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Buzz Capra

Lee William Capra

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 1, 1947 in Chicago, IL
School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1971
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1971-1977

Final Game: September 26, 1977
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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
1971 23 NYM NL 0 1 .000 8.44 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 6 5 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 24 44 1.500 5.1 0.0 8.4 10.1 1.20
1972 24 NYM NL 3 2 .600 4.58 14 6 2 0 0 0 53.0 50 27 27 7 27 1 45 0 0 1 227 74 1.453 8.5 1.2 4.6 7.6 1.67
1973 25 NYM NL 2 7 .222 3.86 24 0 10 0 0 4 42.0 35 18 18 4 28 9 35 2 0 3 188 95 1.500 7.5 0.9 6.0 7.5 1.25
1974 26 ATL NL 16 8 .667 2.28 39 27 6 11 5 1 217.0 163 67 55 13 84 6 137 3 1 7 886 166 1.138 6.8 0.5 3.5 5.7 1.63 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1975 27 ATL NL 4 7 .364 4.25 12 12 0 5 0 0 78.1 77 41 37 8 28 1 35 1 1 0 336 89 1.340 8.8 0.9 3.2 4.0 1.25
1976 28 ATL NL 0 1 .000 8.68 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 9 9 9 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 44 46 1.607 8.7 0.0 5.8 3.9 0.67
1977 29 ATL NL 6 11 .353 5.36 45 16 7 0 0 0 139.1 142 88 83 28 80 12 100 4 0 7 633 83 1.593 9.2 1.8 5.2 6.5 1.25
7 Yrs 31 37 .456 3.87 142 61 28 16 5 5 544.1 479 256 234 60 258 32 362 10 2 18 2338 101 1.354 7.9 1.0 4.3 6.0 1.40
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .456 3.87 48 20 9 5 2 2 182 160 86 78 20 86 11 121 3 1 6 783 101 1.354 7.9 1.0 4.3 6.0 1.40
ATL (4 yrs) 26 27 .491 3.73 101 55 15 16 5 1 444.0 391 205 184 49 198 21 276 8 2 14 1899 107 1.327 7.9 1.0 4.0 5.6 1.39
NYM (3 yrs) 5 10 .333 4.49 41 6 13 0 0 4 100.1 88 51 50 11 60 11 86 2 0 4 439 78 1.475 7.9 1.0 5.4 7.7 1.43

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
1971 23 NYM NL 5.1 3 0 6 10.13 3.58 0.02 -0.16 99.5 3.39 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.3 -4 .364 .497 $
1972 24 NYM NL 53.0 14 6 27 4.58 3.72 -0.32 -0.01 99.6 4.01 -4 -0.5 .3 -0.0 -0.1 1 .467 .497 $
1973 25 NYM NL 42.0 24 0 18 3.86 4.09 -0.01 -0.34 100.2 3.78 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.2 3 .498 .500 $
1974 26 ATL NL 217.0 39 27 67 2.78 4.20 0.38 0.07 104.5 4.07 30 3.5 1.1 -0.1 5.1 51 .590 .522 $ AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1975 27 ATL NL 78.1 12 12 41 4.71 4.19 -0.52 0.13 102.7 4.97 2 0.2 -0.0 0.7 9 .515 .501 $
1976 28 ATL NL 9.1 5 0 9 8.68 3.68 -0.66 -0.30 110.6 4.48 -4 -0.5 .7 0.1 -0.3 -4 .407 .497 $
1977 29 ATL NL 139.1 45 16 88 5.68 4.53 -0.80 -0.03 111.6 5.91 2 0.3 .8 -0.2 1.2 17 .506 .502 $
7 Seasons 544.1 142 61 256 4.23 4.21 -0.17 0.01 105.3 4.64 21 2.6 1.0 -0.3 6.5 75 .518 .502 $
ATL (4 yrs) 444.0 101 55 205 4.16 4.29 -0.17 0.04 106.5 4.82 30 3.5 .8 -0.3 6.7 74 .535 .505 $
NYM (3 yrs) 100.1 41 6 51 4.57 3.87 -0.17 -0.16 99.9 3.88 -9 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.2 1 .478 .498 $

