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Jim Colborn

James William Colborn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 22, 1946 in Santa Paula, CA
High School: Santa Paula HS (Santa Paula, CA)
School: Whittier College (Whittier, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1969
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cubs/Royals/Mariners 1969-1978

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
1969 23 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 3.07 6 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 15 6 5 2 9 1 4 1 1 0 65 135 1.636 9.2 1.2 5.5 2.5 0.44
1970 24 CHC NL 3 1 .750 3.59 34 5 11 0 0 4 72.2 88 37 29 3 23 6 50 1 1 1 327 125 1.528 10.9 0.4 2.8 6.2 2.17
1971 25 CHC NL 0 1 .000 6.97 14 0 5 0 0 0 10.1 18 8 8 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 50 58 2.032 15.7 0.9 2.6 1.7 0.67
1972 26 MIL AL 7 7 .500 3.11 39 12 7 4 1 0 147.2 135 53 51 14 43 7 97 2 0 5 608 97 1.205 8.2 0.9 2.6 5.9 2.26
1973 27 MIL AL 20 12 .625 3.18 43 36 2 22 4 1 314.1 297 133 111 21 87 5 135 3 1 6 1287 118 1.222 8.5 0.6 2.5 3.9 1.55 AS,CYA-6
1974 28 MIL AL 10 13 .435 4.06 33 31 2 10 1 0 224.0 230 104 101 27 60 4 83 6 0 3 938 89 1.295 9.2 1.1 2.4 3.3 1.38
1975 29 MIL AL 11 13 .458 4.27 36 29 3 8 1 2 206.1 215 111 98 18 65 5 79 5 0 5 879 90 1.357 9.4 0.8 2.8 3.4 1.22
1976 30 MIL AL 9 15 .375 3.71 32 32 0 7 0 0 225.2 232 97 93 20 54 9 101 2 2 6 937 94 1.267 9.3 0.8 2.2 4.0 1.87
1977 31 KCR AL 18 14 .563 3.62 36 35 0 6 1 0 239.0 233 106 96 22 81 2 103 13 3 8 1023 113 1.314 8.8 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.27
1978 32 TOT AL 4 12 .250 5.24 28 22 1 3 0 0 142.2 156 95 83 25 50 2 34 8 1 2 630 73 1.444 9.8 1.6 3.2 2.1 0.68
1978 32 KCR AL 1 2 .333 4.76 8 3 1 0 0 0 28.1 31 18 15 4 12 1 8 2 0 0 128 81 1.518 9.8 1.3 3.8 2.5 0.67
1978 32 SEA AL 3 10 .231 5.35 20 19 0 3 0 0 114.1 125 77 68 21 38 1 26 6 1 2 502 72 1.426 9.8 1.7 3.0 2.0 0.68
10 Yrs 83 88 .485 3.80 301 204 32 60 8 7 1597.1 1619 750 675 153 475 41 688 41 9 36 6744 98 1.311 9.1 0.9 2.7 3.9 1.45
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .485 3.80 41 27 4 8 1 1 215 218 101 91 21 64 6 93 6 1 5 908 98 1.311 9.1 0.9 2.7 3.9 1.45
MIL (5 yrs) 57 60 .487 3.65 183 140 14 51 7 3 1118.0 1109 498 454 100 309 30 495 18 3 25 4649 98 1.268 8.9 0.8 2.5 4.0 1.60
CHC (3 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.87 54 7 17 0 0 4 97.2 121 51 42 6 35 7 56 2 2 1 442 113 1.597 11.2 0.6 3.2 5.2 1.60
KCR (2 yrs) 19 16 .543 3.74 44 38 1 6 1 0 267.1 264 124 111 26 93 3 111 15 3 8 1151 109 1.335 8.9 0.9 3.1 3.7 1.19
SEA (1 yr) 3 10 .231 5.35 20 19 0 3 0 0 114.1 125 77 68 21 38 1 26 6 1 2 502 72 1.426 9.8 1.7 3.0 2.0 0.68
AL (7 yrs) 79 86 .479 3.80 247 197 15 60 8 3 1499.2 1498 699 633 147 440 34 632 39 7 35 6302 97 1.292 9.0 0.9 2.6 3.8 1.44
NL (3 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.87 54 7 17 0 0 4 97.2 121 51 42 6 35 7 56 2 2 1 442 113 1.597 11.2 0.6 3.2 5.2 1.60

