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John Curtis

John Duffield Curtis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 9, 1948 in Newton, MA
High Schools: Central HS (Smithtown, NY), Smithtown HS (Nesconset, NY)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1970 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Padres/RedSox/Angels 1970-1984
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1984 (Age 36)
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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
1970 22 BOS AL 0 0 11.57 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 40 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1971 23 BOS AL 2 2 .500 3.12 5 3 1 1 0 0 26.0 30 9 9 3 6 1 19 0 0 0 110 121 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.17
1972 24 BOS AL 11 8 .579 3.73 26 21 2 8 3 0 154.1 161 69 64 8 50 6 106 0 0 6 652 87 1.367 9.4 0.5 2.9 6.2 2.12
1973 25 BOS AL 13 13 .500 3.58 35 30 3 10 4 0 221.1 225 103 88 24 83 10 101 2 0 3 946 112 1.392 9.1 1.0 3.4 4.1 1.22
1974 26 STL NL 10 14 .417 3.78 33 29 2 5 2 1 195.0 199 91 82 15 83 6 89 2 0 3 847 95 1.446 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.1 1.07
1975 27 STL NL 8 9 .471 3.44 39 18 8 4 0 1 146.2 151 70 56 13 65 6 67 2 0 7 645 110 1.473 9.3 0.8 4.0 4.1 1.03
1976 28 STL NL 6 11 .353 4.50 37 15 10 3 1 1 134.0 139 68 67 11 65 10 52 0 0 7 579 79 1.522 9.3 0.7 4.4 3.5 0.80
1977 29 SFG NL 3 3 .500 5.49 43 9 13 1 1 1 77.0 95 48 47 5 48 9 47 1 0 4 360 72 1.857 11.1 0.6 5.6 5.5 0.98
1978 30 SFG NL 4 3 .571 3.71 46 0 22 0 0 1 63.0 60 31 26 1 29 8 38 0 0 6 270 93 1.413 8.6 0.1 4.1 5.4 1.31
1979 31 SFG NL 10 9 .526 4.18 27 18 5 3 2 0 120.2 121 62 56 15 42 7 85 0 0 8 520 84 1.351 9.0 1.1 3.1 6.3 2.02
1980 32 SDP NL 10 8 .556 3.51 30 27 0 6 0 0 187.0 184 84 73 9 67 13 71 2 2 10 787 98 1.342 8.9 0.4 3.2 3.4 1.06
1981 33 SDP NL 2 6 .250 5.13 28 8 8 0 0 0 66.2 70 41 38 11 30 2 31 1 0 3 293 64 1.500 9.5 1.5 4.1 4.2 1.03
1982 34 TOT MLB 8 7 .533 4.28 34 18 6 1 1 1 128.1 137 70 61 15 49 2 64 1 0 6 556 83 1.449 9.6 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.31
1982 34 SDP NL 8 6 .571 4.10 26 18 5 1 1 0 116.1 121 62 53 15 46 0 54 1 0 4 502 85 1.436 9.4 1.2 3.6 4.2 1.17
1982 34 CAL AL 0 1 .000 6.00 8 0 1 0 0 1 12.0 16 8 8 0 3 2 10 0 0 2 54 69 1.583 12.0 0.0 2.3 7.5 3.33
1983 35 CAL AL 1 2 .333 3.80 37 3 14 0 0 5 90.0 89 44 38 5 40 11 36 2 0 8 394 107 1.433 8.9 0.5 4.0 3.6 0.90
1984 36 CAL AL 1 2 .333 4.40 17 0 6 0 0 0 28.2 30 16 14 4 11 1 18 0 0 3 127 92 1.430 9.4 1.3 3.5 5.7 1.64
15 Yrs 89 97 .478 3.96 438 199 100 42 14 11 1641.0 1695 810 722 140 669 92 825 13 2 74 7099 92 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.23
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .478 3.96 47 21 11 4 1 1 175 181 86 77 15 71 10 88 1 0 8 758 92 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.23
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
BOS (4 yrs) 26 23 .531 3.65 67 54 6 19 7 0 404.0 420 185 164 36 140 17 227 2 0 9 1721 101 1.386 9.4 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.62
