Ken Crosby

Kenneth Stewart Crosby

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 179 lb.

Born: December 15, 1947 in New Denver, British Columbia, CAN
High School: Provo HS (Provo, UT)
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 10th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1975
Team: Cubs 1975-1976

Final Game: May 8, 1976
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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
1969	21	NYY-min	Rk,A	2	5	.286	4.73	10	9				0	59.0	63	47	31	7	37		3						1.695	9.6	1.1	5.6	0.5	0.08	JOH,KIN · APPY,CARL
1970	22	NYY-min	A	5	8	.385	3.90	18	17					113.0	103	53	49	6	46								1.319	8.2	0.5	3.7			KIN · CARL
1971	23	NYY-min	AA	3	8	.273	2.76	18	18		4	1	0	111.0	114	57	34	4	47	6	74	1	0	12			1.450	9.2	0.3	3.8	6.0	1.57	MAN · EL
1972	24	NYY-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.69	26	23		3	0	0	117.0	130	77	61	6	57	8	60	2	0	6			1.598	10.0	0.5	4.4	4.6	1.05	SYR · IL
1973	25	NYY-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.19	29	21		5	1	0	137.0	142	87	79	14	52	6	73	6	0	5			1.416	9.3	0.9	3.4	4.8	1.40	SYR · IL
1974	26	STL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.76	28	12		1	1	4	104.0	125	67	55	5	54	3	74	3	0	2			1.721	10.8	0.4	4.7	6.4	1.37	TUL · AA
1975	27	STL-CHC-min	AAA,AA	2	5	.286	4.79	33	1		0	0	1	77.0	88	48	41	7	44	9	66	0	0	0			1.714	10.3	0.8	5.1	7.7	1.50	TUL,WCH,MDL · AA,TL
1975	27	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	3.24	9	0	6	0	0	0	8.1	10	3	3	0	7	0	6	0	1	0	42	123	2.040	10.8	0.0	7.6	6.5	0.86
1976	28	CHC-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.43	36	7		2	0	5	97.0	91	45	37	10	45	6	95	2	0	1			1.402	8.4	0.9	4.2	8.8	2.11	WCH · AA
1976	28	CHC	NL	0	0		12.00	7	1	1	0	0	0	12.0	20	16	16	3	8	0	5	0	0	0	64	33	2.333	15.0	2.3	6.0	3.8	0.63
2 Yrs				1	0	1.000	8.41	16	1	7	0	0	0	20.1	30	19	19	3	15	0	11	0	1	0	106	47	2.213	13.3	1.3	6.6	4.9	0.73
162 Game Avg.				4	0	1.000	8.41	64	4	28	0	0	0	81	120	76	76	12	60	0	44	0	4	0	424	47	2.213	13.3	1.3	6.6	4.9	0.73

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
1975	27	CHC	NL	8.1	9	0	3	3.24	4.44	-0.54	-0.36	106.9	4.94	2	0.2	.6	-0.0	0.2	2	.519	.501	$
1976	28	CHC	NL	12.0	7	1	16	12.00	4.05	-0.30	-0.21	104.7	4.33	-10	-1.0	.5	0.2	-0.8	-9	.355	.494	$
2 Seasons				20.1	16	1	19	8.41	4.21	-0.40	-0.27	105.6	4.58	-9	-0.8	.6	0.1	-0.6	-7	.447	.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
1975	27	CHC	NL	9	42	34	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	7	6	.294	.415	.324	.738	.357	11	0	0	1	0	0	0
1976	28	CHC	NL	7	64	53	16	20	2	3	3	4	1	8	5	.377	.459	.698	1.157	.378	37	0	0	3	0	0	1
2 Yrs				16	106	87	19	30	3	3	3	4	1	15	11	.345	.441	.552	.993	.370	48	0	0	4	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				64	424	348	76	120	12	12	12	16	4	60	44	.345	.441	.552	.993	.370	192	0	0	16	0	0	4
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.368	.691	.281

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1975	27	CHC	NL	0.9	0.1	44	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.35	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.35	0.4	1	2	4
1976	28	CHC	NL	-9.0	-0.9	69	-1.1	0.5	-1.5	.71	-1.1	-0.4	-11.0	-1.0	0.71	-10.7	1	0	5
2 Yrs				-8.1	-0.8	113	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	.57	-1.2	-0.6	-11.2	-1.0	0.57	-10.3	2	2	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
1976	28	CHC	NL	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	2	1	1	0	5.0	9.0	3.0
1 Yr				7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31	31	31	2	1	1	0	5.0	9.0	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	105	-5					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1975	27	CHC	NL	9	9	6	1	0	0	4	1	25%	9	.346	1	2	4	0	1	8	3	6	1	4	1	3	2.8
1976	28	CHC	NL	7	6	1	0	1	1	1	1	100%	2	.711	1	0	5	1	1	4	1	5	3	2	3	1	4.5
2 Yrs				16	15	7	1	1	1	5	2	40%		.566	2	2	9	1	2	12	4	11	4	6	4	4	3.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	27	CHC	NL	42	62%	0.0%	14.3%	16.7%	2.4%	10%	0.90	67%	6	0	0%
1976	28	CHC	NL	64	61%	4.7%	7.8%	12.5%	12.5%	40%	0.88	70%	11	0	0%
2 Yrs				106	61%	2.8%	10.4%	14.2%	8.5%	30%	0.88	69%	17	0	0%
MLB Averages					45%	1.7%	12.8%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.08	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
1975	27	CHC	NL	42	10			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	1	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1976	28	CHC	NL	64	20			3	0	1	1	2	2	1	6	5	0	83%	1	0	0	23	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				106	30			3	0	5	1	2	2	1	8	5	0	63%	1	0	1	42	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		52%							66%

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+
1975	27	1	0	1.000	3.24	9	0	6	0	0	0	8.1	10	3	3	0	7	0	6	0	1	0	42	123	2.040	10.8	0.0	7.6	6.5	0.86	123
1976	28	1	0	1.000	8.41	16	1	7	0	0	0	20.1	30	19	19	3	15	0	11	0	1	0	106	47	2.213	13.3	1.3	6.6	4.9	0.73	47

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1975	27	0		3.38	8.0	10	3	3	0	7	6	2.125	11.3	7.9	6.8	0.86	0.0	9
1976	28	1	.000	12.00	12.0	20	18	16	3	8	5	2.333	15.0	6.0	3.8	0.63	2.3	7
2 Yrs		1	.000	8.55	20.0	30	21	19	3	15	11	2.250	13.5		5.0	0.73	1.4	16

* 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.

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