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Ray Corbin

Alton Ray Corbin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 12, 1949 in Live Oak, FL
High School: Live Oak HS (Live Oak, FL)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1971
Team: Twins 1971-1975

Final Game: July 28, 1975
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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
1971 22 MIN AL 8 11 .421 4.10 52 11 19 2 0 3 140.1 141 74 64 19 70 11 83 3 0 7 620 86 1.504 9.0 1.2 4.5 5.3 1.19
1972 23 MIN AL 8 9 .471 2.62 31 19 5 5 3 0 161.2 135 56 47 12 53 3 83 6 0 2 657 124 1.163 7.5 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.57
1973 24 MIN AL 8 5 .615 3.03 51 7 28 1 0 14 148.1 124 58 50 7 60 4 83 5 0 8 622 130 1.240 7.5 0.4 3.6 5.0 1.38
1974 25 MIN AL 7 6 .538 5.29 29 15 6 1 0 0 112.1 133 78 66 8 40 4 50 3 0 3 508 72 1.540 10.7 0.6 3.2 4.0 1.25
1975 26 MIN AL 5 7 .417 5.12 18 11 4 3 0 0 89.2 105 59 51 13 38 5 49 2 1 2 406 76 1.595 10.5 1.3 3.8 4.9 1.29
5 Yrs 36 38 .486 3.84 181 63 62 12 3 17 652.1 638 325 278 59 261 27 348 19 1 22 2813 95 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.33
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .486 3.84 50 18 17 3 1 5 182 178 91 77 16 73 8 97 5 0 6 784 95 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.33

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
1971 22 MIN AL 140.1 52 11 74 4.75 3.97 -0.21 -0.06 101.3 4.17 -9 -1.0 1.4 -0.3 0.0 4 .481 .494 $
1972 23 MIN AL 161.2 31 19 56 3.12 3.62 0.38 0.02 103.0 3.35 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 17 .523 .504 $
1973 24 MIN AL 148.1 51 7 58 3.52 4.37 -0.11 -0.18 101.3 4.35 13 1.4 1.3 -0.1 2.6 29 .527 .509 $
1974 25 MIN AL 112.1 29 15 78 6.25 4.14 -0.14 -0.04 103.9 4.40 -23 -2.4 .9 -0.1 -1.5 -12 .418 .485 $
1975 26 MIN AL 89.2 18 11 59 5.92 4.36 0.01 -0.03 101.8 4.40 -15 -1.5 1.5 -0.2 -1.0 -6 .416 .491 $
5 Seasons 652.1 181 63 325 4.48 4.06 0.00 -0.06 102.2 4.08 -29 -2.8 1.3 -0.9 2.1 34 .485 .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 22 MIN AL 52 620 533 74 141 17 2 19 12 7 70 83 .265 .351 .411 .762 .281 219 10 3 11 3 11 8
1972 23 MIN AL 31 657 587 56 135 18 3 12 8 11 53 83 .230 .299 .332 .631 .248 195 15 6 8 3 3 8
1973 24 MIN AL 51 622 542 58 124 19 3 7 10 3 60 83 .229 .308 .314 .622 .255 170 14 5 9 6 4 11
1974 25 MIN AL 29 508 452 78 133 21 6 8 5 8 40 50 .294 .352 .420 .772 .313 190 10 3 8 5 4 15
1975 26 MIN AL 18 406 356 59 105 17 2 13 9 5 38 49 .295 .363 .463 .826 .309 165 7 2 6 4 5 6
5 Yrs 181 2813 2470 325 638 92 16 59 44 34 261 348 .258 .331 .380 .711 .278 939 56 19 42 21 27 48
162 Game Avg. 50 784 688 91 178 26 4 16 12 9 73 97 .258 .331 .380 .711 .278 262 16 5 12 6 8 13
MLB Averages .253 .321 .368 .689 .279

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 22 MIN AL -9.5 -1.0 648 -1.2 11.0 -12.2 1.06 -2.0 0.9 -8.7 -0.9 1.06 -17.4 16 8 17
1972 23 MIN AL 9.4 1.1 679 1.2 11.8 -10.7 1.00 0.8 0.4 11.9 1.4 1.00 7.4 3 2 6
1973 24 MIN AL 14.4 1.5 646 1.5 10.9 -9.4 1.02 1.8 -0.3 11.7 1.2 1.02 14.2 15 11 18
1974 25 MIN AL -19.4 -2.0 529 -1.9 7.5 -9.4 .90 -1.7 -0.4 -29.7 -2.9 0.90 -18.5 3 3 7
1975 26 MIN AL -12.5 -1.2 425 -1.0 7.1 -8.2 1.07 -1.2 0.3 -13.1 -1.3 1.07 -14.2 3 2 1
5 Yrs -17.6 -1.6 2927 -1.4 48.4 -49.8 1.01 -2.4 1.0 -28.0 -2.5 1.01 -28.5 40 26 49

