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Mike Cuellar

Miguel Angel (Santana) Cuellar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 8, 1937 in Las Villas, Cuba
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1959
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Astros/Cardinals/Redlegs/Angels 1959-1977

Final Game: May 3, 1977
Died: April 2, 2010 in Orlando, FL
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, FL
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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
1959 22 CIN NL 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25
1964 27 STL NL 5 5 .500 4.50 32 7 6 1 0 4 72.0 80 43 36 8 33 4 56 1 0 1 320 85 1.569 10.0 1.0 4.1 7.0 1.70
1965 28 HOU NL 1 4 .200 3.54 25 4 11 0 0 2 56.0 55 24 22 3 21 4 46 1 0 2 238 95 1.357 8.8 0.5 3.4 7.4 2.19
1966 29 HOU NL 12 10 .545 2.22 38 28 6 11 1 2 227.1 193 79 56 10 52 8 175 0 1 9 913 155 1.078 7.6 0.4 2.1 6.9 3.37
1967 30 HOU NL 16 11 .593 3.03 36 32 3 16 3 1 246.1 233 99 83 16 63 3 203 1 1 1 1021 108 1.202 8.5 0.6 2.3 7.4 3.22 AS
1968 31 HOU NL 8 11 .421 2.74 28 24 3 11 2 1 170.2 152 60 52 8 45 7 133 1 0 2 700 108 1.154 8.0 0.4 2.4 7.0 2.96
1969 32 BAL AL 23 11 .676 2.38 39 39 0 18 5 0 290.2 213 94 77 18 79 7 182 1 2 3 1137 149 1.005 6.6 0.6 2.4 5.6 2.30 CYA-1,MVP-8
1970 33 BAL AL 24 8 .750 3.48 40 40 0 21 4 0 297.2 273 126 115 34 69 5 190 1 1 6 1214 105 1.149 8.3 1.0 2.1 5.7 2.75 AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1971 34 BAL AL 20 9 .690 3.08 38 38 0 21 4 0 292.1 250 111 100 30 78 1 124 1 0 3 1166 109 1.122 7.7 0.9 2.4 3.8 1.59 AS,MVP-24
1972 35 BAL AL 18 12 .600 2.57 35 35 0 17 4 0 248.1 197 78 71 21 71 4 132 0 0 3 989 120 1.079 7.1 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.86
1973 36 BAL AL 18 13 .581 3.27 38 38 0 17 2 0 267.0 265 120 97 29 84 2 140 0 0 8 1127 114 1.307 8.9 1.0 2.8 4.7 1.67
1974 37 BAL AL 22 10 .688 3.11 38 38 0 20 5 0 269.1 253 106 93 17 86 4 106 2 0 2 1111 111 1.259 8.5 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.23 AS,CYA-6,MVP-10
1975 38 BAL AL 14 12 .538 3.66 36 36 0 17 5 0 256.0 229 112 104 17 84 5 105 1 1 7 1034 97 1.223 8.1 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.25
1976 39 BAL AL 4 13 .235 4.96 26 19 4 2 1 1 107.0 129 63 59 8 50 5 32 2 0 5 490 66 1.673 10.9 0.7 4.2 2.7 0.64
1977 40 CAL AL 0 1 .000 18.90 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 7 7 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 21 23 3.600 24.3 5.4 8.1 8.1 1.00
15 Yrs 185 130 .587 3.14 453 379 33 172 36 11 2808.0 2538 1130 979 222 822 61 1632 12 6 53 11505 109 1.197 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.99
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .587 3.14 37 31 3 14 3 1 230 207 92 80 18 67 5 133 1 0 4 940 109 1.197 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.99
BAL (8 yrs) 143 88 .619 3.18 290 283 4 133 30 1 2028.1 1809 810 716 174 601 33 1011 8 4 37 8268 109 1.188 8.0 0.8 2.7 4.5 1.68
HOU (4 yrs) 37 36 .507 2.74 127 88 23 38 6 6 700.1 633 262 213 37 181 22 557 3 2 14 2872 119 1.162 8.1 0.5 2.3 7.2 3.08
STL (1 yr) 5 5 .500 4.50 32 7 6 1 0 4 72.0 80 43 36 8 33 4 56 1 0 1 320 85 1.569 10.0 1.0 4.1 7.0 1.70
CAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 18.90 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 9 7 7 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 21 23 3.600 24.3 5.4 8.1 8.1 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25
AL (9 yrs) 143 89 .616 3.20 292 284 4 133 30 1 2031.2 1818 817 723 176 604 34 1014 8 4 37 8289 109 1.192 8.1 0.8 2.7 4.5 1.68
NL (6 yrs) 42 41 .506 2.97 161 95 29 39 6 10 776.1 720 313 256 46 218 27 618 4 2 16 3216 112 1.208 8.3 0.5 2.5 7.2 2.83

