Lance Clemons

Lance Levis Clemons

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 6, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Radnor-Delaware County HS (Radnor, PA)
School: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (West Chester, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1971
Teams (by GP): Royals/RedSox/Cardinals 1971-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
Died: January 22, 2008 in Brooksville, FL
Cremated
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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
1968	20	CRN	A-	0	0		0.00	1	0					1.0	2	3	0	0	3								5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0			CRN · NYPL
1970	22	KCR-min	AAA,A	2	4	.333	3.95	34	8		0	0	0	82.0	75	42	36	5	59	1	51	1	0	3			1.634	8.2	0.5	6.5	5.6	0.86	OMA,WLO · AA,MIDW
1971	23	KCR-min	AAA	7	11	.389	3.69	27	21		7	3	1	134.0	123	73	55	5	70	7	107	5	0	1			1.440	8.3	0.3	4.7	7.2	1.53	OMA · AA
1971	23	KCR	AL	1	0	1.000	4.13	10	3	2	0	0	0	24.0	26	16	11	2	12	0	20	1	0	2	114	84	1.583	9.8	0.8	4.5	7.5	1.67
1972	24	STL-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.63	21	21		5	1	0	129.0	115	57	52	9	66	1	104	4	0	4			1.403	8.0	0.6	4.6	7.3	1.58	TUL · AA
1972	24	STL	NL	0	1	.000	10.13	3	1	2	0	0	0	5.1	8	7	6	1	5	0	2	1	0	1	28	37	2.438	13.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	0.40

1973	25	BOS-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.06	35	0		0	0	0	51.0	48	26	23	6	29	3	36	2	1	11			1.510	8.5	1.1	5.1	6.4	1.24	PAW · IL
1974	26	BOS-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.45	48	0		0	0	4	73.0	68	40	28	1	28	7	50	3	1	4			1.315	8.4	0.1	3.5	6.2	1.79	PAW · IL
1974	26	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	9.95	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.1	8	8	7	1	4	3	1	1	0	3	32	41	1.895	11.4	1.4	5.7	1.4	0.25
1975	27	BOS-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.73	66	0		0	0	3	70.0	66	35	29	2	31	12	39	2	0	4			1.386	8.5	0.3	4.0	5.0	1.26	PAW · IL
3 Yrs				2	1	.667	6.06	19	4	8	0	0	0	35.2	42	31	24	4	21	3	23	3	0	6	174	60	1.766	10.6	1.0	5.3	5.8	1.10
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.667	6.06	56	12	24	0	0	0	106	124	92	71	12	62	9	68	9	0	18	514	60	1.766	10.6	1.0	5.3	5.8	1.10

KCR (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.13	10	3	2	0	0	0	24.0	26	16	11	2	12	0	20	1	0	2	114	84	1.583	9.8	0.8	4.5	7.5	1.67
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.13	3	1	2	0	0	0	5.1	8	7	6	1	5	0	2	1	0	1	28	37	2.438	13.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	0.40
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	9.95	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.1	8	8	7	1	4	3	1	1	0	3	32	41	1.895	11.4	1.4	5.7	1.4	0.25

AL (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	5.34	16	3	6	0	0	0	30.1	34	24	18	3	16	3	21	2	0	5	146	67	1.648	10.1	0.9	4.7	6.2	1.31
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.13	3	1	2	0	0	0	5.1	8	7	6	1	5	0	2	1	0	1	28	37	2.438	13.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	0.40

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
1971	23	KCR	AL	24.0	10	3	16	6.00	3.96	0.01	-0.05	95.9	3.73	-6	-0.7	1.5	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.434	.496	$12,750
1972	24	STL	NL	5.1	3	1	7	11.81	4.46	-0.21	-0.09	95.4	4.36	-4	-0.4	.1	0.1	-0.3	-4	.351	.497	$

1974	26	BOS	AL	6.1	6	0	8	11.37	4.31	0.35	-0.36	111.6	4.01	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.412	.497	$
3 Seasons				35.2	19	4	31	7.82	4.09	0.04	-0.11	98.6	3.88	-16	-1.6	.9	0.1	-1.2	-12	.414	.497	$12,750

KCR (1 yr)				24.0	10	3	16	6.00	3.96	0.01	-0.05	95.9	3.73	-6	-0.7	1.5	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.434	.496	$12,750
STL (1 yr)				5.1	3	1	7	11.81	4.46	-0.21	-0.09	95.4	4.36	-4	-0.4	.1	0.1	-0.3	-4	.351	.497	$
BOS (1 yr)				6.1	6	0	8	11.37	4.31	0.35	-0.36	111.6	4.01	-5	-0.5	.6	0.1	-0.4	-5	.412	.497	$

