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Clay Carroll

Clay Palmer Carroll (Hawk)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 2, 1941 in Clanton, AL
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1964
Teams (by GP): Reds/Braves/Cardinals/WhiteSox/Pirates 1964-1978
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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
1964 23 MLN NL 2 0 1.000 1.77 11 1 2 0 0 1 20.1 15 4 4 1 3 1 17 0 0 0 79 204 0.885 6.6 0.4 1.3 7.5 5.67
1965 24 MLN NL 0 1 .000 4.41 19 1 4 0 0 1 34.2 35 18 17 3 13 2 16 1 0 2 148 80 1.385 9.1 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.23
1966 25 ATL NL 8 7 .533 2.37 73 3 28 0 0 11 144.1 127 45 38 8 29 4 67 4 2 10 585 156 1.081 7.9 0.5 1.8 4.2 2.31
1967 26 ATL NL 6 12 .333 5.52 42 7 10 1 0 0 93.0 111 62 57 6 29 10 35 3 0 5 411 61 1.505 10.7 0.6 2.8 3.4 1.21
1968 27 TOT NL 7 8 .467 2.69 68 1 44 0 0 17 144.0 128 50 43 4 38 12 71 6 0 1 585 118 1.153 8.0 0.3 2.4 4.4 1.87 MVP-25
1968 27 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.84 10 0 5 0 0 0 22.1 26 15 12 1 6 2 10 0 0 0 96 64 1.433 10.5 0.4 2.4 4.0 1.67
1968 27 CIN NL 7 7 .500 2.29 58 1 39 0 0 17 121.2 102 35 31 3 32 10 61 6 0 1 489 139 1.101 7.5 0.2 2.4 4.5 1.91
1969 28 CIN NL 12 6 .667 3.52 71 4 37 0 0 7 150.2 149 70 59 9 78 18 90 7 0 6 674 106 1.507 8.9 0.5 4.7 5.4 1.15
1970 29 CIN NL 9 4 .692 2.59 65 0 31 0 0 16 104.1 104 38 30 4 27 9 63 2 1 2 437 162 1.256 9.0 0.3 2.3 5.4 2.33
1971 30 CIN NL 10 4 .714 2.50 61 0 40 0 0 15 93.2 78 26 26 5 42 9 64 2 0 1 387 131 1.281 7.5 0.5 4.0 6.1 1.52 AS
1972 31 CIN NL 6 4 .600 2.25 65 0 54 0 0 37 96.0 89 27 24 5 32 9 51 1 0 2 392 144 1.260 8.3 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.59 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 32 CIN NL 8 8 .500 3.69 53 5 24 0 0 14 92.2 111 47 38 5 34 11 41 5 0 2 415 93 1.565 10.8 0.5 3.3 4.0 1.21
1974 33 CIN NL 12 5 .706 2.15 57 3 30 0 0 6 100.2 96 27 24 3 30 9 46 0 1 3 419 163 1.252 8.6 0.3 2.7 4.1 1.53 CYA-8
1975 34 CIN NL 7 5 .583 2.62 56 2 27 0 0 7 96.1 93 30 28 2 32 8 44 3 0 3 407 138 1.298 8.7 0.2 3.0 4.1 1.38
1976 35 CHW AL 4 4 .500 2.56 29 0 20 0 0 6 77.1 67 26 22 1 24 2 38 2 0 4 311 141 1.177 7.8 0.1 2.8 4.4 1.58
1977 36 TOT MLB 5 5 .500 2.75 59 1 22 0 0 5 101.1 91 35 31 11 28 8 38 1 1 0 406 143 1.174 8.1 1.0 2.5 3.4 1.36
1977 36 STL NL 4 2 .667 2.50 51 1 16 0 0 4 90.0 77 28 25 8 24 8 34 1 1 0 357 156 1.122 7.7 0.8 2.4 3.4 1.42
1977 36 CHW AL 1 3 .250 4.76 8 0 6 0 0 1 11.1 14 7 6 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 49 89 1.588 11.1 2.4 3.2 3.2 1.00
1978 37 PIT NL 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 182 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
15 Yrs 96 73 .568 2.94 731 28 373 1 0 143 1353.1 1296 506 442 67 442 112 681 37 5 41 5673 121 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .568 2.94 65 3 33 0 0 13 121 116 45 40 6 40 10 61 3 0 4 508 121 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
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
