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Larry Christenson

Larry Richard Christenson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 10, 1953 in Everett, WA
High School: Marysville HS (Marysville, WA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1973
Team: Phillies 1973-1983

Final Game: June 3, 1983
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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
1973 19 PHI NL 1 4 .200 6.55 10 9 0 1 0 0 34.1 53 25 25 3 20 1 11 1 0 1 167 58 2.126 13.9 0.8 5.2 2.9 0.55
1974 20 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.30 10 1 6 0 0 2 23.0 20 11 11 2 15 3 18 0 0 1 99 89 1.522 7.8 0.8 5.9 7.0 1.20
1975 21 PHI NL 11 6 .647 3.67 29 26 2 5 2 1 171.2 149 73 70 12 45 2 88 1 0 3 689 102 1.130 7.8 0.6 2.4 4.6 1.96
1976 22 PHI NL 13 8 .619 3.68 32 29 1 2 0 0 168.2 199 77 69 8 42 4 54 1 1 4 727 96 1.429 10.6 0.4 2.2 2.9 1.29
1977 23 PHI NL 19 6 .760 4.06 34 34 0 5 1 0 219.1 229 113 99 21 69 1 118 7 6 7 945 99 1.359 9.4 0.9 2.8 4.8 1.71
1978 24 PHI NL 13 14 .481 3.24 33 33 0 9 3 0 228.0 209 90 82 16 47 7 131 1 7 6 925 111 1.123 8.3 0.6 1.9 5.2 2.79
1979 25 PHI NL 5 10 .333 4.50 19 17 1 2 0 0 106.0 118 56 53 9 30 3 53 2 3 2 447 85 1.396 10.0 0.8 2.5 4.5 1.77
1980 26 PHI NL 5 1 .833 4.03 14 14 0 0 0 0 73.2 62 35 33 4 27 4 49 3 4 2 308 95 1.208 7.6 0.5 3.3 6.0 1.81
1981 27 PHI NL 4 7 .364 3.54 20 15 3 0 0 1 106.2 108 48 42 8 30 3 70 1 2 3 446 103 1.294 9.1 0.7 2.5 5.9 2.33
1982 28 PHI NL 9 10 .474 3.47 33 33 0 3 0 0 223.0 212 95 86 15 53 5 145 3 3 3 905 106 1.188 8.6 0.6 2.1 5.9 2.74
1983 29 PHI NL 2 4 .333 3.91 9 9 0 0 0 0 48.1 42 25 21 2 17 1 44 1 0 2 203 93 1.221 7.8 0.4 3.2 8.2 2.59
11 Yrs 83 71 .539 3.79 243 220 13 27 6 4 1402.2 1401 648 591 100 395 34 781 21 26 34 5861 99 1.280 9.0 0.6 2.5 5.0 1.98
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .539 3.79 36 32 2 4 1 1 206 206 95 87 15 58 5 115 3 4 5 861 99 1.280 9.0 0.6 2.5 5.0 1.98

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
1973 19 PHI NL 34.1 10 9 25 6.55 4.12 -0.09 0.09 103.2 4.43 -8 -0.8 .1 0.0 -0.5 -5 .417 .495 $
1974 20 PHI NL 23.0 10 1 11 4.30 4.00 0.09 -0.21 103.1 3.81 -1 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 0.0 1 .485 .499 $
1975 21 PHI NL 171.2 29 26 73 3.83 4.11 0.25 0.11 101.7 4.04 3 0.3 1.0 -0.1 1.5 20 .510 .502 $
1976 22 PHI NL 168.2 32 29 77 4.11 3.82 0.21 0.11 99.5 3.71 -9 -1.0 .6 -0.1 0.3 7 .470 .494 $
1977 23 PHI NL 219.1 34 34 113 4.64 4.26 0.40 0.15 104.2 4.17 -13 -1.3 -0.1 0.2 10 .461 .492 $
1978 24 PHI NL 228.0 33 33 90 3.55 3.95 0.49 0.12 100.1 3.59 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.5 21 .495 .499 $
1979 25 PHI NL 106.0 19 17 56 4.75 4.21 0.35 0.12 103.4 4.12 -8 -0.9 .1 -0.0 -0.1 2 .454 .495 $
1980 26 PHI NL 73.2 14 14 35 4.28 3.96 0.02 0.14 101.7 4.14 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.4 6 .490 .499 $
1981 27 PHI NL 106.2 20 15 48 4.05 3.77 -0.28 0.09 104.7 4.34 2 0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.0 10 .512 .501 $250,000
1982 28 PHI NL 223.0 33 33 95 3.83 4.07 -0.07 0.14 102.0 4.37 11 1.2 -0.1 2.9 35 .538 .508 $
1983 29 PHI NL 48.1 9 9 25 4.66 4.23 -0.34 0.15 98.8 4.65 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .498 .500 $
11 Seasons 1402.2 243 220 648 4.16 4.04 0.18 0.12 101.9 4.06 -27 -2.7 1.1 -0.7 7.6 112 .489 .498 $250,000

