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George Culver

George Raymond Culver

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 8, 1943 in Salinas, CA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1966
Teams (by GP): Astros/Reds/Indians/Phillies/Dodgers/... 1966-1974

Final Game: June 9, 1974
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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
1966 22 CLE AL 0 2 .000 8.38 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 15 9 9 1 7 0 6 1 0 0 51 43 2.276 14.0 0.9 6.5 5.6 0.86
1967 23 CLE AL 7 3 .700 3.96 53 1 21 0 0 3 75.0 71 40 33 2 31 9 41 6 1 8 322 84 1.360 8.5 0.2 3.7 4.9 1.32
1968 24 CIN NL 11 16 .407 3.23 42 35 5 5 2 2 226.0 229 95 81 8 84 7 114 14 0 5 980 98 1.385 9.1 0.3 3.3 4.5 1.36
1969 25 CIN NL 5 7 .417 4.26 32 13 10 0 0 4 101.1 117 55 48 8 52 6 58 9 0 7 470 88 1.668 10.4 0.7 4.6 5.2 1.12
1970 26 TOT NL 6 6 .500 3.98 43 7 16 2 0 3 101.2 108 48 45 7 45 6 54 4 0 11 452 102 1.505 9.6 0.6 4.0 4.8 1.20
1970 26 STL NL 3 3 .500 4.61 11 7 1 2 0 0 56.2 64 31 29 6 24 4 23 1 0 3 252 90 1.553 10.2 1.0 3.8 3.7 0.96
1970 26 HOU NL 3 3 .500 3.20 32 0 15 0 0 3 45.0 44 17 16 1 21 2 31 3 0 8 200 123 1.444 8.8 0.2 4.2 6.2 1.48
1971 27 HOU NL 5 8 .385 2.64 59 0 34 0 0 7 95.1 89 33 28 4 38 10 57 2 0 4 398 128 1.332 8.4 0.4 3.6 5.4 1.50
1972 28 HOU NL 6 2 .750 3.05 45 0 16 0 0 2 97.1 73 33 33 7 43 3 82 5 0 2 401 110 1.192 6.8 0.6 4.0 7.6 1.91
1973 29 TOT NL 7 5 .583 3.56 42 0 21 0 0 2 60.2 71 25 24 4 36 12 30 1 0 4 279 102 1.764 10.5 0.6 5.3 4.5 0.83
1973 29 LAD NL 4 4 .500 3.00 28 0 13 0 0 2 42.0 45 15 14 4 21 6 23 1 0 2 185 117 1.571 9.6 0.9 4.5 4.9 1.10
1973 29 PHI NL 3 1 .750 4.82 14 0 8 0 0 0 18.2 26 10 10 0 15 6 7 0 0 2 94 80 2.196 12.5 0.0 7.2 3.4 0.47
1974 30 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 6.65 14 0 3 0 0 0 21.2 20 16 16 1 16 1 9 1 0 2 98 58 1.662 8.3 0.4 6.6 3.7 0.56
9 Yrs 48 49 .495 3.62 335 57 127 7 2 23 788.2 793 354 317 42 352 54 451 43 1 43 3451 96 1.452 9.0 0.5 4.0 5.1 1.28
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .495 3.62 58 10 22 1 0 4 137 138 61 55 7 61 9 78 7 0 7 599 96 1.452 9.0 0.5 4.0 5.1 1.28
HOU (3 yrs) 14 13 .519 2.92 136 0 65 0 0 12 237.2 206 83 77 12 102 15 170 10 0 14 999 119 1.296 7.8 0.5 3.9 6.4 1.67
PHI (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 5.80 28 0 11 0 0 0 40.1 46 26 26 1 31 7 16 1 0 4 192 66 1.909 10.3 0.2 6.9 3.6 0.52
CIN (2 yrs) 16 23 .410 3.55 74 48 15 5 2 6 327.1 346 150 129 16 136 13 172 23 0 12 1450 95 1.473 9.5 0.4 3.7 4.7 1.26
CLE (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 4.46 58 2 22 0 0 3 84.2 86 49 42 3 38 9 47 7 1 8 373 75 1.465 9.1 0.3 4.0 5.0 1.24
