Buzz Capra
Lee William Capra
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 1, 1947 in Chicago, IL
School: Illinois State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1971
Final Game: September 26, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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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 40 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 73 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 94 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 7 886 165 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 44 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 Seasons 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 77 1.475 7.9 1.0 5.4 7.7 1.43

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1974 ATL NL 26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 142 2339 2024 256 479 91 18 60 54 25 258 362 .237 .324 .388 .712 .259 786 30 10 34 13 32
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 52 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 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% 50 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% 44 84 16 23 8 12 1 3.1 2.9 5.4
4 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.926 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 0.773 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 1.461 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 1.040 3 5 4 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 0.739 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 0.949 5 7 16 4 4 21 10 19 17 7 21 0 5.5
6 Seasons 130 81 28 7 14 8 5 3 63% 9 1 45 16 36% 1.013 21 18 39 14 13 54 25 56 53 14 58 4 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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 38% 0.0% 25.0% 20.8% 8.3% 67% 4.00 50% 6 1 17%
1972 24 NYM NL 227 43% 3.1% 19.8% 11.9% 8.8% 40% 1.10 65% 43 2 5%
1973 25 NYM NL 188 42% 2.1% 18.6% 14.9% 5.3% 29% 0.96 60% 39 4 10%
1974 26 ATL NL 886 48% 1.5% 15.5% 9.5% 4.7% 26% 0.77 72% 161 14 9%
1975 27 ATL NL 337 43% 2.4% 10.4% 8.3% 9.5% 42% 0.57 77% 57 6 11%
1976 28 ATL NL 44 25% 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 4.6% 22% 0.60 70% 13 0 0%
1977 29 ATL NL 633 42% 4.4% 15.8% 12.6% 9.6% 43% 0.66 66% 88 3 3%
7 Seasons 2339 44% 2.6% 15.5% 11.0% 7.2% 35% 0.75 69% 407 30 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 6 0 1 0 0 2 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 1 1 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 2 0 17 0
7 Seasons 2339 479 60 1 51 37 23 31 29 118 55 25 47% 27 18 3 845 54 25 68% 51 20 3 5 0 0 5 1 45 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 40 1.500 5.1 0.0 8.4 10.1 1.20 40
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 68 1.457 8.2 1.1 4.9 7.9 1.59 68
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 77 1.475 7.9 1.0 5.4 7.7 1.43 77
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 110 1.272 7.5 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.47 110
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

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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
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 57 37 33 8 31 42 0 1.760 10.3 5.6 7.6 1.35 1.4 14
1973 25 2 2 .500 4.50 40.0 37 22 20 4 30 33 2 1.675 8.3 6.8 7.4 1.10 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 79 42 38 8 29 34 1 1.421 9.4 3.4 4.0 1.17 0.9 12
1976 28 0 1 .000 10.00 9.0 10 11 10 0 7 4 0 1.889 10.0 7.0 4.0 0.57 0.0 5
1977 29 6 9 .400 4.73 139.0 136 81 73 27 77 100 4 1.532 8.8 5.0 6.5 1.30 1.7 45
7 Seasons 31 25 .554 3.97 530.0 487 259 234 60 264 352 10 1.417 8.3 6.0 1.33 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 1954 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.

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 (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1974-NL--9--1%
0.01 Career Shares (260th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1974 NL--2.281--1st

Wins s c a p y
1974 NL--16--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 NL--.667--5th

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--165--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ray Corbin (974)
  6. Jose Santiago (970)
  7. Bucky Brandon (968)
  8. Dennis Ribant (966)
  9. Luis Aquino (965)
  10. Joe Moeller (965)
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  3. Mort Cooper (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hal White (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Worthington (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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