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
1969 23 CHC NL 14.2 6 2 6 3.68 4.08 -0.08 -0.02 123.7 5.11 2 0.3 .5 -0.0 0.4 4 .542 .502 $
1970 24 CHC NL 72.2 34 5 37 4.58 4.51 -0.07 -0.11 113.0 5.05 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.8 11 .508 .502 $
1971 25 CHC NL 10.1 14 0 8 6.97 4.66 -0.34 -0.20 112.0 5.37 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .484 .499 $
1972 26 MIL AL 147.2 39 12 53 3.23 3.43 0.19 -0.03 99.1 3.19 0 0.1 .6 -0.2 1.2 11 .502 .500 $16,000
1973 27 MIL AL 314.1 43 36 133 3.81 4.30 0.00 0.09 98.5 4.32 16 1.7 2.5 -0.1 4.3 51 .541 .511 $ AS,CYA-6
1974 28 MIL AL 224.0 33 31 104 4.18 4.16 0.12 0.10 99.9 4.14 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 1.7 22 .497 .499 $
1975 29 MIL AL 206.1 36 29 111 4.84 4.31 -0.26 0.09 100.1 4.67 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.2 18 .488 .497 $
1976 30 MIL AL 225.2 32 32 97 3.87 3.96 -0.04 0.12 100.5 4.14 7 0.9 -0.1 2.6 29 .527 .505 $
1977 31 KCR AL 239.0 36 35 106 3.99 4.56 0.20 0.14 100.8 4.54 14 1.5 .3 -0.1 3.4 41 .541 .509 $
1978 32 KCR AL 28.1 8 3 18 5.72 4.54 0.37 -0.11 105.4 4.27 -4 -0.5 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .442 .497 $
1978 32 SEA AL 114.1 20 19 77 6.06 4.31 -0.25 0.12 100.7 4.71 -17 -1.7 .2 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .415 .490 $
10 Seasons 1597.1 301 204 750 4.23 4.21 0.01 0.08 100.9 4.32 15 1.8 1.1 -1.0 14.4 179 .506 .501 $16,000
MIL (5 yrs) 1118.0 183 140 498 4.01 4.09 -0.01 0.08 99.6 4.16 19 2.1 1.1 -0.7 11.0 130 .512 .503 $16,000
CHC (3 yrs) 97.2 54 7 51 4.70 4.46 -0.10 -0.11 114.5 5.09 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.0 14 .506 .501 $
KCR (2 yrs) 267.1 44 38 124 4.17 4.56 0.22 0.11 101.3 4.51 10 1.0 1.1 -0.2 3.1 39 .523 .503 $
SEA (1 yr) 114.1 20 19 77 6.06 4.31 -0.25 0.12 100.7 4.71 -17 -1.7 .2 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .415 .490 $