CIN (8 yrs) 71 43 .623 2.73 486 15 282 0 0 119 856.0 822 300 260 36 307 83 460 26 2 20 3620 129 1.319 8.6 0.4 3.2 4.8 1.50
ATL (5 yrs) 16 21 .432 3.66 155 12 49 1 0 13 314.2 314 144 128 19 80 19 145 8 2 17 1319 96 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.3 4.1 1.81
CHW (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 2.84 37 0 26 0 0 7 88.2 81 33 28 4 28 2 42 2 0 4 360 130 1.229 8.2 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.50
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 182 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
STL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 2.50 51 1 16 0 0 4 90.0 77 28 25 8 24 8 34 1 1 0 357 156 1.122 7.7 0.8 2.4 3.4 1.42
NL (14 yrs) 91 66 .580 2.95 694 28 347 1 0 136 1264.2 1215 473 414 63 414 110 639 35 5 37 5313 121 1.288 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
AL (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 2.84 37 0 26 0 0 7 88.2 81 33 28 4 28 2 42 2 0 4 360 130 1.229 8.2 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.50

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
1964 23 MLN NL 20.1 11 1 4 1.77 4.08 -0.08 -0.14 102.1 4.11 5 0.6 .9 -0.1 0.7 7 .554 .504 $
1965 24 MLN NL 34.2 19 1 18 4.67 3.94 0.23 -0.13 98.6 3.53 -4 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .474 .497 $
1966 25 ATL NL 144.1 73 3 45 2.81 4.09 -0.08 -0.16 101.1 4.06 18 2.1 1.4 0.2 3.6 35 .528 .513 $
1967 26 ATL NL 93.0 42 7 62 6.00 3.87 -0.14 -0.07 99.8 3.92 -23 -2.5 1.1 -0.2 -1.8 -12 .440 .485 $
1968 27 ATL NL 22.1 10 0 15 6.04 3.39 0.01 -0.15 100.2 3.24 -7 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.5 -5 .415 .495 $ MVP-25
1968 27 CIN NL 121.2 58 1 35 2.59 3.40 -0.25 -0.13 105.2 3.70 13 1.7 1.2 -0.0 2.8 26 .530 .511 $ MVP-25
1969 28 CIN NL 150.2 71 4 70 4.18 4.08 -0.08 -0.14 101.3 4.08 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.2 0.9 14 .495 .498 $
1970 29 CIN NL 104.1 65 0 38 3.28 4.56 0.18 -0.19 103.1 4.31 11 1.1 1.3 0.0 2.0 23 .517 .507 $
1971 30 CIN NL 93.2 61 0 26 2.50 3.90 0.32 -0.17 93.9 3.21 7 0.8 2.0 0.2 1.7 16 .512 .505 $ AS
1972 31 CIN NL 96.0 65 0 27 2.53 3.84 0.34 -0.17 93.7 3.13 5 0.6 1.8 0.0 1.4 14 .509 .504 $ AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 32 CIN NL 92.2 53 5 47 4.56 4.18 0.32 -0.20 94.1 3.44 -12 -1.3 1.5 -0.3 -0.8 -3 .476 .492 $
1974 33 CIN NL 100.2 57 3 27 2.41 4.25 0.38 -0.25 97.0 3.51 12 1.3 1.6 0.2 2.4 22 .523 .508 $ CYA-8
1975 34 CIN NL 96.1 56 2 30 2.80 4.10 0.38 -0.29 99.0 3.40 6 0.6 1.4 0.0 1.4 15 .511 .504 $
1976 35 CHW AL 77.1 29 0 26 3.03 4.13 -0.28 -0.34 101.5 4.13 10 1.1 1.6 0.2 2.0 17 .539 .507 $110,000
1977 36 STL NL 90.0 51 1 28 2.80 4.35 0.21 -0.31 100.9 3.87 10 1.1 1.3 -0.0 1.8 19 .521 .507 $
1977 36 CHW AL 11.1 8 0 7 5.56 4.34 -0.59 -0.35 98.9 4.53 -1 -0.1 2.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .483 .499 $
1978 37 PIT NL 4.0 2 0 1 2.25 4.42 -0.22 -0.36 104.7 4.48 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .556 .501 $
15 Seasons 1353.1 731 28 506 3.37 4.04 0.08 -0.19 99.5 3.75 46 5.5 1.5 -0.1 17.2 188 .508 .502 $110,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CIN (8 yrs) 856.0 486 15 300 3.15 4.03 0.17 -0.19 98.9 3.64 38 4.5 1.5 -0.1 11.8 126 .509 .503 $