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
1977 23 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 8.10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 2.100 18.9 0.0 0.0 5.4
1978 24 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 12.46 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 7 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.846 14.5 4.2 2.1 6.2 3.00
1980 26 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 4.05 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 3 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 28 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 2.7 0.40
1980 26 PHI NL WS W KCR 0 1 .000 108.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15.000 135.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
1981 27 PHI NL NLDS L MON 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 23 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 12.0 8.00
4 Yrs (5 Series) 1 2 .333 7.40 6 5 0 0 0 0 20.2 28 18 17 3 7 2 15 0 0 1 95 1.694 12.2 1.3 3.0 6.5 2.14
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 23 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 12.0 8.00
3 NLCS 0 1 .000 7.53 4 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 19 13 12 2 6 2 7 0 0 1 66 1.744 11.9 1.3 3.8 4.4 1.17
1 WS 0 1 .000 108.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15.000 135.0 27.0 0.0 0.0

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
1973 19 PHI NL 10 167 145 25 53 11 1 3 2 1 20 11 .366 .443 .517 .960 .379 75 8 1 0 1 1 1
1974 20 PHI NL 10 99 83 11 20 2 1 2 1 0 15 18 .241 .357 .361 .719 .286 30 3 0 1 0 3 0
1975 21 PHI NL 29 689 630 73 149 28 5 12 5 7 45 88 .237 .286 .354 .640 .256 223 12 1 7 5 2 5
1976 22 PHI NL 32 727 671 77 199 32 17 8 12 3 42 54 .297 .338 .431 .768 .312 289 16 1 10 3 4 7
1977 23 PHI NL 34 945 856 113 229 52 7 21 14 8 69 118 .268 .324 .418 .743 .287 358 18 7 5 8 1 16
1978 24 PHI NL 33 925 857 90 209 39 9 16 14 4 47 131 .244 .282 .366 .649 .270 314 16 1 15 5 7 16
1979 25 PHI NL 19 447 406 56 118 22 4 9 5 9 30 53 .291 .339 .431 .770 .312 175 8 2 4 5 3 3
1980 26 PHI NL 14 308 273 35 62 12 4 4 6 2 27 49 .227 .303 .344 .647 .262 94 3 3 4 1 4 5
1981 27 PHI NL 20 446 405 48 108 25 5 8 14 7 30 70 .267 .313 .412 .725 .299 167 5 1 2 8 3 7
1982 28 PHI NL 33 905 838 95 212 43 7 15 19 14 53 145 .253 .297 .375 .672 .288 314 16 3 4 7 5 9
1983 29 PHI NL 9 203 180 25 42 11 1 2 11 3 17 44 .233 .297 .339 .636 .290 61 1 1 1 4 1 2
11 Yrs 243 5861 5344 648 1401 277 61 100 103 58 395 781 .262 .313 .393 .706 .288 2100 106 21 53 47 34 71
162 Game Avg. 36 861 785 95 206 41 9 15 15 9 58 115 .262 .313 .393 .706 .288 308 16 3 8 7 5 10
MLB Averages .260 .325 .382 .707 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 19 PHI NL -8.7 -0.9 172 -0.9 2.6 -3.5 .95 -0.9 -0.1 -10.3 -1.0 0.95 -11.2 0 0 1
1974 20 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 102 0.4 1.6 -1.1 .89 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.89 1.2 2 1 5
1975 21 PHI NL 4.3 0.5 706 1.5 13.3 -11.8 1.05 2.1 -0.7 7.1 0.7 1.05 20.3 1 0 2
1976 22 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 749 -0.8 12.2 -13.0 .98 -1.1 0.3 -3.0 -0.3 0.98 -8.1 0 1 2
1977 23 PHI NL -1.3 -0.1 987 0.9 16.3 -15.4 .92 -0.7 1.6 -3.0 -0.3 0.92 -7.3 0 0 0
1978 24 PHI NL 9.8 1.1 963 1.6 16.6 -15.0 .99 1.5 0.1 11.2 1.2 0.99 15.8 0 0 0
1979 25 PHI NL -6.0 -0.6 469 -0.6 8.0 -8.6 1.01 -0.0 -0.5 -2.7 -0.3 1.01 -0.8 0 0 2
1980 26 PHI NL -0.9 -0.1 327 -0.2 5.3 -5.5 1.00 0.1 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1 1.00 1.3 0 0 0
1981 27 PHI NL 0.7 0.1 477 -1.3 7.9 -9.2 1.06 -0.4 -0.9 -1.7 -0.2 1.06 -4.7 2 0 3
1982 28 PHI NL 6.2 0.7 947 0.7 16.2 -15.5 .99 1.5 -0.8 12.6 1.3 0.99 17.1 0 0 0
1983 29 PHI NL -2.0 -0.2 220 -0.3 3.6 -3.9 1.08 0.3 -0.5 0.3 0.0 1.08 2.3 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0.4 0.2 6119 1.0 103.5 -102.5 .99 2.6 -1.6 10.2 1.2 0.99 26.0 5 2 15

