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Dean Chance

Wilmer Dean Chance

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 1, 1941 in Wooster, OH
High School: Northwestern HS (Wayne, OH)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1961
Teams (by GP): Angels/Twins/Indians/Tigers/Mets 1961-1971

Final Game: August 9, 1971
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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
1961 20 LAA AL 0 2 .000 6.87 5 4 1 0 0 0 18.1 33 15 14 0 5 1 11 1 0 1 88 66 2.073 16.2 0.0 2.5 5.4 2.20
1962 21 LAA AL 14 10 .583 2.96 50 24 16 6 2 8 206.2 195 83 68 14 66 5 127 5 0 2 864 130 1.263 8.5 0.6 2.9 5.5 1.92 RoY-3
1963 22 LAA AL 13 18 .419 3.19 45 35 4 6 2 3 248.0 229 109 88 10 90 7 168 10 1 7 1058 107 1.286 8.3 0.4 3.3 6.1 1.87
1964 23 LAA AL 20 9 .690 1.65 46 35 7 15 11 4 278.1 194 56 51 7 86 9 207 2 0 9 1093 200 1.006 6.3 0.2 2.8 6.7 2.41 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965 24 CAL AL 15 10 .600 3.15 36 33 2 10 4 0 225.2 197 86 79 12 101 10 164 9 3 6 950 107 1.321 7.9 0.5 4.0 6.5 1.62
1966 25 CAL AL 12 17 .414 3.08 41 37 2 11 2 1 259.2 206 113 89 18 114 9 180 7 0 8 1067 108 1.232 7.1 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.58
1967 26 MIN AL 20 14 .588 2.73 41 39 2 18 5 1 283.2 244 109 86 17 68 7 220 7 2 9 1161 128 1.100 7.7 0.5 2.2 7.0 3.24 AS,MVP-13
1968 27 MIN AL 16 16 .500 2.53 43 39 3 15 6 1 292.0 224 96 82 15 63 8 234 10 1 12 1161 124 0.983 6.9 0.5 1.9 7.2 3.71
1969 28 MIN AL 5 4 .556 2.95 20 15 3 1 0 0 88.1 76 39 29 6 35 3 50 4 0 4 371 126 1.257 7.7 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.43
1970 29 TOT MLB 9 9 .500 4.36 48 19 16 1 1 5 157.0 175 83 76 18 61 12 109 6 1 8 688 90 1.503 10.0 1.0 3.5 6.2 1.79
1970 29 CLE AL 9 8 .529 4.24 45 19 14 1 1 4 155.0 172 80 73 18 59 11 109 6 1 7 678 92 1.490 10.0 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.85
1970 29 NYM NL 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 35 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1971 30 DET AL 4 6 .400 3.51 31 14 5 0 0 0 89.2 91 43 35 5 50 4 64 4 1 4 405 103 1.572 9.1 0.5 5.0 6.4 1.28
11 Yrs 128 115 .527 2.92 406 294 61 83 33 23 2147.1 1864 832 697 122 739 75 1534 65 9 70 8906 119 1.212 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .527 2.92 39 29 6 8 3 2 209 181 81 68 12 72 7 149 6 1 7 865 119 1.212 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08
CAL (6 yrs) 74 66 .529 2.83 223 168 32 48 21 16 1236.2 1054 462 389 61 462 41 857 34 4 33 5120 122 1.226 7.7 0.4 3.4 6.2 1.86
MIN (3 yrs) 41 34 .547 2.67 104 93 8 34 11 2 664.0 544 244 197 38 166 18 504 21 3 25 2693 126 1.069 7.4 0.5 2.3 6.8 3.04
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 35 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