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
1971	23	KCR	AL	10	114	99	16	26	3	0	2	1	0	12	20	.263	.345	.354	.699	.308	35	0	1	1	1	0	4
1972	24	STL	NL	3	28	22	7	8	3	0	1	0	0	5	2	.364	.500	.636	1.136	.368	14	2	1	0	0	0	0

1974	26	BOS	AL	6	32	27	8	8	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	.296	.406	.556	.962	.280	15	1	1	0	0	3	1
3 Yrs				19	174	148	31	42	8	1	4	1	0	21	23	.284	.382	.432	.814	.311	64	3	3	1	1	3	5
162 Game Avg.				56	514	438	92	124	24	3	12	3	0	62	68	.284	.382	.432	.814	.311	189	9	9	3	3	9	15
MLB Averages																.252	.319	.367	.686	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	23	KCR	AL	-3.3	-0.4	119	-0.3	2.0	-2.4	1.21	-0.6	0.3	-6.6	-0.7	1.21	-6.7	3	0	4
1972	24	STL	NL	-4.0	-0.4	30	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.43	-0.3	-0.7	-6.4	-0.6	0.43	-4.1	0	0	1

1974	26	BOS	AL	-3.8	-0.4	35	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.14	-0.1	0.8	-3.7	-0.4	0.14	-3.9	1	0	4
3 Yrs				-11.1	-1.1	184	-0.7	2.3	-2.9	.88	-1.0	0.3	-16.7	-1.7	0.88	-14.7	4	0	9

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
1971	23	KCR	AL	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.333	1	0	0	0	1	33%	45.3	54	29	10	3	1	1	4.7	6.2	4.0
1972	24	STL	NL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22.0	22	22	0	0	0	1	2.0	3.0	2.0
2 Yrs				13	4	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	.250	1	0	0	0	1	25%	39	54	22	10	3	1	2	4.0	5.6	3.5
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	23	KCR	AL	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	2	22%	5	1.210	3	0	4	2	0	5	4	3	5	2	5	0	5.1
1972	24	STL	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	.432	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	5.0

1974	26	BOS	AL	6	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	7	.135	1	0	4	0	1	5	3	3	1	2	1	1	3.2
3 Yrs				19	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	5	33%		.887	4	0	9	2	1	12	8	7	8	4	8	1	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	23	KCR	AL	114	19%	1.8%	17.5%	10.5%	4.4%	19%	0.96	68%	27	0	0%
1972	24	STL	NL	28	32%	3.6%	7.1%	17.9%	14.3%	50%	3.67	68%	7	2	29%

1974	26	BOS	AL	32	56%	3.1%	3.1%	12.5%	12.5%	50%	1.25	78%	6	1	17%
3 Yrs				174	28%	2.3%	13.2%	12.1%	7.5%	31%	1.24	70%	40	3	8%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.10	74%			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
1971	23	KCR	AL	114	26			2	0	3	1	1	0	2	7	5	2	71%	4	2	1	49	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
1972	24	STL	NL	28	8			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	67%	0	1	1	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

1974	26	BOS	AL	32	8			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	67%	1	3	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3 Yrs				174	42			4	0	3	3	1	1	3	13	9	3	69%	5	6	2	79	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1971	23	1	0	1.000	4.13	10	3	2	24.0	26	16	11	2	12	0	20	1	2	114	84	1.583	9.8	0.8	4.5	7.5	1.67	84
1972	24	1	1	.500	5.22	13	4	4	29.1	34	23	17	3	17	0	22	2	3	142	67	1.739	10.4	0.9	5.2	6.8	1.29	67
1973	25	1	1	.500	5.22	13	4	4	29.1	34	23	17	3	17	0	22	2	3	142	67	1.739	10.4	0.9	5.2	6.8	1.29	67
1974	26	2	1	.667	6.06	19	4	8	35.2	42	31	24	4	21	3	23	3	6	174	60	1.766	10.6	1.0	5.3	5.8	1.10	60

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	1	1	.500	4.88	24.0	28	14	13	2	13	20	1	1.708	10.5	4.9	7.5	1.54	0.8	10
1972	24	0	0		15.75	4.0	9	8	7	1	6	2	1	3.750	20.3	13.5	4.5	0.33	2.3	3

1974	26	0	0		12.00	6.0	9	9	8	1	4	1	1	2.167	13.5	6.0	1.5	0.25	1.5	6
3 Yrs		1	1	.500	7.41	34.0	46	31	28	4	23	23	3	2.029	12.2		6.1	1.00	1.1	19

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