Al Closter
Alan Edward Closter
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 15, 1943 in Creighton, NE
High School: St. Ludger (Creighton, NE)
School: Iowa State University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1966
Final Game: September 19, 1973
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1966 23 WSA AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1971 28 NYY AL 2 2 .500 5.08 14 1 1 0 0 0 28.1 33 22 16 4 13 7 22 2 0 2 135 64 1.624 10.5 1.3 4.1 7.0 1.69
1972 29 NYY AL 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 3 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 12 25 2.571 7.7 3.9 15.4 7.7 0.50
1973 30 ATL NL 0 0 14.54 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 7 7 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 23 27 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
4 Seasons 2 2 .500 6.62 21 1 2 0 0 0 35.1 43 32 26 6 23 8 26 2 0 2 174 50 1.868 11.0 1.5 5.9 6.6 1.13
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 6.62 65 3 6 0 0 0 109 133 99 80 19 71 25 80 6 0 6 538 50 1.868 11.0 1.5 5.9 6.6 1.13
NYY (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.58 16 1 1 0 0 0 30.2 35 25 19 5 17 7 24 2 0 2 147 58 1.696 10.3 1.5 5.0 7.0 1.41
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 14.54 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 7 7 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 23 27 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
WSA (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
AL (3 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.52 17 1 2 0 0 0 31.0 36 25 19 5 19 7 24 2 0 2 151 59 1.774 10.5 1.5 5.5 7.0 1.26
NL (1 yr) 0 0 14.54 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 7 7 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 23 27 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1966 23 WSA AL 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .750 1.000 1.750 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1971 28 NYY AL 14 135 114 22 33 4 0 4 0 2 13 22 .289 .364 .430 .793 .319 49 1 2 3 3 7
1972 29 NYY AL 2 12 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 .250 .500 .625 1.125 .200 5 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 ATL NL 4 23 18 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 .389 .500 .611 1.111 .400 11 0 0 1 0 1
4 Seasons 21 174 142 32 43 6 0 6 0 3 23 26 .303 .400 .472 .872 .327 67 1 2 4 3 8
162 Game Avg. 65 538 439 99 133 19 0 19 0 9 71 80 .303 .400 .472 .872 .327 207 3 6 12 9 25
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1971 28 NYY AL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 8 5 0 1 1.0 2.3 5.0
1 Season 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 8 5 0 1 1.0 2.3 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1966 23 WSA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.067 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1971 28 NYY AL 14 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 4 0.744 4 2 7 3 3 7 5 8 6 6 6 3 5.4
1972 29 NYY AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.181 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3.5
1973 30 ATL NL 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 8 0.867 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 3.3
4 Seasons 21 20 2 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 7 44% 0.770 6 3 10 4 3 12 8 11 9 9 8 3 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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%
1966 23 WSA AL 4 100% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0% 100% 0.00 50% 0 0
1971 28 NYY AL 135 69% 3.0% 16.3% 9.6% 5.9% 24% 1.26 67% 34 1 3%
1972 29 NYY AL 12 75% 8.3% 16.7% 33.3% 8.3% 50% 3.00 42% 8 0 0%
1973 30 ATL NL 23 80% 4.4% 8.7% 17.4% 8.7% 29% 0.67 65% 5 0 0%
4 Seasons 174 71% 3.5% 14.9% 13.2% 6.9% 28% 1.22 65% 47 1 2%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1966 23 WSA AL 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 28 NYY AL 135 33 4 0 6 3 1 2 2 13 6 0 46% 6 2 1 56 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1972 29 NYY AL 12 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 ATL NL 15 7 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
4 Seasons 166 43 6 0 11 5 1 3 3 16 8 0 50% 6 2 1 72 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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+
1966 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1967 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1968 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1969 26 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1970 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 27.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1971 28 2 2 .500 5.02 15 1 2 0 0 0 28.2 34 22 16 4 15 7 22 2 0 2 139 65 1.709 10.7 1.3 4.7 6.9 1.47 65
1972 29 2 2 .500 5.52 17 1 2 0 0 0 31.0 36 25 19 5 19 7 24 2 0 2 151 59 1.774 10.5 1.5 5.5 7.0 1.26 59
1973 30 2 2 .500 6.62 21 1 2 0 0 0 35.1 43 32 26 6 23 8 26 2 0 2 174 50 1.868 11.0 1.5 5.9 6.6 1.13 50

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

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
1966 23 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 1
1971 28 1 2 .333 6.33 27.0 37 21 19 4 15 21 2 1.926 12.3 5.0 7.0 1.40 1.3 14
1972 29 0 0 18.00 2.0 2 4 4 1 4 2 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 4.5 2
1973 30 0 0 15.75 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 2 0 2.750 15.8 9.0 4.5 0.50 2.3 4
4 Seasons 1 2 .333 8.18 33.0 47 33 30 6 25 25 2 2.182 12.8 6.8 1.00 1.6 21

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Al Closter    

Viewed 9,990 times through December 23, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Alan Al alan alberto allan allen alphonse Edward Closter

Player Page Tricks and Tips

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.