SFG (3 yrs) 17 15 .531 4.45 116 27 40 4 3 2 260.2 276 141 129 21 119 24 170 1 0 18 1150 82 1.515 9.5 0.7 4.1 5.9 1.43
STL (3 yrs) 24 34 .414 3.88 109 62 20 12 3 3 475.2 489 229 205 39 213 22 208 4 0 17 2071 94 1.476 9.3 0.7 4.0 3.9 0.98
SDP (3 yrs) 20 20 .500 3.99 84 53 13 7 1 0 370.0 375 187 164 35 143 15 156 4 2 17 1582 86 1.400 9.1 0.9 3.5 3.8 1.09
CAL (3 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.13 62 3 21 0 0 6 130.2 135 68 60 9 54 14 64 2 0 13 575 98 1.446 9.3 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.19
NL (9 yrs) 61 69 .469 4.05 309 142 73 23 7 5 1106.1 1140 557 498 95 475 61 534 9 2 52 4803 88 1.460 9.3 0.8 3.9 4.3 1.12
AL (7 yrs) 28 28 .500 3.77 129 57 27 19 7 6 534.2 555 253 224 45 194 31 291 4 0 22 2296 101 1.401 9.3 0.8 3.3 4.9 1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1970 22 BOS AL 2.1 1 0 4 15.43 3.75 0.11 -0.15 114.0 3.97 -3 -0.2 .1 0.1 -0.1 -3 .256 .498
1971 23 BOS AL 26.0 5 3 9 3.12 3.89 0.10 0.04 106.5 4.08 3 0.3 1.7 -0.0 0.6 5 .567 .502
1972 24 BOS AL 154.1 26 21 69 4.02 3.43 -0.28 0.04 106.8 4.00 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 1.5 11 .503 .500
1973 25 BOS AL 221.1 35 30 103 4.19 4.26 0.37 0.09 106.0 4.22 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.2 1.9 22 .496 .499 $20,000
1974 26 STL NL 195.0 33 29 91 4.20 4.14 0.19 0.11 99.0 4.01 -5 -0.6 1.4 -0.1 1.0 12 .482 .496
1975 27 STL NL 146.2 39 18 70 4.30 4.10 -0.22 0.04 104.4 4.54 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.5 16 .508 .502
1976 28 STL NL 134.0 37 15 68 4.57 4.09 -0.04 0.01 99.2 4.11 -8 -0.9 .8 -0.1 0.2 4 .475 .494
1977 29 SFG NL 77.0 43 9 48 5.61 4.39 -0.17 -0.13 102.8 4.56 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .477 .494
1978 30 SFG NL 63.0 46 0 31 4.43 4.03 -0.19 -0.33 102.3 3.98 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.0 2 .491 .497
1979 31 SFG NL 120.2 27 18 62 4.62 4.26 -0.43 0.11 96.0 4.60 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.8 10 .493 .499
1980 32 SDP NL 187.0 30 27 84 4.04 4.05 0.03 0.11 93.3 3.86 -4 -0.5 1.5 -0.1 1.1 12 .484 .497 $415,000
1981 33 SDP NL 66.2 28 8 41 5.54 3.95 -0.20 -0.03 96.4 3.96 -13 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .450 .491 $340,000
1982 34 SDP NL 116.1 26 18 62 4.80 4.08 0.34 0.10 96.6 3.70 -15 -1.6 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .437 .490 $340,000
1982 34 CAL AL 12.0 8 0 8 6.00 4.53 0.32 -0.36 104.0 4.01 -3 -0.3 1.9 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .467 .498
1983 35 CAL AL 90.0 37 3 44 4.40 4.53 -0.28 -0.25 96.7 4.41 -0 -0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.7 9 .500 .500 $340,000
1984 36 CAL AL 28.2 17 0 16 5.02 4.69 0.02 -0.37 99.7 4.28 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 -0.0 0 .486 .499 $365,000
15 Seasons 1641.0 438 199 810 4.44 4.10 -0.01 0.02 100.4 4.15 -64 -6.8 1.2 -1.3 7.2 84 .484 .497 $1,820,000
BOS (4 yrs) 404.0 67 54 185 4.12 3.92 0.10 0.07 106.4 4.13 -1 0.0 1.5 -0.2 3.8 35 .500 .500 $20,000
SFG (3 yrs) 260.2 116 27 141 4.87 4.24 -0.29 -0.07 99.5 4.43 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.3 0.5 9 .486 .497