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
1959 22 CIN NL 4.0 2 0 8 18.00 4.52 -0.07 0.00 95.5 4.39 -6 -0.5 1.0 0.0 -0.4 -6 .258 .497 $
1964 27 STL NL 71.2 32 7 43 5.40 4.13 0.11 -0.04 109.9 4.37 -9 -1.0 2.0 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .469 .494 $
1965 28 HOU NL 56.0 25 4 24 3.86 4.18 -0.38 -0.07 92.6 4.15 2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.7 8 .508 .501 $
1966 29 HOU NL 227.1 38 28 79 3.13 4.13 -0.42 0.05 95.7 4.40 29 3.5 2.2 0.0 5.5 56 .591 .521 $
1967 30 HOU NL 246.1 36 32 99 3.62 3.75 -0.47 0.06 98.2 4.20 13 1.6 1.6 -0.1 3.6 40 .544 .510 $ AS
1968 31 HOU NL 170.2 28 24 60 3.16 3.39 -0.61 0.04 97.2 3.93 12 1.6 1.0 -0.1 3.0 29 .558 .510 $
1969 32 BAL AL 290.2 39 39 94 2.91 4.03 0.68 0.07 98.2 3.35 16 1.9 -0.1 3.9 39 .549 .512 $20,500 CYA-1,MVP-8
1970 33 BAL AL 297.2 40 40 126 3.81 4.16 0.36 0.07 97.6 3.78 1 0.1 -0.1 2.5 29 .503 .501 $ AS,CYA-4,MVP-11
1971 34 BAL AL 292.1 38 38 111 3.42 3.82 0.35 0.06 98.4 3.47 2 0.2 -0.1 2.6 29 .506 .501 $ AS,MVP-24
1972 35 BAL AL 248.1 35 35 78 2.83 3.53 0.51 0.05 99.8 3.07 9 1.1 -0.2 3.1 27 .532 .507 $
1973 36 BAL AL 267.0 38 38 120 4.04 4.23 0.75 0.13 96.5 3.48 -19 -1.9 -0.2 0.2 11 .449 .488 $
1974 37 BAL AL 269.1 38 38 106 3.54 4.14 0.27 0.12 95.6 3.81 8 0.9 -0.1 3.1 35 .524 .506 $ AS,CYA-6,MVP-10
1975 38 BAL AL 256.0 36 36 112 3.94 4.24 0.50 0.13 91.8 3.54 -11 -1.2 -0.1 0.9 16 .468 .493 $
1976 39 BAL AL 107.0 26 19 63 5.30 3.89 0.11 0.04 95.5 3.66 -19 -2.0 2.0 -0.2 -1.3 -9 .422 .487 $
1977 40 CAL AL 3.1 2 1 7 18.90 5.69 -0.23 0.18 93.7 5.72 -5 -0.4 1.7 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .297 .497 $
15 Seasons 2807.2 453 379 1130 3.62 3.97 0.22 0.07 97.1 3.71 24 4.2 1.7 -1.8 26.4 301 .509 .502 $20,500
BAL (8 yrs) 2028.1 290 283 810 3.59 4.02 0.47 0.09 96.8 3.51 -13 -0.8 2.0 -1.2 15.0 178 .497 .499 $20,500
HOU (4 yrs) 700.1 127 88 262 3.37 3.82 -0.48 0.04 96.7 4.20 56 6.9 1.5 -0.3 12.8 133 .554 .511 $
STL (1 yr) 71.2 32 7 43 5.40 4.13 0.11 -0.04 109.9 4.37 -9 -1.0 2.0 -0.3 -0.6 -1 .469 .494 $
CAL (1 yr) 3.1 2 1 7 18.90 5.69 -0.23 0.18 93.7 5.72 -5 -0.4 1.7 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .297 .497 $
CIN (1 yr) 4.0 2 0 8 18.00 4.52 -0.07 0.00 95.5 4.39 -6 -0.5 1.0 0.0 -0.4 -6 .258 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
1969 32 BAL AL ALCS W MIN 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 3 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 27 0.500 3.4 1.1 1.1 7.9 7.00
1969 32 BAL AL WS L NYM 1 0 1.000 1.13 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 13 2 2 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 61 1.063 7.3 0.6 2.3 7.3 3.25
1970 33 BAL AL ALCS W MIN 0 0 12.46 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 10 6 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 2.538 20.8 2.1 2.1 4.2 2.00
1970 33 BAL AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 3.18 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.1 10 7 4 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 46 1.059 7.9 0.8 1.6 4.0 2.50
1971 34 BAL AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 0.778 6.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
1971 34 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 2 .000 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 11 7 6 2 6 1 10 0 0 0 60 1.214 7.1 1.3 3.9 6.4 1.67
1973 36 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.80 1 1 0 1 0 0 10.0 4 2 2 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 37 0.700 3.6 0.9 2.7 9.9 3.67
1974 37 BAL AL ALCS L OAK 1 1 .500 2.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 9 4 4 0 13 2 6 0 0 1 60 1.737 6.4 0.0 9.2 4.3 0.46
5 Yrs (8 Series) 4 4 .500 2.85 12 12 0 4 0 0 85.1 66 32 27 7 31 3 56 0 0 1 349 1.137 7.0 0.7 3.3 5.9 1.81
5 ALCS 2 2 .500 3.07 6 6 0 2 0 0 44.0 32 16 15 3 19 2 28 0 0 1 182 1.159 6.5 0.6 3.9 5.7 1.47
3 WS 2 2 .500 2.61 6 6 0 2 0 0 41.1 34 16 12 4 12 1 28 0 0 0 167 1.113 7.4 0.9 2.6 6.1 2.33