STL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.61 11 7 1 2 0 0 56.2 64 31 29 6 24 4 23 1 0 3 252 90 1.553 10.2 1.0 3.8 3.7 0.96
LAD (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.00 28 0 13 0 0 2 42.0 45 15 14 4 21 6 23 1 0 2 185 117 1.571 9.6 0.9 4.5 4.9 1.10
NL (7 yrs) 41 44 .482 3.52 277 55 105 7 2 20 704.0 707 305 275 39 314 45 404 36 0 35 3078 100 1.450 9.0 0.5 4.0 5.2 1.29
AL (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 4.46 58 2 22 0 0 3 84.2 86 49 42 3 38 9 47 7 1 8 373 75 1.465 9.1 0.3 4.0 5.0 1.24

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
1966 22 CLE AL 9.2 5 1 9 8.38 3.70 -0.06 -0.04 101.0 3.76 -5 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.4 -4 .399 .497 $
1967 23 CLE AL 75.0 53 1 40 4.80 3.88 -0.13 -0.15 101.4 3.91 -6 -0.8 1.7 -0.4 -0.6 -2 .486 .495 $6,000
1968 24 CIN NL 226.0 42 35 95 3.78 3.37 -0.26 0.04 104.5 3.84 -2 -0.2 1.9 -0.1 1.7 21 .495 .499 $
1969 25 CIN NL 101.1 32 13 55 4.88 3.88 -0.09 -0.02 102.1 4.03 -11 -1.1 1.4 -0.2 -0.4 1 .464 .493 $
1970 26 STL NL 56.2 11 7 31 4.92 4.59 -0.51 0.03 102.6 5.27 1 0.1 2.0 -0.0 0.6 8 .513 .501 $
1970 26 HOU NL 45.0 32 0 17 3.40 4.54 -0.39 -0.19 97.9 4.64 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.9 11 .518 .504 $
1971 27 HOU NL 95.1 59 0 33 3.12 3.95 -0.02 -0.17 96.0 3.64 5 0.5 1.5 -0.1 1.3 14 .509 .503 $
1972 28 HOU NL 97.1 45 0 33 3.05 4.02 -0.38 -0.17 96.3 4.07 10 1.2 1.0 -0.2 1.7 19 .526 .507 $
1973 29 LAD NL 42.0 28 0 15 3.21 4.20 0.37 -0.34 96.8 3.38 1 0.1 1.4 -0.0 0.4 5 .503 .501 $
1973 29 PHI NL 18.2 14 0 10 4.82 4.20 -0.09 -0.34 101.9 4.01 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.0 -0.1 0 .487 .499 $
1974 30 PHI NL 21.2 14 0 16 6.65 4.06 0.11 -0.33 107.3 3.89 -7 -0.7 .9 0.0 -0.5 -5 .449 .496 $
9 Seasons 788.2 335 57 354 4.04 3.88 -0.19 -0.09 100.9 4.00 -10 -1.0 1.3 -1.1 4.6 68 .497 .499 $6,000
HOU (3 yrs) 237.2 136 0 83 3.14 4.09 -0.24 -0.18 96.5 4.00 20 2.3 1.2 -0.4 3.9 44 .517 .505 $
PHI (2 yrs) 40.1 28 0 26 5.80 4.12 0.02 -0.33 104.8 3.95 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .468 .497 $
CIN (2 yrs) 327.1 74 48 150 4.12 3.53 -0.21 0.02 103.8 3.90 -12 -1.4 1.5 -0.3 1.3 22 .482 .496 $
CLE (2 yrs) 84.2 58 2 49 5.21 3.86 -0.12 -0.14 101.4 3.89 -11 -1.3 1.6 -0.3 -1.0 -6 .478 .496 $6,000
STL (1 yr) 56.2 11 7 31 4.92 4.59 -0.51 0.03 102.6 5.27 1 0.1 2.0 -0.0 0.6 8 .513 .501 $
LAD (1 yr) 42.0 28 0 15 3.21 4.20 0.37 -0.34 96.8 3.38 1 0.1 1.4 -0.0 0.4 5 .503 .501 $

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
1966 22 CLE AL 5 51 42 9 15 2 0 1 2 1 7 6 .357 .460 .476 .936 .400 20 1 1 1 0 0 2
1967 23 CLE AL 53 322 275 40 71 14 5 2 2 1 31 41 .258 .344 .367 .711 .295 101 10 6 8 2 9 5