CLE (1 yr) 9 8 .529 4.24 45 19 14 1 1 4 155.0 172 80 73 18 59 11 109 6 1 7 678 92 1.490 10.0 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.85
DET (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.51 31 14 5 0 0 0 89.2 91 43 35 5 50 4 64 4 1 4 405 103 1.572 9.1 0.5 5.0 6.4 1.28
AL (11 yrs) 128 114 .529 2.91 403 294 59 83 33 22 2145.1 1861 829 694 122 737 74 1534 65 9 69 8896 119 1.211 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 3 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 10 35 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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
1961 20 LAA AL 18.1 5 4 15 7.36 4.71 0.10 0.05 111.5 5.19 -4 -0.4 .2 0.0 -0.3 -3 .418 .497 $
1962 21 LAA AL 206.2 50 24 83 3.61 4.48 -0.02 0.01 97.5 4.41 21 2.3 1.9 0.1 3.9 38 .545 .514 $ RoY-3
1963 22 LAA AL 248.0 45 35 109 3.96 4.17 0.14 0.05 94.2 3.84 -0 -0.0 1.2 -0.2 1.7 18 .500 .500 $18,000
1964 23 LAA AL 278.1 46 35 56 1.81 4.11 0.31 0.06 91.6 3.53 57 7.0 1.9 0.0 9.1 77 .653 .543 $25,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1965 24 CAL AL 225.2 36 33 86 3.43 4.02 0.16 0.07 97.8 3.85 11 1.4 3.0 -0.1 2.9 29 .538 .508 $47,000
1966 25 CAL AL 259.2 41 37 113 3.92 3.89 0.03 0.06 96.6 3.79 0 0.0 2.1 -0.1 1.8 18 .501 .500 $45,000
1967 26 MIN AL 283.2 41 39 109 3.46 3.69 -0.17 0.07 107.0 4.20 27 3.5 4.3 -0.1 5.5 46 .586 .522 $47,500 AS,MVP-13
1968 27 MIN AL 292.0 43 39 96 2.96 3.45 -0.04 0.05 104.3 3.69 27 3.6 .8 -0.2 5.6 45 .585 .523 $
1969 28 MIN AL 88.1 20 15 39 3.97 4.16 0.11 0.04 101.9 4.17 3 0.3 1.8 -0.0 0.9 10 .515 .502 $55,000
1970 29 CLE AL 155.0 45 19 80 4.65 4.25 0.05 0.00 105.6 4.43 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.9 12 .494 .498 $55,000
1970 29 NYM NL 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 4.22 0.36 -0.18 96.8 3.56 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .427 .499 $
1971 30 DET AL 89.2 31 14 43 4.32 4.06 -0.05 -0.01 102.0 4.18 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .495 .499 $55,000
11 Seasons 2147.1 406 294 832 3.49 3.99 0.05 0.05 99.5 3.96 136 17.1 1.6 -0.9 32.3 295 .542 .509 $347,500
CAL (6 yrs) 1236.2 223 168 462 3.36 4.13 0.13 0.05 95.6 3.88 85 10.3 1.8 -0.2 19.1 177 .546 .511 $135,000
MIN (3 yrs) 664.0 104 93 244 3.31 3.65 -0.08 0.06 105.1 3.97 57 7.5 1.9 -0.3 12.0 100 .572 .515 $102,500
NYM (1 yr) 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 4.22 0.36 -0.18 96.8 3.56 -2 -0.2 2.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .427 .499 $
CLE (1 yr) 155.0 45 19 80 4.65 4.25 0.05 0.00 105.6 4.43 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.9 12 .494 .498 $55,000
DET (1 yr) 89.2 31 14 43 4.32 4.06 -0.05 -0.01 102.0 4.18 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.6 7 .495 .499 $55,000