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
1967 HOU NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1970 BAL AL 33
1971 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1974 BAL AL 37
4 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00

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
1959 22 CIN NL 2 24 19 8 7 3 0 1 0 0 4 5 .368 .458 .684 1.143 .429 13 0 0 0 1 1 1
1964 27 STL NL 32 320 278 43 80 12 2 8 2 3 33 56 .288 .362 .432 .794 .332 120 6 1 5 3 4 8
1965 28 HOU NL 25 238 210 24 55 9 1 3 0 4 21 46 .262 .330 .357 .688 .321 75 5 1 5 1 4 1
1966 29 HOU NL 38 914 844 79 193 24 7 10 3 7 52 175 .229 .272 .309 .581 .276 261 18 0 14 4 8 27
1967 30 HOU NL 36 1018 939 99 233 31 7 16 3 5 63 203 .248 .295 .347 .642 .300 326 17 1 15 3 3 17
1968 31 HOU NL 28 647 640 60 152 22 5 8 2 5 45 133 .238 .286 .325 .611 .285 208 12 1 8 6 7 12
1969 32 BAL AL 39 1137 1044 94 213 25 6 18 2 6 79 182 .204 .260 .291 .551 .230 304 28 1 9 4 7 15
1970 33 BAL AL 40 1214 1128 126 273 37 10 34 2 5 69 190 .242 .284 .383 .667 .262 432 26 1 8 8 5 14
1971 34 BAL AL 38 1166 1068 111 250 33 3 30 12 16 78 124 .234 .285 .355 .640 .239 379 27 1 13 6 1 11
1972 35 BAL AL 35 989 896 78 197 39 4 21 6 8 71 132 .220 .276 .343 .619 .236 307 25 0 18 4 4 13
1973 36 BAL AL 38 1127 1028 120 265 49 3 29 11 10 84 140 .258 .313 .396 .709 .274 407 20 0 12 3 2 19
1974 37 BAL AL 38 1111 1004 106 253 33 5 17 18 10 86 106 .252 .310 .346 .656 .265 347 31 2 11 8 4 9
1975 38 BAL AL 36 1034 919 112 229 35 6 17 6 20 84 105 .249 .310 .356 .665 .263 327 28 1 20 10 5 8
1976 39 BAL AL 26 490 420 63 129 20 4 8 8 1 50 32 .307 .379 .431 .810 .313 181 13 2 12 6 5 4
1977 40 CAL AL 2 21 18 7 9 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 .500 .571 .833 1.405 .538 15 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Yrs 453 11450 10455 1130 2538 372 63 222 77 100 822 1632 .243 .297 .354 .651 .267 3702 256 12 150 67 61 159
162 Game Avg. 37 936 854 92 207 30 5 18 6 8 67 133 .243 .297 .354 .651 .267 303 21 1 12 5 5 13
MLB Averages .252 .319 .374 .693 .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
1959 22 CIN NL -4.9 -0.4 25 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 .63 -0.3 -0.3 -5.9 -0.5 0.63 -3.7 0 1 1
1964 27 STL NL -5.6 -0.6 334 -0.7 5.4 -6.2 1.03 -0.5 -0.2 -10.7 -1.1 1.03 -8.5 10 5 10
1965 28 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 245 -0.7 3.3 -4.0 .90 0.6 -1.4 -1.0 -0.1 0.90 2.9 6 4 11
1966 29 HOU NL 24.5 2.7 939 3.0 19.6 -16.6 1.16 2.5 0.1 24.7 2.8 1.16 26.9 5 1 4
1967 30 HOU NL 4.9 0.5 1038 1.5 19.1 -17.6 1.10 1.0 0.4 3.4 0.4 1.10 7.0 1 3 0
1968 31 HOU NL 4.1 0.5 660 -0.9 11.1 -12.0 1.06 0.4 -1.2 2.1 0.2 1.06 4.7 1 1 2
1969 32 BAL AL 36.4 4.0 1156 4.3 22.5 -18.2 1.07 5.4 -1.3 43.4 4.9 1.07 57.4 0 0 0
1970 33 BAL AL 7.3 0.8 1235 2.5 22.5 -20.1 1.01 2.0 0.4 16.4 1.8 1.01 20.9 0 0 0
1971 34 BAL AL 10.2 1.1 1199 3.7 22.5 -18.8 1.02 1.9 1.8 18.4 2.1 1.02 18.3 0 0 0
1972 35 BAL AL 15.7 1.8 1004 2.1 17.6 -15.6 1.00 1.1 1.0 17.4 2.1 1.00 11.2 0 0 0
1973 36 BAL AL 9.7 1.0 1159 1.5 20.8 -19.4 1.00 0.3 1.1 4.2 0.4 1.00 -0.9 0 0 0
1974 37 BAL AL 10.6 1.1 1141 3.8 21.0 -17.1 1.01 1.7 2.0 19.3 2.1 1.01 16.1 0 0 0
1975 38 BAL AL -0.8 -0.1 1069 1.0 18.9 -17.9 1.05 1.5 -0.6 6.7 0.7 1.05 13.7 0 0 0
1976 39 BAL AL -19.5 -2.0 505 -1.9 8.1 -9.9 1.09 -1.9 0.2 -13.9 -1.5 1.09 -17.8 3 1 3
1977 40 CAL AL -5.2 -0.5 22 -0.7 0.3 -0.9 1.30 -0.4 -0.1 -6.6 -0.6 1.30 -4.5 1 0 0
15 Yrs 86.4 10.0 11731 18.1 213.0 -194.8 1.04 15.1 2.2 117.9 13.8 1.04 143.8 27 16 31