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
1973 19 PHI NL 10 9 1 4 4 0 0 2 7 .222 0 3 1 0 2 22% 39.4 70 28 12 3 1 5 3.2 2.6 3.5
1974 20 PHI NL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44.0 44 44 7 2 0 0 2.0 1.5 5.7
1975 21 PHI NL 29 26 11 6 9 2 0 15 11 .577 2 2 5 2 12 46% 52.8 84 21 15 5 12 5 4.6 4.4 6.3
1976 22 PHI NL 32 29 13 8 8 3 3 17 12 .586 1 6 2 0 14 48% 48.0 71 11 18 6 5 12 5.0 4.3 5.7
1977 23 PHI NL 34 34 19 6 9 6 3 25 9 .735 3 5 5 1 19 56% 49.9 86 14 22 8 5 11 6.6 6.6 6.5
1978 24 PHI NL 33 33 13 14 6 3 7 17 16 .515 2 5 9 3 21 64% 56.1 84 13 14 2 8 12 3.5 3.0 6.9
1979 25 PHI NL 19 17 5 10 2 0 4 6 11 .353 1 1 2 0 9 53% 46.8 76 25 11 5 6 4 3.0 3.2 6.0
1980 26 PHI NL 14 14 5 1 8 2 0 10 4 .714 2 4 0 0 7 50% 51.9 81 25 12 5 4 8 4.6 4.5 5.3
1981 27 PHI NL 20 15 3 6 6 1 2 6 9 .400 2 3 0 0 9 60% 50.8 68 17 6 1 1 6 3.8 4.0 6.3
1982 28 PHI NL 33 33 9 10 14 1 6 20 13 .606 7 5 3 0 24 73% 54.5 80 23 28 14 6 11 4.0 3.6 6.8
1983 29 PHI NL 9 9 2 4 3 0 2 2 7 .222 0 0 0 0 5 56% 52.9 70 20 8 6 0 6 3.6 4.9 5.4
11 Yrs 243 220 81 70 69 18 27 120 100 .545 20 34 27 6 122 55% 51 86 11 153 57 48 80 4.4 4.2 6.2
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 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
1973 19 PHI NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .952 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1974 20 PHI NL 10 9 6 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 5 .891 2 1 5 4 1 4 1 8 5 3 5 0 5.8
1975 21 PHI NL 29 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 1.046 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.3
1976 22 PHI NL 32 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .984 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 3.0
1979 25 PHI NL 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.013 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 5.5
1981 27 PHI NL 20 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 6 1.056 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 5 4 0 4 0 7.2
6 Yrs 120 23 13 2 1 4 4 0 100% 5 1 5 0 0% 1.012 5 2 15 8 3 12 2 21 14 3 15 1 6.0