1968 24 CIN NL 42 980 864 95 229 32 3 8 10 8 84 114 .265 .337 .337 .674 .294 291 20 14 7 9 7 15
1969 25 CIN NL 32 470 402 55 117 16 2 8 0 4 52 58 .291 .383 .400 .783 .322 161 14 9 5 2 6 8
1970 26 TOT NL 43 437 398 48 108 21 2 7 4 2 45 54 .271 .350 .387 .737 .298 154 11 4 3 2 6 7
1970 26 HOU NL 32 185 173 17 44 8 1 1 3 1 21 31 .254 .343 .329 .673 .303 57 2 3 2 1 2 4
1970 26 STL NL 11 252 225 31 64 13 1 6 1 1 24 23 .284 .355 .431 .786 .294 97 9 1 1 1 4 3
1971 27 HOU NL 59 381 346 33 89 16 3 4 4 4 38 57 .257 .331 .355 .686 .294 123 8 2 8 4 10 4
1972 28 HOU NL 45 401 344 33 73 7 2 7 7 4 43 82 .212 .306 .305 .612 .256 105 11 5 6 3 3 5
1973 29 TOT NL 42 279 230 25 71 9 1 4 5 1 36 30 .309 .401 .409 .810 .338 94 8 1 10 2 12 1
1973 29 LAD NL 28 185 154 15 45 5 0 4 3 1 21 23 .292 .376 .403 .779 .318 62 6 1 7 2 6 1
1973 29 PHI NL 14 94 76 10 26 4 1 0 2 0 15 7 .342 .451 .421 .872 .377 32 2 0 3 0 6 0
1974 30 PHI NL 14 98 76 16 20 4 1 1 1 1 16 9 .263 .389 .382 .771 .279 29 3 1 3 2 1 3
9 Yrs 335 3419 2977 354 793 121 19 42 35 26 352 451 .266 .350 .362 .712 .299 1078 86 43 51 26 54 50
162 Game Avg. 58 593 516 61 138 21 3 7 6 5 61 78 .266 .350 .362 .712 .299 187 15 7 9 5 9 9
MLB Averages .249 .316 .367 .683 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 22 CLE AL -4.6 -0.5 55 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 1.11 -0.5 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 1.11 -5.0 1 0 3
1967 23 CLE AL -6.2 -0.7 337 -0.3 6.8 -7.0 1.25 -0.1 -0.1 -11.5 -1.2 1.25 -4.6 22 10 20
1968 24 CIN NL -2.2 -0.2 1012 -0.2 18.2 -18.4 1.15 -1.2 1.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.15 -12.1 6 0 0
1969 25 CIN NL -5.3 -0.6 489 -1.1 9.3 -10.4 1.20 -1.1 0.2 -7.3 -0.7 1.20 -11.6 8 4 5
1970 26 TOT NL 2.1 0.2 471 -0.3 7.9 -8.2 1.01 -0.0 -0.3 3.6 0.4 1.00 0.4 10 3 23
1970 26 STL NL -2.1 -0.2 258 0.3 4.3 -4.0 .92 -0.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.92 -1.4 1 1 2
1970 26 HOU NL 4.2 0.4 213 -0.6 3.5 -4.2 1.14 -0.0 -0.6 3.1 0.3 1.09 1.7 9 2 21
1971 27 HOU NL 7.4 0.8 396 0.5 9.3 -8.8 1.41 0.5 -0.2 7.2 0.8 1.41 3.5 24 12 21
1972 28 HOU NL 5.4 0.6 416 0.0 5.0 -5.0 .76 0.8 -0.8 9.3 1.0 0.76 6.6 11 14 19
1973 29 TOT NL 1.6 0.2 289 -0.8 5.1 -5.8 1.12 -1.1 0.4 -1.9 -0.2 1.12 -9.3 15 10 15
1973 29 LAD NL 3.0 0.3 191 -0.3 4.0 -4.3 1.23 -0.7 0.4 1.1 0.1 1.23 -4.7 11 7 9
1973 29 PHI NL -1.4 -0.1 98 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 .93 -0.4 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.93 -4.7 4 3 6
1974 30 PHI NL -5.5 -0.6 103 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 .57 -0.4 0.2 -2.5 -0.3 0.57 -4.0 4 3 6
9 Yrs -7.3 -0.7 3568 -2.8 63.4 -66.1 1.11 -3.0 0.5 -8.2 -0.8 1.11 -36.1 101 56 112