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
1964 27 STL NL 32 7 2 5 0 1 1 2 5 .286 0 0 1 0 2 29% 43.0 72 13 16 7 1 3 4.5 5.5 5.7
1965 28 HOU NL 25 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 2 50% 49.5 67 32 17 5 2 1 2.0 2.0 5.8
1966 29 HOU NL 38 28 9 9 10 0 6 14 14 .500 3 3 11 1 20 71% 60.8 97 24 13 4 13 12 4.0 3.5 7.3
1967 30 HOU NL 36 32 15 11 6 1 5 16 16 .500 0 4 16 3 20 63% 58.8 101 12 10 2 9 10 3.7 3.6 7.5
1968 31 HOU NL 28 24 8 10 6 0 6 10 14 .417 1 3 11 2 17 71% 59.6 85 23 14 3 1 9 3.4 3.1 6.9
1969 32 BAL AL 39 39 23 11 5 2 3 27 12 .692 1 4 18 5 28 72% 62.5 90 24 21 10 22 5 4.4 4.0 7.5
1970 33 BAL AL 40 40 24 8 8 6 1 31 9 .775 1 7 21 4 22 55% 56.7 88 23 24 14 24 4 5.3 5.1 7.4
1971 34 BAL AL 38 38 20 9 9 1 2 24 14 .632 1 2 21 4 24 63% 57.5 85 24 11 6 22 7 4.3 4.4 7.7
1972 35 BAL AL 35 35 18 12 5 3 5 20 15 .571 0 5 17 4 24 69% 60.0 85 30 14 2 18 8 3.7 3.7 7.1
1973 36 BAL AL 38 38 18 13 7 4 6 24 14 .632 0 3 17 2 21 55% 53.6 85 27 27 6 20 8 4.7 4.4 7.0
1974 37 BAL AL 38 38 22 10 6 1 2 26 12 .684 2 3 20 5 23 61% 54.5 85 20 28 14 19 11 4.5 4.6 7.1
1975 38 BAL AL 36 36 14 12 10 1 4 17 19 .472 4 4 17 5 19 53% 53.4 92 26 26 9 22 6 3.9 4.1 7.1
1976 39 BAL AL 26 19 4 11 4 1 1 7 12 .368 1 3 2 1 5 26% 42.3 85 20 27 7 8 6 3.2 3.5 4.7
1977 40 CAL AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23.0 23 23 2 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.3
14 Yrs 451 379 177 125 77 21 43 218 161 .575 14 41 172 36 227 60% 56 101 12 250 89 181 91 4.2 4.1 7.1
MLB Averages .500 54% 53 116 -14 4.1 4.0 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
1959 22 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 .632 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.0
1964 27 STL NL 32 25 6 3 0 6 4 2 67% 10 2 20 10 50% 9 1.027 10 5 10 10 4 11 11 14 12 11 12 5 3.8
1965 28 HOU NL 25 21 11 1 1 2 2 0 100% 4 1 17 4 24% 8 .905 6 4 11 4 3 14 9 12 7 7 8 0 4.7
1966 29 HOU NL 38 10 6 3 1 4 2 2 50% 5 0 15 6 40% 7 1.163 5 1 4 5 2 3 8 2 7 0 7 3 6.5
1967 30 HOU NL 36 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 1.102 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 3.8
1968 31 HOU NL 28 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 9 1.060 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 4.0
1976 39 BAL AL 26 7 4 0 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 3 25% 9 1.085 3 1 3 2 1 4 7 0 5 1 5 1 7.9
1977 40 CAL AL 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 1.297 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
8 Yrs 189 74 33 8 5 16 11 5 69% 24 4 73 24 33% 1.086 27 16 31 24 12 38 40 34 36 23 38 11 4.8