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
1969 28 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 9.0
1 ALCS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 9.0

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
1964 LAA AL 23 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1967 MIN AL 26 1 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 2 0 0 1.50 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.667 6.0 1.5 0.0 4.5

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
1961 20 LAA AL 5 88 80 15 33 5 0 0 1 1 5 11 .413 .443 .475 .918 .465 38 1 1 0 2 1 2
1962 21 LAA AL 50 859 779 83 195 35 3 14 3 4 66 127 .250 .311 .357 .668 .281 278 24 5 10 5 5 14
1963 22 LAA AL 45 1057 945 109 229 37 6 10 13 5 90 168 .242 .314 .326 .640 .284 308 21 10 13 3 7 20
1964 23 LAA AL 46 1093 994 56 194 20 4 7 8 4 86 207 .195 .260 .244 .505 .239 243 31 2 9 2 9 16
1965 24 CAL AL 36 947 826 86 197 28 5 12 12 4 101 164 .238 .327 .328 .655 .283 271 28 9 10 4 10 12
1966 25 CAL AL 41 1068 929 113 206 23 7 18 27 11 114 180 .222 .310 .320 .629 .255 297 35 7 12 6 9 18
1967 26 MIN AL 41 1161 1067 109 244 25 7 17 22 5 68 220 .229 .278 .313 .591 .271 334 23 7 12 7 7 23
1968 27 MIN AL 43 1161 1064 96 224 23 6 15 23 2 63 234 .211 .260 .286 .545 .254 304 18 10 17 7 8 16
1969 28 MIN AL 20 371 326 39 76 10 1 6 12 1 35 50 .233 .314 .325 .639 .258 106 10 4 5 1 3 8
1970 29 TOT MLB 48 688 605 83 175 28 1 18 19 8 61 109 .289 .359 .428 .787 .326 259 21 6 13 3 12 11
1970 29 CLE AL 45 678 599 80 172 28 0 18 19 8 59 109 .287 .355 .424 .779 .324 254 20 6 11 3 11 11
1970 29 NYM NL 3 10 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .625 .833 1.458 .500 5 1 0 2 0 1 0
1971 30 DET AL 31 405 344 43 91 15 2 5 13 4 50 64 .265 .363 .363 .726 .310 125 7 4 5 2 4 4
11 Yrs 406 8898 7959 832 1864 249 42 122 153 49 739 1534 .234 .303 .322 .625 .275 2563 219 65 106 42 75 144
162 Game Avg. 39 864 773 81 181 24 4 12 15 5 72 149 .234 .303 .322 .625 .275 249 21 6 10 4 7 14
MLB Averages .249 .315 .373 .688 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1961 20 LAA AL -3.8 -0.4 92 -0.4 1.6 -2.1 1.18 -0.3 -0.1 -2.7 -0.2 1.18 -3.2 0 0 1
1962 21 LAA AL 18.2 1.9 876 2.1 19.7 -17.7 1.26 1.6 0.1 15.0 1.6 1.26 15.0 16 6 4
1963 22 LAA AL 1.8 0.2 1090 -1.4 18.9 -20.4 1.07 0.6 -1.9 1.7 0.2 1.07 5.3 2 6 2
1964 23 LAA AL 56.2 6.4 1115 8.4 23.9 -15.5 1.17 6.2 1.0 65.0 8.0 1.17 63.5 7 1 3
1965 24 CAL AL 8.2 0.9 984 1.5 19.4 -17.9 1.20 0.7 0.6 13.5 1.5 1.20 5.3 3 0 0
1966 25 CAL AL 2.1 0.2 1120 -0.9 20.1 -21.0 1.10 1.1 -1.9 -2.4 -0.3 1.10 7.7 3 1 0
1967 26 MIN AL 17.2 2.0 1203 2.7 20.8 -18.2 1.01 2.1 0.5 17.5 1.9 1.01 19.5 2 0 0
1968 27 MIN AL 18.0 2.1 1205 0.8 21.5 -20.8 1.10 3.6 -2.9 19.9 2.3 1.10 31.7 1 0 3
1969 28 MIN AL 4.6 0.5 388 -0.4 6.7 -7.1 1.03 0.3 -0.7 1.1 0.1 1.03 3.1 2 1 2
1970 29 TOT MLB -6.2 -0.6 730 -0.5 13.7 -14.2 1.13 -1.6 1.2 -9.2 -0.9 1.14 -15.9 12 8 9
1970 29 CLE AL -4.4 -0.5 719 -0.5 13.2 -13.7 1.11 -1.5 1.0 -6.9 -0.7 1.11 -14.2 10 7 9
1970 29 NYM NL -1.8 -0.2 11 -0.0 0.5 -0.6 2.76 -0.1 0.1 -2.3 -0.2 2.76 -1.7 2 1 0
1971 30 DET AL -0.2 -0.0 432 -0.9 6.5 -7.4 1.01 -0.9 -0.0 -7.3 -0.8 1.01 -8.7 4 5 7
11 Yrs 116.1 13.2 9235 10.8 173.0 -162.3 1.11 13.4 -3.7 112.1 13.4 1.11 123.2 52 28 31