ATL (5 yrs) 314.2 155 12 144 4.12 3.96 -0.06 -0.13 100.4 3.90 -11 -1.2 1.2 -0.1 1.7 24 .492 .499 $
CHW (2 yrs) 88.2 37 0 33 3.35 4.15 -0.32 -0.34 101.1 4.18 8 1.0 1.8 0.1 1.8 17 .527 .503 $110,000
PIT (1 yr) 4.0 2 0 1 2.25 4.42 -0.22 -0.36 104.7 4.48 1 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .556 .501 $
STL (1 yr) 90.0 51 1 28 2.80 4.35 0.21 -0.31 100.9 3.87 10 1.1 1.3 -0.0 1.8 19 .521 .507 $

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
1970 29 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1970 29 CIN NL WS L BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 1 11 0 0 0 34 0.778 5.0 0.0 2.0 11.0 5.50
1972 31 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 1 1 .500 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 12 1.875 6.8 0.0 10.1 0.0 0.00
1972 31 CIN NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.59 5 0 3 0 0 1 5.2 6 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 27 1.765 9.5 0.0 6.4 4.8 0.75
1973 32 CIN NL NLCS L NYM 1 0 1.000 1.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 0.857 6.4 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
1975 34 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1975 34 CIN NL WS W BOS 1 0 1.000 3.18 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 21 1.059 6.4 1.6 3.2 4.8 1.50
4 Yrs (7 Series) 4 2 .667 1.39 22 0 8 0 0 2 32.1 24 5 5 1 13 4 22 0 0 0 129 1.144 6.7 0.3 3.6 6.1 1.69
4 NLCS 2 1 .667 1.50 8 0 2 0 0 1 12.0 9 2 2 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 47 1.167 6.8 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.00
3 WS 2 1 .667 1.33 14 0 6 0 0 1 20.1 15 3 3 1 8 2 17 0 0 0 82 1.131 6.6 0.4 3.5 7.5 2.13

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
1971 CIN NL 30
1972 CIN NL 31

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
1964 23 MLN NL 11 74 75 4 15 3 0 1 0 2 3 17 .200 .231 .280 .511 .246 21 1 0 1 0 1 3
1965 24 MLN NL 19 140 130 18 35 5 1 3 3 2 13 16 .269 .336 .392 .728 .283 51 4 1 2 2 2 2
1966 25 ATL NL 73 528 538 45 127 15 3 8 3 0 29 67 .236 .277 .320 .597 .254 172 10 4 8 6 4 6
1967 26 ATL NL 42 404 365 62 111 19 6 6 5 5 29 35 .304 .358 .438 .796 .321 160 10 3 11 3 10 5
1968 27 ATL NL 10 96 84 15 26 3 1 1 2 0 6 10 .310 .348 .405 .753 .333 34 3 0 4 2 2 1
1968 27 CIN NL 58 487 444 35 102 19 3 3 1 4 32 61 .230 .289 .306 .596 .259 136 14 6 5 2 10 6
1968 27 TOT NL 68 583 528 50 128 22 4 4 3 4 38 71 .242 .299 .322 .621 .271 170 17 6 9 4 12 7
1969 28 CIN NL 71 674 569 70 149 21 3 9 3 4 78 90 .262 .356 .357 .713 .296 203 20 7 17 3 18 16
1970 29 CIN NL 65 437 402 38 104 14 2 4 3 2 27 63 .259 .309 .333 .642 .299 134 11 2 6 0 9 5
1971 30 CIN NL 61 385 333 26 78 12 3 5 6 4 42 64 .234 .323 .333 .656 .275 111 9 2 9 1 9 5
1972 31 CIN NL 65 392 347 27 89 10 3 5 0 3 32 51 .256 .316 .346 .662 .283 120 14 1 6 6 9 4
1973 32 CIN NL 53 416 363 47 111 20 0 5 2 3 34 41 .306 .371 .402 .773 .332 146 14 5 12 2 11 9
1974 33 CIN NL 57 419 375 27 96 15 0 3 2 2 30 46 .256 .308 .320 .628 .282 120 11 0 10 4 9 7