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%
1959 22 CIN NL 24 33% 4.2% 20.8% 16.7% 16.7% 57% 0.75 58% 4 0 0%
1964 27 STL NL 320 23% 2.5% 17.5% 10.3% 6.9% 28% 1.21 68% 65 6 9%
1965 28 HOU NL 238 30% 1.3% 19.3% 8.8% 5.5% 24% 1.13 68% 52 5 10%
1966 29 HOU NL 914 19% 1.1% 19.2% 5.7% 4.5% 21% 1.22 73% 172 18 10%
1967 30 HOU NL 1021 17% 1.6% 19.9% 6.2% 5.3% 23% 1.36 71% 161 17 11%
1968 31 HOU NL 700 19% 1.2% 20.6% 7.0% 5.4% 23% 1.38 78% 111 12 11%
1969 32 BAL AL 1137 20% 1.6% 16.0% 7.0% 4.3% 23% 1.27 75% 207 28 14%
1970 33 BAL AL 1214 19% 2.8% 15.7% 5.7% 6.7% 30% 1.10 75% 199 26 13%
1971 34 BAL AL 1166 23% 2.6% 10.6% 6.7% 5.7% 26% 1.03 79% 194 27 14%
1972 35 BAL AL 989 17% 2.1% 13.4% 7.2% 6.5% 33% 1.03 76% 151 25 17%
1973 36 BAL AL 1127 23% 2.6% 12.4% 7.5% 7.2% 31% 1.05 76% 193 20 10%
1974 37 BAL AL 1111 21% 1.5% 9.5% 7.7% 5.0% 22% 1.06 80% 204 31 15%
1975 38 BAL AL 1034 24% 1.6% 10.2% 8.1% 5.6% 25% 1.25 78% 200 28 14%
1976 39 BAL AL 490 23% 1.6% 6.5% 10.2% 6.5% 25% 1.09 79% 109 13 12%
1977 40 CAL AL 21 33% 9.5% 14.3% 14.3% 9.5% 22% 2.00 62% 8 0 0%
15 Yrs 11506 21% 1.9% 14.3% 7.2% 5.7% 26% 1.15 76% 2030 256 13%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.2% 28% 1.09 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
1959 22 CIN NL 24 7 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 40% 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1964 27 STL NL 320 80 8 0 11 7 1 7 1 20 12 3 60% 8 1 2 128 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
1965 28 HOU NL 238 55 3 0 5 3 0 0 3 10 7 0 70% 1 2 1 93 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1966 29 HOU NL 914 193 10 0 17 7 3 4 6 40 21 8 53% 27 9 3 331 3 7 30% 3 5 0 2 0 0 4 2 18 0
1967 30 HOU NL 1018 233 16 0 17 14 2 3 13 37 20 4 54% 17 1 2 364 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 8 3
1968 31 HOU NL 647 152 8 0 8 5 2 3 4 32 16 4 50% 12 2 0 231 2 5 29% 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 53
1969 32 BAL AL 1137 213 18 0 14 15 3 6 12 38 16 0 42% 15 3 4 372 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 13 0
1970 33 BAL AL 1214 273 34 1 17 27 7 10 24 54 25 8 46% 14 6 5 390 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 23 0
1971 34 BAL AL 1166 250 30 0 8 19 11 14 16 35 19 4 54% 11 3 3 397 12 16 43% 12 13 0 1 0 2 6 5 12 0
1972 35 BAL AL 989 197 21 0 18 19 2 9 12 30 12 6 40% 13 3 2 319 6 8 43% 5 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 11 0
1973 36 BAL AL 1127 265 29 0 11 22 7 11 18 42 17 5 40% 19 8 0 416 11 10 52% 9 9 2 0 0 1 4 2 13 0
1974 37 BAL AL 1111 253 17 0 13 13 4 7 10 51 22 10 43% 9 2 2 397 18 10 64% 14 10 4 0 0 0 5 3 17 0