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
1966 22 CLE AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.0 32 32 4 3 0 1 4.0 1.8 5.0
1967 23 CLE AL 53 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 14 9 0 0 3.0 9.0 2.0
1968 24 CIN NL 42 35 9 16 10 1 3 15 20 .429 2 5 5 2 16 46% 51.4 85 27 40 17 17 3 3.5 3.0 6.1
1969 25 CIN NL 32 13 3 5 5 0 0 7 6 .538 1 1 0 0 5 38% 43.2 75 20 25 8 11 0 3.8 3.4 5.1
1970 26 TOT NL 43 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 3 .571 1 1 2 0 3 43% 71 22 23 9 1 4 5.4 4.7 6.9
1970 26 STL NL 11 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 3 .571 1 1 2 0 3 43% 45.4 71 22 9 4 1 4 5.4 4.7 6.9
5 Yrs 143 57 15 25 17 1 3 26 31 .456 4 7 7 2 24 42% 48 85 20 92 41 29 8 3.8 3.3 5.9
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 112 -3 4.0 3.9 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
1966 22 CLE AL 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.113 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 3.5
1967 23 CLE AL 53 52 21 7 2 7 3 4 43% 14 3 36 16 44% 9 1.254 22 10 20 14 11 27 18 34 25 15 26 14 4.2
1968 24 CIN NL 42 7 5 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 10 4 40% 9 1.147 6 0 0 3 2 2 4 3 3 1 4 3 5.3
1969 25 CIN NL 32 19 10 2 2 4 4 0 100% 7 1 18 4 22% 7 1.202 8 4 5 8 4 7 10 9 14 2 15 5 5.6
1970 26 TOT NL 43 36 16 3 4 3 3 0 100% 6 2 32 13 41% 1.009 10 3 23 7 4 25 18 18 19 6 20 8 4.4
1970 26 STL NL 11 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 .915 1 1 2 0 1 3 3 1 4 0 4 2 6.3
1970 26 HOU NL 32 32 15 3 3 3 3 0 100% 6 2 26 12 46% 7 1.137 9 2 21 7 3 22 15 17 15 6 16 6 4.2
1971 27 HOU NL 59 59 34 5 8 10 7 3 70% 13 3 40 15 38% 8 1.409 24 12 21 14 11 32 22 35 30 12 30 7 4.8
1972 28 HOU NL 45 45 16 6 2 3 2 1 67% 6 2 53 18 34% 7 .758 11 14 19 6 2 37 28 17 30 7 33 5 6.5
1973 29 TOT NL 42 42 21 7 5 5 2 3 40% 6 0 31 14 45% 1.125 15 10 15 8 9 25 15 27 25 8 26 7 4.3
1973 29 LAD NL 28 28 13 4 4 4 2 2 50% 5 0 26 12 46% 7 1.225 11 7 9 6 6 16 13 15 18 5 18 3 4.5
1973 29 PHI NL 14 14 8 3 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 2 40% 9 .928 4 3 6 2 3 9 2 12 7 3 8 4 4.0
1974 30 PHI NL 14 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 26% 7 .570 4 3 6 1 3 10 10 4 6 5 6 2 4.6
9 Yrs 335 278 127 33 24 34 23 11 68% 54 11 240 89 37% 1.112 101 56 112 61 47 168 126 150 154 57 162 52 4.9

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%
1966 22 CLE AL 51 69% 2.0% 11.8% 13.7% 5.9% 20% 1.50 69% 16 1 6%
1967 23 CLE AL 322 63% 0.6% 12.7% 9.6% 6.5% 30% 1.81 73% 73 10 14%
1968 24 CIN NL 980 57% 0.8% 11.6% 8.6% 4.4% 19% 1.75 77% 217 20 9%
1969 25 CIN NL 470 62% 1.7% 12.3% 11.1% 5.5% 22% 1.84 72% 120 14 12%