1975 34 CIN NL 56 409 367 30 93 14 1 2 6 1 32 44 .253 .314 .313 .627 .278 115 12 3 1 6 8 7
1976 35 CHW AL 29 311 277 26 67 8 2 1 10 7 24 38 .242 .306 .296 .602 .276 82 7 2 7 1 2 2
1977 36 CHW AL 8 49 45 7 14 0 0 3 1 0 4 4 .311 .367 .511 .878 .289 23 3 0 0 0 0 0
1977 36 STL NL 51 357 323 28 77 18 0 8 3 6 24 34 .238 .290 .368 .658 .242 119 7 1 5 4 8 5
1977 36 TOT MLB 59 406 368 35 91 18 0 11 4 6 28 38 .247 .299 .386 .685 .248 142 10 1 5 4 8 5
1978 37 PIT NL 2 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 .294 .143 .437 .143 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 731 5595 5051 506 1296 196 28 67 50 45 442 681 .257 .319 .346 .665 .283 1749 150 37 104 42 112 83
162 Game Avg. 65 501 453 45 116 18 3 6 4 4 40 61 .257 .319 .346 .665 .283 157 13 3 9 4 10 7
MLB Averages .252 .318 .371 .689 .278
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1964 23 MLN NL 4.4 0.5 81 0.4 1.2 -0.9 .93 0.5 -0.1 3.2 0.3 0.90 4.4 3 1 6
1965 24 MLN NL -2.8 -0.3 148 -0.4 2.6 -3.0 1.08 -0.2 -0.1 -6.5 -0.7 1.08 -4.8 5 3 9
1966 25 ATL NL 20.0 2.1 544 -0.2 9.8 -10.0 1.13 2.0 -2.2 15.0 1.6 1.13 20.9 27 14 23
1967 26 ATL NL -21.3 -2.2 424 -3.2 5.9 -9.1 .96 -1.3 -2.0 -19.8 -2.1 0.96 -15.7 11 6 17
1968 27 TOT NL 6.6 0.8 595 1.7 11.6 -9.9 1.17 1.7 -0.3 8.9 1.0 1.17 9.9 17 20 29
1968 27 ATL NL -4.8 -0.5 98 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .49 -0.1 -0.1 -5.1 -0.6 0.49 -3.9 1 2 6
1968 27 CIN NL 11.5 1.3 497 1.7 10.9 -9.2 1.31 1.8 -0.5 14.0 1.6 1.31 13.8 16 18 23
1969 28 CIN NL 2.9 0.3 688 -0.9 13.9 -14.8 1.28 -1.4 0.7 -2.2 -0.2 1.28 -11.8 31 10 25
1970 29 CIN NL 16.1 1.6 446 2.9 10.7 -7.8 1.34 1.6 0.6 20.5 2.0 1.34 18.0 27 20 18
1971 30 CIN NL 10.2 1.1 401 2.9 12.2 -9.3 1.68 0.7 1.0 12.1 1.4 1.67 6.7 31 8 22
1972 31 CIN NL 11.3 1.2 398 4.8 11.9 -7.2 1.68 1.2 1.6 16.5 1.9 1.68 9.0 37 8 20
1973 32 CIN NL -4.8 -0.5 425 -1.6 8.5 -10.1 1.35 -0.9 -0.3 -9.1 -1.0 1.35 -12.0 22 9 17
1974 33 CIN NL 16.2 1.7 429 2.1 10.2 -8.1 1.39 1.1 0.4 13.0 1.4 1.39 12.8 28 8 16
1975 34 CIN NL 11.6 1.2 419 -0.9 6.7 -7.5 1.08 0.9 -1.7 10.6 1.1 1.08 12.7 20 5 27
1976 35 CHW AL 8.4 0.9 331 1.0 7.6 -6.6 1.38 1.1 -0.4 6.6 0.7 1.38 11.1 15 8 6
1977 36 TOT MLB 13.3 1.4 417 0.5 7.6 -7.0 1.06 1.2 -0.7 12.9 1.3 1.06 11.9 23 8 26
1977 36 STL NL 14.1 1.4 367 1.4 6.6 -5.2 1.02 1.4 -0.1 14.2 1.5 1.02 14.0 18 6 25
1977 36 CHW AL -0.8 -0.1 50 -0.8 0.9 -1.8 1.36 -0.2 -0.4 -1.3 -0.1 1.36 -2.1 5 2 1
1978 37 PIT NL 0.8 0.1 17 0.0 0.3 -0.2 1.05 0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.1 1.05 0.7 0 1 1
15 Yrs 93.1 10.0 5763 9.1 120.6 -111.5 1.27 8.4 -1.2 82.5 8.9 1.27 73.9 297 129 262
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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
1964 23 MLN NL 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 5 1 0 0 9.0 15.0 2.7
1965 24 MLN NL 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 54.0 54 54 2 1 0 1 4.0 4.5 5.7
1966 25 ATL NL 73 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 0 0% 39.0 40 38 28 6 3 0 8.4 0.0 2.3
1967 26 ATL NL 42 7 3 4 0 0 1 3 4 .429 0 1 1 0 4 57% 46.3 70 27 19 8 3 3 4.4 5.4 5.3