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
1961 20 LAA AL 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 2 50% 35.5 45 25 4 4 1 2 3.5 3.4 4.1
1962 21 LAA AL 50 24 9 8 7 3 3 12 12 .500 3 3 6 2 13 54% 54.5 92 24 21 6 14 1 4.5 4.3 6.5
1963 22 LAA AL 45 35 11 17 7 1 9 15 20 .429 1 3 6 2 22 63% 53.5 92 29 40 13 25 6 3.4 3.4 6.5
1964 23 LAA AL 46 35 18 8 9 1 7 21 14 .600 2 3 15 11 27 77% 66.7 116 32 24 7 28 2 2.9 2.9 7.4
1965 24 CAL AL 36 33 15 8 10 2 3 19 14 .576 5 1 10 4 20 61% 56.4 91 13 24 12 19 4 4.1 4.2 6.8
1966 25 CAL AL 41 37 12 15 10 0 6 16 21 .432 1 5 11 2 25 68% 56.6 87 19 16 5 23 6 3.9 3.3 6.7
1967 26 MIN AL 41 39 20 14 5 1 4 24 15 .615 5 5 18 5 26 67% 59.6 87 28 24 14 25 4 4.4 4.0 7.2
1968 27 MIN AL 43 39 16 16 7 1 9 19 20 .487 1 6 15 6 29 74% 62.4 91 26 10 5 26 5 3.4 3.5 7.3
1969 28 MIN AL 20 15 4 4 7 0 1 8 7 .533 2 4 1 0 8 53% 51.7 78 29 11 4 7 6 4.6 5.0 5.2
1970 29 TOT MLB 48 19 5 7 7 2 2 7 12 .368 1 3 1 1 10 53% 81 18 13 2 7 4 4.3 4.9 5.9
1970 29 CLE AL 45 19 5 7 7 2 2 7 12 .368 1 3 1 1 10 53% 48.8 81 18 12 1 7 4 4.3 4.9 5.9
1971 30 DET AL 31 14 1 6 7 0 2 6 8 .429 1 3 0 0 4 29% 47.6 75 32 21 5 8 4 3.0 1.9 4.3
11 Yrs 403 294 111 105 78 11 47 148 146 .503 23 37 83 33 186 63% 57 116 13 207 76 183 44 3.8 3.7 6.6
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 6.4

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
1961 20 LAA AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1.179 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1962 21 LAA AL 50 26 16 5 2 10 8 2 80% 10 0 28 13 46% 9 1.256 16 6 4 11 7 8 17 9 14 6 14 4 5.7
1963 22 LAA AL 45 10 4 2 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 4 1 25% 6 1.066 2 6 2 4 2 4 3 7 7 1 7 3 5.7
1964 23 LAA AL 46 11 7 2 1 6 4 2 67% 8 1 16 4 25% 8 1.167 7 1 3 10 0 1 8 3 6 2 7 1 5.7
1965 24 CAL AL 36 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 9 1.199 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 2.7
1966 25 CAL AL 41 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 1.104 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 4 1 8.3
1967 26 MIN AL 41 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 8 1.011 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1968 27 MIN AL 43 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 1.097 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 2 0 4.8
1969 28 MIN AL 20 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 1.031 2 1 2 0 2 3 3 2 4 1 4 1 6.2
1970 29 TOT MLB 48 29 16 4 2 5 5 0 100% 10 5 22 5 23% 1.135 12 8 9 11 5 13 11 18 12 10 12 6 4.7
1970 29 CLE AL 45 26 14 4 1 4 4 0 100% 9 5 21 4 19% 9 1.111 10 7 9 10 4 12 10 16 12 8 12 6 5.0
1970 29 NYM NL 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 7 2.762 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 2.0
1971 30 DET AL 31 17 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 8 40% 6 1.010 4 5 7 2 1 14 10 7 10 6 11 4 5.1
11 Yrs 406 112 61 17 10 28 23 5 82% 36 7 104 37 36% 1.115 52 28 31 42 22 48 58 54 61 30 63 20 5.3