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
1974 ATL NL 26

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
1971 23 NYM NL 3 24 18 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 5 6 .167 .348 .278 .626 .250 5 1 0 1 0 1 1
1972 24 NYM NL 14 227 198 27 50 11 2 7 2 7 27 45 .253 .341 .434 .775 .293 86 2 0 1 1 1 1
1973 25 NYM NL 24 188 150 18 35 6 0 4 3 1 28 35 .233 .357 .353 .710 .274 53 4 2 6 2 9 1
1974 26 ATL NL 39 886 783 67 163 26 3 13 13 7 84 137 .208 .286 .299 .585 .235 234 14 3 12 4 6 13
1975 27 ATL NL 12 337 301 41 77 19 5 8 10 1 28 35 .256 .319 .432 .751 .265 130 6 1 5 2 1 5
1976 28 ATL NL 5 44 34 9 9 2 0 0 2 0 6 4 .265 .366 .324 .689 .290 11 0 0 3 1 2 1
1977 29 ATL NL 45 633 540 88 142 25 8 28 23 9 80 100 .263 .360 .494 .855 .275 267 3 4 6 3 12 5
7 Yrs 142 2339 2024 256 479 91 18 60 54 25 258 362 .237 .324 .388 .712 .259 786 30 10 34 13 32 27
162 Game Avg. 48 784 678 86 160 30 6 20 18 8 86 121 .237 .324 .388 .712 .259 263 10 3 11 4 11 9
MLB Averages .255 .322 .372 .694 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 23 NYM NL -3.0 -0.3 25 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 .90 0.1 -0.6 -2.9 -0.3 0.90 -0.3 1 0 2
1972 24 NYM NL -5.8 -0.6 237 0.1 3.1 -3.1 .74 -0.5 0.6 -2.7 -0.3 0.74 -8.4 0 1 6
1973 25 NYM NL 0.2 0.0 195 -1.9 3.5 -5.4 1.42 -0.3 -1.0 -5.7 -0.6 1.42 -3.1 11 4 8
1974 26 ATL NL 33.1 3.6 915 2.9 16.2 -13.2 1.02 2.8 0.1 34.9 3.8 1.02 31.7 4 3 5
1975 27 ATL NL -3.3 -0.3 349 -0.8 5.8 -6.6 1.06 -0.9 0.1 -5.0 -0.5 1.06 -7.1 0 0 0
1976 28 ATL NL -4.0 -0.4 46 -0.6 0.1 -0.8 .70 -0.0 -0.8 -5.3 -0.5 0.70 -1.9 1 1 3
1977 29 ATL NL -10.0 -1.0 675 -2.0 10.3 -12.2 .94 -2.6 0.5 -14.8 -1.4 0.94 -31.6 5 7 16
7 Yrs 7.1 1.0 2442 -2.8 39.1 -41.9 1.00 -1.6 -1.2 -1.4 0.2 1.00 -20.7 22 16 40

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
1972 24 NYM NL 14 6 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 .667 1 1 0 0 3 50% 51.5 78 14 7 3 0 3 3.2 2.2 6.0
1974 26 ATL NL 39 27 15 6 6 1 1 20 7 .741 0 3 11 5 17 63% 60.2 89 19 24 6 13 5 4.1 4.4 7.0
1975 27 ATL NL 12 12 4 7 1 0 3 4 8 .333 1 0 5 0 7 58% 49.5 74 22 5 1 3 3 3.6 4.0 6.5
1977 29 ATL NL 45 16 2 8 6 0 1 3 13 .188 1 4 0 0 7 44% 43.8 84 16 23 8 12 1 3.1 2.9 5.4
4 Yrs 110 61 24 23 14 1 5 31 30 .508 3 8 16 5 34 56% 53 89 14 59 18 28 12 3.6 3.7 6.4
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.0 6.5

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
1971 23 NYM NL 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .902 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 5.3
1972 24 NYM NL 14 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 .742 0 1 6 1 0 7 1 7 8 0 8 0 6.4
1973 25 NYM NL 24 24 10 2 7 7 4 3 57% 7 0 19 12 63% 7 1.416 11 4 8 7 4 13 10 14 14 3 15 3 5.3
1974 26 ATL NL 39 12 6 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 0 0% 7 1.022 4 3 5 2 3 7 4 8 9 2 9 1 7.1
1976 28 ATL NL 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .703 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 5 4 1 4 0 5.6
1977 29 ATL NL 45 29 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 21% 5 .938 5 7 16 4 4 21 10 19 17 7 21 0 5.5
6 Yrs 130 81 28 7 14 8 5 3 63% 9 1 45 16 36% .992 22 16 40 14 13 54 25 56 53 14 58 4 5.7