1968 27 TOT NL 68 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77 77 8 4 1 0 0.9 1.0 9.0
1968 27 CIN NL 58 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 77.0 77 77 6 2 1 0 0.9 1.0 9.0
1969 28 CIN NL 71 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .750 2 1 0 0 3 75% 46.5 63 16 35 12 3 0 7.3 6.1 6.3
1973 32 CIN NL 53 5 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 2 40% 56.6 63 41 23 8 0 1 3.5 4.0 5.6
1974 33 CIN NL 57 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 2 67% 53.0 71 42 17 4 2 0 4.2 5.2 6.7
1975 34 CIN NL 56 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50.5 52 49 21 4 0 2 4.4 5.6 4.5
1977 36 TOT MLB 59 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 57 14 4 1 0 5.4 5.0
1977 36 STL NL 51 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57.0 57 57 10 3 1 0 5.4 5.0
10 Yrs 491 28 8 7 13 1 2 15 12 .556 3 4 1 0 12 43% 50 77 16 166 49 13 7 5.1 5.0 5.3
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -13 4.0 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
1964 23 MLN NL 11 10 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 3 3 100% 5 .926 3 1 6 2 2 6 1 9 6 1 6 2 5.3
1965 24 MLN NL 19 18 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 18 8 44% 5 1.083 5 3 9 4 0 13 11 6 11 4 11 2 4.8
1966 25 ATL NL 73 70 28 8 6 18 11 7 61% 21 1 62 24 39% 7 1.130 27 14 23 24 8 33 37 28 46 15 45 22 5.9
1967 26 ATL NL 42 35 10 3 8 1 0 1 0% 2 1 27 10 37% 7 .965 11 6 17 2 8 25 17 18 22 7 22 2 4.8
1968 27 TOT NL 68 67 44 7 8 20 17 3 85% 21 1 50 18 36% 1.174 17 20 29 21 12 34 28 39 44 5 44 22 6.0
1968 27 ATL NL 10 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 5 .494 1 2 6 0 1 9 6 4 8 1 8 0 6.7
1968 27 CIN NL 58 57 39 7 7 20 17 3 85% 21 1 39 14 36% 8 1.308 16 18 23 21 11 25 22 35 36 4 36 22 5.9
1969 28 CIN NL 71 67 37 11 6 17 7 10 41% 22 5 57 20 35% 8 1.276 31 10 25 24 11 32 33 34 46 8 50 23 5.6
1970 29 CIN NL 65 65 31 9 4 18 16 2 89% 27 9 41 13 32% 8 1.335 27 20 18 28 13 24 27 38 43 9 45 13 4.8
1971 30 CIN NL 61 61 40 10 4 21 15 6 71% 26 4 52 15 29% 8 1.679 31 8 22 26 14 21 27 34 33 14 36 16 4.6
1972 31 CIN NL 65 65 54 6 4 40 37 3 93% 42 2 41 12 29% 9 1.680 37 8 20 42 12 11 24 41 31 13 31 21 4.4
1973 32 CIN NL 53 48 24 6 7 19 14 5 74% 22 1 31 12 39% 9 1.354 22 9 17 24 10 14 17 31 20 16 22 16 4.0
1974 33 CIN NL 57 54 30 10 4 9 6 3 67% 15 5 35 14 40% 8 1.388 28 8 16 20 17 17 21 33 31 9 32 11 4.5
1975 34 CIN NL 56 54 27 7 5 13 7 6 54% 17 4 38 12 32% 7 1.079 20 5 27 24 5 25 20 34 30 12 31 17 4.9
1976 35 CHW AL 29 29 20 4 4 10 6 4 60% 11 1 24 9 38% 8 1.376 15 8 6 11 6 12 16 13 20 6 20 3 8.0
1977 36 TOT MLB 59 58 22 5 5 9 5 4 56% 13 4 48 20 42% 1.062 23 8 26 21 10 27 25 33 33 13 34 18 5.0
1977 36 STL NL 51 50 16 4 2 8 4 4 50% 10 2 40 18 45% 6 1.021 18 6 25 17 6 27 21 29 31 10 32 15 5.1
1977 36 CHW AL 8 8 6 1 3 1 1 0 100% 3 2 8 2 25% 9 1.362 5 2 1 4 4 0 4 4 2 3 2 3 4.3
1978 37 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.049 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
15 Yrs 731 703 373 88 66 197 143 54 73% 243 39 527 190 36% 1.269 297 129 262 274 128 295 304 393 418 132 431 188 5.1