1970 26 TOT NL 452 60% 1.6% 12.4% 10.3% 6.9% 28% 1.78 78% 83 11 13%
1970 26 STL NL 252 53% 2.4% 9.1% 9.5% 7.9% 31% 2.48 78% 45 9 20%
1970 26 HOU NL 200 70% 0.5% 16.8% 11.4% 5.4% 23% 1.07 77% 38 2 5%
1971 27 HOU NL 398 61% 1.1% 15.0% 10.0% 6.0% 26% 1.27 76% 76 8 11%
1972 28 HOU NL 401 60% 1.8% 20.5% 10.7% 4.0% 22% 1.27 64% 83 11 13%
1973 29 TOT NL 279 61% 1.4% 10.8% 12.9% 5.0% 20% 1.26 71% 70 8 11%
1973 29 LAD NL 185 61% 2.2% 12.4% 11.4% 4.9% 20% 1.33 70% 43 6 14%
1973 29 PHI NL 94 61% 0.0% 7.5% 16.0% 5.3% 19% 1.13 73% 27 2 7%
1974 30 PHI NL 98 55% 1.0% 9.2% 16.3% 6.1% 30% 1.70 69% 26 3 12%
9 Yrs 3451 60% 1.2% 13.2% 10.3% 5.3% 23% 1.60 73% 764 86 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 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
1966 22 CLE AL 51 15 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 67% 2 0 1 29 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1967 23 CLE AL 322 71 2 0 16 1 1 1 1 36 17 6 47% 5 8 1 114 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1968 24 CIN NL 980 229 8 0 26 4 4 6 2 58 30 9 52% 15 5 6 396 10 8 56% 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 0
1969 25 CIN NL 470 117 8 1 25 4 4 4 4 42 12 6 29% 8 7 6 206 0 4 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 16 0
1970 26 TOT NL 437 108 7 0 15 4 3 5 2 32 13 5 41% 7 11 2 181 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 15
1970 26 STL NL 252 64 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 13 5 1 38% 3 3 1 101 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 26 HOU NL 185 44 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 19 8 4 42% 4 8 1 80 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 15
1971 27 HOU NL 381 89 4 1 10 1 3 2 2 22 10 2 45% 4 4 3 166 4 4 50% 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 15 17
1972 28 HOU NL 401 73 7 0 22 4 3 3 4 20 9 4 45% 5 2 1 147 7 4 64% 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
1973 29 TOT NL 279 71 4 0 12 3 1 1 3 23 11 2 48% 1 4 1 127 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1973 29 LAD NL 185 45 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 15 7 2 47% 1 2 1 85 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1973 29 PHI NL 94 26 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 50% 0 2 0 42 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 30 PHI NL 98 20 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 10 4 1 40% 3 2 0 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
9 Yrs 3419 793 42 2 134 22 20 23 19 246 108 35 44% 50 43 21 1414 35 26 57% 30 20 3 4 2 2 3 0 121 32
MLB Averages 49% 62%

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+