STL (3 yrs) 475.2 109 62 229 4.33 4.11 0.00 0.06 100.7 4.20 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.3 2.8 31 .489 .498
SDP (3 yrs) 370.0 84 53 187 4.55 4.04 0.09 0.08 94.9 3.83 -32 -3.5 1.1 -0.3 -0.3 1 .458 .493 $1,095,000
CAL (3 yrs) 130.2 62 3 68 4.68 4.56 -0.16 -0.28 98.1 4.35 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.3 0.4 7 .492 .499 $705,000

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
1970 22 BOS AL 1 13 12 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .583 .968 .300 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 23 BOS AL 5 110 103 9 30 2 1 3 2 1 6 19 .291 .330 .417 .748 .333 43 4 0 1 0 1 0
1972 24 BOS AL 26 652 594 69 161 27 3 8 13 3 50 106 .271 .327 .367 .694 .317 218 17 0 6 2 6 6
1973 25 BOS AL 35 946 851 103 225 30 3 24 12 8 83 101 .264 .330 .391 .721 .276 333 27 2 7 3 10 16
1974 26 STL NL 33 847 745 91 199 28 5 15 17 7 83 89 .267 .340 .379 .719 .285 282 28 2 11 5 6 14
1975 27 STL NL 39 645 563 70 151 19 1 13 12 4 65 67 .268 .342 .375 .717 .282 211 14 2 8 7 6 9
1976 28 STL NL 37 579 504 68 139 20 2 11 7 4 65 52 .276 .357 .389 .746 .288 196 19 0 7 3 10 2
1977 29 SFG NL 43 360 303 48 95 20 5 5 6 4 48 47 .314 .406 .462 .868 .354 140 8 1 5 3 9 2
1978 30 SFG NL 46 269 229 31 60 8 3 1 8 4 29 38 .262 .336 .336 .672 .299 77 5 0 5 7 8 5
1979 31 SFG NL 27 520 470 62 121 13 3 15 8 4 42 85 .257 .316 .394 .710 .283 185 9 0 4 4 7 10
1980 32 SDP NL 30 787 701 84 184 35 7 9 17 10 67 71 .262 .328 .371 .699 .281 260 19 2 15 2 13 10
1981 33 SDP NL 28 293 255 41 70 10 1 11 8 2 30 31 .275 .349 .451 .800 .273 115 6 1 4 3 2 4
1982 34 CAL AL 8 54 50 8 16 4 1 0 1 0 3 10 .320 .358 .440 .798 .400 22 0 0 1 0 2 0
1982 34 SDP NL 26 502 446 62 121 23 2 15 14 4 46 54 .271 .340 .433 .773 .280 193 7 1 8 1 0 8
1982 34 TOT MLB 34 556 496 70 137 27 3 15 15 4 49 64 .276 .342 .433 .775 .292 215 7 1 9 1 2 8
1983 35 CAL AL 37 394 345 44 89 21 3 5 3 2 40 36 .258 .334 .380 .714 .272 131 13 2 2 5 11 9
1984 36 CAL AL 17 127 114 16 30 9 0 4 1 0 11 18 .263 .325 .447 .773 .280 51 2 0 1 1 1 2
15 Yrs 438 7098 6285 810 1695 269 40 140 129 57 669 825 .270 .339 .392 .731 .290 2464 178 13 85 46 92 98
162 Game Avg. 47 758 671 86 181 29 4 15 14 6 71 88 .270 .339 .392 .731 .290 263 19 1 9 5 10 10
MLB Averages .258 .324 .380 .703 .282
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 22 BOS AL -1.9 -0.2 13 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 -0.2 0.1 -2.8 -0.2 0.07 -1.3 0 0 1
1971 23 BOS AL 2.2 0.2 113 0.2 2.6 -2.3 1.27 0.1 0.1 2.8 0.3 1.27 0.7 1 0 1
1972 24 BOS AL -6.6 -0.7 678 0.4 12.2 -11.9 1.07 -0.2 0.5 -3.6 -0.4 1.07 -2.8 2 1 2
1973 25 BOS AL 8.7 0.9 970 1.3 18.8 -17.5 1.09 0.7 0.5 9.9 1.0 1.09 7.7 2 1 2
1974 26 STL NL -2.8 -0.3 875 -0.2 14.0 -14.3 1.00 -0.7 0.4 -4.3 -0.4 1.00 -8.3 2 0 2
1975 27 STL NL 2.9 0.3 673 -0.5 10.9 -11.4 1.00 -0.3 -0.2 -1.2 -0.1 1.00 -5.8 5 3 13
1976 28 STL NL -10.4 -1.1 601 -0.1 9.6 -9.7 .96 -0.7 0.6 -4.1 -0.4 0.96 -8.3 6 4 9
1977 29 SFG NL -11.2 -1.1 375 -1.7 4.2 -5.9 .80 -0.7 -1.4 -10.7 -1.1 0.80 -10.3 7 3 23
1978 30 SFG NL -2.7 -0.3 289 -0.3 3.1 -3.4 .66 0.3 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1 0.65 1.2 12 8 25