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%
1971 23 NYM NL 24 63% 0.0% 25.0% 20.8% 8.3% 67% 4.00 50% 6 1 17%
1972 24 NYM NL 227 57% 3.1% 19.8% 11.9% 8.8% 40% 1.10 65% 43 2 5%
1973 25 NYM NL 188 58% 2.1% 18.6% 14.9% 5.3% 29% 0.96 60% 39 4 10%
1974 26 ATL NL 886 52% 1.5% 15.5% 9.5% 4.7% 26% 0.77 72% 161 14 9%
1975 27 ATL NL 337 57% 2.4% 10.4% 8.3% 9.5% 42% 0.57 77% 57 6 11%
1976 28 ATL NL 44 75% 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 4.6% 22% 0.60 70% 13 0 0%
1977 29 ATL NL 633 58% 4.4% 15.8% 12.6% 9.6% 43% 0.66 66% 88 3 3%
7 Yrs 2339 56% 2.6% 15.5% 11.0% 7.2% 35% 0.75 69% 407 30 7%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.6% 8.6% 6.1% 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
1971 23 NYM NL 24 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 NYM NL 227 50 7 0 3 5 2 2 5 10 3 3 30% 1 1 0 82 2 7 22% 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 25 NYM NL 188 35 4 0 13 1 3 0 4 16 6 3 38% 1 3 0 76 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1974 26 ATL NL 886 163 13 0 14 8 5 6 7 32 16 5 50% 13 7 1 323 13 7 65% 13 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1975 27 ATL NL 337 77 8 0 2 5 3 3 5 16 11 2 69% 5 0 0 129 10 1 91% 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 0
1976 28 ATL NL 44 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 83% 1 0 0 15 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 29 ATL NL 633 142 28 1 13 18 10 20 8 35 12 12 34% 5 7 2 212 23 9 72% 21 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 17 0
7 Yrs 2339 479 60 1 51 37 23 31 29 118 55 25 47% 27 18 3 845 54 25 68% 51 19 3 5 0 0 4 2 45 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1971 23 0 1 .000 8.44 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 6 5 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 24 44 1.500 5.1 0.0 8.4 10.1 1.20 44
1972 24 3 3 .500 4.94 17 6 3 0 0 0 58.1 53 33 32 7 32 2 51 0 0 1 251 69 1.457 8.2 1.1 4.9 7.9 1.59 69
1973 25 5 10 .333 4.49 41 6 13 0 0 4 100.1 88 51 50 11 60 11 86 2 0 4 439 78 1.475 7.9 1.0 5.4 7.7 1.43 78
1974 26 21 18 .538 2.98 80 33 19 11 5 5 317.1 251 118 105 24 144 17 223 5 1 11 1325 124 1.245 7.1 0.7 4.1 6.3 1.55 124
1975 27 25 25 .500 3.23 92 45 19 16 5 5 395.2 328 159 142 32 172 18 258 6 2 11 1661 115 1.264 7.5 0.7 3.9 5.9 1.50 115
1976 28 25 26 .490 3.36 97 45 21 16 5 5 405.0 337 168 151 32 178 20 262 6 2 11 1705 111 1.272 7.5 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.47 111
1977 29 31 37 .456 3.87 142 61 28 16 5 5 544.1 479 256 234 60 258 32 362 10 2 18 2338 101 1.354 7.9 1.0 4.3 6.0 1.40 101

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
1971 23 0 0 7.20 5.0 3 4 4 0 5 6 0 1.600 5.4 9.0 10.8 1.20 0.0 3
1972 24 2 3 .400 5.94 50.0 56 37 33 8 30 43 0 1.720 10.1 5.4 7.7 1.43 1.4 14
1973 25 2 2 .500 4.28 40.0 36 21 19 4 29 34 2 1.625 8.1 6.5 7.7 1.17 0.9 24
1974 26 17 6 .739 2.39 211.0 165 62 56 13 85 133 3 1.185 7.0 3.6 5.7 1.56 0.6 39
1975 27 4 4 .500 4.50 76.0 78 42 38 8 28 34 1 1.395 9.2 3.3 4.0 1.21 0.9 12
1976 28 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 9 10 9 0 6 4 0 1.500 8.1 5.4 3.6 0.67 0.0 5
1977 29 6 9 .400 4.69 140.0 133 81 73 26 75 101 4 1.486 8.6 4.8 6.5 1.35 1.7 45
7 Yrs 31 25 .554 3.92 532.0 480 257 232 59 258 355 10 1.387 8.1 6.0 1.38 1.0 142

* 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
1974

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (9, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1974 NL  5.1 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1974 NL  2.28 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1974 NL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 NL  .667 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1974 NL  1.138 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  6.760 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1974 NL  11 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1974 NL  5 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  28 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 NL  166 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  33 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1974 NL  3.6 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1974 NL  34.87 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 NL  2.9 (6th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1974 NL  2.8 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1974 NL  3.8 (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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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