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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 23 NYM NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 24 NYM NL 14 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 92 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 25 NYM NL 24 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1974 26 ATL NL 39 82 67 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 23 .164 .253 .164 .418 17 11 0 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1975 27 ATL NL 12 30 23 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .043 .080 .043 .123 -65 1 0 0 5 1 0 1
1976 28 ATL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1977 29 ATL NL 45 42 36 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .111 .179 .111 .291 -23 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
7 Seasons 142 175 141 9 19 0 0 0 5 0 0 17 40 .135 .226 .135 .361 0 19 1 0 16 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 200 161 10 22 0 0 0 6 0 0 19 46 .135 .226 .135 .361 0 22 1 0 18 1 0
ATL (4 yrs) 101 154 126 7 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 37 .127 .201 .127 .328 -10 16 0 0 15 1 0
NYM (3 yrs) 41 21 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .200 .400 .200 .600 77 3 1 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 NYM NL 23 P 3 0 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.33 1.000 1.86 0.77
1972 NYM NL 24 P 14 6 53.0 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 2.55 1.07 .947 1.78 0.73
1973 NYM NL 25 P 24 0 42.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.33 .950 1.89 0.73
1974 ATL NL 26 P 39 27 217.0 35 13 19 3 2 .914 1.33 0.82 .946 1.88 0.71 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1975 ATL NL 27 P 12 12 78.1 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.18 1.58 .942 1.86 0.72
1976 ATL NL 28 P 5 0 9.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89 0.60 .933 1.83 0.72
1977 ATL NL 29 P 45 16 139.1 25 6 18 1 1 .960 1.55 0.53 .948 1.85 0.67
7 Seasons P 142 61 544.1 106 31 71 4 6 .962 1.69 0.72 .946 1.86 0.70
7 Seasons TOT 142 61 544.1 106 31 71 4 6 .962 1.69 0.72 .908 1.86 0.70

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 (262nd)

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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Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

March 26, 1974: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the New York Mets.

March 30, 1978: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

Before 1979 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

April 3, 1979: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

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