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
1971 22 MIN AL 52 11 2 5 4 0 4 5 6 .455 0 3 2 0 8 73% 52.2 67 34 25 8 7 1 3.4 2.6 6.1
1972 23 MIN AL 31 19 6 9 4 0 5 7 12 .368 1 1 5 3 14 74% 56.9 81 21 9 6 9 6 3.4 3.3 6.9
1973 24 MIN AL 51 7 4 0 3 0 0 5 2 .714 1 0 1 0 7 100% 60.1 68 48 28 9 4 2 5.5 5.1 7.7
1974 25 MIN AL 29 15 4 5 6 1 0 9 6 .600 1 3 1 0 5 33% 44.2 72 16 24 4 2 8 4.7 3.5 4.9
1975 26 MIN AL 18 11 3 7 1 1 2 4 7 .364 0 1 3 0 4 36% 40.1 60 14 16 7 2 6 3.8 3.6 5.4
5 Yrs 181 63 19 26 18 2 11 30 33 .476 3 8 12 3 38 60% 50 81 14 102 34 24 23 4.0 3.6 6.1
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.0 4.0 6.6

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
1971 22 MIN AL 52 41 19 6 6 4 3 1 75% 6 1 37 7 19% 8 1.059 16 8 17 8 10 23 19 22 23 7 27 8 5.4
1972 23 MIN AL 31 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 2 1.005 3 2 6 0 4 8 5 7 10 1 10 0 7.4
1973 24 MIN AL 51 44 28 4 5 16 14 2 88% 19 3 46 17 37% 8 1.019 15 11 18 19 6 19 30 14 32 11 34 8 6.5
1974 25 MIN AL 29 14 6 3 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 18 9 50% 7 .897 3 3 7 3 1 10 12 2 12 2 12 1 8.3
1975 26 MIN AL 18 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 3 27% 3 1.070 3 2 1 2 0 5 6 1 5 0 6 0 12.9
5 Yrs 181 118 62 17 12 21 17 4 81% 27 5 120 38 32% 1.010 40 26 49 32 21 65 72 46 82 21 89 17 6.8

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%
1971 22 MIN AL 620 62% 3.1% 13.4% 11.3% 6.1% 27% 1.19 70% 128 10 8%
1972 23 MIN AL 657 60% 1.8% 12.6% 8.1% 5.0% 24% 1.02 75% 99 15 15%
1973 24 MIN AL 622 61% 1.1% 13.3% 9.7% 4.7% 23% 1.18 74% 121 14 12%
1974 25 MIN AL 508 59% 1.6% 9.8% 7.9% 6.9% 26% 1.27 79% 110 10 9%
1975 26 MIN AL 406 57% 3.2% 12.1% 9.4% 7.9% 31% 1.19 73% 74 7 9%
5 Yrs 2813 60% 2.1% 12.4% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 1.16 74% 532 56 11%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.8% 8.7% 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 22 MIN AL 620 141 19 0 20 11 8 11 8 33 13 5 39% 8 7 0 250 12 7 63% 11 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 0
1972 23 MIN AL 657 135 12 0 5 8 4 3 9 21 12 6 57% 8 2 1 226 8 11 42% 7 7 1 2 0 2 1 0 8 0
1973 24 MIN AL 622 124 7 0 17 3 4 3 4 51 22 6 43% 11 8 1 240 10 3 77% 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1974 25 MIN AL 508 133 8 0 15 5 3 6 2 41 24 4 59% 15 3 0 207 5 8 38% 4 8 1 0 0 0 4 1 12 0
1975 26 MIN AL 406 105 13 0 17 8 5 8 5 29 13 7 45% 6 2 0 148 9 5 64% 8 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 10 0
5 Yrs 2813 638 59 0 74 35 24 31 28 175 84 28 48% 48 22 2 1071 44 34 56% 39 27 4 2 1 5 7 3 63 0
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+
1971 22 8 11 .421 4.10 52 11 19 2 0 3 140.1 141 74 64 19 70 11 83 3 0 7 620 86 1.504 9.0 1.2 4.5 5.3 1.19 86
1972 23 16 20 .444 3.31 83 30 24 7 3 3 302.0 276 130 111 31 123 14 166 9 0 9 1277 102 1.321 8.2 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.35 102
1973 24 24 25 .490 3.22 134 37 52 8 3 17 450.1 400 188 161 38 183 18 249 14 0 17 1899 111 1.295 8.0 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.36 111
1974 25 31 31 .500 3.63 163 52 58 9 3 17 562.2 533 266 227 46 223 22 299 17 0 20 2407 99 1.344 8.5 0.7 3.6 4.8 1.34 99
1975 26 36 38 .486 3.84 181 63 62 12 3 17 652.1 638 325 278 59 261 27 348 19 1 22 2813 95 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 4.8 1.33 95

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
1971 22 6 8 .429 4.91 132.0 150 80 72 20 74 78 3 1.697 10.2 5.0 5.3 1.05 1.4 52
1972 23 10 7 .588 3.43 155.0 155 66 59 14 61 79 7 1.394 9.0 3.5 4.6 1.30 0.8 31
1973 24 9 6 .600 3.42 142.0 129 60 54 7 62 79 5 1.345 8.2 3.9 5.0 1.27 0.4 51
1974 25 3 8 .273 6.08 108.0 140 81 73 8 42 48 3 1.685 11.7 3.5 4.0 1.14 0.7 29
1975 26 3 6 .333 5.76 86.0 109 61 55 13 39 47 2 1.721 11.4 4.1 4.9 1.21 1.4 18
5 Yrs 31 35 .470 4.52 623.0 683 348 313 62 278 331 20 1.543 9.9 4.8 1.19 0.9 181

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL  51 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1973 AL  14 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 AL  124 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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