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

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%
1964 23 MLN NL 79 64% 1.4% 23.0% 4.1% 5.4% 27% 3.63 77% 8 1 13%
1965 24 MLN NL 148 63% 2.1% 11.4% 9.3% 6.4% 26% 1.63 81% 32 4 13%
1966 25 ATL NL 585 57% 1.5% 12.7% 5.5% 4.9% 21% 1.47 89% 93 10 11%
1967 26 ATL NL 411 58% 1.5% 8.7% 7.2% 7.7% 28% 1.77 81% 93 10 11%
1968 27 TOT NL 585 62% 0.7% 12.2% 6.5% 5.2% 23% 2.33 78% 123 17 14%
1968 27 ATL NL 96 77% 1.0% 10.4% 6.3% 5.2% 19% 2.50 78% 14 3 21%
1968 27 CIN NL 489 59% 0.6% 12.5% 6.6% 5.1% 25% 2.30 78% 109 14 13%
1969 28 CIN NL 674 58% 1.3% 13.4% 11.6% 4.9% 22% 1.76 70% 158 20 13%
1970 29 CIN NL 437 57% 0.9% 14.4% 6.2% 4.6% 19% 2.18 77% 92 11 12%
1971 30 CIN NL 387 57% 1.3% 16.6% 10.9% 5.2% 26% 2.43 69% 79 9 11%
1972 31 CIN NL 392 60% 1.3% 13.0% 8.2% 4.6% 20% 2.18 76% 106 14 13%
1973 32 CIN NL 416 61% 1.2% 9.9% 8.2% 6.0% 23% 1.86 77% 101 14 14%
1974 33 CIN NL 419 61% 0.7% 11.0% 7.2% 4.3% 19% 1.86 79% 84 11 13%
1975 34 CIN NL 409 61% 0.5% 10.8% 7.8% 4.2% 18% 1.99 80% 85 12 14%
1976 35 CHW AL 311 64% 0.3% 12.2% 7.7% 3.5% 16% 1.35 77% 63 7 11%
1977 36 TOT MLB 406 60% 2.7% 9.4% 6.9% 7.1% 32% 1.81 80% 77 10 13%
1977 36 STL NL 357 61% 2.2% 9.5% 6.7% 7.3% 34% 1.66 80% 66 7 11%
1977 36 CHW AL 49 55% 6.1% 8.2% 8.2% 6.1% 21% 4.00 78% 11 3 27%
1978 37 PIT NL 17 53% 0.0% 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 82% 4 0 0%
15 Yrs 5676 60% 1.2% 12.2% 7.9% 5.2% 23% 1.89 78% 1198 150 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.4% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1964 23 MLN NL 74 15 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 0 0 24 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1965 24 MLN NL 140 35 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 10 8 0 80% 2 2 1 60 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 8
1966 25 ATL NL 528 127 8 0 7 3 3 5 1 34 20 4 59% 6 10 2 198 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 57
1967 26 ATL NL 404 111 6 0 7 4 2 1 5 41 21 5 51% 5 5 0 169 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 7
1968 27 TOT NL 583 128 4 0 20 4 0 1 3 46 22 4 48% 7 1 2 231 3 4 43% 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 2
1968 27 ATL NL 96 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 5 1 71% 1 0 0 39 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 27 CIN NL 487 102 3 0 20 3 0 1 2 39 17 3 44% 6 1 2 192 1 4 20% 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 2
1969 28 CIN NL 674 149 9 0 30 3 6 1 8 47 23 6 49% 16 6 0 295 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
1970 29 CIN NL 437 104 4 0 16 1 3 2 2 31 11 3 35% 5 2 1 174 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 30 CIN NL 385 78 5 0 21 2 3 3 2 34 12 4 35% 5 1 2 149 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2