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%
1973 19 PHI NL 167 52% 1.8% 6.6% 12.0% 9.0% 28% 1.07 79% 34 8 24%
1974 20 PHI NL 99 49% 2.0% 18.2% 15.2% 5.1% 25% 0.82 64% 21 3 14%
1975 21 PHI NL 689 54% 1.7% 12.8% 6.5% 6.5% 30% 0.94 78% 111 12 11%
1976 22 PHI NL 727 53% 1.1% 7.4% 5.8% 7.8% 29% 0.81 84% 134 16 12%
1977 23 PHI NL 945 57% 2.2% 12.5% 7.3% 8.5% 35% 1.23 77% 149 18 12%
1978 24 PHI NL 925 53% 1.7% 14.2% 5.1% 6.9% 31% 1.01 77% 123 16 13%
1979 25 PHI NL 447 62% 2.0% 11.9% 6.7% 7.8% 30% 0.94 78% 80 8 10%
1980 26 PHI NL 308 57% 1.3% 15.9% 8.8% 6.5% 32% 1.10 72% 49 3 6%
1981 27 PHI NL 446 54% 1.8% 15.7% 6.7% 8.5% 35% 0.98 75% 55 5 9%
1982 28 PHI NL 905 48% 1.7% 16.0% 5.9% 7.2% 31% 1.02 76% 134 16 12%
1983 29 PHI NL 203 51% 1.0% 21.7% 8.4% 6.9% 33% 1.09 68% 27 1 4%
11 Yrs 5861 54% 1.7% 13.3% 6.7% 7.5% 31% 1.00 77% 917 106 12%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.09 75% 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
1973 19 PHI NL 167 53 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 8 3 0 38% 1 1 0 62 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1974 20 PHI NL 99 20 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 8 4 0 50% 0 1 1 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 21 PHI NL 689 149 12 0 7 5 7 6 6 28 21 2 75% 5 3 0 224 5 7 42% 5 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 0
1976 22 PHI NL 727 199 8 0 9 3 5 1 7 45 23 3 51% 7 4 0 286 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1977 23 PHI NL 945 229 21 0 5 14 7 13 8 44 20 2 45% 16 7 0 359 14 8 64% 14 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 29 0
1978 24 PHI NL 925 209 16 1 11 8 8 11 5 33 17 3 52% 16 6 1 299 14 4 78% 13 4 1 0 0 0 6 1 20 0
1979 25 PHI NL 447 118 9 0 4 6 3 6 3 22 12 0 55% 3 2 0 160 5 9 36% 5 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 11 0
1980 26 PHI NL 308 62 4 0 4 2 2 2 2 10 7 2 70% 5 2 0 108 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 8 0
1981 27 PHI NL 446 108 8 0 5 5 3 4 4 20 14 1 70% 7 3 0 144 14 7 67% 14 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 13 0
1982 28 PHI NL 905 212 15 0 9 5 10 9 6 39 22 5 56% 9 3 1 296 19 14 58% 19 13 0 0 0 1 4 2 15 0
1983 29 PHI NL 203 42 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 12 7 1 58% 2 2 1 74 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
11 Yrs 5861 1401 100 2 66 54 46 54 46 269 150 19 56% 71 34 4 2047 103 58 64% 100 51 3 5 0 2 28 6 126 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1973 19 1 4 .200 6.55 10 9 0 1 0 0 34.1 53 25 25 3 20 1 11 1 0 1 167 58 2.126 13.9 0.8 5.2 2.9 0.55 58
1974 20 2 5 .286 5.65 20 10 6 1 0 2 57.1 73 36 36 5 35 4 29 1 0 2 266 68 1.884 11.5 0.8 5.5 4.6 0.83 68
1975 21 13 11 .542 4.17 49 36 8 6 2 3 229.0 222 109 106 17 80 6 117 2 0 5 955 91 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.46 91
1976 22 26 19 .578 3.96 81 65 9 8 2 3 397.2 421 186 175 25 122 10 171 3 1 9 1682 93 1.365 9.5 0.6 2.8 3.9 1.40 93
1977 23 45 25 .643 4.00 115 99 9 13 3 3 617.0 650 299 274 46 191 11 289 10 7 16 2627 95 1.363 9.5 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.51 95
1978 24 58 39 .598 3.79 148 132 9 22 6 3 845.0 859 389 356 62 238 18 420 11 14 22 3552 99 1.298 9.1 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.76 99
1979 25 63 49 .563 3.87 167 149 10 24 6 3 951.0 977 445 409 71 268 21 473 13 17 24 3999 97 1.309 9.2 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.76 97
1980 26 68 50 .576 3.88 181 163 10 24 6 3 1024.2 1039 480 442 75 295 25 522 16 21 26 4307 97 1.302 9.1 0.7 2.6 4.6 1.77 97
1981 27 72 57 .558 3.85 201 178 13 24 6 4 1131.1 1147 528 484 83 325 28 592 17 23 29 4753 97 1.301 9.1 0.7 2.6 4.7 1.82 97
1982 28 81 67 .547 3.79 234 211 13 27 6 4 1354.1 1359 623 570 98 378 33 737 20 26 32 5658 99 1.283 9.0 0.7 2.5 4.9 1.95 99
1983 29 83 71 .539 3.79 243 220 13 27 6 4 1402.2 1401 648 591 100 395 34 781 21 26 34 5861 99 1.280 9.0 0.6 2.5 5.0 1.98 99

