	106	60	46	6	50	2	85	1	0	8			1.576	9.6	0.5	4.5	7.7	1.70	NVL,INA · SOUL,AA
1980	26	DET-min	AA,AAA	9	10	.474	3.36	30	21		12	6	2	166.0	131	73	62	10	73	7	130	3	0	5			1.229	7.1	0.5	4.0	7.0	1.78	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1981	27	DET-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	1.76	8	5	0	1	0	0	46.0	41	15	9	4	13	1	27	0	2	0			1.174	8.0	0.8	2.5	5.3	2.08	EVN · AA
1981	27	DET	AL	1	1	.500	3.48	18	3	5	0	0	1	33.2	28	14	13	2	18	2	19	2	0	4	146	110	1.366	7.5	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.06
1982	28	HOU-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	2.16	15	0	4	0	0	0	33.1	31	15	8	0	20	0	22	0	1	0			1.530	8.4	0.0	5.4	5.9	1.10	TUC · PCL
1982	28	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	2.79	17	0	6	0	0	0	19.1	16	6	6	2	7	1	13	3	0	1	81	122	1.190	7.4	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.86
1984	30	NYY-min	AAA,AA	4	5	.444	3.96	24	8	9	1	0	2	72.2	80	39	32	9	32	1	40	2	1	4			1.541	9.9	1.1	4.0	5.0	1.25	CLB,NVL · IL,SOUL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	3.23	35	3	11	0	0	1	53.0	44	20	19	4	25	3	32	5	0	5	227	114	1.302	7.5	0.7	4.2	5.4	1.28
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.333	3.23	63	5	20	0	0	2	95	79	36	34	7	45	5	57	9	0	9	406	114	1.302	7.5	0.7	4.2	5.4	1.28

HOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.79	17	0	6	0	0	0	19.1	16	6	6	2	7	1	13	3	0	1	81	122	1.190	7.4	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.86
DET (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.48	18	3	5	0	0	1	33.2	28	14	13	2	18	2	19	2	0	4	146	110	1.366	7.5	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.06

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
1981	27	DET	AL	33.2	18	3	14	3.74	4.10	0.57	-0.24	102.3	3.36	-1	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.1	1	.491	.499	$
1982	28	HOU	NL	19.1	17	0	6	2.79	4.36	-0.08	-0.34	90.4	3.70	2	0.2	1.4	-0.0	0.4	4	.512	.501	$
2 Seasons				53.0	35	3	20	3.40	4.19	0.34	-0.28	97.9	3.48	0	0.0	1.3	-0.1	0.5	4	.501	.500	$

HOU (1 yr)				19.1	17	0	6	2.79	4.36	-0.08	-0.34	90.4	3.70	2	0.2	1.4	-0.0	0.4	4	.512	.501	$
DET (1 yr)				33.2	18	3	14	3.74	4.10	0.57	-0.24	102.3	3.36	-1	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.1	1	.491	.499	$

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
1981	27	DET	AL	18	146	126	14	28	6	0	2	2	0	18	19	.222	.329	.317	.646	.248	40	3	2	0	0	2	1
1982	28	HOU	NL	17	81	69	6	16	1	0	2	3	0	7	13	.232	.321	.333	.654	.250	23	3	3	0	2	1	0
2 Yrs				35	227	195	20	44	7	0	4	5	0	25	32	.226	.326	.323	.649	.248	63	6	5	0	2	3	1
162 Game Avg.				63	406	349	36	79	13	0	7	9	0	45	57	.226	.326	.323	.649	.248	113	11	9	0	4	5	2
MLB Averages																.259	.322	.381	.703	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	27	DET	AL	1.5	0.2	152	0.2	2.5	-2.2	.84	-0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.84	0.5	2	7	5
1982	28	HOU	NL	1.8	0.2	85	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.73	-0.1	-0.9	1.8	0.2	0.73	0.5	5	3	8
2 Yrs				3.2	0.4	237	-0.4	3.3	-3.7	.80	-0.1	-0.4	2.1	0.2	0.80	1.0	7	10	13

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
1981	27	DET	AL	18	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0%	34.7	37	32	14	4	0	2	4.8	7.5	2.0
1 Yr				18	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0%	35	37	32	14	4	0	2	4.8	7.5	2.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	98	-12					4.2	4.2	6.2

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
1981	27	DET	AL	18	15	5	1	0	1	1	0	100%	3	2	9	2	22%	5	.840	2	7	5	4	1	10	6	9	9	5	9	2	5.5
1982	28	HOU	NL	17	17	6	0	1	2	0	2	0%	3	0	21	7	33%	7	.733	5	3	8	3	3	11	11	6	7	8	8	5	3.4
2 Yrs				35	32	11	1	1	3	1	2	33%	6	2	30	9	30%		.802	7	10	13	7	4	21	17	15	16	13	17	7	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	27	DET	AL	146	32%	1.4%	13.0%	12.3%	5.5%	29%	1.22	72%	28	3	11%
1982	28	HOU	NL	81	32%	2.5%	16.1%	8.6%	3.7%	19%	1.50	69%	22	3	14%
2 Yrs				227	32%	1.8%	14.1%	11.0%	4.9%	25%	1.31	71%	50	6	12%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.9%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.11	75%			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
1981	27	DET	AL	146	28			2	0	5	2	0	1	1	9	2	2	22%	1	4	0	54	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1982	28	HOU	NL	81	16			2	0	2	1	1	2	0	11	4	4	36%	0	1	0	39	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				227	44			4	0	7	3	1	3	1	20	6	6	30%	1	5	0	93	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
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+
1981	27	1	1	.500	3.48	18	3	5	0	0	1	33.2	28	14	13	2	18	2	19	2	0	4	146	110	1.366	7.5	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.06	110
1982	28	1	2	.333	3.23	35	3	11	0	0	1	53.0	44	20	19	4	25	3	32	5	0	5	227	114	1.302	7.5	0.7	4.2	5.4	1.28	114

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1981	27	2	3	.400	4.13	48.0	45	24	22	3	29	27	3	1.542	8.4	5.4	5.1	0.93	0.6	18
1982	28	1	0	1.000	3.71	17.0	18	8	7	2	8	12	3	1.529	9.5	4.2	6.4	1.50	1.1	17
2 Yrs		3	3	.500	4.02	65.0	63	32	29	5	37	39	6	1.538	8.7		5.4	1.05	0.7	35

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