1975 38 BAL AL 1034 229 17 0 18 15 2 8 9 56 30 8 54% 8 7 0 356 6 20 23% 5 18 1 1 0 1 10 9 22 0
1976 39 BAL AL 490 129 8 0 15 3 5 2 6 35 22 1 63% 4 5 1 211 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1977 40 CAL AL 21 9 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 7 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 11450 2538 222 3 174 171 50 85 136 488 243 61 50% 159 53 25 4021 77 100 44% 68 86 9 8 0 6 44 25 178 56
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+
1959 22 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25 28
1960 23 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25 28
1961 24 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25 28
1962 25 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25 28
1963 26 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 24 28 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 11.3 1.25 28
1964 27 5 5 .500 5.09 34 7 6 1 0 4 76.0 87 51 43 9 37 5 61 1 0 2 344 76 1.632 10.3 1.1 4.4 7.2 1.65 76
1965 28 6 9 .400 4.43 59 11 17 1 0 6 132.0 142 75 65 12 58 9 107 2 0 4 582 82 1.515 9.7 0.8 4.0 7.3 1.84 82
1966 29 18 19 .486 3.03 97 39 23 12 1 8 359.1 335 154 121 22 110 17 282 2 1 13 1495 116 1.238 8.4 0.6 2.8 7.1 2.56 116
1967 30 34 30 .531 3.03 133 71 26 28 4 9 605.2 568 253 204 38 173 20 485 3 2 14 2516 113 1.223 8.4 0.6 2.6 7.2 2.80 113
1968 31 42 41 .506 2.97 161 95 29 39 6 10 776.1 720 313 256 46 218 27 618 4 2 16 3216 112 1.208 8.3 0.5 2.5 7.2 2.83 112
1969 32 65 52 .556 2.81 200 134 29 57 11 10 1067.0 933 407 333 64 297 34 800 5 4 19 4353 121 1.153 7.9 0.5 2.5 6.7 2.69 121
1970 33 89 60 .597 2.95 240 174 29 78 15 10 1364.2 1206 533 448 98 366 39 990 6 5 25 5567 117 1.152 8.0 0.6 2.4 6.5 2.70 117
1971 34 109 69 .612 2.98 278 212 29 99 19 10 1657.0 1456 644 548 128 444 40 1114 7 5 28 6733 115 1.147 7.9 0.7 2.4 6.1 2.51 115
1972 35 127 81 .611 2.92 313 247 29 116 23 10 1905.1 1653 722 619 149 515 44 1246 7 5 31 7722 116 1.138 7.8 0.7 2.4 5.9 2.42 116
1973 36 145 94 .607 2.97 351 285 29 133 25 10 2172.1 1918 842 716 178 599 46 1386 7 5 39 8849 115 1.159 7.9 0.7 2.5 5.7 2.31 115
1974 37 167 104 .616 2.98 389 323 29 153 30 10 2441.2 2171 948 809 195 685 50 1492 9 5 41 9960 115 1.170 8.0 0.7 2.5 5.5 2.18 115
1975 38 181 116 .609 3.05 425 359 29 170 35 10 2697.2 2400 1060 913 212 769 55 1597 10 6 48 10994 113 1.175 8.0 0.7 2.6 5.3 2.08 113
1976 39 185 129 .589 3.12 451 378 33 172 36 11 2804.2 2529 1123 972 220 819 60 1629 12 6 53 11484 110 1.194 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.99 110
1977 40 185 130 .587 3.14 453 379 33 172 36 11 2808.0 2538 1130 979 222 822 61 1632 12 6 53 11505 109 1.197 8.1 0.7 2.6 5.2 1.99 109