1979 31 SFG NL -8.6 -0.9 543 -0.1 9.9 -10.0 1.08 -0.5 0.4 -9.6 -1.0 1.08 -6.2 3 0 5
1980 32 SDP NL -2.8 -0.3 830 0.2 15.8 -15.6 1.14 0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.1 1.14 0.6 1 1 1
1981 33 SDP NL -13.7 -1.4 305 -2.4 5.1 -7.5 1.12 -1.9 -0.2 -12.3 -1.3 1.12 -18.0 6 4 10
1982 34 TOT MLB -11.5 -1.2 583 -1.1 9.1 -10.2 .97 -0.8 -0.3 -12.2 -1.3 0.97 -9.4 6 4 6
1982 34 SDP NL -9.4 -1.0 526 -0.9 8.0 -9.0 .94 -0.6 -0.3 -8.9 -0.9 0.94 -8.0 3 1 4
1982 34 CAL AL -2.1 -0.2 57 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 1.17 -0.2 0.0 -3.3 -0.3 1.17 -1.4 3 3 2
1983 35 CAL AL 1.7 0.2 408 0.4 6.2 -5.7 .89 -0.3 0.8 -8.2 -0.8 0.89 -2.2 10 5 18
1984 36 CAL AL -1.3 -0.1 131 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 .46 -0.3 -0.3 -3.3 -0.3 0.46 -2.8 5 3 8
15 Yrs -58.1 -6.0 7387 -4.1 122.5 -126.6 1.00 -5.5 1.5 -61.3 -6.3 1.00 -65.2 68 37 126
PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo

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 23 BOS AL 5 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 3 100% 55.0 61 48 1 1 0 3 2.8 3.1 7.8
1972 24 BOS AL 26 21 10 8 3 0 0 13 8 .619 1 2 8 3 11 52% 53.1 82 16 19 10 8 7 3.6 3.8 6.9
1973 25 BOS AL 35 30 13 13 4 2 2 16 14 .533 2 3 10 4 14 47% 50.5 81 18 33 15 10 9 4.1 3.8 6.8
1974 26 STL NL 33 29 10 13 6 2 5 13 16 .448 1 2 5 2 14 48% 50.3 84 24 35 9 3 12 4.3 4.6 6.3
1975 27 STL NL 39 18 8 8 2 1 2 9 9 .500 1 1 4 0 9 50% 50.2 79 21 23 12 2 5 4.0 4.1 6.5
1976 28 STL NL 37 15 6 7 2 0 1 8 7 .533 0 1 3 1 8 53% 50.6 82 22 28 18 1 6 3.0 3.1 6.6
1977 29 SFG NL 43 9 2 2 5 0 0 6 3 .667 0 3 1 1 2 22% 37.1 70 18 30 10 5 2 5.7 6.5 3.7
1979 31 SFG NL 27 18 9 7 2 1 2 9 9 .500 0 1 3 2 11 61% 54.4 84 18 18 7 5 7 3.6 3.8 6.2
1980 32 SDP NL 30 27 9 8 10 1 5 13 14 .481 2 4 6 0 18 67% 51.0 77 26 27 10 2 15 3.8 3.5 6.6
1981 33 SDP NL 28 8 0 2 6 0 1 3 5 .375 1 3 0 0 2 25% 40.5 76 24 11 2 1 2 4.5 3.8 5.0
1982 34 TOT MLB 34 18 7 6 5 3 4 10 8 .556 3 1 1 1 9 50% 85 22 24 8 4 8 4.7 5.0 5.8
1982 34 SDP NL 26 18 7 6 5 3 4 10 8 .556 3 1 1 1 9 50% 47.6 85 22 18 7 4 8 4.7 5.0 5.8
1983 35 CAL AL 37 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 1 33% 47.0 70 29 24 3 0 2 2.8 3.3 6.9
12 Yrs 366 199 75 77 47 10 24 101 98 .508 12 21 42 14 102 51% 50 85 16 267 104 41 78 4.0 4.0 6.3
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 109 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

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
1970 22 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .072 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7.0
1971 23 BOS AL 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 1.272 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1972 24 BOS AL 26 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 1 1.074 2 1 2 0 1 4 4 1 3 1 3 1 6.2
1973 25 BOS AL 35 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 5 1.085 2 1 2 0 2 3 4 1 4 0 4 1 10.2
1974 26 STL NL 33 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 1 1.004 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 8.3
1975 27 STL NL 39 21 8 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 9 45% 6 .995 5 3 13 1 4 16 11 10 10 4 11 2 4.2