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
1973 MIL AL 27

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
1969 23 CHC NL 6 65 53 6 15 3 0 2 0 1 9 4 .283 .397 .453 .850 .277 24 5 1 2 0 1 2
1970 24 CHC NL 34 327 295 37 88 17 3 3 6 5 23 50 .298 .347 .407 .754 .346 120 7 1 4 4 6 9
1971 25 CHC NL 14 50 47 8 18 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 .383 .420 .489 .909 .386 23 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 MIL AL 39 608 551 53 135 16 3 14 6 8 43 97 .245 .300 .361 .661 .273 199 9 2 8 4 7 5
1973 27 MIL AL 43 1288 1182 133 297 47 10 21 11 12 87 135 .251 .302 .361 .663 .267 427 29 3 7 9 5 16
1974 28 MIL AL 33 938 859 104 230 32 6 27 13 12 60 83 .268 .319 .413 .732 .270 355 18 6 9 4 4 9
1975 29 MIL AL 36 878 796 111 215 38 4 18 15 9 65 79 .270 .327 .396 .723 .280 315 19 5 8 5 5 13
1976 30 MIL AL 32 937 866 97 232 31 7 20 18 9 54 101 .268 .310 .389 .699 .282 337 17 2 7 8 9 11
1977 31 KCR AL 36 1021 914 106 233 47 3 22 12 5 81 103 .255 .323 .385 .709 .266 352 21 13 10 3 2 16
1978 32 TOT AL 28 630 558 95 156 24 4 25 9 1 50 34 .280 .345 .471 .816 .260 263 16 8 10 4 2 10
1978 32 KCR AL 8 128 110 18 31 4 2 4 3 0 12 8 .282 .363 .464 .827 .276 51 3 2 4 0 1 1
1978 32 SEA AL 20 502 448 77 125 20 2 21 6 1 38 26 .279 .341 .473 .814 .257 212 13 6 6 4 1 9
10 Yrs 301 6742 6121 750 1619 257 40 153 92 62 475 688 .264 .320 .395 .714 .276 2415 142 41 65 41 41 91
162 Game Avg. 41 908 824 101 218 35 5 21 12 8 64 93 .264 .320 .395 .714 .276 325 19 6 9 6 6 12
MLB Averages .255 .322 .374 .696 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 23 CHC NL 1.4 0.2 67 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 1.00 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 0.1 1.00 -1.2 0 2 2
1970 24 CHC NL 4.7 0.5 339 -0.4 6.0 -6.4 1.17 -0.1 -0.2 -4.3 -0.4 1.17 -2.7 10 5 14
1971 25 CHC NL -2.6 -0.3 53 -0.8 0.5 -1.4 .85 -0.4 -0.6 -7.4 -0.7 0.85 -4.8 4 2 7
1972 26 MIL AL 0.7 0.1 626 0.3 8.4 -8.1 .78 -0.2 0.6 3.1 0.4 0.78 0.2 4 4 18
1973 27 MIL AL 16.7 1.8 1324 1.7 23.9 -22.2 1.02 2.5 -0.9 22.4 2.4 1.02 27.0 6 1 0
1974 28 MIL AL -6.9 -0.7 972 1.2 17.7 -16.5 1.04 -0.6 1.8 6.3 0.7 1.04 -6.2 0 1 1
1975 29 MIL AL -9.7 -1.0 916 -1.5 15.3 -16.9 1.01 -0.8 -0.7 -9.4 -0.9 1.01 -7.3 2 3 2
1976 30 MIL AL -1.7 -0.2 979 1.7 18.8 -17.1 1.12 -0.4 2.0 9.2 1.0 1.12 -2.0 0 0 0
1977 31 KCR AL 13.0 1.3 1055 1.1 18.1 -17.0 .99 0.9 0.3 13.1 1.3 0.99 12.8 0 0 1
1978 32 TOT AL -22.6 -2.2 648 -2.5 9.2 -11.7 .89 -2.4 -0.3 -24.0 -2.3 0.89 -23.9 1 0 5
1978 32 KCR AL -3.1 -0.3 132 -0.7 1.3 -2.1 .66 -0.4 -0.6 -2.0 -0.2 0.66 -3.8 1 0 4
1978 32 SEA AL -19.4 -1.9 516 -1.8 7.8 -9.6 .95 -2.0 0.1 -22.0 -2.1 0.95 -20.2 0 0 1
10 Yrs -6.9 -0.6 6979 0.6 119.0 -118.4 1.00 -1.8 2.3 9.8 1.4 1.00 -8.3 27 18 50

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
1969 23 CHC NL 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 41 39 7 0 0 2 4.2 4.0 4.8
1970 24 CHC NL 34 5 1 0 4 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 2 40% 40.4 53 31 21 7 1 2 7.6 8.6 4.3
1972 26 MIL AL 39 12 5 7 0 0 2 5 7 .417 0 0 4 1 7 58% 57.8 86 26 9 2 2 4 3.5 3.2 7.3
1973 27 MIL AL 43 36 18 12 6 3 5 20 16 .556 4 0 22 4 21 58% 55.9 82 12 30 19 28 1 4.7 5.0 8.0
1974 28 MIL AL 33 31 9 13 9 1 4 11 20 .355 4 1 10 1 15 48% 49.6 94 18 31 15 12 7 3.6 3.8 6.9
1975 29 MIL AL 36 29 11 12 6 3 2 13 16 .448 3 3 8 1 13 45% 48.1 79 14 27 8 18 2 4.8 4.6 6.5
1976 30 MIL AL 32 32 9 15 8 2 6 13 19 .406 4 2 7 0 21 66% 52.4 77 23 29 15 11 9 3.4 3.6 7.1
1977 31 KCR AL 36 35 18 14 3 2 2 20 15 .571 1 2 6 1 19 54% 51.3 92 22 34 8 12 6 5.1 5.6 6.8
1978 32 TOT AL 28 22 3 12 7 0 1 6 16 .273 2 3 3 0 6 27% 41.7 78 22 25 11 3 12 3.6 2.8 5.7
1978 32 KCR AL 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 28.3 34 22 6 3 2 1 3.7 2.3 4.8
1978 32 SEA AL 20 19 3 10 6 0 1 5 14 .263 2 2 3 0 6 32% 43.8 78 25 19 8 1 11 3.5 2.9 5.9
9 Yrs 287 204 75 85 44 12 22 91 113 .446 19 13 60 8 104 51% 51 94 12 213 85 87 45 4.2 4.4 6.9
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 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
1969 23 CHC NL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 6 .998 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 2 1 3.8
1970 24 CHC NL 34 29 11 2 1 7 4 3 57% 7 0 32 19 59% 7 1.170 10 5 14 10 1 18 18 11 18 6 18 6 5.3
1971 25 CHC NL 14 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 11 61% 7 .847 4 2 7 1 2 11 10 4 2 9 2 1 2.2
1972 26 MIL AL 39 27 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 43% 6 .783 4 4 18 0 2 25 10 17 19 2 20 5 6.6
1973 27 MIL AL 43 7 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 17 6 35% 6 1.023 6 1 0 4 2 1 7 0 6 1 7 0 11.1
1974 28 MIL AL 33 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 1.044 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
1975 29 MIL AL 36 7 3 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 8 2 25% 4 1.007 2 3 2 3 0 4 5 2 5 0 6 0 7.1
1977 31 KCR AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .989 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1978 32 TOT AL 28 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% .890 1 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 4 1 4 0 8.5
1978 32 KCR AL 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 2 .661 1 0 4 1 0 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 8.4
1978 32 SEA AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .948 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
9 Yrs 269 97 32 8 3 10 7 3 70% 13 3 110 48 44% .985 27 18 50 20 7 70 57 40 59 21 62 13 6.1