1972 31 CIN NL 392 89 5 0 9 2 3 1 4 33 20 4 61% 4 2 0 186 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1973 32 CIN NL 416 111 5 0 20 2 3 1 4 42 19 2 45% 9 2 1 174 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1974 33 CIN NL 419 96 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 27 12 2 44% 7 3 1 169 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1975 34 CIN NL 409 93 2 0 20 2 0 0 2 38 15 5 39% 7 3 0 155 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1976 35 CHW AL 311 67 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 14 11 1 79% 2 4 0 122 10 7 59% 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1977 36 TOT MLB 406 91 11 2 13 7 4 3 8 30 20 2 67% 5 0 1 146 4 6 40% 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
1977 36 STL NL 357 77 8 2 12 6 2 1 7 27 18 2 67% 5 0 1 125 3 6 33% 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
1977 36 CHW AL 49 14 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 37 PIT NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 5595 1296 67 2 186 36 29 20 45 428 214 43 50% 83 41 11 2260 50 45 53% 45 38 5 4 0 3 9 1 121 81
MLB Averages 50% 63%
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

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+
1964 23 2 0 1.000 1.77 11 1 2 0 0 1 20.1 15 4 4 1 3 1 17 0 0 0 79 204 0.885 6.6 0.4 1.3 7.5 5.67 204
1965 24 2 1 .667 3.44 30 2 6 0 0 2 55.0 50 22 21 4 16 3 33 1 0 2 227 104 1.200 8.2 0.7 2.6 5.4 2.06 104
1966 25 10 8 .556 2.66 103 5 34 0 0 13 199.1 177 67 59 12 45 7 100 5 2 12 812 137 1.114 8.0 0.5 2.0 4.5 2.22 137
1967 26 16 20 .444 3.57 145 12 44 1 0 13 292.1 288 129 116 18 74 17 135 8 2 17 1223 100 1.238 8.9 0.6 2.3 4.2 1.82 100
1968 27 23 28 .451 3.28 213 13 88 1 0 30 436.1 416 179 159 22 112 29 206 14 2 18 1808 105 1.210 8.6 0.5 2.3 4.2 1.84 105
1969 28 35 34 .507 3.34 284 17 125 1 0 37 587.0 565 249 218 31 190 47 296 21 2 24 2482 105 1.286 8.7 0.5 2.9 4.5 1.56 105
1970 29 44 38 .537 3.23 349 17 156 1 0 53 691.1 669 287 248 35 217 56 359 23 3 26 2919 112 1.282 8.7 0.5 2.8 4.7 1.65 112
1971 30 54 42 .563 3.14 410 17 196 1 0 68 785.0 747 313 274 40 259 65 423 25 3 27 3306 114 1.282 8.6 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.63 114
1972 31 60 46 .566 3.04 475 17 250 1 0 105 881.0 836 340 298 45 291 74 474 26 3 29 3698 116 1.279 8.5 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.63 116
1973 32 68 54 .557 3.11 528 22 274 1 0 119 973.2 947 387 336 50 325 85 515 31 3 31 4113 114 1.306 8.8 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.58 114
1974 33 80 59 .576 3.02 585 25 304 1 0 125 1074.1 1043 414 360 53 355 94 561 31 4 34 4532 117 1.301 8.7 0.4 3.0 4.7 1.58 117
1975 34 87 64 .576 2.98 641 27 331 1 0 132 1170.2 1136 444 388 55 387 102 605 34 4 37 4939 118 1.301 8.7 0.4 3.0 4.7 1.56 118
1976 35 91 68 .572 2.96 670 27 351 1 0 138 1248.0 1203 470 410 56 411 104 643 36 4 41 5250 120 1.293 8.7 0.4 3.0 4.6 1.56 120
1977 36 96 73 .568 2.94 729 28 373 1 0 143 1349.1 1294 505 441 67 439 112 681 37 5 41 5656 121 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.55 121
1978 37 96 73 .568 2.94 731 28 373 1 0 143 1353.1 1296 506 442 67 442 112 681 37 5 41 5673 121 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54 121

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