1976 28 STL NL 37 22 10 0 4 1 1 0 100% 3 1 15 10 67% 7 .961 6 4 9 4 4 14 6 16 14 4 14 3 4.7
1977 29 SFG NL 43 34 13 1 1 3 1 2 33% 4 1 24 8 33% 7 .799 7 3 23 5 5 24 13 21 15 10 17 10 3.9
1978 30 SFG NL 46 46 22 4 3 3 1 2 33% 5 1 46 14 30% 7 .656 12 8 25 6 7 33 27 19 20 19 23 10 4.1
1979 31 SFG NL 27 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 1.081 3 0 5 2 2 5 2 7 2 4 3 1 2.9
1980 32 SDP NL 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1.141 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 9.7
1981 33 SDP NL 28 20 8 2 4 1 0 1 0% 4 3 12 0 0% 7 1.125 6 4 10 4 5 11 7 13 9 7 10 5 4.0
1982 34 TOT MLB 34 16 6 1 1 2 1 1 50% 3 1 14 3 21% .966 6 4 6 4 2 10 10 6 6 5 7 0 4.5
1982 34 SDP NL 26 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0% 8 .944 3 1 4 2 1 5 2 6 3 2 3 0 4.5
1982 34 CAL AL 8 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 10 3 30% 6 1.166 3 3 2 2 1 5 8 0 3 3 4 0 4.5
1983 35 CAL AL 37 34 14 1 1 8 5 3 63% 9 1 40 20 50% 8 .886 10 5 18 12 1 21 23 11 23 7 25 4 6.1
1984 36 CAL AL 17 17 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 23 10 43% 7 .463 5 3 8 5 1 11 13 4 8 4 12 4 5.1
15 Yrs 438 239 100 14 20 21 11 10 52% 34 10 221 85 38% 1.002 68 37 126 47 35 157 124 115 122 65 137 41 4.8
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

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%
1970 22 BOS AL 13 23% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 25% 2.00 77% 6 0 0%
1971 23 BOS AL 110 14% 2.7% 17.3% 5.5% 5.5% 20% 0.93 74% 29 4 14%
1972 24 BOS AL 652 17% 1.2% 16.3% 7.7% 5.8% 24% 1.03 74% 142 17 12%
1973 25 BOS AL 946 20% 2.5% 10.7% 8.8% 6.0% 25% 1.36 77% 173 27 16%
1974 26 STL NL 847 17% 1.8% 10.5% 9.8% 5.7% 24% 1.38 76% 166 28 17%
1975 27 STL NL 645 25% 2.0% 10.4% 10.1% 5.1% 22% 1.21 76% 124 14 11%
1976 28 STL NL 579 20% 1.9% 9.0% 11.2% 5.7% 24% 1.21 77% 115 19 17%
1977 29 SFG NL 360 31% 1.4% 13.1% 13.3% 8.3% 32% 1.08 71% 71 8 11%
1978 30 SFG NL 270 32% 0.4% 14.1% 10.8% 4.5% 20% 1.06 73% 60 5 8%
1979 31 SFG NL 520 21% 2.9% 16.4% 8.1% 6.0% 26% 1.04 72% 96 9 9%
1980 32 SDP NL 787 17% 1.1% 9.0% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.60 79% 115 19 17%
1981 33 SDP NL 293 23% 3.8% 10.6% 10.2% 7.5% 31% 0.89 74% 66 6 9%
1982 34 TOT MLB 556 24% 2.7% 11.5% 8.8% 8.1% 33% 1.11 75% 95 7 7%
1982 34 SDP NL 502 22% 3.0% 10.8% 9.2% 8.0% 33% 1.10 75% 83 7 8%
1982 34 CAL AL 54 43% 0.0% 18.5% 5.6% 9.3% 31% 1.17 74% 12 0 0%
1983 35 CAL AL 394 28% 1.3% 9.1% 10.2% 7.4% 33% 1.08 78% 78 13 17%
1984 36 CAL AL 127 42% 3.2% 14.2% 8.7% 10.2% 43% 1.62 73% 16 2 13%
15 Yrs 7099 22% 2.0% 11.6% 9.4% 6.3% 27% 1.22 76% 1352 178 13%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 13.4% 8.6% 6.3% 28% 1.09 75% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1970 22 BOS AL 13 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 BOS AL 110 30 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 0% 0 0 0 47 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1972 24 BOS AL 652 161 8 0 9 8 0 5 3 43 18 9 42% 6 6 2 253 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1973 25 BOS AL 946 225 24 0 14 22 2 14 10 42 18 5 43% 16 3 0 361 12 8 60% 11 5 1 2 0 1 2 2 6 0