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%
1961 20 LAA AL 88 70% 0.0% 12.5% 5.7% 5.7% 15% 0.77 81% 27 1 4%
1962 21 LAA AL 865 58% 1.6% 14.8% 7.7% 6.1% 27% 1.34 75% 175 24 14%
1963 22 LAA AL 1061 57% 1.0% 15.9% 8.5% 5.0% 23% 1.57 73% 191 21 11%
1964 23 LAA AL 1093 53% 0.6% 18.9% 7.9% 2.8% 16% 1.50 72% 213 31 15%
1965 24 CAL AL 950 49% 1.3% 17.3% 10.7% 4.8% 23% 1.51 69% 188 28 15%
1966 25 CAL AL 1068 53% 1.7% 16.9% 10.7% 4.5% 23% 1.58 69% 199 35 18%
1967 26 MIN AL 1161 54% 1.5% 19.0% 5.9% 4.2% 20% 1.50 72% 211 23 11%
1968 27 MIN AL 1161 52% 1.3% 20.2% 5.4% 3.8% 20% 1.70 71% 199 18 9%
1969 28 MIN AL 371 59% 1.6% 13.5% 9.4% 4.6% 22% 1.33 73% 69 10 14%
1970 29 TOT MLB 688 61% 2.6% 15.8% 8.9% 6.8% 27% 2.12 70% 142 21 15%
1970 29 CLE AL 678 60% 2.7% 16.1% 8.7% 6.8% 27% 2.09 70% 138 20 14%
1970 29 NYM NL 10 80% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 33% 5.00 60% 4 1 25%
1971 30 DET AL 405 61% 1.2% 15.8% 12.4% 5.4% 24% 1.79 68% 80 7 9%
11 Yrs 8911 55% 1.4% 17.2% 8.3% 4.6% 22% 1.56 71% 1694 219 13%
MLB Averages 47% 2.2% 15.2% 8.4% 6.2% 28% 1.09 73% 10%

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
1961 20 LAA AL 88 33 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 9 1 69% 2 1 0 43 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1962 21 LAA AL 859 195 14 1 19 6 8 6 8 38 22 5 58% 14 2 0 339 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 6
1963 22 LAA AL 1057 229 10 1 22 4 6 2 8 54 25 5 46% 20 7 4 409 13 5 72% 12 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4
1964 23 LAA AL 1093 194 7 0 14 4 3 3 4 32 15 5 47% 16 9 1 390 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1965 24 CAL AL 947 197 12 0 20 6 6 4 8 39 20 6 51% 12 6 7 346 12 4 75% 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 3
1966 25 CAL AL 1068 206 18 0 19 9 9 3 15 56 31 10 55% 18 8 4 376 27 11 71% 25 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 27 0
1967 26 MIN AL 1161 244 17 0 15 9 8 11 6 55 29 11 53% 23 9 1 399 22 5 81% 19 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 25 0
1968 27 MIN AL 1161 224 15 1 14 5 10 8 7 57 31 12 54% 16 12 2 390 23 2 92% 22 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 30 0
1969 28 MIN AL 371 76 6 0 5 3 3 2 4 28 13 3 46% 8 4 0 140 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1970 29 TOT MLB 688 175 18 0 27 9 9 14 4 45 17 8 38% 11 8 1 269 19 8 70% 18 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 20 0
1970 29 CLE AL 678 172 18 0 27 9 9 14 4 44 16 8 36% 11 7 1 263 19 8 70% 18 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 19 0
1970 29 NYM NL 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 30 DET AL 405 91 5 0 14 2 3 1 4 24 12 3 50% 4 4 1 169 13 4 76% 13 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
11 Yrs 8898 1864 122 3 171 57 65 54 68 441 224 69 51% 144 70 21 3270 153 49 76% 142 43 9 5 2 1 17 0 185 13
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1961 20 0 2 .000 6.87 5 4 1 0 0 0 18.1 33 15 14 0 5 1 11 1 0 1 88 66 2.073 16.2 0.0 2.5 5.4 2.20 66
1962 21 14 12 .538 3.28 55 28 17 6 2 8 225.0 228 98 82 14 71 6 138 6 0 3 952 119 1.329 9.1 0.6 2.8 5.5 1.94 119
1963 22 27 30 .474 3.23 100 63 21 12 4 11 473.0 457 207 170 24 161 13 306 16 1 10 2010 113 1.307 8.7 0.5 3.1 5.8 1.90 113
1964 23 47 39 .547 2.65 146 98 28 27 15 15 751.1 651 263 221 31 247 22 513 18 1 19 3103 133 1.195 7.8 0.4 3.0 6.1 2.08 133
1965 24 62 49 .559 2.76 182 131 30 37 19 15 977.0 848 349 300 43 348 32 677 27 4 25 4053 126 1.224 7.8 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.95 126
1966 25 74 66 .529 2.83 223 168 32 48 21 16 1236.2 1054 462 389 61 462 41 857 34 4 33 5120 122 1.226 7.7 0.4 3.4 6.2 1.86 122
1967 26 94 80 .540 2.81 264 207 34 66 26 17 1520.1 1298 571 475 78 530 48 1077 41 6 42 6281 123 1.202 7.7 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.03 123
1968 27 110 96 .534 2.77 307 246 37 81 32 18 1812.1 1522 667 557 93 593 56 1311 51 7 54 7442 123 1.167 7.6 0.5 2.9 6.5 2.21 123
1969 28 115 100 .535 2.77 327 261 40 82 32 18 1900.2 1598 706 586 99 628 59 1361 55 7 58 7813 123 1.171 7.6 0.5 3.0 6.4 2.17 123
1970 29 124 109 .532 2.90 375 280 56 83 33 23 2057.2 1773 789 662 117 689 71 1470 61 8 66 8501 120 1.197 7.8 0.5 3.0 6.4 2.13 120
1971 30 128 115 .527 2.92 406 294 61 83 33 23 2147.1 1864 832 697 122 739 75 1534 65 9 70 8906 119 1.212 7.8 0.5 3.1 6.4 2.08 119