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%
1969 23 CHC NL 65 68% 3.1% 6.2% 13.9% 7.7% 33% 1.60 72% 19 5 26%
1970 24 CHC NL 327 55% 0.9% 15.3% 7.0% 7.0% 26% 1.28 75% 74 7 9%
1971 25 CHC NL 50 62% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 6.0% 17% 1.33 88% 11 1 9%
1972 26 MIL AL 608 58% 2.3% 16.0% 7.1% 5.4% 24% 1.03 73% 113 9 8%
1973 27 MIL AL 1288 54% 1.6% 10.5% 6.8% 6.1% 26% 0.98 80% 232 29 13%
1974 28 MIL AL 938 54% 2.9% 8.9% 6.4% 6.9% 28% 0.91 80% 167 18 11%
1975 29 MIL AL 879 49% 2.1% 9.0% 7.4% 6.8% 28% 1.16 80% 165 19 12%
1976 30 MIL AL 937 57% 2.1% 10.8% 5.8% 6.2% 25% 0.90 80% 147 17 12%
1977 31 KCR AL 1021 48% 2.2% 10.1% 7.9% 7.1% 31% 1.12 78% 165 21 13%
1978 32 TOT AL 630 48% 4.0% 5.4% 7.9% 8.4% 34% 1.17 80% 131 16 12%
1978 32 KCR AL 128 57% 3.1% 6.3% 9.4% 7.8% 32% 0.97 77% 23 3 13%
1978 32 SEA AL 502 46% 4.2% 5.2% 7.6% 8.6% 34% 1.23 81% 108 13 12%
10 Yrs 6743 53% 2.3% 10.2% 7.1% 6.7% 28% 1.04 79% 1224 142 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.8% 8.7% 6.1% 27% 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
1969 23 CHC NL 65 15 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 7 1 1 14% 2 0 0 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 24 CHC NL 327 88 3 0 14 1 2 2 1 25 15 2 60% 9 1 0 146 6 5 55% 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 0
1971 25 CHC NL 50 18 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 7 5 0 71% 0 0 0 23 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1972 26 MIL AL 608 135 14 0 18 6 8 6 8 31 17 6 55% 5 5 0 210 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1973 27 MIL AL 1288 297 21 0 23 11 10 11 10 58 27 9 47% 16 6 0 444 11 12 48% 11 11 0 0 0 1 4 1 21 0
1974 28 MIL AL 938 230 27 1 8 13 14 13 14 32 16 1 50% 9 3 1 349 13 12 52% 11 10 2 1 0 1 5 0 7 0
1975 29 MIL AL 878 215 18 0 14 9 9 6 12 47 24 4 51% 13 5 1 316 15 9 63% 14 9 1 0 0 0 5 0 19 1
1976 30 MIL AL 937 232 20 0 16 8 12 9 11 43 26 6 60% 11 6 1 310 18 9 67% 16 8 2 1 0 0 7 0 22 0
1977 31 KCR AL 1021 233 22 0 18 9 13 9 13 43 18 3 42% 16 8 0 355 12 5 71% 11 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 22 0
1978 32 TOT AL 630 156 25 1 8 12 13 11 14 39 27 0 69% 10 2 2 233 9 1 90% 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 11 0
1978 32 KCR AL 128 31 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 9 4 0 44% 1 0 1 46 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1978 32 SEA AL 502 125 21 1 5 9 12 10 11 30 23 0 77% 9 2 1 187 6 1 86% 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
10 Yrs 6742 1619 153 2 125 71 82 70 83 332 176 32 53% 91 36 5 2411 92 62 60% 84 55 7 5 1 2 28 1 122 1
MLB Averages 50% 64%