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
1959 22 0 0 12.60 5.0 7 8 7 1 4 6 0 2.200 12.6 7.2 10.8 1.50 1.8 2
1964 27 3 4 .429 4.70 69.0 80 40 36 8 33 53 1 1.638 10.4 4.3 6.9 1.61 1.0 32
1965 28 2 3 .400 4.41 51.0 59 28 25 3 23 42 1 1.608 10.4 4.1 7.4 1.83 0.5 25
1966 29 17 7 .708 2.65 217.0 206 71 64 11 56 167 0 1.207 8.5 2.3 6.9 2.98 0.5 38
1967 30 13 12 .520 3.84 232.0 254 110 99 17 69 191 1 1.392 9.9 2.7 7.4 2.77 0.7 36
1968 31 9 8 .529 3.84 157.0 172 74 67 9 51 123 1 1.420 9.9 2.9 7.1 2.41 0.5 28
1969 32 20 10 .667 2.77 276.0 224 94 85 19 83 173 1 1.112 7.3 2.7 5.6 2.08 0.6 39
1970 33 16 15 .516 3.90 286.0 284 138 124 35 72 182 1 1.245 8.9 2.3 5.7 2.53 1.1 40
1971 34 15 15 .500 3.92 271.0 273 131 118 33 85 115 1 1.321 9.1 2.8 3.8 1.35 1.1 38
1972 35 15 11 .577 3.54 239.0 232 104 94 25 84 127 0 1.322 8.7 3.2 4.8 1.51 0.9 35
1973 36 14 13 .519 3.94 251.0 283 122 110 31 90 132 0 1.486 10.1 3.2 4.7 1.47 1.1 38
1974 37 13 14 .481 4.13 246.0 278 126 113 19 94 97 2 1.512 10.2 3.4 3.5 1.03 0.7 38
1975 38 10 15 .400 4.77 232.0 250 137 123 19 92 95 1 1.474 9.7 3.6 3.7 1.03 0.7 36
1976 39 2 8 .200 7.03 96.0 146 83 75 9 57 29 2 2.115 13.7 5.3 2.7 0.51 0.8 26
1977 40 0 0 21.00 3.0 9 8 7 2 3 3 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 6.0 2
15 Yrs 149 135 .525 3.92 2631.0 2757 1274 1147 241 896 1535 12 1.388 9.4 5.3 1.71 0.8 453