1966 22 0 2 .000 8.38 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.2 15 9 9 1 7 0 6 1 0 0 51 43 2.276 14.0 0.9 6.5 5.6 0.86 43
1967 23 7 5 .583 4.46 58 2 22 0 0 3 84.2 86 49 42 3 38 9 47 7 1 8 373 75 1.465 9.1 0.3 4.0 5.0 1.24 75
1968 24 18 21 .462 3.56 100 37 27 5 2 5 310.2 315 144 123 11 122 16 161 21 1 13 1353 90 1.407 9.1 0.3 3.5 4.7 1.32 90
1969 25 23 28 .451 3.74 132 50 37 5 2 9 412.0 432 199 171 19 174 22 219 30 1 20 1823 90 1.471 9.4 0.4 3.8 4.8 1.26 90
1970 26 29 34 .460 3.78 175 57 53 7 2 12 513.2 540 247 216 26 219 28 273 34 1 31 2275 92 1.478 9.5 0.5 3.8 4.8 1.25 92
1971 27 34 42 .447 3.61 234 57 87 7 2 19 609.0 629 280 244 30 257 38 330 36 1 35 2673 96 1.455 9.3 0.4 3.8 4.9 1.28 96
1972 28 40 44 .476 3.53 279 57 103 7 2 21 706.1 702 313 277 37 300 41 412 41 1 37 3074 98 1.419 8.9 0.5 3.8 5.2 1.37 98
1973 29 47 49 .490 3.53 321 57 124 7 2 23 767.0 773 338 301 41 336 53 442 42 1 41 3353 98 1.446 9.1 0.5 3.9 5.2 1.32 98
1974 30 48 49 .495 3.62 335 57 127 7 2 23 788.2 793 354 317 42 352 54 451 43 1 43 3451 96 1.452 9.0 0.5 4.0 5.1 1.28 96

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
1966 22 0 1 .000 10.00 9.0 16 11 10 1 7 6 1 2.556 16.0 7.0 6.0 0.86 1.0 5
1967 23 3 4 .429 5.16 68.0 77 43 39 2 34 37 7 1.632 10.2 4.5 4.9 1.09 0.3 53
1968 24 10 12 .455 4.30 205.0 251 109 98 9 92 104 15 1.673 11.0 4.0 4.6 1.13 0.4 42
1969 25 4 6 .400 4.69 96.0 120 56 50 8 53 55 9 1.802 11.3 5.0 5.2 1.04 0.8 32
1970 26 5 5 .500 4.00 99.0 107 49 44 7 45 52 4 1.535 9.7 4.1 4.7 1.16 0.6 43
1971 27 5 4 .556 3.35 86.0 96 36 32 4 41 52 2 1.593 10.0 4.3 5.4 1.27 0.4 59
1972 28 5 5 .500 3.83 94.0 82 44 40 8 48 79 6 1.383 7.9 4.6 7.6 1.65 0.8 45
1973 29 3 3 .500 4.25 55.0 74 29 26 4 38 27 1 2.036 12.1 6.2 4.4 0.71 0.7 42
1974 30 0 2 .000 7.65 20.0 20 19 17 1 16 8 1 1.800 9.0 7.2 3.6 0.50 0.5 14
9 Yrs 35 42 .455 4.38 732.0 843 396 356 44 374 420 46 1.663 10.4 5.2 1.12 0.5 335

* 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
1971 NL  59 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL  35 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  84 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1968 NL  229 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  0.319 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL  16 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 NL  11 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  14 (1st)
1969 NL  9 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 NL  34 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), 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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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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