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+
1969 23 1 0 1.000 3.07 6 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 15 6 5 2 9 1 4 1 1 0 65 135 1.636 9.2 1.2 5.5 2.5 0.44 135
1970 24 4 1 .800 3.50 40 7 12 0 0 4 87.1 103 43 34 5 32 7 54 2 2 1 392 126 1.546 10.6 0.5 3.3 5.6 1.69 126
1971 25 4 2 .667 3.87 54 7 17 0 0 4 97.2 121 51 42 6 35 7 56 2 2 1 442 113 1.597 11.2 0.6 3.2 5.2 1.60 113
1972 26 11 9 .550 3.41 93 19 24 4 1 4 245.1 256 104 93 20 78 14 153 4 2 6 1050 104 1.361 9.4 0.7 2.9 5.6 1.96 104
1973 27 31 21 .596 3.28 136 55 26 26 5 5 559.2 553 237 204 41 165 19 288 7 3 12 2337 112 1.283 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.6 1.75 112
1974 28 41 34 .547 3.50 169 86 28 36 6 5 783.2 783 341 305 68 225 23 371 13 3 15 3275 104 1.286 9.0 0.8 2.6 4.3 1.65 104
1975 29 52 47 .525 3.66 205 115 31 44 7 7 990.0 998 452 403 86 290 28 450 18 3 20 4154 101 1.301 9.1 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.55 101
1976 30 61 62 .496 3.67 237 147 31 51 7 7 1215.2 1230 549 496 106 344 37 551 20 5 26 5091 99 1.295 9.1 0.8 2.5 4.1 1.60 99
1977 31 79 76 .510 3.66 273 182 31 57 8 7 1454.2 1463 655 592 128 425 39 654 33 8 34 6114 102 1.298 9.1 0.8 2.6 4.0 1.54 102
1978 32 83 88 .485 3.80 301 204 32 60 8 7 1597.1 1619 750 675 153 475 41 688 41 9 36 6744 98 1.311 9.1 0.9 2.7 3.9 1.45 98

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
1969 23 1 0 1.000 3.46 13.0 15 6 5 2 9 4 1 1.846 10.4 6.2 2.8 0.44 1.4 6
1970 24 5 3 .625 3.16 74.0 83 29 26 3 22 51 1 1.419 10.1 2.7 6.2 2.32 0.4 34
1971 25 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 18 9 8 1 3 2 0 2.100 16.2 2.7 1.8 0.67 0.9 14
1972 26 7 8 .467 4.44 140.0 161 77 69 17 51 92 2 1.514 10.4 3.3 5.9 1.80 1.1 39
1973 27 17 15 .531 3.85 292.0 315 139 125 22 92 126 3 1.394 9.7 2.8 3.9 1.37 0.7 43
1974 28 8 14 .364 5.16 206.0 248 131 118 29 65 76 6 1.519 10.8 2.8 3.3 1.17 1.3 33
1975 29 8 13 .381 4.94 195.0 225 119 107 19 68 75 5 1.503 10.4 3.1 3.5 1.10 0.9 36
1976 30 9 14 .391 4.78 209.0 254 123 111 22 59 94 2 1.498 10.9 2.5 4.0 1.59 0.9 32
1977 31 13 12 .520 3.91 230.0 238 111 100 22 83 99 13 1.396 9.3 3.2 3.9 1.19 0.9 36
1978 32 4 10 .286 6.20 135.0 165 103 93 26 53 32 8 1.615 11.0 3.5 2.1 0.60 1.7 28
10 Yrs 72 90 .444 4.56 1504.0 1722 847 762 163 505 651 41 1.481 10.3 3.9 1.29 1.0 301

* 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 ()

All-Star Games
1973

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 AL (6, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (255th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1973 AL  3.18 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  20 (7th)
1977 AL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 AL  .625 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1973 AL  1.222 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  2.491 (10th)
1976 AL  2.154 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1973 AL  314.3 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL  35 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1973 AL  22 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1973 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1974 AL  27 (3rd)
1976 AL  20 (5th)
1978 AL  25 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1973 AL  297 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  0.601 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1976 AL  15 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 AL  13 (1st)
1978 AL  8 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1973 AL  1,287 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1973 AL  118 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1973 AL  2.5 (10th)


† 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Mike Timlin (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. David Palmer (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eric Show (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Tidrow (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Whitson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Bosman (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Bosman (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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 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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