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
1961 20 0 1 .000 6.35 17.0 31 13 12 0 5 10 1 2.118 16.4 2.6 5.3 2.00 0.0 5
1962 21 13 9 .591 3.18 198.0 197 78 70 14 67 122 5 1.333 9.0 3.0 5.5 1.82 0.6 50
1963 22 13 13 .500 3.91 235.0 246 113 102 11 97 159 11 1.460 9.4 3.7 6.1 1.64 0.4 45
1964 23 22 6 .786 2.11 260.0 211 68 61 8 94 193 2 1.173 7.3 3.3 6.7 2.05 0.3 46
1965 24 12 11 .522 3.96 207.0 211 101 91 13 108 150 10 1.541 9.2 4.7 6.5 1.39 0.6 36
1966 25 13 13 .500 3.95 239.0 224 117 105 20 124 166 8 1.456 8.4 4.7 6.3 1.34 0.8 41
1967 26 19 11 .633 3.11 275.0 257 106 95 18 72 213 7 1.196 8.4 2.4 7.0 2.96 0.6 41
1968 27 18 12 .600 3.31 277.0 249 113 102 17 70 222 11 1.152 8.1 2.3 7.2 3.17 0.6 43
1969 28 5 4 .556 3.32 84.0 79 34 31 6 36 48 4 1.369 8.5 3.9 5.1 1.33 0.6 20
1970 29 7 9 .438 4.59 149.0 175 84 76 18 61 103 6 1.584 10.6 3.7 6.2 1.69 1.1 48
1971 30 4 5 .444 4.13 85.0 96 43 39 5 53 61 4 1.753 10.2 5.6 6.5 1.15 0.5 31
11 Yrs 126 94 .573 3.48 2026.0 1976 870 784 130 787 1447 69 1.364 8.8 6.4 1.84 0.6 406

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1964 (P)
1967 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1964 ML Cy Young
1964 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (5, 35%)
1967 AL (13, 7%)
0.42 Career Shares (501st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 ML (1, 85%)
1 Cy Young
0.85 Career Shares (66th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1964 AL  8.4 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1962 AL  3.9 (9th)
1964 AL  9.1 (1st)
1967 AL  5.5 (2nd)
1968 AL  5.6 (4th)
Career  32.3 (202nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1962 AL  2.96 (4th)
1964 AL  1.65 (1st)
1967 AL  2.73 (9th)
Career  2.92 (145th)

Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  20 (1st)
1965 AL  15 (8th)
1967 AL  20 (3rd)
1968 AL  16 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1964 AL  .690 (5th)
1967 AL  .588 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 AL  1.006 (2nd)
1967 AL  1.100 (8th)
1968 AL  0.983 (4th)
Career  1.212 (161st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 AL  6.273 (2nd)
1966 AL  7.140 (5th)
1968 AL  6.904 (7th)
Career  7.813 (71st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL  2.158 (6th)
1968 AL  1.942 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  7.212 (7th)
Career  6.429 (170th)

Saves s c a p y
1962 AL  8 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1963 AL  248.0 (10th)
1964 AL  278.3 (1st)
1965 AL  225.7 (10th)
1966 AL  259.7 (4th)
1967 AL  283.7 (1st)
1968 AL  292.0 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 AL  168 (10th)
1964 AL  207 (3rd)
1965 AL  164 (6th)
1966 AL  180 (7th)
1967 AL  220 (3rd)
1968 AL  234 (4th)
Career  1,534 (169th)

Games Started s c a p y
1963 AL  35 (6th)
1964 AL  35 (8th)
1966 AL  37 (3rd)
1967 AL  39 (1st)
1968 AL  39 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL  15 (1st)
1965 AL  10 (5th)
1966 AL  11 (5th)
1967 AL  18 (1st)
1968 AL  15 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 AL  11 (1st)
1965 AL  4 (2nd)
1967 AL  5 (6th)
1968 AL  6 (2nd)
Career  33 (87th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL  90 (4th)
1964 AL  86 (7th)
1965 AL  101 (4th)
1966 AL  114 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL  229 (9th)
1965 AL  197 (10th)
1966 AL  206 (7th)
1967 AL  244 (2nd)
1968 AL  224 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  2.407 (10th)
1967 AL  3.235 (4th)
1968 AL  3.714 (3rd)
Career  2.076 (242nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 AL  0.610 (4th)
1963 AL  0.363 (3rd)
1964 AL  0.226 (1st)
1965 AL  0.479 (3rd)
1966 AL  0.624 (7th)
1967 AL  0.539 (5th)
1968 AL  0.462 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1963 AL  18 (3rd)
1966 AL  17 (2nd)
1967 AL  14 (10th)
1968 AL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  89 (10th)
1967 AL  86 (9th)
1968 AL  82 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1963 AL  7 (9th)
1964 AL  9 (9th)
1967 AL  9 (10th)
1968 AL  12 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL  10 (2nd)
1965 AL  9 (4th)
1966 AL  7 (3rd)
1967 AL  7 (8th)
1968 AL  10 (6th)
Career  65 (235th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1963 AL  1,058 (5th)
1964 AL  1,093 (3rd)
1965 AL  950 (9th)
1966 AL  1,067 (3rd)
1967 AL  1,161 (1st)
1968 AL  1,161 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1962 AL  130 (4th)
1964 AL  198 (1st)
1967 AL  127 (6th)
1968 AL  124 (8th)
Career  119 (138th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  56 (1st)
1967 AL  17 (5th)
1968 AL  18 (8th)
Career  116 (192nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  6.4 (1st)
1967 AL  2.0 (5th)
1968 AL  2.1 (8th)
Career  13.2 (171st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1964 AL  64.95 (1st)
1967 AL  17.47 (6th)
1968 AL  19.92 (10th)
Career  112.10 (128th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1964 AL  8.4 (1st)
1967 AL  2.7 (4th)
Career  10.8 (166th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1964 AL  6.2 (1st)
1967 AL  2.1 (6th)
1968 AL  3.6 (4th)
Career  13.4 (93rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1964 AL  8.0 (1st)
1967 AL  1.9 (7th)
1968 AL  2.3 (10th)
Career  13.4 (109th)

             

† 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 - 20 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 108 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 57 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Sonny Siebert (947)
  3. Lefty Tyler (934)
  4. Larry Dierker (933)
  5. Johnny Antonelli (932)
  6. Joaquin Andujar (931)
  7. Ray Caldwell (931)
  8. Gary Peters (931)
  9. Cy Falkenberg (931)
  10. Al Downing (925)
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  1. Gary Bell (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Kahler (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jimmy Dygert (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jimmy Dygert (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pol Perritt (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Van Mungo (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Dierker (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Sutton (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mel Stottlemyre (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Larry Dierker (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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