1974 26 STL NL 847 199 15 0 21 13 2 7 8 48 25 2 52% 14 3 3 321 17 7 71% 15 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 0
1975 27 STL NL 645 151 13 0 15 9 4 3 10 31 15 3 48% 9 7 6 252 12 4 75% 10 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 28 0
1976 28 STL NL 579 139 11 0 20 10 1 4 7 29 15 4 52% 2 7 3 213 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 0
1977 29 SFG NL 360 95 5 1 12 4 1 2 3 24 12 1 50% 2 4 0 143 6 4 60% 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1978 30 SFG NL 269 60 1 0 12 0 1 1 0 27 17 2 63% 5 6 0 118 8 4 67% 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 16 1
1979 31 SFG NL 520 121 15 0 10 12 3 6 9 30 10 8 33% 10 8 2 171 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1980 32 SDP NL 787 184 9 0 16 9 0 5 4 41 22 3 54% 10 10 1 267 17 10 63% 17 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 0
1981 33 SDP NL 293 70 11 0 5 10 1 4 7 13 8 2 62% 4 3 0 120 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 34 TOT MLB 556 137 15 0 7 14 1 7 8 32 12 5 38% 8 6 0 204 15 4 79% 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1982 34 SDP NL 502 121 15 0 7 14 1 7 8 27 10 5 37% 8 4 0 178 14 4 78% 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 34 CAL AL 54 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 40% 0 2 0 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 35 CAL AL 394 89 5 0 10 5 0 3 2 32 20 1 63% 9 8 0 160 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1984 36 CAL AL 127 30 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 11 7 2 64% 2 3 0 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
15 Yrs 7098 1695 140 3 160 121 19 66 74 407 200 49 49% 98 74 17 2684 129 57 69% 116 47 13 8 0 2 9 4 174 1
MLB Averages 52% 65%
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

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+
1970 22 0 0 11.57 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 40 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00 40
1971 23 2 2 .500 3.81 6 3 1 1 0 0 28.1 34 13 12 4 7 1 20 0 0 0 123 101 1.447 10.8 1.3 2.2 6.4 2.86 101
1972 24 13 10 .565 3.74 32 24 3 9 3 0 182.2 195 82 76 12 57 7 126 0 0 6 775 89 1.380 9.6 0.6 2.8 6.2 2.21 89
1973 25 26 23 .531 3.65 67 54 6 19 7 0 404.0 420 185 164 36 140 17 227 2 0 9 1721 101 1.386 9.4 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.62 101
1974 26 36 37 .493 3.70 100 83 8 24 9 1 599.0 619 276 246 51 223 23 316 4 0 12 2568 99 1.406 9.3 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.42 99
1975 27 44 46 .489 3.65 139 101 16 28 9 2 745.2 770 346 302 64 288 29 383 6 0 19 3213 101 1.419 9.3 0.8 3.5 4.6 1.33 101
1976 28 50 57 .467 3.78 176 116 26 31 10 3 879.2 909 414 369 75 353 39 435 6 0 26 3792 97 1.435 9.3 0.8 3.6 4.5 1.23 97
1977 29 53 60 .469 3.91 219 125 39 32 11 4 956.2 1004 462 416 80 401 48 482 7 0 30 4152 94 1.469 9.4 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.20 94
1978 30 57 63 .475 3.90 265 125 61 32 11 5 1019.2 1064 493 442 81 430 56 520 7 0 36 4422 94 1.465 9.4 0.7 3.8 4.6 1.21 94
1979 31 67 72 .482 3.93 292 143 66 35 13 5 1140.1 1185 555 498 96 472 63 605 7 0 44 4942 93 1.453 9.4 0.8 3.7 4.8 1.28 93