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
1973 19 1 2 .333 7.55 31.0 54 29 26 3 20 10 1 2.387 15.7 5.8 2.9 0.50 0.9 10
1974 20 1 1 .500 4.71 21.0 20 12 11 2 15 17 0 1.667 8.6 6.4 7.3 1.13 0.9 10
1975 21 9 9 .500 4.03 163.0 152 81 73 12 46 84 1 1.215 8.4 2.5 4.6 1.83 0.7 29
1976 22 8 9 .471 4.33 158.0 208 84 76 8 44 51 1 1.595 11.8 2.5 2.9 1.16 0.5 32
1977 23 11 12 .478 4.02 215.0 226 107 96 21 68 115 7 1.367 9.5 2.8 4.8 1.69 0.9 34
1978 24 13 11 .542 3.76 218.0 220 101 91 17 49 125 1 1.234 9.1 2.0 5.2 2.55 0.7 33
1979 25 4 6 .400 4.91 99.0 119 60 54 9 30 49 2 1.505 10.8 2.7 4.5 1.63 0.8 19
1980 26 3 4 .429 4.44 71.0 64 39 35 4 28 47 3 1.296 8.1 3.5 6.0 1.68 0.5 14
1981 27 8 8 .500 4.09 152.0 170 77 69 13 47 100 2 1.428 10.1 2.8 5.9 2.13 0.8 20
1982 28 12 11 .522 3.90 210.0 218 101 91 15 54 137 3 1.295 9.3 2.3 5.9 2.54 0.6 33
1983 29 2 3 .400 4.40 47.0 44 26 23 2 18 42 1 1.319 8.4 3.4 8.0 2.33 0.4 9
11 Yrs 72 76 .486 4.19 1385.0 1495 717 645 106 419 777 22 1.382 9.7 5.0 1.85 0.7 243

* 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

Wins s c a p y
1977 NL  19 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .647 (8th)
1977 NL  .760 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL  1.130 (8th)
1978 NL  1.123 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  2.359 (9th)
1976 NL  2.241 (9th)
1978 NL  1.855 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  5.906 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 NL  3 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  229 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  2.787 (2nd)
1981 NL  2.333 (8th)
1982 NL  2.736 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 NL  0.427 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1978 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  99 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 NL  7 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1975 NL  2.1 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 NL  born 1953-11-10 (1st)
1974 NL  born 1953-11-10 (6th)

                           

† 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 - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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