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1967 *
1970
1971 *
1974

Awards (yr lg award)
1969 AL Cy Young

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (8, 16%)
1970 AL (11, 13%)
1971 AL (24, 1%)
1974 AL (10, 12%)
0.42 Career Shares (501st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (1, 42%)
1970 AL (4, 37%)
1974 AL (6, 5%)
1 Cy Young
0.84 Career Shares (67th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1966 NL  5.5 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1966 NL  2.22 (2nd)
1969 AL  2.38 (3rd)
Career  3.14 (222nd)

Wins s c a p y
1967 NL  16 (5th)
1969 AL  23 (2nd)
1970 AL  24 (1st)
1971 AL  20 (6th)
1972 AL  18 (10th)
1974 AL  22 (3rd)
Career  185 (148th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1969 AL  .676 (8th)
1970 AL  .750 (1st)
1971 AL  .690 (5th)
1972 AL  .600 (10th)
1974 AL  .688 (1st)
Career  .587 (159th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1966 NL  1.078 (5th)
1969 AL  1.005 (2nd)
1970 AL  1.149 (4th)
1971 AL  1.122 (8th)
1972 AL  1.079 (10th)
1975 AL  1.223 (10th)
Career  1.197 (131st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 NL  7.641 (8th)
1969 AL  6.595 (3rd)
1972 AL  7.140 (10th)
Career  8.135 (159th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 AL  2.446 (5th)
1970 AL  2.086 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL  7.417 (8th)
1968 NL  7.014 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1967 NL  246.3 (9th)
1969 AL  290.7 (3rd)
1970 AL  297.7 (3rd)
1971 AL  292.3 (4th)
Career  2,808.0 (166th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1967 NL  203 (5th)
1969 AL  182 (5th)
1970 AL  190 (6th)
Career  1,632 (139th)

Games Started s c a p y
1969 AL  39 (3rd)
1970 AL  40 (1st)
1971 AL  38 (6th)
Career  379 (147th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 NL  11 (9th)
1967 NL  16 (5th)
1969 AL  18 (3rd)
1970 AL  21 (1st)
1971 AL  21 (4th)
1972 AL  17 (6th)
1974 AL  20 (8th)
1975 AL  17 (9th)
Career  172 (185th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL  3 (6th)
1969 AL  5 (3rd)
1970 AL  4 (3rd)
1971 AL  4 (7th)
1972 AL  4 (9th)
1974 AL  5 (4th)
1975 AL  5 (3rd)
Career  36 (63rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 AL  34 (1st)
1971 AL  30 (4th)
1972 AL  21 (9th)
1973 AL  29 (10th)
Career  222 (157th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  822 (224th)

Hits s c a p y
1967 NL  233 (6th)
1970 AL  273 (2nd)
1971 AL  250 (9th)
Career  2,538 (218th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 NL  3.365 (10th)
1967 NL  3.222 (8th)
1968 NL  2.956 (10th)
1969 AL  2.304 (6th)
1970 AL  2.754 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 NL  0.396 (2nd)
1968 NL  0.422 (10th)
1969 AL  0.557 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  83 (9th)
1970 AL  115 (1st)
1971 AL  100 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 NL  9 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1967 NL  1,021 (9th)
1969 AL  1,137 (5th)
1970 AL  1,214 (4th)
1971 AL  1,166 (7th)
Career  11,505 (186th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1966 NL  153 (3rd)
1969 AL  151 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  25 (7th)
1969 AL  36 (2nd)
1972 AL  16 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1966 NL  2.7 (7th)
1969 AL  4.1 (2nd)
1972 AL  1.8 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1966 NL  24.68 (8th)
1969 AL  43.35 (2nd)
Career  117.86 (120th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1966 NL  3.0 (8th)
1969 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1970 AL  2.5 (10th)
1971 AL  3.7 (5th)
1974 AL  3.8 (4th)
Career  18.1 (71st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1966 NL  2.5 (7th)
1969 AL  5.4 (1st)
Career  15.1 (70th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1966 NL  2.8 (8th)
1969 AL  4.9 (2nd)
Career  13.8 (104th)

Oldest s c a p y
1975 AL  born 1937-05-08 (8th)
1976 AL  born 1937-05-08 (5th)
1977 AL  born 1937-05-08 (1st)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 13 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 107 (196), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 96 (106), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (99), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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