1980 32 77 80 .490 3.87 322 170 66 41 13 5 1327.1 1369 639 571 105 539 76 676 9 2 54 5729 94 1.437 9.3 0.7 3.7 4.6 1.25 94
1981 33 79 86 .479 3.93 350 178 74 41 13 5 1394.0 1439 680 609 116 569 78 707 10 2 57 6022 92 1.440 9.3 0.7 3.7 4.6 1.24 92
1982 34 87 93 .483 3.96 384 196 80 42 14 6 1522.1 1576 750 670 131 618 80 771 11 2 63 6578 91 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.6 1.25 91
1983 35 88 95 .481 3.95 421 199 94 42 14 11 1612.1 1665 794 708 136 658 91 807 13 2 71 6972 92 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.23 92
1984 36 89 97 .478 3.96 438 199 100 42 14 11 1641.0 1695 810 722 140 669 92 825 13 2 74 7099 92 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.23 92

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
1970 22 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 3.0 1
1971 23 1 1 .500 3.60 25.0 31 11 10 3 6 18 0 1.480 11.2 2.2 6.5 3.00 1.1 5
1972 24 6 10 .375 4.99 146.0 186 90 81 9 58 100 0 1.671 11.5 3.6 6.2 1.72 0.6 26
1973 25 11 12 .478 4.00 209.0 231 103 93 25 85 96 2 1.512 9.9 3.7 4.1 1.13 1.1 35
1974 26 9 11 .450 4.30 184.0 207 98 88 16 86 84 2 1.592 10.1 4.2 4.1 0.98 0.8 33
1975 27 8 7 .533 3.64 141.0 153 63 57 13 66 65 2 1.553 9.8 4.2 4.1 0.98 0.8 39
1976 28 5 8 .385 5.46 122.0 146 82 74 12 68 47 0 1.754 10.8 5.0 3.5 0.69 0.9 37
1977 29 3 5 .375 5.88 72.0 95 52 47 5 48 44 1 1.986 11.9 6.0 5.5 0.92 0.6 43
1978 30 3 3 .500 4.66 58.0 65 33 30 1 31 35 0 1.655 10.1 4.8 5.4 1.13 0.2 46
1979 31 5 7 .417 4.81 116.0 127 69 62 16 44 82 0 1.474 9.9 3.4 6.4 1.86 1.2 27
1980 32 8 11 .421 4.45 172.0 198 94 85 10 72 65 2 1.570 10.4 3.8 3.4 0.90 0.5 30
1981 33 3 7 .300 6.75 92.0 116 77 69 18 50 43 2 1.804 11.3 4.9 4.2 0.86 1.8 28
1982 34 5 8 .385 5.14 119.0 145 76 68 16 52 60 1 1.655 11.0 3.9 4.5 1.15 1.2 34
1983 35 4 5 .444 4.19 86.0 92 44 40 5 41 35 2 1.547 9.6 4.3 3.7 0.85 0.5 37
1984 36 1 2 .333 4.82 28.0 31 17 15 4 11 18 0 1.500 10.0 3.5 5.8 1.64 1.3 17
15 Yrs 72 97 .426 4.70 1573.0 1827 912 822 154 719 793 14 1.619 10.5 4.5 1.10 0.9 438

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1973 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  0.433 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 NL  14 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1979 NL  8 (10th)
1980 NL  10 (3rd)
1983 AL  8 (10th)
Career  74 (221st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (294th), 8.2 career WAR/9.1 7yr-peak WAR/8.6 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  10. Billy O'Dell (898)
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  7. Bud Daley (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bud Daley (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ken Brett (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rick Waits (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Hargan (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Don Larsen (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jakie May (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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