1964 23 2 0 1.000 1.80 20.0 15 4 4 1 3 17 0 0.900 6.8 1.4 7.7 5.67 0.5 11
1965 24 1 2 .333 5.34 32.0 37 21 19 3 14 15 1 1.594 10.4 3.9 4.2 1.07 0.8 19
1966 25 11 4 .733 2.57 140.0 130 44 40 8 30 65 4 1.143 8.4 1.9 4.2 2.17 0.5 73
1967 26 2 7 .222 6.91 86.0 120 73 66 6 31 32 3 1.756 12.6 3.2 3.3 1.03 0.6 42
1968 27 8 6 .571 3.67 130.0 141 59 53 4 42 64 7 1.408 9.8 2.9 4.4 1.52 0.3 68
1969 28 8 8 .500 3.85 145.0 153 69 62 9 80 86 7 1.607 9.5 5.0 5.3 1.08 0.6 71
1970 29 8 3 .727 2.56 102.0 102 32 29 4 26 62 2 1.255 9.0 2.3 5.5 2.38 0.4 65
1971 30 5 4 .556 3.28 85.0 85 34 31 5 46 58 2 1.541 9.0 4.9 6.1 1.26 0.5 61
1972 31 6 4 .600 3.00 90.0 102 33 30 6 37 48 1 1.544 10.2 3.7 4.8 1.30 0.6 65
1973 32 4 5 .444 4.55 85.0 119 48 43 5 36 38 5 1.824 12.6 3.8 4.0 1.06 0.5 53
1974 33 7 3 .700 2.56 95.0 101 30 27 3 32 44 0 1.400 9.6 3.0 4.2 1.38 0.3 57
1975 34 7 3 .700 2.93 92.0 96 33 30 2 33 42 3 1.402 9.4 3.2 4.1 1.27 0.2 56
1976 35 4 3 .571 3.30 71.0 73 29 26 1 26 35 2 1.394 9.3 3.3 4.4 1.35 0.1 29
1977 36 7 3 .700 2.94 95.0 91 34 31 11 28 36 1 1.253 8.6 2.7 3.4 1.29 1.0 59
1978 37 0 0 2.25 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.250 4.5 6.8 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
15 Yrs 80 55 .593 3.48 1272.0 1367 544 492 68 467 642 38 1.442 9.7 4.5 1.37 0.5 731

* 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
1984 BBWAA ( 0.2%)
1985 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1971
1972

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (25, 0%)
1972 NL (13, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (5, 5%)
1974 NL (8, 2%)
0.07 Career Shares (200th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.94 (150th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1969 NL  .667 (4th)
1974 NL  .706 (4th)
Career  .568 (234th)

Games Played s c a p y
1966 NL  73 (1st)
1968 NL  68 (3rd)
1969 NL  71 (3rd)
1970 NL  65 (6th)
1971 NL  61 (4th)
1972 NL  65 (1st)
Career  731 (72nd)

Saves s c a p y
1966 NL  11 (10th)
1968 NL  17 (2nd)
1970 NL  16 (8th)
1971 NL  15 (6th)
1972 NL  37 (1st)
1973 NL  14 (8th)
Career  143 (80th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 NL  10 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 NL  44 (4th)
1969 NL  37 (8th)
1971 NL  40 (8th)
1972 NL  54 (2nd)
Career  373 (68th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career  121 (104th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  20 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1966 NL  2.1 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1970 NL  20.46 (10th)
Career  82.46 (185th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 NL  2.9 (8th)
1971 NL  2.9 (5th)
1972 NL  4.8 (4th)
Career  9.1 (219th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  8.4 (185th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Career  8.9 (177th)

                                         

† 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 - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (236), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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